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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

20 June - RSS SnapShot! Pt II

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 02: Articles about Osama b...NEW YORK, NY - MAY 02: Articles about Osama bin Laden are seen as the new One World Trade Center rises behind after the death of accused 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden May 2, 2011 in New York City. Bin Laden was killed in an operation by U.S. Navy Seals in a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
Thank You for Your Visit, Have a Nice Day (Wea...Thank You for Your Visit, Have a Nice Day (Wearable Sculpture) by Agata Olek / Art in Odd Places 2009: SIGN, New York City / 20091010.10D.55121.P1.L1 / SML (Photo credit: See-ming Lee 李思明 SML)
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Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Peter Bergen, CNN's terrorism analyst and auth...Peter Bergen, CNN's terrorism analyst and author of Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Bin Laden answers questions at the Third Army/U.S. Army Central quarterly command professional development program Oct. 26. Bergen spoke to the command's Soldiers on terrosim and how it continues to shape the ARCENT area of responsibility. In 1997, as a producer for CNN, Bergen produced bin Laden's first television interview. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Veterans Today

  • Is Time Running Out for the VA Temporary Resid ...
    In October, 2011, authorization for the Temporary Residence Grant or TRA was extended under Public Law 112-37.
  • Indiana Veterans’ Home Remembers Fallen Heroes
    On May 28, 2012, the Indiana Veterans’ Home invites the community to attend a special Memorial Day service to honor the men and women who died while serving in the armed forces.
  • Japan’s Broke – Highest Debt Ratio ...
    While massive debt in the US has been in the world news and the failure of austerity measures to stabilize the Euro have been continually reported, Japan has gone under. Today, Fitch lowered japanse foreign currency rating to near junk bond status. Japan had previously fallen to AA and is n ...
  • Duff on Press TV – Missile Shield and Na ...
    "The clear issue we have on NATO is that from day number one this was an illegal war; those who started this war in the US, Britain and elsewhere did so as a war crime. And if it was a war crime, a continuation of the war by NATO should be looked on as a war crime. It’s the duty of everyone to o ...
  • U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for ...
    Charleston Aluminum, L.L.C., Gaston, S.C.*, was issued a modification exercising the first option year on contract SPM8E5-10-D-0012/P00008.

electric politics

  • Things That Go Bump In the Night
    To be at one with ourselves we cannot escape the night. What we do, what we don't do, what we dream — who we are — at night, shapes and informs us during the day. Nighttime, then, must necessarily contain diverse social meanings. It's not quite clear to me how far one might push this ...
  • Damascus Burning
    To be honest, Bashar al-Assad looks — and acts — like one of those stereotypical dictators who crop up occasionally in Doonesbury cartoons. If only it would be so easy to figure out what to do with him. But Syria, ultimately, involves the stability of the entire region, from Iran to ...
  • UFOs, What Are They?
    For 'something a little different' I turned to Col. John B. Alexander, Ph.D. (U.S. Army, Ret.), to talk about UFOs. John has had a unique experience looking into the UFO question from a government insider's point of view and has a lot of extremely helpful, and extremely thoughtful, things to say ...
  • "Age of Ignorance"
    By any reasonable reckoning idiocy in America has reached alarming proportions. Or, in the words of former U.S. Poet Laureate Charles Simic, "[t]he ideal citizen of a politically corrupt state, such as the one we now have, is a gullible dolt unable to tell truth from bullshit." That's clear enou ...
  • Honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder, Explained
    Here's an extra, in-between show, in-between our regular Friday shows. Two reasons for this: it's a very short conversation and the sound quality is less than optimal (from a cell phone on the street). Still, it's an extremely important subject, one we should all be aware of and well worth ponde ...

PR News

A special project of Foreign Policy and the New America Foundation

  • Leaving Afghanistan
    Seven Afghanistan experts review the president's plans for ending the war.
  • Raging at Rawalpindi
    American leaders are furious with Pakistan’s military in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s killing. But twisting arms will only backfire.
  • The FP Salon: Peter Bergen's The Longest War
    An FP round-table discussion on counterterrorism expert Peter Bergen's latest book. A decade after 9/11, is the war on terrorism a war we can win?
  • Crazy Like a Fox
    In a fit of anger, Hamid Karzai axes his director of intelligence, Amrullah Saleh. But is there method to his madness?
  • Addicted to Contractors
    The United States is hooked on privatized warfare in Afghanistan. And it's more costly than you think.

Field Notes - Alberta Environment

Stop NATO

  • Stop NATO: Digest for June 14-19
    Stop NATO: Digest for June 14-19 Saudi Arabia: Persian Gulf Of Strategic Interest To NATO U.S. Implementing Afghanistan And Kosovo Models For Syria Syria Strategy Looks Like A Bloody Repeat Russian Ships To Visit Syrian Port Suspension Of UN Mission: Pretext For West’s “Next Steps” In Syria What ...
  • Saudi Arabia: Persian Gulf Of Strategic Intere ...
    Stop NATO June 19, 2012 Saudi Arabia: Persian Gulf Of Strategic Interest To NATO Rick Rozoff On June 18 Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen met with Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Nizar Madani at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Headquarters in Brussels, Be ...
  • U.S. Implementing Afghanistan And Kosovo Model ...
    Stop NATO June 18, 2012 U.S. Implementing Afghanistan, Kosovo Models For Syria Rick Rozoff In a feature entitled The ‘Kosovo Road’ to Syria in The Gulf Today, a website based in the United Arab Emirates, author Hichem Karoui succeeded in identifying the template being employed by the U.S. to eff ...
  • U.S. Implementing Afghanistan And Kosovo Model ...
    Stop NATO June 18, 2012 U.S. Implementing Afghanistan, Kosovo Models For Syria Rick Rozoff In a feature entitled The ‘Kosovo Road’ to Syria in The Gulf Today, a website based in the United Arab Emirates, author Hichem Karoui succeeded in identifying the template being employed by the U.S. to eff ...
  • Syria Strategy Looks Like A Bloody Repeat
    Chronicle Herald June 18, 2012 Syria strategy looks like bloody repeat Scott Taylor Now that a United Nations official has declared the situation in Syria to be a civil war, it is legitimate for the western media to refer to the anti-regime forces as rebels. Up until this juncture, those Syrians ...

Before It's News

Intel Hub

  • Report: Mossad Active in Iraq under Cover of J ...
    FNA June 20, 2012 Reports by Iraqi media revealed that Israeli secret service, Mossad, is very active in Iraq and is spying on Iran and its allies under the cover of Jordanian companies. According to a report by Iraqi Nakhel news agency, Iraqi resistance groups in separate statements have releas ...
  • 9/11 – Then as a Farce
    By Liam Scheff theintelhub.com June 20, 2012 An excerpt from “Official Stories” Chapter 4: “9/11 – A Perfect Tuesday Morning” The Salomon Brothers Building Has Fallen. Almost. Building 7 of the WTC complex, a 47-story modern skyscraper, fell at free-fall speed, a pu ...
  • White House Grants Executive Privilege Over Fa ...
    CBS News June 20, 2012 The showdown between the White House and key congressional Republicans over the administration’s response to a controversial program that allowed thousands of guns into the hand of Mexican drug cartels kicked into high gear Wednesday. President Obama granted Attorney ...
  • Ron Paul: There’s “No Way” I’m Endorsing Romney
    By Steve Watson Infowars.com Friday, June 20, 2012 “He has the delegates, but he doesn’t have the hearts and the minds of the people” Congressman Ron Paul has appeared on two major news networks and declared that there is “no way” he will endorse Mitt Romney for president. On last night’s Situat ...
  • Israeli Turned Palestinian Activist
    By Stephen Lendman, Contributor theintelhub.com June 20, 2012 Popular 1965 Hal David/Burt Bacharach lyrics said “What the world needs now is love, sweet love. It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of.” It applies aptly to how Israel treats Palestinians. Daily h ...

FRS

  • Author of The Color Purple condemns Israeli Ap ...
    http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/author-of-the-color-purple-refuses-to-authorize-hebrew-version-because-israel-is-guilty-of-apartheid-1.437220 Author of The Color Purple refuses to authorize Hebrew version because ‘Israel is guilty of apartheid’ Alice Walker says ...
  • Africa: Rio+20 Summit Under Corporations&#8217 ...
    18 June 2012, Friends of the Earth (London) –press release Rio De Janeiro — On the eve of the Rio+20 United Nations Earth Summit [1] on June 20-22, Friends of the Earth International warns world leaders that multinational corporations such as oil giant Shell have an undue influence over th ...
  • The Hindu: “Nepal’s Maoists split; Kiran ...
    [See a second news report from the Hindustan Times, below this article from The Hindu. -- Frontlines ed.] Kathmandu, June 18, 2012 Prashant Jha, The Hindu Circumstances favourable for revolution, says Kiran After a protracted internal party struggle, the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) ...
  • Thousands march in silence against NYPD’ ...
    Democracy Now’s coverage of the Stop ‘Stop and Frisk’ march ———————— By Frederick Bernas, CNN – June 18, 2012 New York (CNN) — Rather than celebrating Father’s Day on Sunday afternoon, Horace Russell marched with ...
  • Drones over America. Are they spying on you?
    “Thousands of drones could be routinely flying over the United States within the next ten years. They can help with law enforcement and border control, but they also raise questions about invasion of privacy.” By Brad Knickerbocker, Staff writer, Christian Science Monitor / June 16, ...

Ken O'Keefe

  • Coming soon – ‘The Age of Responsi ...
    'The Age of Responsibility' At what point do we as people take responsibility for the actions of the governments we outnumber tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands to one? At what point do we take responsibility for the governments we pay our blood money to in the form of taxes? At wh ...
  • Coming soon – ‘The Age of Responsi ...
    'The Age of Responsibility' At what point do we as people take responsibility for the actions of the governments we outnumber tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands to one? At what point do we take responsibility for the governments we pay our blood money to in the form of taxes? At wh ...
  • Interview with Mark Glenn on ‘The Ugly T ...
    We shall discuss this and more; “When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are to possess and casts out the many peoples living there, you shall then slaughter them all and utterly destroy them…You shall make no agreements with them nor show them any mercy…You shall destroy their alta ...
  • Interview with Mark Glenn on ‘The Ugly T ...
    We shall discuss this and more; “When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are to possess and casts out the many peoples living there, you shall then slaughter them all and utterly destroy them…You shall make no agreements with them nor show them any mercy…You shall destroy their alta ...
  • Enemies Within the Gate – Police Corruption &# ...
    Police Aiding & Abetting in the Theft of Trade Not Aid Vehicles, Donated Goods & Money Moving on, in August of last year I made a complaint to the police about the Trade Not Aid vehicles (18-ton Renault Truck Reg. #V97 DBA & Optare Metrorider Minibus Reg. # P420 VRG) being stolen by ...

StillSmallVoice

  • Life is change and change is life
    And here is proof: The Courant's parent company, Tribune, is backing away from maintaining this particular blog format -- Movable Type -- in favor of another blog platform, one that is unworkable here. Namely, the new format allows blog comments to go online unapproved, and -- I say th ...
  • Maybe CEO salaries need a Buffett rule
    "Peer benchmarking" helps move compensation for CEOs ever higher. Perhaps one of the high-dollar bosses should take a page from Warren Buffett, who in August suggested in a New York Times essay that the rich don't carry their weight in taxes. Meanwhile, Buffett, himself, has refined his earlier ...
  • De-pinkifying breast cancer
    There's a growing movement that seeks to turn the pink ribbon upside down. You can read more here. Flickr photo
  • Why the occupation?
    You can see more Mother Jones charts here. You can read about Hartford's budding Occupation here, with a planning meeting set for 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Bushnell Park, and again at 5 p.m.
  • Cleansing after Yom Kippur
    Yom Kippur starts at sundown on Friday and here's one man's take on it. Flickr photo

Associated Content

  • Zimmerman Surrenders to Authorities
    George Zimmerman is back behind bars.Contributor: TJ Larson Published: Jun 03, 2012
  • Why Does Florida Have Repeated Election Problems?
    Florida is having voter controversies this year and the general election isn't even here yet.Contributor: William Browning Published: Jun 03, 2012
  • Texas Teacher of the Year Arrested for Sexting ...
    John McDaniel, 32, days after being named Teacher of the Year, is arrested for inappropriate relationship with student. Recent cases like this have prompted Texas to re-examine its policy on social media.Contributor: Dori Starnes Published: Jun 01, 2012
  • Hold onto Your Fountain Drinks, New Yorkers!
    Bloomberg's administration propose a ban on sugary drinks in order to combat rising obesity in NYC.Contributor: Brianna Peterson Published: May 31, 2012
  • Defense of Marriage Act Ruled Unconstitutional ...
    The Defense of Marriage Act (DoMA) has been ruled unconstitutional yet again. Coming on the heels of two California federal judges ruling DoMA unconstitutional, the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals has now also issued a rulingContributor: Christopher Beheler Published: May 31, 2012

Popsci - Science

  • Video: The Magnificent Power of Earth's Magnet ...
    When the roused and active sun flings its energetic particles at Earth, we get to see beautiful aurorae, even in low latitudes of late. Pretty as they are, they don’t give a full account of how hard the planet’s magnetosphere is working to shield us from the sun’s wrath. This new video from the ...
  • New Prenatal Blood Tests Can Identify Paternit ...
    An interesting story in the New York Times today explores the ease with which noninvasive prenatal diagnostics can now determine paternity, even when the pregnancy is only eight or nine weeks old. Multiple companies are now offering such tests, which require only blood samples from the mother a ...
  • This Is What Your Brain Looks Like When You Lo ...
    You are not a bastion of self-control. Everyone has a set amount of the stuff, and when life saps it, people can break. Now fMRIs from a University of Iowa study show exactly what it looks like when that happens. The anterior cingulate cortex usually sends up the red flag when a situation requ ...
  • Stressed-Out Grasshoppers Can Damage the Entir ...
    Soothe a grasshopper, save the planet In the same way humans might be tempted to binge on some junk food when they're under stress, grasshoppers head for the carbohydrate-rich foods when they get scared. The difference is the grasshoppers can leave behind some big-scale problems for the environ ...
  • Oxygen-Monitoring Glasses Could Let You Read P ...
    The ability to read other people is largely perceived to be intuitive--some people just have a talent for “seeing” what other people are thinking or feeling. But what if you could augment yourself with such an ability, allowing you to perceive changes in other people’s biologies as their bioche ...

Veterans Today

  • Is Time Running Out for the VA Temporary Resid ...
    In October, 2011, authorization for the Temporary Residence Grant or TRA was extended under Public Law 112-37.
  • Indiana Veterans’ Home Remembers Fallen Heroes
    On May 28, 2012, the Indiana Veterans’ Home invites the community to attend a special Memorial Day service to honor the men and women who died while serving in the armed forces.
  • Japan’s Broke – Highest Debt Ratio ...
    While massive debt in the US has been in the world news and the failure of austerity measures to stabilize the Euro have been continually reported, Japan has gone under. Today, Fitch lowered japanse foreign currency rating to near junk bond status. Japan had previously fallen to AA and is n ...
  • Duff on Press TV – Missile Shield and Na ...
    "The clear issue we have on NATO is that from day number one this was an illegal war; those who started this war in the US, Britain and elsewhere did so as a war crime. And if it was a war crime, a continuation of the war by NATO should be looked on as a war crime. It’s the duty of everyone to o ...
  • U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for ...
    Charleston Aluminum, L.L.C., Gaston, S.C.*, was issued a modification exercising the first option year on contract SPM8E5-10-D-0012/P00008.

War is Business

Hudson's Weather & Climate

  • Blame the jet stream for return of heavy rain
    After a short spell of fine and warm weather in the last few days, Atlantic weather fronts are once again expected to spread wind and rain across the country tonight and tomorrow, leading us into a fourth successive weekend washout. According to Philip Eden, writing in the Sunday Telegraph, the ...
  • 'Flaming' June washout set to continue
    The very unsettled weather which has plagued June so far looks set to continue. Rainfall totals at the weekend were again in excess of an inch (25mm) across parts of North Yorkshire; this followed a very wet and cool Jubilee weekend. With another area of low pressure set to spoil things this ...
  • All eyes on June after an 'average' May
    The very warm spell which has dominated our weather in recent days has come to an end, with rain affecting much of northern England today. It's a wet end to a month which has seen a remarkable change from extreme cold to extreme warmth. And it's a good example of how statistics can hide big s ...
  • Arctic methane sets global warming alarm bells ...
    Research published this week which identifies thousands of sites in the Arctic where methane gas is being released into the atmosphere could have serious ramifications for global warming. Methane is twenty times more powerful a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide and it's estimated that there' ...
  • A taste of summer. But for how long?
    At long last warm weather is returning to much of the country for the first time since March, after weeks of cold, wet weather. High pressure will dominate our weather all week, with temperature reaching 23C (73F) across inland parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire as early as tomorrow. The char ...

Internat'l Political Economy

  • Putin's a Smart Guy: Worry About $, Not €
    Anglophone economic commentary about the euro usually veers towards the "I told you so" variety, nevermind that no one has actually wanted out of the EMU while many are still lining up to join it--including the most economically progressive economy that's still out of it. British Euroskeptic dys ...
  • New(er) World Order: LDCs Give IMF Condtionalities
    It's a topsy-turvy world when you have poor countries (a) contributing emergency funds to help bail out rich countries and (b) placing loan conditionalities on the IMF instead of having conditionalities being placed on them by the IMF. However, these are not normal times. As Europe lurches from ...
  • Out Now: LSE IDEAS on PRC Geoeconomic Strategy
    As usual, I am somewhat late with the publications generated by our very own LSE IDEAS, but let me rectify that here since there should be something for everyone with an interest in Chinese geopolitics. Drawing upon our own not-insubstantial in-house expertise--our Co-Director Arne Westad is flu ...
  • Like Attracts Like: Glazers Plan US Man U IPO [?!]
    I have been following the plight of the reviled Glazer clan, erstwhile owners of Manchester United Football Club, as they raise the ire of English football fans with their vile "Ameriscum" shenanigans, featuring the worst sort of financial chicanery their home nation has to offer. Their 2005 ori ...
  • It's All Greek to Me: Cyprus, Next on the EU Dole
    Erm, on second thought, let's not call it a "bailout" but a "bank recapitalization programme" to use the sort of euphemisms Spanish officials prefer as they too succumbed to the inevitable when you have overextended banks. To be sure, there are differences among a balance-of-payments crisis (in ...

Economic Collapse Blog

  • The Mancession: 16 Signs That This Economic De ...
    This economic decline has been really hard on everyone, but it has been particularly hard on American men.  During the last recession male employment dropped like a rock and it has not recovered much at all since then.  That is why many referred to the last recession as a "mances ...
  • Oh Crud! 19 Reasons Why It Is Time To Start Fr ...
    Yes, it is officially time to start freaking out about the global economy.  The European financial system is falling apart and it is going to go down hard.  If Europe was going to be saved it would have happened by now.  The big money insiders have already pulled their funds from ...
  • Forget The Election Results – Greece Is ...
    The election results from Greece are in and the pro-bailout forces have won, but just barely.  It is being projected that the pro-bailout New Democracy party will have about 130 seats in the 300 seat parliament, and Pasok (another pro-bailout party) will have about 33 seats.  Tho ...
  • The Economic Collapse Is Not A Single Event
    Many people hype "the coming economic collapse" as if it is some kind of big summer Hollywood blockbuster.  Many people out there write about it as if it is something that will happen in a single day or over a few weeks and that it will suddenly change how the entire world functi ...
  • The U.S. Economy By The Numbers: 70 Facts That ...
    Why is the economy going to collapse?  Have you ever been asked that question?  If so, what did you say?  Sometimes it is difficult to communicate dozens of complicated economic and financial concepts in a package that the average person on the street can easily digest.  It can b ...

Infoshop - Alt Media

E U Times

  • Japan sat on Fukushima data as people fled to ...
    Japanese authorities failed to disclose US data on the spread of radiation from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant last year, a cabinet minister says. This left some evacuees fleeing in the same direction as the radioactive emissions, media report. ­The March 11, 2011 tsunami and earthquake pa ...
  • Obama Push For World War III Shocks Putin
    A highly disturbing report prepared by the Foreign Ministry on yesterdays nearly 3 ½ hour meeting between President’s Putin and Obama at the G-20 Summit in Mexico states that Russia’s leader was “shocked” after he told the US leader that America’s Middle East policies were bringing the world to ...
  • FBI wants to ban new Internet protocol
    With the recent unveiling of the newest Internet protocol system, trillions upon trillions of devices are being paved access to the Internet for the unforeseeable future. And right on cue, the FBI is already up in arms over IPv6. With computing devices around the globe already switching from the ...
  • Cassini finds tropical lakes on Saturn’s moon ...
    Scientists have discovered methane lakes in the tropical areas of Saturn’s moon Titan, one of which is about half the size of Utah’s Great Salt Lake, with a depth of at least one meter. The longstanding bodies of liquid were detected by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which has been ...
  • Assange asks for political asylum in Ecuador
    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has requested political asylum and is under the protection of the Ecuadorian embassy in London, according to the site’s Twitter. Ecuador’s foreign minister Ricardo Patino says Assange has taken refuge in the South American nation’s embassy in Lo ...

Voiceless Victim

  • Anything Less Than A Royal Commission Is Just ...
    For far too long Australians have been happy to turn their backs on the untold suffering of thousands of victims of church-enabled sexual predators. But ignoring the problem simply ensures it continues, and gives rapists the message that they have a right to destroy as many innocent lives as the ...
  • Historic Inquiry to Provide First Taste of Jus ...
    I have just received notification that in a few minutes the first official investigation into the Australian catholic church’s enabling and coverup of widespread child sexual assault will be announced. I congratulate the Victorian state government on being the first government in Australia ...
  • Why does the catholic church continue to abuse ...
    Every now and then I come across a summary of the catholic church’s exploitation and abandonment of children that pulls it all together so accurately, or captures the horror of honest, ordinary people at the atrocities committed by the Church of Child Rape. When I respond to a piece of wri ...
  • Just Like in Hunger Games the Church is killin ...
    The catholic church, when faced with the choice of protecting itself or preventing children from being raped, has consistently chosen to sacrifice the children. Usually without a second thought. This is not a claim without evidence. There is ample proof. In recent years there have been official, ...
  • Rare Opportunity for the Real Truth to be Told
    It was less than edifying this easter when the feeble monarch of the Church of Child Rape pronounced from his viciously defended high moral ground atop St Peter’s Square, tottering under the weight of pathetically opulent gold encrusted vestments and symbols of status, that ‘Life is ...

WL Central

  • 2012-06-20 What #JA41 means to me
    After a debate with a colleague about WikiLeaks, I was told "Assange stole our Graham". Assange didn't steal me, nor did he steal a host of others who stand firm on their belief systems of truth, justice, and holding governments to account. I happen to have a moral compass that aligns with those ...
  • 2012-06-20 WikiLeaks News Update: Assange seek ...
    WikiLeaks has been financially blockaded without process for 564 days. Julian Assange has been detained without charge for 561 days. Bradley Manning has been imprisoned without trial for 758 days. A secret Grand Jury has been active in the U.S. without transparency for 644 days. read more
  • 2012-06-19 Live Blog: Assange requests politic ...
    WikiLeaks announced this evening via Twitter (19:40 local time) that Julian Assange has requested political asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. This comes after the UK Supreme Court refused a submission to reopen his case on June 14. Julian Assange has spent 560 days under house arrest w ...
  • 2012-06-17 What #JA41 means to me
    I'm one of four people currently running WLC. We took over about four months ago. Several members of the current team were in at the beginning and helped launch WLC. That was back on 17 November 2010. Going on two years ago. There's been a lot of water under the bridge since then, through all of ...
  • 2012-06-17 WikiLeaks News Update: Assange appe ...
    WikiLeaks has been financially blockaded without process for 561 days. Julian Assange has been detained without charge for 558 days. Bradley Manning has been imprisoned without trial for 755 days. A secret Grand Jury has been active in the U.S. without transparency for 641 days. read more

U N News

  • Amid global uncertainty, G20 summit in Mexico ...
    Next week's summit of the Group of 20 (G20) leading economies must achieve meaningful results, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has told world leaders, stressing the need to tackle the global jobs crisis, ensure green growth and promote sustainable development.
  • Colombia must fight impunity for sexual violen ...
    Colombia must increase its efforts to fight impunity for crimes of sexual violence, a United Nations envoy said today, adding that such efforts should be paired with assistance to survivors and victims.
  • UN envoy hails workshop related to Guyana-Vene ...
    A UN envoy today hailed a recent workshop related to a long-standing border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela as a demonstration of both countries' on-going commitment to a peaceful resolution of the matter.
  • UN expert urges Canada to adopt national strat ...
    Noting that some 800,000 households in Canada are unable to meet their daily food needs, an independent United Nations expert today called on the country to adopt a national right to food strategy.
  • Top UN officials underscore need to combat org ...
    Senior United Nations officials today drew the world's attention to threats posed by transnational organized crime and drug trafficking in Central America and called for concerted global efforts to combat the scourge, which they said is spreading to other continents.

Conspiracy Reality TV

  • The Magic Weed
    Hemp growing doesn't need any weed killing, no pesticide. Its raw material grows naturally and it doesn't need chemical intervention.
  • Blood Coltan
    Blood coltan still exists. I'm holding a mobile phone. And I know that the microprocessor it contains uses coltan. And if this coltan has been obtained at the massacre of 10 or 20 villagers through slave labor, the suffering of children forced to work in the mines by the armed militia. This is i ...
  • CAMP FEMA 2: Enemy of the State
    Some state governments passed measures to forcibly quarantine residents, incarcerate those who refuse to be vaccinated, and to forcibly vaccinate your children. Legislation like this passed during the much hyped H1N1 flu outbreak.
  • Hangar 18: The UFO Warehouse
    Not only was debris from many UFO crashes allegedly shipped to the base, but from the late 1940s until the end of the late 1960s, all reports regarding UFOs were conducted at Wright-Patterson for the military's official UFO investigation Project Blue Book.
  • HAARP – Everything You Wanted to Know – Nick B ...
    You might be surprised at all of the constructive uses HAARP could be used for, but will be even more surprised by its focus on weapons and military applications, such as weather modification, geological disruption such as triggering earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and perhaps most controver ...

Rewilding Institute

  • A Radio Interview with Dave Foreman
    Listen to Ken Rose of http://www.pantedmonkey.org/ talk with Dave recently on his radio show What Now. Broadcast on KOWS Radio Occidental every Monday at 11 AM Pacific Time, Ken offers a fascinating collection of interviews with accomplished thinkers, writers, artists, farmers and scientists add ...
  • END THE ATTACK ON U.S. WILDERNESS AND THE 1964 ...
    Dr. Paul F. Torrence of Northern Arizona University created this petition asking the U.S. Senate  to stop H.R. 4089 from any further consideration: http://signon.org/sign/end-the-attack-on-us?source=s.em.cr&r_by=329647&mailing_id=4210 Your help is needed to block a vicious and po ...
  • Repeat: Urgent Action Needed – Sportsmen’s Her ...
    How the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act of 2012 (HR 4089) Would Effectively Repeal the Wilderness Act, America’s Foremost Conservation Law May 2012 An Analysis Prepared by Wilderness Watch   “The purpose of the Wilderness Act is to preserve the wilderness character of the areas to be included in the wi ...
  • Free Paul Watson!
    Captain Watson has been in a German prison since Sunday and is in danger of being extradited to Costa Rica where we fear for his safety from the Shark Fin Mafia and an unfair, politically motivated trial! When we last wrote you, we had only 15 hours to make our case to the German Federal [...]
  • Audubon NPR-A Action Alert – Please Respond!
    Please take the time to respond to this recent Action Alert from the National Audubon Society: Audubon Advisory May 11, 2012 Vol 2012 Issue 5 B is for Birds: Help Protect Special Areas of the Western Arctic The National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska encompasses an immense and spectacular Arct ...

Asia Sentinel

We Know the Lies

  • Prince Charles Fearmongers Again About the 'Ca ...
    The Prince of Wales has urged world leaders to adopt a better, more integrated approach to issues like climate change. read more
  • Taxpayer Funded Islamic Shariah Law!... The Ba ...
    A battle against federal taxpayer subsidies for Shariah programs is being escalated to the full 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after a three-judge panel of the court decided that a U.S. Marine had no right to challenge the government’s financial support for Islamic Law. ~ Bob Unruh read more
  • Country-of-Origin Labels... W.T.O. Wants Every ...
      The World Trade Organization is moving closer to eliminating country-of-origin labels and replacing them with “Made in the World” initiative labels because they say we need to “reduce public opposition to free trade” and “re-engineer global governance.” ~ Roger Simmermaker read more
  • Rules for Preppers – Staying Under the Radar
      My wife and I have been prepping for well over a year now; and when we think we have it all ready, we find ourselves doing more.  But that’s ok; nothing is done that is not worthwhile. read more
  • Government Control Freaks Are Forcing Preppers ...
    In recent years there have been huge numbers of Americans that have sought to go "off the grid" and live a more independent lifestyle.  It has been estimated that there are now approximately 3 million "preppers" in the United States, and many of them just want to be left alone so that t ...

Tarpley

Modern Survivalism

  • Vitamin Supplements Guide
    Preppers will store up a supply of food, but have they considered the nutritional balance of the foods they’ve stored versus what the body needs? Vitamins are necessary for our general nutrition and good health. Although they do not directly contribute to energy or body-building materials, ...
  • Ready Reserve Foods
    Ready Reserve Foods is your source for emergency preparedness products, including disaster survival food and water supplies. Emergency preparedness means being ready for the unexpected with emergency supplies and survival kits. Ready Reserve Foods, Inc. is here to help. With the most knowledgeab ...
  • Yellowstone Vibrations
    Yellowstone, one of the worlds Super-Volcanoes, is displaying some fascinating behavior and reminding us that it is very alive and remains apparently overdue for its next world-changing eruption. The recent activity may not mean anything significant, but you really never know, which is why I men ...
  • How Much Coleman Fuel Do I Need?
    Ever wondered how much Coleman camp stove fuel (Coleman® Fuel – white gas, or propane) that you would consume or use under certain conditions? Many of us have one of these stoves, the brand name of which has been around for decades and is considered to be of good quality. I thought it woul ...
  • Water Is The Absolute Basic
    The most necessary element of survival preparedness is not food. It is water. Additionally, it is likely the least prepared for, even though most people know that we cannot survive long without it. Water covers 70% of the earth’s surface. All living things consist mostly of water. Water is ...

Fast Company

  • PayPal Gets Make-Over To Promote Its Mobile Pa ...
    News updates all day from Fast Company.PayPal, one of the earliest surviving success stories from the dot com boom, is giving its system a sweeping overhaul today. The redesigned site is simpler and less cluttered, and has more capacity for promoting PayPal's newer services like its big play for ...
  • Wayfair: Your Online Mega-Pivot Megastore
    Usually startups pivot, not online retailers pulling in $500 million in revenue. But that’s what Wayfair, the Amazon of home goods and furniture, did. The seventh in our pivot series. When you head a startup, you can pivot until you get where you need to go, but when you run a successful company ...
  • Your Tweets Are Why The Next Walter Cronkite W ...
    A computer that can write like a human is a neat trick. But Moxie Awards finalist Narrative Science is taking the role of the robot journalist to the next level. Of all the new technology companies disrupting the field of journalism, none hits home quite like Narrative Science. As Co.Exist ...
  • Fab Buys Llustre, Comes To The UK
    News updates all day from Fast Company.Meet Fab's Bradford Shellhammer, Innovation Agent. Fab, the design-based social commerce site, announced today that it's headed to the UK after snapping up British site Llustre. The acquisition comes just one year after Fab launched, and it's the third comp ...
  • In Bill Ford's Future, Cars Are Nodes On Giant ...
    Henry Ford's great grandson offers a vision that transforms the automobile.The auto industry has long talked about "the connected car." But Ford Motor chairman Bill Ford's vision stretches far beyond simply allowing your vehicle to connect to the Internet for better directions or groovy Pandora ...

Jadaliyya

  • Doha's Failed Olympic Bid
    On 24 May, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ended an executive meeting in Quebec, Canada. Among the topics on the docket was the selection of potential host cities for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Of the five “applicant cities” submitting bids for consideration–Baku, Doha, Istanbul, Madrid ...
  • من وأد الإله إلى ختان الحق
    المرأة ليست مهنة ولا انتماء سياسي إنها إنسانة هذا المجتمع! إن من الأمور المسكوت عنها في الثورات العربية، ولست هنا للفصل أو الكلام في جدلية التحقق والامتناع، وإن ظل الزمن يحتم السيرورة مسعى، وهي ما يوازي أو لا ينفك صلة ببعضه، في أن التحرر السياسي المتخذ صورة الدفاع عن الكرامة وإسقاط الدولة ال ...
  • Latest Egyptian Presidential Vote Count [Updated]
    Below is the latest vote count in the 2012 Egyptian Presidential Elections. These numbers will be updated as more information becomes available.   
  • Open Letter to Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei
    June 2012; Cairo Dear Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei: Happy 70th and thank you! Truly, thank you: for refusing to be part of this travesty of presidential elections, for rejecting any form of putsch or "revolutionary justice", for insisting on a sound constitution and political pluralism, for ...
  • أنور عبد الملك الذي أرّقته النهضة
    رحل في منفاه الباريسي عشية مفترق مفصلي في تاريخ مصر. الكاتب الماركسي ارتكز مشروعه الفكري على التوجّه شرقاً بعيداً عن وهم الغرب، وكيفية تحقيق النهضة الحضارية التي ظلّت تشغله حتى بعد «ثورة 25 يناير» وحيداً في باريس التي اختارها منفى له، رحل أنور عبد الملك (1924)، تاركاً عدداً هائلاً من المؤلفات. ...

mediagazer

  • MPAA / RIAA Ponder Suing Persistent BitTorrent ...
    Ernesto / TorrentFreak: MPAA / RIAA Ponder Suing Persistent BitTorrent Pirates  —  Later this year, the Center for Copyright Information (CCI) will start to track down ‘pirates’ as part of an agreement all major U.S. Internet providers struck with the MPAA and RIAA.& ...
  • The Tor Project helps journalists and whistleb ...
    Adrienne LaFrance / Nieman Journalism Lab: The Tor Project helps journalists and whistleblowers go online without leaving a trace  —  Originally built in a U.S. Naval laboratory as a way to protect government communications, Tor has grown into a wide-reaching project that helps ...
  • Microsoft's live-action press release (Ryan Ch ...
    Ryan Chittum / CJR: Microsoft's live-action press release  —  Yesterday, Microsoft got a bunch of tech journalists to go to Hollywood for what it promised would be a major announcement: The company was launching its own tablet PC.  And what a launch it was—at least fo ...
  • Why Twitter resists a correction function & wh ...
    Craig Silverman / Poynter: Why Twitter resists a correction function & why it should build one anyway  —  It's a question that pops up every once in a while among journalists and others: What would a useful Twitter correction tool look like?  —  Here at Poynt ...
  • News Corp. Offers $2 Billion to Boost Australi ...
    Gavin Lower / Wall Street Journal: News Corp. Offers $2 Billion to Boost Australian Pay TV Stake  —  MELBOURNE—News Corp. has offered 1.97 billion Australian dollars (US$2 billion) to buy Consolidated Media Holdings Ltd. in a move that if successful will strengthen the com ...

Chemtrail News

  • CHEMTRAIL AND UFO SIGHTING, PORIRUA, NZ ...
    I suspected it of being a Chemtrail and therefore pulled out the video camera to film it. Many planes went by during the shooting, more than any other time I have ... https://chemtrailsnorthnz.wordpress.com/.../chemtrail-and-ufo-...
  • Maui residents craft legislation to ban geo-en ...
    Maui residents craft legislation to ban geo-engineering 'chemtrails' www.naturalnews.com/033691_chemtrails_Maui.html
  • 10 mile long chemtrail 1 Video
    probably longer. denver,co 9/23/11 Author: Boondox681 Keywords: denver ten mile long chemtrail Added: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:33:25. vodpod.com/watch/15460352-10-mile-long-chemtrail-1
  • ChemTrail Pilot Admits to 'Domestic ...
    Headlines ChemTrail Pilot Admits to 'Domestic Terrorism'! ... Chemtrails: The Consequences of Toxic Metals and Chemical Aerosols on Human Health · Heavy ... www.davidicke.com/.../53899-chemtrail-pilot-admits-to-dome...
  • Chemtrail Rainbow - YouTube
    Chemtrails caused rainbow....no rain. ... I have several (which I think are ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcOyMeW0xpU

World News - Top Stories

  • Keri Hilson: Helping others humbles me
    Keri Hilson says giving back to her community gave her 'a sense of appreciation and humbleness'. The singer is currently promoting Bing's Summer of Doing campaign, which is aiming to encourage teenagers to get...
  • Dolly Parton rules out Gaga and Madonna s ...
    Dolly Parton thinks a collaboration with Madonna and Lady Gaga would be 'overkill'. The country singer is regularly asked about recording a duet with Gaga. She isn't sure when the rumour started and although she isn't ruling anything out, Dolly isn't sure their voices would work together....
  • Kate Moss Celebrates Her Best Friend's Bi ...
    Kate Moss spent yesterday afternoon at lunch with her friend Sadie Frost in London. The pals celebrated...
  • 28 soldiers among 39 dead in Syria: right ...
    Twenty-eight soldiers and a Shiite Muslim cleric were among 39 people killed in violence across Syria today, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. At least 20 troops were killed in fierce clashes with rebel fighters in the...
  • President Obama created immigration law
    | President Obama announced some new intentions regarding illegal immigration. A portion of his justification for doing so involves his concept of fairness. He's either just created law or he has abdicated his responsibility to enforce the law. NewsOK Related Articles Biofuels practical an ...

no frakking consensus

Anna's News

  • National Parks at Risk: Photos
    National parks represent our country's last stronghold of wilderness. But the large majority of parks are suffering, too.Ninety-five percent of parks assessed in a recent study have lost key species that once helped define them. Meanwhile, 91 percent .... Submitted by Anna Smith to Animals &nbs ...
  • Suicide rates in Europe 'linked' to financial ...
    The financial crisis "almost certainly" led to an increase in suicides across Europe, health experts say.The analysis by US and UK researchers found a rise in suicides was recorded among working age people from 2007 to 2009 in nine of the 10 nations...... Submitted by Anna Smith to Health & Well ...
  • Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerela - Richest in ...
    For the past one week, the Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerela has been in the news because of the huge wealth found in its secret crypts.The Padmanabhaswamy Temple is the most famous Lord Vishnu temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerela. It is bel ............ Submitted by Anna Smith to World  |& ...
  • South Sudan becomes an independent nation
    South Sudan has become the world's newest nation, the climax of a process made possible by the 2005 peace deal that ended a long and bloody civil war.Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon are among international dignitaries Submitted by Anna Smith to World   ...
  • News of the World staff shocked at closure
    Staff at the News of the World have reacted with shock to news that it will be closed after this Sunday's edition.The paper's political editor, David Wooding, said the closure came as a "bombshell". Submitted by Anna Smith to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

Medical Marijuana

  • 6/13/12 - Is the use of standardized tests imp ...
    standardizedtests.procon.org – NEW: Is the use of standardized tests improving education in America? – Read pro and con quotes from experts, politicians and activists including Michelle Rhee (pro), Diane Ravitch (con), Bill Clinton (pro), Hillary Rodham Clinton (con), Jeb Bush (pro), and Randi W ...
  • 6/13/12 - State Felon Voting Laws
    felonvoting.procon.org - State Felon Voting Laws - State laws on felon voting differ across the US.  In Maine and Vermont, convicted felons can vote from prison.  In Florida, Kentucky, Iowa, and Virginia, convicted felons can lose the ability to vote permanently. See our updated chart ...
  • 6/7/12 - ACLU Positions on 55 Issues from Abor ...
    aclu.procon.org 6/7/2012 - ACLU Positions on 55 Issues from Abortion to the War on Terror – Read the ACLU's pro or con positions on 55 issues including abortion, the death penalty, religion in public schools, and the war on drugs.
  • 6/6/12 - Should law enforcement be allowed to ...
    2012election.procon.org  - Should law enforcement be allowed to use racial profiling?  Obama, Paul, Goode, and Johnson are Con.
  • 6/6/12 - Should the United States return to th ...
    2012election.procon.org - Should the United States return to the gold standard in which coin and currency are backed by gold?  Paul and Goode are Pro.  Romney and Johnson are Not Clearly Pro or Con.

Truth About Our World

Gyrovague's Raves

  • Excessive Endurance Training Can Be Deadly
    Micah True, legendary ultra-marathoner, died suddenly while on a routine 12-mile training run March 27, 2012. The mythic Caballo Blanco in the best-selling book, Born to Run, True would run as far as 100 miles in a day. On autopsy his heart was enlarged and scarred; he died of a lethal arrhythmi ...
  • Exercise and the Brain
    The effects of exercise are different on memory as well as on the brain, depending on whether the exerciser is an adolescent or an adult. A gene has been identified which seems to mediate the degree to which exercise has a beneficial effect. This has implications for the potential use of exercis ...
  • TESTOSTERONE ON MY MIND …
    Simon Baron – Cohen This is a hormone that has fascinated me. It’s a small molecule that seems to be doing remarkable things. The variation we see in this hormone comes from a number of different sources. One of those sources is genes; many different genes can influence how much testostero ...
  • Origins of the Arts
    Sociobiologist E.O. Wilson on the evolution of culture Edward O. Wilson RICH AND SEEMINGLY BOUNDLESS as the creative arts seem to be, each is filtered through the narrow biological channels of human cognition. Our sensory world, what we can learn unaided about reality external to our bodies, is ...
  • Middle Age
    Evolution has given humans a huge advantage over most other animals David Bainbridge As a 42-year-old man born in England, I can expect to live for about another 38 years. In other words, I can no longer claim to be young. I am, without doubt, middle-aged. To some people that is a depressing rea ...

In Verbena | Royal Society

  • Dual use education in neuroscience
    The Royal Society hosted a Roundtable meeting on dual use education and awareness raising in neuroscience on Friday 16 March. The meeting was intended to follow up on aspects of the recent Brain Waves 3: Neuroscience, conflict and security report, but specifically looked at the recommendation th ...
  • Human enhancement and the future of work
     Last week, I attended a joint meeting organised by the Academy of Medical Sciences, British Academy, Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society on human enhancement and the future of work.  It’s the first time that all four academies have come together like this on a policy issue. Such ...
  • New Trends in Think Tanks in China
    Xufeng Zhu is currently Professor at the Zhou Enlai School of Government, Director of the Centre of Chinese Policy Science, and Associate Director of the Centre for MPA Education, Nankai University. He has published extensively, including on China’s Think Tanks (Tsinghua University Press, ...
  • UK and China, comparing notes on science and p ...
      For a science policy nerd like me, meeting with international counterparts is like taking a holiday or meeting old friends in the pub at Christmas; there are many fresh things to explore but you can quickly get down to  business. Friday’s small but perfectly-formed gathering in Beijing of abou ...
  • Neuroscience, conflict and security: a dual us ...
     The Royal Society has launched the final report of the Brain Waves series, which investigate developments in neuroscience and their implications for society and policy.  Brain Waves 3: Neuroscience, conflict and security examines the potential applications of neuroscience in a military and law ...

NAU Resistance

  • End of Nations: Canada, the US and the “Securi ...
    Regardless of whether this particular agreement bears fruit for those seeking to bring the two countries into a closer union, or whether it is just another waypoint on the road of a much longer and more detailed process, the very real concerns about the erosion of national sovereignty implicit i ...
  • Goodbye Kyoto, Make Way For The North American ...
    "On Tuesday December 13th the Minister of the Environment Peter Kent announced that Canada is removing itself from the Kyoto Protocol. Kent is pushing for a more unified agreement that would unite all nation's on a global scale."
  • The Pretext For A North American Homeland Secu ...
    "Any deal which gives the Department of Homeland Security more personal information poses a serious risk to privacy rights"
  • Welcome To Fortress North America! NAU-Phase One
    We knew that there was nothing “new” at all to be found in this "new border vision"
  • Paving The Way For A North American Union
    By: Press For Truth (http://www.pressfortruth.ca) Release Date: 11/9/11 The agenda for a North American Union is underway and a new security perimeter deal will blur the lines at the border and further erode the sovereignty of Canadians and Americans. On November 13th Stephen Harper, Barack Ob ...

Gaea Times

  • Now, hairbrush that reads your mind
    WASHINGTON - Who says hairbrush can only be used to comb locks? Scientists have made a hairbrush like device that would be able to monitor mental activity. One of the main techniques for measuring and monitoring mental activity, called functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), can often b ...
  • Man U?s bemused Fergie tells shifty Roo to res ...
    LONDON - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has told key striker Wayne Rooney that he must respect the club and its traditions if he wants to stay on. Commenting on reports that suggest that the star player wants to leave Manchester United for another club - either Manchester City or ...
  • Google Street Viewers spot ?God? floating over ...
    SYDNEY - Google Street View has spotted a god-like figure floating midair above a lake in Quarten, Switzerland. Although the image, discovered by the Gawker blog, is apparently the result of some sort of light distortion or lens flare, blogger Max Read has questioned whether it might have more ...
  • Dogs reduce stress in autistic children: Study
    WASHINGTON - Dogs-apart from being man’s best friend-have a special role to play in the lives of children with special needs. A new study by the Universite de Montreal has suggested that specifically trained service dogs can help reduce the anxiety and enhance the socialization skills of ...
  • How sex hormones influence right heart function
    WASHINGTON - A new study has revealed human sex hormones influence the structure and function of the right ventricle (RV) of the heart. The researchers found that in women receiving hormone therapy, higher estrogen levels were associated with higher RV ejection fraction and lower RV end-systol ...

TruthNews Australia

  • Exposing the criminal injustice system with Ge ...
    In today's show we are joined in the first hour by Josh Jackson from Germany. We cover the fiscal crisis in Europe and Josh gives us some interesting insights. In the second hour George Georgios returns to talk about the systemic injustice and corruption within the criminal justice system. Geo ...
  • Short, powerful video explains why we must opp ...
    This excellent video was produced by the video production company Koozzoo for Civil Liberties Australia.
  • Slaughtered families in Houla were supporters ...
    BBC's Newsnight last night interviewed a London based Syrian businessman who stated that the families murdered by terrorists in Houla were supporters of the Syrian government, not the opposition. If correct this would make it highly unlikely that the narrative pushed by the mainstream media is ...
  • Conspiracy theory: exploring the outer limits ...
    DISCLAIMER: During the show Damon Crowe made allegations which the persons concerned may find defamatory. These allegations should not be construed as reflecting the views of TNRA or its affiliates. In this week's show we plunge into murky waters with Damon Crowe, as we look at some fringe con ...
  • Invasion of the body scanners - Part 1
    In today's show we look at a variety of news and issues of the day, with a special focus on a new safety report on airport body scanners which was released by the EU last week. This development now opens the door to the roll out of these carcinogenic machines across Europe and potentially into A ...

Beacon

  • One Step Closer to a Fin-Free New York
    With your help, we can keep this from happening. ©Oceana/LX New York state is the largest importer of shark fins on the East Coast, but if a new bill passes, this fact could be history. This trade is driven by a demand for shark fin soup, which can sell for hundreds of dollars. Sadly, shark ...
  • Video: The Ocean that We Want to Know
    Here's a song that will get stuck in your head and teach you something about the world's oceans at the same time. Our friends over at One World One Ocean put together this parody of Gotye's earworm "Someobody that I Used to Know" for World Oceans Day. It follows Ferdie and Mitzi on an animated ...
  • Infographic: Gas Prices Not Really Impacted By ...
    Where this gas came from probably won't affect the price ©futureatlas.com via Flickr Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in the Huffington Post. Are gas prices impacted by the source of countries' oil? The graphic below, from Oceana, suggests that how much oil a country ...
  • Video: Romance with a Side of Plastic
    How do you like your oysters? Probably not with a side of fishing line or a plastic bag. This video, created by Katrin Peters for SOS Plastic, shows a couple on a seemingly romantic date. It’s less appealing, though, when you see what accompanies their dinner:   Part of a global campai ...
  • World Oceans Day at the National Aquarium
    The divers offer Calypso an afternoon snack. ©National Aquarium/Kate Hendrickson World Oceans Day was this past Friday, and as we mentioned in our last post, Oceana headed up to the National Aquarium in Baltimore to take part in their special celebration of the seas. Divers enter the aquariu ...

Civilian Military Intelligence Group

  • The Sanjiegun. Three Section Staff
      The staff or pole that water carriers balanced water on, or the cane that older people walked with was a ready weapon in medieval China. In Japan the staff was called a bo. In China, it was called a gun. The three sectioned staff was comprised of three staves of equal length, typically ab ...
  • Pizarro And Atahualpa.
    Pizarro must have been the quintessential charismatic. He managed to sail across a vast ocean, make contact with people who had never seen Europeans, and all but ruin a thousand year old empire. In the meantime he enriched himself, acted as a tyrant leveraging his Toledo swords and armor to garn ...
  • “That When A Lady Lifts Her Skirt, She S ...
      One of the memes about the Civil War that frequently circulates is that the South was dirt poor and the North was fairly affluent. This was mostly true. It followed then that most of the industry, especially the extremely technical industries like chemical manufacturing, or steel working ...
  • William Ewart Fairburn ‘s Film Called &# ...
    In my last post about William Ewart Fairburn Created A New Martial Art we showed a training film Fairburn made that is newly available. Here is another one he called “Gutter Fighting”. It recommended all out brutality. Kill or be killed. Fairburn understood the psychology of close qu ...
  • William Ewart Fairburn Created A New Martial Art.
        There are few people like William Ewart Fairburn. He was a fighter. Engaging in combat must have been in his blood because allegedly he survived hundreds of them. Which brings me to the first hurdle whilst uncovering this amazing man’s life. Sometimes people author their own myths. ...

Taylor Marsh

  • Romney: Reports False, Marco Rubio Being “Thor ...
    Mitt Romney says Florida. Sen. Marco Rubio is being “thoroughly vetted” for vice president. The comments came Tuesday amid reports by ABC News and The Washington Post citing unnamed advisers that Rubio isn’t being vetted for the No. 2 spot on the GOP ticket. Romney told reporte ...
  • Obama’s DREAMers Order Very Popular
    Sixty-four percent of likely voters surveyed after Obama’s June 15 announcement said they agreed with the policy, while 30 percent said they disagreed. Independents backed the decision by better than a two-to-one margin. – Bloomberg PRESIDENT OBAMA scored another wide-ranging policy victor ...
  • Queer Talk: The Evil of Two Lessers, & Queerin ...
    Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Republican or Democratic: the two “evil” choices are less than we deserve. That includes those of Queerdom, where you’ll hear the same general discussions about our choices that you hear everywhere else. Lisa Keen cov ...
  • Bill Maher Goes Off
    OTHERWISE KNOWN as the quote of the day. Now, if I were a Washington pundit, I’d launch into some boring speech about how both sides are equally to blame, and then I’d call it a day and we’d all meet at Katherine Graham’s house for cocktails. Which is weird because Katherine Graham is dead. But ...
  • Access to Obama and Romney, the Difference
    LAST NIGHT I once against asked the question about why Mormonism isn’t being examined, with Mr. Romney being asked about different aspects of his faith. At the same time Jeffrey Goldberg was doing the same thing. An excerpt: The only Jew to ever get close to the White House was Senator Jos ...

Hudson New York

  • Why Is the Peace Process Dead?
    Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced this week that the Middle East peace process was "clinically dead" because Israel was refusing to accept his conditions for returning to the negotiating table. Abbas has been demanding that Israel
  • Egypt: Islamists vs. Copts
    As Egypt's presidential elections come to a close, with the Brotherhood claiming presidential victory, the future for Egypt's indigenous Christians, the Copts, looks bleak. Earlier, after the first presidential elections of May 23-24, any number of
  • Germany: "Radical Salafism is Like a Hard Drug"
    German authorities have launched a major crackdown on radical Islamists suspected of plotting against the state. The move reflects mounting concern in Germany over the growing assertiveness of Salafist Muslims, who openly state that they want to
  • Jew Hunting Season Open in France
    France is presently prey to one of the worst waves of anti-Semitism in its history ; this wave is not receding, rather, it is intensifying. According to the annual report published by the Protection Service of the Jewish community, 2011 was a bad year;
  • Egyptian Election: Islamist Victory - or Decep ...
    Has anyone stopped to ask where the headlines "Muslim Brotherhood wins Egypt's presidential election!" originated? They came, of course, straight from the Muslim Brotherhood and its allies, particularly the Qatari Islamist propaganda machine, Al Jazeera,

Urban Survival

  • Defending OIl
    Word that the US is planning a commitment of 13,500 troops in Kuwait is notable this morning since it is yet another indicator that my envisioned Manufacturers Resource Wars are entering a new phase.    Since a few people are … Continue reading →
  • Coping: With “Indigo Children”
    Wow!  I am amazed at the amount of response to the Indigo kid’s note from yesterday’s column.  Why, I thought everyone was kinda going through this stuff and was up at the front of the “aware” line.  Rather than print … Continue reading →
  • OK, Now What?
    To use an old Dakotas farming term, this was a real pee-dinger of a weekend:  The Greece elections got held, the left had a good showing, but not enough to win outright, so now we have to watch a while … Continue reading →
  • Coping: Answers to Critics
    I get a lot of email that offers a decided counterpoint to my common sense approach to life.  Take this one for example: “George, Please don’t make yourself look ignorant.  Anna Wintour is and has been for many years the … Continue reading →
  • Watching the 10-Weeks Mark
    The week ending September 3, 1929, the Dow Jones Industrials closed at 376.29.  Although this may seem like a paltry sum by today’s measures into the five-digit aether, these days that would translate to a Dow of 5,096.14.  The next … Continue reading →

Trends & Forecasts

Radical Chic

  • NIGERIAN PARTIES vs PARTIES IN ENGLAND
    Once you have been to ‘one’ Nigerian party in your life it is safe to say that you will always know the menu. It is an unwritten rule that you can be as exotic as you like, but if your party lacks certain fundamental items, it really isn’t a party. There ‘must’ be J ...
  • AFRICAN ROMANCE: ‘Thorns With Roses&#821 ...
    I once attended a wild party where I had an unusual encounter. It came in the form of a one night stand. I was a twenty-two year old student, sent to the US to get my MBA so I could take over my father’s thriving business someday. My girlfriend whom I’d whimsically thought would become [...]
  • AWKWARD TOPICS: A 12 Year Old Has A Baby, Shou ...
    This topic is for you, yes, you! I want to know your opinion on this matter. What do you think? A 12 year old has a baby, should she be allowed to keep it? On a biological level this is perhaps not a very common scenario, but for some reason, Amy is 12 years old [...]
  • RANDOM RANTS: ‘Infidelity’ – ...
    It’s one of the biggest issues facing sexual relationships today and the demise of most relationships can usually be traced back to it. But what exactly is cheating? The dictionary defines it rather unhelpfully as “marital disloyalty; adultery”. I find this definition almost insulting. Where do ...
  • FLASH FICTION: ‘A Christmas Miracle&#821 ...
    Spending Christmas in hospital was not how Yinka envisioned her holidays. Hospitals were places where she received bad news: “I’m sorry your aunt is dead”; “I’m sorry you can’t concieve children naturally “; and so on. She and her husband, Tunde had worked hard all year, deferring all their annu ...

Boston Blog ( Nature Network)

  • Tattoos, movies, and commies: Sciencey stuff t ...
    Much to do here even as the semester winds down in Boston and Cambridge. On Monday, science writer Carl Zimmer meets Terry Gilliam, so to speak. Zimmer will be the speaker at the Coolidge Corner Theatre's "Science and Screen" airing of Gillam's 12 Monkeys. In a future world devastated by di ...
  • Sat. is last chance to see "Prints and the Pur ...
    Artist Brian Knep has a lab on Longwood Avenue -- not a studio. He's not a scientists; he's the Harvard Medical School artist-in-residence. Knep says he looks to science for "metaphors about life, about change, about healing." So, when he led group through the Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge ...
  • New Kendall Square restaurant set up to host b ...
    When new drug development company H3 decided to throw a party to launch the opening of Kendall Square labs and offices, organizers didn't have to go very far. They took the elevator downstairs. Last week, local researchers, bio boosters and lots of men in dark suits from the Japanese drug comp ...
  • BU's biolab makes it to level-2, still seeking ...
    Massachusetts environmental regulator recognized that there is a big difference between TB and Ebola. So, last week, they granted Boston University permission to begin using their new biolab to work on bio safety level-2 materials. From the Globe: For years, the National Emerging Infectious ...
  • Sunday's Chef Adrià talk at Harvard' sells out
    Most of Harvard's Science and Cooking Lectures are first come, first served, so to speak. But, you needed a ticket for Tuesday's return of superstar Spanish chef and modernist Ferran Adrià of elBulli, who talked about "The New Culinary Think Tank - el bulli 2.0." And they were scooped up a few d ...

NRDC Switchboard

  • China Environmental News Alert
    Greenlaw from NRDC China, NRDC China Program, Beijing NRDC has been working in China for over fifteen years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental governance and public participation, and green ...
  • Message to governments at Rio+20 Earth Summit: ...
    Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, Director International Program, Washington, D.C. The Rio+20 Earth Summit is a place of contrasting government inertia and public energy. Delegates barely managed to agree upon a weak text that acknowledges the severity of the ...
  • From Rio to Reality: Judges of the World Unite ...
    Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City I arrived yesterday in Mangaratiba, Brazil, about an hour down the coast from Rio--and about a meter above sea level--for a relatively small (by international conference standards) gathering of legal e ...
  • India Environmental News Compilation, June 11t ...
    Amrita Batra, Program Assistant, India Initiative and Food and Agriculture, San Francisco Rio +20 Earth Summit India Vetoes Trade Barriers “Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the historic Earth Summit, India made out a strong case against rest ...
  • Final Outcomes for Our Oceans in Rio+20 Negoti ...
    Leila Monroe, Staff Attorney, Oceans Program, San Francisco At the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development, action happens on two tracks.  On the “inside track”, representatives of governments meet over the course of many mo ...

Injustice Everywhere

  • DUI Arrest for Off-Duty Cop Clocked at 128 MPH
    From the Atlanta Journal Constitution: A DeKalb police officer clocked Jarvis Farley at 128 mph in a 55 mph zone on I-285, near Lavista Road, just before 3 a.m. May 25, police said. The officer pursued Farley, who was driving … Continue reading →DUI Arrest for Off-Duty Cop Clocked at ...
  • New Report on Wrongful Convictions in Virginia
    From the Associated Press: RICHMOND, Va. – New DNA testing in hundreds of old Virginia homicide and sexual assault cases supports the exoneration of at least 38 suspects, according to a study released Monday by a national policy group that … Continue reading →New Report on Wron ...
  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 11 reports of police misconduct tracked from June 16-18, 2012: Dorchester County, SC police used a taser on an 80-year-old woman after she allegedly attempted to hit police with her walking stick. She had to be taken to … Continue reading →National Police Misconduct ...
  • Keeping the Use-of-Force Policy ‘Classified’
    Story here.Keeping the Use-of-Force Policy ‘Classified’ is a post from PoliceMisconduct.net
  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 7 reports of police misconduct tracked for Friday, June 15, 2012: A Woodlawn, Maryland teen died following a struggle with an off-duty police officer. The seventeen-year-old’s death has been ruled a homicide http://bit.ly/K5ypTw A Dekalb County, Georgia … Continue readin ...

Total Collapse

  • Medvedev Warns of Nuclear War
    Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has warned the West against launching ‘hasty wars’, which may increase regional tensions and even trigger a nuclear war. “Sometimes these [military] actions — which undermine state sovereignty — could result in a fully-fledged regional war ...
  • Putin, Obama Square Off As Russian Troops Mass ...
    Barely a week after the American President Obama’s top national security aide, Thomas Donilon, warned President Putin in the Kremlin that the “world may about to end,” Russia’s leader abruptly canceled a scheduled meeting with his US counterpart and stated he would not attend the G-8 Summit over ...
  • Faber: ‘Massive Wealth Destruction’ Coming, We ...
    The critical question over the next decade isn’t “where will my returns be highest?” but “where will I lose the least money?” That, according to economist and investor Marc Faber, is the scenario facing investors today. As the author of the Gloom, Boom, and Doom Report, Marc Faber is a well-know ...
  • Russia Warns of ‘Dead End’ in U.S. Missile Talks
    Russia said Thursday its dispute with the United States over missile defense was near a “dead end” and warned it might have to deploy new rockets in Europe to take out elements of the controversial shield. “We have not been able to find mutually-acceptable solutions at this poi ...
  • China and Russia hold joint naval exercises in ...
    China and Russia are conducting a major joint naval exercise in the Yellow Sea from April 22 to 27. The drills are a response by the two countries to their growing concerns about the Obama administration’s aggressive “pivot” to Asia that includes a military build-up and the strengthening of US a ...

Daily Dose

  • TNW’s Daily Dose – Facebook’ ...
    Facebook tells us about the most social places in the world. Amazon is looking for developers for its International app store and Samsung demands cash from Apple for infringement. You...
  • TNW’s Daily Dose – Microsoft&#8217 ...
    Microsoft reveals its new Surface tablets, Facebook officially confirms its Face.com acquisition, and Google partners with Flipboard. It’s all in today’s Daily Dose. You can catch The Daily Dose every...
  • TNW’s Daily Dose – A look at table ...
    The Online Publisher’s Association details how we’re using tablets. Google made a big patent buy. The US government is leading the way in asking to Google remove content. You can...
  • TNW’s Daily Dose – Nokia layoffs, ...
    Nokia lays off 10,000 but acquires another company. Internet giants are fighting back against bad ads online. Twitter is now giving more content in your tweets. You can catch The...
  • TNW’s Daily Dose – Google and Amaz ...
    Google and Amazon lead the tech companies hoping to acquire their own top level domains, Skype introduces ads, and Facebook trials a new way of sharing music. It’s all in...

Beyond Zero Emissions

  • Solar tariff fitted up
    Commission counts only the upfront cost, misses savings Solar feed-in tariffs have been framed. By focusing on the cost but ignoring the savings from solar power, a backlash is being encouraged when we should be celebrating success. The Austra ...
  • Repower Port Augusta; Help us win!
    Support the call for Australia's first solar thermal plant Beyond Zero Emissions is leading a campaign to get Australia’s first solar thermal power plants built - and we need your help. Repower Port Augusta is gaining momentum. Next week we are heading to the SA Parliament, the RPA Alliance ha ...
  • Short-circuiting an electric price surge
    According to energy minister Martin Ferguson, our electricity infrastructure will undergo a $42 billion upgrade over the current five-year regulatory period. At around $6000 per household, these grid upgrades are the biggest contributor to recent and forthcoming electricity price rises. Much of ...
  • South Australia wind power figures vindicate r ...
    Yesterday energy consultants EnergyQuest broke the news that wind power supplied 31% of South Australia’s electricity in the last quarter. Solar panels added another 3.5% to put renewable energy’s share in that state well above coal (26%) ...
  • Sydney trigen? Try again with renewables
    Since the industrial revolution, when cities became dirty places, we have been removing pollution from their streets and neighbourhoods. We’ve seen old central coal plants closed down and replacements built hundreds of kilometres away. Stricter and stricter vehicle emissions standards have bee ...

Monga Bay ( News )

  • Over 700 people killed defending forest and la ...
    On May 24th, 2011, forest activist José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva and his wife, Maria do Espírito Santo da Silva, were gunned down in an ambush in the Brazilian state of Pará. A longtime activist, José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva had made a name for himself for openly c ...
  • U.S., others commit to restoring 45 million ac ...
    The U.S. Forest Service joined Rwanda, a Brazilian coalition, and a Central American alliance of indigenous groups in a pledge to restore 18 million hectares (45 million acres) of native forests, reports the IUCN, a conservation group.
  • Scientists give world leaders 'Fs' on climate ...
    It seems world leaders may need to retake environmental studies. As the Rio+20 Summit on Sustainable Development opens, the scientific journal, Nature, has evaluated the progress made on three treaties signed at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992: climate change, biodiversity decline, and desertificat ...
  • Experts: ignoring climate change at Rio+20 mak ...
    The Climate Change Task Force (CCTF)—made up of 30 climate scientists, other experts and world leaders—warned today that sidelining climate change at the Rio+20 Summit on Sustainable Development threatened progress on the conference's other goals, which includes combating poverty and ...
  • WWF: biggest villain at Rio+20 is Canada
    Having sent a delegation to the United Nation's Rio+20 Summit on Sustainable Development, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the world's biggest conservation group, has recently declared their Heroes and Villains of Rio+20—so far. The NGO has strong words for the negotiating position of ...

Sierra Express

  • Leone Stars Rodney Strasser to donate in Bo
    Leone Stars and AC Milan midfield maestro, Rodney Strasser (in photo) will be donating assorted items to street kids, underprivileged and school going children in the Southern city of Bo on Saturday June 23rd. Speaking to Sierra Express Media sports, he said he has passion for the street kids, e ...
  • Sierra Leonean Mustapha Wai honored in the USA ...
    Recipient of the 2012 National Emerging Leader Award of Excellence by the Association of Government Accountants June 19, 2012 – The Emerging Leader Award of Excellence is an honor given by the Association of Government Accountants (AGA) to one individual in the US Government-wide financial ...
  • Invitation for Bids – Printing & Supply of Pro ...
    NATIONAL SOCIAL SECURITY AND INSURANCE TRUST – INVITATIONS FOR BIDS Date of Issue:  JUNE 20,  2012 PRINTING & SUPPLY OF PROMOTIONAL ITEMS   PROCUREMENT NUMBER: NASSIT/PUB/PROMO/NCB/012/008The Trust is observing events to mark its 10th anniversary of providing social security services i ...
  • “I am proud of my human rights record”… Presid ...
    Freetown: His Excellency Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has said that he is proud of his human rights record. He made this declaration on the occasion of the presentation of the 2011 Human Rights Report by the National Human Rights Commission at State House.  (Photo: Human Rights Commissioner Presenting R ...
  • IMAT College welcomes University of London to ...
    The Director of IMAT COLLEGE, Amadu Justice Bah is today going to receive a high profile delegation from the University of London International Programme to Sierra Leone for a four day visit. Throughout her four day visit to Sierra Leone, Professor Jenny Hamilton, Director of the Undergraduate L ...

Dairy Industry - NZ Herald

  • Milk powder up in dairy auction as overall pri ...
    Whole milk powder rose in Fonterra's latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, even as overall prices of dairy products slipped, keeping the price index at its highest level since April 3.The GDT-TWI Price Index fell 0.5 per cent...
  • Dairy industry ups the war against mastitis
    A new website has been launched to help tackle a disease which costs the New Zealand dairy industry around $280 million each year. Industry organisation DairyNZ has launched SmartSAMM , an onlin
  • EU eyes Greece, NZ and Oz watch sharemarket
    The general election in Greece is likely to be the talk of the financial markets this week, but there is a lot on the local agenda as well.Much is riding on the election because it will be the key to whether Greece remains in the...
  • Farming Systems Uruguay facing losses
    NZX-listed New Zealand Farming Systems Uruguay (NZS) said it is heading for a loss of US$3 million to US$5 million in its financial year to June 30 if milk production does not pick up.NZS, which was formed in 2006 for the purpose...
  • Police saddle up for Fieldays
    Mounted police and St John Ambulance officers were so successful at last year's National Agricultural Fieldays that they are back this year.Husband and wife police officers Bill and Karen Eivers have been patrolling the Fieldays...

Hit & Run | Reason

  • Jacob Sullum on Bloomberg's Big Beverage Ban
    Everyone expected that New York City's Board of Health, all 11 members of which were appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, would rubber-stamp his proposed 16-ounce cap on servings of sugar-sweetened soft drinks. But at a meeting last week, Senior Editor Jacob Sullum reports, several b ...
  • Brickbat: A Great Adventure
    Two assistant principals at I.S. 24 middle school in Staten Island have been fined $25,000 each for keeping free tickets to the Great Adventure amusement park that had been donated to needy students. Derric Borrero and Richard Gilberto kept $20,000 in tickets for themselves and passe ...
  • Democrats and Republicans Unite to Protect the ...
    A bipartisan bill with more than 200 co-sponsors in the House would prevent the Food and Drug Administration from regulating "traditional and premium cigars" under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. Roll Call notes that the bill's supporters include "political op ...
  • Rand Paul: He Might Endorse Romney, But He Doe ...
    Sen. Rand Paul at National Review with encouraging words for the libertarians and non-interventionists on Mitt Romney's recent pronouncements on presidential warmaking power: Anyone who believes President Obama is less aggressive internationally than his predecessors is mistaken. ...
  • What Happens Next in Avina v. United State ...
    Earlier today we showed you the brief submitted to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals by the Obama administration for Avina v. United States, the lawsuit spawned by a wrong-door raid in which DEA agents terrified a family of four. In that post, I compared the DOJ's brief to the ...

Mercury Rising

  • The real truth is worse than a massive conspir ...
    Our leaders are incompetent, venal, whose only skill is blaming others for their blunders. And our media, including people who call themselves “liberal” or “lefties” are complicit in silencing those who demanded that the blunders be exposed. Jordan Michael Smith, Salon, v ...
  • Rick Wolff: The Smartest Economist You’v ...
    Rick Wolff’s website, http://www.rdwolff.com, has all sort of nifty videos and online lectures for those wanting to learn the forbidden history of economics and the future of economic democracy. His latest book, Occupy the Economy, will be the subject of an FDL Book Salon next month. Check ...
  • A great religious mystery
    David Kerr, Catholic News Agency: In his eight and a half minute address, the Pope explained to that the Council Fathers had wanted to renew the external forms of the Mass so as to “make it easier to enter into the inner depth of the mystery,” and therefore “lead people to a personal encounter w ...
  • Greece and the Underpants Gnomes; Egypt under ...
    Don’t ask me to explain the Greek left. If they had worked together, they would control Greece and could have led it out of the EU currency straitjacket. Instead, left-wing Syriza declined to work with the discredited socialists of PASOK and has ended up with center right discredited New D ...
  • Dirty Tricks, Nixon And Romney Editions
    From Watergate – The Untold Story: The Senate investigation later provided more detail about the effectiveness of the covert efforts against Muskie, who in 1971 and early 1972 was considered by the White House to be the Democrat most capable of beating Nixon. The President’s campaign ...

Reality Sandwich

Desertification

  • Rio Outcome Bleak With No New Funding*
    Amidst recrimination, anger and charges of “strong arm tactics”, negotiators eventually endorsed a global plan of action for sustainable development following marathon sessions lasting over six weary days. A proposal for a 30-billion-dollar global fund for sustainable development – initiated by ...
  • New Set of Sustainable Development Goals Looks ...
    When world leaders from over 100 countries wind up their three-day Rio+20 summit in Brazil next week, they will leave behind the shattered remains of a slew of proposals that never got off the ground. A 30-billion-dollar Global Fund for Sustainable Development? A Financial Transactions Tax? A Su ...
  • Cilantro Spices Up Coexistence with Drought in ...
    Many grow lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, beets and other vegetables. But cilantro is ever-present in the gardens that are helping rural families weather the lengthy drought that is once again wracking Brazil’s impoverished Northeast. Cilantro is the favourite “because of the flavour it adds to bean ...
  • Activists Aren’t Mourning Obama’s ...
    When a reluctant George H.W. Bush, Sr., then U.S. president, changed his mind and decided at the eleventh hour to address the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, he sounded defensive in his strong response to charges that the United States was one of the major powers responsible for the some of the world& ...
  • Indian Ocean Rim Countries Battered by Disaste ...
    This is the second of a two-part series on hydrometeorological disasters in the Indian Ocean rim.

Blogging Canadians

  • "Men" and "the System of Checks and Balances t ...
    Men's Bras by "Kit Wood" The following original essay was submitted by the author on June 13, 2012 for publication on this blog. It has been edited in terms of its original formatting. You know what I’d love to see as a woman?? I would love to see: A GUY wearing a bra every day of his life ...
  • Akaash Maharaj: Forgiving the Unforgivable
    Some things are broken so utterly, that they can never be made fully whole again. Some wounds are so deep, that the scars can only become part of who we are. Some crimes are so grave, that there can never be adequate justice on this side of eternity. Ultimately, our only source of comfort l ...
  • Laying the Foundation for a North American Sec ...
    Dana Gabriel, BeYourOwnLeader June 11, 2012 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently unveiled a northern border strategy which seeks to address security concerns, while at the same time facilitating the flow of lawful travel and trade. The new plan promotes enhanced shared intelligence ...
  • Manitoba Government Seeks to Overturn Laws of ...
    "The Manitoba government is looking to cut the price of milk and other essential foods in remote northern communities." Or, in other words, "the Manitoba government can't understand why things don't costlessly appear where they're needed, and think transportation costs are a moral issue to ...
  • "Abusive Government"
    The Northwest Ordinance of July 13, 1787 created a temporary government for the territory owned by or subject to the exclusive legislative power of the United States of America and the Constitution of the United States made that government a democracy of two year terms. by Dr. Eduardo M. R ...

Press TV - Middle East

  • Israeli airstrike kills another Gazan
    Another Palestinian has been killed in a fresh Israeli airstrike on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, bringing to eight the number of Palestinians killed over the past three days.
  • ‘Kuwait court declares polls illegal’
    Kuwait’s constitutional court has declared legislative elections illegal, reinstating last parliament dissolved by Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah in December, according to reports.
  • Another Gazan killed in Israeli airstrike
    Another Palestinian has been killed in an Israeli airstrike on southern Gaza, raising the death toll from three days of attacks to eight.
  • Russia urges dialogue over Syria crisis
    Russian President Vladimir Putin says the months-long crisis in Syria should only be resolved by constitutional means and through dialogue between the authorities and the opposition.
  • Bahraini forces hurt dozens of protesters
    Saudi-backed Bahraini security forces have fired tear gas and rubber bullets on anti-regime protesters to disperse them in , leaving dozens injured.

CUNY SPS Community Blog

  • SPS Governing Council Representative Nominatio ...
    We are accepting nominations for students to join the School of Professional Studies Governing Council.  The Governing Council considers proposals for new courses, degrees, certificates and programs that will be offered by the School.  Two students and an alternate are needed to serve on the Cou ...
  • Follow-Back: The Power of Twitter
    Twitter, a social micro-blogging website has burst onto the scene and become embedded into the fabric of society and more importantly has become one of society’s methods of staying ‘in touch.’ Twitter has attracted users from all walks of life, be they mainstream corporations, governmental organ ...
  • Solicitation of Nominations for SPS Governing ...
    We are now accepting nominations for students to join the School of Professional Studies Governing Council.  The Governing Council considers proposals for new courses, degrees, certificates and programs that will be offered by the School.  Two students and two alternates are needed to serve on t ...
  • Smarmy Prince, Contemptible Hypocrite, Ayatoll ...
    What a group. What a choice. The remaining field of Republican presidential candidates is one of the weakest in history. It is not just the liberal media that thinks so. Former Republican Congressman and current MSNBC host Joe Scarborough believes it and right wing pundit Charles Krauthammer cal ...
  • Silently Waiting
    The ruthless brutality which humankind has been known to unleash upon their fellow humans throughout history seems unrelenting and in fact almost unbelievable when considered in hindsight. For example, the Holocaust, the Trail of Tears, the Middle Passage, and the Great Purge – all events of his ...

Dissident Voice

  • Game Over For The Climate?
    Whatever happened to the green movement? It’s been 50 years since the publication of Rachel Carson’s classic Silent Spring, a powerful book about the environmental devastation wreaked by chemical pesticides. Since then we’ve had the rise and fall – or at least the compromised assimilation ...
  • Bailing Ourselves Out
    Bank of America — via the gravelly voice of Kiefer Sutherland (best known as the torture-happy government agent Jack Bauer on afternoon television) — has referred to itself for the last few years as the “Bank of Opportunity.” But in the midst of an economic civil war, they’ve dropped ...
  • On The Road to Machu Picchu
    Peru, a country with a population of 30 million, about the same as Venezuela, can be divided into three parts from west to east: the beclouded sliver of Pacific coast with the greatest share of the population; the high Andes with their fertile valleys and jagged peaks dotted with Incan ruins; an ...
  • Iraq: Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics
    A rock, Breathing with the lungs of a lunatic, That is it, This is the twentieth century. A Mirror for the Twentieth Century,  Adonis (Ali Ahmad Said) 1930 – present Recently a contradictory, but in important areas remarkably sunny opinion poll on “progress” in Iraq, conducted in April was ...
  • Prolonged Solitary Confinement on Trial
    A diverse grassroots movement confronting the widespread use of prolonged solitary confinement in US prisons appears to be gaining momentum. On the morning of Tuesday, June 19, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights is having an important ...

Destructionist

  • Farage: “The Euro Titanic Has Now Hit The Iceberg”
    In an epic rant, trumping Biderman, UKIP’s Nigel Farage appears to have reached the limit of his frustration with his ‘peers’ in the European Parliament after the Spanish bailout. Rajoy’s proclamation that this bailout shows what a success the euro-zone has been, sends Farage over the edge as he ...
  • Farage: “The Euro Titanic Has Now Hit The Iceberg”
    In an epic rant, trumping Biderman, UKIP’s Nigel Farage appears to have reached the limit of his frustration with his ‘peers’ in the European Parliament after the Spanish bailout. Rajoy’s proclamation that this bailout shows what a success the euro-zone has been, sends Farage over the edge as he ...
  • These 10 Corporations Control Almost Everythin ...
    Infographic shows how the top 10 corporations control almost everything we buy.
  • These 10 Corporations Control Almost Everythin ...
    Infographic shows how the top 10 corporations control almost everything we buy.
  • TPP secrets: Obama covertly granting more powe ...
    Despite the White House’s efforts to keep a proposed free trade agreement concealed from the public — and even Congress — an excerpt from the TPP leaked Wednesday reveals that President Obama is prepared to bow to multinational corporations. The United States has been engaged in discussion wi ...

    IPS - Inter Press Services

  • Food Crisis Empties Niger Schools
    Since December 2011, the food crisis in Niger has displaced large numbers of people from areas of scarcity to parts of the country that enjoyed better harvests. The social impacts for these internal migrants are serious, not least in terms of disruption of education.  According to the United Nat ...
  • Brazil Takes Steps to Confiscate Property of L ...
    Today, in the 21st century, there are still tens of thousands of Brazilians subjected to slave-like working conditions. Last year alone, 2,501 workers were freed from this situation by Ministry of Labour inspectors. This is why the approval of Constitutional Amendment Proposal (PEC) 438/2001 by ...
  • In Limbo in the Saharan ‘Free Zone’
    The road vanishes under the sand just after the border crossing at Tindouf, western Algeria. Another 20 kilometres into the desert, a billboard welcomes us into the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. From a house surrounded by shell cases, a man in camouflage checks our passports without stamping ...
  • U.S.: Asians Surpass Hispanics as Fastest-Grow ...
    Asia has surpassed Latin America as the largest source of new immigrants to the United States, according to a major new report that found that Asian-Americans also enjoy the highest incomes and best education of any racial group in the United States. The 214-page report, released Tuesday by the ...
  • Poverty Rates Strikingly High Among Indigenous ...
    Although they are only five percent of the global population, indigenous people account for up to 15 percent of the world’s poor, according to a new study published by members of the World Bank. The highest percentages of indigenous people in proportion to the total national population are in Ch ...

My AntiWar

CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

  • How the Obama Administration Is Stalling Its W ...
    Summary: Since talks with Iran over its nuclear development started up again in April, U.S. officials have repeatedly warned that Tehran will not be allowed to “play for time” in the negotiations. In fact, it is the Obama administration that is playing for time. source: Huffington Postrea ...
  • Negotiations only succeed if US recognises Ira ...
    Summary: The bottom line is that as long as the US is not willing to recognize such a basic principle -- that Iran, like any other sovereign country, has a right to enrich uranium, just as Brazil, Argentina, Netherlands etc. -- then really there just isn't anything to talk about. And the US w ...
  • Iran talks end on positive note in Moscow
    Summary: Iran and the international negotiators would hold the next meeting at the level of experts on July 3 to evaluate the proposals on the table. The West wants Iran to “stop, shut and ship,” as a Western diplomat put it, referring to demands for Iran to stop producing high-grade uranium, ...
  • Iran, world powers discuss nuclear issues in ...
    Summary: MOSCOW, June 18 (Xinhua) -- The latest round of talks between Iran and the six world powers in addition to the European Union (EU) started in Moscow on Monday, with all parties expressing wills to continue the dialogue over the Iranian nuclear issue. source: China Viewread more
  • Iran clarifies proposals in ‘constructive’ tal ...
    Summary: MOSCOW - Iran elaborated on its five-point package of proposals during a new round of talks with the six major powers in Moscow on Monday. source: Tehran Timesread more

The Daily Galaxy

  • NewsFlash: Rumors Swirling that CERN will Conf ...
    Scientists at CERN might be on the verge confirming the existence of what they call the "Higgs boson", according to rumors circulating this week. Higgs, they believe, is a particle, or set of particles, that might give others mass. According...
  • Image of the Day: A Strange Spiral Star --14 B ...
    The discovery of a star with spiral arms in 2011 startled researchers using the Subaru telescope in Hawaii. The star, SAO 206462, is more than four hundred light years from Earth in the constellation Lupus, the wolf. Two spiral arms,...
  • The Supermassive Star Betelgeuse --Will Its Vi ...
    Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars in the sky, could burst into its supernova phase and become as bright as a full moon - and last for as long as a year. The massive star is visible in the winter...
  • Two New Alien Planets Discovered in Andromeda ...
    The KELT North telescope in southern Arizona carries a lens no more powerful than a high-end digital camera, but it just revealed the existence of two very unusual faraway planets. One is a massive, puffed-up oddity that could change ideas...
  • Image of the Day --Strange Red Galaxies: "A M ...
    Astronomers using the Spitzer Space Telescope discovered four extremely red galaxies that lie almost 13 billion light-years from Earth that appear to be physically associated and may be interacting. One galaxy shows signs of an active galactic nucleus, shown here...

Natural News

  • White House photographer beaten, arrested by p ...
    From an imperial presidency to ignoring laws to unimpeded 24/7 surveillance, it sure is beginning to look a lot like the Leviathan police state has replaced the constitutional republic our founding fathers risked everything to create. To wit: Mannie Garcia, an "award...
  • The invisible threat that pulls apart DNA, cau ...
    We are all exposed to electromagnetic radiation constantly on a daily basis from mobile phones, Wifi hot spots, power lines and electrical appliances. The sources of this pollution are many and varied, each having its own range of wavelength, frequency and intensity...
  • Folic acid supplementation improves arterial e ...
    A primary cause for the dramatic rise in cardiovascular disease leading to coronary artery disease and heart attack deaths is arterial hardening or loss of elasticity in the delicate endothelial lining of the arteries supplying blood to the heart. Homocysteine is an...
  • Only 4% of women worldwide believe they are be ...
    By the age of 14, most girls have succumbed to the insatiable inner critic that tells them they are less than. Yet, the belief that they need to be beautiful is already upon them, pressuring them to measure up. The stage is set for a lifelong battle; working hard to...
  • Five health steps the system does NOT want you ...
    Let's face it, the system wants you sick. They build giant hospitals, develop expensive pharmaceuticals, and design equipment small governments couldn't afford, all so they can rake in the life savings of hapless victi, er, people who find themselves at the mercy of...

Threat Level

  • Assange Breached Bail in Seeking Asylum, Briti ...
    British police say that Assange reneged on his bail by fleeing to the Ecuadoran embassy and that he's arrestable if he steps foot outside.
  • Face.com App Allowed Facebook, Twitter Account ...
    Israel-based facial recognition maker Face.com was the internet’s flavor for a day Monday when it announced it was acquired by Facebook. But what was not widely known was that Face.com’s mobile app, KLIK, which allows real-time face-tagging of Facebook pictures, recently suffered a giant vulnera ...
  • Report: US and Israel Behind Flame Espionage Tool
    The United States and Israel are responsible for developing the sophisticated espionage rootkit known as Flame, according to a news report, which says it was part of the same 'Olympic Games' project that produced Stuxnet.
  • WikiLeaks’ Assange Flees to Ecuadorian Embassy
    With just a week to go before he may be extradited to Sweden, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has applied for political asylum with Ecuador, according to a news report.
  • House Committee Approves Sweeping, Warrantless ...
    A House committee on Tuesday approved broad electronic eavesdropping powers that largely legalized the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program.

PERRspectives : Blog

  • The Chutzpah of Mitt Romney
    Earlier this month, Team Romney spokesperson Andrea Saul explained her candidate's rule for determining the fairness of press coverage of his Mormon faith. "Our test to see if a similar story would be written about others' religion," Saul declared, "is to substitute 'Jew' or 'Jewish.'" That re ...
  • Romney: I Do - and Don't - Need OK from Congre ...
    On Sunday, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney made two stunning statements about Iran. First, Romney managed to unlearn the entire history of the Cold War by claiming the United State "cannot survive" the advent of a nuclear Iran. Just as jaw-dropping, Governor Romney told Face the N ...
  • Tucker Carlson's Daily Caller: "Our Goal is No ...
    After his reporter Neil Munro's disgraceful performance at the White House Friday, Daily Caller editor-in-chief Tucker Carlson rushed to his defense, complaining "I don't remember Diane Sawyer scolding her colleague Sam Donaldson for heckling President Reagan." Donaldson was quick to respond, ...
  • The Three Word Legacy of George H.W. Bush
    As he turns 88 this week, former President George H.W. Bush is being celebrated for a lifetime of service to his nation. In the HBO documentary 41, Bush the Elder speaks personally about his career as a World War II aviator, member of Congress, CIA director, ambassador to China, vice president ...
  • Romney's Big Lie on the Economy Now Bigger tha ...
    If nothing else, you have to admire Mitt Romney's persistence. After he formally announced his candidacy a year ago by declaring when President Obama "took office, the economy was in recession, and he made it worse, and he made it last longer," fact checkers quickly demolished Romney's obvious ...

Blackspot News Feed

  • CO2, the Sun, and Warming in the Middle Ages - ...
    TRNN viewers ask questions and challenge two prominent climate scientists about the
  • Israel's J14 Movement and the Occupation
    Activists criticize economic protest movement for ignoring the Occupation and condition of Palestinians living in Israel
  • Failed Pledges, Weak Draft Lower Hopes for Rio ...
    Leaders from more than 100 countries are meeting today in Brazil for the start of the Rio-plus-20 Earth Summit, the largest United Nations conference ever. The conference comes twenty years after the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro pledged to protect the planet by endorsing treaties on biodiv ...
  • Julian Assange of WikiLeaks Seeks Asylum in Ec ...
    WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange has taken refuge in Ecuador's embassy in London and asked for asylum. Assange made the move Tuesday in a last-ditch bid to avoid extradition to Sweden over sex crime accusations. Earlier today, police in London announced Assange is now subject to arrest because ...
  • A Coup in Cairo: As Muslim Brotherhood Claims ...
    Sharif Abdel Kouddous reports from Egypt on the country’s growing political crisis. Former president Hosni Mubarak is on life support, both candidates claim to have won last weekend’s election and the ruling military council has seized greater power. Official presidential election results are no ...

Consortium News

TruthOut

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

Planetsave

  • German Solar Installations Priced at $2.24 per ...
      The Federal Solar Industry Association (BSW-Solar) have reported that the average German solar system price in the second quarter of 2012 is estimated at €1.776 per watt peak, or $2.24 per watt peak at current exchange rates. Considering that the German solar market is dominated by roofto ...
  • Sense Of Touch Developed For Robots
      With the right sensors, actuators and software, robots can now be given a tactile sense that imitates that of the sense of touch in humans. A specially designed robot is able to outperform humans in the identification of a wide range of materials based on their textures, according to new ...
  • Commensal Bacteria Fight Viral Infections
      The bacterial communities that live in healthy humans are essential to the process of fighting off viral infections, according to a new study from the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. There is an enormous diversity of bacteria and other microbes that live in a heal ...
  • Commercial Fishing: Economics over Ecosystems
      Despite monumental technology advancements, the returns of commercial fishing continue to diminish. Sonar location, powerful boats, and thousands of miles of nets are producing today what a simple boat and net setup produced in 1850. It’s no mystery, there are fewer fish out there these d ...
  • How Music Festivals Can Save You Money While S ...
      You’re going to the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago this year. You’re psyched. You’ve dropped over $100 on a three-day ticket, but you know Pitchfork always puts on a good show so it’s well worth the price for you. Unfortunately, you live in Peoria and drive a 2003 Ford Explorer. A qu ...

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Axis of Logic

  • Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Seeking Asylu ...
    Assange taking refuge in Ecuador embassy WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange has 'taken refuge' in the Ecuador embassy, Tuesday evening in London.  Assange is seeking political asylum in the country according to Ecuador's Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino.  "I can ...
  • At the crossroads between green economy and ri ...
    Almost one thousand dolphins are lying dead on the beach. Another five thousand pelicans have also been found dead.  What is the cause of this massacre? There are different explanations. Some argue that it was the offshore oil exploration while others say that these birds are dying because ancho ...
  • The Silent Putsch -- Egyptian Military Secure ...
    Egyptians went to the polls to elect a new president on Sunday, but the country's military ended up with the power. New amendments to the interim constitution guarantee that the generals will have a significant say in future matters of government. Renewed protests could result. Th ...
  • UN On Bill 78: Quebec Students Applaud Critici ...
    MONTREAL - Quebec students applauded a UN agency Monday night for slamming the province's controversial Bill 78, which puts limits on protests. "It's good that they condemned it," said student Gabriel Barrea as he took a break from blowing on a loud horn in the nightly demonstration against ...
  • French Election Results: Marine Le Pen Out, Fr ...
    Six weeks after François Hollande was voted in as president of France, French voters have decided to give the president an absolute majority in the parliament, which is necessary to implement his program but also to deal with the deepening euro crisis. According to the final results ...

They Gave Us a Republic

  • "A Gentle Man Who Never Claimed to be a Saint"
    By @KYYellowDog Beautiful tribute from John Fugelsang on The War Room:
  • I'll stand with her who stands up for me
    By @BGinKC As you are surely aware by now, I am not a person of faith. I am not aggressive about my atheism like Yellow Dog is, in fact I am more accurately described as an agnostic secular humanist than an atheist, but who wants to quibble over minutiae save a few purists? As far as the fundies ...
  • How to Lose Re-election, Cowardly DINO Edition
    By @KYYellowDog I'm trying to list all the congressional repugs so terrible that I would not vote for them over despicable piece-of-shit DINO Joe Manchin of West Virginia. There aren't that many, and Evan McMorris-Santoro at TPM explains why: Three of the biggest names in West Virginia Democrati ...
  • Another Worm's Eye View
    By @TomBales1  Well, my SSI is down to $7 a month and MediCAL is totally gutted and I can neither get my meds this month nor pay the copays on all these procedures anymore... the ones that MediCAL USED to pay. This pisses me off because I worked PAID my damned taxes for more than 45 years, ...
  • Songs to Fight the Plutocracy By: "The Coming ...
    By @KYYellowDog Uploaded by Johnson28316 on Feb 21, 2012

Care 2

  • MALAYSIA: Sarawak tribe calls on German com ...
    Indigenous people from the Malaysian state of Sarawak have sent a letter to the German company, Fichtner GmbH & Co. KG, demanding that the consulting group halt all activities related to the hugely-controversial Baram dam Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to Environment  |   Note-it! & ...
  • Face to Face with Syria's Apocalypse
    he Syrian conflict is becoming increasingly brutal, with eyewitnesses describing horrific scenes of rape and massacres. Both sides have the sense that the end game is approaching, but no one knows how it will play out Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to World  |   Note-it!  |&nbs ...
  • America Could Have Dropped Big Oil Decades Ago ...
    Renewables are still just scraping by, while we're beholden to dirty fossil fuels. An important history lesson explains why. Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to Environment  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Pending New York Devocalization Ban - New York ...
    Devocalization--cutting vocal cords just to stifle a dog's or cat's voice--is an act of animal cruelty that's been kept under the radar for far too long. WE ONLY HAVE 3 DAYS LEFT-PLEASE HELP Submitted by Dianne Lynn Elko to Animals  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Environment in Trouble in Most Biodiverse Afri ...
    Ranked fifth in the world in terms of animal and plant diversity, the Democratic Republic of Congo is considered to be a treasure chest of biodiversity and a vital regulator of global warming. Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to Animals  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

Smirking Chimp

Paul Krugman

No Quarter

  • As the World Burns, Obama Plays
    Bronwyn’s piece over the weekend about Obama’s excessive golfing deserves a follow up. One of our other writers, Matthew Weaver, gave Obama a pass. He was quite charitable in giving Obama a pass to play golf. But let’s look at it from the perspective of being a business owner. ...
  • “Is Romney the candidate of old, straight, whi ...
    Ah … the regulars in the Morning Joe coffee klatch club. Well? See what you think. Oh yes, the coffee klatchers are now have hard proof (Washington Post, ABC News) that Rubio has no shot as being V.P. candidate, that it’s now Pawlenty, Portman, etc. Who knows. Romney denies it. This ...
  • Obama’s Glee Club … Why Are Republicans Singin ...
    [UPDATE: H/T to Dana Perino on Fox's The Five. Check out RealClearPolitics.com's "Obama's Puzzling Immigration Decision," which provides three reasons why "the decision will probably wind up a net negative for the president."] It’s glee alright. Obama-ites are gleeful since the President a ...
  • President Obama, the Sharks Are Circling…
    You won’t find a more stunning condemnation of Barack Obama. Why? The damning rebuke comes from a prominent man who once mentored Obama and even helped him become president in 2008. Professor Roberto Unger is Obama’s former law professor at Harvard University. Four years ago, he was ...
  • Game of Plouffe: Find the Weaknesses (& Monday ...
    David Plouffe sits with the agreeable and unwound-up David Gregory (on NBC’s Sunday staple, Meet The Press) to speak spam for twelve minutes plus, and there are moments when you can hear the OFA campaign troubles and also the anxiety at the White House, where Plouffe plants himself these d ...

Futurismic

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

Therapy News

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

Mountaintop Removal

  • Bill would require federal mountaintop removal ...
    Bill would require federal mountaintop removal health study Charleston Gazette New or expanded mountaintop removal permits would be blocked until the federal government concludes the mining technique is not contributing to increased ... Mountaintop Removal Moratorium Act Introduced in CongressAl ...
  • Mountaintop Removal Moratorium Act Introduced ...
    Mountaintop Removal Moratorium Act Introduced in Congress AlterNet (blog) Recognizing the mounting humanitarian crisis from mountaintop removal mining in the Appalachian coalfields, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and Rep. Louise ... Bill Will Protect Communities, Families From Mountaintop Removalun ...
  • EQT invites Wetzel County to June 25 open hous ...
    EQT invites Wetzel County to June 25 open house State Journal A new bill aiming to put a moratorium mountaintop removal coal mining was introduced until further health study can be conducted. The bill was introduced by ... and more »
  • Kentucky surface miners hit hard by black lung ...
    Kentucky surface miners hit hard by black lung, study find Indianapolis Star -Text: A dump truck moves dirt and rock from a mountaintop removal coal mine ... Mountaintop removal coal mining, which had largely been relegated to the ...
  • Child Porn Charge Against Activist an Attempt ...
    Child Porn Charge Against Activist an Attempt to Sidestep ... Care2.com (blog) In case you missed this outrageous bit of absurdity, noted anti-mountaintop removal mining activist Maria Gunnoe was investigated for child porn recently ...

Memeorandum

  • For immediate release - Information received s ...
    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System: For immediate release  —  Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in April suggests that the economy has been expanding moderately this year.  However, growth in employment has slowed in recent month ...
  • Author won't let Israeli publishing house prin ...
    Kimberly White / Jerusalem Post: Author won't let Israeli publishing house print book  —  Citing Israel's “apartheid state,” Alice Walker, who wrote Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘Color of Purple’ reaffirms support of BDS movement.  —  Alice Walk ...
  • White House Intervenes in Holder Rift (Evan Pe ...
    Evan Perez / Wall Street Journal: White House Intervenes in Holder Rift  —  WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama asserted executive privilege for the first time Wednesday, escalating a fight with congressional Republicans over documents about a gun-trafficking probe.  &m ...
  • The Declaration of Independence (Kieran Healy/ ...
    Kieran Healy / Crooked Timber: The Declaration of Independence  —  The More or Less Unanimous Declaration of the Board of Visitors  —  When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for a Board to dissolve the administrative bands which have connected a ...
  • Limited Bond Purchases Won't Stop Euro Crisis ...
    Richard Barley / Wall Street Journal: Limited Bond Purchases Won't Stop Euro Crisis  —  It says something when even the European Commission announces the latest idea put forward to alleviate the euro-zone debt crisis—that European bailout funds buy bonds to push down borro ...

Energy & Environment News

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China Dialogue

  • At Rio, a new contract for science?
    As global leaders try to chart a course for the planet, scientists are seeking to influence policymakers far more than they have proved able to in recent years. Joydeep Gupta reports from Brazil.Ensuring a sustainable future in the face of inter-connected, human-induced challenges to the Earth s ...
  • What does China want from Rio?
    Five figures from China’s sustainable development field tell chinadialogue what they hope for from this week’s Earth Summit.After days of fringe events, the Rio+20 talks are moving into their main phase. Nobody dares hold out too much hope for a major and binding outcome, but the sum ...
  • Eradicating ecocide at Rio
    Rio+20 is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for world leaders to back an international law against the mass destruction of ecosystems, write Sarah Cunningham and Louise Kulbicki.Twenty years ago, world leaders met at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit and put in place goals and binding legal agreements ...
  • The green economy at 40
    Sustainability concepts have evolved since the UN summit in Stockholm in 1972, but can they really meet the needs of a new century? As Rio opens, Manu V Mathai asks if the “green economy” has reached a mid-life crisis.The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development that conv ...
  • China should back eco justice
    A proposal for an international court for the environment offers China the opportunity to seize the moral and diplomatic high ground on environmental issues, writes Philip Riches.The campaign for an international court for the environment (ICE) has the potential to transform the position of Chin ...

AlterNet Top Stories

Threat Level

  • Assange Breached Bail in Seeking Asylum, Briti ...
    British police say that Assange reneged on his bail by fleeing to the Ecuadoran embassy and that he's arrestable if he steps foot outside.
  • Face.com App Allowed Facebook, Twitter Account ...
    Israel-based facial recognition maker Face.com was the internet’s flavor for a day Monday when it announced it was acquired by Facebook. But what was not widely known was that Face.com’s mobile app, KLIK, which allows real-time face-tagging of Facebook pictures, recently suffered a giant vulnera ...
  • Report: US and Israel Behind Flame Espionage Tool
    The United States and Israel are responsible for developing the sophisticated espionage rootkit known as Flame, according to a news report, which says it was part of the same 'Olympic Games' project that produced Stuxnet.
  • WikiLeaks’ Assange Flees to Ecuadorian Embassy
    With just a week to go before he may be extradited to Sweden, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has applied for political asylum with Ecuador, according to a news report.
  • House Committee Approves Sweeping, Warrantless ...
    A House committee on Tuesday approved broad electronic eavesdropping powers that largely legalized the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program.

Equality Trust

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

PDA AMERICA

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

Marler Blog

  • A Dog Named Marler
    Some people get bridges, schools or battleships named after them.  The Rivera family named their newest family member Marler.  I am very, very proud. Marler and me?
  • 91-year-old Lois Tufly Died from Listeria-Tain ...
    91-year-old Lois Tufly from Fruita died from Listeria last September - her family hired me today. "She was very outgoing, always wanted to go somewhere and do something," said Brent Boyce, Tufly's grandson. He remembers his grandma, who lived in Fruita for most of her life, loved to have get-t ...
  • First Lawsuit Filed in Salmonella Paratyphi B ...
    The defendants named in the lawsuit are Asheville-based Smiling Hara Tempeh and Maryland-based Tempeh Online. In May, 2012, Buncombe County health officials and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services linked Salmonella Paratyphi B outbreak to unpasteurized tempeh pr ...
  • Grand Island Nebraska Girl Needs Our Help!
    From Food Safety News Today: A four-year old Grand Island, Nebraska girl needs our help, Food Safety News Publisher Bill Marler says. Rory Thorpe, born with spina bifida four years ago, contracted E. coli last October from an unknown source.  The child is currently being treated for kidne ...
  • PowerPoint - Food Safety Webinar - Producing F ...
    I had the opportunity to give a webinar to a group of about 100 people interesting in food safety today. Producing Food is Risky Business View more presentations from Bill Marler. The video on slide 7, can be seen here.  And, the handout, can be downloaded here.

AutoblogGreen

  • Official: Mitsubishi promises Outlander plug-i ...
    Filed under: Hybrid, Paris Motor Show, Crossover, Mitsubishi, Electric We've been waiting since the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show - when Mitsubishi first talked about the PX-MiEV, a plug-in CUV concept - for some sort of real-world plug-in Outlander. It looks like we're finally going to get our wish ...
  • Video: Translogic checks out the made-for-whee ...
    Filed under: Videos, Hatchback, Specialty, Electric The people behind the subway-friendly, all-electric Kenguru have experienced many of the ups and downs that other start-up EV companies are all too familiar with. In fact, when you first go to the Kenguru website, it doesn't ask if you want ...
  • Rumormill: Next-gen Chevy Volt to ditch 1.4-li ...
    Filed under: Hybrid, Sedan, Hatchback, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GM, Electric No one at General Motors is talking publicly about a rumor post over at InsideEVs that claims the 83-horsepower, 1.4-liter range-extending gas engine currently used in the Chevrolet Volt will "definitely not" be the engi ...
  • How GM got 3 more miles out of the 2013 Chevro ...
    Filed under: Car Buying, Hybrid, Hatchback, Chevrolet, Electric As we learned earlier today, the 2013 Chevrolet Volt has beefed up. The new model year vehicle has a "bigger" battery and can go three extra miles when driven solely on the battery. We spoke with GM representatives to get more in ...
  • Official: 2013 Chevy Volt increases range to 3 ...
    And thus the mid-cycle product refresh - so common to computers and cellphones - comes around again to GM's plug-in hybrid. The new EPA sticker for the 2013 Chevrolet Volt has been released, and with it comes a fresh set of numbers. The highlights are an improved all-electric range and mil ...

Rafe's Radar

Camera Obscura

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  • Pathos and pathology: the cinema of Todd Haynes.
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935025/pathos-and-pathology-cinema.html September 1, 2004... Because infinity--for the eye--begins just a few meters away from the retina.... --Roger Caillois, "The Image" There are at least two shots in Todd Haynes's work that recur so ...
  • The incredible shrinking star: Todd Haynes and ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935026/incredible-shrinking-star-todd.html September 1, 2004... Critics have consistently characterized the films of Todd Haynes within the terms of what B. Ruby Rich described in 1992 as the "new queer cinema"--films whose style displayed traces ...
  • Written on the screen: mediation and immersion ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935031/written-screen-mediation-and.html September 1, 2004... Recently, while engaging in one of my favorite forms of procrastination--using my computer to search for mid-century modern bargains on eBay rather than using it to engage in more rigo ...
  • Traumatic postmodern histories: Velvet Goldmin ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935030/traumatic-postmodern-histories-velvet.html September 1, 2004... If modernity was characterized by and imagined itself in terms of a particular awareness of time and history--the unfolding of social, political, and technological projects of ...

Democracy Now!

  • VIDEO: Police Detained Ramarley Graham's Grand ...
    Ramarley Graham, 18, was shot dead on February 2 after New York police officers raided his home without a warrant and shot him dead. He was unarmed. Ramarley’s grandmother and his six-year-old brother were home at the time of the shooting. The police detained the grandmother for hours aft ...
  • Full Interview: Comedian, Activist Dick Gregor ...
    Amy Goodman interviews the legendary comedian Dick Gregory at Sunday’s Father’s Day march against the New York police practice known as stop-and-frisk. Gregory, 79, also talks about racial profiling, police relations, the execution of Troy Davis and the 2012 race. Full Democracy ...
  • Watch Amy Goodman Discuss Twilight of the Elit ...
    Tune in to Up With Chris Hayes on Saturday as Amy Goodman joins Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig and others to discuss the twilight of the elites. Watch the interview on MSNBC starting at 8:45am ET. Click to see Democracy Now’s recent coverage of the U.S. economy and Occupy Wall Stre ...
  • Across That Bridge, Again
    By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan As the election season heats up, an increasing number of states are working to limit the number of people who are allowed to vote. Already we have a shamefully low percentage of those eligible to vote actually participating. Florida, a key swing state, is pr ...
  • Across That Bridge, Again
    By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan As the election season heats up, an increasing number of states are working to limit the number of people who are allowed to vote. Already we have a shamefully low percentage of those eligible to vote actually participating. Florida, a key swing state, is p ...

Suzie-Q

  • Follow the Dark Money
    The down and dirty history of secret spending, PACs gone wild, and the epic four-decade fight over the only kind of political capital that matters. Mother Jones  —By Andy Kroll | July/August 2012 Issue “There are two things that are important in politics. The first is money and I can& ...
  • Sheldon Adelson To Lavish $71 Million In Casin ...
    HuffPost Peter H. Stone Posted: 06/16/2012 12:24 am Updated: 06/16/2012  2:06 am WASHINGTON — Casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson, whose net worth makes him one of the world’s richest men, is on a check-writing spree that will soon bring his total political contributions in this elect ...
  • Obama Administration To Stop Deporting Younger ...
    HuffPost Elise Foley Posted: 06/15/2012  9:41 am Updated: 06/15/2012  1:12 pm WASHINGTON — The Obama administration responded to years of pressure from immigrants rights groups on Friday with an announcement that it will stop deportations and begin granting work permits for some Dream Act- ...
  • Inside the Koch World Convention
    Politico By KENNETH P.  VOGEL and TARINI PARTI |  6/15/12 4:35 AM EDT The Koch brothers’ political operation has increasingly come to resemble its  own political party — and later this month in San Diego, it will hold what  amounts to its most ambitious convention to date. Many of the dozen ...
  • Two Choices: President Obama Sets Out His Visi ...
    Uploaded by     BarackObamadotcom on Jun 14, 2012 Are you in? https://my.barackobama.com/twochoicesvid President Obama was in Ohio today to deliver the first in a series of speeches that lay out the clear choice in this election between a vision that moves us forward and creates an economy built ...

Solari

  • First Day of Summer – The Summer Solstice
    Summer begins in the Northern Hemisphere on June 20, 2012, at 7:09 P.M. (EDT). Here’s more about the first day of summer—the summer solstice—plus, facts, folklore, and some sensational summer photos! Continue reading the article . . . Related reading: Summer Solstice From Wikipedia
  • Treaty Negotiated In Secret
    By George Washington View this interview from today explaining why TPP is so dangerous to America … and the rest of the world: Continue reading the article . . . Related reading: Controversial Trade Pact Text Leaked(PDF) PublicCitizen (13 June 12) Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic [...]
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  • Encroachment Upon Basic Freedoms
    By 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 the American Military Coup of 2012.” Authored by Colonel Charles J. Dunlap, Jr. the paper ...
  • Remote Controlled Mosquito-Sized Flying Spy Drone
    Is this a mosquito…NO! This is an “INSECT SPY DRONE” already in production. Insect Spy Drone Wake Up Call (Facebook) By Alexander Higgins Wright – Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio — Two miles from the cow pasture where the Wright Brothers learned to fly the first airplanes, mi ...

Insurgency Watch - Newswire

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

AlterNet - Rights and Liberties

Sideways News

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

Fabius Maximus

  • More death throes of the Constitution. Nothing ...
    Summary:  As the Constitution nears the time for its Last Rites, its enemies become bolder.  Reports of blows to the Constitution, repeal of specific provisions, becomes unremarkable blips in the daily news.  But some blows are larger than others. June 2012 might be a historic month for the Seco ...
  • About the coming sea ice Armageddon!
    Summary: Every day brings a new warnings in the news media about the coming climate catastrophe. These go beyond known science, and often contradict well-established research. Despite that, they’ve terrified many people.  For example, comments on leftist-friendly websites team with resigne ...
  • Whither Greece after the election? Why do the ...
    Summary:  Greece had its election.  The pro-austerity party won, despite their policy’s lack of success — and lack of historical for theoretical foundation (it’s contrary to basic economics).  Despite the applause in the banker-dominated news media, it’s unlikely to work, ...
  • Ask the mineshaft: how can we use social medi ...
    Summary:  The FM website discusses issues on the frontier of the known.  But its delivery remains less-than-cutting-edge. Twitter.  Facebook.  Others I have heard of but never used, and those that are only strange words to me.  Today we ask the mineshaft  {aka ask the community,  the Gemeinschaf ...
  • Is Clausewitz Still Relevant?
    Summary:  We are several generations of warfare from that of Clausewitz.  His first-generation warfare differs immeasurably from ours, in which atomic weapons limit State-to-State conflict and 4th generation warfare has become the dominate form of conflict.  But many of the essentials of war are ...

Open Your Eyes News

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

The Progressive Realist

  • P5+1 and Iran Nuclear Talks: Slowly Moving Tow ...
    EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (left) and chief Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili (right) at the talks (AFP/EU Pool, Kirill Kudryavtsev) Given the infrequency of serious, direct talks with Tehran on its disputed nuclear program, the failure to achieve a diplomatic breakthrough ...
  • Russia Attempts to Put Positive Spin on Moscow ...
    The third round of nuclear talks reached its second and final day in Moscow on Tuesday, with Russian officials expressing more optimism than the other parties involved in the negotiations. Prior to the commencement of the meetings, the deputy head of the Iranian nuclear team stated that he antic ...
  • Exiting Afghanistan: A Regional Approach
    Now that the dust has settled on the Chicago Summit, it might be time to see what truly emerged from all the noise and celebration about the cooperation among NATO allies and with Afghanistan. One issue got lost in that hoopla: Afghanistan’s regional context. As NATO troops come home, a di ...
  • Top of the Morning: Rio+20 Brief; Taliban Ban ...
    Top stories from DAWNS Digest.  Taliban Bans Vaccinations in Pakistan Over Drone Strikes Commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur of the Taliban in Pakistan North Waziristan said that vaccines will be banned until drone strikes in the region are terminated. “Mr. Bahadur said the decision had been taken by th ...
  • June 17 Election Moods in Greece and Germany
    Dr. Lois Woestman, both a Greek and US citizen, is a Lecturer in Anthropology of Contemporary Greek Society at Arcadia University (Athens branch), an External Funding Officer at the Agricultural University of Athens and an independent research/policy advice consultant (including for UNWOMEN, ...

TAPPED - The American Prospect

  • So Far, No One is Winning the 2012 Election
    On Monday, I did a Bloggingheads with Religion Dispatches’ Sarah Posner discussing my recent piece on Democrats and demographics, as well as Latino evangelicals, and the questionable existence of a “Catholic vote”. We had a great discussion, and you should check it out: We talked a bit about P ...
  • Tax Reform Silliness
    Barack Obama did a bunch of big things in his first term—passed health care reform and ended the war in Iraq, most notably. If he wants to do something big domestically in his second term (especially since he seems to have lost any inclination to do anything about climate change), one natural a ...
  • Welfare for the Wealthy
    When conservatives rail against redistribution, it’s important to understand what they mean by the term. It’s not that they are opposed to removing resources from one sector of the economy and moving them to another, but that they’re opposed to taxing funds from rich people, and directing them ...
  • Context Is Everything
    In the wake of Daily Caller reporter Neil Munro's heckling of President Obama the other day (I called him an "asshat," a judgment I'll stand by), many people argued that we should be respecting "the office of the presidency," even if you don't like the person who occupies it. Jonathan Chait say ...
  • Journos Complain that Journos Aren't Taking 20 ...
    The headline story at Politico is a look at the frustrations of journalists and other observers as they pertain to the 2012 presidential election. In short, they are frustrated with the “small scale” of the election, and the degree to which the campaigns are engaged in constant warfare over tri ...

Buzzflash

  • Washington Post Upchuck Teaser of the Day: "Is ...
    MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Before author Joe McGinnis briefly was in the news for moving next to Sarah Palin's house in Alaska and writing a tawdry book on her called "The Rogue," he became famous for infiltrating the 1968 Nixon campaign decades ago and authoring the seminal "T ...
  • I Need Surgery, But My Health Insurance is Vir ...
    DEE EVANS FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT A few months ago, I stayed home from work for two days straight with crippling abdominal pains. My first thought was maybe extreme menstrual cramps but I soon realized that this was something else. Never had I had cramps and pains so bad that it kept me from ...
  • The Conservative Plan to Make a Profit From Ed ...
    PAUL BUCHHEIT FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Milton Friedman would have been proud, if he hadn't been so confused. The push for privatized education is just what the good doctor of economics ordered, in the form of vouchers to allow parents to purchase the best school for their kids. But he also said ...
  • Disaffected and Disconnected: Gay Teens Face T ...
    BILL BERKOWITZ FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Despite massive cultural changes, young people coming out an at earlier age, more support groups, greater awareness of and attention paid to bullying as exemplified by the powerful It Gets Better Project, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender teens conti ...
  • "White Man, Go Back to Your Home," Native-Amer ...
    MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT In a recent Truthout interview, the producer of "Precious Knowledge," Eren Isabel McGinnis, of the insightful and intellectually vibrant film on the suppression of a Mexican-American high school curriculum in Tucson, had this to say: Tucson, Arizona w ...

Glenn Greenwald - Salon

The BiPartisan Report

Sciencebase

  • Tea increases prostate risk, sex and coffee re ...
    If you’re male and a big tea drinker, then you might have been worried by this week’s news that men who drink a lot of tea are at increased risk of developing prostate cancer. Women needn’t worry about their own health in this regard. I would post the links to the research, but ...
  • Drugs in drinking water
    Rather bizarre extrapolations about the presence of the serotonin reuptake inhibitor Prozac in water and the development of "autism" in fish hit the headlines recently and were quickly debunked by science bloggers around the world. Nevertheless, the presence of pharmaceuticals in the wat ...
  • Flaky safety concerns over graphene
    It was almost inevitable that the naysayers and scaremongers would start to express concerns about graphene, the new wonder material that won its developers a Nobel prize for their work with sticky tape and HB pencils. It’s sensible to look at graphene if there are risks and Ken Donaldson, ...
  • Coin-flipping spectral alchemy
    This week, The Alchemist hears that the "wonder" material of the modern age, graphene, might soon be used as a safe agent in medical imaging while pharma chemists are yet to boldly go anywhere very far in chemical space. A surprising discovery unravels nanoscopic coax cables for energy s ...
  • Marblar, creating community for science and in ...
    If you are a working scientist, a recovering scientist, a revolutionary, or simply a geek looking for new innovations, take a look at Marblar. They’re creating a community to open up the process of invention and finding the right home for those inventions. They call themselves “a dem ...

Common Dreams-Progressive Newswire

  • Senegal: New Government Must End Decades of Im ...
    The new Senegalese government must demonstrate its commitment to safeguarding human rights by addressing the rampant impunity which undermines the judicial system and the rule of law, Amnesty International said today. In a report entitled ‘Senegal: An agenda for human rights’, Amnest ...
  • At House Hearing, JP Morgan Chief Jamie Dimon ...
    Earlier today, following JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon's testimony in front of the House Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Committee regarding his company's recent massive banking loss, Adriana Vasquez, a janitor who cleans the JP Morgan Chase tower in Houston, Texas confronte ...
  • At House Hearing, JP Morgan Chief Jamie Dimon ...
    Earlier today, following JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon's testimony in front of the House Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Committee regarding his company's recent massive banking loss, Adriana Vasquez, a janitor who cleans the JP Morgan Chase tower in Houston, Texas confronte ...
  • CFPB Public Credit Card Complaint Database Con ...
    Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) launched a public Consumer Complaint Database on credit cards. The CFPB also released a snapshot of the complaints it has received on credit cards, mortgages, private student loans and bank products through June 1, including six stories of s ...
  • CFPB Public Credit Card Complaint Database Con ...
    Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) launched a public Consumer Complaint Database on credit cards. The CFPB also released a snapshot of the complaints it has received on credit cards, mortgages, private student loans and bank products through June 1, including six stories of s ...

Common Dreams-Views

  • Who Can Blame Assange for Seeking Protection f ...
    Glenn Greenwald If one asks current or former WikiLeaks associates what their greatest fear is, almost none cites prosecution by their own country. Most trust their own nation's justice system to recognize that they have committed no cr ...
  • Obama Does Populist Pantomime, Empowers GOP
    John R. MacArthur Scott Walker’s easy victory in Wisconsin’s gubernatorial recall election once again raises the question I’ve been posing for nearly four years: What will it take for liberals to recognize Barack Obama&rsq ...
  • Why Jamie Dimon and his Wall Street Buddies Ne ...
    Rose Ann DeMoro As JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon showed up to Congress on Tuesday to try to explain how his "too big to fail" bank could mysteriously lose $2bn in risky trades, he was suddenly diverted to a back entrance.read more
  • Congress Unlocks America's Hidden Shame of Sol ...
    James Ridgeway Jean Casella Imagine a place filled with closed, windowless cells. Each cell may be so small that you can extend your arms and touch the side walls. It may contain a bunk of poured ...
  • Message from the Street in Mexico: 'The G20 is ...
    Lacy MacAuley G20 protests in MexicoToday Mexican President Felipe Calderon, speaking in a press conference to conclude the G20 summit in Cabo, Mexico, reinforced why so many people oppose the G20’s neoliberalism, austerity, and corpo ...

Newshoggers - AfPak

Water Wars

  • Vital UN Watercourses Convention on Verge of R ...
    WWF and partners, along with representatives of countries attending next week's Earth Summit in Rio come together on enforcement of the 1997 UN Watercourses Convention.
  • Alabama, Florida, Georgia water wars case coul ...
    The Supreme Court could decide Thursday whether it will hear the case of the tri-state water flow dispute between Florida, Georgia and Alabama, according to a story at the newspress.com.
  • FIRST IN A 2-PART SERIES Water wars: Reservoir ...
    The throaty roar of Central Florida's water wars was audible a few weeks ago as tractors that had planted 440 acres of potatoes back in January dug up their freshly grown crop from fields some 30 miles southeast of Orlando.
  • Reservoir fight pits potato chips vs. lush lawns
    The throaty roar of Central Florida's water wars was audible a few weeks ago as tractors that had planted 440 acres of potatoes back in January dug up their freshly grown crop from fields some 30 miles southeast of Orlando.
  • Water wars
    COEUR d'ALENE - The 2012 Marina Challenge to help fund the Coeur d'Alene Chamber of Commerce's Fourth of July fireworks show is under way.

WordPress | Economics

Electronic Intifada

The Wonk Room

  • Piling On, Male GOP Michigan Representative Sa ...
    Two female legislators in Michigan can’t catch a break. First, the women were banned from the floor for trying to speak out against the worst abortion measures in the country and using the word “vagina” to discuss the bill. Then, the spokesman for the GOP House majority leader ...
  • Report: Violent Crime Reductions Offer Economi ...
    Murder, rape, assault and robbery in the U.S. imposed $42 billion — $137 per American — in direct costs in 2010. These costs, comprised of costs to police, courts and correctional institutions, out of pocket medical expenses borne by victims and lost earnings by victims and perpetrat ...
  • Pennsylvania County Forces Domestic Partners T ...
    Luzerne County in northeast Pennsylvania has instituted a new policy requiring the same-sex domestic partners of county employees to identify themselves, even though they will still not be permitted to collect benefits. The reason for the policy is to ensure that anti-nepotism prohibitions and r ...
  • Good News: California One Step Closer To Adopt ...
    The California Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee approved a bill Tuesday that would allow citizens to register to vote on Election Day. AB 1436, which passed the Assembly earlier this month, will need approval from the Senate Public Safety Committee before coming to the fl ...
  • Nathan Rabin Breaks Down Sexism In Hip-Hop
    Nathan Rabin’s series “Hip-Hop and You Do Stop” is fantastic, both for its musical and emotional musings on the music that helped define his youth, and for his sociological archaeology. I hadn’t, for example, known that Will Smith pulled out some ugly homophobic lyrics an ...

thwap's schoolyard

  • Two Links Relevant to the Robocall Scandal
    For whatever they're goddamned worth: "Information on Enforcement of the Canada Elections Act" "Director of Public Prosecutions" Check 'em out!
  • harpercon fund-raising
    Impolitical 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:David Del Mastro, owner of Deltro Electric Ltd., denies any wrongdoing and says he fundrais ...
  • Absent Bloggers
    .... Just saying that there are a couple of female bloggers who have been conspicuously silent for the past few weeks/months. Sometimes in the past when the progressive blogging community has speculated on someone's silence in the past it turned out to be a deeply personal illness or family tra ...
  • What a long, strange trip it's been ...
    This whole online political education. ... Into the breach!!!!
  • Start Writing Your Wish-List [Updated!]
    Well, to no one's surprise, despite the symbolic, peaceful protests, the harpercons' Bill C-38 passed the House of Commons. Canadians are a busy people. Just because our present inhabitants of government power won their majority with a mere 6,000 votes after a campaign of massive, centralized el ...

on Government Oversight

Digital Journal

  • Toronto's past comes alive at Black Creek Pion ...
    One piece of Toronto's history is open much of the year allowing a celebration of who we were in the earliest days to happen on your own time schedule; Black Creek Pioneer Village.
  • Julian Assange asks for political asylum in Ec ...
    Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño said today that Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, has taken refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London and sought political asylum.
  • Magnotta pleads not guilty, China wants 'justice'
    In his first Canadian court appearance today, alleged murderer Luka Magnotta has pleaded not guilty to all counts. China is urging Canada to ensure that victim Jun Lin receives justice in the upcoming trial.
  • New 'The Dark Knight Rises' trailer released, ...
    With one month until "The Dark Knight Rises" makes its much anticipated premiere in theaters, a new trailer was released, which highlights the epic battle between Bane and Batman, additional riot clips and some Catwoman stunts.
  • Jason Kenney says in email Alberta Deputy Prem ...
    Another incident shows a bitter divide between the federal Conservatives and the Alberta Progressive Conservatives. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney wrote in an email to a provincial chairman that Alberta Deputy Premier Thomas Lukaszuk is an "a--hole"

End Homelessness | Change.org

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

Ceasefire.ca

  • Report on FWSAR procurement
    A new report calls on the government to replace the Canadian Fixed-Wing Search and Rescue (FWSAR) fleet in a timely and objective manner and proposes that a number of made-in-Canada aircraft be considered to fulfill Canada’s search and rescue requirements.
  • Arms Trade Treaty talks begin next month
    Negotiations on a multilateral Arms Trade Treaty are scheduled to take place from July 2nd to the 27th in New York.
  • Global nuclear arsenal declines
    Over the past twelve months, the world has seen a drop in the number of active nuclear weapons as countries retire aged or obsolete weapons. China, France, India, Israel, Pakistan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States possess in total approximately 19,000 nuclear weapons.
  • Access to information facing cuts?
    Many government departments have improved their response to Access to Information requests, Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault reports. But these gains may be compromised by the current round of budget cuts.
  • Canada doesn’t need a defence industry
    Steven Staples outlines five reasons why Canada doesn't need a defence industry.

Kevin Trudeau Show

  • Lawyer For Soldier Accused Of Afghan Slaughter ...
    April 2, 2012 Activist Post By Madison Ruppert “Should anyone be surprised by this?  What are they trying to hide?” –KTRN John Henry Browne, the attorney for Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, the man accused of single-handedly massacring 17 Afghan villagers, is now accusing the Unit ...
  • Orwellian Free Speech Zones Expand to Mesa, Ar ...
    April 2, 2012 Activist Post By AP “Shouldn’t there be free speech everywhere? Watch the video below. The man interviewing the cop should be given a medal.” –KTRN The “free speech zone,” despite being anathema to the U.S. Constitution, has been used intermitten ...
  • French Constitutional Court Bans Law Enforceme ...
    April 2, 2012 EFF By Katitza Rodriguez & Maira Sutton Last week, the Conseil Constitutionnel, the highest authority on the French Constitution, declared the provisions of a law permitting judicial and police use of a centralized national ID database to be unconstitutional. 200 members of the ...
  • How Wall Street Manipulates and Manufactures A ...
    April 2, 2012 Activist Post By Tony Cartalucci An attempted color revolution backed by Wall Street unfolded in Bangkok, Thailand in 2010, leaving 91 dead. Since then, Wall Street as well as its proxies inside of Thailand have attempted to blame all 91 deaths on the Thai military despite overwhel ...
  • Is The S&P 500 Now A Currency?
    April 2, 2012 321 Gold By Morris Hubbartt China continues to make progress in widening the use of the renminbi in global trade. Partner countries are using swap agreements to bypass the US dollar. China has entered into currency swap agreements with about 20 nations, the largest of which is Braz ...

Armies of Liberation

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

Dark Politricks

  • Monsanto Faced with Paying 7.5 Billion Back to ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comAnthony Gucciardi Prisonplanet.com June 20, 2012 Monsanto may soon be forced to pay as much as 7.5 billion dollars back to the farmers who say that the mega corporation took their rightfully earned income and taxed their ...
  • Obamacare Hidden Panel of Unelected Officials ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comSusanne Posel Prisonplanet.com June 20, 2012 The Cato Institute released a study entitled, The Independent Payment Advisory Board: PPACA’s Anti-Constitutional and Authoritarian Super-Legislature, authored by Diane Cohen ...
  • 3 reforms for US economic breakthrough: money, ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.com3 reforms for US economic breakthrough: money, credit, CAFR By Carl Hermanwashingtonsblog.com Concise explanation with documentation: Monetary reform: the US doesnt have a money supply, but its Orwellian opposite of a de ...
  • Judge in 9/11 case must recuse himself, lawyer ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comRaw Story   WASHINGTON ” The military judge presiding over hearings against the alleged masterminds behind 9/11 and the attack on the USS Cole should step down due to “conflicts of interest,” a def ...
  • Ecuador’s free speech record at odds with Juli ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comRaw Story   Julian Assange may not have had many options when he was considering where to seek asylum, but even still, Ecuador is a far from obvious choice. Assange faces extradition to Sweden for questioning over a ...

Dandelion Salad

  • Julian Assange seeks political asylum in Ecuad ...
    Dandelion Salad Jun 19, 2012 by RTAmerica On Tuesday, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange sought political asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, UK. At a press conference today in Quito, the foreign minister said to the media that the government is evaluating the request and looking into the ...
  • Iraq: Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics by Felici ...
    by Felicity Arbuthnot Featured Writer Dandelion Salad London, England 19 June 2012 “A rock, Breathing with the lungs of a lunatic, That is it, This is the twentieth century.” (A Mirror for the Twentieth Century: Adonis – Ali Ahmad Said, 1930 – ) Recently a contradictory, but in important a ...
  • Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Fossil Fuel, ...
    by Rand Clifford Featured Writer Dandelion Salad June 16, 2012 Sense those hooves pounding around the world? Little surprise that these four bedfellows have in their reins the fate of humanity, even life on Earth. Profit and conquest are all that matter; there is no such thing as enough, only, m ...
  • Chris Hedges: The Whole House of Cards Is Comi ...
    with Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad June 17, 2012 Interviewed by William Stranger by DharmaCafe.com http://vimeo.com June 14, 2012 If the video doesn’t show up or doesn’t work, please watch on http://vimeo.com. Chris Hedges Chris Hedges spent two decades as a foreign re ...
  • Ralph Nader: The two-party tyranny
    Dandelion Salad With Ralph Nader Jun 15, 2012 by democracynow DemocracyNow.org -In 2008, Barack Obama pledged to raise the minimum wage every year once elected, but the hourly rate of $7.25 hasn’t increased since 2007. Low-wage workers now make far less than they did four decades ago. Last ...

Your New Reality

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

Wired - Science

  • Microscopic Snowflakes Fall on Mars
    Researchers have calculated the size of the snowflakes that fall onto the polar regions of Mars in its winter, and it turns out that they're pretty tiny.
  • Physics Community Afire With Rumors of Higgs B ...
    The latest rumors circulating around the physics blogosphere suggest that scientists with the Large Hadron Collider will announce the discovery of the Higgs boson within weeks.
  • Why the Turing Test is a Flawed Benchmark
    By Terry Walby, Wired UK This is a guest post by Terry Walby, UK managing director at IT service company IPsoft June 23 marks a century since Alan Turing’s birth and it’s fair to say that in that time he has inspired many by his theories and work, none more so than the founders of [...]
  • How to Pass the Turing Artificial Intelligence ...
    Are you human or a machine? Prove it, by passing the Turing Test -- a test of the ability of a machine to exhibit intelligent behavior.
  • DarwinTunes ‘Evolves’ Music From Noise
    A new computer program called DarwinTunes is showing how music listeners drive music to evolve in a certain way out of noise.

Israeli Occupation Archive

  • Israeli reservist goes on hunger strike in sol ...
    An Israel reserves soldier, who has refused to partake in army duty to protest Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories, has gone on hunger strike in military prison, in what he said was a... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian l ...
  • Amira Hass: The law, ass or donkey?
    As a result of the High Court ruling, officers of the Civil Administration show up in Susya on June 12 and hand out six collective demolition orders affecting 52 buildings, including a preschool, a... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian la ...
  • Arab educators in uproar over plan to study Be ...
    Raja Zatara: "From the perspective of the Arab population, which was part of the Palestinian people, David Ben-Gurion and Menachem Begin are not just prime ministers. The former is identified with... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lan ...
  • Israeli MK, AIPAC behind Senate bid to cut tot ...
    Every year the US allocates $250 million to UNRWA, which provides food as well as health, education and employment services to millions of Palestinians in Jordan, Lebanon, the Gaza Strip and the West... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian ...
  • Head of Arab political party harassed, detaine ...
    The National Democratic Party has accused Israel’s security services of repeatedly harassing one of its leaders each time he leaves and enters Israel. The NDP, which represents Israel’s large... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, n ...

Ria Novosti - Military

  • Russia Gets New Deep-Sea Research Ship
    A new ship for deep-sea reasearch will enter service with the Russian Navy later this month, officials said on Wednesday.
  • Putin Pessimistic on Missile Defense Problem
    The missile defense dispute between Russia and the United States will not be resolved regardless of whether President Barack Obama will be re-elected in November, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
  • Anti-Missile Radar in S.Russia To Go on Combat ...
    A new-generation Voronezh-DM class anti-missile radar will enter combat duty near the town of Armavir in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region around the end of the year, the Russian Aerospace Defense Forces commander, Oleg Ostapenko, said on Tuesday.
  • Moscow Denies Sending Warship to Syria
    The Russian Defense Ministry denied on Tuesday media reports that it is sending a warship from the Baltic Sea Fleet to Syria and it also dismissed reports of upcoming foreign military exercises in the Middle Eastern country.
  • Syria Denies Foreign Military Drills Reports
    Syria denied on Tuesday reports of an upcoming military exercise on its territory with the participation of Russian, Chinese, and Iranian forces.

NewsWise

Natural Health News

  • The Spice that Is Better than Drugs for RA
    If you’re looking for a way to fight rheumatoid arthritis (RA) without drugs, then you need look no further than the spice shelf at your local market. New research published in the spring of 2012 shows that curcumin possesses potent anti-inflammatory and anti-arthritic properties. The clinical s ...
  • Why Is Walking in the Woods So Good for You?
    If you’ve ever gone for a walk in the woods, then you know the wonder of the feeling you get from it. But did you know that besides giving you a good feeling, walking in the woods is actually good for you? The Japanese call it shinrin-yoku. Translated, it literally means “forest bathing.” And no ...
  • Aspirin May Help Prevent Skin Cancer―But Don’t ...
    A new study shows that aspirin and other non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprophen and naproxen may lessen the risk of three major types of skin cancer. The study was based on Danish medical records that researchers examined from 1991 through 2009. The findings showed that ...
  • Sympathy for Africa Leads to Exploitation by C ...
    In an effort to end hunger in Africa, the Obama administration has drafted some of the world’s largest food and finance companies to invest in projects all over the continent. Much of the effort will go toward developing seeds and fertilizers and building silos for storage. To do this, the Presi ...
  • Why BMI Is Not a Great Indicator of Body Compo ...
    Measurement of BMI―Body Mass Index―has long been the standard scoring system for determining how much excess fat you have in your body. But a new study indicates that the BMI may well be way off when it comes to measuring your true amount of fat stores. In the study, researchers used a special s ...

Climategate

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

Opinio Juris

  • Wikileaks Moves to Farce: Will Assange Live Ou ...
    by Peter Spiro by Peter Spiro Story here, and a lot of play on this morning’s BBC Newshour.  This is the second time in recent months that so-called “diplomatic asylum” has crept into the headlines, last with respect to Chen Guangcheng in China in May. See this earlier post, ...
  • Explaining My Art. 89(2) Argument Regarding th ...
    by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller Dapo Akande has just posted about the Pre-Trial Chamber’s recent conclusion that Art. 95 of the Rome Statute permits Libya to delay surrendering Saif to the Court pending resolution of its admissibility challenge.  I don’t want to rehash the ...
  • Weekday News Wrap: June 20, 2012
    by An Hertogen by An Hertogen The Commander of the UN observers in Syria has given more information on his decision to suspend the mission’s activities until both sides honor the peace plan. The same article also reveals that the Russian ship carrying military helicopters for Assad&#8217 ...
  • Foreign Minister Bob Carr Goes Shopping in the ...
    by Kevin Jon Heller So, you're Bob Carr, Australia's Foreign Minister.  You've decided you want to free Melinda Taylor, ICC lawyer, detained and imprisoned by the Libyan government.  You fly to Libya to meet with government officials.  Do you demand Taylor's immediate release, citing the coope ...
  • Berman Book Discussion: Notes From a Fellow Tr ...
    by Peter Spiro This is a great book, and I am almost completely on board with the orientation here.  Paul is right on the money in navigating between the territorial sovereigntists on the one hand and the cosmopolitan universalists on the other. The critique of the universalists is especially ...

Public News Service

  • FCC Calls for Cell Phone Safety Review
    FCC Calls for Cell Phone Safety Review PHOENIX - Concerns continue to be raised about how the rapid and unchecked growth of wireless technology such as cell phones and smart meters will affect the health of Arizonans and others across the nation. Camilla Rees, founder and director of Electromag ...
  • Organic Farmers in AZ: Time for Farm Bill Fairness
    Organic Farmers in AZ: Time for Farm Bill Fairness PHOENIX - It's debate time at the U.S. Senate for the next Farm Bill - with organic farmers in Arizona joining peers across the nation in closely monitoring the topic of crop insurance. Organic farmers pay a 5 percent surcharge for the insuranc ...
  • Health Records: Round 'Em Up, Store 'Em Online
    Health Records: Round 'Em Up, Store 'Em Online PHOENIX, Ariz. - Arizona hospitals and doctors are increasingly switching to electronic medical records - and now, their patients over age 50 can use them, too. This month, AARP has launched an online tool to allow its members to organize health and ...
  • Planned Parenthood Marks Anniversary of Decisi ...
    Planned Parenthood Marks Anniversary of Decision Legalizing Contraception PHOENIX, Ariz. - Thursday was the 47th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing the use of contraceptives by married couples in all 50 states. ...(Read More)
  • What the Paycheck Fairness Act Means to Arizon ...
    What the Paycheck Fairness Act Means to Arizona Children PHOENIX - The Paycheck Fairness Act is up for a vote today in the U.S. Senate. Nearly four decades after the Equal Pay Act passed, many women earn less than 80 cents to the dollar earned by men. ...(Read More)

Center for Food Safety

  • Farm Groups and Public Interest Advocates Join ...
    Hidden rider poses unprecedented constitutional assault, blocks USDA authority and denies GE crop safeguards The Center for Food Safety (CFS) and a coalition of farm, food safety, environmental and consumer advocacy groups today formally submitted a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives Co ...
  • Your Burger Just Got a Little Safer, Thanks to ...
    by Michele Simon After years of debating, petitioning, rulemaking, and outright stalling, this week the federal government is finally implementing new requirements for testing E. coli in ground beef. Why is this cause for celebration? Because while the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safet ...
  • Mercury Bigger Worry than Radiation in Tuna
    By Michele Simon Few things get a media frenzy going like the combination of two words: radiation and food. Despite the ubiquitous availability of truly unhealthy foods 24/7, just raise the specter of radioactivity on our plates, and people suddenly get very serious about what they are eating. A ...
  • Groups ask FDA for final response to petition, ...
    Public remains in the dark another year as the federal government considers approving genetically engineered salmon Earthjustice sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last Friday calling on the agency to provide a final substantive response to a citizen petition filed one year ...
  • Supporting Vets’ Letter to President Oba ...
    by Bill Freese, Science Policy Analyst With Memorial Day just a few days away, many across the country will soon stop and remember the meaning of military service and the ultimate sacrifice so many gave — and are still giving. Remembering is what the day is all about. And yet sometimes we can do ...

Angry Indian Op-Eds

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

Pensieve

  • Magic Wands Almost Possible
    “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistiguishable from magic” –Arthur C. Clarke Perhaps none of us will ever see straw being converted to gold, or water to wine, but the technology to power a wand-like instrument by waving it around has arrived. The electronics of the d ...
  • Self Sabotage versus Sage Wisdom
    Reading many psychology books recently is, surprisingly, changing my behavior for the wiser. Ever a pessimist and cynic, I’ve usually harbored little or no hope. I’ve even seen hope as a curse, and a weapon of self-torture. But as a result of what I’m reading, I’ve begun to explore the ways diff ...
  • Bad Cop, Worse Cop?
    A report spread around the world today smears (wrongly, in my opinion) Juan Carlos Bonilla Valladares, the new Honduras police chief. It throws into relief two great problems in Latin American police forces, corruption and vigilante justice. When faced with an absolute breakdown of the justice s ...
  • Defend our Right to Create and Share!
    I think the rights of copyright holders to protect their interests should not infringe on our rights to be considered innocent until proven guilty. By demanding the unilateral right to take down any website without due process, the media lobbyists are infringing the rights of all internet users. ...
  • Meet the Rollerman
    Jean-Yves Blondeau, a daredevil inventor, has created a suit that allows the wearer to skate downhill while lying flat on the pavement. His suit has been featured in Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel’s comedy, “Yes Man“. This looks immensely fun, and quite a bit less dangerous the ...

Green Times

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

The Briefing Room | Investigate

Israel-The Only Democracy in the Middle East?

  • Urgent alert to save Susya village from destru ...
    Dear Friends, Please have a look at the announcement below. For the last twelve years we have worked closely with our Palestinian friends in Susya, protected them to the best of our abilities from continuous violent harassment by Israeli settlers and by the army, fought the legal battle to keep ...
  • “Civil Administration” and Settler ...
    In March, we reported here about an unusual Israel High Court petition by Israeli settler-run groups, demanding that the (fraudulently named) “Civil Administration” carry out demolition orders in Palestinian Susya. Settler pressure upon the government to make Palestinian life more di ...
  • Protest around the world today for Ziad Jilani
    I have written early in an attempt to draw parallels between Trayvon Martin and the killing of Palestinian youths by settler vigilantes. Today we are protesting a killing done by “Border Police” in Israel. The name suggest an obvious link to police brutality in the United States: wit ...
  • Israel’s “Super-Stinky Unity Deal& ...
    The political earthquake that shook Israel last week went, at first, almost completely unreported in America. I can put forward some explanations why it wasn’t reported – in a nutshell, because the story is a lethal combination of confusing and embarrassing. By yesterday, however, th ...
  • Music and Friendship at Salem: Sunita, Yasmin ...
    Dear Friends and supporters, Below is a story told by Sunita Staneslow on the new friendship and the start of musical cooperation between her, an Israeli harpist, and Yasmin (Ikhlas) Jebara, a young Palestinian poet and graduate student living under Occupation in the village of Salem near Nablus ...

Politics in the Zeros

  • Hempcrete. Houses made from hemp.
    Hempcrete is made from hemp, water and lime. It is “non-toxic, mold-resistant, mildew-resistant, non-flammable, formaldehyde-free, and perfect for people with chemical sensitivities.” It weighs seven times less than concrete and insulates so well that heating and cooling costs are ab ...
  • Floating offshore wind turbine for Portugal
    In addition to being the first offshore wind turbine in Portugal, this is the first offshore wind turbine to be installed without the use of any heavy lift vessels or piling equipment at sea,” says manufacturer Principle Power. It is assembled on land, then towed to the siting area in the ...
  • Microsoft Surface. I think they got something here
    Surface is a tablet computer. The case folds out to support it horizontally AND the case also becomes a full-sized keyboard. That means you don’t have to buy a case or a keyboard. Plus it’ll talk to printers and has USB ports.Corporations are going to love Surface.I may hold off on b ...
  • How Syriza rose to power in Greece
    Alexis Tsipras, leader of Syriza. Credit: commons.wikimedia.orgRadical left Greek party Syriza didn’t win the election yesterday but did come in second with a highly respectable 26%. They did this by grassroots organizing over several years. (The center-right New Democracy Party won with 30%.) B ...
  • Texas handled their drought well
    Water wonk JfleckI think I’d argue the Texas experience shows that, when communities are really up against it, they’ve demonstrated the ability to do a far better job at managing scarce water.Only two small communities in Texas ran out of water during one of the worst droughts ever. Well done, T ...

Coteret

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

Deadline Live

  • The Jack Blood Show – June 19 2012
    Jack Blood remembers a one hour comedy news routine – Regular Larry Pinkney joins us for a conversation about “Movement Pimps” – Know one? it’s all gonna be OK… Allegedly…
  • This Day In History – June 20
    1631 – The sack of Baltimore: the Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates. 1782 – The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States. 1787 – Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the United States. 1837 – Queen Victoria succeeds to t ...
  • Ron Paul on CNN (Wolf Blitzer) June 19 2012 &# ...
    Paul is pretty much ok, kinda, with the election lawsuits brought by his supporters / “Romney has the delegates but not the support of the people” / Not endorsing Mitt Romney… “Not YET” / Not really talking to Romney camp personally about role at CONvention…. ...
  • Anti-Romney Protesters Say They’re Paid ...
    DeWitt, Mich. — The protesters popping up at Mitt Romney’s rallies throughout Michigan Tuesday look like run-of-the-mill grassroots liberals — they wave signs about “the 99 percent,” they chant about the Republican’s greed, and they describe themselves as a loosely organi ...
  • CIA releases declassified, heavily blacked-out ...
    WASHINGTON — Budgetary woes in the CIA unit that tracked Osama bin Laden prior to the deadly 2001 strikes led analysts to believe that catching the al-Qaida leader was unlikely, according to government records published Tuesday. Many of the newly released documents are cited in the 9/11 Commissi ...

The Air Vent

  • Climate as A Differential Equations Problem
    I hope to be a blogger someday again but in the meantime Timetochooseagain kindly offered this contribution -  Jeff ====================================== TTCA I find that when discussing problems of what are ostensibly physical systems, little progress can be made until people formulate their i ...
  • Understanding Growth Response Modeling
    As we have continued to argue on the last thread about whether it makes sense to sort trees by ‘sensitivity’ to temperature (it doesn’t), we left off one of the most important critiques of dendroclimatology.   This has been discussed here before in the context of Dr. Craig Loeh ...
  • Understanding Growth Response Modeling
    As we have continued to argue on the last thread about whether it makes sense to sort trees by ‘sensitivity’ to temperature (it doesn’t), we left off one of the most important critiques of dendroclimatology.   This has been discussed here before in the context of Dr. Craig Loeh ...
  • Sometimes they forget
    So I left a comment at RC today bolded below.   The boys are stinging again because they are as good at PR as most engineers I know. You know the lack of disclosure of data not used, is nearly equivalent to the regression methods which automatically reject data not preferred. The mere fact that ...
  • Sometimes they forget
    So I left a comment at RC today bolded below.   The boys are stinging again because they are as good at PR as most engineers I know. You know the lack of disclosure of data not used, is nearly equivalent to the regression methods which automatically reject data not preferred. The mere fact that ...

Focal Point

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