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Musical Interlude: 2002, “Icarus”
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 56 seconds ago
“Daedalus fashioned a pair of wings of wax and feathers for himself and his son. Before they took off from the island, Daedalus warned his son not to fly too close to the sun, nor too close to the sea. O...
How Economically Significant are US Gasoline Prices?
posted by noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 11 minutes ago
The figure above shows US spending on gasoline as a proportion of GDP for the period 1983 to 2010, with 1983 set to 100. The data comes from the US EIA (gasoline consumption and prices) and the White Hou...
Just One Word To Describe Each GOP Candidate
posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 minutes ago
When John King asked the clownish Republicans-- think: evil clown-- REMAINING in their party's presidential nomination process to describe themselves with one word, I was ready with twitter. The *DWT* Repu...
MMP Blog 38: MMT for Austrians
posted by Mitch Green at New Economic Perspectives - 15 minutes ago
By L. Randall Wray In the pastcouple of weeks we turned to the question what *should*government do, and last week we discussed the concept of the *public *purpose. Clearly, wewant the economy to do a lot...
"Master Of The Whole World..."
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 minutes ago
"He who does not think that what he has is more than sufficient, is an unhappy man, even if he is the master of the whole world." - Epicurus
Did State Pledge Our Bodies to the Banks?
posted by Refreshingly Twatted at No Shit Department- - 23 minutes ago
Re- Posting this Article as an FYI- I am not the author. By: David Deschesne Advanced Civics Research Library Right: Some birth and marriage certificates are now "warehouse receipts," printed on ban...
"The Human Condition"
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 42 minutes ago
*"The Human Condition"* by Meanings of Life "Man remains largely unknown of himself. What are we, in our innermost recesses, behind our names and our conventional opinions? What are we behind the things ...
The Upcoming War On Iran: To Avoid Armageddon, Let's Open The Pages Of The Hidden History Between The West And Iran
posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 hour ago
With all the rhetoric and fear mongering going on about how dangerous and deadly Iran is, thanks primarily to the criminals in both our media and our governments, I and many others, have been requesting th...
WI SB 486 - Moves Public Educ Money to Private Sector Profit
posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 hour ago
I have to admit up front – I hate doing bill comparisons. It is time consuming and not my strong suit and my ADD kicks in and after awhile I can't concentrate on all the mumbo jumbo. But when I read this...
“Rescreening Dr. Strangelove”
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
*“Rescreening Dr. Strangelove”* By Hugh Iglarsh "A friend of mine saw Stanley Kubrick’s “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb” when it first opened in Paris in 1964. He an...
Welfarism 16: Bailing Out Lazy and Irresponsible People
posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 1 hour ago
Welfarism need not mean government-sponsored welfare and dole-outs; it can also mean private-funded subsidies, like parents or siblings or relatives to prop up lazy and irresponsible people. When I posted...
Our SIN Numbers and the Law
posted by Refreshingly Twatted at No Shit Department- - 2 hours ago
Credit-related decisions, at least with respect to credit for individuals, often depend upon access to personal information. Over the years, credit bureaus and many credit grantors have grown to use t...
@WikiLeaks Publishes Global Intelligence Files: Over 5 Million Emails
posted by Anonops at AnonOps Communications - 2 hours ago
WikiLeaks began publishing The Global Intelligence Files – more than five million emails from the Texas-headquartered “global intelligence” company Stratfor, a global security think tank, via the internat...
Top earth scientists warn of global ecological emergency
posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 2 hours ago
*Top Earth Scientists Warn of Global Ecological Emergency* Press statement Posted at Censored News Ecological Internet – leading provider of Internet biocentric ecology news, action and analysis – joins w...
"Worst Cooks in America" is back, once again putting the "o-o-o" in "bo-o-ogus"
posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*Ah, noodle-pulling! A wonderful skill, and a pleasure to watch as done by someone who knows what he's doing, like Chef Lee here. However, it's not only an extremely difficult skill but a totally unnecessa...
To Avoid Armageddon, Let's Open The Pages of The Hidden History Between The West And Iran
posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 3 hours ago
"Don't you hear the truth as it whispers to you? Our trust has been abused decide if you need their fright What do you want? They come for our life when we sleep" - *Junius: Betray The Grave*. "Hist...
Manufacturing A Clash of Civilizations From Scratch: The Fascist West, Islamic Iran, And The Political Construction of Reality
posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 4 hours ago
"Angry Americans will continue viewing Islam as an irrational, omnipresent enemy constantly menacing them. They will continue to believe that war and the erosion of their own natural rights are the only an...
"A Look to the Heavens"
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
"Why are there faint rings around this spiral galaxy? Possibly because the galaxy, NGC 4911, is being pulled at by its neighbors as it falls into the enormous Coma Cluster of Galaxies. If NGC 4911 ends up ...
The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Evacuate Tokyo And All US Forces From Japan
posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 4 hours ago
There has been little significant change in the situation with the Fukushima nuclear disaster since the last time I put up a report two weeks ago... Despite the constant lies out of our governments and esp...
Free Download: Krishnamurti, "The Book of Life"
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
"You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer a...
"A Riddle..."
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
* "A Riddle..."* “This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins towns, And beats high mountain down.” - One of Gollum’...
The Daily "Near You?"
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
Neptune, New Jersey, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Resolution opposing common core standards and national tests
posted by skrashen at Schools Matter - 5 hours ago
Resolution submitted to NCTE opposing common core standards and national tests. Did not survive NCTE Resolutions Committee, was not presented to NCTE members for voting. Resolution on National Standards ...
"A Video Moment With Nature"
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
"Temporal Distortion" Featuring an original score by Bear McCreary (Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead, Eureka, etc) http://www.bearmccreary.com • Hat tip to Alex Noble for this material.
Chet Raymo, “A Credo”
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*“A Credo”* by Chet Raymo “John Burroughs - John-o'-the-Birds - America's most beloved nature writer, was just my age when in 1910 he wrote in his journal: "Joy in the universe, and a keen curiosity abou...
VIA train derailment in Burlington, Canada kills 3, more rushed to hospital
posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago
A Via Rail train derailment on Sunday has claimed the lives of three people in southern Ontario. Halton Regional Police confirmed that three people are dead and at least two people have been taken to hosp...
Lost Her Daughter from Cholera in Soleil
posted by John Carroll at Dying in Haiti - 6 hours ago
Photo by John Carroll--February 25, 2012
Martin S. Day on The Trickster Archetype in Mythology
posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 6 hours ago
Martin S. Day: "The High God looks like the spiritual vision of the early shaman. The Sly Trickster looks like the anti-spiritual viewpoint of the early common man. In the myths of many Amerindians the Tri...
Thaumaturgical considerations . . .
posted by Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 6 hours ago
ACCORDING TO Charles Strosser's *"Atrocity Archives"*, magic is really funky mathematics. Picture by *MJ Ranum*.
Stop patronising us - Pacific leaders
posted by PC at Not PC - 7 hours ago
Here’s something very encouraging that happened over the weekend: the reaction of Pacific groups to in NZ to Paula Bennett’s patronising “green paper” on so called “vulnerable” children. At the national...
Cite Soleil
posted by John Carroll at Dying in Haiti - 7 hours ago
Photo by John Carroll--February 25, 2012
Poisoning America Is A Fulltime Job-- Only Concerned Citizens And Uncorrupted Government Can Successfully Fight Back
posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
Last week we contrasted Willie Nelson's efforts to save the American food supply to the selfish and sociopathic behavior of dangerous Republican profiteers and their enablers-- from Rep. Michael "Mikey Su...
Sun Setting on Murdoch's British Empire
posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 7 hours ago
*I love watching the sun set on s***. * "Five Sun workers arrested in Britain’s hacking scandal; Parent company News Corp. helps police with probe" by Ravi Somaiya | New York Times, February 12, 2012 L...
Untitled
posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 7 hours ago
BP Trial Delayed A Week
"The Ghost Dance"
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
To shake off those distressing, but absolutely necessary earlier posts, a musical break feels right. Fast paced, heart pounding beat. “Ghost Dance” by Apurimac III Nature Spirit Pride and beautiful art pho...
If thinking that knowing things is good makes me a snob, then fine, I'm a snob
posted by Rev.Paperboy at The Galloping Beaver - 7 hours ago
Evan McMorris-Santoro clearly has a strong stomach and the ability to keep a straight face no matter what. Watch as he wades through the river of willful ignorance that is a Rick Santorum - Americans For P...
Calling Up Another French Post
posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 7 hours ago
*Seems like I just did one** a couple days ago.* "Dominique Strauss-Kahn questioned by French police; Strauss-Kahn not target of inquiry" by Greg Keller | Associated Press, February 22, 2012 PARIS — Fre...
"How It Really Is"
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
EU to Starve Hungary
posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 7 hours ago
"EU plans sanctions against Hungary over deficit" Associated Press, February 23, 2012 BRUSSELS - The European Union’s executive arm said yesterday that it plans to withhold $655 million in EU development ...
Trial for two Peaks Defenders Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012
posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 7 hours ago
*Trial for Two Peaks Defenders Tuesday, February 28, 2012* *Support Needed!* *What: *Trial for Two Peaks Defenders *When: Tuesday, February 28, 2012* 8:30 AM and 1:15 PM * Where: At Flagstaff Justice Cour...

The Daily "Near You?"
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
Neptune, New Jersey, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Resolution opposing common core standards and national tests
posted by skrashen at Schools Matter - 5 hours ago
Resolution submitted to NCTE opposing common core standards and national tests. Did not survive NCTE Resolutions Committee, was not presented to NCTE members for voting. Resolution on National Standards ...
"A Video Moment With Nature"
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
"Temporal Distortion" Featuring an original score by Bear McCreary (Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead, Eureka, etc) http://www.bearmccreary.com • Hat tip to Alex Noble for this material.
Chet Raymo, “A Credo”
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*“A Credo”* by Chet Raymo “John Burroughs - John-o'-the-Birds - America's most beloved nature writer, was just my age when in 1910 he wrote in his journal: "Joy in the universe, and a keen curiosity abou...
VIA train derailment in Burlington, Canada kills 3, more rushed to hospital
posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago
A Via Rail train derailment on Sunday has claimed the lives of three people in southern Ontario. Halton Regional Police confirmed that three people are dead and at least two people have been taken to hosp...
Lost Her Daughter from Cholera in Soleil
posted by John Carroll at Dying in Haiti - 6 hours ago
Photo by John Carroll--February 25, 2012
Martin S. Day on The Trickster Archetype in Mythology
posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 6 hours ago
Martin S. Day: "The High God looks like the spiritual vision of the early shaman. The Sly Trickster looks like the anti-spiritual viewpoint of the early common man. In the myths of many Amerindians the Tri...
Thaumaturgical considerations . . .
posted by Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 6 hours ago
ACCORDING TO Charles Strosser's *"Atrocity Archives"*, magic is really funky mathematics. Picture by *MJ Ranum*.
Stop patronising us - Pacific leaders
posted by PC at Not PC - 7 hours ago
Here’s something very encouraging that happened over the weekend: the reaction of Pacific groups to in NZ to Paula Bennett’s patronising “green paper” on so called “vulnerable” children. At the national...
Cite Soleil
posted by John Carroll at Dying in Haiti - 7 hours ago
Photo by John Carroll--February 25, 2012
Poisoning America Is A Fulltime Job-- Only Concerned Citizens And Uncorrupted Government Can Successfully Fight Back
posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
Last week we contrasted Willie Nelson's efforts to save the American food supply to the selfish and sociopathic behavior of dangerous Republican profiteers and their enablers-- from Rep. Michael "Mikey Su...
Sun Setting on Murdoch's British Empire
posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 7 hours ago
*I love watching the sun set on s***. * "Five Sun workers arrested in Britain’s hacking scandal; Parent company News Corp. helps police with probe" by Ravi Somaiya | New York Times, February 12, 2012 L...
Untitled
posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 7 hours ago
BP Trial Delayed A Week
"The Ghost Dance"
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
To shake off those distressing, but absolutely necessary earlier posts, a musical break feels right. Fast paced, heart pounding beat. “Ghost Dance” by Apurimac III Nature Spirit Pride and beautiful art pho...
If thinking that knowing things is good makes me a snob, then fine, I'm a snob
posted by Rev.Paperboy at The Galloping Beaver - 7 hours ago
Evan McMorris-Santoro clearly has a strong stomach and the ability to keep a straight face no matter what. Watch as he wades through the river of willful ignorance that is a Rick Santorum - Americans For P...
Calling Up Another French Post
posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 7 hours ago
*Seems like I just did one** a couple days ago.* "Dominique Strauss-Kahn questioned by French police; Strauss-Kahn not target of inquiry" by Greg Keller | Associated Press, February 22, 2012 PARIS — Fre...
"How It Really Is"
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
EU to Starve Hungary
posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 7 hours ago
"EU plans sanctions against Hungary over deficit" Associated Press, February 23, 2012 BRUSSELS - The European Union’s executive arm said yesterday that it plans to withhold $655 million in EU development ...
Trial for two Peaks Defenders Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012
posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 7 hours ago
*Trial for Two Peaks Defenders Tuesday, February 28, 2012* *Support Needed!* *What: *Trial for Two Peaks Defenders *When: Tuesday, February 28, 2012* 8:30 AM and 1:15 PM * Where: At Flagstaff Justice Cour...
"Some Things Are Just So Sad..."
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
“My heart broke on its shame and sorrow. I suddenly knew how much crying there was in me, and how little love. I knew, at last, how lonely I was. But I couldn’t respond. My culture had taught me all the w...
"Let Your Life Be a Friction to Stop the Machine"
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
Some of you will hate this video, and probably me, for posting it, because it tells the real truth of who and what we really are under all the comfortable fables and fairy tales we've been taught since chi...
Future considerations . . .
posted by Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 7 hours ago
*Space Launch System (SLS) configurations* PROGRESS COMES from many sources; it's also an uneven process, *a sudden jump from one plateau of capability to another.* Countless invisible improvements and dis...
"For This Is What We Do..."
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
“For this is what we do. Put one foot forward and then the other. Lift our eyes to the snarl and smile of the world once more. Think. Act. Feel. Add our little consequence to the tides of good and evil th...
D-FOX: Please contact us if you can read this.
posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago
To D-fox: if you're reading this, please contact us at thecomingcrisis@gmail.com. It's important -- we believe.
Petrov's successor is on his way
posted by yayacanada at YayaCanada - 8 hours ago
*... here he comes to save the day * * *Contributor: "Lucilla"* Retired Soviet officer rewarded for averting nuclear war *The retired Russian Lieutenant Colonel has picked up a major humanitarian accola...
Tucker Carlson, The Pampered Bully, Says U.S. Should Wipe Iran Off The Map
posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 8 hours ago
What is it with rich guys expressing their suppressed male aggression by calling for wars that they will never fight in? If you're going to say that a country of 70 million souls should be annihilated, th...
German interior minister: let's squeeze Greece out of the eurozone
posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 8 hours ago
On Saturday, the German minister of interior, Mr Hans-Peter Friedrich, became the first member of Merkel's government who began to publicly defend the removal of Greece from the eurozone. It's not too lo...
PRITI WORDS DON'T MEAN MUCH TO THE BBC...
posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 9 hours ago
I don't know about you but I'm with Conservative MP *Priti Patel* who has claimed the BBC is showing bias in favour of hard left activists as concerns the current "Workfare" issue; She claimed BBC 2 Newsn...
Photo Goes Viral - and I Missed It
posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 9 hours ago
Maybe you did also - so I'll put this out there for you. From HuffPo on Friday, 2/24 - - - *Banker Leaves 1% Tip On $133 Lunch Bill In Defiance of 'The 99%' [UPDATED]* There is so much wrong this story an...
4.2 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA - 26th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck Southwestern Siberia, Russia at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 17:21:39 UTC Sunday 26th February 2012 The epicenter was 53 km (32.8 miles) Northeast o...
5.1 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS - 26th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck South of the Fiji Islands at a depth of 74.7 km (64.4 miles), the quake hit at 19:37:16 UTC Sunday 26th February 2012 The epicenter was 462 km (287 miles) North from ...
English as Heresy
posted by Russell Potter at History of the English Language - 9 hours ago
The traditional tale of the ascendance of English into all its national glory in the wake of Chaucer's great work is -- alas -- far from the whole story. Not only did the substance and structure of English...
Welcome to English 432
posted by Russell Potter at History of the English Language - 9 hours ago
Welcome to our class blog for ENGL 432, History of the English Language, here at Rhode Island College. If you've enrolled in this class, you are about to discover rare treasure, a word-hoard unlike anythin...
Students: Plan your escape from academia before you enter it
posted by Denis Rancourt at Activist Teacher - 9 hours ago
The undergraduate degree is a brutal endurance test for obedience. It is an imposed gateway into graduate or professional school where you hope things will be somewhat more sane.Actually, graduate or profess...
fight club philosophy media hypnosis thoughts
posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 9 hours ago
U.S. shouldn't speed up Afghanistan pull out: U.S. ambassador
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
(Reuters) - The United States should resist the urge to pull troops out of Afghanistan ahead of schedule due to the violence against Americans over the burning of the Koran at a U.S. military base, U.S. A...
Sunday Question for Liberals
posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 9 hours ago
How do you think Barack Obama has done with regard to the uprisings and revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa over the last year plus?
Afghanistan: France and Germany withdraw civilian staff
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago
France and Germany are following the US and Britain in withdrawing civilian staff from Afghan government institutions in the wake of the killing of two senior US Nato officers. Afghan authorities are hun...
Untitled
posted by mollymew at Molly'sBlog - 10 hours ago
*AMERICAN LABOUR CHICAGO:* *SECOND PLANT OCCUPATION WINS IN WINDOW FACTORY:* About four years ago workers at what was then Republic Windows and Doors kept their workplace open by occupying the plan...
Freelance cameraman provides a rare glimpse into Homs
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago
Homs, Syria (CNN) -- A freelance cameraman who visited Homs recently put together a video that provides a rare glimpse of life in the embattled city and an even rarer close-up of the opposition movement ...
Sunday Question for Conservatives
posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 10 hours ago
Assuming that Mitt Romney is the nominee...who do you want for VP?
Graph of the Day: Accumulated Property Damage from Hurricanes, 2000 - 2100
posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 10 hours ago
[image: Accumulated property damage from 2000 to the year on the abscissa for hurricanes downscaled from the GFDL CM2.0 model, for constant climate (blue ) and a warming climate under IPCC scenario A1b (...
Texas drought eases, but it’s too late for some – Drought worsens in western U.S.
posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 10 hours ago
[image: Calves pass a nearly empty watering pond in Texas that has been drained by the extended drought. Getty] By Andrew Freedman 25 February 2012 (Climate Central) – Defying seasonal climate forecasts...
A Syrian burial for Marie Colvin. Like Osama Bin Laden at sea?
posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 10 hours ago
Journalist Marie Colvin likely to be buried in Syria, mother says “The body of Marie Colvin, a veteran correspondent for The Sunday Times of London who was killed in a shelling attack in the Syrian city o...
You Know It's A Class War (And It's Coming To Your Door)
posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 10 hours ago
If you don't watch the next video (and I know it probably looks booooorrrriing), you won't understand how the powerful succeeded in changing all the terms of the argument in order to confuse the peons. In ...
3.1 Magnitude Earthquake NEVADA - 26th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake has struck Nevada at a depth of 7.7 km (4.8 miles), the quake hit at 17:37:11 UTC Sunday 26th February 2012 The epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) Northwest from Hawthorne, Nevada No...
Antipsychotics death risk charted
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago
Some antipsychotic medication may increase the risk of death in patients with dementia more than others, according to US research. The drugs have a powerful sedative effect so are often used when dementia...
Facebook, Yahoo and Flickr spy on personal texts sent on smartphones
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago
LONDON: Top internet firms like Facebook, Yahoo and Flickr are able to read personal text messages and photographs sent via smartphones because many mobile phone apps give their developers the right to go...
Sunday Classics: Musical storms, part 4: We come to our raging storms from Janáček's "Kátya Kabanová" and Verdi's "Rigoletto"
posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
*The storm from Act III of Janáček's Kátya Kabanová, played by the Prague National Theater Orchestra under Jaroslav Krombholc. (Note: Drat! Once again this clip seems troubled. If it doesn't play, use the...
Syria - The CIA and NATO Exposed
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago
500 used cars to be shipped from Nagoya Port have exceeded radiation limit since August 2011
posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 11 hours ago
[image: Workers test a car in Japan for radiation from the Fukushima nuclear meltdowns. Kanji Tada / Yomiuri Shimbun / AP Photo] By arevamirpal::laprimavera 25 February 2012 That's when they started te...
Assad Rally in Support are these images not of Importance to decide what the Syrian People want?
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago
To all those who still do not want to believe that 85% of Syrians are in favor of Assad this is an event in a small square in Damascus.
50,000 chickens abandoned on farm and left to starve to death
posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago
Thursday afternoon finally produced some good news after what has been such a heart-wrenching story when 50,000 chickens were left starving to death at a ranch outside Turlock. A third of the birds have...
11-year-old California girl dies after fight with classmate
posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago
An 11-year-old girl is dead following an after school fight at a Long Beach elementary school, but authorities say they have no immediate plans for arrests. Police said Saturday night that the girl died a...
Cedrick Mitchell, Robber, Tries to Buy Back Gun From Victims: Cops
posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago
Authorities say a man was arrested after he dropped his gun during a robbery and returned to the scene to try and buy it back from the victims. Cedrick Mitchell, 39, faces charges of armed home invasion an...
Fight at baby shower results in death of 9-month old baby after "spray of gunfire"
posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago
A fight over a seat at a baby shower triggered the killing of a 9-month-old boy, according to the victim's grandmother. Delric Miller IV died Monday as he slept on the couch in his home on the 8400 block ...
Video: I’m A Climate Scientist - Extended Version (NSFW)
posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 11 hours ago
"Bitches be cryin' about a carbon tax" In the media landscape, there are climate change deniers and believers, but rarely are those speaking about climate change actually climate scientists. Word up wit...
WORSHIPPING AT THE ALTAR...
posted by Robin Horbury at Biased BBC - 11 hours ago
The BBC's quest to find climate change hype knows no bounds. Here, in alleged news about the collapse of Mayan civilisation, the BBC reporter has constructed his story so that its focus is a warning that t...
Anne Romney speaks and other oddities
posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 11 hours ago
Slow news cycle. This was the most amusing story all weekend. Anne Romney is tired of listening to Willard: "I also decided no more debates," she said, as her husband stood next to her. "If we're going to...
Anti-Putin protest in Russia
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago
Thousands protest against the likelihood of Vladimir Putin's victory in the presidential polls. Jessica Gray reports.
Apologies: Do They Make It All Better?
posted by Sheila Eldred at Discovery News - Top Stories - 11 hours ago
At their best, public apologies restore relationships or even improve them. At their worst...
Nicholas Davies and Gareth Montgomery-Johnson the 2 UK journalists' held by Libyan Militia
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago
(CNN) -- A militia in Libya is illegally holding two British journalists, refusing to turn them over to transitional government authorities and preventing international aid workers from visiting them, Huma...
BERNIE ELLIS, AMERICAN PATRIOT, SPEAKS TRUTH TO POWER ON MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY
posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 12 hours ago
*Blogger's Note:* Bernie Ellis organized the National Election Reform Conference held at the Jefferson Street Missionary Baptist Church in Nashville, TN, April 8-10, 2005. It was attended by individuals f...
robogate: vote suppression must be investigated, by-elections must be held
posted by laura k at wmtc - 12 hours ago
What will be done about RoboGate? Has Stephen Harper's well-documented pattern of giving democracy the finger finally gone too far? Thanks to an excellent election post-mortem by Matt Peters and Ryan Bold...
5.3 Magnitude Earthquake FIJI REGION - 26th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck the Fiji Region at a depth of 594 km (368.2 miles), the quake hit at 16:27:14 UTC Sunday 26th February 2012 The epicenter was 58 km (35.9 miles) East of Tubou, Lakeba,...
First They Came for the Teachers
posted by Judy Rabin at Schools Matter - 12 hours ago
*“It seems completely wrong,” Ms. Kahn said, adding that one of the co-teachers in the sixth grade did not even get a rating, in an apparent mistake.* *Publicly humiliating teachers is wrong but decades...
Tobacco Tax 6: On Cigarette Smuggling
posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 12 hours ago
I posted my paper last February 23, Tobacco Tax 5: Consumer Demand After Tax Hike and Smuggling, to some of my discussion yahoogroups, it attracted many good comments and counter-comments. I am posting th...
Best and Worst Public Apologies
posted by Sheila Eldred at Discovery News - Top Stories - 13 hours ago
A tracker of public apologies reveals her choices of the best and worst of them in modern times.
4.0 Magnitude Earthquake SPAIN - 26th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck Spain at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 15:31:35 UTC Sunday 26th February 2012 The epicenter was 7 km (4.3 miles) West of Agrón, Granada, Spain No Repo...
Erin Brockovich: Research Into Upstate New York Tourette's Case Only Preliminary
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has corrected misinformation regarding her investigation into the medical mystery in an upstate New York to...
What Mattered This Week?
posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 13 hours ago
Significant news again in Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, and Yemen, at least. Congress was out of town, so nothing much there, and no GOP primary, although there was a debate in Arizona. The most important thin...
Video: Russell Means 'My people want to be free'
posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours ago
Click arrow below for 2012 video interview . Rusell Means: Nazi labor camps, Apartheid in South Africa and Palestine, and Guantanamo were based on "reservations" in the US. "The United States is evil to i...
Baby Yoga: Lena Fokina calls this Abuse 'baby yoga' and claims it is GOOD for them
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago
Security for Oil
posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 13 hours ago
"*Nice country ya got here. It'd be a real shame if something happened to it."* Britain is hot to trot for Somalia or, to be specific, Somalia's oil. And, it's trying to get a leg up on the competition...
West brands Syria vote a 'sham'
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago
Syria's authoritarian regime has held a referendum on a new constitution, a gesture by embattled President Bashar Assad to placate those wanting him to stand down. But the opposition deemed it an empty ge...
Abu Qatada will cost us £5m-a-year... that's 100 times the cost of keeping him in jail
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago
The cost of keeping watch on Abu Qatada on bail comes to about £5million a year, it has emerged - a hundred times more than keeping him in a high-security jail. The Islamist cleric is subject to a survei...
How can you tell when the Harperites are behaving like Tea Partiers?
posted by Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 14 hours ago
When the crew at *Balloon Juice* notices. Welcome to the world stage.
Eartquake Measuring 5.9 Magnitude in Taiwan Caught on Video
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago
A powerful earthquake strikes southern Taiwan but causes minor damage. Travis Brecher reports
Seven U.S. soldiers wounded after Afghan NATO base attacked
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago
(Reuters) - Seven U.S. military trainers were wounded on Sunday when a grenade was thrown at their base in northern Afghanistan, police said, as anti-Western fury deepened over the burning of the Koran at...
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA - 26th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck South Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands. Alaska at a depth of 74 km (46 miles), the quake hit at 14:29:24 UTC Sunday 26th February 2012 The epicenter was 90 km (55 ...
North Korea vows “sacred war” over joint drills
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago
SEOUL -- North Korea is vowing a "sacred war" in response to annual joint military exercises South Korean and U.S. forces are to begin staging Monday. The announcer, reading a statement of the National Def...
Americans fail to appear in Cairo court
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago
(CNN) -- The trial of sixteen American aid workers before a Cairo court was adjourned Sunday, the judge said, after the accused failed to appear in court. The aid workers are charged with fraud in Egypt....
5.1 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS - 26th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck South of the Fiji Islands at a depth of 10.1 km (6.3 miles), the quake hit at 13:49:59 UTC Sunday 26th February 2012 The epicenter was 439 km (273 miles) SSW of NUKU`...
'Enigma' of Capitalised Name - Interpretation of Law
posted by Refreshingly Twatted at No Shit Department- - 14 hours ago
ANSWER TO THE ENIGMA of a capitalized name Canadian Rights researcher Russell Porisky has conducted extensive studies into common law versus Admiralty law, and its attendant natural persons versus lega...
CDC Warns That New Swine Flu Strain Has 'Pandemic Potential'
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago
A paper published Tuesday by scientists at the Centers for Disease Control suggests a new swine flu virus has the potential to cause an outbreak. The A(H3N2)v swine flu strain that has infected at least 18...
Binh Duong reports first human bird flu case (Vietnam)
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago
The southern province of Binh Duong has confirmed the first case of bird flu on humans and the patient has been carried to Ho Chi Minh City for treatments. The patient is Truong Phu Son, born in 1990. He...
Untitled
posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 15 hours ago
Sneaky Snakes of 2012, Part 1 ~American Zombie Good Morning, Gentle'rillas, from Down Under! Doing the second-best thing for Emily ~Stephanie Grace ~Emily Mueller, left, looks at one of the Muses shoes giv...
4.9 Magnitude Earthquake HALMAHERA, INDONESIA - 26th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck Halmahera, Indonesia at a depth of 235.7 km (146.5 miles), the quake hit at 13:27:15 UTC Sunday 26th February 2012 The epicenter was 228 km (141 miles) Northeast of T...
What A Snob!
posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
The sad part about this video isn't so much the sanctimonious little fascist twerp making the speech as it is the pathetic, brainwashed teabaggers cheering and snorting at exactly the right moments. Roos...
4.8 Magnitude Earthquake VANUATU - 26th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 92.3 km (57.4 miles), the quake hit at 13:13:05 UTC Sunday 26th February 2012 The epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) WNW of Isangel, Tanna, Vanuatu N...
4.9 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA - 26th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck Southwestern Siberia, Russia at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 13:06:36 UTC Sunday 26th February 2012 The epicenter was 46 km (28.6 miles) Northeast o...
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA - 26th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Southwestern Siberia, Russia at a depth of 10.1 km (6.3 miles), the quake hit at 12:50:23 UTC Sunday 26th February 2012 The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) Northeast o...
5.0 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS - 26th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck South of the Fiji Islands at a depth of 35 km (21.7 miles), the quake hit at 12:12:28 UTC Sunday 26th February 2012 The epicenter was 457 km (283 miles) SSW of NUKU`A...
Protest against #ACTA, Copenhagen 25/02/2012
posted by Anonops at AnonOps Communications - 15 hours ago
5.2 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA - 26th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck Southwestern Siberia, Russia at a depth of 9.5 km (5.9 miles), the quake hit at 11:59:06 UTC Sunday 26th February 2012 The epicenter was 40 km (24.8 miles) Northeast ...
4.0 Magnitude Earthquake POLAND - 26th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck Poland at a depth of just 0 km (0.6 miles Poorly Constrained), the quake hit at 11:31:19 UTC Sunday 26th February 2012 The epicenter was 6 km (3.7 miles) Northeast of...
Koran Protests: US Soldiers Injured In Attack
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago
A grenade attack has wounded seven US soldiers in Afghanistan a day after Nato officers were shot dead in Kabul and just hours after president Karzai appealed for calm over the burning of Korans at a US m...
Saudi Crown Prince a Conspiracy Theorist
posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 15 hours ago
*Which simply means he knows the truth. * "New Saudi crown prince won praise for crackdowns" October 28, 2011|Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia named a new crown prince late yesterday:...
Bahrain Birthday
posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 15 hours ago
*Yeah, I know, I'm a little late**.* "Shi’ite marchers mark anniversary of Bahrain protest" Bloomberg News, February 15, 2012 MANAMA, Bahrain - Mainly *Shi’ite Muslim protesters in Bahrain* marked the *fi...
Nothing New in Yemen
posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 16 hours ago
"Yemen has new leader but lots of old problems" by Laura Kasinof | New York Times, February 26, 2012 SANA, Yemen - Yemen’s first new president in more than three decades was sworn in yesterday, taking o...
Haiti Shaken Again
posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 16 hours ago
*I'm shaken every time I see something about them in my Globe. * "In Haiti, grand plans give way to $500 and a push out the door" by William Booth | Washington Post, February 26, 2012 PORT-AU-PRINCE - I...
stop the pipeline: "do you see what we are doing here? we are destroying future generations."
posted by laura k at wmtc - 16 hours ago
This is an absolute must read or must see: the testimony of a 26-year-old man, the son of a Canadian oil executive, to the Enbridge Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel hearings. The Vancouver Observer, pro...
Mexican Politicians Staying Off Drugs
posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 16 hours ago
*I should just say no to the Boston Globe.* "Mexico candidates avoid drug debate" by Nick Miroff | Washington Post February 26, 2012 MEXICO CITY - Mexico’s *drug war* has *cost 50,000 lives* since P...
Dear President Karzai
posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 16 hours ago
Kira Davis wants to make an apology, just like President Barack Hussein Obama. Well not quite the same. Meanwhile this piece of video wonders if anyone in the Islamic world should be apologising to the ...
Catching Up on Colombia
posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 16 hours ago
*Shouldn't take that long....* "California toy company owners sentenced in drug scheme" Associated Press, February 01, 2012 LOS ANGELES - Two sisters who ran a Los Angeles toy company were sentenced yest...
3.2 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - 26th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake has struck Southern California at a depth of just 2.3 km (1.4 miles Poorly Constrained), the quake hit at 11:31:19 UTC Sunday 26th February 2012 The epicenter was 5 km (3 miles)...
4.9 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS - 26th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck South of the Fiji Islands at a depth of 72.1 km (44.8 miles), the quake hit at 11:17:11 UTC Sunday 26th February 2012 The epicenter was 469 km (291 miles) SSW of NUKU...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un issues threat to retaliate ahead of South Korea-US drills
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to launch a powerful retaliatory strike against South Korea if provoked, state media said Sunday, a day before the start of annual South Kor...
Syria condemns "Friends of Syria" conference
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago
Syria has rejected and condemned all decisions and comments made at the "Friends of Syria" conference in Tunisia. Syria's state television says the government rejects any calls to arm the opposition, say...
Somalia promises west oil riches as diplomats vow to defeat al-Shabaab....Well you didn't think they were helping out of the goodness of their hearts?
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago
Somali prime minister says his country will give west a share of natural resources in return for help with task of reconstruction. They expect the oil to flow within weeks. Coming from two miles undergrou...
Afghan police officer sought over Kabul Nato killings
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago
An Afghan police intelligence officer is being sought over the killing of two senior US Nato officers at the interior ministry in Kabul on Saturday. Abdul Saboor, from Parwan province, was "the main suspe...
5.2 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA - 26th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck Southwestern Siberia, Russia at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 11:07:41 UTC Sunday 26th February 2012 The epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) East of Saryg...
Montana, Marias Pass avalanche leaves one man Dead and another injured
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago
MARIAS PASS- Flathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry says that a Cut Bank man died after being buried in an avalanche on Saturday. This marks the third fatal avalanche to hit Montana this week. Another man fr...
Schmallenberg virus: Mystery Incurable virus kills thousands of lambs
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago
Thousands of lambs have been killed by a new virus that is threatening the survival of many British farms. The Schmallenberg virus causes lambs to be born dead or with serious deformities such as fused li...
Crop Circle 2011 Planet Alignments Are Warning Us For 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago
"Once, twice...three times a recovery?"
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago
Feb. 24 - The early signs in 2012 point to economic recovery. But they did the same in 2010 and 2011 before quickly fizzling out.
Fire kills two at Brazil Antarctica base
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago
Feb. 26 -Fire guts Brazil Antarctica base, killing two and forcing evacuation of all staff.
Social networks getting a bit less social......Just a bit?
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago
(Reuters) - Users of online social network sites such as Facebook are editing their pages and tightening their privacy settings to protect their reputations in the age of digital sharing, according to a n...
European bank's bonus cuts hide salary hikes
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago
(Reuters) - European banks could face more pressure from regulators and politicians worried that big cuts in bonuses have barely dented a high-pay culture sustained by massive hikes in base salaries. A s...
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake NEAR THE COAST OF NICARAGUA - 26th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck near the Coast of Nicaragua at a depth of 86.2 km (53.6 miles), the quake hit at 10:00:38 UTC Sunday 26th February 2012 The epicenter was 74 km (45 miles) West of Riv...
Quick Stop in Argentina
posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 18 hours ago
"Argentine train slams into station, killing 49" Associated Press, February 23, 2012 BUENOS AIRES - A train packed with morning commuters slammed into a downtown station yesterday, killing 49 people and i...
Free Amazon Kindle
posted by Lilith eZine at LILITH NEWS - 19 hours ago
ENTERTAINMENT/TECHNOLOGY - You can buy an Amazon Kindle gadget for reading eBooks for $109 or one of the more expensive versions like the Kindle DX (for $379). However its not really WORTH that much. Whe...
Get rid of the comma
posted by The Arthurian at The Rules of Exposition - 19 hours ago
Times change. Language changes. It's a hard thing to watch. Personally, I think it's related to the decline of civilization. But I guess people always say that as they get older. One comma so far. I lik...
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS - 26th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck South of the Fiji Islands at a depth of 158.5 km (98.5 miles), the quake hit at 09:23:37 UTC Sunday 26th February 2012 The epicenter was 468 km (291 miles) SSW of NUK...
U.S. democracy activists to go on trial in Egypt
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago
(Reuters) - Dozens of democracy activists including 16 Americans go on trial in Egypt Sunday in a politically charged case which has set off a crisis in relations between Cairo and Washington and threaten...
Venezuela's New Leader
posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 19 hours ago
*I just don't think Chavez is going to make it to November.* "Chavez travels to Cuba for surgery; Seeks emergency cancer treatment" by Fabiola Sanchez and Vivian Sequera | Associated Press, February 25, ...
Carnival Cruise line: 22 passengers robbed in Mexican seaside resort
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago
(CNN) -- Twenty-two Carnival Cruise Lines passengers were robbed of valuables and their passports during a shore excursion in the Mexico seaside resort of Puerto Vallarta, cruise officials said late Saturd...
Tyler Durden Did 9/11
posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 19 hours ago
"*Tyler Durden*: [pointing at an emergency instruction manual on a plane] You know why they put oxygen masks on planes? *Narrator*: So you can breathe. *Tyler Durden*: Oxygen gets you high. In...
U.S. drone crashes in Pakistan: Denial Drone was Shot Down
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago
(CNN) -- A U.S. drone crashed Saturday in Pakistan's tribal region, U.S. and Pakistani officials said. The cause of the crash was unknown, but a U.S. official denied reports that the drone had been shot ...
Nigerian church Attack: 3 Killed
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago
Jos, Nigeria (CNN) -- At least three people were killed Sunday in the latest attack on Christian churches in Nigeria. Police said a car packed with explosives rammed into the compound of the Cocin (Church...
Ministry official 'behind Kabul attack'
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A gunman who shot two American officers inside the highly secured Afghan Ministry of Interior was identified Sunday as a junior intelligence officer with ties to a Pakistani r...
Marie Colvin 'to be buried in Syria'
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago
New York (CNN) -- The body of Marie Colvin, a veteran correspondent for The Sunday Times of London who was killed in a shelling attack in the Syrian city of Homs, will likely be buried inside Syria, her m...
Yemen leader promises al Qaeda fight
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago
Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- Yemen's new president on Saturday promised to continue the fight against al Qaeda, calling it "a religious and national duty" for citizens of his restive nation. Abdurabu Mansur Ha...
Japan's Tsunami Zone Struggles to Move on, Both physically and emotionally
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago
Marie Colvin died 'trying to get her shoes'
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago
(CNN) -- Marie Colvin, a veteran correspondent who was killed in Syria last week, died trying to get her shoes so she could escape a shelling attack, her paper reported Sunday. Colvin, a New York native,...
"No Smooth Roads..."
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
"Life has no smooth road for any of us; and in the bracing atmosphere of a high aim the very roughness stimulates the climber to steadier steps, till the legend, over steep ways to the stars, fulfills itse...
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION - 26th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Hokkaido, Japan at a depth of 56.7 km (35.2miles), the quake hit at 07:05:34 UTC Sunday 26th February 2012 The epicenter was 47 km (27 miles) SSE from Kushiro, Hokkaid...
CIA SAFE HOUSE IN ABBOTTABAD
posted by Anon at aangirfan - 20 hours ago
*Abbottabad * Pakistan has begun to demolish the house where the CIA claimed that Osama bin Laden once lived. CIA compound being demolished in Pakistan The CIA reportedly kept a number of its assets ...
"Compassion..."
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
"The value of compassion cannot be over-emphasized. Anyone can criticize. It takes a true believer to be compassionate. No greater burden can be borne by an individual than to know no one cares or underst...
Mysterious artefacts that alien fanatics bring to Arizona UFO conference
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago
UFO fanatics gathered in the Arizona desert this week to marvel at artefacts said to come from meetings with aliens and share their stories of flying saucers. The spaceship spotters watched documentaries...
Close Call Newark, Delaware: Two women pulled from car stuck on railway tracks moments before freight train smashes it to pieces
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago
Glenn Sharpe arrested on murder charges after 'bursting into victim's home and opening fire'
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago
Former NFL defensive back Glenn Sharpe has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a man in the Atlanta suburbs. DeKalb County Sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Adrion Bell says the 27-year-old was char...
Commuter injured after being pushed onto subway tracks by drunk homeless man
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago
A commuter was injured this morning when he was shoved onto the tracks at a New York subway station by a drunk homeless man. The 62-year-old victim was waiting for a train at Times Square when there was ...
Cardinal 'ordered list of paedophile priests destroyed'
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago
Requested drop: Monsignor William Lynn has requested the case against him in a priest child abuse scandal be dropped after new evidence was produced including a list of problem priests he created A Roman...
5.4 Magnitude Earthquake TARAPACA, CHILE - 26th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck Tarapaca, Chile at a depth of 96.5 km (60 miles), the quake hit at 08:08:51 UTC Sunday 26th February 2012 The epicenter was 115 km (72 miles) ESE from Arica, Chile No ...
Brazilian research station in Antarctica Fire Kills two
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago
Two navy personnel people have been killed at a fire in Brazil's research station in Antarctica, forcing an evacuation of more than 40 people by helicopter. The blaze broke out on Saturday morning in the...
Defiant banker leaves one per cent tip on $133 bill… and leaves additional tip for waiter to 'get a REAL job'
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago
An arrogant banker has done all in his power to enforce his position as the ‘one per cent,’ all the while reminding everyone else they’re not. After dining on a meal at a boutique Newport Beach, Californi...
Mohammed Tariq Aziz who took out life insurance for his wife two days before battering her to death is jailed for 22 years
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago
A man who took out an insurance policy on his wife before murdering her has been jailed today for life with a minimum term of 22 years. Mohammed Tariq Aziz was found guilty of battering to death 41-year-o...
Osama bin Laden's secret compound is demolished in Pakistan
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago
The three-storey Pakistan compound where Osama bin Laden spent his last years and was killed by U.S Navy SEALs last May is being demolished. Rings of police kept spectators and journalists away from the c...
Lessons from Fukushima: The Power of Denial and the Optimismm of Youth
posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 21 hours ago
The Lessons of Fukushima symposium held at Willamette ended Saturday afternoon and I will be heading home. There was a diverse group of participants at the symposium, including people from Japan, Canada,...
India To Test Agni-V Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)
posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 21 hours ago
India has begun final preparations for the first test of its most-ambitious strategic missile, the 5,000-km Agni-V, which will prove to be both a technical as well as logistical challenge. The Agni-V, whic...
Kim Jong-un Inspects Nuclear, Missile Unit
posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 21 hours ago
New North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected the North Korean Army's 842nd Unit, North Korea's state-run media reported on Tuesday. The unit, which is under the direct control of the General Staff in char...
NATO withdraws all personnel from Afghan ministries after two U.S. officers are shot in the back of the head by 'police officers'
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago
All American and international advisers today deserted Afghan government buildings after two senior US officers were shot in the back of the head in their office at the interior ministry in Kabul. The un...
Iranian Air Defence Exercise
posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 21 hours ago
Iran's air defense units exercised their capability of targetting Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) during massive air defense drills in the Southern province of Bushehr. Iranian forces shot down a hypotheti...
In The Works
posted by BAL at WPB/NYC and Anything Else; A Green Rights Collection - 21 hours ago
RESIDENTS TOLD TO ACTIVATE FIRE PLAN NOW, Tasmania's Derwent Valley, Australia
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago
The Tasmania Fire Service has issued an emergency alert warning for an out of control bushfire burning at Meadowbank Dam, in Tasmania's Derwent Valley. The fire has burned about 2,000 hectares but no home...
As a man's body floats in three and a half feet of water, 25 emergency workers stand and watch because they aren't 'trained' to go in water
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago
The busy scene on the banks of the lake appears to show our emergency services at their dynamic best. An air ambulance stands by as two specialist officers in yellow ‘immersion suits’ deliver a man who h...
Falklands task force plan 'ready' if Argentina threatens to invade again as tensions rise
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago
A mini task force would be sent to defend the Falkland Islands if Argentina threatened to invade again, under contingency plans drawn up by the Ministry of Defence. With tensions rising in the South Atla...
Chancellor Rules Out New Eurozone Bailout... Where have we heard that before?
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago
George Osborne has told Sky News that Britain and other leading economies are not ready to fund another eurozone bailout as finance ministers meet in Mexico for the G20 summit. Speaking to Sky's Dermot ...
4.9 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA - 26th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck Southwestern Siberia, Russia at a depth of 10.1 km (6.3 miles), the quake hit at 06:52:39 UTC Sunday 26th February 2012 The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) Northeast o...
Magnitude 6.8 Earthquake Strikes East Siberia
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago
IRKUTSK, February 26 (RIA Novosti) – A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Russia’s East Siberia on Sunday, with tremor shocks felt by residents of the Irkutsk Region and the Republic of Khakassia. Russia’s ...
Ubuntu upon Android?
posted by address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 22 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/ZQozs5tXxwY -- More here. *I have my reservations still*. Why putting a 'desktop' upon Android to double that by running the same installed 'desktop' on a netbook or small laptop? My...
Earthquake Taiwan, causing minor property damage in south
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A strong earthquake struck Taiwan on Sunday, causing minor damage in the southern part of the island. There were no immediate reports of casualties and no tsunami warning was issued. Tai...
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTHWESTERN PAKISTAN - 26th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Southwestern Pakistan at a depth of 74.2 km (46.1 miles), the quake hit at 06:08:22 UTC Sunday 26th February 2012 The epicenter was 48 km (29 miles) North of Dalbandi...
5.5 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS - 26th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake has struck South of the Fiji Islands at a depth of 65.1 km (40.5 miles), the quake hit at 05:21:31 UTC Sunday 26th February 2012 The epicenter was 434 km (269 miles) SSW of NUKU...
5.2 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS - 26th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck South of the Fiji Islands at a depth of 39.5 km (24.5 miles), the quake hit at 02:46:26 UTC Sunday 26th February 2012 The epicenter was 452 km (280 miles) SSW of NUKU...
5.9 Magnitude Earthquake TAIWAN - 26th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake has struck Taiwan at a depth of 22.4 km (13.9 miles), the quake hit at 02:34:59 UTC Sunday 26th February 2012 The epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) WSW of Taitung, Taiwan (Populatio...
4.5 Magnitude Earthquake POTOSI, BOLIVIA - 26th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Potosi, Bolivia at a depth of 212.3 km (131.9 miles), the quake hit at 00:29:28 UTC Sunday 26th February 2012 The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) West of Tupiza, Bolivi...
4.8 Magnitude Earthquake MINAHASA, SULAWESI, INDONESIA - 26th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia at a depth of 183.1 km (113.8 miles), the quake hit at 00:07:48 UTC Sunday 26th February 2012 The epicenter was 111 km (68 miles) Southw...
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake FIJI REGION - 25th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Fiji Region at a depth of 602.4 km (374.3 miles), the quake hit at 21:06:04 UTC Saturday 25th February 2012 The epicenter was 224 km (139 miles) Southeast of Lamba...
6.8 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA - 26th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake has struck Southwestern Siberia, Russia at a depth of 11.7 km (9.8 miles), the quake hit at 06:17:19 UTC Sunday 26th February 2012 The epicenter was 44 km (27.2 miles) Northeast...
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA - 25th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea at a depth of 66.5 km (41.3 miles), the quake hit at 20:43:14 UTC Saturday 25th February 2012 The epicenter was 116 km (72 mi...
4.2 Magnitude Earthquake SICILY, ITALY - 25th Feb 2012
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck Sicily, Italy at a depth of 18 km (11.2 miles), the quake hit at 20:34:36 UTC Saturday 25th February 2012 The epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) NNE of Palermo, Sicily, It...
Chris Christie watch
posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 23 hours ago
Every time I turn on the TV New Jersey's gasbag governor is bloviating on some channel or another about some bullshit. They keep asking him about running for president. He's not saying no. In fact he just ...
Sean Stone The Truth-Teller Vs. Piers Morgan The Warmonger
posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
Sean Stone: A Champion of Truth, Justice, Humanity. Piers Morgan: A lying warmonger.
There's More To Pennsylvania Than Just Harry The Right-Wing Mortician From Pittsburgh
posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Friday I spoke with Kathy Boockvar, a progressive activist running against Republican Mike Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick won his old Bucks County-based seat back from Patrick Murphy, another Democrat swept awa...
More REAL History Revealed: A True Hero For All Humanity - The Soviet Officer That Averted Nuclear War
posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago
We are inundated these days with reports from our controlled media about sports heroes, or our so called "celebrities" that many have been brainwashed into worshiping. It is rare that anyone takes a clos...
Brzezinski: USA will not support Israel if they attack Iran
posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
Brzezinski: "We don't need to go to war."
Fabulous Video By Snordelhans: Epitaph - The Late, Great United States!
posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago
Readers, it does appear that the criminals who want their nice little war against the innocent, and peaceful, nation of Iran, will continue to stop at nothing to get that war off and running. I have long ...
Shut Down Corporations on #F29 with #OccupyWallStreet
posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
This Post Will Make You Scream
posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago
Munch's 'Scream' to go on sale in N.Y.; may fetch $80m "Human skeleton found in woods MANORVILLE - A human skeleton was found in a wooded area on the eastern end of Long Island, near where the remains of ...
Overturned in Ohio
posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago
"New trial for man in Ohio fire that killed 9" by Associated Press | February 09, 2012 CLEVELAND — A mentally disabled former drug dealer convicted in the 2005 fire deaths of nine people, including eig...
Musical Interlude: 2002, “Spirit Moves”
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“This is a video from the DVD/CD set by 2002 "A Word in the Wind", with performance clips of the band layered into the composition. The song is called "Spirit Moves". It features Randy Copus on guitar (St...
Daughter is Father's Keeper
posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago
"Mich. dad who let 9-year-old drive gets probation" February 23, 2012|Mike Householder, Associated Press A Detroit-area man caught on a gas station surveillance video boasting about his then-9-year-old da...
Republicans Betting on $enate
posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago
"GOP-allied groups see Senate races as good bet WASHINGTON - Republicans’ clear shot at winning control of the Senate is attracting tens of millions of dollars from GOP-allied outside groups eager to spen...
"A Look to the Heavens"
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“The first identified compact galaxy group, Stephan's Quintet is featured in this eye-catching image constructed with data drawn from the extensive Hubble Legacy Archive. About 300 million light-years away...
"A Cherokee Expression"
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*Honor* "When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice." - A Cherokee Expression
#Anonymous #ACTA protests Freiburg & Stuttgart #Germany & Paris #France
posted by Anonops at AnonOps Communications - 1 day ago
Chet Raymo, “A Fishy Tale”
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“A Fishy Tale”* by Chet Raymo "As dumb as a goldfish. I mean, what could be dumber than swimming around in murky water all day - glassy eyed, slimy scaled, cold blooded - waiting for someone to sprinkle...
Haley (SC) - Lies About ALEC
posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago
I saw this snip earlier this week when researching the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and tried to find something more substantial on it and could not until today. *Governor says talks help ...
"All Man Can Do..."
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“All man can do is lose one life, but also keep in mind that all we have is one life, so that the longest life and the shortest life amount to the same thing. Our only loss is the passing minute which is...
The Daily "Near You?"
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Cane Hill, Arkansas, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"The Only Difference..."
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That's the only difference.” - Ralph Nader
An Energetic Obama
posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago
*Campaign trail will do that to a man.* "Obama defends multipronged energy policies; but says there is no quick fix for price surge" by Mark Landler | New York Times, February 24, 2012 MIAMI - President...
Uh, Dean?
posted by Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 1 day ago
Are you sure you want to open *this door*? Because there's one or two interesting stories floating around your riding about the sorts of things you've been up to. Wow, their spin control on this thing is...
In NYS's education war, Diane Ravitch asks: "Will we ever break free of our national addiction to data?"
posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*Wow, Governor Andrew does education reform too! (As anti-progressively as he does most everything else.)* *"Of course, teachers should be evaluated. They should be evaluated by experienced principals and ...
Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqd: Shut The Fuck Up, Moron!
posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
On Saturday, February 25, the commander of Iran's Basij force Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqd said that Muslims around the world should reject President Obama's apology for the burning of Korans in Af...
Obama Gets $ome Real Time
posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago
*Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo.... * "Maher pledges $1 million to Obama super PAC WASHINGTON - Political satirist *Bill Maher* got into the act Thursday night, *pledging $1 million* to a po...
Send a Message to Koch, oops I mean Coke.
posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago
The Center for Media and Democracy has a short note you can send to KochCoke. HERE's THE LINK
Uzbeki's Aim is Off
posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago
*The feeling here is it is a message to the guy to do the agenda -- or else.... * "Guilty plea in Uzbek’s plot to kill president" February 11, 2012|New York Times BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A man from Uzbekistan...
Politics
posted by Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 1 day ago
I think that the social operating system we're running on doesn't really have a lot of space for deeper or longer-term contextual awareness. So much is here and now, with a bit of reference to the future, ...
What the U.S. Can Learn from Education in Venezuela
posted by Judy Rabin at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
The PBS NewsHour this Friday evening featured a music program that brings music lessons to a few lucky students in low-income neighborhoods in New York City. Modeled on a program in Venezuela, Harmony, s...
The Prosaic and Amenable Endochonometer
posted by Gail at Wit's End - 1 day ago
Where to begin? As usual, the volume of new information about ozone, even though most of it is well hidden in plain sight, is crushing! I took a walk this week, to the nearby arboretum, Willowwood. I ha...
I Wonder... A Comment
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
You may have noticed a bit of rather harsh cynicism at the end of a post below, "Uncle Sam’s Fire Sale. Minimum Investment: $1 Billion". Well, I wonder about a lot of things, maybe you do too. Maybe it's ...
DAMN IT PEOPLE DON'T YOU GET IT??? Part 12, Kill Orders!
posted by noreply@blogger.com (Say No To Corporate America!) at Say No To Corporate America - 1 day ago
Five Reasons Why Iran Can Be America's Best Friend In The Middle East
posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
* A new American-Iranian alliance is better than an American-Iranian war.* "A nuclear Iran would be destabilizing," declare "serious" Middle East analysts and Western policy makers. This assertion is fu...
Republican Speculators And Hedge Fund Manipulators Driving Up The Price Of Gas
posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*The 15 most corrupt Big Oil whores in the history of the House-- 13 Republicans & 2 slimy Blue Dogs* Thursday we took a brief glimpse at how Romney's billionaire backers-- hedge fund dealers and speculat...
Stewart Rhodes: 2012 NDAA is War on the People
posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
Marcus Aurelius, "The Object of Life..."
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." - Marcus Aurelius
Condom Use Tricky, Filled with Mistakes
Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day ago
People who use condoms often make critical errors that undermine its effectiveness, finds an analysis of 50 studies.
Heads up . . .
posted by Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 1 day ago
IF YOU USE GOOGLE — its security rules and regs are changing. *Why should you care?* Well, according to *WIRED*, now's the time to *get rid of your search history*. Go visit and find out more, before you...
"How It Really Is"
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
LONDON AND BIN LADEN
posted by Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
* London * In the mid 1990s, Osama bin Laden lived in London, at a house near Harrow Road in Wembley. (UK Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)) London is the home of MI6, which 'halted a bid to arrest bin La...
The Used
posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 1 day ago
Usually, one needs to find themselves at the end of a long life, typically a nursing home, to get to where I've been prematurely sentenced since age 50. Usually, one has to find themselves at that metaph...
Researchers Worried Over Finding New Mutant Bird Flu Virus
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
seems Bird Flu is back and this time the danger has a different carrier suggesting both the dangerous as well as non-dangerous aspects of the spread. Concerning majorly about the public health, Bird flu ...
Hawaii Seismic swarm continues with over 74 earthquakes in Volcano area
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
The U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reports the Kaoiki seismic swarm continues about three miles Northwest of Halemaumau Crater with increased activity overnight with two magnitude 4...
Costa Rica's Rincon de la Vieja Volcano Awakens
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
The Rincón de la Vieja volcano is not as famous as the Arenal, Poas or Irazú, lying in the northern part of the country away from the main tourism corridor. However, it is an active volcano and on Thursda...
Free Syrian Army Attack Check Point
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
Note: No matter what country you live in, would you feel safe with this going on in your streets? What would you want your country to do. A: Step down and do nothing B: Send the army in C: Have the In...
"Uncle Sam’s Fire Sale. Minimum Investment: $1 Billion"
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"Uncle Sam’s Fire Sale. Minimum Investment: $1 Billion"* By Addison Wiggin "In my investment letter, Addison Wiggin’s Apogee Advisory," we spend a great deal of time, money and resources looking for new ...
Russia Today interviews Christopher Horstel about "Syrian Friends" meeting in Tunisia
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
Israel says IAEA report 'proof' Iran wants the bomb
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
JERUSALEM — A UN atomic watchdog's report saying that Iran has substantially boosted uranium enrichment is "added proof" that Tehran is trying to obtain nuclear weapons, Israel said on Saturday. "The rep...
ALEC Starts a Blog
posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago
ALEC's AntiDemocracy BLOG Interesting - since it was just last March that they accused bloggers about spreading lies about them. Wonder what they are going to spread lies about. Wonder if the Koch's put...
J. Krishnamurti, "Justifying Evil"
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"Justifying Evil"* "Obviously the present crisis throughout the world is exceptional, without precedent. There have been crises of varying types at different periods throughout history - social, nationa...
Africanized bees kill mother of 8 in Guyana
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- A mother of eight has died in the South American country of Guyana after she was attacked by a swarm of Africanized bees. Police said Friday that 47-year-old Munia Sanchara was attack...
Golden Algae in Ascarate Lake kills more than 100 fish, Texas
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
EL PASO, Texas — Golden alga was found in Ascarate Lake and is the cause of the death of more than 100 fish. Officials said that is a low number compared to similar events across Texas. Park officials h...
Britain Withdraws Kabul Staff After Deaths
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
Britain is pulling out all civilian advisers from buildings in Kabul after two American officers were shot dead amid protests over Koran burning. The Afghan Taliban has claimed responsibility for the kil...
Libya urges neighbors to hand over Gaddafi supporters
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
(Reuters) - Libya urged its neighbors to hand over supporters of toppled leader Muammar Gaddafi who have fled the country, saying bilateral ties could be threatened if they did not cooperate. Mustafa Abd...
Greg Hunter, "Weekly News Wrap-Up 2.24.12"
posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"Weekly News Wrap-Up 2.24.12"* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "Syria is the top story this week, because the bloody revolution there has big super power war implications. This violent uprising against...
Argentina: A UFO Reported over Pilar
posted by Inexplicata at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 1 day ago
Date: 02.24.12 Source: Minuto.com http://www.minutouno.com.ar/minutouno/nota/160702-denuncian-la-presencia-de-un-ovni-en-el-cielo-de-pilar/ Argentina: A UFO Reported over Pilar Some residents ...
Apple's China legal battle over iPad spreads to U.S.......So they can copy anything on the Planet but do not like it when someone uses a word
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
(Reuters) - A Chinese firm trying to stop Apple Inc from using the iPad name in China has launched an attack on the consumer electronics giant's home turf, filing a lawsuit in California that accuses it o...
We've decided: We're staying online (And an Open Letter to the readers of the Coming Crisis from Dennis Evers, himself a reader)
posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
Many readers have written in to us today to express their feelings over the fate of the Coming Crisis after we mentioned that we are in need of financial help in order to stay online. One of these readers ...
Taliban militants say they shot down US drone
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
(Reuters) - A U.S. drone crashed on Saturday in North Waziristan, not far from the Afghan border, Pakistan intelligence officials said, while Taliban militants said they had shot it down. Taliban militan...
Buenos Aires Train Crash: Protesters, police clash at train station
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
Feb. 25 - Protesters demanding answers clash with police as last body found in Buenos Aires train crash. Masako Iijima reports.
First pictures from sealed-off Bakun dam zone reveal social and environmental disaster
posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago
[image: People displaced by Bakun dam - hundreds are living in so-called floating homes. © Bruno Manser Fund] BASEL, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Bruno Manser Fund (BMF) has today disclosed a series of shock...
Life and death in Juarez, Mexico
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
More than 10,000 have been killed in drug violence in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico's murder capital, just across the shallow concrete channel of the Rio Grande from El Paso. Source
Violence flares in Senegal ahead of election
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
(Reuters) - Senegal is heading for its most contentious election in recent history on Sunday overshadowed by political violence and a constitutional row that could sully its enviable reputation as West Af...
KUDO's to KARE11 TV - Had the guts to say "ALEC"
posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago
Here's the link to the story KARE11 TV - MINNEAPOLIS
Nigeria gas rig explosion: State assembly tasks Chevron over relief materials
posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago
[image: The KS Endeavour rig burns off the coast of Nigeria, 25 January 2012. PTI / indiatvnews.com] By Osa Okhomina 24 February 2012 The Bayelsa State House of Assembly has passed a two-point resolutio...
Prisoner of Zintan: Gaddafi son in Libyan limbo
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
(Reuters) - In a secret location, somewhere among the sandstone and concrete buildings of the straggling mountain town of Zintan, Libya's most prominent prisoner awaits his fate. Three months after he wa...
THIS ONE IS STRICTLY FOR FUN! (BUT DON'T MISS THE SERIOUS STUFF POSTED BELOW IT)
posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day ago
*036, de Juan Fernando Andrés Parrilla y Esteban Roel García Vázquez * http://youtu.be/XXWZ3uAEKsw Uploaded by notodofilmfest on Jan 31, 2011 Finalista de la Novena Edición de Jameson Notodofilmfest ...
Euro-zone deal on firewall awaits Germany
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
(Reuters) - Germany may not be ready to back an increase in Europe's bailout fund at a summit next week, delaying efforts to meet international demands for Europe to strengthen its defenses against the re...
Janssen (NE) Lies About ALEC Membership
posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago
In a report that was published today - please watch the video on the report also - the following statements by Charlie Janssen are noted (my emphasis): Then. Janssen said, "You know what, the first time I'...
Syrians trapped in Homs say world is failing them
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
(Reuters) - The Syrian military took its bombardment of the rebel-held Baba Amro district of Homs into a fourth week on Saturday as the Red Cross tried to evacuate more distressed civilians from the c...
Four More killed in Afghanistan amid outrage over Quran burning
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
Herat, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Hundreds of protesters took to the streets Saturday across Afghanistan, the fifth day of demonstrations over the burning of Qurans at a U.S. base, officials said. Four civili...
Taliban have claimed responsibility for an attack on an Afghan ministry that killed 2 American officers.
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
Gas Prices Soaring? Care to Speculate Why?
posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day ago
An eye-opening analysis from *McClatchey Newspapers*. As in Canada, American pump prices are soaring. Republican candidates are jumping aboard to blame Obama. But the newspaper points out to two fact...
Fukushima Worker death was Caused by Overwork according to the labor standards inspection office
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
SHIZUOKA (Kyodo) -- The death last May of a man who had engaged in work at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after the nuclear crisis erupted there in March was recognized Friday as caused by over...
LONG TIME WALL STREET EMPLOYEES JOIN OCCUPY WALL STREET! ...THEN CREATE OCCUPY THE SEC
posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day ago
------------------------------ *FEBRUARY 24, 2012* . *Occupy the SEC: Former Wall S...
High radiation level logged in town near Fukushima plant
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- High levels of radiation have been detected in municipalities in evacuation zones around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, with the highest reading of 470 millisieverts ...
Bush, Fed, Europe Banks in $15 Trillion Fraud, All Documented
posted by Thinking....... at Isn't That Interesting - 1 day ago
LORD JAMES OF BLACKHEATH, EXPOSING “TRILLION DOLLAR TERROR”Feb 21 2012 By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor *Below is one of the strangest stories in financial history, one involving the US government lying about...
Homes near Japan nuclear plant may be permanently off-limits
posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago
[image: A fallen bicycle lies on a Futaba pavement, abandoned after meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear plant. AP] 25 February 2012 (AFP) – Japan on Friday said some areas surrounding the Fukushima nucle...
Triple celestial phenomena has astronomy buffs breathless
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
An annular eclipse is seen in this photo taken from Tinian Island in the Northern Mariana Islands on June 11, 2002. (Mainichi) Starting with an annular eclipse on May 21, Japan will be treated to three r...
Hamas Flips, Turns on Assad, Backs Revolt
posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day ago
The Palestinian Islamic movement, Hamas, has had a long relationship with Syrian president Bashar al Assad. That's now over. Hamas has switched sides and now supports the Syrian revolt to overthrow Assad...
Japanese Government Demand Resignation of the Entire TEPCO (operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant) Board
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
[image: Link] The government is set to demand that all 17 board members of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, resign at the utility's next shareholder meeti...
Graves of troops smashed and desecrated by Libyan Islamists in protest over U.S. soldiers burning Koran
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
A furious mob has desecrated dozens of Commonwealth War Graves in a Libyan cemetery amid continuing fury in the Middle East over the burning of the Koran by U.S. soldiers. Headstones commemorating Britis...
Millions of Pakistan flood victims still at risk – U.N. issues desperate plea for $440 million
posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago
[image: A refugee family, who survived 2010 flooding, dig a moat around their tent at a camp in Nowshera, Pakistan on 26 July 2011. presstv.ir] 16 February 2012 (presstv) – Millions of Pakistanis are sti...