English: South facade of Church of Saint Simeon Stylites, Syria Français : Façade Sud de l'église de Saint-Siméon le Stylite. Syrie (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Battle flag of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
NORFOLK, VA - DECEMBER 20: Whitney Lawrance holds a sign while waits for her brother Justin Lawrance to walk off the USS Truman upon arriving on December 20, 2010 in Norfolk, Virginia. The air craft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) with nearly 7000 sailors returned to its home port after a seven month deployment supporting the war in Afghanistan in the 5th Fleet Area of responsibility conducting maritime security. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
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- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 34 minutes ago*“Who Destroyed The Middle Class? Part 2”* by James Quinn “How many times do you have to get hit over the head until you figure out who's hitting you?” - Harry S. Truman "In Part 1 of this three...
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(Reuters) - U.S. technologies that may include a mobile phone "panic button" and an "internet suitcase" are being used by activists in Syria and other authoritarian countries to override government commun... - posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 44 minutes ago
This will probably be useful down the line. A Pinterest page of Romney's super-wealthy patrons as of May 31, 2012. Of course, this is only the money that was required to be reported. You can be certain th... - posted by david at Alberta Diary - 48 minutes ago
A typical Canadian reads the news from the Ottawa Press Gallery while Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney sends another email in the background. Below: Wildrose Party House Leader Rob Anderso... - posted by david at Alberta Diary - 48 minutes ago
Federal Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, centre, with Public Safety Minister Victor Toews, left, and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, right, get ready to assure members of their party’s Alb... - Sun News Network’s vulgar response reveals CBSC as toothless, demonstrates need for meaningful rulesposted by david at Alberta Diary - 48 minutes ago
This Sun News Network truck has now moved on, obviously the result of your blogger’s bullying. Below: Ezra Levant assails the CSBC. Below that: Ezra Levant comments on the passing of NDP leader Jack Layton... - posted by david at Alberta Diary - 48 minutes ago
The Gardner Canal, a Pacific Ocean inlet near Kitimat, B.C., planned terminus of the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline. What’s in the project for British Columbians? Not much, and they know it. Below: B.C... - posted by david at Alberta Diary - 48 minutes ago
Dr. Stephen Duckett, right, doesn’t mince words while talking to Doug Knight, then the President of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, in September 2009, Below: former Health Minister Ron Liepert. ... - posted by david at Alberta Diary - 48 minutes ago
Coming soon to a political website near you: Alberta Diary’s new look. Below: Author David Climenhaga. (Alberta bloggers may not be exactly as illustrated … any more.) Alberta Diary started out as a person... - posted by david at Alberta Diary - 48 minutes ago
Police officers walk in Saturday’s Pride Parade. Below: Danielle Smith, Alan Hunsperger. Since she won’t apologize for remarks made by one of her candidates during the recent election campaign that many Al... - posted by david at Alberta Diary - 48 minutes ago
Sun News Network commentator Ezra Levant Today’s ruling by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council that the Sun News Network breached the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Code of Ethics in a December ... - posted by david at Alberta Diary - 48 minutes ago
Astonished Calgarians watch as the Calgary Centre Conservative candidates ride into Cowtown. Acutal candidates may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Joan Crockatt, Rod Love, John Mar. By the time t... - posted by david at Alberta Diary - 48 minutes ago
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper warns his countrymen about the fate awaiting Europe if it doesn’t crush unions and eliminate defined-benefit pension plans. Canadian Conservatives may not appear exac... - posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 49 minutes agoRemember that business about Barack Obama saying that the private sector was doing "fine," and the question of whether or not it was a gaffe that mattered? Well, John Sides decided to test it, and guess wh...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago(Reuters) - Iran has detected a planned "massive cyber attack" against its nuclear facilities, state television said on Thursday, after talks with major powers this week failed to resolve a row over Tehra...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago(Reuters) - Spain's medium-term borrowing costs spiraled to a euro-era record on Thursday and independent auditors said Spanish banks may need up to 62 billion euros ($78 billion) in extra capital, to be ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoA sexual predator who led a gang of Asian men in grooming young white girls for sex was named today after he was convicted of 30 child rape charges. Shabir Ahmed, 59, was jailed for 19 years last month a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago(Reuters) - Greece's new government promised on Thursday to renegotiate the terms of the country's bailout without endangering its future in the euro, responding to intense pressure to ease mounting socia...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago*"20 Rules That Can Save You From The Doomsday Cycle"* Paradigm Shift Coming After Great Depression 2 by Paul B. Farrell "Yes, they predicted doomsday three years ago. Listen: “Over the last 30 years,...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 hour agoAn Inuit phrase pointing out how important it is to memorialize agreements.
- posted by Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 1 hour agoBerkeley Anti-War Demonstrator Unknown Artist, American 1970
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 1 hour agoI find the 'beard-no-mustache' look very creepy. And I just found a word for it -- spurgy*. So, this guy definitely is creepy. But then again so is this guy. You remember him? Dominionist Mike Schout...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago*"The Chubby Checker Monetary Strategy"* by Bill Bonner "Come on everybody! Clap your hands! All you looking good! I’m gonna sing my song It won’t take long! We’re gonna do the twist and it goes like t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoA British mother who killed her young son and daughter in a Spanish hotel room has been found guilty of their "abominable" murders. More to follow...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoThe University of Minnesota - Duluth (UMD) is now sponsoring an ad-campaign designed to achieve "racial justice" by raising awareness of "white privilege." The project disseminates its message, that "so...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoA 68-year-old school bus superviser who was mercilessly bullied by teenage students has said she hopes her tormentor's parents will view the viral video of the abuse and talk to their children about thei...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoThe Spanish government has announced that up to 62 billion euros will be needed to recapitalise its struggling banks. A figure of 100 billion euros has already been pledged by eurozone leaders. The audit...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck TARAPACA, CHILE at a depth of 94.6 km (58.8 miles), the quake hit at 16:22:47 UTC Thursday 21st June 2012 The epicenter was 109 km (67 miles) ESE of Iquique, Chile No ...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 2 hours agoThis is quote of the day from House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer: “There’s no intention on behalf of the Republicans in the House of Representatives to try to help the president move this country forward,” ...
- posted by Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 2 hours agoGolden Dawn recently were returned to parliament with a fraction short of 7% of the vote which was cast. Golden Dawn has been vilified in the Establishment media, but does this mean that their election i...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 2 hours ago*“Unless you are a criminal, then you’ve nothing to worry about.’’** * *I'm no longer going to compare the modern western police state with Nazi Germany anymore because it would be a disservice to the Nazi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck NEAR SOUTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 15:30:58 UTC Thursday 21st June 2012 The epicenter was 134 km (83 miles) Southe...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 2 hours agoPhoto Global Justice Ecology Project Thursday, June 21, 2012: Indigenous Peoples have delivered the Kari-Oca Declaration to the United Nations at Rio+20. Clayton Thomas Muller, Cree, with the Indigenous En...
- posted by PM at The Duck of Minerva - 2 hours agoI'm pretty sure this is a Soviet poster for International Women's Day.Are IR scholars relevant to policy? IR scholar and famous policymaker Anne-Marie Slaughter addresses that puzzle, which principally con...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 2 hours agoOCCUPIED Betrayal of Women Photo Lindsey Gillies Breaking news from Rio+20: Canadian youths Occupy action at the official summit Update: 4:30 pm. Occupy protestors have just left the UN summit ground...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 2 hours ago*Sack 'em! * "Cameron denies deals with Murdoch; Calls conspiracy talk ‘unjustified’" by Alan Cowell and John F. Burns | New York Times, June 15, 2012 LONDON - Testifying at Britain’s *long-running inqu...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 3 hours ago*THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2012* *Our analysts laughed till they cried:* Yesterday, we looked at Gail Collins’ new book. More specifically, we reviewed the four chapters which deal with the Texas schools. At se...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 3 hours agoYou may remember my first thoughts so many years ago about those 100-million-dollar salary/bonus babies. If they needed to steal 100 million, what does that mean to those making only a few million (not to ...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 3 hours ago------------------------------ Original here ------------------------------ Wisconsin Recall: The adjusted Final Exit Poll was forced to match an unlikely recorded vote Wisconsin Recall: The adjusted...
- posted by Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 3 hours agoDAWG PUTS THE BITE ON BIGOTS: according to the Winnipeg Free Press, "Ontario court orders blog-based libel case to trial". TORONTO - A right-wing political commentator should face trial for referring to a...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 3 hours agoProtester in Olympia, WA, February 16, 2010. Image from the Washington State Wire. Five well-known leftists, five strong opinions: What’s needed at this political moment? I was struck by how openly they dis...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours agoThis week's big news from Florida isn't really about poor ex-Senator George LeMieux dropping out of the GOP Senate primary or even about Romney's pathetic botch-up over the way he crossed off Marco Rubio ...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoThe latest in a string of “zombie” like attacks happened in a Manatee County home Wednesday night after a man under the influence went into a fit of rage and bit a piece of someone’s arm off during a vis...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 4 hours ago*Guest blog by Andy Hall* The whole world is after the elusive Higgs boson. Accelerators the size of cities are being used to create truly awesome concentrations of energy in a vast number of collisions...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 4 hours ago*THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2012* *What really happened at Bain:* Yesterday morning, the Washington Post ran a gigantic front-page report about Mitt Romney and Bain Capital. The piece ran 2600 words. And the Was...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 4 hours agoBy the Numbers: The U.S.’s Growing For-Profit Detention Industry by Suevon Lee ProPublica, June 20, 2012, 3:41 p.m. http://www.propublica.org/article/by-the-numbers-the-u.s.s-growing-for-profit-detention-i...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 4 hours agoWelcome to the Dark Ages byJohn Atcheson http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/06/18-2 [Excerpted] "...Now, we seek to operate by revealed truths, not reality. Decrees from on high – often issued by an ...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 4 hours agoBowes v. Goss Power Products Ltd., 2012 ONCA 425 holds an employee, who is terminated without cause, is not required to mitigate his or her loss when entitled to a fixed term of notice or pay in lieu, and ...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoThe latest in a string of “zombie” like attacks happened in a Manatee County home Wednesday night after a man under the influence went into a fit of rage and bit a piece of someone’s arm off during a vis...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 4 hours ago*I called it that because everyone knows the **Rothschilds** are the real power behind the throne.* "Britain revels in diamond jubilee" June 03, 2012 LONDON - Stung by royal breakups, relentless snipping ...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 4 hours ago*THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2012* *Part 3—The New York Times does it again:* Do we “live in fictitious times?” Actually, yes we do. Here’s a larger chunk of what Michael Moore said as he accepted an Oscar in 20...
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 4 hours ago*By Mark Weber* * * A "grand swindle" designed to "whip up America public opinion." The full story did not emerge until many years later. The map did exist, but it was a forgery produced by the British i...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoThe Canadian military is drawing up contingency plans in case the Harper government chooses to join any international intervention in the Syrian crisis. Defence sources say the work recently got underway...
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 5 hours ago*American Scofflaw * Baltimore police arrested Oduyoye, 30, and charged her with having a handgun on her person and in her car, reckless endangerment and discharging a firearm on a public street. The men ...
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 5 hours ago*Americans know that something fundamental is amiss. They sense—rightly—that they are being misled no matter which political party does the misleading. A long misinformed public lacks the tools to grasp ho...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 5 hours agoThe Supremes didn't get to the ACA case today. It'll either happen Monday or later next week. Meanwhile, a couple of links putting the decision in context. Jonathan Chait has a good rundown on what might ...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 5 hours agoAmerican Botanical Council director Mark Blumenthal in the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas, Friday, June 15, 2012. Photo by Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog. Inset photo below by Tracey Schulz / Rag Radio. R...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 5 hours agoDell kicked the American Legislative Exchange Council to the curb. No text - nuff said. See Think Progress
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 5 hours ago*American Scofflaw* Commonly used baby soaps and shampoos, including products from Johnson & Johnson, Aveeno and CVS, can trigger a positive result on newborns' marijuana screening tests, according to a re...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 5 hours agoI have my days when I run into a self-righteous ALEC members spouting off their ALEC lies and I actually pass it by - yes I do. Well this morning the universe put a webpage in my face again – because the...
- posted by Robert E Kelly at The Duck of Minerva - 5 hours agoWho knew Canada could be so controversial… Last week, I tried to rank US allies, drawing response from both Walt and Sullivan (oh, and these guys, whose website name’ll creep you out). So here are a few ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 5 hours ago*And all I got was a bowl** of Boston Globe s****: "Berkshire Hathaway sees its profits double" Bloomberg News, May 05, 2012 NEW YORK - Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said Friday its *first-quarter profit* * doub...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 6 hours agoWhen news came out weeks back that a new malware virus had been discovered by the Russians, I and others immediately smelled a rat... We had already witnessed the massive damage done by the Israeli Stuxnet...
- posted by leftdog at Buckdog - 6 hours ago*(Click on image to enlarge ...)* *Our Own Erin Weir Would Make a Great Sask NDP Leader! * *Posted by Jim Stanford* June 19th, 2012 *I’ve worked closely with Erin for years, being struck by his combinati...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoWashington (CNN) -- Voting on strictly partisan lines, a House committee recommended Wednesday that Attorney General Eric Holder be cited for contempt of Congress for failing to turn over documents relat...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoSky sources understand the credit ratings agency Moody's will announce downgrades to major world banks, including UK lenders, as early as tonight. City editor Mark Kleinman has learned that confirmation ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoLONDON, June 21 (Reuters) - Gold fell more than 1 percent on Thursday after the Federal Reserve disappointed gold bulls by failing to announce more aggressive monetary stimulus, lifting the dollar and brin...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoCon artists posing as police officers plus pickpockets and fake ticket and accommodation websites are some of the Olympic scams being investigated by Scotland Yard. Detectives have made four arrests from...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoProsecutors in Norway have called for self-confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik to be considered insane in their closing argument at his trial. Prosecutor Svein Holden said there were still doubt...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoMinisters are not closed to idea of disclosing their tax details but it is 'not a very near-future thing', says No 10 Downing Street has suggested it is preparing to abandon plans for David Cameron and se...
- posted by Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 6 hours agoFollow this link to the video library, which would not exist without the tireless work by Califather. You will find many useful talks that can be viewed by classes and parent-teacher groups for discussion...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 6 hours ago*Maybe the AmeriKan media can help you find a **silver lining*: "Calif. nuclear plant’s woes laid to design" by Michael R. Blood | Associated Press, June 19, 2012 CAPISTRANO BEACH, Calif. - After months...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the CELEBES SEA at a depth of 461 km (286.5 miles), the quake hit at 12:22:18 UTC Thursday 21st June 2012 The epicenter was 202 km (125 miles) North of Boroko, Indones...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 7 hours ago*Reagan was right: trees do cause pollution.* "Sequoia smog threatens health of redwoods" Associated Press, May 29, 2012 SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - Mountaintops that should offer awe-inspiring views ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoA magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck SERAM, INDONESIA at a depth of 41.4 km (25.7 miles), the quake hit at 11:52:30 UTC Thursday 21st June 2012 The epicenter was 107 km (66 miles) ENE of Amahai, Indonesia...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 7 hours ago*Happens all the time*: "Falling rocks a danger in Yosemite; Report prompts closure of several lodging areas" by Tracie Cone | Associated Press, June 15, 2012 YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - Falling bo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck HALMAHERA, INDONESIA at a depth of 114.7 km (71.3 miles), the quake hit at 11:40:34 UTC Thursday 21st June 2012 The epicenter was 105 km (65 miles) NNE of Tobelo, Indo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoA magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR at a depth of 64.2 km (39.9 miles), the quake hit at 10:51:40 UTC Thursday 21st June 2012 The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) South of Intipuca, El...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 7 hours ago*Include the Democratic Party in that.* "Brown seeks deeper Calif. budget cuts" May 14, 2012 SACRAMENTO - California’s *budget deficit has jumped to $16 billion*, forcing Governor Jerry *Brown to call for...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 7 hours ago*I've been across it. * "San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge spans 75 years; Thousands gather for a gala event" Associated Press, May 28, 2012 Skywriting over the Golden Gate Bridge on Sunday marked the d...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 7 hours ago*What is sad is I say to myself the good old days.... in some ways.* * *"Rodney King autopsy results are weeks off; Central figure in LA riots had battled addiction" by Anthony McCartney | Associated Pre...
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 7 hours agoThis is my article today in TV5's news portal, http://www.interaksyon.com/article/35395/fat-free-economics-traffic-car-pooling-and-ltfrb --------- Traffic congestion is an engineering problem with an engine...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 7 hours agoNYT's confirming what has been going on all along in Syria. Who has been supplying arms. How are they getting to the fighters. Confirming everything that has been posted here for oh so long (15 months and...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 7 hours ago"Defendant says priest he beat abused him" by Gillian Flaccus and Paul Elias | Associated Press, June 21, 2012 SAN JOSE, Calif. — Evidence will show the man on *trial* in the *beating*of an aging Jesuit ...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 7 hours agoA typical TRF reader has tens of millions of dollars and is somewhat bored. A half of those would like to transform the millions to billions. It's easy, just read and follow these instructions. By doing so...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 7 hours agoLot of good choices today...how about a Happy Birthday to Berkeley Breathed, 55. Yes, kids, there was once a time when the comics in your daily newspaper were excellent. And the good stuff: 1. Fed-watch...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 7 hours ago*Officials create evacuation plan for Orleans Parish inmates ~WDSU* *Tropical Storm Chris forms; little change to Cuba disturbance; Duluth floods ~Wunderblog* *NOLA Media Group meets with the New Orleans ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours agoWe've talked before how the DCCC sabotaged Justin Coussoule's race against John Boehner so savagely that no one wanted to take on the onerous task of running against him this year. So Boehner can do any c...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 8 hours agoWired Spencer Ackerman Noah Shachtman A class urging senior US military officers to wage “total war” on Islam wasn’t just the work of one misguided teacher. According to an inquiry ordered by the chairman...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 8 hours ago*Welcome to the Loser's Club!!!* A note about ALEC Member Americans for Tax Reform led by Grover Norquist - and their "No New Taxes Pledge". The No New Taxes Pledge means *No new taxes for the 1%.* * * *M...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 8 hours agoBusiness Insider Abbey Rogers Cook County prosecutors invoked Illinois' never-before-used anti-terrorism statute to charge three NATO protestors with planning an assault on Obama campaign headquarters. B...
- posted by risa bear at stony run farm - 8 hours agoWe went to see Grassroots Garden, where Young Son has put in many, many volunteer hours. A lot was going on, though it was very quiet and peaceful. They provide over 50,000 pounds a year of fresh local f...
- posted by thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 8 hours agoA particularly obnoxious troll was recently celebrating Bill-38 as being "efficient." Here's what Michael Harris has to say about that (hat-tip to Dr. Dawg): As everybody knows, the vast majority of C-38 ...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 8 hours agoThe Guardian Phillip Inman *US intervention is expected to prompt action by central banks across the world amid fears the eurozone crisis is deepening* Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke has exte...
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 8 hours agoLongtime scholar Alan Wachman lost his battle with pancreatic cancer this week. From the announcement: In lieu of flowers, Alan’s family asks that donations be made to a fund that has been started at Tu...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 8 hours agoSection 33.1 of the Criminal Code says that self-induced intoxication which renders a person unaware of or incapable of controlling their behaviour is not a defence where the person is charged with an offe...
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 8 hours agoIt goes without saying that a lot hangs on the Supreme Court's review of Justice Lederer's decision to rerun the election in Etobicoke-Centre. Some claim that it's only a matter of 26 votes. But, as Mic...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago(Reuters) - With tens of billions of euros lent to the public sector in Spain and Italy, bailed-out lender Dexia may be dead as an investment but as a threat to the budgets of guarantors Belgium and Franc...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago(Reuters) - A court has issued an arrest warrant for the ruling party veteran poised to replace Pakistan's ousted prime minister, local television stations reported on Thursday, deepening political uncert...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago(Reuters) - The downturn in the euro zone's private sector is becoming entrenched and Chinese factories are finding the going increasingly tough, business surveys showed on Thursday, painting a darker out...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago(Reuters) - It was meant to be one of the great rewards of membership. As the European Union expanded eastward over the past decade, Brussels set aside billions of euros to improve infrastructure - especi...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA disturbing atmosphere of “déjà vu” possessed the city of Toulouse for seven hours on Wednesday after an armed man claiming to belong to al-Qaeda seized hostages in a bank close to the scene of the Mohame...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 10 hours ago*Microsoft has unveiled the new version of its smart phone operating system. Windows Phone 8 shares much of its code with the firm's PC system, making it easier for developers to write programs for speci...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago(CNN) -- Rockets from Gaza came down in Israel overnight, according to the Israeli military. This comes on the heels of a cease-fire announcement Hamas made toward the Jewish state late Wednesday local ti...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoContinued shelling in the Syrian city of Homs is stopping Red Cross teams from evacuating scores of civilians. Government forces and rebel fighters agreed on Wednesday to a two-hour ceasefire to allow ai...
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- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 10 hours ago*Aberdeen, on a warm day.* "The Scottish National party is poised to drop its opposition to Scotland joining Nato." SNP set to drop opposition to Nato *Robertson, 'the German'.* Angus Robertson, the d...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago(Reuters) - A boat carrying about 200 suspected asylum seekers has capsized in Indonesian waters 120 nautical miles north of Australia's Christmas Island and many are feared drowned, authorities said on T...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA at a depth of 204.3 km (127 miles), the quake hit at 10:00:00 UTC Thursday 21st June 2012 The epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) Northeast fro...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoEuropean stocks were weaker Thursday, following soft Chinese and German manufacturing data, and amid some disappointment that the Federal Reserve didn't announce any aggressive stimulus measures. The ben...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA Florida woman has been found guilty of orchestrating the brutal killings of her millionaire husband and his eighty-six-year-old mother in a grab for the family estate. Former stripper Narcy Novack, 55,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA mother and daughter in Brighton, Colorado, teamed up with Nigerian fraudsters to bilk 374 women out of $1 million by posing as soldiers in Afghanistan on online dating sites, authorities say. Tracy Vas...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago“Sanity may be madness but the maddest of all is to see life as it is and not as it should be.” - Don Quixote
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoFound: The seal was found swimming in a shallow stream in a nearby road and taken back to the zoo At least 14 animals have drowned at a Minnesota zoo after torrential rain ravaged the northeast corner o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck MAULE, CHILE at a depth of 9.9 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 09:24:22 UTC Thursday 21st June 2012 The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) West from Talca, Chile No Repor...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoSix people on board an air force plane have been killed after the aircraft crashed into houses in the Indonesian capital, an official said. The Fokker 27 turboprop crashed at 2.45 pm local time (0645 GMT)...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA video appearing to show the beating of a man who supposedly slept with an underage teenager has been placed on YouTube by the family of the girl. The video begins with an older man offering to either c...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA man has been charged with murder after shooting his baby son dead, authorities said. Davian Bluntson, 21 months, was killed and his brother, six-year-old Jaydin Thompson, critically wounded after shots...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA man accused of shooting his wife eight times in April was leading a double life and was secretly engaged to someone else. Michael Darnell Parson, 42, from Georgia, planned to marry Rachel Harner in Oct...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoThe California Highway Patrol has turned to the public to help identify the men who viciously punched and kicked a man before leaving him unconscious on the side of a Los Angeles freeway. The video, whic...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA new state law will force sex offenders and child predators to list their criminal status on Facebook and other social-networking sites. The Louisiana law designed by Jeff Thompson, a Republican state r...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoMore and more suburban teens are turning to smack to get high, defying conventional wisdom that big, metropolitan cities are the worst harbingers of heroin. Some say that while there is a lot of outreach...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoDeranged: In his latest command from a prison cell he will never leave, paedophile Warren Jeffs gave the names of 15 men chosen to father all children of the Fundamentalist Latter-Day Saints Church Polyg...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA couple of California attorneys were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly planting a bag of drugs in the car of the president of their child's Parent Teacher's Association at the Plaza Vista Elementary Scho...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 11 hours ago*Urgent Farm Bill Amendment on Labeling of GE Foods* As you probably know, the Farm Bill debates are in full swing, and there is a key amendment on the labeling of GE foods that needs your help to pass! ...
- Guma Aguiar Mystery after His private yacht sails into Florida harbor intact... with NO one on board
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoGuma Aguiar, a Brazilian-born, Jewish philanthropist who has given millions of dollars from his oil and gas fortune to Israeli and Jewish causes, has gone missing after his motorboat washed ashore in Fort ... - St Petersburg university professors Jailed for 12 years for handing Russian Missile Secrets to China
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoTwo Russian university professors were today found guilty of handing over missile secrets to China, the latest in a string of espionage cases that reflected underlying tensions between Moscow and Beijing d... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe former business partner of British businessman Neil Heywood's alleged killer has been arrested in Cambodia, it has emerged. French architect Patrick Devillers, 51, was detained 'two to three days ago...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA father and son were today arrested by police investigating the disappearance of teenager Nicola Payne in Coventry 21 years ago. Officers confirmed they had arrested two men aged 74 and 45 on suspicion o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA scout master who molested a teenager 30 years ago and went on to abuse the man’s son was today starting a 14-year jail sentence. Robert Major's copycat crimes were only exposed when the latest victim to...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA Catholic bishop busted cavorting on a beach with a scantily-clad beauty has claimed she is just 'an old friend' and insisted he is still 'devoted to God'. Argentine Fernando María Bargallo, 59, was left...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 12 hours agoI just decided to write a short (but not too short) text elaborating on the April 2011 Physics Stack Exchange question by Jane. Are the Lagrangians in the Feynman path integrals operators? And if they're ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA 6ft boa constrictor has been spotted at popular beauty spot Swinsty Reservoir near Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Walker Ed Ryder managed to get a picture of the tail-end of the snake before it moved away ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA businessman was found hanged at his home as he was due to stand trial for nine counts of fraud after being exposed on BBC’s Watchdog. Mitchell Elliott, 40, from Gloucester faced trial for fraud and dece...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA bride who stole almost £200,000 from her boss to fund a lavish wedding was jailed for 20 months yesterday. Kirsty Lane, 29, was caught out after she invited managing director Peter Sutton to the expens...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe two children suffocated by their mother in Spain were not fathered by her paedophile partner, a court heard yesterday. Lianne Smith looked furious when the shock DNA results were read out to the jury...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoSix lions were speared to death by angry residents after preying on dozens of goats and cows in a settlement near the Kenyan capital's national park. Herders in the small township of Kitengela, on the out...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe most overcrowded parts of Britain have seen their populations rocket in the past 15 years, official figures revealed yesterday. London – which is by far the most densely-populated area of the country ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.3 percent, Dow Jones futures off 0.4 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures 0.4 percent...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoComedian Jimmy Carr has issued a statement apologising for his "terrible error of judgement" in using a tax avoidance scheme. Earlier this week it emerged that Carr had been using an aggressive, legal sc...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS at a depth of 496.3 km (308.4 miles), the quake hit at 05:18:41 UTC Thursday 21st June 2012 The epicenter was 449 km (278 miles) NNW of Raou...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 13 hours agoArt by Maria Ignatieva *Happy Midsummer 2012 - Glad Midsommar 2012 *
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE at a depth of 75.7 km (47 miles), the quake hit at 05:18:17 UTC Thursday 21st June 2012 The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) East of Taltal, Chile No ...
- Link: http://youtu.be/lxoacmb7zxY Some urgent family affairs keep me busy these days. Too many things happen in Spain and in Europe that require attention. Too hot weather prevents me from working in my o...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 13 hours agoDiana Reeves *Mom-Turned-Activist Launches National Movement to Boycott GMOs* By Katherine Paul Organic Consumers Association, June 13, 2012 Diana Reeves was furious when her state legislators caved into ...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 13 hours agoApparently, the CIA, Mossad and the Muslim Brotherhood are all close friends. All of the people quoted below are controversial, but some of what they say may be true. *1.* "Former Mossad chief *Meir Da...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 13 hours agoThis is worth noting. It is time to consider the ramifications of 45,000 years of activity in Australia and in fact globally. I have already concluded that modern man emerged seriously from its st...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 13 hours agoSubmarines are now beginning to become common place and this technology opens the door to near friction less operation in the water, even if it is only applied to specialist surfaces as we see ho...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 13 hours agoThe liberalization of the arts in China continues apace, well ahead of the protection of individual freedoms. It is all part of a transition into modernism and is a function of the increasingly ve...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 13 hours agoThis an unexpected and welcome discovery and perhaps it applies also to other trees. It certainly is a handy tool to be aware of. A substantial portion of our environmental problems can be am...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 14 hours agoEric Draitser Stop Imperialism June 21, 2012 Myanmar has been gripped by abhorrent ethnic violence in recent weeks – violence which has begun to cast doubt on the democratic future of the country. T...
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 14 hours agoBusy one today with the semester winding down and grades to do, enjoy some links.... *UPDATE*: I just heard that Longtime scholar Alan Wachman passed this week, losing his battle with pancreatic cancer....
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 14 hours agoNixon and Haldeman are back in the White House, which means that the tapes are rolling...and, in late morning, the famous 18 1/2 minute gap tape. Here's what we know: the tape was almost certainly deliber...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 14 hours agoPhoto courtesy: born1945/CC BY 2.0 While the following report deals with produce in the USA, I'm sure that figures are generally the same worldwide. Health and environment watchdog, Environmental Working ...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 14 hours agoI have posted similar pieces to this before but think that the point bears repeating... Let's start with Israel's size and creation on Palestinian land. Israel's very size at creation was a result of los...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 14 hours agoWith Marcos, Sonora 2007 What I've learned blogging for six years By Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2012/06/censored-news-what-ive-learned-blogging.html I’ll try to m...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 14 hours agoI have a collection of rarely exhibited art that I'm keen to sell; to the right buyer: for the right price. Also, looking for a Gallery venue/representation, to exhibit these works for the first time in d...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 14 hours agoA variety of different melons. Photo courtesy: aworldcommunitycookbook Melons are one of my favourite fruits - I haven't met a melon yet I haven't loved. Of course, I love all kinds of fruit; but, melons a...
- posted by David J. Climenhaga at Alberta Diary - 14 hours agoA typical Canadian reads the news from the Ottawa Press Gallery while Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney sends another email in the background. Below: Wildrose Party House Leader Rob Anders...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 14 hours agoThose who regret getting a tattoo may be in for a shock if they want to rid themselves of this type of body art. Tattoo removal can cost more than double the price of getting the tattoo; and, it may take ...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 15 hours agoPhoto courtesy: © Emily Lepisto Global warming has been the orchestrator of yet another tragedy. Climate change has caused flooding in Duluth, Minnesota, USA. Hundreds of animals have died at the zoo and ...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 15 hours agoIf you need to raise your blood pressure, here is the newest tool. *Click to get to the page with the video.* The links point to The Hill and they are here: Sen. Kerry attacks 'campaign of disinformat...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago*"Worth Living..." * by Norbert Capek “It is worthwhile to live and fight courageously for sacred ideals. O blow ye evil winds into my body's fire, my soul you'll never unravel. Even though disappoin...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 15 hours ago*Recently a slew of commentators **and Reserve Bank governors** have been heard praising the Reserve Bank arrangement in place since 1992, put in place to moderate things on the basis of “a little bit of...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 15 hours agoVOAnews Hatem BagatoThe Secretary General of Egypt’s Presidential Elections Committee has ruled out declaring the results of the presidential run-off Thursday, as originally planned. Chancellor Hatem Ba...
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- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 16 hours agoWOW – the ALEC righties defending the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) really came out in full force the last 24 hours after the New York Times editorial “When ALEC Takes Over Your Town” was pu...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 16 hours agoGreat Essay! Monsanto: A Modern Day Plague By Lisa Cerda, City Watch Los Angeles, June 12 http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/312-16/11997-focus-monsanto-a-modern-day-plague [Excerpt] Here's a ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA sick sneak thief dubbed 'The Vulture' was jailed today for stealing a hit and run victim's handbag with £1,600 cash inside - as she lay decapitated in the road. Marc Kirvin, 46, picked up the bag from ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA mother has been convicted of killing her young daughter eight years ago after a coroner dramatically halted the tragic tots inquest. Lesley Dunford, 33, who lives in Exeter, Devon, was imprisoned for se...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND at a depth of 172.9 km (107.4 miles), the quake hit at 03:25:53 UTC Thursday 21st June 2012 The epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) ESE of ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 16 hours ago*Yards measured in years. * "Former inmate is cleared of rape; Accuser admits she lied about ex-football star" by Linda Deutsch | associated press, May 25, 2012 LONG BEACH, Calif. - A *former high schoo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoBritain could face a decade of spending cuts, the country’s top civil servant warned last night. Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood told Whitehall mandarins that they should prepare for their budgets t...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 16 hours ago"Berkeley chief faces scrutiny for 2d time" Associated Press, May 25, 2012 BERKELEY, Calif. - A California police chief is once again under scrutiny, this time for using 10 officers - some on overtime - to...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoConfusion is currently surrounding whether Germany is prepared to back a £600billion bailout scheme to rescue the crumbling euro. Last night, European leaders were said to be inching towards a deal. Germ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago“Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 16 hours ago"Unmanned space plane returns LOS ANGELES - An *unmanned Air Force space plane* steered itself to a landing early Saturday at a California military base, capping a 15-month *clandestine mission*. The spac...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the GUAM REGION at a depth of 30.6 km (19 miles), the quake hit at 03:43:03 UTC Thursday 21st June 2012 The epicenter was 131 km (82 miles) Southwest from HAGATNA, Gua...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the GUAM REGION at a depth of 35 km (21.7 miles), the quake hit at 03:32:12 UTC Thursday 21st June 2012 The epicenter was 140 km (87 miles) Southwest from HAGATNA, Gua...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoJune 20 - Students clash with police after President Pinera calls movement 'communist.'
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago(Reuters) - The U.S. government is expected to formally apply a "foreign terrorist" label on Thursday to three alleged leading figures of the violent Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, officials said. Th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoMAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — A curfew in a religiously volatile Nigerian state has failed to stop days of violence in which almost 100 people have died, an official said Wednesday. Residents of a besieged ci...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours agoRick Santorum was on CNN's *State of the Union* Sunday and he still thinks Romney is inauthentic and lacks convictions. He isn't changing his mind about the vapid and craven career politician he faced of...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 17 hours agoWhat I learned today in my research from an excellent historical analysis by Jacob Darwin Hamblin titled "'A Dispassionate and Objective Effort': Negotiating the First Study on the Biological Effects of...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel balked at committing to direct sovereign debt purchases through the euro-area bailout fund, pushing back on calls by the bloc’s leaders who backed the measure as a way to e...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoWASHINGTON — With high-stakes negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program at an impasse, the Obama administration is under mounting pressure to rethink a diplomatic exercise that many argue is simply stringi...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago*“What Am I Doing Here?”* by JustinFan “My music video for Justin's beautiful song," What Am I Doing Here?" The song has always had a Tolkien quality about it to me so I borrowed the characters of Fara...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoA body found floating in a canal in Poland by police is believed to be that of Irish football fan James Nolan who was there for the European championships, officials have said. They said his documents we...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago“What is causing the picturesque ripples of supernova remnant SNR 0509-67.5? The ripples, as well as the greater nebula, were imaged in unprecedented detail by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2006 and again...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoThe official result of Egypt's presidential election - in which both candidates have claimed victory - has been delayed, adding to the tension over the vote. The outcome was due to be announced on Thursd...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago*“Shaving Close”* by Chet Raymo "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life," wrote Thoreau famously in Walden. The trick, of course, is knowi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck PAKISTAN at a depth of 23.4 km (14.5 miles), the quake hit at 02:00:21 UTC Thursday 21st June 2012 The epicenter was 12 km (7.4 miles) ENE of Bela, Pakistan No Reports...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN at a depth of 32.7 km (20.3 miles), the quake hit at 02:00:03 UTC Thursday 21st June 2012 The epicenter was 112 km (69 miles) East...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN at a depth of 35.1 km (21.8 miles), the quake hit at 23:56:32 UTC Wednesday 20th June 2012 The epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) Sou...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours agoNeil deGrasse Tyson, "The Most Astounding Fact" "Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked by a reader of TIME magazine, "What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoA magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck the SOLOMON ISLANDS at a depth of 14.2 km (8.8 miles), the quake hit at 23:20:56 UTC Wednesday 20th June 2012 The epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) SSE of Gizo, Solomon I...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoA magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck MINAHASA, SULAWESI, INDONESIA at a depth of 134.8 km (83.8 miles), the quake hit at 21:55:52 UTC Wednesday 20th June 2012 The epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) SSE of Bi...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago*"Egyptians Dismayed to Learn They Imported Democracy from Florida"* In Cairo, Mounting Calls of Return to Sender by Andy Borowitz CAIRO (The Borowitz Report) – "Just days after they savored their cha...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 17 hours agoWe all know for a fact that when we turn on our Talmudvisions these days, almost daily we are inundated with shows that paint the history of National Socialist Germany in a negative light. We have also be...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours agoNeil deGrasse Tyson, "The Most Astounding Fact" "Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked by a reader of TIME magazine, "What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 17 hours ago"A Canadian *porn actor* suspected of *mailing body parts* to the headquarters of two major political parties after making a video of the killing might have fled North America for France.... --more--" "C...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 17 hours agoStencil of Julian Assange from Bold Legume. Insane Asylum? From Center Stage to Middle Earth Is Julian Assange crazy to want to go to Ecuador, of all the obscure places on this globe? By James McEnteer / Th...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 18 hours ago*The "Free Syrian Army" is made up of clueless USraeli pawns who use NATO-supplied guns to kill innocent Syrians. Source of picture: The Telegraph.* The Western narrative of the conflict in Syria has...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 18 hours agoToo late to take down the system. In real life, in the first week of *this*November someone is going to be POTUS. It will be either be the guy we have now, or this guy. I know which outcome I prefer. Su...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours agoMoody Blues, “You and Me” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7UZ5oVYmb8&feature=related
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours agoSanta Rosa, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago*“The Neighbor And The Trees”* by Paulo Coelho "My old mill in the little Pyrenees village has a line of trees separating it from the farm next door. The other day the neighbor appeared: he must be ab...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoThe Air Force Research Laboratory set out in 2008 to build the ultimate assassination robot: a tiny, armed drone for U.S. special forces to employ in terminating “high-value targets.” The military won’t s...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago*"Sonnets to Orpheus, Part One, IV"* "You who let yourselves feel: enter the breathing that is more than your own. Let it brush your cheeks as it divides and rejoins beside you. Blessed ones, whole ones...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago“It's unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn't have to say this, but I really like human beings who have suffered. They're kinder.” - Emma Thompson
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 19 hours agoReport out from Clayton Thomas-Muller, Cree from Canada, of Indigenous Environmental Network at Peoples March @ Rio+20 Earth Summit! Media alert for Thursday June 21, 2012 Indigenous Peoples Set to Deliver ...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 19 hours ago*Why didn't anyone think of this before? Oh, right.* *"We are in uncharted culinary territory. For now, [Burritob0t's burritos are] somewhere on the spectrum between Taco Bell and SoCal taco truck."* *-- ...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago*Happy-drama-mask-Matt:* "The meeting of the species show the magic of life's earliest bonds that unfortunately find themselves whittled away by time." *Sad-drama-mask-Matt:* "Is this not a metaphor for...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 20 hours agoWhat was Adidas thinking with its Shackle Shoes? It’s hard to imagine a shoe company coming up with a worse idea than this. By Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress / June 20, 2012 Adidas is notorious for pushin...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (deBeauxOs) at DAMMIT JANET! - 20 hours agoFirst, read this to understand the particular meaning I'm addressing when I use the terms *good* and *bad* with regard to the medical termination of a pregnancy. I am making a decision. The only thing t...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago*“The Patients Are In Charge of the Asylum”* by Joseph W. Martin Jr. "The announcement coming out of the G20 meeting in Mexico that the EU countries are now going to pony up another €600 billion ($750 ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 21 hours ago*You can have mine, readers. Deal me out, Globe. * "Rocky rollout to era of Mass. casino gambling; More problems than progress in first 6 months" by Mark Arsenault | Globe Staff, June 03, 2012 Once the ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 21 hours ago"Ex-Beijing mayor Chen Xitong changes account of Tiananmen crackdown; Battling cancer, he says ‘nobody should have died’" by Andrew Higgins | Washington Post, June 10, 2012 WASHINGTON - There are no pla...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 21 hours agoPart of Rio + 20 series of interviews; Ta'kaia Blaney, member of IEN, Indigenous Environmental Network, delegation speaking about threat of tar sands oil pipeline to her community. June 2012. Eleven-year-ol...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 22 hours agoHappy with her own lot, our former Aunty Helen thinks “we,” i.e., everyone else, could do with less. Attending the eco-gathering in Rio in her new guise as United Nations Development Programme head, Aun...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago*"One on One with James Howard Kunstler"* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "If you want a no-nonsense look at the world and where we are heading, you talk to a journalist who has seen it all. James Ho...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 22 hours agoATF Project Gunrunner Weapons of Choice Revised 2008 US games of secrecy, bolstered by the collapsed media, ignore life and death in Mexico By Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.co...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago*"Who Destroyed The Middle Class? Part 1"* By James Quinn "Over the last thirty years, the United States has been taken over by an amoral financial oligarchy, and the American dream of opportunity, e...
- posted by yayacanada at YayaCanada - 22 hours ago** *When push comes to pull ...* *Contributor: Ron* 'Dirty money' fuels parties: Duchesneau *Some of the cash donations to political parties have been so enormous, Duchesneau said, that party fundraisers...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoWhen you think of the surveillance state, you usually think of snoopy alphabet-soup government agencies like the FBI, IRS, DEA, NSA, or TSA, or cyber-snoops at Facebook or Google, says Natasha Singer in T...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago*"Getting Ready for More QE"* by Bill Bonner "Are you ready for this, dear reader…? Well hold onto your hat because here comes another round of QE…stimulus…money printing…! Société Générale economist ...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoWe need you to subscribe to our magazine (or give a donation this month) if you haven't already done so. Without your financial help, we wouldn't be able to spend the amount of time researching, reporting ...
- posted by KRandle at A Different Perspective - 23 hours agoWell, it’s happened again. I’m a spy sent, in this case, to "investigate" the Center for UFO Studies and to dig up dirt. Those sending me were Jim and Coral Lorenzen who ran the Aerial Phenomena Research O...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 23 hours agoI am told this is an Inuit proverb; maybe it is, although it sounds more like something out of Peanuts. But it does reflect a truth... .
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 23 hours agoKilling by Remote Control: Medea Benjamin's 'Drone Warfare' By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / June 20, 2012 “The drones were terrifying... the buzz of a distant propeller was a constant reminder of imminen...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 23 hours agoAs we've discussed before, Buck McKeon takes more bribes from armaments makers than any other Member of Congress. Even more than senators take. The picture of him and the members of the Association for Un...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 23 hours agoEvery time I see the words "Fast and Furious Investigation" my brain first processes it as Whitewater. It's the same kind of time wasting, money squandering, politically driven witch hunt that serves only ...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day agoSome might wonder if the delay is as a result of the elections authorities not being happy with the result: *Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?* Story here: CAIRO—Egypt’s elections authorities say announce...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAlberta officials are investigating after yet another pipeline leaked in the province, causing crude oil to spill at a pumping station near Elk Lake, northeast of Edmonton. The spill at Enbridge Inc.'s A...
- posted by Liss at The Intercept - 1 day agoThe American Dream 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 approxim...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoNAKHON RATCHASIMA, 20 June 2012 (NNT) – A Nakhon Ratchasima-based hospital has reported 41 suspected cases of 2009 A H1N1 influenza, with 5 of them being hospital workers. Measures such as isolation and qu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA Metrorail train with about 500 passengers crashed into a stationary goods train at Fisantekraal train station near Durbanville on Tuesday night, hours after rail boss Lucky Montana disclosed to Parliame...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 1 day agoTuesday, Jun 19, 2012 Dark Money Middlemen Updated: Citizens United banned campaign coordination with super PACs, but the GOP may have found a way around By Alex Seitz-Wald By now, you probably know that t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA 300-acre fire near Sequoia National Park forced mandatory evacuations of dozens of homes and a campground Tuesday evening, U.S. Forest Service officials said. About 400 firefighters were battling the f...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoCHENNAI: Giant waves, more than 12 feet high, hit the northern side of the famous shore temple at Mamallapuram, 60 km from Chennai, on Tuesday evening, leaving the heritage monument three feet deep in wat...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoSYDNEY – An Australian man had a lucky escape on Wednesday after being thrown from his surf-ski when it was rammed and then attacked by a shark, forcing a friend to rush to his rescue, officials said. Th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoOCEAN ISLE BEACH, North Carolina — A six-year-old girl from Shelby is recovering after being bit by a shark off the coast of Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina. According to a WWAYTV3.com report, the girl...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day agoI am a lurker - I go through tweet feeds looking for press hits that may be good for articles. But today I saw something that disturbs me a bit - but not much. Since the early ALEC days of this blog - I h...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoHundreds, possibly thousands, of dead carp were washing up on the north shores of Sutherland Reservoir, a caller said. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission said they were aware of the problem and biolo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe Federal Reserve has cut its forecast for economic growth in 2012 from 2.9% to 2.4%. It has also predicted a central unemployment rate of up to 8.2%, having forecast up to 8% on 25 April. The central ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck WESTERN TURKEY at a depth of 15 km (9.3 miles), the quake hit at 19:22:37 UTC Wednesday 20th June 2012 The epicenter was 28 km (17.3 miles) Southeast of Kumluca, Turke...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day agoThe British Columbia Supreme Court in Neidermayer v. Gillies 2012 BCSC 143 reviews the relationship between negligent misrepresentation and contributory negligence at some length: [111] The Court of Ap...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA at a depth of 10 km (62 miles), the quake hit at 19:18:32 UTC Wednesday 20th June 2012 The epicenter was 234 km (145 miles) Southeast of C...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 1 day agoGlobal Research Christoph R. Hörstel *Syria: As fighting continues foreign detainees may reach center stage (Op-Ed)* While insurgents try to recapture at least some of the areas lost in the last week and...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day agoAt Plum Line today, I posted about the Fed's decision today -- and dragged out a quotation from Romney on Face the Nation on Sunday that in my view didn't get enough play; Romney went, as I say over at Gre...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA teenager accused of orchestrating an attack that left his classmate in flames was convicted Tuesday of aggravated battery after jurors decided against more serious charges. Matthew ‘Zeke’ Bent faced a c...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe number of Asians moving to the U.S. has surpassed Hispanics for the first time ever, reflecting a slowdown in illegal immigration while employers increase their demand for highly-skilled workers. An ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoStarving Greeks queued around the block for free food handouts as the country's politicians today managed to end a crippling stalemate to form a coalition government. Young children as well as the elderl...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 1 day agoI don't know what is causing this, but there's been an awful lot of this happening in the last year.
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 1 day agoOccupy Corporatism Suzanne Posel Fritz Vahrenholt, a German green energy investor, says he has reassessed his position on man-made climate change. Vahrenholt has been a professor in the Department of Chem...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 1 day agoThe CIA and Mossad are keen have the the Muslim Brotherhood's Mr Mursi as Egypt's president. "The Shafiq campaign has accused the Muslim Brotherhood of rigging elections in Mursi’s favour in Fayoum, Mi...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 1 day agoPosted at http://www.freedumbnation.com/?p=2835 June 18, 2012 9:36 pm Posted by admin Irish Politicians Demand Their Finance Minister Be Arrested For Attending 2012 Criminal Bilderberg Meeting Pol...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 1 day agoPyramidion Dr. Ashraf Ezzat *As June 30, the predetermined date for Egypt’s supreme council of armed forces(SCAF) to hand over power to an elected civilian government, is drawing nearer, all the major pl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA woman whose toddler plunged 50ft to his death after she put him on a ledge to take his photo at a Los Angeles Lakers game is suing the arena where the tragedy occurred. Two-year-old Lucas Tang fell fro...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA New Jersey sheriff's office has a new website that's looking for more arrests instead of friends. Dubbed 'Facecrook,' the website reports the names, photos and last-known locations of fugitives wanted ...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoU.S. officials have warned Google and Apple of privacy concerns as the companies fly 'military-grade spy planes' over cities to gather data for 3D map services. Staffers for Senator Charles Schumer, a De...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck NORTHERN COLOMBIA at a depth of 44 km (27.2 miles), the quake hit at 17:38:30 UTC Wednesday 20th June 2012 The epicenter was 25 km (15.5 miles) Southeast of Puerto ber...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck HALMAHERA, INDONESIA at a depth of 79 km (48.9 miles), the quake hit at 15:54:17 UTC Wednesday 20th June 2012 The epicenter was 65 km (40.3 miles) Northwest of Ternate...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day agoFound on Facebook. Best explanation of fracking I've seen yet. [Click on the picture to embiggen.] [More posts daily at the Detroit News.]
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck PAKISTAN at a depth of 43 km (26.6 miles), the quake hit at 15:05:54 UTC Wednesday 20th June 2012 The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) North of Muzaffarabad, Pakistan No...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day agoWestern media lies by omission. Just had to point this one out. Interesting words from him as quoted by Xinhua *"**The (Syrian) government has expressed that very clearly in the last couple of days.** I'v...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago1812 FLAMES ACROSS THE BORDER Mohawk Nation News http://www.mohawknationnews.com MNN 20 June 2012 Canadians are celebrating their victory in the War of 1812 with lies. Canada refuses to acknowledge their...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 1 day agoA friend sent me these images yesterday. What amazing little creatures live in the rain forests! Another good reason to preserve the biodiversity of this amazing planet! -AK Finger monkeys ar...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 day agoLast night after returning from the store my son and I found a dead love bird on our front porch. There was no sign of trauma. It was hot yesterday. Maybe it expired from the heat and dehydration. I can...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago*Dear Drew Brees, poem by Karla Culbertson* *Steve Gleason to Times-Picayune fans and staffers: “No White Flags” ~The Lens*** *Joe Vitt offers to take lie detector ~Adam Schefter*
- posted by killing Mother at killing Mother - 1 day agoJoseph Smith Jr. was born into a family of poor sharecroppers on December 23, 1805. While the family were originally land owners, purchasing a farm with money from Smith’s mother’s side of the family, t...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*What the acquittal tells you is Americans no longer believe anything their government tells them. Been lied to for tooooo long. * "Roger Clemens must face baseball’s jury next; After acquittal, pitcher’s ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*I'll second that. * "N. Korea chides Clinton over criticism" June 18, 2012 PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea chided Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday for what it calls her “reckless’...
- posted by Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 1 day agoEight fairly chaotic days on Vancouver Island, and now I'm back in Honduras reflecting on how it feels to be taking holidays in the opposite direction. They say you can never go home again. I don't know wh...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day agoIt's so hard to keep track of all the right wing organizations that are pushing disgusting and heinous legislation and ideas across the United States - there are so many of them. But one organization that...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*Sleazy lobbyists like Lanny Davis, Michael Steele & Mike Ross are needed to make sure entitled mulimillionaires like Ann Romney can get reimbursed by the taxpayers for their expensive hobbies* You probab...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day agoJust a widget: Just testing whether their widgets work...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA military investigation is recommending that as many as seven U.S. troops are punished for the burning of Korans. They face administrative punishments, but not criminal charges, following the incident f...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoCasey Anthony is pinning hopes on turning her journals into a money-spinning, tell-all book, despite the fact major publishers have balked at the idea of working with her, it was claimed today. The 26-ye...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoChart: : Falling demand for raw materials from China warns that economic activity is slowing rapidly and there may not be a soft landing. The Baltic Dry Index has Fallen by More than 60% in the past 3 Mon...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*You wanna start?* "Easing of marijuana laws poses challenge for parents; Drug has greater visibility, bringing more questions" by David Crary | Associated Press, June 18, 2012 DENVER - Michael Jolton ...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 1 day agoZeroHedge Tyler Durden If there was any confusion whether Obama is in fact Bush, or maybe even Nixon, this has now been squashed. From Fox: *President Obama has granted an 11th-hour request by Attorney G...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago*WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2012* *She does this stuff all the time:* Last night, Rachel Maddow had us rubes very upset with Senator Scott Brown. After a long and deeply self-involved rant, Maddow began to clue...
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