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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 minutes ago
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, ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 minutes agoAngry 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...
- posted by Nic Halverson at Discovery News - Top Stories - 24 minutes agoAre your urges to 'check in' causing your willpower to 'check out'? You're not the only one.
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 42 minutes ago
*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 th... - posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 44 minutes ago*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. ...
- posted by Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 53 minutes agoJoanne 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”...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 57 minutes agoThat 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...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 hour ago*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 ...
- posted by leftdog at Buckdog - 1 hour 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. ... - posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 1 hour 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... - posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 1 hour 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 ...
- posted by Robert E Kelly at The Duck of Minerva - 1 hour ago[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...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 1 hour agoBiased 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...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 1 hour agoI 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...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 2 hours agoIf you have a long post, put some of it above the fold and split it with a "Read More..." under here Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 2 hours ago
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 ... - posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 2 hours ago
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... - posted by Talal Al-Khatib at Discovery News - Top Stories - 4 hours agoImpress your friends with some science during your Super Bowl party.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoBlizzards 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago
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... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoRescuers 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago(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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoHeavy 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoAt 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. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoThe 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 ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoA 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 ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoA 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoA 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoPassengers 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 ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoThe 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoAn 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoA 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoA 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoA 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoScientists 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoYou 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoA 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...
- posted by sue at Biased BBC - 7 hours agoChildren 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoLess 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoIn 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoThe 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 ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoPolice 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...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 8 hours ago*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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoRomania'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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA 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...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 8 hours agoA 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...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 8 hours agoThis 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...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 8 hours agoThis 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...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 8 hours agoAll 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA 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...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 8 hours ago"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 ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoThe 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoIn 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...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 8 hours ago*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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoWhen 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoFears 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...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 9 hours ago*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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoEtched 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...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 9 hours ago*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 ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoSnow 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoTens 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...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 9 hours agoAccording 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoFive 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...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 9 hours ago*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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoAt 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 ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA 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 ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA 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 ...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 10 hours ago*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 ...
- posted by Roberto at Dr Cintli - 10 hours agoThis book appears on the Cambium list of MAS books. This is a cultural treasure, the product of a generation of writers, multi-generational actually... and multiracial and multicultural... More than 100 ...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 10 hours agoThe 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...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 10 hours agoFincantieri 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...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 10 hours agoAgency 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...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 10 hours agoRussia 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...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 10 hours agoRussia 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...
- posted by veritas6464 at VERITAS 6464 - 10 hours agoSchapelle 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...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 10 hours agoTwo 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...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 10 hours agoRussian 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...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 10 hours agoIRAN 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...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 11 hours agon 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...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 11 hours agoKim 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
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 11 hours agoIranian 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
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 11 hours agoImage 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
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago*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...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago"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
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 12 hours agoPhoto 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...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 12 hours agoIn 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...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 12 hours agoPhoto 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...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 12 hours agoVideo 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...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 12 hours agoThis 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/...
- posted by leftdog at Buckdog - 12 hours ago*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...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago2002, "Return to Freedom"
- posted by Lori Haskell at Adventures with Kurt and Lori - 13 hours agoSt. 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. ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoThe 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...
- posted by Steve Saideman at The Duck of Minerva - 13 hours agoHow 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...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago“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...
- posted by Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 13 hours agoTALI-TUBBIE. Now, that sure is something you don't see every day.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago*“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 ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago*"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...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago[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]...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 14 hours ago*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...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 15 hours agoThe 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...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 15 hours ago------------------------------ Original here *Has Tucson School District Become Little Rock, Arkansas 1954? New Court Suit on Segregation Violations Over Mexican American Studies Crackdown * ...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 16 hours ago'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.
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 16 hours agoThe 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
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 16 hours agoAh, 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...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 17 hours ago*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 ...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 17 hours agoSheriff’s deputy indicted after inmate says officer forced him to perform oral sex in jail ~Matt Davis, The Lens
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 17 hours agoA sensitive conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard was recorded and released online by the hackers in Anonymous Friday.
- posted by Trace Dominguez at Discovery News - Top Stories - 17 hours agoIn This Week in Discovery News we talk about the FBI monitoring social networks, making fire from ice and mysterious blue balls.
- posted by Sheila Eldred at Discovery News - Top Stories - 18 hours agoAn American and former Wall Street Journal reporter, has raised her three children in Paris and has some advice.
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 18 hours agoAllan 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...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 18 hours agoIt 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...
- posted by Jay Allbritton at Jay Allbritton - 18 hours agoHuffington Post reported today that the Koch brothers have pledged $60 million to beat President Obama in the 2012 presidential election. The pledges--$40 million from Charles Koch and $20 million from Dav...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 18 hours ago[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...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 18 hours ago*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...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours agoSunnyvale, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago*“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...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 19 hours agoA 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...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago"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...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 19 hours agoMy 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...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago"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...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 19 hours agoSource 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...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 19 hours agoOne 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 ...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 19 hours agoActivists: 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...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 20 hours agoHave 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 ...
- posted by Ian O'Neill at Discovery News - Top Stories - 20 hours agoIt'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!
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 20 hours agoA rare fossil shows that bat flies have been parasitizing the winged mammals for at least 20 million years.
- posted by Mitch Green at New Economic Perspectives - 20 hours agoBy 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...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 20 hours agoWhat 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. ...
- posted by MrArbitrage at Table Of Wisdom.com - 20 hours agoAs Featured at: http://www.ThurstonHowell.Net http://www.TableOfWisdom.com http://www.cbPatriot.com
- posted by Mitch Green at New Economic Perspectives - 20 hours agoBy 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 ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago"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 ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago*"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...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 21 hours agodid 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...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago*“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...
- posted by Rich Rifkin at Lexicon Daily - 21 hours agoThe 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 ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoBears 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 ...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 21 hours agoFollowing 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA 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...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago*"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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA 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...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 22 hours agoNow – 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA 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...
- posted by Eric Niiler at Discovery News - Top Stories - 22 hours agoThe number of teen patients with twitching symptoms is growing. The condition may be spreading through the Web.
- posted by sue at Biased BBC - 22 hours agoThe 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...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 22 hours agoI 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 ...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 22 hours agoAfter 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoTwo 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, ...
- posted by DB at Biased BBC - 22 hours agoClick through to read and contribute comments on this post.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoThe 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 ...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 22 hours agoThe Navid observation satellite is expected to stay in orbit for 18-months, heightening tensions with western countries.
- posted by Tim Wall at Discovery News - Top Stories - 22 hours agoAt 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.
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 23 hours ago*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...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 23 hours ago*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...
- posted by Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 23 hours agoIn 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...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 23 hours agoVery 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...
- posted by Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 23 hours ago*— 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...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 23 hours agohttp://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 ...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 23 hours ago* Original here* . Picador Press / *By Thomas Frank* *Why We Got Ayn Rand Inst...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 23 hours agoThe 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoMet 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...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 23 hours agoBiased 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA 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 ...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 23 hours ago*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...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 23 hours agoBiased 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 34.9 km (21.7 miles), the quake hit at 15:05:59 UTC Friday 3rd February 2012 The epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) WSW of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu ...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 23 hours agoWelcome back to http://NewWorldNextWeek.com -- the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: S...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 32.9 km (20.4 miles), the quake hit at 14:25:31 UTC Friday 3rd February 2012 The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) WSW of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu ...
- #Anonymous intercept #FBI and #ScotlandYard phone call in which they discuss efforts against hacking
posted by Anonops at AnonOps Communications - 23 hours agoThe conversation covers the tracking of Anonymous and other splinter groups, dates of planned arrests and details of evidence held by police. Anonymous also published an email from the FBI, showing the e... - posted by DB at Biased BBC - 23 hours agoDescribed on Twitter as "the most incestuous media love-in in history" and "an activists who's who", Paul Mason's party to celebrate the launch of his new book "Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere: the New Glo...
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 23 hours agoThe Gay Secretary Obviously, there is something much bigger than a gun smuggling investigation that has gone wrong, and as more and more of the story does come to light, coupled with the highest officials...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 23 hours agoThe eyewear connect to mobile devices and deliver panoramic, augmented-reality experiences.
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 23 hours ago[image: Seals are 'higher predators' in the Southern Ocean food chain. BAS] 2 Feb 2012 (BAS) – One of the most comprehensive studies of animals in the Southern Ocean reveals a region that is under threat...
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 23 hours agoThe Gay Secretary I cringe at the use of the word "weapon", with its implication that Iran is pricing their oil in gold out of pure spite, when common sense says that Bernanke's pouring of newly created d...
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 1 day agoAmerican Scofflaw YOU need to forward this to everyone you know. Federal Taxes are going to increase by almost 1/3 over the next two years and even the government admits this will stagnate the US economy ...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 1 day agoVideo: "On the Season Premiere of Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution filmed in Los Angeles and aired on April 12, 2011, Jamie demonstrates how 70% of America's ground beef contains leftover cow parts (a.k.a....
- posted by Brian C Rathbun at The Duck of Minerva - 1 day agoI am not a nerd. I have tried to make this abundantly clear. So what if I just watched 12 episodes of Battlestar Galactica in the last week? That doesn’t PROVE anything. But I haven’t always been a fan o...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago*FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2012* *Epilogue—In four debates, nobody asked:* For perhaps the last forty years, your “press corps” has kept you entertained with its piss-pitiful novels. They tell you tales about ...
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 1 day agoBy Jim Armstrong It’s going to be a while before things get back to normal for Judy Sanchez and her three-year-old daughter. Last Thursday, a team of FBI agents swarmed her apartment building as part of ...
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 1 day agoAmerica Scofflaw Not around here! And I will wager not around you. Historically January sees a major rise in unemployment as the holiday seasonal help are handed their pink slips. In theory, Net Birth/Dea...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: This aerial photo, taken with an iPhone, shows an extensively flooded area in the New South Wales town of Moree, on 3 February 2012. More than 10,000 Australians have been stranded by flooding in...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Air pollution in India.]New Delhi, 2 February 2012 (AFP) – India has the worst air quality in the world, beating even its neighbour China, according to an annual survey based at Yale and Columbia...
- posted by Joseph Pitkin at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 1 day agoBy: Duane Craig Where Milwaukee meets Lake Michigan there is human sewage in the water, and there has been for years. What is new, though, is that the sewage might be coming from sources not previously in...
- posted by Christina Ortiz at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoGPS tracking gives you peace of mind, and your kid a little room to grow.
- posted by Nic Halverson at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoHis methods for categorizing music are similar to algorithms used today by music streaming sites.
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*Young woman flanked by 2 wealthy Republicans with political ambitions* In 2006 Blue America was supporting school teacher and Florida union and Democratic activist Dave Lutrin in the 16th CD against Repub...
- posted by Alyssa Danigelis at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoOne of the world's first solar-powered ski lifts gives "black diamond" a new meaning.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA Taiwanese man who died while playing video games at an internet cafe was left for hours after fellow gamers failed to notice his death. The body of Chen Rong-yu, 23, was found slumped in a chair at a c...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day agoHappy Birthday to the great Maura Tierney, 47. You know, I think I've seen almost nothing she's done other than, of course, NewsRadio. Except, that is, for something else I can highly recommend: Scotland, ...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day agoRemember this: While job growth has quickened there are no jobs for three out of every fourunemployed people and 19.3 million Americans are either out of work or underemployed. From the Bureau of Labor St...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoHong Kong (HKSAR) - A spokesman for the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) said today (February 3) that a dead peregrine falcon found in Tung Chung and a dead black-headed gull foun...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day ago"Every member of the council has to make a decision: Whose side are you on? Are you on the side of the Syrian people? ... Or are you on the side of a brutal, dictatorial regime?" Hilary Clinton Why did...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA GROUP of US scientists warns that current research runs the risk of releasing a virus that could kill half the world's population. At a public meeting at the New York Academy of Sciences on Thursday nig...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA REGIONAL Queensland town is enduring its worst-ever flood and eight more are bracing as the deluge in the state's sodden southeast shows no sign of letting up. The swollen Maranoa River has risen and i...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe Finance Sector Union (FSU) claims that 560 jobs are set to go at Westpac Bank, with 150 of those roles going offshore. The union says the departments affected by the job cuts are technical services, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA critical situation is unfolding in Queensland, as the south-western town of Mitchell experiences its worst flood in history.
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 1 day agoWhen we lived in NYC, I was hugely into Netflix. The selection and convenience were terrific, and for frequent movie watching, the flat monthly fee was a great value. After moving to Canada, we joined Zip...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe core of a US biosecurity advisory board’s concern about two controversial, as-yet-unpublished studies on H5N1 viruses is that the studies have shown how to remove the apparent natural barrier that kee...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day agoFootball is just a game, but it's powerful ~Steve Gleason Whodat! DREW! This was as close as any Saints game! Corps of Whingeneers ~Fix the Pumps Sheriff’s deputy indicted after inmate says officer force...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMembers of the US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity explain its recommendations on the communication of experimental work on H5N1 influenza. We are in the midst of a revolutionary period in...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoJanuary and February is usually the peak season for flu and some parts of Missouri are seeing a large increase in flu numbers. Several schools in Mid-Missouri and the Kansas City area were closed this week...
- posted by Donna at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 1 day agoI probably get at least one inquiry a week from someone absolutely sure that they’ve been a victim of nepotism. The boss is hiring family members or friends. A family member is promoted even th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe Hubble space telescope has captured an image of a "barred spiral" galaxy that could help us better understand our own Milky Way. Most of the known spiral galaxies fall into this "barred" category - wh...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIran will help anyone willing to "cut out the cancer" of Israel, its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said today. The religious leader also told worshippers at Friday prayers that the country will ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoSAKAE, Nagano -- This village in landlocked Nagano Prefecture, struggling to recover from a big earthquake on March 12 last year, is now fighting against heavy snow this winter. Prefabricated temporary h...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoOITA -- Piping in a fuel-supply system at a thermal power station here was frozen early on Feb. 3 as the temperature fell below freezing, causing all three power generators at the plant to halt, the plant...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFUKUOKA -- Three people and two firms were indicted Feb. 2 on charges of dispatching a worker to the Oi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukui Prefecture under a falsified contract in violation of the Employment Sec...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFootballer John Terry has been stripped of the England captaincy for the second time amid growing concern over his pending race abuse trial. The move follows the adjournment of the trial until July 9 - n...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA Libyan diplomat who served as ambassador to France for Muammar Gaddafi died from torture within a day of being detained by a militia from Zintan, Human Rights Watch said in a statement on Friday. Zintan...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago*Minnesota Caucuses are TUESDAY, * *February 7th, 7:00pm – Be There!* *Find your caucus location >>HERE<<* Notice how the announcement doesn't mention the American Legislative Exchange Council? Looks li...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoProtesters hurled rocks through clouds of tear gas and riot police fired live rounds on a second day of fighting around Egypt's Interior Ministry triggered by the deaths of 74 people in the country's wors...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoArab and Western drafters of a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at stopping Syria's bloody upheaval revised their text on Thursday in a last-ditch effort to avoid a Russian veto, though the new draf...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoGunmen in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula kidnapped two American women on Friday in an apparent attempt to hold them for ransom, security sources said. Security in the isolated desert region has deteriorated sinc...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday Iran would retaliate over Western-backed oil sanctions and any threat of attack, after U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was cited as saying h...
- posted by Emily Sohn at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoThe military played a major role in turning football from an elite college sport into an American pastime.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoColombia suffers a second deadly bomb attack in as many days blamed on a renewed show of strength by FARC rebels. Paul Chapman reports.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of just 1.3 km (0.8 miles - poorly constrained), the quake hit at 12:27:32 UTC Friday 3rd February 2012 The epicenter w...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoEurope is wrong on austerity that may sink the global economy deeper into the 1930s style depression which has already begun, Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman tells Reuters in an exclusive interview.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA New Zealand court refused an appeal by the founder of online file-sharing site Megaupload.com to be freed on bail, Friday, agreeing with prosecutors there was a risk he would attempt to flee before an e...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day agoLooking for the most comprehensive list, ever published, of ALEC members and people with affiliations to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) - past and present. Check out >>*this diary*<< on D...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoJapan's Panasonic Corp warned of a record annual $10.2 billion net loss, joining beleaguered rivals Sony and Sharp in a sea of red ink as they struggle to fix their broken TV businesses and show they have...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 1 day agoInfowars.com February 3, 2012 Video: Lesson From Italian Cruise Ship Tragedy: The elite will always defend themselves and their interests at the cost of everyone else.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA North Carolina teacher is scheduled to appear Friday in federal court after being accused in an alleged plot to behead witnesses who testified against a would-be terrorist. Nevine Aly Elshiekh was arre...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoU.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has come to the conclusion there is a growing likelihood Israel could attack Iran sometime this spring in an effort to destroy its suspected nuclear weapons program, a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoRescuers were searching Friday for nearly 120 people unaccounted for after a passenger ferry sank off the east coast of Papua New Guinea, authorities said. The 238 known survivors arrived by five vessels...
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