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Scoop - NZ

• France: a politics out of time
  The tragedy in Toulouse has changed the atmosphere of France's presidential-election campaign. The emergence of a left-wing candidate makes the first-round outcome even harder to predict. But beneath the drama, the country's politics remain far behind a changing society, says Patrice de Beer.
• Ptolemaic Economics in the Age of Einstein
  Ptolemy‘s treatise the “Mathematike Syntaxis” (or Mathematical Composition), which became known as the Almagest (meaning “The Great Treatise”), was published in about 150 BC, and it provided a plausible model for earth-centric beliefs about the nature of the Universe that dated back millennia. I ...
• Stratfor: America's Pacific Logic
  the United States, rather than return to quasi-isolationism as it has done with deleterious effect after other ground wars in its history, is attempting to pivot its focus to the geographical heart of the global economy: the Indian and Pacific oceans.
• The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
  Since the Holocaust, it has been almost impossible to hide large-scale crimes against humanity. In our communicative world, few modern catastrophes are concealed from the public eye. And yet, Ilan Pappe unveils, one such crime has been erased from the global public memory: the ethnic cleansing o ...
• Young lives blighted after English riots
  Children and young people who behaved stupidly and were convicted for their part in the riots will have spent nine months being educated in a very expensive institution. Prison. Many will leave custody far more criminally able. Many will have picked up new skills and attitudes. Many will have ma ...

Independent - London

• Pope uses Easter message to call on Syria to e ...
  Pope Benedict XVI used his Easter Sunday message to urge the Syrian regime to heed international calls to end bloodshed and commit to dialogue. Related StoriesFrench in fear as new killer on a motorcycle stalks Paris suburbsTwenty years on from its siege, Sarajevo still feels the emptinessArms d ...
• Pakistan President visits India on low-profile ...
  Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari was scheduled to visit India on a private trip today that also gives him a chance to meet Indian leaders amid a thaw in relations between the two South Asian rivals.Related StoriesVideo: US Coast Guard sinks Japanese tsunami 'ghost ship'US charges six Chinese ...
• Thousands mark Easter Mass in Jerusalem
  Thousands of Christians celebrated Easter Mass in Jerusalem in an array of processions and prayer sessions. Related StoriesActivists: 28 killed in ongoing Syria offensives At least 28 killed in ongoing Syria violence Rebels: 'Assad would kill a million people'Politician claims Tehran can produce ...
• RAF Chinook helicopter makes emergency landing ...
  An RAF Chinook helicopter has made an emergency landing during military exercises in the United States, the Ministry of Defence said today. Related StoriesAmerican right in last-minute bid to derail a Romney winMountaineer used charity's money to fund lavish lifestyleCoca-Cola drops its backing ...
• Navy frees four out of five suspected Somali p ...
  Hundreds of suspected pirates arrested by the Royal Navy off the coast of East Africa have been immediately set free – to continue threatening merchant vessels in one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. Fewer than one in every five suspects picked up around the Horn of Africa over the past f ...

Rogue Government.com

• Ben Bernanke Makes Insane Comments On Gold
  Ben Bernanke who today was testifying in front of a Congressional Committee made the assertion that gold is not money during an exchange with Congressman Ron Paul.  He even went as far to say that central banks only hold gold because of tradition
• UK Energy bills ‘to double in five years’ as ...
  Energy bills are likely to double within five years as the Government drives a move to green power and building nuclear power stations, it is claimed.
• EU calls emergency meeting as crisis stalks I ...
  European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has called an emergency meeting of top officials dealing with the euro zone debt crisis for Monday morning, reflecting concern that the crisis could spread to Italy, the region's third largest economy.
• Analyst: Even Dollar Stores Struggling In ‘Ob ...
  More stores across the U.S. that offer deeply-discounted products are seeing their sales decline after years of growth amid America’s “Great Recession” — and one analyst said on Monday it’s another sign of even deeper downturn. 
• Roman-era shipwreck reveals ancient medical s ...
  A wooden chest discovered on board the vessel contained pills made of ground-up vegetables, herbs and plants such as celery, onions, carrots, cabbage, alfalfa and chestnuts – all ingredients referred to in classical medical texts.

Innovation Canada

• Safety haven
  If Canadian postal workers were to design the perfect winter boot, it would help them avoid slipping on icy walkways, stop them from missing their truck brakes while driving and keep them from getting their crampon spikes stuck in wooden porches.If the hearing impaired were looking for a hearing ...
• Small tools, big impact
  Cancer, heart disease and stroke are leading causes of death among Canadians. As a medical doctor, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and a Canada Research Chair in Bioengineering and Biophotonics, Victor Yang has a unique perspective on these deadly diseases. Based at ...
• Innovative, naturally
  For the first time this past winter, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) launched the Emerging Science Journalists Award (ESJA). The award was created to support Canada’s talented young science writers. Below is one of the winning entries by Roslyn Dakin, doctoral candidate in the Departm ...
• A very gourd idea
  It’s been known for years that plants can take up and store trace amounts of hazardous metals like nickel, arsenic and cadmium from contaminated soil in a process called phytoremediation. Until recently, however, scientists assumed that plants weren’t capable of taking up a class of toxic chemic ...
• Johne’s happens
  Trudging through a dairy farm to collect manure samples isn’t exactly glamorous work, but the odorous task is starting to have a big impact on the health of dairy cattle in Atlantic Canada — and it will save the dairy industry millions of dollars each year. Technicians at the University of Princ ...

Signs of the times

• How the US Uses SexualHumiliation as a Politic ...
  Believe me, you don't want the state having the power to strip your clothes off. And yet, it's exactly what is happening. 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 ...
• Ban on Gideon Bible Handout at Public Schools ...
  A rural Ontario public school board's decision to ban distribution of Gideon Bibles to its young students has unleashed a torrent of threatening calls and hateful emails directed at trustees. Some messages to the Bluewater District School Board express racist sentiment and question trustees' pa ...
• Delusional Milestone: Pastor Hagee and His Dea ...
  Lawrence Davidson argues that US Pastor John Hagee and his followers, who believe in the divine creation of the state of Israel, are as delusional as people who once believed in the reality of Zeus and his Olympian clan but could one day act as cheerleaders for the ethnic cleansing and mass mur ...
• Antarctic Moon Halo
  In the icy lands around the south pole, ordinary things take on an exotic quality. Count moon haloes among them. On April 5th, Sam Burrell photographed this specimen rising above the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica: "Around midnight, the air on the Brunt Ice Shelf the air was filled with diamond ...
• Anchorage breaks seasonal snowfall record
  While winter is a distant memory for most Americans, it continues unabated in Anchorage, Alaska -- where a new bout of precipitation this weekend helped the city break its record for seasonal snowfall, at more than 133 inches (3.38 meters). Some 3.4 inches of snow -- and counting -- had fallen ...

The Galloping Beaver

• Would the proponents of the F-35...
  ...please explain their selection in the context of this quote from real analysts? Russian choices have been guided by a consistent Western tactical air defense plan that has been centered on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Delays in the JSF program have now given Russia more than 20 years to pr ...
• Thundering in on the F-35 Boondoggle - foreword
  I've been wading through piles of paper. Some of it is recent correspondence received after the Auditor General's report on the unbelievable mess that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has become. Other material has been out there for a while. Later on today, (hopefully), we'll examine what the cos ...
• The pilots?
  Fishing around for things F-35 today, I came across one or two interesting quotes. Emphasis mine. First, an article in Macleans by Alec Castonguay, where he interviews and quotes RCAF Maj.-Gen. Yvan Blondin about the plane, makes for some interesting reading. Here's Major-General Blondin as qu ...
• Proximity Alarms
  Q. What do the names Ken Boessenkool and Nigel Wright have in common? A. Stephen Harper. They were once or are part of Harper's inner circle in the PMO. They both come from corporate entities with links to very big-ticket and controversial Conservative projects that have seen the rules and reg ...
• Perceptive failure at Progressive Bloggers
  You could say some feathers got ruffled over two members at Progressive Bloggers and their position on this. You could say that, but you'd be wrong. The moderators at Progressive Bloggers weren't ruffling feathers. They were spitting in the face of staunch defenders of the inalienable right o ...

Media Matters for America

• Right-Wing Media Applaud Fifth Circuit Judge's ...
  Right-wing media figures are exalting Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Jerry Smith for his demand that the Department of Justice explain comments President Obama made about the Supreme Court's review of the health care reform law. However, legal scholars argue that the judge's request ...
• Local Media Fail To Cover Climate Denial, ALEC ...
  Starting in 2008 seven states -- Louisiana, South Dakota, Kentucky, New Mexico, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Texas -- passed measures or promoted  policies that would change the education curriculums in their states to begin teaching "different perspectives" in environmental science instructio ...
• Immigration Proposal To Keep Families Together ...
  Right-wing media have attacked a proposed Obama administration rule change that would reduce the amount of time required for undocumented immigrants who are immediate relatives of American citizens to apply for residency as "stealth amnesty" by a "lawless regime." But the proposed rule change w ...
• Turning On A Dime, Conservative Media Recoil A ...
  Conservative media are on the attack after President Obama responded to a question about the Supreme Court's consideration of the Affordable Care Act by pointing out that conservatives criticize "unelected" judges who engage in "judicial activism" to "overturn a duly constituted and passed law. ...
• It Would Be "Extraordinary" To Strike Down Hea ...
  Right-wing media are attacking President Obama over comments he recently made in which he pointed out that if the Supreme Court decides to strike down the Affordable Care Act, it will be an "unprecedented" and "extraordinary" step. In fact, the Supreme Court has not struck down a central provis ...

Global Research.ca

• The Globalization of War: The "Military Roadma ...
  The Pentagon’s global military design is one of world conquest. The military deployment of US-NATO forces is occurring in several regions of the world simultaneously.
• BOOK LAUNCH: "Towards a World War Three Scenar ...
  For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
• GLOBAL RESEARCH'S NEW ONLINE STORE: Request fo ...
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• SAYONARA TO MIKE WALLACE AND THE NEWS ERA HE LED
  For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
• The True Cause of the Death of David Kelly
  For more details, please click on the link to read the article.

TPM Cafe

• A Small But Solid Victory for Liberal Education
  Just as the Tunisian vendor who sparked the Arab Spring was provoked not only by one bureaucratic or police affront but also by a long train of abuses, petty and large, that had alienated many Tunisians from the government, so the Yale professors who passed a resolution decisively (100 to 69) ov ...
• The Showdown Over Liberal Education at Yale
  The stampede (or is it a gold rush?) abroad by dozens of American universities to plant their flags, brand names and, some of them claim, the seeds of liberal education and democracy was starting to seem thoughtless and chaotic by any serious pedagogical or political measure, even before Yale ...
• Republican Foreign Policy Boiled Down for You
  Some simple rules of thumb: 1. Extent US must pursue missile defense: As far as conceivable 2. How much it matters whether the conceivable technology is actually workable: Not very 3. How much we should spend on the military: More (definitely more than Democrats, or the military themsel ...
• New Law in WI Keeps People From Voting - Me, f ...
  After not being allowed to vote this morning, I want to report from the Wisconsin front lines of the draconian voting laws that Republicans have been pushing through state legislatures across the country. For all the focus on stringent requirements to show ID in order to vote, these are not the ...
• Not That Complicated
  Justice Alito said that if he didn't buy a Volt, the price of Volts would go up. Where did he learn that? Yale Law School? I hope not; I was there with him and I don't remember learning that if demand falls, then prices go up. It's the other way around: if customers won't buy at a certain price, ...

Institute for Middle East Understanding

• ICC blocks Palestine war crimes probe (Russia ...
• A State that Fears the Womb (Yousef Munayyer, ...
  Last week, the Israeli central bureau of statistics reported future trends which indicate the proportion of Palestinian Arabs in Israel will increase significantly by 2059. In 2003, Ben ...
• After the Murder, a New Act at Freedom Theatre ...
  Actors, musicians, activists and friends gathered in various locations throughout Israel and the West Bank this week to commemorate the life of actor and theatre director Juliano Mer-Kh ...
• Hunger-striking prisoner Hasan al-Safadi moved ...
  Israeli prison authorities transferred a Palestinian detainee on hunger strike to Ramla hospital on Friday, relatives said. Hasan al-Safadi has been on hunger strike for 33 days, his si ...
• International Court Rejects Palestinian War Cr ...

Water - AlterNet

• 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.
• 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.
• Unregulated Fracking for Decades? Why Californ ...
  It appears fracking has gone virtually unregulated in California for decades and now lawmakers are pushing back with legislation to expose the truth.
• Some Red States Are Already Running Out Of Water
  Our national intelligence experts report that several states are already high and dry. Thanks to the GOP, they're also in complete denial about it.
• Gulf of Mexico Dolphins Sick, Dying After BP O ...
  The dolphins could have ingested oil from sediments or water while feeding or by eating whole fish, which can harbor toxic chemicals.

Public Citizen in Texas

• Harold Simmons, WCS and the every expanding at ...
  Harold Simmons built a West Texas dump for radioactive waste that is bigger than 1,000 football fields, paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions and got a permit for it in Texas, and is now working to fill it. To turn it into a profitable enterprise, the Texas billiona ...
• A new scientific study for climate change deni ...
  MSNBC reports that a scientific paper published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature on Wednesday concluded that during the end of the last Ice Age (12,000 years ago), global temperatures rose after carbon dioxide levels started to rise.  This provides even more scientific evidence that there is ...
• New Report on the Role of Job Impact Analysis ...
  The New York University School of Law’s Institute for Policy Integrity has released a new report – The Regulatory Red Herring: The Role of Job Impact Analysis in Environmental Policy Debates. The study finds that claims of jobs that stand to be gained or lost due to environmental regulations req ...
• EHF – going broke. Will Texas declare it “too ...
  The Dallas Observer is reporting that there is a good chance that Energy Future Holdings (EFH) (or TXU for most of us) the state’s largest power generator, will go broke – click here to read their story. The question now becomes – are Texas ratepayers going to have to pay for E ...
• If you build it, they will come
  With the Texas Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission (TLLRWDCC) approving rules that open up of the WCS dump site to out of compact waste, we may soon see low level radioactive waste from Nebraska Public Power District’s nuclear facility heading to Texas. The deal between ...

Unexplained Mysteries

• Boy in China sells his kidney to buy an iPad
  The 17-year-old sold off the kidney after being approached by a buyer in an online chat room. He received 22,000 yuan for the organ which he spent pur...
• Lab-grown human egg cells could be fertilised
  Scientists are looking to fertilise human egg cells that they have succeeded in growing in a lab. The purpose behind the research is to revolutionise ...
• Man shoots four-inch nail into his heart
  Builder Dennis Hennis was trying to fix a nail gun when he accidentally fired a nail through his heart. Incredibly despite the horrific injury the 52-...
• Nearby star may have nine extrasolar planets
  At 127 light years distant the HD 10180 system shares many similarities with our own Solar System. Discovered to have at least five planets back in 20...
• Did the Shroud of Turin spread Christianity?
  Whether it's a hoax or not, the shroud may have played a significant role in the spread of Christianity. The origins and authenticity of the Shroud of...

Grassroots

• Voices from International Women’s Day
  haiti-womens-march.jpg Waiting for my visa interview on a dusty embroidered couch at the Afghan Embassy in Cairo, minutes turned into hours. I had recently decided to spend International Women’s Day in the countryside outside of Kabul, to l ...
• A Darker Shade of Green Documents Critical Per ...
  Subheadline:  Video reveals global resistance to forest-carbon projects Our friends at Global Forest Coalition and Global Justice Ecology Project have produced a new video entitled A Darker Shade of Green: REDD Alert and the ...
• Brazil’s water and energy mega-grab
  2012_02_banner-14marco12.jpg “Anytime a new wall is built, hundreds of acres of forest and fertile land for food production is flooded. Anytime a new wall is built, a river dies. The death of the rivers is the end of our livelihood” -  ...
• Nicaragua’s peasant women reach another milestone
  156.jpg After a successful campaign to protect women’s land rights, Nicaragua’s peasant women achieved another policy milestone. Along with urban-based women’s organizations, they lobbied the National Congress to pass a new women’s rights l ...
• Women in Africa and Asia Take the Lead to Addr ...
  women_and_climate_change.jpg By Alicia TozourToday, Grassroots International honors International Women’s Day by celebrating the ongoing victories of our partners, grantees and allies in their promotion of a global social movement for women ...

Climate

• French Court May Overturn Ruling on Total 1999 ...
  (Reuters) France's highest court may annul a verdict against oil giant Total over a disastrous 1999 oil spill off Brittany, a legal source with access to the documents in the case told Reuters.
• Brazil Defends Credentials as Rio+20 Host
  (IPS) The government of Brazil, which will host the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in June, defended itself from ecologists who lambasted its performance on the environmental front.
• Study Finds E15 Damages Engines, Roiling Debat ...
  (Greenwire) Two popular gasoline engines in recent-model cars showed mechanical damage from fuel blend of unleaded gasoline and 15 percent ethanol, according to a study by a nonprofit research group backed by the petroleum and auto ind ...
• Oil, Gas Industry Groups Seek to Join Pa. Frac ...
  (AP) A coalition of oil and gas industry companies is challenging a group of municipalities who are suing the state of Pennsylvania over a new law that aims to regulate gas drilling.
• Fracking Coming to Illinois
  (Crain's Chicago Business) Energy companies are scrambling to strike lease deals with landowners and mineral rights owners in the southeastern part of the state. The first test wells in the region are expected to be drilled in the ...

GreenBiz

• Are businesses missing out on a sustainability ...
  Businesses of all sizes could be missing a lucrative opportunity -- and exposing themselves to long-term risks -- by overlooking competitive information in their own corporate sustainability reports.
• Is cloud computing the next big energy saver f ...
  A new report by technology provider CDW calls cloud computing a "game changer" for more energy efficient IT.
• Intel saves money and energy with greener events
  In the tech industry, events are as important to the vitality of a business as its products. The world's largest microchip maker realizes major savings by bringing aggressive sustainability practices to events and meetings.
• How Infosys cuts carbon emissions: Data, effic ...
  One of the largest IT companies in the world strides toward carbon neutrality via energy efficiency, renewable energy and carbon offsets. Now it's ready to share its tips for success.
• Making cardboard boxes even greener -- without ...
  Marty Metro, the CEO of UsedCardboardBoxes.com talks about why recycling isn't the always the best idea for corrugated cardboard, and how to create a new market for the ubiquitous cardboardbox.

Duly Noted

• Greek debt – remember the goats
  Greece's creditors have essentially let it off the hook by overwhelmingly agreeing to take a 74 percent loss. So what better time to remember one of the first times Athens got in trouble with paying its debts.
• Greeks on the street
  Greeks smashing windows and setting fire to shops and banks in a fury of opposition to yet more austerity is gripping, but not unique. There are underlying elements than make such uprisings more common in Greece than elsewhere.
• NFL Superbowl live blog – New England Pa ...
  Join our Superbowl liveblog where will you bring you all the latest from one of the biggest sporting events on the planet.
• Winning the battle, losing the war; the US and ...
  After the NATO airstrikes, the political discourse within Pakistan is narrowing as religious nationalism gains ground
• Capturing the Punjabi imagination: drones and ...
  A short work of fiction about drones may tell us more about the way these are imagined than how they are experienced in Pakistan's tribal areas.

Booman Tribune

• RIP Mike Wallace
  Mike Wallace made a few mistakes in his professional life but, overall, he was pretty close to the ideal journalist. I imagine even a lot of right-wingers should think so, even though they long ago convinced themselves that CBS and 60 Minutes were liberally-biased. I don't think Mike Wallace c ...
• We Used to Be Better Than This
  I wonder what Ms. Murillo's boyfriend will think if he ever sees the following printed in the pages of the New York Times: Esmeralda Murillo, a 21-year-old mother of two, lost her welfare check, landed in a shelter and then returned to a boyfriend whose violent temper had driven her away. You ...
• Easter Mojo Thread
  Happy Easter/Passover. I hope you have/had a festive holiday. I'll be honest. I don't know exactly how all the security changes I put in are interacting with each other. I'm still getting a flood of spam diaries, and now some long-time users can't post diaries. So, it's a less than optim ...
• I'm Afraid, But ...
  I just checked the blogs the first time is a couple of days only to discover the horrific news that (allegedly) a white man has been targeting and shooting black people in Tulsa, OK. That news scares me. I'm afraid of what I'm seeing happen to my county. The last time racial tensions an ...
• Casual Observation
  Well, at least someone has a paid a price for Trayvon Martin's murder. Feeding the right-wing a body will only make them hungrier for human blood. Discuss

Environmental Graffiti

• The Terrible Impact of Tar Sand Mining on Bird ...
  Tar sand mining in Canada's boreal forests is having a devestating effect on the region's natural beauty and the lives of Amercia's migratory birds. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
• 15 Cups of Animal Cuteness
  You'd be surprised how many people like to put their pet in a cup and take a photo. And since the result is super cuteness, we're sure glad they did! This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
• Exploring the Centuries-Old Sewers Beneath the ...
  Beneath the bustling streets of Paris lies a network of underground tunnels: the sewers – a place almost as interesting to explore as the City of Light above. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
• The Delicate Beauty of Mushroom Gills in Macro
  Let's look at the fragile world of mushroom gills – at once so functional and so delicate. Awesome macro photography displays Nature's brilliance as a designer. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
• The Ongoing Suffering of Chernobyl's Survivors
  Although it's been 26 years since the Chernobyl disaster – the world's worst nuclear accident – thousands have spent their lives suffering its catastrophic effects. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article

Foreign Policy in Focus

• Mountains Made of Muslims
  During the crusades, the fields were "bedewed" with Muslim blood.
• Jamming the NSA
  The NSA and illegal surveillance have become dystopian in their dimensions.
• Review: Noam Chomsky's "Occupy"
  Veteran writer and activist Noam Chomsky is not one to watch the Occupy movement from the sidelines.
• April 17: Global Day of Reckoning
  The Global Day of Action on Military Spending, of course
• A Test Case on Iran Sanctions
  U.S. government wants to have it both ways: sanctions on Iran while hiring a contractor that does business with Iran.

Global Elite

• Fear, Intimidation & Media Disinformation: U.K ...
  Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, August 20, 2009 An official UK government report –quoted extensively in Britain’s tabloid media– is warning the British public that there will b ...
• President European Commission Advocated World ...
  Jurriaan Maessen. Infowars. July 24th, 2009 On September 7, 1992, two term President of the European Commission Jacques Delors gave a speech to the Royal Institute of International A ...
• Billions of People Expected to Die Under Curre ...
  Barbara Minton, Natural News, July 21st, 2009 Your right to eat healthy food and use supplements of your choice is rapidly vanishing, but every effort has been made to keep you in th ...
• Bioweapons, Dangerous Vaccines, and Threats of ...
  Stephen Lendman, Global Research, July 7th, 2009 Although international law prohibits the use of chemical and bacteriological weapons, America has had an active biological warfare pr ...
• Today we’re all prisoners in the USA
  Papers, Please! June 2, 2009 As of today, June 1, 2009, even U.S. citizens are officially prisoners in the USA, or exiles barred from entering our own country without the government’ ...

Al Jazeera

• Bahrain not to transfer jailed activist
  Rejects request from Copenhagen to hand over Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who is also a Danish citizen.
• Saudi Arabia puts al-Qaeda suspects on trial
  Fifty men charged with killing US citizen and attacking compounds housing foreigners.
• Mali leader resigns ahead of power transfer
  President Amadou Toumani Toure cedes power, paving way for a deal in which junta will also hand over political control.
• Syria wants 'guarantees' for troop pullout
  Armed opposition says it is committed to peace plan but rejects government's demand for "written guarantees".
• Egypt tensions rise as poll registration ends
  Fear of disqualification prompts groups to name back-up candidates, leading to last-minute twists to upcoming election.

Green Inc. - NYT

• A Difficult Choice on Water
  Proposed legislation offers the Navajo and Hopi the service of having water piped into their homes but comes with the caveat that they hand over their rights to the waters of the Little Colorado River.
• From an F to a Low A: The N.Y. City Council
  The average "green" score for council members in 2010-11 was 90, up from 45 five years earlier.
• Following the Money, and the Mafias, Behind Il ...
  A report from the World Bank recommends aggressive prosecutions of the masterminds behind illegal logging networks and the corrupt officials who make their activities possible.
• On Our Radar: Google Plans Thermal Storage
  Google is installing an ice-based cooling system to save money on electricity in Taiwan.
• On Our Radar: Missteps in Colorado Fire
  A reconstruction of a fire that began with a controlled burn suggests that firefighters failed to ask for a spot weather forecast, that radio communications were inadequate, and that dispatchers were kept in the dark on the gravity of the blaze.

Dot Earth News

• Overabundant Bunnies Find Off-Campus Haven
  A rabbit population explosion on a Canadian campus is resolved.
• Peter Kareiva, an Inconvenient Environmentalist
  One of the country's top environmental scientists and activists rejects 20th century green tactics and offers a new path to progress.
• Seeking Happiness on a Finite and Human-Shaped ...
  Bhutan, a tiny Himalayan nation moving from monarchy to democracy, comes to the United Nations to help humanity explore new ways to measure progress.
• Why I'm O.K. with 'Pink Slime' in Ground Beef
  A closer look at a food fight over a beef byproduct that is centered on fear, not facts.
• A Republican Meteorologist Tries to Remove Lib ...
  Another Republican scientist tries to depoliticize climate findings.

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

• BREAKING: Minnesota Statute used to repress Oc ...
  We have word from downtown Minneapolis right now that the Minneapolis police are using something akin to a bomb scare to shut down the space around the relaunching Occupy Minneapolis space at Peavey Plaza. As usual the pseudo-war on terror lets those Constitutional rights get carved away one spa ...
• First warm day of 2012 = Days 1&2: OccupyMinne ...
  IN an entirely unexpected and spontaneous emergence of lulz, the first dry, warm evening of spring led to an impromptu occupation of Peavey Plaza on Nicollet Mall, with OccupyMpls (occupyminneapolis.mn) regulars holding it down into the night with two tents, sleeping gear, hot tea and snacks. Ex ...
• Report: Simcity 5 finally under development fo ...
  I have been very, very into SimCity ever since I was little. Now, finally SimCity 5 is getting a proper treatment. PLEASE send me any beta builds, i will debug the shizzle out of them :D Until you can get your hands on this, use the Network Addon Mod in SimCity 4 for much more fluid road&rai ...
• Let them eat cake! Republican State Representa ...
  IN an astoundingly offensive display of casual Malthusian freestyling, Representative Mary Franson compared supporting poor people with food stamps to feeding wild animals. The Republicans pulled the YouTube once the magnitude of their irresponsibility hit the intertubes. But the usual suspects ...
• EXCLUSIVE: Cointelpro Gothic II: Midwestern Po ...
  EARLIER: October 13, 2010: Cointelpro Gothic: Docs prove Iowa FBI's Wild Rose Rebellion a pretend RNC "Terrorism Enterprise" for great "statistical accomplishment" BY DAN FEIDT -- Another level of the seemingly endless, unregulated Midwestern law enforcement campaign against political activists ...

Daily Censored

• Sex offenders in New York banned from online g ...
  Sex offenders in the United States are slowly losing their rights. First, they were banned from Facebook, now, in New York State, they’ve been banned from online gaming because there might be children playing those same games. Many games contain an audio or text component that allows playe ...
• Capitalism with a Feminine Face
    Historically the IMF and World Bank, like the WTO, have been characterized by “faceless” leadership. Prior to the mid-nineties, only a handful of liberal intellectuals knew these powerful international institutions existed. Even after the 1999 Battle of Seattle effectively launched the an ...
• Scott Walker Wages War on Women
  This is from Larry Miller’s blog and is by Amanda Terkel! Amanda Terkel Scott Walker Quietly Repeals Wisconsin Equal Pay Law Posted: 04/ 6/2012 / Updated: 04/ 6/2012 WASHINGTON — A Wisconsin law that made it easier for victims of wage discrimination to have their day in court was rep ...
• College Board silent: US wars, NDAA, ‘non-acad ...
  “First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. And then you win.” – unsourced and attributed to Gandhi This is the first update for those interested in the education of our brightest high school students about US government. The first article I wrote has ~50,000 searc ...
• War crimes in Libya and the March shift
  By Michael Collins Foreign Policy just published a roundup of weapons contributed to the Libyan rebels in the regime change effort.  The e-Journal is a publication of the Washington Post.  Colum Lynch’s April 4 article relies on the March 20 UN report to the UN Security Council by a panel ...

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Institute for Policy Studies

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• Brian Latell's Well-Known "Fidel" Secrets
  The exiles and government officials who upbraid him have yet to thank Fidel for providing them with long-term employment.
• Review: Noam Chomsky's "Occupy"
  Veteran writer and activist Noam Chomsky is not one to watch the Occupy movement from the sidelines.
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  The right-wing in France seeks popular support by getting behind a transactions tax on securities trades.
• The Foreign Policy President?
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IntelNews

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• Interview with ex-Mossad director Meir Dagan
  The former director of Israel’s most revered intelligence agency has given an extensive interview on why he believes a military strike against the Iranian nuclear program “should be the last option” for Israel.
• News you may have missed #708
  Swedish Cold War spy dies at 79. US keeping Britain in the dark on intel issues. Bush official says CIA 'committed war crimes'.
• Why are al-Qaeda websites going off-line?
  It began to happen late last month, and nobody seems to know why: one after another, the most popular pro-al-Qaeda websites around the world have been going off the air, in what appears to be coordinated fashion.
• News you may have missed #707
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War is a Crime.org

• Glen Ford Tells The Real News About the UNAC C ...
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• Even Congress Members Ready to End U.S. Killin ...
  Lynch reverses field on Afghan mission By Bryan Bender, Boston Globe Representative Stephen Lynch, who has traveled to the Iraqi and Afghan… (US House of Representatives) WASHINGTON - During one of Representative Stephen F. Lynch’s early visits to Afghanistan, a crush of angry protes ...
• Greed Kills
  Veterans for Peace National President, Leah Bolger, Protests at the Congressional Super Committee. This powerful video shows Leah Bolger very calmly and courageously addressing the Congressional Super Committee as she eloquently spoke out against military spending and for spending for ...
• Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land
• Video: Paul Chappell and Tavis Smiley on Endin ...
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Grist - News

• The age-old battle of goats versus tortoises
  by Sarah Laskow. Before reading further in this post, ask yourself a question (and answer honestly): Which do you care about more, guiltless (if hungry) goats or the Galápagos Islands' giant tortoises? If you answered goats, this post will make you sad. Here was the ...
• Watch an orca chase a shark out of the water
  by Sarah Laskow. Orcas might be charismatic movie stars, but they are also killer whales. A family of beachgoers in New Zealand caught on film an orca fighting with a few sharks. One shark was so eager to get away from the whale that it beached itself in the shallow water. (That's t ...
• What environmental policy could we expect from ...
  by Jess Zimmerman. Stephen Colbert has officially thrown his hat in the ring for definitely possibly considering a run for president. He's already out-polling Jon Huntsman! So what kind of environmental policy platform could we expect from a President Colbert? Well, for starters, no ...
• Don’t believe the hype about the ‘ ...
  by Christopher Mims. Some chemists came up with a really clever way to observe the intermediate stage of an atmospheric chemical reaction, and then some PR flack got a hold of it and suddenly science has invented a brand-new molecule that will solve all our climate change woes! As usual, t ...
• Congressional staffers will stop betting on wi ...
  by Jess Zimmerman. We here at Grist mock a lot of people. But we don't always manage to mock some sense into them. Which is why we're pretty psyched about the response to Sarah Laskow's feature story revealing that congressional staffers were making deadly wildfires into a fun ...

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Technorati - What's Hot in Blogs

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Time - Top Stories

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Digg Green

• Titanic: A Look Inside the Floating Palace
  Lavishly Illustrated Titanic Cutaways by Artist Ken Marschall.
• 11 Never Before Seen Pictures Of The Titanic
  11 Never Before Seen Pictures Of The Titanic: These photos, taken by Father Browne SJ show a glimpse of what things were like before t...
• Is CERN Closer to Finding the "Higgs"? This We ...
  Just days after restarting from a winter shutdown, researchers at European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), report that stable beams of protons were smashed at four observation positions, with a combined energy of 8 trillion electron volts (TeV), ea ...
• How Solar Flares Could Wreak Havoc on Earth
  The light emanating from the orb in the image looks breathtakingly magical, doesn't it? Yet, unfortunately, it is something far more sinister: it is a solar flare being emitted by the sun, and if scientists are correct, such phenomena could do everything from ruining our communication systems to ...
• Massive Super Organism with 'Social Intelligen ...
  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 devoured by a monster microbial industrial complex of extremoph ...

Invisible Opportunity

• Confirmed: Terrorist Organization Trained on U ...
  Tony Cartalucci, Contributor Activist Post Ynetnews reported in their article, “US operated deep in Iran, trained assassins,” that, “the New Yorker reported over the weekend that the US trained members of the Iranian opposition group Mujahideen-e-Khalq. According to previous re ...
• Origin of AIDS: The Polio Vaccine (CBC ‘ ...
  On April 12, 1955 Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine was first licensed for public use in the U.S. In the years afterwards 90 million Americans were vaccinated in the largest mass vaccination campaign ever. Polio virtually disappeared from the continent and Jonas Salk became a hero. But not long a ...
• The Swiss government’s exceedingly posit ...
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• Swine flu vaccines cause 17-fold increase in n ...
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Global Insights

• Less Than a Week Away
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• The Georgia Guidestones
  On one of the highest hilltops in Elbert County, Georgia stands a huge granite monument. Engraved in eight different languages on the four giant stones that support the common capstone are 10 Guides, or commandments. That monument is alternately referred to as The Georgia Guidestones, or the ...
• The Creation
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• The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging C ...
  In his previous books, James Kunstler focused on the shortsighted vision of suburban planning; now he expands that view to the country's urban growth challenges and the need to drastically change our current course of auto and oil dependency. The Long Emergency is filled with history plus eye-op ...
• About George Green
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AlterNet - DrugReporter

• Why Obama Must Join The Drug War Debate in Col ...
  At a summit in Colombia this week, Obama will have the opportunity to have an honest conversation about our failed drug policy and how desperately we need reform.
• San Francisco Responds to Oaksterdam Raid With ...
  Those federal dollars are better spent on programs that actually help people, and people are concerned about this having a deleterious impact on the state's economy.
• How 3 Days in The Psych Ward Saved My Life
  A suicide attempt in sobriety landed me in a psych ward, surrounded by people who talked about porn, corn and hearing voices. They just may have saved my life.
• 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.
• The Oakland Paradox: Obama, Weed, and Guns
  Having secured the democratic vote based on the right-wing options, Obama is cracking down on medical marijuana to appeal to new voters and maintain Big Pharma's allegiance.

Twilight Earth

• Cartoon caption contest
  Take a look at the cartoon below and enter your caption idea in the comment section (more ifo on prize, etc. below the cartoon). Eligible captions will be those posted on my site, Elephant Journal, Wend Magazine, PlanetSave, Eco-Snobbery Sucks, Ecolutionist, Ecopolitology, and Twilight Earth. Wi ...
• Exposed: Why the GOP wants to eliminate Clean ...
  Whether we can believe this see-through-elephant-trunk footage or not, the possibility that elephants have a triple fitration system within their trunks has to have some credence. Otherwise, why on earth would leading Republicans try to make it easier for big polluters to further pollute the air ...
• Apples may lose trees [cartoon]
  The rest of Joe Mohr’s cartoons, and cartoon updates and other green news on Twitter @GreenCartoons. Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets Beat–May Lose Beets (cartoon) Eco-Snobbery Sucks: The Cartoon Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets Beat–May Lose Beets (cartoo ...
• Mixed message from USDA chief Vilsack [cartoon]
  US Ag Secretary, Tom Vilsack tells us to eat more natural foods a few days after fully deregulating GMO alfalfa…I’m confused. Confused as well? Read the links below and try to figure out this mess. From The New York Times: Government’s Dietary Advice: Eat Less From Elephant Journal: ...
• BREAKING: Deleted Monsanto cartoon panel, leaked!
  Unlike the former Monsanto cartoon on this subject, this version shows a bit more clearly who surrendered the future of organic agriculture to Monsanto. There’s been a lot of talk from both sides (organic and biotech) about compromise. That is misleading and almost laughable (read: cryable ...

Inhabitat

• Google Unviels “Project Glass” Augmented Reali ...
  Ever wish you could access Google Maps without looking down at your phone? Or that you could snap a photo and send by just looking at something? The future might be closer than you think. This week, Google took the lid off “Project Glass,” the company’s long-rumored foray into augmented re ...
• Make Your Own Last-Minute Printables for Your ...
  No time to hop on down to the stationary store before Easter? No problem. All you need is a printer to create La-fabrique-a-bricole‘s colorful printable Easter cupcake toppers and tags for your Easter spread. They’re much cheaper than a comparable product you might find at the store. ...
• 14 Charming, Eco-Friendly Flats Guaranteed To ...
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• Terrafugia Flying Car Debuts at New York Auto ...
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• Amazing Eco Easter Egg Sprouts Mini Skyscraper ...
  Easter eggs these days come in all shapes and sizes, but none are more unusual or awesome than this grass-covered garden egg, which is bursting with sustainable sky-scrapers and vertical farms! Designed by architect Matteo Cainer for the annual ‘Art in the Easter Egg’ event in Rome, ...

Pogue's Posts

• Spec Obsession Disorder: The Incurable Techie ...
  Who on earth cares what processor is inside a phone-as long as the phone feels fast? And the Lumia 900 feels fast. It shouldn't matter if the phone has a Snapdragon, a dual core or a hamster wheel.
• An Ode to the LED Bulb
  LED bulbs are expensive but will save money in the long run.
• S.L.R. Video Cameras for the Pros
  The world of professional TV and film changed suddenly when digital S.L.R.'s - still cameras - were designed to capture video. And I mean, incredible video, with all the flexibility of interchangeable lenses and amazing low-light capability.
• A Reader's Companion to Ultrabooks
  More on the Great Ultrabook Roundup, from USB compatibility to storage considerations.
• The Disruptive Power of iMessage
  Apple has changed the way we buy music, use our phones, operate our computers and so on. Let's not overlook one of Apple's greatest ideas yet: messages.

WIRED Magazine | 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.

PakAlert

• Will World War Three Begin In 2012
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• Obama Orders Press Blackout After US Credit Ra ...
  A shattering report from RIA Novosti’s Washington D.C. bureau appears to prove that the mainstream press in America has become nothing more than a propaganda arm of the Obama regime when during a White House news briefing this past week they were effectively ordered not to report on this past we ...
• US-Israel War on Iran: The Myth of Limited Warfare
  Washington and Tel Aviv claim and appear to believe that their planned assault on Iran will be a “limited war”, targeting limited objectives and lasting a few days or weeks – with no serious consequences.
• Monsanto Threatens Lawsuit Over GMO Labeling Bill
  Even though the state of Vermont is trying desperately to pass a bill which would require GMO foods to be labeled, the state’s efforts are being threatened by biotech giant Monsanto. In retaliation of the GMO labeling bill, Monsanto has threatened to sue Vermont if any such bill is passed. Sadly ...
• Putin Reportedly Confirms that Russia is Activ ...
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Andy Worthington

• On NHS, Tribunal Rules That Tories Violated Ma ...
  Less than three weeks since the Tory-led coalition government’s dreadful NHS reform bill was passed — aimed primarily at allowing private companies greater access to the NHS than ever before — a damning document has been published, which should have derailed the entire process. ...
• “I Affirm Our Right to Life”: Shak ...
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• EXCLUSIVE: “They Want Me to be Harmed&#8 ...
  This world exclusive is one of two articles providing new commentary by Shaker Aamer, the last British resident in Guantánamo — and also reproducing a statement he made about conditions in the prison, and additional notes by Ramzi Kassem, one of his lawyers. The two articles are being publ ...
• For the Last Two Kuwaiti Prisoners in Guantána ...
  171 men are still held in the “war on terror” prison at Guantánamo Bay, even though an interagency task force established by President Obama concluded over two years ago that 89 of them should be released. However, it is now 15 months since the last prisoner left Guantánamo alive, an ...
• Close Guantánamo: Abdul Ghani, An Insignifican ...
  As published on the “Close Guantánamo” website. Please join us — just an email address required. As we at “Close Guantánamo” continue our series profiling prisoners still held at Guantánamo — and specifically, at this time, the Afghans who are still held — our lates ...

Environment _ National Geographic

• Growing Food Demand Strains Energy, Water Supplies
  In western India and around the world, agricultural growth is being stoked by unsustainable irrigation practices that sap aquifers and require huge amounts of energy.
• Cameron Exclusive: After Record Dive, Why Go B ...
  James Cameron is eager for scientists to continue exploring Earth's deepest point. "Train me up, and set me down," project geologist says.
• Titanic Would Encounter More Icebergs Today?
  If Titanic had sailed a hundred years later, it may have encountered many more icebergs, possibly due to global warming, scientists say.
• With Gas Prices High, U.S. Refinery Closures H ...
  The economic pain of U.S. East Coast refinery closures may spread beyond job losses. Already high gas prices could climb still higher as summer approaches.
• "Lost" Long-Fingered Frog Found in Africa
  In a handy stroke of luck, scientists have rediscovered a "lost" African species: the Bururi long-fingered frog.

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• Don't Turn Your Back on the Bankers for Even a ...
  The ink on the legislation is still drying and, already, the mortgage mill industry is trying to gut the little things that might help to hold them accountable for their bit part in the complete economic collapse of this nation: Dodd-Frank requires that lenders retain five percent of every loan ...
• Sarah Palin: Mayor of New Milford?
  Is this a parody or real life? You decide. Citizens of New Milford: I want you to know that I'm on the job 24/7. Twenty four hours a week, seven months a year. But even with this strict time commitment, I can't be expected to keep up with everything going on in this vast metropolis. That's why ...
• Much like the "conservative" GOP...
  The conservative Blue Dogs acted as Bush's domestic poodles, helping to move a dangerous right wing agenda. They were owned by the right wing and corporations and there is no big surprise why more than half of the Blue Dog caucus (28 of 54 members) were slaughtered in the 2010 elections. So f ...
• Stop Drinking and Start Doing, Dem Dumb Dumbs
  Sober up, Dems. You started sucking suds when you captured the Congress in 2006. Since 2008 you've been binge drinking with Congress and the Prez. You even nibbled on some hot wings and pub nuts. Burp! And now the bartender just cut your drunk, lazy, liberal, progressive, leftie ass off. Y ...
• The People Have Spoken. And Their Message Is ...
  So. What the heck happened last night? The GOP picked up 60 seats in the House, effectively reversing their losses there from 2006 and 2008, and returning control of that body to them. The GOP picked up some 6 seats in the Senate, but the Democratic Party retains control there. The GOP picked u ...

SPL Center

• Neo-Nazis Plan Patrols in Florida in Wake of T ...
  The neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement (NSM) has announced that it will be conducting patrols in Seminole County, Fla., to protect “local citizens from the area who are concerned for the safety of their families.” The group says it is prepared for “racial violence” in the Sanford area, where t ...
• Men Arrested in Tulsa Shooting Spree Posted Ra ...
  Law enforcement officials arrested two people early Sunday in connection with a deadly spate of random shootings in Tulsa that had residents on edge. The men taken into custody were identified as Jake England, 19 (left), and Alvin Watts, 32. The pair were charged with three counts of murder and ...
• Texas Jury Hears Account of Fatal Shooting by ...
  By Friday, jurors are expected to begin weighing the evidence against a Texas murder suspect allegedly linked to Kingdom Identity Ministries, a racist, anti-Semitic group that opposes mixing of the races. Defendant Mark Simmons of Buda told an investigating officer that the victim, his friend  S ...
• Accused Utah Cop-Killer Had Antigovernment Views
  A Utah man accused of murdering one police officer and wounding five others developed antigovernment views after being fired as an armed security guard for the IRS, his father told Hatewatch today. Matthew David Stewart, a 37-year-old decorated Army veteran accused of fatally shooting a police o ...
• Racist Bikers Busted in Undercover Florida Probe
  Six members of a racist motorcycle gang in Florida face drug and bomb-related charges following a three-year undercover investigation, federal and state authorities announced Friday. The suspects are affiliated with the Outlaws motorcycle club and the 1st SS Kavallerie Brigade Motorcycle Divisio ...

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• If Up to New Mexico’s Governor, Undocume ...
  A haunting but ultimately uplifting story out of New Mexico has been making the rounds in newspapers and TV reports across the country. A 6-year-old girl in Albuquerque was abducted as she walked home on a suburban street. The kidnapper pulled her into his van, parked near a rock hiding packing ...
• Victory! NJ Gov. Signs Bill So Survivors Won't ...
  In late June, a vital bill to support rape survivors landed on New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's desk. The bill, which had strong bipartisan support in both legislative houses, was to bar rape survivors from being charged for their own rape kits -- collections of forensic evidence after a sex ...
• Teen Leads Safe Crosswalk Campaign in Wake of ...
  The shock and grief over a young person's tragic death can be paralyzing. Not for Kimiko Nishitsuji. Her friend's sudden death last month after being hit by a car at an intersection long known to be dangerous for pedestrians instead spurred her to action and mobilized a community. Kimiko created ...
• Major Progress: Administration to Grant Deport ...
  Wow. Just weeks ago, UCLA graduate and award-winning Dreamer David Cho posted a petition on Change.org commemorating the ten-year anniversary of the federal DREAM Act and asking President Obama and the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to do everything in their power to stop deporting tal ...
• Robert Segwanyi Spared Deadly Deportation to U ...
  Robert Segwanyi was scheduled for deportation on August 18,  from the United Kingdom's Heathrow airport. The UK was sending Robert back to Uganda, where he was tortured with molten plastic and imprisoned for being gay. Robert was spared from deportation at the very last minute according to ...

Common Dreams -News

• 'War on Drugs' Has Failed, say Latin American ...
  On April 14 and 15, heads of state and government from across the Americas, including U.S. President Barack Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and their Latin American and Caribbean counterparts, will gather for a two-day 'Summit of the Americas' in Cartagena, Colombia, and th ...
• Will Climate Refugees Get Promised Aid?
  BANGKOK - With extreme weather pounding countries across a wide arc in the Asia-Pacific region, questions hover over entitlements for millions of people displaced by climate change, pledged under the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and other sources. Will the long wait by climate change migrants &ndash ...
• Single Payer Doctor Carol Paris Packs It Up
  Dr. Carol Paris is a psychiatrist. She’s practiced for 13 years in southern Maryland. And she’s fought hard for a single payer system. She’s even been arrested in Congress for speaking out for single payer. But now, she’s had enough. She’s closing her practice. And ...
• World Bank Race: Non-US Candidates Rake in End ...
  WASHINGTON - 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. ...
• Tennessee's 'Monkey Bill' Will Protect Anti-Sc ...
  Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam is likely to sign into law a bill requiring Tennessee's public schools to allow teachers to discuss purported weaknesses of theories such as evolution and global warming in their classrooms. Haslam has until Tuesday to sign the bill, veto it, or allow it to become ...

Lifehacker

• Make a Beverage Drip Catcher from a Soda Bottl ...
  If you have a beverage dispenser with a dispenser spigot it's likely that users will drip liquid on your table or counter from time to time. To eliminate this problem you can buy a commercial drip catcher for $6 or you can just cut out a 20oz ...
• "Is There a Way I Can Check Whether I Hav ...
  Is there a way I can check whether I have a single RAM chip or 2 in my laptop without physically opening the case? So I'm looking at buying a Condo. Does anyone have any condo experience/advice that they could share with me? I work in a me ...
• Combine Two Ikea Products to Create a Tiny Bat ...
  If you're remodeling and need to add space in already-small bathroom or turning a closet into a half bath you may have need of a tiny bathroom vanity. Commercial models can be very expensive, but you can combine an Ikea Lillangen sink and fauc ...
• Make Ice Cream
  If you have a craving for ice cream but don't have any on hand you can make it yourself if you have cream and a few standard pantry staples on hand. YouTube user daffyskies demonstrates how you can make ice cream in 10 minutes by placing your ...
• Remove Deodorant Stains with a Foam Brick
  Deodorant stains are never fun to deal with, but if you can catch them before they dry into your fabric you can remove them with a simple foam packaging brick. More »

Water Privatization

• Water conservation vital to Lake, students and ...
  Chicago's archaic water utility system and policies received an expert and activist examination.
• City, RDN urged to become 'blue'
  With the world making waves over a clean, healthy supply of water, the city and Regional District of Nanaimo have an opportunity to make a splash on the issues.
• Stop being a hypocrite and blaming everyone bu ...
  Selangor Senior State Executive Councillor for Investment, Industry & Trade, Teresa Kok advised MCA state chairman Donald Lim Siang Chai not to stop attempting to redirect the blame in the mismanagement of water in Selangor and the issue of Kampung Sungai Terentang Rawang’s high voltage cables.
• Bennington College Center The Water Dialogues
  Thursday March 29, 2012 The Bennington College Center for the Advancement of Public Action (CAPA) presents a weeklong program of lectures, panel discussions, and workshops dedicated to the complex issues surrounding our most fundamental natural resource. Participants in these dialogues include s ...
• Privatization stays an issue for Detroit
  The debate over privatization, a hot-button issue since the 1980s, has been one of the biggest issues in Detroit for the past few weeks. It’s been used in the past to decrease costs, improve quality of services and build innovation.

Guardian

• Masters 2012: the final day - live | Scott Murray
  • Email your thoughts to scott.murray@guardian.co.uk • The official leaderboard from Augusta • The latest news and comment on our Masters site • Buy Scott's book about bad golf and class war • Subscribe to Newstalk's Golf Weekly with Ger Gilroy podcast • This round in pics!11.51pm BST / 6.51pm E ...
• Mali's president resigns after coup
  Army promises to relinquish power as neighbouring states argue over how to deal with separatist rebelsThe president of Mali, Amadou Toumani Touré, resigned on Sunday, and the soldiers who ousted him in a coup promised to hand power to the president of the National Assembly.Neighbouring states me ...
• Russian dissenters allowed to protest in Red S ...
  Police allow free movement and make only one arrest as anti-Putin demonstrators gather next to the KremlinRussian police let hundreds of activists roam Moscow's Red Square freely on Sunday in the first anti-government protest held next to the Kremlin, though it detained three activists who were ...
• Iran nuclear talks: west demands closure of Fo ...
  US and Europe also call on Iran to end uranium enrichment to 20% ahead of 'last chance' negotiations in IstanbulThe US and Europe are to demand that Iran dismantle its fortified underground nuclear facility and halt higher-grade uranium enrichment at a new round of talks this week as a condition ...
• Tougher tax credit rules and lack of full-time ...
  Analysis shows only half of vacancies meet government's tougher rules for working tax credit qualification Official figures are masking a growing crisis in the labour market, with only half the vacancies advertised in UK jobcentres guaranteeing enough hours to allow jobseekers to qualify for the ...

McClatchey

• What could Obama learn from Brazil president D ...
  SAO PAULO, Brazil ? Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff might not get a formal state visit or even Washington's attention for a full day when she meets President Barack Obama on…Click to Continue »
• Afghan forces to lead special operations
  KABUL, Afghanistan ? All special operations ? including night raids ? will be led by Afghan security forces, under a deal signed Sunday between the United States and Afghanistan.Click to Continue »
• Israel bars German author over poem critical o ...
  JERUSALEM ? Israel's interior minister declared the celebrated German author Gunter Grass "persona non grata" on Sunday, barring his entry to the country, in response to a new poem in…Click to Continue »
• Has Syria really agreed to U.N. cease-fire?
  Contradicting reports from the United Nations last week that Syria's government had agreed to a cease fire that would have gone into effect on Thursday, the Syrian government said Sunday…Click to Continue »
• Commentary: What role will Sen. Marco Rubio pl ...
  The GOP is launching its secret weapon.Click to Continue »

Afghanistan Sun

• French election throws Afghan exit into disarray
  The critical timetable for the withdrawal of Western forces from Afghanistan will come under major strain if Nicolas Sarkozy loses the presidency in the French elections, with his socialist opponent ...
• Domestic politics must not dictate Afghanistan ...
  That is, of course, true. It is also the case that Barack Obama and David Cameron are subject to domestic considerations in a war they wish they had not inherited. Unlike the French, however, the US ...
• US night raids in Afghanistan to be stopped
  Night raids on suspected militant in Afghanistan will cease if it means troops have to go into local villages.
• US, Afghanistan Compromise on Night Raid Opera ...
  Afghanistan and the United States have reached a compromise on the controversial issue of night raids on Afghan homes by international forces.The agreement gives Afghan authorities veto power over pla
• Elgin Marine dies in Afghanistan
  By the time he was a junior at Larkin High School in Elgin, Alex Martinez knew he wanted to be a U.S. Marine, following a family tradition by pursuing a military career, his older sister Jenny ...

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 ...

Whistleblowers Protection Blog

• NWC Condemns CIA Whistleblower Indictment
  The Department of Justice’s policy of distorting privacy laws to pursue and discredit whistleblowers continues. The Associated Press reported yesterday that a former CIA officer, John Kiriakou, is being charged with leaking classified information after publicly expressing concerns over the ...
• This Week on Honesty Without Fear
  Tune in today at 1:00pm EDT to Honesty Without Fear on Progressive Radio Network. In the first half hour, Jane Turner interviews Rosemary Dew, a 13-year veteran FBI agent and author of "No Backup: My Life as a Female FBI Special Agent." Ms. Dew worked undercover against criminals, spi ...
• Occupy EPA Rallies for Whistleblowers
  Today's Occupy EPA and NOW DC rally went off with a bang! An eclectic crowd of whistleblower supporters, environmental protectors, and Occupy supporters marched today starting from Franklin Square Park and ending at the EPA offices. Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, a member of the National Whistlebl ...
• Supreme Court Guts Privacy Act
  Whistleblowers beware: this week the Supreme Court dealt a death blow to the Privacy Act. David Colapinto, NWC General Counsel and Privacy Act expert, appeared on NPR to talk about the ruling and it's devastating effects for whistleblowers. Full story here Congress originally passed the histo ...
• Connecticut jury awards over $1 million in fir ...
  In the first Federal Rail Safety Act (FRSA) case to go to a jury trial, the jury awarded $50,000 in compensatory damages, and one million dollars in punitive damages. Andy Barati was working for the Metro North commuter rail on Grand Central Terminal, New York City, in 2008 when a jack failed an ...

Science Express

• Fermi maps an active galaxy's 'smokestack plumes'
  If our eyes could see radio waves, the nearby galaxy Centaurus A (Cen A) would be one of the biggest and brightest objects in the sky, nearly 20 times the apparent size of a full moon. What we can't see when looking at the galaxy in visible light is that it lies nestled between a pair of giant r ...
• Pollution from Asia Circles Globe at Stratosph ...
  (PhysOrg.com) -- The economic growth across much of Asia comes with a troubling side effect: pollutants from the region are being wafted up to the stratosphere during monsoon season. The new finding, in a study led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, provides additiona ...
• After growth spurt, supermassive black holes s ...
  Supermassive black holes found at the centers of distant galaxies undergo huge growth spurts as a result of galactic collisions, according to a new study by astronomers at Yale University and the University of Hawaii. Their findings appear in the March 25 edition of Science Express.
• Research team finds structure of 'swine flu' virus
  A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and other institutions has solved the structure of a key protein from the virus that caused last year's "swine flu" influenza epidemic. The structure reveals that the virus shares many features with influenza viruses common in the early 20 ...
• Lizard moms choose the right genes for the rig ...
  (PhysOrg.com) -- Two Dartmouth biologists have found that brown anole lizards make an interesting choice when deciding which males should father their offspring. The females of this species mate with several males, then produce more sons with sperm from large fathers, and more daughters with spe ...

TechDirt

• Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week ...
  The comment voted most insightful this week is a response to a comment on our post about US Copyright Register Maria Pallante claiming that copyright is "for the artist first and for the nation second." The commenter argued that she was correct, and people were making up the idea that copyright ...
• Jakerome's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week
  It's pretty obvious that The Masnick only pretends to take the weekend off, because man did Techdirt start off the week with some solid stories. While the Techdirt team is pretending to relax, you can catch up on the best posts from the week. While it's true that I occasionally long for the days ...
• Google Maps Exodus Continues As Wikipedia Mobi ...
  Last year, Google announced that it would begin charging high-volume users for access to its previously free Maps API. It seemed like an odd move. Jacking up the price on something, without actually offering anything new to entice customers to stay, only works if you have a total monopoly— ...
• Nathan Myhrvold's Delusions: Patent Wars 'Vind ...
  Nathan Myhrvold, the founder of the world's largest patent troll, Intellectual Ventures, has been known to make ridiculous statements concerning patents in the past, but he's at it again. He's now claiming that the concerns and complaints about how patents hinder innovation are really just a vi ...
• Encyclopaedia Britannica: Civility In The Face ...
  Encyclopaedia Britannica's recent announcement that it would cease its printing operations was the culmination of the inevitable. Many of its eulogizers seem to be laying the blame at Wikipedia's feet, despite the fact that Microsoft's Encarta software dealt the first blows to printed encycloped ...

VacTruth

• Fetuses Bombarded With Powerful Drugs To Preve ...
  Despite the overwhelming evidence proving that vaccination can cause diabetes, governments around the world continue to bury their heads in the sand and blame parents for the growing problems.
• 1 in 88: What’s Causing the Increase in Autism ...
  Last week the CDC released the new autism statistics - 1 in 88. What’s behind the explosion of autism in our children?
• Babies Sleep Better If They Are Drugged And Va ...
  Babies are drugged with this medication for pain before being vaccinated with multiple vaccinations. This is said to aid sleep which, according to experts, maximizes the vaccines response.
• Vaccine Safety—Some Great Ideas!
  These medical professionals are concerned about the safety of vaccines. They say they have seen adverse reactions and admit that vaccines aren’t always effective.
• Warning! Are Vaccine-Resistant Pathogens Putti ...
  As a parent, you are told if your children are vaccinated they are ‘protected’; yet many of the outbreaks have occurred in fully immunized populations. So what’s going on?

BroadSnark

• Protest: What’s the Point?
  Last month there was a silent march in protest of multiple acts of violence against GLBTQI people in DC. Not everyone was happy that it was a silent march. As one friend put it, hate crimes are an effort to silence. A silent march seemed to be the opposite of what should be done. I [...]
• Things You Might Have Missed
  I caught up on a lot of blog reading this weekend, but I’m going to try not to do too big of a link bomb. ZNet has a new thing called the International Organization for a Participatory Society. Who are the participants in this society? Apparently, a whole lotta white dudes. Some very excel ...
• Is Stand Your Ground a Distraction?
  A lot of people, especially in mainstream media, have been talking about the “stand your ground” law. Darren Hutchinson wrote an excellent post about how “stand your ground” has nothing to do with the Trayvon Martin case. Definitely read the whole thing, but the short of ...
• What’s Different with Trayvon?
  Last week I wrote about how I think that the Rush Limbaugh shit storm was in large part because of who the target was, how people perceived her, and what they thought their role towards her should be.  Now I’m thinking about how much attention the Trayvon Martin murder has gotten and why. ...
• Things You Might Have Missed
  There are two Positive Force shows coming up. One is a benefit for Jobs With Justice on April 14th. The other is for the DC Trans Coalition on April 27th. Come out if you are in town. On April 24th we will be occupying the justice department. Here is why. The Cooperative Development Institute is ...

Executive Intelligence Review - LaRouche

• Syria Denounces ‘Enemies of Syria’ War Council ...
  EIR News Service press release.
• Gelb: Obama Threatened Regime Change in North ...
  EIR News Service press release.
• In Italy, Glass-Steagall Takes to the Streets
  EIR News Service press release.
• Israel’s New Opposition Leader Speaks Out agai ...
  EIR News Service press release.
• China Issues Strong Warning against Thermonucl ...
  EIR News Service press release.

War in Context

• Peter Van Buren: Joining the whistleblowers’ club
  The world can be a luckless place, but every now and then serendipity just knocks you off a cliff. In what passed for my real life before TomDispatch intervened, I was (and remain, on a part-time basis) a book editor in mainstream publishing.  The “slush pile” in a publishing ho ...
• The moral bankruptcy of Zionism
  Yousef Munayyer writes: Last week, the Israeli central bureau of statistics reported future trends which indicate the proportion of Palestinian Arabs in Israel will increase significantly by 2059. Well, I have news for those arguing for a two-state solution will rescue a “Jewish and Democratic S ...
• Israel bans Günter Grass. Is this what democra ...
  Haaretz reports: Interior Minister Eli Yishai declared Sunday that German Nobel laureate Gunter Grass is a persona non grata in Israel, after Grass published a poem last week which was highly critical of Israel and its policies. Yishai harshly condemned Grass’ poem, and said that he is dec ...
• UK ‘exporting surveillance technology to repre ...
  The Guardian reports: Britain is exporting surveillance technology to countries run by repressive regimes, sparking fears it is being used to track political dissidents and activists. The UK’s enthusiastic role in the burgeoning but unregulated surveillance market is becoming an urgent con ...
• Getting duped by Israel and the American media
  “I’ve been duped,” declared the popular travel writer Rick Steves after watching the documentary, Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land. His perception of Israel was so radically altered he felt compelled to write at the Huffington Post: “If you are a friend of Israel, ...

Watts Up With That?

• Shakun Redux: Master tricksed us! I told you h ...
  Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach The quote above is from Lord of the Rings, an exchange between Gollum and Smeagol, and it encapsulates my latest results from looking into the Shakun 2012 paper, “Global warming preceded by increasing carbon dioxide … Continue reading →
• A fun science literacy quiz
  I took this fun science literacy quiz, and got 47 out of 50 questions correct. The ones I missed were all in biology and life sciences, my weakest subject. Since so many of the angroids label climate skeptics as “scientifically … Continue reading →
• An about face by China on solar power
  From John Droz’s newsletter with a hat-tip to Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. for bringing it to my attention and via the “I can hear Joe Romm’s head exploding” department and Electric Light and Power comes this story: CHINA TO DROP … Continue reading →
• Anchorage breaks seasonal snow record last set ...
  Alaska’s largest city breaks seasonal snow record By RACHEL D’ORO | Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A spring snowfall has broken the nearly 60-year-old seasonal snow record of Alaska’s largest city. Inundated with nearly double the snow they’re used … ...
• An update on my Climate Reference Network visu ...
  Readers may recall that when Peter Gleick first sent out the stolen Heartland board documents and the fake document to give the story “legs”, there was a mention in there of a project that I asked Heartland to help me … Continue reading →

treehugger

• Bus Blocks Driver From Fleeing After Hit-and-R ...
  Thankfully, the fleeing driver's reputation was the only thing seriously injured following this foiled hit-and-run.
• Israel Hopes To Attract Flocks Of Bird Watchin ...
  Israel invests $10 million for orinthological centers along the Syrian-African Rift Valley Migration Route.
• Loomstate Creates Colorful Transformer Clothin ...
  Comprised of colorful, multifunctional, and versatile wardrobe staples, Loomstate's 321 Collection is all boasts impressive transformer clothing.
• America's Best Organics Delivers Organic, Loca ...
  Filled with organic, gluten-free, and vegan goods from candy to candles and soaps to nuts, these care packages offer a healthy gift option.
• Is It Time for Organic, All-Natural, Artificia ...
  If blue cubes of partially hydrogenated oils and dextrose can sell, what could marketers do with organic, all-natural, artificial blueberries?

Biosingularity

• Stand up: Your life could depend on it
  Standing up more often may reduce your chances of dying within three years, even if you are already physically active, a study of more than 200,000 people published in Archives of Internal Medicine today shows. The study found that adults who sat 11 or more hours per day had a 40% increased risk ...
• Fatty Diet Leads To Fat-loving Brain Cells
  Cheeseburgers pack on the pounds, but in mice a high-fat diet also packs on new nerve cells in the brain. More brain cells may seem like a good thing, but these newly sprouted cells appear to trigger weight gain in the animals, a new study finds. The results offer insight into how the brain cont ...
• New Layer of Genetic Information Discovered
  A hidden and never before recognized layer of information in the genetic code has been uncovered by a team of scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) thanks to a technique developed at UCSF called ribosome profiling, which enables the measurement of gene activity inside ...
• US face transplant gives man new jaw, teeth an ...
  US doctors have carried out what they say is the most extensive face transplant ever performed. The operation at the University of Maryland gave Richard Norris a new face, including jaw, teeth and tongue. The 37-year-old has lived as a recluse for 15 years after being severely injured in a gun a ...
• Study explains how rapamycin also causes insul ...
  A Penn- and MIT-led team explained how rapamycin, a drug that extends mouse lifespan, also causes insulin resistance. The researchers showed in an animal model that they could, in principle, separate the effects, which depend on inhibiting two protein complexes, mTORC1 and mTORC2, respectively. ...

CFACT

• Hybrids not just for small cars anymore
• Improving air quality helps Americans breathe easy
  Air quality has improved so much that Clean Air Act actually saved lives over its first 20 years
• The New Detroit Lions?
• Follow me to a bridge by a river...
• Hype over population bomb fizzling out

Ria Novosti Online News

• Ex-KGB Boss Says He Won S. Ossetian Vote
  Leonid Tibilov, the former head of South Ossetia’s KGB, led the runoff presidential vote in the republic on Sunday with 54 percent of the ballots, his campaign staff said.
• Israel Blacklists German Nobel Laureate
  Israeli authorities declared writer Gunter Grass, a winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in literature, persona non grata over his poem criticizing Israel’s military plans, Jerusalem Post said on Sunday.
• Stevic Wins Cycling’s Sochi Grand Prix
  Serbian cyclist Ivan Stevic won a tight Sochi Grand Prix on Sunday, beating Katusha rider Dmitry Kosyakov by just 9 seconds.
• Spartak Dominate Kuban in 2-0 Win
  Emmanuel Emenike scored one goal and set up a second to move Spartak Moscow up to third in the Russian Premier League with a dominant 2-0 home win over Dan Petrescu’s FC Kuban on Sunday.
• Korshunov Fears Cold Shoulder at Wasps
  Russian hooker Vladislav Korshunov says he wants to extend his stay at London Wasps beyond the end of the season but fears he might be getting the cold shoulder.

Ria Novosti - Science & Technology

• Russia Plans to Bind Satellite to Apophis Asteroid
  Russia plans to send a satellite with a radio beacon to near-Earth asteroid of 99942 Apophis for finding out how big is a threat of its collision with Earth, the country's Academy of Sciences said in its report on Saturday.
• Russia Plans to Launch Lunar Rovers to Moon af ...
  Russia plans to send two lunar rovers to Moon after 2020 and a landing station after 2022 as the first steps to form the future manned lunar base there, the country's Academy of Sciences said in its report on Saturday.
• Roscosmos, ESA Agree Joint Mars Research
  Russia’s space agency Roscosmos said on Friday it agreed Russia’s participation in a Mars research project with the European Space Agency (ESA), a spokeswoman for the Roscosmos chief said on Friday.
• International Space Station’s Orbit Adjusted b ...
  Europe’s ATV-3 unmanned resupply spacecraft, which docked with the ISS last week, readjusted the space station’s orbit once again
• Europe’s ATV-3 Space Freighter Adjusts Space S ...
  Europe’s ATV-3 unmanned resupply spacecraft, which docked with the ISS earlier this week, readjusted the space station’s orbit on Sunday

Pruning Shears

• How disorganization is damaging Occupy
  This was published with considerable feedback from affinis, Jasper, JuliaWilliams and lambert. My sincere thanks to them for their help.A few weeks ago Occupy Oakland (OO) began to emphasize secrecy (or security culture) over transparency, which resulted in livestreamers being attacked as snitc ...
• Provocateur tactics and the subversion of Occupy
  This was published with considerable feedback from affinis and lambert. My sincere thanks to both of them for their help.The Occupy movement has already had a positive impact in many areas, but potentially the biggest one is rescuing concepts of public rights and the understanding of what is pu ...
• Scaring the pants off Oscar Mayer
  Last month, Occupy Portland put out a national call to action on February 29 to other Occupies around the country.  Dubbed “Shut Down the Corporations”, the idea was to target corporations that are members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) with creative, n ...
• Opacity and creeping exclusion at Occupy
  This was published with considerable feedback from several bloggers at Corrente: DCblogger, affinis, lambert and okanogen. My sincere thanks to all of them for their help.Occupy has seemed to be in a bit of a winter hibernation. There are still encampments, meetings, decisions, protests, and s ...
• Francis - This Must Be Blood EP
  Petter from Francis let me know that their new EP This Must Be Blood is out.Have a listen to the single “Traktor:”

Organic Consumers.org

• Forget the Farm Bill: Where We Should Set Our ...
  I hate to be a Debbie Downer, but I don't care about the 2012 farm bill. Here's why.Click here to read this article
• The "99% Spring" Brings Co-optation into Full ...
  As the Occupy movement begins to come into full bloom across the country this Spring - with plans for massive days of action and demonstrations on May 1st, new campaigns for transit justice on both coasts, continued organizing against foreclosures and police violence, and a slight chance of a ba ...
• Food Politics: What's the Difference Between F ...
  Eighteen months ago I read a book that changed my life. Yeah, yeah, I know... sounds corny. But it's not what you think. This book changed my life not because of what it said but because of what it didn't say.Click here to read this article
• Michigan Agency Creates Hardship for Heritage ...
  Falls Church, Virginia -- Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is using the state Invasive Species Act to expand its jurisdiction beyond hunting and fishing to farming operations.Click here to read this article
• USDA Poultry Inspection Plan Sets Off Dispute
  Currently, the Agriculture Department's Food Safety and Inspection Service inspectors are stationed along the assembly lines in poultry plants and examine the birds for blemishes, feces or visible defects before they are processed.Click here to read this article

Center for a Livable Future

• Contract farmers step up, and Justice leaves t ...
  Varney and Butler aren’t likely to say this publicly, but they were obviously struck full in the face with the realization that status quo forces had them outnumbered and outgunned.
• When FDA Bans a Drug in Poultry Production … W ...
  In 2005, FDA took trong action against the misuse of one class of antibiotics by industrial agriculture. The class of antibiotics that FDA decided to safeguard was fluoroquinolones, and they did so by banning their use in poultry production. How that ban going? Maybe not so good.
• The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ...
  SNAP benefits may be used by some participants to purchase prepared foods - but only at Subway Sandwich shops.
• Move to Strike: Amendment to Arsenic Legislati ...
  As introduced, the legislation would have banned the use of Roxarsone and other arsenic-based drugs regardless of what Pfizer decides to do. As amended, the bill will have no effect whatsoever.
• Next Farm Bill Should Strengthen, Not Threaten ...
  Our future food security requires us to preserve the quantity and quality of a vital natural resource—the topsoil that we need to grow healthy food.

Investigate - Breaking News

• Resurrection of Jesus Christ was real, argues ...
  Resurrection of Jesus Christ was real, argues investigative journalist. Resurrection of Jesus Christ was real, argues investigative journalist
• Global governance the final solution to climat ...
  Global governance the final solution to climate change – it’s official. Global governance the final solution to climate change – it’s official
• Media credibility on climate change questioned ...
  Media credibility on climate change questioned as Earth Hour scandal breaks. Media credibility on climate change questioned as Earth Hour scandal breaks
• China trying to politically infiltrate NZ and ...
  China trying to politically infiltrate NZ and Australia – report. China trying to politically infiltrate NZ and Australia – report
• Oral sex could be as cancer-causing as tobacco ...
  Oral sex could be as cancer-causing as tobacco, scientists warn. Oral sex could be as cancer-causing as tobacco, scientists warn

My Care2 Picks

• Yet MORE evidence that pesticides are key culp ...
  Three new studies out in the past two weeks add to the growing body of evidence that implicate pesticides as a critical catalyst behind drastic declines in bee population. Submitted by John Farnham to Environment  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
• Putting Syria into some perspective
  The Holy Triumvirate The United States, NATO, and the European Union or an approved segment thereof, can usually get what they want.Removal of Bashar al-Assad of Syria: As with Gaddafi, the ground is being laid with continual news reports of barbarity Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & ...
• The Failed Pundit
  A short time ago I was quipping on a thread on a site supposedly 'discussing' the insanity of 'climate deniers' in what looks like an open forum. It was interesting to see how swiftly variations from accepted wisdom disappeared preserving an Echo Chamber Submitted by John Farnham to Society &amp ...
• How You Subsidize the Enery Giants to Wreck th ...
  Payola for the Most Profitable Corporations in History And Why Taxpayers Shouldnt Stand for It Any More. The energy watchword for the next few months is: subsidies. Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
• Pesticide Isolated as Cause of Bee Colony Collapse
  The likely culprit in sharp worldwide declines in honeybee colonies since 2006 is one of the most widely used pesticides according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health. Submitted by Organic Connections to Environment  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

Angry Indian News

• Revealed: Survival International alerted Andam ...
  Revealed: Survival International alerted Andaman authorities to human safaris two years ago: The Andaman authorities were alerted to the existence of human safaris two years ago by Survival... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
• Afghans Condemn US Over Urination Video -- New ...
  Afghans Condemn US Over Urination Video -- News from Antiwar.com: From Afghan President Hamid Karzai to tribal elders in the far southern Helmand Province, reaction is coming out from the leaked... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
• Spooks off the hook but torture fight continue ...
  Spooks off the hook but torture fight continues / Britain / Home - Morning Star: Top government figures are still not off the hook for Britain's complicity in torture despite the Crown Prosecution... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
• Mapuche women assaulted by police, have crimin ...
  Mujeres mapuche agredidas por Carabineros, presentan querella criminal Guillermina Painevilo with his daughter Susana Guzman, accompanied by members of their community, with the sponsorship of... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
• Kosovo Albanian protestors dispersed on Serbia ...
  Kosovo Albanian protestors dispersed on Serbian border | Demotix.com: Police cordons blocked the road outside the northern town of Podujevo, some six kilometers (four miles) from the border with... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]

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.

True/Slant Headline Grabs

• The stupidity of crowds helps kill a planet - ...
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• Sex, death, and the noble American toad - Scot ...
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• How to save a fishery: owning, renting, and ex ...
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• ‘Gossip Girl’ unethical because of threesome? ...
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Citizens for Legitimate Government

• Polar bears have symptoms of mystery disease: ...
  ShareThisPolar bears have symptoms of mystery disease: U.S. agency 06 Apr 2012 Symptoms of a mysterious disease that has killed scores of seals off Alaska and infected walruses are now showing up in polar bears, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said on Friday. Nine polar bears from the Beaufort ...
• CIA stealth drones made hundreds of passes ove ...
  ShareThisCIA stealth drones made hundreds of passes over Iran 07 Apr 2012 More than three years ago, the CIA [illegally] dispatched a stealth surveillance drone into the skies over Iran. The bat-winged aircraft penetrated more than 600 miles inside the country, captured images of Iran's nuclear ...
• Black community on edge after 5 shootings in O ...
  ShareThisBlack community on edge after 5 shootings in Oklahoma 08 Apr 2012 Tulsa's African-American community was on edge Saturday after police said one or more gunmen, in apparently random shootings, had killed three black men and critically injured two more as they walked down Tulsa streets. S ...
• 'Expect more online attacks' Anonymous hackers say
  ShareThis'Expect more online attacks' Anonymous hackers say 08 Apr 2012 The hacking group Anonymous says it will launch online attacks every weekend in the wake of allegations it disrupted access to the Home Office website. Anonymous Twitter messages warned of the attack on 4 April, and said: "E ...
• Japan deploys missile defences in Tokyo
  ShareThisJapan deploys missile defences in Tokyo 08 Apr 2012 Japan has deployed missile batteries in Tokyo and dispatched destroyers carrying interceptor missiles as it boosts its defences against a planned North Korean rocket launch this month. Pyongyang says it will launch a satellite for peac ...

Daily Loaf

• 5 books that are sure to heat up your kitchen life
  I like to read — a lot. I could make lists counting the hundreds of books that make great reads. Unfortunately, we don’t have the time and you may not have the attention span for that. To keep it short and sweet, here’s a list of five books that I feel add depth and meaning [...]
• Beer Review: Victory Hop Devil/Victory Hop Wallop
  Victory Brewing Company opened up fifteen years ago in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, but only recently entered the Florida market.  With such beers as their highly touted Prima Pils and Storm King Stout, Victory has earned a rightful place among the respected craft brewers in the United States.  St ...
• D’s nuts: Rays’ crazy defense feeds hitting, p ...
  Tampa Bay took the series victory against the Chicago with the win, getting back to .500 and improving to 2 games back in the American League East division. Rays look for sweep tomorrow.
• Interview with Michael Foley about the Florida ...
  The Florida Dance Festival provides a springboard for raw talent and fresh ideas.
• Just plain cheesy: Celebrate National Grilled ...
  April is National Grilled Cheese Month: an entire four weeks devoted to the American classic. The following sandwich recipe is from cheese expert and author Laura Werlin’s book, Great Grilled Cheese.

Vaccine Resistance Movement

• VRM: Pandemic Preparedness & The Dark Agenda Ahead
  We are currently entering the next phase in the Globalist plan to erode the bedrock of natural immunity amongst the general population, a race to gain complete control over our inherent right to self-determination of the body. Based on all my research thus [...]
• VRM: PCV Vaccine Exposed – Breeding Grou ...
  The road-map leading to most neurological & neuro-developmental disorders traces back to the earliest vaccines administered to babies (HEP B, DTaP, PCV, RV, HIB, IPV, MMR). Timing is the key – a premature breach of the delicate, under-developed “electrical grid network” designed to prot ...
• VRM: The Flu Report
  The Flu Vaccine deception ranks as one of the great cover-ups & swindles of the last century perpetrated against the general population. Not only has the public been systematically lied to by their elected Government for generations (in league with the World Health Organization & a Vacc ...
• VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5B – ...
  Article continued  from VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5A – Detoxification & Restoration of The Body Replenishing the vital mineral base We must look to children with Autism to determine the full extent of “vaccine toxicity” derived nutrient deficiencies incurred in th ...
• VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5A – ...
  Article intended to be read in conjunction with VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 4 – Primary Aspects of Vaccine Toxicity Affecting The Body The Long Road To Recovery There are unfortunately no shortcuts to restoring natural, optimal health levels in the body, no quick fix sol ...

B.C. Preppers Network

• You Know You're Getting Old When...
  A few weeks back we received our new high-efficiency front loading LG washer and dryer set and I have to say, I'm pretty impressed by them. The set was only around $1000 (on sale) but I felt like I'd gone from a Chevette to a Cadillac when compared to our old set.  A cute little luxur ...
• Control Your Home Thermostat On the Internet!
  Today a fellow from our natural gas company came by to install a new thermostat as part of the Peaksaver program that we signed up for. If you haven't heard of Peaksaver, basically what it does is allow the Ontario government electricity provider to turn off your central air conditi ...
• Happy Day!: The Water Bill Arrived!
  After being shocked a few months ago with a water bill of over $240 I decided to do a few things to cut down on our water use We converted our main toilet to a dual-flush and installed a water saving device on the second (haven't switched it over to a dual yet). We also installed a new ...
• Strawberry Picking
  Our family went strawberry picking this morning, it's a fun thing to do once in a while and I think it's a good way to help our 3-year old daughter realize where food comes from. While my wife picked berries with our oldest I went for a walk around the farm with our youngest in the stroller ...
• Pioneer Solar: PV System For Free?
  I received a flyer from Pioneer Solar in the mail the other day which claims to help people get a solar system installed on their house, farm, or business for free. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, like most things there's good and bad points about it and what might be a good deal fo ...

Michael Yon

• Aerial Camouflage – It’s Not Easy Being Green… ...
  04 April 2012 ©2012 MEDEVACmatters.org The recent discussions about removing the Red Crosses on white backgrounds from the Army’s MEDEVAC helicopters created quite an uproar from Army leadership. They based their arguments against doing so mostly on a misunderstanding the terms of the Geneva Co ...
• Attempted Fraud Using Ebay and PayPal names
  Scam Packing slip 05 April 2012 Monday I listed some camera gear for sale on Ebay.  Starting bid was $7,000, but for $7,700 a buyer could take everything immediately.  Soon after came a closing sale from the United Kingdom. The "sale" "went through" immediately for $7,700, and the b ...
• MEDEVACmatters.org
  02 April 2012 The Army continues to insist that certain helicopters in Afghanistan must wear Red Crosses to abide by Geneva Conventions.  This is untrue.  There is no requirement to wear Red Crosses in combat.  At cost of troops’ lives, the Army uses these Red Crosses as a tool i ...
• Sergeant Godsmack vs. Nazar
  27 March 2012 PTSD is a serious problem.  Suicides by veterans happen many times per day, every day.  At best, PTSD can degrade the quality of life of veterans and their families.  At worst, unmanaged, the human toll is incalculable. Other problems with “military PTSD:” 1) PTSD ...
• Panjway, Afghanistan: Amphitheater of War
  For a larger view please click on image or one of the links below. 23 March 2012 This panorama was made in the general area where the Panjway 17 massacre unfolded.  The view is over the Arghandab River Valley, a place that Canadian and many US forces know well.  The Arghandab can be ...

The Killing Train

• Help that hurts: An interview with Tim Schwart ...
  First published on ZNet, March 18, 2012 Tim Schwartz is an anthropologist with extensive experience in the foreign aid sector in Haiti. He is the author of the book, Travesty in Haiti, and of an upcoming book studying the nature and problems of the ways nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) opera ...
• Professionals and Torturers
  The key moment in many revolutions comes when police and militaries refuse to fire on crowds. But what is difficult to explain about those moments is their infrequency. Soldiers and police come from the same society as the crowds. Why do they kill them? Why are elites and authorities able to res ...
• The regressive politics of the Iranian-Canadia ...
  [This article, by Shourideh Molavi and myself, was first published in The Bullet - version with links is there]. The regressive politics of the Iranian-Canadian Khevari petition Shourideh Molavi and Justin Podur November 11, 2011 On October 12, members of the Iranian-Canadian community sent a pe ...
• An interview for occupy Toronto
  Activist and comedian Jesse Owens interviewed me for the #occupyto.org website, way back in ancient occupy toronto history (ie., October 26). For posterity, I am also reproducing it here. Thanks Jesse... --- read more
• Some thoughts on Whiteness and the 99%
  I have some disagreements with Joel Olson's article, "Whiteness and the 99%", but I will start with some agreements. I agree that "biologically speaking, there's no such thing as race." read more

treehugger

• Bus Blocks Driver From Fleeing After Hit-and-R ...
  Thankfully, the fleeing driver's reputation was the only thing seriously injured following this foiled hit-and-run.
• Israel Hopes To Attract Flocks Of Bird Watchin ...
  Israel invests $10 million for orinthological centers along the Syrian-African Rift Valley Migration Route.
• Loomstate Creates Colorful Transformer Clothin ...
  Comprised of colorful, multifunctional, and versatile wardrobe staples, Loomstate's 321 Collection is all boasts impressive transformer clothing.
• America's Best Organics Delivers Organic, Loca ...
  Filled with organic, gluten-free, and vegan goods from candy to candles and soaps to nuts, these care packages offer a healthy gift option.
• Is It Time for Organic, All-Natural, Artificia ...
  If blue cubes of partially hydrogenated oils and dextrose can sell, what could marketers do with organic, all-natural, artificial blueberries?

Democratic Voice of Burma

• Armed groups hold talks with government
  Representatives from the Arkan Liberation Party and the Karen National Union are meeting with government negotiators to discuss potential peace deals
• Power cuts increase in elections’ wake
  While power cuts have been rare during the last year, large cities across the country are being subjected to numerous cuts during the height of the summer
• Media freedom in Burma still limited
  While the Burmese government have made nascent moves to prevent censorship, media watchdog groups claim stronger policies are needed to protect free speech
• Displaced in Kachin state
  While the country’s by-elections continue to grab headlines across the globe, conflict is ravaging Kachin state where government forces and Kachin Independence Army troops are fighting. During a recent trip, photographer Brennan O’Connor documented the lives of the internally displac ...
• Deadly malaria strain threatens Thai-Burma border
  A drug-resistant strain of malaria has spread rapidly to the Thai-Burma border, raising concerns of an uncontrollable epidemic

Telegraph - Climate Change

• Climate scientists are losing the public debat ...
  Green campaigners and climate scientists are losing the public debate over global warming, one of the movement's leading proponents has admitted.
• World landmarks fade to black for Earth Hour
  Hundreds of famous landmarks around the world from the Eiffel Tower to the Great Wall of China are plunged into darkness to mark the annual Earth Hour.
• Postage and pasties: some more fine messes tha ...
  Why are our politicians so keen to hide the hand that our government in Brussels has had in the latest fiascos? asks Christopher Booker.
• Britain is bedevilled by short-termism
  Telegraph View: For some reason, we seem to have lost the capacity to think strategically.
• Horizon: Global Weirding, BBC Two, review
  Horizon: Global Weirding was a missed opportunity to ask what is causing climate change, says Andrew Marszal

National Geographic | Environment

• Growing Food Demand Strains Energy, Water Supplies
  In western India and around the world, agricultural growth is being stoked by unsustainable irrigation practices that sap aquifers and require huge amounts of energy.
• Cameron Exclusive: After Record Dive, Why Go B ...
  James Cameron is eager for scientists to continue exploring Earth's deepest point. "Train me up, and set me down," project geologist says.
• Titanic Would Encounter More Icebergs Today?
  If Titanic had sailed a hundred years later, it may have encountered many more icebergs, possibly due to global warming, scientists say.
• With Gas Prices High, U.S. Refinery Closures H ...
  The economic pain of U.S. East Coast refinery closures may spread beyond job losses. Already high gas prices could climb still higher as summer approaches.
• "Lost" Long-Fingered Frog Found in Africa
  In a handy stroke of luck, scientists have rediscovered a "lost" African species: the Bururi long-fingered frog.

Jurist - Legal Research

• Federal appeals court hears arguments for Appl ...
  [JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit [official website] heard arguments [oral argument, MP3] on Friday on Apple's request for a temporary injunction against distribution of Samsung's "Galaxy" products, but it seemed skeptical of Apple's arguments. Apple appealed a decision by ...
• ICC prosecutor predicts Kony will be arrested ...
  [JURIST] International Criminal Court [official website] Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo [official profile] told the Associated Press on Friday that he is certain that fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony [BBC backgrounder] will be arrested this year [AP report]. Moreno-Ocampo pointed to the ...
• President Obama signs bill banning insider tra ...
  [JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official website] on Wednesday signed the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act (STOCK Act) [S 2038, PDF], which prohibits members and employees of Congress, the president and thousands of other federal officials from using non-public knowledge in making ...
• Wisconsin governor quietly signs 51 pieces of ...
  [JURIST] Wisconsin governor Scott Walker [official website] on Thursday and Friday signed 51 pieces of legislation [press release], including controversial bills regarding employment discrimination, sex education and abortion. Walker raised the ire of opponents [AP report] by quietly signing the ...
• Tunisia appeals court upholds conviction again ...
  [JURIST] A Tunisian military appeals court upheld the convictions against ex-president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] on Saturday for torturing military officers over an alleged coup plot in 1991. The appeals court reduced the four-year sentences against individuals f ...

Atlantic | Mark Ambinder

• Administration Admits That Indefinite Detentio ...
  The Obama administration acknowledged Tuesday that it would be a violation of current law to transfer individuals from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to its soon-to-be acquired Thomson prison in Illinois unless they are destined for a federal trial or military tribunal. In a conference call with reporte ...
• Is Obama Endorsing WWE Wrestling?
  For years, the World Wrestling Entertainment corporation has tinkered with a variety of strategies to improve its public image. The company toned down the storylines, aiming for a TV PG rating. They inaugurated voter registration drives in 2004, 2006 and 2008. They're a ubiquitous presence on th ...
• At Spy Agency, More Women At Higher Levels
  CIA Director Leon Panetta is taking steps to increase the number of women at the highest levels of the nation's most fabled spy agency.
• Obesity In The Health Care Bills
  Having studied the latest research on the economics and politics of obesity, I've grown skeptical that a convincing case can be made that government-wide interventions can reduce obesity's cost contribution to the health care system in the near-term. The more one studies obesity itself and its e ...
• The Atlantic's Boldest: Department Of Corrections
  1. President Obama plans to transfer prisoners from Guantanamo Bay to Thomson, Illinois, not Thompson. 2. Rep. Collin Peterson is a Democrat from Minnesota, not Michigan.

COAT - Coalition to oppose the Arms Trade

• [COAT] WikiLeaks on Canada in Iraq War - coat
• [COAT] CANSEC Arms Bazaar Protest, June 1, Ott ...
• [COAT] Put a SNAG in CANSEC: Spring Nuremberg ...
• [COAT] WikiWeapons Cda Exposes 18,888 Export C ...
• [COAT] Latest on Cda's Arms Exports & CANSEC r ...

Bulletin of American Scientists - News

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• SKorea on alert after ship hit by mysterious b ...
• Obama administration may send U.S.-Russia arms ...
• Energy Secretary Steven Chu on the nation's en ...

Tikun Olam

• U.S. Demands of Iran Threaten to Scuttle Nucle ...
  The NY Times reports that the U.S. “demands” it will make of Iran in the upcoming round of negotiation: The Obama administration and its European allies plan to open new negotiations with Iran by demanding the immediate closing and ultimate dismantling of a recently completed nuclear ...
• Seattle’s Jewish Newspaper Editor Refuses Op-E ...
  TweetOver the past few days, I’ve asked Joel Magalnick, editor of Seattle’s JTNews, the community Jewish newspaper, to publish a news story correcting numerous errors in its coverage of the recent Seattle pinkwashing controversy.  This involved the cancellation of an Israeli receptio ...
• Plaintiffs in Olympia Food Coop Anti-BDS Lawsu ...
  TweetThe Olympia Superior Court judge hearing the Olympia food coop anti-BDS lawsuit held a hearing to determine the penalties that the plaintiffs would pay the defendants, whose position was upheld in an ant-SLAPP ruling that dismissed the case.  Lawyers for the food coop made a claim for $400, ...
• Seymour Hersh: U.S. Trains and Facilitates MEK ...
  TweetWhen is a terrorist not a terrorist?  When he’s OUR terrorist. This just about knocked my socks off!  Sy Hersh, reporting in the New Yorker, one ups Mark Perry and just about everybody else with a story that the Bush administration provided MEK operatives terror training at secret fac ...
• Seattle Jewish Community Leadership Misreprese ...
  TweetIMPORTANT: Please donate as generously as you can on behalf of an ad I plan to publish in the Seattle JTNews in protest of its distorted coverage of the Seattle City LGBT commission’s cancellation of a reception for an Israeli LGBT delegation that was part of an Israeli government pin ...

If Americans Knew

• Remember Rachel Corrie
  On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie was killed by Israeli soldiers driving a bulldozer. Please help us keep Rachel's memory and message alive! Order materials to distribute to your friends, family, neighbors, and community.
• US Media and Israeli Military: All in the Family
  Recent exposes revealing that Ethan Bronner, the New York Times Israel-Palestine bureau chief, has a son in the Israeli military have caused a storm of controversy that continues to swirl and generate further revelations.
• A History Lesson for Obama: Eisenhower's Example
  With President Obama's Middle East peace plans so completely -- and humiliatingly -- shipwrecked on the rocks of Israeli intransigence, it's time for him to consider a new approach, at least if he's serious about his announced objectives. In the spirit of bipartisanship that he's so dedicated to ...
• The First Intifada
  It's interesting to find myself a small factor in the California race for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. But before I get to that, it's necessary to take a look at the campaigns themselves, and the system in which they're running.
• My "Relationship" With Tom Campbell: A Wrench ...
  The First Intifada was a grassroots uprising against Israel's occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem. Intifada is an Arabic word for "civil uprising" that literally means "shaking off."

David J. Gregory

• The Eye On Citrus Show
  http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://davidjgregory.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/the-eye-on-citrus-show/ Our latest radio show is up, talking about the GOP Forum held in Crystal River this past Saturday, Jan 14, 2010. The two non-fiction books relating the dark and illegal deeds of t ...
• Jesse Ventura, 63 Documents the Government Doe ...
  http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://davidjgregory.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/jesse-ventura-63-documents-the-government-does-not-want-you-to-read/ EyeOnCitrus.com is proud to announce that Jesse Ventura, newest book, 63 Documents The Government Doesn’t Want you to read, is availab ...
• What side are you on?
  As a Thanksgiving deadline nears for action by the powerful congressional committee on deficit reduction, Bernie sounded an alarm over reports that Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid may be cut. "The American people have been very clear. They understand how important Social Security, Med ...
• Listen to Art Bell’s Coast to Coast HAAR ...
  This is an (CLICK HERE FOR THE SHOW) encore presentation of a show that aired in 2005. It’s revealing because it discusses the secret facility in Alaska that manipulates the ionosphere with possible devastating results. Listen to scientists working on it then and their reluctance to speak about ...
• Official 9/11 Fable To Become Part Of School C ...
  Government-supported effort to ‘encourage critical thinking’ actually encourages obedient regurgitation of lies Paul Joseph Watson Rest of Story on Prison Planet.com Tuesday, September 6, 2011 “We don’t need no education….we don’t need no thought control.” In a week where the establishment is de ...

Unsuitable Blog

• The Unsuitablog Archive
  The Unsuitablog contains a huge range of posts from simple criticism to investigation to downright in-your-face sabotage. It also has heaps of advice on how to recognise and expose greenwash and the entire series of Monthly Undermining Tasks which helped the book Underminers become a reality. To ...
• The Unsuitablog: Winding Down and Winding Up
  Four years, and it feels like it. It would take a book to tell the story of The Unsuitablog: all the work that has gone into it; the sleepless nights wondering whether a stunt would come off or what the repercussions of an exposure would be; the arm-aching pixel manipulation in creating the hund ...
• You’re Not Taking “Radical” ...
  On Monday 5th December, 2011, Bill McKibben, author and figurehead-leader of 350.org wrote the following in the Daily Kos: You think OWS is radical? You think 350.org was radical for helping organize mass civil disobedience in DC in August against the Keystone Pipeline? We’re not radical. Radica ...
• Strikes vs Royal Weddings
  There is going to be a strike in Britain on Wednesday. The UK Government are condemning it. This is starting to appear all over Facebook: When the government decide we can have a day off for the royal wedding it doesn’t damage the economy, but when the workers decide to strike for a day it ...
• WWF Denies Palm Oil is the Problem, then Count ...
  It seems there is no depth to which the corporate world’s own favourite NGO, WWF, will not sink. An article in this week’s Guardian was happy to give WWF some free publicity, implying that the group actually give a stuff about the wildlife they were apparently set up to protect (or s ...

Subalternate Reality

• Forget The Wealthy. How Do We Tax The Lucky?
  A few weeks ago, the Washington Post ran a lengthy, above-the-fold piece looking into what impact capital gains tax rates were having on wealth inequality in America. “Most of the richest Americans pay lower overall tax rates than middle-class Americans do,” the reporters noted, adding that duri ...
• Muslim-Baiters Don’t Want To Be Treated ...
  Over the weekend, I posted the following message on Twitter: “When a Muslim commits terror, every Muslim in the world somehow shares responsibility. When it’s a white Christian, he’s always a lone wolf.” I wasn’t commenting on the tendency of commentators to use different words to de ...
• Keith Ellison’s Tears And Epistemic Closure
  Rep. Peter King’s hearings looking into the “radicalization” of the American Muslim community, and the suggestion that the community doesn’t cooperate with law enforcement, was largely a waste of time and tax dollars. The affair didn’t produce a single insight into the actual and urgent issue of ...
• Praying On Qasr al-Nil
  One of the more memorable scenes of the Egyptian revolution will surely be that of ordinary Egyptian’s praying on Cairo’s Qasr al-Nil Bridge as members of Egyptian state police direct their water cannons at them. Truly a remarkable sight. via Al Jazeera Filed under: Middle East Tagged: Al-Jazeer ...
• “I Support Democratization, But…&# ...
  The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg – one of the key proponents of the disastrous invasion of Iraq – has some serious misgivings about the fledgling pro-democracy movement that’s taken over the streets of Egypt. “I support democratization, but,” he cautions, “the democratization we saw in Gaza (cour ...

Idea Lab | Technology

• Bills Are Not a Changelog: Why You Can't Turn ...
  There is a common belief that since laws are the result of legislation, then surely one can automatically assemble an amended version of the code based on the bills that have passed the legislature. This is both a really cool idea and a wrong one. Your standard narrative of how a bill becomes ...
• Spending Stories to Dive Into Data at the Inte ...
  The Spending Stories team's experience in leading data journalism workshops, such as the one last year on EU spending in Utrecht and EuroHack in Warsaw, has shown that there are still a lot of barriers hindering data journalists from reporting on spending. This month, April 25-29, at the Interna ...
• Reporters Observe PANDA in Its Natural Habitat
  First and foremost: Thanks to our early users for helping us make PANDA better! At the NICAR conference in St. Louis, we helped almost two dozen PANDA servers enter the world in less than an hour. We're hoping this is a sign that we've made PANDA easy enough for many newsrooms to install. Plu ...
• Colorful City Tracking Maps Launch Under Creat ...
  Maps.stamen.com, the second installment of the City Tracking project funded by the Knight News Challenge, is live. These unique cartographic styles and tiles, based on data from Open Street Map, are available for the entire world, downloadable for use under a under a Creative Commons Attribu ...
• A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Developing iWitness
  iWitness, our project to create a tool to aggregate social media by time and place, is now well underway, and we're looking forward to sharing some of our thinking about the design of the tool with you in the coming weeks. In the meantime, we've asked our development partners at EdgeCase to ...

Cutting Edge News

• Egypt after Mubarak - The Muslim Brotherhood a ...
  Israel has been concerned about the stability of the regime in Egypt since the signing of the 1979 peace treaty. The growing struggle between the ruling authorities and radical Muslims was one of those concerns.  In 2005 the Muslim brotherhood won 88 out of 454 seats in the Parliament. This ...
• Edge of Healthcare - Archbishop Dolan of New Y ...
  Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, said on April 8 the Obama administration’s policy on contraception was “a dramatic radical intrusion of government bureaucracy in the internal lifeâ€� of the Catholic Church and vowed to continue to fight the ruling.In an interview on ...
• Election 2012 - Obama apparently Abandons Push ...
  The Obama administration has all but abandoned its push to require federal contractors to disclose their political donations.A year ago, the White House composed a draft executive order that would have forced potential government contractors to reveal their political spending as a condition of s ...
• The War on Drugs - When Saying 'No' to the War ...
  Just say no? It is not only a viable statement to make; it should also be imperative when seeking alternatives for the drug-trafficking problem. Countries’ national spirits have been asphyxiated due to drug violence. In some instances, a number of towns and cities throughout northern Mexico ex ...
• Film Review - Jeff, Who Lives at Home: Wherein ...
  The title of Jeff, Who Lives at Home announces a movie that must be a variation on a now common theme: that of the young male slacker in his late 20s and approaching middle age who somehow can’t manage to get off his parents’ couch and grow up, as generations past have done from necessity. T ...

High Country News

• Support the High Country News Intern Program
• A final hats off to rancher Doc Hatfield
  With the help of his wife, Connie, and a bunch of determined fellow ranchers, the late Doc Hatfield helped change the face of public-lands ranching in the West.
• Conserving water makes more sense than moving ...
  It makes both ecological and economic sense to try to use water more efficiently, rather than gamble on high-stakes, ill-advised, expensive water diversion schemes.
• Face it: All forests are "sluts"
  If an allegedly untouched piece of woodland is "virgin forest," what does that make a forest that’s been logged or burnt or otherwise used by humans over the years?
• Margaret Hiza Redsteer uses Navajo memories to ...
  A scientists taps the recollections of tribal elders as part of her work to piece together the story of landscape change on the Navajo Nation.

CounterCurrents

• Why Is Obama Sending 12, 000 U.S. Troops To Li ...
  By Cynthia McKinney It is with great disappointment that I receive the news from foreign media publications and Libyan sources that our President now has 12,000 U.S. troops stationed in Malta and they are about to make their descent into Libya
• Will A Pro-Gadhafi Green Revolution Topple The ...
  By Franklin Lamb The signs from Libya are that this country remains volatile and that contrary to NATO claims that it put into place a new democratic Libya that the predictable next chapter is starting to unfold that may bring the end of the NTC before the coming June elections when it is sched ...
• US Doubles Aircraft Carriers Near The Persian Gulf
  By Peter Symonds The Obama administration has reinforced the threat of American military strikes against Iran by doubling the number of US aircraft carrier groups in the region. The provocative decision heightens the danger of war in the Persian Gulf as the US moves aggressively to impose a de ...
• And Who, By the Way, Is John C. Stennis?!?
  By Toby ORyan Who, you might ask, is John C. Stennis? What are the boons and benefits for humanity accomplished by this John C. Stennis such that he came to have his name emblazoned on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier?
• What Does Ken Ford Know? And Who Put Him In Pr ...
  By Cynthia McKinney Ken Ford, Jr. wrote an intelligence report on the Iraq War which contradicted the Administrations reason for going to war against Iraq

Contagious Love Experiment

• Kill Team: The Bigger Picture
  Sorry to have been slacking on the blog. Here’s an article I wrote and forget to post… better late than never!   Kill Team: The Bigger Picture http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/06-8
• Kill Team: The Bigger Picture
  Sorry to have been slacking on the blog. Here’s an article I wrote and forget to post… better late than never!   Kill Team: The Bigger Picture http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/06-8
• Dear Mr. Beck, I Shook Hands with the Antichrist
  Dear Mr. Beck: I Shook Hands with the Antichrist Earlier this week, Michael Lind wrote an article for Salon about the misplaced energy in demeaning alarmists like Glenn Beck.1 Having friends and family who often revere the inflammatory rhetoric of Beck, Palin, Limbaugh, and others as a light in ...
• Dear Mr. Beck, I Shook Hands with the Antichrist
  Dear Mr. Beck: I Shook Hands with the Antichrist Earlier this week, Michael Lind wrote an article for Salon about the misplaced energy in demeaning alarmists like Glenn Beck.1 Having friends and family who often revere the inflammatory rhetoric of Beck, Palin, Limbaugh, and others as a light in ...
• Practicing Peace in the New Year
  A friend, Frank Swift, that I met on my first journey has passed along some great practical steps towards peace for the new year. Frank has written a children’s book to help young people see an alternative to the competition and forcefulness that can too easily get instilled in our young p ...

Yid With Lid

• BREAKING: MJ Rosenberg OUT At Media Matters
  Media Matters For America's Jew-Hater-In-Chief is out!   I believe he was pushed.  His promise to stop using the Anti-Semitic term Israel-firster made at the beginning of March  did not take the pressure off himself, or that of MMFA. But I will do so without using t ...
• Interview With Barry Rubin His New Book and Cu ...
  By Barry Rubin 1.) What makes Israel: An Introduction different than the other introductions to Israel on the market? What makes the book unique? Actually, I don’t think there is a single book that provides a comprehensive explanation of Israel’s land, people, history, socie ...
• Newbusted Exclusive: Democrats To Declare U. S ...
  After the almost universal panning of the President's attacks on the Supreme Court earlier this week and the subsequent denial that his attack ever took place, the Democratic party has been exploring other ways to get out of being blamed for the entire healthcare mess created by Obamacare.  ...
• SCREWED! The Rabbis Left Moses Out of the Pass ...
  Moses was screwed! There is no other way to put it. At sundown tomorrow, Jews all across the world will begin the celebration of the holiday of Passover. Outside of Israel, the first two days of the holiday begin with a Seder (Jewish holidays begin in the evening) a family ritual  base ...
• Has Ron Paul Been Replaced by a Zombie?
  Congressman Ron Paul has always been very concerned about wasteful government spending, that's why I was very surprised to see this chart created by Gov.track.us which examines Paul's voting record (on a quarterly basis) since 1997. The median  percentage of missed roll calls for a ...

The Real Agenda

• Russia Readies his Military in case of Iran Attack
  WND | APRIL 9, 2012 The Russian military anticipates that an attack will occur on Iran by the summer and has developed an action plan to move Russian troops through neighboring Georgia to stage in Armenia, which borders on the Islamic republic, informed Russian sources say in a report in Jo ...
• Mujahideen-e-Khalq Terrorist Organization Trai ...
  By TONY CARTALUCCI | LAND DESTROYER | APRIL 8, 2012 Ynetnews reported in their article, “US operated deep in Iran, trained assassins,” that, “the New Yorker reported over the weekend that the US trained members of the Iranian opposition group Mujahideen-e-Khalq. Accor ...
• The U.S. Military and Massacres
  Only China has killed more people than the United States of America By TIM KELLY | THE FUTURE OF FREEDOM FOUNDATION | APRIL 8, 2012 The murderous rampage of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales in Afghanistan has received much deserved media attention. Sgt. Bales’s shooting spree, killing ...
• Anticuerpos Inducidos por Vacunas No son Neces ...
  POR LUIS MIRANDA | THE REAL AGENDA | 7 ABRIL 2012 Históricamente, el establecimiento médico-farmacéutico ha empujado vacunas como la solución milagrosa para cada problema de salud que los seres humanos enfrentan. Las casas farmacéuticas de  llegaron a la conclusión de que las vacunas e ...
• Virus H5N1 Modificado es un Complot para vende ...
  Los científicos se contradicen, ya que habían declarado que el súper virus había sido creado en experimentos de laboratorio. POR LUIS MIRANDA | THE REAL AGENDA | 06 ABRIL 2012 Dos polémicos proyectos de investigación con el virus de la gripe aviar H5N1 no han producido un organismo ase ...

Wind Watch

• Wind farms might not fly due to golden eagles ...
  Researcher Todd Katzner and the U.S. Department of Energyare tailing the same slightly ruffled, strawberry blond: an Eastern Golden Eagle equipped with a tiny cell phone that winters in Connecticut and summers in Quebec. Wingspan, 7 feet; weight,14 pounds; appearance, magnificent. The eagle&#821 ...
• LURC decision leaves First Wind facing first d ...
  LINCOLN, Maine — The state’s largest wind developer could face defeat for the first time in Maine with LURC’s decision Friday to deny a request to withdraw a proposed wind project on Bowers Mountain. The Land Use Regulation Commission voted 5-0 at the Waterfront Event Center to reject First Wind ...
• Bend group sues to halt Steens Mtn. wind project
  It’s considered one of the most pristine wilderness areas in the West. Stretching across southeastern Oregon, over 425,550 undeveloped acres dotted with desert, mountains and wildlife. “It’s hard to find a place like Steens Mountain any more. You know, it’s amazingly wild ...
• Bitterness and anger in Aith and Nesting over ...
  With the prospect of giant turbines almost on their doorsteps, many people in the communities of Nesting and Aith have been opposed to the windfarm from day one. News that energy minister Fergus Ewing has now approved the project was greeted in these areas with anger and incredulity. Many detest ...
• Unesco fear causes French wind project cancelation
  The French authorities have withdrawn a permit for three turbines 20km from Mont-St-Michel in preparation for imposing an exclusion zone around the Unesco World Heritage Site. Mont-St-Michel is a tidal island off the coast of Normandy. Although the island has only 40 occupants, its buildings dat ...

Tippers News

• Three men helped starve kids, court tol
  Three men helped starve five children in Adelaide until they looked like they had came from a famine-affected Third World country, a court has been told. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
• Chinese sex traders challenge verdict
  The three Chinese nationals who were jailed by an Accra Circuit Court for transporting 10 Chinese girls into the country and engaging them in sex trade have appealed against the verdict. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
• Be a Voice for Coastal Louisiana's Wildlife ! ...
  Coastal Louisiana provides habitat to hundreds of wildlife species, including sea turtles, migratory birds, and manatees. But unfortunately, right now Louisiana is also experiencing the highest rate of land loss in the United States Submitted by Cher C. to Environment  |   Note- ...
• About Us,,,You may want to lisent...interesting!
  Interesting Information that you may find interesting With Love... Evelyn (: Submitted by Evelyn J. to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
• Tiger killing 'a crime against nature'
  Three people have been sentenced to a total of eight and a half years in prison for trying to smuggle tiger skins and bones across the Russian border. And for the first time in this kind of case, a charge of 'ecological damage' might be brought for the Submitted by Maria Oniga to Animals &nbsp ...

The Freeman

• Jobs Picture Darkens
  “Employers pulled back sharply on hiring last month, a reminder that the U.S. economy may not be growing fast enough to sustain robust job growth. The unemployment rate dipped, but mostly because more Americans stopped looking for work.” (Associated Press) Government is still blockin ...
• Gold Market Reacts to Bernanke
  “Gold on Thursday recovered some of the previous day’s losses, rising about 1 percent. But it’s still down sharply for the week, a victim of the Federal Reserve’s prediction that it won’t need to take more steps to stimulate the economy.” (Christian Science Mo ...
• Is Serfdom an Executive Order Away?
  The government's executive branch has virtually unchecked authority to declare an emergency during which the private economy would be commandeered.
• Attorney General to Answer Judge on Judicial R ...
  “U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that the Justice Department will respond ‘appropriately’ to a federal appellate judge in Texas who demanded a letter recognizing federal courts’ authority to strike down laws passed by Congress.” (Christian Science Monitor) An o ...
• Americans Lose Interest in Outlying Burbs
  “Stung by high gasoline costs, outlying suburbs that sprouted in the heady 2000s are now seeing their growth fizzle to historic lows, halting American city dwellers’ decades-long exodus to sprawling homes in distant towns.” (Associated Press) Land-use patterns have been heavily ...

Teaching Online Journalism

• Recording phone interviews: A solution that works
  Our graduate student E. K. Sommer recently asked for advice on how to record phone interviews, so I pointed her toward an old (but still very popular) post on this blog: Recording phone calls: For reporters. Sommer, however, found a better solution, and she agreed that I could share it here. She ...
• Multimedia journalism “master classes&#8 ...
  A series of (temporarily) free “master classes” about multimedia journalism just got under way. Andy Bull, a journalism trainer based in the United Kingdom, is offering the classes online in a limited-release format: Each will be available online, free, for a short time, and then dis ...
• Audio slideshows by journalism students
  Sometimes it’s a challenge to find appropriate examples to show to students. Of course we professors love to show them work by top multimedia journalists — but that can be intimidating. Seeing good work by other students can inspire undergraduates to step up and do better. All of the ...
• Data Journalism Examples
    I created a Storify (below) for participants in a recent workshop about data journalism. The purpose is to enable them to explore the subject further on their own. You can compare the original version at the Storify site. To make it appear in this post, I simply exported (to WordPress) f ...
• Social Media and Journalists
  This is a presentation I gave to several groups of TV and print journalists in Singapore. Download the PPT to get the notes and the URLs (March 19–23, 2012). It’s in four parts because it’s long. Part 1 covers concepts and definitions. Part 2 covers Twitter, Tumblr and Pinterest. Pa ...

Facing South

• North Carolina holds extra public hearing on f ...
  Another forum to let the people weigh in on a proposal to lift the state's ban on the controversial natural-gas drilling technique will take place tonight in Pittsboro, N.C. The heari ...
  
• Pressing grocery chains, Florida tomato picker ...
  As Florida's tomato pickers turn their attention to grocery chains, they're training farmworkers to form committees and stand ...
  
• N.C. Attorney General appeals Duke Energy rate ...
  The state Utilities Commission's decision to give the power giant's shareholders a 10.5 percent return on investment was not supported by the evidence, argues AG Roy Cooper.&l ...
  
• Mississippi residents find death along oily Gu ...
  Since the BP disaster, a small but dedicated corps of Gulf residents has monitored the beaches and shorelines, photographing and documenting the steady stream of death and oily waste that sti ...
  
• INSTITUTE INDEX: What's at stake in the Suprem ...
  A by-the-numbers look at what Americans stand to lose if the high court strikes down the Affordable Care Act.
  A by-the-numbers look at what Americans stand to lo ...
  

Worldpress - Africa

• London Conference on Somalia
  Although it succeeded in shining an international light on Somalia's ongoing conflict, the London conference failed in some respects to address dangerous issues of tribalism.
• Kony 2012
  The Kony 2012 video has led to increased U.S. pressure on the Ugandan regime to catch the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader.
• Water and Sanitation in Africa
  Although much more of the world's population has access to clean water than a decade ago, sanitation progress in Africa continues to stagnate.
• Global Fund Fights AIDS, TB and Malaria
  The Global Fund has been fighting disease for a decade in 150 countries, but the time is ripe for reform and reassessment of its operations.
• Global Fund Fights AIDS, TB and Malaria
  The Global Fund has been fighting disease for a decade in 150 countries, but the time is ripe for reform and reassessment of its operations.

Telegraph UK - oil

• Police and students clash in Indonesia over fu ...
  Police and students clash in Indonesia over fuel price subsidy.
• SNP attacks Shetland and Orkney 'troublemakers'
  The SNP has accused MSPs representing the Northern Isles of being "troublemakers" after they warned their constituents might not join a separate Scotland.
• Scotland's oil-rich Northern Isles tell Alex S ...
  Scotland's oil-rich Northern Isles are threatening to destroy Alex Salmond's economic case for independence by warning they might not accept rule from Edinburgh.
• PM and President discussed possibility of tapp ...
  Prime Minister David Cameron said release of strategic oil reserves is "worth looking at" to quell rising fuel prices.
• David Ross loses shareholder vote to take Cosa ...
  David Ross, the multi-millionaire entrepreneur, has lost the vote to take Cosalt private and declared the company will remain publicly listed following a shareholder revolt.

Ian Welsh

• Is the individual mandate really the hill prog ...
  Really? The individual mandate is lousy policy.  It always was.  It is especially lousy policy without a large (100 million +) public option.  The health care plan is, for all intents and purposes, a 90′s Heritage plan. This?  This is what progressives want to fight for? BMaz has a good ar ...
• Is the individual mandate really the hill prog ...
  Really? The individual mandate is lousy policy.  It always was.  It is especially lousy policy without a large (100 million +) public option.  The health care plan is, for all intents and purposes, a 90′s Heritage plan. This?  This is what progressives want to fight for? BMaz has a good ar ...
• Observations on Canadian NDP leader Mulcair an ...
  Last weekend, the federal New Democratic Party (NDP) elected a new leader: Thomas Mulcair, an MP from Quebec, who was a minister in the provincial Liberal government there, before he resigned rather than open a park for development. Mulcair was the front runner, and his victory was hardly a surp ...
• Observations on Canadian NDP leader Mulcair an ...
  Last weekend, the federal New Democratic Party (NDP) elected a new leader: Thomas Mulcair, an MP from Quebec, who was a minister in the provincial Liberal government there, before he resigned rather than open a park for development. Mulcair was the front runner, and his victory was hardly a surp ...
• It is in blood that empires, like humans, are ...
  I think we all remember the year before the Iraq war, the drumbeat of propaganda, the horrible certainty that nothing we could do would stop George Bush’s messianic belief that he must have a war with Iraq because he was ordained by God, and all the great presidents were war presidents. We argue ...

Media Consortium

• New Voices: What Works
• The Media Consortium » The Big Thaw
• Corporations Are Not People -- In These Times
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• Private prison company’s growth went hand-in-h ...
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• Montana AG warns of return to rampant corporat ...
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Reality Asserts Itself

• Drug Wars in Juarez Fuels Boom in El Paso
  My colleague Malak Behrouznami recently returned from Juarez Mexico where she grew up as a child. She as a wonderful heritage - her father is Iranian and her Mother is Mexican. She went Juarez for family and journalistic reasons. One of her objectives was to find out why Juarez has become a terr ...
• PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI NEGOTIATIONS TO NOWHERE NO ...
  A few months ago when shooting a documentary in the Middle East, we met Zeina, a 13-year-old Palestinian living in a Beirut refugee camp. She was traumatized as she watched the Israeli Gaza war on television. It changed her life. She now thinks of revenge and cannot understand the Israeli childr ...
• FROM JOE McCARTHY TO GLEN BECK – TIME TO END F ...
  I listened to Glen Becks "Restoring Honor" speech today hoping to find something of substance to write about. I found a stringing together of such empty phrases it does not bear discussion.  The more important issue is why a man whose megalomania seems to have no bounds can become ...
• PAKISTAN FLOODS AND A FAILED POLICY - UN Sec. ...
  Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, says of the flooding in Pakistan "The world has never seen such a disaster. It's much beyond anybody's imagination". At least 20 million people have lost their homes, more than 1600 have died, and disease and hunger will c ...
• China and the end of the end of history
  Many economists and political analysts think the current recovery, as it's being called, is a rather temporary phenomenon. Many expect the recession to kick back in, and perhaps within a few years get much more serious. What does that mean in terms of the future of the world economy and worl ...

Great Beyond ( Nature )

• Human variome taking shape with Chinese node
  An ambitious project to log all genetic variations that cause human disease lunged forward this week with the launch of the Chinese “node” of the Human Variome Project (HVP). Scientists and clinicians in China meanwhile are hoping participation will spread genetic counseling and genetic medicine ...
• US cell-based flu vaccine plant open for business
  Americans may soon be getting flu jabs made with cells and not eggs. The drug company Novartis opened a first-of-its kind facility in the US to produce influenza vaccines using mammalian cells, Novartis and US government officials announced 13 December. The approach is an alternative to conve ...
• NSF takes broad look at broader impacts
  A National Science Foundation (NSF) task force has finalized its recommendations for tweaking the agency's two merit review criteria, 'intellectual merit' and 'broader impacts'. And central to that effort was a non-prescriptive, big-tent definition of broader impacts, says task force co-chair J ...
• Land grabbing in Africa continues to harm the poor
  More than 200 million hectares of land in poor nations was sold by governments in land-grabbing deals with industry and investors between 2000 and 2010, a new study reports. This high global demand for land is likely to continue for the long term, concludes the study by the International Land ...
• Stratolaunch embarks on hybrid rocket-plane system
  Forget Kennedy Space Center. How about launching massive rockets from the underbelly of the largest plane ever built? On Tuesday, Burt Rutan, of aerospace company Scaled Composites, and billionaire Paul Allen, a former Microsoft executive, announced Stratolaunch Systems -- a company that aims to ...

new geography

• Peyton Manning for President?
  Is the free agency of Colts quarterback Peyton Manning, or the trade of the evangelic Tim Tebow to the New York Jets a far more compelling story than anything yet to emerge from the presidential election news? Compared with Peyton Manning’s dignified handling of his neck injuries and his compli ...
• 'Protestant Ethic' 2.0: The New Ways Religion ...
  In this season when most Americans are more concerned than usual with spiritual matters, it may be time to ask whether religion still matters. Certainly religiosity’s worst side has been amply on display in recent years, from the fanaticism of Islamic terrorists to the annoying sanctimoniousness ...
• Smart Growth: The Maryland Example
  This is Part Two of a two-part series. Evidence that people just don’t like Smart Growth is revealed in findings from organizations set up to promote Smart Growth. In 2009, the Washington Post reported, “Scholars at the National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education found that over ...
• Smart Growth and The New Newspeak
  It’s a given in our representative system that policies adopted into law should have popular support. However, there is a distinction to be made between adopting a policy consistent with what a majority of people want, and pushing a policy while making dubious claims that it harnesses “the will ...
• Commanding Bureaucracies & 'The New Normal'
  Prior to the fifteenth century, China led the world in technological sophistication. Then, it went into a period of long decline. Here’s what Gregory Clark had to say about it in Farewell to Alms: ... When Marco Polo visited China in the 1290s he found that the Chinese were far ahead of the E ...

GM Watch

• Poland imposes ban on MON810
  Poland imposes ban on Monsanto MON810 genetically modified maize Anne Sewell Digital Journal, April 7 2012  http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/322551 Warsaw - In Warsaw, Poland a ban has now officially been imposed on Monsanto's MON810 GMO maize. Recent protests by beekeepers and anti-GMO ac ...
• What's the difference between Fox News and Oxf ...
  NOTE: This is how Gates and Monsanto operate on a beneath-the-radar, day-to-day basis. Sign-ons needed: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/844/611/091/ --- --- What's the Difference Between Fox News and Oxford University Press? Frances Moore Lappe* Huffington Post, 5 April 2012 http://www ...
• Facebook flak for Morrisons over GM livestock ...
  TAKE ACTION: Go to Morrisons' facebook page and let them know what you think:  http://www.facebook.com/MorrisonsWeLoveFood More ideas on how to take action www.gmwatch.org/latest-listing/1-news-items/13812 --- --- Facebook flak for Morrisons over GM livestock feeds Peter Crosskey  Agricultural a ...
• Facebook flak for Morrisons over GM livestock ...
  TAKE ACTION: Go to Morrisons' facebook page and let them know what you think:  http://www.facebook.com/MorrisonsWeLoveFood More ideas on how to take action www.gmwatch.org/latest-listing/1-news-items/13812 --- --- Facebook flak for Morrisons over GM livestock feeds Peter Crosskey  Agricultural a ...
• Poland to ban Monsanto's GM maize
  1.Poland to ban Monsanto's GM maize 2.Greens drum up support against GM crops NOTE: For background: http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13800 --- --- 1.Poland to ban Monsanto's GM maize  AFP, 4 April 2012  http://www.france24.com/en/20120404-poland-ban-monsantos- ...

spiked

• The real lessons for Britain from Bradford West
  Calm down: Galloway’s by-election victory was neither a ‘Bradford Spring’ nor a triumph for Islamism. But it was more than a one-off.
• ‘Too posh for a pasty’ is not a po ...
  The excitable attacks on senior Tories for their privileged backgrounds shows up the poverty of political debate.
• Turning the internet into a police state
  A government that said it’d be ‘strong in defence of freedom’ now wants to spy on everything we do online.
• What is really fuelling Britain’s petrol ...
  This panic shows we're now governed by scared mongers rather than scaremongers, by people whose own fears drive the culture of fear.
• You can’t blame the riots on trainer adverts
  To discover the real cause of the August riots, the intrusive state could do with looking closer to home.

Cryptogon

• 5000+ Artists Line Up For a Pirate Bay Promotion
  “I have even gone so far that I have left my major record label and started up my own. I call it: ‘Do It Yourself Bitch Productions.’” —Soso Via: TorrentFreak: Record labels and Hollywood have described The Pirate Bay as one of the biggest threats to their business, ...
• Britain: Proposed Law Would Require ISPs and D ...
  Will VPNs be outlawed? *chortle* Via: PC Pro: A new bill presented to the House of Lords demands both ISPs and device makers filter adult content. The Online Safety Bill, raised in the Lords by Baroness Howe of Ildicote, asks for ISPs and mobile operators to “provide a service that exclude ...
• Poland to Ban Monsanto’s GM Maize
  Via: AFP: Poland will impose a complete ban on growing the MON810 genetically modified strain of maize made by US company Monsanto on its territory, Agriculture Minister Marek Sawicki said Wednesday. “The decree is in the works. It introduces a complete ban on the MON810 strain of maize in ...
• Arizona Passes Sweeping Law Criminalizing Inte ...
  Via: Jonathan Turley: In one of the most sweeping attacks on free speech in America, the Arizona legislature has passed a draconian bill that would criminalize speech on the Internet (“any electronic or digital device”) that prosecutors consider “obscene, lewd or profane language or . . . sugges ...
• Google Begins Testing Its Augmented-Reality Gl ...
  Here we go… Via: New York Times: If you venture into a coffee shop in the coming months and see someone with a pair of futuristic glasses that look like a prop from “Star Trek,” don’t worry. It’s probably just a Google employee testing the company’s new augmented-reality glasses. On Wednes ...

The Economic Collapse

• 19 Signs Of Very Serious Economic Trouble On T ...
  Most Americans have no idea how much economic trouble is heading our way.  Most of them just assume that everything will eventually "return to normal" just like it always has before and that those running our economy "know what they are doing" and that we should trust them to do ...
• Why Is The Heartland Of America Being Ripped T ...
  What in the world is going on in the heartland of America?  Spring has barely even begun and we are seeing communities all over America being ripped to shreds by gigantic tornadoes.  A lot of meteorologists claimed that the nightmarish tornado season of 2011 was an "anomaly", but ...
• Read This First Before You Decide That Prepper ...
  Do you believe that preppers are a few cards short of a full deck?  Do you assume that anyone that is "preparing for doomsday" does not have their elevator going all the way to the top floor?  Well, you might want to read this first before you make a final decision that all prepp ...
• The 15 Trillion Dollar Party
  If you knew that you could live in luxury for the rest of your life but that by doing so it would absolutely destroy the future for your children, your grandchildren and your great-grandchildren would you do it?  Well, that is exactly what we are doing as a nation.  Over the past ...
• Everything Is Going To Be Alright?
  Is the U.S. economy going to be okay?  Well, if the only source you listened to was the mainstream media, you would be left with the distinct impression that the U.S. economy is heading toward a full recovery and that everything is going to be alright.  Unfortunately, that is not ...

Desertification

• The new World Atlas of Desertification (Google ...
  Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://wad.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.php/atlas The atlas initiative: WAD To address complex global challenges, decision makers and environmental managers have to be able to rely on up-to-date information on the state and trends of land degradation, its ...
• Desertification and farmers knowledge in Egypt ...
  Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.aun.edu.eg/news/dis_int_news.php?id=3531&screen=0 Farmers Knowledge and Practices Related to Desertification in the New Valley Governorate SEMINAR Mr.Tarek Mohamed Ahmed Hussein, postgraduate student at the Rural Sociology & Agric ...
• Financing to combat desertification (Google / ...
  Read at : Google Alert – desertification Financing to combat desertification, land degradation and the effects of drought Unless we move rapidly towards a land degradation-neutral world, we will pay a heavy price sooner rather than later Desertification/land degradation is … Continue ...
• Land Degradation and Desertification in Mongol ...
  Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://tunza.eco-generation.org/ambassadorReportView.jsp?viewID=987&searchType=&searchName=&pageNumber=1 by Seungmoon Kang I studied on land degradation and desertification in Mongolia this time.   < Land Degradation > &#160 ...
• Planting a million trees to improve both envir ...
  Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/Feature/2012/04/08/The%2BMillion%2BTree%2BProject/ The Million Tree Project Tree planting is one of the best ways to protect and improve the environment, especially by preventing land erosion and sandstorms. The Inne ...

The Paper Trail

• IMPACT: Environmental groups sue EPA over lack ...
  Environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency in federal court Thursday over the EPA’s failure to regulate disposal of toxic coal ash.“Politics and pressure from corporate lobbyists are delaying much needed health protections from coal ash,” Lisa Evans, a lawyer&nb ...
• Hurt twice: once in war and once in treatment
  Terrible medical care, long delays in service, and soldiers who felt like they were in a “petting zoo”: Those are just some of the issues identified in a Department of Defense Inspector General report issued March 30th on the Wounded Warrior Regiment.Founded in 2007 as a way to help guide wounde ...
• Russian arms dealer gets 25-year prison sentence
  A judge in New York sentenced arms dealer Victor Bout Thursday to 25 years in prison, permanently ending his run as perhaps the world’s most notorious weapons-dealing kingpin.   Bout was convicted on charges of conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens, conspiracy to kill U.S. employees, conspiracy ...
• Ohio Democrats demand transparency task force ...
  Citing the Buckeye State’s D grade from the State Integrity Investigation, Democratic legislators in Ohio have called for a bipartisan task force to review current ethics laws and consider new legislation to strengthen accountability and transparency.“We have a responsibility to the people of Oh ...
• Delaware lawmakers move to address low grade f ...
  Delaware lawmakers have launched a new legislative effort designed in part to improve the C- grade the state received on lobbying disclosure from the State Integrity Investigation. The First State’s grade ranked it 22nd among the 50 states in that category.  The bill would require lobb ...

backofthebook.ca

• “Bully” gets a bigger pulpit
  By Montreal Simon It never made any sense. A movie where children kill each other gets a PG-13 rating, a documentary about children getting bullied gets rated R. So I’m glad to see that Bully has been reclassified. I’m happy that kids are going to be able to see it, and that the new ...
• 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 ...

libcom

• http://libcom.org/news/video-antifascist-yogurt-attack-during-live-tv-show-07042012
  Amazing footage of an Antifascist attack with yogurts and eggs in Greece during a live TV interview. The TV presenter was attacked in this manner because a week before he hosted an interview with the representative of the greek Neo-Nazi party "Golden Dawn". See The Video at http://ath ...
• Wildcat Strikers Get Ready to Fight their Paci ...
  hutabatory.png On April 2, a wildcat strike broke out in a metalworks in Chorzow, Poland. Tomorrow police and private security will try to violently break it. On April 2, a few ...
• Accusations against housing movements in Rome ...
  451484c888729d5b11e2442b14a00054_L.jpg In September 2009, hundreds of Carabinieri stormed a school in the Magliana area of Rome and arrested dozens of people who were occupying it. The charges made ag ...
• Successful autoworker strike in Russia
  kaluga.jpg Kaluga Benteler auto workers win strike in battle over wages, collective agreements and union recognition. Workers at a factory in the city of Kaluga, Soutwest of Mos ...
• Migrant stories from Fortress Italy
  cie-lager.jpg It’s spring, and while most of us are already organising our summer holidays, some people have very different journeys in mind. In Northern Africa, migrants from all over the continent t ...

Free Range International

• Extended Shelf Life – April Fools Edition
  In my last post I claimed to have reached the end of my useful shelf life as a blogger which, it turns out, is not true.  I’m back in Afghanistan and what better day to turn the FRI blog back on than April Fools? Groundhog day would have been more appropriate but I missed it. [...]
• Back in the USSA
  I’ve been trying to come up with a post for over a month now but don’t have any good pictures because I’m back in America, sans super cool Nikon which got blown up in the Helmand, and without good pictures I don’t seem to be able to write.  That camera cost over a thousand bucks [...]
• The Gladiators
  Editors Note:  B is taking some time off from destroying Libtards on Thomas Ricks blog to vent on a topic few men will dare touch.  At the Foriegn Policy blog he’s been coming up with stuff like this: Personally, I am glad that while I had to worry about leaders who were more worried about ...
• War Groupies
  This is the second entry in the new “Paint Baba Tim’s White Fence” program.  The first was from my Dad and this one is from my good friend B.  Regular readers have probably guessed by now that B and I worked together in Afghanistan and know each other well.  As I deal with agen ...
• THE DIVERSITY PLATOON
  Editors Note:  This post is the first (of what I hope to be many) posts from my father Major General J.D. Lynch Jr. USMC (Ret.) The Current Situation Forty years ago, the American military was held in great contempt by the public it served. The feeling was returned in roughly equal measure. We ...

The Story Behind the Story

• The Bullet Designed to “CLEANSE” t ...
  According to a story from UPI (United Press International) – the 50,000+ “agents” of Homeland Security will have their sidearms loaded with a very lethal projectile: http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2012/03/13/ATK-producing-ammo-for-Homeland-Security/UPI-91311 ...
• BBC Interviews Mormon Apostle Jeffrey R. Holland
  One thing is for certain, the candidacy of Willard “Mittens” Romney is causing the critical spotlight to shine on Mormonism like never before. Where is the AMERICAN “Mainstream Media”?  Why does it take the BRITS to come to Utah and ask the LDS “Authorities” s ...
• Predictive Programming and the Microchip
  What exactly is “Predictive Programming”?   Simply another word for Edomites usurping God – aka TRANSHUMANISM! When you watch this great video, remember that “Artificial Intelligence” via an Edomite SUPER COMPUTER is scheduled to go “on line” and become ...
• Kane Commits Perjury (Again).
  Once again, I have no choice but to defend myself against the mean-spirited ranting of Ms. Kane and Hypocrite Horowitz. I can ignore their lunacy and false witnessing only so long. In a sworn statement under penalty of perjury to WordPress, Sherri Kane filed a DCMA notice alleging that I, A. Tru ...
• Kane and Horowitz Continue Round Two – M ...
  Recently, posts to this blog made in June of last year concerning Leonard Horowitz and his girlfriend Sherri Kane have been forcibly removed by our friends at WordPress.  The reason??  Kane falsely declared (under penalty of perjury) that she had “EXCLUSIVE” rights to the recorded vi ...

du la bab - Now is the Time

• Life in a carbon neutral world…
  There’s a great Story from the New York Times / International Herald and Tribune about a 28 year old product designer from Luxembourg attempting to live a carbon neutral life in Barcelona, Spain. Her story is at certainly inspiring, although sometimes uncomfortable to read about… who ...
• BPA, Phthalates, Toxic Plastic Bottles, Sippy ...
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• Food Miles – how far your food travels & ...
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• Getting real about energy production & reduction
  Here’s a great video from a Cambridge University Physicist David Mackay. He’s discussing practical ways of measuring domestic power consumption, ways of producing energy, and he debate about replacing traditional fossil fuels based methods of producing electricity with more sensible ...

Mansbridge One on One - CBC

• Ken Dryden, NHL Hall of Famer (Jan 7, 2012)
  Hockey and the hits: it's been a season where a lot has been said about headshots, concussions and suspensions. How much has the game really changed, and what is at stake for its future? One of the games great players of the past, one of its most passionate observers of the present, takes on tho ...
• Malcolm Gladwell (Dec 31, 2011)
  Renowned author wraps the critical events of 2011.
• The Mansbridge Conversations 2011
  Highlights of Peter's interviews of the year, including conversations with Jack Layton, Olivia Chow, Nicole Williamson, Malcolm Gladwell and others.
• NAGUIB SAWIRIS
  Peter sits down with Egyptian businessman and politician Naguib Sawiris ahead of the country's first free elections about his hopes for and disappoinment in Egypt's Arab Spring
• Shawn Atleo - National Chief of the Assembly o ...
  In the wake of the crisis in Attawapiskat First Nation, Shawn Atleo discusses the future of Canada's Abroiginal communities.

Scotts Contracting

• I took the Energy Star Pledge Have You?
  Twitter <—- Find Me —> Facebook Web Site: http://stlouisrenewableenergy.com scottscontracting Job Site Photo Album Green Blog Related articles New Company Website for St Louis Renewable Energy (scottscontracting.wordpress.com) Do Squirrels and Rabbits Ravage Your Garden? (sco ...
• Garden Screen Protector-City Garden
  How I plan to protect the back-yard vegetable garden from the Birds, Squirrels, Rabbits, and other malicious garden destroying animals. Deer Block Mesh supported by: 1/2 Metal Conduit Related articles Do Squirrels and Rabbits Ravage Your Garden? (scottscontracting.wordpress.com) New vegetable ga ...
• 2012 Election Poll-What are the Issues that re ...
  What are the 5 most Important Issues in the upcoming election to you and your family. Created March 23, 2012 Compare the Results of the 2010 Election Poll to the Issues of today- Poll Results from 2010 Election Issues 2010 Election (created Oct 28, 2010)-What issues are most important to you and ...
• Do Squirrels and Rabbits Ravage Your Garden?
  Varmit Garden Screen Protector Designed and Built by Scotts Contracting will protect your precious vegetables from the Vermin. Garden Screen Protector Available at Scotts Contracting Sunday March 18, 2012 Planted Back Yard Garden Gambling on Spring Weather Conditions First Plants to Germinate Ma ...
• Help Support Renewable Energy in St Louis
  Because, it’s healthier for the environment and people than pollution from power plants? Because a diverse energy portfolio protects ratepayers from steep rate hikes and fosters competition that keeps electric rates low? Or because installing solar panels and wind turbines creates good jobs that ...

The View From Abroad

• Keynesians Are Clueless
  Paul Krugman didn't see the Great Recession coming and he doesn't see the next crisis coming either.
• Bernanke’s Publicity Stunt
  Fed chairman Ben Bernanke defends corrupt banking cartel by criticizing gold standard.
• Just Who is a Threat to Whom?
  If you look beyond the war propaganda against Iran, it is clear who the real threat to peace is.
• Romney is Focusing on the Wrong Mechanism
  To help the working poor Mitt Romney should propose something other than indexing the minimum wage for inflation.
• Is Obama Attempting to Buy Votes from College ...
  The president is playing politics with the high cost of college.

Foreign Policy in Focus - Military (US)

• April 17: Global Day of Reckoning
  The Global Day of Action on Military Spending, of course
• A Test Case on Iran Sanctions
  U.S. government wants to have it both ways: sanctions on Iran while hiring a contractor that does business with Iran.
• Many Share Blame With Sgt. Bales for Killing o ...
  The chief Afghan investigator agrees that Staff Sgt. Robert Bales was the sole killer of 17 Afghan civilians.
• Justifications for Slaughtering Muslims Were i ...
  Thanks to rules and historical accounts in the Old Testament, early Christians found the justification and precedents they needed to kill Muslims en masse.
• The Foreign Policy President?
  Has Obama had any significant progressive foreign policy successes?

Law.com

• Latest Chevron Outtake: 'They're All Corrupt!'
  Donziger muses 'The judicial system is so utterly weak' in Corporate Counsel's latest release of outtakes from the documentary Crude.
• Minus Kagan, Supreme Court Lets 'Don't Ask' Po ...
  In an order Friday, the Supreme Court denied a motion aimed at allowing a worldwide ban on enforcement of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military to take effect.
• MGA Loses Effort to Stall Trial in Fee Fight W ...
  A Los Angeles judge issued a tentative ruling Friday denying toymaker MGA Entertainment's efforts to stay a lawsuit that was filed by its former lawyers at O'Melveny & Myers.
• Proskauer and English Firm End Their Merger Di ...
  Proskauer Rose and SJ Berwin said Friday they had decided against merging, putting to an end months of speculation about a possible trans-Atlantic tie-up between the two law firms. The firms in a joint statement said "we recognized that the timetable necessary to reach the agreements that would ...
• IRS Throws In Towel on Closely Watched Interna ...

Iranian.com

• What were the six points Obama sent Khamenei t ...
  The Iranian leader has not replied to the US president’s communication up until the present. Instead, in the past week, Tehran has turned its guns on Prime Minister Erdogan and refused to accept Turkey as venue for the nuclear talks.
• Our Men in Iran?
  “The M.E.K. was a total joke,” the senior Pentagon consultant said, “and now it’s a real network inside Iran. How did the M.E.K. get so much more efficient?” he asked rhetorically. “Part of it is the training in Nevada. 
• مصباحی‌مقدم: فاصله بین غنی‌سازی۲۰% تا %۷۵ درصد ...
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• نامه سرگشاده دو فعال کارگری زندانی به احمد شهید
  "شاهرخ زمانی و محمد جراحی" طی نامه ای به "احمد شهید" گزارشگر ویژه حقوق بشر سازمان ملل خواستار توجه ویژه به وضعیت فعالین کارگری زندانی در ایران شدند. read more
• VIDEO: Iran proposes launching courts dedicate ...
  Iran is considering setting up special courts dedicated to cases of cybercrime. read more

Most Revolutionary Act

• A Welsh Resistance Fighter Named Arthur
  In the map above, the magenta areas are regions reconquered and controlled by Arthur 300 yrs later, only North & West Wales and Cornwall remain under the Britons' control As the late Howard Zinn, Michael Parenti, Noam Chomsky and other dissident historians frequently remind us, history i ...
• How the US Missed Out on Concentrating Solar Power
  US CSP plant in Mojave Desert (This is the second of two blogs about Spain’s growing concentrating solar power industry and it’s potential role in solving that country’s debt crisis.) By the end of 2010, Spain had surpassed the US as the world leader in CSP production, increa ...
• General Strikes, Public Marijuana Cultivation ...
  Spain's first concentrating solar power plant (This is the first of two blogs about Spain’s growing concentrating solar power industry and it’s potential role in solving that country’s debt crisis.) Spain has been in the news a lot the past month. On March 29th, they had a ...
• Lone Nut Theory vs Routine Night Pacification
  Since the appearance of a March 27th article by sociology professor James Petras on numerous websites (see The Afghan 17 and the Obama Cover-up), I have been closely following the dispute between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the Obama administration over the number of shooters in the Mar ...
• The Real Source of Greek Debt
  Debtocracy: the Greek documentary (This is the last of three posts about the new female head of the IMF, which the business press is promoting as a “rock star of the economic world,” and how we are being deceived about the real cause of the debt crisis in Europe.) The free Greek docu ...

Michael Moore - Must Read

• 20-Year Veteran to Face Jail Time for Act of C ...
  PRESS ADVISORY 20-Year Veteran to Face Jail Time for Act of Civil Disobedience Disruption of Congressional “Super Committee” could result in 6-month sentence Retired Naval Commander Leah Bolger will appear in court Thursday, April 12th 2012 on charges stemming from her arrest on O ...
• Worker Ownership for the 99%: The United Steel ...
  For release:     March 26, 2012                                          &nb ...
• The End of Men
  Excerpted from Stupid White Men ...And Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation by Michael Moore EARLIER THIS YEAR, my wife and I attended the baptism of our new nephew, Anthony. Our teenage daughter had been asked to be his godmother, a job that would require her to be there for little ...
• Michael Moore Tweets About Rush Limbaugh's "Ap ...
  Rush Limbaugh issues a rare (if ever?) apology: mmflint.me/zvDYzY I didn't know there was anyone on earth who had the power to tell Rush what 2 do. But then there's Bain Capital, financiers of Clear Channel I guess Romney knew that Rush, who made the mistake of saying what most Republicans thi ...
• Q&A on New Rules for Best Documentary Academy ...
  Thank you for your feedback on our new rules for Academy Award voting and eligibility. We are pleased so many of you have welcomed these changes. Some of you, though, still have some questions. Due to some stories in the media that did not explain the new rules correctly or fully, there is a li ...

Salon

• Obama v. Romney: The philosopher candidates
  Not since the New Deal have two candidates embodied the parties' philosophical divide as much as Romney and Obama
• The “NGOs” that spooked Egypt
  History shows that the country is right to regard some U.S.-backed aid organizations warily
• Shaima Alawadi’s murder: Hate crime or h ...
  The murder of an Iraqi immigrant in California has stirred rumors of both a hate crime and an honor killing
• Trayvon polls ignore Latinos
  George Zimmerman identifies as Hispanic, but pollsters lump Latinos with whites when asking about the controversy
• Republicans just don’t get it
  As the GOP continues to repel women voters, can you blame President Obama for opening his arms to greet them?

SMB News

• Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits ...
  For SMB News Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits camps PURWOBINANGUN: Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano spewed more deadly heat clouds Wednesday as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited some of the 50,000 evacuees in shelters. Searing gas billowed from the crater of the 2,91 ...
• Kasaba throws spit on the camera
  \Kasaba throws spit on cameraMUMBAI: Ajmal Kasaba webcam spit on Tuesday during a hearing in the Bombay High Court for confirmation of the death penalty, which led the court strictly tell him to behave properly. Judjes a warning when they Kasaba altercation with the police and spit at the camera ...
• K’taka Speaker disqualifies 16 MLAs
  For SMB News KBANGALORE: Hours ahead of the trust vote for beleaguered Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in the Assembly, Speaker K G Bopaiah disqualified sixteen rebel MLAs, including eleven from ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), legislative sources said on Monday. Bopaiah signed the ...
• Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8
  For SMB News Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8 KARACHI: Eight people including two children were killed and over 65 others suffered injuries when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine in Clifton, official sources said here Thursday. Two heads, beli ...
• Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistake
  For SMB News Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistakes’ LONDON: Former president Gen. (Retd.) Pervez Musharraf Friday admitted that political mistakes were committed in the twilight years of his regime and sought apology from Pakistani nation for the same. “These mistakes caused damage ...

Toronto Star - Editorials

• Flying cars? Why not? But the drive-thru won’t ...
  At $279,999, the “flying car” isn’t for everyone. But we can dream, can’t we?
• Ottawa needs to balance common sense and compa ...
  Immigration Minister Jason Kenney’s immigration shakeup makes a lot sense, but it needs to be leavened with compassion.
• Nunavut may be too optimistic about its polar ...
  Nunavut may be too optimistic about how its polar bears are faring in the face of climate change.
• Toronto Mayor Rob Ford wins labour peace mainl ...
  Toronto Mayor Rob Ford won a solid victory on the labour front, not for his hardline stance but because he compromised.
• By shutting down Rights & Democracy, Stephen H ...
  Rights & Democracy did good work in Afghanistan, Haiti, Africa and Latin America.

Energy Collective

• Cheap Hydrogen Cars In A Decade, Researchers Say
  A new process for producing fuel cells could help bring the cost of hydrogen cars down significantly within 10 years, researchers claim.Staff from the University of Connecticut developed the process, which involves spraying atom-sized particles of a catalyst onto a membrane, to produce hydrogen ...
• Lakotas Launch Hunger Strike Against Tar Sands ...
  In the Dakotas, members of the proud Lakota Nation rose in protest this week to join a  48-hour hunger strike in opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline—and all tar sands pipelines—they say will destroy precious water resources and ancestral lands in the U.S and in Canada.  
• 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

EU Times

• Iranian researcher produces smart Anti-Cancer ...
  Iranian researcher Dr. Omid Farrokhzad of Harvard Medical School has produced a smart cancer drug that is capable of targeting cancer cells in animals. Farrokhzad and his colleagues made the drug in nano scale which enables it to distinguish and target cancer cells without causing common side ef ...
• Plasma Fusion Becomes a Reality
  Scientists in a New Jersey laboratory say they are close to a major breakthrough in the field of fusion that they predict will soon allow for an unlimited source of the cheapest, cleanest and safest energy ever. Researchers at Lawrenceville Plasma Physics in Middlesex, NJ have published the resu ...
• Tens of thousands hold antiwar protests in Germany
  Tens of thousands of protesters have attended rallies in more than 70 cities across Germany to protest against the US-led war in Afghanistan as well as the proliferation of nuclear arms. Hundreds of protesters also gathered in front of the US embassy in the capital Berlin on Saturday to voice op ...
• Cyber Czar wants Homeland Security to patrol A ...
  Lawmakers in Washington are divided as to how to implement cybersecurity legislation to protect against infiltration from hackers, but one insider says the answer is simple: just establish border patrol for the Internet in America. Former George W Bush special adviser for cybersecurity, Richard ...
• United States experiencing deep Depression
  The Egan-Jones agency has downgraded the US credit rating for the second time to AA as debt to GDP surpasses the 100 percent mark and is worsening. Press TV has interviewed Allen Roland, freelance alternative press online columnist in Sonoma California about the latest down grade adjustment to t ...

Stonecipher News

• WPMU Dev - The WordPress Experts!
• Stay Value Neutral When Counseling Clients
  From Chris Stonecipher's http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifFactoidz page: It is important to be value neutral wihttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifth clients to avoid harm by mixing your own values and beliefs with clients that is potentially damaging to th ...
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• Video Games and Teen Violence Correlations
  With the rising increase in teen violence, much research has been directed to determine if video games, violent television shows and other electronic media is directly related. Gentile, D.A. & Anderson C.A (2003) has done extensive research in which supports the theory that video games lead to v ...

Liquida : Worldwide News & Opinion

• Chicago Cubs vs. Washington Nationals Preview, ...
  Sunday afternoon, the guy that some of us didn't want in the rotation -- and who the Cubs could have used in the bullpen over the season's first two games -- will try to salvage the final game of the series against the Nationals in his first start for the Cubs since 2010. I hope Jeff Samardzija ...
• Avila?s homer gives Tigers 13-12 win over Red ...
  Alex Avila’s two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning gave the Detroit Tigers a stunning 13-12 victory over Boston on Sunday, leaving the Red Sox winless in three games under new manager Bobby Valentine. Detroit trailed 10-7 when Miguel Cabrera tied the game with a three-run ...
• Syria: Assad Demands Written Guarantees, Oppos ...
  Two days before the April 10th deadline for President  Bashar Al Assad to pull all troops, the Syrian National Council reported that another 130 people had died, 86 of them being civilians. Given the escalation in violence, “We urge the UN Security Council to intervene urgently to stop the hum ...
• Bubba Watson Wins The Masters
  (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) â Bubba Watson saved par from the pine straw and won the Masters on the second hole of a playoff over Louis Oosthuizen. Trapped among the trees 155 yards from the hole and not able to see the green, the left-hander hit a huge hook Sunday an ...
• Man City Boss Confirms Intention to Sell Troub ...
  Etihad Stadium striker has apparently run out of second chances. Roberto Mancini admits he will look to sell the young Italian forward when the transfer window re-opens. Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini cast doubt over Mario Balotelli’s future after his red card in the 1-0 defeat by Arse ...

Groklaw

• A Common Set of APIs
  Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Eucalyptus Systems announced an agreement last week that enables customers to more efficiently migrate workloads between their existing data centers and the AWS cloud while using the same management tools and skills across both environments. - Marten Mickos, Eucalyptus
• Copy Rights
  "It's one thing for Marcel Duchamp to have taken a urinal and appropriated it. A urinal is not copyrighted," says Dan Brooks, Cariou's attorney. "These images that were appropriated were copyrighted, and there has to be some reason that they were taken other than that Richard Prince liked them. ...
• Selling You on Facebook
  A Wall Street Journal examination of 100 of the most popular Facebook apps found that some seek the email addresses, current location and sexual preference, among other details, not only of app users but also of their Facebook friends. One Yahoo service powered by Facebook requests access to a p ...
• Inter Partes Reexamination: Standard for Initi ...
  The threshold standard for initiating an inter partes reexamination was changed on September 16, 2011 - the enactment date of the America Invents Act. The revised law eliminates the old "substantial new question of patentability" standard and now requires "a reasonable likelihood that the reque ...
• Even worse than SOPA: New CISPA cybersecurity ...
  As congressmen in Washington consider how to handle the ongoing issue of cyberattacks, some legislators have lent their support to a new act that, if passed, would let the government pry into the personal correspondence of anyone of their choosing. H.R. 3523, a piece of legislation dubbed the C ...

WideShut

• Police Trying to Hide Decision-Making Info In ...
  The IPCC says sensitive evidence of police decision-making may prevent an open hearing. What are the police trying to hide?
• Media Use False Image of Marijuana to Demonize ...
  Trayvon Martin was caught with an empty bag of weed once. So what? Does that mean he deserved to be shot dead?
• March 26, 2012, WideShut Webcast
  Keelan breaks down all the latest headlines, from Bill Gates to Lockerbie.
• Teen Arrested For Afghan War Rant: March 19, 2 ...
  This week Keelan discusses among other headlines, the arrest of a 19 year old for ranting about the Afghan war on Facebook
• UN Calls For More Controlled Global Governance
  United Nations set to publish report saying Globalization is getting ahead of itself and needs to be more tightly controlled.

Politics in the Zeros

• The bed is dead. Next-gen space saving furniture
  “The bed is dead”, says Ron Barth of Resource Furniture. To Barth, the idea of occupying a room just to house a bed is archaic. This is because Barth sells beds that are so far beyond the traditional Murphy Bed, it’s awkward to even bring up the term. [...]
• Compressed air energy storage underwater in bags!
  Compressed air energy storage is generally done by using excess renewable energy to pump air into underground caverns. The air is released as needed to create energy as needed. Hydrostor is testing CAES in giant plastic bags underwater. [...]
• Rimshot!
  Angela Merkel arrives at Passport Control at Athens airport.“Nationality?” asks the immigration officer.“German,” she replies.“Occupation?”“No, just here for a few days.”Via The Big Picture
• Tax havens and Apple’s offshore $60 billion
  Many large corporations, and not just tech, park large amounts of money offshore. Now they want lower taxes if the money is repatriated, [...]
• Financial blogger Mish’s wife has ALS, Lou Geh ...
  JoanneMish wants to raise $3 million to go to ALS research. His blog, Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis, is widely read. He wants to sell 30,000 tickets at $200 each and given the blog’s popularity, he may well do it. The winner gets $1 million if all tickets are sold.His blog is ...

TVNZ - Top Stories

• One dead in truck crash in Hawke's Bay
  One person is dead and another is in a serious condition after a truck accident tonight.
• Power cut to thousands in Christchurch after s ...
  Around 12,000 Christchurch households were plunged into darkness tonight.
• Gun held to employee's head in Wellington arme ...
  Wellington police are hunting two men who robbed an Indian restaurant and held a gun to an employee's head
• Aussies outraged after Kiwi tourist throws bri ...
  A New Zealand tourist almost killed a crocodile after he threw bricks into its enclosure at an Alice Springs reptile centre, the centre's owner says
• Dozens evacuated in Hawke's Bay as wild weathe ...
  Dozens of people have been evacuated as the North Island continues to be battered by strong winds and rain.

Just World News

• Tragedies of liberal interventionist thinking ...
  Where to start? Maybe with this piece by Le Monde Diplo's Alain Gresh today (or anyway, recently.) In it, he writes: The opposition cannot bring down the government, and the government cannot put down an uprising that has a surprising determination and courage... I was writing the exact same t ...
• JWB's fab titles--in C'ville Saturday, and glo ...
  For all JWN readers in the Greater Charlottesville area-- do come by the VaBook book fair that runs tomorrow, 9am-4pm, at the Omni Hotel. Tell your friends to come, as well! You can see and buy copies of all the fabulous titles published by my company, Just World Books, including the two latest: ...
• Powerful, intimate memoir from Israeli peace a ...
  The countdown clock is now ticking fast, toward the publication of Miko Peled's amazing and powerful memoir, The General's Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine. The book traces Miko's journey from being born, in 1961, into a family that was part of the core of the Jewish-Israeli elite to, now ...
• Quick notes from Penn BDS conference
  The conference was an outstanding success! Everyone involved in organizing it-- and most of us who spoke at it-- have all been extremely busy; so I'm really sorry that we don't have much more, and richer, reporting on the events out already. But expect more great reporting of the conference to c ...
• What's new in the publishing biz!
  ... is Just World Books's new webstore, which gives us global reach for distributing books from, as of now, three different print/distribute hubs... I am really excited about this development. I've been trying for a while to figure out a way to escape Amazon's large and greedy clutch, and I thi ...

frogblog

• Scary stats about youth health
  Last Wednesday, I spent the afternoon at Te Papa at a Youth Health and Wellbeing Symposium organised by Auckland University to present and discuss the findings of a youth survey undertaken by their Adolescent Health Research Group. This was the symposium where John Key made his surprise announce ...
• An open letter to Ministers about the Chch hou ...
  I write to you to enquire what measures you will take to combat this growing problem to ensure that people do not have to resort to sleeping in their cars, moving house numerous times, or live in cramped and substandard housing. These are just a few examples of the symptoms of a much wider probl ...
• Lobbying Disclosure Bill pulled from the ballot
  I'm very excited to report that my first Member's Bill has been drawn from the parliamentary ballot! I inherited the Lobbyist Disclosure Bill from former Green MP Sue Kedgley when she retired, and I'm thrilled that I'll get a chance to continue Sue's great work on transparency and open governmen ...
• How to crash the budget
  The fiscal neutrality or otherwise of the 2010 tax changes is important because it goes to the heart of the economic competence of National.  They claimed the cut to income tax for upper income earners plus the cut the company tax rate was balanced by the increase in GST and other tax changes. T ...
• Where does John Banks stand on SkyCity dirty deal?
  Here’s how the votes look likely to stack up on John Key’s dirty deal under which SkyCity would get a relaxation of casino gambling laws and an increase in their pokie machine numbers in return for building a new convention centre in Auckland. For: National + United Future = 60 Against: Greens + ...

Patronus Analytical

• Greek aid worker kidnapped in Pakistan
• Aid worker killed in Iraq
• Update on kidnapped Greek aid worker
• NGO worker beaten to death in Dhaka
• Canadian aid worker murdered in Honduras

J Kozy

• Treacherous Treaties
  Is American imperialism a Bilderberger plot? Are the American bankers, diplomats, and members of the Council on Foreign Relations all traitors, having turned America into merely an instrument to carry out their Bilderberger maniacal aims? Does America as a sovereign nation even exist anymore ...
• Is Adam Smith's a Pickpocket
  Economists use the law of supply and demand merely to provide suppliers with an excuse for raising prices and picking consumer's pockets.
• Economic Models and the Apologetics of Greed
  Economists build models by subtracting from reality the characteristics they deem unessential to the economic situations they model. The result is a bare bones description consisting of what economists deem economically essential. Everything that is discarded (not taken into consideration in the ...
• The Crisis of Education in America: "How to Be ...
  Educational systems now train workers to fulfill the needs of companies. A society in which people exist for the sake of companies is a society enslaved. But there's a deep problem with the notion that education should equal vocational training. To paraphrase a very famous and renowned pers ...
• Instruments of Repression
  For a society to be well governed, it's laws must be just and moral. The Ancients knew that "Those who are rightly governed . . . do not fill their porticoes with written statutes but only cherish justice in their souls; for it is not by legislation, but by morals that states are well direct ...

Dr. Mercola Natural Health

• The Hidden Food in Your Yard - You May Walk by ...
  By Dr. Mercola A major part of achieving optimal health is living in partnership with nature. Growing your own food is a great way to rekindle this connection with nature. But have you thought about eating plants that grow wild—perhaps in your own backyard? Some "weeds" can be delici ...
• Ancient Herb Proven to be a Potential Cure for ...
  By Dr. Mercola Ashwagandha is a small evergreen perennial herb that grows up to nearly 5 feet tall. Common names used for ashwagandha include: Winter Cherry, Withania somnifera (Latin botanical name), and Indian Ginseng to name a few. Regardless of the name you use to describe this adaptoge ...
• The Hidden Trigger to Alzheimer's and Parkinso ...
  By Dr. Mercola I strongly encourage you to watch the new documentary film Mercury Undercover, which exposes just how far those in power will go to prevent you from learning the truth about mercury contamination from dental amalgam—all in the name of money. Dental amalgam is a primitive, pr ...
• The Heart Disease Scam That Generates Billions ...
  By Dr. Mercola More than half a million Americans received an angioplasty in 2007 (the most recent year for which data is available).i This invasive procedure involves inflating a thin balloon in a narrowed artery to crush deposits; a stent (a wire mesh tube) is often then left behind to kee ...
• The Vitamin You Need for a Sharp Brain as You ...
  By Dr. Mercola Vitamin B12, or rather a lack thereof, has been called the "canary in the coalmine" for your future brain health, and recent research has bolstered the importance of this vitamin in keeping your mind sharp as you age. According to the latest research, people with high levels ...

JAMA

• Recommendations on Use of Prostate-Specific An ...
• Recommendations on Use of Prostate-Specific An ...
• Recommendations on Use of Prostate-Specific An ...
• Finding Pure and Simple Truths With Administra ...
• Antitumor Activity in Metastatic Disease Does ...

Survival - tribal peoples

• 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 ...

Montreal Gazette

• Needed in Outremont: tolerance and understanding
  For the past half-century, members of the congregation of St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Outremont have held a candlelight procession on the street outside the church in celebration of Easter.
• The government's olive branch on tuition fees
  The provincial government has made a reasonable concession in the confrontation with university and college students who have been boycotting classes into a seventh week to protest an increase in tuition fees.
• The auditor-general takes on the F-35 purchase
  When Michael Ferguson was named Canada's new auditor general by the Conservative government late last year, some questioned whether he would be a watchdog or a lapdog.
• Toward a better system of admitting immigrants
  In the end, the federal government solved the problem of Canada's eight-year-long, 284,000-applicant immigration backlog the simplest way possible: it erased it
• Toward a better system of admitting immigrants
  Ottawa has cancelled applications that predated Feb. 27, 2008, telling applicants they are welcome to apply again and promising to refund the collective $130 million in fees they paid to apply under the Federal Skilled Worker Program.

Food World Order

• GE “EnviroPig” Project Stops Research
  from civileats.com: This week, the University of Guelph, the Canadian university that developed the genetically engineered (GE) “Enviropig,” announced it is closing down its research. The Center for Food Safety (CFS) is now calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to stop any work ...
• Huge Rooftop Farm Is Set for Brooklyn
  from nytimes.com: Brooklyn is fast becoming the borough of farms. On Thursday, Bright Farms, a private company that develops greenhouses, announced plans to create a sprawling greenhouse on a roof in Sunset Park that is expected to yield a million pounds of produce a year — without using any dir ...
• Monsanto Threatens to Sue Vermont if Legislato ...
  from alternet.org: The world’s most hated corporation is at it again, this time in Vermont. Despite overwhelming public support and support from a clear majority of Vermont’s Agriculture Committee, Vermont legislators are dragging their feet on a proposed GMO labeling bill. Why? Because Monsant ...
• #BingeAndPurge: Trials, Shares, Raids and more
  FDA rejects call to ban BPA from food packaging* FDA to Consumers: We're Still Thinking About It; Sorry You're Still Eating It* BASF gives up on pushing GMOs in Europe, moves operations to US where 'Frankenfoods' are not labeled* Starbucks Admits Strawberry Drinks Colored with Crushed P ...
• In cancer science, many "discoveries" don't ho ...
  from reuters.com: A former researcher at Amgen Inc has found that many basic studies on cancer -- a high proportion of them from university labs -- are unreliable, with grim consequences for producing new medicines in the future.  During a decade as head of global cancer research at Amgen, ...

CrusadeWatch

• The Bait of Christian Fundamentalism in Africa
  source:  Huffington Post, 8/24/2011 Michael Mungai Co-founder, Dagoretti 4 Kids I grew up in the hovels of Dagoretti, an impoverished suburb in the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. Raised by an unemployed single mother, my two siblings and I would take turns missing school to babysit our ...
• Puttur: Four Arrested for Forcing Religious Co ...
  source:  Daijiworld, Aug 29, 2011 Puttur, Aug 29: Four persons, reportedly belonging to a Christian sect, were handed over to the police by the residents of Boodujal of Nedle village near Uppinangady on Sunday August 28. The locals, including some dalits, accused K J Kunhimonu (30) from Mun ...
• Andhra Pradesh: Church priest rapes minor girl ...
  source:  India today, July 1, 2011 A Christian priest has been arrested for raping a 16-year-old girl and setting her ablaze in his house at Nadendla village of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh.
• The changing face of the church
  source:  Deccan chronicle, July 13, 2011 Its a well-documented fact that people adopt aspects of other cultures around them. The churches in Andhra Pradesh are following this custom and Indianising some of practices. At St Andrews Orthodox Church, West Marredpally, a Dwaja Stambam has been ...
• Pastors wife accuses him of sexual abuse of mi ...
  source: Bangalore Mirror, June 17, 2011   In her police complaint, Priyalatha has charged Shantaraju, pastor of Bethel Church and Bethel Student Centre, with having sex with young girls and getting them to abort   S Shyam Prasad  

Whole Truth Coalition

• Vox Populi, Methods of Manipulation
  COTO Report and Megan ‘Verb’ Kargher are proud to present Vox Populi, Methods of Manipulation. It has become increasingly evident that large portions of the planet are descending with alarming speed into Orwellian police states. What is the New World Order and what are their plans fo ...
• The Big Awakening Conference 2011
  Click here for more information …
• Lawfull Rebellion - Roger Hayes challenges Liv ...
  “Wirral Council is taking Roger Hayes to Birkenhead county court for non-payment of council tax. Mr Hayes, chairman of The British Constitution Group, claims the council tax is illegal and imposed without his consent. His stand has won support from all over the country, and demonstrators t ...
• Truthjuice Gathering 2011
                                                       SPEAKERS CONFIRMED CHARLIE VEITCH - THE END OF FEAR MARK FOSTER - EMPOWERMENT FOR THE PEOPLE PHIL MEDLEY - STARGATES: A PERSONAL JOURNEY MICHAEL HALLAM - BURSTING THE ECONOMIC BUBBLE AND PRACTICAL TOOLS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY BUILDING IAN MOORE ( ...
• COTO Report This Ain’t Oz an Interview w ...
  COTO Report and Megan Kargher are pleased to bring you a special two day interview with Freeman of freemantv, the freeman perspective and the free zone http://www.youtube.com/user/Freemantv… http://thefreemanperspective.blogspot… http://freemantv.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O ...

The Economic Collapse

• 19 Signs Of Very Serious Economic Trouble On T ...
  Most Americans have no idea how much economic trouble is heading our way.  Most of them just assume that everything will eventually "return to normal" just like it always has before and that those running our economy "know what they are doing" and that we should trust them to do ...
• Why Is The Heartland Of America Being Ripped T ...
  What in the world is going on in the heartland of America?  Spring has barely even begun and we are seeing communities all over America being ripped to shreds by gigantic tornadoes.  A lot of meteorologists claimed that the nightmarish tornado season of 2011 was an "anomaly", but ...
• Read This First Before You Decide That Prepper ...
  Do you believe that preppers are a few cards short of a full deck?  Do you assume that anyone that is "preparing for doomsday" does not have their elevator going all the way to the top floor?  Well, you might want to read this first before you make a final decision that all prepp ...
• The 15 Trillion Dollar Party
  If you knew that you could live in luxury for the rest of your life but that by doing so it would absolutely destroy the future for your children, your grandchildren and your great-grandchildren would you do it?  Well, that is exactly what we are doing as a nation.  Over the past ...
• Everything Is Going To Be Alright?
  Is the U.S. economy going to be okay?  Well, if the only source you listened to was the mainstream media, you would be left with the distinct impression that the U.S. economy is heading toward a full recovery and that everything is going to be alright.  Unfortunately, that is not ...

CASSE

• The Influence of Donella Meadows and the Limit ...
  Donella Meadows was way ahead of her time, and her words continue to provide inspiration 40 years after she wrote The Limits to Growth.
• Deceptionomics
  Deceptionomics allows all sorts of unwise decisions about economic growth, environmental protection, and human well-being.
• Deceptionomics
  Deceptionomics allows all sorts of unwise decisions about economic growth, environmental protection, and human well-being.
• Economic Theology: Angels Dancing on the Head ...
  David Jones debunks decoupling -- the mainstream answer for rationalizing continuous economic growth.
• Economic Theology: Angels Dancing on the Head ...
  David Jones debunks decoupling -- the mainstream answer for rationalizing continuous economic growth.

The Talking Clock

• Quote of the Day: 8th April 2012
  "I know that almost all elections in this country are rigged to suit the big parties. The old loyalties are at last dying, the Coalition actually speaks for nobody, there is no proper opposition in Parliament and – instinctively, like a flower seeking light – the electorate is recognising tha ...
• EU-sacrificed Greek citizens descending toward ...
  The completely foreseeable further disintegration of Athenian society took another step forward onto the global stage today. According to a multitude of alternative media reports, Greek citizens who had gathered after the funeral of tragic 77-year-old Dimitris Christoulas, exacted a twisted r ...
• 250,000
  According to our stats, this morning, we hit the milestone of having delivered 250,000 The Talking Clock page views. We're not the biggest blog and some of the REALLY big blogs probably serve up that many in a month. For us, though, 250,000 is mindblowing. Yet we do not mention it in th ...
• Quote of the Day: 5th April 2012
  "I believe that young people without a future will, one day, take up arms and - at Syntagma Square - will hang the national traitors..." - The 77 year old pensioner named as Dimitris Christoulas who tragically took his own life in Greece yesterday rather than face the prospect of "scrounging ...
• Diana: Authoritative research author says Blai ...
  We've got the press release in for the latest book in the series by Australian researcher John Morgan whose minute examination of the research into the killing of Diana, Princess of Wales led Mike Mansfield QC to declare that the chronicles were "the Magnum Opus" into those events in 1997. We ...

Facing South

• North Carolina holds extra public hearing on f ...
  Another forum to let the people weigh in on a proposal to lift the state's ban on the controversial natural-gas drilling technique will take place tonight in Pittsboro, N.C. The heari ...
  
• Pressing grocery chains, Florida tomato picker ...
  As Florida's tomato pickers turn their attention to grocery chains, they're training farmworkers to form committees and stand ...
  
• N.C. Attorney General appeals Duke Energy rate ...
  The state Utilities Commission's decision to give the power giant's shareholders a 10.5 percent return on investment was not supported by the evidence, argues AG Roy Cooper.&l ...
  
• Mississippi residents find death along oily Gu ...
  Since the BP disaster, a small but dedicated corps of Gulf residents has monitored the beaches and shorelines, photographing and documenting the steady stream of death and oily waste that sti ...
  
• INSTITUTE INDEX: What's at stake in the Suprem ...
  A by-the-numbers look at what Americans stand to lose if the high court strikes down the Affordable Care Act.
  A by-the-numbers look at what Americans stand to lo ...
  

CenterLine

• Search for new executive director of Center on ...
  Karen Greenberg, executive director of NYU Law’s Center on Law and Security (CLS), announced she is leaving to pursue other career opportunities. Greenberg’s tenure as executive director began with the founding of the Center in 2003.  Under her stewardship, CLS … Continue reading →
• Today’s Terrorism News
  Today’s Terrorism News post will be the last one for the summer. Along with the staff here at the Center on Law and Security, and with particular thanks to The Soufan Group for its generous support and to Carolyn O’Hara … Continue reading →
• Today’s Terrorism News
  In Association with The Soufan Group At Radicalization Hearing, Rep. King Says al Shabab Poses Threat Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) held a third congressional hearing on Islamic radicalization in the United States Wednesday, this one focused on the threat of … Continue reading →
• Today’s Terrorism News
  In Association with The Soufan Group Four Indicted for Drug Trafficking to Benefit Terrorism Federal prosecutors in New York unsealed indictments Tuesday against four men they say conspired to sell drugs and buy weapons for Hezbollah and the Taliban in … Continue reading →
• Today’s Terrorism News
  In Association with The Soufan Group In Arkansas, Man Accused of Killing Soldier Strikes Plea Deal A man on trial for shooting two U.S. soldiers, one of whom was killed, outside of a military recruiting station in 2009 reached a … Continue reading →

Short Sharp Science

• Today on New Scientist: 5 April 2012
  All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: Google's hint at AR glasses, Buncefield blast explained, cosmic TiVo, and more
• Purple haze all around North Sea Elgin gas leak
  An infrared image taken by environmental pressure group Greenpeace yesterday shows the gas cloud leaking from Total's Elgin drilling platform
• Twister tears up Texas
  See the touchdown of one of the tornados that tore through Dallas and surrounding areas in Texas yesterday, picking up trucks as they went
• Today on New Scientist: 4 April 2012
  All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: bacteria that play dead, US army orders drug review, robosquirrel vs rattlesnake, and more
• Today on New Scientist: 3 April 2012
  All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: cave cuisine 1 million years ago, orca invasion, world's toughest bugs, and more

Tech Drive In

• Ubuntu 12.04 Default Wallpapers has Arrived, C ...
  Wallpapers for upcoming Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin has just been arrived. The collection include a new official default wallpaper plus 14 other exceptionally good community contributed wallpapers as well. To put it lightly, community contributed wallpapers put the default one to shame. By f ...
• Top 10 Free Apps Designed for Android 4.0+ ICS
  Android 4.0 code named Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) was released more than three months ago. Google's own Galaxy Nexus is perhaps the only device that ships with it at the moment. And because of that, there are only a handful of Android apps available whose design has been updated for Android 4. ...
• Canonical Integrates Landscape with Ubuntu 12. ...
  Canonical launched Landscape system management tool without much fanfare sometime ago. Now, in a most recent update, they have integrated Landscape with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, again without much hoopla. In line with a recent move by Canonical integrating handy Privacy Management tool into Ubuntu 12 ...
• Ubuntu 12.04 Features a New Easily Configurabl ...
  I am not sure if this "new" option was already available from the beginning. I noticed it in my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS beta only recently and when I checked, it was not available in the previous Ubuntu 11.10 release either. Of all the new features that has been added to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, I ...
• 15 Most Creatively Designed Android Apps: Part 2
  As I did promised earlier on, here is the sequel for the post that introduced you to some of most innovatively designed apps for Android. 15 more of them to be precise. Official TED app for Android was released just a day ago. It is a cleverly designed app with ingenious additions l ...

Case About Bird Flu

• Is Günter Grass really an anti-Semite for crit ...
  *German novelist Günter Grass smeared as anti Semite for pointing out the Israeli government is a risk to world peace by Bild and Die Welt *Europeans could be face compulsory conscription in the event of the EU declaring war * Only Irish are exempt from little-known f0rced conscription measure c ...
• Rothschilds to unite English and French bank b ...
  The Rothschild family plans to secure “long-term control” over its international banking empire by merging its French and British assets into a single entity,” writes James Boxell in the FT today. “The historic reorganisation will reunite the shareholdings of the French and English s ...
• Chile stops use of mercury in vaccines: WHO to ...
  Check out the blog of Ulla Danielsen, journalist, DK-Copenhagen  http://nbjour.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/breaking-news-chile-stops-use-of-mercury-in-vaccines/  Chile Stops Use of Mercury in Vaccines Decision Comes as WHO Meets to Discuss Global Treaty on Mercury Use WASHINGTON, April 3, 2012 /PRN ...
• MAINSTRAM MEDIA REPORTS SWINE FLU JAB LINKED T ...
  The mainstream media has reported on a Finnish study showing that cases of  mnarcolpesy shot up 17 times among children who took the swine flu vaccine. There are reports in The Telegraph, The Independent, The Irish Independent and the Daily Mail. Dr Rebecca Carley predicted just such an autoimmu ...
• Huge increase in autism in the USA linked to v ...
    PUBLISHED: 19:45 GMT, 29 March 2012 | UPDATED: 09:00 GMT, 30 March 2012 Daily Mail Autism cases appear to be on the rise again in the United States, but experts say the country’s highest ever rate could be a result of wider screening and the disorder’s expanding definition. Th ...

Invisible Opportunity

• Confirmed: Terrorist Organization Trained on U ...
  Tony Cartalucci, Contributor Activist Post Ynetnews reported in their article, “US operated deep in Iran, trained assassins,” that, “the New Yorker reported over the weekend that the US trained members of the Iranian opposition group Mujahideen-e-Khalq. According to previous re ...
• Origin of AIDS: The Polio Vaccine (CBC ‘ ...
  On April 12, 1955 Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine was first licensed for public use in the U.S. In the years afterwards 90 million Americans were vaccinated in the largest mass vaccination campaign ever. Polio virtually disappeared from the continent and Jonas Salk became a hero. But not long a ...
• The Swiss government’s exceedingly posit ...
  by: Dana Ullman (NaturalNews) The government of Switzerland has a long history of neutrality, and therefore, reports from this government on controversial subjects need to be taken more seriously than other reports from countries that are more strongly influenced by present economic and politica ...
• Swine flu vaccines cause 17-fold increase in n ...
  by: Jonathan Benson (NaturalNews) The long-term health damage caused by the great H1N1 swine flu scam “pandemic” of 2009 — and particularly the mass vaccination campaign that accompanied it — is already becoming apparent in the form of an autoimmune disorder. A new review ...
• G. Edward Griffin – A World Without Canc ...

Veterans Today

• Delusional milestone: Pastor Hagee’s Million C ...
  CUFI now has as much influence with our Republican Congress as does the Jewish Zionist lobby, AIPAC.
• Anti-Obama Marine More “Sickness,” ...
  Tea Party Troops at Heart of Discipline Breakdown, Killings, Rapes, Koran Defilement   by  Gordon Duff, Senior Editor   I served as a Marine infantryman in Vietnam.  None of us openly supported our unjust war and, as statistics will show, our casualty ratio was ten times that of what M ...
• Hate Crime or Terrorism? The Ku Klux Klan Stil ...
  By Ismail Salami Once upon a time in America back in the nineteenth century, there was a far-right organization known as Ku Klux Klan that adhered to primitively radical and hidebound ideas including white supremacy and brutalized and persecuted the colored race through an act of terrorism. Also ...
• William Cook : In Defense of Guenter Grass
  Guenter Grass warns the people of the world as well as the Jewish people of the dangers inherent in the actions of the Zionist controlled government of the State of Israel.
• THE JEFFERSON BIBLE: A Rational Christianity a ...
  From 1904 until 1950, facsimile copies of “THE JEFFERSON BIBLE: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Extracted Textually from the Gospels in Greek, Latin, French and English” were distributed to every newly elected member of the Senate on the very day they swore their oath of office.

electric politics

• Labor History, Revised
  It isn't every day that someone has a second look at enshrined history and finds it upside down. Then, to tell people what's wrong is even more remarkable. It takes a combination of (possibly naïve) philosophical idealism, hearty persistence and guts. Dr. Timothy Messer-Kruse reexamined the ...
• The Future Is Not What It Used To Be
  Listening to Ed Asner I'm reminded of Michael Polanyi's observation (to paraphrase) that we believe more than we can prove and know more than we can say. Polanyi also talked about "growing points" in science, which I hope has an analogue in a free society where personal connections become more i ...
• The NUMEC Affair
  No charges were ever filed. Nothing was ever proved. But the FBI tried, over the course of several criminal investigations, to ascertain whether, in fact, certain suspect individuals had diverted hundreds of pounds of highly enriched uranium from a plant in Pennsylvania to Israel, for use in mak ...
• Washington's Warlords
  When it comes to its spending priorities America seems congenitally unable to focus on reality. Obfuscation being more highly prized than clarity. Nevertheless, we should recognize that as a percentage of GDP this country spends four to five times the money for military purposes as do other indu ...
• The Taiping Civil War
  In the middle of the 19th century a civil war in China killed at least twenty million people. The war totally changed the course of Chinese history, of Asian history and, indeed, of world history. Just think: if the Taipings had won and followed through with their modernization program, and Chin ...

PR News

• Campaign urges doctors, consumers to question ...
  WASHINGTON: Nine national medical groups have teamed with GYMR Public Relations to launch the "Choosing Wisely" campaign, which encourages consumers and physicians to have conversations about whether procedures are truly necessary.
• Customer-contact platform provider Aspect hire ...
  CHICAGO: Aspect, a customer-contact software maker, has hired Ogilvy PR Worldwide as its AOR for North America. The company handled most PR and communications in-house for the past five years.
• Car brands tell comeback, innovation stories a ...
  Automakers are taking advantage of the New York Auto Show as a platform for high-profile vehicle launches and redesigns, as well as to build on the positive narrative of the recovering automotive industry.
• Emirates launches global brand awareness initi ...
  DUBAI: International airline Emirates has kicked off its first integrated campaign to increase brand awareness around the world and change the company's image to a lifestyle brand.
• Former AlixPartners CMO starts own firm
  NEW YORK: AlixPartners CMO Peter Cosco has left the consulting firm to start his own outsourcing agency called 4Forces Group, specializing in business development and marketing services.

A special project of Foreign Policy and the New America Foundation

• Leaving Afghanistan
  Seven Afghanistan experts review the president's plans for ending the war.
• Raging at Rawalpindi
  American leaders are furious with Pakistan’s military in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s killing. But twisting arms will only backfire.
• The FP Salon: Peter Bergen's The Longest War
  An FP round-table discussion on counterterrorism expert Peter Bergen's latest book. A decade after 9/11, is the war on terrorism a war we can win?
• Crazy Like a Fox
  In a fit of anger, Hamid Karzai axes his director of intelligence, Amrullah Saleh. But is there method to his madness?
• Addicted to Contractors
  The United States is hooked on privatized warfare in Afghanistan. And it's more costly than you think.

Field Notes - Alberta Environment

• Job Opportunity: Seasonal Wetlands Educator, I ...
  Position:  Seasonal Wetlands Educator Organization:  Inside Education ...
• AWA Tuesday Talk— Water For Tomorrow: All-Part ...
  Alberta Wilderness Association 28 Mar 2012 - 19:00 “The reality is that fresh water is more valuable than crude oil.” Peter Lougheed, Former Alberta Premier, 2005 ...
• Job Opportunity: Project Manager, Clean Air St ...
  Position:  Project Manager Organization:  Clean Air Strategic Alliance ...
• Climb & Run for Wilderness
  Alberta Wilderness Association 21 Apr 2012 - 08:00 Event details and registration information Location Calgary Tower Cal ...
• Dialogues and Action for Earth Summit 2012: We ...
  WE CANada 14 Mar 2012 - 18:00 - 20:00 Starting in Corner Brooke, Newfoundland, and touring all the way to Vancouver, British Columbia, youth leaders and sustainability veterans will ...

Stop NATO

• U.S. Fuels, Profits From Arms Spending Rise In ...
  China Daily April 5, 2012 US provokes spending rise By Chen Xiangyang ==== Asia’s total military spending is still limited. According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies report, Asian countries spent $262 billion on defense in 2011, less than Europe’s expenditure of ...
• NATO: Global Police Force Or Hegemonic Interve ...
  Submitted to WTTW In the “NATO’s Role in Global Politics” interview on the Chicago Tonight episode of April 5 moderator Phil Ponce posed more candid questions that might have been expected from a program that, in its online edition, opens with an ad for the Chicago Council on G ...
• Russia: Ulyanovsk Residents Protest NATO Trans ...
  Russian Information Agency Novosti April 7, 2012 Ulyanovsk Residents Protest NATO Transit Base ULYANOVSK: About 800 people participated in a march organized by members of the unregistered political party Volya on Saturday against plans to establish a NATO transit base in Ulyanovsk airport, RIA N ...
• William Blum: The Anti-Empire Report
  The Anti-Empire Report April 6th, 2012 by William Blum   Putting Syria into some perspective   The Holy Triumvirate — The United States, NATO, and the European Union — or an approved segment thereof, can usually get what they want. They wanted Saddam Hussein out, and soon he was swingi ...
• NATO Summit In Chicago: The Dead Don’t Dine
  Submitted to Crain’s Chicago Business In his feature “NATO blitz takes a toll on National Restaurant Show“ reporter Greg Hinz was speaking to (and of) the city and not the world, but the coupling of the acronym NATO and the word blitz has more than a metaphorical significance f ...

Before It's News

• Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner: American ...
• ‘I’ve been forward to Shen Yun for years!’ Say ...
• Arkansas Storms: Tornadoes Wreak Havoc Across ...
• Eats on Feets
• Introducing "Canadas Alex Jones", Dr. Judy Janzen

Intel Hub

• MPAA Chairman Chris Dodd Wants to Resurrect SO ...
  The Intel Hub By Madison Ruppert April 8, 2012 Many people thought that the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) was going to be dead for good after it was protested by millions of Internet users and some of the web’s largest entities like Google, Wikipedia, reddit and more. Unfortunately, Chris Dodd, ...
• New York Federal Reserve’s Head of the Markets ...
  Madison Ruppert | Brian Sack, the head of the markets group at the Federal Reserve.
• DOJ Distraction in Conjunction with Mainstream ...
  Shepard Ambellas | Now many citizens are speaking out as this issue can no longer be ignored, and congress is being confronted.
• Netanyahu Ties to Romney
  Shepard Ambellas | The article details how that there is more to the relationship then a mere friendship and how it could raise a few eyebrows.
• Kony 2012 Part 2: License for Imperial Conquest
  Excuses, backpedaling, more lies, and the truth behind Invisible Children’s mission The Intel Hub By Tony Cartalucci April 7, 2012 The sequel to the mega-viral disaster that was Kony 2012 may only be 20 minutes long, but financier-turned-humanitarian Ben Keesey still manages to gravely ins ...

FRS

• Palestinian officials want UN help for ‘ ...
  Tuesday 03 April 2012 by Tom Mellen Palestinian officials appealed to the international community on Tuesday to press the Israeli government to end its draconian administrative detention policy. Addressing the first day of a two-day UN meeting in Geneva on “The question of Palestinian poli ...
• India: “The jails are full of Soni Sori ...
  The Hindu, April 3, 2012 by Divya Trivedi [SISTERHOOD: Women narrate their stories. Photo: Divya Trivedi] Women prisoners reveal the shocking conditions of their confinement –custodial violence, which has no sanction under law, is a part and parcel of the system Following a minor altercati ...
• India: Hikaka abductors put out April 5 deadline
  Wednesday, 04 April 2012 00:38 PNS | BHUBANESWAR The Odisha Government on Tuesday was faced with a pincer attack when the Andhra-Odisha border Maoists who abducted Laxmipur MLA Jhina Hikaka on March 24 issued a video tape declaring April 5 as deadline for release of the Chasi Mulia Adivasi ...
• US: “At 11th Hour, Georgia Passes &#821 ...
  By Lauren Barbato, Ms.Magazine Blog, March 31, 2012 http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2012/03/31/at-11th-hour-georgia-passes-women-as-livestock-bill/ After an emotional 14-hour workday that included fist-fights between lobbyists and a walk-out by women Democrats, the Georgia House passed a Senate- ...
• India: “Third Maoist letter to Odisha C ...
  Odisha Diary, Tuesday, April 03, 2012 Report by Manoranjan Routray; Koraput : The media in Koraput today received a third letter from the CPI (Maoist) Party regarding release of kidnapped BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka. The letter, addressed to media persons, lashes out at the Naveen Patnaik Government fo ...

Ken O'Keefe

• Thought Police within the so-called ‘Pal ...
  I depart by saying that any group of people, whether it is the disciples of Hitler, the Christian Zionists of America or the Jewish supporters of Israel, or the brainwashed false Muslims, I say loud and clear, any group that believes they are “chosen” by God and thus superior to anyone else, is ...
• Thought Police within the so-called ‘Pal ...
  I depart by saying that any group of people, whether it is the disciples of Hitler, the Christian Zionists of America or the Jewish supporters of Israel, or the brainwashed false Muslims, I say loud and clear, any group that believes they are “chosen” by God and thus superior to anyone else, is ...
• No Fly Zone Over Palestine
  As Israel once again flexes its psychopathic tendencies, I feel the need to expose the hypocrisy of the west once more in the form of a picture.
• No Fly Zone Over Palestine
  As Israel once again flexes its psychopathic tendencies, I feel the need to expose the hypocrisy of the west once more in the form of a picture.
• For Love
  I just want to say, need to say, for the record, that I want what is best for all people, and I mean all people. I want no retribution, I feel no hate, I want truth and justice. When I see my children, who deserve a good father, just like all children, I only hope that they, like all other chi ...

StillSmallVoice

• Life is change and change is life
  And here is proof: The Courant's parent company, Tribune, is backing away from maintaining this particular blog format -- Movable Type -- in favor of another blog platform, one that is unworkable here. Namely, the new format allows blog comments to go online unapproved, and -- I say th ...
• Maybe CEO salaries need a Buffett rule
  "Peer benchmarking" helps move compensation for CEOs ever higher. Perhaps one of the high-dollar bosses should take a page from Warren Buffett, who in August suggested in a New York Times essay that the rich don't carry their weight in taxes. Meanwhile, Buffett, himself, has refined his earlier ...
• De-pinkifying breast cancer
  There's a growing movement that seeks to turn the pink ribbon upside down. You can read more here. Flickr photo
• Why the occupation?
  You can see more Mother Jones charts here. You can read about Hartford's budding Occupation here, with a planning meeting set for 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Bushnell Park, and again at 5 p.m.
• Cleansing after Yom Kippur
  Yom Kippur starts at sundown on Friday and here's one man's take on it. Flickr photo

Associated Content

• Suspect Arrested in Capitol Suicide Bombing Plot
  After a year long undercover sting operation, federal authorities arrest Amine El Khalifi on attempting a suicide attack on the U.S. Capitol.Contributor: Kathrine Ayers Published: Feb 18, 2012
• Foster Friess' Cheap Birth Control Pill Makes ...
  Foster Friess, a 71 investor who has given money to Rick Santorum’s presidential campaign, got himself and his candidate in a little trouble for his take on the birth control controversy, according to Reuters.Contributor: Mark Whittington Published: Feb 18, 2012
• Ron Paul Packs Them In In Maine
  Ron Paul may be missing in Florida, but Maine knows he's around. For 2 days, despite bad weather, huge crowds have turned out to listen to Paul. Can Maine give Paul a win?Contributor: Sherry Tomfeld Published: Jan 28, 2012
• Kentucky Educational System vs. Creationist Th ...
  Governor Beshear pushes for new cuts to the education system budget in his $19 billion plan but leaves the tax break of a controversial Creationist theme park alone.Contributor: JD Stockman Published: Jan 26, 2012
• The Five-Second Rule Works for Hearts, Too
  My two year old drops strawberries, medics drop hearts. Either case, the five-second rule works. Thank goodness for the sake of Erika Hernandez.Contributor: Satchel Ford Published: Jan 26, 2012

Popsci - Science

• Images of the Week, April 2-6, 2012
• The Most Amazing Images of the Week, April 2-6 ...
  From the amazing Tungurahua volcano spewing molten rock and ash to a stunning concept motorcycle to a cargo ship smashing into the rocky beach of Wales, this week's roundup of the most amazing science and tech images is an excellent one (though we couldn't find any science-and-Passover imagery, ...
• MIT Predicts That World Economy Will Collapse ...
  Forty years after its initial publication, a study called The Limits to Growth is looking depressingly prescient. Commissioned by an international think tank called the Club of Rome, the 1972 report found that if civilization continued on its path toward increasing consumption, the global econom ...
• How It Works: The First Disposable, USB-Powere ...
  Nanopore technology that lets your computer read your chromosomes The first human genome sequence took 13 years and cost $3 billion — now, less than a decade later, a new company promises to sequence a full genome in 15 minutes for a song. If this exponential increase in efficiency and drop in ...
• Q&A: The Surprising Phenomenon of Exercise-Ind ...
  A first-person coregasm testimonial According to a new study by sex researchers at the Indiana University, women having orgasms during exercise is a real phenomenon. As far as the researchers know, this is the first study that deals directly with exercise-induced orgasms (EIO), known colloquiall ...

Veterans Today

• Delusional milestone: Pastor Hagee’s Million C ...
  CUFI now has as much influence with our Republican Congress as does the Jewish Zionist lobby, AIPAC.
• Anti-Obama Marine More “Sickness,” ...
  Tea Party Troops at Heart of Discipline Breakdown, Killings, Rapes, Koran Defilement   by  Gordon Duff, Senior Editor   I served as a Marine infantryman in Vietnam.  None of us openly supported our unjust war and, as statistics will show, our casualty ratio was ten times that of what M ...
• Hate Crime or Terrorism? The Ku Klux Klan Stil ...
  By Ismail Salami Once upon a time in America back in the nineteenth century, there was a far-right organization known as Ku Klux Klan that adhered to primitively radical and hidebound ideas including white supremacy and brutalized and persecuted the colored race through an act of terrorism. Also ...
• William Cook : In Defense of Guenter Grass
  Guenter Grass warns the people of the world as well as the Jewish people of the dangers inherent in the actions of the Zionist controlled government of the State of Israel.
• THE JEFFERSON BIBLE: A Rational Christianity a ...
  From 1904 until 1950, facsimile copies of “THE JEFFERSON BIBLE: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Extracted Textually from the Gospels in Greek, Latin, French and English” were distributed to every newly elected member of the Senate on the very day they swore their oath of office.

War is Business

• State Lawmaker Accused Of Diverting Contract M ...
  Startling allegations against a conservative Oregon legislator who also runs a hot-zone aviation business and a military training range.
• “Surveillance Inc.”: Profit Makes ...
  Sell moral responsibility Sell moral responsibility • Read more at The Atlantic
• 2011 Not So Bad For U.S. Defense Contractors, ...
  Buy downturn insurance Buy downturn insurance • Read more at Govpro
• Americans In Afghanistan Likely Causing More C ...
  Even the most cash-strapped, podunk county prosecutor's office would be embarrassed by these numbers. Three audits completed. Two bribery convictions. Three million bribes a day.
• Obama To Sidestep Rules In Bahrain Arms Deal ( ...
  Sell formalities Sell formalities • Read more at Foreign Policy

Hudson's Weather & Climate

• Drought order in parts of Yorkshire. Will it a ...
  The Environment Agency has today confirmed that some parts of Yorkshire are now officially in drought.   The drought order applies to some catchments of the Rivers Don, Rother, Hull and Derwent and has been issued because the agency is concerned about the effect of drought on the environme ...
• Recovery in Arctic sea ice continues
  Arctic sea ice has staged a strong recovery in the last few weeks, reaching levels not far from normal for this time of the year. The rise is all the more impressive, since February saw the 5th lowest ice extent since satellite records began in 1979, and until recently ice extent has been ...
• Drought order update
  The continued dry weather in parts of our region has led Anglian Water to implement a hosepipe ban for all its customers in Lincolnshire from April 5th. Customers in North Nottinghamshire who are served by Severn Trent for sewerage, but Anglian Water for their water supplies, will also have a h ...
• Global temperature update
  Average global temperatures remained broadly the same throughout the month of February according to the UAH satellite measure. The anomaly of -0.116C, relative to the 30 year running average, equates to an anomaly of approximately +0.137C above the more standard 1961-1990 average. The decline ...
• Winter 2011/2012: The final verdict
  Winter this year has confounded most long range forecasts issued last autumn, turning out to be mild, averaged over December, January and February (Climatological winter). Talk of huge snowfalls, and the likelihood of another severe winter which were lapped up by an ever eager media, were wide ...

Internat'l Political Economy

• Palace Coup? World Bank Vets Pick Okonjo-Iweala
  News is becoming sparser as most of the Christian world slows for the Easter holidays. However, in the run-up to the selection of the next World Bank president which should happen in a fortnight or so, we've had ringing endorsements of Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. (See a previo ...
• A Parisian in America: Comic Stylings of IMF's ...
  This will be short and unsweet as it demonstrates that you do not have to go very far to observe the mind-boggling ludicrousness of the world economy. My homepage ever since I hopped into cyberspace in 1994, Yahoo! News, is carrying an Agence-France Presse clipping about how IMF Managing Directo ...
• Got Fission? Debating Nukes 4 Development
  Our colleagues over at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists sent me a notice about a timely new feature of theirs concerning LDCs considering the adoption of nuclear power (the Atomic Scientists maintain the well-known Doomsday Clock). The impetus for doing so should be familiar to everyone: in ...
• Money Talks? Bahrain GP Still On (Fortnight to Go)
  Some have hunger games; Formula One has, well, anger races.  There has been a lot in the news about how the Formula One circus will not be disrupted this year alike how last year's Bahrain Grand Prix was postponed then finally cancelled due to the events of the so-called Arab Spring. Durin ...
• Globocop No More: United States After Unipolarity
  LSE IDEAS has been churning out special reports at such a furious pace that I almost forgot to mention this one concerning The United States After Unipolarity. The title pretty much sums up what the contributions here say, although the various contributors do question the extent to which the--pa ...

Economic Collapse Blog

• 19 Signs Of Very Serious Economic Trouble On T ...
  Most Americans have no idea how much economic trouble is heading our way.  Most of them just assume that everything will eventually "return to normal" just like it always has before and that those running our economy "know what they are doing" and that we should trust them to do ...
• Why Is The Heartland Of America Being Ripped T ...
  What in the world is going on in the heartland of America?  Spring has barely even begun and we are seeing communities all over America being ripped to shreds by gigantic tornadoes.  A lot of meteorologists claimed that the nightmarish tornado season of 2011 was an "anomaly", but ...
• Read This First Before You Decide That Prepper ...
  Do you believe that preppers are a few cards short of a full deck?  Do you assume that anyone that is "preparing for doomsday" does not have their elevator going all the way to the top floor?  Well, you might want to read this first before you make a final decision that all prepp ...
• The 15 Trillion Dollar Party
  If you knew that you could live in luxury for the rest of your life but that by doing so it would absolutely destroy the future for your children, your grandchildren and your great-grandchildren would you do it?  Well, that is exactly what we are doing as a nation.  Over the past ...
• Everything Is Going To Be Alright?
  Is the U.S. economy going to be okay?  Well, if the only source you listened to was the mainstream media, you would be left with the distinct impression that the U.S. economy is heading toward a full recovery and that everything is going to be alright.  Unfortunately, that is not ...

Infoshop - Alt Media

• A Las Barricadas: A Boardgame of Social War
  A Las Barricadas is a boardgame about conflict between two opposing social forces, namely that of the state and of anti-authori...
• Left Bank Books again publishes pamphlets and ...
  After several years of publishing silence, Left Bank Books Collective is pleased to announce the restart of its publishing project. We will be p...
• American Section of the Situationist Internati ...
  The French publishing house Collectif des Métiers De l’Édition (CMDE) has just published, under the rubric “Les reveil...
• Announcing: The Anvil Review #3
  After a too long absence we have finally released into the wild the brand new issue of The Anvil Review (#3). This issue includes revie...
• Issue #6 of The Sovereign Self is out
  March’s issue (#6) of The Sovereign Self* is out! Number six includes articles regarding: the drastic differences between active and passi...

E U Times

• Iranian researcher produces smart Anti-Cancer ...
  Iranian researcher Dr. Omid Farrokhzad of Harvard Medical School has produced a smart cancer drug that is capable of targeting cancer cells in animals. Farrokhzad and his colleagues made the drug in nano scale which enables it to distinguish and target cancer cells without causing common side ef ...
• Plasma Fusion Becomes a Reality
  Scientists in a New Jersey laboratory say they are close to a major breakthrough in the field of fusion that they predict will soon allow for an unlimited source of the cheapest, cleanest and safest energy ever. Researchers at Lawrenceville Plasma Physics in Middlesex, NJ have published the resu ...
• Tens of thousands hold antiwar protests in Germany
  Tens of thousands of protesters have attended rallies in more than 70 cities across Germany to protest against the US-led war in Afghanistan as well as the proliferation of nuclear arms. Hundreds of protesters also gathered in front of the US embassy in the capital Berlin on Saturday to voice op ...
• Cyber Czar wants Homeland Security to patrol A ...
  Lawmakers in Washington are divided as to how to implement cybersecurity legislation to protect against infiltration from hackers, but one insider says the answer is simple: just establish border patrol for the Internet in America. Former George W Bush special adviser for cybersecurity, Richard ...
• United States experiencing deep Depression
  The Egan-Jones agency has downgraded the US credit rating for the second time to AA as debt to GDP surpasses the 100 percent mark and is worsening. Press TV has interviewed Allen Roland, freelance alternative press online columnist in Sonoma California about the latest down grade adjustment to t ...

Voiceless Victim

• Pope, Cardinals, and Bishops just as guilty as ...
  In my personal experience as a victim of catholic church enabled child sexual abuse, as a child protection activist, and as a member of a victim support self help group, I have always known that I was not abused solely by the cunning predator who went to such lengths to regularly torture me and ...
• Taste of justice at last for state victims, bu ...
  The most horrifying evidence in recent weeks from a West Australian inquiry into the reign of terror of convicted serial child rapist Dennis McKenna at the head of a state run hostel at Katanning is not about the abuse itself, but about the complete and utter betrayal of dozens, possibly hundred ...
• Catholic Church has no business policing itself
  Below are some excerpts from this week’s Report of the Inquiry into Protecting Victoria’s Vulnerable Children (Australia) demolishing some of the Catholic Church’s favourite excuses for its appalling record on child endangerment. Thankfully the inquiry refused to be fooled by t ...
• How Many Dead Children Are Too Many?
  An average of 50 children die from drowning in Australia every year. This figure is considered unacceptably high. Generously funded multi million dollar public education campaigns called Swim and Survive and Swim Kids aim to teach children about water safety in order to bring that shocking numbe ...
• Italy acknowledges Vatican unworthy of unfair ...
  The new Italian Prime Minister, Mario Monti, has responded to a petition by 130,000 citizens to end unfair tax-free perks for the Catholic Church’s commercial enterprises. Promising to reverse the trend which in the past saw anti-competitive and possibly illegal special privileges for the ...

WL Central

• 2012-04-05 #WikiLeaks News Update: Collateral ...
  Tweet WikiLeaks has been financially blockaded without process for 489 days. Julian Assange has been detained without charge for 486 days. Bradley Manning has been imprisoned without trial for 683 days. WikiLeaks News: Today marks the two-year anniversary of WikiLeaks' release of "Col ...
• 2012-04-03 The #WikiLeaks financial blockade a ...
  TweetAuthored by @Nicsha If you spend five minutes watching commercial television or flicking through a mainstream magazine, you would think spending money is not only our birthright, but a move that is encouraged and welcomed. We can buy almost anything from anywhere. We have the freedom to inv ...
• 2012-04-02 Australian Government's escalating ...
  TweetAfter a public forum on WikiLeaks, Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam made the following comment: The Australian Government has done the absolute bare minimum above stuff-all to help this Australian citizen in trouble. […] They've attempted to block and delay Freedom of Information requ ...
• From Social Media to Moral Awakening; Bradley ...
  TweetOriginal picture by Nikhil Kirsh, Creative Rendering by idlewild606 James Madison once said, "Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives". Madison recognized that accurate knowledge is es ...
• 2012-03-31 #WikiLeaks News Update & Upcoming E ...
  Tweet WikiLeaks has been financially blockaded without process for 483 days. Julian Assange has been detained without charge for 480 days. Bradley Manning has been imprisoned without trial for 677 days. WikiLeaks News: The Australian Government recently renewed its attacks against Wik ...

U N News

• UN rights chief urges Barbados to address dome ...
  The United Nations human rights chief today urged Barbados to adopt more effective legislation measures to combat discrimination and domestic and sexual violence in the country, adding that an attitudinal change is needed in society as a whole to tackle these issues.
• UN relief chief welcomes Brazil's contribution ...
  The United Nations humanitarian affairs chief yesterday pledged support for Brazil's humanitarian work around the world, highlighting the country's contributions in the areas of disaster-risk prevention and food security.
• Ban and head of South American bloc discuss re ...
  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met yesterday with the head of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), María Emma Mejía Vélez, in discussions touching on cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations, the issue of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) and sustainable development.
• At UN conference, Latin American countries rea ...
  Latin American and Caribbean countries reaffirmed their commitment to eradicate hunger during a United Nations conference on food and agriculture in Buenos Aires, Argentina, over the weekend.
• Recent death of gay man highlights need for an ...
  The United Nations human rights office today urged the Government of Chile to pass a law against discrimination, including on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, following the recent killing of a young gay man in the capital, Santiago.

Conspiracy Reality TV

• The Magic Weed
  Hemp growing doesn't need any weed killing, no pesticide. Its raw material grows naturally and it doesn't need chemical intervention.
• Blood Coltan
  Blood coltan still exists. I'm holding a mobile phone. And I know that the microprocessor it contains uses coltan. And if this coltan has been obtained at the massacre of 10 or 20 villagers through slave labor, the suffering of children forced to work in the mines by the armed militia. This is i ...
• CAMP FEMA 2: Enemy of the State
  Some state governments passed measures to forcibly quarantine residents, incarcerate those who refuse to be vaccinated, and to forcibly vaccinate your children. Legislation like this passed during the much hyped H1N1 flu outbreak.
• Hangar 18: The UFO Warehouse
  Not only was debris from many UFO crashes allegedly shipped to the base, but from the late 1940s until the end of the late 1960s, all reports regarding UFOs were conducted at Wright-Patterson for the military's official UFO investigation Project Blue Book.
• HAARP – Everything You Wanted to Know – Nick B ...
  You might be surprised at all of the constructive uses HAARP could be used for, but will be even more surprised by its focus on weapons and military applications, such as weather modification, geological disruption such as triggering earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and perhaps most controver ...

Rewilding Institute

• An interview with Dave Foreman
  Roger Wendell and Dave Foreman enjoyed a lively conversation on “Connections”, which aired Friday morning March 30,2012 on KGNU Community Radio (Denver/Boulder). Listen: audioarchives-Connections-2012-Connections_2012-03-30 or stream from KGNU.
• Around the Campfire with Uncle Dave – A Root o ...
  Life is good. Many-fold, tangled life is better. Many-fold, tangled life not hobbled by Man’s will is best. What do I mean? By “life is good,” I am not writing a television commercial about sitting with your buddies in front of a widescreen TV for a Superbowl party with Budweiser while wives and ...
• Don’t Flush Tiger Forests
  The toilet paper on your grocery store shelves may have a direct impact on the 400 Sumatran tigers left in the wild. Learn more about how you can help through World Wildlife Fund and make a pledge to never buy paper products linked to rain forest and tiger habitat destruction.    
• NASA – NASA Finds 2011 Ninth-Warmest Year on R ...
  NASA – NASA Finds 2011 Ninth-Warmest Year on Record.
• Open Pipes Are Killing Birds and Other Wildlife
  This issue made the news last fall, but we thought it would be good to keep the topic active and to remind our readers to look around for real and potential hazards to our wild friends. Bird Death Pipes “Hollow metal and plastic (PVC) pipes and posts are found throughout the world and serv ...

Asia Sentinel

• Hopeful Omens in Pakistani Prexy's India Visit
  • (http://twitter.com/share) Whatever Zardari's weakness, analysts see positive signs
• Filipino Tuna Industry Gets a Break
  • (http://twitter.com/share) Limited number of vessels allowed back into critical fishing area
• A Trip to Cornwall
  • (http://twitter.com/share) Our Wandering Palate goes for the big fish - Rick Stein’s The Seafood Restaurant
• Gun Begins to Smoke in Malaysian Sub Scandal
  • (http://twitter.com/share) Money may have been funneled to UMNO officials through Hong Kong incorporated company
• US, China and Allies Hold Competing Pacific Ma ...
  • (http://twitter.com/share) Let the war games commence

We Know the Lies

• Obama's Legal Humiliation
    Today there is no American news outlet factually covering the illegal actions of the sitting President of the United States in context. Nor is there one consistently exposing the laws his administration has flagrantly broken, though this corruption now demonstrably permeates every le ...
• Arsenic Turns Stem Cells Cancerous, Triggering ...
    Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered how exposure to arsenic can turn normal stem cells into cancer stem cells and spur tumor growth. Inorganic arsenic, which affects the drinking water of millions of people worldwide, has been previously shown to be a hum ...
• Factory Farmed Chickens Fed Caffeine, Banned A ...
    It’s no surprise that conventionally factory farmed chickens aren't fed the best diet. We already knew that they were routinely fed arsenic. In fact, a 2004 study from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy showed that more than half of store-bought and fast-food chickens cont ...
• A Tool to Control the Masses... Sexual Humiliation
    In a five-four ruling this week, the supreme court decided anyone can be strip-searched upon arrest for any offense, however minor, at any time... ~ Naomi Wolf read more
• A.T.F. Trying To Illegally Obtain 'Purchase Re ...
    According to gun store owners in Anchorage, ATF agents are requiring that they submit what is called ’4473 Forms’ going as far back as 2007... ~ Anthony Martin read more

Tarpley

• New Delhi BRICS Summit Challenges Dollar Domin ...
  Webster G. Tarpley Ph.D. TARPLEY.net – World Crisis Radio April 6, 2012 World Crisis Radio program for March 31, 2012 [download audio] Guest: Professor Sreeram Chaulia, Jindal School of International Affairs, India The BRICS challenge the power of the IMF in one of the most serious bids fo ...
• To Cut Gas Price in Half Now, Ban Commodity In ...
  Webster G. Tarpley on the Jeff Rense Program rense.com April 4, 2012 [download audio]
• US-UK Destabilization Campaign Stymied by Russ ...
  Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. Atlantic Television News April 4, 2012 — recorded on March 15, 2012 [download video] [download audio]
• From Munich 1938 to April Fool in Istanbul: Wi ...
  74 Years Ago, the Buffer Zone Was Called the Sudetenland Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. PressTV March 29, 2012 [download video] [download audio] While the Syria’s opposition in Turkey is struggling to form an interim government in case the ongoing regime change efforts succeeded, Damascus has accep ...
• A Turkish Attempt to Carve Out a “Buffer ...
  Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. PressTV March 28, 2012 Recorded Monday, March 26, 2012 [download video] [download audio]

Modern Survivalism

• Long Term Drinking Water Storage
  Water is THE most important resource for survival. Period. We take it for granted that we will always have a supply of drinking water at our disposal and we barely give it a second thought to take precautions and perhaps store some of it for ‘a dry day’… I have quite often gott ...
• Be Smarter About What You Buy
  Tightening your financial belt will help you and your family survive. Part of the modern survival philosophy is not only to be prepared for SHTF scenarios, but to also survive life as it is today. Surviving today’s unemployment, hard economic times and rising prices will mean tightening yo ...
• My God, it’s full of stars!
  Astronomers have today (3/27/2012) released a picture containing more than one billion stars in our Milky Way galaxy. The full image contains 150 billion pixels and combines data from two near-infrared telescopes – the UK Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) in Hawaii and the VISTA telescope in Chile &#82 ...
• How To Make Self Rising Flour
  Dry yeast has a shelf life of about 4 months after it is opened and if kept refrigerated. In a SHTF world, without refrigeration, it won’t be so simple to make bread without being able to reach into the fridge to get some of that fresh active yeast to perform it’s magic of making the ...
• Emergency Food 101
  Once in awhile, it’s worth repeating the basics. So, here’s some Emergency Food 101. The first thing a newbie prepper does is to start stocking up on extra food. This, after all, is the first building block of the prepper’s castle. It is also the easiest thing to do, while time ...

Fast Company

• Leadership Lessons From YouSendIt's Founding T ...
  One of YouSendIt's three founders was fired. Another pleaded guilty to a federal charge involving a cyberattack he launched on YouSendIt. Somehow, third cofounder Ranjith Kumaran walked away from the disaster with his company intact and a new set of team-building tenets. Startups and investors c ...
• Top 10 Most Popular Stories Of The Week
  Here are the stories you read, tweeted, status'd, and shared this week. This week’s stories feature some future tech in the form of computer glasses that will help you navigate through life, and the latest innovations in 3-D printing. And then there's Don Corleone, who has an offer of leadership ...
• MyEnergy CEO Ben Bixby's Eureka Moment Literal ...
  The 29-year-old was carving out a career in international political affairs before he discovered a better use for his--and the world's--energy.In 2007, Ben Bixby cofounded MyEnergy with the belief that--with the right tools and rewards--he could make American consumers not only care about conser ...
• How IBM's Big Data Guy Found A Career In Chaos
  Charlie Schick, 46, is IBM's Worldwide Director of Marketing, Big Data, Health Care, and Life Sciences, taps skills as a molecular biologist, a tech journalist, a marketer, and more. As a marketing director in IBM's Big Data group, Charlie Schick helps scientists and health care providers use co ...
• Why RIM Lost Its Crew, Its Groove
  In business, complacency kills, as the competition is not only trying to innovate faster, they're ready to snatch up members of your devoted tribe.Research in Motion has certainly seen better days. Last Thursday, the company announced its first quarterly loss in seven years. By Friday, industry ...

Jadaliyya

• الحقيقة ... أكرم خلق ثوري
  منذ أسابيع توقفت عن الكتابة. لم يكن السبب مقاطعة وسائل الإعلام المكتوبة أو السمعية البصرية وهي كثيرة (الجزيرة، العربية... وحتى روسيا اليوم التي يقول السيد فيصل القاسم انني أتحدّث عليها سبعين مرة في اليوم وأنا لم أتحدث مرة واحدة عليها في 2012). لم تكن المشكلة أبداً تغييباً إعلامياً.. فليس بالإمكا ...
• April 6: Genealogy of a Youth Movement
  Go to any protest outside Tahrir Square today and you will inevitably hear onlookers grumbling about “April 6 youths destroying the country” — even when the group has no presence at the demonstration. The April 6 Youth Movement’s reputation doesn’t so much precede it as outstrip it. Loyalists o ...
• New Texts Out Now: Nelly Hanna, Artisan Entrep ...
  Nelly Hanna, Artisan Entrepreneurs in Cairo and Early Modern Capitalism (1600-1800). Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2011. Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book, and what particular topics, issues, and literatures does it address? Nelly Hanna (NH): The book is part of ...
• Video: Islam Harbi Will Spend His Childhood in ...
• المرشح لرئاسة مجلس إدارة مصر
  يقول أحد عمال سيراميكا كليوباترا المضربين بحماس شديد في فيديو مدته ١٠ دقائق من قلب الإضراب بثت حركة مصرين على يوتيوب:"احنا لما قمنا بالثورة قمنا عشان نلغي حكومة رجال الأعمال. احنا عايزين الحكومة اللي بتمثل الشعب تشوف الشعب عايز ايه". يصف العمال، الذين حققوا انتصارا شاملا في كل ...

mediagazer

• Bonnier Launches 20 Titles Through Pulse (Bill ...
  Bill Mickey / Folio: Bonnier Launches 20 Titles Through Pulse  —  Earlier trial with PopSci grew from 60k to 3 million subscribers in 6 months.  —  After a six-month trial run between Popular Science and content aggregation app Pulse scored a subscriber bonanza, ...
• Reactions to the Death of Mike Wallace, '60 Mi ...
  Brian Stelter / Media Decoder: Reactions to the Death of Mike Wallace, ‘60 Minutes’ Pioneer  —  Mike Wallace in his CBS office in 2006.  —  11:40 a.m. |  Updated Mike Wallace, a pioneer of American broadcasting who confronted leaders and liars fo ...
• Mike Wallace, star interviewer on CBS News' '6 ...
  Associated Press: Mike Wallace, star interviewer on CBS News' ‘60 Minutes’ for decades, dies at age 93  —  CBS newsman Mike Wallace, the dogged, merciless reporter and interviewer who took on politicians, celebrities and other public figures in a 60-year career highl ...
• Remembering Mike Wallace 1918-2012 (Morley Saf ...
  Morley Safer / CBS News: Remembering Mike Wallace 1918-2012 … (CBS News) For half a century, he took on corrupt politicians, scam artists and bureaucratic bumblers.  His visits were preceded by the four dreaded words: Mike Wallace is here.  —  Wallace took to heart t ...
• MPAA Chief Christopher Dodd Says SOPA War Isn' ...
  Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter: MPAA Chief Christopher Dodd Says SOPA War Isn't Over, Defends Hosting Harvey Weinstein Even as He Attacked Over ‘Bully’  —  Hollywood's top lobbyist reflects on his first year; says Weinstein “was very helpful to me as a ...

Chemtrail News

• CHEMTRAIL AND UFO SIGHTING, PORIRUA, NZ ...
  I suspected it of being a Chemtrail and therefore pulled out the video camera to film it. Many planes went by during the shooting, more than any other time I have ... https://chemtrailsnorthnz.wordpress.com/.../chemtrail-and-ufo-...
• Maui residents craft legislation to ban geo-en ...
  Maui residents craft legislation to ban geo-engineering 'chemtrails' www.naturalnews.com/033691_chemtrails_Maui.html
• 10 mile long chemtrail 1 Video
  probably longer. denver,co 9/23/11 Author: Boondox681 Keywords: denver ten mile long chemtrail Added: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:33:25. vodpod.com/watch/15460352-10-mile-long-chemtrail-1
• ChemTrail Pilot Admits to 'Domestic ...
  Headlines ChemTrail Pilot Admits to 'Domestic Terrorism'! ... Chemtrails: The Consequences of Toxic Metals and Chemical Aerosols on Human Health · Heavy ... www.davidicke.com/.../53899-chemtrail-pilot-admits-to-dome...
• Chemtrail Rainbow - YouTube
  Chemtrails caused rainbow....no rain. ... I have several (which I think are ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcOyMeW0xpU

World News - Top Stories

• Mangoes arrive in fewer numbers
  The bright, luscious king of fruits eagerly awaited in the summer months may disappoint its fan club this time round, what with its shrunken arrivals and elevated prices. Instead of a series of trucks waiting to be offloaded at the Gaddi Annaram Agricultural Market Yard, famously known as Ko ...
• Interest in organic farming grows
  BY JENNIFER PALMER jpalmer@opubco.com | For organic producer Susan Graff, the daily grind is performed far from a cubicle. Organic farmer Susan Graff waters her produce in a greenhouse. Her operation, Crestview Farms in Arcadia, is one of about 75 certified organic producers in the state. ...
• Easter eggs may fall to new regs
  Nolan Finley Comments Be careful hiding those Easter eggs today, they soon may be worth their weight in gold. Already in Europe, eggs are becoming as scarce as hen's teeth, with production down and prices up 55 percent. The reason? New European Union rules granting cages with more elbow room ...
• Kolkata looks to bounce back against Raja ...
  Jaipur: After a rollicking start to their IPL V campaign, Rajasthan Royals will look to continue the winning momentum when they face Kolkata Knight Riders, who would be equally keen to bounce back from a humiliating defeat in their opening match against Delhi Daredevils, on Sunday. Led by th ...
• Stocks overshadow gold’s glitter with str ...
  Gold has been glittering bright for investors for many years, but the stock market seems to have begun 2012 on a brighter note with better returns than the yellow metal in the first quarter of this year. After outperforming the stock market for more than a decade, the appreciation in gold pr ...

no frakking consensus

• Thank You, British Taxpayers
  British taxpayers spent £165,937 in recent years on climate change projects here in Canada.
• Today’s News Media: Cheerleaders for the ...
  Newspapers used to think their job was to help keep wealthy and powerful institutions honest. Now they climb into bed with them.
• Earth Hour Organizers Prey on Mexico
  Mexico is crippled by corruption, violence, and poverty. But the World Wildlife Fund wants it to show leadership on climate change.
• The Enormous CEO Salaries Behind Earth Hour
  Earth Hour isn't a volunteer, grassroots operation. The World Wildlife Fund pays its US and Canadian CEOs so handsomely they are part of the economic elite - the top 1% of income earners.
• Earth Hour: Corporations Preaching Morality
  When you dim your lights for Earth Hour, you're protesting in a manner approved by multinational corporations. You're allowing banks and insurance companies to tell you how to spend your Saturday night.

Anna's News

• National Parks at Risk: Photos
  National parks represent our country's last stronghold of wilderness. But the large majority of parks are suffering, too.Ninety-five percent of parks assessed in a recent study have lost key species that once helped define them. Meanwhile, 91 percent .... Submitted by Anna Smith to Animals &nbs ...
• Suicide rates in Europe 'linked' to financial ...
  The financial crisis "almost certainly" led to an increase in suicides across Europe, health experts say.The analysis by US and UK researchers found a rise in suicides was recorded among working age people from 2007 to 2009 in nine of the 10 nations...... Submitted by Anna Smith to Health & Well ...
• Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerela - Richest in ...
  For the past one week, the Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerela has been in the news because of the huge wealth found in its secret crypts.The Padmanabhaswamy Temple is the most famous Lord Vishnu temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerela. It is bel ............ Submitted by Anna Smith to World  |& ...
• South Sudan becomes an independent nation
  South Sudan has become the world's newest nation, the climax of a process made possible by the 2005 peace deal that ended a long and bloody civil war.Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon are among international dignitaries Submitted by Anna Smith to World   ...
• News of the World staff shocked at closure
  Staff at the News of the World have reacted with shock to news that it will be closed after this Sunday's edition.The paper's political editor, David Wooding, said the closure came as a "bombshell". Submitted by Anna Smith to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

Medical Marijuana

• 4/2/12 - Pro & Con Arguments: “Should the drin ...
  drinkingage.procon.org - Pro & Con Arguments: "Should the drinking age be lowered from 21 to a younger age?” - Read new pro and con arguments about whether the minimum legal drinking age in the United States should be lowered from 21 to a younger age.
• 3/30/12 - Health Care Reform
  healthcarereform.procon.org - Health Care Reform ProCon.org - On Mar. 27, 2012, we updated the core question to include the term "Obamacare" because that label has become widely used to reference the Mar. 2010 health care reform laws by both critics of the health care changes and proponents, ...
• 3/30/12 - Health Care Reform
  healthcarereform.procon.org - Health Care Reform ProCon.org - On Mar. 27, 2012, we updated the core question to include the term "Obamacare" because that label has become widely used to reference the Mar. 2010 health care reform laws by both critics of the health care changes and proponents, ...
• 3/29/12 - 2012 Presidential Candidate Summary ...
  2012election.procon.org - 2012 Presidential Candidate Summary Chart - See the four remaining Republican candidates (Gingrich, Paul, Romney, and Santorum), Barack Obama (Democrat), Gary Johnson (Libertarian), and Buddy Roemer's (Independent) positions on 50 different issues in our side-by-side ca ...
• 3/29/12 - 2012 Presidential Candidates Quiz
  2012election.procon.org - 2012 Presidential Candidates Quiz - Take our compatibility quiz to find out which candidate is the best match for you. We've updated the questionnaire with five new questions on felon voting, the Keystone XL pipeline, oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ...

Truth About Our World

• Notification
  This blogs entries have been moved to http://worldtruthtoday.wordpress.com/ I will no longer post anything here, although site will remain open for a while. Thanks Grace
• Trudell Documentary
• Occupy Wall Street “Beware The Zeitgeist ...
• The Dirty Fucking Hippies Were Right
• World War 3 (III,Three): September 11, 2001-20 ...

Gyrovague's Raves

• Life Without Sex
  Now that he’s raised awareness of his lifestyle, David Jay, founder of AVEN, is working to change mainstream beliefs about sex drives RACHEL HILLS But what all asexual people have in common — and what defines asexuality as an orientation — is that, while they may have a desire ...
• Some Years Before 1963
  Norma Clarke A woman born in 1600 grew up being told she was the most lustful of God’s creatures. Come 1800 and the message was reversed: she was ‘naturally’ delicate and pure. No longer having lusts of her own to manage, her role was to control the ‘natural’ lust o ...
• Pink Slime, Deconstructed
  See Arr Oh Well, if you come from the meat producers’ camp, you instead refer to “slime” as lean, finely-textured beef, or LFTB. Connective tissue, trimmings, and scraps from industrial butcher plants are mixed in a large steel reactor, where technicians heat the mixture to 100 oF, initiating ti ...
• Brain drain
  Neuroscience wants to be the answer to everything. It isn’t ROGER SCRUTON There are many reasons for believing the brain is the seat of consciousness. Damage to the brain disrupts our mental processes; specific parts of the brain seem connected to specific mental capacities; and the nervous syst ...
• Green tea could mask testosterone doping
  Peter Aldous ATHLETES who cheat by doping themselves with testosterone may be able to mask their actions by drinking green tea. Large quantities might even provide a legal performance boost by raising levels of testosterone in the blood. Abuse of testosterone is hard to spot because the steroid ...

In Verbena | Royal Society

• Dual use education in neuroscience
  The Royal Society hosted a Roundtable meeting on dual use education and awareness raising in neuroscience on Friday 16 March. The meeting was intended to follow up on aspects of the recent Brain Waves 3: Neuroscience, conflict and security report, but specifically looked at the recommendation th ...
• Human enhancement and the future of work
   Last week, I attended a joint meeting organised by the Academy of Medical Sciences, British Academy, Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society on human enhancement and the future of work.  It’s the first time that all four academies have come together like this on a policy issue. Such ...
• New Trends in Think Tanks in China
  Xufeng Zhu is currently Professor at the Zhou Enlai School of Government, Director of the Centre of Chinese Policy Science, and Associate Director of the Centre for MPA Education, Nankai University. He has published extensively, including on China’s Think Tanks (Tsinghua University Press, ...
• UK and China, comparing notes on science and p ...
    For a science policy nerd like me, meeting with international counterparts is like taking a holiday or meeting old friends in the pub at Christmas; there are many fresh things to explore but you can quickly get down to  business. Friday’s small but perfectly-formed gathering in Beijing of abou ...
• Neuroscience, conflict and security: a dual us ...
   The Royal Society has launched the final report of the Brain Waves series, which investigate developments in neuroscience and their implications for society and policy.  Brain Waves 3: Neuroscience, conflict and security examines the potential applications of neuroscience in a military and law ...

NAU Resistance

• End of Nations: Canada, the US and the “Securi ...
  Regardless of whether this particular agreement bears fruit for those seeking to bring the two countries into a closer union, or whether it is just another waypoint on the road of a much longer and more detailed process, the very real concerns about the erosion of national sovereignty implicit i ...
• Goodbye Kyoto, Make Way For The North American ...
  "On Tuesday December 13th the Minister of the Environment Peter Kent announced that Canada is removing itself from the Kyoto Protocol. Kent is pushing for a more unified agreement that would unite all nation's on a global scale."
• The Pretext For A North American Homeland Secu ...
  "Any deal which gives the Department of Homeland Security more personal information poses a serious risk to privacy rights"
• Welcome To Fortress North America! NAU-Phase One
  We knew that there was nothing “new” at all to be found in this "new border vision"
• Paving The Way For A North American Union
  By: Press For Truth (http://www.pressfortruth.ca) Release Date: 11/9/11 The agenda for a North American Union is underway and a new security perimeter deal will blur the lines at the border and further erode the sovereignty of Canadians and Americans. On November 13th Stephen Harper, Barack Ob ...

Gaea Times

• Now, hairbrush that reads your mind
  WASHINGTON - Who says hairbrush can only be used to comb locks? Scientists have made a hairbrush like device that would be able to monitor mental activity. One of the main techniques for measuring and monitoring mental activity, called functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), can often b ...
• Man U?s bemused Fergie tells shifty Roo to res ...
  LONDON - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has told key striker Wayne Rooney that he must respect the club and its traditions if he wants to stay on. Commenting on reports that suggest that the star player wants to leave Manchester United for another club - either Manchester City or ...
• Google Street Viewers spot ?God? floating over ...
  SYDNEY - Google Street View has spotted a god-like figure floating midair above a lake in Quarten, Switzerland. Although the image, discovered by the Gawker blog, is apparently the result of some sort of light distortion or lens flare, blogger Max Read has questioned whether it might have more ...
• Dogs reduce stress in autistic children: Study
  WASHINGTON - Dogs-apart from being man’s best friend-have a special role to play in the lives of children with special needs. A new study by the Universite de Montreal has suggested that specifically trained service dogs can help reduce the anxiety and enhance the socialization skills of ...
• How sex hormones influence right heart function
  WASHINGTON - A new study has revealed human sex hormones influence the structure and function of the right ventricle (RV) of the heart. The researchers found that in women receiving hormone therapy, higher estrogen levels were associated with higher RV ejection fraction and lower RV end-systol ...

TruthNews Australia

• Charles Darwin debunked!
  Today's show contains 2 excellent interviews and audio clips from a recent anti-war protest held in Sydney. In the first half of today’s show we bring you an interview with Chris Emery and Holland Van den Nieuwenhof discussing their stunning film A Noble Lie, which exposes the cover-up a ...
• TNRA Goes LIVE on Logos Radio Network!
  Today we bring you our first live broadcast on Logos Radio Network. This will be a regular broadcast, and you can pick it up the live stream at Logos Radio every Thursday. The exact time of the 2 hour broadcast varies a little due to changing daylight saving time zones. Our next broadcast on 29 ...
• Pay the TSA $100 protection money to avoid sca ...
  Hate the full-body scans, pat-downs and slow going at TSA airport security screening checkpoints? For $100, you can now bypass the hassle. The Transportation Security Administration is rolling out expedited screening at big airports called "Precheck." It has special lanes for background-checke ...
• Stop CSG Rally video report - Government fails ...
  Truth News covers the stop CSG Rally at Parliament House NSW, 15 March 2012. In the morning a motion was put to the NSW Upper House by Jeremy Buckingham of the Greens – to place a moratorium on all coal seam gas (CSG) projects in the state, other than the Camden production field. It w ...
• How Facebook is exterminating communities
  Ladies and gentlemen, I have been struggling (unsuccesfully) to get the new facebook timeline features to work in a reasonable way which suit the needs of this website, and I just want to let you all know that I've had enough! I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more! I've com ...

Beacon

• Forage Fish Should Stay in the Ocean
  California Anchovies [Image credit: NOAA via Wikimedia Commons] Editor's Note: This post was co-written by Ben Enticknap and Geoff Shester Yesterday a task force of thirteen distinguished scientists from around the globe released a new report, “little fish BIG IMPACT” that investigates the s ...
• Outrage Against Drilling in Canary Islands
  A popular tourist beach in the Canary Islands that would be affected by drilling. © Lauren Linzer Editor's note: This is a guest contribution by Oceana supporter Lauren Linzer, who lives on the Spanish island of Lanzarote, one of the Canary Islands, which are just off the west coast of Africa ...
• A Better Way to Farm Fish
  An aquaculture operation. © Oceana/Juan Cuetos Almost half of the world’s seafood now comes from fish farms, which can have significant environmental effects. Because so many fish are confined to such a small place, aquaculture can lead to high levels of pollution and outbreaks of diseases. ...
• Arctic Drilling Could Start as Early as July
  The Beaufort Sea. [Image credit: NOAA via Wikimedia Commons.] In the past 60 days Shell Oil, the global oil and gas company headquartered in the Netherlands, has received two permits from the U.S. government approving their Chukchi Sea and Beaufort Sea spill response plans. This is shocking b ...
• Deep-sea Coral Sickness Linked to Gulf Oil Spill
  Deep-sea corals. © NOAA Even more sad news from the Gulf of Mexico, but this time it runs a mile deep. A new study confirms that the oil that likely caused deepwater coral sickness indeed came from the largest accidental oil spill in history, the Deepwater Horizon. Back in June 2010, deep-s ...

Civilian Military Intelligence Group

• Lt. Mike Wallace, USN, Dies At 93
      “Wallace enlisted the United States Navy in 1943, and served as a communications officer during World War II on the USS Anthedon, a submarine tender. He saw no combat, but travelled to Hawaii, Australia, and Subic Bay in the Philippines, then patrolling the South China Sea, the Phi ...
• Pedro Sarmiento De Gamboa Saw A UFO In 1580
        In Viajes al Estrado de Magallenes, by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, this navigator notes that at 1:00 PM onFebruary 7th, 1580, he saw something he had never seen before.   “We saw a round thing appear, red like fire, like a shield, that rose up in the air or perhaps on th ...
• UFO In Aberdeen Scotland, 1822
    December 5th, 1822 Aberdeen, Scotland   “Soon after six o’clock a most extraordinary meteor was observe, almost due north from Aberdeen. When first seen, it had the appearance of a large ball of the moon’s diameter; but descending towards the horizon, it assumed the shape and appeara ...
• The Mobula Concept Aircraft.
  Chris Cooke, a design student at Coventry University designed this behemoth luxury aircraft that flies a bit like the Ekranoplan. Using ground effect, or the phenomenon where lift for aircraft increases dramatically and drag decreases when flying close to the ground. This called the Mobula and i ...
• The Interview.
    Katie Couric, while interviewing a Marine sniper, asked: “What do you feel … when you shoot an insurgent?” The Marine shrugged and replied, “A slight recoil.” Source: Militaryhumor.com

Taylor Marsh

• Listening to Men on Easter
  “The problem is you’re sober.” – The Lives of Cowboys, Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keiller “I don’t consider Andrew Sullivan to be a religious authority, okay?” – Rick Warren, ABC “This Week” I love the boys, but I’m tired of h ...
• ‘Nosy and Insistent,’ Icon Mike Wallace, Dead ...
  That’s how Mike Wallace described himself. Part of Wallace’s legacy, though you won’t see it cited many places today, remains his role in the Phillip Morris – Jeffrey Wigand scandal that rocked “60 Minutes” and became unlocked in Michael Mann’s great fil ...
• Dash of Dan: Spring Holiday Edition
  Growing up in both a Christian and Jewish household, we often celebrated the most important holidays of each. Lent was when I used to give up something I enjoyed, like Oreos, and then on Easter the satisfaction of having that Oreo was just beyond great. I have long since disavowed traditional pr ...
• Time-Lapse Hitchcock
  From videographer Jeff Desom, via Jezebel. It’s marvelous. Consider this an open forum. Any topic goes.
• Queer Talk: “Who Do U Think U R?”
  Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Please, watch the video – “Who Do U Think U R?” – either below, or at You Tube. On March 28, 2012, students at Cypress Ranch High School came together to create an original Lip Dub video and to Stand Up to bullies by ...

Hudson New York

• Short Supply, Not Middle East Tensions, Push u ...
  "Right now the key thing that is driving higher gas prices is actually the world's oil markets and uncertainty about what's going on in Iran and the Middle East, and that's adding a $20 or $30 premium to oil prices," President Obama said March 23. It's
• Islam Conquers European Football
  The top-ranked football team in Spain, Real Madrid, has removed a Christian cross from its official logo as a way to strengthen its fan base among Muslims in Europe and the Middle East. According to Spain's top sports newspaper, Marca, the change was
• Courtroom Terror
  Apologists sometimes try to explain away Islamic terrorism as a byproduct of something else, calling it the "weapon of the weak." The usual argument is that because Muslims are politically, socially, or militarily weak—the archetypal example often given
• Britain's Multicultural Nightmare
  More than 400 children were subjected to forced marriage in Britain during the past year, including a five-year-old girl who is believed to be the country's youngest victim of the practice. The statistics were provided by the British government's Forced
• Old Habits Die Hard: Germany Funding Palestini ...
  Last week, Salam Fayyad, the Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority [PNA], visited Berlin with several of his ministers. His visit was successful. The Germans, who pride themselves on being one of the largest sponsors of the Palestinian

Urban Survival

• Exclusive: Solar Kill Shot in December?
  Killshot or Pole Shift? We depart, momentarily, from our usual focus on longwave economics (and the evolution of the Second Depression despite the joys of the latest Jobs report from the government which we will get to in a second) … Continue reading →
• Coping: with Low-Effort Thought
  My friend Howard Hill (www.mindonmoney.wordpress.com) sent me a fascinating article to ponder in a recent “Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.” In it, the authors (four of them) study the correlation between (among other things) how much alcohol people drink and … Conti ...
• Munch-a-Buncha Job Numbers
  New jobless figures out from Challenger, Christmas, and Gray…and oh my, what’s this, a decline in planned grenade rolling by the HR crowd? Planned job cuts declined in March to the lowest level since May 2011, as U.S.-based employers announced … Continue reading →
• Coping: How to Build a Conspiracy Theory
  A reader sent along a link to the details of how that “faster-than-light” neutrinos story may have gone wrong – because of loose cables.  Wonders the reader: wouldn’t this make the case that basic electronics learning is a survival skill? … Continue reading →
• Executive Influence
  I’ve always held the US Supreme Court in the same mental space reserved for baseball umpires:  They get to make the hard calls, and despite what the manager of the team on the wrong end of a call may say, … Continue reading →

Trends & Forecasts

• CONFIRMED: Mohammed Merah Was A French Secret ...
  CONFIRMED: Mohammed Merah Was A French Secret Services Manchurian Candidate
• CONFIRMED: Mohammed Merah Was A French Secret ...
• CONFIRMED: Mohammed Merah Was A French Secret ...
  Information CONFIRMED by the former head of the... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story ]]
• The Pagan Origins of Easter |Gerald Celente ...
• The Pagan Origins of Easter |Gerald Celente ...

Radical Chic

• NIGERIAN PARTIES vs PARTIES IN ENGLAND
  Once you have been to ‘one’ Nigerian party in your life it is safe to say that you will always know the menu. It is an unwritten rule that you can be as exotic as you like, but if your party lacks certain fundamental items, it really isn’t a party. There ‘must’ be J ...
• AFRICAN ROMANCE: ‘Thorns With Roses&#821 ...
  I once attended a wild party where I had an unusual encounter. It came in the form of a one night stand. I was a twenty-two year old student, sent to the US to get my MBA so I could take over my father’s thriving business someday. My girlfriend whom I’d whimsically thought would become [...]
• AWKWARD TOPICS: A 12 Year Old Has A Baby, Shou ...
  This topic is for you, yes, you! I want to know your opinion on this matter. What do you think? A 12 year old has a baby, should she be allowed to keep it? On a biological level this is perhaps not a very common scenario, but for some reason, Amy is 12 years old [...]
• RANDOM RANTS: ‘Infidelity’ – ...
  It’s one of the biggest issues facing sexual relationships today and the demise of most relationships can usually be traced back to it. But what exactly is cheating? The dictionary defines it rather unhelpfully as “marital disloyalty; adultery”. I find this definition almost insulting. Where do ...
• FLASH FICTION: ‘A Christmas Miracle&#821 ...
  Spending Christmas in hospital was not how Yinka envisioned her holidays. Hospitals were places where she received bad news: “I’m sorry your aunt is dead”; “I’m sorry you can’t concieve children naturally “; and so on. She and her husband, Tunde had worked hard all year, deferring all their annu ...

Boston Blog ( Nature Network)

• Tattoos, movies, and commies: Sciencey stuff t ...
  Much to do here even as the semester winds down in Boston and Cambridge. On Monday, science writer Carl Zimmer meets Terry Gilliam, so to speak. Zimmer will be the speaker at the Coolidge Corner Theatre's "Science and Screen" airing of Gillam's 12 Monkeys. In a future world devastated by di ...
• Sat. is last chance to see "Prints and the Pur ...
  Artist Brian Knep has a lab on Longwood Avenue -- not a studio. He's not a scientists; he's the Harvard Medical School artist-in-residence. Knep says he looks to science for "metaphors about life, about change, about healing." So, when he led group through the Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge ...
• New Kendall Square restaurant set up to host b ...
  When new drug development company H3 decided to throw a party to launch the opening of Kendall Square labs and offices, organizers didn't have to go very far. They took the elevator downstairs. Last week, local researchers, bio boosters and lots of men in dark suits from the Japanese drug comp ...
• BU's biolab makes it to level-2, still seeking ...
  Massachusetts environmental regulator recognized that there is a big difference between TB and Ebola. So, last week, they granted Boston University permission to begin using their new biolab to work on bio safety level-2 materials. From the Globe: For years, the National Emerging Infectious ...
• Sunday's Chef Adrià talk at Harvard' sells out
  Most of Harvard's Science and Cooking Lectures are first come, first served, so to speak. But, you needed a ticket for Tuesday's return of superstar Spanish chef and modernist Ferran Adrià of elBulli, who talked about "The New Culinary Think Tank - el bulli 2.0." And they were scooped up a few d ...

NRDC Switchboard

• Mysterious Arctic Illness May Have Spread to P ...
  Andrew Wetzler, Director, Land & Wildlife Program, Chicago   A mysterious disease that swept through populations of seals in the Canadian, Russian and American Arctic last year and was associated with high levels of mortality, may have spread ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...

Injustice Everywhere

• Proposal for handing over the NPMSRP
  As I mentioned in Friday’s daily report, my employment situation is now such that I can no longer reliably track reports and do all the tasks necessary for properly running this project. Generally, when done right, this project takes up approximately 60+ hours a week and the kind of work I ...
• National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
  Here are the 12 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Friday, April 6, 2012: Chicago IL sued by family of unarmed woman shot in back of head by off-duty cop who claimed self defense [4] http://bit.ly/Ho1Qmh Pine Bluff AR cop investigated for us ...
• National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
  Unfortunately, my current job interfered with my ability to track reports yet again today, still, here are the 9 reports I was able to track in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Thursday, April 5, 2012: Harrodsburg KY cop sentenced to 3 years as part of a plea deal to 148 rape, [...]
• National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
  Here are the 11 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Wednesday, April 5, 2012: 5 New Orleans LA cops sentenced for roles in Danziger bridge murders, 1 for 65yrs, 2 for 40, 1 for 38 & 1 for 6 [0] http://bit.ly/Hnt1N1 Hayward CA police sued ...
• National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
  Here are the 40 reports of police misconduct tracked so far in our National Police Misconduct News Feed over our unfortunate hiatus from Wednesday, March 29 – Tuesday, April 3, 2012: Rockledge FL police sued by mom of patient who died after tasered 6x & suffocated w/pillow case by cops ...

Total Collapse

• Obama Orders Press Blackout After US Credit Ra ...
  A shattering report from RIA Novosti’s Washington D.C. bureau appears to prove that the mainstream press in America has become nothing more than a propaganda arm of the Obama regime when during a White House news briefing this past week they were effectively ordered not to report on this past we ...
• USS Enterprise must obtain IRGC permission to ...
  The U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise, which is heading for the Persian Gulf, will have to answer the questions of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) at the “Sepah station” to obtain permission to enter the sea, the Persian service of the Fars News Agency reported ...
• Russian Warship to Exercise off Syria
  Russian guided missile destroyer ‘Smetlivy’ to exercise off Syria’s Mediterranean coast. A Russian warship will dock at the Syrian port of Tartus before planned exercises off the country’s Mediterranean coast. TheSmetlivy guided-missile destroyer will remain in the wester ...
• North Korea warns against attempts to intercep ...
  North Korea has warned that any attempts to jeopardize its plans to launch a rocket-powered satellite scheduled for later this month would constitute “an act of war.” Whoever “intercepts the satellite or collects its debris will meet immediate, resolute and merciless punishment” from ...
• UN Chief Warns Syria crisis is Getting Worse – ...
  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday the crisis in Syria is getting worse and claiming more lives every day even though President Bashar Assad’s government insists it is withdrawing troops ahead of a U.N. deadline to end the violence. The U.N. chief appealed to Assad “to show ...

Daily Dose

• TNW’s Daily Dose – 24 hours of tech news in 5 ...
  Facebook and Dropbox apps suffer a security vulnerability, Twitter gets tougher on spammers and we announce The Next Web Startup Rally 2012 finalists. It’s all in today’s Daily Dose. You...
• TNW’s Daily Dose – 24 hours of tec ...
  Apple seems to be testing a 7.85-inch iPad, but you shouldn’t be surprised. Senator Al Franken is pushing for more Internet privacy. The YouTube and Viacom suit is back, with...
• TNW’s Daily Dose – 24 hours of tec ...
  Apple is the #3 OEM according to comScore. Yahoo confirms the layoff of 2,000 employees. Instagram for Android hits 1 million downloads in its first day. You can catch The...
• TNW’s Daily Dose – 24 hours of tech news in 5 ...
  Amazon appears to be testing in-app payments, Path increases user data security, and Tumblr hits Facebook Timeline. It’s all in today’s Daily Dose. You can catch The Daily Dose every...
• TNW’s Daily Dose – 24 hours of tec ...
  Temple Run crosses 50 million downloads. Samsung’s Galaxy Note campaign voted most effective. Dell is set to acquire Wyse Systems. You can catch The Daily Dose every Monday through Friday...

Beyond Zero Emissions

• The Clean Energy Finance Corporation and Conce ...
  Beyond Zero Emissions has just released a paper on the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) set up as part of the carbon price package of policies. It outlines the current limitations of the CEFC model specifically in relation to baseload solar thermal power, and compares it to policies used ...
• Clean fossils of the future? How about ready r ...
  There’s a lot of discussion and political jostling around energy options, decarbonisation, low-carbon or zero-carbon transition. Looking at the options, let’s begin with today’s dominant player, conventional coal. It’s fate is easy to summarise, we burn it now in old, outdated power stations, ...
• Adelaide - Repower Port Augusta Report Launch
  At what promises to be one of the most important events on the political calendar for 2012, Mark Ogge from the renewable energy think-tank, Beyond Zero Emissions, will launch the long-awaited BZE Repower Port Augusta Report. This reports presents the compelling economic and environmental case ...
• The minister for tourism signs tourism industr ...
  Martin Ferguson, the Federal Minister for Resources Energy and Tourism and previous head of the ACTU, today signalled that the mining industry will take precedence over tourism and manufacturing, despite the enormous damage it is doing to these industries. In a speech in Brisbane today, Mr ...
• The merit order effect – actually, it’s a good ...
  The Merit Order Effect, put simply, means lower electricity bills for consumers. That’s because it means lower-cost electricity in the wholesale market when additional renewables are introduced into the mix. The effect has been demonstrated in Germany, where they have very significant deploym ...

Monga Bay ( News )

• Photo: a wild Easter Bunny
  In the United States, the Easter Bunny and Easter eggs have been associated with the religious holiday of Easter since the 18th century.
• Photo: stunning view from a new trail in Tierr ...
  Conservationists are opening a 34 kilometer (21.3 mile) trekking trail in Chile's Tierra del Fuego.
• Certified palm oil profitable for companies, f ...
  A new study suggests shifting to certified palm oil production increases profitability despite higher production costs.
• As world bodies dally, private sector, local g ...
  Despite slow progress via the U.N. process and other intergovernmental bodies, national governments, municipalities, and the private sector are moving ahead with initiatives to measure and compensate the value of services afforded by ecosystems, said a leading forestry expert speaking on the sid ...
• Brazil can eliminate deforestation by 2020, sa ...
  Brazil can reduce Amazon deforestation to zero by 2020 while boosting rural livelihoods and maintaining healthy economic growth, the governor of Pará told mongabay.com on the sidelines of the Skoll World Forum, a major conference on social entrepreneurship, last week. Governor Simao Jatene ...

Sierra Express

• SJSS Alumni Association – Dinner and Dance
  St. Joseph’s Secondary School Alumni Association proudly announces its “Dinner & Dance, A Night of Elegance” event. When:  Saturday June 30, 2012 Where: The Loft Ballroom, Laurel, Maryland, USA. . Followed on Sunday July 1st, by a Picnic and Sports Day. . Click on the flyer below ...
• AfDB approves $251m funding for Tanzania, Sier ...
  The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved $250.95 million for road construction projects in Tanzania and Sierra Leone, a statement from the Bank said April 5, 2012. Under the approvals, AfDB said Tanzania’s government will receive $216.87 million loan from its African Development Fu ...
• CAF Confederation Cup – Wolves down FC Kallon
  Nigeria Premier League (NPL) side, Warri Wolves reached the round of 16 in the Caf Confederation Cup after a 2-0 win over FC Kallon of Sierra Leone on Friday. The match was played under rainy conditions at the Warri City Stadium. Two second half goals from Gift Atuliwa and substitute Michael Oko ...
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  Ancestral palm tree was a vital trademark of health: Multi-produce, Salone’s hope, desired monetary bliss, Nurturing and blooming this organic as timeless age: Wine taper harvests palm wine and succulent fruit, Palm leaves produce brooms, while nuts provide oil. Biblical metaphor – palm br ...
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Dairy Industry - NZ Herald

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  Whole milk powder prices fell again in Fonterra's online dairy auction, with the weighted average price the lowest since August 2010.The average price for a basket of products in the auction yesterday increased 1.5 per cent, having...
• Milk rustlers working Mount Maunganui
  Thieves working to order have stolen about 1200 litres of milk and other dairy products in Mount Maunganui, police say.Detective Sergeant Darryl Brazier said the thieves targeted delivery trucks at a storage unit on Totara Street...
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  Prices of dairy products snapped a three-month slide in Fonterra's latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, lifting the average winning price from the lowest level since August.The GDT-TWI Price Index rose 1.5 per cent compared...
• Fran O'Sullivan: Fonterra boss not playing games
  Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings is not afraid to puncture some of the irrational games being played in the local dairy industry.The Herald's China Business 2012 report in today's paper reveals how he floated the prospect...
• China Business 2012: Nothing ventured, nothing ...
  Kiwi entrepreneur David Spurway credits legendary Chinese dairy leader Niu Gensheng as the inspiration for his decision to jump straight into the infant formula market.Gensheng - a visionary but egotistical businessman - built an...

Hit & Run | Reason

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  President Obama’s puzzling-at-best dismissal of the Supreme Court’s power of judicial review got rotten reviews all last week.  One of the president’s former law students questioned his understanding of constitutional history. The Fifth Circuit Court demanded a less-t ...
• Brown and Warren Leave Libertarians in Tough Spot
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• Reason.tv: Governor Luis Fortuno on How Puerto ...
  "Things were so bad that I had to fly up to New York to meet with ratings agencies before being sworn in, to avoid a guaranteed downgrade to 'junk' status," says Puerto Rico's governor Luis Fortuño. "We should have been America's Greece." Fortuño spoke at Reason Weekend ...
• Matt Welch on Why Legacy-Newspaper Reporters G ...
  Most journalists are familiar with the arch observation, made famous by Winston Churchill, that history tends to be written “by the victors.” Less known and more cheeky was Churchill’s prediction (mostly accurate, it turned out) that “History will be kind to me, for I intend to write ...
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  In his new book, No, They Can't: Why Government Fails But Individuals Succeed, Fox Business Channel's John Stossel dissects the myth of government infallibility and the failure of the nanny state—and he offers a hopeful vision of the ways in which freedom empowers individuals to ...

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  From the National Review’s and Taki Mag’s John Derbyshire (by way of a horrified Frances Martel at Mediaite), advice he suggests that white parents give their kids: (10e) If you are at some public event at which the number of blacks suddenly swells, leave as quickly as possible. (10f ...
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Desertification

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  Me, I like heretics.  Sure hanging out with heretics and being a heretic is fraught with danger: a certain tendency towards a merely reactionary or contrarian stance, a pension for wasting time by reinventing the wheel and merely convincing yourself … Continue reading →
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  Should the government take steps to reduce gun-ownership?  Here's a run-down of the issues at play: 1) Bad people use guns to hurt people. It's always tragic when an innocent person is gunned down by a criminal.  More guns can mean more in the hands of people intending to use them for ...
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Press TV - Middle East

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• Yemenis demand trial of Saleh, aides
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• Bahrain refuses to release Khawaja
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• Silently Waiting
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• Numbing Numbers Explain US Frog Revolution
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• Tepco’s Cheapskate Tactics Put World at Risk
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• “NGO”: The Guise of Innocence
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• Video: Ron Paul 2012 Draws 10,000 at UCLA Rally
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• False Flag Attack
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• False Flag Attack
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  Are Denmark's renewable energy goals wishful thinking?

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  Denmark has announced that by the end of this decade, it will produce a third of its energy from renewable sources - wind power, in particular, but also solar power and the burning of "biomass." More ambitiously, the Danish Government has set a goal of ...

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  DOE: Renewable grant program was a big jobs creator

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  Choking on Rising Fuel Costs for Electricity, Barbados Launches Multiple ...

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  30 years of ecological research shows causes and consequences of climate change

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  As global temperatures rise, the most threatened ecosystems are those that depend on a season of snow and ice, scientists from the nation's Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network say.”The vulnerability of cool, wet areas to climate change is ...

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  Quincy mayor battles tech firms over potential server-farm pollution

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  Where In The Town: Billboard Ecology

  9NEWS.com

  Billboard Ecology is finding unique ways to recycle them. They are being made into bags, totes, belts and other products. "We literally do our best to address the waste stream created by the outdoor-advertising industry, which normally is a landfill ...

  Country Ecology: American black duck

  Conway Daily Sun

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  Private Equity Firms Duel Over Water-Park Operator

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  But a heated auction appears to be brewing for Great Wolf Resorts, the big indoor water park operator. The company announced on Sunday that it had received a new takeover bid of $7 a share in cash, or $234 million total, from KSL Capital Partners, ...

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  Scarce water spreads disease on waterfowl refuge

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  Coast Guard: 10 pulled from water after boat capsizes off coast of Miami

  MiamiHerald.com

  By Diana Moskovitz Ten people were pulled from the water off the coast of Miami this weekend after the boat they were in capsized, according to the US Coast Guard. The Coast Guard said it got a report a few minutes before 8 pm Saturday that 10 people ...

  Water aerobics offer fun fitness in Plainfield

  Norwich Bulletin

  By DON BOND A big smile crossed Carol Dugas' face as the Griswold resident explained why she had joined the water aerobics program at the Plainfield Town Hall pool. “I wanted to lose weight, and so far I've taken off 39 3⁄4 pounds,” Dugas said.

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