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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Friday, April 6, 2012

6 April - RSS SnapShot! Pt II

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IPS - Inter Press Services

  • New Leaders in Yemen, Same Old System
    A new report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) Friday contends that the dearth of meaningful reform in the protection of human rights and the rule of law in Yemen threatens political stability as the fledgling transitional government copes with a deteriorating economy and continued ...
  • OP-ED: Where Economic and Environmental Prospe ...
    One of the lesser-known catalysts of the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings was a global grain crop failure in 2010, caused by drought and flooding that year from Russia to Canada.
  • World Bank Race Heats Up
    While the U.S. candidate for World Bank president, Jim Yong Kim, still has the inside track, the two non-U.S. candidates, Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian finance minister Jose Antonio Ocampo, have been raking in high-profile endorsements.
  • Cold Spring Forecast in Iran-Turkey Relations
    Ties between Turkey and Iran appear to be headed downward in the wake of Tehran's statement earlier this week that it would prefer not to hold the negotiations with the P5+1 group on its nuclear programme in Istanbul, as had been announced last week by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ...
  • U.N. Taps Brazil's Experience in Humanitarian Aid
    On her first visit to Brazil, the United Nations humanitarian affairs chief Valerie Amos stressed the need to take advantage of this country's experience in disaster response and the fight against poverty.

My AntiWar

CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

  • Zbigniew Brzezinski: Romney is 'playing around ...
    Summary: “The easy, quick fashion in which he disposes of the Iranian problem by indicating that in effect, he would be using force, is very troubling,” Brzezinski pere told the gang. “I don’t think a presidential candidate should be playing around with matches that way. This whole thing can ...
  • OUR MEN IN IRAN?
    Summary: Five Iranian nuclear scientists have been assassinated since 2007. M.E.K. spokesmen have denied any involvement in the killings, but early last month NBC News quoted two senior Obama Administration officials as confirming that the attacks were carried out by M.E.K. source: The New ...
  • The New Domino Theory: We're Wrong About an Ir ...
    Summary: Many in the U.S. warn that an Iranian bomb will compel its neighbors to go nuclear as well, but much like the Cold War "Domino Theory" about the spread of communism, they're wrong. source: The Atlanticread more
  • Clinton's Loose War Talk
    Summary: Obama says he wants peace not war. When will he begin to act like it? source: The Future of Freedom Foundationread more
  • Israel, threat to world peace: German Nobel la ...
    Summary: German Nobel literature laureate Gunter Grass has called Israel a threat to world peace, slamming the West’s hypocrisy over Tel Aviv’s nuclear arsenal. source: Press TVread more

The Daily Galaxy

  • Tiny, Dim Galaxies --Remnants of Early Univers ...
    At first, like an opening scene scene out a scifi classic, there didn't seem anything odd or unusual about the tiny point of light blinking in the southern Californian night sky in early April 2007. Only the robotic eyes of...
  • Does the Early Universe Harbor Evidence of Tim ...
    In the summer of 2011, a team of physicists studying the cosmic microwave background (CMB), light emitted when the Universe was just 400,000 years old claimed that our view of the early Universe may contain the signature of a time...
  • The Star Walk --The ESO iPad App
    The ESO has taken full advantage of the third generation iPad’s display and quad core graphics to enjoy ESO’s best views of the Universe. Vito Technology Inc.® has rebuilt the popular stargazing guide Star Walk for the new iPad with...
  • Massive SuperOrganism with 'Social Intelligenc ...
    In 2000, at the turn of the century, Roy Cullimore, a microbial ecologist and Charles Pellegrino, scientist and author of Ghosts of the Titanic discovered that the Titanic --which sank in the Atlantic Ocean 97 years ago -- was being...
  • Black-Hole-Powered Planets Reach Speeds Matche ...
    New research has found that hypervelocity planets may be flung to the outer reaches of the galaxy by black holes at speeds matched only by subatomic particles, traveling at 1.5 to 30 million miles per hour. The finding builds on...

Natural News

  • Heart defibrillators not as safe as your docto ...
    Many doctors hail them as miracle devices that can prevent heart patients from dying of cardiac arrest. But heart defibrillators may not be as safe and effective as the medical industry claims they are, as a new study published in the journal Heart Rhythm has found that...
  • Natural help for the relief of hepatitis C
    There are approximately 180 million people worldwide that are infected with hepatitis C. Of those with access to conventional treatment approximately 20 to 50 percent do not respond to therapy. The likelihood of responding to treatment is largely determined by the genotype...
  • The hidden (sick) agenda behind chemtrails
    We, the people, are under attack by a small group of mad scientists, out-of-control government agencies and profit-seeking billionaires pretending to "save the earth" from global warming. These "global control-freaks" want to manipulate weather patterns - in order to...
  • Understanding the science of cannabis is integ ...
    Cannabis is a plant with demonstrable antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, both aspects that point to its potential to be used as an anti-cancer drug. Cannabinoids have been used in tentative studies, demonstrating their ability to greatly reduce tumours, and...
  • Gut health plays a critical role in fending of ...
    When microbiota balance is out of whack in the human intestinal system, the body becomes highly susceptible to chronic inflammation, which can develop into autoimmune diseases and a host of other serious health problems. And emerging new research suggests that diabetes...

Threat Level

  • Watch Out, White Hats! European Union Moves to ...
    The European Union is moving forward on a proposal that would make it a crime to create or sell hacking tools. The only problem -- the good guys use them, too.
  • Appeals Court Revives Viacom’s Billion-Dollar ...
    Viacom is getting another chance to prove YouTube violated copyright laws, thanks to an appeals court, but the ruling leaves only a narrow opening for the content giant.
  • Researchers Release New Exploits to Hijack Cri ...
    New attack code that can be used to take over the control systems of refineries, power plants and factories has been released into the wild. The purpose? To push vendors to take security seriously.
  • On Profiling, And Google’s Big Double-Cross
    Google announced a new plan this week to help news publishers make money -- readers will be presented with a short marketing survey they have to complete before reading an article. Google consumer surveys is clever enough, and Google says replies will be anonymous. As the poet Rumi once wrote, " ...
  • Shady Companies With Ties to Israel Wiretap th ...
    The NSA is growing bigger and more powerful. But behind its curtains of secrecy, the secretive spying agency is relying on contractors with checkered pasts and ties to Israeli intelligence to build out and run its massive eavesdropping operations.

PERRspectives : Blog

  • How the Media Created an Obama Judicial Contro ...
    "Conservative commentators." "Commerce." "New Deal." Only if you pretend Barack Obama never uttered those three phases this week can you manufacture a controversy in which the President supposedly questioned the authority of the Supreme Court to overturn the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA). B ...
  • Mitt Romney: Ann "Reports to Me" What Women Ca ...
    As recent polling shows, Mitt Romney has a very large problem with women voters. So, it comes as no surprise that the Romney camp has deployed an army of women surrogates including South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte to tout his wife Ann as a "secret bullet" ...
  • After Threatening Judges, GOP Accuses Obama of ...
    On Monday, President Obama unsurprisingly expressed confidence that the Supreme Court would uphold the 2010 Affordable Care Act. Even less remarkable, Obama rightly reminded Americans that "conservative commentators" have for year said "the biggest problem on the bench was judicial activism or ...
  • GOP, Press Forget Lurita Doan Scandal at Bush GSA
    Three top officials of the General Services Administration (GSA) were ousted Monday in advance of an Inspector General's report documenting a lavish spending spree at a 2010 agency conference in Las Vegas. But while White House chief of staff Jacob Lew reported that President Obama was "outrage ...
  • Romney-Ryan Plan is the Real 2012 Republican P ...
    After the Republican controlled House passed Paul Ryan's budget plan by a 228-191 party line vote, Speaker John Boehner lauded his GOP colleagues for laying out "a real vision of what we were to do if we get more control here in this town." But Boehner's "we" isn't limited to Republicans in Con ...

Blackspot News Feed

  • CLOSEDOWN: Nicholas Szczepanik
    See you on Monday. We Make Life Sad by Nicholas Szczepanik
  • Feds Continue Counteractive Crackdown on Medic ...
    The government claims to fight the War on Drugs in the name of our health and safety, yet is complicit in the rising addiction to opioid pharmaceuticals that kill Americans.
  • Debating the Future of Our World's Water
    Achieving water democracy is surely a terrific opportunity to fix governance problems from the local to the global, but it's one enormous task.
  • Tropospheric Radio Relay Network North
    English Russia can always be relied upon for fine rusty obsolete-tech porn: The Tropospheric Radio Relay network called Sever (North) is a former Soviet system of communications lines the purpose of which was to provide connection between remote parts of the country. The line is 13 200 km long a ...
  • Frackers Outbid Farmers For Water in Colorado ...
    Colorado's hydrofracking boom — a technology that heavily relies on water — only adds additional strain as farmers and drillers bid for a scarce resource.

Consortium News

TruthOut

  • Congress Must Debate the Libya War
    The US is now at war in a third Muslim country, according to the "official tally" (that is, counting Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, but not Pakistan or Yemen, for example.) But Congress has never authorized or debated the US military intervention in Libya. (A sharply disputed claim holds ...
  • News in Brief: Daniel Ellsberg, Col. Ann Wrigh ...
    Daniel Ellsberg, Col. Ann Wright Among 30 Arrested for Protesting Against Abuse of Bradley Manningread more
  • In This Nuclear World, What Is the Meaning of ...
    In a nuclear crisis, life becomes a nightmare for those people trying to make sense of the uncertainties. Imaginably, the questions are endless. Radiation is invisible, how do you know when you are in danger? How long will this danger persist? How can you reduce the hazard to yourself and famil ...
  • Richard D. Wolff: "Personal Debts" (Video)
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  • Charmed Into Battle: How a Volunteering Vacati ...
    About to turn thirty, Conor Grennan planned a year-long trip around the world. He started his trip with a three-month stint volunteering in the Little Princes Orphanage in war-torn Nepal. What was supposed to be just a three-month experience changed Conor's life, and the lives of countless other ...

Planetsave

  • Bike Helmet Video Cameras
      Bicyclist Visibility & a Flashy Bike Helmet   One afternoon as I loaded my bike on the front of a bus I noticed a young man ride up behind me. I sat down on the bus happy to see another cyclist using integrated transit as I was. This is rare in the Florida [...]
  • New Solar Panel Kit Aims to Make Solar More Ac ...
      This is a special guest post from our friend Kriss Bergethon of Solar Sphere. Enjoy! We love finding cool new solar products, and this new solar panel kit from SpinRay Energy is definitely a cool one. It’s a new system that simply plugs into the wall and provides power for your home.  We ...
  • Green Technology that Will Shape the Future
      The last few years haven’t been great for clean technology. Implementing cleaner ways of doing things has been going fast but than needed, and even several United Nations global warming summit have failed to come up with ways for industries to limit carbon emissions. While governments h ...
  • Huge Scotland Wind Farm Given Green Light (on ...
      The Scottish government has finally approved a major wind farm project on Shetland Islands, adding 370 MW to Scotland’s renewable capacity, enough energy to power 175,000 homes — or as much as sixteen times the population of the small island group where it is to be built. Over 10% ...
  • $7.2 Billion in Electricity Savings from Offsh ...
      Cape Wind could be the first offshore wind farm in the US, but it has been threatened by rich NIMBYs for over a decade. A new study shows how much the region would be missing if it didn’t move forward with this pioneering offshore wind power project — that would be $7.2 billi ...

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Axis of Logic

  • Capitalism Hits the Fan: The Global Economic M ...
    Editorial comment: This movie is at least as relevant today as it was in 2009 when it first came out. Professor Wolff tears down the curtain of lies by which the Corpocrats are trying to hide the very truth from us. - SON Watch as Professor Richard Wolff breaks down...
  • Recovery for the 1%, Recession for the Rest - ...
    Recovery [ri-kuhv-uh-ree] noun: term used by the 1% to characterize the 99%’s enduring recession. Sometime last November I listened to a lecture given by economist Richard Wolff. During the Q&A portion of his presentation Dr. Wolff responded to a question posed by a crestfallen college ...
  • Invitation. Health Roots Presents: Revolutiona ...
    Editor's Note: Axis of Logic would like to encourage all our readers in the US Northeast (and anywhere else!) to take advantage of this very special invitation from Health Roots, to attend this unique and important event. - Les Blough in Venezuela The Consulate of the Bolivarian Republic o ...
  • Libya: One Year On (Part 2): Recording NATO's ...
    Editor's Note: We are pleased to publish this second installment on our series, "Libya: One Year On," by T.J. Coles. It is utterly important that the details of the 2011 US/Israeli/NATO destruction and continuing occupation of this peaceful country be documented for the historical record. While ...
  • A Misunderstanding about Democracy - World View
    There is a widespread misunderstanding about what democracy is. According to this misunderstanding, democracy is a way for all of the citizens of a nation, rich and poor alike, to peaceably reach agreements about important and controversial social questions, with every citizen having equal statu ...

They Gave Us a Republic

  • ...and now it gets meta...
    By @BGinKC Christ, I hate it when things get meta, but I knew this was coming as soon as Rush Limbaugh called Sandra Fluke and every other woman in America who has ever used birth control -- or presumably enjoyed sex -- a "slut." But that wasn't the first volley. That happened as soon as the tea ...
  • Songs to Fight the Plutocracy By: "If You Tole ...
    By @KYYellowDog Uploaded by ManicStPreachersVEVO on Oct 25, 2009
  • Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): Clinton, Missouri tow ...
    Representative Vicky Hartzler (r) has scheduled eighteen town halls and "meet and greet" events across Missouri's 4th Congressional District over the first week and a half of April. The event I attended in Clinton yesterday was advertised as a "meet and greet" as opposed to the town halls in som ...
  • Buying Union-Made Made Easy
    By @KYYellowDog Just exactly what we all need: an easy, practical way to support American labor unions. Kenneth Quinnell at Crooks and Liars: Labor group American Rights at Work launched a new website this week,  "Union Made," designed to spotlight products made by unionized companies. Aft ...
  • The Nightowl Newswrap
    By @BG & @YD More batshit-crazy Ron Paul fever-dream Fed conspiracies debunked Sixteen months after the Evil Gnome accused the Fed of involvement in Watergate and Ronald Reagan's arms-for-hostages treason. Like so many other things he is absolutely certain about, there's no "there" there. Try to ...

Care 2

  • Save the Internet from CISPA
    Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) would tear down the firewall between private corporate networks and the National Security Agency enabling corporations to share data with the worlds most sophisticated spy apparatus. Submitted by Dandelion G. to Science & Tech  |&nb ...
  • TAKE ACTION NOW! Stop Exploitation of Ma ...
    Stop the polar bears in Manitoba, a province of Canada, from being trapped and sold to a zoo.Please, help stop these polar bears from being captured and exploited for entertainment. Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to Animals  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Missing Cat Found After 16 Years, Reunited Wit ...
    When a precocious cat named Poldi disappeared from his home in Munich, Germany in 1996, his owners searched for months before finally coming to terms with the probability they would never see him again. Submitted by Lindsey Williams to Offbeat  |   Note-it!  |   Ad ...
  • Oil Drilling Threatens Spain's Renewable Energ ...
    Environmentalists and local authorities are opposed to prospecting for oil in the waters off the Canary Islands, one of Europes leading tourist destinations and an area with great potential in the field of renewable energy. Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to Environment  |   Note-it! ...
  • URGENT! SIGN! GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER: HONOR THE ...
    4/2/12 Gov. Scott Walker signed SB411 to commence Wolf Hunting & Trapping in Wisconsin. The wolves that are on ceded territory of the 11-soverign nations are protected under tribal treaties of 1837, 1842, 1854. Walker did not consult with the tribes. SIGN Submitted by Michelle S. to Animals &nb ...

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No Quarter

  • Never Give Up! * Open Thread
    Larry Johnson shared this great video, and I thought all of you would love it too. The background info is below the fold. That eagle not only kept trying, he figured out an original way to drag his catch — talk about smart! Here’s the description that came along with the video: This ...
  • The Staggering Economy
    No good news in the unemployment numbers released this morning. Only 120,000 new jobs. That does not even keep pace with population growth. In case you forgot, 144,000 new job seekers enter the market every month. That means we have to have that many new jobs just to break even. So job growth su ...
  • Ryan Horse
    Spoke Josh Kraushaar, Larry Kudlow, John Taylor, Mona Charen, re POTUS Obama remarks about SCOTUS last week and the Paul Ryan budget proposal this week. POTUS seems off his game. Calling the possibility that SCOTUS will overturn the Affordable Care Act “unprecedented” is creatively a ...
  • Obama Now Kow Tows to Judicial Branch
    Obama the smart guy certainly stepped in it this week. A circuit court judge has called him out on his bullshit assertion that the Courts have not and cannot overturn acts of Congress. We have had the fun of hearing Jay Carney explain that Obama did not say what he is clearly heard saying. Funny ...
  • Obama is so cranky * Open Thread
    Just as I was going to click Publish, I noticed this top story at Politico.com — “Jeffrey Toobin: Judges ‘deranged’ by Obama hatred.” — so I tucked the original post below the fold. We know that Jeffrey Toobin, who also writes for The New Yorker, is liberal but I didn&#82 ...

Futurismic

  • Hope for a Global Spring?
    Perhaps it’s because of the economy is beginning – finally – to pick up in the US. Perhaps it is because I’m sick to death of bad election-year politics, so I’m looking at anything else that comes along of interest. Maybe it’s even because I wrote about creative destruction the last time I did a ...
  • The only way to change your past is to steal s ...
    I get a fairly regular flow of emails about independent film projects. Most of them, to be honest, bounce straight off me – which says less about their quality than it does about my own taste in cinema. Independent cinema – like independent music and literature – has lots of pr ...
  • Censorship: I’m guilty as charged
    So, I stand accused of censorship by someone whose comment I declined to approve on this post. I figure anyone willing to throw around accusations of censorship is probably a big fan of radical transparency; hence, by way of amelioration, here is the digital papertrail for the full exchange. (Em ...
  • The Future Always Wins
    Soooooo, yeah – I’ve been busy. Did you miss me? New job, Masters degree… doesn’t leave a lot of spare time, so it doesn’t. But it’s been quiet here too long, so it’s time to dust down the soapbox and run a mic-check. One-two, one-two. The Future Always ...
  • New Economies
    Last month I pondered the extent to which the Arab Spring and Occupy Everything are socially-driven acts of creative destruction. Creative destruction is defined as a “process of industrial mutation that incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying ...

Therapy News

  • Do People Misestimate Their Future Reactions?
    When someone is asked to predict their emotional reaction to a future, hypothetical event, they usually underestimate how they will respond, according to previous research. However, a new study, led by Heather C. Lench of the Department of Psychology at Texas A&M University, suggests otherwi ...
  • Therapist Self-Disclosure Decreases Stigma of ...
    One of the primary reasons people neglect to seek treatment for their mental health problems is because they are concerned about the external and internal stigmas associated with mental illness. Public stigma is the external belief that one is defective if they receive therapy for their problems ...
  • GoodTherapy.org Weekly Inspirational Thoughts
    November 23, 2011 – As we approach Thanksgiving, the day that reminds us to be thankful for those around us, we present Ghandi’s belief in the unity of all living things. Keep this in mind as you care for your loved ones this weekend and for those who are less fortunate. Happy Thanks ...
  • Can Negative Attributions Predict Marital Diss ...
    Engaged couples form patterns of positive and negative behavior that can predict their marital satisfaction. “Serious marital dissatisfaction predicts increased risk for a major depressive episode, even when controlling for history of depression,” said Rebecca E. Osterhout of the New Mexico Vete ...
  • Three Steps for Dealing with Panic Attacks
    Panic attacks are usually initiated by a triggering thought or collection of thoughts that are anxiety-provoking in nature. These thoughts then cause an overly exaggerated anxiety response in the body (choking sensations, dizziness, tightness, tingling, etc). These physical sensations are then o ...

Mountaintop Removal

  • After Upper Big Branch: New Film Reveals the L ...
    After Upper Big Branch: New Film Reveals the Lives and Dreams Along Coal River ... Huffington Post (blog) Along with the 30-minute feature, explore films includes an additional trove of insightful interviews and thematic profiles, including one of the last interviews with Judy Bonds, the "g ...
  • House GOP subpoenas Interior over planned coal ...
    House GOP subpoenas Interior over planned coal mining rules The Hill (blog) House Republicans have taken aim at Interior's plans to rework rules issued at the tail end of the George W. Bush administration that regulate the dumping of debris from mountaintop-removal coal mining into nearby wa ...
  • Federal Court Overturns EPA Revocation of Moun ...
    Between The Lines Federal Court Overturns EPA Revocation of Mountain Top Removal Coal Mine Permit Between The Lines 1 coal mine, the largest mountaintop removal site in West Virginia. Mountaintop removal coal mining is the process of blowing up mountain tops to access the coal seams underneath, ...
  • GUEST EDITORIAL: Disregard shown for mountains ...
    GUEST EDITORIAL: Disregard shown for mountains Clarksville Leaf Chronicle After five consecutive years, it really is a pity the Tennessee Legislature can't pass a bill protecting the state's wonderful scenic mountains from the ravages of mountaintop-removal mining for coal. The state Sen ...
  • Short film on W.Va. coalfields set to air Thur ...
    Short film on W.Va. coalfields set to air Thursday BusinessWeek The film explores underground mining, mountaintop removal mining and the successful struggle of a community to relocate Marsh Fork Elementary School from the shadow of a 2.8 billion-gallon coal slurry dam. and more »

Memeorandum

  • NBC Producer Out But Unnamed (Tom Maguire/Just ...
    Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute: NBC Producer Out But Unnamed  —  The NY Tmes breaks its Trayvon Martin silence long enough to report at one of their blogs that an unnamed NBC producer has been fired as a result of the doctored Zimmerman “He looks black” report.  &m ...
  • Obama Administration Applauds Tax Cuts--In Peo ...
    Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews: Obama Administration Applauds Tax Cuts—In People's Republic of China  —  (CNSNews.com) - While making positive comments about the most recent five-year-plan developed by the Communist government of the People's Republic of China, Undersecretar ...
  • NBC Fires Producer of Misleading Zimmerman Tap ...
    Brian Stelter / Media Decoder: NBC Fires Producer of Misleading Zimmerman Tape  —  NBC News has fired a producer who was involved in the production of a misleading segment about the Trayvon Martin case in Florida.  —  The person was fired on Thursday, according t ...
  • Checking Santorum's delegate math: Are Romney' ...
    Chris Wilson / ABCNEWS: Checking Santorum's delegate math: Are Romney's numbers really inflated?  —  According to a campaign strategist for Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney doesn't have anywhere near the number of delegates that both his campaign and most media outlets report.  & ...
  • Jobs Report, Take #2 - As mentioned in my earl ...
    Jared Bernstein / On the Economy: Jobs Report, Take #2  —  As mentioned in my earlier post, we may be at the beginning of another downshift in job growth or March's disappointing report could be an anomalous blip down in a better underlying trend.  There's some reason to ho ...

Energy & Environment News

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China Dialogue

  • Fooling China's dam builders
    Malaysia’s government has hidden environmental and economic costs of dams to attract Chinese money, warns Kirk Herbertson. But the investors too must take responsibility – or face the consequences.When Chinese state-owned companies invest overseas, they can be caught off-guard b ...
  • Exporting China's e-bike marvel
    China’s development of a cheap and efficient transport solution has empowered millions of ordinary commuters, writes Sandip Sen. India shoud take note. Disruptive technologies are game changers that herald a new era, toppling established market leaders within a short span of time. The ...
  • Our future grub
    By 2050 there will be 2.5 billion more people on earth. How can they be fed? Science’s answer, writes John Vidal, is a diet of algae, insects and meat grown in laboratories.How can we feed the 2.5 billion more people – an extra China and India – likely to be alive in 2050? The ...
  • Murky borders
    In the second of two articles about Sino-Burmese business, Yang Meng travels to the resource-rich borderlands, where everyone from wealthy jade merchants to ethnic nationalists is vying for advantage.Traders in the Ruili teahouse call him “Zhao, the Kachin general”. Rough-looking and ...
  • Chinese power, Burmese politics
    China’s state-owned energy firms have entwined themselves in Myanmar’s internal struggles. Yang Meng finds out more on a visit to the stalled Myitsone dam.We approached the Myitsone construction site along a new concrete road, laid over the local government’s old, rough track b ...

AlterNet Top Stories

  • Legislating Teen Sex: What’s (Terribly) ...
    Written by Martha Kempner for RH Reality Check. This diary is cross-posted; commenters wishing to engage directly with the author should do so at the original post. Last month, my husband forwarded me this article from the Daily Beast and I haven’t been able to get it out of my mind since ...
  • Smearing Trayvon Martin: The True Lie that Bla ...
    The killing of Trayvon Martin is a Rorschach test for American society. This tragedy reveals a deep divide in our political imaginations and communities. It also is a mirror for the fissures of race, ideology, and party that still vex and befuddle us to the present. Some folks imagine themselves ...
  • Beyond Books: Tucson School District Tries to ...
    Nearly derailing one of Tucson’s most cherished traditions, Tucson Unified School District officials have attempted to block the staging of the annual Cesar Chavez March and Rally, according to a press release from the Mexican American Studies Community Advisory Board today, “by sett ...
  • What’s in a Label? Why the Package Inse ...
    Written by Kelly Cleland for RH Reality Check. This diary is cross-posted; commenters wishing to engage directly with the author should do so at the original post. This article is published as part of our 2012 Back Up Your Birth Control series. When you open up the box for your medication and un ...
  • Why EC=BC: Emergency Contraception is a Form o ...
    Written by Andrea Miller for RH Reality Check. This diary is cross-posted; commenters wishing to engage directly with the author should do so at the original post. This article is published as part of our 2012 Back Up Your Birth Control series. The claim started out on the lips of the Catholic b ...

Threat Level

  • Watch Out, White Hats! European Union Moves to ...
    The European Union is moving forward on a proposal that would make it a crime to create or sell hacking tools. The only problem -- the good guys use them, too.
  • Appeals Court Revives Viacom’s Billion-Dollar ...
    Viacom is getting another chance to prove YouTube violated copyright laws, thanks to an appeals court, but the ruling leaves only a narrow opening for the content giant.
  • Researchers Release New Exploits to Hijack Cri ...
    New attack code that can be used to take over the control systems of refineries, power plants and factories has been released into the wild. The purpose? To push vendors to take security seriously.
  • On Profiling, And Google’s Big Double-Cross
    Google announced a new plan this week to help news publishers make money -- readers will be presented with a short marketing survey they have to complete before reading an article. Google consumer surveys is clever enough, and Google says replies will be anonymous. As the poet Rumi once wrote, " ...
  • Shady Companies With Ties to Israel Wiretap th ...
    The NSA is growing bigger and more powerful. But behind its curtains of secrecy, the secretive spying agency is relying on contractors with checkered pasts and ties to Israeli intelligence to build out and run its massive eavesdropping operations.

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  • Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Mon ...
    Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Money Out of Politics By Carmen Yarrusso There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.”–Henry David Thoreau Clearly, our government ...
  • IOT: Healthcare for All Jan Call
    Call – Healthcare for All IOT Date – Jan 18, 2011 Agenda: 1. Introductions—Dr. Bill Honigman, PDA Healthcare for All IOT coordinator and California State Coordinator 2. National Single Payer Movement—Katie Robbins, Healthcare-NOW! 3. States Single Payer Movement–Chuck Pennacchi ...
  • PDA Weekly Field Report 1/7/2011 – 1/18/2011
    Little Victories! Field Site: onenationpda.org California ADEM elections: Congratulations to all our PDA California friends and allies who completed a sweep up and down at the state at the recent CA Democratic Party Delegate elections. This will put the ...
  • War is a Crime: Join In For Justice
    WarIsACrime.org JOIN IN FOR JUSTICE! 1/17/11 Washington, D.C., and Quantico, Va. Protest of FBI Raids and Bradley Manning Imprisonment http://www.defendingdissent.org/action/Events.htm 1/18/11 Washington, D.C. Panel with Rep. Rush Holt, Emily Berman from the Brennan Center for Justice, Shah ...
  • An American Suicide Terrorist
    William John Cox The shooter of Congresswoman Gifford acted as a domestic suicide terrorist on the political “battleground” of American politics. His YouTube postings and “goodby” phone messages are ominously reminiscent of the traditional farewell videos ...

Marler Blog

  • Sushi Salmonella Bareilly Illnesses Hits Centu ...
    A total of 100 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Bareilly have been reported from 19 states and the District of Columbia. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (2), Arkansas (1), Connecticut (5), District of Columbia (2), Georgia (4), ...
  • O.K., step away from the Salmonella Turtle - C ...
    At least do not kiss them - and, wash your hands. The CDC reports that a total of 72 persons infected with outbreak strains of Salmonella Sandiego, Salmonella Pomona, and Salmonella Poona have been reported from 17 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Arizo ...
  • Iowa Governor Terry Branstad is a Tool, and a ...
    Those damn people who Governor Branstad thinks don’t like meat need to be investigated. I was reading Mike Glover’s piece: “Iowa Governor seeks Congressional investigation of 'pink slime,'” and the word “tool” came to mind. Defined as “a person used as ...
  • Shushi Salmonella Bareilly Outbreak - was it t ...
    With the recent Salmonella Bareilly outbreak linked to Spicy Tuna Roll Sushi, I fist thought if the C1 serotype Bareilly was found to be linked to a specific food over time.  In searching www.outbreakdatabase.com I could find no discernible pattern.  In 2010 in the United Kingdom Raw o ...
  • Salmonella Sushi Sickens 93 in 19 States and D.C.
    According the CDC a few moments ago, a total of 93 individuals infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Bareilly have been reported from 19 states and the District of Columbia. The CDC also noted that the number of ill people identified in each state with the outbreak strain is as fo ...

AutoblogGreen

  • New York: Delorean Electric surprises in New Y ...
    Filed under: New York Auto Show, Classics, Hatchback, Electric First announced last October, the reborn, all-electric Delorean has made a surprise appearance at the New York Auto Show this year. It's a surprise because not even Delorean Motor Company president Stephen Wynne knew he was going ...
  • Report: Improving Chevy Volt sales leads GM to ...
    Filed under: Hybrid, Plants/Manufacturing, Hatchback, Chevrolet, UAW/Unions, Electric Just the other day, we heard that General Motors might extend its traditional two-week summer shutdown to three weeks for the Chevrolet Volt. But, after record Volt sales last month, we wonder how the calend ...
  • New York: Carlos Ghosn: Still bullish on batte ...
    Filed under: New York Auto Show, Nissan, Electric Carlos Ghosn is not backing down. Giving the keynote speech at the 2012 New York Auto Show today, the president and CEO of Nissan said that he stands behind his prediction that EVs will make up 10 percent of the market by 2020 in the places ...
  • New York: Fisker Atlantic revealed, promises t ...
    Filed under: Concept Cars, New York Auto Show, Hybrid, Hatchback, Fisker, Electric Overheard at the reveal event for the Fisker Atlantic this evening: This is the car you buy your secretary. Yes, the altogether good-looking Atlantic sets a new high for plug-in hybrid looks, and even though ...
  • Official: EPA gives E15 go-ahead despite objec ...
    Filed under: Etc., Government/Legal As predicted and expected, the Environmental Protection Agency today approved the first applications to make E15, a blend of gasoline with 15 percent ethanol in it. This means that E15 is now a "significant step" closer to production and sale in America. ...

Rafe's Radar

Camera Obscura

  • No title
  • Pathos and pathology: the cinema of Todd Haynes.
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935025/pathos-and-pathology-cinema.html September 1, 2004... Because infinity--for the eye--begins just a few meters away from the retina.... --Roger Caillois, "The Image" There are at least two shots in Todd Haynes's work that recur so ...
  • The incredible shrinking star: Todd Haynes and ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935026/incredible-shrinking-star-todd.html September 1, 2004... Critics have consistently characterized the films of Todd Haynes within the terms of what B. Ruby Rich described in 1992 as the "new queer cinema"--films whose style displayed traces ...
  • Written on the screen: mediation and immersion ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935031/written-screen-mediation-and.html September 1, 2004... Recently, while engaging in one of my favorite forms of procrastination--using my computer to search for mid-century modern bargains on eBay rather than using it to engage in more rigo ...
  • Traumatic postmodern histories: Velvet Goldmin ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935030/traumatic-postmodern-histories-velvet.html September 1, 2004... If modernity was characterized by and imagined itself in terms of a particular awareness of time and history--the unfolding of social, political, and technological projects of ...

Democracy Now!

  • Black in White Plains: The Police Killing of K ...
    By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan “My name is Kenneth Chamberlain. This is my sworn testimony. White Plains police are going to come in here and kill me.” And that’s just what they did. In the early hours of Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011, U.S. Marine veteran Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. accident ...
  • Van Jones on Democracy Now! Tuesday - Read An ...
    Ahead of Van Jones’ interview on Democracy Now! Tuesday, you can read an excerpt from his newest book, Rebuild the Dream. The green economy pioneer reflects on his journey from grassroots outsider to White House insider, shares details of his time in the Obama administration and his re ...
  • General Strike in Spain: Report From Madrid On ...
    Workers in Spain staged a general strike Thursday, shutting down factories and parts of the transportation sector and holding massive marches. The strike was called by two major trade unions to protest labor rules that make it less costly for employers to hire and fire people in a country where ...
  • Part 2: Ousted Maldives President Mohamed Nash ...
    We continue our interview with ousted Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed and ask him if he plans to seek office again. "I will contest the coming elections," Nasheed says, noting that, "if the coup was so popular, we would have seen people coming out, rejoicing with the military. ...
  • Listen: 1997 Interview with Poet Adrienne Rich ...
    Poet, essayist and feminist Adrienne Rich died on Tuesday at the age of 82. Rich drew widespread acclaim for her many volumes of poetry and prose, which brought the oppression of women and lesbians into the public spotlight. She was a key figure in the women’s movement and an uncompromisi ...

Suzie-Q

  • Romney Using Ethics Exception To Limit Disclos ...
    By Tom Hamburger, Updated: Thursday, April 5, 11:10 AM The Washington Post Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, whose wealth has become a central issue in the 2012 campaign, has taken advantage of an obscure exception in federal ethics laws to avoid disclosing the nature and extent ...
  • Obama Campaign Leaves Mitt Romney Trailing As ...
    The Guardian Ed Pilkington in Tampa and Amanda Michel in New York guardian.co.uk,             Wednesday 4 April 2012 12.05 EDT A ‘for lease’ sign hangs outside Romney’s campaign office in Manchester, New Hampshire, four days before the primary.   Shackled by the internal battle ...
  • Mitt Romney Tries To Self-Deport Everything He ...
    Mitt Romney on immigration: January 23, 2012 vs. April 2, 2012 Daily Kos Tue Apr 03, 2012 at 06:50 AM PDT by Jed Lewison Now Mitt Romney blamesPresident Obama for Republican obstruction on immigration reform: “This has always been a priority for the President he chooses to do nothing about,” Rom ...
  • Obama Opens Big Gender Gap In Swing States
    USA TODAY Mar 30, 2012 By David Jackson, USA TODAY Updated  3d 8h ago Another poll, another big lead for President Obama in a swing state — and more evidence he is benefiting from a growing gender gap.Obama leads Mitt Romney by 52%-35% in Wisconsin, according to a new NBC News/Marist Poll ...
  • The Gender Gap: Three Decades Old, as Wide as Ever
    Pew Research Center Released: March 29, 2012 The gender gap in presidential politics is not new. Democratic candidates have gotten more support from women than men formore than 30 years. Even so, Barack Obama’s advantages among women voters over his GOP rivals are striking. In the Pew Research C ...

Solari

  • Quote du Jour
    “If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.” - Nikola Tesla Related reading: Nikola Tesla PESWIKI
  • You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
    National Debt from 1940 to Present [click on the image for a larger version]   Continue reading the article . . .   Related reading:   Part Two, Part Three
  • Federal Court Rules Scott Walker’s Anti- ...
    By Steven Rosenfeld Wisconsin’s recall-facing Republican Gov. Scott Walker and his legislative allies received a stunning rebuke from a federal court on Friday that ruled the state’s Act 10 that stripped most state employee unions of the collective bargaining rights and dues-collecti ...
  • Linda Minor’s Follow the Yellow Brick Ro ...
    By Linda Minor Part One of this saga served as an introduction to Pug Winokur, how he rose from the son of a Jewish pawnbroker to be mentored by Harvard’s “whiz kids,” a generation after they themselves had impressed the U.S. Army and the Department of Defense with their abili ...
  • Federal Reserve Fires Back at Greenberg, Starr ...
    Former AIG CEO Maurice R. “Hank” Greenberg By Arthur D. Postal The Federal Reserve Bank of New York Monday asked a federal court in Manhattan to promptly dismiss a lawsuit alleging that the federal government “discriminated” against American International Group by taking it over rath ...

Insurgency Watch - Newswire

  • Times Scare
    ISLAMABAD–The apparent links between Pakistan and Faisal Shahzad are certainly cause for concern, but let’s not lose site of things here. The attack in Times Square was a fizzle. The rush to claim credit is a bit embarassing for the TTP and looks like it was — like the attack itself — a rush job ...
  • Stepping up - University at Buffalo The Spectrum
    Stepping up University at Buffalo The Spectrum The president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, recognized the direness of the situation and began to mobilize military forces to combat the Taliban. ... and more »
  • Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of ...
    BBC News Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of Afghan women Chicago Tribune Would nuclear-armed Pakistan become even more vulnerable to its own Taliban insurgency? Will a defeat embolden America's enemies? That line of thinking must ... Vietnam syndrome has begun in AfghanistanSri L ...
  • Officials: Campus blasts perplexing - United P ...
    Officials: Campus blasts perplexing United Press International ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The International Islamic University, where bomb blasts killed at least six people, is a unique Pakistani institution ... and more »
  • Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing - GMA ...
    Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing GMA news.tv An Associated Press reporter met three Taliban fighters Tuesday traveling in a car with darkened windows at Shaktoi, a town close to the border between ... and more »

AlterNet - Rights and Liberties

Sideways News

  • Could you be a 10:10 community champion?
    The Guardian Newspaper and Franny Armstrong, through the Guardian 10:10 campaign, challenge organisations and individuals to cut their carbon footprint by 10%.
  • Brit mums strict about eco-chores
    Families in the UK are increasingly likely to be nagged about doing eco-chores, a new study conducted on behalf of the Energy Saving Trust has revealed.
  • UK venue offers rainforest weddings
    Getting married in a luscious rainforest has never been easier or more eco-friendly, according to the Eden Project.
  • Battery recycling 'too difficult'
    The European Recycling Platform (ERP) reports that while only a third of households at present recycle batteries, four out of five said they would do so if it was made easier.
  • 10 green resolutions to save you money
    By taking green steps at home, you can save money and make life easier. Being smart about waste, consumption and resources won't only win you the thanks of forthcoming generations: you'll feel the financial benefit immediately. 1. Make money from old electronics As your electronic goods become o ...

Fabius Maximus

  • About the March jobs report – a few jobs ...
    Summary:  Most people focus on the month-to-month changes in the jobs report, which consists mostly of noise.  The 12-month changes are more revealing.  We remain in a slow recovery, somewhat faster than in 2010.  We should enjoy it, as it was bought at great cost. A cost we cannot long continue ...
  • Why should we care about the Supreme Court&#82 ...
    Summary:  We should care about the Court’s ruling allowing almost unlimited use of strip searches of prisoners.  It gives a powerful additional tool allowing police to punish people without trial, let alone conviction and sentencing by a jury of their peers.  Arrest on trivial or even perj ...
  • Why should we care about the Supreme Court&#82 ...
    Summary:  We should care about the Court’s ruling allowing almost unlimited use of strip searches of prisoners.  It gives a powerful additional tool allowing police to punish people without trial, let alone conviction and sentencing by a jury of their peers.  Arrest on trivial or even perj ...
  • Surgery now underway to transform citizens int ...
    Summary: The Founders hoped that America would be a beacon light of hope and liberty to the people of the world. And so we were for two centuries. But we’ve become an example of another kind, as shown by today’s reading. There’s still time to get angry; time to act wisely. &#82 ...
  • Surgery now underway to transform citizens int ...
    Summary: The Founders hoped that America would be a beacon light of hope and liberty to the people of the world. And so we were for two centuries. But we’ve become an example of another kind, as shown by today’s reading. There’s still time to get angry; time to act wisely. &#82 ...

Open Your Eyes News

  • Vatican kicks out Roma on Easter
    Press TV – About 150 Roma gypsies were barred from participating in the Easter vigil of the basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls on Sunday, after temporarily taking shelter there on Good Friday, The Telegraph reported.  Local and foreign pilgrims, who had gathered to attend the vigil, ...
  • Euro strikes 16-month high against dollar
    Breitbart – The euro struck a 16-month high against the dollar and the Swiss franc notched a record high versus the US unit Tuesday amid heightened investor nerves over this week’s busy economic calendar. The European single currency hit $1.4653 in morning trade, the highest point si ...
  • British pound devalues by 94% in 50yrs
    PressTV – A new survey shows that the value of money in the UK has dropped by 94 percent over the past 50 years, which means an 18-time increase in retail prices. The survey carried out by BM Savings has found that almost £1,800 is needed to match the buying power of £100 in 1960, [...]
  • Peru suffers an ‘environmental tragedy’
    IOL – The rising price of gold has multiplied by six the pace of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios in recent years, a study published on Tuesday said. Illegal gold searches using primitive techniques in the years 2003-9 led to the destruction of ...
  • Next step humans? Every new pet dog in Britain ...
    Daily Mail – Every new pet dog will be microchipped under sweeping Government regulations to combat dangerous animals. Each puppy born and dog sold will have an electronic chip implanted under the skin. Details will then be placed on a national database accessible by police and the RSPCA. ...

The Progressive Realist

  • Ask the Experts: Will America ‘Win’ in Afghani ...
    Last fall, a two-part question circulated throughout the Pentagon: Can the United States win in Afghanistan? Will the United States win in Afghanistan? In this case, “win” meant accomplishing the strategic objectives of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, as presented in President Obama’s December ...
  • 1956 and All That: Bad Analogies and the Obama ...
    There are bad historical analogies, and then there’s what Fouad Ajami tried to pull on readers today: On Nov. 6, 1956, Election Day, to be precise, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent a brief message to British Prime Minister Anthony Eden: “We have given our whole thought to Hungary ...
  • Sahel Food Crisis: Facts and Figures
    For several months, humanitarian agencies have been warning about a looming food crisis in the Sahel region–the semi arid band south of the Sahara that stretches across the African continent. A combination of rising food prices and poor harvests have made basic nutrition out of the reach o ...
  • The Ripple Effect of the Arab Spring and Weapo ...
    The Arab Awakening has advanced democracy through the Middle East and North Africa but the ripple effects created by the leak of military weaponry into surrounding unstable and conflict areas pose long-term national and regional security implications.  This should be a critical factor for t ...
  • The End of Drone Strikes in Afghanistan and Pa ...
    Nine days ago, I wrote a piece for Foreign Policy online, “We Can’t Drone Our Way to Victory in Afghanistan,” in which I detailed a range of host-nation rules that govern the behavior of U.S. military forces stationed in foreign countries. Some governments are enthusiastic about the ...

TAPPED - The American Prospect

  • What Contempt for Democracy Looks Like
    One of the old saws about the different ways partisans see the world is that both sides think the other side is more underhanded, more vicious, and more corrupt than their own side. And as far as it goes, that's true: Democrats think this, and Republicans think this. That doesn't mean, however, ...
  • Friday Music Break
    In honor of the recent discovery of a 125 million year-old, 30 foot-long dinosaur with feathers, the largest feathered dino ever found, we have They Might Be Giants with "I Am a Paleontologist," from the terrific Here Comes Science, an antidote to every insipid kids' song you've ever heard:
  • Sorry Republicans, Mitt Romney Is Just as Weak ...
    Yesterday, at The Washington Post, Ezra Klein argued that Mitt Romney is a much stronger general election candidate than he might look at first glance. As Klein points out, there’s no way that a moderate governor of Massachusetts wins the nomination in a red-blooded GOP without some political s ...
  • Some Actual Corporate Accountability
    You may have heard that in response to a campaign by the progressive group Color of Change, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and now Kraft Foods have all withdrawn their support for the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the group that pushes conservative laws at the state level, in part by having ...
  • Romney Tries to Master His Problem With Women
    A minor kerfuffle emerged among the political chattering class yesterday over RNC Chairman Reince Priebus' statement that the allegations that his party is waging a war on women were as fictitious as a war on caterpillars. Democrats blasted out press releases, falsely indicating that Priebus ha ...

Buzzflash

  • "Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue ...
    MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Before BuzzFlash joined Truthout, it also offered progressive premiums. Perhaps the most popular, with literally hundreds ordered, was Charles Pierce's "Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free."read more
  • First All-Europe Anti-Muslim Rally of 150 in D ...
    RON RIDENOUR FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Ruling authorities confront the continuing crisis of capitalism by: 1) aiding the very firms that bankrupt the general economy by transferring workers' taxes to the capitalist class; 2) decreasing the welfare state, throwing huge numbers out of jobs and ont ...
  • Former Chief Anti-Drug Advisor to Mexican Pres ...
    Mexican President Felipe Calderon has turned a US motivated war on drugs into a bloodbath for the citizens of his nation. Despite his public fervor to "cleanse" Mexico of the cartels, his key anti-drug advisor from to 2006 - 2008 received $450,000 a month in bribes from drug kingpins. That's mor ...
  • Two New Nuclear Reactors in the US? Not So Fast
    HARVEY WASSERMAN FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT The only two US reactor projects now technically under construction are on the brink of death for financial reasons. If they go under, there will almost certainly be no new reactors built here. The much mythologized "nuclear renaissance" will be officia ...
  • The Partisan Five of the Supreme Court Threate ...
    ANN DAVIDOW FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT America must get over its willingness to accept the Supreme Court as the arbiter of opinions that must be respected in the court of public opinion. Decisions that shape our lives are supposed to be a-political and determined by strict adherence to ‘the law' ...

Glenn Greenwald - Salon

The BiPartisan Report

Sciencebase

  • Hands off spectroscopy
    A new dual laser approach to analysing chemicals shouldn’t require the sample to be prepped and placed in the spectrometer. The surface of a suspect package at an airport or a contaminated material in a medical or environmental setting could be “scanned” via a standoff approach ...
  • Copper helps out in protein studies
    Researchers have developed a novel solid-state NMR spectroscopic method that uses paramagnetic tags to help them visualize the shape of protein molecules. The technique could be used to help scientists understand the properties of various biological molecules under normal, healthy conditions and ...
  • Drugs to treat hepatitis C on the way
    Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a chronic infectious disease that afflicts some 170 million people worldwide, causing chronic liver disease and, in many cases, liver cancer. Chemists at the University of California, San Diego have finally obtained the first high- resolution crystal structure of a com ...
  • On the quantum dot
    There is always room for further innovation in any field and I recently highlight new work in the area of Quantum Dots – those tiny entities hoping to revolutionise computing, analysis and medical diagnostics. Robert Meulenberg, University of Maine, USA, and chemist Geoffrey Strouse, Flori ...
  • Nanotech goes arty
    Caltech scientist Sameer Walavalkar just emailed me about his latest project. It’s a cultural meeting of science and art on the nanoscale. This is what he had to say: “I’m a physicist and work on creating silicon nanostructures. As part of my work I figured out how to use one o ...

Common Dreams-Progressive Newswire

  • Common Pesticides Associated With Lower Birth ...
    A new study is reinforcing obstetricians’ standard warning that pregnant women should avoid exposure to pesticides in foods and weed killers because the chemicals can harm the developing fetus. In the study, Cincinnati-area women had levels of organophosphate insecticides that significantl ...
  • Statement: Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the ...
    Today's jobs report disappointed expectations, with employers adding only 120,000 jobs in March, making clear that a strong jobs recovery remains elusive. The unemployment rate dipped to 8.2 percent, but that decline reflected people leaving the labor force, not finding jobs. The combination ...
  • DHS Inspector General Report Provides Further ...
    Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General issued two reports on the much-maligned “Secure Communities” deportation program. The reports, which come after two years of mounting opposition to Secure Communities from state and local officials, congressional repr ...
  • Jobs Numbers Show More Needs to be Done to Get ...
    The Campaign for America’s Future’s co-director Robert Borosage said that today’s jobs numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of 120,000 new jobs shows that while we are heading in the right direction, much more needs to be done to assure a full recovery that includes Amer ...
  • ACLU Reacts to Office of Inspector General’s R ...
    The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of the Inspector-General (OIG) today released two reports regarding the Secure Communities federal immigration enforcement program.read more

Common Dreams-Views

  • What Today’s Job Numbers Mean
    Robert Reich The economy added only 120,000 jobs in March – down from the rate of more than 200,000 in each of the preceding three months. The rate of unemployment dropped from 8.3 to 8.2 percent mainly because fewer people were searc ...
  • How the US Uses Sexual Humiliation as a Politi ...
    Naomi Wolf In a five-four ruling this week, the supreme court decided that anyone can be strip-searched upon arrest for any offense, however minor, at any time. This horror show ruling joins two recent horror show laws: the NDAA, which lets ...
  • Render to Caesar, Extraordinarily
    Ray McGovern Some of us pause on Good Friday to mark the torture and death of a high-value detainee rendered, extraordinarily, to Roman occupiers. Although the charges against Jesus of Nazareth were trumped up, the Romans decided to err on ...
  • Inside Mitt Romney
    Bob Burnett It’s clear that former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney will survive the GOP version of “The Hunger Games” and become their 2012 presidential nominee. The richest and most radical presidential candidate in mo ...
  • Zionist BDS -- Kosher for Passover
    Robert Naiman History should mark March 18, 2012 as an important date on the road to a just and peaceful resolution of the Israel-Palestine conflict. That was the date on which an impeccably-Zionist American Jew -- Peter Beinart -- had an o ...

Newshoggers - AfPak

Water Wars

  • BMA plans Songkran activities
    Besides water wars, many tamer Songkran celebrations will be on offer at places across Bangkok, such as City Hall, with the bathing of the Phra Phuttasihing statue and other Buddha images, and alms-giving for 185 monks.
  • Water Wars
    When Nevada State Engineer Jason King ruled in favor of the SNWA, allowing it to pump water from nearly 84,000 acre-feet in Spring Valley, Cave Valley, Dry Lake Valley and Delamar Valley, the response
  • US Intelligence Report Warns of Future Water Wars
    Water. It’s essential to life, and according to a U.S. intelligence report, it may soon be a cause for war.
  • Water Wars Cost $18.7 Million
    The state of Georgia and the Atlanta Regional Commission have spent about $18.7 million in outside legal fees during two decades of legal battles involving Florida and Alabama over access to drinking water. read more
  • Ga. Agencies Spend $18.7 Million on Water Wars
    Ga. Agencies Spend $18.7 Million on Water Wars

WordPress | Economics

Electronic Intifada

  • How detention without charge links Israel and ...
    Eron Davidson 6 April 2012 The use of administrative detention is just one of many similarities between apartheid South Africa and apartheid Israel.
  • Book review: exploring how Jewish activists re ...
    David Landy 5 April 2012 Jewish dissidents from across the English-speaking world explaining why they, to a greater or lesser extent, support Palestinian rights in Beyond Tribal Loyalties: Personal Stories of Jewish Peace Activists.
  • Israel causes $66 million worth of damage to E ...
    Charlotte Silver Ramallah 4 April 2012 A new report by the European Commission indicates that 82 humanitarian aid projects that it funded in the West Bank and Gaza Strip were destroyed or damaged by Israeli military attacks between 2001-2011.
  • Why is Palestine solidarity being criminalized ...
    Kristin Szremski Chicago 3 April 2012 Cooperation between academic authorities at the University of California at Davis and influential Zionist organizations could have an adverse impact on Palestine solidarity work there and on college campuses across the country.
  • "We are only guests in Lebanon" - Palestinians ...
    Moe Ali Nayel Beirut 2 April 2012 Thousands marked Palestinian Land Day in south Lebanon last Friday. Palestinian refugees and Lebanese supporters explained what Land Day means to them.

The Wonk Room

  • Reporting From The Front Lines Of The Climate ...
    Today is my last day at ThinkProgress, after four exciting years of reporting on the front lines of climate and energy politics. The experience has taken me from Biloxi to Copenhagen, from New Hampshire to Cancun. I’ve gotten to publish guest bloggers from John Kerry to Van Jones, from Bil ...
  • Malaysia To Ban Gay Characters From TV Shows
    The Malaysian Information Department is banning television shows with gay characters, the country’s Deputy Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Maglin Dennis D’Cruz announced. “Effective immediately, radio and TV stations are asked to stop screening shows which feature ga ...
  • Petition Urges Veto Of Tennessee ‘Monkey ...
    More than 3,000 people signed a petition urging Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) to veto legislation which would require public schools to teach the “controversy” surrounding topics like evolution and global warming. Opponents of the bill delivered the petition to Haslam’s office ...
  • Elderly Woman Admonishes Rep. Steve King For P ...
    FORT DODGE, Iowa – The right-wing social conservative group The FAMiLY Leader is pushing Iowa Republicans to restrict any state tax dollars from going to Planned Parenthood. While Planned Parenthood does not get state money for abortions, “it does get at least $6 million in state tax dolla ...
  • In (Moderate) Defense of David Simon
    It’s been a big week for powerful dudes in the entertainment industry saying things they later regret, and David Simon is no exception. Yesterday, the New York Times published an interview with him in which Simon appears to be the hipsteryest hipster who ever hipstered, saying that if folk ...

thwap's schoolyard

  • harper's Election Fraud & Vatican Child Molest ...
    Arguing with some stupid trolls elsewhere. One of their witless defenses of their party (the Conservative Party of Canada)'s election fraud is that most Canadians don't seem to care about the scandal the way leftist whiners and sore-losers do. These trolls must all love Justin Bieber's music be ...
  • Random Thoughts
    Here's Glenn Greenwald talking about Rachel Maddow's new book Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power. It's about how successive US Presidents have chipped away at their Constitution's explicit limitations on a president's right to wage war. Sounds like a good read. My thing is that, ...
  • The Woodworth Bill
    I'm going to repeat here what I said at Dawg's: nothing gets done by a harpercon unless harper wants it done. Just like the party-financed "private member's bill" about the gun registry when he had a minority. harper is going to test the water for public opinion ONCE ...
  • "It wasn't racism! Did you see how BLACK he was?"
    I've been following the tragic slaying of Trayvon Martin but I refrained from blogging about it because I do enough commentary about stuff in the USA, which is a foreign country after all. And it's not like we don't have murderous racism of the institutional variety here in Canada. But sometime ...
  • "Enforce the Damned Law"
    A very simple suggestion from "The Sixth Estate": At this point, the Canada Elections Act is virtually a dead letter. The last several years have shown that you can run roughshod over it with impunity. The Prime Minister of Canada lost a court case over election law violations. The Conservati ...

on Government Oversight

Digital Journal

End Homelessness | Change.org

  • Mississippi Launches Plan To End Child Homeles ...
    Fulfilling the wishes and happiness of children is at the heart of the holiday season. So, now seems particularly timely for Mississippi to launch a new plan to end child homelessness (pdf) in the state.  What better way to set the season of giving in motion than by committing to finding safe an ...
  • Thanksgiving 2.0: Food, Poverty and Telling th ...
    This Thanksgiving, most of us around the country shared a bountiful harvest feast with friends and family. We celebrated all that we are thankful for by gorging ourselves right into a food coma. It's the American way. Unfortunately, it's also the American way to be thankful for all that we have ...
  • Homeless People Wanted: Must Be Open to Demean ...
    What are they thinking? People obviously don't see the homeless as human or they wouldn't attempt to hire them to do most of the insane, demeaning and illegal jobs out there. Here's a small sampling: Rob dead bodies. The Aokigahara forest at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan is the site of 50 to 100 ...
  • LA Plans to Make Homelessness Go the Way of th ...
    Instead of pretending homelessness doesn't exist, creating new laws to make it illegal to sit or sleep in public, or sending homeless residents on a one-way trip out of town, Los Angeles County may attempt to actually do something about ending homelessness. And the county is setting the bar high ...
  • Don't Let Violence Against the Homeless Go Unp ...
    Despite its economic troubles, Detroit is not known for being kind to the homeless. That's too bad, since there are nearly 10,000 homeless people living there. In October, police say that Steven James Diponio, 54, became so enraged at Charles Duncan, 42, who was homeless and sleeping behind a sc ...

Ceasefire.ca

  • Auditor General condemns F-35 process
    Auditor General Michael Ferguson's first report is a scathing indictment of the Harper government's F-35 procurement process.
  • Military spending cut?
    The headlines after last week's federal budget trumpeted major cuts in the Department of National Defence's budget. But how significant the overall reduction in military spending will be remains to be seen.
  • Hancock: Sub purchase “daft”
    A British MP who raised concerns about the sale of dud British subs to Canada back in 1998 has a simple suggestion -- see if you can return them to Britain.
  • Pay pensions or fund fighters?
    The polling firm Ipsos Reid recently asked Canadians about their spending priorities for the upcoming federal budget -- and found some interesting results.
  • NDP tied with Tories for top spot
    According to a survey conducted by the polling firm Environics, the New Democratic Party is tied with the Conservatives for first place in voter support.

Kevin Trudeau Show

  • How Vitamin D Can Help Stop Lung Cancer
    March 19,2012 Natural News By Aurora Geib Increasing vitamin D may now be a matter of life or death, as recent studies have shown that it may play a vital role in the fight against lung cancer. To date, lung cancer is one of the three most common cancers that kill men and women in [...]
  • Scientists Cure Cancer, But No One Takes Notice
    March 21, 2012 Money Trends Research By MTR “Remember, if big pharma can’t patent a drug, they are not going to do any research on natural cures for anything. It’s all about the money.” –KTRN Canadian researchers find a simple cure for cancer, but major pharmaceutic ...
  • Just A Few Minutes Of Daily Exercise Alters DN ...
    March 21, 2012 Natural News By John Phillip “You have to exercise – it’s the most important thing you can do for your health. It doesn’t have to be a vigorous plyometric routine if you don’t want to go that crazy. If you do, go for it! But find something fun to do i ...
  • Only 32 Percent Of Kony 2012’s Invisible Child ...
    March 21, 2012 ABC News By ENJOLI FRANCIS AND FELICIA PATINKIN “If you’re going to donate to a charity, Invisible Children is not one you should consider.” –KTRN Russell said the charity’s programs in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republi ...
  • UK Researchers Push Heart Drug As Potential ‘C ...
    March 21, 2012 Natural News By Ethan A. Huff “Think you’ve heard it all? Pretty soon, psychiatrists are going to call racism a mental disorder so big pharma can create a drug for it.” –KTRN There is no doubt that soon there will be a pharmaceutical drug for every conditio ...

Armies of Liberation

  • Yemen Air Forces bombs soldiers, kills 240
    The Yemeni Air Force bombed the al Samaa Republican Guard garrison in the Arhab district of Sanaa today, deliberately killing 240 guardsmen. The attack came after the troops refused to attack pro-revolution tribesmen with artillery. “The government did not stand quiet when the guards refused ord ...
  • Yemenis protest against al Qaeda
    In a direct rebuke to the terror group, residents of Taiz held a major protest against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) on Thursday evening after prayers. Protesters held signs denouncing AQAP that said, “Your racism will do nothing but make us stronger.” Taiz is the largest city in Yeme ...
  • اوباما يفقد السيطرة على اليمن
    My article from PJM at al Mostakela: اوباما يفقد السيطرة على اليمن تخاطر الولايات المتحدة بتمكين القاعدة في اليمن وتنفير الشعب اليمني عن طريق إحباط تغيير النظام هناك كتبت – جين نوفاك يعتبر اليمن بلد معقد، فقد ظل يرزح تحت وطأة اضطرابات كبيرة، كما أن فهم اليمن يخبرنا الشيء الكثير عن الشرق ال ...
  • Yemen’s CT chief accused of war crimes
    After Yemen’s Republican Guard killed and dismembered tribal prisoners Thursday, Arhab tribesmen issued a statement Friday demanding the immediate arrest and prosecution of General Ahmed Saleh as a war criminal. Ahmed Saleh heads the Republican Guard containing US funded counter-terror units and ...
  • Yemen protesters announce boycott of US, Saudi ...
    Protesters in Yemen announced a boycott today of US and Saudi products, a largely symbolic move in light of Yemen’s grave humanitarian crisis. Protesters allege that the Obama administration has thwarted their efforts for regime change. Millions across Yemen have demanded the end to the 33 year ...

Dark Politricks

  • First video: F-18 jet crashes into apartments ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comRussia Todayyoutube.com READ MORE: http://on.rt.com/4oone8 Video obtained by RT. Both pilots safely ejected from the plane that moments later crashed into a residential area in Virginia Beach. Virginia Beach hospital con ...
  • Elite Meme: Anything Is Better Than Gold
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comThe Daily Bell Friday, April 6, 2012 ‘Buy oil, not gold’ … Oil is a better bet for investors than gold, a leading fund manager has said. The gold price peaked at about $1,900 in August last year, but is ...
  • A World Without UNRWA?
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comDissident Voice Article By Randa Farah With the world media focusing on the crisis in Syria, it has been forgotten that Syria is home to some 400,000 Palestinian refugees.  This includes 14,000 Palestinians who inhabit a ...
  • Pirates hijack Chinese cargo ship near Iranian ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comA Chinese cargo ship was hijacked by pirates on Friday in the Gulf of Oman, not far off the south of Iran, state media said, citing China’s embassy in Tehran. The vessel was attacked on Friday morning near the Iran ...
  • Why people hate the banks
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comRussia Todayyoutube.com Follow Max Keiser on Twitter: http://twitter.com/maxkeiser Watch the full Keiser Report E272 on Saturday. In this episode, Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, discuss getting Zhou Tonged and Ja ...

Dandelion Salad

  • The Passion of the Christ (repost)
    Dandelion Salad Happy Good Friday and Happy Easter. Godsservant219 on Apr 20, 2011 In The Passion: Photography from the Movie “The Passion of the Christ,” Gibson says “This is a movie about love, hope, faith, and forgiveness. Jesus died for all mankind, suffered for all of us. ...
  • Gareth Porter: Iranian Diplomat Says IAEA Unde ...
    by Gareth Porter Featured Writer Dandelion Salad April 3, 2012 TheRealNews on Apr 3, 2012 Gareth Porter: IAEA demanded to see Parchin on recent visit ahead of schedule to make Iran look uncooperative Gareth Porter: Iranian Diplomat Says IAEA Undermined Recent Talks to Satisfy Israel and West *** ...
  • Chris Hedges: No Outcry Within Media on NDAA
    by Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad April 2, 2012 TheAlyonaShow on Apr 2, 2012 We had reported on the show that a group of political activists and journalists testified in a New York Court about why they’re suing the Obama administration over the National Defense Authorization ...
  • Bahrain Hunger Striker’s Life in Peril a ...
    Dandelion Salad democracynowon Apr 2, 2012 democracynow.org – The U.S.-backed monarchy in Bahrain continues the crackdown on protesters, with reports of many injuries and at least one death over the weekend. We speak to Zainab Alkhawaja, the daughter of jailed human rights leader Abdulhadi ...
  • Coming to a Gulag Near You by Chris Hedges
    by Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Truthdig April 2, 2012 The security and surveillance state does not deal in nuance or ambiguity. Its millions of agents, intelligence gatherers, spies, clandestine operatives, analysts and armed paramilitary units live in a binary world of opposite ...

Your New Reality

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    Hypnotic, grin-making. A house filled with interactive reproductions of classic art, coming soon: Starry Night (interactive animation) from Petros Vrellis on Vimeo.
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    Normal blogging output will return soon. Making some movies. In the meantime, enjoy :
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    Best. Christmas. Ever A Short Story By Darryl Mason "Is your father okay?" He waited for her to answer. He couldn't tell her what happened while she was away... "He's not getting better, if that's what you mean." How could he tell her, right now? She had more than enough on her mind alread ...
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    Britain Embraces Apocalyptic Doom It's grim, and getting grimmer, but as this UK Guardian story by Andy Beckett reveals Brits can't get enough of the end of the world : A sense of doom dominates recent films such as Melancholia, in which a vast unknown planet suddenly appears from behind the su ...
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    A journey to see the black hole claimed to be at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy : I love these cosmological photo-montage animations. They're even better than the ones I saw in my head as a kid, when we could only look at drawings of star-fields in science books and have to imagine such a ...

Wired - Science

  • Chicks and Eggs: Best Live Nest Cams for Easter
    We've collected some of the best live streaming nest cams we could find. They all have eggs or chicks in the nest, or are about to have eggs. Turns out there are a lot of nest cams out there, from owls to falcons to emus.
  • Controversy Deepens Over Pesticides and Bee Co ...
    A controversial new study of honeybee deaths has deepened a bitter dispute over whether the developed world's most popular pesticides are causing an ecological catastrophe.
  • Unusual Dinosaur Eggs Are Shaped Like Easter Eggs
    Paleontologists have found hen-sized, hen-shaped dinosaur eggs sticking out of ancient sandstone in Spain's Pyrenees mountains.
  • What Space Looks Like to Kids
    This year's Space Foundation Student Art Contest attracted 1,500 prekindergarten to high school students from the U.S., Pakistan and Turkey. From stargazing in sleeping bags to shuttle launches and science fiction landscapes, students made drawings, paintings and mixed media pieces depicting spa ...
  • Send Bird-Watching Data Straight to Scientists ...
    A new smartphone app allows bird watchers to share sightings with scientists straight from the field.

Israeli Occupation Archive

  • Rashid Khalidi: David Ben-Gurion and Israel’s ...
    In late 2011, the self-appointed media watchdog CAMERA informed the Journal of Palestine Studies of an incorrect citation in an article by Ilan Pappé referring to a quotation by Israeli founding... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands ...
  • Norman Finkelstein bids farewell to Israel bashing
    In June, Norman Finkelstein will mark 30 years of criticizing Israel. He remembers the exact day - the beginning of the Lebanon war, which ended his indifference to the Middle East's troubles. He'll... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian l ...
  • Marwan Barghouti placed in solitary confinemen ...
    Imprisoned Fatah commander called on Palestinians to severe economic and security coordination with Israel, urged economic and diplomatic boycott: "It must be understood that there is no partner for... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian l ...
  • Commemorating Land Day in pictures
    Palestinians and activists in the occupied West Bank, Gaza, Israel and neighbouring countires have demonstrated on Land Day in memory of six Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces on March... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lan ...
  • Dismay at Globe invitation to Israeli theatre
    We notice with dismay and regret that Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London has invited Israel's National Theatre, Habima, to perform The Merchant of Venice in its Globe to Globe festival this coming... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian ...

Ria Novosti - Military

NewsWise

  • Is Some Homophobia Self-Phobia?
    Homophobia is more pronounced in individuals with an unacknowledged attraction to the same sex and who grew up with authoritarian parents who forbade such desires, a series of psychology studies demonstrates. The study is the first to document the role that both parenting and sexual orientation ...
  • Risk of Blood Loss in Childhood Back Surgery V ...
    The relative risk of blood loss during corrective spine surgery in children appears linked to the underlying condition causing the spinal deformity, according to a new study from Johns Hopkins Children's Center.
  • Customers Acquired Through Google Search Adver ...
    In a down economy where advertisers are concerned about every dollar spent, a team of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis has developed a new method of measuring the effectiveness of Google search advertising, taking into account not only online sales, but goods or services purchas ...
  • Unchained: Young ASU Alum Launches Non-Profit ...
    The average age of entry into prostitution is 12.8 nationally and between 13 and 15 in Phoenix. So when ASU graduate Jamie Roberts learned about "Dignity House," a residential program for victims of sex trafficking, she was immediately drawn in.
  • NYU Langone Medical Center Expands Gastrointes ...
    Lawrence Leichman, MD, and Cynthia Gail Leichman, MD, have been appointed faculty members of the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology at NYU Langone Medical Center.

Natural Health News

  • Insights into How Drug Companies Manipulate Re ...
    A new series featured in an online forum offers insight into how the pharmaceutical industry manipulates research, from what you hear in the news to the actual medical journals the so-called medical research is published in. According to The Conversation, transparency in medicine—if it even exis ...
  • Does Sunshine Actually Decrease Dangerous Mela ...
    Recent research blaming UV exposure for the growing incidences of melanoma has failed to consider crucial information that could turn the entire concept on its head, according to Dr. William Grant, an epidemiologist writing for the Vitamin D Council. One thing this research missed was that somet ...
  • Most Recalled Drugs Will Surprise You
    A new report on the drug industry shows an emerging pattern in drug recalls over recent years, with vaccines and immunoglobulins, in particular, failing to meet safety standards. These products are drugs with active substances in them produced by, or extracted from, a biological living source, f ...
  • The Beverage that Is Even WORSE than High Fru ...
    When a new beverage comes out advertising “60% less sugar—drink it to believe it”—the challenge is on. Same taste, fewer calories to the waist? Sounds good, doesn’t it? But before you throw that Pepsi Next into your grocery cart, Fooducate.com suggests you complete the challenge by reading the i ...
  • Why Stress Makes It Harder to Kick the Common Cold
    For anyone who’s ever suffered what seems like an unending cold or flu while they’re in the middle of an extended emotional crisis, scientists now believe they know why you’re more vulnerable to illness during high-stress times. According to CNN Healthland, a hormone released when we feel anxiou ...

Climategate

  • Dean of science…suggesting rising seas t…
    Dean of science…suggesting rising seas this next century of up to 100 metres, or Al Gore six metres. When I see things like that I know these are false. You mentioned the IPCC report; that suggests, at worst on best scenarios, 59 centimetres. http://www.google.com
  • ABC science presenter Robyn Williams seeks mor ...
    ABC science presenter Robyn Williams who in 2007 believed seas could rise 100 meters, seeks more truth from scientists after Climategate.
  • How to avoid your own Climategate scandal
    What are the lessons of Climategate? More honesty and transparency in science? Not according to attorney Alan Nelson in the Guardian UK today.  To him, the lesson is how not to get caught next time. So how do universities and academics ensure that their correspondence does not become the “ ...
  • What is the “likelihood” that the 2007 IPCC Re ...
    A very interesting analysis of the IPPC Assessment and has some important questions that invite others to help him answer. Please read his article and let him know what conclusions you draw.
  • Schools call for a “balanced teaching of globa ...
    USA Today reports that US schools are finally calling for both sides of global warming to be taught, because it is after all, a theory -- not a fact:

Opinio Juris

  • Three Questions for David Davenport
    by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller Mr. Davenport makes some very strong claims in his post concerning the OTP’s refusal to accept the Palestinian declaration.  Although I am on record with my belief that accepting the declaration would be a terrible political move for the ICC, I hav ...
  • The ICC and Palestine: A Response
    by David Davenport by David Davenport [David Davenport is a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution] In the end, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court made the only “legal” decision he could:  the ICC has no jurisdiction to act on the complaint of the Palestinian National Author ...
  • Cherry and Sneirson on Chevron and Greenwashing
    by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller It’s not every day that a law review article comes along that combines two of my interests: greenwashing, whereby large corporations pretend to care about the environment in order to distract people from the fact that they are busily destroying it, ...
  • Question on 2007 Strike Against Syria and Anti ...
    by Marty Lederman by Marty Lederman [Marty Lederman is a Professor at Georgetown Law School and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel from 2009 to 2010, and an Attorney Advisor in OLC from 1994-2002] There was, of course, a great deal o ...
  • John Bolton: Either Support an Israeli Preemp ...
    by Roger Alford by Roger Alford Speaking at a Federalist Society meeting yesterday at Notre Dame Law School, former Ambassador John Bolton addressed what the Obama Administration should do to curtail the threat of Iran. He offered not a single word of praise for the Obama Administration’ ...

Public News Service

  • Report Asks: Biofuel Crop or Invasive Weed?
    Report Asks: Biofuel Crop or Invasive Weed? PHOENIX – Biofuels are hot new crops all around the country, but before plowing ahead to seed the fields, a new report urges caution. The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) notes that bioenergy is an important piece of clean, local energy produc ...
  • Rise in Autism: Moving Past the Blame to Help ...
    Rise in Autism: Moving Past the Blame to Help Those Affected PHOENIX, Ariz. - April is Autism Awareness Month. With the growing rate of autism in Arizona and across the country, advocates say it is time to work together to better assist individuals and families affected by the disorder. ...(Read ...
  • Spring Cleaning: Is There Danger Under the Sink?
    Spring Cleaning: Is There Danger Under the Sink? PHOENIX - For those who make a habit of spring cleaning, toxic chemicals in some household cleaners may turn this into a dangerous season. Twenty-one groups have sent a letter urging federal action to enforce a 40-year-old law which requires disc ...
  • GOP Enviro Activist: “Republicans Are Gr ...
    GOP Enviro Activist: “Republicans Are Green, Too” PHOENIX - Support for many environmental causes seems to run strictly along party lines, but a group of Republicans is trying to change that in Congress. Republicans for Environmental Protection is asking House Speaker John Boehner to ...
  • Cutting the Cost of Running Errands
    Cutting the Cost of Running Errands PHOENIX - With gasoline prices around four dollars a gallon, it can pay Arizonans to plan ahead for those daily errands in the car. Jerry Medinger, manager of the Clean Fuels and Vehicle Technology program for the American Lung Association, says there are pl ...

Center for Food Safety

  • USDA To Decide Imminently On Novel “Agen ...
    The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is currently deciding whether or not to approve an application by Dow Chemical for its controversial genetically engineered (GE) corn crop that is resistant to the highly toxic herbicide 2,4-D, one of the main ingredients in Agent Orange. On February 22n ...
  • New Scientific Research Strengthens Link Betwe ...
    Center for Food Safety Calls on Congress, EPA to Take Action Three new studies released in the past two weeks, including one today by Harvard University, add to the growing body of evidence that implicate pesticides, specifically neonicotinoids—a class of pesticides used as a seed treatment in c ...
  • BPA is FDA’s Latest Gift to Food Industry
    By Michele Simon In a long-awaited decision, last week the Food and Drug Administration disappointed health advocates once again by allowing Bisphenol A or BPA, a known endocrine disruptor, to remain approved as a chemical additive in food containers such as plastic bottles and metal cans.While ...
  • Canadian Hog Industry Abandons Genetically Eng ...
    Center for Food Safety Calls on the U.S. FDA to Stop Review of GE “EnviroPig” The Center for Food Safety (CFS) welcomed reports that the University of Guelph, the Canadian university that developed the genetically engineered (GE) “Enviropig,” is closing down its research. CFS is now calling on t ...
  • Rep. Pingree Introduces Legislation to Require ...
    TEN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS JOIN LABELING BILL The Center for Food Safety (CFS) applauded a bill introduced by Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) Friday that would require the labeling of lean finely textured beef (LFTB) – the ammonia-treated ground beef filler coined “pink slime” by a former U.S. Departme ...

Angry Indian Op-Eds

  • .:Middle East Online::The State of Journalism ...
    .:Middle East Online::The State of Journalism and Media in the New Libya:.: Journalism and media witnessed huge expansion in Libya since the first spark in the February 17 revolution. There are now around 200 printed newspapers in Tripoli and Benghazi alone, and around 18 satellite channels thro ...
  • GUEST POST by @jazminchavez and @juliagrob: “L ...
    GUEST POST by @jazminchavez and @juliagrob: “Latinos: Turn Off Your TV, Co�o!”: GUEST POST BY Jazmin Chavez & Julia Ahumada Grob of "East WillyB" By the time of this publication, we should all be familiar with the recent controversy regarding ABC sitcom, “Work It,” in which Puerto Rican act ...
  • A Brief look at the Censorship of Human Rights ...
    China must abandon censorship | APNS Article 35 of China's constitution as adopted in 1982 clearly states that: "Citizens of the People's Republic of China enjoy freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly, of association, of procession and of demonstration." For 28 years this article has stood ...
  • The Republican Candidates' Race Card Strategy
    The Republican Candidates' Race Card Strategy [Black Star News Editorial] Republican presidential candidates Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and front-runner Mitt Romney have all played the race-card to varying degrees in this election cycle, while Ron Paul's campaign is weighed down by the race b ...
  • The Billanthrope: Why I Wrote Koontown
    The Billanthrope: Why I Wrote Koontown: Black people are inherently inferior. This is not something you would often hear anybody say outright—if at all. That would be racist, and we live in a time when even devout racists get offended if you actually call them “racist.” The closest we tend to ge ...

Pensieve

  • Defend our Right to Create and Share!
    I think the rights of copyright holders to protect their interests should not infringe on our rights to be considered innocent until proven guilty. By demanding the unilateral right to take down any website without due process, the media lobbyists are infringing the rights of all internet users. ...
  • Meet the Rollerman
    Jean-Yves Blondeau, a daredevil inventor, has created a suit that allows the wearer to skate downhill while lying flat on the pavement. His suit has been featured in Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel’s comedy, “Yes Man“. This looks immensely fun, and quite a bit less dangerous the ...
  • RSA: The Empathic Civilization
    With ever clever illustrations and motor-mouth skills that an auction salesman would admire, the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce creates impressive and inspiring videos, very worthy of our time. Related posts: Dumbledore what???? Time Magazine ran an articl ...
  • Hitchiking the Platforms
    Should I move Pensieve to Google’s Blogger platform again? Google has recently refreshed it’s blogging platform, and added Google+ integration. Pensieve began on Google’s blogger platform. My earlier blogs were hand coded, which made a hassle out of blogging, but also made each ...
  • Siri, AI and TV Collide
    Imagine talking to your TV, and having it answer you. Such a scenario is what the editors at the MacRumors website are suggesting Apple will soon unleash to the world. In this article, they say the Siri, the iPhone 4S virtual assistant, will be coming to television soon. Once Apple enters the Sm ...

Green Times

  • Prima Ballerina
    These elegant creatures look like ballerina's balancing on one leg. They appear mostly in South-America and Africa. The reason that they often stand on one leg is not really clear. There are a few different theories about this, and one of them is that the flamingos have the ability to let a part ...
  • What's on 30 January 2012
    If you're wondering whether yoga might be right for you, or even if you are a yoga ethusiast, then you should definitely check out the FREE Living Yoga Urban Retreat Days at BodyMindLife’s new Surry Hills (Sydney) studio this weekend!
  • Registrations now open to help Clean Up Australia
    “Everyone can do their bit for Australia, individually or as part of a team. Clean Up Australia Day is a simple way you can clean up, fix up and conserve our greatest resource – Australia.”
  • Top surfers, skaters and musicians coming to M ...
    World's best surfers, skaters and musicians converge on Manly Beach for nine-day action sports and music celebration.
  • What's on 23 January 2012
    Come and enjoy a truly spectacular night of hilarious comedy this wednesday. For one night only some of the nation's most talented comedians will sharpen their wits and have some fun at the expense of 'greenies'. All proceeds will go to The Wilderness Society campaigns to protect the env ...

The Briefing Room | Investigate

Israel-The Only Democracy in the Middle East?

  • Video: Israeli Army Invades and Closes Univers ...
    Sent to us by a reader. Click here for the Facebook page of Al Quds educational TV (mostly in Arabic.) Dr. Jamal Nusseibeh Vice President for Jerusalem Affairs Al-Quds University April 2, 2012 For the second time in two months, the Israeli authorities have invaded, searched and prevented the fun ...
  • Video: Israeli Soldiers Violently Evict Hebron ...
    From the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Tuesday, 3 April 2012 “Youth Against Settlements’” Badia Dweik: “While we were violently evicted, the army treats settlers with kid gloves.” While Israeli PM and his ministers scramble to prevent the eviction of a Palestinian-owned house in ...
  • New young Israeli Refusers
    For decades hundreds of Israeli youth have declared at different times and for different reasons that they will refuse to serve in the Israeli military as they see its actions as immoral. Many times, these conscientious objectors (COs) are imprisoned for refusing to serve in the army, as the mil ...
  • Iz al-deen and Trayvon
    Two young men, a few weeks apart, attacked by adult men. Both names exotic to white American ears.  Iz al-deen Tamemi was not killed, “only” shot in the face. His attackers wore uniforms, while Trayvon Martin’s murderer was vigilante acting alone, though his behavior was sancti ...
  • Queers Say No Pinkwashing in the Pacific Northwest
    ed’s note: Unusual for TOD? we are focusing on domestic activism in this post by new contributor Wendy. By Wendy Elisheva Somerson My friend Selma and I were gripping each other’s hands tightly last Thursday night, March 15th, as Seattle’s LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Com ...

Politics in the Zeros

  • TSA: A cup of coffee please and hold the mayo!
    Fun During Coffee Break, 1932. Martin Munkacsi, American. (Metropolitan Museum of Art © Joan Munkacsi, courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery)It looks like it was kind of a slow week for the TSA during the period between March 23rd and 29th, 2012: Firearms: 11: 5 loaded; 6 unloaded 0 artfully conceal ...
  • How will the lights stay on if coal plants shu ...
    United Mine Workers of America president blasts new EPA coal regulations saying ”The Navy SEALs shot Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan and [EPA Administrator] Lisa Jackson shot us in Washington.”Lawyers, Guns and Money says coal pollution kills predominantly working class people so WTF is ...
  • Water wars between countries possible, UK Ener ...
    “Countries have not tended to go to war over water, but I have a fear for the world that climate instability drives political instability The pressure of that makes conflict more likely,” he said.Climate change accelerates the instability as does population growth. One recurring wate ...
  • New Orleans police get stiff sentences in Katr ...
    Four alleged humans and former NOPD officers were sentenced to decades in prison for killing unarmed civilians in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Robert Faulcon got 65 years for shotgunning a man in the back while Kenneth Bowen got 40 years for spraying AK-47 fire at cowering civilians. A fi ...
  • California water wars: Imperial Valley water r ...
    Imperial Dam (Credit: commons.wikimedia.org)The Imperial Valley gets 20% of *all* the water from the Colorado River – more than Nevada and Colorado combined – and produces substantial amounts of the country’s winter vegetables.If you’re wondering why the Imperial Valley gets so much water ...

Coteret

  • Yediot’s Plocker: Thank you Mossad for r ...
    On Sunday (January 9 2011), Yediot’s Itamar Eichner reported [emphasis mine; full translation here]: Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is furious with outgoing Mossad Director Meir Dagan because of the briefing Dagan gave journalists last Thursday. In the course of that briefing, Dagan sha ...
  • “Rejectionist front”: Maariv detai ...
    As Israel’s diplomatic position erodes and the Palestinian Authority’s campaign for the unilateral recognition of a state in the 1967 borders gains ground, the demand for “direct negotiations” has become a central talking point of  Israeli government spokespeople. Here&#8 ...
  • New Yorker editor David Remnick to Yediot: &#8 ...
    On December 24 2010, Yediot’s Friday Political Supplement ran an interview with New Yorker editor David Remnick by Adi Gold. Most of the interview was dedicated to his new biography of Barack Obama. Gold did ask a political question on Israel and Reminck’s response was very blunt. No ...
  • Breaking the Silence’s landmark new book ...
    Breaking the Silence has just published a landmark collection of soldier testimonies from the Occupied Territories spanning the period 2000-2010. The 432 page book can now be browsed, downloaded and embedded here. If you read nothing else, take the time to look over the first to pages of the int ...
  • Following local pressure, Adidas reconsiders s ...
    This Maariv article [full translation below] from Friday is particularly badly written and repetitive, so I’ll summarize. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat decides to hold the first Jerusalem International Marathon in March 2011. He gets Adidas to sponsor the event. An Israeli runner registers an ...

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The Air Vent

  • Sea Ice Code
    A little cleanup of code for gridded sea ice. Download a free software called FileZilla and copy sea ice files to a known folder. The following code is a mathematically clean download and summation of gridded microwave satellited data.  For the north the pole-hole (area not observed by the satel ...
  • The Air Vent on Moderation
    Well in 3 1/2 years of blogging, millions of views and 45000 comments, the Air Vent is now on moderation.   This situation was caused by a single individuals repetitive nonsense commentary and name changing.   All this while claiming to have overturned basic thermodynamics without a single equat ...
  • Northern Hemisphere f11, f13
    I have quietly been spending some more hours of free time on sea ice and have a ton of data to present.  Previously, we found that there was a nearly statistically significant difference in trend between satellite NOAA 17 and 13 that would create a spurious trend increase.  In addition, we found ...
  • Earth Hour
    Earth hour approaches for the United States, with enough participation in the shut off everything campaign, we would actually be able to hard-stop the electric grid.   How cool would that be!  Days of restarting, tens of millions in cost, now that would send a real message.  To um….someone ...
  • Roy Spencer finds Scientific Proof of UHI, Cho ...
    McKitrick & Michaels Were Right: More Evidence of Spurious Warming in the IPCC Surface Temperature Dataset How can one explain such results, other than to conclude that there is spurious warming in the CRUTem3 dataset? I already see in the comments, below, that there are a few attempts to di ...

Focal Point

  • Spencer Soper Wins Sidney Award for Exposing B ...
    Business reporter Spencer Soper of The Morning Call has won the October Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman foundation for his expose of Dickensian conditions in Amazon.com's warehouse in Pennsylvania. Temperatures inside the "fulfillment center" soared to over 100 degrees over the summ ...
  • Spencer Soper Wins Sidney Award for Exposing B ...
    Business reporter Spencer Soper of The Morning Call has won the October Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman foundation for his expose of Dickensian conditions in Amazon.com's warehouse in Pennsylvania. Temperatures inside the "fulfillment center" soared to over 100 degrees over the summer ...
  • Spencer Soper Wins Sidney Award for Exposing B ...
    Business reporter Spencer Soper of The Morning Call has won the October Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman foundation for his expose of Dickensian conditions in Amazon.com's warehouse in Pennsylvania. Temperatures inside the "fulfillment center" soared to over 100 degrees over the summer ...
  • Bachmann's Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric is Bad Scienc ...
    Hey, Michele Bachmann, you know who was really, really pro-vaccination? The Founding Fathers. Read all about it in my new article at The Nation. George Washington argued for mandatory inoculation of citizens against smallpox and mandated the inoculation of the Continental Army, under the ...
  • Bachmann's Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric is Bad Scienc ...
    Hey, Michele Bachmann, you know who was really, really pro-vaccination? The Founding Fathers. Read all about it in my new article at The Nation. George Washington argued for mandatory inoculation of citizens against smallpox and mandated the inoculation of the Continental Army, under the . ...

Inside Facebook

  • Facebook roundup: iPad, Ceglia, India, security
    Facebook updates iPad app – Facebook updated its iPad app to support retina display, as well as allowing offline chat, photo and friend bug fixes and more. Ceglia can’t search Zuckerberg’s files – Attorneys for Facebook and would-be Facebook owner … Continue reading ...
  • How will Facebook respond to the growth of Pin ...
    A report from marketing services company Experian says Pinterest is the third most popular social network in the U.S. after Facebook and Twitter. In past years when a social platform started to get traction as Pinterest has, Facebook responded by … Continue reading →
  • Dropbox, videos, Soul Crash, Pose, Digg, hi5, ...
    Dropbox topped our list of emerging Facebook applications by monthly active users this week after the app started giving bonus storage space to people who refer friends to use it. Then a few video apps, games led by Soul Crash, … Continue reading →
  • Facebook updates page insights to reflect impr ...
    Facebook page insights will now more accurately count the number of impressions gained through fans sharing posts, according to a post on the Facebook Studio Blog. Previously, impressions gained from initial shares were included in page’s total and viral impressions, … Continue readi ...
  • Facebook picks Nasdaq, sources say
    Facebook has decided to list its shares on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol “FB,” according to unnamed New York Times sources. When the social network first filed for an initial public offering in February, it did not reveal whether it would … Continue reading →

Truthout - Tweets

ReDress News

  • The devastating impact of Passover on Jewish p ...
    Uri Avnery considers the fictional story of the Passover and its devastating impact on Jewish culture: extreme paranoia and a craving for revenge against non-Jews - for Israelis, pouring out their wrath on their neighbours, the Palestinians and other Arabs, on their minorities and on their victims.
  • German poet Guenter Grass says what cowardly p ...
    Gilad Atzmon considers German poet Guenter Grass's courageous stance on Israel, which he criticized in a poem for undermining an already fragile world peace, and views the ridiculous response of Israel's embassy and its stooges in Germany.
  • Britain's mad-house foreign policy
    Stuart Littlewood highlights Britain's double standards and contradictory policies in the Middle East: on the one hand irrational belligerence and warmongering towards Iran even though this is contrary to British national interests, and on the other cosying up to and taking its cue from Israel, ...
  • Israel set to uproot 30,000 of its own Bedouin ...
    Neve Gordon explains why Israel's plans to move entire communities of its own Bedouin citizens from their ancestral lands in the Negev and put them in townships will deprive them of their livelihood and land rights.
  • US editorialist Thomas Friedman's "Festival of ...
    Lawrence Davidson explains why Thomas Friedman, one of the most widely read editorial writers in the United States, is confused and unreliable when it comes to the Middle East.

Amazon Rainforest

  • Peru police clashes with illegal gold miners: ...
    Thousands of illegal gold miners battled police for control of a regional capital in the Amazon basin on Wednesday and at least three people were killed by gunfire.  Outnumbered riot police fired tear gas against miners who wielded clubs and rocks and tried to seize strategic facilities in Puert ...
  • Brazil to Dilma: Fulfill campaign promise!
      The Forest Code is dwindling, and with it the Brazilian forests. Soon to be voted in the House, the text that distorts the country’s main environmental law was the target of a demonstration today in Brasilia, which brought together social movements and environmental groups, asking the Pr ...
  • European energy corporation plans to flood Rai ...
    Spanish energy cooperation Endesa (subsidiary enterprise of the Italian Enel cooperation) is builiding a giant hydro-electric power plant next to the River Magdalena, Colombia- The construction work has started today- the protest camps of the local farmers and fishermen have been evacuated by fo ...
  • Plastic eating Fungi discovered in Amazon Rain ...
    The group of students, part of Yale’s annual Rainforest Expedition and Laboratory with molecular biochemistry professor Scott Strobel, ventured to the jungles of Ecuador. The mission was to allow “students to experience the scientific inquiry process in a comprehensive and creative way.&#8 ...
  • Justice for 8year girl burned alive by loggers ...
    Loggers in Brazil captured an eight-year-old girl from one of the Amazon’s last uncontacted tribes and burned her alive as part of a ‘campaign’ to force the indigenous population from its land! Sign Petition and share: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/813/288/541/ The ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

  • The EyeOpener- Change of Heart?: The Legacy of ...
    Until last Saturday, those who called former Vice President Dick Cheney “heartless” would have been more or less technically correct. Since 2010, the now 71 year old with a history of heart troubles has been using a HeartMate II, a left ventricle assist device that helped his heart t ...
  • BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- March 26 ...
    BFP Nightly Quote “NATIONAL DEFENSE, n. In U.S. political discourse: 1) The pauperization of the nation through expenditures for deadly weapons systems; 2) The bombardment and invasion of small countries. The United States is, of course, the only nation entitled to such ‘defense.&#82 ...
  • Podcast Show #81: ‘Real’ Reportage on Syria & Iran
    The Boiling Frogs Presents Pepe Escobar Roving investigative journalist Pepe Escobar returns to our show and provides us with ‘real’ reportage on Syria and Iran. He discusses the narrow view and propaganda presented by the US government and media, and deconstructs the rehearsed messages and imag ...
  • BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- March 23 ...
    BFP Nightly Quote “The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits.” – Thomas Jefferson International Newsworthy IAEA Chief Accused of Pro-Western Bias over Iran Trouble on the Iran-Pakistan Pipeline F ...
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Afro Spear

Expose the BNP

  • Expose the BNP: activists’ meeting
    Over the summer we have seen the extreme right enter parliament in Sweden and racist deportations of Roma people from France. Here at home the EDL have continued to target cities with Muslim communities, while the police are bringing trumped-up charges against anti-fascists. November 6 sees a na ...
  • Rotherham fascist leads secret double life
    A BNP activist is living a secret double life, desperate to prevent his employers from finding out about his extremist views – despite having stood as a candidate in last month’s election. Tom Holmes (25) received 715 votes in the recent elections for Rotherham Council but has managed to keep hi ...
  • Nick Griffin humiliated in Barking defeat
    The British National Party have suffered a humiliating defeat in the general election when Nick Griffin failed to gain a Westminster seat for the East London ward of Barking. Labour MP Margaret Hodge secured the seat with a 16,000 majority, with Griffin trailing third after the Conservative cand ...
  • Ten questions that expose Nick Griffin
    On the day that the BNP launches its election manifesto, Expose the BNP has researched 10 questions for journalists to put to the BNP leader, the answers to which reveal him to be a deeply racist, anti-Semitic Holocaust denier who boasts about his criminal past. 1. In which year did you stop den ...
  • Workshy Griffin left his parents penniless
    On yesterday’s Today programme, BNP leader Nick Griffin told the Radio Four audience that “Liberal economics … have utterly bankrupted this country.” The truth is that Nick Griffin was himself declared bankrupt in 1991. Over several years thereafter he destroyed his parents’ finances as we ...

Ode Magazine

  • Sonic boon
    A search for the healing power of sound I’m lying in A bed that’s as hard as nails with a series of strings along the sides and two gongs above my head. It’s known as a gong bath, and Gwen de Jong, a practitioner of sound healing at Spirit Connection in Amsterdam ...
  • The secret’s in the sauce
    What my father’s recipe for pasta marinara says about the future of capitalism As the daughter of a Neapolitan, I grew up eating pasta with marinara sauce. My father didn’t always make it from scratch, but he did so often enough for me to follow his recipe through memories. Fr ...
  • Clean water, clean energy
    In the prosperous West, we generally only get worked up about clean water and electricity when the bill arrives in the mail, and we discover that once again, we’ve been showering too long and leaving the lights on too often. But in many parts of the world, people can only dream ...
  • Blocking CO2 to beat malaria
    Mosquitoes are so difficult to elude because they pursue us via the CO2 exhaled in our breath. That’s annoying when we’re relaxing outside on a summer evening, but it’s devastating for the 200 to 300 million people who contract malaria annually. More than 1 millio ...
  • A winter’s tale
    Celebrating the return of the bald eagle In the Iowa winter, as the poet Robert Hass wrote, “a farmer’s dreams are narrow,” and autumn can inspire me with a kind of dread as I work in the garden that will soon be buried under snow. But this coming winter, as the ...

OpEd News

  • Prohibition's Legacy: Medical Marijuana Patien ...
    Editorial on the parallels between the federal government's prohibition on alcohol nearly 100 years ago and those of the current prohibition on cannabis use today.
  • Plot to Kill Venezuelan President Chavez's riv ...
    Brewing controversy in Venezuela to sow dissent and civil unrest before the October presidential elections.
  • John Baird, Canada's foreign minister, on al-J ...
    al-Jazeera questions highlight Canada's role as a pawn to the U.S. adventures in the Middle East.
  • Iran/Israel locked in Mutual Assured Destructi ...
    There is little credible discussion of just what constitutes the Iranian threat, though we do have an authoritative answer, provided by U.S. military and intelligence. Their presentations to Congress make it clear that Iran doesn't pose a military threat.
  • Deja vu all Over Again.
    The article makes the point that elections matter in ways that affect economic and legislative policies. This was true when Hoover was president in the 1929 depression. It is true today when state governments put balancing the budget ahead of employment and economic growth, and when ideology dic ...

Switchboard

  • Solar Development in California: Preserving ou ...
    Johanna Wald, Senior Attorney, San Francisco Expanding solar development in California in a way that meets our clean energy needs while preserving our wildlands and wildlife is no small task.  And it's not without controversy. Coming to the ta ...
  • Bear pepper spray works
    Louisa Willcox, Senior Wildlife Advocate, Livingston, Montana                               &nbsp ...
  • Latin America Climate, Energy and Environment ...
    Amanda Maxwell, Latin America Advocate, Washington, DC Chile Chile’s Supreme Court released its final verdict in favor of HydroAysén, the project which would build five dams on the Baker and Pascua Rivers in the Patagonia region. This ...
  • NRDC Greenlights Two Solar Projects in California
    Johanna Wald, Senior Attorney, San Francisco After careful review, I’m excited to say that two proposed California solar projects are up to snuff. This week, NRDC joined the Audubon California, Defenders of Wildlife and the Sierra Club in supp ...
  • French people form "Human Chain Reaction" of u ...
    Jerome Simons, Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow, Washington, D.C. A press release from March 11, 2012 mentions the nuclear protest of tens of thousands of people that formed a human chain in the Rhône valley. Réseau Sortir du Nucl&eacu ...

Lawyers,Guns,& Money

  • Should the National Review Fire the Derb?
    I’m not sure why; he’s been what his latest racist post says he is for a long time (see also his claim that only “Christian Anglo-Saxon men” are capable of government.) And of course he’s part of a grand National Review tradition. No need to stop now.
  • MLB Preview One: The AL
    EAST: 1. NYY 2. BOS (*) 3. TB 4. TOR 5. BALT I will have no problem making my annual reverse-hedge bet for Planned Parenthood with Howard, as the Yankees are still an easy pick here. I’d love to pick Tampa Bay over the Red Sox, because the latter’s niggling flaws — no major lea ...
  • Why Do All These Mud People Keep Calling Me Ra ...
    The eminent Derb: (10a) Avoid concentrations of blacks not all known to you personally. (10b) Stay out of heavily black neighborhoods. (10c) If planning a trip to a beach or amusement park at some date, find out whether it is likely to be swamped with blacks on that date (neglect of that one got ...
  • The decline of journalism
    The decline of American journalism has some things in common with the decline of the legal profession. Consider this piece of “journalism,” published yesterday in Forbes, purportedly one of the nation’s leading financial magazines: The recent economic downturn has sparked a med ...
  • Meet Your ALEC Hacks
    In case you want to know who the ALEC staffers are and, say, want to follow their Twitter feeds/harass them for being evil, this guide is for you.

Desert Research Institute

  • DRI's Net Zero Building Honored by USGBC and ...
    The Desert Research Institute’s Net Zero Building was honored by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) and Senator Harry Reid at the USGBC Northern Nevada Chapter luncheon for its goals and plans to create an independently sustainable structure.
  • DRI's Net Zero Building Honored by USGBC and ...
    The Desert Research Institute’s Net Zero Building was honored by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) and Senator Harry Reid at the USGBC Northern Nevada Chapter luncheon for its goals and plans to create an independently sustainable structure.
  • DoE/NNSA Contract Extension
    DRI secured a new Technical Research, Engineering, and Development Services contract with the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration. The contract extends until October 31, 2016 and has a ceiling value of $35,926,593. DRI supports the nationally important missions of ...
  • DoE/NNSA Contract Extension
    DRI secured a new Technical Research, Engineering, and Development Services contract with the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration. The contract extends until October 31, 2016 and has a ceiling value of $35,926,593. DRI supports the nationally important missions of ...
  • DRI Researcher Featured in Scientific American
    The February Edition of Scientific American features the work of DRI’s Joseph McConnell, Ph.D. The article includes interviews with several scientists whose research examines how dust influences climate and cloud formation—and the fertilization of oceans and rain forests.

Earth Techling

National Law Journal | U.S.

  • During Penn dedication, Sotomayor voices one r ...
    U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor told an audience at the University of Pennsylvania of one decision that she regrets to this day: Forgoing a clerkship right out of law school, against the advice of a mentor.
  • Judge tosses suits over downloaded porn becaus ...
    A Florida federal judge has dismissed 27 consolidated copyright infringement cases alleging some 3,500 John Doe defendants of illegalyy downloading pornography because the plaintiffs' attorney is not an admitted attorney in the state of Florida.
  • MLB wants Dodgers to cover league's legal cost ...
    The settlement between Major League Baseball and Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt didn't resolve all their differences: Baseball Commissioner Allan "Bud" Selig now wants the league's $7.6 million in legal bills and costs paid for by the team before it emerges from bankruptcy.
  • 1st Circuit wrestles with requisite level of b ...
    How far does a bank have to go to warn commercial customers of potential fraud? That was the issue before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit in oral arguments on April 5.
  • Federal judge excoriates Ohio over botched exe ...
    Concluding that the state of Ohio can be trusted — barely — not to bungle an upcoming execution, a federal judge in Columbus on Wednesday rejected a plea by convicted killer Mark Wiles to stay his sentence of death by lethal injection.

How Shall We Do The Mountain ?

  • Community Workshop in Tioga County on Environm ...
    The Clean Air Council and Penn Environment, state-wide environmental groups, will give an educational workshop in Tioga County for residents of north-central Pennsylvania on Saturday, March 24, 1-4 PM. The training will be held at the W.M. Tokishi Training Center, NYPUM Drive, Wellsboro, PA 1690 ...
  • New State Impact PA App
    Since I now live in south central PA (I moved south from Tioga County; north central PA) and have less access to the center of the gas drilling, I frequently use State Impact PA as a resource as well as tune in to WITF radio on my commutes to work, when I’m not pedaling my [...]
  • OilandGasHelp.com
    I happen to be looking for the location of a specific Northwest Savings Bank in PA and when I pulled up their website I found the below link. http://www.oilandgashelp.com/ It looks like Northwest Savings Bank has put together a section of their website to answer questions or help folks who are c ...
  • The Passage of House Bill 1950…
    I thought I’d highlight a few of the items that I find horrifying that passed with house bill 1950 during yesterdays vote. Municipalities will no longer be safe from drilling and the acceptable distances of drilling pads and compressor stations from homes or public spaces, such as schools, ...
  • Update on PA Roads Effected by Gas Drilling fr ...
    From the DCNR website: In recent years there has been a marked increase in natural gas activity in state forests in north central Pennsylvania . Visitor experiences and road usage can be impacted by this activity. Loyalsock State Forest Bodine Mountain Road: Heavy gas activity is to be expected ...

News Blaze

environment 360

  • New iPad App Will Help Mariners Avert Right Wh ...
    A coalition of conservation groups has created an iPad/iPhone app capable of warning mariners when they are approaching areas of high risk for collision with endangered North Atlantic right whales. The so-called Whale Alert app, which is available for free Click to enlarge NOAA Whale Alert ...
  • Exposure to Weed Killer Can Alter the Shape of ...
    A new study has found that exposure to the popular weed killer Roundup can alter the morphology of some amphibian species, triggering unexpected changes in body shape of young tadpoles. In a series of tests conducted in large outdoor tanks that mimicked wetland ecosystems, scientists at the Univ ...
  • UK Revives £1 Billion Competition to Boost Car ...
    The UK has re-launched a £1 billion ($1.6 billion) competition to promote the large-scale adoption of carbon-capture technology, an investment that government officials hope will make the UK a global leader in the emerging low-carbon energy sector. Launched by the Department of Energy and Climat ...
  • Some Corals More Resilient To Increased Acidif ...
    Some coral species may be better able to cope with the increasingly acidic condition of the world’s oceans than previously believed, a new study says. Writing in the journal Nature Climate Change, an international team of scientists describes an internal mechanism by which many coral speci ...
  • Shell’s Spill Response Plan Is Approved by U.S ...
    The U.S. Department of the Interior has approved Shell Oil’s plan to respond to an oil spill in the Arctic’s Beaufort Sea, clearing the way for exploratory drilling this summer. The decision follows similar U.S. government approval for a spill response plan in the Chukchi Sea, and Shell said tha ...

Red Ice Creations

  • Soviet-Swedish Social Services Kidnap and Abus ...
    It’s been called one of the worst cases of government abuse ever committed against a home schooling family: the abduction by Swedish authorities of Domenic Johansson, a happy, healthy, 7-year-old boy taken from his parents Christer and Annie Johansson in 2009 as they waited to leave Sweden on a ...
  • The NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy ...
    The spring air in the small, sand-dusted town has a soft haze to it, and clumps of green-gray sagebrush rustle in the breeze. Bluffdale sits in a bowl-shaped valley in the shadow of Utah’s Wasatch Range to the east and the Oquirrh Mountains to the west. It’s the heart of Mormon country, where re ...
  • It’s Robert Green’s Birthday on Tuesday the 27 ...
    Please drop him a line or send him a card to show him your support. Robert wants to say a huge ’thank you’ to everyone who has written to him since he was imprisoned - it has really touched him to know that he is in people’s thoughts. He said that to date he has received letters from 22 countrie ...
  • Sarkozy: Prosecute and Imprison Readers of "Ex ...
    French president Nicolas Sarkozy didn’t wait long to exploit the terror rampage of Mohammed Merah. Soon after Merah’s death in a stand-off with police, Sarkozy said French citizens who visit "extremist" websites should be treated the same way as those who look at child pornography. "Anyone who r ...
  • Inception becomes reality? Two teams of scient ...
    The idea of the surreal film, Inception, where people ’plant’ an idea in someone else’s head may not be so out-there after all. Two teams of scientists have found ways to create false memories, and implant them into the brain at will - although for now, the technique only works in mice. Memories ...

Russia Today

  • Ultimate 'zombie' mind control: myths and fact ...
    A speech by the Russian Defense Minister promising to modernize his army caused a firestorm in the Western media – which accused Russia of developing mind control weapons that turn people into zombies. The truth is more... Read Full Article at RT.com
  • F-18 jet crashes into apartments in Virginia n ...
    Both pilots safely ejected from the plane that moments later crashed into a residential area in Virginia Beach. Read Full Article at RT.com
  • Eau de toilette: Bill Gates pays to turn sewag ...
    The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has won worldwide respect for battling disease and starvation in the developing world. But their latest venture – cheaply recycling sewage into drinking water and fuel – may prove... Read Full Article at RT.com
  • ‘Right-wing rhetoric’: Sarkozy hunts for ‘euro ...
    Nicolas Sarkozy is trying to win back French voters by promising to freeze the money the country pays towards running the EU. Along with a blow to immigration, it is among the measures he outlined to cushion the effect... Read Full Article at RT.com
  • Grass stained: Israel slams Nobel Prize-winner ...
    The Israeli government has slammed a poem by prominent German writer and Nobel Prize-winner Gunter Grass criticizing Israel’s stance on nuclear armament. The country labels a comparison Grass made of Israel to Iran... Read Full Article at RT.com

Not My Tribe

  • The Misery that is North Korea
    Wonder how much our American military attack on North Korea for over 6 decades has played in making North Korea the Misery that it is today? No doubt though that American capitalist apologists will simply want to blame all that is bad about North Korean society merely on ‘communism’, ...
  • Sign this US Petition for Human Rights
    Protect all of us from the Police and Military State that is growing daily much bigger all around us. Please sign this petition because it’s not just demanding human rights for Black Americans, it’s demanding human rights for all of us! Demand Obama institute a National Plan of Actio ...
  • US-made counterrevolution in Libya leads to ci ...
    Oops! The law of unintended consequences in US foreign policy continues to have its effects on the world. Those politician fat cats in D.C. wanted Moammar Gadhafi out of power in Libya and got that after the brutal torture murder of that head of state, but did the Obama Administration calculate ...
  • There is no justice in the US Injustice System ...
    …Let’s see now? We have Trayvon Martin in Florida and the 5 people now put on trial after being tortured repeatedly by the US military as Pentagon held POWs, and we have The Case of Howard Morgan.   How much more injustice can they pack into the US Criminal Injustice System? Per ...
  • Who else indoctrinates children and trains the ...
    No sooner had the KONY 2012 video gone famously viral, with lots of help from the corporate war-loving media, it was debunked for being US Africa interventionism propaganda. But Springs area schools had already booked the tour, and that’s a difficult about face in these military parts. Yes ...

Debunking the Debunkers

  • Two criticisms of the Harrit et al paper that ...
    The vast majority of debunker responses to the discovery of active thermitic material over the past three years have been one of the following mantras: "Paint!", "Peer-review!" and "Chain of custody!". Dr James Millette's report on the red/gray chips has apparently given the "Paint!" mantra new ...
  • Oystein's Contamination Denial
    The MEK test in the Active Thermitic Material ... paper was important in that it established that the aluminium in the red/gray chips is in elemental form consistent with the thermite hypothesis, rather than aluminosilicate form consistent with the paint hypothesis. JREFer Oystein is skeptical. ...
  • Tangled Webs - NIST and WTC7
    ------------------------------------------------ According to the official explanation the collapse of WTC7 came about from the expansion of a steel beam leading to the progressive failure of the entire structure. However, analysis of the building plans show that this already dubious explanati ...
  • Project Truth (WTC) - Sip 2.5 Cognitive Dissonance
    Related: Cognitive Dissonance Meets 9/11 Truth AE911Truth - Psychologists on coping with 9-11 truth. Many people subconsciously make the mistake of only seeing the issues concerning 9/11 in black and white, as opposed to shades of gray. This is known as the black-or-white fallacy. In this c ...
  • Reflecting on the Verinage demolition method
    I recently came across debunker vids on YouTube, such as this that boast of the Verinage demolition technique used to bring down buildings without explosives. According to Wikipedia, “The technique. . .is used in France to weaken and buckle the supports of central floors promoting the collapse o ...

Fooducate

  • What is an “Incomplete” Protein?
    New here?  Get our iPhone or Android App to scan & choose healthy groceries!  Or try Fooducate on the Web! This is a guest blog post by Claire Harrison I’ve begun to look more closely at beans. Now bean protein is considered an “incomplete” protein. I don’t know about you, but I’ve never rea ...
  • Superfood or Super PR?
    New here?  Get Fooducated with our iPhone or Android App!  Or try Fooducate on the Web! It seems these days almost every other food we hear about has some magic property that turns it into a “superfood.” The term, which did not exist 10 years ago, was coined by Steven G. Pratt, MD in ...
  • Pepsi Next: The Worst of 2 Drinks, Combined in ...
    New here?  Get our iPhone or Android App to scan & choose healthy groceries!  Or try Fooducate on the Web! When we joked about the big cola companies removing 30% of the sugar from their soft drinks as an April Fool’s prank, some people responded in all seriousness, having spotted such ...
  • Beautiful, Fun and Healthy Easter Recipe Ideas
    New here?  Get Fooducated with our iPhone or Android App!  Or try Fooducate on the Web! Did you know Fooducate is on Pinterest? We’re using this addictive online scrapbooking service as a place to share not just nutrition information, but also collection of fun, healthy recipes ideas aroun ...
  • A Weak FDA: BPA Toxicity Needs More Research, ...
    New here?  Get Fooducated with our iPhone or Android App!  Or try Fooducate on the Web! Last Friday, the FDA issued its most updated position on Bisphenol-A (BPA), a chemical widely used in food packaging. A chemical that has some unfortunate side effects, due to the fact that it mimics human ho ...

Traffikd

  • Twitter Step by Step
    Twitter management can be a daunting task. There are a lot of articles telling you the do's and don'ts of Twitter, however it can still be difficult to pin down exactly what you should be doing each day step by step. If you are having a hard time getting organized and keeping up with everything ...
  • SEO Tips For Your Blog and Business
    When was the last time you thought about your site beyond adding content? It is probably time to take a look at how things are organized. When you started the site you had certain goals, ideas and experiences, now as time has passed it is a good idea to take another look at those goals [...]
  • How To Choose Keywords
    Every day millions of searches are performed on the internet and all of those search terms are saved and provided to us to peruse at our discretion. Unfortunately, on the other hand, there are millions of searches performed every day on the internet and ALL that data is saved and provided to us ...
  • Why Social Media Isn’t Working For You
    So you took the first step and signed yourself up for some social media sites and started marketing yourself and now you're waiting for the traffic to start rolling in. You've done your research about social media marketing and everyone tells you to find followers, engage them and turn them into ...
  • How Do I Tweet – Writing the $6 Million Dollar ...
    Twitter recently made claims that they had reached 100 million users. A fairly impressive feat to be sure, and that is reflected in the pull people give to twitter as a social media outlet. Great tweets can make you a star as fast bad ones can kill your image. Most of the time tweets just pass ...

Survival International

  • Peru passes indigenous rights law without cons ...
    The new law has been pushed since the tragic incidents of the Bagua protests in northern Peru © Marijke Deleu and Thomas Quirynen This week Peru has published the greatly anticipated Prior Consultation Law promised by Ollanta Humala at the beginning of his presidency last year. The law ai ...
  • Peru defies UN breakthrough on uncontacted tribes
    Peru continues to approve oil and gas projects despite previous exploration leading to the death of half the Nahua tribe. © Survival Peru’s government is ignoring new UN guidelines on the protection of uncontacted Indians in the Amazon. Instead of backing the UN’s landmark report, which su ...
  • Revealed: how Ethiopia's plantations are killi ...
    Efforts to re-direct the Omo River for irrigation are drying up a key water source for tribes. © Survival New photographic evidence proves Ethiopia’s controversial plantations scheme is killing the Lower Omo River, a lifeline for 100,000 tribal people. The Omo River downstream from ...
  • Sri Lankan park guard kills tribal man
    A Wanniyala-Aetto family. The tribe want to return to their land in Maduru Oya National Park. © Survival A Sri Lankan park guard has shot dead a young man from the Wanniyala-Aetto tribe for hunting on his people’s ancestral land. Local sources say Thalawarige Sunila was hunting inside the ...
  • UN body says Brazil violating indigenous rights
    Kayapó Indians dance at an anti-dam protest © Terence Turner The International Labour Organization (ILO), part of the UN, has criticized the Brazilian government for failing to respect indigenous peoples’ rights. The ILO has stated that by failing to consult Indians about the construction ...

Greg Palast

  • Cops beat our cameraman ZD Roberts
    [New York 1 a.m Sunday]   Our photographer ZD Roberts was just beaten by cops @OWS. Thrown down, hair grabbed and slammed with nightsticks - while Zach yelling "I'm PRESS!" trying to show badge. Cops berserk. Zach following protest path tho I'm trying to get him to come in with film. He cannot b ...
  • The Fukushima story you didn't hear on CNN
    "Completely and Utterly Fail in an Earthquake" by Greg Palast for FreePress.org I've seen a lot of sick stuff in my career, but this was sick on a new level. Here was the handwritten log kept by a senior engineer at the nuclear power plant: Wiesel was very upset. He seemed very nervous. V ...
  • BP Settlement Sells Out VictimsDeal buries evi ...
    by Greg Palast for TheMudflats Following the Deepwater Horizon explosion, Greg Palast led a four-continent investigation of BP PLC for Britain's television series Dispatches. From 1989-91, Palast directed the investigation of fraud charges in the Exxon Valdez grounding for Alaska Native villag ...
  • Billionaire Ballot Bandits
    They're stealing it again. In 2000, my team uncovered how Katherine Harris illegally purged thousands of African-Americans from Florida's voter rolls. In 2004, for BBC, we uncovered the Karl Rove GOP "caging scheme" that swiped that election. In 2008, we uncovered, for Rolling Stone and BBC, ...
  • Romney's Auto Bail-out Billionaires
    Top funders made billions from US Treasury by Greg Palast for NationOfChange [Thursday February 23] Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney called the federal government’s 2009 bail-out of the auto industry, “nothing more than crony capitalism, Obama style... a reward for his big donors t ...

How Can I Recycle This ?

  • How can I reuse or recycle empty bottled gas/p ...
    Lyndon has emailed to ask about reusing – or recycling – propane gas canisters (the ones for heating, barbecues or patio heaters etc): Trying to tidy up the yard at work, what can I do with some old gas bottles? If there is a company name on the bottles (like Calor Gas, Flo Gas or [...]
  • How can I reuse or recycle large (catering siz ...
    Sam has emailed asking about large food cans: I have a number of large metal food cans, some zinc lined, which are called #10 size. They hold about 5 or 6 lbs (just under 3kg) of beans, or other foods. Now that they’re empty, they are open on one end, with no plastic lid to [...]
  • She recycled that! Upcycling novelty hats into ...
    Last September, Karen emailed us about the vast collection of novelty jester hats that her boyfriend had collected at various carnivals and festivals over the years. She wanted to know how she could reuse or recycle them as she hadn’t had much success giving them away. Lots of people made ...
  • How can I reuse or recycle wallpaper samples?
    Following on from the paint tester pots the other week, I’ve got some wallpaper samples that have served their purpose too. I really can’t wait for our renovations to be over! Like the paint, the samples were to check out ideas/colours/designs in-situ. Some of them were torn from rol ...
  • How can I reuse or recycle medical plastic tubing?
    We’ve had an email from Janette asking about medical plastic tubing: I need to know how I might reuse/recycle medical plastic tubing. My husband uses an oxygen tank and the cannula (clear plastic tubing) needs to be changed every two weeks. After the nasal clip is removed, biowaste/garbage ...

Age of Autism

  • Hope While We Groan
    By Brooke Potthast “Hope While We Groan”. That was the title of the sermon given at my church today. The youngish reverend who delivered the sermon did his usual stunning job of getting us to dig deep in our hearts...
  • Winner A Full Life with Autism by Chantal Sici ...
    Theresa has won A Full Life with Autism written by our friend Chantal Sicile-Kira and her adult son Jeremy. Congrats, Theresa. Look for more contests soon. A Full Life with Autism is a guide for helping our children on the...
  • Light It Up True: Autism Speaks Funded $27.4 M ...
    Click table to enlarge. Data from Autism Speaks' site. 1 in 250. 1 in 166. 1 in 110. 1 in 88. And now Autism Speaks is pushing for drug treatments for this ever growing "market". Unprecedented Academic-Industry Collaboration Seeks New...
  • How Long Will the Worst Cover-up in Health-Car ...
    By Anne Dachel The latest stunning autism numbers have officials scrambling for some sort of explanation to allay the growing fear out there that something really bad is happening to our kids. All the major newspapers and networks are working...
  • Warning: Hunger Games Ahead
    By Dan E. Burns Will it be “Hunger Games” for our kids as adults, or can we bend the future? After an unsuccessful interview with Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS), which is supposed to help find work...

Global BDS Movement

Farm Wars

  • Farm Wars Safe Seed Pledge
    If you are a seed distributor, grower, or home seed swapper, make sure that your website visitors know that you have absolutely NO ties to biotech interests. Take the Safe Seed Pledge, and consider placing something on your site letting potential customers know that you will not support the like ...
  • Nest Wars!
    Farm Wars geese are at it again. This time they've taken over the doghouse!
  • The Living Seed Company – Seeds of Freedom
    "The power of people growing food together and saving their own seeds is one of the best ways to achieve both inner harmony and global prosperity." Living Seed Company
  • Farm Wars Safe Seed Company List
    The following is a list of seed companies that provide organic and heirloom seed varieties. These companies have no ties to biotech interests, and do not get their seeds from Monsanto.
  • The Secret of Oz Full Movie
    The Ponzi Scheme that is our banking system.

Open Your Eyes News

  • NY cops break into Marine vet’s home and ...
    RT – A grand jury is expected to soon hear a case from last year in which an unarmed, 68-year-old retired black military veteran was killed by police officers in New York. Four months later, no one has been charged in the murder. Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., a former US Marine, was killed on N ...
  • How giving up sugar can take 20 years off your ...
    Daily Mail – The biggest compliment anyone can pay Wendy Powell is to call her a liar. The mother of two absolutely adores it when people refuse to believe she is all of her 40 years. ‘Better still is when I bump into people who I haven’t seen for a long time,’ she says. ‘It’s [...]
  • Congressional insider trading ban
    Reuters – President Obama signs the STOCK act, which bans insider trading for Congress. Read article
  • New Estimate Raises Civil War Death Toll
    NY Times – For 110 years, the numbers stood as gospel: 618,222 men died in the Civil War, 360,222 from the North and 258,000 from the South — by far the greatest toll of any war in American history. But new research shows that the numbers were far too low. By combing through newly digitize ...
  • Fukushima’s radioactivity found in Calif ...
    Canopy-Forming Kelps as California’s Coastal Dosimeter: 131I from Damaged Japanese Reactor Measured in Macrocystis pyrifera Environ. Sci. Technol., 2012, 46 (7), pp 3731–3736; DOI: 10.1021/es203598r; Publication Date (Web): March 6, 2012; Copyright © 2012 American Chemical Society Authors: Steve ...

L.A. Times - Greenspace

  • Climate change vs. Easter bunnies
    Easter is still a great day for worship, candy in baskets, pagan solstice rituals and running around the yard finding eggs, but every year it gets quite a bit worse for bunnies.
  • Spoof ad thanks GM for pulling Heartland funding
    ForecastTheFacts.org has put up an advertisement spoofing the new TV ads created for the Chevy Volt – but this one congratulates GM for ceasing to fund the Heartland Institute, a free-market think tank that questions the science behind global warming.
  • Titanic today might dodge better but would enc ...
    The Titanic hit an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland, but it probably didn’t hit one the size of Manhattan.
  • Judge orders testing of evidence in Judi Bari ...
    Almost 22 years after Earth First! activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney were car-bombed during a campaign to save old-growth trees, a federal judge has ordered the FBI to turn over evidence from the bombing for forensic testing.
  • GM pulls support for Heartland Institute
    Citing its corporate stance that climate change is real, General Motors announced Wednesday that its General Motors Foundation would no longer be funding the Heartland Institute, a free-market think tank that has attacked human-caused global warming as “junk science.”

water.org

  • A toilet provides freedom
    Before, Mrs. Bhuvaneswari's family had to spend time walking to find a place to go to the bathroom. Now they are able to use their own toilet and their time for better things.
  • Bringing joy with clean water
    "The pond water I was forced to get water from was very dirty and had a bad smell. Due to my distant walks to collect water, sometimes I was late to work. My daughters and I would also suffer from diarrhea, jaundice, dysentery and skin diseases because of the dirty pomd water. We are able to ge ...
  • Levi's Water
    Water.org and Levi's® Launch Water
  • Make Progress on Sanitation
    No invention has saved more lives than a toilet. More than 80% of sewage in developing countries is discharged untreated, polluting rivers, lakes and coastal areas. All because there is no infrastructure - a toilet, or city utilities - to flush away yesterday's meal. But that's not all. Toilets ...
  • Project4India: Vlogger Videos
    When we visited the field in India this February, we brought three of YouTube's most popular vloggers with us so that they could share their experiences with the world and tell their audience all about the water crisis. In celebration of World Water Day, they've each just released their first vi ...

Before It's News

Energy Probe - Nuclear Power,Utility Reform

  • The Deniers on CBC Radio's 'Ideas'
    The science is settled - is now the mantra of climate change activism? Those who disagree are either in denial or in the pay of an oil company. But long time environmentalist and energy activist Lawrence Solomon says no, the science is not settled on global warming. Ideas producer David Cayley b ...

Margaret's News

  • White House sees more pain for Iran as it clea ...
    Aggressive war is illegal, immoral against nations that are no threat, is nonbelligerent & it is insane! Call your Reps. Tell your friends, rouse up the good folk in your church,mosque and synagouge. We must stop this exported violence or we are screwed. Submitted by michael h. to World   ...
  • Iran Bashing, Terrorism, and Who Chose the Cho ...
    Dedicated to the long-suffering Palestinians and Iranians who have been sidelined by the United Nations in favour of the Nuclear Apartheid State of Zionist Israel in the most blatant exercise in International Double Standards that our world has ever known Submitted by Ken D. to World  |&nb ...
  • Study: 400 Afghan women jailed for "moral crimes"
    In this Jan. 19, 2003 file photo, Zarghona, who is in prison because she left her first husband who abused her and forced her into prostitution, holds her seven-month-old son Balal and looks out through their cell window, at the Kabul Women's Prison in Submitted by Maria V. to World  |&nb ...
  • Seizure of Springs by Settlers Greatly Limits ...
    Palestinians have increasingly lost access to water sources in the West Bank as a result of the takeover of springs by Israeli settlers, who have used threats, intimidation and fences to ensure control of water points closed to tne settlements, Submitted by Naoko I. to World  |  &nbs ...
  • Re-Occupation and Police Raid of Zuccotti Park ...
    The brief re-occupation of Zuccotti Park and its swift re-eviction are both previews of the season to come. Submitted by Robert S. to US Politics & Gov't  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

Solar Energy / Energy Boom

News Blaze

Worldnews

  • Princess Beatrice's travel plans may have ...
    Details of a flight booking to the US were in emails allegedly sent to a London picture agency Princess Beatrice travel details appear to have been supplied to a firm of paparazzi photographers by a Virgin Atlantic employee. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Wire/Press Association Images Travel plans o ...
  • Slot fans, casinos in midst of 'golden ag ...
    The offers abound at casino after casino -- free slot play here, free slot play there, free slot play everywhere, it seems. Most slot fans relish the gifts. They're able to enjoy a few spins at no cost and maybe cash out with a profit. Casinos can enjoy the free play, too; like the sale-pric ...
  • Nissan to release luxury EV globally
    NEW YORK (Jiji Press)--Nissan Motor Co. said Thursday it will add an electric vehicle to its Infiniti luxury car lineup for overseas markets in 2014, becoming the world's...
  • TOKYO EXCHANGE / Nikkei rewrites 1-month ...
    The key Nikkei average index slipped below 9,700 to rewrite its one-month closing low on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday, pressured by the yen's rise against the euro as well as position-adjustment selling prior to the weekend. The 225-issue Nikkei average closed down 79.16 points, or 0.8 ...
  • Obama has aggressive Internet strategy to ...
    Type in a Google search for the words “immigration reform,” and in the split second it takes for your results to pop up, the president’s reelection campaign may begin courting you. Up comes an ad for barackobama.com, next to the search results. And if you take the next step ...

Alex in Wonderland

MY Daily Apple

  • [Research Article] Population Genomics of Earl ...
    Ecologically separated Vibrio populations diverge by gene-specific rather than genome-wide selective sweeps. Authors: B. Jesse Shapiro, Jonathan Friedman, Otto X. Cordero, Sarah P. Preheim, Sonia C. Timberlake, Gitta Szabó, Martin F. Polz, Eric J. Alm
  • [Report] The Role and Implications of Bassanit ...
    The common mineral gypsum forms when nanoparticles of an undersaturated precursor phase, bassanite, self-assemble into nanorods, followed by ripening. Authors: A. E. S. Van Driessche, L. G. Benning, J. D. Rodriguez-Blanco, M. Ossorio, P. Bots, J. M. García-Ruiz
  • [This Week in Medicine] April 7–13, 2012
    The US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity has recommended publication of revised versions of two research papers on mutant H5N1 influenza virus. The decision followed soon after release of new US Government rules on “dual-use” research (ie, pertinent to both medical sc ...
  • Coming Late to the Planetesimal
    Highly siderophile (iron-loving) elements (Re, Os, Ir, Ru, Rh, Pt, Pd, and Au) must have been added to the mantles of Earth, the Moon, and Mars after their iron cores … [Read more]
  • NABUMETONEtablet, Film Coated [Physicians Tota ...
    Updated Date: Apr 4, 2012 EST

Common Dreams

  • Recall-Facing Wis. Gov. Walker Continues 'War ...
    Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who is facing a June 5 recall election, privately signed a slew of legislation on Thursday that some Democrats see as evidence of an ongoing "war on women." Wisconsin Gov. Walker (photo: Mark's Postcards from Beloit) ...
  • Sentencing of Arms Dealer Viktor Bout Avoids H ...
    Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who was been called "the merchant of death," was sentenced today at a U.S. court in Manhattan to 25 years in prison for conspiracy and terrorism charges. But an arms trafficking expert today states that the way the case has been framed allows American o ...
  • Jobs Report Tempers Hopes of Accelerating US R ...
    The most recent jobs numbers were released today and the results indicate a slower recovery than many had predicted. The country's employers added ony 120,000 jobs in March, about half of the job gains for the previous months. The report also indictes that between Janaury and February 2012,& ...
  • US Attack on Transparency Continues: CIA Whis ...
    Washington continues its attack on whistle-blowers today as CIA whistle-blower, John Kiriakou, has been indicted in court for charges of violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act and three counts of violating the Espionage Act. Former CIA officer, Kiriakou, allegedly leaked informatio ...
  • Limits to Growth: 1972 'Collapse' Prediction S ...
    A renowned Australian research scientist has expressed concern over a possible "global economic collapse" that may occur in 2030 if humans fail to check expansion and preserve the world's already diminishing resources. Physicist Graham Turner says the 1972 MIT study --"The Lim ...

The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

Examine Religion - Tweets

Energy Collective

  • Five Iconic Mountains Threatened By Climate Change
    Glacial melt. Invasive species. Mudslides. Erosion. Mountains around the world are seeing major changes accelerated by a warming planet.
  • Potential Government Funding Opportunities Ava ...
    Manny Oliver, Director of the Small Business Innovation Research & Small Business Technology Transfer Programs for the Department of Energy, discusses the objectives of these programs and how companies can apply for funding. Full transcript:
  • Vermont Yankee is Not Fukushima
    Vermont Yankee is not Fukushima
  • The Future of Algae Biofuels
    The Future of Algae Biofuels Researchers at Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech have assembled the draft genome sequence of a marine algae,  Nannochloropis gaditan, that may be capable of producing the lipid yields necessary for a viable fuel source.
  • Starting to understand extreme weather
    With a new report coming from the IPCC on managing the risks associated with extreme weather and continued weather phenomena attracting media attention, it is more important to attempt to get to grips with the science and statistics behind this rapidly emerging field of research. Work along such ...

Green House - USA Today

Prior Art

Peoples Voice

  • The Pain in Spain
    by Stephen Lendman Ireland, Portugal, Italy, Belgium, are Spain replicate Greece in slow motion, gain speed, and head toward a similar train wreck. France, the Netherlands, and other troubled EU economies follow close behind. Austerity cuts exacerbate problems. Public rage expressed in s ...
  • Draconian Cybersecurity Bills
    by Stephen Lendman Bipartisan complicity's involved in hyping cyber threats. At issue is promoting draconian cybersecurity legislation. Obama supports congressional effects. Internet freedom's at stake. So are other civil liberties. On March 8, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) condu ...
  • Stepped-Up Pressure on Assad
    by Stephen Lendman Last weekend's anti-Assad Damascus and Aleppo terrorist violence reflects Washington's violent pursuit of regime change. Peaceful resolution efforts are subverted. Obama's waging undeclared war. On March 19, Iran's Russian ambassador, Mahmoud Reza Sajjadi, explained US ...
  • Dying for Justice
    by Stephen Lendman On March 20, Hana's 34th hunger strike day began. The previous day, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-I) said she's in imminent danger of dying. After examining her, its doctor "determined that she must be hospitalized immediately." More on that below. Wrongf ...
  • Nowrouz: an Iranian gift for global peace
    Kourosh Ziabari History books say that Iranians have been celebrating and glorifying it for more than 6,300 years. I'm talking about Nowrouz; the Persian New Year festival. In 2010, the UN General Assembly recognized Nowrouz as an international holiday and called on the member states to do thei ...

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

  • Youth and Community-led Activism in Canada
    In spite of system and systemic failure, young people are—with creativity, passion and determination—fighting for change across sectors and within communities. They are pushing the progress envelope. And we need to celebrate their victories and support them with knowledge, with numbers, and with ...
  • CCPA-NS Reacts to provincial budget
    As was expected, the provincial budget released by Nova Scotia's ruling New Democratic Party is characterized by a fixation on getting “back to balance”.  With a debt to-GDP ratio of 35%, there is no need to prioritize fiscal balance to the exclusion of other important needs. What is being ...
  • What a Wildrose Victory May Mean for Saskatchewan
    Simon Enoch, Director of the Saskatchewan Office, wonders what a Wildrose Party victory in the upcoming Alberta election will mean for Saskatchewan. More here.
  • Why we need a Canadian sector development policy
    Today CCPA released a paper on sector development policy by Jim Stanford. The general goal of sector development policy is to attain a more desirable sectoral mix in the economy, winning a greater share of output and employment in identified high-value or “strategic” sectors than would otherwise ...
  • Budget needs to move Nova Scotia Forward to Fa ...
    Today, the provincial government is releasing its budget.  While there has been much talk about getting "back to balance," CCPA-NS has advocated for a budget that more accurately reflects the province's real fiscal situation.  Our fact sheet, "Twelve Things You Should Know about nova S ...

World Wide Hippies

  • WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange: PCC stood by ...
    By Lisa O’Carroll,guardian.co.uk – Site’s founder tells Leveson inquiry he faced inaccuracies ‘possibly on a scale not seen since the abuse of the McCanns’ WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has launched an attack on the Press Complaints Commission, claiming he has be ...
  • A Serendipity Sort Of Day
    by Linda Wolf,WorldWide Hippies-Did you ever have one of those days where nothing seems to go right? My loved ones were fighting amongst themselves. My years divorced ex-husband was NOW trying to wield some kind of power over my home. My teenage daughter thought I was the biggest idiot that ever ...
  • A Worldwide Hippies CITIZEN DISPATCH April 6, ...
    Worldwidehippies – Welcome to CITIZEN DISPATCH. News and Commentary from Citizen Journalistaround the globe. This Edition; John Konopak  – New Mexico USA MEDIA FOR THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE – TAKE YOUR EYES, EARS AND CELL PHONE CAMERAS OUT INTO YOUR PART OF THE GLOBE – DOC ...
  • Worldwide Hippies Digest Friday – FBI W ...
    FBI probe is unwarranted The Aspen Times – The years may pass in Aspen, but the “Summer of Hate” that Hunter S. Thompson wrote about in 1969 and 1970 seemingly has continued through more than four decades, albeit with the tables turned. We’re referring to what looks like an FBI witch ...
  • Revolution 99 Updates: Teach, Preach, Agitate ...
    Occupy Wall Street Announces Collaborations For May Day 2012 (New York, NY) On April 4th, the anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., unions, immigrant justice groups, and community activists joined together at Union Square to announce this year’s May Day rally and march ...

FourWinds10

  • 'On The Beach'
    1950s hit novel disturbingly similar to radiation situation today — except for government lying   When I was in the 8th grade in 1958 and was just beginning to learn how to read for pleasure, Nevil Shute's apocalyptic novel "On The Beach" was the smash hit of the summer, ...
  • Bubbling sea signals severe coral damage this ...
    Findings from a "natural laboratory" in seas off Papua New Guinea suggest that acidifying oceans will severely hit coral reefs by the end of the century. Carbon dioxide bubbles into the water from the slopes of a dormant volcano here, making it slightly more acidic. Coral is badly affe ...
  • Nigerian author Helon Habila mixes oil and wat ...
    For all the public outrage directed at government agencies and BP over last year’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Americans and others across the world have largely remained silent when it comes to the environmental destruction wreaked by the oil industry in the Niger delta. The United State ...
  • California may ban takeout food in foam containers
    (06-02) 15:25 PDT Sacramento, Calif. (AP) -- Getting takeout food in foam containers would be a thing of the past under a bill approved by the state Senate. The bill by Democratic Sen. Alan Lowenthal of Long Beach prohibits vendors from providing prepared food in expanded polystyrene containers. ...
  • China gives bleak assessment of its battered e ...
    (Reuters) - More than half of China's cities are affected by acid rain and one-sixth of major rivers are so polluted the water is unfit even for farmland, a senior official said on Friday in a bleak assessment of the environmental price of the country's economic boom. The environmental d ...

Crisis Maven

  • The End Game or: How the Dupes were Duped or: ...
    The Euro was probably the most hyped-in currency the world may have ever known. That fact alone should have been reason for suspicion. In this article we contrast some of the eulogies heaped on the Euro back in around 2001/2002 when it was introduced as a tangible currency with these past weeks& ...
  • The End Game or: How the Dupes were Duped or: ...
    The Euro was probably the most hyped-in currency the world may have ever known. That fact alone should have been reason for suspicion. In this article we contrast some of the eulogies heaped on the Euro back in around 2001/2002 when it was introduced as a tangible currency with these past weeks& ...
  • Neutrinos, Physics, Meteors and the Survival o ...
    As you may have noticed, CrisisMaven recently dabbled in speculative thought about the role of a universe-wide encyclopedia cum news service. The reason this came about was that recently at the Large Hadron Collider around Geneva/Switzerland and crossing under the French border a team of scienti ...
  • Neutrinos, Physics, Meteors and the Survival o ...
    As you may have noticed, CrisisMaven recently dabbled in speculative thought about the role of a universe-wide encyclopedia cum news service. The reason this came about was that recently at the Large Hadron Collider around Geneva/Switzerland and crossing under the French border a team of scienti ...
  • Archaeology, the Internet and Neutrinos
    Or: Space and the Universe are a Palimpsest . Most recently Israeli archaeologists unearthed a crusader’s inscription believed to be around 800 years old and, which is why it makes headlines, written in Arabic. For those who have followed archaelogical progress over several decades (and re ...

Capital Flow Analysis

  • Stock buybacks are bad for investors: Further ...
    In the working paper “The Buyback Monitor - July 2009: Corporate Stock Buyback Profits of 273 Firms from 2000 into 2009“, published on the Social Sciences Research Network, M.A. Gumport, CFA, provides further evidence that stock buybacks are not as good for investors as often touted ...
  • Why Obama’s healthcare scheme portends stagfl ...
    The trillion-dollar Obama health care plan increases the odds that US economic recover will be delayed, and that unemployment and inflation will increase. The main thrust of the Obama plan is to increase taxes on individuals earning more than $250,000 a year, while forcing all but the tiniest ...
  • How long would it take to work off the US trad ...
    The rest of the world holds $16.8 trillion in US financial assets, according to Federal Reserve release Z.1, as of Q1 2009. [...]
  • Why Bernanke’s flawed “exit strategy” policy p ...
    In a lead op-ed editorial in the Wall Street Journal on July 21, 2009, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke revealed the Fed’s exit strategy with regards to the inflationary effects of the Obama “spending is stimulus” packages and other government measure to contain the curren ...
  • Stocks surge on spurious earnings reports: Q2 2009
    No one knows for sure the real earnings of American corporations. In Q1 2009, according to the Federal Reserve flow of funds table F.102, after-tax profits of US non-financial, non-farm corporations, on an annual basis, were about $589.9 billion. However, about 50% of these after-tax earnings ...

R-Squared Energy Blog

  • Poet, KiOR, and Waste-to-Heat — R-Squared Ener ...
    In this week’s episode of R-Squared Energy TV, I answer questions about POET’s Project Liberty, about why KiOR might need a natural gas pipeline, and whether there are better options out there for utilization of waste heat from electrical generating plants. Some of the topics discuss ...
  • Power Plays is Published
    Introduction My new book — Power Plays: Energy Options in the Age of Peak Oil — has been published. A press release issued last week describes the book in some detail: Robert Rapier Reflects on Energy Options in the Age of Peak Oil in his Latest Book Here I want to describe a bit abo ...
  • Vinod Khosla, Cellulosic Ethanol, and Biomass ...
    In this week’s episode of R-Squared Energy TV, I answer a few questions about pathways to biofuels, cellulosic ethanol, and Vinod Khosla. I have to apologize this week, because the microphone was a bit away from my mouth, so the volume is lower than normal. Some of the topics discussed thi ...
  • Setting the Record Straight on U.S. Oil Reserves
    The Difference Between Oil Shale and Oil from Shale Formations There has been some confusion lately about the overall extent of U.S. oil reserves. Some claim that the U.S. has hundreds of billions or even trillions of barrels of oil waiting to be produced if the Obama Administration will simply ...
  • Are You Looking to Invest in the Google of Bio ...
    The Big Names in Biofuels So you’re hoping to strike it rich by investing in LanzaTech. Or Solazyme. Or KiOR. Or Gevo. After all, these companies have all recently had high-profile IPOs, and they are clearly “hot” given all of the press coverage devoted to them. So perhaps you ...

Discovery Educator Network

Rodale News

  • 8 Must-Haves for a Nontoxic Cleaning Kit
    Just because a store-bought "green" cleaner label makes claims of being natural or ecofriendly doesn't mean the contents match the message. According to research from the American Chemical Society, the truth behind green-cleaning product claims varies wildly, with some loaded with harmful petro ...
  • The 7 Best Eggs You're Not Eating
    Easter is next Sunday, the annual White House Easter Egg Roll is the following Monday, and Earth Day is just two weeks later, on April 22. So it seems apropos that the National Park Foundation, which manages the White House's South Lawn, will hand out ecofriendly souvenir eggs made fro ...
  • Channel Organic Living
  • Channel Pets
  • Channel Mind & Body

big think

  • Jeff Jarvis: Gutenberg, the Original Tech Geek ...
    In the video below, tech entrepreneur and author Jeff Jarvis discusses his recent Kindle Single Gutenberg the Geek , and what Gutenberg has to teach us about entrepreneurism today.  We asked Jarvis if the inventor of mechanical moving type printing would be rolling in his grave sinc ...
  • Doctors In The Arab Spring Caught In The Cross ...
    What is the Big Idea? An orthopedic surgeon was abducted by masked security forces from his operating room. He was tortured while detained in Bahrain. Gaddafi's soldiers held an anesthesiologist in a shipping container for two weeks. He saw soldiers execute five other captives. & ...
  • How US News Pundits Are Like Kim Kardashian
    What's the Latest Development? American television news is increasingly driven by the hosts' celebrity rather than accurate reporting of important events. Media channels frequently feature outspoken blowhards, offering borderline offensive commentary that subscribes a political platform ...
  • Why We Tell Each Other Stories
    What's the Latest Development? Author Jonathan Gotschall has written a new book examining why humans are such natural story tellers and what purpose those stories serve in our lives. At an evolutionary level, nature may select for good storytellers, who have a tendency to impress others ...
  • A Tale of Two Artists’ Webcams
    It was the best of webcams, it was the worst of webcams, it was “must see” TV, it was “must flee” TV—in short, this has been an interesting week in the world of famous artists’ webcams. To mark the first anniversary of his being seized and detained by the Chinese government, Ai Weiwei set up a . ...

Information Liberation

  • Local Cops Following Big Brother's Lead, Getti ...
    New data from law enforcement agencies across the country has confirmed what EFF has long been afraid of: while police are routinely using cell phone location tracking information, only a handful of agencies are bothering to obtain search warrants. ...
  • College Students (and a 4-Year-Old) Pepper Spr ...
    A Board of Trustees meeting at Santa Monica City College turned chaotic on Tuesday night when protesting students were pepper sprayed, indoors, by police trying to control the unruly crowd. Among those caught in fracas was a four-year-old girl who ...
  • Draconian 'Privacy Invasion Bill' Continues to ...
    The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) hasn*t received a whole lot of media attention yet, but it continues to pick up support from legislators. The bill is touted as being much worse than SOPA when it comes to privacy invasions...
  • TSA Screener Throws Hot Coffee In Face Of Pilo ...
    A TSA screener working at JFK Airport in New York was arrested after launching a cup of hot coffee into the face of an airline pilot who asked her to stop swearing in the terminal. Off duty pilot Steven Trivett was leaving terminal 8 at JFK ear...
  • The TSA on [Mock] Trial
    Nero fiddled while Rome burned. And Congress holds hearings on the TSA while the agency sexually assaults passengers, steals their valuables, torments children, the elderly and handicapped, and spits on the Constitution. A "joint heari...

Be Responsible - Be Free!

  • Revenge Of The Banana Benders
    That’s how people in other states of Australia refer to Queenslanders. The state election on March 24, resulting in the biggest electoral loss for the Australian Labor Party in any election since the Second World War, says much about the … Continue reading →
  • Power In All The Wrong Hands
    I’m still rather tied up, so I thought as a bit of a change of pace,  I’d direct you to a rather marvellous article from the von Mises Institute: The Seven Rules of Bureaucracy. Had me in stitches at several … Continue reading →
  • Only In America
    I’m exaggerating. It’s de rigeur an any dictatorship worthy of the name. But the Executive Order of President Barack Hussein Obama, signed last Friday, is gob-smacking in its scope and abandonment of all pretence of congressional democracy. Go have a … Continue reading →
  • More Dollars Than Sense
    Still hammering away on my next thread, so I thought I’d ask you about the topic currently doing the rounds over at DT: “Quantitative Easing”, or QE. Actually, it’s printing money to you and me, but that can be misleading, … Continue reading →
  • Agree Or Else Part II – The Silencing Of ...
    Our God-Emperor beat me to it. The Australian Government’s Finkelstein Report, released last Friday, is the stuff of all freedom-loving people’s nightmares. It proposes the establishment of a new bureaucracy, the News Media Council, to “regulate” all forms of print &#8230 ...

Sciencebase - Breaking Science News

  • Fenland Study follow-up – part 1
    Regular readers will know that I was recruited via my GP to take part in the Fenland Study. The study is taking a sample of the population born between 1950 and 1975, and carrying out a raft of blood tests, body stature measurements, DEXA body fat and bone density and tests for diabetes, cholest ...
  • Planetary landers, caffeine, sulfa drugs and c ...
    The latest issue of my SpectroscopyNOW column is now live. This weeK: US researchers are developing the next generation of laser ablation technology, which might one day be used in a future planetary lander to carry out isotopic analysis of a planets surface, for instance, and so allow precise & ...
  • More red meat risk analysis
    NHS Choices finally published its critique of the Harvard red meat research that had the tabloids screaming that meat kills earlier this week. I provided some commentary on Sciencebase soon after. Anyway, this is what NHS Choices concludes: “This study had several strengths including its s ...
  • Can you see the Man in the Moon?
    Quite coincidentally, given the moon hour-by-hour video I posted earlier today, a press release just arrived waxing lyrical about gazing up at the night sky and seeing the familiar face of the “Man in the Moon”. The synchronous rotation of the Moon means it takes about the same amoun ...
  • Processed meat, fillet steak and death
    I was planning to write an “appraisal” of the Harvard study on meat and risk of death that hit the news today, but have been so busy procrastinating lately that another blog has beaten me to it. Apparently, we should all be eating less meat, particularly processed meat like sausages, ...

RFF Library

  • Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disas ...
    Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | WHO | UNEP http://ipcc-wg2.gov/SREX/ [From a Washington Post article by Juliet Eilperin and Brian Vastag]  Scientists are increasingly confident that the uptick in heat waves and heavier rainfall is linked to human-caused greenhouse gas emiss ...
  • Carbon Pollution Standard for New Power Plants
    US EPA http://epa.gov/carbonpollutionstandard/ [From an EPA Press Release] Following a 2007 Supreme Court ruling, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed the first Clean Air Act standard for carbon pollution from new power plants…The rulemaking proposed today only con ...
  • The Economic Impact of a Regional Low Carbon F ...
    Report title:  “Analysis of the Economic Impact of a Regional Low Carbon Fuel Standard on Northeast/Mid-Atlantic States: Final Report” From the Consumer Energy Alliance http://bit.ly/H4LJoL (report) http://bit.ly/H9oX1Z (press release) [From a Greenwire article by Amanda Peterka, sub ...
  • EPA Power Plant Standards: A Powerful Catalyst ...
    Union of Concerned Scientists / by Rachel Cleetus http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/solutions/big_picture_solutions/epa-regulations-electicity-reliability.html [From a Climate Wire article by Tiffany Stecker, sub. req'd] The economic viability of coal is steadily eroding, as low natural gas pri ...
  • Poll: Americans Split on Energy vs. Environmen ...
    Gallup http://www.gallup.com/poll/153404/Americans-Split-Energy-Environment-Trade-Off.aspx [From Website]  Americans are about as likely to say production of energy supplies (47%) should be prioritized as to say environmental protection (44%) should be, a closer division than last year, when ene ...

Scientific American - News

  • How the Moon Affects the Date of Easter
    Friday (April 6) brings us the first full moon of the new spring season.  [More]
  • Different Strokes: New Lower-Pollution Auto Ri ...
    Banned in Delhi for a decade, smog-spewing combustion engine–powered rickshaws are fading away in India and in many other countries, thanks not only to inroads by minivans, but also to  improved rickshaw motor designs coupled with laws to mothball dirtier models. In January, for examp ...
  • Massive Dolphin Die-Off in Peru May Remain a M ...
    LIMA, Peru -- When a retired fisherman called to report that about 1,500 dolphins had washed up dead on Peru’s northern coast, veterinarian Carlos Yaipén’s first reaction was, “That’s impossible.” [More]
  • Nanorama: Graphene Bubbles Showcase Liquids wi ...
    Graphene, the wonder material that earned two researchers the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics and that has been the subject of countless scientific studies and news articles, has certainly spent some time in the limelight. Now it may take center stage under the microscope. [More] ...
  • Drug-Resistant Malaria Spreads, Scientists Hun ...
    The malaria parasite is a wily organism, shifting its life stages as it flits from human to mosquito and back again. It still kills some 600,000 people each year and has outwitted eradication efforts, having developed resistance to previously popular drugs and, thus far, eluded vaccine-induc ...

First Truths

  • The Anarchist Lineage
     Interesting passage from Samuel Clark's Living Without Domination: The Possibility of an Anarchist Utopia. I would wonder what the anarchists I know think of the various lists referenced here: This account of anarchism as a permanent human tendency has been attacked by a number of authors. ...
  • "Crisis of the State"
    From Simon Clark's Keynesianism, Monetarism, and the Crisis of the State: However this structural crisis was not the result of the changing functional requirements of changes in the labour process, but of the tendency for capital accumulation to take the form of the overaccumulation and uneven d ...
  • "Aspects of the Post-Ricardian Literature"
    Interesting and thought-provoking passage from Samuel Hollander's Economics and Ideology: Aspects of the Post-Ricardian Literature (1979): It was Marx's position, as we have mentioned, that while the labor writers of the 1820s drew upon Ricardo's value theory to reach their conclusion regarding ...
  • "Integrated Geographies"
    From Anthony Ince's Whither Anarchist Geography?:It has been said that anarchism combines a socialist critique of liberalism and a liberal critique of socialism. Its refusal to focus merely on "economics" or "freedom" or "culture," and so on, means that anarchism is inherently multifaceted and a ...
  • Colbert on Atheists
    I enjoyed this passage from Stephen Colbert's I Am America (And So Can You!): AtheistsThese No-goodnik no-Godniks are growing in numbers and power in America. It makes me wonder how a God could exist Who'd allow people to piss me off so much.Luckily, a recent survey published in the American Soc ...

Media Co-Op

  • Unions in the Broader Community
    CLC Rep Tony Tracy on union work in the non-unionized and international context Tony Tracy got his first unionized job at 17. He grew up in the New Brunswick forestry town of Nackawic, and started work in the town’s pulp and paper mil ...
  • The people will not let Fracking be ignored in ...
    Gallery of legislature errupts in script-reading protest. Halifax - On Thursday, April 5th,at 9:00am, MLA Gary Burrill (Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley) presented thousands of signatures from concerned Nova Scotians to the NS House of Assemb ...
  • Refugee & Immigrant Rights Groups Occupy MP Of ...
      FOR IMMEDIATE NATIONAL RELEASE APRIL 4, REFUGEE RIGHTS DAY www.twitter.com/nooneisillegal www.nooneisillegal.org www.facebook.com/NoOneIsIllegalNetwork #RefugeeExcl ...
  • Breaking News: Ontario and Quebec Students fo ...
    story will be updated as we get more information This is a breaking news story and TMC reporters are on thier way to the scene at Glen Murray/Bob Rae's office at 514 Parliament. It will be updated as we get more news. A message from the ...
  • Harper Agenda: Fisheries and Oceans – Sweeping ...
    IN OCTOBER 2011, the Harper government sent a memo to employees at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) outlining steps being taken to “transform” the management of Canadian fisheries. At the same time, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Keith Ashfield began holding consultatio ...

David Seaton's News Links

  • Conservatives or neo-fascists?
    David Seaton's News LinksI would think it important to separate this new "conservatism" from the traditional variety. Remember the American vice is to use language to hide meaning. I’ll quote myself from an earlier post:One of the most disturbing things about America is the incoherence of ...
  • Why are the Republicans so weird?
    David Seaton's News LinksThis blog post, by the excellent Thomas Edsall, makes some very interesting points about the make-up of the Republican electorate. In the GOP’s South Carolina primary, 98% of those who voted were white: this in a state where nearly 28% of the population is black. Rep ...
  • Mohammed Merah, the monster of Toulouse
    David Seaton's News LinksThe  question we must ask is; was Mohammed Merah really a trained terrorist or simply a nut?We know practically nothing about Mohammed Merah. As far as we can see he acted totally alone, with only a handgun: nothing complicated like explosives was involved.Right n ...
  • When is a conservative not a conservative?
    David Seaton's News LinksAt a Tea Party rally in Troy, Michigan, the GOP presidential contender Rick Santorum said this: "President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college. What a snob!" To rapturous applause, Santorum went on: "There are good, decent men and women who go ...
  • China: capitalism, democracy and sovereignty
    David Seaton's News Links China is an authoritarian state, run in Leninist fashion by a communist party and at the same time a vital player, perhaps, alongside the United States, the key player in the international capitalist system. We wish it were more democratic. Perhaps we should be ca ...

MoJo - Kevin Drum

  • Friday Cat Blogging - 6 April 2012
    Today's theme was supposed to be catblogging done entirely from an iPad, a task that seems like it ought to be fairly straightforward but decidedly isn't. And I almost did it! But there were a few minor quality control issues last night related to both Photoshop and MoJo web access, and I didn' ...
  • Will Banning Pink Slime Destroy the Planet?
    I've studiously ignored the pink slime controversy, but now that the whole thing is pretty much over and the slime industry seems to be close to collective bankruptcy, Brad Plumer brings us news that maybe it was all a big mistake. After all, the pink slime processors recover an extra ten pound ...
  • Using a Bit of Sunlight to Rein in Corporate A ...
    Paul Waldman makes a point about the value of exposing corporate activism: You may have heard that in response to a campaign by the progressive group Color of Change, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and now Kraft Foods have all withdrawn their support for the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), th ...
  • If You're Denying, You're Losing
    Matt Steinglass says that all the talk about Barack Obama being a socialist or Mitt Romney being a social Darwinist is a "reverse dog whistle." These aren't words with subtle meanings that your own supporters understand but no one else does, they're words designed simply to piss off your oppone ...
  • Chart of the Day: Net New Jobs in March
    Here's my usual monthly chart showing net new jobs created in March. Why net? Because the U.S. population increases every month, which means you need a certain number of new jobs just to tread water. This chart subtracts that out to show the true net growth in employment. Bottom line: the num ...

Insanity Report

  • IC 313: The American Dream
    Topics: Kinect Star Wars We’re too lazy for Kinect The American Dream: To be Mediocre and Lazy The Mega Millions “winner” Mary J Blige “sings” for Burger King Conservatives Show their Asses on Trayvon Martin Coverage Share with your friends:
  • IC 312: How to be THE Black Friend
    Topics: April Movies and upcoming Trailers Kev & the born again virgin No blowjobs for life Why Jesus won’t let Kriss win the Mega Millions The Pope & why we let religious leaders get away with bigotry Religion isn’t an excuse for bigotry Pat Robertson’s greatest hits ...
  • The Roast of Joe Oliver
    After eviscerating the stories being passed through the media about Trayvon Martin by the Sanford Police department, the Orlando Sentinel and Craig Sonner, George Zimmerman’s lawyer, you would think any Zimmerman supporter would think twice about going on and confronting Lawrence.  Well, J ...
  • Lawrence O’Donnell Dropping Ether
    I have a general dislike for most of the media, particularly 24 hour cable news networks.  24 hours of non-stop coverage and yet I feel like we’re getting even less real information and becoming less informed the more we watch.  The same stories rehashed from hour to hour, the same guests recycl ...
  • IC 311: More Great Moments In White Privilege
    Topics: Bioware Mass Effect 3 update Michael Bay and the Ninja Turtles Extra raunchy & sexual comedy isn’t funny Dane Cook sucks President Obama Comments on Trayvon Martin The Trayvon Martin Case & White Privilege George Zimmerman’s friends defend him Racist don’t kil ...

Simple Climate

  • Global view answers ice age CO2 puzzle
    Measurements seemingly showing that temperatures have risen before atmospheric concentrations of CO2 over the past 800,000 years only represent Antarctica, say Harvard University's Jeremy Shakun and colleagues. By looking globally they show that CO2 rose before the world warmed at the end of the ...
  • Volunteer computers broaden climate model fore ...
    Dan Rowlands from Oxford Universty and colleagues run a 10,000 simulation experiment using donated computer time, finding the upper range of likely warming in 2050 could be nearer to 3ºC rather than 2ºC higher than the average from 1961-1990
  • Climate models pass prehistoric test
    US Geological Survey scientist Harry Dowsett and a worldwide team of expert climate modellers and temperature sleuths show four models can generally describe a 300,000 year warming period 3,000,000 years ago.
  • Complete organic crop switch would raise UK em ...
    Agricultural consultant Rob Carlton and colleagues suggests leaving more plant waste in fields is the best way to cut greenhouse gases produced by arable farming, though he still holds out hope for bringing the best bits of organic and conventional methods together.
  • Thick ice decline could advance watery Arctic ...
    NASA scientist Joey Comiso reveals a faster loss of supposedly less vulnerable “multiyear” ice that could see summer Northern polar ice melt into history, bringing further climate and food chain problems.

e!Science News

  • Impact of warming climate doesn't always trans ...
    An analysis of 35 headwater basins in the United States and Canada found that the impact of warmer air temperatures on streamflow rates was less than expected in many locations, suggesting that some ecosystems may be resilient to certain aspects of climate change. read more
  • Coordinating the circadian clock: Molecular pa ...
    The 24-hour internal clock controls many aspects of human behavior and physiology, including sleep, blood pressure, and metabolism. Disruption in circadian rhythms leads to increased incidence of many diseases, including metabolic disease and cancer. Each cell of the body has its own internal ti ...
  • Which plants will survive droughts, climate ch ...
    New research by UCLA life scientists could lead to predictions of which plant species will escape extinction from climate change. read more
  • New research reveals food ingredients most pro ...
    In new research published in the April Journal of Food Science, analyses of the first known public database compiling reports on food fraud and economically motivated adulteration in food highlight the most fraud-prone ingredients in the food supply; analytical detection methods; and the type of ...
  • Tiny hitchhikers attack cancer cells
    Nanotechnology offers powerful new possibilities for targeted cancer therapies, but the design challenges are many. Northwestern University scientists now are the first to develop a simple but specialized nanoparticle that can deliver a drug directly to a cancer cell's nucleus -- an important fe ...

unEarthed

Brave New Climate

  • Open Thread 22
    The Open Thread 21 has passed 500 comments and is getting a little bloated, so time for a new one. The Open Thread is a general discussion forum, where you can talk about whatever you like — there is nothing ‘off topic’ here — within reason. So get up on your soap box! The standard commenting [...]
  • Environmentalism in the mud: responding to Jim ...
    Guest Post by Ben Heard. Ben is Director of Adelaide-based advisory firm ThinkClimate Consulting, a Masters graduate of Monash University in Corporate Environmental Sustainability, and a member of the TIA Environmental and Sustainability Action Committee. After several years with major consultin ...
  • Dietary Guidelines Committee ignores climate c ...
    Guest Post by Geoff Russell. Geoff is a mathematician and computer programmer and is a member of Animal Liberation SA. His recently published book is CSIRO Perfidy. His previous article on BNC was: Feeding the billions on a hotter planet (Part III). He also wrote a brilliant recent piece for The ...
  • Further critique of ’100% renewable elec ...
    Recently on BNC, I ran two guest posts on the economic and technical challenges of supplying an energy-intensive, developed-world market using 100% renewable sources (under a situation where large hydro and/or conventional geothermal can provide little or no contribution). The case study was the ...
  • How realistic is The Economist’s cool vi ...
    Last week, the influential weekly news and international affairs publication, The Economist, ran an essay on the future of nuclear energy – The dream that failed: Nuclear power will not go away, but its role may never be more than marginal. As you might have guessed from the title, it was ...

Indigenist Opinion

  • .:Middle East Online::The State of Journalism ...
    .:Middle East Online::The State of Journalism and Media in the New Libya:.: Journalism and media witnessed huge expansion in Libya since the first spark in the February 17 revolution. There are now around 200 printed newspapers in Tripoli and Benghazi alone, and around 18 satellite channels thro ...
  • GUEST POST by @jazminchavez and @juliagrob: “L ...
    GUEST POST by @jazminchavez and @juliagrob: “Latinos: Turn Off Your TV, Co�o!”: GUEST POST BY Jazmin Chavez & Julia Ahumada Grob of "East WillyB" By the time of this publication, we should all be familiar with the recent controversy regarding ABC sitcom, “Work It,” in which Puerto Rican act ...
  • A Brief look at the Censorship of Human Rights ...
    China must abandon censorship | APNS Article 35 of China's constitution as adopted in 1982 clearly states that: "Citizens of the People's Republic of China enjoy freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly, of association, of procession and of demonstration." For 28 years this article has stood ...
  • The Republican Candidates' Race Card Strategy
    The Republican Candidates' Race Card Strategy [Black Star News Editorial] Republican presidential candidates Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and front-runner Mitt Romney have all played the race-card to varying degrees in this election cycle, while Ron Paul's campaign is weighed down by the race b ...
  • The Billanthrope: Why I Wrote Koontown
    The Billanthrope: Why I Wrote Koontown: Black people are inherently inferior. This is not something you would often hear anybody say outright—if at all. That would be racist, and we live in a time when even devout racists get offended if you actually call them “racist.” The closest we tend to ge ...

Republicans are a Disease

  • Geraldo This Is A Hood
  • Leaving Goldman Sachs
    A top executive at Goldman Sachs has a lot to say about the “new” Goldman Sachs. Let’s just say his love for the company has left. Read More About Goldman Sachs Culture
  • Don’t Ever Forget Who Is The Head Of The ...
  • What Are Republicans Trying To Destroy Now?
    Why does hearing the word Republican make me want to vomit? Maybe it is because of what they stand for. Our friends at Daily Kos have a poll up on their website asking “Which issue below concerns you most in terms of the Republican assault on it?” Destroying these things listed below ...
  • I Want To Be On Armed Forces Radio
    I promise not to call people sluts for the crime of testifying before congress, and this alone makes me more qualified than Rush The Liar Limbaugh. I don’t have a radio show, bit I am sure there is millions of Americans who agree that Republicans are a Disease, and would love to hear my vo ...

Appalachia Rising

  • Day of Action and Conference Vision Statements
    Appalachia Rising: Day of Action September 25 – 27, 2010, Washington DC Appalachia Rising is a mass mobilization in Washington DC on September 27, 2010 calling for the abolition of mountaintop removal and surface mining. It is a culmination of the national movement against surface mining and a f ...
  • Press Conference to be Held on June 15
    Thousands to March in DC Calling for the Abolition of Mountaintop Removal Press Conference June 15 in Charleston, WV Announces Mass Mobilization Appalachia Rising WHEN: June 15, 10:00 AM WHERE: WV State Capitol Back Steps Near Fountain, Charleston, WV CONTACTS: West Virginia Bo Webb – 304- ...
  • Press Inquiries
    All media inquiries should be sent to Bo Webb webb.bo@gmail.com Set up interviews via email. Previous Press Releases and Media Public Launch Press Conference Report Back, with video Press Conference Held on June 15 Announces Appalachia Rising Video June 15 Appalachia Public Launch Press Conferen ...
  • New Flier for Appalachia Rising
  • Appalachia Rising Uniting Celebrities, Appalac ...
    Appalachia Rising Uniting Celebrities, Appalachians, and Scientists for the Abolition of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Ashley Judd, Woody Harrelson, Gloria Reuben, Kyra Sedgewick, Kevin Bacon, Ed Begley Jr., Kathy Mattea, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, James Hansen, and Darryl Hannah rallying behind co ...

Amped Status

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  • Time to re-boot the peace industry – her ...
    By Arik Segal What is known in Israel as the Israeli “Peace Industry” – a broad reference to civil society organizations and individuals working to advance peace – is facing some tough challenges in 2012 and 2013. The possibility of a preemptive Israeli attack on Iran, political and ...
  • Coverage of hate crime against Jew highlights ...
    A group of Arab teenagers were indicted yesterday for the racially-motivated shooting death of a 51-year-old Jewish man. Comparing coverage of a similar incident in 2011 – in which a Palestinian man was stabbed to death by Jewish youth – reveals deep bias in Israel’s media. Haa ...
  • The Round Trip part 1: In a thorny labyrinth
    The only way to enjoy living in this slender, tiny corral of a country is to be a border enthusiast, which is what I’m planning to become for the next three weeks. The photo above was taken early in 2006 on Lebanese soil. Israelis are not allowed to visit Lebanon, and yet this is me, [...]
  • A holiday of (selective) freedom: thoughts for ...
    Passover thoughts on Zionism and Israel’s siege mentality, and a bit of hope in the form of the local ‘occupy’ movement. Normally I would not pay much attention to anything signed by “Latma” – a Hebrew right-wing media watchdog and satire site. This time, however, I ...
  • More power to Gunter Grass for ‘What mus ...
    His poem ‘What must be said’ was especially brave because he’s German and because he’s vulnerable over his past. If I take Gunter Grass’s supposedly anti-Israel, anti-Semitic poem “What must be said” literally, I guess I could quibble with a couple of ph ...

Sustainability,water,etc - Oz gov't

Matt Weidner Blog

  • A Critical Analysis of The Florida Senate Bank ...
    And contrary, to representations made at the hearing yesterday, the letter in opposition to the bill written by Henry Trawick applies to many of the issues that are still addressed in the current version of the litigation. Henry Trawick’s honored opinion and analysis of this bill should no ...
  • The State Attorneys General, Yes, They Sold Us ...
    From Abigail Field: Dear State Attorneys General: Rumor has it that this week we will learn precisely how you sold us all out regarding the criminal enterprise that is mortgage servicing and foreclosure in America. That is, rumor has it that more than two weeks after you announced a deal with fi ...
  • Foreclosure Bill: “Most of this bill is ...
    The good news is some of our elected leaders are listening to us…. For the first time since the real estate crash crippled Florida’s economy and battered struggling homeowners, a bill to hasten foreclosures through the courts is headed to the full House and Senate. A narrow 6-4 vote ...
  • Senators Olerich and Fasano, Margolis, Sobel, ...
    Tonight the Florida Senate voted to pass the absurd foreclosure bill.  The debate was actually significant because two Republicans actually took a stand for justice and the integrity of the legal process and voted against this mess.  Senators Fasano and Olerich  both provided sensible commentary ...
  • LIVE! WATCH FLORIDA SENATE BANKING AND INSURAN ...
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The Parallel Parliament

  • On Being Bigger Than We Are
    It’s Easter – Good Friday – and that should mean something, shouldn’t it? I don’t mean in any way particularly …Continue reading »
  • Hunger Games – Global Reach
    Foresight, a think-tank established to predict future crises, spent most of last year calling for “urgent action” to prevent food …Continue reading »
  • Hunger Games – No Way Out
    Budgets are infernal things and in times of economic hardship can either rescue a troubled economy or prolong it. And …Continue reading »
  • Anticipation
    During the course of my adult lifetime I have written some 55 books, ranging from kid’s stories to novels. In …Continue reading »
  • Hunger Games – Weren’t We All Supp ...
    This week sees our 25th annual citywide spring food drive in London. It should have been like old hat but …Continue reading »

Vaccine Awakening

  • Vaccine Wake Up Call for Parents: Your Childre ...
    by Barbara Loe Fisher Every mother has had the nightmare. We dream our child, who we love more than we thought we could love anyone, has been taken away by strangers and cannot be found. The cold fear rises up from our stomach into our throats as we search, endlessly, to find the child we would ...
  • The Health Liberty Revolution & Forced Vaccination
    “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” – Abraham Lincoln by Barbara Loe Fisher In America today, there is an unprecedented assault on the human right to exercise informed consent to medical risk-taking ...
  • What You Should Know About Meningococcal Disea ...
    by Barbara Loe Fisher Today, pediatricians give American babies as many as 33 doses of 13 different vaccines by 12 months of age.1, 2 Now, federal public health officials are considering recommending that doctors give four more doses of a new vaccine – meningococcal vaccine – to babies between ...
  • Vaccines & Liberty: Let Freedom Ring
    by Barbara Loe Fisher My country, ’tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing:
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims’ pride,
From every mountain side,
Let freedom ring.[1] What is liberty? Webster’s Dictionary defines Liberty as “the quality or state of being free,” ...
  • In Memoriam: Infant Deaths & Vaccination
    by Barbara Loe Fisher Memorial Day is for remembering those, who have fought and died to defend America and preserve our civil liberties, including freedom of thought, speech, religious belief and conscience. So every Memorial Day I remember the children, who have died after receiving state man ...

2020 Science

  • Tenure track faculty positions in risk science ...
    Just thought I’d circulate this on the 2020 Science network – please feel free to pass on the information to anyone who might be interested. We have finally started the process of looking for two junior faculty to join the Risk Science Center at the University of Michigan School of P ...
  • Risk Science – A personal perspective
    As Director of the University of Michigan Risk Science Center, it’s probably not surprising that I’m constantly being asked “what on earth is risk science?”  What is surprising is how hard it is to come up with a clear and concise answer.  Which is why I decided to spend ...
  • Emerging technologies at the World Economic Fo ...
    In an interconnected world, global issues demand integrative solutions.  It’s a statement that many people would agree with – in systems where associations between cause and effect are complex, you ignore synergistic inter-relationships between factors at your peril. But when it come ...
  • Lost in the Maize
    As you’ll have gathered from last week’s Lost in the Maize, I’ve been on the road this week.  In fact, I am writing this on the plane back to Detroit, looking forward to a quick wash, shave, sleep, and catch-up with family, before heading off to the Society for Risk Analysis annual meeting in Sa ...
  • Small gods and the art of technology innovation
    There’s something rather liberating about being asked to give a no-holds talk on your perspective on life, the universe and everything.  So when the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center asked if I would speak as part of their “Where do we go from here?” series, I jumped at it. N ...

Reader Supported News

  • FOCUS: Sneak Attacks
    Jane Mayer reports: "A new and highly aggressive multi-million-dollar anti-Obama ad campaign has started airing on television stations in eight key political swing states - but for now at least, the funders are staying hidden in the shadows." President Barack Obama is facing attack ads paid f ...
  • FOCUS: Sneak Attacks
    Jane Mayer reports: "A new and highly aggressive multi-million-dollar anti-Obama ad campaign has started airing on television stations in eight key political swing states - but for now at least, the funders are staying hidden in the shadows." President Barack Obama is facing attack ads paid f ...
  • NSA Building Foreign/Domestic Spying Supercent ...
    Excerpt: "A new expose in Wired Magazine reveals details about how the National Security Agency is quietly building the largest spy center in the country in Bluffdale, Utah, as part of a secret NSA surveillance program codenamed 'Stellar Wind.'" Wasatch Range in Bluffdale, Utah. (photo: Jesse ...
  • NSA Building Foreign/Domestic Spying Supercent ...
    Excerpt: "A new expose in Wired Magazine reveals details about how the National Security Agency is quietly building the largest spy center in the country in Bluffdale, Utah, as part of a secret NSA surveillance program codenamed 'Stellar Wind.'" Wasatch Range in Bluffdale, Utah. (photo: Jesse ...
  • Why 49 Advertisers Dropped Limbaugh, in Their ...
    Excerpt: "Thousands of angry customers have been inundating dozens of Limbaugh's corporate sponsors, demanding that they cut ties with the program. ... Here are the companies we have confirmed that have already pulled their sponsorship from Limbaugh's show." Corporate sponsors are dropping Ru ...

War Resisters League

  • كفى دموعا!
    كفى دموعا! بمناسبة يوم الارض الفلسطيني 2012, تُنشر النسخة العربية للكاريكاتير”كفى دموعا!” الذي يربط حركات للتغير حول العالم من خلال تحليل من ابرز الاسلحة التي تُستدخدم ضدها: الغاز المسيّل للدموع. بشكل سهل التناول, يسمّي “كفى دموعا!” الشركات التي تربح من … Continue r ...
  • A Story and a Book
    by Matt Meyer [This article was originally published on 'New Clear Vision' on February 15th, 2012.] On the Nature of Violence and Nonviolence Amidst a bombardment of Black Bloc commentary, questions about the militarized nature of tear-gas toting police, and … Continue reading →
  • “Exigent times call for very strenuous r ...
    [The WRL blog is excited to feature a film review by Jeanne Strole, co-director of the A.J. Muste Memorial Institute, with which the War Resisters League shares a long history, as well as the building at 339 Lafayette St. in … Continue reading →
  • More Deaths and Injuries from US Tear Gas in P ...
    [This piece by Adalah-NY: The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel was originally published here on January 15th, 2012.] US-made tear gas, manufactured by companies like Combined Systems Inc. (CSI), Defense Technology, and NonLethal Technologies, continues to be … Continue reading & ...
  • What does justice for Danny Chen look like?
    by Esther Wang [This piece first appeared on December 22nd as a note on Esther Wang's Facebook page.] In October, news broke that 19-year-old Danny Chen – a US Army private who was born and raised in Chinatown – had … Continue reading →

Center for a Livable Future

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Left Foot Forward

Consumerist

  • Kraft Bows To Customer Pressure, Ditches Ties ...
    Consumers put enough of a lean on Kraft Foods that it's giving up its relationship with the American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative lobbying group that has backed voter ID and "stand your ground" laws. Coca-Cola also recently split with the group. The Chicago Tribune cites a stat ...
  • Public Shaming Does The Job: Bank Of America G ...
    It's not that we love the act of shaming a big, greedy bank into doing the right thing -- wait. Scratch that. We totally love it, which is why we're happy that Bank of America finally refunded over
  • Treasury Freezes Compensation For Top AIG, All ...
    While a majority of the American corporations that received "exceptional" bailout assistance form the Troubled Asset Relief Program, there are still three businesses -- AIG, Ally Financial (you may know it by its pre-bust name of GMAC), and General Motors -- remaining. Today, Treasury Dept. ann ...
  • Discover Accidentally Steals From Foundation T ...
    Phil (no, not the one who works here) had to make a payment to an art foundation, and learned that he could use his Discover card to do so. Neat! So he put the payment through, and all was well...until he learned that somehow the transaction went through backwards, transferring the money from t ...
  • American Airlines Voucher Disappears In The Ma ...
    The original copy of an air travel voucher has mystical powers, and flights can only be scheduled using the original copy. At least, that's the impression we get from Ashley's experience. When she went to redeem her voucher, she mailed it in, as required. Only the tracking number hasn't been sc ...

Whistleblogger - GAP

  • Torture Whistleblower Becomes 6th Charged with ...
    Former CIA officer John KiriakouAssociated Press: Ex-CIA Officer Charged with Leaking Secret Info Summary: Former CIA officer John Kiriakou was indicted yesterday under the Espionage Act for allegedly leaking classified information to journalists regarding the CIA's use of waterboarding (label ...
  • The Truth About the Espionage Act Prosecution ...
    Well-played, Justice Department. Indict former CIA officer John Kiriakou on Tuesday evening, but don't unseal the indictment until 4:59pm on Thursday, right before the holiday weekend, in order to avoid press coverage of the Obama administration's 6th Espionage Act prosecution of a whistleb ...
  • Obama Indicts Sixth Whistleblower Under the Es ...
    On April 3, 2012, the Obama administration indicted intelligence whistleblower John Kiriakou. Kiriakou is the sixth whistleblower that the Obama administration has charged under the Espionage Act for the alleged mishandling of classified information – more than all past administrations combined. ...
  • Whistleblower Protection Petition to Treasury ...
    GAP's Shelley Walden holds the GAP & NTU petition in front of the Department of the TreasuryLast week, GAP delivered copies of our joint petition, Protect Whistleblowers at U.S. Taxpayer-Funded International Banks, to key officials at the Treasury Department and in Congress, in conjunction w ...
  • USDA Inspectors Sound Alarm on Poultry Inspect ...
    The New York Times: Plan to Let Poultry Plants Inspect Birds Is Criticized Summary: The US Department of Agriculture is seeking to expand its controversial pilot program, HIMP – an inspection system at poultry plants – to cut costs. The program, which turns over significant inspection duties t ...

UK Progressive

  • While White House Emphasizes Easing Student De ...
    It was with some fanfare that the Obama administration announced last fall that it was ramping up a program to help students with federal loans reduce their monthly payments. Under the program, payments are adjusted based on how much students earn — what’s known as income-based repayment. Yet, e ...
  • The Facts Behind the Government’s New ‘Hospita ...
    by Cora Currier, ProPublica The government recently unveiled a new set of rules outlining better care for immigrants and asylum seekers detained while waiting for their deportation hearings. The guidelines, issued by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement service (ICE), have been assailed by co ...
  • Socialism: A GOP Plan Signed by Obama
    Calling ObamaCare “socialized medicine” truly lowers the standards on what could be considered socialized medicine. It’s like calling paved roads “government overreach”; a stop light a “government takeover of your commute”; or a neighborhood with speed bumps “a road to communism.” The law is rea ...
  • Ron Paul Is Really Serious About Transparency
    by Kim Barker, ProPublica This story was co-published with Yahoo! News. He may be in last place when it comes to delegates, but when it comes to filing expense reports with the FEC, Ron Paul beats everyone. His campaign’s hyper-vigilance is notable, verging on fanatical. Every bank fee, ev ...
  • Turning America Into a Giant Casino
    Anyone who says you can get rich through gambling is a fool or a knave. Multiply the size of the prize by your chance of winning it and you’ll always get a number far lower than what you put into the pot. The only sure winners are the organizers – casino owners, state lotteries, and [...]

NewsAlert

JoNova

  • Satellites show a warmer Earth is releasing ex ...
    (I’m revisiting older important papers and setting up resource pages, largely thanks to Tony Cox’s prodding. In this post I found it interesting that Lindzen’s work, which was so controversial because it proved the IPCC is wrong, was in many ways merely confirming earlier resul ...
  • Regulators wet dreams of controling you
    The Planet Under Pressure conference has brought out the clawing powermongers. The Commentator.com team who were brave enough to attend, tell us that no one got very excited about the science, but the word “regulation” was received, well… ecstatically. The conference was largel ...
  • James Delingpole on Tour in Australia — ...
    The brilliant James Delingpole is coming to Australia thanks to the IPA to promote freedom for the world, to rescue modern science and to sell a hundred thousand copies of his new book: Killing the Earth to Save It (How Environmentalists are ruining the planet, destroying the economy and steali ...
  • The end of the Global Warming Scare would look ...
    Soon, the moment will come when the crowd will say “I always knew it was fake”. Here are three signs we are at the beginning of The End. 1. Op-Ed writers will be pointing out how governments are unwinding  policies: Dominic Lawson: Britain Has Finally Rejected The Bogus Economics Of ...
  • The new world order – Black, Brown, and ...
    Scoff scoff scoff.  There is no global conspiracy to get One World Government. If there was, the leaders would have sent a memo to Bob Brown to be quiet, to Scientific American to rephrase the agenda, and to Richard Black to stay out of group photos at socialist events. So there is no central co ...

ReNew America

  • Hard Postmodernism
    (Fred Hutchison, RA analyst) - I coined the term "Hard Postmodernism" as a shorthand reference to a set of theories of cultural determinism. I define "Soft Postmodernism" as a set of liberal multicultural myths derived from the pseudo-scientific writings of prestigious cultural anthropologists a ...
  • Why are Republicans afraid of an open convention?
    (Bob Barr) - According to most talking heads and political pundits, the race for the GOP's presidential nomination is all but over, as former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has pulled away from the rest of the field over the last couple of months. Party leaders are urging the remaining candi ...
  • The problem with Romney: not Mormon enough
    (Bryan Fischer) - There is no reason for Rick Santorum to drop out of the race for the GOP nomination. This is for one simple reason: this is his only shot at the crown. If he can stage a dramatic come-from-behind win, he will give America its clearest choice between competing visions for Americ ...
  • Romney's royal 'we' and 'personal responsibility'
    (Terence P. Jeffrey) - When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, he saw a problem he believed government should solve. Ninety-three percent of the people in the state had health insurance -- including private insurance, Medicare and Medicaid -- but 7 percent did not. Romney wanted to do so ...
  • Santorum: Both Romney and Obama backed gun bans
    (Newsmax) - Having relentlessly pounded rival Mitt Romney on the role his healthcare plan played in creating Obamacare, Rick Santorum is now comparing the former Massachusetts governor to the president on the key issue of gun rights...

Truth Offering

  • The False Flag Cyber Attack Takedown of the In ...
    Here are some of today's top shock headlines: "Army of hackers targets the Swedish government, Sarah Palin and credit card giants in WikiLeaks 'Operation: Payback'" - The Daily Mail "Hackers Rise for WikiLeaks" - Wall Street Journal "WikiLeaks backers hit MasterCard and Visa in cyberstrike" - R ...
  • S. 510: The Death of Food Freedom Act
    In the world of liberty lovers and food freedom fighters, there's been a ton of attention lately on Senate bill S.510 -- the deceitfully-named, "Food Safety Modernization Act [1]." But in the mainstream media, there's been but a whimper; a pathetic trickle of occasional, fleeting and understated ...
  • Politicians and the Voting Public: A Toxic Rel ...
    At TruthOffering.com, we've written much about what's known as the Liberty to Tyranny cycle. The reason we've focused so much attention on this cycle is that we believe in it completely. That is to say, since every civilization has followed this cycle's projection, it's reasonable to suspect the ...
  • Education v. Conditioning: Wundt, Rockefeller ...
    John D. Rockefeller, Sr. / Wilhelm WundtSince reading "the deliberate dumbing down of america" by Charlotte Iserbyt, I've been trying to find other people out there who have also noticed the ruining of education in the United States. To be honest, it's hard to find information on this subject ou ...
  • TruthOffering's Matt Gordon on LA Talk Live's ...
    Have a listen to Matt Gordon from TruthOffering.com chatting with Hip-hop connoisseur, D-Bracks, on LA Talk Live. Topics range from economics and politics to international banksters and chemtrails. Be sure to drop a comment and let us know what you think of Matt's perspective:

2012 Blog

  • Japan Updates Tsunami Predictions
    In 2003 the Japan government’s expert panel on tsunamis predicted the maximum height of any tsunami created by an earthquake to be 20 meters. In wake of last year’s disaster they have changed their evaluation, and the new worst-case scenario is a 35-meter wave. Tokyo could be hit by ...
  • Second Solar Storm Detector Launching in 2014
    Better late than never! In my recent article on the incredible harm a solar storm could inflict on infrastructure, I pointed out that we only have a single line of defense, and the solar storms it detects could kill it: When warning us about incoming geomagnetic storms, the NOAA’s only ...
  • $20 Million Steel Arks
    In my opinion, it went something like this: A few authors suggest a global cataclysm could occur in 2012 Patrick Geryl says a good way of surviving would be unsinkable yachts Roland Emmerich makes the movie 2012, using many of Geryl’s ideas. He replaces yachts with massive steel arks ...
  • Here Come The Homonids
    I had previously anticipated (in mid-2010) that more human ancestors and cousins would turn up: Based on recent discoveries, I wouldn’t be surprised if 6-10 human species are determined to have lived in the last 50,000 years – and I reckon an additional species for the last 10,000 years is qu ...
  • 2012 Solar Storm = Long-Term Power Blackout
    Lawrence E Joesph, Patrick Geryl and myself would probably be the 2012 catastrophists that have reached the most people. Something we all proclaim is that our Sun is the most likely source of a 2012 disaster: Geryl: convoluted math and ancient texts prove that a 2012 disaster is certain Jose ...

Facing South

One News Page

  • CBI should shut down: Rajasthan High Court
    The Rajasthan High Court on Friday came down heavily on CBI for giving 'differential' treatment to the accused in Dara Singh fake encounter case in which a DIG and a BJP MLA were among those arrested,... Related Stories Reported by NDTV.com 1 hour ago
  • Farmer-activists charge Moily with neglecting ...
    *The agitation for water is likely to intensify in the coming days as various agitation committees in Chikkaballapur and Kolar are set to protest for the cause, following the visit of Minister Veerappa Moily to Bagepalli.* During his visit, he had made a statement that Ettinhole Project ... ...
  • Rahane, Cooper star as Rajasthan crush Kings X ...
    Ajinkya Rahane scored a brilliant knock of 98 runs and Kevon Cooper took a four wicket haul as Rajasthan Royals cruised to victory against Kings XI Punjab. Reported by Firstpost 3 hours ago
  • Delayed rain affects flow in Irpu falls
    *Irpu falls, located in South Kodagu has always been a favourite picnic spots for tourists. * However, with the lack of rains the 100 feet fall which is known to gush and roar even during dry season is now flowing like docile stream. Kodagu usually receives rain in February. After ... R ...
  • Xians observe Good Friday
    *Friday was a solemn day for Christians all over the world. Good Friday symbolises the day Jesus Christ died on the cross for the sake of humanity. * This day is observed by Christians as a day cut off from merry and frolic. Christians abstain themselves from meat, take up fast, undergo ... ...

Global Research TV

Daily Tech

Oriental Review

  • Is BRICS Challenging the West?
    The fourth BRICS summit representing Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa was held on March 28-29, 2012 in New Delhi. Despite the limited timeline, its results might be defined as outstanding. In any case it’s obvious that the leaders of the member countries had no intention to confine ...
  • NATO in Afghanistan: Do They Stay Or Do They Go?
    Despite the fact that the U.S. has officially announced the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan in 2014, things are coming so that they will remain there. The question, in what status, with what rights and, more importantly, with what goal – increasingly concerns the neighbors of Afghani ...
  • The Iranian Threat
    The West sees Iran as a real threat. That perception is driving development of a missile defense system in Europe and the Middle East; ever tougher, so-called “crippling” economic and financial sanctions against Iran; support for both the internal opposition, which is not currently having a majo ...
  • BRICS: Going Strong to Change the World Scene
    On 28-29 March 2012 a BRICS summit was held in Indian capital New Delhi. The theme was “BRICS Partnership for Stability, Security and Growth”. This was the fourth BRICS summit that brought together the leaders of the emerging economic powers to discuss a host of global issues. The event took pla ...
  • The Arab World: From Nationalism to Tribalism
    The “parade of autonomies” we are currently witnessing in the Arab world, primarily in Iraq and Libya, is an indicator of the crisis the region’s nation-states are undergoing. Unlike Europe, however, it is less a consequence of integrationist trends than an indicator of the Greater Middle East’s ...

BlogHer

  • BlogHer Conferences Weekly Update - - April 6, ...
    Happy holiday weekend! If I have it right, we have both Passover and Easter this weekend, so enjoy time with your friends and family! It's been a very busy few weeks here for the BlogHer Conference Team and we are excited to share! We are still excited about the second annual BlogHer Entrepren ...
  • The Big Lessons Moms Learn from the Littlest Hands
    [Editor's Note: Do you remember being a teenager and thinking your mom was either shy a few marbles or just plain stupid? And that when you had kids, you'd already know everything you needed to know and be a perfect mom? And then you became a mom and realized that your child would continue to te ...
  • Newcastle Beer Censors "Unattractive" Women
    As far as beer commercials are concerned, women might as well be blow-up sex dolls -- as long as they're pretty dolls. But in what looks (at first) like a win for feminism, Newcastle Brown Ale is running a TV commercial featuring a female brewmaster. The commercial goes on and on about her skill ...
  • Nie Asks: What Chores Do Your Kids Do?
    What chores do you give your children to do? What tricks do you use to make it work? Now you tell me: I want to know what it's like in your family!
  • NASA G.I.R.L.S: Mentoring for Girls
    Ariane at Geek Mom has news about a mentoring program for girls organized by women in NASA. It's starting small this year, so space is limited. Everything you need to know about applying is in Ariane's post. She says, So here’s how it works. Eligible girls in grades 5-8 can apply to be selected ...

Health Freedom Alliance

  • Milk Man Faces Multiple Felony Charges for Foo ...
    After destroying Rawesome Foods (which is being physically deconstructed right now), the Ventura County Health Department is now targeting other raw milk distribution centers in California. As Gumpert writes:
  • Here’s The Real Truth On Homework
    Research reveals primary school homework offers no real benefit – and only limited results in junior high school. Only senior students in Years 11 and 12 benefit from after-school work, associate professor Richard Walker said. “What the ...
  • Justice Scalia to Obama’s Solicitor Gene ...
    While Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. made the Obama administration’s case for the constitutionality of the individual mandate in the health care law Tuesday, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia interrupted and lectured Verrilli about American ...
  • Too Much Sitting Can Kill You, Study Suggests
    For better health, try standing up more, a new study suggests. Those who spend 11 or more hours a day sitting are 40 percent more likely to die over the next three years regardless of ...
  • Our Right to Know: Organizations Take Action f ...
    This past month I’ve found myself neck deep in thinking and talking about genetic engineering. Not about the science, but about the current state of affairs. Recently the unrestricted approval of Round-Up Ready alfalfa, the ...

Live News Wire

  • Editorial: As The Country Mourned, Tucson Need ...
    Those who criticized the reaction of the crowd at Wednesday night's memorial have it ingrained that a perfect memorial is one with candles, flowers and tears. The citizens of Tucson and the American people have mourned for five days. Wednesday's event was not a time to mourn some more. It was a ...
  • Police Made Visits To Loughner Home Before Sho ...
    The Tucson, Arizona family home of 22-year-old Jared Loughner had been visited by authorities before the shooting of a congresswoman and 18 others last Saturday, new information by the New York Times revealed Wednesday. It's unclear what the visits were about or what prompted the call to author ...
  • Criminal Charges Filed Against Congresswoman’s ...
    Newly-released court documents offer a glimpse into the motive behind Jared Loughner's attempted assassination of Tucson Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday. Recovered from Loughner's home was a letter addressed to Jared Loughner from Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords mailed a ...
  • “Unbelievable Tragedy:” Congresswoman Shot By ...
    At least fifteen gunshots rang out shortly after 10:10am Arizona Time Saturday, bullets fatally striking a Federal Judge and injuring a prominent Congresswoman. Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) of Arizona's Eighth District was wounded at a public meet-and-greet event outside a grocery s ...
  • Queensland Facing Flood Of “Biblical” Proportions
    The worst floods in 50 years to hit Queensland, Australia are being described as nothing short of Biblical. More than 1,000 people have been evacuated, though officials say as the floodwaters get worse, as many as 4,000 residents could be asked to vacate their homes and businesses later this we ...

Coal Tattoo

  • Friday roundup, April 6, 2012
    On Thursday, W.Va. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin placed a wreath at the coal miner statute on the state Capitol grounds to mark the 2nd anniversary of the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster. Photo courtesy of the governor’s office. There was understandably quite a bit of reporting this week about the ...
  • Coal and climate: Still searching for Cecil Ro ...
    I’m not sure what MetroNews radio personality Hoppy Kercheval would prefer — For United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts to announce the union will work against President Obama’s re-election or for Brother Cecil to keep refusing to do so, giving Hoppy endless material for t ...
  • The Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster, April 5, 2010
    Two years ago this afternoon, a horrific explosion ripped through Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County, W.Va. Twenty-nine coal miners died and two others were injured. For many of us, the 2nd anniversary is a time to revisit the disaster, to ask questions about whether e ...
  • Another day in West Virginia’s coalfield ...
    In this March 13, 2012 photo, a coal barge makes its way to the Bruce Mansfield Power Station in Shippingport , Pa.  (AP Photo) As I’ve read, listened to and watched the reactions the last two days from West Virginia political leaders reacting to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency&#8 ...
  • Sen. Rockefeller on EPA greenhouse gas proposa ...
    While the rest of West Virginia’s political leaders are busy bashing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, here’s what Sen. Jay Rockefeller had to say about the EPA’s proposed greenhouse gas emissions limits: We have known since the 2007 Supreme Court ruling that greenhouse ...

Daniel Miessler

  • The Benefits of Web Server Optimization
    Granted I’m only a couple hundred miles away from my datacenter for this test, but I am loading a fairly typical page of content here in 128ms. That’s pretty sick. We’re talking a tenth of a second for a full page load. Here’s how I did it. :: Related Content10 Ways to Te ...
  • How to Address Chinese Infosec Espionage
    It’s not hard to imagine what happens when an American company pays for research and a Chinese firm gets the results free; it destroys our competitive edge. Shawn Henry, who retired last Friday as the executive assistant director of the F.B.I. (and its lead agent on cybercrime), told Congress la ...
  • Abolish The Reference Check | TechCrunch
    What’s my beef with reference checks? They don’t accomplish the job we intend them to do. In a startup, you can’t afford to hire B-players. But reference checks, which are intended to do the screening, fail to eliminate these candidates who are just so-so. This happens because the person giving ...
  • Up To 1.5M Credit Card Numbers May Have Been S ...
    On Friday, we heard the news that payments processor Global Payments was hit with a massive security breach involving MasterCard and Visa cardholders. At the time it was unclear the reach of the security issue, which was being investigated by the U.S. Secret Service. Tonight, Global Payments rep ...
  • Clothes and Self-Perception | NYTimes
    If you wear a white coat that you believe belongs to a doctor, your ability to pay attention increases sharply. But if you wear the same white coat believing it belongs to a painter, you will show no such improvement. via nytimes.com Posted via email from danielmiessler.com | posterous Rela ...

Fitwatch

  • FITwatch: The Open Public Meeting
    We at FITwatch have been a bit quiet recently – but we are leaping back into life with an open meeting on Sunday 25th March, 1pm at the London Action Resource Centre. With the Met trying to criminalise face masks, implementing new data gathering systems, and making an issue of ‘robust’ policing, ...
  • Questioning the tactic of “questioning t ...
    The following article, originally posted on the Vancouver Media Co-op website, has been reproduced here by FITwatch as we believe it is of relevance in the ongoing debate around the wearing of masks on demonstrations. FITwatch always has, and always will, encourage the wearing of masks on demons ...
  • ‘Extremist’ policing of Leicester ...
    The remarkable ambivalence with which the police treat right wing groups was clearly evident in the policing of the EDL demonstration this week in Leicester. Leicestershire constabulary were clearly happy with facilitating the EDL demonstration, while being equally clearly committed to clamping ...
  • HMIC report into domestic extremist units disg ...
    Well, we always knew HMIC’s ludicrously named ‘review of national police units which provide intelligence on criminality associated with protest’ was going to be a farce, and we haven’t been disappointed. The 48 page report published today fails to address any of the concerns addressed by activi ...
  • Student Centre Branded Terrorist
    London students who occupied a space in the run-up to the November 30th public sector strike were under the jurisdiction of the Met's SO15 Counter Terrorism Command, FITwatch have learned today. Bloomsbury Social Centre - which aimed to be a "hub of organising for students, workers and residents ...

Worldwide Hippies

  • Play Hippie Trivia!
    A new Trivia Question will be posted every Friday at 6:00 pm (EST). Trivia is open all week so enter often. You do not have to be correct, even a comment gets you in! Win a Worldwide Hippies Bumper Sticker. You can post your answer in the comments section.   Answer to last question – ...
  • WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange: PCC stood by ...
    By Lisa O’Carroll,guardian.co.uk – Site’s founder tells Leveson inquiry he faced inaccuracies ‘possibly on a scale not seen since the abuse of the McCanns’ WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has launched an attack on the Press Complaints Commission, claiming he has be ...
  • A Serendipity Sort Of Day
    by Linda Wolf,WorldWide Hippies-Did you ever have one of those days where nothing seems to go right? My loved ones were fighting amongst themselves. My years divorced ex-husband was NOW trying to wield some kind of power over my home. My teenage daughter thought I was the biggest idiot that ever ...
  • A Worldwide Hippies CITIZEN DISPATCH April 6, ...
    Worldwidehippies – Welcome to CITIZEN DISPATCH. News and Commentary from Citizen Journalistaround the globe. This Edition; John Konopak  – New Mexico USA MEDIA FOR THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE – TAKE YOUR EYES, EARS AND CELL PHONE CAMERAS OUT INTO YOUR PART OF THE GLOBE – DOC ...
  • Worldwide Hippies Digest Friday – FBI W ...
    FBI probe is unwarranted The Aspen Times – The years may pass in Aspen, but the “Summer of Hate” that Hunter S. Thompson wrote about in 1969 and 1970 seemingly has continued through more than four decades, albeit with the tables turned. We’re referring to what looks like an FBI witch ...

reference frame

  • Hansen: AGW global tax as important as slavery
    James Hansen will give lectures in Scotland where he is also going to pick the Edinburgh Medal. It doesn't look like an important award but the orientation of the winners in recent years is still very annoying if you realize that the first medalist, one in 1989, was Abdus Salam. Imagine the t ...
  • Happy Easter
    (and Passover) This TV commercial by Vodafone has been aired since the Christmas, to assure everyone that they're ahead of time. The music is borrowed from Nightwork's famous song called Sweatpants, shift your balls to the right side. I hope you will encounter a decorated egg ...
  • Let's fix the value of Planck's constant
    Carl Brannen has pointed out the following simple preprint to me: Quantum Theory without Planck's Constantby John Ralston of the University of Kansas. The author shows that if we get rid of the International Prototype Kilogram i.e. if we fix the value of the Planck constant – at ...
  • TRF guest blogger Gordon Kane wins Lilienfeld ...
    Gordon Kane, Distinguished University Professor of Physics at University of Michigan, wrote a text for TRF, Learning from theory and data about our string vacuum,in December 2011. Of course, his work on string/M-theory compactifications with heavy scalars has been repeatedly discussed on th ...
  • Keith Olbermann, Al Gore, and management
    Last October, I was surprised by the incredible economy of Current TV, an unknown TV station owned by Al Gore and Joel Hyatt. A few months earlier, the station with tens of thousands of viewers hired Keith Olbermann and offered him a $50 million five-year contract. The numbers just didn' ...

Tatumba 2.0

  • I wonder if TSA Agents know what long term exp ...
    People have been wondering what long term exposure to naked body scanners will do to the human body. Wonder no more. Here is a photo of an ex TSA Employee. I hear she now works as a tanning bed operator. Click image to enlarge   Any questions? Homeland Security Job Guide: How to get an [... ...
  • Giabo George is a ‘MADe’ Dog. Seen by over 200 ...
    I don’t know how I forgot this one. My Pug, Giabo George, was featured on the Keiser Report over the Christmas holidays. I must be losing it, as the little guy was made famous by Stacey Herbert and Max Keiser. The Keiser Report is seen by over 200 million viewers from around the world each ...
  • Chris Duane: As long as you play by the Elite’ ...
    This video just about sums up what I have been saying for the past 5 or so years. The Heretic is back with a plan for us to destroy the paradigm of evil, fraud, corruption. and tyranny that has been built up by the Elite. If you do not own physical silver then may God [...] Related posts: The ...
  • Heist The Movie – Who Stole the American Dream?
    Please watch the newly updated trailer for “Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?,” the new, explosive documentary from Frances Causey and Donald Goldmacher exposing the roots of the American economic crisis and the destruction of the American dream. Visit Heist-TheMovie.com for more ...
  • The subtle art of mind control in the media: T ...
    So I have been listening,watching, and reading with fascination, intrigue, and disgust at how the media is conditioning the minds of the masses by reporting on Andrew Briebart’s death by stating that ‘he was ‘known to have heart problems’ or ‘he was known to have a ...

Truth About Our World

Bloomberg

  • Can't Stop the Big Mo
    Healthy spending and productivity add up to some good stock buys, says S&P's Kenneth Shea. Plus: His formula for a diversified portfolio
  • Higher Gas Tax? Smart Move
    Raising it to 50 cents or $1 per gallon would push conservation and send a signal to America's enemies. It's the surest way to cut oil dependence
  • No Lull in the Airlines' Headwinds
    The industry isn't doing as badly as it was, but that's not saying much, according to S&P's Philip Baggaley
  • Grading Back-to-School Stocks
    Some outfits that gain from families' spending may make dicey buys. But equity pros reveal those investments with strong potential
  • IGN Entertainment: Where the Boys Are
    The Web outfit has drawn a huge, male-dominated following and has an IPO in the works. But will a big Net player come calling?

Enviroblog

  • Help Us Create Our New Facebook Timeline Banner!
    As you've likely noticed, Facebook recently released its Timeline feature for fan and brand pages. It's a great new way to tell stories and share and highlight memorable posts. Everyone is getting creative with the new format, so we... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for ...
  • "You Can't Find What You Don't Look For"
    Our California fracking report continued to gain fantastic coverage this week with three large stories in Santa Cruz Weekly, Sacramento News and Review and Wines and Vines. Our president, Ken Cook, posted in Huffington Post on BPA in food packaging... [[ This is a content summary only. Visi ...
  • Toxic Chemicals in Food Packaging Must Go
    By Kenneth A. Cook, EWG President and co-founder Under mounting pressure from consumers, scientists, advocacy groups and lawsuits, the Food and Drug Administration is about to decide whether to ban the ubiquitous industrial chemical BPA (bisphenol-A)... [[ This is a content summary only. Vi ...
  • Ohio Regulators: Link Between Recent Quakes an ...
    By Thomas Cluderay, Assistant General Counsel Polluted water resources. Compromised housing values. And now, earthquakes? As companies increasingly rely on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to expand U.S. oil and gas operations, regulators are finally... [[ This is a content summary only. ...
  • Diapers, Pacifiers, Hazmat Onesies -- Parentin ...
    Last week, the New York Times ran a D-1 story titled "Is It Safe to Play Yet?" on parents working to detoxify their homes, featuring EWG. On the same day, the Los Angeles Times ran a story on fracking in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, a ...

Quick Hits

  • More Teachers Being Replaced By Technology
    The neoliberal wetdream coming to fruition. From Fast Company: Districts all over are experimenting with teacher-less computer labs and green-lighting entire classrooms of adult-supervised children exploring the Internet--an Android powered tablet designed specifically for students. Teachers' u ...
  • Food costs at record levels, likely to go higher
    MANILA/MILAN (Reuters) - World food prices hit a record in January and recent catastrophic weather around the globe could put yet more pressure on the cost of food, an issue that has already helped spark protests across the Middle East. Up for the seventh month in a row, the closely watched Food ...
  • Shell makes $2,208,480 (£1.6m) an hour, [Clue ...
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/busi...   The Guardian in Britain says calmly:Shell stoked up the heated debate about the high cost of fuel on the forecourt today after reporting it made profits of nearly £1.6m an hour over the last three months.A leading member of the road lobby said moto ...
  • Gallup Helps Explain Egyptian/Tunisia Uprisings
    Wellbeing in Egypt and Tunisia decreased significantly over the past few years, even as GDP increased. In Egypt, where demonstrations have prompted President Hosni Mubarak to give up power after elections this fall, the percentage of people "thriving" fell by 18 percentage points since 2005. In ...
  • Wallace Shawn: Are You Smarter Than Thomas Jef ...
    The Grand Nagus speaks! At Tom Dispatch.com.

Capital - NYC

Views & News from Norway

  • Only one in six will attend church during Easter
    Around 16 percent of Oslo’s population is likely to attend a church service during Norway’s official Easter holiday period, which starts on Thursday and runs through Monday. Not all churches will be open and offering services either. A survey conducted by research firm Respons for ne ...
  • Red Cross tackles the Easter blues
    Norway’s long, five-day Easter holiday isn’t only a spring fling full of fun. For many Norwegians, it can be a period of loneliness and depression, so the Red Cross was standing by with more than rescue squads for wayward skiers in the mountains. “There are very many who don&#8 ...
  • Norwegians traveling more than ever
    As Norwegians tucked into their annual five-day Easter holiday came news that many of them are traveling more than ever. New studies show they’re willing to spend large sums on adventure travel, from mountain climbing in the Himalayas to ski trips over the South Pole.  Trade association Vi ...
  • Breivik ‘like a Nazi from the ’30s ...
    A psychiatrist who has read a 38-page letter to Norwegian media from confessed right-wing terrorist Anders Behring Breivik has likened Breivik’s text to the “ideologocial documents” written by Nazis in the 1930s and 1940s. Portions of Breivik’s letter were published in Os ...
  • Bhatti arrested again, but released
    Arfan Bhatti, best known for being the first person in Norway to be charged under new anti-terrorism laws, was back in police custody earlier this week on new charges of domestic violence. A city court judge ended up releasing him at mid-day Wednesday, but slapped him with a restraining order ag ...

Permaculture Research Institute - Australia

  • For the Love of Parks – a Transition Initiative
    On a beautiful spring day in the heart of east Berlin, eight fruit trees are planted in Görlitzer park. The trees, mainly apples but also some plums and pears, were carefully laid into the ground. The project, ‘I heart Görli’, was organised by a group of locals with similar ...
  • Tree Cotton – Gossypium Arboreum
    You might have seen the cotton growing out west — around St George, Gundiwindi and Dirranbandi in Queensland, Australia, and Moree and Narrabri in NSW. It’s an annual crop — sown in the spring and harvested in the autumn — grown in flat plains country. The blocks are leve ...
  • Permaculture Design Certificate Course, Arusha ...
    Time is running out to join members of the international permaculture community for FoodWaterShelter’s Permaculture Design Certificate Course between the 4th to 15th June 2012 in Arusha, Tanzania. With applicants from England to the USA, South Africa to Germany and throughout Africa includ ...
  • Take a PDC with Rico Zook in Bayouda Village, ...
    At least after the International Permaculture Conference (IPC11) last September, Jordan is now well-known in the permaculture world. It is thus a pleasure to invite you to join a 2-week full PDC course that will be held in the scenic village of Bayouda — 20km north-east of Amman, Jordan, i ...
  • Our Seeds: Seeds Blong Yumi – Watch for Free
    In September 2008 Seed Savers released their first film, “Our Seeds: Seeds Blong Yumi”, a 57 minute documentary that celebrates traditional food plants and the people that grow them. We have now released this documentary on the net for free viewing (with English audio and Portugues ...

Pointman's

  • About writing.
    I do the thinking thing very well. For so much of my life and for so many things in it, I think very carefully before I leap and I’m good at it. Over the years, people have learnt to trust and depend on that and because I love them, that’s something special I can do … Read more
  • About writing.
    I do the thinking thing very well. For so much of my life and for so many things in it, I think very carefully before I leap and I’m good at it. Over the years, people have learnt to trust and depend on that and because I love them, that’s something special I can do … Read more
  • Political fracture points and power vacuums.
    A political fracture point is a sudden and radical change in the political landscape. In classical times, it would be the collapse of an empire, such as the Roman Empire. In the last century, World War I resulted in the outright destruction of several, such as the German Empire, and ultimately f ...
  • Political fracture points and power vacuums.
    A political fracture point is a sudden and radical change in the political landscape. In classical times, it would be the collapse of an empire, such as the Roman Empire. In the last century, World War I resulted in the outright destruction of several, such as the German Empire, and ultimately f ...
  • Job opportunity, with lots of money to be made.
    You know those Huey helicopters that you see in all those old Vietnam war movies. They had this single bolt sticking out of the cabin, connecting it to the rotor blades. The troopers used to call it the Jesus Bolt, because if it failed, everyone on board was going home to Jesus. Well, the equiva ...

Journalists' Toolkit

  • The best video export options
    How do you choose the best settings for exporting your video, after you have edited it? I remember how confusing this was for me when I started working with Web video several years ago. With the slower computers we had back then, I would wait for what seemed like forever while exporting a small ...
  • Video Resources updated
    The new Video Resources page has been added to this site. This is a carefully curated page with links to good tutorials for video editing software, video shooting tips, and the like. It’s intended for beginners, particularly journalism students and journalism educators who are teaching vid ...
  • Flash Journalism updates
    I have been hard at work updating the Flash Journalism website. New tutorials for ActionScript 3.0 and for working on the Timeline in CS4 and CS5 have been added. The old pages from the original site (created to support the book I wrote about Flash journalism in 2004) are still online, and all t ...
  • New tutorial: Windows Live Movie Maker
    As an aid to a journalism training session I agreed to give, I created a short PowerPoint that is aimed at journalism students. Windows Live Movie Maker Tutorial Windows Live Movie Maker is quite different from its predecessor — Windows Movie Maker (not “live”). It is less vers ...
  • Convert WMA files with Switch
    Switch Sound File Converter is a free program from NCH Software. You can download it here (Mac or Windows). I have been using this program and recommending it widely for about two years. It’s easy to use, and it’s especially useful for converting WMA format files to WAV so that we ca ...

Justice Roars - Louisiana

  • The End of Sex Offender Registration for Louis ...
    Judge Rules That Sex-Offender Registration for “Crime Against Nature by Solicitation” Convictions Is Unconstitutional From Center for Constitutional Rights: Yesterday, one day after attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights argued that individuals convicted prior to August 2011 unde ...
  • OUR WIN – Letter from Women With A Vision Exec ...
    Yesterday, US District Judge Martin Feldman ruled that the Louisiana law that required sex workers to register as sex offenders is unconstitutional. Lawmakers had already changed the law last year, but this ruling is expected to help remove from the registry hundreds of women (and some men) who ...
  • From NYPD Spying to Trayvon Martin, By Jordan ...
    A version of this article originally appeared on The Progressive website.When I heard that my name was featured in a New York City Police Department report, I should have been outraged. I had followed revelations of NYPD spying, but it hadn’t occurred to me that they would come to New Orleans t ...
  • Crime Against Nature Court Hearing This Wednesday
    From our friends at Women With a Vision: As many of you know, last June we had a huge legislative victory in our work to challenge Louisiana’s Crime Against Nature statute, which mandated fifteen years or more of sex offender registration for women who would have otherwise been charged with s ...
  • Eight Anti-Nuclear Activists Arrested at Enter ...
    From a press release from the Safe And Green Energy (SAGE) Alliance: Group demands: “No Nuke Business as Usual for March 22nd” and "Shut Down Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant" An affinity group of eight anti-nuclear activists with the New England-based Safe And Green Energy (SAGE) Alliance, ...

Information Underground

  • Zionist Personalities We Should Know About • R ...
    BlueOcean wrote: I deduct from the statements of Pas and destroyer911 the weird fact that somehow these and maybe other atheists have replaced jesus with their savior Hitler and the bible with mein Kampf WTF???????????????????????? Were the statements that I made concerning Hitler factual or ...
  • Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
    Its funny how people can believe the Jewish Holocaust is fiction even though there are thousands of eye witnesses but can't accept the planes may have been faked in the 9/11 attacks. On the issue if there were real planes or not, I don't know either way but at this stage until there is clear evi ...
  • Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
    iframe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJcwoiR24sM This is all that really needs to be said regarding video/media fakery. We all know what Berma$$ is and his "little" rant/derailing/associations just shows it all that much better. Like I said in the other thread, you have to watch ou ...
  • Zionist Personalities We Should Know About • R ...
    Nr 1: I deduct from the statements of Pas and destroyer911 the weird fact that somehow these and maybe other atheists have replaced jesus with their savior Hitler and the bible with mein Kampf WTF???????????????????????? to them somehow the zioncrimefactory ( never heard from that site until ...
  • Economics, Money/Banking, Investments, Profite ...
    CDS index A credit default swap index is a credit derivative used to hedge credit risk or to take a position on a basket of credit entities or indices (a CDS index is a portfolio of actively traded liquid names in a particular sector of the market). Unlike a credit default swap, which is an OT ...

TVNZ

environment 360

  • New iPad App Will Help Mariners Avert Right Wh ...
    A coalition of conservation groups has created an iPad/iPhone app capable of warning mariners when they are approaching areas of high risk for collision with endangered North Atlantic right whales. The so-called Whale Alert app, which is available for free Click to enlarge NOAA Whale Alert ...
  • Exposure to Weed Killer Can Alter the Shape of ...
    A new study has found that exposure to the popular weed killer Roundup can alter the morphology of some amphibian species, triggering unexpected changes in body shape of young tadpoles. In a series of tests conducted in large outdoor tanks that mimicked wetland ecosystems, scientists at the Univ ...
  • UK Revives £1 Billion Competition to Boost Car ...
    The UK has re-launched a £1 billion ($1.6 billion) competition to promote the large-scale adoption of carbon-capture technology, an investment that government officials hope will make the UK a global leader in the emerging low-carbon energy sector. Launched by the Department of Energy and Climat ...
  • Some Corals More Resilient To Increased Acidif ...
    Some coral species may be better able to cope with the increasingly acidic condition of the world’s oceans than previously believed, a new study says. Writing in the journal Nature Climate Change, an international team of scientists describes an internal mechanism by which many coral speci ...
  • Shell’s Spill Response Plan Is Approved by U.S ...
    The U.S. Department of the Interior has approved Shell Oil’s plan to respond to an oil spill in the Arctic’s Beaufort Sea, clearing the way for exploratory drilling this summer. The decision follows similar U.S. government approval for a spill response plan in the Chukchi Sea, and Shell said tha ...

oldephartte/Diigo

backofthebook

  • A Modest Opinion – Retracted
    By Nathaniel Moher Dear worshipping readership: as one of the few remaining hard-hitting investigative journalists out there (see you at the meeting, Seacrest), I obviously pride myself on never making a mistake. Ever. Well, apparently my assumption that I never make a mistake was in fact a mist ...
  • Robocalls and Republicons
    By Alison@Creekside The Cons’ somewhat belated talking points about their use of the US voter contact firm Front Porch Strategies in the last election have been all about only using them for townhalls : U.S. phone firm was just for town halls, say MPs  “Jim Ross [Front Porch's Canadi ...
  • A Modest Opinion – Who you gonna Robo-call?
    As I’m sure most of you have heard, the Conservatives are in a little bit of a hot spot (and I’m not just talking about the prairies). It seems that Harps and his conservatives are being accused of a placing phone calls during the last election, giving out the wrong address’ for polling stations ...
  • How the Sun helped post the Vancouver Playhous ...
    By Frank Moher The sudden news that the Vancouver Playhouse is closing after 49 seasons comes as a shock, of course. We assume these venerable civic institutions will somehow always manage to lumber along, despite economic downturns and hostile governments and digital depredations. This, after a ...
  • Ohi – uh-oh
    By Alison@Creekside Poor old Mr. Creosote. Steve sent his parliamentary secretary, Dean Del Maestro, out into the House two days in a row last week to claim the Libs spent “millions of dollars” in the last election hiring a foreign voter telemarketing company with offices in North Da ...

Daily Beast

  • Leave The FDA Alone!
    The Obama administration’s rejection of its own scientists’ findings on Plan B could create big problems, writes Susan Wood.
  • Current’s Blistering Suit Against Olbermann
    The network excoriates its fired anchor by painting him as an arrogant and uncooperative slacker. Howard Kurtz on the latest round in the legal war.
  • Offensiveness, Defanged
    The Daily Pic: Bruce Nauman doubles-down on rudeness, and defeats it.
  • Amanda Bynes Hits Trouble
    The former child star was arrested early Friday morning for driving under the influence. The arrest comes just two years after her retirement at age 24. At the time of her retirement, Jacob Bernstein investigated her erratic behavior.
  • Tania Head’s Terrible 9/11 Lie
    A new book chronicles the (literally) unbelievable story of 9/11’s most famous ‘survivor.’ By Robin Fisher and Angelo Guglielmo.

Loonwatch

Energy News

Japan Times

  • Valentine's Red Sox lose opener to Tigers
    Justin Verlander was brilliant on the mound and Prince Fielder drove in a key run with his bat. Still, after a rare slip by Jose Valverde, the Detroit Tigers were all tied with Boston in the bottom of the ninth. Up stepped Austin Jackson — Detroit's strikeout-prone leadoff man — ne ...
  • Newly consolidated safety criteria for reactor ...
    The government on Friday finalized a hastily drafted set of additional safety criteria for reactor restarts that it says reflects the lessons of the Fukushima disaster. In a nutshell, the new criteria require utilities to make sure their plants are sturdy enough to avoid meltdowns and the rele ...
  • Toshiba mulls joint Elpida rehab bid
    Toshiba Corp. may make a joint bid with South Korean chip-maker SK Hynix Inc. to sponsor the rehabilitation of struggling Elpida Memory Inc., sources said. But it remains uncertain whether SK Hynix, a member of the SK major conglomerate will accept Toshiba's proposal because it already has suf ...
  • METI panel wants to triple east-west power-sha ...
    A trade ministry panel on Friday called for the power-sharing capacity of the eastern and western regions of Japan to be increased to 3 million kw from the current 1.03 million kw. The suggestion, which was made in an interim report, was issued because the difference in power frequencies betwe ...
  • North's planned rocket launch pits Japan, Sout ...
    Rising tensions over North Korea's planned rocket launch next week are expected to dominate the agenda when Foreign Minister Koichiro Genba meets with his Chinese and South Korean counterparts Sunday in China. Tokyo, Beijing and Seoul likely will agree to continue calling on Pyongyang to show ...

Alexander Higgins

Macleans - Central

Making It Count - CCPA

  • HST cut in Nova Scotia: Detracting from real d ...
    The Nova Scotia government has just announced that it will cut the HST by 1% next year and 1% the following year. This cut will reverse the 2% increase the government imposed in order to assist it to achieve a balanced budget. Increasing the HST was part of a four year plan to balance the [...]
  • Real Unemployment Rate = 11.3%
    Statistics Canada reported significant employment growth today for the first time in six months. As Andrew has already noted, welcome strength in March does not make up for the five preceding months of stagnation. Compared to September 2011, full-time employment has increased by 21,900 while Can ...
  • Is the Federal Government Spending Too Little?
    A talking point has appeared among right wing commentators that federal government expenditures are out of control and need to be cut back. They argue expenditures need to be cut so we can get back to a balanced budget. And they expect us to ignore the fact that we were going to get there anyway ...
  • What a Wildrose Victory May Mean for Saskatchewan
    If recent polling is to be believed, Alberta’s ultra-conservative Wildrose Party looks poised to capture an electoral majority in the upcoming provincial election only a few years after its creation. While we could just chalk this up to Alberta’s peculiar penchant for right-wing popu ...
  • When Is A Conservative Not A Conservative?
    Today we learned that Rights and Democracy — an agency established by Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in 1988 to monitor human rights and democratic development internationally –  has been terminated. The closure follows similar shutdowns by the Harper Conservatives of org ...

ReDress

  • The devastating impact of Passover on Jewish p ...
    Uri Avnery considers the fictional story of the Passover and its devastating impact on Jewish culture: extreme paranoia and a craving for revenge against non-Jews - for Israelis, pouring out their wrath on their neighbours, the Palestinians and other Arabs, on their minorities and on their victims.
  • German poet Guenter Grass says what cowardly p ...
    Gilad Atzmon considers German poet Guenter Grass's courageous stance on Israel, which he criticized in a poem for undermining an already fragile world peace, and views the ridiculous response of Israel's embassy and its stooges in Germany.
  • Britain's mad-house foreign policy
    Stuart Littlewood highlights Britain's double standards and contradictory policies in the Middle East: on the one hand irrational belligerence and warmongering towards Iran even though this is contrary to British national interests, and on the other cosying up to and taking its cue from Israel, ...
  • Israel set to uproot 30,000 of its own Bedouin ...
    Neve Gordon explains why Israel's plans to move entire communities of its own Bedouin citizens from their ancestral lands in the Negev and put them in townships will deprive them of their livelihood and land rights.
  • US editorialist Thomas Friedman's "Festival of ...
    Lawrence Davidson explains why Thomas Friedman, one of the most widely read editorial writers in the United States, is confused and unreliable when it comes to the Middle East.

Physics Today

  • No title
    Talking Points Memo: The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is back online after a four-month long maintenance period. On Thursday, CERN announced that it had achieved the highest-energy level for proton collisions yet recorded in history: 8 trillion electron volts (TeV).
  • Wind energy growth tops renewable energy sector
    Earth Policy Institute: Renewable energy makes up only a small section of the energy market but since 2007 hydropower grew by 7 percent and wind power grew by 36 percent while coal declined slightly says a new report from the Earth Policy Institute. In fact in five US states more than 10 percent ...
  • Smaller accelerators continue the search for d ...
    Nature: In the wake of the null results from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, some physicists are turning from larger, more powerful particle accelerators to smaller, less expensive ones. At the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Virginia, a continuous dense beam of electr ...
  • Rwanda uses x-ray technology to identify nutri ...
    SciDev.Net: Agricultural researchers in Rwanda are using x-ray fluorescence (XRF) to determine the mineral content of food crops, writes Aimable Twahirwa for SciDev.Net. In XRF analysis, atoms of a food sample are excited with high-energy, short-wavelength radiation to identify various elements ...
  • Austerity may force Greece to reduce CERN funds
    Science: Greece's austerity measures over the last four years have included a temporary reduction in the country's annual payment to the European Space Agency and a 30% reduction in national research funding. Now Konstantinos Kokkinoplitis, the country's general secretary for research and techno ...

Revolutionary Politics

  • Norway massacre is a false flag
    by Sung (Posted Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:54:46 GMT) 686. Camp Utoya and Camp Casey (9/15/2011) The tyrant of the NWO hate peace loving people that much that they put them as hitting target in their plot. We saw it in Norway killing (7/22/2011) and Hurricane Katrina event. (9/24/2005, a failed plot) ...
  • CIA Spy Captured Giving Nuclear Bomb To Terrorists
    by Sung (Posted Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:50:35 GMT) 693. Eric Holder and Operation “Fast and Furious” (11/14/2011) In last article, I said, “The nuclear disaster hadn’t developed further because their main case failed to go through.” The main plot is to kill Kat Hak Sung in a framed case. In recent ...
  • Ron Paul names US internal Enemies
    by Sung (Posted Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:45:15 GMT) href="#">href="#">href="#">href="#">Ron Paul says U.S. is turning into a 'fascist system' dominated by government and businesses By Associated Press Last updated at 7:02 AM on 19th February 2012 'We've slipped away from a true Republic,' Paul said. ...
  • News media won't report
    by Sung (Posted Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:37:51 GMT) In 2010, as the nation slowly ground its way from Great Recession to recovery, 93 percent of national income gains went to the richest 1 percent of Americans. As Reuters's David Cay Johnston pointed out today, this makes the 2010 recovery quite diff ...
  • Media suppress Ron Paul
    by Sung (Posted Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:30:23 GMT)

Peakwater

  • Companies, households use Malang dam as garbag ...
    “Negligence and a lack of supervision has led Sengguruh dam in the East Java town of Malang to be used as a waste disposal site for household garbage and industrial waste, state water firm Perum Jasa Tirta says. “Besides the industrial waste from the hundreds of companies, there has been a ...
  • Japan: Plant Leaks Radioactive Water
    “The operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says tons of highly radioactive water appear to have leaked into the ocean from a purification unit. The Tokyo Electric Power Company is struggling to keep the melted reactors cool and contain radiation; the leak raises conc ...
  • Amazon Conservation Agreement Reached
    “Environment ministers from the eight countries whose territory includes part of the Amazon River basin — Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela — signed an agreement in Lima on March 21 to protect Amazon forest, its biodiversity and the land rights of ind ...
  • Pakistan and India to go to War over Water?
    “But now a rising new element of discord threatens to precipitate a new armed clash between southern Asia’s two nuclear powers – water. Lahore’s “The Nation’ newspaper on Sunday published an editorial entitled, “War with India inevitable: Nizami,” the newspaper’s Editor-in-Chief and Nazari ...
  • Feverish Chinese Dam Building Could Trigger Ts ...
    “More than 130 large dams that China is building in its western region, an area of high seismicity, are vulnerable to earthquakes or could induce earthquakes, according to a new report released by the Canadian-based environmental group Probe International. In a worst-case scenario, dams co ...

D. Kucinich

  • Davis-Besse News Alert: Kucinich Responds to N ...
    Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), who has consistently fought for stronger oversight of Davis-Besse to protect the people of Ohio, released the following statement after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) overturned a decision made by the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board to accept testim ...
  • Kucinich: Supreme Court Ruling will be the Nex ...
    Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), who provided the pivotal vote in the House to pass the Affordable Care Act, today explained the Supreme Courts’ ruling will simply be the next step in the inevitable path towards single-payer health care. Today, the Supreme Court began hearing arguments as it ...
  • Kucinich Calls for SEC Investigation of Potent ...
    Provides Detailed Analysis of Discrepancies Which Could Constitute “Material Misrepresentations” Washington D.C. (March 22, 2012) -- Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), the Ranking Member of the Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee, today requested that Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair ...
  • Kucinich Analysis: Fast-Tracking Southern Segm ...
    Upon reports that the Obama Administration will “fast-track” the southern segment of the Keystone Pipeline between Cushing, Oklahoma and the Gulf Coast, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following analysis: “Americans need relief from high gas prices. However, approval of th ...
  • Kucinich Welcomes Cleveland, Midwest Steel Ind ...
    Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), a member of the Congressional Steel Caucus, today welcomed the President and CEO’s of Cleveland’s ArcelorMittal and Cliffs Natural Resources at a hearing examining the state of the steel industry in the United States. Kucinich discussed the importance of ...

Authentically Wired

  • because “we” lack the cojones
    … It’s only secret because “we” lack the cojones to elect individuals who authentically represent “us” … “WE” can change that in November 2012 … U.S. Chamber, Major Corporations Build Secret Attack Ad Machine   READ COMPLETE ARTICLE HERE … By Lee Fang, Republic Report…Posted on April ...
  • Being ‘Objective’ Is Killing Newsp ...
    Being ‘Objective’ Is Killing Newspapers, But We’ll Be Much Worse Off When They Go Out of Business   By Chris Hedges, Truthdig…Posted on February 6, 2010, Printed on February 6, 2010  http://www.alternet.org/story/145561/ . Reporters who witness the worst of human suff ...
  • What this is an isolated incident
    …What this is an isolated incident and hey it was a person of “color” and  that makes it understandable … You know it just might OK in Joe Arpaio and Gov Jan Brewer’s version of Arizona justice …   Partisan Rulings on Strip Searches and Citizens United Could Put Supreme Court on ...
  • …Do Americans even know what the BILDERB ...
    …Do Americans even know what the BILDERBERGERS are … or what they profligate …?   Treacherous Treaties: American Imperialism, World Government and the Bilderbergers   04-03-2012  •  http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Prof. John Kozy Is American imperialism a Bilderberger ...
  • A NEW PARADIGM
    A NEW PARADIGM IS starting to come out now about the failure of vaccines. A new study reveals that whooping cough outbreaks are higher among children already vaccinated against whooping cough! Infection rates were lower among unvaccinated children, not surprisingly. That’s because the vacc ...

Popular Technology

  • The Truth about Skeptical Science
    Skeptical Science is a climate alarmist website founded and run by a self-employed cartoonist, John Cook. It is moderated by zealots who ruthlessly censor any and all form of dissent from their alarmist position. This way they can pretend to win arguments, when in reality they have all been refu ...
  • Mastering the Firefox Search Bar
    As a veteran online searcher, data miner, researcher, and computer scientist, I have in the past shied away from using in-browser search bars... instead preferring to use the search tools available on individual sites. This is for practical and functional purposes, as: [1] in-site searches t ...
  • The Truth about SourceWatch
    SourceWatch is a propaganda site funded by an extreme left-wing, anti-capitalist and anti-corporate organization, the Center for Media and Democracy. Just like the untrustworthy Wikipedia the content can be written and edited by ordinary web users. Users who all conveniently share an extreme lef ...
  • Correcting misinformation about the journal En ...
    A frequent source of contention in the global warming debate is the existence of skeptical peer-reviewed papers. These have been overwhelmingly proven to exist. Once confronted with this inconvenient truth, alarmists have desperately tried to discredit the journals that dare publish these papers ...
  • Origin of the Popular Technology.net Peer-Revi ...
    There are various myths floating around online about where the Popular Technology.net peer-reviewed paper list originated, falsely giving credit to people who copied earlier versions of my list and published it as their own. The following is a brief history,Back in February 2007 I began compilin ...

Monga Bay ( Articles )

  • Our success in transforming commodity markets ...
    The success of governments and big corporations in eliminating environmental degradation from the products we consume will play a critical role in determining the fate of the world's remaining wild places, said a group of experts speaking at a panel during the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepr ...
  • Gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon: a view fro ...
    On the back of a partially functioning motorcycle I fly down miles of winding footpath at high-speed through the dense Amazon rainforest, the driver never able to see more than several feet ahead. Myriads of bizarre creatures lie camouflaged amongst the dense vines and lush foliage; flocks of p ...
  • Surging demand for vegetable oil drives rainfo ...
    Surging demand for vegetable oil has emerged as an important driver of tropical deforestation over the past two decades and is threatening biodiversity, carbon stocks, and other ecosystem functions in some of the world's most critical forest areas, warns a report published last week by the Unio ...
  • Scientists say massive palm oil plantation wil ...
    Eleven top scientists have slammed a proposed palm oil plantation in a Cameroonian rainforest surrounded by five protected areas. In an open letter, the researchers allege that Herakles Farm, which proposes the 70,000 hectare plantation in southwest Cameroon, has misled the government about the ...
  • Model airplane used to monitor rainforests - c ...
    Conservationists have converted a remote-controlled plane into a potent tool for conservation. Using seed funding from the National Geographic Society, The Orangutan Conservancy, and the Denver Zoo, Lian Pin Koh, an ecologist at the ETH Zürich, and Serge Wich, a biologist at the University ...

Science - NZ Herald

  • Scientist selling farm to fund malaria battle
    A veteran researcher says she's selling her multimillion-dollar organic farm so that she can continue her work on breakthrough anti-malarial treatment.Auckland University researcher Norrie Pearce has dedicated much of her life to...
  • Particle collider escalates quest to explore u ...
    The world's largest particle collider has notched up a new record as it escalates its quest to find fundamental matter and explore the origins of the Universe, CERN said.Early on Thursday the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) brought...
  • Rise in whale trade stuns experts
    Scientists plan to investigate a "marine bushmeat trade" after a major study showed that global consumption of marine mammals such as whales and dolphins is increasing.The research surprised New Zealand marine experts, in particular...
  • WeatherWatch: Columnist weathers storm of frie ...
    Scientists can't be doing too good a job of convincing us of climate change, judging by more polls indicating that the public's level of concern is waning.The NZ Herald has reported that an academic analysis of surveys spanning...
  • Oyster is the world for honoured NZ scientist
    Home education, a love of the sea and a passion for the famous Bluff oyster have brought a New Zealand marine biologist to Paris, where she is being feted among the ranks of leading young scientists.Zoe Hilton, 33, has been honoured...

The Bovine

  • Sheep may safely graze…. but not if they ...
    Shepherdess Montana Jones, on the radio: Andy Oudman (1290 AM CJBK, London ON) and Pam Killeen interview Montana Jones (http://shropshiresheep.org/news-on-cfia-slaughter/), Karen Selick and Judith McGeary about the disappearance of the family farm and the importance of preseving heritage breeds. ...
  • Rare sheep situation a challenge for the rigid ...
    From the Belleville Intelligencer: “Anyone who has ever been baffled by the bureaucratic mindset must be shaking their heads in amazement regarding what is currently happening at Wholearth Farms in Trent Hill. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has decided to … Continue reading →
  • Michael Schmidt’s Mozart Requiem
    Performance tonight in Thornhill at the Christian Community church, at 901 Rutherford Rd, just past the Sobey’s plaza, going west past Bathurst St., on Rutherford Rd. By donation. Tomorrow, Good Friday, another performance in Hanover. See details on poster below.
  • Iowa guv and the “pink slime” story
    From Bill Marler’s “Marler blog: “…According to Mike Glover, the phrase “pink slime,” coined by a federal microbiologist, Gerald Zirnstein, has appeared in the media at least since a critical 2009 New York Times report by Pulitzer Prize winner, Michael … ...
  • Farmageddon DVD special today only
    From Farm to Consumer Foundation:

Mish's Global Economic Trends

  • Nonfarm Payroll +120,000, Unemployment Rate Fe ...
    Quick Notes About the Unemployment Rate US Unemployment Rate dropped .01 to 8.2%   In the last year, the civilian population rose by 3,604,000. Yet the labor force only rose by 1,315,000. Those not in the labor force rose by 2,289,000.   The Civilian Labor Force fell by ...
  • Another Plunge in 3-Month Rolling Average of P ...
    Here is an update from reader Tim Wallace on gasoline and petroleum usage for the first three months of 2012. The chart shows Jan-Feb-March 2012 usage vs. the same three months in prior years. click on chart for sharper image Wallace writes ... Hello Mish Attached please find ...
  • Massachusetts Health Care System: A Model for ...
    Here is an interesting email from reader "George" on his experiences with Romneycare. Hello Mish Here is my personal experience with socialized medical care in Massachusetts. I've spent the last three years traveling the globe. Prior, I worked at State Street. I was working on an ove ...
  • Another Bad Day for Spanish Bonds, 10-Yr Yield ...
    Spanish government bonds are taking another dive today with yields rising again. Chart from Bloomberg. Place your bets on when yields soar above 6%. I suggest it will not be long. Mike "Mish" Shedlock http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Click Here To Scroll Thru ...
  • Crunch Time for Greece (Case for Bank Holiday ...
    If the second half of the title to this post seems silly, it is because it is silly. However, "disbursements to Greece by the EFSF and the IMF will still be conditional on compliance with conditionality" is an exact quote from The Second Economic Adjustment Programme for Greece, March 2012 by th ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

  • BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- March 27 ...
    BFP Nightly Quote “Common experience shows how much rarer is moral courage than physical bravery. A thousand men will march to the mouth of the cannon where one man will dare espouse an unpopular cause . . . True courage and manhood come from the consciousness of the right attitude toward ...
  • The EyeOpener- Change of Heart?: The Legacy of ...
    Until last Saturday, those who called former Vice President Dick Cheney “heartless” would have been more or less technically correct. Since 2010, the now 71 year old with a history of heart troubles has been using a HeartMate II, a left ventricle assist device that helped his heart t ...
  • BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- March 26 ...
    BFP Nightly Quote “NATIONAL DEFENSE, n. In U.S. political discourse: 1) The pauperization of the nation through expenditures for deadly weapons systems; 2) The bombardment and invasion of small countries. The United States is, of course, the only nation entitled to such ‘defense.&#82 ...
  • Podcast Show #81: ‘Real’ Reportage on Syria & Iran
    The Boiling Frogs Presents Pepe Escobar Roving investigative journalist Pepe Escobar returns to our show and provides us with ‘real’ reportage on Syria and Iran. He discusses the narrow view and propaganda presented by the US government and media, and deconstructs the rehearsed messages and imag ...
  • BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- March 23 ...
    BFP Nightly Quote “The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits.” – Thomas Jefferson International Newsworthy IAEA Chief Accused of Pro-Western Bias over Iran Trouble on the Iran-Pakistan Pipeline F ...

bloody crossroads

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

gCaptain

Press TV

  • Bahraini forces fire teargas on demo
    Saudi-backed Bahraini forces have attacked thousands of anti-regime protesters on the outskirts of the capital city of Manama, Press TV reports.
  • US fighter jet crashes in Virginia
    A US Navy F-18 aircraft has crashed into an apartment building in a residential area near Virginia Beach, Virginia, military officials say.
  • Iranians promote health week
    Around 7,000 senior Iranian citizens gathered in Velayat Park, located in the south of the capital city of Tehran, to pay tribute to the long-lasting health.
  • Britain mulls buying Israeli drones
    Britain says it will buy the largest and most sophisticated unmanned aerial vehicles, drones made by Israeli regime, according to news reports.
  • 'Syria unrest benefits Israel'
    The Syrian ambassador to the United Nations, Bashar al-Jafari has said that Damascus is committed to the peace plan proposed by the UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Kofi Annan, to end the unrest in the country.

SciDev.net

Congressional Budget Office Director's Blog

  • The United States is Experiencing the Longest ...
    The rate of unemployment in the United States has exceeded 8 percent since February 2009, making the past three years the longest stretch of high unemployment in this country since the Great Depression. CBO projects that the unemployment rate will remain above 8 percent until 2014. The share of ...
  • Models Used by the Military Services to Develo ...
    The military services—the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps—use modeling techniques to inform parts of their annual budget requests. As directed by the Congress in the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act, today’s CBO study provides information on the models used ...
  • Treatment of PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury b ...
    More than 2 million service members have deployed in support of overseas contingency operations (OCO) in Iraq and Afghanistan since October 2001. Two combat-related conditions that affect some OCO veterans and that have generated widespread concern among policymakers are post-traumatic stress di ...
  • Presentation to the National Economists Club
    Yesterday I spoke to the National Economists Club on our recently released Budget and Economic Outlook. My remarks reiterated much of what I said in several of last week’s blog posts: CBO Releases the Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2022 Fundamental Fiscal Challenge How ...
  • Federal Budget Deficit Totaled $349 Billion fo ...
    The federal government accumulated a budget deficit of $349 billion for the first four months of fiscal year 2012, CBO estimates in its latest Monthly Budget Review, $70 billion less than the shortfall recorded for the same period last year. Without shifts in the timing of certain payments, howe ...

Naked Scientists - News

  • Fred Flintstone's bed uncovered
    Writing in this week's Science, University of Witwatersrand palaeontologist Professor Lyn Wadley and her colleagues describe an excavation they have carried out in a cave site called Sibudu in South A...
  • Gauging photo fakery
    A technique to quantify the perceptual impact of photo-manipulation on fashion shots has been developed by US scientists. On a daily basis, billboards, magazines and websites dish up a deluge of wri...
  • Antibody-based vaccine for HIV
    A modified virus encoding an anti-AIDS antibody can protect animals from HIV infection. An estimated 7000 new cases of HIV occur each day, the majority of them in developing countries where access t...
  • Nerve transplants wire themselves into host brains
    Embryonic nerve cells transplanted into a recipient brain survive, wire themselves up and can even correct a metabolic disorder in vulnerable individuals, scientists have discovered. Successful brai...
  • First seafaring fisherman
    The world's oldest tackle, together with evidence of deep-sea fishing 40,000 years ago, has been unearthed in East Timor. Early human migrants, including those who first set foot in Australia 50,000...

Nick Turse

  • sunfoundation:Character relationships in the ...
    sunfoundation: Character relationships in the Iliad The Iliad is an epic poem by Homer with a lot of characters and story lines going on at once. I vaguely remember reading bits and pieces in high school and getting totally lost. Santiago Ortiz explores these relationships in his latest work, ...
  • discoverynews:Tubular Cloud Rolls Toward Hor ...
    discoverynews: Tubular Cloud Rolls Toward Horizon A photo taken near Brazil captures a rare and beautiful “roll cloud,” a tubular cloud that seems to tumble across the sky. Roll clouds are a type of arcus cloud, which is a category of low cloud formations. Their more common cousin is the shelf ...
  • A man visits his former home, damaged during t ...
    A man visits his former home, damaged during the siege of the coastal city Sirte. This part of the city, known as a stronghold of Qaddafi loyalists, was heavily damaged in the fighting. Davide Monteleone/VII Photo Agency
  • A burnt out car is seen at a compound after fi ...
    A burnt out car is seen at a compound after fighting erupted between Libyan National Guard Brigade 28 and local protesters in Bani Walid. Davide Monteleone/VII Photo Agency
  • A house burns down in Tamina, Libya. Many home ...
    A house burns down in Tamina, Libya. Many homes of those considered to be Qaddafi loyalists were and continue to be burned down, leaving many with no place to live. Davide Monteleone/VII Photo Agency
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