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"Illuminated by an eerie greenish light, this remarkable little planet is covered with ice and snow and ringed by tall pine trees. Of course, this little planet is actually
planet Earth, and the surroundin...
How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the ‘1 Percent’ By George Lakey While many of us are working to ensure that the Occupy movement will have a lasting impact, it’s worthwhile to consider other co...
Photo courtesy: szatmarr666/CC BY 2.0 An article was written lately about the
FAA Allowing
Whooping Cranes To Resume Migration
Flight to Florida. This was a feel-good story in which the FAA, charged with ...
Photo courtesy: Bonnie Alter It's eccentric and completely outrageous but it is gorgeous. This cape, on display in the exhibition "Golden Spider Silk" at London's Victoria & Albert Museum through June 5,...
Photo courtesy: xlibber Over the next three decades, the human population is projected to reach 9 billion people. In that same time, Sumatran elephants, currently numbering around 2,500 members, are expec...
Very interesting story about how the house came to be. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade; and, that's exactly what
Frank Buckley did. When life gives you a global economic crisis, a gloomy real ...
Barrett, Devlin (2011, Jan 28-29). Retaliation Fears Spur Anonymity in Internet Case. *
The Wall Street Journal*, p. A3. Paraphrase: Officials have been keeping their names out of press accounts after the...
WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE of Noah's house? Somehow, he remembered cockroaches and black flies, and a couple of Sasquatch to make up for it, I guess. Then there's bed bugs. Way to go, Noah.
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wmtc - 2 hours ago
*Capitalism, in its current form, no longer fits the world around us.* When a high priest of Davos says this, I can't help but wonder. Has the idea reached a tipping point? Harper may have "unveiled hi...
*BILL PRESS*: Is President Obama really a populist, or does he just play one on television? *MATT TAIBBI*: When it comes to the Wall Street stuff that I cover, there's a lot of enthusiasm. Even in the la...
FEMINISM/POLITICS - Many female veterans who fought overseas in Afghanistanand Iraq are now homeless and unable to find work. How did this happen? When returning from Afghanistan and Iraq many female veter...
Zachary, Louisiana, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"Sometimes life's Hell. But hey! Whatever gets the marshmallows toasty." - J. Andrew Helt • But wouldn't it be nice sometimes to not* be* the marshmallow? Just asking...
*“A Sense Of Place”* by Chet Raymo “It would be hard to find two writers more different than Eudora Welty and Edward Abbey. Welty was a Pulitzer Prize-winning author of stories and novels who lived all h...
Reproduced from Bioedge.org, written byMichael Cook. Here is contrarian bioethics at its best. Pregnancy and childbirth are so painful, risky and socially restrictive for women that public funding should ...
We're not going to take it! The CPS Grind on Teachers by Katie Osgood Recently, in Chicagoland, a story hit the papers about a teacher committing suicide. She wrote in her suicide note that the major reas...
*The woman* really needs to hire a research assistant who *can click on and read the results* of any one of these links. Unlike Wente's fawning over Charles Murray's latest piece of fiction based on fant...
*"Oh Not Again!"* by Karl Denninger "'On Wednesday the Federal Reserve shared its thoughts on the course of interest rates—but not on the implications for the value of the dollar. The two can't be discon...
The theory was that a feisty Republican primary would introduce Mitt Romney, long ordained as the ultimate selection of the Republican Party Establishment, to the public through a series of exciting, nic...
*Greg nails it.* The Harper agenda to carry out "pension reform" because the population of seniors in Canada threaten to undermine the economy is based solely on ideological propaganda and not an analysis...
*CANADIAN LABOUR:* *SOLIDARITY WITH TORONTO CIVIC WORKERS:* The following appeal for solidarity with civic workers in Toronto Ontario is from the Toronto based Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (O...
Seemed like an eventful week to me in Yemen, Syria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan...that's a lot. The 4th amendment case decided this week, US v. Jones, seemed important to me. I don't really think there's...
There has been a significant uptake in quake activity in the Pacific region, with the Kermedec Islands having experienced multiple 5.x+ magnitude events in the past several hours. This may be an indicator ...
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand at a depth of 15.2 km (9.4 miles), the quake hit at 20:00:35 UTC Saturday 28th January 2012 The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) ESE of...
*TODAY IN HISTORY:* *CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY JOSE MARTI BORN:* On this day in 1853 Cuban revolutionary José Marti was born. An early advocate of both independence from Spain and resistance to the imperiali...
http://www.potrblog.com/ Saturday, January 28, 2012 Weaponized Fukushima Fallout: Radioactive Fullerenes and Endofullerenes Abstract of Potrblog video: "The improvised use of salt water to cool the Fuku...
MEXICO CITY (BNO NEWS) -- An ongoing swine flu outbreak in Mexico has left at least 29 people dead and nearly 1,500 others infected, health officials confirmed on Saturday. Thousands more are also ill as ...
Here is some of the latest- Russia and the UN concerning Syria Following a lengthy closed door meeting Friday afternoon on a draft resolution proposed by France, Britain and Morocco, the UN Ambassador from...
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck Papua, Indonesia at a depth of 72.8 km (45.2 miles), the quake hit at 19:37:30 UTC Saturday 28th January 2012 The epicenter was 167 km (104 miles) SSW from Vanimo, New ...
Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/ *Rachel Tso:* Impoundments are currently happening on the HPL In a phone call, Hopi ranger Ronald Honyumptewa confirmed that animals were impounded fro...
Deep down on the bottom of the Baltic Sea, Swedish treasure hunters think they have made the find of a lifetime. The problem is, they're not exactly sure what it is they've uncovered. Out searching for ...
Syria has hit out at the Arab League after it suspended its monitoring mission, saying it is an attempt to influence the United Nations Security Council. The claim was made by Syrian state television, w...
*First they suspended MAS. Then they suspended the students. Now they've come after the books. * *By Roberto Rodriguez* *Censored News* If you missed Thursday's teach-in at the U of A by suspended Wa...
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand at a depth of 13.8 km (8.6 miles), the quake hit at 19:05:18 UTC Saturday 28th January 2012 The epicenter was 342 km (212 miles) East...
Dying Honeybees: It Was the Insecticides All Along By Jeanne Roberts, Celsias 28 January 12 http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/312-16/9659-dying-honeybees-it-was-the-insecticides-all-along [exc...
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand at a depth of 48.8 km (30.3 miles), the quake hit at 18:49:07 UTC Saturday 28th January 2012 The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) ESE o...
The space men say Romney's approach to space policy will produce results.
The Gay Secretary Memo to President Barak Obama: this arms deal demonstrates (as if that reality *needed *any demonstration)is that for the United States Government, democracy and human rights are only a...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand at a depth of 31.9 km (19.8 miles), the quake hit at 18:17:51 UTC Saturday 28th January 2012 The epicenter was 111 km (69 miles) Sout...
[image: In this undated file photo released by Transocean, the ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig Deepwater Horizon is shown operating in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. AP Photo / Transocean]By Cain Burdeau ...
[image: Chinese parents with children suffering from respiratory ailments, possibly caused by air pollution, flock to the Capital Institute of Pediatrics in Beijing. Gilles Sabrie for The New York Times]...
The late former House Speaker Tip O'Neill once said that all politics is local. So are our priorities in crunch times but I'll get back to that later. Today's my 7th anniversary as a blogger. I gue...
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck Central Alaska at a depth of just 0.1 km (0 miles - Poorly Constrained), the quake hit at 18:11:38 UTC Saturday 28th January 2012 The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) Ea...
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand at a depth of 47.5 km (29.5 miles), the quake hit at 17:47:40 UTC Saturday 28th January 2012 The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) ESE o...
Nigeria's army killed 11 suspected Boko Haram insurgents during a gun battle at a checkpoint in the Islamist sect's heartland of Maiduguri on Saturday, the field operations officer in the remote northeast...
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand at a depth of 28 km (17.4 miles), the quake hit at 17:42:53 UTC Saturday 28th January 2012 The epicenter was 44 km (28 miles) ESE of ...
Local media mogul gives 2 hour talk exposing CFR, NED, and global-corporate meddling in Thailand. by Tony Cartalucci January 28, 2012 - Media mogul Sondhi Limthongkul of ASTV, a popular news and media ou...
A man in Dorset has been left mystified after tiny blue spheres fell from the sky into his garden. Steve Hornsby from Bournemouth said the 3cm diameter balls came raining down late on Thursday afternoon d...
*NEVER GIVE UP!* At 11am PT today, Darcy will be over at Digby's Hullabaloo to talk with Digby about fixing Congress and answer questions from readers about her run for Congress. Back in 2006, when Blue...
The Japanese Scientists Mouse can be Seen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLu37VvCozw Not sure what is so different as you can see from the First Video, Mice tweet already
[image: National current-account balances as a percentage of world gross product, 1996-2013. World Economic Situation and Prospects 2012 / IMF, World Economic Outlook database, September 2011.] The larg...
By David Ljunggren, with additional reporting by Jeff Jones in Calgary; editing by Peter Galloway 26 January 2012 OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada disassociated itself on Thursday from an embarrassing officia...
The elephant, a national symbol in Thailand, is facing a new threat because of a developing taste for its meat in the country, it was claimed today. The new interest in consuming the animal includes ever...
[image: Doppler radar view of Hurricane Gustav's landfall at Cocodrie, Lousiana, 70 miles southwest of New Orleans, on 1 September 2008. weather.com] By Sami Grover, Business / Corporate Responsibility ...
L'il Steve Harper has spent the past six or more years assuring Canadians at every opportunity that he really doesn't harbour any "secret agenda." Then he goes all the way to Switzerland, drops his pants, ...
[image: The Jolly Roger of the honeycomb, from 'The Honeybee Crisis: Colony Collapse Disorder', advocacy.britannica.com]By Mike Barrett, NaturalSociety 12 January 2012 It has recently been reported that...
The German government has called for Greece to hand control over its finances to the European Union in what would be an unprecedented expansion of Brussels' power. Under the plan, in order for the embatt...
[image: Pink camellia: Flower could be growing farther north as climate changes in North America. Getty Images]By Janice Lloyd, USA TODAY 26 January 2012 Southern magnolias, lovers of sultry weather, bra...
*Bad Hair Day: Execution of the Czech 'heretic' Jan Hus ** **at the Council of Constance, anonymous woodcut, 1415 ©AKG-images* * * *THE NEW HUMANIST* is a delightful site, at the other end of the intellectu...
Spanish airline Spanair went bust early Saturday, forcing many passengers to find seats on flights with other airlines at short notice. Spanair "announced that it has ceased its operations, and thus, it h...
I just discovered that my serious migraines and worsening photophobia are nodoubt caused by a pituitary tumor that I was diagnosed in 2008, but the doctorneglected to tell me was the cause of my migraine...
The Animal Humane Society is caring for 107 dogs and two cats after it helped authorities in northern Minnesota recover the animals Thursday evening from a property where two women lived in feces-littered ...
An East Bay dad claims a game of tag on the playground resulted in his 6-year-old son being accused of sexual assault – a decision he said was an overreaction by school officials. The parent, who asked on...
*FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2012* *The role that was played by Chris Matthews:* By now, the gentleman has been repurposed. Today, Chris Matthews is a reliable member of the pro-Obama, pro-Democratic Party team...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Simeulue, Indonesia at a depth of 39.3 km (24.4 miles), the quake hit at 15:07:54 UTC Saturday 28th January 2012 The epicenter was 243 km (150 miles) West of Sibolga, ...
Since Sarah Palin has now embarked on a literary career that seems bound and determined to supplant literacy itself and Schwarzenegger has left Sacramento and is depending on his old rival and fellow righ...
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Buckdog - 12 hours ago
*"He who plays around* *with Old Age Security Pension* *May walk away ....* *with broken political fingers."*
Source here. Strictly speaking, I have doubts about the authenticity, as this guy can actually spell. *Related posts:* - Electro-Motive: Foreign corporation takes Canadian tax dollars, fucks ov...
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck La Rioja, Argentina at a depth of 90.2 km (56.1 miles), the quake hit at 15:07:45 UTC Saturday 28th January 2012 The epicenter was 174 km (108 miles) WSW of Belen, Cat...
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wmtc - 12 hours ago
Ah, here's the real New York. This one's much closer to the mark. To be honest, these are not limited to native New Yorkers (except "I grew up in..."), but to anyone who lived in the City during the 1970s...
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Dr Cintli - 13 hours ago
Please post/forward, Facebook, etc. First they suspended MAS. Then they suspended the students. Now they've come after the books. If you missed Thursday's teach-in at the U of A by suspended Wakefield Mi...
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck Simeulue, Indonesia at a depth of 35.1 km (21.8 miles), the quake hit at 14:47:19 UTC Saturday 28th January 2012 The epicenter was 240 km (149 miles) West of Sibolga, ...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 35 km (21.7 miles), the quake hit at 14:17:40 UTC Saturday 28th January 2012 The epicenter was 161 km (...
Not all countries value freedom of expression.
The Guardian, a top British left-wing daily, became an unlikely place that launched a war against materialism in science. In his article It's time for science to move on from materialism, Mark Vernon pr...
Tiny raspberry-scented capsules are baked into jeans. What scent would you chose?
The Arab League has suspended its observer mission to Syria following its submission of a new draft resolution to the UN Security Council. The League's deputy chief Ahmed Ben Heli said the trip - which w...
I doubt that even Rick Santorum, struggling to stay remotely relevant in Florida, would want an endorsement from spectacularly unpopular, even despised Gov. Rick Scott. No one else does. Teabagger junior ...
26th anniversary of Shuttle Challenger It is one thing to learn how to fly... Francis R. Scobee – Mission Commander Michael J. Smith – Pilot Judith A. Resnik – Mission Specialist 1 Ellison S. Onizuka – Miss...
The Final Conflict Shop is back online after a prolonged absence due to technical difficulties. Selling historical works as well as ideological material, the FC shop is well-worth a visit. An excel...
With a two-month moratorium still in place on research studies that make the H5N1 virus more transmissible in mammals, a Michigan State University grad student and professor showed how easily a new virus ...
A domestic cat died of rabies this week in the first reported case in Onslow County this year. The Friday announcement comes one week after Carteret County officials said a rabid raccoon was discovered i...
NEW ORLEANS-- It's been a busy few months for Suzanne Smith of the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas. "We keep all kinds of species here," she said. Smith is also a part of the Louisiana Marine Mammal and S...
An investigation is under way after more than 100 fish were found dead in a stream off the River Usk in Powys. Environment Agency Wales made the discovery at around 13:30 GMT on Friday. The fish and a la...
State and federal wildlife officials are investigating the shootings of at least eight sea lions found dead around the Puget Sound region in recent weeks. The latest was discovered Monday at Lincoln Park...
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 51.1 km (31.8 miles), the quake hit at 12:44:27 UTC Saturday 28th January 2012 The epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) ES...
European and Arab nations are calling on the U.N. Security Council to back a resolution supporting the Arab League’s plan to end the 10-month-old political crisis in Syria. But, Russia has expressed conce...
Fighting sanctions with sanctions in a test of strength with the West over its nuclear ambitions, Iran warned on Friday it may halt oil exports to Europe next week in a move calculated to hurt ailing Euro...
A militia commander whose troops were driven out of the Libyan tribal stronghold of Bani Walid this week said on Friday that his forces were massing to recapture the town but were holding back at the gove...
Europeans are making progress to overcome the euro zone crisis but need to do more to boost their financial firewall, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Saturday, addi...
South Sudan halts oil production, as leaders fail to reach deal to end dispute.
Filipino activists protest near the U.S. Embassy, denouncing talks in Washington of stationing more U.S. troops to the Philippines.
Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) -- Clashes between two tribes in northern Kenya left at least seven people dead this week, a local government official said Saturday. The clashes in Moyale on Thursday were a revenge...
KANO CITY, Nigeria (CNN) -- Police said a group of suspected militants attacked a police station in Nigeria's Kano province on Friday. Military forces have since cordoned off the area around the provincia...
Two Palestinian parliament members suspected of involvement in Hamas activity were arrested in Jerusalem on Monday, Israeli police said. Khaled abu Arafeh and Mohamed Totah were arrested at a Red Cross co...
(Financial Times) -- The German government wants Greece to cede sovereignty over tax and spending decisions to a eurozone "budget commissioner" to secure a second €130bn bail-out, according to a copy of ...
Bahrain's government has refuted opposition claims that security officers were responsible for the deaths of anti-government protesters, saying they died of natural causes. The death of teenager Mohammed...
A Norwegian U.N. official snatched from the streets of Yemen's capital city of Sanaa by armed tribesmen nearly two weeks ago was released unharmed, officials said Friday. U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky sa...
Deaths mounted in Syria on Friday as world powers in the U.N.Security Council weighed a draft resolution calling on the country's president to step down. Soldiers and security forces killed 60 people on...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. special envoy for North Korea travels to Russia next week for consultations on the North's nuclear program. The State Department said Friday that Glyn Davies will meet Russian ...
VIENNA (AP) -- The U.N. nuclear agency is including two senior weapons experts on its next mission to Tehran in an unusually clear statement on the team's prime focus -- wresting information from Iranian ...
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's deputy prime minister acknowledged Friday that the government failed to take minutes of 10 meetings last year on the response to the country's disasters and nuclear crisis and called...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Antinuclear activists rejected a call by the industry ministry to remove their tents from its precincts by 5 p.m. Friday, and continued a four-month-old occupation of ministry grounds to ...
OMA, Aomori -- This town at the top of Aomori Prefecture is known nationwide for its tuna, and indeed the first tuna fish auctioned at Tokyo's Tsukiji Market in 2012 was hauled in by Oma fishermen. There ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An active fault around 200 kilometers in length, which is believed to have caused massive earthquakes in the past, has been found on the seabed off the Kii Peninsula on the country's main...
Japan's stockpile of plutonium had reached 45 metric tons by the end of 2010, inviting suspicion from the international community about what Japan intended to do with the fissile material. As a result, mu...
A pregnant woman suffered serious injuries after being badly mauled by a leopard in India - the third such attack there in as many weeks. The big cat clamped its jaws around Akila Bibi's head and arms, lea...
It's not easy keeping warm for all the small animals over winter - but it's much easier when they have a big family to fall back on. Just like this energetic family of lemurs who had been playfully chasin...
Bringing old homes up to scratch is nothing out of the ordinary for property renovators Andrew and George Hartley, But this professional couple nearly jumped out their skin when greeted by their most rec...
Diagrams of the multi-planet systems detected by the Kepler space telescope: The planets range in size from 1.5 times the size of Earth to ones bigger than the gas giant Jupiter NASA’s Kepler space teles...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the Dodecanese Islands, Greece at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 10:50:56 UTC Saturday 28th January 2012 The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) North of Ir...
A couple and their son accused of the quadruple honour killings of half of their family took the decision to commit murder in order to cut off 'the diseased limb on their family tree'. Jurors in Ontario,...
Britain and its NATO allies spent billions freeing Libyans from the evil clutches of Colonel Gaddafi, but what exactly has replaced him? Democratic elections are still some way away, there's serious unres...
Somali pirates have threatened to kill an American hostage after a daring night-time U.S Navy SEAL mission to rescue two foreign aid workers. The pirates have moved the hostage at least three times in 24 ...
An American man accused of killing a jewellery store owner, stealing $300,000 in diamonds and then fleeing to Europe has been found hanged in his Spanish prison cell. Andrew Robert Levene was found dead ...
The Pentagon is set to launch a floating naval base in the Middle East, a move which would make the military more flexible but could cause friction with America's friends and foes alike. The vessel, whic...
*Alisa, whose body was found on the Queen's estate.* *The body at the royal estate points to a wider human trafficking issue.* "T. Stokes, who has offered news and articles to WideShut in the past, bel...
The murder of a wife and mother-of-two who was found strangled in her car after she disappeared from her home has baffled her close-knit community with her husband saying he has 'no clue' what could have...
A retired NYPD detective severely burned his estranged wife by dousing her with petrol and setting her on fire because she was divorcing him. Christopher Hanney, 46, of Tampa Bay, Florida, forced Audrey M...
The U.S. Secret Service is investigating the origins of a photo on an Arizona police officer's Facebook page that shows a group of armed youths posing in the desert with what appears to be a bullet-ridden...
A federal judge on Friday sentenced 'Barefoot Bandit' Colton Harris-Moore to 6 1/2 years in prison for his infamous two-year, international crime spree of break-ins, and boat and plane thefts that ended i...
A woman who savagely killed her co-worker in a Lululemon yoga clothing shop, then tried to pretend masked intruders had done it, will spend the rest of her life in jail. Convicted killer Brittany Norwood...
A high school student killed himself by jumping off a cliff as his mother and sister helplessly looked on in horror. Witnesses said John Albrigo, 18, 'flew off the cliff like a bird' after talking to the...
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck Potosi, Bolivia at a depth of 204.5 km (127.1 miles), the quake hit at 08:51:37 UTC Saturday 28th January 2012 The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) West of Tupiza, Bolivi...
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck Southwestern Ryukyu Islands, Japan at a depth of 37.1 km (23.1 miles), the quake hit at 07:14:54 UTC Saturday 28th January 2012 The epicenter was 24 km (14 miles) SSE ...
The audiotape of an emergency call pleading for paramedics to help actress Demi Moore as she apparently suffered convulsions has been released by officials in Los Angeles. "She smoked something, it's no...
Police searching News International offices in London have arrested four people over inappropriate payments to officers. More follows...
It is never a bad thing when anorganization’s finances are flushed out for public scrutiny. Certainly even seriously legitimateexpenditures can be made to look bad but those are also readily defended...
This may be important. Actual seaweed harvesting for digestion needsto be made to operate without a lot of handling. In fact a semi submersible tanker that simplyeats the algae seems a promising conc...
We have all been taught to eat far too much meat. That any meat is necessary at all has longbeen proven false and there are plenty of ways to eat a complete vegetariandiet. The problem of course has ...
Of course it is a major crisis,but this is shutting the barn door rather late in the day. Just about every creature that was slightlyvulnerable has already been eliminated. It also was not the work of...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 42.1 km (26.2 miles), the quake hit at 07:11:14 UTC Saturday 28th January 2012 The epicenter was 139 km (86 miles) ES...
Five eurozone countries had their credit ratings downgraded last night, as the single currency debt crisis deepened. Italy and Spain were among the nations to be hit by ratings agency Fitch, in a bitter ...
A former police worker could face jail for possessing more than 110,000 indecent images of children. Nicholas White, 27, admitted 20 counts of possessing indecent images and two of possessing extreme ima...
Chugging away from Port Stanley through choppy, slate-grey waters, the reminders of the costly but glorious military campaign that defined the Thatcher years were etched in the hills behind us. There was...
The parents of a newborn baby left with horrific injuries and fractures all over her body walked free from court today, despite admitting child cruelty charges. The unnamed infant was just 23 days old wh...
She strikes a pose for the camera, her bright eyes shining and a smile playing on her lips. A favourite picture from her family’s album shows Alisa Dmitrijeva a few weeks after she arrived in Britain to ...
Premier League star Anton Ferdinand has been the target of a death threat on the eve of his reunion with race-row rival John Terry. He was sent a bullet in the post just 24 hours before QPR meet Chelsea i...
"The man who comes back through the Door in the Wall will never be quite the same as the man who went out. He will be wiser but less sure, happier but less self-satisfied, humbler in acknowledging his ign...
A policeman was reportedly killed as protests swept across Senegal after a court cleared President Abdoulaye Wade's bid for a third term. Angry youths spread through the streets of Dakar, burning tyres a...
A prisoner who went on the run after being sprung by an armed accomplice as he was being taken to hospital has been arrested. Andrew Farndon, 26, has been at the centre of a nationwide manhunt since he es...
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck near Christchurch, New Zealand at a depth of 15 km (9.3 miles), the quake hit at 02:40:16 UTC Saturday 28th January 2012 The epicenter was 20 km (12.4 miles) Northeast...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 60.6 km (37.7 miles), the quake hit at 05:21:02 UTC Saturday 28th January 2012 The epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) So...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Kermadec Islands Region at a depth of 149.4 km (92.8 miles), the quake hit at 04:56:15 UTC Saturday 28th January 2012 The epicenter was 99 km (61.4 miles) Southeas...
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the Babuyan Islands Region, Philippines at a depth of 9.1 km (5.7 miles), the quake hit at 04:46:22 UTC Saturday 28th January 2012 The epicenter was 132 km (82 miles) ...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck the Southern East Pacific Rise at a depth of 9.8 km (6.1 miles), the quake hit at 04:43:42 UTC Saturday 28th January 2012 The epicenter was 1049 km (651 miles) South o...
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 34 km (21.1 miles), the quake hit at 00:22:16 UTC Saturday 28th January 2012 The epicenter was 77 km (47 miles) ESE ...
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake has struck Catanduanes, Philippines at a depth of 48.8 km (30.3 miles), the quake hit at 00:17:12 UTC Saturday 28th January 2012 The epicenter was 82 km (50 miles) Southeast of P...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck near the South Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 30 km (18.6 miles), the quake hit at 23:04:47 UTC Friday 27th January 2012 The epicenter was 7 km (4.3 miles) South...
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck Eastern Honshu, Japan at a depth of 26.4 km (16.4 miles), the quake hit at 22:43:15 UTC Friday 27th January 2012 The epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) ESE of Kofu, Honshu,...
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck Eastern Honshu, Japan at a depth of 31.6 km (19.6 miles), the quake hit at 22:39:44 UTC Friday 27th January 2012 The epicenter was 32 km (19 miles) ESE of Kofu, Honshu,...
Grumble grumble Sabean grumble grumble. There's no shortstop. There's really no LF. I've been reading all winter about how Aubrey Huff is in terrific shape and all, but we all know that guys who are 35 an...
NASA marked a trio of space tragedies with ceremonies on Thursday and Friday, commemorating the astronauts who lost their lives in accidents.
*This may not be quite the winter storm Vivaldi imagined, but we'll be hearing it in more traditional form in a moment.* *by Ken* We began our exploration of storms imagined in music with the orchestral ...
"Often having what you want is a function of letting go of what you have. Odd, huh, the stuff people cling to?" “If you know what I mean.” The Universe "Thoughts become things... choose the good ones...
"About 40,000 light-years across, pretty, irregular galaxy NGC 3239 lies near the center of this lovely field of galaxies in the galaxy rich constellation Leo. At a distance of only 25 million light-years ...
In the shadow of the Fukushima nuclear plant, one man's quiet defiance echoes through the contaminated, empty streets of Tomioka, Japan. Tomioka, 10 miles (16 kilometers) away from the disaster, is insid...
"No files on pardoned Miss. killers; Men were among 198 helped by outgoing Barbour" by Holbrook Mohr | Associated Press, January 26, 2012 JACKSON, Miss. - Pardon *files are missing or do not exist* for f...
*Enjoy!* "Pa. carjack hoax mother gets 8 years in jail" Associated Press, January 27, 2012 PHILADELPHIA - The in-vitro treatments. The suburban house. The lavish trips and dinners out. None of it was ...
*Anonymous hacked e-mails reveal global security spies' paranoia over Indian movements, and De Occupy movement* By Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com The files of a global sec...
The government in Washington is a failed terrorist state. It can no longer manage American public opinion, its violations of international law are resented by many nations, and it has failed to psychologic...
*FLASHBACK*: "Calif. prison psychologist accused of faking rape" by Don Thompson Associated Press / December 9, 2011 SACRAMENTO, Calif.—She split her own lip with a pin, scraped her knuckles with sandpap...
*The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King are among those at the head of the marchers crossing the Alabama River on Mar. 21, 1965, early in the five-day march from Selma to Montgomery, Al...
*HUMOUR:* *MOTIVATION ?:*
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*"Intergenerational tension has yet to erupt into open warfare in Canada, but politicians are keenly aware of the dangers of segmenting the electorate into warring age cohorts. Mention the name Solange ...
*Press Release:* Anonymous Hacked Documents Reveal Law Enforcement Spied on Occupy and Shared Information with Private Intelligence Company, STRATFOR FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 26, 2012 Contact Deep Gre...
R. Carlos Nakai & Nawang Khechog, "Wisdom" • "What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass ...
*"10 Commandments for a Good Life"* by Marc "A good life is when you assume nothing, do more, need less, smile often and realize how fortunate you are right now. It’s about the simple pleasures that make...
*Will I get in trouble if I ask "Who Made Who?"* "Details of lab-made bird flu won’t be revealed" December 21, 2011|Lauran Neergaard, AP Medical Writer The *U.S. government paid scientists to figure out h...
"This is the true joy in life, being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. Being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining t...
An article in the Boston Globe announced the publication of new guidelines from the Obama Administration to manage and protect the nations federally-owned forest resources. Absurdly, it is illustrated wi...
*The first item is a photograph in today's printed edition of my Boston Globe*: "HONORARY FIREFIGHTER -- The Indiana House of Representatives made Brandon Vinson, a 7-year-old with cystic fibrosis, an hon...
*It's all the Boston Globe gave me to work with. * "3 Utah children home after icy plunge" Associated Press, January 03, 2012 SALT LAKE CITY - Three children trapped in an upturned car after it skidded in...
Malmö, Skane Lan, Sweden. Thanks for stopping by.
"I love America more than any other country in this world; and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually." ~ James Baldwin
It takes a hawk in doves' clothing to kill the doves.
Did you know Paul Krugman thinks Noot has tooted his last toot? I am not so sure (and most of the commenters he's engendered don't either). The amount of money being spent in Florida ensures that it will a...
*"Tax Laws, Corruption and Other Reasons to Expatriate"* by Joel Bowman "Here’s a meaningless abstraction for you, Fellow Reckoner. You ready? US GDP grew at an annualized rate of 1.7% for 2011. Now, what...
*"Best Places in the World to Retire (Or Escape To), Part II"* by Daily Reckoning Contributor "In the States today, most Americans are on the verge of retiring are much more likely to talk about their fea...
Corporate Tax Freedom Day now arrives on Feb 1 next week as corporate income tax has been slashed to 8% of all government revenue at a cost of $13 billion a year. Notice that invisible hand of the marke...
I was shocked and dismayed to read Brian Rathbun's characterization of mein a recent Canard as a "robot" who has only been posing as a Battlestar Galacticaaddict as part of my cover (!) : The academic an...
Last year here at DWT we asked "Is Chuck Grassley Still Capable Of Working For The Good Of The Citizens Of Iowa?" You probably knew the answer to this question then, but if not, you will by the end of thi...
Andrew Sullivan took aim earlier this week at the notion that there's any "Republican establishment" out there to stand up to Newt Gingrich: I'm not sure what this phrase means or represents any more - the...
You will need a sunny day, a frozen lake, a sharp knife, warm hands and some dry leaves or wood.
Does it always take a lethal mill fire before the *minister will leap into action* to help displaced mill-workers? I only ask because between *2000 and 2010 the Canadian forest industry*lost 144 900 direc...
*And you thought "Enemy of the State" was just a movie. * "Court wrestles with police use of GPS" November 09, 2011|Associated Press WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court invoked visions of an* all-seeing Big Br...
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the Izu Islands, Japan Region at a depth of just 38 km (23.6 miles), the quake hit at 18:29:48 UTC Friday 27th January 2012 The epicenter was 209 km (129 miles) ESE of...
This Week in Discovery News we've got psychics on the moon and the sun is spitting radiation right at us!
*I really struggle to stay awake during Boston Globe sermons.* "High court gives churches latitude in hiring, firing" January 12, 2012|By Adam Liptak WASHINGTON - In what may be its *most significant reli...
Scientists are trying to find a way to protect Earth from the giant rocks which travel around the Milky Way. Run out of Berlin with funds from the EU, the NEOShield project, which will look for a way to p...
To Ed Kilgore over at Washington Monthly, who read the WSJ editorial page, and so he deserves some sort of compensation. In this case, it was the WSJ's crazed support for the idea that the only reason anyo...
'Sex and the City' star Cynthia Nixon says that she chooses to be gay. What does science say?
If there is a ring system, it could spell doom for the speedy New Horizons probe when it flies by in 2015.
Two Iranian bloggers are to be executed for 'spreading corruption' - as Tehran cracks down on freedom of expression in the run up to its parliamentary elections in March. Four journalists have also been ...
*"The Three Biggest Government Lies"* by Charles Goyette “Government lies are legion. So many are its lies, that narrowing them down to three of the most important is a demanding task. But our current cri...
New World Order sock puppet and the apologist for Zionist terrorists Newt Gingrich attacks the "old order," and says Goldman Sachs ripped off America. Of course this guy is a hypocrite and a little devil...
http://www.propublica.org/article/drive-by-scanning-officials-expand-use-and-dose-of-radiation-for-security-s
Eurozone countries must show 'the colour of their money' in shoring up the single currency before any IMF funds are given to members facing economic collapse, George Osborne said today. The Chancellor sa...
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Photo courtesy: szatmarr666/CC BY 2.0 An article was written lately about the FAA Allowing Whooping Cranes To Resume Migration Flight to Florida. This was a feel-good story in which the FAA, charged with ...
Photo courtesy: Bonnie Alter It's eccentric and completely outrageous but it is gorgeous. This cape, on display in the exhibition "Golden Spider Silk" at London's Victoria & Albert Museum through June 5,...
Photo courtesy: xlibber Over the next three decades, the human population is projected to reach 9 billion people. In that same time, Sumatran elephants, currently numbering around 2,500 members, are expec...
WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE of Noah's house? Somehow, he remembered cockroaches and black flies, and a couple of Sasquatch to make up for it, I guess. Then there's bed bugs. Way to go, Noah.
Reproduced from Bioedge.org, written byMichael Cook. Here is contrarian bioethics at its best. Pregnancy and childbirth are so painful, risky and socially restrictive for women that public funding should ...
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