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A magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck CYPRUS REGION at a depth of 5 km (3.1 miles), the quake hit at 14:11:22 UTC Tuesday 26th June 2012 The epicenter was 88 km (54.5 miles) West of Polis, Cyprus No Tsunam... - posted by noreply@blogger.com (GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING) at Global Political Awakening - 12 minutes ago[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Richard Wilcox *Activist Post* One thing that Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) can be relied upon for: a never ending stream of disinformatio...
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*I wasn't able to attend the Children of Light Conference in Denver due to finances, but here's some initial reports trickling in. More details will be forthcoming and I'll add them below. If there's a... - Japan lower house approves doubling sales tax to 10 percent despite ruling party rift. By Chico Harlan, Updated: Tuesday, June 26, 2:18 AM The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pac...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING) at Global Political Awakening - 26 minutes ago[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Michael Snyder, *Contributor* *Activist Post* The American Dream is being systematically destroyed right in front of our eyes and most Americans ...
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** *Contributor: Relayer* I know it has not been quite a week since the last Harper Watch but I have already found nine stunning pieces of news and three excellent commentary articles. *COMMENTARY* Les... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 29 minutes ago
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN at a depth of 36 km (22.4 miles), the quake hit at 13:42:30 UTC Tuesday 26th June 2012 The epicenter was 304 km (188 miles) ESE of... - posted by Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 30 minutes ago
There hasn't been this much nail-biting and speculation since the nation awaited the series finale of *The Sopranos*. And when that last episode ended, not with a bang but with a quick whimpering fade t... - posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 35 minutes agoPaul Waldman makes the case that Democrats shouldn't second-guess themselvesabout the ACA if it's knocked down by the courts. His argument? It didn't matter what was in universal health insurance; whatever ...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 37 minutes ago
Taipei 101 Photo Credit: Dan Nexon I spent 2-9 June in Taiwan on a trip sponsored by the government of the Republic of China. Taipei funds these trips, and others like them, as part of an effort to influe... - posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 54 minutes ago*American Scofflaw * The Treaty of Versailles, signed at the end of WWI, was designed to rip off Germany, to further consolidate the control of international bankers over USA and Europe, and to lay the ba...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING) at Global Political Awakening - 1 hour ago[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Julian Rose *Activist Post* If it's true that 'All the World's a Stage' then our role is to create a change of scene and a new play. Our role in...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 hour agoThe Justice of the Peace was right. Yes, freedom of the press is important. But so is the freedom of people to live their lives in peace. Here a young man, a child in fact, is shot and badly injured wh...
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Albany Democrat-Herald Hasso Herring For the last 10 years Nick Drapela has taught chemistry at Oregon State University. Now the instructor will be out of a job in the fall and says he doesn’t know why... - posted by Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 1 hour ago
*Source: www.noufa2.blogspot.com Date: 06.25.12* [*Cid Gallup Latinoamérica is a respected public opinion survey company and El Siglo has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Panama. The survey – ... - posted by Robert E Kelly at The Duck of Minerva - 1 hour agoXenophobia so sloppy and racist, Glenn Beck himself would blush… This recently ran on Korea’s largest broadcaster in primetime news slots until the outburst controversy grew so loud, it got pulled. Don’t ...
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PPJ Gazette Marti Oakley The United Nations, that bastion of self-enriching, bloated gas bags, will soon be holding a month long convention on the *UN Small Arms TREATY*between 192 nations. Of course, Hil... - posted by Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 hour agoWhen Wake County and Raleigh planned and executed a merger in 2000, they consciously adopted a socioeconomic integration plan with the goal of no more than 40 percent free and reduced priced lunch students...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 hour ago*TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2012* *We are a primitive people:* Intellectually, we are a primitive people. Just consider the chaos which reigned on cable TV last night. This chaos concerned the Supreme Court’s dec...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 2 hours ago[image: Logo for Guy McPherson's blog, 'Nature Bats Last'.] By Guy McPherson 22 June 2012 British economist John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) is well known for his views on monetary policy. The printing-...
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 2 hours agoIt is hard to predict the future of the Liberal Party of Canada. Richard Gwyn wrote yesterday that Bob Rae's decision to not seek the party leadership has made it possible -- the first time in a long ...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 2 hours ago*Luis Dias from Brazil's former European headquarters kindly translates the essence of the video in the comments* Rio de Janeiro has witnessed another preposterous environmentalist summit a few days ago...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 2 hours ago[image: An alleged photo of the Loch Ness monster in Scotland. Associated Press] [Tax dollars for anti-science, another manifestation of Peak Education.] By Claudine Zap, The Sideshow 25 June 2012 It s...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 2 hours ago*Study: BP spill doubled rates of land loss in oiled marsh* *Tropical Storm Debby may churn up tar balls from oil spill* *Bobby Jindal’s Voucher Program: Public Dollars Will Enrich and Fund Radical, Fring...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 2 hours agoSurvey time! Please choose the answer closest to what you would actually do. More information: 1. The acquaintance does not read this blog. 2. After answering the question, please feel free to discuss i...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 2 hours ago[image: A cleaner cleans the facade of a Bankia-Caja Madrid bank branch in the Andalusian capital of Seville, 25 June 2012. Spain formally requested European aid for its banks on Monday but did not speci...
- Climate scientists routinely face death threats, hate mail, nuisance lawsuits, and political attacksposted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 2 hours ago[image: Force of Nature: Michael Mann, a paleoclimatologist, has been the subject of lawsuits, congressional investigations, and an anthrax scare. Tom Clynes]By Tom Clynes 21 June 2012 There’s no polic...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 3 hours ago[image: Logo for the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, June 2012. uncsd2012.org]By George Monbiot, www.guardian.co.uk 25 June 2012 It is, perhaps, the greatest failure of col...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 3 hours agoAlfano v. Piersanti, 2012 ONCA 442 is a good current example of the principle that where a decision disposes finally of a material issue the decision gives rise to a final order. It is often hard to decide...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 3 hours ago* * Rio + 20 was, according to U.N. Gen-Sec Ban Moon, too important to fail yet that's exactly what it did and that's all it did - fail. *Guardian* enviro-scribe, George Monbiot, calls it, "*the greatest f...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING) at Global Political Awakening - 3 hours ago[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...]*Youtube* Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by FeedBurner
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 3 hours agoThis documentary is about people who have made real steps towards their dream -creation of their own kins domains and life in close connection with land. Some people are calling selves tree talker or co...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 3 hours agoWe love funny rice (couscous) in this house. Our first experience with couscous was on the salad bar at Jason's Deli and we have never looked back. We have tried it many different ways and this lightly ...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 3 hours agoHappy Birthday to Mick Jones, 57. The only Mick Jones who matters, I guess I should say by way of clarification. Some good stuff: 1. I know this was last week, but I meant to link to E.J. Graff's excell...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 3 hours agoWhat the hell is going on? Why the meme creation? Is a narrative being created for some kind of biological warfare? Of course, I don't know. The continuous news of this type has got my suspicions aroused....
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING) at Global Political Awakening - 3 hours ago[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] NORML image Phillip Smith *Stop The Drug War* The Legal Aid Society in New York City announced Friday that it had filed a lawsuit against the NYP...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours agoAs soon as Steve Israel took over the DCCC he signaled that he learned nothing about the Great Blue Dog Apocalypse of 2010 by contacting scores of Blue Dogs and New Dems who had lost their seats and beggi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoA magnitude 5.5 earthquake has struck the FIJI REGION at a depth of 175.2 km (108.9 miles), the quake hit at 12:32:36 UTC Tuesday 26th June 2012 The epicenter was 167 km (104 miles) WSW from NUKU'ALOFA, To...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 3 hours agoFound this yesterday - and it's almost a month old. BUT it is very important Virginia Democratic Party of Virginia - passed this resolution: *The 2012 Democratic Party of Virginia State Convention* *Urge...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING) at Global Political Awakening - 3 hours ago[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Anthony Gucciardi *Activist Post* Do you remember how some scientists, researchers, and individuals like Bill Gates were trying to release geneti...
- Link: http://youtu.be/yxwPf-b4xB4 Lots to tell. The Shadows always were an example for me playing the guitar. I am currently busy finalizing a 6 weeks test-run of Kubuntu 12.04 in my production environmen...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 3 hours agoInterPressService Mauro Tedon Subject to politicizationJun 25 2012- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is “significantly underfunded”, warns a new report released here on Monday. The agency ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoPart of Darwin is in lockdown and residents are being warned to stay away from their homes as police hunt a fugitive wanted over the beheading of a man in northern NSW. More than 100 Northern Territory p...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoISTANBUL — As the crisis with Syria over the downing of a Turkish warplane showed no sign of easing, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, buoyed by the support of NATO allies, issued a blunt warning to Da...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 4 hours ago*This is the second in a series of guest posts by Stuart J. Kaufman of the University of Delaware*. *Stuart advances a long-running dispute with PTJ about whether "what goes on inside people's heads" is r...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoPeople remain unaccounted for after a large explosion "completely flattened" a house in the Shaw area of Oldham, firefighters have said. Greater Manchester Fire Service said a search was under way for peo...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING) at Global Political Awakening - 4 hours agoSayer Ji, *Contributor* *Activist Post* Conservative estimates indicate that the 2010 BP oil disaster released over 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf, followed by at least 1.8 million gallons o...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 4 hours agoHelp a war resister adopt a service dog! So far we have raised $3,030 of the $8,000 needed. (The ChipIn page shows the amount donated online, but does not include cheques mailed in.) Every donation brin...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 4 hours agoEmpty Wheel A suicide bombing in Khost, Afghanistan has caused multiple casualties today. Accounts of the bombing by Reuters and the New York Times have substantial differences in pertinent details, but t...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 4 hours agoGlobal Research Michael Carmichael Senior Israeli officials now confirm that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has, "decided to attack Iran before the U.S. elections in November." Netanyahu's agenda is mu...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 4 hours agoIn recent two weeks, the template of this blog has undergone a larger number of changes than it did in previous 3 or so years combined. What we have primarily changed is the provider of the comments. Inst...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING) at Global Political Awakening - 4 hours ago[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Susanne Posel, *Contributor* *Activist Post* Transition towns are a movement modeled after the UN’s Agenda 21 to create communities that adhe...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 4 hours agowoke up near-screaming, with a terrible presence hanging over my left shoulder like a blood sucking fishman (illustration right), this morning. Coincided with our new alarm clock going off, but that's just...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago*“The Most Expensive Home In America”* By Daniel Bates "Ira Rennert, who is worth $5.4 billion, is best known for the 29-bedroom estate he built in Sagaponack in The Hamptons in New York which is said t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago(Reuters) - Greek coalition leaders are expected to appoint Yannis Stournaras, a respected economist who was part of the team that negotiated the country's entry into the euro, as new finance minister, fo...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoA magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE at a depth of 22 km (13.6 miles), the quake hit at 10:38:54 UTC Tuesday 26th June 2012 The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) West of Valparaís...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago*“Why Stress Makes You Miserable”* by Gisela Telis “Stress really does mess with your mind. A new study has found that chronic stress can create many of the brain changes associated with mood disorders...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoFRENCHTOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The reactor of the Fermi 2 nuclear plant in Monroe County has been shut down due to an equipment problem. The Monroe Evening News reports crews idled the plant around 1:30...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp reported a leak in a supply line on the T1 tower at its 502,000 barrel per day (bpd) refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, that led to a release of benzene, according to a filin...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoWNEM TV5 has new information about a family who contracted a mystery illness after a family reunion trip up north. Tonight officials have confirmed at least one person has a case of Legionnaires disease...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoPALM CITY, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities say a central Florida woman was hospitalized and her dogs died after they were attacked by a swarm of bees. Martin County Fire Rescue reports the woman was going for a ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoMore storms will hit eastern and southwestern provinces in three days. Many parts of China have been hit by torrential rains over the last few days, resulting in the evacuation of millions of people and m...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoTurkey says its military rules of engagement have changed after Syria shot down a Turkish plane that strayed into its territory. PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan told parliament that if Syrian troops threatened T...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoA mudslide buries several settlements in eastern Uganda, killing at least 18 people and leaving hundreds missing. Travis Brecher reports.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago(Reuters) - Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky still maintains he is innocent of sexually abusing children, remains determined to clear his name and insists that he has always been ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago(Reuters) - Finance chiefs of the euro zone's four biggest economies will hold last-minute talks in Paris on Tuesday evening to try to narrow differences on the currency area's future after Cyprus became ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago(CNN) -- Already deluged by a stubborn cyclone that wouldn't move, northern Florida could get another 6 to 12 inches of rain over the next two days as Tropical Storm Debby hovers in the northern Gulf of M...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago(CNN) -- The death toll from a landslide that buried three villages in eastern Uganda stood at 18 on Tuesday, with rescue officials fearing the figure would rise. Another 92 were injured and countless mor...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoTOKYO (Kyodo) -- One of the two reactors slated to be fired up again at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power station is expected to be restarted on July 1, utility officials said Monday. Work to r...
- posted by Damian Lataan at Telling the History of the Twenty-First Century as it Really Is - 6 hours agoThis could be good news for those that challenge Andrew Bolt’s extreme right-wing views at his online blog. In his latest post he writes, almost as an ‘Oh, and I nearly forgot’: *Please note: I am told th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoAs this week's European summit approaches, the frequency of meetings increases. The finance ministers of Italy, Spain, Germany and France will meet in Paris this evening. The following evening Chancellor ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA South Wales charity has accused Prime Minister David Cameron of targeting youngsters on benefits in a speech on welfare reform while failing to tackle millionaire tax dodgers. The Prime Minister wants ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoIt could take several weeks for bank customers to have all the effects of the RBS account problems sorted out, the Financial Ombudsman Service has warned. A computer software upgrade at RBS failed last w...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoTurkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the country's military levels have been raised after Syria shot down a Turkish plane that strayed over its territory. He said if Syrian troops threatened Turkey's bor...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA convicted burglar was so fed up with probation meetings disturbing his sleep he persuaded a judge to send him to jail. Kierran Batchelor, 21, from Coventry in England, was handed a suspended 40-week se...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoTwo Thai men arrested over the stabbing murder of Perth Travel agent Michelle Smith in a botched bag-snatch robbery have pleaded guilty, local police said today as the pair took part in a re-enactment. L...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoResidents between Mandurah and Walpole are being warned to prepare for rough weather. The Bureau of Meteorology says a cold front moving over the area this morning could see damaging winds of up to 125 k...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN at a depth of 85.5 km (53.1 miles), the quake hit at 09:10:45 UTC Tuesday 26th June 2012 The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) ENE f...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck the FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA at a depth of 25.6 km (15.9 miles), the quake hit at 08:29:55 UTC Tuesday 26th June 2012 The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck the KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION at a depth of 345.5 km (214.7 miles), the quake hit at 08:04:11 UTC Tuesday 26th June 2012 The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) WNW of L'Esp...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoAn elderly man has drowned and almost 700 people have been evacuated from their homes after devastating flash floods hit British Columbia Interior over the weekend. A raging river swept away and drowned ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoActor Dylan McDermott has solved the mystery of his mother's violent murder 45 years after it happened. The actor, who won a Golden Globe for his role in The Practice and starred in the 1993 movie In the...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoThe husband of one of former President George W. Bush's closest advisors was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl. Terry Peters, 67, was arrested on Saturday after police in Arizona's...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoPolice in northern New Jersey are trying to identify a man who was found wandering naked through the woods yesterday afternoon. The man was taken to Bergen Regional Medical Center for evaluation because ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoEver since the September 11 attacks, the government has stepped up security at airports in a bid to stop terrorists from repeating their feat of hijacking commercial aeroplanes. But officials could be ig...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoThis chilling picture shows the 'rape kit' which a man accused of assaulting his ex-girlfriend at gunpoint was carrying in his car as he followed her on the highway a month later. Aaron Johnson had black...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoA Seattle serial flasher was caught forcing people to watch him masturbate while on his way to face indecent exposure charges in court. Vladimir Mishkov, 26, boasts of having flashed his genitals '200 to ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoThe design (right), which combines grey and green blotches in a pixellated pattern, was supposed to disguise soldiers equally well in desert and in more temperate terrain. But critics claim that the camou...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoA pediatrician has admitted possessing hundreds of thousands of images and videos of child pornography. Todd Parrilla, 48, had a practice in Pawcatuck in south-eastern Connecticut at the time of the arre...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 7 hours agoBiased BBC report that: 'The BBC has commissioned a report on the BBC’s coverage of the ‘Arab Spring’…its conclusions…. 'The BBC’s coverage of the Arab Spring was generally impartial but could have benef...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 7 hours ago------------------------------ Go to web site *How Big Banks Victimize Our Democracy * http://vimeo.com/44511301 Moyers & Company Show 124: How Big Banks Victimize Our Democracy from BillMoyers.c...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoSan Francisco police are searching for a 22-year-old man who vanished without a trace nearly a week ago after meeting someone through a social media app. Evan Flanary, who only recently moved to San Franc...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago2002, “An Ocean Apart” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfPONyDT_WQ
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoA multi-millionaire who went missing at sea was told by his wife that she wanted a divorce hours before he disappeared, it was claimed today. A lawyer for Guma Aguiar's mother Ellen said the wealthy phila...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoThe boss of MI5 warns that a new generation of British terrorists have moved to unstable countries to train for attacks on the UK. The head of MI5 has warned that young British men are heading to new terro...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoNatural disasters across the U.S. are causing death and destruction as wildfires tear through northern Colorado and a tropical storm is drowning Florida and Alabama. More than 250 homes have been inciner...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA 'possessed' Seattle woman starved and brutally tortured six children over a period of at least four years in what is being described as a real life 'house of horrors'. Maria Gonzales Esquivel, 47, phys...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 8 hours agothis is interesting... Address at the Lord Mayor’s Annual Defence and Security Lecture by the Director General of the Security Service, Jonathan Evans. Mansion House, City of London, 25 June 2012 It's ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoIn a possible gay hate crime, two teenage girls in a relationship have been found shot in the head with one dying from her injuries. Mollie Olgin, 19, was fatally shot while her girlfriend, Mary Christine...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA heavily pregnant woman and two accomplices murdered a pensioner with a hammer to get to a safe where they thought he had stashed £30,000. But when Daniel Davies, his stepbrother Troy Schuldt and Davies’...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA mysterious ancient building in Syria, described as a 'landscape for the dead' could be as old as 10,000 years ago - far older than the Great Pyramid. But scientists have been unable to explore the ruin...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoDavid Cameron is facing renewed pressure to hold a referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU after Germany said it would let its people have one. German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said yesterd...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoThe BBC’s coverage of the Arab Spring has been heavily criticised – by the corporation’s bosses. Head of news Helen Boaden admitted that her journalists got carried away with events and produced ‘over-ex...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoWASHINGTON – The election of an Islamist president in Egypt is turning longstanding U.S. policy in the Mideast inside out: The Obama administration is relieved that the candidate representing three decade...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA software update at a big bank which happened a week ago is still causing chaos for customers' bank accounts despite being fixed. Bank accounts at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and the NatWest bank w...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoNato is to meet in emergency session after Syria shot down a Turkish plane - an act condemned by Turkey as a "serious threat" to regional peace. In a letter to the UN Security Council, Turkey described th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoIn an assessment of the security threat facing the UK, MI5 Director-General Jonathan Evans predicts a successful and memorable London Olympics but expresses growing concern about Iran. The head of MI5 say...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck MAULE, CHILE at a depth of 84 km (52 miles), the quake hit at 07:09:27 UTC Tuesday 26th June 2012 The epicenter was 7 km (4.3 miles) South of Talca, Maule, Chile No Re...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck JAVA, INDONESIA at a depth of 81.8 km (50.8 miles), the quake hit at 05:05:25 UTC Tuesday 26th June 2012 The epicenter was 43 km (26 miles) South of Gombangan, Indones...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 9 hours ago*Pharmageddon: The Drug Industry's Grip on Our Health and Lives By Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet 24 June 12 * *An interview with David Healy, an expert witness in homicide, suicide and birth defect ...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 9 hours agoJune 21, 2012 *CORRECTION: *What I say are lateral roots are actually secondary roots, mainly used for water storage. The fine lateral roots branch off the primary root system which usually drills deep...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 9 hours agoThere is a huge undeveloped market in growing any number of wild plants on prepared beds. This allows for consistent quality. Lamb's quarter of which I am most familiar with is picked on the eme...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 9 hours agoSome years ago I set out to imagine the creation of the universe. I was able to assume only the decision to exist. That proved sufficient but obviously the question of necessity creeps in to conf...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 9 hours agoIn practice our insect population has been under general assault for around sixty years and what should be noted is that we like to apply product in and around our specific husbandry schedules...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 9 hours agoJust in case you really trust your senses, along comes this. The warning here though is that several forms of distractions will cause your brain to serious errors. Thus briefly observed phenome...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 9 hours agoDon't those pancakes look yummy! Photo courtesy: thibeault'stable.com One way to sneak some healthy fruit and nutrition into your loved ones (and establish a new family favourite) is banana pancakes with ...
- posted by david at Alberta Diary - 9 hours agoPrime Minister Stephen Harper, left, with Parti Quebecois Leader Pauline Marois … or something very much like that. The politicians pictured above may not be exactly as illustrated in real life. Below: Tho...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 10 hours agoMan feeding pigeons. Photo courtesy: Mat McDermott/CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 New research shows that pigeons have more advanced cognitive processes than we commonly give them credit for, that they can recognize fami...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 10 hours ago*He talked about antiparticles, CPT, spin, and statistics* You may watch those 70 minutes. Feynman starts by saying that Dirac has been his hero so he was honored to give a Dirac lecture. Dirac was a ma...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 10 hours ago*Researchers have clocked light beams made of warped waves carrying 2.5 terabits of information the capability of more than 66 DVDs per second.*The method relies on manipulating what is known as the orbita...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago“On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.” - George Orwell
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 11 hours ago*RESOURCES* TBS-JNN Webcam http://www.youtube.com/user/tbsnewsi/featured Tepco Webcam http://www.tepco.co.jp/nu/f1-np/camera/index-j.html The story is being covered by Fukushima Diary http://fukushima-d...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 11 hours ago'People Power' helps only the criminals. Egypt is no longer safe for tourists. In Cairo "parts of the ring road encircling this capital are dangerous no man’s lands, unsafe to drive on, by day or night...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 11 hours agoHaldeman's diary: -- Got into the Martha Mitchell problem. Apparently she called [reporter] Helen Thomas the other night and said if John didn't get his ass out of politics she was going to kick him out ...
- posted by leftdog at Buckdog - 11 hours ago* * *Storm chasers converging on Saskatchewan hoping to catch sight of tornadoes ** * *REGINA - A storm chaser says he and others from the southern United States are going to be watching the skies in southe...
- posted by Jay Allbritton at Jay Allbritton - 11 hours agoThis clip shows the countless times that Aaron Sorkin has repeated himself. The borrowing spans his entire body of work and I think it's brilliant. This clip made me want to watch *Sports Night*, *West Win...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoIf you haven't looked closely at your Facebook contact information in a while, then it may come as a surprise. The social network with 900 million profiles, has taken it upon itself to change users' emai...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe conversation is one being repeated across the country: ‘Feeling hot and everything aches. Think I might have the flu.’ ‘A colleague has just called in with similar. Have you seen a doctor?’ The diffe...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoDavid Cameron is facing renewed pressure to hold a referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU after Germany said it would let its people have one. German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said yesterd...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoOfficials say final death toll may be in hundreds after landslides caused by torrential rain bury homes Landslides induced by torrential rain have destroyed three villages in the mountainous district of B...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA mother has been arrested after allegedly throwing her two young sons to their deaths from a 15th-floor balcony because she was 'fed up' with them. Galina Ryabkova, 30, was seen looking emotionless on su...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe ‘white widow’ of a 7/7 London bomber is the prime suspect for a deadly terror attack in Kenya. Samantha Lewthwaite, whose husband Jermaine Lindsay blew up a Piccadilly Line train, has been on the run...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoCampaigners are calling for a ban on a colouring linked to cancer which has been found in Coca-Cola sold in Britain. A chemical in the caramel colouring that gives the drink its distinctive colour has be...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoBanker Stephen Hester faced calls to forfeit his bonus and fall on his sword yesterday after the computer meltdown continued to cause chaos for millions. A leading peer said there was ‘no question’ of th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoSanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- Land mine explosions have killed at least 73 people in Yemen's Abyan province since al Qaeda fighters were defeated two weeks ago, the Yemeni Defense Ministry said. Among those kille...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago*"The movement for a constitutional amendment is spreading like a Montana prairie fire," says Montana's Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer, with Republican Lt. Gov. John Bolinger looking on. A constitutiona...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 12 hours agoCANADA’S DAY OF INFAMY MNN. 25 June 1012. Every July 1st Canadians celebrate the birth of their corporation. By Mohawk Nation News http://www.mohawknationnews.com July 1, 1867 Canada was issued its ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago(CNN) -- The Egyptian uprising, launched by young liberals hoping to bring freedom, democracy and equality to their country, has finally produced a new president. Mohamed Morsi, long known as the hard-li...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoSRINAGAR: More than two dozen people were injured in clashes with police in downtown Srinagar after a fire broke out in 200-year-old Peer Dastageer Sahib shrine at Khanyar. The fire, which started in the ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoPresident Moncef Marzouki has rebuked the prime minister for allowing a former Libyan official to be extradited to Libya, prompting fears on Monday of a split in the governing coalition. Some government ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoJune 25 - After a seven-hour cabinet meeting, a Turkish government spokesman says Syria's shooting down of a Turkish jet will not go ''unpunished.'' Sarah Irwin reports
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoJune 25 - Three federal police officers are dead after a shootout with suspected drug traffickers at Mexico City's international airport. Sarah Irwin reports.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago(Reuters) - Moody's Investors Service on Monday downgraded the long-term debt and deposit ratings for 28 Spanish banks and two issuer ratings, following on the heels of a cut to Spain's sovereign rating t...
- posted by Grant G at The Straight Goods - 12 hours agoCommon denominators, Patrick Kinsella was Gordon Campbell`s 2001 election campaign manager, Patrick Kinsella was Gordon Campbell`s 2005 election campaign manager... Questions questions and more question...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago(Reuters) - Struggling debtor Spain is likely to pay its highest short-term borrowing rates in over six months on Tuesday as investors demand high premiums, skeptical about euro zone leaders' readiness to ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA British man is facing the death penalty in the United Arab Emirates, the Foreign Office has confirmed. A local news report claimed the unnamed Briton is a 21-year-old. He was sentenced in Abu Dhabi alo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoThe head of MI5 has warned that young British men are heading to new terror training grounds in North Africa and the Middle East. Arab Spring revolutions in Libya, Syria and Egypt have created unstable a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck the FLORES REGION, INDONESIA at a depth of 80.2 km (49.8 miles), the quake hit at 02:31:01 UTC Tuesday 26th June 2012 The epicenter was 15 km (9.3 miles) North of Kem...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck KYRGYZSTAN at a depth of 35.9 km (22.3 miles), the quake hit at 00:32:44 UTC Tuesday 26th June 2012 The epicenter was 35 km (21 miles) WNW of Baetov, Kyrgyzstan No Rep...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION at a depth of 94 km (58.4 miles), the quake hit at 23:58:00 UTC Monday 25th June 2012 The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) NNW of Viso...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the KURIL ISLANDS at a depth of 60.7 km (37.7 miles), the quake hit at 21:16:04 UTC Monday 25th June 2012 The epicenter was 72 km (44 miles) ENE of Severo-Kuril'sk, Ru...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck AZERBAIJAN at a depth of 2 km (1.2 miles), the quake hit at 20:05:58 UTC Monday 25th June 2012 The epicenter was 1 km (0.6 miles) South of Saki, Azerbaijan No Reports ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours agoMarc Enfroy, “A Beautiful Soul” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdz2UfCua9k
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 14 hours ago*BountyGate: “It Ain’t Over Till The Fat Lady Sings ~Saints Tailgate*
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 14 hours agoThe remaining Day Zero activities, in direct contrast to yesterday, went smoothly - free shuttle to O'Hare and breezed through security in ninety seconds flat. From Logan a free shuttle ride and $2 light-r...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 14 hours ago*Note: signatures are only valid for those who are members of International Studies Association at the time of review. Please do not sign if you are not, or will not, be an ISA member.* Below is a lette...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours agoSometimes, if you wait long enough for a clear and moonless night, the stars will come out with a vengeance. One such occasion occurred earlier this month at the Piton de l'Eau on Reunion Island. In the f...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 14 hours agoFacebook find of the day. Love this. [via] [More posts daily at the Detroit News.]
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago*“You'll Be The Death Of Me Yet”* by Chet Raymo "What parent hasn't said that to a child. Or at least thought it. "You're taking years off my life," we say. And maybe we mean it and maybe we don't, bu...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 15 hours agoIf folk wondered/hoped/were frightened that John Key’s second term would see him unleash the hounds of radical reform, with yesterday’s announcement of a ten-point five-year plan—one complete with “Key ...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 15 hours ago*America is a military dictatorship.* The plan to implement martial law in the United States is slowly falling into place. The sighting of* **tanks on the streets* of St. Louis is another sign that A...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 15 hours agoDaniel Ellsberg, Noam Chomsky, Glenn Greenwald, Naomi Wolf, Bill Maher, Michael Moore, and Oliver Stone were among the prominent USians who signed a letter urging Ecuador to grant asylum to Wikileaks found...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours agoJared Polis (D-CO) has been an eloquent advocate for marijuana decriminalization. Last week he grilled Obama's clueless DEA Administrator, Michele Leonhart, over the relative health impacts of marijuana ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 16 hours ago[image: Wildfire in the Whitewater-Baldy Complex of the Gila National Forest, 31 May 2012. Kari Greer / US Forest Service Gila National Forest via flickr] By Nathanael Massey and ClimateWire 14 June 201...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 16 hours agoIf you’ve been enjoying the Guest Posts that have appeared here from Dale Halling on Intellectual Property, then you’re going to *love* this special offer, a FREE Kindle version of his book explaining ...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 16 hours agoIn Federal Court:* Council of Canadians: There was vote supression in the 2011 election. Conservative Party of Canada: Maude Barlow hates us. Council of Canadians: There was vote supression in the 2011 ...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 16 hours agoParliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page's quest to force the Harper GovernmentTM to release details of its budget cuts escalated over the weekend, when Page said that the government's secrecy could lay the...
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 16 hours agoLight blogging this week, on the road. _______________________ [Taiwan] Don't miss the comments below! And check out my blog and its sidebars for events, links to previous posts and picture posts, and sco...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoLonesome George has died, leaving the world one species poorer. The only remaining Pinta Island tortoise and celebrated conservation icon passed away Sunday, the Galapagos National Park Service said in a ...
- posted by rc at GlobaLove Think Tank - 17 hours agoVoices of the Future: We need to change our ways - YouTube: June 21, 2012: 11-year-old Ta'Kaiya is outside the Rio 20 plenary urging world leaders to act now, and calls the society to the Earth Revolutio...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 17 hours agoYes, GDP is a very imperfect measure, but look at this graph showing GDP (as a proxy for production) over the last two millennia: [image: image] You should read this in the context of the graph below sh...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago*“Praying”* “It doesn't have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a vacant lot, or a few small stones; just pay attention, then patch a few words together and don't try to make them elabor...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours agoSagle, Idaho, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago*"Would Finding Aliens Shatter Religious Beliefs?"* by Mike Wall "The discovery of life beyond Earth would shake up our view of humanity's place in the universe, but it probably wouldn't seriously thr...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 17 hours agoReading the blogs this morning I stumbled across someone describing Martyn Bradbury. Yes, it’s true. Answering a question at the Laissez Faire blog, Don Watkins quotes the perfect description: *Q:* *Tar...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 17 hours agoRepublicans have become so accustomed to getting away with lying, sometimes they slip up and admit the truth. Take this Pennsylvania Republican who admitted in public Voter ID laws are really about suppres...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago“Kindness trumps greed: it asks for sharing. Kindness trumps fear: it calls forth gratefulness and love. Kindness trumps even stupidity, for with sharing and love, one learns.” - Marc Estrin
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago“All the money you make will never buy back your soul. ” - Bob Dylan
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago*"The Scam Wall Street Learned From the Mafia"* By Matt Taibbi "Someday, it will go down in history as the first trial of the modern American mafia. Of course, you won't hear the recent financial corru...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 18 hours ago*This appears to be legitimate. Strangely enough. * Zombie Apocalypse in Bangor Teaches Emergency Crews How to Respond to Disasters *with video!* *A little more here * The undead are wreaking havoc in Main...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago*“Money in America”* by James Quinn “It’s over 100 ‘pages’ and I didn’t think to set the numbering, my bad. But it’s all in one piece, a few minor corrections and additions. (Every time I look at the te...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 19 hours agoThree pieces to steer you to today. James Fallows has sparked plenty of talk by using the word "coup" to talk about the possible decision by the Supremes on ACA. At Greg's place, I talk about Constitution...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 19 hours ago*From http://suitpossum.blogspot.com/ (Financial Activist Blog)* *Monday, 4 June 2012* *Forget postage stamps, let's securitise the Queen* *(MBS) MONARCH-BACKED SECURITY* Yesterday's Jubilee cau...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 19 hours ago* * * * *Posted at http://2012portal.blogspot.ca/* *by Cobra on June 25, 2012* I would like to bring to your attention that this Sunday, June 24th, was the exact time of Uranus-Pluto square, a very po...
- posted by Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 19 hours agoThe big debate today is still about DRM and whether it is necessary to prevent piracy . Some would argue that it is more of a sledgehammer to crack a virtual nut and mechanism that is actually failing t...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 19 hours agoWait! I titled this post incorrectly. Romney's not explaining anything to anyone. (CEO's rarely do; they feel they're entitled to blind obedience and knee jerk allegiance. After all, they sign the bonus ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago*"The American War Racket"* by Bill Bonner "One of the advantages of moving overseas is that you see home more clearly. We came to France last week. Already, America comes into clearer focus. The Fr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago(Reuters) - A fifth euro zone country turned to Brussels for emergency funding on Monday when Cyprus announced it was seeking a lifeline for its banks and its budget, hours after Spain submitted a formal ...
- posted by Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 19 hours agoAbout 70 years ago, thousands of Allied aircrew packed themselves in to large, slow moving and vulnerable bombers, flew over German cities and dropped incalculable numbers of high explosive and incendiary bo...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 20 hours ago*Because it's a corporate court.* "Supreme Court’s approval rating at 44%, poll says; Most say rulings are influenced by personal views" by Adam Liptak and Allison Kopicki | New York Times, June 08, 201...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago(Reuters) - Tropical Storm Debby weakened slightly as it moved slowly over the northern Gulf of Mexico on Monday, dumping heavy rains and threatening to bring flooding and tornadoes to parts of Florida. ...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 21 hours agoSyrian forces opened fire on second Turkish plane: deputy PM Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc also said for the first time that Syrian forces had opened ground fire on a CASA search and rescue ...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 21 hours agoNot that this is ever going to be allowed to go anywhere, but you have to love Bernie Sanders for trying to revoke Citizens United via a constitutional amendment. Sign his petition at the link. Yes, I...
- posted by Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 21 hours agoWorth 100,000 wordsPriceless photo of Eva pitching by Linda Rosier, NY Daily News. Commentary by Juan Gonzalez for the Daily News: Even in public education, the rich keep getting richer. That's the messag...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 21 hours ago*Posted by Benjamin Fulford* *June 26, 2012* Last week the cabal-controlled media in the West tried to pretend the Rio summit was a failure even though $513 billion was pledged by 100 nations to fi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoBeijing, Jun 24 (PTI) At least four people were killed and 100 others injured after a 5.7-magnitude earthquake jolted a remote mountainous area in southwest China today, leaving a trail of destruction. T...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoMen wearing what appeared to be police uniforms opened fire in a food court at Mexico City's international airport on Monday, killing three federal policemen on an anti-drug mission as panicked witnesses d...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 21 hours agoOntario Deputy Judges' Association v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2012 ONCA 437 is a helpful decision making clear that a judge serving at the pleasure of a chief justice is permissible while serving at th...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 21 hours agoToyota to move Yaris North American production to France. Reuters Sat Jun 23, 2012 12:33pm http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/06/23/business-us-toyota-france-us-idUKBRE85M07B20120623 (Excerpted) - "Toyota...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoRescuers are slowly edging closer to a person they say is still alive under the rubble of a mall collapse in Northern Ontario as officials confirm one person is dead and at least 30 others are unaccounted...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoCyprus becomes fifth eurozone country to ask for outside financial help after it is caught in backwash of Greek crisis Cyprus has become the fifth eurozone country to seek outside financial help to shore ...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA second Turkish plane has been shot at by Syria, Turkey's deputy prime minister said, as it was searching for the wreckage of a fighter jet downed by Syria last week. Bulent Arinc told a televised news ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoNEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Greek finance minister Vassilis Rapanos has resigned for health reasons, the Greek government said Monday. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras accepted Rapanos' resignation, according t...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 22 hours ago'a racist is someone that’s winning an argument with a guardian reader or other lefty – no more, no less' Not my definition but one that I found on the web today and bearing in mind my last post and the n...
- posted by thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 22 hours agoAnd Dan Gardner and other twits stand up for him. Gardner, pull your head out of your ass. Either the harpercons are a threat to democracy, either they are contemptuous of Parliament, either they are frau...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 22 hours ago*Debby stalls, drenches Florida ~Wunderblog* *Corps of Engineers erodes land rights* *Council’s Criminal Justice leaders mum on possible new jail ~Tom Gogola, The Lens** * *Crossdresser and another man r...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 22 hours agoJames Fallows asks what would we say if this was happening in another country: * First, a presidential election is decided by five people, who don't even try to explain their choice in normal legal terms...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 22 hours ago*I call it that because it never appeared in my printed paper, and I bought one and looked for it since* "CIA aiding those supplying weapons to Syria rebels" by Eric Schmitt | New York Times, June 21, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoSpain formally requested eurozone rescue loans to recapitalise its debt-laden banks today as the euro and shares fell on investor scepticism about this week's EU summit. Spanish Economy Minister Luis de ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoSecurity was stepped up around the Eiffel Tower today after an English-speaking man climbed to the top and then jumped to his death. The 25-year-old suicide victim, who has not been named but who came fr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoThese disturbing images show dogs being cooked and served up as a meal in a grim Chinese tradition. The animals are chopped up and cooked in front of diners - despite a growing anti-cruelty campaign. A ...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 22 hours agoTanks on American streets is one more sign that America is entering a new era of overt military rule. http://www.infowars.com/media-dismisses-warning-about-tyranny-and-troops-on-the-street-as-kooky-consp...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoWorld stocks fell sharply today amid concern that a critical European summit later this week will not yield a deal that might restore confidence in the future of the 17-country euro currency. Investors al...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago(Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) was expected to face a bill of 100 million pounds or more from last week's computer systems failure that caused massive disruption for millions of customers. Brit...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 23 hours agoGood news! Bank Computer Develops Conscience THOUSANDS of people were unable to withdraw cash yesterday after a super-intelligent bank computer began to question its moral purpose. Giant computer BANK-9000...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 23 hours agoIf you're willing to put blind faith in the AMA, the Republican Party and corporate America (Monsanto), you probably aren't going to worry much about Frankenfood anyway. If you're concerned about eating ...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 23 hours agoI hope this is a translation problem. My concern is a statement in a report about contamination found in a Tokyo park: NHK: Radioactive hot spots found in Tokyo park http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/2...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoSeoul, South Korea (CNN) -- North Korea has reacted angrily to the use of its flag during live-fire drills by South Korea and the United States, calling it "a grave provocative act." The comments from Py...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA gunman "smirked or laughed" after shooting a student through the head at close range, a jury has heard. Kiaran Stapleton, 21, is accused of killing Anuj Bidve in the early hours of Boxing Day last year...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoJune 25 - Another week, another summit. This time investors aren't expecting any new concrete steps to solve the region's crisis. And that's being reflected in the markets.
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 23 hours agoI am supposed to be on vacation right now.. But I am still surfing the Internet, and will be placing an article up in this blog from time to time over the next few weeks. While surfing the net late yeste...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 23 hours agoWho should lead the Liberal Party? Who cares? To me, and I suspect a great many other Canadians, the Liberal Party is and will remain irrelevant until it speaks to us about things that matter. I have ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoATHENS, Greece (AP) — Germany tamped down expectations Monday that this week's European Union summit would emerge with any significant action on Greece as the debt-strapped nation's two key politicians st...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago(Reuters) - Syria described its shooting down of a Turkish warplane as an act of self-defense and warned Turkey and its NATO allies against any retaliatory measures. In shell-shattered districts of Homs,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoThere isn't enough money on this planet to rescue this flawed system, but it sure forces us closer to United states of Europe. More to follow
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoSyria warned Nato on Monday that its territory was “sacrosanct” as the military alliance prepared to discuss Syria’s shooting down of a Turkish air force jet last week. The fallout from the incident, whic...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 23 hours agoWhen writing about environmental calamity descending on the United States one must resist the urge to resort to "they had it coming." Yes, America has been a huge and to date insurmountable obstacle to ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 1 day agoThe thing about dog whistles is that dogs yap when they hear them. Back in 2008, while Ken Epp was insisting that his private member's bill, C484, the 'Unborn Victims of Crime' bill, had absotively nothing...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck OFF THE COAST OF BIO-BIO, CHILE at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 13:38:16 UTC Monday 25th June 2012 The epicenter was 106 km (65 miles) WSW of Lebu, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck GUATEMALA at a depth of 91.2 km (56.7 miles), the quake hit at 14:37:49 UTC Monday 25th June 2012 The epicenter was 7 km (4 miles) South of Pasaco, Guatemala No Tsunam...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day agoAmnesty International responds to Supreme Court decision on Arizona law on immigration enforcement SB 1070 Contact: Sharon Singh, ssingh@aiusa.org, 202-675-8579, @spksingh By Amnesty International Posted at...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago*This is the first in a series of guest posts by Stuart J. Kaufman of the University of Delaware*. *Stuart advances a long-running dispute with PTJ about whether "what goes on inside people's heads" is re...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day agoCBPP's Chuck Marr and Chye-Ching Huang published a paper earlier this month arguing that some proponents of tax reform are going about it all wrong; in particular, they argue, tax reform must raise revenue...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*Someone wanna shut the b*** up?* "Woman's loud praise -- and curses -- lead to charges" June 8, 2012 BRISTOL, Tenn.—A Tennessee woman says she was *just praising the Lord*, although *at high volume*, whe...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 1 day agoDer Spiegel Ulrike Putze *Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi has won presidential elections in Egypt, but the country's military stripped the office of its powers before his victory was even ann...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago*MONDAY, JUNE 25, 2012* *Who taught Chris Hayes how to talk:* On Sunday, the New York Times did a profile of Chris Hayes, who hosts an MSNBC show on weekend mornings. Hayes strikes us as a smart, sincere...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*Not to me.* "Texas woman faces child porn charges" ASSOCIATED PRESS, June 09, 2012 DALLAS - A *wealthy Texas woman* has been charged with *collecting and trading child pornography* online in what experts...
- posted by Judy Rabin at Schools Matter - 1 day agoPerhaps like an alcoholic or drug addict, our children, teachers, public schools and country will have to hit rock bottom before finding a way to recover from the last 30 years of destructive corporate ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"Why don’t more young people go to the theater?" * * *Maybe they are playing musical chairs**. *
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*And I'll give you one gue$$ where it's gone (see bottom of post for answer) *: "States lag in tobacco prevention funding, report asserts" by Michael Felberbaum | Associated Press, May 25, 2012 RICHMON...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe EU has condemned Syria's downing of a Turkish jet, but has ruled out military action. Turkey has said the jet mistakenly strayed into Syrian airspace Friday, but was quickly warned to leave by Turki...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(Reuters) - Mohamed Mursi, Egypt's first freely elected president whose powers have already been curbed by the army, began work on a coalition on Monday after touring his new palace, once home of Hosni Mu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoLulzSec hacker Ryan Cleary today admitted hacking into the websites of the CIA and the Pentagon as well as the Serious Organised Crime Squad in the UK. Cleary confessed to launching a string of cyber-atta...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*Let's lead with the ladies.... * "Turkish women protest plan to curb abortions" Associated Press, June 04, 2012 ANKARA, Turkey - On Sunday, *thousands of demonstrators staged the largest protest yet* *a...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*It's useless....* "Ugandan women go to court over maternal mortality; Women appeal to court for help" by Rodney Muhumuza | Associated Press, June 14, 2012 KAMPALA, Uganda - More than *100 women die in ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*Did he apologize for the war crimes?* "Panetta sends message to China on Vietnam visit" June 04, 2012 CAM RANH BAY, Vietnam - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta used a visit Sunday to Vietnam to *make clear ...
- posted by Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 1 day ago*Source: Diario La Capital Date: 06.24.2012 http://www.lacapital.com.ar/la-ciudad/Investigadores-aseguran-que-en-Rosario-hubo-cuatro-abducciones-extraterrestres-20120624-0018.html * *Argent...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day agoSometimes you run into something – that just scares the crap out of you. And yes – again – it has to do with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). In this little snip below – President Reagan ...
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day agoYesterday, Tim Harper speculated about who would stay in and who would be tossed out of Stephen Harper's cabinet. To qualify for Harper's cabinet, you have to be a cheerleader. But the truth is that eve...
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