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You may recall how close David Gill's victory was last month when he managed to overcome the Democratic Party Machine and beat some extravagantly financed random corporate shill. The corporate shill refus... - posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 13 minutes ago
*First goes the Constitution, then the Country. First goes the memory of the people, then their liberties. * America is the tyrant of the world. The War on Terrorism is in reality a War on Revolutio... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 minutes ago
A John Lewis sales assistant has been jailed for crying rape after becoming embarrassed by a sadomasochistic sex session she arranged with a stranger. Kirsty Sowden, 21, met the man she would go on to ac... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 minutes ago
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck the Iran-Iraq Border Region at a depth of 44.3 km (27.5 miles), the quake hit at 03:31:46 UTC Friday 20th April 2012 The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) NNW of Al `Ama... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 minutes ago
The mystery of the Old Harrovian murdered in China took an intriguing twist last night when MPs demanded to know if he was a spy. They called on Foreign Secretary William Hague to come clean about whether... - posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 21 minutes agoReally long day and Blogger appears to have gone to a "new look" that is definitely not better than the old look. Just can't deal tonight with this or the news. Check me in the morning. I'm going to get so...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 28 minutes agoChristine Lagarde has issued a personal appeal to George Osborne to provide extra funds for the International Monetary Fund. The Fund's managing director, who warned that there were "dark clouds on the ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 28 minutes ago
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has said this weekend's Formula One Grand Prix in Bahrain should be cancelled because of continuing anti-government protests in the Gulf kingdom. "I don't think Britis... - posted by Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 37 minutes agoLike that? Thanks to Pale of A Creative Revolution we have a new and exciting blogrol in the 'verse. Canadian Progressive Voices is a gathering of people who believe, above all else, in the principles exp...
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A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck the Iran-Iraq Border Region at a depth of 45.5 km (28.3 miles), the quake hit at 03:05:47 UTC Friday 20th April 2012 The epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) North of Al `A... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 47 minutes ago
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck the Iran-Iraq Border Region at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 01:48:38 UTC Friday 20th April 2012 The epicenter was 72 km (43.8 miles) Northwest of Al... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 47 minutes agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck the Iran-Iraq Border Region at a depth of 34.2 km (21.3 miles), the quake hit at 01:21:10 UTC Friday 20th April 2012 The epicenter was 74 km (45 miles) North of Al `A...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 47 minutes ago
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Guerrero, Mexico at a depth of 35.3 km (21.9 miles), the quake hit at 00:06:48 UTC Friday 20th April 2012 The epicenter was 147 km (91 miles) ESE of Acapulco, Guerrero... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 47 minutes ago
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Central Peru at a depth of 122.7 km (76.2 miles), the quake hit at 23:02:46 UTC Thursday 19th April 2012 The epicenter was 161 km (100 miles) SSE of Cusco (Cuzco), Per... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 47 minutes ago
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Western Turkey at a depth of 7 km (4.3 miles), the quake hit at 19:52:42 UTC Thursday 19th April 2012 The epicenter was 12 km (7.4 miles) Northwest of Pazarlar, Turkey... - posted by MrArbitrage at Table Of Wisdom.com - 1 hour ago
It seems as though I was wrong in my assumption that "the support of Christians is not something that can be brokered". Unless - we are wrong about what it means to -BE- a Christian. For the past several... - posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 hour agoThe right wing never ceases to amaze me in their ignorance when it comes to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). A couple of days ago - ALEC sent out a "call for help." Help us - we've fall...
- posted by Geezer Power at Home Nature Report - 1 hour agoBy Gwynne Dyer March 19, 2012 Reporter: “What do you think of Western civilisation, Mr Gandhi?” Mohandas Gandhi: “I think it would be a good idea.” The quote is probably apocryphal, but if the Mahatma d...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago“One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.” - Oscar Wilde
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago"Here lie familiar shapes in unfamiliar locations. On the left is an emission nebula cataloged as NGC 7000, famous partly because it resembles our fair planet's continent of North America. The emission reg...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago*"Philosophy 101"* by Chet Raymo "If I were going to teach a course in philosophy (he said with tongue only partly in cheek), I would use for my text seven poems of John Updike, collected in a volume ca...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago*“Closing Cycles”* by Paulo Coelho “One always has to know when a stage comes to an end. If we insist on staying longer than the necessary time, we lose the happiness and the meaning of the other stages ...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 2 hours agoThe WMS1000 Wind Turbine For nearly 15 years, Eole Water team has been mobilized around the development of the WMS1000 wind turbine. This technology was designed around three major pillars: Giving ...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 2 hours agoBernie moves his rescued trees by pickup truck. Photo courtesy: Bernie O'Brien I have just found another grassroots hero, Bernie O'Brien, rescuer of trees in need. Bernie finds trees which are going to b...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago*You notice that right-wingers, confirmed apologists for right-wing degeneracy, react violently any time there's a hint of public discussion of its virulence and scope. You have to figure it hits too close...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 3 hours agoAll photos courtesy: © Jaymi Heimbuch and gratefully acknowledged for the amazing shots they are. There is only one beach on Midway that is clean, and it is the one beach that people are allowed to visit...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 3 hours agoIt's no surprise that the Rethug House Majority Leader at the time of the Contract on America and the beginning of the rightwingers' big push to eliminate programs leading to the major unraveling of middle...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 4 hours ago*The tarnish is finally and deservedly wearing off Smile and Wave with the realisation that there’s nothing at all behind the smile, and that he doesn’t stand for business in general—only for particular ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 4 hours ago*Haven't heard much about it because it spoils the mouthpiece media narrative: * "Protesters shake transitional government in Libya; Deputy chief resigns, others are suspended" by Liam Stack | New York...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours agoLytham, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago*"A Caveman’s Account of 'Civilized Society'”* by Joel Bowman "Freedom has a thousand charms to show, That slaves, howe’er contented, never know." - William Cowper, "Table Talk" "Emblazoned across the lu...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago"Our yesterdays Are like a lonely and a ruined land Wherein a breeze of recollection sighs- A fading land to which is no return." - Henry Abbey, "Invocation to the Sun"
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 4 hours ago*But it's okay when they do it.* "British spies face *no charge* in alleged militant mistreatment; Further inquiry will be held in two Libyan cases" by Alan Cowell and John F. Burns | New York Times, ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago*"Göbekli Tepe- 12,000 Year Old Temple?"* by Patrick Symmes "Six miles from Urfa, an ancient city in southeastern Turkey, Klaus Schmidt has made one of the most startling archaeological discoveries of our...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 5 hours ago*The leader of Israel is a nut job. Bet on it.* "The nonsense Anders Breivik speaks is driven in general by his fears about the consequences for Norway of immigration and multiculturalism and, in part...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 5 hours agoOn Monday, Albertans will go to the polls in what is already being dubbed a "historic" election. The outcome is uncertain, so why not gaze into your crystal ball and enter the Daveberta and CalgaryGrit ele...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 6 hours ago------------------------------ * the**REALnews Permalink* April 18, 2012 *Inequality and Instability* James K. Galbraith pre...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 6 hours agoI seem to be entering a run of filibuster posting, with another one today over at Post Partisan based on my look at candidate web sites. Might as well keep going... Matt Glassman is a filibuster defender,...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 7 hours agoErrrh, where? http://natpo.st/JjSdC7 The closure of the Kingston Penitentiary doesn't mean that inmates held there can expect lighter treatment, Toews said, adding that the closure would increase the s...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 7 hours agoDAMN I laughed so hard I almost peed my pants on this one. Second time today the right wing has made me laugh that hard – more later tonight. I was also thinking after writing this that we need to write a ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours agoThe Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that Wall Street is so discomforted by-- and that their conservative allies in both parties are trying to destroy-- is flawed and imperfect in...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 7 hours agoWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange interviewed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on his new show on Russia Today called, *"**The World Tomorrow."*I couldn't believe my eyes when I first saw this interview. It...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 7 hours ago*Plagiarizers, aggregators and deceivers* *By Brenda Norrell* *Censored News* http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com It is too bad that the national staff reporters getting paychecks don't do real investigativ...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 7 hours agoResidents of Arizona reported seeing a "glowing object" fly across the night sky 4/18/12 Similar Arizona UFO on 4/15/12
- posted by Keith Peat at No Eco Twaddle- or other false policy (N.E.T) - 7 hours ago*CCNet – **19 March 2012* *The Climate Policy Network* *Europe**’s Cold War Over Shale* *Green Campaigners Accuse Polish MEP Of-Anti-Russian Bias* The environmental group Food & Water Europe has ac...
- posted by Keith Peat at No Eco Twaddle- or other false policy (N.E.T) - 7 hours ago*[image: The Global Warming Policy Foundation]* *CCNet – **19 March 2012* *The Climate Policy Network* *Europe**’s Cold War Over Shale* *Green Campaigners Accuse Polish MEP Of-Anti-Russian Bias* T...
- posted by Lilith eZine at LILITH NEWS - 7 hours agoResearch in Motion (RIM) has hired an investment banker, sparking strong rumours that RIM may be sold to a competitor. The list of interested competitors include Microsoft, Facebook and Google. As the mak...
- posted by Lilith eZine at LILITH NEWS - 7 hours agoIndia has successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable missile that can reach Eastern Europe and Beijing, placing India amongst other nations that can deploy nuclear weapons at such a great distance. Countri...
- posted by Lilith eZine at LILITH NEWS - 7 hours agoToronto blogger Charles Moffat started off small... a Hot Wheels 2008 Dodge Challenger worth $2. But he has a lofty goal called QUEST FOR A CONDO. He is planning to trade the Hot Wheels car for a condo, bu...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 7 hours agoLevon Helm, R.I.P.~Adrastos, First Draft
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 7 hours ago*Also a tragedy that I'm still buying a Globe. * "Greek retiree kills himself in main Athens square" Associated Press, April 05, 2012 ATHENS - A *Greek retiree* *shot himself dead* Wednesday in the busies...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago*"A National Debt Of $14 Trillion? Try $211 Trillion!"* by NPR "When Standard & Poor’s reduced the nation’s credit rating from AAA to AA-plus, the United States suffered the first downgrade to its credit ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago*“Riled Up”* by Chuck Butler "This U.S. debt really gets me riled up, but the thing I keep coming back to is that most Americans have no idea the depth of the debt here in the U.S. I saw a story headline...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 8 hours agoAndrew Sullivan has an interesting point about party and ethnic reconciliation: I cannot help but think of Richard Nixon's Southern Strategy, and how its legacy still poisons our politics. For a very long...
- posted by Joseph Pitkin at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 8 hours agoBy: Duane Craig Remedial actions at the Sonford Products Superfund Site at 3951 Underwood Dr. in Flowood, Miss., are set to begin soon, according to a press releasefrom the Environmental Protection Agency...
- posted by Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 8 hours agoTGB News, Ottawa, 34 September 2012: Today the defence minister announced that the government has inked a deal with the United States that will provide a mixed fleet of F-35s, F-15s, F-16s, and F-22s to the ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago*"Subprime State of Mind"* by Bill Bonner "Memories take time. Like history. Or wine. Or cement. At first, they are loose, fluid…and watery. Then, over time, they dry up…and develop more body…more shape…...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 8 hours agoNetanyahu is digging his own grave. This evil clown insulted his own people by implying that they are cowards who will abandon Israel and retreat to safer ground at the first sign of danger. *Bibi: Sp...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 8 hours ago[image: This 2012 photo shows a fish harvested from the Gulf of Mexico with unusual lesions and infections. Steven Murawski / AP] By Dahr Jamail 19 April 2012 NEW ORLEANS (IPS/Al Jazeera) – "The fisher...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 8 hours ago[image: This 2012 photo shows a fish harvested from the Gulf of Mexico with unusual lesions and infections. Steven Murawski / AP] By Dahr Jamail 19 April 2012 NEW ORLEANS (IPS/Al Jazeera) – "The fisher...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA young Bollywood star, Meenakshi Thapar, has allegedly been kidnapped and beheaded by two fellow actors. The 26-year-old actress met Amit Jaiswal and his lover Preeti Surin on the set of her latest film...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoApril 19 - Traffic in Baghdad slows down and many Iraqis are hospitalized as a sandstorm grips the city.
- posted by Judy Rabin at Schools Matter - 8 hours agoMore testing, more accountability for teachers and public schools, more data collection, merit pay for teachers based on worthless test scores and crap curriculum supplied by Pearon, McGraw Hill and Houg...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoThe Dutch virologist at the centre of the row over a mutant bird flu virus is included in the latest Time Magazine ranking of the 100 most influential people in the world. Ron Fouchier is a professor at ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoAGARTALA: Reports of repeated resurgence of pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in Tripura have prompted the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to send a five-member specialist team to the state on Wedne...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoChina's Northwestern Ningxia Hui autonomous region has reported an outbreak of the highly epidemic H5N1 bird flu virus in poultry, the Ministry of Agriculture announced. More than 23,000 chickens at seve...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 9 hours agoRemember earlier this week when the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) put out a press release that included this snip: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kaitlyn Buss Phone: 202-742-8526 Email: kbu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoCOCOA BEACH — A 10-foot long male pigmy sperm whale that beached Wednesday near 11th Street South appears to be the victim of heart disease. Officials with Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute found no signs...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoOne of the most poisonous creatures of the sea, puffer fish, has claimed the lives of four more persons in two provinces early this week, indicating a continuing lack of awareness among people about the da...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoThe recent discovery of scores of dead fish in the vicinity of Durban’s uShaka/South Beach has raised concern that careless dumping of undersize fish and by-catches might attract sharks to nearby bathing ...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 9 hours ago*Bane asked and provoked a discussion:* I was tasked with creating a presentation on Avogadro's work, and this is the first time I actually got introduced to the 'mole' and to 'Avogadro's constant'. And...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoKarachi Some unknown poisonous element Wednesday killed thousands of fish and other species at the Kenjhar Lake, one of the largest freshwater sources that supplies 70 per cent of drinking water to Karachi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoMexico City – México's Popocatépetl volcano has spewed super-heated rock fragments into the sky and officials worry that this is a sign of more serious eruptions to come. The volcano southeast of México...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA surfer died today after he was attacked by a Great White shark in South Africa. David Lilienfeld, 20, was body boarding in the Indian Ocean at around midday when the 16ft beast struck. Witnesses watch...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA twin-engine aircraft crashed into the Gulf of Mexico after the pilot was unresponsive for nearly three hours as radar tracked the plane flying aimlessly in loops. The FAA lost radio contact with the Ce...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA Fire Department Hazmat Unit has not been able to identify the source of fumes that prompted officials to evacuate the James Sullivan Elementary School in Wissinoming this morning and declared the buildi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoAbout 250 inmates being held at the Kent County Jail in Grand Rapids, MI suffering with food poisoning symptoms since Sunday still do not know for certain what ails them. None required hospitalization an...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoCHENGDU - Health authorities in Southwest China's Sichuan province are probing a suspected food poisoning incident that sickened dozens of university students on Wednesday. Nearly 100 students from Sichu...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 9 hours agoMichael Lewis, whose latest book Boomerang, I am currently finishing and will report on soon, thinks the Occupy movement should begin a run on the Too Big To Fail banks. I can't help smiling a little bit a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoTWO patients have died and five are in hospital following a flu virus outbreak in two Swansea nursing homes. Public Health Wales is investigating the outbreaks which have also affected staff. Eight patie...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoAnders Behring Breivik planned to behead Gro Harlem Brundtland, a former prime minister of Norway, and kill every one of the 500 youths attending the summer camp on Utoya island, the killer disclosed on Th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoViolence has broken out ahead of this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix, with some members of the British-based Force India team caught up in a firebomb explosion. The blast happened on Wednesday night in Ma...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 9 hours agoA picture says a thousand words, but you can make it say even more. A simple chalkboard can be the perfect addition to your kid's yearly shoots. Take a large chalkboard and list things about your child ...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 9 hours ago*R. v. J.K.L.,* 2012 ONCA 245 is a troubling case reflecting the extensive use of videotapes and audiotapes in modern trials. It is common for transcripts of the tapes to be created (and, as this aut...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck the Molluca Sea, Indonesia at a depth of 12.1 km (7.5 miles), the quake hit at 17:23:35 UTC Thursday 19th April 2012 The epicenter was 116 km (72 miles) WNW of Ternat...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 10 hours ago
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 10 hours agoI have had the periodic comment that I should listen more to Max Keiser when he does his 3 time a week financial report on Russia Today television called the "Keiser Report". I do listen to his shows peri...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 11 hours agoIf anyone even suggested to Barack Obama that he deliver a speech this dead-on and sarcastic, one calling out the Republican Party, that staffer would be fired immediately. I think Obama would shit his pa...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours agoI've lost count of how many times we've run the Ayn Rand video of her denouncing the teachings of Jesus Christ-- like this one last week-- and we have *both* the Ayn Rand anti-Jesus videos up on the Blue ...
- posted by thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 11 hours agoObert Mandondo is putting his health on the line to protest harper's idiotic "Jail More Canadians So That stephen harper Can Has Boner" law. *Canada Crime Bill C10 hunger striker concerned about Parli...
- posted by Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 11 hours agoWe often hear about the constant cost pressures on the High Street and the claims that brick and mortar retail is at a cost disadvantage. Perhaps realty is not as clear cut as many think. Mail order has...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 11 hours agoBy greenman3610 16 April 2012 Join the conversation and support this series at http://www.climatecrocks.com. For these and more videos, check out the Glimpse Science Network. This extraordinary mild w...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 11 hours ago[image: A ridge in Utah at 9,500 feet in one of the last avalanche advisories of the season illustrates concern about the lack of snow in Spring 2012. 'Personally, I'm rooting to put this winter out of i...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Oaxaca, Mexico at a depth of 1 km (0.6 miles Poorly Constraned), the quake hit at 15:56:45 UTC Thursday 19th April 2012 The epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) SSE from Om...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago(Reuters) - France said on Thursday a U.N.-backed peace mission needed to send at least 300-400 observers to Syria to succeed - higher than previous estimates - adding foreign powers would discuss new ways...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck near the North Coast of Papua, Indonesia at a depth of 25.4 km (15.8 miles), the quake hit at 15:46:52 UTC Thursday 19th April 2012 The epicenter was 103 km (64 miles...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 11 hours agoWhat the world has to look forward to if NATO and the UN gets its way in Syria. by Tony Cartalucci April 19, 2012 - While Qatari government propaganda outlet Al Jazeera is busy whitewashing the NATO-led...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 11 hours ago[image: Number of hottest- and coldest-day-of-the-month (highest maximum) records at 43 Australian climate reference stations with daily data from 1910; for each year (orange line) and each decade (grey ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA private plane is circling over the Gulf of Mexico and the pilot is "incapacitated," and apparently unconscious. NBC's Pete Williams says authorities are tracking the plane and expect it to soon run out ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Offshore Oaxaca, Mexico at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 14:35:14 UTC Thursday 19th April 2012 The epicenter was 169 km (105 miles) Southeast of Acapu...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 12 hours ago[image: A tornado in Kansas, April 2012. A new poll suggests the public feels that global warming is real. Gene Blevins / Reuters] [This result might be difficult to reconcile with recent Gallup poll re...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 12 hours ago[image: Workers unload trucks of harvested oil palm fruit at a plantation and production factory in Kertajaya, Indonesia. Palm oil may decline to average 3,078 ringgit in the fourth quarter because a pro...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 12 hours agoWHAT IS GOING ON WITH FUKUSHIMA? I've been trying to figure out the mystery of spent fuel pool 4 for some time. Why are so many people today talking about the risks it poses when the NRC transcripts ind...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 12 hours agoExcellent reporting from Aaron Blake, who notices that all seven of the candidates that Bill Clinton has endorsed in Democratic primaries this year supported Hillary Clinton in 2008, while in six cases the...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 12 hours ago*THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2012* *An underwhelming report in the Post:* Good grief—and heavens to Betsy! In yesterday’s Washington Post, the world got a primer in how not to report on the public schools. Just o...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 12 hours ago[image: Report-card summary from the OSCA Assessment Report, April 2012, 'Assessing Progress: Implementing the Recommendations of the National Oil Spill Commission'. oscaction.org] By JOHN M. BRODER 17 ...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 12 hours agoThe Harper government is closing British Columbia's command centre for emergency oil spills just as that fundamentalist degenerate guts fisheries protections and 'streamlines' environmental approvals for...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago*THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2012* *Part 3—Lacking a glimmer of hope*: President Obama was right! Being a great uncle is very hard work, as we learned in Durham last weekend. Between the soccer, the books and an...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 13 hours agoConservatives to shut facility in Ontario, CBC News has learnedThe federal government will close the maximum-securitypenitentiary in , Ont., that opened in1835 and houses some of Canada's most notorious pr...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 13 hours agoDear Progressive Conservatives, First off, congrats on the 40 years in power. It was a good run and, speaking on behalf of the Alberta Liberal Party, I'd like to think we played a small role in making it ...
- posted by Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 13 hours agoSo, there has been a huge ongoing cover-up of the disastrous effects of the Gulf oil spill! The government, the corporate-controlled mass media, and BP have all conspired to hide the truth that the worst e...
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 13 hours agoThe brunette beauty told her followers that the incident left her contemplating the woman's 'sexual preferences'. 'I got a security "patdown" by a woman at the airport that made me feel very uncomfortab...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 13 hours ago'Business as usual' is on the way out. And that warning is coming from global consulting giant KPMG. *Business is finally recognising what Buddhists have taught for thousands of years and development ...
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 13 hours ago*Cloud over Taichung city.* Some of you may remember the poll from a while back that showed growing identification as Hong Kongers rather than PRC citizens in Hong Kong.... a friend passed this around, r...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 13 hours agoA flywheel from a Formula 1 car will be tested on London buses in hope that it can improve fuel efficiency as much as 30%. The flywheel, developed by racing car builder Williams F1, captures energy fro...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 13 hours ago*AlGhaithy v. University of Ottawa*, 2012 ONSC 142, a recent Divisional Court decision, holds that, at least in the administrative law context, a hearing *de novo* may cure procedural defects occurrin...
- posted by Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 13 hours agoSmart Televisions will lead to this.... Some time back I foresaw the zenith of televisions advertising format. As we all know the most entertaining part of TV are the commercials/comedy and sports. After...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 13 hours agoKorea may not yet be able to successfully launch a long-range missile but India can. India has test fired a nuclear-weapon capable, Agni-V missile capable of reaching Beijing or Shanghai and plenty of ci...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 14 hours ago"*As long as Afghanistan is not able to ensure* * by itself the security in the country,* * the artificial timelines of withdrawal are not correct* * and they should not be set*" - Foreign Minister Sergey ...
- posted by BAL at WPB/NYC and Anything Else; A Green Rights Collection - 14 hours agoFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 18, 2012 For more information contact: Kandi Mossett Indigenous Environmental Network Native Energy & Climate Campaign Organizer 701.214.1389 iencampusclimate@igc.org Evictions...
- posted by Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 14 hours ago#F35 #CdnForces #Cdnpoli - Here's a syndrome that can only make matters worse for all sides on the F-35 imbroglio. As David Pugliese points out: Previously, the Canadian government determined it would re...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 14 hours agoI am putting up a two part interview done with* Gilad Atzmon: * On the topic of Zionism and Jewish Identity Politics and his book, The Wandering Who? First, my thanks to* Jan Irvin @ Gnostic Media *who di...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 14 hours agoHappy Birthday to Bernie Worrell, 68. The good stuff: 1. Adam Serwer on Woodrow Wilson, Communist. 2. Sarah Kliff on an important health care fight on the Hill that you probably don't know about. 3. An...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoFive men linked to English Defence League splinter group detained over race-hate material posted online Five suspected far-right extremists have been arrested by counter-terror detectives after race-hate ...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 15 hours ago4th generation warfare dictates perpetual destabilization for Afghanistan, withdrawal of US troops doesn't mean end of US presence. Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. PressTV / Tarpley.net April 19, 2012
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 15 hours agoOwner of KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut Announces It Has Left the American Legislative Exchange Council April 19, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Timothy K. Rusch tim@fitzgibbonmedia.com New York, NY ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago-- Sudan president declares war, vowing to take the battle to Juba -- Armies now fighting on three fronts -- South says will keep aggression at bay By Nicholas Bariyo Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES KAMPALA Ugan...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago(Reuters) - Voters look set to turn their backs on conservative Nicolas Sarkozy in Sunday's first round of an election that could give France its first left-wing president in 17 years just as fears resurf...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 15 hours agoWhen you know the PCs are going to take 70% of the vote in your riding and 80% of the seats in the province, there's not a lot of strategy involved in your vote. You vote your conscience, knowing there is ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours agoOn Wednesday morning, ace investigative journalist, Lee Fang, exposed some classic hypocrisy by corrupt Blue Dog Tim Holden (PA). Holden is being pummeled in his losing reelection campaign by progressive...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 15 hours agoI decided not to post this comment as I really didn't understand it...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago(Reuters) - The raucous diners in a hilltop restaurant in southwest China ignored a waiter's request to quieten down after a complaint from a petite woman at a nearby table. The woman made a phone call. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoBusan, South Korea (CNN) -- A South Korean court on Thursday sentenced the captain of a Chinese fishing boat to 30 years in prison for murdering a South Korean coast guard officer during a confrontation i...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoBrussels, Belgium (CNN) -- The United States is prepared for "any contingency" when it comes to dealing with North Korea, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta told CNN. "We're within an inch of war almost ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago(CNN) -- A museum in Italy is burning artworks from around the world to protest harsh austerity cuts by the Italian government. Antonio Manfredi, director of the Casoria Contemporary Art Museum in Naples...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago(CNN) -- The comment on the Facebook page of the Norwegian tabloid newspaper Verdens Gang last July was unequivocal. "The death penalty is the only just sentence in this case!!!!!!" it said. Written by Th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoA powerful inland earthquake in the Tokyo metropolitan area could claim the lives of up to 9,700 people in the capital, according to an estimate made by the Tokyo Disaster Prevention Council. Furthermore...
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours agoStephen Harper has refused to recognize the Charter of Rights and Freedoms as a significant Canadian achievement. There are many reasons for the prime minister's ill will. Chief among them, Roy Romanow ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoAn apparently coordinated wave of bomb and gun attacks has killed up to 34 people and wounded more than 100 across Iraq. The series of attacks were carried out across six provinces. Security officials sa...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 15 hours agoHow He Got Rich: New Orleans Hornets Owner Tom Benson~Anthony Schneck Sean Payton essentially barred from any contact with New Orleans Saints, players ~James Varney New Orleans Saints 2012 Schedule: Predi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoVideo:Anybody looking for a trailer? This an Aerial video clip of a FEMA trailer storage facility on the Beauregard Parish Airport, in DeRidder, Louisiana. Out of site, out of mind. Nearly seven years ...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 15 hours ago* Qatada* "Qatada - has been dubbed 'Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe'. (Preacher Abu Qatada appeal ) According to The Times, Abu Qatada is an MI5 agent: (Al-Qaeda cleric exposed as an MI5 dou...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoAn American Muslim claims that he was detained for three months, arrested, beaten and tortured at the request of the FBI while he was on a business trip to the United Arab Emirates. Naturalised U.S citiz...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoDie-hard fans of 1987 classic 'Dirty Dancing' will recognise Kellerman's instantly as the stage for Baby and Johnny's last dance. But the resort that inspired the movie backdrop for a forbidden love affai...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoPolice are investigating after the bodies of two teenagers were found burning near a popular bike trail in a gruesome murder that has gripped the city of Winter Park, Florida. Sixteen-year-old Nicholas P...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 16 hours agoIn case you haven't seen it yet, the Council of Canadians' investigation into election fraud has uncovered yet more damning evidence that the Harper GovernmentTM did not win its so-called majority governme...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoThe man suspected of kidnapping an 18-year-old barista killed her less than a day after her abduction and then used her mobile phone and debit card to demand and obtain ransom money, it has been claimed. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoIt is usually the incoming tide that spells the end for sandcastles. But this 13ft-high fortress, built to mark the 100-day countdown to the Olympics, did not even stand long enough to have the waves lapp...
- posted by Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 16 hours agoBelow is the NEA Code of Ethics: *Preamble* *The National Education Association believes that the education profession consists of one education workforce serving the needs of all students and that the ...
- posted by Rufus at News From Atlantis. - 16 hours agoThe 2012 Jubilee marks 60 years of despotic rule by the despicable Elizardbeth Windsor. It is interesting in itself that the Windsor mafia are so keen to celebrate 60 years of lording over the oppressed ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoImagine hopping on the Tube in London on your way to work in the morning - and getting off near your office in New York City just three-quarters of an hour later. If the designers of one revolutionary id...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoNato forces in Afghanistan are braced for a violent backlash after pictures emerged of U.S. soldiers posing with the mangled bodies of enemy bombers. In one photograph, grinning soldiers from the 82nd Ai...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA father fuelled by jealousy shot his former partner and their two-year-old daughter hours before they were due to go to court over custody of the child, a jury was told. David Oakes, 50, subjected Christ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA farmer has spoken of his anger after a concrete slab protecting a well in his field was deliberately removed and resulted in the death of 48 lambs. Clive Taylor, 62, found the animals dead floating at t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoThree men have been jailed for life for a gang-related shooting that left a five-year-old girl paralysed. Nathaniel Grant, Anthony McCalla and Kazeem Kolawole were hunting down a rival gang member when ...
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