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Thomas Paine

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

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Scoop - NZ

  • An Empirical Study of Sociality and Greed
    “The increased unethical tendencies of upper-class individuals are driven, in part, by their more favorable attitudes toward greed,” said Paul Piff, a doctoral student in psychology at UC Berkeley and lead author of the paper published today (Monday, Feb. 27) in the journal Proceedings of the Na ...
  • Fisk: New Cold War has begun in Syria
    The Syrians, after all, will not forget the way in which the Brits and the Americans silently approved of the infinitely more terrible massacre of 10,000 Syrian Sunni Muslims at Hama in 1982. Indeed, today marks the 30th anniversary of that onslaught, staged by the Defence Brigades of Bashar al- ...
  • Tell USTR that strong-arming countries into US ...
    .. the US Trade Representative compiles a list called the "Special 301 Report" -- essentially a list of other countries who aren't trying hard enough when it comes to enforcing American copyright laws locally. Where does this list come from? Well, the big media companies and trade organizatio ...
  • Two Senators Say Saudi Government Backed 9/11 ...
    Two former senators – one a 9/11 Commissioner, the other the co-chair of the joint Congressional inquiry into 9/11 – state in sworn declarations that the Saudi government backed the 9/11 attack. The New York Times reports:
  • Fisk: The fearful realities keeping Assad in power
    .. why were we so surprised when the "Free Syrian Army" fled the city? Did we really expect the Assad regime to close up shop and run because a few hundred men with Kalashnikovs wanted to stage a miniature Warsaw uprising in Homs? Did we really believe that the deaths of women and children – and ...

Independent - London

  • The Aborigine army defending Australia
    Karlas Schandley is stealing along a riverbank in an isolated corner of north-western Australia, pausing occasionally to study his surroundings. He’s on the hunt for a goanna, but anything edible will do – a bush turkey, a catfish, even some wild plums. “It makes a break from Army rations,” jok ...
  • Death toll from Congo blaze hits 236
    The death toll from a fire at an armoury in the capital, Brazzaville, rose to at least 236 yesterday. The blaze caused devastation when it catapulted shells, rockets and other munitions into a densely-populated area on Sunday.Related StoriesConcealed nose job loses Egypt MP his postMalema fights ...
  • Foreign sex offenders to be castrated in Moldova
    Foreigners convicted of sexually abusing children in Moldova will be mandatorily castrated. Related Stories'Putin is a thief' cry Russians as inspectors attack voteIceland's ex-PM refuses to take blame for financial meltdown as trial beginsVladimir Putin shrugs off poll fraud claimsSarkozy singl ...
  • India's leader-in-waiting humbled by poll disaster
    His great-grandfather was India's first prime minister. His grandmother was the country's first – and thus far only – woman leader. And his father was the nation's youngest leader.Related StoriesMan, 24, dies in bid to be buried alive the longestGreat Hall of China: Beijing turns red for its gr ...
  • German painter forged masters' works to 'meet ...
    The convicted "hippie painter" behind Germany's most spectacular art-forgery scandal has revealed that he faked the works of at least 50 famous painters over a career spanning decades and started because he wanted to "have fun, travel and meet women".Related StoriesSelf-publishers accuse PayPal ...

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Innovation Canada

  • Safety haven
    If Canadian postal workers were to design the perfect winter boot, it would help them avoid slipping on icy walkways, stop them from missing their truck brakes while driving and keep them from getting their crampon spikes stuck in wooden porches.If the hearing impaired were looking for a hearing ...
  • Small tools, big impact
    Cancer, heart disease and stroke are leading causes of death among Canadians. As a medical doctor, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and a Canada Research Chair in Bioengineering and Biophotonics, Victor Yang has a unique perspective on these deadly diseases. Based at ...
  • Innovative, naturally
    For the first time this past winter, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) launched the Emerging Science Journalists Award (ESJA). The award was created to support Canada’s talented young science writers. Below is one of the winning entries by Roslyn Dakin, doctoral candidate in the Departm ...
  • A very gourd idea
    It’s been known for years that plants can take up and store trace amounts of hazardous metals like nickel, arsenic and cadmium from contaminated soil in a process called phytoremediation. Until recently, however, scientists assumed that plants weren’t capable of taking up a class of toxic chemic ...
  • Johne’s happens
    Trudging through a dairy farm to collect manure samples isn’t exactly glamorous work, but the odorous task is starting to have a big impact on the health of dairy cattle in Atlantic Canada — and it will save the dairy industry millions of dollars each year. Technicians at the University of Princ ...

Signs of the times

  • New Research Supports Theory of Extraterrestri ...
    A 16-member international team of researchers that includes James Kennett, professor of earth science at UC Santa Barbara, has identified a nearly 13,000-year-old layer of thin, dark sediment buried in the floor of Lake Cuitzeo in central Mexico. The sediment layer contains an exotic assemblage ...
  • Space Weather: Explosions On Venus
    In the grand scheme of the solar system, Venus and Earth are almost the same distance from the sun. Yet the planets differ dramatically: Venus is some 100 times hotter than Earth and its days more than 200 times longer. The atmosphere on Venus is so thick that the longest any spacecraft has surv ...
  • What We Learned From The Accelerated Aging of ...
    Did you know that astronauts undergo vastly accelerated aging during space flights? According to a recent review in the journal Clinical Interventions in Aging: "The loss of the functional capacity of the cardiovascular system with space flight is over ten times faster than the course of agi ...
  • Congo-Brazzaville Arms Depot Explosions Leave ...
    At least 200 people have been killed and many more injured in a series of explosions in the capital of Congo-Brazzaville, according to a senior presidency official. "According to sources at the central hospital we're talking of around 200 dead and many injured," said Betu Bangana, the head of p ...
  • Diabetes UK dishes deadly dietary advice to di ...
    If you're reading this blog post on 5th March 2012, there's a good chance you came to it as a result of listening to discussion on BBC Radio 4's programme 'You and Yours' about the most appropriate diet for those suffering from diabetes. You can listen to the broadcast here (the item starts ab ...

The Galloping Beaver

  • Security perspective . . .
    GOT A SMART PHONE? If you do banking through it, or if you access sensitive data through it, be thou aware that your phone leaks — badly. Like really bad badly. According to Tom Simonite's article, "Eavesdropping Antennas Can Steal Your Smart Phone's Secrets" on the MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW site, t ...
  • A man of his word . . . ?
    Patriotism: the last refuge of a scoundrel — if Stevie isn't proof by himself, just look at Vickie and the rest of the chimps. NORTHERN REFLECTIONS has a wonderful Stevie quote: “Iron-fisted bully tactics have no place in a free and democratic society,” Mr. Harper wrote . . . . “Informatio ...
  • The giant festering boil
    Saanich-Gulf Islands and the "irregularities" which occurred in the 2008 general election in that riding are not going away. Briony Penn, the person leading in the polls on the eve of the 2008 election in Saanich-Gulf Islands, lays it out. The NDP, the Greens and the Liberals had all asked me ...
  • The dirtier it is, the dirtier it gets
    McGregor and Maher pull out another one. Elections Canada investigators probing the robocalls scandal are interviewing workers on the Conservative campaign in Guelph, Ont., and trying to determine why payments made to an Edmonton voice-broadcasting company were not declared in financial report ...
  • OK... we'll wait for a bit on this one
    David Akin has extricated a letter to the editor of the Globe and Mail from John Fryer, an adjunct professor at the University of Victoria. It's pretty damning stuff. I know John Fryer. He's not taken to misrepresenting events such as this. In short, I'm inclined to believe him. Am I accusin ...

Media Matters for America

  • Energy Experts Debunk Right-Wing Defense Of Oi ...
    Conservative media are claiming that President Obama's proposal to eliminate $4 billion in annual tax subsidies enjoyed by oil and gas companies would raise gasoline prices. But energy experts say that rolling back the subsidies would have an "extremely small" or "imperceptible" effect on the p ...
  • Limbaugh Launched 46 Personal Attacks On Fluke ...
    Rush Limbaugh has "sincerely apologize[d]" for using the words "slut" and "prostitute" to describe Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke on two separate days and claimed that he "did not mean a personal attack" on her. These statements fail to account for the other 44 times that Limbaugh personal ...
  • Young Women's Health Care Needs Are No Laughin ...
    Right-wing media are now resorting to mocking female college students' health care needs and their call that religiously affiliated colleges and universities provide access to contraceptives. But studies have found that numerous benefits (medical, social, and economic) exist in providing colleg ...
  • John Bolton's Default Setting: When In Doubt, ...
    Fox News contributor and former Bush administration official John Bolton has used Fox News and print media to relentlessly push for first-strike military interventions in Iran. His advocacy of force is only the latest attempt by Bolton to push for the United States to engage in military operati ...
  • Conservative Media Promote Bogus Chart On Nati ...
    Fox News and right-wing blogs have promoted a chart that purports to show the "alarming" fact that national debt per person is higher in the United States than in several crisis-stricken European countries. This comparison is flawed because these countries' economies are fundamentally different ...

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TPM Cafe

  • Obama's Peace Speech At AIPAC
    I was happily surprised by the President's AIPAC speech. I say this as someone who absolutely opposes the use of force to stop Iran's nuclear program and who favors containment, not war, if the Iranians develop nuclear weapons. I understand that Obama did not deliver a traditional "peace" spe ...
  • But What Exactly Is Green Manufacturing?
    When most people think of green manufacturing jobs, they think of multi-billion-dollar investments in plants making lithium-ion batteries for electric cars or photo-voltaic panels and wind turbines for smartening grids. They fear, not without reason, that jobs in such plants will star ...
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  • In Afghanistan, American Conservatives Threw P ...
    The stunning murders of two senior American officers within the high-security command and control center of the Afghanistan's Interior Ministry, followed by the wounding of other American soldiers by a grenade thrown into a camp in Kunduz, is a bitter disgrace for the counter-insurgency strategy ...
  • The Unapologetic Republicans
    I'm sorry, but the apology controversy is a sorry-**sed sorry affair (latest coverage here and here). If this is going to be taken seriously as campaign issue, it needs to be looked at from both directions. The Republicans shouldn't get a free pass to put the president on the defensive. We need ...

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Public Citizen in Texas

  • Texas Pardons Pollution (Again!) – Public hear ...
    Get tough on environmental crimes Texas law requires that the our state environmental agency, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), consider a facility’s past compliance when making decisions regarding permits or inspections.  In fact, a facility’s Compliance History score affect ...
  • Tar Sands by Any Other Name
    This post was reprinted from a press statement by Trevor Lovell in response to TransCanada’s announcement yesterday, February 27th regarding their plans to pursue the building of a pipeline from Cushing, OK to the refineries on the Texas Gulf Coast while pursuing a new application for the ...
  • 2012 Tornado Season: Fasten your seat belts bo ...
    While March is generally considered to be the beginning of tornado season, this year the season got an early and deadly start in late January when two people were killed by separate twisters in Alabama, and just yesterday, dozens of homes were damaged by a tornado in Georgia that knocked out pow ...
  • A temporary victory for private property rights
    Citizens gather on the steps of the Lamar County Courthouse in support of Julia Triggs Crawford before the TransCanada suit to dismiss her Temporary Restraining Order is heard. Last week, local citizens from areas bordering the path of the proposed Texas leg of the TransCanada tar sands pipeline ...
  • TransCanada Continues to Bully Landowners Desp ...
    Earlier this week, a new statewide coalition of groups and advocates for private property rights announced its support for landowners along the path of the Keystone XL pipeline in Texas. The groups charge that TransCanada, the company proposing to build the pipeline, has used eminent domain to b ...

Unexplained Mysteries

  • Was there a second 'Roswell incident' ?
    A new book chronicles how a USAF pilot witnessed a Roswell-like crash near the Rio Grande in 1955. In what one UFO investigator has called "one of the...
  • Churches adopt new Ten Commandments
    In an effort to reflect modern values, churches across the UK have adopted a new set of Ten Commandments. Many of the original Ten Commandments are so...
  • Spider silk spun into violin strings
    A researcher in Japan has managed to spin a set of violin strings out of the silk from a spider. Dr Shigeyoshi Osaki has developed a technique for pro...
  • 'Dead' woman climbs out of her coffin
    Neighbours had assumed the worst when they found the 95-year-old not breathing and motionless. Assuming that she had died and in keeping with Chinese ...
  • 'Silence gun' developed in Japan
    Japanese researchers have come up with a gun that forces anyone that it is used on in to silence. The device is based on the concept of delayed audito...

Grassroots

  • Agroecology can overcome the failures of the G ...
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  • Why We Must Occupy Our Food Supply
    Outside Author Info Outside Author Bio:  Anna Lappé is author of Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork (Bloomsbury USA) and a board member of Rainforest Action Network. Willie Nelson is founder and president of Farm Aid ...
  • Successful Steps toward Food Sovereignty
    mozambique200811-small.jpg From all corners of the world, small farmers, indigenous peoples and human rights activists have been percolating solutions upward to advance their rights to land, water and food. With 2011 behind us, Grassroots I ...
  • Haitian leaders call for land and housing rights
    639335205_b0a485eaf0_m.jpg Two years following the earthquake, community-based organizations in Haiti are still advocating for the same changes and considerations as they did last year, namely land and housing rights, respect for national s ...
  • Ex-Haitian Dictator will not be tried for huma ...
    2785349288_8fd8b11a14_m.jpg Since returning from exile last year, former dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier has been treated like an old friend by Haitian President Michel Martelly, rather than a brutal dictator responsible for the de ...

Climate

  • Energy Department Expands ‘Clean Fleets’ Program
    (The Hill) Several more big companies including Best Buy and Pacific Gas and Electric are joining a year-old DOE program that helps corporations make their commercial fleets more fuel-efficient and transition to alternative-technology ...
  • More U.S. Western Coal Headed for Export throu ...
    (Platts) Coal exports from Midwest Energy Resources on Lake Superior in Wisconsin will more than quadruple in 2012, an executive at the terminal said Monday, signaling a strategic shift from western coal producers.
  • Senate OKs Bill Aimed at China Subsidies
    (Reuters) The U.S. Senate on Monday voted unanimously to preserve Washington's ability to slap duties on subsidized solar and wind goods from China and Vietnam, after a recent U.S. court ruling struck down that practice.
  • Wind Power Companies Lose Luster with Investors
    (San Francisco Chronicle) Wind power is bucking a broader trend for clean energy, which is seeing a surge of investment. With wind, it's harder for early investors to afford the large outlay of cash needed to get a business off the ...
  • Google Buys Wind, Bets on Sun
    (Bloomberg) Google is stepping up wind-power purchases, even as it devotes most of its renewable energy investments to solar projects, a trade-off aimed at reining in costs as it seeks higher returns.

GreenBiz

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Booman Tribune

  • David Brooks' Character
    Reading a David Brooks column is like stepping into quicksand. You can't believe you have done something so stupid, but before you know it you are suffocating in his verbose, ill-informed 19th century era biased opinions, and wondering why you ever went down this path in the first place. But b ...
  • What to Look for Tonight
    I'm as guilty as anyone of placing the most importance on Ohio among today's primaries, but it should be remembered that, from a delegate point of view, Ohio doesn't really matter. Today's contests are all proportional to some degree. A handful of states (Ohio, Vermont, and Virginia) are winne ...
  • Stupid or Evil? Well, I Think We've Settled T ...
    I still don't agree with David Frum on most things, but I appreciate his disgust at the excesses of his right-wing compatriots. That disgust increased last night: If you can stand to hear radio talker Mark Levin literally seeking to use legal discovery to learn the details of San ...
  • I'm Not Rich...
    Mitt's wife doesn't think she's wealthy. I hope she knows that the presidency doesn't pay very well. It sounds like Mitt needs to give up this political hobby of his and get back to work. I remind you that the Romneys made over $20 million last year just on the interest from their fortu ...
  • Serious Question
    Assuming that Mitt Romney will be the Republican nominee, and assuming that he won't select Marco Rubio as his running mate, who do you think he will select, and why? Discuss

Environmental Graffiti

  • Why Drinking Wine Is Good for You
    Wine is one of the most diverse, enjoyable and healthy drinks available. Find out more about why... read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • The Harrowing Lives of Child Miners in the Ear ...
    Coal mining in the early 1900s was backbreaking and dangerous work, and mine bosses didn't shy away from employing young boys down in the pits. Far from it. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • 11 Coolest Links of the Week
    This sunset smacks of baking heat – but that's no reason why it shouldn't kick off this week's collection of the coolest links we could find! read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • 10 Hottest Links of the Week
    Men flying through the treetops, arboreal-minded artists, crabs that cluster to form their own galaxies, and much, much more! read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • Walkway Over the Hudson Park: Repurposing on a ...
    Centuries of transportation infrastructure intersect at the Walkway Over the Hudson. This engineering marvel is an ecotourism attraction in the Mid-Hudson Valley. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article ...

Foreign Policy in Focus

Global Elite

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Green Inc. - NYT

  • On Our Radar: Alien Plants in Antarctica
    On average, each visitor to the region in 2007-8 carried 9.5 nonnative seeds, although scientists carried far more each than tourists, a study found.
  • Shark Fins Are Loaded With a Neurotoxin, Study ...
    A growing body of research suggests there may be a connection between exposure to the toxin and the development of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Lou Gehrig's disease.
  • A Dispatch From the Barricades
    In a new book, a climate scientist known for a "hockey stick" graph charting a rise in temperatures likens the debate over global warming to the nation's clenched-fist culture wars.
  • On Our Radar: BP Shares Climb
    After reaching a $7.8 billion accord with businesses and individuals over the gulf oil spill, the company predicts that it will reach a settlement with the federal government as well.
  • Striking Oil, Artistically, in Midtown
    By introducing pump jacks into a context more typically defined by eye-popping electronic billboards, an artist tries to show "the flip side of what we actually have to do to provide all of that energy."

Dot Earth News

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

  • Report: Simcity 5 finally under development fo ...
    I have been very, very into SimCity ever since I was little. Now, finally SimCity 5 is getting a proper treatment. PLEASE send me any beta builds, i will debug the shizzle out of them :D Until you can get your hands on this, use the Network Addon Mod in SimCity 4 for much more fluid road&rai ...
  • Let them eat cake! Republican State Representa ...
    IN an astoundingly offensive display of casual Malthusian freestyling, Representative Mary Franson compared supporting poor people with food stamps to feeding wild animals. The Republicans pulled the YouTube once the magnitude of their irresponsibility hit the intertubes. But the usual suspects ...
  • EXCLUSIVE: Cointelpro Gothic II: Midwestern Po ...
    EARLIER: October 13, 2010: Cointelpro Gothic: Docs prove Iowa FBI's Wild Rose Rebellion a pretend RNC "Terrorism Enterprise" for great "statistical accomplishment" BY DAN FEIDT -- Another level of the seemingly endless, unregulated Midwestern law enforcement campaign against political activists ...
  • New Filez! BuStEd: I sense Astroturfing in the ...
    BuStEd: I sense Astroturfing in the Occupy! http://the99spring.com/letter.html ~ LEAKED FILEZ! Got a nice tip. Pass it along, its all on the google! A bunch of groups which are mostly dedicated to Democratic electioneering are doing a "99% Spring" campaign soon. This is no secret, but the fil ...
  • Rise of the Facebook Killers! SocialNetwork-in ...
    Rise of the Facebook-Killers by Nick Pinto- New York - Village Voice: .... Moglen said, Mark Zuckerberg had harnessed the energy of our social desires to talk us into a swindle. "Everybody needs to get laid," Moglen said. "He turned it into a structure for degenerating the integrity of human per ...

Daily Censored

  • Many forms of Occupy protests subjected to new ...
    A bill passed last week in the US House of Representatives and the Senate would make it a felony to participate in many forms of protest associated with the Occupy Wall Street protests of last year. Several commentators have dubbed it the “anti-Occupy” law, but its implications are far broader. ...
  • Your World News to interview Tim Baldauf, a st ...
    Picture of the campus of the University of Maryland http://www.blogtalkradio.com/umd-bfsa/2012/03/05/students-fighting-workplace-abuse-at-university-of-maryland This episode we spoke to Tim Baldauf, a student at the University of Maryland, who is fighting to help end workplace abuses at the scho ...
  • Monetary and credit reform: full-employment, e ...
    This is my paper for The Center of Process Studies’ conference, Money-Creation in a Finite World (free and open to the public, April 10-12, 2012; Claremont Colleges, CA): Money and credit as public services for full-employment, optimal infrastructure, ending debt slavery: Epic proponents, relate ...
  • The Heartland Institute: Leaked Document Detai ...
    According to journalist Bill Glauber of the Journal Sentinel out of Wisconsin, a Chicago-based free-market think tank has prepared a strategy to sway the recall debate in Wisconsin in favor of Governor Walker and the reactionary corporatists.  This includes detailing “the shortcomings of public ...
  • The War on Terror: How it is Affecting Our Pol ...
    by S. Paul Forrest AmericaRevealed.org Retrospect is an amazing thing.  Decisions rendered in the past can many times be looked at with this tool of reason in order to protect against future mistakes. It also gives one the opportunity to recognize the motives for decisions made by others in situ ...

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  • Israel ‘has decided to attack Iran’, claims US ...
    The consensus in the US intelligence community is that Israel has decided “on principle” to launch a military strike on Iran in order to halt its nuclear program, according to an American intelligence insider.
  • Libyan militia arrests British journalists on ...
    The commander of one of the largest armed militia groups in post-revolutionary Libya has announced the arrest of two British journalists accused of spying for an unidentified foreign country.
  • News you may have missed #689: NSA edition
    Ex-NSA Director calls Stuxnet a 'good idea'. NSA develops secure Android phones. Senior US Defense official says DHS should lead cybersecurity.
  • News you may have missed #688
    StratFor email leaks offer frightening view of government intelligence. US still using U-2 to spy on North Korea. Thin line separates cyberspies from cybercriminals.
  • CIA joins hunt for white British woman who joi ...
    American intelligence officials are said to be actively cooperating with Kenyan authorities in the hunt for a white British woman believed to have joined a Somali group that is part of al-Qaeda in East Africa.

War is a Crime.org

  • Lindsey Graham Joins Newt Gingrich, Cal Thomas ...
    Obama's detention policies led Karzai to demand prisoners all be handed over which led Graham to say this.  Illegal imprisonment ends an illegal war? From Foreign Policy: Graham: I’m almost ready to “pull the plug” on Afghanistan Posted By Josh Rogin  If Afghanistan President Hami ...
  • Goebbels Would Stand in Awe: The US Corporate ...
      By Dave Lindorff   The sorry state of American journalism is on full display in the coverage by the corporate media of the ongoing crisis surrounding Iran’s nuclear fuel program.   The leaders of both Israel and the U.S. have publicly threatened to attack Iran -- Israel saying i ...
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  • Women paint for peace at Glasgow recruiting office
    From NukeResister.org Three women painted the windows of the Army recruiting office in Glasgow, Scotland on March 1 in protest at the dishonest propaganda used to persuade young people to join up. At 8 a.m., Barbara Dowling and Leonna O’Neill painted in large colourful letters “DON’T JOIN UP. D ...
  • Vermont Town Meetings Will Move to Amend
    From John Nichols, The Nation: At town hall meetings across the state, in a great show of small "d" democratic determination to renew the promise of the American experiment, thousands of Vermont voters will vote on resolutions urging that the U.S. Constitution be amended to declare corporations ...

Grist - News

  • The age-old battle of goats versus tortoises
    by Sarah Laskow. Before reading further in this post, ask yourself a question (and answer honestly): Which do you care about more, guiltless (if hungry) goats or the Galápagos Islands' giant tortoises? If you answered goats, this post will make you sad. Here was the ...
  • Watch an orca chase a shark out of the water
    by Sarah Laskow. Orcas might be charismatic movie stars, but they are also killer whales. A family of beachgoers in New Zealand caught on film an orca fighting with a few sharks. One shark was so eager to get away from the whale that it beached itself in the shallow water. (That's t ...
  • What environmental policy could we expect from ...
    by Jess Zimmerman. Stephen Colbert has officially thrown his hat in the ring for definitely possibly considering a run for president. He's already out-polling Jon Huntsman! So what kind of environmental policy platform could we expect from a President Colbert? Well, for starters, no ...
  • Don’t believe the hype about the ‘ ...
    by Christopher Mims. Some chemists came up with a really clever way to observe the intermediate stage of an atmospheric chemical reaction, and then some PR flack got a hold of it and suddenly science has invented a brand-new molecule that will solve all our climate change woes! As usual, t ...
  • Congressional staffers will stop betting on wi ...
    by Jess Zimmerman. We here at Grist mock a lot of people. But we don't always manage to mock some sense into them. Which is why we're pretty psyched about the response to Sarah Laskow's feature story revealing that congressional staffers were making deadly wildfires into a fun ...

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  • NASA - Anomalous Transport Rocket Experiment ( ...
    Launch madness will hit the east coast in March as NASA launches five rockets in approximately five minutes to study the high-altitude jet stream from its Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
  • Strange, Colossal Explosions Observed on Venus
    Odd, colossal explosions, known as hot flow anomalies (HFAs) fueled by solar energy detonate just above the surface of Venus, a new study finds. Similar eruptions have been seen before near Earth, Saturn and possibly Mars. This is the first true confirmation of HFAs on Venus, which differ dramat ...
  • Scientist makes violin strings from spider silk
    A Japanese scientist said he has made violin strings out of spider silkand claims that — in the right hands — they produce a beautiful sound. Thousands of the tiny strands can be wound together to produce a strong but flexible string that is perfect for the instrument, saidShigeyoshi Osaki, pro ...
  • Abortion-Mental Illness Link Doesn't Hold Up, ...
    Widely cited study was flawed, new study shows.
  • Building Blocks: Awesome Lego Science Models
    There may be no better way to engage kids of all ages in learning about science than with a Lego-based DNA molecule, robot or rocket.

Invisible Opportunity

  • RT: FBI Tries To Coax Muslim Into Bombing US C ...
  • Abortion Stillbirth Events from Gardasil Far E ...
    Consumer beware! What your doctor isn’t telling you is that Gardasil leads all other vaccines in abortion stillbirth events. Does anyone actually review the VAERS data to protect the public? According to a National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC – http://nvic.org) MedAlerts blog entry wr ...
  • Our Freedoms Were Never Free
    By Jim Kirwin Whether we speak of ‘freedom’ as part of our law or what used to be our government or just as individuals – FREEDOM has never been “free” to those who seek to profit from her embrace. There is a price for this very special adjunct to life that is contained in Freedom’s [...]
  • Mr Apocalypse is Banging on the Judgment Drum
    By Les Visible Putin is president of Russia again. Iran just had a legal and successful election. Israel is completely out of control. The American system is entirely corrupt and owned by the central banks and multinational corporations. What does it all mean? It means that this world we live in ...
  • Unvaccinated people a public health threat? No ...
    by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger (NaturalNews) Vaccine pushers often resort to an interesting fear tactic to try to mandate vaccine obedience among the masses: They insist that those who are unvaccinated are a health threat to the rest of the vaccinated population because the vaccinated people m ...

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  • Less Than a Week Away
    We encourage you to register for Awake and Aware.George Green will be a featured speaker.September 19th & 20th • Burbank, CAClick here for Tickets & Reservations 
  • The Georgia Guidestones
    On one of the highest hilltops in Elbert County, Georgia stands a huge granite monument. Engraved in eight different languages on the four giant stones that support the common capstone are 10 Guides, or commandments. That monument is alternately referred to as The Georgia Guidestones, or the ...
  • The Creation
    THE CREATION (A recent message given to George Green from the "guys upstairs") We are pleased to bring understanding and clarification on what is the Creation. This is a challenge because your language of communication has not the words for describing this conception of Creation. So as not to pu ...
  • The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging C ...
    In his previous books, James Kunstler focused on the shortsighted vision of suburban planning; now he expands that view to the country's urban growth challenges and the need to drastically change our current course of auto and oil dependency. The Long Emergency is filled with history plus eye-op ...
  • About George Green
    Dear Friends, Thank you for your interest in our catalog of unusual and informative materials. The knowledge gained will give you choices in the days ahead and lessons of discernment as the chaos increases. It is necessary for those of you who are now in the "know" so to speak, to begin to fo ...

AlterNet - DrugReporter

Twilight Earth

  • Cartoon caption contest
    Take a look at the cartoon below and enter your caption idea in the comment section (more ifo on prize, etc. below the cartoon). Eligible captions will be those posted on my site, Elephant Journal, Wend Magazine, PlanetSave, Eco-Snobbery Sucks, Ecolutionist, Ecopolitology, and Twilight Earth. Wi ...
  • Exposed: Why the GOP wants to eliminate Clean ...
    Whether we can believe this see-through-elephant-trunk footage or not, the possibility that elephants have a triple fitration system within their trunks has to have some credence. Otherwise, why on earth would leading Republicans try to make it easier for big polluters to further pollute the air ...
  • Apples may lose trees [cartoon]
    The rest of Joe Mohr’s cartoons, and cartoon updates and other green news on Twitter @GreenCartoons. Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets Beat–May Lose Beets (cartoon) Eco-Snobbery Sucks: The Cartoon Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets Beat–May Lose Beets (cartoo ...
  • Mixed message from USDA chief Vilsack [cartoon]
    US Ag Secretary, Tom Vilsack tells us to eat more natural foods a few days after fully deregulating GMO alfalfa…I’m confused. Confused as well? Read the links below and try to figure out this mess. From The New York Times: Government’s Dietary Advice: Eat Less From Elephant Journal: ...
  • BREAKING: Deleted Monsanto cartoon panel, leaked!
    Unlike the former Monsanto cartoon on this subject, this version shows a bit more clearly who surrendered the future of organic agriculture to Monsanto. There’s been a lot of talk from both sides (organic and biotech) about compromise. That is misleading and almost laughable (read: cryable ...

Inhabitat

  • Buckminster Fuller’s Geodesic Dome House Wins ...
    Richard Buckminster Fuller is considered by some to be the grandfather of the American green movement – an avid inventor and professor, “Bucky” is credited as the first designer to introduce the geodesic dome to the American landscape. Fuller’s own dome-shaped house in Il ...
  • Plug + Play: A Solar-Powered EV Charging Stati ...
    Read the rest of Plug + Play: A Solar-Powered EV Charging Station Shaped Like a Cooling Tower Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", battery, Charging Station, designbymany, designbymany competition, eco design, electric cars, electric vehicle char ...
  • San Onofre Nuclear Plant Shutdown Continues, S ...
    Late last month a radiation leak was discovered at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in San Diego County, California. It was found that radiation was leaking out of a faulty hose and into the ocean, exposing thousands of surfers and beach-goers at one of the Earth’s most we ...
  • Ocean Supremacy: The World’s Largest “Eco” Sup ...
    Traditionally, a super-yacht is a vast, luxurious vessel where its opulence is only matched by its fuel consumption. However, more recently, the super wealthy have been making an attempt to show their “eco” credentials by purchasing greener and more efficient ships. With their 42-met ...
  • PRODUCT REVIEW: Naturemill’s Metro Composter L ...
    Read the rest of PRODUCT REVIEW: Naturemill’s Metro Composter Let’s You Compost Indoors Without the Odor Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: composting, Eco, Gardening, green, green kitchen, how-to, indoor composter, Metro, naturemill, Sustainable, Waste

Pogue's Posts

  • Place Your Emphasis HERE, Not THERE
    When graphic designers use their computers to fool around with typography, sometimes they get the emphasis all wrong.
  • A Review of the Windows 8 Beta
    Microsoft has made a test version of its new Windows 8 operating system software available to the public. It's an imaginative and successful rethinking of an operating system. The Start screen, for example, is like a Lego kit for your life's control panel.
  • More on OnLive Desktop – Readers' Questi ...
    Following Thursday's column, more information about OnLive Desktop, the app that turns an iPad into a blazing-fast Windows machine.
  • What Cameras Inside Foxconn Found
    ABC's "Nightline" was invited to visit Apple's production lines at Foxconn, giving Americans a chance to see how iPads and iPhones are made in China. A note from a man born in China gave another perspective on jobs in that country.
  • Apple's Mountain Lion Makes the Mac More Like ...
    Apple's Mountain Lion operating system software for the Mac brings even more of the iPhone/iPad features to the Mac. The juiciest payoff here is the suite of Mac apps that now mimic what's on the iPhone/iPad. Through your free iCloud account, all of these apps are synced instantly and smoothly a ...

WIRED Magazine | Science

  • Antarctica Threatened by Alien Seed Invasion
    Antarctica hosts ever-increasing numbers of scientists and tourists, and these visitors are bringing some unintended baggage: the seeds of potentially invasive plants. What's more, climate change is projected to render the frigid continent more hospitable to such plants in coming decades.
  • Building Blocks: Awesome Lego Science Models
    There may be no better way to engage kids of all ages in learning about science than with a Lego-based DNA molecule, robot or rocket. We've scoured the internet for the best, quirkiest, most innovative examples of science-inspired LEGO creations. We're featuring some of our favorites here, alon ...
  • Saturn’s Largest Moon Seen in Unprecedented Detail
    A massive collection of new studies about Titan, Saturn's largest moon, describe the frigid mini-world in unprecedented detail.
  • Sunspot Shoots Powerful Solar Storm Toward Earth
    Magnetic disturbances on the sun hurled a colossal burst of charged particles into space overnight. The edge should reach Earth between late Tuesday night and Wednesday.
  • Watch Live Now: Mars Makes Close Approach To Earth
    Catch a live feed of Mars opposition, as the Red Planet makes its closest approach to Earth in more than two years. The event will be broadcast by the Slooh Space Camera, a consortium of public telescopes around the world, on March 3 starting at 8 p.m. PST.

PakAlert

  • John McCain calls for airstrikes on Syria
    Senator John McCain (R-AZ) called for airstrikes on Syria, saying that President Barack Obama has been too weak on President Bashar Assad. Mr. McCain, who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee, is the first United States senator to call for a military attack on President Assad’s regime ...
  • 11 Big Surprises Inside Vaccines
    Like a box of children’s cereal, vaccines, which also target children, have surprises inside. Unfortunately, these surprises are not fun like the ones in the cereal boxes.
  • AntiSec (Anonymous) engages in social justice ...
    The hacker community has risen to the challenge of targeting the single most evil corporation in the world -- a corporation responsible for countless crimes against humanity and the attempted overthrow of global agriculture. That firm, of course, is Monsanto, which was voted the "Most Evil Corpo ...
  • Large rotating sunpot unleashes X-class flare
    Earth orbiting satellites have just detected an X1-class solar flare from sunspot AR1429. The flare peaked at 0413 UTC on March 5th. The sunspot has a ‘beta-gamma’ magnetic field that harbors energy for strong M-class solar flares. Indeed, it has already unleashed an M3-class eruption on March 2 ...
  • Bluebeam Scheduled for 2012 Olympics?
    Project Blubeam, according to some, is a current top secret plan orchestrated in part by NASA that, in four stages, attempts none other than the first global false flag with the help of 3D holographic technology. According to Serge Monast, Project Bluebeam will consist of four stages: culmina ...

Andy Worthington

  • Video: Andy Worthington, Jason Leopold and the ...
    In January, when I visited the US for events to mark the 10th anniversary of the opening of the “war on terror” prison at Guantánamo Bay, and to renew calls for the prison to be closed, as President Obama promised on his second day in office, I paid a flying visit to San Francisco to ...
  • Quarterly Fundraiser: Can You Help Me Raise $2 ...
    Please support my work! It’s that time of the year again. Every three months, I ask you, my friends, readers and supporters, to support me financially, to help me to continue to expose the lies and distortions that are told about the “war on terror” prison at Guantánamo Bay by ...
  • Andy Worthington Discusses Guantánamo and Bagr ...
    On Friday, I was delighted to be asked by Scott Horton of Antiwar Radio to discuss the ongoing shame of a world in which the prison at Guantánamo continues to remain open for business. The springboard for our interview was last week’s plea deal in the trial by military commission of Majid ...
  • How to Leave Guantánamo: Via a Plea Deal, or I ...
    Guantánamo briefly emerged from the shadows on Wednesday, when Majid Khan, a Pakistani national described as one of 14 “high-value detainees” when he arrived at Guantánamo in September 2006, after three and a half years in secret CIA prisons, appeared in public for the first time sin ...
  • Save the NHS: The Battle Is Not Yet Won, But t ...
    So much for promises. David Cameron and his government are notorious, to those who are awake and paying attention, for implementing policies that they never mentioned on the election trail two years ago, and for not having a mandate for their swingeing cuts to the British state that are dispropo ...

Environment _ National Geographic

drinking liberally in new milford ( with beersphere feeds )

  • Don't Turn Your Back on the Bankers for Even a ...
    The ink on the legislation is still drying and, already, the mortgage mill industry is trying to gut the little things that might help to hold them accountable for their bit part in the complete economic collapse of this nation: Dodd-Frank requires that lenders retain five percent of every loan ...
  • Sarah Palin: Mayor of New Milford?
    Is this a parody or real life? You decide. Citizens of New Milford: I want you to know that I'm on the job 24/7. Twenty four hours a week, seven months a year. But even with this strict time commitment, I can't be expected to keep up with everything going on in this vast metropolis. That's why ...
  • Much like the "conservative" GOP...
    The conservative Blue Dogs acted as Bush's domestic poodles, helping to move a dangerous right wing agenda. They were owned by the right wing and corporations and there is no big surprise why more than half of the Blue Dog caucus (28 of 54 members) were slaughtered in the 2010 elections. So f ...
  • Stop Drinking and Start Doing, Dem Dumb Dumbs
    Sober up, Dems. You started sucking suds when you captured the Congress in 2006. Since 2008 you've been binge drinking with Congress and the Prez. You even nibbled on some hot wings and pub nuts. Burp! And now the bartender just cut your drunk, lazy, liberal, progressive, leftie ass off. Y ...
  • The People Have Spoken. And Their Message Is ...
    So. What the heck happened last night? The GOP picked up 60 seats in the House, effectively reversing their losses there from 2006 and 2008, and returning control of that body to them. The GOP picked up some 6 seats in the Senate, but the Democratic Party retains control there. The GOP picked u ...

SPL Center

  • Pot, Meet Kettle: JBS Rips Sovereigns as &#821 ...
    A note to right-wing extremists: When the John Birch Society (JBS) condemns your movement as a “fringe group” whose followers are “paranoid” “conspiracy theorists” who “occasionally go off the deep end … when confronted with reality,” it’s time for some serious soul-searching. An article publish ...
  • Alabama ‘Sovereign’ Kingpin Loses Land, Prompt ...
    Not even antigovernment “sovereign citizen” James Timothy Turner, who has made a living teaching people sovereign tactics he claims will allow them to beat the banks, can save himself when it comes right down to it. On Feb. 22, Hatewatch has learned, the People’s South Bank in Ozark, Ala., ...
  • Nevada Neo-Nazis Charged in Double Murder of A ...
    Contents of a cell phone found two years ago by federal investigators may have provided key information to the unraveling of a racially motivated, brutal double murder that took place 14 years ago in the Nevada desert. Melissa Hack, 37, her brother, Ross Hack, 40, and Leland Jones, 31, are charg ...
  • Anti-‘Genocide’ Protests Around Nation Were Or ...
    Small protests against the “genocide” of white South Africans took place in 11 states Monday, drawing a smattering of media accounts that noted that some leftist counter-protesters accused the demonstrators of being white supremacists. But the Sacramento (Calif.) Bee quoted Michael Myers, a coor ...
  • Mental Exam Ordered for Arizona ‘Soverei ...
    Arizona officials say a murder suspect who used language reminiscent of that employed by antigovernment “sovereign” citizens during court appearances must undergo a mental competency exam before returning to court, the Arizona Republic reported yesterday. Michael Lee Crane, 31, of Mesa, Ariz., p ...

change: org.

  • If Up to New Mexico’s Governor, Undocume ...
    A haunting but ultimately uplifting story out of New Mexico has been making the rounds in newspapers and TV reports across the country. A 6-year-old girl in Albuquerque was abducted as she walked home on a suburban street. The kidnapper pulled her into his van, parked near a rock hiding packing ...
  • Victory! NJ Gov. Signs Bill So Survivors Won't ...
    In late June, a vital bill to support rape survivors landed on New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's desk. The bill, which had strong bipartisan support in both legislative houses, was to bar rape survivors from being charged for their own rape kits -- collections of forensic evidence after a sex ...
  • Teen Leads Safe Crosswalk Campaign in Wake of ...
    The shock and grief over a young person's tragic death can be paralyzing. Not for Kimiko Nishitsuji. Her friend's sudden death last month after being hit by a car at an intersection long known to be dangerous for pedestrians instead spurred her to action and mobilized a community. Kimiko created ...
  • Major Progress: Administration to Grant Deport ...
    Wow. Just weeks ago, UCLA graduate and award-winning Dreamer David Cho posted a petition on Change.org commemorating the ten-year anniversary of the federal DREAM Act and asking President Obama and the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to do everything in their power to stop deporting tal ...
  • Robert Segwanyi Spared Deadly Deportation to U ...
    Robert Segwanyi was scheduled for deportation on August 18,  from the United Kingdom's Heathrow airport. The UK was sending Robert back to Uganda, where he was tortured with molten plastic and imprisoned for being gay. Robert was spared from deportation at the very last minute according to ...

Common Dreams -News

  • Top 1% Enjoyed 93% of Economic Recovery in 201 ...
    In the wake of the financial crisis of 2008 and the recession that followed, huge numbers of US workers lost their jobs, homes were lost to foreclosure, and most found themselves in the most precarious economic shape of their lives. Now, in a new report, evidence shows that as an economic recove ...
  • "This Is Our Land:" Lakota Form Human Blockade ...
    Lakota members yesterday formed a human blockade to stop trucks carrying tar sands equipment through the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The action resulted in the arrest of 5 protesters. Brenda Norrell reports: PINE RIDGE, S.D. -- Lakotas on Pine Ridge Indian land in South Dakota were arrested ...
  • Vermont Town Meetings Model People-Driven Demo ...
    Voters in ten states take to the polls today for a 'Super Tuesday' focused mostly on the Republican race for the presidential nomination. As they do so, the national media busies itself cataloging the now requisite speculative horse race play-by-play while giving audience to uninvited st ...
  • Super Tuesday: If Dennis Kucinich Loses, What ...
    US Rep. Dennis Kucinich is fighting a tough primary battle in Ohio to stay in the US House of Representatives. Redistricting forced Kucinich and Marcy Kaptur, also a progressive Democrat, to battle it out for Ohio's reconfigured 9th District. Pundits predict that Kaptur will win but it's ...
  • Thousands Protest Soaring Education Cuts in Ca ...
    Thousands of students railed against soaring education costs and cuts at the Capitol building in California yesterday, where 72 people were arrested. read more

Lifehacker

  • The Tucked Away Home Screen [Featured Home Screen]
    We recently introduced you to a new launcher called Sweeterhome, and reader Casey Brooks shows us another awesome setup using the minimal but functinoal tabbed launcher. More »
  • Forget Self-Improvement [Mind Hacks]
    Ever wonder how some people accomplish so much? They run marathons, write novels, start companies… without making it seem like a big deal? More »
  • Remains of the Day: Many Wordpress Sites Redir ...
    Wordpress sites are repurposed to spread malware, Warner Bros. denies responsibility for its DMCA system, and Verizon reveals who will see official ICS updates. More »
  • "Big Innovation Lives Right on the Edge o ...
    This quote comes from Brendan Boyle who works in the IDEO Toy Lab—a place where ridiculous ideas are encouraged. (By the way, if you're not familiar with the immensely creative industrial design firm IDEO, be sure to watch this.) Brend ...
  • This YouTube Mod for Android Brings HD Playbac ...
    YouTube recently updated to include HD video playback, but only on devices with HD screens. Modder theos0o found, though, that even smaller screens benefited from HD video, so he created a modded version of YouTube for small-screened phones th ...

Water Privatization

  • Harrisburg Assets Lead Would-Be Buyers to Line ...
    The feelers about the waste-to-energy plant run by a Covanta Holding Corp. (CVA) unit and on other municipal assets were received by the Harrisburg Authority, which oversees the operations, according to documents posted today on the website of David Unkovic, the city’s receiver.
  • Keep It Local, Keep it Public community event ...
    PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - The Canadian Union of Public Employees and the Stand up for the North Committee are hosting a free community event entitled "Keep it Local, Keep it Public", this Wednesday, March 7.This event will feature a screening of the film "Water Makes Mon ...
  • Ontario may halt corporate tax cuts until 2017-18
    TORONTO (Reuters) - Ontario may cancel plans to cut corporate taxes until it balances its books in 2017-18, and will eliminate its C$16 billion ($16.1 billion) deficit by that date "come hell or high water", the Canadian province's finance minister said on Monday. The government of ...
  • Bottled water costly for us and the planet
    I have to thank The Record for highlighting the issue of bottled water (Trustees failed both students and the planet, Our View, Feb. 26).
  • Aquino’s planned privatization of 38,000 fores ...
    By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) recently protested against reports that President Benigno Aquino III’s public-private partnership (PPP) schemes have included the privatization of 38,000 he ...

Guardian

  • Super Tuesday results – live
    • Mitt Romney takes Virginia, Vermont, Massachusetts • Crucial primary in Ohio too close to call • Rick Santorum projected to win Oklahoma and Tennessee • Newt Gingrich takes his former home state of Georgia Live results: Alaska | Georgia | Idaho | Massachusetts | N Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma | T ...
  • Call for tighter controls on payday lenders
    Influential report recommends curb on rolling over of loans and demands data sharing to reduce multiple debtsPayday lenders should be forced to limit the rolling over of loans, stop allowing customers to switch from one lender to another, and to share information about their customers with other ...
  • Ken Clarke unsettled by criticism of secret co ...
    Justice secretary forced to defend his plans against accusations that they are a 'corruption' of the British legal systemThe justice secretary, Ken Clarke, has admitted to being "unsettled" by criticism from lawyers about his plans for extending secret courts.Appearing before a parliamentary sel ...
  • Leveson inquiry: concern over police evidence
    Attorney general is examining the testimony of Sue Akers amid fears her comments were potentially in contempt of courtThe attorney general is examining whether the head of Scotland Yard's investigation into illegal news gathering has prejudiced fair trials for any journalists involved through he ...
  • Vince Cable letter reveals cabinet unease over ...
    Business secretary warns that the government lacks a 'compelling vision' beyond tackling Britain's record fiscal deficitCabinet unease over the slow pace of economic recovery burst into the open on Tuesday with the leaking of a letter by business secretary, Vince Cable, in which he warned that t ...

McClatchey

  • Ohio is the key test of 10 states voting on Su ...
    Mitt Romney won Republican presidential primaries in Virginia and Vermont on Tuesday as he fought to create an aura of inevitability, while Newt Gingrich won his former home state of…Click to Continue »
  • Obama defends Iran policy, charges Republican ...
    President Barack Obama ripped his Republican presidential rivals Tuesday in his first election-year press conference, accusing them of politicizing worries over Iran's nuclear aspirations and "beating the drums of war."Click to Continue »
  • Few military options for U.S. in Syria, genera ...
    Facing questions over U.S. options to stem the bloodshed in Syria, top U.S. military leaders said Tuesday that creating "safe havens" for rebels or imposing a no-fly zone would be…Click to Continue »
  • Is Obama running scared in North Carolina?
    As President Barack Obama returns to North Carolina on Wednesday following visits by his wife and several Cabinet members, Republicans see the trips as a sign of the administration's growing…Click to Continue »
  • U.S., EU, Russia and China agree to resume nuc ...
    The United States, the European Union, China and Russia have agreed to resume long-stalled negotiations with Iran on its nuclear program, the European Union said on Tuesday.Click to Continue »

Afghanistan Sun

  • Avalanche buries village in northeast Afghanistan
    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Rescuers shoveled through deep snow Tuesday searching for victims of an avalanche that destroyed a village of 200 people in northeastern Afghanistan, authorities said. ...
  • 37 killed in avalanche in Afghanistan
    At least 37 people, including women and children, were killed and 20 houses were destroyed as an avalanche hit a village in Afghanistan, said head of provincial council Zabihullah Ateq Tuesday.
  • Ousted deputy leader of Pakistan Taliban favor ...
    PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A deputy leader of the Pakistan Taliban, reportedly ousted at the weekend by a militant council, still favors peace talks with the Pakistani government, he told ...
  • Afghan government says likely to reach U.S. pr ...
    KABUL (Reuters) - An agreement on the transfer of U.S.-managed detention centres to Afghan authorities is likely soon, the Afghan presidential spokesman said Tuesday, improving the prospects of a ...
  • Afghan Avalanches Kill at Least 40 People
    KABUL -- Officials in Afghanistan say at least 40 people have been killed from avalanches that struck two villages in the mountainous northeast of the country. A spokesman in the Badakhshan ...

Futurismic

  • Censorship: I’m guilty as charged
    So, I stand accused of censorship by someone whose comment I declined to approve on this post. I figure anyone willing to throw around accusations of censorship is probably a big fan of radical transparency; hence, by way of amelioration, here is the digital papertrail for the full exchange. (Em ...
  • The Future Always Wins
    Soooooo, yeah – I’ve been busy. Did you miss me? New job, Masters degree… doesn’t leave a lot of spare time, so it doesn’t. But it’s been quiet here too long, so it’s time to dust down the soapbox and run a mic-check. One-two, one-two. The Future Always ...
  • New Economies
    Last month I pondered the extent to which the Arab Spring and Occupy Everything are socially-driven acts of creative destruction. Creative destruction is defined as a “process of industrial mutation that incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying ...
  • Hang All The Critics: Towards Useful Video Gam ...
      The Problem It does not take a genius to realise that the world of video game reviewing is completely and utterly fucked. Their reputations sullied by an endless cavalcade of scandal and stupidity, video game reviewers routinely find themselves in the impossible position of having to bala ...
  • Out of Destruction, Transformation?
    Most of my columns this year have been about change, from climate change to twitter. Well, this is a start-of-the-year post, and it seems appropriate to take on change in a big way as the year changes. We’re in an unstable moment. Climate change is here and it’s affecting us all. The economy is ...

Whistleblowers Protection Blog

  • This Week on Honesty Without Fear
    Tune in today at 1:00pm EDT to Honesty Without Fear on Progressive Radio Network. From Sarajevo, Bosnia, Steve Kohn interviews Bojan Bajic, the head of the Centre for Responsible Democracy and co-founder of Association of Whistleblowers Against Corruption about the growing movement to increase ...
  • FBI's PSA Excludes Key Information for Whistle ...
    This week, the FBI released a public service announcement by actor Michael Douglas encouraging the public to report financial fraud. On its face this sounds like a good thing. However, the FBI left out some key information, namely other avenues of reporting that are likely better for whistleblow ...
  • Supreme Court ducks conflict on Garcetti
    This morning, the Supreme Court declined to hear two cases that raise a conflict among the circuits about whether the First Amendment protects government employees who refuse to make false statements.  The Court denied petitions for certiorari by David Bowie, a former official of the Distri ...
  • No SOX protection for contractor's employees, ...
      On February 3, 2012, two judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit dismissed the SOX whistleblower claims of Jackie Lawson and Jonathan Zang. The case is Lawson v. FMR, LLC, Case No. 10-2240 (1st Cir. 2012). To justify this dismissal, the two judge majority held that the ...
  • NWC amicus brief urges broad protection under SOX
    Yesterday, the National Whistleblowers Center filed an amicus, or fiend of the court, brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in its case of Wiest v. Lynch, Case No. 11-4257. The main issue is whether the Court should adopt the ARB's broad "reasonable belief" standar ...

Science Express

  • Fermi maps an active galaxy's 'smokestack plumes'
    If our eyes could see radio waves, the nearby galaxy Centaurus A (Cen A) would be one of the biggest and brightest objects in the sky, nearly 20 times the apparent size of a full moon. What we can't see when looking at the galaxy in visible light is that it lies nestled between a pair of giant r ...
  • Pollution from Asia circles globe at stratosph ...
    The economic growth across much of Asia comes with a troubling side effect: pollutants from the region are being wafted up to the stratosphere during monsoon season. The new finding, in a study led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, provides additional evidence of the ...
  • After growth spurt, supermassive black holes s ...
    Supermassive black holes found at the centers of distant galaxies undergo huge growth spurts as a result of galactic collisions, according to a new study by astronomers at Yale University and the University of Hawaii. Their findings appear in the March 25 edition of Science Express.
  • Research team finds structure of 'swine flu' virus
    A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and other institutions has solved the structure of a key protein from the virus that caused last year's "swine flu" influenza epidemic. The structure reveals that the virus shares many features with influenza viruses common in the early 20 ...
  • New approach precisely tracks evolution's foot ...
    (PhysOrg.com) -- Fossils may provide tantalizing clues to human history but they also lack some vital information, such as revealing which pieces of human DNA have been favored by evolution because they confer beneficial traits - resistance to infection or the ability to digest milk, for exampl ...

TechDirt

  • Attacking The Hacker Hydra: Why FBI's LulzSec ...
    Interesting timing. Just about the same time that we had our story concerning how LulzSec kept its own site from getting hacked, the news was breaking that the key leaders of LulzSec were being arrested, in large part because the "leader" of the group had become an FBI informant after they trac ...
  • Misfortune Sucks, But It's Not Google's Respon ...
    Ars Technica has been following the story of Mario Gianna Masiá, who has been engaged in a legal battle with Google's Spanish arm over the search results for his business. His family opened the Camping Alfaques vacation spot in 1956, and in 1978 a tanker-truck explosion on a nearby road l ...
  • How The Runaway Success Of A Tiny $25 Computer ...
    The Raspberry Pi is a $25 credit-card sized computer that has succeeded in making GNU/Linux not just newsworthy, but downright desirable. The initial batch of boards sold out in minutes, and eager customers crashed the server where it was being sold. The original vision of the Raspberry Pi w ...
  • The Details On How To Elect Futurama's Bender ...
    Back in October of 2010, we wrote about how some "hackers" had broken into a test of the Washington DC e-voting system, and had managed to have the system play the University of Michigan "fight song" every time people voted -- University of Michigan being where the researchers (led by e-voting s ...
  • Louis Vuitton's International Tour Of Trademar ...
    Over the years, we've repeatedly identified Louis Vuitton as one of the biggest trademark bullies around. The company seeks to abuse trademark law to stifle free speech all the time. Anything involving any kind of parody of LV's trademark seems to get a cease and desist. A few examples: LV su ...

VacTruth

  • Patricia Finn – “I will not, under ...
    If you have difficulties exempting your child from dangerous vaccines, you could look to someone like attorney Patricia Finn for help. But, not if it was up to the State of New York - they want her license and her client list. Why?
  • The Public Is Kept in the Dark About Many Medi ...
    There is no issue that the public has been kept in the dark about more than vaccines, the ‘sacred cash cow’ of modern pharmacology—not medicine.
  • ‘Legal’ Kidnapping By The State To ...
    Vaccine injured children are being taken from their parents. Authorities take the children under the pretense of child abuse.
  • Horse Contraceptive Vaccine: Is Human Immunoco ...
    Several entities began working on a contraceptive vaccine to control wild horse populations. Is human immunocontracption Next?
  • Autism – and a Different Vaccine
    If a relatively uncontroversial vaccine like the rabies vaccine can cause autism, isn’t it just possible that shooting tiny babies and young children full of vaccines—many at the same time when no one has ever conducted a study to prove that it’s safe to do so—could also cause autism?

BroadSnark

  • More Revolutionary Than Thou
    On one of the videos from the recent Occupy4Prisoners action in DC, somebody spots a guy on the roof of the jail. At first they think it is a sniper. But when they zoom in on them, they see that it is someone working on the camera. The protester starts to heckle the guy, telling [...]
  • Things You Might Have Missed
    The video is now up from our protest for the National Day for Prisoners. You can check it out here. Last Friday, anonymous took down The Geo Group’s website and replaced it with a picture of Mumia. I am so incredibly creeped out that corporations have been patenting the human genome. Excel ...
  • On Porn Stars and Seamstresses
    I know Chris Hedges has been blowing up the internets lately because of that piece he did on the black bloc. But I’d like to take him to task for something he said back at the beginning of January in this C-Span interview.  It comes about 12 minutes into the second hour when he starts talk ...
  • Things You Might Have Missed
    Holy crap. How have I not put up a TYMHM since January 10th. I seem to have lost a month of my life somewhere along the way. As you must have gathered from the couple posts I have put up, one of the things keeping me busy is the Criminal INjustice Committee of occupy. We [...]
  • Natl Day in Support of Prisoners
    Apologies for falling off the map again. I have just about dug myself out of a hole and should be back on a posting schedule (fingers crossed) next week. In the meantime, one of the things keeping me busy has been the Criminal Injustice Committee of Occupy. Our Wells Fargo boycott website is up ...

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War in Context

  • Dershowitz doth protest too much, and he’s at ...
    Cases of spontaneous human combustion, though rare, have been documented. At this point no one seems to think rage could be the cause of ignition, but to hear him rant, Alan Dershowitz sounds like he might be at risk of setting himself on fire. He’s certainly mad as hell — or at leas ...
  • When the U.S. government can kill you, explained
    Adam Serwer writes: On Monday, the Obama administration explained when it’s allowed to kill you. Speaking to students and faculty at Northwestern University law school, Attorney General Eric Holder laid out in greater detail than ever before the legal theory behind the administration&#8217 ...
  • Report denounces weapons to Israel as AIPAC as ...
    The US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation just released its first policy paper, “U.S. Military Aid to Israel: Policy Implications & Options,” [PDF] which calls for the United States to end military aid to Israel. The paper highlights the following facts, among others: From 2 ...
  • Former CIA officials say Iran’s hardliners wan ...
    The Daily Beast reports: Benjamin Netanyahu, in Washington today, is laying more political groundwork for a possible preemptive Israeli airstrike against Iran’s nuclear sites. But as Netanyahu rallies his American supporters and discourages diplomatic engagement with Tehran, some intelligence of ...
  • Avi Shlaim: Obama must stand up to Netanyahu
    By Avi Shlaim, War in Context, March 5, 2012 It is clear what kind of Israeli prime minister President Obama will be receiving at the White House today. Benjamin Netanyahu is a bellicose, right-wing Israeli nationalist, a rejectionist on the subject of Palestinian national rights, and a reaction ...

Watts Up With That?

  • Josh on Mann’s Jurassic Moment
    Moviegoing readers of WUWT probably remember this famous moment from a famous film based on a Michel Crichton book. While “State of Fear” might come to mind first, it’s actually one of the 50 Greatest Jurassic Park Moments. Josh writes: … Continue reading →
  • Climate hockey stick threatens…pond hockey
    From the Canadian Department of Redundancy and the Journal of Paleohockey comes this hilarious study via press release that I first thought was a spoof. Sadly it is all too real. This a candidate for the Dr. David Viner Award.* … Continue reading →
  • 50 years ago: The Great Atlantic Storm of 1962
    Guest post by Ric Werme This week marks the 50th anniversary of a destructive nor’easter named “The Great Atlantic Storm of 1962″ by the NWS and just “The Ash Wednesday Storm” by others. I lived in Ohio at the time, … Continue reading →
  • Wind Turbine Syndrome affects more people than ...
    by Mark Duchamp A survey was conducted on wind farm noise as part of a Master’s dissertation by Zhenhua Wang, a graduate student in Geography, Environment and Population at the University of Adelaide, Australia. The results show that 70% of … Continue reading →
  • I used to be Snow White
    Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach There’s a paper out by, inter alios, our good friend Judith Curry. The paper is “Impact of Declining Arctic Sea Ice on Winter Snowfall”, by Jiping Liu, Judith A. Curry, Huijun Wang, Mirong Song, and … Continue reading →

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Biosingularity

  • Why aren’t the oldest living people gett ...
    Last month, a 114-year-old former schoolteacher from Georgia named Besse Cooper became the world’s oldest living person. Her predecessor, Brazil’s Maria Gomes Valentim, was 114 when she died. So was the oldest living person before her, and the one before her. In fact, eight of the la ...
  • Antibiotic Fails Sinus Infection Test
    Anyone who has felt the pressure of a weeklong sinus infection won’t be happy to hear it, but a study finds that a commonly prescribed medicine doesn’t clear up such attacks any better than the body does on its own. The findings, in the Feb. 15 Journal of the American Medical Association, don’t ...
  • How Interval Training Can Improve Health
    While many of us wonder just how much exercise we really need in order to gain health and fitness, a group of scientists in Canada are turning that issue on its head and asking, how little exercise do we need? The emerging and engaging answer appears to be, a lot less than most of us [...]
  • Freeze-tolerant Flies
    Organisms that live at the frigid poles of our planet have evolved strategies to withstand temperatures that would kill most species instantly. Some secrete ice-nucleating substances that control the freezing process, for example, while others accumulate anti-freeze proteins that allow their cel ...
  • Successful human tests for first wirelessly co ...
    About 15 years ago, MIT professors Robert Langer and Michael Cima had the idea to develop a programmable, wirelessly controlled microchip that would deliver drugs after implantation in a patient’s body. This week, the MIT researchers and scientists from MicroCHIPS Inc. reported that they have su ...

CFACT

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Pruning Shears

  • Opacity and creeping exclusion at Occupy
    This was published with considerable feedback from several bloggers at Corrente: DCblogger, affinis, lambert and okanogen. My sincere thanks to all of them for their help.Occupy has seemed to be in a bit of a winter hibernation. There are still encampments, meetings, decisions, protests, and s ...
  • Francis - This Must Be Blood EP
    Petter from Francis let me know that their new EP This Must Be Blood is out.Have a listen to the single “Traktor:”
  • Concerning violence advocates and nailing jell ...
    This was published with considerable feedback from several bloggers at Corrente: DCblogger, affinis, lambert and okanogen. My sincere thanks to all of them for their help.When writing about violence at Occupy there seems to be a great deal of controversy over what the word itself means, so I&#8 ...
  • Concerning violence advocates and the Black Bl ...
    This was published with considerable feedback from several bloggers at Corrente: DCblogger, affinis, lambert and okanogen. My sincere thanks to all of them for their help.The issue of violence at Occupy flared up last week when Chris Hedges used violent rhetoric to make the case for nonviolence ...
  • Diversity of tactics - and uniformity of outcomes
    Economics is a closed system; internally it is perfectly logical, operating according to a consistent set of principles. Unfortunately, the same could be said of psychosis. What’s more, once having entered the closed system of the economist, you, like the psychotic, may have a hard time ge ...

Organic Consumers.org

  • Heartfelt Letter to the OSGATA Farmers, Seed G ...
    Heartfelt Letter to the Farmers, Seed Growers and Farm Groups Whose Court Battle Was Dismissed Against Monsanto.Click here to read this article
  • Battling Big Money: Vermont Town Meetings Will ...
    If the polls are to be believed, big money -- in the form of Mitt "Corporations Are People, My Friend" Romney -- will be on the march this Super Tuesday in much of the country.Click here to read this article
  • Glenn Greenwald Tears Apart the Propaganda Dri ...
    Iran is diplomatically isolated, has a weak and antiquated military relative to Israel and the United States, and its economy is being squeezed hard by international sanctions. The consensus among both American and Israeli intelligence agencies is that an attack on the country would be disastrou ...
  • GMO Food Labeling Measure Draws Early Cash; In ...
    It has not even qualified for the ballot yet, but a state initiative to slap labels on genetically modified food is shaping up as a major battle between agribusiness and the organic movement.Click here to read this article
  • Mercury Alert: FDA Ignores Its Own Scientists' ...
    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has 50 committees and panels that it depends on to obtain independent expert advice on scientific, technical and policy matters. However, the FDA is NOT legally required to follow its committee's recommendations, and, unfortunately, the FDA has a ...

Center for a Livable Future

  • Field Trip Day
    We empathized with the human side of these hard-working distributors just trying to make a buck in this tough economy like the rest of us. But, of course, we also challenged them with difficult questions about sustainability and their role in the future of our food system.
  • The Other Side of the Chicken
    I recently had my first in-person experience with one of the hurdles in promoting a healthy change in food production. It was a major eye-opener to see how great of a hurdle the legislative process can be.
  • Public Health Reports on Antibiotics in Food A ...
    The good news is that the journal Public Health Reports has published a review article that acknowledges (not in so few words) that agriculture is one of the major drivers of the antibiotic resistance crisis that is unfolding.
  • Art Is the Answer
    Metaphors are models that help us understand how different parts of the world fit together. I view novels as models. And they are models that have four dimensions because there is a temporal dimension to a novel, as you are sitting there reading it, you are moving through it, you are watching it ...
  • How Do Economics Shape Food, Faith and the Future?
    Last week, Sylvia Nasar, author of Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius, addressed the issue of economics as it relates to food systems and the future, at the sixth session of the Baltimore Food and Faith Project’s Enoughness series. Complex and massive, the topic garnered a number of div ...

Investigate - Breaking News

My Care2 Picks

  • Is Skeptic Tom Harris a Dirty Denier of Climat ...
    Howls of protests in the mainstream media denouncing a prominent Canadian skeptic of the man-made global warming narrative sparks a heated debate on academic freedom. But what is the truth behind the hype? Submitted by John Farnham to Environment  |   Note-it!  |  &nbsp ...
  • Modern Living: Part III of V (Antibiotics & GMOs)
    Chinas reckless use of antibiotics in the health system and agricultural production is unleashing an explosion of drug resistant superbugs that endanger global health Submitted by John Farnham to Health & Wellness  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • The Corporate Climate Coup
    How did scientific speculation so swiftly erupt into ubiquitous intimations of apocalypse? These are not hypothetical questions but historical questions, and they have answers. Submitted by John Farnham to Science & Tech  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • WE ARE THE NEW WORLD ORDER
    Thanks be to the traitors, moles, deceivers and manipulators and all their tools such as the many false flag operations like the 93 world trade center bombing, the underwear bomber and even today with the foiled attack on the U.S. Capitol where there is a Submitted by Walter L Bradley Jr to Worl ...
  • Lhasa Lockdown and Tibetan disappearences
    Lhasa consists of approximately 1.2 million Chinese and approximately 200,000 Tibetans. The majority of these Tibetans live in an area which is now almost entirely enclosed by military compounds with walls between 10-16 feet; some with barbed wire. Submitted by Rex K. to World  |  &n ...

Angry Indian News

  • Revealed: Survival International alerted Andam ...
    Revealed: Survival International alerted Andaman authorities to human safaris two years ago: The Andaman authorities were alerted to the existence of human safaris two years ago by Survival... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • Afghans Condemn US Over Urination Video -- New ...
    Afghans Condemn US Over Urination Video -- News from Antiwar.com: From Afghan President Hamid Karzai to tribal elders in the far southern Helmand Province, reaction is coming out from the leaked... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • Spooks off the hook but torture fight continue ...
    Spooks off the hook but torture fight continues / Britain / Home - Morning Star: Top government figures are still not off the hook for Britain's complicity in torture despite the Crown Prosecution... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • Mapuche women assaulted by police, have crimin ...
    Mujeres mapuche agredidas por Carabineros, presentan querella criminal Guillermina Painevilo with his daughter Susana Guzman, accompanied by members of their community, with the sponsorship of... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • Kosovo Albanian protestors dispersed on Serbia ...
    Kosovo Albanian protestors dispersed on Serbian border | Demotix.com: Police cordons blocked the road outside the northern town of Podujevo, some six kilometers (four miles) from the border with... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]

Farm Wars

  • GMO Krispies – Graphic
    GMO Krispies Graphic - Extra Glyphosate in Every Bite!
  • Dairy Farmer is Ready to Go to Jail Over Food ...
    "I am proud of what I am doing. There is nothing wrong with peacefully providing food to members of my community who want it," claims Hershberger. "The state might put me in jail, but they cannot stop people from feeding their neighbors."
  • Glyphosate Kills Rat Testis Cells
    A new study finds that Monsanto’s glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup Bioforce® as well as glyphosate alone reduced testosterone levels in testicular cells at very low concentrations; and at higher concentrations - still 10 times below agricultural use – the cells died in 24-48 hours.
  • The Power of RAW Cannabis
    This is a must-watch video featuring some of the top researchers on the healing effects of Cannabis (Marijuana) in it's raw form, eaten or juiced.
  • 2012 Seed Lady Calendar
    Download a free, printable 2012 Seed Lady Calendar to help keep track this growing season!

True/Slant Headline Grabs

Citizens for Legitimate Government

  • Assad determined to fight 'foreign-backed terr ...
    ShareThisAssad determined to fight 'foreign-backed terrorism' 06 Mar 2012 Syria's president defied mounting international pressure to end the year-old crackdown on an [Western-backed] uprising against him and said Tuesday he was determined to go on fighting what he called [and is] "foreign-backe ...
  • Rush Limbaugh loses 27 advertisers
    ShareThisRush Limbaugh loses 27 advertisers 06 Mar 2012 At least 27 companies have pulled their ads from the "The Rush Limbaugh Show" since the conservative talk show host called a law student a "slut" on the air last week, as the social media blitz against the popular radio program showed no si ...
  • Super Tuesday primaries: Mitt Romney wins thre ...
    ShareThisSuper Tuesday primaries: Mitt Romney wins three; Rick Santorum takes Tennessee, Oklahoma 06 Mar 2012 Three Super Tuesday victories put Mitt Romney tantalizingly close to a string of primary results that would give him a stronger claim on the GOP nomination, and for the first time open a ...
  • Santorum wins Tennessee, Oklahoma; Ohio too cl ...
    ShareThisBreaking: Santorum wins Tennessee, Oklahoma; Ohio too close to call, as Super Tuesday ballot count continues 06 Mar 2012 Former US senator Rick Santorum notched victories in the Republican presidential primaries in Oklahoma and Tennessee tonight, giving his campaign for the nomination a ...
  • Britain admits funding Syria rebels
    ShareThisBritain admits funding Syria rebels 06 Mar 2012 The UK government has acknowledged that it has provided an extra GBP 2 million to the Western-backed rebels fighting the popular government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Prime Minister David Cameron told a hearing at the House of Co ...

Daily Loaf

  • 5 books that are sure to heat up your kitchen life
    I like to read — a lot. I could make lists counting the hundreds of books that make great reads. Unfortunately, we don’t have the time and you may not have the attention span for that. To keep it short and sweet, here’s a list of five books that I feel add depth and meaning [...]
  • Beer Review: Victory Hop Devil/Victory Hop Wallop
    Victory Brewing Company opened up fifteen years ago in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, but only recently entered the Florida market.  With such beers as their highly touted Prima Pils and Storm King Stout, Victory has earned a rightful place among the respected craft brewers in the United States.  St ...
  • D’s nuts: Rays’ crazy defense feeds hitting, p ...
    Tampa Bay took the series victory against the Chicago with the win, getting back to .500 and improving to 2 games back in the American League East division. Rays look for sweep tomorrow.
  • Interview with Michael Foley about the Florida ...
    The Florida Dance Festival provides a springboard for raw talent and fresh ideas.
  • Just plain cheesy: Celebrate National Grilled ...
    April is National Grilled Cheese Month: an entire four weeks devoted to the American classic. The following sandwich recipe is from cheese expert and author Laura Werlin’s book, Great Grilled Cheese.

Vaccine Resistance Movement

  • VRM: Pandemic Preparedness & The Dark Agenda Ahead
    We are currently entering the next phase in the Globalist plan to erode the bedrock of natural immunity amongst the general population, a race to gain complete control over our inherent right to self-determination of the body. Based on all my research thus [...]
  • VRM: PCV Vaccine Exposed – Breeding Grou ...
    The road-map leading to most neurological & neuro-developmental disorders traces back to the earliest vaccines administered to babies (HEP B, DTaP, PCV, RV, HIB, IPV, MMR). Timing is the key – a premature breach of the delicate, under-developed “electrical grid network” designed to prot ...
  • VRM: The Flu Report
    The Flu Vaccine deception ranks as one of the great cover-ups & swindles of the last century perpetrated against the general population. Not only has the public been systematically lied to by their elected Government for generations (in league with the World Health Organization & a Vacc ...
  • VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5B – ...
    Article continued  from VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5A – Detoxification & Restoration of The Body Replenishing the vital mineral base We must look to children with Autism to determine the full extent of “vaccine toxicity” derived nutrient deficiencies incurred in th ...
  • VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5A – ...
    Article intended to be read in conjunction with VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 4 – Primary Aspects of Vaccine Toxicity Affecting The Body The Long Road To Recovery There are unfortunately no shortcuts to restoring natural, optimal health levels in the body, no quick fix sol ...

B.C. Preppers Network

  • You Know You're Getting Old When...
    A few weeks back we received our new high-efficiency front loading LG washer and dryer set and I have to say, I'm pretty impressed by them. The set was only around $1000 (on sale) but I felt like I'd gone from a Chevette to a Cadillac when compared to our old set.  A cute little luxur ...
  • Control Your Home Thermostat On the Internet!
    Today a fellow from our natural gas company came by to install a new thermostat as part of the Peaksaver program that we signed up for. If you haven't heard of Peaksaver, basically what it does is allow the Ontario government electricity provider to turn off your central air conditi ...
  • Happy Day!: The Water Bill Arrived!
    After being shocked a few months ago with a water bill of over $240 I decided to do a few things to cut down on our water use We converted our main toilet to a dual-flush and installed a water saving device on the second (haven't switched it over to a dual yet). We also installed a new ...
  • Strawberry Picking
    Our family went strawberry picking this morning, it's a fun thing to do once in a while and I think it's a good way to help our 3-year old daughter realize where food comes from. While my wife picked berries with our oldest I went for a walk around the farm with our youngest in the stroller ...
  • Pioneer Solar: PV System For Free?
    I received a flyer from Pioneer Solar in the mail the other day which claims to help people get a solar system installed on their house, farm, or business for free. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, like most things there's good and bad points about it and what might be a good deal fo ...

Michael Yon

  • MEDEVAC Momentum: Senate Armed Services Commit ...
    01 March 2012 The MEDEVAC issue continues with increasing seriousness.  Numerous Generals, the Secretary of the Army, and the Secretary of Defense (through General Dempsey, the Chairman of Joint Chiefs) have all weighed into the fight.  Seventeen members of Congress have joined, and m ...
  • Sisters at War
    29 February 2012 This is a small tribute to our women in harm’s way. We constantly argue about whether or not women should be allowed in combat.  Reality is that they have been in combat for longer than anyone reading this has been alive, and they were in combat before any of our great gr ...
  • Tigers, Crocodiles, Korans and Superstitions
    Tiger eyes of man with fresh scars “The Sundarbans lies in the massive delta between India and Bangladesh. This is one of the most beautiful but most dangerous places in the world, a place of tigers and crocodiles and dangerous seas and canals. Mamata is just one of about 3,000 ‘tiger widows’ i ...
  • Our Weak Government Must Stop Apologizing for ...
    27 February 2012 The recent Koran-burning in Afghanistan has again inspired lunacy and murder.  And while the US civilian and military leadership burdened by their oleaginous apologies tumbles down a moral stairwell, Afghan security forces continue to murder American and Coalition troops.& ...
  • White Birds in a Red War
    25 February 2012 An Army Dustoff pilot studying his art ran across some interesting passages.  The book DUST OFF: ARMY AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION IN VIETNAM mentions machine guns, missiles, Geneva Conventions, and painting MEDEVAC helicopters white so that the enemy could identify them. Excer ...

The Killing Train

  • Professionals and Torturers
    The key moment in many revolutions comes when police and militaries refuse to fire on crowds. But what is difficult to explain about those moments is their infrequency. Soldiers and police come from the same society as the crowds. Why do they kill them? Why are elites and authorities able to res ...
  • The regressive politics of the Iranian-Canadia ...
    [This article, by Shourideh Molavi and myself, was first published in The Bullet - version with links is there]. The regressive politics of the Iranian-Canadian Khevari petition Shourideh Molavi and Justin Podur November 11, 2011 On October 12, members of the Iranian-Canadian community sent a pe ...
  • An interview for occupy Toronto
    Activist and comedian Jesse Owens interviewed me for the #occupyto.org website, way back in ancient occupy toronto history (ie., October 26). For posterity, I am also reproducing it here. Thanks Jesse... --- read more
  • Some thoughts on Whiteness and the 99%
    I have some disagreements with Joel Olson's article, "Whiteness and the 99%", but I will start with some agreements. I agree that "biologically speaking, there's no such thing as race." read more
  • The Logic of Occupy Wall Street for Canada
    The Occupy Wall St. Movement and the Occupy Together movements that are inspired by it actually have a simple premise: society shouldn't be run for the unrestricted benefit of the wealthiest. The immediate grievance is the 2008 banking crisis, in which the US banks engaged in fraudulent and crim ...

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Democratic Voice of Burma

  • Karen woman ‘sexually assaulted’ by troops
    Mother of two 'beaten, drugged and sexually assaulted' by uniformed men near Thai border, Karen Women Organization says
  • Kachin army, govt schedule new talks
    Kachin Independence Army claims fighting still breaking out every day as two sides make another bid for peace in war-torn state
  • Bomb blast hits Irrawaddy govt office
    Explosion causes minor damage as second unexploded device is found in the compounds of separate local government office
  • ‘Burma sanctions must stay’: trade unions
    Continued use of forced labour one of four major obstacles to ending of sanctions, says international trade union federation
  • Burma’s lifeblood
    The Irrawaddy River flows 2,170 km down the length of Burma before emptying out into the Andaman Sea. Dubbed ‘The Road to Mandalay’ by Rudyard Kipling, the river has been used as a crucial trading route since the 6th century, but long before had earned its reputation as the lifeblood ...

Telegraph - Climate Change

National Geographic | Environment

Jurist - Legal Research

  • Financier Stanford convicted in Ponzi scheme
    [JURIST] A jury in the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas [official website] on Tuesday convicted financier Allen Stanford [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] on charges of orchestrating a $7 billion Ponzi scheme affecting investors in both the US and Latin America. Stanford was ...
  • Human rights defenders, journalists need prote ...
    [JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur Margaret Sekaggya [official website] on Monday outlined the risks and challenges faced by human rights journalists and media workers [press release], and called for additional protection of those workers. The report [text] indicated that, "journalists and media wor ...
  • Supreme Court to rehear arguments on corporate ...
    [JURIST] The US Supreme Court announced Monday that they will rehear arguments [order, PDF] in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum [docket], a case dealing with corporate liability for human rights violations occurring overseas. The court originally took the case in October and heard arguments [JURI ...
  • Iceland ex-PM goes on trial over 2008 financia ...
    [JURIST] Former prime minister of Iceland Geir Haarde [official profile, in Icelandic] went on trial Monday on charges of negligence relating to the 2008 financial crisis [JURIST news archive]. The charges stem from the collapse of the country's three major banks in 2008 while Haarde was leader ...
  • Iran court orders retrial for alleged CIA spy ...
    [JURIST] Iran's Supreme Court on Monday overturned the death sentence of alleged US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) [official website] spy Amir Mirzaei Hekmati and ordered a retrial. The Supreme Court objected to the ruling and annulled it [ISNA report], sending it back to another branch for r ...

Atlantic | Mark Ambinder

COAT - Coalition to oppose the Arms Trade

Bulletin of American Scientists - News

Tikun Olam

  • Bibi’s Declaration of War (on Iran)
    After reading Bibi Netanyahu’s profoundly delusional and mendacious Aipac speech from earlier today, I’m left with two impressions: the most important one is that Israel will attack Iran.  His remarks read like a declaration of war. Believe me, no Jew invokes a historical parallel to ...
  • Israel’s Iran Policy Doomed to Fail Whatever t ...
    I was just reading Paul Pillar’s incisive essay in the Washington Monthly which puts the argument against war with Iran about as strongly as anyone can.  Pillar is a 28 year veteran of the CIA specializing in the Near East and South Asia, and currently is director of graduate studies at Ge ...
  • Links for 2012-03-04 [Digg]
    Are the War Hawks Watching? In Lauded Iranian Film, Self-Interest Yields Tragedy | Truthout But because at a time when talk of war, intimidation and aggression is exchanged between politicians, the name of their country, Iran, is spoken here through her glorious culture, a rich and ancient cul ...
  • Congressional Pro-Israel Supporters Tell Obama ...
    Bibi Netanyahu is a corrupt, anti-democratic, ultra-nationalist Israeli leader.  But one thing he is indisputably good at is political manipulation both of his own population and world opinion.  In the run up to his coronation in Washington where he arrives shortly, he has superbly laid groundwo ...
  • Obama Protects Pro-Israel Right Flank, Beating ...
    Pres. Obama is attempting to steal a march on Bibi Netanyahu, who will be arriving in Washington in four days, by giving pro-Israel journalist, Jeffrey Goldberg, an interview heavy with martial overtones: President Obama…stiffened his pledge to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, ...

If Americans Knew

  • Calling Bono: Your Palestinian Gandhis Exist . ...
    In your recent column in the New York Times, "Ten for the Next Ten," you wrote: "I'll place my hopes on the possibility -- however remote at the moment -- that...people in places filled with rage and despair, places like the Palestinian territories, will in the days ahead find among them their G ...
  • International law is clear: Israeli settlement ...
    Eric Rozenman's Dec. 11 Op-Ed article, "Israeli settlements are more than legitimate," is legal nonsense that disregards history. He is correct in his observation that Article 6 of the Mandate for Palestine permitted "close settlement by Jews on the land, including state lands and waste lands no ...
  • Noam Chomsky and the pro-Israel lobby: Fourtee ...
    Noam Chomsky has been called the US leading intellectual by pundits and even some sectors of the mass media. He has a large audience throughout the world especially in academic circles, in large part because of his vocal criticism of US foreign policy and many of the injustices resulting from t ...
  • Ethan Bronner's Conflict With Impartiality
    Ethan Bronner is the New York Times Jerusalem bureau chief. As such, he is the editor responsible for all the news coming out of Israel-Palestine. It is his job to decide what gets reported and what doesn't; what goes in a story and what gets cut.
  • Beware of the BBC
    Stuart Littlewood highlights the BBC's chronic pro-Israel bias, from allowing untruths about Israel's onslaught on Gaza in 2008-09 to go unchallenged, to its failure to provide accurate context about the Israeli township of Sderot, to its routine willingness to give disproportionate airtime to I ...

David J. Gregory

  • The Eye On Citrus Show
    http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://davidjgregory.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/the-eye-on-citrus-show/ Our latest radio show is up, talking about the GOP Forum held in Crystal River this past Saturday, Jan 14, 2010. The two non-fiction books relating the dark and illegal deeds of t ...
  • Jesse Ventura, 63 Documents the Government Doe ...
    http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://davidjgregory.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/jesse-ventura-63-documents-the-government-does-not-want-you-to-read/ EyeOnCitrus.com is proud to announce that Jesse Ventura, newest book, 63 Documents The Government Doesn’t Want you to read, is availab ...
  • What side are you on?
    As a Thanksgiving deadline nears for action by the powerful congressional committee on deficit reduction, Bernie sounded an alarm over reports that Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid may be cut. "The American people have been very clear. They understand how important Social Security, Med ...
  • Listen to Art Bell’s Coast to Coast HAAR ...
    This is an (CLICK HERE FOR THE SHOW) encore presentation of a show that aired in 2005. It’s revealing because it discusses the secret facility in Alaska that manipulates the ionosphere with possible devastating results. Listen to scientists working on it then and their reluctance to speak about ...
  • Official 9/11 Fable To Become Part Of School C ...
    Government-supported effort to ‘encourage critical thinking’ actually encourages obedient regurgitation of lies Paul Joseph Watson Rest of Story on Prison Planet.com Tuesday, September 6, 2011 “We don’t need no education….we don’t need no thought control.” In a week where the establishment is de ...

Unsuitable Blog

  • The Unsuitablog Archive
    The Unsuitablog contains a huge range of posts from simple criticism to investigation to downright in-your-face sabotage. It also has heaps of advice on how to recognise and expose greenwash and the entire series of Monthly Undermining Tasks which helped the book Underminers become a reality. To ...
  • The Unsuitablog: Winding Down and Winding Up
    Four years, and it feels like it. It would take a book to tell the story of The Unsuitablog: all the work that has gone into it; the sleepless nights wondering whether a stunt would come off or what the repercussions of an exposure would be; the arm-aching pixel manipulation in creating the hund ...
  • You’re Not Taking “Radical” ...
    On Monday 5th December, 2011, Bill McKibben, author and figurehead-leader of 350.org wrote the following in the Daily Kos: You think OWS is radical? You think 350.org was radical for helping organize mass civil disobedience in DC in August against the Keystone Pipeline? We’re not radical. Radica ...
  • Strikes vs Royal Weddings
    There is going to be a strike in Britain on Wednesday. The UK Government are condemning it. This is starting to appear all over Facebook: When the government decide we can have a day off for the royal wedding it doesn’t damage the economy, but when the workers decide to strike for a day it ...
  • WWF Denies Palm Oil is the Problem, then Count ...
    It seems there is no depth to which the corporate world’s own favourite NGO, WWF, will not sink. An article in this week’s Guardian was happy to give WWF some free publicity, implying that the group actually give a stuff about the wildlife they were apparently set up to protect (or s ...

Subalternate Reality

  • Forget The Wealthy. How Do We Tax The Lucky?
    A few weeks ago, the Washington Post ran a lengthy, above-the-fold piece looking into what impact capital gains tax rates were having on wealth inequality in America. “Most of the richest Americans pay lower overall tax rates than middle-class Americans do,” the reporters noted, adding that duri ...
  • Muslim-Baiters Don’t Want To Be Treated ...
    Over the weekend, I posted the following message on Twitter: “When a Muslim commits terror, every Muslim in the world somehow shares responsibility. When it’s a white Christian, he’s always a lone wolf.” I wasn’t commenting on the tendency of commentators to use different words to de ...
  • Keith Ellison’s Tears And Epistemic Closure
    Rep. Peter King’s hearings looking into the “radicalization” of the American Muslim community, and the suggestion that the community doesn’t cooperate with law enforcement, was largely a waste of time and tax dollars. The affair didn’t produce a single insight into the actual and urgent issue of ...
  • Praying On Qasr al-Nil
    One of the more memorable scenes of the Egyptian revolution will surely be that of ordinary Egyptian’s praying on Cairo’s Qasr al-Nil Bridge as members of Egyptian state police direct their water cannons at them. Truly a remarkable sight. via Al Jazeera Filed under: Middle East Tagged: Al-Jazeer ...
  • “I Support Democratization, But…&# ...
    The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg – one of the key proponents of the disastrous invasion of Iraq – has some serious misgivings about the fledgling pro-democracy movement that’s taken over the streets of Egypt. “I support democratization, but,” he cautions, “the democratization we saw in Gaza (cour ...

Idea Lab | Technology

  • iWitness Aims to Aggregate News By Time and Place
    Let's face it: The great promise of citizen media has not really been fulfilled. News organizations have struggled to find ways to supplement their coverage of news events with contributions from citizens -- and finding citizen media related to a news event is currently difficult at best. Key ...
  • Triangle Wiki Day a Win for Open Source in Raleigh
    This post is a guest column by Jason Hibbets, chair of Raleigh's South West Citizen Advisory Council (SWCAC). A version of this post first appeared on southwestraleigh.com. Almost 50 people collaborated on Saturday at Red Hat headquarters, currently located on Centennial Campus in Raleigh, ...
  • Journo-Coders Take NICAR 12 to a Whole New Level
    I spent a rapid-fire 23 hours in St. Louis this weekend at the NICAR 12 conference. For those who don't know, NICAR stands for "National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting," and, as the slightly antiquated name might suggest, was founded long before the commercial Internet, back in 1989. ...
  • As TriangleWiki Gets Ready to Launch, LocalWik ...
    Hey friends! Whew! A lot has happened since our last PBS Idea Lab blog update! Our first focus community, DentonWiki, has been doing great, and several of our other focus communities are close to launching. Just recently, nearly 50 people came together in Raleigh, N.C., to join a mass ...
  • How Spending Stories Fact Checks Big Brother, ...
    This piece was co-written with Eric King, human rights and technology adviser at Privacy International, and comes as Privacy International launches a new data release about companies selling surveillance technologies. Today, the global surveillance industry is estimated at around $5 billion a ...

Cutting Edge News

  • Humanity on Edge - Ethics of the Singularity
    What Is the Singularity? If we manage to create a general artificial intelligence (AI)—an AI with intellectual capabilities similar to our own—this may well launch a Technological Singularity.The possibility of a Technological Singularity is a key issue for the future of the AI community and of ...
  • Iran's Nukes - Netanyahu Lays Groundwork for S ...
    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to publicly set the table for a military strike on Iran Monday evening when he told a crowd of pro-Israel supporters that diplomacy and economic sanctions have categorically failed to prevent Iran’s march towards nuclear weapons.“We’ve waited fo ...
  • Argentina on Edge - The Falklands/Malvinas: An ...
    In recent months the government of Argentina has launched a new political and public relations campaign aimed at putting pressure on Great Britain to negotiate the future of the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.The islands constitute an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean 300 miles from the Argent ...
  • The Edge of Hate - Facebook and its Refusal to ...
    On Tuesday, March 6, 2012, President Shimon Peres will visit Facebook, a company which refuses to recognize Holocaust denial as a form of incitement to hatred. While there, he will launch two Facebook pages for the President of Israel and meet with Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg. Se ...
  • Oil Addiction - Natural Gas and Other Alt Fuel ...
    The current election cycle and the rising price of gasoline have rekindled interest in energy security and how best to achieve it. We've had these spasms of interest and hand-wringing before—many times. And each time we believed we had identified a way to overcome our vulnerability to the disrup ...

High Country News

CounterCurrents

  • Why Is Obama Sending 12, 000 U.S. Troops To Li ...
    By Cynthia McKinney It is with great disappointment that I receive the news from foreign media publications and Libyan sources that our President now has 12,000 U.S. troops stationed in Malta and they are about to make their descent into Libya
  • Will A Pro-Gadhafi Green Revolution Topple The ...
    By Franklin Lamb The signs from Libya are that this country remains volatile and that contrary to NATO claims that it put into place a new democratic Libya that the predictable next chapter is starting to unfold that may bring the end of the NTC before the coming June elections when it is sched ...
  • US Doubles Aircraft Carriers Near The Persian Gulf
    By Peter Symonds The Obama administration has reinforced the threat of American military strikes against Iran by doubling the number of US aircraft carrier groups in the region. The provocative decision heightens the danger of war in the Persian Gulf as the US moves aggressively to impose a de ...
  • And Who, By the Way, Is John C. Stennis?!?
    By Toby ORyan Who, you might ask, is John C. Stennis? What are the boons and benefits for humanity accomplished by this John C. Stennis such that he came to have his name emblazoned on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier?
  • What Does Ken Ford Know? And Who Put Him In Pr ...
    By Cynthia McKinney Ken Ford, Jr. wrote an intelligence report on the Iraq War which contradicted the Administrations reason for going to war against Iraq

Contagious Love Experiment

  • Kill Team: The Bigger Picture
    Sorry to have been slacking on the blog. Here’s an article I wrote and forget to post… better late than never!   Kill Team: The Bigger Picture http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/06-8
  • Kill Team: The Bigger Picture
    Sorry to have been slacking on the blog. Here’s an article I wrote and forget to post… better late than never!   Kill Team: The Bigger Picture http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/06-8
  • Dear Mr. Beck, I Shook Hands with the Antichrist
    Dear Mr. Beck: I Shook Hands with the Antichrist Earlier this week, Michael Lind wrote an article for Salon about the misplaced energy in demeaning alarmists like Glenn Beck.1 Having friends and family who often revere the inflammatory rhetoric of Beck, Palin, Limbaugh, and others as a light in ...
  • Dear Mr. Beck, I Shook Hands with the Antichrist
    Dear Mr. Beck: I Shook Hands with the Antichrist Earlier this week, Michael Lind wrote an article for Salon about the misplaced energy in demeaning alarmists like Glenn Beck.1 Having friends and family who often revere the inflammatory rhetoric of Beck, Palin, Limbaugh, and others as a light in ...
  • Practicing Peace in the New Year
    A friend, Frank Swift, that I met on my first journey has passed along some great practical steps towards peace for the new year. Frank has written a children’s book to help young people see an alternative to the competition and forcefulness that can too easily get instilled in our young p ...

Yid With Lid

  • Barack Obama: From Amateur to Fool in Forty-Ei ...
    On Sunday President Obama seemingly (and unnecessarily) committed US troops to a war with Iran. His statement "wiggle room," a mistake an amateur would make. Today he took one giant step backwards from that over-zealous commitment making himself look like a wavering fool, totally void o ...
  • Newsbusted: Obama Claims "Afghan Apology" Lowe ...
    Now at least we know why President Obama apologized to Afghanistan for mistakenly burning Korans which were already defaced by Muslim prisoners... like many of his other energy policies such as limiting the oil exploration and drilling, the apology was mean to lower oil prices.  And th ...
  • Racist Congressional Black Caucus Falsely Labe ...
    I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. Martin Luther King Junior-I have a Dream Speech Based on an article in the recent issue of the Atlantic (H/T Weasel Zipp ...
  • Did Obama Make War With Iran Inevitable?
    My friend and teacher Barry Rubin believes that President Obama made a huge and amateurish mistake when he spoke to AIPAC on Sunday. Based on his public declarations Obama might just have committed the United States into war with Iran. At the very least he may have forced Israel's hand, ensuri ...
  • Netanyahu Tells AIPAC "Time Is Running Out" ( ...
    Tonight, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made a speech in front of a packed house at the AIPAC convention. The intended audience however, was not AIPAC. The audience for Bibi's speech was the members of Congress in attendance, the mainstream media, EU and ultimately Iran itself.  ...

The Real Agenda

  • Asteroide sería Arrastrado por la Fuerza de Gr ...
    Por Luis R. Miranda The Real Agenda 05 de marzo 2012 Para evitar una posible catástrofe – esta vez prevista para febrero de 2013 – Los científicos sugieren atacar al asteroide 2012 DA14 con pintura o armas grandes. La idea es que no hay tiempo suficiente para construir un plan para r ...
  • Asteróide poderia ser puxado pela força gravit ...
    Por Luis R. Miranda The Real Agenda 05 de março de 2012 Para evitar uma possível catástrofe – desta vez marcada para fevereiro de 2013 – cientistas sugerem confrontar asteróide 2012 DA14 com uma pintura ou grandes armas. A ideia é que não há suficiente tempo para construir uma nave p ...
  • Toxina Bt em Milho Transgênico Fulmina Biodive ...
    Por Luis R. Miranda The Real Agenda 05 de março de 2012 Um novo estudo Suíço confirma mais uma vez que o Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), um pesticida produzido pelos prejudiciais organismos geneticamente modificados (GM), está acabando com espécies que não são alvo da toxina. Publicado no periódico ...
  • Toxina Bt en Maíz Transgénico Fulmina Biodiver ...
    Por Luis R. Miranda The Real Agenda 05 de marzo 2012 Un nuevo estudio Suizo confirma una vez más que el Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), el pesticida producido por los nefastos organismos genéticamente modificados (GM), está perjudicando a las especies no objetivo. Publicado en la revista Ciencias d ...
  • Bt toxin in GM crops kills non-target species
    by Ethan A. Huff Natural News March 5, 2012 A new study out of Switzerland confirms once again that Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxin, the nefarious pesticide produced by certain genetically-modified (GM) crops, is harming non-target species. Published in the journal Environmental Sciences Europ ...

Wind Watch

  • Wind power adds £45bn to cost of climate targets
    Britain could meet its climate change targets in 2020 for £45 billion less if it abandoned wind power in favour of cheaper gas-fired power plants and nuclear reactors, an independent report has found. The saving would rise to £150 billion by 2050 because of the huge costs associated with buildin ...
  • Municipality wants $200K deposits for wind tur ...
    A Lambton County municipality is making sure it won’t get stuck with the bill if developers walk away from industrial wind farms. Plympton-Wyoming, east of Sarnia, passed a tough new bylaw that requires developers to deposit $200,000 for each wind turbine they want to build. “We need ...
  • Wind turbine ban considered in St. Henry
    The village of St. Henry in Mercer county is on track to become the first municipality in the state to ban wind turbines within corporation limits. Council is taking a proactive approach to what could potentially be a major problem down the road. The prospect of having wind turbines within the c ...
  • Prattsburgh: Board unites on wind farm
    Prattsburgh, NY — Wind farm developer Ecogen may be facing something new in its long history of threatened, and real, lawsuits against the town of Prattsburgh – a united Town Board. Board members were in unanimous agreement the developer’s current proposal needs re-working when they met Monday n ...
  • Lawmakers push to end all energy subsidies
    WICHITA – U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo has joined a Republican push in Washington to end all energy tax credits. The Republican congressman from Kansas is sponsoring legislation in the House seeking to end all energy tax subsidies, including the production tax credit for electricity produced from ...

Tippers News

  • Three men helped starve kids, court tol
    Three men helped starve five children in Adelaide until they looked like they had came from a famine-affected Third World country, a court has been told. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Chinese sex traders challenge verdict
    The three Chinese nationals who were jailed by an Accra Circuit Court for transporting 10 Chinese girls into the country and engaging them in sex trade have appealed against the verdict. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • DNA testing a proven weapon in fight against h ...
    DNA testing is a proven aid in solving child trafficking cases in the country, a well-known international research institute says. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Be a Voice for Coastal Louisiana's Wildlife ! ...
    Coastal Louisiana provides habitat to hundreds of wildlife species, including sea turtles, migratory birds, and manatees. But unfortunately, right now Louisiana is also experiencing the highest rate of land loss in the United States Submitted by Cher C. to Environment  |   Note- ...
  • About Us,,,You may want to lisent...interesting!
    Interesting Information that you may find interesting With Love... Evelyn (: Submitted by Evelyn J. to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

The Freeman

  • Biden Tells Latin American Leaders US Won’t En ...
    “Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. delivered a blunt message on Monday to leaders in Latin America who are contemplating opening the door to the legalization of illicit drugs: The United States will not budge in its opposition.” (New York Times) He’s not paying the costs. FEE Timely ...
  • Past-Due Student Loans Ignite Worry
    “Some experts have called the nation’s soaring college debt load a ‘ticking time bomb’ — a looming crisis threatening young adults, their families and the broader economy. A new report raises even more alarms: It’s likely that as many as 1 in 4 borrowers was carrying a past-due ...
  • On “Bourgeois Paternalism”
    When it emerges from freedom, a living community stands a better chance of thriving and sustaining itself.
  • Government Will Tax Forgiven Credit Card Debt
    “Billions of dollars in credit card debt that was charged off during the Great Recession— some of it decades old — is coming back to haunt borrowers in the form of unexpected tax bills. Debt that is canceled or forgiven is considered taxable income, something many borrowers don’t rea ...
  • Fed on Hiatus from Stimulus
    “The Federal Reserve is pausing after a six-month campaign to boost growth, while policy makers assess a puzzling economic outlook.” (Wall Street Journal) It should take an indefinite break. FEE Timely Classic “Financial Crises and the Federal Reserve’s Punch Bowl” by Chi ...

Teaching Online Journalism

  • Definition: Social media
    I’ve been working on this for a few days. Trying to make it as simple as possible. Digital systems that enable people, identified by profiles, to share information. Now, please let me unpack that a little bit: Digital systems is another way to say media. I specify digital because I do not ...
  • Resources for learning about social media
    I have been collecting posts, articles, tutorials and general how-to materials that relate to how journalists use social media. I started about two weeks ago, as I prepare for a workshop in Singapore. They are curated here: Social Media and Journalists. The collection is housed at Scoop.it, a cu ...
  • Resources for learning about social media
    I have been collecting posts, articles, tutorials and general how-to materials that relate to how journalists use social media. I started about two weeks ago, as I prepare for a workshop in Singapore. They are curated here: Social Media and Journalists. The collection is housed at Scoop.it, a ...
  • People see value in curation
    I think it’s very cool that 1,126 people visited this blog yesterday. The number of retweets on the link to my post about social media tools for journalists really drove the traffic. What’s even more encouraging is that a lot of links in my post were clicked. That’s wonderful, ...
  • People see value in curation
    I think it’s very cool that 1,126 people visited this blog yesterday. The number of retweets on the link to my post about social media tools for journalists really drove the traffic. What’s even more encouraging is that a lot of links in my post were clicked. That’s wonderful, ...

Facing South

Worldpress - Africa

Telegraph UK - oil

  • David Ross loses shareholder vote to take Cosa ...
    David Ross, the multi-millionaire entrepreneur, has lost the vote to take Cosalt private and declared the company will remain publicly listed following a shareholder revolt.
  • BP trial: in numbers
    As the "trial of the century" gets under way in New Orleans, with BP and some of its suppliers in the dock over its Gulf of Mexico oil spill, here are some of the numbers.
  • London-based oil executive linked to 9/11 hija ...
    A Saudi Arabian accused of associating with several of the September 11 hijackers and who disappeared from his home in the United States a few weeks before the attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon, is in London working for his country's state oil company.
  • September 11: A Saudi family, a Florida villa ...
    Whether the September 11 hijackers acted alone, or whether they received support from a network of co-conspirators in the United States, remains one of the unanswered questions of the world's most devastating terrorist attack.
  • Charles Hendry: North Sea oil industry in inde ...
    The North Sea oil industry will be at greater risk of "unnecessary and harmful" interference by Europe if Scotland becomes independent, the Government has warned industry leaders.

Ian Welsh

  • On Stratfor
    Wikileaks has dumped a bunch of internal Stratfor documents, which they presumably received from Anonymous.  Years ago I used to read Stratfor’s briefs.  After a while I stopped, because their economic analysis was absolutely awful, straight up cookie cutter consensus macro, which missed t ...
  • Justified Pessimism
    is not, in fact, pressimism.  It is realism. I find the “be happy” crowd odd.  We have, in the past few years, seen millions of Americans and Europeans impoverished and lose their homes.  We are seeing a wave of austerity in the 1st world which has and will impoverish many millions m ...
  • Justified Pessimism
    is not, in fact, pressimism.  It is realism. I find the “be happy” crowd odd.  We have, in the past few years, seen millions of Americans and Europeans impoverished and lose their homes.  We are seeing a wave of austerity in the 1st world which has and will impoverish many millions m ...
  • Sewage
    Why is Francis Fukuyama considered an intellectual?  Why is he considered an intellectual worth of praise, his opinion important? I ask this not because I don’t know the answer, I do, and I’ll get to it, but because so many people seem to believe he is an intellectual. Let me quote F ...
  • Sewage
    Why is Francis Fukuyama considered an intellectual?  Why is he considered an intellectual worth of praise, his opinion important? I ask this not because I don’t know the answer, I do, and I’ll get to it, but because so many people seem to believe he is an intellectual. Let me quote F ...

Media Consortium

Reality Asserts Itself

  • Drug Wars in Juarez Fuels Boom in El Paso
    My colleague Malak Behrouznami recently returned from Juarez Mexico where she grew up as a child. She as a wonderful heritage - her father is Iranian and her Mother is Mexican. She went Juarez for family and journalistic reasons. One of her objectives was to find out why Juarez has become a terr ...
  • PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI NEGOTIATIONS TO NOWHERE NO ...
    A few months ago when shooting a documentary in the Middle East, we met Zeina, a 13-year-old Palestinian living in a Beirut refugee camp. She was traumatized as she watched the Israeli Gaza war on television. It changed her life. She now thinks of revenge and cannot understand the Israeli childr ...
  • FROM JOE McCARTHY TO GLEN BECK – TIME TO END F ...
    I listened to Glen Becks "Restoring Honor" speech today hoping to find something of substance to write about. I found a stringing together of such empty phrases it does not bear discussion.  The more important issue is why a man whose megalomania seems to have no bounds can become ...
  • PAKISTAN FLOODS AND A FAILED POLICY - UN Sec. ...
    Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, says of the flooding in Pakistan "The world has never seen such a disaster. It's much beyond anybody's imagination". At least 20 million people have lost their homes, more than 1600 have died, and disease and hunger will c ...
  • China and the end of the end of history
    Many economists and political analysts think the current recovery, as it's being called, is a rather temporary phenomenon. Many expect the recession to kick back in, and perhaps within a few years get much more serious. What does that mean in terms of the future of the world economy and worl ...

Great Beyond ( Nature )

  • Human variome taking shape with Chinese node
    An ambitious project to log all genetic variations that cause human disease lunged forward this week with the launch of the Chinese “node” of the Human Variome Project (HVP). Scientists and clinicians in China meanwhile are hoping participation will spread genetic counseling and genetic medicine ...
  • US cell-based flu vaccine plant open for business
    Americans may soon be getting flu jabs made with cells and not eggs. The drug company Novartis opened a first-of-its kind facility in the US to produce influenza vaccines using mammalian cells, Novartis and US government officials announced 13 December. The approach is an alternative to conve ...
  • NSF takes broad look at broader impacts
    A National Science Foundation (NSF) task force has finalized its recommendations for tweaking the agency's two merit review criteria, 'intellectual merit' and 'broader impacts'. And central to that effort was a non-prescriptive, big-tent definition of broader impacts, says task force co-chair J ...
  • Land grabbing in Africa continues to harm the poor
    More than 200 million hectares of land in poor nations was sold by governments in land-grabbing deals with industry and investors between 2000 and 2010, a new study reports. This high global demand for land is likely to continue for the long term, concludes the study by the International Land ...
  • Stratolaunch embarks on hybrid rocket-plane system
    Forget Kennedy Space Center. How about launching massive rockets from the underbelly of the largest plane ever built? On Tuesday, Burt Rutan, of aerospace company Scaled Composites, and billionaire Paul Allen, a former Microsoft executive, announced Stratolaunch Systems -- a company that aims to ...

new geography

  • Foreign Industrial Investment Is Reshaping America
    Declinism may be all the rage in intellectual salons from Beijing to Barcelona and Boston, but decisions being made in corporate boardrooms suggest that the United States is emerging the world’s biggest winner. Long the world leader as a destination for overseas investment, the U.S. is ext ...
  • Is The United States Population Heading to Lon ...
    It's been clear since the census 2011 estimates were released on December 21, 2011, that we are experiencing something of a demographic change, at least in the short run. Clearly growth is slowing down in part, many believe, due to economic reasons, as was the case during the 1930s as well a ...
  • The Return of the Monkish Virtues
    “[The author of Leviticus] posits the existence of one supreme God who contends neither with a higher realm nor with competing peers. The world of demons is abolished; there is no struggle with autonomous foes, because there are none. With the demise of the demons, only one creature rema ...
  • Shale Revolution Challenges the Left and the Right
    In his State of the Union address, President Obama invoked the 30-year history of federal support for new shale gas drilling technologies to defend his present day investments in green energy. Obama stressed the value of shale gas—which will create thousands of jobs and billions in profi ...
  • Is Energy the Last Good Issue for Republicans?
    With gas prices beginning their summer spike to what could be record highs, President Obama in recent days has gone out of his way to sound reassuring on energy, seeming to approve an oil pipeline to Oklahoma this week after earlier approving leases for drilling in Alaska. Yet few in the ...

GM Watch

  • Immediate Bt cotton ban an imperative
    EXTRACT: "It is imperative that a ban be brought with immediate effect," says Kishore Tiwari who heads VJAS. "Unless the government does so, it is mocking the farmers who've died and their bereaved. Its soft pedaling of the issue only confirms suspicions that the government is working in cahoot ...
  • Beware the biotech bill
    EXTRACT: ...then Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh.. [declared] an indefinite moratorium on the commercialisation process of Bt Brinjal in 2010. But the Union Government and the biotech companies have found a way to circumvent such debacles and hence have proposed the BRAI ...
  • Bt cotton fiasco and heaps of shame
    NOTE: This article links India's "indigenous" Bt cotton fraud with the indiscriminate granting of approvals to Bt cottons, the violation of biosafety safeguards in GM crop trials, and "stalwarts of India's six science academies" publishing "a cut and paste document with material plagiarised from ...
  • Reject Danish GM reforms
    UK Must Reject Danish GM Reforms GM Freeze, 5 Mar 2012 http://www.gmfreeze.org/news-releases/183/ GM Freeze has today asked Defra Secretary of State Caroline Spelman to reject the latest draft from the Danish Presidency proposing reform of the EU legislation on cultivating GM crops. The move cl ...
  • Reject Danish GM reforms
    UK Must Reject Danish GM Reforms GM Freeze, 5 Mar 2012 http://www.gmfreeze.org/news-releases/183/ GM Freeze has today asked Defra Secretary of State Caroline Spelman to reject the latest draft from the Danish Presidency proposing reform of the EU legislation on cultivating GM crops. The move cl ...

spiked

Cryptogon

  • South Korea: Dr. Smartphone?
    Not The Onion: Check. Not April 1: Check. Via: Reuters: Tired of long waits at the hospital for medical tests? If Korean researchers have their way, your smartphone could one day eliminate that — and perhaps even tell you that you have cancer. A team of scientists at Korea Advanced Institu ...
  • James Cameron Buys Farms, Plans to Move Family ...
    Good idea. Via: Stuff: Hollywood movie mogul James Cameron is coming to live in Wairarapa – and he is bringing his family with him. The director of blockbuster films Titanic and Avatar has purchased two large plots of land along Western Lake Rd in south Wairarapa, where he is expected to a ...
  • Pay Fee to Jump to Front of Line at San Franci ...
    Via: San Francisco Chronicle: Frequent travelers who use San Francisco International Airport once again will be able to get through security a little faster with the return of a fee-based pre-screening program approved by the Airport Commission Tuesday. The CLEAR program, operated by a private c ...
  • Surveillance Video Becomes a Tool for Studying ...
    Via: Technology Review: Software mines security footage to help business owners see what people do once they’re inside the store. The huge success of online shopping and advertising—led by giants like Amazon and Google—is in no small part thanks to software that logs when you visit Web pag ...
  • Reconstructing Speech from Human Auditory Cortex
    Via: PLoS Biology: How the human auditory system extracts perceptually relevant acoustic features of speech is unknown. To address this question, we used intracranial recordings from nonprimary auditory cortex in the human superior temporal gyrus to determine what acoustic information in speech ...

The Economic Collapse

  • 15 Potentially Massive Threats To The U.S. Eco ...
    We live in a world that is becoming increasingly unstable, and the potential for an event that could cause "sudden change" to the U.S. economy is greater than ever.  There are dozens of potentially massive threats that could easily push the U.S. economy over the edge during the n ...
  • Now THAT Is Cold – 19 Signs That America ...
    The economy is not the only thing that is wrong with America.  In order for a society to function smoothly, people need to be able to trust one another and be able to expect that most of their fellow citizens will behave in a somewhat civilized manner.  Unfortunately, we are star ...
  • 10.7 Percent: Unemployment In Europe Is Worse ...
    The unemployment rate in the eurozone is now 10.7 percent.  That is the highest the unemployment rate has been since the introduction of the euro.  The unemployment rate in the eurozone never got any higher than 10.2 percent during the last recession.  This is very troubling news ...
  • Inflation Is A Tax And The Federal Reserve Is ...
    Ronald Reagan once famously declared that inflation is a tax, but sadly most Americans did not really grasp what he was talking about.  If the American people truly understood what inflation was doing to them, they would be screaming bloody murder about monetary policy.  Inflatio ...
  • 20 Economic Statistics To Use To Wake Sheeple ...
    The Dow has closed above 13,000 for the first time since 2008, and the mainstream media is declaring that a strong economic recovery is underway.  Barack Obama is telling anyone who will listen that his economic policies are a huge success, and U.S. consumers are piling up astoun ...

Desertification

  • World’s temperature rising by about a qu ...
    Read at : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120305103159.htm Warming of Two Degrees Inevitable Over Canada, Experts Say ScienceDaily (Mar. 5, 2012) — Even if zero emissions of greenhouse gases were to be achieved, the world’s temperature would continue to rise by about a quarter ...
  • Carbon sink and elevated carbon dioxide concen ...
    Read at : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120305132244.htm Elevated Carbon Dioxide Concentrations Can Increase Carbon Storage in the Soil ScienceDaily (Mar. 5, 2012) — Elevated carbon dioxide concentrations can increase carbon storage in the soil, according to results from a 12-year ...
  • Biofuel from seaweed (Science Daily)
    Read at : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120305132534.htm Is Seaweed the Future of Biofuel? ScienceDaily (Mar. 5, 2012) — As scientists continue the hunt for energy sources that are safer, cleaner alternatives to fossil fuel, an ever-increasing amount of valuable farmland is being ...
  • The Earth’s water budget (Science Daily)
    Read at : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120305160652.htm The Blue Planet’s New Water Budget: Do We Have Enough? ScienceDaily (Mar. 5, 2012) — Investigating the history of water on Earth is critical to understanding the planet’s climate. One central question is whether ...
  • New Agriculturist 2012-2
    The latest edition of New Agriculturist (2012-2) is now online at www.new-ag.info. Bridging the gap for the improvement of agricultural productivity in the smallholder sector is an underlying theme for this edition. Choosing the right strategies to generate and share … Continue reading →

The Paper Trail

  • Virginians protest General Electric over forec ...
    A crowd of Northern Virginia residents and clergy members marched to General Electric's offices in Washington DC today, demanding that the company's CEO, Jeffrey Immelt, take responsibility for helping homeowners who received subprime loans from the company's now-closed mortgage arm, WMC Mortgag ...
  • FACT CHECK: Democrats' repeat ‘end Medicare’ c ...
    Can the “Lie of the Year” still be used to defeat Republicans?Democrats hope so, and a super PAC is using an Iowa congressional race to retest the claim that House Republicans voted to “end Medicare.” But we find the Iowa ads to be little improved from last year, when we labeled this claim as am ...
  • Industrial chemical exposure linked to learnin ...
    When Deidre Ramos moved with her infant son to the Parker Street section of New Bedford, Mass., little did she know that her new neighborhood was toxic.Today, a decade later, Ramos is worried about the health of her two sons growing up in a community contaminated by an old burn dump containing p ...
  • Energy-backed firms award bonuses, file bankruptcy
    President Obama’s Department of Energy financed a fleet of green energy companies that later fell into bankruptcy — but not before the firms doled out six-figure bonuses and payouts to top executives, a Center for Public Integrity and ABC News investigation found.Take, for instance, Beacon Power ...
  • Conservative radio host and filmmaker produced ...
    A viral video tying the Chevy Volt’s erroneously reported flammability to the Obama administration’s bailout of the auto industry was produced and paid for by a conservative radio host and filmmaker.The parody video was viewed more than 367,000 times on YouTube as of Monday afternoon.

backofthebook.ca

  • Robocalls, Vikileaks: One of these things is n ...
    By Montreal Simon When I hear Vic Toews howling that he’s being victimized. WAAAAAAAH !!!! Because he can’t do his job after being “anonymously degraded” by Vikileaks.  “I take strong issue with the idea that House resources would be used to attack secretly a member ...
  • More gravy on my Poutine, please
    By Montreal Simon You know it takes a certain kind of mentality to pay cash for a disposable cellphone, like criminals do,  and call the phony owner Pierre Poutine. A telephone number used to place automated calls directing voters to the wrong polling station in Guelph, Ont., in the last federal ...
  • A Modest Opinion – Nathaniel Moher&#8217 ...
    All right, it’s been about three months since I offered up my first batch of suggestions on how we can fix the world, and it appears none of them have been implemented. (Seriously ABC, Charlie’s Angels is the next … Charlie’s Angels. It’ll spawn five seasons, two movies, and a reboot series if y ...
  • Coren vs. Boteach: let’s go to the tape
    By Frank Moher A passel of Michael Coren supporters have emerged over the last day to defend his “interview” of Rabbi Shmuley Boteach on the SUN “News” Network. (I always keep a pile of ironic quotation marks beside me when I write about SUN TV.) Some of them arrived here ...
  • Harper’s implausible deniability
    By Alison@Creekside In writing about the Cons’ dirty tricks robocall election fraud, John Ibbitson muses whether the Cons might just bear some “measure of responsibility” for creating a political climate in which their “rogue” campaign managers impersonate Election ...

libcom

  • Russia: They don`t represent us!
    Almost 40% of the population of Russian Federation with a "right to elect" chose not to participate in the electoral farce, indirectly expressing his opposition to the existing system, which doesn`t represent their will. The ...
  • New Zealand: Meat workers locked out for 9 weeks
    6388328351_912a5f98bf_z.jpg Since 19th October meat workers at the Canterbury Meat Processors Rangitikei lamb-processing plant have been locked out by the company in a bid to force them to accept new ...
  • A rally against the elections in Moscow live b ...
    161979_382708068424764_1893775011_n.jpg Make sure to keep track of what is happening in the very centre of Moscow and St. Petersburg in real time! Our reporters will follow left-wing activists collect ...
  • Valsusa in every city: NO TAV updates (Italy)
    images.jpeg The last 10 days or so have seen a massive shift in the NO TAV struggle, with the state now trying to repress the movement more openly than ever: evictions, police beatings, and the govern ...
  • Betrayals and Outbursts in Barcelona
    manifestants-trencat-Banco-Popular-AFP_ARAIMA20120229_0131_20.jpg On the transport strike, the student strike, and the riots, protests, and sabotage carried out in Barcelona in the month of February, ...

Free Range International

  • Back in the USSA
    I’ve been trying to come up with a post for over a month now but don’t have any good pictures because I’m back in America, sans super cool Nikon which got blown up in the Helmand, and without good pictures I don’t seem to be able to write.  That camera cost over a thousand bucks [...]
  • The Gladiators
    Editors Note:  B is taking some time off from destroying Libtards on Thomas Ricks blog to vent on a topic few men will dare touch.  At the Foriegn Policy blog he’s been coming up with stuff like this: Personally, I am glad that while I had to worry about leaders who were more worried about ...
  • War Groupies
    This is the second entry in the new “Paint Baba Tim’s White Fence” program.  The first was from my Dad and this one is from my good friend B.  Regular readers have probably guessed by now that B and I worked together in Afghanistan and know each other well.  As I deal with agen ...
  • THE DIVERSITY PLATOON
    Editors Note:  This post is the first (of what I hope to be many) posts from my father Major General J.D. Lynch Jr. USMC (Ret.) The Current Situation Forty years ago, the American military was held in great contempt by the public it served. The feeling was returned in roughly equal measure. We ...
  • EFP’s
    During our last trip to Zaranj we had one more task to complete before we went home.  The after action report on the ambush of Haji Nematullah, reported they seized three large buckets of Home Made Explosives (HME) and three Explosively Formed Penetrator (EFP) mines.  EFP’s were a big prob ...

The Story Behind the Story

  • The War Prayer – America’s Corrupt ...
    The Edomite “Festival” of Purim is all about death and destruction of Esau/Edom’s enemies – but most specifically, the destruction of Persia (which is modern-day Iran).   “Esther” is a fictitious archetype of the Edomite/Babylonian goddess Ishtar, and Mordecai ...
  • Edomite Satanism in Action
    Geraldo Rivera tried to warn America years ago.   Satanism and it’s toll on humanity has increased, not diminished.  
  • Mitten’s Massive Mormon Myths – My ...
    In the immortal words of Sir Walter Scott:  “Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave, When First We Practice to Deceive!!” Indeed!  I would submit that the biggest problem with promoting a massive lie to millions of trusting people, is the need to employ a full time Public Relations firm (the ...
  • The EXTRAORDINARY Properties of Water! Viktor ...
    What was the REAL REASON for the Allied fire-bombing of Dresden Germany in February, 1945?   Could it have been due to the fact that Dresden was the planet’s research heart of Homeopathy and Naturopathy/Cellular Nutrition?   Could it be that during the 30′s Dresden was unlocking the ...
  • The Biggest Hidden Problem of Election 2012
    Wake Up America!!!! Why is the Controlled Media so quiet about discussing what will happen in 2013 if Obama is still in the White House?   Do you realize that Mittens Romney will implement OBAMACARE COMMUNISM as well? Instead of harping about the NDAA (of which the final version was sanitized of ...

du la bab - Now is the Time

Mansbridge One on One - CBC

Scotts Contracting

  • Health Benefits of Plants in the Work Place
    Introducing living plants into your work place can actually have a large positive effect on your psychological and physical health. Keywords: Flowers, Bouquet, Volatile Organic Compounds, Pollution, Office Having plants in your work place does more for you than simply providing something pretty ...
  • CAD Deck Design
    Features: Pergola, Bench Seat, Topiary, and Hot Tub                           Computer Aided Drawing- Deck design by Scotty-Scotts Contracting, St Louis Renewable Energy
  • Saving a Deck from the Landfill – Part 1
    Deck Repair by Scotty-Scotts Contracting, St Louis Renewable Energy Because the Deck was not built to current Building Codes the St Louis Building Code Department required: Structural Site Inspection and Documentation of Needed Repairs of the Deck by an Architectural Engineer, Obtain a Repair Pe ...
  • Roy Blunt R MO Dirty Energy Voting Record
    Dirty Energy Voting Record for Roy Blunt aka:"Big Oil Roy Blunt" Roy Blunts Dirty Dollar Image via:http://dirtyenergymoney.org While searching for what company (Big Oil and Big Coal) was giving to the Politicians from Missouri aka: "Big Oil Roy Blunt", who is also in favor of the ...
  • Adding Support for Deck Rail
    Fixing Deck Rails on Porches, Decks, etc One of my latest repair projects: The 2nd Floor deck support rail was leaning away from the building creating a Safety Issue for anyone who leaned on the Support Rail. I used a Ratcheting Tie Down Strap to pull the deck support rail straight.  (In the fol ...

The View From Abroad

Foreign Policy in Focus - Military (US)

Law.com

Iranian.com

  • Hamas rules out military support for Iran in a ...
    Hamas is starting to recognise that, despite huge funding by the Islamic Republic, aligning itself with the Iranian regime against a possible conflict with Israel, particularly in light of the IR's continued support for the brutal repression of the Syrian regime, is not to its benefit, as covere ...
  • Netanyahu speech at AIPAC 2012
    A country that builds underground nuclear facilities,  develops intercontinental ballistic missiles, manufactures thousands of centrifuges, and that absorbs crippling sanctions,  is doing all that in order to advance…medical research. So you see, when that Iranian ICBM is flying through the air ...
  • 5 ways Americans and Iranians are actually similar
    Iranians were among the first – and very few in the Middle East – to hold candlelight vigils after the 9/11 attacks.
  • نمی‌دانم بازگرداندن خاوری به ‌نتیجه‌ می‌رسد یا نه
    «حکمتی» ۲۸ ساله، مقیم ایالت میشیگان، چندی قبل توسط ماموران وزارت اطلاعات به اتهام همکاری با سازمان سیا بازداشت شده بود
  • افتتاح فیس بوک حلال در ماه رمضان
    درحال حاضر فیس بوک 800 میلیون کاربر در سراسر دنیا دارد که 300 میلیون آن مسلمان هستند، انتظار می‌رود که این تعداد در یک دوره 10 ساله افزایش 100 درصدی داشته باشند.

Most Revolutionary Act

  • Korangate 3: An Ingenious Taliban Psy-ops?
    Afghans burn Obama in effigy A bizarre random thought occurred to me last night. What if the alleged February 21st Koran burning at Bagram prison in Afghanistan never actually happened? Or if it happened, but without the involvement of any US troops? What if the whole thing was an ingenious Tali ...
  • The FBI’s Misadventures in New Zealand
    Kim Dotcom There is growing suspicion in New Zealand that this country, like American Samoa and Puerto Rico, has become an American colony. Sadly, the unfolding Kim Dotcom[1] saga seems to confirm this. On January 20th, a New Zealand assault team consisting of helicopters and special defen ...
  • The People Under the Black Masks
    Pink black bloc (This is the third of three posts regarding the “diversity of tactics” debate raging in the Occupy movement and Chris Hedges inflammatory February 6th article on Truthdig entitled The Cancer in Occupy) As Nihilo Zero, Don Gato and others point out, the major problem w ...
  • Demonizing the Black Bloc
    Greek black bloc (This is the second of three posts regarding the “diversity of tactics” debate raging in the Occupy movement and Chris Hedges inflammatory February 6th article on Truthdig entitled The Cancer in Occupy) Nearly all the on-line critiques (rightly, in my view) accuse He ...
  • Debating Violence in the Occupy Movement
    Occupy Oakland protestor (This is the first of three posts regarding the “diversity of tactics” debate raging in the Occupy movement. Contrary to the myth promoted by the corporate media, the Occupy movement is alive and well and engaged in a multiplicity of creative movement buildin ...

Michael Moore - Must Read

  • Michael Moore Tweets About Rush Limbaugh's "Ap ...
    Rush Limbaugh issues a rare (if ever?) apology: mmflint.me/zvDYzY I didn't know there was anyone on earth who had the power to tell Rush what 2 do. But then there's Bain Capital, financiers of Clear Channel I guess Romney knew that Rush, who made the mistake of saying what most Republicans thi ...
  • Q&A on New Rules for Best Documentary Academy ...
    Thank you for your feedback on our new rules for Academy Award voting and eligibility. We are pleased so many of you have welcomed these changes. Some of you, though, still have some questions. Due to some stories in the media that did not explain the new rules correctly or fully, there is a li ...
  • THOUSANDS OF NURSES & SUPORTERS TO MARCH AT G8 ...
    RNs to be joined by Occupy, Global Community Reps, Union Activists to Stop Demise; Speculation Tax is Starting Point to Address Economies in Demise, say Nurses and Allies   Nurses from across the U.S., joined by union, healthcare, Occupy Wall Street and other community activists, as well as ...
  • 'Gratitude'
    Excerpted from Here Comes Trouble: Stories From My Life by Michael Moore I knew nothing about making a movie, and I wish I could tell you some cool story about how I started shooting films when I was six on my dad's 8mm Bell & Howell, or that I went to NYU film school with Spike Lee, and th ...
  • 'Gratitude' Audio

Salon

  • Obama goes to AIPAC: a scorecard
    President Obama held his ground on Iran during the last several days of dueling I-love-Israel speeches, making clear that the U.S. position did not match the Israeli demand for an immediate military strike against Iran’s non-existent nuclear weapons program. But Prime Minister Netanyahu scored a ...
  • LIVEBLOG: Super Tuesday
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  • As Netanyahu pushes for war, Israel starts to balk
    JERUSALEM – To Americans, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu must look like some invading giant. Backed by an army of AIPAC lobbyists and Republican presidential candidates, he came to Washington this week and put President Barack Obama on the defensive, using threats of imminent war on I ...
  • The pro-choice reawakening
    Monday, at around the same time that the Democratic National Committee launched Stand With Sandra, to fundraise over the loathsome attacks on the reproductive rights activist Sandra Fluke, images of police in riot gear arresting peaceful protesters of Virginia’s mandatory ultrasound law were spr ...
  • Under Occupy pressure, G-8 abandons Chicago
    The perfect storm seemed to be brewing over Chicago. With both the G-8 and NATO summits scheduled for mid-May, Occupy groups, anarchists and allies from around the world have been making plans to descend on the city, while Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Police Department have been preparing ...

SMB News

  • Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits ...
    For SMB News Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits camps PURWOBINANGUN: Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano spewed more deadly heat clouds Wednesday as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited some of the 50,000 evacuees in shelters. Searing gas billowed from the crater of the 2,91 ...
  • Kasaba throws spit on the camera
    \Kasaba throws spit on cameraMUMBAI: Ajmal Kasaba webcam spit on Tuesday during a hearing in the Bombay High Court for confirmation of the death penalty, which led the court strictly tell him to behave properly. Judjes a warning when they Kasaba altercation with the police and spit at the camera ...
  • K’taka Speaker disqualifies 16 MLAs
    For SMB News KBANGALORE: Hours ahead of the trust vote for beleaguered Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in the Assembly, Speaker K G Bopaiah disqualified sixteen rebel MLAs, including eleven from ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), legislative sources said on Monday. Bopaiah signed the ...
  • Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8
    For SMB News Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8 KARACHI: Eight people including two children were killed and over 65 others suffered injuries when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine in Clifton, official sources said here Thursday. Two heads, beli ...
  • Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistake
    For SMB News Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistakes’ LONDON: Former president Gen. (Retd.) Pervez Musharraf Friday admitted that political mistakes were committed in the twilight years of his regime and sought apology from Pakistani nation for the same. “These mistakes caused damage ...

Toronto Star - Editorials

Energy Collective

EU Times

  • Tehran gives IAEA access to strategic Parchin site
    Iran says it will allow the UN nuclear watchdog to inspect the facility where the West suspects work is under way to develop nuclear warheads. Meanwhile, the world’s major powers have agreed to a new round of six-party talks with Iran. ­”Given that Parchin is a military site, access to thi ...
  • Eastern Libya declares autonomy
    Cyrenaica, the eastern region of Libya, has elected a regional congress and declared semi-autonomy from the capital Tripoli. The “blatant call for fragmentation” of the country was condemned by Libya’s ruling NTC. Thousands of major tribal leaders and militia commanders attended a celebrat ...
  • Britain admits funding Syria rebels
    The UK government has acknowledged that it has provided an extra GBP 2 million to the Western-backed rebels fighting the popular government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Prime Minister David Cameron told a hearing at the House of Commons Liaison Committee on Tuesday afternoon that his gov ...
  • China to launch moon-landing orbiter in 2013
    China’s third lunar probe, Chang’e-3, is expected to be launched next year and conduct a moon landing and lunar explorations, its designer said. Different from the previous two orbiters, Chang’e-3 has “legs” to support the spacecraft in landing, said Ye Peijian, chi ...
  • Strange Noises in the Sky heard World-Wide AGAIN
    Mysterious sounds have been heard booming from the sky all around the world – in some cases they were so loud they set off car alarms. The unsettling noises were heard recently from Europe to Canada, sounding like groans and powerful horns. In Germany noises coming from the sky were recorded on ...

Stonecipher News

  • Symptoms and Treatments of Diabetes Insipidus
    Diabetes Insipidus ( or DI ) is a health condition that is often distinguished by extreme thirst along with excessively diluted urination . DI is similar in characteristics to untreated Diabetes ( or Diabetes Mellitus) but without the onset of blood glucose elevation. One of the major differ ...
  • Natural Acne Remedies
    There are several health conditions that hinder many people’s lives and outlook everyday. Acne is a condition which can affect your self esteem and your life. I’ve known several friends and family members with terrible cases of acne. They would purchase expensive remedies prescribed by docto ...
  • Linguistic Observations: Mendoza's Gang Girls ...
    Homegirls by Norma Mendoza Denton is a fascinating, and yet, perplexing, view of gangs in the San Francisco Bay area. Over the course of the next few weeks, I'll be providing you incites on the inner workings of the gangs, symbolism of certain material items, and other such related details. ...
  • Normal Structure and Function of the Musculosk ...
    Mr. Ghaz says: Muscular dystrophies refer to a group of more than 30 genetic diseases which are characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal muscles..Studies and estimation show that after sustaining a hip fracture (as a result of osteoporosis) 20% of patients die withi ...
  • Reasons to Donate Blood
    Have you ever donated blood? If you have why did you do it? It may have been for a loved one or a friend. It could have been for the free coupons and gift certificates blood centers provide for donations. Maybe you’re required to donate blood being that you’re in the medical field. In actua ...

Liquida : Worldwide News & Opinion

  • LulzSec Arrests of the Day
    Law enforcement officials have arrested key members of hacker group Lulz Security , allegedly acting on information from LulzSec leader Sabu, who Fox News reports is now working for the FBI . Fox News identifies Sabu as Hector Xavier Monsegur, a 28-year-old father of two who allegedly ran the g ...
  • DARPA's CHEETAH smashes legged-robot speed record
    It's been a very little over a year since Boston Dynamics was awarded a contract to develop a high-speed robotic quadruped by DARPA, but already the defense tech research agency's investment is bearing fruit, having announced that its CHEETAH galloping quadruped robot has broken the land speed ...
  • Michele Bachmann Gets Testy With Piers Morgan ...
    Earlier today, we reported that a school district under Rep. Michele Bachmann’s purview came to a landmark settlement over the bullying of gay students. We wish Piers might’ve addressed that question, but instead he stuck to general questions about Bachmann’s traditional views on marriage. Afte ...
  • Selena Gomez Soaks Up Some Sun In Florida
    Selena Gomez is spending some time in Florida lately to film her upcoming movie ‘Spring Breakers’ and she felt the need to share a photo of herself, on Instagram via Twitter , enjoying a refreshing beverage while soaking up some sun yesterday, March 5. The ‘Love You Like A Love Song’ singer has ...
  • Wikileaks: Leaked Emails Reveal That Bin Laden ...
    Osama bin Laden (Reuters / Stringer) Leaked: Bin Laden Not Buried At Sea, Body Moved On CIA Plane To US -- RT The body of Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was not buried at sea, according to leaked emails of intelligence firm Stratfor, as revealed by WikiLeaks

Groklaw

  • Rolling Up My Sleeves
    What became increasingly clear to me is that The Washington Post is doing something that matters to me personally: Real journalism. The Pulitzer prize level kind. They are working hard to educate and inform the public. To shine the lights into the dark places. While different in a great many ...
  • Biggest Court in Nation Cuts Operations in 'Cr ...
    The immediate effect of the cuts is the layoff of 300 court employees this June plus the closure of 50 courtrooms.... For many trial judges, the cuts represent past policies of the central administrative office coming home to roost. Last summer, for example, the Administrative Office of the ...
  • Actresss suit vs. Amazons IMDb may have bigger ...
    Jonathan Turley, a professor at the George Washington University Law School, tells the NYT: "A judgment would likely be a great concern for the many companies who actively use mining services and information." Lawyers for Hoang say the disclosure of her age - revealing her to be "many years old ...
  • 30 Lawyers Pick 30 Books Every Lawyer Should Read
    We asked 30 lawyers to pick a book they'd recommend to other lawyers-a book they might not have already read or may have overlooked or might not know. The lawyers who've not read To Kill A Mockingbird at some point in their life probably could be seated in a small, uncomfortable room until they ...
  • Plans for TV Everywhere Bog Down in Tangled Pacts
    It was dubbed "TV Everywhere." But for many TV viewers, it has had trouble going anywhere. Nearly three years after Time Warner Inc. and Comcast Corp. kicked off a drive to make cable programming available online for cable subscribers, the idea of TV Everywhere remains mired in technical holdup ...

WideShut

Politics in the Zeros

  • Decentralized groups and security. Anonymous h ...
    Hackers, quite possibly from the government, replaced Anonymous DDOS software available for download with a version that steals passwords.What we’re learning here is that there’s a serious flaw in how Anonymous works. By being so amorphous and disparate, there is no control over the members of t ...
  • LulzSec leader informs on Anonymous
    Usually the authorities infiltrate a group by starting with low-ranking members then moving their way up the food chain. This time they apparently began with the head of LulzSec “the de facto King of Anonymous” and he sang like a birdie to save himself from prison.That’s right— ...
  • Military drone crashes into SWAT vehicle
    Bonus quote:“The beautify of having something unmanned is you’re not putting any humans in harm’s way,” Buscher said.Except when the drone shoots at or falls on you.
  • All drones, all the time…
    Model planes being tuned up for a competitive meet at Modelhaven Airport near Baltimore, Maryland, 1944? (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.)Micah Zenko at Foreign Policy has a link-filled post up titled 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Drones. (Actually if ...
  • Loose talk of war
    Backing a nation into a corner can humiliate its leaders.It’s better that most of your negotiating be out of the public spotlight.Secret negotiations have led to a new accord with North Korea. There was no “loose talk of war.” Had there been, negotiations might have failed.

TVNZ - Top Stories

Just World News

  • Powerful, intimate memoir from Israeli peace a ...
    The countdown clock is now ticking fast, toward the publication of Miko Peled's amazing and powerful memoir, The General's Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine. The book traces Miko's journey from being born, in 1961, into a family that was part of the core of the Jewish-Israeli elite to, now ...
  • Quick notes from Penn BDS conference
    The conference was an outstanding success! Everyone involved in organizing it-- and most of us who spoke at it-- have all been extremely busy; so I'm really sorry that we don't have much more, and richer, reporting on the events out already. But expect more great reporting of the conference to c ...
  • What's new in the publishing biz!
    ... is Just World Books's new webstore, which gives us global reach for distributing books from, as of now, three different print/distribute hubs... I am really excited about this development. I've been trying for a while to figure out a way to escape Amazon's large and greedy clutch, and I thi ...
  • Pro-Israeli discourse suppressors desperately ...
    It is almost amusing to see the lengths to which the pro-Israeli discourse suppressors here in the United States have been going to try to rebuild the long-crumbled "Bar-Lev Line" with which, over decades past, they sought to protect Israel from being the subject of any free, fair, and fact-base ...
  • The use of web-based disinformation by the 'west'
    Patrick Cockburn has an extremely important piece at the Independent today, in which he takes to task the major organs of the 'western' media-- including, crucially, today's Al-Jazeera-- for the extremely uncritical and often openly inflammatory use they make of unsubstantiated or highly exagger ...

frogblog

  • On housing affordability and transport: it&#82 ...
    There are two parallel debates going in Auckland that really need to be combined. On the one hand, we have a housing affordability crisis. The solution, we are told, in the very disappointing  Productivity Commission draft report, is to free up more land for development on the fringes of the urb ...
  • Immigration announcements mean spirited
    Yesterday, we found out that, National will change immigration rules relating to parent, sibling and adult child residence categories. In summary these changes will mean that siblings and adult children will no longer be entitled to apply for residence, people who have English as another languag ...
  • The best policing money can buy?
    It is worrying to see that the government is looking to make drastic cuts from the policing budget, despite this posing real risks to some of the more progressive policies emerging in that portfolio. I’m never persuaded by reassurances that ‘front line’ resources will not be re ...
  • Green Growth, past and future.
    On Saturday I attended the launch of the Green Growth Advisory Group’s report on ‘greening’  New Zealand’s growth.  As well as being an interesting cultural experience in its own right, it was useful to hear first hand some of the ideas and expectations that flow from the ...
  • Vandals at the Gate – A Global Education Update
    Last week I attended a lecture by David Robinson from the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) about the state of global education. The main focus was on the tertiary sector but it was also relevant to all levels of education and the news was not good. David pointed out that despit ...

Patronus Analytical

J Kozy

  • Is Adam Smith's a Pickpocket
    Economists use the law of supply and demand merely to provide suppliers with an excuse for raising prices and picking consumer's pockets.
  • Economic Models and the Apologetics of Greed
    Economists build models by subtracting from reality the characteristics they deem unessential to the economic situations they model. The result is a bare bones description consisting of what economists deem economically essential. Everything that is discarded (not taken into consideration in the ...
  • The Crisis of Education in America: "How to Be ...
    Educational systems now train workers to fulfill the needs of companies. A society in which people exist for the sake of companies is a society enslaved. But there's a deep problem with the notion that education should equal vocational training. To paraphrase a very famous and renowned pers ...
  • Instruments of Repression
    For a society to be well governed, it's laws must be just and moral. The Ancients knew that "Those who are rightly governed . . . do not fill their porticoes with written statutes but only cherish justice in their souls; for it is not by legislation, but by morals that states are well direct ...
  • The Why of Not Doing the Right Thing: The Amer ...
    The unfairness of American society is being recognized by many. Eighty-nine percent of Americans say they don't trust their government; Congress has a mere 9% approval rating; America's financial institutions are widely considered to be corrupt; the Occupy movement has emerged, some are seek ...

Dr. Mercola Natural Health

  • The Hidden Email the White House Hopes to Keep ...
    By Dr. Mercola Americans are finally waking up to the reality of genetically engineered food—what it is, and its many dangers to human health and the environment. Genetically engineered (GE) foods are also known as genetically modified (GM), or as genetically modified organisms (GMO). In ...
  • Why is the FDA Ignoring Its Own Scientists' Wa ...
    By Dr. Mercola The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has 50 committees and panels that it depends on to obtain independent expert advice on scientific, technical and policy matters. However, the FDA is NOT legally required to follow its committee's recommendations, and, unfortunately, ...
  • Warning: Why You Should Avoid Using Your Lapto ...
    By Dr. Mercola Using your laptop computer on your lap is, paradoxically, not a safe way to use it. Just as research is emerging showing that cell phones should not actually be held right next to your head (for instance, the iPhone manual states the phone must be at least 5/8 inch away from y ...
  • The Guilty Pleasure that Could Save You From H ...
    By Dr. Mercola For many decades now, U.S. policy makers have been attempting to get Americans to eat less salt. But the drive to do this has little basis in science. In fact, a recent meta-analysis by the Cochrane Review involving a total of 6,250 subjects found no strong evidence that cutt ...
  • Bill Gates: One of the World's Most Destructiv ...
    video platform video management video solutions video player By Dr. Mercola Above, ABC's "Nightline," Bill Weir talks with Microsoft founder Bill Gates about his charitable endeavors. Gates' latest plan is to try to end world hunger by growing more genetically modi ...

JAMA

Survival - tribal peoples

  • Vedanta’s PR campaign backfires as Bollywood c ...
    The Dongria Kondh reasserted their pledge never to leave the Niyamgiri Hills, at a festival in February. © Bikash Khemka/Survival A bid by British mining giant Vedanta Resources to repair its tarnished international reputation has backfired after two major Bollywood celebrities withdrew fro ...
  • Official report confirms presence of “hiding t ...
    Ayoreo woman. Her uncontacted relatives are under threat from logging. © Survival In an official report, Paraguay’s Department of Indian Affairs INDI has confirmed that an uncontacted tribe is living on farmland in the northern Chaco region owned by a controversial ranching company. Signs ...
  • Spread of ‘human safaris’ threatens Peru’s unc ...
    Uncontacted Mashco Piro Indians have been seen in the area on several occasions. © G. Galli/uncontactedtribes.org Peru’s uncontacted Mashco-Piro tribe is facing the very real threat of being exploited by ‘human safaris’, according to British newspaper The Observer. Last month, Survival rel ...
  • Guard post to protect Peru’s uncontacted Mashc ...
    Today's photos are the closest sightings of uncontacted Indians ever recorded on camera © D.Cortijo/uncontactedtribes.org Residents living close to the uncontacted Mashco-Piro tribe – whose photos went viral last month – will build a guard post to protect both the Indians and locals fr ...
  • Clampdown on sacred ritual as Vedanta mine app ...
    A Dongria boy stands in front of Niyamgiri, where the tribe will hold its festival. © Lewis Davids/Survival Security forces are cracking down on the Dongria Kondh tribe as they prepare for a religious festival this weekend at the top of India’s most contentious mountain. Hundreds are deter ...

Montreal Gazette

  • Meeting the needs of English-speaking seniors
    It is encouraging to see that a provincial government often rightly accused of taking near-blanket electoral support from anglophones for granted has come across with funding for a major initiative in aid of English-speaking seniors.
  • Meeting the needs of English-speaking seniors
    The minister responsible for seniors, Marguerite Blais, announced on the weekend that the Quebec Community Groups Network will be granted just shy of $275,000 to fund a three-year research undertaking that is projected to lead to the establishment of a provincewide advocacy network for anglophon ...
  • Bridging the solitudes, with music and laughter
    There were two shows in town this week that together made for a refreshing sign of the times in what was once the city of two solitudes.
  • Editorial Cartoon
    Want more Aislin? Go to montrealgazette.com/aislin
  • Giving veterans their due is the least we can do
    In 2006, when Canadian soldiers were in the thick of the Afghan conflict, Paul Martin's Liberal government revamped the regulations governing veterans' pensions and compensation for injury.

Food World Order

  • More Foods Going to Pouch Packaging
    Plus, there's no more pesky recycling! from chicagotribune.com: Packaged food makers are thinking outside the bottle and can. More to the point, they're increasingly partial to pouches. Kitchen staples from Campbell Soup Co. and H.J. Heinz Co. will be joining other consumer products in pou ...
  • AntiSec dumps Monsanto data on the Web
    from cnet.com: Anonymous continued its ongoing attack on agricultural biotech giant Monsanto today by publishing an outdated database of the company's material. This is the newest in a barrage of strikes from hackers aligned with Anonymous who operate under the "AntiSec" banner. In a stat ...
  • #Video: Episode011 - Nukes, Books, Syrian Seeds
    On Thursday nights, Media Monarchy joins Corbett Report Radio live on Republic Broadcasting to go over all the latest stories from the world of food, environment and health. This week's menu features nukes, books, Syrian seeds and more... Episode011: MP3/Feed\Archive Previous Audio ...
  • #Audio: Episode011 - Nukes, Books, Syrian Seeds
    On Thursday nights, Media Monarchy joins Corbett Report Radio live on Republic Broadcasting to go over all the latest stories from the world of food, environment and health. This week's menu features nukes, books, Syrian seeds and more... Episode011: MP3/Feed\Archive Previous Audio ...
  • #BingeAndPurge: Official Dismissal, Doomsday, ...
    Food Safety Official's Monsanto Ties Spur Petition for Ouster* Help stop former Monsanto VP from attaining top position at the FDA* Judge Dismisses Organic Farmers' Case Against Monsanto* Syria Crops Sheltered in Arctic Doomsday Vault* Calif. Food Truck Ban Cooks Up Growing Oppositio ...

CrusadeWatch

  • The Bait of Christian Fundamentalism in Africa
    source:  Huffington Post, 8/24/2011 Michael Mungai Co-founder, Dagoretti 4 Kids I grew up in the hovels of Dagoretti, an impoverished suburb in the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. Raised by an unemployed single mother, my two siblings and I would take turns missing school to babysit our ...
  • Puttur: Four Arrested for Forcing Religious Co ...
    source:  Daijiworld, Aug 29, 2011 Puttur, Aug 29: Four persons, reportedly belonging to a Christian sect, were handed over to the police by the residents of Boodujal of Nedle village near Uppinangady on Sunday August 28. The locals, including some dalits, accused K J Kunhimonu (30) from Mun ...
  • Andhra Pradesh: Church priest rapes minor girl ...
    source:  India today, July 1, 2011 A Christian priest has been arrested for raping a 16-year-old girl and setting her ablaze in his house at Nadendla village of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh.
  • The changing face of the church
    source:  Deccan chronicle, July 13, 2011 Its a well-documented fact that people adopt aspects of other cultures around them. The churches in Andhra Pradesh are following this custom and Indianising some of practices. At St Andrews Orthodox Church, West Marredpally, a Dwaja Stambam has been ...
  • Pastors wife accuses him of sexual abuse of mi ...
    source: Bangalore Mirror, June 17, 2011   In her police complaint, Priyalatha has charged Shantaraju, pastor of Bethel Church and Bethel Student Centre, with having sex with young girls and getting them to abort   S Shyam Prasad  

Whole Truth Coalition

  • Vox Populi, Methods of Manipulation
    COTO Report and Megan ‘Verb’ Kargher are proud to present Vox Populi, Methods of Manipulation. It has become increasingly evident that large portions of the planet are descending with alarming speed into Orwellian police states. What is the New World Order and what are their plans fo ...
  • The Big Awakening Conference 2011
    Click here for more information …
  • Lawfull Rebellion - Roger Hayes challenges Liv ...
    “Wirral Council is taking Roger Hayes to Birkenhead county court for non-payment of council tax. Mr Hayes, chairman of The British Constitution Group, claims the council tax is illegal and imposed without his consent. His stand has won support from all over the country, and demonstrators t ...
  • Truthjuice Gathering 2011
                                                         SPEAKERS CONFIRMED CHARLIE VEITCH - THE END OF FEAR MARK FOSTER - EMPOWERMENT FOR THE PEOPLE PHIL MEDLEY - STARGATES: A PERSONAL JOURNEY MICHAEL HALLAM - BURSTING THE ECONOMIC BUBBLE AND PRACTICAL TOOLS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY BUILDING IAN MOORE ( ...
  • COTO Report This Ain’t Oz an Interview w ...
    COTO Report and Megan Kargher are pleased to bring you a special two day interview with Freeman of freemantv, the freeman perspective and the free zone http://www.youtube.com/user/Freemantv… http://thefreemanperspective.blogspot… http://freemantv.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O ...

The Economic Collapse

  • 15 Potentially Massive Threats To The U.S. Eco ...
    We live in a world that is becoming increasingly unstable, and the potential for an event that could cause "sudden change" to the U.S. economy is greater than ever.  There are dozens of potentially massive threats that could easily push the U.S. economy over the edge during the n ...
  • Now THAT Is Cold – 19 Signs That America ...
    The economy is not the only thing that is wrong with America.  In order for a society to function smoothly, people need to be able to trust one another and be able to expect that most of their fellow citizens will behave in a somewhat civilized manner.  Unfortunately, we are star ...
  • 10.7 Percent: Unemployment In Europe Is Worse ...
    The unemployment rate in the eurozone is now 10.7 percent.  That is the highest the unemployment rate has been since the introduction of the euro.  The unemployment rate in the eurozone never got any higher than 10.2 percent during the last recession.  This is very troubling news ...
  • Inflation Is A Tax And The Federal Reserve Is ...
    Ronald Reagan once famously declared that inflation is a tax, but sadly most Americans did not really grasp what he was talking about.  If the American people truly understood what inflation was doing to them, they would be screaming bloody murder about monetary policy.  Inflatio ...
  • 20 Economic Statistics To Use To Wake Sheeple ...
    The Dow has closed above 13,000 for the first time since 2008, and the mainstream media is declaring that a strong economic recovery is underway.  Barack Obama is telling anyone who will listen that his economic policies are a huge success, and U.S. consumers are piling up astoun ...

CASSE

The Talking Clock

  • Pritchard Quits: Principles Over Personal Posi ...
    Those wondering whether Roger Helmer MEP's weekend defection from the Conservatives to UKIP would open the floodgates did not have to wait too long. Yesterday we learnt through the Sunday newspapers that Steve Hilton walked from his Downing Street job, apparently privately citing frustrations ...
  • President Obama's Birth Certificate: 'Not Auth ...
    The debate about whether President Obama - Barry Soetoro, to some - should not be President of the United States due to his status as a U.S. citizen or otherwise rumbles on. The issue has migrated from the pages of 'right wing' indie media and 'conspiracy theory' websites and now it is mainst ...
  • Sunday Paper Review: 4th March 2012
    Telling a few home truths about the EU in The Observer? Again? Why yes! And they don't hold back today. Warning the British people about the consequences of EU regulations on hen cages, the newspaper tells of the grim prospect that: "Britain's supermarket shelves could be empty of key prod ...
  • Hello Helmer... welcome to UKIP
    It's hardly shocking news, that Conservative MEP Roger Helmer is now UKIP MEP Roger Helmer. Already up and running under the party banner, here is his first outing as a member of UKIP at the party conference... and Helmer is one UKIP face one who is certain to be high profile: Helmer's d ...
  • Nigel Farage: Social Unrest could spell the en ...
    UKIP's Nigel Farage has clearly been watching the same news reports as us - social unrest, all over Europe, and it seems to be spreading week-by-week. Nowhere is this unrest more painful to watch than in Greece - which is now clearly the ground zero of the bankster-led, EU-jackbooted take dow ...

Facing South

CenterLine

  • Search for new executive director of Center on ...
    Karen Greenberg, executive director of NYU Law’s Center on Law and Security (CLS), announced she is leaving to pursue other career opportunities. Greenberg’s tenure as executive director began with the founding of the Center in 2003.  Under her stewardship, CLS … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Terrorism News
    Today’s Terrorism News post will be the last one for the summer. Along with the staff here at the Center on Law and Security, and with particular thanks to The Soufan Group for its generous support and to Carolyn O’Hara … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Terrorism News
    In Association with The Soufan Group At Radicalization Hearing, Rep. King Says al Shabab Poses Threat Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) held a third congressional hearing on Islamic radicalization in the United States Wednesday, this one focused on the threat of … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Terrorism News
    In Association with The Soufan Group Four Indicted for Drug Trafficking to Benefit Terrorism Federal prosecutors in New York unsealed indictments Tuesday against four men they say conspired to sell drugs and buy weapons for Hezbollah and the Taliban in … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Terrorism News
    In Association with The Soufan Group In Arkansas, Man Accused of Killing Soldier Strikes Plea Deal A man on trial for shooting two U.S. soldiers, one of whom was killed, outside of a military recruiting station in 2009 reached a … Continue reading →

Short Sharp Science

Tech Drive In

  • First Official Release of Songbird Fork - Nigh ...
    Quoting our previous article on the topic, "Not so long ago, Songbird was one of the most loved music player app among Linux users. It all changed when Songbird developers decided to stop supporting Linux and concentrate on Mac and Windows platforms. But some hardcore Songbird users were not r ...
  • Logcat Android Live Wallpaper Sure Looks Geeky!
    We have featured quite a number of really unique Android live wallpapers before, but Logcat is of a different breed altogether. And it is very simple too. All it does is displaying Android activity log as your live wallpaper. I have to admit, it looks very geeky! Logcat Live W ...
  • RetroShare: Open Source Tool to Securely Chat ...
    Privacy and security is paramount, especially while you are communicating through internet with your near and dear ones. And then there is 'whom-to-trust' issue. Generally speaking, Open Source software has to be the most secure of them all. RetroShare seems like a good bet. It is an Open Sour ...
  • TSF Shell 3D Released: Lots of Surprises in Store!
    Surprise No.1: Jaw-dropping price tag. I mean, how often do you see an app in Android Market priced at a staggering $17 USD apiece! I have been very eagerly waiting for the release of TSF Shell 3D Android launcher ever since it was officially announced nearly 2 months ago. So I decided to gi ...
  • Android Makes Huge Inroads in the Indian Marke ...
    About an year ago, I went to a local retail store and asked about the availability of Android phones. He said they don't have 'Android' phones, but they have LG, Samsung, and Nokia phones (he also referred me to a barrage of local brands like Karbonn, Maxx and what-not). That's right ...

Case About Bird Flu

  • The relevance of Stauffenberg to our problems ...
    IT IS JULY 20th, 1944. Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg makes his way through the labyrinthe of the Wolf’s Lair to assassinate Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, launch a coup, end the Second World War and liberate the concentration camps. Read the first chapter of this book of fiction based on his ...
  • FOREIGN POLICE CALLED IN TO INVESTIGATE KAMPUS ...
    *AUSTRIAN PARLIAMENT TO CALL IN FBI AND GERMAN POLICE TO INVESTIGATE KAMPUSCH KIDNAPPING CASE * TOP AUSTRIAN POLITICIAN CONFIRMS OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE OF ACCOMPLICE *SWISS MEDIA ACCUSES AUSTRIAN MEDIA OF COLLUDING IN COVER UP *POLICE INSPECTOR WHO TRIED TO FIND OUT THE TRUTH ABOUT KAMPUSCH CHILD ...
  • Irish fury at bankster bailouts grows ahead of ...
    Irish journalst Vincent Browne has become an unlikely hero after he dared stand up to ECB, EU and IMF Troika  officials at a press conference and tell them to their face the truth, namely, that their bankster bailouts were causing huge damage to ordinary people. “Ireland’s favourite ...
  • Irish health authories in swine flu vaccine co ...
    Ireland’s health authority, the HSE, claims that it cannot find out how many people have narcolepsy after taking the swine flu vaccine because vaccination data which should have been entered onto computers is incomplete, reports The Irish Examiner. http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/hse- ...
  • Sleeping Pill Death Toll In The USA In 2010 Ma ...
    Taking sleeping pills significantly increases the risk of dying, a new study published by BMJ Open has shown.  The authors correlated deaths with sleeping pill intake and uncovered a shocking association. Daniel Kripke, a co author, said that between 320,000 and 507,000 people could have died fr ...

Invisible Opportunity

  • RT: FBI Tries To Coax Muslim Into Bombing US C ...
  • Abortion Stillbirth Events from Gardasil Far E ...
    Consumer beware! What your doctor isn’t telling you is that Gardasil leads all other vaccines in abortion stillbirth events. Does anyone actually review the VAERS data to protect the public? According to a National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC – http://nvic.org) MedAlerts blog entry wr ...
  • Our Freedoms Were Never Free
    By Jim Kirwin Whether we speak of ‘freedom’ as part of our law or what used to be our government or just as individuals – FREEDOM has never been “free” to those who seek to profit from her embrace. There is a price for this very special adjunct to life that is contained in Freedom’s [...]
  • Mr Apocalypse is Banging on the Judgment Drum
    By Les Visible Putin is president of Russia again. Iran just had a legal and successful election. Israel is completely out of control. The American system is entirely corrupt and owned by the central banks and multinational corporations. What does it all mean? It means that this world we live in ...
  • Unvaccinated people a public health threat? No ...
    by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger (NaturalNews) Vaccine pushers often resort to an interesting fear tactic to try to mandate vaccine obedience among the masses: They insist that those who are unvaccinated are a health threat to the rest of the vaccinated population because the vaccinated people m ...

Veterans Today

  • Truth Willing Out – The Slimy March of Z ...
    When idiot blowhard Newt Gingrich kissed up to AIPAC during one of those overly hyped television debates by proclaiming; ”Palestinians are a made-up people.”
  • Obama, AIPAC and the Rest of US
    Why Does America Prostrate Itself  Before the AIPAC Bullies?                       … by  Gilad Atzmon Yesterday at AIPAC annual conference, the American president had to go out of his way to appease his Jewish crowd. He used every trick in the book, he even peppered his talk with some ...
  • Putin Wins Overwhelmingly
    Major Media Scoundrels Bash Putin
  • Women Veteran Numbers Double in a Decade
    The number of women Veterans attending VHA for healthcare has doubled between 2000 and 2010.
  • Visually-Impaired Veterans Share Support and I ...
    A special group of Veterans gather at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS) once a month for guidance on handling vision loss and updates on services available from both VA Pittsburgh and the community.

electric politics

  • It Takes A Generation To Raise A Prophet
    In theory, churches should be more active than they are these days in pursuing Justice and Peace. So why aren't they? Where were they on Iraq? Where are they now, on Iran? What do churches have to say about universal health care? Or income and wealth inequality? Or, for that matter, out of contr ...
  • America Agonistes
    The best way to fix fundamental political problems — sometimes the only way — is first to talk about them. In other words, to act like human beings instead of lab rats. Of course it isn't easy to wrap our minds around our problems, let alone articulate them, but that's what struggles ...
  • The Color of Authority
    We use money all the time. We talk about money a lot. Some people even love money — some so much they seem to think, like the Egyptian Pharaohs, that they'll be able to take it with them. But does anyone really understand what money is? If we actually did understand it, then, in theory, we ...
  • How To Think About Iran's Nuclear Program
    Like some predatory colonial power of the not-so-distant past the U.S. seems to think that war might solve our problems with Iran. But it couldn't. Instead, we need the imagination, and courage, to find a compromise. To help us make our way we're extraordinarily lucky then to have Ambassador Pet ...
  • Whither Korea?
    The North Koreans aren't stupid. Nor are they brainwashed ideological zombies. Their main problem is that for the past sixty some years they've been at war with the U.S., a war the U.S. either doesn't want or know how to end. But might a changing of the guard in North Korea lead to an improvemen ...

PR News

A special project of Foreign Policy and the New America Foundation

  • Leaving Afghanistan
    Seven Afghanistan experts review the president's plans for ending the war.
  • Raging at Rawalpindi
    American leaders are furious with Pakistan’s military in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s killing. But twisting arms will only backfire.
  • The FP Salon: Peter Bergen's The Longest War
    An FP round-table discussion on counterterrorism expert Peter Bergen's latest book. A decade after 9/11, is the war on terrorism a war we can win?
  • Crazy Like a Fox
    In a fit of anger, Hamid Karzai axes his director of intelligence, Amrullah Saleh. But is there method to his madness?
  • Addicted to Contractors
    The United States is hooked on privatized warfare in Afghanistan. And it's more costly than you think.

Field Notes - Alberta Environment

Stop NATO

  • Ahead Of SCO Summit: China, Russia To Bolster ...
    Xinhua News Agency March 6, 2012 China to further improve ties with Russia BEIJING: The Chinese government is prepared to work closely with Russia to bolster their comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said Tuesday. China will increase mutual political ...
  • China, Pakistan, Afghanistan Hold First Trilat ...
    Pakistan Tribune March 5, 2012 Pak, China, Afghanistan hold trilateral meeting ==== A trilateral meeting of the three countries has taken place for the first time in the history of regional ties, a mechanism possibly born in anticipation of the withdrawal of the occupation forces from Afghanista ...
  • G8, NATO Summits: Further Descent Into Police ...
    RT March 6, 2012 Security fears? Chicago G8 Summit canceled, relocated to Camp David ==== Coincidently, a new bill drafted by Congress, HR 347, will make it a federal offense to trespass on the grounds of any place granted Secret Service. If approved, the NATO Summit in Chicago will fall into th ...
  • Continued Presence Of U.S., NATO Troops In Afg ...
    Daily Times March 6, 2012 A definite ‘no’ By Midhat Kazim It would be the highest sin for us to strengthen the foreign invading armies in Afghanistan by giving them land and air supply routes instead of chasing them back and away from here, thus helping our American brothers and sisters win thei ...
  • License To Kill
    Voice of Russia March 6, 2012 License to kill Boris Volkhonsky Edited by RR ==== t has not been uncommon for the U.S. government to eliminate its enemies all over the world, indiscriminately bombing Iraqi or Afghan villages, or using drone strikes in Yemen or Pakistan, where dozens and hundreds ...

Before It's News

Intel Hub

FRS

  • Internationalist Solidarity: Indian Maoist sal ...
    COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (MAOIST) — CENTRAL COMMITTEE — Press Release – September 24, 2011 CPI (Maoist)’s condolence message to the Central Committee of the CPP on the demise of Gregorio “Ka Roger” Rosal Dear Comrades, Our CC felt deep sorrow when we heard the news of pas ...
  • CPI (Maoist): “Condemn the arrests and t ...
    COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (MAOIST) — CENTRAL COMMITTEE — Press Release — March 2, 2012 In the last week of February 2012, the police have arrested activists of our Party including some senior cadres from Kolkata and Mumbai. On the specific intelligence inputs provided by the mur ...
  • Pravasi Today (India): “Kishenji succes ...
    [An Indian mainstream news report about an arrest of Maoists. -- Frontlines ed.] ———————- Kolkata, March 1: A Maoist leader, said to be the successor of slain rebel chieftain Kishenji, and four of his aides were arrested from various parts of this West B ...
  • The people and the working class of Greece str ...
    Communist Party of Greece (marxist-leninist) The situation in Greece The situation in Greece is critical both for the people and the working class. Because of the imperialist dependence of the country, its position in the EU and the Eurozone, its military-political dependence in NATO and its mil ...
  • US Military Aid to Israel: The cost and the vi ...
    Report denounces weapons to Israel as AIPAC assembles by News Sources on March 5, 2012 The US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation just released its first policy paper, “U.S. Military Aid to Israel: Policy Implications & Options,” [PDF] which calls for the United States to end military aid ...

Ken O'Keefe

  • For Love
    I just want to say, need to say, for the record, that I want what is best for all people, and I mean all people. I want no retribution, I feel no hate, I want truth and justice. When I see my children, who deserve a good father, just like all children, I only hope that they, like all other chi ...
  • The Criminal UK Police Looking to Arrest Me fo ...
    The mass murdering criminal UK Government and its equally corrupt police, the ones who are happy to protect Israeli war criminals in the UK by destroying universal jurisdiction. The same UK that is home to the worlds biggest fraudsters and financial terrorists, otherwise known as the banksters. ...
  • Lecture at Middlesex University – Israel ...
    Here is my lecture last week at Middlesex University. The one with our friendly Zionists. Watch the video to see what they reckon I should be jailed for; 'incitement' they call it. I would have to agree that telling the truth is the mostrevolutionary activity of our time and the UK police have a ...
  • Lecture at Middlesex University – Israel ...
    Here is my lecture last week at Middlesex University. The one with our friendly Zionists. Watch the video to see what they reckon I should be jailed for; 'incitement' they call it. I would have to agree that telling the truth is the mostrevolutionary activity of our time and the UK police have a ...
  • Memo to all Christians – The Heretic & M ...
    This is so worthwhile for every Christian to consider. Especially supposedly patriotic American Christians; think about what this short video is saying. Imagine that you, unwittingly or not, are paying for the murder of Jesus Christ's blood relatives. Actually, do not imagine it, know it, becaus ...

StillSmallVoice

  • Life is change and change is life
    And here is proof: The Courant's parent company, Tribune, is backing away from maintaining this particular blog format -- Movable Type -- in favor of another blog platform, one that is unworkable here. Namely, the new format allows blog comments to go online unapproved, and -- I say th ...
  • Maybe CEO salaries need a Buffett rule
    "Peer benchmarking" helps move compensation for CEOs ever higher. Perhaps one of the high-dollar bosses should take a page from Warren Buffett, who in August suggested in a New York Times essay that the rich don't carry their weight in taxes. Meanwhile, Buffett, himself, has refined his earlier ...
  • De-pinkifying breast cancer
    There's a growing movement that seeks to turn the pink ribbon upside down. You can read more here. Flickr photo
  • Why the occupation?
    You can see more Mother Jones charts here. You can read about Hartford's budding Occupation here, with a planning meeting set for 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Bushnell Park, and again at 5 p.m.
  • Cleansing after Yom Kippur
    Yom Kippur starts at sundown on Friday and here's one man's take on it. Flickr photo

Associated Content

  • Candidates Look to Super Tuesday
    A look at the polls for the Republican nomination, and their meaning, one day before super TuesdayContributor: Peter Flom Published: Mar 05, 2012
  • Romney Urged President Obama to Adopt RomneyCa ...
    A 2009 Op-Ed Contradicts Republican Presidential Candidate Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's Campaign Claim That His Heath Care Reform Law Was Not The Basis For President Barack Obama's Controversial 2010 Health Care LawContributor: Steven Holmes Published: Mar 05, 2012
  • Obama is Not Bluffing or is He?
    Obama needs to make this statement based on the timing of the GOP primaries and Netanyahu's visit.Contributor: Hector Quiambao Published: Mar 04, 2012
  • Rush Limbaugh Should Not Have Apologized to Sa ...
    On March 3, conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh apologized to Sandra Fluke, after he made derogatory comments towards her over the contraception mandate. Here is why he should not have apologized.Contributor: Jeanne Rose Published: Mar 04, 2012
  • The Deadliest March Tornado Outbreak Since 1994
    After two days and one massive tornadic storm system, this March has already become the most deadly March since 1994, and is on track to become the March with the most tornadoes ever.Contributor: Tiffany VanSickle Published: Mar 03, 2012

Popsci - Science

  • Stowaway Seeds Carried By Unwitting Humans Are ...
    Seeds are surreptitiously hitching a ride on human visitors to Antarctica, threatening to sow invasive species in one of the last remaining pristine environments on Earth. About 20 percent of visitors to the frozen continent bring stowaway seeds on their clothing and luggage, according to a new ...
  • By the Numbers: Flu Season, Visualized
    Strains of seasonal influenza behave slightly differently season to season and strain to strain. The differences are revealing. The rate of transmission of the 1918 pandemic, which killed 40 million people, closely mirrors the data from the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. The two strains are, in fact, close ...
  • Smart, Self-Healing Hydrogels Repair Themselve ...
    The ability to heal--to repair oneself repeatedly and thus sustain damage repeatedly--is one of biology’s greatest tricks, and one that humans have been trying to replicate in synthetic materials for years. Now, bioengineers at University of California, San Diego, have done so via a hydrogel tha ...
  • Massive Extraterrestrial Rock Hit Earth 13 Mi ...
    About 13,000 years ago, a chunk of a comet or asteroid hurtled into the atmosphere at a shallow angle, superheating the atmosphere around it as it careened toward the surface. The air grew hot enough to ignite plant material and melt rock below the object’s flight path. Within a few microseconds ...
  • Did An Optical Illusion Doom the Titanic?
    The Titanic may have struck an iceberg and sank helplessly because of a strange atmosphere-caused optical illusion, a new book argues. British historian Tim Maltin says super refraction, an extraordinary bending of light that causes mirages, prevented the Titanic’s crew from seeing the fateful i ...

Veterans Today

  • Truth Willing Out – The Slimy March of Z ...
    When idiot blowhard Newt Gingrich kissed up to AIPAC during one of those overly hyped television debates by proclaiming; ”Palestinians are a made-up people.”
  • Obama, AIPAC and the Rest of US
    Why Does America Prostrate Itself  Before the AIPAC Bullies?                       … by  Gilad Atzmon Yesterday at AIPAC annual conference, the American president had to go out of his way to appease his Jewish crowd. He used every trick in the book, he even peppered his talk with some ...
  • Putin Wins Overwhelmingly
    Major Media Scoundrels Bash Putin
  • Women Veteran Numbers Double in a Decade
    The number of women Veterans attending VHA for healthcare has doubled between 2000 and 2010.
  • Visually-Impaired Veterans Share Support and I ...
    A special group of Veterans gather at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS) once a month for guidance on handling vision loss and updates on services available from both VA Pittsburgh and the community.

War is Business

Hudson's Weather & Climate

  • Winter 2011/2012: The final verdict
    Winter this year has confounded most long range forecasts issued last autumn, turning out to be mild, averaged over December, January and February (Climatological winter). Talk of huge snowfalls, and the likelihood of another severe winter which were lapped up by an ever eager media, were wide ...
  • February's huge temperature contrast
    Warm air from the sub-tropics is affecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire today and has led to some exceptionally mild temperatures for February. At the old Finningley Met Office site, which is now Robin Hood airport, along with Donna Nook outside Cleethorpes, 18C (64F) has been recorded. These te ...
  • Drax axes plans to build new biomass power sta ...
    The company which owns Drax power station in North Yorkshire, which is the largest single producer of electricity and carbon dioxide in the country, has announced that a £1.4 billion plan to build 2 of 3 new dedicated biomass power stations have been shelved. The third of the planned power sta ...
  • Risk of drought restrictions spread
    Large parts of the UK are at risk from serious water shortages this summer if rainfall in the next few months continues to be low. Since June 2011, drought has affected Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, parts of Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire, and west Norfolk. Now, much of South East England ...
  • Met Office global forecasts too warm in 11 out ...
    Global temperatures fell quite sharply in January, according to the UAH satellite measure. The anomaly of -0.093C below the 30 year running mean equates to approximately +0.16C above the more standard 1961-1990 time period. As regards 2011 as a whole, according to the Met Office, 2011 was ...

Internat'l Political Economy

  • Masters of the Game: Vatican Diplomacy in Cuba
    By far one of the most underresearched areas in IPE I would argue is the role played by religious institutions as diplomatic actors. Not only were the imperial conquests of earlier European colonizers usually phrased in terms of enlightening the unwashed masses, but religion remains a very signi ...
  • Celebrating the IPE Zone's Five-Year Anniversary
    Five Years of Fearless BloggingUnbeknownst to me, the IPE Zone just turned five in February.. Belatedly, then, it's time to celebrate! I once had a nearly octogenarian boss who morbidly observed that her peers were all retired and many dead besides. With blogging the very model of a throwaway me ...
  • White Man's Burden 2012: World Bank Succession
    Take up the White Man's burden-- Have done with childish days-- The lightly proferred laurel, The easy, ungrudged praise. Comes now, to search your manhood Through all the thankless years Cold, edged with dear-bought wisdom, The judgment of your peers!  Well here is more dis ...
  • 'The DNA of Human Rights'
    Here's an interesting counterpoint to the "Asian values" argument that prioritizes collective well-being over individual rights. While I to a certain extent buy into that argument, it is at this point in time largely due to objections to how Western nations that are usually loudest about blather ...
  • German Apprenticeship vs US/UK Uni-Jobless System
    It is no big secret that youth unemployment is especially high in Anglo-Saxon economies at the present time.* As I have illustrated, wages for US college graduates have been on a steady downward trend. At the same time, tuition fees are rising at a rate far outstripping the rate of inflatio ...

Economic Collapse Blog

  • 15 Potentially Massive Threats To The U.S. Eco ...
    We live in a world that is becoming increasingly unstable, and the potential for an event that could cause "sudden change" to the U.S. economy is greater than ever.  There are dozens of potentially massive threats that could easily push the U.S. economy over the edge during the n ...
  • Now THAT Is Cold – 19 Signs That America ...
    The economy is not the only thing that is wrong with America.  In order for a society to function smoothly, people need to be able to trust one another and be able to expect that most of their fellow citizens will behave in a somewhat civilized manner.  Unfortunately, we are star ...
  • 10.7 Percent: Unemployment In Europe Is Worse ...
    The unemployment rate in the eurozone is now 10.7 percent.  That is the highest the unemployment rate has been since the introduction of the euro.  The unemployment rate in the eurozone never got any higher than 10.2 percent during the last recession.  This is very troubling news ...
  • Inflation Is A Tax And The Federal Reserve Is ...
    Ronald Reagan once famously declared that inflation is a tax, but sadly most Americans did not really grasp what he was talking about.  If the American people truly understood what inflation was doing to them, they would be screaming bloody murder about monetary policy.  Inflatio ...
  • 20 Economic Statistics To Use To Wake Sheeple ...
    The Dow has closed above 13,000 for the first time since 2008, and the mainstream media is declaring that a strong economic recovery is underway.  Barack Obama is telling anyone who will listen that his economic policies are a huge success, and U.S. consumers are piling up astoun ...

Infoshop - Alt Media

E U Times

  • Tehran gives IAEA access to strategic Parchin site
    Iran says it will allow the UN nuclear watchdog to inspect the facility where the West suspects work is under way to develop nuclear warheads. Meanwhile, the world’s major powers have agreed to a new round of six-party talks with Iran. ­”Given that Parchin is a military site, access to thi ...
  • Eastern Libya declares autonomy
    Cyrenaica, the eastern region of Libya, has elected a regional congress and declared semi-autonomy from the capital Tripoli. The “blatant call for fragmentation” of the country was condemned by Libya’s ruling NTC. Thousands of major tribal leaders and militia commanders attended a celebrat ...
  • Britain admits funding Syria rebels
    The UK government has acknowledged that it has provided an extra GBP 2 million to the Western-backed rebels fighting the popular government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Prime Minister David Cameron told a hearing at the House of Commons Liaison Committee on Tuesday afternoon that his gov ...
  • China to launch moon-landing orbiter in 2013
    China’s third lunar probe, Chang’e-3, is expected to be launched next year and conduct a moon landing and lunar explorations, its designer said. Different from the previous two orbiters, Chang’e-3 has “legs” to support the spacecraft in landing, said Ye Peijian, chi ...
  • Strange Noises in the Sky heard World-Wide AGAIN
    Mysterious sounds have been heard booming from the sky all around the world – in some cases they were so loud they set off car alarms. The unsettling noises were heard recently from Europe to Canada, sounding like groans and powerful horns. In Germany noises coming from the sky were recorded on ...

Voiceless Victim

  • Catholic Church has no business policing itself
    Below are some excerpts from this week’s Report of the Inquiry into Protecting Victoria’s Vulnerable Children (Australia) demolishing some of the Catholic Church’s favourite excuses for its appalling record on child endangerment. Thankfully the inquiry refused to be fooled by t ...
  • How Many Dead Children Are Too Many?
    An average of 50 children die from drowning in Australia every year. This figure is considered unacceptably high. Generously funded multi million dollar public education campaigns called Swim and Survive and Swim Kids aim to teach children about water safety in order to bring that shocking numbe ...
  • Italy acknowledges Vatican unworthy of unfair ...
    The new Italian Prime Minister, Mario Monti, has responded to a petition by 130,000 citizens to end unfair tax-free perks for the Catholic Church’s commercial enterprises. Promising to reverse the trend which in the past saw anti-competitive and possibly illegal special privileges for the ...
  • Aspiring Aussie PM Sacrifices Truth and Church ...
    Kevin Rudd, former, and aspiring future Australian Prime Minister demonstrated on Friday that he is prepared to prostitute himself, the truth, and the victims of church violence against children in order to deliver a minor political miracle and shore up his hopes to oust Julia Gillard from the P ...
  • Even Thief Gives Pope Lesson in Morality &#821 ...
    Are the media actually picking on the catholic church over child sexual abuse, as petulantly claimed by the Vatican’s propaganda machine? Or are catholic church leaders truly the last people in the world any responsible parent would want to have anything to do with their children? Last yea ...

WL Central

  • 2012-03-06 #WikiLeaks News Update: #GIFiles; U ...
    Tweet WikiLeaks has been financially blockaded without process for 458 days. Julian Assange has been detained without charge for 455 days. Bradley Manning has been imprisoned without trial for 652 days. WikiLeaks News: Image from WikiLeaks WikiLeaks continues to release more G.I. F ...
  • Christine Assange's Talking Points
    TweetChristine Assange, mother of WikiLeaks founder and Editor-in-Chief Julian Assange, has spent many long months reaching out to supporters and urging them to contact their local political representatives. Recognising that many politicians do not even know the true story behind WikiLeaks and h ...
  • Untitled Angst: the curse of lethargy in a tim ...
    TweetAuthored By: Nadim Fetaih As Edmund Burke once wrote, “all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” It is time for Canada to shed the shackles of apathy and rise. I have long been a proponent for a revolution in Canada. I have written many blog pieces to try an ...
  • Global Spring: Towards an advanced and mature ...
    TweetAuthored by OrsanS for GAIA Our current civilization, based on the dominance of a capitalist mode of production relations and other social relations is in large portion an outcome of or strongly determined by the principal relationships in this mode, including ‘foreign’ relations between hu ...
  • 2012-03-03 #WikiLeaks News Update: #GIFiles co ...
    Tweet WikiLeaks has been financially blockaded without process for 455 days. Julian Assange has been detained without charge for 452 days. Bradley Manning has been imprisoned without trial for 649 days. WikiLeaks News: Image from WikiLeaks The G.I. Files have been dominating the he ...

U N News

  • Guatemala: UN welcomes judge's decision to den ...
    The United Nations human rights office today welcomed the news that a Guatemalan judge rejected the claim that a former dictator is protected under an amnesty law from being tried on genocide charges.
  • Haiti: First mobile phone cash transfers facil ...
    Survivors of the 2010 devastating earthquake in Haiti have this week started receiving cash subsidies through the first-ever mobile money transfer system in support of post-disaster housing reconstruction, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) reported today.
  • UN launches new guidelines in fight against ch ...
    United Nations health officials have unveiled new guidelines to help countries throughout the Americas detect and prevent transmission of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus - a disease which has already infected more than two million people around the world.
  • Drug-related violence has reached alarming lev ...
    Escalating violence involving drug trafficking organizations in Central America has reached "alarming and unprecedented levels," making it one of the most violent areas in the world, the United Nations anti-narcotics panel stressed in its annual report which was launched today.
  • Haitian premier's resignation sparks concern f ...
    The chief of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) today expressed his deep concern following the resignation of Prime Minister Garry Conille, just four months after his appointment.

Conspiracy Reality TV

  • The Magic Weed
    Hemp growing doesn't need any weed killing, no pesticide. Its raw material grows naturally and it doesn't need chemical intervention.
  • Blood Coltan
    Blood coltan still exists. I'm holding a mobile phone. And I know that the microprocessor it contains uses coltan. And if this coltan has been obtained at the massacre of 10 or 20 villagers through slave labor, the suffering of children forced to work in the mines by the armed militia. This is i ...
  • CAMP FEMA 2: Enemy of the State
    Some state governments passed measures to forcibly quarantine residents, incarcerate those who refuse to be vaccinated, and to forcibly vaccinate your children. Legislation like this passed during the much hyped H1N1 flu outbreak.
  • Hangar 18: The UFO Warehouse
    Not only was debris from many UFO crashes allegedly shipped to the base, but from the late 1940s until the end of the late 1960s, all reports regarding UFOs were conducted at Wright-Patterson for the military's official UFO investigation Project Blue Book.
  • HAARP – Everything You Wanted to Know – Nick B ...
    You might be surprised at all of the constructive uses HAARP could be used for, but will be even more surprised by its focus on weapons and military applications, such as weather modification, geological disruption such as triggering earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and perhaps most controver ...

Rewilding Institute

  • Around the Campfire with Uncle Dave – A Root o ...
    Life is good. Many-fold, tangled life is better. Many-fold, tangled life not hobbled by Man’s will is best. What do I mean? By “life is good,” I am not writing a television commercial about sitting with your buddies in front of a widescreen TV for a Superbowl party with Budweiser while wives and ...
  • Don’t Flush Tiger Forests
    The toilet paper on your grocery store shelves may have a direct impact on the 400 Sumatran tigers left in the wild. Learn more about how you can help through World Wildlife Fund and make a pledge to never buy paper products linked to rain forest and tiger habitat destruction.    
  • NASA – NASA Finds 2011 Ninth-Warmest Year on R ...
    NASA – NASA Finds 2011 Ninth-Warmest Year on Record.
  • Open Pipes Are Killing Birds and Other Wildlife
    This issue made the news last fall, but we thought it would be good to keep the topic active and to remind our readers to look around for real and potential hazards to our wild friends. Bird Death Pipes “Hollow metal and plastic (PVC) pipes and posts are found throughout the world and serv ...
  • Paul S. Martin, Pleistocene Ecologist: Colleag ...
    Seven science colleagues present tributes to Paul S. Martin, 1928 – 2010: Jim King, Geoff Spaulding, Gary Haynes, Alberto Burquez, Tom Van Devender, David Burney, and Connie Barlow (plus, Paul’s son, Tom Martin). The outdoor memorial service was held on the University of Arizona&#821 ...

Asia Sentinel

We Know the Lies

  • SUPER TUESDAY 2012... Where to Watch Live Cove ...
      Here’s what you need to know about Super Tuesday and where to follow Super Tuesday coverage online... read more
  • Cancer... Experts Say 'Unnecessary Treatments ...
      According to a recent study, conventional cancer treatments are on the rise, and many experts are now revealing that the increase is without a reasonable cause. The study suggests that those with lower risk of cancer diagnoses and those expected not to live longer than 10 years (seni ...
  • Norovirus Outbreak Throughout US... Bio-Weapon ...
      Recent reports from several parts of the United States show that Norovirus may have been launched and spreading throughout the country. ~ Chris Geo and Sheree read more
  • More Insanity!... Feeding Babies Raw Milk is C ...
      Daniel H. Gervich, M.D. recently wrote in the Des Moines Register that mothers who feed their babies fresh milk constitutes “child endangerment.” read more
  • Shocking Report... Water Bills to Triple Acros ...
      With wages stagnant or declining, gasoline and electricity prices on the rise and food prices steadily increasing, the last thing American families need is another increase in a basic necessity. Yet, a new report says that's exactly what you're going to get... Water bills that will l ...

Tarpley

  • Reactionary Republicans and Wall Street Democr ...
    Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. Atlantic Television News February 27, 2012 — recorded on February 15, 2012 [download video] [download audio]
  • One-Candidate Presidential Election Mockery in ...
    Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. PressTV February 27, 2012 [download video] [download audio] Press TV has interviewed Dr. Webster Griffin Tarpley, author and historian from Washington about the potential for real change and stabilization in Yemen now that UK-trained army officer Abd-Rabbu Mansour Had ...
  • Russia, China Confirm Boycott of NATO’s ...
    Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. PressTV February 25, 2012 [download video] [download audio] Top US officials have called for the urgent provision of weapons, intelligence and funds to the Syrian opposition for use against President Bashar al-Assad. Press TV has interviewed Dr. Webster Griffin Tarpl ...
  • Hillary Clinton’s “Enemies of Syri ...
    Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. PressTV February 24, 2012 [download video] [download audio] A political analyst says the Friends of Syria conference expected to be held in Tunisia’s capital Tunis aims at creating a scenario in Syria similar to the one, which materialized in Libya. What follows is a ...
  • FALSE FLAG ALERT – Syrian Sources Warn: ...
    Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. TARPLEY.net February 23, 2012 A reliable Russian source in Syria warns that al Jazeera is about to launch within hours a major false flag provocation. Al Jazeera will allege that 17 children have been killed by Assad’s forces. These children are already dead, and ...

Modern Survivalism

  • United States Aquifer Locations
    An aquifer is the saturated zone beneath the water table, and they are huge storehouses of water. An aquifer is a geologic formation that contains sufficient saturated, permeable material to yield significant quantities of water to wells and springs. Aquifer is the name given to underground soil ...
  • Mortar and Pestle; Survival Tool
    A good survival kitchen should be home to a mortar and pestle. A mortar and pestle set makes a great tool when working with spices and herbs and medicines. They are used to crush, grind and mix substances. The pestle is the hand held tool that is shaped like a miniature baseball bat. It is [...]
  • Freeze Dried Food Makes Great Soup
    The other day I used some of our freeze dried food to make a nutritious and delicious soup that I thought I’d share with all of you. I love the way that freeze dried food is so easy to use when cooking. Just put some in your soup broth, simmer for at least 30 minutes [...]
  • Emergency Alert System 101
    The Emergency Alert System is a national public warning system. The FCC (Federal Communications Commission), along with FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) and the NWS (National Weather Service), implements the Emergency Alert System.   The NWS develops emergency weather information ...
  • Pepper Spray For Dogs
    Even though we love animals, dogs, and pets, we must face the possible reality that you may one day have to fend them off. Let’s say an emergency or disaster scenario happens and you live in a populated area. Do you have a firearm to protect your family? No. If ‘no’ is your ans ...

Fast Company

  • The Social Credit Card: AmEx Syncs With Twitte ...
    Want $20 back from Whole Foods when you use your AmEx card? Tweet #AmExWholeFoods. Here's what's behind the new deals for the sharing generation.Today, American Express unveiled a new program with Twitter to let cardmembers sync accounts with the social network, and earn savings from big brands ...
  • Read Fast Company Magazine On Your iPad
    Fast Company is now available to read on your iPad.Starting with the March 2012 issue, Fast Company is offering a digital version of each month's print issue on the iTunes App Store and Newsstand. This is first and foremost a way to read the complete magazine on your iPad, but it also includes v ...
  • 7 Steps To Getting Paid More And Promoted Faster
    There are methods and techniques used by the highest-paid and most successful people in our society to get paid more money for what they do and get promoted faster to higher levels of authority and responsibility.When you begin to use them yourself, you put your entire life and career onto the f ...
  • SessionM Turns On Game Tech To Keep You From T ...
    He was the cofounder of Quattro wireless and helped launch Apple's iAd. Now Lars Albright, CEO of SessionM, has a new trick to stop you from ignoring ads in mobile devices: You'll be playing along.Not so long ago Apple introduced iAd as a serious attempt to shake up traditional Net advertising o ...
  • The Truth About That Mysterious, Sudden, Overw ...
    It's not so mysterious, after all. And neither is your coffee or Coke habit. Exploring the subconscious signals we take in every day.If, like me, you’re a chocoholic, you know all too well about those moments when every ounce of your being is overwhelmed by the desire to taste chocolate. At thos ...

Jadaliyya

  • Jadaliyya Roundtable on Targeted Killing: Intr ...
    [This is the first part of a six-part series associated with a Jadaliyya roundtable discussing targeted killings. Participants include Richard Falk, Nathan Freed Wessler, Pardiss Kabriaei, Leonard Small, and Lisa Hajjar.]  On 5 March 2012, Attorney General Eric Holder del ...
  • Roundtable on Targeted Killing: A Meditation o ...
    [This is the second part of a six-part series associated with a Jadaliyya roundtable discussing targeted killings . Participants include Richard Falk, Nathan Freed Wessler, Pardiss Kabriaei, Leonard Small, and Lisa Hajjar. Click here for the introduction to ...
  • Roundtable on Targeted Killing: Lawyering and ...
    [This is the third part of a six-part series associated with a Jadaliyya roundtable discussing targeted killings . Participants include Richard Falk, Nathan Freed Wessler, Pardiss Kabriaei, Leonard Small, and Lisa Hajjar. Click here for the in ...
  • Roundtable on Targeted Killing: The Need for J ...
    [This is the fourth part of a six-part series associated with a Jadaliyya roundtable discussing targeted killings . Participants include Richard Falk, Nathan Freed Wessler, Pardiss Kabriaei, Leonard Small, and Lisa Hajjar. Click here for the i ...
  • Roundtable on Targeted Killing: The Secret Bur ...
    [This is the fifth part of a six-part series associated with a Jadaliyya roundtable discussing targeted killings . Participants include Richard Falk, Nathan Freed Wessler, Pardiss Kabriaei, Leonard Small, and Lisa Hajjar. Click here for the in ...

mediagazer

  • Kindle Singels, Genre Between Magazine Article ...
    Dwight Garner / New York Times: Kindle Singels, Genre Between Magazine Articles and Books  —  The Kindle Single is not a promising name.  It sounds like a new kind of prefabricated fire log, or a type of person you might meet on the dating service eHarmony, or perhaps a lon ...
  • Here's The Woman Rush Limbaugh Is Attacking To ...
    Jeff Bercovici / Forbes: Here's The Woman Rush Limbaugh Is Attacking Today; ‘Totally Bizarre,’ She Says  —  Say you're a conservative radio host who's losing advertisers left and right for saying some deeply misinformed and misogynistic things about a the lifestyle o ...
  • Young Sulzberger Is Coming Home to the Big Cit ...
    Hamilton Nolan / Gawker: Young Sulzberger Is Coming Home to the Big City  —  A.G. “Baller of a New Generation” Sulzberger—son of NYT publisher Pinch Sulzberger, heir to the throne of the Times empire, and natural wisenheimer—has completed his exile in M ...
  • Isaacson left details of the 'next Apple TV' o ...
    Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: Isaacson left details of the ‘next Apple TV’ out of Steve Jobs biography  —  In an interview with, among others, Brazilian journalist Caio Tulio Costa on TV Cultura's Roda Viva, Isaacson had some interesting things to say about the d ...
  • Breitbart 2.0 - Days after Breitbart's sudden ...
    McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed: Breitbart 2.0  —  Days after Breitbart's sudden death, his right-wing new media empire has been revamped, redesigned, and relaunched with the goal of competing as a serious news outlet—and moving away from the aggregation and activist blogging tha ...

Chemtrail News

  • CHEMTRAIL AND UFO SIGHTING, PORIRUA, NZ ...
    I suspected it of being a Chemtrail and therefore pulled out the video camera to film it. Many planes went by during the shooting, more than any other time I have ... https://chemtrailsnorthnz.wordpress.com/.../chemtrail-and-ufo-...
  • Maui residents craft legislation to ban geo-en ...
    Maui residents craft legislation to ban geo-engineering 'chemtrails' www.naturalnews.com/033691_chemtrails_Maui.html
  • 10 mile long chemtrail 1 Video
    probably longer. denver,co 9/23/11 Author: Boondox681 Keywords: denver ten mile long chemtrail Added: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:33:25. vodpod.com/watch/15460352-10-mile-long-chemtrail-1
  • ChemTrail Pilot Admits to 'Domestic ...
    Headlines ChemTrail Pilot Admits to 'Domestic Terrorism'! ... Chemtrails: The Consequences of Toxic Metals and Chemical Aerosols on Human Health · Heavy ... www.davidicke.com/.../53899-chemtrail-pilot-admits-to-dome...
  • Chemtrail Rainbow - YouTube
    Chemtrails caused rainbow....no rain. ... I have several (which I think are ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcOyMeW0xpU

World News - Top Stories

  • Llorente wary of Rooney threat
    Athletic Bilbao striker Fernando Llorente has singled out Wayne Rooney as Manchester United's main threat ahead of their Europa League last-16 tie. The...
  • Discount drives iPad 2 sales ahead of new ...
    Dubai: Apple aficionados are clamouring to buy iPad 2s despite a new launch by the company on Wednesday — rumoured to be the third generation of the tablet computer. Apple has lowered the prices of the 16GB and 32GB iPad 2 by $50 (Dh184) to $449 and $549, respectively, encouraging buye ...
  • Wall Street: Dow slumps at open as Greece ...
    Tweet NEW YORK: US stocks opened sharply lower on Tuesday, following steep losses in markets in Europe two days before a critical deadline in the Greek debt crisis. The Dow Jones industrial average suffered its biggest decline during a trading day this year. Just before 10:30 a.m. (1530 GMT) ...
  • Soccer: Abramovich's short-lived gamble m ...
    Amid mounting criticism after the firing of the seventh Chelsea manager in nine years, the job is increasingly becoming an unstable and unattractive proposition. Andre Villas-Boas was let go yesterday after only eight months in charge, a short-lived gamble that could turn out to be a US$100 ...
  • Art exhibition listings
    According to Aki Gallery, the characteristics that gave rise to Leonardo da Vinciâs curiosity, Michelangeloâs obsession with perfection and Dante Alighieriâs profound understanding of humanity can all be found in Yes Taiwan IV, the fourth instalment of its Young Emerging Stars series of exhi ...

no frakking consensus

Anna's News

  • National Parks at Risk: Photos
    National parks represent our country's last stronghold of wilderness. But the large majority of parks are suffering, too.Ninety-five percent of parks assessed in a recent study have lost key species that once helped define them. Meanwhile, 91 percent .... Submitted by Anna Smith to Animals &nbs ...
  • Suicide rates in Europe 'linked' to financial ...
    The financial crisis "almost certainly" led to an increase in suicides across Europe, health experts say.The analysis by US and UK researchers found a rise in suicides was recorded among working age people from 2007 to 2009 in nine of the 10 nations...... Submitted by Anna Smith to Health & Well ...
  • Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerela - Richest in ...
    For the past one week, the Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerela has been in the news because of the huge wealth found in its secret crypts.The Padmanabhaswamy Temple is the most famous Lord Vishnu temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerela. It is bel ............ Submitted by Anna Smith to World  |& ...
  • South Sudan becomes an independent nation
    South Sudan has become the world's newest nation, the climax of a process made possible by the 2005 peace deal that ended a long and bloody civil war.Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon are among international dignitaries Submitted by Anna Smith to World   ...
  • 10 Ridiculous But Compelling Twitter Feuds
    Like all social networking sites, Twitter can be a wonderful outlet to share your feelings and views, but it also leaves plenty of room for offensive comments and bullying. Whether it's the empowerment of being behind a computer or the wide-reaching...... Submitted by Anna Smith to World   ...

Medical Marijuana

  • 2/28/12 - What is the Israeli fence/wall/barrier?
    israelipalestinian.procon.org - What is the Israeli fence/wall/barrier? - Learn more about the history, route, and construction status of the roughly 440 mile Israeli fence/wall/barrier.
  • 2/28/12 - Is the Isreali fence/wall/barrier go ...
    israelipalestinian.procon.org - Is the Israeli fence/wall/barrier good for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process? - Read pro and con arguments from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (pro), Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (con), Editor in Chief of US News and World Report ...
  • 2/28/12 - NL MVP Ryan Braun Successfully Appea ...
    sportsanddrugs.procon.org - Ryan Braun Becomes First MLB Player to Successfully Appeal a Positive Drug Test - National League MVP Ryan Braun's 50-game suspension was overturned on Feb. 23, 2012 because of a delay transferring his sample to the testing lab. His testosteron ...
  • 2/17/12 - "Did You Know?” Little Known Facts a ...
    2012election.procon.org "Did You Know?" Little Known Facts about US Presidents – Did you know that eight US Presidents have died while in office? (Four were assassinated and four died of natural causes.) Did you know that the shortest presidency in the history of the office lasted just 31 d ...
  • 2/17/12 - Embargo against Cuba
    2012election.procon.org - Should the US continue to support the embargo against Cuba? - Read the 2012 presidential candidates’ positions on this issue. Paul is Con. Gingrich, Romney, Santorum, and Obama are Pro, and Johnson is Not Clearly Pro or Con.

Truth About Our World

Gyrovague's Raves

  • Barefoot Versus Running Shoes
    Running in shoes takes less energy than running barefoot. The heavier your shoes are, the less efficiently you run. Running barefoot "offers no metabolic advantage over running in lightweight, cushioned shoes." Alex Hutchinson The topic is a very cool and thought-provoking new study, fro ...
  • The State of the Anglosphere
    The decline of the English-speaking world has been greatly exaggerated. Joel Kotkin and Shashi Parulekar It’s indisputable that the Anglosphere no longer enjoys the overwhelming global dominance that it once had. What was once a globe-spanning empire is now best understood as a union of language ...
  • Which e-book reader should you buy?
    With ultra-affordable e-ink readers, mid-priced color tablets like the Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet, and even the more expensive iPad all vying for your e-book dollar, what’s the best choice for you? It depends. John P. Falcone Shopping for an e-book reader? At first glance, the task seems ...
  • Evolutionary Mystery of Female Orgasm
    David Barash Believe it or not, there may be a connection between the mating behavior of grizzly bears and the evolution of the human female orgasm … In his poem “Of the progress of the soul,” John Donne once eloquently described a young lady he admired (one Elizabeth Drury), by observing that “ ...
  • Night in Arzamas
    How Tolstoy’s obsession with mortality became a teachable moment. Jordan Smith In 1869, just after he finished War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy experienced a profound spiritual crisis as the result of an incident during a journey through the city of Arzamas, which is on the Tyosha River about 250 mile ...

In Verbena | Royal Society

  • Neuroscience, conflict and security: a dual us ...
     The Royal Society has launched the final report of the Brain Waves series, which investigate developments in neuroscience and their implications for society and policy.  Brain Waves 3: Neuroscience, conflict and security examines the potential applications of neuroscience in a military and law ...
  • Revolutionary science
    This week marks the first anniversary of the popular uprising in Egypt that resulted in the overthrow of the then president, Hosni Mubarak. Yesterday, as new rounds of demonstrations were taking place in Egypt, I attended the launch of an Institute of Development Studies bulletin on The Pulse of ...
  • Martin Rees looks back to understand why ‘scie ...
    In what might be described as the science policy Christmas lecture, former Royal Society President Lord Rees offered a tour de force of recurrent issues in science policy. Speaking at the Cambridge Centre for Science and Policy, Rees navigated issues from energy supply to food security, with a n ...
  • Digital tools for the scientific endeavour – o ...
    FROM CLAIRE COPE IN THE SCIENCE POLICY CENTRE Scientists collect data; analyse it; try to make sense of it all; and publish their findings in a scientific journal. Right? Well yes, but it’s not always as simple as that. The way in which science is conducted has changed dramatically over the past ...
  • Transparent Government, not Transparent Citize ...
    The Index on Censorship held a debate asking if transparency is bad for science on Tuesday evening. Two of the Royal Society’s ‘Science as a Public Enterprise’ working group were on the panel: Sir Mark Walport FRS and Baroness Onora O’Neill FRS. Onora mentioned a useful  report by Kieron O’Hara ...

NAU Resistance

  • End of Nations: Canada, the US and the “Securi ...
    Regardless of whether this particular agreement bears fruit for those seeking to bring the two countries into a closer union, or whether it is just another waypoint on the road of a much longer and more detailed process, the very real concerns about the erosion of national sovereignty implicit i ...
  • Goodbye Kyoto, Make Way For The North American ...
    "On Tuesday December 13th the Minister of the Environment Peter Kent announced that Canada is removing itself from the Kyoto Protocol. Kent is pushing for a more unified agreement that would unite all nation's on a global scale."
  • The Pretext For A North American Homeland Secu ...
    "Any deal which gives the Department of Homeland Security more personal information poses a serious risk to privacy rights"
  • Welcome To Fortress North America! NAU-Phase One
    We knew that there was nothing “new” at all to be found in this "new border vision"
  • Paving The Way For A North American Union
    By: Press For Truth (http://www.pressfortruth.ca) Release Date: 11/9/11 The agenda for a North American Union is underway and a new security perimeter deal will blur the lines at the border and further erode the sovereignty of Canadians and Americans. On November 13th Stephen Harper, Barack Ob ...

Gaea Times

  • Kiwi keeper McCullum set for move down batting ...
    WELLINGTON - New Zealand cricket captain Daniel Vettori and batting coach Mark Greatbatch have reportedly decided to push batsman-wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum down the order to change the fortunes of the team after its 4-0 loss to Bangladesh in a one-day international series. McCullum is expe ...
  • Katie Holmes
    more images Katie Holmes shelters underneath an umbrella as she returns to her trailer wrapped in a white dressing gown on the set of latest movie ?Jack And Jill?. Los Angeles, California. .... Source  : Gaea News Network.
  • Ava Sambora Walks The Runway
    more images LOS ANGELES (GaeaTimes.com)- It seems that the celebrity children are making headlines now a days. Just few days back Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s daughter Willow Smith’s “Whip My Hair” went viral online, its time for Ava Sambora, the 13 year old daugh ...
  • Tylenol Recall Ghost Haunts Johnson & Johnson
    more images FORT WASHINGTON (GaeaTimes.com)- Johnson & Johnson the diversified pharmaceutical and health care company is back in news though for the wrong reasons. Tylenol is a product made by the company that is being recalled now in USA and Puerto Rico. This is not the first time that the ...
  • VHP seers meet in Ayodhya to decide on road ahead
    AYODHYA - The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has convened a meeting of leading seers here Wednesday to decide on the road ahead after the verdict on the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute. The 41-member central committee of seers will assemble at the Karsewak Puram camp. Amongst those participat ...

TruthNews Australia

  • Airport scanners: your freedom has flown
    Plans to introduce see-through scanners at airports don't allow you any choice, like frisking or pat-down as alternatives. The scanners are bad in principle, will cause delays and produce false positives, and they create a head-on assault on Australians' civil liberties. They are also a waste of ...
  • Mom With Breast Pump ‘Humiliated’ ...
    A mother in Hawaii was "humiliated" when she felt she needed to pump breast milk in the open area of an airport bathroom in order for a TSA agent to permit her to get through security with her breast pumping equipment. "I'm in a dress, in heels and I find myself in front of ...
  • Airport body scanners lengthen queues as many ...
    Debra Jopson March 5, 2012 Two in five passengers who took part in a trial of airport body scanners, which are set to become compulsory in four months, had to submit to further searches after they triggered alarms. During seven weeks of trials at Sydney and Melbourne's internationa ...
  • Australian academics advocate killing unwanted ...
    The first half of today's show features an interview with engineer and 9/11 truth advocate John Bursill, who has launched a new campaign to oppose a military strike on Iran. John has recently written an article on this subject which is posted at truthnews.com.au. John has organised a protest a ...
  • Deflating the HYPE - Can the Seemingly Imminen ...
    Article by John Bursill Unfortunately it now appears that a war between the US and it’s allies with Iran is imminent. By any military analysts assessment this has a real chance of changing the current multi-theatre war against terrorism and so called rogue/terrorist states into a rea ...

Beacon

  • Offshore Wind Gets a $180 Million Push
    © Oceana Offshore wind development got a huge boost last week when the Department of Energy announced that it would provide $180 million in funding to support four planned offshore wind farms off the U.S. Atlantic coast. To get the ball rolling, $20 million of this funding is being released ...
  • How Climate Change Affects Sea Turtles
    Sea turtle hatchlings. © Houssine Kaddachi Each of the six sea turtle species found in the United States are listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Every day, sea turtles face a number of threats including pollution, boat strikes, hunting, accidental capture by f ...
  • Creating 'Fish Banks' in the Philippines
    One of the popular fish mascots on Mindanao island. © Suzannah Evans. Editor's note: This is part 1 in a series of dispatches from the Philippines. The northeast coast of Mindanao island in the Philippines is home to a series of small towns comprised almost completely of fishing families. L ...
  • Shell Sues Oceana, Others Over Arctic Drilling
    You’ve probably heard that Shell is planning to drill in Arctic waters. But now the plot thickens: In a bizarre move, Shell has decided to preemptively sue a group of environmental groups, including Oceana, to attempt to silence our voices and remove our right to challenge their spill response ...
  • CEO Note: 30,000 Strong Against Drilling in Belize
    Andy Sharpless is the CEO of Oceana. I have a dramatic update for you on our campaign to stop offshore drilling in Belize.   As I reported to you several weeks ago, the government shockingly rejected 8,000 of the 20,000 signatures we collected against offshore drilling, citing poor pe ...

Civilian Military Intelligence Group

Taylor Marsh

  • Mitt Romney Minute: Just a Couple of Cadillacs ...
    Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. I think we can use Britney Spear’s anthem “Oops I did it again” as Mitt Romney’s theme song. Mitt was declared the “winner” of the nasty Wednesday debate but as usual Mitt creates a self-inflicted ...
  • Queer Talk: Obama administration and “gay righ ...
    Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Before getting to the Obama administration: Thursday, the Maryland Senate followed the House’s earlier approval of a bill making marriage of same gender couples legal. From Keen News: The Maryland Senate … gave ...
  • Dash of Dan: Mini Chocolate Oreo Cheesecakes
    Cheesecake. One of my favorite shows (ever) is the “Golden Girls.” Whenever the girls reminisce or have a group pow-wow, cheesecake is the immediate vicinity. And just like that, problems were solved and good times ensued. But you don’t always have the time to make a cheesecake ...
  • Political Junky Fun, with Amy and Seth
    How was your week? Have some fun this weekend. Anyone planning to watch the Oscars? I fell in love with “Hugo.” …out of the love between a father and his daughter, quite lovely.
  • SuperPACs and “dancing with the devil”
    Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. After all the words written and spoken about “Wall Street” and the “1%,” and the ties between those at the top with DC Insiders, the 2012 campaign season clearly shows that the power of that relationship remains intac ...

Hudson New York

  • U.S. State Department Actively Promoting Islam ...
    The United States ambassador to Spain recently met with a group of Muslim immigrants in one of the most Islamized neighborhoods of Barcelona to apologize for American foreign policymaking in the Middle East. U.S. Ambassador Alan Solomont told Muslims
  • Why the Euro Crisis Goes On and On
    The leaders of the Euro zone, Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy, are apparently unfamiliar with recent Greek history. Otherwise their efforts to solve the Euro crisis might not have lurched from one failed attempt to another. When the modern Greek state
  • Indian Authorities Act Against UK-Based Radica ...
    Authorities in India have acted to head off threatened demonstrations on March 2 and 3 to advocate the imposition of Islamic law and radical Muslim dominance on the country. The chief agitators in the attempt to disrupt public order are Anjem Choudary,
  • People Hungry for Justice in New Constitutiona ...
    The most important concept that must be highlighted in the new constitution is justice, according to the majority of the people living in the Aegean province of İzmir, and who expressed their expectations and demands from the new charter. A total of 54
  • Why Should Reporters Without Borders Care If T ...
    The Paris-based group Reporters Without Borders says it is "deeply shocked" by the Israeli army's recent closure of two Palestinian TV stations in Ramallah. Israeli soldiers and inspectors from the Israeli Ministry of Communications raided the two TV

Urban Survival

  • Rollover Week, Day II
    We are seeing gold hammered this morning, and although our linkage between gold and the Dow isn’t perfect, if you’ve been popping the ginko pills for your memory, you may recall the alchemical view that: “If gold goes down, the … Continue reading →
  • Coping: Is there “Luck?”
    While we warily wait to see what the “game-changer” is that we’re supposed to see over the period between now and Friday, although with the usual +/- three days of error, my thinking is running increasingly toward a major bank … Continue reading →
  • Is this “Panic Week?”
    Elaine and I went up to Oklahoma this weekend to chat with Robin Landry about his outlook for markets and likely the most interesting part was that later on this week (7th through 9th) we could see things get really … Continue reading →
  • Coping: With Mass Consciousness Arriving
    We’ve been discussing (admittedly on a hit and miss basis) the idea that there’s a global mass consciousness awakening/emerging right here on the internet.  So for your further ponderings, here’s something else to toss into your thinkery: A 63-minute video … Continue ...
  • Nervously Waiting & Watching
    With Libya arguably taken down for that rabble-rouser talk of backing an African gold-back currency, several readers have noted that leave only a couple of countries not hooked up to the corporate life support system: Central banks.  Since those two … Continue reading →

Trends & Forecasts

Radical Chic

  • NIGERIAN PARTIES vs PARTIES IN ENGLAND
    Once you have been to ‘one’ Nigerian party in your life it is safe to say that you will always know the menu. It is an unwritten rule that you can be as exotic as you like, but if your party lacks certain fundamental items, it really isn’t a party. There ‘must’ be J ...
  • AFRICAN ROMANCE: ‘Thorns With Roses&#821 ...
    I once attended a wild party where I had an unusual encounter. It came in the form of a one night stand. I was a twenty-two year old student, sent to the US to get my MBA so I could take over my father’s thriving business someday. My girlfriend whom I’d whimsically thought would become [...]
  • AWKWARD TOPICS: A 12 Year Old Has A Baby, Shou ...
    This topic is for you, yes, you! I want to know your opinion on this matter. What do you think? A 12 year old has a baby, should she be allowed to keep it? On a biological level this is perhaps not a very common scenario, but for some reason, Amy is 12 years old [...]
  • RANDOM RANTS: ‘Infidelity’ – ...
    It’s one of the biggest issues facing sexual relationships today and the demise of most relationships can usually be traced back to it. But what exactly is cheating? The dictionary defines it rather unhelpfully as “marital disloyalty; adultery”. I find this definition almost insulting. Where do ...
  • FLASH FICTION: ‘A Christmas Miracle&#821 ...
    Spending Christmas in hospital was not how Yinka envisioned her holidays. Hospitals were places where she received bad news: “I’m sorry your aunt is dead”; “I’m sorry you can’t concieve children naturally “; and so on. She and her husband, Tunde had worked hard all year, deferring all their annu ...

Boston Blog ( Nature Network)

  • Tattoos, movies, and commies: Sciencey stuff t ...
    Much to do here even as the semester winds down in Boston and Cambridge. On Monday, science writer Carl Zimmer meets Terry Gilliam, so to speak. Zimmer will be the speaker at the Coolidge Corner Theatre's "Science and Screen" airing of Gillam's 12 Monkeys. In a future world devastated by di ...
  • Sat. is last chance to see "Prints and the Pur ...
    Artist Brian Knep has a lab on Longwood Avenue -- not a studio. He's not a scientists; he's the Harvard Medical School artist-in-residence. Knep says he looks to science for "metaphors about life, about change, about healing." So, when he led group through the Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge ...
  • New Kendall Square restaurant set up to host b ...
    When new drug development company H3 decided to throw a party to launch the opening of Kendall Square labs and offices, organizers didn't have to go very far. They took the elevator downstairs. Last week, local researchers, bio boosters and lots of men in dark suits from the Japanese drug comp ...
  • BU's biolab makes it to level-2, still seeking ...
    Massachusetts environmental regulator recognized that there is a big difference between TB and Ebola. So, last week, they granted Boston University permission to begin using their new biolab to work on bio safety level-2 materials. From the Globe: For years, the National Emerging Infectious ...
  • Sunday's Chef Adrià talk at Harvard' sells out
    Most of Harvard's Science and Cooking Lectures are first come, first served, so to speak. But, you needed a ticket for Tuesday's return of superstar Spanish chef and modernist Ferran Adrià of elBulli, who talked about "The New Culinary Think Tank - el bulli 2.0." And they were scooped up a few d ...

NRDC Switchboard

  • Is Traffic Necessary for Economic Growth? No!
    Justin Horner, Policy Analyst, San Francisco Last month, the State Smart Transportation Initiative (SSTI) released a report analyzing a long-term trend in American transportation: the steady decrease in the amount Americans are driving.  A ...
  • Predator Control is a Risky Road
    Matt Skoglund, Wildlife Advocate, Livingston, Montana A grizzly bear and a gray wolf in Yellowstone National Park.   A recent article in High Country News extols the virtues of controlling predators (e.g., wolves and bears) to boost un ...
  • Join a New Video Competition: What climate & e ...
    Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC We are partnering with other organizations to launch a new competition – “Win a Date with History”.  This is your chance to let world leader’s know exac ...
  • Empty Promises, Empty Gas Tanks
    Rob Perks, Transportation Advocacy Director, Washington, D.C. This afternoon President Obama will host a press conference and the price of gasoline is bound to be a big topic. Lately the president has been talking a lot abou ...
  • Cutting the Cost of Gasoline: It's About Gallo ...
    Deron Lovaas, Federal Transportation Policy Director, Washington, D.C. Everyone is fixated on the numerator in the price-per-gallon equation, especially the media and politicians. I would argue, fellow consumers, that they are dead wrong to turn a b ...

Injustice Everywhere

  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 18 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Monday, March 5, 2012: Crestview FL police major faces slew of charges including excessive force, assault, soliciting sex in exchange for favors, racketeering & other charges, though the ...
  • Police Misconduct NewsFeed Weekend Recap 03-03 ...
    Here are the 9 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this weekend of March 3-4, 2012: 5 Springfield MA cops are the subject of a lawsuit alleging that they beat a man for filming a violent arrest then arrested both him & his wife on false charge ...
  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 12 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Friday, March 2, 2012: Lodi CA settles suit for $197k to man badly bitten in the face by police dog after arrested and down on the ground [0] bit.ly/z2LJN3 Lake City SC cop arrested on assau ...
  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 16 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Thursday, March 1, 2012: St Louis MO police sued after 9 witnesses claim cop shot an unarmed man and continued to shoot him to death while he laid on the ground bleeding then planted a gun [...]
  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 20 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Wednesday, February 29, 2012: Milwaukee WI settles suit for $2mil to man badly beaten by cops at a cop party in a high profile racially-charged case. [0] post.cr/yPjNmj Baltimore MD settles ...

Total Collapse

  • Eastern Libya declares autonomy
    Cyrenaica, the eastern region of Libya, has elected a regional congress and declared semi-autonomy from the capital Tripoli. The “blatant call for fragmentation” of the country was condemned by Libya’s ruling NTC. Thousands of major tribal leaders and militia commanders attended a celebrat ...
  • US Defense Secretary: US will take Military Ac ...
    US defense secretary Panetta says US will take military action to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons if all else fails Source.
  • McCain to call for air strikes on Syria
    Later today, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, will become the first U.S. senator to publicly call for U.S. led air strikes to halt the violence and atrocities being committed by the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. “After a ...
  • Britain: Government Plans Radical Privatizatio ...
    I like this moment of clarity from the unnamed West Midlands police authority spokesman: “Combining with the business sector is aimed at totally transforming the way the force currently does business – improving the service provided to the public.” Law enforcement = business. If you start thinki ...
  • US to Attempt Overthrow of Putin Government
    As predicted – the Western media and US State Department-funded “opposition” inside Russia have called Vladimir Putin’s landslide victory a “fraud.” It was stated on Thursday March 1, that the Western media had “already determined how Russia’s elec ...

Daily Dose

  • TNW’s Daily Dose – 24 hours of tec ...
    SimplyZesty gets snatched up for up to £5 million. LulzSec leader said to be turning in some top-ranking members, working with the FBI. Russia exempts the iPad from a 5%...
  • TNW’s Daily Dose – 24 hours of tec ...
    China Mobile is dominating iPhone use in China, but the iPhone isn’t even supported on the network. Apple’s 25 billionth downloaded app was Where’s My Water. Android is now the...
  • TNW’s Daily Dose – 24 hours of tec ...
    Twitter gives over user information of an account associated with the Occupy Movement. Apple is pushing forward with its plan for TV. VEVO logins are about to be through Facebook...
  • TNW’s Daily Dose – 24 hours of tec ...
    Chrome loses market share while IE gains for the 2nd month in a row. A new Apple TV could come right after the iPad 3 announcement. Japan warns Google about...
  • TNW’s Daily Dose – 24 hours of tech news in 5 ...
    Microsoft releases the Consumer Preview of Windows 8, Facebook begins rolling out Timeline for Pages, and ads are coming to your timeline in Twitter’s official iPhone and Android apps. It’s...

Beyond Zero Emissions

  • Australian Climate Leadership - Volunteer Oppo ...
    Are you sick of hearing that “Australia is only a small part of the climate problem”, that “we shouldn’t act before the rest of the world”, and that “our actions won’t make any difference anyway”? BZE is challenging these excuses for inaction with a new report that aims to expose the true extent ...
  • Hans-Josef Fell at ANU
    German member of parliament Hans-Josef Fell, the key architect of the world's most successful renewable energy policies (feed-in tariffs) spoke at the Australian National University in Canberra last week. Below is a recording of his talk.  
  • Brace for an electric shock
    Germany's 37 million households will soon be paying half as much on their annual electricity bills as Australian households. An average German household pays just $1060, or about $88 a month, for electricity to run their computers, lights and other household appliances, while an Austral ...
  • House swap: I’ll take wind turbines over a coa ...
    Wind turbines. You either love them (like 75 per cent of us), or hate them (15 per cent). Or, you couldn’t care less. Coal mines: you either love them, like those who reap their profits (20 per cent), or you hate them (80 per cent), like those who have to live near them. The problem of differing ...
  • Zero Carbon Australia Stationary Energy Plan n ...
    The award-winning Zero Carbon Australia Stationary Energy Plan is now available on your iPad! This complete blueprint for powering the Australian economy with 100% renewable energy contains fully hyperlinked references which take you directly to the web-based sources. To download the app click h ...

Monga Bay ( News )

  • Animal photos of the day: green sea turtle sav ...
    Last month, an organization devoted to marine turtles in the China, Sea Turtle 911, released a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) back into the wild in an event that included adoring crowds and a lecture on sea turtle conservation. The sea turtle, dubbed "Crush," had been rescued from a local fis ...
  • Madagascar lifts rosewood ban. Or does it?
    Madagascar's transitional government lifted its ban on exports of rosewood, ebony and other precious wood last month, but the decision is now under review due to concerns about foreign dominance of the trade, say local sources. Environmentalists are nonetheless concerned that a loosening of res ...
  • Possible embezzlement halts WWF-run REDD proje ...
    Two conservation and community projects in Tanzania have been halted after the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) reported possible corruption. WWF is running the projects with funds from the Norwegian government. One of the projects is a pilot REDD project, a program to reduce greenhouse gas emis ...
  • Cute baby animal photos of the day: twin Malag ...
    Twin Malagasy giant jumping rats (Hypogeomys antimena) were born in the Zoological Society of London's (ZSL) zoo in London this month. Found only on the island of Madagascar, also home to the world's lemurs, these rodents are the biggest on the island. These large rodents take the ecological pla ...
  • India targets forests for destruction, industr ...
    In a bid to fast-track industrial projects, India's Prime Minister's Office (PMO) is opening up 25 percent of forests that were previously listed as "no-go" areas, reports the Hindustan Times. The designation will allow between 30 and 50 new industrial projects to go ahead rapidly, including roa ...

Sierra Express

  • Tunde Scott expresses Leone Stars interest
    Tunde Scott (in photo) told Sierra Express Media Sport UK that if the authorities in Sierra Leone believe in him they can rewrite history in qualifying Leone Stars for the 2013 African Cup of Nations Finals in South Africa by overturning the 2-1 disappointment against Sao Tome & Principe in ...
  • Notice of vacant position – Occupational Hygie ...
    African Minerals (SL) Ltd is inviting applications from interested candidates for the position of Occupational Hygiene Assistant-Trainee. This position is open to qualified Sierra Leoneans, and women in particular are encouraged to apply. The deadline for all applications is Thursday 15th March, ...
  • Mohamed Kallon goal steers Kallon FC into next ...
    Former Sierra Leone star Mohamed Kallon scored direct from a free-kick to help steer the club he owns into the last 32 of the Confederation Cup. Kallon struck in the first half and Lansana Kamara in the second as Kallon FC beat Union Douala of Cameroon 2-0 in Freetown to qualify 2-1 on aggregate ...
  • APC-NA fundraising dance to re-elect President ...
    “The saying that what the Almighty God has blessed will continue to prosper in spite of impediments from detractors and evil forces,” came to reality when throngs of invitees assembled in the hall of the APC-NA Fundraising Dance on Saturday March 3, 2012. The long awaited APC-NA Fundraising Camp ...
  • Notice of vacant position – Grade Control Geol ...
    African Minerals (SL) Ltd is inviting applications from interested candidates for the position of GRADE CONTROL GEOLOGIST. This position is open to qualified Sierra Leoneans, and women in particular are encouraged to apply. The deadline for this application is Friday, 9th March, 2012. This role ...

Dairy Industry - NZ Herald

  • Dairy prices fall at global auction
    Prices of dairy products fell for the third straight sale on the GlobalDairyTrade platform in a week in which China lowered its target for economic growth and figures confirmed Europe's economy contracted.The GDT-TWI Price Index...
  • Smaller investors sought for dairy farms
    The balance between the cost of buying a dairy farm and how much it can earn is the best that Pastoral Dairy Investments chairman Malcolm Bailey says he can remember.Pastoral Dairy Investments (PDI) is looking to raise a minimum...
  • Commodity prices hold steady in February
    The ANZ commodity price index of New Zealand exports was unchanged during February, with declines in some areas balanced by gains in others.Dairy prices in aggregate fell 1 per cent, seafood dropped 4 per cent and the price of skins...
  • Flood of European milk to hit market
    Billions of litres of extra milk are expected to hit the global market once restrictions on European production are fully lifted, says Rabobank.It said its forecasts indicated when dairy quotas were fully lifted in 2015 an additional...
  • The lousy summer that saved NZ
    It put a dampener on the holidays but all this rain is pumping much-needed millions into the economy. From his office window, Bruce Wills sees the ears of sheep poking above a paddock of grass growing faster than it can be eaten....

The Bovine

  • OSPCA raiding Amish farms in Ontario
    According to Michael Schmidt, 45 inspectors of the OSPCA raided 16 Amish farms in Huron County. No charges were laid. They found one dog with an ear infection, one puppy born the night before laying away from his mother, and tarter … Continue reading →
  • The Declaration of Food Independence
    From Kimberly Hartke on her Hartke is Online blog: “…Liz Reitzig served as emcee for the rally, and introduced Canadian dairy farmer Michael Schmidt who spoke to the crowd about how food rights and small farms were at risk all … Continue reading →
  • Environmental “obesogens” are what ...
    From the Institute for Science in Society (ISIS): Persistent environmental pollutants responsible for obesity epidemic Prof. Joe Cummins. A fully referenced version of this report is posted on ISIS members website and is otherwise available for download here Obesity epidemic Metabolic diseases a ...
  • Michael Schmidt and raw milk top story in the ...
    From Jane Primerano, in the New Jersey Farmer: NEW BRUNSWICK — Michael Schmidt ran a successful dairy farm in Germany, where raw milk is allowed, but he was looking for a challenge, so he moved to Canada. “My farm in Germany … Continue reading →
  • The Michael Schmidt story in “VICE”
    Those of you who don’t live in a metropolis may not have encountered “Vice”, the magazine targeted to young people, that seems to pride itself on being deliberately edgy, with stories on sex, drugs, and other illicit pleasures. Add raw … Continue reading →

Mish's Global Economic Trends

  • Athens' Pitifully Hollow Warning to Bond Holdo ...
    I can't help laughing at the Financial Times headline story Athens threat to bond holdouts. Greece has threatened to default on any of its bondholders who do not take part in this week’s €206bn debt restructuring, raising the pressure on potential holdouts. The threat is aimed in particul ...
  • Obama Unveils New J.P. Morgan, Wells Fargo Bai ...
    Under guise of helping homeowners, president Obama has finalized his plan to further aid banks. Please consider Obama's alleged Mortgage Relief Plan. The White House on Tuesday announced it was cutting the mortgage fees charged by the Federal Housing Administration’s refinancing program in ano ...
  • Misty Water-Colored Memories, Dirt-Cheap Stock ...
    Looking at forward earnings estimates, buy recommendations, and numerous explanations once again as to why "stocks are cheap" I am left wondering (to paraphrase Barbara Streisand) "Can it be that it is all so simple now? Or has time repeated every lie?" Looking back, all that's left from t ...
  • Greek 1-Year Bond Yield Hits 1,006%
    As a matter of curiosity more than anything else, I occasionally take a peek at Greek bond yields. Today, the Greek 1-year yield topped 1,000% for the first time. The following chart courtesy of Bloomberg. To be specific, the yield is a nice 1,066.661% That yield reflects t ...
  • Report Shows Netherlands Would Benefit by Leav ...
    Report Shows Netherlands Would Benefit by Leaving Eurozone Inquiring minds are reading a 73 page detailed report The Netherlands & The Euro that explains country by country why Italy, Greece, Portugal, and Spain are going to need lots more money, and the Netherlands and Germany will end ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

  • Russia Today: Obama’s Record as the Wors ...
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  • Punishing the Population: The American Occupat ...
    “The legacy of creating strong central states with powerful and ruthless U.S.-trained national police and military forces” By Andrew Gavin Marshall A brief glance at the early 20th century American occupation of Haiti and the Dominican Republic tell us a great deal about America’s role in the wo ...
  • The EyeOpener- TSA: Tyrants Sucker America
    Of all of the myriad agencies, bureaucracies, laws and legislation that have sprung up to oppress the American citizenry in this age of the unending war against an abstract noun, perhaps none have garnered as much ire and opprobrium as the innocuously named Transportation Security Administration ...
  • BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- February ...
    BFP Nightly Quote “Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.” – Charles Mackay International Newsworthy Azerbaijan Claims More Iranian Terror Plot without Citing Evidence-D ...
  • BFP Azerbaijan Coverage: Azerbaijan Claims Mor ...
    New Alleged Hezbollah-Iran Joint Terror Operations in Azerbaijan Azerbaijan claims it has ‘again’ busted another Iranian terror cell, but is refusing to provide any evidence or details. According to the report by the country’s state-run AZTV, on February 21 a terrorist cell operated by Hezbollah ...

bloody crossroads

  • Is Obama a Fraud?
    The debt deal is yet another sign that hope and change has been a fiction from the start: Like many, I was extremely hopeful when Obama won in 2008.  And like many I’ve become totally disillusioned with the president and … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Stories
    Good politifact piece on how Social Security functions and its solvency How the state is revoking our civil liberties by imprisoning people, in some cases for up to 15 years, for recording police brutality with smart phones Economist Dean Baker … Continue reading →
  • The Tyranny of American Healthcare
    For those who read this on Splice, be sure to re-read the unedited version… Why are we trying to prop up a broken system?: Do you realize how badly you’re being screwed by the health insurance corporations?  Let me give … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Stories
    Politifact on how entitlements have lifted millions out of poverty Must read: scientists have recently concluded that a once in a tens of millions of years mass extinction is now underway, mainly in the ocean, because of global warming and … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Stories
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    The first four container handling gantry cranes for the EUROGATE Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven, Germany’s only deep-water container port, arrived Tuesday morning aboard the ZMPC’s Zhenhua 23 after a two month [...]

Blogging Canadians

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Press TV - Middle East

  • Two West Bank boys killed by old mortar
    Two 12-year-old Palestinian boys have been killed by an old Israeli mortar that exploded in the occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron).
  • Syrians will crush terrorists: Assad
    Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the people of Syria are determined to crush terrorist groups and pursue the reforms in the country.
  • Israel, Cyprus sign $660mn power deal
    Israel and Cyprus have signed an agreement on building an underwater power cable that would connect Israel to the European electricity grid.
  • Bahraini woman killed by tear gas
    Bahraini opposition activists say a 78-year-old woman has been killed after inhaling tear gas fired by the Manama regime forces during a demonstration in a village near the capital, Press TV reports.
  • China to send envoy to Syria over crisis
    China says it will send an envoy to Syria in an attempt to resolve the ongoing unrest in the crisis-ridden country as the violence takes momentum in the Arab state.

CUNY SPS Community Blog

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    The ruthless brutality which humankind has been known to unleash upon their fellow humans throughout history seems unrelenting and in fact almost unbelievable when considered in hindsight. For example, the Holocaust, the Trail of Tears, the Middle Passage, and the Great Purge – all events of his ...
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    2011 is behind us and now we’ve embarked on a new year, 2012. Last year was a pretty good year, especially for me in academia.  As many students can attest, the beginning of a new semester can bring with it, new challenges, fresh perspectives and even elevated stresses. In my experience, as a mo ...
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    I had a different blog post almost completely written, but then a friend of mine forwarded an email to me entitled, “WHERE ARE ALL THE GIRLFRIENDS OF OBAMA?”. I replied, “Are you serious?” and thus began yet another crisis in our friendship since high school and my scrapp ...

Dissident Voice

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  • Triage on Uncle Sam
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Destructionist

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    To Do

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    Renewable energy: Govt likely to waive duty on equipment import
    The Express Tribune
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    'The Lorax' teaches ecological, economical balance
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    Millennium Development Goals: Clean water checked off list. Now back to work.
    Christian Science Monitor
    The Millennium Development Goal of sharply improving access to safe drinking water has been reached. But China drove a lot of the progress, skewing the data with its size and obscuring problems in Africa. By Scott Baldauf, Staff Writer / March 6, ...
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