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Thomas Paine

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Sunday, February 5, 2012

5 February - RSS SnapShot! Pt I

Feed results at Opit's LinkFest! RSS on My Opera

Sidebar search returns on water and environmental topics at bottom


Scoop - NZ

  • Rinehart won't find a Fairfax megaphone
    She was raised on mining and right wing politics and was taught by her father that owning media was a source of influence, along with giving politicians money directly and nagging them, and everyone, endlessly about the benefits of small government and the evils of environmentalism. Gina Rinehar ...
  • Doubts On “Official Story” of Bin Laden Killing
    The bin Laden raid presents us with every reason to be cautious. The government’s initial claims about what transpired at that house in Abbottabad have changed, then changed again, with no proper explanation of the discrepancies. Even making allowances for human error in such shifting accounts, ...
  • Japan faces 'chronic' trade deficit after Fuku ...
    Japan has racked up its first trade deficit in 31 years as the country's ageing crisis hits home and the Fukushima nuclear disaster raises dependence on imported fuel.
  • Review: 'Obama, The Lone Ranger'
    how the cultural influences and global underpinnings of Barack Obama's diverse upbringing in Indonesia and Hawaii created the president America needed for the multipolar world of the 21st century. Written by a cultural psychologist, it uses anthropological, political and genealogical perspectiv ...
  • Catastrophe for the young American worker
    Talks of recovery fall on confused ears as many young college graduates compete for fewer jobs with higher amounts of student debt.  In the last decade college graduates have encountered the highest tuition increases ever while getting a lower return on their investment once they enter into the ...

Independent - London

  • Gingrich battles on after second straight poll ...
    He looked less like a contender for the US Presidency, and more like a combination of Comical Ali, the Iraqi PR minister famed for declarations of impending victory in the jaws of catastrophic defeat, and the finger-jabbing Kevin Keegan who once said: “we’re still fighting, and I tell you, I’ll ...
  • Saudi women in drive ban legal bid
    Saudi women leading a campaign against the kingdom's ban on female driving are calling on the courts to take up their lawsuits demanding the right to drive. Related StoriesScandal threatens to disrupt India's mobile phone marketPakistan PM to be charged over corruption caseBird numbers plummet a ...
  • Police officers die in Afghanistan blast
    A large explosion has hit just outside the police headquarters in a southern Afghanistan city, killing at least five police officers and two civilians. Related StoriesScandal threatens to disrupt India's mobile phone marketPakistan PM to be charged over corruption caseBird numbers plummet around ...
  • Gingrich the loser in Vegas as Romney romps in
    He looked less like a contender for the US Presidency, and more like a combination of Comical Ali, the Iraqi PR minister famed for declarations of impending victory in the jaws of catastrophic defeat, and the finger-jabbing Kevin Keegan who once said: “we’re still fighting, and I tell you, I’ll ...
  • Newt Gingrich is a loser in Las Vegas as Mitt ...
    A combative and increasingly confident Mitt Romney swaggered into Las Vegas last night, after securing victory in a one-sided Nevada caucus which has tightened his command of the Republican Presidential race.Related StoriesRomney expected to sail through Nevada caucusesRomney expected to sail t ...

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Innovation Canada

  • Safety haven
    If Canadian postal workers were to design the perfect winter boot, it would help them avoid slipping on icy walkways, stop them from missing their truck brakes while driving and keep them from getting their crampon spikes stuck in wooden porches.If the hearing impaired were looking for a hearing ...
  • Small tools, big impact
    Cancer, heart disease and stroke are leading causes of death among Canadians. As a medical doctor, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and a Canada Research Chair in Bioengineering and Biophotonics, Victor Yang has a unique perspective on these deadly diseases. Based at ...
  • Innovative, naturally
    For the first time this past winter, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) launched the Emerging Science Journalists Award (ESJA). The award was created to support Canada’s talented young science writers. Below is one of the winning entries by Roslyn Dakin, doctoral candidate in the Departm ...
  • A very gourd idea
    It’s been known for years that plants can take up and store trace amounts of hazardous metals like nickel, arsenic and cadmium from contaminated soil in a process called phytoremediation. Until recently, however, scientists assumed that plants weren’t capable of taking up a class of toxic chemic ...
  • Johne’s happens
    Trudging through a dairy farm to collect manure samples isn’t exactly glamorous work, but the odorous task is starting to have a big impact on the health of dairy cattle in Atlantic Canada — and it will save the dairy industry millions of dollars each year. Technicians at the University of Princ ...

Signs of the times

  • Hysteria Alert!: Text message leads to Canadia ...
    A casual text message to work colleagues encouraging them to "blow away" the competition at a trade show allegedly plunged a Muslim man into a terrorism probe. Telecommunications sales manager Saad Allami says the innocent message, aimed at pumping up his staff, has had devastating consequence ...
  • London Olympics could crash the internet, Brit ...
    Fears of an internet meltdown during the London Games may lead to web access being rationed for British businesses British businesses are being warned that they could lose their internet connections during the Olympics due to a surge in the number of people going online at key times. The demand ...
  • France: Sarkozy accused of using 'extras' to p ...
    Nicolas Sarkozy has been accused of stage-managing a visit to a construction site by bussing in fake "workers" to make him look more popular. The accusations against the French president come ahead of elections he is polled to lose. Mr Sarkozy, 57, received a warm response from workers when h ...
  • 'War Plan Iran': Endemic US/Israeli Double-Thi ...
    Thanks to a subservient mainstream media, we are now fed a constant diet of preposterous double-think from American political leaders and their Israeli minions with regard to Iran and its alleged threat to world security. In this inadvertently valuable service, the pliant uncritical mainstream m ...
  • Crime soars in Brazil's Bahia state as police ...
    The Brazilian government has deployed the army in the northeastern state of Bahia where a police strike has sparked a wave of violence. Official figures suggest the murder rate has more than doubled in the state capital, Salvador, since police stopped work there on Tuesday. The number of assa ...

The Galloping Beaver

  • Water world . . .
    CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, ARIZONA: three states where water is becoming top-of-mind, because it may become rather scarce. According to Austin Troy's Design Observer article, "Thirsty City", it's been a long time coming. "Under no contingency does the natural face of Upper California appear susceptibl ...
  • Who wrote this?
    We don’t want to return to the bad old days of the back alley, when a poor vulnerable person who made the mistake of stepping out of line had to be forced into the shadows and have the realities explained to them with a tire iron. If I told you, Mark Steyn, you probably wouldn't believe me ...
  • Demotivation . . .
    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 places. Great place for a cynical re-charge.
  • Sure glad I wasn't there . . .
    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 the Isle of Wight in 1970? Lenny was there. The account is hair-raising: The audience wanted to ...
  • Surprises appear . . .
    TALI-TUBBIE. Now, that sure is something you don't see every day. 

Media Matters for America

  • Right-Wing Media Rely On Discredited Evidence ...
    Right-wing media are rushing to put a negative spin on newly released jobs numbers showing a drop in the unemployment rate and a net increase in jobs by parroting the discredited claim that government data show that "1.2 million people dropped out of the labor force" last month. In fact, as eco ...
  • Planned Parenthood's Effort To Fight All Types ...
    Following the controversy surrounding Susan G. Komen for the Cure's initial announcement that it would end its relationship with Planned Parenthood, right-wing media have tried to downplay Planned Parenthood's efforts to fight cancer, claiming that Planned Parenthood doesn't provide mammograms ...
  • Obama's Mortgage Relief Plan Is Immediately At ...
    President Obama recently outlined his proposal that would give millions of homeowners a chance to save thousands of dollars annually by refinancing their mortgages at a lower interest rate even if their homes are currently underwater. The right-wing media immediately went on the attack, claimin ...
  • The Hannity Challenge: How To Make The Case Th ...
    Sean Hannity pushed the myth that President Obama has made the economy worse, arguing that you could not "make the case" that it has improved during Obama's watch. In fact, when Obama took office, he inherited an economy that was shrinking faster than it had in 50 years and that had lost 2 mill ...
  • Conservative Media Repeat Tabloid's Climate Mi ...
    After the British tabloid Daily Mail published a flawed article that distorted climate research to claim we could be "heading for a mini ice age," conservative media followed suit. In fact, the study did not project a decline in global temperatures.Scientists: Solar Fluctuations Won't Offset Gl ...

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TPM Cafe

  • Some Ironies in Elizabeth Warren's Campaign Me ...
    There are delicious ironies in "How to Win Female Votes: What Obama Can Learn From Elizabeth Warren," a terrific piece just posted by Paul Starobin in The New Republic. Starobin reflects on Warren's message in her U.S. Senate campaign against Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown, who took the la ...
  • Why the "Israel First" Meme Matters
    I certainly set off a firestorm with my use of the term "Israel Firster." Other people use it too but I was the guy who popularized it recently and who used it hundreds of times. The others who utilize the term did so occasionally, often citing me.  So I am the main "miscreant" on this scor ...
  • Don't Fix What Isn't Broken
    Presentation by Reed Hundt, January 31, 2012, Capitol Hill About the spectrum bill passed by the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on communications and technology: I'm here not to praise it but to hope that you bury it on this side of the Hill. I don't think it would pass on a clear ...
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  • Obama, Healthcare, And Progressive Critics
    It is hard to read Remedy and Reaction, Paul Starr's remarkable chronicle of the hundred-year effort to legislate universal health insurance in the United States, without recalling Robert Gibbs's tortured quip that Democrats who've denounced the Obama White House for having knuckled under to Rep ...

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Public Citizen in Texas

  • The task force responsible for revamping U.S. ...
    Among the recommendations for managing the current stockpile of spent nuclear fuel — approximately 65,000 tons of waste stored at about 75 operating and shut-down reactor sites around the country — is a plan to move the waste to temporary storage sites. Public Citizen rejects this plan. In the a ...
  • California nuclear plant may have leaked radio ...
    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is reporting that a “small” amount of radioactive gas may have leaked at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in Southern California. The San Onofre plant is on the Pacific Ocean coast near San Clemente north of San Diego. It consists of two uni ...
  • A Texas town runs out of water, will we see more?
    Spicewood, Texas, a small community on Lake Travis, is precariously close to becoming the state’s first community to run out of drinking water during this historic drought.  On Monday, under dark clouds and with rain falling, Spicewood got its first delivery of 8,000-gallons of water after ...
  • Texas Coalition for Affordable Power Release R ...
    Texas Coalition for Affordable Power’s (TCAP) report on electric deregulation in Texas says the industry has failed to deliver, while industry and agency critics find fault with the reports price and reliability comparisons. Texans have paid higher prices for power that is less reliable – ...
  • RR Commission instituting “real” penalties for ...
    Chronic violators of Texas Railroad Commission safety rules may be looking at steeper fines if they don’t clean up their acts. In response to the agency’s Sunset review last session, the commissioners who regulate the state’s booming oil and gas industry are expected to approve penal ...

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Climate

  • Energy Department Threatened by Cyber Attacks, ...
    Source:  The Hill The Energy Department is "routinely threatened with sophisticated cyber attacks" and has not taken the necessary steps to protect itself, according to a report made public Monday.
  • NASA to Launch New Earth-Observing Satellite
    Source:  AP After a five-year delay, an Earth-observing satellite will be launched to test new technologies aimed at improving weather forecasts and monitoring climate change.
  • Global Warming: 'Melting Glaciers Can Cause Ma ...
    Source:  The Express Tribune Experts in Pakistan believe that the fast melting of glaciers combined with the heavy monsoon rains caused last year's massive floods that affected around 20 million people and destroyed 1.6 mil ...
  • Russian Heat Wave Statistically Linked to Clim ...
    Source:  Wired News A new method of crunching climate data could make it possible to put a figure on climate change's contribution to freak weather events, something tha's been difficult to do with empirical precision.
  • 'Disasters' Strain FEMA's Resources
    Source:  USA Today The federal government is turning hundreds of relatively low-cost storms into federal disasters — draining billions of dollars in scarce FEMA aid and tying up millions more for years.

GreenBiz

  • The Major Dividends Cities Reap from Investing ...
    A new report shows that U.S. cities can save billions in costs -- while cleaning waterways and green neighborhoods -- by leveraging private investment in green infrastructure.
  • What Will It Take to Power the US Military wit ...
    Just how much energy does the U.S. military use, what the costs in dollars and the risk to soldiers, and how can they all be reduced? The American Council On Renewable Energy and Advanced Energy Economy are working with the Defense Department to answer those questions.
  • University of Vermont Offers Online Course on ...
    Lauded for its green practices and curricula, the University of Vermont has developed a certificate program to enable other colleges to integrate sustainability into their operations.
  • The Economic Risks of a Water Constrained World
    Our over-leveraged global water position is fundamentally unsustainable, and the business community is already feeling the pain.
  • Inside Kohl's Green Energy Leadership
    At the GreenBiz Forum this morning in Minneapolis, Tari Emerson, Kohl's director of energy and capital projects, walked through how the retailer has become the nation's largest corporate solar panel owner, and how other companies can get started.

Duly Noted

Booman Tribune

  • Holy Giants Day
    The New York Football Giants are in the Super Bowl. In other words, nothing else exists in my universe today. However, that doesn't mean I can't entertain you. For example, do you remember Beetlejuice? Of course you do. I would be excited if the Giants were playing the Buffalo ...
  • Zero Uplift Man
    Until last night, I hadn't seen one of Mitt Romney's election-night speeches at full length. What struck me about it -- and I gather it's just his standard speech -- is that it's completely devoid of uplift. The anger at Obama seems sincere, possibly because Obama genuinely annoys him, possibly ...
  • So Much Winning
  • Nice Going Russia and China
    I hope they're proud of themselves: Russia and China on Saturday vetoed a Western and Arab-sponsored U.N. resolution condemning Syrias violent repression of anti-government demonstrators, throwing their prestige and power behind President Bashar al-Assad as he intensifies a military operatio ...
  • Defend Science Teachers re: Climate
    In state after state, school boards for various reasons (ideological, political, religious, etc.) have objected to science being taught. We are all well aware of the struggles of biology teachers regarding their ability to properly teach their students about evolution. However, the science of ...

Environmental Graffiti

  • 11 Coolest Links of the Week
    Trees have some staying power – geez, just check out these six – but then, if a guy can live without a heart, so do we! Cool link awesomeness abounds! read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • 10 Hottest Links of the Week
    The worst polar expedition ever and nine warmer links, including a church consumed by nature, and eleven more such places of worship given a new lease of life... read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article ...
  • The Fractal Patterns of Landscapes Devastated ...
    Drought is a killer of animals, crops and people, yet there is an undeniable beauty to the 20 images of parched terrains that we are about to explore. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • 10 Adorable Baby Animals That Grow Up To Be De ...
    Even the fiercest predators start their lives helpless and adorable, and even cold-blooded killers like crocodiles display surprising parenting skills... This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • The Mother of All Moths!
    The aptly-named Atlas moth is not only one of the most beautiful creatures of its kind but also the largest moth in the world! This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article

Foreign Policy in Focus

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Dot Earth News

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

  • Thank you for supporting Minneapolis productio ...
    It has been a wild month in NYC. Our work in New York City to help bring you live footage from the Occupy movement, as well as help get other occupation livestream teams set up and rolling, would not have been possible but for generous small contributions from some folks that stepped up basicall ...
  • Support Global Revolution.tv and the Minneapol ...
    Heyo... so unexpectedly I've dedicated the vast majority of my time in the last 22 days to the Occupy Wall Street phenom and specifically editing the video stream for Global Revolution TV. For about a year until August, I worked at an Internet startup which abruptly laid me off, owing a bunch of ...
  • #occupywallstreet makes total lol
    Our comradez in NYC are running live feeds and I am helping coordinate affairs. We are kickin on irc.indymedia.org #occupywallstreet and also you can hit that on http://chat.indymedia.org via webs. Here is the live video embed... you can use the Contact form above if you want to hit me up. It i ...
  • 9-11 FBI Foreknowledge Nibbles with Ali Soufan ...
    Ah so it's been a decade eh comrades? The skrewing over of emergency personnel has gone almost unnoticed. FDNY member on 9/11 Truth “I support you guys” | We Are Change -- some new stuff has been trickling out -- pretty solid stuff, at that. The glorious official narrative got its booster shot, ...
  • Review: "Contagion": Minneapolis faces instant ...
    SPOILER ALERTS! -- Plagued man (lower left) staggers off bus at Lake & Lyndale; Paltrow croaks at Fairview University Medical Center; MDH painted as buffoons; Matt Damon defends saddest Minnesota XMas ever w/ shotgun & sweaters! Snagged advance tickets to Steven Soderbergh's A-List dis ...

Daily Censored

  • ”Setting the record straight”: Washingto ...
      Washington Post subsidiary Kaplan Higher Education recently surrendered its license to operate a dental assisting educational program in Charlotte, North Carolina after they were exposed misleading students about the accreditation status of the program.  As I wrote in the story I broke fo ...
  • Daring to Look Behind the Curtain: The Drop-Ou ...
    “‘Only four out of ten U.S. children finish high school, only one out of five who finish high school goes to college’”—does this sound familiar? Possibly at least echoed in the 2012 State of the Union Address by President Obama, who made this charge regarding U.S. public educat ...
  • Environmental internationalism: Cuba’s new mis ...
    By Saul Landau and Nelson P. Valdés Since 1959 Cuba has played a significant world role, quite a feat for a nation of 5 million – 11 million now. Cubans have shown their values, commitment and solidarity in dealing with the aftermath of natural disasters around the world. Between 1960 and 2011, ...
  • 52 million views, 4-minutes, Occupy’s point: W ...
    video here. What’s wrong with the world, mama, is the 1%’s criminal wars and rapacious looting. Occupy exposes the 1% that allows a million children to die every month from preventable poverty when just 1% of our income saves their lives while reducing population growth. Occupy documents and pro ...
  • No Country Left Behind (NCLB) and The Race to ...
    The 2009 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure grades 15 categories of infrastructure, including levees (http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/report-cards).  So how is America doing?  The report notes, “….. for the second time,America’s infrastructure rates a cumulative grade of D.  While ...

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IntelNews

  • News you may have missed #674
    Ex-CIA officers blast Kiriakou. US air strikes in Yemen go largely unreported. West explores prospects for Assad's exile.
  • News you may have missed #673
    Israel outsources intelligence-gathering to rightwing groups. NATO report finds Pakistan spies help Taliban. Another Russian diplomat 'leaves' Canada.
  • News you may have missed #672
    CIA claims bin Laden death photos would trigger violence. Kuwait accused of tapping phones of prominent citizens. Did US FDA spy on whistleblowers?
  • Maltese government secretly helped British spy ...
    In the 1980s, Malta was one of the world’s closest allies with the Libyan regime of Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi. For this reason, during the recent Libyan civil war, it was generally presumed that the island nation’s strong cultural and strategic links with Tripoli would prevent it from joining o ...
  • News you may have missed #676
    US admits Pakistani doctor was CIA agent. Czech secret services accused of political spying. Colombian paramilitaries protected by spy agency.

War is a Crime.org

  • Greenwald, Swanson, Wright on Wars and the War ...
    Monday morning  at 7-8AM  tune in (KPFK 90.7 fm) or log on: http://archive.kpfk.org/parchive/index.php?shokey=ctd Lila Garrett’s  CONNECT THE DOTS.  Guests include: Robert GreenwaldHead of Brave New Films and producer-director  of Rethink Afghanistan about Obama’s decisi ...
  • Okinawa Marine Bases and U.S. Military Spendin ...
    Can we close the Futenma Marine Base Without Constructing Additional Marine Bases in Okinawa? Hosted by Nago City & Network for Okinawa When: Wednesday, February 8th 2012 11am-Noon Where: 2456 Rayburn House Office, (Congressional Office Building) 45 Independence Ave SW Who: Susumu Inamine, ...
  • Audio: Brandon Collins and David Swanson on th ...
    WNRN Wake-Up Call: Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice CvillePodcast Rick’s guests this week were Brandon Collins and David Swanson with Charlottesville’s Center for Peace & Justice. LISTEN. read more
  • IRAQI PEOPLE POWER
    Citizens Leading the Way to Peace and Development in Iraq     A Conversation with Iraqi Civil Society Leaders   February 6th, 2012 6:00pm – 8:00pm Busboys & Poets - 5th & K 1025 5th Street, NW Washington, DC 20001     Come to Busboys & Poets (5th & K, NW) ...
  • Is America a Police State?
    By Sherwood Ross You know you live in a police state when the president allows the military to continuously harass a prisoner against whom no crime has been proven by interrupting him every five minutes of the day to ask him, “Are you okay?” and forces him to stand to attention naked at roll ca ...

Grist - News

  • The age-old battle of goats versus tortoises
    by Sarah Laskow. Before reading further in this post, ask yourself a question (and answer honestly): Which do you care about more, guiltless (if hungry) goats or the Galápagos Islands' giant tortoises? If you answered goats, this post will make you sad. Here was the ...
  • Watch an orca chase a shark out of the water
    by Sarah Laskow. Orcas might be charismatic movie stars, but they are also killer whales. A family of beachgoers in New Zealand caught on film an orca fighting with a few sharks. One shark was so eager to get away from the whale that it beached itself in the shallow water. (That's t ...
  • What environmental policy could we expect from ...
    by Jess Zimmerman. Stephen Colbert has officially thrown his hat in the ring for definitely possibly considering a run for president. He's already out-polling Jon Huntsman! So what kind of environmental policy platform could we expect from a President Colbert? Well, for starters, no ...
  • Don’t believe the hype about the ‘ ...
    by Christopher Mims. Some chemists came up with a really clever way to observe the intermediate stage of an atmospheric chemical reaction, and then some PR flack got a hold of it and suddenly science has invented a brand-new molecule that will solve all our climate change woes! As usual, t ...
  • Congressional staffers will stop betting on wi ...
    by Jess Zimmerman. We here at Grist mock a lot of people. But we don't always manage to mock some sense into them. Which is why we're pretty psyched about the response to Sarah Laskow's feature story revealing that congressional staffers were making deadly wildfires into a fun ...

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Digg Green

  • APOD: 2012 February 5 - Lunation
    Our Moon's appearance changes nightly. This time-lapse sequence shows what our Moon looks like during a lunation, a complete lunar cycle. As the Moon orbits the Earth, the half illuminated by the Sun first becomes increasingly visible, then decreasingly visible. The Moon always keeps the same fa ...
  • Earth From Space: The Secret of NASA's Amazing ...
    NASA's Suomi NPP satellite is snapping amazing views of Earth from space, showing the planet as a dazzling "Blue Marble." But scientists have a secret to make the photos.
  • Norovirus: What It Is, How We’re Fighting It
    If you have spent a day or two in bed with vomiting and diarrhea sometime over the last two months, you are certainly not alone. Winter is here, and with it comes so-called “winter vomiting disease.” Your mother might have called it “the 24 hour bug;” others know it as “the cruise ship virus.” W ...
  • Defending Physics Against Cracked.com : Starts ...
    Imagine my disappointment when I read this, and realized that the "6 Scientific Discoveries that Laugh in the Face of Physics" turn out to all be things that physics understands and can explain! Looking at it today, you can see that well over 1,000,000 people have read this, so let's see if we c ...
  • Social Dynamics of Digg
    Online social media provide multiple ways to find interesting content. One important method is highlighting content recommended by user's friends. We examine this process on one such site, the news aggregator Digg. With a stochastic model of user behavior, we distinguish the effects of the conte ...

Invisible Opportunity

  • Espionage gang made illegal recordings of staf ...
    1 February 2012 / TODAY’S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL An espionage gang that used blackmail to extort intelligence on Turkey’s security projects installed secret cameras all over a facility of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) and illegally videotaped most of ...
  • No Exit For Bilderbergers – Why A Plague Will ...
    By horse237 I explained brain eating vaccines to a black teenager who plays soccer with my nephew. The idea is to add them into normal vaccines to eat away the receptors for anger and other emotions claiming it will reduce stress. As I explained, the real purpose is to make him more easily and c ...
  • Huge victory against GMOs as Monsanto driven o ...
    by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger (NaturalNews) A massive victory against Monsanto and genetically engineered seeds has been achieved in the United Kingdom today. Monsanto has announced a total withdrawal from the UK, shuttering its Cambridge-based wheat production operation. UK newspaper Daily M ...
  • Breaking: Monsanto Forced Out of UK by Activists
    Anthony Gucciardi Activist Post It has been a truly rough week for Monsanto. After being slammed with a lawsuit by concerned farmers over their GMO crops and thrown out by China, now the corrupt juggernaut is being thrown out of the United Kingdom. In an unprecedented announcement, Monsanto anno ...
  • Vaccine-Induced Disease Epidemic Outbreaks
    By A. True Ott, PhD, ND 8-23-9 The year was 1921. America was entering a decade of robust prosperity. Later called “The Roaring Twenties”, it was a time of unparalleled economic expansion. Debt money from Wall Street banks was plentiful and easy to obtain. The “Great War” ...

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    In his previous books, James Kunstler focused on the shortsighted vision of suburban planning; now he expands that view to the country's urban growth challenges and the need to drastically change our current course of auto and oil dependency. The Long Emergency is filled with history plus eye-op ...
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  • Cartoon caption contest
    Take a look at the cartoon below and enter your caption idea in the comment section (more ifo on prize, etc. below the cartoon). Eligible captions will be those posted on my site, Elephant Journal, Wend Magazine, PlanetSave, Eco-Snobbery Sucks, Ecolutionist, Ecopolitology, and Twilight Earth. Wi ...
  • Exposed: Why the GOP wants to eliminate Clean ...
    Whether we can believe this see-through-elephant-trunk footage or not, the possibility that elephants have a triple fitration system within their trunks has to have some credence. Otherwise, why on earth would leading Republicans try to make it easier for big polluters to further pollute the air ...
  • Apples may lose trees [cartoon]
    The rest of Joe Mohr’s cartoons, and cartoon updates and other green news on Twitter @GreenCartoons. Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets Beat–May Lose Beets (cartoon) Eco-Snobbery Sucks: The Cartoon Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets Beat–May Lose Beets (cartoo ...
  • Mixed message from USDA chief Vilsack [cartoon]
    US Ag Secretary, Tom Vilsack tells us to eat more natural foods a few days after fully deregulating GMO alfalfa…I’m confused. Confused as well? Read the links below and try to figure out this mess. From The New York Times: Government’s Dietary Advice: Eat Less From Elephant Journal: ...
  • BREAKING: Deleted Monsanto cartoon panel, leaked!
    Unlike the former Monsanto cartoon on this subject, this version shows a bit more clearly who surrendered the future of organic agriculture to Monsanto. There’s been a lot of talk from both sides (organic and biotech) about compromise. That is misleading and almost laughable (read: cryable ...

Inhabitat

  • Six Yummy Organic Recipes For Your Super Bowl ...
    Read the rest of Six Yummy Organic Recipes For Your Super Bowl Party Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Chili Recipe, Eggplant sliders, Homemade Tortilla Chips, Hummus pinwheels, Hummus Recipe, Lowfat dip, Mediterranean Salsa, Organic party food, Super Bowl Party, Super B ...
  • GIVEAWAY: Win a Business of Being Born DVD Pri ...
    If you’re even thinking about having kids, the 2008 documentary The Business of Being Born is a must-see. The film explores the present childbirth and maternity care system, providing different perspectives on the various interventions that happen in hospitals during labor and delivery. Th ...
  • Is This Diamond-Encrusted $400,000 T-Shirt the ...
    What’s the most money you’ve ever spent on a t-shirt?  We’re guessing it’s no where near the £256,500 ($405,000) price-tag on this diamond-encrusted number.  Although there doesn’t seem to be a charitable reason for the exorbitant price, the organic-cotton, “one-of- ...
  • Lindal Launches New ‘Architects Collaborative’ ...
    Read the rest of Lindal Launches New ‘Architects Collaborative’ Prefab Home Line Featuring Designs from Our Favorite Architects Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Altius Architecture, Altius Architecture lindal prefab, and The Frank Lloyd Wright School of Arch ...
  • 16-Year-Old Girl Scouts Petition to Make Their ...
    Two 16 year-old Girl Scouts from Michigan have taken it upon themselves to try to convince their organization to stop using palm oil, a product that has been blamed for widespread rainforest destruction, in their famous cookies. The pair, Madison Vorva and Rhiannon Tomtishen, have created a peti ...

Pogue's Posts

  • Things That Were Once Amazing
    David Pogue is amazed that people are still amazed at children's tech prowess. It's too bad there's no List of Things That Were Once Amazing, but Are Really Kind of Old News at This Point, he says. It would be a handy clip-and-save document that you could review, perhaps to avoid unwittingly emb ...
  • Look, Ma, No Hands! Operating a Laptop with Ey ...
    Tobii, a Swedish company, is demonstrating eye-tracking software that really rocked my world. Imagine reading a Web page or Word document on the screen and the page scrolls automatically, gracefully and effortlessly as you proceed through the article. The system knows where your eyes are and how ...
  • A New G-Shock Watch Awaits a New Bluetooth
    Casio's G-Shock GB6900 watch uses a new, low-power Bluetooth chip called Bluetooth Smart (or Bluetooth 4.0) to do amazing things with a PC or smartphone. Butt the watch doesn't work unless your phone also has Bluetooth 4.0 - and right now, only a couple of them do.
  • Put Down the Pitchforks on SOPA
    Not enough people have acknowledged that the opposition was arguing two totally different different points - the "you're going about it the wrong way" group and the "we want our illegal movies!" group. In the new world of Internet versus government, the system worked; the people spoke, governmen ...
  • A Gadget Is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
    If you think Amazon's real cost to make that Kindle Fire is $201, then by all means go to China and cobble one together yourself. The components are only part of the cost of any gadget.

WIRED Magazine | Science

  • Sugar May Be Bad, But Is the Alternative Worse?
    Given the recent controversy over sugar, one might look to artificial sweeteners for an easy alternative to thorny scientific and ethical questions. But to anyone seeking pastel-packaged reassurance that regulators won't ever need to pry donuts from their cold, dead and pudgy fingers, science o ...
  • Cosmonaut Couture: Russian Photo Shoot Makes S ...
    In a resurgent space-themed fashion shoot, supermodel Natalia Semanova mingles with real-life cosmonauts in Star City, the home of Russia's space training program. We interview the spread's photographer, Arthur Elgort, for the back story.
  • Video: How the View From a Comet Might Look
    The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft is heading for a comet. The ambitious mission -- scheduled to enter orbit Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in January of 2014 and place a tiny lander named Philae on its surface that November – will no doubt return incredible, never-before-seen pict ...
  • Spectacular High-Res Image of Earth: The Other ...
    Last week, NASA released its 2012 version of the famous "Blue Marble" image. By using a planet-pointing satellite, Suomi NPP, the space agency created an extremely high resolution photograph of our watery world.
  • The 16 Best Science Visualizations of 2011
    Toxic barbs on a cucumber’s skin, nanoscopic flakes of metal and a mouse’s technicolor eyeball are just a few of 2011's best science visualizations.

PakAlert

  • Americans talk about an Israeli strike on Iran ...
    US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has been outspoken about a possible Israeli offensive against Iran taking place as of April and one American TV channel theorized simplistically Friday, Feb. 3, about Israel's tactics. At the same time, no US source is leveling on the far more extensive Ameri ...
  • China Rejects Genetically Modified Rice in Opp ...
    As awareness of genetically modified food and the dangers associated increase, actions are being taken to eliminate the issue entirely. With countries destroying their GMO crops, scientists showing the facts, and individuals voicing their discontent on the matter, there is a large and growing co ...
  • Sky Trumpets – Acoustic Phenomenons, Blue Beam ...
    This video is a compilation and sampling about the strange sounds around the world. Million of witnesses recorded the unknown acoustic phenomenons in North- and Southamerica, Europe and Asia of unnatural root.
  • Physician Prescribes Coconut Oil And Successfu ...
    What if there was an actual cure for diseases such as alzheimer's disease, parkinson's, ALS, epilepsy, dementia, schizophrenia, and even autism? What if that cure was not a drug and available at many health food and even grocery retailers?
  • According To The FBI, Internet Privacy Is Now ...
    When you use the Internet in a public place, do you prefer to have as much privacy as possible? Well, that makes you a potential terrorist. According to the FBI, Internet privacy is now considered to be suspicious activity. If you are out in public and you attempt to keep snoopers from peekin ...

Andy Worthington

  • Save the NHS: 100,000 GPs and Physiotherapists ...
    Ever since the coalition government introduced its Health and Social Care Bill, it has been obvious that what was planned was nothing less than the destruction of the NHS as a universal healthcare provider, and the gradual privatisation of the service, leading to greater profits for private comp ...
  • Video: In Washington D.C., Andy Worthington Di ...
    On January 10, while I was visiting the US for events marking the 10th anniversary of the opening of Guantánamo, the World Can’t Wait, the campaigning organization responsible for my visit, hosted a screening of the documentary film, “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo” ( ...
  • Last Call to Sign the White House Petition to ...
    To mark the 10th anniversary of the opening of Guantánamo, on January 11, I was involved in two particular projects — firstly, the establishment of a new campaign and website, “Close Guantánamo,” designed to raise awareness of the continuing injustice of Guantánamo, and, in par ...
  • Former Guantánamo Prisoner Adel Al-Gazzar Is F ...
    When looking at the stories of the released Guantánamo prisoners, one of the most tragic individual stories of last year was that of Adel al-Gazzar (aka Adel El-Gazzar), a former officer in the Egyptian army, who lost a leg in US custody and spent eight years in Guantánamo. Adel returned to Egyp ...
  • Why Algeria Is Not A Safe Country for the Repa ...
    Since July 2008, when the first Algerian prisoners were repatriated from Guantánamo, the position taken by the US government — first under George W. Bush, and, for the last three years, under Barack Obama — has been that Algeria is a safe country for the repatriation of prisoners cle ...

Environment _ National Geographic

drinking liberally in new milford ( with beersphere feeds )

  • Don't Turn Your Back on the Bankers for Even a ...
    The ink on the legislation is still drying and, already, the mortgage mill industry is trying to gut the little things that might help to hold them accountable for their bit part in the complete economic collapse of this nation: Dodd-Frank requires that lenders retain five percent of every loan ...
  • Sarah Palin: Mayor of New Milford?
    Is this a parody or real life? You decide. Citizens of New Milford: I want you to know that I'm on the job 24/7. Twenty four hours a week, seven months a year. But even with this strict time commitment, I can't be expected to keep up with everything going on in this vast metropolis. That's why ...
  • Much like the "conservative" GOP...
    The conservative Blue Dogs acted as Bush's domestic poodles, helping to move a dangerous right wing agenda. They were owned by the right wing and corporations and there is no big surprise why more than half of the Blue Dog caucus (28 of 54 members) were slaughtered in the 2010 elections. So f ...
  • Stop Drinking and Start Doing, Dem Dumb Dumbs
    Sober up, Dems. You started sucking suds when you captured the Congress in 2006. Since 2008 you've been binge drinking with Congress and the Prez. You even nibbled on some hot wings and pub nuts. Burp! And now the bartender just cut your drunk, lazy, liberal, progressive, leftie ass off. Y ...
  • The People Have Spoken. And Their Message Is ...
    So. What the heck happened last night? The GOP picked up 60 seats in the House, effectively reversing their losses there from 2006 and 2008, and returning control of that body to them. The GOP picked up some 6 seats in the Senate, but the Democratic Party retains control there. The GOP picked u ...

SPL Center

  • Wisconsin College Students Find Noose, Racist ...
    A noose and two written threats directed at African-American students are triggering concern and an investigation on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside at the beginning of Black History Month. A black female student found a noose made of rubber bands in a common area in her dormi ...
  • Once Again, FAIR Reveals Its Black Heart of Hate
    The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) has never been a pleasant organization. Its top leaders have warned shrilly of a “Latin onslaught,” defended a racist 1924 quota system, insisted that America needs a “European-American majority,” and fretted that Latinos are “outbreeding” wh ...
  • Mosque Badly Vandalized, but Imam Unsure of Ha ...
    A mosque under construction near Washington, D.C., was extensively damaged by vandals last weekend, but a regional imam said today there’s no indication yet that the vandalism was a hate crime. “It seems at this point that the vandalism was done by intoxicated individuals,” regional imam Yahya L ...
  • Washington ‘Sovereign’ Tax Preparer Sentenced ...
    An accountant who took his antigovernment “sovereign citizen” views to work with him is going to prison, and many of his former clients are faced with huge, unpaid tax bills. Timothy Garrison, 60, of Mount Vernon, Wash., was sentenced Wednesday to 42 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $ ...
  • Jury Convicts Texas ‘Sovereign’ Who Shot at Cop
    A self-described “sovereign citizen,” who also called himself a “Moorish American,” has been convicted in Fort Worth, Texas, of shooting at a police officer who tried to arrest him for traffic violations last summer. James Michael Tesi, 49, was taken into custody following the jury verdict Tuesd ...

change: org.

  • If Up to New Mexico’s Governor, Undocume ...
    A haunting but ultimately uplifting story out of New Mexico has been making the rounds in newspapers and TV reports across the country. A 6-year-old girl in Albuquerque was abducted as she walked home on a suburban street. The kidnapper pulled her into his van, parked near a rock hiding packing ...
  • Victory! NJ Gov. Signs Bill So Survivors Won't ...
    In late June, a vital bill to support rape survivors landed on New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's desk. The bill, which had strong bipartisan support in both legislative houses, was to bar rape survivors from being charged for their own rape kits -- collections of forensic evidence after a sex ...
  • Teen Leads Safe Crosswalk Campaign in Wake of ...
    The shock and grief over a young person's tragic death can be paralyzing. Not for Kimiko Nishitsuji. Her friend's sudden death last month after being hit by a car at an intersection long known to be dangerous for pedestrians instead spurred her to action and mobilized a community. Kimiko created ...
  • Major Progress: Administration to Grant Deport ...
    Wow. Just weeks ago, UCLA graduate and award-winning Dreamer David Cho posted a petition on Change.org commemorating the ten-year anniversary of the federal DREAM Act and asking President Obama and the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to do everything in their power to stop deporting tal ...
  • Robert Segwanyi Spared Deadly Deportation to U ...
    Robert Segwanyi was scheduled for deportation on August 18,  from the United Kingdom's Heathrow airport. The UK was sending Robert back to Uganda, where he was tortured with molten plastic and imprisoned for being gay. Robert was spared from deportation at the very last minute according to ...

Common Dreams -News

  • Obama's Drone Program Includes Targeting Rescu ...
    A week after President Obama spoke publicly for first time about the CIA's drone campaign in Pakistan, a new investigation by the Bureau for the Sunday Times in London reports the program has killed dozens of civilians who had gone to help rescue victims or were attending funerals. ...
  • Turkey: Israeli Attack on Iran 'Would Be Disaster'
    Tensions in the Middle East show no sign of abating today as Iran issued warnings to neighboring Gulf states that they would face the wrath of Iranian military retaliation if US bases on their soils were used to support an attack on their nuclear facilities or infrastructure. Meanwhile, other na ...
  • Occupy Groups, Labor Unions Hope to Capture Su ...
    Super Bowl Sunday, the largest single sporting event in the United States most years, is taking place today in Indianopolis and proponents of labor rights  and representatives of the Occupy movement hope to capitalize on some of the fanfare to make their voices heard. ...
  • Scientists: Arctic Melting Leading to Europe's ...
    The unusual cold weather in eastern Europe has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of vulnerable people living in areas unprepared for the freezing conditions. Extreme weather events have been increasingly evident in recent years, and now scientests are fearful that the 'feedback loops' o ...
  • Canadians Fight Tar Sands Pipeline
    Indigineous groups, environmentalists, and other concerned Canadians took to the streets in the British Columbian town of Prince Rupert on Saturday to protest the construction of the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline. Like the Keystone XL pipeline proposed to transport tar sands oil from Canada ...

Lifehacker

  • Add a Fleece Lining to Bandannas to Prevent Fr ...
    If you enjoy spending time in the outdoors skiing, snowboarding, ice skating, or enjoying other snow sports and don't like wearing a full ski-mask you can protect your face by sewing a fleece insert into a bandanna that you wear on your face. ...
  • Frozen Garlic and Onion Purees Save Time and M ...
    Some people end up buying and peeling an onion and a head of garlic when they only need a portion of that for their recipe and end up tossing the rest, only to need it again a few days later. Freezing a puree of garlic, onion, and olive oil me ...
  • Five Best Ways to Stream Live TV
    Whether you're looking for a way to catch the big game this weekend when you're away from your living room, or you just like to catch live television when you're trapped somewhere without either cable or a television, you have plenty of optio ...
  • Throw Together a Last-Minute Super Bowl Party ...
    Perhaps you've realized that all your friends are busy and no one you know is throwing a party except that one guy from work you don't want to hang out with. Or just maybe you don't know a football from a volleyball and want to have an excuse ...
  • Upgrade and Speed Up Your Computer This Weeken ...
    It's a sad fact of life that over time, all of our computers get a little bit slower. Before you start shelling out for a new machine, take some time this weekend to perform some maintenance tasks, upgrade a single piece of hardware, or even o ...

Water Privatization

  • With Trade Deal, Will Canada Give EU 'Righ ...
    Failing to safeguard resource in CETA negotiations shows private firms our water is on offer.
  • Partisan scuffle over privatization and tax br ...
    Senate Democratic Leader Nan Rich got the last word in a partisan flame war with Senate Majority Leader Andy Gardiner over firing prison workers vs. closing a corporate tax loophole. Rich launched the skirmish when she fired off a statement accusing Senate President Mike Haridopolos of ignoring ...
  • Under pressure from environmentalists, water p ...
    By Brittany Alana Davis, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Wednesday, February 1, 2012 TALLAHASSEE — Under pressure from environmentalists, Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn and Rep. Dana Young, R-Tampa, scrapped a controversial proposal Wednesday to "privatize" the state's treated waste wate ...
  • Environmentalists triumph on water privatizati ...
    " Kumbaya ," said Rep. Jeff Clemens, D-Lake Worth, after drastic changes to a controversial "reclaimed water" bill won support from both environmentalists and the city of Tampa. The proposal is a top priority of Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn , and aims to ensure local governments ...
  • Water, and sidewalks, and golf: oh my!
    At tonight’s East Asheville community meeting, members of the public flooded City Council members with their concerns about the fate of the Asheville water system, the need for more sidewalks and ideas for the Municipal Golf Course. About 50 people attended the Jan. 31 meeting at Haw Creek Eleme ...

Guardian

  • Transport secretary to vote against Network Ra ...
    Justine Greening to attend firm's AGM to vote against executive payout – though Labour says she is failing to use full powersThe transport secretary, Justine Greening, is planning to vote against a proposed £20m bonus pool for Network Rail executives. But she was accused by Labour of failing to ...
  • Greece's economic future in balance as 'razor' ...
    Prime minister Lucas Papademos faces an uphill struggle to win the backing he needs to avoid a disorderly default in MarchGreece's economic future hung in the balance on Sunday as the debt-laden country's technocrat prime minister, Lucas Papademos, met party leaders in a last-ditch effort to ral ...
  • Lucian Freud Portraits – review
    The National Portrait Gallery's tremendous show celebrates the unexpected moments that were ever present in the artist's workLucian Freud painted strange, uneasy, figures, from first to last. Maybe they were uneasy because he was painting them. There was as much violence as tenderness in his sta ...
  • Assad forces continue deadly assault on Homs
    Syrian opposition groups dispute number of dead but residents claim new type of artillery shell is being used against restive citySyrian forces persisted with one of the deadliest attacks of the 11-month uprising on Sunday, pounding parts of Homs even as residents combed through rubble looking f ...
  • Finland's former finance minister poised to wi ...
    First exit polls show Sauli Niinisto pulling well ahead of Finland's first openly gay presidential candidate Pekka HaavistoFinland's former finance minister, Sauli Niinisto, was poised to become the country's next president on Sunday night after pulling well ahead of the first openly gay presid ...

McClatchey

Afghanistan Sun

  • Army Officer Challenges Pentagon’s Afgha ...
    Afghanistan , Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis traveled 9,000 miles, patrolled with American troops in eight provinces and returned in October of last year with a fervent conviction that the war was going ...
  • Four French troops killed by Afghan soldiers
    Four French soldiers were shot dead and 16 were wounded by a member of the Afghan army in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, a Nato spokesman and Afghan officials said. "A man wearing Afghan army ...
  • Pakistani Soldier Killed In Battle To Control ...
    The government in Islamabad says a military convoy struck a roadside bomb in northwestern Pakistan on February 5, killing one soldier. Another 12 Pakistani soldiers were injured when militants ...
  • Taliban targeting more cilvillians in Afghanis ...
    The Taliban and other insurgent groups were responsible for nearly 80 per cent of civilian deaths in the war in Afghanistan last year, says a United Nations report released yesterday. The report ...
  • Senior U.S. officer dies in Afghanistan
    An investigation was under way Sunday in Afghanistan into the non-combat death of a 49-year-old U.S. brigadier general in Kabul, Army officials said. Brig. Gen. Terence Hildner died Friday, Fort ...

Futurismic

  • Hang All The Critics: Towards Useful Video Gam ...
      The Problem It does not take a genius to realise that the world of video game reviewing is completely and utterly fucked. Their reputations sullied by an endless cavalcade of scandal and stupidity, video game reviewers routinely find themselves in the impossible position of having to bala ...
  • Out of Destruction, Transformation?
    Most of my columns this year have been about change, from climate change to twitter. Well, this is a start-of-the-year post, and it seems appropriate to take on change in a big way as the year changes. We’re in an unstable moment. Climate change is here and it’s affecting us all. The economy is ...
  • Better Writing Through Writing About Writing
    My life is fairly crammed, and writing time is hard to come by. Today I got one of those precious blocks of time in which I could write for several hours almost without interruption, yet as I fired up the computer, I felt not excited about the prospect, but worried and on edge.  I also [...]Foll ...
  • A chat with Eric Drexler
    Not over coffee and cakes, sadly, but you take what you can get in this crazy world, AMIRITEZ? So when I got the chance to email Eric Drexler – yup, the nanotech guy – with some follow-up questions responding to his inaugural lecture at Oxford Martin College last month, I jumped in w ...
  • Skyrim and the Quest for Meaning
    Lithium I’m old enough to remember when video games were comparatively simple things. For example, I remember the side-scrolling video game adaptation of Robocop (1988). Relatively short, Robocop had you shooting and jumping your way from one side of the world to another. Once you got to the end ...

Whistleblowers Protection Blog

  • Senator Grassley's Ten Scathing Questions for ...
    Amid this week’s media frenzy, Senator Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) has sent a scornful letter to FDA Commissioner Hamburg about the FDA’s targeted whistleblower surveillance program. If you missed the original story about the FDA’s illegal spy operation, you can catch up by r ...
  • Whistleblowers Expose FDA's Illegal Surveillan ...
    TAKE ACTION! FDA Spy Program Documents Linked Here As reported in today's Washington Post, six current and former employees of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have filed a complaint against the FDA in U.S. District Court. The employees are seeking an injunction to stop the ag ...
  • U.S. Air Force receives Whistleblower Retaliat ...
    This week, the U.S Office of Special Counsel (OSC) presented their report regarding the allegations made by four whistleblowers about retaliation at U.S Port Mortuary in Dover, Delaware's Air Force Base. The report reviewed events that occurred over a 17 months period in 2009 and 2010. It conclu ...
  • Whistleblowers Expose FDA's Illegal Surveillan ...
    TAKE ACTION! FDA Spy Program Documents Linked Here As reported in today's Washington Post, six current and former employees of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have filed a complaint against the FDA in U.S. District Court. The employees are seeking an injunction to stop the ag ...
  • New IRS regulation is no help to whistleblowers
    On January 23, 2012, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a final regulation that reflects a 1996 law making payments for emotional distress damages taxable as income. The new regulation, cited as 26 CFR 1.104-1(c), makes clear that settlements and awards are taxable unless they are "a ...

Science Express

  • Fermi maps an active galaxy's 'smokestack plumes'
    If our eyes could see radio waves, the nearby galaxy Centaurus A (Cen A) would be one of the biggest and brightest objects in the sky, nearly 20 times the apparent size of a full moon. What we can't see when looking at the galaxy in visible light is that it lies nestled between a pair of giant r ...
  • Pollution from Asia circles globe at stratosph ...
    The economic growth across much of Asia comes with a troubling side effect: pollutants from the region are being wafted up to the stratosphere during monsoon season. The new finding, in a study led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, provides additional evidence of the ...
  • After growth spurt, supermassive black holes s ...
    Supermassive black holes found at the centers of distant galaxies undergo huge growth spurts as a result of galactic collisions, according to a new study by astronomers at Yale University and the University of Hawaii. Their findings appear in the March 25 edition of Science Express.
  • Research team finds structure of 'swine flu' virus
    A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and other institutions has solved the structure of a key protein from the virus that caused last year's "swine flu" influenza epidemic. The structure reveals that the virus shares many features with influenza viruses common in the early 20 ...
  • New approach precisely tracks evolution's foot ...
    (PhysOrg.com) -- Fossils may provide tantalizing clues to human history but they also lack some vital information, such as revealing which pieces of human DNA have been favored by evolution because they confer beneficial traits - resistance to infection or the ability to digest milk, for exampl ...

TechDirt

  • Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week ...
    So a week ago, as some of you noticed, we had Senator Ron Wyden write the "favorites of the week" post, which got an impressive reaction. And, in fact, the top two highest voted "most insightful" comments both were responses to that post, addressing Senator Wyden. First, we had mudlock who wro ...
  • Mike C's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week
    Another week gone and another chance for everyone to see Techdirt through someone else's eyes. While I may not be as prosaic and prolific of a commenter as some of the regulars, I hope you find some common threads in what I found poignant this week on Techdirt. We start with the new research ...
  • We're Living In the Most Creative Time In History
    As we recently noted in our The Sky Is Rising study, all of the evidence shows that we're living in a time of true abundance in terms of the content world. All of the data shows this. It's really incontrovertible. And yet, we keep hearing from certain folks -- often legacy entertainment indus ...
  • Paramount Wants To Talk To Students About How ...
    As Hollywood struggles to come up for breath and understand the nature of what hit them last month in the SOPA/PIPA debate, it appears they're still thinking that part of this is an "education" issue -- and if they could just tell young people how evil file sharing is that everything would be go ...
  • Tom The Dancing Bug Takes On Insanity Of Copyr ...
    One of the more interesting things over the past few months is just how mainstream copyright issues have suddenly become. This point has been driven home with the news that Ruben Bolling's famous Tom the Dancing Bug comic has taken on the excessiveness of both copyright extension and enforcemen ...

VacTruth

  • What, if any, Parallels Are There Between BP’s ...
    Big Pharma has stealth-like protection and freedom from legal and financial liabilities from harming anyone with vaccines, all while they keep making more vaccines with more mandates for their use.
  • Vaccines Are Exploding Kids’ Immune Systems
    The pharmaceutical industries are treating our children as little more than test tubes. They are adding as many potentially lethal chemicals, toxins and poisons as they can to see which ones cause the test tubes to explode.
  • Top 5 Vaccine Stories for January
    Apparently PFCs are making vaccines ineffective... and another child dies from a hypersensitivity reaction to a vaccine. That and more with the top 5 stories for January.
  • OSHA’s Interesting ‘Take’ on Vaccinations
    OSHA document states, "...reliance on a mandatory influenza vaccination policy may provide healthcare workers, health care facility management and patients with an unwarranted sense of security and result in poor adherence to other infection control practices that prevent all types of infections."
  • Repeal HPV Vaccine for Girls—Not a Dream: Comm ...
    Finally some legislators have come to their senses about the obviously dangerous HPV vaccines!

BroadSnark

  • Protest Tomorrow!!!
    Sorry I’ve been missing in action for a bit. Lots going on. I’ll fill you in soon. But if you are in the DC area, come out to Tivoli Square tomorrow for an anti-prison protest. I’ll be there. More info here
  • Things You Might Have Missed
    Loving the sign in that pic (courtesy of Watch DC). We definitely need those in DC. Have you seen the new Axe ad campaign featuring anarchists? Salon wrote about it here. Apparently, customers can go online and influence the story. I think we should hijack it. At least my landlord hasn’t r ...
  • Shoot the Messenger
    Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote a post about Ron Paul the other day. He featured a clip of Paul talking about the civil war. In the clip, Tim Russert asks Paul about his statement that “Abe Lincoln should never have gone to war. There were better ways; there were better ways of getting rid of slave ...
  • Please Don’t Come
    I’m hearing various rumors that occupiers are planning to descend on the capital for national actions. I don’t want to belabor the points I made in my previous post about activism in DC, but I just have to plead with you. Please don’t come. For the first time since I have been ...
  • Sex, Age, Consent, and Power
    Just after I turned sixteen, I met this guy who would end up being my boyfriend for about a year. He was twenty-two. He didn’t think I was that young at first. I never lied to him, mind you. He just didn’t ask me the night we met. I regularly passed for older in clubs, buying cigaret ...

Executive Intelligence Review - LaRouche

War in Context

  • Sheldon Adelson could have a Plan B: Romney
    The New York Times reports: Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino executive keeping Newt Gingrich’s presidential hopes alive, has relayed assurances to Mitt Romney that he will provide even more generous support to his candidacy if he becomes the Republican nominee, several associates said in ...
  • Syria’s most senior defector: Assad’s army is ...
    The Daily Telegraph reports: In his first full-length newspaper interview, General Mustafa al-Sheikh, who has taken refuge in Turkey, gave an apocalyptic insider’s view of the state of the regime – despite its attempt to reassert control this weekend. He said only a third of the army was a ...
  • The growing Iranian military behemoth
    Glenn Greenwald writes: The tranquility of my Saturday morning was disrupted — and that’s putting it mildly — when I read on Glenn Reynolds’ popular right-wing “Instapundit” blog that we can learn important “Lessons About Iran From Hitler.” To know ...
  • U.S. leak on Israeli attack weakened a warning ...
    Gareth Porter writes: When Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told Washington Post columnist David Ignatius this week that he believes Israel was likely to attack Iran between April and June, it was ostensibly yet another expression of alarm at the Israeli government’s threats of military action. Bu ...
  • Baghdad says U.S. Iran sanctions a problem for ...
    AFP reports: American sanctions on Iran pose difficulties for Iraq because of its close economic ties with the Islamic republic, so Baghdad plans to seek a waiver from the US, the government spokesman told AFP. The United States, European Union and others have ramped up sanctions to target Iran& ...

Watts Up With That?

  • Tragic winter weather in Europe doesn’t ...
    From the Weather is not climate unless we say it is department: Over at Climate Progress, paid propagandist Joe Romm wails about “journalistic malpractice” from Michael Mann’s words in a tweet: The wailing (Jan 31st and again Feb 4th) was … Continue reading →
  • CRU’s Phil Jones plays Wheel of Fortune ...
    I was looking through some CG2 emails today for something else, and I came across this one. Email #3538. It is funny. For those who don’t know what the “before and after” portion of the game is about, this Yahoo … Continue reading →
  • Biased climate survey sent to all NOAA employees
    UPDATE: It appears NOAA has realized the folly of this survey and has taken it offline. The satirical Question #16 (posted by a commenter) parodies the survey. The responses (which probably aren’t far from that) they got to it from … Continue reading →
  • Sea ice variability within and outside the Arc ...
    The essay below is a result of some collaboration between Jeff Condon and myself. I’ve been wondering for quite some time if there was any trend difference between the truly “arctic” sea ice inside the Arctic Circle and the ice … Continue reading →
  • Heh.
    From Tom Nelson Email 600, Sept 2007: Watts expose makes NOAA want to change entire USA method Email 600 [Tom Karl, Director of the National Climatic Data Center] We are getting blogged all over for a cover-up of poor global … Continue reading →

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Biosingularity

  • Study Builds on Plausible Scenario for Origin ...
    A relatively simple combination of naturally occurring sugars and amino acids offers a plausible route to the building blocks of life, according to a paper published in Nature Chemistry co-authored by a professor at the University of California, Merced. The study, “A Route to Enantiopure R ...
  • Nanofiber Regenerates Blood Vessels
    Regenerating blood vessels is important for combating the aftereffects of a heart attack or peripheral arterial disease, and for ensuring that transplanted organs receive a sufficient supply of blood. Now researchers at Northwestern University have created a nanomaterial that could help the body ...
  • Brain Shrinkage Linked to Smoking, Obesity, Di ...
    People who smoke, are overweight, and have other health problems in middle age may be at increased risk of developing signs of brain shrinkage and diminished planning and organization skills as they age, new research indicates. Other health problems linked to brain shrinkage and mental decline i ...
  • Colon Cleansing May Be Risky, Study Finds
    Colon cleansing, promoted as a natural way to boost well-being, has no proven benefits and may be risky, according to a new report. Ranit Mishori, MD, a family medicine doctor at Georgetown University School of Medicine, looked at studies that evaluated colon hydrotherapy or irrigation. She also ...
  • Disease-causing tangle could spawn new materia ...
    When most people hear the word amyloid, they immediately think of Alzheimer’s disease. And indeed, it was in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients that these dense protein masses were first identified. But it turns out that besides playing a role in a number of diseases, amyloids also p ...

CFACT

Ria Novosti Online News

  • Obama Sees no Grounds for Iran's Attack on U.S.
    In an interview with NBC on Sunday night, U.S. President Barack Obama said he saw no grounds for rumors that Iran may be planning an attack on the United States.
  • Russia May Boost Nuclear Potential - Deputy De ...
    Russia may have to boost its nuclear potential in future amid emerging nuclear proliferation threats, Anatoly Antonov, Russia’s deputy defense minister and a negotiator on the European missile shield, said on Monday.
  • Greece Poised for Further Spending Cuts
    Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos and leaders of the country’s political parties have agreed to further cut spending by 1.5 percent of GDP, the Greek government’s press service said.
  • Putin Ponders Corruption, Internet Democracy i ...
    Russian Prime Minister and presidential frontrunner Vladimir Putin voiced anti-corruption and pro-democracy measures in his new article, “Democracy and the Quality of State,” published on Monday in the Kommersant business daily.
  • Sauli Niinisto Wins Finnish Presidential Polls
    Sauli Niinisto, a candidate of Finland’s moderate conservative National Coalition Party won Sunday’s presidential elections, ending the 30-year-long period of Social Democratic Party presidents.

Ria Novosti - Science & Technology

  • Heavy Ions Killed Mars Probe – Investigators
    Russian Mars probe Phobos-Grunt was lost because space radiation disrupted its computer system, a commission investigating the incident said on Friday.
  • Iran Launches Observation Satellite
    Iran has successfully launched an observation satellite, Iranian news network Press TV reported on Friday.
  • Manned Moon Shot Possible by 2020 – Roscosmos
    A crewed mission to the moon is possible by 2020, the head of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos, Vladimir Popovkin, said in an interview with the Ekho Moskvy radio station on Thursday.
  • Russia May Repeat Mars-500 Simulation on Space ...
    Russia may repeat the Mars-500 experiment simulating a crewed flight to the Red Planet on the International Space Station (ISS), the head of the Russian Space Federal Agency Roscosmos, Vladimir Popovkin said on Thursday
  • Phobos Crash Test Dismisses U.S. Link
    Tests carried out by Russian space agency Roscosmos have ruled out the possibility a U.S. radar could be linked to the failure of the Phobos-Grunt Mars probe, Roscosmos head Vladimir Popovkin said on Thursday.

Pruning Shears

  • Weekend Wrapup
    No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postOur image in the Muslim world would probably improve if we stopped killing so many Muslims. This report (very graphic) on the effects of depleted uranium (DU) is absolutely horrifying. Reports on the effects of DU from other sou ...
  • Blogroll Amnesty Day
    Today is Blogroll Amnesty Day (BAD), the day where bloggers promote their lesser trafficked bretheren (and sisteren(?)). Here are my 2012 selections: Hannah’s Blog Under The LobsterScope The Adventures of Fat Cat and Everyman! The Confluence FALKLANDS Elle Varner - Conversational LushI&#8 ...
  • Weekend Wrapup
    No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postOur image in the Muslim world would probably improve if we stopped killing so many Muslims.Combat operations have concluded for:Army 1st Lt. David A. Johnson, 24, of Horicon, WI.Marine Cpl. Christopher G. Singer, 23, of Temecula, ...
  • Hollywood, SOPA and the AMC Pacer model
    No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postIn the middle of 2010 I wrote a post titled “ACTA and the Overblown Threat of Piracy” that discussed the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. ACTA is basically an attempt by legacy media companies to leverage ...
  • New single: "Traktor" by Francis
    “I Was Never Bored at All” from Francis made my best of 2010 list.  Petter Nygårdh from the group sends word of their new single, “Traktor.”  Give it a listen at Spotify or Soundcloud.  Or both! (The B-side contains a Simian Ghost remix.)

Organic Consumers.org

  • What the Frack?: How the Sierra Club Took Mill ...
    Mainstream environmental groups have struggled to find the right line on shale natural gas and the hydraulic fracturing or fracking process. Click here to read this article
  • School Lunchrooms Put Planet and Kids at Risk
    If an alien species were to visit our school cafeterias at lunchtime, it might conclude that we don't value the health and well-being of the most vulnerable members of our society-our developing children. Not only are our youth daily served low-quality processed products, they are inculcated, at ...
  • Maine Voices: It's Time to Rebuild a System th ...
    There aren't many news items that get your attention faster than a story about a food recall. Whether it's listeria in cantaloupes or salmonella in peanut butter, the news that the food we eat and feed our families might be contaminated is unsettling. Click here to read this article
  • Informational Video on Subsidies for Biotech a ...
    Farmers have been subsidized in one form or another since early post revolutionary days. President Washington proposed that Congress create a department of agriculture in 1793, to conduct research to improve farming practices. This was the same year the English Parliament established their depar ...
  • The Organic Revolution: How We Can Stop Global ...
    Click here to read this article

Center for a Livable Future

  • Liturgies of Sufficiency: Individual versus Co ...
    If someone is hungry, we must feed them before they can be receptive to spiritual food.
  • Biofuels: Innovations Needed
    Ongoing research is advancing the efficiency of the use of cellulosic biomass for liquid fuels. It is doubtful if we willsee breakthroughs anytime soon though, as these types of innovations often come slowly.
  • Dignity of Work
    The pesticides were euphemistically spoken of as “plant medicine.” Ms. López jokingly summed that her diminutive figure is a testimony that too little energy was left over for physical growth.
  • Third Time’s the Charm? The 2012 Arsenic Roundup
    The ban, if enacted, would help to curb the ongoing problem of arsenical drug use by the poultry industry, and associated public health risks to poultry consumers.
  • SPRAWL: A Six-Letter Word with a Four-Letter W ...
    Sprawl can be bad, and it can be necessary, depending on the source and the treatment of the land. As the human population grows, how do we reclaim the word sprawl?

Investigate - Breaking News

My Care2 Picks

  • American Airlines Exposes Bushs Big Lie: Fligh ...
    American Airlines itself is the source for information that AA Flights 11 (North Tower) and 77 (Pentagon) did not fly on 911. ( Len Hart posts at OpEd News, guest blogs at Bluebloggin,: his own Existentialist Cowboy is filled with scholarly research ) Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics &am ...
  • Canada's PM Harper Threatens De-Funding Charit ...
    The Harper Government is privately threatening Canadian charities that are helping people participate in the public hearings about Enbridges western pipeline and supertanker project. Submitted by John Farnham to Environment  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Environmental Impacts of Road Salt
    Approximately five million tonnes of road salts are applied to Canadian roadways every year. A comprehensive assessment of road salt application by Environment Canada has led to the recommendation that they be added to the list of toxic substances Submitted by John Farnham to Environment   ...
  • A new Reserve currency to challenge the dollar ...
    I speculated that an unintended consequence of QE had been to spur several countries to think very seriously of how they could replace the dollar as their settlement currency for international deals. Submitted by John Farnham to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • The New York Times Ode to Foxconn and Anti-Emp ...
    Control frauds occur when the persons who control a seemingly legitimate entity use it as a weapon to defraud. Anti-employee control frauds defraud the workers. Apples audit showed endemic anti-employee control fraud by its suppliers. Submitted by John Farnham to Business  |   N ...

Angry Indian News

  • Revealed: Survival International alerted Andam ...
    Revealed: Survival International alerted Andaman authorities to human safaris two years ago: The Andaman authorities were alerted to the existence of human safaris two years ago by Survival... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • Afghans Condemn US Over Urination Video -- New ...
    Afghans Condemn US Over Urination Video -- News from Antiwar.com: From Afghan President Hamid Karzai to tribal elders in the far southern Helmand Province, reaction is coming out from the leaked... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • Spooks off the hook but torture fight continue ...
    Spooks off the hook but torture fight continues / Britain / Home - Morning Star: Top government figures are still not off the hook for Britain's complicity in torture despite the Crown Prosecution... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • Mapuche women assaulted by police, have crimin ...
    Mujeres mapuche agredidas por Carabineros, presentan querella criminal Guillermina Painevilo with his daughter Susana Guzman, accompanied by members of their community, with the sponsorship of... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • Kosovo Albanian protestors dispersed on Serbia ...
    Kosovo Albanian protestors dispersed on Serbian border | Demotix.com: Police cordons blocked the road outside the northern town of Podujevo, some six kilometers (four miles) from the border with... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]

Farm Wars

  • Announcement!
    Due to a computer virus – System Check – I will be offline for the most part trying to repair my computer. This is a particularly nasty virus that takes out all anti-virus protection as well as malware and spyware protection. It also hides your files. Here is a bit about it: System C ...
  • TS Radio with Special Guest Dave Hodges
    Dave Hodges of the Common Sense Radio Show will join us to give an update on the Gulf Coast disaster, and fill us in on the massive corruption of UN Agenda 21's ICLEI local branches.
  • Aluminum + Fluoride = Alzheimer’s and Dementia
    Fluoride “enhances the bio-availability of aluminum,” allowing it to cross the blood-brain barrier easier, thus making it more toxic.
  • Nevada County’s Sustainable Food and Farm Conf ...
    Local farmer's conference to promote back to the earth, natural farming techniques.
  • Why PIPA/SOPA and the DNS are a Joke!
    VIDEO - Must see to understand the background and implications of SOPA and PIPA.

True/Slant Headline Grabs

Citizens for Legitimate Government

  • Thousands of US Special Operations forces to r ...
    ShareThisThousands of US Special Operations forces to remain in Afghanistan; their number may grow --No schedule set for withdrawal pace for 68,000 American troops who will remain 05 Feb 2012 The United States' plan to wind down its combat role in Afghanistan a year earlier than expected relies ...
  • 'US to boost elite forces in Afghanistan'
    ShareThis'US to boost elite forces in Afghanistan' 05 Feb 2012 The United States is planning to increase the number of its Army Special Forces in Afghanistan, despite an earlier announcement by Washington and NATO that they would hand over security to Afghan forces in 2014, a report says. The re ...
  • Muslim businessman becomes 'terror suspect' af ...
    ShareThisMuslim businessman becomes 'terror suspect' after he texts staff he's going to 'blow away' the competition --Mr Allami alleges that he was arrested with no prior warning and detained for more than a day while Quebec authorities searched his house. 04 Feb 2012 A Moroccan-born Canadian bu ...
  • Worker at Calif. nuclear plant fell into react ...
    ShareThisWorker at Calif. nuclear plant fell into reactor pool last week 03 Feb 2012 A worker at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station fell inside the plant's Unit 2 reactor pool last week, but officials determined he did not suffer significant [?!?] radiation exposure. Southern California Ediso ...
  • Romney Draws Nevada Victory With Broad G.O.P. ...
    ShareThisRomney Draws Nevada Victory With Broad G.O.P. Support 05 Feb 2012 Mitt Romney handily won the Nevada caucuses on Saturday, solidifying his front-runner's status and giving him the all-important political fuel of momentum as he seeks to use the month of February to ease doubts within the ...

Daily Loaf

  • 5 books that are sure to heat up your kitchen life
    I like to read — a lot. I could make lists counting the hundreds of books that make great reads. Unfortunately, we don’t have the time and you may not have the attention span for that. To keep it short and sweet, here’s a list of five books that I feel add depth and meaning [...]
  • Beer Review: Victory Hop Devil/Victory Hop Wallop
    Victory Brewing Company opened up fifteen years ago in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, but only recently entered the Florida market.  With such beers as their highly touted Prima Pils and Storm King Stout, Victory has earned a rightful place among the respected craft brewers in the United States.  St ...
  • D’s nuts: Rays’ crazy defense feeds hitting, p ...
    Tampa Bay took the series victory against the Chicago with the win, getting back to .500 and improving to 2 games back in the American League East division. Rays look for sweep tomorrow.
  • Interview with Michael Foley about the Florida ...
    The Florida Dance Festival provides a springboard for raw talent and fresh ideas.
  • Just plain cheesy: Celebrate National Grilled ...
    April is National Grilled Cheese Month: an entire four weeks devoted to the American classic. The following sandwich recipe is from cheese expert and author Laura Werlin’s book, Great Grilled Cheese.

Vaccine Resistance Movement

  • VRM: PCV Vaccine Exposed – Breeding Grou ...
    The road-map leading to most neurological & neuro-developmental disorders traces back to the earliest vaccines administered to babies (HEP B, DTaP, PCV, RV, HIB, IPV, MMR). Timing is the key – a premature breach of the delicate, under-developed “electrical grid network” designed to prot ...
  • VRM: The Flu Report
    The Flu Vaccine deception ranks as one of the great cover-ups & swindles of the last century perpetrated against the general population. Not only has the public been systematically lied to by their elected Government for generations (in league with the World Health Organization & a Vacc ...
  • VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5B – ...
    Article continued  from VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5A – Detoxification & Restoration of The Body Replenishing the vital mineral base We must look to children with Autism to determine the full extent of “vaccine toxicity” derived nutrient deficiencies incurred in th ...
  • VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5A – ...
    Article intended to be read in conjunction with VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 4 – Primary Aspects of Vaccine Toxicity Affecting The Body The Long Road To Recovery There are unfortunately no shortcuts to restoring natural, optimal health levels in the body, no quick fix sol ...
  • VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5 – ...

B.C. Preppers Network

  • You Know You're Getting Old When...
    A few weeks back we received our new high-efficiency front loading LG washer and dryer set and I have to say, I'm pretty impressed by them. The set was only around $1000 (on sale) but I felt like I'd gone from a Chevette to a Cadillac when compared to our old set.  A cute little luxur ...
  • Control Your Home Thermostat On the Internet!
    Today a fellow from our natural gas company came by to install a new thermostat as part of the Peaksaver program that we signed up for. If you haven't heard of Peaksaver, basically what it does is allow the Ontario government electricity provider to turn off your central air conditi ...
  • Happy Day!: The Water Bill Arrived!
    After being shocked a few months ago with a water bill of over $240 I decided to do a few things to cut down on our water use We converted our main toilet to a dual-flush and installed a water saving device on the second (haven't switched it over to a dual yet). We also installed a new ...
  • Strawberry Picking
    Our family went strawberry picking this morning, it's a fun thing to do once in a while and I think it's a good way to help our 3-year old daughter realize where food comes from. While my wife picked berries with our oldest I went for a walk around the farm with our youngest in the stroller ...
  • Pioneer Solar: PV System For Free?
    I received a flyer from Pioneer Solar in the mail the other day which claims to help people get a solar system installed on their house, farm, or business for free. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, like most things there's good and bad points about it and what might be a good deal fo ...

Michael Yon

  • Contempt of and for Congress?
    US Military Forges Ahead with Deadly Deceptions Dhaka, Bangladesh 05 February 2012 The US military is toying with American lawmakers. Based on two key documents submitted to individual Members of Congress and the House Armed Services Committee, by both the Joint Chiefs of Staff and US Army, ...
  • Crucifixion of Common Sense
    03 February 2012 Nobody crucifies common sense like the US Army.  During my morning search for anything MEDEVAC related, several new stories emerged, including one with these illustrative quotes from a Soldier returning from Iraq: “You have to land where you never had to land before,&nbsp ...
  • The Army MEDEVAC Scandal: Report of Conspiracy
    02 February 2012 An Army officer writes: The Army is not resisting Dustoff policy change because our leadership honestly believes the current policy is superior, but rather because of AMEDD's [Army Medical Department] protectionist attitude toward "their" Dustoff MEDEVAC helicopters. I'm an ac ...
  • Important Letter from Gold Star Mother
    31 January 2012 A Gold Star Mother is one who lost a child in service of the United States.  Ms. Keyko Clark-Davis is a recent Gold Star Mother.  I was present when her son Chazray was mortally wounded.  We have communicated many times.  Chazray’s mother is strong and inspir ...
  • 13 Military Pilots Rebuke the Joint Chiefs of ...
    An overview of harmful Army medical evacuation practices not endorsed by other service branches, and a response to official arguments defending this policy provided by the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) to the House Armed Services Committee (HASC). 30 January 2012 Introduction Michael Yon is a c ...

The Killing Train

  • Professionals and Torturers
    The key moment in many revolutions comes when police and militaries refuse to fire on crowds. But what is difficult to explain about those moments is their infrequency. Soldiers and police come from the same society as the crowds. Why do they kill them? Why are elites and authorities able to res ...
  • The regressive politics of the Iranian-Canadia ...
    [This article, by Shourideh Molavi and myself, was first published in The Bullet - version with links is there]. The regressive politics of the Iranian-Canadian Khevari petition Shourideh Molavi and Justin Podur November 11, 2011 On October 12, members of the Iranian-Canadian community sent a pe ...
  • An interview for occupy Toronto
    Activist and comedian Jesse Owens interviewed me for the #occupyto.org website, way back in ancient occupy toronto history (ie., October 26). For posterity, I am also reproducing it here. Thanks Jesse... --- read more
  • Some thoughts on Whiteness and the 99%
    I have some disagreements with Joel Olson's article, "Whiteness and the 99%", but I will start with some agreements. I agree that "biologically speaking, there's no such thing as race." read more
  • The Logic of Occupy Wall Street for Canada
    The Occupy Wall St. Movement and the Occupy Together movements that are inspired by it actually have a simple premise: society shouldn't be run for the unrestricted benefit of the wealthiest. The immediate grievance is the 2008 banking crisis, in which the US banks engaged in fraudulent and crim ...

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Democratic Voice of Burma

Telegraph - Climate Change

National Geographic | Environment

Jurist - Legal Research

  • Virginia lawmakers approve bill allowing adopt ...
    [JURIST] The Virginia House of Delegates [official website] on Friday voted 71-28 to approve a bill [text] that would allow adoption agencies to refuse to place a child if the agency, or anyone affiliated with it, disagrees with the proposed placement based on religious beliefs. Effectively, thi ...
  • France appeals court upholds Scientology fraud ...
    [JURIST] A French court of appeals on Thursday upheld the 2009 fraud conviction against the Church of Scientology [church website, JURIST news archive], fining the defendants a total of €600,000. The decision upheld the original conviction of the Spiritual Association of the Church of Scie ...
  • Pentagon official denies extension for 9/11 su ...
    [JURIST] Bruce MacDonald, the senior Pentagon official overseeing war crimes tribunals at Guantanamo [JURIST backgrounder], on Friday denied a request to extend the filing deadline for pre-trial motions [JURIST report] for prisoners accused of planning the 9/11 attacks [JURIST backgrounder]. The ...
  • Federal government requests additional time fo ...
    [JURIST] The federal government on Friday requested additional time for oral argument [brief, PDF] before the US Supreme Court to argue that the minimum coverage provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [HR 3590; JURIST backgrounder], which requires almost every US cit ...
  • US Army refers intelligence analyst's Wikileak ...
    [JURIST] US Army [official website] commander Maj. Gen. Michael Linnington [official profile] referred Pfc. Bradley Manning [advocacy website; JURIST news archive] to a general court-marital Friday on all charges for allegedly releasing classified information to WikiLeaks [website; JURIST news a ...

Atlantic | Mark Ambinder

  • Obama Got Us Out of Iraq, but Voters Just Don' ...
    Although it was a signature issue for Sen. Obama during his campaign, President Obama won't get much political capital for following through on his promise. The leitmotif of Sen. Barack Obama's early presidential campaign was the inherent wrongness of the war in Iraq and how it represente ...
  • U.S. Drone That Went Down in Iran Was High-Tec ...
    The drone that Iran claims to have shot down was a stealth RQ-170 "Sentinel" The RQ-170 "Sentinel," a stealth unmanned U.S. drone / Wikimedia Commons The super-secret drone that Iran claims to have recovered was on a CIA "Focal Point" mission, gathering intelligence and likely crash ...
  • A Hot Flash in the Cold War With Pakistan
    A NATO attack kills 24 Pakistani soldiers and Pakistan responds by closing U.S. supply routes into Afghanistan. Is the relationship between Washington and Islamabad about to disintegrate? The relationship between Pakistan and the United States is, for both sides, like a raw nerve that keeps g ...
  • Mitt Romney Ramps Up Attacks on Obama
    Judging by his latest barrage of criticism, the former Massachusetts governor is already running against the president -- sort of First there was the television advertisement in New Hampshire, which received widespread condemnation from the media elite for taking President Obama's wor ...
  • Newt's Gift to Obama: A GOP Immigration Rift
    With his "humane" argument, the former House speaker has put the president's chief rival, Mitt Romney, in a difficult spot MORE FROM NATIONAL JOURNAL: The Return of Imperial Newt Did Gingrich Walk Into an Immigration Minefield? Presidential Debate Timeline Duri ...

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Tikun Olam

  • IDF Torturer Doron Zahavi Wants to Sodomize Ar ...
    Doron Zahavi, who still can be called only “Captain George” in the Israeli media, has gone public with his grievance against the IDF, which employed him to torture kidnapped Arabs who were thought to have intelligence about affairs in Lebanon or Syria, specifically Israeli prisoners ...
  • Is Israel’s Iranophobia Virus Contagious?
    ABC News today publishes a leaked (from whom?) memo drafted by Israeli intelligence sources warning of terror threats against Israeli government sites in this country and American Jewish communal facilities from the dreaded “Iran menace.”  If you heard this story on the TV news it wo ...
  • Turkey’s Erdogan, Paul Auster Debate Relative ...
    Over the past day or so, a fierce fight has erupted between Turkish prime minister Tayyip Erdogan and New York Jewish author, Paul Auster.  The controversy began when Auster, whose new book was recently published in Turkey, announced to an opposition newspaperthat he refused to visit that countr ...
  • Obama Administration: U.S. Would ‘Come to Isra ...
    David Ignatius published an alarming story in today’s Washington Post, in which he quotes Leon Panetta predicting an Israeli attack on Iran in “April, May or June.”  Buried deeper within the article is an even more chilling passage: Administration officials caution that Tehran ...
  • If You Want to Be Shin Bet Chief, Get on Sara’ ...
    Of all the qualities that are necessary for a good Israeli intelligence chief, there’s one essential one you’d never think of in a million years: don’t cross Sara Netanyahu.  You won’t find that one listed on any job description or set of requirements for the position, bu ...

If Americans Knew

  • Israeli video games in Gaza: "Minimal collater ...
    He looks at the camera with bright eyes and the beginning of a smile, wearing a miniature dark blue zipper sweatshirt, the cuffs folded up a bit to make it fit. I can imagine his mother dressing him that morning, making sure he would be warm enough. I wonder if she's the one who took the picture ...
  • American Taxpayers Pay and Pay: Subsidizing Is ...
    Israel's Jerusalem Post newspaper recently published an article calling Israel "The New Golden Country" for young people from around the world. It reports that Israel boasts "an ever-increasing GDP, a strong currency, and a lower unemployment rate than the US."
  • US Ambassador: Support for Israel drives all U ...
    While many Americans may believe that US policies are designed to address American needs, America's new Ambassador to Israel explains that this is far from the case.
  • Shop Talk: The Sacramento Bee
    Editors at McClatchy's Sacramento Bee recently made a series of questionable decisions in their coverage of a local event. They ran news stories about opposition to an upcoming event beforehand and accusations against it afterward, but didn't cover the event itself.
  • The Real Story of How Israel Was Created
    To better understand the Palestinian bid for membership in the United Nations, it is important to understand the original 1947 UN action on Israel-Palestine. The common representation of Israel's birth is that the UN created Israel, that the world was in favor of this move, and that the US gover ...

David J. Gregory

  • The Eye On Citrus Show
    http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://davidjgregory.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/the-eye-on-citrus-show/ Our latest radio show is up, talking about the GOP Forum held in Crystal River this past Saturday, Jan 14, 2010. The two non-fiction books relating the dark and illegal deeds of t ...
  • Jesse Ventura, 63 Documents the Government Doe ...
    http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://davidjgregory.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/jesse-ventura-63-documents-the-government-does-not-want-you-to-read/ EyeOnCitrus.com is proud to announce that Jesse Ventura, newest book, 63 Documents The Government Doesn’t Want you to read, is availab ...
  • What side are you on?
    As a Thanksgiving deadline nears for action by the powerful congressional committee on deficit reduction, Bernie sounded an alarm over reports that Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid may be cut. "The American people have been very clear. They understand how important Social Security, Med ...
  • Listen to Art Bell’s Coast to Coast HAAR ...
    This is an (CLICK HERE FOR THE SHOW) encore presentation of a show that aired in 2005. It’s revealing because it discusses the secret facility in Alaska that manipulates the ionosphere with possible devastating results. Listen to scientists working on it then and their reluctance to speak about ...
  • Official 9/11 Fable To Become Part Of School C ...
    Government-supported effort to ‘encourage critical thinking’ actually encourages obedient regurgitation of lies Paul Joseph Watson Rest of Story on Prison Planet.com Tuesday, September 6, 2011 “We don’t need no education….we don’t need no thought control.” In a week where the establishment is de ...

Unsuitable Blog

  • The Unsuitablog Archive
    The Unsuitablog contains a huge range of posts from simple criticism to investigation to downright in-your-face sabotage. It also has heaps of advice on how to recognise and expose greenwash and the entire series of Monthly Undermining Tasks which helped the book Underminers become a reality. To ...
  • The Unsuitablog: Winding Down and Winding Up
    Four years, and it feels like it. It would take a book to tell the story of The Unsuitablog: all the work that has gone into it; the sleepless nights wondering whether a stunt would come off or what the repercussions of an exposure would be; the arm-aching pixel manipulation in creating the hund ...
  • You’re Not Taking “Radical” ...
    On Monday 5th December, 2011, Bill McKibben, author and figurehead-leader of 350.org wrote the following in the Daily Kos: You think OWS is radical? You think 350.org was radical for helping organize mass civil disobedience in DC in August against the Keystone Pipeline? We’re not radical. Radica ...
  • Strikes vs Royal Weddings
    There is going to be a strike in Britain on Wednesday. The UK Government are condemning it. This is starting to appear all over Facebook: When the government decide we can have a day off for the royal wedding it doesn’t damage the economy, but when the workers decide to strike for a day it ...
  • WWF Denies Palm Oil is the Problem, then Count ...
    It seems there is no depth to which the corporate world’s own favourite NGO, WWF, will not sink. An article in this week’s Guardian was happy to give WWF some free publicity, implying that the group actually give a stuff about the wildlife they were apparently set up to protect (or s ...

Subalternate Reality

  • Forget The Wealthy. How Do We Tax The Lucky?
    A few weeks ago, the Washington Post ran a lengthy, above-the-fold piece looking into what impact capital gains tax rates were having on wealth inequality in America. “Most of the richest Americans pay lower overall tax rates than middle-class Americans do,” the reporters noted, adding that duri ...
  • Muslim-Baiters Don’t Want To Be Treated ...
    Over the weekend, I posted the following message on Twitter: “When a Muslim commits terror, every Muslim in the world somehow shares responsibility. When it’s a white Christian, he’s always a lone wolf.” I wasn’t commenting on the tendency of commentators to use different words to de ...
  • Keith Ellison’s Tears And Epistemic Closure
    Rep. Peter King’s hearings looking into the “radicalization” of the American Muslim community, and the suggestion that the community doesn’t cooperate with law enforcement, was largely a waste of time and tax dollars. The affair didn’t produce a single insight into the actual and urgent issue of ...
  • Praying On Qasr al-Nil
    One of the more memorable scenes of the Egyptian revolution will surely be that of ordinary Egyptian’s praying on Cairo’s Qasr al-Nil Bridge as members of Egyptian state police direct their water cannons at them. Truly a remarkable sight. via Al Jazeera Filed under: Middle East Tagged: Al-Jazeer ...
  • “I Support Democratization, But…&# ...
    The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg – one of the key proponents of the disastrous invasion of Iraq – has some serious misgivings about the fledgling pro-democracy movement that’s taken over the streets of Egypt. “I support democratization, but,” he cautions, “the democratization we saw in Gaza (cour ...

Idea Lab | Technology

  • TileMill Now Lets You Design Maps for the Web ...
    TileMill, the free and open-source design studio for creating beautiful web maps, is now available for download on Windows. With the latest release, the map-making tool is fully operational on the three leading operating systems: Windows, Mac, and Linux. With Windows still dominating the marketp ...
  • Zeega + Localore = Innovative Local Storytelli ...
    Last week, I sat in a conference room in Dorchester, Mass., with some of the great minds of public media to recommend which 10 producers and public media stations should be supported for year-long projects to transform the industry. Localore is a new $2 million national competition produced ...
  • Knight Lab to Help Illinois Publishers Cover C ...
    When it comes to the mission of journalism, it's hard to imagine any function more fundamental than providing people with the information they need to choose their elected representatives. That's why the first major initiative of the Knight News Innovation Laboratory, announced this week, will f ...
  • ScraperWiki Lets You Make Magic Out of Web Data
    There's a wonderful magic wand that every member of a digital newsroom wants to get their hands on. Take control and you can work wonders, untangle the world wide web of information, and even decrease your workload to fit in that extra cup of coffee. "What is this wand?" you ask, and "How can I ...
  • Pew Report: Tablet Ownership Doubles. What's L ...
    The shift from print to mobile reading went into overdrive this holiday season, with ownership of e-readers like the Kindle and tablets like the iPad doubling in a single month. A new survey-based study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project reports that the percentage of adults ow ...

Cutting Edge News

  • Environment on Edge - EPA to Warn Residents of ...
    In the latest chapter of a long-running border environmental mystery, U.S. federal and state officials plan a visit to south Texas this coming week. Representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS) are expected to ...
  • Iran on Edge - Saudi Arabia blocks Ayatollah K ...
    Iranian news websites report that Saudi Arabia has blocked the official website of Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, which is available in a dozen languages, including Arabic. "Shafaf" says Khamenei's website was blocked by Saudi officials ahead of his sermons for Friday Prayers on F ...
  • The Battle for Syria - Arab and Muslim Outrage ...
    Arab countries and Muslim organizations are reacting angrily to a veto by Russia and China of a UN Security Council draft resolution based on an Arab League plan to end the violence in Syria. Western governments also issued highly critical remarks about Moscow's veto, suggesting Russia is more i ...
  • Israel and Palestine - Recognition to What End?
    In terms of economics the notion of mutual recognition refers to international agreements in which two or more countries agree to recognize one another and guarantee free movement of goods and services without the need to harmonize member states' national legislation. A good illustration of this ...
  • The Weather Edge - Are Tornados Really Caused ...
    A NASA-funded joint research project between the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Maryland has helped connect the dots further between air pollution and climate change.The researchers believe air pollution is wreaking havoc on local weather systems and water distribution. Thi ...

High Country News

  • Your trash is my treasure
    If you want to find an inexpensive, entertaining way to furnish your house, try raiding the garbage in a resort town like Crested Butte, Colo.
  • Beauty and the Beast
    Photographers and artists -- and scientists, too -- discover that a terrible beauty can be found in ravaged industrial regions.
  • Pity the Sacketts? Not much
    An Idaho couple are getting a lot of sympathy because the EPA has halted construction of their planned home on a wetlands, but if the agency would be more open with the facts, it would come out looking better.
  • Feeding the deer
    A rural Californian doesn't apologize for feeding the deer that hang out near his mountain home.
  • Let the EPA finish its work in Pavillion, Wyoming
    The gas industry and its political partners are going to great lengths to try to derail and discredit an EPA report that blames Pavillion, Wyoming’s polluted water on hydraulic fracking.

CounterCurrents

  • Why Is Obama Sending 12, 000 U.S. Troops To Li ...
    By Cynthia McKinney It is with great disappointment that I receive the news from foreign media publications and Libyan sources that our President now has 12,000 U.S. troops stationed in Malta and they are about to make their descent into Libya
  • Will A Pro-Gadhafi Green Revolution Topple The ...
    By Franklin Lamb The signs from Libya are that this country remains volatile and that contrary to NATO claims that it put into place a new democratic Libya that the predictable next chapter is starting to unfold that may bring the end of the NTC before the coming June elections when it is sched ...
  • US Doubles Aircraft Carriers Near The Persian Gulf
    By Peter Symonds The Obama administration has reinforced the threat of American military strikes against Iran by doubling the number of US aircraft carrier groups in the region. The provocative decision heightens the danger of war in the Persian Gulf as the US moves aggressively to impose a de ...
  • And Who, By the Way, Is John C. Stennis?!?
    By Toby ORyan Who, you might ask, is John C. Stennis? What are the boons and benefits for humanity accomplished by this John C. Stennis such that he came to have his name emblazoned on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier?
  • What Does Ken Ford Know? And Who Put Him In Pr ...
    By Cynthia McKinney Ken Ford, Jr. wrote an intelligence report on the Iraq War which contradicted the Administrations reason for going to war against Iraq

Contagious Love Experiment

  • Kill Team: The Bigger Picture
    Sorry to have been slacking on the blog. Here’s an article I wrote and forget to post… better late than never!   Kill Team: The Bigger Picture http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/06-8
  • Kill Team: The Bigger Picture
    Sorry to have been slacking on the blog. Here’s an article I wrote and forget to post… better late than never!   Kill Team: The Bigger Picture http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/06-8
  • Dear Mr. Beck, I Shook Hands with the Antichrist
    Dear Mr. Beck: I Shook Hands with the Antichrist Earlier this week, Michael Lind wrote an article for Salon about the misplaced energy in demeaning alarmists like Glenn Beck.1 Having friends and family who often revere the inflammatory rhetoric of Beck, Palin, Limbaugh, and others as a light in ...
  • Dear Mr. Beck, I Shook Hands with the Antichrist
    Dear Mr. Beck: I Shook Hands with the Antichrist Earlier this week, Michael Lind wrote an article for Salon about the misplaced energy in demeaning alarmists like Glenn Beck.1 Having friends and family who often revere the inflammatory rhetoric of Beck, Palin, Limbaugh, and others as a light in ...
  • Practicing Peace in the New Year
    A friend, Frank Swift, that I met on my first journey has passed along some great practical steps towards peace for the new year. Frank has written a children’s book to help young people see an alternative to the competition and forcefulness that can too easily get instilled in our young p ...

Yid With Lid

  • David Ignatius -Leon Panetta "Israel Attacking ...
    Its been a few days since the Washington Post published an unsubstantiated report that:Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has a lot on his mind these days, from cutting the defense budget to managing the drawdown of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. But his biggest worry is the growing possibility that Is ...
  • A Brave Rape Victim in Tahrir Square and a Bra ...
    By Barry Rubin President Barack Obama will probably be defeated in November by people voting for the Republican candidate who will then tell their friends that they voted for Obama. For them, that will be a compromise between responding to the reality they see as opposed to being in fashio ...
  • Two/Thirds of the Way There--Emergency Help St ...
    EMERGENCY TIP JAR REQUEST! PLEASE HELP! In the past week my computer needed emergency rehab 3x. Its been skitzing out without even giving me the courtesy of a BSOD (Blue Screen of Death).HP tech services have been very nice, but have only come up with temporary solutions.This lapto ...
  • Newsbusted Exclusive: Spike Lee Accuses Spielb ...
    In breaking news from Newsbusted Anchor Jodi Miller, there is a fight brewing between two hot shot Hollywood directors, Spike Lee and Steven Spielberg.  It seems that Lee is accusing Spielberg of being racist, and its not because he disagrees with Barak Obama. Apparently Lee is upset that S ...
  • UN-Linked Group Claims Global Warming Was a Ca ...
    Folks I know its been  a while but there is good news!  Thanks to a Global Warming NGO Called the RTCC  we can an add to the Official “Stupid Things Used To Fear Monger About Global Warming” List (the RTCC-Responding to Climate Change  describes itself as a Non-Governmental O ...

The Real Agenda

  • Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Human Infertility
    by Luis R. Miranda The Real Agenda February 3, 2012 Vitamin D is one of the most important building blocks of our immune system. Nothing new here. There is tons of research that shows the different ways in which people could take vitamin D to strengthen their immune systems, but most if not all ...
  • The Insane States of America?
    The American Dream February 3, 2012 Do you ever get the feeling that the world around you is going crazy?  If you live in America today and you are not in a television-induced coma, then you have probably had that feeling.  It seems like almost everywhere you turn these days, there is someone th ...
  • UN Wants to Destroy Economy to Save the Enviro ...
    The Economic Collapse February 3, 2012 The United Nations says that the earth is in great danger and that the way you and I are living is the problem.  In a shocking new report entitled, “Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing” the UN declares that the entire way ...
  • Raytheon will Develop power system for U.S. Ra ...
    Pravda.ru February 3, 2012 The US Navy may have the world’s most powerful electromagnetic gun – the so-called railgun – during the forthcoming 15 years. The “Weapon of the 21st Century,” as Russian specialists described it, was undergoing tests during the recent sev ...
  • U.S. Research shows Growing Chance of Massive ...
    by Elizabeth Weise USA Today February 3, 2012 Scientists have known for decades that hidden under those impressive vistas at sites such as Death Valley and Yellowstone National Park are magma pools that under the right conditions can trigger explosive eruptions. Now, new research is changing sci ...

Wind Watch

  • Obama admin sweats legal response as turbines ...
    MOUNT STORM, W.Va. — Turn the final bend on Route 42 as it snakes up Mount Storm and a towering turbine appears, its blades swooshing in the winter gusts. Dozens more of these giants crown this remote mountain ridge 150 miles west of Washington, D.C. Dominion and Shell WindEnergy’s N ...
  • Aid for wind turbine victims sought
    Brown Co. panel: State should pay medical bills for those near wind farm Wisconsin should pay the medical bills of Brown County residents who were made ill by industrial wind turbines, some county supervisors say. Saying the state allowed “irresponsible placement” of industrial wind ...
  • What you can’t hear can hurt you
    When American noise expert Robert Rand turned up to work in Maine, in the US northeast, in April to investigate the impact of wind turbines on nearby residents he was literally blown away. Not only did Rand’s readings confirm many fears in the community, he claims to have become an unwitti ...
  • Wind farm will seek permit to legally kill eagles
    A controversial wind farm proposed near Red Wing plans to ask for federal permission to legally kill eagles, making it one of the first in the nation to participate in a new federal strategy aimed at managing the often-lethal conflict between birds and turbine blades. U.S. Fish and Wildlife offi ...
  • Birds at risk from South Florida ‘wind f ...
    Splattered birds make going green a tough sell. The risk of birds flying into fast-spinning blades atop wind-catching turbines the size of the Statue of Liberty threatens to torpedo a proposed “wind farm” that could produce non-polluting energy on the edge of the Everglades. The same ...

Tippers News

  • Three men helped starve kids, court tol
    Three men helped starve five children in Adelaide until they looked like they had came from a famine-affected Third World country, a court has been told. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • DNA testing a proven weapon in fight against h ...
    DNA testing is a proven aid in solving child trafficking cases in the country, a well-known international research institute says. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Be a Voice for Coastal Louisiana's Wildlife ! ...
    Coastal Louisiana provides habitat to hundreds of wildlife species, including sea turtles, migratory birds, and manatees. But unfortunately, right now Louisiana is also experiencing the highest rate of land loss in the United States Submitted by Cher C. to Environment  |   Note- ...
  • About Us,,,You may want to lisent...interesting!
    Interesting Information that you may find interesting With Love... Evelyn (: Submitted by Evelyn J. to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Tiger killing 'a crime against nature'
    Three people have been sentenced to a total of eight and a half years in prison for trying to smuggle tiger skins and bones across the Russian border. And for the first time in this kind of case, a charge of 'ecological damage' might be brought for the Submitted by Maria Oniga to Animals &nbsp ...

The Freeman

  • Unemployment Rate Drops to 8.3 Percent
    “The United States economy gained momentum in January, adding 243,000 jobs, the second straight month of better-than-expected gains. The unemployment rate fell to 8.3 percent….” (New York Times) Imagine if government got out of the way? FEE Timely Classic “Do Machines Destroy J ...
  • Bernanke Pledges No “Higher Inflation”
    “Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke defended the central bank’s newly established price goal and rejected suggestions he was prepared to allow higher inflation to create jobs. “We are not seeking higher inflation,” Bernanke said yesterday….” (Bloomberg) We’ll see. FEE Timely Cl ...
  • Big Banks Escape Fraud Punishment
    “Even as the Securities and Exchange Commission has stepped up its investigations of Wall Street in the last decade, the agency has repeatedly allowed the biggest firms to avoid punishments specifically meant to apply to fraud cases.” (New York Times) It’s called “regulatory capture. ...
  • Contra-IP
    My article “Patent Nonsense,” which makes the libertarian case against “intellectual property,” was published and posted by The American Conservative magazine. Read it here.
  • Capitalism, Corporatism, and the Freed Market
    The system that most immediately threatens individual liberty is corporatism.

Teaching Online Journalism

  • Classroom helpers for j-school
    In the fall, when the new school year begins in the northern hemisphere, older posts on this blog find a new life. I’m so happy to see that people are finding useful things here! These are some of the top posts from the past week: How to shoot video interviews Getting started with Wor ...
  • 10 Rules for Visual Storytelling
    For some people, “visual storytelling” means photographs. For others, it means film or video. An epic movie such as the Lord of the Rings trilogy may spring to mind — and few would disagree with that as a fine example of visual storytelling. In journalism writing classes, stud ...
  • Getting that first job in journalism
    Internships. Portfolio. Real work (not work assigned in a class). Not necessarily paid work — but journalism work that some respectable organization saw fit to publish, with your name on it. Lacking these, a new journalism graduate is behind the curve. There are not so many jobs out there ...
  • 5,000 followers on Twitter
    Sure, I’m no Andy Carvin (NPR’s social media guy), but I do feel a little thrill when the zeros turn over. The screen capture above is from yesterday, July 31, 2011. See my recent posts about Twitter and journalism.   Sure, I’m no Andy Carvin (NPR’s social media ...
  • 6 Proposals for Journalism Education Today
    I’ve spent a huge amount of time this year thinking about and working on journalism curriculum. From developing and teaching a four-week program to train journalism educators in Africa in the practice of online journalism, to helping with a major overhaul of the undergraduate curriculum in ...

Facing South

  • Texas court voids conviction in child death case
    The Ernie Lopez case highlights the growing international controversy over the reliability of the science used to prosecute cases of fatal child abuse and sexual assault.
    ...
  • Dumping dioxin on Dixie
    As the Environmental Protection Agency readies a long-awaited report on a class of health-damaging pollutants known as dioxins, we look at the biggest industrial dioxin sources in the U.S. -- ...
  • INSTITUTE INDEX: The truth behind Gingrich's f ...
    With Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich erroneously claiming that "more people have been put on food stamps by Barack Obama than any president in American history,&q ...
  • How to rein in Big Money's influence?
    The two-year anniversary of Citizens United -- and Stephen Colbert's SuperPAC -- have pushed the issue of money in politics into center stage. The question now: How best to reign in B ...
  • Actual winner unclear in Supreme Court's rulin ...
    Last week's ruling that federal judges in Texas overstepped their bounds in drawing a minority-friendly set of interim maps for the 2012 elections was interpreted by some as a win for ...

Worldpress - Africa

Telegraph UK - oil

Ian Welsh

  • Is it possible to be stupider than Gloria Feld ...
    Ms. Feldt: Where have you been these last three years, Mr. President? Welcome back. He was doing what he believed in.  Now it’s an election year, and he’s pandering.  You, Ms. Feldt, are exactly why women are losing their abortion rights.  With leaders like you and Obama who needs en ...
  • Is it possible to be stupider than Gloria Feld ...
    Ms. Feldt: Where have you been these last three years, Mr. President? Welcome back. He was doing what he believed in.  Now it’s an election year, and he’s pandering.  You, Ms. Feldt, are exactly why women are losing their abortion rights.  With leaders like you and Obama who needs en ...
  • The Blindingly Obvious About Obama, 2013, Euro ...
    1) 2013 will be ugly.  If Obama wins he will stop pandering to progressives and liberals.  Since he never has to be reelected again, he will be even worse than he was 2009-2011.  If you want anything from Obama, anything, get it before the election, do not believe promises, do not accept promise ...
  • The Blindingly Obvious About Obama, 2013, Euro ...
    1) 2013 will be ugly.  If Obama wins he will stop pandering to progressives and liberals.  Since he never has to be reelected again, he will be even worse than he was 2009-2011.  If you want anything from Obama, anything, get it before the election, do not believe promises, do not accept promise ...
  • The NDP Leadership Debate in Toronto
    I came. I saw. I listened. And what I listened to was a lot of what MP Nathan Cullen characterized as “violent agreement”. The packed crowd (people had to be turned away) listened to candidates who agree, violently, on what government should do. Grow the economy sustainably, help the ...

Media Consortium

Reality Asserts Itself

  • Drug Wars in Juarez Fuels Boom in El Paso
    My colleague Malak Behrouznami recently returned from Juarez Mexico where she grew up as a child. She as a wonderful heritage - her father is Iranian and her Mother is Mexican. She went Juarez for family and journalistic reasons. One of her objectives was to find out why Juarez has become a terr ...
  • PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI NEGOTIATIONS TO NOWHERE NO ...
    A few months ago when shooting a documentary in the Middle East, we met Zeina, a 13-year-old Palestinian living in a Beirut refugee camp. She was traumatized as she watched the Israeli Gaza war on television. It changed her life. She now thinks of revenge and cannot understand the Israeli childr ...
  • FROM JOE McCARTHY TO GLEN BECK – TIME TO END F ...
    I listened to Glen Becks "Restoring Honor" speech today hoping to find something of substance to write about. I found a stringing together of such empty phrases it does not bear discussion.  The more important issue is why a man whose megalomania seems to have no bounds can become ...
  • PAKISTAN FLOODS AND A FAILED POLICY - UN Sec. ...
    Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, says of the flooding in Pakistan "The world has never seen such a disaster. It's much beyond anybody's imagination". At least 20 million people have lost their homes, more than 1600 have died, and disease and hunger will c ...
  • China and the end of the end of history
    Many economists and political analysts think the current recovery, as it's being called, is a rather temporary phenomenon. Many expect the recession to kick back in, and perhaps within a few years get much more serious. What does that mean in terms of the future of the world economy and worl ...

Great Beyond ( Nature )

  • Human variome taking shape with Chinese node
    An ambitious project to log all genetic variations that cause human disease lunged forward this week with the launch of the Chinese “node” of the Human Variome Project (HVP). Scientists and clinicians in China meanwhile are hoping participation will spread genetic counseling and genetic medicine ...
  • US cell-based flu vaccine plant open for business
    Americans may soon be getting flu jabs made with cells and not eggs. The drug company Novartis opened a first-of-its kind facility in the US to produce influenza vaccines using mammalian cells, Novartis and US government officials announced 13 December. The approach is an alternative to conve ...
  • NSF takes broad look at broader impacts
    A National Science Foundation (NSF) task force has finalized its recommendations for tweaking the agency's two merit review criteria, 'intellectual merit' and 'broader impacts'. And central to that effort was a non-prescriptive, big-tent definition of broader impacts, says task force co-chair J ...
  • Land grabbing in Africa continues to harm the poor
    More than 200 million hectares of land in poor nations was sold by governments in land-grabbing deals with industry and investors between 2000 and 2010, a new study reports. This high global demand for land is likely to continue for the long term, concludes the study by the International Land ...
  • Stratolaunch embarks on hybrid rocket-plane system
    Forget Kennedy Space Center. How about launching massive rockets from the underbelly of the largest plane ever built? On Tuesday, Burt Rutan, of aerospace company Scaled Composites, and billionaire Paul Allen, a former Microsoft executive, announced Stratolaunch Systems -- a company that aims to ...

new geography

  • Indianapolis: From Naptown to Super City
    I have long touted the sports strategy that Indianapolis used to revitalize its downtown as a model for cities to follow in terms of strategy led economic and community development. I really think it sets the benchmark in terms of how to do it, and it has been very successful. Indy is hos ...
  • Who Stands The Most To Win – And Lose – From A ...
    As the probability of President Barack Obama’s reelection grows, state and local officials across the country are tallying up the potential ramifications of a second term. For the most part, the biggest concerns lie with energy-producing states, which fear stricter environmental regulati ...
  • Families: The New Demographic Mash-Up
    Look back a few weeks to the surprise success in Iowa for Republican presidential primary contender Rick Santorum. Today, there is increased scrutiny of the conservative values the hard-line social conservative so enthusiastically endorsed. Political discourse on both sides of the Atlantic has ...
  • The Evolving Urban Form: Guangzhou-Foshan
    The Pearl River Delta of China is home to the largest extent of continuous urbanization in the world. The Pearl River Delta has 55 million people in the jurisdictions of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Guangzhou, Foshan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen, Zhuhai and Macau. Moreover, the urban population is ...
  • Making Room for the Old and the New Economies
    The announcements by Sens. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) that they would not run for reelection reflects what may be the last gasps of the Great Plains Democrats, much as California’s 2010 Democratic landslide assured that Republicans are soon to become endangered species in place ...

GM Watch

  • What Bill Gates doesn't know about GMOs
    The Flip-Side: What Bill Gates Doesn't Know About GMOs Take Part, 2 February 2012 http://www.takepart.com/article/2012/02/02/the-flip-side-what-bill-gates-doesnt-know-about-gmos *The Pesticide Action Network explores the side of the story Gates left out last week. If you assume that Bill Gates ...
  • What Bill Gates doesn't know about GMOs
    The Flip-Side: What Bill Gates Doesn't Know About GMOs Take Part, 2 February 2012 http://www.takepart.com/article/2012/02/02/the-flip-side-what-bill-gates-doesnt-know-about-gmos *The Pesticide Action Network explores the side of the story Gates left out last week. If you assume that Bill Gates ...
  • Will farmers reach justice in Monsanto lawsuit?
    NOTE: You can listen to an excellent discussion of this lawsuit on Occupy Wall Street Radio http://archive.wbai.org/files/mp3/wbai_120201_183052owsr.mp3 --- --- OSGATA et al v Monsanto: Will Farmers Receive Justice? OSGATA, 03 February 2012 http://www.enewspf.com/latest-news/science-a-environmen ...
  • Will farmers reach justice in Monsanto lawsuit?
    NOTE: You can listen to an excellent discussion of this lawsuit on Occupy Wall Street Radio http://archive.wbai.org/files/mp3/wbai_120201_183052owsr.mp3 --- --- OSGATA et al v Monsanto: Will Farmers Receive Justice? OSGATA, 03 February 2012 http://www.enewspf.com/latest-news/science-a-environmen ...
  • Data from Monsanto don't meet basic scientific ...
    Data from Monsanto do not meet basic scientific standards GeneWatch and Testbiotech, 2 February 2012 http://www.genewatch.org/article.shtml?als  [cid]=569457&als[itemid]=569586 *Rising doubts about safety of genetically engineered plants Bruxelles - In a letter to Commissioner Dalli, Testbiote ...

spiked

Cryptogon

  • South Korea: Dr. Smartphone?
    Not The Onion: Check. Not April 1: Check. Via: Reuters: Tired of long waits at the hospital for medical tests? If Korean researchers have their way, your smartphone could one day eliminate that — and perhaps even tell you that you have cancer. A team of scientists at Korea Advanced Institu ...
  • James Cameron Buys Farms, Plans to Move Family ...
    Good idea. Via: Stuff: Hollywood movie mogul James Cameron is coming to live in Wairarapa – and he is bringing his family with him. The director of blockbuster films Titanic and Avatar has purchased two large plots of land along Western Lake Rd in south Wairarapa, where he is expected to a ...
  • Pay Fee to Jump to Front of Line at San Franci ...
    Via: San Francisco Chronicle: Frequent travelers who use San Francisco International Airport once again will be able to get through security a little faster with the return of a fee-based pre-screening program approved by the Airport Commission Tuesday. The CLEAR program, operated by a private c ...
  • Surveillance Video Becomes a Tool for Studying ...
    Via: Technology Review: Software mines security footage to help business owners see what people do once they’re inside the store. The huge success of online shopping and advertising—led by giants like Amazon and Google—is in no small part thanks to software that logs when you visit Web pag ...
  • Reconstructing Speech from Human Auditory Cortex
    Via: PLoS Biology: How the human auditory system extracts perceptually relevant acoustic features of speech is unknown. To address this question, we used intracranial recordings from nonprimary auditory cortex in the human superior temporal gyrus to determine what acoustic information in speech ...

The Economic Collapse

  • The Financial Crisis Of 2008 Was Just A Warm U ...
    The people out there that believe that the U.S. economy is experiencing a permanent recovery and that very bright days are ahead for us should have their heads examined.  Unfortunately, what we are going through right now is simply just a period of "hopetimism" between two financ ...
  • I Can’t Take It Anymore! When Will The G ...
    On Friday, the entire financial world celebrated when it was announced that the unemployment rate in the United States had fallen to 8.3 percent. That is the lowest it has been since February 2009, and it came as an unexpected surprise for financial markets that are hungry for so ...
  • The United Nations Wants To Crash The World Ec ...
    The United Nations says that the earth is in great danger and that the way you and I are living is the problem.  In a shocking new report entitled, "Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing" the UN declares that the entire way that we currently approach economi ...
  • 47 Signs That China Is Absolutely Destroying A ...
    Have you ever watched a football game or a basketball game where one team dominates the other team so badly that calling it a "blowout" would be a huge understatement?  Well, that is what China is doing to the United States.  China is absolutely destroying America on the global e ...
  • Making Money On Poverty: JP Morgan Makes Bigge ...
    How would you feel if someone told you that one of the largest banks on Wall Street makes more money whenever the number of Americans on food stamps goes up?  Unfortunately, this is something that is actually true.  In the United States today, one out of every seven Americans is ...

Desertification

  • Severe food and water shortages in northern Me ...
    Read at : Google Alert – images of the Africa Drought http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/gallery/2012/feb/01/drought-mexico-in-pictures Drought in northern Mexico – in pictures The Rarámuri indigenous community in northern Mexico faces severe food and water shortages after the re ...
  • 2 million Somalis are still in dire need of as ...
    Read at : Google Alert – images of the Africa Drought http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/un-declares-end-to-somalia-famine-but-warns-crisis-not-over/2012/02/03/gIQAAQxFnQ_story.html U.N. declares end to Somalia famine but warns crisis not over By Sudarsan Raghavan, Published: Febru ...
  • The Sahel region is once again likely to face ...
    Read at : Google Alert – images of the Africa Drought http://www.huffingtonpost.com/louis-belanger/sahel-in-10-pictures-the_b_1250391.html?ref=world Sahel in 10 Pictures: The Food Crisis in West Africa Louis Belanger Spokesperson, Oxfam; Based in NYC This year, the Sahel region of West Afr ...
  • Prof. Dr. KASSAS (Egypt) and the UNCCD (Google ...
    Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.egyptindependent.com/node/388235 Mohamed Kassas: The father of Egypt’s environment Mohamed Kassas is a living legend. Anyone with an interest in Egypt’s environmental issues is familiar with this 90-year old ray-ban bespectacl ...
  • Lentils, a rainfed crop, dear to the poor farm ...
    Read at : http://icardablog.wordpress.com/2012/02/02/lentil-to-bolster-nutritional-security/ Lentil to bolster nutritional security Sarker, A. ICARDA-SACRP, New Delhi (India) 2011 Abstract: Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik subsp.culinaris) is one of the major rabi pulse crops grown in India for eons ...

The Paper Trail

  • Media execs, companies gave more than $350,000 ...
    Conservative complaints about a liberal bias in the media do not hold up, at least not when it comes to the free-spending groups known as “super PACs.”News companies and their executives donated more than $350,000 to conservative super PACs in 2011, according to financial disclosure forms filed ...
  • Big oil fuels Pro-Perry super PAC, contributio ...
    "Make Us Great Again," the presidential super PAC that supported Texas Gov.
  • Los Angeles report: Limit suspensions, don't f ...
    Led by a top juvenile court judge, a special task force in Los Angeles County is releasing a report attacking excessive student suspensions and cautioning against law enforcement solutions to truancy.The Center for Public Integrity has a near-final draft of the report, which has some illuminatin ...
  • Presidential super PACs raise $49 million thro ...
    Outside groups that funded numerous attack ads in the GOP primaries collected more than $49 million in donations in 2011, with huge contributions coming from billionaires, corporations and labor unions, something that would have been illegal were it not for pivotal court decisions in early 2010. ...
  • Center, NPR finalist for Goldsmith journalism ...
    The Center for Public Integrity and NPR News have been named a finalist for the prestigious 2012 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. The two organizations collaborated on a major air pollution investigation called Poisoned Places: Toxic Air, Neglected Communities.The Goldsmith Prize is ...

backofthebook.ca

  • Put to bed: The strike that broke the news at ...
    Continued from page 3 The end, when it came, was not pretty. Union bargainer Dave Coles met behind closed doors in June 2000 with senior company executives and came back with two offers from the employer that might have been drafted in Hades. The first involved continuing to bargain until all th ...
  • Put to bed: The strike that broke the news at ...
    Continued from page 2 Local television and radio reporters gave the lockout plenty of coverage. So did the rival Calgary Sun, which distributed an edition of the paper wrapped in what appeared to be a Herald front page. “I always pray for opportunity,” said Sun publisher Les Pyette. The Herald o ...
  • Put to bed: The strike that broke the news at ...
    Continued from page 1 After months of lunchtime discussions in the Herald cafeteria, the journalists made the first move. One employee talked to the Teamsters Union but was told the union had no interest in organizing the Herald newsroom without an assurance that at least 40 per cent of the 160 ...
  • Put to bed: The strike that broke the news at ...
    The Calgary Herald told its striking workers they were about to” jump off a cliff.” By the end, the Herald had gone over the edge, too ~~ Excerpted from Leaving Dublin: Writing My Way From Dublin to Canada, by kind permission of Rocky Mountain Books By Brian Brennan I never envisaged ...
  • Brian Brennan
    Brian Brennan is an Irish-born writer who has lived and worked in Canada since 1966. He makes his home in Calgary, Alberta, where he has worked as a journalist and author, publishing eight books of biography and social history including The Good Steward: The Ernest C. Manning Story (2008), How t ...

libcom

  • EDL Latest
    poor do.jpg EDL & Infidels Wash Out! Crivvens! Jings! And Help Ma Boab! What a total failure for both the English Defence League and the Infidels this weekend. The EDL calle ...
  • Strike wave in Indonesia
    Bekasi Jan 27.jpg The Indonesian economy has been booming due to high prices for the commodities it is based on, but living costs are also rising and there is a strong sense that the country’s economi ...
  • Crisis and Conflict in Barcelona: January
    antiavortista.jpg An overview of austerity measures and popular responses in Barcelona, with descriptions of January actions What follows are several translations of action comm ...
  • You can’t arrest the whole Valley – support th ...
    Valle2.jpg How to support the NO TAV activists arrested on January 26. Support the campaign or, even better, write to them! To keep up-to-date with the NO TAV defendants’ solida ...
  • Building the Red Army: The Death and Forbidden ...
    copsmoveout.jpeg A report on the J28 "move-in day" in Oakland, first published at Viewpoint. “Don’t fuck with the Oakland Commune.” Words which will live forever in hi ...

Free Range International

  • Back in the USSA
    I’ve been trying to come up with a post for over a month now but don’t have any good pictures because I’m back in America, sans super cool Nikon which got blown up in the Helmand, and without good pictures I don’t seem to be able to write.  That camera cost over a thousand bucks [...]
  • The Gladiators
    Editors Note:  B is taking some time off from destroying Libtards on Thomas Ricks blog to vent on a topic few men will dare touch.  At the Foriegn Policy blog he’s been coming up with stuff like this: Personally, I am glad that while I had to worry about leaders who were more worried about ...
  • War Groupies
    This is the second entry in the new “Paint Baba Tim’s White Fence” program.  The first was from my Dad and this one is from my good friend B.  Regular readers have probably guessed by now that B and I worked together in Afghanistan and know each other well.  As I deal with agen ...
  • THE DIVERSITY PLATOON
    Editors Note:  This post is the first (of what I hope to be many) posts from my father Major General J.D. Lynch Jr. USMC (Ret.) The Current Situation Forty years ago, the American military was held in great contempt by the public it served. The feeling was returned in roughly equal measure. We ...
  • EFP’s
    During our last trip to Zaranj we had one more task to complete before we went home.  The after action report on the ambush of Haji Nematullah, reported they seized three large buckets of Home Made Explosives (HME) and three Explosively Formed Penetrator (EFP) mines.  EFP’s were a big prob ...

The Story Behind the Story

  • Righteous Blood Part IX – “Transce ...
    The ancient story of  enmity between Esau (Edom) and Jacob (Israel) is ongoing to this very day!!  All of the “righteous blood” spilled because of this incredible feud via their abominable World Wars, assassinations, murders, and massive invasions into the human body, yet cries unto ...
  • MR. “MITTEN’S” MORMONISM &#8 ...
    “Mormon” Fundamentalist “Prophet” Warren Jeffs has done it now!!!  NO SEX!   You see, by his ORDER, he has officially wiped out all FLDS marriages, (aka ‘sealings’) – and has commanded his hoodwinked and abjectly brainwashed flock to abstain from sex unt ...
  • Veteran’s Today Expose – Would Isr ...
    This is an incredible story for at least two reasons. First,  Israeli Whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu declared in a 2004 interview that Israel (MOSSAD) was totally responsible for the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy, because JFK was exerting pressure on the then Israeli head of stat ...
  • Victim of Her Own Greed? Incredible! MUST SE ...
    Let’s see if we have this bizarre story straight.  U.S. Representative Harman supports and lobbies for warrant-less wiretapping of Americans under the “Patriot” Bill.   Of course, this “abuse of power” is only designed for John Doe Citizen, not for the omnipotent, h ...
  • Ask Mitt ANYTHING? You Betcha!!!
    Top Ten Questions for Willard “Mittens” Romney. 1.   Congratulations on releasing your 2010 personal income tax returns.   They show that you made $21.7 million dollars in 2010, placing you and Ann in the top 1% of the richest 1% of Americans.   Thank you for making this public.  The ...

du la bab - Now is the Time

Mansbridge One on One - CBC

  • Ken Dryden, NHL Hall of Famer (Jan 7, 2012)
    Hockey and the hits: it's been a season where a lot has been said about headshots, concussions and suspensions. How much has the game really changed, and what is at stake for its future? One of the games great players of the past, one of its most passionate observers of the present, takes on tho ...
  • Malcolm Gladwell (Dec 31, 2011)
    Renowned author wraps the critical events of 2011.
  • The Mansbridge Conversations 2011
    Highlights of Peter's interviews of the year, including conversations with Jack Layton, Olivia Chow, Nicole Williamson, Malcolm Gladwell and others.
  • NAGUIB SAWIRIS
    Peter sits down with Egyptian businessman and politician Naguib Sawiris ahead of the country's first free elections about his hopes for and disappoinment in Egypt's Arab Spring
  • Shawn Atleo - National Chief of the Assembly o ...
    In the wake of the crisis in Attawapiskat First Nation, Shawn Atleo discusses the future of Canada's Abroiginal communities.

Scotts Contracting

  • Add Curb Appeal and Save on Home Energy Needs
    Power Point Presentation of how Incorporating Green Building Practices can Add Curb Appeal and Save on Home Energy Use Both of which will Add Value to your Home in Comfort and Appraisal Value This Green Build Wrap Around Porch was Designed and Built by Scotty, Scotts Contracting View the Power P ...
  • Renewable is DOable!-Guest Post
    Improving Your Sustainable Supply Chain – Life With Plastic, It’s Fantastic! Recycling is not just something that makes consumers feel good about being eco-friendly; it is also something that the earth requires. With limited resources, we must utilize materials to their highest potential. ...
  • Recycling is not just for Cans
    Earlier this year I was asked to replace a leaking roof on a Patio of an Investment Property.  The job consisted of Removing the existing Mound City Clay Roof Tiles from the Porch Roof and replacing with Certain Teed 3 Tab-Shingles (Energy Star Rated). Rather than dispose of the Clay Roof Tiles ...
  • Green Home Renovation Tips for Fire Safety-
    Green Home Renovation Tips for Fire Safety Guest Post by: Ms Sally Davison  When it comes to sustainable home construction and renovation, fire safety should also be a concern. Preventing fires is a green practice in itself, because fires present a serious threat to the environment in terms of e ...
  • CSP-design with Heat Recovery Unit for added E ...
    UPDATE:  Concentrated Solar Power Design with Added Heat Recovery Unit Seeking Assistance to bring this design to market.   Please use Contact Form Below and Scotty, Scotts Contracting will reply to your message ASAP. Updated Concentrated Solar Power Photovoltaic Design with Added Automatic Heat ...

The View From Abroad

Foreign Policy in Focus - Military (US)

Law.com

Iranian.com

Most Revolutionary Act

  • The Mayor Who Said No to the Feds
    Wes Uhlman - Seattle Mayor 1969-1978 In my last post I wrote about the apparent defect in integrity and moral courage that plagues most American corporate and political leaders. This hasn’t always been the case. With the steady erosion of civil liberties and the Bill of Rights over the las ...
  • Victory for the Neptune Network
    At Sellafield blocking plutonium shipment (This is the second of two posts about Neptune Network, a group organized by Norwegian business executives, and their campaign to shut down a nuclear reprocessing plant in the UK.) The MOX reprocessor at Sellafield closed August 3rd, after Japan (foll ...
  • The CEO Who Chained Himself to a Bridge
    Stordalen chained to the bridge (This is the first of two posts about Neptune Network, a group organized by Norwegian business executives, and their campaign to shut down a nuclear reprocessing plant in the UK.) The man in the photo is Petter Stordalen, and he’s a billionaire Norwegian p ...
  • The Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse
    (This is the second of two blogs exploring why the US is the country – besides the Netherlands – that doesn’t vaccinate against tuberculosis) Sadly the vast majority of Americans – including many doctors – are unaware there is a safe, effective and inexpensive vac ...
  • The TB Vaccine Americans Never Heard Of
    Tuberculosis Ward (This is the first of two blogs exploring why the US is the only country – besides the Netherlands – that doesn’t vaccinate against tuberculosis) One side of the vaccine controversy Americans are extremely unlikely to hear about concerns the safest, cheapest ...

Michael Moore - Must Read

  • Occupy Des Moines trainer sentenced to 30 days ...
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: David Goodner, 515.991.6357, david.a.goodner@gmail.com Occupy Des Moines trainer sentenced to 30 days in jail 6 people sentenced to time in jail after arrests at state capitol last night Des Moines, Iowa -- Frank Cordaro - a former Catholic priest and a longti ...
  • Democratic National Committee Chairwoman decli ...
    OccupyTheIowaCaucuses.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sunday, January 01, 2012 Contact : Stephen Toothman 515-480-5682 stoothman@yahoo.com Democratic National Committee Chairwoman declines to hear everyday people Occupy the Caucus extended an invitation to Democratic National Committee Chairwoma ...
  • Listen to Michael Moore Read 'Gratitude,' the ...
    Excerpted from
  • Christmas ’43
    Excerpted from Here Comes Trouble: Stories From My Life by Michael Moore My dad had noticed for some years that I no longer wanted to shoot guns. He had taken note of when we boys in the neighborhood had stopped playing War. I didn’t know much about his time as a Marine in the South Pacif ...
  • Pietà
    Excerpted from Here Comes Trouble: Stories From My Life by Michael Moore I was lost. I had paused for perhaps too long to inspect the statues in the hallways and the Rotunda, bronzed and marbled renditions of an odd assortment of great and not-so-great Americans: Will Rogers, Daniel Webster, G ...

Salon

  • The battle for McPherson Square
    "Move back!" shouted the cop wielding a clear Plexiglas shield emblazoned with the words "U.S. Park Police" as he moved into the crowd of demonstrators thronging McPherson Square on Saturday afternoon.  The photographer next to me was shouting "I'm press!" but that didn't seem to impress the pha ...
  • A Mormon “frontlash” for Romney?
    A poll out of Nevada this week showed Mitt Romney winning 45 percent of those Republicans likely to attend Saturday’s caucuses. And the internals of the poll showed Romney's base: 86 percent of Mormon likely caucus-goers support him.That’s a significant number, especially given that Mormons, who ...
  • Inside the new hate
    It's easy to interpret the verbal bile of recent American politics as a new height in prejudiced and conspiracist thinking: a new hate. In the last few years, Sarah Palin has created the concept of Obama's “death panels,” Glenn Beck has argued that George Soros was a collaborator with the Nazis ...
  • Susan G. Komen’s priceless gift
    The startling intensity that we saw this week in response to Susan G. Komen for the Cure's decision to pull its grants from Planned Parenthood -- an intensity that prompted the Komen foundation to reverse its decision today -- may be the best thing that’s happened to the conversation about repro ...
  • Rep. McKeon disputes Salon article
    The office of Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon sent Salon the following response to Lee Fang's piece, Mon. January 30 piece, "D.C. lobbyist aids Rep. McKeon's Wife."We believe that the factual inaccuracies in Lee Fang's piece, used as grounds for the author's personal speculations, provide for a very m ...

SMB News

  • Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits ...
    For SMB News Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits camps PURWOBINANGUN: Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano spewed more deadly heat clouds Wednesday as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited some of the 50,000 evacuees in shelters. Searing gas billowed from the crater of the 2,91 ...
  • Kasaba throws spit on the camera
    \Kasaba throws spit on cameraMUMBAI: Ajmal Kasaba webcam spit on Tuesday during a hearing in the Bombay High Court for confirmation of the death penalty, which led the court strictly tell him to behave properly. Judjes a warning when they Kasaba altercation with the police and spit at the camera ...
  • K’taka Speaker disqualifies 16 MLAs
    For SMB News KBANGALORE: Hours ahead of the trust vote for beleaguered Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in the Assembly, Speaker K G Bopaiah disqualified sixteen rebel MLAs, including eleven from ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), legislative sources said on Monday. Bopaiah signed the ...
  • Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8
    For SMB News Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8 KARACHI: Eight people including two children were killed and over 65 others suffered injuries when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine in Clifton, official sources said here Thursday. Two heads, beli ...
  • Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistake
    For SMB News Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistakes’ LONDON: Former president Gen. (Retd.) Pervez Musharraf Friday admitted that political mistakes were committed in the twilight years of his regime and sought apology from Pakistani nation for the same. “These mistakes caused damage ...

Toronto Star - Editorials

Energy Collective

  • New Cuban Crisis Threatens Florida's Coasts
    Ever since Cuba’s intent to drill within 70 miles of Florida’s coast has become known, concerned Floridians have been reeling with how to protect our treasured Florida Keys. For many Floridians, this is a very charged issue.
  • Back to the Public Service Board: Next Steps f ...
    The court ruled in favor of Entergy in the recent court case. In consequence, Entergy applied to the Public Service Board for a Certificate of Public Good for Vermont Yankee.
  • Raising the Efficiency of Solar Cells
    There’s a cottage industry in solar research involving the manipulation of quantum dots. Solar cells using these tiny particles of semiconductors are much less expensive to produce than traditional ones, because they can be made using simple chemical reactions. And scientists for a number of yea ...
  • Science, risk management or just politics?
    An opinion piece that appeared in the Wall Street Journal (Europe) on Tuesday (a few days earlier in the USA) presented the views of sixteen scientists on the issue of climate change under the heading “No Need to Panic About Global Warming“. Unfortunately there isn’t much in the way of science d ...
  • Audio Archive: The Future of Oil & Gas: Explor ...
    Thanks to everyone who listened to last week's The Energy Collective's webcast, which originally aired on January 27, 2012. For everyon who missed it, you can find the audio below, and explore the accompanying slide material.

EU Times

  • NASA discovers 11 new Solar Systems
    NASA’s Kepler space telescope has discovered eleven new planetary systems confirming the existence of 26 new planets outside our solar system. The newly found planets range in size from 1.5 to five times the diameter of Earth and are closer to their host star than Venus is to the Sun. None ...
  • Anti-HIV pill to cause AIDS epidemic?
    It has been proven to drastically decrease the chances of contracting HIV before one is even exposed to the virus: Truvada is considered a medical breakthrough by some, yet others fear the once-a-day prevention pill could spur a deadly AIDS epidemic. The drug — a small, blue pill ingested orally ...
  • India to send business delegation to Iran
    India plans to send a business delegation to Iran to hold talks aimed at increasing the volume of Tehran’s oil exports to New Delhi, a report says. “We will need to lead a business delegation there, taking potential exporters across a range of sectors, and go out there and talk to th ...
  • Pentagon pushes to leave Afghanistan as soon a ...
    Barely a month after the last US combat troops walked out of Iraq, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday that they would be altering already established plans in Afghanistan and doing the same there in a matter of months. US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Wednesday announced that American comba ...
  • Europe cold spell kills 223 with colder days e ...
    At least 223 people have died during a seven-day cold spell in eastern and central Europe where temperatures are expected to plummet even further over the weekend. Most of the victims are from the European Union’s poorest countries, including Ukraine with as many as 101 people killed. Pola ...

Stonecipher News

  • Symptoms and Treatments of Diabetes Insipidus
    Diabetes Insipidus ( or DI ) is a health condition that is often distinguished by extreme thirst along with excessively diluted urination . DI is similar in characteristics to untreated Diabetes ( or Diabetes Mellitus) but without the onset of blood glucose elevation. One of the major differ ...
  • Natural Acne Remedies
    There are several health conditions that hinder many people’s lives and outlook everyday. Acne is a condition which can affect your self esteem and your life. I’ve known several friends and family members with terrible cases of acne. They would purchase expensive remedies prescribed by docto ...
  • Linguistic Observations: Mendoza's Gang Girls ...
    Homegirls by Norma Mendoza Denton is a fascinating, and yet, perplexing, view of gangs in the San Francisco Bay area. Over the course of the next few weeks, I'll be providing you incites on the inner workings of the gangs, symbolism of certain material items, and other such related details. ...
  • Normal Structure and Function of the Musculosk ...
    Mr. Ghaz says: Muscular dystrophies refer to a group of more than 30 genetic diseases which are characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal muscles..Studies and estimation show that after sustaining a hip fracture (as a result of osteoporosis) 20% of patients die withi ...
  • Reasons to Donate Blood
    Have you ever donated blood? If you have why did you do it? It may have been for a loved one or a friend. It could have been for the free coupons and gift certificates blood centers provide for donations. Maybe you’re required to donate blood being that you’re in the medical field. In actua ...

Liquida : Worldwide News & Opinion

  • Microsoft Skydrive Gets Big Update â 25GB Of C ...
    Microsoft SkyDrive has been around for a while, but was recently given a fairly significant update. We took some time to talk to Microsoft about the new features and play with it all, so here’s a breakdown of what you can expect. You’ll need a Windows Live account to start making full use of Sk ...
  • PPP poll: Mittens up fourteen in Colorado, San ...
    The establishment assumption is that February is going to be an easy month for Mittens. He’s started out winning Nevada, leads big in Michigan and Arizona and I would assume win next weekend’s Maine caucus since it’s in that Northeast region. But a PPP poll released today shows Mittens losing t ...
  • Super Bowl XLVI Preview; New England Patriots ...
    So the day is now well and truly upon us. The world’s greatest single sporting event is just a few hours away. Nothing quite compares to the Super Bowl. It’s one of those special events that compels each and every sports fan around the world, … [ visit site to read more ] Super Bowl XLVI Previe ...
  • Robert Fisk: An attack on Tehran would be madn ...
    If Israel really attacks Iran this year, it â and the Americans â will be more dotty than their enemies think. True, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a crackpot, but then so is Avigdor Lieberman, who is apparently the Israeli Foreign Minister. Maybe the two want to do each other a favour. But why on eart ...
  • Live from Lucas Oil Stadium before Super Bowl ...
    Finally, it’s here. Well, almost. We’re live from Lucas Oil Stadium, home of Super Bowl XLVI, and there are only three hours until game time. It will feel like forever. It was a gorgeous day in Indianapolis, a gorgeous week really, but this game is inside and the conditions won’t matter. For tw ...

Groklaw

  • Android, Tizen and the End of Java
    I predict that HTML 5 will be the great liberator of this decade. Robust enough to make real applications with, it's hard for me to imagine Java's relevance moving forward. [PJ: I wonder if the damages experts in Oracle v. Google are factoring this in to their calculations?] - Dean Howell, The ...
  • Open Source Tackles Healthcare In Places Micro ...
    Under the aegis of their nonprofit, eHealth Nigeria, Castle and Thompson have built a digital records system meant to eventually serve healthcare facilities across the region, but it doesn't use the sort of specialized health care software in U.S. or even everyday database software. There's no K ...
  • Why do self-respecting hackers use Gmail and Co?
    There was a time when the Internet was about a heterogeneous network, de-centralized, without a single point of failure. Why are all people running to a very few number of companies? The same question goes for sites like sourceforge. All the code hosted there subject to the good will of the host ...
  • Feds Seize Pro Sports Websites
    Federal prosecutors seized 16 websites and charged a 28-year-old Michigan man with making thousands of dollars by streaming live sports events over the Internet. Yonjo Quiroa aka Ronaldo Solano, of Comstock Park, Mich., was arrested Thursday and charged with criminal copyright infringement. ...
  • Major Media Want a Bite of LimeWire
    During the brief proceedings, attorneys for the record labels damned the Internet file-sharing company in biblical terms - "Thou shalt not steal." The record labels called LimeWire's business "the biggest theft of music in the history of the world." But Gorton's defense attorney Joseph Baio ...

WideShut

Politics in the Zeros

  • It’s too late to save the common web
    Scoble says the dream of a common web is gone. We now have pretty web gardens with big high walls around them, often with no way to get your data out much less make it interchangeable. You want one central repository for all your contacts across all platforms? There’s no way to do that [...]
  • Republican candidates as Gilligan’s Island cast
  • Advertising now defining your identity and worth
    “The Daily You: How the New Advertising Industry is Defining Your Identity and Your Worth.” Yale University Press This review of Joseph Turow’s book The Daily You from Doug Weaver at The Drift caused me to download the first chapter (free) to my Kindle. For Turow, the real issue is the dig ...
  • Why is Monsanto lobbyist serving as the FDA Fo ...
    It’s probably for the same reasons the architects of the financial crisis were appointed by Obama to clean up the mess they made. Depending on your point of view you might see such appointments as extraordinarily dumb, evidence of bad advice from advisers, or proof that the fix is in.
  • Amphetamine psychosis in the meth capital of US
    A 23 year old Fresno, CA mother shot her two toddlers, cousin, husband, and herself after smoking meth. It’s called amphetamine psychosis, and it’s beyond ugly. The Central Valley of California is a hub for meth distribution. Rural areas are good for cooking meth in and some fertiliz ...

TVNZ - Top Stories

Just World News

  • What's new in the publishing biz!
    ... is Just World Books's new webstore, which gives us global reach for distributing books from, as of now, three different print/distribute hubs... I am really excited about this development. I've been trying for a while to figure out a way to escape Amazon's large and greedy clutch, and I thi ...
  • Pro-Israeli discourse suppressors desperately ...
    It is almost amusing to see the lengths to which the pro-Israeli discourse suppressors here in the United States have been going to try to rebuild the long-crumbled "Bar-Lev Line" with which, over decades past, they sought to protect Israel from being the subject of any free, fair, and fact-base ...
  • The use of web-based disinformation by the 'west'
    Patrick Cockburn has an extremely important piece at the Independent today, in which he takes to task the major organs of the 'western' media-- including, crucially, today's Al-Jazeera-- for the extremely uncritical and often openly inflammatory use they make of unsubstantiated or highly exagger ...
  • 2012: A good year to boycott Sabra (& Shatila) ...
    I've been thinking a lot, recently, about the upcoming 30th anniversary of the September 1982 massacres at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Beirut. As some of you may know, my company, Just World Books, will soon be publishing a reissued version of former WaPo journo Jon Randal's classic 1 ...
  • J. Alterman's on America and Egypt
    Jon Alterman has an op-ed in the NYT that has some good sense in it but also some very troubling ideas and policy prescriptions. Alterman is quite right to note that by far the most important thing that's happening in Egypt right now is not the confrontations or lack of them in Cairo's very vis ...

frogblog

  • General debate, February 4, 2012
  • Public Education under attack
    This has been a week of disturbing announcements by the National Government although the leader of the pack was actually John Banks – the lone ACT MP. Before final sign off and maybe as a way to keep the pressure on, John announced that Catherine Isaac (number 3 on the ACT list and rumoure ...
  • The best way to oil independence is to provide ...
    The Ministry of Economic Development’s Briefing to the incoming Energy Minister predicts New Zealand could become a net exporter of petroleum by 2030 if new oil fields are developed. It’s a laudable goal to reduce our expensive dependence on foreign oil but it would be a lot smarter to invest in ...
  • Another reason to care about equal pay
    Aside from the obvious ‘minor’ issues of justice, equality, child poverty, women’s ability to participate in society on an equal footing with men, ethnic/gender disparities and poverty, Australia has just given us another reason to care about Equal Pay. Fair Work Australia workplace tribunal has ...
  • Doing a stretch in the safety net
    United States Republican Presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney is getting a pasting for his comment: …I’m not concerned about the very poor; we have a safety net there. Over on Denise Roche’s minimum wage thread here at frogblog, commenter dbuckley recalls for us just what that &#8220 ...

Patronus Analytical

J Kozy

  • The Crisis of Education in America: "How to Be ...
    Educational systems now train workers to fulfill the needs of companies. A society in which people exist for the sake of companies is a society enslaved. But there's a deep problem with the notion that education should equal vocational training. To paraphrase a very famous and renowned pers ...
  • Instruments of Repression
    For a society to be well governed, it's laws must be just and moral. The Ancients knew that "Those who are rightly governed . . . do not fill their porticoes with written statutes but only cherish justice in their souls; for it is not by legislation, but by morals that states are well direct ...
  • The Why of Not Doing the Right Thing: The Amer ...
    The unfairness of American society is being recognized by many. Eighty-nine percent of Americans say they don't trust their government; Congress has a mere 9% approval rating; America's financial institutions are widely considered to be corrupt; the Occupy movement has emerged, some are seek ...
  • The Triumph of Capitalism: Jobless Nations
    The Obama administration is intent on applying supply side principles to get the American economy out of the present recession, but supply side principles are based on the belief that if the government cuts taxes on the wealthy, they will invest their savings in new factories, that newly hired w ...
  • America's Descent to Depravity
    The Protestant ethic once defined the American character. It was held to be responsible for the success of Capitalism in Northern Europe and America by sociologists, but the Protestant ethic and Capitalism are incompatible, and Capitalism ultimately caused the Protestant ethic to be abandoned. A ...

Dr. Mercola Natural Health

  • Why is Lyme Disease Not JUST a Tick-Borne Dise ...
    Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt, MD, PhD is well known for his successful treatment of neurological illness and chronic pain with Integrative Medicine. Here, he shares his latest insights into Lyme disease, including its causes, confounding factors that can make proper diagnosis elusive, and how to ge ...
  • Organize Your Mind to Organize Your Life
    An organized mind can enable you to fully engage in a health-giving lifestyle. And the reverse is also true -- the symptoms of a disorganized mind, such as impulsivity, chronic negativity, high stress and multitasking, all correlate with higher weight. Writing for CNN, Dr. Paul Hammerness ...
  • This Food Blasts Your Body With Up to 180 Time ...
    By Dr. Mercola Jeff Green has been an activist in the movement to eliminate a toxic fluoride from your water supply for the past 15 years. With more than 60 percent of U.S. water supplies currently fluoridated, chances are you're one of the 170 million Americans who drink fluoride on a daily ...
  • The Root Cause of Excess Flab Almost Everyone ...
    By Dr. Mercola I believe many of our country's chronic health problems would simply disappear if attention was paid, at the highest levels of government, to the root problem—our agricultural subsidies. We are subsidizing junk food in one federal office, while across the hall another departm ...
  • How Grief Can Break Your Heart
    By Dr. Mercola Dying from a broken heart may seem more like a scene from a Shakespearean drama than reality, but extreme grief really can "break" your heart. In the days after losing someone close to you, your risk of suffering from a heart attack goes through the roof -- increasing by up to ...

JAMA

Survival - tribal peoples

  • Brazilian Indians fear imminent eviction from ...
    Guarani man. © Joaó Ripper/Survival A community of Guarani Indians in Brazil has spoken of its ‘fear, despair and deep pain’, after being served with an eviction order requiring it to leave its land. The Guarani of Laranjeira Nanderu community have been living on a small patch of their an ...
  • Up close one year later: startling new photos ...
    Today's photos are the closest sightings of uncontacted Indians ever recorded on camera © D.Cortijo/uncontactedtribes.org Survival International has released close-up pictures of uncontacted Indians, exactly a year after aerial photos from Brazil astonished the world. The new photogra ...
  • Two years after Andaman tribe dies, another 'f ...
    Boa Sr died exactly two years ago. She was the last member of the Bo tribe. © Anvita Abbi/Survival Two years after India’s Andaman Islands lost the last speaker of ‘Bo’, a leading linguist has warned the Jarawa could face a similar fate unless the road running through their reserve is close ...
  • German travel industry warns Samburu eviction ...
    A Samburu girl from Kenya. The tribe has suffered violent evictions. © Adrian Arbib/Survival The German travel industry has called on Kenya to find a solution to the recent evictions of the Samburu tribe, and warned its position as a tourist destination could be damaged. Germans currently s ...
  • Further threats as Guarani Indians remember mu ...
    Nísio Gomes, a Guarani shaman shot dead by gunmen © Survival Guarani Indians in Brazil have come under further threat since gunmen murdered their leader Nísio Gomes last November. The Guarani of Guaviry community have reported that a non-indigenous man who claimed to be employed by a local ...

Montreal Gazette

Food World Order

  • Episode007 - Stupor Bowl Binge
    On Thursday nights, Media Monarchy joins Corbett Report Radio live on Republic Broadcasting to go over all the latest stories from the world of food, environment and health. This week covers the stupor bowl, bees, pink slime and more... Episode007: MP3/Feed\Archive Previous: Episode ...
  • 2/2 binge & purge: super bees, count fudgula & ...
    Monsanto killed the bees to make way for its 'Super-Bee'?* Pink slime removed from McDonald’s burgers!* Food carriers recalled due to freezer gel pack ingestion hazard* Trisha Yearwood Launching Food Network Series* Food Network Executive to Run YouTube Food Channel* Proposed Bill ...
  • Records Show Critical Violations at Stupor Bow ...
    Beware the Lucas Oil food carts! from espn: What could ruin a fan's once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Super Bowl more than his team's quarterback fumbling away the game in the final seconds? Try a trip to the emergency room courtesy of food poisoning. In just a few days, tens of thousands of f ...
  • Cuba reports big increase in food prices
    from reuters: Cubans paid almost 20 percent more for food in 2011 as economic reforms, reduced imports and stagnating farm production touched off price inflation at the country's many produce markets. The National Statistics Office reported on its website (ONE.CU) that meat prices rose 8.7 perce ...
  • UN Claims World Lacks Enough Food, Fuel as Pop ...
    from firstpost.com: The world is running out of time to make sure there is enough food, water and energy to meet the needs of a rapidly growing population and to avoid sending up to 3 billion people into poverty, a UN report warned on Monday. As the world’s population looks set to grow to nearly ...

CrusadeWatch

  • The Bait of Christian Fundamentalism in Africa
    source:  Huffington Post, 8/24/2011 Michael Mungai Co-founder, Dagoretti 4 Kids I grew up in the hovels of Dagoretti, an impoverished suburb in the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. Raised by an unemployed single mother, my two siblings and I would take turns missing school to babysit our ...
  • Puttur: Four Arrested for Forcing Religious Co ...
    source:  Daijiworld, Aug 29, 2011 Puttur, Aug 29: Four persons, reportedly belonging to a Christian sect, were handed over to the police by the residents of Boodujal of Nedle village near Uppinangady on Sunday August 28. The locals, including some dalits, accused K J Kunhimonu (30) from Mun ...
  • Andhra Pradesh: Church priest rapes minor girl ...
    source:  India today, July 1, 2011 A Christian priest has been arrested for raping a 16-year-old girl and setting her ablaze in his house at Nadendla village of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh.
  • The changing face of the church
    source:  Deccan chronicle, July 13, 2011 Its a well-documented fact that people adopt aspects of other cultures around them. The churches in Andhra Pradesh are following this custom and Indianising some of practices. At St Andrews Orthodox Church, West Marredpally, a Dwaja Stambam has been ...
  • Pastors wife accuses him of sexual abuse of mi ...
    source: Bangalore Mirror, June 17, 2011   In her police complaint, Priyalatha has charged Shantaraju, pastor of Bethel Church and Bethel Student Centre, with having sex with young girls and getting them to abort   S Shyam Prasad  

Whole Truth Coalition

  • Vox Populi, Methods of Manipulation
    COTO Report and Megan ‘Verb’ Kargher are proud to present Vox Populi, Methods of Manipulation. It has become increasingly evident that large portions of the planet are descending with alarming speed into Orwellian police states. What is the New World Order and what are their plans fo ...
  • The Big Awakening Conference 2011
    Click here for more information …
  • Lawfull Rebellion - Roger Hayes challenges Liv ...
    “Wirral Council is taking Roger Hayes to Birkenhead county court for non-payment of council tax. Mr Hayes, chairman of The British Constitution Group, claims the council tax is illegal and imposed without his consent. His stand has won support from all over the country, and demonstrators t ...
  • Truthjuice Gathering 2011
                                                         SPEAKERS CONFIRMED CHARLIE VEITCH - THE END OF FEAR MARK FOSTER - EMPOWERMENT FOR THE PEOPLE PHIL MEDLEY - STARGATES: A PERSONAL JOURNEY MICHAEL HALLAM - BURSTING THE ECONOMIC BUBBLE AND PRACTICAL TOOLS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY BUILDING IAN MOORE ( ...
  • COTO Report This Ain’t Oz an Interview w ...
    COTO Report and Megan Kargher are pleased to bring you a special two day interview with Freeman of freemantv, the freeman perspective and the free zone http://www.youtube.com/user/Freemantv… http://thefreemanperspective.blogspot… http://freemantv.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O ...

The Economic Collapse

  • The Financial Crisis Of 2008 Was Just A Warm U ...
    The people out there that believe that the U.S. economy is experiencing a permanent recovery and that very bright days are ahead for us should have their heads examined.  Unfortunately, what we are going through right now is simply just a period of "hopetimism" between two financ ...
  • I Can’t Take It Anymore! When Will The G ...
    On Friday, the entire financial world celebrated when it was announced that the unemployment rate in the United States had fallen to 8.3 percent. That is the lowest it has been since February 2009, and it came as an unexpected surprise for financial markets that are hungry for so ...
  • The United Nations Wants To Crash The World Ec ...
    The United Nations says that the earth is in great danger and that the way you and I are living is the problem.  In a shocking new report entitled, "Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing" the UN declares that the entire way that we currently approach economi ...
  • 47 Signs That China Is Absolutely Destroying A ...
    Have you ever watched a football game or a basketball game where one team dominates the other team so badly that calling it a "blowout" would be a huge understatement?  Well, that is what China is doing to the United States.  China is absolutely destroying America on the global e ...
  • Making Money On Poverty: JP Morgan Makes Bigge ...
    How would you feel if someone told you that one of the largest banks on Wall Street makes more money whenever the number of Americans on food stamps goes up?  Unfortunately, this is something that is actually true.  In the United States today, one out of every seven Americans is ...

CASSE

The Talking Clock

  • Shock as Monckton and Gore debate the climate...
    On the day that Windy Miller stepped down as Chief Government Gaia Worshipper, it seems Gore has sensationally agreed to debate Monckton on the climate. Well, that's what this satirical clip says it is... and how we laughed:
  • See ya'... wouldn't want to be ya'.
    So long, adios, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu. No matter what language you say it in, it sounds good, doesn't it? Yes - it's no good tilting at windmills. You all know who and what we're referring to. However, we're going to bite our tongue. Not because we don't have plenty we wou ...
  • Quote of the Day: Biased BBC exposed edition
    "People will quite rightly continue to question what influence the EU exerts over the BBC, particularly in the light of EU loans and grants, and the BBC's often one-sided coverage of matters relating to Europe." - Karl McCartney MP, cited in the Daily Telegraph (HT: Eurosceptic1) Stunning ...
  • A musical interlude...
    Just so you know where our head's at, a couple of music videos which we're hoping people identify the thematic of and relate to. More regular blogging soon: You know you're depressed when Aqua singing about the 80's makes you burst into tears. I'm not a racist, xenophobic Little Englande ...
  • Quote of the Day: 1st February 2012
    "The government led by Enda Kenny of Fine Gael is doing everything it can to stop a referendum, because the answer the voters would most probably give is a No (the Irish are fed up with the EU/ECB/IMF team known as 'the Germans' occupying their finance department)." - Mary Ellen Synon for the ...

Facing South

  • Texas court voids conviction in child death case
    The Ernie Lopez case highlights the growing international controversy over the reliability of the science used to prosecute cases of fatal child abuse and sexual assault.
    ...
  • Dumping dioxin on Dixie
    As the Environmental Protection Agency readies a long-awaited report on a class of health-damaging pollutants known as dioxins, we look at the biggest industrial dioxin sources in the U.S. -- ...
  • INSTITUTE INDEX: The truth behind Gingrich's f ...
    With Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich erroneously claiming that "more people have been put on food stamps by Barack Obama than any president in American history,&q ...
  • How to rein in Big Money's influence?
    The two-year anniversary of Citizens United -- and Stephen Colbert's SuperPAC -- have pushed the issue of money in politics into center stage. The question now: How best to reign in B ...
  • Actual winner unclear in Supreme Court's rulin ...
    Last week's ruling that federal judges in Texas overstepped their bounds in drawing a minority-friendly set of interim maps for the 2012 elections was interpreted by some as a win for ...

CenterLine

  • Search for new executive director of Center on ...
    Karen Greenberg, executive director of NYU Law’s Center on Law and Security (CLS), announced she is leaving to pursue other career opportunities. Greenberg’s tenure as executive director began with the founding of the Center in 2003.  Under her stewardship, CLS … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Terrorism News
    Today’s Terrorism News post will be the last one for the summer. Along with the staff here at the Center on Law and Security, and with particular thanks to The Soufan Group for its generous support and to Carolyn O’Hara … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Terrorism News
    In Association with The Soufan Group At Radicalization Hearing, Rep. King Says al Shabab Poses Threat Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) held a third congressional hearing on Islamic radicalization in the United States Wednesday, this one focused on the threat of … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Terrorism News
    In Association with The Soufan Group Four Indicted for Drug Trafficking to Benefit Terrorism Federal prosecutors in New York unsealed indictments Tuesday against four men they say conspired to sell drugs and buy weapons for Hezbollah and the Taliban in … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Terrorism News
    In Association with The Soufan Group In Arkansas, Man Accused of Killing Soldier Strikes Plea Deal A man on trial for shooting two U.S. soldiers, one of whom was killed, outside of a military recruiting station in 2009 reached a … Continue reading →

Short Sharp Science

Tech Drive In

  • YouTube Remote App for Android is Pretty Cool
    First of all, this is not a new application. YouTube Remote app is an official Android app by Google and it has been there for sometime now. It is one of the better apps for Android made by Google but not many Android users, especially newbies, know about it. Here's everything you need to know ...
  • Mr Legs - One of the Most Original Android Gam ...
    Mr Legs is a brand new Android game that promises a lot of fun. Gameplay is rather simple but very clever and addictive. Animations, visual style, artworks and everything else about this game is very creative. Though the game itself is rather simplistic by design, it is very well executed. Mr ...
  • First Ever Humble Indie Bundle for Android!
    This is great news for all hard core Android gamers out there. Humble Indie Bundle has just released their first ever collection of games for Android at the usual pay-what-you-want price. Games include Anomaly: Warzone Earth, Osmos, EDGE, and World of Goo. Humble Indie Bundle f ...
  • Unity 5.2 Released, Brings in Multi-Monitor Su ...
    Unity 5.2 is released and it brings in some much needed features to Ubuntu's Unity shell. The new upgraded Unity comes with multi-monitor support and there is this tiny little Unity launcher related hack that is going to make the lives of so many Ubuntu users a wee bit easier.  ...
  • KDE's "Spark" Tablet Promises a Truly Open Future
    If the near domination of Linux at CES 2012 wasn't good enough news for you, this little tablet from KDE is definitely going to make you happy. Out of the blue, lead KDE hacker Aaron Seigo announced to the world the imminent launch of Spark tablet running KDE's brand new Plasma Active de ...

Case About Bird Flu

  • UNIVERSITY THREATENS HÖRMANN WITH LEGAL ACTION ...
    *Economics University Professor Franz Hörmann faces legal action over Holocaust denial *Vienna Economics University says it will suspend Hörmann if remarks questioning Holocaust are authentic *Is Hörmann a Globalist provocateur designed to discredit the sound money movement? Vienna Economics Uni ...
  • VIENNA CHAMBER OF DOCTORS ARE NAZIS SAYS HEALT ...
    Austrian health economist Ernest Pichlbauer has called the Vienna Chamber of Doctors Nazis on his facebook page with refreshing honesty. http://derstandard.at/1326503857555/Nach-Aerztekammer-Diskussion-Die-Kammer-sind-echte-Nazis “Ever heard about psycho terror and the suppression of free speech ...
  • EU signs ACTA, global internet censorship treaty
    IF THE BIRDFLU 666 BLOG IS EVER TAKEN DOWN WITHOUT DUE JUDICIAL PROCESS, THEN CHECK OUT MY FOURTH EMPIRE BLOG SPOT FOR UPDATES.   Rady Ananda Prisonplanet.com January 27, 2012 Today, the European Union and 22 member states signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), Japan’s Minis ...
  • 50,000 GERMANS NOW SUFFER FROM NARCOLEPSY &#82 ...
    *ONE IN SIX VICTIMS DIAGNOSED WITH SLEEPING DISORDER IN GERMANY IS A CHILD *AVERAGE AGE OF VICTIM IS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 *NARCOLEPSY IS AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE CAUSED BY ADJUVANT, CONFIRMS AUSTRIAN UNIVERSITY,  PREDICTED BY DR REBECCA CARLEY IN 2009 A staggering 50,000 Germans now suffer from the sl ...
  • Why I will be suing the Austrian government al ...
    One element I will emphasise in my claim for damages against the Austrian government is the psychological distress I have been forced to suffer. In February 2010, I twice came close to being confined by a researcher employed by the Austrian government, who works for one of the most notorious res ...

Invisible Opportunity

  • Espionage gang made illegal recordings of staf ...
    1 February 2012 / TODAY’S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL An espionage gang that used blackmail to extort intelligence on Turkey’s security projects installed secret cameras all over a facility of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) and illegally videotaped most of ...
  • No Exit For Bilderbergers – Why A Plague Will ...
    By horse237 I explained brain eating vaccines to a black teenager who plays soccer with my nephew. The idea is to add them into normal vaccines to eat away the receptors for anger and other emotions claiming it will reduce stress. As I explained, the real purpose is to make him more easily and c ...
  • Huge victory against GMOs as Monsanto driven o ...
    by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger (NaturalNews) A massive victory against Monsanto and genetically engineered seeds has been achieved in the United Kingdom today. Monsanto has announced a total withdrawal from the UK, shuttering its Cambridge-based wheat production operation. UK newspaper Daily M ...
  • Breaking: Monsanto Forced Out of UK by Activists
    Anthony Gucciardi Activist Post It has been a truly rough week for Monsanto. After being slammed with a lawsuit by concerned farmers over their GMO crops and thrown out by China, now the corrupt juggernaut is being thrown out of the United Kingdom. In an unprecedented announcement, Monsanto anno ...
  • Vaccine-Induced Disease Epidemic Outbreaks
    By A. True Ott, PhD, ND 8-23-9 The year was 1921. America was entering a decade of robust prosperity. Later called “The Roaring Twenties”, it was a time of unparalleled economic expansion. Debt money from Wall Street banks was plentiful and easy to obtain. The “Great War” ...

Veterans Today

  • Will this get me sent to Guantanamo?
    Normally I wouldn't expect to get sent to Guantanamo for telling anti-Congress jokes. But these days, anything is possible.
  • Bush Knew Bin Laden Murdered in 2001
    President George W. Bush knew Osama bin Laden was a CIA agent and in no way ever involved in 9/11. He knew bin Laden personally from family visits and knew bin Laden had been to the White House while living in the US under the cover name of "Tim Osmon." This has been verified by CIA officials.
  • How’s That “Change” Working ...
    Who dreams up the glowing economic numbers and why do we let them get away with it?
  • Russia and China Veto Syria Resolution
    "Russia and China were the only permanent Security Council members opposing the draft, reminding others that it was not their place to intervene in another country's domestic affairs."
  • Democracy, Utopia or Opiate?
    The U.S. is touted as having a great democracy. Everything good--either real or imagined—is supposedly due to their principles of democracy. Seldom do American politicians or members of the public define or clarify what those principles include.

electric politics

  • Whither Korea?
    The North Koreans aren't stupid. Nor are they brainwashed ideological zombies. Their main problem is that for the past sixty some years they've been at war with the U.S., a war the U.S. either doesn't want or know how to end. But might a changing of the guard in North Korea lead to an improvemen ...
  • Nuclear Nihilism
    Few people know more about nuclear power than a former Commissioner of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, especially the one who had the lead in responding to Three Mile Island. So when Dr. Victor Gilinsky suggests that it would be reasonable for the U.S. to phase out nuclear power, people shoul ...
  • One of Our Other Cold Wars
    As is typical of situations involving post-WWII imperial over-reach, U.S. distress with Iran is largely our own fault. If the CIA had not overthrown Mohammad Mosaddegh in 1953 — Operation Ajax — and if afterward the U.S. had not incessantly sought to get the Iranians to do what we wa ...
  • Seeking Economic Truth
    John Maynard Keynes understood that economics describes human beings, a fact that modern mainstream economics — the applied theory of "rational expectations" — effectively assumes away. Keynes' biographer, Lord Robert Skidelsky, reminds us that our economic priorities should extend b ...
  • Accelerated Ideas
    When a retired four star Admiral provides support for nuclear arms control and a few other commendable things, the proper interrogatory is "yes." Or "yes, Sir." A gentleman with a friendly disposition and a cautious but lightning fast mind, Admiral Bobby Ray Inman (Ret.) reasonably assesses the ...

PR News

  • Komen reversal shows power of social networks
    WASHINGTON: The quick resolution to the standoff between The Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization and Planned Parenthood is a testament to the power of social media, say industry experts.
  • Dalton Agency, Kilgannon merge
    JACKSONVILLE, FL: Advertising and PR firm the Dalton Agency has merged with Atlanta-based advertising agency Kilgannon.
  • Foursquare hires M Booth as AOR
    NEW YORK: Location-based social networking service Foursquare has hired M Booth as its PR AOR, confirmed Foursquare PR manager Erin Gleason.
  • Kraft pitches breakfast biscuits to US consumers
    NORTHFIELD, IL: Kraft Foods is launching its belVita Breakfast Biscuits in the US by promoting them as a new morning concept for American consumers.
  • Carmakers expand news cycle for Super Bowl ads
    Brands are making their internal PR teams and agency partners a bigger part of their Super Bowl plans, lengthening the news cycle for their ads and taking advantage of consumer enthusiasm on social media.

A special project of Foreign Policy and the New America Foundation

  • Leaving Afghanistan
    Seven Afghanistan experts review the president's plans for ending the war.
  • Raging at Rawalpindi
    American leaders are furious with Pakistan’s military in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s killing. But twisting arms will only backfire.
  • The FP Salon: Peter Bergen's The Longest War
    An FP round-table discussion on counterterrorism expert Peter Bergen's latest book. A decade after 9/11, is the war on terrorism a war we can win?
  • Crazy Like a Fox
    In a fit of anger, Hamid Karzai axes his director of intelligence, Amrullah Saleh. But is there method to his madness?
  • Addicted to Contractors
    The United States is hooked on privatized warfare in Afghanistan. And it's more costly than you think.

Field Notes - Alberta Environment

Stop NATO

  • Noose Tightened Around Iran
    Voice of Russia February 3, 2012 Knot tightens around Iran Ilya Kharlamov ==== The US [says it] is against the strike and believes that the current sanctions are more than sufficient. However, these statements are at odds with the growing US and NATO presence in the Persian Gulf. Their troops an ...
  • Division Of Labor: U.S. And NATO Adjust Global ...
    Xinhua News Agency February 5, 2012 U.S. holds Europe in arms while looking towards Asia           by Han Mo Edited by RR ==== The U.S. top diplomat…cited the joint efforts made by the two sides on changing Libya, stabilizing Afghanistan and pressing Iran for ...
  • Veto Of UN Draft Resolution Aims At Political ...
    Xinhua News Agency February 5, 2012 Veto of UN draft aims at political solution to Syrian crisis              By Yu Zhixiao NATO’s Proud Manta war games in the Mediterranean in 2011. Proud Manta 12 begins on February 14. NATO’s Operation Active ...
  • Syria Crisis: UN Hijacked By U.S. And NATO
    RT February 5, 2012 http://rt.com/files/news/lavrov-clinton-syria-resolution-517/i892691df5bce7fd8618b5c0d1269def4_rick-rozoff.mp4?download=1 VIDEO The UN has been hijacked by the US and NATO, says Rick Rozoff of the Stop NATO group. “The very name of the international community has been appropr ...
  • Stop NATO news: February 5, 2012
    ==== Munich: Germany Pushes Further NATO-EU Military Integration Munich: France Promotes Libya-Style European-GCC Contact Group On Syria NATO Submarines, Warplanes, Ships In Mediterranean Exercise 21-Gun Salute: Saakashvili Visits U.S. Naval Academy After Pentagon Munich: Azerbaijan Supplants Ru ...

Before It's News

Intel Hub

  • Leaking & Damaged Nuclear Power Plants In The ...
    The Intel Hub News Brief - Across the United States there are numerous problems with different nuclear power plants including the release of a small amount of radiation in California.
  • Nevada! Clark County Vote Fraud
    Robert Wanek - Votes can be changed, tossed, or miscounted at almost any time in some caucus settings. An in depth article.
  • US and Spain Discuss Cleanup of Nuclear Radiation
    PHYSORG February 5, 2012 The United States is offering technical assistance to Spain to clean up land contaminated by radiation from undetonated nuclear bombs that accidentally fell on the area in 1966, the US State Department announced Saturday. The Spanish and US governments have not yet reach ...
  • Victory For Anti-Fluoride Activist: Major City ...
    Bob Tuskin: I am very proud of my fellow activist in Pinellas County, one of the largest in the Florida, for getting that nasty poison out of there water supply. This is a great example of grass-roots activism that can directly take on the New World Order’s attack on humanity. Our Intel Hu ...
  • Security Council Showdown on Syria
    The Intel Hub Stephen Lendman February 5, 2012 Slowly things are coming to a head. America, Israel, rogue NATO partners, and regional despot allies are itching for a fight with Syria. Russia and China stand firmly opposed. On February 3, Reuters headlined, “UN council to vote on Syria reso ...

FRS

  • Philippines: “Armed revolution and the ...
    A statement by Juanito Magbanua, Spokesperson, NPA Negros Island (Apolinario “Ka Boy” Gatmaitan Command) February 03, 2012 The Apolinario “Boy” Gatmaitan Command (AGC) salutes the unit of the NPA under the Roselyn “Ka Jean” Pelle Command (North Negros) for a successful military actio ...
  • After NYPD killed Ramarley Graham, 18, they he ...
    Focus on Police Treatment of Witness After Shooting By AL BAKER and TIM STELLOH, New York Times, February 4, 2012 After a police officer fatally shot an 18-year-old man in his Bronx apartment on Thursday, the man’s grandmother, a witness to the shooting, was taken into custody and held against h ...
  • NYPD Officers Shoot and Kill Three Black Men i ...
    Ramarley Graham, killed by NYPD (click for ABC news report) By TOM HAYS   02/ 3/12, New York Times NEW YORK — The police department announced Friday that a narcotics officer and his sergeant have been stripped of their guns and put on desk duty amid an investigation of the officer’s ...
  • Nepal: Liberation fighters wonder what to do, ...
    [With the ending of the revolutionary "people's war" in Nepal in 2006, imperialists, capitalists, and feudal landlords saw big opportunities for their renewed control and exploitation of long-suffering Nepalese people.  At the same time, a number of confused and noisy international "supporters" ...
  • Koraput, India: Political candidates wary of u ...
    The Times of India:  “Maoist fear keeps candidates indoors in Malkangiri” — February 2, 2012 KORAPUT: Electioneering is yet to pick up pace in Malkangiri district with Maoist fear preventing candidates from coming out of their houses in remote areas. The fear is understandable ...

Ken O'Keefe

  • PRESS RELEASE: Ofcom Bans Press TV in the UK & ...
    OFCOM HAS REVOKED Press TV Limited’s Television Licensable Content Service licence. It means that the British public can no longer watch Press TV on BSkyB’s Sky platform. Press TV International has released the following statement:
  • US CONGRESSIONAL BILL LISTS ME AS HAMAS, AL QA ...
    Ken O'Keefe has been named as having 'known links to Al Qaeda, Hamas, and other terrorist organizations' in US Congressional Bill now being processed through the traitorous US Congress. Here is the applicable paragraph; '(9) In 2010, IHH organized a flotilla that included the ship Mavi Marmara ...
  • US CONGRESSIONAL BILL LISTS ME AS HAMAS, AL QA ...
    Ken O'Keefe has been named as having 'known links to Al Qaeda, Hamas, and other terrorist organizations' in US Congressional Bill now being processed through the traitorous US Congress. Here is the applicable paragraph; '(9) In 2010, IHH organized a flotilla that included the ship Mavi Marmara ...
  • Congressional Traitors in the USA – Pass ...
    The traitors in the US Congress along with the Nobel Peace Prize winning President have committed yet another act of treason, passing the National Defence Authorisation Act with provisions that make indefinite detention of US citizens "legal".
  • Congressional Traitors in the USA – Pass ...
    The traitors in the US Congress along with the Nobel Peace Prize winning President have committed yet another act of treason, passing the National Defence Authorisation Act with provisions that make indefinite detention of US citizens "legal".

StillSmallVoice

  • Life is change and change is life
    And here is proof: The Courant's parent company, Tribune, is backing away from maintaining this particular blog format -- Movable Type -- in favor of another blog platform, one that is unworkable here. Namely, the new format allows blog comments to go online unapproved, and -- I say th ...
  • Maybe CEO salaries need a Buffett rule
    "Peer benchmarking" helps move compensation for CEOs ever higher. Perhaps one of the high-dollar bosses should take a page from Warren Buffett, who in August suggested in a New York Times essay that the rich don't carry their weight in taxes. Meanwhile, Buffett, himself, has refined his earlier ...
  • De-pinkifying breast cancer
    There's a growing movement that seeks to turn the pink ribbon upside down. You can read more here. Flickr photo
  • Why the occupation?
    You can see more Mother Jones charts here. You can read about Hartford's budding Occupation here, with a planning meeting set for 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Bushnell Park, and again at 5 p.m.
  • Cleansing after Yom Kippur
    Yom Kippur starts at sundown on Friday and here's one man's take on it. Flickr photo

Associated Content

  • Is Romney’s Nomination All but Assured?
    Why Mitt Romney is on track for the GOP nomination.Contributor: Jared Feldman Published: Feb 04, 2012
  • Stock Markets Hit Highs; is Pullback Coming?
    Despite another strong week on the US stock markets, it is becoming abundandly more apparent that a pullback is near.Contributor: Jared Feldman Published: Feb 04, 2012
  • Unemployment Rates Fall, but Voters Are Still ...
    The nation's unemployment rates have fallen for the first time in years, but even with the fall, unemployment rates are still the lowest they have been during any presidential election since the Great Depression. Voters are now facing a difficult decisionContributor: Samantha Van Vleet Published ...
  • Groundhog Day 2012: Punxsutawney Phil Has Comp ...
    The Punxsutawney Area Chamber of Commerce announces that Groundhog Day 2012 is a bust for spring lovers. Punxsutawney Phil was coaxed out of its burrow at 7:25 a.m. and delivered a wintery prediction. Do fellow groundhogs concur?Contributor: Sylvia Cochran Published: Feb 02, 2012
  • Susan G. Komen Foundation Quits Planned Parent ...
    Since 2005, the breast cancer charity donated money to Planned Parenthood. On Jan. 31, the Susan G. Komen Foundation ended the alliance.Contributor: Alethea Pape Published: Feb 01, 2012

Popsci - Science

  • To Compare Human and Monkey Brains, Humans and ...
    Scores of animals exist in scientific laboratories for the purpose of serving as our proxies, their cortices mapped and their flu responses studied so scientists can figure out how humans work. But in many cases, there’s little agreement between their functions and ours, and scientists need to f ...
  • The Most Amazing Science Images of the Week, J ...
    This week's Images of the Week gallery includes a cocktail that looks, according to the person who made it, like an "alien brain hemorrhage," we've got the other side of that amazing "blue marble" picture of Earth, we've got a handmade net fort we are dying to play in, and we've got internal org ...
  • Archive Gallery: PopSci Hunts For Mythical Beasts
    Abominable snowmen, sea serpents and dragons, oh my! We don't see a lot of cryptozoology - the study of animals that have not yet been proven to exist - in the pages of PopSci these days, but that's what we have the archives for. Buried within the decades upon decades of "real" science, filled ...
  • Images of the Week, January 30-February 3, 2012
  • 10-Year-Old Accidentally Creates New Molecule ...
    Little Clara's tetranitratoxycarbon is brand new and explosive Clara Lazen is the discoverer of tetranitratoxycarbon, a molecule constructed of, obviously, oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon. It's got some interesting possible properties, ranging from use as an explosive to energy storage. Lazen is l ...

Veterans Today

  • Will this get me sent to Guantanamo?
    Normally I wouldn't expect to get sent to Guantanamo for telling anti-Congress jokes. But these days, anything is possible.
  • Bush Knew Bin Laden Murdered in 2001
    President George W. Bush knew Osama bin Laden was a CIA agent and in no way ever involved in 9/11. He knew bin Laden personally from family visits and knew bin Laden had been to the White House while living in the US under the cover name of "Tim Osmon." This has been verified by CIA officials.
  • How’s That “Change” Working ...
    Who dreams up the glowing economic numbers and why do we let them get away with it?
  • Russia and China Veto Syria Resolution
    "Russia and China were the only permanent Security Council members opposing the draft, reminding others that it was not their place to intervene in another country's domestic affairs."
  • Democracy, Utopia or Opiate?
    The U.S. is touted as having a great democracy. Everything good--either real or imagined—is supposedly due to their principles of democracy. Seldom do American politicians or members of the public define or clarify what those principles include.

War is Business

Hudson's Weather & Climate

  • First widespread snow of winter on its way
    It's been a long time in coming, but there's been a remarkably consistent signal in the last couple of days that later on Saturday into Saturday night a large part of the UK will be affected by the first widespread fall of snow so far this winter. It's a classic meteorological battle between co ...
  • East versus West: Let the battle commence!
    For the first time this winter, after a relentless spell of westerly winds, many areas are expected to see a general change to colder conditions as we head through the weekend and into next week. As the colder air becomes established it will be competing with milder air from the Atlantic. Wher ...
  • Will we see the Northern Lights again tonight?
    The Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, featured prominently across the skies of Northern Britain last night. The fabulous photograph below, taken at the Tan Hill Inn in North Yorkshire, is courtesy of North news and pictures. Auroras are caused by charged particles such as electrons and ...
  • Will winter pass us by this year?
    As we head into the second half of winter, there's still no real indication of a change in the weather pattern that has so dominated the UK since winter began on 1st December. Despite one or two short lived cold snaps, which brought some snow mainly to the hills of Northern Britain, many parts ...
  • 2011 - 9th warmest globally on satellite record
    The Global temperature in December, according to the UAH satellite measure, showed little change from the previous month with an anomaly of +0.127C above the running 30 year mean, shown on the graph below. Adjusted to the more standard time period, the anomaly is approximately +0.380C abov ...

Internat'l Political Economy

  • RMB Internationalization's Coming Along Fine, TY
    This is a short follow-up to a post I recently made about how the RMB was becoming more integrated into the global SWIFT interbank transfer system as well as the emergence of RMB libor creating reference rates for yuan-denominated borrowing. All point towards inroads the renminbi is making towar ...
  • Ry Cooder's Fine Soundtrack to American Decline
    Whoa, how I missed album this the first time around I dunno but I guess it's never too late to rectify that error. Never let it be said that this blog doesn't offer you the full panoply of American decline. Oftentimes, the most memorable art and literature doesn't cover success stories but rathe ...
  • Attn Deficit Lovers: Why China Should Rule World
    Balancing one's budget is the most fundamental money management task one faces. If there's eomething that so graphically illustrates Western decline, it is the inability to do anything other than run up massive debts that are a burden on future generations, all the while spouting all sorts of ut ...
  • Asshat Stripping: RBS' Fred Goodwin De-Knighted
    Pardon the title but I thought it appropriate for the subject matter. At any rate, here's something you don't see everyday. Typically, HM Queen Elizabeth knights not only those who've worked to improve social conditions in the Commonwealth alike Sir Bob Geldof and Sir Bono but also captains of i ...
  • Lamborghini Aventador, US-Subsidized Supercar
    Now for one of my occasional Robb Report impersonations--albeit with an IPE twist. (We've got style, baby.) In 1998, Lamborghini became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Audi AG, which in turn is a luxury brand of the almighty Volkswagen Group--the real largest automaker in the world. What if the Ge ...

Economic Collapse Blog

  • The Financial Crisis Of 2008 Was Just A Warm U ...
    The people out there that believe that the U.S. economy is experiencing a permanent recovery and that very bright days are ahead for us should have their heads examined.  Unfortunately, what we are going through right now is simply just a period of "hopetimism" between two financ ...
  • I Can’t Take It Anymore! When Will The G ...
    On Friday, the entire financial world celebrated when it was announced that the unemployment rate in the United States had fallen to 8.3 percent. That is the lowest it has been since February 2009, and it came as an unexpected surprise for financial markets that are hungry for so ...
  • The United Nations Wants To Crash The World Ec ...
    The United Nations says that the earth is in great danger and that the way you and I are living is the problem.  In a shocking new report entitled, "Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing" the UN declares that the entire way that we currently approach economi ...
  • 47 Signs That China Is Absolutely Destroying A ...
    Have you ever watched a football game or a basketball game where one team dominates the other team so badly that calling it a "blowout" would be a huge understatement?  Well, that is what China is doing to the United States.  China is absolutely destroying America on the global e ...
  • Making Money On Poverty: JP Morgan Makes Bigge ...
    How would you feel if someone told you that one of the largest banks on Wall Street makes more money whenever the number of Americans on food stamps goes up?  Unfortunately, this is something that is actually true.  In the United States today, one out of every seven Americans is ...

Infoshop - Alt Media

E U Times

  • NASA discovers 11 new Solar Systems
    NASA’s Kepler space telescope has discovered eleven new planetary systems confirming the existence of 26 new planets outside our solar system. The newly found planets range in size from 1.5 to five times the diameter of Earth and are closer to their host star than Venus is to the Sun. None ...
  • Anti-HIV pill to cause AIDS epidemic?
    It has been proven to drastically decrease the chances of contracting HIV before one is even exposed to the virus: Truvada is considered a medical breakthrough by some, yet others fear the once-a-day prevention pill could spur a deadly AIDS epidemic. The drug — a small, blue pill ingested orally ...
  • India to send business delegation to Iran
    India plans to send a business delegation to Iran to hold talks aimed at increasing the volume of Tehran’s oil exports to New Delhi, a report says. “We will need to lead a business delegation there, taking potential exporters across a range of sectors, and go out there and talk to th ...
  • Pentagon pushes to leave Afghanistan as soon a ...
    Barely a month after the last US combat troops walked out of Iraq, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday that they would be altering already established plans in Afghanistan and doing the same there in a matter of months. US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Wednesday announced that American comba ...
  • Europe cold spell kills 223 with colder days e ...
    At least 223 people have died during a seven-day cold spell in eastern and central Europe where temperatures are expected to plummet even further over the weekend. Most of the victims are from the European Union’s poorest countries, including Ukraine with as many as 101 people killed. Pola ...

Voiceless Victim

  • Towards Deception and Denial: Vatican PR Parad ...
    Vatican PR is in overdrive again, trying to ensure there is no possibility of any unauthorised commentary of the so-called “Global Summit on Sexual Abuse” this week, other than their own carefully manipulated spin. Surprisingly, Vatican PR has finally realised how little credibility ...
  • You Ensured We Never Had A Chance
    This poem is dedicated to all the apologists, enablers and paedophile protectors of the catholic church. But particularly to the founder of the Passionist family group movement who introduced a monster into family homes. He then let this criminal have even more unsupervised access to his favouri ...
  • More Damning Evidence Vatican Couldn’t G ...
    The Netherlands has recently been added to the growing list of countries or local authorities to have conducted official investigations into the catholic church’s cover up of widespread child rape. Just like those in the US and Ireland, Dutch authorities found the actions, or lack of actio ...
  • Translating Church-speak
    The Catholic Church hierarchy used to be able to manipulate and hoodwink their local populace by speaking, writing, singing, praying and conducting business in Latin. A simple but very effective means to disempower a local populace, especially when coupled with the impossibility of any but the r ...
  • State Gives Church A Beginners Lesson In Morality
    The recent revelations that football coaching staff and their supervisors at Penn State University have been up to the Catholic Church’s old tricks has devastated victims of Catholic Church enabled child rape as much as the community directly affected by the crimes and their repercussions. ...

WL Central

  • Election Year Venezuela: It’s Washington vs. t ...
    Tweet Authored by Nikolas Kozloff As the Venezuelan presidential election approaches in October, Washington is undoubtedly hoping that Hugo Chávez will go down to stinging electoral defeat and that the populist leader’s geopolitical alliance will crumble and come to an ignominious end. Of partic ...
  • 2012-02-01 The Assange Extradition Hearing: Day 2
    TweetDuring the second and final day of the U.K. Supreme Court's hearings on Julian Assange's extradition, Matrix Chambers attorney Clare Montgomery offered her rebuttal to arguments made yesterday by Assange's counsel. (Dinah Rose is representing Assange in his fight against extradition to Swed ...
  • PCO WTF – Inside Canada's WikiLeaks Task Force
    TweetAuthored by Joe B. Today I received another large stack of LEGAL from the Privy Council Office regarding WikiLeaks. Back in July of 2011, I wrote about the DFAIT WTF, where I got the e-mails from the various diplomats who headed the WikiLeaks Task Force in Canada. Unlike the PCO, DFAIT gave ...
  • 2012-02-01 The Assange Extradition Hearing: Day 1
    Tweet At Day 1 of the Julian Assange extradition hearing On the night before the hearing began, one dedicated Assange supporter in London told me that she planned to arrive at Court by 6 a.m., ahead of the throngs that she expected based on the turnout at Assange's hearing last November. No doub ...
  • 2012-01-25 #WikiLeaks News: New details about ...
    Tweet This is a "WikiLeaks News Update", a daily news update of stories relating directly to WikiLeaks and also freedom of information, transparency, cybersecurity, and freedom of expression. News The activation of WikiLeaks’ social network Friends of WikiLeaks is to happen very soon ...

U N News

  • Haiti: UN welcomes ratification of pact on eco ...
    The United Nations peacekeeping force in Haiti (MINUSTAH) welcomed today the ratification by the Government of a pact on economic, social and cultural rights.
  • El Salvador: UN panel voices concern at arbitr ...
    A United Nations expert human rights panel has voiced concern about the right to security impinging on the right to be free from arbitrary detention in El Salvador, as well as extreme overcrowding in prisons and police facilities in the Central American nation.
  • Threatened by climate change, glaciers now und ...
    Criminal gangs are becoming a threat to the world's glaciers, which are already receding as a result of climate change, the United Nations said today, citing a case in Chile where police are investigating the theft of some 5,000 kilograms of millennia-old ice from the Jorge Montt glacier.
  • Former Haitian leader must face charges for hu ...
    The United Nations today voiced its concern at reports that former Haitian President Jean-Claude Duvalier may not face charges relating to the serious human rights violations that took place during his 15-year rule, while stressing that justice must be ensured for the victims.
  • Independent UN expert calls on Brazil to suspe ...
    An independent United Nations human rights expert today urged Brazilian authorities to suspend evictions from the Pinheirinho settlement in São Paulo and find durable solutions with residents.

Conspiracy Reality TV

  • The Magic Weed
    Hemp growing doesn't need any weed killing, no pesticide. Its raw material grows naturally and it doesn't need chemical intervention.
  • Blood Coltan
    Blood coltan still exists. I'm holding a mobile phone. And I know that the microprocessor it contains uses coltan. And if this coltan has been obtained at the massacre of 10 or 20 villagers through slave labor, the suffering of children forced to work in the mines by the armed militia. This is i ...
  • CAMP FEMA 2: Enemy of the State
    Some state governments passed measures to forcibly quarantine residents, incarcerate those who refuse to be vaccinated, and to forcibly vaccinate your children. Legislation like this passed during the much hyped H1N1 flu outbreak.
  • Hangar 18: The UFO Warehouse
    Not only was debris from many UFO crashes allegedly shipped to the base, but from the late 1940s until the end of the late 1960s, all reports regarding UFOs were conducted at Wright-Patterson for the military's official UFO investigation Project Blue Book.
  • HAARP – Everything You Wanted to Know – Nick B ...
    You might be surprised at all of the constructive uses HAARP could be used for, but will be even more surprised by its focus on weapons and military applications, such as weather modification, geological disruption such as triggering earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and perhaps most controver ...

Rewilding Institute

  • Paul S. Martin, Pleistocene Ecologist: Colleag ...
    Seven science colleagues present tributes to Paul S. Martin, 1928 – 2010: Jim King, Geoff Spaulding, Gary Haynes, Alberto Burquez, Tom Van Devender, David Burney, and Connie Barlow (plus, Paul’s son, Tom Martin). The outdoor memorial service was held on the University of Arizona&#821 ...
  • No title
  • Around the Campfire with Uncle Dave – Five Lit ...
    Ten years ago at the end of a three-week trip in Argentinean Patagonia and the rain-soaked, glacier-whittled southern Chilean coast, I took a nasty fall.   After flying home to New Mexico, my back, which had never bothered me before, grew steadily worse over the coming months.  I soon had to sto ...
  • Public Pressure Exposes Prime Minister Harpers ...
    Issues such as proposals to build the Keystone and Enbridge “Gateway” Pipelines, intended to carry Tarsands oil out of Canada, are receiving growing public scrutiny, and that often exposes bias or applies public pressure on isolated elitists, as some of our Federal, Provincial, and State politic ...
  • National Fish, Wildlife & Plants Climate Adapt ...
    Please visit the website for The National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy,  learn about this project, read the Public Review Draft and weigh in with your comments. The following is a very brief excerpt: From the Arctic to the Everglades, impacts like rising sea levels, war ...

Asia Sentinel

We Know the Lies

  • Something Smells in Nevada... Just Like Iowa.. ...
      February 5, 2012. Las Vegas. For the second time in just five primary states, the Republican Party, with the assistance of the national corporate news media, is raising questions about the legitimacy of this season’s primary election system. ~ Paul Wachtler read more
  • Are Your Phone Conversations Recorded?
      Recently a couple of politicians have been caught on tape saying something that they thought was private when, in fact, their audio was being recorded. In both situations the recordings were not intended to gather personal infor ...
  • Shocker... ACORN Manipulating Votes Again! Thi ...
      Not only is Barack Obama’s Department of Justice pleased to file suit against states which seek to legally ensure only registered voters who are American citizens will vote in the upcoming election; it is now actively working with ACORN’s “Project Vote” to register voters revealed to ...
  • Why Did Georgia Judge Malihi Dismiss Doug Vogt ...
      An issue of national security! Doug Vogt explains to Pastor Manning the stunning facts of grave concern for national security he presented before Judge Malihi. The overwhelming evidence against Obama's eligibility case should set off alarms! ~ related article - Video read more
  • Obama Propped Up by Congress?... What Does Con ...
      The video above the and article below is in response to Judge Michael Malihi's ruling in the Georgia Ballot Challenge. ~ SadInAmerica read more

Tarpley

  • Who Will Stop Obama’s Aggressive War on ...
    Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. PressTV January 29, 2012 [download video] The United States and the European Union have recently slapped unilateral sanctions against Iran’s oil and banking sectors based on the unsubstantiated claim that Iran is trying to acquire a military nuclear technology. T ...
  • Media Interviews
             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  >  >| page: 1 of 10   total items: 99 Statistics for Suicide, Domestic Violence, Crime Reveal Tragedy of Overstretched and Demoralized US Military After a Decade of Multiple Wars PressTV – January 21, ...
  • To Avoid War, Russia and China Must Announce T ...
    Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. PressTV January 17, 2012 recorded on January 15, 2012 [download video] [download audio] The United States is working hard to persuade other countries to obey its domestic law on sanctioning the Iranian Oil industry. Many experts believe that the US will face strong res ...
  • “Free Syrian Army” Unleashes Suici ...
    Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. PressTV January 12, 2012 [download video] [download audio] Press TV talks with Webster Griffin Tarpley, author and lecturer in Washington who shares his in-depth insights of the movements by Western and Arab elements behind the scenes to destabilize Syria and terroriz ...
  • Ron Paul’s $1 Trillion of Austerity Cuts ...
    Webster G. Tarpley on the Jeff Rense Program rense.com January 4, 2012 [download audio]

Modern Survivalism

  • Tuna Fish Canned in Oil or Water?
    If you are wondering whether to purchase canned tuna that is packed in oil or in water, and if your purchase decision is based on it being a emergency survival food prep, you many consider the following facts. The primary difference is that tuna packed in oil has about four times as much fat con ...
  • Today in the News:
    News Today (February 4, 2012) Syria plunges deeper into what many are already calling a civil war “It’s a real massacre in every sense of the word,” said a resident of the Khaldiya neighborhood, who gave his name as Abu Jihad. “I saw bodies of women and children lying on roads, beheaded. US play ...
  • What Is The Best Survival Preparedness Item?
    One answer to the question, “What is the best prep item to have?” is… drum-roll please… BLEACH. Your reaction may be one of surprise since I didn’t say a firearm, a hoard of rice and beans, gold or silver coins, or any other number of the nearly infinite preparednes ...
  • Medical Supplies – Stock Up!
    After I wrote my post yesterday, I also came across and reread a guest post we had by ‘Nurse Amy’. Posted on January 18, 2012, it’s titled, ‘List of ‘Collapse’ Medical Supplies’. As I was reading through her list of medical supplies that you should have ...
  • Today in the News:
    News Today (February 3, 2012) Human History is on the verge of a Great Event Iran is continuing to prepare itself for war against the West, and now is warning of a coming great event. Homeland Security Trains SuperBowl HotDog Vendors Big Sis Napolitano characterizes behaviors as potential signs ...

Fast Company

  • Planned Parenthood's Unplanned Branding Bonanza
    The fact that the beloved charity that owns the pink ribbon decided to pull its financial support of Planned Parenthood (a decision that was reversed three days later) in the end will help the Planned Parenthood brand even more than it damages the brand of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, ...
  • How Susan G. Komen For The Cure Torpedoed Its ...
    What a difference a week makes. On Tuesday, January 31, Susan G. Komen For The Cure announced that it would not renew its grants to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer exams, claiming that it doesn't permit funding to organizations under investigation by Congress. This is equal to more tha ...
  • Marketing Lessons From An Accidental Con Man
    In a previous Fast Company article, I wrote about hitchhiking. Specifically, what I’ve learned about hitching a ride in semi-rural South Africa and how these strategies apply to marketing. I learned something by accident last month that took my thumbing skills to a whole new level. I Buy ...
  • India's $35 Aakash Tablet Comes Apart
    Months after India's healthily anticipated $35 tablet was first unveiled, its owners are embroiled in a spat that is raising questions about its future.A $35 Indian Aakash tablet may turn out to be a pipe dream after all. In the most recent twist in the development of the unbelievably cheap piec ...
  • The Facebook IPO Players Club: Li Ka-shing
    They were doing just fine before, but Facebook's biggest minority owners are about to be catapulted into a far more elite bracket. As we ponder what Li Ka-shing will do with his extra millions, here's a look at what got him where he is today.Who he is: Sir Li Ka-shing is a Chinese businessman ba ...

Jadaliyya

  • US on UN Veto: "Disgusting," "Shameful," "Depl ...
        A Quick Listing of The United States' Record of Veto Use at the UN* (1972-2011) [Including Resolutions Against Decades of Atrocities/Violations, Often Supported/Bankrolled by the United States]       Year  Resolution Vetoed by the Un ...
  • The Ultras' Politics of Fun Confront Tyranny
    Wednesday’s massacre of Ahly Club fans in Port Said’s football stadium was the latest in a tragic crescendo for young Egyptians who continue to clash heavily with Egypt’s Central Security Forces. And though the clashes have been continually analyzed since they began in January of last y ...
  • لحظة
    أرى رجلاً في الأربعينيات. أو أنني لا أعرف كم يبلغ من العمر. ربما يكون في العشرينيات أو الثلاثينيات. الكدمات تملأ وجهه. شفته العليا متورمة من آثار الضرب. عيناه كحبتي خوخ يانعتين. مكبل اليدين. يرتدي كنزة قطنية بلا أكمام، تعكر بياضها آثار دم طازج. أحاول مشاهدة الفيديو. أقرأ تحذيراً يشير إلى ...
  • Cynicism Around Syria: Russia as Smokescreen
    Rehearsed statements filled the stale air of the UN Security Council on the last day of January. The Arab League’s Nabil el-Araby pleaded with the Council to adopt a draft resolution on Syria furnished by the Moroccan delegation to the UN. The Moroccan resolution is based on a report by ...
  • Nothing but my Words
    “What are you getting out of this?” This is the question I’ve been asked over and over for the past ten months and three weeks by people in my real life. It’s a legitimate question for all of us. What have all the hours we’ve spent tweeting and retweeting and Facebooking and blogging and ...

mediagazer

  • 'She's a spy!': Reporter banned from Nevada ca ...
    Ashley Powers / Los Angeles Times: 'She's a spy!':  Reporter banned from Nevada caucus  —  Nevada caucus voters line up at the Voter Verification Station to register during caucus voting procedures to pick delegates at Chaparral High School, in Las Vegas, Nevada.  (EPA ...
  • Where to watch the 2012 Super Bowl live online ...
    Janko Roettgers / GigaOM: Where to watch the 2012 Super Bowl live online  —  Super Bowl weekend is upon us, and this year, the big game is going to be streamed live online for the very first time.  Who wants to see the game between the Giants and the Patriots on a tiny lapt ...
  • topheadlin.es: Aggregating both news and news ...
    Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab: topheadlin.es: Aggregating both news and news judgment  —  top headlines:  —  There's a morning routine that seems to unite almost everyone in the media world: that first, groggy glance at the smartphone before leaving bed.&n ...
  • The New York Times' About.com: From All-Star T ...
    Jeff Roberts / paidContent: The New York Times' About.com: From All-Star To Albatross  —  About.com is in free fall.  The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) revealed yesterday that its network of information sites suffered a 67% drop in profits and that revenues had fallen by a qua ...
  • How Trump's non-endorsement of Gingrich made t ...
    Paul Farhi / Washington Post: How Trump's non-endorsement of Gingrich made the news  —  For about 15 hours Wednesday night and Thursday morning, Donald Trump was going to endorse Newt Gingrich for the Republican nomination.  The news media — or at least several highly ...

Chemtrail News

  • CHEMTRAIL AND UFO SIGHTING, PORIRUA, NZ ...
    I suspected it of being a Chemtrail and therefore pulled out the video camera to film it. Many planes went by during the shooting, more than any other time I have ... https://chemtrailsnorthnz.wordpress.com/.../chemtrail-and-ufo-...
  • Maui residents craft legislation to ban geo-en ...
    Maui residents craft legislation to ban geo-engineering 'chemtrails' www.naturalnews.com/033691_chemtrails_Maui.html
  • 10 mile long chemtrail 1 Video
    probably longer. denver,co 9/23/11 Author: Boondox681 Keywords: denver ten mile long chemtrail Added: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:33:25. vodpod.com/watch/15460352-10-mile-long-chemtrail-1
  • ChemTrail Pilot Admits to 'Domestic ...
    Headlines ChemTrail Pilot Admits to 'Domestic Terrorism'! ... Chemtrails: The Consequences of Toxic Metals and Chemical Aerosols on Human Health · Heavy ... www.davidicke.com/.../53899-chemtrail-pilot-admits-to-dome...
  • Chemtrail Rainbow - YouTube
    Chemtrails caused rainbow....no rain. ... I have several (which I think are ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcOyMeW0xpU

World News - Top Stories

  • Langer feels for ‘out of form’ Marsh
    Sydney: Australian batting coach Justin Langer has said he sympathizes with the beleaguered Shaun Marsh who has been struggling with poor form lately. Marsh has been dropped from the Australian one-day international team and will now play for Western Australia in the Sheffield Shield in an a ...
  • Every party should respect judiciary: Sha ...
    Disapproving Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Raj Thackeray's fiery reaction to the Bombay high court decision's denying him permission to hold rally at Shivaji Park in Mumbai, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday underlined the need to maintain the dignity ...
  • Amar Singh asked me to return to Congress ...
    Defending his parting of ways with old friend Amar Singh, Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt today claimed that his "return" to Congress came after "advice" to this effect from the expelled Samajwadi Party leader himself. "It was Amar Singh himself who gave...
  • Maziarz’s welcome uncertain in Niagara Fa ...
    For years, critics of State Sen. George D. Maziarz have said the Newfane Republican has no business speaking up about problems in Niagara Falls — after all, the city lies outside his district. But if one part of a redistricting map recently drawn by State Senate Republicans withstands a gube ...
  • Wenger claims winning more important than ...
    London, Feb 5(ANI): Following his team's outstanding game against the Blackburn Rovers, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said that winning is all that matters for his team...

no frakking consensus

  • Proselytizing to Toddlers
    Many jurisdictions frown on advertising that is aimed at children. But UNESCO says nursery schools should teach kids about sustainable development.
  • Pachauri Pushes Emissions Reduction – Again
    The IPCC is supposed to be "policy-neutral, never policy-prescriptive." How can it be OK for its chairman to lobby for one policy in particular?
  • What Pachauri Means by ‘Sustainable’
    For the head of the IPCC, sustainable is just another word for a global anti-poverty campaign. Which means that organizations such as his own TERI institute, in poor countries such as India, receive lots of funding.
  • Pachauri’s 5-Star Sustainability Summit
    If you were hosting a sustainability conference that criticized energy-intensive lifestyles and over-consumption, would you do it at a five-star hotel?
  • Medical Journals Spearhead Climate Lynch Mob
    Why are the editors of leading medical journals trying to suppress climate free speech? Since this isn't their area of expertise how dare they harass those with a different point-of-view?

Anna's News

  • National Parks at Risk: Photos
    National parks represent our country's last stronghold of wilderness. But the large majority of parks are suffering, too.Ninety-five percent of parks assessed in a recent study have lost key species that once helped define them. Meanwhile, 91 percent .... Submitted by Anna Smith to Animals &nbs ...
  • Suicide rates in Europe 'linked' to financial ...
    The financial crisis "almost certainly" led to an increase in suicides across Europe, health experts say.The analysis by US and UK researchers found a rise in suicides was recorded among working age people from 2007 to 2009 in nine of the 10 nations...... Submitted by Anna Smith to Health & Well ...
  • Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerela - Richest in ...
    For the past one week, the Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerela has been in the news because of the huge wealth found in its secret crypts.The Padmanabhaswamy Temple is the most famous Lord Vishnu temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerela. It is bel ............ Submitted by Anna Smith to World  |& ...
  • South Sudan becomes an independent nation
    South Sudan has become the world's newest nation, the climax of a process made possible by the 2005 peace deal that ended a long and bloody civil war.Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon are among international dignitaries Submitted by Anna Smith to World   ...
  • Polar Shifts on Rising Seas
    How high will the oceans rise in response to our warming global climate, and how fast will it happen?Climate scientists have been unable to answer these basic questions with any confidence, mainly because they can't really tell how the ice caps at the.... Submitted by Anna Smith to Environment ...

Medical Marijuana

  • 2/2/12 - Did You Know? Little Known Facts abou ...
    2012election.procon.org - Did You Know? Little Known Facts about US Presidential Elections - Did you know that a presidential candidate has won the election despite losing the popular vote four times in US history, or that every US President since 1852 has been either a Republican or a Democrat? ...
  • 1/26/12 - 16 States with Pending Legislation t ...
    medicalmarijuana.procon.org - NEW: 16 States with Pending Legislation to Legalize Medical Marijuana - Bills that would legalize medical marijuana are being considered in 16 states. Ten bills carried over from 2011 in states that have two-year legislative sessions. One state, Delaware, passed m ...
  • 1/25/12 - 2012 Presidential Candidates Quiz
    2012election.procon.org - 2012 Presidential Candidates Quiz - Take our compatibility quiz to find out which candidate is the best match for you. We've updated the questionnaire with five new questions on credit cards, government bailouts, outsourcing jobs, Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac, and ta ...
  • 1/25/12 - 40 States That Allow Underage (under ...
    drinkingage.procon.org – UPDATED: 40 States That Allow Underage (under 21) Alcohol Consumption – 40 US states have exceptions to allow underage consumption of alcohol under certain circumstances including medical, educational, or religious purposes. 10 states and the District of Columbia allow n ...
  • 1/25/12 - 2012 Presidential Candidate Summary ...
    2012election.procon.org - 2012 Presidential Candidate Summary Chart - See Gary Johnson (Libertarian), the five remaining Republican candidates (Gingrich, Paul, Roemer, Romney, and Santorum), and Barack Obama's positions on 30 different issues in our side-by-side candidate summary chart.

Truth About Our World

Gyrovague's Raves

  • US Government tries to restrict publication
    of details on avian flu virus that spreads among mammals John Timmer Although avian flu viruses have infected humans in the past (often with lethal effect), so far, these infections have come directly from birds. Over this past summer, however, researchers presented disturbing results at a scien ...
  • A collapsing scientific hypothesis led to a la ...
    John Timmer In 2006, scientists announced a provocative finding: a retrovirus called XMRV, closely related to a known virus from mice, was associated with cases of prostate cancer. But other labs, using different sets of patients, found no evidence of a viral infection. Before the controversy co ...
  • Hackers gave Subway a $30 million lesson in po ...
    Sean Gallagher For thousands of customers of Subway restaurants around the US over the past few years, paying for their $5 footlong sub was a ticket to having their credit card data stolen. In a scheme dating back at least to 2008, a band of Romanian hackers is alleged to have stolen payment car ...
  • Defendant asks US Marshals to drag Righthaven ...
    Timothy B. Lee The copyright trolling firm Righthaven hit a new low on Monday when one of its targets sought to have a US Marshal drag Righthaven officers into court to explain their failure to comply with a previous court order. When we began covering Righthaven last year, the firm seemed like ...
  • Firefox 9 and fancy JavaScript optimizations
    Peter Bright Another six weeks have gone by, and another version of Firefox has been released. Still not officially "live," Firefox 9 improves on Firefox 8 with a JavaScript engine that’s up to 30 percent faster and, well, not a whole lot else. Mac OS X users will have a little mor ...

In Verbena | Royal Society

  • Revolutionary science
    This week marks the first anniversary of the popular uprising in Egypt that resulted in the overthrow of the then president, Hosni Mubarak. Yesterday, as new rounds of demonstrations were taking place in Egypt, I attended the launch of an Institute of Development Studies bulletin on The Pulse of ...
  • Martin Rees looks back to understand why ‘scie ...
    In what might be described as the science policy Christmas lecture, former Royal Society President Lord Rees offered a tour de force of recurrent issues in science policy. Speaking at the Cambridge Centre for Science and Policy, Rees navigated issues from energy supply to food security, with a n ...
  • Digital tools for the scientific endeavour – o ...
    FROM CLAIRE COPE IN THE SCIENCE POLICY CENTRE Scientists collect data; analyse it; try to make sense of it all; and publish their findings in a scientific journal. Right? Well yes, but it’s not always as simple as that. The way in which science is conducted has changed dramatically over the past ...
  • Transparent Government, not Transparent Citize ...
    The Index on Censorship held a debate asking if transparency is bad for science on Tuesday evening. Two of the Royal Society’s ‘Science as a Public Enterprise’ working group were on the panel: Sir Mark Walport FRS and Baroness Onora O’Neill FRS. Onora mentioned a useful  report by Kieron O’Hara ...
  • Discovery Reinvented? The Promise of European ...
    Next Thursday, the Policy Centre is holding an event in Brussels…   Chaired by Martin Porter, Managing Director, Edelman | The Centre  & Geoffrey Boulton FRS, University of Edinburgh   Wednesday, December 14, 2011 from 12.00 to 17.30, followed by a drinks reception The Centre is hosting ...

NAU Resistance

  • End of Nations: Canada, the US and the “Securi ...
    Regardless of whether this particular agreement bears fruit for those seeking to bring the two countries into a closer union, or whether it is just another waypoint on the road of a much longer and more detailed process, the very real concerns about the erosion of national sovereignty implicit i ...
  • Goodbye Kyoto, Make Way For The North American ...
    "On Tuesday December 13th the Minister of the Environment Peter Kent announced that Canada is removing itself from the Kyoto Protocol. Kent is pushing for a more unified agreement that would unite all nation's on a global scale."
  • The Pretext For A North American Homeland Secu ...
    "Any deal which gives the Department of Homeland Security more personal information poses a serious risk to privacy rights"
  • Welcome To Fortress North America! NAU-Phase One
    We knew that there was nothing “new” at all to be found in this "new border vision"
  • Paving The Way For A North American Union
    By: Press For Truth (http://www.pressfortruth.ca) Release Date: 11/9/11 The agenda for a North American Union is underway and a new security perimeter deal will blur the lines at the border and further erode the sovereignty of Canadians and Americans. On November 13th Stephen Harper, Barack Ob ...

Gaea Times

  • Katie Holmes
    more images Katie Holmes shelters underneath an umbrella as she returns to her trailer wrapped in a white dressing gown on the set of latest movie ?Jack And Jill?. Los Angeles, California. .... Source  : Gaea News Network.
  • Ava Sambora Walks The Runway
    more images LOS ANGELES (GaeaTimes.com)- It seems that the celebrity children are making headlines now a days. Just few days back Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s daughter Willow Smith’s “Whip My Hair” went viral online, its time for Ava Sambora, the 13 year old daugh ...
  • Tylenol Recall Ghost Haunts Johnson & Johnson
    more images FORT WASHINGTON (GaeaTimes.com)- Johnson & Johnson the diversified pharmaceutical and health care company is back in news though for the wrong reasons. Tylenol is a product made by the company that is being recalled now in USA and Puerto Rico. This is not the first time that the ...
  • VHP seers meet in Ayodhya to decide on road ahead
    AYODHYA - The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has convened a meeting of leading seers here Wednesday to decide on the road ahead after the verdict on the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute. The 41-member central committee of seers will assemble at the Karsewak Puram camp. Amongst those participat ...
  • Indian?s fight against child marriage in focus ...
    ABU DHABI - The spotlight was once again on India at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, courtesy a British filmmaker. Kim Longinotto in “Pink Saris” depicted the evils of child marriage and the caste conflict in the interiors of northern India - and a woman’s fight to bring about ch ...

TruthNews Australia

  • The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
    Anti-ACTA protest in the Polish Parliament Just when you thought you could relax, after the defeat of the SOPA/PIPA bills in the US, another freedom-crushing legislation rears its ugly head. It's an international treaty called ACTA, which Australia signed back in September 2011. From the Dep ...
  • Interview with 9/11 truth activist Manny Badillo
    Manny Badillo (right) with fellow 9/11 victim family member Bob McIlvane at Ground Zero It's our great pleasure today to have Manny Badillo joining us via skype from New York. Manny is one of the architects of the extremely effective Remember Building 7 campaign and was also instrumental in ...
  • Iraq: The legacy of deception and its costs
    Most Americans are astonished to discover that right up to 9/11, the CIA was developing a "Real Politik" vision of Iraq that recognized the fast approaching collapse of U.N. Sanctions. The CIA was preparing for Peace---with a ruthless determination that the United States would capture the lion's ...
  • I’m gonna stand my ground and I won&#821 ...
    Tonight I am joined by lawyer and human rights advocate Rochelle Macredie. In the show we take a look at some of the major breaking stories in the news and Rochelle gives her analysis of what is required to roll back the march towards war and tyranny which we see unfolding across the world rig ...
  • Obama Signs the NDAA Citizen Arrest Act
    Obama signing the National Defense Appropriations Act Tonight we look at a variety of local and international stories, with a focus on the ominous passing of the National Defense Appropriations Act (NDAA). The Act allows for the military detention of American citizens without due process, abou ...

Beacon

  • Belize Government Rejects 8,000 Anti-drilling ...
    Last year, our colleagues in Belize traversed the small Caribbean nation to gather more than 20,000 signatures on a petition against offshore oil drilling off Belize’s coast and beautiful protected areas. They discovered that almost everyone they spoke to was against allowing oil rigs to invad ...
  • Maryland Introduces Shark Fin Trade Ban
    Shark fins drying in the sun. © Oceana/LX The West Coast shark fin trade bans we celebrated last year may be catching on here on the East Coast. Maryland lawmakers introduced bills Tuesday in both the House and Senate that would outlaw the sale, trade, distribution or possession of shark fin ...
  • Watch ‘Big Miracle" and Help the Oceans
    © Oceana Last week we had a great time at the Washington, DC premiere of “Big Miracle,” the true story of an activist who spearheads an international effort to save three gray whales trapped in the ice in northern Alaska. The film stars Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski (“The Office”) and Oc ...
  • Watch ‘Big Miracle" and Help the Oceans
    © Oceana Last week we had a great time at the Washington, DC premiere of “Big Miracle,” the true story of an activist who spearheads an international effort to save three gray whales trapped in the ice in northern Alaska. The film stars Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski (“The Office”) and Oc ...
  • Marine Monday: Tasseled Wobbegong
    Image via Wikimedia Commons. Some sharks are fearsome predators, all sharp teeth and angular fins. These are the sharks that inspire epic monster movies and give the word “shark” its fearsome connotations. And then there are sharks that look like a pile of seaweed. The tasseled wobbegong is ...

Civilian Military Intelligence Group

  • The Hunting Percival P 74.
      Hunting Percival became a rotorcraft division unto itself and so set out to capture some of the growing vertical lift market with a new helicopter labeled the Percival P74. N 1956, the prototype finally came together. There was a two seated cabin in the forefront of the fuselage and a lar ...
  • Politics From The Second Crusade To Hattin.
    One hundred thousand Christians marched into the Mid East and took Jerusalem. Along the way they have fought, pillaged, plundered, and laid siege to every populace they come across and of course, they slaughtered. The chutzpah of this unannounced invasion, perhaps spurred by Byzantine losses at ...
  • The Rise Of Anti-Semitism In Modern Europe.
      In Europe, there has been a notable rise in anti Semitism in the last decade. The rise itself is remarkable for a few reasons, not the least of which is that the rise is significant, and that the United States news media has been asleep at the wheel. I know that it comes as [...]
  • Greatest Boxing Trainer In History Passes
      Ubiquitous Boxing Trainer Angelo Dundee, who was in the corner for Muhammed Ali, Wilfred Benitez, Thomas “Hitman Hearns, Marvin Hagler,  and George Foreman has passed. He always seemed to be in the corner of winners. Maybe that’s why winners asked for him. He was the second, or buck ...
  • US Naval Gun Fire Photos.
              Source: Dark Roast Blend

Taylor Marsh

  • Rep. Paul Ryan, Sugar, and the Super Bowl
    Sugar and other sweeteners are, in fact, so toxic to the human body that they should be regulated as strictly as alcohol by governments worldwide, according to a commentary in the current issue of the journal Nature by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). – Su ...
  • In Honor of Mitt Romney Winning in Nevada: ‘Po ...
    The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook Mitt Romney isn’t featured in the video above, but another rich Republican is. However, the video covers a subject dear to Mitt’s heart. It’s a thing ...
  • China and Russia Block U.N. Action on Syria
    Thirty years after his father massacred tens of thousands of innocent Syrian men, women, and children in Hama, Bashar al-Assad has demonstrated a similar disdain for human life and dignity. [...] Every government has the responsibility to protect its citizens, and any government that brutalizes ...
  • Cinematherapy in Feminist Perspective: Daisy Bates
    Hello news junkies… Wonk the Vote here with a new feature at TM.com that I hope you enjoy! Tonight, my recommendation for you is the PBS Independent Lens documentary that aired this week  — Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock. The Louisville Film Society also screened the film at ...
  • Mitt Romney Minute: Roll that Gafferiffic Footage
    Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. Mitt Romney has had his share of gaffes that are giving the Democrats the ammo needed to possibly destroy any hope he has of getting elected president. Gaffes become stories when they fit the narrative and the narrative is Mitt is a ...

Hudson New York

  • Italy's Mosque Wars
    The southern Italian island of Sicily is about to become the proud new owner of a multi-million euro mega-mosque. The mosque, to be built in the medieval town of Salemi in southwestern Sicily, is being paid for by the oil-rich Persian Gulf Emirate of
  • Abbas Blocks Young Leadership, Ensuring Hamas ...
    Fatah leaders in the West Bank announced this week that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is their only candidate for the presidential election expected to take place in May 2012. The announcement enraged several disillusioned Fatah
  • Brazil Moves Away from Iran
    Relations between Brazil and Iran are shaky. In an interview with the Brazilian paper Folha de Sao Paulo, Ali Akbar Javanfekr, who has worked as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's top media adviser, declared that the Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff, is
  • Turkey Warns Europe Against Mounting Racism, I ...
    Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday warned of rising racism and Islamophobia in Europe as he once again denounced a recent French bill outlawing denial of Armenian genocide. The French bill is a "serious manifestation of an insidious
  • A Victory Over Bigotry at Friends
    The Friends Seminary in New York, which made the God-awful mistake in judgment of twice inviting Gilad Atzmon to meet with its students, has now acknowledged that it was wrong to do so and has promised never again to allow that bigot to set foot on its

Urban Survival

  • Marketing the NuWar
    Yeah, sure, the jobs report, which we’ll get to in a second, is important and may result in Bulls dancing down on Wall Street, but if the whole world blows up, having a job will not matter much, will it?  … Continue reading →
  • The Serious Climate Change Story…
    …that no one seems to be “getting” is that it may be going on right before our eyes.  Either that, or a lot of people I know are being taken in by the statistical phenomena known as the “spread of … Continue reading →
  • This Wrong-Headed Rally
    Happy ground hog day:  I don’t suppose anyone but me noticed that there was a huge layoff announced this week by American Airlines, which is planning to whack 13,000 jobs but this is just the kind of thing we would … Continue reading →
  • Coping: WuJo Notes to the Adjustment Bureau
    There aren’t too many movies I will watch more than once, since the plot and the rest doesn’t change on second viewing.  But still, there are some, like The Adjustment Bureau that are so close to filling in a huge … Continue reading →
  • S&P Housing: Price Slide Resumes
    Just in from Case-Shiller/S&P: New York, January 31, 2012 – Data through November 2011, released today by S&P Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller1 Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, showed declines of 1.3`% for both the 10- … Continue reading →

Trends & Forecasts

Radical Chic

  • NIGERIAN PARTIES vs PARTIES IN ENGLAND
    Once you have been to ‘one’ Nigerian party in your life it is safe to say that you will always know the menu. It is an unwritten rule that you can be as exotic as you like, but if your party lacks certain fundamental items, it really isn’t a party. There ‘must’ be J ...
  • AFRICAN ROMANCE: ‘Thorns With Roses&#821 ...
    I once attended a wild party where I had an unusual encounter. It came in the form of a one night stand. I was a twenty-two year old student, sent to the US to get my MBA so I could take over my father’s thriving business someday. My girlfriend whom I’d whimsically thought would become [...]
  • AWKWARD TOPICS: A 12 Year Old Has A Baby, Shou ...
    This topic is for you, yes, you! I want to know your opinion on this matter. What do you think? A 12 year old has a baby, should she be allowed to keep it? On a biological level this is perhaps not a very common scenario, but for some reason, Amy is 12 years old [...]
  • RANDOM RANTS: ‘Infidelity’ – ...
    It’s one of the biggest issues facing sexual relationships today and the demise of most relationships can usually be traced back to it. But what exactly is cheating? The dictionary defines it rather unhelpfully as “marital disloyalty; adultery”. I find this definition almost insulting. Where do ...
  • FLASH FICTION: ‘A Christmas Miracle&#821 ...
    Spending Christmas in hospital was not how Yinka envisioned her holidays. Hospitals were places where she received bad news: “I’m sorry your aunt is dead”; “I’m sorry you can’t concieve children naturally “; and so on. She and her husband, Tunde had worked hard all year, deferring all their annu ...

Boston Blog ( Nature Network)

  • Tattoos, movies, and commies: Sciencey stuff t ...
    Much to do here even as the semester winds down in Boston and Cambridge. On Monday, science writer Carl Zimmer meets Terry Gilliam, so to speak. Zimmer will be the speaker at the Coolidge Corner Theatre's "Science and Screen" airing of Gillam's 12 Monkeys. In a future world devastated by di ...
  • Sat. is last chance to see "Prints and the Pur ...
    Artist Brian Knep has a lab on Longwood Avenue -- not a studio. He's not a scientists; he's the Harvard Medical School artist-in-residence. Knep says he looks to science for "metaphors about life, about change, about healing." So, when he led group through the Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge ...
  • New Kendall Square restaurant set up to host b ...
    When new drug development company H3 decided to throw a party to launch the opening of Kendall Square labs and offices, organizers didn't have to go very far. They took the elevator downstairs. Last week, local researchers, bio boosters and lots of men in dark suits from the Japanese drug comp ...
  • BU's biolab makes it to level-2, still seeking ...
    Massachusetts environmental regulator recognized that there is a big difference between TB and Ebola. So, last week, they granted Boston University permission to begin using their new biolab to work on bio safety level-2 materials. From the Globe: For years, the National Emerging Infectious ...
  • Sunday's Chef Adrià talk at Harvard' sells out
    Most of Harvard's Science and Cooking Lectures are first come, first served, so to speak. But, you needed a ticket for Tuesday's return of superstar Spanish chef and modernist Ferran Adrià of elBulli, who talked about "The New Culinary Think Tank - el bulli 2.0." And they were scooped up a few d ...

NRDC Switchboard

  • It's all about the framing: How polls and the ...
    Liz Barratt-Brown, Senior Attorney, Washington, DC First of all, you won’t find tar sands mentioned in any of the polling.  And in most polls, you won’t even find oil.  It’s just the Keystone XL pipeline, no context, no m ...
  • Southern California's New Wave of Local Water ...
    Barry Nelson, Senior Policy Analyst, Water Program, San Francisco Last week, the Luskin Center at UCLA sponsored a conference called “The Future of Water in Southern California.” The conference lived up to its ambitious title. That event ...
  • Latin America Climate, Energy and Environment ...
    Amanda Maxwell, Latin America Advocate, Washington, DC Chile  In the last three months, Chile’s government has raced to achieve its goal of obtaining a national energy matrix that consists of 20% alternative energies by 2020. Today only ...
  • Backlash Builds Against the House Transportati ...
    Rob Perks, Transportation Advocacy Director, Washington, D.C. The House transportation bill that emerged from various committees this week is getting hammered from all sides. And the media coverage is a testament to the political firestorm that has ...
  • Hundreds of Leaders Agree: Kill the House Tran ...
    Deron Lovaas, Federal Transportation Policy Director, Washington, D.C. What a week it's been! Three Congressional committees marked up and passed five historic bills. Historically awful, that is. Now House Leaders -- who clearly have hijacked the tr ...

Injustice Everywhere

  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 25 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Friday, February 3, 2012: 2 St Louis MO cops investigated by FBI after one accused of shooting unarmed man to death while he begged for his life [3] http://bit.ly/zdPVRs Woodbridge NJ cop in ...
  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Sorry folks, sort of fell asleep before posting this last night, probably because I started that second job now and things are pretty hectic. Anyway, here are the 22 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Thursday, February 2, 2012: New York NY ...
  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    After the overwhelming response to the BGSU DOJ/NIJ funding crap and urging from my wife I went ahead and restarted the news feed today. Sorry I haven’t responded much to all the feedback and emails, I’ve been up for about 42 hours so far because of work, only to find out this mornin ...
  • It’s nice to know…
    That these jokers will be making $300k off of my hard work.
  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 15 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Monday, January 30, 2012: Oakland CA cop shown on video beating an occupy protester with a baton after throwing him on the ground, right after that another cop points out the person recordi ...

Total Collapse

  • War of nerves: Iran’s warships arrive in Saudi ...
    Two Iranian naval ships have docked in the Saudi port of Jeddah. Iranian officials say the move aims to project the country’s “power on the open seas” and “confront Iranophobia.” The supply ship Kharg and destroyer Shaid Qandi docked on Saturday in the Red Sea port in line with ...
  • Russia vetoes anti-Assad UN motion after prepa ...
    The West and Russia had a major showdown Saturday Feb. 5 over the Arab League resolution calling on Bashar Assad to step down and allow the formation of a national unity government. US President Barack Obama demanded a UN stand against the Syrian president’s “relentless brutality&#82 ...
  • Russia, China veto U.N. resolution on Syria
    Russia and China on Saturday vetoed a Western and Arab-sponsored U.N. resolution condemning Syria’s violent repression of anti-government demonstrators, throwing their prestige and power behind President Bashar al-Assad as he intensifies a military operation aimed at crushing the 10-month-old up ...
  • The Argument that Fukushima Was Sabotaged
    Former NSA analyst, Jim Stone, argues that there was no mag 9.0 earthquake. The tsunami was caused by nuclear bombs in the sea and the Fukushima explosion and meltdown was caused by mini-nukes hidden in cameras installed by an Israeli security firm. The motive: punish Japan for offering to enric ...
  • The Crisis of Education in America: “How to Be ...
    How to Become a Serf Man is a pathetic creature; a brute trying to be god but traveling in the wrong direction. Educational systems now train workers to fulfill the needs of companies. A society in which people exist for the sake of companies is a society enslaved. But there’s a deep probl ...

Daily Dose

  • TNW’s Daily Dose – 24 hours of tec ...
    Anonymous has eavesdropped on a call between the FBI and Scotland Yard. 1 in every 5 pages viewed last month belonged to Facebook. Google has lost an appeal over its...
  • TNW’s Daily Dose – 24 hours of tec ...
    Facebook files the S-1 for its $5 billion IPO. Twitter rolls out brand pages in the UK. A South Korean man faces jail time for retweeting North Korea. You can...
  • TNW’s Daily Dose – 24 hours of tec ...
    Facebook looks set to file for its long-awaited IPO today, The Pirate Bay founders are denied an appeal in the Swedish Supreme court while the site looks to avoid a...
  • TNW’s Daily Dose – 24 hours of tec ...
    Apple names a new SVP of Retail. A study shows that only 27% of Twitter users tweeted over 3 months. EU antitrust is probing Samsung, rubber gloves not included. You...
  • TNW’s Daily Dose – 24 hours of tec ...
    Thailand welcome’s censored Twitter with open (or closed?) minds. A couple of Twitter users were barred from entering the US, after saying that they were coming to have a good...

Beyond Zero Emissions

  • Solar can deliver in FiTs and starts
    Mattew Wright In the Icy German Winter, during the 12 days of Christmas, the Germans installed more than 3 gigawatts of solar PV – a sum that is nearly ten times our Federal Goverment’s entire target for big solar. To much fanfare the Labor Government has been announcing, and re-announ ...
  • Australian Car Manufacturing must go electric
    Australian car manufacturing to become extinct unless we shift to electric vehicles. "The Australian car manufacturing industry will suffer a "Kodak moment" (they announced bankruptcy this week) if it fails to shift from polluting internal combustion engines (ICE) to efficient electric engines, ...
  • Losing farmland to fossil fuels
    Matthew Wright Climate spectator reports:Today, across NSW, farmers are participating in wind projects by co-locating wind turbines on their land. Just 2,000 modern 7.5MW on-shore wind turbines would provide enough electricity to power more than half of NSW. The NSW government is opposed to w ...
  • Piers Akerman's call for apartheid era coal to ...
    Piers Akerman (Daily Telegraph Jan 20,2012) is calling for Coal-to-Liquids to be deployed in Australia. Coal to liquids is the technology choice of desperate regimes including the Nazis in Germany during WWII and the apartheid regime in South Africa. It is highly polluting and has only ever be ...
  • Solar programs pay for themselves and reduce t ...
    This is an updated version of what was published in the Sydney Morning Herald today. Solar energy benefits the state by providing electricity at much cheaper rates than those of traditional sources, writes Matthew Wright. It may appear counter-intuitive, but getting millions of solar panels ont ...

Monga Bay ( News )

  • Indonesia to create the world's largest palm o ...
    The Indonesian government plans to create a massive plantation firm next month when it will combine the assets of state-owned rubber and palm oil companies, reports Reuters.
  • Caution urged in sale of Madagascar's illegal ...
    Confiscated timber stocks in Madagascar must be managed in a "transparent manner" to deter future illegal logging and boosting demand for endangered rainforest timber, says a letter published by a coalition of NGOs.
  • 5 shot in conflict over oil palm plantation in ...
    Five villagers were shot in Indonesia's Riau Province on the island of Sumatra during a clash in a land dispute over an oil palm plantation, reports The Jakarta Post and Republika.
  • New meteorological theory argues that the worl ...
    New, radical theories in science often take time to be accepted, especially those that directly challenge longstanding ideas, contemporary policy or cultural norms. The fact that the Earth revolves around the sun, and not vice-versa, took centuries to gain widespread scientific and public accept ...
  • Forgotten species: the wild jungle cattle call ...
    The word "cattle," for most of us, is the antithesis of exotic; it's familiar like a family member one's happy enough to ignore, but doesn't really mind having around. Think for a moment of the names: cattle, cow, bovine...likely they make many of us think more of the animals' byproducts than th ...

Sierra Express

  • Judicial trap…Aziz Carew sent to prison
    “Though camouflaged as Section 136 of the Criminal Procedure Act of 1965; it seems a judicial ambush; a hidden legal trap though,” a court visitor said. Wednesday, February 1st saw Aziz Carew, an accused, charged with wounding and other related offences, shockingly arraigned at the Sierra Leone ...
  • Airtel’s response to negative publication on i ...
    Airtel SL wishes to inform the public that certain perception about their internet service is wrong. Users should be aware that even when their phones are idle as long as it is connected to the internet it will attract charges based on automatic updates Usually devices such as iphone, ipad, tabl ...
  • Ahmadiya celebrates 51st … Bo salutes Presiden ...
    Consequent to Ahmadiyah Muslim Jamat holding of its 51st Jalsa-thalaana anniversary conference in Bo, President Koroma receives salutation from residents. The Bo conference starts at 10 a.m. this morning.  It is expected that President Koroma will deliver the keynote address and afterward declar ...
  • Airtel’s 3G mobile platform poised to transfor ...
    3rd February 2012, Freetown – Airtel Sierra Leone today took a significant step towards building the largest 3G network across Africa by announcing the launch of its 3G mobile platform in the country, which promises to change how subscribers experience the web on internet-enabled cell phones. Th ...
  • Notice of vacant position – Junior HR Recruiter
    African Minerals (SL) Ltd is inviting applications from interested candidates for the position of Junior HR Recruiter. This position is open to qualified Sierra Leoneans, and women in particular are encouraged to apply. The deadline for all applications is Friday 11th February, 2012. This role w ...

Dairy Industry - NZ Herald

  • Kiwis regain full control of dairy empire afte ...
    Agribusiness mogul Alan Pye and his associates have full control of New Zealand's largest dairy farming conglomerate after South Canterbury Finance sold its $54.4 million stake in the $535 million business yesterday.The straight-talking...
  • Dairy Holdings shareholders buy out remaining ...
    Shareholders of Dairy Holdings Ltd, which owns 58 dairy farms in the South Island, have bought shares owned by the collapsed South Canterbury Finance (SCF) and others.Chairman Bill Baylis said earlier that transactions were due...
  • Dairy, aluminium lead commodity price rise
    New Zealand commodity prices rose for the first time in eight months in January, led by aluminium and dairy products.But the high kiwi dollar wiped out the benefits in local currency terms.The ANZ Commodity Price Index rose 1.2...
  • NZ commodity prices rise for first time in 8 m ...
    New Zealand commodity prices rose for the first time in eight months in January, led by aluminium and dairy products, though the high kiwi dollar wiped out the benefits in local currency terms.The ANZ Commodity Price Index rose...
  • Prices dip in dairy auction - third fall in fo ...
    Prices of dairy products sold on Fonterra s GlobalDairyTrade platform fell for the third time in four sales with declines for all six product types on offer.The GDT-TWI Price Index fell 0.9 per cent from the last sale a fortnight...

The Bovine

  • Food rights, gene rights, human rights
    From Rady Ananda, on Food Freedom blog: As courts and bureaucrats continue to assert that citizens have no fundamental right to produce and consume the foods of their choice, we find Monsanto lurking nearby.  The Wisconsin judge who recently ruled that we have no right to … Continue readin ...
  • The Monsanto leaving Britain story was apparen ...
    From Mike Adams at Natural News.com: “(NaturalNews) Editor’s note: We regret to inform our readers that this story is based on a Daily Mail article that we have now been informed is from 2003, not 2012. In their own search … Continue reading →
  • Farmer Edwin Shank sets a wonderful example fo ...
    From David E. Gumpert on the Complete Patient blog: “The last week or so has been a terrible time for Edwin Shank and his family, along with twenty or more of his raw milk customers. The suspicions that his dairy’s … Continue reading →
  • Monsanto calls it quits in Britain
    Monsanto has failed to establish a beachhead in Britain, according to this story from British newspaper The Mail Online: “The giant bio-tech firm Monsanto yesterday announced a major withdrawal from the UK amid intense opposition to genetically modified foods. The company, … Continue ...
  • California herdshares under threat despite pop ...
    From the San Mateo Daily Journal: “Buying local continues to be a leading food trend in the California, and many small farmers are expanding the ways they sell produce locally. The Bay Area has a growing number of farmers’ markets … Continue reading →

Mish's Global Economic Trends

  • Groundhog Day: Allegedly "Only One Day Left" t ...
    Greek default drama is much like the movie Groundhog Day. If you prefer a quote from Yogi Berra instead, then please consider It's déjà vu all over again. Every day for weeks we have heard a "deal is close". Moreover, on multiple occasions at the end of the week we were informed Greece "ha ...
  • Cost for Doing God's Work Declines from $13.2 ...
    Inquiring minds note a stunning drop in the price for doing God's Work. Last year Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein received a salary of a $600,000 as well as a stock bonus worth $12.6 million. This year the base salary for doing God's work rose to $2 million, however, bonuses fell to a sho ...
  • Greek Leaders (All 3 Coalition Parties) Oppose ...
    Shortly after Dutch finance minister, said "We want no further delays" came news of further delays. The reason: Greek political parties all refuse to go along with more austerity measures. Please consider Greece’s leaders oppose new austerity measures All three party leaders in Greece’s t ...
  • Nonfarm Payroll +243,000 ; Unemployment Rate 8 ...
    Quick Notes About the "Falling" Unemployment Rate In the last year, the civilian population rose by 3,565,000. Yet the labor force only rose by 1,145,000. Those not in the labor force rose by 2,420,000.   In January, the Civilian Labor Force rose by 508,000.   In Janua ...
  • Providence Rhode Island Faces "Bankruptcy by J ...
    Untenable pension promises made by corrupt politicians to corrupt unions in an unholy alliance is about to sink another city. Please consider Providence is facing bankruptcy Rhode Island's capital city will be in bankruptcy by June if it doesn't get help resolving its financial crisis. Th ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

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  • BFP Exclusive: NATO Member Turkey to Train Lib ...
    Harvesting the Fruits of “Regime Change” in Libya In the last few decades one never-changing modus operandi in our imperial pursuits and operations overseas has been the formation, financing, training, control and domination of our target countries’ military force. Egypt, Morocco, Kuwait, Tunisi ...
  • Why the Military Industrial Complex Supports O ...
    Video- Sibel Edmonds Interview: RT I was scheduled for an interview on the latest developments on the Turkish-Syria topic, however, they had a last minute change and suddenly I was facing questions regarding the latest exposé on Bahrain-Washington Times. If you look carefully you’ll see my eye-b ...
  • BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- January ...
    BFP Nightly Quote “In your reaction to an imagined attack on your country or an insult to its government, you draw closer to the herd for protection, you conform in word and deed, and you insist vehemently that everybody else shall think, speak, and act together. And you fix your adoring g ...
  • Who Does NED Work For?
    The Government Funded National Endowment for Democracy The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is frequently described as a ‘private, not-for-profit foundation.’  At least, at its website, NED acknowledges funding from the US Congress.  In NED’s latest IRS Form 990 filing, over $135 million o ...

bloody crossroads

  • Is Obama a Fraud?
    The debt deal is yet another sign that hope and change has been a fiction from the start: Like many, I was extremely hopeful when Obama won in 2008.  And like many I’ve become totally disillusioned with the president and … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Stories
    Good politifact piece on how Social Security functions and its solvency How the state is revoking our civil liberties by imprisoning people, in some cases for up to 15 years, for recording police brutality with smart phones Economist Dean Baker … Continue reading →
  • The Tyranny of American Healthcare
    For those who read this on Splice, be sure to re-read the unedited version… Why are we trying to prop up a broken system?: Do you realize how badly you’re being screwed by the health insurance corporations?  Let me give … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Stories
    Politifact on how entitlements have lifted millions out of poverty Must read: scientists have recently concluded that a once in a tens of millions of years mass extinction is now underway, mainly in the ocean, because of global warming and … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Stories
    Politifact on how entitlements have lifted millions out of poverty Must read: scientists have recently concluded that a once in a tens of millions of years mass extinction is now underway, mainly in the ocean, because of global warming and … Continue reading →

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Press TV - Middle East

  • Russian embassy stormed in Libya
    Syrian protesters have stormed the Russian embassy in Libya a day after Russia and China vetoed a Western-backed draft resolution on Syria.
  • Syria, now fertile soil for US war?
    A political analyst says the United States and NATO are preparing the grounds for a military intervention in Syria under the pretext of "humanitarian grounds."
  • Hamas, Fatah leaders meet in Qatar
    Leaders of the two major Palestinian factions of Hamas and Fatah have met in the Qatari capital, Doha, to discuss the formation of a united Palestinian government.
  • 'Kuwait must address Bidun citizenship'
    Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Kuwaiti government to address the citizenship claims of the stateless Bidun residents.
  • Yemenis demand Saleh prosecution
    Yemeni protesters have once again taken to the streets mainly in the southern city of Taizz to demand the prosecution of dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh, Press TV reports.

CUNY SPS Community Blog

  • Get ready, get set, go!
    2011 is behind us and now we’ve embarked on a new year, 2012. Last year was a pretty good year, especially for me in academia.  As many students can attest, the beginning of a new semester can bring with it, new challenges, fresh perspectives and even elevated stresses. In my experience, as a mo ...
  • Those Crazy Chain Emails and Those Who Believe ...
    I had a different blog post almost completely written, but then a friend of mine forwarded an email to me entitled, “WHERE ARE ALL THE GIRLFRIENDS OF OBAMA?”. I replied, “Are you serious?” and thus began yet another crisis in our friendship since high school and my scrapp ...
  • What Do Economics, Marketing and Glee Have In ...
    One of the liveliest Discussion Boards this semester in my ECO course was “What about all my stuff?” It concerned supply and demand, why we buy goods and services, the satisfaction derived from those goods and services and whether the owner of the greatest amount of stuff is the winner. Is happi ...
  • To Boldly Go Where No Human Has Gone Before
    Back in the 60′s, the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions were exciting and we all watched Walter Cronkite or Huntley and Brinkley report all the details from launch to splash down. Beginning with Alan Shepard’s 15 minute sub-orbital flight in 1961 and culminating with the Apollo 11 ...
  • What Is So Scary About Occupy Wall Street?
    “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” So states ...

Dissident Voice

  • U.S. Leak on Israeli Attack Weakened a Warning ...
    IPS – When Defence Secretary Leon Panetta told Washington Post columnist David Ignatius this week that he believes Israel was likely to attack Iran between April and June, it was ostensibly yet another expression of alarm at the Israeli government’s threats of military action. But ev ...
  • The Lord High Almighty Pooh-Bah of Threats, th ...
    As we all know only too well, the United States and Israel would hate to see Iran possessing nuclear weapons. Being “the only nuclear power in the Middle East” is a great card for Israel to have in its hand. But — in the real, non-propaganda world — is USrael actually fearful of an a ...
  • The Lowly Groundhog: Long May They Live
    Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, Thursday. That means there will be an additional six weeks of winter. Or it means there will be an early Spring. It doesn’t make much difference. Phil has an accuracy rate of about 39 percent, according to the StormFax Weather Almanac. That’s probably about the ...
  • Haditha: Another Small Massacre – No One ...
    We gather tonight knowing that this generation of heroes has made the United States safer and more respected round the world. — President Barack Obama, State of the Union address, 24th January 2012 On January 24th, the day President Obama delivered his last State of the Union speech to Congress ...
  • Sonoma County Daily Attacks Occupy Movement
    The Sonoma County daily’s Press Democrat February 1 editorial “Occupy Movement in Ashes” is wishful thinking. Our phoenix will rise during this month. You wait. You watch. You see. Occupy is still an infant, having been born in New York September 17 with Occupy Wall Street. It is not even five m ...

Destructionist

  • Congress Calls for Accelerated Use of Drones i ...
    A House-Senate conference report this week called on the Administration to accelerate the use of civilian unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or “drones,” in U.S. airspace. The pending authorization bill for the Federal Aviation Administration directs the Secretary of Transporation to develop with ...
  • Israel, U.S. Divided Over Timing of Potential ...
    The U.S. and Israel are publicly disagreeing over timing for a potential attack on Iran’s disputed nuclear facilities, as that nation’s leader said it won’t back down. The U.S. and Israel have a “significant analytic difference” over estimates of how close Iran is to shielding its nuclear pro ...
  • Long-Term Unemployment Remains High, Millions ...
    Despite a January jobs report that saw slightly stronger private sector job growth than in recent months, long-term unemployment remains at record high levels and revised statistics show that another 1.2 million [in just one month] have left the labor force. According to the Bureau of Labor S ...
  • Google starting to censor blogs
    Following Twitter’s decision last month to begin censoring the messages of users based on restrictions of their respective countries, Google has followed suit and announced that it will begin a similar practice with its own blogging service. Blogger, the web-log service run by Internet giant ...
  • US Warns Iran Not To Fight Back Against Israel ...
    The USS Abraham Lincoln warship has remained stationed in the Strait of Hormuz despite an Iranian threat that no more aircraft carriers should transit the sensitive oil choke point as tensions in the Persian Gulf continue to simmer with Washington warning Tehran it will join an Israeli attack if ...

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    Renewable energy costs are starting to come down
    San Francisco Chronicle
    The price of renewable power contracts signed by California utilities more than doubled from 2003 through 2011 but has now started to plunge, according to a long-awaited state report issued Friday. The report is the most detailed accounting yet of the ...
    Neste sees renewable result improvement
    Reuters
    Q4 group comparable op. profit 14 mln euros vs 42.9 mln consensus * Q4 renewable fuels op. loss 15 mln vs loss of 57 mln in Q3 * Sees op. profit improving significantly in 2012 * Neste shares up 4.4 percent HELSINKI, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Finnish refiner ...
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    Numsa: Prevent renewable energy 'hijack'
    News24
    Now R216.95 Johannesburg - The National Union of Metals Workers of South Africa (Numsa) said its energy conference, underway on Saturday, was aimed at preventing the renewable energy sector from being dominated by a capitalist system.
    HECO Plan Would Allow More Renewable Energy Use
    KITV Honolulu
    HONOLULU -- Hawaiian Electric Co. is starting a program that will help it add more solar, wind and other renewable energy to the grid while also save business customers some money. The utility said Thursday it will award credits to commercial and ...
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    Human Habitat

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    Carmel Valley school building a lesson in ecology
    San Jose Mercury News
    By Stephen Tung When you're driving down Carmel Valley Road in Monterey County a couple of years from now, you might miss seeing the new school building set to open in the next few weeks. The structure will blend into its surroundings with a "living ...
    Spokane's Julian Powers accepts Ecology's Environmental Excellence Award
    Access Washington
    Julian Powers, of Spokane, will receive the Department of Ecology (Ecology) Environmental Excellence Award for his two decades of educating the public about climate change. Eighty-five-year-old Powers began his own environmental education campaign in ...
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    Marine ecology: Attack of the blobs
    Nature.com
    In 2009, the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis at the University of California, Santa Barbara, funded Graham, Condon and Carlos Duarte, a marine ecologist at the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies on Majorca, Spain, ...
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    Country Ecology: Kinglets
    Conway Daily Sun
    Dave Eastman also broadcasts “Country Ecology” four times weekly over WMWV 93.5 fm. As Vice President of the Lakes Region Chapter/ASNH, he welcomes you to monthly programs at the Loon Center in Moultonborough. Contact him at: cebirdman@hotmail.com.
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    Protecting water in Texas: a promise kept or broken?
    Austin American-Statesman
    These sprinklers waste significant amounts of water. In West Texas, it's often easier to drill for oil than to find new water sources. As part of a technology change, commenting will not be available on some articles for a number of months.
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    Antioch sees spike in theft of water backflow devices
    San Jose Mercury News
    By Paul Burgarino Dennis Celoni is not a crime scene investigator, but the Antioch utility worker has handled so many stolen water pipes recently that he's become an expert in how they are swiped. Eight backflow-prevention devices, used to protect ...
    Boil Water Order Issued For Lake Tivoli Drive
    WESH Orlando
    About 400 residents in the Lake Tivoli Drive area of Kissimmee were warned to boil their water or treat it before drinking Saturday. The alert was triggered by a water main break in the area. Officials said the break was repaired, but the advisory was ...
    Water main break floods Fremont neighborhood
    KTVU San Francisco
    A 6-foot water main broke in Fremont early Saturday morning, flooding a neighborhood near the intersection of Wabana and Gable streets and some are wondering why. A water main that runs in between the neighborhood and freeway in background Interstate ...
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