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Share of financial sector in gross domestic product 1860 to 2006 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 42 minutes ago------------------------------ * the**REALnews Permalink* April 18, 2012 *Inequality and Instability* James K. Galbraith pre...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 43 minutes 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 James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 hour 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...
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DAMN 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. *BUT first* – you are aware of the American Legislative Exc... - posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago
The 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 - 1 hour 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...
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*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 - 1 hour 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) - 1 hour 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...
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*[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 - 1 hour 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 - 1 hour 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...
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Toronto 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 - 1 hour agoLevon Helm, R.I.P.~Adrastos, First Draft
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 2 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 - 2 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 - 2 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 - 2 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 - 2 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 - 2 hours ago*TGB 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 ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 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 - 2 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 - 2 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 - 2 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 - 2 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 - 2 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 - 3 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 - 3 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 - 3 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 - 3 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 - 3 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 - 3 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 - 3 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 - 3 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 - 3 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 - 3 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 - 3 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 - 3 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 - 3 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 - 3 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 - 3 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 - 3 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!) - 3 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 - 3 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 - 4 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 - 4 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 - 4 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 - 4 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 - 4 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...
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- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 4 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 - 5 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! - 5 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 - 5 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 - 5 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 - 5 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 - 5 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 - 5 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 - 5 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 - 5 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 - 5 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 - 6 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 - 6 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 - 6 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 - 6 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 - 6 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 - 6 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 - 6 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 - 6 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 - 6 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 - 6 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 - 7 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 - 7 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 - 7 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 - 7 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 - 7 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 - 7 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 - 7 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 - 7 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 - 7 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 - 7 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 - 8 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 - 8 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 - 8 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 - 8 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 woul...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 8 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 - 9 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 - 9 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 - 9 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 - 9 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 - 9 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 - 9 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 - 9 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! - 9 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 - 9 hours agoI decided not to post this comment as I really didn't understand it...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 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 - 9 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 - 9 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 - 9 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 - 9 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 - 9 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 - 9 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 - 9 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 - 9 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 - 9 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 - 10 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 - 10 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 - 10 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 - 10 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 - 10 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 - 10 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 - 10 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 - 10 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. - 10 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 - 10 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 - 10 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 - 10 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 - 10 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 - 10 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 ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Celebes Sea, Indonesia at a depth of 553.1 km (343.7 miles), the quake hit at 10:59:18 UTC Thursday 19th April 2012 The epicenter was 289 km (180 miles) NNW from ...
- posted by Len Hart at The Existentialist Cowboy - 11 hours ago*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy* It was in January, 2002 that the UN Committee Against Torture condemned the treatment of prisoners held at Abu Ghraib by noting that 'indefinite detention' was a v...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 29.9 km (18.6 miles), the quake hit at 10:55:35 UTC Thursday 19th April 2012 The epicenter was 431 km ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoSeven out of eleven of the top judges at the European Court of Human Rights have little or no judicial experience, it has been revealed. Despite this, they have great power over the UK and in recent times...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA Sri Lankan woman has been arrested on suspicion of casting a spell on a 13-year-old girl on a shopping trip in Saudi Arabia. She may face the death penalty as the Middle Eastern country is known to behe...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 11 hours agoThe BBC and much of the world's media like to pretend that the Palestinian Authority is the moderate face of the Palestinians and that they really want a peaceful two state accommodation with Israel. That ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoThe immigration boom under Labour led to face of Britain changing faster than any major nation except Italy, a study by an Oxford University think tank revealed. During the five-year peak of the influx, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA doctor negligently caused the deaths of two elderly patients when he prescribed them inappropriate doses of a potent pain relief drug while he was surfing the internet, a court heard. GP Rajendra Kokka...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoKHARTOUM — Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir voiced doubt on Thursday over UN talk of sanctions against South Sudan, but said his country will impose a punishment of its own for deadly clashes along the b...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoBAGHDAD — Bombings struck several areas in Baghdad and to the north Thursday, killing at least 30 people in the first major attacks in Iraq in nearly a month. The violence stoked fears that insurgents wer...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoOSLO — Right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in Norway last July, said Thursday he had planned to set off three car bombs before going on a shooting rampage in downtown Oslo. "...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoVideo has emerged of a drag racing car bursting into flames at 260mph - only to have its furious driver throw a tantrum after walking away unscathed. Matt Hagan appeared uninjured after the dramatic exp...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe Sun's royal editor has been arrested by police investigating alleged corrupt payments to public officials, it has been reported. Duncan Larcombe, 36, was held in a dawn swoop on his home in Kent on s...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoMuch has been made about Mitt Romney, in 1983, putting his family dog Seamus in a kennel on top of his roof and driving from Boston to Canada, with said canine Seamus making his displeasure known in a rat...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoMAZOMANIE, Wis. (CBS) — To a Chicagoan, south central Wisconsin conjures images of the water parks of Wisconsin Dells, the cliffs of Devil’s Lake, the stark angles of Frank Lloyd Wright houses, and the bel...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoSometimes, capturing a Taliban commander requires vast resources and complex operations. Last week in eastern Afghanistan, it required neither. Mohammad Ashan, a mid-level Taliban commander in Paktika pr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoView more videos at: http://nbcnewyork.com. "The individuals depicted in this video should be taken into custody and then they should have their heads examined," the MTA said A YouTube video showing t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe District’s attorney general said Wednesday that he will sue former city employees who collected unemployment benefits while working. Attorney General Irvin B. Nathan said his office will begin filing c...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe government's controversial plans to allow intelligence agencies to monitor the internet use and digital communications of every person in the UK suffered a fresh blow on Tuesday when the inventor of th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoIn an interview with NPR's Michel Martin, First Lady Michelle Obama weighed in on reaction and coverage of the Trayvon Martin shooting. Obama says we live in a "complicated country that is America" and we ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA mother was shot dead by a nurse who kidnapped her newborn baby. Kayla Golden, 28, was blasted seven times with a handgun when Verna McClain reportedly pulled up alongside her in a car. Despite her inju...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 12 hours agoLilou Mace Interviews John Maxwell Taylor on how to deal with negative and egotist people.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago(NewsCore) - Whitney Houston's body was ravaged by scars, cuts and burns when she died, autopsy details showed. Years of drug and alcohol abuse had left the "Bodyguard" star with a damaged heart and live...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoChicago - Blackhawks and A/MH-6 Little Bird helicopters used by special forces circling low through downtown Chicago skies made for a scary scene along the Chicago River, as they rattled windows flying a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoChina may be helping North Korea develop long range ballistic missiles that could reach the United States, and one Republican congressman wants the Obama administration to do something about it. "As you ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA 90-year-old woman suffered several broken bones and road rash when she was dragged by a vehicle during a purse-snatching outside an Osceola County supermarket, authorities said. Jose Luis Delgado-Pastra...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA new program in Houston will place undercover TSA agents and police officers on buses whose job it will be to perform bag searches, watch for “suspicious activity” and interrogate passengers in order to...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoThere are various claims inside North Korea for cause of the failed rocket launch. The North Korean authorities announced on the 13th four hours after its satellite launch through its state media the Cho...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoNation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan continued his college speaking tour on Monday night at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. While his address included many of the raci...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoMILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - Milledgeville's acting police chief, Dray Swicord, said Tuesday that he stands by an officer's decision to handcuff an elementary school student for safety Friday after she allegedly...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoThe Discovery shuttle flew for the last time Tuesday, beginning in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on the back of a 747, looping around the monuments in Washington D.C., and landing in Virginia, where it will ultim...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoAs of Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at least 1,810 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count....
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago(Reuters) - The number of earthquakes in the central United States rose "spectacularly" near where oil and gas drillers disposed of wastewater underground, a process that may have caused geologic faults t...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 13 hours agoCould you be risking your dog's life, over a treat? By Kate Crowther *Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) - *Could you be risking your dog's life, over a treat? A local pet owner thinks so, after her dog got sick and...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoQuebec's anti-corruption unit (UPAC) made 14 arrests and laid 47 charges in a series of early morning raids on Tuesday north of Montreal. The arrests include construction magnate Tony Accurso, who was ta...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Iran-Iraq Border Region at a depth of 46.8 km (29.1 miles), the quake hit at 07:42:56 UTC Thursday 19th April 2012 The epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) NNW from Al-...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoAmericans making over $50,000 paid most of the federal taxes that were paid in the U.S. in 2010. According to statistics compiled from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by the Tax Foundation, those peop...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 13 hours agoOn Earth Day, April 22, we will take Earth Day back to its anti-corporate roots with a three-part day of action. From the OWS Environmental Solidarity Working Group: Occupy Earth Day! The future of Earth...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 13 hours ago*STEPHEN SPOONAMORE, a lifelong Rebublican, successful serial entrepreneur, and top level cyber-security sleuth for major credit card companies and U.S. Federal defense and security agencies, blows the whi...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 13 hours agoIf you have 80 minutes, you may want to listen to Nima Arkani-Hamed's talk he gave in Stony Brook a week ago. He spends a half of the lecture by explaining the quantum and quantum gravity revolutions f...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoAbout 60,000 active-duty servicemembers and reservists owe the IRS roughly $390 million in back taxes, in part because of confusion caused by frequent overseas deployments and address changes, IRS data sh...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoThe human brain’s power could rival any machine. And now scientists are trying to build one using the world’s most powerful computer. It is intended to combine all the information so far uncovered about i...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoBrides-to-be looking to shed that final 10, 15 or 20 pounds in order to fit into their dream wedding gown have taken a controversial approach to crash dieting that involves inserting a feeding tube into th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agovideo platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player The government official on the frontlines of the scandal involving a wasteful government conference, U.S. General Services Administration regional...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago"I think this is an unconstitutional order, these actions of the DNR are way out of bounds," attorney Joseph O'Leary told NaturalNews in an interview today. He is representing one of the farmers who was ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago(Reuters) - Billionaire George Soros warned on Monday that the euro crisis is growing deeper, tearing at the fabric of European Union cohesion, because policymakers are prescribing the wrong remedies. "I'...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoMADISON, Wis. (CBSDC) – A video captured a woman shaking and sobbing uncontrollably while being frisked by a Transportation Security Administration agent. Political blogger Jim Hoft — who runs the Gateway...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoA year ago, in Action Comics, Superman declared plans to renounce his U.S. citizenship. "'Truth, justice, and the American way' — it's not enough anymore," the comic book superhero said, after both the I...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 14 hours agoIn court, the fake looking Breivik, whose job is to promote the Israeli-inspired clash of civilisations. Note that the nose and ears are different from the Breiviks pictured below. Convex nose Wide no...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoEfforts to pass a bill that would allow the IRS to deny travel rights to U.S. citizens who the feds merely claim owe $50,000 or more in delinquent taxes represents a de facto move to revoke the citizenshi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoChina likely provided the mobile long-range missile launcher that North Korea displayed in a military parade over the weekend, which would put Beijing in violation of U.N. sanctions, analysts say. The 16...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoThe Carl Gustav church in Karlshamn, Sweden, gives parishioners payment options when it comes to making an offering. Church officials still pass the plate as in other houses of worship, but to show they're...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 14 hours agoAbove is feature from The Economist on Germany's Mittelstand manufacturing companies. It accompanies a valuable briefing on Germany's economy. Here is an excerpt: Many Mittelstand firms are oligopol...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoAs the big banks get choosier about who they'll lend money to in this hot housing market, people with questionable credit are benefiting from Canada's once-small but now booming subprime mortgage industry...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoI want you to be afraid. Very afraid of the Canadian housing market. I want people who are considering buying a house in Canada to be the most frightened. People who just bought a house also have every rig...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoNorth Korea won’t be bullied by its nuclear-armed enemies, third-generation dictator Kim Jong Un said in his first public address at a military parade as South Korea warned that his regime may conduct an ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 29.9 km (18.6 miles), the quake hit at 06:52:19 UTC Thursday 19th April 2012 The epicenter was 568 km ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the North Indian Ocean at a depth of 14.8 km (9.2 miles), the quake hit at 06:30:12 UTC Thursday 19th April 2012 The epicenter was 658 km (408 miles) Southwest of Band...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 14 hours agoApril 14, 2012 *"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of leaders and millions have been killed be...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 32.1 km (19.9 miles), the quake hit at 05:00:18 UTC Thursday 19th April 2012 The epicenter was 98 km (60 miles) Sou...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 15 hours ago*Leon Blum, who was the first Jew to serve as Prime Minister of France. * "Lady Campbell said it was ‘well known in royal circles’ that the Queen Mother ‘didn’t do sex’ and ‘left that side of things’ to K...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 15 hours agoBill Gates and 47,500 Cases of ParalysisBy Joe Samuel Food Freedom News, April 18, 2012 In India, Monsanto hired Bollywood actors to promote genetically engineered cotton seed to illiterate farmers. ...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours agoThis particular pesticide has been a major force in crop management andall potential replacements are way more troublesome. I have reservations regarding roundup inparticular because it is likely causa...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours agoThe take home for allconsumers is that MSG is deliberately disguised in most processed foods inorder to get past the consumer and that without this, most such foods will bedifficult to eat. The secon...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours agoI hardly find investigating the potential medical benefitsof black fly saliva to be much of a purpose. Otherwise, using black fly larvae a a natural fish feed as I have postedon in the past is much mo...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours agoWhat is true in the Arab springis that people of good will have appeared and are creditably trying to producea better outcome. How this will actuallywork out remains to be seen. The measureof their su...
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 15 hours ago(This is my article today in TV5's news portal, http://www.interaksyon.com/article/29808/fat-free-economics-brownouts-expensive-electricity-and-nuclear-power ) To have no electricity for whatever reason – f...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 15 hours agoA few years ago, the media would only allow negative predictions associated with a hypothetical warming in the future. Needless to say, if there were some warming by a few degrees, most of the consequences...
- posted by David J. Climenhaga at David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary - 16 hours ago“I never thought I’d vote PC” … just embarrassing. Below: Ralph Klein back when he was premier of Alberta; Saddam Hussein. If you have any doubts left there are only four more sleeps before the end of t...
- posted by Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 16 hours agoIn the wider technology and corporate world there are significant changes taking place which should act as a warning to all that no one’s future is guaranteed and that everyone is judged by not what they ...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 17 hours ago*The CIA puts brains in chains. * "Richard Hayes: I remember a senator once asked me. When we talk about "CIA" why we never use the word "the" in front of it. And I asked him, do you put the word "the...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoToronto police are seeking the public’s help in locating Michelle Yu, an 18-year-old who has been missing since Tuesday. Police say she was last seen at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the TD Bank at 354 Bay St., near ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoThe head of the United Nations has said Syria has not fully complied with terms of a ceasefire it agreed to. UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon said an advance observer team has visited Deraa, however a re...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoIndia has test launched a new nuclear-capable missile that could strike the major Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai, according to reports. The government has hailed the Agni-V missile, with a range o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoWith Iran forced into nuclear talks, Syria’s ceasefire barely holding and North Korea snubbing the West, could these rogue states threaten global stability? The conference centre was cleared of alcohol, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoAnnouncing he is not responsible for the safety of UN observers on their way to Syria if they don’t obey his rules, President Bashar Assad has set in motion steps for prolonging his war on the Syrian peop...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoDeep in the Devonshire countryside, an old metal mine has become the latest – and most unlikely – battlefront for the global trade war between East and West. The Hemerdon Mine, an open-pit site near Plym...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoUnrest is simmering in some quarters of the Washington news universe regarding changes in the way the Department of Labor (DOL) manages its pre-release media “lockups” on sensitive data like weekly jobless...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoSummary: Temporary blackouts leave China’s Internet users unable to access many Chinese Web sites as well as other unblocked foreign sites. Chinese Telecoms deny any network issues. At approximately 11am...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoWith the Federal Reserve signaling that QE3 is off the table, many traders are now betting that the barbarous relic is about to take a prolonged vacation. Without a dividend or an interest yield in a wor...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoNo, he’s not moonlighting as an agent. Vice President Joe Biden last year earned $20,900 in rental income from the Secret Service, which is paying him to host agents on his property so they can protect h...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoSome Americans spend their tax refunds on high-tech gadgets and long-awaited vacations. Others use the cash to file for bankruptcy. More than 200,000 money-strapped households will use their tax refunds t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoNEW YORK ― On April 13, Iran is scheduled to meet with representatives of China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States ― the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council ― ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 18 hours ago"It is a *common feature of life in Russia*. *Boats sink, planes crash, and buildings burn* with *startling frequency*, leading to *protests but little apparent change*.... --**more--"
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoLouis Farrakhan, The Nation of Islam’s infamous leader, is known for issuing some bizarre commentary on a variety of social and political issues. Earlier this week, while speaking at Alabama A&M Universit...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA New Mexico slaughterhouse has petitioned the federal government to become the first business to offer horse meat for human consumption since an effective ban on the practice ended last year, according t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoThe American Nazi Party registered its first lobbyist this week, disclosure records show. John Bowles registered Tuesday with House and Senate offices to represent the “ANP,” which stands for the Americ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoPresident Obama and his wife, Michele, gave a total of $48,000 in tax-free gifts to their daughters, according to tax records made public on Friday. The president and his wife separately gave each daughte...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 18 hours agoHere’s a live-stream internet event for tomorrow to put into your electronic diary. Environmentalists claim that our use of carbon-based energy is altering the climate, making us more vulnerable to c...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 18 km (11.2 miles), the quake hit at 03:33:25 UTC Thursday 19th April 2012 The epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) East ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoThe EU's climate goal is the world's most ambitious, but how much of it is based on false accounting? The EU has earned a lot of credit on the international climate scene. It has pushed through a roadmap ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 18 hours ago*Rick Larsen-- the Democratic Old Guard in DC has lost touch with the values of the Democratic Party* Tuesday Alex Isenstadt did a Beltway kind of story about how Blue Dogs face extinction. It was more re...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago“NGC 3314 is actually two large spiral galaxies which just happen to almost exactly line up. The foreground spiral is viewed nearly face-on, its pinwheel shape defined by young bright star clusters. But ag...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoWASHINGTON, April 18 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday it had raised $320 billion so far in a bid to boost its firepower to deal with the euro zone debt crisis, with Poland and ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoHome Secretary Theresa May is facing demands for an urgent statement to Parliament amid the "confusion" over the Government's latest bid to deport the terrorist suspect Abu Qatada. Lawyers for the radica...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoAll eyes will be on Anders Behring Breivik as he enters court to see if he makes his now familiar right-wing salute when his handcuffs are removed. The families of his victims have complained about the cl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoIt comes as the deportation of radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada is thrown into doubt after his lawyers lodged an appeal with the human rights judges. Justice Secretary Ken Clarke is hosting a conference o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck the Volcano Islands, Japan Region at a depth of 30 km (18.6 miles), the quake hit at 02:48:50 UTC Thursday 19th April 2012 The epicenter was 1069 km (662.7 miles) Sou...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck Taiwan at a depth of 18.8 km (11.7 miles), the quake hit at 01:58:07 UTC Thursday 19th April 2012 The epicenter was 16 km (9.9 miles) NNE of Hualien, Taiwan No Tsunami...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago*“Ad Deum Qui Laetificat Juventutem Meam”* by Chet Raymo “And so it begins. On the woodland floor. The first paired leaves of the wild-lily-of-the-valley. The nodding blossom of the bellwort. The five-pe...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours agoCoos Bay, Oregon, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by Roberto at Dr Cintli - 18 hours agoTues April 24 - 6-9pm Integrated Learning Center Auditorium #140 University of Arizona "Enter the heart of an American family living in the shadows of a state that has criminalized their existence. Wal...
- posted by Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 18 hours ago#robofraud #elxn41 #elxnfraud #cdnpoli #RMG #Xentel #CPC *-* * * So we'll start with ... no. Just go read *Alison*, and make sure you're sitting down. Or you could make some popcorn and then take a seat.
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 18 hours ago"The parents of a college student who was *shot and killed* by Pasadena police alleged in a federal lawsuit that their son’s death was part of a pattern of abuse by the department and that the *investigati...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 18 hours agoPhoto by Diego Huerta, from the 31K Portraits for Peace exhibit at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin.Darkness and Light:31K Portraits for Peace(31K Retratos por la Paz)By William Michael Hanks / The Rag Blog /...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck North of Svalbard at a depth of 14.9 km (9.3 miles), the quake hit at 01:41:34 UTC Thursday 19th April 2012 The epicenter was 344 km (214 miles) Northeast from Nord, G...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Coquimbo, Chile at a depth of 52.3 km (32.5 miles), the quake hit at 01:14:05 UTC Thursday 19th April 2012 The epicenter was 40 km (24.8 miles) South of Ovalle, Coquim...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 18 hours agoPresidential frontrunner Francois Hollande of the French Socialist Party. Image from Jegoun.net.The French presidential election:Francois Hollande offersan opportunity for the LeftThe simple explanation of S...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck El Salvador at a depth of 94 km (58.4 miles), the quake hit at 00:48:02 UTC Thursday 19th April 2012 The epicenter was 10 km (6.2 miles) Northeast of Acajutla, El Salv...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Kuril Islands, Russia at a depth of 71.8 km (44.6 miles), the quake hit at 00:24:38 UTC Thursday 19th April 2012 The epicenter was 430 km (267 miles) SSW from Sev...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Eastern Turkey at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 23:30:58 UTC Wednesday 18th April 2012 The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) NNE from Van, Turkey No Repo...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago*“When the Good Do Bad”* By David Brooks "It’s always interesting to read the quotations of people who knew a mass murderer before he killed. They usually express complete bafflement that a person who se...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the North Indian Ocean, Indonesia at a depth of 15 km (9.3 miles), the quake hit at 22:53:36 UTC Wednesday 18th April 2012 The epicenter was 614 km (382 miles) Southw...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck the Iran-Iraq Border Region at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 20:04:10 UTC Wednesday 18th April 2012 The epicenter was 16 km (9.9 miles) South of Dehl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck near the North Coast of Papua, Indonesia at a depth of 37.3 km (23.2 miles), the quake hit at 19:52:40 UTC Wednesday 18th April 2012 The epicenter was 80 km (49 miles...
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 19 hours agoThis morning, two friends posted in their facebook wall an article from mises.org, lambasting intellectual property rights (IPR), as usual. The paper was written by no less than the President of the Mises ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago*“How Wealth Reduces Compassion”* As Riches Grow, Empathy For Others Seems To Decline by Daisy Grewal "Who is more likely to lie, cheat, and steal—the poor person or the rich one? It’s temping to think th...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 19 hours ago04/18/2012 Channeled by John Smallman When humanity awakens it will be to a fantastic welcome from all who have been watching and encouraging you on your homeward journey since it began, eons ago. Ti...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 19 hours agoA figure of PRI candidate Enrique Pena Nieto, at rally kicking off his presidential campaign in Guadalajara, March 30, 2012. Photo by Edgard Garrido / Reuters.The Mexican presidential election:A veteran, a s...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 19 hours ago*A rare treat!* * * *"the United States accounts for less than 1 percent of the global shark fin trade**" * *Kind of a small portion. * "Shark fin bans gather steam in coastal states" by Juliet Eilperi...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (deBeauxOs) at DAMMIT JANET! - 19 hours ago
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 19 hours ago"Fine on Va. Tech reversed" March 31, 2012|By Kimberly Hefling and Zinie Chen Sampson RICHMOND - Virginia Tech received a measure of vindication for its handling of a 2007 campus massacre that left 33 peo...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 19 hours ago*Had there been he would have been acquitted. * "Mehanna gets more than 17 years in jail; Sudbury man says he acted in defense of oppressed Muslims" by Milton J. Valencia | Globe Staff, April 12, 2012 ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 20 hours ago*Who else but Hezbollah? * "Affirming support for Syria, Hezbollah chief says group still potent" December 07, 2011|New York Times BEIRUT - Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Shi’ite militant group Hezb...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 20 hours ago*Which simply means it is at the top of the Zionist war agenda because it is in the paper every day, every day, every day. I suppose I've soured on the coverage once I found the reports have been **stage ...
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 20 hours agoThe Personal Trainer put Southern Man through the wringer this morning. It's our last week together, so there was testing. Southern Man managed to post about 20% improvement over the initial numbers, but i...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 21 hours agoI've always liked the way Katrina sugar-coated her opinions. There is no sugar tonight in these facts. And the Brooks and Friedman apologists for the 1% winners are left with egg all over their nifty bowti...
- posted by Alison at Creekside - 21 hours agoResponsive Marketing Group (RMG) - the telemarketing company credited with building CIMS, the Cons' voter database on Canadian citizens used by 97 Con MPs in the last election - is some hacked off with havin...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago*Grilled Cheese With Dates and Prosciutto:* *Dates give a touch of sweetness to this otherwise deliciously salty Monterey jack cheese sandwich. (From FoodNetwork.com's "New Takes on Classic Grilled Cheese"...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 21 hours agoEnvironmentalist Bill Neiman at the KOOP studios in Austin, Friday, April 13, 2012. Photo by Tracey Schulz / Rag Radio.Rag Radio:Restoration ecologist Bil Neimansays we need a paradigm shiftBy Rag Radio / Th...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago*"Marines Return to Being 'Crusaders'”* by Chris Rodda "In 2008, when Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 was preparing to deploy to Iraq, the unit’s commander, Lt. Col. William Lieblein, did something ver...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago*"The Fundamental Structure of Money"* by Washington’s Blog “The first 47 minutes of this video from Claremont Colleges’ Center for Process Studies’ conference, “Money-Creation in a Finite World,” is Carl...
- posted by Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 22 hours agoValerie Strauss shared this. Hope you do, too: By Valerie Strauss This was written by Larry Lee of Montgomery, Alabama, former executive director of the Covington County Economic Development Commission...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 22 hours agoIt’s as repellent watching the courtroom performance of the murderer of 77 young Norwegians as it was watching that of the murderer of Sophie Elliot.* But how appropriate that the Norwegian killer, who s...
- posted by veritas6464 at VERITAS 6464 - 22 hours agoGot Hypocrisy? *Ali Abunimah reports on a disgusting incident surrounding the recent flytilla, an action in France at the behest of Israeli authorities:* * * *Air France demanded to know the religion of ...
- posted by risa bear at stony run farm - 22 hours agoA fun thing to try is aim for simplest. Eat in the garden. If you feel you should bring it in, do, but maybe prefer having right away over stored or refrigerated or preserved. What's good raw, have raw. ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago*“Iran: The Trap of Financial Warfare”* by Hera Research “One of the key reasons why the U.S. has yet to experience a sovereign debt crisis is that the world reserve currency status of the U.S. dollar su...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 23 hours agoApril 17, 2012 1 Ben, 6 Kank'in, 8 Manik Dratzo! We return! The great shift that your world is undergoing was first predicted by the Ancients over 13,000 years ago. It is part of what they called 't...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 23 hours agoSaLuSa, April 18, 2012 As channeled by Mike Quinsey Few of you are under any illusions as to what is taking place, although some are still unconvinced that it is in the interests of the Human Race. ...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 23 hours agoThanks to http://mikephilbin.blogspot.co.uk for pointing out these videos.
- posted by Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 23 hours agoألف عامالمخابرات الاسرائيلية الرئيسية والسلطة الأمنية هي Rashei Va'adat Hasherlim (لجنة رؤساء الخدمات)، ويعرف عادة باسم Va'adat. انها تنسق عمليات وأنشطة أعضائها. الموساد Letafkidim Meyouchadim (جهاز ا...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 23 hours ago*The United States And The Lost Art of Grand Strategy - Flynt Leverett At Penn State * *By Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett * *The Race for Iran* *April 18, 2012* Earlier this month, Flynt gave a ...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 23 hours agoBy Deborah Zabarenko. Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:50 http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/17/us-earthquakes-usa-idUSBRE83G1FL20120417 (Reuters excerpt) - "The number of earthquakes in the central United States r...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day agoNot going to add much to the links today, but: over at Post Partisan, I talked about a nice polling point that Charles Franklin had made, and added a story of my own. Then at Plum Line, I looked at what De...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 1 day agoThe Grey Ones in Christchurch just got very much greyer indeed. To the already growing layers of bungling bureaucracy, Gauleiter Brownlee has just added another to be added above the already tottering pi...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day agoSad but hardly unexpected. He was a big part of the lives of people like me -- who remember him on flickering black and white screens powered through vacuum tubes... NPR Obit: http://n.pr/HSPzrZ
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 1 day agoThe following data I pulled from reports posted in the Federal Register by the IRS. All of this information is public domain and openly available. The IRS is required to post the names of people by qua...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoRepublicans, as Chris Hayes and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse discuss in the MSNBC clip above, had several reasons-- none of them good-- to fly in the face of public opinion and filibuster the Buffett Rule ...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 day agoRegulators to Ease a Rule on Derivatives Dealers. The New York Times. By BEN PROTESS. Feb 17, 2012. http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/04/17/regulators-to-ease-a-rule-on-derivatives-dealers/?nl=todaysheadli...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 1 day ago[image: image] Here’s the update on tonight’s meeting from our friends at the Uni of Auckland Economics Group: Hello All, This week we are going to be watching a couple of rap videos. Yes, that's corr...
- posted by Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 1 day agoAs artists we seen many pictures. Some of snowscapes The beautiful stare of a lone She-wolf Horses playng on the snow. What a beautiful painting this will make Take a deep breath *Sunse...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day agoUsed to eat a lot of fish and other seafood. These days, I won't buy the stuff unless I'm sure it's doesn't come from the Gulf Coast or anywhere within the currents that come out of it. I mean, who wants t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 29.4 km (18.3 miles), the quake hit at 19:08:02 UTC Wednesday 18th April 2012 The epicenter was 335 km...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago* Qatar* At Global Research, on 17 April 2012, there is an article, by Finian Cunningham, entitled *Qatar Military Coup "Rumours" Stir Bad Blood With House of Saud** * According to Finian Cunningham: *1....
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day agoWho is James Hartman? Political marketing and outreach require careful strategy development. A slipshod campaign or advertising program can cost you the votes you need to be successful. James Hartman & A...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAgricultural authorities in northwest China have culled about 95,000 chickens after an outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus, state press reported Wednesday. The outbreak in Touying township of the Ningxia...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoBrian Wilson: University of Memphis officials recently discovered a radioactive device inside of a Dumpster on campus. The device was discovered on April 5 and its radioactive nature was confirmed on Apri...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day agoVAL-D'OR, QC— Liberal Leader Bob Rae made the following statement today on Holocaust Remembrance Day: "Yom HasHoah is a day of deep reflection for Canada's Jewish communities, and Jewish communities arou...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day agoI would love to interview Mark St. Pierre right about now ~American Zombie Deformedelicious ~Library Chronicles
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoWITH Sydney and parts of NSW experiencing the heaviest rainfall of 2012 the weather has caused road chaos with closures and delays hitting drivers. A number of roads across Sydney have been affected by fl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMore people are reported suffering from stiffness of the limbs, respiratory problems and miscarriages, caused by a peculiar and unidentified skin ulceration that has plagued the central province of Quang N...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoRoad workers have become sick after finding suspected radioactive material during an upgrade to the Pacific Highway south of Port Macquarie on the NSW mid north coast. A truck believed to be carrying rad...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA swarm of bees sent two people to the hospital Tuesday afternoon after being stung in parking lot of Lydia's Cafe and Nightclub, a San Diego Fire-Rescue dispatcher said. The two injured people who were ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoCHANDIGARH: On the first day of school after 10 days of vacation, more than a dozen students of Class VI in Government High School, Sector 40, were bitten by a swarm of honeybees on Tuesday. As many as 1...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoCoast Guard and state officials are responding to an oil spill at the Bell Harbor Marina on Elliott Bay in Seattle. Ecology spokesman Larry Altose says there's enough oil to coat the marina area, but it'...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoU.N. recognises terminology borrowed from Kerala fishermen T. Peter vividly recalls the panic that gripped the coast for five days from May 17 in 2005. “The sea came surging in, inundating vast areas… It ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA series of freak April storms hammered the San Joaquin Valley last week, damaging vulnerable crops with a one-two-three punch of hail, lightning and tornados that caused millions of dollars of crop losse...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck the Iran-Iraq Border Region at a depth of 80 km (49.6 miles), the quake hit at 18:43:07 UTC Wednesday 18th April 2012 The epicenter was 22 km (13.6 miles) West of Deh...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day agoThe Commentator reveals that: 'It has just been revealed that Matthew Offord MP asked Alistair Burt, Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East, the following formal question: “... what recent representa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck near the North Coast of Papua, Indonesia at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 18:38:11 UTC Wednesday 18th April 2012 The epicenter was 45 km (29.9 miles)...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoApril 18 - Syrian protesters mob U.N. monitor vehicles in Erbin, accusing the international community and the United Nations of ignoring the violence. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 1 day agoDo you think this guy realizes yet that the only reason he is alive is taxpayer-funded health care? Naaaaaa. Wonkette does, and says Dick really wants us to understand how dark it is still in his new heart.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(Reuters) - Economic experts watching Spain don't know how much money will be needed or precisely when, but some are near certain that Madrid will eventually seek a multi-billion euro bailout for its bank...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(Reuters) - A bristling North Korea said on Wednesday it was ready to retaliate in the face of international condemnation over its failed rocket launch, increasing the likelihood the hermit state will pus...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(Reuters) - Bolivia is poised to strike fifteen vessels linked to the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines off its shipping register just weeks after IRISL found Bolivian replacements for their Maltese...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(CNN) -- A Florida judge will decide by Friday whether to step aside from a criminal case involving a neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, according to the court. The...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(CNN) -- Sweden's culture minister was feeling the heat Wednesday after a weekend art exhibit in which she cut up a cake baked into the shape of a cartoonishly stereotyped African woman. A group represen...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck Southeastern Iran at a depth of 62 km (38.5 miles), the quake hit at 17:40:38 UTC Wednesday 18th April 2012 The epicenter was 198 km (123 miles) ENE from Bandar-e Abba...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day agoChuck Colson is apparently in gave condition. Colson, as you probably know, had a famous prison conversion and has been doing good works (along with a fair amount of politics, I believe) since the 1970s. ...
- posted by José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago[image: Las imágenes más bonitas del mundo - Fotos Lindas] [image: Las imágenes más bonitas del mundo - Fotos Lindas] [image: Las imágenes más bonitas del mundo - Fotos Lindas] [image: Las imágenes más bon...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMass killer Anders Breivik has declared Norway's prison sentences "pathetic" and demanded he either be executed or cleared. He claimed the choices were the "only logical outcomes" for his massacre of 77 ...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day agoAnother sign of the times. Image from City Limits.Our civil liberties under attack:Big Brother's getting even biggerAbuses of civil liberties are taking place with increasing frequency, but the public outcry...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 16:08:23 UTC Wednesday 18th April 2012 The epicenter was 554 km (3...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago*Club Resorts Ltd. v. Van Breda*, 2012 SCC 17 is an extremely important decision as to what court has jurisdiction. Broadly put the “real and substantial connection” test is the appropriate comm...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago*Club Resorts Ltd. v. Van Breda,* 2012 SCC 17 is an extremely important decision as to what court has jurisdiction. Broadly put the "real and substantial connection" test is the appropriate common law co...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck near the North Coast New Guinea, Papua New Guinea at a depth of 34.1 km (21.2 miles), the quake hit at 14:54:47 UTC Wednesday 18th April 2012 The epicenter was 28 km ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 1 day ago
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Solomon Islands at a depth of 414.3 km (257.4 miles), the quake hit at 16:21:41 UTC Wednesday 18th April 2012 The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) North of Gizo, Ne...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoLabor unions built the middle class. Period. Like any human endeavor there are times when they haven't been perfect but they have pretty much always been the bulwark against plutocracy. Union bureaucrats...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago*Oregon (Brophy) ALEC Update* *From his tweetfeed* SenatorBrophy @caitlynkorb ALEC and members caved to pressure. Huge mistake. I'm very disappointed. Reconsidering my support of/for ALEC about 1 hour ag...
- posted by Charli Carpenter at The Duck of Minerva - 1 day agoI have an essay online this morning at Opinio Juris as part of a symposiumthey are running this week on social media and international law: One of the most curious aspects of the Kony2012 campaign is its ba...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day ago------------------------------ * the**REALnews Permalink* April 17, 2012 *US Isolated at Summit of Americas* Alex Main: Fro...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoTerror suspect Abu Qatada today lodged an appeal with Europe's human rights judges which effectively blocks the Government's attempts to deport him to Jordan, officials said. Qatada's legal team claims t...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day agoGoes to something old by Greg Marx, but he retweeted it today because it's (once again, alas, relevant). Back in July, Marx collected a whole bunch of stuff that debunked or mocked Tom Friedman, but also ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoLeaders of fuel tanker drivers have rejected a deal aimed at averting strikes but want further talks, the Unite union says. Around 60 representatives of drivers at seven haulage firms discussed proposal...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoVideo text: A 76-year-old woman in the US state of Florida has been charged with careless driving after her Toyota Camry crashed through a supermarket on Saturday, injuring ten people. 33-year-old Lasaun...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoN'Djamena, Chad (CNN) -- After spending years of working in neighboring Libya, the last place Daoud Mohammed wants to be right now is back to his home in Chad, the landlocked country in central Africa. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck Southern Xinjiang, China at a depth of 40 km (24.8 miles), the quake hit at 14:48:01 UTC Wednesday 18th April 2012 The epicenter was 107 km (66.3 miles) East of Kashi...
- posted by Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 1 day agoأعضاء مجلس الإدارة وكبار موظفي الاستخبارات وأمن المجتمع تتوافق مع أعلى المعايير المهنية من الاستقامة والصدق، وفرض هذه المعايير على المستويات الأدنى. لا يوجد فارق كبير نسبيا بين الراتب الأساسي للموظف الج...
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 1 day agoThe United States Secret Service detained ...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 1 day agoSeriously. Even though your silicon-based husband Willard would've already sunk his campaign without your help, you really, seriously, truly, honestly just need to shut the fuck up because you are ...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day agoA Florida fire department Captain knows who's to blame for the killing of Trayvon Martin. In Miami-Dade Captain Brian Beckmann's mind, it's all the fault of "*shitbag, ignorant, pathetic, welfare depende...
- posted by ProfPTJ at The Duck of Minerva - 1 day agoThe keynote address for this year's NITLE Symposium was delivered by Dan Cohen, a major voice in the "digital humanities" movement and one of the leading figures behind Zotero, the open-source free EndNote...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day agoIt wasn't even close. By a 28-1 margin the Tennessee state senate has approved a bill updating the state's sex-education curriculum to declare holding hands and kissing "*gateway sexual activities*." *...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 day agoThe linear, no-threshold model for radiation exposure holds that there is no dose of exposure to ionizing radiation that poses no risk. However, an assumption of the linear no-threshold model is that* low...
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 1 day ago*“Like most men here, I am gallantly going down with the ship, never to be seen or heard from again. But I’m at peace and take comfort in knowing that because of the sensitivity of mankind, no one will t...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2012* *Leave it to Sawyer and Dowd:* The GSA and the Secret Service have been involved in major embarrassments this week. Among modern American elites, the clowning bad judgment nev...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 day agohttp://www.ratical.org/radiation/Chernobyl/ChernobylCoSS.html This is a very interesting essay that has direct relevance for Japan today and, perhaps, the U.S.
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 day agoApril 18, 2012 p. A2. "The gap between America's highest and lowest-payed workers is widening" The article explains that during the last few years the wages of the top 10 percent of wage earners rose 7 p...
- posted by Big Dan at Big Dan's Big Blog - 1 day agoTAGG ROMNEY TWEETS: "TED NUGENT, WHO JUST ENDORSED MY DAD, JUST SAID HE'S A *'BLACK JEW AT A NAZI-KLAN RALLY'.* COOL!!! What could possibly go wrong with having TED NUGENT the MOTOR CITY MADMAN in the ROMN...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 1 day agoI like the way Justin couches this argument. It isn't just that they are hypocrites, but they have to be idiots not to know that the game is up (and has been for decades). The numbers are not on their side...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day agoAfghan farmers are on target to produce a bumper crop of opium in 2012. *Opium farming will increase across Afghanistan in 2012, driven by insecurity, massive corruption and economic fears for the future, ...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day ago*Remotely related breaking news:* A team of Chilean astronomers behind the ESO telescope claims that there's no dark matter in the Solar System's vicinity. If true, the direct searches such as those desc...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day agoI have received some criticism recently for my constant posts of the situation with the ongoing disaster at Fukushima Japan. I answer the critics by saying straight out that everyone can forget about all...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day agoHe's sane. He's freely admitted the senseless and brutal murder of 77 people. He's not raising anything that could remotely be recognized as a defence or mitigation. Why then is a Norwegian court allow...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2012* *The spread of the brave new bullroar:* It’s pitiful to watch the brave new bullroar spread—the scripted new bullroar from *our* tribe, the kind that dumbs *our* side down. On...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day agoOkay, according to America's own counter-insurgency doctrine, Western forces in Afghanistan have long passed the point where, in Afghan eyes, they transformed from liberator/defender to occupier/oppressor....
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day agoALEC BEGS *Breitbart *Bloggers for Help! *As noted by CMD this morning* - Stongly recommend you read the whole thing ... ALEC is playing defense due to the fact that, almost every day, another ALEC membe...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*Isn't that what you do with** a** qaqa in the toilet**? * "Nigerians strike over gas prices, corruption" January 10, 2012|By Jon Gambrell LAGOS, Nigeria - A *national strike* fueled by *widespread dissen...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Cover of the UCS study, 'Heads They Win, Tails We Lose: How Corporations Corrupt Science at the Public's Expense'. ucsusa.org]16 February 2012 (UCS) – Federal decision makers need access to the b...
- posted by yayacanada at YayaCanada - 1 day ago** *Unconstitutionality, plus CSIS lies, "evidence" derived from torture, destruction of original materials, illegal house raid, disregard for solicitor-client privilege ... * *Contributor: "Sophie"* I a...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Counts of U.S. earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater, 1973-2012, in the region between 108W-85W and 25N-50N. Tamino / USGS] By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent; Editing by Marilyn W...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Herbicide is sprayed on a soybean field in western Brazil on 30 Jan 2011. By Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP / Getty Images] By Kevin Pieper, USA TODAY 18 April 2012 A much-used herbicide, which for years...
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 1 day agoNext time you’re making a flight through Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport you might want to keep your iPad in your carry-on rather than leave it in your luggage. Or hope Transportation Security Ad...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"Nigeria strained by rate of births; Officials struggle to rein in growth" by Elisabeth Rosenthal | New York Times, April 15, 2012 LAGOS, Nigeria - In a quarter century, at the rate *Nigeria is growing*,...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 1 day ago*Above: Preview of post-election Cabinet meetings?* Despite a lackluster debate performance by Alison Redford, a pair of post-debate polls show the Wildrose margin down to 7 points. With daily controversi...
- posted by Rufus at News From Atlantis. - 1 day ago2012 is a year which has become the focal point of those who believe that we are at the end of times. Much is made of the Mayan Calendar which ends its cycle this year. Whether the end of the Calendar m...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day agoApparently certain hospitals in Ontario are withholding the gender of a fetus from a mother to avoid a gender selective abortion. Ignoring any moral issues, is such withholding lawful? No. As a legal ma...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago*W. Bryant Shears Ltd. v. Sharmat Services Inc.* 2012 NLCA 17 is a useful source for the principle that witnesses may be excused for ill health but only where such is proven strictly: [6] ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoJerusalem (CNN) -- The Israeli military said Wednesday that it had dismissed an officer who was caught on video striking a pro-Palestinian activist in the face. "Lt. Col. Eisner was dismissed from his p...
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 1 day agoUS President Barack Obama leans over to kiss Colombian singer Shakira during an event to hand over land titles to representatives of the Afro-Colombian community at the Plaza de San Pedro in Cartagena, Co...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoKabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghan police are questioning two school caretakers after more than 170 women and girls were hospitalized with suspected poisoning, a district official said Wednesday. Police ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoJohannesburg (CNN) -- South Africans woke up on Wednesday morning to the claim that a group of Soweto youths had filmed themselves raping a 17-year-old girl believed to be mentally ill. The cellphone vid...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoLos Angeles (CNN) -- The Los Angeles Times published photos Wednesday of U.S. soldiers posing with what the newspaper said were bodies of insurgents -- sparking outrage and condemnation from U.S. military...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoNew York (CNN) -- If the Americans followed the French presidential elections as avidly as the French stare at the poll ratings of Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, they would know that "Sarko l'Américain," S...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(CNN) -- Nearly a week after a U.N.-backed cease-fire started, violence erupted in Syria on Wednesday, with both the government and opposition forces reporting deadly attacks. Six "law enforcement membe...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAt the stroke of midnight on April 19, Japan's nuclear reactor count will officially drop from 54 to 50, as the ruined No. 1-4 reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant will be formally retired. Plan...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoJapan is urged to play a leading role in the international community's efforts to persuade North Korea to abandon its missile and nuclear weapons program as the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) has adopted a ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMassive typhoons with winds topping 194 kilometers per hour -- the highest strength classification -- may threaten Japan's coasts every 10-20 years by the end of the century, researchers have announced. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised the prospect of a second credit crunch worldwide as European banks slash their balance sheets in the face of the euro crisis. The Washington-based organisa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA male Florida panther was killed by a vehicle last week in south Lee County, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. The remains of the panther, approximately 3 to 4 years old, were collect...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2012* *Part 2—Our brave new liberal ethics:* When you’re on duty as a great uncle, at best you’ll get glimmers of the day’s news. That said: Last Saturday morning, while children wer...
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 1 day agoNow, on the 70th anniversary of Japan’s devastating bombardment of the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, evidence has emerged showing that President Franklin D.Roosevelt was warned three days be...
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 1 day agoEight men have been arrested and charged with distributing more $1 million in LSD, ecstasy, and other narcotics through an online storefront that hid the identities of the service's users. The online dr...
- posted by Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day agoIf you had a child with special needs who struggled to learn and who was stressed out about the upcoming state test, would you consider opting out? Christine Dougherty did in Oceanside, NY, and she notifi...
- posted by Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 1 day agoDavid Frum gets a well deserved smack down from *Juan Cole*. Frum helped beat the drums for war with Iraq, and maybe he favors another war, this time with Iran. But for him to tell the American people that...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoWithin the last month and a half, the corpses of 12 endangered finless porpoises, including a pregnant one, have been found around Dongting Lake, Hunan province. It has triggered worries from experts abo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFISH farmers have lost fish worth Sh1 million as a result of heavy rains in Nyeri last weekend. The farmers, who rear fish in six fish ponds near Nyeri town, woke up to find their fish dead. They claimed...
- posted by risa bear at stony run farm - 1 day agoThe great advantage of multiculturalism, as I see it, is you don't have to continually snub, make condescending remarks or jokes about, short-change, beat, starve, torture, or murder millions of people t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMexico City -- 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 government...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(Reuters) - Anti-government protesters in Bahrain are planning "days of rage" directed at this weekend's Formula One Grand Prix, while security forces have rounded up dozens of activists in a clampdown on...
- posted by thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 1 day agoRiot police versus gospel-singing peaceniks. Who thinks some of those authoritarian youngsters regretted that they weren't allowed to truncheon those sweet lil' hippies? This is what we're up against peop...
- posted by paul at Paying attention - 1 day agoIndependent MLA Bob Simpson yesterday raised questions about a government document forecasting half the forest jobs in the Interior would disappear in the next few years. The rush to harvest the pine beetl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoWorld Wide Web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee has condemned government plans to monitor internet users' activity, labelling the proposed bill 'a destruction of human rights'. The 56-year-old innovator waded ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFrancois Hollande, the Socialist tipped to win France's presidential vote, has said he will not endorse the EU fiscal compact if it fails to promote growth. "If the pact contains no measures for growth, ...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day agoHappy Birthday to Barbara Hale, 90 (I think; one of my regular sources that I thought was safe says 91, but I'll go with imdb). Right to the good stuff: 1. Andrew Gelman had the same reaction to Richard L...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day agoNew Orleans Saints have four prime- time games scheduled in 2012 BP oil spill medical claims settlement covers workers, some coastal residents Bless these shrimps: Faith, fishing and Gulf Coast restoratio...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoThere's less than a week before primary day in Pennsylvania and, according to two consecutive polls, progressive challenger Matt Cartwright is leading reactionary and corrupt Blue Dog Tim Holden. It's th...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day agoThe Times of Israel reports: 'JERUSALEM (JTA) — Jewish leaders in Hebron have called for international intervention to help the Palestinian man sentenced to death for selling a home near the Cave of the P...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the North Indian Ocean, Indonesia at a depth of 10.1 km (6.3 miles), the quake hit at 11:59:15 UTC Wednesday 18th April 2012 The epicenter was 748 km (465 miles) WSW ...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 1 day agoWhen Dalton McGuinty appointed a banker to assess the province's budget priorities, he got exactly what he expected: a recommendation to cut jobs and shred public services, while leaving corporate tax cu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThree people have been arrested in connection with an investigation into the deaths of a family of four in Northamptonshire. Jifeng "Jeff" Ding, his wife Helen and their two daughters Alice, 12, and Xing...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day agoManipulating the Arab uprising:Rebellious spring, murderous winterBy Ron Jacobs / The Rag Blog / April 18, 2012[Arab Spring, Libyan Winter by Vijay Prashad (2012: AK Press); Paperback;168 pp.; $14.95.] The l...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe demand for private business jets in China is sending a sonic boom through the aviation industry and reshaping China's airspace. Until as recently as 10 years ago, a personal jet was little more than a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe last decade has been marked by the emergence of India and China as maritime powers. Will the growing naval capabilities of the two Asian giants lead to conflict or a rebalancing of power? Prokhor Tebi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoTehran has been shouting from the rooftop all along that the Great Satan (read America) cannot be trusted because it is Janus-faced. Hersh now concurs. In a brilliant piece of investigative reporting, he...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe Washington Beltway is a war zone. It is the battleground over what the United States government does and what it does not do. It does a great deal. Conservatives send tens of millions of dollars each ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoChina is not satisfied with a single refurbished aircraft carrier and has plans to build two conventional and one nuclear-powered aircraft carriers by 2020, as well as 200 more vessels, a Russian military...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe electricity crisis being faced in the country is devastating for the economic survival as well as for the well being of the population. Not to speak of new ventures, existing factories and businesses a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoImage: The F-35 Lightning II, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), planes arrive at Edwards Air Force Base in California in this May 2010 file photo (Reuters/Tom Reynolds/Lockheed Martin Corp/Han...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoBack in the early 1980s, I had the extraordinary good fortune to get to meet one of my literary heroes, Kurt Vonnegut, up close and personal. We shared a police wagon, sitting next to each other for a rid...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoPink slime, the ammonia-treated filler substance made with beef scraps, was once reserved for dog food before corrupted regulators changed the rules. But a recent media firestorm has reignited the controv...
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- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 1 day agoThanks to a very helpful reader (Thanks Richard!) and the ANU Crawford School, the video of my recent lecture in Canberra now has the powerpoint slides integrated. It is above, Enjoy!
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day ago*Enjoy.* The Two Trees by Loreena McKennitt (Lyrics included) There have been a few lyrical changes made by McKennitt in this piece. To view the original poem, please read the book, The Rose by William...
- posted by Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 1 day agoA new paper on cyclical income risk reports the following: we study the cyclical nature of idiosyncratic shocks, once observable factors are accounted for. Contrary to past research, we find that income s...
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 day agoA Taiwan nurse speaks out on CNN: When all of the medical workers in an unhealthy working environment, the patient must to facing a high risk care quality, because in Taiwan, every nurse should take care ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 1 day agoThe latest NYT story on extremes and climate change celebrates the fact that many Americans fail to understand how human-caused climate change may be related to recent extreme events. Today's NYT reports...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe United States deliberately allowed Japan access to the United States’ most secret nuclear weapons facilities while it transferred tens of billions of dollars worth of American tax paid research that h...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoDmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama signed the new strategic arms reduction treaty, New START, in Prague on April 8, 2010. In the two years since, the sides appear to have exhausted all of its benefits. They...
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day agoMichael Freguson revealed that, when it came to the purchase of the F35 JSF, the Harper government was keeping two sets of books. Now parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page has revealed that, when it c...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoOn April 7 Fox News Chicago reported on Occupy Chicago’s march through the city’s downtown, the Loop, recording that hundreds of protesters chanted “End the war, tax the rich” during part of the group’s Ch...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFormer United States president George W Bush issued an ultimatum to Saddam Hussein before bombing and invading Iraq. Nine years later, US President Barack Obama has issued an ultimatum to the leadership i...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAn excerpt from a paper published for the conference Paradigm Lost: Rethinking Economics and Politics. I am speaking to this paper in Berlin this week. The full paper can be downloaded from their website (...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoWhat bank received $45 billion in bailout money, and trillions (T) in emergency loans from the Federal Reserve? What bank did not pay taxes last year but did receive a REFUND of $1 BILLION (with a B)? Wha...
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Monetize your blog with Google Affiliate Ads for Blogger
April 18, 2012 — permalinkWhen you share your words, thoughts and photos on Blogger, you are sharing your passions with the world. Sometimes, you’re passionate about brands or products. Starting today, you can make money by promoting relevant products in your posts, gaining income for each new customer you introduce to your favorite brands.
This is a new way for you to monetize your blog, giving you control over the advertisers and products you promote, and better connecting your readers with the things you love.
To get started, go to the Earnings tab on Blogger, and click “Get Started”. If you have an existing AdSense account and the content of your blog matches available ad categories, you're already set. Select an affiliate ad from the “Advertiser Products” widget that appears in the Post Settings panel in the post editor. If you don’t already have an AdSense account, sign up.
When you post about a brand or product from a featured advertiser, the Google Affiliate Ads for Blogged widget will help you to display an affiliate ad in your blog, which can be a text link, a product image, or a banner. You may earn commissions when someone clicks on your ads and makes a purchase on the advertiser’s site, going beyond “payment per click” to “payment per action” and extending the influential relationship you have with your audience.
Get started with Google Affiliate Ads for Blogger today to monetize your blog and bring your readers to the products you love.
Two new gadgets to make your blog better with Google+
April 3, 2012 — permalink
Imagine being able to share your blog with like-minded people across the web. Today we’ve made doing that easier with the introduction of two Google+ gadgets, the +1 button and Google+ Badge.
Unlike the +1 button that can appear below a post, this gadget is specific to your blog. Displaying it on your blog will allow visitors to endorse your blog and share it with their friends.
+1 button for blog
If you’re wondering what a +1 means, think of it as a public stamp of approval from your readers. As soon as someone clicks on the +1 button next to your blog, they’ll also have the option to share it with their friends, contacts, or the rest of the web.
+1s from your readers will appear to people in their circles whenever your blog shows up in Google search results. Here’s an example:
We’re also introducing the Google+ badge gadget, which allows you to connect your blog to your personal profile or your Google+ page on Google+. Adding the badge to your blog helps you connect with friends, fans, and customers. It enables your readers to add you, or your blog to their circles and follow your blog posts on Google+.
If you are happy to blog under your real name, people can follow your stream on Google+. If you prefer to blog under a nickname or an established pseudonym, you can create a Google+ Page to represent your blog. Bloggers who wish to remain anonymous should continue to blog as usual.
To add these gadgets to your blog, select "Add a Gadget" from the "Layout" tab of Blogger, and select them from the list of gadgets under "Basics". You'll need to copy your Google+ ID (personal or Page) to configure the brand badge gadget for your blog.Add the +1 and Google+ brand badge gadgets to your blog today to grow and engage your audience.
Bora Toska, Product Marketing ManagerMoving to the New Blogger Interface
April 2, 2012 — permalink
Last September, we introduced a new user interface that makes it easier to find what you need and focus on writing great blog posts. Since then, we’ve implemented a number of updates and improvements based on your feedback.
In the coming weeks, we will change the default interface for those of you still using the old version, and bring the advantages of Blogger’s improved interface to everyone. If you are already on the new interface, there will be no change.
If you have been using the old interface, give the new look a try today by clicking “Upgrade Now” at the top of the page. This is, of course, a free upgrade and all major features are present in the new interface. You can still temporarily switch back to the old interface by clicking the “Old Blogger interface” link located in settings, but not for much longer.
We recommend that anyone currently using the old interface switch to the new one, as all accounts will be permanently upgraded very soon.
When you switch to the new interface, you'll find a number of new features that we've released recently, including:
To help you get a better sense of what’s changed and how to navigate the new interface, check out the short video below or read the friendly guide “Using our upgraded interface”.
We hope you enjoy the new interface and welcome your thoughts about the new look. If you have suggestions or feedback, sign in to Blogger and click “Send Feedback” at the bottom right of the screen.Get more news from the Blogger team at the Blogger Buzz blog
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