10 February - RSSnapShot! Pt II

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IPS - Inter Press Services

• Wages Stuck in Slow Lane on Chile's Growth Spe ...
  Despite much government fanfare, the drop in Chile's unemployment rate is not enough to satisfy experts or workers, who point to the deeper problems of sporadic work, underemployment and low wages that are aggravating the country's endemic inequality.
• Anti-Drug Vaccines Hold Promise - But Little P ...
  Vaccines against drug addiction appear to be a better strategy than the repressive worldwide "war on drugs", but first they must overcome resistance from pharmaceutical laboratories and secure financial backing, scientists say.
• Economic and Climate Vulnerabilities Converge ...
  Caribbean islands are doubly exposed by the convergence of weak economies heavily dependent on foreign imports and greater vulnerability to climate change, according to ECLAC Executive Director Alicia Bárcena.
• Q&A: U.S. Women's Commissions Under the Budget Axe
  State and local Commissions on the Status of Women (CSW) are facing shrinking budgets and even total elimination at a time when women are some of the hardest hit by the financial crisis, says Susan Rose, vice chair of Human Rights Watch's Santa Barbara Committee.
• MAURITANIA: Ravaged by Drought - the Number of ...
  Mariem Mint Ahmedou sits cross-legged on a worn-out carpet in a basic tent built with mud bricks and layers of sewn-together fabric. Her eight-month-old twins, Hussein and Hassan, lie weakly against her body. Both of them have been malnourished since birth, because Beydar, undernourished h ...

My AntiWar

• Singapore Court Says Four Suspects Can Be Extr ...
• Russian Jailed for Selling Missile Secrets to CIA
• Syria Unrest: Aleppo Bomb Attacks ‘Kill ...
• Iraqiya Bloc Denies Hashimi Travelling to Turkey
• Afghan Private Security Handover Looking Messy

CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

• HOW, BY NOT LEADING, OBAMA WILL LEAD US TO WAR ...
  Summary: Nothing could be more disastrous for America and nothing could be less necessary than war with Iran. Obama’s idea, if it is his idea, that he can assist or countenance or be party to an attack by Israel without deep repercussions against the United States and many of its assets and i ...
• Dumping to Defeat the Oil Sanctions
  Summary: An influx of cheaper oil by Iran can neutralize the sanctions. Interview with Gholam-Reza Kiamehr. source: irdiplomacy.irread more
• Israel's Mossad Teams up with Terror Group MKO ...
  Summary: Deadly attacks on Iranian nuclear scientists are being carried out by an Iranian dissident group that is financed, trained and armed by Israel’s secret service, U.S. officials tell NBC News, confirming charges leveled by Iran’s leaders. source: Global Researchread more
• Hiatus in European debate on Iran
  Summary: The conspicuous absence of debate over Persian Gulf tensions at last week's Munich Security Conference underlines Europe's acquiescence to America on Iran. While failing to consider the mutual benefits of a European-Iranian security dialogue, leaders also seem blind to a reorientatio ...
• Israel’s real target: Obama
  Summary: But when articles invoking the Holocaust and urging “creative destruction” in Iran appear on the same day (Feb. 7) in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek and Bloomberg News, a skeptical observer might be forgiven for suspecting a well-coordinated propaganda campaign. ...

The Daily Galaxy

• Saturn's Enceladus/Part 2 --Does it Harbor a V ...
  NASA and ESA researchers have been debating whether Saturn's tiny moon, Enceladus, harbors a vast underground ocean. New evidence suggests that Enceladus has an ocean that is probably seltzer-like and could be friendly to microbial life. In 2005 NASA's Cassini...
• Milky Way's Stellar Halo --Filled with Stars ...
  The Milky Way's ancient stars once belonged to other galaxies instead of being the earliest stars born inside the galaxy when it began to form about 10 billion years ago. Many of the Milky Way's ancient stars are remnants of...
• NewsFlash: A Gigantic Comet-like Dwarf Galaxy ...
  A UCLA team has used a unique telescope to discover a previously unknown companion to the nearby galaxy NGC 4449 (image below), which is some 12.5 million light years from Earth. The newly discovered dwarf galaxy had escaped even the...
• Comment of the Day: "Maybe That's How a Nascen ...
  "There is much we could do to make even 7 billion sustainable on the planet, and the main obstacle are corporations and networks of power and capital which are benefiting mightily from the status quo and are not going to...
• Saturn's Enceladus: A Hotspot for Life --Geyse ...
  During March of 2010, the Cassini spacecraft tasted and sampled a surprising organic brew erupting in geyser-like fashion not from Yellowstone National Park, but from Saturn's moon Enceladus during a close flyby. Scientists are amazed that this tiny moon is...

Natural News

• High fiber foods reduce disease
  According to a health review put together at the Rain Forest Research Institute in India, and recently published in the International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health, increased dietary fiber consumption can reduce the risk of developing a number of...
• Government-distributed spam canned meat produc ...
  A new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has found that processed, canned meat products -- these are collectively known as "spam," as is the brand-name version of the canned meat popularly known as "SPAM" -- are linked to a double risk of developing...
• Consume healthy snacks for weight loss
  Snacking is almost universally viewed as bad for health, primarily because snacks are associated with convenience foods like chips, popcorn and soda. The last thing many of us imagine is that snacks can not only be healthy, but also supportive of weight loss regimes...
• Roughhousing with your kids keeps them emotion ...
  Modern society has become obsessed with keeping everything as sanitary, standardized, risk-free, and "safe" as possible. But this approach to life is making it difficult for younger generations to learn important life lessons and build strong character, because many...
• Five lies personal growth gurus love to tell
  Personal growth gurus tell some impressive lies in order to sell their products. That's right. Lies. These convenient little falsehoods are effective motivators because they play on primal human needs and emotions. Shouldn't people who promote personal growth for a living...

Threat Level

• The Pirate Bay’s Peter Sunde: It’s Evolution, ...
  Peter Sunde, one of the co-founders of the infamous The Pirate Bay file-sharing search engine, argues that Big Content should start innovating and stop trying to use the courts and the law to put the genie back in the bottle.
• Occupy DC Evicted From a Winter of Communal Di ...
  After months of tolerating and even defending Occupy DC, park police swept in with a SWAT team and bulldozer. Wired's Quinn Norton was on the ground - literally - as the police evicted a camp that was full of life.
• Bill Opening Supreme Court to Cameras Heads to ...
  The Supreme Court may soon have its own YouTube channel if the Senate gets its way. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation Thursday that would require the Supreme Court to televise its proceedings.
• Texas Jury Strikes Down Patent Troll’s Claim t ...
  After threatening web companies for more than a decade, Michael Doyle and his patent-holding company Eolas -- named after the Irish word for knowledge -- may be finished.
• A Texas Jury Now Deliberating Who, if Anyone, ...
  The fate of the openness of the interactive web is now in the hands of a jury in Texas, weighing testimony from the Web's early pioneers about the validity of a patent claim on features such as embedded video. A loss means that nearly every major U.S. website could owe thousands to millions of d ...

PERRspectives : Blog

• Will GOP Candidates Back 'Tebow Bill' for Home ...
  This week, the Virginia House of Delegates passed a "Tebow bill" allowing home-schooled children to participate in sports and other activities at public schools. For the Republican presidential candidates, the Tebow bill is a two-fer that lets them score points with evangelical voters while rid ...
• Romney's New Message: I Care
  Back in 1992, President George H.W. Bush tried to counter to the growing perception that he was an aloof, out-of touch patrician utterly detached from the economic struggles of the American people. But his laughably awkward pronouncement to voters, "Message: I care," only served to confirm thei ...
• The Heritage Foundation's 'Government Dependen ...
  For decades, the conservative Heritage Foundation has provided a thin academic veneer to the Republican project of dismantling the post-New Deal social safety net. Last year, for example, Rep. Paul Ryan tried to sell his draconian budget plan by citing a comically flawed Heritage analysis decla ...
• Ex-Planned Parenthood Supporter Romney Backs K ...
  That GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney announced his support for the Susan G. Komen Foundation's aborted effort to end funding for Planned Parenthood comes as no surprise. After all, defunding the group that each year provides health care and reproductive services for hundreds of thousands of America ...
• Do Nations Commit Suicide?
  In the early 1980's, Reagan administration officials and some defense analysts fretted that the expanding Soviet arsenal of nuclear missiles gave the USSR a "window of opportunity" to launch a devastating "first-strike" against the United States. But in a famous article titled, "Windows of Oppo ...

Blackspot News Feed

• How Pop Culture Influenced This Week's Proposi ...
  Judge Reinhardt deems it true.
• DARPA’s Half-Smart Robot Packhorse
  There is something faintly disturbing about this device. To help alleviate physical weight on troops, DARPA is developing a highly mobile, semi-autonomous legged robot, the Legged Squad Support System (LS3), to integrate with a squad of Marines or Soldiers.
• Ramarley Graham: NYPD Slays Unarmed Black Teen ...
  The New York City Police Department is under mounting criticism after police shot dead an unarmed teenager inside his own home. Eighteen-year-old Ramarley Graham was shot at close range in his parents' apartment in the Bronx after being chased into the house by narcotics detectives. Police said ...
• As Contraceptives Rule Enters GOP Race, Will R ...
  Rick Santorum's three-state victory comes after a week of heavy Republican campaigning against a new Obama administration rule requiring health insurance plans, including those provided by Catholic-affiliated hospitals and universities, to offer free birth control methods. Reproductive rights gr ...
• Santorum Wins GOP Contests in 3 States as Evan ...
  Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum has surged in the Republican presidential contest with wins in the Minnesota and Colorado caucuses, as well as a nonbinding primary in Missouri. Santorum's win appears to have been fueled by evangelical voters, emboldening his claim to be the "true conse ...

Consortium News

• Grammys Trims ‘Ethnic’ Music Genres
• Ginning Up ‘War’ on the Catholic Church
• America’s Risky Myopia on Iran
• Putting US Security First?
• Obama’s Super-Bowl Fumble on Iran

TruthOut

• Congress Must Debate the Libya War
  The US is now at war in a third Muslim country, according to the "official tally" (that is, counting Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, but not Pakistan or Yemen, for example.) But Congress has never authorized or debated the US military intervention in Libya. (A sharply disputed claim holds ...
• News in Brief: Daniel Ellsberg, Col. Ann Wrigh ...
  Daniel Ellsberg, Col. Ann Wright Among 30 Arrested for Protesting Against Abuse of Bradley Manningread more
• In This Nuclear World, What Is the Meaning of ...
  In a nuclear crisis, life becomes a nightmare for those people trying to make sense of the uncertainties. Imaginably, the questions are endless. Radiation is invisible, how do you know when you are in danger? How long will this danger persist? How can you reduce the hazard to yourself and famil ...
• Richard D. Wolff: "Personal Debts" (Video)
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• Charmed Into Battle: How a Volunteering Vacati ...
  About to turn thirty, Conor Grennan planned a year-long trip around the world. He started his trip with a three-month stint volunteering in the Little Princes Orphanage in war-torn Nepal. What was supposed to be just a three-month experience changed Conor's life, and the lives of countless other ...

Planetsave

• Take Action! Stop Horrid Transportation Bill f ...
  I wrote on the horrid transportation bill proposed by the House GOP at the end of last week, summarizing just how bad it was. Well, now, there are a couple of options for you to take action in opposing this bill, which the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) calls the “worst transport ...
• The Green Economy and I, Robot
  {Note to the reader: this is my entry into the UNEP’s World Environment Day (WED) blogging competition, addressing the 2012 theme: The Green Economy – Does It Include You? After considering many examples of who the ‘you’ in the title could refer to, I’ve decided to hand over this blog entry to ...
• Sonoma Valley Getting Transition Towns!
  by May Boeve of 350.org Last week, one of my heroes was profiled in his local paper for helping spearhead a new Transition Town in Sonoma, California. I couldn’t be prouder, since that hero is my dad, Tim Boeve, and Sonoma is the town where I grew up. Sonoma is new to the Transition [...] ...
• Climate Referees in Boston (1st Stop of Countr ...
  by Jamie Henn of 350.org BOSTON — Over 60 people dressed in referee outfits protested outside Sen. Scott Brown’s district office in Boston this afternoon to “blow the whistle” on the unseemly reality that Sen. Brown has taken over $1.9 million from fossil fuel interests since being elected ...
• Global Map of Genetically Modified Crops
  The International Service for the Acquisition of Agribiotic Applications has released data on genetically modified (GM) crops around the world. Here’s a visualization/map of the data, via the UK’s Guardian: I think we all know why Hungary isn’t on the map.

Water Quality - WordPress

• SS Prerequisite 1: Construction Activity Pollu ...
  By: Wesley Holmes Required Intent: To reduce pollution from construction activities by controlling s
• A Timely Debate on Rural Housing Policy?
  Finally with the catalyst of proposed introduction of the septic tank charge we may have the genesis
• What We’re Reading – Sackett Wetland Case Prev ...
  The Supreme Court wetland case involving a Priest Lake lot will be heard by the Court on Monday morn
• Coast Guard Auxiliary's Austin Flotilla Sets F ...
  Austin, Texas-based Flotilla 75 of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary will hold its first meeting of 201
• Lessons Learned: Multi-Site Monitoring to Filt ...
  Here is another post in the water quality and water security blog series “Lessons Learned

Dandelion Salad - Featured Writers' Posts

• 15 year-old Sayed Hashim shot and killed by a ...
  by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Ethiopia 2 January 2012 Bahrain: American and B
• The Lion and the Ox: The Winter of Our Discont ...
  By Gary Corseri Featured Writer Dandelion Salad December 30, 2011 Image by Gage Skidmore via Flickr
• Rick Rozoff: Where will America’s imperial hub ...
  by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO Stop NATO-Opposition to global militarism D
• What If Gorbachev Had Won 20 Years Ago? by Gai ...
  by Gaither Stewart Featured Writer Dandelion Salad December 28, 2011 Rome, Italy As a follow-up to P
• War Machine Rattles On by Bruce K. Gagnon
  by Bruce Gagnon Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Organizing Notes December 29, 2011 Image by Dandelio

Axis of Logic

• Connect-the-Dots: Holistic Weltanschauung - W ...
  “What a rag-bag of singular happenings! But surely the most valuable hunting-ground that ever was given to a student of the unusual!” - Sherlock Holmes Far more disconcerting than the recent closings of big chain bookstores is the wave of destruction and censorship of books and informat ...
• Targetting Iran - Featured
  In addition to sanctions and a series of state-sponsored acts of terrorism and sabotage directed against the people and the nation of Iran, the U.S. and Israel are threating Iran with unprovoked aggression. Iran is unfairly accused of having an “ambition” to develop nuclear weapons and posin ...
• TARGETTING IRAN: The Dogs of War are off the L ...
  Israel to the US: 'We'll Give You the War, You Give Us the Cannon Fodder" In meeting rooms in London, Tel Aviv and Washington the dice have been thrown: snake eyes. Flashback, 1963: When John F. Kennedy decided not to escalate the soon-to-be disastrous ...
• Britain’s Secret Proxy War in Syria - Syria
  The UK has been instrumental in consolidating relations between the disparate and isolationist opposition groups in Syria—not because the British elite want genuine democracy, of course, but because Syria’s President Assad would not acquiesce to the neo-liberal economic policies of the Broader M ...
• How the GOP (and the Tea Party) Helped Kill SO ...
  Hugh Pickens writes:  "Strengthening intellectual property enforcement has been a bipartisan issue for the past 25 years, but Stewart Baker writes in the Hollywood Reporter that when the fight went from the committees to the floor and Wikipedia went down, the Democratic and Republican pa ...

They Gave Us a Republic

• Civil Rights for People; Economic and Privacy ...
  By @KYYellowDog The Court of Appeals decision overturning the odious, hate-ridden and let us never forget freakazoid-driven Proposition 8 declaring LGBT Americans to be subhuman is deeply satisfying for many reasons. But my favorite reason today is because it led to this declaration by Conservat ...
• A win for women, and for Obama
  By @BGinKC Let me start with a confession...my children were educated in Catholic schools (we moved every couple of years, and Catholic schools had a consistent canon) and now, post-Air Force, my husband is a teacher in a Cristo Rey Catholic high school. One of the things that the church does we ...
• Why Bother? Here's Why
  By @KYYellowDog Next time some cynical old leftie asks why bother - campaigning for good candidates, promoting liberal ideas, even voting - when the structural obstacles to change are insurmountable, you can come back with a few quotes from the New Jersey State Senate President. From Pam Spauldi ...
• Even liberals fail to connect dots on Catholic ...
  By @TedFrier It just goes to show that not even the best political pundits always connect the dots all the time. In a column this week, the Washington Post's E.J. Dionne wrote a powerful critique of the Supreme Court's Citizens United abomination that opened the floodgates to the domination of o ...
• Songs to Fight the Plutocracy By: "Should I Ev ...
  By @KYYellowDog Written by I.W.W. bard Joe Hill in 1913. Uploaded by TRacyLC89

Care 2

• Animal photos of the week
  All creatures great and small in our ever popular animal gallery Submitted by Cher C. to Offbeat  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
• Take Down these six Tea Partiers
  the bigoted, sexist, anti-science, hypocritical, corrupt and downright crazy things that have been said and done by the first six congressmen with the dubious honor of being selected for the CREDO SuperPAC's Take Down the Tea Party Ten campaign. Submitted by Robert Tomlinson to Health & Wellness ...
• Elephants Connie And Shaba Still Need Your Help
  Thousands of emails protesting the planned separation of lifelong companions Connie and Shaba finally convinced the city of Tucson, Arizona to keep the elephants together. The pairs move to the San Diego Zoo may ultimately end in their separation. Submitted by Penny Temp no email please to Anima ...
• President Dilma :Veto the new Forest Code bill ...
  This bill would spell disaster for the Amazon rainforest if passed. Its already made its way through the Brazilian Senate and now its up to President Dilma to decide whether or not it becomes law. Now is our chance. Submitted by Nancy C. to Environment  |   Note-it!  |  ...
• Help protect whales and dolphins in Scotland ! ...
  The Scottish Government is creating a network of protected areas for Scotlands amazing marine life. This should be great news, but there is a risk that whales, dolphins and porpoises will not benefit. You can help us change this our whales, dolphins Submitted by Cher C. to Animals  |&nbsp ...

Smirking Chimp

• Zuckerberg's Pay: $6,000 a Minute
• Romney Doubles Down on Anti-Immigration Stance
• Foreclosure Fraud: Scoring the Deal, Continuin ...
• Producers vs. Moochers, Freeloaders And Losers ...
• Chat I Just Had With Homeland Security

Paul Krugman

• Friday Night Music, White Working Class Edition
  Listen to the Boss.
• Looking Up Labor Statistics (Boring)
  News you can't use.
• Two Minutes Hate
  Call me Emmanuel Goldstein.
• Things I'd Rather Not Read
  More Obama post possibly non-mortems.
• It Don't Mean A Thing If You Ain't Got Them Swings
  But Obama may have what he needs.

No Quarter

• OPEN THREAD + Just a friendly warning, Larry! ...
  This post exists primarily because we need an Open Thread. But it does give me an excuse to say to Larry Johnson: “You’ve got Rick Santorum nailed as lacking executive experience. And WTG for calling out Little Ricky for his earmark addiction.” Since, for inexplicable reasons, ...
• Santorum, Seriously?
  Santorum is a joke. Conservatives backing this guy prove once and for all that they are not serious people. What qualifies Santorum over Obama? Both were Senators with minimal accomplishments while in office. Both are lawyers with minimal legal experience (although Santorum had more success as a ...
• The Romney Quandary
  For the purpose of having a 100% analytical discussion, we must eschew blanket statements such as “I don’t trust Romney” or unverifiable remarks such as “Romney can’t win.” Assertions are welcome but must be backed by evidence ranging, for example, from persua ...
• So Santorum Wasn’t a One-State Wonder; May Win ...
  Since I don’t have photos of Betty Grable, or my area’s Irrigation Festival Queen, here are screenshot clips of Politico’s homepage as of 11 p.m., 02-07-12: Update: 3 Colorado’s GOP announces Santorum the victor, via CNN. Update: 1 Romney is now ahead of Santorum in Color ...
• Obama Lost His Cool… And Wants It Back! + OPEN ...
  Don’t we have the coolest-est president in the history of ever?  You’d never see Ronald Reagan or other so-called “adult presidents” working so hard to be “cool!” I mean look at him! Wearin’ his cool Ray-Ban shades, jacket slung over his back.  Posing ju ...

Futurismic

• New Economies
  Last month I pondered the extent to which the Arab Spring and Occupy Everything are socially-driven acts of creative destruction. Creative destruction is defined as a “process of industrial mutation that incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying ...
• Hang All The Critics: Towards Useful Video Gam ...
    The Problem It does not take a genius to realise that the world of video game reviewing is completely and utterly fucked. Their reputations sullied by an endless cavalcade of scandal and stupidity, video game reviewers routinely find themselves in the impossible position of having to bala ...
• Out of Destruction, Transformation?
  Most of my columns this year have been about change, from climate change to twitter. Well, this is a start-of-the-year post, and it seems appropriate to take on change in a big way as the year changes. We’re in an unstable moment. Climate change is here and it’s affecting us all. The economy is ...
• Better Writing Through Writing About Writing
  My life is fairly crammed, and writing time is hard to come by. Today I got one of those precious blocks of time in which I could write for several hours almost without interruption, yet as I fired up the computer, I felt not excited about the prospect, but worried and on edge.  I also [...]Foll ...
• A chat with Eric Drexler
  Not over coffee and cakes, sadly, but you take what you can get in this crazy world, AMIRITEZ? So when I got the chance to email Eric Drexler – yup, the nanotech guy – with some follow-up questions responding to his inaugural lecture at Oxford Martin College last month, I jumped in w ...

Therapy News

• Do People Misestimate Their Future Reactions?
  When someone is asked to predict their emotional reaction to a future, hypothetical event, they usually underestimate how they will respond, according to previous research. However, a new study, led by Heather C. Lench of the Department of Psychology at Texas A&M University, suggests otherwi ...
• Therapist Self-Disclosure Decreases Stigma of ...
  One of the primary reasons people neglect to seek treatment for their mental health problems is because they are concerned about the external and internal stigmas associated with mental illness. Public stigma is the external belief that one is defective if they receive therapy for their problems ...
• GoodTherapy.org Weekly Inspirational Thoughts
  November 23, 2011 – As we approach Thanksgiving, the day that reminds us to be thankful for those around us, we present Ghandi’s belief in the unity of all living things. Keep this in mind as you care for your loved ones this weekend and for those who are less fortunate. Happy Thanks ...
• Can Negative Attributions Predict Marital Diss ...
  Engaged couples form patterns of positive and negative behavior that can predict their marital satisfaction. “Serious marital dissatisfaction predicts increased risk for a major depressive episode, even when controlling for history of depression,” said Rebecca E. Osterhout of the New Mexico Vete ...
• Three Steps for Dealing with Panic Attacks
  Panic attacks are usually initiated by a triggering thought or collection of thoughts that are anxiety-provoking in nature. These thoughts then cause an overly exaggerated anxiety response in the body (choking sensations, dizziness, tightness, tingling, etc). These physical sensations are then o ...

Mountaintop Removal

• A look at Griffith's record - TriCities.com
  A look at Griffith's record TriCities.com Morgan Griffith has voted; to remove spending to ensure the safety of water from mountain top removal; against setting limits on the amount of sewer pollutants put into the Chesapeake Bay (refused to fund); to ban government websites for children abo ...
• Accused tree sitter pleads no contest - Beckle ...
  Accused tree sitter pleads no contest Beckley Register-Herald s Bee Tree Surface Mine in August 2011 to protest the practice of mountaintop removal coal mining. Marfork Coal is a subsidiary of Alpha Natural Resources. Conspiracy charges against MacDougal were dropped, and she was remanded to the ...
• Protesters rally against mountaintop mining - WDRB
  Protesters rally against mountaintop mining WDRB (WDRB) -- Protesters frustrated by the lack of action in Frankfort to stop mountaintop removal gathered in the state Capitol Rotunda Thursday. They protested the devastation they claim is caused by the removal of coal from the tops of mountains in ...
• Arch says mining not imminent at Blair - Charl ...
  Arch says mining not imminent at Blair Charleston Gazette (blog) This entry was posted on Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 2:03 pm and is filed under History, Mountaintop Removal. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your o ...
• Protesters square dance to make their point - ...
  State-Journal.com Protesters square dance to make their point State-Journal.com Sophie Dufour, 5, left and Sarah Hunt, 4, hold signs in the Capitol Rotunda Thursday to protest against mountaintop removal, as Trina Peiffer, right, acts as a person sick from water polluted by mountaintop removal m ...

Memeorandum

• US Taxes Really Are Unusually Progressive (Cli ...
  Clive Crook / The Atlantic Online: US Taxes Really Are Unusually Progressive  —  If you ask me, Jonathan Chait, a writer I respect, has made an ass of himself in a fight he picked with Veronique de Rugy over taxes and progressivity.  She offended him by saying that America' ...
• Appealing to Activists, Romney Calls Himself ' ...
  Michael D. Shear / The Caucus: Appealing to Activists, Romney Calls Himself ‘Severely Conservative’  —  Mitt Romney faced thousands of conservative activists on Friday and urged them to stand “shoulder to shoulder” with him as he works to oust President O ...
• REPORT: By A Nearly 2 To 1 Margin, Cable Netwo ...
  Faiz Shakir / ThinkProgress: REPORT: By A Nearly 2 To 1 Margin, Cable Networks Call On Men Over Women To Comment On Birth Control  —  TP interns Zachary Bernstein and Fatima Najiy conducted the research for this report.  —  President Obama's regulation mandating ...
• Kim Jong-Un Dead? That's The Rumor (Christophe ...
  Christopher Helman / Lists: Kim Jong-Un Dead?  That's The Rumor  —  In the past two hours, Twitter has exploded with unsubstantiated rumors that the new North Korean dictator died in Beijing today and that a coup is underway in North Korea.  All rumor of course, and on ...
• At CPAC, Mitt Romney throws red meat (Reid J. ...
  Reid J. Epstein / Politico: At CPAC, Mitt Romney throws red meat  —  Mitt Romney is so eager to become the conservative choice in the GOP presidential race that he used the word conservative or conservatives 25 times in his 26-minute Friday speech to the Conservative Political A ...

Energy & Environment News

• After Fukushima Disaster, a Confused Effort at ...
  Some of the companies that built Japan’s nuclear plants are now cashing in big on the cleanup, though their knowledge of decontamination is a work in progress.
• Green Blog: On Our Radar: Trump Assails Wind Farm
  The Scottish government is on the outs with Donald Trump, having proposed an offshore wind farm in view of his luxury golf resort.
• Green Blog: The Forensics of Snake Venom
  Genetic analysis of venom allows Indian investigators to determine whether it came from an endangered cobra, helping them to prosecute traffickers.
• Green Blog: Nuclear Power vs. Natural Gas
  One of the biggest risks the Southern Company faces in embarking on a big nuclear project is that natural gas will remain far more affordable.
• Green Blog: A Carbon Allowance in Every Pot
  A researcher proposes that the distribution of personal carbon allowances and shorter working hours be embraced to reduce greenhouse gas emissions quickly and equitably.

5+ quakes - 7 days

• M 5.9, Fiji region
  Friday, February 10, 2012 01:47:34 UTC Friday, February 10, 2012 01:47:34 PM at epicenterDepth: 575.50 km (357.60 mi)
• M 5.1, Macquarie Island region
  Thursday, February 9, 2012 19:21:02 UTC Friday, February 10, 2012 06:21:02 AM at epicenterDepth: 13.80 km (8.57 mi)
• M 5.1, Uttaranchal, India
  Thursday, February 9, 2012 19:17:33 UTC Friday, February 10, 2012 12:47:33 AM at epicenterDepth: 25.50 km (15.84 mi)
• M 5.1, northern Xinjiang, China
  Thursday, February 9, 2012 18:57:07 UTC Friday, February 10, 2012 02:57:07 AM at epicenterDepth: 21.70 km (13.48 mi)
• M 5.1, Papua region, Indonesia
  Thursday, February 9, 2012 15:18:11 UTC Friday, February 10, 2012 12:18:11 AM at epicenterDepth: 15.10 km (9.38 mi)

China Dialogue

• Love story of the black-necked crane
  With this tale of loss, narrated through a series of drawings, Tashi Sange explores people’s relationship with nature in the shifting climate of China’s far western plateau.Tashi Sange is a Buddhist khenpo (scholar) at Baiyu Monastery in Golog, Qinghai, and the founder and head of t ...
• “Who are these people now?”
  Tibetan herders are struggling to adjust to sedentary life on the edge of the city of Golmud. Xia Liwei visited one family and listened to their story.Fifty-eight-year-old Sonka never dreamed he might one day leave his ancestral village of Cuochi, on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, and move to the ou ...
• Hard times for eco-migrants
  As China seeks to protect a delicate corner of Qinghai, 50,000 herders have been moved off the grasslands. Ill-prepared for urban life, they face a bleak future, write Guan Guixia and Suonan Wangjie.The Sanjiangyuan – or “Three Rivers Source” – region of Qinghai, western ...
• Slideshow: Sanjiangyuan’s changing face
  As global warming and economic development alter landscapes and lives in western China, Hashi Tashidorjee has been out with his camera. Here he shows chinadialogue the results, kicking off a special series of articles on the region.The Sanjiangyuan region of the Qinghai–Tibet plateau conta ...
• A Canadian pipe-dream?
  Canada’s prime minister is on his way to Beijing to stoke interest in the country’s oil sands, but China would be wise to keep a safe distance, writes Angela Merriam.Stephen Harper, Canada’s prime minister, arrives in Beijing tomorrow with a very specific goal: to secure a mark ...

AlterNet Top Stories

• Bill McKibben: Climate Denial Is Creating &quo ...
  Telling the truth about climate change would require pulling away the biggest punchbowl in history. That's why the fight is so pitched.
• The 10 Most Seductive Drugs -- And Their Fasci ...
  A brief journey through time, from ancient Sumeria to modern New Jersey, uncovers the mysterious origins of the world's most beloved substances.
• Why is the Obama Administration Suddenly Fixat ...
  At the same time public support for marijuana legalization reached record highs, Obama shifted from one time medicinal cannabis sympathizer to White House weed-whacker.
• Should Sugar Be Regulated Like a Controlled Su ...
  An opinion piece in the journal Nature suggests ways the government could regulate added sugar, including a sugar tax, distribution controls and age limits.
• 5 Amazing Places in the US in Danger of Being ...
  We've won a temporary reprieve from the Keystone XL Pipeline, but there are still places greatly at risk in the country.

Threat Level

• The Pirate Bay’s Peter Sunde: It’s Evolution, ...
  Peter Sunde, one of the co-founders of the infamous The Pirate Bay file-sharing search engine, argues that Big Content should start innovating and stop trying to use the courts and the law to put the genie back in the bottle.
• Occupy DC Evicted From a Winter of Communal Di ...
  After months of tolerating and even defending Occupy DC, park police swept in with a SWAT team and bulldozer. Wired's Quinn Norton was on the ground - literally - as the police evicted a camp that was full of life.
• Bill Opening Supreme Court to Cameras Heads to ...
  The Supreme Court may soon have its own YouTube channel if the Senate gets its way. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation Thursday that would require the Supreme Court to televise its proceedings.
• Texas Jury Strikes Down Patent Troll’s Claim t ...
  After threatening web companies for more than a decade, Michael Doyle and his patent-holding company Eolas -- named after the Irish word for knowledge -- may be finished.
• A Texas Jury Now Deliberating Who, if Anyone, ...
  The fate of the openness of the interactive web is now in the hands of a jury in Texas, weighing testimony from the Web's early pioneers about the validity of a patent claim on features such as embedded video. A loss means that nearly every major U.S. website could owe thousands to millions of d ...

Equality Trust

• Act Local = Reduce the Gap
  Find out more about our new campaign: Act Local = Reduce the Gap
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  Visit the website of One Society which works in partnership with The Equality Trust. One Society draws on a wealth of research which shows that large divides in income at the top and bottom of society – beyond ‘proportional rewards’ – are damaging to our economy and society, not just for those ...
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• Action for Happiness
  Action for Happiness is a new movement for positive social change, founded by Richard Layard, Geoff Mulgan and Anthony Seldon.   They aim to bring together people from all walks of life who want to play a part in creating a happier society for everyone. Their vision of a better future inc ...
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PDA AMERICA

• Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Mon ...
  Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Money Out of Politics By Carmen Yarrusso There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.”–Henry David Thoreau Clearly, our government ...
• IOT: Healthcare for All Jan Call
  Call – Healthcare for All IOT Date – Jan 18, 2011 Agenda: 1. Introductions—Dr. Bill Honigman, PDA Healthcare for All IOT coordinator and California State Coordinator 2. National Single Payer Movement—Katie Robbins, Healthcare-NOW! 3. States Single Payer Movement–Chuck Pennacchi ...
• PDA Weekly Field Report 1/7/2011 – 1/18/2011
  Little Victories! Field Site: onenationpda.org California ADEM elections: Congratulations to all our PDA California friends and allies who completed a sweep up and down at the state at the recent CA Democratic Party Delegate elections. This will put the ...
• War is a Crime: Join In For Justice
  WarIsACrime.org JOIN IN FOR JUSTICE! 1/17/11 Washington, D.C., and Quantico, Va. Protest of FBI Raids and Bradley Manning Imprisonment http://www.defendingdissent.org/action/Events.htm 1/18/11 Washington, D.C. Panel with Rep. Rush Holt, Emily Berman from the Brennan Center for Justice, Shah ...
• An American Suicide Terrorist
  William John Cox The shooter of Congresswoman Gifford acted as a domestic suicide terrorist on the political “battleground” of American politics. His YouTube postings and “goodby” phone messages are ominously reminiscent of the traditional farewell videos ...

Marler Blog

• Marler Quotes of the Week on E. coli, Taco Bel ...
  Its been a busy week. Stephanie Armour of Bloomberg – “Expanded E. Coli Testing on Hold Until June 4, USDA Officials Announce:” The industry has fought the regulation, saying there’s no proof the expanded testing will prevent illnesses or outbreaks and that it may cost ...
• Perhaps "Mexican-style fast food restaurant ch ...
  I got an email from an acquaintance in public health (one of few who will still admit it) suggesting why “naming, names” of companies that poison customers is less common in journals and other publications: It is a long and "honored" custom to describe companies by anonymous designa ...
• What if in 1982 McDonalds had been named as th ...
  Would the 1993 Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak ever have happened? Over the last few weeks I have been I taking industry (well, Taco Bell) and government (well, CDC, FDA and eight states) to task for the failure to give up the name of mystery "Mexican-style fast food restaurant chain, Restaura ...
• Some Seattle Area Grocers Stop Selling Sprouts
  As I said to King 5 a few months ago: “Sprout seeds can be contaminated when they’re grown, cause they’re grown outside,” says food safety attorney Bill Marler, of Seattle, “When the Sprouts are sprouted, you have to be exceedingly careful with the quality of the w ...
• ABC Evening News (and others) Praise Food Safe ...
  Food Safety News dogged reporters did what the government and Taco Bell did not do, be open with the public about the Salmonella Outbreak Linked Taco Bell restaurants in ten states.  FSN first reported that Oklahoma and Michigan broke ranks with the FDA, CDC and other states when those two ...

AutoblogGreen

• First Drive: 2012 Toyota Prius C [w/video]
  Filed under: Hybrid, Hatchback, Toyota, First DrivesBaby Of The Family Will Play A Big Role Toyota's new 2012 Prius C doesn't look like a math problem, but that's what it is. Hidden behind its attractive hatchback body and Toyota Synergy Drive hybrid powertrain, the Prius C is just a b ...
• Breaking: Tesla Model X revealed
  Filed under: SUV, Tesla, Electric Here it is, the Tesla Model X, the CUV prototype version of the Model S. We'll have more details live from California soon, but here's what we know at the moment. The Model X can hit 0-60 in 4.4 seconds, will cost around the same as the Model S, and it has ...
• Official: Toyota prices 2012 Prius C under $19K*
  Filed under: Hybrid, Toyota During the Detroit Auto Show, Toyota said the new Prius C would start at under $19,000. Today, we learn that this is like a lesson from Obi-Wan: what Toyota told us was true, from a certain point of view. The base level Prius C One's MSRP is indeed $18,950, but ...
• Report: Bob Lutz: Hey right-wingers, stop atta ...
  Filed under: Hybrid, Government/Legal, Hatchback, Chevrolet, GM, Electric In the wake of last week's bruising hearing on Capitol Hill about the safety of the Chevrolet Volt (which itself followed an investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that concluded plug-in veh ...
• A word on Nissan Leaf sales, orders and reserv ...
  Filed under: Car Buying, Hatchback, Nissan, Electric What's up with the sales, orders and reservations of the Nissan Leaf? The Japanese automaker loudly trumpeted the 20,000 reservations it originally collected back in September, 2010 and Nissan's Mark Perry recently told AutoblogGreen that, ...

Rafe's Radar

• Reporters' Roundtable: Failure is always an option
  This week's failure to communicate, from Path, was hardly a unique event. Companies--especially fast-moving startups--screw up all the time. The issue is how they react to their errors. Can Path recover, as Facebook and Google have from their privacy flaps, or will this flub hurt the compan ...
• Startup Secret 33: It's a long game
  Does LinkedIn have a strategic weakness? BranchOut's CEO thinks it does, and is basing his whole company on it. ...
• Navigation app Waze gets limited voice controls
  The free, crowd-source navigation and traffic app Waze layers in rudimentary voice controls. ...
• Path's Dave Morin: No, really, I don't lie abo ...
  Does a 2010 e-mail from Path's CEO show how the company betrayed users' trust? ...
• Path and the disclosure dilemma
  Path underdisclosed what it was doing with your address book; Pinterest didn't alert users it was making money from ...

Camera Obscura

• No title
• Pathos and pathology: the cinema of Todd Haynes.
  http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935025/pathos-and-pathology-cinema.html September 1, 2004... Because infinity--for the eye--begins just a few meters away from the retina.... --Roger Caillois, "The Image" There are at least two shots in Todd Haynes's work that recur so ...
• The incredible shrinking star: Todd Haynes and ...
  http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935026/incredible-shrinking-star-todd.html September 1, 2004... Critics have consistently characterized the films of Todd Haynes within the terms of what B. Ruby Rich described in 1992 as the "new queer cinema"--films whose style displayed traces ...
• Written on the screen: mediation and immersion ...
  http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935031/written-screen-mediation-and.html September 1, 2004... Recently, while engaging in one of my favorite forms of procrastination--using my computer to search for mid-century modern bargains on eBay rather than using it to engage in more rigo ...
• Traumatic postmodern histories: Velvet Goldmin ...
  http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935030/traumatic-postmodern-histories-velvet.html September 1, 2004... If modernity was characterized by and imagined itself in terms of a particular awareness of time and history--the unfolding of social, political, and technological projects of ...

Democracy Now!

• "America’s Pro-Choice Majority Speaks Out." By ...
  By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan The leadership of the Catholic Church has launched what amounts to a holy war against President Barack Obama. Archbishop Timothy Dolan appealed to church members, “Let your elected leaders know that you want religious liberty and rights of conscience restor ...
• Part 2: “Who Killed Che? How the CIA Got Away ...
  Michael Ratner and Michael Steven Smith are the co-authors of a new book about the U.S. role in the killing of Cuban revolutionary, Ernesto “Che” Guevara. Born in Argentina in 1928, Che rose to international prominence as one of the key leaders of the 1959 Cuban Revolution that overthrew U.S.-b ...
• Amy Goodman Appears on MSNBC's "Up w/ Chris Hayes"
  Democracy Now! Host Amy Goodman joined a 2-hour panel of journalists, analysts and academics on MSNBC’s "Up w/ Chris Hayes" to discuss topics of the day, ranging from the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s Planned Parenthood reversal to the Republican Primaries. From the &qu ...
• Amy Goodman on MSNBC's Up with Chris Hayes 2/5 ...
  Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman will appear on MSNBC’s Up with Chris Hayes on Sunday, February 5th from 8 -10am EST .
• "Romney’s 1 Percent Nation Under God." By Amy ...
  By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan Although Mitt Romney has yet to win a majority in a Republican primary, he won big in Florida. After he and the pro-Romney super PACs flooded the airwaves with millions of dollars’ worth of ads in a state where nearly half the homeowners are underwater, he ...

Suzie-Q

• Obama Approval Ratings Rise Tracks Increasing ...
  Huff Post- First Posted: 02/10/2012  4:35 pm Updated: 02/10/2012  4:57 pm By- Max Blumenthal WASHINGTON — On Thursday, the Gallup Daily tracking poll marked a symbolic milestone. For the first time in more than a month and only the third time since last July, Gallup reported an approval ra ...
• Afternoon Jukebox: We Take Care Of Our Own
  Bruce Springsteen – We Take Care Of Our Own This song has been selected by President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign, along with some other songs, which I will post those, as well.
• String of Positive Economic News Helps Boost O ...
  FDL- By: Jon Walker Thursday February 9, 2012 1:34 pm Recently we have seen a string of positive economic indicators that all point to the same general pattern. While the individual pieces are subjectively good compared to pre-crisis level, the data gives the clear impression that the economy is ...
• Joseph Kennedy III Switches Congressional Dist ...
  02/ 9/12 07:46 AM ET  Associated Press  via: Huff Post BROOKLINE, Mass. — Joseph Kennedy III has moved to a different Boston suburb ahead of an expected congressional bid to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Barney Frank. Brookline’s town clerk says the 31-year-old Kennedy came to town hall Tuesd ...
• CPAC 2012: No Ronald Reagan In The Room
  First Posted: 02/ 9/2012 12:02 pm Updated: 02/ 9/2012  1:16 pm Huff Post By – Howard Fineman WASHINGTON — Conservatives begin their annual jamboree here Thursday certain of two things, although they don’t say them out loud. They need another Ronald Reagan. They don’t have ...

Solari

• Critics Slam SSL Authority for Minting Certifi ...
  A subordinate certifcate issued by Trustwave was used to monitor people accessing SSL-protected services on a customer’s internal network By Dan Goodin The so-called subordinate root certificate allowed the customer to issue SSL credentials that Internet Explorer and other major browsers ...
• Transcript of Catherine’s 2.02.2012 Interview ...
  A transcript of Catherine’s February 2, 2012 interview of Jon Rappoport is now available to Solari Report Subscribers! From the transcript: Catherine: Freedom is the most desirable state for me. Being free is more important than being alive. I’d rather be dead than be a slave. I truly have ...
• President Obama Banks at JP Morgan Chase Priva ...
    Barack Obama (D-Ill)   Net Worth: From $2,802,012 to $11,830,000   Assets: 8 totaling $2,802,012 to $11,830,000   Income: 5 totaling $358,334 Personal finance profiles of recent years view here. Jp Morgan Chase Checking Account (S) page three Related [...]
• Looks Like Romney Banks at Bank of America
  Personal finance profiles of recent years view here. Bank of America page 71 Willard M. Romney – 2011 Tax Return Related reading: Wall Street Investing in Romney The Washington Post (20 July 11)
• Madigan, Federal Government & State Attorneys ...
  Washington — Attorney General Lisa Madigan today joined with her counterparts in other states and the federal government to announce a $25 billion settlement with the nation’s five largest bank mortgage servicers over allegations of widespread “robo-signing” of foreclosure documents and other f ...

Insurgency Watch - Newswire

• Times Scare
  ISLAMABAD–The apparent links between Pakistan and Faisal Shahzad are certainly cause for concern, but let’s not lose site of things here. The attack in Times Square was a fizzle. The rush to claim credit is a bit embarassing for the TTP and looks like it was — like the attack itself — a rush job ...
• Stepping up - University at Buffalo The Spectrum
  Stepping up University at Buffalo The Spectrum The president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, recognized the direness of the situation and began to mobilize military forces to combat the Taliban. ... and more »
• Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of ...
  BBC News Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of Afghan women Chicago Tribune Would nuclear-armed Pakistan become even more vulnerable to its own Taliban insurgency? Will a defeat embolden America's enemies? That line of thinking must ... Vietnam syndrome has begun in AfghanistanSri L ...
• Officials: Campus blasts perplexing - United P ...
  Officials: Campus blasts perplexing United Press International ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The International Islamic University, where bomb blasts killed at least six people, is a unique Pakistani institution ... and more »
• Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing - GMA ...
  Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing GMA news.tv An Associated Press reporter met three Taliban fighters Tuesday traveling in a car with darkened windows at Shaktoi, a town close to the border between ... and more »

AlterNet - Rights and Liberties

• More and More States Introduce Costly Anti-Imm ...
  Despite the devastating consequences of state immigration laws in Alabama and Arizona, legislators in other states have introduced similar enforcement bills this year.
• Obama Campaign Copies Gingrich -- Decries Then ...
  The 2012 money race is on, with both sides looking to secretive groups to fuel their ad wars.
• 5 Big Lies About the Phony 'War on Religion'
  Right-wingers claim Obama and Democrats across the country are waging a war on religion -- and of course, conservatives are the civilian casualties.
• Do We Need a More Nuanced View of Sexuality?
  People should be able to choose their sexual practices, and not be penalized when their partners don’t mirror the conventional norm.
• Knocked Up: Republican Presidential Candidates ...
  Birth control is under attack by all of the candidates competing for the Republican presidential nomination.

Sideways News

• Could you be a 10:10 community champion?
  The Guardian Newspaper and Franny Armstrong, through the Guardian 10:10 campaign, challenge organisations and individuals to cut their carbon footprint by 10%.
• Brit mums strict about eco-chores
  Families in the UK are increasingly likely to be nagged about doing eco-chores, a new study conducted on behalf of the Energy Saving Trust has revealed.
• UK venue offers rainforest weddings
  Getting married in a luscious rainforest has never been easier or more eco-friendly, according to the Eden Project.
• Battery recycling 'too difficult'
  The European Recycling Platform (ERP) reports that while only a third of households at present recycle batteries, four out of five said they would do so if it was made easier.
• 10 green resolutions to save you money
  By taking green steps at home, you can save money and make life easier. Being smart about waste, consumption and resources won't only win you the thanks of forthcoming generations: you'll feel the financial benefit immediately. 1. Make money from old electronics As your electronic goods become o ...

Fabius Maximus

• What can climate scientists tell us about the ...
  Summary:  This is a review of the climate science literature, giving a perspective different than that shown us by the news media.  This is just a selection from the vast, rapidly growing body of research on the frontiers of knowledge about this vital subject.  This is the fifth in a series of p ...
• Iran: War Drums Beating
  Summary:  Here we repost an article by retired GOP operative Mike Lofgren giving perspective on the looming war with Iran.  He also sees the current situation as similar in some ways to that of Europe in early July 1914.  It’s a disturbing analogy.  As is the obvious similarities between t ...
• Another echo in Afghanistan of the Vietnam War ...
  Summary:  The Afghanistan War vividly demonstrates one of America’s greatest weaknesses.  We don’t learn from experience.  Change the names and so much history of Vietnam War reads like today’s news.  All that’s old is new again.  The actions of Lt Colonel Davis (see yest ...
• A letter from Lt Col Daniel L. Davis, who is a ...
  Summary:  Please read this letter from Daniel L. Davis (Lt Colonel, US Army).  He has set in motion forces that can change America, but only if we choose to help.  Pass this on to your Congressmen, Senators, local newspapers, associate, friends, and relatives.  If we stand together we can reclai ...
• Important news about our war in Afghanistan
  If you have not yet done so, please read these.  These two articles are just two of the pebbles Lt Colonel Davis has tossed off the cliff.  They might start an avalanche. “Truth, lies and Afghanistan – How military leaders have let us down“, Daniel L. Davis (Lt Colonel, US Army ...

Open Your Eyes News

• Vatican kicks out Roma on Easter
  Press TV – About 150 Roma gypsies were barred from participating in the Easter vigil of the basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls on Sunday, after temporarily taking shelter there on Good Friday, The Telegraph reported.  Local and foreign pilgrims, who had gathered to attend the vigil, ...
• Euro strikes 16-month high against dollar
  Breitbart – The euro struck a 16-month high against the dollar and the Swiss franc notched a record high versus the US unit Tuesday amid heightened investor nerves over this week’s busy economic calendar. The European single currency hit $1.4653 in morning trade, the highest point si ...
• British pound devalues by 94% in 50yrs
  PressTV – A new survey shows that the value of money in the UK has dropped by 94 percent over the past 50 years, which means an 18-time increase in retail prices. The survey carried out by BM Savings has found that almost £1,800 is needed to match the buying power of £100 in 1960, [...]
• Peru suffers an ‘environmental tragedy’
  IOL – The rising price of gold has multiplied by six the pace of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios in recent years, a study published on Tuesday said. Illegal gold searches using primitive techniques in the years 2003-9 led to the destruction of ...
• Next step humans? Every new pet dog in Britain ...
  Daily Mail – Every new pet dog will be microchipped under sweeping Government regulations to combat dangerous animals. Each puppy born and dog sold will have an electronic chip implanted under the skin. Details will then be placed on a national database accessible by police and the RSPCA. ...

The Progressive Realist

• Close Air Support and Drones
  Yesterday, Marcy Wheeler wrote a post pointing out that two of the six Americans confirmed killed by drone strikes were servicemen, a pair of Marines killed during a close air support mission (the other four are Anwar al Awlaki, targeted directly for assassination in a drone strike, and three ot ...
• Afghanistan in Transition, Civilians in Armed ...
  Earlier this month, I spent a week at NATO with eight other bloggers, attending briefings on issues as varied as the mission in Afghanistan and cyber security. Unfortunately, most of those briefings –the interesting ones in particular– were on background only, but here’s a round-up o ...
• You Might Have Missed: Military Intervention, ...
  Shaun Waterman, “Drones Over U.S. Get OK By Congress,” Washington Times, February 7, 2012. The FAA Reauthorization Act, which President Obama is expected to sign, also orders the Federal Aviation Administration to develop regulations for the testing and licensing of commercial drones by 2015. ...
• The UNSC Syria Vote, Renewal of American Leade ...
  A recent post over at The Economist's Democracy in America blog says the Syria showdown at the UN between the US, Russia, and China demonstrates a crucial yet underappreciated success of Obama foreign policy: Ten years back, America often found itself isolated, struggling to pull together &qu ...
• Top of the Morning: Syria in Crisis; Money Quo ...
  Top stories from DAWNS Digest.  Sign up to receive the full digest in your inbox. US Convening “Friends of Syria” Meeting Amid Another Deadly Day in the Siege of Homs read more

TAPPED - The American Prospect

• A Super Bowl for the People
  Somehow Madonna pulled off an amazing feat during the Super Bowl: bringing gay culture and aggressive female sexuality into the heart of masculinity’s holiest of days without anyone seeming to care. While the cheerleading segment was embarrassingly silly, I otherwise have to disagree with Tom C ...
• Will the Real Citizens United Please Stand Up?
  CPAC, DC—The Citizens United case is back in the news this week with the Obama campaign's announcement that they would coordinate to help raise funds with the super PAC Priorities USA. As the presidential campaign ramps up, it's easy to forget what the actual Citizens United organization is: a ...
• The Coming Battle over NCLB Exemptions
  In 2014, no students will be behind in math or reading. All of them will meet grade-level goals. That's the plan according to No Child Left Behind. Thursday, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced that ten states were getting waivers from the controversial law’s requirements. The sta ...
• The Libertarian Romantic Thriller
  REPUBLICAN CENTRAL, DC—Every Republican presidential nominee is speaking in CPAC's main ballroom today except Rep. Ron Paul. He sent his son, Sen. Rand Paul, in his stead last night and the libertarian's message is being spread—if not always explicitly—down in the CPAC dungeon of booths. ( ...
• Keep Conventions Conventional
  Unless there’s a psychic shift in the Republican Party soon, this past Tuesday evening the campaign for its presidential nomination became sui generis. On its face, the race conforms to the establishment-versus-insurgency template that’s characterized past contests, such as the 1976 GOP race in ...

Buzzflash

• When It Comes to Sex, There Is a Plan B
  MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT When it comes to sex, there is a Plan B. In a surge of recent moves that appear to accommodate the realities of living in a contemporary world - and not the mythical Ozzie and Harriet past (that was really just a Hollywood television fantasy) - th ...
• Is Santorum Running to Position Himself for 2016?
  STEVEN JONAS MD, MPH FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Rick Santorum had a "good day" on February 7, 2012. He won three non-binding "primaries" in two caucus states, Minnesota and Colorado, and what is described as a "beauty contest" in Missouri. While he got close to 140,000 votes in the latter, his ...
• Romney Doubles Down on Anti-Immigration Stance
  BILL BERKOWITZ FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT In the first of two Florida debates held in that state before Mitt Romney triumphed easily in the Republican Party‘s presidential primary a week ago Saturday, the former Massachusetts governor was asked a question about immigration. He not only restated h ...
• Republican Candidates are Using 'Freedom of Sp ...
  ANN DAVIDOW FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT There is outrage in some quarters about the 9th circuit's ruling that California's Proposition 8 violated the Constitution not only by rescinding a right already in effect but also because it was unconstitutional on its face. Fox's Bill O'Reilly was positive ...
• "Trickle Down" Is a Plutocratic Religion, Not ...
  MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT "Trickle down" is not an economic theory; it's a self-enriching religion for the wealthiest amongst us. The economists and pundits are legion who have challenged the notion that the amassing of wealth by a privileged few results in more jobs being ...

Glenn Greenwald - Salon

• The DOJ's escalating criminalization of speech
  Muslims continue to be targeted for prosecution for expressing political views the government dislikes
• Facts and myths in the WikiLeaks/Guardian saga
  A series of accidental events led to the publication of 251,000 diplomatic cables in unredacted form
• Top CIA official: Obama "changed virtually not ...
  A new Frontline from PBS features a "revelation" that is anything but, though it offers an important added detail
• Celebrating the fall of a dictator
  Reports about thankful citizens are being used to justify a pro-war argument -- but we've seen this before
• A tweet that explains everything
  The nation's watchdog news outlets deploy to cover a Wednesday vs. Thursday scheduling conflict

The BiPartisan Report

• Sex, lies and ‘edited’ videotape
• Nihilism 1 American People Nil
• Sheldon Whitehouse brings truth to the Senate ...
• Pesky facts spoil GOP’s mammogram arguments
• Those holier than thou Conservatives

Sciencebase

• Felix Baumgartner to freefall from almost 40 km up
  Real-life action hero Felix Baumgartner plans to take a balloon up to the edge of space and then to jump out. In freefall he hopes to break the speed record for a human travelling without a machine, the needle, as it were, reaching speeds in excess of the speed of sound. In the BBC newsclip [... ...
• Kinect could help phantom limb pain
  A phantom limb is the perception that an amputated or missing limb or other body part is still attached to the body. The sensations, by most accounts, are unpleasant and commonly painful. Mirror therapy has been used to help alleviate some of the problems experienced by veterans, accident victim ...
• Testing times, but no pardon for Turing
  UK government minister, Lord McNally, responded for the government declining to pardon Turing: The question of granting a posthumous pardon to Mr Turing was considered by the previous Government in 2009. As a result of the previous campaign, the then Prime Minister Gordon Brown issued an unequiv ...
• 10 out of 10 for boron’s coordinated effort
  A team in the US has created a boron compound that has the highest coordination number of any planar species, squeezing 10 spoke-like bonds from a central metal hub to 10 boron atoms equally spaced around a nanoscopic wheel. I asked theoretical chemist Pekka Pyykkö of the University of Helsinki, ...
• Layers of graphene, water and helium
  Graphene is perhaps the thinnest material known. Essentially it is a single, isolated layer of the carbon allotrope graphite. In SpectroscopyNOW this week I discuss new research into how a single layer of graphene is transparent to water molecules in the sense that the water can “see&#8221 ...

Common Dreams-Progressive Newswire

• EPA Lists Dry Cleaning Chemical Likely Carcinogen
  The federal Environmental Protection Agency has declared tetrachloroethylene, or PERC, a chemical used by many dry cleaners, a “likely human carcinogen.” "The evidence against this ubiquitous dry cleaning chemical piled up for years, like dirty laundry in the corner of the room, ...
• “Witness Bahrain” Launched One Year After Star ...
  AP is reporting: “Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in Bahrain are streaming toward a site they seek to occupy for the one-year anniversary of their uprising in the Gulf kingdom.” The Bahrani regime has been denying visas to media and human rights workers ahead of the a ...
• Amnesty International Urges Iran to Respect Pe ...
  Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian authorities to respect freedom of assembly and allow peaceful protests on February 14 amid fears that authorities may once again use excessive force to quell protests, as in previous years. The demonstrations - called by the Coordination Council of ...
• Medical Marijuana Bills Introduced in Maryland
  A pair of bills were introduced today in the Maryland House and Senate that would allow patients with certain qualifying conditions to use medical marijuana with doctors’ recommendations. The bills, HB 1024 and HB 1148, are based on the recommendations of a study panel created by the legis ...
• Americans United Commends Obama Commitment to ...
  The Obama administration’s continuing commitment to birth control access is commendable, but powerful religious and political forces are still trying to roll back women’s health care rights, says Americans United for Separation of Church and State. The White House announced today th ...

Common Dreams-Views

• Intervention in Syria Won’t Work, So How Do We ...
  Mehdi Hasan How do we stop the ongoing killings in Syria? It is an urgent and important question but one that defies a simple or easy answer.Syrian refugees and residents living in Jordan chant slogans during a demonstration against Preside ...
• The NDAA and the Militarization of America
  Carl Mirra The National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 (NDAA) was passed by Congress and signed into law by the president on New Year’s Eve of 2011. Activists and other critics charge that the NDAA authorizes the indefinite militar ...
• Israel, MEK and State Sponsor of Terror Groups
  Glenn Greenwald One of the most under-reported political stories of the last year is the devoted advocacy of numerous prominent American political figures on behalf of an Iranian group long formally designated as a Terrorist organization un ...
• This is No Bailout for Main Street America
  Richard Wolff Big announcements of breakthrough legislative deals during election campaigns should be taken with huge grains of salt. Generally more rhetoric than reality, they sometimes contain real concessions made by politicians seeking ...
• How To Be Outraged in America
  Mark Morford So, what's it going to be? What flavor of revolt and indignation do you prefer as we dance like drunken angels into the wilds of 2012? Choose wisely, and you can become electrified and alive, a full and informed participant ...

Newshoggers - AfPak

• This Is The War That Never Ends
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Water Wars

• Meet the 2012 TCC Board
  The Topanga Community Club (TCC), built and maintained for 50 years by a crew of dedicated volunteers, is one of the oldest organizations in the Canyon that has united this community for many years.
• Weekend Guide, Feb. 9-12, 2012
  BLIND PILOT: Mr. Smalls, Fri. 8 p.m. $13.50-$16; 1-866-468-3401. MR. GREENGENES: Altar Bar, Fri. $15-$20; 1-877-435-9849. OLD BABY: 31st Street Pub, Fri. 10 p.m. $6; 412-391-8334.
• Avalonia Land Conservancy, Groton Public Libra ...
  Groton - Avalonia Land Conservancy and the Groton Public Library have organized a five-part series of programs over the next four months to highlight the importance of water and water protection.
• Comprehensive water plan for Alabama needed
  Springville — Last Thursday “Friends of Big Canoe Creek” hosted Mitch Reid from the Alabama Rivers Alliance (ARA) to speak about the growing need for a comprehensive water plan in the state of Alabama.
• Camp Palm Beach registration opens Monday for ...
  Registration begins Monday for residents wishing to enroll their children in Camp Palm Beach, which runs from March 12-16 and from March 19-23 at the town’s Recreation Center.

WordPress | Economics

• Economist in disagreement shock
  Bloomberg has a funny diagram of Paul Krugman’s metaphorical punch-ups with other economists.
• The pics that wind reps DON'T show farmers.... ...
  So this is the Brooke-Alvisnton Zephyr project from the air yesterday. I’m just looking at al
• Greece, Diamond Foods, Euro, Santorum, Friess ...
  Another day and Diamond Foods (DMND) is still with us. I took my profits on the trade, selling the s
• Deadly Political Rhetoric
  When Political Rhetoric Brings Out the Worst in Us by Gordon C. Stewart, March 29, 2010 Click the ti
• Greece Plunged Into Political Turmoil Over Aus ...
  Greek far-right leader rejects bailout, attacks Germany Reuters - Feb 10, 2012 Greek far-right leade

Electronic Intifada

• Interview: Ex-prisoner reflects on friendship ...
  Bekah Wolf 9 February 2012 Popular resistance leader Mousa Abu Maria shared an Israeli prison cell with Khader Adnan, now completing his 55th day of hunger strike. Abu Maria recalls Adnan’s leadership in organizing and educating prisoners in this interview for The Electronic Intifada. ...
• Debut novel unflinchingly portrays Palestinian ...
  Maureen Clare Murphy 9 February 2012 In Selma Dabbagh’s debut novel Out of It, 27-year-old twin misfits Iman and Rashid Mujahed try to find belonging in a contemporary Gaza groaning under Israeli siege and air strikes, and street battles between competing political factions.
• Putting the spotlight on London university's l ...
  Hilary Aked London 8 February 2012 Students at the London School of Economics protest the university’s ties to the Technion — Israel’s Institute of Technology — which has inextricable links to Israel’s weapons industry.
• Is 17-year-old girl Cast Lead's latest victim?
  Rami Almeghari Gaza Strip 7 February 2012 Seventeen-year-old Haneen Abu Jalala died last month at an Israeli hospital from what her family says were complications from white phosphorous fired at their home three years ago.
• Stealing Palestine's resources is illegal, des ...
  Charlotte Silver Ramallah 7 February 2012 Israel’s illegal acts of resource pillaging in the occupied West Bank are “benefitting” the Palestinian population, according to the Israeli high court.

The Wonk Room

• President Obama Names Al Pacino, Six Others, N ...
  The National Endowment for the Arts just announced that on Monday, President Obama will award actor Al Pacino, artist Will Barnet, poet Rita Dove, arts philanthropist Emily Rauh Pulitzer, sculptor Martin Puryear, singer-songwriter Mel Tillis, and pianist Andre Watts National Medals of Arts. I ha ...
• Rep. Steve King At CPAC: ‘Nancy’s ...
  At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) yesterday, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) asked the crowd, “What is happening to our liberty?,” before launching into a long-winded story about how he took back his freedom by replacing the energy-efficient “curlicue bulbs” a ...
• GOP Ups The Ante, Introduces Legislation To Al ...
  Earlier today, in response to criticism from Catholic groups, the White House altered its regulation requiring employers and insurers to provide no-cost contraception coverage as part of their health care plans. Churches and religious nonprofits that primarily employ people of the same faith are ...
• Idaho Senate Committee Kills LGBT Protections ...
  This morning the Idaho Senate State Affairs Committee voted 7-2 to reject a bill that would have added non-discrimination protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity to the Idaho Human Rights Act. Activists had called on legislators to “Add The Words,” but they voted ...
• Gingrich Places Guy Who Thinks Social Security ...
  In a speech this afternoon at the Conservative Political Action Conference, GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich announced that Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) is designing legislation for him on “Tenth Amendment implementation.” Perry, of course, believes that Social Security and Medi ...

thwap's schoolyard

• A Great Day!
  It isn't like stopping a war, or housing the homeless, or anything like that. But I have to credit TTC Chair Karen Stintz and Toronto City Council for standing up to the imbecilic coward Rob Ford and his stupid "plan" to bury the Eglinton LRT line. For posterity's sake I'll describe it simply: ...
• You Lost Ford! You Lost Big! Deal With It.
  Seriously you cowardly, stupid fuck! You LOST! It's over. Shut the fuck up. No. No. No. It's over. You lost. And it feels good to say that.
• S'more Canadian Feminist Values
  Yes. Yesterday i was waxing patriotically about Canada's vastly superior pro-woman culture by pointing to the (perhaps criminal) lack of resources devoted to finding a mass murderer of women in downtown Vancouver. I neglected to mention two further examples of our pro-ogynist culture that were ...
• Canadian Values
  Man oh man. When I think about repressive, anti-female cultures, ... like the patriarchal nonsense of Afghanistan, that made a creep like Mohammad Shafia think that his daughters' and his first wife's lives are worth less than his trumped-up "honour." Or those sickos, the man and his family memb ...
• Canada is Sick
  Sick, sick, sick. That's all.

on Government Oversight

• Booz Allen Suspension: A Successful Failure
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Digital Journal

• Art for a Living Earth
  A new art show in Nova Scotia features works of art created from materials which could have been destined for landfill sites, as well as works designed to show the value of the earth around us.
• Mosport International Raceway gets new name
  The name Canadian Tire will be front and centre when motorsports fans head for Mosport International Raceway this season.
• Justin Bieber closes in on 40 million Facebook ...
  Of the world's three major social media categories, Facebook fans is the one Justin Bieber falls a bit behind in. He is leading in YouTube views, comfortably in second in Twitter followers, but sixth in Facebook.
• Scientist creates $50 artifical leg
  Research scientist Jan Andrysek of Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Toronto designed a low-cost artificial knee, winning a $100,000 grant from Grand Challenges Canada, one of 15 awarded to Canada's "rising stars in global health."
• ‘The Murderers’ of Botalcura: Criminals in thr ...
  The wines produced by Botalcura Vineyards are not only inventively named but have also been valued for their quality which expresses fine wine-making techniques and the characteristics of the terroir of their region of origin, the Maule Valley of Chile.

End Homelessness | Change.org

• Mississippi Launches Plan To End Child Homeles ...
  Fulfilling the wishes and happiness of children is at the heart of the holiday season. So, now seems particularly timely for Mississippi to launch a new plan to end child homelessness (pdf) in the state.  What better way to set the season of giving in motion than by committing to finding safe an ...
• Thanksgiving 2.0: Food, Poverty and Telling th ...
  This Thanksgiving, most of us around the country shared a bountiful harvest feast with friends and family. We celebrated all that we are thankful for by gorging ourselves right into a food coma. It's the American way. Unfortunately, it's also the American way to be thankful for all that we have ...
• Homeless People Wanted: Must Be Open to Demean ...
  What are they thinking? People obviously don't see the homeless as human or they wouldn't attempt to hire them to do most of the insane, demeaning and illegal jobs out there. Here's a small sampling: Rob dead bodies. The Aokigahara forest at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan is the site of 50 to 100 ...
• LA Plans to Make Homelessness Go the Way of th ...
  Instead of pretending homelessness doesn't exist, creating new laws to make it illegal to sit or sleep in public, or sending homeless residents on a one-way trip out of town, Los Angeles County may attempt to actually do something about ending homelessness. And the county is setting the bar high ...
• Don't Let Violence Against the Homeless Go Unp ...
  Despite its economic troubles, Detroit is not known for being kind to the homeless. That's too bad, since there are nearly 10,000 homeless people living there. In October, police say that Steven James Diponio, 54, became so enraged at Charles Duncan, 42, who was homeless and sleeping behind a sc ...

Ceasefire.ca

• Unbalancing refugee reform
  When the Balanced Refugee Reform Act came up for discussion in parliament in 2010, the then-minority Harper government was forced to compromise with the opposition parties in order to get the legislation passed. But that was then. It looks like those compromises may be about to be revisited.
• Return of the five o’clock follies
  More happy-talk about the war in Afghanistan.
• Where are the helicopters?
  More details have emerged about the controversial Maritime Helicopter Program, which looks more and more like a money pit.
• Ceasefire.ca vs. Harper’s pro-war lobby ...
  I am writing my remarks right now – but I want to hear from you. What do you think I should say to the MPs?
• Will CDA’s DND funding continue?
  A recent article in Esprit de Corps by Steve Staples and Josh Libben argues for an end to the close relationship between the Department of National Defence and the lobbyists of the Conference of Defence Associations.

Kevin Trudeau Show

• Voluntary Taxation for Peace and Prosperity
  January 26, 2012 Activist Post By J.G. Vibes “Not sure if this would actually work – but it’s quite a novel idea.”  –KTRN The time has come to start thinking unconventionally when considering alternatives to our current methods of funding community projects. As it s ...
• The U.S. Falls a Dramatic 135% on Press Freedo ...
  January 26, 2012 Activist Post By AP After TIME recently named “The Protester” 2011′s person of the year, Reporters Without Borders said “Crackdown was the word of the year in 2011.” Following a year of violent crackdowns on peaceful protests around the country, the ...
• Morgellons Disease Exists “Only in Patients’ M ...
  January 26, 2012 CBS News What if it felt like there were tiny bugs crawling all over your body, causing oozing sores and mysterious fibers sprouting from your skin? That’s how many people described their symptoms to government doctors several years ago, with health officials sometimes rec ...
• Corruption Scandal Shakes Vatican As Internal ...
  January 26, 2012 Reuters By Philip Pullella “Thou Shalt Not …” –KTRN The Vatican was shaken by a corruption scandal Thursday after an Italian television investigation said a former top official had been transferred against his will after complaining about irregularities i ...
• Chemicals Found in Microwave Popcorn Bags May ...
  January 25, 2012 By Ryan Jaslow CBS News Can microwave popcorn mess with childhood vaccinations? The two may seem completely unrelated, but a new study suggests chemicals that are widely used for making popcorn bags and lots of other products may counter the immune system benefits from vaccines ...

Armies of Liberation

• Yemen Air Forces bombs soldiers, kills 240
  The Yemeni Air Force bombed the al Samaa Republican Guard garrison in the Arhab district of Sanaa today, deliberately killing 240 guardsmen. The attack came after the troops refused to attack pro-revolution tribesmen with artillery. “The government did not stand quiet when the guards refused ord ...
• Yemenis protest against al Qaeda
  In a direct rebuke to the terror group, residents of Taiz held a major protest against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) on Thursday evening after prayers. Protesters held signs denouncing AQAP that said, “Your racism will do nothing but make us stronger.” Taiz is the largest city in Yeme ...
• اوباما يفقد السيطرة على اليمن
  My article from PJM at al Mostakela: اوباما يفقد السيطرة على اليمن تخاطر الولايات المتحدة بتمكين القاعدة في اليمن وتنفير الشعب اليمني عن طريق إحباط تغيير النظام هناك كتبت – جين نوفاك يعتبر اليمن بلد معقد، فقد ظل يرزح تحت وطأة اضطرابات كبيرة، كما أن فهم اليمن يخبرنا الشيء الكثير عن الشرق ال ...
• Yemen’s CT chief accused of war crimes
  After Yemen’s Republican Guard killed and dismembered tribal prisoners Thursday, Arhab tribesmen issued a statement Friday demanding the immediate arrest and prosecution of General Ahmed Saleh as a war criminal. Ahmed Saleh heads the Republican Guard containing US funded counter-terror units and ...
• Yemen protesters announce boycott of US, Saudi ...
  Protesters in Yemen announced a boycott today of US and Saudi products, a largely symbolic move in light of Yemen’s grave humanitarian crisis. Protesters allege that the Obama administration has thwarted their efforts for regime change. Millions across Yemen have demanded the end to the 33 year ...

Dark Politricks

• U.S. voters back Obama as commander-in-chief: poll
  WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama has overwhelming support from American voters for his use of drone strikes against terror suspects and his planned troop drawdown in Afghanistan, a poll found Wednesday. Obama, who signed off on the US special forces raid which killed Osama bin Laden last y ...
• Israel, Suppressed Story Verified
  By Veterans TodayWednesday, February 8th, 2012 Photo Accurate, Israel Lied Says French News Agency AFP confirms veracity of debated Israeli abuse story   Agence France- Presse Editor’s Note: Israel Caught Lying About Apartheid Abuse: “Following the surfacing of the photos, the I ...
• 350 Times Maximum Annual Radiation Dose Permis ...
  By Bob NicholsWednesday, February 8th, 2012 Unsuspecting Public SACRIFICED?   by Bob Nichols   350 times the Maximum Annual Radiation Dose Permissible 40 mSv Hour at Naimi Quarry Mainichi Daily News (San Francisco) A recent headline on the six crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Reactor ...
• Foreign Troops Enter Syria
  Foreign Troops Enter Syria By WashingtonsBlogwashingtonsblog.com Foreign Troops Already Involved In Syrian War We’ve repeatedly noted that the U.S. government planned regime change in Syria at least 20 years ago. Indeed, carrying out acts of violence and blaming it on the Syrian government ...
• Will American Troops be “Fighting For Our Free ...
  By Bob JohnsonWednesday, February 8th, 2012 The first rule of philosophy is to see things as they REALLYare, not merely as they are presented. If we follow this rule we must Israeli infected U.S. flag recognize that despite what the politicians and media are saying, American troops are not reall ...

Dandelion Salad

• Interview With Chris Hedges About Black Bloc b ...
  by J.A. Myerson Truthout with Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Feb. 9, 2012 Chris Hedges’ syndicated Truthdig column “Black Bloc: The Cancer in Occupy,” printed Tuesday at Truthout and elsewhere, created quite a stir among members of Occupy Wall Street (OWS). Some e ...
• Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space ( ...
  with Bruce Gagnon Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Organizing Notes February 9, 2012 Space4Peace on Feb 7, 2012 The prospect of Earth being ruled from space is no longer science-fiction. The dream of the original Dr. Strangelove, Wernher von Braun (from Nazi rocket-scientist to NASA director) has ...
• Chris Hedges: Black Bloc Could Kill OWS
  with Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Feb. 7, 2012 TheAlyonaShowon Feb 7, 2012 We’re continuing our discussion of wanting to take the influence of money out of politics with Author and Truthout columnist Chris Hedges. Overturning Citizens United is just one step, but for those ...
• Canadian’s Prison Release in Bahrain Raises Ho ...
  by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Ethiopia 7 February 2012 Canadian citizen Naser Al Raas was unexpectedly released from prison in Bahrain earlier this week, raising hopes that he may soon be able to return to Canada a free man. His family is hoping that the reprieve from cust ...
• Follow the Bills by Ralph Nader
  Dandelion Salad by Ralph Nader The Nader Page February 1, 2012 Looking at millions of individual bills that makeup the 2.7 trillion dollars of annual health care costs opens a gigantic window on the massive waste, redundancy, profiteering, fraud and sometimes criminal over-billing. Here is a par ...

Your New Reality

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  Best. Christmas. Ever A Short Story By Darryl Mason "Is your father okay?" He waited for her to answer. He couldn't tell her what happened while she was away... "He's not getting better, if that's what you mean." How could he tell her, right now? She had more than enough on her mind alread ...
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  Britain Embraces Apocalyptic Doom It's grim, and getting grimmer, but as this UK Guardian story by Andy Beckett reveals Brits can't get enough of the end of the world : A sense of doom dominates recent films such as Melancholia, in which a vast unknown planet suddenly appears from behind the su ...
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  A journey to see the black hole claimed to be at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy : I love these cosmological photo-montage animations. They're even better than the ones I saw in my head as a kid, when we could only look at drawings of star-fields in science books and have to imagine such a ...
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  Official : Predator Drones Now Flying American Skies By Darryl Mason When I first started writing here 5 years ago about how unarmed and armed drones (or Flying Killer Robots) were being tested in warzones for later deployment in the skies above the United States, it was Crazy Conspiracy Theor ...

Wired - Science

• Stunning New 3-D Moon Map Made From Lunar Data
  Thanks to a new 3-D map of the moon, earthbound viewers can see its landscape with a clarity that only Apollo's astronauts have previously enjoyed.
• U.S. Space Science Confronts New Economic Reality
  Astronomers are worried. It's not some new unexplained mystery of the universe or the upcoming launch of a space telescope that is unnerving them, though. The problems they currently face are much more down-to-Earth -- and the future of space exploration hangs in the balance.
• Origami Robots Run Only on Air
  Powered by nothing more than puffs of air, robots molded from paper and silicone rubber can bend, twist, grip and even lift more than 100 times their weight.
• Black Hole Eats Asteroids, Burps Out X-Rays
  The supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy may be constantly snacking on asteroids. A new study finds that an asteroid at least 12 miles wide falling into the black hole would account for the regular bright x-ray flares seen through telescopes.
• European Cave Spiders Produce Super-Stretchy Silk
  European cave spiders (Meta menardi) protect their growing offspring using the most stretchable egg sac silk ever found.

Israeli Occupation Archive

• Moshé Machover: Netanyahu’s war wish
  One thing is beyond any doubt: a major aim of Israel’s foreign policy is the overthrow of the Iranian regime. What is not generally understood are the motives behind this aim, and the present Israeli... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian ...
• Marian Houk: Ethnic Cleansing continues – Isra ...
  Michael Sfard: “It’s the first report of its kind which, looking from a bird’s-eye view, sees not just demolitions, not just loss of residency, and not just discrimination between Jewish and... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, no ...
• Anonymous message to the State of Israel
  To the government of the state of Israel: We are Anonymous. For two long we have tolerated your crimes against humanity and allowed your sins to go unpunished. Through the use of media deception and... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian l ...
• Israeli fans beg PM to hold off Iran attack ov ...
  New Facebook group asks Prime Minister to postpone any plans to a strike of Iran's nuclear facilities until after the Queen of Pop's planned May 29 visit. IOA Editor: On the trivialization of the... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palesti ...
• Amira Hass: Small triumphs in a Sisyphean war
  There are tens of thousands of Jerusalem-born Palestinians who have been stripped of their residency status in the city by heartlessness disguised as Israel's residency law. Celebrities make no... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, ...

Ria Novosti - Military

• Iranian Navy Receives 2 Light Submarines
  The Iranian Navy has commissioned two Ghadir class diesel-electric submarines to boost Iran’s naval capability, official IRNA news agency reported.
• Russia May Sell $14 Bln Worth of Weaponry in 2012
  Russia’s arms exports may reach a record $14 billion in 2012, a Russian think-tank said on Friday.
• Israel Successfully Tests Missile Defense System
  Israel successfully tested the Arrow missile defense system on Friday, the Defense Ministry said.
• Russia Convicts Military Officer of Spying For CIA
  A Russian military district court sentenced on Friday an engineer at the Plesetsk Space Center in northern Russia to 13 years in prison on charges of state treason, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said.
• India Tests Ballistic Missile Interceptor
  India has test-fired a domestically developed interceptor missile capable of destroying ballistic missiles, the Hindustan Times reported on Friday.

NewsWise

• New Study by Biologist Finds Dramatic Improvem ...
  The underrepresentation of women in science has received significant attention. However, there have been few studies in which longitudinal data were used to assess changes over time. In a paper recently published in the journal BioScience, Richard B. Primack, professor of biology at Boston Unive ...
• Environment's Effects on Evolution of Survival ...
  Advances in studying genes mean that scientists in evolutionary developmental biology or "evo-devo" can now explain more clearly than ever before how bats got wings, the turtle got its shell and blind cave fish lost their eyes, says evolutionary biologist Craig Albertson, who studies cichlid fishes.
• Nutritional Medicine for Adults Workshop Serie ...
  Rush University Medical Center is sponsoring a Nutritional Medicine workshop March 15 to 16, 2012, that features internationally-renowned faculty who are leaders in research in nutritional medicine. The workshop is part of a series that is designed to educate clinicians and anyone interested in ...
• Finding Love Has No Expiration Date
  People may think that online dating is only for the young, but individuals over the age of 60 are the fastest growing demographic in online dating. However, they may be looking for different qualities in their relationships than their younger counterparts.
• Employers Feel No Love for Unscrupulous Practi ...
  A new study led by two Florida State University marketing professors finds that some frontline service employees who are rewarded for hikes in customer loyalty and satisfaction also may engage in "service sweethearting," a clandestine practice that costs their employers billions of dollars annua ...

Natural Health News

• Why Are Officials Now Recommending HPV Vaccine ...
  If there were any doubt left that U.S. vaccine recommendations are excessive, officials are now promoting universal HPV vaccination for boys in order to prevent genital warts.  The efficacy, safety and duration of the vaccine are all unknown, and the warts only have serious effects on about ...
• Do You Have ANY Idea How Absurd U.S. Farm Subs ...
  U.S. farmers have been subsidized in one form or another for more than 200 years.   In 1862, the practice was expanded when congress passed the Homestead Act, known as the Morrill Act, which granted 160 acres of government land to those who wanted to begin farming or ranching. Between ...
• HFCS Can Play Havoc with Your Body's Metabolism
  Fructose can activate taste cells found on your pancreas, a reaction that can increase your body’s secretion of insulin.  This could be a concern for people prone to diabetes. Experiments showed that fructose activates the same proteins in pancreatic cells that your tongue uses to taste sw ...
• The Toxic Truth About Sugar -- is it Really a ...
  Dr. Robet Lustig, arguably the number one enemy of the sugar lobby, has published a well written article in the prestigious scientific journal Nature arguing that sugar is a poison.  He believes that the negative health effects of sugar consumption can no longer be ignored, any more th ...
• Flu Vaccines Negatively Impact Children
  A number of parents whose children developed narcolepsy following swine flu vaccination say the children are now beginning to fall behind at school.  The children developed the condition after vaccination with pandemrix in 2009 and 2010. Narcolepsy is a disabling neurological disorder char ...

Climategate

• Dean of science…suggesting rising seas t…
  Dean of science…suggesting rising seas this next century of up to 100 metres, or Al Gore six metres. When I see things like that I know these are false. You mentioned the IPCC report; that suggests, at worst on best scenarios, 59 centimetres. http://www.google.com
• ABC science presenter Robyn Williams seeks mor ...
  ABC science presenter Robyn Williams who in 2007 believed seas could rise 100 meters, seeks more truth from scientists after Climategate.
• How to avoid your own Climategate scandal
  What are the lessons of Climategate? More honesty and transparency in science? Not according to attorney Alan Nelson in the Guardian UK today.  To him, the lesson is how not to get caught next time. So how do universities and academics ensure that their correspondence does not become the “ ...
• What is the “likelihood” that the 2007 IPCC Re ...
  A very interesting analysis of the IPPC Assessment and has some important questions that invite others to help him answer. Please read his article and let him know what conclusions you draw.
• Schools call for a “balanced teaching of globa ...
  USA Today reports that US schools are finally calling for both sides of global warming to be taught, because it is after all, a theory -- not a fact:

Opinio Juris

• Since the Security Council Won’t Act, Send in ...
  by Julian Ku by Julian Ku Matters in Syria are going from bad to worse.  I am sure this won’t do any harm, but it is not going to help either.  It will simply give the illusion that the international community is dong something about Syria. Syrian officials suspected of committing or ord ...
• Did the IPCC Screw Up Climate Change Policy?
  by Julian Ku by Julian Ku I found this interview in Der Spiegel of Fritz Vahrenholt, a German renewable energy executive and a former Social Democratic Party figure fascinating since he doesn’t fit the profile of most climate change skeptics.  Varenholt has a new book coming out, “ ...
• Marines Don’t Know Who the SS Were?
  by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller By now, most readers have probably seen the following photo, in which Marine snipers in Afghanistan pose in front of a flag with the runes of the SS: I wasn’t planning on blogging about the photo, because the insensitivity of the snipers and the aw ...
• Garzon Suspended for Wiretapping Lawyer-Client ...
  by Julian Ku by Julian Ku Should human rights folks still defend him? Spain’s Supreme Court on Thursday convicted the crusading human rights judge Baltasar Garzón of illegally ordering wiretapping in a corruption case and suspended him from the courts for 11 years. I don’t know much abou ...
• UVA Conference on Conflicting Legal Norms in U ...
  by Kenneth Anderson by Kenneth Anderson If you happen to be around Charlottesville tomorrow, Friday, February 10, you might want to come over to a symposium on how to resolve conflicting legal norms in US and foreign courts: The conference – organized by the student-run Virginia Journal of Int ...

Public News Service

• Is a Bank of America Break-up Inevitable?
  Is a Bank of America Break-up Inevitable? PHOENIX - A petition from consumer group Public Citizen says Bank of America is so big and frail that regulators should dismantle it before its problems provoke a crisis. The economists, law professors and former regulators behind the call say there is ...
• Endangered Wolf Population Continues to Grow i ...
  Endangered Wolf Population Continues to Grow in Arizona and New Mexico PHOENIX - The number of endangered Mexican gray wolves in Arizona and New Mexico continued to rise last year. State and federal biologists found at least 58 wolves in their latest count, up from 50 the previous year and 42 in ...
• Representantes de pequeños negocios a D.C ...
  Representantes de pequeños negocios a D.C. para proteger la cuenca del Río Colorado PHOENIX – Esta semana una delegación de representantes de pequeños negocios que dependen del Río Colorado para sostener empleos relacionados con el turismo y la recreación via ...
• Small Business Reps Travel to DC to Protect Co ...
  Small Business Reps Travel to DC to Protect Colorado River Flows PHOENIX - Small-business people who depend on the Colorado River to support tourism- and recreation-related jobs traveled to Washington this week, promoting ideas to fix the imbalance between water supply and demand in the seven-st ...
• Senior Information Program Expanding Statewide
  Senior Information Program Expanding Statewide PHOENIX, Ariz. - Arizona seniors will soon have a new source of information about federal benefit programs such as Social Security, Medicare and the Affordable Health Care Act. AARP-Arizona is expanding its volunteer speakers program statewide. ...( ...

Center for Food Safety

• Senator Barbara Boxer (CA) and Representative ...
  In the U.S., we pride ourselves on having choices and making informed decisions. Under current FDA regulations, we don’t have that choice when it comes to GE ingredients in the foods we purchase and feed our families.  This led the Center for Food Safety to submit a legal petition to the F ...
• Consumer Groups Petition FDA to Ban GE Salmon ...
  Groups say fish couldn’t pass proper review Today consumer groups Food & Water Watch, Consumers Union, and the Center for Food Safety submitted a formal petition asking the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to classify and evaluate AquaBounty’s “AquAdvantage” genetically engineered (GE) sal ...
• Center for Food Safety Calls On EPA Not To Bac ...
  Much Needed Inventory Would Identify Animal Factories’ Locations and Manure Management Practices, Allowing EPA To Begin Assessing Scope of National Threat To Water and Food Supplies The Center for Food Safety (CFS) submitted comments strongly criticizing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EP ...
• Genetically Engineered Crops Will Not Feed The ...
  The Center for Food Safety Pushes Back Against Gates Foundation “Feed the World” Propaganda The Center for Food Safety (CFS) pushed back today against longtime biotech crop supporter, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, over its announcement that it has invested nearly $2 billion ...
• California Bill to Label GE Fish Fails
  AB 88—the California bill which would have required that all genetically engineered (GE) fish sold in California contain clear and prominent labeling—failed in the Assembly Appropriations Committee today by a vote of 9-7. AB 88 was stalled in Appropriations last year, and was held-over for reint ...

Angry Indian Op-Eds

• .:Middle East Online::The State of Journalism ...
  .:Middle East Online::The State of Journalism and Media in the New Libya:.: Journalism and media witnessed huge expansion in Libya since the first spark in the February 17 revolution. There are now around 200 printed newspapers in Tripoli and Benghazi alone, and around 18 satellite channels thro ...
• GUEST POST by @jazminchavez and @juliagrob: “L ...
  GUEST POST by @jazminchavez and @juliagrob: “Latinos: Turn Off Your TV, Co�o!”: GUEST POST BY Jazmin Chavez & Julia Ahumada Grob of "East WillyB" By the time of this publication, we should all be familiar with the recent controversy regarding ABC sitcom, “Work It,” in which Puerto Rican act ...
• A Brief look at the Censorship of Human Rights ...
  China must abandon censorship | APNS Article 35 of China's constitution as adopted in 1982 clearly states that: "Citizens of the People's Republic of China enjoy freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly, of association, of procession and of demonstration." For 28 years this article has stood ...
• The Republican Candidates' Race Card Strategy
  The Republican Candidates' Race Card Strategy [Black Star News Editorial] Republican presidential candidates Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and front-runner Mitt Romney have all played the race-card to varying degrees in this election cycle, while Ron Paul's campaign is weighed down by the race b ...
• The Billanthrope: Why I Wrote Koontown
  The Billanthrope: Why I Wrote Koontown: Black people are inherently inferior. This is not something you would often hear anybody say outright—if at all. That would be racist, and we live in a time when even devout racists get offended if you actually call them “racist.” The closest we tend to ge ...

Pensieve

• Defend our Right to Create and Share!
  I think the rights of copyright holders to protect their interests should not infringe on our rights to be considered innocent until proven guilty. By demanding the unilateral right to take down any website without due process, the media lobbyists are infringing the rights of all internet users. ...
• Meet the Rollerman
  Jean-Yves Blondeau, a daredevil inventor, has created a suit that allows the wearer to skate downhill while lying flat on the pavement. His suit has been featured in Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel’s comedy, “Yes Man“. This looks immensely fun, and quite a bit less dangerous the ...
• RSA: The Empathic Civilization
  With ever clever illustrations and motor-mouth skills that an auction salesman would admire, the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce creates impressive and inspiring videos, very worthy of our time. Related posts: Dumbledore what???? Time Magazine ran an articl ...
• Hitchiking the Platforms
  Should I move Pensieve to Google’s Blogger platform again? Google has recently refreshed it’s blogging platform, and added Google+ integration. Pensieve began on Google’s blogger platform. My earlier blogs were hand coded, which made a hassle out of blogging, but also made each ...
• Siri, AI and TV Collide
  Imagine talking to your TV, and having it answer you. Such a scenario is what the editors at the MacRumors website are suggesting Apple will soon unleash to the world. In this article, they say the Siri, the iPhone 4S virtual assistant, will be coming to television soon. Once Apple enters the Sm ...

Green Times

• All Curled Up
  This curled up plant is slowly unfurling and waking up. If you go for a walk in one of Australia's National Parks (glossary/wildlife/national-park.html) you will be surrounded by plants and flowers.   Photo by: Alexandra Meusel  
• 2012 Global Energy Prize Now Accepting Nominations
  The Global Energy Prize annually rewards innovation and solutions in global energy research and its concurrent environmental challenges.
• Environmental News 22/12/2011
  Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss
• One Moment Meditation
  Tips to take a moment for yourself This a great video for everyone who feels like they have no time to meditate. All you need is a 'moment', if you know what to do.Watch and try it for yourself! Video found on the Padre Ralph blog.   
• Landowners Block CSG Project
  Last week, landowners from communities across the Liverpool Plains literally blocked the CSG Project!

The Briefing Room | Investigate

• Feminists plan pigtail protest over Prosser book
  Feminists plan pigtail protest over Prosser book. Feminists plan pigtail protest over Prosser book
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• BREAKING NEWS: Police dig up house in search o ...
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Israel-The Only Democracy in the Middle East?

• Israeli Occupation Builds Villas for Carmel Se ...
  Miyaser Al-Hatheleen is a 45-year-old woman living in Umm al-Kheir, South Hebron Hills. Her house was first demolished by the Israeli Occupation authorities in October 2008, together with other dwellings belonging to her relatives (see our original 2008 report about these demolitions). In July ...
• Sheldon Adelson has already bought a politicia ...
  Newt Gingrich’s South Carolina primary victory has brought onto the spotlight his campaign’s main benefactor, Sheldon Adelson. Relatively to his wealth and the manner in which he has acquired it, Adelson has managed to stay away from the limelight – despite his quoted bragging ...
• Support a Palestinian Family Fighting to Stay ...
  Reprinted with permission from Mondoweiss. Written by Udi Aloni, member of the Jewish Voice for Peace advisory board. There has been a flood of new laws, practices and rules of apartheid in Israel. Sometimes many of us feel paralyzed because of the racist manifestations in the judiciary, legisl ...
• Winter at Salem: Music Center Annual Concert & ...
  The first part of this post, an account of Salem’s music center 2011 end-of-year concert held recently in the village municipality building, was written by Ikhlas (Yasmin) Gebara, the young poet from Salem (a village just outside of Nablus). Ikhlas is sitting to the left of Erella and Ehud ...
• Military Trial of 17-year old Amal Hamamdeh fr ...
  As reported here, during home demolitions in the cave-dweller village of Mufakarah, two young women who resisted nonviolently were arrested and charged with “assaulting soldiers” under the Israeli Occupation’s draconian martial law. The older of the two, Sausan Hamamdeh, reache ...

Politics in the Zeros

• Foreclosure fraud: forgery charges against Doc ...
  Linda Green's changing signature (Source: Washington Post 23 Sep 2010) Last week a Missouri grand jury handed up an 136-count indictment accusing DocX  of forgery. DocX, a now-closed unit of Lender Processing Services of Jacksonville, Florida, was one of the largest companies that provided h ...
• Greek police union wants to arrest EU/IMF offi ...
  In a letter obtained by Reuters on Friday, the Federation of Greek Police accused the officials of “…blackmail, covertly abolishing or eroding democracy and national sovereignty.”
• Doctor Hedges misdiagnoses the Decline of Occupy
  The police have raided many of the encampments across the country. Protests and actions called by Occupy are declining in number, with reduced participation. Workers and marginalized people, like the homeless, who were initially drawn to Occupy have, in many instances, departed. It is discouragi ...
• Run-of-the-river hydropower
  Chief Joseph Dam, WA. Run-of-the-river hydropower. No sizable reservoir. Wikimedia Commons Small hydro may have a promising future, especially run-of-the-river hydropower. Dams are not needed, eliminating the major problems of destruction of habitat and large areas by flooding plus the inevitabl ...
• Google Adwords tips for local businessses
  A client is a violin teacher in Santa Monica CA. She gets steady business from the Google Adwords campaign I manage for her. Here’s how I keep costs down and results up. First, use Google Search only. She doesn’t need Display Network ads, which can get very expensive and aren’t ...

Coteret

• Yediot’s Plocker: Thank you Mossad for r ...
  On Sunday (January 9 2011), Yediot’s Itamar Eichner reported [emphasis mine; full translation here]: Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is furious with outgoing Mossad Director Meir Dagan because of the briefing Dagan gave journalists last Thursday. In the course of that briefing, Dagan sha ...
• “Rejectionist front”: Maariv detai ...
  As Israel’s diplomatic position erodes and the Palestinian Authority’s campaign for the unilateral recognition of a state in the 1967 borders gains ground, the demand for “direct negotiations” has become a central talking point of  Israeli government spokespeople. Here&#8 ...
• New Yorker editor David Remnick to Yediot: &#8 ...
  On December 24 2010, Yediot’s Friday Political Supplement ran an interview with New Yorker editor David Remnick by Adi Gold. Most of the interview was dedicated to his new biography of Barack Obama. Gold did ask a political question on Israel and Reminck’s response was very blunt. No ...
• Breaking the Silence’s landmark new book ...
  Breaking the Silence has just published a landmark collection of soldier testimonies from the Occupied Territories spanning the period 2000-2010. The 432 page book can now be browsed, downloaded and embedded here. If you read nothing else, take the time to look over the first to pages of the int ...
• Following local pressure, Adidas reconsiders s ...
  This Maariv article [full translation below] from Friday is particularly badly written and repetitive, so I’ll summarize. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat decides to hold the first Jerusalem International Marathon in March 2011. He gets Adidas to sponsor the event. An Israeli runner registers an ...

Deadline Live

• Rick Santorum Declares War On Heavy Metal
    By Keith Spillett Tyranny of Tradition Rick Santorum has been on the offensive lately, but his target has not been Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney or even President Barack Obama.  For the past week, Santorum has been using his campaign to take aim at an issue he feels to be the single ...
• US Marines Pose With Nazi SS Flag – What ...
  By Jack Blood 2.10.12 DeadlineLive.info Call the Southern Poverty Law Center right away! lol…Apparently these Marines thought they were just representing for “Scout Snipers” (products of our “education” system?) – Regardless, this is not what our war front sho ...
• Rand Paul Takes on Obama and pals with CPAC Sp ...
  Looks like it was a good strategy to send Rand in Ron’s place for this years CPAC conf. Inside report from Ron-less CPAC
• (Video) Election 2012: Prefect Explanation of ...
  Funny how the national news never explains this. Kudos to Ben Swann, who’s reporting has been nothing less than stellar this election cycle!
• FOX Cancels “Freedom Watch” w/ Jud ...
  Phone numbers to complain to FOX are BELOW ~ FOX Business Network Adds Encore Presentations of Marquee Business Programming   NEW YORK, Feb 09, 2012 (Warren Buffet’s BUSINESS WIRE) — FOX Business Network (FBN) will debut a new primetime schedule featuring encore presentations of ...

The Air Vent

• IPCC Draft Law
  A US based attorney has written in to the Blackboard on the basics of Copyright law as it pertains to the continuing releases of IPCC drafts.  It is unclear to me who could claim damages from the release but this gives some idea of how the process would proceed legally were the IPCC silly enough ...
• Bias In Arctic Satellite Sea Ice Trend
  I wrote recently that I wanted to check local regions of inland lakes to look for bias in the sea ice satellite record.   Satellites are not long lived creatures.  They are built of lightweight materials very carefully constructed to survive in incredibly harsh environments.  The result is desig ...
• Comparison of Northern Hemisphere Perennial an ...
  We have been looking at sea ice trends below the arctic circle at the request of Anthony Watts.  It is a curiosity of his that he’s been asking Walt Meier of the NSIDC to consider for some time.   I am a fan of the NSIDC because their data access is excellent and they answer questions [...]
• Comparison of Northern Hemisphere Perennial an ...
  We have been looking at sea ice trends below the arctic circle at the request of Anthony Watts.  It is a curiosity of his that he’s been asking Walt Meier of the NSIDC to consider for some time.   I am a fan of the NSIDC because their data access is excellent and they answer questions [...]
• D minus — below average.
  Accelerating warming failed again. I’ve been waiting for this post because we knew the sat channels had plunged. On reading his post, I learned that Dr. Roy Spencer’s daughter was involved in a serious car accident.  I hope everyone will send their regards.   H/T Doug Cotton.  

Focal Point

• Spencer Soper Wins Sidney Award for Exposing B ...
  Business reporter Spencer Soper of The Morning Call has won the October Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman foundation for his expose of Dickensian conditions in Amazon.com's warehouse in Pennsylvania. Temperatures inside the "fulfillment center" soared to over 100 degrees over the summer ...
• Spencer Soper Wins Sidney Award for Exposing B ...
  Business reporter Spencer Soper of The Morning Call has won the October Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman foundation for his expose of Dickensian conditions in Amazon.com's warehouse in Pennsylvania. Temperatures inside the "fulfillment center" soared to over 100 degrees over the summer ...
• Bachmann's Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric is Bad Scienc ...
  Hey, Michele Bachmann, you know who was really, really pro-vaccination? The Founding Fathers. Read all about it in my new article at The Nation. George Washington argued for mandatory inoculation of citizens against smallpox and mandated the inoculation of the Continental Army, under the . ...
• Bachmann's Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric is Bad Scienc ...
  Hey, Michele Bachmann, you know who was really, really pro-vaccination? The Founding Fathers. Read all about it in my new article at The Nation. George Washington argued for mandatory inoculation of citizens against smallpox and mandated the inoculation of the Continental Army, under the .. ...
• Confessions of a Pro-Social Psychopath
  Neuroscientist James Fallon is fascinated by the brains of murderers, especially in light of his own family history. His father's side of the family was full of notorious murderers. So, he compared his family's PET scans to those of known psychopathic killers: "And I took a look at ...

Inside Facebook

• Santorum soars this week on Inside Facebook’s ...
  Rick Santorum gained close to 9,000 new Facebook fans in a single day after winning the Republican presidential primaries in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado on Tuesday. For the first time since we began monitoring candidate’s pages with the Inside Facebook … Continue reading →
• Blogging Inside Social Apps: Social Game Marke ...
  Analytics and Open Graph were big topics of discussion during the “Social Game Marketing and Performance Advertising on Facebook” panel at the Inside Social Apps Conference in San Francisco on Thursday. Ifeelgoods Co-founder and VP of Business Development Suchit Dash, … Continue reading &# ...
• Tabs, Heineken, Yahoo, games, more on this wee ...
  A number of Tab Builder page applications saw tremendous growth this week and dominated our list of emerging Facebook apps by monthly active users. Heineken, Yahoo, a sweepstakes app and games also made the list. The apps grew from between 240,000 and … Continue reading →
• Liveblogging Inside Social Apps: The Future of ...
  We’re at the San Francisco Design center, blogging Inside Network’s third annual Inside Social Apps conference. Founder of Inside Network Justin Smith sat down with Facebook Director of Software Engineering Cory Ondrejka for a fireside chat called “The Future of … Continue reading →
• Greeting cards, Zynga, Washington Post, birthd ...
  Greeting card applications and a number of games dominated our list of apps growing by daily active users this week. Washington Post’s Social Reader, an iPad app, birthdays and tab applications made the list. The titles below grew between 178,000 and … Continue reading →

Truthout - Tweets

• truthout: #FF Just some of this week's great c ...
  truthout: #FF Just some of this week's great contributors to Truthout: @MelissaGira @Greg_Palast @Susie_C @JAMyerson @WRPitt @Yanazure
• truthout: This time the Obama administration d ...
  truthout: This time the Obama administration didn't wait for congress to take action. http://t.co/YNQYftfO #NLRB #education
• truthout: Obama Bypasses Congress on No Child ...
  truthout: Obama Bypasses Congress on No Child Left Behind (#NCLB) http://t.co/YNQYftfO
• truthout: A Tale of One Activist's Global Reac ...
  truthout: A Tale of One Activist's Global Reach, From #Pennsylvania to Bucharest: http://t.co/MP0CZAz0 #OWS #1u @OccupyRomania @JAMyerson
• truthout: This Is No Bailout for Main Street A ...
  truthout: This Is No Bailout for Main Street America http://t.co/imTQbn7Q by @profwolff #ff #foreclosure

ReDress News

• Britain helps Israeli water thieves
  Stuart Littlewood exposes British Water's complicity with the Israeli occupation authorities who are not only stealing Palestinian water, but also overseeing the flooding of Palestinian fields and villages with untreated sewage from hilltop Jewish settlements.
• UK, US condemn murder in Syria, condone murder ...
  Alan Hart views US and British hypocrisy in condemning Russia's and China's veto of the Security Council resolution to end the killing in Syria while at the same time supporting "Israel right or wrong - unending occupation, ongoing ethnic cleansing and all".
• Two-front international struggle for Palestine
  Lawrence Davidson argues that Israel is intent on ethnically cleansing its own Arab citizens and that, to prevent this, it is imperative to intensify the international boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign against the Zionist state and, equally, to redouble popular pressure in the United St ...
• Cynicism and black propaganda: the left's reac ...
  Nureddin Sabir argues that the reaction of a large section of the so-called "left" and "anti-imperialist" camp to the uprisings in Libya and Syria are motivated not by some high-minded principle or anything to do with progressive ideology but by cynicism, petty personal agendas and ignorance.
• Palestinians need high calibre leaders - urgently
  Stuart Littlewood singles out Palestinian "President" Mahmoud Abbas's recent visit to Britain as another example of his administration's public relations incompetence and argues: "If Palestinians are to retain worldwide sympathy and support, build additional strength and galvanize the whole move ...

Amazon Rainforest

• Plastic eating Fungi discovered in Amazon Rain ...
  The group of students, part of Yale’s annual Rainforest Expedition and Laboratory with molecular biochemistry professor Scott Strobel, ventured to the jungles of Ecuador. The mission was to allow “students to experience the scientific inquiry process in a comprehensive and creative way.&#8 ...
• Justice for 8year girl burned alive by loggers ...
  Loggers in Brazil captured an eight-year-old girl from one of the Amazon’s last uncontacted tribes and burned her alive as part of a ‘campaign’ to force the indigenous population from its land! Sign Petition and share: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/813/288/541/ The ...
• World’s largest beef company signs Amazo ...
  The world’s largest meat processor has agreed to stop buying beef from ranches associated with slave labor and illegal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, according to the public prosecutor’s office in the state of Acre. The deal absolves JBS-Friboi from 2 billion reals ($1.3 bill ...
• World’s largest beef company signs Amazo ...
  The world’s largest meat processor has agreed to stop buying beef from ranches associated with slave labor and illegal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, according to the public prosecutor’s office in the state of Acre. The deal absolves JBS-Friboi from 2 billion reals ($1.3 bill ...
• Peru suffers an environmental tragedy!
  The rising price of gold has multiplied by six the pace of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios in recent years.  Illegal gold searches using primitive techniques in the years 2003-9 led to the destruction of 7,000 hectares of virgin and extremely divers ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

• BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- January ...
  BFP Nightly Quote “Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that numbers of people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of the leaders of their government and have gone to war, and millions have been killed because of this obedience. . . ...
• The Federal Debt & A New Way to Control It
  Borrowing from Peter to Pay Paul Can Work Only for a While Debt owed by the United States federal government has risen sharply in recent years.  The worst recession since the Great Depression played a role in that increase, to be sure.  But the federal debt has been growing considerably faster t ...
• Power, Propaganda, and Purpose in American Dem ...
  Democracy of the Few, by the Few, for the Few with the ‘Consent’ of the many By Andrew Gavin Marshall One central facet to the development of the modern institutional society under which we live and are dominated today, was the redefining of the concept of ‘democracy’ that took place ...
• Help Us Challenge the Main & Quasi-Alternative ...
  How We Differ from the Rest & Why We Need ‘You’ If a few years ago someone had told me that I was going to start a blog, gather a team of like-minded irate partners, expand, and turn the site into an alternative news and information site with daily news, top-notch editorials, independent ana ...
• BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- January ...
  BFP Nightly Quote “We will have a world government whether you like it or not. The only question is whether that government will be achieved by conquest or consent.” – Banker James Paul International Newsworthy Worries Mount over Blowback of Attack on Iran NATO Urges Iran to En ...

Afro Spear

• “Certain Signs of Societal Decline&#8221 ...
  Op-ed submission by Project 21 There were reports of babies out in the cold for hours in Houston. In Indianapolis, two dozen police officers used pepper spray to control an unruly crowd that pried shopping center doors off their hinges. These were just a few of the scenes caught on video across ...
• Byts and Bytes
  His Story: An Anointing Message To Fathers for 2012 Black America Always Invests in the WRONG People The Invisible Black Men How Brothers and Sisters in the Black Community Can Help the Invisible Black Men
• About Africa
  “The above outlines the root cause of things in Nigeria and I am sure there is not much difference in other countries.  So, at this juncture, are we, black people of the westen hemisphere, truly obligated to step in and do for Africa what it appears that many Africans won’t do for Africa?  ...
• Boko Haram: The New (Black) African Al-Qaeda?
  I’ve been following the news events about Nigeria’s supposedly Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram. However, something doesn’t sit right with me in the way the whole situation is being reported. Of course, western media as usual simplifies all conflicts into 2 opposing sides&#8 ...
• “The US Plan to Destabilize Sudan” ...
  As South Sudan implodes in a growing mass insanity of ethnic violence and once again tens of thousands have to flee for their lives the warning signs all point towards the US plan to destabilize Sudan having begun to hit its stride. To start with, the US pays the salaries for the Sudan Peoples L ...

Expose the BNP

• Expose the BNP: activists’ meeting
  Over the summer we have seen the extreme right enter parliament in Sweden and racist deportations of Roma people from France. Here at home the EDL have continued to target cities with Muslim communities, while the police are bringing trumped-up charges against anti-fascists. November 6 sees a na ...
• Rotherham fascist leads secret double life
  A BNP activist is living a secret double life, desperate to prevent his employers from finding out about his extremist views – despite having stood as a candidate in last month’s election. Tom Holmes (25) received 715 votes in the recent elections for Rotherham Council but has managed to keep hi ...
• Nick Griffin humiliated in Barking defeat
  The British National Party have suffered a humiliating defeat in the general election when Nick Griffin failed to gain a Westminster seat for the East London ward of Barking. Labour MP Margaret Hodge secured the seat with a 16,000 majority, with Griffin trailing third after the Conservative cand ...
• Ten questions that expose Nick Griffin
  On the day that the BNP launches its election manifesto, Expose the BNP has researched 10 questions for journalists to put to the BNP leader, the answers to which reveal him to be a deeply racist, anti-Semitic Holocaust denier who boasts about his criminal past. 1. In which year did you stop den ...
• Workshy Griffin left his parents penniless
  On yesterday’s Today programme, BNP leader Nick Griffin told the Radio Four audience that “Liberal economics … have utterly bankrupted this country.” The truth is that Nick Griffin was himself declared bankrupt in 1991. Over several years thereafter he destroyed his parents’ finances as we ...

Ode Magazine

• Sonic boon
  A search for the healing power of sound I’m lying in A bed that’s as hard as nails with a series of strings along the sides and two gongs above my head. It’s known as a gong bath, and Gwen de Jong, a practitioner of sound healing at Spirit Connection in Amsterdam ...
• The secret’s in the sauce
  What my father’s recipe for pasta marinara says about the future of capitalism As the daughter of a Neapolitan, I grew up eating pasta with marinara sauce. My father didn’t always make it from scratch, but he did so often enough for me to follow his recipe through memories. Fr ...
• Clean water, clean energy
  In the prosperous West, we generally only get worked up about clean water and electricity when the bill arrives in the mail, and we discover that once again, we’ve been showering too long and leaving the lights on too often. But in many parts of the world, people can only dream ...
• Blocking CO2 to beat malaria
  Mosquitoes are so difficult to elude because they pursue us via the CO2 exhaled in our breath. That’s annoying when we’re relaxing outside on a summer evening, but it’s devastating for the 200 to 300 million people who contract malaria annually. More than 1 millio ...
• A winter’s tale
  Celebrating the return of the bald eagle In the Iowa winter, as the poet Robert Hass wrote, “a farmer’s dreams are narrow,” and autumn can inspire me with a kind of dread as I work in the garden that will soon be buried under snow. But this coming winter, as the ...

OpEd News

• Reigning in the Prosecutors
  Is anyone trying to keep innocent people off death row? Well, yes!
• Israel, MEK and state sponsor of Terror groups
  Those who are politically and financially well-connected are free to commit even the most egregious crimes; for that reason, the very idea of prosecuting Giuliani, Rendell, Ridge, Townsend, Dean and friends for their paid labor on behalf of a Terrorist group is unthinkable, a suggestion not fit ...
• Latest In The "Haters" War: JC Penney Causes B ...
  The JC Penney-Ellen Degeneres-One Million Moms saga continues with fears of breast cancer and the fact that Degerenes is "nice" enough to be dangerous.
• Resurrection of Occupy Cal
  Occupy Cal is back in the news.
• Why the Catholic Bishops are wrong about birth ...
  The Catholic Church has gone overboard and demonstrated its own irrelevance by its strict stance on birth control. 98% of Catholic women have used artificial contraception at some point in their lives. There are no good reasons to constrain a woman's right to choose. Americans are entitled to m ...

Switchboard

• House Transportation Bill Would Worsen Traffic
  Rob Perks, Transportation Advocacy Director, Washington, D.C. House Republicans have an opportunity to pass transportation legislation that would help create new jobs, fix our roads and bridges, and improve our commutes. What have they decided ...
• A second winner at this year's Super Bowl: the ...
  Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC   I’ve had several occasions in the past three years or so to travel to Indianapolis, site of last Sunday’s Super Bowl.  I am always struck, riding in from the ...
• Greening the GRAMMYs: It All Adds Up
  Allen Hershkowitz, Senior Scientist, NYC and throughout the world When it comes to the functional integrity of the biosphere, small things matter. Indeed, it is the small things in the global ecosystem that keep Homo sapiens and other forms of life ...
• State Department Inspector General weighs in: ...
  Liz Barratt-Brown, Senior Attorney, Washington, DC        “The appearance of this . . . needs to be cleaner”           (unnamed State Department official in ...
• Home Rule Disaster: Pennsylvania Residents Ma ...
  Daniel Raichel, Legal Fellow, New York It looks like the worst in Pennsylvania has come to pass.  Despite a letter by nine GOP state senators two weeks ago pledging “opposition to language [in a Pennsylvania bill] that removes a local mun ...

Lawyers,Guns,& Money

• Actually, He Stepped Aside and Let the Bishops ...
  I rarely disagree with Brother Pierce on non-Billy Beane related issues, but I’m afraid that I must demur this time. In addition to what I’ve already said, a couple points. First, I don’t agree with the slippery slope arguments. As of now, employees will be entitled to exactly ...
• To the list of items which are always excellen ...
  …I suggest we add “conservatives rapping“: After all, there’s nothing wrong with a “knicker” joke among a room of wealthy white Republicans and that one black guy. UPDATE: Also. UPDATE II: For the sake of comparison, here’s your modern conservative movem ...
• Close Air Support and Drones
  Yesterday, Marcy Wheeler wrote a post pointing out that two of the six Americans confirmed killed by drone strikes were servicemen, a pair of Marines killed during a close air support mission (the other four are Anwar al Awlaki, targeted directly for assassination in a drone strike, and three ot ...
• Checkmate
  I wasn’t thrilled when I heard that Obama was going to announce a “compromise” on contraceptive coverage either, but as it turns out the “accommodation” does not affect the substantive rights of employees and is also probably good politics, so it’s fine with m ...
• And Today’s Larry Summers Award For Outs ...
  …Mr. Rick Santorum, for his assertions that women are just too hysterical to serve combat roles. Someone should ask Santorum why he hates the IDF… …and, actually, as his “clarification” makes clear, he’s sexist twice over. Shorter Ricky: “Men are too imm ...

Desert Research Institute

• DoE/NNSA Contract Extension
  DRI secured a new Technical Research, Engineering, and Development Services contract with the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration. The contract extends until October 31, 2016 and has a ceiling value of $35,926,593. DRI supports the nationally important missions of ...
• DRI Researcher Featured in Scientific American
  The February Edition of Scientific American features the work of DRI’s Joseph McConnell, Ph.D. The article includes interviews with several scientists whose research examines how dust influences climate and cloud formation—and the fertilization of oceans and rain forests.
• Experience of a Visiting Scholar
  What began as a scientific collaboration turned into so much more when Prashant Gargava, Ph.D. applied to work with his colleague Judith Chow, Sc.D. through the Fulbright Scholarship Program.
• DRI Scientist Earns Fifth Patent
  Dr. Hans Moosmüller is busy, always thinking about his next invention. This is evident as he currently holds five patents and has four more pending. His most recent patent offers a simple way to help quantify the aerosol contribution to climate change.
• Radiation Levels in Real Time? There's an App ...
  Gamma radiation levels in the southern Nevada area will soon be accessible around the world at the touch of a finger. Makers of the cell phone application EcoData: Radiation are expanding their global network of radiation monitoring stations to include up-to-date readings from the Community Envi ...

Earth Techling

• Mitsubishi Knocks Off Honda For Green Car Title
  Mitsubishi's electric micro van, i-MIEV, is named “Greenest Vehicle of the Year,” beating out the longtime champ, Honda's Civic Natural Gas.
• Blackout Beater: Japan Combines Solar, Storage
  Addressing Japan's demand for reliable, self-sufficient energy supply, Kyocera and Nichicon join their solar and battery storage expertise in a new home energy management system.
• Solar-Powered Mushroom Farm Pops Up In PA
  Marlboro Mushroom Farm in Pennsylvania, said to be the nation's oldest mushroom farm, has added nearly 5,000 solar panels, providing nearly all of its power.
• Marine Power Leader UK Leaving No Doubt
  The U.K. will build its first Marine Energy Park for commercial wave and tidal energy technologies in the South West waters from Bristol to the Isles of Scilly.
• GE GeoSpring Water Heater The New American Pride
  GE debuts a revamped American manufacturing facility turning out new uber energy-efficient water heaters said to save consumers $325 a year on water heating utility bills.

National Law Journal | U.S.

• E-Discovery: A question of costs
  A discovery order in October against KPMG LLP hit the defense bar like a tire iron?the accountancy firm said the expense might run to $100 million dollars. To critics, the order was emblematic of out-of-control electronic discovery costs that litigants are using to bludgeon the opposition into s ...
• Homeowners dispute lenders' flood insurance re ...
  Two homeowners challenged at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit a requirement by mortgage lenders that they carry flood insurance coverage that exceeds their mortgage principal.
• Sugar producers fight to keep claims alive aga ...
  The competition over America's sweet tooth is playing out in court, where the Corn Refiners Association Inc. is attempting for the second time to dismiss a lawsuit filed by sugar refineries alleging that its advertising touting high fructose corn syrup as no different from sugar is false and mis ...
• Intellectual Property: A Special Report
  The America Invents Act shifts the U.S. from a system where a patent is awarded to the first person who comes up with an invention to one where it's awarded to the first person who files a patent application.
• LITIGATION BOUTIQUES 2012: A PREVIEW

How Shall We Do The Mountain ?

• The Passage of House Bill 1950…
  I thought I’d highlight a few of the items that I find horrifying that passed with house bill 1950 during yesterdays vote. Municipalities will no longer be safe from drilling and the acceptable distances of drilling pads and compressor stations from homes or public spaces, such as schools, ...
• Update on PA Roads Effected by Gas Drilling fr ...
  From the DCNR website: In recent years there has been a marked increase in natural gas activity in state forests in north central Pennsylvania . Visitor experiences and road usage can be impacted by this activity. Loyalsock State Forest Bodine Mountain Road: Heavy gas activity is to be expected ...
• A Letter from the Responsible Drilling Allianc ...
  Responsible Drilling Alliance Newsletter Fooled Again Februrary 2nd, 2012  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear RDA Members,   Minus a last minute miracle, an incredible shift in the course of the future of Pennsylvania is about to occur. With the Governor set to unveil his vers ...
• Corbett Administration Cuts Funds
  I heard this piece from State Impact PA (WITF/NPR) this morning on my drive to work. Corbett wants to make decisions about gas drilling based on facts, not emotional…and then his administration goes and cuts the funding for research that provides just the sort of facts he is talking about. ...
• It’s Like We’re Losing Our Love…
  This video documents Simona Perry’s research on the emotional and traumatic effects of the natural gas drilling, specifically in Bradford County, PA. http://mediasite.cidde.pitt.edu/mediasite/SilverlightPlayer/Default.aspx?peid=689293c50f404f12b8c628b8f2285780

News Blaze

• FOX Makes No More 'House' Calls
  The show also launched the career of Olivia Wilde when she joined the cast in 2007 as hot bisexual Dr. Remy 'Thirteen' Hadley. She made her final appearance last October in the episode 'Charity Case',
• 29 Films Selected for 2012 American Film Showcase
  The Showcase is a partnership between the U.S. Department of State and USC's School of Cinematic Arts partnership intended to 'engage international audiences through American film.'
• January 2012 Ranks as One of Top Five Warmest ...
  Nine states recorded their top ten warmest average temperatures for January in 2012: Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Missouri, Minnesota, Arizona and Kansas.
• Russian City of Petersburg Passes Anti-Gay Leg ...
  St. Petersburg city authorities have placed a ban on the reading, discussion or dissemination of anything relating to LGBT issues.
• New HUD Funds to Fight Housing Discrimination
  HUD's mission is to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all. HUD is working to strengthen the housing market to bolster the economy and protect consumers; meet the need for quality affordable rental ho

environment 360

• Wastewater Reuse Could Increase U.S. Supplies ...
  Advanced treatment of municipal wastewater could increase available water supplies in the U.S. by 27 percent, according to a recent report by the National Academy of Sciences. Of the 32 billion gallons of municipal wastewater discharged each day nationwide, about 12 billion gallons of effluent i ...
• Early Humans Played Role in Deforestation of C ...
  A new study says that the activities of early humans — and not simply a dramatic shift in climate — played a significant role in transforming the ancient rainforests of Central Africa into savanna. In an analysis of sediment cores taken from the mouth of the Congo River, a team of scientists fou ...
• Louisiana Report Urges State to Brace for 3 Fe ...
  A new report released by the administration of Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal projects that the state’s already vulnerable coastline could face 3 feet of sea level rise by the end of the century. Based on current sea rise models, a science panel with the state’s Coastal Protection and Restoration A ...
• Nigerian Children Perish From Exposure to Lead ...
  Lead contamination from hundreds of gold mines across northwestern Nigeria has caused the deaths of 400 children under the age of five and exposes thousands more children to lead poisoning, according to a report from the U.S.-based group Human Rights Watch. Across Human Rights WatchVIDEO: Niger ...
• EU Wind Energy Capacity Grew 11 Percent in 201 ...
  More than 9,600 megawatts of wind power capacity was installed in European Union member states in 2011, accounting for about 21 percent of all new power capacity installations, according to an industry report. EWEA New offshore wind farms in the UK and land-based projects in Sweden and Germany ...

Red Ice Creations

• Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt Sugge ...
  The general image of a retirement age at 65 is problematic according to Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt. In an interview with the daily Dagens Nyheter, (see article here) Reinfeldt argues that a working life could as well continue until an age of 75. This in order to uphold the desireble pensio ...
• Bradley Manning: 2012 Nobel Peace Prize Nomination
  February 1 2012 the entire parliamentary group of The Movement of the Icelandic Parliament nominated Private Bradley Manning for the Nobel Peace Prize. Following is the reasoning we sent to the committee explaining why we felt compelled to nominate Private Bradley Manning for this important reco ...
• The Good Death: Making Death Part of Your Life
  Fear the reaper? Most of us do. But there’s help! Since January 2011, a ’death insider’ has been breaking down the mysterious world of death, dying, and what happens to our bodies and remains once we’ve shuffled off this mortal coil. The business of funerary rites and procedures, dating back as ...
• World Trade Centre rebuilding cost balloons to ...
  Navigant Consulting says the Port Authority is a dysfunctional organization that has let the World Trade Centre rebuilding project’s costs get out of control. The estimated cost has gone from $US11 billion in 2008 to $US14.8 billion now. NY Governor Cuomo and NJ Governor Christie ordered the rev ...
• Nobody Leaves the Facebook: photos still viewa ...
  Three years after the issue first came to light, it appears photos on Facebook that users have deleted aren’t actually off the server, a website has learned. Writers at the technology blog Ars Technica found that even when they deleted photos, the image file stayed on Facebook’s server and was s ...

Russia Today

• Cost a bomb: Congress approves $82 million for ...
  It weighs as much as the bell in Big Ben; it’s capable of plunging through 60 feet of reinforced concrete and has the most ridiculously sexual name imaginable for a deadly weapon – but the Massive Ordnance Penetrator is...
• Germany adopts 'wait and see' stand on ACTA
  Germany has delayed signing of the ACTA treaty after its Justice Ministry voiced its concerns about the legislation. It is the fifth EU country to challenge approval of the debated treaty.
• Greece heading towards ‘financial holocaust’ – ...
  The Greece’s incredible debt has in fact been accumulated in the banks around the world and forced on to the balance sheet of Greece, says financial analyst Max Keiser, referring to the situation as “financial...
• Blasts bring Aleppo into Syrian fray
  Two explosions have rocked the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, killing 28 people and injuring a further 235, with conflicting reports on the Free Syrian Army’s involvement in the attacks.
• Striking Brussels firemen soak cops, PM office ...
  When the Belgian government decided to pour cold water on the country’s firefighters and increase their retirement age, the men struck back with the same method…literally.

Not My Tribe

• Repulsive liberal ‘progressive’ hy ...
  ‘Beyond that, Obama has used drones to kill Muslim children and innocent adults by the hundreds. He has refused to disclose his legal arguments for why he can do this or to justify the attacks in any way. He has even had rescuers and funeral mourners deliberately targeted. As Hayden said: ...
• NATO troops kill 8 children in Afghanistan
  How long will the US and European populations sit back passively allowing their governments’ troops to kill children repeatedly in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and elsewhere in Asia and Africa? Here is the latest atrocity by US/ NATO troops… NATO airstrike killed eight children: Karzai
• Berthers
  Apparently it’s not enough to decry the illegitimate hegemony of the Federal Reserve, we have to fear that we wear its brand. Specifically it’s being alleged our birth certificates –the originals, not our copies– carry a mysterious red number that corresponds to a fixed p ...
• Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline
  Want to protest our corporate government’s determination to foist the catastrophic Keystone XL Pipeline unto our precariously climate? Here’s a great slogan: TAR SANDS = DIRTIEST OIL ON EARTH. More below: TAR SANDS KILL, PIPELINES SPILL. And the definitive: THE XL PIPELINE IS “ ...
• Video- The Battle of Oakland
  The Battle of Oakland

Debunking the Debunkers

• What Does a Building "Engulfed" in Fire Look Like?
  Here is a building engulfed in fire. And here is a building covered in dust and smoke due to negative air pressure. Now, which one looks more like WTC7 on 9/11? Related Info: Jim Corr Omits Info about Roaring Fires in WTC 7
• Strange Meeting at Don't Attack Iran Campaign ...
  Video description: At the launch of the UK Don't Attack Iran Campaign on 28 January 2012, held at a rally outside the US Embassy in London, actor Roger Lloyd Pack gave a powerful reading of Strange Meeting by First World War poet Wilfred Owen, one of the most famous anti-war poems ever written. ...
• Corbett Report Radio 060 -- A Violation of Tru ...
  Howard Cohen of Actors and Artists for 9/11 Truth discusses his forthcoming feature film, "A Violation of Trust." Set to star veteran Hollywood actors Ed Asner, Woody Harrelson, Daniel Sunjata, Michele Phillips, and more, "A Violation of Trust" dramatizes the first day of a new presidential inve ...
• Petition: 9/11 First Responders Need Cancer Tr ...
  Add Cancer To The James Zadroga 9/11 Health & Compensation Act Video by Jon Gold, author of "The Facts Speak for Themselves." Pat Curley of the Screw Loose Change blog has suggested that the health problems of the first responders might just be another "Gulf War Syndrome." Nope Pat, the ...
• TSA: Bullies, Thieves, Rapist and Child Molesters
  The latest activism video from Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, hilariously depicts "TSA perverts" watching naked body scanner porn, stealing expensive electronics from the luggage of air travelers, digging for crotch gold during "enhanced pat downs" and turning into total psychopathic criminals. ...

Fooducate

• Yay! Trans-Fat Down 58% in a Decade
  The CDC released a study showing that the level of trans-fatty acids in the blood of white adults has decreased 58% between the years 2000 and 2009. The CDC’s National Biomonitoring Program measures the presence of 450 different chemicals in human blood. Trans-Fat is just one of them. This ...
• How Healthy is Coconut Water?
  Another lawsuit filed against a food manufacturer for bogus health claims ended recently with in a settlement. Vita Coco, a brand of coconut water that is supposedly “super hydrating,” ”nutrient packed” and “super water”, could not support these claims scienti ...
• Is Walmart’s New Nutrition Label Really “Great ...
  Yesterday, Walmart announced the launch of its new nutrition labeling system called “Great for You”. Starting this spring, a small selection of Walmart’s private label products – Great Value – will be decorated with this healthy seal of approval. This is not the fir ...
• The Double Headed Food Monster in Schools
  There are several ways for children to be fed during school hours. One is to bring home made lunch in a cute little lunchbox (cool until third grade) or a brown bag (recyclable, of course.) The other calorie intake method is to get fed by the school. We’ll talk about this method today. The ...
• What’s Greek Yogurt Doing at the Superbowl?
  Finally in 2012, a Superbowl ad for food other than junk. Dannon presented its Oikos Greek Yogurt in a playful, sexy little clip featuring John Stamos and a pretty, albeit violent, partner. Will a 30 second spot for $3.5 million convince consumers to increase yogurt consumption? Will it help Dan ...

Traffikd

• Twitter Step by Step
  Twitter management can be a daunting task. There are a lot of articles telling you the do's and don'ts of Twitter, however it can still be difficult to pin down exactly what you should be doing each day step by step. If you are having a hard time getting organized and keeping up with everything ...
• SEO Tips For Your Blog and Business
  When was the last time you thought about your site beyond adding content? It is probably time to take a look at how things are organized. When you started the site you had certain goals, ideas and experiences, now as time has passed it is a good idea to take another look at those goals [...]
• How To Choose Keywords
  Every day millions of searches are performed on the internet and all of those search terms are saved and provided to us to peruse at our discretion. Unfortunately, on the other hand, there are millions of searches performed every day on the internet and ALL that data is saved and provided to us ...
• Why Social Media Isn’t Working For You
  So you took the first step and signed yourself up for some social media sites and started marketing yourself and now you're waiting for the traffic to start rolling in. You've done your research about social media marketing and everyone tells you to find followers, engage them and turn them into ...
• How Do I Tweet – Writing the $6 Million Dollar ...
  Twitter recently made claims that they had reached 100 million users. A fairly impressive feat to be sure, and that is reflected in the pull people give to twitter as a social media outlet. Great tweets can make you a star as fast bad ones can kill your image. Most of the time tweets just pass ...

Survival International

• Judges allow Indians to remain on ancestral land
  Guarani girls © Survival Judges in Brazil have allowed a Guarani community to stay on its ancestral land, which it reoccupied having been forced to live in a makeshift camp for over a year and a half. The judges have suspended an eviction order which threatened to force the Indians to leav ...
• Two dead and 40 injured in Panama police attack
  A Ngobe-Buglé boy is wounded after clashes with police in Panama © Survival A week-long protest ended violently on Sunday after police moved in on a group of Ngobe-Buglé Indians in the Chiriquí province of western Panama. Protestors had blockaded part of the Pan-American Highway, the main ...
• Six men face charges for Guarani murders in le ...
  Genivaldo Vera's mother next to his tomb. He was killed by gunmen in 2009. © Public Ministry, MS/ Survival Six men are being brought to trial for the murder of two Guarani Indians who were killed in Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul state in 2009. The case has been described as ‘an importan ...
• Illegal loggers seized days after photos of un ...
  Illegal logging threatens Peru's uncontacted Mashco-Piro.  © D.Cortijo/uncontactedtribes.org Peru has raided an illegal logging site in the Manú National Park, just days after the world caught its first detailed glimpse of the uncontacted Mashco-Piro tribe. The discovery followed Surv ...
• UK MPs call for end to ‘human safaris’ as new ...
  Jarawa girls. Newly released videos show Jarawa women being ordered to dance. © Survival The ‘human safaris’ scandal in the Andaman Islands has reached the British Parliament, with MPs tabling a motion calling on India to close the illegal road that cuts through the Jarawa tribe’s reserve. ...

Greg Palast

• The Billionaires' Brokered GOP Convention
  by: Greg Palast, Truthout | Op-Ed The Plan is working. Mitt Romney's biggest backer didn't want him to win. We know that Paul "The Vulture" Singer, Romney's Daddy Warbucks, organized the "grassroots" campaign to replace Romney with Gov. Chris Christie back in September. That flopped, ...
• Queen of Angels' Condoms
  by Greg Palast for The Huffington Post I arrived into this world at the Queen of Angels hospital in Los Angeles into the hands of Dr. Sidney Kolodny. Queen of Angels, judging by the number of nun-nurses running about, is a Catholic hospital. Dr. Kolodny was Jewish. Last night, I heard Sena ...
• Romney's Billionaire VulturePaul Singer, the G ...
  The untold story of the sources of the loot controlled by Paul "The Vulture" Singer and why he needs to buy the White House by Greg Palast for TruthOut/Buzzflash - update Greg Palast has been investigating Singer and other finance vultures for BBC Television's Newsnight. His new book is Vultur ...
• Romney's Billionaire Funder ThreatensBBC Inves ...
  by Greg Palast for Truthout/Buzzflash - update Palast is the author of Vultures' Picnic: in Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates and High-Finance Carnivores. The call came in to BBC Television Centre, London, from the office of Mitt Romney's billionaire backer and "advisor" Paul Singer. ...
• Palast on C-Span's BookTV
  Check out CSPAN TV schedule listings here. From CSPAN- Greg Palast presents his investigation of the BP oil spill and talks about the corruption he says permeates the oil industry, the financial sector, and government. This event, held at the Silver Spring Civic Building in Maryland, is hosted ...

How Can I Recycle This ?

• Reduce This: How can I revamp an old kitchen s ...
  Yesterday, I posted a question from James, asking for ways to reuse or recycle a whole kitchen, because he’s getting a new one. Thanks to everyone that has commented about that! At the bottom, I mentioned reducing is the most important part of the recycling triangle. James already seems qu ...
• How can I reuse or recycle a whole kitchen?
  I’m back post-lurgy and I thought I’d post this great question from James – asking how to recycle a whole kitchen: We shall be replacing our kitchen in the next few months. The present one is 15 years old and is perfectly serviceable. I don’t want to “skip” it ...
• How can I reuse or recycle margarine tub lids/ ...
  Whitney has emailed us, asking about margarine tub lids: i’m trying to do my part and make sure that i recycle everything that i can, or at least find a way to reuse it. i recycle my #5 containers of cream cheese, margarine, etc, but have nothing to do with the lids, which even if [...]
• Listed buildings & green issues: what are your ...
  (This isn’t strictly a recycling issue but I was thinking about it the other day and I’d love to hear your thoughts on the matter!) A few miles down the road from me is a village called Saltaire. It is a Victorian model village founded by a local mill owner (Sir Titus Salt) so his [...]
• How can I reuse/use up really, really old coff ...
  I mentioned in passing on my simple/frugal living blog that we’re having our kitchen ceiling replastered at the moment. Ahead of the plasterer starting on Monday, we had to tidy off all the work surfaces and tops of cupboards – quite a challenge for hoarders like us with many, many c ...

Age of Autism

• The Appeal of Prof John Walker-Smith Against t ...
  On Monday the appeal begins of Prof John Walker-Smith against the decisions of the GMC as one of the three doctors in the Wakefield case. It should be stressed that Prof Walker-Smith’s appeal is purely on his own behalf and...
• The Death of Public Discourse and the Heavy Sn ...
  By Louis Conte “WARNING: This Site is Hazardous to Those Who Promote Censorship” It is becoming apparent that all of the internet activity around vaccines and autism is frustrating those who support the “scientific consensus” that there is no connection...
• Open Letter to Sunday Times Editor John Wither ...
  By John Stone Yesterday the editor of The Times of London, James Harding, was forced to issue and apology over evidence he gave to the Leveson Inquiry into media standards in the UK, to a High Court judge, Mr Justice...
• Police and Autism: A Unique Perspective
  By Jerry Turning Alex was 5’9 and every bit of 200 lbs. He was “uncontrollable” and destroying his family’s home. We arrived to find Alex’s grandmother on the front porch. Her arms were literally purple with bruises; the aftermath of...
• The Trouble with the ANTI “Anti-Vaccine” Movem ...
  By Julie Obradovic 1. They believe there is an anti-vaccine movement. This may surprise a lot of people, but there actually isn't an "anti-vaccine movement”. Although there are definitely people who believe no vaccine is a good vaccine, the controversy...

Global BDS Movement

• Commemorating Palestinian Land Day: Join the B ...
  The BDS Global Day of Action on 30 March coincides with Palestinian Land Day
• No title
  BDS National Committee S. on Dipity.
• Short history of BDS in France
  As 2012 begins, a French activist looks at the short history of the French BDS movement, which mobilized in the wake of the Israeli assalt on Gaza, Operation Cast Lead
• Point Counterpoint: Aim to Promote Human Right ...
  Coming together to push forward an inclusive movement that supports nonviolent action to promote the human rights of the Palestinian people, because only full respect for these rights can lead to peace.
• Stop the Jewish National Fund Greenwashing
  The Jewish National Fund has designated Sunday 5th February as ‘Green Sunday’, when it encourages people to donate money to ‘plant trees in Israel’.

Farm Wars

• The Virus That Ate Farm Wars
  It started out just like any other day. Birds singing, horses whinnying, children dancing, you get the picture. A nice day... until it happened.
• WAR FOR THE WHITE HOUSE!!! Diebold accidently ...
  Embarrassed Diebold officials apologized after one of their electronic voting machines prematurely revealed the winner of our upcoming sham election. Satire.
• Announcement!
  Due to a computer virus – System Check – I will be offline for the most part trying to repair my computer. This is a particularly nasty virus that takes out all anti-virus protection as well as malware and spyware protection. It also hides your files. Here is a bit about it: System C ...
• TS Radio with Special Guest Dave Hodges
  Dave Hodges of the Common Sense Radio Show will join us to give an update on the Gulf Coast disaster, and fill us in on the massive corruption of UN Agenda 21's ICLEI local branches.
• Aluminum + Fluoride = Alzheimer’s and Dementia
  Fluoride “enhances the bio-availability of aluminum,” allowing it to cross the blood-brain barrier easier, thus making it more toxic.

Open Your Eyes News

• One dead in Thailand truck bomb
  Reuters – One dead and 13 wounded in a truck bomb attack in Thailand’s restive south. Nick Rowlands reports.
• Printing More Money – Bank of England li ...
  Financial Times – The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee voted to keep interest rates at their current record lows on Thursday and authorised further gilts purchases totalling £50bn, in line with economists’ expectations. The move brings the size of the total gilts purchasing prog ...
• Trendnet security cam flaw exposes video feeds ...
  BBC – Feeds from thousands of Trendnet home security cameras have been breached, allowing any web user to access live footage without needing a password. Internet addresses which link to the video streams have been posted to a variety of popular messageboard sites. Users have expressed con ...
• WWF urges banks to block Sakhalin oil plan and ...
  PhysOrg – “WWF this week has asked European banks behind a Russian off-shore oil development to do their part to protect a population of critically endangered whales,” it said in a statement. “BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse and Standard Chartered are among the companies finan ...
• New mental health manual is “dangerous&# ...
  Reuters – Millions of healthy people – including shy or defiant children, grieving relatives and people with fetishes – may be wrongly labeled mentally ill by a new international diagnostic manual, specialists said on Thursday. In a damning analysis of an upcoming revision of t ...

L.A. Times - Greenspace

• Advocacy group's extreme weather map brings cl ...
  A new map published today by the Natural Resources Defense Council makes it plain that extreme weather attributable to climate change isn’t something that only happens in other parts of the world. Chances are, you’ve had your own Hurricane Irene, or drought, or something like it, in your own bac ...
• New Cook Islands Shark Sanctuary proposed
  Activists in the Cook Islands in the South Pacific are proposing a huge new shark sanctuary in the face of fishing pressures and the continued massive drop in shark numbers over the last decade worldwide. The Pacific Islands Conservation Initiative, or PICI, is working with local fisheries autho ...
• San Diego water deal upheld, Salton Sea fight ...
  A three-judge panel of the 3rd District Court of Appeal overturned a 2010 ruling by a Sacramento Superior Court judge that the deal was improper because the Legislature had essentially signed blank-check to repair damage done to the Salton Sea.
• Sen. Barbara Boxer seeks climate-change action ...
  Senator Barbara Boxer stepped up today to deliver an appeal for action at the mostly lackluster UN Climate Change Conference, which wraps up this week in Durban, South Africa. Her speech was delivered to an almost-empty Senate TV/Radio gallery, which is indicative of the low priority given ongoi ...
• Inupiat whaling, drilling at stake in recent A ...
  Independent photojournalists Will Rose and Kajsa Sjölander were on Alaska’s North Slope in November to document traditional whaling by the native Inupiat people, and found themselves at the height of a highly charged mayoral election season, with whaling and a gargantuan new Shell oil drilling p ...

water.org

• Loan Buys Time with Family
  With the encouragement of a local self help group, Mrs. Laxmi has gained the confidence to take out a loan for a water connection. Little did she know how much her whole family would benefit.
• Sanitation Eases Burden for the Family
  Managing without access to personal sanitation is humiliating to say the least, but for people living with disabilities, it brings a whole cascade of problems. Now, one courageous family has improved their situation, and their new household toilet brings dignity and health.
• Worms, leeches long gone
  A stream full of worms, leeches and waterborne disease was their only option. But thanks to your generosity, the community of Mezegaguf recently got a new well! Today, moms like Akberet Naizgi no longer have to worry about their kids getting sick from the water.
• Luxury with an ecosan toilet
  Sudha, her husband, and three kids are happy with their new ecosan toilet. They no longer have to use the restroom out in the open, and instead have the safety, health, privacy, and dignity that a toilet brings.
• From lack to abundance
  Today, Selvi is extremely pleased with the construction of the water tap at her home! Now, she collects enough water for her family without any difficulty.

Before It's News

• Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner: American ...
• ‘I’ve been forward to Shen Yun for years!’ Say ...
• Arkansas Storms: Tornadoes Wreak Havoc Across ...
• Eats on Feets
• Introducing "Canadas Alex Jones", Dr. Judy Janzen

Energy Probe - Nuclear Power,Utility Reform

• The Deniers on CBC Radio's 'Ideas'
  The science is settled - is now the mantra of climate change activism? Those who disagree are either in denial or in the pay of an oil company. But long time environmentalist and energy activist Lawrence Solomon says no, the science is not settled on global warming. Ideas producer David Cayley b ...

Margaret's News

• Bills Introduced in House to Repeal Indefinite ...
  Two bills have been introduced to amend the NDAA to make it clear that Americans cannot be detained indefinitely and denied their Constitutional Rights. HR 3676 has 54 co-sponsors and HR 3785 has 3. Submitted by Norm C. to US Politics & Gov't  |   Note-it!  |  ...
• Just a Bluff? Fears Grow of Israeli Attack on Iran
  JERUSALEM -- For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating tensions over Iran's nuclear program, world leaders are genuinely concerned that an Israeli military attack on the Islamic Republic could be imminent -- an action that many fear might tri Submitted by O O O O to World  |&n ...
• Israeli court grants reprieve to abandoned Pal ...
  Israel once again proves that it is a true democracy, whose courts guarantee Palestinian rights, even in the face of a terrorist threat that no other country on earth must endure. Submitted by Fred H. to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
• Tasmanian Police strip-search 12yo girl: Deman ...
  In January Tasmania Police conducted a drug raid in a Hobart house. The police strip searched a 12 y.o.girl. For reasons that have not been explained, they then strip-searched the girl a second time... Submitted by Thubten Chokyi to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a C ...
• Petition to Clinton and Ashton: Demand Pardon ...
  Two Swedish journalists, 29-year-old Johan Persson and 31-year-old Martin Schibbye, were arrested and sentenced to 11 years in prison in Ethiopia while reporting on human rights issues according to The Guardian, a leading British newspaper. Submitted by Ola H. to World  |   Note- ...

Solar Energy / Energy Boom

• SolarReserve's Crescent Dunes Project Takes "H ...
  California-based solar developer SolarReserve has completed construction on a solar power tower at its flagship solar farm in Nevada, the company said Thursday. read more
• Alta Devices Solar Panel NREL-certified at 23. ...
  Thin-film solar array at Dimbach, Germany For the second time in as many months, a solar manufacturer is announcing record conversion efficiencies for its solar energy-h ...
• LS Power Taps Fluor to Build 125 MW Arizona So ...
  Fluor Corporation, the nation's largest publicly traded engineering and construction company, said this week that it has been selected by a subsidiary of electricity generator LS Power Group to build a 125-megawatt solar plant in Ariz ...
• National Solar Power Continues to Grow its Pip ...
  National Solar Power (NSP) has entered into a solar farm development agreement with Liberty County in Florida. read more
• FirstEnergy Seeks Solar Energy Renewable Credi ...
  FirstEnergy Corporation plans to grow its renewable energy portfolio by adding Solar Renewable Energy Credits (SRECs). read more

News Blaze

• FOX Makes No More 'House' Calls
  The show also launched the career of Olivia Wilde when she joined the cast in 2007 as hot bisexual Dr. Remy 'Thirteen' Hadley. She made her final appearance last October in the episode 'Charity Case',
• 29 Films Selected for 2012 American Film Showcase
  The Showcase is a partnership between the U.S. Department of State and USC's School of Cinematic Arts partnership intended to 'engage international audiences through American film.'
• January 2012 Ranks as One of Top Five Warmest ...
  Nine states recorded their top ten warmest average temperatures for January in 2012: Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Missouri, Minnesota, Arizona and Kansas.
• Russian City of Petersburg Passes Anti-Gay Leg ...
  St. Petersburg city authorities have placed a ban on the reading, discussion or dissemination of anything relating to LGBT issues.
• New HUD Funds to Fight Housing Discrimination
  HUD's mission is to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all. HUD is working to strengthen the housing market to bolster the economy and protect consumers; meet the need for quality affordable rental ho

Worldnews

• Barcelona Refuse to Surrender Title to Re ...
  Madrid. Despite Real Madridâs seven-point lead in La Liga, Barcelona defender Gerard Pique says that the title race is not over and they will fight to the end and make it as difficult as possible for their bitter rivals. While the Catalan side have come out on top when they have faced Real s ...
• FBI files show Steve Jobs was considered ...
  WASHINGTON — FBI background interviews of some people who knew Apple co-founder Steve Jobs reveal a man driven by power and alienating some of the people who worked with him. In the FBI documents released Thursday, many of those who knew Jobs praised him, speaking highly of Jobs' chara ...
• Giggs signs new deal
  Manchester United midfielder Ryan Giggs has put pen to paper on a new one-year contract to extend his remarkable career at Old Trafford. The Welshman's deal had been set to expire in the summer but he indicated recently that he had no intention of hanging up his boots. United have now confir ...
• Mata targets Olympic role
  Juan Mata has set his sights on playing at both Euro 2012 and the Olympics this summer after settling in quicker than expected at Chelsea. Mata made the move to Stamford Bridge from Valencia in August and, although the Blues have...
• Greek actions fail to impress
  BRUSSELS - Just hours after Greece gave in to painful new job and spending cuts, European ministers declared Thursday that Athens didn't go far enough and demanded more within a week in exchange for a (euro) 130 billion ($170 billion) bailout to stave off bankruptcy. The ministers gave the d ...

Alex in Wonderland

• Report: Active-Duty Army PSYOPS Soldiers Embed ...
  To better manufacture consent, U.S. Army soldiers are embedded as intern and fellows at local TV affiliates, along with previously reported newspapers and national outlets.
• Military Welfare Budget Won’t Thin Any T ...
  Ivan Eland sat with RT to discuss the astronomical political clout held by the welfare queens of the military-industrial complex that will thwart any translation of the Pentagon's rhetoric into actual policy
• Afghan Elections Rigged on Video? (Video)
  Yes, people videotaped it and Al Jazeera broke the story.
• Fuckin’ Oil, Where Did It Went?
  With 90% of up to 4.4 million barrels of oil 'unaccounted for', it's now... still unaccounted for.
• U.S. Troops ‘Killing for Sport’ in Afghanistan ...
  Taped interrogations of four soldiers charged in theatrically slaying numerous Afghan civilians were obtained by CNN and ABC. CNN's report includes the soldiers' rampant drug abuse and a before unreported case of staging the murder of an Afghan civilian.

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Common Dreams

• Eastward No! Enviros Warn of Tar Sands Heading ...
  With the Keystone XL pipeline on hold (for now) and the fight for the 'Northern Gateway' tar sands pipeline in full swing in western Canada, producers of tar sands oil and pipeline operators continue to look for ways to get Alberta's oil resources.  Environmentalists and clean w ...
• Anonymous Hits CIA Website
  The hacktivist group Anonymous claims to have taken the CIA's website down this afternoon. RT reported this afternoon: At approximately 3.10 p.m. Eastern time one of twitter accounts related to the hackers' group announced "cia.gov DOWN. #UMAD?#Anonymous" ...
• People Show Support for Ousted Maldives Presid ...
  Ex-President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives received wide popular support from thousands of people who took to the street to protest his ouster in a military coup earlier this week.  Meanwhile, the US government backtracked on its recognition of the new government after criticism by Nashee ...
• Report: Saudi Arabia Says Will Buy Nuclear We ...
  A report today from the Times UK indicates the Saudi Arabia would seek to buy nuclear weapons "the next day" if Iran were to test an a-bomb, and would move towards a military nuclear program as "it would be completely unacceptable to have Iran with a nuclear capability and not the ...
• 'Hose Streets? Our Streets!' Belgian Firefight ...
  In a great reversal from most recent street protests, Belgian firefighters today, who were out in force to voice their opposition to government proposed cuts to their retirement plans, turned their firehoses on the prime minister's office.Belgian police get wet as they guard the entrance to ...

The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

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• Sarah Polley
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• David Suzuki

Examine Religion - Tweets

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• ExamineReligion: Sin and Temptation http://t.c ...
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• ExamineReligion: A 2,200-year-old principle co ...
  ExamineReligion: A 2,200-year-old principle confronts Christians and Jews in Obama's mandate http://t.co/e2vYLxLt

Energy Collective

• "We don’t say safety when we’re talking Vermon ...
  Entergy’s Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant’s operating license would have expired on March 21, 2012, but the Nuclear Regulatory Commission extended the license to 2032. Vermont’s legislature and a vocal part of the state’s population don’t like the idea of Vermont Yankee’s continued ...
• New nuclear era begins after approval of Vogtl ...
  How much “new” nuclear and how soon? Those are the front-of-mind questions for nuclear and many cleaner energy advocates with today’s U.S. government approval of the construction and operation of two new nuclear power reactors by Southern Company in Georgia using the “AP1000″ design by Westingho ...
• Why Are Gasoline Prices So High in February?
  US gasoline prices are setting records for this time of the year, with the current price apparently the highest ever for February, at least in nominal dollars. In fact, the monthly average US retail price for unleaded regular has set new records every month since last October.
• NRC issues licenses for Southern’s Vogtle project
  By a 4-1 vote, the agency opens the door to $14 billion in new construction of two Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactors
• A set-aside for the EU ETS?
  Interest in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) is high at the moment in the European Parliament. MEPs are being asked to support a key amendment to the proposed Energy Efficiency Directive which will see the removal (set aside) of a substantial number of allowances from the Phase III auctions ...

Green House - USA Today

• Climate change affects each U.S. state, Web to ...
  How badly is climate change affecting your state? A new Web tool allows users to see how vulnerable their area has been to drought, flooding and heat extremes as well as the health problems that go along with them.
• What's in your child's car seat? Study finds t ...
  What's a parent to do? You buy a car seat to keep your child safe but then find out, as a new study reports, that 60% of these products contain dangerous chemicals. The good news: some seats were found to be almost toxic-free.
• U.S. cities require buildings to disclose ener ...
  Worried that the apartment you like could be an energy hog? Help is on the way as U.S. states and cities begin this year to require that commercial buildings measure and disclose their energy use.
• Study: Climate change imperils Himalayan glaciers
  Two of three Himalayan glaciers -- both in humid areas of eastern Nepal -- could disappear if present climate change patterns continue, a study predicts.
• Environmentalists cheer Obama's fuel economy hike
  President Obama's plan to double fuel efficiency standards for cars and light-duty trucks by 2025 received applause from environmentalists who had pressed for such action.

Prior Art

• With $4.5 Billion Bid, Group Led by Apple and ...
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• Hangover Cure: Warner Bros. Settles Copyright ...
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• This Week in IP: Apps, Tats, and Patent Reform ...
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• App Backwards: Lodsys, Texas Troll, Targeted i ...
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• Supreme Court Rules Against Microsoft in i4i Case
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Peoples Voice

• The French have called it a “water occup ...
  Stuart Littlewood There are few crimes more despicable then stealing your neighbour’s water.and polluting what’s left, then watching him and his children suffer thirst, disease and ruin. Most of us would want nothing to do with the perpetrators of such evil. British Water describe ...
• Brits, Obama Push World War Against Russia and ...
  by Jeffrey and Michele Steinberg Feb. 7—If there were any doubt that the real targets of the Syria regime-change campaign being waged from London and Washington are Russia and China, last week's confrontation at the United Nations Security Council should have erased any last confusion. O ...
• Act Up Against ACTA
  by Stephen Lendman ACTA's worse than SOPA and PIPA. Net Neutrality and free expression are threatened. In October 2007, negotiations began secretly. At issue is establishing a new intellectual property enforcement treaty - the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). If adopted, fundamenta ...
• Israeli Political Prisoner Khader Adnan Near Death
  by Stephen Lendman Thousands of Palestinian political prisoners languish in Israeli prisons. Virtually daily, more arrests are made. Those incarcerated face torture, appalling prison conditions, and other forms of abuse. Some react in response. Khader did his way by refusing food for multiple ...
• Russia's White Revolution
  Eric Walberg All the meticulous plotting to avoid Ukraine’s Orange Revolution resulted in -- Russia’s very own coloured one. But Russia is not Ukraine. Russia’s electoral scene has been transformed in the past two months, without a doubt inspired by the political winds from t ...

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

• Alternative Federal Budget Roundtable: Can Can ...
  As part of the consultations undertaken in preparation of our forthcoming Alternative Federal Budget, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives hosted an economic roundtable, The Global Economic Crisis: Can Canada Escape a Lost Decade? on January 26, 2012. The event brought together sever ...
• Old Age (In)Security
  Old Age Security (OAS) is the basic building block of Canada’s retirement income system. Canadians build on that foundation, saving for their retirement with benefits from the Canada or Quebec Pension Plan, a workplace pension if they’re lucky enough to have one, and private savings. But now Pr ...
• Saskatchewan Labour wins Essential Services Ch ...
  Saskatchewan's labour movement won a significant victory yesterday as Justice Dennis Ball ruled that Bill 5, The Public Service Essential Services Act (PSES) violated the constitutional right to strike and bargain collectively as upheld in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.  ...
• Lessons from London, Ontario: The crackdown on ...
  Electro-Motive/Caterpillar's decision to lock out its London, Ontario workers on January 1st, demanding workers accept a 50% pay cut or lose the plant altogether, brings into focus a theme that is unfolding in 2012: The crackdown on middle class work in Canada. The CCPA's Trish Hennessy has wri ...
• Every Tool Shapes the Task
  The speed and breadth of technological change and how it plays out in education is creating many battles. The Winter 2012 issue of Our Schools/Our Selves -- Every Tool Shapes the Task identifies some of these areas of conflict and how they play out in schools and for students and teach ...

World Wide Hippies

• Interview With Chris Hedges About Black Bloc
  by: J.A. Myerson, Truthout | Interview- Chris Hedges’ syndicated Truthdig column “Black Bloc: The Cancer in Occupy,” printed Tuesday at Truthout and elsewhere, created quite a stir among members of Occupy Wall Street (OWS). Some endorsed the sentiment. Among others, includ ...
• Occupy Wall Street and a New Politics for a Di ...
  By Carne Ross Fe,The Nation – The global financial crisis has provoked a profound and necessary questioning of the prevailing political and economic orthodoxy. So pervasive is this disillusionment with the current order that it is hard to find anyone prepared to defend it. Disorder is the ...
• Worldwide Hippies News Briefs Friday
  U.S. banks agree to $25 billion in homeowner help WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Five big U.S. banks accused of abusive mortgage practices have agreed to a $25 billion government settlement that may help roughly one million borrowers but is no magic bullet for the ailing housing market. Thursday&# ...
• Hey Louie! Why don’t you just leave out ...
  By Lewis Page,channelregister.co.uk – “Hippies’ ‘leaderboard’ apparently made using dartboard. Analysis International hippie* collective Greenpeace has issued a “Cool IT leaderboard” of apparently randomly selected major firms which it has assigned meani ...
• (Pittsburgh in my 60s) This and THAT!
  By Sherry Pasquarello,Worldwidehippies - “THAT” is Santorum- I told people who laughed at his running for president that they had better keep a close eye on him. Want to see firsthand just how a secular country can turn to a fundamentalist theocracy? Have you ever wondered how radical “holy men” ...

FourWinds10

• US space junk falls in South America
• Chernobyl in the Gulf of Mexico
  BP Spill Released Dangerous Amounts of Radioactive Material Into the Gulf Cross posted here. It’s been more than a year since BP’s runaway Macondo Well began filling the northern waters of the Gulf of Mexico with more than 200 million gallons of sweet crude, fouling shorelines from L ...
• Revealed: the secret battle for the riches of ...
  Leaked cables show how nations are carving up pristine wilderness By Shaun Walker in Moscow   The melting of the polar ice has been disastrous for wildlife but opens up new opportunities to exploit natural resources .firstcolumn { font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; border-bottom: 5px so ...
• THE GARBAGE PATCH
• STUDYING HOW PLASTIC POLLUTION ENTERS OCEAN FO ...

Crisis Maven

• The End Game or: How the Dupes were Duped or: ...
  The Euro was probably the most hyped-in currency the world may have ever known. That fact alone should have been reason for suspicion. In this article we contrast some of the eulogies heaped on the Euro back in around 2001/2002 when it was introduced as a tangible currency with these past weeks& ...
• Neutrinos, Physics, Meteors and the Survival o ...
  As you may have noticed, CrisisMaven recently dabbled in speculative thought about the role of a universe-wide encyclopedia cum news service. The reason this came about was that recently at the Large Hadron Collider around Geneva/Switzerland and crossing under the French border a team of scienti ...
• Archaeology, the Internet and Neutrinos
  Or: Space and the Universe are a Palimpsest . Most recently Israeli archaeologists unearthed a crusader’s inscription believed to be around 800 years old and, which is why it makes headlines, written in Arabic. For those who have followed archaelogical progress over several decades (and re ...
• Updated Statistical, Economic and Historical R ...
  We have updated our References section and, for the first time, also published our References ordered by Subjects – probably the most comprehensive trove on Statistical, Economic, Monetary and Historical Data etc. … References by Subject References – General and Applied Statistics Re ...
• Why Our Future Must Be Solar As Our Past Once Was
  When you put a pot on the hot plate on your stove and switch on the heat – do you not expect the pot to get hot? When you add energy on the earth’s surface to what the sun and geothermal influences already provide would you not expect the earth respectively the atmosphere to get [...]

Capital Flow Analysis

• Stock buybacks are bad for investors: Further ...
  In the working paper “The Buyback Monitor - July 2009: Corporate Stock Buyback Profits of 273 Firms from 2000 into 2009“, published on the Social Sciences Research Network, M.A. Gumport, CFA, provides further evidence that stock buybacks are not as good for investors as often touted ...
• Why Obama’s healthcare scheme portends stagfl ...
  The trillion-dollar Obama health care plan increases the odds that US economic recover will be delayed, and that unemployment and inflation will increase. The main thrust of the Obama plan is to increase taxes on individuals earning more than $250,000 a year, while forcing all but the tiniest ...
• How long would it take to work off the US trad ...
  The rest of the world holds $16.8 trillion in US financial assets, according to Federal Reserve release Z.1, as of Q1 2009. [...]
• Why Bernanke’s flawed “exit strategy” policy p ...
  In a lead op-ed editorial in the Wall Street Journal on July 21, 2009, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke revealed the Fed’s exit strategy with regards to the inflationary effects of the Obama “spending is stimulus” packages and other government measure to contain the curren ...
• Stocks surge on spurious earnings reports: Q2 2009
  No one knows for sure the real earnings of American corporations. In Q1 2009, according to the Federal Reserve flow of funds table F.102, after-tax profits of US non-financial, non-farm corporations, on an annual basis, were about $589.9 billion. However, about 50% of these after-tax earnings ...

R-Squared Energy Blog

• Peak Oil & Carbon Emissions — R-Squared Energy ...
  Join the forum discussion on this post In this week’s episode of R-Squared Energy TV, I answer questions on about peak oil and carbon trading markets. Some of the topics discussed are: Whether peak oil has been discredited Recent media headlines on peak oil (or lack thereof) Why I t ...
• Confused about Energy and Power?
  Join the forum discussion on this post When I recently solicited feedback for topics to cover for my upcoming book, several people requested that I discuss the difference between energy and power. Just two weeks ago Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., who is on the House Committee on Scienc ...
• Electric Cars & Overpopulation — R-Squared Ene ...
  Join the forum discussion on this post In this week’s episode of R-Squared Energy TV, I answer questions on the future of electric cars, and the global population, which many feel is the root of so many problems. Some of the topics discussed are: When electric cars might be expected t ...
• Refinery Closures Lead to Rising Gas Prices an ...
  Join the forum discussion on this post Refinery Closures and the Keystone Pipeline There have been several announcements in recent months of refinery closures that will likely impact gasoline supplies (and prices) on the East Coast. Some of those closures have been on the East Coast. Others &# ...
• R-Squared Energy TV: Episode 9 – Energy Tradeo ...
  Join the forum discussion on this post In this week’s episode of R-Squared Energy TV, I answer questions on palm oil and hydraulic fracturing (fracking). Some of the topics discussed are: The EPA decision to exclude palm oil from qualifying as renewable biomass under RFS2 The Chinese ...

Discovery Educator Network

• Create a QR Code. QR Codes. QR Code. QR Code G ...
  Comments:Create and track your QR code usages.  - Dean MantzTags: qr, mobile, tools, qrcode, URL, Delivr, sharing, web2.0by: Dean Mantz
• Build a Body
  Comments:Great interactive site shared on Richard Byrne's Free Technology For Teachers blog.   - Dean MantzTags: science, interactive, body, biology, anatomyby: Dean Mantz
• Synergy
  Comments:Synergy lets you easily share your mouse and keyboard between multiple computers on your desk, and it's Free and Open Source. Just move your mouse off the edge of one computer's screen on to another. You can even share all of your clipboards. All you need is a network connection. Synerg ...
• EssayTagger.com - Grade Essays Faster
  Comments:EssayTagger is a web-based tool that helps you grade your essays faster by eliminating the repetitive and inefficient aspects of grading papers. You'll be able to speed up your grading process without sacrificing the quality of the feedback you give to your students. - Fred DelventhalTa ...
• cooltoolsforschools - Presentation Tools
  Comments:wiki of presentation tools for students - Robin Talkowskiwiki of presentation tools for students - Robin TalkowskiTags: web2.0, tools, presentationby: Robin Talkowski

Rodale News

• 4 All-Natural Air Fresheners
  We're a good month or so away from spring—and spring flowers and fresh spring air. If you're anything like me, your house is starting to take on all the smells of a winter full of cooked dinners, soggy boots, and a few too many people cooped up inside for far too long. Rather than pull out the ...
• 5 Disturbing Side Effects of Soda
  If you've been reading health magazines and websites for any length of time, you've read a litany of reasons why soda is bad for you. It's nothing but sugar water. It's devoid of any nutritional value. It leads to obesity and diabetes. But we've dug up nine other disturbing facts about what sod ...
• Why You Need to Switch Deodorants
  The next time you reach for that stick of roll-on deodorant, consider this: A recent study in the Journal of Applied Toxicology found that chemicals commonly used in deodorants were showing up in breast-cancer tumors, leading the authors to suspect that they may play some role in the developmen ...
• 5 New Ways to Avoid the Supermarket
  The local food movement is on fire, and farmers and innovative small businesses are making it easier than ever to feed your family without even setting foot in a box store or supermarket. (By staying out of places crammed with packaged foods, you'll be more likely to avoid toxic food additives. ...
• Is Your Office Making You Sick?
  When you think air pollution, you probably think smokestacks in remote countries—not the furniture in your office, right? Well, get this: Thirty Boston office workers in buildings that were new, recently renovated, or had no recent construction, had perfluorinated chemicals, or PFCs—toxic chemi ...

big think

• Is Kim Jong-un Dead?
  On China's microblogging site Weibo, rumors of Kim Jong-un's death surfaced earlier today when bloggers posted that he was assassinated in Beijing. Media outlets have yet to issue any official reports, but the rumors have spread to Twitter and they are ripe for punny jokes. Gawker was on ...
• Is Your Boss a Robot? Here's How to Tell.
  What's the Latest Development? At the annual Loebner Prize Competition, robots and humans compete to convince judges they are actually human. Imagine your boss took part. Would his or her communication style qualify as robotic or human? If during a discussion, your boss responds to the l ...
• FU Asks: Should the Government Fund the Arts?
  Welcome to a new feature on the Floating University blog, FU Asks, where we open up the academic debate on our e-learning platform to the Big Think community.  This week we're featuring a discussion prompt from Leon Botstein, President of Bard College and conductor of the American Sympho ...
• Reading List for Course on Science and Environ ...
  This semester, students from a diversity of majors at American University are participating in an advanced seminar I am teaching on science and environmental communication. For the first part of the semester, we are covering core issues and themes. In the process, students will be blogging on .. ...
• Start Your Business Without Going Broke
  What's the Latest Development? Starting your business without raising millions of venture capital dollars is possible, says career business CEO Selena Cuffe. And knowing how to make your finances work is essential to seizing that moment when you know the market needs a new product or ser ...

Information Liberation

• Is it the Lawmakers or Law Enforcers who are t ...
  Walter Block has a very interesting defense of the inciter of a riot. He argues that a person who inspires others to commit violent acts is guilty of no violent act at all because the inciter is doing no more than engaging in free speech activity. ...
• Why Facebook Works and Democracy Does Not
  This year, Facebook will reach 1 billion users * or one-seventh of the human population. It has elicited more participation than any single government in the world other than India and China, and it will probably surpass them in a year or two. And wh...
• Las Vegas DUI Checkpoint Refusal
  Here I am rolling through a DUI checkpoint. Refusing to answer their questions, I'm eventually freed. Sorry for the steering wheel in the way, I'm not a professional photographer obviously. - timf343...
• Debt Slavery: 30 Facts About Debt In America T ...
  When most people think about America's debt problem, they think of the debt of the federal government.* But that is only part of the story.* The sad truth is that debt slavery has become a way of life for tens of millions of American families.* Over ...
• What Will Jesus Do?
  Like all wars, the one the Feds wage on our freedom of movement groans with ruined lives, human agony, and casualties. Many of those horrors are on display at the airports, as the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) sexually ass...

Be Responsible - Be Free!

• And So Say All Of Us
  I’m currently looking at GE’s recent thread at the DT, lamenting the rise of the Welfare State and the normalization of welfare dependency, helplessness, and self-righteous mendicancy; a subject LibertyGibbert has previously visited in detail. The general tone of the comments … ...
• Ugly Australia
  This isn’t the thread I had planned to write. Actually, I had planned to put out an essay last Thursday—Australia Day, commemorating the 224th anniversary of the arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove. I had planned to tell … Continue reading →
• A Very Selective Blindness
  What if a journalist had asked JFK this sort of question in 1960? Or Clinton in 1992? Of course, none would have. The press pack half a century ago was fully aware of Kennedy’s proclivities; but he allowed them such … Continue reading →
• Waste Not, Want Not
  A very happy New Year to you all. Well, it seems the world is still here: Europe hasn’t imploded (yet), America is not yet (completely) certain of getting another four years of Obama; North Korea hasn’t deployed nuclear missiles (or … Continue reading →
• A Few Days Yet
  G’day folks, I had planned a new post out today. Unfortunately, Santa’s main present for me at Christmas was a recurrence of this damn chest infection that laid me low in 2010. So I’m getting some rest, and I hope … Continue reading →

Sciencebase - Breaking Science News

• Felix Baumgartner to freefall from almost 40 km up
  Real-life action hero Felix Baumgartner plans to take a balloon up to the edge of space and then to jump out. In freefall he hopes to break the speed record for a human travelling without a machine, the needle, as it were, reaching speeds in excess of the speed of sound. In the BBC newsclip [... ...
• Kinect could help phantom limb pain
  A phantom limb is the perception that an amputated or missing limb or other body part is still attached to the body. The sensations, by most accounts, are unpleasant and commonly painful. Mirror therapy has been used to help alleviate some of the problems experienced by veterans, accident victim ...
• Testing times, but no pardon for Turing
  UK government minister, Lord McNally, responded for the government declining to pardon Turing: The question of granting a posthumous pardon to Mr Turing was considered by the previous Government in 2009. As a result of the previous campaign, the then Prime Minister Gordon Brown issued an unequiv ...
• 10 out of 10 for boron’s coordinated effort
  A team in the US has created a boron compound that has the highest coordination number of any planar species, squeezing 10 spoke-like bonds from a central metal hub to 10 boron atoms equally spaced around a nanoscopic wheel. I asked theoretical chemist Pekka Pyykkö of the University of Helsinki, ...
• Layers of graphene, water and helium
  Graphene is perhaps the thinnest material known. Essentially it is a single, isolated layer of the carbon allotrope graphite. In SpectroscopyNOW this week I discuss new research into how a single layer of graphene is transparent to water molecules in the sense that the water can “see&#8221 ...

RFF Library

• 2010 Toxics Release Inventory National Analysi ...
  US EPA http://www.epa.gov/tri/NationalAnalysis/index.htm [From Press Release]  …The 2010 TRI data show that 3.93 billion pounds of toxic chemicals were released into the environment nationwide, a 16 percent increase from 2009. The increase is mainly due to changes in the metal mining secto ...
• Critical Materials Strategy
  US DOE http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/DOE_CMS_2011.pdf [From a Climate Wire story by Joel Kirkland] “In general, global (rare earths) material supply has been slow to respond to the rise in demand over the past decade due to a lack of available capital, long lead times, trade policies ...
• EPA Needs to Manage Nanomaterial Risks More Ef ...
  US EPA Office of the Inspector General http://www.epa.gov/oig/reports/2012/20121229-12-P-0162.pdf [From a Greenwire story by Jeremy Jacobs]  U.S. EPA lacks an effective program to collect information and monitor the possible health risks posed by nanomaterials, according to a new report by the a ...
• Saving a National Treasure: Debunking the &#82 ...
  Chesapeake Bay Foundation http://www.cbf.org/document.doc?id=1023 [From a story in the Suffolk News-Herald] Extensive government regulation of Chesapeake Bay pollution would create jobs, rather than kill them, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation claims in a new report… In December 2010, the U.S. ...
• Phase 1 Report: Formation of Stakeholder Proce ...
  Eastern Interconnection Planning Collaborative (EIPC) for DOE http://www.eipconline.com/uploads/Phase_1_Report_Final_12-15-2011.pdf [From an E&E Daily story by Paul Behr]  Utility executives and state regulators from 39 states will study three widely different scenarios for the future of the ...

Scientific American - News

• Nuclear Reactor Approved in U.S. for First Tim ...
  Years of shifting and smoothing Georgia red clay paid off today, as the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted to allow construction of two new nuclear reactors  (pdf) at the Plant Vogtle nuclear power station near Augusta. Atlanta–based utility giant Southern Co. will soon ...
• Alzheimer's Disease Symptoms Reversed in Mice
  A nearly 13-year-old skin cancer drug rapidly alleviates molecular signs of Alzheimer's diseas e and improves brain function, according to the results of a new mouse study being hailed as extremely promising. Early-stage human clinical trials could begin within months. [More] ...
• Widespread Plasticizer Clouds Doping Tests of ...
  In the race to catch drug cheats, sports officials are turning to more sophisticated tests. Since cheaters are rarely caught red-handed, scientists devised a plan to catch them with the packaging inside their bodies. But a plasticizer is so ubiquitous in people that it has clouded the result ...
• Fasting Might Boost Chemo's Cancer-Busting Pro ...
  Cancer treatment can be brutal for patients. Many of the tools we have-- chemotherapy , radiation--are big, blunt weapons that deal punishing blows to healthy tissues along with cancerous ones. So the hunt has been on for more and more finely targeted therapies that will attack malignant cells ...
• Sight Seen: Gene Therapy Restores Vision in Bo ...
  Gene therapy has markedly improved vision in both eyes in three women who were born virtually blind. The patients can now avoid obstacles even in dim light, read large print and recognize people's faces. The operation, researchers predict, should work even better in children and adolescent ...

First Truths

• The Anarchist Lineage
   Interesting passage from Samuel Clark's Living Without Domination: The Possibility of an Anarchist Utopia. I would wonder what the anarchists I know think of the various lists referenced here: This account of anarchism as a permanent human tendency has been attacked by a number of authors. ...
• "Crisis of the State"
  From Simon Clark's Keynesianism, Monetarism, and the Crisis of the State: However this structural crisis was not the result of the changing functional requirements of changes in the labour process, but of the tendency for capital accumulation to take the form of the overaccumulation and uneven d ...
• "Aspects of the Post-Ricardian Literature"
  Interesting and thought-provoking passage from Samuel Hollander's Economics and Ideology: Aspects of the Post-Ricardian Literature (1979): It was Marx's position, as we have mentioned, that while the labor writers of the 1820s drew upon Ricardo's value theory to reach their conclusion regarding ...
• "Integrated Geographies"
  From Anthony Ince's Whither Anarchist Geography?:It has been said that anarchism combines a socialist critique of liberalism and a liberal critique of socialism. Its refusal to focus merely on "economics" or "freedom" or "culture," and so on, means that anarchism is inherently multifaceted and a ...
• Colbert on Atheists
  I enjoyed this passage from Stephen Colbert's I Am America (And So Can You!): AtheistsThese No-goodnik no-Godniks are growing in numbers and power in America. It makes me wonder how a God could exist Who'd allow people to piss me off so much.Luckily, a recent survey published in the American Soc ...

Media Co-Op

• Trans People Excluded from Transportation By H ...
  The Harper govenments ammendment states that "5.2 (1) An air carrier shall not transport a passenger if … (c) the passenger does not appear to be of the gender indicated on the identification he or she presents" The Harper governm ...
• Seniors battle Lions' 45% rent hike
  EAST VANCOUVER - Residents at the Mount Pleasant Lions Manor are fighting a 45% rent hike that could leave them homeless. Seniors at the housing complex held a press conference today on their fight against the non-profit Mt Pleasant Housing Society (which owns the building and is run by the Lion ...
• Labour Councils Occupy Select Conservative MP ...
  Group Demands Accountability Over Threats to Old Age Security and Pensions (Audio interview begins aprox four seconds after you click play) Toronto Media Co-op spoke with James McDowell, Second Vice-President of the Brampton Mississauga Lab ...
• Talk the Talk, but Wach the Walk?
  Petroscience Prof's Talk Provides History of Maritimes Oil and Gas, But Misses Context It is difficult to pinpoint exactly what it is about Dr. Grant Wach's presentation, titled “Burning Rocks: The History of the Petroleum In ...
• #6party Communique Re: Dialogue and Occupation
  The tactic of occupation has been cast in a negative light in multiple fora, including Provost Masi's notice to the #6party and first floor occupiers last evening. #6party maintains that occupation is a legitimate and valuable form of protest, and that any discussion of the use of occupation ...

David Seaton's News Links

• Santorum, Mitt and Newt... Decline and Fall... ...
  "Oppressed beneath the weight of their own corruption and of military violence, they for a long while preserved the sentiments, or at least the ideas of their free-born ancestors." Edward Gibbon, "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"David Seaton's News LinksUnder Richard Nixo ...
• Iran... is a trap being set?
  If the United States and/or Israel finally do attack Iran, as it now appears inevitable, they may end up falling into a trap laid by Russia and China. "Garden Airplane Trap" Max Ernst - Art Institute of Chicago The Americans know Iran did not bring the RQ-170 down because their intelligence agen ...
• The sustainable future beckons: an all purpose ...
  David Seaton's News Linksphoto credit to जरा खाजवा की डोक For me this image is pure poetry, it suggests so many things about our world and even about our human nature: the smile of the driver, the people riding snug and dry in the cab, the no nonsense expression on the little bullock's face. ...
• Thomas Friedman and the hangman
  David Seaton's News LinksIn the past, workers with average skills, doing an average job, could earn an average lifestyle. But, today, average is officially over. Being average just won’t earn you what it used to. Thomas Friedman - NYT In older factories and, before them, on the farm, there were ...
• Barack Obama: a parenthesis between Bush and G ...
  David Seaton's News LinksWho knew, in the exuberance of 2008, that America was electing an introvert? And that one who touched so many felt above the touchy-feely-gritty parts of politics? Maureen Dowd - New York TimesWhy does Mitt Romney have money in the Caymans? Christian Science MonitorGingr ...

MoJo - Kevin Drum

• Friday Cat Blogging - 10 February 2012
  Today, both cats grace the same frame, one looking in and the other looking out. In this photo, the cats are a metaphor for Man's ineluctable failure to appreciate his place in the world. One's nature wants to be in, the other's nature wants to be out. In five minutes, their roles will reverse ...
• Angels Are Now Waltzing on the Edge of a Healt ...
  Well, we now have the details of the "accommodation" that President Obama has made over the contraception issue. Institutions affiliated with the Catholic church will be able to opt out of contraceptive coverage completely, so the bishops are said to be completely satisfied. The LA Times ...
• The Employment Picture Remains Murky and Hard ...
  Paul Krugman says that although the employment picture is looking up, it still has a ways to go. To illustrate this, he displays a chart showing the employment-population ratio for prime age workers age 25-54: I agree that this is a telling statistic. It really does indicate that we haven't ...
• Drone Attacks Are Popular Because They're Bett ...
  As you may recall, I think one of the most important questions you should ask yourself when you ponder public policy is, "Compared to what?" Michael O'Hare asks this question regarding drone attacks: I think our emotional reaction to stuff like this depends a lot on what alternatives we ins ...
• Compromise Due on Contraception?
  I see that the Obama administration is expected to offer up a compromise on contraceptive coverage later this morning. Greg Sargent wisely tweets, "I see no reason not to wait for final proposal. The world won't be worse off if we yell 'cave' in an hour, instead of right now." Fine. I'll wait ...

Insanity Report

• The Problem with the Roland Martin Suspension
  Roland Martin is an ass.  He’s brash and flat out annoying.  Even worse, he’s woefully unqualified for his job as a political pundit on CNN and because of that, very bad at his job.  I mean the man has a Master’s Degree in Christian Communication at a non-accredited school yet he’s on CNN weighi ...
• IC 302: Don’t @ My Prophetess
  Topics: George Romero’s birthday Fast Zombies are cheating Eddie Long is a “King” The pedophile burrito Juanita Bynum & the $5000 pen Fuck your murderous family member Roseanne Barr is running for President Share with your friends:
• IC 301: The Urban Radio Fluff Job
  Topics: Its Black History Month and Kriss & Kev don”t care Don Cornelius goes to the big soul train in the sky Kriss realizes he may be a sociopath February movie rundown Every role for a young black actor comes to Bow Wow first Arizona wants to allow guns on campus Drake apologizes t ...
• IC 300: This Is Sparta
  Topics: *There were issues with saving the show so audio quality is lower than normal* Kriss, Kev & Karen list out different people and things that they want to Sparta Kick The list include: George Lucas Nurses People who don’t tip Tyler Perry Wire Bras and many more Share with your f ...
• IC 299: Racial Free Agent
  Topics: Red Tails is not a good movie Black people’s fear of not supporting Kriss wants to be traded in the racial draft Nicki Minaj – Stupid Hoe Jay-Z inspires black fathers? Feminista Jones on Open Marriages and relationship advice MLK on a strip club flyer Great moments in White P ...

Simple Climate

• Building climate adaptation on flooded fields
  Emma Tompkins from the University of Southampton, UK, and Hallie Eakin from Arizona State University have found examples where people and organisations are helping their communities adapt to climate change without financial support. They hope to discover how more of us can be encouraged to follo ...
• If you question the numbers, ask the plants
  While scientists reported 2011 as being the warmest La Niña year yet in recent weeks, changes in where plants can grow in the US and when they grow in China have perhaps demonstrated warming even more clearly.
• Recycling carbon taxes can benefit planet and ...
  Seattle, Washington based “stand-up economist” Yoram Bauman says that using local carbon taxes to cut personal and corporate income taxes can fight climate change more effectively than the Kyoto Protocol – and he's not joking.
• The hills are alive – with a changing plant mix
  After surveying mountains across Europe, Harald Pauli at the University of Vienna, Austria, and scientists in the GLORIA network find a surprising increase in the amount of warmer temperature plants competing with colder-adapted plants, who therefore face a battle to avoid extinction.
• Warming puts species on collision course
  Considering competition between species and the differences in how quickly their ranges shift as climate changes suggests that more than previously thought are likely to be at risk of dying out, say Mark Urban from the University of Connecticut and colleagues.

e!Science News

• Night, weekend delivery OK for babies with bir ...
  Weekday delivery is no better than night or weekend delivery for infants with birth defects, according to a new study recently presented at The Pregnancy Meeting, the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual conference. The finding is good news for all parties -- moms, babies and healthcare ...
• UTHealth research: Both maternal and paternal ...
  Older maternal and paternal age are jointly associated with having a child with autism, according to a recently published study led by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). read more
• Cochlear implants may be safe, effective for o ...
  Cochlear implants may be a safe, effective option for some organ transplant patients who've lost their hearing as an unfortunate consequence of their transplant-related drug regime, researchers report. read more
• Protein libraries in a snap
  A Rice University undergraduate will depart with not only a degree but also a possible patent for his invention of an efficient way to create protein libraries, an important component of biomolecular research. read more
• A mineral way to catalysis?
  Catalytic materials, which lower the energy barriers for chemical reactions, are used in everything from the commercial production of chemicals to catalytic converters in car engines. However, with current catalytic materials becoming increasingly expensive, scientists are exploring viable alter ...

unEarthed

• Tr-Ash Talk: Dumping A Civil Rights Issue
  One town’s Tr-“ash” is no one’s treasure The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been sitting on a proposed coal ash standard for nearly 15 months. Without environmental standards for protection from this toxic waste, 54 re ...
• Friday Finds: McDonalds’ Pink Slime Problem
  Chemical list limbo, idle air pollution laws, green coup Photo courtesy of Calgary Reviews. McDonald’s takes pink slime goop out of burgers It’s ...
• Obama 'Promise' Keeps Arctic Drilling On Table
  President may be open to Shell promises it can clean up oil spill On backing down, backing away, and backing into a corner . . . President Obama’s stateme ...
• Think the Weather's Getting Crazier? You're Right
  Last year saw many extreme events, and there's much more to come I'm going to stand back and just give you a taste of a report from the Earth Policy Institu ...
• Times Columnist Spouts Keystone Nonsense
  Ignores the fundamental problems with the pipeline project Pipes for Keystone. Courtesy ecowatch.org The New York Times describes Joe Nocera as a business col ...

Brave New Climate

• 100% renewable electricity for Australia – the ...
  Download the printable 33-page PDF (includes two appendices, on scenario assumptions and transmission cost estimates) HERE. For an Excel workbook that includes all calculations (and can be used for sensitivity analysis), click HERE. By Peter Lang. Peter is a retired geologist and engineer with 4 ...
• Open Thread 21
  The previous Open Thread has gone past is off the BNC front page, so it’s time for a fresh palette. The Open Thread is a general discussion forum, where you can talk about whatever you like — there is nothing ‘off topic’ here — within reason. So get up on your soap box! The standard [...]
• Black Swan theory and the anti-nuclear sentiment
  Guest Post by Elaine Hirsch. Elaine is kind of a jack-of-all-interests, from education to technology to public policy, so she is currently working as a writer for various education-related sites. Currently, she writes for an online school resource. Black Swan Theory, as explained by Nassim Nicho ...
• The folly of making perfection the enemy of ex ...
  Ben Heard of DecarboniseSA asked if I’d like to reproduce his recent post, to give it exposure to the BNC audience. Given that I’m still in Spain and will be for a while, I’m happy to oblige. I think it’s an excellent piece — as I’ve come to expect from Ben &# ...
• Saludos desde Mataelpino
  I haven’t published an energy or climate-related article on BNC for almost a week, for a good reason: Yes, I am enjoying myself (but working too!). We (me, and some colleagues from University of Adelaide: Corey Bradshaw, Damien Fordham and Salvador Herrando-Perez) are visiting a research c ...

Indigenist Opinion

• .:Middle East Online::The State of Journalism ...
  .:Middle East Online::The State of Journalism and Media in the New Libya:.: Journalism and media witnessed huge expansion in Libya since the first spark in the February 17 revolution. There are now around 200 printed newspapers in Tripoli and Benghazi alone, and around 18 satellite channels thro ...
• GUEST POST by @jazminchavez and @juliagrob: “L ...
  GUEST POST by @jazminchavez and @juliagrob: “Latinos: Turn Off Your TV, Co�o!”: GUEST POST BY Jazmin Chavez & Julia Ahumada Grob of "East WillyB" By the time of this publication, we should all be familiar with the recent controversy regarding ABC sitcom, “Work It,” in which Puerto Rican act ...
• A Brief look at the Censorship of Human Rights ...
  China must abandon censorship | APNS Article 35 of China's constitution as adopted in 1982 clearly states that: "Citizens of the People's Republic of China enjoy freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly, of association, of procession and of demonstration." For 28 years this article has stood ...
• The Republican Candidates' Race Card Strategy
  The Republican Candidates' Race Card Strategy [Black Star News Editorial] Republican presidential candidates Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and front-runner Mitt Romney have all played the race-card to varying degrees in this election cycle, while Ron Paul's campaign is weighed down by the race b ...
• The Billanthrope: Why I Wrote Koontown
  The Billanthrope: Why I Wrote Koontown: Black people are inherently inferior. This is not something you would often hear anybody say outright—if at all. That would be racist, and we live in a time when even devout racists get offended if you actually call them “racist.” The closest we tend to ge ...

Republicans are a Disease

• Psycho CPAC Anyone?
  Man, I watched clips of the freak show at this year’s CPAC. Why don’t they just call it the Obama hatefest? Where is Politifact anyway? I don’t think one single fake conservative said one single thing that was true from all the coverage I watched. Man, what a bunch of lying cry ...
• Romney Zero % Tax Rate? Really?
  Mitt Romney may have a good reason to not release his 2008, and 2009 tax returns. He may have made millions and paid zero income, or capital gains tax. Isn’t being filthy rich great! ‘Ol Mittens claimed in a Univision interview he gives 15% to “charity” too. You mean you ...
• Smeagol Gives Tonight’s Republican Respo ...
  How did they pull it off? Getting Smeagol all taped up to give the response. I am sure it was Smeagol. All the things he was talking about any orc would love, and any Hobbit would hate. Giving the rich and corporations they own more tax cuts while cutting services for the poor. More of [...]
• Met A Wonderful Republican Yesterday – Not!
  Parked in downtown Seattle, a gentleman in a nice shiny Cadillac saw the “Republicans Are A Disease” sign in the back of my car, and the 99% sticker on my coat, and yelled at me to wash my car. My car wasn’t really dirty…. He went on to tell me that Obama has been a [...]
• The Answer To America’s Problems Is Simple
  No, I am not kidding. America is a rich country and can easily solve most major problems. The main  problem is simply the fact that most of America’s  wealth and power is in the hands of a few individuals. The system is currently set up to where only they profit from “our” labo ...

Appalachia Rising

• Day of Action and Conference Vision Statements
  Appalachia Rising: Day of Action September 25 – 27, 2010, Washington DC Appalachia Rising is a mass mobilization in Washington DC on September 27, 2010 calling for the abolition of mountaintop removal and surface mining. It is a culmination of the national movement against surface mining and a f ...
• Press Conference to be Held on June 15
  Thousands to March in DC Calling for the Abolition of Mountaintop Removal Press Conference June 15 in Charleston, WV Announces Mass Mobilization Appalachia Rising WHEN: June 15, 10:00 AM WHERE: WV State Capitol Back Steps Near Fountain, Charleston, WV CONTACTS: West Virginia Bo Webb – 304- ...
• Press Inquiries
  All media inquiries should be sent to Bo Webb webb.bo@gmail.com Set up interviews via email. Previous Press Releases and Media Public Launch Press Conference Report Back, with video Press Conference Held on June 15 Announces Appalachia Rising Video June 15 Appalachia Public Launch Press Conferen ...
• New Flier for Appalachia Rising
• Appalachia Rising Uniting Celebrities, Appalac ...
  Appalachia Rising Uniting Celebrities, Appalachians, and Scientists for the Abolition of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Ashley Judd, Woody Harrelson, Gloria Reuben, Kyra Sedgewick, Kevin Bacon, Ed Begley Jr., Kathy Mattea, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, James Hansen, and Darryl Hannah rallying behind co ...

Amped Status

• Get Ready for OWSnews.org
  Apologies for the lack of updates lately. We are currently busy working on a new website specifically dedicated to aggregating and producing news reports on the OWS 99% movement. The site will not be announced for another few days, but you can check it out here: http://OWSnews.org/. An amazing ...
• Does Obama Care About the 99%? David DeGraw on ...
• Aftermath of the Police Raid on #OccupyOakland
  By Ken Knabb This seven-minute video gives a pretty good brief impression of what happened in Oakland yesterday, following the police destruction of the Occupy Oakland encampment at Frank Ogawa Plaza. Among other things, I call your attention to a poignant interaction around 4:45 where a ...
• Marine Down in Oakland – “We&#8217 ...
  Marine Scott Olsen made it through two tours in Iraq without an injury, but back home in the United States he was critically wounded by a police riot. Heavily-armed police injured Olsen and other unarmed citizens on Oct. 25 when they attacked the non-violent Occupy Oakland. Olsen, 24, had his sk ...
• #OccupyOakland: Riot police fire tear gas, fla ...
  Defiant Occupy Oakland protesters vow to return to plaza On Tuesday night and into Wednesday, police clashed with hundreds of protesters whom they’d dislodged from an encampment outside City Hall. More than 100 people were arrested, police said, as officers used tear ...

+972

• As of this week, 3 Knesset parties, from cente ...
  The left-wing liberal party Meretz elected this week MK Zehava Gal-on as its new leader, following the retirement of former MK Haim Oron. Gal-On, representing the left flank of the party, won against MK Ilan Gilon. She is expected to place greater emphasis on opposition to the occupation. In her ...
• American domestic issues: Social security, hou ...
  A perceptive comment from the Director of B’Tselem USA, the clever Uri Zaki (as posted on his Facebook page): If anyone needed proof of how much “Pro-Israel” (=we don’t care about the actual Israel, but the religious-conservative concept of “Israel”) became a ...
• Cat Power cancels show in Israel, citing &#821 ...
  By Mairav Zonszein and Assaf Shatil The American artist Chan Marshall, who goes by the name Cat Power, has just let her cat litter out of the box. By canceling her show in Tel Aviv at the last minute (it was scheduled for this Sunday, February 12) she has joined a group of musicians who [...]
• WATCH: Israeli short film depicts Iran nuclear ...
  By Fady Khoury Ronen Barany, an Israeli filmmaker, directed a short five-minute film called “The Last Day,” depicting, from his point of view, what an Iranian nuclear attack would look and feel like. With lots of convincing visual effects and truly remarkable acting skills provided b ...
• Vibrant democracy faces prospect of war
  The demonstrator who said there were more cops than demonstrators was way wrong; I counted ten cops and there must have been 25, even 30 protesters.  Sad. Pathetic. Not the protesters, but the public that will follow the government to war with Iran without a peep. Also pathetic: Peace Now, Labor ...

Sustainability,water,etc - Oz gov't

• Caring for our Country to support 43 projects ...
  43 groups from across Australia will benefit from increased support from the Gillard Government under Caring for our Country.
• Bathurst water treatment upgrade to save 192 ...
  A $1.3 million upgrade to the Bathurst Water Filtration Plant will save up to 192 million litres of drinking water each year, significantly improving Bathurst's long-term water security.
• $30 million wetlands project to water-proof t ...
  Work is underway on a $30 million wetlands project in Adelaide's South that will capture 2.8 billion litres of stormwater each year.
• Grazing proposal in Victorian Alpine National ...
  A proposal by the Victorian Government to reintroduce cattle to the National Heritage listed Alpine National Park in Victoria has been determined to be clearly unacceptable under national environmental law and will not proceed.
• Interim committee to advise on coal seam gas ...
  Environment and Water Minister Tony Burke has appointed an interim committee of experts to provide independent scientific advice on coal seam gas and large coal mining.

Matt Weidner Blog

• “WIZARD BEHIND THE CURTAIN(c)” is ...
  “Wizard Behind the Curtain” and “Robo Signer” (copyright Matt Weidner, ha ha) My friend Stopa did a post tonight on a phenomena we’ve been kicking around for several months now…it’s the fact that Americans are being sued by zombies…entities that ha ...
• Video: Florida’s Unfair Foreclosure Act ...
  574 702.036 Finality of mortgage foreclosure judgment.— 575 (1)(a) In any action or proceeding in which a party seeks 576 to set aside, invalidate, or challenge the validity of a final 577 judgment of foreclosure of a mortgage or to establish or 578 reestablish a lien or encumbrance on the prope ...
• IMPORTANT RALLY INFORMATION- RALLY FEBRUARY 16 ...
  BRADENTON — The Mortgage Justice Group, ForeclosureHamlet and 4closurefraud join Awake the State, the Coalition of Occupy Foreclosure Working Groups movement, and other groups across the nation to rally at the capital in Tallahassee for the annual FORECLOSURE AWARENESS DAY RALLY on Feb. 16 ...
• THE AG SETTLMENT SETTLES…..NOTHING (in f ...
  If you’re not angry enough to start running into the street and screaming…..if you’re not angry enough to get in your car and drive to Tallahassee on February 16, it’s because you have not figured out yet just how much you’ve been robbed. If you woke up one day and ...
• HEY SUCKERS (american taxpayers) THE AG BRIBE ...
  HAHAHAHAHA GOT YOU. YEP. THEY REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOT US. ALL OF US.  THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER. SUCKERED BY THE BANKS AND THE GOVERNMENT THEY OWN. However, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) — whose high profile assault on workers’ rights has prompted a recall effort against him — isn’t planning to ...

abelard - news

• travel by travel, but not in britain | economi ...
  Another part of the legacy of 13 years of Labour/socialist misrule.
• two items on the greek debt | politics eu news ...
  The euro temple is trembling, and, how much Greek pain will it take to satisfy the German debt collectors?
• important and very clear statement in the comm ...
  What to do when EU rules try to force a terrorist to walk free in England.
• 'the dog ate my homework' is passe | fun news ...
  How council worthies wriggle to hide their, probably excessive, expenditure and salaries - what a romp!
• tour de france update: andy schleck won the 20 ...
  Where several other sportsmen have been absolved of cheating in such circumstances, Alberto Contador receives the full punishment of an arguably over-severe doping regulation.

The Parallel Parliament

• Shadowlands
  Progressive democracy has been perhaps the most stable of political systems in world history. It has guided and empowered the …Continue reading »
• Reborn
  Sometimes communities aren’t ready for the changes being thrust upon them. Stuck in the traditional way of doing things, they …Continue reading »
• Grief, Generosity, and a Galvanizing of Commun ...
  What began as a brief comment ended up as a unique citizen exercise. Ed Jackman (look for him in the …Continue reading »
• “A Remarkable Change in Man”
  Being with the ElectroMotive workers on Saturday, the day following the announcement of that plant’s official closing, had an odd …Continue reading »
• An End and the Beginning
  Well, it’s over. Tears filled our eyes this morning as my wife and I heard that Caterpillar had finally made …Continue reading »

Vaccine Awakening

• Vaccine Wake Up Call for Parents: Your Childre ...
  by Barbara Loe Fisher Every mother has had the nightmare. We dream our child, who we love more than we thought we could love anyone, has been taken away by strangers and cannot be found. The cold fear rises up from our stomach into our throats as we search, endlessly, to find the child we would ...
• The Health Liberty Revolution & Forced Vaccination
  “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” – Abraham Lincoln by Barbara Loe Fisher In America today, there is an unprecedented assault on the human right to exercise informed consent to medical risk-taking ...
• What You Should Know About Meningococcal Disea ...
  by Barbara Loe Fisher Today, pediatricians give American babies as many as 33 doses of 13 different vaccines by 12 months of age.1, 2 Now, federal public health officials are considering recommending that doctors give four more doses of a new vaccine – meningococcal vaccine – to babies between ...
• Vaccines & Liberty: Let Freedom Ring
  by Barbara Loe Fisher My country, ’tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing:
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims’ pride,
From every mountain side,
Let freedom ring.[1] What is liberty? Webster’s Dictionary defines Liberty as “the quality or state of being free,” ...
• In Memoriam: Infant Deaths & Vaccination
  by Barbara Loe Fisher Memorial Day is for remembering those, who have fought and died to defend America and preserve our civil liberties, including freedom of thought, speech, religious belief and conscience. So every Memorial Day I remember the children, who have died after receiving state man ...

2020 Science

• Davos 2011: Desperately seeking Google
  It’s that time of year again – 2000+ of the worlds top movers and shakers are beginning to descend on the Swiss ski town of Davos for this year’s Annual World Economic Forum meeting.  Political heavyweights like Clinton, Annan, Sarkozy and Cameron will be intermingling with the ...
• Obama spotlights innovation, but how do we get ...
  Technology innovation was front and center of Obama’s State of the Union speech tonight.  This is extremely good news for those of us who believe more needs to be done, and done better, to ensure science and technology translate into effective solutions that enable economic and social grow ...
• Asking smart people dumb questions – the new r ...
  Cross-posted at ForumBlog.org – the World Economic Forum blog My high school physics teacher used to tell me there’s no such think as a dumb question.  It’s a lesson I’ve carried with me through my professional career as a scientist.  But it’s a philosophy that might be just about to come ...
• Davos 2011 – physics superstar meets music sup ...
  I don’t usually write about personal interactions here, but this is one I couldn’t resist – physics superstar Lawrence Krauss talking cosmology with music superstar Peter Gabriel. I was with Lawrence at a World Economic Forum dinner when he bumped into Peter – as one does ...
• Davos 2011: Global Risks permeate conversation ...
  Cross-posted from the Risk Science Blog. Take a metaphorical slice through this year’s annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, and Global Risk would be writ large through every part of it.  Hot on the heels of the sixth Global Risk report, this year’s meeting saw the launch of ...

Reader Supported News

• The Right to Be Healthy
  Chen reports: "In many industrialized countries around the world, taking time off from work to deal with a medical issue isn't just a benefit; it's considered an entitlement, as much as an eight-hour day. But in the world's richest nation, a worker who claims that right has had to appeal to the ...
• The Right to Be Healthy
  Chen reports: "In many industrialized countries around the world, taking time off from work to deal with a medical issue isn't just a benefit; it's considered an entitlement, as much as an eight-hour day. But in the world's richest nation, a worker who claims that right has had to appeal to the ...
• Michigan Democrats to Finance Free College Tui ...
  Excerpt: "Senate Democrats have released a new plan that puts Michigan students ahead of wealthy corporations.... Michigan's high school graduates will be eligible for free tuition at one of Michigan's community colleges or universities. ... The program will be funded entirely by eliminating $3. ...
• Michigan Democrats to Finance Free College Tui ...
  Excerpt: "Senate Democrats have released a new plan that puts Michigan students ahead of wealthy corporations.... Michigan's high school graduates will be eligible for free tuition at one of Michigan's community colleges or universities. ... The program will be funded entirely by eliminating $3. ...
• Honeybee Problem Nearing a 'Critical Point'
  Excerpt: "Of particular concern is a group of pesticides, chemically similar to nicotine, called neonicotinoids (neonics for short), and one in particular called clothianidin. Instead of being sprayed, neonics are used to treat seeds, so that they're absorbed by the plant's vascular system, and ...

War Resisters League

• “Exigent times call for very strenuous r ...
  [The WRL blog is excited to feature a film review by Jeanne Strole, co-director of the A.J. Muste Memorial Institute, with which the War Resisters League shares a long history, as well as the building at 339 Lafayette St. in … Continue reading →
• More Deaths and Injuries from US Tear Gas in P ...
  [This piece by Adalah-NY: The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel was originally published here on January 15th, 2012.] US-made tear gas, manufactured by companies like Combined Systems Inc. (CSI), Defense Technology, and NonLethal Technologies, continues to be … Continue reading & ...
• What does justice for Danny Chen look like?
  by Esther Wang [This piece first appeared on December 22nd as a note on Esther Wang's Facebook page.] In October, news broke that 19-year-old Danny Chen – a US Army private who was born and raised in Chinatown – had … Continue reading →
• “The Friday of Occupation’s Defeat ...
  As the US military withdrawal from Iraq approaches its deadline of December 31st, 2011, the Popular Movement to Save Iraq‘s Uday al-Zaidi, released a statement calling for celebration, vigilance, and a new front “to resist the second face of the … Continue reading →
• Stop Militarization of Our Communities in the ...
   [The following statement originated from activists in the San Fransisco Bay Area. For further information, contact: bay2egypt@gmail.com ] As 2011 gives way to 2012, people’s movements for justice are met with unprecedented global militarization. From Oakland to Egypt, people are demanding &#823 ...

Center for a Livable Future

• Do Farmers Benefit from Biofuels?
  Biofuels, particularly corn-based ethanol, offered the promise of large financial returns to both the farmer and to the rural community. How have the small-scale farmers fared against the land barons?
• Liturgies of Sufficiency: Individual versus Co ...
  If someone is hungry, we must feed them before they can be receptive to spiritual food.
• Biofuels: Innovations Needed
  Ongoing research is advancing the efficiency of the use of cellulosic biomass for liquid fuels. It is doubtful if we willsee breakthroughs anytime soon though, as these types of innovations often come slowly.
• Dignity of Work
  The pesticides were euphemistically spoken of as “plant medicine.” Ms. López jokingly summed that her diminutive figure is a testimony that too little energy was left over for physical growth.
• Third Time’s the Charm? The 2012 Arsenic Roundup
  The ban, if enacted, would help to curb the ongoing problem of arsenical drug use by the poultry industry, and associated public health risks to poultry consumers.

k2p blog

• Plagiarist zu Guttenberg invited to join the E ...
  Vice-President Neelie Kroes of the European Commission has invited the plagiarist Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, who was exposed by internet activism to be a special advisor to the Commission on internet activism. Stupid is as stupid does.
• Indian MMRCA: Rafale deal is $5 billion cheape ...
  Dassault's Rafale aircraft were evaluated to be cheaper than the Eurofighter typhoon by about $5 billion in the 126 aircraft Indian MMRCA competition.
• The arrogance of belief: What now Pachauri?
  Ice loss from the high mountains of Asia "is not significantly different from zero."
• Russian taxman sues dead lawyer
  Russian taxman to sue a dead lawyer.
• The big freeze: Sun and wind and clouds &#8211 ...
  The sun and the winds and cloud cover dominate our weather. The effects of carbon dioxide are insignificant.

Left Foot Forward

• Look Left – Beginning of the end on the ...
  Alex Hern presents the round-up of this weeks news.
• Public sector outsourcing is a mess – an ...
  From a4e to the care homes scandal, the outsourced sector is simply out of control with bonuses for poor performance.
• Glasman calls for a break from ‘viagra o ...
  Carl Packman reports on the Maurice (Lord) Glasman's talk at Localis, where he elaborated further on the Blue Labour brand.
• Sinn Féin plans next moves towards Irish unity
  Kevin Meagher reports on the further progress towards a concrete plan for Irish unity from Sinn Féin, and asks whether this shows how far Northern Ireland has come in the last few years.
• What does QE3 mean for the real economy?
  Ben Fox analyses what the latest round of quantitative easing means for the real economy

Consumerist

• Study: Driving While Stoned Is Very Dangerous, ...
  You might have a friend -- or you might even be that person -- who swears that they actually drive better after smoking a bit of marijuana (I believe the kids call it "reefer"); that it clears their head and helps them focus. But a new study confirms what many people had probably already guesse ...
• Google Jumping From Software To Hardware With ...
  Everyone knows what you mean when you say "Go Google that," because Google is known for its search engineyness, among other non-tangible Internet tools. But now the mega huge company is making a move to the physical realm with a rumored home entertainment device. CNNMoney says the device has b ...
• Nothing Says Romance Like A Valentine's Day To ...
  Traditional Valentine's Day celebrations might smell of flowers, delicate perfume and the aroma of chocolate wafting through the air as you sit in front of a roaring fireplace and pledge eternal devotion, but who needs those meaningless gestures when you and your loved one can breathe in the sc ...
• Sorry You Need To Get Screened Before Your Fli ...
  A woman was trying to fly home to Colorado when she says she wasn't allowed to board her flight because of her gender. Well, not just that she was a woman, but because there were no female Transportation Security Administration agents on duty when she was going through security. Jennifer tells ...
• Naked Man Smears Self And Grocery Store With P ...
  A 22-year-old Kentucky man has been charged with burglary after breaking into an IGA overnight and making a huge mess. According to court records, the man smashed a glass door to enter the store, discharged fire extinguishers, smeared his nude body and the manager's office with peanut butter a ...

Whistleblogger - GAP

• Media Advisory: Jesselyn Radack, Tom Drake to ...
  Thomas Drake and Jesselyn Radack at the Ridenhour AwardsThis coming Monday, February 13, GAP National Security & Human Rights Director Jesselyn Radack and National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Tom Drake will speak at Americans Who Tell the Truth: Ethics, Integrity and the Law, a “Foun ...
• IRS Settles Whistleblower Suit: Daily Whistleb ...
  Government Executive: IRS Settles Whistleblower Suit, Special Counsel Reports Summary: The IRS has settled a whistleblower case that accused an agency contractor of mismanagement. The case could impact future cases “involving the rights of employees to use government email to report problems.” ...
• Surveillance Slippery Slope: FDA Monitors Empl ...
  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has admitted to monitoring the personal e-mail accounts of whistleblowers communicating with Congress. The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it monitored the personal e-mails of employees who had concerns about unsafe medical d ...
• PwC Escapes the Selective Sanctions Process at ...
  According to reliable (whistleblowing) sources, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has a long history of shielding major Argentine firms from public exposure for corrupt or fraudulent practices in Bank operations. Take the case of a Pricewaterhouse Coopers chapters in the US (PwC US) and ...
• "We Meant Well" Author Peter Van Buren on Puni ...
  State Department whistleblower Peter Van Buren writes in TomDispatch today about the escalating retaliation taken against him since he wrote a book about massive reconstruction fraud in Iraq: We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds ...

UK Progressive

• Reliving Revolution in Egypt: Day 17 – Mubarak ...
  For each day during this nearly three week long anniversary, an excerpt of the Book “Egypt Unshackled” will provide you with the historical and social media highlights from each day of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. Thursday, 10 February 2011 Tweet of the Day: @mizozee‎ My will and passion are st ...
• Why Millions Won’t Get Help From Big Mortgage ...
  by Cora Currier, ProPublica The Obama administration is billing today’s $25 billion agreement between most states and five banks that engaged in flawed or deceptive practices as a big win for struggling homeowners. Most of the money in the settlement isn’t a penalty, or a fine levied ...
• Calling Wealthy Democrats
  Because the Supreme Court majority launched a direct attack on American democracy in the Citizens United decision by allowing unlimited and undisclosed campaign donations, which reversed more than a century of judicial precedent and directly violated the pledge to respect precedent by Chief Just ...
• Reliving Revolution in Egypt: Day 16 – Unions, ...
  For each day during this nearly three week long anniversary, an excerpt of the Book “Egypt Unshackled” will provide you with the historical and social media highlights from each day of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. Wednesday, 09 February 2011 Tweet of the Day: @pakinamamer I think Wael @Ghonim i ...
• The Election We Should Be Following
  For progressives and populists around the country who take an interest in Congressional races there are always a few good challengers we might hope to send to Washington. Incumbents, we assume, can take care of themselves. But in Northern Ohio, redistricting has thrown two incumbents into one di ...

NewsAlert

• Andrew Breitbart Drops BOMB on Team Obama: “I ...
  Gateway Pundit
• Social issues may be the way to the White Hous ...
  The Washington Free Beacon
• NRA official: Obama wants to outlaw guns in 2n ...
  The Washington Times
• ‘He’s Our Man, Yes We Can!’: Pro-Obama Song Ta ...
  The Blaze
• Obama: Americans—Including Catholics--Will Sti ...
  CNS News

JoNova

• We are winning eh? Part 4 (or so)
  The collapse of the Man-Made Myth continues apace. You may not read headlines as such (at least not in major dailies) but all the signs are there. People who we never would have imagined speaking against the Big Scare Campaign are now doing so. Key glaciers are not melting and corals are happy. ...
• When your subsidies undermine your subsidies
  For forty years people have tried to get Solar to work, now the worst possible thing for the industry has occurred: The Left are serious about trying to help it. The Large Scale Solar Subsidies are bountifully generous on an unprecedented scale that involve taxing everything else that moves, but ...
• GetUp-poplexy! Scared of Monckton, Mannkal, Bo ...
  Thank you GetUp! Australians are finally talking about how they can get more media competition and how we can lift media standards. Read on to see Moncktons reply, and the call for interest Spot those afraid of free speech. ... Gina Rinehart merely buys 13% of  Fairfax, and the GetUp-union-funde ...
• “Cooking the books” Monckton repli ...
  When Christopher Monckton debated at the National Press Club in Canberra last July, he showed exactly why the fans of a man-made catastrophe are so frightened of free speech and open debates. With no slides nor images, in a single hour he still changed the opinions of fully 9% of the audience , ...
• JoNova a Finalist for the 2012 Bloggies :-) Se ...
  Cheerio! Thanks to the dedicated souls who nominated it, this blog is a finalist in 2012 Web Bloggies Award. (Ta Pat, Val, Baa). ! That’s a success on its own (it’s already bringing in new readers).  Cheers! With your help, we can reach a wider crowd. The different traffic, new links ...

ReNew America

• Hell no, I won't pay for abortions
  (Joseph Farah) - I don't know about you, but I'm about to engage in an act of civil disobedience. With the announcement from the Department of Health and Human Services that it will require all employers to provide health insurance to their employees that includes coverage for abortion-inducing ...
• Hot-button social issues burst back onto radar ...
  (Washington Times) - It's no longer just the economy, stupid. Supplanted in recent election cycles by economic concerns, social issues such as gay marriage, abortion and religious freedom have elbowed their way back into the political debate in the 2012 presidential race...
• The anti-Romney vote
  (Thomas Sowell) - A funny thing happened to Mitt Romney on the way to his coronation as the inevitable Republican candidate for President of the United States. Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado happened. Rick Santorum beat him in all three states on the same day -- and beat him by huge margins in ...
• Appeals court rules California marriage law un ...
  (John Hayward) - A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled, 2-1, that Proposition 8, California's duly-enacted constitutional amendment declaring that only marriages between one man and one woman would be recognized by the state, is unconstitutional...
• Obama's lack of conscience
  (Washington Times) - During Thursday's national prayer breakfast, President Obama said, "I am my brother's keeper, and I am my sister's keeper." The problem is that he actually believes it. The White House is taking increasing fire for a ruling from Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kath ...

Truth Offering

• The False Flag Cyber Attack Takedown of the In ...
  Here are some of today's top shock headlines: "Army of hackers targets the Swedish government, Sarah Palin and credit card giants in WikiLeaks 'Operation: Payback'" - The Daily Mail "Hackers Rise for WikiLeaks" - Wall Street Journal "WikiLeaks backers hit MasterCard and Visa in cyberstrike" - R ...
• S. 510: The Death of Food Freedom Act
  In the world of liberty lovers and food freedom fighters, there's been a ton of attention lately on Senate bill S.510 -- the deceitfully-named, "Food Safety Modernization Act [1]." But in the mainstream media, there's been but a whimper; a pathetic trickle of occasional, fleeting and understated ...
• Politicians and the Voting Public: A Toxic Rel ...
  At TruthOffering.com, we've written much about what's known as the Liberty to Tyranny cycle. The reason we've focused so much attention on this cycle is that we believe in it completely. That is to say, since every civilization has followed this cycle's projection, it's reasonable to suspect the ...
• Education v. Conditioning: Wundt, Rockefeller ...
  John D. Rockefeller, Sr. / Wilhelm WundtSince reading "the deliberate dumbing down of america" by Charlotte Iserbyt, I've been trying to find other people out there who have also noticed the ruining of education in the United States. To be honest, it's hard to find information on this subject ou ...
• TruthOffering's Matt Gordon on LA Talk Live's ...
  Have a listen to Matt Gordon from TruthOffering.com chatting with Hip-hop connoisseur, D-Bracks, on LA Talk Live. Topics range from economics and politics to international banksters and chemtrails. Be sure to drop a comment and let us know what you think of Matt's perspective:

2012 Blog

• Galactic Centre to Erupt in 2013
  At the heart of every galaxy there is thought to be a supermassive black hole. Our black hole is known as Sagittarius A*, and as far as these go, it is very quiet. But that ...Galactic Centre to Erupt in 2013 is a post from: 2012 Blog Related posts:Our Galactic Centre: “enormous ene ...
• What If Money Goes 100% Digital?
  The long term trend is obvious to any Sci-Fi fan – one day all transactions will be cashless. We might even have a universal currency known as credits! There are some indications in Europe that the ...What If Money Goes 100% Digital? is a post from: 2012 Blog Related posts:Power Gr ...
• Fox: Cashing in on 2012
  There’s an interesting article over at Fox News, although I’m not sure “cashing in” is fair – Americans are heading south for 2012, and businesses are accommodating them.  Perhaps it is Fox who are cashing ...Fox: Cashing in on 2012 is a post from: 2012 Blog ...
• Updates on Drew Maras and Michio Kaku
  Suspected on killing a couple and a police officer, before being gunned down was Drew Ryan Maras, an author who was working on a book covering conspiracy theories and 2012 when he died. BlogTalkRadio are replaying ...Updates on Drew Maras and Michio Kaku is a post from: 2012 Blog Related ...
• Preview: Doomsday Preppers
  Doomsday Preppers is a new National Geographic series, launching on Tuesday, Feb 7 in the USA. Here are two of the survivalists they visit – one is your standard prepper and the other is a ...Preview: Doomsday Preppers is a post from: 2012 Blog Related posts:Doomsday Preppers (was) ...

Facing South

• Actual winner unclear in Supreme Court's rulin ...
  Last week's ruling that federal judges in Texas overstepped their bounds in drawing a minority-friendly set of interim maps for the 2012 elections was interpreted by some as a win for ...
  
• INSTITUTE INDEX: Feds block South Carolina's a ...
  When South Carolina residents go to the polls on Jan. 21 to choose a Republican presidential candidate, they won't have to show photo ID thanks to the U.S. Department of Justice&# ...
  
• Mothers, grandmothers speak out about children ...
  A new video from the Louisiana Environmental Action Network features first-hand accounts from mothers and grandmothers about the chronic health problems affecting an alarming number of childr ...
  
• EPA faces lawsuit over coal-ash rule delay
  More than three years after a disaster at a Tennessee power plant, the Obama administration still has not issued promised protections from coal ash hazards. Environmental groups plan to sue t ...
  
• Romney bites the government hand that has fed ...
  The frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination speaks out against government dependency, but companies acquired by his Bain Capital firm sought taxpayer handouts in the form of su ...
  

One News Page

• Raid on priest poll-related: CEO
  The raid on the residence of the Velim parish priest Fr Romano Gonsalves was election-related, election authorities said on Friday. Reported by IndiaTimes 3 hours ago
• BJP asks PM to come out with the truth on Batl ...
  BJP on Friday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to 'break his silence' and clear the clouds over the 'sensitive' issue of Batla encounter. Reported by IndiaTimes 4 hours ago
• BJP launches online TV channel Yuva
  To catch the attention of young tech-savvy generation, Bharatiya Janata Party has launched Yuva, an internet TV channel that would telecast programmes, speeches and rallies of the party. Reported by Rediff.com 5 hours ago
• Doctor couple attempts suicide, husband dies
  A doctor died while his wife, also a doctor, was in a critical condition after they apparently attempted suicide, in Mohalla Kalan locality of Sonipat on Friday. Reported by IndiaTimes 5 hours ago
• Cold wave back in Bengal
  Chilly westerly winds sweeping across south Bengal caused the mercury to dip across the region on Friday, bringing back the cold spell after more than a week. Reported by Indian Express 5 hours ago

Global Research TV

• Haiti: Where Did the Money Go?
• Russia's Elections: "No Question" US is Backin ...
• Protesters Slam War Threats Against Iran
• Syria: The Lies of the UN Security Council are ...
• Syria Resolution Part of Proxy War Against Iran

Daily Tech

• 2/10/2012 Daily Hardware Reviews
  DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Friday
• Motorola Fails to Score the Hat Trick, Losing ...
  Loss is setback, but Motorola's hopes of forcing licensing under threat of a ban are still alive
• Georgia Tech Uses Shape-Memory Alloys to Creat ...
  A model was created to to analyze shape-memory alloys, which could be used in structures for stress distribution
• Report: Apple to Debut iPad 3 During First Wee ...
  The iPad 3's big feature will be Retina Display
• Tesla Motors Unveils All-Electric "Model X' Cr ...
  Tesla Motors follows up on the Model S with the Model X

Oriental Review

• Petrodollar Pumping US Policy on Iran, Backfir ...
  As tensions between the US and Iran heat up, author Michael T. Winter believes the main reason behind America’s harsh stance is Tehran’s move to seek an alternative to the dollar as an oil currency. Economic sanctions, spearheaded by the US and, less willingly, the EU could have a disastrous eff ...
• The Tug of War in Moscow
  For a month, Moscow was bracing itself for the February 4 Rally. It was pre-planned and prepared by the anti-Putin pro-Western liberal opposition. Despite sub-zero Fahrenheit (minus 20 degrees Centigrade) arctic frost, the organizers hoped to break their pre-Christmas record and gather a huge cr ...
• Oil war in South Atlantic: Great Britain vs. L ...
  Buenos-Aires and other cities of Argentina have many monuments dedicated to the officers and men, who died on the Malvinas Islands. Hundreds of shields along the Argentinean roads carry a single line: Las Malvinas son Argentinas (Las Malvinas belong to Argentina). All the participants of that wa ...
• US Ambassador’s Silicone Brains
  On Monday January 30, 2012 a leading Russian TV channel showed an unexpectedly significant interview with Michael McFaul, the recently appointed US Ambassador to Russia. Why ‘unexpectedly’? Because the host of the show was Vladimir Pozner, patriarch of the Soviet/Russian television widely known ...
• What the Taliban Readiness to Talk Means for A ...
  The Taliban spokesman’s announcement that the Taliban are prepared to open an office in Doha Qatar and to hold talks with the Americans at that site has been the headline story in the international media for the last few days. The fact that this very spokesman, commenting on the disgusting video ...

BlogHer

• Vomit Covered Motherhood
  [Editor’s Note: This post is today’s featured entry in the Journey to Motherhood with Ricki Lake story contest. Find out how to submit your story and see the video message from Ricki here -- you could win a wonderful prize package! -- Jenna] While I was pregnant with my oldest son, DJ, my frie ...
• “I was crippled by Impostor Syndrome”: One wom ...
  This is one woman's anonymous story about Impostor Syndrome and how it affected her geek career. It ultimately caused her to drop out of a profession she loved due to lack of confidence in her abilities, when by all objective accounts she was exceptionally skilled. This story will ring true fo ...
• On Not Being 'Good Enough'
  A Christian woman strives to see herself through a more loving, more accepting pair of eyes:"I had a thought a few weeks ago... What if all these fears were in fact a bunch of lies? What if I treated them as such; nothing but tall tales and untruths? How would that play into my every day life, i ...
• US Census Bureau to Dads: You're No More than ...
  The US Census Bureau has decided that fathers watching their children is “child care” but when moms watch their kids, it’s parenting. No, really. All of that “it’s not babysitting, it’s parenting” when daddy “watches” the kids has apparently been tossed out the window and set us back decades. An ...
• Why LGBTQ Discrimination in Writing Contests H ...
  In many romance novels there's a scene where one party rips open the other party's shirt, and there are buttons popping all over the place. The last few days have been just like that in the Romance Publishing world, but so far, no one is heading towards the usual steamy sex scene.But there is s ...

Health Freedom Alliance

• Collecting rainwater now illegal in many state ...
  Collecting rainwater is now illegal in many states as the Government claims ownership over our water sources. Yes even rain water. ~ Health Freedoms Many of the freedoms we enjoy here in the U.S. are quickly ...
• Year in review: 37 communities vote to end art ...
  A total of 37 communities vote to end artificial water fluoridation in 2011. Is your community on that list? With all the toxins in today’s drinking water it should be. ~ Health Freedoms The year 2011 ...
• True fact: A common ingredient in commercial b ...
  Did you know that most breads you eat have been derived from human hair? It’s true! ~ Health Freedoms If you read the ingredients label on a loaf of bread, you will usually find an ingredient ...
• Explosive reports reveal HFCS in processed foo ...
  Why has the FDA ignored the fact that mercury, an element that is highly toxic in all forms, was found in a large number of brand-name processed foods? Specifically, the mercury content was found to ...
• 7 ‘healthy’ foods that are making ...
  Ever wonder why you go all day munching on fat-free pretzels and granola yet never seem to lose any weight? Why your tasty yogurt with fruit is leaving you feeling blah and your ...

Live News Wire

• Editorial: As The Country Mourned, Tucson Need ...
  Those who criticized the reaction of the crowd at Wednesday night's memorial have it ingrained that a perfect memorial is one with candles, flowers and tears. The citizens of Tucson and the American people have mourned for five days. Wednesday's event was not a time to mourn some more. It was a ...
• Police Made Visits To Loughner Home Before Sho ...
  The Tucson, Arizona family home of 22-year-old Jared Loughner had been visited by authorities before the shooting of a congresswoman and 18 others last Saturday, new information by the New York Times revealed Wednesday. It's unclear what the visits were about or what prompted the call to author ...
• Criminal Charges Filed Against Congresswoman’s ...
  Newly-released court documents offer a glimpse into the motive behind Jared Loughner's attempted assassination of Tucson Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday. Recovered from Loughner's home was a letter addressed to Jared Loughner from Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords mailed a ...
• “Unbelievable Tragedy:” Congresswoman Shot By ...
  At least fifteen gunshots rang out shortly after 10:10am Arizona Time Saturday, bullets fatally striking a Federal Judge and injuring a prominent Congresswoman. Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) of Arizona's Eighth District was wounded at a public meet-and-greet event outside a grocery s ...
• Queensland Facing Flood Of “Biblical” Proportions
  The worst floods in 50 years to hit Queensland, Australia are being described as nothing short of Biblical. More than 1,000 people have been evacuated, though officials say as the floodwaters get worse, as many as 4,000 residents could be asked to vacate their homes and businesses later this we ...

Coal Tattoo

• Update: Arch says mining not imminent at Blair ...
  Arch Coal hasn’t responded to my requests for comment about what’s going on down at Blair Mountain, but they did apparently provide a statement to the folks at E & E’s Greenwire … here’s what is being reported by that subscription-only publication: Arch spokeswo ...
• What’s going on at Blair Mountain?
  Well, the folks at the Sierra Club just issued a press release headlined, “Is Arch Coal About to Mine Historic Blair Mountain? Local and National Groups Rally to Townspeople’s Defense.” They say: Residents of Blair, West Virginia have noticed increased activity from mining company Ar ...
• Alpha hit with another ‘imminent danger& ...
  Here’s the latest SEC filing from Alpha Natural Resources: On February 2, 2012, Marfork Coal Company, Inc. (“Marfork”), a subsidiary of Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., received an imminent danger order under section 107(a) of the Mine Act alleging that a miner had been observed entering an ...
• Breaking: FirstEnergy to close 3 W.Va. power p ...
  Here’s the announcement just out this morning: FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) announced today that its Monongahela Power Company (Mon Power) subsidiary will be retiring three older coal-fired power plants located in West Virginia by September 1, 2012. The decision to close the plants is base ...
• Coal industry opposed Bush drug-testing policy ...
  Davitt McAteer, who led the independent team that investigated the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster was just on Hoppy Kercheval’s Talkline statewide radio show, giving West Virginians a preview of his testimony this afternoon up at the Capitol. Lawmakers are holding the second in two days of ...

Daniel Miessler

• A Creative Song
  via youtube.com Posted via email from danielmiessler.com | posterous Related ContentSeriously Fast LyricsIf China Attacks America (A Must See)Hitler Finds Out There’s No iPhone 5Gingrich Supporting ObamaCare in May 2009David Simon on the End of the American Empire
• Seriously Fast Lyrics
  via youtube.com Posted via email from danielmiessler.com | posterous Related ContentA Creative SongHitler Finds Out There’s No iPhone 5If China Attacks America (A Must See)David Simon on the End of the American EmpireGingrich Supporting ObamaCare in May 2009
• NASA Carbon Tube Implants Release Therapy When ...
  via gizmodo.com Posted via email from danielmiessler.com | posterous Related ContentThundercellA Complete Solar Cycle from SOHO | APODBurp 1.4 Will Support MacrosPolitical Perspective NeededA Digital IO Workflow
• Reading NTFS On Mac: Tuxera > Paragon
  Tried Paragon first. No dice. Tried Tuxera, worked as expected. Related ContentFun With PythonStudy: Alternative Data StreamsWordPress 2.x: Definite ProgressTime Spent Not Reading Books is Time WastedDISQUS 3 Embraces OpenID
• The 5 Why’s | Harvard Business Review
  Eric Ries, entrepreneur-in-residence at Harvard Business School, explains how to find the human causes of technical problems. via hbr.org How to find the actual cause of business failures. A must-see. Posted via email from danielmiessler.com | posterous Related ContentPride HurtsThe Best Ha ...

Fitwatch

• ‘Extremist’ policing of Leicester ...
  The remarkable ambivalence with which the police treat right wing groups was clearly evident in the policing of the EDL demonstration this week in Leicester. Leicestershire constabulary were clearly happy with facilitating the EDL demonstration, while being equally clearly committed to clamping ...
• HMIC report into domestic extremist units disg ...
  Well, we always knew HMIC’s ludicrously named ‘review of national police units which provide intelligence on criminality associated with protest’ was going to be a farce, and we haven’t been disappointed. The 48 page report published today fails to address any of the concerns addressed by activi ...
• Student Centre Branded Terrorist
  London students who occupied a space in the run-up to the November 30th public sector strike were under the jurisdiction of the Met's SO15 Counter Terrorism Command, FITwatch have learned today. Bloomsbury Social Centre - which aimed to be a "hub of organising for students, workers and residents ...
• No justice for Kingsnorth Fitwatchers
  Fitwatch regularly get asked what happened to the cops who assaulted members of the group during Kingsnorth climate camp. The case received a large amount of publicity when it was front page of the Guardian in June 2009, and many thousands of people viewed the footage of officers using excessive ...
• Resist plainclothes cops
  More plainclothes cops were spotted during the public sector protests on November 30th. The ones pictured here were all identified during the kettle in Panton Street, and all admitted to being cops when challenged. Plainclothes cops outed on 30th November were surrounded by protesters, derided a ...

Worldwide Hippies

• Courting the People with Bullshit
  By Diana May-Waldman,Worldwide Hippies–The Republican and Democratic parties are courting the public and some of ua seem to be falling for it. I mean, seriously folks, it’s as plain as the noses on our faces. I’m pretty sure when evening comes, they sit at home in their recline ...
• Interview With Chris Hedges About Black Bloc
  by: J.A. Myerson, Truthout | Interview- Chris Hedges’ syndicated Truthdig column “Black Bloc: The Cancer in Occupy,” printed Tuesday at Truthout and elsewhere, created quite a stir among members of Occupy Wall Street (OWS). Some endorsed the sentiment. Among others, includ ...
• Occupy Wall Street and a New Politics for a Di ...
  By Carne Ross Fe,The Nation – The global financial crisis has provoked a profound and necessary questioning of the prevailing political and economic orthodoxy. So pervasive is this disillusionment with the current order that it is hard to find anyone prepared to defend it. Disorder is the ...
• Worldwide Hippies News Briefs Friday
  U.S. banks agree to $25 billion in homeowner help WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Five big U.S. banks accused of abusive mortgage practices have agreed to a $25 billion government settlement that may help roughly one million borrowers but is no magic bullet for the ailing housing market. Thursday&# ...
• Hey Louie! Why don’t you just leave out ...
  By Lewis Page,channelregister.co.uk – “Hippies’ ‘leaderboard’ apparently made using dartboard. Analysis International hippie* collective Greenpeace has issued a “Cool IT leaderboard” of apparently randomly selected major firms which it has assigned meani ...

reference frame

• Greece's bankruptcy loses taboo status
  In recent years, Greece has been a major source of negative energy in the world's markets. Greece became a textbook example of the pernicious influence of any left-wing ideology, a proof of an inevitable outcome of any policies that codify well-being as a human right and put it above the prin ...
• Willis Eschenbach and Argo on warmest oceans
  It's not shocking that 31 °C is the highest ocean surface temperature you may get Willis Eschenbach has performed a very interesting analysis of the ocean temperature data from Argo, a system of floating probes. Jason and the Argo Notes (WUWT)Here you can see the surface temperatu ...
• Rick Santorum on global warming
  If I would be choosing among two otherwise identical candidates, I would choose the evolutionist. Although it plays a paramount role in our understanding of the pillars of biology and any historical science, for that matter, this topic – and some related topics – is so abstract and unimp ...
• Higgs signal grew from 3.8 to 4.3 sigma
  Well, the newer and higher figure is real: the lower one may be from a silly yet pedagogical calculation of a SuperBowl organizers' anomaly by Sean Carroll but it's not far from the obsolete value (around 4 sigma), anyway From the first half of December 2011, TRF readers have known that ...
• Andrei Shleifer on transition from communism
  Patria.cz, a server for Czech investors, published a shortened Czech translation of Andrei Shleifer's essay called Seven things I learned about transition from communismAndrei Shleifer co-authored the Russian privatization scheme. However, I know him from Harvard – as a close colleague of L ...

Tatumba 2.0

• You’re a slave to money then you die
  Pre-VEVO play count: 22581204 Music video by The Verve performing Bitter Sweet Symphony. Video Rating: 4 / 5 ‘Cause it’s a bittersweet symphony, this life Trying to make ends meet You’re a slave to money then you die I’ll take you down the only road I’ve ever been d ...
• Morality is legislated. Prisons over-populated ...
    I sometimes feel like an alien creature for which there is no earthly explanation. Sure I have human form walking erect and opposing digits, but my mind is upside down. I feel like a run-on sentence in a punctuation crazy world. And I see the world around me like a mad collective dream. A ...
• My thoughts on smoking: The mass murder of my ...
  After visiting the hospital last night I have come to the conclusion that anyone profiting from the production, distribution, and sale of tobacco are part of Big Tobacco and are murdering scum. Why do I think this? Big tobacco murdered my father Big tobacco murdered my Grampy George Big tobacco ...
• Site is back after server crash
  I apologize to everyone for the crash. The server went down at 2:03 EST and I did not catch it until 5:20 AM. I did a reboot and all appears to be fine now. Related posts: My site appears to be caught up in the crossfire of a DDOS Attack I apologize for the lag [...] Related posts: My site app ...
• Shining the Light on a Triple Meltdown at Fuku ...
  Thinking of traveling to Japan? You may want to reconsider. The situation is worse than the government, media, or TEPCO will leave you to believe. From the dumping of radioactive water into Tokyo Bay, to releasing radioactive steam into the atmosphere, the closer you get to source the more hot p ...

Truth About Our World

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• Trudell Documentary
• Occupy Wall Street “Beware The Zeitgeist ...
• The Dirty Fucking Hippies Were Right
• World War 3 (III,Three): September 11, 2001-20 ...

Bloomberg

• Can't Stop the Big Mo
  Healthy spending and productivity add up to some good stock buys, says S&P's Kenneth Shea. Plus: His formula for a diversified portfolio
• Merck: More Agony from Its Painkiller
  The costly Vioxx verdict makes its plan to take on each claim individually more difficult. But a big settlement is no easy cure, either
• No Lull in the Airlines' Headwinds
  The industry isn't doing as badly as it was, but that's not saying much, according to S&P's Philip Baggaley
• Grading Back-to-School Stocks
  Some outfits that gain from families' spending may make dicey buys. But equity pros reveal those investments with strong potential
• IGN Entertainment: Where the Boys Are
  The Web outfit has drawn a huge, male-dominated following and has an IPO in the works. But will a big Net player come calling?

Enviroblog

• The Enemy Within: EPA's War with the White House
  By Alex Formuzis, Vice President for Media Relations Since she assumed the position of administrator of the federal Environmental Protection Agency early in 2009, Lisa P. Jackson has done more than any previous EPA chief to reform how the government... [[ This is a content summary only. Vis ...
• Don't Let Your Child Be a Back Seat Smoker
  By Alex Formuzis, Vice President for Media Relations Many parents who don't smoke - and have raised their kids to do the same - might be surprised to learn that their offspring could be secondhand-smoking a pack a week. Roughly... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full ...
• Pesticide Defenders Say the Darndest Things
  By Alex Formuzis, EWG V-P for Media Relations In an interview last week (Jan. 16) at the pesticide lobby's D.C. headquarters, Washington State University Environmental Toxicology Professor Allan Felsot told Energy and Environment News (subscription... [[ This is a content summary only. Visi ...
• Marine brass wants to limit Camp Lejeune water ...
  By Alex Rindler, Policy Associate According to a Huffington Post article published today, U.S. Marine Corps officials have urged federal health experts not to release complete information about an ongoing federal water assessment at Marine Corps Base... [[ This is a content summary only. Vi ...
• Fraccidents
  Guest Post by Robyn O'Brien and Angie Nordstrum We've all seen (or at least heard of) the movie "Erin Brockovich" in which a bold and fiercely determined mom takes on a chemical company for exposing a small town and the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, ...

Quick Hits

• More Teachers Being Replaced By Technology
  The neoliberal wetdream coming to fruition. From Fast Company: Districts all over are experimenting with teacher-less computer labs and green-lighting entire classrooms of adult-supervised children exploring the Internet--an Android powered tablet designed specifically for students. Teachers' u ...
• Food costs at record levels, likely to go higher
  MANILA/MILAN (Reuters) - World food prices hit a record in January and recent catastrophic weather around the globe could put yet more pressure on the cost of food, an issue that has already helped spark protests across the Middle East. Up for the seventh month in a row, the closely watched Food ...
• Shell makes $2,208,480 (£1.6m) an hour, [Clue ...
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/busi...   The Guardian in Britain says calmly:Shell stoked up the heated debate about the high cost of fuel on the forecourt today after reporting it made profits of nearly £1.6m an hour over the last three months.A leading member of the road lobby said moto ...
• Gallup Helps Explain Egyptian/Tunisia Uprisings
  Wellbeing in Egypt and Tunisia decreased significantly over the past few years, even as GDP increased. In Egypt, where demonstrations have prompted President Hosni Mubarak to give up power after elections this fall, the percentage of people "thriving" fell by 18 percentage points since 2005. In ...
• Wallace Shawn: Are You Smarter Than Thomas Jef ...
  The Grand Nagus speaks! At Tom Dispatch.com.

Capital - NYC

• Why you should catch the Brooklyn Museum's gro ...
• McCarthy, Turner and Crowley are probably safe ...
• At a 'respect' summit with Walcott and Mulgrew ...
• Wallace and Gromit: Engaging, noble, and conte ...
• In the Council inbox today: An urgent message ...

Views & News from Norway

• Breivik committed for examination
  The Oslo City Court (Tingrett) ordered confessed terrorist Anders Behring Breivik to submit to a new psychiatric examination on Friday. Meanwhile, police sought the removal of a court-appointed attorney in the case, for allegedly leaking confidential information to the media. Breivik had refused ...
• Analysts praise DNB’s results
  Norway’s biggest bank, DNB, reported more strong profits this week and analysts were unusually enthusiastic. Reactions like “Buy!,” “Home run!” and “Very strong!” were among those quoted by newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN) on Friday. Investors also react ...
• Coke invests, but lays off hundreds
  Coca-Cola Norge plans to lay off nearly half of all its employees in Norway next year, after it revamps its bottling operations and turns over beverage delivery to grocery wholesalers. Coca-Cola is investing heavily in the re-tooling, but as many as 500 workers will lose their jobs. A decline in ...
• Communities defy monument critics
  A vast majority of local governments in Norway have accepted an anonymous donor’s offer to finance monuments to the victims of last summer’s massacre on the island of Utøya. Most feel it was a generous offer that would have been wrong to turn down, defying sculptors who felt left out ...
• ‘A lot being done’ to melt China freeze
  Norway’s consul general in Guangzhou told an annual Norway-Hong Kong business seminar at the Grand Hotel in Oslo this week that the current diplomatic freeze with China “can’t continue.” Too much potential for trade and political cooperation, it seems, is being lost. &#82 ...

Permaculture Research Institute - Australia

• International Permaculture Convergence 10, Jor ...
  Andy Goldring, the Coordinator/CEO of the Permaculture Association (Britain) attended the International Permaculture Convergence 10 (IPC10) in Jordan. He was there alongside hundreds of others, including Permaculture’s founding father Bill Mollison. Andy reviews an event which is acknowled ...
• ReOccupy Portugal
  I have seen a possibility and a lot of factors that are working in favor of this possibility, so it has motivated me to start working on my idea. It’s about collaboratively re-occupying and regenerating abandoned rural land, starting here, where I am in Portugal. Since I know of no other c ...
• Permaculture Design Certificate Course, Arusha ...
  Learn the concepts of sustainable living and improved self-reliance through foodwatershelter’s Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Course. Join USA based instructor Steve Whitman and a team of local teachers in Arusha, Tanzania between the 4th to 15th June 2012 for this incredible opp ...
• First Annual International Development Permacu ...
  Editor’s Note: As well as the course below, I should mention, in case you missed it, that Warren Brush will also be teaching at the PRI’s Zaytuna Farm in NSW, Australia in July. Find out more here. Quail Springs Permaculture launches Permaculture Design Certification Course for In ...
• ReOccupy Portugal
  I have seen a possibility and a lot of factors that are working in favor of this possibility, so it has motivated me to start working on my idea. It’s about collaboratively re-occupying and regenerating abandoned rural land, starting here, where I am in Portugal. Since I know of no other c ...

Pointman's

• Being you.
  We all have this need to fit in. It’s natural and it’s a good thing. We’re encouraged to do it from the year dot. Nobody wants the “doesn’t play well with other kids” label, so you sort of go along with the thing and anyway, you get to play a few games of football if … Read more
• How policies get dropped and positions reversed.
  Political policy changes constantly in a democracy. It does so primarily in response to the changing concerns of its electorate, because by addressing these concerns, politicians hoping to gain office naturally expect to attract votes by catering to these concerns. When the economy is prosperous ...
• If all else fails, just intimidate them.
  Can you imagine if a group set up a website to name people, with their place of work, who did not believe Allah is the one true god? Not only that, the site actively encourages its visitors to supply it with more names of other people who don’t believe in Allah either. Would such a … ...
• Oh, what a wonderful MSM.
  I’ve been following the various investigations into the hacking of voice mail and other criminal activities by elements of the mainstream media (MSM) in the UK. They longer they go on, the more varied and widespread the abuses are being found to be; email break ins, computer break ins and ...
• They’re just words.
  If you live in Western Europe, then politically there are only two countries you have to keep an eye on; England and Germany. The reality is the rest just make noises while the former two make prosperity or give you fair warning of how many notches you should be tightening your belt. Angela Merk ...

Journalists' Toolkit

• The best video export options
  How do you choose the best settings for exporting your video, after you have edited it? I remember how confusing this was for me when I started working with Web video several years ago. With the slower computers we had back then, I would wait for what seemed like forever while exporting a small ...
• Video Resources updated
  The new Video Resources page has been added to this site. This is a carefully curated page with links to good tutorials for video editing software, video shooting tips, and the like. It’s intended for beginners, particularly journalism students and journalism educators who are teaching vid ...
• Flash Journalism updates
  I have been hard at work updating the Flash Journalism website. New tutorials for ActionScript 3.0 and for working on the Timeline in CS4 and CS5 have been added. The old pages from the original site (created to support the book I wrote about Flash journalism in 2004) are still online, and all t ...
• New tutorial: Windows Live Movie Maker
  As an aid to a journalism training session I agreed to give, I created a short PowerPoint that is aimed at journalism students. Windows Live Movie Maker Tutorial Windows Live Movie Maker is quite different from its predecessor — Windows Movie Maker (not “live”). It is less vers ...
• Convert WMA files with Switch
  Switch Sound File Converter is a free program from NCH Software. You can download it here (Mac or Windows). I have been using this program and recommending it widely for about two years. It’s easy to use, and it’s especially useful for converting WMA format files to WAV so that we ca ...

Justice Roars - Louisiana

• Sentencing in Noose Incident at Louisiana Midd ...
  Three men, aged 21 - 25, were sentenced today in an incident in which they sought to intimidate African American children away from attending a school in Morehouse Parish, LA. The school had recently seen increased enrollment by Black students because of a new busing policy. In other news, the ...
• Occupying Corporations: How to Cut Corporate P ...
  “Corporations are people, my friend.” - Mitt Romney at Iowa State Fair Corporations are obviously not people. But Romney is accurate in the sense that corporations have hijacked most of the rights of people while evading the responsibilities. An important part of the social justice agenda i ...
• Big Freedia And The Week New Orleans Took Over ...
  Last week, New Orleans rapper Big Freedia made her national television debut on the Jimmy Kimmel Show. Freedia, who has been quickly taking the nation by storm, performed two songs "Excuse," and "Na Who Mad." Although the network appearance was Freedia's national television debut, she showe ...
• Social Justice Quiz 2012: Thirteen Questions, ...
  Note: See below for quiz answers. Question One. The combined pay of the 299 highest paid CEOs in the US is enough to support how many median salary jobs? 45,000? 83,000? 102,325? Question Two. The median net worth of black households in the US is $2,200. What is the median net worth of wh ...
• Community Profile: Betty Wells Allen
  From our friends at VOTE-NOLA: Some members join VOTE out of a sense of social responsibility or a personal mission. For Betty Wells Allen it was all of these forces combined with the joy of helping ex-offenders understand how to thrive in society. “My son was convicted with a life sentence [for ...

Information Underground

• Crimes of Israel, IDF, Zionists, Mossad or &qu ...
  This link was sent to me from a friend with whom I've been trying to convince for years,...I'm quite proud of him for finally "getting it". False flag: Mossad posed as US intelligence, recruited Islamic terrorists by Joel McDurmon on Feb 9, 2012 “A series of CIA memos describes how ...
• Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
  iframe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-D4e53HYAs Israel teams with terror group to kill Iran's nuclear scientists, U.S. officials tell NBC News By Richard Engel and Robert Windrem NBC News Updated: 11:14 a.m. ET -- Deadly attacks on Iranian nuclear scientists are being carried out by an Ira ...
• Social Engineering • Re: Superbowl commercial ...
  What follows is what I submit as evidence of "doublethink"; in this case we are told that trading a regional war for a global war equals the only way to "Avoid World War III." And it's too short. The author doesn't say anything about the USSRussia, which has as much as thre ...
• Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
  The BS is getting thick. I knew Rense was a fraud when Curt Maynard died and he didn't so much as cover the incident, but just ignored it when one of his regular contributors was shot under suspicious circumstances. I also realized Rense was a fraud when I realized how monumental a fraud &qu ...
• Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
  I had been reading Jim Stone's site since catching a link back in March of last year regarding his research into the Earthquake that hit Japan. I didn't know what to make of him at first (and with subsequent articles), but after reading his front page last night (including his time "infilt ...

TVNZ

• Tensions rise as Falklands War 30th anniversar ...
  David Cameron has rebuffed Argentina's plans to protest British "militarisation" of the Falklands.
• Greek austerity package fails to impress EU
  Euro zone finance ministers say more is needed before they will provide the 130 billion bailout.
• Marines claim 'ignorance' after posing with Na ...
  A group of US Marines have dodged punishment for posing with what looks to be a Nazi flag.
• Dog bites TV presenter live on air
  An US TV presenter was bitten by a dog live on air.
• FBI probed Steve Jobs' drug use, dishonesty
  A declassified FBI file on Steve Jobs focused on use of LSD and dishonesty.

environment 360

• Wastewater Reuse Could Increase U.S. Supplies ...
  Advanced treatment of municipal wastewater could increase available water supplies in the U.S. by 27 percent, according to a recent report by the National Academy of Sciences. Of the 32 billion gallons of municipal wastewater discharged each day nationwide, about 12 billion gallons of effluent i ...
• Early Humans Played Role in Deforestation of C ...
  A new study says that the activities of early humans — and not simply a dramatic shift in climate — played a significant role in transforming the ancient rainforests of Central Africa into savanna. In an analysis of sediment cores taken from the mouth of the Congo River, a team of scientists fou ...
• Louisiana Report Urges State to Brace for 3 Fe ...
  A new report released by the administration of Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal projects that the state’s already vulnerable coastline could face 3 feet of sea level rise by the end of the century. Based on current sea rise models, a science panel with the state’s Coastal Protection and Restoration A ...
• Nigerian Children Perish From Exposure to Lead ...
  Lead contamination from hundreds of gold mines across northwestern Nigeria has caused the deaths of 400 children under the age of five and exposes thousands more children to lead poisoning, according to a report from the U.S.-based group Human Rights Watch. Across Human Rights WatchVIDEO: Niger ...
• EU Wind Energy Capacity Grew 11 Percent in 201 ...
  More than 9,600 megawatts of wind power capacity was installed in European Union member states in 2011, accounting for about 21 percent of all new power capacity installations, according to an industry report. EWEA New offshore wind farms in the UK and land-based projects in Sweden and Germany ...

oldephartte/Diigo

• Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Intervention ...
  Tags: killing military cia interventions war
• Isn't That Interesting
  Tags: progressives nwo economic-liberalism Pandora
• STEREOTYPE
  Tags: racism racketeering politics
• Occupy Monsanto
  Tags: monsanto Occupy activism protest ``seeds of destruction`` ...
• CrowHouse Homepage
  Tags: crowhouse nwo energy chemtrails water cancer Tesla

backofthebook

• The book is back
  A message from backofthebook.ca editor Frank Moher: Astute readers of backofthebook.ca will have noticed that our metabolism has slowed of late — we’ve been posting less often. This follows a deleriously busy spring and fall, when our traffic skyrocketed (especially for our pieces on ...
• Put to bed: The strike that broke the news at ...
  Continued from page 3 The end, when it came, was not pretty. Union bargainer Dave Coles met behind closed doors in June 2000 with senior company executives and came back with two offers from the employer that might have been drafted in Hades. The first involved continuing to bargain until all th ...
• Put to bed: The strike that broke the news at ...
  Continued from page 2 Local television and radio reporters gave the lockout plenty of coverage. So did the rival Calgary Sun, which distributed an edition of the paper wrapped in what appeared to be a Herald front page. “I always pray for opportunity,” said Sun publisher Les Pyette. The Herald o ...
• Put to bed: The strike that broke the news at ...
  Continued from page 1 After months of lunchtime discussions in the Herald cafeteria, the journalists made the first move. One employee talked to the Teamsters Union but was told the union had no interest in organizing the Herald newsroom without an assurance that at least 40 per cent of the 160 ...
• Put to bed: The strike that broke the news at ...
  The Calgary Herald told its striking workers they were about to” jump off a cliff.” By the end, the Herald had gone over the edge, too ~~ Excerpted from Leaving Dublin: Writing My Way From Dublin to Canada, by kind permission of Rocky Mountain Books By Brian Brennan I never envisaged ...

Daily Beast

• Romney’s Big Penthouse Donor
  Whys is a super-careful candidate like Romney accepting money from a man whose company owns Penthouse and other porn sites?
• Obama’s Smart Birth-Control Move
  Only in our absurd health-care system is a woman’s boss involved with her sex life. By Dana Goldstein
• Romney's Pitch: I've Lived Conservatism
  I had blogged yesterday that Mitt Romney's presence at CPAC seemed muted this year. By the time he spoke to the CPAC audience today, that was no longer the case. They were cheering enthusiastically at Romney's entrance, and I finally saw people hand out Romney stickers in the hallways.
• Women in the World 2011 Video Highlights
  Watch the most riveting moments.
• A Writer with Perfect Pitch
  The great Austrian-Jewish writer Joseph Roth’s letters reveal him to be an urgent, necessary prophet says Anthony Heilbut.

Loonwatch

• US Officials Confirm: Israel Financing, Traini ...
  Israel is financing, training and arming a "designated terrorist" group to kill Iranians.
• US Marines Pose with Nazi Symbol: To Them All ...
  To these Marines all Afghans are probably "Sand N*****s" and so they have no issue with posing with a Nazi symbol.
• Samuel Aranda: Arab Spring Shot Wins Photo of ...
  The image has religious "almost Biblical" overtones and is noted for its resemblance in composition to Michelangelo's Pieta.
• Peter King Plans To Keep Probing For Muslim &# ...
  King intends to keep investigating the Muslim community despite a report this week that showed the number of Muslim extremists arrested for terrorism is on the wane.
• Glenn Greenwald: The Grave Threat of “Homegrow ...
  Glenn Greenwald on the overblown and exaggerated threat of "homegrown terrorism."

Energy News

• “This is a developing story”: NBC ...
• “Sophisticated Press Manipulation” ...
• DC Bureau: Report of “a possibly new and ...
• Tepco releases video of Spent Fuel Pool No. 4: ...
• 9th Grade Author on Total Opposites: It felt s ...

Japan Times

• Tepco to sell ¥300 billion in securities
  Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Thursday it will finish selling around ¥300 billion in securities by the end of March to deal with huge compensation costs stemming from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant disaster. With regard to its asset sales, "the area which is showing the biggest p ...
• Darvish tops MLB ones-to-watch list
  In a countdown of the 100 "Names You Need to Know," Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish took the No. 1 spot in USA Today's yearly look at young players likely to make a splash in the big leagues in 2012. The Thursday online edition put the 25-year-old's name at the top of the list of those i ...
• Gasol saves day for L.A. with game-ending block
  Paul Pierce's shot rimmed out in the final seconds of overtime, and Pau Gasol knew the game wasn't over yet. The ball bounced to Ray Allen, who gave it a two-handed push back toward the basket. "That shot that Ray Allen took was good, in my opinion," Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike Brown said. " ...
• Lines drawn as wage talks start
  Major labor unions in the steel and shipbuilding industries submitted their wage and benefit demands to management Friday, kicking off a month of "shunto" annual labor talks. Unions at major automakers are expected to submit their demands next Wednesday, while those at electronics makers are s ...
• TOEIC for Caribou
  "Here's an idea. . . . Why not plug my book?" Of course, he means with words and not bullets. Though most of my own books might have sold better as targets.

Alexander Higgins

• U.S. Arms Being Smuggled To Syria As Special F ...
  Following a wave of rebel bombings on Syria cities, reports reveal British special forces are coordinating rebel attacks which are being fueled by U.S. smuggled through Turkey
• 200 Wounded By Wave of Syria Rebel Bombings In ...
  Rebel Forces in Syria have claimed credit for twin bombing in Aleppo, Syria on security compounds that left 28 dead and another 175 wounded
• “Peaceful protestors” in A TANK at ...
  "Peaceful Protestors", So Sayeth The Corporate Media, Attack A Government Checkpoint With A Tank They Stole From Government Security Forces.
• U.S. Officials: Terrorist Group Ran By Israel ...
  U.S. officials tell NBC Israel runs a terrorist organization known to conduct bombings, unconventional warfare, and targeted assassinations throughout the Middle East.
• Syria Activists In Photos: Peaceful Protestors ...
  Western media has been running repeated footage of claiming to show Syria engaging in a brutal crackdown on innocent civilian protestors? These photos and videos show a different story. You decide.

Macleans - Central

• Dewar and Nash on foreign policy
  Paul Dewar has outlined his foreign affairs priorities, including a vow to oppose war...
• Healthcare: Technology is a bigger cost driver ...
  Elderly patients are responsible for only a tiny fraction of healthcare spending increases
• Yes or no?
  A sampling of the questions the NDP piled up on Old Age Security over...
• Popular protest
  Protesters occupied the offices of Conservative MPs in Whitby, Orangeville, Nipissing, Cornwall, Brantford, Brampton,...
• Is porn art?
  A California lawsuit raises the issue of whether adult films deserve copyright protection

Making It Count - CCPA

• Comparing two carbon bombs: LNG plants vs Enbr ...
  With the spotlight on the federal government’s aggressive push to export tar sands bitumen via the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline to Kitimat, and from there by tanker on to China, the BC government reclaimed some attention on the energy file when it released its Natural Gas Strategy la ...
• Canada’s Incredible Shrinking Population?
  On CTV yesterday, human resources minister Diane Finley said (45 seconds into this interview): “As we go forward, we’re going to have three times the expense in Old Age Security as we do now, but we’re only going to have half the population to pay for it.” That sounds pretty scary. If the total ...
• The OAS Eligibility Age and Employment
  It is argued that eligibility for OAS/GIS discourages older Canadians from remaining in the workforce, and that we need to keep them working to avoid labour shortages and a sharp rise in the so-called dependency ratio. But the fact of the matter is that 65 is not the trigger for retirement that ...
• Caterpillar: The moth flying too close to the ...
  We treated them like royalty. We rolled out the tax cut red carpet. In fact our Prime Minister made a special stop at the London, Ontario Electro-Motive (EMT) plant in 2008, touting the $5 million in tax cuts we gave EMT. It was all part of the ‘tax cuts create jobs’ rhetoric that Ca ...
• Is The OAS/GIS Program Unaffordable?
  No. Of course not. Even if the government waves around scary large increases in nominal dollar terms. As has been widely reported, the most recent OAS actuarial report shows that total program expenditures will rise from $38.8 billion in 2011 to $107.9 billion in 2030. However, the dollar figure ...

ReDress

• Britain helps Israeli water thieves
  Stuart Littlewood exposes British Water's complicity with the Israeli occupation authorities who are not only stealing Palestinian water, but also overseeing the flooding of Palestinian fields and villages with untreated sewage from hilltop Jewish settlements.
• UK, US condemn murder in Syria, condone murder ...
  Alan Hart views US and British hypocrisy in condemning Russia's and China's veto of the Security Council resolution to end the killing in Syria while at the same time supporting "Israel right or wrong - unending occupation, ongoing ethnic cleansing and all".
• Two-front international struggle for Palestine
  Lawrence Davidson argues that Israel is intent on ethnically cleansing its own Arab citizens and that, to prevent this, it is imperative to intensify the international boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign against the Zionist state and, equally, to redouble popular pressure in the United St ...
• Cynicism and black propaganda: the left's reac ...
  Nureddin Sabir argues that the reaction of a large section of the so-called "left" and "anti-imperialist" camp to the uprisings in Libya and Syria are motivated not by some high-minded principle or anything to do with progressive ideology but by cynicism, petty personal agendas and ignorance.
• Palestinians need high calibre leaders - urgently
  Stuart Littlewood singles out Palestinian "President" Mahmoud Abbas's recent visit to Britain as another example of his administration's public relations incompetence and argues: "If Palestinians are to retain worldwide sympathy and support, build additional strength and galvanize the whole move ...

Physics Today

• Harvard conference aims to revolutionize unive ...
  Chronicle of Higher Education: Despite greater insights into how people learn, old habits still govern a great deal of college and university instruction. Part of the problem, according to Carl Wieman, a Nobel physicist and associate director of the White House Office of Science and Technology ...
• US ship's good deed could cause delays for Arc ...
  Science: The US Coast Guard icebreaker Healy, which works most of the year for the scientific community, was about to head to dry dock at the end of its 2011 run when it was called back into action. A freak storm in November left the Alaska settlement of Nome icebound, and the Healy helped break ...
• Smallest room-temperature IR laser
  BBC: Nanoscale lasers that operate at room temperature and in the IR waveband have been built by Mercedeh Khajavikhan of the University of California, San Diego, and her colleagues. Almost all lasers need a certain amount of energy input—the threshold—before the light waves they prod ...
• Japanese universities beginning to consider en ...
  Nature: Research universities in Japan are starting to look to the West and its philanthropic tradition to help ease their monetary difficulties. Although funded by the government, Japan's universities have become cash starved, writes David Cyranoski for Nature. Recently, Japan's internationall ...
• Two new nuclear reactors approved in US
  Physics Today: Today the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted in favor of granting a construction license for two nuclear reactors to be built in Georgia. As reported in the New York Times yesterday, the license will be the first to be issued since the Three Mile Island accident in 1978. In an ...

Revolutionary Politics

• Obsolescence Management Tools
  by mick123 (Posted Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:23:34 GMT) Obsolescence is the state of being which occurs when an object, service or practice is no longer wanted even though it may still be in good working order. Obsolescence frequently occurs because a replacement has become available that is superior ...
• B. Schneier: TSA a stupid game and we should s ...
  by johnscarbrough (Posted Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:06:40 GMT) This game is disgusting really
• 99% Of Republicans In House Voted Against The ...
  by albertodegama (Posted Mon, 19 Dec 2011 06:43:08 GMT) Although the majority of the house voted against the bill, there certainly could be other reasons to vote for, or against it, than simply to veto the constitution. It is unfair to take only a small piece of the bill and render a judgment u ...
• FF News: President Abdulla on Properties...
  by requintn (Posted Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:34:59 GMT) doudoune homme moncler "Bingjie populaires vêtements d'hiver!" - Ville Bingjie Down.Geo Bas et à la mode, avec la tendance du dialogue, afin de répondre aux besoins modernes de différents secteurs depuis des décennies avec d'excellents résul ...
• FF News: President Abdulla on Butterflies...
  by footprints888 (Posted Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:02:33 GMT) Merge Page: 1 TOPIC: FF News: President Abdulla on Butterflies... Forum Tools Post New Topic Pdf Mark this forum read Show latest posts #62328 FF News: President Abdulla on Butterflies... 2 Weeks, 2 Days ago Karma: 0 Pre ...

Peakwater

• Can Coca-Cola Keep Growing?
  “Coca-Cola is a $156 billion nonalcoholic-beverage kingpin that sold more than $46 billion worth of drinks around the world in 2011. As if it needs underscoring, that’shuge. So when it comes to the future for Coca-Cola, is growth still possible? “If you tuned into Coke’s ...
• US approves first new nuclear plant in a gener ...
  “U.S. regulators on Thursday approved plans to build the first new nuclear power plant in more than 30 years, despite objections of the panel’s chairman who cited safety concerns stemming from Japan’s 2011 Fukushima disaster. “The Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted 4-1 t ...
• Will Ancient Mega Lake Bring Peace To Sudan?
  “At least 300,000 people died and almost three million were displaced by the Darfur conflict in Sudan. Egyptian-American geologist Farouk El-Baz believes that limited access to water is one of the root causes of this conflict. Doctor El-Baz is director of Boston University’s center for rem ...
• Disinformation Floods Delta Water War
  “Gov. Jerry Brown declared the “drought” over in 2011. Yet water rates have risen anyway across the state as a result of the bogus “drought.” In the Feb. 6 issue of the San Francisco Chronicle, NRDC attorney Doug Obegi said there are three “facts” and three “myths” about the Sacramento Del ...
• Drought Ravages Farms Across Wide Swath Of Mexico
  “Rodarte says that for the past two years, the crops that he’s planted here have failed. Normally, he plants beans and corn to feed his family, and oats to sell. He says he hasn’t harvested anything because the land is too dry and there’s no water. This is an arid part of ...

D. Kucinich

• Kucinich Announces Victory in Saving $1.1-1.5 ...
  Cleveland, Ohio (February 10, 2012) – The City of Cleveland can continue to receive $1.1-1.5 million in federal funding to remove lead paint from homes if it meets performance benchmarks, thanks to Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH). Kucinich discussed the need and circumstances personally with ...
• Finding Solutions for the Inner Belt Bridge
  Congressman Steve LaTourette (R-OH) and Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) were joined this morning by Mayor Frank Jackson and Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) Director Jerry Wray to announce a possible solution to get the second part of the Inner Belt Bridge back on track.  ODOT announced la ...
• Kucinich Protects Jobs and Workers’ Rights
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following statement after the Department of Labor announced the Final Rule reforming the H-2B Guestworker system in the United States. “Today, after a three-year investigation and three Congressional hearings, American workers will no lo ...
• Kucinich: Mortgage Foreclosure Fraud Settlemen ...
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) issued the following statement in response to news reports that a $25 billion settlement between the government and mortgage servicers over the banks’ and servicers’ widespread mortgage foreclosure-related fraud has been finalized. “For millions of Americans ...
• Kucinich, Portman Unite Ohio Delegation to Pro ...
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) joined Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) this morning to organize and unite the Ohio delegation to protect Ohio’s  military and civilian Defense personnel in the forthcoming Base Realignment and Closure process.  Ohio has 42,950 direct jobs at major installa ...

Authentically Wired

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  … Now this is definitely NOT what FoxyNews and the Limbaugh “ditto-head$” had in mind …   Young People Followed SOPA News More Than Election News 02-07-2012  •  www.techdirt.com  For people who still don’t recognize that there’s a generational shift going on when ...
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  … This is not what FoxyNews or Limbaugh “ditto-heads” want you to be aware of … do you know why …?     How Privatizing Government Shovels Cash to Parasitic Corporations and Undermines Democracy From schools to prisons, outsourcing government’s works typically ends with cronyism, ...
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  … The article to follow implies there is a level playing field between those regulating our air – water – and “we” – the people …. Which research informs us is an illusion as rules – laws – regulations – SAFETY STANDARDS are all concocted behind closed doors without public participation … devoid ...
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  … “We” can make that happen in the USA … IF … that truly is our choice and decision and NO one can stop us …   Monsanto Closing Operations in Britain Due to Opposition to GMO Food 02-06-2012  •  earthfirstnews.wordpress.com Monsanto made its decision public shortly before th ...
• A Rothschild Speaks – (Here Comes the "I ...
  A Rothschild Speaks – (Here Comes the "International Currency")           Watch video here … http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=x3EUzV5_TUs     Read Full Story Filed under: Blogroll

Popular Technology

• Mastering the Firefox Search Bar
  As a veteran online searcher, data miner, researcher, and computer scientist, I have in the past shied away from using in-browser search bars... instead preferring to use the search tools available on individual sites. This is for practical and functional purposes, as: [1] in-site searches t ...
• The Truth about SourceWatch
  SourceWatch is a propaganda site funded by an extreme left-wing, anti-capitalist and anti-corporate organization, the Center for Media and Democracy. Just like the untrustworthy Wikipedia the content can be written and edited by ordinary web users. Users who all conveniently share an extreme lef ...
• Correcting misinformation about the journal En ...
  A frequent source of contention in the global warming debate is the existence of skeptical peer-reviewed papers. These have been overwhelmingly proven to exist. Once confronted with this inconvenient truth, alarmists have desperately tried to discredit the journals that dare publish these papers ...
• Origin of the Popular Technology.net Peer-Revi ...
  There are various myths floating around online about where the Popular Technology.net peer-reviewed paper list originated, falsely giving credit to people who copied earlier versions of my list and published it as their own. The following is a brief history,Back in February 2007 I began compilin ...
• 900+ Peer-Reviewed Papers Supporting Skepticis ...
  WARNING: Do not accept any criticisms of this list without reading the notes or emailing, populartechnology (at) gmail (dot) comRead: The following papers support skepticism of AGW or AGW Alarm defined as, "concern relating to a negative environmental or socio-economic effect of AGW, usually exa ...

Monga Bay ( Articles )

• The year in review for rainforests
  2011 was designated as "Year of the Forests" by the United Nations. While there was relatively little progress on intergovernmental forest protection programs during the year, a lot happened elsewhere. Below is a look at some of the biggest tropical forest-related news stories for 2011. We at mo ...
• Our top nature pictures of 2011
  My reporting for mongabay.com took me to six continents in 2011 and I managed to take photos on many of the trips. Overall I added more than 10,000 new photos to the travel section of the site. Below are some of my favorite pictures from 2011. Thank you for reading mongabay.com in 2011 and I wi ...
• Is the Russian Forest Code a warning for Brazil?
  Brazil, which last week moved to reform its Forest Code, may find lessons in Russia's revision of its forest law in 2007, say a pair of Russian scientists. The Brazilian Senate last week passed a bill that would relax some of forest provisions imposed on landowners. Environmentalists blasted th ...
• War of words between Greenpeace, Asia Pulp & P ...
  Greenpeace and Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), a giant global paper supplier, are locked in a heated battle over the activist group's allegations that APP products contain fiber sourced from the destruction of forests in Indonesia. At stake is APP's access to some of the world's most lucrative markets. ...
• Interview with conservation legend, Richard Leakey
  Following in his family's footsteps, Dr. Richard Leakey, is considered the heir to the scientific legacy of his parents, Louis and Mary Leakey, icons in the field of paleoanthropology. Dr Richard Leakey has been credited with some of the field's most successful paleoanthropologic finds, includi ...

Science - NZ Herald

• Dogs trump chimps in smart stakes
  Man's best friend could also be his smartest after scientists concluded dogs can outsmart chimpanzees.With their human-like brains, chimps have long been rated high on the intelligence scale, but German experts found dogs were better...
• NZ bids for super telescope role
  Earthquake prediction will be a step closer if New Zealand wins a bid for the largest radio telescope ever built.A joint New Zealand and Australian consortium is bidding against a southern African group for the right to host the...
• No way of stopping leak of deadly new flu viru ...
  The bioterrorism expert responsible for censoring scientific research which could lead to the creation of a devastating pandemic has admitted the information "is going to get out" eventually.Professor Paul Keim, chairman of the...
• Cancer hope in fish research
  New Zealand scientists have shown how infections trigger the development of new blood stem cells, a breakthrough that could lead to the development of drugs to treat cancer and infections.The Auckland University research, published...
• Experts voice nerve agent fears
  Leading neuroscientists believe that the British Government may be about to sanction the development of nerve agents for British police that would be banned in warfare under an international treaty on chemical weapons.A high-level...

Truth Survival + RSS

• NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS AND VISITORS
  As of today this website will be inactive by webmaster. there will be no further reports or updated information of any kind. however all information that is currently on the website will remain as an archive for the purpose of … Continue reading →
• AARON MCCOLLUM’S FINAL MESSAGE
    http://www.blogtalkradio.com/universaltruthevolution/2011/07/07/a-special-announcement-by-aaron-mccollum-on-ute Exist Free…. Thank you Aaron Filed under: Black Projects, Common Purpose, Current Events, Dis-Information, Economic Collapse, Elite, Extraterrestrial, Festival of Enlighte ...
• SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM AARON MCCOLLUM ON UT ...
    This Thursday I will be the guest on Universal Truth Evolution Radio to discuss some extremely important information and make a special announcement. I ask that everyone who takes the information provided on Truth Survival tune in to this … Continue reading →
• WHY WE WON’T CELEBRATE THE 4TH OF JULY * ...
  Simply put…The celebration of a holiday that we see as now dead is pointless. Think of this what you will but can YOU honestly say that the people of this country are still truly free? Should we as a nation … Continue reading →
• DISARMAMENT OF THE ELITE
  Report written by Roma AKA A2B           The Elite want to disarm us, they don’t want us to use our tools and weapons against their tyrannical selves. How about turning the tables… we disarm them, what … Continue reading →

Hit & Run | Reason

• Mike Riggs on Sheriff Mack, the Oath Keeper Ru ...
  The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), authored by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) at the behest of Hollywood and the recording industry, inspired one of the largest and most organic opposition campaigns in recent memory. Twitter users put "STOP SOPA" banners on their user avatars; numerous si ...
• Reason Writers at the Movies: Peter S ...
  Associate Editor Peter Suderman reviews the new Denzel Washington action thriller Safe House in today's Washington Times:  The producers of “Safe House” have done potential viewers exactly one favor: They’ve turned the movie’s title into a hint as to where it’s best viewed — in t ...
• Ron Paul Roundup: Ahead to Maine, Back to Neva ...
  Maine has been caucusing for a week now and will announce the results tomorrow. Turnout tends to be very, very low, and Paul was third there in 2008 with 18 percent, one of his best states when it was still a three-way race then. The Washington Post speculates on yet another defeat ...
• Steven Greenhut on Making State Officials More ...
  One of the most frustrating things about California, writes Steven Greenhut, is seeing how every serious public policy issue is driven by what’s best for government employees, not what’s best for the public. Thankfully, Greenhut reports, one California judge is introducing a new level ...
• 15 Tons and What Do You Get?
  This week Mexican drug warriors are bragging about a record seizure of methamphetamine. The New York Times describes it as "15 tons, found in pure powder form at a ranch outside Guadalajara." That supposedly amounts to "13 million doses worth $4 billion—more than double the size of ...

Mercury Rising

• Friday Cat Blogging
• Friday Cat Blogging
• Breaking the corporate censorship blockade: th ...
  Mike Taylor, London Independent: These are the most uncertain times in living memory for academic publishing. After decades of bumping along with an antique publishing model, researchers have suddenly woken up and found that they are strong. More than 4700 have signed a pledge not to write, revi ...
• Breaking the corporate censorship blockade: th ...
  Mike Taylor, London Independent: These are the most uncertain times in living memory for academic publishing. After decades of bumping along with an antique publishing model, researchers have suddenly woken up and found that they are strong. More than 4700 have signed a pledge not to write, revi ...
• It’s time to shut down the taxpayer-fund ...
  (and tax-funded political activity by any other churches, too) I have always believed that it’s important to listen seriously to one’s opponents. Either (a) they’re right, in which case I ought to change my mind, or (b) it equips me with what I need to defeat their arguments, u ...

Reality Sandwich

• Halfway Between Hope & Hopelessness
  In this playful clip from the film, "Prague Gnosis", Ram Dass and the late Terence McKenna have a conversation about the evolution of consciousness, psychedelic revelations, the future as an "archaic recursion", the "lineage of miracles" and the benefits of existing ...
• Sweet Toxins
  Robert Lustig, Laura Schmidt, and Claire Brindis, the authors of "Public Health: The Toxic Truth About Sugar," have proposed that sugar should be regulated in the same manner that alcohol and tobacco are, due to its various health risks.   read more
• Look Back At the Way We Came: A Talk With Jose ...
    The following is an interview with Joseph Marshall, author of The Lakota Way of Strength and Courage: Lessons in Resilience from the Bow and Arrow, available from Sounds True.   read more
• Luv Songs in Los Angeles
  Luv Songs is an intimate evening of poetry and music featuring original works by LuvAmp artists, plus special guests reading Rumi's mystical love poems.  Artists include Miranda Rondeau, Lili De La Mora, Tony Moss, Dylan James Nyrne, Sunny Solwind, Sam Babayan, Christo Pellani, and Daniel ...
• A Growing Revolution
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Desertification

• MAURITANIA: Ravaged by Drought - the Number of ...
  Mariem Mint Ahmedou sits cross-legged on a worn-out carpet in a basic tent built with mud bricks and layers of sewn-together fabric. Her eight-month-old twins, Hussein and Hassan, lie weakly against her body. Both of them have been malnourished since birth, because Beydar, undernourished h ...
• Cloud Seeding - Uncertain Solution for Mexico' ...
  As half of Mexico endures one of the most severe droughts in its history, cloud seeding appears to be a promising way to bring desperately needed rain, although it remains a source of controversy.
• 2011 - A Year of Weather Extremes, with More t ...
  The global average temperature in 2011 was 14.52 degrees Celsius (58.14 degrees Fahrenheit). According to NASA scientists, this was the ninth warmest year in 132 years of recordkeeping, despite the cooling influence of the La Niña atmospheric and oceanic circulation pattern and rela ...
• ARGENTINA: Drought Threat Looms Again
  The low humidity in Argentina's most agriculturally productive region has already caused a decline in grain yield - in particular corn and soybean - with ensuing losses for producers and the government.
• ARGENTINA: In Famatina, Water Is Worth Far Mor ...
  Thousands of people in the northwest Argentine province of La Rioja are mobilising to stop an open-cast gold mining project in the Nevados de Famatina, a snowy peak that is the semi-arid area's sole source of drinking water.

Automatic Earth

• The Automatic Earth on the move
  At around 6 PM EST, Sunday, February 5, The Automatic Earth will move to its new site, TheAutomaticEarth.orgThe Blogger site, where you are right now, will eventually be closed. The comments section will be closed immediately.After 4 years at Blogger, we feel it's high time for us to widen our s ...
• January 31 2012: Goal-Seeked Analyses for Gold
  Unknown Dreaming of great fortunes 1858California gold miner joining the British Columbia goldrush Ashvin Pandurangi: After the Fed’s latest announcement on January 25, in which the central bank said very little more than the obvious ("exceptionally low" fed funds rate at least through late 201 ...
• The Report That Will Blow Up The Eurozone
  Jack Delano Hot Sugar January 1942Guanica, Puerto Rico. "Burning a sugar cane field. This process destroys the leaves and makes the cane easier to harvest" Ilargi: No, I’m not talking about the fact that Germany and Holland want to take over as the de facto government in Greece, as Noah Barkin ...
• January 25 2012: Occupy Your Own Space
  Dorothea Lange PlantationJune 1937"Wife and child of tractor driver. Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi" Ilargi: For today’s global financial problems, there are no solutions that are favorable to either incumbent politicians or wannabe leaders (unless they’re extremists, perhaps), let alone to t ...
• January 22 2012: The End is the Beginning is t ...
  Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums Just watch me June 9 1902Fron album of prisoners brought before the North Shields Police Court in England between 1902 and 1916. Time has stopped before us The sky cannot ignore us No one can separate us For we are all that is left The echo bounces off me Th ...

Press TV

• Haniyeh arrives in Tehran for talks
  Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh arrived in Tehran for an official three-day visit on Friday and was received at the airport by Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi.
• 'Obama did nothing right in past years'
  The 18 billion dollars agreed to by the banks of LA to be paid as penalty for their involvement in the home foreclosure scandal has outraged OWS protesters.
• ‘Obama threw Israel under bus over Iran’
  Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has criticized the administration of Barack Obama for what he calls choosing Iran over Israel in fear of losing Iranian oil.
• 'US experiences militarization of police'
  A noteworthy online columnist says the US has militarized its police force which is increasing its crackdown on peaceful Occupy demonstrators and civilians.
• Pro-, anti-Assad clashes in Lebanon
  At least three people have been injured after groups supporting and opposing the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad clashed in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli.

SciDev.net

• How not to move forward on achieving sustainab ...
  A new intergovernmental panel would not be the best way of tackling the multifaceted challenges of sustainable development.
• Scientists dispute basis for malaria deaths claim
  Critics have questioned the methods of a study claiming that the WHO has greatly underestimated the number of malaria fatalities.
• Islam Analysis: Specialist R&D funds need rethink
  R&D funds levied on business must build organisations that offer short-term benefits through a clear strategy, says Athar Osama.
• Damage from tropical cyclones 'set to soar'
  Tropical cyclone damage costs are set to increase dramatically because of climate change, and population and economic growth, says a study.
• Call for new indicators of sustainable development
  A conference in India has heard calls for new, science-based development indices in the run-up to the Rio+20 summit.

Congressional Budget Office Director's Blog

• Presentation to the National Economists Club
  Yesterday I spoke to the National Economists Club on our recently released Budget and Economic Outlook. My remarks reiterated much of what I said in several of last week’s blog posts: CBO Releases the Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2022 Fundamental Fiscal Challenge How ...
• Federal Budget Deficit Totaled $349 Billion fo ...
  The federal government accumulated a budget deficit of $349 billion for the first four months of fiscal year 2012, CBO estimates in its latest Monthly Budget Review, $70 billion less than the shortfall recorded for the same period last year. Without shifts in the timing of certain payments, howe ...
• Tax Expenditures Have a Major Impact on the Fe ...
  Do you receive a tax deduction for the interest paid on your mortgage or for the taxes you pay to your state and local governments? Would you think about those deductions in the same way if instead of seeing a reduction in taxes for those items the federal government instead simply sent you a ch ...
• How Would Some Changes to Current Law Affect t ...
  This morning I testified before the Senate Budget Committee on our annual Budget and Economic Outlook, which was released on Tuesday. As I did in my testimony before the House Budget Committee, I highlighted many of the points that were included in Tuesday’s blog post. In today’s pos ...
• CBO’s View on the Wall Street Journal Story ab ...
  The Wall Street Journal has just published an article entitled “Congress’s Number Cruncher Comes Under Fire.” Here’s our view: CBO is responsible for providing nonpartisan and thoughtful analysis to the Congress, and we are proud that our success in carrying out that miss ...

Naked Scientists - News

• Reducing Cancer Risk Factors
  The biggest study so far into cancer risk factors confirms our understanding of the lifestyle choices that may lead to cancer... Kat - For my day job I work for Cancer Research UK and we put o...
• Fred Flintstone's bed uncovered
  Writing in this week's Science, University of Witwatersrand palaeontologist Professor Lyn Wadley and her colleagues describe an excavation they have carried out in a cave site called Sibudu in South A...
• First seafaring fisherman
  The world's oldest tackle, together with evidence of deep-sea fishing 40,000 years ago, has been unearthed in East Timor. Early human migrants, including those who first set foot in Australia 50,000...
• Powering up radiotherapy
  A way to boost the effectiveness of radiotherapy and protect patients and even astronauts fromthe effects of radiation exposure has been discovered by scientists at Oslo University. Radiothera...
• Bringing Together Brain Scientists
  Over 32, 000 neuroscientists, from around the world, converged in Washington, DC, this week for the 2011 Society for Neuroscience Conference, which included over 16,000 presentations! Here are just a...

Nick Turse

• Vietnam farmer a hero after shootout with poli ...
  Vietnam farmer a hero after shootout with police  | ajc.com)
• WHAT THEY ARE READING: Women Under Siege.
  WHAT THEY ARE READING: Women Under Siege.: cjchivers: Introducing the web site of a new project...
• An Iranian girl carries an anti-U.S. placard b ...
  An Iranian girl carries an anti-U.S. placard bearing an image of U.S. President Barack Obama during a funeral for Iranian nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, who was killed in a bomb blast in Tehran on January 11, in Tehran January 13, 2012. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl
• A Bradley Fighting Vehicle runs over the front ...
  A Bradley Fighting Vehicle runs over the front of a car (reportedly) in Iraq.
• Watch the NYC Subway Unfold
  mashable: The map is laid out according to the order the subway lines were built. Beautiful. Via.

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