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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 minutes agoMATAWAN, N.J. (CBSNewYork) –There is a lot of confusion at Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School, where students say the principal made an unusual announcement last week. “First, I heard over the loudspeaker ‘W...
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- The federal government is considering closing dozens of courtrooms, many of which are located in small, rural communities, as part of an effort to cut costs. Documents obtained ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 minutes ago(Reuters) - The Marine Corps has initiated disciplinary action against a Marine sergeant for comments he posted on his "Armed Forces Tea Party" Facebook page criticizing President Barack Obama, a spokesma...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 minutes agoTEACHERS are banning schoolkids from having best pals — so they don't get upset by fall-outs. Instead, the primary pupils are being encouraged to play in large groups. Educational psychologist Gaynor Sb...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 minutes ago(Reuters) - Standing in front of a row of pipes, President Barack Obama pledged on Thursday to accelerate approval of the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline, seeking to deflect criticism that his re...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 minutes agoThe amount Americans owe on student loans is far higher than earlier estimates and could lead some consumers to postpone buying homes, potentially slowing the housing recovery, U.S. officials said Wednesd...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 minutes agoFox News' Ed Henry reported on Twitter that after speaking at an event in Cushing, Oklahoma, President Obama jokingly asked a woman where her birth certificate was after she revealed to have been born at ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 minutes agoFirearm stocks surge despite anti-gun protests, calls for stricter gun laws following controversial Florida killing Despite calls for stricter guns laws in response to the shooting of Trayvon Martin, fire...
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One of the truths of reporting on China is that few journalists, maybe none, can honestly claim to know what’s going on inside the upper echelons of power. In other countries, you might see reporters off... - posted by Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 24 minutes ago
Welcome to Meet & Greet Monday! Banner by Art Ist Grab our banner for your site: Do you have an Eco-friendly blog or site? Do you occasionally write about the environme... - posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 29 minutes agoBecause I spent a month there a couple of years ago, I tend to write about news from Mali in my travel blog. But the country is falling apart and it's hardly only a matter for vacationers and would-be ad...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 30 minutes agoPaedophiles, violent thugs and drug dealers were among more than 4,000 offenders who applied to become teachers last year despite having almost 10,000 criminal convictions between them. Criminal records ...
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A walker enjoying the sunshine on the beach was buried up to his neck in sand after a dune collapsed on him. Police helicopters, fire crews and ambulances fought desperately to free the trapped man at Dr... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 40 minutes ago
Abu Qatada has been upgraded to a larger taxpayer-funded home since his release from jail last month, the Mail can reveal. The terror suspect has told relatives in his native Jordan that he is the ‘happi... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 40 minutes agoRussian President Dmitry Medvedev has pledged his full support to UN envoy Kofi Annan's efforts to find a way to end the year-long violence in Syria. Speaking at a meeting between the two men at a Moscow...
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President Barack Obama has urged North Korea "to have the courage to pursue peace" while warning Iran that time is running out over its nuclear stand-off. Speaking in Seoul, South Korea, ahead of a nucle... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 40 minutes ago
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake has struck Virginia at a depth of just 5 km (3.1 miles), the quake hit at 03:21:51 UTC Monday 26th March 2012 The epicenter was 10 km (6.2 miles) SSW from Mineral, Virginia No Re... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 40 minutes ago
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Adriatic Sea at a depth of 16.3 km (10.1 miles), the quake hit at 03:00:17 UTC Monday 26th March 2012 The epicenter was 32 km (19 miles) SSW of Shkoder, Albania No... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 40 minutes ago
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Irkutskaya Oblast', Russia at a depth of 33 km (20.4 miles), the quake hit at 02:37:03 UTC Monday 26th March 2012 The epicenter was 249 km (154.3 miles) Northwest of ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 34.8 km (21.6 miles), the quake hit at 02:33:50 UTC Monday 26th March 2012 The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) ESE o...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 1 hour agoSome two years ago, I posted about Matt Green, who (as I said at the time) was living my oldest dream: walking across the United States. Now Matt Green is walking every street in New York City, all five b...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Guatemala at a depth of 18.9 km (11.7 miles), the quake hit at 02:01:16 UTC Monday 26th March 2012 The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) ESE of Escuintla, Guatemala No Re...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck Southeastern Iran at a depth of 67.2 km (41.8 miles), the quake hit at 00:06:19 UTC Monday 26th March 2012 The epicenter was 157 km (97 miles) SSE of Bam, Iran No Repo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 10.2 km (6.3 miles), the quake hit at 20:45:41 UTC Sunday 25th March 2012 The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) Northwest of Isangel, Tanna, Vanuatu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago*(CNN)* -- A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit central Chile on Sunday, injuring three people and prompting emergency officials to order an evacuation along parts of the coast. There were no immediate reports...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 hour agoA snip: *Op-Ed Columnist* *Lobbyists, Guns and Money* *By PAUL KRUGMAN* *Published: March 25, 2012* Florida’s now-infamous Stand Your Ground law, which lets you shoot someone you consider threatening wit...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 1 hour agoIf you like reading NOT PC, then you’ll *love* reading The Objective Standard: either at their blog, which is free, or by subscribing to the magazine—which is worth every penny. Or both! Here, for insta...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 2 hours ago*The French people are not being fooled by this, are they?* "4 shot dead outside Jewish school in France; Attack follows others recently near Toulouse" by Scott Sayare and Steven Erlanger | New York Ti...
- posted by thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 2 hours agoA long weekend with family and friends. Not much time, energy or inclination to post. So, something that I've been meaning to announce: Dear "Full Name" (aka: "Anonymous") ... [you're the dude who imagines...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 2 hours ago"Thousands of Putin backers rally in Moscow ahead of vote; Government’s hand apparent in popular event" by Kathy Lally and Will Englund | Washington Post, February 24, 2012 MOSCOW - In a *show of streng...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 2 hours ago*“They like the pageantry, the colorfulness and the beat of that drum – they really like our beautiful culture -- but they don’t like us." -- Debra White Plume* *By Brenda Norrell* ***Censored News* http...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 2 hours agoI had the lacklustre experience on Friday night of attending the “Super” 15 game at Eden Park, an underwhelming experience rescued only by the joy of seeing Auckland lose in the 79th minute. After the t...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 2 hours ago*Lucky he was on the ticket*: "Report of attempt to kill Putin meets with skepticism" February 28, 2012|By Vladimir Isachenkov MOSCOW — Security forces have foiled a Chechen-linked *plot to assassinate*Pr...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 3 hours ago"Cruise ship adrift in area pirates roam NAIROBI - An Italian cruise liner carrying more than 1,000 people was adrift without power in the Indian Ocean yesterday after a fire erupted in its generator ...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago*The evidence suggests that Shawn and Gus are beyond saving.* *"Let me apologize for Gus's behavior. It's juvenile and not very likable."* *-- Shawn (James Roday), about best his friend, Gus (Dulé Hill), in...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 4 hours agoMajia here After corresponding with Ret Cap Clyde Stagner for over a year about radiation, we had the opportunity to meet last month. He and his wife are extremely scientifically minded and very well-ed...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 4 hours agoI have been a bit under the weather so to speak for the last few days... Therefore articles have been few and far between. It seems to happen to me this time of year, with the change in temperatures and i...
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 4 hours agoAfter a long hiatus, I am resuming my discussion series on Friedrich Hayek. I used to have a separate blog called "Hayek Reader" to focus on the writings and discussions about him, but I could not sustain ...
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 5 hours agoAfter a lazy morning spent watching movies twelve-year-old daughter got a hankering to see, would you believe it, Ghost Rider II which is still (barely) in theatres. So that's what we did. Southern Man was...
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 5 hours agoAll good things must come to an end, and today Southern Man was tasked with taking twelve-year-old daughter a couple hours northeast to rendezvous with her mother and stepfather. With half-sister and bran...
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 5 hours agoIt would have been helpful if the director or scriptwriter or someone had actually watched the first film before making this one. Now, mind you, the original Ghost Rider film wasn't particularly good but i...
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 5 hours agoAfter a lazy morning spent watching movies twelve-year-old daughter got a hankering to see, would you believe it, Ghost Rider II which is still (barely) in theatres. So that's what we did. Southern Man was...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoMagnitude*7.2* Date-Time - *Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 22:37:06 UTC* - Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 06:37:06 PM at epicenter Location35.198°S, 71.783°W Depth30 km (18.6 miles) RegionMAULE, CHILE Di...
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 5 hours agoAfter sleeping in this morning much of today was spent engaged in twelve-year-old daughter's favorite activity. Twelve-year-old daughter in her native environment. We hit a number of stores (where Souther...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 5 hours agoThe Company Burger selected Hogs for the Cause grand champion Does 'standing your ground' in Louisiana mean you can shoot a fleeing suspect? ~Jarvis DeBerry Waterways compete for dredging dollars ~Also~Ma...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 6 hours ago*Maybe I should take a different route.* "As climate changes, Louisiana seeks to lift a highway" by Juliet Eilperin | Washington Post, March 25, 2012 GOLDEN MEADOW, La. - The dilemma facing this importa...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 6 hours ago"Young advocate pushes for PG-13 for ‘Bully’ documentary" by Donna St. George | Washington Post, March 25, 2012 WASHINGTON - The *growing movement to stop bullying in schools* may have found a new hero ...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 6 hours agoSaw this posted on Think Progress today and I had to say - OH, MY..... Gun Owners Of America Chief Defends George Zimmerman: Trayvon Martin Was ‘Assailant’ By Alex Seitz-Wald on Mar 25, 2012 at 10:27 am L...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 6 hours ago*Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!* "War of words over Shutesbury library plan; Tiny town split by projected cost" by Jenna Russell | Globe Staff, March 25, 2012 SHUTESBURY - A push to build a new, 5,800-square-foo...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 7 hours ago"For homeless families, hotel is a life in limbo; With shelters overflowing, they wait and hope for something more" by Kathleen Burge | Globe Staff, March 25, 2012 WALTHAM - The *hotel’s main rooms* are...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 7 hours ago"Mayor Menino reveals donors to city charity; Says he will make fund more transparent" by Andrew Ryan | Globe Staff, March 25, 2012 Mayor Thomas M. Menino controls a *charity at City Hall* that some year...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours agoFriday was the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, which was demonized by the sociopaths on the right who called it, derisively, "Obamacare." Now they're stuck with the Romneycare nominee and e...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 7 hours agoEvery time a politician pledges to go hard on the War on Drugs, the drug lords hold a party. We’ve said this for years. And here’s one now to back me up, a Mexican Drug Lord officially thanking America...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 7 hours agoWall Street Journal p. A5 March 24-25 [Excerpted] "A federal judge said the Environmental Protection Agency overstepped its authority in revoking a permit for an Arch Cola Inc. surface mine that was to be...
- posted by José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 7 hours ago[image: Rocas en la playa al amanecer - Sunset Rocks in the beach]
- posted by PC at Not PC - 7 hours agoYou start in the morning by turning right, and turning right again. It’s your way to work every morning, your favourite shortcut, your way to avoid the major snarl ups on other routes. But this morning ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoTo D-fox: if you're reading this, please contact us at thecomingcrisis@gmail.com. It's important -- we believe.
- posted by yayacanada at YayaCanada - 8 hours ago*... pushing solar heat back into the universe!* *Contributor:"YYC"* Watch this and then tell me how CO2 is a bad thing: *ScienceCasts: The Surprising Power of a Solar Storm* And/or read this (emphasis ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoThe dreaded H1N1 virus has reared its ugly head again with twelve dead and 129 infected during the past three weeks in the country. "It is expected to spread in pockets which had remained unaffected earli...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoThe human influenza virus, called H1N1, has resurfaced in the country, with dozens of sporadic cases reported from different states including AP and Maharashtra. Authorities are planning to screen passeng...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoFORT ALBANY FIRST NATION — Two First Nations communities in northern Ontario have declared a state of emergency and are evacuating residents as ice breakup on a nearby river causes jams and flooding. The...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago(AGI) Bolzano - Tragedy on the Ortles moutain in Alto Adige, the highest in the region with its 4000 metres. An avalanche killed two mountaineers on the northern versant of the mountain. Two more mountai...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoRecord-setting hailstone from the Hawaii 'supercell' thunderstorm that hit the Hawaiian island of Oahu on March 9, 2012. A grapefruit-size hailstone that pummeled Oahu during a hailstorm this month has ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoHundreds of residents, including old people and children, fled their homes Sunday morning when a fire broke out at an apartment of a 34-story building in Hanoi. Witnesses said smoke belched out from the ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoNEW DELHI — News reports say an under-construction bridge has collapsed in the hills of northern India, killing at least six people and injuring 18 others. Press Trust of India reported that the bridge c...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoSURAT: Forests spread over 12 hectares of area near Vadi Rupgadh village in Bardipada range in south Gujarat's Tapi and Dang districts were affected in a major fire that broke out on Friday. However, the ...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 8 hours ago* Bill Clinton, a lobbyist for Noble Energy.* The Eastern Mediterranean has a huge amount of oil and gas. The Eastern Mediterranean means Libya, Egypt, Syria, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Cyprus, Turkey an...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoMar. 25 - An election committee in Hong Kong picks Beijing loyalist Leung Chun-ying as next leader. Michaela Cabrera reports
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama urged China on Sunday to use its influence to rein in North Korea instead of "turning a blind eye" to its nuclear defiance, and warned of tighter sanctions if the r...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago(Reuters) - Russia offered "full support" for peace envoy Kofi Annan's efforts to end fighting in Syria on Sunday but said his mission would need more time as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad att...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago(Reuters) - A spruced-up Baghdad is welcoming Arab leaders this week to declare that war is over and Iraq is open for business. To Um Qassim, carrying her shopping beside a rubbish-filled creek four hours...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago(CNN) -- A legal defense fund for Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, charged with 17 murders in a shooting rampage in an Afghan village, has been established, his wife said Saturday. With the support of Bale...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Costa Rica at a depth of 39.3 km (24.4 miles), the quake hit at 18:33:56 UTC Sunday 25th March 2012 The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) SSW of Rivas, Nicaragua No Tsuna...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Molucca Sea, Indonesia at a depth of 45.4 km (28.2 miles), the quake hit at 17:07:22 UTC Sunday 25th March 2012 The epicenter was 127 km (78 miles) Northwest of T...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 9 hours ago*Blogger's Note:* I regard this to be the finest article on Mexico of such a short length that I've ever read. The photo below shows the entirety of the Diego Rivera mural featured in the article. I took t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck the Fiji Region at a depth of 609 km (378.4 miles), the quake hit at 15:13:09 UTC Sunday 25th March 2012 The epicenter was 250 km (155 miles) Southeast of Lambasa, Van...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 14:50:46 UTC Sunday 25th March 2012 The epicenter was 266 km (165 miles) SSE of...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 9 hours ago*Activist Post: Obama Asks to See Hawaiian Woman's Birth Certificate* At Friday's meet and greet in Oklahoma, President Obama took a prime opportunity to make light of the conflict surrounding his actual b...
- posted by Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 9 hours agoA bathroom face lift has been something on my "to do" list for awhile now....a painfully long time to be honest. It's a 6X7 room. How hard can this really be? I had hoped to have had it taken care of by no...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 9 hours agoIt's a common assertion among those who argue that manufacturing is special -- the decline of manufacturing in the economy will cause a commensurate decline in industrial research and development. Today ...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 9 hours ago[Donations to this blog's operating costs, etc., are encouraged and wholeheartedly appreciated!] BREAKING NEWS! Well, how about this, sports fans? Seems that the buyer of Wachovia may not have as clean han...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 9 hours agoOkay, the F-35 isn't a buggy, it's a bomb truck - a very buggy flying bomb truck. The F-35 has had more than its share of lurches, stumbles and controversy along its path to become the most overpriced, ov...
- posted by Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 10 hours ago*THE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT* proclaims itself tasked with impact journalism in the Public Interest. Scot Kersgaard has a fascinating report, worthy of your attention: *"Study: suicide rates fall when states ...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 10 hours agoIn some people's holy book, despair is a sin. I always figured that idea came from somebody who wasn't quite done with you yet. Is Stephen Harper the *Prime Minister of Despair*? Is that his secret age...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 10 hours agoSuppose that SCOTUS rules for ACA, ending the legal challenges to the law. What does the health care system look like in the US in another decade? Are the exchanges working and relatively noncontroversial?...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 10 hours agoJim Morin is a Pulitzer-Prize winning cartoonist whose work is published in the Miami Herald. * * *Sen. John McCain Bomb Bomb Iran(Video)* Sean Stone: Don't Bomb Iran *The Christian Science Monitor (Mar...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoFrench prosecutors have filed preliminary murder and terrorism charges against the brother of a gunman who killed Jewish schoolchildren and paratroopers. An official from the prosecutor's office confirme...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck Eastern Turkey at a depth of 4.7 km (2.9 miles), the quake hit at 14:50:35 UTC Sunday 25th March 2012 The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) NNE of Agri (Karakose), Turkey...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 11 hours agoThe UK government is making sure that the millionaires in London and the South East continue to be 'heavily subsidised, tax cossetted and featherbedded'. The UK government has recently 'blocked the incom...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 11 hours agoSuppose that SCOTUS actually tosses out ACA -- not just the mandate, but the entire law (it's extremely unlikely, but just suppose). And further suppose that Republicans capture the White House and the Sen...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Fiji Region at a depth of 566.8 km (352.2 miles), the quake hit at 14:18:44 UTC Sunday 25th March 2012 The epicenter was 378 km (235 miles) West from NUKU'ALOFA, T...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoFormer Olympic silver medallist Vigor Bovolenta has died after suffering a heart attack during an Italian fourth-tier match. Bovolenta, who was to turn 38 in May, collapsed on the court during Volley For...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 11 hours ago* Obama, Geithner, and Bernanke are burning the American people's moneyby making bank scams and wars the main pillars of the American economy. * In the Libya and Syria wars, the U.S. government openly ...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours agoWe now have a new liberal NDP leader and he's wasting no time pronouncing himself his party ready to govern Canada. Fair enough and more power to Mr. Mulcair. If he can take down Harper, I'll vote for h...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 11 hours agoThomas Mulcair is the second ever NDP leader of the opposition after a four ballot victory yesterday morning...and afternoon...and evening. Although Brian Topp was seen as the establishment candidate and w...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago*The opening of Samson at the Met -- James Levine conducting, September 1998 * *by Ken* We began the preview to Part 1 of our look at the opening scene of Saint-Saëns' *Samson et Dalila* with some apprec...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the Kuril Islands at a depth of 84.7 km (52.6 miles), the quake hit at 13:41:01 UTC Sunday 25th March 2012 The epicenter was 375 km (233 miles) SSW of Severo-Kuril'sk,...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 11 hours agoUS WAR ON IRAN: "THE WORST MISTAKE IN AMERICAN HISTORY": The Road to Disaster http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=29923 The question is, is Castro correct in his belief that the US will m...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 12 hours agoMany people are not aware that the passage of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Voter ID bill in Minnesota – as a constitutional amendment - is totally unneeded. Recent history in the stat...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago(CNN) -- Armed members of a Libyan militia burst into a luxury hotel in the capital Tripoli on Saturday and opened fire after one of their members was told to pay an outstanding bill or vacate, sources an...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoPader, Uganda (CNN) -- Pauline Oto still wears her faded yellow and green school dress, but she hasn't been to school for years and she can't comprehend what to do with the pen the community nurse has jus...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Fiji Region at a depth of 519.3 km (322.7 miles), the quake hit at 13:59:24 UTC Sunday 25th March 2012 The epicenter was 230 km (142 miles) North of Ndoi Island, F...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 46.1 km (28.6 miles), the quake hit at 13:22:40 UTC Sunday 25th March 2012 The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) North...
- posted by Len Hart at The Existentialist Cowboy - 12 hours ago*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy * Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, put into his character's mouth the following: When you have eliminated the impossible whatever remains however impl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan at a depth of 101.4 km (63 miles), the quake hit at 12:38:56 UTC Sunday 25th March 2012 The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) SSE of F...
- posted by Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 13 hours agoWelcome to Change The World Wednesday Daily (#CTWW)! If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far. Here's today's challeng...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoIran had planned to bomb an Israeli ship while it crossed the Suez Canal, the prosecution in Egypt's state security court said, the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram reported on Saturday. According to the repor...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoThe new Black Panther Party offered a bounty of $10,000 Saturday for the “capture” of a Florida neighborhood watch captain who killed unarmed teen Trayvon Martin. “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,”...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoSeated in his wheelchair, Nolan Turner, 12, staked out his neighborhood Thursday evening to sell water bottles and raise money to bring his wheelchair basketball team to his elementary school. “Everybody ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoThe grisly discovery of a severed horse's head in the back of a pickup truck parked in the driveway of a home on Valley Way in Niagara Falls, Ont., has led to the arrest of a 28-year-old man, the Niagara R...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 14 hours agoThe tuk-tuk at Denver Zoo. Photo courtesy: Denver zoo via TreeHugger.com It's for real and it made the news yesterday at the Denver Zoo: a tuk tuk powered by human trash and animal droppings is believed to...
- posted by Catelli at Not Quite Unhinged - 14 hours agoSunday was the NDP leadership convention during which NDP members could vote online. This system was plagued with issues causing voting delays and frustration within the membership. This caused much hilarity...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 14 hours agoBrilliant at Breakfast reader Rob Bush made a great over-the-shoulder catch. He says, "Make sure you watch the Ahmedinijad segment closely to see the subliminal flash of Obama in there. Right around the ...
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours agoYesterday the NDP chose a native son -- a Quebecer born and bred. In fact, the final choice came down to two native sons. One of the differences between Mulcair and Brian Topp is that Mulcair has a long...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 15 hours ago*What were they doing in New Orleans?* "Documents show *NYPD infiltrated liberal groups*; Kept intelligence on US activists" by Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo | Associated Press, March 24, 2012 NEW YORK ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago(CNN) -- A Spanish National Police investigation into two Madrid prostitution rings led to the rescue of a captive 19-year-old woman who was tattooed with a barcode on her wrist after she tried to escape ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoKabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A roadside bomb exploded in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province as a joint NATO-Afghan security patrol arrived to defuse it, killing seven Afghans and one U.S. soldier, a ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours agoWhen the story behind the headlines about hypocritical Senator David Vitter leaked out, it was pretty disgusting-- calling hookers from the floor of the Senate while voting was taking place, cavorting wit...
- posted by Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 15 hours agoCompared to last year, it seems I've been getting a lot more red polls at the back yard feeder. Below, just a single individual but at the time really I was using him as a test subject to see if my camera ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the Iran-Iraq Border Region at a depth of 45.4 km (28.2 miles), the quake hit at 12:28:55 UTC Sunday 25th March 2012 The epicenter was 72 km (44 miles) NNW from Al-Am...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 42.2 km (26.2 miles), the quake hit at 12:22:58 UTC Sunday 25th March 2012 The epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) North...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 16 hours agoDutchSinse, if you haven't heard about him, has been hammering away at his *HAARP rings/Scalar Squares, Volcanic Plumes, Man made earthquakes* youtube vids for years, mostly in (dogged) isolation, often ha...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck Northern Colombia at a depth of 158.4 km (98.4 miles), the quake hit at 11:30:18 UTC Sunday 25th March 2012 The epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) SSE from Bucaramanga, Co...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoOBSERVATION POST OUELLETTE, South Korea (AP) -- President Barack Obama made a symbolic visit to the world's most militarized border on Sunday, striding into the surreal Demilitarized Zone separating North...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoTOKYO (Kyodo) -- Laboratories in Japan and the United States will soon launch a joint study on using low enriched uranium fuel to operate a test reactor in Osaka Prefecture instead of highly enriched uran...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Fiji at a depth of 24.3 km (15.1 miles), the quake hit at 11:27:15 UTC Sunday 25th March 2012 The epicenter was 203 km (126 miles) NNW from SUVA, Fiji No Tsunami Warni...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Luzon, Philippines at a depth of 30.9 km (19.2 miles), the quake hit at 10:23:16 UTC Sunday 25th March 2012 The epicenter was 124 km (77 miles) NNE of Ilagan, Luzon, P...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 16 hours ago*Lockerbie: Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission report in full *
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 17 hours ago*Walt Whitman (born Walter Whitman) (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist born on Long Island, New York. His most famous works are the collections of poet...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 17 hours agoIn London I hear tell that some bankers are shy of admitting this. In Madrid I read that 'bankers have made some pitiful attempts to use their services by pretending to be engineers or architects.' In Madr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Western Xizang at a depth of 31.8 km (19.8 miles), the quake hit at 10:06:22 UTC Sunday 25th March 2012 The epicenter was 491 km (305 miles) NNW from Lhasa, Xizang (Ti...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoA magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck the South Sandwich Islands at a depth of 29.6 km (18.4 miles), the quake hit at 10:26:52 UTC Sunday 25th March 2012 The epicenter was 244 km (151 miles) Southeast of ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday that North Korea, which has planned a rocket launch for next month, will achieve nothing through threats and provocations. Obama, talking on the eve...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoUp to $50,000 (£31,500) has been paid to relatives of each of the 17 victims killed in a shooting rampage allegedly by a US soldier, according to Afghan government officials. And each of the people wound...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 18 hours agohttp://www.jamieoliver.com/us/foundation/jamies-food-revolution/home *The Food Revolution Is Going Global - We Need Your Help!* *Story by The Food Revolution Day Team, March 20, 2012* * * *On May 19t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoMore than a decade before former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky was charged with over 50 counts of child sex abuse, a psychologist warned university police that he was a 'likely pedophile' who was groomi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA man has been arrested for severing a horse's head in what police have described as a 'bizarre and senseless' killing. Darrell Mowat, 28, allegedly dismembered a large horse and left the head in the rea...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA 32-year-old woman from Iraq who was found severely beaten next to a threatening note saying 'go back to your country' died yesterday. Shaima Alawadi was taken off life support three days after being att...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoConservative commentators have hit out against Barack Obama after he intervened in the case of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black teenager shot dead by a Neighborhood Watch captain. Michelle Malkin claime...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA new wave of protests has swept the U.S. as the national uproar over the killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin by a Neighborhood Watch captain continues. Protesters gathered in New York bolst...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoWanted: Police have released a sketch of the man they are hunting in connection with the case A 20-year-old college student is dead and another man is being sought by police after a late night altercatio...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoAbdelkader Merah, shown during his arrest by French officers, faces terrorism charges alongside his wife. He has said he is proud of his killer younger brother. The Al Qaeda gunman who shot dead seven pe...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA drug dealer who served five years in prison and left his wife and children for another woman has been allowed to stay in Britain because of his right to family life. Jamaican Richard Blackwood, 36, was...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoEmergency plans for soldiers to drive petrol tankers to stop a threatened strike plunging Britain into chaos have been drawn up by the Government. The contingency plans are aimed at preventing a repeat of...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoThis is the moment honeymoon murder suspect Shrien Dewani is alleged to have handed a bag of cash to his taxi driver in return for orchestrating the killing of his wife Anni. The previously unseen CCTV f...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoSix children who were staying at a house for a slumber party in the US were among eight people killed when a fire ripped through the family home while they slept. A seventh child is fighting for their li...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoAs nuclear tensions with North Korea simmer, President Barack Obama has told US troops guarding the border with the South they are protecting "freedom's frontier". Mr Obama made the comments during his ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoThe brother of the Toulouse gunman who shot dead seven people before being killed has appeared before a judge to face possible charges of complicity in the murders and planning terror attacks, prosecutors...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Fiji Region at a depth of 247.5 km (153.8 miles), the quake hit at 06:43:48 UTC Sunday 25th March 2012 The epicenter was 165 km (102 miles) Northwest of NUKU`ALOFA...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck off the Coast of Costa Rica at a depth of 44.8 km (27.8 miles), the quake hit at 06:30:26 UTC Sunday 25th March 2012 The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) Southwest of R...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck offshore Oaxaca, Mexico at a depth of 19.9 km (12.4 miles), the quake hit at 06:22:01 UTC Sunday 25th March 2012 The epicenter was 174 km (108 miles) West of Puerto A...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 19 hours ago"Ariz. inmate executed with single drug" March 01, 2012 FLORENCE, Ariz. - Arizona *executed an inmate* yesterday for killing and dismembering his adoptive mother while he was out of prison on furlough for ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck Southern Xinjiang, China at a depth of 60 km (37.2 miles), the quake hit at 05:26:50 UTC Sunday 25th March 2012 The epicenter was 204 km (126.4 miles) Southeast of Aks...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Greece at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 04:46:54 UTC Sunday 25th March 2012 The epicenter was 35 km (21 miles) WSW of Ioannina, Greece No Reports of D...
- posted by Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 19 hours agoVery strange. It all started with a quick search. I was looking for a link between two ridings for not-so-obvious reasons. For the time being, they'll probably remain that way but I'll toss out the items a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Central East Pacific Rise at a depth of 10.1 km (6.3 miles), the quake hit at 03:59:09 UTC Sunday 25th March 2012 The epicenter was 1511 km (938 miles) WSW of Pue...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck offshore Oaxaca, Mexico at a depth of 20.1 km (12.5 miles), the quake hit at 03:13:11 UTC Sunday 25th March 2012 The epicenter was 111 km (68 miles) West of Puerto An...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck Guerrero, Mexico at a depth of 21.2 km (13.2 miles), the quake hit at 02:24:48 UTC Sunday 25th March 2012 The epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) ESE of Acapulco, Guerrero,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Oaxaca, Mexico at a depth of 20.7 km (12.9 miles), the quake hit at 01:55:30 UTC Sunday 25th March 2012 The epicenter was 134 km (83 miles) Southwest of Oaxaca, Oaxaca...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Oaxaca, Mexico at a depth of 20.1 km (12.5 miles), the quake hit at 01:46:26 UTC Sunday 25th March 2012 The epicenter was 135 km (83 miles) WSW of Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge at a depth of 10.1 km (6.3 miles), the quake hit at 01:05:35 UTC Sunday 25th March 2012 The epicenter was 2146 km (1333 miles) NNW of Mt. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck off the Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico at a depth of 14.3 km (8.9 miles), the quake hit at 23:13:30 UTC Saturday 24th March 2012 The epicenter was 123 km (76 miles) Southwes...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the Northern East Pacific Rise at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 23:03:04 UTC Saturday 24th March 2012 The epicenter was 552 km (342 miles) East of Cl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Hokkaido, Japan Region at a depth of 15.5 km (9.6 miles), the quake hit at 21:54:54 UTC Saturday 24th March 2012 The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) ESE of Kushiro, Hok...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 3.6 earthquake has struck Washington at a depth of 8.5 km (5.3 miles), the quake hit at 21:16:18 UTC Saturday 24th March 2012 The epicenter was 4 km (2.4 miles) Northwest from Lake McMurray, Wa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Tonga at a depth of 102.5 km (63.7 miles), the quake hit at 20:53:14 UTC Saturday 24th March 2012 The epicenter was 82 km (50 miles) South of Gizo, North of Hihifo, To...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 20 hours agoDuring two recent days, Science Insider and Chicago Business informed the readers about the Obama administration's and DOE's decision to completely scrap the research funding for the International Linear...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the Island of Hawaii, Hawaii at a depth of 43.5 km (27 miles), the quake hit at 20:47:15 UTC Saturday 24th March 2012 The epicenter was 1 km (0.6 miles) West of Honom...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck the Izu Islands, Japan Region at a depth of 37.1 km (23.1 miles), the quake hit at 19:41:51 UTC Saturday 24th March 2012 The epicenter was 391 km (242 miles) Southeas...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 20 hours agowhen something looks "too good to be true" it normally is. When did you forget that, and what am I talking about? WHISTLEBLOWERS. This could be the most wonderful, most convoluted and most complex of th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia at a depth of 175.8 km (109.2 miles), the quake hit at 17:47:21 UTC Saturday 24th March 2012 The epicenter was 250 km (155 miles) ENE ...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 22 hours ago------------------------------ http://youtu.be/fyVOJPDYp34 *TBTF Sheriff Bill Black on the MF Global Cover-up: "All those that doeth Evil hateth the light!" * Uploaded by CapitalAccount on Follo...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 22 hours agohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xloBd59xC7I posted at Enenews by Ramaswami Kumar
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 22 hours agoNuked Radio Promo-Tokyo Gamma Ghosts I found it at Ichicax4. I think she made it.http://www.youtube.com/user/ichicax4
- posted by David J. Climenhaga at David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary - 23 hours agoOne hopes profoundly readers of this blog will indulge its author in running this photograph one more time, given the occasion. NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair, chosen by the party as its leader this evening, i...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 23 hours agoFission reactions can be relatively steady state, explosive, or declining. The official word has been that all fission at Fukushima has been declining (even when Tepco refuses to describe it as fission) ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoWe've been talking a lot about the premises in economist/environmentalist David Korten's latest book, Agenda For A New Economy and a couple weeks ago we used a couple of paragraphs that stuck with me, al...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 1 day agoWell, I thought I'd be sad. But I'm not sad. I'm excited. I'm not excited about Thomas Mulcair, but I'm excited about a re-grouped and re-energized New Democratic Party. I almost don't care who the leader...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day agoDick Cheney has had a change of heart - no, really, he has changed his heart. The old one was cut out and a dandy new one implanted. The rotten Dick has survived five heart attacks, the first suffered...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago*Evil stares humanity in the face from inside the dark depths of Washington D.C.* "Reason is judgment which accords with the scale of values incorporated by the Creator in creation, and Satan has repud...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day agoBack in the early 70s I got to know the then Reeve of Gloucester Township outside Ottawa, Bob "Doc" MacQuarrie. I was thinking of Doc today and I was reminded of something he told me back then, the key t...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 1 day agoFormer Vice President Richard B. Cheney recently got a heart transplant and is currently recovering comfortably. Mr. Cheney had over the years suffered many heart problems and had undergone several ...
- posted by leftdog at Buckdog - 1 day ago*Thomas Mulcair Leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada*
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*In this piano-accompanied 1906 Fonotipia recording, the great tenor Léon Escalais makes quite a sound as he sings something resembling Samson's opening solo, "*Arrêtez, ô mes frères*." (Um, no, that sill...
- posted by Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 1 day ago*THE NATION* has an article by JoAnn Wypijewski that you have got to read, *"Reproductive Rights and the Long Hand of Slave Breeding"*. Simply, the misogyny of today's Goppers has its roots in the American...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day agoBy now you've heard President Obama, after being hounded by the media for days, made a statement about Trayvon Martin's tragic death. So naturally, in a pathetic attempt to save his failing campaign, Newt ...
- posted by risa bear at stony run farm - 1 day agoA repost Breakfast of Champions "What's in it?" "Umm, maybe I won't say. Want some?" "Maybe not ...in fact I think I'll pass." What's in it is whatever I feel like putting in that's on hand at the mom...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 1 day agoWatch UNC vs. Kansas on Sunday, March 25, 2012, at 5:05 PM here online! UNC NO. 1? (!) It was almost a too-exciting game as seen from the third bar stool of the Four Corners bar on Franklin Street. Thanks ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"New Mexico police in shootings got union checks" Associated Press, March 24, 2012 ALBUQUERQUE - Albuquerque police officers involved in a * rash of fatal shootings* over the past two years were *paid up ...
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