ZURICH, SWITZERLAND - MAY 10: International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn leaves the Second Annual Conference of International Monetary Fund held at the Baur au Lac Hotel on May 10, 2011 in Zurich, Switzerland. The conference hosted by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), brought together central bank governors and senior policymakers, to debat about the reform of the international monetary system with topics such as global liquidity provision at times of crisis or international reserves of currencies. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
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WASHINGTON - APRIL 3: Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde listens as U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the Associated Press luncheon during the American Society of News Editors (ASNE) Convention at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel April 3, 2012in Washington, D.C. Obama criticized the Republican budget proposal during his remarks. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
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* One of the 15 climbers who went missing during an attempt to scale a glacier-carved monument in the Andes died before rescue efforts got under way.* The rest of the group were found by rescuers after hi... - posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 hour agoWest Virginia police find 4 bodies in woods Police charge man in death of 4 in West Virginia *Also see: West Virginia Seep*
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- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago* "US Unemployment and the Ubiquitous* * “Zombie Job” Market"* by Bill Bonner "Yesterday was Memorial Day. We said a prayer for all the brave men and women who died in war…after all, we have a heart! ...
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- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 6 hours ago*The Start of Hurricane Season and Quick Drive-by Levee Inspections ~Sandy Rosenthal, Huff Post* *Orleans, Jefferson environmental losses could double by 2030, Entergy report says ~David Hammer* *NOLA fi...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 6 hours ago[image: image]You now have only two-and-a-half weeks to see Auckland Art Gallery’s“*Degas to Dali* exhibition before it heads off elsewhere—and you must! As an exhibition of mostly minor works by major a...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 6 hours agoAt Greg's place today, I did a post about things that don't matter much during the president race, at least not as far as affecting the November vote is concerned. And at Post Partisan I followed up on a ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 6 hours ago*Both parties want to plunge in the knife*: "Senate rejects two plans on student loan rates WASHINGTON - Though both defeats were preordained, the twin votes gave lawmakers from each party a chance to sh...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (deBeauxOs) at DAMMIT JANET! - 6 hours agoIt happened to JJ. It has happened to fern hill. And now, I'm proud to report that many right-wing, religious zealots that people Twitter have also made me the target of their hissy-fit blocking. It happe...
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 6 hours ago*“Hell Is Truth Seen Too late.” ~ 18th Cent. Philosopher Thomas Hobbes* * * *I'm always interested in the divisions between the factions of activists and bloggers, academics and pundits - those that espouse...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 7 hours ago*No joke:* "After an Everett crossing guard was struck and killed by a pickup truck Wednesday, crossing guards and safe streets advocates said they were saddened, but not surprised.... * * *This in the s...
- posted by yayacanada at YayaCanada - 7 hours ago** *... Special Law 78* *Contributor: "Ron"* La démocratie, chaque jour Google Translation: Democracy, every day *It's true we can not even compare Jean Charest to Pinochet or all of these dictators ove...
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- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours agoIn today's Texas primaries there are lots of really horrible politicians running... on both sides of the aisle. Most of the candidates are human garbage in nice clothing. But not all of them... and there'...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 7 hours agoKevin Williamson responded to his many critics with a long post over the weekend, conceding virtually nothing but one factual error (my post on it here; Alex Pareene has a good post and links to several of...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago*"How the 'Job Creators' REALLY Spend Their Money"* by Paul Buchheit "In his “Gospel of Wealth,” Andrew Carnegie argued that average Americans should welcome the concentration of wealth in the hands of...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago"Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong." - Ayn Rand
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 8 hours ago"Ex-BP worker files whistleblower suit" January 26, 2012 NEW ORLEANS - A former BP employee has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the company, claiming he was fired for airing concerns about the clean...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 8 hours ago"Veterans focus on lives lost during, after wars; Rise in suicides a concern" by Colin A. Young | Globe Correspondent, May 29, 2012 The event, hosted by the local Veterans for Peace chapter and several o...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 9 hours ago"Obama to cadets: The US ‘is leading once more’; Defends record at Air Force commencement" by David Nakamura | Washington Post, May 24, 2012 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - President Obama's vision for a postw...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoUN and Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan has warned the violence in Syria had reached "tipping point", as France said military intervention should not be ruled out. Mr Annanheld a press conference afte...
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- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 9 hours ago*I'm on a mission!* "Effort to honor Vietnam veterans is sputtering; 50th anniversary has few events set" by Bryan Bender | Globe Staff, May 18, 2012 WASHINGTON - They returned home to a politically tr...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck Northern Italy at a depth of 13.1 km (8.1 miles), the quake hit at 18:28:01 UTC Tuesday 29th May 2012 The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) ENE from Parma, Italy
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoThe Vulcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG) has raised the alert status of Mt. Soputan in Minahasa and Southeast Minahasa regencies in North Sulawesi to level 3 -- meaning "standby" ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoResidents in western Colombia woke to find their cities and towns covered in volcanic ash Wednesday (May 29) after an area volcano with a deadly past began spewing an ash cloud as high as 1,000 meters (3...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago*"Spanish Lies, English Lies, American Lies, Greek Lies"* by Karl Denninger "They're all lies! "Echavarren’s Irea brokered the refinancing of a 200 million-euro loan two years ago for a developer. Afte...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 9 hours ago"45% of new veterans file claims for disability; Those returning from 2 wars have complicated care needs" by Marilynn Marchione | Associated Press, May 28, 2012 NEW YORK - America’s newest veterans are ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA half-million pigs on a Chilean farm will be destroyed after the facility was closed for several days during a dispute with local residents. Jose Guzman, chief executive of Agrosuper, which owns the farm...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 9 hours agoIn Minnesota - MinnPost is one of the more respected online news people. Their stuff is really accurate - supported with facts and well written. Found this today.... *4/30/12 posting from MinnPost* *Upd...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 9 hours agoThe Children of Light Conference in Denver at the end of June has a new addition, in addition to The Wholeness Blessing there will also be people initiated into The Oneness Blessing that originates i...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoNEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Facebook shares fell below the $30 mark for the first time Tuesday amid speculation that it is preparing to buy Opera Software, a Norwegian mobile browser developer. Shares of Face...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago*"How to Unscramble an Egg"* by Bob Moriarty "For those of our readers who don’t understand the mess with the Euro and the pending exit from the Euro of Greece, here’s what you need to know. On May 6t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoWASHINGTON — The United States said Tuesday that it hopes the massacre in Syria sparks a "turning point" in Russia's reluctance to take tougher action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Washington ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 9 hours ago*And you and I might be next, readers*: "House OK’s $642 billion defense bill; GOP provisions likely to be lost in Senate version" by Donna Cassata | Associated Press, May 19, 2012 WASHINGTON - Insistin...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 9 hours ago"Earmarks fund $17,000 copter drip pan" New York Times, May 19, 2012 WASHINGTON - In the 1980s, the military had its infamous $800 toilet seat. Today, it has a $17,000 drip pan. Thanks to a powerful Kentu...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago*"Real Federal Deficit Dwarfs Official Tally"* By Dennis Cauchon "The typical American household would have paid nearly all of its income in taxes last year to balance the budget if the government used...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 9 hours ago*By SPYING on them!!!!!!!!* "Presidential campaigns mining voters’ online data The 2012 election could be decided by which campaign is best at exploiting voters’ Internet data.... The practice, known as...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 9 hours ago"Man arrested in Navy charity scam" Associated Press May 02, 2012 CLEVELAND - A fugitive was arrested on accusations that he ran a scam that collected millions of dollars in donations from people who belie...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 9 hours ago*Just in time for Memorial Day. * "Suit hits Pentagon over huge 2011 data breach" May 05, 2012|By Bryan Bender WASHINGTON - The bad news piled up quickly for Carol Keller late last year. She was informed ...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 9 hours agoIt's election day here in Texas, always a fun and patriotic occasion. I voted in an empty polling place...they said that it had been busy earlier, but a bit after 1PM it was totally deserted, if you don't...
- posted by skrashen at Schools Matter - 10 hours agoSent to the News-Gazette (Champaign, IL), May 29, 2012 The summer reading programs in Champaign for high school students have a worthy and sensible goal: Increase interest in recreational reading. This go...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 10 hours ago*The Boston Globe'll introduce ya'!* "Mitt Romney’s run evokes pride, fear in Mormons; Anxious how faith will be perceived on grand political stage" by Matt Viser | Globe Staff, May 29, 2012 SALT LAKE C...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 10 hours ago"After one of the most trying academic years in its history, Boston University graduated more than 6,700 students Sunday in a ceremony that paused in silence to remember four students killed this spring bu...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 10 hours agoImprisoned since 1980, (and in fact for most of his life before that), John Bowden has been a thorn in the side of the English and Scottish prison systems for three decades. John has paid a heavy price for ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoThe use of cyber weapons that target Iran - such as the recently discovered Flame virus - are "reasonable", a top Israeli minister has claimed. The new malware, discovered by a Russian computer company, ...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 10 hours agoAngola 3 Newsletter: May 29, 2012 *International Coalition to Free the Angola 3* *VISITING WITH HERMAN: From left to right are Herman's sister Vicki Wallace, Herman Wallace, Jackie Sumell, Emil...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoRescue teams have been searching for 15 mountaineers missing as they tried to climb a monument in the Andes foothills in western Argentina. The group, which police said includes several women and a 15-yea...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoFacebook's share price has dropped below $30 (£19) for the first time since its much-awaited stock flotation this month - a total fall of 23%. The stock fell $2.40 (£1.53), or nearly 8%, to $29.40 (£18.75...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 10 hours agoYouTube Video Description: "Glenn Greenwald speaking about the two justice systems in the US. He was the keynote speaker at the First Annual Banquet of the National Coalition to Protect Civil Freedoms (...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 11 hours agoRape and Torture: Weapons in the Propaganda War. Eric Draitser StopImperialism.com May 29, 2012 [image: You-write-what-you-told.jpg] Rape and torture have become standard issue in the propaganda arsenal ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska at a depth of 18.3 km (11.4 miles), the quake hit at 16:37:24 UTC Tuesday 29th May 2012 The epicenter was 214 km (133 ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Hokkaido, Japan at a depth of 60 km (37.2 miles), the quake hit at 15:52:59 UTC Tuesday 29th May 2012 The epicenter was 59 km (36.6 miles) East of Shizunai, Hokkaido, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Northern Italy at a depth of 2 km (1.2 miles), the quake hit at 15:31:50 UTC Tuesday 29th May 2012 The epicenter was 3 km (1.8 miles) Southwest from San Benedetto Po, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 20 km (12.4 miles), the quake hit at 15:17:42 UTC Tuesday 29th May 2012 The epicenter was 259 km (160.5 miles) East o...
- posted by Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 11 hours agoVICKIE'S TRYING TO BUILD ONE OF THESE. Inside Moammar Gadhafi’s Secret Surveillance Network: The Internet enabled surveillance on a scale that would have been unimaginable with the old tools of phone taps an...
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 11 hours agoIt's over for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, Renato Corona. The impeachment move by the House of Representatives last December has been affirmed by the Senate yesterday in a 20-...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck Northern Italy at a depth of 20 km (12.4 miles), the quake hit at 14:39:43 UTC Tuesday 29th May 2012 The epicenter was 5 km (3.1 miles) Northwest of Mirandola, Italy
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 11 hours agoUN admits almost all of the 108 killed in Houla were killed at close range by militants, not Syrian soldiers firing artillery. *by Tony Cartalucci * *May 29, 2012* - The UN according to Associated Press, ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours agoJudy Garland was born in Minnesota and John Wayne was born in Iowa, but both went to elementary school in the Antelope Valley, an area in the northeastern corner of L.A. that makes up a third of the 25th ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 11 hours ago*I'm sorry, readers, that's why there has been a bit of a delay today. Two days of partying took its toll. * "New liquor law may leave some dry in Wash." New York Times, May 27, 2012 CASHMERE, Wash. - Wha...
- posted by thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 11 hours agoA lot of people were talking about yesterday's National Post story about the NDP's high standing in the polls. According to the poll, if an election were held now, there would be an NDP minority government...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoIran says it has developed tools that can defend against the sophisticated cyber attack tool known as Flame. The country is believed to have been hit hard by the malicious programme which infiltrates net...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 12 hours agoHere’s a fact that most of us don’t even think about: Wisconsin has been battling against the ALEC/Koch/Walker agenda for two long years. For two long years the citizens of Wisconsin have been stepping up...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago(Reuters) - Europe must move quickly with measures to pull Spain back from the brink of a debt crisis, with the future of the euro common currency at stake, Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Sa...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 12 hours agoNewly identified computer virus, used for spying, is 20 times size of Stuxnet By Ellen Nakashima, Published: May 28 The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/newly-identifi...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 12 hours agoNew at Censored News May 29, 2012 http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com Chief Arvol Looking Horse: Prayers for energy shift for healing, prayers at Rio 20 Brazil on June 21: http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2012/0...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoBEIRUT — The success of Kofi Annan's six-point peace plan depends on "the end of terrorism," Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told the UN-Arab League envoy on Tuesday, state television reported. "The suc...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoRescue teams are frantically searching for survivors after a powerful earthquake in northern Italy - the second in nine days. The 5.8-magnitude quake struck just after 9am local time in an area that had a...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 13 hours agoLots of media including Fox News have written about the Harappan culture, also known as the Indus Valley Civilization: 4,000 years ago, climate change caused massive civilization collapse The news descr...
- posted by Suzanne MacNevin at LILITH NEWS - 13 hours agoBy Suzanne MacNevin According to Pope Benedict the nuns in America are a bunch of radical feminists. I think he and I differ on the meaning of "radical feminist". Lets establish some criteria. #1. Radic...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoItalian photographer, Marco Di Lauro, has exposed the BBC which illegally used one of his photographs taken in Iraq as anti-Syrian Propaganda on their website's front page. Di Lauro said: "Somebody is us...
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- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 13 hours agoThis is directed mainly at the Conservatives but it applies to the Libs too. Tar Sands boosters, which includes most of our MPs on both sides of the floor of the Commons, routinely cite bitumen as vit...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago*TUESDAY, MAY 29, 2012* *Children describe fallen dads:* We aren’t big fans of Anderson Cooper. For one thing, he sometimes airs Tom Foreman. But Cooper showed up for work last night—and he aired the love...
- posted by *C* at The Web (Untangled) - 13 hours agoMay 26, 2012 This is Memorial Day weekend, a time when we Americans remember our dead – especially our war dead. And in this decade-plus of perpetual war, which started with a terrorist act (not an ac...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 13 hours ago*Lukezic v. Royal Bank of Canada*, 2012 ONCA 350 holds a vexatious litigant order cannot be obtained on motion in an action but only by application: [12] My colleague concluded that the proper i...
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 14 hours agoWhat next for the “dumb, stupid animals”---former National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 14 hours agoIn a 2009 paper I laid out an argument that explored what happens when "the guaranteed winner scam meets the hot hand fallacy" (PDF). It went as follows, drawing upon two dynamics: The first of these dy...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago*TUESDAY, MAY 29, 2012* *Tom Foreman’s idea of “the facts:”* If it weren’t for Digby’s post, we would have missed a remarkable document. We wouldn’t have seen Tom Foreman’s open letter to Obama. Tom Fore...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago[image: Nomadic pastoralists Turkana tribesmen herd goats and sheep to an almost dry dam on the outskirts of Gakong, in northwestern Kenya. Stephen Morrison / EPA] By Clar Ni Chonghaile, www.guardian.co...
- posted by Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 14 hours agoThe New York Times finally got around to revealing today that President Obama has given himself the right to kill people in foreign countries by targeted drone strikes. He and his henchmen apparently get t...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago[image: This 5 March 2007 file photo shows workers harvesting bluefin tuna from Maricultura’s tuna pens near Ensenada, Mexico. New research found increased levels of radiation in Pacific bluefin tuna cau...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 14 hours agoEarlier this year I reported on how Kentucky was getting screwed by the telecom profit sector members that belong to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Rather than link it - I'll give you ...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 14 hours agoMay 29, 2012 The Institute for Justice asks a very important question: "*Can the government throw you in jail for offering advice on the Internet about what food people should buy at the grocery store?*...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 14 hours agoGermany is going into solar power in a big way. On Friday and Saturday, the country's new solar grid put out 22-gigawatts of electricity, the equivalent of 20 nuclear power stations at full capacity, and...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 14 hours agoI blogged about Dave Eggers' *What Is the What*, while I was still reading it. It turned out to be an extraordinary book, both in the ordeals the Sudanese refugees have survived and in the telling of the s...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck Northern Italy at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 11:00:25 UTC Tuesday 29th May 2012 The epicenter was 40 km (24.8 miles) NNW from Bologna, Italy
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 14 hours agoBig news in the political science blog world: Parties scholars Seth Masket (of Enik Rising), Hans Noel, and Greg Koger have teamed up to write a new blog, Mischiefs of Faction, focusing on political parti...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 15 hours ago*TUESDAY, MAY 29, 2012* *Part 1—The wages of sloth:* Quite plainly, Gail Collins cares about dogs. And the New York Times acres about horses! (See THE DAILY HOWLER, 5/28/12.) But does Gail Collins care a...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 15 hours agoLooking down on Earth from space, it's easy to spot where the rich people live and where the poor don't. The picture below, published at *Grist.com*, illustrates the point. That's low-income, West Oakla...
- posted by Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 15 hours agoMarty says it will remain a source of trouble.
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 15 hours agoHappy Birthday to Aaron McGruder, 38. And some good stuff: 1. Brad DeLong on core vs. headline inflation. Just in case anyone doesn't believe it. 2. Nice Amy Fried post about whether politicians actually...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 15 hours agoWhy should Quebecers have all the fun? If you're in the Toronto area, you can join a *Manif Casserole* tomorrow, May 30. People are gathering at Dufferin Grove Park, 875 Dufferin Street, around 8:00. Bring...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 15 hours ago29 May 2012 The Occupy movement has united hundreds of thousands across the world to fight social and economic inequality. In the latest edition of Assange's very own interview programme Julian Assange ...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 15 hours ago*Sean Payton Employs Movie Magic to Coach Saints in 2012 ~Wallace Delery* *Who Dat Billboard Project – Atlanta ~The Angry Whodat* *The 2010's May Become The Decade Of NFL Lawsuits ~Saints Tailgate* *New O...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours agoBack in the 1930's there were dozens of Republican congressmen who looked at Hitler's achievements and Mussolini's achievements in Europe and wanted nothing more than to import fascism to the United State...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 16 hours agoLast week I relinked the book Rockefeller Medicine Men It is said that those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. I agree with that thought. Though it would be a more valid and applica...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 16 hours ago*R. v. Nakashuk*, 2011 NUCJ 16 deals with judicial interim release in the face of a murder charge. In such cases the critical ground will usually be the tertiary ground – however, bail is not automat...
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours agoTim Naumetz reported yesterday in *The Hill Times,* that the Conservatives plan to shut down the parliamentary investigation into the purchase of F35 fighter jets: The government is set to shut down a ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoRescue teams are frantically searching for survivors after a powerful earthquake in northern Italy - the second in nine days. The 5.8-magnitude quake struck just after 9am local time in an area that had ...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 16 hours agoI love food. There, I said it. Happy? I love to eat food. I love to make food. Heck, I even love to watch people eating food (yes, Food Network is a strange addiction). Unfortunately, food loves me too, to...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 16 hours ago*Same as the old blog, just in case you have forgotten. It's the bell I hear tolling for me. I gotta name and I gotta number. *
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 16 hours ago*The people of Houla were murdered because they would not join the fight against Assad.* What really happened at Houla? Anna News has spoken with residents who witnessed the 'Houla massacre'. They say...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA woman whose racist abuse of fellow passengers on a packed Tube train became an internet hit has been jailed for 21 weeks. Jacqueline Woodhouse, 42, from Romford in Essex was filmed ranting at passenge...
- posted by Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 17 hours agoAll is not well in Israel. The home of the architects of multi-culturalism is being rocked by the disastrous ideology of their own making. Like the Golem of Prague, Multi-culturalism is out of control, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoThe parents of six children killed in an arson attack on their home have been arrested on suspicion of murder. Mick Philpott, 55, and his wife Mairead, 31, have been detained in connection with the attac...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoA magnitude 5.6 earthquake has struck Northern Italy at a depth of 9.9 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 10:55:57 UTC Tuesday 29th May 2012 The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) Northwest from Bologna, Italy ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoPolice investigating the deaths of six children in a fire in Derby have arrested two people on suspicion of murder. A 55-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman, who are both from the city, were arrested th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoRescue teams are frantically searching for survivors after a powerful earthquake in northern Italy - the second in nine days. The 5.8-magnitude quake struck just after 9am local time in an area that had ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoGreat-grandmother Emma Winnall has died after suffering a severe beating in her home last month, police have said. The 93-year-old was attacked in her bed in Moseley, Birmingham, between 9pm on April 30 ...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 18 hours agothese things, these visuals, people see IN THEIR VERSION OF REAL LIFE, that's the subject of today's blogpost. I mean, don't get me wrong, I've had dreams about crazy shit (who hasn't) but, I've NEVER...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago05/29/2012 Washington’s controversial ambassador to Moscow was forced to defend himself through Twitter on Tuesday after the Russian foreign ministry furiously condemned a speech he made as shocking. Amb...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoThe US military has vehemently denied a media report that special forces have parachuted into North Korea on intelligence-gathering missions, saying a source had been misquoted. Current affairs magazine ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoMilan - (Adnkronos / Ign) - A strong earthquake this morning at 09:00 measuring 5.8 Magnitude. Among the missing , workers under the rubble. Collapsed buildings already heavily damaged by the quake of 2...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoPolice investigating the deaths of six children in a fire in Derby have arrested two people on suspicion of murder. More follows ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoSARTELL, Minn. -- One person is dead and five others have been injured after an explosion in the Verso Paper mill Monday morning. The explosion could be felt or heard throughout parts of the city of Sa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoThunder Bay and surrounding communities in northern Ontario have declared a state of emergency after heavy weekend rains caused extensive flooding. More than 100 mm of rain showered the area over the week...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoCrews battling a massive wildfire in southwestern New Mexico's Gila National Forest began burnout operations Monday aimed at halting the blaze from creeping into two small towns. After growing to more th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoAn official says FBI agents are assisting Kenyan officials in the investigation into a large explosion in downtown Nairobi. An explosion ripped through a building full of small shops on Monday, injuring ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoJet bound for Japan forced to return to Toronto to make emergency landing. An Air Canada Boeing 777 passenger jet suffered an “engine shutdown” after taking off in Toronto on Monday afternoon, which force...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA freak hailstorm lashed the capital this morning - causing at least three minor crashes. Two were on the motorway between Thorndon and Aotea Quay and one on Wallace St in Mt Cook. Affected vehicles wer...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoWarnings Issued After Santa Ana Child Contracts Typhus: MyFoxLA.com The Orange County Vector Control District has begun to set traps to catch feral cats in Santa Ana and distribute safety information af...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoPolice are investigating a warehouse fire in Collingwood overnight, which led to the evacuation of more than 100 nearby residents. The fire at an empty Stanley Street warehouse broke out just after midnigh...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoDENVER- Two railroad locomotives, sideswiped each other in Denver, tearing open the fuel tank of one and spilling about 2,500 gallons of diesel onto the ground. According to KCNC, Burlington Northern Sant...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoSofia. A bridge in the village of Vladaya, which is located close to the Bulgarian capital Sofia, has partially collapsed, injuring no people, Bulgarian National Television reported. Sofia Mayor Yordanka...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoTAIPEI -- Several landslides occurred yesterday in the central county of Nantou, on a provincial highway and the road around the Sun Moon Lake tourist area, but no casualties were reported. The landslide...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoPUEBLA, Mexico - Mexico's famed Popocatepetl volcano spewed ash on nearby towns and villages on Thursday (May 24), as officials mulled the possibility of evacuations. Over 20 ash and smoke emissions were...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA 5.8-magnitude earthquake has hit northeast Italy - a region struck 10 days ago by a quake which killed six people and left thousands in tents. Early reports said three people were dead and several other...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Northern Italy at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 08:40:57 UTC Tuesday 29th May 2012 The epicenter was 1 km (0.6 miles) Southeast of Concordia Sulla Sec...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Northern Itay at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 08:25:51 UTC Tuesday 29th May 2012 The epicenter was 1 km (0.6 miles) Southeast of Concordia Sulla Secc...
- posted by veritas6464 at VERITAS 6464 - 19 hours agoJFK narrates this powerful demonstration of freedom to Occupy Ball-Parks! *Related Topics...* * * *organ trafficking* * * ***Levy Rosenbaum Convicted of Organ Trafficking* *Ten people [yiddish khazars ac...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Bulgaria at a depth of 7.9 km (4.9 miles), the quake hit at 07:23:31 UTC Tuesday 29th May 2012 The epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) West of SOFIA, Bulgaria No Reports of...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoThe Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has not handed the Shiga Prefectural Government predictions on the spread of radiation for 2 1/2 months despite requests from the ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoLos Angeles County sheriff's deputies are investigating a complaint that Canadian pop sensation Justin Bieber roughed up a man who was taking pictures of the performer at a suburban shopping centre, police...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoFears mount over Madrid's ability to shore up its banking sector Spain seemed to be moving closer to an official bailout yesterday as the country's borrowing costs soared and doubts over the ability of the...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA 5.8-magnitude earthquake has hit northeast Italy - a region struck 10 days ago by a quake which killed six people and left thousands in tents. Early reports said one person was dead and four others woun...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoMay 28 - A fire at an upscale Doha mall killed 19 foreigners, including 13 children. Deborah Gembara reports
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoMay 28 - Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq's headquarters were attacked by protesters as his opponents held rallies against him in Tahrir Square.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago(Reuters) - Hiroshi Kosaka has an unorthodox pitch for his realty business: instead of pictures of swanky condominiums his website features Japanese debt statistics and budget meltdown scenarios usually l...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago(Reuters) - When Israeli economists contemplate their country's untapped natural gas finds far out in the Mediterranean, they dream of energy independence and lucrative export deals. Those charged with I...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago(Reuters) - Returning from an annual European trade show last month on a flight packed with successful Irish retailers, Ian Martin felt his country's battered economy might finally be turning around. A s...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago(Reuters) - An earthquake was felt through much of northern Italy on Tuesday, just over a week after a tremor struck the region killing seven people and destroying or damaging hundreds of buildings. Itali...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago(Reuters) - Demonstrators furious that Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister made it into the run-off for Egypt's presidential election set ablaze his campaign headquarters on Monday, witnesses said, unders...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoThe federal government is expelling two Syrian diplomats from Australia following a massacre in the town of Houla. Foreign Minister Bob Carr says Syrian Charge d'Affairs Jawdat Ali and another diplomat h...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago(Reuters) - The second highest al Qaeda leader in Afghanistan was killed in a weekend airstrike in the country's volatile east near the border with Pakistan, NATO-led forces said on Tuesday. Saudi Sakhr a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago(Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co has sold an estimated $25 billion of profitable securities in an effort to prop up earnings after suffering trading losses tied to the bank's now-infamous "London Whale," c...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA paedophile who abused two girls throughout their childhood years has been sentenced to at least 15 years in jail. The sentencing judge has described the man's crimes as "grotesque". The Adelaide Distric...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 20 hours agoRightsCon Rio: Send us your questions! *Here is your chance to help shape the debate on the future of your internet.* On May 31 and June 1, Access will be hosting the Rio de Janeiro Human Rights and T...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoThe sex industry has traditionally been considered a non-cyclical activity, or one that becomes more profitable during bad economic times. But times have gotten so tough in Greece that its once booming se...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoWASHINGTON (AFP) - US and South Korean special forces have been parachuting into North Korea to gather intelligence about underground military installations, a US officer has said in comments carried in U...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoThe Electrical Trades Union (ETU) has reached an agreement with a subsidiary of the collapsed Hastie Group, which should enable hundreds of workers to access their entitlements. The Hastie Group went Abo...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 20 hours ago*Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum, two male royal servants in Egypt. * Thirteen out of the first fourteen Roman Emperors were bisexual or gay. Nero married a man called Pythagoras and then a man called Sporus. ...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 20 hours ago* * * * *Lloyd's of London preparing for euro collapse* http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9292511/Lloyds-of-London-preparing-for-euro-collapse.html By Andrew Cave 2:50PM BST 27 May 201...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago(CNN) -- A pilot and passenger were killed as two small planes collided in the air above Fauquier County, Virginia, on Monday, the FAA and Virginia State Police told CNN. The midair collision happened ab...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago(CNN) -- Canadian authorities are investigating reports that debris fell Monday from a troubled airliner and caused damage to vehicles in southern Ontario. The incident centers on Air Canada Flight 001, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago(CNN) -- The Colombian defense ministry will cease all military operations in an area of the country Tuesday evening ahead of the release of French journalist Romeo Langlois, Red Cross officials said. La...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago(CNN) -- According to Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, it is payback time for Greece. Despite being forced to "clarify" her comments after a furious reaction from ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 21 hours ago*Austrian director Michael Haneke has selected the Cannes pictures festival's top reward for the second time. *Haneke's movie paying attentionon an aged couple whose association is experienced when the w...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoProtesters say the Tinaya copper mine owned by Xstrata plc is contaminating local water supplies and sickening animals. Peru's government has declared a 30-day state of emergency in a highland province af...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA law banning so-called "homosexual propaganda" in Russia could be introduced nationally after it is debated in parliament next month. Critics, who include high-profile stars such as Madonna, say the law ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA magnitude 5.8 earthquake has struck Northern Itay at a depth of 9.6 km (6 miles), the quake hit at 07:00:03 UTC Tuesday 29th May 2012 The epicenter was 40 km (24.8 miles) NNW from Bologna, Italy No Repor...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 21 hours ago*According to the researchers, a composite targeted cyber-attack that collected private facts from countries such as Israel and Iran has been revealed*. It is the one of the most complex threats ever rev...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoWe just learned something very important in terms of the management of gene expression. Importantly, it is an ongoing process that can also be plausibly managed by the organism to achieve results. ...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoThis is a delightful item in which another unexpected species response successfully to a marginal existence by adapting to a new food supply. I do not think that the geranium is native to England ...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoChina is presently passing into a period of long overdue consolidation and slower growth. In a way, much is built and it is time to manage it all properly. As this article points out, China is still a...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 22 hours agoDavid Lawley-Wakelin is the man responsible for yesterday's Leveson Inquiry intrusion where he accused ex-Labour prime minister Tony Blair of colluding with bankers JP Morgan for the deal on Iraq, content ...
- posted by David J. Climenhaga at David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary - 22 hours agoPostMedia CEO Paul Godfrey holds a translation of his memorandum to the chain’s newspaper staff yesterday. Warning, senior Canadian newspaper executives may not appear exactly as illustrated, or as below....
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 22 hours agoOn Monday, American particle phenomenologists celebrated the Stop Squark Memorial Day. Their publication of three extremely similar papers on the search for light stop squarks could be viewed as circumsta...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 22 hours agoMay 28, 2012 Quebec's university student federation has confirmed it will return to negotiations with provincial authorities on Monday. The talks over tuition fees stalled over a month ago, sparking a w...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 22 hours agoE*nenews is reporting on radiation-contaminated tuna caught off San Diego* CNN: All 15 bluefin tuna samples off California had Fukushima radiation… back in AUGUST 2011 — “This year’s fish are going to be...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 22 hours agoPneumonia Vaccine Shown to Actually Increase Bacterial Infections It Is Supposed to Prevent *By Dr. Mercola* It's estimated that nearly one in 7 U.S. adults have been diagnosed with sinusitis in the...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 22 hours agoMay 21, 2012 This is a powerful production by Tim Watts, the co-host of The Freedom Link radio broadcast on The Orion Talk Radio Network. A great informational and inspirational video to present to peo...
- posted by angola3news at Angola 3 News - 22 hours ago** * (VISITING WITH HERMAN: From left to right are Herman's sister Vicki Wallace, Herman Wallace, Jackie Sumell, Emily Posner, Angad Bhalla. Emily reports that "our group visited with Herman for the full...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 22 hours agoDevils Kitchen has the explanation: 'The simple fact is that the people of the Developed Nations have selfishly continued to vote for politicians who promise to give them more of other people's money. Th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA police officer's fight for life was captured on camera as he shot a robbery suspect who stole his baton and attacked him with it. The attack took place in west Philadelphia on Saturday after a police o...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 22 hours agoNorthern blue fin tuna. Photo via: TreeHugger.com It's been more than a year since an earthquake off the coast of Japan triggered tsunamis and the nation was brought to the brink of nuclear disaster, but ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA drug cartel lieutenant has been arrested over a series of firebomb attacks on Mexican potato-chip company Sabritas, a subsidiary of U.S. food giant PepsiCo. The gang-related bombings are believed to be ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA Harrisburg City police officer accidentally shot his wife in the buttocks over the weekend. According to officials, the officer fired a shot at around 6am on Saturday morning along the 1400 block of Wa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoAs Tropical Storm Beryl moves across the Atlantic, tens of thousands of people were left without power as beach vacations and some Memorial Day remembrance services were drenched. Though winds raged to 70...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 23 hours agoTomatoes ripening on the vine. Photo courtesy: Ajith_chatie/CC BY 2.0 If you have ever grown tomatoes in your backyard, ideally from heritage seeds, harvesting each plump red fruit at the height of ripenes...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the Mariana Islands Region at a depth of 42.4 km (26.3 miles), the quake hit at 05:07:36 UTC Tuesday 29th May 2012 The epicenter was 197 km (122 miles) ENE of Anataha...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA chilling photo of dozens of climbers making their way up Mount Everest shows a deadly traffic jam at 30,000 feet. Mountaineering experts believe a similar bottleneck at the Hillary Step, a 40-foot rock...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoAssassins backed by Iran targeted US diplomats in Azerbaijan, planning to kill them and their families with car bombs and silenced sniper rifles, a new government report reveals. The foiled plot, which a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA teenager accused of stabbing and beating his ex-girlfriend to death and then setting her house on fire has been arrested. Jarod Lane, 19, who was named as a person of interest in the murder of Jessica ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoTwo female college students who disappeared 900 miles and 12 months apart may have been abducted by the same man, police feared. Investigators in Bloomington, Indiana said they had contacted authorities ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA disgruntled resident of the trendy Manhattan neighbourhood of Chelsea has gone on an anti-tourist tirade, slapping posters on light poles to lecture people on how to behave when visiting the area. Hoar...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA photograph taken by a passenger appears to show blood on the edge of a lifeboat canopy The FBI is apparently closer to answering how a groom fell overboard on his honeymoon cruise seven years ago after...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 23 hours agoWe first witnessed the Arab Spring which has so far produced little meaningful change on the ground. Then came the American Spring in the form of Occupy Wall Street. Now, people are talking about a Euro...
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 23 hours agoThese quotes below are useful. First group I got from the facebook wall of a friend, *Banner C*. The second group I got from the facebook updates of a good friend, *Lawrence "Larry" Reed*. Photos below, l...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 23 hours agoMay 27, 2012 SF BayView *by Mary Ratcliff* On May 22, brave prisoners at Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison began a hunger strike. Their decision to starve themselves in an effort to be heard is the lates...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA parcel delivery driver who killed himself may have been ‘tipped over the edge’ after a recruitment company fired him via text message. An inquest heard that Martin Wood took an overdose just three days ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoThis is the first look at the naked homeless man who ate another man's face while high on a new potent form of LSD. Rudy Eugene, 31, pictured in an old police mugshot was shot dead in Miami, Florida yest...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 23 hours agoMay 28, 2012 Occupied London Earlier today, anarchist Simos Seisidis was acquitted in court and will be finally be released tomorrow (May 29th, 2012). Simos was shot in the leg by police on May 3, 2010 a...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 23 hours agoMay 24, 2012 Athens Indymedia Athens – Solidarity Benefit Consert for the Revolutionary Struggle case Athens, Saturday May 26th 2012, 21.00 PEDIO TOY AREWS (GREEN PARK) Assembly for R.S. case The concert...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 23 hours agoMay 24, 2012 Electronic Intifada The father of Mahmoud Sarsak, a member of the Palestinian national football team jailed without charge or trial by Israel for almost three years, has called on the sport...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA detective broke into a sleeping woman's home and raped her after she had turned him away at the end of a date, a court heard today. The prosecution claim detective sergeant Trevor Gray forced the securi...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 23 hours agoMay 24, 2012 PNN [image: asra5] Wednesday, May 23rd, Al-Ahrar Centre for Prisoners' Studies and Human Rights stated that prisoner Sameh Elaiwe, 50, was transferred from Nablus city to Administrative deten...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 23 hours agoMay 23, 2012 Gay City News Tarif and Evelyn Warren at a May 14 press conference. | GAY CITY NEWS *BY SUSIE DAY |* On May 14, Evelyn Warren and Michael Tarif Warren, attorneys at law, held a press conferen...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA woman who injected ‘waste matter’ into a child’s intravenous drip as she lay ill in hospital has been spared jail, after a judge said she needed help. Nicola Clark was caught on CCTV injecting the bact...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 23 hours agoHow Wall Street & London Manufacture Tragedy to Sell War & Regime Change. *by Tony Cartalucci * *May 29, 2012* - In the wake of the Houla massacre in Syria, and evidence exposing the West's initial narrati...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoDavid Cameron demanded proof that Britain is ready for a eurozone catastrophe yesterday as he held an emergency summit on the crisis. The Prime Minister summoned Bank of England Governor Sir Mervyn King a...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 23 hours agoOscar López Rivera is a Puerto Rican political prisoner serving a 70 year sentence for seditious conspiracy. He was arrested on May 29, 1981 and as part of the campaign for his freedom, the National Bori...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoDavid Cameron’s top media adviser was caught on camera berating a BBC political correspondent over his ‘partial’ coverage of the scandal engulfing Jeremy Hunt. Craig Oliver was facing embarrassment last ...
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