CAIRO, EGYPT - MAY 27: A demonstrator waves an Egyptian flag from atop a road sign in Tahrir Square on May 27, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. The ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces said that there would be no use of violence against protests dubbed 'the Second Revolution of Anger' taking place in Cairo and other cities in Egypt. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
Poster for Mohamed Mohsen, another victim of the SCAF, artwork by Carlos Latuff (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces opposing right to vote for Egyptian living abroad under, claiming that Egyptian abroad are not patriotic and have secret agenda (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces accusing 6 April Youth Movement of receiving American funds (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
CAIRO, EGYPT - NOVEMBER 22: Protesters stand by on a side street near Tahrir Square during stand off and clashes with riot police on November 22, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's interim ruling Military council, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has reportedly agreed to transfer power to a civilian government by July 2012 and hold presidential elections before the end of June 2012, following days of deadly protests in Cairo's Tahir Square, ahead of next weeks parliamentary elections that are set to go ahead as scheduled. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)2:45 pm MDST- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 12 minutes ago
Business Insider Michael Kelley U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Egyptian Major General Rouini on October 4, 2011 Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has issued a new c... - posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 20 minutes ago
Occupied Palestine TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — Israel’s army moved military tanks towards the country’s border with Egypt on Monday, after an earlier cross-border attack killed a man working on Israel’s b... - *New Orleans Saints suspended players appeal adjourns abruptly ~James Varney** * *Vilma video: Goodell is ''judge, jury and executioner.'' ~WWL*
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News Worldwide ELIZABETHTOWN, N.C. – Terrell McCullum did not commit a federal crime by carrying a shotgun and a rifle out of his ex-girlfriend’s house.But he is serving a federal prison sentence for it. ... - posted by José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 28 minutes ago
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A Chinese farmer caused chaos on the roads when he ducked out to feed his flock of 5,000. Hong brought streets in the eastern city of Taizhou to a standstill when, accompanied by a colleague, he took his... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck TAIWAN at a depth of 3 km (1.8 miles), the quake hit at 18:03:51 UTC Monday 18th June 2012 The epicenter was 11 km (6.8 miles) Southeast from Fenglin, Taiwan No Tsunam... - posted by Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 1 hour agoIt turns out that even if you're lucky enough to have health coverage, you've probably denied yourself the privilege of indulging in actual health care. By the time the profit-bloated insurance leeches hav...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 2 hours agoDuring the 1950s and 1960s, advocates for government investments in science and technology (mainly basic research at universities) pulled off a remarkable coup. They successfully integrated conceptions o...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 2 hours agoKevin Drum makes what I think is a potentially good point – including the necessary caveat that we don’t want to pre-interpret a Supreme Court decision that hasn’t been issued yet – about what a Supreme Co...
- posted by What Is Sustainable at What Is Sustainable - 2 hours agoCharles Clover’s book, *The End of the Line*, is a heartbreaking story about the seafood industry’s War on Fish. The poor fish don’t have much of a chance anymore, because there’s nowhere to hide from the...
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Adidas has sparked outrage and been accused of 'promoting slavery' by creating a new pair of trainers which have bright orange 'shackles' that fit around the wearer's ankles. The clothing giant is under ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours ago
A mammoth asteroid that had been feared to be on a collision course with Earth will not slam into the planet but fly safely past, Nasa have announced. Astronomers had been worried that 460ft-wide asteroi... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours ago
Millions of people could see the value of their pensions slashed by up to 20 per cent because of new EU rules. Those with a £100,000 pension fund could be more than £1,100 per year worse off in retirement... - posted by thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 3 hours agoFor whatever they're goddamned worth: "Information on Enforcement of the Canada Elections Act" "Director of Public Prosecutions" Check 'em out!
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appeared to indicate that Iran would be prepared to stop high-grade uranium enrichment. Ahmadinejad said he would meet the demand of the United States and its allies...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoThe Duchess of Argyll has voiced her 'disbelief' after learning that £100,000 of jewellery she lost at Glasgow Airport six years ago had been sold on by bosses there for a fraction of its value. The 68-y...
- posted by paul at Paying attention - 3 hours agoWe're finishing a brief trip back to Canada to visit friends and families and so my partner could pick up an honourary degree from the University of Victoria. It was, of course, much fun, and it was especi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoAn illegal immigrant who battered a father-of-two to death with a brick after being released on bail for robbery was locked up indefinitely today. Rostam Ahmadi, 23, launched the savage random attack on 4...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 3 hours agoPoor Sally Quinn. Of course, she's still worth millions, but no longer powerful as real money talks and walks (across a different stage) now. And she'll whine about it. Just you listen. In April, at the W...
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 3 hours agoThe Economic Freedom Network (EFN) Asia has announced last week that the Annual Conference this year will be held in Hong Kong this coming November 5-8. I assume that November 5th is a welcome dinner with ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago*Towns strikes back-- endorses Charles Barron* Earlier today, we talked a little bit about how insurgent Democrats like Matt Cartwright and Beto O'Rourke have been beating tired old Machine hacks (and in ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 4 hours ago*Votes will be added for him*: "Florida machines may add ‘phantom’ votes" June 04, 2012 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Almost half of Florida’s voters will have their *ballots counted* this November by *machines...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoA 14-year-old girl was driven to suicide after falling victim to bullies, her friends claimed today. Jade Stringer, from Bury, Greater Manchester, died on Saturday six days after being discovered unconsc...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoThe brother of a former EastEnders actress whose 'headless and limbless' body was found in a canal will stand trial later this year, accused of her murder. Tony McCluskie, 35, appeared at the Old Bailey ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoA British mother killed her two young children just days after her fugitive paedophile lover was captured by police, a Spanish court heard on the first day of her murder trial today. Lianne Smith, 45, al...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoFrench police have arrested a man who is believed to have shot dead two female paramilitary gendarmes with a gun belonging to one of them. The officers, who were aged 29 and 35, were killed in the village...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 4 hours ago*I can't see 'em for the trees.* "Fires fuel urgency to restore forests to more natural state" by Susan Montoya Bryan | Associated Press, June 15, 2012 ALBUQUERQUE - As firefighters battle blazes in New...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 4 hours agoR. v. Evans, 2012 ONCA 412 is a helpful source for the principle that a self induced drug intoxication does not support a not criminally responsible disposition: [12] The respondent relies on R.v.B...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 4 hours ago*Why not just give all the animals their freedom?* "US judge orders SeaWorld to keep whale trainers safer; Ruling follows death of worker during orca show" by Lizette Alvarez | New York Times, June 08, ...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker atNortherntruthseeker - 4 hours agoThe results of the Greek federal elections that took place yesterday are finally in, and I will call it as I see it... The criminal Rothschild controlled IMF switched enough votes to give their puppets in ...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 4 hours agoLast week, I listened to Barack Obama's campaign speech and what I heard is that he intends to run against Congress -- and against MittRomneyandCongress. As a fan of Congress in the abstract, I'm not happy...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 4 hours agoI got nothin' else. Like four years ago, I'm apathetic over this election and I feel like I've said it all, anyway, and have shouted it down an empty well. Wake me up when an asteroid gets within a 1000 m...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoJust after dawn, they started removing large metal plates from the windows surrounding the National Bank of Greece on Syntagma Square. Their concern was that the election could presage another bout of vi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck SOUTH OF KERMADEC ISLANDS at a depth of 232 km (143.8 miles), the quake hit at 14:04:39 UTC Monday 18th June 2012 The epicenter was 586 km (363.3 miles) Northeast of W...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 5 hours ago*The House(s) That Brian Built* If there was any people NAFTA was supposed to help, surely it was the Mexicans. It was supposed to be their admission ticket to industrialization and the great Middle Clas...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker atNortherntruthseeker - 5 hours agoWhen I look at the information coming forth from our own governments and the clowns in our media about the real situation at Fukushima Japan, I get absolutely livid. I am truly sickened by the lies and f...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 5 hours agoRosettes are easy and a no-sew person's dream. They require hot glue instead of threading your machine and much less cursing. I love rosettes and I have made them for just about every single one of my da...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 5 hours agoThe Guardian Dominic Rushe * * *Search engine company has said there has been a troubling increase in requests to remove political content from the internet* Over six months Google complied with 47% of req...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 5 hours ago*MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2012* *Part 4—Repeating what Margaret Mead said:* During her brilliant career as the world’s most famous anthropologist, Margaret Mead had teased out the logic in quite a few cultural pa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoTime is running out for a diplomatic solution to Western concerns about Iran's nuclear program, Israeli President Shimon Peres said Monday in an interview with CNN. He said Iran continues to flout the U...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoNEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- As the political crisis in Greece slowly moves toward a resolution, Spain continues to lose credibility in the bond market. In a sign of continued jitters over the euro debt crisis,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoAthens (CNN) -- Greece has been at the heart of the European debt crisis -- and its weekend election was a critical test of the 17-country eurozone's ability to retain its common currency. The pro-bailo...
- Wall Street slips on euro zone contagion fears....Seems not everyone is fooled by the latest Charadeposted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago(Reuters) - Stocks were lower on Monday as rising Spanish and Italian bond yields indicated increasing fear of euro zone debt crisis contagion despite a victory for pro-bailout parties in the Greek electi...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 5 hours agoBusiness Insider Michael Kelley The U.S. military withheld information of fatalities from a June 1 attackon a U.S. outpost near the Afghanistan-Pakistan as two Americans were killed, reports Joshua Partlo...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 5 hours agoIt's grey and wet outdoors. It's been grey and wet since, what, October? Just kidding, we've had a few nice days. Everybody's sure of it even though nobody can agree just when we got them or how man...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 5 hours agoAmerican Thinker Russell Cook Is there any issue more dependent on widespread lapses in critical thinking than the idea of man-caused global warming? Nothing wrecks an argument faster than a question re...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoThe parents of six children killed in a house fire will go on trial for their murder next year. At a preliminary hearing at Nottingham Crown Court, Mick Philpott, 55, and his wife Mairead, 31, who was ca...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 6 hours agoGood article today on how ALEC membership can be toxic for Corporate Sector Members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ACCEPTABLE RISK? – American Legislative Exchange Council REPUTATIONA...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoMOSCOW — Iran and world powers on Monday locked horns in hours of tense talks in Moscow seeking a diplomatic solution to the crisis over Tehran's nuclear programme with no breakthrough in sight. At talks...
- posted by Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 6 hours agoThe folks over at New Economic Perspectives are sponsoring a contest"offering t-shirts to the top three readers who identify passages that contain the worst predictive and policy follies in Mankiw’s textboo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoBarrier between Israel, Egypt is of supreme national interest, says Netanyahu, adds security forces must act against attackers; IDF tanks that moved near southern border returned to regular positions hour...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 6 hours agoGlobal Research Frank Morales* * *Back in 1992 the Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff held a "Strategy Essay Competition." * *The winner was a National War College student paper entitled, "The Origins of th...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 6 hours ago[image: The Christian Reformed Church’s governing body said that 'human-induced climate change is an ethical, social justice, and religious issue', during Synod 2012, 8-14 June 2012. crcna.org]By Matt Va...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoSometimes fantasy makes more sense than fiction. When looking at the latest developments in the diplomatic standoff between Iran and several Western nations, the words of Gandalf in that epic Lord of The ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 6 hours ago[image: Severe rain floods Hampton Blvd. in the Larchmont neighborhood of Norfolk, on 29 July 2010. Amanda Lucier / THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT] By Darryl Fears 17 June 2012 NORFOLK, Virginia – At her cozy hous...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA mid-level officer of the Indian Foreign Ministry told me that he was startled by the language used by US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta during his visit to India on June 6. India, Panetta said, is the "...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoLooming threats of military strikes and tougher economic sanctions have pushed Iran and the world powers gathered in Moscow to seek amicable ways of dealing with Iran's nuclear ambitions. The latest talks...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 6 hours ago*MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2012* *Softball king learns a new trick:* We weren’t surprised by Bob Schieffer’s questions, which resembled softball played from a tee. (We expect to discuss a few of those questions as...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 6 hours ago[image: a, C stocks. b, N stocks. The stocks are divided into above-ground tree biomass (grey fill), above-ground shrub biomass (black fill), roots (hash fill) and soils down to the underlying parent mat...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck ECUADOR at a depth of 40 km (24.8 miles), the quake hit at 13:34:57 UTC Monday 18th June 2012 The epicenter was 4 km (2.8 miles) Northeast from Pujilí, Ecuador No Repo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck TAIWAN at a depth of 6 km (3.7 miles), the quake hit at 13:32:02 UTC Monday 18th June 2012 The epicenter was 12 km (7.4 miles) Southeast from Fenglin, Taiwan No Tsunam...
- posted by Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 6 hours agoHere is the Nobel prize winner's *NY Times* obituary.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck HALMAHERA, INDONESIA at a depth of 9.2 km (5.7 miles), the quake hit at 12:50:38 UTC Monday 18th June 2012 The epicenter was 257 km (159 miles) Northeast of Ternate, M...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 6 hours agoElisabet Sahtouris, Ph.D, Evolutionary Biologist, Professor, Author, Speaker and Consultant on Living Systems Design, talks to Dr. Gary Null about why we allow bad medicine - Part 1 of 4
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 6 hours ago*The question is does that **mean anything** anymore other than socialism for bankers?* "France backtracks, lowers retirement age" Associated Press, June 07, 2012 PARIS - France’s new Socialist governmen...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 6 hours agoI have in the past given the title of "Fantasy Island" to the UK for pursuing an impossible approach to carbon dioxide emissions reductions. Over the next week a much bigger island will take that title (...
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan- 6 hours ago*Lin's chastity and piety memorial arch in Dajia, Taichung.* Rounded up a few links today. Have at'em! Typhoon/Tropical Storm Talim is on the way, so batten down the hatches this week, we're gonna get soa...
- posted by Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 6 hours agoEarly morning in good old YVR, where we arrived at 6 a.m. today to settle in for our five-hour wait until the next leg of the flight kicks in. Bad connection, but so it goes with points flights. Had a won...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 6 hours ago*Not mine*: "New chance for far-right in French parliament vote" by Elaine Ganley | Associated Press, June 08, 2012 HENIN-BEAUMONT, France - Far-right leader Marine Le Pen's ultimate plan is to explode...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 7 hours agoBy James Astill 16 June 2012 STANDING ON THE Greenland ice cap, it is obvious why restless modern man so reveres wild places. Everywhere you look, ice draws the eye, squeezed and chiselled by a unique...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 7 hours agoEgyptians, realising that their country has been undermined by the CIA-Mossad Arab Spring, appear to have boycotted the presidential elections of June 2012. "Official turnout figures were not released y...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 7 hours agoYou are thinking, no way ! It isn't going to happen. Israel attack Egypt ! But, they have a peace agreement! When did something as insignificant as a peace agreement ever get in the way of imperialism, la...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 7 hours ago*MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2012* *Do these ruminations make sense:* According to David Brooks, modern Republicans want to spend less on education—and they want to spend more on schools! See previous post. To us,...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 7 hours agoHappy Birthday to Sir Paul McCartney. 70. On to the good stuff: 1. Sarah Binder on the Thurmond Rule. 2. Andrew Rudalevige on second terms. 3. Working without a mandate: the case of Washington state, by...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago*There's an avatar of fierce progressive values in this photo* The first time I ran for office was at PS 197 in Brooklyn. I won by one vote and was elected Secretary of my class. My opponent cried and the ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 7 hours ago"Televangelist faces battery charges ATLANTA - A 15-year-old daughter of televangelist Creflo Dollar said he choked and punched her after an quarrel, a police report indicated. Dollar faces misdemeanor ch...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 7 hours ago*MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2012* *Part 1—Brooks, then Collins:* Does anything we read or hear make any actual sense? Consider the most recent columns by two of our best-known columnists. On Friday, David Brooks...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 7 hours agoI will be posting your comments later along with an explanation as to why you are so wrong.
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 8 hours agoNotice how the water is almost free of ice?
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoThe U.S. decision last week to leave China off a list of seven additional countries exempt from looming U.S. sanctions on Iran has led to questions about how the U.S. and China will resolve issue before t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoEarlier this year, US news outlets began revising their false boilerplate that the United States believed Iran was building a nuclear bomb. They grudgingly recognized that US intelligence didn’t believe th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoMOSCOW — Russia is preparing to send two warships to the Syrian port of Tartus, where Moscow operates a strategic naval base, to ensure the safety of its nationals, the Interfax news agency reported Monda...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoDAMASCUS — Syrian forces on Monday shelled rebel bastions in Homs and Damascus despite pleas for help from the opposition and a warning by the United Nations that such bombardment amounted to crimes agains...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA Spanish climber fell into a crevasse while scaling Ecuador's Chimborazo volcano and police have mounted a rescue operation, a police spokesman told Efe. Jairo Domingo Peña apparently died in the climbi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoPlumes of smoke and ash are continuing to rise from Colombia's Nevado del Ruiz volcano. People living on its slopes said they had heard "strong, strange noises" coming from the summit of the 5,346m-high ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoAs a stark report on the care system is published by MPs, Labour MP Ann Coffey, the Chair of the all-party parliamentary group for runaway and missing children and adults, says care services are failing ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoADEN, Yemen, June 18 (Xinhua) -- The Yemen-based al-Qaida branch has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in the port city of Aden that killed the commander of Yemen's southern military region alon...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 9 hours agoIt is difficult to think of a much more offensive consideration than this - well, maybe asking if a father's religion makes him unfit would count. How about saying, 'listen you are hard of hearing, you bet...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 9 hours ago*Times-Picayune News Staff Indispensable – A Reader’s Despair ~Avenue Pub* *Monday tease: Slabbed finally locates the MIA Jefferson Parish DA Paul Connick. Simple junior, the Buddy System in action* *Inve...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoSurrey cricketer Tom Maynard has died after being hit by a District Line train on the London Underground. Cardiff-born Mr Maynard, 23, died in the early hours of this morning. Surrey Chairman Richard Tho...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago(CNN) -- When assuming office, every government official must take an oath to abide by and uphold our Constitution. Since 2010, I have made that my mission in Congress. Unfortunately, the Obama administra...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago(CNN) -- A central Florida elementary school principal has been arrested on drug charges after a sting operation, authorities said Saturday. David Groover, 43, was arrested Friday after deputies searched ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago(CNN) -- The use of hydraulic fracturing to open underground natural gas formations has a low risk of triggering earthquakes, experts reported Friday, but some scientists say the debate is far from over....
- posted by Ben O'Loughlin at The Duck of Minerva - 9 hours agoOne of the most unsettling findings of *our media and radicalisation research* was the way in which the suffering of certain individual women is turned into a cause by radical Islamic groups that leads to...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago(Reuters) - Pro-bailout party New Democracy may have come first in Sunday's Greek election but the radical left anti-austerity SYRIZA bloc was celebrating like the real winner well into the warm Athens ni...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago(Reuters) - President Barack Obama will press Vladimir Putin over Russia's role in the Syrian crisis when they meet on Monday but appears to have little chance of persuading him to budge on Moscow's resis...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoAbuja, Nigeria (CNN) -- Three church bombings and retaliatory attacks in northern Nigeria killed at least 50 people Sunday and injured more than 130 others, the Nigerian Red Cross Society said. The serie...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoIslamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A Taliban commander in northwest Pakistan has announced a ban on polio vaccines for children as long as the United States continues its campaign of drone strikes in the region...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago(CNN) -- Israel sealed off a stretch of its southern border with Egypt on Monday as part of a manhunt for militants who launched an attack against Israelis working on a security fence being erected betwee...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago(CNN) -- The elusive quest for peace in Syria is now crippled with setbacks, as a U.N. observer mission has suspended operations and attempts to rescue civilians trapped in violence have proved futile. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoCairo (CNN) -- An Islamist backed by the Muslim Brotherhood declared victory as Egypt's first democratically elected president even as the country's military rulers issued a decree that virtually stripped...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoAthens (CNN) -- Two elections, two interim prime ministers and 221 days since Greece last had an elected government, Greek President Karolas Papoulias will ask the leader of the center-right New Democracy...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoNAHA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Around 5,200 people rallied Sunday in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa against the planned deployment of MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoTOKYO (Kyodo) -- A powerful typhoon was moving toward the Japanese archipelago Monday while maintaining its strength, with the storm possibly making landfall by Wednesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA search for four Japanese climbers struck by an avalanche on Alaska's Mount McKinley has been called off, officials at Denali National Park & Reserve said on June 17. Rescue team members found a piece o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoImage: The blaze broke out at the sheltered housing complex./ Strathclyde Fire and Rescue More than 30 residents had to be evacuated from a sheltered housing complex following a large fire in Lanarkshire....
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoLOS CABOS, Mexico — World leaders expressed relief on the eve of a G20 summit that Greek voters had stepped back from the edge and elected a government that supports painful reforms in exchange for a Europ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoForeign Affairs Minister Bob Carr has arrived in Libya to personally press the case of imprisoned Australian lawyer Melinda Taylor. Ms Taylor and three colleagues from the International Criminal Court (IC...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoGeorge Bush threatened to topple former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith if he failed to back Tony Blair over the Iraq War, Alastair Campbell has claimed. Mr Campbell, who was No 10’s director of communicat...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoOne frustrated homeowner went to extreme measures to deter any intruders from trespassing onto his property. Robert Baird decided to take serious action against a gang of squirrels who were sneaking into...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoPolice are investigating a complaint of assault after tennis player David Nalbandian kicked an advertising hoarding at Queen's, injuring a line judge. Scotland Yard said a complaint had been made followin...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoGermany has reiterated that Greece's bailout terms are non-negotiable, as the country attempts to form a new coalition government. Greek voters decided to stick with the euro in an election which narrowl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoPresident Barack Obama hit a major milestone as he marked his 100th time on the links during a Father’s Day weekend getaway in his hometown of Chicago. Despite the fact that the 50-year-old Obama had nev...
- posted by angola3news at Angola 3 News - 10 hours agoAngela A. Allen-Bell speaks in Baton Rouge at the Louisiana State Capitol on April 17, 2012 when Amnesty International delivered a 67,000 signature demanding Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox's immediate ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago28 years after deserting the U.S. Air Force, a serviceman believed dead has stunned his family by contacting them from where has been living, as a fugitive, in Sweden. Now aged 47, David Hemler vanished ...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 10 hours agoAirports and border crossings in Canada are being wired with high-definition cameras and microphones that can eavesdrop on travelers' conversations, according to the Canada Border Services Agency. A CBSA ...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 10 hours agoIt would seem that home made rocket launchers are not just part of the fabric of life in Gaza and Afghanistan, one has been spotted in Spain *Thanks to UK Commentators *for the picture spot.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoCrews in northern Colorado are facing powerful winds as they battle a blaze that has scorched about 86 square miles of mountainous forest land and destroyed at least 181 homes, the most in state history. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA screenwriter, who has previously worked with Steven Spielberg, allegedly killed his poodle by punching it in the face. Ted Shuttleworth, 51, was arrested on Saturday morning at his Queens, New York, ho...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoAn 18-year-old recent high school graduate threw a house party where 200 teenagers showed up and engaged in underage drinking, police said. Laurenz Jacobsen is under investigation for violating a social h...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA 10-hour standoff between an off-duty New Jersey police officer who barricaded himself inside his estranged wife's house while sporadically shooting at police has ended. Richard Klementovich, 42, an off...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoPredator: Johnathan Kendrick was convicted of misdemeanor child molestation in 1994 and lewd acts with a minor in 2004 In a landmark ruling, a California jury has awarded record $28million in damages to ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA six-year-old suspected illegal immigrant was arrested on Friday – the same day President Obama softened the U.S. deportation policy towards young immigrants. The young girl was arrested with 15 other s...
- posted by Manifesto Joe at Manifesto Joe's Texas Blues - 10 hours agoZZ Top's *Tres Hombres* (1973) was a fantastic album, but the inside art made it even better. Yum!
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA new study has quantified a problem that many political pundits have been complaining about by reporting that Congress has gotten collectively dumber over the past seven years. By analyzing trends in sp...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA woman looking for family videos on a relative's computer was shocked to find a huge stash of images showing young girls in sexual poses. And she was even more devastated when she remembered that the rel...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoChristian missionary groups crashed an Arab-American festival on Friday night armed with a pig's head on a stake and placards making bigoted remarks and promoting the hatred of Islam. Tensions flared whe...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoAfter being confronted by a naked woman quoting Scripture in the streets of St George, South Carolina, police attempted to calm her down and cover her with a blanket. But the 80-year-old woman apparently...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoThe U.S government has asked Britain to help intervene a ship, believed to be carrying Russian attack helicopters and munitions, heading for Syria. A Russian cargo vessel, the MV Alaed is thought to be ma...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the AZORES ISLANDS REGION at a depth of 33 km (20.4 miles), the quake hit at 08:53:00 UTC Monday 18th June 2012 The epicenter was 389 km (241.1 miles) Northwest of Ang...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA British driver has broken his back after a spectacular crash in the opening hours of the Le Mans 24 hour race. Anthony Davidson's Toyota TS030 Hybrid flipped in mid-air before careering into heavily in...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoHeadstones on World War Two military graves in Libya have been desecrated in the second such attack in four months. The latest vandalism occurred in a cemetery in Benghazi, the starting point of last yea...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoMillions of workers who go on strike will lose the right to have their missed wages topped up with benefits. Union members who withdraw their labour do not get paid by their employer for time off during ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck MENDOZA, ARGENTINA at a depth of 14.1 km (8.8 miles), the quake hit at 08:29:03 UTC Monday 18th June 2012 The epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) ESE of Mendoza, Mendoza, A...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoDaniel Kiunsi, whose home is pictured, has issued a High Court writ for the distress he says he has suffered since the decision to eject him An immigrant is suing the Government for £11million for making ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoRoast pork and sausages have always been a staple of British diets. But now hundreds of school children will be denied them for school lunches because of 'religious reasons'. Pork, which is not eaten by d...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoVictim: Police discovered Mohammed Taki's remains under the patio at the flat in leafy Fulham, west London A flat owner made a deathbed confession to strangling a man whose skeleton remained buried under...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoTwo Canadian sisters have been found dead in their hotel room in Thailand. Thai police suspect Audrey and Noemi Belanger, aged 20 and 26, may have succumbed to 'serious food poisoning.' Officials said th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA radical Islamist sect has claimed responsibility for three church attacks in northern Nigeria in which at least 21 people were killed. Boko Haram made the announcement in an email statement received by ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoGoogle removed 640 videos from YouTube in the second half of last year amid fears they promoted terrorism. The Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) made a request for five user accounts to be clos...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoMOSCOW — A new round of talks on Iran’s nuclear ambitions began in Moscow on Monday, with a significant gap looming between the two sides’ positions as painful new sanctions are set to come into effect to...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe Muslim Brotherhood is claiming victory in Egypt’s Presidential election, setting the stage for a showdown with the country’s military which has granted itself sweeping powers. The Islamist movement ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA at a depth of 93.3 km (58 miles), the quake hit at 06:28:51 UTC Monday 18th June 2012 The epicenter was 116 km (72 miles) West o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck OFF THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA at a depth of 35 km (21.7 miles), the quake hit at 05:20:36 UTC Monday 18th June 2012 The epicenter was 132 km (82 miles) East...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck EVREYSKAYA AVTONOMNAYA OBLAST', RUSSIA at a depth of 13.1 km (8.1 miles), the quake hit at 05:11:34 UTC Monday 18th June 2012 The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) NNE o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck OFF THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA at a depth of 39.6 km (24.6 miles), the quake hit at 04:57:43 UTC Monday 18th June 2012 The epicenter was 125 km (77 miles) ES...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck NEAR THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA at a depth of 30 km (18.6 miles), the quake hit at 04:51:40 UTC Monday 18th June 2012 The epicenter was 112 km (69 miles) Eas...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 12 hours ago*That type of talk always scares certain people. * "Many German tourists drop Greece from vacation lists" by Alex Webb | Bloomberg News, May 27, 2012 FRANKFURT - After Germany’s insistence that Greek ad...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck OFF THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA at a depth of 39.3 km (24.4 miles), the quake hit at 04:11:47 UTC Monday 18th June 2012 The epicenter was 130 km (80 miles) Ea...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoScientists are warning that if obesity continues to grow the world's population is in danger of running out of food. The problem could have the same implications for world food energy demands as an extra...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Say No To Corporate America!) at Say No To Corporate America - 12 hours ago
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 12 hours agoDoes Your Doctor Have a Fake Degree? The Billion-Dollar Industry That Has Sold Over a Million Fake Diplomas *There is a major crisis in the world of higher education: the large and growing number of fake...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 13 hours ago*According to new research Governments should focus more funds on policing the internet and less on anti-virus software.* Computer scientists at the University of Cambridge agreed out the cybercrime stu...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 13 hours agoI think that we sort of suspected that meditation methods had a direct physical impact on the brain. Now we have direct confirmation that this is explicitly true. It also immediately demands that...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 13 hours agoOne problem that I have with these studies is that they naturally select for individuals who are serious about their health and we all know that does not stop at taking vitamin D exclusively. Ch...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 13 hours agoThe giant problem facing the globe today is the popular support for Islamic-Fascism that has hijacked the religion of Islam itself and the natural loyalties attached to it. Egypt happens to be ...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 13 hours agoIt appears we may finally have a solution for damaged spines. The actual surgery is pretty scary as it is way to easy to cut significant nerves while installing such a device. Otherwise it is a...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 13 hours ago*I have posted quite a bit on Japan's reprocessing of nuclear fuel to produce plutonium.* * * *Japan decided in 2010 to discontinue its efforts to "close the fuel cycle" by "breeding" plutonium fuel in fa...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 14 hours agoJune 17, 2012 Even the cold early spring of 2012 could not deter Occupy Wall Street (OWS) activists in New York city. People from different backgrounds continue to come out onto the streets. The agenda ...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 14 hours agoJune 17, 2012 Even the cold early spring of 2012 could not deter Occupy Wall Street (OWS) activists in New York city. People from different backgrounds continue to come out onto the streets. The agenda ...
- posted by David J. Climenhaga at David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary - 14 hours agoThe Gardner Canal, a Pacific Ocean inlet near Kitimat, B.C., planned terminus of the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline. What’s in the project for British Columbians? Not much, and they know it. Below: B....
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 15 hours agoThey were caught. Well, you know about that, and while the details are fun, I'm going to skip past them because there's more to get to. First of all, let's put everyone in place. Five burglars, includin...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 15 hours ago*Remembering Rosalie Bertell Author, distinguished scientist, environmental activist, international expert on radiation, sister of the Grey Nuns by Dr. Ilya Sandra Perlingieri* http://www.globalresearch.c...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoChildren are to be banned from a city centre under draconian plans to tackle anti-social behaviour. Critics said the decision to stop anyone under 16 walking the streets of Bangor after dark was akin to s...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN at a depth of 10.1 km (6.3 miles), the quake hit at 03:52:24 UTC Monday 18th June 2012 The epicenter was 1830 km (1137 miles) South from Fianara...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 16 hours agoBen Powless, Mohawk, Clayton Thomas Muller, Cree, and Tom Goldtooth, Dakota Dine', from US and Canada with Indigenous. Clayton Thomas Muller, Cree, battling the tarsands in Rio. Photos by Ben...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 16 hours ago*Terry Morrone, Professor Emeritus of Physics at Adelphi University, writes: * *Dailycensored.com* It started when I was a child. I was taught that America was the land of the free... I began to doubt...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck OFF THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA at a depth of 39.5 km (24.5 miles), the quake hit at 03:58:09 UTC Monday 18th June 2012 The epicenter was 122 km (76 miles) Ea...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA female keeper was today mauled to death by a pack of eight wolves at a popular Swedish zoo, police said. The 30-year-old woman had entered the wolf enclosure at Kolmarden park, in the Ostergotland dist...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 16 hours agoA kind reader sent me this video, I just love it. Its done a lot to lift my spirits, perhaps it will cheer you too. ....btw, in reference to grounding, I do go barefoot a lot - I'm usually criticized...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoTwo brothers who killed a man in his own home have been allowed to stay in Britain together because of their human right to a ‘family life’. One of the reasons for granting the second brother permission t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoRecent case: MPs said appalling failings in the care system that allowed a group of Pakistani-born men (pictured) to rape White girls in a recent case in Rochdale were common across the country. Children...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoDavid Camerron will warn today that the world economy faces ‘five big threats’ that could lead to a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis. The Prime Minister will urge world leaders to ‘get a grip’ on the eu...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours agoA few weeks ago *millions* of Spaniards took to the streets as Spain followed German orders to wreck the country's public education system in the name of Austerity. And this weekend, even with Spain's rig...
- posted by Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 16 hours agoWelcome to Meet & Greet Monday! Banner by Art Ist Grab our banner for your site: Do you have an Eco-friendly blog or site? Do you occasionally write about the environme...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 16 hours agoRico at Theo Spark thinks that there might be. Do read the whole piece, it's thought-provoking, but this is the key passage: 'It is worth noting that George Soros has just tripled his position in Gold. Sa...
- Edward Putnam revealed as a rapist: Man who claimed handouts after £4.5million win attacked girl, 17
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoThe £4.5million lottery winner who was exposed last week as a benefits cheat is also a convicted rapist. Edward Putman, 46, declined publicity when he won the huge sum in September 2009, but his identity... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago(Reuters) - Events in Egypt, Bahrain and Syria illustrate the limits of U.S. influence in the Middle East following the Arab Spring and a U.S. reluctance, at times, to exercise such clout as it has. Cour...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago(Reuters) - For decades, American and Canadian expats have flocked to the shores of Chapala, seeking refuge in the spring-like climate of Mexico's largest natural lake, where English author D.H. Lawrence ...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 16 hours ago*NATO-backed Islamist savages have killed citizens in Syria for over a year, and their campaign of terror is only beginning. * "War is a survival among us from savage times and affects now chiefly the ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoATHENS, June 18 (Reuters) - Political parties supporting Greece's international bailout will begin forging a government on Monday after an election victory over radical leftists staved off the prospect of ...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 16 hours agoThe Hoary-throated Spinetail is predicted to lose more than 80% of its habitat in the Amazon, according to the latest survey of the world's birds. Photo courtesy: IUCN Birds in the Amazon are under increa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA magnitude 2.7 earthquake has struck YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING at a depth of 1 km (0.6 miles), the quake hit at 03:27:42 UTC Monday 18th June 2012 The epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) SSE from Gar...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA at a depth of 52.7 km (32.7 miles), the quake hit at 03:17:35 UTC Monday 18th June 2012 The epicenter was 62 km (38 mi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoSearch engine company has said there has been a troubling increase in requests to remove political content from the internet. There has been an alarming rise in the number of times governments attempted t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoBritain's banks have restarted their lending squeeze, starving small companies of credit, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) warns today. Its quarterly Voice of Small Business Index, which surveys th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoLOS CABOS, Mexico — British Prime Minister David Cameron is expected on Monday to urge Europe to make tough decisions including structural reform, warning of the risk of "perpetual stagnation" without act...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoFRANCE'S Socialists have won control of parliament, handing President Francois Hollande the convincing majority he needs to push through his tax-and-spend agenda to battle the eurozone debt crisis. The S...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoEgypt's ruling military has issued a declaration apparently granting itself sweeping powers, as the country awaits results of presidential elections. The document by the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago(Reuters) - Crude futures rose in early Asian trade on Monday as Greece's pro-bailout parties looked set to win a slim majority at weekend elections, easing investor fears of an imminent exit from the eur...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO at a depth of 82.4 km (51.2 miles), the quake hit at 02:53:21 UTC Monday 18th June 2012 The epicenter was 53 km (32 miles) Southwest of Tapach...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 17 hours agoFried whale meat at a restaurant in the Japanese capital, Tokyo. Photo courtesy: Yuriko Nakao/Reuters Japan's failing appetite for whale meat left three-quarters of meat from whales caught in the north-w...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 17 hours agoYes, it might be exam time, but our friends at the Auckland Uni Economics Group still have a light programme over the exam period. Here’s what’s on offer tonight: Hi Everyone, This week we will view an...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the AZORES ISLANDS REGION at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 00:02:40 UTC Monday 18th June 2012 The epicenter was 314 km (195 miles) NNE of Santa Cruz d...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck the SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION at a depth of 10.1 km (6.3 miles), the quake hit at 23:43:39 UTC Sunday 17th June 2012 The epicenter was 51 km (31.6 miles) ESE of V...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the AZORES ISLANDS REGION at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 23:32:08 UTC Sunday 17th June 2012 The epicenter was 385 km (239 miles) NNE of Santa Cruz d...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 17 hours agoI found it fascinating this morning listening to Principals Association head Patrick Walsh decrying that parents are taking their children out of “lower decile” schools in favour of “higher decile” schoo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoA magnitude 6.4 earthquake has struck NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN at a depth of 31.8 km (19.8 miles), the quake hit at 20:32:20 UTC Sunday 17th June 2012 The epicenter was 113 km (70 miles) South...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 17 hours agoA hydraulic fracturing drill rig in Troy, Pennsylvania. Scientists don't yet know why it appears storing fracking by-product underground carries a higher seismic activity risk than fracking itself. Photo c...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Say No To Corporate America!) at Say No To Corporate America - 17 hours ago
- posted by leftdog at Buckdog - 17 hours ago*"A Conservative private members’ bill that repeals part of Canada’s hate speech laws has passed the House of Commons with scant media attention, and even less commentary. But it's being cheered by many ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours agoI'll be away on personal matters Monday, so no posts, which will resume normally on Tuesday. Commenting is disabled to deter the ever pesky live-link comment spammers. Be safe, and do be kind to each ot...
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan- 18 hours agoNeed to be somewhere on time? The hardworking folks at Taiwanease have introduced another great app, the Taiwanease taxi app. We created Taiwanease Taxi as a bare-bones version of our Taiwanease Director...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago“Would the Rosette Nebula by any other name look as sweet? The bland New General Catalog designation of NGC 2237 doesn't appear to diminish the appearance of this flowery emission nebula. Inside the nebul...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 18 hours agoWTF? Really???????? Something terribly wrong with this story – A f#cking billboard causes them to drop funding BUT they continue to support and participate in the American Legislative Exchange council (ALE...
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 18 hours agoAh, yes, another four-day work week and three-day weekend. Southern Man loves summer! On Friday Southern Man took Twelve-Year-Old Daughter to the local amusement park to pick up our season passes and rid...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 19 hours agoThis the most under-reported news of last week. When confronted by Jen Granholm in an interview on Current TV, Politico‘s Joe Williams admitted Big Media is terrified of rightwing extremists: “And there ...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 19 hours agoI found this blog entry tonight and it is almost a month old. According to the blog - requests to State Farm to drop ALEC peaked in April. Here's how to start it again. Heres the BLOG ENTRY - READ it ca...
- posted by angola3news at Angola 3 News - 19 hours ago*(Note: below is the statement by the Angola 3, submitted to the US Senate Judiciary Committee for their hearing on June 19, 2012 entitled, “Reassessing Solitary Confinement: The Human Rights, Fiscal and P...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 19 hours agoSo much for Willard Rmoney moving to the center now that he presuambly has the nomination locked up. As confirmed today on the Sunday bobblehead shows, Romney firmly hews to the Tea Party line. Mitt Ro...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 19 hours ago*The rotunda of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, designed by the university's 1819 founder, former President Thomas Jefferson* *"If there's a reason to do it, it should be a very serious and ...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 20 hours agoGoddess forgive me for my cynicism, because if it's real, it's dangerous and unacceptable. But I can't help myself, every time I see a story about the wingnut freakout over SWATing, I think of Backwards-B ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours agoSherwood, Oregon, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago*“To Love The Darkness”* by Chet Raymo "You darkness, that I come from, I love you more than all the fires that fence in the world, for the fire makes a circle of light for everyone...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago*"One"* "The mosquito is so small it takes almost nothing to ruin it. Each leaf, the same. And the black ant, hurrying. So many lives, so many fortunes! Every morning, I walk softly and with forward glan...
- posted by Liss at The Intercept - 20 hours ago
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago“If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” - Napoleon Hill
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago*"Dreams And Obsessions"* by Paulo Coelho "Your theory about every person could reach everything in life is really optimistic. But if the person tried once and was despaired and disappointed what is h...
- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 21 hours agoFacts About The “Nazi” Salute and a Double Standard « Sister Sage's Musings: 'via Blog this' Sister Sage has the most comprehensive smackdown yet to the pearl-clutchers of the B'nai Brith getting their ...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 21 hours agoSome questions arise from that great test match on Saturday night: How much better is a proper three-test series than yet another round of same-as Tri-Series boredom? Is that the first time you’ve seen ...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 21 hours agoAmerican Dream Do you think that you are free? Most Americans would still probably answer "yes" to that question, but is that really the case? In the film Edge of Darkness, Mel Gibson stated that "ever...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 22 hours agoNewsWorldWide Jim Kuhnhenn Alicia A. Caldwell *Obama acts to spare many youths from deportation* President Barack Obama suddenly eased enforcement of the nation’s immigration laws Friday, an extraordinar...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 22 hours agoDo you want an opinion on the second round of Greek elections? Oh, go on then. Well, with two-thirds of the vote counted it seems the New Democracy Party can command about 130 seats in the 300-seat Parl...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 22 hours agoFirst, I want to say happy Fathers' Day to all the hard working dads out there... Being the father of a 16 year old teenage son myself, I know about the struggles, and the rewards, of being a good father.....
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 22 hours ago*Did anyone really expect a different result?* "Greece forms emergency government amid banking fears; Interim leaders named; Germans offer ray of hope" by Anthony Faiola and Michael Birnbaum | Washingto...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 22 hours agoRead this post by Aangirfan called, *"Israel Backs Muslim Brother For Egyptian Presidency?"* The top Islamic parasite in Egypt and the Arab world is an old guy named Yusuf al-Qaradawi. He has a huge follo...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 22 hours ago*Thousands protest restart of nuclear power plants in Japan.* As the person who shot the video states: “11,000 public citizens gathered in front of the Prime Minister’s official residence today to protes...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
- posted by Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 22 hours ago— MQ-4C Triton — THIS IS ABOUT THE FUTURE, and choices we have to make now, that we will have to live with for decades. We've been watching Stevie and AIRSHOW stumble around like a pair of drunks as they ...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 23 hours agoThe Guardian * * Costas Douzinas Joanna Bourke *A vote for the left today will drastically change the austerity policies that have created a humanitarian crisis * The Financial Times Deutschland last we...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago*“War Is America’s New Economic Stimulus Policy”* by Paul B. Farrell “Yes, I’m mad as hell again. I just read some bad news that should make every American mad as hell. In fact, two bad news items. Fi...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 23 hours ago*Censure of LSU, a Boost to Ivor van Heerden’s Credibility ~Levees.org* *Times-Picayune: Mathews speaks!, new jobs posted ... and a jazz funeral for the print edition ~Kevin Allman, Gambit*
- posted by thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 23 hours agoImpolitical and Dammit!Janet! had it first, but I think we're seeing, with Dean (dumb-fuck) Del Mastro's fund-raising scandal, a glimpse into the whole harpercon success in fund-raising from small donors: ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago*"What If The Rich Lost 40% Of Their Wealth?"* By James Carville “Let's imagine that yesterday there was a front page story in The New York Times that read the following: "The recent economic crisis le...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoTo D-fox: if you're reading this, please contact us at thecomingcrisis@gmail.com. It's important -- we believe.
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 23 hours agoBack in early May we mentioned that not all the news from North Carolina was bad, and we were proved right. Blue America endorsed Patsy Keever has been finishing up her last term in the State House by wag...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 day agoFrom the TBS/JNN cam Captured and posted by Nuckelchen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19xRwrWHRWo&feature=youtu.be
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"30 years after massacre, family comes together again; Guatemala slaughter seemed to take everything, until DNA testing" by David Abel | Globe Staff, May 30, 2012 A *squad of government soldiers* *sla...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoRevelations that tickets for the London Games found their way on to the black market are all too predictable and shame the IOC. Of all the negative stories – from transport meltdowns to security scares – ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA man killed when a stage collapsed before a Radiohead concert in Toronto has been named as Briton, Scott Johnson. The Foreign Office confirmed the 33-year-old drum technician from South Yorkshire died ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe Greek people have voted to remain in the euro, New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras has declared after his party was projected to win the election. The conservative leader claimed victory in a speech...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck GREECE at a depth of 14.2 km (8.8 miles), the quake hit at 19:20:43 UTC Sunday 17th June 2012 The epicenter was 56 km (34 miles) SSE of Bitola, Macedonia No Reports of...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck TAIWAN at a depth of 5 km (3.1 miles), the quake hit at 18:52:09 UTC Sunday 17th June 2012 The epicenter was 12 km (7.4 miles) Southeast of Fenglin, Taiwan No Reports ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the MOLUCCA SEA at a depth of 80 km (49.6 miles), the quake hit at 18:49:11 UTC Sunday 17th June 2012 The epicenter was 72 km (44.6 miles) Northwest of Ternate, Molucc...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck the AZORES ISLANDS REGION at a depth of 40 km (24.8 miles), the quake hit at 17:35:16 UTC Sunday 17th June 2012 The epicenter was 346 km (214.5 miles) Northwest of Ang...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 1 day agoJon Stewart nails Jamie Dimon's "boring" testimony to his paid-off Congressional audience. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Martha Gellhorn (one of the first female war correspondents) was a courageous repo...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day agoI note in the Greek Parliamentary elections that the largest party, by however small that margin be, gets a bonus of 50 seats. In a parliamentary chamber of just 300 seats in total that means a 20% bonus f...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day agoI've been pointing to the reluctance of Democratic Senate candidates to run on many liberal issues; Rachel Weiner has a WaPo story today about how poorly some liberal candidates have been doing in House pr...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 1 day agoPosted at http://americannationalmilitia.com/spirituality/ by Drake Apparently the military isn't acting so ET is? Honestly folks I didn't know this was coming when I made my comment in the previous ...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day agoBeginning in 1980, there's been someone on the Republican ticket with a father who had a prominent political or government job in every cycle but one (1996; some might not count 2008, but I would). Good th...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day agoEmergency All Nations Great Peace Gathering Eagle’s Nest – July 15 -- 20, 2012 Time: July 15, 2012 to July 20, 2012 Location: Kanata building Street: 440 Mohawk Street City/Town: Brantford Ontario Emerg...
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 1 day agoAfter posting Fat-Free Econ 13: P2 Trillion of Election Spending and Taxes in our CHAT googlegroups, there were a few discussions among us. James Auste of the Cancer Warriors Foundation (CWF) suggested tha...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*What they have published in print since the last time I reported to you*: *Any questions? * *And they claim to care so much about Haiti.*
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*As long as it isn't dropped on Iran.... * "Not easy for Harvard grads to say they went there" May 28, 2012|Billy Baker, Globe Staff CAMBRIDGE - She does not like dropping the H-bomb, which is how Harvar...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago*Background*. From InsideALEC November 2009 In furtherance of these principles, the Telecommunications Regulatory Modernization Act model legislation *preserves intact state public utility commission* jur...
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