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Hong Kong (CNN) -- Only 10% of countries carried out executions last year, but those employing the death penalty are doing so at an alarming rate, a new report says. According to Amnesty International's ... - posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 24 minutes ago
Innate right wing bigotry has spoiled Republican efforts to woo the large and rapidly growing Hispanic vote. Other than Cubans-- many from neo-fascist families that fled the revolution in their homeland a... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 26 minutes agoA US congressman was escorted from the House after donning a hoodie and sunglasses while delivering a floor speech to protest the death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin. Democrat Bobby Rush, from Illi...
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Staff at a college ranked as "highly trusted" by the UK Border Agency are helping foreign students cheat the immigration system, a Sky News investigation has found. The investigation discovered that dipl... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 26 minutes agoA US pilot who was tackled by his own passengers after he allegedly ran through a packed plane screaming about bombs and terrorists has been charged by federal prosecutors. Clayton Osbon, 49, was charge...
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The families of two British tourists gunned down in Florida have criticised authorities who released their killer from prison the day before the murders. The criticism came as friends of victims James Co... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 26 minutes ago
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Banda Sea, Indonesia at a depth of 23.2 km (14.4 miles), the quake hit at 02:52:37 UTC Thursday 29th March 2012 The epicenter was 283 km (175 miles) NNW of Saumla... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 26 minutes ago
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck the Southwest Indian Ridge at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 00:36:40 UTC Thursday 29th March 2012 The epicenter was 732 km (454 miles) Northwest of I... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 26 minutes ago
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Myanmar at a depth of 111.2 km (69.1 miles), the quake hit at 00:23:21 UTC Thursday 29th March 2012 The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) SSW of Monywa, Myanmar No Report... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 52 minutes ago
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 70.4 km (43.7 miles), the quake hit at 00:19:12 UTC Thursday 29th March 2012 The epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) Southwest of... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 59 minutes ago
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck Sicily, Italy at a depth of 238.9 km (148.5 miles), the quake hit at 23:17:05 UTC Wednesday 28th March 2012 The epicenter was 64 km (39 miles) Northwest of Messina, Si... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 59 minutes ago
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck South of Java, Indonesia at a depth of 51.3 km (31.9 miles), the quake hit at 23:09:46 UTC Wednesday 28th March 2012 The epicenter was 120 km (74 miles) South of Jemb... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 59 minutes ago
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Oaxaca, Mexico at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 22:33:04 UTC Wednesday 28th March 2012 The epicenter was 158 km (98 miles) SSW of Huajuapan de Leon, O... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Southern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 95.2 km (59.2 miles), the quake hit at 21:37:06 UTC Wednesday 28th March 2012 The epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) South from ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 2 km (1.2 miles), the quake hit at 20:41:36 UTC Wednesday 28th March 2012 The epicenter was 253 km (156.8 miles) Sou... - posted by American Kabuki at American Kabuki - 1 hour ago
A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE INVESTIGATION You can't fully understand the truth if you are still living in denial. Some of the strongest denial is from people who still believe that the "bad guys" are w... - posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 2 hours ago
*Longest Walk 4: Return to Alcatraz* *July 15, 2012 -- December 22, 2012* Press statement Posted at Censored News The Longest Walk 4: Return to Alcatraz is being initiated by those on the original, T... - posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 2 hours agoChandran v. National Bank of Canada, 2012 ONCA 205 deals with an employee's duty to accept a different position with their employer to mitigate damages after being terminated from another position. The dec...
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*March 28, 2012* *Grassy Narrows marks 50 years of mercury poison * *Grassy Narrows calls on ON to fund permanent community run environmental monitoring station; 2010 study shows mercury in fish still oft... - posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 2 hours agoKen Livingstone is "far from perfect" but "we can work with him" these are the words reported by The Standard yesterday as being said by the Green Party's candidate for London Mayor, Jenny Jones. "Not pe...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 2 hours ago*STEP OUT WITH US: Sponsor the Northern Arizona March for Human Rights!* If you value environmental and cultural justice, please join us on Saturday April 28, 2012 in a march for Human Rights and environme...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 2 hours ago*The CIA and CNN Want Us To Believe That 2 + 2 = 5. * Dr. Steve Pieczenik, a former State Department official and counter-terrorism expert, hammered another nail in the coffin of the myth of Osama Bin...
- posted by American Kabuki at American Kabuki - 2 hours agoWednesday, March 28th, 2012. by Zen Gardner I hear from so many people who feel isolated and alone during this awakening and massive paradigm shift taking place around the globe. Spouses can’t wak...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago*A New Yorker sendoff for cartoonist Al Ross* *"Winning is crucial to my retirement plans."* *In his newsletter-blogpost tribute*, New Yorker* cartoon editor Bob Mankoff offers this cartoon and two more (...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 3 hours agoIf this *is* the police video of George Zimmerman on the night of Trayvon Martin's death, his story and the police statements, just fell apart. I don't see any blood on the guy at all and it's possible you...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 4 hours agoWisconsin -- On Wednesday, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney broke from script once again and blurted out to reporters during a teleconference call, "For fuck's sake, when are you fucking zomb...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 4 hours agoIt was said of King Louis’s pre-Revolutionary France that it was history’s greatest example of absolutism limited only by corruption—that is, absolute rule limited only by the favours serfs could extract...
- posted by paul at Paying attention - 4 hours agoJohn Van Dongen has accomplished something at least one very useful thing in reviving a discussion of the many unanswered questions in the BC Rail scandal. Former AG Geoff Plant offers a useful perspective...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 4 hours agoCensored news reporter Brenda Norrell http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
- posted by Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 4 hours agoHarper MP Rob Anders *was removed from the Veterans Affair Committee today*. Calgary MP Rob Anders is no longer a member of the Veterans Affairs Committee, kicked off following controversial comments he ...
- posted by American Kabuki at American Kabuki - 5 hours agoThis article is interesting in its implications for the possible forms of life that could exist in infinite collection of planets in this universe. -AK Photo: p.Gordon/Flickr Researcher says he has cr...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 5 hours agoYoung people don't, and probably can't, appreciate how incredible it is that there are human beings who live in outer space for months at a time. Docking *so* smooth, Space Station crew didn't feel it. [O...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 5 hours agoMy respect for Sheriff Arpaio just went way up. This is leadership.
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 5 hours agoWell this is picture of the week. And I believe our POTUS is at home. [Title inspiration][Original photo] [More posts daily at the Detroit News.]
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 5 hours agoAn artist's take on U.S. imperialism. Cartoon from Iran Review.Targets of U.S. imperialismand the danger of war with IranGiven the troubled history of U.S./Iranian relations spanning at least 60 years, the c...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 6 hours agoBill Parcells feels obligated to aid Saints coach Sean Payton Why the Saints are still Black and Gold, not blue~Jason Calbos, New Orleans Rising
- posted by PC at Not PC - 6 hours agoECONOMICS FOR REAL PEOPLE: Here’s the update on tonight’s discussion with our friends at the Auckland Uni Economics Group. Why not come along? Hi all, Last week we began talking about the biggest lesson...
- posted by Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 7 hours agoA street market at its most basic - one guy and a few vegetablesPerhaps it's the human condition to seek routine. I've spent much of my life on the run from routines I felt stuck in, yet at the same time I...
- posted by Judy Rabin at Schools Matter - 7 hours ago* An article in Dissent Magazine by Joanne Barkan explains why the current corporate education reform movement, is not only poisoning an entire generation of children and destroying democracy, but is makin...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 7 hours agoLet's see... I have a TNR column in which I argue that the SCOTUS decision on ACA won't matter, or won't matter much, in November. Hey, I was on Sirius/XM talking about it this afternoon. Good fun! But it...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoTeenager Shawn Tyson has been given two life sentences after being found guilty of murdering British tourists James Kouzaris and James Cooper in Florida. The pair were gunned down they walked drunkenly ...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 7 hours agoOn 25 March 2012 the Give Way Rules changed. Since so few drivers understand them, especially out West where we hear they’ve been having fearsome problems, we offer this simple guide to assist the averag...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago*Tim and I-- he doesn't wear a hoodie* I don't write a lot about my days in the music business here at *DWT* but then I've never been attacked-- not even by a Republican-- for being in the music business ...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 7 hours agoRep. Bobby Rush was kicked out of Congress by security for being a moron, not wearing a hoodie in solidarity with Trayvon Martin.
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 7 hours agoDecided I'm going to start archiving my favorite tweets and posts for the end of the year round-up I never get around to doing because it's too much work to dig them out. This first is not only a top ten c...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 8 hours agoSome comments on the blog reminded me of this speech. Arguably it is the best argument against democracy and in favour of enlightened tyranny. But remember what Churchill said, "Democracy is the worst fo...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoWe need you to make a donation this month if you haven't already done so.Without your financial help, we wouldn't be able to spend the amount of time researching, reporting and writing that we do. We need y...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 8 hours agoThe idea of using topless or naked women to garner attention to your protest seems to be catching on; oh dear how sad, never mind! A protest with a difference has taken place outside the home of the former...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 8 hours agoThe full IPCC Special Report on Extremes is out today, and I have just gone through the sections in Chapter 4 that deal with disasters and climate change. Kudos to the IPCC -- they have gotten the issue ...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 8 hours agoWell, we finally may have a reason why George Zimmerman's first line pimp disappeared as soon as he appeared on the news cycles. The Taaffe pulling may have something to do with his criminal past and reco...
- posted by American Kabuki at American Kabuki - 8 hours agoClick on the graphic for the details of the people who frequent the revolving door between Monsanto and the FDA/USDA/EPA. Graph courtesy Dr Mercola 's Article on Neotame, the even more toxic success...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 8 hours ago*Website for this image** * The purpose of an Empire is to steal money from the ordinary people and give it to the elite. In his book, *The Rule of Empires*, Timothy H. Parsons explained that Empires are ...
- posted by Rufus at News From Atlantis. - 8 hours agoIn much of the western world, but especially the UK, the natural qualities of women are viewed as the result of male oppression, and in their place are subsituted harmful parodies of femininity, based upo...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 8 hours ago*Fontaine v. Canada (Attorney General),* 2012 ONCA 206 deals with stays pending appeal and the test for such stays (oddly, the author was involved in such a motion this week): [30] The principl...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 9 hours ago*Native Nations Water Rights Symposium* *O'odham Ofelia Rivas: Human rights violators Border Patrol and University of Arizona* By Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com TUCSON – ...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 9 hours agoOntarians, already living so close to the bone, are being told we must sacrifice even more - because corporate tax hikes cannot even be discussed. Ask the 1% for a solution and you'll get a solution that s...
- posted by Steve Saideman at The Duck of Minerva - 9 hours agoForget about whether we are too narrow, too closed, too whatever. Instead, figure out this: can I make time for Ultimate at the ISA in San Diego? Yes, yes, you can. Due to popular demand, I have organi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoLeading U.S. lawmakers are urging the Obama administration to take an even tougher stance with Iran over its nuclear program, questioning whether expanding economic sanctions are making a difference. The...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoThe company tackling a serious gas leak on a North Sea platform is playing down fears that a lit flare could ignite and cause an explosion. Total says the flare was left alight on the evacuated Elgin pla...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoJAKARTA, March 28 (Bernama) -- Two bird flu suspects are being treated at a hospital in Bengkulu province after three others tested negative for the disease, the Bengkulu agriculture and livestock affairs...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck the Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska at a depth of just 2.5 km (1.6 miles Poorly Constrained), the quake hit at 17:42:18 UTC Wednesday 28th March 2012 The ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoLIGONIER, Ind. (WLS) - A freight train hauling hazardous materials derailed in rural northeastern Indiana on Tuesday, causing tankers to burst into flames that belched yellow smoke and prompting the evacu...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 9 hours ago* The Myth of Osama Bin Laden Is Dying.* On Monday, March 19, Vice President Joe Biden made the following comments about the fictitious Osama Bin Laden raid at a political fundraiser in New Jersey: "...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 9 hours agoBritish MPs beware of publicly supporting Israel. JPost reports that: 'A British MP says he fears for his life after receiving death threats for defending Israel in an exchange with a constituent. The Con...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoFIVE people have died in the Omaheke Region from what is believed to be either anthrax or Congo fever. Initial laboratory tests were inconclusive and more samples were sent for testing in South Africa. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoThe Greater Accra Regional Health Directorate of Ghana Health Service is alerting the public about reported cases of cholera in parts of the region. A statement issued by the directorate said any person w...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoRoughly 10,000 birds, mostly snow geese, have died of avian cholera on and near the water-starved Lower Klamath and Tule Lake national wildlife refuges. Limited water deliveries to the refuges, combined ...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 10 hours agoPhoto of the Border Wall between the United States and Mexico near Sasabe, Arizona. 2011 Courtesy of Tasya van Ree *Amnesty International* *USA: In Hostile Terrain: Human rights violations in immigration ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago(Reuters) - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood is locked in a power struggle with ruling generals over how much influence the army will have after civilians take over in three months time, a dispute that could de...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoMarch 28 - Amateur video shows commotion on board a JetBlue flight bound for Las Vegas that was diverted to Texas following what federal authorities described as erratic behavior by the captain, who passen...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoMarch 28 - Disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn faces allegations of pimping in northern France as Diallo civil case for attempted rape gets underway in New York. Nick Rowlands reports
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA magnitude 3.8 earthquake has struck Spain at a depth of 20 km (12.4 miles), the quake hit at 17:22:41 UTC Wednesday 28th March 2012 The epicenter was 1 km (0.6 miles) South of Villanueva de tapia, Malaga...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 10 hours agoDuring the minority government era in federal politics, we all grew accustomed to the annual spring budget dance - a popular budget full of election treats, and never ending speculation over whether or no...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 10 hours agohttp://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/03/28-2 Published on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 by Common Dreams: 'In the Realms of the Unknown': North Sea Gas Leak Enters Day 4 French gas giant dismissed conc...
- posted by Jay Allbritton at Jay Allbritton - 10 hours agoAnd there you have it--by scaring gun owners into buying up all the guns, now no one can buy guns. Be afraid. Be very afraid. You people are dealing with a force far beyond your own comprehension. *Th...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 10 hours agoDavid, hit through the shuttlecock don't thrash at it, and also use the wrist...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago(Reuters) - U.S. policing along the Mexico border discriminates against Hispanics and Native Americans and contributes to the deaths of illegal immigrants, according to a study by the human rights group Am...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago(Reuters) - More than two-thirds of Americans disapprove of the way President Barack Obama is handling high gasoline prices, although most do not blame him for them, according to a Reuters/Ipsos online po...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoIslamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Top U.S. and Pakistani military officials will hold face-to-face meetings in Islamabad on Wednesday, the first high-level talks since NATO airstrikes killed two dozen Pakistan...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours agoAs suggested I have now contacted Avaaz.org and the Council of Canadians seeking their assistance in organizing a petition demanding our federal and provincial governments take immediate action to decarbon...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago(CNN) -- Sudan and South Sudan may be sliding back toward war, the United States and other international powers are warning, amid reports that Sudan is bombing its newly independent neighbor. The White H...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoHong Kong (CNN) -- The Hong Kong Court of Appeals on Wednesday overturned a historic ruling that would have allowed overseas maids to seek permanent resident status in the affluent Chinese territory. Th...
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 11 hours agoEmbedded below is video of Rep. Bobby Rush, who was just thrown off the House floor for speaking while wearing a hoodie. Personally, I am perplexed by the rush to portray Trayvon as a thug. Let's suppose...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours agoExactly a week ago I put up a post called Job Applicants Are Being Asked To Turn Over Their Facebook And Twitter Log In Info... Or Else and it was part of a firestorm that exploded inside American conscio...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoSanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- Saudi Arabia's deputy consul was kidnapped in Yemen's southern port city of Aden Wednesday, two security officials there told CNN. The diplomat, identified as Abdullah al-Khalidi, w...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 11 hours agoAs I understand it, the new liberal position on the Supreme Court and health care is going to be: the Roberts Court is unscrupulous, unprincipled, and nakedly partisan, and are going after the ACA for pure...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago(CNN) -- Even though Syria has signed off on a U.N.-backed peace initiative, activist groups said there's no evidence yet that the regime is carrying out the plan on Wednesday. At least 15 people, inclu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA blaze at a firework factory in Thailand has sparked explosions, forcing residents and passers-by to run for their lives. Blasts from the building set alight nearby trees and bushes as the fire spread ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoWASHINGTON (AP) -- Hollywood has destroyed Washington - or New York or Los Angeles - lots of times with nuclear bombs detonated by terrorists. It turns out to be harder in real life. Thinking about the u...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck the Sumbawa Region, Indonesia at a depth of 79.4 km (49.3 miles), the quake hit at 13:07:47 UTC Wednesday 28th March 2012 The epicenter was 101 km (62 miles) SSW of B...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 11 hours ago***Satellite data from NASA shows fires in Aceh. Fires have long been used to clear areas for palm oil. * Aceh province means a famous tsunami, mad Islamists who torture women, and, the killing off of oran...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 11 hours agoI teach public relations so I know how it works. One of the "Fathers" of public relations is Edward Bernays. The incredibly interesting video, "The Century of the Self" by Adam Curtis, explicates Bernay...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 12 hours ago*Infowars.com * *Wednesday, March 28, 2012* Alex talks with psychiatrist, former State Department official, author, and publisher Steve Pieczenik. He is the author of several books, including State of Eme...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon will press Congress for more money for Israel's Iron Dome system designed to intercept short-range rockets and mortars, a boost for Israel as the Obama administration tries...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoLOS ANGELES (AP) -- The troubled San Onofre nuclear plant in Southern California will remain shut down while investigators try to solve a mystery inside its massive generators - the rapid decay of tubing ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoSEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Conceding strained ties, President Barack Obama on Tuesday welcomed Pakistan's review of its relationship with the United States, saying it was important for the two countries t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoPYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea on Tuesday rebuffed President Barack Obama's criticism of its plans to launch a satellite aboard a rocket, calling his stance confrontational and vowing to go fo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoSEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Material that can be used to make nuclear bombs is stored in scores of buildings spread across dozens of countries. If even a fraction of it fell into the hands of terrorists, i...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 12 hours agoEcho, the company that bought Haloscan a few years ago and runs the fast comments on this blog, the main platform for discussions on this blog, will stop the service on October 1st, 2012. They have been ...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 12 hours ago*WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2012* *Overbye goes there again:* We’re on a semi-reduced schedule this week, in service to a mission of national import. That said, why not read the New York Times’ latest report fr...
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 12 hours agoThis morning was the second session with Southern Man's Personal Trainer. It was hard; Southern Man hadn't done forty minutes of cardio in a long, long time. Southern Man wants to go home and take a nap no...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 12 hours agoBy Chico Harlan, Published: March 27 The Washington Post SEOUL http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/japan-has-lots-of-plutonium-on-hand-little-way-to-use-it/2012/03/27/gIQA7jjyeS_story.html?wpis...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 12 hours agoWith all the troubles that are going on in the United States of America these days, many in that former land of the free have been eying Canada as a land of refuge to escape all the problems and loss of fr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 51 km (31.6 miles), the quake hit at 13:45:18 UTC Wednesday 28th March 2012 The epicenter was 106 km (65.7 miles) South of B...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoIsraeli troops opened fire at a group of suspects along the Egyptian border on Tuesday, two of whom had crossed from Egypt, a military spokesman said, indicating that several of them were wounded. The inc...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoNorth Miami Beach police said surveillance video shows dozens of high school students demonstrating in the Trayvon Martin case Friday ransacking a Walgreens store. The incident occurred during a walkout f...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago*WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2012* *Part 3—Triumverate straight outta Kafka:* We’ll admit it. The analysts were disappointed by Kevin Drum’s take on the “controversy” surrounding the death of Trayvon Martin. Th...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 13 hours agoWND has an anteresting article, here's an extract: 'After months of searching, investigators commissioned by Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio to examine Barack Obama’s eligibility for office fou...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoStronger booms heard in Clintonville: fox11online.com The booming and shaking continues in Clintonville. Clintonville police say they received about 65 calls Tuesday night, from people reporting three ...
- posted by Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 13 hours agoWelcome to Change The World Wednesday (#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. There's a lot of great inform...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoTOKYO (Kyodo) -- The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said Tuesday that the radiation dose inside the crippled No. 2 reactor stood at an extremely high level between 31.1 and 72.9 siev...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 13 hours ago[image: A shipment of pangolin skins from Guinea bound for Thailand and seized at the Belgian airport. Belgian authorities later found that the CITES document accompanying the hides was forged. Belgium C...
- posted by leftdog at Buckdog - 13 hours ago*"The puzzling thing about Brad Wall's decision to cut the film tax credit (albeit, after a three month extension to July 1) is the unusual stridency we're hearing from the Saskatchewan premier. After a...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 13 hours ago[image: Lee Creek phosphate mine, 28 May 2005. MasterGeorge / flickr] By Cory Nealon, cnealon@dailypress.com 24 March 2012 AURORA, N.C. – The sun was about to set when Robert L. Shirley drove his beig...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoScams offering rights to mines including the Hishikari Mine in Kagoshima Prefecture, one of the world's richest gold mines, have become rampant, prompting one company to issue a warning to consumers. The...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 14 hours agoA colleague in the reinsurance industry emailed me this morning to ask my thoughts on the return period for the magnitude of losses from US tornadoes in 2011, based on a preview of our tornado normalizat...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 14 hours agoHappy Birthday to Diane Wiest, 64. "Don't Speak." Actually, everyone is terrific in "Bullets." I'm not sure whether or not it's in my top-5 Woody Allens, but surely it's in the top five of the post-Mia Far...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 14 hours agoIn retrospect, maybe it wasn't such a good idea for Alison Redford to call the election after a month of wall-to-wall scandal and controversy. Two more polls have been released today - let's start with t...
- Danielle Busby slit her baby's throat as family say she developed schizophrenia after trip to Africa
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoA baby girl from Dallas is in hospital after her schizophrenic mom slashed her throat with a steak knife, police said. One-year-old Mariah Busby was on Monday found soaked in her own blood in the arms of... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoOfficials found the bodies of an elderly man and woman at a destroyed home that was a victim of the still-raging Colorado wildfire that was thought to have started from a protective burn. The couple, who...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoPolice have arrested the drunk man suspected of fighting and fatally pushing a 20-year-old college student under a New York City subway but continue to search for him. Ryan Beauchamp, 33, was found by po...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoSeven members of a Michigan militia have been cleared of plotting to overthrow the U.S. government as a judge dismissed the most serious charges against them. In a shock defeat for federal authorities, D...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoA Jewish schoolboy was punched in the back of the head and beaten up in the latest anti-Semitic attack to hit France. The 12-year-old was walking near his Jewish school in southeastern Paris yesterday wh...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago[image: Deforestation in Nigeria. deforestation-facts.blogspot.com] By Olasunkanmi Akoni and Johnbosco Agbakwuru 26 March 2012 Lagos – Following the prevalence of heat wave in Lagos State and other part...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 14 hours ago fox games, what fun, right?"Children play soldier, grown men die." anon PROFIT is the root of all evil. NEED TO KNOW intelligence agencies protect profits. EVERYONE is a slave to this game. For exampl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoFor most criminals, a long prison term is a lonely and sobering experience. But it has proved more like a lock-in at a bar for these inmates at a Brazilian jail, who were pictured on Facebook partying wit...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoThe husband of an Iraqi-American woman who was found bludgeoned to death with a threatening note lying beside her yesterday made an emotional appeal for justice. Shaima Alawadi, 32, was taken off life su...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoA British politician revealed that a turf war between the CIA and the FBI fumbled a massive intelligence-gathering mission very easily could have prevented the September 11th attacks. In testimony to Par...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago[image: In this photo released TEPCO, a worker operates an endoscope to take photos of water in the Unit 2 reactor's primary containment vessel at the the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear powe...
- posted by thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 14 hours agoAhem:[image: Link] The maximum penalties for violating these sections of the Elections Act are severe: a fine of up to $5,000 and imprisonment for up to five years, or both. Moreover, a person convicted o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoA 13-year-old boy has been arrested after allegedly shooting his 37-year-old mother dead in their home. Police responding to the home of Gretchen Crooks, of Osage, Iowa, on Saturday night found the woman...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoAccording to legend, a black fox brings bad luck, but an amateur photographer could hardly believe his good fortune when he spotted the rare animal near his house. It is believed to be only the second ti...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoThe number of Britons struck down with Lyme disease caused by blood-sucking ticks has more than trebled in the past decade. Figures show that in 2010, 905 cases of Lyme disease were reported to the Healt...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoOil has been discovered in northern Kenya, the country's delighted president has announced. It is the first time black gold has been found within the east African nation's borders - and the commercial vi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoBillions of potentially habitable planets may exist in our galaxy, the Milky Way - including 100 'super Earths' within 30 light years from our solar system. A survey of red dwarf stars in the Milky Way f...
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