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Image via Wikipedia- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 4 minutes agoIn 2008, Obama won North Carolina 50-49% (2,142,651 to 2,128,474). His worst performing district in the state was the 10th CD, the one represented by diminutive closet case, Patrick McHenry, where he too...
- posted by Chet at JUSTICE - 17 minutes agoMark Baldino’s war against shady locksmiths is waged from two tables pushed against the wall of his office in Springfield. The tables are covered with neatly stacked piles of paper. There’s a pile for Bing...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 29 minutes agoPlymouth, United Kingdom. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 34 minutes ago*“Chivalry”* by Alan Watts “It comes, then, to this: that to be "viable", livable, or merely practical, life must be lived as a game - and the "must" here expresses a condition, not a commandment. It mus...
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About 6 or 7 years ago, the news was full of stories about honeybees disappearing. Large colonies of bees which were critical to commercial agriculture were suddenly and mysteriously dying off or just not... - posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 45 minutes ago
I have been just as disgusted as everyone else has been over the last week since learning of the attack on a group of 16 innocent Afghan civilians by some 20 US soldiers in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. ... - posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 54 minutes ago*“Inside the Mind of a Conservative. Got a Minute?”* by Paul Buchheit “Unfortunately, a little well-placed progressive sarcasm can’t compete with the ongoing 40-year right-wing campaign to capture the symp...
- posted by skrashen at Schools Matter - 1 hour agoMy contribution to the NY Times Sunday Dialogue on how to evaluate teachers. Published in the New York Times, March 18, 2012 Dr. Yatvin’s suggestions for teacher evaluation are excellent. But why are the...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 hour agoEdmund Burke: Observations on a Late Publication on the Present State of the Nation (1769)
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Many still remember a few months back, when that clown who called himself a "Presidential" candidate for the US Presidency, Newton Gingrich, spewed to an Israeli reporter that the Palestinian people who ha... - posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 hour ago
I put up an article last week showing definitive evidence that the entire "Kony" and the "Invisible Children" video that went viral over Youtube is a complete sham. I stated that this entire "Kony" push... - posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 2 hours agoA little bauble I ran across today ... I can't say for sure whether Ezra and Kathryn are faithfully represented, as I've never met them in person, but ... snerk. (h/t Jymn) *Related posts:* - Let ...
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Coptic Pope Shenouda III, the spiritual leader of Egypt's Coptic Christian community for nearly four decades, died Saturday, according to the head of the Egyptian General Coptic Association. He was 88. "S... - posted by Harry Dale Huffman at The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage - 2 hours agoI have submitted the following comment to the Roy Spencer site: *Roy Spencer wrote: "...we have only one subject to study, the Earth. Establishing causation in such a situation is dicey, at best." Wrong. ...
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Flecha de Temaxtli: Tucson to Phoenix: 165 Miles by Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez The last time we ran from Tucson to Phoenix, students from the Social Justice & Education Project of Tucson's Mexican Amer... - posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 2 hours ago
Latest terrorist attack in Damascus illustrates illegitimacy of both Syria's rebels & the UN/NATO backing them. by Tony Cartalucci March 18, 2012 - A twin terrorist bombing in the Syrian capital of Damas... - posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 2 hours agoOn any given day 5.5 million pints of Guinness, the famous Irish stout, are consumed around the world. On St. Patrick's Day, that number more than doubles to 13 million pints.
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It has been a while since I placed any articles here in this blog that covered the fraud called "Global Warming". Since my last report over a month back, it had been hoped that with the disastrously cold... - posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago"Maybe we accept the dream has become a nightmare. We tell ourselves that reality is better. We convince ourselves it's better that we never dream at all. But, the strongest of us, the most determined of ...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago*You'll want to get cracking on the caramel if you're going to have it in time for our attempt at the bacon caramel popcorn. (Maybe Fat Toad Farm does expedited shipping?)* *by Ken* You know the old sayi...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 3 hours agoMONTREAL- Liberal Leader Bob Rae made the following statement today on the death of the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Shenouda III: "It is with great sadness that we hear of the passing of Pope ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago*“'We Are This Far From A Turnkey Totalitarian State' - * *Big Brother Goes Live September 2013" * by Tyler Durden "George Orwell was right. He was just 30 years early. In its April cover story, Wired has...
- posted by Rich Rifkin at Lexicon Daily - 4 hours agoThe Jerusalem Post, borrowing from the Agence France-Presse, is reporting that Saudi Arabia has shipped weapons to Jordan which are destined for the Free Syrian Army, the group trying to overthrow the Ba'...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 4 hours agoThe poll in an earlier wmtc post wreaked havoc on my blog, so I'm trying again. If I might beg another moment of your time, please go here to take a two-question survey about your use of social bookmarking...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 5 hours ago"Former Rutgers student found guilty of hate crimes; With webcam, showed roommate as he kissed man" by Kate Zernike | New York Times, March 17, 2012 NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - A jury convicted a former Rutge...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 5 hours agoWishing everyone the luck of Irish, today and every day. I'm getting to the age where going out and watching the amateurs fall off their bar stools isn't as much fun as it used to be. Planning to lay low a...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 5 hours ago"S.C. mother pleads guilty to murder" associated Press, March 17, 2012 ORANGEBURG, S.C. - A South Carolina mother pleaded guilty Friday to killing her two young sons by suffocating them and putting their b...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 5 hours ago"Fla. boy allegedly kept in locked closet" ASSOCIATED PRESS, March 17, 2012 TITUSVILLE, Fla. - When Florida police checked out a child abuse report, they found an emaciated boy lying on the floor inside a ...
- posted by skrashen at Schools Matter - 5 hours agoSent to the Los Angeles Times, March 17, 2012 State Supt. Torlakson urges us to find the “will and the resources to end the financial emergency facing our public schools,” and prevent California from layi...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 5 hours agoIt's been said, "Familiarity breeds contempt." That's true of voters across the political spectrum this year. The more they get to know the increasingly unhinged Republican Party, the more we hate them. B...
- Link: http://youtu.be/6NzeXjrl2ik Enjoy your weekend! John
- posted by Batocchio at Vagabond Scholar - 6 hours agoThis year for St. Patrick's Day, I wanted to pass on Frank McNally's "History of Ireland in 100 Excuses." Here's a sample:1. Original sin.2. The weather.3. The 800 years of oppression.4. A shortage of natur...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 6 hours ago*Oglala Commemoration Committee* Web: www.oglalacommemoration.com Email: oglala_commemoration@yahoo.com *13th ANNUAL AWARENESS EVENT FOR POLITICIAL PRISONER LEONARD PELTIER SCHEDULED FOR JUNE ON THE PINE ...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 7 hours agoThe death of Pope Shenouda III will put the position of Copts in Egypt once again in a spotlight. With change comes danger. That said, one can only hope a more tolerant attitude towards all minorities in...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours agoThe House Democrats' chief corporate whore, Steny Hoyer, seems to think Ilya Sheyman (D-IL) is too progressive or grassroots or independent-minded or incorruptible or young or something Insiders hate. So...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 7 hours ago*Staff sergeant Robert Bales — the US soldier 'wrongly' accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians. * *Probe team: Women sexually assaulted before killing in Panjwai** * *"US soldiers were alleged to have ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoMar 17 - Tropical Cyclone Lua makes landfall in Western Australia, packing winds of more than 250km per hour and raising fears of widespread flooding.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoMar. 17 - Villagers and Kenya Wildlife Service rangers toil for days to put out a massive forest fire.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck the Southern East Pacific Rise at a depth of 12 km (7.5 miles), the quake hit at 19:50:22 UTC Saturday 17th March 2012 The epicenter was 853 km (530 miles) SSE of Han...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoBolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba is stable and breathing again in a London hospital after collapsing on the pitch during a game with Tottenham. He was rushed to hospital, where a spokesman said he is cu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago(Reuters) - Uganda's government has taken to the Internet to correct a "false impression" about the country it says was created by a U.S. celebrity-backed online campaign to hunt down fugitive warlord Jos...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago(Reuters) - Russian police detained more than 20 people near the Kremlin on Saturday as the opposition staged two new anti-government protests following Vladimir Putin's presidential election win. About ...
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 7 hours agoAnd it has been a busy one: early morning appointment with the personal trainer, a few hours in the office to organize and grade (which will have to be repeated a few times over the week), errands at two b...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago(Reuters) - Mauritania arrested Muammar Gaddafi's ex-spy chief, Abdullah al-Senussi, after he arrived on an overnight flight, officials said on Saturday, triggering a three-way tussle for his extradition....
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago(Reuters) - A militia loyal to Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr freed an American former soldier on Saturday after holding him captive in Baghdad for nine months. The American, identified as Randy Mi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoAcclaimed Public Radio International program "This American Life" has retracted an entire episode about working conditions inside Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturer that builds much of Apple's most popular...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago(CNN) -- Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri is calling on Pakistanis to join the Arab Spring uprisings and revolt against their government, saying the country's leaders are "slaves of America," according t...
- posted by Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 8 hours agoThere was a bright shining light on the morning of Tuesday, 3 May, 2011. Unfortunately it was shrouded by the gloom felt by most people who had headed to the polls the day before. A majority of Canadians...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago(CNN) -- North Korea will invite foreign space experts and journalists to witness the launch of a satellite that the United States and other nations see as a provocation, the state-run Korean Central News...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 8 hours agoHAPPY ST. PADDY'S DAY! (Thanks for the drink, Tony!) Here's to cheating, stealing, fighting and drinking! If you cheat, may it be death. If you steal, may it be a heart. If you fight, may it be for your si...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 8 hours agoWill the massacre by an American in Afghanistan have long-term consequences? I sort of doubt it...it might accelerate what was already going to happen, but I sort of doubt that much of the coming withdrawa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago(CNN) -- A series of deadly explosions rocked parts of Damascus Saturday with some of the targets being Syrian government facilities, witnesses and state television reported. At least 27 people were kill...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoResidents evacuated from their nuclear disaster-hit hometowns in Fukushima Prefecture have expressed discontent over the government's plan to compensate them in set amounts. "I can't accept the uniform c...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoTOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of foreigners overstaying their visas as of Jan. 1 in Japan declined 14.6 percent from a year earlier to 67,065, hitting an all-time low since 1990 when comparable data became ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoBolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba has collapsed on the pitch during a game with Tottenham. He has now been rushed to hospital. Reporters at the scene said the player had stopped breathing. There was no ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck New Zealand at a depth of 110 km (68.2 miles), the quake hit at 13:05:19 UTC Saturday 17th March 2012 The epicenter was 20 km (12.4 miles) South of Waitotara, Whanganu...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 8 hours agoThe Sierre crash occurred on 13 March 2012 near Sierre, Switzerland, when a coach carrying teachers and children crashed into a wall in the Sierre Tunnel. "The mystery of the bus crash that killed 22 chi...
- posted by KRandle at A Different Perspective - 8 hours agoHoping to infuriate the anti-Roswell crowd, I thought the following might do it. This involves much that has them annoyed from the mere mention of Roswell, to the fact that there is a new investigation goi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck near Christchurch, New Zealand at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 11:55:23 UTC Saturday 17th March 2012 The epicenter was 17 km (10 miles) ESE of Chris...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 30.6 km (19 miles), the quake hit at 11:24:43 UTC Saturday 17th March 2012 The epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) WSW o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck the Virgin Islands Region at a depth of 86 km (53.4 miles), the quake hit at 11:09:31 UTC Saturday 17th March 2012 The epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) North from Settl...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 8 hours agoI know you all could not have helped but seen the latest news from Syria? The double explosion in Damascus. Car bombs. What kind of car bombs are these? As in how much explosive would it take to cause this ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 9 hours ago*I call.* "New gambling era arrives at Maine casino; Celebratory mood as patrons line up" by Clarke Canfield | Associated Press, March 17, 2012 BANGOR - A new era in gambling arrived in Maine on Friday ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck Luzon, Philippines at a depth of 35.4 km (22 miles), the quake hit at 10:25:05 UTC Saturday 17th March 2012 The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) ENE of Laoag, Luzon, Phi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 10.3 km (6.4 miles), the quake hit at 10:16:26 UTC Saturday 17th March 2012 The epicenter was 241 km (149 miles) SSE...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the Kuril Islands, Russia at a depth of 43 km (26.7 miles), the quake hit at 09:09:59 UTC Saturday 17th March 2012 The epicenter was 125 km (77 miles) SSW of Severo-K...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck South of the Fiji Islands at a depth of 545.5 km (339 miles), the quake hit at 06:21:02 UTC Saturday 17th March 2012 The epicenter was 311 km (193 miles) SSW of Ndoi ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 9 hours agoYou can take your life in your hands if you want. "Bicyclists embark on 500-mile trek" by Johanna Kaiser | Globe Correspondent, March 17, 2012 The cyclists will be traveling through cities and towns ...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 9 hours agoOriginal here BillMoyers.com / *By Lauren Feeney* *America's ‘Inexcusable’ Indifference to Extreme Poverty -- Frances Fox Piven Speaks* *An interview with Frances Fox Piven, a political scientist ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoEarthquake Details - This event has been reviewed by a seismologist. Magnitude*5.5* Date-Time - *Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 17:00:57 UTC* - Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 09:00:57 PM at epi...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoEarthquake Details - This event has been reviewed by a seismologist. Magnitude*5.0* Date-Time - *Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 15:49:16 UTC* - Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 07:49:16 PM at epi...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 9 hours ago"Salvadoran officer’s case to be updated" March 17, 2012 Lawyers in the case of a former Salvadoran military officer accused of colluding in the 1989 slayings of six Jesuit priests have agreed to update t...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 9 hours ago"State awards regionalization grants" State House News Service, March 17, 2012 The Patrick administration awarded $5 million in grants Friday to cities, towns, and counties across the state for regionaliz...
- posted by Jay Allbritton at Jay Allbritton - 10 hours agoEarlier this week Mitt Romney botched a line from *Seinfeld*. At the Arizona debate he said, "What's the George Costanza line? When they're applauding, you sit down..." Well, *actually*, the line was said...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoMost discussion of the No. 4 spent fuel pool has focused on an earthquake causing the pool to collapse. This video is different because it reveals: 1) A crack, rather than the collapse of the pool itself, ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoOld habits die hard. As Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta early Wednesday prepared to take off from this remote outpost in Central Asia for a visit to Afghanistan, the deafening sound of a war plane flyin...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 10 hours ago*SOLIDARITY CONCERT FOR MOTHER EARTH AND INDIGENOUS HUMAN RIGHTS* SUNDAY, APRIL 15 - 2PM MINNEAPOLIS AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER GARY FARMER AND THE TROUBLE MAKERS BLUEDOG HIGHWAY 49 BLUES BAND and special guest...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 10 hours agoMarch 16, 2012 p. B3 Wall Street Journal "Chevron corp said Thursday that oil was seeping from ocean floor near its operations off the coast of Brazil, the second such leak in recent months... The new se...
- posted by sue at Biased BBC - 10 hours agoOver the last few days Nick Robinson and Mark Mardell have been speculating about likely topics of conversation between David Cameron and President Obama. They predict that having settled Afghanistan, the ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours agoThis week, *Mother Jones* found 10 candidates running for Congress as supporters of the Occupy or 99% Movement. Most of them are Blue America candidates-- Alan Grayson, Ilya Sheyman, Elizabeth Warren, Nor...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 11 hours ago[image: Satellite view of Tropical Cyclone Luca at 3:30pm on 17 March 2012. PerthNow] By Evan Duffey, Meteorologist 17 March 2012 Tropical Cyclone Lua (17S) made landfall today near Port Hedland in West...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoAn artist admitted Friday to taking shortcuts in crafting an often harrowing tale about Apple Inc.'s operations in China after the veracity of his one-man theatrical show was challenged by a public radio p...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoEarthquake Details - This event has been reviewed by a seismologist. Magnitude*5.2* Date-Time - *Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 15:16:24 UTC* - Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 07:16:24 PM at epi...
- posted by Anonops at AnonOps Communications - 11 hours ago*Congratulations to all Occupiers worldwide!* *This is just the beginning!*
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 11 hours ago[image: Satellite view of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes swept across the Midwest and Appalachians on 2 March 2012. According to CNN, at least 36 people were killed, with the majority of the victims ...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 11 hours agoIs there anyone left out there who remembers a time when the US government protected its citizens from corporate flimflammery? I didn't think so. And if you think this "peak easy oil" moment in time has no...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoEarthquake Details - This event has been reviewed by a seismologist. Magnitude*4.7* Date-Time - *Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 13:47:38 UTC* - Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 10:47:38 PM at epi...
- posted by yayacanada at YayaCanada - 12 hours ago*The blonde-haired, blue-eyed, Christian filmmaker behind the Internet’s most recent famous activism campaign, “Kony 2012,” has been arrested. For masturbating. And being drunk. And vandalizing cars. In pu...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 12 hours agoToday in Tucson! The Librotraficante Caravan Arrives in Tucson Friday Afternoon*Three Sonorans* HOUSTON (March 12, 2012) – After standing room only events this week in San Antonio and El Paso, TX; Mesilla...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 12 hours agoAl Jazeera reports that: 'An Ethiopian domestic worker in Lebanon who was filmed being physically abused in public has committed suicide, local media have reported. The video, first aired by Lebanese Bro...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 12 hours ago*SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 2012* *Although we have other names for it:* We’ll recommend this news report in this morning’s Washington Post. It concerns a big pile of fake facts. Uh-oh! An NPR show is “retract...
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 12 hours agoAs regular readers now Southern Man has struggled with the "workout" portion of his current diet-and-fitness plan, so some time ago he signed up for a program offered by his university's kinesiology-and-ex...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 12 hours ago*SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 2012* *Part 6—Gail Collins won’t talk about Bain:* When Gail Collins jumped the pooch last week, bright-eyed readers perked up their ears and let her know they had noticed. Last Thur...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoNorth Korea announced Friday it would launch a rocket carrying a satellite next month, sparking widespread condemnation and US threats that it could put much-needed food aid in jeopardy. The United States...
- posted by Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 12 hours ago*LEFT LANE NEWS* is a car site with a sad, rather disturbing report. According to Ronan Glon, *"UK wants to use cameras to prevent uninsured drivers from buying gas"*. You see, over the last decade, the ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoThe document (PDF), entitled Terrorism Awareness and Prevention, is presented as a guide for both “residents and workers of New Jersey,” along with employees of federal, state and local agencies, on how to...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoEgypt's veterinary authorities say foot-and-mouth disease has left more than 2,000 young cattle dead. Egypt's local press on Friday quoted veterinary official Essam Abdel-Shakour as saying that 24,500 liv...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA near-record snowfall this winter has buried Anchorage neighborhoods, turning streets into snow-walled canyons and even collapsing some roofs. But some residents are hoping for more, at least another 3.3 ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoNew York City detectives have used cutting-edge facial recognition software to capture a man suspected in a shooting at a barbershop. The bullet grazed the 39-year-old man's head. He required stitches, but...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoAuthorities say four family members were arrested after stripping naked outside a suburban Philadelphia high school and chanting "God is great." Upper Darby police say it happened around 1 p.m. Friday in a...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA species of ape is on the brink of extinction in central Africa, even though the animals are addicted to sex. Bonobo apes live in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and often have sex every few minut...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoAn Iowa woman was arrested for drunk driving last night after her 15-year-old daughter--who was a passenger in her mother’s car--called 911 to contemporaneously report that her parent was “impaired” behind...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoWikileaks founder Julian Assange plans to run for a seat in the Australian Senate, despite being under house arrest in the United Kingdom, the whistleblower group has tweeted. Wikileaks announced its inte...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoReports of extensive damage are emerging from Western Australia's Pilbara region, as Tropical Cyclone Lua continues to batter communities. The cyclone crossed the coast north of Port Hedland as a category ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA series of deadly explosions rocked parts of Damascus Saturday with some of the targets being Syrian government facilities, witnesses and state television reported. At least 27 people were killed and 97 ...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 13 hours agoNo idea where this is located; but, I just couldn't pass it up. Photo courtesy: wallpaperseek.com Urban air pollution is set to become the biggest environmental cause of premature death in the coming dec...
- posted by Big Dan at Big Dan's Big Blog - 13 hours ago*Pennslyvania women: GOT REPUBLICANS IN YOUR VAGINA???* *The American Taliban just can't stop their "WAR ON WOMEN". It's nice to know that with a financial crisis, high unemployment, ruination of the env...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 14 hours agoMale mosquito feeding on a leaf. Photo courtesy: Leszek.Leszczynski/CC BY 1.0 Today, the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District, is holding a meeting about potential trials involving the release of geneti...
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 14 hours agoThis year marks the 2nd annual Washington DC Cherry Festival photo contest,where I found the attached pictures. People are concerned about seasonal shifts, but far more detrimental to the cherry trees tha...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 14 hours ago*And I'm not even Irish.* "St. Patrick’s Day holds mixed emotions for some" by Martine Powers | Globe Staff, March 17, 2012 His appearance does not fit the bill of a stereotypical Irishman.... * * *Wh...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 14 hours ago"A battle within cancer fight; Biotech’s cofounder accused of stealing intellectual property" by Robert Weisman | Globe Staff, March 17, 2012 The article cowritten by Dr. Craig B. Thompson in the scien...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 14 hours agoDrew Brees' contract has New Orleans Saints in uncharted territory ~Jeff Duncan Tall ships will sail to New Orleans in April Read more here: http://www.sunherald.com/2012/03/16/3823844/tall-ships-will-sai...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 14 hours agoThat's the South African President Jacob Zuma leading the singing of "Kill the Boer" at ANC Centenery Celebrations in Bloemfontein, South Africa in January 2012. Note the lyrics enthusiastically sung and ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 14 hours ago"Runner in sex ring to serve 15 months; Cited for role in scheme trafficking Asian women" by Patricia Wen | Globe Staff, March 17, 2012 A 43-year-old Quincy man, who has admitted being an errand runner f...
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 14 hours agoIt was almost comical yesterday to watch the Conservatives frantically insist that any election fraud was limited to the riding of Guelph -- and that it was purely accidental: Conservative partisans t...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 14 hours ago*The Boston Globe wouldn't want a bank to look bad, would it?* "Developer in fight with new lender; Original loans from failed bank now held by Wells Fargo" by Casey Ross | Globe Staff, March 17, 2012 A...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 14 hours ago*Then how am I going to get the money to pay for the Globe? I guess I just won't buy one.* "Bank of America adds to closings; 4 more in Bay State to be shuttered" by Todd Wallack | Globe Staff, March 17,...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 14 hours ago*Anthony Gucciardi discusses the dangers of Gardasil.* http://www.naturalsociety.com/
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours agoYesterday we took a look at the toxic culture around the resignation of Greg Smith from Goldman Sachs. Recall that one of my financial advisors, in explaining to me why he was leaving a senior VP job at o...
- posted by Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 15 hours agoAll publishing and media sectors are constantly looking over their shoulders at not just the dynamically changing technology, but also the impact of digitisation on other sectors. The music sector’s cont...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 15 hours agoAs you can see, strange things have been happening to this blog's template, and I've been unable to find the source and fix it. The header background is appearing in a strange (ugly!) colour. I can't find...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 15 hours agoMarch 15, 2012 Welcome to Capital Account. Bad news for underwater home owners -- foreclosure filings in february point to a rising tide in home seizures ahead, according to those who track it. Why? Th...
- posted by sue at Biased BBC - 15 hours ago“Hundreds, if not thousands of people think the BBC is pro Israel. And an equal number think the opposite. How on earth do you adjudicate on matters as complicated as that?” asks BBC Newswatch’s Raymond Sn...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 16 hours ago*WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange plans to run for a seat in the Australian Senate, despite being under house arrest in the United Kingdom, the whistleblower group has tweeted. * Wikileaks announced it...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 16 hours agoMarch 17, 2012 It's been six months since the Occupy Movement set up camp in the United States. From New York and Washington, all the way to Oakland in California, the protest has shed light on issues f...
- posted by Alison at Creekside - 17 hours agoSeen from today, one of the more startling aspects of the RoboCon live and automated calls story is just how much we already knew about how *widespread * it was *nine* *months ago*. How did we come to forge...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 17 hours agoVaccine Health Truth Tolerance Lost by Dr. Andrew Moulden Part 1 of 3 Part 2 of 3 Part 3 or 3
- posted by sue at Biased BBC - 17 hours agoM D’A: “good evening. This is Mark D’Arcy at Westminster, where a peer who quit the Lib dems renews her attack on Israel." J T: “I am not antisemitic. But I am anti-injustice.”M D’A: "Plus border tensions ...
- posted by Robin Horbury at Biased BBC - 17 hours agoThe latest greenie wheeze to spend tens of millions of our hard-earned cash is a nutcase scheme to build 100 £200,000 towers to counter the effect of an alleged planetary emergency' of warming in the Arcti...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 18 hours agoOccupy and "The American Spring" A Time for Occupy To Blossom? Global Research Canada, March 16, 2012 *by Kevin Zeese* *National Occupation of Washington, DC Will Bring Occupiers Together to Share Ex...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 18 hours agoKen Livingstone's words: "These rich bastards just don't get it … no one should be allowed to vote in a British election, let alone sit in parliament, unless they pay their full share of tax. "Cameron's p...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 18 hours agoLodgepole pines killed by mountain pine beetle in Colorado, 2008. Photo courtesy: Jeffrey A. Hicke, University of Idaho via LiveScience Insects are essential to a healthy forest environment, but bad bugs a...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 19 hours agoA skull, possibly from a new species of human, recovered from Longlin cave in Guangxi province, China. Photograph: Darren Curnoe via guardian.co.uk Mysterious fossils of what may be a previously unknown ty...
- posted by Rufus at News From Atlantis. - 19 hours agoThe International Criminal Court has been in existence in its current form, since 2002. This week saw the body reach its first verdict, following a six year trial of Congolese child-abuser, Thomas Lubanga...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 19 hours ago*The good player of India’ Sachin Tendulkar has become the first player to score 100 international centuries through compiling a ton in a one-day defeat against Bangladesh in Dhaka*. The hundred was Tendu...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 19 hours ago* David Mazouz * In the new TV series *'Touch'*, Kiefer Sutherland stars alongside David Mazouz, a mute boy who is an expert on numerology. Sutherland plays the part of Martin Bohm, whose wife has been kil...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 20 hours agoJPost reports that: 'Sigmar Gabriel, the head of the German Social Democratic Party and a possible candidate for the Chancellorship of Germany, described on Wednesday Israel as an “Apartheid-Regime” on hi...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 20 hours ago*An investigation to repeat a test of the velocity of subatomic particles known as neutrinos has found that they do not travel earlier than light*. Soon subsequent to that claim, Nobel laureate Sheldon G...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoDo take a look at this bird. First and most important they have clearlyworked out the mechanics itself and consideration suggests that nothing is overthe top in terms of design issues related to metal...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoThis is important news. Salinityneeds to be handled and this is an excellent approach. In the future I alsohave high hopes that biochar will also allow the salinity problem to bemanaged. However that s...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoWe have a fundamental problemwith all forms of the chemical strategy to both weed and insect control. Somehow we have deluded ourselves intothinking that the products are generally benign and now we ha...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoIt appears that we do not need tosubduct continental material in order to rework it so that it may emerge as continentalrock. Instead the lighter rocks held inthe molten mass differentiate upward again...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 21 hours agoGoogle began to redirect the blogspot.com traffic to specific national locations. So far, dozens of nations are affected, aside from the original three, especially: *Australia:* motls.blogspot.com.au *New...
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