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Students will not be penalised for repaying university loans early after David Cameron scrapped a Liberal Democrat plan to raise more money from the middle classes. Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 minute ago
U.S. researchers say findings from genetics research are inspiring them in their search for ways to combat increasing number of global cyberattacks. Scientists at Wake Forest University say they've used a... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 minutes ago
Israel and Western powers say they are becoming nervous about Syria's significant arsenal of chemical weapons, primarily the possibility that they could fall into the hands of militant groups such as al-Q... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 minutes ago
Nine North Korean refugees detained by China are being transferred to a border area in preparation for repatriation despite pleas from South Korea, reports said Friday. The nine are among dozens of North... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 minutes ago
Al-Qaeda's branch in Iraq likely carried out recent suicide bombings in Syria and has infiltrated opposition forces fighting President Bashar al-Assad's regime, the US spy chief said Thursday. Bombing at... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 minutes ago
The United States vowed Thursday to retain close military ties to its European allies after unveiling plans to withdraw more than 11,000 troops from Germany and Italy as part of a strategic shift to Asia.... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 minutes ago
The US and South Korean navies will stage a joint anti-submarine drill in the Yellow Sea next week to guard against potential attacks by North Korea, Seoul's defence ministry said Thursday. The drill fro... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 minutes ago
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhai Jun said Beijing opposed armed intervention and forced "regime change" in Syria, a day before to heading to Damascus to push for an end to the conflict there. China and... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 minutes agoIndia's lone aircraft carrier, INS Viraat, may be over 50 years old, but the latest refit that it went through in 2009-10 has made it a potent warfare platform of the 21st century and this was showcased t...
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An awful long time has elapsed since the media began frenetically covering the uprising in Syria—long enough for more truth to have emerged by now. At WhoWhatWhy, we’ve had our suspicions that pressworld ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 minutes ago
John Mauldin posted an extraordinary interview by Kate Welling of Dr. Lacy Hunt, the chief economist of Hoisington Investment Management. Dr. Lacy Hunt correctly identifies fractional reserve lending as t... - posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 23 minutes ago*You can tell by reading the reaction in the paper, and it is really not surprising considering its location regarding Iran. * "US reevaluates Maldives power change" Associated Press, February 11, 2012 MA...
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Dutch finance minister Jan Kees said a second Greek bail-out should be paid only after April elections, to ensure Athens keeps its promises. "A number of countries, including the Netherlands, said they c... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 26 minutes ago
(ANSAmed) - ATHENS - The record is one that the birthplace of the Olympics would have been glad to see pass it by: the Greek crisis will soon surpass that of Argentina in terms of severity, with a GDP down... - posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 28 minutes ago*Ooops! * "It was New Year’s Eve. She had been drinking. It was late. And that was the moment the world chose to welcome Sarah LaRose to the not-so-exclusive club of people who have dropped their iPhone i...
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A former-- and no, doubt future, insurance industry lobbyist-- multimillionaire and reactionary Ben Nelson was easily the worst Democrat in the U.S. Senate. According to ProgressivePunch, the Republicans ... - posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 33 minutes ago*And the joke is on you, Americans! * "Off-color text messages damage FBI sting in foreign bribery case; Jurors, lawyers say attitude of agents hurt credibility" by Del Quentin Wilber | Washington Post,...
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A taxpayer-funded electric vehicle battery company, that is considered in great danger due to its dependency on troubled EV company Fisker Automotive, has awarded its top executives big salary increases d... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 41 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A report this week showing rampant foreclosure abuse in San Francisco reflects similar levels of lender fraud and faulty documentation across the United States, say experts and off... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 43 minutes ago
Amine Derkaoui, a 21-year-old Moroccan man, is pissed at Facebook. Last year he spent a few weeks training to screen illicit Facebook content through an outsourcing firm, for which he was paid a measly $1... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 43 minutes agoIn September 2011, Vladimir Putin announced a program to begin offshore oil and gas exploration and drilling in the Russian Arctic. Putin is also interested in creating new sea terminals, which he said wo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 47 minutes agoAs Iran remains defiant over its nuclear program, tough new sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union have sent prices for basic foodstuffs soaring on the streets of Tehran. “Prices h...
- posted by Mitch Green at New Economic Perspectives - 47 minutes agoBy Mitch Green Via Animals Explain EconomicsMMT received some love from the mainstream press today. WashPo ran a story titled, "You know the deficit hawks. Now meet the deficit owls." via Ezra Klein's W...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 48 minutes agoFebruary 16, 2012: The Americans are now sending confusing signals on their withdrawal strategy from Afghanistan and their “dialogue” with the Taliban. Their NATO allies would like to pack up and leave ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 48 minutes agoLOS ANGELES – Banks took back more U.S. homes in January than in the previous month, the latest sign that foreclosures are accelerating after slowing sharply last year while lenders sorted out foreclosure...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 53 minutes agoFederal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is running the economy in such a heavy-handed manner that he more resembles a socialist strongman reminiscent of the Soviet Union than the head of the world's largest ...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 55 minutes agoImagine a war scenario in which miniaturised missiles equipped with Precision-Guided Munitions (PGMs) are unleashed from a mother missile to take out select enemy targets like an ammunition depot while avo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 56 minutes agoCENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- Central Falls is Rhode Island's smallest city and also one of its poorest. Boarded up homes line many streets and one-quarter of the city's families live below the poverty line. "...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 59 minutes ago"This is the epicenter of the week, where leggy models don the frocks that the world will be wearing next year as a chichi, stiletto-wobbling crowd jostles for front-row seats.... --A *fast track to Fashi...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 59 minutes agoFor the second time in less than a fortnight, top American intelligence officials have claimed that India is building up its armed forces focused at China’s perceived aggressive posture in the Asia-Pacific...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 hour agoI am truly amazed about all the false rhetoric and blatant lies coming from both our Jewish occupied governments, as well as our Jewish controlled media, about the senseless and ridiculous need to have the...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 1 hour agoThe MI-17 V5 falls in armed helicopter category, with substantial and effective firepower. It has latest and more powerful engines that enhance its payload carrying capability at higher altitudes. Of the 8...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoA 300-pound man was arrested after he was seen walking around an Exton, Pa., Walmart wearing nothing but socks. It was later discovered that the only apparel the man had on was stolen from the store, polic...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoMI5 investigated whether Charlie Chaplin was actually a Frenchman called Israel Thornstein, previously secret files on the Hollywood film star have revealed. Intelligence officers could find no trace of...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoThe 42-year-old "struck a deal" with the schoolboys aged 13 and 14 after she was dumped by her boyfriend for another woman, it was alleged. She is said to have asked them to damage the car of his new girl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoA bipartisan slate of senators announced this afternoon they would reject “any United States policy that would rely on efforts to contain a nuclear weapons-capable Iran.” Drawing a clear line in the sand...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoLONDON, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore wants to end the default practice of quarterly earnings guidance and explore issuing loyalty-driven securities as part of an overhaul of capit...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoThe retail sales data for January from the Office for National Statistics is stunningly good. One analyst has even said that he thought it had to be a mistake when he first saw the 0.9% rise today. There’...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoEnd of controversial property tax breaks leaves the Pope facing €600m-a-year bill. After several years of scandal in which the Catholic Church has faced allegations of financial impropriety, paedophile p...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoU.S. consumer prices rose the most in four months in January as the price of gasoline jumped, highlighting a growing concern that higher energy costs could slow the economic recovery. In a report that m...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoAfter three years with unemployment topping 8 percent, the U.S. has seen the longest period of high unemployment since the Great Depression, the Congressional Budget Office noted in a report issued today....
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoThe United States Department of Treasury will reach the the statutory limit it is allowed to borrow money before election day, according to a new study by Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio., former director of the...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoResentment of ruthless austerity programme may not be enough to prevent bailout package. Greek leaders express frustration and anger at the rapid erosion of their country's sovereignty by German and euro...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoDoctors on Friday reported the first known case of Legionnaire's disease, a rare infection usually linked to faulty air conditioning and hot-water systems, that was caused by a visit to the dentist. The ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Eastern Uzbekistan at a depth of 2 km (1.2 miles), the quake hit at 03:13:07 UTC Monday 20th February 2012 The epicenter was 57 km (35.3 miles) South of Panjakent, Uzb...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Carlsberg Ridge at a depth of 9.9 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 02:11:22 UTC Monday 20th February 2012 The epicenter was 845 km (525 miles) Southwest of Male, M...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour agoMichael Franti, "Hey World (Don't Give Up)"
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – Flags will be lowered in New Jersey Saturday, the day of Whitney Houston’s funeral. But a Marine mom in Arlington says it’s an honor Houston doesn’t deserve. When Phyllis McGeath...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago(Reuters) - The government of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez is emerging as a rare supplier of diesel to Syria, potentially undermining Western sanctions and helping the Syrian government fuel its military in th...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 hour ago*“We have the fourth-largest defense budget on the planet, superb armed forces, and antiterrorist and security capabilities that stretch across the globe and are feared by our enemies and admired by our fr...
- posted by Jason Major at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 hour agoThe latest round of time-lapse videos from the Space Station features a beautiful pass over Canada and northern US under the light of the moon.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoPhilosopher Paul Thompson from Purdue University has suggested “The Blind Chicken Solution.” He argues that chickens blinded by “accident” have been developed into a strain of laboratory chickens that don...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoThe relationship between North Korea and Iran appears to be becoming closer and more cooperative as international criticism over their controversial nuclear programs increases and economic sanctions squee...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoWe are hearing a new concept these days in discussions about Iran - the zone of immunity. The idea, often explained by Ehud Barak, Israel’s defense minister, is that soon Iran will have enough nuclear cap...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago(CNN) -- Mexico has landed some hard punches against the drug cartels that have stirred violence in parts of the country -- at least on paper. In 2011, against just the notorious Zetas cartel, Mexico ende...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago(CNN) -- In 2012, hard-nosed rhetoric from the United States and Israel has accompanied an ever louder drumbeat for a possible "military option" to combat Iran's nuclear program. Tehran has responded wit...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 hour ago*You only saw it if you bought a printed paper.* "BOLIVIAN PROTEST -- Indians clashed with police officers in La Paz, Bolivia yesterday after making a 41-day trek from their villages to the capital. The g...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoAboard the USS Abraham Lincoln (CNN) -- Lt. Timothy Breen flies missions close to Iranian air space almost every day in his U.S. Navy F-18 Hornet, often encountering Iranian military aircraft over the st...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 hour agoI study biopolitics. That is the study of the intersections across(1) economic models; (2) health; (3) and dominant frameworks for interpreting andmitigating disease. In my research I’ve studied autism...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 hour ago"Haitian leader could pardon Duvalier" Associated Press, January 27, 2012 DAVOS, Switzerland - Haiti’s president suggested that he might pardon former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, saying reconciliation f...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoUnidentified attackers bomb their way into state-run jail in Kogi, killing one guard and freeing more than 100 inmates. Attackers have stormed a federal prison in Nigeria with heavy gunfire and explosives...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoCalls for accountability and transparency grow at a time the military has fallen out of favour with the public. The military’s vast economic interests in Egypt are one of those secrets which is not real...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoAt least 44 people have died in a fight between rival gangs at a prison on the outskirts of the northern Mexican city of Monterrey. Victims were beaten, stabbed and stoned when a fight broke out on Sunday...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoFour people have been killed in two separate avalanches near Washington state ski resorts. Three skiers died when an avalanche struck near the Stevens Pass ski area in the Cascade Mountains of north-cent...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoGreece's future in the eurozone is the subject of a crucial meeting in Brussels later as violence erupted in Athens. The so-called Eurogroup, made up of the 17 countries which use the single currency, wi...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 hour ago"The President just got in there. But in four years, will we still like him? In eight years, are we gonna still hype him? What if he says we've gotta go into Iran and kill a million people? Will you stil...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoA magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 188.6 km (117.2 miles), the quake hit at 02:28:17 UTC Monday 20th February 2012 The epicenter was 60 km (37.2 miles) Northea...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck Kyrgyzstan at a depth of 40 km (24.8 miles), the quake hit at 02:24:00 UTC Monday 20th February 2012 The epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) Southeast of Toktogul, Kyrgyzst...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoA magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck Eastern Turkey at a depth of 10.2 km (6.3 miles), the quake hit at 00:50:03 UTC Monday 20th February 2012 The epicenter was 7 km (4 miles) South of Van, Turkey No Repo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Central East Pacific Rise at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 00:35:53 UTC Monday 20th February 2012 The epicenter was 2006 km (1246 miles) North of...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 2 hours ago"Official: 358 killed in Honduras prison fire; Blaze brings jail conditions under scrutiny" by Freddy Cuevas and Marcos Aleman | associated Press, February 16, 2012 COMAYAGUA, Honduras - Honduran offici...
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 2 hours agoIf there's one thing that drives Southern Man into a boiling rage of vengeful fury, it's property crime. He'd be a happy camper if all of those SWAT teams would get pulled off the War On Drugs and go after...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 2 hours agoFound this report tonight and thought that a snip of it was worth sharing. *WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?* *New Photo ID Proposals Part of a National Push to Turn Back the Clock on Voting Rights* The rep...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Kepulauan Mentawai Region, Indonesia at a depth of 47.3 km (29.4 miles), the quake hit at 00:33:49 UTC Monday 20th February 2012 The epicenter was 170 km (105 mil...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck the Fiji Region at a depth of 552.7 km (343.4 miles), the quake hit at 23:33:08 UTC Sunday 19th February 2012 The epicenter was 240 km (149 miles) ESE of Lambasa, Vanu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Eastern New Guinea Region, Papua New Guinea at a depth of 61.8 km (38.4 miles), the quake hit at 20:46:21 UTC Sunday 19th February 2012 The epicenter was 40 km (2...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 2 hours ago"Stampede kills woman in South Africa; Rare college seats drew thousands" by Lydia Polgreen | New York Times, January 11, 2012 JOHANNESBURG - One *woman died* and several people were injured yesterday i...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours agoLiquid Mind, "Laguna Indigo (Planets)" Part 1. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFYid8IERC8&feature=related • Liquid Mind, "Laguna Indigo (Aurora)" Part 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfvKD_SaQdQ&featur...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours agoLiquid Mind, "Laguna Indigo (Planets)" Part 1. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFYid8IERC8&feature=related Liquid Mind, "Laguna Indigo (Aurora)" Part 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfvKD_SaQdQ&feature=...
- posted by Irene Klotz at Discovery News - Top Stories - 3 hours agoWhen John Glenn was preparing for launch on the first U.S orbital spaceflight, he realized that his capsule would be passing over some parts of the world that might be inhabited by aborigines.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours agoLiquid Mind, “Society of Dreams”
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago"What are these Earthlings trying to tell us? The below message was broadcast from Earth towards the globular star cluster M13 in 1974. During the dedication of the Arecibo Observatory - still the largest ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 3 hours ago*I thought the U.S took care of that by taking out Hussein. That's what all my cable history channels tell me.* "400 Iranian exiles move reluctantly within Iraq"by Lara Jakes | Associated Press, Februar...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 3 hours ago*The war for the cultural soul*: "Australia hopes to finally settle whether dingo killed baby" by Kristen Gelineau | Associated Press, February 19, 2012 SYDNEY - The mystery of Azaria Chamberlain’s dis...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 3 hours ago*I do every time I buy one.* Why it matters that our politicians are rich Does being wealthy make you into an insensitive jerk? Science is offering some unsettling answers. * * *Meaning the answer is y...
- posted by Kambale Musavuli at Breaking The Silence - The Journey - 3 hours agoA few days ago, I put out a call for financial support for a friend who was in need. I can report that she is doing well. I know it was a very short noticed. I am very humbled that supporters from Africa, ...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago*The NBA player everyone's talking about, the Knicks' come-from-nowhere new starting point guard, Jeremy Lin, scored 28 points and notched 14 assists in today's come-from-behind win against the Mavericks.*...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 3 hours ago"Auditors noted, then ignored, McLaughlin pay; AG investigating repeated failure to act on an outrage that was right in plain view" February 12, 2012 |By Andrea Estes and Sean P. Murphy, Globe Staff State ...
- posted by Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 4 hours agoA similar version of this commentary was published by *Substance News*earlier today: The old-school eugenics of the previous century was aimed to eradicate all sorts of unfit and anti-social behavior, fro...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours agoSaint-genis-laval, Rhone-Alpes, France. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago*“Cultivating Delight”* by Chet Raymo “As an epigraph to one of the chapters in her book ‘Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden,’ Diane Ackerman quotes Oscar Wilde: "The true mystery of the...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 4 hours agoThe project may be on hold but that hasn't stopped TransCanada from pursuing land takings in Texas by eminent domain to build the damn Keystone XL pipeline. They don't need federal approval to do that part...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago"Life is never easy for those who dream." - Robert James Waller
- posted by Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 5 hours agoI know I shouldn't waste my time on this buffoon, but I simply can't help myself. This is real.Alan Dershowitz - Attorney General of *Hasbara* and Warmongering - has once again taken to the pages of the *...
- posted by Mitch Green at New Economic Perspectives - 5 hours agoBy L. Randall Wray Thehouseholds and business firms in a modern capitalist economy make many of theimportant economic decisions that contribute to determination of the level ofemployment and output, the c...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago*"Sweet Darkness"* "When your eyes are tired the world is tired also. When your vision has gone no part of the world can find you. Time to go into the dark where the night has eyes to recognize its own. ...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 7 hours ago[image: _Hickey]ONCE AGAIN BERNARD HICKEY offers the insalubrious example of a commentator who knows something is wrong, yet knows nothing about how to fix it. Nothing that is beyond yelling “Something M...
- posted by PM at The Duck of Minerva - 7 hours agoIn the *Matrix*, it's trivial to specify the underlying data-generating process. It involves kung fu. Given PTJ's post, I wanted to clarify two points from my original post on Big Data and the ensuing comm...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 7 hours agoThe Joker: [over the PA] Tonight you're all gonna be part of a social experiment. Through the magic of diesel fuel and ammonium nitrate, I'm ready right now to blow you all sky high. (The Dark Knight. 2008...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago*Finally... Rick earns a clown face!* Actually, on Friday someone who served with Santorum in the House and Senate-- and suffered a disastrous defeat like his in the same 2006 re-election bid-- *did* endo...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 7 hours agoIntervention of course meaning, bombing to smithereens. Rape. Plunder. Torture. Seriously, boycott this woman's movies. She is a tool. A puppet. Her puppet masters fill the upper echelons of elitist org...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 8 hours ago[This post was written by PTJ] One of the slightly disconcerting experiences from my week in Vienna teaching an intensive philosophy of science course for the European Consortium on Political Research inv...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoTo D-fox: if you're reading this, please contact us at thecomingcrisis@gmail.com. It's important -- we believe.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Say No To Corporate America!) at Say No To Corporate America - 8 hours ago
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours agoPaulo Coelho, “The Meaning of Life”
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 9 hours agoThe silly video above is the first YouTube video posted by your humble correspondent that has surpassed 1 million views. I have no idea why. I don't know where the people come from. The video was create...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 9 hours agoJust checking -- everyone assumes that clear support for same-sex marriage, no hedging in any way, will be mandatory for all Democratic WH 2016 candidates, correct? Bonus question, since that one (I assum...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 9 hours agoRuss Baker at WhoWhatWhy says that the media coverage of the Syrian conflict "is a travesty." No due diligence (practiced) by the mainstream media." Very deliberate propaganda campaigns. Has anyone asked w...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 9 hours ago*This is not the vision of America* *The world’s economic powerhouse has a sickness … * *America can’t fully admit it’s poverty … * *And it’s certainly not dealing with it!* I didn’t find this. I don'...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 9 hours ago*1960s Iran - **Website for this image** * On 16 February 2012, in congressional hearings, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said that Iran has *not* decided to develop an atomic bomb. *Panetta: No Iranian...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 9 hours agoWhere do you see the Republican Party headed on same-sex marriage? First, do you think that conservatives somehow or another turn the tide back? If not, when does opposition cease to be a litmus test for ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Say No To Corporate America!) at Say No To Corporate America - 9 hours ago
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 9 hours agoAmerican Scofflaw The only reason certain words offend and shock us is that we are trained to allow those words to offend and shock us, to give power over us to those who use such words to shock and offen...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 9 hours agoA real revolution may be about to follow. by Tony Cartalucci February 20, 2012 - Neo-Conservative Max Boot is a certified warmonger, an elitist policy wonk sitting on the Fortune 500-funded Council on For...
- posted by mollymew at Molly'sBlog - 10 hours ago*CANADIAN LABOUR EDMONTON:* *HOSPITAL WORKERS WILDCAT IN EDMONTON:* Sometimes some people such as bosses need a little wake-up call before they move at all. Such seemed to be the case recently in Edm...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 10 hours agoGwich'in Sarah James battling to protect the caribou during the Cancun climate summit. Photo Brenda Norrell.*By Brenda Norrell* *Censored News* http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com *Media promotion of destruc...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoEgyptian election officials have failed to confirm the date of the first presidential election since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak. An election commission briefing only expressed hope the process could b...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoGeneral Martin Dempsey, chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, says a strike 'at this time would be destabilising' The United States is stepping up efforts to dissuade Israel from attacking Iran's nuc...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoWASHINGTON — The top US military officer warned Sunday that intervention in Syria would be "very difficult" and said it would be "premature" to arm the besieged country's opposition movement. General Mar...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA man arrested over the death of a vicar in South Gloucestershire is being questioned over the murder of a pensioner in Worcestershire. Betty Yates, 77, was found stabbed at her cottage near Bewdley last ...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 10 hours agoAdolf Hitler's son may be dead but his grandkids are alive and well and living in France. It's all the result of a romantic interlude when Adolf was a German soldier in France in WWI. Here's Adolf Jr. an...
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 10 hours agoAmerican Scofflaw Unfortunately, however, there are those in the bowels of power in DC and Tel Aviv who have a very different agenda other than that driven by logic. For the Israeli leadership, such an a...
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 10 hours agoAmerican Scofflaw Those who do not understand history are doomed to repeat it. Let's take a look at drug trafficking during the Viet Nam War, shall we?!? Perhaps the biggest secret of the Vietnam War is t...
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 11 hours agoLet's exercise a little logic here. IF the Iranian Revolutionary Guard was going to smuggle explosives into Gaza, *why would they be stamped as having been made by the Revolutionary Guard, when these p...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 11 hours ago*Still slaving away.... * "Survey highlights burdens of black women in recession; Willingness to aid family adds to financial strains" by Chris L. Jenkins | Washington Post, February 19, 2012 WASHINGT...
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 11 hours agoAmerican Scofflaw ...and the Federal Government that claims authority over us based on that discredited voting system. While vote fraud has been epidemic in this country for decades, most Americans becam...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago(Reuters) - Iran has stopped selling crude to British and French companies, the oil ministry said on Sunday, in a retaliatory measure against fresh EU sanctions on the Islamic state's lifeblood, oil. "Ex...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Costa Rica at a depth of 45.4 km (28.2 miles), the quake hit at 17:34:04 UTC Sunday 19th February 2012 The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) SSE from SAN JOSE, Costa Rica...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA fire has swept through street markets in the capital of Honduras - five days after the nation was left traumatised by a prison fire that killed 358 people. Despite hellish scenes of huge flames and ac...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck New Zealand at a depth of 100 km (62 miles), the quake hit at 12:19:25 UTC Sunday 19th February 2012 The epicenter was 5 km (3.1 miles) of Whanganui, New Zealand No Re...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago*The beautiful Scottish soprano Mary Garden, chosen by Debussy to be the first Mélisande in 1902, sings the solo from the Tower Scene that opens Act III of Pelléas et Mélisande in this famous (if sadly li...
- posted by Anonops at AnonOps Communications - 11 hours ago*Each and every Friday Anonymous will be launching attacks… with the specific purpose of wiping as many corrupt corporate and government systems off our internet.*
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 11 hours ago*I notice the AmeriKan media never focuses on him taking away the printing of currency from the private banking cartel -- actions that another president would also attempt 100 years later. Isn't it odd tha...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck the Izu Islands, Japan Region at a depth of 434.7 km (270.1 miles), the quake hit at 16:06:07 UTC Sunday 19th February 2012 The epicenter was 345 km (214 miles) SSW o...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 11 hours agoOld colonial powers look to bring Syria back under their sphere of influence. RT - February 19, 2012 Video: RT - The EU states are calling for creating humanitarian corridors in Syria, which some fear ...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 11 hours agoYes, I'm still running late this weekend, sorry. Let's see: Syria, Iran, Egypt, to begin with. For the economy, developments in Greece and Europe, and the passage of the extenders bill for payroll taxes a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoMexico City (CNN) -- More than 20 people were killed in a prison riot in northern Mexico Sunday morning, state media reported. Inmates took a guard hostage as clashes broke out in the prison in Apodaca, N...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 12 hours agoIn all likelihood the 21st century will be marked by a succession of dramatic upheavals. The rise of radical conservatism and the true warfare state followed by a decade of democratic suppression and fut...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 12 hours ago*LAST CALL!* "Pakistani bartender retires after 25 years of beer, burgers, intrigue" by Karin Bruilliard | Washington Post, February 12, 2012 PESHAWAR, Pakistan - As *US-funded Afghan jihadists* *battle...
- posted by Capt. Fogg at The Impolitic - 12 hours agoBy Capt. Fogg "He is imposing his values on the Christian church. He can categorize those values anyway he wants. I’m not going to,” lied Republican candidate Rick Santorum to an assemblage of Tea Bag idi...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 12 hours agoWhat’s good for the goose is good for the gander. What goes around, comes around. Read it and weep! When John F Kennedy ran for president you would read and hear things like: Many voters, especially those...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck the Crozet Islands Region at a depth of 14.9 km (9.3 miles), the quake hit at 15:17:29 UTC Sunday 19th February 2012 The epicenter was 724 km (449 miles) Northwest of...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 13 hours ago*I'm making it my last.* "Top official favors fare hike over service cut; T plans reexamined amid public outcry" by Eric Moskowitz | Globe Staff, February 19, 2012 Riders on subways, buses, and commuter...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 13 hours ago"Tornado victims still struggling in Monson; Last June’s freak tornado thundered through tiny town in a matter of seconds. Eight months later, getting back to normal still seems a dream" by Rachel Roberts...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 13 hours ago"Plan for Vineyard’s first roundabout divides residents" by Peter Schworm | Globe Staff, February 19, 2012 OAK BLUFFS - Plans to replace a four-way stop with a roundabout - yes, a roundabout, the rota...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 13 hours ago*Not worth much anymore. * "Mitt Romney counts on home-court advantage; Leaning hard on Michigan ties, and his father’s legacy" by Michael Kranish and Matt Viser | Globe Staff, February 19, 2012 FARMIN...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 13 hours agoVic Toews, apparently desperate to divert attention from his lurid past, is now saying that he's been the victim of "criminal acts and threats of future criminal acts" against him. He subsequently expande...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoOfficials in key parts of the Obama administration are increasingly convinced that sanctions will not deter Tehran from pursuing its nuclear programme, and believe that the US will be left with no option b...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoIran is poised to greatly expand uranium enrichment at a fortified underground bunker to a point that would boost how quickly it could make nuclear warheads, diplomats tell The Associated Press. They said...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoNorth Carolina officials have said there was a misunderstanding when a preschooler’s homemade lunch was sent home for not meeting certain nutritional requirements, but now a second mother from the same sch...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 13 hours ago------------------------------ *Industry Veteran on MF Global: "someone would be in jail right now if this were not Jon Corzine!!" * http://youtu.be/-pKci93SHFs Uploaded by CapitalAccount on Feb 16, 20...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 14 hours ago------------------------------ Livin' in a Bankster's Paradise By Charles P. Pierce at 12:45PM Of all the things for which I have little patience — Willard Romney, lottery machines in convenien...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 14 hours ago*And it is not to **auto workers** in Michigan.* "Mormon church apologizes for proxy baptism of Jews" Associated Press, February 15, 2012 SALT LAKE CITY - Mormon church leaders apologized to the family of ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 14 hours ago*Let's start with the current crop*: "Panetta orders new inquiry into Marine snipers’ photo; Controversy over logo resembling Nazi symbol" by Julie Watson and Lolita C. Baldor | Associated Press, Februa...
- posted by P. L. Thomas at Schools Matter - 14 hours agoOnce President Barack Obama referred to the claim that teacher quality translates directly into increasing lifetime earnings of students, that assertion and connected study are destined to remain in the p...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 14 hours agoMardi Gras Parades for Sunday! Walk with the Guardians of the Flame on Mardi Gras Day Endymion don't bow, they don't know how! ~Flingin' in the Rain: The Captain's float rolls down Orleans Avenue under ra...
- posted by BAL at WPB/NYC and Anything Else; A Green Rights Collection - 14 hours agoWe will meet at 1pm at BP Headquarters, 1250 Poydras, and march to the Hale Boggs Federal Building, 500 Poydras, at 1:30pm. Signs and costume are encouraged. In Solidarity with Shut Down the Corporations ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 15 hours ago*Is that what makes them so stoo-pid?* *And before you get all riled up regarding the stereotype, I'm of Polish ancestry with a very uncommon name. That's why I'm Rocker. * "Joint session of Parliament ton...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 15 hours ago*In the form of the Fidesz Party.* "Democracy in Hungary threatened, critics say BUDAPEST - He *paid youths* to *attend his speech and clap*. He *championed laws to silence critical journalists *. He *r...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 15 hours ago*Given their past history he probably kept his head. * "Romania’s government collapses after protests" New York Times, February 07, 2012 BERLIN - After *weeks of protests*, Romania’s prime minister resign...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 15 hours ago"Official urges Dutch to apologize for WWII Jewish deportations" January 05, 2012|By Mike Corder THE HAGUE - An outspoken Dutch lawmaker, Geert Wilders, called on the government yesterday to apologize for...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 15 hours ago"Belgian nurse honored for WWII heroics" December 13, 2011|Associated Press BRUSSELS - A Belgian nurse who saved the lives of hundreds of American soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge at the end of Worl...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 15 hours ago"Bishop freed after jail time in porn case" by Associated Press | January 05, 2012 TORONTO - A Canadian Roman Catholic bishop who admitted he was addicted to looking at child pornography left court yest...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 15 hours ago"Czech officials OK religious compensation" Associated Press, January 12, 2012 PRAGUE - Churches were seized, priests jailed or executed, and those who were still allowed to lead religious services did so ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours agoA few years ago, Roland and I carefully planned out a trip to Mali-- Bamako, Ségou, Djenne, Mopti, Bandiagara, Dogon Country, and Timbuktu. We missed most of the country of course; we only had a month. Bu...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 15 hours agoI was interested to read that a former BBC Middle East correspondent, Alan Hart, has concluded that 9/11 was carried out by...*Mossad*. Here's the clip... Wonder where he got his ideas from???? Click th...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 15 hours agoIt's not often a BBC correspondent invites comparison to figures from Greek antiquity but B-BBC contributor Alan notes; "There will come a time when we have an answer to the climate change question. Wh...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoGerman authorities said the fate of the mysterious English-speaking ‘Forest Boy’ will forever remain a secret from the world. 'He wants no publicity and we have nothing more to say on this subject,' said...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 15 hours ago*You won't mind if I quickly slice through what the Globe has given us these last few months?* "3 charged with plotting to kill Swedish artist" December 07, 2011|Associated Press STOCKHOLM - Three men we...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago(Reuters) - Riot police shielded Greece's national parliament Sunday as demonstrators gathered to protest against austerity measures on the eve of talks in Brussels on a 130-billion-euro ($171 billion...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoAt least 18 people have been killed in a suicide attack in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. A bomber blew himself up in a car near the entrance of the Iraqi Police Academy in the east of the city. Twenty-six p...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoWilliam Hague has warned Israel that military action against Iran would not be "a wise thing". Amid rumours that the Israeli government is considering strikes against Iran within months, Hague insisted e...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 16 hours agoYou can rely on the BBC to treat Israel with rigorous impartiality. Only joking! An irate B-BBC reader writes; "I was appalled to listen to Saturday PM (18 Feb)to hear an interview on Iran with S Joshi o...
- posted by NO ONE TO VOTE FOR at NO ONE TO VOTE FOR - 16 hours ago. Earlier this week Baroness Warsi, a Muslim member of the House of Lords made a media splash by attacking 'militant secularism'. "My theory is that... we have got to the stage where aggressive secularis...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 16 hours agoTearing down sovereign nations & replacing them with global system administrators. by Tony Cartalucci Part 1: Imperialism is Alive and Well February 18, 2012 - The British Empire didn't just have a flee...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 17 hours ago"Danes celebrate queen’s 40th year COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Tens of thousands of flag-waving Danes braved near-freezing temperatures yesterday to cheer their popular figurehead monarch as she marked 40 years...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA coach carrying 47 British holidaymakers has crashed in northern France, killing one passenger and injuring 24 others. The accident happened at 3:00am (0200 GMT) on the A26 motorway near Chalone-en-Cham...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago(Reuters) - A missile hit a beach on Saturday used as a base by al Qaeda linked insurgents who want to topple Somalia's Western-backed leaders, the government and residents said. A government spokesman i...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago(Reuters) - Libya has sent military forces to stem clashes between rival tribes over control of territory in the far southeast of Libya, the armed forces chief said on Saturday, as more people were report...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoFeb 19 - Israeli warplanes bomb targets in Gaza after rockets were launched towards communities in southern Israel. Paul Chapman reports.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago(Reuters) - Two explosions injured 17 people at a nightclub in the northern Romanian town of Sighetu Marmatiei, emergency services said Sunday. The first explosion ripped through the club in the early hour...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago(Reuters) - Algerian security forces have found a large cache of weapons, including shoulder-fired missiles, which they believe were smuggled in from neighboring Libya, a security source briefed on the di...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago(Reuters) - North Korea warned South Korea on Sunday that it would shell islands close to their disputed sea border if the South violates its territorial waters during a military drill reported to begin i...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago(Reuters) - When Moncef Marzouki, a former dissident transformed by the "Arab Spring" into Tunisia's president, paid an official visit to Algeria on Sunday, red and white Tunisian flags flew from lamp-pos...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoFeb.18 - Activists say Syrian security forces fire on a large crowd at a funeral that turned into a protest against President Assad in Damascus. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago(Reuters) - Syrian security forces have fired on a huge protest against President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, opposition activists said, shortly after a Chinese envoy appealed for a halt to 11 months of ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoFeb 19 - Students protest over Greek austerity measures as the cabinet agrees a debt-swap for private creditors. Paul Chapman reports.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago(Reuters) - Greece's cabinet on Saturday approved a final set of austerity measures sought by the EU and IMF as a condition for a 130-billion euro ($171 billion) rescue package, raising the chances of a d...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 19 hours ago*Nubia. * It looks as though governments aid and protect 'child abuse'. In Florida, a girl called Nubia was removed from her home, after her father had been accused of improperly touching another child. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Revilla Gigedo Islands Region at a depth of 44.8 km (27.8 miles), the quake hit at 09:13:44 UTC Sunday 19th February 2012 The epicenter was 292 km (182 miles) ENE...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago(CNN) -- A computer programmer from Canada faces imminent execution in Iran for the actions of another person, which he had no control over, a human rights group says. Saeed Malekpour wrote a program to ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago(CNN) -- Police and anti-government protesters in Senegal clashed for a second straight day Saturday, just over a week before the country is set to vote in presidential elections, state media reported. D...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago(CNN) -- A manhunt was under way Saturday in Greece for two suspects who tied up a guard, stormed the Archeological Museum of Olympia, smashed glass casings and stole dozens of small statues, state media ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago(CNN) -- Two Iranian warships sailed through Egypt's Suez Canal into the Mediterranean Sea, Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency reported Saturday, amid heightened tensions in the region. The move repre...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoThey’ve had to survive famine, disease, and clashes with boats. But shark attacks may be to blame for the significant decline in sea otter populations around the California coast. Scientists are mystifie...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck the Banda Sea, Indonesia at a depth of 113 km (70.2 miles), the quake hit at 08:28:41 UTC Sunday 19th February 2012 The epicenter was 244 km (152 miles) Northwest fro...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoRon Paul has warned the U.S. is 'slipping into a fascist system' dominated by government and businesses. The Republican presidential candidate made the bold claim as he held a rally on Saturday - upstagi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoSex with a corpse is set to be outlawed in Illinois - though many officials assumed it was a crime already. In the past, people arrested for the bizarre behaviour have got away scot-free because of the l...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoAuthorities have identified a body found buried in a shallow grave in a national forest as Dara Lee Watson, the 30-year-old accountant who went missing just days before her fiance committed suicide. Miss...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoSerial killer Wesley Shermantine has claimed that he knows of even more sites where the bodies of murder victims were buried in an extraordinary letter to a California television station. Shermantine, on...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoScientists are set to prove for the first time that methane clouds form over the surface of Mars in summer months - meaning the conditions for life unquestionably exist. A new NASA probe due to land on t...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 21 hours agoLast summer's social protests delayed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) multiyear program by a year, and sparked a long-winded debate about this year's defense budget.The Israel Defense Forces has insisted i...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA magnitude 2.7 earthquake has struck Virginia at a depth of just 5 km (3.1 miles), the quake hit at 07:12:29 UTC Sunday 19th February 2012 The epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) ESE of Charlottesville, Virgin...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 21 hours agoBY THE time Australia's newest Collins class submarine returns to service in September or October next year the vessel will have been laid up for repairs and maintenance for longer than it has been in use....
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 21 hours agoIranian warships today entered the Mediterranean Sea after crossing the Suez Canal in a move aimed at showing Iran's "might" to regional countries, navy commander Admiral Habibollah Sayari said. "The strat...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 21 hours ago*Bush in Sarasota, Florida, on 9 11. * On 19th February 2012, the Daily Telegraph reports that a man closely linked to 'the 9 11 terrorists' is now working for an oil company in London. *London-based oil ...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 21 hours agoVancouver is hosting the annual meeting of the AAAS, an organization of left-wing scientists whose aim is to promote and politically abuse science. AAAS has also played quite some role in the promotion o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoStephen Farrow Arrested in Folkestone, Kent in Connection with the Murder of Reverend John Suddards Police hunting a "dangerous" man for the murder of a clergyman in his vicarage have arrested a 47-year-o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoTraces of cocaine have been found on a hair sample taken from the captain of the Costa Concordia, according to lawyers representing survivors of the stricken cruise ship. But the consultant who did the a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA "dangerous" man wanted in connection with the murder of a vicar has been seen in the Hastings and Rother area of East Sussex, police have said. Sussex Police says it is carrying out high visibility patr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 13.1 km (8.1 miles), the quake hit at 05:54:50 UTC Sunday 19th February 2012 The epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) Sou...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck Eastern Kazakhstan at a depth of 1 km (0.6 miles - Poorly Constrained), the quake hit at 05:23:02 UTC Sunday 19th February 2012 The epicenter was 26 km (16.1 miles) N...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the Fiji Region at a depth of 388.4 km (241.4 miles), the quake hit at 03:18:22 UTC Sunday 19th February 2012 The epicenter was 133 km (82 miles) Northeast of Ndoi Isl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck Oaxaca, Mexico at a depth of 16.2 km (10.1 miles), the quake hit at 02:18:51 UTC Sunday 19th February 2012 The epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) Northeast of Puerto Angel...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck the Molucca Sea, Indonesia at a depth of 42.8 km (26.6 miles), the quake hit at 22:58:47 UTC Saturday 18th February 2012 The epicenter was 189 km (117 miles) NNW of T...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 40.2 km (25 miles), the quake hit at 21:43:59 UTC Saturday 18th February 2012 The epicenter was 99 km (61 miles) ES...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 35.9 km (22.3 miles), the quake hit at 20:49:07 UTC Saturday 18th February 2012 The epicenter was 258 km (160 miles)...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 23 hours ago"Kentucky woman admits killing pregnant friend" Associated Press, February 18, 2012 BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - An infant born prematurely in a violent attack on his mother 10 months ago is learning to walk, beg...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 23 hours ago*They are all **frauds **and fakes, dear readers.* "Like real-time polls, social media can track politicians; New form of data sees flash trends about candidates" by Shira Schoenberg | Globe Staff, Febr...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 23 hours ago*Sorry you can't see me, readers. This blog is simply about providing information for educational purposes.* "Facebook to go public, files for $5 billion IPO" by Michael B. Farrell | Globe Staff, Februa...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 23 hours ago"Conn. endorses new teacher evaluation methods" by Stephanie Reitz | Associated Press, February 11, 2012 HARTFORD - For the first time, students’ academic progress will soon be a substantial factor in e...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 23 hours ago"Gulf well partner to pay $90m in oil spill" Associated Press, February 18, 2012 NEW ORLEANS - A minority partner in BP’s blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico agreed yesterday to pay $90 million in a sett...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 23 hours ago*I figure I'm getting about $5/week. * "Payroll tax deal a $20-a-week benefit" by Bobby Caina Calvan | Globe Staff, February 18, 2012 WASHINGTON - For all the ideological bluster whipped up over extend...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day agoPeoples Library Occupy Wall Street photo by David Shankbone 2011*OccupyEducated.org was created as a response to the destruction of the Occupy Wall Street Library in Zuccotti Park (see below video). We kne...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*Ilya Sheyman is the actual progressive running for Congress from IL-10* The Blue Dog/New Dem-type “Democrat” Brad Schneider’s campaign in the Illinois 10th District released a memo Thursday claiming to ha...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day agoThe countdown to a war against the innocent and peaceful nation of Iran is definitely on... Right now, we are witnessing a massive amount of Jewish media garbage still promoting the absolute lie that Iran ...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day agoWorld War III: It's All A Big Sick Joke. "If the Washington/Tel Aviv-promoted hysteria is already at fever pitch, wait for March 20, when the Iranian oil bourse will start trading oil in other currencies...
- posted by Denis Rancourt at Activist Teacher - 1 day agoAt my advanced age of 54 I find myself being sued for $1 million for a blog post on a blog (not this blog, another blog) critical of the University of Ottawa. All the blog posts (on the other blog) in the ma...
- posted by Rossella Lorenzi at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoNew evidence has emerged to support the controversial claim that Hitler had a son with a French teenager.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago2002, “Starwalkers” - http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW_bmQoUG-A&feature=g-vrec&context=G2f68e10RVAAAAAAAABA You may recognize this piece, used in the Carl Sagan PBS series “Cosmos”...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago"Sometimes I grow weary of the days with all their fits and starts. I want to climb some old grey mountain, slowly, taking the rest of my life to do it, resting often, sleeping under the pines or, above the...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago"This rugged road through the dark Atacama Desert seems to lead skyward toward the bright stars and glowing nebulae of the southern Milky Way. If you follow the road you will get to Cerro Armazones peak in...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*"Salt: This Forbidden Indulgence Could * *Actually Spare You a Heart Attack"* by Dr. Mercola "Salt has long been a treasured staple for humans across the globe. In ancient times, salt was literally worth...
- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 1 day ago... with his contemptible, sanctimonious hypocrisy. With regard to @Vikileaks30, the sordid details of Toews' personal life were not "leaked." They were set out in public documents available to anyone wit...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day agoAztec, New Mexico, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*"A Preview Of Our Galaxy's 'Cosmic Train Wreck'"* By Clara Moskowitz “Our Milky Way galaxy is on a collision course with its neighbor galaxy, Andromeda. In about 5 billion years, the two galaxies are set ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Say No To Corporate America!) at Say No To Corporate America - 1 day ago
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*Is one of the loons in the group secretly harboring non-elitist thoughts?* *by Ken* The WaPo headline is tantalizing: *Two justices suggest Citizens United ruling should be reconsidered in Montana case* ...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day agoA little late...it's probably Friday somewhere, right? Anyway -- I really thought I was done with this, but I guess it's never going away. I wound up going out today with a Giants hat, and Giants jacket, ...
- posted by Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 1 day agoConnect them. *This dot*, then to *this dot*, then to *this dot*. And off in the periphery Vic Toews, under the guise of administering "public safety" has you expecting to believe a great many things whi...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day agoThe battle against the Global Warming scam rages on... Right now, much of Europe is in a deep freeze and facts are coming out loud and clear that our planet Earth, rather than go through a period of man ca...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago“A good number” of unmanned U.S. military drones are operating in the skies over Syria, monitoring the President Basir al-Assad’s military’s crackdown against the opposition, U.S. defense officials tell NB...
- posted by Ian O'Neill at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoOn Feb. 18, 1930, U.S. astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered the ninth planet, Pluto. But 82 years later, as more Kuiper Belt objects are discovered, Pluto's planetary status has become a bit hazy.
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"TSA agent accused in airport theft" Associated Press, February 03, 2012 NEW YORK - A Transportation Security Administration agent *stole $5,000 in cash* from a passenger’s jacket as he went through secu...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"Man allegedly taunted parents after killing" November 05, 2011|Associated Press INDIAN HEAD PARK, Ill. - A man charged with stabbing a 14-year-old suburban Chicago girl to death after she allegedly walk...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"Historic social service agency closes" Associated Press, January 28, 2012 CHICAGO - Hull House, the Chicago social services organization founded more than 120 years ago by the Nobel Peace Prize winner Jan...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"Audit: ND university awarded unearned degrees" Associated Press, February 11, 2012 BISMARCK, N.D. - Facing pressure to bring in more students as North Dakota’s *booming oil industry* made it tougher to...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*The food was that bad, huh?* "N.H. teen shoots himself at school; 14-year-old male seriously injured, town shocked" by Amanda Cedrone | Globe Correspondent, February 11, 2012 A Walpole, N.H., elementar...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day agoDon't usually post on closeted gay GOPers who get caught but this guy is so bad, he might even tie Joe Arpaio for the Worst Sheriff title. Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, who also became a high profile fi...
- posted by Anonops at AnonOps Communications - 1 day agoAnonymous has struck government websites again, this time the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the National Consumer Protection Week websites. According to the Associated Press, “both sites were replaced...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago"If you're doing well, you're a target, nobody's interested in you except how you can be of use to them." - Richard Grant
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*“Very, Very, Very, Very, Very...”* by Chet Raymo "In a short story that was published posthumously in the New Yorker earlier this year, the inestimable Primo Levi meditated on the limits of language. The...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day agoAt Fox News, patriotism and truth-telling are sins. At the White House, they are crimes. Judge Andrew Napolitano was fired by the political apparatchiks at Fox News. Nobody was surprised by this move. It...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 day agoThe Wall Street Journal February 17, 2012 p. C1. This is an amazing story and I am surprise that it was buried on page C1. The WSJ reports: [excerpted] "A group of traders and brokers successfully managed...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day agoTake a look at a picture from the funeral today in Damascus. A funeral held under snowy skies. Were you wondering just who was being buried today? Who were the processions for? I think this information wil...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 1 day ago*The 'Consumptionist' Dead End* Jonathan Hoenig: *Why the persistent belief that the economy will grow as a result of government spending is flawed. *If you keep repeating a lie long enough, people ...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day agoIn his latest article, "Hardhitting, Dissenting Journalism -- Without the Hardhitting, Dissenting Part," Arthur Silber writes: "In a recent essay, I mentioned Matt Taibbi as one of the examples of a pheno...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*As reflected by the Boston Globe: * "It’s *easy to be proud, even smug, about Massachusetts*. We have some of the best-educated citizens in the country; progressive social policies; healthier lifestyles;...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoPinal County Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu has a reputation as a hard man-- especially hard on immigrants. Some people have claimed he's a sadist who takes delight in splitting up families and gratuitously r...
- posted by Rossella Lorenzi at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoThe massive cruise liner is balancing on two rocks and has massive cracks.
- posted by Rossella Lorenzi at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoUnderwater footage taken by a remotely operated vehicle shows crumbling rocks and new deformation of the Concordia wreck.
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*So sayeth the Glob.* "Small Worcester group plays large role in online protest" January 26, 2012|By Michael B. Farrell Last week’s Internet protest over proposed antipiracy laws, which pit the likes of ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*"The Washington Clown Show"* by Financial Armageddon "Based on the President's public pronouncements, things look to be getting better by the day: "We've got an economy that is showing some positive sig...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*They just got tired of chasing you. * "FEMA unveils plan to waive debts for victims of Katrina" February 09, 2012|By Michael Kunzelman NEW ORLEANS - The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced yest...
- posted by leftdog at Buckdog - 1 day ago*Huh?! In a complete reversal, the Conservative Cabinet Minister who introduced 'police state' style legislation now says he is surprised by the content of his own Bill. "Public Safety Minister Vic Toews...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*"Cranky Today? * *Even Mild Dehydration Can Alter Our Moods"* by University of Connecticut “Most people only think about drinking water when they are thirsty; but by then it may already be too late. Even ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck Tonga at a depth of 34.1 km (21.2 miles), the quake hit at 19:15:22 UTC Saturday 18th February 2012 The epicenter was 181 km (113 miles) East from NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga No...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*I'd like to withdraw my money and close the account please.* "Fees for closing accounts draw attention" February 09, 2012|Todd Wallack, Globe Staff Upset about bank fees? Want to *close your bank account...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(Reuters) - Nerves were strained as an Iranian patrol boat approached the USS Abraham Lincoln at speed. A helicopter escort hovered above the vessel in a warning not to get any closer, and the grey boat,...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*At least they help starting a fire.... * "As economy improves, credit offers surge; Consumers tempted, annoyed by mailboxes full of come-ons" by Todd Wallack Globe Staff / January 14, 2012 Financial comp...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck the Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska at a depth of 38.4 km (23.9 miles), the quake hit at 17:34:48 UTC Saturday 18th February 2012 The epicenter was 167 km (104 ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Survivors of the Fukushima disaster have spent on average five months in government-provided temporary shelters. Pamela Ravasio] By Hiroki and Ngaire Takano 15 February 2012 The earthquake and n...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"Survey shows where doctors shade the truth" February 09, 2012|By Deborah Kotz Most physicians paint *overly optimistic prognoses* for their patients, and many have* told lies* or withheld information con...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: The carcasses of elephants slaughtered by poachers in Bouba Ndjida national park in northern Cameroon, in early 2012. AP] By MICHELLE FAUL Associated Press 16 February 2012 JOHANNESBURG (AP) –...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA Swedish man has been found alive inside a car stuck in deep snow, after apparently surviving for two months on nothing but snow in sub-zero temperatures. The man, who was stranded in the car on Decembe...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 1 day ago"What are you doing?" "Putting books away." "Why are you doing that?" "So people can find them later." "Do you have any books about fishing?" "Books on fishing... let's see. Oh look, here's one with Win...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoGreece's pending debt rescue could fundamentally change the financial mechanics of the eurozone and result in tighter fiscal union, a leading economic think tank has warned. European leaders are working ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoKathmandu, Nepal (CNN) -- A 40-year-old mother of two was burned alive in central Nepal after she was accused of being a witch, police said Saturday. Dhegani Mahato was attacked and set on fire by family ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(CNN) -- The knock on the door is a sign of bad things to come. "Do you have any work?" they ask. They have fled their villages and come into the city out of desperation. Their bellies ache from hunger. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoJAIPUR: A pregnant woman has tested positive for swine flu in Jodhpur. It is the seventh case of the disease this winter and the woman has been admitted to the MDM Hospital here. The hospital authorities...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoPATNA: It is official now. Crows are dying in Bihar because of bird flu. This was revealed in the report of the Bhopal-based High Security Animal Disease Laboratory (HSADL), officials Saturday said. The ...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day agoTons of computer users have experienced the same problem as I did. They installed Google Earth, created lots of bookmarks for places before they exited Google Earth and got the messages that the myplaces.k...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoWhen I saw the project was being pushed-- like really vehemently pushed-- by Boehner, who, like quite a few corrupt Republicans, have personal financial stakes in it, I really got turned off and stopped w...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(Reuters) - One month after taking office, President Barack Obama summoned the nation's top lawmakers and budget experts to the White House for a summit to figure out how to tame huge federal deficits. S...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Australia rainfall deciles for the 15 years, January 1997 to December 2011. bom.gov.au] In light of the exceptionally wet two-year period (2010–2011) we have updated maps from the Special Climat...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoNature-loving tourists have been warned not to climb Mount Gamalama in North Maluku after the frequently active volcano started emitting ash again over the past week. Darno Lamane, of Gamalama’s observat...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoBEIJING (AP) -- A seating section has collapsed at a concert by Hong Kong pop star Wang Fei in southwest China, injuring 64 people. The state-run Beijing News says concertgoers suffered cuts, broken bones...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMore than 30 people, many of them foreign tourists, have been rushed to hospital after a chlorine leak at a hotel swimming pool on the Thai resort island of Phuket. The accident occurred shortly after 10...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoGUWAHATI, Feb 17 – An unexpected rise of typhoid and viral fever cases in the city has baffled a section of doctors, who agree that young children are particularly vulnerable to the diseases. A large num...
- posted by John Carroll at Dying in Haiti - 1 day agoPhoto by John Carroll--February 18, 2012This is the Internal Medicine Department at St. Catherine Laboure Hospital in Cite Soleil. Doctors Without Borders quit staffing the hospital in December, 2011. MSPP...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Union of Concerned Scientists logo]Union of Concerned Scientists 17 February 2012 WASHINGTON – Seven leading climate researchers who themselves were the victims of an email theft which was pro...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIn towns and cities across Libya, celebrations took place marking the first anniversary of the uprising that led to the overthrow of Col Gaddafi, but hundreds of former rebels are still armed and many bel...
- posted by Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 1 day agoAnd if you don't recognize what Vic Toews was (and still is) attempting to do, you're not paying attention. Toews had (and still has) every intention of sending "inspectors" into your Internet Service Pro...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 1 day agoImpossible to say, since black and white are the only two colors that are polar opposites on the light spectrum. But if we had to choose a color that's the perfect analogue of lavender, the more or less o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA disembodied foot in a hiking boot that was found last November has been identified as the remains of a man who went missing a quarter century ago after boating on a British Columbia lake. The boot was ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoWalkers in Blackpool were left bemused after 100ft long footprints appeared in the sand. The prints gave the impression that a giant had crossed the sand. But they were actually the creation of a pair of ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoJust a year after outbreaks of swine flu killed more than 500 people, the country is having a much-needed reprieve from the dreaded winter curse. The Health Protection Agency (HPA), which monitors outbrea...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIran's nuclear ambitions could plunge the world into 'a new Cold War' with the Middle East, Foreign Secretary William Hague warned today. He predicted a nuclear arms race among rival Middle Eastern states...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoPolice today revealed the identity of a 'dangerous man' they are hunting over the murder of vicar John Suddards at his vicarage. Detective Chief Inspector Simon Crisp, of Avon and Somerset Police, said t...
- posted by leftdog at Buckdog - 1 day agoI have banged heads with fellow blogger, Jeff Jedras a number of times in some old fashioned *NDP VS Libs* battles. HOWEVER, he is 'dead on' with his observations concerning how the MSM is handling the cur...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoKabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A local official reported a NATO helicopter crashed Saturday in eastern Afghanistan, though there was no immediate confirmation from coalition forces. A spokesman for NATO's I...
- posted by Jesse Emspak at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoA computer program that reserves slots at an intersection might be a way to ease gridlock and boost safety.
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*I know it's a little early, but then again, we are up early.* *Looks like we are all going hungry today. * "Patrick’s budget would cut senior meals; Decry plan for cut in food program" by Martine Power...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 36.8 km (22.9 miles), the quake hit at 14:20:31 UTC Saturday 18th February 2012 The epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) ...
- posted by Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 1 day ago*Hasbara* for $1600, Alex! Back in January, a $1000 first-round clue on * Jeopardy!*, falling under the category "Judea," asked, "Galilee, Samaria & Judea in the south were the 3 traditional divisions of th...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAdolf Hitler had a son with a French teenager while serving as a soldier during the First World War, according to new evidence. Jean-Marie Loret, who died in 1985 aged 67, never met his father, but went ...
- posted by Lori Haskell at Adventures with Kurt and Lori - 1 day agoIf you read my post below, you would know that I was not happy about the way I was treated at court the day I was to give my victim impact statement. Thus, not wanting to make a decision while angry, I sle...
- posted by Roberto at Dr Cintli - 1 day agoCALMECAC ABYA YALA IN IMIUH TENAMAZTLE La Flecha de Tenamaztle : Arrow of Tenamaztle 2012 Wednesday March 14 – Friday March 16 Tucson to Phoenix Inline image 1 Alianza Indigena Sin Fronteras Submission to t...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day ago------------------------------ *Ben Swann Reality Check: Vote tampering in Maine GOP caucus? Rigged for Romney? * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ktJ3LDt6jQ Uploaded by jeffr0xicity on Feb 14, 2012 T...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*Trying to catch votes*: Brown rips fishing agency over purchase of 'party boat' Fed boat bought with fines used for fun *Your government hard at work, dear Americans.* *And why was the lame excuse in my...
- posted by Inexplicata at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 1 day agoArgentina: The Fito Vivas Cases (Miramar, 1968) By Andrea Pérez Simondini – Visión OVNI Life can be unbelievable at times. I spent all these days in January (2011) discussing the differenc...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day ago------------------------------ *Internet Voting: Will Democracy or Hackers Win? * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgZewQYZK7w Uploaded by PBSNewsHour on Feb 16, 2012 While it seems like everything can ...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day ago------------------------------ IN HONOR OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE WISCONSIN UPRISING, February 11, 2011, WISCONSIN: THE NEW FLORIDA AND OHIO? Written by Sheila Parks World News Fe...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 1 day agoThanks to James and Stephanie and everyone else who sent me these. From Peace Love & Pitbulls.
- posted by Robert E Kelly at The Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago[image: Vietnam 064] Our social science faculty association organized a trip to Vietnam last week. It was pretty fascinating. It was my first trip, and I don’t speak the language, so obviously I am qualifi...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day agoA convention of scientists has asked our Furious Leader to be less of an authoritarian, undemocratic asshole. There, I said it. In an open letter to His Majesty, King Steve, the American Association for...
- posted by Nic Halverson at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoState gives green light for autonomous vehicles.
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*Oh, no, we give away enough tax dollars** on the stuff. Just don't want to pay the higher rates(?)*. "Green electricity finds few customers in Mass." January 28, 2012|By David Abel Five years after NSta...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day agoEndymion still may roll Saturday; NOMTOC, Iris move to Sunday, Tucks to Monday ~Flambeaux wait for the Krewe of Hermes parade on Magazine and Napoleon Ave. in New Orleans, Louisiana, Friday, February 17, 2...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoThursday Roland asked, facetiously, whether Wolfgang Schäuble and the German and Wall Street banksters were going to make Greece sell any islands or give away naming rights to sites like the Parthenon. I...
- posted by veritas6464 at VERITAS 6464 - 1 day ago*The filthy tribe of child-molesters once again show their soulless cold black emptiness as they scorn and ridicule the tragic horrible deaths of innocent little children. I have NO respect for yiddish kha...
- posted by Patrick Porter at The Duck of Minerva - 1 day agoI'm going to delve clumsily into IR Theory here, so I'd be grateful to get some feedback on the question of the 'Realist' minimum. In a fascinating post recently on US-China relations, Stephen Walt wrote: ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoSyrian forces have reportedly opened fire on a large crowd gathered for the funerals of anti-regime demonstrators in the capital Damascus. Activists said there was "sustained gunfire" and the forces also ...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day agoAs a part of the "DenierGate", green activists at Think Progress have created a list of 19 most charitable corporations in America (using the Heartland Institute documents). These great companies have do...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Preliminary tests appear to rule out radiation from Japan's tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant as the cause of mysterious deaths and illness that struck scores of ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoHALIFAX - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is investigating after seafood company Cooke Aquaculture reported a possible virus outbreak at one of its fish farms in Nova Scotia. The New Brunswick-based ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoHumane Society of US Urges Californians to Voice Concern About Dan Richards' Leadership Apparently Dan Richards, the new president of California Fish and Game Commission likes to hunt and is willing to tr...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 1 day agoIsrael has reached a $1 billion preliminary deal to buy 30 Italian military training jets, Israeli defense officials said Thursday, providing a long-awaited upgrade to what is widely viewed as the most adv...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 1 day agoThe F-15SG Strike Eagle fighter jet of the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) at the Singapore Airshow. Read More
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 1 day agoCanadian Snipers with C14 Timberwolf MRSWS (Medium Range Sniper Weapon System) sniper rifle in Afghanistan. Read More
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoScripps scientists propose mass melting as new force behind volcanic activity in Columbia River region Like a stream of air shooting out of an airplane’s broken window to relieve cabin pressure, scientis...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 1 day agoPhotos of the Chinese Shi Lang (Ex-Varyag) aircraft carrier at the Dalian Port. People's Liberation Army Navy has recently started the sea trails of the Shi Lang (Ex-Varyag) aircraft carrier. Read More
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoCLEVELAND: Satellite images show that dome has grown in the last week. A lava dome is growing at Cleveland Volcano as its current slow eruption continues, a sign that the restless Aleutian volcano could p...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 1 day agoDefense Attaché at the Pakistani embassy in Sultanate of Oman, Captain Naveed Anwar Cheema that F-22P PNS Zulfiquar (251) warship, Agosta 90B class diesel attack submarines (SSK) PNS/M Hamza (S139) Read More
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 1 day agoNew photo of the Sino-Pak ZDK-03 Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C) Karakoram Eagle in China. Read More
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe concern that hydraulic fracturing of shale formations to extract natural gas is contaminating groundwater is overstated, claims a new report. Researchers reviewing the available data in the US found n...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(Reuters) - A suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest outside a mosque in a Shi'ite neighborhood Friday in Pakistan's northwestern Kurram tribal region, killing at least 26 people, government official...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoDAMASCUS: A senior Chinese envoy called for all sides in Syria to stop the violence and for elections to go ahead peacefully after Damascus talks with President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday, state media sa...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago*Maldives * Both the USA and China take an interest in the Maldives. On 7 February 2012, there was a coup in the Maldives. President Mohammed Nasheed was replaced by his vice-president Mohammed Waheed Ha...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 1 day ago*Experts have delayed a result on whether controversial research into the H5N1 bird flu virus should be unconfined*. In last year the controversy is centered on two research papers - one of which was sub...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 1 day agoPakistan and India have unresolved disputes that have taken them to war in the past, future wars cannot be ruled out either. India has always tried to hegemonic her neighbours, some she has annexed. In tod...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoTSURUGA (Kyodo) --Kansai Electric Power Co. said Friday it will suspend its only remaining active reactor -- the No. 3 reactor at the Takahama nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture -- for a regular checkup ea...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 1 day agoStrategically located Indian Air Force (IAF) airbases at Bathinda, Srinagar and Bagdogra will now deploy the latest armed helicopters - the Mi-17 V5 - that provide crucial all-terrain night-flying capabili...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFeb 18 - An electrical fault is blamed for a blaze at a Lima shopping centre that put dozens in hospital. Paul Chapman reports.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFeb 18 - Jail inmates donate food and time to help villagers trapped in snow after weeks of winter storms.Paul Chapman reports
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFeb 18 - The whereabouts of two guards are under the spotlight after the theft of ancient artifacts from the Museum of the History of the Olympic Games. Paul Chapman reports.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIsraeli journalist Yossi Melman has written a fascinating piece in Tablet Magazine called "Face Off". He notes that "The Israeli leadership is at war with itself over Iran: In one corner, Bibi Netanyahu a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(CNN) -- Mexico's president called on U.S. officials to stop gun trafficking across the border Thursday, saying the move would be the best thing Americans could do to stop brutal drug violence. "The crim...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoTripoli, Libya (CNN) -- In Tripoli, "no guns" signs outnumber ones that say, "no smoking." Khadija Teri made that telling observation in her blog a few days back. She witnessed men drawing weapons while...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(CNN) -- In Syria's cyberwar, the regime's supporters have deployed a new weapon against opposition activists -- computer viruses that spy on them, according to an IT specialist from a Syrian opposition g...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*(CNN)* -- Resolute in the face of their government's bloody, incessant crackdown, opposition activists are planning a massive protest and joint funeral Saturday -- not far from President Bashar al-Assad'...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 1 day ago*A new report reveals that the concern that hydraulic fracturing of shale formations to remove natural gas is contaminating groundwater is overstated. * Fracking has been hailed as an energy game-changer,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoObama administration officials reportedly believe sanctions will not stop Tehran pursuing its nuclear programme, leaving the US with no option but to launch an attack on Iran. While the president has ind...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoDuring a trip to a Boeing plant in Washington on Friday, President Obama lauded the work conducted by its workers in South Carolina - just months after he tried to close the factory there. The president'...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoWe just learned that the FBI might shut off the internet for millions of people in an effort to rid the country's Internet infrastructure of the DNSChanger Trojan. You should really check if you're infecte...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMiniscule robot-like devices built from DNA could be used to seek out and destroy cancer cells, according to a new study. The so-called nanorobots, made using a technique called DNA origami, use a simila...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoSailors on board a luxury cruising yacht had a lucky escape today after a Greek helicopter rescued them from their sinking vessel. The terrified crew had scrambled to the highest point on the 60 metre (1...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAn astronomer who has spent three decades hunting for the source of a transmission which is believed by many to be proof of alien life says it may have come from an interstellar 'lighthouse'. Since 1982,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoToday's dismounted warfighter can be saddled with more than 100 pounds of gear, resulting in physical strain, fatigue, and degraded performance. To help alleviate the impact of excess weight on troops, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoGoogle and Facebook may have used a computer 'trick' that allows them to monitor web browsing via Apple's Safari browser to build up advertising 'profiles' - circumventing Apple's safety measures. The se...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 1 day agoWe can see from this that therush to bring the Rossi Focardi Rector to the market is well in hand and that deliverablesare short months away. Whatever the final consensus that arises regarding thetheor...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 1 day agoThis is rather important for lungcancer risks. Particularly since it canalso differentiate between types, it actually becomes a clear first choice. Scan and the follow up biopsy is hard on thepatient...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 1 day agoI think that this applieswonderfully to our friend the bumble bee and provides us a neatexplanation. Scale it up to human sizeand we will have a different matter altogether. We are informed however t...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 1 day agoOne thing now obvious from thisarticle is that there is plenty a government can do to protect and warn itspeople living on the coast. The simpleststep is to ensure every land transfer has a declaration...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoEastern European criminals were responsible for more than 11,000 crimes in London last year. Nationals of Poland, Romania and Lithuania are most likely of all foreigners to be prosecuted by the police, a...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago"It is no coincidence that the century of total war coincided with the century of central banking." - Ron Paul, End The Fed. "Technology, it is clear, was a means of escaping from the confines of realit...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAnti-mafia investigators have found fake US treasury bonds with a face value of $6trn (£3.8trn) hidden in a Swiss bank vault. The bonds were discovered inside false compartments in three reinforced meta...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA driver has told Sky News just how close he came to serious injury or worse after a concrete block was dropped from a bridge onto his pick-up truck. Callum Jackson, 23, from Worcester, said it was "as ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA new virus is causing lambs to be born with deformities so severe that they die within seconds. It is thought midges brought the Schmallenberg virus to Britain from continental Europe last autumn. The...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 1 day ago*Armed robbers have stolen dozens of artifacts from a Greek museum dedicated to the history of the early Olympics. Police have cordoned off the museum as investigations continue inside. It is not clear h...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIran's pursuit of nuclear weapons could plunge the world into "a new Cold War", Foreign Secretary William Hague has said. Mr Hague warned a nuclear arms race among rival Middle Eastern countries would c...
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