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President Jimmy Carter announces new sanctions against Iran in retaliation for taking U.S. hostages (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

2002 Millenium Challenge

The Supreme Leader's ( Iran ) view of nuclear energy

Regan era envoy found Pakistan lied on nukes

Sea of Lies - Strait of Hormuz

 

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Opit's LinkFest!: 5 April - War by Other Means

Apr 05, 2012

Note compliance with the NPT did nothing to save Saddam Hussein from his killers. The NPT TRAP http://www.transcend.org/tms/2010/05/the-npt-and-the-nuclear-power-trap/ The Supreme Leader's ( Iran ) view of nuclear ...

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Opit's LinkFest!: 19 December - Sanctions

Dec 19, 2011

I suggest you go surf CASMII if you have any concern that the operation of the propaganda of the NPT TRAP has not completely fried any ability to assess the situation that you might consider yourself to have. Nor do you know ...

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Opit's LinkFest!: 22 September - Historical Perspective

Sep 22, 2011

( Any assessment should recognize that Iran has signed an international treaty whose conditions circumscribe negotiating tactics and possible offers. Meanwhile, the U.S. position is clear : the NPT TRAP. ) ...

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Part V: From the United States Offering Iran Uranium Enrichment Technology to Suggestions for Creating Catastrophic Industrial Failure

IPS - Inter Press Services

• Brotherhood Marches On Towards Presidency
  Results of the first post-Mubarak presidential election last week have left most Egyptians stunned, with Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi coming in first and Ahmed Shafiq - ousted president Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister - coming in a close second. The two are now slated to ...
• Fate Unites, Israel Separates
  Hundreds of thousands of families - from Palestinians to Southeast Asian migrant workers to African refugees - struggle under Israeli policies that seek to limit the number of non-Jews within Israel and in the areas it occupies.
• Chinese Women Step Forward in the Backwaters
  For years Gou Suqin had to rely on her husband's meagre migrant's income from the city to support their rural family. Now, following a 10,000 RMB (1,500 dollars) microcredit loan from UN Women, 50-year-old Gou runs a successful musk deer farm. She now earns 60,000 RMB (9,000 dollars) a yea ...
• OP-ED: Rio+20 is Everyone's Conference
  The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, otherwise known as Rio+20, is a once-in-a-generation opportunity.
• Rural Women in Peru Key to Adaptation of Seeds ...
  For ages, rural women in the Peruvian highlands have been selecting and storing seeds, ensuring their preservation. But the authorities have failed to tap into this storehouse of knowledge and experience, despite the contributions it could make to the design of effective policies for ada ...

My AntiWar

• With Military in Disarray, Tuareg Rebels Gain ...
• It’s Time to Say Hello! to the Glamorous ...
• Amid War Fears, Some Israelis Reach Out to Iran
• Guatemala’s President Urges Debate on Dr ...
• J Street Stresses Urgency of Peace in Opening ...

CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

• Russia: US anti-Iran sanctions against interna ...
  Summary: “The United States is abusing its position in the global financial structure and the status of dollar as the international currency, thus slapping economic and financial sanctions against Iran and forcing other countries to engage themselves in this regard,” the Russian foreign minis ...
• By not lifting sanctions, West blew its chances
  Summary: The West just blew its latest chance to rein in Iran's nuclear enrichment program. Though Iran expressed willingness to compromise on key demands, by refusing to ease sanctions, the P5+1 nations offered no meaningful reciprocity, derailing the possibility of a deal with Tehran. so ...
• China criticises Iran nuclear sanctions ahead ...
  Summary: China has repeatedly urged a negotiated solution to the dispute. Asked about new US and European Union sanctions targeting Iran's oil exports, Cheng repeated China's opposition to what it views as unilateral moves made outside the framework of the United Nations. source: Guardianr ...
• Israel’s warmongering rhetoric against Iran th ...
  Summary: “It is ironic, however, that such inflammatory remarks and baseless allegations against Iran’s peaceful nuclear program is uttered by officials of a regime that has an unparalleled record of crimes and atrocities amounting to crimes against humanity and its clandestine development an ...
• War With Iran Has Already Begun
  Summary: Bipartisan Support for Sanctions Spells Bloodshed to Come. If you actually don’t want war with Iran, you have to help end duopoly. You can’t support either of the two establishment parties who feed the military-industrial complex and fear-monger voters into submission. We must make ...

The Daily Galaxy

• Image of the Day: Spectacular Ring of Stars Or ...
  NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has imaged this coiled galaxy with an eye-like object at its center. The 'eye' at the center of the galaxy is actually a monstrous black hole surrounded by a ring of stars. In this color-coded infrared...
• Arctic Ecology Provides Clues to Life on Jupit ...
  In a Canadian fjord scientists have found a landscape similar to one of Jupiter's icy moons: Europa, consisting of a frozen and sulphurous environment, where sulphur associated with Arctic bacteria offer clues for the upcoming missions in the search for...
• New Discovery Shows Milky Way's Supermassive B ...
  Active galaxies have cores that glow brightly, powered by supermassive black holes swallowing stars and other material, and often spit twin jets in opposite directions. In contrast, the Milky Way's center shows little activity. But apparently, according to experts at...
• Image of the Day: Spectacular Star Clusters Ne ...
  Galactic clusters are congregations of stars that are relatively young, born near the galactic plane of the Milky Way galaxy. These clusters of stars typically dwindle in numbers as they are pulled apart by gravitational forces. M46 above is a...
• The Outermost Ocean in Our Solar System: Neptu ...
  A new study suggests the presence of an ocean under the icy shell of Neptune's moon, Triton, which will make it the outermost known ocean in our solar system. At an average temperature of -97° C, this ammonia-rich ocean was...

Natural News

• Health benefits of breastfeeding are real - He ...
  The cover of Time Magazine last week had a picture of a woman nursing her three-year-old child to raise awareness of breastfeeding and get people talking about it. It worked, perhaps better than they anticipated. The tactic was employed and completely justified because...
• Vitamin D in pregnancy may help prevent childh ...
  A recent study of vitamin D levels in pregnant women has revealed a remarkable finding. Children born to women with a lower vitamin D level during pregnancy have increased body fat later in childhood compared to those children whose mothers have a higher vitamin D level...
• Man charged with importing, selling millions o ...
  Despite the cumbersome medication approval process of the Food and Drug Adminstration's (FDA) bloated, controlling bureaucracy, a number of good, proven drugs and treatments remain "legal" elsewhere in the world, but not in the United States. We are told that's because...
• Cell phones: 50 percent increase in frontal an ...
  The Office of National Statistics in the United Kingdom discovered a 50 percent increase in frontal and temporal lobe tumors in children during the ten year span covering 1999 to 2009. Was this a result of cell phone radiation? The Department of Health in the UK would...
• Prescription anxiety drug abuse tied to rising ...
  In an age when the nation's healthcare costs are out of control and policymakers are trying to find ways to reduce burdens on an already over-taxed healthcare system, an investigation in New York City has found that abuse of prescription anxiety drugs is rising fast...

Threat Level

• Assange Loses Appeal, But Granted Stay to Appl ...
  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange lost his Supreme Court extradition appeal on Wednesday, and an order to extradite him to Sweden to face sex crimes allegations was upheld. But his lawyers were also granted a 14-day stay on the judgment while they consider applying to re-open the case on a techni ...
• Meet ‘Flame’, The Massive Spy Malware Infiltra ...
  A massive, highly sophisticated piece of malware named Flame has been newly found infecting systems in Iran and elsewhere and is believed to be part of a well-coordinated, ongoing, state-run cyberespionage operation.
• Broadcasters Warn of Apocalypse in Dish’s Ad-S ...
  Broadcasters are claiming in federal lawsuits Thursday that Dish Network's DVR service, which allows the automatic skipping of commercials, breaches copyright law and retransmission agreements. The suits by Fox, CBS and NBC are the broadcasters' latest legal salvos against technological innovati ...
• Google Says It Removes 1 Million Infringing Li ...
  Each month, Google removes more than 1 million links to infringing content such as movies, video games, music and software -- with about half of those requests last month coming from Microsoft. The search and advertising giant revealed the data Thursday as it released sortable analytics on the m ...
• The Hack that Wasn’t: Sec. Clinton and Operati ...
  When news stories quoted Hillary Clinton claiming the State Department hacked al Qaeda web sites, we didn’t know whether to be proud of the feds' Leet skills or appalled at the administration's hypocrisy regarding hacking.

PERRspectives : Blog

• Romney Campaign Attacks Stimulus Mitt Once Sup ...
  Tuesday's Politico headline shouting "Mitt Romney camp to attack stimulus" may not be surprising, but it is more than a little ironic. After all, the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act worked; most economists - including the nonpartisan CBO and some of John McCain's own 2008 advisers - ...
• Memorial Day Memories from John McCain
  Memorial Day should not be a day for politics. It should be a time for all Americans to remember and honor the men and women in uniform who sacrificed - and still sacrifice - all to make our freedom possible. And yet John McCain, a man whose own service in Vietnam deserves the respect and grat ...
• Romney Resurrects Bush's "Hollow Military" Myth
  Mitt Romney and his GOP allies want George W. Bush to disappear. Acutely aware of polling that shows Americans still blame President Bush for the economic calamity from which the U.S. is still recovering, Karl Rove advised Barack Obama "this is not a good message to run on." For his part, Mitt ...
• Mitt Romney Doesn't ♥ Massachusetts
  There's an old saying that "you can't go home again." Especially if you're Mitt Romney and home is Massachusetts. After all, Governor Romney ended his tenure with a dismal 34 percent approval rating and now trails President Obama by as much as 20 points in his own state. Worse still, Romney l ...
• Obama Presided Over a Tax Revenue Drought, Not ...
  This week, Rex Nutting of the MarketWatch caused a stir with his analysis correctly showing that federal spending has hardly budged under President Obama, rising at the slowest pace since the Dwight Eisenhower was in the White House. Predictably, James Pethokoukis of the conservative American E ...

Blackspot News Feed

• GUEST INFORMANT: Aaron Gulyas
  Aaron Gulyas is a historian, teacher and writer in the middle of writing a book for McFarland, and he’d like to talk to you a little about the subject he’s writing on: Lately I’ve been immersed in 1950s extraterrestrial contact narratives: blonde, blue-eyed space brothers coming to save hu ...
• Veteran Mideast Journalist Charles Glass on Sy ...
  The United States and 11 other countries have formally expelled Syrian diplomats following a massacre of more than 100 people in the village of Houla. U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan now says Syria has reached a "tipping point" after more than a year of conflict. We're joined by Charles Glass, ...
• Glenn Greenwald: Obama's Secret Kill List "The ...
  The New York Times revealed this week that President Obama personally oversees a "secret kill list" containing the names and photos of individuals targeted for assassination in the U.S. drone war. According to the Times, Obama signs off on every targeted killing in Yemen and Somalia and the more ...
• With Global Spotlight on Assange Case, Bradley ...
  This week marks two years since U.S. Army private Bradley Manning was detained on allegations of leaking classified documents to the online whistleblower WikiLeaks. Manning faces up to life imprisonment in a MILITARY trial set to begin in September. "It's important to remember that what Bradley ...
• Assange Attorney: British Ruling Sets Alarming ...
  Helena Kennedy, a member of Julian Assange's legal team and a prominent British civil liberties attorney, joins us from London to discuss the court ruling upholding Assange's extradition to Sweden. "The idea of a prosecutor demanding someone is brought by force to their country in order to be qu ...

Consortium News

• Pope Paul VI’s Error on Birth Control
• New Voice for Jailing Bank Execs
• Courting Failure in Iran Nuke Talks
• How al-Qaeda Exploits Palestine Cause
• The Bible’s Vile Standards of Marriage

TruthOut

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

Planetsave

• Offshore Wind Market Growth Expected to Reach ...
    Over the course of the year, the global wind energy market has seen massive growth of around 20.6%, according to a report by GlobalData. Whilst the growth of major wind power markets in places such as the US, Spain, France, and India are expected to slow down in coming years, [...] ...
• Chance to Win a $200 Whole Foods Gift Certific ...
  The good folks over at Mitsubishi i are sponsoring a cool giveaway for Planetsave readers. You have a chance to win: a $200 Whole Foods Gift Certificate, some Flip & Tumble Reusable Bags, and a Pure Balance Water Bottle. Before telling how you can enter to win this prize package, however, l ...
• Heartland Institute’s Self-Inflicted Downfall
    “I don’t appreciate being called a terrorist,” the woman said firmly. I was standing outside the Hilton Chicago hotel talking to Jim Lakely, the director of communications for the Heartland Institute, when an elderly woman approached us on the street. Dressed in a business suit, she was ...
• EPA Findings Point to Water Contamination from ...
    Recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA ) findings have raised awareness of potentially harmful levels of water contamination that may be the result of hydraulic fracturing. Lawsuits from individuals who believe their water has been contaminated by hydraulic fracturing are comi ...
• Long Lost Photos Reveal Precious Data About Gr ...
    Considering that we didn’t start getting satellites up into the atmosphere until the 1970s, it comes as no surprise that recently discovered photographs from the 1930s depicting Greenland’s glaciers are viewed as a precious scientific resource. Rediscovered in a castle just o ...

Water Quality - WordPress

• New York Harbor School revitalizing NY harbor ...
  Before the 20th century, New York Harbor was home to hundreds of thousands of acres of oyster reefs,
• May 2 -- Day of Oil and Gas Action
  From Frank Smith at Western Colorado Congress: May 2, 2012: Full Day of Oil & Gas Action! Sorry
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) uses the ...
  Clean Water and the Spruce Mine Published: March 27, 2012Top of Form The Obama administration’s deci
• How Walking Barefoot Teaches Mindfulness!
  How Walking Barefoot Teaches Mindfulness By Barry John Johnson Walking barefoot teaches mindfulness.
• Preventing Run Off Successfully
  In Britain we’ve just had the wettest April on record – despite Scotland seeing below av

Dandelion Salad - Featured Writers' Posts

• Salute, Shop…Shut Up and Vote! by Philip A. Fa ...
  Image by david_shankbone via Flickr by Philip A. Farruggio Featured Writer Dandelion Salad April 28,
• State Department Reveals 21st Century NATO’s G ...
  by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO April 28, 2012 The State Department’s top E
• A Debate On How To Get Out of the Euro with Ma ...
  with Michael Hudson Featured Writer Dandelion Salad http://michael-hudson.com April 25, 2012 Guns an
• U.S. Leads Largest Air Combat Exercises In Bul ...
  by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO April 25, 2012 On April 18 U.S. Air Forces
• Sri Lankan Buddhists Burn Muslim Flag by Suren ...
  by Suren Surendiran Featured Writer Dandelion Salad http://www.tamilsforum.com 28 April 2012 Issued

Axis of Logic

• US sabre-rattling at Syria: Not much has chang ...
  The US remains as brutal on the world stage as it was when Phil Ochs first performed this song. It's a tribute to him that the lyrics are still relevant; it's a badge of shame for the United States that they're still relevant....
• Canadian government attacks wages and unemploy ...
  28 May 2012 Last week, Diane Finley, human resources minister in the Conservative Party government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, announced draconian changes to Canada’s unemployment insurance system. The measures, originally indicated in the Conservatives’ massive omnibus budget legislat ...
• Quebec: Huge protest backs students, gov't unl ...
  May 27, 2012 -- Quebec’s student movement, and the swelling ranks of its popular allies, staged a huge rally and march in Montreal on May 22. The march supported the students’ fight for free, quality public education and rejected government repression. Estimates by some mainstream news outlets a ...
• Syria Under Attack by Globalist Death Squad Ex ...
  As the destabilization effort against Syria continues, the connections between the terrorist “opposition” forces and Anglo-American, pro-NATO governments are becoming more and more obvious, even as the mainstream media refuses to address the issue in any manner other than direct obfuscation. ...
• An open letter from BDS Italy: Red Hot Chili P ...
  Editor's Note: Axis of Logic salutes BDS Italia and BDS International for their continuing movement to Boycott, Divest and Sanction Israel for their Human Rights violations against the People of Palestine. We encourage all readers and activists to sign the petition(s) listed below. Thanks to Ste ...

They Gave Us a Republic

• The Nightowl Newswrap
  By BG & YD Far be it from us to give @MittRomney sound campaign advice, since we want him to lose in a humiliating landslide, but if he wants the press to stop associating him with Donald Trump (and he does), maybe he should, yanno, stop associating with Donald Trump. Jut tossing that out there ...
• The Nightowl Newswrap
  By BG & YD Far be it from us to give @MittRomney sound campaign advice, since we want him to lose in a humiliating landslide, but if he wants the press to stop associating him with Donald Trump (and he does), maybe he should, yanno, stop associating with Donald Trump. Jut tossing that out there ...
• List of Ex-Conservatives Growing Longer
  By @TedFrier Add one more name to the lengthening list of long-time conservatives who've had enough with the imbecility of the Republican Party and have now enlisted into the ranks of the Loyal Opposition to either reform the GOP from within or fight it from without. Michael Fumento is a writer ...
• Songs to Fight the Plutocracy By: "If I Had a ...
  By @KYYellowDog Uploaded by cschoon1213 on Aug 12, 2009 If I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning I'd hammer in the evening, All over this land I'd hammer out danger, I'd hammer out a warning, I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters, All over this land. If I had a bell, ...
• Interview with State Senator Jolie Justus
  By @BGinKC I knew that my first attempt at interviewing anyone on camera would have moments that would make me cringe, and I was right. But on the whole, all of my mistakes were rookie ones and I had to see and hear myself before I can get better at this new phase of my blogging life. So what d ...

Care 2

• Almost Half of New Veterans Seek Disability Co ...
  The new veterans have different types of injuries than previous veterans did. Thats partly because improvised bombs have been the main weapon and because body armor and improved battlefield care allowed many of them to survive wounds that in past wars-> Submitted by Kit B. to US Politics & G ...
• Biking Benefits: Environment, Health & Money
  Whether its commuting to work or going shopping, the car has become a staple for transportation in the Western World, and even everywhere else in the world. Worldwide, it is estimated that there will be one billion cars on the road by 2020 consuming a Submitted by Cher C. to Green Lifestyle &n ...
• ACTION ALERT: Fight for the future of coral r ...
  Corals are vanishing at an alarming rate, and scientists warn that these reefs are poised to become the first mass ecosystem extinction produced by manmade climate change. The loss of coral reefs, the ocean's greatest hotspots of biodiversity, Submitted by Simone D. to Green Lifestyle  |& ...
• Join Colbie Caillat in Signing a Pledge to Sto ...
  You can help by choosing not to buy your next pet or any pet supplies from retail stores or Internet sites that sell puppies or kittens. Submitted by Elizabeth O. to Animals  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
• 8 astonishing benefits of walking
  Walking just 40 minutes a day could seriously benefit your health. Check out these amazing perks to taking a simple stroll around the neighborhood. Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to Health & Wellness  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

Smirking Chimp

• Does Money – or Dirty Sources – Ruin Politics?
• JPMorgan Chase & the Senator's Short Sale: It ...
• Why Do We Have Corporations?
• Syria: The Dangers of One-Sided Reporting
• Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, The Golden Age of Sp ...

Paul Krugman

• Japan as "Role Model"
  At least no employment catastriphe.
• Britain's Trap
  Vanity, thy name is austerity
• Mundell and the Euro
  The man, the money, the mess.
• Looking For Risks In All The Wrong Places
  More satanic intent.
• Anglophone Potential (Wonkish)
  The UK looks a lot like the US.

No Quarter

• Nobel Peace Prize Guy Really Proud of Extra Ju ...
  Proof there is a God. Remember that Barack Obama who was given the Nobel Peace Prize back in 2009? The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and coop ...
• A Watershed Moment in World History?
  The events of the last three weeks in Europe, i.e., the collapse of the Euro and the political chaos in Greece, are but a prelude to more dramatic and consequential events. The European economy is struggling to stay afloat. Germany has been fine and is helping keep the rest of Europe above water ...
• It’s All About Being “Cool”
  We already know the Obots are not normal… Oh, wait!  Almost forgot the disclaimers! THIS POST IS SATIRE.  LARRY JOHNSON DID NOT WRITE THIS POST AND THE ONLY RESPONSIBILITY HE BEARS FOR WHAT IS WRITTEN HEREIN IS THAT HE IS SUCH A TOLERANT PERSON THAT HE ALLOWS ME TO POST ON HIS BLOG.  I AM ...
• “…made me sick.” (& open thread)
  The attacks on Bain as the New Mordor now turn to testimonials of the WIA, and Loris Huffman is a producer’s perfect scenario: “Mitt Romney made me sick.” Burn down the house and salt the wells and blame Mitt Romney. It will work for the Democrats; it will hold the partisans. T ...
• Apparently, Politically Inconvenient Women Des ...
  Conservative journalist S.E. Cupp’s treatment by Hustler Magazine in their “article” and fake photo depicting a phallus in her mouth is a disgrace. According to an article in Mediaite, this mag thinks it is quite amusing to demean women by wondering, “What would S.E. Cupp look like w ...

Futurismic

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

Therapy News

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

Mountaintop Removal

• Environmentalists, coal industry rally for sup ...
  West Virginia Public Broadcasting Environmentalists, coal industry rally for supporters West Virginia Public Broadcasting By Jessica Y. Lilly May 30, 2012 · Mountain-top removal activists are gearing up for a new season of protests. Advocates on both ends of the argument met last week. Five lock ...
• A Better Future For the Coal River - American ...
  A Better Future For the Coal River American Rivers (blog) But the river also remains at-risk from mountaintop removal mining and failure to ensure protection for the river's many small tributaries– the capillaries of the river system. That's why American Rivers placed the Coal on our Ame ...
• Patriot Coal ousts CEO - Charleston Gazette
  Patriot Coal ousts CEO Charleston Gazette In West Virginia, Patriot's largest mines are the Hobet 21 mountaintop removal operation along the Boone-Lincoln border and the Federal No. 2 underground mine in Monongalia County, both union operations. Coal's share of electricity generation in ...
• Valley Girl: Appalachia's Future Poet Laureate ...
  Valley Girl: Appalachia's Future Poet Laureate Takes on Mountaintop Removal Huffington Post Capturing the conflicts and ambitions of a generation seemingly adrift and deeply rooted at the same time, Good unflinchingly casts her poetic spell on the "quantum phases" of "things t ...
• Mountaintop removal protest - Charleston Gazette
  Mountaintop removal protest Charleston Gazette Leza Greenwald, of Athens, Mercer County, gets her head shaved on the State Capitol steps Monday with several other woman and men protesting mountaintop removal coal mining. The group sheared their locks "to represent the stripping of our herit ...

Memeorandum

• Where the Arab Spring Began (Michael J. Totten ...
  Michael J. Totten / Michael J. Totten's blog: Where the Arab Spring Began  —  “Are you Zionists?”  —  My colleague Armin Rosen and I were supposed to be conducting the interview.  Instead, we were put on the defensive before we could even ask our ...
• "Injunction Imposed Over Blog Posts That Criti ...
  Jeff G. / protein wisdom: “Injunction Imposed Over Blog Posts That Criticized Convicted Terrorist-Turned-Left-Wing Activist”  —  CEI Senior Attorney Hans Bader on yesterday's maneuvering in the Walker/Kimberlin saga and a Maryland judge's ruling that has resulted in ...
• President Obama, Polish Tabloid Cover Boy (Buz ...
  BuzzFeed: President Obama, Polish Tabloid Cover Boy  —  A story that barely made a dent here is still huge in Poland.  Faktoid is Poland's version of The Onion .  —  President Obama made the cover of the Polish tabloid Faktoid today for his “Polish dea ...
• Romney iPhone app misspells 'America' to Web's ...
  Doug Gross / CNN: Romney iPhone app misspells ‘America’ to Web's delight  —  (CNN) — It's probably not the kind of thing voters will use to choose the leader of the free world.  —  But the Web was taking no shortage of presidential potshots Wedn ...
• Obama's 'To-Do' List Finds Few Takers (Steven ...
  Steven T. Dennis / Roll Call: Obama's ‘To-Do’ List Finds Few Takers  —  It fits on a Post-it note, but some lawmakers are still confused by what's on President Barack Obama's “to-do” list — and so far, neither chamber has scheduled a vote on any of ...

Energy & Environment News

• Craig Venter’s Bugs Might Save the World
  The controversial scientist is convinced that the planet’s biggest problems can be solved by its tiniest organisms. It’s just a matter of creating the right ones.
• Green Blog: On Our Radar: Ailment Strikes Enda ...
  Gray bats' preference for living together in only a few caves in the Southeast may make them particularly vulnerable to white nose syndrome, caused by a fungus.
• Green Column: Seeking Disclosure on Fracking
  The push toward making companies disclose the chemicals used in the oil and gas drilling practice is based on fears that the process could contaminate groundwater.
• Green Blog: From Z(oos) to A(rks)
  Conservation-minded zoos use what they learn about animals in their care to help species in the wild -- sometimes even relocating them to new habitats.
• National Briefing | Northwest: Washington: Sea ...
  The Seattle City Council passed a resolution opposing development of coal-export terminals in Washington over concerns about increased train traffic and potential harm to health and the environment.

5+ quakes - 7 days

• M 5.1, Banda Sea
  Wednesday, May 30, 2012 06:57:05 UTC Wednesday, May 30, 2012 03:57:05 PM at epicenterDepth: 146.20 km (90.84 mi)
• M 5.1, northern Italy
  Tuesday, May 29, 2012 11:00:25 UTC Tuesday, May 29, 2012 01:00:25 PM at epicenterDepth: 10.00 km (6.21 mi)
• M 5.4, northern Italy
  Tuesday, May 29, 2012 10:55:57 UTC Tuesday, May 29, 2012 12:55:57 PM at epicenterDepth: 9.90 km (6.15 mi)
• M 5.8, northern Italy
  Tuesday, May 29, 2012 07:00:03 UTC Tuesday, May 29, 2012 09:00:03 AM at epicenterDepth: 9.60 km (5.97 mi)
• M 5.9, south of the Fiji Islands
  Tuesday, May 29, 2012 03:33:26 UTC Tuesday, May 29, 2012 03:33:26 PM at epicenterDepth: 605.40 km (376.18 mi)

China Dialogue

• Pollution in paradise
  The idyll of Kashmir is ill prepared for an influx of tourists, writes Athar Parvaiz from north-east India. Environmentalists fear the features that attract visitors could prove the region’s undoing.India’s seventeenth century Moghul emperor Jahangir is probably best known for his co ...
• Catalogue of a crisis
  A Chinese student’s online database of food safety scandals – which crashed after getting 25,000 hits in two hours – is a symbol of the nation’s growing fears. Wu Jiawen and Han Xiaorong report.Chinese website Throw it out the Window crashed earlier this month after being ...
• We’re all farmers now
  Fans of Community Supported Agriculture don’t care about certificates, write Yin Chuntao and Zhou Wei. For rising numbers of Chinese citizens, “organic” means trust and support between buyer and seller.At a monthly “friends of farming” dinner held by Green Heartland ...
• Cleaning up healthcare
  Hospitals and clinics committed to human health regularly expose patients and workers to hazardous chemicals, writes John Elkington. One entrepreneur is trying to transform the industry.It truly wasn’t my fault. I was enjoying the Skoll World Forum in Oxford and Huffington Post publisher A ...
• Power beats tourism
  Rampant hydro development could destroy Nepal’s nature-based tourist trade unless planners let some rivers run free, writes Ramin Sharma.“Naturally Nepal – once is not enough”. That’s the line the Nepalese government hopes will bring tourists flocking to the Himalay ...

AlterNet Top Stories

• Future Train Wreck? What the Fed's Zero Intere ...
  Record low 10-year rates tell a nasty story about the toxic effects of the Fed's "permanent zero" policy.
• The Human Face of Student Debt: A Conversation ...
  A documentary on the student loan crisis lends a much needed perspective on the cost of educational debt.
• Meet the Little Girl Killed by a US Missile: T ...
  Photos of missile debris help trace the path of a CIA drone missile that killed a young girl.
• Can Shareholder Activists Force the World's Bi ...
  Shareholders meet today to vote on a proposed policy to ban discrimination against gay or transgender workers.
• Charles Ferguson's 'Predator Nation: Corporate ...
  AlterNet Executive Editor Don Hazen talks to Ferguson, the Academy Award winner for "Inside Job," about his new book on the rapid rise of "Oligarchy America."

Threat Level

• Assange Loses Appeal, But Granted Stay to Appl ...
  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange lost his Supreme Court extradition appeal on Wednesday, and an order to extradite him to Sweden to face sex crimes allegations was upheld. But his lawyers were also granted a 14-day stay on the judgment while they consider applying to re-open the case on a techni ...
• Meet ‘Flame’, The Massive Spy Malware Infiltra ...
  A massive, highly sophisticated piece of malware named Flame has been newly found infecting systems in Iran and elsewhere and is believed to be part of a well-coordinated, ongoing, state-run cyberespionage operation.
• Broadcasters Warn of Apocalypse in Dish’s Ad-S ...
  Broadcasters are claiming in federal lawsuits Thursday that Dish Network's DVR service, which allows the automatic skipping of commercials, breaches copyright law and retransmission agreements. The suits by Fox, CBS and NBC are the broadcasters' latest legal salvos against technological innovati ...
• Google Says It Removes 1 Million Infringing Li ...
  Each month, Google removes more than 1 million links to infringing content such as movies, video games, music and software -- with about half of those requests last month coming from Microsoft. The search and advertising giant revealed the data Thursday as it released sortable analytics on the m ...
• The Hack that Wasn’t: Sec. Clinton and Operati ...
  When news stories quoted Hillary Clinton claiming the State Department hacked al Qaeda web sites, we didn’t know whether to be proud of the feds' Leet skills or appalled at the administration's hypocrisy regarding hacking.

Equality Trust

• The Spirit Level Documentary Film
  We're delighted to introduce The Spirit Level Documentary - a forthcoming film based on the best-selling book, which will show why a more equal society is better for us all. Find out more...    
• Act Local = Reduce the Gap
  Find out more about our new campaign: Act Local = Reduce the Gap
• We work in partnership with One Society
  Visit the website of One Society which works in partnership with The Equality Trust. One Society draws on a wealth of research which shows that large divides in income at the top and bottom of society – beyond ‘proportional rewards’ – are damaging to our economy and society, not just for those ...
• Among Equals: read our newsletter
  Read the latest edition of our supporter newsletter  
• Action for Happiness
  Action for Happiness is a new movement for positive social change, founded by Richard Layard, Geoff Mulgan and Anthony Seldon.   They aim to bring together people from all walks of life who want to play a part in creating a happier society for everyone. Their vision of a better future inc ...

PDA AMERICA

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

Marler Blog

• Food Safety - It's a Global Issue
  Food products now come to the United States from over 250,000 foreign establishments in 200 countries. Indeed, 15 percent of fruits, 20 percent of vegetables, and 80 percent of seafood come from overseas. And, with the consumption of imported foods growing, we have seen an increase in recalls a ...
• Another Memorial Day Food Tragedy to Remember
  Korean War veteran Clifford Tousignant served the United States of America for 22 years, earning three purple hearts along the way. In 2009, he died from eating Salmonella contaminated peanut butter. Mr. Tousignant was one of nine people who died and 714 who were sickened in a 2008/2009 Salmone ...
• Paul Schwarz, an American hero, died from eati ...
  Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service. Paul Schwarz likely should have died during his service of his country, but he survived and became a father, grandfather, great-grandfather and a productive member of our cou ...
• Jensen Farms, grower of Listeria Cantaloupe, f ...
  Today, Jensen Farms filed for Bankruptcy in Federal Court in Denver. As I said to the Denver Post: Victims' attorney Bill Marler of Marler Clark in Seattle still hopes to bring Frontera, the auditors and retailers into a pool administered by the courts.... "For me, the bottom line is this is ...
• June 14th - Food Seminars International - Prod ...
  Bill Marler has been litigating foodborne illness cases for nearly two decades. The key to his success has been to find a quick, reliable method of distinguishing between legitimate food poisoning claims and suspect ones. In his experience, the food industry—from farmer to retailer to rest ...

AutoblogGreen

• Report: Toyota Prius now third-most-popular ca ...
  Filed under: Car Buying, Hybrid, Wagon, Hatchback, Toyota Think you're seeing more Toyota Prius models on the road these days? Well, you are. Automotive News is reporting that all those increased Prius sales in the U.S. and Japan (see here and here and here and here etc.) have turned the P ...
• Official: High-MPG Taylors drive a Volkswagen ...
  Filed under: Sedan, Volkswagen, Diesel Watch out, Wayne Gerdes, there's a new hypermiling crew in town. John and Helen Taylor - Volkswagen calls them "mileage experts" and "the world's most fuel-efficient couple" - recently drove a stock 2012 Passat TDI SE all the way from Houston, Texas to ...
• Official: Toyota RAV4 EV priced at $49,800
  Filed under: Car Buying, Crossover, Toyota, Electric Announced almost two years ago, Toyota finally gave us some more details about the was the all-electric RAV4 EV will be sold to the general public during the 26th Electric Vehicle Symposium in Los Angeles today. The important number? The MS ...
• BMW recalling 24,000 vehicles over emissions p ...
  Filed under: Recalls, BMW, Diesel BMW wants to take another look at over 24,000 vehicles it's sold in the United States. No, this isn't just to check out how they're holding up in the real world, it's to make sure the smoke coming out of the tailpipe is clean enough. BMW is recalling a tot ...
• Report: New CAFE rules and a stagnant gas tax ...
  Filed under: Government/Legal, Earnings/Financials Oh, the gas tax, always a contentious issue. We've covered it throughout the years but now the Congressional Budget Office is reminding us that the time has come to move well beyond simple discussion and politics: the Highway Trust Fund is no ...

Rafe's Radar

• After more than 30 years, Grid Beam modular co ...
  Found at the Maker Faire: A few solar-powered tinkerers selling, for the first time, open-source construction kits b ...
• Meet Ark, the social friend-finder that should ...
  If the social networks don't shut it down first, Ark could become a truly useful independent social network tool. Or ...
• Should you buy Facebook stock? Roundtable pane ...
  As Facebook was trading as a public company for the first time today, we assembled a group of tech and finance experts to talk about the new stock. Is it worth buying? What will it do for technology overall? Can Facebook compete on mobile? Our panelists to debate these and related topics: ...
• Facebook acquires social gifting company Karma
  As the public market closes for the day, Facebook announces acquisition of a gifting startup. Originally posted at B ...
• Google Knowledge Graph hands-on: The Web's tai ...
  Hitting entries in Google's 500-million-item database of things is still a bit of a roulette spin. Originally posted ...

Camera Obscura

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

Democracy Now!

• Part 2: “Predator Nation: Corporate Criminals, ...
  We continue our conversation with Charles Ferguson, director of the Oscar award-winning documentary, “Inside Job,” about the 2008 financial crisis. In his new book, “Predator Nation,” he argues “the role of Democrats has been at least as great as the role of Republicans” in causing the crisis. ...
• Amy Goodman on MSNBC's UP w/ Chris Hayes
  Democracy Now!’s award-winning host Amy Goodman will appear on MSNBC’s UP w/ Chris Hayes on Saturday, May 26th at 8 am ET.
• Memorial Day: Honor the Dead, Heal the Wounded ...
  By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan Gen. John Allen, commander, U.S. Forces Afghanistan, spoke Wednesday at the Pentagon, four stars on each shoulder, his chest bedecked with medals. Allen said the NATO summit in Chicago, which left him feeling “heartened,” “was a powerful signal of interna ...
• Veterans Say No to NATO
  By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan Veterans of the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan are now challenging the occupation of Chicago. This week, NATO , the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is holding the largest meeting in its 63-year history there. Protests and rallies will confront ...
• Part 2: "Magic Soap" Maker David Bronner on Or ...
  In an extended interview, David Bronner, president of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, discusses the history of the company, why they put sustainability and social justice ahead of profits, the organic and GMO labeling movements, the U.S. war on hemp, and why they refuse to sell out. Click here fo ...

Suzie-Q

• Another Missed Opportunity To Lead
  The Maddow Blog By Steve Benen - Tue May 29, 2012 8:00 AM EDT Mitt Romney will join Donald Trump tonight in Las Vegas for a fundraiser, just a few days after the reality-show host reiterated his support for the ridiculous “birther” conspiracy theory. Asked by reporters yesterday whet ...
• Two Republican Nominees (VIDEO)
  Published on May 29, 2012 by BarackObamadotcom Facebook it: https://my.barackobama.com/romneytrumpvid Tweet it: https://my.barackobama.com/romneytrumptwvid Tumblr it: https://my.barackobama.com/romneytrumptbrvid John McCain stood up to the voices of extremism in his party. Will Mitt Romney?
• Des Moines, Iowa: A Grassroots Event With Pres ...
  Published on May 25, 2012 by BarackObamadotcom Are you in? https://my.barackobama.com/iowagrootsvid At a grassroots event on the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines yesterday, President Obama spoke to volunteers and supporters about why he’s running for re-election. Thousands of Iowans li ...
• Obama Spending Binge Never Happened
  Market Watch, The Wall Street Journal By Rex Nutting, MarketWatch May 22, 2012, 12:01 a.m. EDT WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Of all the falsehoods told about President Barack Obama, the biggest whopper is the one about his reckless spending spree. As would-be president Mitt Romney tells it: “I will ...
• President Obama on Creating an Economy Built t ...
  Published on May 21, 2012 by BarackObamadotcom Facebook it: https://my.barackobama.com/obamanatovid Tweet it: https://my.barackobama.com/obamanatotwvid Tumblr it: https://my.barackobama.com/obamanatotbrvid President Obama responds to questions during a press conference at the 2012 Chicago NATO S ...

Solari

• Bilderberg Meet in the US
  By Elisheva Wiriaatmadja The 2012 Bilderberg Group meeting will take place from May 31st to June 3rd at the Westfields Marriott Washington Dulles hotel in Chantilly, Virginia. (RT.com) Every time a Bilderberg Meeting takes place, important things happen. The last time they met in the US was an ...
• U.S. Expelling Syrian Diplomats
  By The CNN Wire Staff The United States joins Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Britain, Canada, Australia in expelling Syrian diplomats  Tuesday in a coordinated move … Continue reading the article . . .
• Nearly Half of Recent Vets Filing For Disability
  Source: Associated Press America’s newest veterans are filing for disability benefits at a historic rate, claiming to be the most medically and mentally troubled generation of former troops the nation has ever seen. A staggering 45 percent of the 1.6 million veterans from the wars in Iraq ...
• Quote of the Day
  ‘With President Obama’s campaign centering on the slogan “Forward” we wonder how many people would like to go backward?‘ ~ George Ure
• Why Politicians Don’t Care That Much About Ree ...
  By Matt Stoller “There was a kind of inflection point during the five-year period between 1997 and 2003 — the late Clinton and/or early Bush administration — when all the rules just went away. You went from a period, a regime, where people did have at least some concern about going to jail, to ...

Insurgency Watch - Newswire

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

AlterNet - Rights and Liberties

• Corporate Legal Rights Grow As Courts Block Pr ...
  Consumer activists find a 2011 Supreme Court ruling has blocked dozens of class action suits, instead forcing consumers into arbitration.
• Woman in Jail for Shooting at Abusive Husband: ...
  There are major inconsistencies in applications of "Stand Your Ground" laws.
• Tracked, Detained at Gunpoint? 3 Americans Ass ...
  A career government intelligence official, a filmmaker and a hacker have all been targeted by the state, despite not having been charged with a crime.
• Supreme Court Asks Hard Questions at Oral Argu ...
  The justices signalled that this may not be the end of the fight over SB 1070.
• Facebook and Google Turned Into Government Spi ...
  A private company doing the government’s work does not face the same privacy restrictions.

Sideways News

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

Fabius Maximus

• Back to the future (we fail because we do not ...
  Summary:  Death to the enemies of America!  The US government acts as prosecutor, judge, jury, and executioner. We’ve tried this before.  It failed then.  It will fail again.  But this time we’re killing on a larger geographic footprint, outside the context of “war”, for ...
• A look in the mirror at America
  Summary:  Again we attempt to recalibrate our vision of America, adjusting for its incredible rate of decline.  People watching its power and money will find the probable future crash a surprise.  Not so those watching the decay of its vision, heart, and mind. The secondary goal of the FM websit ...
• A thought for and about Memorial Day
  Summary:  Memorial Day should not be a time for self-congratulation or celebration. What is it about? Not all the deeds done by our troops have been glorious, nor have all their missions been just or even good.  But that is our responsibility, as the citizens of the United States.  Our men and w ...
• America is going broke because we forgot how t ...
  Summary:  To recapture our greatness we must first remember what we did right to become great.  Such as heavy investment in America by the government.  Instead we spent on projects like Apollo (expensive, but no gain) and our mad unprofitable empire.  It’s not too late to get back on the s ...
• Which nations will make wise decisions under s ...
  Summary:  A mark of successful people and nations is that they function well under stress.  What’s the alternative?  Magic!  Here we look at some examples of the search for magical solutions seen in the US and Europe today. History suggests that the quality of a nation’s decision-mak ...

Open Your Eyes News

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

The Progressive Realist

• Hero Worship and the Use of Force
  I am coming late to the who Chris Hayes “heroes” kerfuffle. I don’t particularly have any interest in the abstract semantic debate over who is a hero and who isn’t. I do think Conor Friedersdorf’s take is provocative, however. But I want to raise another issue, whic ...
• Larijani Re-Elected as Speaker of Parliament i ...
  Former chairman of the eighth Iranian parliament Ali Larijani on May 27 defeated rival Gholam Ali Hadad Adel, speaker of the seventh Iranian parliament, in a margin of 173-100 electoral votes to become the acting speaker of the ninth parliament. Mohamad-Reza Bahonar was elected the first deputy ...
• Involuntary Soldier Separations Are a Far Cry ...
  My last 16 months in the Army were involuntarily served. My unit deployed to Iraq the same month I was to begin my final leave before becoming a civilian and I was stop-lossed and deployed with them. After a 13-month tour of duty I returned home, did the required transition classes and briefings ...
• NATO's Biggest Security Threat Is Now Economic
  As measured from President Obama’s re-election campaign perspective – the White House’s litmus test for foreign policy issues through November – last weekend’s G-8 and NATO Summits were bell ringers. Obama campaign strategists couldn’t have scripted their out ...
• US Devises "Influence Games" for Working with ...
  When is a war game not a war game? When it is a “competitive influence” game. For three days earlier this month (May 15-17), more than 100 people met in Annapolis, Md. to brainstorm about devising such an exercise. The actual game is to be played this summer at an air base in Flori ...

TAPPED - The American Prospect

• A Tough Choice for Mexico
  (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) It may barely make a blip on our political radar screen, but on July 1 Mexico is slated to elect a new president for the next six years. Plagued by out-of control violence and chronic poverty, the country is in desperate need of new leadership. Yet holding a commanding le ...
• Housing Stuck in Neutral
  Housing prices fell again in March—but barely—stirring hopes that perhaps the market may finally be on the rebound. “We’ve turned the corner,” said Scott Brown, chief economist at Raymond James & Associates. “This was always going to be a very gradual process. No one expected a real sharp h ...
• Health Care Play-Acting
  GOP.gov I've written many times, by way of explaining congressional Republicans' actions on the issue of health care, that it just isn't something that conservatives as a group care very much about. They have other interests, like taxes and the military, that they'd much rather spend their time ...
• Let's Hear Less About Massachusetts, More Abou ...
  (Wikipedia) Earlier this week, I argued that the Obama campaign would soon bolster their attacks on Bain Capital with attacks on Mitt Romney’s record in Massachusetts. Well, this morning, ABC News’ Jake Tapper reports that the campaign will do just that, and open a new front in its war on the Re ...
• Cruz-in' for a Fight in Texas
  (Flickr/Gage Skidmore) Ted Cruz, who managed to force a run-off election with current Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst, deserved his victory party Tuesday night. He had a strong showing despite being outspent by a considerable margin by his rival. Towards the end, Cruz benefitted from na ...

Buzzflash

• Heartland Institute’s Unabomber Billboard Bombs
  BILL BERKOWITZ FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT For most of its twenty-eight year existence, the Heartland Institute has been about as white bread as you'd imagine a free-market-über-alles organization could be. With workmanlike efficiency, and ample financial support from right-wing foundations and co ...
• Mitt Romney’s Issues
  STEVEN JONAS, MD, MPH FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT In the upcoming Presidential election, Mitt Romney faces a serious problem: there are three major issues that relate directly to him --- and he wants to discuss none of them. First is his record in the one elective office he has held, Governor of ...
• Candidates and Whistleblowers Continue to Rece ...
  DANNY SCHECHTER FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Increasingly, politics is a game driven by often invented beliefs and myths that are firmly detached from facts. The parties and their factions live not only in parallel universes but in worlds of information that are driven mostly by what they think wi ...
• The Racism of the Republican Party May Destroy ...
  MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Recently Buzzflash at Truthout wrote a commentary entitled, "White Entitlement Americans Face Their Alamo: Minority Births Are Now the Majority." In a recent reflection on the Broadway hit on the farce of American race relations in an allegedly post- ...
• HeavenUp: Facebook’s Christian Competitor?
  BILL BERKOWITZ FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT There may not be an IPO in their immediate future, but if Chris Burkhart and Wes McKinsey who both grew up as sons of pastors achieve their goals, then hundreds of thousands of Christians from around the world will be able to meet up with each other at th ...

Glenn Greenwald - Salon

• The DOJ's escalating criminalization of speech
  Muslims continue to be targeted for prosecution for expressing political views the government dislikes
• Facts and myths in the WikiLeaks/Guardian saga
  A series of accidental events led to the publication of 251,000 diplomatic cables in unredacted form
• Top CIA official: Obama "changed virtually not ...
  A new Frontline from PBS features a "revelation" that is anything but, though it offers an important added detail
• Celebrating the fall of a dictator
  Reports about thankful citizens are being used to justify a pro-war argument -- but we've seen this before
• A tweet that explains everything
  The nation's watchdog news outlets deploy to cover a Wednesday vs. Thursday scheduling conflict

The BiPartisan Report

• Sex, lies and ‘edited’ videotape
• Nihilism 1 American People Nil
• Sheldon Whitehouse brings truth to the Senate ...
• Pesky facts spoil GOP’s mammogram arguments
• Those holier than thou Conservatives

Sciencebase

• Venus in transit
  According to good friend of this blog Stuart Clark, writing in The Guardian, the 1761 transit of Venus was a watershed moment in the history of astronomy. It was, he says, the first time astronomers would have the opportunity to measure accurately the size of the solar system. The distance betwe ...
• Bee pollen with a sting in the tail
  There are millions of supplements on the market, most are untested in any clinical setting and are beyond pharma regulations. They’re available over-the-counter, without a prescription and may be contaminated with toxins, heavy metals and other nasties, especially those bought from far-flu ...
• Homeopathy Plus? Minus!
  ‘”There is no argument against homeopathy which stands up to scientific scrutiny. They are simply slogans, distortions and downright lies” says the HMC21 organisation.’ Hmmm. Homeopathic activists are getting vexed and waving banners and signing petitions it seems… ...
• Forget Fukushima, it’s the smokes that’ll nuke you
  Tobacco firms have failed to act on radioactivity in cigarettes. According to cancer researchers: “Cigarettes deliver dangerously concentrated doses of radioactivity directly into the lungs. When smokers inhale, the radioactive particles damage lung tissue, creating ‘hot spots’ of damage. ...
• All the water on Earth
  We’ve all seen the graphic, now here comes a video to show all the water on Earth, the drop that is the freshwater and the droplet that is the available fresh water. And to think it could all be evaporated in an instant by a burst of energy from an exploding star or more tangibly [...]All ...

Common Dreams-Progressive Newswire

• Banks Skim Millions in Fees From Student Aid U ...
  Over 9 million students are at risk for increased educational debt, due to bank-affiliated campus debit cards that come with high fees, insufficient consumer protections, and few options.  Financial institutions now have affinity partnerships with almost 900 campuses nationwide, grafting ba ...
• Thailand: Internet Trial a Major Setback for F ...
  The conviction of a prominent website manager on computer crimes charges highlights the Thai government’s growing misuse of laws intended to protect the monarchy. Imposing a prison sentence adds to the climate of fear and self-censorship in Thailand’s media, Human Rights Watch said.r ...
• President Obama’s Priestly Assassinations
  A New York Times investigative piece “Secret ‘Kill List’ Proves a Test of Obama’s Principles and Will” reports today: “Beside the president at every step is his counterterrorism adviser, John O. Brennan, who is variously compared by colleagues to a dogged poli ...
• New Poll Shows Protecting America’s Waterways ...
  A new poll [PDF] commissioned by the nation’s leading environmentalists and sportsmen organizations in key Great Lakes and Rocky Mountain states shows that the public overwhelmingly supports an Obama administration proposal to restore protections for America’s rivers, lakes, streams, ...
• Massimino Questions Legality of Obama’s Target ...
  In response to a New York Times report detailing the Obama administration’s targeted killing strategy, Human Rights First President and CEO Elisa Massimino asked President Obama to make clear that the United States will not target individuals solely on the basis of their membership in or a ...

Common Dreams-Views

• Casseroles Across Canada: Tonight We Resist an ...
  Derrick O'Keefe I don't care what the weather report says where you are today: it's a beautiful day across Canada. Tonight, in over 60 communities big and small, people will be gathering to celebrate and defend the determined s ...
• What Did Obama Mean by Change?
  Cenk Uygur No reporter has ever asked him as far as I know. I don't know if any will ask this time around. What did you mean by "Change" anyway? He ran a whole campaign on it and does anyone really know what Barack Obama meant he was going ...
• Bradley Manning, America's Martyr for Open Gov ...
  Birgitta Jónsdóttir Little did I know when I was helping with the preparations for making public the historic leak "Collateral Murder" – the 2007 footage of a US Apache helicopter firing at and killing a group of people cla ...
• Out of the Mouths of Babes: Twelve-Year-Old Mo ...
  Ellen Brown The youtube video of 12 year old Victoria Grant speaking at the Public Banking in America conference last month has gone viral, topping a million views on various websites.read more
• High-Stakes Testing Protests Spreading
  Valerie Strauss Opposition to high-stakes standardized testing is growing around the country, with more parents choosing to opt their children out of taking exams, more school boards expressing disapproval of testing accountability systems ...

Newshoggers - AfPak

• This Is The War That Never Ends
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• Making Afghanistan Safe For China
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• The Costs of War
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Water Wars

• Reporter's Notebook: Water wars waged at C ...
  Drinking water is the subject of two completely separate campaigns in Crescent City. At Monday’s City Council meeting, they collided. Del Norte Unified School District Nutrition Coordinator Deborah Kravitz gave a presentation on the “Rethink your Drink” program, which aims to get people, especia ...
• ABC insiders spill … Baillieu kills uni jobs … ...
  From the Crikey grapevine, the latest tips and rumours … Fears for ABC’s ‘churnalism sweatshop’. Yesterday’s story by Andrew Dodd on the ABC’s currently unreleased report on the News Gathering... Read more on... Read more on the blog...
• ABC insiders spill … Baillieu kills uni jobs … ...
  From the Crikey grapevine, the latest tips and rumours … Fears for ABC’s ‘churnalism sweatshop’. Yesterday’s story by Andrew Dodd on the ABC’s currently unreleased report on the News Gathering... Read more on the... Read more on the blog...
• ABC insiders spill … Baillieu kills uni jobs … ...
  From the Crikey grapevine, the latest tips and rumours … Fears for ABC’s ‘churnalism sweatshop’. Yesterday’s story by Andrew Dodd on the ABC’s currently unreleased report on the News Gathering... Read more on the blog...
• Reservoir caught in 3-state war for water
  CANTON, Ga. (AP) — Hickory Log Creek Reservoir in Canton is filled with water and primed to deliver its first drop after more than a decade of planning and construction and a cost of nearly $100 mi...

WordPress | Economics

• WTF
  Hillary Clinton brags about hacking Al-Qaeda’s computers in Yemen, while the US is imposing se
• CHRISTIANITY: Zero Weeks Maternity Leave from ...
• ECONOMIC SATIRE: Unearned Privilege
  Source: The Peoples Boycott’s Page
• The Uncertainty of Economics
  Dismal Science, a term coined by Thomas Carlyle, to describe the uncertainty nature of economics. No
• Gold Bar Demand in China Surged 51% to 213.9 T ...
  Gold Bar Demand in China Surged 51% to 213.9 Tons In 2011 !  by http://www.goldcore.com/  … A

Electronic Intifada

• Blair aide evades political reality in walking ...
  Sarah Irving 29 May 2012 A proper hiking guide to “off-the-beaten-track” routes in the West Bank offers excellent practical information but ignores the political reality that has changed Palestine’s physical landscape.
• By supporting Israel, Hillary Clinton breaks U ...
  Josh Ruebner Washington, DC 29 May 2012 The State Department is breaking US law by continuing to fund the Israeli military despite the human rights violations documented in its own annual report.
• I'm a "lucky" Palestinian: instead of being ja ...
  Yara Hawari United Kingdom 29 May 2012 A Palestinian with Israeli citizenship says she is always subjected to racial profiling and humiliating “security checks” at the Tel Aviv airport.
• Sacha Baron Cohen: a buffoonish ideologue, at ...
  Steven Salaita 25 May 2012 There is one descriptor that is too infrequently applied to Sacha Baron Cohen: Zionist shill.
• German aid to Israel's war machine is an invit ...
  Annette Groth 25 May 2012 The EU has been eager to nurture both its relationship with Israel and the international market in “security goods.”

The Wonk Room

• Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Transfers $160,000 ...
  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) is diverting campaign donations to bankroll his legal defense fund. For what charges does he need a legal defense? He won’t say. Walker’s latest campaign finance report reveals that he recently made two transfers totaling $100,000 toward a fund meant t ...
• How Painting Roofs White Can Help ‘Turn ...
  I’m drawn to “boring” ways to change energy use: things like daylighting, reducing packaging, and making company supply-chains more efficient. Without these methods to help reduce our energy demand, the “exciting” solutions like renewable energy are less valuable. A ...
• IMF Director Pillories Tax Evaders While Payin ...
  In an interview with the Guardian last week, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagardge scolded Greeks for not paying their taxes, essentially arguing that they deserved the pain that is coming with the austerity package they are being forced to swallow: Lagarde, predicting ...
• Pro-GOP Outside Groups Outspending Key Senate ...
  In yet another sign that the Supreme Court’s controversial 5-4 Citizens United ruling has tilted the playing field toward secretive groups and billionaire businessmen, a new Bloomberg analysis reveals Sen. Sherod Brown (D-OH) and Senate candidate Tim Kaine (D-VA) are being massively outspe ...
• Arya and Peggy, Sansa and Joan: Mentors in &#8 ...
  “Tears aren’t a woman’s only weapon. The best one’s between your legs. Learn how to use it.” -Cersei Lannister “There is no number.” – Peggy Olson “What do we say to the god of death?” -Syrio Forel “Not today.” -Arya Stark I’ve been saying for some ...

thwap's schoolyard

• The Economic Consequences of Electoral Fraud
  A 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. This isn't all that surprising. The present parliamentary majority enjoyed by the harperc ...
• Where are the libertarians on Bill 78?
  Genuine question. Have any of our right-wing libertarian friends spoken out against Charest's "emergency" law, Bill 78? The one that makes any "demonstration" of 50 people or more illegal if they're held without the state's permission? Something else to be alarmed at: As capitalism goes down the ...
• What PLG Said
  In his pogge post: "So how'd that Libya thing work out?"So I'd like to suggest that next time around, or for that matter this time around (Syria) we just keep in mind how, no matter how good the spin for any given military intervention seems to be, it is almost certainly a really horrible, ev ...
• More Shitty Reporting From the CBC
  Trying desperately, pathetically, to curry the favour of its nauseatingly evil political bosses (that would be the slimy stephen harper and the Criminal Party of Canada), Canada's national broadcaster, the CBC continues to side with the monsters of the richest 1% and their servants. As Quebec st ...
• I like Richard Dawkins and P. J. Meyers and "r ...
  This was the subject of disagreement that led to my parting of the ways with the Enmasse Discussion Board. I'm an atheist. I don't know what the source of all reality and all existence is. The source of it all is unknowable. But the "God" or "gods" that human beings have invented to account for ...

on Government Oversight

• Morning Smoke: Why Senior Executives Should Pa ...
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• Does F-35 Have Same Oxygen Problems as F-22? M ...
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• A Peek at Pentagon Pork: A Taxpayers' Guide
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Digital Journal

• The Pembina Institute responds to federal envi ...
  The Pembina Institute responds to the federal Environmental Emergencies Program cutbacks and consolidation that may compromise environmental emergency responses in future oil spill disasters.
• Foot mailed to Conservative Party of Canada He ...
  It has been confirmed that a human foot was in a package mailed to the Conservative Party of Canada via Canada Post. The package was dropped off around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday morning.
• Montreal lawyers silently protest anti-rally bill
  A new type of protest has started in Montreal with hundreds of lawyers marching through the streets in silent protest against the emergency law on demonstrations.
• Human foot delivered to Canadian Conservative ...
  Ottawa police say a human foot was found in a package sent to the Conservative Party of Canada's headquarters in downtown Ottawa.
• Report Card: Canadian youngsters' inactive lif ...
  Active Healthy Kids Canada released its annual Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth Tuesday, in which it provided a glimpse into the lifestyles of children in Canada, who are not being active and spend too much time in front of screens.

End Homelessness | Change.org

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

Ceasefire.ca

• Tanks and drones are coming to town
  Thousands of military, industry, and government representatives have converged in Ottawa for Canada’s largest annual arms and defence industry showcase.
• June 2nd is Nuclear Abolition Day!
  Sign up to join thousands of other Canadians on June 2nd, to send your letter to Stephen Harper and your local MP saying "Abolish Nuclear Weapons!"
• Harper: No Afghan mission extension
  Prime Minister Harper has pledged that no Canadian troops will remain in Afghanistan after the end of the current training mission in 2014. But does he mean it?
• Slash nuclear forces: former commander
  Another former commander of U.S. nuclear forces, retired General James Cartwright, has joined the list of prominent former nuclear warriors calling for sharp cuts in the size of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.
• Ceasefire.ca’s F-35 campaign enters crit ...
  We are entering a critical phase of our campaign to stop Harper. Thank you so much for your support, and let me tell you how we are using donations from our supporters to Ceasefire.ca.

Kevin Trudeau Show

• Customer Testimonial – MM Products, Brushing & ...
  Anthony Morrocco morrocco method 4/11/12 Hello Everyone!! Happy Wednesday! Here’s another great customer testimonial on MM products in general, brushing and scalp massaging! “Every day I get more compliments on my hair!!! Even guys I do not really know have commented LOL!! I feel such joy brushi ...
• Ammonia Found in Many Foods, Not Just “Pink Slime”
  April 11, 2012 News Daily By Martinne Geller New York, Apr. 4, 2012 (Reuters) — Surprise rippled across America last month as a new wave of consumers discovered that hamburgers often contained ammonia-treated beef, or what critics dub “pink slime”. Packs of ground beef are seen in a ...
• Can Cell Phones and Laptops be Harmful During ...
  April 11, 2012 Natural News By Lloyd Burrell NaturalNews) In today’s society of hustle and bustle, being pregnant rarely gives opportunity for letting up or taking a break. Many women, whether they are working or are stay-at-home moms, engage in the use of cell phones and laptop computers ...
• Top 10 Herbs And Spices For Strengthening Your ...
  April 12, 2012 Natural News By Aurora Geib “Need to boost your immune system? Try these herbs.” –KTRN Of the many systems working within the human body, the immune system is an excellent example of complex efficiency. A network of participating cells and organs, it synchronizes ...
• Vitamin C – Effective From Colds to Cancer
  April 12, 2012 Food Matters By Paul Fassa “Next to vitamin D, C is probably the second most powerful vitamin you can take.”  –KTRN Vitamin C from citrus was introduced a couple of centuries ago as a cure for scurvy rampant among British mariners. But just what is scurvy? Scurvy ...

Armies of Liberation

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

Dark Politricks

• Exposed: Monsanto planted GM alfalfa before US ...
  Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comEthan A. Huff Natural News May 30, 2012 A little more than a year ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) made the disastrous decision to deregulate Monsanto’s Roundup-Ready alfalfa, even though the agency&# ...
• Slaughter Slant: Houla Massacre Sparks Media B ...
  Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comDissident Voice Article By Keith Harmon Snow RT: The most gruesome episode in Syria’s uprising is quickly turning into a PR battle, as each side, and their allies, portion blame for the slaughter in Houla. Just fou ...
• Bilderberg 2012: May 31-June 3, Chantilly, VA; ...
  Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comBilderberg 2012: May 31-June 3, Chantilly, VA; shaping the 1%”s crimes, lies By Carl Herman washingtonsblog.com The Bilderberg Group (and here) is an annual meeting among current and future leaders in government, m ...
• Jon Stewart rips Roger Ailes and explains his ...
  Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comRaw Story   The Daily Show host Jon Stewart on Tuesday night mocked Fox News president Roger Ailes for saying that Stewart had privately admitted to being a socialist. Stewart wondered why Ailes didn’t say wha ...
• Julian Assange awaits his final extradition ru ...
  Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comDay X: Assange awaits final extradition ruling in UK Supreme Court Russia Today Julian Assange’s lawyers have repeatedly called on the seven judges of the Supreme Court to block the extradition appeal. They say that the ...

Dandelion Salad

• Songs of War: Music as Torture
  Dandelion Salad May 30, 2012 by AlJazeeraEnglish The film, Songs of War explores the relationship between music and violence. The film’s main protagonist is Christopher Cerf. The award-winning musician is a composer for Sesame Street, a popular American children’s educational series. ...
• UK Supreme Court backs Julian Assange extradit ...
  Dandelion Salad May 30, 2012 by RussiaToday WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has lost his marathon court battle in UK Supreme Court. The judge has granted him 14 days to make an application to reopen the extradition case – READ MORE http://on.rt.com/4krcuo Video: UK Supreme Court backs Ass ...
• Root of Evil by Rand Clifford
  by Rand Clifford Featured Writer Dandelion Salad May 29, 2012 As such a useful tool of exchange, money is not inherently evil. Money can be a springboard to such evil as bailout-begging banks too monstrous to fail gambling with taxpayer wealth—you know, private profits, public risk. Casino finan ...
• Out of the Mouths of Babes by Ellen Brown
  by Ellen Brown Featured Writer Dandelion Salad webofdebt.com May 29, 2012 The youtube video of 12 year old Victoria Grant speaking at the Public Banking in America conference last month has gone viral, topping a million views on various websites. Monetary reform—the contention that governments, ...
• US Launches New Computer Virus “Weapon o ...
  by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Ethiopia May 29, 2012 The US-led economic war on Iran has been dangerously ratcheted up with the launching of a powerful new computer virus targeting the Islamic Republic’s nuclear research facilities and other vital commercial sectors, includ ...

Your New Reality

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  This man's brain comprehends in a fraction of a second what is about to happen, and orders his body into what looks like a superhuman sprint to get out of the way. The flight mechanism kicks in so fast the conscious mind, distracted by thoughts of work, home, leisure and love, plays no role in t ...
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  Tupac Rises Well, fuck me.... From even a few dozen rows back, reportedly, the hologram of Tupac was utterly believable. How long before a Michael Jackson hologram culled from his greatest live performances is touring the world's stadiums? I've been waiting decades to see holographic tech ...
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  Hypnotic, grin-making. A house filled with interactive reproductions of classic art, coming soon: Starry Night (interactive animation) from Petros Vrellis on Vimeo.
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  Normal blogging output will return soon. Making some movies. In the meantime, enjoy :
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  Best. Christmas. Ever A Short Story By Darryl Mason "Is your father okay?" He waited for her to answer. He couldn't tell her what happened while she was away... "He's not getting better, if that's what you mean." How could he tell her, right now? She had more than enough on her mind alread ...

Wired - Science

• Chemists Outrun Laws in War on Synthetic Drugs
  Synthetic mimics of marijuana, dissociative drugs and stimulants -- such as the "bath salts" allegedly consumed by Randy Eugene, the Florida man shot after a horrific face-eating assault -- are growing in popularity and hard to control. Every time a compound is banned, overseas chemists synthesi ...
• Earth Experiences Back-to-Back Asteroid Close ...
  Two small asteroids buzzed by the Earth, zooming well within the moon’s orbit, over the last couple days. Neither posed any danger but the events were eagerly captured by amateur astronomers, and the second encounter was a record-setter.
• Occupy the Neolithic: Social Immobility in the ...
  Just how early did the 99 percent feel the dominance of the 1 percent? Skeletal remains from prehistoric farming communities suggest that inequality was an early feature going back more than 7,000 years ago.
• RoboZoo: Wired’s Menagerie of Robot Animals
  Wired scours the world's laboratories for the coolest and cutest animal robots.
• Keep Out: NASA Asks Future Moon Visitors to Re ...
  NASA has released a set of guidelines that encourage future lunar landers to remain a respectful distance from its historic artifacts, such as the Apollo landing sites.

Israeli Occupation Archive

• Lia Tarachansky: Israeli Military Leaders Spea ...
  The rift in Israel between the political leadership’s push for an attack on Iran, and the security establishment’s opposition widened in recent weeks. Three new voices spoke out on the question of... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lan ...
• Israel ranked alongside Iran as one of countri ...
  Israel has been ranked in the top four countries that most negatively influence the word, according to a global public opinion poll conducted by the BBC... Where do the negative evaluations of Israel... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian ...
• Lia Tarachansky: Israeli Police Target Activis ...
  On Saturday Israelis organized the first demonstration of what was meant to be a resurrection of last summer’s protests against the high cost of living. Last July protest tents were set up in dozens... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian l ...
• Walid Khalidi: On Nakba Day 2012
  Tuesday, 15 May 2012, is the 64th Anniversary of Palestinian Nakba Day. This date commemorates the end, on 15 May 1948, of the so-called “Mandate” over Palestine “granted” to Britain by the League of... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian ...
• Thaer Halahleh’s letter to his daughter: “My B ...
  “When you grow up you will understand how injustice was brought upon your father and upon thousands of Palestinians whom the occupation has put in prisons and jail cells, shattering their lives and... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian la ...

Ria Novosti - Military

• Russia to Reopen Arctic Airbases
  Selected air units of Russia’s Western military district will start this year preparations to return to abandoned Arctic airfields, the commander of the district’s aviation Maj. Gen. Igor Makushev said on Wednesday.
• Rogozin Seeks Streamlined Arms Purchases
  Russia must make defense spending more efficient by streamlining its arms purchases process rather than by cuts in defense orders, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Wednesday.
• Russia Floats Out New Corvette
  St. Petersburg's Severnaya Verf shipyard floated out a new stealth corvette for the Russian Navy at an official ceremony on Wednesday.
• Iran Overhauls Russian-Built Sub
  The Iranian Navy has brought back into operation a Russian-built submarine, after major repairs with locally produced components, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting company, IRIB, reported on Tuesday.
• Navy Rescue Vessel To Get Two Mini-subs
  A Russian Navy search and rescue vessel will be equipped with two unique deepwater submersibles, a Defense Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.

NewsWise

• Scholarship Aimed at Developing Students of Co ...
  While students of color have made modest gains in attaining master's degrees, more improvement is needed. This $25,000 scholarship is designed to encourage those students to pursue an advanced degree.
• Improved Outlook Seen In Middle-Market Mergers
  The market for Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) is clearly improving in valuations, financing availability, and deal volume and will continue to do so throughout 2012 according to a survey conducted by MBA students and Professor Kevin J. Mulvaney at Babson College in collaboration with members of Th ...
• Researchers Say Tart Cherries Have 'the High ...
  Tart cherries may help millions reduce inflammation to manage pain, according to new research.
• National Museum of African American History an ...
  Wondering where the funk has gone? Look no further than this year's Smithsonian Folklife Festival. The National Museum of African American History and Culture will "Bring Back the Funk" with a free concert on the National Mall, Wednesday, June 27, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Festival's performa ...
• Patient Mental Health Overlooked by Physician ...
  New study finds that patients with poor mental health function may experience more communication challenges during physicians visits if accompanied by a loved one.

Natural Health News

• Why Working the Night Shift May Boost Breast C ...
  There are plenty of studies showing the harms of shift work, but just in case you needed one more, researchers now suggest that it also wreaks havoc with hormones that increase women’s risk of breast cancer. As reported by Time Healthland, a new study published in Occupational and Environmental ...
• Even AMA Considers Labels on Genetically Engin ...
  In a move that could reverse its former support for genetically engineered (GE) foods, the American Medical Association (AMA) is now considering supporting federal legislation or regulations requiring labels on GE products. The Indiana State Medical Association and Illinois State Medical Society ...
• 6 Ways to Burn Your Belly Fat
  If you’re looking to make your belly smaller, there’s a better way to do it than rolling on the floor trying to do crunches. Instead, try using strategies that burn up cortisol, a hormone in your body that depletes lean muscle and holds on to fat in the abdominal region. One of the most importan ...
• New Study Confirms Intermittent Fasting Useful ...
  A new study that looked at the effect of muscle glycogen concentration and post-exercise nutrition shows that intermittent fasting can be useful to increase muscle growth. While it was a small study―just 16 individuals―it did confirm that ingestion of carbohydrate post-exercise does not increase ...
• Why You Likely Lie and Cheat a Little and What ...
  You might think it’s the promise of a big money reward that incites a person to cheat or lie, but according to new research, little things trigger more dishonesty than a sizeable cash reward. In a test of college students who were entrusted to record their own scores, researchers found the stude ...

Climategate

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

Opinio Juris

• VJIL Symposium: Robert Howse Comments on &#822 ...
  by Robert Howse by Robert Howse [Robert Howse is the Lloyd C. Nelson Professor of International Law at New York University School of Law.] This post is part of the Virginia Journal of International Law/Opinio Juris Symposium, Volume 52, Issue 3. Other posts in this series can be found in the r ...
• VJIL Symposium: Introducing “Carving Out ...
  by Alvaro Santos by Alvaro Santos [Alvaro Santos is currently an Associate Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center.] This post is part of the Virginia Journal of International Law/Opinio Juris Symposium, Volume 52, Issue 3. Other posts in this series can be found in the relate ...
• Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, May 30, 2012
  by Jessica Dorsey by Jessica Dorsey The Special Court for Sierra Leone sentenced Charles Taylor to 50 years today following his conviction for 11 counts of war crimes. He will get six-years’ credit for the time he has served since being in custody in The Hague. The ICC Appeals Chamber ha ...
• Gen. McChrystal’s Secret Yale Course
  by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller Given my basic cynicism toward just about everything, I’m difficult to shock. But I was shocked to learn that Yale University had agreed to let Gen. Stanley McChrystal teach a course that enrolled students have to agree in writing not to discuss. H ...
• Moreno-Ocampo To Investigate… Crimes Aga ...
  by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller I originally thought it was a story in The Onion, but once again truth is stranger than fiction: Top international prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo, best known for pursuing war criminals, has been nominated as chief investigator at FIFA, soccer’s scan ...

Public News Service

• Where are Kids on the Campaign Trail?
  Where are Kids on the Campaign Trail? PHOENIX - The youngest Americans are being ignored so far in the presidential campaigns, say advocates for children in Arizona who are hoping that situation changes before November. Big business is steering the campaigns with multi-million-dollar attack adv ...
• New AZ Law Puts Premium on Pool Pump Efficiency
  New AZ Law Puts Premium on Pool Pump Efficiency PHOENIX - It's the time of year when backyard swimming pools get the heaviest use in Arizona, but it's also when they cost the most to operate. A new state law says only high-efficiency pool pumps can be installed in new pools or as replacements fo ...
• Athletic Trainers using the Wii to Test for Co ...
  Athletic Trainers using the Wii to Test for Concussions PHOENIX – It's not just for playing games anymore; the Wii is providing athletic trainers with a new way of evaluating head injuries. Researchers at Ohio State University (OSU) have come up with an interactive video game to test for c ...
• Expert: Post-stroke Depression Often Goes Undi ...
  Expert: Post-stroke Depression Often Goes Undiagnosed PHOENIX - Stroke remains Arizona's fifth-highest cause of death - and also is one of the leading causes of long-term disability. Post-stroke depression, which affects up to half of stroke survivors, can derail recovery significantly, accordi ...
• Report: Kinship Care Families Short on Support
  Report: Kinship Care Families Short on Support PHOENIX - Some 60,000 Arizona children are in what's known as "kinship care" - meaning that a grandparent, other relative or family friend is raising them. A new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation says these kinship caregivers aren't getting ...

Center for Food Safety

• Supporting Vets’ Letter to President Oba ...
  by Bill Freese, Science Policy Analyst With Memorial Day just a few days away, many across the country will soon stop and remember the meaning of military service and the ultimate sacrifice so many gave — and are still giving. Remembering is what the day is all about. And yet sometimes we can do ...
• More Empty Recommendations on Junk Food Market ...
  by Michele Simon Institute of Medicine Gives Big Food Another Deadline – or else! This week, the nation’s top public health experts are gathered at a much-trumpeted obesity conference hosted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called Weight of the Nation. (A quick glance at th ...
• USDA Receives Over 365,000 Public Comments Opp ...
  143 Farm, Fisheries, Public Health, Consumer, and Environmental Groups Send Secretary Vilsack Joint-Letter on Potential Threats to Human Health, American Farms  Public Comment Period Ends Friday, April 27 Over 140 groups and more than 365,000 citizens from across the country are urging the U.S. ...
• California Cows Unhappy About Mad Cow Disease
  Once again mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy [BSE]) has surfaced in the U.S.  This week the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed BSE in a California dairy cow.  USDA has taken the position that milk from BSE-infected cattle is safe for human consumption.  Dair ...
• FDA Announces Antibiotic Reduction Plan
  3 YEAR PHASE-OUT A WIN FOR CONSUMERS, FOOD SAFETY ADVOCATES, AND MEDICAL COMMUNITY; CONTINUED OVERSIGHT NEEDED The Center for Food Safety (CFS) applauds the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today for issuing industry guidance limiting the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals.  Ant ...

Angry Indian Op-Eds

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

Pensieve

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

Green Times

• The connection between Ocean temperature and e ...
  According to a new report, high ocean temperatures contributed to the extreme rainfall that flooded three-quarters of Queensland over the summer of 2010-11. For example, 25% of rainfall across the state was due to the average sea surface temperatures in december 2010! For further information l ...
• Giraffe: A delicate animal that requires speci ...
  Last week, The Age website (http://www.theage.com.au/environment/conservation/giraffes-die-of-shock-after-zoo-rampage-20120515-1ynlq.html) published an article about 2 Giraffes' death from stress after a zoo rampage in Poland. Here you have an extract from this moving article: « Giraffes are ex ...
• Famous melt ice cream
  Just to think about global warming (climate-change/global-warming.html) with humour!Photo by William Murphy (http://www.flickr.com/people/infomatique/)via Flickr Creative Commons
• Cycling for sustainable development
  Biking is less impacting environment than cars or other transportations. It doesn't damage the environment with pollutant emission (glossary/categories/climate-change/carbon-emission.html) for example. Of course, the production of bikes and their infrastructures uses energy (glossary/categories/ ...
• Green art project
  The ARTECYCLE Sculpture Exhibition starts today (18-May). Artecycle encourages Australian and international artists to create artwork that responds to contemporary ideas surrounding the themes of environmentalism (lifestyle/environmentalism.html) and sustainability (lifestyle/sustainable-develo ...

The Briefing Room | Investigate

• Three New Zealand triplets killed in Doha mall ...
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Israel-The Only Democracy in the Middle East?

• Israel’s “Super-Stinky Unity Deal& ...
  The political earthquake that shook Israel last week went, at first, almost completely unreported in America. I can put forward some explanations why it wasn’t reported – in a nutshell, because the story is a lethal combination of confusing and embarrassing. By yesterday, however, th ...
• Music and Friendship at Salem: Sunita, Yasmin ...
  Dear Friends and supporters, Below is a story told by Sunita Staneslow on the new friendship and the start of musical cooperation between her, an Israeli harpist, and Yasmin (Ikhlas) Jebara, a young Palestinian poet and graduate student living under Occupation in the village of Salem near Nablus ...
• Um al-’Amad Update: April 21, 2012
  Several large families–among them, Ihrizat, Ihraini, and Abu Samra–belong to Um al-’Amad, perched on a high hill west of the desert and directly across from the drab and violent settlement of Otniel. In fact, Otniel sits on the Abu Samra family’s lands. Like all other ...
• Word and Picture Diary: South Hebron Hills Wee ...
  (this diary by Ehud Krinis is crossposted from the Villages Group blog) As we do every week, last Thursday April 5 2012 we went to visit several Palestinian localities in the South Hebron Hills, with whom we have been in contact for some years now. Two members of our little group – Hamed and Er ...
• When My Partner Went to Jail
  Me and Mousa in court. Jonathan Pollak going to jail Originally posted on Rajeefsworld.posterous.com A lot has been written recently about my good friend Jonathan Pollak’s recent incarceration in Israel for his participation in demonstrations. Understandably, there was international out ...

Politics in the Zeros

• 3000 ft tower to generate power using cool wat ...
  This is novel technology to be sure. But putting this in the Arizona desert near Mexico seems counter-productive as it will use large amounts of water in an area where water is scarce.
• Street light with wi-fi, cell repeaters, EV ch ...
  The V-pole is coming to Vancouver, and it does it all.New technology allows all the electronics to be put in a tiny space, eliminating the growing problem in big cities of “telecommunication clutter.”
• Inadvertent comedy from conservatives. Obama i ...
  Conservative groups paint President Obama as Wall Street stooge “Public Equity President Obama played Wall Street games with our money,” the attack ad squeals, conveniently forgetting that the real estate bubble and bust was backed by the government under Bush as well as by Alan ...
• Government funding reductions threaten US clea ...
  Credit: wikimedia.commons.orgMisguided policy changes in Washington are threatening US dominance in cleantech. Government subsidies and R&D grants in the US have been slashed while other countries are greatly increasing their investments. While some of that foreign money will be invested her ...
• Eurozone crisis will hurt US economy, Obama bi ...
  A serious Eurozone crisis is imminent. It will have serious,nasty ramifications for the U.S. economy and for Obama’s bid for reelection. Incumbent presidents generally get reelected when the economy is doing well. But a weak or faltering economy is bad news for incumbents because, rightly or not ...

Coteret

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

Deadline Live

• This Day In History – May 30
  1416 – The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund, a supporter of Antipope John XXIII, burns Jerome of Prague following a trial for heresy. 1431 – Hundred Years’ War: in Rouen, France, 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal. Because o ...
• Not a single Democrat voted in favor of ending ...
  Natural News 5/25/12 By Mike Adams Here’s some news for those who still somehow believe the political left in Washington cares about the People. After U.S. Senator Rand Paul introduced an amendment that would have ended armed FDA raids on raw milk farmers (http://www.naturalnews.com/035966_Rand_ ...
• Hidden Camera exposes sex selective abortions ...
    Daily Caller Live Action says Planned Parenthood and other U.S. abortion providers are willing to assist in the termination of baby girls for pregnant women who choose abortion because they want to have baby boys. And the pro-life abortion watchdog says its video series and a new website ...
• Bath Salts said to have caused Zombie face eat ...
  Bed Bath and BEYOND? Add yet another substance you can be arrested for…   (Source: CBS4) Rudy Eugene, from 2006 mug shot. UPDATED May 29th, 2012 4:07 p.m. MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The crime shocked South Florida and has drawn the attention of the world. A naked man is shot by Miami Police w ...
• Judge Napolitano on Obama’s “Kill List”: ‘Cong ...
  OR… Maybe, Congress should be on the list. Watch the latest video at video.insider.foxnews.com

The Air Vent

• Understanding Growth Response Modeling
  As we have continued to argue on the last thread about whether it makes sense to sort trees by ‘sensitivity’ to temperature (it doesn’t), we left off one of the most important critiques of dendroclimatology.   This has been discussed here before in the context of Dr. Craig Loeh ...
• Sometimes they forget
  So I left a comment at RC today bolded below.   The boys are stinging again because they are as good at PR as most engineers I know. You know the lack of disclosure of data not used, is nearly equivalent to the regression methods which automatically reject data not preferred. The mere fact that ...
• Some Unsolicited Advice to Heartland
  It looks like I missed quite a bit over the last couple of weeks. Not only have I not been writing, I haven’t done any reading!   Very unusual  for me.   I had to check if global warming was still happening, whether the sea still had ice and whether climategate 3.0 had broken out. It turne ...
• Some Unsolicited Advice to Heartland
  It looks like I missed quite a bit over the last couple of weeks. Not only have I not been writing, I haven’t done any reading!   Very unusual  for me.   I had to check if global warming was still happening, whether the sea still had ice and whether climategate 3.0 had broken out. It turne ...
• Steve McIntyre – FOI Granted
  Long time readers will be familiar with the Yamal saga.   Yamal is the name of a region which allegedly demonstrated proof of extreme recent warming in tree ring data.  Recently, after years,  Steve McIntyre was granted access to the total dataset site list. Unsurprisingly for paleoclimatology, ...

Focal Point

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

Inside Facebook

• Facebook tests button within mobile News Feed ...
  Facebook is testing a small icon on Instagram photos within the mobile News Feed that takes users out of Facebook and into Instagram, we’ve found. The new button — seen in the bottom right corner of a post — is … Continue reading →
• Facebook for Every Phone, Snaptu, Facebook Mar ...
  Mobile, marketing and sports were popular on our list of the fastest growing Facebook pages this week. Pages on our list this week grew from between 441,600 to 3.8 million Likes. We compile this list with our PageData tool, which tracks page … Continue reading →
• Facebook shares fall to $28.84 on first day of ...
  Facebook shares fell more than 9 percent today, closing at $28.84 on the first day of options trading, which allows investors to bet on the future of the stock with less money at risk. Today marks the first time the company’s … Continue reading →
• New Facebook platform industry hires: Buddy Me ...
  If your company is hiring new people or making a notable promotion, please let us know. Email mail (at) insidefacebook (dot) com, and we’ll get it into our next post. Also, please note that information about most new hires, below, … Continue reading →
• Facebook introduces ‘trending videos’ module i ...
  Facebook has added a “trending videos” feature to highlight social video activity within News Feed, similar to how the social network promotes social reader articles. Video applications like Socialcam, Viddy and Chill have grown quickly as the result of Open … Continue reading →

Truthout - Tweets

• truthout: There have been more than a million ...
  truthout: There have been more than a million deportations under the Obama administration. Meet some of Los #Deportados: http://t.co/yUvCJtTz
• truthout: Imagine the FBI telling you, "Testif ...
  truthout: Imagine the FBI telling you, "Testify or go back to jail," just because of who your brother is: http://t.co/QXnoLJhs @jasonleopold
• truthout: US Chamber of Commerce Plans to Spen ...
  truthout: US Chamber of Commerce Plans to Spend $80 Million in #Corporate Cash to Elect Pro-Big Business Congressmen This Year http://t.co/hoDSGnNv
• truthout: ICYMI: How the FBI recruited the bro ...
  truthout: ICYMI: How the FBI recruited the brother of a high-value Guantanamo detainee to spy on muslims http://t.co/QXnoLJhs @jasonleopold #muckreads
• truthout: A Monetary Policy for the 99%: Video ...
  truthout: A Monetary Policy for the 99%: Video of 12-Year-Old Reformer Goes Viral http://t.co/LFadhf7d #finance #banks @ellenhbrown

ReDress News

• Britain's Jewish lobby censors school examinations
  Gilad Atzmon looks at how Britain's Israel lobby, led by arch-Zionist Education Secretary Michael Gove, has mobilized in condemnation of the country’s largest school examinations body for setting a question that asked students to explain "why some people are prejudiced against Jews".
• Bird's eye view of Zionism's and Israel's stra ...
  Uri Avnery argues that the longstanding strategic aim of Zionism and Israel - a Jews-only state in all of the territory between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River and the prevention of an Arab Palestinian state - is a pipe dream and that Israelis has better formulate a new national aim b ...
• The media's limitations and manipulations
  Ziad El-Hady looks at how government, elite and corporate interests shape media reports of international and domestic events, trivializing and sensationalizing news, corrupting our understanding of the world and reinforcing prejudice and bigotry.
• Staying power - the key to victory in the war ...
  Lawrence Davidson considers two victories for human rights, one by Palestinian hunger strikers in Israel and the other by opponents of detention without trial in the USA. He argues that, although these are two battles won, the war to protect civil and human rights will need staying power and may ...
• Post-colonial theory, whiteness and Palestine
  Gilad Atzmon argues that Palestinian activists - indeed, everyone who strives for liberation, equality and justice - must ditch the circular, sterile post-colonial discourse that permeates leftist thinking and "deconstruct Jewish texts and Jewish cultural discourse with the same vigour that Edwa ...

Amazon Rainforest

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

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

• Classified Woman: The Sibel Edmonds Story
  In this startling new memoir, Sibel Edmonds—the most classified woman in U.S. history—takes us on a surreal journey that begins with the secretive FBI and down the dark halls of a feckless Congress to a stonewalling judiciary and finally, to the national security whistleblowers movement she spea ...
• BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- May 29, 2012
  BFP Nightly Quote “Once lead this people into war and they’ll forget there ever was such a thing as tolerance. To fight you must be brutal and ruthless and the spirit of ruthlessness will enter into the very fiber of our national life, infecting Congress, the courts, the policeman on ...
• Bill Conroy’s Narco News: Mexican President Ca ...
  Los Pinos Retains Las Vegas-Based R&R Partners to Promote Government’s Successes as the Bloody Drug War Rages On The administration of Felipe Calderón has retained a politically connected US advertising and public relations firm to promote the political and economic agenda of the Mexic ...
• Soothing the Beast: Saturday Night BFP-Jamiol ...
  Nina Simone This week’s BFP/Jamiol pick is “I Shall Be Released” written by Bob Dylan in 1967. It has been covered many times by a slew of singers across the musical landscape. None did it better than the late American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights act ...
• Classified Woman-Your Questions & My Answers
  Bookstores, Signing Arrangement, Media Coverage & More Since the release of Classified Woman I have been receiving dozens of e-mails each day, and with those e-mails come many questions regarding the status of the book. As always, with my frantic schedule, I’ve been saving the e-mails to res ...

Afro Spear

• Byts and Bytes
  Another missionary in Africa: the Bill Gates myth The Egyptian Elections and the Arab Spring  The War on Gays Why I Don’t Support Same Sex Marriage New French Socialist Government Appoint 3 Black Cabinet Ministers
• Madonna and Child
  A gift of love from Deb to my wife and I to congratulate us on the new addition to our family A heartfelt thank you! Here are a couple photos of our princess and prince:                        Alana                                                 Alana and Asa
• Louisiana: Prison Plantation State
  Read this eight part series: Louisiana Incarcerated: How we built the world’s prison capital  
• Trayvoning: In Black and White
  I took a bit of a hiatus from blogging. New baby daughter, other familial priorities plus being busy at work didn’t leave much time (or desire) to comment on the world’s madness. However… I read that there is growing outrage, primarily among the American Negroes, over the lates ...
• The Censored Speech by Ned Hanauer on TED

Expose the BNP

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

Ode Magazine

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

OpEd News

• The Monday Sermon: Should We Honor The Soldier ...
  The culture wars have left more misery and destruction in their path than all the military wars combined: in many case they have been the CAUSE of military conflicts. And they've have more casualties than wars, so why don't we honor those casualties, those "culture warriors" who fought on bo ...
• Short Story: "Stage Fright"
  Marching in the street is not the only way to speak truth to power. Songs and stories can be even more dangerous, because they stay with you long after the protest or action is over. Evers Welch was quite aware of this, and even he wasn't sure he should perform his latest song cycle, even though ...
• Al Jazeera Breaks Through Media Silence with M ...
  Correspondent Nazanine Moshiri of Al Jazeera has just filed this exclusive interview with M23 in eastern Congo. In it, fighters of the faction vow to fight "to the last man" if the Congolese government does not sit down with them and talk. Al Jazeera is the first news organization to go behind t ...
• Cheerlead the Corpses
  Poem, Memorial Day, Troops Returning
• Letter to City of Oakland Demanding Removal of ...
  1st Ammendment Activist demands that the City of Oakland remove "Ten Commandments" from public zoo.

Switchboard

• Fostering an Enabling Environment for Solar to ...
  Meredith Connolly, Energy Law and Policy Fellow, San Francisco Clean energy received a big boost last week in India when the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) announced an ambitious new target for the next Five Year Plan. India plans ...
• Waste violations in LA hurt workers and the en ...
  Adrian Martinez, Staff Attorney, Environmental Justice, Santa Monica, California Last week, more than 30 citations were issued by the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal/OSHA) to a waste recycling company called American Re ...
• Detroit's prospects may be better than we think
  Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC   As almost everyone knows, Detroit is a city with some serious problems.  But, as I have written before, it's more complicated than some pundits allow:  while it ...
• Local Victories to End Plastic Pollution and P ...
  Leila Monroe, Staff Attorney, Oceans Program, San Francisco The world’s environmental problems can seem overwhelming, but I often find hope and inspiration in local victories.  Local victories, when aggregated, can lead to major global ch ...
• Adding Faces and Voices to the Fight to Cut Ca ...
  Adrianna Quintero, Senior Attorney, Director, La Onda Verde de NRDC, San Francisco Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held hearings in Washington, D.C. and Chicago about their proposed new standard to limit carbon polluti ...

Lawyers,Guns,& Money

• This Day in Labor History: May 30, 1937
  On this date in 1937, Chicago police opened fire on strikers in front of the Republic Steel mill, killing 10 workers. Part of the “Little Steel” strike, where smaller steel corporations refused to follow U.S. Steel into signing contracts with the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (l ...
• Neither a borrower nor a lender be
  University of Tennessee law professor Glenn Reynolds has a piece in the New York Post about the student debt crisis, in law school and more generally. It’s obviously a good thing that this issue is beginning to get some real traction in the media, and we can hope will translate into among ...
• The Scandal Is When Parasites Don’t Make ...
  I think Spitzer and Nocera have this one right. The coverage of the Facebook IPO demonstrates the extent to which the media has internalized the interests of speculators (including those who also hold executive positions in companies issuing IPOs.) If there’s a huge “bump” in a ...
• “He Wasn’t Rabid!”
  If this doesn’t find its way into the Top Gun 2 script, I’m gonna cry: Former Rep. Randy (Duke) Cunningham, R-Calif., who in 2005 pleaded guilty to accepting more and larger bribes than any other member of Congress in history, has appealed to the judge who sentenced him to help him r ...
• Doc Watson, RIP
  The great, wonderful, amazing Doc Watson has passed at the age of 89. Doc’s story is well-known to fans of Appalachian music. Blind from infancy, Doc learned to play a guitar as a child. He made no money at it despite his skill and was selling pencils when Ralph Rinzler came to western Nor ...

Desert Research Institute

• DRI scientists conduct climate change research ...
  Dr. Eric Wilcox and graduate student Nic Beres research pollution’s effects on clouds in the island nation most threatened by climate change.
• Governor praises DRI’s METRIC program
  Speaking at an important state-wide water summit in March, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval lauded DRI’s METRIC program calling its Landsat satellite technology an important tool in monitoring water usage.
• Governor praises DRI’s METRIC program
  Speaking at an important state-wide water summit in March, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval lauded DRI’s METRIC program calling its Landsat satellite technology an important tool in monitoring water usage.
• DRI's Net Zero Building Honored by USGBC and ...
  The Desert Research Institute’s Net Zero Building was honored by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) and Senator Harry Reid at the USGBC Northern Nevada Chapter luncheon for its goals and plans to create an independently sustainable structure.
• DRI's Net Zero Building Honored by USGBC and ...
  The Desert Research Institute’s Net Zero Building was honored by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) and Senator Harry Reid at the USGBC Northern Nevada Chapter luncheon for its goals and plans to create an independently sustainable structure.

Earth Techling

• Futuristic Audi E-Bike Is Here Now (And It’s Hot)
• Plug-In Solar Requires Only An Outdoor Outlet
• Energizer Solar Lights Review: Greening The Bunny
• Wind Power And Bald Eagles Tangle Again
• Solar Dragonflies Light Up Nighttime Gardens

National Law Journal | U.S.

• Justice Stevens receives Medal of Freedom
  President Barack Obama awarded a Medal of Freedom to retired Justice John Paul Stevens at a White House ceremony Tuesday. Stevens was one of three Medal of Freedom recipients of special interest to the legal community, among the 13 individuals honored.
• Guilty plea in bribery case a rare ray of suns ...
  A third defendant has pleaded guilty in a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case in California, handing federal prosecutors a rare victory following a string of defeats in similar bribery investigations.
• Pierce Atwood lands former Maine governor
  Former Maine governor John Baldacci has joined Pierce Atwood as a senior adviser in the law firm's economic and government relations group.
• Judge notifies Robbins Geller partners of sanc ...
  A federal judge has notified two partners in the prominent plaintiffs firm that he intends to sanction them for claiming unreasonable expenses related to a securities class action.
• Intellectual Property Hot List
  Our first intellectual property hot list features 20 law firms that excel in providing patent, copyright and trademark legal services.

How Shall We Do The Mountain ?

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

News Blaze

• First Self-Immolation in Lhasa Reported
  Two young Tibetan men set fire to themselves outside one of Tibet's holiest shrines, the Jokhang Temple, in the first self-immolation in Lhasa.
• EU Funds 'Population Genetics' Technologies in ...
  Goals are to understand which patients are suited for reduced toxicity treatments and also to provide a genetically stratified basis for randomised controlled studies of potential new treatment agents.
• PA TV Promotes Violence Against Israel
  Despite the violent content of their songs, the Alashekeen band was honored by PA Chairman Abbas in 2010 and declared a Palestinian national band.
• Annan Arrives in Syria for Talks With Senior L ...
  The visit by Kofi Annan to Damascus reportedly comes on the heels of the killings of over 100 civilians, including over 30 children under the age of 10, in the village of Houla two days ago.
• Are Rights Bodies Turning a Deaf Ear Against B ...
  The Interior Minister was compelled to react following a speech made at a Geneva forum by the President of the Human Rights Council on the alleged threats facing NGO representatives in Bahrain.

environment 360

• Groundwater Depletion Threatens Future U.S. Fo ...
  The rapid depletion of groundwater resources in key U.S. agricultural regions could portend future vulnerabilities in growing the nation’s food, according to a new study. In an assessment of water supplies in California’s Central Valley and the High Plains of the central U.S., researchers at the ...
• Natural Gas Boom May Halt Renewable Energy Gro ...
  A surge in natural gas supplies worldwide could halt any meaningful growth in the renewable energy sector over the next two decades if governments don’t take action, the International Energy Agency (IEA) warns. New technologies to extract natural gas, primarily from shale formations using a tech ...
• Los Angeles Becomes the Largest U.S. City to B ...
  Los Angeles has become the largest U.S. city to impose a ban on plastic bags at supermarkets and other stores, a significant victory for environmental advocates seeking to keep plastic waste out of the region’s landfills and waterways. In a vote Wednesday, the City Council approved plans to phas ...
• Global Carbon Emissions Reached Record Levels ...
  Global carbon dioxide emissions reached record levels in 2011, driven largely by a 9.3-percent increase in Chinese emissions, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA). According to preliminary estimates, worldwide carbon emissions climbed to 31.6 gigatonnes in 2011, a 3 ...
• The Pollution Fallout From Zimbabwe’s Blood Di ...
  The regime of President Robert Mugabe has been accused of profiting from the Marange diamond fields in eastern Zimbabwe, garnering illicit funds that could be used to bolster his oppressive security forces. Now critics are alleging the government is failing to stop mining-waste pollution that i ...

Red Ice Creations

• The Science Delusion
  Steve Marshall talks to Rupert Sheldrake about dogma and delusion in contemporary science. Sheldrake questions many of science’s basic ‘truths’, which are revealed, with splendid irony, to be either assumptions or, heaven forbid, beliefs. That the Universe began with a Big Bang has been orthodox ...
• Sugar makes you stupid: Study shows high-fruct ...
  A new UCLA rat study is the first to show how a diet steadily high in fructose slows the brain, hampering memory and learning. "Our findings illustrate that what you eat affects how you think." While earlier research has revealed how fructose harms the body through its role in diabetes, obesity ...
• Wild Oregano - King of Herbs
  When it comes to medicinal herbs wild oregano is king. Oregano has been used for its medicinal values for thousands of years. The name oregano is derived from the Greek word meaning "joy of the mountains." Oregano is a member of the mint family. Wild oregano is not the same as the one found in t ...
• Bayer CropScience and Bee Deaths
  The Big Picture For several years now there has been a dramatic loss of bees in Europe and North America. As many as 50% to 90% of the bee populations have simply vanished. This is a big deal. Bees are a keystone species – they are vital to the food chain on our planet. An international study of ...
• Iran terror group moved off US blacklist ’over ...
  "An Iranian group considered as terrorist by the US for 15 years is moving off the black list. Government officials are advocating to clear the name of Mujahedin-e Khalq or MEK, even releasing a number of PR adverts. This could further strain relations between Washington and Tehran. Jamal Abdi, ...

Russia Today

• Ukrainian hospitals gear up for Euro 2012 foot ...
  Ukraine is preparing to allocate a number of hospitals for treating foreign football fans and Euro 2012 guests only. In some medical centers, patients are reportedly being urged to “recover” fast, in order to make space... Read Full Article at RT.com
• Judges play language game to extradite Assange
  The decision to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has caused outcry, with critics saying it is based on dubious legal credentials. In the ruling EU law overrides UK jurisdiction, the final judgment dictated by... Read Full Article at RT.com
• 'Axis of Unholy Lands broken, but Israel still ...
  Israel has many enemies and it needs to defend itself, Dan Meridor, deputy prime minister of Israel, told RT. He believes the Iran-Syria-Hezbollah axis is now broken and Tehran will be compelled to give up its nuclear... Read Full Article at RT.com
• Pentagon: US should enhance Asia-Pacific milit ...
  US defense secretary Leon Panetta said America needs to increase its military role in the Asian Pacific, restating Washington's concern over the reality of China’s rapidly developing military influence. Read Full Article at RT.com
• Julian Assange verdict: LIVE UPDATES
  Read Full Article at RT.com

Not My Tribe

• Continued doublespeak about US war against Syr ...
  ______ Just days after announcing that it was going to openly arm ‘Syrian rebels’ already armed by the US and its Middle Eastern allies, the Obama White House now claims that it is supposedly against fighting a war against Syria, even though it is already doing so more and more overt ...
• The sick origens of Anders Behring Breivik&#82 ...
  ‘After being teased for having an “Arab” nose, he had surgery on it — at the age of 20 — conceding that it was too big, one of the witnesses said. In 1,500-page rambling manifesto, which Breivik posted on the Internet before the massacre, he said the surgery was carried out aft ...
• Art Institute of Chicago mocks antiwar protest ...
  CHICAGO- Leaving the Hoi polloi to wonder: How will we stop NATO?
• For suppression of NATO protest voice, Obama c ...
  OCCUPIED CHICAGO- President Obama got last weekend’s protest message loud and clear, he’s lost that voter to antiwar favorite Vermin Supreme. A week after the NATO Summit, his Democratic Party headquarters in the Prudential Building leaves the office lights on for the law enforcement ...
• ‘Meow’, the drug that can turn you ...
  ____________ By now, most of us have heard about the gross out killing of a naked ‘cannibal’ eating the face off another man in Miami by the cop who came upon the scene. Details now coming out point to the fact that the ‘cannibal’ was high on a drug called ‘Meow&#82 ...

Debunking the Debunkers

• National Geographic Catapults George W. Bush's ...
  National Geographic reaired their 9/11 interview with George W. Bush this morning. Bush: "See in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda." - May 24, 2005 This reminded us of another famous quo ...
• AE911Truth Podcast Episode 1
  Published on May 17, 2012 by AE911TruthPodcast Hosted by Bernie Suarez and Andrew Steele. In this inaugural episode Bernie and Andy talk about the film "9/11 Explosive Evidence, Experts Speak Out!" and the upcoming Final Edition 30-City World Premiere tour, (Look for the closest screening near ...
• Coast To Coast AM - 2011-09-11 - Unraveling 9/ ...
  Published on May 25, 2012 by PIGAMOUS Unraveling 9/11 Date: 09-11-11 Host: John B. Wells Guests: Russ Baker, Craig Hulet Guest host John B. Wells (email) was joined by award-winning investigative reporter Russ Baker for a discussion on why so many unanswered questions linger about wh ...
• 9/11: Explosive Evidence - Experts Speak Out - ...
  This is the trailer for the much-anticipated Final Edition of the expert-packed 90-minute documentary by Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth. The powerful documentary takes its cross-country World Premiere Tour of 30 cities with AE911Truth founder and the film's director, Richard Gage, AIA ...
• Scientism - Why Pseudoskeptics Treat Science A ...
  The following article is new at DebunkingSkeptics.com; a site that stands in solidarity with the 9/11 truth movement, as well they should and visa versa. We are fighting the same people on different fronts and sometimes on both. The larger encompassing battle here is true skepticism vs pseudo-s ...

Fooducate

• Cold Brew Your Tea
  New here?  Get Fooducated with our iPhone or Android App!  Or try Fooducate on the Web! With summer just around the corner, proper daily hydration is becoming more important. We are big fans of chilled tap water, as readers of this blog already know. For people who want to add flavor to their H ...
• What Are Naked Calories?
  New here?  Get Fooducated with our iPhone or Android App!  Or try Fooducate on the Web! This is a guest blog post by Elisa Zied, MS, RD, CDN I was recently sent a copy of a new book, Naked Calories: How Micronutrients Can Maximize Weight Loss, Prevent Disease and Enhance Your Life. Here is my in ...
• How Memorial Day Became BBQ Day
   New here?  Get Fooducated with our iPhone or Android App!  Or try Fooducate on the Web! Hope you’re having a good weekend folks. Many people don’t think about Memorial Day Weekend as, well, a memorial day to honor fallen soldiers. Rather, it has come to signify the first long summer ...
• Good Product … Bad Nutrition Labeling
   New here?  Get Fooducated with our iPhone or Android App!  Or try Fooducate on the Web!  This is a guest blog post by Carol Harvey, director of nutrition labeling at Palate Works. Ever wonder how FDA or a labeling consultant evaluates a food product’s labeling? Here is a fairly typical (abridge ...
• Kraft Nutritionist Responds to Our Belvita Rev ...
  New here?  Get Fooducated with our iPhone or Android App!  Or try Fooducate on the Web! A few days ago we posted a review of Kraft’s new line of breakfast cookies, Belvita. Our bottom line was that as far as cookies go, it was OK. However, for breakfast, there are better options. We are co ...

Traffikd

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

Survival International

• Tribes urge UK to sign law to ‘guarantee’ thei ...
  Kenya's Samburu tribe has urged the UK to ratify ILO 169. © Survival Tribes from four continents have urged Britain to ratify a law that will ‘guarantee’ their survival. It is the first time a group of tribal representatives have made such a direct appeal, reflecting the urgent need f ...
• Film footage released to mark 20-year annivers ...
  Yanomami woman. The Yanomami territory has allowed uncontacted Indians to survive. © Fiona Watson/Survival Yanomami Indians in Brazil have released aerial film footage of an uncontacted Indian community, to mark the 20th anniversary of the creation of the ‘Yanomami Park’. This Yanomami are ...
• Humiliation as Indian Minister scraps lecture ...
  Naveen Patnaik's state of Odisha is renowned for brutally crushing indigenous protests © Survival The controversial Chief Minister of an Indian state has pulled out of a public lecture after learning that human rights organizations would attend. Naveen Patnaik’s 12-years as Chief Mini ...
• Paper forced to apologize to Penan after false ...
  A Penan family. The tribe have been the subject of several defamatory stories in Malaysia's press. © Andy Rain/Nick Rain/Survival A Malaysian paper has been forced to apologize after publishing a highly controversial report, which accused the Penan tribe of practising incest. It is th ...
• Exposed: World’s ‘most threatened tribe’ outnu ...
  Little Butterfly and her people, the Awá, are earth's 'most threatened tribe'. © Survival The extent of the peril facing the world’s ‘most threatened tribe’ was revealed today, as Brazilian authorities admitted that the Awá tribe are now outnumbered 10:1 inside just one of th ...

Greg Palast

• Killings, cancer, corruption and Azerbaijan: E ...
  by Greg Palast  Saturday, 26. May, 2012 Greg Palast investigated BP in Azerbaijan and worldwide for Channel 4 Dispatches. Will “Beyond Petroleum” oil giant BP pick the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest today in Baku, Azerbaijan? If so, I wouldn’t be surprised. When I was arrested by the ...
• Vote like an Egyptian?
    by Mark Bebawi   It’s rare for us to have guest articles, but Pacifica Radio host of The Monitor, Mark Bebawi, has insight into an issue where to be dumb is to be deadly.  Mark, born and raised in Cairo, wrote his master’s dissertation at Oxford on the Egyptian ...
• Kennedy, The New York Post and the truth
  What a terrible task to take on at such a dark moment when I would prefer to keep my thoughts private, but someone must speak. I am, and I hope you are, sickened to see Rupert Murdoch's New York Post savage our colleague Robert F. Kennedy Jr. while he and his children are in great distress. I wi ...
• Condolences
  Our deepest sympathy goes out to the family of our friend and colleague, Bobby Kennedy, and his children, on the tragic death of his wife and their mother, Mary. Our thoughts tonight are with your family. - Greg, Leni & Zach 
• Greg Palast at Chicago GreenFestival Tomorrow
  Greg Palast at Chicago GreenFestival this Sunday - Invitation Greg wants to thank you for your support with a special gift. He will be the featured speaker this Sunday and would love to meet you in person and say hi. We have arranged for 20 free guest spots for our supporters. If you would like ...

How Can I Recycle This ?

• How can I reuse or recycle toilet seats?
  Apologies for the break in blogging – I’ve been super busy with other things over the last month. And in my absence, Recycle This had its sixth birthday! Happy Birthday website! :D Anyway, moving on: we’ve had an email from Stephanie about toilet seats: I just came into about 2 ...
• How can I reuse or recycle empty bottled gas/p ...
  Lyndon has emailed to ask about reusing – or recycling – propane gas canisters (the ones for heating, barbecues or patio heaters etc): Trying to tidy up the yard at work, what can I do with some old gas bottles? If there is a company name on the bottles (like Calor Gas, Flo Gas or [...]
• How can I reuse or recycle large (catering siz ...
  Sam has emailed asking about large food cans: I have a number of large metal food cans, some zinc lined, which are called #10 size. They hold about 5 or 6 lbs (just under 3kg) of beans, or other foods. Now that they’re empty, they are open on one end, with no plastic lid to [...]
• She recycled that! Upcycling novelty hats into ...
  Last September, Karen emailed us about the vast collection of novelty jester hats that her boyfriend had collected at various carnivals and festivals over the years. She wanted to know how she could reuse or recycle them as she hadn’t had much success giving them away. Lots of people made ...
• How can I reuse or recycle wallpaper samples?
  Following on from the paint tester pots the other week, I’ve got some wallpaper samples that have served their purpose too. I really can’t wait for our renovations to be over! Like the paint, the samples were to check out ideas/colours/designs in-situ. Some of them were torn from rol ...

Age of Autism

• Autism One and a Young Man Going the Distance
  By Teresa Conrick Autism One is always a superb menu of speakers and presentations and this year was no exception. Listening to Dr. Luc Montagnier, co-discoverer of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and the 2008 Nobel laureate for Medicine, was...
• TODAY: IOM Assessment of Studies of Health Out ...
  The third meeting of the Committee on the Assessment of Studies of Health Outcomes Related to the Childhood Immunization Schedule will be held on May 29, 2012 in Washington, DC at The Pew Charitable Trusts. If you would like to...
• Doctors Still Don't Know How to Diagnose Autism
  By Anne Dachel Doctors still don’t know how to diagnose autism--- The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have a very difficult role to play when it comes to what they do about the...
• Boston Teacher Placed on (Paid) Leave Followin ...
  We need a Memorial Day for American boys, girls, men and women with autism. This abuse and disregard and anger toward our loved ones simply must stop. And thank you to the military men and women who are raising children...
• Texas Vaccine Requirements Affect Community Co ...
  Administrators at the Austin Community College (ACC) admit that some 10,000 students have refused to enroll at ACC because of their vaccination requirements. Meanwhile, a Washington State rock band named The Refusers is storming Youtube with their latest hit "First...

Global BDS Movement

• G4S loses its contract with the European Parli ...
  Campaigners had raised concerns about the role the company plays in equipping Israeli prisons in which Palestinian political prisoners are held in violation of international law
• Palestinian civil society and human rights org ...
  Marking Palestinian Prisoners Day, Palestinian organisations call for action against G4S, supplier to Israeli prisons at which political prisoners are detained
• BDS roundup: Los Angeles activists urge city t ...
  In this week’s BDS roundup from the Electronic Intifada, LA activists, international campaign urges Yves Béhar, university students in Pennsylvania protest, boycott activists, and more
• Why Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions Should ...
  The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement has been a significant instrument in the campaign to tear down Israel's democratic facade
• Scottish govt. helps Israeli company deal with BDS
  Documents obtained by the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign show how a subsidiary of an Israeli company operating in Britain turned successfully for help from the Scottish Government

Farm Wars

• Taking it to the Streets – Ban GMOs NOW!
  While we run in circles trying to get someone in Congress to listen, we could be going straight to the source and giving people the information they need to understand that GMOs are unhealthy, have been put in our food without our consent or knowledge, and the only way to stop the GMO takeover i ...
• Undercover GMOs Slip through Labeling Crack
  GMOs go Stealth in the Face of Mounting Support for Honest Labeling Barbara H. Peterson Farm Wars In the fight for the safety of our food supply, many are jumping on the bandwagon to get honest labeling for foods that were produced via genetic modification (GMOs). Is this even possible? The Euro ...
• Fukushima Radiation Release is Worse than You ...
  People have been misinformed about the tragedy at Fukushima and its consequences. There is a continuing cover up, the reactors have not been stabilized, and radiation continues to be released. The Japanese College of Intravenous Therapy (JCIT) has recently released a video for people wishing to ...
• Why is GMO Hepatitis B Vaccine Given to Newbor ...
  And just what will these people say when this universal infant immunization program is proven to NOT lower the overall incidence of Hep B infection after our children have been compromised with a dangerous genetically engineered vaccine that starts our lives out under the thumb of Big Pharma and ...
• Immunization Graphs – The Real Story on Vaccin ...
  Actual statistics prove that vaccines HAVE NOT prevented disease.

Open Your Eyes News

• Eurozone crisis: Spanish fears send euro near ...
  Guardian – The euro sank to a near two-year low against the dollar on Tuesday amid worries about the solvency of Spanish banks, and as the governor of the country’s central bank quit. The single currency fell below $1.25 after rating agency Egan-Jones cut the country’s credit r ...
• Greece to Leave Euro Zone on June 18: Wealth M ...
  CNBC – Greece will leave the euro zone on June 18 if the populist government wins the country’s elections on the 17 as the rest of the euro zone rounds on “cheaters,” Nick Dewhirst, director at wealth management firm Integral Asset Management, told CNBC.com Monday. “The euro zo ...
• Greece Pours $22.6 Billion Into Four Biggest Banks
  CNBC – Greece handed 18 billion euros ($22.6 billion) to its four biggest banks on Monday, an official said, allowing the stricken lenders to regain access to European Central Bank funding. The long-awaited injection — via bonds from the European Financial Stability Facility rescue fund — ...
• Hedge funds find ways to trade euro misery
  Reuters – Two decades ago, George Soros rose to fame and fortune on his now-historic trade in which he took on the Bank of England and shrewdly wagered on a devaluation of the British pound. But it’s unlikely the current European monetary crisis and worries about Greece’s poten ...
• Apple’s Foxconn To Double Wages Again
  Forbes – That’s the story coming out of Taiwan that Foxconn, the major supplier to Apple, is going to double the workers’ wages again. No doubt any number of campaigners will claim victory here but it’s almost certainly nothing at all to do with demands that Apple be “ethical” and everythi ...

L.A. Times - Greenspace

• FARM campaign pays viewers $1 to watch graphic ...
  Acknowledging the existence of animal cruelty is unpleasant, and getting people to actually watch footage of it is understandably difficult. The folks at Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM) found one way: Pay them.
• Sea Shepherd's Watson arrested, faces extradit ...
  Sea Shepherd Conservation Society founder Paul Watson, who was arrested in Frankfurt, Germany, on May 13, has been freed on bail and awaits possible extradition to Costa Rica. He and Sea Shepherd's director of investigations, Scott West, met with Costa Rican Foreign Minister Enrique Castillo on ...
• Federal judge blocks National Defense Authoriz ...
  In a stunning turnaround for an act of Congress, a judge ruled Wednesday that a counterterrorism provision of the National Defense Authorization Act, an annual defense appropriations bill, is unconstitutional. Federal district Judge Katherine B. Forrest issued an injunction against use of the ...
• Clean Mobility Center, focusing on alternative ...
  Jamie Caissie says he's picky about the gas he puts in his GMC Sierra truck. For years, the 35-year-old flooring contractor only filled up at 76 brand stations, but on a recent Monday, he decided to try something new: the Propel Clean Mobility Center in Fullerton, which sells E85 flex fuel and b ...
• An electrifying freight solution on the 710? S ...
  Los Angeles may be one of the first global cities to adopt a new electric freight trucking system, unveiled by electrical engineering giant Siemens Corp. last week at the 26th Electric Vehicle Symposium, or EVS26.

water.org

• Toilets Bring Change to Uganda
  Prior to the introduction of pour flush toilets to Ndeeba Parish, Uganda, residents were using plastic bags as toilets and disposing of them in the drainage channels. This was causing environmental and health hazards for the people living in this slum. New technology changed all that.
• Conference Call: June
  Join our live conference call on June 5, 2012 to learn about current programs in Haiti.
• WaterCredit in Kenya: Beth's Story
  Mrs. Beth Muguru lives near Koimbi town, approximately 25 kilometers north of Muranga town where she engages in small scale farming. She took the steps necessary through her self help group to take out a WaterCredit loan to benefit her business and shared the benefits she's seen after the instal ...
• Learning to Conserve Water
  People in Kashiram Nagar, India struggle for water every day. However, they were not thinking about conserving the water they did have. They were unintentionally wasting water in their daily lives by not utilizing it well. Then on World Water Day 2012, a program through Water.org's partner, ESAF ...
• One Mother's Story: Kasan Bai
  Every member of Kasan Bai's family benefited the moment they received the small sanitation loan that enabled them to construct a toilet.

Before It's News

• Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner: American ...
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Energy Probe - Nuclear Power,Utility Reform

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

Margaret's News

• Reinstate Teacher Who Supported Trayvon Martin ...
  arget: Superintendent Jacqueline Cassell Goal: To reinstate Brooke Harris, an eighth grade teacher who was fired after supporting a fundraiser benefitting Trayvon Martins family. The Trayvon Martin case has already caused a storm of controversy, Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World &n ...
• "Ive Been Duped" - Reflections on Israel and P ...
  Do you know the frustration you feel when you believed in something strongly and then you realize that the information that made you believe was from a source with an agenda to deceive? Submitted by Ken D. to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
• What people will do for beauty: 8 Grossest Spa ...
  uh..the title says it all :) Submitted by Vicky Pitchford to Offbeat  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
• White House sees more pain for Iran as it clea ...
  Aggressive war is illegal, immoral against nations that are no threat, is nonbelligerent & it is insane! Call your Reps. Tell your friends, rouse up the good folk in your church,mosque and synagouge. We must stop this exported violence or we are screwed. Submitted by michael hall to World &nbs ...
• Iran Bashing, Terrorism, and Who Chose the Cho ...
  Dedicated to the long-suffering Palestinians and Iranians who have been sidelined by the United Nations in favour of the Nuclear Apartheid State of Zionist Israel in the most blatant exercise in International Double Standards that our world has ever known Submitted by Ken D. to World  |&nb ...

Solar Energy / Energy Boom

• The Future is Bright: Two Giant Solar Farms Ma ...
  Two of the United States' largest solar projects, the Arlington Valley Solar Energy II farm and Topaz Solar Farm, have achieved significant milestones in recent days. read more
• The Future is Bright: Two Giant Solar Farms Ma ...
  Two of the United States' largest solar projects, the Arlington Valley Solar Energy II farm and Topaz Solar Farm, have achieved significant milestones in recent days. read more
• The Future is Bright: Two Giant Solar Farms Ma ...
  Two of the United States' largest solar projects, the Arlington Valley Solar Energy II farm and Topaz Solar Farm, have achieved significant milestones in recent days. read more
• Saudi Arabia's $109 Billion Plan Will Make It ...
  Saudi Arabia, the world's oil king, is looking to become the king of another resource:  solar power. read more
• Saudi Arabia's $109 Billion Plan Will Make It ...
  Saudi Arabia, the world's oil king, is looking to become the king of another resource:  solar power. read more

News Blaze

• First Self-Immolation in Lhasa Reported
  Two young Tibetan men set fire to themselves outside one of Tibet's holiest shrines, the Jokhang Temple, in the first self-immolation in Lhasa.
• EU Funds 'Population Genetics' Technologies in ...
  Goals are to understand which patients are suited for reduced toxicity treatments and also to provide a genetically stratified basis for randomised controlled studies of potential new treatment agents.
• PA TV Promotes Violence Against Israel
  Despite the violent content of their songs, the Alashekeen band was honored by PA Chairman Abbas in 2010 and declared a Palestinian national band.
• Annan Arrives in Syria for Talks With Senior L ...
  The visit by Kofi Annan to Damascus reportedly comes on the heels of the killings of over 100 civilians, including over 30 children under the age of 10, in the village of Houla two days ago.
• Are Rights Bodies Turning a Deaf Ear Against B ...
  The Interior Minister was compelled to react following a speech made at a Geneva forum by the President of the Human Rights Council on the alleged threats facing NGO representatives in Bahrain.

Worldnews

• S.African president withdraws case
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Jacob Zuma has withdrawn his legal case against a gallery that displayed a portrait depicting his genitals. The agreement, in which the Goodman Gallery said it "regrets the pain that the display of the painting has caused," was announced Wednesday ...
• Spring blooming shrubs, vines need prunin ...
  The show is over: Spring-blooming shrubs and vines have strutted their stuff. With blossoms past, they are melding into other landscape greenery. Don't turn your back on these plants, though, because pruning may be needed now to encourage repeat performances next year and in years to come. M ...
• 3 Eco-Friendly Weed Killers While We Wait ...
  Recently, Christine Lepisto blogged about the weed-killing lasers being developed by researchers in Germany, but while we wait for them: here are three ways you can kill weeds in your garden without reaching for toxic herbicides.1. Boiling Water I learned about the boiling water trick to kil ...
• Award-Winning Lamp Eliminates Need for Di ...
  /CC BY 2.0. The need for direct sunlight is a thing of the past. There are lamps that use LEDs, and there are mirrors that can amplify the effect of direct sunlight coming in through a window. Then there's "Daylight," the lamp that won the Red Dot Design award. It features LEDs, but those ar ...
• CPI-M questions Mamata's felicitation of ...
  Tweet Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) The CPI-M Wednesday asked why the West Bengal government gave a rousing reception to a private corporate team Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) after it won the IPL. The party also criticised the alleged financial discrepancies that has marred the Indian Premier League ...

Alex in Wonderland

• Report: Active-Duty Army PSYOPS Soldiers Embed ...
  To better manufacture consent, U.S. Army soldiers are embedded as intern and fellows at local TV affiliates, along with previously reported newspapers and national outlets.
• Military Welfare Budget Won’t Thin Any T ...
  Ivan Eland sat with RT to discuss the astronomical political clout held by the welfare queens of the military-industrial complex that will thwart any translation of the Pentagon's rhetoric into actual policy
• Afghan Elections Rigged on Video? (Video)
  Yes, people videotaped it and Al Jazeera broke the story.
• Fuckin’ Oil, Where Did It Went?
  With 90% of up to 4.4 million barrels of oil 'unaccounted for', it's now... still unaccounted for.
• U.S. Troops ‘Killing for Sport’ in Afghanistan ...
  Taped interrogations of four soldiers charged in theatrically slaying numerous Afghan civilians were obtained by CNN and ABC. CNN's report includes the soldiers' rampant drug abuse and a before unreported case of staging the murder of an Afghan civilian.

MY Daily Apple

• DRESSING CHANGE TRAY () Kit [Centurion Medical ...
  Updated Date: May 29, 2012 EST
• CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE KIT () Kit [Centurion ...
  Updated Date: May 29, 2012 EST
• Tide is Turning Against Female Genital Mutilat ...
  For centuries, female genital mutilation or cutting has been practiced throughout much of Africa. But dealing as it does with a very intimate subject, FGM/C was often spoken of, if at all, only in whispers. Today the movement against it is open, public and highly visible. And FGM/C seems to be o ...
• SENSAI CELLULAR PERFORMANCE POWDER FOUNDATION ...
  Updated Date: May 29, 2012 EST
• [News] Avoiding stem cells could spare salivar ...
  The location of stem cells important in parotid gland recovery after radiotherapy for head and neck cancer was described by Peter van Luijk (University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands) and colleagues at the 31st conference of the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (Barcelona, ...

Common Dreams

• Vicious Cycle: Development Aid Goes to Western ...
  Last year world leaders gathered at the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, South Korea to discuss the future of international aid. Amongst the negotiations and political wrangling there was one message that governments appeared to agree on: that the most effective and fairest ...
• Transition to Sustainable Agriculture Key to G ...
  For the millions of hungry and underfed people on the planet, food security is not an issue of insufficient production, but is an issue of inadequate access, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). read more
• Britian's High Court Denies Assange Extraditio ...
  The British Supreme Court today has rejected Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's appeal against extradition to Sweden. The decision paves the way for the Australian born Assange to be transferred to Sweden to face questioning stemming from accusations of sexual misconduct, though the Supreme ...
• Appeals Decision Paves Way for Shell's Arctic ...
  An appeals court ruling issued late Friday gives Shell the green light to pursue its Arctic drilling plans, despite years-long challenges by environmental and indigenous groups. read more
• ‘Green Economy’: New Disguise for Global Capit ...
  FLORENCE - Though the current global economic and financial crises are undoubtedly devastating much of the world, they present the perfect opportunity for remodeling our economic system, according to participants at the ninth annual Terra Futura (Future Earth) exhibition of ‘good practices ...

The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

• James Moore
• Neill Blomkamp
• Sarah Polley
• Jay Baruchel
• David Suzuki

Examine Religion - Tweets

• ExamineReligion: Be a God-pleaser first http:/ ...
  ExamineReligion: Be a God-pleaser first http://t.co/QZ6Y39gf
• ExamineReligion: Wednesday May 30, 2012 - Libr ...
  ExamineReligion: Wednesday May 30, 2012 - Libra Moon at 6:46AM EDT opposes Uranus in Aries 7:57PM http://t.co/npxt1LKO
• ExamineReligion: Take Love - A Devotion http:/ ...
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• ExamineReligion: Astrology and astronomy - the ...
  ExamineReligion: Astrology and astronomy - the great divide http://t.co/b6F2UvKy
• ExamineReligion: Makin' Groceries Hoodoo-Style ...
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Energy Collective

• Developing Countries’ Climate Change Adaptatio ...
• The First Commercial Cellulosic Plant is NOT A ...
  House Ag Committee Holds Hearings on EnergyOn May 18, 2012 the House Committee on Agriculture held hearings on retaining Energy Title funding in the 2012 Farm Bill. Written testimonies and the video of the hearing are available at Formulation of the 2012 Farm Bill: Energy and Forestry Programs.
• Made in America: Common-Sense Energy Regulator ...
  We talked recently about increasing access to domestic oil and natural gas as key to a made-in-America energy plan. Here’s another essential piece: common-sense regulation. Without a reasonable regulatory structure that’s transparent and accessible, red tape could tie up America’s ample energy r ...
• AEMO gets the facts on explosive PV growth
  Now I’m really, really &@#$ excited.The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has published a new report (the Rooftop PV Information Paper 2012) predicting massive acceleration in the uptake of PV, contradicting the Federal Government’s own forecasts.
• Germany Reaches Solar Power Generation Record
  
  

Green House - USA Today

• Climate change affects each U.S. state, Web to ...
  How badly is climate change affecting your state? A new Web tool allows users to see how vulnerable their area has been to drought, flooding and heat extremes as well as the health problems that go along with them.
• What's in your child's car seat? Study finds t ...
  What's a parent to do? You buy a car seat to keep your child safe but then find out, as a new study reports, that 60% of these products contain dangerous chemicals. The good news: some seats were found to be almost toxic-free.
• U.S. cities require buildings to disclose ener ...
  Worried that the apartment you like could be an energy hog? Help is on the way as U.S. states and cities begin this year to require that commercial buildings measure and disclose their energy use.
• Study: Climate change imperils Himalayan glaciers
  Two of three Himalayan glaciers -- both in humid areas of eastern Nepal -- could disappear if present climate change patterns continue, a study predicts.
• Environmentalists cheer Obama's fuel economy hike
  President Obama's plan to double fuel efficiency standards for cars and light-duty trucks by 2025 received applause from environmentalists who had pressed for such action.

Prior Art

• With $4.5 Billion Bid, Group Led by Apple and ...
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• Hangover Cure: Warner Bros. Settles Copyright ...
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• This Week in IP: Apps, Tats, and Patent Reform ...
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• App Backwards: Lodsys, Texas Troll, Targeted i ...
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• Supreme Court Rules Against Microsoft in i4i Case
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Peoples Voice

• Lord Justice Damns Inquiry
  By Michael Collins (Washington, 2/30/2012) At the end of Monday's Leveson Inquiry with Tony Blair on the stand, Lord Justice Leveson sent the credibility of the effort's summary findings straight to Hell. After Blair's pressured presentation and an interruption by a protester who called B ...
• THE 21st Century Political Plantations - Reser ...
  Larry Pinkney "Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave." - Frederick Douglass The single most potent and effective form of slavery is mental. It is this slavery that suffocates the potential and the aspirations of everyday Black, White, Brown, Red and Yellow people in the United States. It ...
• U2, Bono? Celeb partners with Monsanto, G8, to ...
  By Rady Ananda Activist Post At the G8 Summit held two weeks ago at Camp David, President Obama met with private industry and African heads of state to launch the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, a euphemism for monocultured, genetically modified crops and toxic agrochemicals aime ...
• Anti-Syrian Propaganda Promotes War
  by Stephen Lendman A previous article discussed scoundrel media anti-Iranian propaganda. They also target Syria. They march in lockstep with imperial lawlessness. Readers and viewers deserve better than misinformation and betrayal. They need alternative sources to avoid it. Washingt ...
• Piling on Irresponsibly Against Syria
  by Stephen Lendman When Washington and Israel plan war, even sources that know better pile on. Haaretz is no exception. At times it reports responsibly. Other times it falls short. More on that below. Founded in 1918, Haaretz is Israel's oldest broadsheet. Britain Mandate government sponsored ...

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

• 50th Anniversary of Medicare Calender
  The Saskatchewan Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is proud to present our commemorative 2013 calendar that documents the struggle for universal medical coverage in Saskatchewan and Canada. With original archival images, trace the battle for medicare from the creation of S ...
• Income inequality, by the numbers
  This week, The Huffington Post features an infographic breaking down the details on the growth of income inequality in Canada between 1980 and 2009. Created by Ryerson University journalism student Jeff Fraser, the infographic draws on data from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. ...
• The Three Amigos: How Income Inequality in Mex ...
  An examination of income inequality in North America reveals that Mexico is the only part of the continent where the middle class has been gaining from growth, according to a new study by internationally respected economist Lars Osberg, Dalhousie University professor and CCPA Research Associate. ...
• New report lifts fog on government job cuts
  Due to the opaque reporting methods used by the federal government to detail its spending and employment projections, getting a clear picture of core public service job losses is unnecessarily complicated. However, CCPA Senior Economist David Macdonald has analyzed data from recently released 20 ...
• Envisioning the Future of Medicare: A Citizens ...
  On June 15th, the Saskatchewan Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is proud to present a unique Citizen's Conference on the Future of Medicare. "Envisioning the Future of Medicare" will both celebrate fifty years of universal medicare and look to the future of how we sustain an ...

World Wide Hippies

• Worldwide Hippies News Briefs Wednesday
  Britain’s Supreme Court backs extradition of Julian Assange to Sweden Updated 4:42 a.m. ET: LONDON — Britain’s Supreme Court on Wednesday backed the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden where he is accused of sex crimes — the latest chapter in the sag ...
• Homophobia Threatens to Turn Democracy Into a ...
  By Chris Hedges, Truthdig | Op-Ed – The sentencing of Dharun Ravi for the hateful abuse that may have driven his gay roommate at Rutgers, Tyler Clementi, to commit suicide, or Barack Obama’s public acceptance of gay marriage, prevents many of us from seeing that life for gays, lesbian ...
• Advertisers Think Women are Stupid
  By Diana May Waldman – WorldWide Hippies–I had a nightmare last night. I was walking down the street in my tight, white pants and this big red ball was chasing me. Not only was it chasing me, it wanted to land on my crotch. You know–white pants, big red splotch on my crotch. No ...
• Citizen Journalism and Independent Media are C ...
  Yes!  I support Citizen Journalism and Independent Media  ( Get T-shirt ) No!  I don’t support Citizen Journalism and Independent Media  ( Fox News )
• Do something! A critique of activism
  By Alasdair,WWHD - Reading Kate Harris’ post on the state of the student far-left in Scotland and England sparked a discussion about the problems of ‘student activism’ and led me to think a bit about a number of issues I’ve been mulling over recently around how we organis ...

FourWinds10

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

Crisis Maven

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

Capital Flow Analysis

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

R-Squared Energy Blog

• The First Commercial Cellulosic Plant is NOT A ...
  House Ag Committee Holds Hearings on Energy On May 18, 2012 the House Committee on Agriculture held hearings on retaining Energy Title funding in the 2012 Farm Bill. Written testimonies and the video of the hearing are available at Formulation of the 2012 Farm Bill: Energy and Forestry Programs. ...
• Electric Cars & Keystone Impact on Gas Prices ...
  In this week’s episode of R-Squared Energy TV, I answer the following questions: What are the chances that electric vehicles will be more than a boutique item, and will make up a noticeable portion of cars on the road by 2020? Do you agree with the recent report from the Natural Resources ...
• If We Only Had a Stable Energy Policy
  I often hear the comment — “If we only had an energy policy” — but what does that really mean? In this column I will provide three examples — originating with both Democrats and Republicans and impacting both renewable energy and fossil fuels — of how constant ...
• If We Only Had a Stable Energy Policy &nb ...
  I often hear the comment — “If we only had an energy policy” — but what does that really mean? In this column I will provide three examples — originating with both Democrats and Republicans and impacting both renewable energy and fossil fuels — of how constant ...
• The Most Important Problem in Renewable Energy ...
  In this week’s episode of R-Squared Energy TV, I answer a question about the artificial leaf being worked on by Daniel Nocera at MIT. I discuss the strengths and weaknesses of various storage schemes, and explain why I believe storage is the most important problem in renewable energy. In t ...

Discovery Educator Network

• SwitchZoo
  Tags: no_tagby: Susan Gaer
• Web 2.0 Research Tools - A Quick Guide
  Tags: research tools, web, Web 2.0by: Jackie Gerstein
• Resources - EdLab Living Archive
  Tags: resources, ipad, ipads, students, mobilelearning, educations, teachersby: Fred Delventhal
• The Flipped Classrom is not... - YouTube
  Tags: flipped, flipped Classroom, flippedclassroom, not, videoby: Dennis Grice
• Spongelab | A Global Science Community | Home page
  Tags: science, animations, interactive, education, resources, tools, Web2.0, students, elementary, middleschool, highschoolby: Fred Delventhal

Rodale News

• 3 Tasty Summer Drinks You've Never Tried
  Here's the fastest way to impress your friends: Whip up a drink with international flare that will show them how sophisticated you are, but will take you less than 20 minutes! We've found three incredibly simple summer drink recipes that trace their roots to Latin America and the Middle East, l ...
• The 20th Anniversary of the FDA's Biggest Mistake
  Americans spent the past weekend thanking Armed Forces veterans and those in active service for what they've given for our country. Now, for a darker period in American history: Today marks the day that, 20 years ago, the U.S. government announced its flawed policy on genetically modified foods ...
• Another Reason to Love LA: No More Plastic Bags
  If you're heading out to the City of Angels anytime soon, remember to pack your reusable bags. The city of Los Angeles just became the largest municipality in the country to ban disposable plastic shopping bags. According to the LA Times, the city council approved a ban by 13 to 1, forcing reta ...
• Avoid These 5 Summer Sun Mistakes
  Spring and summertime mean spending lots of quality time outdoors, getting healthy doses of vitamin D, lots of fresh air, and hopefully, plenty of exercise. Between the warm breezes, picnics, and vacations of summer, though, we sometimes forget to take reasonable sun-protection strategies into ...
• The Unbelievable Reason You're Gaining Weight
  A common chemical that most people never heard of could be a profound contributor to the obesity epidemic. Bisphenol A diglycidyl ether, otherwise known as BADGE, is found in canned food liners, as is bisphenol A, or BPA, another controversial chemical linked to heart attacks, infertility, and ...

big think

• Cosmologist Urges New, More Inclusive, Definit ...
  What's the Latest Development? As NASA works to build a machine that can detect extraterrestrial life in space, cosmologist Charley Lineweaver argues that our traditional definition of life is too strict and therefore ill-suited to allow for the diversity of what life may look like on ot ...
• Dark Matter, Alien Life Are Targets for World' ...
  What's the Latest Development? In something of a political compromise, a decision has been made to divide the world's largest science experiment, a network of radio telescopes called the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), between Australia and South Africa. Because of the array's size--it wil ...
• Will Life Extension Mean the End of Religion?
  I've been thinking in speculative directions lately, and nothing is more speculative than the question of whether we'll one day be able to extend the human lifespan. The notion of living longer is certainly pleasant to contemplate personally, but I'm not convinced it would be positive for humani ...
• Try It!: An Experiment about Happiness
  Here's a little philosophy/psychology experiment you can try for yourself. It just takes a few minutes, and the rest of this post will make much more sense if you do it before reading further. Go! How'd it go? Did you think the wholesome mom was happier than the party girl? ...
• The U.S. Navy Wants You to Join its Massive On ...
  The U.S. Navy's Massive Multiplayer Online Wargame Leveraging the Internet (MMOWGLI) is designed to "crowdsource ideas and strategies that may provide insight to some of the Navy's toughest problems." The current wargame is not concerned with tactics for caoturing Somali piraters or vanquishing ...

Information Liberation

• Cop Who Killed Unarmed Sunday School Teacher i ...
  The cop who shot and killed an unarmed Sunday school teacher while she was parked in a church parking lot has been indited for murder by a grand jury. The cop's original story that the woman had allegedly closed her window on his arm has apparent...
• The Juice that Defied an Empire
  What's great about POM Wonderful? Sure, this pomegranate juice tastes great. POM is one of the few drinks that seems to have the same scrunch-up-your-mouth effect that you get with a bold dry red wine. When I was a kid, it didn't exist. Like every...
• 17-Year-Old Girl Included On Obama's Secret 'K ...
  President Barack Obama*s unconstitutional secret *kill list* includes a 17-year-old girl along with several American citizens, according to a New York Times report. *Mr. Obama has placed himself at the helm of a top secret "nominations" process to...
• To avoid counting civilian deaths, Obama re-de ...
  Virtually every time the U.S. fires a missile from a drone and ends the lives of Muslims, American*media*outlets*dutifully*trumpet*in headlines*that*the*dead*were**militants*** even though those media outlets literally do not have the slightest idea ...
• TV Networks Say You're Breaking The Law When Y ...
  Television networks are having a busy month trying to stamp out new TV-watching technology, including telling a court that skipping a commercial while watching a recorded show is illegal. Yesterday, Fox, NBC, and CBS all sued Dish Network over its di...

Be Responsible - Be Free!

• A Democrat You Could Vote For
  Something else that popped up in the news today, which I thought you might at least get a laugh out of. Meet Jeff Barth, county commissioner for Minnehaha in South Dakota, who is running this year for Congress. A straight-forward … Continue reading →
• Reliving Mankind’s Finest Hour
  I’m leaving Libertarianism aside today, to show you what I regard as the greatest YouTube clip I’ve ever seen. Astronaut Neil Armstrong, commander of the Apollo 11 mission and the first man to walk on the moon, testified before a … Continue reading →
• Parliament On A Knife Edge Part V – I Di ...
  Or that one. Or that one. That should get the punters in. Plus, I feel like a bit of light relief (pun most definitely intended). The scandal surrounding the man LibertyGibbert first visited back here and here, Labor MHR for Dobell … Continue reading →
• Comparative Advantage – Worth It On Balance?
  I’m still hammering away on my next longer essay. Meantime, one recent article I noticed on the Mises Daily is something I’ve been meaning to ask you about. I haven’t read in full Murray N. Rothbard’s An Austrian Perspective on the … Continue reading →
• Deferring To Our Betters?
  I’m in the middle of writing a longer article on religion; but meantime, here’s an article from today’s Sydney Daily Telegraph that caught my eye, and which has serious implications for the administration of criminal justice in all countries whose … Continue reading →

Sciencebase - Breaking Science News

• Venus in transit
  According to good friend of this blog Stuart Clark, writing in The Guardian, the 1761 transit of Venus was a watershed moment in the history of astronomy. It was, he says, the first time astronomers would have the opportunity to measure accurately the size of the solar system. The distance betwe ...
• Bee pollen with a sting in the tail
  There are millions of supplements on the market, most are untested in any clinical setting and are beyond pharma regulations. They’re available over-the-counter, without a prescription and may be contaminated with toxins, heavy metals and other nasties, especially those bought from far-flu ...
• Homeopathy Plus? Minus!
  ‘”There is no argument against homeopathy which stands up to scientific scrutiny. They are simply slogans, distortions and downright lies” says the HMC21 organisation.’ Hmmm. Homeopathic activists are getting vexed and waving banners and signing petitions it seems… ...
• Forget Fukushima, it’s the smokes that’ll nuke you
  Tobacco firms have failed to act on radioactivity in cigarettes. According to cancer researchers: “Cigarettes deliver dangerously concentrated doses of radioactivity directly into the lungs. When smokers inhale, the radioactive particles damage lung tissue, creating ‘hot spots’ of damage. ...
• All the water on Earth
  We’ve all seen the graphic, now here comes a video to show all the water on Earth, the drop that is the freshwater and the droplet that is the available fresh water. And to think it could all be evaporated in an instant by a burst of energy from an exploding star or more tangibly [...]All ...

RFF Library

• Effect of Bark Beetle Infestation on Secondary ...
  Environmental Science and Technology (dx.doi.org/10.1021/es204205m) / by Hardik Amin, P. Tyson Atkins, Rachel S. Russo, Aaron W. Brown, Barkley Sive, A. Gannet Hallar,‡and Kara E. Huff Hartz http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/es204205m [From a Greenwire article by April Reese, sub. req'd] &#823 ...
• The UB Shale Play: Distorting the Facts about ...
  Public Accountability Initiative http://public-accountability.org/2012/05/ub-shale-play/ The University at Buffalo’s Shale Resources and Society Institute (SRSI) released a report last week that concluded that the practice of horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” is becoming less risky ...
• Worker Exposure to Crystalline Silica During H ...
  NIOSH Science Blog / by Eric Esswein, MSPH; Max Kiefer, MS; John Snawder, PhD; and Michael Breitenstein, BS http://blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/2012/05/silica-fracking/ [From Occupational Safety and Health]  Crystalline silica exposure among workers should be evaluated at all U.S. hydraulic ...
• Summer on the Road: Going Further on a Gallon ...
  Environment America / by John Cross http://bit.ly/JCJNpb [From Press Release]  …If the cars and trucks on the road today met the proposed 54.5 mpg standard, it would slash the country’s oil dependence by 16.6 billion gallons and cut our global warming pollution by more than 146 million met ...
• EPA’s Regulation of Coal-Fired Power: Is ...
  US Congressional Research Service http://opencrs.com/document/R41914/ Given the central role of electric power in the nation’s economy, and the importance of coal in power production, concerns have been raised recently about the cost and potential impact of regulations under development at the E ...

Scientific American - News

• White House Petitioned to Make Research Free t ...
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• Blowing Its Cover: Crystallized Volcanic Rocks ...
  Thirty-two years ago this month an explosive eruption reshaped Mount Saint Helens in a matter of seconds. An earthquake under the volcano in Washington State on May 18, 1980, triggered the largest landslide in recorded history as billions of cubic meters of mountainside tumbled away, initiatin ...
• Are Eyewitnesses in the Zimmerman Trial Reliable?
  Newly released court documents in the second-degree-murder case against neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman reveal that, in the month following his fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26, four key witnesses significantly changed their accounts of what they saw and heard that night ...
• Questions Surround Biosecurity Oversight of Mu ...
  From Nature magazine [More]
• How Can We Cope with the Dirty Water from Frac ...
  The nation's oil and gas wells produce at least nine billion liters of contaminated water per day, according to an Argonne National Laboratory report. And that is an underestimate of the amount of brine, fracking fluid and other contaminated water that flows back up a well along with the n ...

First Truths

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

Media Co-Op

• NSUPE Local 22 Strikes for Living Wage
  Union hits city hall while mayor ducks concert scandal. K'jipuktuk (Halifax) - Members of the Nova Scotia Union of Public and Private Employees (NSUPE) local 22 continued their second week on strike by picketing outside of city hal ...
• Les faits: 5 arrestations massives à Québec en ...
  Cinq manifestations sans la moindre violence ni le moindre vandalisme Ayant entendu de fausses affirmations dans les médias télévisés concernant les arrestations massives à Québec, voici le nombre exacte et les dates: ARRESTATIONS MASSIVES ...
• (1min40sec) Haudenosaunne people speak to Enbr ...
  The Toronto Media Co-op appreciates the contribution of the above video Haudenosaunne people speak to Enbridge pipeline hearing May 23 London from Mike Roy and The Indigna ...
• Six Nations confronts Samsung's energy project
  Confederacy call on supporters to help enforce cease and desist order Members of Six Nations have called upon supporters to join them on May 29th in blocking a multi- billion dollar renewable energy windmill project being planned by Sa ...
• From Occupy to Quebec – Deepening the Struggle ...
  If the Occupy movement did one thing in North America, it put class on the agenda. By making it easier to forge links between differing struggles, the language of the 99 percent has acted as a so ...

David Seaton's News Links

• Why vote for Obama? Let me count the whys – 4
  David Seaton's News Links Why vote for Obama? Why indeed. Cutting to the chase: it is important that, barring incompetence passing that of his twice-elected predecessor, which is certainly not his case, the first African-American president in the history of the United States should not be d ...
• Why vote for Obama? Let me count the whys – 3
  David Seaton's News Links Mr. Obama concluded in his first year that the Bush-era dream of remaking Afghanistan was a fantasy, and that the far greater threat to the United States was an unstable, nuclear-armed Pakistan. So he narrowed the goals in Afghanistan, and narrowed them again, until he ...
• Why vote for Obama? Let me count the whys – 2
  Obama must be doing something right David Seaton's News Links Look, American politics is like Woody Allen’s restaurant, you know the one with, “such bad food and such small portions”. The best you can realistically hope for as President of the United States is a kinder, gentler, mafia don. That ...
• Why vote for Obama? Let me count the whys - 1
  The Child is  Father to the Man"To this day it troubles me. What a senseless, stupid, idiotic thing to do." -- Thomas Buford, who witnessed a Romney-led attack on a gay teenager "It was vicious." -- Philip Maxwell, another witness "It was horrible. It's something I have thought about a l ...
• The Crisis: where are we headed?
  David Seaton's News LinksOnward and Upward I think almost all of us, progressive and otherwise, are conscious that we live in a strange and special era. "The best of times and the worst of times"... yada yada; not "evil" like the 1930s, but strange, dysfunctional, unstable, unpredictable and of ...

MoJo - Kevin Drum

• Chris Hayes Is Right About Heroes
  On his show on MSNBC this Sunday, Chris Hayes dedicated an hour to the subject of Memorial Day. During the show, Hayes admitted that labeling all fallen American soldiers as "heroes" made him uncomfortable. "It is very difficult to talk about the war dead and the fallen without invo ...
• Chris Hayes, Social Distance, and the Tyranny ...
  I don't have a whole lot to add to what's been said by Conor Friedersdorf, Peter Beinert, and Michael Tomasky about the Chris Hayes flap. My instinct is to say nothing in the hopes that it fades quickly, but since it's still being debated, I guess I might as well weigh in. I would guess that ...
• Mitt Romney Wants the Biggest Military Ever, R ...
  Mitt Romney wants a bigger government, so long as its the kind with more guns and fewer social programs. "We have two courses we can follow: One is to follow in the pathway of Europe, to shrink our military smaller and smaller to pay for our social needs," Romney told a San Diego crowd of som ...
• Are Negative Campaigns Good for Democracy?
  "POLITICS, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage." ~ Ambrose Bierce, from The Devil's Dictionary Ambrose Bierce's Devil's Dictionary may have been largely tongue-in-cheek, but he stumbled upon plenty of hard satir ...
• Why Obama Is in for a Very Tough Reelection Fight
  I will never understand why political campaigns think it's helpful to telegraph their plans in public, but here's the obligatory "inside the Obama campaign strategy" piece by John Heileman in New York magazine. To the extent it isn't spin, it's quite interesting, and since so much of it is unf ...

Insanity Report

• IC 324: Opportunistic “-isms”
  Topics: Kev moves to the “white” part of his neighborhood Kev gets blocked by Holly Robinson Peete MMA isn’t as violent as people think Twitter is a warzone with no Geneva Convention Putting yourself out there is risky Opportunistic Feminism Slander happens both ways Twitter is ...
• IC 323: Both Sides Do It
  Topics: Geordi Laforge first intergalactic simp Punching kids in the face Liberals going overboard with Cory Booker Liberals pretending that they don’t stretch the truth as well Johnny Depp Goes Native Too Busty for work Dressing appropriately Share with your friends:
• IC 322: When Keeping It Gay Goes Wrong
  Topics: Not Understanding the Avengers Possible cross studio movies The titty-less Lara Croft How you know you’re ready for kids 30 kids by 11 different women? Stop having kids with hoodrats and ain’t shit dudes Will Smith uses his pimp hand Dr. Cornell West still ain’t shit Sh ...
• IC 321: The Avengers Initiative
  Topics: 30 for 30 update Kev’s stories “Miss, is that your lightsaber?” Mass Effect Avengers might do $100 mill second weekend The Avengers Initiative We won’t agree to disagree Breastfeeding toddlers You’re weird and I don’t have to accept that Real marriage ...
• IC 320: Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
  Topics: Obama Supports Gay Marriage…duh Words Matter…But Actions Should Matter more It’s All Fun and Games Until You’re In the Group Judged Bryon Long Explains Why He’s Not Gay T.O on Dr. Phil The Secret Service prostitute scandal chick speaks out Share with your fr ...

Simple Climate

• Baking sands worsen leatherback turtle surviva ...
  Global warming will reduce the hatchling survival rate by at least half for the already endangered leatherback turtle, studying nests has told James Spotila from Drexel University and collagues.
• Climate will thwart some mammals’ quest ...
  Considering how far species disperse before their first mating and the time between generations, Carrie Schloss and colleagues from the University of Washington show that one tenth of mammals in North and South America may not be able to keep pace with conditions they're adapted to as the world ...
• Climate will thwart some mammals’ quest ...
  Considering how far species disperse before their first mating and the time between generations, Carrie Schloss and colleagues from the University of Washington show that one tenth of mammals in North and South America may not be able to keep pace with conditions they're adapted to as the world ...
• Economy-CO2 link reveals GDP weakness
  There are problems with our use of growth in the common economic measure GDP to assess progress, says the University of Michigan's Edward Ionides, after he and his colleagues found atmospheric CO2 levels and GDP are closely connected.
• Economy-CO2 link reveals GDP weakness
  There are problems with our use of growth in the common economic measure GDP to assess progress, says the University of Michigan's Edward Ionides, after he and his colleagues found atmospheric CO2 levels and GDP are closely connected.

e!Science News

• Powerful new approach to attack flu virus
  An international research team has manufactured a new protein that can combat deadly flu epidemics. read more
• Super-sensitive tests could detect diseases ea ...
  Scientists have developed an ultra-sensitive test that should enable them to detect signs of a disease in its earliest stages, in research published May 27in the journal Nature Materials. read more
• 10 million years to recover from mass extinction
  It took some 10 million years for Earth to recover from the greatest mass extinction of all time, latest research has revealed. read more
• Computer model pinpoints prime materials for e ...
  When power plants begin capturing their carbon emissions to reduce greenhouse gases -- and to most in the electric power industry, it's a question of when, not if -- it will be an expensive undertaking. read more
• It's in the genes: Research pinpoints how plan ...
  Scientists believe they've pinpointed the last crucial piece of the 80-year-old puzzle of how plants "know" when to flower. read more

unEarthed

• An Unhealthy Mountaineer
  Air pollution penetrates the heart of California's wild places A giant ponderosa pine. Photo: USFS. Over this past long weekend, spent backpacking in Cal ...
• Scofflaw Bison Occupy Private Grazing Lands Ne ...
  Authorities called in to detain 27 animals A bison, but not one of the 27 bison transported back to Yellowstone. A group of 27 bison occupying privately owned ...
• Friday Finds: Fracked Beer’s Killer Buzz
  Cruel pizza toppings, superweed takeover, Hollywood bags the bag (Cambridge Brewing Company) Breweries worry that extreme gas drilling will frack their beer ...
• A Victory—and Challenges Ahead—for the Green River
  Water pipeline permit denied, Endangered river spared for now The Green River has been listed as one of the "most endangered rivers" in the country. (NPS) It& ...
• An Ode to Journey (OR7): Don't Stop Believing
  California's only "official" gray wolf runs with the coyotes OR7, well camouflaged. (Richard Shinn / DFG) Oh, Journey, we know you are lonely. ...

Brave New Climate

• Is pro-nuclear the best option for our make-or ...
  Presented as part of World Environment Day 2012, Environment Institute members Professors Barry Brook and Corey Bradshaw (along with Ben Heard of DecarboniseSA.com and Geoff Russell [regular BNC commenter]) are taking part in an event on nuclear power and environmentalism, held by the Town of Wa ...
• The Power Makers’ Challenge – and the ne ...
  Guest Post by Martin Nicholson. Martin studied mathematics, engineering and electrical sciences at Cambridge University in the UK and graduated with a Masters degree in 1974. He has spent most of his working life as business owner and chief executive of a number of information technology compani ...
• The Power Makers’ Challenge – and the ne ...
  Guest Post by Martin Nicholson. Martin studied mathematics, engineering and electrical sciences at Cambridge University in the UK and graduated with a Masters degree in 1974. He has spent most of his working life as business owner and chief executive of a number of information technology compani ...
• Carbon offsetting of uranium mines?
  Below is an article I wrote for the South Australian Mines and Energy Journal on carbon emissions of uranium mines. (This, and others in the SACOME series, have also been published by my co-author, Ben Heard, on DecarboniseSA.com). This is a new version of a blog post I published on BNC a few ye ...
• What volume of synthetic hydrocarbon fuels can ...
  Guest Post by Chris Uhlik. Dr Uhlik did a BS, MS, and PhD in Electrical Engineering at Stanford 1979–1990. He worked at Toyota in Japan, built robot controllers, cellular telephone systems, internet routers, and now does engineering management at Google. Among his 8 years of projects as an ...

Indigenist Opinion

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

Republicans are a Disease

• A Republican Didn’t Like The Sign In My ...
  When I roll, I always have one of our RepublicansAreADisease.com sighs taped on the rear window of my car. I went to Office Depot to return some supplies yesterday and what appeared to be a Republican with his wife and teen age daughter were walking up to the car next to me. The Republican saw [...]
• Michele Bachman Lying Again
  On Meet the Press Michele Bachman claims Republicans want women to make their own health care choices. Really? I guess unless their employer disagrees right Michele? Please media. The story is the fact that the Michele Bachman types get to lie repeatedly, and never have to pay a price. Time to d ...
• Wolf Blitzer Owes Hillary Rosen An Apology
  Dear Wolf. You are an asshole. Why should anyone apologize for telling the truth? I know that you think that Marie Antoinette Romney is an “elite” and we are supposed to worship her while she tell us “poor people” how we should live our lives, and what matters to us? Hill ...
• Marie “Ann”toinette Romney You Hav ...
  Dear Marie Antoinette Romney. Please sit down and shut up about economics. It is wonderful that your “family” has been so prosperous that you have never had to work for wages once in your whole life, unlike almost every other woman in America. What you don’t seem to understand ...
• How Many Small Business Owners Did Newt Screw ...
  Come on Newt, who do you owe? You have millions upon millions in loot, and you can’t pay the people that you have contracts with and did business with? You have yours and you are screwing them out of theirs? You are sick man. I know you wanted to be prezzident so you could screw us [...]

Appalachia Rising

• Kentucky Rising: Occupy the Capitol
  Kentucky Rising: Occupy the Capitol at the State Capitol Building, Frankfort, KY Let your voice be heard. Demand the end of corporate domination of our politics. Help build a new participatory politics for our Commonwealth. We will convene a People’s … Continue reading →
• Pro-mountain activists board coal barge and bl ...
  Follow coverage at http://action.mountainjustice.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 24, 2012 Contact: Robert Livingston 304.731.1740 http://action.mountainjustice.org Note: Photos available within 1 – 2 hours.   KAYFORD, W.Va. –Mountain Justice and RAMPS activists blocked coal transpor ...
• West Virginia Women Lead Protest at State Capital
  May 23, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE West Virginia Women Lead Protest at State Capital Sacrifice of Locks in Name of Appalachian Mountains COOL RIDGE, W.VA. – Fed up with government inaction, a group of outraged West Virginians will gather this … Continue reading →
• Women Unite to End Mountaintop Removal May 28
  The time is approaching that women of Appalachia will come out of the bellies of the extraction communities to tell the world about the travesty of mountaintop removal. We are grandmothers, mothers, daughters, and SISTERS! Join us in a silent … Continue reading →
• Summer Action Camps
  This week, activists are gathering in Pipestem, WV, for Mountain Justice’s Summer Activist Training Camp. Gearing up for a summer of action, the week-long program includes education, workshops, entertainment, sustainable living techniques, and action. And they’re not alone! Check out ...

Amped Status

• The Evolution of the Butterfly
  Renowned cellular biologist, Dr. Bruce Lipton narrates the process of a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly over a milieu of imagery in "The Evolution of the Butterfly". The film combines first hand footage from the Occupy Wall Street movement with stylized portraits of the recent eco ...
• After Being Beaten and Arrested Several Times, ...
  This is Daniel Murphy @ Union Square on March 22nd:
• Fault Lines: History of an Occupation
• Wall Street Pirates – Shepard Fairey & J ...
  Shepard Fairey and Jamie Reid print collaboration.
• The JOBS Act Is A Fraud-Enhancing Gift To Wall ...
  By William K. Black, Henry N. Pontell, Gilbert Geis, Janet Tavakoli, Barry Ritholtz & Lynn A. Stout As white-collar criminologists (and a former financial regulator and enforcement head) and experts in ferreting out sophisticated financial frauds, our careers and research focus on financial ...

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• South Tel Aviv stories: ‘I left Sudan du ...
  Sudanese refugee Abraham Alu saw his parents killed by militiamen when he was just seven years old. He discusses life in Israel and how he ended up here. The latest installment of the South Tel Aviv Stories. Abraham Alu, a 35-year-old refugee from what is now South Sudan, was on his way to the s ...
• BREAKING: Journalist Uri Blau to stand trial f ...
  Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein announced on Wednesday his intention to indict Uri Blau, one of Israel’s top investigative reporters, for possession of classified materials without permission. The materials in question are documents given to Blau by whistleblower Anat Kamm; Kamm, then a ...
• Case dropped against authors, endorsers of gen ...
  Israel’s attorney general decided to drop the case against racist book “Torat Ha’Melech” – since its racism was couched in religious terms. The prosecution, backed by Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein, announced Monday that it is dropping the case against rabbis Yizhak Sh ...
• Everyone should condemn the horror in Syria, e ...
  With the butchery of children and the massacre of hundreds of civilians, the Syrian government has reached a new peak in its gruesome list of achievements. For over a year, the world has witnessed people being slaughtered, day after day. These words will have little if any effect, and still they ...
• Kadima MK: Send leftists to camps; MKs attack ...
  UPDATE: At the end of the Knesset hearing Tuesday, MK (Kadima) Yulia Shamalov Berkovtich said that ”All human rights activists should be imprisoned and transported to camps we are building,” referring to a facility now being constructed in the south to hold African refugees.  She ref ...

Sustainability,water,etc - Oz gov't

• New Indigenous Protected Area in the Gulf of ...
  The heart of Gulf of Carpentaria country will be protected for future generations with the declaration of the Yanyuwa Indigenous Protected Area.
• Grants for sea country management announced t ...
  The Gillard Government is supporting Traditional Owners of the Great Barrier Reef to undertake projects such as sea country planning, seagrass monitoring, and teaching young people marine science skills.
• $2.7 Million boost for desalination research
  Ten new innovative desalination research projects will share in $2.7 million from the Australian Government funded National Centre of Excellence in Desalination Australia (NCEDA).
• New Indigenous Ranger Positions for the North ...
  The Gillard Government today called for expressions of interest for new Indigenous ranger positions to help protect some of the most pristine landscapes in the country.
• TV and computer recycling scheme open for bus ...
  Australia today celebrates a major milestone in waste management with the first services under the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme opening for business in the ACT.

Matt Weidner Blog

• The Fascist Rick Scott Purges 182,000 People F ...
  Nope, this is not another one of my paranoid delusions, this one is very real… 1. Scott has created a massive list of Floridians to purge from the voting rolls before the election. Late last year, Governor Scott ordered his Secretary of State, Kurt Browning, to “to identify and remove non- ...
• Methodist Minister Arrested For Ministering to ...
  The Bishop Lloyd Decell ministered to the desperately poor in and around Jackson, Mississippi during our nation’s last Great Depression. We are all honored by the leadership shown by this modern day Decell, Lorenza Andrade-Smith.  Read about her struggle on our behalf: Lorenza Andrade-Smit ...
• 20,000 Political Prisoners Arrested in Tampa, ...
  Like the other 19,999 prisoners that were rounded up and taken away, I had no idea what hit me until the moment the trap was sprung and I certainly had no idea that I had unwillingly participated in helping the government round up thousands of my fellow Domestic Belligerents…until it was too lat ...
• Matt, You Work For The National Security Admin ...
  Why shouldn’t I work for the N.S.A.? That’s a tough one, but I’ll take a shot. Say I’m working at N.S.A. Somebody puts a code on my desk, something nobody else can break. Maybe I take a shot at it and maybe I break it. And I’m real happy with myself, ’cause I ...
• Dad…Why Are Men From The Bank Breaking D ...
  “Educate and inform the whole mass of the people… They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.” Thomas Jefferson This week I took a break from the trench warfare on the front lines of the fraudclosure battlefront to focus on another line of demarcation in this war that pi ...

abelard - news

• why abelard.org is being rather quiet | site m ...
  Computers, computers, nothing but computers!
• lower taxes, better outcomes | economics news ...
  Counter to the wishful thinking of the left wing, taxing 'til the pips squeak does not raise more revenue.
• on government pension schemes | politics uk ne ...
  What a muddle - funded and non-funded, public/private, with union-backed funds doing better (of course?).
• notes on il giro web site | le Giro d'Italia 2 ...
  Update to Il Giro d'Italia, the need fr speed page.
• avanti popolo! - socialists against cycling fu ...
  Oh the naughty Italian socialist workers - wanting to cycle in the Giro, rather than cycle to work or party meetings.

The Parallel Parliament

• A Government Eating Its Young
  The following is a piece I penned for the Huffington Post, laying out the sad story of how one government …Continue reading »
• The Long Road Home
  Of all our numerous undertakings, our work in Sudan over the last 15 years has stretched us the most. Something …Continue reading »
• We Are What We Affect
  For anyone inclined to participate in citizen engagement it is essential to understand not only why it is important but …Continue reading »
• Some Reflections on Citizen Engagement
  Last evening I was part of a panel that included journalist and filmmaker Phil McLeod, former civic politician Gina Barber, …Continue reading »
• The Call is Ours
  Democracy isn’t always a clear winner.  Traditionally its method of reaching decisions by voting has created the general impression that …Continue reading »

Vaccine Awakening

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

2020 Science

• Davos 2011: Desperately seeking Google
  It’s that time of year again – 2000+ of the worlds top movers and shakers are beginning to descend on the Swiss ski town of Davos for this year’s Annual World Economic Forum meeting.  Political heavyweights like Clinton, Annan, Sarkozy and Cameron will be intermingling with the ...
• Obama spotlights innovation, but how do we get ...
  Technology innovation was front and center of Obama’s State of the Union speech tonight.  This is extremely good news for those of us who believe more needs to be done, and done better, to ensure science and technology translate into effective solutions that enable economic and social grow ...
• Asking smart people dumb questions – the new r ...
  Cross-posted at ForumBlog.org – the World Economic Forum blog My high school physics teacher used to tell me there’s no such think as a dumb question.  It’s a lesson I’ve carried with me through my professional career as a scientist.  But it’s a philosophy that might be just about to come ...
• Davos 2011 – physics superstar meets music sup ...
  I don’t usually write about personal interactions here, but this is one I couldn’t resist – physics superstar Lawrence Krauss talking cosmology with music superstar Peter Gabriel. I was with Lawrence at a World Economic Forum dinner when he bumped into Peter – as one does ...
• Davos 2011: Global Risks permeate conversation ...
  Cross-posted from the Risk Science Blog. Take a metaphorical slice through this year’s annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, and Global Risk would be writ large through every part of it.  Hot on the heels of the sixth Global Risk report, this year’s meeting saw the launch of ...

Reader Supported News

• The Good of WikiLeaks
  Asan Bibi, 9, sits on a bench as burn cream is applied to her at Mirwais Hospital, Kandahar, Afghanistan. She, her sister and mother were badly burned when a US helicopter fired into their tent in the middle of the night, 10/13/09. (photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)     Reader Supported ...
• The Good of WikiLeaks
  Asan Bibi, 9, sits on a bench as burn cream is applied to her at Mirwais Hospital, Kandahar, Afghanistan. She, her sister and mother were badly burned when a US helicopter fired into their tent in the middle of the night, 10/13/09. (photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)     Reader Supported ...
• Race War in Arizona
  Three Points Arizona Minuteman Pete Petruccione, 88, checks out the range before nightfall with the unit from a $1,800 US Nightvision Starlight, 10/10/06. (photo: Gary Williams/Getty Images)     Reader Supported News Perspective n August 20, 1914, the Los Angeles Times ran an article title ...
• Race War in Arizona
  Three Points Arizona Minuteman Pete Petruccione, 88, checks out the range before nightfall with the unit from a $1,800 US Nightvision Starlight, 10/10/06. (photo: Gary Williams/Getty Images)     Reader Supported News Perspective n August 20, 1914, the Los Angeles Times ran an article title ...
• Are We Replaying Iraq ... In Iran?
  Secretary of Defense Robert Gates attends graduation ceremonies at West Point, 05/23/09. (photo: Spencer Platt/Getty)     Reader Supported News Perspective n July 15, 2010, Time Magazine carried an article entitled, "An Attack on Iran: Back on the Table." According to the piece, the point ...

War Resisters League

• On the Ground in Basra: An Interview with Hash ...
  Originally published on May 2nd, 2012 on Jadaliyya. by Ali Issa Iraqi unions demonstrated yesterday on May Day 2012 at a difficult historical moment. Still operating without a labor law that sanctions their organizing, and under the consolidation of Prime … Continue reading →
• “You Can’t Take What’s All o ...
  To mark the upcoming NATO summit to be held in May 2012 in Chicago and the simultaneous G8 summit to be held in Camp David, Maryland, War Resisters League and the Grassroots Global Justice Alliance release a new popular education … Continue reading →
• كفى دموعا!
  كفى دموعا! بمناسبة يوم الارض الفلسطيني 2012, تُنشر النسخة العربية للكاريكاتير”كفى دموعا!” الذي يربط حركات للتغير حول العالم من خلال تحليل من ابرز الاسلحة التي تُستدخدم ضدها: الغاز المسيّل للدموع. بشكل سهل التناول, يسمّي “كفى دموعا!” الشركات التي تربح من … Continue r ...
• A Story and a Book
  by Matt Meyer [This article was originally published on 'New Clear Vision' on February 15th, 2012.] On the Nature of Violence and Nonviolence Amidst a bombardment of Black Bloc commentary, questions about the militarized nature of tear-gas toting police, and … Continue reading →
• “Exigent times call for very strenuous r ...
  [The WRL blog is excited to feature a film review by Jeanne Strole, co-director of the A.J. Muste Memorial Institute, with which the War Resisters League shares a long history, as well as the building at 339 Lafayette St. in … Continue reading →

Center for a Livable Future

• Meatless Monday in Sweden: Q & A with Köttfri ...
  The Meatless Monday campaign here in the U.S. has grown leaps and bounds over the past few years (the recent blogpost on Sodexo’s success with the campaign is just one example), but did you know that 23 countries now have campaigns that seek to reduce meat consumption one day a week? When I was ...
• The Antibiotic Resistance Problem Gets Some Tr ...
  I’m glad the moms are engaged in this fight against antibiotics overuse in farming. When it comes to managing tantrums, sussing out lies, dealing with terrorists, and doling out justice, they are the closest things we have to experts.
• USDA Gets Fresh with SNAP Dollars: Funding for ...
  This $4 million grant demonstrates a commitment to public health on the part of USDA, and the sidestepping maneuver, which will keep the momentum going despite legislative slowdowns (i.e., Farm Bill politics), further shows that USDA understands the importance of making fresh foods available to ...
• The Big, Fat, Hungry Salmon Industry
  Aquaculture seemed like a viable solution to overfishing—we would simply farm the fish, and not mess with the ecosystems. But salmon farmers have to feed the salmon they’re raising, and salmon is a hungry master.
• Grocery Store Shrimp Contains Drug Resistant B ...
  Farmed shrimp joins the list of animal proteins - pork, turkey, ground beef, and chicken - that contain drug-resistant bacteria.

k2p blog

• The Dragon docks
  The Dragon spacecraft has successfully attached to the International Space Station.
• More evidence that cloud cover – and not ...
  Cloud cover decreased sharply from 1985 to 2010 giving sharply increased sunshine hours possibly due to cleaner air and solar effects.
• Sapiens + dogs >> Neanderthals
  Though fossil evidence of domesticated dogs is very sparse and the earliest is from around 30,000 years ago, there is no certainty about when domestication actually occurred. Human-canine co-operation – eventually leading to domestication – perhaps started some 50,000 years ago.
• Snow in Sarajevo in May
  For the first time in 50 years Sarejovo was covered by snow in May.
• Where to view the annular solar eclipse of May ...
  An "annular" eclipse of the sun on May 20th when the moon is at apogee will be visible from China across the Pacific to North America.

Left Foot Forward

• Jones publishes annual report and calls for mo ...
  A year after Labour took control of the ministerial levers of power in Wales, first minister Carwyn Jones has today issued the very first annual report.
• Poor standards persist across Europe for women ...
  Two reports this week provide a harrowing snapshot of life in the UK for women who seek asylum here, writes Dr Russell Hargrave of Asylum Aid.
• “They were murdered one by one… executed ...
  Today’s Times carries the most graphic account of the Houla massacre in which 49 children were slaughtered by regime forces.
• Euro 2012: Prepare for racism, anti-Semitism a ...
  As Euro 2012 draws ever near, so the ugly shadows of racism, anti-Semitism and violence loom ever large, set to blight the beautiful game’s big summer bash.
• Tories denounce boardroom quotas, as report sa ...
  The UK government will not support quotas to get more women into the boardroom - as a report says all-male companies will fall behind.

Consumerist

• "Drive-Thru" Doesn't Mean Driving Through Door ...
  A rumbly tummy can be blamed for many an act of frustration, but please, don't drive into buildings just because a $0.99 taco is missing from your combo meal. A man in a suburb of Dayton, Ohio did just that, even after regretful employees replaced said taco. ABC 22 in Dayton says the Huber Hei ...
• Million-Miler Sues United For Being Downgraded ...
  If you've spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on the same airline over the years with the understanding that you will reap lifelong benefits for doing so, you'd probably be a bit peeved when that airline decides that you're just a regular old business traveler. That's why one million-miler o ...
• Florida Library Gives In To Public Demand For ...
  As any woman gabbing with her pals will tell you, Fifty Shades of Grey is the book to read right now if you want a little ah, mental stimulation, even if the writing is far from fine literature. But although a Florida Library recently responded to the "mommy porn" craze by removing the series f ...
• Stranger Finds Lost Laptop Bag In Cab, Sends O ...
  Losing your stuff because you can't really exactly very much remember the night before is a big old bummer. Sometimes, if you're lucky, a good Samaritan swans in to help return your lost items. And in one case, that Samaritan happens to have a penchant for hiding lost property and leaving scave ...
• Waiter Scores $5,000 Tip On $26.95 Bill
  Waiting tables can sometimes be a thankless slog, especially if diners choose to go light on the tip. But a waiter at a Houston restaurant is reaping the rewards of years of good service after a pair of loyal customers left him with a $5,000 tip for a bill that had only totaled $26.95. But thi ...

Whistleblogger - GAP

• Kill List Criteria & The 100-Person "Death Pan ...
  I thought we were done with "death panels" after the health care debate, but as the New York Times reported yesterday, Obama has his own 100-person "death panel" made up of members of the ever-expanding national security state. It is the strangest of bureaucratic rituals: Every week o ...
• WikiLeaks' Assange Loses Extradition Appeal: D ...
  Los Angeles Times: Julian Assange Loses Appeal Against Extradition Summary: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has lost his UK Supreme Court appeal fighting his extradition to Sweden where he faces on questions related to a sexual assault charge. Assange is currently under house arrest in Englan ...
• DHS Uses Everyday Words to Find "Threats" on S ...
  The UK's Daily Mail reports: The Department of Homeland Security [DHS] has been forced to release a list of keywords and phrases it uses to monitor social networking sites and online media for signs of terrorist or other threats against the U.S. The Electronic Privacy Information Cen ...
• New USDA Inspectors' Affidavits Affirm Safety ...
  Daily Times (MD): Proposed Poultry Inspection Rules Stirs Controversy Summary: Today is the final day of the comment period for the USDA’s proposed poultry inspection plan, HIMP, which would shift many of the oversight duties from the federal government to private corporations. The proposed ch ...
• Former FEMS General Counsel/Whistleblower Head ...
  First Whistleblower Trial of Several to Come Involving DC Fire Dep't Brass This coming Tuesday, May 29, former DC Fire & Emergency Medical Services (FEMS) department General Counsel and whistleblower Theresa Cusick will finally get her day in court. Cusick served as FEMS General Counsel un ...

UK Progressive

• Gay May: Gay Rights Support Blossomed in May
  It’s hard to believe, given the recent support of President Barack Obama for the civil and human rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and the transgendered (LGBT), that it was less than 45 years ago (June, 1969) New York City police were again raiding The Stonewall Inn, harassing, arresting an ...
• Our Age Of Unreason
  The battle that faced French Enlightenment thinkers is a lot like the fight in American politics today: Then, as now, religion, conservative orthodoxy, and real or pretend clerics were bent on banishing ideas, science and keeping citizens uninformed through myth, fear and lying. The pious did no ...
• True Patriotism
  True patriotism isn’t cheap. It’s about taking on a fair share of the burdens of keeping America going. Those who earn tens of millions of dollars a year but pay less than 14 percent of their incomes in taxes, and argue the rich should pay even less, are not true patriots. Those who defend indef ...
• Built for a Simpler Era, OSHA Struggles When T ...
  Ryan Knutson, PBS Frontline, and Liz Day, ProPublica Update: After a Tower Climber Falls, Stand Down Called for on AT&T Projects When federal lawmakers passed landmark legislation creating the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, they intended to protect workers by imposing clear, ...
• (Welcome Back Charley James!) Now, What Was I ...
  I’d turned my back on modern health care to wait for Godot after a virulent cancer returned for the third time. Then, traditional Chinese medicine did what regular docs couldn’t. I beat the odds and was coming back – until a 1%-er caught up with me. Over the past three years, m ...

NewsAlert

• Are Capital Controls Coming to America?
  Gary North
• Investors Bet on Facebook Fall
  The Wall Street Journal
• Panel of astrologers predict Obama victory
  USA Today
• Study: Cutting TV time results in better diet
  The Chicago Sun-Times
• California voters still support Jerry Brown's ...
  The L.A. Times reports:California voters continue to back Gov. Jerry Brown in his call for higher taxes, but distrust of state government could erode that support, according to a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll. About half of those surveyed said they approved of Brown's job performance ...

JoNova

• Does Climate Money matter? Is a monopoly good ...
  Climate Money turned the tables on the Big-Oil criers Alarmists rarely attack, or even mention the Climate Money paper I did in 2009. It’s an own goal to draw attention to the fact that skeptics are paid a pittance, while the alarm industry soaks in extended baths of cash, grants, and jun ...
• EU Carbon trading crashes: German bourse close ...
  More signs Australia is leaping onto a burning ship as it starts carbon taxing, just as the largest carbon markets are winding up: (Reuters) – Bavaria’s stock exchange will abandon its carbon emissions certificate trading operations in the EU-traded CO2 market on June 30 after volume ...
• $700,000 for believers to convert skeptics &#8 ...
  From the 2011 Australian Research Council report: as much as $45,700,000 was spent on An Environmentally Sustainable Australia in 2011. The cash cow that is “Climate Change” is so loaded that over a six year period, $718,000 dollars of ARC funds has flowed to “believers” ...
• Man-made sea-level rises are due to global adj ...
  Frank Lansner’s first graph surprised me. It’s well known and often quoted that sea levels have been rising by 2-3mm a year every year for the last 20 years. But it’s not well known that the original raw satellite data doesn’t show that at all. What astonished me was the ...
• Models get the core assumptions wrong– & ...
  This is part of a series that Tony Cox and I are doing that references the most important points and papers, as a definitive resource about the evidence. The missing hotspot is not just another flaw in the theory, it proves the models are wrong: not just “unverified”, not just &#8220 ...

ReNew America

• At last: parental authority challenges governm ...
  (Wes Vernon, RA analyst) - It has been a century since Woodrow Wilson reportedly opined that young boys should grow up to be as unlike their fathers as possible. Whether he worded it exactly that way, our 28th president surely pursued the goal, both as educator and as politician...
• Finding God in hell
  (WorldNetDaily) - Editor's note: Most Americans remember Jeremiah Denton from an extraordinary ABC News broadcast in 1966 during the Vietnam War. A Navy A-6 Intruder pilot, Denton had been shot down over North Vietnam and imprisoned as a POW in the infamous "Hanoi Hilton." After being repeatedly ...
• 'Welcome home' Vietnam veterans
  (Robert F. Turner) - Many reading this probably don't know it, but at 1 p.m. Monday afternoon, the Pentagon will host a "Welcome home" ceremony for Vietnam War veterans at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the Mall. If it comes off, it will be a good thing. A lot of very brave men fought nobly in ...
• D.C. parade to remember those lost in Iraq
  (Human Events) - When the last U.S. combat troops left Iraq in December 2011--hurried out to meet a deadline President Barack Obama set years earlier--debate raged about whether to throw a ticker-tape parade in New York or Washington, D.C. to welcome the returning heroes and mark the end of the ...
• Maintain peace by staying strong
  (Washington Times) - Today is the day we put aside to remember fallen heroes and to pray that no heroes will ever have to die for us again...

Truth Offering

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

2012 Blog

• Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
  Until recently the NASA mantra regarding an asteroid impact in 2012 went like this: We already know there is no asteroid large enough to produce a mass extinction that is in an Earth-crossing orbit today. We have found at least 90% of those large enough to threaten civilization. NASA is referr ...
• 2012 and the Zohar
  Here’s another rare religious prophecy I found in the new book Petrus Romanus. It fits in well with the Papal Prophecy and also Nostradamus (see my last two posts). The Zohar is a piece of Jewish mystical literature that is approximately 2000 years old. One section covers the return of ...
• The Ten Kings of the AntiChrist
  The Secrets of Fátima are well known. While the Third Secret was supposedly released by the Catholic Church in 2000, many experts have suggested that the true secret has been kept from us. Some believe it to be an end of the world prophecy, or at least the end of the Catholic Church. Less well ...
• 2012: The Final Pope
  I shared the Malachy Papal Prophecy late last year. Basically, it is an ancient prediction of the Papal lineage, and it has proven to be incredibly accurate. This means that either Malachy had psychic powers to predict events up until almost 1000 years into the future, or the Catholic Church has ...
• Pleiadian Eclipse Alignment Today
  Vice magazine, with 900,000 readers, has a target audience of college students. So it is not surprising that they have published some articles regarding the 2012 meme (I was interviewed for their article about the types of people who hangout at 2012 forum). This week they have an article that sh ...

Facing South

• Fighting for home: A discussion with Clarice F ...
  Two years after the BP disaster, the United Houma Nation's outreach coordinator talks about living next to the oil industry and the future she envisions for her tribe and her home. read more
• Banking on Boeing
  The bipartisan decision to extend the life of the Export-Import Bank of the United States -- which some conservatives have derisively dubbed "Boeing's Bank" -- shows that corporatists retain the upper hand in mainstream U.S. politics. read more
• VOICES: A new Emancipation Day for Florida's f ...
  May 20 marks the day that the Emancipation Proclamation was read in 1865 in Florida, marking the end of slavery. Today, a new movement to end slavery in the fields is gaining force among Florida farmworkers. Paul Ortiz read more
• Latino, black political clout grows in Florida ...
  Voter registration numbers show that Southern electorate in two key battleground states continues to grow more diverse. But will new voting restrictions undermine the power of black and Latino voters? read more
• Voices: Speaking out against the Tar Sands pip ...
  The push for the Tar Sands pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast comes with big promises of jobs and energy independence. But community leaders that will be most affected by the project are speaking out about the toxic consequences. read more

One News Page

• BlackBerry maker RIM to open innovation zone i ...
  The manufacturers of BlackBerry, Research in Motion (RIM), will Thursday open an innovation zone for BlackBerry technologies in Kochi, with a view to motivating young Indian entrepreneurs. Reported by Firstpost 36 minutes ago
• V.K. Singh bids army adieu, leaving legacy of ...
  *Perhaps the most controversial tenure of any Indian Army chief ends Thursday when Gen V.K. Singh hangs up his boots after over 41 years of service, in which much of the 26 months at the helm of a 1.13 million strong army were spent in publicly battling the civilian establishment and his own ... ...
• Fishermen killings: Kerala High Court grants b ...
  The High Court in Kerala today granted bail to the two Italian marines who are accused of killing two Indian fishermen off the coast of Kerala in February this year. Related Stories Reported by NDTV.com 1 hour ago
• Army raids cricketer Umar Guls house in Pak, a ...
  30 May 2012 In Pakistan, Army commandos raided cricketer's Umar Gul house in Peshawar today and arrested his brother, Meraj on charges of harbouring a wanted militant. According to a media report, the militant, Haji Daly believe to be an active member of banned Lashkar-e-Islam. Reported by ...
• `India declined to sell N-tech to Iran, Iraq’
  India declined to sell N-tech to Iran, Iraq and Libya in the 1980s in spite of being offered 'huge' sums of money, said a leading defence journal. Reported by Zee News 1 hour ago

Global Research TV

• Syria Must Determine Its Own Future
• Diplomat: "American Policies are Dictated by A ...
• Pots & Pans Protest: Angry Canadians Make a Bang
• The Truth on Iran's Nuclear Weapons Program
• Police Captain to be Punished over OWS Support?

Daily Tech

• Lenovo Rolls Out $349 IdeaTab S2109 Tablet Run ...
  Lenovo hopes to compete with the big guns in the tablet market
• 5/30/2012 Daily Hardware Reviews
  DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Wednesday
• Quick Note: Toyota Prius Family Now Third Best ...
  Toyota's Prius is a big hit globally
• Dell Teams With Marvell to Launch ARM Data Cen ...
  Take that HP, there's another ARM server-maker in town, now
• SpaceX, Intelsat Enter Commercial Agreement fo ...
  Under the new deal, an Intelsat satellite will launch into geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO)

Oriental Review

• Hillary Finally Brings Bureau of Spy/Diplomati ...
  Clinton finally brings the secret military/State Dept. covert operations out into the open (SEE: Clinton Goes Commando, Sells Diplomats as Shadow Warriors). This is the logical outcome of a process started long ago, during the Reagan Administration, when Congress put restrictions on the CIA’s sh ...
• Why It Is Highly Unlikely the Syrian Regime Wa ...
  I am not saying any group is immune from committing war crimes or terrorism in times of war, and I am fully aware of the Syrian regime’s repressive tactics, but even the most horrific acts of violence are driven by a certain “logic” which strives to achieve concrete objectives. There has to be a ...
• Syrian Government Denies Involvement in Houla ...
  Damascus has refuted accusations of being behind a ruthless attack in Houla where over 90 civilians were killed. Political analyst Ibrahim Alloush told RT that those killed were actually Assad loyalists, and the timing is suspicious. Friday’s attack in the Governorate of Homs has risen already-h ...
• Chicago NATO Summit: Obama Showcases American ...
  President Obama wanted to showcase his adopted hometown of Chicago to the leaders of 60 NATO members and partnership countries. Instead, with his former chief of staff Rahm Emanuel holding the political reins as mayor of Chicago, Obama showed the foreign heads of state and the international medi ...
• Is the Whirling Dervish of TAPI Politics Final ...
  It had to eventually happen–Afghan politics have come full circle, and then some.  It was only a matter of time before the TAPI pipe dream would once again be offered as a solution to the Afghan conflict.  The Taliban are once again being handed the keys to the kingdom in exchange for partnering ...

BlogHer

• The First Husband: Dare to Dream of a Differen ...
  When we first meet Annie Adams in Laura Dave's The First Husband, she has what looks to be a fabulous life. She's a travel writer who spends 200 days of the year exploring the world. When she comes home to Los Angeles, it's to her up-and-coming director boyfriend Nick and their dog. She's got al ...
• Do You Say "Minorities" or "People of Color?"
  Recently, the latest Census report revealed that the majority of babies born in the U.S. are non-white, which has prompted the question: does it make sense to keep using the term “minority” to describe blacks, Latinos, Asians and Native Americans? One the nation’s foremost experts in reporting ...
• Raising Teens Is Hell -- but Suddenly, It Ends
  Will I survive my last year as Mom of a teen? I’d love to just flat out murder whoever advised me to have three teenagers at the same time. As I look back on my life, I will openly and publicly admit that the ten years I’ve spent mothering three teenagers were the hardest in my life. My three ...
• Burn the Journals! (But Don’t Forget to Back u ...
  When I journaled (high school, college, living abroad), there was always at least one person in my life that was given the directive, "If anything ever happens to me, get to my apartment, burn the journals. You must. Promise me."  Said with all of the drama and urgency a twenty something co ...
• Photography: How to Use Summer Light to Your A ...
  I get so excited for photography in the summer time.It's when my favorite subjects (my children) are surrounding me all the time doing things I want to document.Whether it's just a perfect sunlit afternoon,a walk on the beach at sunset, or capturing fireworks on the 4th of July,  or ju ...

Health Freedom Alliance

• Suzanne Somers’ ‘Bombshell’ ...
  Hollywood superstar Suzanne Somers has played many roles in her long career: television actress, fitness-product pitchwoman, and best-selling author. But with her new book, Somers has become something else entirely: a medical pioneer. In “Bombshell: Explosive ...
• Water Fluoridation Persists Despite Being Unhe ...
  Recently, the Senate has taken up an issue that may actually benefit the general public – this time specifically, it’s regarding the mass medication that is omnipresent in everyone’s water supply, sodium fluoride. The largest ...
• Avocados Naturally Overcome Aging and Disease
  Contrary to many anti-aging pills and creams, avocados are extremely inexpensive and also quite a delicious addition to any seasonal meal. The best part, however, is that they are actually effective in fighting both again ...
• Lime & Sunlight Naturally Purify Water
  Natural sunlight and a slice of lime could potentially be the answer to the global water crisis, affecting millions of individuals worldwide who do not have access to water filtration services. Found to effectively remove ...
• Water Fluoridation Persists Despite Being Unhe ...
  Recently, the Senate has taken up an issue that may actually benefit the general public – this time specifically, it’s regarding the mass medication that is omnipresent in everyone’s water supply, sodium fluoride. The largest ...

Live News Wire

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

Coal Tattoo

• Alpha got imminent danger order on eve of sweep
  We’ve still not gotten any word from the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration on the results of its huge inspection sweep of former Massey Energy mines now operated by Alpha Natural Resources. We ran a story about this Friday evening, following up on the initial report by Howard Berk ...
• Romney flat in foray against Obama’s &#8 ...
  Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney poses for a photo with coal miners after a campaign event, Tuesday, May 29, 2012, in Craig, Colo.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s campaign turned today to the mining industry& ...
• Patriot Coal names new leadership team
  Here’s today’s announcement from Patriot Coal: Patriot Coal Corporation (NYSE: PCX), a leading producer and marketer of coal in the eastern United States, today announced a new executive leadership team to improve its operating and financial structure. The following appointments by t ...
• Why coal miners die on the job
  The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration has issued its report on the October 2011 highwall collapse that caused the deaths of two miners at Armstrong Coal Co.’s Equality Mine in Ohio County, Ky., concluding: The fatality occurred because of a geologic anomaly, located in the portion ...
• Friday roundup, May 25, 2012
  A miner gestures next to a burning barricade in Montico, Spain, Thursday, May, 24, 2012.  Eight Spanish coal miners are staging a protest underground as part of nationwide strike action by unions opposed to cuts in government subsidies to the sector. General Workers Union mining spokesman Victor ...

Daniel Miessler

• Blank Label Shirts
  Many peacocks hide their feathers and call that their pride. ~ Frederich Nietzsche I am getting ready to consider moving from Brooks Brothers to Blank Label shirts. I have been getting more into the quality of my shirts over the last couple of years, and as of about a year ago I’ve been 10 ...
• The Great Gatsby Curve
  As he shows, America is both especially unequal and has especially low mobility. But he also argues that because we are even more unequal now than we were a generation ago, we should expect even less social mobility going forward. via krugman.blogs.nytimes.com An interesting system for estimatin ...
• Paul Fussell Dies at 88
  For social historian and critic Paul Fussell, the most enduring moments of truth came as a 20-year-old platoon leader in France during World War II. German shrapnel tore up his back and thigh. The blood and guts of fellow soldiers were spewed on him. His staff sergeant died in his arms. He reali ...
• Two (Hot) Gifts You Can Give Anyone
  It’s often hard to determine what gifts to give people, especially when it’s someone you 1) need to give a gift, and 2) know already has everything. But there’s a solution (two, actually). A Hot Water Dispenser These things are utterly brilliant. You fill them up with filtered ...
• What’s Your Heinlein Score?
  Robert Heinlein wrote a book a long time ago called Time Enough for Love in which he described all the various things a human being should be able to do. It closely maps with Ralph Waldo Emerson’s concept of a full person, evidently. Go here to calculate your score on this test (your Heinl ...

Fitwatch

• FITwatch beneFIT: Weds 30th May.
  Come and join us in one of South London's finest boozers and live music venues, and help us raise some much-needed money! See you there. FW Crew x
• N9 plain clothes cops identified
  As avid readers of the comments pages of this blog and indymedia will know, two of the plain clothes cops who terrorised and dragged people out of the N9 student demo have now been identified. The comments that were posted are re-posted in full below. PC Chris Healey and PC Giles Dainty, both wo ...
• FIT at Mayday march, London
  FIT team and the new 'baby blue' Police Liasion cops were much in evidence on the Mayday march in London. We've also had reports of a PCSO in a FIT role - first time we've come across that! Some reports have suggested that the FIT were in evidence partly because the cops seem fixated on [...]
• FITwatch: The Open Public Meeting
  We at FITwatch have been a bit quiet recently – but we are leaping back into life with an open meeting on Sunday 25th March, 1pm at the London Action Resource Centre. With the Met trying to criminalise face masks, implementing new data gathering systems, and making an issue of ‘robust’ policing, ...
• Questioning the tactic of “questioning t ...
  The following article, originally posted on the Vancouver Media Co-op website, has been reproduced here by FITwatch as we believe it is of relevance in the ongoing debate around the wearing of masks on demonstrations. FITwatch always has, and always will, encourage the wearing of masks on demons ...

Worldwide Hippies

• Worldwide Hippies News Briefs Wednesday
  Britain’s Supreme Court backs extradition of Julian Assange to Sweden Updated 4:42 a.m. ET: LONDON — Britain’s Supreme Court on Wednesday backed the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden where he is accused of sex crimes — the latest chapter in the sag ...
• Homophobia Threatens to Turn Democracy Into a ...
  By Chris Hedges, Truthdig | Op-Ed – The sentencing of Dharun Ravi for the hateful abuse that may have driven his gay roommate at Rutgers, Tyler Clementi, to commit suicide, or Barack Obama’s public acceptance of gay marriage, prevents many of us from seeing that life for gays, lesbian ...
• Advertisers Think Women are Stupid
  By Diana May Waldman – WorldWide Hippies–I had a nightmare last night. I was walking down the street in my tight, white pants and this big red ball was chasing me. Not only was it chasing me, it wanted to land on my crotch. You know–white pants, big red splotch on my crotch. No ...
• Citizen Journalism and Independent Media are C ...
  Yes!  I support Citizen Journalism and Independent Media  ( Get T-shirt ) No!  I don’t support Citizen Journalism and Independent Media  ( Fox News )
• Do something! A critique of activism
  By Alasdair,WWHD - Reading Kate Harris’ post on the state of the student far-left in Scotland and England sparked a discussion about the problems of ‘student activism’ and led me to think a bit about a number of issues I’ve been mulling over recently around how we organis ...

reference frame

• Knud Rasmussen pictures: Greenland is melting ...
  Knud Rasmussen (1879-1933) was a Danish polar explorer and the father of Eskimology. By an accident, 80-year-old pictures of the Greenland taken during his expeditions were just found in a Danish basement: Daily Mail, TG Daily, Nature, Live Science, Newswise, Science CodexThe pre-satellite ...
• Indus Valley Civilization destroyed by SUVs 3, ...
  Lots 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 collapseThe news describe the opinions published in a new paper, "Fluvial landscapes of the Harappan civilizatio ...
• 3(+1) new papers on stop squarks (and staus)
  On 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 circumstantial evidence for some extra common cause behind all these papers such as the LHC s ...
• Nature Climate Change: climate fear decreases ...
  Fox News has just reviewed the content of an article in Nature Climate Change: Global warming skeptics as knowledgeable about science as climate change believers, study says (Fox) The polarizing impact of science literacy and numeracy on perceived climate change risks (Nature) Google Ne ...
• Dripping crucifix vs Indian heretic
  Bombay is a city with some of the best string theorists in the world (or at least the best ones among those who aren't affiliated with the most prominent U.S. schools) – and maybe the highest theoretical physics production per dollar in the world. There are many crazy things going ...

Tatumba 2.0

• FPS Russia:The 40mm Machine Gun – Buy it here
    22″ Rapid Fire Machine Gun with Lights & Sound High quality battery operated machine gun with lights and blasting sounds! Feel the action when you pull the trigger. The barrel with bayonet moves back and forth thrusting. The bullet belt revolves when firing. This awesome machine ...
• Bank of America Attacked SGT Report
  e-mail Bank of America and ask them, is this how they treat AMERICANS? abuse@bankofamerica.com SGTreport.com: Someone at Bank of America Doesn’t Like SGTreport http://sgtreport.com/2011/09/someone-at-bank-of-america-doesnt-like-sgtreport/ Cass Sunstein’s Obama Spine-Chilling Proposal ...
• Tatumba.com home of The Mad Ape – Radio Spot
  A few weeks ago I won a significant amount of money in the lottery. Now that the party is over it is time to move forward with the rest of my life. I have hummed and hawed for a few days now on how to spend some of this money and have decided to direct [...] Related posts: Crazy Man Praises Th ...
• Crazy Man Praises The Mad Ape
  http://tatumba.com – This sickly and mentally deranged dude is the net result of a lifetime of bio-weapon attacks. He wishes to do a bit of show and tell and provide a testimonial of how he became a walking corpse. I have told you guys repeatedly about the cumulative health hazards of cons ...
• HSBC Bank is a Criminal Enterprise
  HSBC Bank is a Criminal Enterprise, so says former Vice President and Relationship Manager John Cruz. Mr. Cruz has gone public and turned over to more than 1,000 pages of documents to World News Daily. In an exclusive interview with Jerome R. Corsi, a Harvard Ph.D. Mr. Cruz had explained in grea ...

Truth About Our World

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

Bloomberg

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

Enviroblog

• BPA and... Wait for It... Breast Cancer
  DeSmog Blog published a piece last week about a new study linking in utero exposure to the notorious bisphenol-A to breast cancer. What's particularly concerning is the level of BPA in the monkey's blood was equivalent to average levels found... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my w ...
• Safe - vs. Safer
  The agribusiness trade group Alliance For Food and Farming (AFF) recently asked us this question: "EWG - do you agree that both conventional and organic fruits and vegetables are safe to eat - yes or no?" Answer: Yes. But put... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full l ...
• Our 6th Annual Sunscreen Guide
  When I spoke with EWG senior analyst Nneka Leiba about this year's sunscreen database she had mixed feelings. "On one hand, we can recommend 25 percent of sunscreens on the market," she said. "On the other hand, we can recommend... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for ful ...
• Another Delay from FDA
  Late Thursday EWG found out the Food and Drug Administration was going to delay their sunscreen regulations by six months, at the request of the cosmetics industry. EWG replied with a statement that called out the agency's foot-dragging and highlighted... [[ This is a content summary only. ...
• Chemical Agriculture Goes to the Mattresses
  The U.S. Department of Agriculture began testing fruits and vegetables for pesticide residues in 1991 after the public became concerned about their potential risks to children. Remember Alar? In 1993, at the request of Congress, several top public health... [[ This is a content summary only ...

Quick Hits

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

Capital - NYC

• Accounting for a 'provocative' bus-elevator idea
• De Blasio and Stringer jockey on stop-and-fris ...
• Red Bulls advance in the U.S. Cup, which is li ...
• Julie Warning isn't quite Mary Kay Letourneau ...
• Albert Pujols returns in time to crush the Yankees

Views & News from Norway

• Bieber fans spark chaos in Oslo
  UPDATED: Thousands of young, screaming fans of Canadian singer and teen-age idol Justin Bieber descended on downtown Oslo Wednesday, in the hopes of seeing their hero during a short and cleverly hyped visit to the Norwegian capital. Police were struggling with crowd control and threatened to can ...
• Major strike spreads to the capital
  Several hundred workers for the city of Oslo were called out on strike on Wednesday, after extended negotiations and mediation between their unions and municipal employer finally broke down. That means the closure of a long list of day care centers and schools, and a reduction in other public se ...
• Strike tests Labour’s ties to labour
  NEWS ANALYSIS: With tens of thousands of state and municipal workers now out on strike in Norway, the country’s Labour-led government is suddenly at odds with the labour movement that otherwise supports it. Employers and conservatives, however, still think Norway’s Labour Party (Arbe ...
• Bergen’s annual festival underway
  The annual cultural festival known as Festspillene i Bergen (Bergen International Festival) was well underway this week, after a traditional royal opening and a program that lasts until June 6. The festival opened last week in brilliant, warm, sunny weather as it celebrated its 60th anniversary. ...
• Norway exporting cattle
  Norwegian cattle known as Norsk rødt fe have become a popular export item, with both Russia and China emerging as  interesting export markets. Genes from the Norsk rødt fe are attracting the attention of commercial firms like Geno Global. Norwegian development agency Innovation Norway has grante ...

Permaculture Research Institute - Australia

• Take a PDC and/or Earthworks Course with Geoff ...
  This is a rare opportunity for people living in Europe and Northern Africa to take a course with Geoff and Nadia Lawton in a location that’s not only closer to home, but amazing in its own right. The city of Fès, that you will pass through on your way to the nearby course sites, hosts ...
• Bonfire of Promises
  The government’s new energy bill puts a match to its climate change commitments. by George Monbiot: journalist, author, academic and environmental and political activist, United Kingdom. Energy policy in the United Kingdom looks like a jam factory hit by a meteorite: a multi-coloured pool ...
• Our Backyard Soil Sample – The Results Are In!
  Four years ago Now A few weeks ago we had our amazing interns prepare a soil sample to be sent off to the Soil Food Web Lab in Vulcan, Alberta. (See the blog, Testing Our Soil for a Nutrient Dense Garden). A few quick weeks later, [...]
• The Deep Truth of a Sheltering Roof
  The roof plays a primal role in our lives. The most primitive buildings are nothing but a roof. If the roof is hidden, if its presence cannot be felt around the building, or if it cannot be used, then people will lack a fundamental sense of shelter. – Christopher Alexander Traditional ...
• Urban Design – Designing for Health
  Kay Baxter with seed from an old barley variety Photo © Craig Mackintosh As a life long gardener and permaculture garden designer, I have never seen a design for a food garden that actually takes into account the fats, minerals and vitamins human beings need for optimum health, according ...

Pointman's

• The real bastards.
  I want to tell you the story of a couple of things that happened in the not too distant past, because they obviously need to be told again, if only to serve as a warning from history. They’re forgotten stories nowadays, possibly because they’re not very pleasant ones, but they did ha ...
• The 100,000 pages landmark.
  Well, there you go. WordPress informs me that 100,000 pages of this blog have been read, or at least clicked on, by people around the world. How so many people googling “meerkat” or “MaxGentleman” could end up here, I’ll never understand. It is of course, a feel goo ...
• Climate Alarmism and The Prat Principle.
  I’d like to introduce you to one of the great discoveries of my life, the Prat Principle. Before doing so, I’ll have to ensure we have a common understanding of what exactly a prat is, prior to sharing it with you, together with some related tricks and tips. Prat is one of the great ...
• What I’m going to say will upset a few p ...
  This is not going to be a popular article with some people on the skeptical side of the global warming divide but you’re going to get it anyway, because a few things that have needed to be said for some time, now require to be said more urgently, especially in the light of recent events.&# ...
• For Nicholas, a birth poem.
    Against the odds, you were a boy, Confounding sages of such things, From bump to boy, with Marie’s help, We loved your baby screams.   Your limbs they are so smooth and straight, Your bones so hard and pointy, Your chubby cheeks and cupid lips, Your back so warm and downy.   In sleep&#16 ...

Journalists' Toolkit

• Baby Steps in Data Journalism
  This is a Tumblr blog that I started in early April 2012: Baby Steps in Data Journalism Its purpose is to collect links and other useful information related to learning about data journalism. To go directly to something you might be searching for, try these links: How I installed Python (April 2 ...
• The best video export options
  How do you choose the best settings for exporting your video, after you have edited it? I remember how confusing this was for me when I started working with Web video several years ago. With the slower computers we had back then, I would wait for what seemed like forever while exporting a small ...
• Video Resources updated
  The new Video Resources page has been added to this site. This is a carefully curated page with links to good tutorials for video editing software, video shooting tips, and the like. It’s intended for beginners, particularly journalism students and journalism educators who are teaching vid ...
• Flash Journalism updates
  I have been hard at work updating the Flash Journalism website. New tutorials for ActionScript 3.0 and for working on the Timeline in CS4 and CS5 have been added. The old pages from the original site (created to support the book I wrote about Flash journalism in 2004) are still online, and all t ...
• New tutorial: Windows Live Movie Maker
  As an aid to a journalism training session I agreed to give, I created a short PowerPoint that is aimed at journalism students. Windows Live Movie Maker Tutorial Windows Live Movie Maker is quite different from its predecessor — Windows Movie Maker (not “live”). It is less vers ...

Justice Roars - Louisiana

• Warning NOPD: Not My Sons! by Tracie Washington
  My friends Richard and Hilda McCline needed a couple of guys to help them move boxes from the American Can to storage. So on Thursday, Jacob picked-up Donald (his friend) and they worked from a little after 11am until 2pm. On the way home, they stopped at the light at Carrollton and Tulan ...
• New Orleans Filmmakers Win Major Award at Cann ...
  Beasts of the Southern Wild, the remarkable film by a collective of New Orleans filmmakers calling themselves Court 13, won the Caméra d’Or today at the Cannes Film Festival. The award, which recognizes the best film by a first-time filmmaker, is one of the most prestigious honors in the world o ...
• Official Statement From Women With A Vision Af ...
  This letter and video is reposted from the website of Women With A Vision. You can donate on their site: http://wwav-no.org. Dear friends, colleagues and family, Today we reach out to express our gratitude for your support and to let you know that everyone in the Women With A Vision family is ...
• Break-in and Arson at Offices of Women With a ...
  Shockwaves went out across social justice communities across the US at the word that Women With a Vision, a local organization that advocates for poor women of color, was the victim of a break-in and arson at their offices in MidCity. Women With A Vision (WWAV) was cofounded by a collective of ...
• Another Day in Court for Angola Three Prisoner
  From our friends at the International Coalition to Free the Angola 3: On Tuesday, May 29th, Albert Woodfox will begin a 3 day hearing that may result in his conviction being overturned for a third time. Proceedings will begin at 9am in Courtroom 1 at the US District Court in Baton Rouge and c ...

Information Underground

• Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
  The Zombie Apocalypse (ZAM) (or Zombie Squad ZS) group was originally based in St. Louis, MO and started by suburban folks looking to do survival training. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_Squad Streets are pretty violent in St. Louis where "random" violent attacks by "mindl ...
• Social Engineering • Re: Jew Bankers Seigmund ...
  Looks like Germany is going to be the EU Jew "Honeypot" before the collective London-NY Jew-HedgeFund Teams blow up the Deustch Banks and demand "Gold" from their failed banks as well. Merkel is a Jew Warburg puppet (like Obama). Pure deviousness. They plan to get back a ...
• Zionist Personalities We Should Know About • R ...
  iframe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68If8lZl1Ds iframe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYi66rDzO08Statistics: Posted by Timothy_Fitzpatrick — Tue May 29, 2012 10:26 pm
• Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
  So many lines and words uttered on the fall of Lehman Brothers .... that in itself is very suspicious. Why was Lehman let go? Because a Rothschild owned City of London based Über-bank decided so. It was not about the amount of collateral due, that would have been no problem. No someone in London ...
• Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
  How They Lie to Us: the film Margin Call tons of photos (sorry, I didn't know who to bring them over) and comments at the link http://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/20 ... more-14284 Paul Craig Roberts made an intriguing reference the other day. He wrote that “a noted philosopher wrote an arti ...

TVNZ

• Taylor, 64, given 50 year jail term
  Former Liberian President Charles Taylor has been sentenced to 50 years in jail.
• British PM's former spokesman arrested
  David Cameron's former spokesman has been detained on suspicion of committing perjury.
• Court backs extradition of Julian Assange to S ...
  A court upheld the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over alleged sex crimes today.
• Mitt Romney officially head-to-head with Obama
  Mitt Romney won the Republican presidential nomination with the 1144 necessary delegates.
• NZ supports decision to expel Syrian envoys
  New Zealand stands behind Australia's decision to expel a Syrian diplomat from Canberra.        

environment 360

• Groundwater Depletion Threatens Future U.S. Fo ...
  The rapid depletion of groundwater resources in key U.S. agricultural regions could portend future vulnerabilities in growing the nation’s food, according to a new study. In an assessment of water supplies in California’s Central Valley and the High Plains of the central U.S., researchers at the ...
• Natural Gas Boom May Halt Renewable Energy Gro ...
  A surge in natural gas supplies worldwide could halt any meaningful growth in the renewable energy sector over the next two decades if governments don’t take action, the International Energy Agency (IEA) warns. New technologies to extract natural gas, primarily from shale formations using a tech ...
• Los Angeles Becomes the Largest U.S. City to B ...
  Los Angeles has become the largest U.S. city to impose a ban on plastic bags at supermarkets and other stores, a significant victory for environmental advocates seeking to keep plastic waste out of the region’s landfills and waterways. In a vote Wednesday, the City Council approved plans to phas ...
• Global Carbon Emissions Reached Record Levels ...
  Global carbon dioxide emissions reached record levels in 2011, driven largely by a 9.3-percent increase in Chinese emissions, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA). According to preliminary estimates, worldwide carbon emissions climbed to 31.6 gigatonnes in 2011, a 3 ...
• The Pollution Fallout From Zimbabwe’s Blood Di ...
  The regime of President Robert Mugabe has been accused of profiting from the Marange diamond fields in eastern Zimbabwe, garnering illicit funds that could be used to bolster his oppressive security forces. Now critics are alleging the government is failing to stop mining-waste pollution that i ...

oldephartte/Diigo

• From The Wilderness: Information on Peak Oil, ...
  Tags: oil drugs black ops Iran_Contra
• Suppressed Inventions - Jonathan Eisen - Googl ...
  Tags: inventions books medicine ``public malnutrition``
• World Awash In Environmental Armageddon | Dedi ...
  Tags: world environmental state radiation ``nuclear power``
• Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
  Tags: waterkeeper alliance ecology activism energy conservation
• Katy's Exposure | Exposing Environmental Healt ...
  Tags: exposure environmental health threats

backofthebook

• Occupy, the Quebec strike, and Canada’s ...
  By Montreal Simon On my way home today I visited the park where Occupy Toronto once lived. And I could hardly recognize the place. The old gazebo where so many passionate speeches were made, and so many dreamed of a better world, was quiet now. And where there were once tents huddled together in ...
• The Bard for MBAs
  By Mark Leiren-Young Whether t’is nobler to study the Bard or to learn to balance your chequebook, that is the question posed by the Financial Post business section. Although the article by Fabio Campanella, CA, CFP, CIM is a partner at Campanella McDonald LLP never actually suggests ditch ...
• She shoots, she scores
• Quebec: No longer just a student protest
  By Montreal Simon There was another amazing freedom party in Montreal on Saturday night. Thousands and thousands of people marched peacefully through the streets, beating pots and pans. Defying the police to arrest them for taking part in an illegal demonstration. And what struck me the most, ap ...
• Justin Bieber, criminal batterer? Seriously?
  A BoB short: Okay, seriously . . . Justin Bieber “is a suspect in a criminal battery”? We don’t believe it. And not because we’re Beliebers, but because . . . seriously: Justin Bieber? We believed it when Sean Penn was accused of attacking a photographer in 2009, mostly b ...

Daily Beast

• Humanitarian Intervention Again and Again
  Every time I hear about a massacre like last Friday’s in Houla, Syria, I think back to Srebrenica, the July 1995 Bosnian massacre that helped turn me—and many other post-Vietnam era journalists and policy types—into liberal hawks. Since then, humanitarian intervention has become a recurring feat ...
• The Prime Minister of Poland Explains
  Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk:
• It Wasn't a "Gaffe"
  President Obama just slapped in the face one of America's closest allies in Europe. I'm looking for comment in the American media, and I find … wire stories reporting a spokesman's apology for the president's "misstatement"?
• Lay Off Kristen Stewart!
  Stewart delivers a fine turn in ‘Snow White and the Huntsman,” but why do people hate her? By Marlow Stern.
• Trump: My Theory as to Why This May Be Intentional
  Romney is hanging out with Trump because seeing the media in a tizzy elates right-wingers.

Loonwatch

• Pamela Geller Watch: “The 2012 Islamic O ...
  Geller sounds the warning on London Olympics and the "Ummah" vs. Greece.
• Ultra Orthodox Vandalize 1600 Year Old Synagog ...
  A suspected group of Ultra-Orthodox Jews have vandalized and caused "irreparable" damage to a rare 1600 year old mosaic in an ancient synagogue.
• British Freedom Exposes ‘Halal Hegemony& ...
  A British Freedom member has posted a report on the BF website about the Islamic takeover of Croydon.
• ‘Anti-Mosque Activity’ in More tha ...
  In the last five years, there has been "anti-mosque activity" in more than half the states, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
• Racist Vandals Hit Muslim Community Centre
  Vandals struck at a Preston community centre and daubed the walls with racist graffiti. They also smashed windows and furniture.

Energy News

• Tepco Email: Possible re-criticality in Reacto ...
• California TV: Seafood industry CEO advises “s ...
• Cyanobacteria and alpha radiation detected 350 ...
• Forbes: Source says radiation detected in fish ...
• Top Cancer Doctor: Irresponsible to say cesium ...

Japan Times

• Reflecting Okinawans' sentiments
  The May 15 editorial, "Okinawans deserve better" — on the 40th anniversary of Okinawa's return to Japanese rule — describes accurately the opinions of most Okinawans as indicated by polls of Mainichi/Ryukyu Shimpo and Asahi/Okinawa Times. These opinions show the current "political ...
• Logical deterrence for Pyongyang
  Regarding Ralph Cossa's and Brad Glosserman's May 24 article, "Beijing's North Korea policy only emboldens Pyongyang": In presuming to tell China how to deal with North Korea "in its own interests," the authors display astounding arrogance and bellicose bias. It is quite logical for North Korea ...
• UNESCO eco-park status in offing for Miyazaki ...
  A UNESCO panel of experts has recommended that Japan's largest evergreen broadleaf forest, in Miyazaki Prefecture, be registered as an eco-park, the culture ministry announced Wednesday. The U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization will officially decide on registering the 14,580 ...
• Panasonic latest suitor for Olympus?
  Panasonic Corp. is in talks with Olympus Corp. over a capital and business tieup, sources claimed Wednesday. Panasonic is looking to strengthen its medical equipment business through the alliance, and could become the largest shareholder in the scandal-hit camera and medical equipment maker, t ...
• Clippers retain coach Del Negro
  Vinny Del Negro will be back as coach of the Los Angeles Clippers after guiding them to the highest winning percentage in franchise history during the lockout-shortened season. The team said Tuesday that it has exercised its option on him to return for a third season. Del Negro led the Clipper ...

Alexander Higgins

• BBC Caught Using Iraq Mass Grave Photo As Syri ...
  The BBC was caught running a years old photo of an Iraq war mass grave claiming it depicted the Houla massacre and blaming it on the Syria government.
• CNN – Massive Anti-Govt Protests In Japa ...
  CNN reports massive protests are hitting Japan over continued lies from the government about the Fukushima nuclear meltdown and the failure to protect the public.
• Fukushima Cesium Radiation Found In California ...
  Scientists have detected elevated levels of Cesium radiation in bluefin tuna caught off the coast of San Diego, California.
• Egypt Erupts In Riots Over Vote Results, Shafi ...
  Egypt erupts in riots once again as voters are enraged in the meddling that has left two candidates remaining for president who will continue totalitarian rule.
• School Defends Using Electroshock Torture On A ...
  Psychopaths have somehow convinced parents that electroshock torture banned by international law is helping their autistic children

Macleans - Central

• Thought ‘Stuxnet’ was brilliant sp ...
  It can read keystrokes and take screen-grabs, detect cellphones and even record conversations
• The quiet cuts
  The RCMP will close forensic labs in Halifax, Winnipeg and Regina. The consulate in...
• Independent thought alert
  John Ivison detects discomfort over the government’s latest back-to-work legislation. Some Conservative MPs who...
• Ethel Merman’s campaign promises
  I read about this song a while back, but I only just found it...
• No need to keep studying the F-35?
  The work of the parliamentary committee studying the F-35 procurement is apparently done. At...

Making It Count - CCPA

• How the Anglo punditocracy demonizes Quebec&#8 ...
  Anglo Canada is sticking its fingers in its ears and humming a happy song. Many in the English-speaking punditocracy and media (or perhaps mediocracy?) are doing their best to persuade us that student protests in Quebec are nothing of any consequence. This is getting a little harder to do, now t ...
• EI Reform: Who Are We Really Subsidizing?
  The Conservative government is making changes to the Employment Insurance (EI) regime. While previous changes to EI have tightened eligibility requirements, making it more difficult for workers to collect EI if they lose their job, the current proposals focus on making it harder for unemployed w ...
• The Economics of EI “Reform.”
  Changes to the EI rules announced by the government today are not rooted in any lengthy policy rationale. But Minister Finley and and the media release spoke to the need to “strengthen work incentives.” This conjures up images of  unemployed workers sitting around and spurning job of ...
• Inequality undermines collective action on cli ...
  Much has been written of late about the costs of inequality — the social and health costs, the costs to democracy and social cohesion, and the costs to the economy and productivity. But here’s another cost to rising inequality that has received less consideration — the costs to ...
• Reframing the Health Care Debate
  By Trish Hennessy Discussions about how to frame social issues in Canada are often left to communications professionals, but so many times it’s the people on the front lines of public service who have a lot to contribute to this endeavour. Take Saskatoon physician Ryan Meili. He has cleverly wov ...

ReDress

• Britain's Jewish lobby censors school examinations
  Gilad Atzmon looks at how Britain's Israel lobby, led by arch-Zionist Education Secretary Michael Gove, has mobilized in condemnation of the country’s largest school examinations body for setting a question that asked students to explain "why some people are prejudiced against Jews".
• Bird's eye view of Zionism's and Israel's stra ...
  Uri Avnery argues that the longstanding strategic aim of Zionism and Israel - a Jews-only state in all of the territory between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River and the prevention of an Arab Palestinian state - is a pipe dream and that Israelis has better formulate a new national aim b ...
• The media's limitations and manipulations
  Ziad El-Hady looks at how government, elite and corporate interests shape media reports of international and domestic events, trivializing and sensationalizing news, corrupting our understanding of the world and reinforcing prejudice and bigotry.
• Staying power - the key to victory in the war ...
  Lawrence Davidson considers two victories for human rights, one by Palestinian hunger strikers in Israel and the other by opponents of detention without trial in the USA. He argues that, although these are two battles won, the war to protect civil and human rights will need staying power and may ...
• Post-colonial theory, whiteness and Palestine
  Gilad Atzmon argues that Palestinian activists - indeed, everyone who strives for liberation, equality and justice - must ditch the circular, sterile post-colonial discourse that permeates leftist thinking and "deconstruct Jewish texts and Jewish cultural discourse with the same vigour that Edwa ...

Physics Today

• Graphene offers clear window on liquids
  BBC: Until now, liquids have been difficult to view at the same resolution as solids using transmission electron microscopes (TEMs), which require liquids to be placed in some sort of container. Silicon nitride or silicon oxide capsules are traditionally used, but they don't provide a clear view ...
• Rival teams shared in Nobel celebration
  Science: In 2011, Brian Schmidt, Adam Riess, and Saul Perlmutter were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae". The Nobel may not be shared among more than three people, and the three men wante ...
• No title
  Talking Points Memo: The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is back online after a four-month long maintenance period. On Thursday, CERN announced that it had achieved the highest-energy level for proton collisions yet recorded in history: 8 trillion electron volts (TeV).
• Wind energy growth tops renewable energy sector
  Earth Policy Institute: Renewable energy makes up only a small section of the energy market but since 2007 hydropower grew by 7 percent and wind power grew by 36 percent while coal declined slightly says a new report from the Earth Policy Institute. In fact in five US states more than 10 percent ...
• Smaller accelerators continue the search for d ...
  Nature: In the wake of the null results from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, some physicists are turning from larger, more powerful particle accelerators to smaller, less expensive ones. At the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Virginia, a continuous dense beam of electr ...

Revolutionary Politics

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Peakwater

• DRC Short-Circuits Power Supply
  “The government now wants to develop the Inga III dam on the river, which will produce somewhere between 4000MW and 5000MW of electricity a year. But the intentions of the DRC go well beyond this. Over time, it wants to develop the Grand Inga Dam project, which will provide 40000MW of elec ...
• And Let the Fish be Dammed
  “The bountiful rivers throughout this South-east Asian country have allowed Cambodians to be self-reliant for generations. But concerned environmentalists envision a future where this vital food supply will no longer provide enough protein to feed the country on its own. The Mekong system ...
• Post G-8 Wrap up: How the US Sold Africa to Mu ...
  “Across Kenya’s many different ethnic groups, provinces and ecological zones, farmers agree on what they need most, and it isn’t help from Monsanto or Wal-Mart. It’s water. In arid and semi-arid areas, lack of water has always been an issue. But at least the two rainy seasons, the long rai ...
• The Clean Water Act Turns 40: Is the Law Still ...
    “The Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, known as The Clean Water Act was not the first piece of federal legislation to protect water. But it was the first time that real power was invested with the federal government to make sure that water got clean and stayed clean. Its ...
• The Endangered Waters Beneath Our Feet
  “After all, water from underground meets 20 percent of U.S. water demand for drinking, crop irrigation and everything else. It also provides the base flows that keep many rivers and streams from drying up during the summer months. So groundwater is crucial to our economies and ecosystems, ...

D. Kucinich

• A Billion Dollars to Buy Democracy?
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), author of House Joint Resolution 100, a constitutional amendment to get private money out of federal elections, today released the following video after Politico reported that super PACS and outside groups plan to spend one billion dollars to influence Novembe ...
• Kucinich: Austerity is Counterproductive. We N ...
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report indicating that policies designed to reduce the deficit beginning in 2013 will result in a recession. “Today’s CBO report backs up what economists have been te ...
• New Study Confirms (Again): Keystone XL Would ...
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following statement after a study by the National Resources Defense Council showed once again that the Keystone XL pipeline would raise gas prices for American consumers. Kucinich has frequently argued this point on the House floor, in a ...
• Kucinich Responds to NRC Chairman’s Decision t ...
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), who has led Congressional efforts to advance nuclear safety, today released the following statement after U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko announced his retirement pending the confirmation of a successor. “Chairman Jaczko is committe ...
• Kucinich: “NATO Talks a Sham: War in Afghanist ...
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following statement as world leaders meet in Chicago for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit. “The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is not a benevolent organization. NATO is not about the North Atlantic and it’s not about ...

Authentically Wired

• I known for you it’s just more conspirac ...
   www.authenticallywired.com … in the end it’s all about disclosure & transparency … (do not automatically accept or reject what I write … do your own research … by the same token do not automatically accept or reject what any “official” says either) … contemplate then draw your own conc ...
• everywhere is FOR SALE
  www.authenticallywired.com … in the end it’s all about disclosure & transparency … (do not automatically accept or reject what I write … do your own research … by the same token do not automatically accept or reject what any “official” says either) … contemplate then draw your own conclusion ...
• huddled behind closed doors or on private junket$
  …Right now Az Gov Jan Brewer and her T-Publicans in the AZ State Legislature are huddled behind closed doors or on private junket$ to Europe discussing how to entice DRONE testing in Arizona where the military can practice KILLING and SPYING on fellow Americans … . The state of the military-indu ...
• I hope this is NOT true
  …While  this interview makes one wonder…???   Obama Makes Free Speech A Felony – Andrew Napolitano interview (video) 05-25-2012  •  www.youtube.com  President signs anti-protest bill. Also, The Love Police Anti-Terror Squad (video)   Filed under: Blogroll
• Good for them
  Good for them … now “we” need to get of our butts and join them … find our voice … get involved…     Kids Inundate NY Governor With Concerns About Fracking By Seth Gladstone | Food and Water Watch     Filed under: Blogroll

Popular Technology

• The Truth about Judith Curry
  Judith Curry is not a skeptic but a hurricane alarmist who had an alleged epiphany after Climategate and now seeks to be some sort of arbiter of scientific integrity. Her history of trust building includes accusing world leading hurricane expert, Dr. William Gray of "brain fossilization" and t ...
• The Truth about Skeptical Science
  Skeptical Science is a climate alarmist website founded and run by a self-employed cartoonist, John Cook. It is moderated by zealots who ruthlessly censor any and all form of dissent from their alarmist position. This way they can pretend to win arguments, when in reality they have all been refu ...
• Mastering the Firefox Search Bar
  As a veteran online searcher, data miner, researcher, and computer scientist, I have in the past shied away from using in-browser search bars... instead preferring to use the search tools available on individual sites. This is for practical and functional purposes, as: [1] in-site searches t ...
• The Truth about SourceWatch
  SourceWatch is a propaganda site funded by an extreme left-wing, anti-capitalist and anti-corporate organization, the Center for Media and Democracy. Just like the untrustworthy Wikipedia the content can be written and edited by ordinary web users. Users who all conveniently share an extreme lef ...
• Correcting misinformation about the journal En ...
  A frequent source of contention in the global warming debate is the existence of skeptical peer-reviewed papers. These have been overwhelmingly proven to exist. Once confronted with this inconvenient truth, alarmists have desperately tried to discredit the journals that dare publish these papers ...

Monga Bay ( Articles )

• Indonesia revises moratorium map; makes contes ...
  Indonesia is making 'encouraging' progress on its push to reduce deforestation by improving governance over its forests and peatlands, but still needs to do more to enforce environmental laws, said the head of the country's Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) task force ...
• Forest and environmental news in Indonesian
  Mongabay.com is pleased to announce the launch of Mongabay-Indonesia (mongabay.co.id), an environmental news web site published in Indonesian. The site was officially unveiled Saturday, May 19 at an event in Jakarta.
• Can loggers be conservationists?
  Last year researchers took the first ever publicly-released video of an African golden cat (Profelis aurata) in a Gabon rainforest. This beautiful, but elusive, feline was filmed sitting docilely for the camera and chasing a bat. The least-known of Africa's wild cat species, the African golden c ...
• The month in environmental news for April 2012
  Mongabay.com provides a quick review of forest-related news for April 2012.
• Does the Tasmanian tiger exist? Is the saola e ...
  The use of remote camera traps, which photograph animals as they pass, has revolutionized research on endangered and cryptic species. The tool has even allowed scientists to document animals new to science or feared extinct. But as important as camera traps have become, they are still prohibitiv ...

Science - NZ Herald

• Back to back asteroids fly past Earth
  A newly discovered small asteroid has harmlessly zipped close to Earth just as scientists expected.The 4.88-metre-long space rock, discovered Monday, passed by early Tuesday at a distance of 4,403 kilometres from the Earth's surface.Nasa's...
• GM crop safe after threats by protesters
  Under a cloudless sky and surrounded by the greenest of English landscapes, the two opposing forces assembled their ranks on a plot of land situated in rural Hertfordshire, like two medieval armies readying for battle.On one side...
• Our eyes on the edge of the universe
  A mega-telescope to be partially built in New Zealand will provide our best chance yet to detect extra-terrestrial life as it maps the farthest reaches of the observable universe.New Zealand, Australia and South Africa will co-host...
• New Zealand wins radio telescope bid
  New Zealand is one of three countries to have won a bid to host the world's largest radio telescope, despite a panel in March recommending the $2.5 billion project be awarded to a rival consortium led by South Africa.New Zealand...
• DNA used to prove Bigfoot's existence
  European researchers plan to use new techniques to analyse DNA that could help crack the mystery of whether Bigfoot exists.Oxford University and Lausanne Museum of Zoology scientists this week appealed to museums, scientists and...

The Bovine

• Mickey Mouse pumpkins; and drugs that genetica ...
  Inhabitat.com, on Disney’s Epcot Centre land exhibit: “….The 6-year-old then asked our guide about genetic experimentation, and pretty quickly we all learn that most of the crops within the “Living With The Land” greenhouses are genetically modified. At this point … Conti ...
• So, is raw milk really dangerous?
  From Chris Kresser, on his blog “Medicine for the 21st Century”: “Back in February, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) published a study targeting raw milk as dangerous and unsafe for human consumption. The media jumped on it in typical fashion. You … Continue reading & ...
• Seattle creating massive edible forest filled ...
  Now here’s some good news, for a change. From Jill Ettinger, at Organic Authority.com: “Taking the urban garden to the next level, Seattle, Washington has officially broken ground on a dedicated seven acre area of city land set to be … Continue reading →
• U.S. Senator Rand Paul seeks a legal amendment ...
  From Rand Paul’s blog: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today on the U.S. Senate floor, Sen. Rand Paul introduced an amendment to the Food and Drug Administration User Fee Reauthorization bill, which would curb the Food and Drug Associations overreach and abuse of … Continue reading →
• Proposed B.C. law to forbid disclosure of farm ...
  From Doug Powell, via Jim Romahn, on Agri 007: “When someone asks, What’s wrong with Kansas, I reply with, What’s wrong with Canada? My journalism friends have long complained that the flow of information about public health – public anything … Continue reading →

Mish's Global Economic Trends

• EU Throws Spain Two Deathlines; Spanish 10-Yea ...
  ECB Rejects Madrid Ponzi Refinancing Scheme The markets are reeling in the wake of rejection of Spain's Ponzi Recapitalization Scheme by the ECB according to the Financial Times. A Spanish plan to recapitalise Bankia, the troubled lender, by indirectly tapping the European Central Bank for ...
• Spexit Before Grexit? Six Reasons Spain Will L ...
  Interest rates on the 10-Year Spanish bond touched 6.7% today after the ECB shot down prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's Ponzi plan to recapitalize banks. The Spanish banking condition is in such precarious shape that Matthew Lynn of Strategy Economics proposed 'Spexit' Will Come Before a 'Grex ...
• Stubborn Stupidity, Fantasyland Thinking, Hope ...
  The Financial Times says Madrid in ‘game of chicken’ with EU. I disagree. I think Spain's prime minister Mariano Rajoy is a stubborn fool engaged in Fantasyland thinking, unable to think straight. The issue regards a proposed Ponzi financing scheme to recapitalize Spanish banks. ...
• Bailout Scam: Collecting Non-Interest on Non-L ...
  The absurdity of the Greek "bailout" setup is in the news once again. The New York Times reports Athens No Longer Sees Most of Its Bailout Aid In an elaborate payment system that began after the May 6 election that brought down the Greek government, and is meant to ensure that the Greeks do not ...
• Competition for McJobs Hits Teens: High-School ...
  High school and college kids typically get the jobs that are left over, that no one else really wants, such as working at McDonalds. However, competition for any job is now so intense, that teens cannot find any job that no one else wants. As a result of that increased competition, Num ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

• Classified Woman: The Sibel Edmonds Story
  In this startling new memoir, Sibel Edmonds—the most classified woman in U.S. history—takes us on a surreal journey that begins with the secretive FBI and down the dark halls of a feckless Congress to a stonewalling judiciary and finally, to the national security whistleblowers movement she spea ...
• BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- May 29, 2012
  BFP Nightly Quote “Once lead this people into war and they’ll forget there ever was such a thing as tolerance. To fight you must be brutal and ruthless and the spirit of ruthlessness will enter into the very fiber of our national life, infecting Congress, the courts, the policeman on ...
• Bill Conroy’s Narco News: Mexican President Ca ...
  Los Pinos Retains Las Vegas-Based R&R Partners to Promote Government’s Successes as the Bloody Drug War Rages On The administration of Felipe Calderón has retained a politically connected US advertising and public relations firm to promote the political and economic agenda of the Mexic ...
• Soothing the Beast: Saturday Night BFP-Jamiol ...
  Nina Simone This week’s BFP/Jamiol pick is “I Shall Be Released” written by Bob Dylan in 1967. It has been covered many times by a slew of singers across the musical landscape. None did it better than the late American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights act ...
• Classified Woman-Your Questions & My Answers
  Bookstores, Signing Arrangement, Media Coverage & More Since the release of Classified Woman I have been receiving dozens of e-mails each day, and with those e-mails come many questions regarding the status of the book. As always, with my frantic schedule, I’ve been saving the e-mails to res ...

bloody crossroads

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

gCaptain

• Ship Photos of The Day – Navy Ships and The Go ...
  San Francisco this weekend celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge.  One of the best things about being in San Francisco looking out at views of the Bay [...]
• Representing 14% of Worldwide Shipping Fleet, ...
  With its huge axis of interests and expertise, the mainland and island archipelago will play a pivotal role in helping to mould a fuel-efficient and environmentally active future. The President [...]
• India Grants Bail for Italian Marines In Enric ...
  NEW DELHI — An Indian court granted bail Wednesday to two Italian marines accused of fatally shooting two Indian fishermen they mistook for pirates. The Kerala High Court also ordered [...]
• STX Søviknes Delivers New PSV to Troms Offshore
  Tromsø-based shipowner, Troms Offshore Supply announced the receipt of a newbuild offshore supply boat delivered by STX Søviknes shipyard in Norway today.  The ship will be given the name MV Troms [...]
• 7 LNG Carriers Queue Up at Nakilat-Keppel O&M ...
  As Qatar ramps up its exports of LNG, Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat) has built one of the largest LNG fleets in the world. Nakilat (‘carrier’ in Arabic) currently owns [...]

Press TV

• UN raps NATO confab over Afghan toll
  The UN envoy in Kabul has criticized the participants of a recent NATO conference in Chicago for failing to raise the issue of civilian killings by US-led soldiers, Press TV reports.
• 'Iran petchem unaffected by sanctions'
  The projects director for the National Iranian Petrochemical Company (NIPC) says none of the country’s petrochemical projects have been affected by international pressures and foreign sanctions against Tehran.
• 2 US-led soldiers killed in S Afghanistan
  At least two US-led soldiers with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have been killed in two separate attacks in southern Afghanistan, Press TV reports.
• Russia rejects hasty UNSC act on Syria
  Russia says it is 'premature' for the United Nations Security Council to take any new action on Syria after more than 100 people were killed in violence in Syria’s western town of Houla.
• ‘Iran to send living organism to space’
  Head of the Iran Space Agency (ISA) Hamid Fazeli says the country plans to send a living organism into space on board the country’s indigenous Kavoshgar 5 (Explorer 5) satellite carrier soon.

SciDev.net

• Guidelines updated on research partnerships
  Eleven ways to make research collaborations more productive and equitable are highlighted in revised 'KFPE' guide.
• Africa's biosafety regulators urged to strengt ...
  Africa needs stronger links between biotechnology regulators and key stakeholders to build a functional biosafety system, experts say.
• WHO sets new guidelines to fight malaria
  A WHO committee has made new recommendations about drug resistance, preventive therapy, and larvicidal application to tackle malaria.
• Proceed with caution on 'planetary boundaries'
  The concept of environmental thresholds could weaken progress on sustainability at Rio+20, says global change scientist Simon L. Lewis.
• Researchers look to nanotech to keep fruit fresh
  Researchers in South Asia are hoping that nanomaterials will increase the shelf-life of fruit, leading to healthier diets.

Congressional Budget Office Director's Blog

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

Naked Scientists - News

• Life's building blocks found in a ring around ...
  Complex carbon-based molecules, including many that are important for life on Earth, could have formed in the early solar system. That's according to a paper by Fred Ciesla and Scott Sandford in this ...
• Thinking cap makes impossible problem soluble
  A small dose of electrical current passed across their heads enabled a group of volunteers to immediately solve a puzzle they had previously found to be impossible. This surprising result is the work...
• Pint sized rocket
  A rocket has been developed that could get a spaceprobe to the moon on just 100g of fuel Some tasks can only be done by a large satellite, but there are many others which can be done as well if not b...
• Seeing Around the Corner
  Using a laser, a super fast camera and a clever algorithm, researchers at MIT have developed the ability to see, in 3D, around a corner. Writing in the journal Nature Communications, Andreas Velten a...
• Drugs in sewage
  Drug use in populations, both legal and illegal, is important to know about for health and law and order reasons. Whilst it is relatively easy to keep tabs on the amount of legal drug use by asking ph...

Nick Turse

• Barcelona, Spain. 22nd May 2012 — A woman blow ...
  Barcelona, Spain. 22nd May 2012 — A woman blows a whistle and holds a sign in front of the CaixaBank headquarters. — The first general education strike ends up with a protest in front of CaixaBank headquarters. People tried to stop the meeting held by CaixaBank workers and used all kinds of obj ...
• nickturse:The console of the Lab’s IBM 7030 ...
  nickturse: The console of the Lab’s IBM 7030 (STRETCH), which was delivered to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in March 1961. The 7030 was IBM’s response to the LARC (Livermore Advanced Research Computer) built by Remington Rand. It provided the largest memory for any machine then in us ...
• thepoliticalnotebook:Picture of the Day: Tah ...
  thepoliticalnotebook: Picture of the Day: Tahrir Square in Cairo. Several thousand protesters filled the famously revolutionary Tahrir Square on Monday night to protest the presidential election, angry at being given a choice only between a Muslim Brotherhood candidate (Mohammed Morsy) and Mub ...
• theatlantic:Infographic: The Average Person ...
  theatlantic: Infographic: The Average Person Gets 9,672 Minor Injuries in a Lifetime Take a minute and do a little self-diagnostic on your body. Chances are, you’ve got at least one cut, ache, sprain or other minor ailment bothering you. If not, great news: something will probably happen to y ...
• penamerican:PEN American Center appears on B ...
  penamerican: PEN American Center appears on Bill Moyers on America’s Torture Program “On this weekend’s Moyers & Company, Siems, director of the Freedom to Write and International Programs at PEN American Center, and Liman, whose credits include The Bourne Identity, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and Fai ...

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