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Welcome to the Reading List. Here are all the updates from any blogs you follow and sites you've joined using Google FriendConnect. - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 minutes agoThe Norwegian gunman who killed 77 people in twin attacks in July has demanded to be released immediately, saying his massacre was a "preventive attack against state traitors". "I do not accept imprison...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 15 minutes ago(I'm bloodlessly and painlessly beating my head against a brick wall which is some poor, deluded bastard on Facebook who still insists that Obama is the only alternative and perhaps the greatest thing sin...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 24 minutes ago*MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2012* *Never correct a typo:* Over the weekend, we made a mistake. We decided to correct a typo on our donations page. This brought our third non-annual fund-raising drive to an inst...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 30 minutes agoFrida Kahlo Photo by Nickolas Muray*Living the truth* By Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com TUCSON -- There is an amazing exhibit of photos of Frida Kahlo now at the Tucson Mu...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 41 minutes agoYesterday, I decided to take a day off for some long needed rest and relaxation, and to fight off one heck of a sinus head cold that has plagued me for almost 3 weeks now. It is due to the crazy weather ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 59 minutes ago2 February 2012 (Al Jazeera) – The precious marine resources of some of the world's poorest people are being targeted by industrial-scale pirate fishing operations, to feed the seafood hungry markets of...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoBritain has recalled its ambassador from Syria for consultations as the "doomed as well as murdering regime" of President Bashar al Assad launched a bloody assault on the city of Homs. Foreign Secretary ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoUS President Barack Obama has placed stricter sanctions on Iran's government, including its central bank. In an executive order, Mr Obama said he was freezing all Iranian government assets held or traded...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 hour ago[image: Atlantic sturgeon. Robert Michelson] 31 January 2012 (NOAA) – NOAA’s Fisheries Service announced today a final decision to list five distinct population segments of Atlantic sturgeon under the E...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoRadical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada, who was once dubbed "Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe", will be released from prison within days after being granted bail. Qatada, who is accused of posing a ...
- posted by Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 1 hour ago*Robert L. Brown*, *pretty much lays down the gauntlet* over Harper's claims that the Old Age Pension is "unsustainable". In his article he refers to a report by the Chief Actuary of the OAS which actually...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 1 hour ago------------------------------ * the**REALnews Permalink* *US Drone Strikes Destabilize Pakistan* Fred Branfman: US policy s...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 hour agoI've seen a lot of people comparing Nevada turnout to 2008. Careful! Remember, context matters. Several issues...in 2008, Nevada had just moved up in the process, and so it was sort of a first-time thing, ...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 hour ago*MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2012* *The road that has been widely taken:* Long ago, Katherine Boo became the sage of an age. The year was 1992. Writing for the Washington Monthly, Boo did something that just i...
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 1 hour agoI have kept the house at Wit's End at a very frosty temperature this winter...partly because I feel guilty burning fuel, but also because it's become prohibitively expensive to heat, now that I'm now offic...
- posted by Christina Reed at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 hour agoDNews and the storm chasing community mourns the tragic loss of Andy Gabrielson (1987-2012).
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 2 hours ago[image: Animatrix, The Second Renaissance Part II. The destruction of the sky.] [Longtime readers know how Desdemona feels about most of these geo-engineering schemes: So the leaders of men conceived o...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 2 hours ago*The January Jobs Are Statistical Artifacts* ------------------------------ February 6, 2012 | Original here Last Friday the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in the first month of this new ye...
- posted by leftdog at Buckdog - 2 hours ago*We continue to live in a make believe country. Somehow or the other, archaic processes remain which technically links the Dominion of Canada to the monarch of a foreign nation. England's 'Elizabeth' m...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 2 hours agoBy David McNeill 3 February 2012 TOKYO – Researchers working around Japan's disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant say bird populations there have begun to dwindle, in what may be a chilling harbin...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 2 hours agoMonday and time for a new one of these! The floor is yours....enjoy. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 2 hours agoThe service uses cellphone towers and GPS signals to triangulate a person's position.
- posted by Sheila Eldred at Discovery News - Top Stories - 2 hours agoBy slapping pictures of green beans on lunch trays, a school prompts kids to choose the veggies from their buffet.
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 2 hours agoOur photos from Quebec City, dogsledding and Montreal are on Flickr. There turned out to be more decent dogsledding photos than I thought. The city photos are just a few details here there, on our litt...
- posted by Big Dan at Big Dan's Big Blog - 3 hours ago*Ron Paul is having the GOP primary "election" stolen from him, that's what your eyes and ears tell you. LOOK AROUND!!!* What happens when the actual counting occurs on live TV? Exactly what your eyes an...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 3 hours ago*MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2012* *Part 1—Crazy proposals v. Flub Watch:* Our political culture is brainless, dumb, sad. Just consider those crazy proposals—the crazy proposals Republican candidates are allow...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoThe United States announced on Monday it was closing its embassy in Syria due to the worsening security situation, further isolating Damascus over its bloody crackdown on anti-government protests. The St...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 3 hours agoIt's been a long time since I've updated you on Tala's condition. She's made a lot of progress! In short: more activity + less medication = happier dog = happier mommy. You'll recall that when Tala's s...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours agoWith Sandy Adams now in Congress, most observers would agree that Rep. Rachel Burgin (R-Tampa), a graduate of an unaccredited Bible "School" who majored in "biblical studies," is the stupidest member of t...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 3 hours agoHey, it's Babe Ruth's birthday! February 6, 1895. Did you know that Fenway Park was, when he played there, an extreme pitchers' park and HRs were almost impossible to hit there? He did okay at Yankee Stadi...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 4 hours agoDoubling water rates debated as S&WB gives away millions of gallons for free With Levees Rated ‘Unacceptable,’ Officials Along the Mississippi Fight Back Former NOPD assistant superintendent still coordina...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoITAHARI/ILAM: After the samples of dead chickens sent to London-based International Laboratory tested positive, bird flu was confirmed today in the fowls that died in Sunsari, Ilam and Panchthar districts...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoThe Animal Resources Development Department, along with the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, on Sunday commenced the culling of poultry birds at the Central Poultry Development Organisation (CPDO) in Bh...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoA large number of dead fish have washed up with rubbish in the famed Ho Xuan Huong Lake of Da Lat’s tourist hotspot in the central highlands’ province, Lam Dong. Many visitors complained that they could ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoAs a fire at a Chevron Corp. gas rig off Nigeria's coast continues to burn, locals say they're seeing signs of its effects on the environment and the health of those living nearby. [image: Link] A nearby ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoPopular bittorrent site closes in wake of demise of Megaupload, QuickSilverScreen and others. One of the most popular bittorrent sites, BTjunkie, has been "voluntarily" shut down in the wake of last mont...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoRadioactive cesium registering some 20,000 becquerels per kilogram has been found in worms 20 kilometers from the damaged Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. The cesium was detected by a team including Motohi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoPersonal health records for nuclear workers are prepared for laborers bound for the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant in this Dec. 15, 2011 photo. (Mainichi) As efforts to tame the crisis at the Fukushima No...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoClashes between protesters and security forces continue for a fifth consecutive day in downtown Cairo. Travis Brecher reports.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoSevere flooding affects parts of western Queensland, with thousands of people evacuating the town of St. George. Sophia Soo reports.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoGreece let yet another deadline slip on Monday for responding to painful terms for a new EU/IMF bailout as patience in Brussels wore thin over drawn-out negotiations among its feuding political leaders. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoThe Chinese government has barred the country's airlines from complying with a European Union charge on carbon emissions, escalating a dispute that officials have warned could turn into a trade war. Chin...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoHong Kong (CNN) -- The Chinese authorities have contested reports that three Tibetans set themselves on fire last week in a remote area of southwestern China. The conflicting accounts followed an increas...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago(Financial Times) -- Lucas Papademos, the Greek premier, failed to make party leaders accept harsh terms in return for a second €130bn bail-out, pushing Athens closer to a disorderly default as early as n...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoBucharest, Romania (CNN) -- Romania's Prime Minister Emil Boc resigned Monday, following weeks of public protests against austerity measures, and in the wake of at least 34 deaths due to cold weather. Th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoYemen'shighest military authority Sunday announced its willingness to open channels of dialogue with al Qaeda in hopes of reaching a long-term cease-fire agreement. The military committee was formed as p...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoSorry couldn't find a image of Gadhafi Fighters in Libya, so here is an image of Protesters instead. Tuareg tribesman who reportedly fought for Moammar Gadhafi in Libya have returned to Mali with weapons,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoIntense blasts echoed through the ravaged Syrian city of Homs on Monday after a weekend bloodbath ended in hundreds of deaths there, local activists said. "It is horrible. Especially today, it is horrib...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck Honduras at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 10:30:26 UTC Monday 6th February 2012 The epicenter was 18 km (11.2 miles) Northeast of El buen pastor, Hond...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago“According to the ancient Greeks, when Hercules was a boy, just reaching the period of life when there was a question in his mind which path he should pursue, he went forth by himself and sat down and med...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoA magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck the Negros - Cebu Region, Philippines at a depth of 36.5 km (22.7 miles), the quake hit at 11:40:19 UTC Monday 6th February 2012 The epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) Wes...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoA magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck the Negros - Cebu Region, Philippines at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 11:33:38 UTC Monday 6th February 2012 The epicenter was 8 km (5 miles) Northea...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago* Chengdu, China (CNN)* -- Miss Chen stares curiously at the iPad. Even though she works overtime in a factory in southwestern China that manufactures them, she's never seen the finished product. "Wow, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoA baby had a lucky escape after the buggy it was in rolled across a train platform and on to the track. CCTV footage shows the buggy roll in front of a man who was using his mobile phone. But he did no...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoAt least 50 people have been killed in a fresh wave of attacks by government forces on the city of Homs, according to a member of the Syrian national council. Sky's chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay, n...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours agoVideocast #6 - Paulo Coelho talking about exchanging energy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0-1hOCiwHNA#!
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoProfessional storm chaser Andy Gabrielson, who has survived the treacherous hunt for tornadoes for a decade, has been killed in a crash. The 24-year-old was driving home after spending two days chasing st...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago*"Begetting Change: Same Choices, Same Results"* by The DailyOm "A change in perspective, behavior, or response can do so much more to help us move past issues left unresolved. Repeated bouts of adversity...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoGreece will today make a last-ditch attempt to stave off bankruptcy, which would send the eurozone into economic chaos and could ultimately bring down the single currency. Parties backing the country's c...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoRescuers have found 17 bodies and 13 survivors after a boat overloaded with 70 illegal immigrants from the Dominican Republic capsized on the way to the U.S territory of Puerto Rico two days ago. Twelve ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoMANILA, Philippines (AP) — Rescuers dug with picks and shovels trying to reach dozens of people trapped under houses collapsed by a strong earthquake Monday that shook a central Philippine island and set ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoDUMAGUETE CITY, Philippines – At least 40 persons, including a nine-year-old girl, died in Negros Oriental during the 6.9-magnitude earthquake that hit the province and other areas shortly before noon Mo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoWarning: Hillary Clinton has warned Egypt's foreign minister that failure to resolve the dispute may lead to the loss of American aid. Egypt has referred 43 NGO workers, including 19 Americans, to trial b...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoDeleted Facebook photos don't disappear but can still be accessed by anyone with a link to the images themselves. The company admits that its systems 'do not always delete images in a reasonable period o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoAn American professor and expert of the Antarctic said he believes contact with a team of Russian scientists that has not made contact with colleagues in the U.S for seven days has merely been busy as the...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoPresident Barack Obama said Sunday he does not think Israel has decided whether to attack Iran over its disputed nuclear program, a standoff that has the Middle East on edge. The president sought to assu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA man's body has been found in his home after it lay undiscovered there for four years following his suicide. David Carter, who neighbours said was well-liked, told friends he was moving from his home in...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoPresident Obama said Sunday that he deserves four more years in the White House in a pre-Super Bowl interview with NBC’s Matt Lauer. Mr Obama told the Today show host: ‘I deserve a second term,’ and added...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoThese are the snowy owls attracting quite a crowd of onlookers across America as an ‘unbelievable’ mass migration continues to grow. Bird enthusiasts are reporting rising numbers of the Arctic birds wingi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoTaxpayers were horrified to discover that their hard-earned cash is being spent on giving an artist £160 an hour to stand completely still beside a lake. Sam Firth has received £10,000 from lottery fundi...
- Wind farms can INCREASE climate change by raising temperatures and causing downpours, warn academicsposted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoThey have long been championed as a way to combat global warming by creating clean energy. But wind farms can actually alter the climate according to a new study by a group of American scientists. The t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoSyrian troops today resumed their brutal assault on Homs with shells raining down on the restive central city every 30 seconds. The attack, which rebels claim is aimed at a makeshift hospital run by anti...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoDozens of houses were destroyed and children were crushed to death when their school building collapsed after a devastating earthquake hit the central Philippines this morning. At least 13 people were ki...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoA magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck the Negros - Cebu Region, Philippines at a depth of 35.4 km (22 miles), the quake hit at 10:10:24 UTC Monday 6th February 2012 The epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) NNW ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoFacebook and YouTube could be to blame for the spread of the mystery Tourrette’s-like illness that is blighting a town in upstate New York. Doctors said that symptoms are being ‘reinforced and magnified’ ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoTown halls are switching off half a million street lights to save money despite fears of increased crime and accidents, a Daily Mail investigation has found. The majority of county councils in England an...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoThe notorious terrorist who plotted a shoe-bomb attack on a plane is to be freed from jail just hours before the Olympic Games begin. Saajid Badat's release will only add to security fears at the high-pro...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoA pensioner died just an hour after a nurse rejected pleas to call an ambulance from colleagues who feared he was seriously ill. War veteran Harold Massey, 83, had been transferred to a Bupa nursing home ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoVenezuela's left-wing president has raised the stakes over the Falkland Islands by pledging his armed forces would fight alongside Argentina in any conflict with Britain. The inflammatory promise from Hu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoDavid Cameron was under intense pressure last night to slash the £1billion in aid Britain gives to India after the country said it no longer wanted the money. India's finance minister Pranab Mukherjee sa...
- posted by sue at Biased BBC - 7 hours agoSo the BBC is focusing on right-wing terrorism Today. That’s nice. ( link ) Dr. Matthew Goodwin has created a nice politically correct name for Islamic inspired terrorism. “A.Q. terrorism.” Doesn’t that so...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoThree people have been killed and dozens are believed to be trapped after a building collapsed in Pakistan's second-largest city Lahore. "The factory has completely collapsed and two houses next to it as ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoIn December 2011, Wikileaks released ‘Spy Files’, a project revealing details of the burgeoning surveillance and interception industry. The list of companies providing high-tech equipment to governments i...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoThe report attempts to collate data on 2010 weapons sales by EU member countries. Western Europeans were the biggest arms exporters. The biggest customers were the repressive regimes of the Middle East an...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoWashington loves free trade – if it produces a surplus for the U.S. In an election year, with a modest economic recovery underway, American politicians are trumpeting their credentials in saving and creat...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoTEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- China, contemplating the possible disruption of oil supplies from Iran, appears to be making moves toward cementing its links with energy newcomer Israel, a move that cou...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's oil exports to the United States have dipped in recent months to their lowest level in nearly nine years, according to new U.S. government figures, reflecting a long-...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoThe possible introduction of a single currency within the future Eurasian Economic Union requires much discussion and consideration, Grigory Karasin, Russia's deputy minister of foreign affairs, said in M...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoHOME prices in China fell for the fifth straight month in January as tightening measures continued to take effect, according to research released yesterday by the China Index Academy. Prices fell an aver...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoThe European Union may be prepared to lend Egypt up to 500 million euros ($660 million) to help it finance a budget deficit provided it successfully concludes a financial assistance agreement with the IMF...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoOne of the worst parts of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) was its ridiculous secrecy, under which it was easy for negotiators and industry reps to see draft text, but impossible for the pub...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoRemember when the US hiked its debt ceiling on Friday courtesy of a formulaic 52 affirmative votes in the Senate, giving the Treasury $1.2 trillion in dry debt powder to attempt to grow the economy one mo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoAs tensions between the US and Iran heat up, author Michael T. Winter believes the main reason behind America’s harsh stance is Tehran’s move to seek an alternative to the dollar as an oil currency. Eco...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoNEW YORK ― In America, moms and dads aren’t the only ones tracking down children staying out late. Once the sun goes down, law enforcement authorities are also chasing teens on the loose. A growing numbe...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoThe mass protests after the parliamentary elections have changed the political situation in Russia. But not enough to prevent Vladimir Putin from becoming president for the third time. Ivan, a 20-year-ol...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoThe National Government condemned the arrival of the HMS Dauntless, a British warship, to the Malvinas Islands and urged the UK to “avoid falling in the temptation of engaging in discourse “that transform...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoFacebook continued to show off its growing political muscle Tuesday night, as its nascent political action committee disclosed an impressive six-figure haul during its inaugural fundraising quarter. Face...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoIn demonstrations barely reported in the media, peasants and students in the Northeastern Indian state of Assam are fighting together against a proposed gargantuan network of dams across the upper reaches...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoChina, citing historical discoveries, says that the entire South China Sea should be its own exclusive economic zone. The Philippines, however, shares a long border with the sea and sees some of it as its...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoArchbishop Ieronymos, the head of the Church of Greece, has taken the rare step of writing to Prime Minister Lucas Papademos to express serious concerns about the effectiveness of the government’s fiscal ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoThe United States, Britain and France have begun to deploy troops in the Gulf in a move which experts say suggests preparations for a war with Iran. The first strikes could be carried out at the beginning...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoPersian Gulf? Khaleej-e-Fars? Forget it; time to call it the American Gulf - to the delight of the vultures, jackals and hyenas of war, Israeli and Anglo-American. The House of Saud wouldn't be too disple...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoWASHINGTON - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) General Martin Dempsey told Israeli leaders on January 20 that the United States would not participate in a war against Iran begun by Israel withou...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoJapan’s Panasonic Corp forecast a record annual net loss of $10.2 billion on Friday, joining beleaguered rivals Sony and Sharp in a sea of red ink as they struggle to fix their broken TV businesses and ov...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoFollowing 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 pr...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours agoDire Straits, “Private Investigations”
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoMore than 20 hospitals will get a £1.5 billion taxpayer bail-out because they are at "severe risk" of failing patients, the Department of Health said today. Seven hospital trusts in areas such as London...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoProbably no questions are more relevant today than those Niall Ferguson considered in his lecture on Monday (30 January 2012), hosted by the Swiss Institute of International Studies, at the University of ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoSupporters of pipelines that cross international frontiers have fervent supporters in the energy industry, who maintain that they are “win win” solutions for both energy producing nations and transit coun...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoRANGOON — Burma owes US $11 billion in foreign debt—some of it decades old—and is negotiating with Japan and Italy to repay the outstanding sums, the finance minister said, disclosing the country's extern...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoLenin graces the cover of a recent issue of The Economist. The Financial Times is running an entire series on the “crisis in capitalism.” Francis Fukuyama, a recovering neoconservative, makes a plea in Fo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoPressure on Greece's recession-stricken economy has intensified after international debt inspectors admitted an additional €15bn (£12.5bn) would be needed to fill a newly discovered black hole in the coun...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoWASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke defended the central bank's decision to hold interest rates at record-low levels for the next three years, during a contentious hearing Thursday before fede...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoMANILA, Philippines – A strong earthquake in the central Philippines killed at least five people Monday as it destroyed buildings and triggered landslides that buried dozens of houses, trapping residents....
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agovideo platform video management video solutions video player The police came for Amelia Reyes Jimenez in 2008 to arrest her for one count of child endangerment, a misdemeanor, because she had left ...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 9 hours agoThis is a remarkably sober assessment of Russia today and a clear defining of the counter economic force of corruption. Plainly, Putin is moving toward a true systemic reform. This comes after...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoAt least 15 people have been killed in a fresh wave of attacks by Syrian forces on the city of Homs, according to activists and residents. Sky's chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay, near Homs, said 12 sepa...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 9 hours agoWestern society is been forced to come to grips with aspects of other societies that were never part of our own history or at least not nearly so and have long since been resolved in any case. ...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 9 hours agoWhat has become obvious during the past decade is that the technology exists today to pretty well expect to salvage anything you want, if not today, inside the lifetime of the person looking. F...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 9 hours agoPerhaps it was time and perhaps it was Europe’s turn to be strongly reminded that the climate is quite able to mix up a nasty spate of lousy weather. It can do this without a serious volcano, alt...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 9 hours agoWestern society is been forced to come to grips with aspects of other societies that were never part of our own history or at least not nearly so and have long since been resolved in any case. ...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 10 hours ago** The Gaza Flotilla false flag operation - "The agent who co-ordinated the NATO / Mossad Operation was Abdelhakim Belhadj, who is now in charge of NATO´s training of the so called 'Free Syrian Army'. "Fu...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 11 hours ago*A study of researchers proves that the **risk of birth defects increases four-fold if the pregnant mother has diabetes*. There is concern that increasing levels of diabetes, particularly Type 2, could m...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 11 hours ago*Almost 100 conventional MPs have on paper to the prime minister influence him to cut subsidies for wind turbines. Actually the government needs renewable sources, such as wind, to make available 15% of ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 11 hours ago*I'm more of a coffee man.* "Lobbyists have clout in Romney’s campaign circle; 14 raised $1.6m for candidate in 2d half of 2011" by Michael Levenson, | Globe Staff, February 05, 2012 Mitt *Romney*, who...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 11 hours agoWelsh government launched a campaign to stop people smoking in cars when children’s are there. *According to chief medical officer for Wales Dr Tony Jewell children in cars were predominantly at risk fro...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 11 hours ago"Gingrich backer says he would support Romney as nominee" February 05, 2012 LAS VEGAS - Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino executive keeping Newt Gingrich’s presidential hopes alive, has relayed * ass...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoPowell is husband of missing Utah woman Susan Powell. GRAHAM, Wash. — Josh Powell sent an e-mail to his attorney Sunday with a simple message: "I'm sorry, goodbye." Minutes later he accepted his sons int...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoLAHORE: The roof of a factory building caved in in Lahore when its boiler exploded, DawnNews reported. More than 30 people, including women and children, were trapped under the rubble whereas eight peopl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoMANILA, Philippines — A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck the central Philippines on Monday, killing a child and triggering a local tsunami alert. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology issu...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 12 hours agoWilliam Holman Hunt's The Scapegoat, 1854-56. "We cannot refasten the bindings because we now know that the scapegoats of sacrifice are innocent. Christ’s Passion unveiled the sacrificial origin of human...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoScientists 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 explosiv...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 12 hours agoIndia's missile scientists are gearing to conduct an interceptor missile test on February 10 as part of the plans to deploy a two-layered Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) system.This will be the seventh int...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA month ago, we joked when we said that for Obama to get the unemployment rate to negative by election time, all he has to do is to crush the labor force participation rate to about 55%. Looks like the go...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoTHREE JUVENILES accused of assaulting a cabdriver and his passenger in Center City Saturday night while shouting racial slurs will not be charged with a hate crime, the District Attorney's Office said yes...
- posted by Economic Perspectives from Kansas City at New Economic Perspectives - 12 hours agoBy L. Randall Wray Let’sfinish up the discussion of Lerner’s functional finance approach addressing twoissues: functional finance and developing nations and also the functionalfinance approach to trade d...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoAcademy to switch to electronic ballots in 2013 – but move from paper voting does not eliminate prospect of foul play. Computer security experts have warned that the 2013 Oscars ballot may be vulnerable ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoCALUMET CITY, Ill. (CBS) — Police in Calumet City were defending their actions Wednesday after officers shot and killed a 15-year-old boy, who has a form of autism, after he threatened them with a knife. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoMINNESOTA— Parents in New Ulm, Minnesota vented their frustration at a school district after an inappropriate playground game came to light. It is called raped tag. The game encourages children to tag pri...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 12 hours ago*Famous film and stage actor Ben Gazzara has gone to the heaven in New York at the age of 81.* He began his career in the theatre, starring in the original Broadway construction of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoNEW TAIPEI, Taiwan - A Taiwanese man who died while playing video games at an internet cafe appeared to have gone unnoticed by fellow gamers for up to nine hours, police said Friday. The 23-year-old chec...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoBeijing (CNN) -- Anyone interested in world affairs, Chinese diplomacy and China's future should know more about Xi Jinping. Xi (pronounced "shee"), China's vice president, will be visiting the United St...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 12 hours agoIran's powerful Revolutionary Guard began naval manoeuvres today in the latest show of force near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the critical Gulf oil tanker route that Tehran has threatened to close in r...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours agoLast week we sniffed around some of the stench coming off Congress when we examined the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act (STOCK). The Senate raised the white flag and only 3 of the dozens of co...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 12 hours agoThe J-20 Mighty Dragon, underdevelopment fifth generation stealth fighter jet of the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Read More
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe tension on the Lebanese border is palpable as sworn enemies flex their military muscle. It is the front line of Israel’s deepening conflict with Iran, and beneath the snow-capped peaks of Mount Herm...
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- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago"A path is only a path, and there is no affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you. Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you thin...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago(CNN) -- As casualties mount before the brutal onslaught of Bashar al-Assad's forces against Syria's pro-democracy protesters, the Russians are being unhelpful again. In Washington and Brussels, even habi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago(CNN) -- Just as the Netscape IPO inaugurated the dotcom mania of the 90s, so Facebook's imminent IPO will trigger a hysteria with the social web. But the most interesting question isn't whether Facebook ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA new assessment questions the notion that jellyfish and similar gelatinous creatures will dominate the seas In recent years, media reports of jellyfish blooms and some scientific publications have fuele...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 12 hours agoThe Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E super maneuverable fighter jet of the Russian Air Force. Read More
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 12 hours agoImage of the weapons recovered from the Taliban groups by the Pakistan Army during last week in an operation against the militant groups in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) region of Pakistan...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 5.6 earthquake has struck the Negros - Cebu Region, Philippines at a depth of 34.6 km (21.5 miles), the quake hit at 04:20:03 UTC Monday 6th February 2012 The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) SS...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago*“The Handless Maiden: A Story for Difficult Times”* by Diane Morrow “In Women Who Run With the Wolves," Clarissa Pinkola Estes, a Jungian analyst and storyteller, retells a story about a handless maiden....
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Negros - Cebu Region, Philippines at a depth of 34.8 km (21.6 miles), the quake hit at 04:03:28 UTC Monday 6th February 2012 The epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) No...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck Halmahera, Indonesia at a depth of 114.5 km (71.2 miles), the quake hit at 02:14:26 UTC Monday 6th February 2012 The epicenter was 102 km (63 miles) North of Ternate,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck the Fiji Region at a depth of 521 km (323.7 miles), the quake hit at 23:50:41 UTC Sunday 5th February 2012 The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji ...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 13 hours agoIf you've ever seen Bob Dylan in concert, or if you are a fan of his live recordings, you know he seldom sings a song the same way twice. Subtle lyrical changes shift emphasis and perspective. New arrangem...
- posted by leftdog at Buckdog - 13 hours ago*... but then again, tricky dicky Richard Nixon got one! * Act 1 Scene 1 - *Nixon In China*
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 9.9 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 22:05:45 UTC Sunday 5th February 2012 The epicenter was 25 km (15 miles) North...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Southern Peru at a depth of 189 km (117.4 miles), the quake hit at 20:58:46 UTC Sunday 5th February 2012 The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) WSW of Juliaca, Peru No Rep...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 6.8 earthquake has struck the Negros - Cebu Region, Philippines at a depth of 46.6 km (29 miles), the quake hit at 03:49:16 UTC Monday 6th February 2012 The epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) Nort...
- posted by Lori Haskell at Adventures with Kurt and Lori - 13 hours agoSo, we worked both days this weekend, which was NOT fun. However, it was necessary because of our amazing St Maarten vacay, so I will say I am OK with the being forced to work all weekend. I would not trad...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago“NGC 660 lies near the center of this intriguing skyscape, swimming in the boundaries of the constellation Pisces. Over 20 million light-years away, its peculiar appearance marks it as a polar ring galaxy....
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours agoAbilene, Texas, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by skrashen at Schools Matter - 14 hours agoJeff McQuillan: "Books before bytes" re (Michael Hiltzik) Sent to the Los Angeles Times, Feb. 5, 2012 To the Editor: Kudos to Michael Hiltzik for his column ("Hyping tech will not help students," February...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago“When I first heard the song “Don’t worry- be happy” I realized it was exactly the kind of mindless philosophy that Americans would respond to. It would make a great national anthem along with “Me first.” ...
- posted by Christina Reed at Discovery News - Top Stories - 14 hours agoMike deGruy and Andrew Wight, two amazing ocean cinematographers, have died in a helicopter crash in Australia. Our hearts at Discovery News go out to their families and friends.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago*“Grimm Business”* by Chet Raymo “The American artist John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) was a superb draftsman. He also veered successfully towards impressionism. He could be pompously formal, or endearingl...
- posted by Alison at Creekside - 14 hours agoSeems former White House Bush spokesy, sometime Steve fluffer, and anti-Planned Parenthood campaigner Ari Fleischer was involved in vetting job applicants for the Susan G Komen For the Cure foundation, w...
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- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago*It would appear that the last thing the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation should have been doing was encouraging public scrutiny.* *by Ken* The Right-Wing Noise Machine has shown itself so effective...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 16 hours agoFebruary 2, 2012 Romney Isn’t Concerned Paul Krugman If you’re an American down on your luck, Mitt Romney has a message for you: He doesn’t feel your pain. Earlier this week, Mr. Romney told a startled CNN...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 18 hours ago"The Persians": Soliloquy of the Suffering By Chris Floyd Empire Burlesque Published: February 23, 2011 As the ancient spirit of defiance against brutal -- and brutalizing -- elites waxes strong once mor...
- posted by Rufus at News From Atlantis. - 19 hours agoYesterday (4th February 2012), the English Defence League walked through Leicester to protest against the anti-indigenous policies of the City of London regime who control the fake democratic system of th...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 19 hours agoI hate driving when I'm crying; it's so dangerous. But I was on my way to meet Digby and Stoller Saturday at the Ethiopian all-you-can-eat vegan buffet listening to a *This American Life* program about ...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 19 hours agoAfter Super Bowl 42 that featured perhaps the greatest Patriots team ever assembled, I'm not making any predictions with these two teams. But suffice it to say that after another record-shattering year, B...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 19 hours ago*It's a loser because I plunked down dough on a Boston Sunday Globe. * *But while we are out there.... * ShareE-mailPrint "Gambling priest gets 3 years prison in Vegas case" January 13, 2012|Ken Ritter, A...
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- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago*“SOPA, PIPA, The State of US Surveillance” * By Doug Horning “Lovers of liberty have seemingly had a good bit to celebrate recently. First, there was an unprecedented outpouring of negative public sentim...
- posted by Rich Rifkin at Lexicon Daily - 20 hours agoBased on their 8 wins and 15 losses, the Kings are not the worst team in the NBA. That distinction goes to the 3-21 Charlotte Bobcats. Nice job, Michael Jordan. However, if you look deeper into their numb...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 20 hours agoLet's be clear. This is a blog concerning itself with BBC bias. It is also a blog that is entirely self funding and which does not advertise or clutter the space. So, in a blatant instance of opportunism -...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 20 hours agoAre you optimistic or pessimistic about the economy right now?
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoTo D-fox: if you're reading this, please contact us at thecomingcrisis@gmail.com. It's important -- we believe.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoMOSCOW—With Russians defying sub-zero cold over the weekend to demonstrate for unfettered elections, the Kremlin is employing a familiar tool—anti-Americanism—to defuse support for opposition leaders, cas...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Kepulauan Kai, Indonesia at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 19:08:56 UTC Sunday 5th February 2012 The epicenter was 133 km (82.4 miles) East of Tual, Ke...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago*"In Giant Misdirection, Americans Save More * *While Their Real Wealth Declines Faster"* by Bill Sardi "What a time for Americans to begin replenishing their savings accounts, at the exact time when they...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck Southwestern Siberia, Russia at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 18:52:44 UTC Sunday 5th February 2012 The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) Northeast of S...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago“It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creeds into law if it acquires the political power to do so, and will follow it by suppressing opposition, subverting all educati...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 21 hours ago*Yeah, I wish.* "Maine figures into Ron Paul’s caucus-centric strategy" February 03, 2012|By Sarah Schweitzer FALMOUTH, Maine - He may have yet to secure a win, but Ron Paul is not without a strategy. I...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago*"So Say the Rich: 'Don't Blame Us For Having All the Money!'"* by Paul Buchheit "A recent Washington Post article by James Q. Wilson is filled with the tired old defense mechanisms of people eager to jus...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 21 hours agoEd Balls' and Labour's whole line of attack on Coalition economic policy has been blown out of the water by the IFS 'Green Budget' report but strangely enough this is not considered 'headline news' for th...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 21 hours ago*Hadn't planned on it, but....* "Planned Parenthood receives Komen apology; Says group will still be eligible to get grants" by Pam Belluck New York Times / February 4, 2012 The nation’s preeminent breast...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 21 hours agoAnthony Watts criticizes a cool-headed, rational, pro-coal organization named Choose Common Sense that attempts to convince Penn State University to abolish a planned talk by Michael Mann on February 9th i...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 22 hours agoIs Newt Gingrich helping or hurting his future ability to profit in the conservative marketplace? I'm not really talking about the whole campaign -- just post-Iowa, when he started bashing almost certain n...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Kamchatka, Russia at a depth of 80 km (49.6 miles), the quake hit at 18:00:59 UTC Sunday 5th February 2012 The epicenter was 38 km (23.5 miles)...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 22 hours agoThe "Uranium Supply Crunch" is worsening. The anticipated supply crunch has contributed to the drive for Mox fuel, in addition to the desire by the DoD to "recycle" plutonium and uranium from nuclear weap...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoROME — The death toll from the vicious cold snap across Europe has risen to more than 260, with hundreds having to be rescued after a ferry caught in a snow storm hit a breakwater off Italy. Ukraine has ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoAn Israeli raid on Iran's nuclear facilities would deliver a painful shock to the global economy, revive flagging Islamist militancy and possibly drag the United States into a regional war whether it back...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago(Reuters) - The United States is coming to be seen as a global threat, acting unilaterally with aggressive new market rules that critics say will hurt U.S. firms, foreign banks, and international markets ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoEuro zone finance ministers told Greece it could not go ahead with an agreed deal to restructure privately held debt until it guaranteed to implement reforms to secure a second financing package from the ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoThe double veto cast by Russia and China at the United Nations Security Council on Saturday represents a clarifying moment in the Syrian uprisings. At the 2012 Munich Security Conference, U.S. Secretary o...
- Sunday Classics: Storms that set three great operatic scenes in motion (aka: Musical storms, part 3)posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 23 hours ago*Presumably you can tell from the umbrellas that there's a storm a-brewing -- well, actually, a-happening. Act III of Kátya Kabanová at St. Petersburg's Mikhailovsky Theater, December 2010.* *Vienna Phil...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoThe death toll from fighting between Syrian government forces and civilians rose Sunday, a day after the United Nations Security Council failed to approve a plan seeking to halt the violence. The Arab L...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 23 hours agoIt's hard to come up with something meaningful to say at this point..about the only suspense remaining is at what point everyone will concede that there's no longer any doubt about the nomination. Well, I ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 2.7 earthquake has struck Oregon at a depth of 14.8 km (9.2 miles), the quake hit at 17:27:52 UTC Sunday 5th February 2012 The epicenter was 12 km (8 miles) ESE of Maupin, Oregon No Reports of ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck Michoacan, Mexico at a depth of 51 km (37.2 miles), the quake hit at 17:01:10 UTC Sunday 5th February 2012 The epicenter was 33 km (20.4 miles) Northwest of Zirándaro,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.5 earthquake has struck Mindanao, Philippines at a depth of 504.8 km (313.7 miles), the quake hit at 16:46:44 UTC Sunday 5th February 2012 The epicenter was 116 km (72 miles) West of General...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day agoFrom Lee Hyeoma, Hello! Here is a link to DAWA's new music video "A Joyful, Defiant Tone." Frank Poocha, guitar, keyboards, trumpet & vocals & Chuck Harris, lead guitar & vocals. All of the band members...
- posted by sue at Biased BBC - 1 day agoJeremy Bowen’s Islam-friendly reporting seems to have come back to bite him on the bum. All those years of Israel-bashing and pro Palestinian propaganda, all that peculiar sucking up to Gaddafi. Now the B...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 4.3 km (2.7 miles), the quake hit at 16:40:38 UTC Sunday 5th February 2012 The epicenter was 122 km (76 miles) West of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Java, Indonesia at a depth of 81 km (50.2 miles), the quake hit at 15:52:02 UTC Sunday 5th February 2012 The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) South of Kawalu, Indonesia ...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago*By Roberto Rodriguez* *Censored News* http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com In Tucson, there is no one left to ban! . This book appears on the Cambium list of Mexican American Studies books, confirmed by di...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoNewly arrived immigrants and American citizens with deep roots always have the same message for their children-- study and get a good education because that is how to succeed. Knowledge is power and educa...
- posted by Inexplicata at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 1 day agoShameless self-promotion. My article on UFO sightings during wartime has appeared in Spain's "Foros del Misterio" - La Revista Digital (Issue 8). Many thanks to Carlos Barcala and Rafa Gallegos. Ot...
- posted by Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 1 day agoCALIFORNIA, 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 lon...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Molucca Sea, Indonesia at a depth of 114 km (70.6 miles), the quake hit at 14:44:49 UTC Sunday 5th February 2012 The epicenter was 214 km (132.6 miles) Northeast of Bi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck El Salvador at a depth of 81 km (50.2 miles), the quake hit at 14:19:40 UTC Sunday 5th February 2012 The epicenter was 4 km (2.4 miles) Southwest of El Rosario, El Sal...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoScotland Yard detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are set to interview the so-called Tapas Seven. The group are friends of Kate and Gerry McCann who dined with them at a tapas ...
- posted by Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day agoLast night I was re-reading a terrific little book from 1976 by Don Martin, George Overholt, and Wayne Urban: *Accountability in American Education: A Critique*. The book brings so many elements of the c...
- posted by Scott Tharler at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoRecon Instruments' in-goggle Micro Optic Display will act as a viewfinder for Contour HD camcorder users.
- posted by Judy Rabin at Schools Matter - 1 day agoFebruary 4, 2012 From the New York TimesIn Texas, a Backlash Against Student TestingBy MORGAN SMITH When Christopher Chamness entered the third grade last year, he began to get stomach aches before school...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoTEHRAN, Iran (AP) – A Republican Guard commander warned that Iran will target any country where an attack against it is staged. Hossein Salami, deputy commander of the elite Revolutionary Guard, Iran's m...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 1 day agoGlobal Corporate Assault on Internet Freedom Shifts from SOPA to ACTA. Nile Bowie NileBowie.blogspot.com February 5, 2012 In the wake of a public outcry against internet regulation bills such as SOPA and...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoI was in high school when Barbara Tuchman's epic history of the first month of the First World War, The Guns of August, was published. I don't remember which of my teachers suggested I read it but I do re...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck offshore Chiapas, Mexico at a depth of 46.8 km (29.1 miles), the quake hit at 13:18:58 UTC Sunday 5th February 2012 The epicenter was 102 km (63 miles) WSW of Tapachu...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day agoOccupy Mardis Gras! ~Krewe du Vieux rolls through Marigny, French Quarter ~Hat Tweet~@small_affair~Love you #*OccupyPan* for putting up tents during 1st parade & occupying #*MardiGras* #*ows* twitpic.com/8f...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Mariana Islands Region at a depth of 129.5 km (80.5 miles), the quake hit at 13:02:24 UTC Sunday 5th February 2012 The epicenter was 260 km (161 miles) WSW of HAG...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Fiji Region at a depth of 596.7 km (370.8 miles), the quake hit at 12:15:58 UTC Sunday 5th February 2012 The epicenter was 119 km (73 miles) SSW of Ndoi Island, Fi...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 1 day agoUS begins reaping rewards of its 2011 campaign of Arab destabilization. by Tony Cartalucci February 5, 2012 - Reuters reported, "Tunisia "to withdraw recognition" of Syria government," and specifically tha...
- posted by Robin Horbury at Biased BBC - 1 day agoIs the BBC a political pressure group? Many, such as Booker, say it is; and I increasingly agree. Today, for example, 101 Conservative MPs - almost half the parliamentary party - have signed a letter sugge...
- posted by Len Hart at The Existentialist Cowboy - 1 day ago*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy* The GOP is not a political party. It is a crime syndicate, to be sure, but also evinces characterisitcs of a kooky cult. I say that based upon my experience as a y...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAuthorities were using military helicopters and a C-130 cargo plane Sunday to evacuate thousands of residents stranded by rising floodwaters in the eastern Australian state of Queensland, the government s...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoTunisia has started the procedure for withdrawing its recognition of the Syrian leadership under President Bashar al-Assad and for expelling the Syrian ambassador, the Tunisian president said on Saturday....
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoCAIRO — Protesters and riot police fought pitched battles in Cairo on Sunday as clashes sparked by the perceived failure of Egypt's military rulers to prevent deadly football-linked violence raged into a ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoRussia and China have handed Syria's government a "licence to kill", say opposition activists, after the two countries vetoed a UN resolution. The Syrian National Council, an opposition umbrella group, ur...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe first major snowfall in Rome for 26 years has led to the closure of the world-famous Colosseum over fears that tourists could slip on the icy ruins. The cold weather also left buses struggling to dri...
- posted by Batocchio at Vagabond Scholar - 1 day agoThe first weekend in February marks the observance of Blogroll Amnesty Day, when we celebrate small blogs by linking some of 'em. This event was co-founded by the much missed Jon Swift (who explained its or...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck near the Bushehr nuclear power plant in south Iran, the U.S. Geological Survey said on its website on Sunday. The earthquake struck at 9:40 a.m. local time (06:10 GMT) on...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago"The authors of the draft Syria resolution, unfortunately, did not want to undertake an extra effort and come to a consensus," Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov wrote on Twitter after Russia and Chi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoILAM: Bird flu has been confirmed in Phakphok VDC-2 of Ilam district. An emergency meeting of the district-level bird flu disease control committee held on Sunday confirmed the avian influenza virus in Ph...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoKATHMANDU:As around 8,000 chickens have died of bird flu , or H5N1 virus in the Nepal's Sunsari district in last few days, more traces of the virus have been found in the region, Xinhua reported. Though i...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoRAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - The South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks Department is investigating about 100 suspicious deaths in downtown Rapid City - and the victims are all pigeons. John Kanta, regional wildlife...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoPeople bearing pitchforks, rakes and sharp sticks fetched hundreds of dead, smelly fish Saturday from two ponds in Winchester Green in western Henrico County. About 1,100 fish died mysteriously about a we...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA loss of sea ice could be a cause of the bitter winds that have swept across the UK in the past week, weather experts say. The bitterly cold weather sweeping Britain and the rest of Europe has been linke...
- posted by Batocchio at Vagabond Scholar - 1 day agoThe 2012 Screen Actors Guild Awards were held this past weekend. You can see the list of nominees and winners here. As usual, there are some worthy recipients and nominees. (I didn't watch the entire show...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoChina has sent a team of government officials and company executives to Libya to discuss post-war reconstruction and how to protect Chinese assets, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday. The...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoSupporters of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad take to the streets to thank Russia and China for U.N. resolution veto. Masako Iijima reports.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAn explosion hit a gas pipeline running from Egypt to Israel Sunday, witnesses and state television reported. The pipeline, which also supplies gas to Jordan, has come under attack at least 12 times sinc...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThree Tibetans in southwestern China have set themselves ablaze in protest against Chinese rule, Radio Free Asia reported, the latest in a series of self-immolations over the past year. The three set the...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA car bomb in the south Afghan city of Kandahar killed at least seven people and wounded 19 on Sunday, the province's media office said. Five police officers and two civilians were among the dead, it said...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoEuro zone finance ministers told Greece on Saturday it could not go ahead with an agreed deal to restructure privately-held debt until it guaranteed it would implement reforms needed to secure a second fi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoImage: A survivor of the Dominican Republic migrant boat sinking. Rescue efforts continued Sunday after a boat carrying migrants sank between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, killing at least five,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoUnited Nations (CNN) -- United Nations Security Council members used strong language Saturday after the council vetoed a resolution condemning Syria for human rights violations and attacks against its ci...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoDozens of U.S. Park Police officers in riot gear and on horseback converged before dawn Saturday on one of the nation's last remaining Occupy sites, with police clearing away tents they said were banned u...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA worker at a nuclear power plant fell into a reactor pool as he was leaning over to retrieve a flashlight and lost his balance. The man, who has not been named, was able to return to work at the San Ono...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA powerful winter storm that covered parts of Colorado with up to 6 feet of snow crept east across the Plains Saturday, knocking out electricity to thousands in Nebraska as the blanket of heavy, wet preci...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMore than 200 passengers on two cruise ships headed to south Florida have been stricken with a rapidly spreading gastrointestinal illness. Princess Cruise Lines say two of its ships were hit with a norovi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe handyman who walked into a police station and admitted to strangling the wife of a wealthy Detroit businessman was released from jail Friday afternoon because authorities claimed they didn't have the ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoTens of thousands of Russians flooded Moscow city centre today to demand an end to Vladimir Putin's rule. The crowds braved -20C (-4F) temperatures to protest a month before a presidential election Mr Pu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMore than a hundred dolphins have now beached off Cape Cod as mammals continue to get inexplicably stranded on the region's beaches. Three died on Friday, meaning that of 116 common dolphins that have bea...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoApple has failed to tackle the scandalous working conditions at its supplier iPod factories in China, six years after The Mail on Sunday first exposed the company’s appalling record. Workers are continui...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day agoDirected by Julian Gibbs and Chris Sayer, “Numb” is the third single taken from the Pet Shop Boys album “Fundamental” and was released on October 16th, 2006.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIran has vowed to cut oil exports to some European countries in retaliation over the bloc's recent decision to ban oil imports from the Islamic Republic. It has not named the countries which will be aff...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoI pull up outside a house in the Durham mining village of West Auckland to find an anonymous-looking place: a slim, three-storey family home distinguished from its neighbours only by its pretty, blue-grey...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day agoRalph Zurmühle, "Sonora In My Heart"
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIndia's Finance Minister referred to the financial aid given by Britain to his country as nothing more than 'peanuts', it is claimed. It is also claimed that Pranab Mukherjee and other Indian ministers tr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThousands of NHS patients could be secretly monitored by the Government for symptoms of the human form of mad cow disease amid concerns that there could be another wave of infections. Experts advising th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAirport bosses came under fire last night after cancelling a third of today’s flights at Heathrow because of severe weather – nine hours before a flake of snow had even fallen. Amid forecasts of six inch...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA UN Security Council resolution over ongoing violence in Syria has been vetoed by Russia and China. The vote - which came as angry crowds of protesters attempted to storm the Syrian embassy in London -...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoHeavy snowfalls across Britain have caused transport chaos, with cars abandoned on roads and airports closed. According to Sky sources, a number of cars were abandoned on the northbound side of the M40 ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology has not issued any warning about volcanic eruption and tsunami occurrence in Eastern Samar, Phivolcs Director Renato Solidom Jr. said. Solidom made i...
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