Detail from Government. Mural by Elihu Vedder. Lobby to Main Reading Room, Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. Main figure is seated atop a pedestal saying "GOVERNMENT" and holding a tablet saying "A GOVERNMENT / OF THE PEOPLE / BY THE PEOPLE / FOR THE PEOPLE". Artist's signature is "ELIHU VEDDER / ROMA–1896". (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
DETROIT - DECEMBER 7: Detroit Mayor Dave Bing speaks at the General Motors Detroit Hamtramck Assembly Plant December 7, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan. GM announced that they will invest $336 million to build the new Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicle at the plant. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 03: Detroit Mayor Dave Bing (L) participates in the Obama administration's Jobs and Economic Growth Forum in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building December 3, 2009 in Washington, DC. The White House is billing the forum as is an opportunity for Obama and his economic team to hear from CEOs, small business owners, labor leaders and nonprofit heads about economic policy. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 minutes agoDetroit Mayor Dave Bing’s staff laid out a city budget this morning that cuts more than 2,500 jobs in an effort to shave $250 million from its annual expenses as the city tries to right its finances after...
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Countries with high public debt tend to grow slowly – a correlation often used to justify austerity. This column presents new evidence challenging this view. The authors point out that correlation does ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 minutes agoNow and then, as though out of sheer boredom, the United States shoots itself in the foot and loses the occasional goodwill it creates with aid programmes. Consider the latest: Secretary Hilary Clinton ...
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BOSTON, United States – American intervention in Middle Eastern politics is old news, as is U.S. involvement in Kurdish affairs. When WWI came to an end and the allies parceled out what was left of the Ot... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 minutes ago
The Supreme Court’s health care showdown last month was all about Constitution theory and prerogatives. Wednesday’s arguments between Arizona and the Obama administration over the state’s tough immigratio... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 minutes ago
The other war in Afghanistan — the one to reduce the opium poppy crop by eradication, crop trade-offs and threats — has made substantial gains over the past five years as cultivation has dropped 32 percen... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 minutes agoTEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The Iranian oil ministry's computer network came under attack from hackers and a computer virus, prompting the Islamic Republic to disconnect the country's main oil export terminal fro...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 minutes ago(Reuters) - GM CEO Dan Akerson said on Monday that the company would expand its dealership network in China this year by about 600. "We will expand our dealer network to 3,500 stores from the 2,900 that we...
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While the president has been urging “insourcing,” the government has been sending money to the Philippines to train foreign workers for jobs in English-speaking call centers. According to New York Democr... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 27 minutes ago
Detroit fire boss looks for cost savings, suggests allowing some vacant buildings to burn down. It's a topic that has Detroiters fired up. Detroit Fire Department Executive Fire Commissioner Donald Austin... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 27 minutes ago
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — With a $48 million budget shortfall for the city, one councilman has an idea that he says will help the deficit: putting advertisements on fire trucks. Andrea Fujii explains one organiz... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 27 minutes agoPrime Minister Mark Rutte met the Dutch queen on Monday afternoon and tendered his government’s resignation after talks on austerity collapsed at the weekend. The Dutch government’s failure to reach an ag...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 27 minutes agoFar-right National Front candidate Marine Le Pen obtained a surprising 18% of the vote in the first-round of France’s presidential election Sunday night. But who will those votes go to in the second round...
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FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami/AP) – For our busy lives on the go, drive thru service comes in handy. From coffee and donuts to burgers and fries, drive thru service makes getting what we need a lot more conve... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 27 minutes ago
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck near the Coast of Northern Peru at a depth of 64 km (39.8 miles), the quake hit at 08:09:25 UTC Tuesday 24th April 2012 The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) WNW of Chim... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 27 minutes ago
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say a Naples man remains jailed on felony charges after leaving a McDonald's restaurant without paying for a cup of soda. Deputies arrested 52-year-old Mark Abaire last we... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 27 minutes ago* * *LANCASTER (CBS) —* A 30-year-old veteran who served three tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan was shot to death Saturday in Lancaster, sheriff’s officials said. Nathen Taylor’s family is grievin...
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A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck the Kuril Islands at a depth of 60 km (37.2 miles), the quake hit at 06:14:34 UTC Tuesday 24th April 2012 The epicenter was 559 km (346.5 miles) Southwest of Petropav... - posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 34 minutes ago
Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent *by grtv * Calgary based journalist and author Andrew Nikiforuk delivers a powerful and revealing presentation on what is really going on with the A... - posted by The Arthurian at The Rules of Exposition - 41 minutes agoIf you are reviewing your own stuff and your mind wanders, maybe that paragraph should come out. It's still not easy for me to do that.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 54 minutes agoGeorge Zimmerman was released on $150,000 bail late Sunday night in what the Associated Press called a “low-key event.” Threats of death from the Twitter lynch mob were anything but low-key. Others hoped...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 59 minutes agoIn recent days, many people wrote about various crises in science. Some of these complaints may sound similar to what I have been saying for many years but there are substantial differences, too. In The ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoYeah, but what have you done for me lately? A “kind and generous’’ Long Island mom donated a kidney to save the life of her boss — who then turned around after she got what she wanted and helped fire the...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoWASHINGTON (AP) — The college class of 2012 is in for a rude welcome to the world of work. A weak labor market already has left half of young college graduates either jobless or underemployed in position...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoCall it President Obama’s Committee for the Re-Election of the President — a political slush fund at the Health and Human Services Department. Only this isn’t some little fund from shadowy private sources;...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoCounterfeit sports apparel and cosmetics, pirated music confiscated Vendors at the Patapsco Flea Market have a history of allegedly selling counterfeit and pirated merchandise, according to an affidavit, w...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoThe results are in from last summer’s attempt to test new technology that would provide the Pentagon with a lightning-fast vehicle, capable of delivering a military strike anywhere in the world in less th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoImage: Working girl Dania Suarez is at the centre of the Secret Service prostitution scandal. The sex scandal involving call girls and President Obama’s bodyguards will cost US taxpayers $1.5 million, it ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Law officers searched Tucson areas early Sunday for a 6-year-old Arizona girl who was reported missing from her bedroom, a disappearance that police are calling suspicious and a possi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago'Kopimism' gives internet piracy a place to worship. A Swedish religion whose dogma centers on the belief that people should be free to copy and distribute all information—regardless of any copyright or t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoTEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran claimed Sunday that it had reverse-engineered an American spy drone captured by its armed forces last year and has begun building a copy. Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, chief of the ae...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoResidents of State Street Condo Told To Leave Chicago During NATO Summit: MyFoxCHICAGO.com Chicago - Residents of a Chicago condo whose building will be in the eye of the NATO storm are being warned th...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 hour agoUploaded by http://www.climatescienceinternational.org, this is the December 15, 2011 climate science hearing before the Senate Standing Committee on Energy. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMQk-q8SpBU...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoThe Post just had a rough few days. It was shut out of the 2012 Pulitzer Prizes, which were announced Monday. On the same day, journalists here had to accept or reject The Post’s fifth buyout offer in nin...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoWriting for Forbes Magazine, climate change alarmist Steve Zwick calls for skeptics of man-made global warming to be tracked, hunted down and have their homes burned to the ground, yet another shocking il...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoA Delivery van has exploded in Koog aan de Zaan, Netherlands. The police have found remnants of explosive materials, The van was heavily damaged but the driver unhurt. The suspects had a steel cable attac...
- posted by David J. Climenhaga at David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary - 2 hours agoDanielle Smith, leader of the upstart Wildrose Party celebrates her… Wait! That’s not Danielle! That’s Alison Redford! (Reuters Photo, snatched from the Internet.) Remember: Alberta political winners may ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Madeira Islands, Portugal Region at a depth of 37 km (22.9 miles), the quake hit at 04:38:28 UTC Tuesday 24th April 2012 The epicenter was 38 km (23.5 miles) Nort...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 2 hours agoThis is extraordinarily important. Effectively the cell induces a pair of low energy photons already collected to combine into a higher energy photon that triggers the electron. This grabs a broad chu...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 2 hours agoThis is a worthy account of the sky fall phenomena that continues to seriously confound. What we know is that on rare occasions, frogs and fishes fall from the sky. Less commonly in admittedly a clas...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 2 hours agoChina provides the only somewhat intact record of surnames over the type of time frames that make asking statistical questions possible. The obvious appears confirmed but little else appears as is to ...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 2 hours agoI suspect that the collective Japanese Will has already decided to end Japan's love affair with nuclear power. Some reactors will come back up to meet necessary demand, but this past year they have s...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 2 hours agoWebsite for this image Brazil is to build a giant 'hydro electric' dam. At Voltaire Network, on 18 April 2012, we read about how the giant dam could doom some of the Indians in Brazil. * www.voltairenet...
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- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 3 hours agoThey just need to fly like this and, if you've never tried it, you really shouldn't knock it. Luftwaffe over Labrador. BTW, this doesn't really begin to convey how low these guys really are much less ho...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoA British terrorist supergrass has told a court that Osama bin Laden told him shortly after the 9/11 attacks that a follow-up strike could doom the US economy. Saajid Badat, 33, was convicted in 2005 of ...
- posted by Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 4 hours agoSurprised? A little. Alberta's Progressive Conservatives have won yet another resounding majority, brushing aside the upstart Wildrose Party with a near-sweep of the province's major cities. The victo...
- posted by leftdog at Buckdog - 4 hours agoTOKYO — *"Retrieving a lost soccer ball is standard fare for many teenagers, but one Japanese schoolboy is getting his ball back all the way from Alaska, where it drifted following last year’s tsunami. Mi...
- posted by Batocchio at Vagabond Scholar - 4 hours agoApril is National Poetry Month. I'm a bit late posting about it, but as usual, I wanted to promote the wonderful Favorite Poem Project. If you participate, or post something else celebrating poetry this mo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoThe American singer and actress Jennifer Hudson fought back the tears in a Chicago court as she faced her brother-in-law, who is accused of killing her mother, brother and young nephew. The Grammy and O...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoTheresa May, the Home Secretary, will today face questioning by MPs over Government plans to introduce an unprecedented level of surveillance of mobile phones and internet use in what has been derided as ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoGoogle bosses and Avatar director James Cameron have teamed up to form a company that will mine natural resources from asteroids. Details of the ambitious project will be unveiled later including other h...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Eastern Honshu, Japan at a depth of 20.4 km (12.7 miles), the quake hit at 03:28:05 UTC Tuesday 24th April 2012 The epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) WNW of Fukushima, Ho...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 5 hours agoAs a result some suggested he was unworthy to be elected. His response, set out below, is interesting especially today. Lincoln does not say 'I don't belong to a Church but am a believer'. He rather says h...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck near the Coast of Central Peru at a depth of 21 km (13 miles), the quake hit at 02:42:07 UTC Tuesday 24th April 2012 The epicenter was 134 km (83 miles) SSE from Ica,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoA magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck the Guadeloupe Region, Leeuward Islands at a depth of 34.9 km (21.7 miles), the quake hit at 01:50:37 UTC Tuesday 24th April 2012 The epicenter was 56 km (34 miles) E...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck South of the Kermadec Islands at a depth of 56.6 km (35.2 miles), the quake hit at 01:05:45 UTC Tuesday 24th April 2012 The epicenter was 229 km (142 miles) Southeast...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Iran-Iraq Border Region at a depth of 9.9 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 23:00:35 UTC Monday 23rd April 2012 The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) East from Al-Kut...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoA magnitude 5.6 earthquake has struck the Kuril Islands at a depth of 29.4 km (18.3 miles), the quake hit at 22:40:22 UTC Monday 23rd April 2012 The epicenter was 272 km (169 miles) SSW of Severo-Kuril'sk,...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 5 hours agoWe're coming up on the 5th anniversary of the passage of HR 1592, John Conyers legislation that included the LBGT community in federal Hate Crimes protection. The final vote, on May 3, 2007 was 237-180, 2...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Crete, Greece at a depth of 47.2 km (29.3 miles), the quake hit at 22:15:40 UTC Monday 23rd April 2012 The epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) SSE of Iraklion, Crete, Greec...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoA magnitude 5.7 earthquake has struck the Molucca Sea, Indonesia at a depth of 42.6 km (26.5 miles), the quake hit at 21:21:44 UTC Monday 23rd April 2012 The epicenter was 145 km (90 miles) SSE of Manado,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the Kuril Islands at a depth of 100 km (62 miles), the quake hit at 20:53:46 UTC Monday 23rd April 2012 The epicenter was 82 km (50.8 miles) East of Otradnoye, Kuril I...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck South of the Fiji Islands at a depth of 511.4 km (317.8 miles), the quake hit at 21:02:55 UTC Monday 23rd April 2012 The epicenter was 452 km (280 miles) SSW of Ndoi ...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 5 hours agoAnzac Eve is the perfect time to reflect on the reality of war. And I do. Every year. Here’s how I began last year’s written reflection: *War appears to be as old as mankind, but peace is a modern inven...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago“Some 60 million light-years away in the southerly constellation Corvus, two large galaxies collided. But the stars in the two galaxies, cataloged as NGC 4038 and NGC 4039, don't collide in the course of ...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 7 hours agoIt was in the 1960s that chemist James Lovelock first offered up the ‘Gaia’ hypothesis, i.e., the notion suggesting “all organisms and their inorganic surroundings on Earth are closely integrated to form...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 7 hours agoAs I read news stories, read blogs, skim headlines, one question keeps coming to my mind, over and over. *What are people supposed to do?* *Income insecurity* Wages have been slashed or have been stagnant...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago*“When Scientists Turn”* by Chet Raymo "The renowned psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton was the speaker at Stonehill's commencement. The most recent of his books I have read is “The Nazi Doctors” (Basic B...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago"I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is." ~ Alan Watts
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago*"The Apple Orchard"* "Come let us watch the sun go down and walk in twilight through the orchard's green. Does it not seem as if we had for long collected, saved and harbored within us old memories? To...
- posted by Lilith eZine at LILITH NEWS - 7 hours agoAs fantasy heroes go there are the Aragorns (the stereotypical prince in waiting), the Tanis Half-Elvens (the wise leaders), the Conans (the barbarian warlords)... But with the book series "A Song of Ice ...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 7 hours agoMedia Matters had a short blurb today that had three interesting things in it. I suggest you read the whole thing *>>>HERE<<<* - it will only take a minute or two. But I want to give you a snip that I fou...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago*"Cell Phone Study Suggests Female Relationships Shape Society"* By Daisy Yuhas "An analysis of 1.95 billion cell phone calls and 489 million text messages reveal how men and women follow different re...
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- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 7 hours agoFiscally Responsible MN GOP – EVICTED This was just too good not to post. A snip – Read the whole thing >>>HERE<<< Massachusetts-based Hub Properties Trust filed paperwork in Ramsey County on Wednesday to...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago*"Virtual Reality: From Headsets To Handhelds"* by Cara Santa Maria "The worlds we can now enter with virtual reality technology are so stunningly authentic, it's hard to tell where true life ends and th...
- posted by Jon Western at The Duck of Minerva - 8 hours agoI'm sure there will be plenty of skeptics, but President Obama's speech this morning at the U.S. Holocaust Museum (see Charli's post below) and today's first meeting of the atrocity prevention board at the...
- posted by Rodger A. Payne at The Duck of Minerva - 8 hours agoThis past weekend, an entertaining video clip was making the rounds on twitter and in the blogosphere. It is from a British daytime television show called "Golden Balls" and the academic discussion about i...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 8 hours agoThere have been a few critics of my constant flow of articles exposing the truth about the situation with the failed nuclear reactors at Fukushima Japan. I say to these so called critics that they should ...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours ago*No, the "D" on President-in-waiting Willard Inc.'s stylish headgear doesn't stand for "Democrat."* *"[Last week's] Ohio speech was a perfect illustration of the way the Romney campaign is banking on amnes...
- posted by yayacanada at YayaCanada - 8 hours ago** * Contributor: "YYC"* Jean Charest's speech at Salon Plan Nord disrupted by protesters (with video) *His government, [Charest] said later, was not going to be directed “by some who think violence and i...
- posted by Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 8 hours agoGo on, elect the noxious weed children. With this sort of thing, and the stuff about how awesome it is to be a white dude, etc, you'll be lucky to still have an economy by the next election after all the non...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 8 hours agoSaints on report: '1,000 percent false'
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 9 hours ago*How Pink are we talking about?* By Sophie Love 04/23/2012 This day has dawned with hope and relative quiet. There are unseen actions certainly; dramas playing out on this 2012 stage. Yet here the ...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 9 hours agoThe Liberal Party's celestial fuckup, Michael Ignatieff is at it again. Not content with consigning the once great Liberal Party to a rump, he's now stirring up Quebec separatism. In an interview on BBC ...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 9 hours agoI didn't get around to posting about Levon Helm's death when it happened. I was unusally sad that he died and didn't have the heart to talk about it right away. The Band was big on the soundtrack of my mis...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 9 hours ago*6 pm* (*mountain time!*): The much anticipated downtown Toronto Alberta election night party is ready to roll: the Alberta flag has been proudly hung, the Big Rock beers have been opened, and I'm sportin'...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 9 hours ago* * "But why have I kept silent till now? Because I thought my own origins, tarnished by a stain that can never be removed, meant I could not expect Israel, a land to which I am, and always will be, attach...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 9 hours agoImage from GRIID. Two years after the BP drilling disaster, Gulf residents fear for the future By Jordan Flaherty / The Rag Blog / April 23, 2012 “The Gulf is a robust ecosystem and it's been dying the de...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 10 hours agoCliff Mass and Mike Wallace at the University of Washington have expressed some thoughts on the hype associated with climate change and extreme events. Mass writes on his blog: It is happening frequen...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 10 hours agohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8QrTwie1-g&feature=autoplay&list=ULT6pbmeQWArw&playnext=1 Thank you Wotcha!
- posted by Roberto Rodriguez at Dr Cintli - 10 hours agoCALLOUT FOR SUPPORT FOR UNIDOS COMMUNITY CENTER! As a youth-led coalition of critical thinkers and organizers, our purpose is to stand in defense of ethnic studies and address the educational inequitie...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 10 hours agoThe Neoliberal Deluge: A Room 220 Book Review~NOLA DEFENDER Justice Department presses Gusman to negotiate corrective actions for OPP ~N.O. City Business
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 10 hours agoThe Alberta bumper sticker read, "Dear God, give us another oil boom and, this time, we promise we won't piss it away." Maybe that just says what Albertans really think of God. Now they're about to elect...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 10 hours agoThree items today. First, I was on the Brian Lehrer radio show (with Molly Ball) this morning talking about target demographic groups and the presidential election. Problem is (or maybe not; I don't know w...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 11 hours ago* * *Major confrontations in South China Sea as desperate cabal tries to steal Asian gold deposits* by Benjamin Fulford, April 23, 2012 Reports from Philippino tribes-people and the White Dragon Societ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours agoKansas City, Kansas, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by PC at Not PC - 11 hours agoIt’s nice to know the calibre of some of the folk moving here, isn’t it. While the Prime Minister flatly tells people showing incredible gumption to piss off, we get this flatulent hypocrite flying here ...
- posted by Alison at Creekside - 11 hours agoSign the petition. Better yet - download it and get 25 sigs on it for parliament. Read up at : Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada. Support Radical Handmaids Do something! It's 2012 and we're defending w...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago*"No, We Can't Have It All"* by Derrick Jensen "We all face choices. We can have ice caps and polar bears, or we can have automobiles. We can have dams or we can have salmon. We can have irrigated win...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago* “The Aftermath of Deepwater Horizon”* by Jordan Flaherty "On April 20, 2010, a reckless attitude towards the safety of the Gulf Coast by BP, as well as Transocean and Halliburton, caused a well to bl...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 11 hours agoThe libertarians have been arguing about what I consider a silly claim: if Warren Buffett really believes that taxes should go up, then he should be voluntarily giving more money to government, not to char...
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- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours agoEasily, tomorrow's most important race, at least for progressives, is the primary in the heavily blue new 17th congressional district in the northeastern part of the state that pits progressive Matt Cartw...
- posted by Judy Rabin at Schools Matter - 12 hours agoNational School Board Association's Open Letter to President Obama April 17, 2012 Dear President Obama: The night of your election, in Grant Park, you said, “I will listen to you especially when we disagr...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 12 hours ago[Hat tip Catallaxy Files, where you can go to read the magnificent words by Ryan Houck] Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 12 hours agoThis will be the last diet update for a while. Weight is steady at about ten pounds higher than what Southern Man would like, but waistline is somewhat reduced. The plan for summer is to stick with the Sou...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoWe reported a couple weeks ago that Iran was demanding all U.S. ships entering the Strait of Hormuz stop and check in with the Revolutionary Guard. Now, they're saying that move has blockaded the Strait o...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 13 hours agoJohn Huntsman thinks his Republican Party acts a lot like the Chinese Communists if you get out of line
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- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 13 hours agoAudit Confirms EPA Radiation Monitors Broken During Fukushima Crisis April 23, 2012 By Douglas P. Guarino Global Security Newswire [excerpted] – "An internal audit has confirmed observers’ concerns that ...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 13 hours agoI am becoming truly emotionally exhausted by all the recent headlines describing Fukushima, particularly spent fuel pool #4, as an imminent threat to civilization. I am not just emotionally exhausted bec...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 13 hours agoCharlie Savage in the New York Times today has an extended article claiming that Barack Obama has, as the Times headline has it, had a "Shift on Executive Power." Savage talks a lot about executive orders ...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 13 hours ago*Telegraph* writer Emma Barnett found a surprise in her boyfriend's pants. This: According to *Salon.com*, Barnett's discovery set off a firestorm: *"...the revelation that somewhere, men’s trousers ar...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 13 hours agoAirborne troops from Russia and the United States hold joint anti-terror drills in the U.S. state of Colorado between May 24 and 31, 2012. Russia, U.S. to Hold Anti-terror Drills in May Fewer people on Y...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoAVIAN FLU: It is the first time the Centers for Disease Control has found the antibodies carried by humans, but officials said there was no risk of transmission between humans. Three poultry farm workers ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoSmoke rises from the Popocatepetl in Puebla April 22, 2012. Authorities have confirmed that the 5,450 m (17,900 ft) Popocatepetl volcano is relatively calm, but will maintain the yellow alert level. Exp...
- posted by skrashen at Schools Matter - 14 hours agoAgainst National Standards and National Tests Stephen Krashen Summary of Presentation at Occupy Department of Education, Washington DC, April 1, 2012 The movement for national standards and tests is based ...
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 14 hours agoCases of illness that are drug-resistant are a growing problem worldwide. That's because diseases -- like people, animals, insects, bacteria, plants, trees, all other living matter and organisms -- are ev...
- posted by Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 14 hours agoThis post started as a response to a comment by MoS but it is turning into a rant, and I feel like ranting. When I joined the army, the cultural narrative in the Canadian Forces centred on doing more w...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 14 hours agoImagine what the Progressive Conservatives could have obtained had they negotiated? http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1166296--ontario-budget-mcguinty-and-horwath-in-last-ditch-talks-to-p...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoOver the weekend, the Tungurahua’s volcanic eruption had a strong explosion that caused gravel to fall down in the nearby town of Pillate, Ecuador. The explosion, characterized by its loud “cannon ball s...
- posted by Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 14 hours agoAdded (ht Ann Harvey in comments): Laila Yule's "Playing with the Dragon" post is an excellent primer for what I say below. MoS highlighted a couple of things this week which warrant a bit of attention. ...
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- posted by Judy Rabin at Schools Matter - 14 hours agoOne of the most potent tools of the current education deform movement perpetuated by corporate interests has been the huge amount of money spent on the air war that is demonizing teachers and public educa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoMOSCOW, April 23 (UPI) -- Russian authorities said they were able to control an oil spill from the Trebs oil field in the arctic two days after a leak was reported. "An accident occurred at the oilfield ...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 14 hours agoBev Oda paid $16 for a glass of orange juice. In fairness, it was a really good glass of orange juice.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoNAIROBI, Kenya — The Kenya wildlife Service says seven members of a church youth group visiting one of its parks have died after they were swept away in a gorge by water from flash floods. Kenya Wildlife...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago*"Poverty In America: Defining The New Poor"* by NPR Staff "Welfare changes in the 1990s helped slash cash benefit rolls, yet the use of food stamps is soaring today. About 15 percent of Americans use ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoPresident Barack Obama has signed an executive order targeting people and entities who use technology (Technology is the New term for Social Media)to help authoritarian regimes in Iran and Syria suppress th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoLabour accused David Cameron of lying about the Abu Qatada case and the role of the European Court of Human Rights. The Prime Minister said that the Court “told” the Home Office repeatedly that the deadl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoRUBKONA, South Sudan (AP) — Sudanese warplanes bombed a market and an oil field in South Sudan on Monday, killing at least two people after Sudanese ground forces had reportedly crossed into South Sudan w...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago(Reuters) - Dutch populist Geert Wilders, who gained prominence denouncing Islam and railing against immigrants, is betting his political future on the anti-euro vote. Wilders pulled out of critical budg...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoA magnitude 5.8 earthquake has struck the Kermadec Islands Region at a depth of 116.7 km (72.5 miles), the quake hit at 17:36:21 UTC Monday 23rd April 2012 The epicenter was 99 km (61 miles) NNE from Raou...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 15 hours agoFree markets and competition can do impressive things, things that left-wing or planned societies cannot. Tomorrow or so, we will be offered 5 GB of free cloud space by Google Drive. This new product wi...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago"I prefer bad people to stupid people, because bad people sometimes give it a rest." - Ortega y Gasset
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoA magnitude 3.9 earthquake has struck the Greater Los Angeles Area, California at a depth of 3.7 km (2.3 miles), the quake hit at 17:37:02 UTC Monday 23rd April 2012 The epicenter was 2 km (1.2 miles) Wes...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 15 hours agoThere's a thought-provoking article by New York philosophy prof Simon Critchley in the latest *AdBusters* that goes to a theme that appears periodically on this blog - no one is at the controls. We go to...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 15 hours ago"In deciding to part ways with ALEC, Procter & Gamble has acknowledged that it can't in good conscience market products to Black communities while at the same time handing over customers' dollars to a ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck Jujuy, Argentina at a depth of 211.2 km (131.2 miles), the quake hit at 16:22:32 UTC Monday 23rd April 2012 The epicenter was 53 km (32 miles) Southwest of Abra Pampa,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoTHE HAGUE, Netherlands—The Dutch government, one of the most vocal critics of European countries failing to rein in their budgets, quit Monday after failing to agree on a plan to bring its own deficit in ...
- posted by BAL at WPB/NYC and Anything Else; A Green Rights Collection - 16 hours ago*For Immediate Release, April 18, 2012* *Contact:* Deirdre McDonnell, Center for Biological Diversity, (971) 279-5471 or dmcdonald@biologicaldiversity.org Angela Howe, Surfrider Foundation, (949) 492-81...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoAn explosion at a dairy plant in Norway has left several people dead, a news agency in the is reporting. The blast happened in Fredrikstad, in the southeast of the country. Rescue service spokesman Ola V...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 16 hours agoR. v. Bourdon, 2012 ONCA 256 is a good example of when an error does not ground an appeal. One can get the right answer for the wrong reason: "I recognize that the awarding of credit for pre-sentence cus...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck the Iran-Iraq Border Region at a depth of 48 km (29.8 miles), the quake hit at 16:43:08 UTC Monday 23rd April 2012 The epicenter was 12 km (7.4 miles) Northwest of De...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck Western Turkey at a depth of 2 km (1.2 miles), the quake hit at 16:14:37 UTC Monday 23rd April 2012 The epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) East of Simav, Turkey No Reports ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck Georgia (Sak'art'velo) at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 15:50:20 UTC Monday 23rd April 2012 The epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) NNE from TBILISI, Georg...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck the Central Mediterranean Sea at a depth of 2 km (1.2 miles), the quake hit at 15:23:55 UTC Monday 23rd April 2012 The epicenter was 69 km (42.7 miles) Southwest of N...
- posted by BAL at WPB/NYC and Anything Else; A Green Rights Collection - 16 hours agohttp://www.recyclebank.com/referafriend/?___store=us&bl=YmFyYmFyYWFubmxldnlAeWFob28uY29t&utm_campaign=Refer-a-friend&utm_medium=direct%20link&utm_source=H7106666&cm_mmc=Refer-a-friend-_-direct%20link-_-H7106...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia at a depth of 129.7 km (80.6 miles), the quake hit at 14:54:54 UTC Monday 23rd April 2012 The epicenter was 244 km (151 miles) WNW of Sauml...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck the Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan at a depth of 39 km (24.2 miles), the quake hit at 14:00:32 UTC Monday 23rd April 2012 The epicenter was 12 km (7.4 miles) Northeas...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours agoI first met the Barenaked Ladies even before someone shot the funky video above. "If I Had $1,000,000" was on their first album, *Gordon* but American media showed no interest in the song, the album or t...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 16 hours agoYou may remember that Dr. Paul Craig Roberts was originally one of the architects and promoters of the so-called Reagan Revolution. He's apologized repeatedly for being a part of those modern-day Vandals b...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago*"Fukushima is Falling Apart: Are You Ready?"* By Christina Consolo "Thirteen months have passed since the Fukushima reactors exploded, and a U.S. Senator finally got off his ass and went to Japan to s...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 16 hours agoI have always had a love of all things British. I grew up on Keeping Up Appearances and BBC movies. My biggest dream was always to visit England and now it is to go back. My little brother is actually ...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 17 hours agoAs the F-35 fighter-bomber debate returns to the House of Commons today the opposition parties, forever chasing the shiny thing, will be all over the government about costs and who knew what and when. W...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 17 hours agoBeltane Fire Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, 2008. Image from Wikimedia Commons. 2012 spring fertility festival: Beltane: Monday, April 30 / Tuesday, May 1 By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / April 23, 2012 ...
- posted by Joe Pitkin at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 17 hours agoBy: Duane Craig More news about the contamination being left behind by the country’s military-industrial complex comes from two locations: Albuquerque, N.M., and Barstow, Calif., according to reports here...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 17 hours ago[image: Mitt Romney. Illustration by Tony Millionare]By Frank Rich 22 April 2012 […] Sugar daddies—whom I’ll define here as private donors or their privately held companies writing checks totaling $1 m...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 17 hours agoFor this article, I want to present the newest work from a great writer and poet.. Lasha Darkmoon, who writes the blog "Darkmoon" at www.darkmoon.me. It is entitled: "Who Is The Real Enemy? By E. Michael...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 17 hours agoKyle, Texas-area Constable James Kohler: "If they can't pledge allegiance to that flay, they need to get the hell out of the United States. Image from Hays Free Press. Respect for freedom of conscience mis...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 17 hours agoas we all know, the Japanese are the WORLD'S BEST CORPORATE SLAVES, as illustrated here by there insanely gushing adoration of rendered pop-star 'Hatsune Miku'. Fear not, dear fan of Free Planet, dear f...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 18 hours agoFound this on PRWatch this morning. This is what ALEC in Congress looks like. This is why American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) ALUMNI are just as dangerous as state legislators – ALEC Alumni jus...
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 18 hours agoHomage Last night I was looking on the intertubes for a contact for Chris Hedges, because I have a question I want to ask him about the burning debate over two competing Occupies planned for Philadelphia t...
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 18 hours ago
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 18 hours ago* Note: This article was sent to me by a good friend from London early this week, hoping that some Philippine newspapers would take interest in publishing it. Unfortunately, none of the few papers I approa...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 18 hours ago*MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2012* *Why does he even ask:* At the start of this morning’s column, Paul Krugman pops a basic question: “Just how stupid does Mitt Romney think we are?” We’re not sure how to answer t...
- posted by Harry Dale Huffman at The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage - 18 hours agoJudith Curry's Climate etc. site has a post on "Ignorance: The Engine of Science", discussing the latest junk-food science book recommended by Curry, to which I respond here, with what I have learned, in m...
- posted by Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 18 hours ago— The Holy Goat of Sincerity — DUBYA AND THE NEO-CONS have got a lot to answer for, according to SLATE's Larry Siems, whose article, "How America Came To Torture Its Prisoners", is a fascinating over-view ...
- posted by Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 18 hours agoYou need lots of razor wire in a country without governance We were commiserating over breakfast yesterday with the owner of the little hotel in Tegucigalpa where we stay when on Cuso International busines...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 19 hours ago[image: The deadly depths - Methane release in the Arctic. Arctic sea ice extent and methane releases. Rob Brooks / independent.co.uk] By Steve Connor 23 April 2012 A new source of methane – a greenhou...
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 19 hours agoCome out and vote! This is your chance to actually cast a ballot for a US primary election right here in Taiwan! If you haven't and don't plan on participating in your home state's primary election this ye...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 19 hours ago[image: Modern agriculture in the Tunisian village of Demmer. The intrusion of development policies has caused the loss of traditional knowledge of desert agriculture. Habib Ayeb co-directed the document...
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- posted by Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 19 hours agoWelcome to Meet & Greet Monday! Banner by Art Ist Grab our banner for your site: Do you have an Eco-friendly blog or site? Do you occasionally write about the environme...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 19 hours agoFound the reference to this on the ALECExposed Twitter Feed It’s important enough to share- cause I’m pretty sure Motley Fool could care less about our activism – as their focus is investing, not the Ame...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 19 hours ago*MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2012* *At the New York Times, them perfessers strike again:* Should the Supreme Court strike down Arizona’s immigration law, the infamous SB 1070? We’re not sure, in part because of the...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 19 hours ago[image: The Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent sails past an iceberg in Lancaster Sound on 11 July 2008. Jonathan Hayward / Canadian Press] 22 April 2012 (Canadian Press) – A group of m...
- posted by Inexplicata at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 19 hours ago*Mexico: Of Spirits and Ouija Boards* *By Scott Corrales (c) 2012* A man is elected to the highest office of the land. He is a noble-spirited reformer from a wealthy family, vegetarian and given to suc...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 19 hours agoHappy Birthday to Captain Sensible, 57. Wot?!? The good stuff: 1. Ezra Klein horns in on the stuff that we political scientist bloggers do by reminding political professionals and political junkies tha...
- posted by Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 20 hours ago#m312 #tellyourmpeverything #cdnpoli - On April 26th, on the floor of the House of Commons, the rights of over 1/2 of this country's citizens will be placed on the table in a motion to "study" whether tha...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 20 hours agoList of side effects: http://www.cchrint.org/psychdrugdangers/ How Psychiatric Drugs Made America Mad *Many casually prescribed drugs are fully capable of disabling – often permanently – bodies, brains ...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 20 hours agoPlans eyed to divert Atchafalaya water into rice country~Richard Burgess River can be power source Coastal zone changes await debate ~Hat Tweet~*Restore the Delta* @*RestoreDelta*~Excellent video on the...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 20 hours ago*MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2012* *Part 1—Don’t answer too fast:* Is the New York Times’ David Carr really this clueless? Careful! Don’t answer too fast! Is David Carr really this clueless? We found ourselves ...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 20 hours agoChecking out the latest resolution from the UN... It does appear that the Russian/Chinese version of drafts was adopted. Read entire piece at above link- -* Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sover...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoFour unattended children died in a mobile home fire and their mother was charged on Sunday for allegedly leaving them alone, authorities said. The children who died were ages two, five, seven and eight, a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA $320 million hypersonic drone developed by the Pentagon tore itself apart after just three minutes after it blasted through the atmosphere at 20 times the speed of sound. When the military launched of ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA ground fish product known as 'Tuna scrape' has been blamed for a salmonella outbreak that has caused 116 cases, US health authorities said. The illness is being linked to a frozen product called Nakaoch...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoStates across the U.S will experience bizarre weather over the next few days, but while the east coast is smacked with heavy snow, thunderstorms, and lashing rain, the Southwest is in the middle of a swel...
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 20 hours agoOn the day that the Wildrose Party appears to be on the verge of shaking things up big time in Alberta, Canadians would do well to consider what Janice Kennedy wrote over the weekend in *The Ottawa Citi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoLarge parts of Nevada and California experienced a loud explosion on Sunday morning as a result of a meteor. The sound of the explosion around 8am prompted a flood of calls to law enforcement agencies on...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 20 hours agoEl Paso has around 650,000 people and the county, most of which comprises the 16th congressional district has around 800,000. It's the westernmost part of Texas, closer to L.A. than to Houston-- and in a...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 20 hours agoAfter the most only exciting election in nearly twenty years, Albertans head to the polls today, with the fate of the 41 year old Tory government hanging in the balance. The polls all show Danielle Smit...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 20 hours agoIt was more true when I was living in Europe, but even here, "student rates" were always a great deal for struggling students-- especially for getting into museums, public transportation, cinemas... But,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoIs this the dumbest craze ever? These vertigo-inducing pictures were taken by a daredevil photographer who risks his life to scale public buildings in a bid to get incredible shots of people hanging in hig...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoUS President Barack Obama was told of the alleged murder of British businessman Neil Heywood before foreign secretary William Hague. The president was briefed about the 41-year-old's suspected poisoning ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA convicted fraudster who is believed to have stolen more than £60million in a number of frauds is finally facing justice after four years on the run. Michael Brown - the Liberal Democrat's largest donor ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA convicted armed robber who was filmed tying the knot behind bars for ITV1 reality show Strangeways is on the run today after escaping from an open prison. More than five million viewers watched last Ma...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoFormula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone joked about the unrest in Bahrain that has left several dead and scores injured. The Gulf state yesterday defied anti-government demonstrators to go ahead and stage its G...
- posted by Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 20 hours agoThe screaming hypocrisy of the Harper Conservatives continues unabated. If you don't know what I mean yet, go read Nancy's morning post.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoFewer than one in three of the illegal immigrants caught last year have been deported, according to figures disclosed yesterday. They showed that of 21,298 individuals discovered in Britain unlawfully, o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA 'giant rat' measuring 4ft from nose to tail has been caught and killed by a pensioner with a lump of wood on his farm. Brian Watson, 67, from Waskerley, Consett in County Durham, was made aware of the ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoTwo men have been arrested for placing potentially deadly booby traps on a popular Utah hiking trail. Police say Benjamin Steven Rutkowski, 19, and Kai Matthew Christensen, 21, of Provo, confessed to set...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago'Despicable': Rizwan Ahmad, 24, (left) and Hassan Siddique, 19, have been jailed for a total of 18-and-a-half years and could face deportation Two ‘despicable’ sex predators who raped a woman after she fe...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck the Tonga Region at a depth of 15.3 km (9.5 miles), the quake hit at 10:57:19 UTC Monday 23rd April 2012 The epicenter was 316 km (196 miles) SSW of NUKU`ALOFA, Tonga ...
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 21 hours agoWhen is it going to stop? In Taiwan, after you have been convicted, the judiciary orders you to appear to start your sentence instead of remanding you to custody immediately like the do in many other cou...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 22 hours agoThe BBC are scum, they lie and defame Israel regarding Jenin. Read the truth here and here then wonder why the BBC and The Guardian lie about Israel quite so much.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoFUKUSHIMA -- The government on April 22 released six hot spot charts to show projected annual dose rates of radioactive materials spewing from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant from the end...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoEven after the disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, almost all local governments in Hokkaido and 20 other prefectures are without comprehensive evacuation measures for a total of about 4.4...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago(Reuters) - The euro and shares extended losses on Monday as the outlook for Europe's economy unexpectedly worsened in April, adding to fears that leading governments in the region may soften their resolv...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoApril 22 - Dutch officials say they will examine the black boxes from the trains involved in the crash that injured 125 people in Amsterdam. Deborah Gembara reports.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoApril 22 - An Iranian military commander says Tehran has decoded the U.S. drone captured last year and are working on copying it. Deborah Gembara reports.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoApril 23 - Police and students clash at an annual festival near Kent State University in Ohio.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago(Reuters) - Germany's manufacturing sector unexpectedly shrank at the fastest pace in nearly three years in April, denting hopes it can drive growth in the euro zone and casting a shadow over upbeat busin...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoResearchers have recorded video footage of the only known all white male orca in the wild. Scientists from the universities of Moscow and St Petersburg have published video of the first-ever, adult, all-w...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoMilitary says it will wipe out Lee Myung-bak's administration by 'unprecedented peculiar means' lasting three to four minutes. North Korea's military says it is planning to launch "special actions" meant...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoThe inquest into the mysterious death of an MI6 spy found in a holdall has reopened. Relatives of Gareth Williams have demanded to find out if he was killed by secret services. The naked and decomposin...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoFriends and fellow runners have paid tribute and donated money to charity in memory of a 30-year-old woman who collapsed and died near the finish line of the London Marathon. Claire Squires, who was taki...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoNorway gunman Anders Behring Breivik has apologised to those he called the "non-political" victims of his Oslo bombing, but not to those he killed in the Utoya massacre. The right-wing extremist, who has...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoCounterfeiters, smugglers, illegal operators and others who make money in the so-called “underground economy” could be targets of a sort of state central intelligence agency that would pool information to ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoThe decision to place one or the other of the candidates in the Oval Office this election will have immense, perhaps dire consequence. The wrong choice can send us off to a great conflagration that could ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoTurkey has intercepted a vessel in the Mediterranean suspected of carrying weapons and ammunition to Syria, a diplomatic source told AFP on Wednesday. "We received information that the vessel has a cargo ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoThe bloodbath in Syria is developing into a battle between Islam's mainstream Sunni sect, led by Saudi Arabia and Turkey, and the breakaway Shiites, led by Iran. The main fear in the region is the confli...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoAutonomous, self-replicating robots - exobots - are the way to explore the universe, find and identify extraterrestrial life and perhaps clean up space debris in the process, according to a Penn State eng...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoTaiwan Thursday tested its ability to defend one of it largest air bases against Chinese invasion, a scenario experts insisted remained relevant in an age of missile and cyber attacks. About 1,500 soldie...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoThere's a major shift under way, one the US mainstream media has left largely untouched even though it will send the United States into an economic maelstrom and dramatically reduce the country's importan...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoRussian foreign minister says 2014 deadline is 'artificial' and worries China and other countries as well as Moscow. The Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, has criticised Nato's plan to withdraw it...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago*"Willingness to Feel: Opening to Understanding"* by The DailyOM "When we are resisting something based on a limited understanding, we must then open ourselves to willingness. There are times when we m...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoGeorge Zornick carries a rebuttal from Eric Schneiderman’s team on yesterday’s damaging expose of the securitization fraud working group. Here’s what it has to say: • There are 50 staffers “across the co...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 23 hours ago*compound mysterious death issue:* 1) THE INQUEST BEGINS into the *wonderfully inventive* death of MI6/GCHQ 'hacker' aka coding genius and health nut Gareth Williams ... what was he doing for the NSA (to ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoTwo key events, the planned withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and Vladimir Putin’s impending return to the Kremlin, have reopened a long-standing debate in Russian foreign-policy circles about Mo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoIf running out of your own money wasn’t bad enough, policy makers are increasingly spending other peoples’ money to bail their country out. At the upcoming G-20 meeting, finance ministers from around the ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoOn May 1 (May Day), or the International Worker’s Day holiday, Occupy Wall Street will stage a general strike. Oddly, though, union workers suffer under the yolk of a piece of 1947 GOP legislation called ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoThe Japanese government welcomes the recently released US defense strategy because it rebalances the strategic focus toward the Asia-Pacific region. But the other focus of this new strategy — the so-calle...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoResidents of Mendocino County reported gross incomes of $1.377 billion in 2010. Using a calculation suggested by a Humboldt County banker, the underground economy contributed another $675 million to the co...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoAlex Nunns reports from Athens on the human consequences of the austerity measures, and how they are being resisted. ‘Although Athens is not São Paulo, it is not any more a normal European capital,’ warn...
- posted by Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 1 day agoSearching for clarity on the DOJ Agency debate is often like searching for the Holy Grail and wherever one turns one finds opinion based often on vested interest more than independent judgement. So it wa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoWASHINGTON (CN) - The government must release reports on all of American International Group's transactions in the years leading up to its 2004 settlement of securities fraud charges, a federal judge ruled...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoScientists say the notoriously dry continent of Africa is sitting on a vast reservoir of groundwater. They argue that the total volume of water in aquifers underground is 100 times the amount found on th...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day agoJan Mulder, “Sailing Sunny Seas” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1jJphqNhcM
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe 11th round of the Russia-India-China (RIC) Foreign Minister’s meet was held in Moscow on 13 April. Prima facie, this impressive continuity in the Ministers’ annual parleys has gathered sufficient mass...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoTens of thousands of Egyptians demanded on Friday that their military rulers stick to a pledge to hand over power by mid-year after a row over who can run in the presidential election raised doubts about t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoChina has down-played any sense of rivalry with India after the test launch of a new Indian missile capable of hitting targets throughout China. A foreign ministry spokesman in Beijing noted the launch, bu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoBRUSSELS - Ideas kicking around in a reflection group of select EU foreign ministers include merging the roles of the EU Council and European Commission presidents. A senior EU source told this website f...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago"If the earth were only a few feet in diameter, floating a few feet above a field somewhere, people would come from everywhere to marvel at it. People would walk around it marveling at its big pools of ...
- posted by Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 1 day agoIn the UK, the countries of England and Wales are to continue spearheading the roll out of the Police State. We are blanketed in CCTV; we have measures to spy on our every electronic communication (email...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago"Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them." - Marcus Aurelius
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoSweatshop labor is back with a vengeance. It can be found across broad stretches of the American economy and around the world. Penitentiaries have become a niche market for such work. The privatization of...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoPrime Minister Wen Jiabao is ready to tour Sweden and Iceland in a bid for his country’s permanent observer status. China does not accept that it is being held out of the increasingly important Arctic C...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoLloyd’s report urges companies not to rush in to the Arctic, but instead step back and think carefully about the consequences. The Lloyd’s report outlines the multiple risks facing businesses operating or...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoCountries trade crude oil and oil products back and forth. When all of these transactions are netted out, is the US close to becoming a “net” oil exporter? With the recent increase in oil production (per...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoEyeless shrimp and fish with lesions are becoming common, with BP oil pollution believed to be the likely cause. New Orleans, LA - "The fishermen have never seen anything like this," Dr Jim Cowan told A...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoPeople & Power investigates claims that Russia's political supremo has amassed a secret multi-billion dollar fortune. On March 4, 2012, Vladimir Putin was elected to serve as Russia's president for anot...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAfter three years of staying in her sister’s living room, Tene Smith decided to move her family into a home that had sat vacant on Chicago’s South Side for more than two years. With the help of Liberate ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(Reuters) - Measles cases in the United States hit a 15-year high in 2011, with 90 percent of the cases traced to other countries with lower immunization rates, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoVANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 19, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the wake of a new study that indicates that unborn girls are being targeted for abortion by certain immigrant groups in Canada, evidence...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA record 5.4 million workers and their dependents have signed up to collect federal disability checks since President Obama took office, according to the latest official government data, as discouraged wo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA pathologist has said a New Zealand woman's eight-litre-a-day Coca-Cola habit probably contributed to her death, a conclusion that led the soft-drink giant to note that even water can be deadly in excess...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe Congressional Budget Office said Thursday that 45 million people in 2011 received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, a 70% increase from 2007. It said the number of people receiving t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoLanguage enthusiasts bemoan the way words are being misused. But are the meanings they view as improper destined to take over? The editors of the Associated Press (AP) Stylebook announced that after care...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck Jujuy, Argentina at a depth of 176.9 km (109.9 miles), the quake hit at 07:45:05 UTC Monday 23rd April 2012 The epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) Northwest of San Antonio...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Tonga Region at a depth of 42.9 km (26.7 miles), the quake hit at 07:21:58 UTC Monday 23rd April 2012 The epicenter was 315 km (195 miles) SSW of NUKU`ALOFA, Tonga...
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 day agoSome links for you to wallow in.... *BLOGS*: - New bike models on display at Cycling Satin Cesena - Individual combat training from Bala Daily - The Hengchun Incident of 1894 from Patrick Cowsi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Kuril Islands at a depth of 50.3 km (31.3 miles), the quake hit at 07:18:52 UTC Monday 23rd April 2012 The epicenter was 280 km (173 miles) SSW of Severo-Kuril'sk,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck the Dodecanese Islands, Greece at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 06:28:56 UTC Monday 23rd April 2012 The epicenter was 36 km (22.3 miles) Southwest Em...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Tajikistan at a depth of 129.8 km (80.7 miles), the quake hit at 06:27:25 UTC Monday 23rd April 2012 The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) South of Karakul, Tajikistan No...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoVernon police are continuing to investigate a stabbing that occurred Thursday night. Just before midnight, police said they received several 911 calls reporting a large fight that broke out near the int...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe Veterans Affairs Department faces a "staggering" backlog of 897,566 disability claims with more than 65 percent pending for more than 125 days, a problem compounded by an error rate of 16 percent, rep...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(CNN) -- The Taliban claimed responsibility Friday for downing a Black Hawk helicopter in southern Afghanistan. "Yesterday (Thursday) evening Taliban fighters shot down a helicopter and killed all its pa...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day agoWhy is this video of importance now? The Iranian government recently laid out the legal and religious justification for the destruction of Israel and the slaughter of its people. This doctrine includes ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe U.S. truck driver detained by Mexican authorities Tuesday with 268,000 rounds of ammunition was transporting a legal cargo to Phoenix but mistakenly exited to Juárez, the man's employer said on Wednes...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe South Korean military on Thursday unveiled two indigenous strategic missiles in a show of force against North Korea, which has increased its military threats through its ongoing pursuit of long-range ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe sea level near Jeju Island has risen at a pace faster than the global average, data showed on Thursday. The Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Administration said the mean sea level surrounding the...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day agoKhader Adnan recounts his 66-day fast in Israeli jail that has made him a symbol of Palestinian resistance. 21 Apr 2012Linah Alsaafin Al Jazeera Adnan's 66-day hunger strike inspired others in Israeli pris...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day agoApril 21, 2012 By ANDREW F. MARCH New York Times LATE last year, a jury in Boston convicted Tarek Mehanna, a 29-year-old pharmacist born in Pittsburgh, of material support for terrorism, conspiring to pro...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoDandelion patches in Ottawa and across Eastern Canada have been playing host to hundreds of thousands of butterflies in recent days due to an unusually large spring migration. Many of the butterflies ar...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA Sri Lanka hen has given birth to a chick without an egg, in a new twist on the age-old question of whether the chicken or the egg came first. Instead of passing out of the hen's body and being incubated...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoToday is the 50th anniversary of the Lhasa uprising. Much of the associated commentary suggests that Tibet is, at most, an internal human rights issue in China, albeit one that impacts China's foreign rel...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoWith the global economy losing steam, the World Trade Oganization said that international trade would slow this year. The World Trade Organization warned that growth in international trade would slow to ...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day agoFOR THE FREEDOM OF OUR PATRIOTS Gerardo said on one occasion that justice will only come when it is dictated by a jury of millions. Ours is the task of mobilizing those millions wherever we find ourse...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA leading Russian political scientist asserts that the Kremlin’s influence in Central Asia is exaggerated and Moscow’s regional impact is likely to “become less and less,” despite President-elect Vladimir...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe man charged with killing unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin has been released from jail on $150,000 (£93,000) bail. George Zimmerman shot the 17-year-old dead on February 26 while patrolling his...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day agoMarch 16, 2012 Food Not Bombs By patches [A few weeks ago we re-posted an action alert sent from some brothers out of Russia. The following is an in depth interview with Moscow ABC - Enjoy!] *How long has...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day agoStudy Links Autism With Industrial Food, Environment By Katie Rojas-Jahn, Renee Dufault, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy April 19, 2012 he epidemic of autism in children in the United States...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day agoBy REEM KHALIFA | Associated Press – April 21, 2012 MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — The discovery of a protester's body near the scene of clashes on Saturday threatened to tip Bahrain deeper into unrest as a 14-mo...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day ago*325 **receives and transmits:* *17 April 2012 Athens Indymedia* * * We stand alongside the *Conspiracy of Cells of Fire / Informal Anarchist Federation (CCF/FAI)* and salute our brothers on hunger strike i...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day agoApril 21, 2012 Avtonom Alexey Sutuga, anarchist, anti-fascist and the member of "Autonomous Action" was arrested on Tuesday evening, April 17, in Moscow. It happened during fundraising effort in support ...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day agoFrom: newsletter@lists.riseup.net Date: Thu, April 19, 2012 On Wednesday April 18th, a server hosted in Riseup's NYC facility was seized without warning by the US Federal authorities. Be assured, th...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day agoApril 18, 2012 Riseup.net FBI seizes server providing anonymous remailer and many other services from colocation facility. Contacts:¶ - Riseup Networks, Devin Theriot-Orr, 206-708-8740, sunbird@rise...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 1 day agoThere is an aspect of civilization that I wish to address. It is the idea of civility and respect for the rights of others that we have all grown up with and intuitively accept as the natural state of...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 1 day agoThis is a little bit of history that deserves to be acknowledged because it preconditioned the popular imagination for Russian participation in space long before it was possible. It is also a reminder...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 1 day agoWe are about to enter an age of outright abundance. This will be driven by access to cheap energy and ample energy storage. We are now waiting for it all. Much is made here in terms of the idea of th...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 1 day agoYes something is rotten in America. Three things actually. 1 The Drug Industry has created a criminal monopoly and an offsetting police state to play racket ball with. The people know this an...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day agoOCCUPY4PRISONERS PRESENTS In Solidarity with the Occupy the Justice Department protest in Washington, DC on Tuesday, April 24th - Mumia Abu-Jamal's 58th Birthday End Mass Incarceration! 4PM - RALLY at 14...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day agoApril 19, 2012 by Shahd Abusalama Electric Intifada Several thousands of Palestinians joined the marches on Prisoners’ Day in Gaza. (Joe Catron) Last Monday, I couldn’t wait for my class to end at 10:00am....
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day agoBy MALIN RISING and NIGEL DUARA | Associated Press – April 19, 2012 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — His interrogators usually came in the morning. Peeking under a blindfold in a cold concrete cell, Yonas Fikre says ...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day agoApril 18, 2012 by Maureen Clare Murphy Electronic Intifada Last week, a federal judge sentenced 29-year-old Boston-area pharmacist Tarek Mehanna, convicted earlier this year of various material support f...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day agoApril 21, 2012 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief and the head of the World Bank have described the economic situation as fragile. Fears have been growing that failing to safeguard the eurozone...
- Addameer Calls for Continued Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners as Mass Hunger Strike is Launched
posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day agoRamallah, 18 April 2012 – Samidoun The call for hunger strike came amidst a wave of individual hunger strikes initiated in the past few months, and prisoners on hunger strike continue to face punishmen... - posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day agoM1 PERFORMS -- DANNY GLOVER and others TO OCCUPY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: TRANSFORM THE WORLD! April 24, 11AM -- Washington DC GET ON THE BUS! New York: 212 - 330 - 8029 Princeton Seminary: 260 - 355 - 8...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day agoAssociated Press – April 18, 2012 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Amnesty International says a Saudi Arabian court has convicted a prominent rights activist of anti-state crimes and sentenced him to four years in pr...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day agoApril 17, 2012 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies Sheikh Adnan Khader, a leader of the Islamic Jihad who went on hunger-strike for 66 consecutive days demanding an end to his illegal detention without c...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day ago17 April, 2012 Russia Today [image: Palestinians burn Israel's national flag during a rally in front of the Red Cross headquarters in Gaza City marking Palestinian Prisoners Day April 17, 2012. (Reuters ...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day ago*Constitutional claim may be the last chance for aging Angola 3 inmates. * Apr. 17, 2012 —By James Ridgeway and Jean Casella Mother Jones [image: Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox, Angola prison] Herman Wal...
- posted by David J. Climenhaga at David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary - 1 day agoAlberta Premier Alison Redford, not exactly as illustrated notwithstanding the Stetsons, has only one good card left to play. Is it an ace, or is it junk? We’ll find out tonight. Below: The real Ms. Redfo...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day agoBy weareallhanashalabi / April 17, 2012 * * Over 40 protesters have occupied the Headquarters of BBC Scotland in Glasgow, demanding mainstream media coverage for the 2,400 Palestinian prisoners who began...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day ago*17** April 2012 Samidoun** * *Joint Statement* Today, on Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, we the undersigned Palestinian civil society and human rights organisations salute all Palestinian political prisoner...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 1 day agoA federal judge has ruled a CIA whistle-blower will have to forfeit any future money he earns from a scathing book he wrote about the spy agency after he failed to get approval from his former employer pr...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day agoSamidoun * * *The following statement, titled Statement No. 1, was issued on April 16, 2012 by the coordinating committee of Palestinian prisoners engaged in a massive hunger strike to launch on Palestinia...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day agoBy Michael Melia Associated Press / April 16, 2012 HARTFORD, Conn.—A 66-year-old Puerto Rican nationalist awaiting trial in a record-setting 1983 robbery has asked to be released on bond, saying that the...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day agoThey've spent 23 hours of each day in the last 40 years in a 9ft-by-6ft cell. Now, as human rights groups intensify calls for their release, a documentary provides insight into an isolated life Guardian....
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day ago*S**amidoun * *Background | Actions | Events Around the World | Act now: Write the ICRC* - *Global Call to Action and Endorsers of Prisoners’ Day* - *Download Factsheets for Prisoners’ Day* - *Watc...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day agoChuck Wild, “Liquid Mind V: Serenity - Awakening.” Images courtesy of ESA, NASA and The Hubble Space Telescope. http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCa4dpKyzwo&feature=g-vrec&context=G26ee619RVAAAAAAAAAw
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day agoSunday, 15 April 2012 08:26 By Rania Khalek, Truthout [image: Gary Freeman, Chicago](Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout)The consequences of America's racist history still linger deep into the present. No ...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day agoApril 15, 2012 04:29 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies The Palestinian prisoner support group Addameer announced Saturday that it knows of eight Palestinian detainees currently on open-ended hunger ...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day agoFri Apr 13 2012 Indybay.org Supporters of UC Davis Protesters Say, "Drop All Charges on the Banker'$ Dozen" Just months after UC Davis police pepper sprayed seated students in the face during a protest aga...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day agoApril 14, 2012 11:48 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies 1600 Palestinian political prisoners, held by Israel, declared they will be starting an open-ended hunger strike on April 17th in protest to their ...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day agoBrothers, Sisters, Friends and Supporters, I'm still here fighting for my freedom. The government is fighting just as hard to keep me where I am. The government also has unlimited resources, even in such to...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*"Ancient Mother Of The World"* by Chet Raymo "'Nature Unveiling Herself To Science,' created by Louis Barrias in 1899, stands on a pedestal in the Musee d'Orsay in Paris. The sculpture gives expr...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day agoAl-Awda, The Palestine Right To Return Coalition calls on all people of conscience to take immediate action to help save the lives of Palestinian political prisoners who have been detained by Israeli authori...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 1 day agoApril 11, 2012 Making Change at Walmart The body of a prominent labor organizer in Bangladesh’s garment industry was found last week after he was tortured and killed. Aminul Islam worked for improved standa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck Tonga at a depth of 192.4 km (119.6 miles), the quake hit at 03:08:01 UTC Monday 23rd April 2012 The epicenter was 142 km (88 miles) WNW of Neiafu, Tonga No Tsunami Wa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the South Sandwich Islands Region at a depth of 18.6 km (11.6 miles), the quake hit at 02:57:49 UTC Monday 23rd April 2012 The epicenter was 131 km (81 miles) NNW of ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck the Tonga Region at a depth of 42.8 km (26.6 miles), the quake hit at 02:14:24 UTC Monday 23rd April 2012 The epicenter was 324 km (201 miles) SSW of NUKU`ALOFA, Tonga...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck Oaxaca, Mexico at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 01:31:04 UTC Monday 23rd April 2012 The epicenter was 149 km (92 miles) SSW of Huajuapan de Leon, Oaxa...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoIf you want to keep an eye on what the most dangerous far right elements in public life-- the David Bartons, Pat Robertsons, Matt Barbers, Cindy Jacobs, Glenn Becks, Bryan Fischers, Ted Nugents, the Phyll...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Oaxaca, Mexico at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 01:13:25 UTC Monday 23rd April 2012 The epicenter was 161 km (100 miles) WSW of Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 1 day agoMore to come, much more, so much more that I haven't been able to post coherently about this because I have so much to say. So while I struggle with my inarticulate rage, make sure your MP knows exactl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck Guatemala at a depth of 57.2 km (35.5 miles), the quake hit at 00:20:40 UTC Monday 23rd April 2012 The epicenter was 64 km (39 miles) WNW of Puerto Barrios, Guatemala ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the North Indian Ocean at a depth of 9.8 km (6.1 miles), the quake hit at 00:12:27 UTC Monday 23rd April 2012 The epicenter was 693 km (430 miles) Southwest of Mohean,...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 1 day agoKerry Cassidy at Project Camelot posted an article from Japan that says the Sun's magnetic poles will become quadrapolar in May. The article is farther down on this page. Do I know what this means? N...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Central Peru at a depth of 112.8 km (70.1 miles), the quake hit at 23:45:57 UTC Sunday 22nd April 2012 The epicenter was 43 km (26 miles) Southeast of Huanuco, Peru No...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Nicobar Islands, India Region at a depth of 39.5 km (24.5 miles), the quake hit at 23:05:09 UTC Sunday 22nd April 2012 The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) ESE of M...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Celebes Sea at a depth of 591.3 km (367.4 miles), the quake hit at 21:41:31 UTC Sunday 22nd April 2012 The epicenter was 265 km (165 miles) Southeast from Jolo, Su...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day agoI figured it was time for another of my rants about what I see is happening around us... First, I must say that I truly do not like being sick at all... I have spent the last month suffering from some mig...
- posted by Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 1 day agoIn an interview with the Israeli daily *Globes*, Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel rejected the constant comparisons and conflations of Nazi Germany with Iran, calling such efforts to draw...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves." - Sir Edmund Hillary
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago"When does Mars act like a liquid? Although liquids freeze and evaporate quickly into the thin atmosphere of Mars, persistent winds may make large sand dunes appear to flow and even drip like a liquid. Vi...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 1 day ago
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day agoStephen Harper finds blowing craters in distant countries infinitely preferable to actually defending Canada, or at least my part of it. That Canada's west coast remains undefended was embarrassingly demon...
- posted by José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago[image: Un pequeño cachorro a la moda - Funny Dogs]
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*DOONESBURY* [*Click to enlarge*] *by Ken* I have freely confessed that when it comes to utter cluelessness regarding the brave new world of 21st-century social media, nobody is more utterly clueless tha...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*Literally. *** Senate campaigns stoop to pat the dogs*** * *Related: Brown Throws Warren Spitball* **Brown says he will not drink until Nov. election* * *I'm feeling like I need one. * "Obama, Romney...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago"Reality is much more complex than any judgment of right and wrong encourages you to believe. When you really understand the ethical, spiritual, social, economic, and psychological forces that shape in...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: 1000-year records of southern hemisphere background concentrations of CO2 parts per million (ppm – orange), N2O parts per billion (ppb – blue) and CH4 (ppb – green) measured at Cape Grim Tasmania...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*"Experiment: Microwaved Water Killed The Plants In Just Days"* by Marco Torres “f you're a regular reader of any type of website that thrives to educate on natural and toxic-free living, then you prob...
- posted by David J. Climenhaga at David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary - 1 day agoDon’t expect the quality of health care in Alberta to improve because of a “wait-time guarantee” – unless you can pay. If you, dear reader, are one of the thousands of Albertans who has come to the concl...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Bewl Water in Lamberhurst, Kent, which has been suffering low levels after two dry winters. Rex Features via guardian.co.uk] By Fiona Harvey, environment correspondent, www.guardian.co.uk 20 Apri...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day agoBy Nora Muchanic 18 April 2012 TRENTON, N.J., (WPVI) – The depth of the Delaware River is at record low levels for this time of year. That has people who rely on the river very worried. "It's like y...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"Gingrich’s wife, Paul now stumping in Rhode Island PROVIDENCE - Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s wife and Ron Paul are campaigning in Rhode Island as voters prepare to head to the polls ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"Longtime Mitt Romney aide to lead VP search; Candidate relies on adviser Myers" by Matt Viser | Globe Staff, April 16, 2012 WASHINGTON - Beth Myers, who lives in Brookline and graduated from Tufts Unive...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*It's the best thing the American government ever came up with -- and the political parties are destroying it. * "Postal staffers fear what future will deliver; As service shrinks, the anxiety grows" by K...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day agoBrake-Patten v. Gallant, 2012 NLCA 23 provides a good synopsis of the law regarding causation in tort: [12] Causation in law is an expression of the relationship that must be found to exist betwee...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day agoOlympia, Washington, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*"What Is There Beyond Knowing?"* "What is there beyond knowing that keeps calling to me? I can't turn in any direction but it's there. I don't mean the leaves' grip and shine or even the thrush's ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*Has the smell of a staged and scripted controlled-opposition event*: "Protester considers legal action; Officer’s move at rally called ‘inappropriate’" by Maria Cramer | Globe Staff, April 16, 2012 A pr...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*“Asking Questions”* by Paulo Coelho "Warriors of light always keep a certain gleam in their eyes. They are of this world, they are part of the lives of other people and they set out on their journey ...
- posted by Robert E Kelly at The Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago[image: editor] I have been asked to revise and resubmit an article submitted for an IR journal. But it’s a big r&r; the editor even said it would be “a great deal of work” (groan). While I must make the ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago"I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith But the faith and the love a...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*Lady Astor:* "Mr. Churchill, you're drunk!" *Winston Churchill:* "Yes, and you, Madam, are ugly. But tomorrow, I shall be sober." *Lady Astor:* "Winston, if I were your wife I'd put poison in your coffe...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 1 day agoSubject: Dancing in the Streets Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:33:59 -0400 *Irving Berlin Puttin' On The Ritz Lyrics * Have you seen the well-to-do Upon Lennox Avenue On that famous thoroug...
- posted by BAL at WPB/NYC and Anything Else; A Green Rights Collection - 1 day ago
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago“How many times do you have to get hit over the head until you figure out who's hitting you?” - Harry S. Truman
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago*From InsideALEC March 2010* ALEC is here to help you. Please contact Amy Kjose at (202) 742-8510 or akjose@alec.org. *From InsideALEC July 2010* Task Force Directors ALEC’s Task Force Directors [ALEC staf...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*"Five Reasons Why The Very Rich Have NOT Earned Their Money"* by Paul Buchheit "The wealthiest Americans believe they've earned their money through hard work and innovation, and that they're the most ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Children navigating Amazon flooding in Peru, April 2012. Mary Shipman / My Shot] By Meg Weaver 19 April 2012 Though writer Robert Earle Howells adds greater fuel to our wanderlust fires with hi...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 1 day agoListen up all you folk opposed to “The 1%.” And all you others opposed to rent-seeking and privilege.You need to know who it us you really oppose. Mark Spitznagel, founder of “black swan” hedge fund Univ...
- posted by Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 1 day agoFor the first time in history, the United Nations is launching a human rights investigation within the borders of the United States -- specifically, a probe into the often-abysmal living conditions of 2.7 ...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 1 day agoAfter the weekend’s polls, poor old Scott Yorke is wondering what his Labour Party has to do to get a break. Asset sales, the Crafar Farms issue, the Sky City pokies deal: every time there's a poll on ...
- In The Wake of Epic Financial Fraud, The American Ruling Class Choose Stability Over Justice And Law
posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago*Source: Boiling Frogs Post/Paul Jamiol*. "Wayne Smith, who is a distinguished professor at Johns Hopkins, formerly the State Department's representative in Cuba, resigned in 1982 in protest of Reaga... - posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*ALEC Democrat, state Sen. Ophelia Ford, Harold's crooked aunt* Yesterday we focused in on one especially "bad Democrat," corrupt Blue Dog Tim Holden. His old pal Jack Abramoff, who paid him bribes to vote...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*"Psychopathic Endless War: Afghanistan and U.S. Strategy"* by Kathy Kelly and Hakim "Idque apud imperitos humanitas vocabatur, cum pars servitutis esset."*** - Tacitus "Last weekend, in Kabul, Afghan ...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day agoIt's kind of like watching paint dry but I love these bird cams. I'm told this falcon at Cornell Lab is about to hatch her eggs. So far I'm not seeing it, but I expect this cam will get entertaining once t...
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