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In 2010 Nick Ruiz ran as a Green Party write-in candidate in a central Florida district with a reactionary Democratic incumbent, Suzanne Kosmas, and an insane teabagger challenger, Sandy Adams. Nick didn'...
"The soul is the perceiver and revealer of truth. We know truth when we see it, let skeptic and scoffer say what they choose. Foolish people ask you, when you have spoken what they do not wish to hear, '...
PLEASE keep the movement alive. Snips from Common Dreams Our money has been used to make the system worse—what if we used it to make the system better? This change, it turns out, was much more than anecd...
*Reno Rally for Leonard Peltier, photos by Carl Bad Bear Sampson/Censored News.* *Double click on images to enlarge.* Special thanks to cellphoneographer Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson, Western Shoshone, o...
I have to admit that with all the research I do on ALEC I get a little paranoid when I hear something like this on the radio: Mark Lachs: So while we want to protect older people to have freedom of decisi...
“Sweeping slowly through the constellation Hercules, Comet Garradd (C2009/P1) passed with about 0.5 degrees of globular star cluster M92 on February 3. Captured here in its latest Messier moment, the stead...
“A wise man once said you can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it. What he meant is nothing comes without a price. So before you go into battle, you better decide how much y...
*“Personal Computing”* by Chet Raymo “I'm always running a book or two behind with John Updike, so it is only now that I'm getting to “Villages,” his 2004 novel. It's more of the same, of course. Owen Ma...
The push for war against Iran is still going on at a fever pitch.. Right now, it does appear that the criminal state of Israel is almost ready to launch their long planned aerial assault on Iran's non-exis...
REALLY? Read the news much? Paying attention? *February 1st, 2012* Washington, DC – The Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted today to repeal the portion of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) ...
*Anything that causes "my" hometown Giants' head coach, Tom Coughlin, *agita * is OK in my book. It's hard not to have some grudging professional respect for Patriots coach Bill Belichek, who has successful...
I am truly amazed these days how our so called "science" continues to twist any hard evidence to give the liars who are behind the Global Warming scam any credibility. It does seem that these so called "s...
U.S. and Israel Set Stage for False Flag and Iran Attack Kurt Nimmo Infowars.com February 4, 2012 Events over the last several days reveal that the United States and Israel plan to conduct a false flag te...
I was reading one of my favorite writer/reporter/polemicists earlier today and was thrown back immediately into times past and all that had transpired since I lost my 14-years-long, last-job-with-benefits ...
------------------------------ Michael Hudson's Blog Hudson giving an overview of current affairs with a fired up Lauren Lyster fresh back from Davos. http://youtu.be/oJUr64yPztI Cherchez la Verite
------------------------------ Michael Hudson's blog / *By* *Michael Hudson* Doomsday Scenario: What Happens When Banks Control the Economy? *Banks weren't meant to be in control of our economy and our g...
Take 5 minutes to watch this video interview done before today's VETO at the UN on the Syrian Resolution I love where he mentions the bizarre tag team of the US, Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Lois Weiner, a professor at New Jersey City University, has an excellent article in the Winter issue of *NewPolitics* titled Teacher Unionism Reborn, Weiner makes a case for occupying the unions. If teach...
Sofia, Grad Sofiya, Bulgaria. Thanks for stopping by.
“One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it.” - Sidney Howard
*"American Teens Can't Answer Basic Trivia"* by Laura Hibbard "If there was ever a movie to make you laugh to keep from crying, it's this one. Austin, an intrepid young student-reporter, embarks on the n...
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck the Owen Fracture Zone Region at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 21:50:51 UTC Saturday 4th February 2012 The epicenter was 443 km (275 miles) East from...
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska at a depth of 195.3 km (121.4 miles), the quake hit at 21:09:18 UTC Saturday 4th February 2012 The epicenter was 86 km (53...
*Hearts of darkness* Nancy Brinker is the founder and CEO of Susan G. Komen, an organization she named after her sister, who died of breast cancer at age 36. Brinker has been part of a team that has done ...
*HISTORY:* *ROSA PARKS:* ** On this date Rosa Parks (1913-2005), the mother of the American Civil Rights Movement was born. On December 1st 1955 she refused an order from a bus driver to give up her s...
DEMOTIVATIONAL POSTERS are such a delight, especially if you have a sense of humor that is somewhat oblique. *The Demotivator* is part of the Tumblr world, and is a great collection from all sorts of pla...
January 21, 2011: No Need to Worry; No More Radiation Releases Says Jaczko “Visiting U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko said 20 December that there was no longer enough energy in...
*AMERICAN LABOUR:* *WORKERS WIN INJUNCTION AGAINST WALMART CONTRACTORS:* Here's an interesting item and an appeal for solidarity from the Making Change At Walmart group. ************************* *Wor...
*Super Bowl Military Flyover:* Question I: What's The OVER/UNDER On Military Industrial Complex Commercials and References During the Super Bowl? Question II: How many soldiers are they going to parade o...
The number of patients with swine flu (H1N1) infection has increased in Mexico. According to the representatives of the Ministry of Health, 3,000 cases of the flu have been registered since the beginning...
LEONARD COHEN has a fabulous new CD out. Love that guy, and so does Liel Leibovitz at *The Tablet*, whose review of Lenny's new oeuvre, *"St. Leonard’s Passion"* is a great read. Remember the festival at...
I'll start with the economic news, including of course the good jobs news for January. Remember as always that these numbers get revised, so everything is tentative, but certainly good economic news. One ...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck near the Coast of Northern Iran at a depth of 40 km (24.8 miles), the quake hit at 20:04:16 UTC Saturday 4th February 2012 The epicenter was 33 km (20.4 miles) Northe...
*"The One Percent Versus the Twenty Percent"* by Paul Krugman “The good folks at EPI are upset by my colleague David Brooks’s claims that the gap between the top 20 and the bottom 30, not the gap between ...
Soccer is a very gay sport. Soccer star Justin Fashanu once said that *"British soccer is packed with gays from dressing room to boardroom."* (Justin Fashanu, dribbling round ...) There are some homopho...
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - H5NI virus or commonly known as bird flu has changed the nature or mutate, over the time that must be monitored constantly. That is what lead to one suspect bird flu from North Jakar...
*"Weekly News Wrap-Up 2.3.12"* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said that Israel might attack Iran by spring! Why he felt he had to put that out there, I’ll never know. Wh...
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake has struck Vancouver Island, Canada Region at a depth of 12 km (7.5 miles), the quake hit at 20:05:32 UTC Saturday 4th February 2012 The epicenter was 196 km (122 miles) South o...
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck off the Coast of Oregon at a depth of 24.7 km (15.3 miles), the quake hit at 19:34:34 UTC Saturday 4th February 2012 The epicenter was 151 km (94 miles) West of Bando...
Russia and China have braved Arab and Western fury by vetoing a UN resolution calling on President Bashar al-Assad to step down. The two powers' refusal to back an Arab League plan for Syria came despite...
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck Samar, Philippines at a depth of 54.9 km (34.1 miles), the quake hit at 19:29:21 UTC Saturday 4th February 2012 The epicenter was 106 km (66 miles) North of Guiuan, S...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan at a depth of 157.9 km (98.1 miles), the quake hit at 19:22:30 UTC Saturday 4th February 2012 The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) So...
MUNICH, Germany — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned her Russian counterpart on Saturday that Syria risks plunging towards civil war if Moscow failed to back UN moves to stop the bloodshed. Cli...
The Colosseum and other ancient tourist sights closed to tourists as Rome saw snow for the first time in 26 years. Traffic in the Italian capital ground to a halt as buses struggled to climb icy hills an...
The *Miami Herald's* Leonard Pitts has captured the sorry face of today's Republican party and he did it in just a few lines: *Under Reagan, optimism about the future was the Republican brand. But that br...
The icy weather that has caused chaos across Britain is set to continue with forecasters expecting widespread snow of up to 15cm deep. Temperatures plunged as low as the Himalayas overnight, reaching 12.4...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 58.6 km (36.4 miles), the quake hit at 18:02:59 UTC Saturday 4th February 2012 The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) E...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at a depth of 13.5 km (8.4 miles), the quake hit at 18:01:46 UTC Saturday 4th February 2012 The epicenter was 1198 km (744 miles) Northeast of ...
Politics explained in five simple stages. 1) An ideologically driven movement or individual gains power by charisma or by hook or by crook. 2) In order to enact the ideological vision effectively unity mus...
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 16.4 km (10.2 miles), the quake hit at 17:45:29 UTC Saturday 4th February 2012 The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) Northwest of PORT-VILA, Efate, ...
(Reuters) - Hungary is seeking an international credit line of 15 to 20 billion ($20 to $26.3 billion) euros, the secretary of state heading the prime minister's office, Mihaly Varga, was quoted on Saturd...
Tens of thousands of people take to the streets of Moscow to both blast and cheer Vladimir Putin as the country's presidential elections campaign officially gets going. Andrew Raven reports.
Afghans in Kandahar are angry over a new UN report saying more than 3,000 civilians were killed in the war in Afghanistan in 2011. Deborah Lutterbeck reports
Washington (CNN) -- Dressed in yellow full-body sanitation suits, members of the U.S. Park Police combed through tents in the Occupy DC camp Saturday, taking down ones violating park policies. The owners...
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New high tech spy droneWeekend Edition February 3-5, 2012 Flight of the Hummingbirds Spy Drones Over Arizona by BRENDA NORRELL *TUCSON.* Arizona, already struggling to free itself from racist state officials...
Tehran (CNN) -- Iranian forces began a series of airborne war games Saturday aimed at improving combat preparedness, the semiofficial Fars News Agency reported. The drills by the Islamic Revolution Guar...
A wave of protests broke out at Syrian embassies on several continents amid reports of hundreds of deaths in one Syrian city and hours before a possible U.N. Security Council vote on a response to the vio...
A man has been arrested by police investigating the murder of retired schoolteacher Betty Yates in Worcestershire. Mrs Yates, 77, was found stabbed to death at her riverside cottage on the outskirts of B...
With John Waltz challenging Fred Upton, Lance Enderle taking on Mike Rogers, Syed Taj challenging Thaddeus McCotter and Henry Yanez opposing Candice Miller, Michigan is looking at a plethora of opportuniti...
No surprise here... BBC-An Arab and Western-backed resolution condemning the violent crackdownin Syria has been vetoed at the UN Security Council by Russia and China. The two permanent members of the c...
NASA's newest Earth-watching satellite is beaming back spectacular views of our home planet. Here's how it works.
The fundie Right doesn't hesitate to condemn Planned Parenthood for providing abortion services. *Slate's* William Saletan offers a brilliant idea on how to put Planned Parenthood out of the abortion busi...
Steve Harper's latest moral mood swing is all about China. He can't wait to get supertankers full of Athabasca bitumen sailing the vast Pacific to waiting refineries in the People's Republic. Well, toda...
[image: The bed of the Colorado River is drying up and cracking in some parts of Spicewood Beach, Texas after more than a year of drought. Ben Sklar for The New York Times] By MANNY FERNANDEZ 3 February...
A UN Security Council resolution over ongoing violence in Syria has been vetoed by Russia and China, after angry crowds of protesters attempted to storm the Syrian embassy in London. It comes after missil...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Volcano Islands, Japan Region at a depth of 81.2 km (50.5 miles), the quake hit at 16:12:38 UTC Saturday 4th February 2012 The epicenter was 264 km (164 miles) So...
Global temperatures have warmed significantly since 1880, the beginning of what scientists call the "modern record." At this time, the coverage provided by weather stations allowed for essentially globa...
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake has struck Samar, Philippines at a depth of 10.7 km (6.6 miles), the quake hit at 13:09:23 UTC Saturday 4th February 2012 The epicenter was 101 km (62 miles) North of Guiuan, Sa...
*SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2012* *Click that for our latest discussion:* Time does fly when you’re having big fun! Our third non-annual fund-raising drive is already half over! We want to leave history for th...
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake has struck Southern Texas at a depth of just 5 km (3.1 miles), the quake hit at 12:48:08 UTC Saturday 4th February 2012 The epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) Northwest of Beeville, ...
Angry crowds of protesters have been attempting to storm the Syrian embassy in London, ahead of a UN vote over ongoing violence in the country. Missiles were hurled and windows broken after demonstrator...
Are your urges to 'check in' causing your willpower to 'check out'? You're not the only one.
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*LETTER TO NEW WHITE MINORITY* By Mohawk Nation News http://www.mohawknationnews.com MNN. Jan. 3, 2012. Dear Brown Majority: Could you please help us adjust to being the new minority among the brown peo...
*SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2012* *Baltimore’s Vermin Supreme:* Who knew that Vermin Supreme had those Baltimore roots? We certainly didn’t. We first encountered Vermin during the 2000 New Hampshire primary. ...
Joanne Jacobs' post on Meier's recent comments on KIPP. My brief response follows: KIPP = Nazi Germany?In musing about democracy on Bridging Differences, Deborah Meier equates KIPP and other “no excuses”...
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Biased BBC - 13 hours ago
That most scrupulous and ethical organisations, the United Nations, has released statistics that claim 3,000 civilians were killed in Afghanistan last year. The BBC covered it this morning. 77% of deaths w...
*SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2012* *The press corps’ mode of life:* It’s something we enjoy about our top-end professional press corps. They aren’t afraid to pull back the curtain and let us see the ways they ...
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Buckdog - 14 hours ago
*As a New Democrat I advocate for the abolishment of the Canadian Senate. It is an archaic, highly expensive, undemocratic retirement home for Conservative and Liberal hacks, flacks and other riff raff. ...
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Biased BBC - 14 hours ago
Here is another interesting piece of analysis from B-BBC contributor Alan with which it is hard to argue! "It is a fact that government cuts are forcing local authorities to close libraries. We kno...
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Biased BBC - 14 hours ago
* * *The National Institute for Economic and Social Research*. It sounds important and credible and the BBC always seems to think so and happily reports its findings without any 'warnings' about being a ...
[image: RonPaulIsolationism] Taking Brian Rathbun’s advice, I was reading chapter 4 of *Perception and Misperception*, when it struck me that Jervis’ argument about values incongruity could be applied t...
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Biased BBC - 14 hours ago
Biased BBC exists to provide a forum for YOUR view, to allow you to point out the things that bother you about BBC coverage. Here are the views of a reader who is most concerned about how the State Broadca...
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Biased BBC - 14 hours ago
I don't listen to *ANY QUESTIONS* very often, after all there is only so much BBC that the human spirit can take. However as fate would have it, I did catch this most recent programme. It was from Wirral...
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Biased BBC - 14 hours ago
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More criminal charges for former Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard ~Also~River Birch landfill owner yet to collect on loan to Garland Robinette Since I’ve gotten so much free legal advice over the ...
Jim Himes (D-CT) hasn't exactly been Mr. Populist, let alone an enemy of Wall Street, since being elected. But even he admitted that "Sometimes, Representatives and Senators are privy to information about...
Impress your friends with some science during your Super Bowl party.
Blizzards expected as Met Office issues amber alert for most of England, as Scotland and Wales remain on yellow alert. Most areas of England and Wales are expected to see heavy snowfall on Saturday, with...
AP: TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard began military exercises Saturday in the country's south, the latest show of force after threats to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz in retaliatio...
Rescuers scanning the waters off the east coast of Papua New Guinea after a ferry sank found four bodies, authorities said Saturday. Capt. Nurur Rahman, rescue coordinator for the National Maritime Safety...
(Photo Mark Wilson) New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has sued the big banks over their use of a private electronic mortgage registry. WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) -- The New York attorney general sued...
Heavy rains left thousands stranded in eastern Australia on Saturday as authorities warned of more flooding and urged several communities to flee to higher ground. About 16,500 people are isolated becaus...
At least 37 people were killed during a shootout at a meeting to resolve cattle disputes in South Sudan, officials said Saturday, the latest in a spate of violence in the world's newest nation. One U.N. ...
The US Army has confirmed that Bradley Manning, the US soldier charged with passing thousands of secret documents to WikiLeaks, will face court martial and the risk of life imprisonment. In a statement ...
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake has struck Utah at a depth of just 5.5 km (3.4 miles), the quake hit at 11:27:03 UTC Saturday 4th February 2012 The epicenter was 12 km (8 miles) East of Woodland Hills, Utah No ...
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck offshore El Salvador at a depth of 81.2 km (50.5 miles), the quake hit at 11:06:45 UTC Saturday 4th February 2012 The epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) Southwest of Zaca...
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake has struck the Seattle-Tacoma Urban Area, Washington at a depth of 18.6 km (11.6 miles), the quake hit at 10:16:59 UTC Saturday 4th February 2012 The epicenter was 3 km (2 miles...
Passengers on one of Britain's busiest railway lines are facing widespread disruption after a freight train derailment in the early hours of the morning. Services between Milton Keynes and London Euston ...
The death toll from shelling by Syrian security forces in the city of Homs has soared to around 350, an opposition member has told Sky News. It had earlier been reported that more than 200 people had die...
An unarmed Bronx teenager has been shot dead by a police officer in front of his mother. Ramarley Graham, 19, was shot in the chest after being chased by the police into his family's apartment building o...
A powerful winter storm swept across Colorado today, forcing the cancellation of nearly 600 flights at Denver airport, closing schools and parts of the highway, and sparking a run on grocery stores before...
A second teacher has been arrested at the school where pupils as young as six were allegedly spoon fed semen in sick, bondage-inspired photo shoots. 49-year-old Martin Springer was today pulled from a cl...
A mother has allegedly been caught on camera tampering with her five-month-old baby's IV in hospital after doctors suspected child abuse. Ladonna Parlier, 26, was filmed injecting an 'unknown substance' i...
Scientists have virtually ruled out the possibility of life on Mars having revealed the planet experienced a 600 year water drought. Samples of soil found that the surface had been starved of any moisture...
You quickly run out of superlatives when talking about whales. They are the largest, loudest and longest-lived animals on our planet. How amazing, then, that we should still know so little about them — an...
A man has been allowed to carry on selling schnapps with Adolf Hitler's face after officials ruled it wasn't breaking the law. A legal probe was launched last year after complaints that an Austrian websi...
Children of the Revolution BBC2 was interesting. The three protagonists were young and camera friendly. Gigi, Ahmed and the Salafist were presented as young revolutionaries, striving for democracy, each in...
Less than two months ago the crippled Japanese nuclear power plant at Fukushima was declared stable. Yet now it has emerged that radioactive water is continuing to leak at the stricken site. These were s...
In patriotic red, white and blue, these souvenirs are meant to showcase the best of British workmanship to mark the London Olympic Games. Unfortunately, a mere 9 per cent of the collection is actually mad...
The South Pacific Ocean has continued to shake and rattle with earthquakes near the island chain of Vanuatu. The United States Geological Survey has registered several earthquakes of varying magnitude in ...
Police have shot dead five protesters in Egypt amid chaotic scenes that could bring down the country's new government just days after some of the worst football violence ever seen. The victims were among...
*Little Albert* Researchers placed a rat next to a baby called Little Albert. At the same time, the researchers produced a series of loud, frightening clangs. This was repeated many times. The baby crie...
Romania's population has fallen by more than 12 per cent since 2002 as hundreds of thousands leave the poverty-stricken nation for richer countries such as Britain. Figures from the latest Romanian censu...
A violent sex attacker was free to murder a 95-year-old woman in a care home despite a psychiatrist’s warning that he posed a ‘very significant and ongoing’ risk to women. Scott Sorby, 21, had been relea...
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake has struck Tonga at a depth of 10.1 km (6.3 miles), the quake hit at 07:40:13 UTC Saturday 4th February 2012 The epicenter was 144 km (90 miles) ENE of NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga No Tsuna...
A revolution in the understandingof the evolutionary process is taking place. Epigenetic modification takes place on a generational basis in responseto changing environmental conditions. Inshort, if y...
This delightful letter has beenmaking the rounds on the internet lately. I share it for your enjoyment. Itis a reminder of a time and place and the remaining attitudes in the South thatonly began to pr...
This explains the nature of the ‘shadowbanking system’ and some ideas on how to tame it. To start with, all shadow banking has to comeunder some form of reserve rule. Otherwise it will always expand an...
All dictatorships find it almostimpossible to bite the bullet and allow a transition to democratic methods inorder to manage the populations’ hopes and aspirations. Yet the leaders have all experience...
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake has struck Wyoming at a depth of just 4.6 km (2.9 miles), the quake hit at 07:23:37 UTC Saturday 4th February 2012 The epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) NNW of Jackson, Wyoming No R...
"Ruin from Man is most conceal'd when near And sends the dreadful Tidings in the Blow." - Edward Young, Night Thoughts. The world economy is on the brink of a crisis that will end modern civilization as ...
The Royal Navy is sending a nuclear submarine to the South Atlantic to protect the Falkland Islands from the threat of Argentine military action. Prime Minister David Cameron has personally approved plans...
In the shadow of the glass and steel skyscrapers of London’s Square Mile, hundreds of Muslims kneel in the street for Friday prayers. Yesterday’s hour-long service a stone's throw from the heart of the f...
*Lancet study reported that worldwide malaria deaths may be almost twice as high as previously estimated. The increase in malaria deaths up to 2004 is accredited to a growth in populations at risk of mala...
When security guard Charles Oloro spotted a shoplifter slipping out of his store with an armful of DVDs, he knew exactly what to do. He gave chase through the shopping centre before catching him and march...
Fears of a global nuclear war breaking out were today stoked after Israel suggested Iran has been developing missiles with an extraordinary range of 6,200 miles - enough to reach the U.S. An internationa...
*Astronomers have produced the world's largest virtual optical telescope connecting four telescopes in Chile, so that they work as a solitary machine. Eso is a worldwide research organization headquarter...
Etched into three brass war memorials were the names of men who had made the ultimate sacrifice for this country in the fight to defend freedom and overcome the rise of dictatorship. But the plaques hono...
*By Pepe Escobar* *Asia Times* Feb 4, 2012 Here’s a crash course on the “democratic” machinations of the Arab League – rather the GCC League, as real power in this pan-Arab organization is wielded by two ...
A team of Russian scientists has mysteriously lost contact with colleagues in the U.S. as they drill into a lake buried beneath the Antarctic ice for 20 million years. The scientists had been battling co...
Snow fell in Rome today for the first time in 26 years as freezing temperatures took the death toll across Europe to more than 150. The Italian capital is usually blessed by a moderate climate but the sn...
Tens of thousands of people are preparing to take to the streets of Moscow to protest both for and against Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The largest of four rallies is due to start at 12pm GMT an...
According to French press, Movie billboards in Paris featuring The Artist actor Jean Dujardin might have an effect on his chances of winning an Academy Award.* One of the adverts features Dujardin holdin...
Five people have been arrested outside the Syrian embassy in London after 150 people gathered to demonstrate against the shelling of Homs. Sky News reporter Simon Newton, reporting from outside the embas...
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*When the stories awaken, stories that heal* *"Anthropologists have been at the service of colonialism." Chicana/Yaqui author Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez speaking at launch of Earth Wisdom: A California Chum...
At least 200 people have been killed in a district of the Syrian city of Homs, a human rights group has claimed. In a late night telephone call to Sky News, Abu Rami Alhomsy of the Syrian Revolutionary ...
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A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck Azerbaijan at a depth of 6 km (3.7 miles), the quake hit at 06:19:31 UTC Saturday 4th February 2012 The epicenter was 5 km (3.1 miles) West of Kijaba, Azerbaijan No Ts...
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck Central Mongolia at a depth of 9.6 km (6 miles), the quake hit at 04:09:35 UTC Saturday 4th February 2012 The epicenter was 196 km (121 miles) NNE of Bayan Mod, Nei Mo...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck the Taiwan Region at a depth of 120.6 km (74.9 miles), the quake hit at 02:54:22 UTC Saturday 4th February 2012 The epicenter was 88 km (54 miles) East of Su'ao, Taiw...
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck Northwest of the Kuril Islands at a depth of 413.7 km (257.1 miles), the quake hit at 00:54:28 UTC Saturday 4th February 2012 The epicenter was 255 km (159 miles) WNW ...
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck the Kuril Islands at a depth of 80 km (49.6 miles), the quake hit at 23:58:12 UTC Friday 3rd February 2012 The epicenter was 336 km (208.3 miles) Southwest of Severo-k...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan at a depth of 104.7 km (65.1 miles), the quake hit at 23:32:12 UTC Friday 3rd February 2012 The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) Nort...
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck Southwestern Siberia, Russia at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 22:13:41 UTC Friday 3rd February 2012 The epicenter was 36 km (22.3 miles) Northwest of ...
*Apple has been decided a temporary suspension of a sales ban compulsory on a number of its products in Germany. *Statement from the apple is that all iPad and iPhone models will be back on sale through ...
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Dr Cintli - 23 hours ago
In Tucson, there is no one left to ban! This book appears on the Cambium list of MAS books, confirmed by dir. Sean Arce, that it is one of the books that is part of the banned MAS curriculum. This is a ...
The Ministry of National Defense yesterday said it was closely monitoring the situation amid reports that China had test-fired Julang-2 (JL-2) submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) before the New Ye...
Fincantieri shipyard at Muggiano recently launched the “Ganthoot”, the first of two stealth patrol vessels included in the “Falaj 2” program in progress for the United Arab Emirates Navy who ordered them i...
Agency News Feedback Contacts Products and services Careers Reference Partners The first Mistral class amphibious assault ship will be put in service with the Russian Navy in 36 months, Russian Navy Comman...
Russia will start producing six submarines and one aircraft carrier annually starting in 2013, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Thursday. “By 2013, production capacity [at Russian shipyards] wi...
Russia has decided to suspend the planned disposal of third-generation strategic nuclear submarines currently in service with the Navy, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said. “The most successful proje...
Schapelle Corby sits in a Bali jail so corrupt officials can save face. This film is a wake up call for any traveller, any individual who places trust in political leaders or governments, and any humanitari...
Two air force officers sustained minor injuries yesterday when an AT-3 trainer plane belonging to the Taiwanese Air Force Academy they were flying crashed into a mountain in Pingtung County, firefighters s...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused the United States and NATO of aiming an antimissile system being deployed in Europe at Russia despite assurances that it is intended to guard against attac...
IRAN is developing a missile capable of hitting the east coast of the US, according to an Israeli government minister, intensifying Western anxiety over the Tehran regime's nuclear ambitions. The fresh ale...
n what will increase the capacity and speed of airdropping troops in Naxal-hit areas, the Ministry of Home Affairs is procuring six medium-lift choppers from Russia to be used by paramilitary forces undert...
Kim Jong-un, the new supreme leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) visits the Unit 1017 of the Korean People's Army Air Force and inspects the MiG-29 fighter jets. Read More
Iranian 152mm/155mm laser-guided artillery round is said to be capable of targeting the stationary or moving targets and has a range of around 20 kilometres. Read More
Image of the Chinese Shi Lang (Ex-Varyag) aircraft carrier at the Dalian Port. Ex-Varyag aircraft carrier has recently undergone many sea trails. Read More
*Just because you live in a cave in a forest doesn't mean you don't have big problems. This is strange and wonderful music that speaks of an all-but-insoluble one.* *by Ken* I thought we could wrap up o...
"Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you, and act accordingly." - Thomas Jefferson
Photo courtesy: cspruit/CC BY 2.0 Just when it started to seem like we had mapped out pretty much all lifeforms on Earth, biologists say they have now found yet another ark-full -- and all in just one sma...
In ballet, dancers learn how to do a "plie", which is from the French word "plier", meaning "to bend". A "demi-plie" is a half knee bend while a "grand plie", is a full knee bend. Humans use their ears t...
Photo courtesy: dbeck03/CC BY 2.0 As a result of climate change, Chile's Jorge Montt Glacier receded nearly a half-mile just last year alone -- but, as it turns out, global warming isn't the only thing ro...
Video clip of Champis showing off his herding skills. The video is a bit overlong; but, cute. Champis the bunny doesn't only hop — he also knows how to herd his masters' flock of sheep, possibly having...
This is a must read article at Washington's Blog Contrary to Government Claims of 243,000 Jobs Created, Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs Were Actually LOST In January http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/02/...
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*Caterpillar’s decision to close its plant in London, Ontario, throwing over 400 workers out of work is a powerful indictment of the Harper government’s economic agenda. A hugely profitable company, Caterp...
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St. Maarten, how I love you, let me count the ways....... We can say now that Kurt's bday trip 2012 was a raging success. Loved everything about it, I can't really say one negative thing about the trip. ...
The U.N. Security Council is scheduled to meet Saturday and will likely vote on a draft resolution intended to pressure Syria to end its months-long crackdown on anti-government demonstrators, diplomats sa...
How are pieces of research like *eggs*? Well, I was having a fun conversation with a grad student of mine while we were dining in the aftermath of a workshop on failed states, and I was suggesting a pote...
“What's the matter with this cluster of galaxies? To find out what forms matter takes in the Abell 1689 cluster requires not only deep images from telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope, but detailed c...
TALI-TUBBIE. Now, that sure is something you don't see every day.
*“Bird Numbers Plummet Around Stricken Fukushima Plant”* by David McNeill “Researchers working around Japan's disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant say bird populations there have begun to dwindle, in ...
*"This I Believe"* by Robert A. Heinlein "I am not going to talk about religious beliefs, but about matters so obvious that it has gone out of style to mention them. I believe in my neighbors. I know the...
[image: A Chrysler Group LLC employee works on a 2012 Jeep Compass on the production line at the company's assembly plant in Belvidere, Illinois, 2 February 2012. Daniel Acker / Bloomberg / Getty Images]...
*by Ken* And the best thing is, when you find it, the *Wall Street Journal* will print your name and give you money! How sweet is that? The system works! I'm guessing this Rabbi Aryeh Spero is the kind o...
The World and Men: Club of Rome discussion, 1972. Speakers: Alexander King, Aurelio Peccei, and Idries Shah. Alexander King "was a scientist and pioneer of the sustainable development movement who co-foun...
------------------------------ Original here *Has Tucson School District Become Little Rock, Arkansas 1954? New Court Suit on Segregation Violations Over Mexican American Studies Crackdown * ...
'Nuff said. The missus and I are making what I call Mitt Romney Chili: It's made in a crock, masquerades as Mexican, doesn't look at all like it and is bland. Thank God for chili powder and beer.
The problem with the media coverage of Tourism Libelists Charles Leary and Vaughn Perret in Canada is it is built upon a foundation of straw ~Slabbed
Ah, you just gotta love Obama. Well, if you work for the BBC you do. Get this; US President Barack Obama challenged Congress to keep the economic recovery going as new data showed unemployment down to its...
*The four weeks are up already? * "Planned Parenthood raises $400,000" by ASSOCIATED PRESS February 2, 2012 Planned Parenthood said yesterday that it received more than $400,000 from 6,000 donors in the ...
Sheriff’s deputy indicted after inmate says officer forced him to perform oral sex in jail ~Matt Davis, The Lens
A sensitive conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard was recorded and released online by the hackers in Anonymous Friday.
In This Week in Discovery News we talk about the FBI monitoring social networks, making fire from ice and mysterious blue balls.
An American and former Wall Street Journal reporter, has raised her three children in Paris and has some advice.
Allan Francovich's 1980 documentary, On Company Business, won the International Critics Award for Best Documentary at the Berlin International Film Festival. On Company Business - Part 1 (Posted by YouT...
It drives me crazy when so-called "progressive" organizations endorse someone because of their membership in an "identity group" rather than because of their policies. No one is worse than EMILY's List. T...
[If anyone could possibly donate to the maintenance of this blog, it will be wholeheartedly appreciated.] First, some good news! Susan G. Comen Reverses Decision On Planned Parenthood Under Tidal Wave of C...
*The timing** sure did seem odd, as if a message was being sent.* "NATO airstrikes kill 25 Pakistani soldiers; Country responds by closing supply route, drone base" by Salman Masood New York Times / Novem...
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*“Fire and Ice” * by Chet Raymo “The photograph below (click to enlarge) of the mischievous Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland, by Marco Fulle of the Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, cries out for co...
A commenter from an unnamed Ivy League University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, West of the Central Square, has pointed out that he or she has also heard the same rumors about the signal hinting at the ex...
"In your longing for your giant self lies your goodness: and that longing is in all of you. But in some of you that longing is a torrent rushing with might to the sea, carrying the secrets of the hillside...
My post over at Plum Line today looks at the two strategies under consideration by House Republicans: repeating last year's excellent results (can they get their approval ratings under 5%?), or Not Being S...
"Even if in the building of mere castles in the air the total expenditure one way or the other scarcely matters, from which misdirected and ultimately fraudulently used wishful dreams then result, hope wi...
Source A picture is worth a thousand words. "To celebrate the 33rd anniversary on Wednesday of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s triumphant return from exile, Iran re-enacted his arrival at a Tehran airport...
One of the many subjects that I have been following very closely over the last few years is the failing economic state of the entire planet, primarily due to the evil woes of the criminal Usury debt based ...
Activists: Drop Monsanto Lobbyist as FDA 'Food Safety' Czar By Samantha Bonar, LA Weekly 01 February 12 http://www.readersupportednews.org/news-section2/312-16/9745-activists-drop-monsanto-lobbyist-as-fd...
Have you been following the BBC coverage of the resignation of Lib Dem Chris Huhne? It strikes me that now that Mr Huhne has gone to spend more time with his windmills, the BBC is *rather gutted* and if ...
It's perhaps as inevitable as seeing a partially-clad Danica Patrick trying to sell us domain names; the 2012 Mayan doomsday phenomenon is coming to this weekend's Superbowl!
A rare fossil shows that bat flies have been parasitizing the winged mammals for at least 20 million years.
By Marshall Auerback US Q4 2011 GDP growth was slightly disappointing, and the mix was terrible as the growth was mostly due to inventories. I took issue with that report, arguing that the weakness was d...
What happens when madness is institutionalized? The arms race is a perfect example of theinstitutionalization of madness. The arms race has been investigated in depth. I wantto provide another example. ...
By Jon Krajack This past week, in an ironic twist of fate, former *Royal Bank of Scotland CEO* Fred Goodwin was stripped of his Knighthood. Goodwin presided over RBS's rapid growth leading up to the 2008 ...
"When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies with ...
*"System D: The Speak-Easy Economy"* by Jeffrey Tucker "There’s a Mexican restaurant I like (I’m not saying where it is) that seems to thrive in good times and bad. It never has a shortage of servers, co...
did a copy paste and registered this as her bill: Well - we've seen this all over the web - but *I want to know where Burgin got this ALEC "model legislation" from.* This legislation is not one of the 80...
*“If This Does Not Change NOW We're Finished”* by Karl Denninger “Seriously folks, this is what I see every day among young people. It's pervasive and if it doesn't stop we are finished as a nation. To th...
The federal government is running annual deficits around $1 trillion and President Obama proposes to increase our debt even further to create more jobs for local fire departments? USA Today is reporting ...
Bears kept in tiny cages by the Chinese who harvest their bile have been witnessed starving themselves to death to escape the misery of their captivity. An estimated 12,000 bears are kept in captivity in ...
Following this morning’s excellent jobs numbers, conservative Philip Klein tweeted: With economic #s improving, good thing GOP will nominate a candidate who can run a credible campaign against unpopular O...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska at a depth of 49.9 km (31 miles), the quake hit at 18:18:06 UTC Friday 3rd February 2012 The epicenter was 366 km (228 miles...
*"The 5 Stages of Collapse: Where Are We Currently?"* By MunKnee "Lorimer Wilson, editor of www.FinancialArticleSummariesToday.com (A site for sore eyes and inquisitive minds) and www.munKNEE.com (Your...
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck Southern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 61.2 km (38 miles), the quake hit at 17:40:01 UTC Friday 3rd February 2012 The epicenter was 146 km (90 miles) WNW of Padang...
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 68.5 km (42.6 miles), the quake hit at 17:36:42 UTC Friday 3rd February 2012 The epicenter was 143 km (88 miles) ES...
Now – I may be wrong – but I’m guessing your legislature is in session. Well – ALEC is in session right now also. They are having an “educational” meeting on “education” at the RITZ CARLTON on exclusive A...
A confidential call between the FBI and Scotland Yard was recorded by hacking group Anonymous - the very people they were trying to catch, it was revealed today. The group released a 15-minute tape of wh...
The number of teen patients with twitching symptoms is growing. The condition may be spreading through the Web.
The genre ‘Rap' (as in music) has a comical air, something to do with Ali G perhaps, and the more seriously it's taken the more comical it becomes. This opinion is my own and does not represent that of the...
I somehow don't think Trump's on-again, off-again endorsement of Mitt Romney will make any difference to anyone (especially not in light of today's spectacular jobs growth numbers, a success for Obama in ...
After spending the week talking about Liberal leadership on this blog, a brief look at what else is making news. 1. The Harper government has made noise about *pension reform*, prompting a round of howls...
Two American tourists who were kidnapped in the southern part of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula were freed Friday, a security official said. They had been abducted by unknown Bedouins, said Gen. Mohamed Naguib, ...
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The supreme leader of Iran issued a blunt warning Friday that war would be detrimental to the United States -- and that Iran is ready to help anyone who confronts "cancerous" Israel. "You see every now ...
The Navid observation satellite is expected to stay in orbit for 18-months, heightening tensions with western countries.
At the slick new Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis even the lights shining on the New York Giants and New England Patriots will be accounted for by renewable energy certificates.
*Paddington Academy* Website for this image On 2 February 2012, Bagehot of The Economist wrote about "*Fixing education: an inspiring school"* t From this we learn: *1.* London's Paddington Academy, sur...
*FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2012* *We hope you’ll be able to help:* Just like that, we’re half-way through our third non-annual fund-raising drive! In the past few days, we’ve seen the war that’s being conducted...
In the latest example of mainstream warmongering, in today's *The Washington Post*'s David Ignatius writes, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has a lot on his mind these days, from cutting the defense budget...
Very few people are aware that the criminal Jewish elite have a long standing plan for the elimination of some 90% of the World population, and have the survivors placed under their total control for all e...
*— Leo Fender's Stratocaster —* *THE ECONOMIST* has a fascinating tale of *Jackie Shin*. Jackie who? Considered to be *Korea's Jimi Hendrix* , Jackie had to struggle with the demands of the Korean governm...
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20120203p2a00m0na018000c.html Feb 3 [excerpted] "Many documents showing illegal labor were found, one after another, during our search. They proved many years of shady ...
* Original here* . Picador Press / *By Thomas Frank* *Why We Got Ayn Rand Inst...
The Nevada caucuses are tomorrow; the polling has all-but-certain nominee Mitt Romney way out in front. Is there any reason to pay attention? Sure. Two things to keep an eye on. First, of course, the bett...
Met officers and the FBI discussed details of investigations into ongoing cases against Anonymous and other groups. The FBI has confirmed that hackers intercepted and leaked a sensitive conference call b...
Biased BBC contributor Alan writes; "We have long been treated to the BBC's eulogising of China and the delight and envy at its decisive decision making, unhindered by the need for public approval. Jere...
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck Northwest of New Zealand at a depth of 190 km (117.8 miles), the quake hit at 16:16:23 UTC Friday 3rd February 2012 The epicenter was 70 km (43.4 miles) Northeast of ...
*FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2012* *As Dylan asked, How does it feel:* This is the way Paul Krugman starts today’s column: KRUGMAN (2/3/12): If you’re an American down on your luck, Mitt Romney has a message for...
Biased BBC's Alan asks; "Is it possible that the BBC and the Labour Party are working hand in glove to attack the Coalition government? Not just a chance meeting of minds and interests but a deliberately...
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In 2010 Nick Ruiz ran as a Green Party write-in candidate in a central Florida district with a reactionary Democratic incumbent, Suzanne Kosmas, and an insane teabagger challenger, Sandy Adams. Nick didn'...
*Reno Rally for Leonard Peltier, photos by Carl Bad Bear Sampson/Censored News.* *Double click on images to enlarge.* Special thanks to cellphoneographer Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson, Western Shoshone, o...
The push for war against Iran is still going on at a fever pitch.. Right now, it does appear that the criminal state of Israel is almost ready to launch their long planned aerial assault on Iran's non-exis...
*Anything that causes "my" hometown Giants' head coach, Tom Coughlin, *agita * is OK in my book. It's hard not to have some grudging professional respect for Patriots coach Bill Belichek, who has successful...
I am truly amazed these days how our so called "science" continues to twist any hard evidence to give the liars who are behind the Global Warming scam any credibility. It does seem that these so called "s...
------------------------------ Michael Hudson's Blog Hudson giving an overview of current affairs with a fired up Lauren Lyster fresh back from Davos. http://youtu.be/oJUr64yPztI Cherchez la Verite
------------------------------ Michael Hudson's blog / *By* *Michael Hudson* Doomsday Scenario: What Happens When Banks Control the Economy? *Banks weren't meant to be in control of our economy and our g...
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