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Bacchus parade, New Orleans, the Sunday evening before Mardi Gras Day. New Orleans Saints Quarterback Drew Brees honored on float. "Really, that's Drew Brees as King Bacchus" (Photo credit: Wikipedia)- posted by address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 8 minutes ago*New austerity measures by the Spanish government* either could ignite the break-up of the Euro-zone, or drive Spain into social and economical disasters with unpredictable consequences. That is what curr...
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Daughter has just been accepted to grad school, so ... Flashback Twenty-two years, ago, Daughter shows off Beloved's Calabrese broccoli ... . - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 minutes ago
A FATHER-OF-TWO became Western Australia's latest fatal shark attack victim yesterday after a morning dive with his brother ended in tragedy. Peter Kurmann, 32, from Vasse in the south-west, was diving ab... - Drew Brees comments on Payton appeal RTA chair calls Lee Zurik ‘dishonorable’, ducks spending questions~WVUE Coca-Cola’s Graffiti Hits Historic New Orleans Neighborhoods Ahead of Final Four~Charlie Camero...
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I am so fortunate to be able to share a guest post by Tim Murray, which is a much-needed antidote to this malignant campaign on the part of the American Enterprise Institute to sabotage environmentalism wi... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 38 minutes ago(Reuters) - A French Muslim convert convicted in 2007 for planning an attack on an Australian nuclear plant is one of the suspected militants being held for questioning after a series of raids throughout ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 38 minutes agoMarch 31 - The lawyer for a U.S. soldier charged with killing 17 Afghan civilians says U.S. authorities are blocking his investigation into the incident. Paul Chapman reports.
- posted by thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 38 minutes agoSo yesterday I'm walking past a Globe & Mail newspaper box and there's a headline: "Harper's Modest Revolution" (or something like) that and I thought: "I'm completely uninterested." The only commentary t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 41 minutes agoMarch 31 - The leader of Mali's military coup calls for outside help to crush a Tuareg separatist rebellion. Paul Chapman reports
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 42 minutes agoMar. 31 - Cruise ship temporarily stranded off south Philippines coast after engine room fire is heading for port in eastern Malaysian state of Sabah.
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(Reuters) - U.S.-operated drones carried out deadly missile strikes against suspected al Qaeda targets in Pakistan and Yemen on Friday, U.S. government sources said. There was no connection between the t... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 45 minutes ago(Reuters) - Syria says the year-long revolt to topple President Bashar al-Assad is now over, but it will keep its forces in cities to "maintain security" until it is safe to withdraw in keeping with a U.N...
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Moscow (CNN) -- Former Soviet spy Leonid Shebarshin, who was very briefly head of the KGB, was found dead Friday in his apartment in Moscow, an apparent suicide, officials said. The 76-year-old left a su... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 49 minutes ago(CNN) -- Suspected U.S. drones targeted militant hideouts in southern Yemen, killing six people and injuring five others, security officials said Saturday. Fatalities comprised of five al Qaeda militants...
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Abidjan, Ivory Coast (CNN) -- The United States called on coup leaders in Mali on Friday to step down and allow for elections to take place. U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner spoke one day after ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 54 minutes ago
(CNN) -- Large volumes of gas continued Friday to gush into the North Sea from an offshore oil platform, with energy giant Total trying two divergent methods in hopes of stopping the leak. Scottish Envir... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 54 minutes ago
Mexico City (CNN) -- Authorities in the northern Mexican state of Sonora have arrested eight people accused of killing two boys and one woman as human sacrifices for Santa Muerte -- the saint of death -- ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 54 minutes ago
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- President Obama ratcheted up the pressure on Iran Friday, deciding to implement previously announced sanctions that will be the toughest to date. The decision declares that world o... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago
(CNN) -- Far-right groups from across Europe are gathering in Denmark on Saturday for a rally they say is meant to make their governments act against the threat of Islamic extremism. Those attending want... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago
Paris (CNN) -- The leader of an Islamist group whose members were targeted in a series of French police raids denies any contact with Toulouse gunman Mohammed Merah, lawyer Philippe Missamou said Saturday... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoJournalist Blaine Harden chronicles the life of the only camp-born man known to escape a North Korean camp (CNN) -- Shin Dong-hyuk is the only known person born in a North Korean prison camp that escaped...
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 hour agoJim Flaherty came to Toronto yesterday and lambasted Ontario for its poor fiscal management: “Frankly, Ontario’s spending mismanagement is a problem for the entire country,” he said. “They have no one ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 35.2 km (21.9 miles), the quake hit at 12:38:44 UTC Saturday 31st March 2012 The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) WSW from Ban...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoA magnitude 3.3 earthquake has struck Oklahoma at a depth of just 5 km (3.1 miles), the quake hit at 11:54:11 UTC Saturday 31st March 2012 The epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) ENE of Shawnee, Oklahoma No Rep...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 1 hour agoSeparatist War looms in post-coup Mali Nile Bowie NileBowie.blogspot.com March 31, 2012 KUALA LUMPUR – As the inexperienced protagonists of Mali’s military coup receive worldwide condemnation from the in...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago(CNN) -- Despite a U.N. envoy's demand for an immediate cease-fire, the Syrian military clashed with defectors in the capital of Damascus and regime forces pummeled other areas with heavy gunfire Saturda...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago*The DCCC isn't clearing the field for Chris Donovan* This post was so long that I broke it in two and the second half, which is more general will be up at 10am (PT). This one we're going to devote entire...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 hour ago*The 7 Most Dangerous Lies Your Doctor's Telling You* *(even if he doesn’t know it)* Get the real story here, right now... *This is the audio presentation:* https://info.hsibaltimore.com/HSI/WHS...
- posted by BAL at WPB/NYC and Anything Else; A Green Rights Collection - 2 hours agoMedical Benefits Settlement Agreement Summary - Part 2 Gulf Coast Regional Health Outreach Program March 30, 2012 The Gulf Coast Regional Health Outreach Program will be funded through a $105 million gra...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 2 hours agoIf you haven't seen the abortion-related Doonesbury cartoons that many US newspapers refused to run, you can read them here. Go Garry Go. More importantly, if you would like to see what the Texas sonogram ...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 2 hours agoWith the Toronto Public Library workers back at work after a ten-day strike, here is an assessment of their settlement, from a TPL librarian (my friend and comrade) who is active in the union. The lesson ...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 2 hours ago*S**pain is cutting 27bn euro from its budget this year as part of one of the toughest austerity drives in its history. The government says it will raise 12.3bn euros this year, aided by an increase in t...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 2 hours agoA reader - or at least someone who stumbled on my blog at some point - emailed me with a request. When I replied, I received this auto-reply: Your message to xxxxx was not delivered because this mailbox do...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoA magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck Eastern Turkey at a depth of 5 km (3.1 miles Poorly Constrained), the quake hit at 10:38:18 UTC Saturday 31st March 2012 The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) NNE from V...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck Sucre, Venezuela at a depth of 9.8 km (6.1 miles), the quake hit at 09:47:24 UTC Saturday 31st March 2012 The epicenter was 26 km ( miles) SSE of Carupano, Venezuela N...
- posted by Catelli at Not Quite Unhinged - 3 hours agoIt’s not about piracy, it’s about a failure to adapt Godin to authors: You have no right to make money any more When we decried machines (through robotic controls) taking over the auto industry, we forgot ...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 3 hours agowe are now so ready to accept ANY STORY in conjunction with 9/11. Here, David Wilcock talks to new whistleblower "Drake" about supposed MASS ARRESTS of Elite Bankers, Financiers and Global Game Players in ...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 4 hours ago*According to experts obesity is fuelling a main increase in the number of cases of kidney cancers diagnosed in Britain. The experts state that being overweight increases the danger of this cancer, as we...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 4 hours ago*Spacecraft could one day navigate throughout the space using a exacting type of dead star as a type of GPS.*According to Prof Werner Becker from the Max-Planck Institute for outer space Physics in Garc...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoHong Kong (CNN) -- China's major microblogging sites have suspended comments sections after being "punished for allowing rumors to spread" of a coup attempt in Beijing, state-run media reported Saturday. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoWASHINGTON (AP) -- A study by the National Academy of Sciences has found that the U.S. can maintain its nuclear arsenal without resuming the testing program it suspended nearly 20 years ago, addressing a k...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 5 hours agoSource of picture: http://click.lovelldsouza.com/ You Were Born Together *Then Almitra spoke again and said, And what of Marriage, master?* *And he answered saying: * ** *You were born together, and tog...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoHAT YAI, Thailand (AP) -- Suspected Muslim insurgents set off a series of bombs as shoppers gathered for lunch Saturday in a commercial hub of Thailand's insurgency-plagued south, killing eight people and...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck South of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 09:18:38 UTC Saturday 31st March 2012 The epicenter was 295 km (184 miles) Sou...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoTOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government has given up launching a new nuclear regulatory agency on Sunday amid resistance from opposition parties, leaving the country with no other option but to maintain t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoTOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis ship Kirishima on Saturday morning left the Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture for the East China Sea ahead of a planned rocket launch by North K...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoFourteen residents of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, have filed suit with the Tokyo District Court against Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), demanding some 265 million yen in compensation for what they call...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoFUKUSHIMA -- Fishermen in this prefecture's Okuaizu region were left hopeless after radioactive cesium exceeding the allowable limit detected in some river fish forced them to postpone this year's fishing...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoA magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck South of the Fiji Islands at a depth of 543.5 km (337.7 miles), the quake hit at 09:04:40 UTC Saturday 31st March 2012 The epicenter was 610 km (379 miles) South from...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 5 hours agoOBAMA'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE: Obama’s Forgery and Fraud Have Become a Thorn in the Side of the Union by Patrick Henningsen Global Research Canada, March 30, 2012 Who is Barack Obama? Where was he ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoA powerful inland earthquake expected to occur in the Tokyo metropolitan area is likely to register 7 on the 7-point Japanese intensity scale over the largest area if it hits near the Tokyo-Chiba border, ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago*Click image for larger size.* "When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane." - Hermann Hesse • Click image for larger size, which you may then fill in and frame if you're so ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA tropical low pressure brought widespread flooding to parts of Fiji from Thursday night into Friday. The hardest hit areas were on the western side of the main island Viti Levu where the town of Nandi ha...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A Haitian official says that six people have died in strong rains that destroyed their hillside homes. Nadia Lochard of Haiti’s Civil Protection Office said Friday the five adults...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoURUMQI, March 30 -- Three people have been killed and 21 injured by falling objects caused by strong winds sweeping Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region since Friday morning. According to ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the bodies of a woman and child were found at a property in Porthmadog, North Wales. Police say they are not looking for anyone else in connection with...
- posted by American Kabuki at American Kabuki - 6 hours agoMayan man in the mask, Spaceman or Scuba Diver? Whether UFOs and ET are real or not, has never been an issue for me. My father saw them flying over Germany in World War II from his P-38 fighter plane. T...
- posted by Rufus at News From Atlantis. - 6 hours agoLike Pavlov's dogs, there is a tendency for people to shriek hysterically at the mention of the word 'Fascist'. For most people, no attempt is made to understand what is meant by Fascism, and thus they f...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoBetween $3million and $5million of Canadian coins spilled onto a highway in Ontario after a Brinks tractor-trailer carrying new coins struck a rock formation. The accident happened earlier this week when...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoAn unemployed and mentally ill South Carolina mother has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for killing her two young sons, then putting them in her car and staging a crash into a river. Shaquan Duley,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoThe U.S. soldier accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians did not act alone, according to survivors of the massacre earlier this month. Army Staff Sgt Robert Bales has been charged with 17 counts of premedi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoInvestigators have discovered that a man arrested for brutally killing his father and grandmother was adopted by his victims. Dwayne Flourney, 26, allegedly stabbed Sandra Flourney, 76, and his father Br...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoIs the Obama administration using either leaks or black propaganda to sabotage Israel’s defence against the threat of genocide? America’s former ambassador to the UN John Bolton certainly thinks so – and ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA grandfather is facing manslaughter charges after allegedly feeding his one-year-old grandson juice containing crushed morphine and Benadryl. Gregg Busby, 59, told police that he gave Antonio Garcia-Laza...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA 21-year-old man beat a toddler he was babysitting so severely he was left bleeding from his eyes and is now in hospital fighting for his life. Brian Bouchard, from Daytona, Florida, was arrested after a...
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 6 hours agoThere was an old article in the WB blog that was posted by three friends -- an economist, a political scientist and an IT whiz guy -- in their facebook walls last week. I didn't notice that it was posted i...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 6 hours agoWhat is it about middle-class children and their parents that makes them think that wearing a Che Guevara T-shirt is in some way "cool"? I have just seen a pre-teenager boy wearing such a T-shirt whilst he...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 7 hours agoI don't know whether Ridley Scott, Brandywine Productions, Dune Entertainment, Scott Free Productions are in league with Alex Jones, Infowars, Prison Planet, Nightly News here but it's a gorgeous mass-mar...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoThe blood of a missing woman was found at the home she shared with her husband, who later Killed himself and the couple's sons, it emerged on Friday. It was also revealed that Susan Powell wrote a note i...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 7 hours ago*Visa, MasterCard and Discover have warned that credit card holders personal information could be at risk after a security breach. None of the three companies, which are the three of the largest credit c...
- posted by David J. Climenhaga at David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary - 7 hours agoThe Silver Dollar Room at the Waverly Hotel, where Milton Acorn lived on Spadina Avenue in Toronto. Below: Milton Acorn (drawing found on the Internet). Today was the birthday of Milton Acorn, the People...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 7 hours ago*Indian Country Today's censorship is a reason for human rights abuses at the US Mexico border* By Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com Don't be fooled by Indian Country Today's...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 7 hours ago* George Galloway (left)* George Galloway works for MI6? George Galloway has just been elected as Member of Parliament for Bradford West, in the UK. Bradford West has a lot of Moslems. Galloway, who was...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours agoThe problem with the Bigfoot israther simple. He is perfectly adaptedto living in the woods and we are not. More important though is that he is a nocturnal animal who hunts andworks when we are well a...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours agoThis gives notice that is may be possible to produce a form of metallichydrogen with a new protocol briefly described. The value is obvious and until we end our reliance of chemical thrust, avast improv...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 7 hours agoCalifornia Slammed With Fukushima Radiation http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=30043
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours agoIt is all very nice to play soldier, but it is dangerous. Our technology is reaching the point were wesimply get the biological component completely out of the loop. Our drone planes are a good start...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours agoThis item addresses the apparentnatural persistence of the coal based energy economy and is an eye opener asfar as it goes. Coal is our cheapest wayto deliver variable base load power with a secure pri...
- posted by Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 7 hours agoAt a time when many predict the death of the physical book and the bookshop and even the public library is under constant threat of closure, Bibliophile Books continues to prosper and go about its busines...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoAll he wanted was a tidy garden. But when Stanley Lee decided to burn some pine needles to clear his lawn, this was the disastrous result. After starting an incinerator to burn the waste, the 88-year-old ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoA seal has been found shot dead on a river bank after anglers complained it had been 'making hay with the fish'. Police confirmed they had launched an investigation into the seal's death amid fears it co...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoContract killings for the Moscow Mafia are often carried out by former members of Russia’s Spetsnaz, the counterpart to Britain’s SAS. Whatever weapon is chosen for such assignments, be it a Kalashnikov o...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 7 hours agoHigh levels of cesium found in tanks at 18 Yokohama schools National Mar. 31, 2012 - 03:19AM JST [excerpted] ..."According to the board, 44 schools in the city use rainwater for flushing toilets. The rai...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoBritain could be hit with more than £6billion of trade sanctions from the U.S. in retaliation for actions also committed by Germany and France. The drastic measures – which could cripple Britain’s export ...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 8 hours agofrom background radiation alone. Source article: Gov't to revise evacuation zones in 3 Fukushima municipalities http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20120331p2g00m0dm023000c.html What are the implication...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoThere's a tiny moon orbiting beyond Saturn's rings that's full of promise - and maybe microbes. This week, in a series of tantalisingly close flybys to the moon, named Enceladus, Nasa's Cassini spacecraf...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoOfficials are investigating what they believe is one of the largest-known credit card heists in the U.S. after Mastercard and Visa confirmed the data of as many as ten million customers has been stolen. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA child-like man nicknamed 'The Clown' by his own family was subjected to a campaign of violence and cruelty by relatives who regarded him as a financial burden, a court was told today. In one of many pa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoSpain announced deep cuts to its central government budget today as it battles to convince European partners and debt markets it can rein in its budget deficit. The government said it would make savings ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoBritain yesterday managed to boot out two convicted Islamist extremists in a rare victory for common sense. Christian Emde and Robert Baum, who are both German nationals, were convicted of possessing doc...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoIt was an exercise to check whether California's child support system would work in a disaster situation - then disaster struck. Bungling IT staff managed to lose the names, Social Security numbers and o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoIsraeli troops shot dead a Palestinian protester in Gaza today as thousands in the Palestinian territories, Israel and neighbouring countries participated in an annual protest against the Jewish state's l...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA village has been rocked by the mystery shooting of a showjumper shortly after an arson attack on her home. Twice-married Louise Leggatt, 54, who is also a member of the local hunt, called in police aft...
- posted by American Kabuki at American Kabuki - 8 hours ago*Ben Fulford Blog Post* *03/31/2012* *RE: BRICS and the new financial system* * * *Hi Ben,* Recently I saw a conference by Alfredo Jalife-Rahme (teacher of political and Social Science at the Universi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoIn their Romanian homeland, their relatives live like kings in five newly-built palaces. But the scene which greeted officers who raided the British home of a suspected pickpocket gang this week was anyt...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoTwo men have been found guilty of sending nail bombs to Celtic manager Neil Lennon and high-profile Celtic supporters. Neil McKenzie and Trevor Muirhead were convicted of conspiracy to assault after Jif...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA cruise ship with up to 60 Britons on board was drifting in the South China Sea last night after an engine-room fire knocked out its power. The captain of the luxury liner, the Azamara Quest, ordered gue...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 8 hours agoMarch 30, 1972 was an important day in more ways than one. In Vietnam, the North began its Easter offensive. And in Key Biscayne Florida, now-former Attorney General John Mitchell convened a meeting with J...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoThe MI6 spy whose body was found locked in a sports bag may have been killed by a secret agent, his family said yesterday. Their barrister suggested a sinister cover-up had left them with no way of knowi...
- posted by Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 8 hours agoI can't say it any better than *BCL* except to say that the smug prick isn't so much Paul Wells as it is *Joe Oliver and his master*.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoIntelligence agencies are searching for members of a secret Iranian network of assassins under orders to attack Jewish, Israeli and Western targets in Turkey. According to intelligence sources, the orga...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoUp to 16,000 people who were evacuated after last year's disaster at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant are being allowed to return to their homes. Three towns which were designated no-go zones due to their ...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 9 hours agoIf you see just a black box - just click on the black box and the video will come on - the embed isn't working properly. NAACP's Jealous Slams ALEC's "Kill At Will" Laws, Says Group "Founded For Ill In...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 9 hours ago*You Can Laugh At 9/11 Truth-Tellers Till Kingdom Come. But You Can't Destroy The Truth About 9/11.* "Consciousness has been left at the door." - *Michael Tsarion*. "The world is all the richer for h...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA policeman has been suspended after he was allegedly recorded racially abusing a man arrested during the London riots. It is claimed the Metropolitan Police officer was recorded by the suspect on his m...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck Bulgaria at a depth of just 3 km (1.8 miles Poorly Constrained), the quake hit at 20:48:33 UTC Friday 30th March 2012 The epicenter was 10 km (6.2 miles) South of Sli...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan at a depth of 221.2 km (137.5 miles), the quake hit at 04:16:54 UTC Saturday 31st March 2012 The epicenter was 90 km (55 miles) Sou...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 35 km (21.7 miles), the quake hit at 03:58:22 UTC Saturday 31st March 2012 The epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) North of Pekan...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 9 hours agoThis one is self explanatory!!!!! *Runbeck introduced:* H. F. 2695, A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; prohibiting publicly owned broadband systems; proposing coding for new law in Minneso...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Jujuy, Argentina at a depth of 200.1 km (124.3 miles), the quake hit at 00:05:08 UTC Saturday 31st March 2012 The epicenter was 120 km (74 miles) NNW of San Antonio de...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Eastern New Guinea Region, Papua New Guinea at a depth of 12.5 km (7.8 miles), the quake hit at 23:05:12 UTC Friday 30th March 2012 The epicenter was 128 km (79 m...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 43.7 km (27.2 miles), the quake hit at 22:02:10 UTC Friday 30th March 2012 The epicenter was 111 km (68 miles) SSW of Banda ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Ryukyu Islands, Japan at a depth of 31.6 km (19.6 miles), the quake hit at 20:04:40 UTC Friday 30th March 2012 The epicenter was 228 km (141 miles) East of Ishigaki-ji...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck the Bougainville Region, Papua New Guinea at a depth of 45.7 km (28.4 miles), the quake hit at 19:51:04 UTC Friday 30th March 2012 The epicenter was 115 km (71 miles)...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago*“Hitler’s Blackberry”* by Dan Denning "Poor old Ben Bernanke has a deflation phobia. He sees it everywhere the way the kid in The Sixth Sense saw dead people. And Bernanke is equally terrified of fallin...
- posted by cc'd at Carbon Copied - 9 hours agoTwo lights flickered in the distant pixel of the screen. Twitching their repetitions in a solaced fashion dictated by the bits and bytes of their holographic'd database. The files upon files being progre...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 10 hours agoThis can't be good news. Another top boss "suicided?" What is going on (or getting ready to be announced) that these type people want nothing to do with? (And doesn't he look an awful lot like one of the a...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago*"Weekly News Wrap-Up 3.30.12"* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com A budget has been passed in the House of Representatives by the Republicans that cut $5.3 trillion over the next 10 years. Can it pass the...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours agoOK, back from the mini-sabbatical, regular posting will resume by Monday, sporadic until I can catch up with the world. Commenting is restored. Thanks for your patience, folks, I hope you're all well. - CP
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 10 hours agoDisclaimer: Southern Man' s entire professional career has been professor at various private church-affiliated liberal-arts colleges. That's right - the "real world" to him is the ivory tower of academe. H...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 10 hours agoSince I've been thinking a lot about 1972, it's worth noting that April will mark the 40th anniversary of the first baseball strike, which cost most teams around eight games that spring. I'm afraid I'll h...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 10 hours ago*homas Allen sings the second song, "*Ging heut' Morgen übers Feld*," from Mahler's Songs of a Wayfarer, in a 1991 performance conducted by Václav Neumann. (See below for German and English texts.)* *by ...
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 11 hours agoFor whatever reason Southern Man is cautiously dipping his toe back into the dating pool. Why? He probably couldn't even answer you. Men seek relationships for three reasons: physical pleasure (and, yes, t...
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 12 hours agoSouthern Man's personal trainer has him on Wednesday and Friday mornings and this morning he again put Southern Man through the wringer. And It Was Good.
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 12 hours agoThe incomparable Richard Feynmann is a legend in physics, and deservedly so. In addition to his numerous contributions to theoretical physics he had a gift for explaining complex topics in simple terms. He...
- posted by American Kabuki at American Kabuki - 12 hours ago*Your progress is watched with loving amazement.* Michael channeled by Ron Head March 30, 2012 in Ron's Channeled Messages We begin today with a discussion of the current state of affairs in your wor...
- posted by veritas6464 at VERITAS 6464 - 12 hours ago*This is another excellent micro-doc from one of the most talented and brave non-chosenites in the world today...*my source *FUCK ISRAHELL!* *FREE PALESTINE!* *TRUTH IS NOT RACIST | FACTS ARE NOT HATE*
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 12 hours ago*I had planned to work all day and post, post, post, and yet somehow another unread Boston Globe ended up on the table at the end of the evening. I'm so sorry, and profusely apologize, readers. Reading the...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 12 hours ago"Afghanistan would accept Taliban office in Qatar for peace talks" December 28, 2011 KABUL - President Hamid Karzai said yesterday that his government would accept the opening of a Taliban insurgents’ rep...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 13 hours agoI can't remember ever seeing a better description of soul rending, bone crushing poverty and its remedy than this link John Cole just posted on the twitter. It's all like this: Movements will fall away, b...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 13 hours ago*by Ken* It appears that finally the remaining shoe has dropped. From the NYT "Media Decoder" blog: *Current TV Dismisses Keith Olbermann* By BRIAN STELTER *6:10 p.m. | Updated* Current TV said Friday ...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 13 hours ago"Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?" "To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time." "The dog did nothing in the night-time." "That was the curious incident," remarke...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago[image: A Sudanese child and camels. blogs.anoiadiari.cat] By Climate Desk 30 March 2012 Purdue University climatologist Matthew Huber gets plenty of death threats, but that hasn't stopped him from expl...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 14 hours ago------------------------------ *Break Up The Big Banks, Says the Dallas Fed* THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2012 | Original here As the Supreme Court shows every sign of throwing out “Obamacare” and leaving ...
- posted by Roberto at Dr Cintli - 15 hours ago*CNN's Thelma Gutierrez reported on this story for In America. Her report is here.* By* Roberto Rodriguez,* Special to CNN *(CNN) –* Look at the image above. For people who live outside of Tucson, Ari...
- posted by Roberto at Dr Cintli - 15 hours ago*CNN's Thelma Gutierrez reported on this story for In America. Her report is here.* By* Roberto Rodriguez,* Special to CNN *(CNN) –* Look at the image above. For people who live outside of Tucson, Ari...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 16 hours ago[image: Dan Akerson, chairman and chief executive officer of General Motors Co., speaks at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, 28 March 2012. The company announced Wednesday it would stop funding the...
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 16 hours agoMovie time! The premise of this film is just plain silly - that two hundred years hence in a post-apocalyptic world, buff young scientists will not only still exist, but will have recuperated enough from...
- posted by KRandle at A Different Perspective - 16 hours agoI rarely respond to reviews of my books because there really is little point to it. I am often astonished on how widely the reviews can vary from someone who loves a book to someone who hates it. In one ca...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 17 hours agoNew Orleans Saints GM Mickey Loomis and team join head coach Sean Payton to appeal NFL penalties
- posted by American Kabuki at American Kabuki - 17 hours agoCompartmentalization Sculpture by Darla Graff Thompson 25-Mar-2012 Jim Stone - Freelance Journalist *The evil of compartmentalization.* * * So, they checked your background, and you got that job a...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 17 hours agoAnd it's simple: wage a war on women while destroying Medicare and drastically reducing social services in order to spend billions subsidizing the wealthy Oil and Gas companies that finance the political ...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 17 hours ago[image: Housewife Eclectic Creative Showcase] <a <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; ...
- posted by John Carroll at Dying in Haiti - 18 hours agoPublished on *Commonweal magazine* (http://commonwealmagazine.org) Aftershocks A Report from Haiti Created *03/27/2012 - 10:45am* *Fran Quigley* On a sweltering afternoon in Port-au-Prince, I walked with ...
- posted by American Kabuki at American Kabuki - 18 hours agoreported at businessinsider.com CNN was down 50% in total viewers and down 60% in age 25-54 viewers (Total Day) for the month of March. The net loss was down 21% in Total Viewers and down 26% in a...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 18 hours agoNate Silver posted a very long takedown of election predictions, some of which are by economists and some by political scientists. He proves, without a doubt that some people, or at least some book publici...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the North Island of New Zealand at a depth of 29.5 km (18.3 miles), the quake hit at 18:47:38 UTC Friday 30th March 2012 The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) ENE from W...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 18 hours ago*Looks like he is the one that needs the blessing*: "Karzai opens Parliament with honor roll of Afhgan dead" January 22, 2012|By Graham Bowley and Sharifullah Sahak KABUL - The Taliban have stepped up a *...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 18 hours agoWould it be possible to print a topless photo of show a video of every actress to have played one of Charlie's Angels? It was a tough challenge but I had to have a go. First I had to check who had appear...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 19 hours agohttp://yumikikuchi.blogspot.com/2012/03/worsening-health-condition-of-fukushima.html Hat tip: Leuren Moret (thanks!) Enenews has a similar story: http://enenews.com/doctor-meltdowns-children-complain-circ...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 19 hours agoI always was a big fan of Edward R. Murrow's reporting (and George Clooney's movie), but this is a horse of a different color (so to speak, a small horse, perhaps). (Try to ignore Scalia's ass until the se...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 19 hours ago*Empires Then and Now* ------------------------------ March 26, 2012 | Original here Great empires, such as the Roman and British, were extractive. The empires succeeded, because the value of the...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 19 hours ago*Do Not Blame The Men Who Kill. Blame The Institutions That Lie. * The U.S. military is one of the most corrupt, soulless, and demonic institutions on the face of the Earth. "In all US war theaters," *...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 19 hours agoThree Major Banks Prepare for Possible Credit Downgrades By SUSANNE CRAIG and PETER EAVIS http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/03/29/three-major-banks-prepare-for-possible-credit-downgrades/?nl=todaysheadlines&...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck offshore Chiapas, Mexico at a depth of 49.3 km (30.6 miles), the quake hit at 18:16:15 UTC Friday 30th March 2012 The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) West from Suchiat...
- posted by John Carroll at Dying in Haiti - 19 hours agoCite Soleil, February 2012--Photo by John Carroll I know of at least three Cholera Treatment Units or Centers where I have worked since November 2010 that are no longer set up to accept cholera patients...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoTranspower is brushing up plans to avoid South Island power cuts caused by massive storms on the Sun. As the Sun heads towards its 11-year sunspot maximum - a result of its magnetic field switching betwe...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoPolice investigating the decapitation of a woman by a lorry have revealed CCTV images of the victim before she was hit and a what appears to be a man seen walking off with her shoes and handbag afterwards...
- posted by Geezer Power at Home Nature Report - 20 hours ago“The Book the Government Doesn’t Want You to Read is a Book Everyone Must Read” Friday, 30. March 2012 by Sibel Edmonds A Surreal Journey into the Heart of the Beast Called the Police State CWIn this ...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 20 hours agoIt's official. There is nothing Republicans won't lie about. The RNC has apparently graduated from the Andrew Breitbart Memorial School of Pseudo-Journalism and came up with this misleading, doctored anti-...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoTHE Department of Agriculture has confirmed an outbreak of avian flu in a small flock of pheasants near Clonakilty, Co Cork.. Preliminary results show the H5 strain is not the most pathogenic H5N1 strain ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia at a depth of 521.9 km (324.3 miles), the quake hit at 17:39:55 UTC Friday 30th March 2012 The epicenter was 168 km (104 miles) NNW fr...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 20 hours agoFor years the Liberals warned you of Stephen Harper's hidden agenda. Just wait until he gets a majority, and *you won't recognize Canada*. For years, Conservatives quietly whispered to their base that the...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 20 hours agoSpeaking of Blogiversaries, just realized that yesterday was mine. Nine years ago, I published my very first post. It was about an anti-war demonstration I stumbled into in lovely downtown Northampton. Hav...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck Tonga at a depth of 34.5 km (21.4 miles), the quake hit at 17:21:09 UTC Friday 30th March 2012 The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) East of NUKU`ALOFA, Tonga No Tsunami ...
- posted by American Kabuki at American Kabuki - 20 hours agoThis UFO Video was Too Good Not to Post!! 3-27-12, over Mission, BC… Posted on March 29, 2012 By Kauilapele Part of the fun of this is the absolute surprised, excited, “What the frick is this?”...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoTWO more dead dolphins have been found in the Mandurah estuary. One of the dolphins was found near Parkridge on the weekend of the Crab Fest. The cause of the adult female’s death is not known. A blubber...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA total of 381 grizzly bears were killed year in B.C., 87 per cent of them by trophy hunters, according to statistics released Friday by the David Suzuki Foundation. The figures include grizzlies killed ...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 21 hours ago*AntiWar.com* "Child witnesses to the massacre of 17 Afghan civilians by Staff Sgt. Robert Bales say there was more than one U.S. soldier party to the crime, contradicting the story told by the Pentagon. ...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 21 hours agofor years, I've been ADAMANT that a) alien craft or UFOs are just military test flights and b) alien abductions are just military tests of clever drugs/gases and rendition techniques to PUT INFO IN. Maybe...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoAt least 10 more dolphins stranded themselves on the beaches of Cape Cod this week, a Cape-based animal welfare group said. The strandings raised the annual total to more than 200 in just three months, an ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoAccording to sources, it has been revealed that a gray whale was spotted near the Redondo Beach, entangled in fishing nets, on Thursday morning. It was not possible for the whale to get freed until a team...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoTwo new studies into the 'plumbing systems' that lie under volcanoes could bring scientists closer to predicting large eruptions. International teams of researchers, led by the University of Leeds, studie...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoBacolod City — A tornado swept through parts of this city, destroying trees and two sidewalk eateries, and causing a three-hour blackout at around 12:20 Thursday afternoon. No one was reported hurt, kille...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 21 hours agoWashington Post: Federal study estimates 1 in 88 children has symptoms of autism http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/federal-study-estimates-1-in-88-children-has-symptoms-of-autism/2012/0...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours agoBlue America is cooking up something fun in Wisconsin's first CD. But outrage over Paul Ryan's attempts to dismantle Medicare and-- in reality-- a civil society in this country, is coming from all directi...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 21 hours agoMy friend Michael J.W. Stickings celebrates seven years of blogging at the Reaction this week. Congrats to Michael and the whole fabulous team of bloggers. I'm proud to be a part of their history. [More ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Nearly 140 workers renovating Maracana Stadium for the 2014 World Cup went to hospital because of food poisoning this week. The construction companies renovating the famed stadium sa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- At least 13 people died during an uprising by armed inmates at a Honduran prison Thursday, one of them decapitated and the others killed by a fire started by the rioters, authorit...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoFeb. 10 - At least 260 dolphins wash ashore in Chiclayo, Peru in over a week. Sophia Soo reports Note: Another Dolphin washed ashore 19th March 2012 Note: Another Dolphin washed ashore 24th March 2012
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoAs musical protests go, this one is pretty entertaining. Robert Wilkinson, of Edson, Alta., was arrested by RCMP last November and placed in the back of a police cruiser. In a video taken by security ca...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoCustomers who ate at a McDonald's in Northport, AL between February 28 and March 14 may have been exposed to hepatitis A through an infected employee, according to the Alabama Department of Health. In a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoIt's hard to believe that volcanic activity can come to seem routine, but Mount Cleveland, an active volcano located in Alaska's Aleutian island chain, is almost becoming just that. On Wednesday, the volc...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 22 hours agoMajia here: A group of activists comprised of both academics and journalists is combating the NDAA with a legal challenge. In the US, the law violates our First Amendment right. Below find a brief excerpt...
- posted by Alison at Creekside - 22 hours agoLucky scheduling break for the Cons, eh? - getting Election Canada's Marc Mayrand to testify on 2011 election fraud on the same day they released the 2012 budget. "We are free to choose our future," Flahe...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 22 hours agoAbdula v. Canadian Solar Inc., 2012 ONCA 211 deals with the very limited use to which legislative history can be put in statutory interpretation: [52] It is important to note the extent to which leg...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 22 hours ago*The Hunt for KSM* The mastermind of the 9 11 attacks would appear to be the Pentagon. "In the Pentagon, a top secret team drew up a plan to simultaneously send up two airliners painted and numbered exac...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoPROVIDENCE, R.I. - People queuing up for Mega Millions tickets aren't the only ones salivating over the record $540 million jackpot that could be won Friday — some state governments struggling through lean...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 23 hours ago[image: Earthrise from Earth's moon. This view of Earth greeted Apollo 8 astronauts as they emerged from behind the Moon after the lunar orbit insertion burn. NASA] By Paul Douglas, Meteorologist; Autho...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Veracruz, Mexico at a depth of 136.7 km (84.9 miles), the quake hit at 14:38:53 UTC Friday 30th March 2012 The epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) SSW from Las Choapas, Ver...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 10.3 km (6.4 miles), the quake hit at 12:54:53 UTC Friday 30th March 2012 The epicenter was 238 km (148 miles) South...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoGeorge Zimmerman's brother said medical records will prove that his brother was attacked and his nose was broken by Trayvon Martin before he fatally shot the teen. Robert Zimmerman Jr. spoke to CNN's Pi...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA Skywest crew radioed authorities Tuesday when two children refused to fasten their seat belts on a flight from Long Beach to Portland, Ore. Officers with the Port of Portland Police Department were calle...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA 10-year-old child was arrested and charged with felony burglary after stealing a bicycle while leaving his tricycle at the scene of the crime in order to get away successfully. According to the Fort Wal...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA Moroccan worker in Italy set himself on fire on Thursday in protest at not being paid for months, a day after an Italian businessman set himself alight over a tax dispute, police said. The 27-year-old c...
- posted by Robert E Kelly at The Duck of Minerva - 23 hours ago[image: obamahu132628592pk] So the US is supposedly going to pivot to Asia and start worrying more about China. This makes sense (which is probably why we won’t do it). The Middle East has become a pretty ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoMasterCard is investigating a possible breach of cardholder account data involving a U.S.-based payment processor, the company said Friday. "As a result, we have alerted payment card issuers regarding cert...
- posted by leftdog at Buckdog - 23 hours ago*At the moment in Canada, pricing of any item or service allows the seller to divide the dollar price into 100 individual units of currency known as a 'penny' or a 'cent'. The federal Conservatives are a...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 23 hours agoThere are a taste of the flavours of THE GAME THE (conspiracy) GAME we're all playing to keep the Corporate War afloat, to keep the bloodshed going. Do you know how much of your hard-earned wages goes on...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 23 hours ago[image: Dried up lake in San Angelo, Texas, June 2011. f150online.com] By David Mark 26 March 2012 A new study suggests climate scientists may have underestimated the effect of greenhouse gases, with g...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 23 hours agoHinds v. Group 4 Security, 2012 ONCA 207 is a malicious prosecution case. In order to succeed on such a claim there must be evidence of causation. Mere malice does not suffice -- there must be actions whic...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day agoI'm not sure how accurate the report of MP Garry Breitkreuz's is. He may have been misinterpreted. And of course carrying a concealed weapon in Canada (especially a gun) is (absent very special circumstan...
- posted by Rufus at News From Atlantis. - 1 day agoTomorrow there will be a demonstration in Karlsruhe against the European Stability Mechanism. This demonstration will be the first of three in Germany, with the next in Stuttgart on the 5th May, returnin...
- posted by Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day 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 Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 1 day ago[Friends, donations are even more appreciated at this time of the year!] BREAKING NEWS! (REALLY, NOT) (Click here for entire chart of winners and losers of unregulated bribery.) Now, back to our regular pr...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Survivors wade through floodwaters in Pakistan, July 2010. stockmarkettoday.in] By Nina Chestney 25 March 2012 LONDON – Extreme weather events over the past decade have increased and were "very...
- posted by Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day agoKnoxville's Branch Office of the Billionaire Boys Club has a new campaign to come up with $35,000,000 over the next five years to push forward the corporate reform agenda in East Tennessee. Local Broadie,...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 1 day agoA collection of random nuggets from the first week on the campaign trail... 1. The *leader's debate* has been set for 6:30 mountain time on Thursday, April 12th. Unless of course, the Flames make the pla...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day agoHappy Birthday to Warren Beatty, 75. First things first: I didn't get around to the Elsewhere post yesterday. At Post Partisan, I argued that it's okay for the press to say that Romney has won the nomina...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day ago*Not quite related news:* First LHC collisions at 2 × 4 TeV! Tommaso Dorigo was minutes ahead of Reuters and Fox News or AFP when he told us that signore Antonio Ereditato resigned from his chair of the ...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day agoGeorge Galloway's victory in the Bradford West by-election is disturbing for two reasons. First it shows that shameless appealing to Muslim youth with a radical anti-imperialist stance works. This has gr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA woman has accidentally set fire to herself after transferring petrol in her home, while the union representing tanker drivers rules out the threat of Easter strikes in the ongoing fiasco over fuel. The...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago*FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2012* *The history of orgies:* We’re off on a mission of national import. We don’t expect to post again until Monday morning. In the meantime, we’ll recommend Gene Lyon’s column on the...
- posted by Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 1 day agoA big day today as my son Gabriel turns one year old. It's a bit sad that I won't be able to share the day with him but ultimately, this day is about him and not my feelings. He is now standing completely ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*Tim, Pennsylvania's own Frackenstein Monster* I'm still laughing that clueless Blue Dog Tim Holden sent out a frantic press release to every media outlet in Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district-- m...
- posted by Harry Dale Huffman at The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage - 1 day agoThe Climate Etc. site has an article on the "Republican brain" (apparently a recent but fast-growing field of science), to which I respond here: *The larger problem is, when nobody has all the answers even...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 1 day ago*Fans of Harry Potter will have an opportunity to see sets from the film contract when a studio tour opens to the public on Saturday. *It has often been said about films and the Potter movies in particul...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(Reuters) - Syrian artillery hit parts of Homs city and at least five people were killed in clashes around the country on Friday, opposition activists said, as peace envoy Kofi Annan urged President Bashar...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(Reuters) - Prime Minister Lucas Papademos said on Friday Greece may need a third bailout package if the sweeping austerity measures demanded by its international creditors fail to stabilize its shattered...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMar 30 - South Koreans are worried over reports that North Korea has launched two short range missiles. Paul Chapman reports.
- posted by Donna at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 1 day agoIn most discrimination cases, you only have to prove discrimination was one of the motives your employer had in taking action against you. For instance, if you announce you’re pregnant and are su...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(Reuters) - Sheikh Abu Abdullah Zahed, a Lebanese Muslim cleric with influence amongst radical youth, is part of a growing effort to push the uprising in Syria towards militant Islam. Hardline Sunni Musl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(Reuters) - Prostate cancer vaccine Provenge has long incited passions unlike any other cancer therapy. Doctors who raised doubts about it received death threats. Health regulators and lawmakers faced lo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(Reuters) - When U.S. diplomats filed into North Korea's grim embassy in Beijing last month they found an unlikely surprise: Starbucks. Their hosts, led by North Korean's chief nuclear negotiator Kim Kye-g...
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day ago"Our government," Jim Flaherty announced yesterday, "has chosen prosperity." He then announced that the government would be slashing expenses by $5.2 billion and laying off 19,200 civil servants. In an ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(Reuters) - The Obama administration has signaled a willingness to accept less-stringent controls on former Taliban leaders who could be transferred to Qatar as part of a deal between the United States and...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers agreed on Friday on a temporary increase in their financial rescue capacity to prevent a new flare-up of Europe's sovereign debt crisis, but markets may judge it to...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(Reuters) - Iran is helping its ally Syria defy Western sanctions by providing a vessel to ship Syrian oil to a state-run company in China, potentially giving the government of President Bashar al-Assad a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIn mid-February, a 1-year-old in New Castle County was diagnosed with the A/H1N1 flu strain, which is resistant to antiviral medications. That child was hospitalized, but has fully recovered since. This wa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(CNN) -- A drone strike took place early Friday in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region of North Waziristan near the border with Afghanistan, a Pakistani military official said. Authorities are trying t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(CNN) -- Israeli forces clashed with Palestinian demonstrators Friday near a checkpoint separating the West Bank from Jerusalem as protesters throughout the region marked Land Day. Protesters hurled roc...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day agoHistoric French Quarter and Faubourg Tremé defaced with graffiti advertising Coca-Cola products~Nolafemmes What do you think about the possibility of Sean Payton working NFL games on TV? ~Kevin Spain PRE...
- posted by P. L. Thomas at Schools Matter - 1 day agoIn the DC Universe exists an opposite (of sorts) to Superman—Bizarro Superman. In the corporate education reform universe exists an opposite to Robin Hood—Bizarro Robin Hood. This opposite, the school ch...
- posted by thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 1 day agoBig surprise. The imbecilic Flaherty has cooked up another demonstration of his blinkered incompetence. I mean no disrespect to Dawg. I'm actually glad to have read his account of Flaherty's latest stupid ...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago*FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2012* *Epilogue—And then, the new tape disappears:* Normally, we don’t watch Martin Bashir’s daily MSNBC program, which airs at 3 PM Eastern. If you’ve ever watched Bashir’s show, you p...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoHong Kong (CNN) -- Brothers at the helm of a company that helped build Hong Kong's skyline and the man who once was the city's number two official were arrested in an investigation of a bribery case has s...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(CNN) -- Getting to the truth of the events that led to one of the worst massacres of the war in Afghanistan may be as long and tortuous as the conflict itself. Reporter Yalda Hakim of Australia's SBS, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoBaghdad (CNN) - As Iraq's capital emerges from almost a decade of conflict and civil strife it is becoming an economic battleground for Turkey and Iran. Turkish firm Tefirom is contracted to build Baghd...
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