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English: American radio host Rachel Maddow. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 6 minutes ago*American Scofflaw* The United States is planning a significant military presence of 13,500 troops in Kuwait to give it the flexibility to respond to sudden conflicts in the region as Iraq adjusts to the ...
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Posting a feature article in BusinessWorld nearly six years ago, I just found in one of my computer folders. Part of this four-pages long article is an interview of me by the author. The quotes below, I ju... - posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 24 minutes agoKari Oca Declaration signed/Photo Ben Powless, Mohawk, IEN . “INDIGENOUS PEOPLES GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON RIO+20 AND MOTHER EARTH” Haga clic aquí para leer en español. KARI-OCA 2 DECLARATION We, the Indige...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 28 minutes ago*TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2012* *As Maddow returns to the air:* Rachel Maddow had laryngitis last week. Last night, her problem was different. In many ways, we thought this program, end to end, revealed the bas...
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A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck OFF THE COAST OF OREGON at a depth of 13.5 km (8.4 miles), the quake hit at 13:40:57 UTC Tuesday 19th June 2012 The epicenter was 239 km (148 miles) West of Bandon, Or... - posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 38 minutes agoGraphic from Other Means. Today’s Republicans findnew ways to suppress democracy By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / June 19, 2012 Registering the poor to vote 'is like handing out burglary tools to cri...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 46 minutes agoMy Sunday question this week was about why liberals don't use Democratic House and Senate primaries the way that conservatives use Republican primaries. Nick Baumann believes it's just about an ideology g...
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* * By Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez After 10 years of Congress stonewalling on the Dream Act, the president has now acted. For the students and families affected, the president’s new immigration policy d... - posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago
Iran, Syria, Russia and China are planning the “biggest-ever wargames in the Middle East,” according to an unconfirmed report on the semi-official Iranian news site Fars News. According to the article, t... - posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 hour ago*TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2012* *Great paper misquotes its own piece:* Do we live in fictitious times? Imagine a citizen who wants to know about our public schools. Last Friday, that citizen read two claims by D...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 hour ago*Scott & Associates Engineering Ltd. v. Finavera Renewables Inc*., 2012 ABCA 181 is a useful source for the standard of review for summary judgment in Alberta. While based on the Alberta Rules the point a...
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http://www.natur-pur-tour.com/Herzen_an_Bewusstsein.html - posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 hour agoShuttered Palestinian shops along Shashuda Street in Hebron, West Bank. Photo by Marilyn Katz. The separation is total: West Bank Diaries More than anything it appears that these fences are cages, locking p...
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A powerful typhoon made landfall Tuesday in Wakayama Prefecture, the first to hit the main islands this year, and the Meteorological Agency warned of heavy rain and strong winds across wide areas through ... - posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 hour ago*TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2012* *Interlude—Parker does it again:* “We live in fictitious times,” Michael Moore once said. His statement was made in 2003. For our money, it remains the cleanest, clearest descrip...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 hour agoIndigenous in Rio: ‘NO!’ to False Green Economy and Carbon Cowboys By Brenda Norrell Photos by Ben Powless, Mohawk, IEN Censored News http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2012/06/indigenous-in-rio-no-to-carbon-cow...
- posted by Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 2 hours ago
*Source: Noticias OjinagaHoy (Mexico) www.ojinagahoy.com.mx Date: 06.19.2012-06-19* *Mexico: Alleged UFO Photographed Before Sandstorm* CIUDAD JUAREZ – Residents of Ciudad Juarez claim having pho... - posted by Lilith eZine at LILITH NEWS - 2 hours ago
Book publishers are pricks. If you've ever tried to publish a book you know that publishers are basically sifting through their inbox of manuscripts and sending rejection letters back to authors claiming t... - posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 2 hours ago[image: This map shows the percentage increases in very heavy precipitation (defined as the heaviest 1 percent of all event) from 1958 to 2007 for each U.S. region. There are clear trends toward more ver...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 2 hours agoJune 19, 2012 No country has ever been bombed by its own ally, like Pakistan has been bombed by the US, Pakistani politician Imran Khan tells Julian Assange. He says it is time to put an end to the US-P...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoJAIPUR, India — Indian police say a father remains unrepentant after beheading his daughter with a ceremonial sword in a rage over her alleged relationships with men. Villagers in northwestern Rajasthan s...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoThe man accused of murdering and dismembering a Chinese university student in Montreal is back in Canada to face prosecution after an international manhunt. Luka Rocco Magnotta landed at Montreal's Mirab...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoDIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish soldiers and Kurdish militants clashed on Tuesday in the most intense battles of the separatist conflict this year, with 18 combatants killed in fighting at three ar...
- posted by Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 2 hours ago[*INEXPLICATA stopped posting photos of alleged UFO phenomena a while back, but our friend Daniel González of Spain's GEIFO group (currently in Colombia, where he heads the organization's l...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 2 hours agoHappy Birthday to Gena Rowlands, 82. One of the many terrific things about Columbo is that lots of the Cassavetes gang wound up in them. She's terrific in the one that she's in. Not, perhaps, as great as s...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoHelicopters thundered up and down the chic Copacabana and Ipanema beaches. Tanks guarded the bridges and tunnels. The favelas were in lockdown, schools closed and supermarkets stood empty. Unexpectedly,...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 2 hours ago*By the end of the piece it is gushing*: "New York Times editor chides White House' Abramson says leaks are vital to democracy" by Liz Kowalczyk | Globe Staff, June 17, 2012 Jill Abramson, New York Time...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 2 hours agoThe GOP and their Big Business allies and media outlets have worked really hard to poison the well against ObamaCare. It isn't working among Democratic voters, of course-- nor was it meant to-- but it is...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 3 hours agoI’ve been following this ALEC horror story for awhile now – as it has to do with ALEC at the local level – the city/town level. But when it hit the New York Times editorial pages (in print and online) I ...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 3 hours agoAs the Kari-Oca II is underway in June 2012, during Rio 20, in Brazil, Censored News shares this video from the first gathering in 1992 Photos of Kari Oca II 2012 by Ben Powless at Censored News: http://www....
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck POTOSI, BOLIVIA at a depth of 197.9 km (123 miles), the quake hit at 11:41:34 UTC Tuesday 19th June 2012 The epicenter was 193 km (120 miles) East from Calama, Chile N...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago**5.2 magnitude quake struck 10km southwest of Moe **Seismologist recorded the massive murmur at 10km deep **Residents report the shaking lasted up to 40 seconds The USGS reports the 5.2 magnitude earthquak...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoPolice are investigating after a man reported missing turned up the next day almost 800 miles away injured, bound at the wrists and wearing only his underwear. The FBI have launched an investigation and ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoFather's Day turned into a tragedy for a Hamilton, Ohio, family when their patriarch was brutally stabbed to death by one of his four children. Police say Bryan Schmidt, 36, was killed by his 18-year-old ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoThe sole suspect in the disappearance of Robyn Gardner in Aruba is hoping to cash in on a $3.5 million travel insurance policy he took out in the woman's name. Gary Giordano, who spent four months in an ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoU.S. households saw their wealth drop by more than a third between 2005 and 2010 as home values and share prices plummeted. The dramatic decrease over the five-year period- which included the recession t...
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 3 hours agoIn 2006, the Harper government created the Parliamentary Budget Office. It was necessary, the Conservatives said, to ensure government accountability. Yesterday, the man who runs that office, Kevin Page...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 3 hours agoAstute baseball fans might recognize this as Fenway Park, seen from behind the outfield. This would be totally unremarkable... if I hadn't taken it five minutes ago from my hotel room. We are in Boston ...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 4 hours agoNO COMMENT, I'm just gonna air this dirty Anna Chapman-type laundry for all sheople to gawk at, in wonder. Oh, fuck it, I can't resist, "I have absolutely no idea what this video is supposed to be about...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoThe owner of the Dallas Mavericks got caught up in the hype surrounding the Facebook IPO launch a month ago and snapped up 150,000 of the social media giant's shares, but the excitement was short-lived. ...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 4 hours agoGrassroots Global Justice Alliance Posted at Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com Photo by Ben Powless The global 1% is converging in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil this June at the Rio+20 United Na...
- posted by Len Hart at The Existentialist Cowboy - 4 hours ago*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy* Irving Fisher (February 27, 1867 – April 29, 1947) was an American economist, inventor, and health campaigner, and one of the earliest American neoclassical econom...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoThe UK has made moves to stop a cargo vessel allegedly carrying refurbished Russian-made attack helicopters from completing its journey to Syria. The MV Alaed had its insurance withdrawn by The Standard ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoGreece appears headed for a new clash with Germany over its rigid bailout program as the winners of Sunday's Greek election prepare to ask Europe for more time to cut public spending. Greece's conservati...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 4 hours ago*Chris Rose: Seeds of revolution* ~*Critics of the newspaper's crass and clumsy handling of this beloved New Orleans institution comprise a formidable cross-section of the region: journalists, academics, p...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoReports are coming in from all over the city - from the Dandenongs in the east, Bentleigh in the southeast, Pascoe Vale in the west and through the inner city. Windows were rattled and floors rocked as th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoPakistan's top court has declared prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani ineligible for office, in a move likely to intensify the country's political crisis. The Supreme Court disqualified him from office and...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoA magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck NEAR THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA at a depth of 9.9 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 10:53:29 UTC Tuesday 19th June 2012 The epicenter was 121 km (75 miles) East ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoWe have been receiving information about an Earthquake in the vicinity of Melbourne Australia, this is yet to be officially confirmed. More to Follow
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoA Taliban commander has banned polio vaccines for more than 162,000 children in north-west Pakistan - until U.S. drone attacks in the country are stopped. Hafiz Gul Bahadur said in a pamphlet distributed...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoIt happens only once every three to five years, so when Nature whipped up her very own foam party, it was wasn't too long before people accepted the invite. Body surfers were amazed to find waves of bubb...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoRenewed attempts to help the jailed Pakistani doctor who led the U.S. to Osama bin Laden must be made, a Californian congressman has said. Rep Dana Rohrabacher has made Dr Shakil Afridi's case a personal ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoTwo tribesmen were killed when rival groups armed with bows and arrows clashed in Indonesia's restive Papua province yesterday, police said. The clash, which also left one person critically injured, broke...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoA postal worker who was sliced almost in half by a chainsaw-wielding madman in a New York City subway station six years ago has forgiven his attacker but will face contractors in court this week for leavi...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 5 hours agoAnother clue, the bears here are generally all white ... .
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoPolice in Sussex are complaining about an invasion of prisoners from Eastern Europe after a poster was put up in a Polish prison suggesting they 'Come to Bognor Regis'. The revelation emerged after police...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoGAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — An Israeli air strike killed two Palestinian teenagers near the central Gaza Strip town of Deir el-Balah early on Tuesday, a Palestinian medical official said. "Two c...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoThe halting of a ship carrying Russian helicopters bound for Syria seriously undermines Moscow's anti-interventionist stance and brings the possibility of direct Western involvement in the crisis a step cl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoSeven attackers have been killed after storming a base of the Nato coalition in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan. The attackers breached the outer security of the base in Shah Wali Kot district, b...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoA magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck JUJUY, ARGENTINA at a depth of 214.6 km (133.4 miles), the quake hit at 08:56:18 UTC Tuesday 19th June 2012 The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) WNW of San Antonio de lo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoThe High representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Baroness Catherine Ashton meets some bloke from Serbia.
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago(Reuters) - Syria said on Tuesday it was trying to evacuate civilians from the city of Homs and blamed rebel fighters for obstructing efforts to get people out safely. Activists said the army has intensif...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoThe French diplomat Pascal Mazurier, 39, who is facing charges of rape on his own daughter, was taken into custody by Bangalore police in the early hours of Tuesday following the official clarifications by...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoKurdish rebels have attacked Turkish military units in south-eastern Turkey, sparking clashes in which 10 rebels and eight soldiers died, authorities said. The attack happened in Daglica area of Hakkari ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago(Reuters) - Japanese authorities failed to disclose U.S. data about the spread of radiation spewing from a crippled nuclear plant last year, a cabinet minister said on Tuesday, leaving some evacuees fleei...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago(Reuters) - It is not every day that a company bungles something so badly that it has to turn to a regulator for help to clean up its mess. But that is what the Nasdaq stock market has done with the Finan...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago(Reuters) - The United States expressed alarm that its protégés in the Egyptian army were abusing hopes for democracy by ordering more military rule just as the Muslim Brotherhood was claiming victory in ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago(Reuters) - A U.N. investigator has called on the Obama administration to justify its policy of assassinating rather than capturing al Qaeda or Taliban suspects, increasingly with the use of unmanned dron...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago(Reuters) - Spain is likely to pay record prices to borrow at debt auctions on Tuesday and Thursday after the Greek election failed to ease concerns about the future of the euro zone and amid uncertainty o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago(Reuters) - Under pressure from financial markets and anxious world leaders, Europe agreed on Monday to move towards a more integrated banking system to stem a debt crisis that threatens the survival of t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago(CNN) -- A charity that raised close to $27 million to help animals worldwide spent nearly all of that money on fund-raising expenses paid to a direct-mail company. In addition, CNN found that the chari...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoWashington (CNN) -- The current Congress has worked just as many days as its legislative predecessors. It just has a lot less to show for it. According to a CNN analysis of congressional records that looke...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoLos Cabos, Mexico (CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday welcomed the results of the Greek election as he prepared to join other world leaders at a summit aimed at boosting a sluggish global econom...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago(CNN) -- A popular female Pakistani singer who defied the Taliban's decree against singing and dancing was shot and killed in northwest Pakistan Monday night, police and hospital officials told CNN. Autho...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA porn actor accused of killing and dismembering a Chinese student in Canada has been extradited from Germany and is expected to be quizzed by police about his victim's missing head. The international m...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago(CNN) -- German sports apparel maker Adidas withdrew its plans to sell a controversial sneaker featuring affixed rubber shackles after the company generated significant criticism when advertising the shoe...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 7 hours agoMs. Morrison talks with KOTV reporter about the damage done to her garden. Photo courtesy: KOTV/Video screen capture There are few things I despise more than high-handed bureaucratic tactics...and, this o...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 7 hours agoIs it really worth it, to simulate NUCLEAR DETONATIONS and MILITARY CROWD CONTROL, to drain the world's electrical energy resources in this ridiculous way. A Custodian DO RIGHT BY FREE PLANET mentality ...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago(CNN) -- The 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 amid violence have proved futile. At least...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoDavid Cameron recorded television interviews in Mexico, where he is attending the G20 summit, in front of a screen which hid spectacular beach views. The Prime Minister’s aides ensured Mr Cameron fronted...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoIn rare move, Hamas fires four rockets from Gaza into Israel; Israeli communities near Gaza border put on heightened alert. The military wing of Hamas fired four rockets toward Israel overnight Monday, w...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoMembers of the Muslim Brotherhood will take part in protests across Egypt to demonstrate against sweeping new powers taken by the ruling military council. Over the weekend, the generals issued two decree...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoVladimir Putin with Barack Obama at the G20 summit in Los Cabos, Mexico. Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP Barack Obama and Russia's president Vladimir Putin issued a joint call to end the violence in Syria,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoATHENS, June 19 (Reuters) - Greece's conservatives expect to be able to form a coalition government with the Socialists on Tuesday, allowing the two parties that dominated politics for decades to share pow...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoIslamic group claims victory in elections and threatens to flood streets if military continues to 'rebuild old regime' The Muslim Brotherhood has vowed to face down Egypt's ruling generals in a "life or d...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoSome people like to forget the Past, for those who do not this, our EU commission president José Manuel Barroso was also one of the Leaders of the Reorganising Movement of the Proletariat Party, later PCT...
- posted by Casey at The Adventures of Limited Eating - 7 hours ago*The Perfect Light Breakfast Solution! Smoothie with Granola!* I am always looking for an easy break fast solution that is packed with nutrients and will keep me full for a while. This mixture of a delicio...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoPresident Barack Obama's visit to Chicago didn't stop another violent weekend. At least seven people were killed and 35 were injured since Friday night. The youngest victim was a 16-year-old girl who die...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoFT: Ten days before Greece’s elections, a member of the neo-nazi party, Golden Dawn, repeatedly hit a female candidate of the communist party while appearing live on a television talk show and threw water ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoMayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York has remained coy about whether he plans to endorse a presidential candidate this year, even as Mitt Romney and President Obama aggressively court the billionaire med...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 7 hours agoThis omelet may contain more than you think it does. Photo courtesy: tripadvisor.ca As an allergy sufferer, I know how miserable allergies can be; so, I was stunned by the information contained in a comme...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoThe first confirmed case of anthrax in a Texas animal for 2012 has been detected in an adult white-tailed male deer near Uvalde (Uvalde County). At this time no domestic livestock are involved. Anthrax i...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoExplosions ripped through two fireworks factories in China killing 14 people and injuring 13, state media reported yesterday. A blast yesterday morning at a factory in Dongtun, in Huaiyang district of cen...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoTOKYO (Kyodo) -- Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima on Tuesday urged the Japanese government to stop the planned deployment of MV-22 Osprey aircraft at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station following rece...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoTOKYO (Kyodo) -- A powerful typhoon may pass through the Japanese archipelago from Tuesday to Wednesday, bringing heavy rains and strong winds across a wide area of western and northern Japan, the Japan ...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 7 hours agoIsrael's 'Partners in Peace' don't hide their feelings towards non-Muslims. This was broadcast on PA TV last week 'During a PA TV children's program a girl recites a poem that includes glorification of v...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck the FIJI REGION at a depth of 618.6 km (384.4 miles), the quake hit at 04:37:35 UTC Tuesday 19th June 2012 The epicenter was 25 km (15 miles) Northeast of Ndoi Island,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA at a depth of 57.9 km (36 miles), the quake hit at 04:27:57 UTC Tuesday 19th June 2012 The epicenter was 108 km (67 miles) SSW of...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA paralysed man who heads to the High Court today to seek the right to die is at the centre of an extraordinary social media campaign to persuade him to change his mind. Less than a week after Wiltshire...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 8 hours agoBlack bear. Photo courtesy: dalliedee/CC BY 2.0 In yet another blog on one of my favourite subjects, animal intelligence - we now discover that bears are smarter than we previously gave them credit for be...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoThe President of the European Commission has attacked critics of the eurozone's crisis management as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) raises more cash for its war chest. After facing renewed calls ...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 8 hours agoGMO Myths and Truths Earth Open Source, 17 June 2012 Genetically modified (GM) crops are promoted on the basis of a range of far-reaching claims from the GM crop industry and its supporters. They say ...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 8 hours ago*Ronnie Kray* The Kray twins ran a bodyguard and 'protection' business for Hollywood stars, such as Frank Sinatra, and for Arab princes. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1239926/How-Krays-ran-prot...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 8 hours ago"You can be lean without being really poor, and Japan seems to have pulled that off". Photo courtesy: this particular greg/CC BY 2.0 A few years back Mat quoted British journalist Fred Pearce, who question...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 8 hours agoI have begun Jared Diamond’s; Book on why societies collapse and am into his discussion regarding the trials and tribulations of the mining industry and the problems regarding cleaning up the dama...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 8 hours agoThe arguments here are a bit much. However the major opportunity is to increse global forest cover as much as possible. Forest cover absorbs much more solar energy which means that far less sola...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 8 hours agoIt appears we are in the middle of crossing over into interstellar space. A little heat and new cosmic rays that normally cannot go deep. So for the first time ever mankind is about to sample spa...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 8 hours agoYou will notice that the shift to aluminum is happening because of regulation mandate. Anyone who is familiar with aluminum alloys knows that all the steel in a car can be readily replaced with th...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 9 hours ago*According to the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy People are risking their health by working on smart phones, tablets and laptops after they have left the office*. It says people have become screen sl...
- Sun News Network’s vulgar response reveals CBSC as toothless, demonstrates need for meaningful rules
posted by David J. Climenhaga at David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary - 9 hours agoThis Sun News Network truck has now moved on, obviously the result of your blogger’s bullying. Below: Ezra Levant assails the CSBC. Below that: Ezra Levant comments on the passing of NDP leader Jack Layto... - posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 9 hours ago Source: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Seeds-of-Truth/202013183163923 The Case for Mandatory GMO Labeling by Mike Adams Global Research Canada, June 18, 2012 *Now that the GMO labeling ballot me...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 9 hours agoNixon returned to Key Biscayne. Haldeman spoke with Nixon at least twice that day, with one call, according to Haldeman, certainly about Watergate at least in part. Nixon also spoke with Colson twice. But...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 10 hours ago*I'm really BUZZIN' this morning - very excited.* Yesterday, I wrote a *TWO WEEKS LATER UPDATE:* to my 'what planet is this? dream blocking' post involving my *current inability to take control of my luc...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 10 hours agoMy recent piece about how Palestinian children are being brought up to hate and kill Jews seems to have upset someone called reenie. Here's two comments that they posted: 'reenie said... what a load of c...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 10 hours agoUnofficial reports say that the Higgs signals after more than 5/fb of the 8 TeV 2012 data boast the same same strength that you would expect based on the 2011 5/fb 7 TeV data. Up to this point, almost ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoThis is the moment a father dangled his terrified three-year-old daughter out of a sixth-floor window after having a heated argument with her mother. The drama unfurled in Guangzhou, capital of southern C...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 11 hours agoIn 2010, “Japan had more than 46 tons (8.7 Tons in Japan, approximately 37 tons in Europe) of separated plutonium in stock, but its MOX recycling program has made little progress.” (Suzuki, 2010). 46 ton...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA man accused of murdering a teenager in 1966 smiled and told police officers they would have to prove he killed her after confessing to the crime in jail nearly 43 years ago, a court heard today. David ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoWith its soaring skyscrapers, ever-green golf courses and even a ski resort, the desert city of Dubai is testament to a determined battle between man and nature. Yet with the global downturn and mounting...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA senior master at a prestigious boarding school for girls was today jailed for three years for sexually assaulting a teenage pupil. Anthony Brown had been a trusted chemistry teacher at Goldophin School,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA father upset over his daughter's lifestyle chopped off her head with a sword before parading it around his village, police said. Marble miner Ogad Singh's 20-year-old daughter had been living with her ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoWe spent most of yesterday on a beach in Devon — the family and me, that is. The sun was shining, the sand golden; gentle surf washed the shore against a backdrop of soft woods and green fields rising fro...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoSpain became the latest EU country to descend into turmoil yesterday as David Cameron warned the eurozone crisis could last for years. The Prime Minister said the situation was so grave that Britain would...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 11 hours ago*Posted by Benjamin Fulford* *June 18, 2012* * * As the old cliché goes, sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Empirical evidence proves the current financial crisis has been caused by an art...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA Socialist victory in France’s parliamentary elections means the country will now try to tax and spend its way out of trouble, putting it on collision course with Germany. But as France prepared to ramp...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago*3 progressive winners folks in DC don't know about...yet: David Gill, Beto O'Rourke, Patsy Keever* This afternoon, Digby did an important post, a must-read for progressives who are being bombarded by imb...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 11 hours ago*Say no to Obamney. Demand regime change in Washington and let's bring President Barack Obama to justice for Crimes Against Humanity. Source for poster: Infowars.* The Western press likes to pick on A...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 11 hours ago* * * * *Monday, June 18, 2012* *The Veil* *Posted by Cobra at Portal 2012* Time has come for me to release more intel about the Archons as we are entering the period when the destiny of this plan...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago(Reuters) - The United States warned an Iranian dissident group on Monday to follow through on plans to close a base in Iraq founded under Saddam Hussein, saying it was "gravely mistaken" to believe there ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA Canadian porn actor suspected in the dismemberment of a Chinese student has arrived in Canada via military transport from Germany, where he was arrested this month. Luka Magnotta did not fight his extr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA Russian ship believed to be carrying helicopters and missiles for Syria was effectively stopped in its tracks off the coast of Scotland last night after its insurance was cancelled at the behest of the B...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago(Reuters) - Asian shares edged down on Tuesday as rising Spanish bond yields stoked fears its tottering banking system is dragging Madrid deeper into crisis, snuffing out a relief rally that followed a wi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoPressure is growing on eurozone countries at the G20 summit in Mexico to find a resolution to what the head of one international organisation described as "the single biggest risk for the world economy"....
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck CRETE, GREECE at a depth of 40 km (24.9 miles), the quake hit at 01:48:00 UTC Tuesday 19th June 2012 The epicenter was 85 km (52 miles) South of Pirgos, Greece No Tsun...
- posted by Megan H. MacKenzie at The Duck of Minerva - 12 hours agoForeign Policy just published its latest issue online. The letters section includes a response that expands on my earlier blog post calling the recent "Sex" issue a Teen Magazine. For those interested in r...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck WESTERN TURKEY at a depth of 19.8 km (12.3 miles), the quake hit at 01:46:15 UTC Tuesday 19th June 2012 The epicenter was 10 km (6.2 miles) Northwest of of Saphane, Tu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE at a depth of 13.4 km (8.3 miles), the quake hit at 00:47:24 UTC Tuesday 19th June 2012 The epicenter was 1137 km (706 miles) South of...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck TONGA at a depth of 30.7 km (19.1 miles), the quake hit at 00:36:21 UTC Tuesday 19th June 2012 The epicenter was 98 km (60 miles) WSW of Hihifo, Tonga No Tsunami Warni...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck VANUATU at a depth of 262.6 km (163.2 miles), the quake hit at 00:29:16 UTC Tuesday 19th June 2012 The epicenter was 80 km (49 miles) East of Port-Olry, Vanuatu No Tsu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck the WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA at a depth of 30 km (18.6 miles), the quake hit at 00:24:46 UTC Tuesday 19th June 2012 The epicenter was 110 km (68.2 miles) Northwest o...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 12 hours agoOne of my favorite fairy tales is The Twelve Dancing Princesses. I once had a Golden Book version that so beautifully illustrated, the images stuck in my head all these years. I was thinking about this boo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck the REVILLA GIGEDO ISLANDS REGION at a depth of 10.1 km (6.3 miles), the quake hit at 22:18:54 UTC Monday 18th June 2012 The epicenter was 269 km (167 miles) ENE of S...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA at a depth of 11 km (6.8 miles), the quake hit at 22:09:50 UTC Monday 18th June 2012 The epicenter was 202 km (125 miles) ESE from Mahon, Bal...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 13 hours agoURIEL: Surviving The Calm Before The Storm. By, AuroRa Le. June 18, 2012. Posted on June 18, 2012 by The Angel Diaries The tiniest light can illuminate a room and it takes but a scant few torchbea...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 14 hours agoI have been an avid reader of the works of Les Visibles who writes the blog: Smoking Mirrors, at www.smokingmirrors.com, for quite sometime now. But when you combine the work of Les Visibles, with the ha...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 14 hours agoI missed the 40 year anniversary yesterday but Charlie has it covered. He's right. We didn't learn the lessons of Watergate. Memories fade. Vigilance wanes. So then we had Iran-Contra. We didn't learn the...
- The GOP on disclosure of contributions: When you can't even fool Fred Hiatt, you must be REALLY lame
posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 14 hours ago*CORRECTION: My mistake! The link I used was to the second webpage of Fred's column. It's all there -- sorry!* *UPDATE: As I think on it, I suspect that the "page 2" link in fact came from a washingtonpos... - posted by yayacanada at YayaCanada - 15 hours ago** *How and why Israel tried to steal the Palestinian cultural heritage* *Contributor: PAJU* In April of 1948 Israeli soldiers invaded the Arab ‘Katamon quarter’ of Jerusalem. Many of the city’s Palestini...
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- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 16 hours agoFirst up: at Salon, I had a column over the weekend about the unusually intense dead zone we're in now, and why it's a ready-made trap for reporters -- leaning on Brendan Nyhan's research on the press and ...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 16 hours agoBit worn out from a lovely weekend, so, lazy blogging. Twitter find of the week. Funny -- and sad -- because it's true. [More posts daily at the Detroit News.]
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 16 hours ago[image: _NOrman]"Selling our power companies is the worst way to go,” says Green co-leader Russel Norman. “ They should instead be supercharged,” says Norman, “so they can develop clean, green energy tec...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 17 hours agoIt's amazing! To be fair I've never heard of WaWa myself. Never saw one on the road and I travel a fair amount. Guess they don't advertise on the highway exit signs. [More posts daily at the Detroit Ne...
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- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 17 hours ago*Guest post by Dale Halling from the **State of Innovation** blog.* A NUMBER OF ALLEGED SCHOLARS suggest the logical basis for property rights is scarcity[1], since property rights efficiently allocate t...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 18 hours ago"Atomic orthodoxy and the ascent to heaven" by Karl Grossman http://enformable.com/2012/06/atomic-orthodoxy-and-the-ascent-to-heaven/ Majia here: Important people in the sciences are celebrities who are ca...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 18 hours ago"It's a nation of children just begging to be hurt by the new world order." - Alex Jones.
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 18 hours ago"Newseum ousts reporters from Romney Q&A" June 15, 2012 WASHINGTON - The front of the Newseum has a 74-foot high marble engraving of the First Amendment, making it a *massive monument to the freedom of the...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 18 hours ago------------------------------ Sunday, June 10, 2012 Original here Arizona Election Fraud: Pima County Superior C...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 18 hours ago*As opposed to the public unions they have left all wet by holding their convention in a right-to-work state.* "N.C. seeks blue law change RALEIGH, N.C. - Adding a *twist to blue laws* in an *increasingly...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 18 hours ago"Adelson reportedly gives $10m to pro-Romney super PAC" by Callum Borchers | Globe Correspondent, June 13, 2012 Restore Our Future and a legion of other conservative groups - including Americans for Pro...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago(Reuters) - Facebook Inc is paying $55 million to $60 million to buy Face.com, according to people familiar with the matter, acquiring the company that provides the facial-recognition technology used by t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoJune 18 - Greece is still going to default on its debt despite a pro-bailout party victory in weekend elections, according to Sean Egan, President of ratings agency firm Egan-Jones.
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 18 hours ago*But if I were Obama I would be worried about Ohio given its history.* "Loud protesters interrupt Romney speech in Ohio Protesters shouted throughout Mitt Romney’s campaign appearance Sunday in Troy, Ohio...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoJune 18 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel says a new Greek government has to meet commitments made to international lenders
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA Russian naval source said Moscow was preparing to send marines to Syria in the event it needed to protect personnel and remove equipment from its naval facility in Syria's Mediterranean port of Tartous,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck NORTH OF FRANZ JOSEF LAND at a depth of 2 km (1.2 miles), the quake hit at 20:14:54 UTC Monday 18th June 2012 The epicenter was 1851 km (1147.6 miles) North of Alta, N...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck MINAHASA, SULAWESI, INDONESIA at a depth of 161 km (99.8 miles), the quake hit at 18:13:52 UTC Monday 18th June 2012 The epicenter was 64 km (39.6 miles) Southeast fr...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 18 hours agoAbove is not a scene from director Benoît Jacquot's *Farewell, My Queen*, a movie I saw Friday. (It comes out next month, on Bastille Day.) If I can find a clip on YouTube, I'll append it to the bottom o...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 19 hours agoBusiness 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 - 19 hours agoOccupied 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...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 19 hours ago*New Orleans Saints suspended players appeal adjourns abruptly ~James Varney** * *Vilma video: Goodell is ''judge, jury and executioner.'' ~WWL* *Ginsberg chastises Goodell for distortion of evidence, de...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 19 hours agoNews 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 - 19 hours ago[image: Un día de verano en la playa de aguas claras y arenas blancas]
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 19 hours agoWaaah! “We are disturbed that this man would bully and assault young women trying to speak up for other women as well as children,” said Stephanie Gray, executive director of the Canadian Centre for Bi...
- posted by José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 20 hours ago[image: Una mujer muy linda para el fondo de tu pc, laptop o tablet]
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- posted by José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 20 hours ago[image: Elefante regando las plantas al atardecer (Jardinero)]Foto: Caras Ionut | Ver su galería completa
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA 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 - 20 hours agoA 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 - 21 hours 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 - 21 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 - 21 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 - 21 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoAdidas 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 - 21 hours agoA 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 - 22 hours agoMillions 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 - 22 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 - 22 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 - 22 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 - 22 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 - 22 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!) - 22 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 - 22 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! - 22 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 - 23 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 - 23 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 - 23 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 - 23 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 - 23 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 - 23 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 - 23 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 - 23 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 at Northerntruthseeker - 23 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 - 23 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 - 23 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 Charade
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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...
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