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Recently, I went and poured over some archives from other real truth seekers, and I came across a real gem from my good friend, Whitewraithe, and I realized that I had not included it anywhere in my own bl...
You know, I spent a lot of time in India, wandering around looking for myself in the early '70s and, more recently for business and for vacations. Usually I write about India on my travel blog, especiall...
By Pavlina R. Tcherneva A few weeks ago I called for a technocratic debate on the merits of the JG, relative to other fiscal policies. A number of bloggers took the charge but the debate was not immune to...
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Planet Earth'' series, episode ''Mountains''. Music is a Celtic (Irish) music mix.
As I have always stated.. I am always surfing the internet looking for great articles from researchers out there that are trying to convey the message to the world about exactly who the real criminals are ...
“The pleasures of this world are delightful from a distance before the actual test. From a distance they appear to be refreshing water, but when you approach them, you find they are a mirage. The world’s b...
“Beautiful island universe M94 lies a mere 15 million light-years distant in the northern constellation of the hunting dogs,
Canes Venatici. A popular target for astronomers, the brighter inner part of the...
"A vacationing businessman was walking along a beach when he saw a young boy. Along the shore were many starfish that had been washed up by the tide and were sure to die before the tide returned. The boy ...
*“The Opposite of Loneliness" * by JoyIn “The opposite of loneliness, it’s not togetherness. It is intimacy.” - Richard Bach, "The Bridge Across Forever" "When I read that line about intimacy in the book...
Dealing with the sh** - Why You Should Support HR3562 by Cherri Foytlin My Grandma Gracie used to tell me if something was sh**, call it sh**, (she had a way with words, that lady). Well, I am coming to y...
[image: Antlers such as those on this 13-point buck were rare in Texas in 2011. The drought of 2011 had a devastating impact on the deer herd. gosanangelo.com]By Kim Gierke Special to the Standard-Times ...
[image: Winter chill: A man braves freezing temperatures in Spain, as the death toll from Europe's cold snap continued to rise, 3 February 2012. Picture: AP] By Sahit Muja, NY Economy and Politics Exami...
Legendary pop singer Whitney Houston died at a Beverly Hills, California, hotel at age 48, officials said Saturday night. The entertainer, whose incredible talent was discovered at an early age, was prono...
*AMERICAN LABOUR CALIFORNIA:* *HAVE A HEART: SUPPORT THE UFW IN CALLING FOR A BAN ON METHYL IODIDE;* This Valentine's Day give a gift to farm workers and rural residents in California and ask that the t...
*Read more here (if you feel you must).* *by Ken* So let me get this straight. Because Willard Inc. edged out Ron Paul by three percentage points among Republicans who participated in the Maine caucuses ...
A headline predicts: "Earth Summit is Doomed to Fail, Say Leading Ecologists". Twenty years after the original convocation to save biodiversity, the next, scheduled for this June, is expected to be an a...
*This is the first in what may become an occasional series. Over the last year or two, I've drifted out of regular blogging. The usual excuses apply: too much work and not enough energy. I am so badly behi...
Castle Rock, Colorado, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
*Just a couple for you, dear and beloved readers*: "Also yesterday, a US military official acknowledged that the *Pentagon has begun to review potential military options* for dealing with the upheaval in ...
Mitt Romney picks up two narrow wins today: the Maine caucus and CPAC straw votes. Of course, CPAC isn't a delegate contest at all...but it can't hurt Romney to remind people that not all conservatives ha...
*"Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright..."* by Chet Raymo "Divinity is not playful. The universe was not made in jest but in solemn incomprehensible earnest. By a power that is unfathomably secret, and holy, and ...
"Governments leak more secrets than any other entity." - John Young On purpose. And as we know, friends, one of the main reasons is to increase the money flow to the Defense Department/National Security or...
------------------------------ * the**REALnews Permalink* February 9, 2012 *Will Government Bank Mortgage Deal Help or Hinde...
"Is my soul asleep? Have those beehives that work in the night stopped? And the waterwheel of thought, is it going around now, cups empty, carrying only shadows? No, my soul is not asleep. It is awake, wi...
Liquid Mind, "Moment of Grace Part 1" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I61vm_nLNYg&feature=related • After today's posts below, we can all use this... - CP
"Please return to your homes, a curfew is in effect." - I, Robot (2004, Director Alex Proyas, Screenwriters Jeff Vintar and Akiva Goldsman). Transcript of speech by Robot Obama, March 21, 2013: Good eve...
Alien planets might experience tidal forces powerful enough to remove all their water.
Just ten days ago, you could have read about Friedrich Dürrenmatt's "The Physicists". Because this is another blog entry about a play in the Pilsner Chamber Theater, you must start to think that I am the u...
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"I am beginning to think that Christianity has a lot in common with Marxist-Leninism... God is dialectical materialism; Christ is Karl Marx; the Church is the Party, the elect is the proletariat, and the...
*EMILY's List-- no friends of progressives* The GOP could just as well send me requests for donations. And I'd be as likely to give to them as I am to EMILY's List. In fact, whenever anyone sends me any n...
*“The Answer We Don’t Want to Know”* By John Mauldin “2012 will be the 11th time in my short life that I will be able to participate in the choosing of a president of the United States. While it may just...
“No one ever *does* live happily ever after, but we leave the children to find that out for themselves.” - Stephen King, “Wolves of the Calla”
Saw this on Think Progress today. Besides making me angry – it also occurred to me that this is probably one of the only jobs bills that the GOP will offer – or on the other hand they may write lots of ...
Magistrates’ courts in the Zimbabwean capital Harare were forced to close down on Friday after a suspected typhoid outbreak affected magistrates and staff. The building that houses the courts in central...
I am not writing this because Microsoft is a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) – which by the way they are. I am writing this because of the inane stupidity of Microsoft and their...
A B-BBC reader asks; "During the milder than normal November/December of 2011, I saw a weather report on the BBC which used a graphic comparing temperatures to the average for the time of year. From memo...
The dolphin could still be seen in the Ocean City, N.J. waterway late Friday A dorsal fin is grabbing people’s attention in an unusual spot: a back-bay lagoon in Ocean City, N.J., just feet from homes...
Biased BBC's Alan reports; 2The truth of the allegations against Jimmy Saville are not proven in any way and that is not the point of this.....here the BBC felt that the mere accusation was enough to 'ta...
The warning came late Thursday morning. Around 11:30 a.m., some of the white sea bass at Redondo Beach’s LA Conservation Corps SEA Lab were swimming erratically. Some were even belly up. Brent Scheiwe, ...
BBC seem pretty happy about this news! They rolled the NOTW and it seem to me that they would just love to ensure that The Sun sets. Thoughts? Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
LONDON -- North Korea began to enrich uranium in 1998, the year after the construction of light-water nuclear reactors began in the country under a 1994 agreement with the United States, the Mainichi has ...
MITO (Kyodo) -- Civic groups submitted to the Ibaraki governor on Friday about 51,000 signatures and a petition demanding that the Tokai No. 2 nuclear power station be scrapped, bringing the total number ...
A citizens group formed by intellectuals Shinichi Nakazawa, Tatsuru Uchida, and writer Seiko Ito ran a full-page anti-nuclear power ad in the Feb. 11 edition of the Mainichi Shimbun. The ad reads in larg...
Saudi Arabia has tried to find a way to get round Russia’s and China’s vetoes on the Moroccan-tabled Security Council resolution on Syria by circulating a similar draft, which it is hoping will win the su...
Cleanup at Fukushima. U.S. experts said they were not getting accurate details of the scope of the Fukushima disaster after reactors melted down last year. Photo from AP / Daily Mail.(Not to mention Alaska a...
*Sir Jimmy Savile* - *Website for this image* The BBC stopped an investigation, by *Newsnight*, into allegations that BBC TV entertainer Sir Jimmy Savile sexually abused a teenage girl at the BBC's Televi...
A shocking new video reveals a disturbingly calm Captain Francesco Schettino after the Concordia struck a reef.
* “Dollar and America on the Road to Ruin”* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com “In the last week or so, I’ve noticed an unusual amount of really well written and researched articles warning of impending doom...
Nasa's Cassini spacecraft has captured a spectacular view of the crescent moon Enceladus in front off the planet. The orbiter captured the famous jets of water ice spraying from Saturn's moon Enceladus ...
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*CENSORED NEWS VIDEO * *Dine' Louise Benally: No to coal fired power plants!* *Louise Benally responds to Navajo Attorney General in DC this week attempting to halt US EPA air pollution standards on Nav...
The U.S. Ambassador to Syria has blamed the country's government for attacks on civilians and has taken the unusual step of posting a military aerial photograph on Facebook to back his claims. Robert For...
[image: The 2012 Environmental Performance Index and Pilot Trend EPI for 132 Countries, 2000-2010. epi.yale.edu] The 2012 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) and Pilot Trend EPI (Trend EPI) rank 132 c...
[image: Earth Summit 2012 logo. earthsummit2012.org] By Fred Pearce 10 February 2012 LONDON – We can forget about fixing the planet's ecosystems and climate until we have fixed government systems, a pan...
A 'psychotic' stalker who broke into Madonna's estate and threatened to slit her throat has been captured following his escape from a mental hospital. It was feared that Robert Dewey Hoskins who walked o...
Serial killer John Wayne Gacy raped and killed 33 men and was executed for the murders in 1994, but today new details have emerged that suggest the notorious 'killer clown' may not have acted alone. Chic...
[image: Christian Parenti at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival for the premiere of 'Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi', 25 April 2009. David Shankbone via wikipedia.org]By Randolph T. Holhut, American R...
*"Why Wall Street Should Stop Whining"* by Matt Taibbi "Everybody on Wall Street is talking about the new piece by New York magazine’s Gabriel Sherman, entitled "The End of Wall Street as They Knew It." ...
Photos of a stadium being built on the site of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - led by convicted paedophile Warren Jeffs - have emerged, raising concerns about its purpose....
[image: Envisat ASAR satellite radar image showing large slick (black) from major Shell oil spill off Niger Delta. Image taken 21 December 2011 at 9:30am local time. Courtesy European Space Agency via sk...
American Scofflaw *were "push-polling" specific target demographics in which a specific outcome could be pre-determined by where the polling was done. * Certain areas of New York and South Florida would ...
[image: Little brown bat with white-nose syndrome in Greeley Mine, Vermont, 26 March 2009. Marvin Moriarty courtesy USFWS]MADISON, Wisconsin, February 9, 2012 (ENS) – Wisconsin bat scientists are going u...
The CIA's website has been targetted by computer hackers believed to have stolen the personal information of more than 46,000 people. Members of hacking group Anonymous have claimed they were behind an at...
[image: California Mountain Yellow-legged Frog. Roland Knapp / anuranblog.blogspot.com] Contact: Jeff Miller, (415) 669-7357 2 February 2012 SACRAMENTO, California – The California Fish and Game Commiss...
American Scofflaw Ah, but you see, you have to remember what elements are actually "winning" this war; the drug dealers and the banks who launder the drug money, and the defense contractors, providing me...
*Boehner (r) with Ethics Committee miscreants McKeon & Bachus* Many people recall the pre-ethics circus Hastert and DeLay ran when they controlled the House. It was a free-for-all that featured a series of...
[image: The KS Endeavor fire at the Funiwa Field in Nigeria on 23 January 2012. Chevron] Yenagoa, Nigeria (IRIN) – Nigeria’s Bayelsa State government said yesterday it would speed up the release of mone...
The Bishop Hill site today asks why persons in authority talk about healthy scientific skepticism, but deny its applicability to the climate science, a.k.a. global warming, debate. I submitted the followin...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Kamchatka, Russia at a depth of 18.7 km (11.6 miles), the quake hit at 16:48:14 UTC Saturday 11th February 2012 The epicenter was 348 km (216 miles) ESE of Petropavlov...
The more ye look, the more ye shall find....Remedies like this one, with all this potential for good, are NEVER accepted by mainstream medicine. Why not? THAT IS THE QUESTION OF THE DAY... Why, with the...
I've spent much of the past two days trying to draft a blog post on Alberta's 2012 budget. After all, this was not only Allison Redford's first budget, but a pre-election document - surely, there would be ...
(Reuters) - Syrian forces bombarded districts of Homs city on Saturday in a campaign to crush a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, whose ally Russia said it would not support an Arab peace plan cir...
HOW WE SEE TIME depends on how we live. Professor Philip Zimbardo conveys how our individual perspectives of time affect our work, health and well-being. Time influences who we are as a person, how we view...
If you have 16 minutes, you may watch Murray Gell-Mann who was interviewed by CERN's Paola Catapano on January 23rd. *Click here if you see no video above.* Gell-Mann talks about the likelihood of the...
Feb 11-12 B4 print edition of the Wall Street Journal The article explains that the International Energy Agency cut its oil-demand forecast once again after projecting further economic weakness in Europe....
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck the Solomon Islands at a depth of 39.3 km (24.4 miles), the quake hit at 15:23:07 UTC Saturday 11th February 2012 The epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) SSE of HONIARA, G...
(Reuters) - Greek leaders told a growing band of rebellious lawmakers on Saturday to back a deeply unpopular EU/IMF rescue in parliament or send the nation down "an unknown, dangerous path" to default, in...
*February 10, 2012* *50-State, $25B Mortgage Settlement: Relief for Struggling Homeowners or Bailout for Big Banks?* The U.S. Justice Department has unveiled a record mortgage settlement with t...
BE CREATIVE, AND HELP Jaimie Mantzel: he needs a name for his spider-toy.
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(CNN) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced Saturday that the nation will reveal "several major achievements in the nuclear domain" within days, state media reported. Ahmadinejad did not off...
*SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2012 -- YVES SMITH* Mortgage Settlement as Attorney General Sellout: Deal is Not Done, and Final Version Guaranteed to be Worse Than Advertised You know it’s bad when banks are t...
*(CNN)* -- As U.N. diplomats make another attempt to condemn Syria's massacre of civilians, one resident in the besieged city of Homs pleaded for President Bashar al-Assad's regime to have mercy on the m...
London (CNN) -- Authorities arrested eight people Saturday -- including five employees of Britain's bestselling Sun newspaper -- as part of an inquiry into alleged illegal payments to police and officials...
The finding has implications for understanding the environmental impact of compounds that mimic the effect of estrogen.
Low-deposit mortgage deals are back on offer for first-time buyers after the financial crisis left many struggling to get on the property ladder. But there is concern that a surge in 95% loans could lead...
Gunmen have assassinated an army general in Damascus, state media reports have said. The killing of Brig Gen Issa al Khouli in the Syrian capital came as shells once again rained down on the city of Hom...
One protester has been shot dead during demonstrations in Saudi Arabia. Officials said security forces shot the protester after being fired upon by members of what they described as "an illegal gathering"...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Mindanao, Philippines at a depth of 58.3 km (36.2 miles), the quake hit at 11:59:28 UTC Saturday 11th February 2012 The epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) ENE of Cotabato...
Quick-moving thunderstorms have swept through NSW, bringing large hailstones, heavy rain and flash flooding. Trees brought down powerlines, houses were inundated and a family had to be evacuated as the s...
The Internet is fertile ground for citizen journalists, and some are uploading video from Syria's conflict zones.
The weather bureau has issued severe thunderstorm warnings for parts of New South Wales and Queensland. The New South Wales mid north coast is being warned to expect large hailstones and flash flooding i...
Is the incipient UFO wave in Argentina beginning to have a ripple effect to neighboring countries? Guillermo Gimenéz alerts us to a video posted to YouTube suggesting that Paraguay -- absent fr...
*Ballroom Blitz* No, not many other people did either. Lucky C-Span doesn't care about ratings. This was like George Orwell's "two minutes of hate" expanded for the counterrevolution that the Republican P...
And then there was a parade... sort of ~Library Chronicles And then there was a Nola.com parade cam... sort of ~Editilla loves a parade cam and commentary. Last night's 1st up with Oshun sucked marbles from...
The G&M, the Star, and Vancouver Observer all carried stories yesterday about environmentalists being understandably pissed at being lumped in with white supremacists among the listed "issue-based" *terror...
*I give up! I live in Pennsylvania, and I am now switching to the winning teams: the Republicans, Roman Catholics, and the Frackers:* I'm becoming a Republican. I'm now FOR fracking in Pennsylvania, even...
Saudi Arabia would launch a military nuclear program immediately if Iran successfully developed atomic weapons, The Times of London reported Friday. While Riyadh signed an agreement with the US in 2008 sta...
Russian made Ka-31 Helix airborne early warning helicopter of the People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force (PLANAF). Read More
Three new images of the new Chinese H-6K strategic bomber which has been outfitted with fuel efficient and powerful D-30KP-2 turbofan engines. Read More
India has successfully destroyed an incoming modified Prithvi ballistic missile by using Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile which was launched from Wheeler Islands. Read More
Pakistani local news channels are reporting that Pakistani government has allocated funds for the development of a nuclear submarine for Pakistan Navy t Read More
Need a powerful cosmic magnifying lens to detect that black hole? No problem! All you need is a galaxy and a quirk of Einstein's theory of general relativity.
By now, nearly three years after I put up my Paypal button, you've all had your fill of my bellyaching about my inability to find a job and begging for donations. As Obama says to shut us up, I get it. An...
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake has struck Southern California at a depth of just 2.4 km (1.5 miles Constrained), the quake hit at 09:46:47 UTC Saturday 11th February 2012 The epicenter was 5 km (3.1 miles) WS...
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck Papua, Indonesia at a depth of 34.1 km (21.2 miles), the quake hit at 09:27:10 UTC Saturday 11th February 2012 The epicenter was 108 km (67 miles) WNW from Enarotali, ...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Kuril Islands at a depth of 59.3 km (36.8 miles), the quake hit at 08:52:11 UTC Saturday 11th February 2012 The epicenter was 396 km (246 miles) ENE of Kuril'sk, K...
(Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday the Islamic Republic would soon announce "very important" achievements in the nuclear field, state TV reported. He was speaking on the 3...
A Russian court today jailed a CIA mole for passing highly classified secrets on missile tests to American intelligence. Lieutentant Colonel Vladimir Nesterets was sent to prison for 13 years after admit...
A man from Uzbekistan who pleaded guilty to plotting to kill President Obama with an automatic rifle claimed he was acting at the direction of an Islamic terror group in his home country. Ulugbek Kodirov...
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*Flor de Muertos, hot new Calexico music video and border documentary, in the vortex of the borderzone* By Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com TUCSON -- Flor de Muertos screen...
Idlib is a city in waiting, waiting for what it believes has become inevitable - the Assad attack. The city, with its population of about 100,000 says it is ready. The rebel flag is flying in the centre...
A man has been jailed for three years for bursting into a pub wielding a petrol-driven chainsaw while high on drugs after another customer threw him out for smoking. Dean Dinnen, 24, charged into The End...
*King Don Juan of Spain, Princess Diana, the Queen of Spain.* *Diana's lovers* are alleged to have included James Gilbey (Squidgygate Tapes), James Hewitt, Will Carling, Oliver Hoare, Hasnat Khan, police ...
Could rapid stock-price changes caused by computerised trading be responsible for recent stock market crashes? A new study has analysed price logs from 60 markets worldwide, and found evidence of a patte...
Nasa is to cut its exploration of Mars, it has been announced. It is part of the space agency's plan to reduce its exploration of other planets. But Nasa's former science chief is calling the plan 'irrati...
Two gunmen accused of murdering Anni Dewani on her honeymoon have been told they must remain in custody while a High Court decides whether the bride's husband Shrien will be extradited from the UK to stan...
The obvious take home here is that a deficiency of omega 3 in one’s diet is a predisposition to mental instability. We know we need to eat fish and other sources of omega 3 oils but this is not j...
Once again, the take home that is screaming at us in memory work is that in order to learn and remember material it is necessary to be come engaged in the material. Hell make yourself write a bl...
Somehow, the zebra learned to work with stripes and the certain driver was this far lower attractiveness to horse flies in particular. It was obviously a difficult trick or every other critter ...
There has been plenty of suspicion that low exposure early in life was a significant risk factor for the development of allergic response later. This work generally confirms this position. ...
Hundreds of protesting firefighters turned their water hoses on police during a dispute over pension reform - leaving the officers drenched and freezing cold in the sub-zero temperatures. The furious fir...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Barbados Region, Windward Islands at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 07:19:04 UTC Saturday 11th February 2012 The epicenter was 98 km (60 miles) So...
A senior Vatican cardinal has sensationally claimed Pope Benedict XVI could be ‘the victim of an assassination plot’ within the next 12 months, it emerged today. Cardinal Paolo Romeo is said to have reve...
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake has struck the Molucca Sea, Indonesia at a depth of 16.9 km (10.5 miles), the quake hit at 07:06:48 UTC Saturday 11th February 2012 The epicenter was 204 km (127 miles) SSW from...
Iran has demonstrated further evidence of its strict regime after the government cut internet links leaving millions without email and social networks. Interestingly, the shutdown comes at a time when in...
A foreign nurse who sexually assaulted a pregnant patient has avoided deportation because of his ‘right to family life’ – even though his wife and children may have returned to India. Milind Sanade was j...
A Tibetan monk has set himself on fire in a protest against the Chinese government, according to pro-Tibet groups. The monk - thought to be in his 30s - is believed to have survived the suicide attempt ...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Sucre, Venezuela at a depth of 107.5 km (66.8 miles), the quake hit at 05:56:35 UTC Saturday 11th February 2012 The epicenter was 20 km (12.4 miles) NNE of Guiria, Ven...
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck Negros, Cebu Region, Philippines at a depth of 10.6 km (6.6 miles), the quake hit at 05:39:08 UTC Saturday 11th February 2012 The epicenter was 69 km (42 miles) SSE o...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Negros, Cebu Region, Philippines at a depth of 10.2 km (6.3 miles), the quake hit at 05:30:37 UTC Saturday 11th February 2012 The epicenter was 61 km (37 miles) SSE o...
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck Tonga at a depth of 169.9 km (105.6 miles), the quake hit at 05:10:47 UTC Saturday 11th February 2012 The epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) Northwest of NUKU`ALOFA, Tonga...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Northern Peru at a depth of 14.7 km (9.1 miles), the quake hit at 04:44:24 UTC Saturday 11th February 2012 The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) ESE of Moyobamba, Peru No...
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake has struck Bio-Bio, Chile at a depth of 35 km (21.7 miles), the quake hit at 02:58:23 UTC Saturday 11th February 2012 The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) SSW of Concepcion, Bio-Bi...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Eastern Honshu, Japan at a depth of 61.7 km (38.3 miles), the quake hit at 01:26:58 UTC Saturday 11th February 2012 The epicenter was 37 km (22 miles) NNW of TOKYO, J...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Sucre, Venezuela at a depth of 93.9 km (58.3 miles), the quake hit at 00:12:18 UTC Saturday 11th February 2012 The epicenter was 35 km (21 miles) WNW of Guiria, Venezu...
A man has been detained following an eight-hour stand-off with armed police at an Italian restaurant in Glasgow city centre. Officers evacuated Amarone Restaurant and the surrounding buildings after bei...
Britain's ambassador to the UN has said Argentinian claims that the UK is militarising the Falkland Islands are "manifestly absurd". On Friday Argentina said it had intelligence that a Vanguard submarine...
Many of us wait for a time that is critical to do the right thing. Well, Minnesota – the time is now, the critical mass has been reached. It is time to move your money from Minnesota’s big banks and move ...
Someone this morning asked why I'm a Giants fan. I don't think I've ever talked about it, so here goes... First of all, Phoenix was definitely Dodgers territory...Phoenix was generally culturally tuned to...
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Here's one for you. Spend a moment or two studying the "Issues" page of the Mia Love for Congress website. Ms. Love is a Republican candidate for the US House of Representatives from Utah. Issues - Mia Lo...
Jason Mraz is an American singer and songwriter. The music isn't quite my cup of tea but I think it's good. This YouTube video with his song (which I've heard before) has attracted 120 million viewers: tha...
*THREATS BY U.S.-BIA HOPI POLICE AND RANGERS TO TAKE AWAY MORE DINEH PROPERTY* *By Bahe Katenay* *Sheep Dog Nation Rocks* http://sheepdognationrocks.blogspot.com/2012/02/big-mountain-update-alert-more-thre...
“That's the gate to wisdom - being able to say ‘I don't know.’" - “Byron Sully”, “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman” (1993)
The U.S. intelligence community has found no evidence to suggest North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is dead, a senior U.S. official said Friday following posts on China's version of Twitter that claimed Kim h...
*And not really looking forward to it. Long day ahead tomorrow and I'm already tired; however, I promise I will be back tomorrow evening with more wonderful posts. * *Next Day Update: I never did read th...
We have decided to do a trial run with a faith-based chat area for the Coming Crisis, predominantly focused on study of the scriptures. The Coming Crisis is, of course, a fact-based news-orientated website...
*I find it hard to get anything the agenda-pushers say down.* "India winning battle against polio; Reaches stunning milestone of zero cases in one year" by Simon Denyer | The Washington Post, January 13...
This Week in Discovery News we follow Russian scientists to Lake Vostok, we learn about JFK's mistress, and explore a daredevil's attempts to skydive from 23 miles up.
When Harper was in Davos he was practically busting to tell the high priced nobs that he was going to trim Canada's sails, especially our nation's Old Age Security programme. That promptly backfired se...
“This sharp Hubble Space Telescope view looks deep into NGC 6752. Some 13,000 light-years away toward the southern constellation Pavo, the globular star cluster roams the halo of our Milky Way galaxy. Over...
"All our lives are collections curated through memory. We pick up recollections and facts and store them, often half forgotten, or tucked away on shelves buried deep in the psyche. Not everything is as bl...
*“Somewhere Over The Rainbow” * by Chet Raymo “One of the wackier ideas to have emerged from modern physics is parallel universes. That's right, folks. This universe that we live in may not be the only u...
*Must be the new leadership.* "US asks China to restrain N. Korea; Official works to maintain calm" by Choe Sang-Hun | New york times, January 06, 2012 SEOUL - The highest-ranking American official to v...
"Study: Australia tops in marijuana use" January 07, 2012 SYDNEY - A study published yesterday in a British medical journal may have finally uncovered the *secret behind Australia’s laid-back lifestyle*, a...
*It's 104 acres with 27 buildings, and hardly used (okay, that last part is a wee exaggeration): How might we repurpose that intergalactic embassy we built in Baghdad?* *by Ken* The Bush regime war crimi...
"Grounded ship splits on New Zealand reef" Associated Press, January 09, 2012 WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A *cargo ship* grounded off the New Zealand coast since October has *split in two*, spilling sea c...
Over the past few weeks, many friends/colleagues from around the country have asked how they can help regarding the MAS-TUSD situation. At the moment, I can think of two ways. Supporting education and conc...
"Sandals pile up in protest of child charges" January 05, 2012|By Sara Schonhardt JAKARTA, Indonesia - More flimsy, worn-out* sandals* piled up around Indonesia yesterday as part of a *protest campaign* a...
Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey is going head to head with the state's teacher union and the Education Law Center as part of his continued march towards school privatization and deep cuts in public e...
In recent weeks, "conservatives" have proposed that cops should not be able to arrest people (i.e., men) for domestic violence unless they witness it, that U.S. school textbooks should be purged of refere...
"Rescuers pulled more than 200 survivors from the ocean yesterday as the search for more passengers from a packed ferry that sank off the coast of Papua New Guinea was set to extend into today, rescue offi...
All across the U.S., state after state is falling victim to the accountability juggernaut fueled by the Common Core standards movement. The Obama administration, led by Secretary Duncan, has proven in the ...
*AMERICAN LABOUR:* *MORE ANTI-WORKER LEGISLATION IN ARIZONA:* The following item is from the National Public Radio in the USA. ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ *Arizona Lawmakers Target Public Workers' Unions *by Ted R...
*To the only people that matter in my agenda-pushing paper*: "Malaysia opposition leader acquitted of sodomy" January 10, 2012 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was acquit...
"Maldives president resigns amid protests" New York Times, February 08, 2012 NEW DELHI - President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives resigned yesterday after *weeks of mounting protests* and an apparent *pol...
Despite the fact we have guests.... here I am. We should be expecting an upswing in propaganda. If that is possible? The United States has recently stepped up intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissanc...
"[Discussing the effects of the Genesis torpedo] McCoy: Dear Lord. You think we're intelligent enough to... suppose... what if this thing were used where life already exists? Spock: It would destroy such ...
Following is a documentary originally produced in Germany. The English translations are posted on youtube in four parts, so they are all linked sequentially below. I'm not sure why they have clock number...
*PEOPLE OF PALLOR STRIKE BACK* * * *By Mohawk Nation News* http://www.mohawknationnews.com MNN. Feb. 10, 2012. What is white culture? To steal everything the brown and blackpeople have and pretend it’s th...
New report cites military interest in neuroscience in future defense applications.
A recent video seems to show a large, mysterious snake or monster in an icy river in Iceland.
*I guess you taxpayers didn't fork over enough dough to keep them, and worker wages were too high. * "For 2 Mass. firms, opportunity in China; Pollution and soaring power needs make country a promising ma...
*LOCAL EVENTS WINNIPEG:* *ANNUAL WOMEN'S MEMORIAL MARCH:* Coming up this February 14 (next Tuesday Valentine's Day) Winnipeg's annual March for Murdered and Missing Women. Here's the invite. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥...
*Probably better** and than the crap I find in my paper. *"US presses China on Iran sanctions" by Michael Wines | New York Times, January 12, 2012 BEIJING - Timothy F. *Geithner, the US Treasury secretar...
Over at Plum Line, I listen to Mitt Romney at CPAC and hear Bob Dole, 1996. Which reminds me of my favorite (and probably not apocryphal) Bob Dole 1996 campaign story. Two more quick things from Romney's ...
Zerohedge is certainly the blog with the most constantly updated unfolding of the Greek economic crisis-- and his twitter feed keeps reminding me of what conservatives seem to be trying to drag us into as...
The South Korean military is closely watching movements of North Korean forces after detecting frequent shelling sounds across the Northern Limit Line, the imaginary inter-Korean sea border in the Yellow S...
Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada. Thanks for stopping by.
*Star : Harper blasts foreign money in oil sands debate while welcoming China* *cough* *Reuters : Canada PM vows to ensure key oil pipeline is built * * * *CBC : Harper ties China trade deals to...
"What Is Consciousness?" As Seen On: UniqueDaily.com
*"Breaking the Code: Why Yuor Barin Can Raed Tihs"* by Natalie Wolchover "You might not realize it, but your brain is a code-cracking machine. For emaxlpe, it deson't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a...
"It never ceases to surprise me at the infinite capacity of the human mind to resist the introduction of useful knowledge." - Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury
*“Why US Job Creation Heats Up in Cold Weather”* by Bill Bonner "We used to like traveling. Now, it’s a drag. “No, we don’t want to go through your new x-ray machine,” we told the TSA guard. “Whassa matte...
By Harry Papachristou and Dina Kyriakidou, with additional reporting by Karolina Tagaris in Athens, Stephen Brown in Berlin; Writing David Stamp; Editing by Louise Ireland 10 February 2012 ATHENS (R...
The religious right has been up in arms for the past couple of months because they claim that the Obama administration's decision on prescription birth control, which requires most employers who provide h...
I avoid reading certain blogs run by imperious autocrats because they only annoy me, but every now and then someone will send me a link and I'll feel compelled to visit. That's what happened this morning....
Suzy Khimm reports that the Senate confirmed a district judge today, over the objections of six diehard Republicans, led by Mike Lee of Utah, who had threatened to block every nomination to retaliate for B...
Once upon a time, I enjoyed the News Quiz! Barry Took was a decent cove as Chairman and the likes of Alan Coren provided acid wit and intelligence. Fast forward to this edition broadcast today with Sandi...
A new map is emerging that shows more details than ever of the deepest place on Earth.
A McDonald's chicken nuggets ad set off a furor among pit bull owners who claimed it demonized their dogs. Did it?
Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israel declared a Friday test of its Arrow weapon system a "major milestone" in the development of a system to defend against medium range missiles that could be fired from countries li...
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The BBC never ceases to push a Nanny State agenda and often stumbles across some ingenious angles to use: ** *An American-Indian tribe in South Dakota has sued some of the world's biggest beer firms over ...
to hold it last, I fear for you, the game is pass... AND YOU ARE IT (kaboom )
North Korean TV aired Friday footage of its young leader Kim Jong Un getting angry with military commanders in a Nov. 25, 2010, visit to the North Korean People’s Army’s 233 Large Combined Unit, also know...
Beyond what people outside of Tucson have heard about the MAS situation, there is also another story brewing related to TUSD Superintendent Pedicone and TUSD school board member, Michale Hicks. Both have b...
Yes, this one* did* catch my attention and B-BBC Alan lays out the indictment; "A squirmingly coy Evan Davis attempts 'clever' but finishes looking 'stupid'. Here Davis thinks he can work a fast one on...
Armed police are dealing with an incident in Glasgow city centre after a man was reported to be "acting suspiciously" in a restaurant. A spokeswoman for Strathclyde Police said the man is involved in the ...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Minoro, Philippines at a depth of 125.9 km (78.2 miles), the quake hit at 16:55:35 UTC Friday 10th February 2012 The epicenter was 48 km (29 miles) WNW of Batangas, L...
*"Weekly News Wrap-Up 2.10.12"* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "The big news, this week, was the $25 billion mortgage settlement with the five biggest banks in the country over allegations of mortgage ...
A teenager has been found strangled in a flat above a shop after neighbours reported hearing a disturbance. Police found Cheryl Tariah's body after being called to the first floor of an east London flat....
The Coming Crisis is not yet able to verify this situation. Chinese and foreign media sites are alight with comments regarding this developing story, and Russian and American news outlets are beginning to ...
*MoS nails it*. That's why Harpo has gone to China to ink all those deals, so the Chinese will give us the money we need to buy airplanes to defend ourselves against the Chinese. And China gets the Cana...
Bomb blasts hit security compounds in the Syrian city of Aleppo today - sparking a propaganda war between the regime and rebels. State media blamed the 'terrorist' opposition for killing 25 people, inclu...
*"Money and Morals"* By Paul Krugman "Lately inequality has re-entered the national conversation. Occupy Wall Street gave the issue visibility, while the Congressional Budget Office supplied hard data on...
Argentina: Latest UFO Reports from CEUFO By Fabio I. Romano, La Pampa www.ovnismac.blogspot.com Several qualified witnesses claim having seen the movement of an orange triangular object wi...
Okay, now it all makes sense. According to *PostMedia's* howler, Matthew Fisher, Canada needs the F-35 to defend Canada against the creeping Red Menace, China: *Despite its staggering cost, the jets' ca...
Animal rights campaigners accidentally killed the rhino they were using in a demonstration to raise awareness of the threat to the endangered species from poachers, it was revealed today. The anti-poachi...
* "How We're F*ed - In Raw Numbers"* by Karl Denninger “Worth watching... and thinking about. But do so soon, because if we don't the system will collapse, and then there will be no benefits at all. Bill p...
Rioters armed with petrol bombs and sledgehammers clashed with police in Athens today as unions launched a two-day general strike against a fresh wave of austerity measures. Scores of youths, in hoods an...
“The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those ...
A French nuclear reactor has gone into an unscheduled shutdown, state energy giant EDF said on Friday, placing fresh pressure on a national power grid already strained by freezing temperatures. The compa...
Steve Harper likes to boast how Canada and our NATO allies saved Libya by bombing the hell out of Gaddafi's forces. It sounds nice but it's hogwash. As the United States and coaltion did in Iraq, as we...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Mindanao, Philippines at a depth of 62.2 km (38.7 miles), the quake hit at 17:36:35 UTC Friday 10th February 2012 The epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) ENE of Cotabato, ...
The kings of the jungle are changing their behavior as they face ongoing stress, trying to avoid deadly human encounters.
Here's where you can forget about getting any serious use out of your smart phone.
Like a Dan Brown-style thriller, a questionable document reveals a power struggle within the Vatican.
People with memory loss injuries may regain some independence by using smart phones.
I knew this was coming. Since I first got the news after being pre-Enronned over at Westinghouse in the 90's before it sold all its facilities (except the nuclear where it was being sued for millions) when...
Thank god for Governor Mark Dayton. If I have said it once – I will say it a million times – that if we had elected Tom Emmer – we would be Wisconsin #2. Yesterday Mark Dayton stepped forward to protect t...
The Afghans have figured out a way to produce a history textbook that everyone can accept. Make sure it stops at 1973. Afghanistan's newly approved history textbook is free of the last four decades of...
By: Duane Craig Concord, N.C., wanted to revitalize its downtown area, but its industrial legacy of textile mills stood in the way. Sure, the industry had supportedthe community for nearly a century, but i...
With all those hundreds of Members of Congress-- and so many of them in thrall to lobbyists and willing to prostitute themselves to corporate interests-- it says a *lot* about Fred Upton that he was singl...
Did the "Mars Curse" try to knock out NASA's flagship rover mission to the Red Planet?
by Richard Wolff http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/feb/09/bailout-main-street-america [excerpted] "In reality, a $25bn mortgage deal with banks is a drop in the ocean – given US hom...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Guam Region at a depth of 121.7 km (75.6 miles), the quake hit at 16:29:39 UTC Friday 10th February 2012 The epicenter was 27 km (16 miles) Northeast of HAGATNA, G...
Michael Ignatieff referred to it as the "beating heart of the Canadian economy in the 21st century." Prime ministers, Liberal and Conservative alike, have dared to dream of Canada as a global "energy sup...
*By Marshall Auerback, a portfolio strategist and hedge fund manager. Cross posted from New Economic Perspectives* *http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/02/marshall-auerback-greece-and-the-rape-by-the-rent...
Japan wants in on nuclear accident compensation pact By TORU NAKAGAWA http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201202030021 [excerpted] "Prompted by the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nucl...
Argentine president Cristina Kirchner last night accused Britain of introducing nuclear weapons into the Falklands. She revealed her Foreign Minister would make the sensational claim when he lodges a pro...
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Legendary pop singer Whitney Houston died at a Beverly Hills, California, hotel at age 48, officials said Saturday night. The entertainer, whose incredible talent was discovered at an early age, was prono...
*AMERICAN LABOUR CALIFORNIA:* *HAVE A HEART: SUPPORT THE UFW IN CALLING FOR A BAN ON METHYL IODIDE;* This Valentine's Day give a gift to farm workers and rural residents in California and ask that the t...
A headline predicts: "Earth Summit is Doomed to Fail, Say Leading Ecologists". Twenty years after the original convocation to save biodiversity, the next, scheduled for this June, is expected to be an a...
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