- 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 ...
- 30 Dolphins stranding and incredibly saved! Ex ...
It was just another day at the beach - or so it seemed till dozens of dolphins suddenly swam in with the surf and got stranded in the sandy shallows. The dramatic video of the stranding in the Brazilian town of Arraial do Cabo - now a YouTube sensation - shows humans rushing to help their fellow ...
- Earthquake Magnitude 6.9 - Off East Coast of H ...
Date-Time: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 09:08:37 UTC Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 07:08:37 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location: 40.899°N, 144.923°E Depth: 26.6 km (16.5 miles) Region: OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN Distances: 235 km (146 mile ...
- Kansans witness early morning meteor
A flash of light in the early morning sky over the Great Plains on Tuesday lit up social media and cyberspace as witnesses tried to figure out what they had seen. "It was like the whole sky lit up for just a second," Joe Kleinsasser said in an e-mail about what he saw as he drove from Hillsbor ...
- Income inequality in the Roman Empire
Over the last 30 years, wealth in the United States has been steadily concentrating in the upper economic echelons. Whereas the top 1 percent used to control a little over 30 percent of the wealth, they now control 40 percent. It's a trend that was for decades brushed under the rug but is now on ...
- Al Jazeera Producer, Managing Director and Bei ...
Qatar's aggressive stance towards Assad has led to a string of resignations at the country's al-Jazeera TV news channel. Those who left describe bias at the station which they say has become a tool to target the Syrian regime. RT's Paula Slier describes those accusations.
- Ignoring Critics, Right-Wing Media Defend NYPD ...
Right-wing media have defended the New York Police Department's (NYPD) surveillance of American Muslims throughout the Northeast, engaging in anti-Muslim rhetoric and dismissing concerns of civil rights groups while doing so. But law enforcement experts have said that the program has a "negativ ...
- Fox Defends Texas' Voter ID Law With Fraud
Fox News and Fox Business have leaped to the defense of Texas' voter ID law after the Justice Department moved to prevent its implementation, saying that the legislation violated the Voting Rights Act. Fox's coverage has been filled with false and misleading claims. To learn about how Fox simi ...
- "Feminazi": The History Of Limbaugh's Trademar ...
When Rush Limbaugh first began using the term "feminazi" in the 1990s, he said that it described "a specific type of feminist" and that there were "probably no more than 25 of them." However, since then, he has used the term as a broader slur to attack feminists, pro-choice activists, and progr ...
- Experts Commend North Korea Deal That Right-Wi ...
Experts on Korea and U.S. national security have commended a recent deal between the United States and North Korea on nuclear testing as "a positive development" and an indication that the U.S. has "turned a new page with the North Koreans." Nevertheless, conservative media are attacking the de ...
- Fox's New Scapegoat For Gas Prices: The EPA
Fox News is calling for President Obama to somehow require a single national blend of gasoline instead of the multiple blends tailored for seasonal and local pollution conditions in accordance with the Clean Air Act Amendments and state regulations. But doing so would lead to increased pollutio ...
- US Senate rejects GOP measure to build Keyston ...
According to CNN, the Senate narrowly rejected a Republican-sponsored measure Thursday that would have bypassed the Obama administration’s current objections to the Keystone XL pipeline and allowed construction on the controversial project to move forward immediately. Fifty-six senators vo ...
- Fukushima Anniversary Action in Austin, TX
This weekend marks the first anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Our thoughts and prayers will be with the hundreds of thousands of Japanese still living in contaminated areas. There are anniversary actions across the U.S. and entire world this weekend. You can find a list of many of ...
- Tell TCEQ grading polluters on a curve doesn’t ...
The Texas Commission for Environmental Quality is the second largest environmental agency in the world—with a budget to match. Help hold TCEQ accountable for taxpayer’s interests and stop them from implementing rules that favor polluting businesses. Read our press release (Press Release – ...
- Texas Pardons Pollution (Again!) – Public hear ...
Get tough on environmental crimes Texas law requires that the our state environmental agency, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), consider a facility’s past compliance when making decisions regarding permits or inspections. In fact, a facility’s Compliance History score affect ...
- Tar Sands by Any Other Name
This post was reprinted from a press statement by Trevor Lovell in response to TransCanada’s announcement yesterday, February 27th regarding their plans to pursue the building of a pipeline from Cushing, OK to the refineries on the Texas Gulf Coast while pursuing a new application for the ...
- Romney Loses, But Not Really
With Rick Santorum besting him in Alabama and Mississippi tonight, Newt Gingrich lost even a regional claim for strength in the nominating process. You might have expected him to bow out. But he remains defiant. When the primaries are over, and its clear no one person has won, Gingrich sa ...
- Women, observe the traffic laws, or else!
It's bad enough that Republican governments now believe you shouldn't have access to contraceptives and other reproductive health care benefits (see, e.g., Virginia, Arizona and Georgia to name but a few). However, I must warn you, if you fail to come to a complete stop at a stop sign while "dr ...
- Greedheads Don't Learn
If Greg Smith can be believed, Goldman Sachs has responded to the financial meltdown and election results of 2008 in the same dysfunctional manner as the Republican Party. Mr. Smith is resigning today from his position as "executive director and head of the firms United States equity derivative ...
- For Democrats, Angry Stupidity Is Not an Option
In today's column, Richard Cohen laments Sarah Palin's proud ignorance, dishonesty, and general unfitness to hold high office -- and speculates that her influence is going to migrate out of the Republican Party eventually: So far, the Palin effect has been limited to the GOP. Surely, though, ...
- Specter's Whining
Arlen Specter has a new memoir out. It might be interesting to get his impressions of the first two years of the Obama administration but it's hard for me to feel sorry for him when he complains that the president and vice-president abandoned him in his primary election against Joe Sestak. I d ...
- The Near Annihilation of America's Buffalo in ...
During the 19th century, within the space of a few decades, the American buffalo were almost hunted to extinction by men driven by greed... This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- Lithuania’s Haunting Hill of Crosses
At first glance, this memorial site in the Baltics looks like a surreal, overcrowded graveyard. Read on to find out more about this remarkable place... This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- Japan Still Recovering One Year After Tragic E ...
Earthquakes strike Japan often, and they are prepared. What they are not prepared for is the unknowns, such as the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- 12 Amazing Recycled Dragons
Twelve incredible, majestic dragons, resurrected from the trash pile.... This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- 25 Vertigo-Inducing Views From the Highest Atr ...
Atriums, or atria, are often-stunning central spaces inside modern buildings. Here are some vertigo-inducing bird's-eye views of the very tallest! This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- Fear, Intimidation & Media Disinformation: U.K ...
Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, August 20, 2009 An official UK government report –quoted extensively in Britain’s tabloid media– is warning the British public that there will b ...
- President European Commission Advocated World ...
Jurriaan Maessen. Infowars. July 24th, 2009 On September 7, 1992, two term President of the European Commission Jacques Delors gave a speech to the Royal Institute of International A ...
- Billions of People Expected to Die Under Curre ...
Barbara Minton, Natural News, July 21st, 2009 Your right to eat healthy food and use supplements of your choice is rapidly vanishing, but every effort has been made to keep you in th ...
- Bioweapons, Dangerous Vaccines, and Threats of ...
Stephen Lendman, Global Research, July 7th, 2009 Although international law prohibits the use of chemical and bacteriological weapons, America has had an active biological warfare pr ...
- Today we’re all prisoners in the USA
Papers, Please! June 2, 2009 As of today, June 1, 2009, even U.S. citizens are officially prisoners in the USA, or exiles barred from entering our own country without the government’ ...
- First warm day of 2012 = Days 1&2: OccupyMinne ...
IN an entirely unexpected and spontaneous emergence of lulz, the first dry, warm evening of spring led to an impromptu occupation of Peavey Plaza on Nicollet Mall, with OccupyMpls (occupyminneapolis.mn) regulars holding it down into the night with two tents, sleeping gear, hot tea and snacks. Ex ...
- Report: Simcity 5 finally under development fo ...
I have been very, very into SimCity ever since I was little. Now, finally SimCity 5 is getting a proper treatment. PLEASE send me any beta builds, i will debug the shizzle out of them :D Until you can get your hands on this, use the Network Addon Mod in SimCity 4 for much more fluid road&rai ...
- Let them eat cake! Republican State Representa ...
IN an astoundingly offensive display of casual Malthusian freestyling, Representative Mary Franson compared supporting poor people with food stamps to feeding wild animals. The Republicans pulled the YouTube once the magnitude of their irresponsibility hit the intertubes. But the usual suspects ...
- EXCLUSIVE: Cointelpro Gothic II: Midwestern Po ...
EARLIER: October 13, 2010: Cointelpro Gothic: Docs prove Iowa FBI's Wild Rose Rebellion a pretend RNC "Terrorism Enterprise" for great "statistical accomplishment" BY DAN FEIDT -- Another level of the seemingly endless, unregulated Midwestern law enforcement campaign against political activists ...
- New Filez! BuStEd: I sense Astroturfing in the ...
BuStEd: I sense Astroturfing in the Occupy! http://the99spring.com/letter.html ~ LEAKED FILEZ! Got a nice tip. Pass it along, its all on the google! A bunch of groups which are mostly dedicated to Democratic electioneering are doing a "99% Spring" campaign soon. This is no secret, but the fil ...
- Charles Lindbergh Sr. and 86% of Great Depress ...
This is my paper for The Center of Process Studies’ conference, Money-Creation in a Finite World (free and open to the public, April 10-12, 2012; Claremont Colleges, CA): Money and credit as public services for full-employment, optimal infrastructure, ending debt slavery: Epic proponents, relate ...
- Lorax 2-minute finale: 99% sing ‘Let it grow,’ ...
video of song here. Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not. - Dr. Seuss, The Lorax The Lorax movie shows a world much like the US today; governed by a plutocratic and vicious 1%. They secretly surveil, transfer rapacious wealth to themselv ...
- “Workers rights are human rights and nat ...
Picture of University of Maryland worker at a forum to protest racial and sexual harrassment of workers The following is from Diamondback, the campus newspaper for the University of Maryland. Dailycensored.com has continuously covered this controversy for some years. Promoting solidarit ...
- Dennis Kucinich: heroism to end US economic an ...
A great member of Congress had the intellectual integrity and moral courage to rightly call the US president a treaty-violating, war-murdering liar, and who should face Congress to account for a criminal War of Aggression. Both parties’ “leadership” and media responded with lies of omission and ...
- Impeachment for Libyan War of Aggression; 2-mi ...
video here Activist Post documents and asks the question if enough Americans are prepared to state “emperor has no
clothes” facts to impeach a US president in an important step to recognize and end US Wars of Aggression. Importantly, war law prohibits the use of force, or armed attack by a natio ...
- How Weapons Sales Caused the 2008 Financial Crisis
I just read an interesting new book called "The Economics of Killing: How the West Fuels War and Poverty in the Developing World" by Vijay Mehta. I especially recommend the first chapter, which argues that the U.S. economy has become very heavily dependent on weapons sales (to the U.S. gov ...
- Israeli Settlers Eyeing Remainder of Hebron on ...
By JoAnne Lingle I am in Hebron, Occupied Territories of Palestine, as a member of the Christian Peacemakers Team (CPT). Every Saturday there is an "Israeli Settler Tour" of Hebron. 100+ Israeli settlers and their guests come through the Old City where our Palestinian friends l ...
- 3-Hour Military Test Secretly Administered in ...
Pat Elder of the National Coalition to Protect Student Privacy (StudentPrivacy.org) explains how the U.S. military gets away with requiring students in thousands of U.S. high schools to take a 3-hour career inventory test with the results going straight to recruiters without students' or parents ...
- Targeted Killings: US and Israeli Specialties
Targeted Killings: US and Israeli Specialties by Stephen Lendman International law permits justifiable self-defense. Targeted killings are prohibited, especially premeditated ones like America and Israel repeatedly commit for reasons other than claimed. rea ...
- Israel's Latest Ritual Slaughter
Israel's Latest Ritual Slaughter by Stephen Lendman Four days of Israeli terror bombing left at least 25 Palestinians dead and dozens injured, some seriously. Human rights groups expressed outrage. So did Arab League states, Iran, Turkey, and Malaysia. read more
- 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 ...
- Conned 2012: Joseph Kony Is A CIA Contractor
By Saman Mohammadi According to former European MP, journalist, and author Richard Cottrell, the Lord Resistance Army is backed by the CIA and Mossad. The author of the blog aangirfan writes: “In Uganda, Joseph Kony is the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, ‘which is a US an ...
- The Dostoyevsky Pause on the Doubt Couch
By Les Visible Day by day it is becoming more and more apparent to me that things are exactly what they are supposed to be. That doesn’t mean what they could be. It means that what is, is the logical result of the total contribution. If we put our heads and hearts together, we can [...]
- Breaking! Las Vegas, Nevada. Ron Paul Delegate ...
by bobspirit Chairman Gibbs brought the meeting to order by asking for any Santorum supporters to please raise their hands. A handful of people raised their hands. Then he asked for Gingrich. He got 2 handfuls. When he asked for Romney, his people clustered near the front of the main room raised ...
- Armageddon Approaches
By Dr. Lasha Darkmoon Both America and Israel are unfortunately just not ready to wage the type of warfare they prefer to wage and at which they so excel: shooting fish in a barrel. Unlike Iraq, which the warmonger neoconservatives told us would be a “cakewalk”—easily conquered in six weeks—Iran ...
- Why Putin is driving Washington nuts
By Pepe Escobar So Washington and its minions have been warned. Before last Sunday’s election, Putin even advertised his road map The essentials; no war on Syria; no war on Iran; no “humanitarian bombing” or fomenting “color revolutions” – all bundled into a n ...
- Less Than a Week Away
We encourage you to register for Awake and Aware.George Green will be a featured speaker.September 19th & 20th • Burbank, CAClick here for Tickets & Reservations
- The Georgia Guidestones
On one of the highest hilltops in Elbert County, Georgia stands a huge granite monument. Engraved in eight different languages on the four giant stones that support the common capstone are 10 Guides, or commandments. That monument is alternately referred to as The Georgia Guidestones, or the ...
- The Creation
THE CREATION (A recent message given to George Green from the "guys upstairs") We are pleased to bring understanding and clarification on what is the Creation. This is a challenge because your language of communication has not the words for describing this conception of Creation. So as not to pu ...
- The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging C ...
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 ...
- About George Green
Dear Friends, Thank you for your interest in our catalog of unusual and informative materials. The knowledge gained will give you choices in the days ahead and lessons of discernment as the chaos increases. It is necessary for those of you who are now in the "know" so to speak, to begin to fo ...
- 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 ...
- PHOTOS: Incredible Renovation of London’s Hist ...
Read the rest of PHOTOS: Incredible Renovation of London’s Historic King’s Cross Station is Complete Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", eco design, free spanning roof, green architecture, Green Building, green design, green renovati ...
- New Report Finds 3.7 Million U.S. Residents at ...
A new report from Climate Central presents troubling data to suggest that rising sea levels, a result of global warning, could cause significant areas of the U.S. coastline to be flooded by the end of the century. The report, “Surging Seas: Sea level rise, storms & global warming: a th ...
- U.S. Solar Power Industry Growth Hits New Records
The United States is demanding green energy and the proof is in the pudding. A new report shows that 2011 saw more than double the solar panels installed from the previous year, and 2012 has already started to look even stronger. The study, released by GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industrie ...
- Report Finds Great Lakes Ice Cover Has Decreas ...
If you live near the Great Lakes, you’ve probably noticed that recently they’ve been better suited to kayaking than ice fishing. A new report published by the American Meteorological Society now confirms what people living near North America’s greatest fresh water resource have ...
- Craig Folds Five Manipulates Money into Amazin ...
Read the rest of Craig Folds Five Manipulates Money into Amazing Origami Art Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Art, Craig Folds Five, money, origami, origami animals, origami money, Recycled Materials, us dollars
- The Mother of All Bombs: a “great weapon” to u ...
A top US Air Force general has described the biggest conventional warhead – the 30,000-pound bunker buster bomb – as “great” for a military strike on Iran. Such glib comment about a massive killing device comes in the same week that US President Barack Obama appeared to caution against “loose ...
- Earth’s Death Star And The End Of America
From the British journal, New Scientist: "It is midnight on 22 September 2012 and the skies above Manhattan are filled with a flickering curtain of colourful light. Few New Yorkers have seen the aurora this far south but their fascination is short-lived. Within a few seconds, electric bulbs dim ...
- FDA admits mercury in cosmetic products is ext ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an updated warning about skin care products that may contain mercury, including many anti-aging, smoothing, skin-lightening, and beauty lotions and creams sold at ethnic beauty shops and online. Some of the tainted personal care products, mo ...
- Friends no more? Egypt’s MPs declare Israel No ...
Egypt calls Israel its number one enemy, saying it will “revise all its relations and agreements” with Tel Aviv. In a protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza, Egyptian MPs have voted to expel Israel's Ambassador in Cairo, and to halt gas exports.
- War Criminals Bush and Cheney Can No Longer Tr ...
Everyone in the world seems to recognize the obvious crimes perpetrated by the Bush/Cheney regime. Their overwhelming negative status in the world has now confined them to personal prisons where they can no longer travel abroad for public events. It appears they're only welcome in heavily-secure ...
- Killing the NHS: Why Are The Tories Getting Aw ...
In the US, because of that country’s notorious fetishization of self-reliance, it has been appallingly easy for would-be exploiters to portray anything cooperative as being Communist, with the result that the gulf between the rich and the poor is horrendous, healthcare is a privilege and n ...
- Save the NHS: London Protest Outside the Depar ...
With just a week to go until the NHS as we know it may be consigned to history, the time for concerted action is more important than ever. Last week, as I noted here in a round-up of recent events, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham secured a debate on the Health and Social Care Bill [...]
- UN Torture Rapporteur Accuses US Government of ...
Last week, at a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Professor Juan Méndez, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, spoke about the case of Pfc. Bradley Manning, the alleged WikiLeaks whistleblower, telling the news agency ...
- Petition to Free Shaker Aamer from Guantánamo ...
Please sign the Care 2 petition, which can be signed by anyone anywhere in the world, including the US and the UK. Last week, I drew readers’ attention to the urgent and ongoing e-petition on the British government’s website designed to secure the release from Guantánamo of Shaker Aa ...
- Save the NHS: The Need to Scrap the ToriesR ...
Last week appeared to be another good week for those opposing the Tory-led coalition government’s disastrous and entirely unwanted NHS reform bill, although no one should be fooled, as the government is still determined to press ahead with its terrible plans, even though wrecking the NHS w ...
- 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 ...
- Ugandan LGBT Group Sues Anti-Gay Activist Scot ...
A gay rights group in Uganda filed suit today against longtime anti-gay activist Scott Lively, according to The New York Times. The lawsuit, filed by Sexual Minorities Uganda, claims that, beginning in 2002, Lively conspired with Ugandan political and religious leaders to increase anti-gay fervo ...
- YWC Members Chalk ‘White Pride’ on ...
A few eyebrows and a few hackles were raised at Towson University last week when members of the campus Youth for Western Civilization (YWC) chapter chalked messages on university sidewalks that included the words “white pride” at several locations. The messages were left March 3, a S ...
- White Supremacist Pleads Guilty to Killing Fat ...
A white supremacist pleaded guilty today to killing his father and stepmother last fall before embarking on what an Oregon sheriff called a “vicious, wild reign of terror” that ended after two more people were killed. The guilty pleas from 31-year-old David “Joey” Pedersen came in Everett, Wash. ...
- Ousted Bronx Principal Asks Racists to Support ...
Frank Borzellieri is making a “desperate appeal” to supporters of the academic racist group American Renaissance to back his legal defense fund. Borzellieri was fired last August from his post as principal of Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in the Bronx after his connection to American Renaissan ...
- New SPLC Report: ‘Patriot’ Movemen ...
The number of antigovernment “Patriot” groups grew at an astounding pace last year, as it has in all three years of the Obama presidency, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) annual count of extremist groups, released today. The number of these groups rose from 824 in 2010 to 1, ...
- 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 ...
- Pakistan to US: Drone Flights Must End
Pakistan on Tuesday told the United States it will no longer permit US drones to use Pakistan's airspace to launch attacks or collect intelligence, a media report said. Pakistan Ambassador to Washington Sherry Rehman met Vice President Joe Biden’s National Security Adviser Antony Blink ...
- "You're Gonna Feel It:" U.S. Military Unveils ...
The U.S. military has unveiled its newest approach to crowd control, the Active Denial System, a heat ray that sends out a high-frequency electromagnetic ray. People hit with the ray feel an intense, unbearable heat. The military touts the ray's "far-ranging" capabilities and ...
- Republican Congressman Wants to 'Sell Off Some ...
A video showing Rep. Cliff Stearns (R, Florida) announcing his desire to "sell off some of our national parks" has surfaced on the Internet. In a speech given at a town hall meeting in Belleview Florida, Stearns explained his position. ...
- Wisconsin Voter ID Law Struck Down by Court
A Wisconsin law that requires voters present a photo ID when voting, was struck down by a Wisconsin Court today. Dane County Circuit Judge Richard Niess ruled that the law, signed by Walker in May of 2011, violated the Constitution. ...
- Earthquake, Tsunami Hit Japan
A 6.9-magnitude earthquake and small tsunami struck Japan today, nearly one year after the deadly tsunami hit the region. The U.S. Geological Survey reports that the 6.9 quake was off the east coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 26.6 kilometers. Agence France-Presse reports: ...
- Wrap Sandwiches in Parchment Paper Before Pres ...
I love hot, pressed pressed sandwiches, so much that if I don't have access to a panini press I've been known to break out an old Foreman grill and press my sandwiches that way. Regardless of your preferred method, cleaning up melted cheese ...
- Sidengo Offers Attractive, Easy-to-Create Pers ...
The catch to most personal and professional nameplate sites is that they offer you a single page that you can customize and tweak to describe yourself, and that's all you get. They may integrate with your social networks, but it's really for ...
- Subscribe to the Lifehacker Newsletter for an ...
As much as we're glad you drop by to read our stories as soon as they're posted, we also understand that there are times when you just don't have the free time to check in with us over the course of the day. If you want your daily dose of Lif ...
- Use a Cupcake Liner to Catch Popsicle Drips an ...
Popsicles are a delicious warm-weather treat, but as they melt, they can get pretty messy, even if you try and use the wrapper as a guard to protect your hands from the melting sugary ice. If you're planning a picnic or giving out frozen trea ...
- Daily App Deals: Get Voice Brief for iOS for F ...
The Daily App Deals post is a round-up of the best app discounts of the day, as well as some notable mentions for ones that are on sale. More »
- Politics live blog: Nick Clegg and Harriet Har ...
• Today's agenda • Unemployment rises to almost 2.7m12.33pm: Mark Durkan, the SDLP MP, asks about budget measures affecting companies working in developing countries. Clegg says this is an "incredibly complicated" issue. Labour ignored it, but the government is trying to reform the situation.12. ...
- Leveson inquiry: Jeff Edwards, Sandra Laville, ...
• Laville: closing unofficial sources might drive info underground12.31pm: Leveson suggests that the lack of clarity around phrases such as "police source" may cause a confusion that could lead some readers to believe the attributed quote has been made up.Ungoed-Thomas says he would never make u ...
- St Asaph, Chelmsford and Perth get city status
With population of 3,400, St Asaph's new status makes it the UK's second smallest city - after St David'sThe Welsh tradition of very small cities has been strengthened with the anointment of tiny St Asaph as the newest member of the UK's premier urban league.The former town's 3,400 citizens have ...
- Goldman Sachs director quits 'morally bankrupt ...
Greg Smith resigns as executive director of Goldman's European equity derivatives business after devastating attackA Goldman Sachs director in London has resigned after publishing a devastating open letter accusing senior staff of being "morally bankrupt" and bent on extracting maximum fees from ...
- Autistic teenager wins damages from police aft ...
Police were 'hasty and ill-informed' when they restrained teenager after he jumped into a pool, high court judge rulesA severely autistic epileptic teenager who was pulled out of a swimming pool and restrained after he jumped in fully clothed during a school trip has won £28,250 damages from the ...
- The only way to change your past is to steal s ...
I get a fairly regular flow of emails about independent film projects. Most of them, to be honest, bounce straight off me – which says less about their quality than it does about my own taste in cinema. Independent cinema – like independent music and literature – has lots of pr ...
- Censorship: I’m guilty as charged
So, I stand accused of censorship by someone whose comment I declined to approve on this post. I figure anyone willing to throw around accusations of censorship is probably a big fan of radical transparency; hence, by way of amelioration, here is the digital papertrail for the full exchange. (Em ...
- The Future Always Wins
Soooooo, yeah – I’ve been busy. Did you miss me? New job, Masters degree… doesn’t leave a lot of spare time, so it doesn’t. But it’s been quiet here too long, so it’s time to dust down the soapbox and run a mic-check. One-two, one-two. The Future Always ...
- New Economies
Last month I pondered the extent to which the Arab Spring and Occupy Everything are socially-driven acts of creative destruction. Creative destruction is defined as a “process of industrial mutation that incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying ...
- 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 ...
- Washington Post's Joe Davidson asks federal ma ...
The commissioned corps of the Public Health Service (PHS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) work on the cutting edge of federal research and policy on diseases, medical devices, public health, global warming and our environment. Yet, they fall into an exclusion from ...
- DC Circuit Judges understand Convertino's appeal
Attorney Stephen Kohn today presented oral argument on behalf of former federal prosecutor and whistleblower Richard Convertino (pictured). Convertino is seeking reversal of an order issued last year by Chief U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth in Washington, DC. That order dismissed ...
- IRS resists using whistleblowers
Whistleblower disclosures have helped the federal government make some of its biggest recoveries from fraudsters. In the Obama administration alone, the government recovered over $21 billion thanks to whistleblowers using the “qui tam” procedure under the False Claims Act. The govern ...
- DC high court says there is no "safe harbor" f ...
In a long-awaited ground-breaking decision, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals today held that an employer engages in unlawful retaliation when it adds a new demand for a release as a condition for concluding a consulting agreement. The case is Propp v. Counterpart International and LeLau ...
- Whistleblower Leyla Wydler suffered to bring S ...
Yesterday's conviction of Ponzi schemer Allen Stanford generated much news. Most of the coverage, however, is missing the role of whistleblower Leyla Wydler. Two weeks ago on Honesty Without Fear, I interviewed Eyal Press about his new book, Beautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks ...
- 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 ...
- Celebrating 20 Years Of Patent-Free Email Atta ...
Tech innovation happens in layers. The internet was built to make computers more useful, the web was built to make the internet more useful, social media (for example) was built to make the web more useful, other online services are built to make social media more useful, and so on. This kind of ...
- ICANN's Sense Of Entitlement Takes Over; Shock ...
Via Lauren Weinstein, we find out that ICANN has effectively lost its bid to retain control over IANA functions, though the fact that everyone else sucks too means it gets to hang on for at least six more months. In the meantime, though, it appears the whole thing took an always out-of-touch IC ...
- Old News Can Be Good News For Media Sites
One strategy we've seen some media sites use over the years for their web properties is to lock up the "archives" and charge for access to it, on the assumption that if people want to see old stories, there must be some reason, for which they'd be willing to spend. Separately, many media proper ...
- Whatever Copyrights Righthaven Might Actually ...
This could get interesting. The latest news in the ongoing Righthaven saga is that the judge in the Hoehn case -- who had ordered Righthaven to pay attorneys fees which it never paid -- has now ordered that all of Righthaven's "intellectual property," including the many copyrights in dispute, b ...
- DailyDirt: Open Source Robots
Robots are getting better and better at performing simple repetitive tasks that most people think are fairly easy to perform. But if you're not paying attention to robot developments, you might have missed some robots that have been taught to do a few more impressive feats. Here are some example ...
- Things You Might Have Missed
Did you know that we have one third of all the women prisoners in the world? USA! USA! A while back I wrote about collections and how, if everyone actually showed up to court, the whole system would collapse. Well now someone is talking about it related to the criminal (in)justice system. We sho ...
- Kony and the Problem with Advocacy
I’ve been thinking a lot about advocacy the last couple weeks, in large part because that advocacy mindset keeps seeping into the movement building and organizing work that I’m involved in. I wrote a little bit about this in my post on the perils of DC activism. But then a friend sen ...
- Things You Might Have Missed
If the G8 want to hide themselves as far away from protesters as possible, I propose we shoot them off into space and leave them there. James calls out rich people hypocrisy over on Cubik’s Rube. The more I read (and read about) Steven Pinker, the more I truly hate that man. There is a [...]
- More Revolutionary Than Thou
On one of the videos from the recent Occupy4Prisoners action in DC, somebody spots a guy on the roof of the jail. At first they think it is a sniper. But when they zoom in on them, they see that it is someone working on the camera. The protester starts to heckle the guy, telling [...]
- Things You Might Have Missed
The video is now up from our protest for the National Day for Prisoners. You can check it out here. Last Friday, anonymous took down The Geo Group’s website and replaced it with a picture of Mumia. I am so incredibly creeped out that corporations have been patenting the human genome. Excel ...
- Roy Spencer on ‘the Alabama Two-Step’
I have been badgered repeatedly to carry “Slayer” articles on WUWT, and with the exception of one cartoon by Josh, I have refused to do so since I view the work (and its derivatives) as pointless and fatally flawed. In … Continue reading →
- Forensic analysis of the fake Heartland ‘ ...
Readers may recall that on February 22nd, I offered up some open source stylometry/textometry software called JGAAP (Java Graphical Authorship Attribution Program), with a suggestion that readers make use of it to determine the authorship of the faked Heartland strategy memo … Continue rea ...
- NOAA SWPC updates their solar cycle graphs  ...
Normally, I run this post around the end of the first week of the month, but this month there was a problem. NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) botched the March SSN graph with incorrect data and was somewhat reticent … Continue reading →
- Judith Curry and Ross McKitrick on Demon Coal
Wayne Delbeke writes in with: There was a very good CBC radio program referenced in one of the comments today and I thought I would bring it to your attention here. http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/2012/03/12/demon-coal-part-1/ =========================================================== Coal is ...
- Another publicly larded solar company – ...
BOSTON (AP) — Evergreen Solar is asking a bankruptcy judge for permission to walk away from its former plant in Devens. The company, which received tens of millions in state aid before shuttering its facilities last year and moving its … Continue reading →
- Provocateur tactics and the subversion of Occupy
This was published with considerable feedback from affinis and lambert. My sincere thanks to both of them for their help.The Occupy movement has already had a positive impact in many areas, but potentially the biggest one is rescuing concepts of public rights and the understanding of what is pu ...
- Scaring the pants off Oscar Mayer
Last month, Occupy Portland put out a national call to action on February 29 to other Occupies around the country. Dubbed “Shut Down the Corporations”, the idea was to target corporations that are members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) with creative, n ...
- Opacity and creeping exclusion at Occupy
This was published with considerable feedback from several bloggers at Corrente: DCblogger, affinis, lambert and okanogen. My sincere thanks to all of them for their help.Occupy has seemed to be in a bit of a winter hibernation. There are still encampments, meetings, decisions, protests, and s ...
- Francis - This Must Be Blood EP
Petter from Francis let me know that their new EP This Must Be Blood is out.Have a listen to the single “Traktor:”
- Concerning violence advocates and nailing jell ...
This was published with considerable feedback from several bloggers at Corrente: DCblogger, affinis, lambert and okanogen. My sincere thanks to all of them for their help.When writing about violence at Occupy there seems to be a great deal of controversy over what the word itself means, so I ...
- The Science Is Clear: Antibiotic Resistance an ...
As a panel of scientific experts spoke at Thursday’s Congressional briefings on the misuse of antibiotics in food animal production, a theme emerged: There is no longer any debate. With evidence that is now irrefutable, the panelists addressed more than 120 Congressional staff and others in the ...
- The Will Allen Index: Growing Power to the People
Incredibly, Growing Power uses zero chemicals and fossil fuels to grow, and they are constantly researching new and better technologies for sustainable food production. The organization also provides a “living wage” for its 100+ employees. In farm work, a living wage is nothing to sneeze at.
- Once More, Big Ag Wants Us Off the Farm
Back in 2011, a number of states were trying enact so-called “ag-gag laws,” which would make it illegal to film or take photographs inside farms and slaughterhouses. Thankfully, these efforts failed to pass. This year, however, there seems to be a new angle on the issue. Last week, Iowa’s govern ...
- Field Trip Day
We empathized with the human side of these hard-working distributors just trying to make a buck in this tough economy like the rest of us. But, of course, we also challenged them with difficult questions about sustainability and their role in the future of our food system.
- The Other Side of the Chicken
I recently had my first in-person experience with one of the hurdles in promoting a healthy change in food production. It was a major eye-opener to see how great of a hurdle the legislative process can be.
- Afghanistan shooting: Leon Panetta flies in fo ...
ShareThisAfghanistan shooting: Leon Panetta flies in for surprise visit 14 Mar 2012 US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta flew into Afghanistan on Wednesday at a fraught moment in the war after a shooting rampage by a US soldier raised fears of an anti-American backlash. In an unannounced but alread ...
- 6.8-magnitude quake hits off east coast of Jap ...
ShareThisBreaking: 6.8-magnitude quake hits off east coast of Japan's Honshu, tsunami warning in effect -- JMA 14 Mar 2012 An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale jolted off the east coast of Honshu, Japan at 18:09 p.m. local time (0908 GMT) on Wednesday, said the Japan Meteorological A ...
- 6.8-magnitude earthquake hits off Japan coast, ...
ShareThis6.8-magnitude earthquake hits off Japan coast, tsunami alert issued 14 Mar 2012 A 6.8-magnitude earthquake has struck a spot in the Pacific Ocean, 210 km off the coast of Japan's Hokkaido Island, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami alert.
- Santorum wins Ala., Miss.; Romney takes Hawaii
ShareThisSantorum wins Ala., Miss.; Romney takes Hawaii 14 Mar 2012 A resurgent Rick Santorum swept primaries in Alabama and Mississippi Tuesday night, upending the race for the Republican presidential nomination yet again and nudging Newt Gingrich toward the sidelines. Mitt Romney finished thir ...
- Rocket hits Netivot parking lot; IDF strikes i ...
ShareThisRocket hits Netivot parking lot; IDF strikes in Gaza 14 Mar 2012 A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip exploded in a parking lot in Netivot on Tuesday hours after the introduction of a truce between Israel and Palestinian groups. A man was lightly hurt by shrapnel and 20 people suffered fr ...
- VRM: Pandemic Preparedness & The Dark Agenda Ahead
We are currently entering the next phase in the Globalist plan to erode the bedrock of natural immunity amongst the general population, a race to gain complete control over our inherent right to self-determination of the body. Based on all my research thus [...]
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Curses
Austin Prince, about 12 years, with cobra 12 March 2012 Under my dispatch from Bangladesh: Tigers, Crocodiles, Korans and Superstitions was this comment: Michael, We have friends who are missionaries in the Congo. So far this year, they've killed 72 Cobras in their home. The wife told me; "I ...
- Purple Heart
PFC Leah Bartlett awarded Purple Heart 09 March 2012 Reaction to the recent Koran burnings led to dozens of killings. Some of the attacks were obviously related to the burnings, while others may have been normal background noise of war. Whatever the specific motivations, bombs stil ...
- Senator Levin on MEDEVAC
07 March 2012 Senator Carl Levin has been sending a form letter to his constituents. Key parts of the letter seem to be have been written by the Army. At minimum, Senator Levin’s responses are a rewrite of Army releases. His statement perpetuates numerous myths and outri ...
- MEDEVAC Momentum: Senate Armed Services Commit ...
01 March 2012 The MEDEVAC issue continues with increasing seriousness. Numerous Generals, the Secretary of the Army, and the Secretary of Defense (through General Dempsey, the Chairman of Joint Chiefs) have all weighed into the fight. Seventeen members of Congress have joined, and m ...
- Sisters at War
29 February 2012 This is a small tribute to our women in harm’s way. We constantly argue about whether or not women should be allowed in combat. Reality is that they have been in combat for longer than anyone reading this has been alive, and they were in combat before any of our great gr ...
- 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 ...
- Obama administration seeks new protections for ...
[JURIST] Obama administration official Melanie Ann Pustay [official profile] on Tuesday testified [prepared remarks] before the Senate Judiciary Committee [official website] to urge congressional officials to amend the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) [text] to strengthen government's ability t ...
- Philippines court orders arrest of ex-presiden ...
[JURIST] A Philippines court on Tuesday issued an arrest order for the husband of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], Jose Miguel Arroyo, on bribery charges. He was accused of accepting bribes to support the $329-million national broadband network deal wi ...
- UN torture chief accuses US of cruel and inhum ...
[JURIST] The UN Special Rapporteur on torture Juan Mendez [official website] last week formally accused [text, PDF] the US government of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment towards Pfc. Bradly Manning [advocacy website; JURIST news archive], the US soldier held in solitary confinement for nea ...
- ECJ upholds sanctions on Iran-based bank
[JURIST] The European Court of Justice (ECJ) [official website] on Tuesday upheld a lower court decision [judgment text] that a UK subsidiary of Bank Melli Iran (BMI) [corporate website, in Persian] can be included in a list of entities engaged in nuclear proliferation. A 2007 UN Security Counci ...
- Former Guatemala soldier sentenced to 6,060 ye ...
[JURIST] A three-judge panel in Guatemala on Monday sentenced a former military official to 6,060 years in prison for his role in a 1982 massacre in which 201 people were killed. The judges sentenced Pedro Pimentel Rios, a former special forces solider whom the US extradited last July, to 30 yea ...
- Justice Department Investigating Whether MEK S ...
TweetDid Alan Dershowitz accept blood money (aka speaker’s fee) from the MEK, a designated terror group? If so, he may’ve violated federal law. For the past several years, prominent public figures including leaders of both the Republican and Democratic parties have accepted hundreds ...
- Israel: the Permanent-War State
TweetIt’s no accident that as soon as Bibi Netanyahu returned from Washington DC, where he apparently was rebuffed yet again in his attempts to wage war on Iran, Israel decided to wage war on Gaza instead. Gaza serves as a punching bag for Israeli leaders when they need some two-bit countr ...
- Dirar Abusisi: First Kidnapped by Mossad, Now ...
TweetDirar Abusisi, who just marked the second anniversary of his kidnapping by Israeli and Ukrainian intelligence agents, is literally wasting away in an Israeli prison. He was originally apprehended by Israel because its intelligence service thought he knew the whereabouts of then hostage, Gi ...
- David Grossman on Israeli Attack Against Iran: ...
TweetIn an interview in The Nation, David Grossman, Israel’s leading novelist and moral conscience, expresses the conviction that Bibi Netanyahu and Ehud Barak want a war against Iran: …He said he had “a very bad feeling” that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Eh ...
- Iran: Israel’s Concocted World Threat
TweetScott Peterson recently published a comprehensive timeline for Iran’s nuclear program that charted not so much the actual progress of Iran’s supposed quest for a weapon, but the west’s, and in particular Israel’s shifting and endless series of revelations and predict ...
- VIDEO: AIPAC and Stealth Israel Political Acti ...
Janet McMahon of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs explains the history and impact of "stealth PACs." Why has the American Israel Public Affairs Committee spawned a network of PACs across America? Why don't any claim affiliation to their creator or use descriptive names? Shouldn't the ...
- Israel Lobby Dominates Congress, Media Covers ...
You might think that 20 percent of the American Congress going on all-expenses-paid, week-long junkets to a foreign country -- paid for by a lobby for that country -- would be newsworthy, especially when the top congressional leaders of both parties are leading the trips. You would be wrong.
- 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."
- Spinning the Egyptian Anti-Israel Protest
Today's New York Times front-page story on Egyptian protests against the Israeli embassy largely neglects a primary cause of the anger: Israeli forces' killing of five Egyptian policemen. Egyptian anger over these deaths grew even greater when Israel's defense minister Ehud Barak refused to apol ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- How SourceMap Reveals the Backbone of Civilization
A longer version of this post first appeared on the MIT Center for Civic Media's blog. A recent lunch at the Center for Civic Media and MIT Media Lab featured a graduate of the program, Leo Bonanni, and his beloved SourceMap project. He channeled professor Hiroshi Ishii's description of the i ...
- The Faces Behind Public Lab's Grassroots Resea ...
This post was co-authored by Sara Wylie, a a Public Laboratory co-founder. Public Laboratory is an open-source software and hardware development community dedicated to producing low-cost tools for environmental research. The nonprofit portion of Public Lab grew out of using aerial mapping to ...
- At SXSW: Poderopedia, Others Spotlight Civic M ...
Citizen heroes who are recognized by their fellow citizens in Juárez City; how people from Panama fight corruption and denounce violence and crime; what we're building in Chile to show you who's who among the elite and their possible conflicts of interest -- all of these are part of the Latin Am ...
- How Designers Can Imagine Innovative Technolog ...
A version of this post first appeared on the MIT Center for Civic Media blog. How can designers imagine innovative technologies for news and journalism? I think I know one answer. In this post, I propose the Journalism Innovation Spiral and demonstrate it by picking apart the "profile articl ...
- How the State Decoded Makes Sense of Messy Rea ...
Those of us who deal with big data have a tendency to describe working with it in cavalier terms. "Oh, I just grabbed the XML file, wrote a quick parser to turn it into CSV, bulk loaded it into MySQL, laid an API on top of it, and I was done." The truth is that things very rarely go so well. ...
- 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 ...
- Should Al Sharpton Be Tossed off Air? Watch Hi ...
This post was originally published in December 2010. But since Politico published the video below as an exclusive today, I thought I would republish from the days it was my "exclusive". With a bonus video of Sharpton calling Colin Powell Bush's House Negro. Since the liberals a ...
- NewsBusted Exclusive: New Video of Obama Espou ...
Newsbusted anchor Jodi Miller is not satisfied with the Breitbart sites getting all of the attention so she dug up a video of her own. In a Newsbusted exclusive, Miller unveils the new video where Barack Obama is pushing Marxist views and programs. In this case no one will be able to ...
- MJ Rosenberg Renounces "Israel Firster Slander ...
Well, there you go again! Ronald Reagan To Jimmy Carter Presidential Debate, October 28 1980 There is good news and bad news. First the good news; on his Media Matters blog MJ Rosenberg has promised he will no longer use the term "Israel firster" The bad news is he defended his use ...
- What a War with Iran Really Means: Proceed Wit ...
Personally I have come around to the point of view that all the bluster at last week's AIPAC meeting was simply that....bluster directed toward Iran. Despite what the press is reporting, Israel has not decided to attack Iran before or after the election. The truth is they need to be totally su ...
- New "Scholarly" Paper Suggests Human Engineeri ...
If anyone has any doubts as to the extremes global warming moonbats will go to force their hoax down our throats, this will convince you beyond a shadow of a doubt. Witness Dr Rebecca Roache of Oxford University, Anders Sandberg Senior Fellow at Oxford, and S. Matthew Liao Associate Profess ...
- Four large US banks fail stress tests
by Paul Handley Agence France Presse March 13, 2012 Citigroup was one of four large US banks that flunked stress tests aimed at seeing how they would hold up in a new economic crisis, Federal Reserve data showed Tuesday. Three others — Ally, Suntrust and MetLife — also failed the tes ...
- “Bombardear o Irã é a idéia mais Estúpid ...
Por Luis R. Miranda The Real Agenda Março 13, 2012 Nada é mais claro. “Um ataque ao Irã sem explorar todas as opções disponíveis não é a maneira certa de fazer as coisas.” Esta é a avaliação do ex-chefe do Mossad, Meir Dagan, diretor de inteligência de Israel, o equivalente do chefe ...
- Mad: Engineer Humans to Combat Climate Change?
by Ross Andersen The Atlantic March 13, 2012 The threat of global climate change has prompted us to redesign many of our technologies to be more energy-efficient. From lightweight hybrid cars to long-lasting LED’s, engineers have made well-known products smaller and less wasteful. But tink ...
- Bioethics Professor: Humans need to be “biomed ...
by Paul J. Watson Infowars.com March 13, 2012 A new paper to be published in Ethics, Policy & Environment argues that serious consideration should be given to mass drugging the population to make them more environmentally conscious while also proposing that babies should be genetically engin ...
- Netanyahu’s Other War
PM discusses expanding operations in Gaza by Herb Keinon Jerusalem Post March 13, 2012 With the life-disrupting rocket fire on the South in its fourth day, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke for the first time Monday about expanding Israel’s military operations inside the Gaza Strip. “The I ...
- Windfarm fears raised by study
Scots communities living in the shadow of windfarms have been warned that the threat to their health may have been underestimated. A new study has found that the effects of so-called “wind turbine syndrome” (WTS) can be far greater than that recorded by previous studies conducted within Europe. ...
- Wind energy set to grow six-fold in California ...
Wind power produces electricity from a renewable resource without generating greenhouse gas emissions. But wind turbines also generate controversies over bird kills, health impacts, visual blight, maintenance costs and who takes responsibility if turbines are damaged or abandoned. For better or ...
- Resident on Pinnacle wind turbine noise: ̵ ...
CROSS, W.Va. — Tasker Road resident Richard Braithwaite hopes his complaint filed with the West Virginia Public Service Commission recently will eventually help him get some sleep. “I can’t take it,” Braithwaite said, speaking of the noise from wind turbines that he said sounds like an airplane ...
- Billions blown away on wind power, says Britis ...
Governments are squandering billions of dollars on “uneconomic” wind farms, according to a landmark study that undermines the case for Labor’s huge renewable energy subsidies. Investment in wind turbines will fail to cut enough greenhouse gas emissions to justify their cost, ec ...
- Alexander attacks tax break for wind power
A top Republican lawmaker said Wednesday that long-standing federal subsidies on the wind farm industry should be allowed to expire at the end of the year, calling wind energy unreliable, too expensive and damaging to the environment. While wind energy interests have launched a concerted campaig ...
- IMF to Discuss Third Greek Bailout This Week: ...
“The International Monetary Fund will be discussing a third bailout for Greece at its meeting later this week, former first deputy managing director John Lipsky told CNBC Monday. ‘There is a program that has been discussed and is up for agreement and approval. This is the program that they’ ...
- State Unlikely To Recoup Evergreen Aid
“State taxpayers will likely end up getting burned by Evergreen Solar to the tune of $10 million, or nearly a third of the Patrick administration’s ill-fated investment in the clean-energy company. The bankrupt solar panel maker expects to sell its shuttered Devens factory — where it wiped out 8 ...
- Trade Issues With China Flare Anew
“But China is seldom popular during election years in the United States, and this year is no exception. Mitt Romney and Congressional Democrats and labor unions have little in common politically — except that they have all called for tough trade policies toward China. It would be politically dif ...
- New Rules Aim To Ease State-Run Health Insuran ...
“More than 30 million Americans ultimately are expected to use the exchanges, which are designed to allow consumers to shop online for health plans in 2014 much as they shop for hotels or airplane tickets. Many Americans will qualify for federal aid to help them buy coverage.” (Los Angeles Times ...
- Student Anger Over Education Cuts Puts Heat On ...
“California has prided itself on its network of fine, affordable public universities. But money for higher education, one of the biggest chunks of the state budget, is easier to cut than some other large expenses, such as public schools and healthcare programs. For example, the California consti ...
- Definition: Social media
I’ve been working on this for a few days. Trying to make it as simple as possible. Digital systems that enable people, identified by profiles, to share information. Now, please let me unpack that a little bit: Digital systems is another way to say media. I specify digital because I do not ...
- Resources for learning about social media
I have been collecting posts, articles, tutorials and general how-to materials that relate to how journalists use social media. I started about two weeks ago, as I prepare for a workshop in Singapore. They are curated here: Social Media and Journalists. The collection is housed at Scoop.it, a cu ...
- Resources for learning about social media
I have been collecting posts, articles, tutorials and general how-to materials that relate to how journalists use social media. I started about two weeks ago, as I prepare for a workshop in Singapore. They are curated here: Social Media and Journalists. The collection is housed at Scoop.it, a ...
- People see value in curation
I think it’s very cool that 1,126 people visited this blog yesterday. The number of retweets on the link to my post about social media tools for journalists really drove the traffic. What’s even more encouraging is that a lot of links in my post were clicked. That’s wonderful, ...
- People see value in curation
I think it’s very cool that 1,126 people visited this blog yesterday. The number of retweets on the link to my post about social media tools for journalists really drove the traffic. What’s even more encouraging is that a lot of links in my post were clicked. That’s wonderful, ...
- It is in blood that empires, like humans, are ...
I think we all remember the year before the Iraq war, the drumbeat of propaganda, the horrible certainty that nothing we could do would stop George Bush’s messianic belief that he must have a war with Iraq because he was ordained by God, and all the great presidents were war presidents. We argue ...
- On Stratfor
Wikileaks has dumped a bunch of internal Stratfor documents, which they presumably received from Anonymous. Years ago I used to read Stratfor’s briefs. After a while I stopped, because their economic analysis was absolutely awful, straight up cookie cutter consensus macro, which missed t ...
- Justified Pessimism
is not, in fact, pressimism. It is realism. I find the “be happy” crowd odd. We have, in the past few years, seen millions of Americans and Europeans impoverished and lose their homes. We are seeing a wave of austerity in the 1st world which has and will impoverish many millions m ...
- Justified Pessimism
is not, in fact, pressimism. It is realism. I find the “be happy” crowd odd. We have, in the past few years, seen millions of Americans and Europeans impoverished and lose their homes. We are seeing a wave of austerity in the 1st world which has and will impoverish many millions m ...
- Sewage
Why is Francis Fukuyama considered an intellectual? Why is he considered an intellectual worth of praise, his opinion important? I ask this not because I don’t know the answer, I do, and I’ll get to it, but because so many people seem to believe he is an intellectual. Let me quote F ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Measuring the Impact of Apple and the App Economy
We all know about the explosion of Apple tech products, the ever-expanding number of mobile applications in the App Store — and the near $100 billion in cash that Apple is hoarding. Yet one question that has gone mostly unanswered is how many jobs Apple has generated (and supported) with its ...
- Honolulu’s Money Train
Honolulu is set to construct an ambitious urban rail project. It’s a $5.125 billion behemoth that this metropolitan area with less than a million residents may not be able to afford. Honolulu's Beleaguered Residents Critically, there is plenty of competition for the scarce dollars that Hon ...
- The Ultimate Houston Strategy
Last week was the 7th anniversary of my blog, Houston Strategies. After 947 posts (cream of the crop here), almost half a million visitors, and thousands of comments in an epic dialogue about Houston, I thought this would be a good time stand back, look at the big picture, and ask "W ...
- Mapping the College Culture Gap
Although the television series “Mad Men” has yet to take up the subject of college applications, I could well imagine an episode in which ad man Don Draper spends his day consuming vast quantities of Scotch and cigarettes, only to come home and have his wife say (while ignoring the lipstick on h ...
- Time for Real Solutions to Vancouver's Housing ...
Vancouver is in desperate need of new solutions to ease its worsening housing affordability crisis. The 8th annual Demographia housing affordability survey released by the Frontier Centre found that Vancouver has the second least affordable housing market next to Hong Kong. On average, and a ...
- Monsanto stooge supports GM crops
1.Sharad Joshi supports Bt cotton 2.Sharad Joshi - a profile EXTRACT: ...although Shetkari Sanghatna and KCC are presented as 'mainstream' farmers' movements, in reality Joshi and his organisations have had an increasingly small constituency and typically represent only large local landowners g ...
- Monsanto secretly campaigning for GM crops
NEWS FROM INDIA 1.Monsanto secretly campaigning for GM food crops in Gujarat 2.Every trick in the book NOTE: Monsanto has a history of aggressively hyping GM crops to poor farmers in India by all kinds of dubious means (see item 2). --- --- 1.Monsanto secretly campaigning for GM food crops in G ...
- Outrage as GM labeling laws flouted
UNLABELLED FOOD TESTS POSITIVE FOR GM African Centre for Biosafety, 13 March 2011 *OUTRAGE AS GM LABELLING LAWS FLOUTED IN SA Johannesburg, South Africa - The African Centre for Biosafety (ACB) is outraged that several food products, including baby cereal, maize meal consumed as a staple, a r ...
- JIC spins another vacuous GM 'superfood'
1.Scientists create new orange superjuice to help beat heart disease 2."Purple tomato can beat cancer" NOTE: In 2008 media outlets around the world ran with the story of the GM purple tomato that could "beat cancer", as well as keep you slim, ward off diabetes and help you safeguard your eyesig ...
- 55 Congress members ask FDA to label GM foods
Fifty-Five Members Of Congress Call On FDA To Require Labeling Of Genetically Engineered Foods Center for Food Safety, March 12 2012 http://truefoodnow.org/2012/03/12/fifty-five-members-of-congress-call-on-fda-to-require-labeling-of-genetically-engineered-foods/ *Led by Boxer and DeFazio, Bica ...
- Why Are Millions Of Americans Preparing For Do ...
All over America, there are millions of Americans that are quietly preparing for doomsday. They are turning spare rooms into long-term food storage pantries, they are planting survival gardens, they are converting their homes over to alternative sources of energy, they are takin ...
- Broken Promises: Pensions All Over America Are ...
How would you feel if you worked for a state or local government for 20 or 30 years only to have your pension slashed dramatically or taken away entirely? Well, this exact scenario is playing out from coast to coast and in the years ahead millions of elderly Americans are going ...
- Is Germany Actually Preparing To Leave The Euro?
For a long time, most analysts have believed that if someone was going to leave the euro, it would be a weak nation such as Greece or Portugal. But the truth is that financially troubled nations such as Greece and Portugal don't want to leave the euro. The leaders of those nati ...
- Greece Has Defaulted – Which Country In ...
Well, it is official. The restructuring deal between Greece and private investors has been pushed through and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association has ruled that this is a credit event which will trigger credit-default swap contracts. The ISDA is saying that ther ...
- Not So Fast On That Whole Economic Recovery Thing
Not so fast. Those that are publicly declaring that an economic recovery has arrived are ignoring a whole host of numbers that indicate that the U.S. economy is in absolutely horrendous shape. The truth is that the health of an economy should not be measured by how well the sto ...
- Urban gardening to address insufficient supply ...
Read at : http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=1&pdp=1&article=1061331004008 DA 7 urged metro residents to do urban gardening ‘to address insufficient supply of veggies in C. Visayas’ By Fayette C. Ri�en CEBU CITY, March 6 (PIA) — Agriculture officials here urged metro residen ...
- A food garden in Nairobi (City Farmer News)
Read at : http://www.cityfarmer.info/2012/03/11/an-urban-farmer-in-nairobi-city-kenya-shows-us-his-food-garden/ An urban farmer in Nairobi City, Kenya shows us his food garden Linked by Michael Levenston Francis Macharia, Urban Farmer, Maringo, Makadara By Violet Otindo K24 TV, Mazingia 24 All K ...
- Food and the City (City Farmer News / Edmonton ...
Read at : http://www.cityfarmer.info/2012/03/12/new-ways-of-feeding-cities-sprouting-around-the-globe/ New ways of feeding cities sprouting around the globe Linked by Michael Levenston Jennifer Cockrall King is a Canadian foodie and food journalist who has written a book about urban agriculture ...
- Key role of rural women play in agriculture (A ...
Read at : http://www.agriterra.org/en/news/57865/the-female-face-of-farming?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+agriterranews-en+%28Agriterra+News%29 The female face of farming www.farmingfirst.org The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and Farm ...
- Access to improved seed through higher yields ...
Read at : http://www.gatesfoundation.org/press-releases/Pages/boosting-africa-food-crops-120223.aspx Africa’s Emerging Seed Industry Gets $56 Million Boost to Increase Food Crops Millions of poor, smallholder farmers and their families will directly benefit from access to improved seed through h ...
- Robocalls and Republicons
By Alison@Creekside The Cons’ somewhat belated talking points about their use of the US voter contact firm Front Porch Strategies in the last election have been all about only using them for townhalls : U.S. phone firm was just for town halls, say MPs “Jim Ross [Front Porch's Canadi ...
- A Modest Opinion – Who you gonna Robo-call?
As I’m sure most of you have heard, the Conservatives are in a little bit of a hot spot (and I’m not just talking about the prairies). It seems that Harps and his conservatives are being accused of a placing phone calls during the last election, giving out the wrong address’ for polling stations ...
- How the Sun helped post the Vancouver Playhous ...
By Frank Moher The sudden news that the Vancouver Playhouse is closing after 49 seasons comes as a shock, of course. We assume these venerable civic institutions will somehow always manage to lumber along, despite economic downturns and hostile governments and digital depredations. This, after a ...
- Ohi – uh-oh
By Alison@Creekside Poor old Mr. Creosote. Steve sent his parliamentary secretary, Dean Del Maestro, out into the House two days in a row last week to claim the Libs spent “millions of dollars” in the last election hiring a foreign voter telemarketing company with offices in North Da ...
- Robocalls, Vikileaks: One of these things is n ...
By Montreal Simon When I hear Vic Toews howling that he’s being victimized. WAAAAAAAH !!!! Because he can’t do his job after being “anonymously degraded” by Vikileaks. “I take strong issue with the idea that House resources would be used to attack secretly a member ...
- White Supremacist Rally Shut Down!!!
tumblr_m0ivhf3Rsj1qz8zwdo2_500.jpg On March 3rd, a white supremacist group tried to hold a rally in Duluth, MN to spread their message of hate. Anti-fascists locally and from around the state, along with members of the American Indian Move ...
- Report on the recent South African miner's strike
freesouthafrica.jpg Report on the recent 6 week wildcat strike at Impala Platinum's Rustenberg operation, the biggest platinum mine in the world, including a timeline and a bit of background info ...
- Poland: Jola was Murdered one Year Ago
jola.JPG Housing activist Jolanta Brzeska was murdered one year ago, burned alive in the Kabacki Forest. She had been fighting against the landlords, notorious slumlords Mossakowski and Massalski and was the only old tenant left in the bui ...
- Poland: Jola was Murdered one Year Ago
Housing activist Jolanta Brzeska was murdered one year ago, burned alive in the Kabacki Forest. She had been fighting against the landlords, notorious slumlords Mossakowski and Massalski and was the only old tenant left in the building. She was abducted from her apartment and murdered violently ...
- Casualisation on the docks: a ship we all don' ...
Auckland_workers.jpg Workers at the Ports of Auckland have been on strike this week, with solidarity actions spreading nationally and internationally. Workers at the Ports of Au ...
- 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 ...
- Christian TRUTH AND LOVE Shining Through in Ed ...
Say hello to Miko Peled – a true Israeli HERO in so many ways!!! If only his voice could be heard all over Israel and America. If only he were Israel’s Prime Minister. If only his honor and integrity could be contagious to all Edomite Zionists!! If only!! The Middle East, Ir ...
- Netanyahu Speech at AIPAC – Sounds Like ...
Listen to this blatant Edomite PROPAGANDA!!!! Indeed, it is time to call a Duck a Duck Sir!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GnDbA5r0pc What the esteemed Prime Minister fails to mention, of course are these most salient facts: 1. Israel has nukes – reportedly the 5th largest arsenal in ...
- Edomite Agents Spewing Lies and Disinfo – ...
Truth is a Beautiful Thing – when it is declared and told, you don’t have to worry about covering it up. On the other hand, malicious Lies beget more lies and more deception. #1 TRUTH FOR CHRISTIANS: Edomites (the descendants of Esau which is Edom) Abhor Truth, yet Adore the Lie! ...
- The War Prayer – America’s Corrupt ...
The Edomite “Festival” of Purim is all about death and destruction of Esau/Edom’s enemies – but most specifically, the destruction of Persia (which is modern-day Iran). “Esther” is a fictitious archetype of the Edomite/Babylonian goddess Ishtar, and Mordecai ...
- Edomite Satanism in Action
Geraldo Rivera tried to warn America years ago. Satanism and it’s toll on humanity has increased, not diminished.
- HB 1316: The $115 Million Ameren UE Bailout
Learn the Issues, Get the Facts Missouri Nuclear Agenda and Fair Energy Rates HB 1316: The $115 Million Ameren Bailout Ameren is asking Missouri businesses and residents to bail them out for costs they have already incurred and plan to incur in the future which do nothing to produce energy or pr ...
- Reduced Solar Prices-March Madness Solar Prices!
March Madness Solar Prices! On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Scotty-Scotts Contracting, St Louis Renewable Energy wrote: March Madness Solar Prices!Our BEST PRICING EVER is now available for our industry leading Westinghouse Solar AC 235watt module, complete with an in ...
- New Policy Brief- Middle Income Financing for ...
Increasing Middle America’s Access to Capital for Energy Improvements While middle income Americans have historically invested in improvements that maintain and increase the value of their homes, they have seen an important source of financing – the equity in their properties – evaporate at the ...
- Health Benefits of Plants in the Work Place
Introducing living plants into your work place can actually have a large positive effect on your psychological and physical health. Keywords: Flowers, Bouquet, Volatile Organic Compounds, Pollution, Office Having plants in your work place does more for you than simply providing something pretty ...
- CAD Deck Design
Features: Pergola, Bench Seat, Topiary, and Hot Tub Computer Aided Drawing- Deck design by Scotty-Scotts Contracting, St Louis Renewable Energy
- The Seven Year Brouhaha over Gene Sharp
Thierry Meyssan (This is the second of five posts about the American godfather of nonviolent resistance, Gene Sharp, and the role of CIA and Pentagon-funded foundations and think tanks in funding and promoting nonviolent resistance) The current brouhaha over Gene Sharp was initially triggered by ...
- Why the CIA Funds Nonviolence Training
Nonviolent guru Gene Sharp (This is the first of five posts about the American godfather of nonviolent resistance, Gene Sharp, and the role of CIA and Pentagon-funded foundations and think tanks in funding and promoting nonviolent resistance) One important aspect of the debate over “ ...
- The Female Face of Poverty
Happy International Women's Day Today (March 8th) is International Women’s Day. This year the UN has declared the theme “Empower Rural Women: End Hunger and Poverty.” According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), women comprise 43 percent of agricultural wor ...
- Wyoming Prepares for Dollar Collapse
2012 STATE OF WYOMING 12LSO-00441 HB0085 HOUSE BILL NO. HB0085 Government continuity Sponsored by: Representative(s) Miller, Burkhart, Davison, Edmonds, Jaggi, Kroeker, McKim, Peasley, Quarberg and Teeters and Senator(s) Jennings and Peterson A BILL for 1 AN ACT relating to go ...
- Korangate 3: An Ingenious Taliban Psy-ops?
Afghans burn Obama in effigy A bizarre random thought occurred to me last night. What if the alleged February 21st Koran burning at Bagram prison in Afghanistan never actually happened? Or if it happened, but without the involvement of any US troops? What if the whole thing was an ingenious Tali ...
- The End of Men
Excerpted from Stupid White Men ...And Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation by Michael Moore EARLIER THIS YEAR, my wife and I attended the baptism of our new nephew, Anthony. Our teenage daughter had been asked to be his godmother, a job that would require her to be there for little ...
- Michael Moore Tweets About Rush Limbaugh's "Ap ...
Rush Limbaugh issues a rare (if ever?) apology: mmflint.me/zvDYzY I didn't know there was anyone on earth who had the power to tell Rush what 2 do. But then there's Bain Capital, financiers of Clear Channel I guess Romney knew that Rush, who made the mistake of saying what most Republicans thi ...
- Q&A on New Rules for Best Documentary Academy ...
Thank you for your feedback on our new rules for Academy Award voting and eligibility. We are pleased so many of you have welcomed these changes. Some of you, though, still have some questions. Due to some stories in the media that did not explain the new rules correctly or fully, there is a li ...
- THOUSANDS OF NURSES & SUPORTERS TO MARCH AT G8 ...
RNs to be joined by Occupy, Global Community Reps, Union Activists to Stop Demise; Speculation Tax is Starting Point to Address Economies in Demise, say Nurses and Allies Nurses from across the U.S., joined by union, healthcare, Occupy Wall Street and other community activists, as well as ...
- 'Gratitude'
Excerpted from Here Comes Trouble: Stories From My Life by Michael Moore I knew nothing about making a movie, and I wish I could tell you some cool story about how I started shooting films when I was six on my dad's 8mm Bell & Howell, or that I went to NYU film school with Spike Lee, and th ...
- Greed fatigue and MF Global
When word of the obscene bonuses being doled out to top executives of Jon Corzine’s failed MF Global went public the other day, I expected white-hot fury. A major brokerage had gone belly-up, $1.6 billion had simply “vanished,” and the people responsible for the mess are about to be enriched. Bu ...
- Occupy Cincinnati’s modest victory
"The important part is that this will be an area where people can express themselves 24 hours a day," said Aaron Roco of Occupy Cincinnati on Monday, speaking on the steps of Cincinnati's City Hall.Roco was referring to the spoils from a settlement reached between Occupiers and the city of Cinci ...
- What Iran’s election results mean
BOSTON — It was no coincidence last week when Iran’s Supreme Religious leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, praised a 64 percent turnout for parliamentary elections at home as well as President Barack Obama’s words that dampened talk of war against Iran. The elections gave him a commanding authority ...
- An early pullout from Afghanistan?
In the wake of the Kandahar shootings, the Obama administration is considering reducing American troops in Afghanistan, the New York Times reported. One idea being proposed is to remove 20,000 troops by 2013. Vice President Joseph Biden and Thomas E. Donilon, the national security adviser, have ...
- The new oil reality
Oil prices are now higher than they have ever been -- except for a few frenzied moments before the global economic meltdown of 2008. Many immediate factors are contributing to this surge, including Iran’s threats to block oil shipping in the Persian Gulf, fears of a new Middle Eastern war and tu ...
- Russia unveils plan to land Man on the Moon & Mars
Russian probes will visit Mars, Jupiter and Venus, while Russian cosmonauts will set foot on the surface of the Moon – all by 2030. At least according to the plans of the country’s space agency. Space Development Strategies up to 2030, the official blueprint that for the country’s space industry ...
- Japanese want U.S. military bases gone
The U.S. military presence in Japan acquires special relevance recently due to proposals by Washington to reinstall a base on the island of Okinawa and indecision about Tokyo. According to various data, not even the recent visit to this island by prime minister Yoshihiko Noda has achieved consen ...
- UK denies Christians right to wear crucifix
The British government asserts that Christians have no right to wear a cross or crucifix at work and is eager to prove it in court. The case was initiated by two British women Nadia Eweida and Shirley Chaplin, after they were punished for refusing to take off their religious symbols. Nadia Ewedi ...
- Egypt to halt gas exports to Israel and expel ...
The lower house of the Egyptian parliament has unanimously approved a text declaring that Israel is the number one enemy of Egypt and calling for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador and a halt to gas exports to Israel. On Monday, Egyptian MPs voted by a show of hands on the text of a report, ...
- Mozilla CEO: 30 mln not nerds, get online or g ...
The increasing role the internet plays in life clearly shows that being familiar with the media is a sine qua non condition for policymakers, believes Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs. The head of the top IT player was speaking on the impact of anti-piracy protests in January, which resulted in the cont ...
- 2012 NFL Free Agency Day 1 Recap
Mario Williams headed to Buffalo to meet with the Bills as soon as free agency opened. 16 hours later he is still up there, but he has not yet signed a contract. It was reported in Buffalo last night that the Bills were hoping to sign both Super Mario and Robert Meachem before the night was ove ...
- RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 14, 2012
TODAY: Kazan officers arrested, one charged, in connection with death of detainee; Osipova given extended arrest despite health; Navalny issued anti-extremism summons; Putin to reshuffle cabinet in May; United Russia deputy under fire over anti-Semitism; Jackson-Vanik disputes in U.S. senate; R ...
- Lindsay Lohan: Hit and Run Outside LA Club
Here we go again. Lindsay Lohan was leaving an LA club late last night (Shocking, right?) when she struck a man with her Porsche and continued driving, all in front of several witnesses. The unidentified man - manager of a different club than the one Lindsay was partying at - was not struck har ...
- Cameron promises Osborne and Hague heâll ask O ...
Prime Minister David Cameron has promised an excited William Hague and George Osborne that he will ask US President Barack Obama if they can visit the cockpit of presidential plane, Air Force One, as long as they promise not to touch anything. Mr Hague and Mr Osborne, who are accompanying the p ...
- Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs by Greg Smith
TODAY is my last day at Goldman Sachs. After almost 12 years at the firm â first as a summer intern while at Stanford, then in New York for 10 years, and now in London â I believe I have worked here long enough to understand the trajectory of its culture, its people and its identity. And I can ...
- IcedTea and OpenJDK now part of OIN
The Open Invention Network patent agreement now also covers IcedTea and OpenJDK (see the new System Environment Components list). The covered version of GCC/GNU Classpath/libgcj have been updated to the latest release and various GNU Classpath[X] components have been added. As have the Eclipse S ...
- Judge Orders Failed Copyright Troll to Forfeit ...
Righthaven, a copyright-troll law firm that failed in its attempt to make money for newspapers by suing readers for sharing stories online, was dealt a death blow on Tuesday by a federal judge who ordered the Las Vegas company to forfeit "all of" its intellectual property and other "intangible p ...
- Symphony is alive and well and living at Apach ...
Copyleft licenses rely on a viral mechanism to enforce disclosure of code modifications. Basically, if you are benefiting from the code, you contractually must disclosure any modifications or enhancements you make. By and large, there is a significant trend towards permissive licensing and away ...
- We need to redefine what 'copy' means
What this means is that the right to reproduce (to "copy") is a right to stop others from making permanent (or fairly permanent) versions of your work, versions that will displace sales. Unfortunately, through mistaken interpretations of the noun "copy," the reproduction right has been wildly ex ...
- Anatomy of a news story: How Bing and Google p ...
A new study out today from Seattle-based Optify attempts to get behind the scenes on how Bing and Google operate when big news breaks. ... The study indicates that Google reacted faster to breaking news by changing its ranking algorithm, and that Bing often pushed users to its own properties, su ...
- Powerful, intimate memoir from Israeli peace a ...
The countdown clock is now ticking fast, toward the publication of Miko Peled's amazing and powerful memoir, The General's Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine. The book traces Miko's journey from being born, in 1961, into a family that was part of the core of the Jewish-Israeli elite to, now ...
- Quick notes from Penn BDS conference
The conference was an outstanding success! Everyone involved in organizing it-- and most of us who spoke at it-- have all been extremely busy; so I'm really sorry that we don't have much more, and richer, reporting on the events out already. But expect more great reporting of the conference to c ...
- 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 ...
- Welfare reform goes Nanny Goat Gruff: The Stat ...
According to the latest Cabinet papers, we can expect stage one of the legislative changes to be introduced to Parliament next week, ready for implementation in July 2012. I’ve blogged previously about the DPB work testing requirements, touched on the loss of the TIA for higher level studies, an ...
- Tidal turbines in Kaipara Harbour
Last Sunday I went out to Poutu at the Kaipara Heads to support the tangata whenua place an aukati (political rahui or temporary restriction on development activities) over the mouth of the Kaipara Harbour. The issue is not simple for the Green Party as the opposition to tidal power at this part ...
- Fat, fate and disease – giving up on a g ...
I’ve just seen Andrea Vance’s Dompost piece concerning planned changes to the types of nutrition programmes to be funded by the Ministry of Health. This follows the publication of Professor Peter Gluckman and Professor Mark Hanson’s new book Fat, Fate and Disease: Why exercise ...
- Bus review needs to electrify Wellington
Big changes are ahead for our buses and the regional council wants to know what you think. Today I launched our easy electronic submission guide alongside 11 barrels of oil — the amount of oil our electric trolley bus fleet saves Wellington each day. The regional council’s bus review is proposin ...
- Kiwi music loses if New Zealand gives up copyr ...
With the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiations having just occurred in Melbourne I’m urging the Government not to surrender New Zealand’s sovereignty on copyright so we can keep enjoying Kiwi Music in the public domain.
- This Vitamin Might Ease Menstrual Cramps
By Dr. Mercola At least half of reproductive-age women suffer from painful menstrual cramps that begin shortly before the start of menstrual flow and continue for several days. For some the pain is a mild annoyance, but for others it can be so severe that it interferes with daily activities ...
- Doctors Prove This Test Can Give Healthy Peopl ...
By Dr. Mercola The Nordic Cochrane Center has put out a leaflet that every woman should read, explaining the potential benefits and potential harms of mammographyi. They point out that recent studies suggest mammography screening is not effective in reducing your risk of dying from breast c ...
- The "Safe" Garden Product that Can Destroy You ...
By Dr. Mercola Have you ever used Roundup to kill weeds in your lawn or garden? As the most widely used herbicide in the United States, there's a good chance you have. In fact, millions of pounds are used every year on U.S. gardens, lawns and, extensively on farms growing genetically modi ...
- This Foolish Cancer "Prevention" May Only Exte ...
By Dr. Mercola Women over age 21 are now being dissuaded from annual PAP smears. PAP smears screen for cervical cancer typically associated with human papillomavirus (HPV), which health officials say is responsible for most cases of cervical cancer. The USPSTF (US Preventative Services Ta ...
- How Honest Is Your Doctor?
By Dr. Mercola A U.S. telephone survey found that 79 percent of Americans trust their doctor.i Only 8 percent said they do not … But can your doctor really be trusted? Doctors are human, after all, and though most would certainly expect that their doctor is being upfront when it comes to he ...
- Yanomami spokesman warns UN of mining threat
Yanomami Indians, Brazil © Fiona Watson/Survival Yanomami shaman and spokesman Davi Kopenawa warned the UN in Geneva this week of the dangers illegal gold mining is bringing to his people. Davi stated that thousands of illegal miners are currently working in the Yanomami territory, destroy ...
- VIP ‘human safari’ organized by top cop tasked ...
Jarawa woman from the Andamans. Her tribe is at risk from 'human safaris'. © Survival The second most senior policeman on the Andamans has been caught organizing a VIP ‘human safari’ despite being tasked with the job of protecting the Jarawa tribe. Sanjay Baniwal, the Andaman’s I ...
- Outrage at ‘Freakshow TV’ as reporter brands A ...
Paul Raffaele said a Suruwaha girl refused to shake his hand because she wanted to kill him. In fact, he was wearing so much sun cream the Suruwaha thought he had a skin disease. © Channel 7 An Australian TV report which branded an Amazon tribe as child murderers; a ‘suicide cult’ from the ...
- Vedanta’s PR campaign backfires as Bollywood c ...
The Dongria Kondh reasserted their pledge never to leave the Niyamgiri Hills, at a festival in February. © Bikash Khemka/Survival A bid by British mining giant Vedanta Resources to repair its tarnished international reputation has backfired after two major Bollywood celebrities withdrew fro ...
- Official report confirms presence of “hiding t ...
Ayoreo woman. Her uncontacted relatives are under threat from logging. © Survival In an official report, Paraguay’s Department of Indian Affairs INDI has confirmed that an uncontacted tribe is living on farmland in the northern Chaco region owned by a controversial ranching company. Signs ...
- Better supplies to drive world food prices low ...
from reuters: Improved grain supplies will help lower food prices this year after sharp rises in 2011 and take the wind out of price volatility, easing inflation concerns, a senior official at the United Nations' food agency told Reuters on Monday. Over the next decade, however, prices are set t ...
- Uphill Struggle for Food Exporters on Fukushim ...
Tokyo food radiation safety: It's personal* from japantimes.co.jp: For many people around the world, food from Japan used to have an image of being among the healthiest around, let alone safe to consume. That changed after March 11, 2011, when the massive earthquake and tsunami triggered the ...
- US Scientists Warn EPA About Monsanto Corn Roo ...
from dawn.com: A group of US plant scientists is warning federal regulators that action is needed to mitigate a growing problem with biotech corn that is losing its resistance to plant-damaging pests. The stakes are high – US corn production is critical for food, animal feed and ethanol produc ...
- Coke, Pepsi Change Recipe to Avoid Caramel-Col ...
from news.sky.com: Coca-Cola and Pepsi are changing the recipes for their soft drinks to avoid being forced by law to put a cancer warning on the label. The caramel colouring in the drinks will contain lower levels of 4-methylimidazole, which has been added to the list of carcinogens in Californ ...
- #Video: Episode012 - Monsanto, Lorax, Bird Flu
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's menu features Monsanto, the Lorax, bird flu and more... Previous Audio: Episode011 - Nukes, Books, Sy ...
- 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
- Why Are Millions Of Americans Preparing For Do ...
All over America, there are millions of Americans that are quietly preparing for doomsday. They are turning spare rooms into long-term food storage pantries, they are planting survival gardens, they are converting their homes over to alternative sources of energy, they are takin ...
- Broken Promises: Pensions All Over America Are ...
How would you feel if you worked for a state or local government for 20 or 30 years only to have your pension slashed dramatically or taken away entirely? Well, this exact scenario is playing out from coast to coast and in the years ahead millions of elderly Americans are going ...
- Is Germany Actually Preparing To Leave The Euro?
For a long time, most analysts have believed that if someone was going to leave the euro, it would be a weak nation such as Greece or Portugal. But the truth is that financially troubled nations such as Greece and Portugal don't want to leave the euro. The leaders of those nati ...
- Greece Has Defaulted – Which Country In ...
Well, it is official. The restructuring deal between Greece and private investors has been pushed through and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association has ruled that this is a credit event which will trigger credit-default swap contracts. The ISDA is saying that ther ...
- Not So Fast On That Whole Economic Recovery Thing
Not so fast. Those that are publicly declaring that an economic recovery has arrived are ignoring a whole host of numbers that indicate that the U.S. economy is in absolutely horrendous shape. The truth is that the health of an economy should not be measured by how well the sto ...
- Quote of the Day: 13th March 2012
"Today, yet another British citizen is being sold down the river by the British Government. The US is coming for the young, the old and the ill and our Government is paving the way." - The mother of 23-year-old Richard O'Dwyer speaks out as Theresa May and David Cameron continue to subvert th ...
- 'British Bill of Rights' scam: Commissioner re ...
We hate to say we told you so but... how do we put this to you gently? We told you so. The 'British Bill of Rights' scam - designed to muddy the waters regarding our existing English Bill of Rights and drive us towards governance by the European Union - is exposed as a Parliamentary sovere ...
- Obama facing impeachment for alleged "high cri ...
An attempt at the impeachment of President Obama has begun in the U.S. after Rep. Walter Jones of North Carolina filed a resolution which alleges that Obama has engaged in: "...the use of offensive military force by a President without prior and clear authorization of an Act of Congress" which " ...
- Oh joy! Come celebrate the wonderful disaster!
Seems most mainstream media sources are spinning the line of the 'successful' Greek debt swap. Amidst complex financial shenanigans that seem fishier than fresh Greek bacalao, only the bravest dared attempt any interpretation or explanation as last night's deadline to voluntarily call the Gr ...
- Ken Clarke's Charter To Bump Off Anti-Landmine ...
Much fuss has been made over the last few days, quite rightly too, about Bilderberg attending Justice Secretary Ken Clarke's plans for "secret justice". Faced with widespread criticism, the Bilderberger has today - according to The Independent - "attempted to quell growing concerns over propo ...
- 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 →
- 10 Most Creatively Designed Apps for Android: ...
Android Market aka Google Play is growing exponentially. Over 600,000 apps of all sizes and shapes already. But what are the apps that really stand out from a design stand point? Which all are the Android apps that comes with the most beautiful UI? Let's take a peek at 15 of the most innov ...
- MComix: Really Good Comic Book Reader for Ubuntu
MComix is a fork of now defunct Comix project. MComix aims to add bug fixes and stability improvements to Comix project since its development came to a halt in late 2009. MComix is basically a highly customizable image viewer designed specifically to handle comic bo ...
- N7 Music Player for Android is a Thing of Beauty
There are plenty of music player apps for Android. But one of the issues that plague most of the popular Android music players is the fact that, they all look more or less the same. There is virtually zero innovation on the UI front. N7 Music Player changes everything. It has got a unique, use ...
- Android Market is Now Google Play, Play Shop A ...
Ever since the Larry Page became the CEO, Google is on an aggressive consolidation mode. Google Play is the latest in a serious of such moves. Google intends to bring its movies, music, books and android apps under one umbrella via Google Play. Having said that, Google Movies, Music and Books ...
- First Official Release of Songbird Fork - Nigh ...
Quoting our previous article on the topic, "Not so long ago, Songbird was one of the most loved music player app among Linux users. It all changed when Songbird developers decided to stop supporting Linux and concentrate on Mac and Windows platforms. But some hardcore Songbird users were not r ...
- Stauffenberg and Hitler: read chapter two (and ...
With the Greeks, Irish and much of the rest of Europe now openly accusing German Chancellor Angela Merkel of behaving like a Nazi, it’s a good time to take a new look at the original, Adolf Hitler. Spot parallels by reading Chapter Two of the Stauffenberg ebook, featuring Adolf Hitler in his bun ...
- Austrian media’s campaign of disinformat ...
Austrian ORF journalist Christoph Feuerstein’s cynical attempt to “debunk” the “conspiracy theory” that Natascha Kampusch was kidnapped by a paedophile ring during an “exclusive” interview was disinformation at its most distasteful. Instead of a critical analysis of the facts which h ...
- MMR doctor wins battle against being struck off
Professor John Walker-Smith, who carried out research into the MMR vaccine with Dr Andrew Wakefield, has won a court battle against being struck off the medical register. By Donna Bowater 11:11AM GMT 07 Mar 2012, The Telegraph A High Court judge quashed the finding of professional misconduct aga ...
- Dutch Freedom Party pushes euro exit as €2.4 t ...
The Dutch Freedom Party has called for a return to the Guilder, becoming the first political movement in the eurozone with a large popular base to opt for withdrawal from the single currency. By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, The Telegraph 9:50PM GMT 05 Mar 2012 “The euro is not in the interests ...
- The relevance of Stauffenberg to our problems ...
IT IS JULY 20th, 1944. Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg makes his way through the labyrinthe of the Wolf’s Lair to assassinate Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, launch a coup, end the Second World War and liberate the concentration camps. Read the first chapter of this book of fiction based on his ...
- Conned 2012: Joseph Kony Is A CIA Contractor
By Saman Mohammadi According to former European MP, journalist, and author Richard Cottrell, the Lord Resistance Army is backed by the CIA and Mossad. The author of the blog aangirfan writes: “In Uganda, Joseph Kony is the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, ‘which is a US an ...
- The Dostoyevsky Pause on the Doubt Couch
By Les Visible Day by day it is becoming more and more apparent to me that things are exactly what they are supposed to be. That doesn’t mean what they could be. It means that what is, is the logical result of the total contribution. If we put our heads and hearts together, we can [...]
- Breaking! Las Vegas, Nevada. Ron Paul Delegate ...
by bobspirit Chairman Gibbs brought the meeting to order by asking for any Santorum supporters to please raise their hands. A handful of people raised their hands. Then he asked for Gingrich. He got 2 handfuls. When he asked for Romney, his people clustered near the front of the main room raised ...
- Armageddon Approaches
By Dr. Lasha Darkmoon Both America and Israel are unfortunately just not ready to wage the type of warfare they prefer to wage and at which they so excel: shooting fish in a barrel. Unlike Iraq, which the warmonger neoconservatives told us would be a “cakewalk”—easily conquered in six weeks—Iran ...
- Why Putin is driving Washington nuts
By Pepe Escobar So Washington and its minions have been warned. Before last Sunday’s election, Putin even advertised his road map The essentials; no war on Syria; no war on Iran; no “humanitarian bombing” or fomenting “color revolutions” – all bundled into a n ...
- The Taiping Civil War
In the middle of the 19th century a civil war in China killed at least twenty million people. The war totally changed the course of Chinese history, of Asian history and, indeed, of world history. Just think: if the Taipings had won and followed through with their modernization program, and Chin ...
- It Takes A Generation To Raise A Prophet
In theory, churches should be more active than they are these days in pursuing Justice and Peace. So why aren't they? Where were they on Iraq? Where are they now, on Iran? What do churches have to say about universal health care? Or income and wealth inequality? Or, for that matter, out of contr ...
- America Agonistes
The best way to fix fundamental political problems — sometimes the only way — is first to talk about them. In other words, to act like human beings instead of lab rats. Of course it isn't easy to wrap our minds around our problems, let alone articulate them, but that's what struggles ...
- The Color of Authority
We use money all the time. We talk about money a lot. Some people even love money — some so much they seem to think, like the Egyptian Pharaohs, that they'll be able to take it with them. But does anyone really understand what money is? If we actually did understand it, then, in theory, we ...
- How To Think About Iran's Nuclear Program
Like some predatory colonial power of the not-so-distant past the U.S. seems to think that war might solve our problems with Iran. But it couldn't. Instead, we need the imagination, and courage, to find a compromise. To help us make our way we're extraordinarily lucky then to have Ambassador Pet ...
- Robert Bosch taps JSH&A
OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation has selected JSH&A Public Relations as AOR, handling its power tools, accessories, and measuring tools businesses.
- Moore joins Lifetime as SVP of publicity
LOS ANGELES: Lifetime Networks has hired Michele Moore, associate VP of marketing and branding at Temple University, as its SVP of publicity.
- Consumer trust in finance increases slightly: ...
NEW YORK: More consumers say they trust financial services institutions this year than was the case in 2011. However, the slight percentage increase still shows a high level of doubt about the industry, according to just-released findings from the 2012 Edelman Trust Barometer.
- Oriella PR Network adds EastWestPR
SAN FRANCISCO: Oriella PR Network, founded by Horn Group and Brands2Life in 2006, has added EastWest PR to its global alliance.
- Wells Fargo hires Temple to lead lending comms
SAN FRANCISCO: Wells Fargo & Company has hired Jennifer Temple, EVP and GM of Hill+Knowlton Strategies' San Francisco office, as SVP and head of consumer lending communications. She will join the financial services company on March 26.
- Report: Clinton Tells Russia Next Month Last C ...
Russian Information Agency Novosti March 14, 2012 April Talks Last Chance for Iran to Avoid U.S. Attack – Hillary Clinton MOSCOW: The United States has warned that the six-nation negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program in April would be the last chance for Tehran to prevent a U.S. attack, t ...
- Stop NATO news: March 14, 2012
==== UN: Russia Calls For Probe Into NATO’s “Massive Bombings” In Libya Western Demands For Syrian Regime Change Fuel Conflict: Russia Caucasus, Central Asia: “Arab Spring” Brings Destabilization To Russia’s Borders U.S. Drone Strikes Kill At Least 16 In Pakis ...
- Chateaubriand: Would-be master of the world wh ...
Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts François-René de Chateaubriand From Mémoires d’Outre-Tombe (1848-1850) Translated by Robert Balkick Napoleon inherited the old French monarchy as the centuries and an uninterrupted succession of great men had made it, as the majes ...
- U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Converge Off Irania ...
Voice of Russia March 13, 2012 ‘The Enterprise’ heads east Igor Siletsky ==== US aircraft carriers Carl Vinson and Abraham Lincoln are already stationed in the Arabian Sea, close to the Iranian coast. The Enterprise is due to join them on the 20th of March. The Enterprise is accompan ...
- Japan’s Tough Stance On Diaoyu/Senkaku I ...
Global Times March 13, 2012 Japan’s tough Diaoyu position aimed at US By Jiao Kun ==== In Japan, pro-US forces are trying to seize every moment of tension, so as to keep the US in Japan. This partly explains why Japan didn’t hesitate to resort to arms when a Chinese fishing boat approached ...
- ABC News: “U.S. Soldier Accused of Kill ...
By MUHAMMAD LILA (@muhammadlila) and MARTHA RADDATZ (@martharaddatz) March 11, 2012 Investigators are trying to learn what set off an Army veteran of three tours in Iraq who left his base in the middle of the night and methodically massacred 16 Afghan civilians — most of them children and ...
- ABC News: “U.S. Soldier Accused of Kill ...
By MUHAMMAD LILA (@muhammadlila) and MARTHA RADDATZ (@martharaddatz) March 11, 2012 Investigators are trying to learn what set off an Army veteran of three tours in Iraq who left his base in the middle of the night and methodically massacred 16 Afghan civilians — most of them children and ...
- Artists use graffiti to tell Egypt revolution’ ...
AlJazeeraEnglish Running south from Tahrir Square toward Egypt’s interior ministry in central Cairo, Mohamed Mahmoud street has become one of the revolution’s most violent battlegrounds. Twelve people died in the area during February street battles between protesters and police stemm ...
- Artists use graffiti to tell Egypt revolution’ ...
AlJazeeraEnglish Running south from Tahrir Square toward Egypt’s interior ministry in central Cairo, Mohamed Mahmoud street has become one of the revolution’s most violent battlegrounds. Twelve people died in the area during February street battles between protesters and police stemm ...
- Israel launches deadly air strikes on Gaza Strip
EuroNews, March 10, 2012 GAZA CITY — Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip have killed up to 12 Palestinians, mostly militants, in the worst flare-up of violence along the restive border in months. The leader of a militant group is among the dead. Israel said it struck after Palestinians ha ...
- Thought Police within the so-called ‘Pal ...
I depart by saying that any group of people, whether it is the disciples of Hitler, the Christian Zionists of America or the Jewish supporters of Israel, or the brainwashed false Muslims, I say loud and clear, any group that believes they are “chosen” by God and thus superior to anyone else, is ...
- Thought Police within the so-called ‘Pal ...
I depart by saying that any group of people, whether it is the disciples of Hitler, the Christian Zionists of America or the Jewish supporters of Israel, or the brainwashed false Muslims, I say loud and clear, any group that believes they are “chosen” by God and thus superior to anyone else, is ...
- No Fly Zone Over Palestine
As Israel once again flexes its psychopathic tendencies, I feel the need to expose the hypocrisy of the west once more in the form of a picture.
- No Fly Zone Over Palestine
As Israel once again flexes its psychopathic tendencies, I feel the need to expose the hypocrisy of the west once more in the form of a picture.
- For Love
I just want to say, need to say, for the record, that I want what is best for all people, and I mean all people. I want no retribution, I feel no hate, I want truth and justice. When I see my children, who deserve a good father, just like all children, I only hope that they, like all other chi ...
- 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
- Russian and Korean Researchers Will Inject Mam ...
First a plant from the past sprouted new life — now researchers in Russia and South Korea are moving forward with a plan to resurrect the Ice Age woolly mammoth. Scientists in both countries inked a deal Tuesday to share technology and research that could lead to the birth of a mammoth clone, ge ...
- "Designer Electrons" Can Be Custom-Made for Fu ...
Electrons were fooled into behaving as though they were in a magnetic field, with no magnets around Researchers at Stanford and the DOE’s SLAC National Accelerator Lab have created a new kind of graphene that promises the first-ever “designer electrons” that can be custom tuned to exhibit exoti ...
- Is It Possible to "Brooklynize" Floridian Tap ...
One man's H2O is another man's treasure A water war has broken out in Florida, and New York is being dragged into the fray. A Palm Beach County bagel purveyor called The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. claims it has devised a novel water treatment system that reproduces an exact chemical repl ...
- FYI: Why Do Kids Hate Brussels Sprouts?
Because Brussels sprouts are bitter, and kids generally don’t like bitter tastes. It’s not their fault. Researchers say that an aversion to bitter and sour (generally a heightened gag reflex) is a survival instinct, since most toxins taste that way too. On the other hand, sweetness typically ind ...
- FYI: Why Do Kids Hate Brussels Sprouts?
Because Brussels sprouts are bitter, and kids generally don’t like bitter tastes. It’s not their fault. Researchers say that an aversion to bitter and sour (generally a heightened gag reflex) is a survival instinct, since most toxins taste that way too. On the other hand, sweetness typically ind ...
- Drought order update
The continued dry weather in parts of our region has led Anglian Water to implement a hosepipe ban for all its customers in Lincolnshire from April 5th. Customers in North Nottinghamshire who are served by Severn Trent for sewerage, but Anglian Water for their water supplies, will also have a h ...
- Global temperature update
Average global temperatures remained broadly the same throughout the month of February according to the UAH satellite measure. The anomaly of -0.116C, relative to the 30 year running average, equates to an anomaly of approximately +0.137C above the more standard 1961-1990 average. The decline ...
- Winter 2011/2012: The final verdict
Winter this year has confounded most long range forecasts issued last autumn, turning out to be mild, averaged over December, January and February (Climatological winter). Talk of huge snowfalls, and the likelihood of another severe winter which were lapped up by an ever eager media, were wide ...
- February's huge temperature contrast
Warm air from the sub-tropics is affecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire today and has led to some exceptionally mild temperatures for February. At the old Finningley Met Office site, which is now Robin Hood airport, along with Donna Nook outside Cleethorpes, 18C (64F) has been recorded. These te ...
- Drax axes plans to build new biomass power sta ...
The company which owns Drax power station in North Yorkshire, which is the largest single producer of electricity and carbon dioxide in the country, has announced that a £1.4 billion plan to build 2 of 3 new dedicated biomass power stations have been shelved. The third of the planned power sta ...
- Iceland Considers Dollarization (Canadian $ Th ...
More so in years long past, many countries used to adopt the US dollar as their own to assume the benefits conferred by the world's standard currency. Among other things, these included liquidity, price stability and being a reasonable store of value. While an independent monetary policy was for ...
- Jackson-Vanik, Cold War US-Russia Trade Irritant
I recently visited Singapore and was given a quaint reminder of days gone by when, while checking into my hotel, I noticed a separate registration section needed to be filled by unmarried guests sharing the same room. Quibble if you will with the moralistic tone of this practice, but it's defini ...
- Boeing Flies High With Chinese Over EU Emissions
For all the trade conflicts going on between China and the US, here's something that goes against the grain.Think of the US being a beneficiary of a trade conflict involving China and some other country.. That is exactly the sort of thing going on here. To be sure, China and the EU have at least ...
- Yanks Never Learn: US Imports Hit Record High
This has to be the most ridiculous story I've seen all week long. One that once again demonstrates that you don't have to go much further than the Yahoo! News front page for IPE-relevant material. For all the hot air about "global rebalancing," the Yanks seem to be repeating the Bushite formula ...
- India Isn't a Superpower (and May Never Be)
It's once again time to feature an LSE IDEAS publication as I sometimes do. Although hosting Niall Ferguson was something of an event for us--he is in many respects a one-man travelling circus of his own--we now have another Phillip Roman chairholder in Ramachandra Guha. Although he is somewhat ...
- Why Are Millions Of Americans Preparing For Do ...
All over America, there are millions of Americans that are quietly preparing for doomsday. They are turning spare rooms into long-term food storage pantries, they are planting survival gardens, they are converting their homes over to alternative sources of energy, they are takin ...
- Broken Promises: Pensions All Over America Are ...
How would you feel if you worked for a state or local government for 20 or 30 years only to have your pension slashed dramatically or taken away entirely? Well, this exact scenario is playing out from coast to coast and in the years ahead millions of elderly Americans are going ...
- Is Germany Actually Preparing To Leave The Euro?
For a long time, most analysts have believed that if someone was going to leave the euro, it would be a weak nation such as Greece or Portugal. But the truth is that financially troubled nations such as Greece and Portugal don't want to leave the euro. The leaders of those nati ...
- Greece Has Defaulted – Which Country In ...
Well, it is official. The restructuring deal between Greece and private investors has been pushed through and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association has ruled that this is a credit event which will trigger credit-default swap contracts. The ISDA is saying that ther ...
- Not So Fast On That Whole Economic Recovery Thing
Not so fast. Those that are publicly declaring that an economic recovery has arrived are ignoring a whole host of numbers that indicate that the U.S. economy is in absolutely horrendous shape. The truth is that the health of an economy should not be measured by how well the sto ...
- Russia unveils plan to land Man on the Moon & Mars
Russian probes will visit Mars, Jupiter and Venus, while Russian cosmonauts will set foot on the surface of the Moon – all by 2030. At least according to the plans of the country’s space agency. Space Development Strategies up to 2030, the official blueprint that for the country’s space industry ...
- Japanese want U.S. military bases gone
The U.S. military presence in Japan acquires special relevance recently due to proposals by Washington to reinstall a base on the island of Okinawa and indecision about Tokyo. According to various data, not even the recent visit to this island by prime minister Yoshihiko Noda has achieved consen ...
- UK denies Christians right to wear crucifix
The British government asserts that Christians have no right to wear a cross or crucifix at work and is eager to prove it in court. The case was initiated by two British women Nadia Eweida and Shirley Chaplin, after they were punished for refusing to take off their religious symbols. Nadia Ewedi ...
- Egypt to halt gas exports to Israel and expel ...
The lower house of the Egyptian parliament has unanimously approved a text declaring that Israel is the number one enemy of Egypt and calling for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador and a halt to gas exports to Israel. On Monday, Egyptian MPs voted by a show of hands on the text of a report, ...
- Mozilla CEO: 30 mln not nerds, get online or g ...
The increasing role the internet plays in life clearly shows that being familiar with the media is a sine qua non condition for policymakers, believes Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs. The head of the top IT player was speaking on the impact of anti-piracy protests in January, which resulted in the cont ...
- Taste of justice at last for state victims, bu ...
The most horrifying evidence in recent weeks from a West Australian inquiry into the reign of terror of convicted serial child rapist Dennis McKenna at the head of a state run hostel at Katanning is not about the abuse itself, but about the complete and utter betrayal of dozens, possibly hundred ...
- Catholic Church has no business policing itself
Below are some excerpts from this week’s Report of the Inquiry into Protecting Victoria’s Vulnerable Children (Australia) demolishing some of the Catholic Church’s favourite excuses for its appalling record on child endangerment. Thankfully the inquiry refused to be fooled by t ...
- How Many Dead Children Are Too Many?
An average of 50 children die from drowning in Australia every year. This figure is considered unacceptably high. Generously funded multi million dollar public education campaigns called Swim and Survive and Swim Kids aim to teach children about water safety in order to bring that shocking numbe ...
- Italy acknowledges Vatican unworthy of unfair ...
The new Italian Prime Minister, Mario Monti, has responded to a petition by 130,000 citizens to end unfair tax-free perks for the Catholic Church’s commercial enterprises. Promising to reverse the trend which in the past saw anti-competitive and possibly illegal special privileges for the ...
- Aspiring Aussie PM Sacrifices Truth and Church ...
Kevin Rudd, former, and aspiring future Australian Prime Minister demonstrated on Friday that he is prepared to prostitute himself, the truth, and the victims of church violence against children in order to deliver a minor political miracle and shore up his hopes to oust Julia Gillard from the P ...
- 2012-03-12 #WikiLeaks News Update: MP speaks o ...
Tweet WikiLeaks has been financially blockaded without process for 465 days. Julian Assange has been detained without charge for 462 days. Bradley Manning has been imprisoned without trial for 659 days. WikiLeaks News: Australian MP Jamie Parker gave a speech to the Parliament of New ...
- 2012-03-10 Interview with Chase Madar, journal ...
TweetChase Madar is the author of the recently published book, The Passion of Bradley Manning. Madar is a civil rights attorney, who also writes for the London Review of Books, Le Monde diplomatique, The American Conservative (where he is a contributing editor), CounterPunch and TomDispatch. H ...
- 2012-03-10 #WikiLeaks News Update: #GIFiles co ...
Tweet WikiLeaks has been financially blockaded without process for 462 days. Julian Assange has been detained without charge for 459 days. Bradley Manning has been imprisoned without trial for 656 days. WikiLeaks News: Image from WikiLeaks WikiLeaks continues to release more G.I. F ...
- 2012-03-07 Press Release for Motion Hearing at ...
TweetBelow is a March 1, 2012 United States Department of Defense Press Release for an upcoming Motion Hearing in the legal proceedings for U.S. Government vs. PFC Bradley Manning: Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE NEWS RELEASE The U.S. Army Military District of Washington Guardians o ...
- To Whom It May Concern
TweetI, Heather Marsh, have decided to no longer act as editor-in-chief, administrator or domain holder of wlcentral.org. From this point forward, I accept no legal, moral or other responsibility for the content of this site. WL Central has been one of the most enjoyable volunteer efforts I have ...
- 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 ...
- Around the Campfire with Uncle Dave – A Root o ...
Life is good. Many-fold, tangled life is better. Many-fold, tangled life not hobbled by Man’s will is best. What do I mean? By “life is good,” I am not writing a television commercial about sitting with your buddies in front of a widescreen TV for a Superbowl party with Budweiser while wives and ...
- Don’t Flush Tiger Forests
The toilet paper on your grocery store shelves may have a direct impact on the 400 Sumatran tigers left in the wild. Learn more about how you can help through World Wildlife Fund and make a pledge to never buy paper products linked to rain forest and tiger habitat destruction.
- NASA – NASA Finds 2011 Ninth-Warmest Year on R ...
NASA – NASA Finds 2011 Ninth-Warmest Year on Record.
- Open Pipes Are Killing Birds and Other Wildlife
This issue made the news last fall, but we thought it would be good to keep the topic active and to remind our readers to look around for real and potential hazards to our wild friends. Bird Death Pipes “Hollow metal and plastic (PVC) pipes and posts are found throughout the world and serv ...
- 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 Arizona̵ ...
- Home Door Stop Alarm
Here’s a practical device for you preppers, and your home security concerns… for 10 bucks, I couldn’t help but mention this effective and inexpensive home security device that is simple, and portable. In today’s world of amateur and professional burglars being able to pic ...
- Fireproof Safe
A fireproof safe is an important asset for anyone wishing to protect valuables, including preppers and those concerned about the possibility of social unrest, chaotic times, and desperate people. Why a fireproof safe? Should go without saying, but there are lots of safes out there that are not f ...
- Contest Deadline of 3/15 Is Fast Approaching
msb-note Attention all MSB readers: We just wanted to remind you that the contest entry deadline to win a copy of ‘Survival Medicine Handbook’ by Joseph Alton, M.D. and Amy Alton, A.R.N.P., also known as Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy of http://www.doomandbloom.net/, is fast approaching on ...
- Cooking With Your Stored Food – Mexican ...
Many (most all) preppers have extra food stored in their home. I would say that if you are buying freeze-dried size 10 cans, you may have never eaten some of your stored food. The reason that I say this is because many of you may have things like, TVP, powdered butter and eggs, and other [...]
- Flour Storage Best With Mylar Bags
Reader Question: I am interested in Mylar bags. My question is if we could store flour because I know the flour goes bad in 6 months to a year. Another thing I want to know, I don’t have any food grade buckets so could I store it in can buckets? Or could I store the [...]
- Follow-Up: RIP PC
Pour a little more out for
laptops and desktops. We argued recently that the traditional PC, in its desktop and laptop guises, was looking at a very grim future where it is increasingly marginalized by newer tablet tech. So much so, in fact, that it will lose its status as a common device. It w ...
- The Smartest Way To Move Your Online Community ...
Taking an online community offline is all well and good--as long as it's done in a way that stays true to your brand, says Matthew Knell, Social Media Director at AOL. [twistage 5b5d3ec2b32ee] Want more great ideas from top entrepreneurs? Our cameras were at SXSW; check out more videos on 30S ...
- In Relentless Jocks-Nerds War, Hope For Peace ...
The annual sports stat geek conference held at MIT's Sloan business school is part Star Trek convention, part academic conference, part job fair, part media circus (thanks, ESPN!)--and the future of the $400 billion sports business.Kirk Goldsberry and his geographic-based shooting analysis score ...
- Bite-Sized Wisdom From Innovative Thinkers At ...
Fast Company's cameras hit up SXSW to get some inspiration from the innovative minds at companies such as Greylock Partners, NationalField, JESS3, and more. Click through for 30-second snippets of strategic tips from some of the most influential entrepreneurs in business today. Fast Company's 30 ...
- Your Car Key Knows More About You Than Your Mo ...
Unless, that is, you are very close with your mom. Welcome to the data-driven, score-keeping, real-world, competitive game that is a gadget-packed modern life.The other day I was going through the necessary rigmarole of getting my car serviced when I learned about yet another surprising way the ...
- Arsenal Close In On £40.9m Duo as Lukas P ...
Emirates Stadium side set to spend. JLS Tickets LUKAS PODOLSKI had a medical yesterday, paving the way for Arsenal to snap up the £10.9m striker. Gunners officials travelled to Germany following talks with Podolski’s Cologne club. But Arsenal won’t stop there and are ready to spl ...
- Clooney makes quiet visit to volatile Sud ...
Nairobi: Actor and human rights activist George Clooney made a quiet visit to a volatile border region between Sudan and South Sudan last week ahead of testimony he's giving before a US Senate committee on Wednesday. Clooney made the dangerous crossing from South Sudan into Sudan's Nuba Moun ...
- Jaypee Group to foray into dairy biz
After making a mark in almost all areas it has touched so far, diversified conglomerate Jaypee Group has now set its eyes on the dairy sector, where the growing demand-supply gap is only set to widen further. The group, founded by Mr Jaiprakash Gaur, initially plans to set up a one million l ...
- John Terry admits Chelsea cannot afford t ...
The next 10 weeks will define Chelsea's future, not just their campaign, captain John Terry said last night. With Chelsea facing a huge challenge this evening to stay in this season's Champions League, Terry admitted that failure to qualify for the competition again would severely damage the ...
- A bittersweet vegetable for diabetics
Though harsh in taste, bitter gourd has an important place in traditional cuisine and medicine. Known as bitter melon in many countries, it belongs to the family of cucurbitaceae, like squash and cucumber. Bitter gourds can be divided into three basic groups — the small triangular one, ...
- Now it's 4D film: The high-tech cinemas which ...
Hollywood is converting blockbuster films into 4-D because cinemagoers are shunning pricey multi-dimensional 3-D versionsBut the experience has left some fans feeling sick, damp and pummeled after watching movies like Kung Fu Panda 2 and the latest ...... Submitted by Anna Smith to Science & ...
- 10 Best British Open Performances
Rory McIlroy's Tiger-esque performance at Congressional has many golf fans wondering what the 22-year-old has in store for Royal St. George's, one of the most difficult courses in the Open Championship rotation. Past winners Walter Hagen, Sandy Lyle and.. Submitted by Anna Smith to World ...
- Tiny snails survive digestion by birds
Snails are able to survive intact after being eaten by birds, according to scientists.Japanese white-eyes on the island of Hahajima, Japan feast on tiny land snails. Submitted by Anna Smith to Animals | Note-it! | Add a Comment
- 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 ...
- 3/13/12 - ProCon.org has been used by teachers ...
www.procon.org - - ProCon.org has been used by teachers, librarians, and administrators in 2,522 schools in all 50 states and 45 countries. Thank you to the educators in those 508 elementary and middle schools, 1,295 high schools, and 719 colleges and universities who benefit from our free educa ...
- 2/28/12 - What is the Israeli fence/wall/barrier?
israelipalestinian.procon.org - What is the Israeli fence/wall/barrier? - Learn more about the history, route, and construction status of the roughly 440 mile Israeli fence/wall/barrier.
- 2/28/12 - Is the Isreali fence/wall/barrier go ...
israelipalestinian.procon.org - Is the Israeli fence/wall/barrier good for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process? - Read pro and con arguments from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (pro), Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (con), Editor in Chief of US News and World Report ...
- 2/28/12 - NL MVP Ryan Braun Successfully Appea ...
sportsanddrugs.procon.org - Ryan Braun Becomes First MLB Player to Successfully Appeal a Positive Drug Test - National League MVP Ryan Braun's 50-game suspension was overturned on Feb. 23, 2012 because of a delay transferring his sample to the testing lab. His testosteron ...
- 2/17/12 - "Did You Know?” Little Known Facts a ...
2012election.procon.org "Did You Know?" Little Known Facts about US Presidents – Did you know that eight US Presidents have died while in office? (Four were assassinated and four died of natural causes.) Did you know that the shortest presidency in the history of the office lasted just 31 d ...
- The QWERTY Effect
How Typing May Shape the Meaning of Words Dave Mosher A keyboard’s arrangement could have a small but significant impact on how we perceive the meaning of words we type. Specifically, the QWERTY keyboard may gradually attach more positive meanings to words with more letters located on the right ...
- The myth of Chinese exceptionalism
Yuan-kang Wang All nations tend to see their history as exceptional, and these beliefs usually continue a heavy dose of fiction. Here are the top three myths of contemporary Chinese exceptionalism. Myth #1: China did not expand when it was strong. Myth 2: The Seven Voyages of Zheng He demonstrat ...
- Why moralism spoils the appetite
Adam Gopnik makes a powerful and entertaining case for why we shouldn’t ruin the aesthetic pleasure of food by adding a side order of moralism. Kirk Leech Gopnik believes that, ‘Having made food a more fashionable object, we have ended by making eating a smaller subject.’ When ‘gastronomy’ was o ...
- The God wars
To hardline atheists, it is now unreasonable and “dramatically peculiar” to argue that religion is not altogether evil. How did such intolerance become acceptable to rational minds? Bryan Appleyard Two atheists – John Gray and Alain de Botton – and two agnostics – Nassim Nichol ...
- Gogol* Explains the Post-Soviet World
(*And Chekhov and Dostoyevsky.) The case for (re)reading Russia’s greatest literary classics. THOMAS DE WAAL Twenty years ago, 15 new states emerged from the wreck of the Soviet Union, uneven shards from a broken monolith. One story turned into 15. Most Soviet watchers have been struggling ...
- UK and China, comparing notes on science and p ...
For a science policy nerd like me, meeting with international counterparts is like taking a holiday or meeting old friends in the pub at Christmas; there are many fresh things to explore but you can quickly get down to business. Friday’s small but perfectly-formed gathering in Beijing of abou ...
- Neuroscience, conflict and security: a dual us ...
The Royal Society has launched the final report of the Brain Waves series, which investigate developments in neuroscience and their implications for society and policy. Brain Waves 3: Neuroscience, conflict and security examines the potential applications of neuroscience in a military and law ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Rebel JD-U MP warns against Nitish?s return to ...
PATNA - A day ahead of the first round of the six-phase Bihar assembly elections, a rebel leader of the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) Wednesday appealed to farmers not to vote for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. In an appeal published in local Hindi dailies, Rajeev Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Sin ...
- TSA threatens media not to cover story exposin ...
The engineer who reported on serious flaws in body scanner technology now reports that journalists are being warned not to cover the story. I’ve been on the phone all day for the last 2 days with reporters and journalists of all kinds, including the big bad MSM, and one South Florida rep ...
- TSA responds to viral video about body scanners
A video is making its way around the interwebs this morning from some guy claiming he figured out a way to beat our body scanners (imaging technology). I watched the video and it is a crude attempt to allegedly show how to circumvent TSA screening procedures. For obvious se ...
- STOP ACTA: things you can do right now
This document and video presentation outlines steps you can take right now to help put a stop to the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which poses a serious threat to our freedom and national sovereignty. For additional information and links on ACTA, please click here. We need a new appr ...
- TSA Tacitly Admits $1 Billion Dollar Body Scan ...
The Transportation Security Administration has tacitly admitted that the critical flaws brought to light in a viral You Tube video yesterday which exposed how airport body scanners could easily be beaten are accurate, rendering the entire $1 billion dollar program virtually worthless. Engineer ...
- Police brutality on youtube: with entertainmen ...
The following videos were found during a casual youtube search which began with a story about a 20 year old girl in Florida who suffered severe brain damage as a result of being tasered in the back while handcuffed. These videos demonstrate over and over again the same pattern, with police off ...
- Exploring a Filipino Fish Market
© Suzannah Evans Editor's note: This is fifth and final part in a series of dispatches from the Philippines. After meeting with Marybeth in Lanuza, our crew headed back to Butuan City, where we split up – Paul to Manila on his way back to the UK, and Fel, Lito and myself to Cebu. Fel, a prid ...
- Victory! Alibaba.com Stops Selling Manta Ray P ...
Image via Wikimedia Commons. We have great news to share with you today! We recently asked you to help us protect manta rays from being made into leather by asking Alibaba.com to take manta ray products off their website. Nearly 40,000 of you responded by signing our petition, and Alibaba lis ...
- Securing the Future of Filipino Fishers
Rare fellow Marybeth Rita leads a meeting with fishers. Editor's note: This is part 4 in a series of dispatches from the Philippines. The last site we visited was overseen by Rare conservation fellow Marybeth Rita. Marybeth has a tough job because her campaign covers three towns separated by ...
- Oceana Celebrates SeaBlue in Florida
Martin Stepanek, Alexandra Cousteau, Wyland, Jim Simon. ©Oceana/Steven Shires After recently joining Oceana as a senior advisor, I traveled with the team to Fort Lauderdale last week where we hosted our first major South Florida event, SeaBlue. We had a great time and let me say, it was a hug ...
- Stop the Sale of Manta Ray Leather
Manta ray. [Image via Wikimedia Commons] Manta rays are one of the most fascinating and unique ocean creatures. As the largest of all the rays, giant manta rays can reach up to 22 feet. But we have been shocked to discover that Alibaba.com, the world’s largest business-to-business commerce ...
- “The American people desperately need to wake ...
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. See below for a few thoughts about: What many have been pointing out for decades. What Occupiers and 99% are pointing out now. What our Duopoly funded by and working for the “1%” system of elections and governance wil ...
- Pamela Geller’s Dangerous Anti-Muslim Ad Rejected
The Freedom From Religion Foundation ran a full page ad in the New York Times last Friday, which was been mimicked by notorious anti-Muslim crusader Pamela Geller. Here’s part of what the anti-Catholic ad said: It’s your moment of truth. Will it be reproductive freedom, or back to the Dark ...
- GOP War on Women Starts Hillary 2016 Talk
It’s the way I end my book. It was the only place the story of Hillary’s 20-year history could go. But it wasn’t actually an ending. Thinking, wondering, and trying to game whether Secy. Clinton, after taking a long deserved break and maybe even starting work on her own interna ...
- Dick Cheney Scared of War Criminal Atmosphere ...
I can’t help but think of the late Christopher Hitchens stalking Henry Kissinger, who he charged with war crimes and continued his claims up until his death. Kissinger’s travel plans have been impacted because of the policies he trumpeted, which are tied to the botched kidnapping and ...
- Ron Paul’s Candidacy Now About His Son Rand
Ron Paul’s delegate hunt is dead. It’s the story no one is talking about, while Paulbots continue to believe. Now Paul doesn’t even have one single reporter covering his campaign. Obviously, it’s not just the number of events that are keeping so many other outlets off Pau ...
- Hole Digging Lessons
My son (G2) called yesterday to warn me that the whole world is on an economically unsustainable path and that he’d never consider putting any money in the stock market, since now that he has recently become debt-free, he’s beginning … Continue reading →
- Coping: Tuesday at the WuJo
For at least a couple of years now, we’ve been tracking the case of things that almost change before our eyes, as we study reports of woo-woo sighted by otherwise perfectly rational and respectable people, reading this column aside, that … Continue reading →
- Waiting for the Game to Change
Have to admit it, I’m only semi-convinced the web bot project’s window for the world to begin changing happened in the March 2-9 timeframe, although there are a lot of big deals that have gotten rolling for sure. Among some … Continue reading →
- Coping: With the Daylight Savings Joke
I’m tired and for me (unusually) cranky: My sleep cycle is all screwed up and those Panavision dreams I normally enjoy which give me odd hints as to how my life will be going in the immediate future has been … Continue reading →
- Unemployment: Level for Now
The unemployment rate didn’t improve in the current period, and this was in spite of the economy recording an additional 227-thousand news jobs. Her’es how this somewhat unexpected outcome occurred: Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 227,000 in February, and the … Continu ...
- 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 Roses̵ ...
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 Miracle̵ ...
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 ...
- 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 ...
- Pond Hockey and Climate Change
Matt Skoglund, Wildlife Advocate, Livingston, Montana January 21, 2012 at the U.S. Pond Hockey Championship Seven years ago, I discovered that a fountain of youth exists. It’s called the U.S. Pond Hockey Championship, and ...
- New Report Shows New York is Behind Other Stat ...
Pierre Bull, Policy Analyst, Air & Energy, New York City Today the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) released its annual report, U.S.Solar Market Insight Report: 2011 Year-in-Review on how the U.S. and individual states are doing ...
- We're Going to Court to Cut Dead Zone Pollution
Jon Devine, Senior Attorney, Washington, D.C. One of the things I like best about working at NRDC is that I can call things as I see them, even when that means confronting people and institutions that we often trust and support. For instance, ...
- NRDC Taking Legal Steps to Protect the Great L ...
Thom Cmar, Attorney, Chicago You know you’ve got a big problem on your hands when you can see it from space. Today, NRDC and a large coalition of partner organizations announced the filing of two separate legal actions to put pressure on the ...
- A high-tech corporate giant strengthens a walk ...
Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC Despite being all-in with blogging and social media, I’ll confess to some ambivalence toward electronic media that displace bricks-and-mort ...
- National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
Here are the 12 reports of police misconduct we were able to gather in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Tuesday, March 13, 2012: Joliet IL cop arrested after fired for repeatedly punching a woman in the face on video during a domestic dispute call [0] http://bit.ly/zCg2old Fulle ...
- National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
Here are the 10 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Monday, March 12, 2012: Chicago IL settles suit for $3.6mil to man who falsely confessed to murder after tortured by cops for 30hrs [0] bit.ly/zTkWfe Louisiana state trooper sentenced to 9yr ...
- Police Misconduct NewsFeed Weekend Recap 03-10 ...
Here are the 13 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this weekend of March 10-11, 2012: Readstown WI police chief who was arrested while on the run in Nebraska for using badge to sexually abuse women is now accused of molesting a young boy and will ...
- National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
Here are the 18 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Friday, March 9, 2012: California Hwy patrol officer sentenced to 50yrs for murdering her husband & driving body to her parents [0] nyp.st/y4WNsX Mount Sterling OH police dept shut down ...
- National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
Sorry folks, it was a hectic day yesterday and I fell asleep before I could publish the day’s report. Here are the 10 reports of police misconduct I was able to track for this Thursday, March 8, 2012: New Orleans LA undercover cop under investigation after shooting unarmed man to death dur ...
- Iran to fire 11,000 missiles at US, Israel if ...
The Iranian ambassador to Lebanon says his country has the capability to fire thousands of missiles at enemy bases in case of an attack against the Islamic Republic. Ghazanfar Roknabadi said Iran is keeping a watchful eye on the slightest possibility of a military threat, and would fire 11,000 m ...
- US bunker-busters, aerial refueling for Israel ...
American sources disclosed Tuesday March 6, that President Barack Obama had decided to let Israel have weapons systems suitable for long-range military operations and strikes against fortified underground targets. They include four KC-35 aerial refueling aircraft, doubling the number already in ...
- Israeli spies oppose Iran war: Former US envoy
Former US ambassador to Tel-Aviv says Israel’s intelligence agencies do not suggest a military strike on Iran, despite the fact that Israeli politicians push for it. “The really interesting thing about the Israeli situation is…that the heads of the three Israeli intelligence services do not seem ...
- Eastern Libya declares autonomy
Cyrenaica, the eastern region of Libya, has elected a regional congress and declared semi-autonomy from the capital Tripoli. The “blatant call for fragmentation” of the country was condemned by Libya’s ruling NTC. Thousands of major tribal leaders and militia commanders attended a celebrat ...
- US Defense Secretary: US will take Military Ac ...
US defense secretary Panetta says US will take military action to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons if all else fails Source.
- Climate Spectator: Stifling a FiT Aussie solar ...
Germany now has over 30 gigawatts of solar photovoltaic panels on its rooftops. The sheer scale of deployment means that over 4 per cent of the nation's electricity will come from rooftop solar power this year. This industrial-scale solar rollout, created by Germany's innovative policy support s ...
- Cairns and Brisbane, QLD: Two-Speed Economy - ...
Everyone has heard how good the mining industry is for Queensland but is this actually the case? The world’s largest coal mine is being developed 400km inland from Cairns, with a proposal to ship coal through the Whitsundays. There is no doubt that it will destroy existing jobs in tourism and a ...
- Australian Climate Leadership - Volunteer Oppo ...
Are you sick of hearing that “Australia is only a small part of the climate problem”, that “we shouldn’t act before the rest of the world”, and that “our actions won’t make any difference anyway”? BZE is challenging these excuses for inaction with a new report that aims to expose the true extent ...
- Hans-Josef Fell at ANU
German member of parliament Hans-Josef Fell, the key architect of the world's most successful renewable energy policies (feed-in tariffs) spoke at the Australian National University in Canberra last week. Below is a recording of his talk.
- Brace for an electric shock
Germany's 37 million households will soon be paying half as much on their annual electricity bills as Australian households. An average German household pays just $1060, or about $88 a month, for electricity to run their computers, lights and other household appliances, while an Austral ...
- Surging demand for vegetable oil drives rainfo ...
Surging demand for vegetable oil has emerged as an important driver of tropical deforestation over the past two decades and is threatening biodiversity, carbon stocks, and other ecosystem functions in some of the world's most critical forest areas, warns a report published last week by the Unio ...
- Climate change could increase fires, logging, ...
The combined impacts of deforestation and climate change will bring a host of new troubles for the world's tropical rainforests argues a new study in Trends in Ecology and Evolution. Drying rainforests due to climate change could lead to previously inaccessible forests falling to loggers, burnin ...
- Without data, fate of great apes unknown
Our closest nonhuman relatives, the great apes, are in mortal danger. Every one of the six great ape species is endangered, and without more effective conservation measures, they may be extinct in the wild within a human generation. The four African great ape species (bonobos, chimpanzees and tw ...
- Javan officials employ camera traps to find ex ...
Although officially declared extinct in 2003, some people believe the Javan tiger (panthera tigris sondaica) is still alive in the island's Meru Betiri National Park. To prove the big cat has not vanished for good, wildlife officials have installed five camera traps in the park, reports Antara News.
- Camera traps go under the ocean, seeking sharks
Remote camera traps, which have become a hugely important conservation tool on land during the past decade, have now gone underwater. Marine biologists have used underwater video camera traps to compare the population of Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezii) in Belize's protected areas ve ...
- Build up of HANCI’S child adoption crisis
Many a time I ponder what school of thought we have in this country, because we are always strange bedfellows. This brings to mind the common saying: sleeping near fire is not a bulwark to eat meat that slept near it. This concerns us with the issue of HANCI and the man who is bashing [...]
- SEM News Brief
Navy harass fishermen – Fishermen and fish mongers in Goderich community have expressed frustration over what they describe as constant harassment by head of the naval unit of the Sierra Leone army officer in Goderich P.O Pratt. In spite of an earlier agreement for the fishermen to surrend ...
- Mister Idiot – March 14, 2012
The rope is up its sleeves once again – Elections time is hovering. What is senile are the gimmicks of politicians who are always good for nothing. Everyone is mischievous and no trust exists between and amongst them. The ICC radar is stemmed. You are all in the whorl – but wait a bit, ...
- President Koroma commissions ABCs in Tonkolili
Agriculture has been identified by government as a panacea for food self-sufficiency as well as empowering farmers to farm for business. To realize this dream, President Ernest Bai Koroma has commissioned 14 newly constructed and well-equipped Agricultural Business Centres (ABCs) in Tonkolili Di ...
- The Yele experiment …
I was fortunate to be part of President Ernest Bai Koroma’s entourage over the weekend as he concluded a conducted tour of Lion Heart Foundation Development Projects in agriculture, health, water and energy implemented in Yele (the center of Sierra Leone), Gbonkolenken Chiefdom. (Photo: Jarrah ...
- Treasuries Hammered as "Operation Twist" Unwin ...
On September 21, 2011 in a Federal Reserve Press Release the Fed announced "Operation Twist" purportedly to drive down long-term rates and drive up short-term rates. The Committee intends to purchase, by the end of June 2012, $400 billion of Treasury securities with remaining maturities of 6 ...
- Ceridian Fuel Index Suggests "Recovery in Home ...
The Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index®, a real-time measure of truck fuel usage, is up this month but down in its most recent three month period according to the March Pulse of Commerce Report. The Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index® (PCI®), issued today by the UCLA Anderson School of M ...
- I Will Gladly Pay You 100 Years From Now, For ...
UK Chancellor George Osborne proposes 100-year bonds. Essentially his message is "I Will Gladly Pay You 100 Years From Now, For a Hamburger Today". Whether it's Tuesday of next week or Tuesday a hundred years from now, the safe bet is the debt will never be repaid. The Telegraph reports Bri ...
- Santorum Wins Alabama and Mississippi, Romney ...
Following a credible albeit nowhere near a knockout performance by Mitt Romney on "Super-Tuesday" pundits came out of the woodwork proclaiming Romney has it locked up. That message continued all the way through Tuesday morning culminating in Jennifer Rubin's post Time to stop dreaming of a ...
- Cheap Loans From the ECB: What Banks Have Borr ...
Inquiring minds might be interested in knowing which banks have borrowed the most in absolute and percentage terms from the ECB via LTROs. Courtesy of Google Translate, please consider a Ranking of Borrowings from the ECB. After two rounds of cheap financing of the ECB European banks via ...
- BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- March 5, ...
BFP Nightly Quote “Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle… Perhaps an editor might begin a reformation in some such way as this. Divide his paper into four chapters, heading the 1st, Truths. 2n ...
- Syria: One Country, Two Stories
‘Human Rights’ for the West is a Malleable Notion! By William Bowles The battle that has been raging in the southern Syrian city of Homs and that now seems to have been resolved with a ‘win’ for the government, though it would seem at a terrible cost in lives, is now the subject of a [...]
- The U.S. Strategy to Control Middle Eastern Oil
“One of the Greatest Material Prizes in World History” In the midst of World War II, Saudi Arabia secured a position of enormous significance to the rising world power, America. With its oil reserves essentially untapped, the House of Saud became a strategic ally of immense importance, “a matter ...
- BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- February ...
BFP Nightly Quote “Whether the mask is labelled Fascism, Democracy, or Dictatorship of the Proletariat, our great adversary remains the Apparatus—the bureaucracy, the police, the military. Not the one facing us across the frontier or the battlelines, which is not so much our enemy as our b ...
- Podcast Show #78- US Government Mandatory Vacc ...
The
Boiling Frogs Presents Barbara Loe Fisher Is it in the best interests of the citizens of this free society, or of public health officials in positions of authority in federal or state government, to use the heel of the boot of the state to crush all dissent to mandatory vaccination la ...
- 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 →
- Smarmy Prince, Contemptible Hypocrite, Ayatoll ...
What a group. What a choice. The remaining field of Republican presidential candidates is one of the weakest in history. It is not just the liberal media that thinks so. Former Republican Congressman and current MSNBC host Joe Scarborough believes it and right wing pundit Charles Krauthammer cal ...
- Silently Waiting
The ruthless brutality which humankind has been known to unleash upon their fellow humans throughout history seems unrelenting and in fact almost unbelievable when considered in hindsight. For example, the Holocaust, the Trail of Tears, the Middle Passage, and the Great Purge – all events of his ...
- Choices and Trade-offs…Why I Chose CUNY ...
Hi everyone, my name is Coy. The year 2011 was a year of opportunities, challenges, and new experiences. My first semester as a CUNY SPS student greatly expanded my perspectives as I found myself introduced to the vast amount of resources we – students, workers, and citizens of a digital world – ...
- 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 ...
- Busted for Busting Out at Bank of America
“Stripping Protestors In Pink Bras Crashed Bank Of America CEO Brian Moynihan’s Speech,” declared Business Insider on March 8, showing Moynihan’s stern photo with a pink bra playfully dangling in the air beside him. It’s true, things did get a bit wild at Citi’s Financial Services co ...
- A Perimeter Approach to Security and the Trans ...
Through a series of bilateral meetings, U.S. and Canadian officials are busy working out the details of the perimeter security action plan. This includes a recent joint crime forum which dealt with border and law enforcement issues. These various discussions are part of the implementation proces ...
- Alleged Photos of “Clean-up” at Ir ...
IPS — News stories about satellite photographs suggesting efforts by Iran to “sanitise” a military site that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said may have been used to test nuclear weapons have added yet another layer to widely held suspicion that Iran must indeed b ...
- Baloney 2012
Uganda is undoubtedly rife with resources for Obama, Sarkozy, Cameron, et al. to plunder, otherwise why would a viral film like Kony 2012 be popping up on YouTube? And the unwitting, or perhaps even duplicitously savvy shill’s film — and its Hollywood accomplices — are certainly making ample hea ...
- Health Care Failure: The Occupied Palestinian ...
Health care is a unique issue in international politics and discussions of modern civilization. As an institutional entity, it has both a substantial and direct implication regarding the very existence of human populations. That’s in contrast to markers such as employment, GDP, or literacy tha ...
UN Rights Office Launches Campaign to Fight HIV Discrimination (Photo credit: United Nations Photo)
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