Greek politician Alexis Tsipras (center) among his comrades, during a demonstration against privatization of Pension System. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Panoramic view of the 5th Congress of Synaspismos, while candidate president Alexis Tsipras makes his speech. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 minutes ago
If Jared Polis (D-CO) doesn't tread more lightly on this healthy eating kick, a herd of angry elephants led by Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) is going to charge down the aisle and sit on him one day. There he g... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 minutes ago
(CNN) -- Mary Kennedy, from whom Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed for divorce in 2010, is dead, an employee of the Westchester County, New York, medical examiner's office said Wednesday. The employee, who dec... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 minutes ago
Washington (CNN) -- Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese human rights activist who ignited a diplomatic frenzy when he escaped house arrest last month, has received passport applications for himself and his famil... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 minutes agoAlexis Tsipras, head of Syriza, Greece’s extreme left-wing political party, appeared on Amanpour Wednesday. Speaking from Athens, where he currently leads in the presidential polls, Mr. Tsipras responde...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 minutes agoThere are reports that Washington is coordinating material support to the Syrian rebels fighting the Assad regime. Anti-war activist Brian Becker believes the US has scripted it in a way that peace is im...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 37 minutes ago
David Cameron will step up his warning to eurozone countries to sort out the present crisis and uncertainty as a matter of urgency. He will tell business leaders in northwest England there are huge risks ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 37 minutes ago
A US Army Apache helicopter accidentally dropped an inactive missile over central Texas, forcing dozens of homes to be evacuated. No one was injured in the incident in which residents in Killeen told pol... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 43 minutes ago
A senior judge has been sworn in to lead Greece's caretaker government for a month amid fears uncertainty could spark a run on the country's banks. Council of State head Panagiotis Pikrammenos, 67, will h... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 45 minutes ago
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Celebes Sea at a depth of 13.4 km (8.3 miles), the quake hit at 02:45:14 UTC Thursday 17th May 2012 The epicenter was 178 km (110 miles) SSW of General Santos, Min... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 45 minutes ago
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck San Juan, Argentina at a depth of 98.3 km (61.1 miles), the quake hit at 02:34:14 UTC Thursday 17th May 2012 The epicenter was 102 km (63 miles) WSW of San Juan, San J... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 50 minutes ago
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck Guerrero, Mexico at a depth of 10.2 km (6.3 miles), the quake hit at 02:26:48 UTC Thursday 17th May 2012 The epicenter was 131 km (81 miles) SSW of Huajuapan de Leon, ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 50 minutes ago
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Sucre, Venezuela at a depth of 90.8 km (56.4 miles), the quake hit at 00:52:20 UTC Thursday 17th May 2012 The epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) WNW of Guiria, Venezuela N... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 57 minutes ago
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck Southern Greece at a depth of 5 km (3.1 miles), the quake hit at 00:47:40 UTC Thursday 17th May 2012 The epicenter was 66 km (40.9 miles) South of Methóni, Methoni, Gr... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the Nias Region, Indonesia at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 19:18:26 UTC Wednesday 16th May 2012 The epicenter was 184 km (114.8 miles) West of Gunun... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Molucca at a depth of 60 km (37.2 miles), the quake hit at 18:49:31 UTC Wednesday 16th May 2012 The epicenter was 99 km (61.6 miles) Northeast Bitung, Moluccas, In... - posted by mollymew at Molly'sBlog - 1 hour ago
*ANARCHIST THEORY:* *BUT WILL THE TRAINS RUN ON TIME ?* The short answer is "yes". In fact, given the lower "neighbourhood costs" of rail versus road traffic they will run even more frequently.This artic... - posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago
Judge Andrew Napolitano has warned Congress not to act “like potted plants” regarding the increased use of unmanned surveillance drones without warrants over US skies by military, government, and law enfo... - posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago“The largest, most violent star forming region known in the whole Local Group of galaxies lies in our neighboring galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Were the Tarantula Nebula at the distance of the ...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoThree years ago, President Obama cut a secret deal with pharmaceutical company lobbyists to secure the industry’s support for his national health care law. Despite Obama’s promises during his campaign to ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago*“Four Topics About Fear”* by Chandresh Bhardwaj Posted by Paulo Coelho “The origin of fear lies in the unknown. Be it the darkness, ghosts, weather calamities or whatever is unknown to the man is feare...
- posted by Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 1 hour agoMy apologies that the blog has been a bit quiet here lately. Work-wise I'm in the middle of an extra long shift so I find myself with little energy at the end of the day. Plus a little tenant drama, whic...
- posted by John Carroll at Dying in Haiti - 2 hours ago*The situation is serious. The Nation is not immortal, it is dying. The country is short of breath, [...] he world attended, without illusions, to the sad spectacle of Haitian political impasses that succe...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 2 hours agoSaLuSa, May 16, 2012 As more of you are awakening to the truth about your reality, so the levels of consciousness are rising never to return to the lower levels that you existed in. Since you are O...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 2 hours ago*Not all the time*: "Occupy Wall Street, Hijacked? ******* It was discovered that there are suspected links to co-opting individuals scooping and directing information. Allegedly these individuals were ...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 3 hours agoFrom The Daily Bell Wednesday, May 16, 2012 – by Ron Holland "Attempts to form a government in Greece collapsed on Tuesday, jolting financial markets at the prospect leftists opposed to the terms ...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 3 hours agoBailey v. Barbour, 2012 ONCA 325 deals with when a judge must recuse themselves because of conflict. The issue is a difficult one. Parties will, on occasion, seek to remove a judicial officer not because...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago*Shouldn't those state-level misappropriators of bankster mortage blood money be facing prosecution (and ideally execution)?* *by Ken* Take most any issue of national importance to ordinary Americans, and...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Say No To Corporate America!) at Say No To Corporate America - 3 hours ago
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 3 hours ago05/16/2012 http://www.sophialove.org/1/post/2012/05/am-i-gonna-get-a-poke.html It feels sort of like taking your child to the doctor. You are saying a bunch of calm words, painting lots of pretty pi...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 3 hours agoChanneled by John Smallman – May 16, 2012 http://wp.me/pwoMa-lF The excitement is rising among lightworkers all across the planet because they can feel the spiritual energies intensifying as the mome...
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 3 hours ago*Hang glider's photo showing waste water emerging from pipe, from Taipei Times*. It is clear that if you want the EPA to actually bestir itself, it's best that you report the industrial pollution on....F...
- posted by paul at Paying attention - 3 hours agoI meant to do a post last week, when the the New York Times carried a storysaying the U.S. was taking the war on drugs into Honduras. DEA agents and the U.S. military are operating out of three small remot...
- posted by yayacanada at YayaCanada - 3 hours ago** *... here, there and everywhere * *Contributor: "YYC"* BBC report: *More than 50 years after a 7,600lb (3,500kg) nuclear bomb was dropped in US waters following a mid-air military collision, the questio...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 4 hours ago*Has nothing to do with hockey, either*: "A Lesson from Iceland Posted on May 9, 2012 by auldacquaintance The following has been spread round the Internet, and It Is a Lesson for the people of Scotland...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 4 hours ago*Reposted from The 2012 Scenario* 2012 MAY 16 Posted by Steve Beckow John Alexander *UFO Amnesty: Ex-Army Colonel John Alexander Seeks Amnesty For Military Who Witness UFOs * Lee Speigel, Huffingto...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 4 hours agoI can't find the full video of this performance but this has enough of the performance that you will know what I am talking about. Perhaps NBC will post the full clip in a few days. Notice the lion face...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours agoFalmouth, Maine, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago*"Six Memos"* by Chet Raymo "Italo Calvino, the famed Italian storyteller, died in 1985, just before he was to deliver the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures at Harvard. He had written five of the six lec...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 4 hours ago*YouTube Video Description:* Today, Wednesday, May 16, on the Alex Jones Show, Alex welcomes long-time returning guest and contributing writer Dr. Paul Craig Roberts to discuss the impact of the Euro's ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 4 hours ago*I am raising this post from the grave! * "Some in Europe fear ‘*zombie banks*’" February 13, 2012|By Jack Ewing FRANKFURT - Few would begrudge Mario Draghi his boast last week that he and the European Ce...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago“God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.” - Chester W. Nimitz
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 5 hours agoThe critical mass for this visualization to have desired effect is about 118,000 people worldwide actually doing it with focus. If we consider that human concentration and meditation skills are not pe...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 5 hours ago*I suppose we will all be voting in Democrats again unless we get a Republican rigging** again. * *My read on the American people right now is they will keep Obama, Republicans take Senate, lose seats in ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago*“Jon Corzine – What’s Going On?”* by Sydney Williams “It pays to be rich, powerful and a Democrat with friends in Washington. While Anna Gristina, a Connecticut mother accused of being a New York “ma...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago*"Correction Fighting:* * How Feds Prolong Economic Depressions"* by Bill Bonner “Liquidate labor, liquidate stocks, liquidate farmers, liquidate real estate… it will purge the rottenness out of the s...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago"People don't have any mercy. They tear you limb from limb, in the name of love. Then, when you're dead, when they've killed you by what they made you go through, they say you didn't have any characte...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 5 hours agoThere are certainly things about which the media should be attacking John Key. (Me, I’ve been doing it for years.) But attacking him for attacking them? Well, I heard Key’s interview on Leighton Smith’s ...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 6 hours agoI did a post over at Greg's place today about the reasons that the Nebraska Senate primary yesterday mattered, but I didn't get around to one of Plain Blog's obsessions, which is the average age of Senator...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago"When people are ready to, they change. They never do it before then, and sometimes they die before they get around to it. You can’t make them change if they don’t want to... just like when they do want...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 6 hours agoEvery designer will be familiar with how this story pans out. It starts with a commission to design a stop sign… [Hat tip Noodle Food] Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for per...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago"The so-called real world will not discourage you from operating on your default settings, because the so-called real world of men and money and power hums along quite nicely on the fuel of fear and con...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 6 hours agohttp://www.thestar.com/mobile/NEWS/article/1179301 Toronto has become the first city in Canada to develop a formal policy allowing Sikhs to bring their ceremonial daggers into its courthouses. The ki...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 6 hours agoFour Corners Power Plant/Jared Blumenfeld EPA Suit Filed Against Expansion of Navajo Coal Mine Polluting Four Corners Region Federal Approval Ignores Human Health and Environmental Impacts By Center f...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 7 hours agoHere’s an event tonight worth putting on your winter coat for. A lecture on what children’s minds can teach adults. Until recently, researchers thought that babies and young children were irrational, eg...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago*Most of these fake moderates (20) were defeated or forced to retire* When Broderite shills in the corporate media solemnly bemoan the fate of the corporate hacks they lionize as the great all-wise "modera...
- posted by Lilith eZine at LILITH NEWS - 7 hours agoTwelve-year-old Victoria Grant from Cambridge Ontario has been giving a rehearsed speech to audiences at conferences about how “the banks and the government have colluded to financially enslave the people ...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 7 hours agoThe New Yorker The Climate Fixers: Is there a technological solution to global warming? By Michael Specter May 14, 2012 Read more http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/05/14/120514fa_fact_specter#ixz...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 7 hours agoR. v. Vivian, 2012 ONCA 324 is a good source for the principle that a judge must be scrupulous not to suggest a juror should be swayed by mere numbers to change her mind about guilt or innocence: [55] ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoANKARA, Turkey, May 16 (UPI) -- Five people have died in the Black Sea region of Turkey of a disease that can be transmitted by tick bites, officials said. Saim Sener, Nigar Orman and Ayse Ortaacar of Kas...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoFifteen months into the crisis in Syria, and the Obama administration is, as one U.S. official describes it, in "a holding pattern," waiting for Russia to abandon its support for President Bashar al-Assa...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 7 hours agoAnyone trying to game out the next debt limit showdown needs to stop, take a deep breath, and realize that we're talking about an event that will happen in early 2013. In other words, after the elections. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoThe Sun has reported that a British woman is facing the possibility of three years in prison in Dubai, after a taxi driver accused her of having sex with a fellow passenger in the back of his cab. The wo...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (deBeauxOs) at DAMMIT JANET! - 8 hours agoThis twelve year old girl has more savvy and brains in her little finger than all the CON MPs, including Cabinet Ministers like idiot Peter Kent. It's unlikely that you'll see Victoria being exploited by...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (deBeauxOs) at DAMMIT JANET! - 8 hours agoIn the news today: A museum sex exhibit designed to educate teenagers was just fine in Regina, but it's too hot for Ottawa. The Canada Science and Technology Museum has raised the unaccompanied age of a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoOfficials say investigation launched into reports of capture of three vessels with 29 crew members near Dalian on May 8. China's foreign ministry says it has launched an investigation into reports that a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoFile-sharing website The Pirate Bay (TPB) has been hit by a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. The site has been largely inaccessible for the last 24 hours, and the service is intermittent in t...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 9 hours agoTop articles at Censored News By Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com Censored News, more censored than ever, is happy to share with you some of our top posts. Also, in case you mis...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoFRANKFURT—European Central Bank President Mario Draghi urged Greece to remain a member of the 17-member euro zone, in his first public comments on the possibility that Greece's political turmoil may force...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoIn his first interview in nearly half a year, Syrian president Bashar Assad claimed his regime has captured foreign mercenaries who were fighting for the opposition in a bid to show his forces are fightin...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoMay 16 - The Russian anti-drug tsar says four drug labs were closed, 67 people were arrested and tonnes of drugs were seized in Afghanistan last week. Deborah Lutterbeck reports
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago(Reuters) - President Barack Obama told top lawmakers on Wednesday he was ready to work with Republicans and Democrats on a "balanced" approach to deficit-cutting but would not permit another down-to-the-...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA weekend gun buyback event in Los Angeles has yielded some unexpected weaponry, including a pair of rocket pistols and a military rocket launcher – sans rocket - that were turned in for gift cards. Los...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoOr was it a Distraction to get people's mind of the economic news of the day?
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA woman stabbed the father of her children several times on Sunday evening when he gave her a cheap mother's day present that she did not like, according to police. Paige Parkerson, 20, from Jefferson Co...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoScientists say a fault-line running across Alaska could cause tsunamis of the same magnitude as the Japanese disaster of March last year. Attention has turned to the Alaskan-Aleutian subduction zone, a re...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 10 hours agoI've seen a bunch of reactions to John Boehner's threat yesterday to initiate another debt limit showdown, but I think Stan Collender gets it right: Bottom line: This simply was a play by Boehner to keep ...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 10 hours agoBetween next Monday and next Wednesday, the Heartland Institute organizes the ICCC-7, its seventh climate conference. The schedule is available here: Schedule of ICCC-7 The composition of speakers looks...
- posted by skrashen at Schools Matter - 10 hours agoThe hiring of David Coleman as its next president is consistent with the College Board's aggressive push into the K-12 assessment arena. Unlike the university admissions testing market where the Board has...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoTheresa May was today branded a 'disgrace' by police officers as she attempted to justify changes in their pay and conditions. The Home Secretary was jeered when she told them regular fitness tests, new ...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 10 hours agoby Ryan Tracy May 15, 2012 p. A3 Byline: "Electric Grid is Vulnerable to a Big Solar Blow: Officials Spar Over What to Do" Majia Here: The article explains that the sun is expected to hit a peak in erup...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA student has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit claiming he was jumped on in a role-playing lesson on the Holocaust. Andrew Yara, now 19, filed the suit in Texas alleging he was injured when he was fo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoThe governor of the Bank of England has delivered a scathing verdict on the handling of the eurozone debt crisis and confirmed contingency plans for a potential break-up of the single currency. Sir Merv...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago"Lesser of two evils" doesn't always apply. Sometimes the evils are so bad there is no "lesser." Washington has come to that. The system is so rotten now that both party establishments are thoroughly dete...
- posted by Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 11 hours agoEI is not welfare, it is insurance against loss of income due to unemployment and it is paid for by Canadians. It is incredibly valuable in a struggling economy. "That means we are going to have to encoura...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck Southern Alaska at a depth of 69 km (42.7 miles), the quake hit at 15:02:50 UTC Wednesday 16th May 2012 The epicenter was 24 km (14.8 miles) Northwest of Hope, Alaska ...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 11 hours agoWhat follows is the video portion of a longer article written for *NY Magazine* by the impossibly urbane James Lipton of *Inside the Actor's Studio*. The purpose, however ultimately fruitless, is to make ...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 11 hours agoA "Heritage of Service": Sunset Memorial Funeral Home in Odessa, Texas. Image from website. A Texas funeral: A case study in the failure of regulation By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / May 16, 2012 [Reg...
- posted by Alana Tiemessen at The Duck of Minerva - 11 hours agoPhoto from Still BurningThe Canadian International Council has rolled out a series of interviews and essays on "Peace v. Justice: The ICC and its Alternatives". Far from flogging a dead theoretical horse, ...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 11 hours agoI've been watching the Tepco and JNN-TBS webcams and the amount of steam/smoke releases have been frightening. I'm posting some comments and links from the Enenews Fukushima Webcam Discussion. I have scr...
- posted by Peter @ Enviroman at the original Blogger Tips and Tricks - 11 hours agoWhile it is great that we can use Blogger to create blogs for free or for a paltry USD$10 a year for a custom domain, one of the worst aspect is that a lot of people are abusing it and Blogger is forced to...
- posted by Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 11 hours ago...consists of riot cops sicked on unarmed teachers, parents, and students should these cohorts object to the state raising the cost of education. And today at UQAM, students march in mas...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 11 hours agoHaven't done a rant in awhile. This one is a rant. I don’t know where to even start on this one. The fact that I read what I did – crap that is so infuriating -I just can't stand it! Lets start with this ...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours agoIt sounds like a scene straight out of a gangster movie. A new gang looks to take over a rival's territory. Thugs show up at a store and tell the merchant it'd be a shame if anything happened to his bu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck Oaxaca, Mexico at a depth of 35 km (21.7 miles), the quake hit at 14:16:59 UTC Wednesday 16th May 2012 The epicenter was 131 km (81 miles) South of Huajuapan de Leon, ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 12 hours agoIn preparation for an upcoming talk, I have updated the figure above to the start of the 2012 hurricane season, which will begin with a record-long stretch of no intense hurricane landfalls still continu...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 12 hours agoIndependent media, rights advocates, and activists hand Bush & associates a well-deserved conviction. Next, we must organize to hand them a well-deserved penalty - economic sanctions. *by Tony Cartalucci ...
- posted by PM at The Duck of Minerva - 12 hours agoIn fairness, fake dissertations are probably more fun to read than the *Little Red Book*.Minxin Pei surveys the extent to which China's leaders have faked their credentials. Pei suggests that a number of C...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 12 hours agoCorroboration is rarely required under Canadian law today. However, if a witnesses is tainted some confirmatory evidence of their testimony is valuable. Today’s decision in *R. v. K.M*., 2012 ONCA 3...
- posted by Inexplicata at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 12 hours ago*Spain: A Humanoid at Fuengirola (CE-3, 1976)* *By Manuel Ramírez, “Ovnis en Andalucía”* On the night of 9-10 July, 1976, a group of young photography enthusiasts agreed to travel to a sma...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 12 hours agoDid you ever wonder why billionaires like Pete Peterson and Bob Rubin were so worried about the deficit that they were eagerly willing to cut the Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid of the elderly and v...
- posted by leftdog at Buckdog - 12 hours ago*TORONTO — Police violated civil rights, detained people illegally, and used excessive force during the G20 summit two years ago, a new report concludes. The report by Ontario’s independent police watc...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 12 hours agoI've long suspected the only thing keeping blood pumping through the reptilian brain of the typical right winger is the evolutionary gift of an immunity to irony and hypocrisy. Otherwise, if waddling brai...
- posted by risa bear at stony run farm - 12 hours agoWe do bread in batches of four to eight loaves to save on running the oven. The wheat is locally grown, and we tend to throw in whatever is on hand -- extra eggs, shredded veggie leaves, chopped chives, o...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 12 hours ago[image: Raining, but it's still beautiful] By Gísli Þór *Iceland’s peaceful revolution* is a stunning example of how little our media tells us about the rest of the world - *Crazy Mails and Back Stories* ...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 12 hours agoI know, I've said it before and no doubt I will have to say it again, but the Palestinian Authority do not want to live in peace with an Israel reduced to its pre-1967 borders, they want Israel gone. Here'...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 13 hours agoContinuing on from yesterday's post. Back to Syria: War games and Ukraine connections As mentioned there, the the figurehead for the Muslim brotherhood was reselected by the NATO backers.. no surprise. *...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago*WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012* *What do the great unwashed think:* Just before sneaking out of town in the dead of the night on vacation, Kevin Drum left a very short post which deserves a good long review. M...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 13 hours agoDenied no longer, US officials admit US-Saudi cash & logistical support arming terrorists in Syria. *by Tony Cartalucci* *May 16, 2012* - Recently reported in "Brookings Announces Next Move in Syria: War,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoEarly Tuesday morning, an explosion at LSB Industries‘ (NYSE:LXU) El Dorado, Arkansas chemical facility damaged the facility. The explosion was in the DSN concentrated nitric acid plant, and damaged both...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 13 hours agoFALL-OUT EFFECTS GONE IN 6 MONTHS: 5 NAVY DOCTORS TELL A.M.A. 1954 PACIFIC BLAST CAUSED MAINLY SKIN DAMAGE By ROBERT K. PLUMB Special to The New York Times.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 13 hours ago*They do agree on one thing: no more austerity to line banker pockets. ** * *"The deepening public opposition to austerity is likely to pose new challenges to any administration**"** * *But don't bet agai...
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 13 hours agoThe new report from the World Wildlife Fund, Living Planet, is now available, rife with bad news about overshoot of the Earth's carrying capacity - due both to the sheer numbers of the human population, an...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoThe Dutch foreign ministry has published a booklet warning fans of the Dutch squad not to visit prostitutes, be careful when using alcohol or drugs and to take into consideration that homosexuality is a se...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoThe Rochdale sex ring case was "truly, truly dreadful" and must be investigated further, the prime minister has said. David Cameron was responding to a Commons question regarding last week's jailing of n...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoPetrol was used to start a fire in a house in Derby in which six children died, police have said. A media conference heard officers believe the blaze originated below the home's letterbox. Jade Philpott,...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 13 hours ago*Leapfrogging over politics with a mobile historical app? ~History@Work* ~*The grassroots organization Levees.org developed a historic marker programas part of its campaign to remind people that the hurrican...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoLabour accuses PM of stoking fears for eurozone, days after chancellor criticised those who engaged in speculation David Cameron appeared to cast doubt on the future of the euro during prime minister's qu...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago*WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012* *If so, the results are flawed:* Has your Daily Howler been getting results? We have no idea. But on Monday night, Rachel Maddow did a report on the Obama campaign’s new ad about...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago(Reuters) - In a month-long standoff between China and the Philippines over a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, Beijing has so far refrained from sending warships from its increasingly powerful and m...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago(Reuters) - China has been quietly and gently pressuring North Korea to scrap plans for a third nuclear test, said two sources with knowledge of closed-door discussions between the countries, but there is...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago(CNN) -- The doctors for Aimee Copeland are promising a "roller coaster ride of highs and lows" in the coming weeks and months as she struggles against a rare flesh-eating bacteria, her father said. "Ea...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoBaghdad (CNN) -- A notorious prison in Baghdad's Green Zone is still open despite the Iraqi government having said more than a year ago it was closed, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday. The report about...
- If We Close The Drapes And Don't Answer The Door ... Do You Think They'll Take The Hint And Go Home?
posted by leftdog at Buckdog - 13 hours ago*Once again, Canadians have to tolerate AND pay for another pointless, idiotic visit by members of the British Royal family. (Sigh) Pity! * *You can bet that Stephen Harper will almost be peeing his pants... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoNew Delhi (CNN) -- A 14-year-old Indian actress, Taruni Sachdev, was among the passengers who died in Monday's plane crash in Nepal, officials said. Jaikumar Thakur, a doctor at the Indian embassy in Kath...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago(CNN) -- Diplomats and other observers in Libya say that with elections one month away, the National Transitional Council is struggling to exert control over various militia prominent in the uprising agai...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoAthens, Greece (CNN) -- Greece will hold new elections on June 17, state media reported Wednesday, after Greeks pulled hundreds of millions of euros out the banking system amid fears that the country wil...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 13 hours ago[image: A woman whose house was washed away weeps on 29 March 2011 as she talks about the disaster that befell her hometown of Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture. Kuni Takahashi] By Arata Yamamoto, NBC News P...
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 14 hours agoI posted my initial observation about the Senate hearing last week on DPRB, Fat-Free Econ 9: Drug Pricing Bureaucracy is Not Cool in our CHAT googlegroups. FDA Director, Dr. Suzette Lazo, is a member of o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoPolice are on the hunt for a band of hooligans who mercilessly beat up a U.S. Army soldier before robbing him as he lay on the ground. The incident reportedly began early on Sunday morning after the susp...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoA firefighter captain who posted racially-charged comments on Facebook writing that 'failed, s***bag, ignorant, pathetic' parents are to blame in cases like the Trayvon Martin shooting has been demoted. C...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 14 hours agoMASSIVE, MASSIVE PROMETHEUS SPOILER TRAILER WARNING!!! ALERT ALERT ALERT!!! WAY TOO MANY SPOILER MOMENTS IN THIS LATEST TV SPOT FOR RIDLEY SCOTT'S ALIEN PREQUEL, PROMETHEUS!!! I HOPE YOU DIDN'T CLI...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago*WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012* *Part 2—Was Lauber presumed to be gay:* Over the past fifteen years, Chris Matthews has played a large, noxious role in The Way We Have Been as a nation. On Sunday, the loud stu...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 14 hours agoLooks like that new PR firm ALEC hired is already starting to earn their money. The right wing extremists who are coming out the woodwork to try and praise the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoGeneral Motors, the nation's third-largest advertiser, says it has stopped buying Facebook ads because they don't produce car sales. GM is only the latest company to question whether Facebook, despite its...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoPolice are searching for the husband of a woman found stabbed to death in a bathtub still wearing her wedding dress on Sunday. Arnoldo Jimenez, 30, and Estrella Carrera, 26, were married on Friday, two d...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoA world champion in Taekwondo has been killed in a shooting at a drive-in movie theatre. Martial arts expert Mitt Lenix, 28, was gunned down yesterday at the Starlight Drive-in in DeKalb County, Georgia....
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoPolice have warned motorists to be cautious while being pulled over on the highway after two people were killed by someone suspected to be posing as law enforcement late at night. 'We urge everyone to be...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoThe Legion of Christ religious order, still reeling from revelations that its late founder was a paedophile, has been hit by another scandal after their most famous priest confessed to fathering a child s...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 14 hours ago*Moving forward on permanent pumps for New Orleans outfall canals: A feckless editorial* *Hearing today for NFL players union grievance ~WWL* *It really is a "Ho" Zone ~American Zombie* ~Also from Librar...
- posted by Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 15 hours agoNorth Van's Grump does a critical experiment, the results of which may change how you think about certain products. With the help of an old pickle jar and the advice of one of the world's leading toilet manu...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 15 hours ago*Now **they** **haunt the worldwith this flag** (frown).* "Returning German veterans neglected" May 13, 2012 BERLIN - For decades, Germany *shied away from celebrating its military*, *ashamed of the jingo...
- posted by Inexplicata at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 15 hours ago*Spain: The Algeciras Humanoids (CE-3, 1980)* *By Manuel Ramirez, “Ovnis en Andalucia”* On 12 February 1980, Rafael Tobajas, a resident of the city of Algeciras, accompanied his wife to vi...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 15 hours agoThe BBC push the idea that unemployment is the fault of the coalition government, the facts are at variance though... Data from here. The BBC's relentless pushing of pro-Labour propaganda is relentless and...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours agoI'm visiting NYC and a friend asked me if I was planning on going down to Zucotti Park. I hadn't even thought of it; I guess I hadn't realized that there was still an occupation of the Park going on. I di...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 15 hours agoThe latest Ipsos poll paints a rather dreary picture of Liberal fortunes, with what was once the natural governing party languishing more than 15 points behind *both *the NDP and the Conservatives. Of cou...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoBEIRUT (AP) — A team of international observers was evacuated Wednesday from a tense town in northern Syria a day after their convoy was hit by a roadside bomb, a U.N. spokesman said. The team's vehicles...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoMay 16 (Reuters) - German government bond futures fell to a session low on Wednesday, while Spanish and Italian bond yields eased with traders citing comments from German Chancellor Angela Merkel reiterati...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 15 hours agoHappy Birthday to Jonathan Richman, 61. How about some good stuff: 1. Brendan Nyhan on why NSF funding for political science is worthwhile. 2. A good Nate Silver overview of the presidential race as of ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoThe governor of the Bank of England has delivered a scathing verdict on the handling of the eurozone debt crisis and confirmed contingency plans for a potential break-up of the single currency. Sir Merv...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoEarly risers in some parts of China and Japan will see a rare solar eclipse at the weekend. A partial solar eclipse - which will see the moon completely block out the sun but for a ring of fire around th...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 15 hours agoThis letter was hand-delivered to Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, from the Canadian Council of Churches. The Council is the largest ecumenical body in Canada, representing 23 churches, comprising 85% of...
- posted by Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 15 hours agoRatko Mladić, the heroic defender of Serbia is on trial in the Hague, for the genocide of Muslims in Srebrenica, Republika Srpska. Ratko Mladić is not guilty of genocide; he is guilty of being a loyal Se...
- posted by Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 15 hours agoRemember how each of the homeowners unfairly foreclosed on was supposed to get a paltry thousand or two dollars out of that pathetic sweetheart deal the Obama Administration put together with the criminal ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoTheresa May has been heckled by rank-and-file police officers as she told them that changes to their pay and conditions were reforms which they should welcome. The Home Secretary has been addressing the...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Papua, Indonesia at a depth of 61.7 km (38.3 miles), the quake hit at 10:53:24 UTC Wednesday 16th May 2012 The epicenter was 251 km (155 miles) ESE of Enarotali, Papua...
- posted by Donna at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 15 hours agoThis month’s Employment Law Blog Carnival has lots of posts with great career tips - so good, your mother might give them to you. Although Mother’s Day has passed, it’s never too late to take guidance from...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 15 hours agoThe announcement of the England squad for the European Championships is interesting in the forwards section. Wayne Rooney (Man United) - suspended for first few games of Championships which means England w...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck off the Coast of Antofagasta, Chile at a depth of 16.7 km (10.4 miles), the quake hit at 10:16:56 UTC Wednesday 16th May 2012 The epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) North...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 16 hours ago*"If you see life through your limits, you experience a limited reality." - Michael J Roads * Born in England in 1937, Michael Roads discovered at an early age he had the natural ability to communicate ...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 16 hours agoLast night in Toronto, supporters of US war resisters in Canada honoured International Day for Conscientious Objection with a group letter-writing session. This letter was written by Nicole Marie Burton, ...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 16 hours ago“A man wearing a black shirt bearing an Al-Qaeda flag (L) speaks with a UN observer as monitors meet with rebels and civilians in the village of Azzara in the province of Homs on May 4, 2012.” The USA i...
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours agoTom Walkom writes this morning that the world economy is on the brink. As in 1931, international austerity has brought us to the tipping point: Then, as now, the watchword among the major world economie...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 16 hours ago*“We must vigilantly stand on guard within our own borders for human rights and fundamental freedoms which are our proud heritage......we cannot take for granted the continuance and maintenance of those r...
- posted by thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 16 hours agoWhat's going on is that Elections Canada (which already showed itself more than willing to puke on its supposed principles when it helped organize an election in Haiti) is plodding along, doing an "investi...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 18 hours agoIf you've watched any amount of TV lately, you've probably heard a buzzword attached to nearly every technology commercial: "the cloud." This mystical, non-weather-related term is more than a fancy phrase ...
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 18 hours agoThere is a bill by Sen. Ralph Recto, SB 3178 abolishing and privatizing the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), and creating the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Commission (PAGCOM), a reg...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 18 hours agohttp://www.tfmetalsreport.com/podcast/3782/tfmr-podcast-19-jim-willie Excellent podcast and analysis of the facts in Europe versus what JP Morgan's claims is happening. Jim Willie believes, based on h...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 18 hours agoWe Are Honored Cobra Has Chosen the Galactic Free Press for his very first interview *Below are the List of questions asked By the Galactic Free Press Staff Members.* Thank you Cobra We Love You, Lo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck Neuquen, Argentina at a depth of 143 km (88.9 miles), the quake hit at 09:02:01 UTC Wednesday 16th May 2012 The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) NNW of Chos Malal, Neuqu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoGeorge Zimmerman had a broken nose, two black eyes and cuts on the back of his head the day after he killed Trayvon Martin, according to a medical report taken by his doctor. It also emerged on Tuesday t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoUK unemployment fell for the second consecutive month in the three months to March to reach 2.63 million, according to official figures. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the number of people o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoChina has warned David Cameron and Nick Clegg of ‘serious consequences’ for Britain after they had a private meeting with the Dalai Lama in London. Britain’s ambassador in Beijing, Sebastian Wood, was sum...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoMore than 100 foreign criminals whom the Government wants to deport are being released on to Britain’s streets every month to protect their ‘human rights’. In total, there are 3,900 overseas convicts on ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoThe Government has terminated a contract with welfare-to-work firm A4e after deciding that continuing would be 'too great a risk'. However, the company still has 11 contracts with the Government, while th...
- posted by Casey at The Adventures of Limited Eating - 19 hours ago*Delicious Thai Chicken Noodle Soup!* I love Asian noodle soups, especially when they are packed with lots of crunchy veggies and a load of flavor. In general I tend to find a lot of great Limited Eater f...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoFake labels: When the FBI arrested Mr Kurniawan, his Californian home contained explicit evidence of the scam, including thousands of photocopied wine labels As a fraudster is indicted for a $1.3million ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoLloyds and Santander were yesterday accused of starving small businesses of cheaper loans despite signing up to a government-backed initiative to make banks lend. Two months after ministers launched the ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoPanicky investors have lost faith in highly-paid City stock pickers and are bailing out of shares amid the current economic turmoil. A Money Mail investigation has revealed how desperate High Street inves...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA four-year-old boy was left fighting for life after a doctor injected him with a potentially-lethal dose of acid which burned a hole through his skin down to his spine. The boy sustained the horrendous i...
- posted by Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 19 hours agoDestination websites have always been attractive to those searching for that one place where they can find everything they want under one roof. The challenge is often to get competitors to collaborate and...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoIt's packaged in supermarkets and delis as 'formed', or 'reformed', meat. But in restaurants across the U.S., there are no laws requiring chefs to disclose the use of 'meat glue', a kitchen trick that has ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoSerbian military commander General Ratko Mladic is today finally on trial accused of unleashing a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing in Bosnia. Dubbed the 'Butcher of Bosnia', he is charged with war crime...
- *Worrying developments in Europe*. The world takes note. A 78-year old Dutchman, living in Greece for 18 years with his Greek wife, gets attackedby two Greek men shouting: "This is Greece". Badly wounded he...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 19 hours agoThis drawing shows the size of a sphere that would contain all of Earth's water in comparison to the size of the Earth. The blue sphere sitting on the United States, reaching from about Salt Lake City, Uta...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoAirlines should pay out compensation to passengers whose flights are delayed for more than three hours, a top EU judge claimed yesterday. Advocate General Yves Bot argued airlines should compensate delaye...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoThe International Monetary Fund was today preparing for Greece to leave the euro as talks to form a coalition government finally collapsed. IMF head Christine Lagarde said it had to be ‘technically prepar...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoTheresa May is being urged to reform a controversial law which bans ‘insulting words or behaviour’ amid mounting evidence that it is strangling free speech. Campaigners say the Public Order Act is being ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoAustralian financial markets were again rocked by the unfolding drama in the eurozone, with the share market dropping to a two-month low and the dollar continuing its slide. The All Ordinaries slumped 2.4...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoThe U.S. military wants to plant nanosensors in soldiers to monitor health on future battlefields and immediately respond to needs, but a privacy expert warns the step is just one more down the road to co...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago(Reuters) - The Taliban is stronger now than before President Barack Obama ordered a surge of troops to Afghanistan, two senior U.S. lawmakers said on Sunday, contradicting the administration's assessment...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoResearchers have reportedly discovered what could be the oldest evidence of graphic imagery in a cave in southwest France. The New York Times reports a drawing of a female vulva, thought to be 37,000 yea...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoMany pride themselves on their commitment to principles of the Enlightenment, but what would a modern Voltaire do? London, United Kingdom - The last decade or so has seen an upsurge in self-conscious and ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoAustralian stocks have closed at a two-month low, after one of the worst trading days of the year. Local markets took their lead from much weaker European and US markets overnight, which dropped on renew...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoPhiladelphia, PA - It is difficult to communicate medical risk to a large audience, especially when official recommendations conflict with emotional narratives. That is why, when the United States Prevent...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoDrinking alcohol has long been a part of Australian culture. But today, the country is suffering huge social and economic costs from its love for the drink. A recent report estimated that the tangible c...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoThe Greek elite have new scapegoats - society's wretched and defenceless: immigrants, prostitutes and the poor. New York, NY - Were one to write a pre-election analysis in the glorious days of Greece's a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoPoor storage facilities and incompetent distribution systems have led to tonnes of food going to waste. There are more than 200 million hungry and malnourished people in India, despite it being one of the...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoThe clampdown on Internet freedom comes in the guise of a new bill that should give online entrepreneurs nightmares. New York, NY - Almost no one had read the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Ac...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA violent shanty town in Colombia is the site of an unusual experiment in urban planning. The soon-to-be-inaugurated public escalators in Medellin are aiming to transform lives in a high-risk, low-incom...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoWith global demand for natural resources increasing year on year, some of the world's poorest communities are having to fight hard to protect their environment and way of life. When protests and direct a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoThe rise of the counter-jihad movement threatens communal harmony as much as so-called 'militant Islam', says author. London, United Kingdom - A new wave of anti-Muslim intolerance and antagonism is sweep...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoBrisbane, Australia - The extensive use of "tear gas" was arguably the single-most ubiquitous and underreported feature of the state response during last year's mass displays of civil resistance at variou...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoAs Human Rights Watch issues a report on Syria, we ask if opposition forces should be held accountable for violations. An international human rights group has accused the Syrian military of war crimes t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoTales from Virunga is an earthrise special programme about Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), and the courageous rangers who risk their lives daily to protect the park'...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago"Stimulus now, austerity later." Sounds like good economic policy, whatever your political leanings. If you're on the right, you want tax cuts now, if you're on the left, you want government spending to g...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoBy Dal Timgar The following essay is about the economic system of the world today. One of my readers who approves of the contents refers to "economic wargame" as a metaphor. Much as I appreciate his appr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoIn a riveting interview on TruNews Radio, Wednesday, private investigator Doug Hagmann said high-level, reliable sources told him the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is preparing for “massive ci...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoMay 4, 2012 – HIGH TECH - Northrop Grumman Corporation has test fired the first product in its next-generation FIRESTRIKE family of high-energy, solid-state lasers that meet goals for size and weight redu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoAnwar el-Sadat the former Egyptian president (1970-1981) who launched a daring military war against Israel to liberate the occupied land of the Sinai Peninsula in 1973, whose military commanders and valia...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoThe greenback gets no respect these days. Every morning my inbox is bursting with emails from gurus advising investors to run for their financial lives – away from the U.S. dollar. Jim Rogers even sugges...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 20 hours ago*They don't want to pay their fair share?* "Wealthy French look to leave; Many alienated by tone of recent presidential vote" by Anne-Sylvaine Chassany and Jacqueline Simmons | Bloomberg News, May 13, 2...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 20 hours ago*They will be feeling the lash for voting the wrong way.* *"Socialists seized the French presidency"* * * *Clear on how the corporate pre$$ and banker mouthpiece views your selection? * *Silly me, I thou...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 20 hours agoShark eating a head of lettuce. Photo courtesy: Birmingham National Sea Life Centre Who says animals can't reason? Florence, the nurse shark, only needed to get hooked once to learn her lesson. Animals ar...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Southwestern Ryukyu Islands, Japan at a depth of 53.5 km (33.2 miles), the quake hit at 05:36:40 UTC Wednesday 16th May 2012 The epicenter was 203 km (126 miles) West...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Molucca at a depth of 20.4 km (12.7 miles), the quake hit at 05:24:06 UTC Wednesday 16th May 2012 The epicenter was 126 km (78 miles) WNW of Ternate, Moluccas, Ind...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck Tarapaca, Chile at a depth of 88.3 km (54.9 miles), the quake hit at 05:11:26 UTC Wednesday 16th May 2012 The epicenter was 126 km (78 miles) ENE of Iquique, Tarapaca,...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 20 hours agoC*hip manufacturer Nvidia has exposed facts of an innovative graphics processing unit (GPU) which it says will make the world's most fastest super computer.* According to Nvidia the engine will run almost ...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 20 hours agoImage courtesy: strawwars/Screen capture A group of London restaurateurs has started a war: on straws to be precise. Straw Wars is a campaign to get all the restaurants in Soho, in the heart of central Lo...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 20 hours agoPowerful message from former C.I.A. agent Robert David Steele to all Americans. "I'm a spy saying spying doesn't work. It's costing you $1.2billion A WEEK, to produce the President's DAILY BRIEF." Admi...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoFundamentally this is all about the inevitability of human nature. Lenders must not be allowed to speculate while those who speculate need to be constrained in terms of size by lenders and regulat...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoAcupuncture is slowly becoming persuasive and this article gives an excellent explanation. What I will add that will help the reader is that every nerve cell connects to a sensor point throug...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoAn obvious consequence of a Minoan – Atlantean global sea trade and culture that prospered for at least 1500 years is that a trade language would exist and provide loan words to locales in which...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoThis article provides an excellent review of Israel's strategic position and needs and clearly informs us of what could be reasonable in terms of legitimate peace settlements. It may not be t...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 21 hours agoGreece Weeps - http://goo.gl/KYoIE * * *Bloomberg: Greek President Told Banks Anxious as Deposits Pulled (Update 1) * By Natalie Weeks and Maria Petrakis - May 15, 2012 8:38 PM PT http://www.bloomberg.co...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 21 hours ago*US Scientists developed a technique to produce electrical energy using viruses. The investigate with a group in California has been available in the magazine Nature Nanotechnology.* The virus-based electr...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 21 hours agoSpain's "Indignados" Mobilize Against Austerity by grtv With the highest unemployment rate in Europe, the Spanish people take to the streets in Madrid and elsewhere to mark one year since the massive ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 21 hours ago"A hotel maid’s *sexual assault lawsuit* against Dominique Strauss-Kahn *can go forward* to trial, a judge ruled Tuesday, rebuffing the former International Monetary Fund leader’s diplomatic-immunity argum...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 21 hours agoSarcophagus of the Lambs - the Inspiration for the title of the movie Silence of the Lambs, Basilica Sant'Apollinare *From Barbie Latza Nadeau, for CNN* updated 10:20 PM EDT, Tue May 15, 2012 http://w...
- posted by David J. Climenhaga at David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary - 21 hours agoEdmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel and your blogger at a much warmer meeting than the one Wildrose Party Leader Danielle Smith had with His Honour yesterday. The guy with the cigarette may be one of the new Wi...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 22 hours ago*Greece in 1945.* There are various theories about what is happening with Greece and the Euro. Webster Tarpley, back in 2010, wrote about Soros, Goldman Sachs, and hedge funds attacking Greece, and the E...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 22 hours ago*Save The Planet: Occupy Bilderberg.* There is a profound revolution underway in global politics, but it's happening in America and the West, not in Syria and the Middle East. At the end of this mont...
- posted by skrashen at Schools Matter - 22 hours agoNot quite what I was trying to say: Comments about the Common Core Standards and Tests Stephen Krashen I was quoted in an article in the NY Times about David Coleman’s appointment as head of the College ...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 22 hours agoI wonder if the cabal will be buying these by the carload? I hope the FBI clones those hard drives at JP Morgan! This will make forensic reconstruction of hard drive data impossible. Will some hero u...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 23 hours ago*AK: I've delayed posting on JP Morgan because I think JP Morgan is sand bagging everyone on how bad the situation is there. Remember when TARP was going to clean up the bad mortgage mess and then we ...
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 23 hours agoBelow are some charts that I got from various sources, on some fiscal and economic data of Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, Spain (PIIGS) and the other major EU economies. I will limit commentary to the s...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Say No To Corporate America!) at Say No To Corporate America - 23 hours ago
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA magnitude 2.8 earthquake has struck the Greater Los Angeles Area, California at a depth of 9.3 km (5.8 miles), the quake hit at 04:00:00 UTC Wednesday 16th May 2012 The epicenter was 5 km (3.1 miles) No...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoChina has become increasingly interested in the Arctic in recent years due to the melting of the polar ice-cap, and its own desperate need for energy resources and raw materials for its growing economy. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoAs NATO continues its transition from a Cold War military alliance, energy security is playing an increasingly important role albeit an ill-defined one. The rise of energy security as a challenge for NATO...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 23 hours agoNixon was working in the Oval Office at 4PM when he hears the news: George Wallace has been shot. Just to back up a bit...Wallace had been a major third party contender in 1968, winning over 13% of the vo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoFor the last decade or so, the global community has been fighting a war in Afghanistan which has its roots originating from the Soviet-Afghan war of the 1980s. The current war has various stakeholders inv...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoBy Les Leopold, the author of The Looting of America: How Wall Street’s Game of Fantasy Finance destroyed our Jobs, Pensions and Prosperity, and What We Can Do About It. Cross posted from Alternet Gasolin...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoWASHINGTON - The optics surrounding the Barack Obama administration's "Enduring Strategic Partnership" agreement with Afghanistan and the memorandums of understanding (MoUs) accompanying it emphasize trans...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoPeru’s 13-year economic expansion is attributed largely to the country’s mining resources. High prices for precious metals have sent export earnings soaring and pushed growth rates to historic highs. Ove...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA violent clash over the weekend between a Montreal taxi driver and his fares that resulted in a man being struck by the cab is an all-too common example of the many angry confrontations cabbies face on a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoScienceDaily (Apr. 25, 2012) — While working on a research sailboat gliding over glassy seas in the Pacific Ocean, oceanographer Giora Proskurowski noticed something new: The water was littered with conf...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoWASHINGTON (AP) — Antarctica's massive ice shelves are shrinking because they are being eaten away from below by warm water, a new study finds. That suggests that future sea levels could rise faster than m...
- posted by Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day agoWelcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)! If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far. There's a lot of great inform...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoAt one time he and Pataki pretty much ran the Republican Party in New York State. And in the 2006 election cycle he certainly ran the NRCC, the Republican version of the DCCC and was a big deal member of ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoNorth Korea appears to have stopped a 16-day campaign to jam GPS signals in the South. "No GPS jamming signals have been detected since Monday," a high-ranking government source here said. "But we're close...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(Reuters) - President Barack Obama threatened on Tuesday to veto a defense policy bill in the House of Representatives that would authorize higher Pentagon spending and tie his hands on national security ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoLos Angeles (CNN) -- The withdrawal of one of two massage therapists from a sex battery lawsuit against John Travolta "completely vindicated" the actor, Travolta's lawyer said Tuesday. The lawyer represe...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoWashington (CNN) -- A Chinese human rights activist who ignited an international incident when he escaped house arrest last month told U.S. lawmakers Tuesday that his relatives continue to suffer governme...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoLagos, Nigeria (CNN) -- Machete-wielding gunmen raided several remote villages in northeast Nigeria, killing at least 12 people and wounding 48, the Red Cross said. The incident took place Sunday, with m...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoNew York (CNN) -- Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, is filing a countersuit for at least $1 million against the Manhattan maid who accused him of sexual assault. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe home secretary is "on the precipice of destroying" a police service admired throughout the world, she will be warned by rank-and-file officers. Theresa May is due to face the Police Federation confere...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe presidentﾒs financial disclosures for 2011, released by the White House, showed he has $500,000 to $1 million in a JPMorgan Chase private client asset management checking account. The disclosure came...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(Reuters) - Communications from the 1990s suggest Iran's current foreign minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, had knowledge of a program to procure goods for an alleged clandestine nuclear program when he was head ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoISLAMABAD — NATO on Tuesday invited Pakistan’s president to the upcoming Chicago summit on Afghanistan, the strongest sign yet that Islamabad is ready to reopen its western border to U.S. and NATO militar...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoHundreds of police have broken up an Aboriginal tent embassy in Brisbane, escorting and sometimes dragging away about 80 protesters from their makeshift camp in Musgrave Park. Police say about 30 proteste...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck South of Tonga at a depth of 27.3 km (17 miles), the quake hit at 01:28:21 UTC Wednesday 16th May 2012 The epicenter was 375 km (233 miles) SSW of NUKU`ALOFA, Tonga No...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck the New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea at a depth of 154 km (95.7 miles), the quake hit at 00:59:34 UTC Wednesday 16th May 2012 The epicenter was 48 km (29 miles) W...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day agoAIM-WEST to screen its latest documentary at San Francisco’s BRAVA Theater, Friday, June 1, 2012 By AIM West Censored News http://www.bsno...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago“How much of planet Earth is made of water? Very little, actually. Although oceans of water cover about 70 percent of Earth's surface, these oceans are shallow compared to the Earth's radius. *Click i...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*"Ask Me" * by William Stafford "Some time when the river is ice ask me mistakes I have made. Ask me whether what I have done is my life. Others have come in their slow way into my thought, and some ha...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 1 day agoUpdate by Sheldan Nidle for the Spiritual Hierarchy and the Galactic Federation - May 15, 2012 1 Cauac, 12 Moan, 8 Manik Selamat Jarin! We return! Your world is inching ever closer to the sacre...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 1 day agohttp://wendykeller.com/featured/finding-peace-where-to-start-looking/ Posted by Wendy in Featured on May 15th, 2012 *Peace of Mind is the Ultimate Goal. How do you get it under the circumstances?* ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*He's not getting any*: "Rare glimpse of Putin’s wife suggests couple at odds" by David M. Herszenhorn | New York Times, May 06, 2012 MOSCOW -* Rampant questions* about whether they are much of a *coupl...
- posted by Denis Rancourt at Activist Teacher - 1 day agoJoshua Blakeney interviews Denis Rancourt about the professor's conflict with the University of Ottawa.
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"Russia threatens strike on NATO site; Moscow strongly opposes planned US missile shield" by Mansur Mirovalev | Associated Press, May 04, 2012 MOSCOW - Russia’s top military officer has threatened to car...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day agoIt sounds like the start of a joke, i.e.: Q: What do you get when two economists argue about global warming? But the answer is less of joke than you might think. In fact, in the exchange between Willia...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"Opposition leaders among 400 detained at anti-Putin rally" Associated Press, May 07, 2012 MOSCOW - A *demonstration by at least 20,000 people* on the *eve of Vladimir Putin’s inauguration* as president tu...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day agoBeing a student of real history, I must repeat again that what we have been taught in our education system is nothing but a load of crap. It does seem that real history has been purposely kept away from u...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day agoHere’s a short video with the great Johan Norberg on Europe’s woes. [Hat tip Cafe Hayek] Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"Suicide bomber blamed in double blast in Russia’s Caucasus" New York Times, May 05, 2012 MOSCOW - At least *13 people were killed *and about 100 injured in a *double bombing at a police station* in Russi...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Shoreline change on Oahu beaches. A study of three Hawaiian islands found the state's shoreline is eroding an average of a few inches per year, with some areas gaining or losing several feet each...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"New Russian Aircraft Crashes During a Promotional Flight in Indonesia" by ANDREW E. KRAMER and NICOLA CLARK, May 9, 2012 MOSCOW — The *wreckage of a demonstration airplane* for a *Russian-made passenger...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*"What, me worry?": Jpmorganchase's Jamie "The Gambler" Dimon* *"This is the week of the third annual Deficit Fest, the event sponsored by Wall Street billionaire Peter G. Peterson. At this event, many of...
- posted by yayacanada at YayaCanada - 1 day ago** *Contributor: "Ron"* *JNF London's Photos*Jason Kenney is one sick sociopath. Get this – Federal Government Minister Jason Kenney is accepting an award “for his position on inclusion and diversity” fr...
- posted by Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 1 day agoThe first in-depth look at the life of John Whiteside Parsons--better known as Jack Parsons pioneering rocket scientist, and ardent disciple of the notorious magus, Aleister Crowley--is finally available ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"At least five dead in Tbilisi flooding" by Associated Press | May 14, 2012 TBILISI, Georgia - A *flood* *killed five* people in Georgia’s capital * overnight* after torrential rain caused a river to bur...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"The chief of the European Union’s head office said Monday that he will not go to Ukraine during the European soccer championships in June unless there is a swift improvement in the human rights situation ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"As News Corp. boss, Murdoch is called unfit" May 02, 2012|By John F. Burns and Ravi Somaiya LONDON — A damning report on the hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch’s British newspapers concluding that Murdoch...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*“The Sixth Day”* by Chet Raymo "Anthropologists pretty much agree that all modern humans had their ancestral origins in Africa, and spread from there to the other continents in a great exodus beginni...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day agoNavan, Meath, Ireland. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*Globe voted me these stories from **Great Britain*: "Local UK elections may hold rebuke for coalition leaders" New York Times, May 04, 2012 NEW YORK - At a *time of deepening austerity*, *social cutbacks...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago“Denial of the truth envelops our culture like a suffocating fog. People desperately need to understand the consequences of denial of this kind. It is profoundly damaging, and it kills. I have written ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago"To hell with the truth! As the history of the world proves, the truth has no bearing on anything. It's irrelevant and immaterial, as the lawyers say. The lie of a pipe dream is what gives life to the w...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*"Expectations, Previous Experiences Influence Perception Of Pain"* by Connie K. Ho "For many people, pain and needles go hand in hand. They shudder at the thought of going to the dentist or the doctor...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"UK police say *drug sales funded terror*" May 02, 2012 *I'm sure bank$ will be happy to launder it.* LONDON - Seven people have been arrested in Britain on suspicion of financing terrorism in Somalia by ...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAs leaders in Athens accepted the need for a new general election to end a national stalemate, the International Monetary Fund said Europe’s leaders should prepare for the possibility of a Greek departur...
- posted by José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago[image: Imagenes muy lindas - Las mejores fotos de Internet] [image: Imagenes muy lindas - Las mejores fotos de Internet] [image: Imagenes muy lindas - Las mejores fotos de Internet] [image: Imagenes muy l...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck near the North Coast of New Guinea, Papua New Guinea at a depth of 81.6 km (50.7 miles), the quake hit at 19:11:57 UTC Tuesday 15th May 2012 The epicenter was 92 km (...
- posted by Grant G at The Straight Goods - 1 day agoCan you feel it, a tidal shift wrenching Canada left, this day has been a long time coming.. Thomas Mulcair leading Stephen Harper, poll after poll the dynamics of change are apparent, an engaged youth ...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 1 day ago* * * * *You are beginning to see the effect.* – Michael channeled by Ron Head May 15, 2012 in Ron's Channeled Messages Our message for today concerns the community of lightworkers and the ene...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 1 day ago*Reposted from Kauilapele's Blog* Tolec – Emotional Healing on the way to Spiritual Awareness 5-13-12.. Video and MP3s Posted on May 14, 2012 Some of you may find this helpful in moving through an...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 1 day agoBalancing power with an informed, active, pragmatic citizenry is key to thwarting neo-imperialism in all its forms. *an editorial by Tony Cartalucci * *May 15, 2012* - As the financial oligarchs of the We...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAn Iranian rapper is facing death threats and has a $100,000 bounty on his head for a song that some say insults an Islamic Shiite imam. Shahin Najafi, who sings in Farsi and lives in Germany, told the Ge...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago*[image: _Kris_Sayce]Guest post by KRIS SAYCE, from MONEY MORNING AUSTRALIA * *‘Actioni contrariam semper et æqualem esse reactionem: sive corporum duorum actiones in se mutuo semper esse æquales et in ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*The butcher is back!* "Past allies of Milosevic may return to power" May 06, 2012|By Dusan Stojanovic BELGRADE, Serbia - Former ultranationalist allies of Slobodan *Milosevic may return to power* in Ser...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoWhen will activist Chen Guangcheng come to study in the U.S. with his family after drawing the world's attention? Chen told NTD TV that after a week went by, the central authorities didn't send officials t...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago*Netanyahu and Barak: War Criminals And Mass Murderers*. You're reading the headline and thinking, "Too much, man. Tone it down." Tone it down? How can I? We are in full-blown danger mode right now. ...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day agoHistorically being called 'to the Bar' means you can sit before the Bar in a Courtroom. Queen's Counsel -- those remaining -- sit within the Bar, slightly closer to the Judge. Serjeants-at-law, who no long...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day agoIf you're not on the twitters, you may have missed this one today: it turns out that the White House has carefully inserted, well, advertisements for the president at the bottom of a bunch of the historica...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day agoMe too, lol... - CP
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"Saudi prince cleared of rape charge in Spain" New York Times, March 30, 2012 MADRID - A Spanish appeals panel has *dismissed a rape case* against Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a *billionaire investor and ne...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago* “My God, Common Sense Showing In Europe?”* by Karl Denninger "Wow.... "Denial is leading to collective economic suicide in Europe and the United States. The French elected a socialist president who w...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day ago------------------------------ * the**REALnews Permalink* *Corporate Media and the Austerity Campaign* Bill Black: Most media...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*Colorado House Minority Leader Mark Ferrandino, a Democrat, vents frustration at (Republican) Speaker Frank McNulty's strong-arming of the doom of a civil-unions bill last night.* *by Ken* I don't thin...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"In the Czech Republic, almost *100,000 people rallied* in Prague’s downtown Wenceslas Square *last weekend* to *protest government reforms and cuts, calling on the government to resign*. And earlier this ...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day agoVIDEO WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION! The Zapatista leadership in Oventic (JBG) and the family of a Zapatista prisoner made this important and unprecedented audio message presented with English translation in thi...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day ago------------------------------ Paul Krugman’s Economic BlindersPosted on May 14, 2012 by Mitch Green | By Michael Hudson Paul Krugman is widely appreciated for his *New York Times* columns criticiz...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago* "What Happens When the World Economy 'Goes Japan'?”* by Bill Bonner "The Dow sinking. Gold sinking. Oil sinking. Copper sinking. Yields sinking. We struggled with this, Dear Reader. We meditated. We...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"Vatican investigating Legion priests" ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 12, 2012 VATICAN CITY - The Vatican is investigating seven priests from the troubled *Legion of Christ *religious order for alleged *sexual abus...
- posted by Charli Carpenter at The Duck of Minerva - 1 day agoDavid Birtley's to-die-for posts chronicling HBO's deviations from the *Song of Ice and Fire* book series get longer each week over at Wired. While some fans are annoyed at the significant and at times ran...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day agoAt Plum Line this morning, I talked about the Nebraska Senate primary today, which has become quite the fascinating contest; I only really covered the campaign finance aspects of it, but click through the ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"Berlusconi makes appearance at trial" Associated Press, April 21, 2012 MILAN - Silvio Berlusconi made a rare appearance at his trial Friday in Milan to hear police officials called by prosecutors who al...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago*Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and his mother Princess Andrew, also known as Princess Alice.* The Duke of Edinburgh's mother was Princess Alice, also known as her Serene Highness Princess Alice of Ba...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*Cooked up courtesy of the Boston Globe*: "Trio accused of terrorism plot in Denmark" April 28, 2012 LONDON - Danish authorities said Friday that they had arrested three men accused of planning a terrori...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"Two guilty in killing of Ulster constable" Associated Press, March 31, 2012 BELFAST, Northern Ireland - After *crucial testimony* from a *mystery witness*, two Irish Republican Army dissidents were convic...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck South of Tonga at a depth of 40.6 km (25.2 miles), the quake hit at 19:22:30 UTC Tuesday 15th May 2012 The epicenter was 366 km (227 miles) South of NUKU`ALOFA, Tonga ...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day agoToronto G20 protester Byron Sonne walked out of a downtown courthouse a free man Tuesday, tearing up his bail papers after he was cleared of possessing explosives and counselling mischief not committed. h...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 day agoas "exceedingly sluggish and conservative" machines. Quoted in "Atomic Pile Blast Called Unlikely: Scientists Discount Danger to Public from Reactors Widely in Operation." New York Times (1953, Sep. 13), ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 1 day agoSUZYALLCAPSLOCK (aka, SHE Who Wants the Abortion Debate but Blocks Tweeps Who Ask Inconvenient Questions or Cite That Damned Facty Stuff) is whinging again that 'prolifism' is handicapped by the unfair fig...
- posted by thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 1 day agoOne of the latest outbursts from Jim ("Low-Functioning") Flaherty is that white-collar professionals should take the first job that comes along rather than stay on EI and look for work more commensurable w...
- posted by DB at Biased BBC - 1 day agoA reminder - BIASED BBC has a new home. Find us here. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*Almost forgot to post this, readers*: "Netherlands bans pot for foreigners; Open cannabis culture yields to worry over crime" by Anthony Faiola | Washington Post, May 13, 2012 AMSTERDAM - Even as he ea...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*As served up by the Boston Globe: * "Poland pulls food preserved with road salt" March 10, 2012 WARSAW - Polish health authorities have ordered the withdrawal from the market of more than 500,000 pounds...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 day agoThe idea of using nuclear energy for civilian purposes was legitimized publicly in an address by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to the 470th Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on Decem...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (deBeauxOs) at DAMMIT JANET! - 1 day agoReligious and fundamentalist gynophobes attempting to roll back women's sexual and reproductive rights typically use the struggles of oppressed groups. Abortion criminalizers try desperately to hitch their...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 1 day ago[BREAKING NEWS: Buying At the Facebook IPO is Muppet Bait!] (Stolen from the adorable Tom Tomorrow! He's the one responsible for our beloved PK being mercilessly gunned down. (Click to enlarge.)) How muc...
- McIntyre Uses Fear Card Against Knoxville Teachers in Hopes of Building Support for Merit Pay Schemeposted by Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day agoDespite well-funded astroturf groups, the support of the Chamber of Commerce and the State Business Roundtable, and the unceasing positive spin by local corporate media, Eli Broad's Jim McIntyre's budget p...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe boss of America's biggest bank, JP Morgan Chase, has been described as "one of the smartest we got" by President Obama, as it reels from a massive $2bn (£1.2bn) trading loss. The American leader was...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoATHENS—Greek depositors withdrew €700 million ($898 million) from local banks Monday, the country's president said, as he warned that the situation facing Greece's lenders was very difficult. In a transcr...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day agoI read that: 'Bill Clinton thought so little of President Obama — mocking him as an “amateur” — that he pressed his wife last summer to quit her job as secretary of state and challenge him in the primarie...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA mother-of-four killed her children and then herself early on Tuesday morning. Sheriff's deputies in Brevard County, Florida said 33-year-old Tanya Thomas on Tuesday shot her four children, who ranged i...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFIVE FACTS ABOUT 'HAPPY FACE' - Its scientific name is Theridion grallator in recognition of its long legs - the term is Latin for stiltwalker - In Hawaii, where it is found it is known as the fa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFlames billow from the tiny boat as it floats adrift on the Indian Ocean - a dramatic illustration of the Royal Navy's success against Somali pirates. The bandits’ skiff was blown out of the water with an...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoCorrupt police chief Ali Dizaei has lost his job at Scotland Yard for a second time. The 49-year-old, who has twice been jailed for corruption, was dismissed from his post as commander after an internal d...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA new piece of stencilled graffiti, possibly by Banksy, has appeared overnight on the wall of a Poundland shop in London. It shows a young Asian boy hunched over a sewing machine with real Union Flag bun...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 1 day ago05/15/2012 With all this talk of arrests and change and off planet beings and collapse, it feels like we need some love. At the core of this there is just you. The one in charge, the God force, th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoNearly 4,000 foreign criminals whom the Government wants to deport are at large in the community, figures showed today. Some 2,500 were released from jail more than two years ago and more than 800 have b...
- posted by martin-j at tamplins entire - 1 day agoRather than anything as superfluous as a timetable, the essential component of any modern bus stop is an enlarged image of a revolver muzzle, all but bursting out of the Adshel and up the nose of the waiti...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMore than 50 Romanian beggars evicted from London's Marble Arch have moved just a few yards away to the exclusive Park Lane area of the city. The group have moved to the road's central reservation within ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA serving Scotland Yard officer has been charged with trying to arrange a child sex offence. Christopher Exley, 32, will appear in court on Wednesday accused of planning to meet a child on the internet f...
- posted by Charli Carpenter at The Duck of Minerva - 1 day agoNow that this academic year’s loose ends are wrapped up, it is time to refocus attention on the important topic of norm development around autonomous weapons. Fortunately for my case study there is much de...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day agoMary and Carrie Dann/Photo courtesy Right Livelihood Award. Carrie Dann: Civil disobedience is one way to protect Mother Earth from gold mining Carrie Dann delivering testimony in Tucson to UN Rapporteu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIt was one of Indonesia’s best zoos, but it has now become a deadly habitat for animals in desperate need of attention. It was once one of Indonesia’s best zoos, but now it has become a deadly habitat f...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day agoThe news today about the third party joke "Americans Elect" is that, well, it's still a joke -- they have lots of ballot spots, but still no candidate. John Avlon thinks that's too bad, but moreover thinks...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoNew Delhi, May 15 (PTI) Notwithstanding efforts by the government to conserve tigers, as many as 32 big cats have died in the country in the last over four months, even as the latest official data showed ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoSince giraffes are 'extremely timid' animals, any prolonged stress can be fatal to the long-necked creatures. WARSAW — Two giraffes at a zoo in central Poland's Lodz died of stress after unidentified van...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago*Radonna Investments Ltd. v. Rubin*, 2012 ONCA 321 expressly upholds an earlier decision of the Superior Court which is a useful statement that a limitation period is a shield and not a sword: ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoBOISE, Idaho (KBOI) - Maybe a trip to the grocery store isn't necessary after all. The Idaho Fish and Game has released details of new rules that have taken effect that allow people to recover, possess, ...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 1 day agoUS State Department leash overtly leads to yet more sedition in Russia. *by Tony Cartalucci* * * *May 15, 2012* - As chaos consumes Libya, with death squads roaming the fractured nation committing atrociti...
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