SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 13: South Korean conservative protesters burn a portrait of North Korea's new leader Kim Jong-Un and a North Korean flag during an anti-North Korea rally protesting against North Korea launching the long-range missile on April 13, 2012 in Seoul, South Korea. North Korea is believed to have launched the long-range missile at 7:39am local time, according to the South Korean Defense Ministry, and seems to have disintegrated midair and fallen into the sea. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 13: South Korean conservative protesters shout their slogans during an anti-North Korea rally protesting against North Korea launching the long-range missile on April 13, 2012 in Seoul, South Korea. North Korea is believed to have launched the long-range missile at 7:39am local time, according to the South Korean Defense Ministry, and seems to have disintegrated midair and fallen into the sea. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
Partial view of the West Sea Barrage near Namp'o, North Korea in 1989 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Jebel Ressas as seen from the Lake of Tunis, Tunisia (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Tunisia Staff Ride - U.S. Army Africa Soldiers apply WWII North Africa campaign lessons to current mission - May 2010 (Photo credit: US Army Africa)- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 10 minutes ago*Gotta go vote!* "Tunisia names new coalition government" December 23, 2011 TUNIS, Tunisia - A *moderate Islamist party will run most of Tunisia’s government ministries* in a new coalition Cabinet present...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 27 minutes agoTen years today of sucky blogging for Atrios. That's like a million years in internet time. Of course, I kid about the sucky part. He calls it that himself, I suppose because so many people call him a lazy...
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PYONGYANG: A spokesman for North Korea's foreign ministry has accused the US of "overt acts of enmity" after the suspension of a nuclear deal between the countries. In a statement released on Tuesday thr... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 31 minutes ago(CNN) -- Russia's top diplomat took a shot at the Western and Arab attempts to bring democratic change to Syria Tuesday. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov singled out the Friends of the Syrian People, a co...
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A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 12 km (7.4 miles), the quake hit at 19:45:36 UTC Tuesday 17th April 2012 The epicenter was 445 km (276... - posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago
All hell is breaking loose in Afghanistan. I love the place. But the U.S. shouldn't be occupying it. The latest attack on Kabul and in other centers across the country turned into a terrifying day and a h... - posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 hour agoGraphic from AdBusters.Here we go again:Battle for the 'soul' of OccupyAdBusters' latest communiqué is offered up almost like a new commandment from the mountaintop of political purity. By Danny Schechter / ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago*"Despair and the State"* by Jeffrey Tucker "Maybe a dark column is appropriate for tax day, but, I must tell you, it is not my usual way. Nonetheless, there are certain terrible realities in the world, ...
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Levon is in the final stages of his battle with cancer~Dear Friends, please send your prayers and love to him as he makes his way through this part of his journey. Thank you fans and music lovers who have... - posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 1 hour ago
Wildrose candidate Ron Leech sees "being white" as his biggest advantage in this election. Personally, I think his biggest advantage is having a leader who doesn't seem to care that he sees "being white"... - posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 hour agoBrian Greene's *The Hidden Reality* presents various kinds of "parallel universes" and "multiverses" that have appeared in physics – a large universe, an inflating universe, bubble universes, braneworlds...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 hour agoRead *"Insider trading 9/11 ... the facts laid bare"* By Lars Schall (March 21, 2012, Asia Times).
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 hour agoColorOfChange Responds to ALEC Announcement that it will End its Task Force that Dealt with Non-Economic Issues April 17, 2012 The following is a statement from ColorOfChange Executive Director Rashad Rob...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoThe Madeleine McCann mystery took a new twist today as it emerged that Spanish police are looking for the missing girl in a Costa del Sol holiday resort Detectives are making inquiries in Nerja after a t...
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Virologist plans to defy Dutch government over export permit requirement for avian flu paper. Ron Fouchier, a researcher at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, whose work on H5N1 avi... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours ago(CBS News) Deep-sea fishermen are not usually looking to land a whale. But the fishing line and nets they leave behind are often blamed for a huge loss of ocean life. According to one estimate, abandone...
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A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck East of the South Sandwich Islands at a depth of 1 km (0.6 miles), the quake hit at 19:03:55 UTC Tuesday 17th April 2012 The epicenter was 2677 km (1663 miles) Southe... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours ago
An aggregation of over 100 Sperm Whales in seas around Kalpitiya left many onlooker puzzle. This unusually large aggregation was first recorded around Bar Reef area of Kalpitiya. Upali Mallikarachchi of ... - posted by Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 2 hours ago
مكافحة التجسس مقدمةقد تأتي وكالة الاستخبارات المركزية السرية وثائق وزارة الخارجية المطبوعة هنا شوطا طويلا. واكتشفت من قبل الطلبة الإيرانيين الذين استولوا على السفارة الأميركية في طهران في 4 نوفمبر 197... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours ago(AGI) Washington - Santorini's volcanic basin is showing signs of resumed volcanic activity. According to researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, satellite research tools suggest that a build-...
- posted by P. L. Thomas at Schools Matter - 2 hours agoIn Krash Course #6, I highlighted the inverse relationship between what educators acknowledge as important education reform and what self-proclaimed reformers claim as educational reform by noting Diane R...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 2 hours agoI know I have mentioned before the BBC's habit of giving a Labour spokesman airtime on the 7pm Radio 4 news. Tonight they did it again. The item about the returning of Abu Quatada to Jordan was the excuse ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoMEXICO CITY (CNN) - Scientists recorded continuing volcanic activity Tuesday in Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano, which sits just southeast of Mexico City and its more than 19 million residents. Local gover...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoPolice in the US have handcuffed a six-year-old girl after she threw a tantrum at school. The family of Salecia Johnson demanded that the Georgia city of Milledgeville change policy so that other childre...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoHARTFORD, Conn. (WTW) — An outbreak of influenza at the state veterans' home in Rocky Hill sent 18 veterans to the hospital on Monday, with six being diagnosed with a special strain of flu. State Veteran...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoImage: © RIA Novosti. Vladimir Astapkovich An illegally constructed building collapsed early on Tuesday morning in Moscow injuring 10 and leaving one dead. The seven-story building near the Nagatinskaya P...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoRussia's northernmost active volcano is churning out ash to a height of 9,500 meters (over 31,000 feet) in the country's Far East, local scientists reported on Tuesday. The 3,283-meter (10,771-foot) Shiv...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoNorthville — As many as 400 students and staff at Northville High School may have come in close contact with a student who has an active case of tuberculosis. A female student at the school was diagnosed...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 3 hours agoGood news - BUT.... just because she quit doesn't mean she hasn't ditched the ALEC philosophy. Be careful Georgia. A Georgia state senator has agreed to leave the AmericanLegislative Exchange Council ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoTORONTO — Toronto has reported its first case of human rabies in 81 years, in an unidentified person who may have become infected during travel outside the country. Toronto Public Health won't reveal the...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoOfficials, fearful of retribution, stopped short of naming group responsible Conservative Afghan radicals opposed to education for women poisoned 150 schoolgirls by dosing jugs of water at their high schoo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoApril 17 - Space shuttle Discovery makes its final journey, piggybacking on a 747 jet over the U.S. capital.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago(Reuters) - Chinese politician Bo Xilai initially agreed to a police probe of his wife's role in the murder of a British businessman before abruptly reversing course and demoting his police chief, causing...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago(Reuters) - A United Nations mission to oversee an end to violence in Syria may need to bring in its own aircraft and deploy more troops to ensure that a firm ceasefire takes hold throughout the country, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama, whose political fortunes are threatened by rising gasoline prices, proposed new measures on Tuesday to reduce oil market manipulation that are unlikely to get supp...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 3 hours agoIsraeli soldiers guard Palestinians protesting the relocation of an Israeli road gate in Beit Iksa in the occupied West Bank, on March 22, 2012. Photo by Ahmad Gharabli / AFP / Getty Images.Israel needs a n...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago(Reuters) - Global growth is slowly improving as the U.S. recovery gains traction and dangers from Europe recede, but risks remain high and the situation is very fragile, the International Monetary Fund sa...
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- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 4 hours agoDalip S. Mahal sent me the following graphs: Twitter: @dsmahal
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago(Reuters) - An incensed Spain threatened swift economic retaliation against Argentina on Tuesday after it announced plans to seize YPF, the South American nation's biggest oil company, in a move which...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 17:06:37 UTC Tuesday 17th April 2012 The epicenter was 452 km (280...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 15:29:29 UTC Tuesday 17th April 2012 The epicenter was 258 km (161...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan at a depth of 210.6 km (130.9 miles), the quake hit at 15:15:58 UTC Tuesday 17th April 2012 The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) SSW ...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 4 hours agoif just TEN PERCENT of the 30,000 Unique Visitors this blog has received *every month* since the start of 2012 had donated just £1.00 or €1.00 or $1.00, I would have been able to work full-time on the FREE...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 60 km (37.3 miles), the quake hit at 14:29:48 UTC Tuesday 17th April 2012 The epicenter was 137 km (85 miles) ENE o...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 4 hours agoWe're Not going to Apologize for a damn thing. Because we believe in everything we've done and will do to the American people and the people of the world. But we have to do something, because WE GOT CAUGH...
- posted by Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 4 hours agoGreat resource guide below--do have a look and get involved. This movement can bring an end the madness of high stakes standardized testing. Tuesday, April 17, 2012 *MEASURING SUCCESS* *Opting Out: Famil...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 4 hours agoIncluded strictly for my lovers of cloak-and-dagger reporting . . . and the computer science guys, of course. (Although it's tough not making the argument that it's also fraught with images that lovers of ...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 4 hours agoIt's typical of the war in Afghanistan that all sides are claiming victory in the wake of the recent insurgent attacks on Kabul and other cities. We seemed relieved that Afghan security forces, now believe...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 5 hours agoLiving in South Texas exposes me to a lot of incredible Mexican food, which is great for me since it's my favorite type of food. Every now and then I find myself craving something more authentic than hom...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 5 hours agoTrevor Thomas is running for Congress in west Michigan's 3rd CD, which is mostly based in Grand Rapids and Battle Creek and has traditionally been a mainstream type of district. Before the House seat was...
- posted by Jay Allbritton at Jay Allbritton - 5 hours agoIn the wake of Republican US Rep. Todd Akin saying that sooner or later the House would "just get up and impeach this guy," fellow Rep. Allen West--from South Florida--must have felt the need to out-crazy ...
- posted by Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 5 hours agoI bet they've already inked the *approval stamp*. Northern Gateway is before a Joint Review Panel (JRP) of the National Energy Board and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency. Under the new rules...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 5 hours ago"If the food’s in plastic, what’s in the food?" By Susan Freinkel, Published: April 16The Washington Post [Excerpted] "In a study published last year in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, re...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 6 hours ago*Schwartz v. Schwartz*, 2012 ONCA 239 is another decision dealing with the issue of the gifting of property and trusts in the context of domestic situation: [40] As I have said, assuming that th...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 6 hours agoI'm recycling that headline from last June, but it's still the right one to use. Want to know who will win WH 2012? You can start paying attention to the various head-to-head polls, and you can follow the ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (deBeauxOs) at DAMMIT JANET! - 6 hours agoThe Galloping Beaver: And look what floats to the surface (updated) Oh yes, the very latest in the CPC election fraud can be found there. With linky goodness to everyone who has been on top of this story s...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 6 hours agoNile Bowie NileBowie.blogspot.com April 17, 2012 The international community has eased its condemnation of Iran following recent negotiations between Tehran and six other nations in Istanbul, Turkey. Whil...
- posted by leftdog at Buckdog - 6 hours ago*The American Right's ongoing goal for a more authoritarian society got a big boost this week. A 5-4 ruling by the United States Supreme Court (5 Republican Judges FOR and 4 Democratic Judges OPPOSED) has ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoNew Delhi (CNN) -- India plans the maiden test flight this week of its longest-range nuclear-capable missile, which can travel more than 5,000 kilometers (3,100 miles), military officials said. The Agni ...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 6 hours agoDr. Tarpley breaks down the latest events in Syria. Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. [image: PressTV]PressTV / Tarpley.net April 17, 2012 Video: Dr. Webster Tarpley discusses the latest developments in Syria o...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 7 hours agoIt is estimated that the people of the United Kingdom consume their way through their country's annual agricultural production by about Easter each year. Overall, therefore, Brits rely on imports for abo...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 7 hours ago*April 17, 2012*: Constitutional ‘divisions’ keep Harper from celebrating Charter *January 23, 2011*: Harper celebrates five years as PM
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 7 hours ago*TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2012* *Did the New York Times ever explain:* This morning, the New York Times reports the fact that the Buffett Rule got filibustered in the Senate. The report even uses the term “fili...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 7 hours agoI have long said that the situation with the Fukushima nuclear disaster is far from over, and that in spite of the constant lies coming out from both our governments and the lying media the situation is in...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 7 hours agohttp://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20120416p2g00m0dm049000c.html Majia here: Japan's Edano is still not ruling out restart of the Oi reactors: [Excerpt from Mainichi article] "Edano did no...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 7 hours agoKUWAIT CITY: Hundreds of Kuwaiti firemen on Tuesday fought to contain a massive fire in a dump for used tires, with some members of parliament calling the blaze an environmental catastrophe. Firemen fr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago*(CNN)* -- Australian troops could begin pulling out of Afghanistan in the coming months and may leave the country almost entirely by the end of next year, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Tuesday. It'...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago(CNN) -- A heavily glaciated region of the Himalayas is bucking the trend of global ice loss and showing small signs of increasing in mass, according to a new study. Data examining six regions in the Kar...
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- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 8 hours ago[image: Oysters: For the past six years, baby oysters in the Pacific Northwest have been unable to survive in increasingly acidic waters. The region’s top oyster hatcheries have also experienced declines...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 8 hours ago*TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2012* *Part 1—Faux outrage, all faux, all the time:* After four days in Durham, we feel we can make the following statement: It’s much as Obama recently said. Being great uncle to a 5-...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 8 hours ago*Above: Surely Allan Hunsperger sees the slippery slope this picture represents* I think it's safe to assume Wildrose candidate Allan Hunsperger's $1,000 "good conduct bond" is as good as gone: Wildrose ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoDisagreement amongst Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) members has grown after the administration asked local governments to restart the number 3 and 4 reactors at the Oi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukui Prefec...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoDarrell Desuze who killed pensioner Richard Mannington Bowes during last year's riots in London has been sentenced to eight years in jail. His mother Lavinia Desuze, 31, was jailed for 18 months at the s...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has for the first time accepted the prospect of the euro breaking up. In its flagship economic survey of the world economy, the IMF acknowledged that there were fund...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoRadical cleric Abu Qatada has been taken into custody and proceedings to have him deported to Jordan are under way. The Home Office has confirmed it is now preparing to have Qatada sent home to face tri...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 8 hours ago[image: A NASA study published last January in the Journal of Climate shows that the oldest and thickest Arctic sea ice is disappearing at a faster rate than the younger, thinner ice at the edges of the ...
- posted by PM at The Duck of Minerva - 8 hours agoThis is a shameless bleg to two different audiences. The first, and immediately more important, is undergraduate students who might like to take a serious course about international relations, political...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 8 hours agoHappy Birthday to Pete Shelley, 57, and What do I get? I didn't get around to linking yesterday's Post Partisan piece, about Mitt Romney's policy leak. So check that out if you're interested, or try some ...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 8 hours agoAfter a brief break were back to Syria- Figuratively speaking. Syria's Foreign Minister is in China .This follows a visit to Russia last week. Syria's foreign minister will arrive in Beijing on Monday to b...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 26.2 km (16.3 miles), the quake hit at 12:29:07 UTC Tuesday 17th April 2012 The epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) ENE ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck near the Coast of Central Peru at a depth of 65.3 km (40.6 miles), the quake hit at 12:26:33 UTC Tuesday 17th April 2012 The epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) Southwest ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 9 hours agoBecause gerrymandering has given the vast majority of House Republicans deeply red districts where they're more worried about Teabaggers, fascists and deranged Hate Talk Radio fans (or some combination of...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 9 hours agoAre the Saints Being Railroaded? ~SaintsWin~Should we implicitly believe there was a three-year, institutionalized bounty program in place simply because Roger Goodell said so? Remember that the NFL Player...
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 9 hours agoDon Lenihan writes that Canadian politics has been corrupted by a powerful fallacy. Simply put, that fallacy is that government should be run like a business. And, because successful businesses identif...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 10 hours agoHaskell Indian Nations Cultural Center and Museum Photo by Brenda Norrell*By Brenda Norrell* *Censored News* http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com Censored News continues two series: Rights of Mother Earth a...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 10 hours agoApril 17, 2012 Hezbollah urged the Syrian opposition to engage in dialogue with Assad's regime, but they refused. Hezbollah leader Sayyid Nasrallah confirmed this in his first interview in 6 years, the ...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 10 hours ago*Le blog de Jean-Luc Mélenchon** * Jean-Luc Melenchon's party supports: *1.* Nationalizing the private banks. *2.* Setting up cooperatives to run certain businesses. *3.* Leaving NATO. *4.* The setting u...
- posted by Rufus at News From Atlantis. - 10 hours agoHistory is Bunk. It is written by those with power, and used to justify their crimes. Just as our personal lives are shaped by events which have happened in our early days, so it is with nations and cou...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoPerth in Western Australia positively gleams as the autumn sunlight bounces off its skyscrapers and luxury waterfront apartments. No wonder this city sparkles. Perth is at the heart of Australia's boomin...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoNEW YORK (AP) -- Sales of the nation's two most popular prescription painkillers have exploded in new parts of the country, an Associated Press analysis shows, worrying experts who say the push to relieve...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago(CNN) -- In the midst of heated political campaigns and real wars abroad, it is noteworthy that two columnists writing for the most consequential newspaper in the world, The New York Times, took a differe...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoThere will be many dates already underlined in the calendars of President Barack Obama’s campaign staff and those of Mitt Romney, his likely Republican presidential opponent. But it is a safe bet that May...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoDemand from retailers to occupy stores in Britain fell further in the first quarter of 2012, sparking new fears about the health of the country’s high streets. A total of 11pc more property agents repor...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 10 hours ago*By Nikke Alex, Dine'* *Letter to the editor* *Censored News* http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com Last week both Arizona Senators visited the Navajo Nation to persuadetribal officials that they should agre...
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 10 hours agoThe irrigation associations were in the news this week as the KMT proposed a bald-faced annexation scheme for them.... A proposal by the Taiwan Joint Irrigation Association (TJIA) president to have presid...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoExclusive: Lab-grown egg cells could revolutionise fertility - and even banish menopause The first human egg cells that have been grown entirely in the laboratory from stem cells could be fertilised later...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Kuril Islands, Russia at a depth of 63.6 km (39.5 miles), the quake hit at 10:49:22 UTC Tuesday 17th April 2012 The epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) SSW from Severo...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 10 hours agoyou just have to see this 'super fast acoustic shredding' as they say. young lad by the name of Ben Lapps, this is just sweet as. then someone out of the audience requests 'going to California', I mean ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoNorth Korea’s agricultural sector has been in serious decline for years. Among the reasons commonly cited are a lack of fuel and parts for machinery and poor weather conditions. However, the country also ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoHong Kong (CNN) -- Gorillas put off their food and stressed out orangutans, could nature tourism be bad for wild animals' health? It's an idea that has been suggested in a recent report that tested for s...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoThe hysterical debate over national security and civil liberties has lost sight of some reasonable goals to deter terrorism and criminal activities. When an Islamic terrorist with British links is interr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoTwo-thirds of appendix operations may be unnecessary and could be treated simply by using antibiotics, according to a new study. Medical "dogma" and 130 years of tradition mean doctors often wrongly cons...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA doctor who works for one of the country’s oldest abortion clinics has been caught admitting that an abortion he offered to arrange was tantamount to “female infanticide”. Read More
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoWomen are being granted illegal abortions by doctors based on the sex of their unborn baby, an undercover investigation by The Daily Telegraph reveals. • Doctors filmed agreeing to abortions based on ge...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 11 hours agoHmm. Authorities in Denmark have charged a university professor with assisting “foreign intelligence operatives”, believed to be Russian. Professor Timo Kivimäki, a conflict resolution expert, who teache...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 11 hours ago*Anders Breivik murder trial*, summary of day one events: 1) Anders Breivik co-judge Thomas Indrebø deemed INCOMPETENT and kicked from the panel in this PANEL TRIAL. What a day-one stunner. 2) Now it's n...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA sleepy passenger jet pilot forced a sudden plane dive after mistaking the planet Venus for a US military plane, injuring 14 people on board the transatlantic flight, according to a newly released report...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 11 hours agoIs U.S. image fading? President Obama on giant screen at Americas Summit in Cartagena, April 14, 2012. Photo by John Vizcaino / Reuters.Occupy Latin America:Changing relations in the hemisphereLatin America’...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoLONDON – Olympic doping officials are considering whether to tweak their tests after a recent British study showed green tea might hide testosterone from the standard test used to spot it. The study was ...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 11 hours agoApril 16, 2012 *Julian explains why he is doing this new talk show, which should air later today.* The wait's nearly over until one of the most anticipated shows of the year premieres on RT. The world...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago(Reuters) - The warning last month from Representative Peter King, the chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, was blunt: An investigation by his staff had determined that...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoSTANFORD (CBS13) - In the 1966 film “Fantastic Voyage,” a submarine, full of scientists, is shrunk to microscopic size and injected into the bloodstream of a seriously wounded diplomat. Forty-six years ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoNew Delhi/Bengaluru, 6 Feb. 2012: Ahead of a regulators’ meeting on February 8th 2012, and reacting to the confirmed reports of Monsanto’s illegal planting of Herbicide Tolerant (HT) maize in its GM maize...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoPoland will impose a complete ban on growing the MON810 genetically modified strain of maize made by US company Monsanto on its territory, Agriculture Minister Marek Sawicki said Wednesday. "The decree i...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoMost people think of a cashless society as something that is way off in the distant future. Unfortunately, that is simply not the case. The truth is that a cashless society is much closer than most peopl...
- *Hadn't there been protected pupfish* and no *Devil's Hole*, a geothermal pool in a cave under Death Valley (US), where they can be watched, we'd rather not be aware how violent an earthquake interacts wi...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 12 hours agoSource: https://www.accessnow.org/ Dear AT&T, Facebook, Microsoft, Verizon, and all the companies supporting CISPA, We believe that cyber security is important, but it should not come at the expense...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoIf you knew that you could live in luxury for the rest of your life but that by doing so it would absolutely destroy the future for your children, your grandchildren and your great-grandchildren would you...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe Norwegian far-right activist who killed 77 people last year has told a court that he believes he is a "revolutionary", adding "people who call me evil have misunderstood". Reading from a 13-page doc...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe first 24 hours • Delivery of medical supplies to the affected area will cease. • Hospitals will run out of basic supplies such as syringes and catheters within hours. Radiopharmaceuticals will deterior...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoDo you believe that preppers are a few cards short of a full deck? Do you assume that anyone that is "preparing for doomsday" does not have their elevator going all the way to the top floor? Well, you migh...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoWhat in the world is going on in the heartland of America? Spring has barely even begun and we are seeing communities all over America being ripped to shreds by gigantic tornadoes. A lot of meteorologis...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoWar between Israel and Iran now seems inevitable. Leon Panetta claimed that it would be this coming spring—and I see no reason to doubt him. How an Israeli-Iranian war will play out—that is, whether it wi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoOn May 6, France is holding its second round of Presidential elections, where the Socialist François Hollande is fully expected to win. I’m pretty sure two things will happen immediately following the el...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (BenefitScroungingScum) at Broken of Britain - 12 hours ago
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoOver the past few weeks the news from Afghanistan has been grim. Videos showing American soldiers urinating on the corpses of Taliban insurgents; Afghan cleaners discovering at Bagram airbase that Americ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 5.6 earthquake has struck the Kermadec Islands Region at a depth of 15.1 km (9.4 miles), the quake hit at 08:51:26 UTC Tuesday 17th April 2012 The epicenter was 287 km (178 miles) South from R...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe Copts are the descendants of ancient Egyptians and direct heirs to the culture of Egyptian pharaohs. Today they account for about 9% of the country’s population. The exact number is unknown. Supposedl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe U.S. soldier charged with murdering 17 unarmed Afghan civilians last month is refusing to participate in an examination aimed at determining his mental state, according to his lawyers. Staff Sgt. Rob...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoOver the past years, it has been happening with frightening regularity that U.S. diplomats and CIA agents were caught pulling off operations involving illicit weapons supply in Latin America. The inesca...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoI have two political maxims – “you make a serious mistake assuming that people in charge know what the hell they’re doing” and, “you don’t have to be a 10 in politics; you can be a 3 if everyone is a 2”… ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoWhile regional organizations are going to be the mainstay in international politics in the post-cold war world, one of the old regional organizations Arab League (formed in 1945) has shown all weakness of...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoAll over the United States, school children are being taken out of their classrooms, put on buses and sent to "alternate locations" during terror drills. These exercises are often called "evacuation drill...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoBarack Obama actually plans to do it. He actually plans to neuter America by unilaterally dismantling most of the U.S. strategic nuclear arsenal. In fact, Barack Obama says that the United States has a "mo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoSomebody out there has decided that the Department of Homeland Security needs a whole lot of ammunition. Recently it was announced that ATK was awarded a contract to provide up to 450 MILLION hollow point ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 27.8 km (17.3 miles), the quake hit at 07:58:18 UTC Tuesday 17th April 2012 The epicenter was 342 km (...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of children in the United States with autism has risen by 78 percent over the past decade. It is now estimated that 1 out of every 8...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoWhy would anyone want to live in the UK at this point? Well, if you enjoy having every little detail of your life dictated to you by elitist control freaks then you might like living there. But most of ...
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 13 hours agoSorry! Much too busy yesterday! Only a short list for today.... *DON'T MISS*: Project 2049's report Chinese Reactions to US Arms Sales to Taiwan. Discussions, history, references, chronologies. Very usef...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoClaims he was 36-year senator rather than having 'to produce' anything Vice President Joe Biden, long known for making embarrassing verbal gaffes, echoed the cynical criticism many people levy against car...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoThe middle class is being systematically wiped out of existence in the United States today. America is a nation with a very tiny elite that is rapidly becoming increasingly wealthy while everyone else is ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoDoctors in Pakistan are fighting to save the life of a baby boy born with six legs. The unnamed infant has a rare genetic condition, hospital officials said. The boy was born to the wife of an X-ray tech...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoLawyers on all sides in the trial of Anders Behring Breivik have called for a judge to be removed following revelations he called for the death penalty for the far-right activist who killed 77 people las...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago"People don't have any mercy. They tear you limb from limb, in the name of love. Then, when you're dead, when they've killed you by what they made you go through, they say you didn't have any character. T...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoAs student loan debt exceeds $1tn, we ask if it is the ball and chain that follows Americans to the grave. The cost of higher education in the US has been referred to as the ball and chain that follows ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoIt shimmers shyly in the Western Pacific like an unpolished diamond in a nest of sparkling opals. Its size belying its strategic geographical importance. Saipan is the capital of the Northern Mariana I...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoThe town of Muslyumovo has to be one of the saddest places on earth. The thousands of people who have little choice but to live here, on the banks of the Techa river not far from Russia's southern border...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoDemocracy. That buzzword we hear over and over again coming from powerful quarters in the US to help explain interventions across the globe, from Iraq to Central America. But while many in the world are f...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoIn 2011, 24,928 cars were stolen in Japan, an increase of 1,153 vehicles compared to 2010. This was the first time the number of thefts had gone up since 2001 when 63,275 cars were stolen. Obviously, thin...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoThe government is considering designating areas near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant as off-limits for residents for an extensive period, Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura said Wednesday. Concern ...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 14 hours agoI have previously posted about Barack Obama's various verbal misspeaks - 57 stats etc. and how the BBC just are not interested in the sort of misspeaks that they loved to report when made by George W. Bush...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 14 hours ago*NATO is controlled by the Pentagon.* NATO is 'in the heroin trade' (THE MILITARY IN ALLIANCE WITH THE DRUGS GANGS) Is there a US-Israeli plan to use NATO to take over part of the United Kingdom? Why is...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoWASHINGTON — Call it President Richard Nixon's revenge. Amid election-year furor over high gasoline prices, something significant has happened to America's energy outlook. We are steadily reducing our de...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 14 hours agoThe BBC's Breaking News Twitter feed tweeted this this morning Wouldn't the addition of the word 'next' before 'Tuesday' have made the situation clearer and less threatening?
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoSINGAPORE — The pieces of a new strategic kaleidoscope in the Asia-Pacific region are starting to fall into place as allies and security partners of the United States seek to deter China from using or thr...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 14 hours agoMarch 28, 2012 by John Cooper, Cabinet Maker http://jcooperforpeace.wordpress.com/ Edited slightly by AK for an international audience *I have been trying to find Peacemakers lately…* It reminds me of...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoSINGAPORE — Most people live and work on land. Some journey by air, or go to sea. But all return to the land. Our terrestrial view of the world defines exploration. As we spread and settle on land that w...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoChinese President Hu Jintao told his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung-bak on Monday that his government attempted several in-depth talks with Pyongyang to express its "deep concern" over the North's plan...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoOne in five women in Korea in her 30s is single, while in Seoul the ratio is one in three, according to Statistics Korea. Although there are no specific data on the total number of single women, experts be...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoMore than half of the inhabitants of Seoul between the ages of 30 and 34 are unmarried. According to research by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, there were 431,847 singles between 30 to 34 in the capit...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoA magnitude 7.0 earthquake has struck the Eastern New Guinea Region, Papue New Guinea at a depth of 202.4 km (125.8 miles), the quake hit at 07:13:51 UTC Tuesday 17th April 2012 The epicenter was 135 km (...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 14 hours agothis revelatory image comes from Prometheus UK's official Facebook page, so it's definitely legit - only hinted at in the trailer: Rennaisance art, on an alien planet? psychic conncection from the Engine...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago(CNN) -- While U.N. monitors try to observe a so-called cease-fire in Syria, the U.S. ambassador the United Nations said President Bashar al-Assad's regime has lost all credibility. "They have lied to t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoNasa has released spectacular images of a powerful solar flare erupting from the sun. Although measured as "moderate", the sun storm captured by Nasa spacecraft revealed it to be a stunning display of m...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoA magnitude 3.2 earthquake has struck off the Coast of Oregon at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 06:14:38 UTC Tuesday 17th April 2012 The epicenter was 181 km (112 miles) West of Coos Bay, O...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Tonga at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 06:07:34 UTC Tuesday 17th April 2012 The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) ENE of Hihifo, Tonga No Tsunami Warning...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 40 km (24.8 miles), the quake hit at 04:25:02 UTC Tuesday 17th April 2012 The epicenter was 116 km (72 miles) East ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck offshore Valparaiso, Chile at a depth of 36.6 km (22.7 miles), the quake hit at 04:03:17 UTC Tuesday 17th April 2012 The epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) North of Valpa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoA powerful 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck near Chile's eastern coastal port of Valparaiso early on Tuesday, shaking buildings as far away as the capital Santiago, but there were no immediate reports of d...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours agoThis is one of the sillier items of gross speculation I have come across for a while. Someone has been reading far too much Science Fiction and put this together. We even got a pitch in for the ...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours agoThe hunt for planets is in the early days and my sense is that we are getting glimpses of the true complexity. I suspect every solar system may prove to have the equivalent of Jupiter. Yet these...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours agoIt is clear that the tide has turned in the Salish Sea and is gathering strength. It is also true that the people are taking possession of the watersheds although none of this is formalized in la...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours agoThe great news here is that ground truth is now been established to allow a rigorous interpretation of CryoSat data that has now been collected for two years. It appears we will finally really k...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 15 hours agoOne of the wind turbines. Photo courtesy: Eole Water A new concept, that many consider to "cool", being tested in the Abu Dhabi desert uses a wind turbine to condense water from the air and pump it into s...
- posted by David J. Climenhaga at David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary - 15 hours agoApril 17, 1982: The Queen signs the Constitution as Pierre Elliott Trudeau, then Canada’s prime minister, looks on, apparently bemused. Below: The Charter; a sterner Mr. Trudeau. CALGARY Today is the 30t...
- posted by Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 16 hours agoHome is where you feel *safe, comfortable and welcome*. Yeah, we feel very much at home with our old friends at *A Creative Revolution*. Who wouldn't? So, *bookmark this*. We may live in the swamp but e...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 16 hours agoGordon Kane has pointed out that I have missed a shocking hep-ph paper by Christoph Weniger on Friday 13th, A Tentative Gamma-Ray Line from Dark Matter Annihilation at the Fermi Large Area Telescope (PDF)...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago*"Truth, Lies and Self-Deception"* by Dr. Stephen Diamond "'Folie a deux' is an idiomatic French expression meaning "craziness of two." This fascinating syndrome is referred to diagnostically in the Amer...
- posted by Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 17 hours ago#F35 #Cdnpoli - Peter Van Loan told CBC that, we, the people who buy cars worth, oh ... anywhere from $1000 to $50,000 do not work out the life cycle costs of that motor vehicle. I'm* not the only one ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago* “The Hollow Men”* “Between the idea And the reality, Between the motion And the act, Falls the Shadow... Between the conception And the creation, Between the emot...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 17 hours ago*Picture of President George W. Bush in a classroom in Florida on the morning of September 11, 2001. He used the crisis to score political points and take America to war against an invisible enemy for ...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 17 hours agoHere’s one of the neat things the internet can do: by offering a live, free, web-streamed talk on happiness, presented by a philosophy professor and hosted by the Ayn Rand Center: *The Pursuit of Happi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoHuman rights abuses are still going on in Bahrain leading to calls for this weekend's Grand Prix to be cancelled, Amnesty International has said. The campaign group has said security forces are still usin...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA magnitude 6.7 earthquake has struck offshore Valparaiso, Chile at a depth of 37 km (23 miles), the quake hit at 03:50:14 UTC Tuesday 17th April 2012 The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) NNE from Valparais...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoSINGAPORE, April 17 (Reuters) - Brent crude slipped to $118 on Tuesday, continuing its steep decline from the previous session, as Spain's debt woes reignited concerns about the European debt crisis and t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoThe national minimum wage for British workers is set to be lower for workers in real terms than it was nearly a decade ago, according to a new report. Even after it is increased later this year inflation...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 41.7 km (25.9 miles), the quake hit at 03:24:24 UTC Tuesday 17th April 2012 The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) West from Ban...
- posted by leftdog at Buckdog - 18 hours ago*OTTAWA — "Elections Canada investigators on the trail of the "Pierre Poutine" suspect in the robocalls case have been asking questions about the actions of staff at Conservative party headquarters in Ot...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 18 hours agoSunday morning, Digby was riffing on the place of aristocracy in this nation founded as a democratic experiment-- and she was looking straight at the Romneys who had managed, through a little-used loophol...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA former Wickes cashier who later became one of Nigeria's most powerful politicians will be sentenced later for fraud and embezzlement which could exceed £160m. James Ibori pleaded guilty at Southwark Cr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoSouth Korea has expressed support for the UN Security Council decision to tighten sanctions on North Korea for its botched rocket launch, and called for Pyongyang to refrain from further provocations. The ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA controversial gas drilling operation that triggered earthquakes in Britain is set to be restarted, but with tighter controls on the process. The company involved has accepted stringent recommendations f...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Southern Iran at a depth of 2 km (1.2 miles), the quake hit at 02:37:43 UTC Tuesday 17th April 2012 The epicenter was 52 km (32.2 miles) Southeast of Firuzabad, Iran N...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck Mid-Indian Ridge at a depth of 10.2 km (6.3 miles), the quake hit at 01:41:26 UTC Tuesday 17th April 2012 The epicenter was 464 km (288 miles) East of Ile Rodrigues, M...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck Mid-Indian Ridge at a depth of 9.6 km (6 miles), the quake hit at 23:53:30 UTC Monday 16th April 2012 The epicenter was 177 km (110 miles) Northeast from Amsterdam Isl...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago*“The Devils Inside”* by Chet Raymo “I know it's unworthy of me, but sometime I wish he would just go away - Nicholas Kristof with his reports in the New York Times from the war zones of the Congo and Su...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 87 km (53.9 miles), the quake hit at 20:16:42 UTC Monday 16th April 2012 The epicenter was 101 km (68.2 miles) Southeast of Port Vila, Vanuatu No...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 19 hours agoSometimes you just have to listen to the eloquence of others – just think about it and let it fuel your focus. The snips below are not meant to represent the only eloquent orators in todays public arena,...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 19 hours agoHow does this work? Simple -- under the Federal Court Rules unless a claim is drafted so as to state a cause of action within the Court's jurisdiction the Court can (and should) strike out the claim. This ...
- posted by Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 19 hours ago#F35 #Cdnpoli - With the wave of an imperial hand *Harper sprays himself with teflon*. Asked Sunday in Cartagena, Colombia, whether the government lied about its estimates, Harper again focused on the co...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 19 hours agoReal life is kicking my ass today. Managed to land for the night just as a giant truck hit some wires and blew out the internet. Fixed now, but too late to blog tonight. Check me in the morning. [More po...
- posted by Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 20 hours ago* *#cdnpoli #elxn41* *#robocon* - * *You're welcome!* And thank you *RossK*. Elections Canada investigators on the trail of the "Pierre Poutine" suspect in the robocalls case have been asking questions...
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 20 hours agoSouthern Man is pretty careful about following the diet proscribed by Southern Man's Platter and it's working well; weight remains steady at just above what Southern Man would consider ideal. One more week...
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 20 hours agoSouthern Man spent a relaxed morning cleaning and piddling around. Teen Daughter returned from a weekend down south just in time to watch a movie and then head out to the Ancestral Manor for Sunday Dinner....
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 20 hours agoPrinceton economist, *New York Times* columnist and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman wonders if Europe's political leadership has a death wish. *"The question then was whether this brave and effective action [o...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago"From afar, the whole thing looks like an Eagle. A closer look at the Eagle Nebula, however, shows the bright region is actually a window into the center of a larger dark shell of dust. Through this window...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago*“The Asylum”* by Kahlil Gibran "I was strolling in the gardens of an insane asylum when I met a young man who was reading a philosophy book. His behavior and his evident good health made him stand out f...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago*"Fight or Flight: Who Runs Your Life?"* by Tony Schwartz "Think, for a moment, about the life you're living. You skitter from activity to activity. The consequence is that you don't do anything particula...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 21 hours agoMarcus Aurelius Cheery guy that Marcus Aurelius
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago*"[T]he police backed down, and the standoff turned into a victory celebration, catered by [Ben] Cohen. Some activists boycotted the ice-cream party. 'One very loud Occupier walked up and down shouting abo...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago* “The Bird And The Cage”* by Paulo Coelho “Once upon a time, there was a bird. He was adorned with two perfect wings and with glossy, colorful, marvelous feathers. One day, a woman saw this bird and fel...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago"My own view is that this planet is used as a penal colony, lunatic asylum and dumping ground by a superior civilization, to get rid of the undesirable and unfit. I can't prove it, but you can't disprove ...
- posted by Peter @ Enviroman at the original Blogger Tips and Tricks - 21 hours agoOne frequent request from bloggers using blogspot (www.blogger.com) is to get rid of the year and month in a post permalink and just have relevant keywords in the post URL. This is not possible with blogsp...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 21 hours agoLt. Colonel Daniel Davis. Image from Eideard.'Truth, Lies and Afghanistan':Lt. Colonel Davis reveals futilityand folly of our war in AfghanistanBy Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / April 16, 2012How quickly ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Niles) at DAMMIT JANET! - 21 hours agoMarching for women's rights. Marching for women's rights. Marching for women's rights. Marching for women's rights. Marching for women's rights. Marching for women's rights. Mr. Woodworth, kindly take...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoLos Angeles county animal control officials are heralding the loyalty of a black Labrador retriever that braved traffic to stay by another dog that was fatally struck by a car. A motorist who saw the do...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoPolice say a mob of 25 anarchists fought with officers and tried to use eight-foot-long metal pipes to smash windows of a Starbucks in the East Village on Saturday. The incident happened around 8:45 p.m...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoPope Benedict marked his 85th birthday on Monday saying he is now in the "last stretch" of his life but sure that God would help him continue his mission. Benedict, who has looked tired and drawn recently...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 22 hours agoJust for fun. Right now Monday April 16 at 7:45 central pm There is a survey on the Daily Caller front page - half way down - left side Please go there and give good ol' Michele Bachmann a big old "unf...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 22 hours ago*Michael channeled by Ron Head* April 16, 2012 We are heartened to see the understanding of the overall message of all of our channels spreading far and wide among all those who follow them. Angelics...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago*"Secret Places"* *․ * "Lovers find secret places inside this violent world where they make transactions with beauty. Reason says, Nonsense. I have walked and measured the walls here. There are no places l...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours agoFairfax, Virginia, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago*“The Horror, The Horror”* by Paul Krugman “Atrios, aka Duncan Black, is celebrating his 10th blogoversary with a countdown of America’s Worst Pundits. And he emphasizes just how bad a decade it has been...
- posted by NO ONE TO VOTE FOR at NO ONE TO VOTE FOR - 23 hours ago. I would not post this email exchange were it not for the fact that this whole 'limited hangout' issue does my head in and it is a genuinely important issue. I have great admiration for Henry Makow. I...
- posted by angola3news at Angola 3 News - 23 hours ago* BREAKING: LA Gov. Bobby Jindal refuses to meet with Amnesty International delegation!* *More**Breaking News:* Robert King on Democracy Now with Amnesty International, Guardian UK, BBC News Magazine, Mot...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoLt. Col. Shalom Eisner, the IDF officer videotaped striking a Danish anarchist with his gun, told a confidante Sunday that the leftist struck him first, causing fractures in his hand. Arik Ben Shimon, who...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 23 hours ago*Navajo Nation government usurped by corporate entities* *By Dine' CARE* *Censored News* *http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com* DILKON, Arizona (Navajo Nation) -- Diné Citizens Against Ruining Our Environm...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 23 hours agoThe Grey Ones have done everything wrong since the Christchurch earthquake. They barred people from their city.1 They evicted people from their homes.2 They slowed down their repairs and insurance pay-o...
- posted by thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 1 day agoIt's been a busy day and won't end until 9 pm. or so. So, here's a quick post about two books I'm reading. First is Lawrence Hill's The Book of Negroes. I'm finding it very moving, but I'm not sure if tha...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoSaajid Muhammad Badat, 33 from Gloucester, was jailed for 13 years in 2005 but had his sentence cut down to 11 years after providing information on up to 18 terror plots over a six-year period. The deal ...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 1 day agoA film by Jose Escamilla http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k7bGzElE20&feature=player_embedded PS: Blog embedding has been disabled on YouTube, other wise you could play it directly.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoJERUSALEM — The Israeli military announced the suspension on Monday of a senior officer caught on videotape striking a Danish pro-Palestinian activist in the face with an M-16 rifle during a standoff betw...
- posted by Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day agoBelow is a petition that is circulating on Change.Org. If you are a NY professor, please sign it. If you are not a NY professor, start a petition in your state. Contact me if you want to help me get on...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day agoThe glaciers flowing between the towering peaks of the Karakoram range on the Pakistan-China border have grown in size in the last decade, according to new research. The impact of climate change on the ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*They came in photographs in my printed paper*: "FUEL HIKE PROTEST -- Student demonstrators burned tires and clashed with police in Indonesia Tuesday during a rally against the government's plan to raise...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 1 day agoCentenary commemorations of the *Titanic* sinking wouldn’t be complete without the contribution of *The Onion**. * [image: Titanic0001] Too glib? But where would we writers be without the metaphor. Co...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoI knew Florida state Rep Scott Randolph's name because he was Alan Grayson's campaign manager. Grayson told me "he was the mastermind behind our 2008 victory." But the last time-- before this week-- he wa...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*Gotta get out and vote!* "Aung San Suu Kyi’s party raised the prospect of a *major hitch* in Myanmar’s *political reforms *Thursday, saying it may not take the seats it won in Parliament because the law...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day agoInspired by my twitter feed going wild with glee from conservatives after the first day of the Gallup general election tracking showed Mitt Romney with a two point lead (sparking junk analysis like this), ...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago"This whole war on terror is a fraud. It's a farce. It's very difficult to say it out loud because people are intimidated against saying it, cause if you say it they want to make you into a nutcase. But...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*Maybe they need an AmeriKan sheriff in town, what with all that oil in the area.* "Mali coup leaders say they’re still in charge" by Adam Nossiter | New york Times, March 25, 2012 DAKAR, Senegal - Res...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 1 day agoRussia Today is the international broadcaster for Julian Assange's new TV interview show THE WORLD TOMORROW, here's a 20-minute interview with Assanage prior to the show's launch tomorrow.
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day agoHeartbreaker: Tom Petty's Guitars Stolen in Front of JazzFest Date~NOLA DEFENDER
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 1 day ago*In this startling new memoir, Sibel Edmonds—the most classified woman in U.S. history—takes us on a surreal journey that begins with the secretive FBI and down the dark halls of a feckless Congress to a...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 1 day agoLord of the Rings and Mount Doom *Aragorn: Are you frightened? * *Frodo: Yes. * *Aragorn: Not nearly frightened enough. I know what hunts you. * *Frodo: What do you want? * ...
- *Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo* had a dream. Some 30 years ago now. Since that day he still is the well-respected Lord Mayor of the Andalucian village of Marinaleda, near Sevilla, and his dream appears to ...
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- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 day agoAuthors: Lucila Guadalupe Caceres, Hugo Rios, and Laura Ruth Guelman Journal: Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety volume 72.3 (2009) 895-904. Abstract: "Neonatal ionizing radiation exposure has been sh...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA teenager was subjected to a sickening attack when he was throttled, bound and gagged, locked in a cupboard, beaten with a baseball bat and then shot at point blank range to the face with a BB gun. Josh...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA teenager’s home was gatecrashed by 400 revellers after plans for his 16th birthday party were posted on Facebook. Bradley McAnulty had only intended for about 30 friends to come to the bash at his fami...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoGeorge Osborne is expected to plough another £10billion into the International Monetary Fund to help increase its resources, it emerged today. The UK has already pledged £29.5bn to the Fund, £5.5bn of wh...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck Sulawesi, Indonesia at a depth of 40 km (24.8 miles), the quake hit at 18:01:19 UTC Monday 16th April 2012 The epicenter was 178 km (110.6 miles) Northwest of Kendari,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck Southwestern Siberia, Russia at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 17:04:24 UTC Monday 16th April 2012 The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) East of Saryg-se...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA would-be shoe bomber has become the first terrorist in the UK to have his sentence cut after agreeing to testify against al Qaida suspects in a US terror trial. Saajid Muhammad Badat had his 13 year se...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(Reuters) - It is the cradle of Libya's revolution: the Benghazi square where protesters just over a year ago first demanded the fall of Muammar Gaddafi and waved the black, green and red flag that came t...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day agoThink all the way back to last week, when the Washington Post ran a prominent story on a new study that claimed ACA increased, rather than decreased, the deficit, thanks to a "double counting" issue. Over ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoProtest: Relatives and police officers speak to prisoners standing on a roof of the prison in Brazil where inmates armed with knives and rifles were holding 131 people hostage yesterday. Picture: AFP INM...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day ago*APRIL 11, 2012* Permalink *Active-Duty Army Whistleblower Lt. Col. Daniel Davis: U.S. Decei...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 1 day agoAnd watch this. Really. I guarantee it will be among the best things you do this week. (Don't let the language changes trip you up. If you're really interested, it won't make any difference in your under...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day agoRabindra Mohapatra is among the phenomenologists who seem to be convinced that the detailed properties of the neutrinos, together with some previously known characteristics of charged leptons and quarks, m...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day agoOoops, it's the IDF attacking protestors against the occupation of Palestinian land. Never mind! Remember Rachel Corrie This one will go away too, because, it is all "anti-semetism"!!!!! And your "anti-...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (deBeauxOs) at DAMMIT JANET! - 1 day agoFrom here: Tommy Robinson took a few seconds on Sunday evening to make an observation about Twitter's homepage. "Welcome to twitter homepage has a picture of a mosque," he wrote. "What a joke #creepingsha...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 1 day agoSaLuSa, April 16, 2012 As channeled by Mike Quinsey When we speak of our allies we generally refer to those who are Lightworkers, at the front of activities that are occurring with our backing. They ...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day agoThe man who speaks with forked tongue is at it again. Furious Leader Steve Harper says he accepts that the war on drugs, especially South American drug cartels, isn't working. Cue the Straw Men. "*Th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe World Bank has named US doctor Jim Yong Kim its next president. The appointment came as Mr Kim's only rival, Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, lashed out at Washington's perennial lock on...
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