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BNSF passenger train on Omaha's Riverfront (Photo credit: Wikipedia)- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day agoDell kicked the American Legislative Exchange Council to the curb. No text - nuff said. See Think Progress
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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! - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day agoArt by Maria Ignatieva *Happy Midsummer 2012 - Glad Midsommar 2012 *
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 disinformatio...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day agoJune 20 - Students clash with police after President Pinera calls movement 'communist.'
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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! - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day agoSanta Rosa, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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! - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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! - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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! - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 ...
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