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Thomas Paine

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

Friday, June 29, 2012

29 June - RSS SnapShot! Pt II

hort Sharp Science

Tech Drive In

  • 25 Things I did After Installing Ubuntu 12.04 ...
    Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" is proving everyone wrong. It is perhaps the most loved Ubuntu release since "Lucid Lynx". Unity is now an almost-finished product. The rock solid nature of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS along with bold moves such as the introduction of features like HUD is winning the h ...
  • Best Free Android Apps for TV and Film Buffs
    Some people say that smart phones are slowly killing televisions as a source of viewing content, but we believe that the two go hand in hand. After all, you don't have to choose one over the other. Being the nice folks we are, we decided to find you the very best Android apps that will ...
  • How to Connect Blackberry Playbook with Ubuntu ...
    I bought a Blackberry Playbook recently, primarily because of its rock-bottom pricing which suddenly made it an excellent value-for-money Tablet. It was the base 16 GB version and when I tried connecting it to my Ubuntu via USB, Playbook was just not being automatically detected as a USB d ...
  • What's New in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS [Screenshot Tour]
    Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" was finally released few weeks ago and it truly is one of the best Ubuntu releases ever. We have been following the release pretty closely and now it's time for a brief round-up. Here is a quick screenshot tour through every single new feature that was added ...
  • EA Starts Publishing Games in Ubuntu Software ...
    EA is one of the most established names in the world of gaming. They have just published two of their browser based games - Lord of Ultima and Command & Conquer Tiberium Alliances - in Ubuntu Software Center. May not be their greatest of games but still, EA took some effort to actually pub ...

Case About Bird Flu

  • EMERGENCY UPDATE: SIGNS GLOBALISTS PLAN NEW PA ...
     *Video update on the new pandemic hype coming soon *New pandemic virus hype by controlled media and Infowars *Threat of a new monolithic mass vaccination campaign as real as in 2009 *Pharmaceutical companies given more influence over WHO pandemic virus warning system in 2011 Hundreds of reports ...
  • Austrian Globalist received kickbacks over pan ...
    Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly, the husband of the former Austrian health minister Maria Rauch-Kallat, received a kick back of 275.591 euros between March and December 2006 for his role in a deal to buy pandemic flu masks, according to local media. http://kurier.at/nachrichten/4500892-mensdorff-pouill ...
  • GREEK ELECTIONS ON SUNDAY COULD SPELL EXIT FRO ...
    European leaders are set to hold an emergency video call ahead of elections in Greece on Sunday 17th which could see Greece exit from the eurozone. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/9334129/David-Cameron-holds-video-call-with-European-leaders-over-financial-crisis.html Bankers can use mathemati ...
  • Protest the ESM: it can take all your money an ...
    The German government has named the nine lawmakers who can decide in total secrecy what happens to hundreds of millions if not billions of German tax payer’s money in the next few years if the parliament votes „Yes“ to  the ESM euro facility on June 29th. http://www.freiewelt.net/nachricht-10116 ...
  • Will there be a flase flag bioterrorism attack ...
    Note: the WHO’s pandemic plans are still in place with the UK among the few countries to introduce a slight modification. In a meeting in Geneva  in May 2010, the WHO’s advisory committee on vaccines, SAGE, confirmed that the people of the world will get the same toxic pandemic jabs ...

Invisible Opportunity

  • The Rap Music Conspiracy
    By anonymous After more than 20 years, I’ve finally decided to tell the world what I witnessed in 1991, which I believe was one of the biggest turning point in popular music, and ultimately American society. I have struggled for a long time weighing the pros and cons of making this story public ...
  • Relentless is as Relentless Does
    By Les Visible Well what do you know? Lady Nature has got her powers back and you want to go on with your wars? We shall see what your plastic Jesus delivers, once you have bent over for the bankers who finance both sides. The bankers do indeed expect it to turn out as it [...]
  • The BP Hell Bitch and the Fukushima Slut do Lunch
    By Les Visible Well, the bleat goes on, as million of sheep pursue The Silence of the Lambs. The proof for the poetry and policy of what happened in Iceland (read the comments below the video) is now beyond dispute. This is the template for what must be done around the world. We have spoken [...]
  • Iceland Dismantles Corrupt Gov’t Then Ar ...
  • Panic in the New World Order
    Lew Rockwell – by Gary North For the first time in my career, I see the international establishment, sometimes called the New World Order, facing a crisis so large that its very survival is at stake. For the first time, these people are scared. There are not many of them. In his book, Superclass ...

Veterans Today

  • JFK Conspiracy: The bullet hole in the Windshield
    Jim Fetzer   Among the most controversial issues in JFK research has been the existence or not of a through-and-through hole in the windshield of the Lincoln limousine in which JFK was riding when he was assassinated in Dallas on 22 November 1963.  As a long-time student of this question, I ...
  • UFOs are IFOs
    A DETAILED EXAMINATION OF ALL THE AVAILABLE EVIDENCE STRONGLY SUGGESTS THAT “UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS” (UFO’S) ARE ACTUALLY “IDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS” (IFO’S). ——————— By Preston James ————& ...
  • Global Economic Analysis Summary June 2012 (Pa ...
      by Mike Stathis   For nearly three years we have been discussing important global macroeconomic trends in order to assess the progress and risks of what has been labeled a global economic “recovery.” The illusion accounting for these improvements was created by a global release of tr ...
  • Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News – June ...
    The VA for Vets Hiring Event started Tuesday in Detroit. June 26-28 the COBO Center will host employers from all over the country who have jobs for Vets.
  • SYRIA: No to Intervention, No to Illusions
    Fifteen months on, the short Syrian spring of 2011 has long since morphed into a harsh winter of discontent.

electric politics

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

PR News

  • Industry preps for hard work ahead on healthca ...
    PRWeek asked industry leaders to comment on how the Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act, which largely upheld the law, will affect both client- and agency-side communications leaders, as well as public affairs professionals. A roundup of their answers follows.
  • States to promote exchanges, explain Medicaid ...
    WASHINGTON: Insurance companies will ramp up their outreach to young and healthy consumers to show the benefits of coverage in the wake of the decision by the Supreme Court to largely uphold the Affordable Care Act.
  • PRSA wants more freedom for industry on Wikipedia
    NEW YORK: The Public Relations Society of America is commending recommendations made by the UK-based Chartered Institute of Public Relations on the use of Wikipedia. However, it would like to see PR professionals have more freedom to edit the site.
  • San Francisco hires three firms to rep SFO abroad
    SAN FRANCISCO: The city of San Francisco has established a pool of pre-qualified organizations to provide international strategic marketing services to promote San Francisco International Airport.
  • DeVries PR opens four offices in Asia, one in ...
    NEW YORK: IPG agency DeVries Public Relations, a 35-year-old New York City-based consumer PR firm, is expanding globally with five new offices in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Singapore, and London.

A special project of Foreign Policy and the New America Foundation

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

Field Notes - Alberta Environment

Stop NATO

  • U.S. Tests New Interceptor Missile For NATO Sy ...
    Stop NATO June 28, 2012 U.S. Tests New Interceptor Missile For NATO System Deployment Rick Rozoff Standard Missile-3 launch On June 27 the U.S.’s Missile Defense Agency conducted its second test of the new-generation Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block 1B interceptor since last month. The miss ...
  • Conquer And Plunder: Kosovo For The NATO General
    Voice of Russia June 28, 2012 Kosovo for the general Igor Siletsky and Timur Blokhin ==== Wesley Clark always had good contacts with the Kosovo “government” and its “prime minister” – the former militant Hashim Thaci. There is even a street in Pristina named after Wesley Clark. “It is clea ...
  • Syria: NATO Member Turkey, Proxy Saudi Arabia ...
    Global Research June 28, 2012 NATO Proxies Turkey and Saudi Arabia Move to War Footing on Eve of Syrian ‘Peace Summit’ By Finian Cunningham The NATO-backed covert aggression against Syria could be reaching a tipping point for all-out war involving state forces. That should be no surprise. For th ...
  • U.S. Double Standards Crystal Clear In Bahrain
    Voice of Russia June 28, 2012 U.S. double standards crystal clear in Bahrain John Robles ==== [W]here are the calls from the U.S. and NATO for a “humanitarian intervention” or for regime change in Bahrain, a U.S. ally that hosts the headquarters of the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet? Nowhere. However on ...
  • Poll: Three Of Four Pakistanis Consider The U. ...
    RT June 28, 2012 3 in 4 Pakistanis now consider the US an “enemy”, resentment towards US grows Approximately 3 in 4 Pakistanis now consider the US an enemy according to a new Pew research poll released on June 27th. The polls show increasing hostility towards the US and new lows in the already s ...

Before It's News

Intel Hub

  • NYPD Spent $10 Million on Radiation Detecting ...
    Shepard Ambellas | On behalf of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rhetoric the NYPD made a new purchase with federal funding.
  • Planet X Classics
    theintelhub.com | Shepard Ambellas the founder and director of The Intel Hub and the official host of the former Itel nHub Radio Show along with George Noory have had the privilege to interview Dr. Jayson Rand.
  • Tourism Booms in Mexico as Crime Rises
    theintelhub.com | At the recent G20 Summit (held in Mexico) economic development was an issue on the table. However, despite the high crime rate Mexico set a tourist record last year of 22 million visitors.
  • 9/11 Explosive Evidence Film & US Tour
    Avalon | On May 22nd, 2012, Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth presented to the world and members of the press, the Premier of 9/11: Experts Speak Out. Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth also launched a World Premier Tour across the United States covering 30 cities, which be ...
  • 35 Reasons Micro-Nukes Were Utilized to Demoli ...
    theintelhub.com | Micro-Nukes were likely used at the base core of the buildings at the WTC complex in conduction with nano-thermite and C4. Multiple demolitions were used.

FRS

  • India: “…1.8 million victims of po ...
    India’s record on custodial torture dismal Anahita Mukherji | The Times of India | June 28, 2012 NEW DELHI: The Torture Convention was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10 December 1984 (resolution 39/46) and it came into force on 26 June 1987 after being r ...
  • The Feds are watching — badly
    [US imperialist xenophobia translates into bizarre and concentrated cultural ignorance, especially when replicated by aggressive, repressive government bureaucracies.  The harm inflicted on targeted communities is beyond measure.  This investigative report from the San Francisco Bay Guardian, an ...
  • At Rio+20, Bhattarai, betrayer of Nepalese rev ...
    Bhattarai, revisionist and traitor, get out! Down with revisionism! Long live Maoism! Long live the People’s War! The Revolutionary Front for the Defense of the People – FRDDP (Brazil), repudiates the presence in our country of the revisionist traitor Baburam Bhattarai, current Prime Minis ...
  • “You can clean up a pig, put a ribbon on ...
    [The capitalist state in the US has, from its very beginning, enforced its subjugation of the Africans enslaved, of indigenous who survived conquest and genocide, and many others subordinated through colonialism, including millions drawn from foreign conquests for cheap labor in the US.  These o ...
  • Odisha, India: Commerce and transport shut dow ...
    Maoist bandh hits life in west Odisha SUDHIR MISHRA | BALANGIR | The Pioneer | Tuesday, 26 June 2012 Further asserting their consolidation in Balangir district and other parts of western Odisha, the Chhattisgarh-Odisha State Committee of the CPI-Maoist on Monday called a 24-hour b ...

Ken O'Keefe

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

StillSmallVoice

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

Associated Content

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

Popsci - Science

  • With New Nicotine Vaccine, Cigarettes Give You ...
    By denaturing nicotine before it reaches the heart and brain, a new vaccine could mute the addictiveness of tobacco products Nicotine addiction is a hard habit to break. But what if you could never get hooked in the first place? Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York report in ...
  • Video: Emulsifying Molecule Could Magnetize Oi ...
    A lot of oil spill clean-up technology is focused on heavily mechanical solutions--gadgets and machines pumping the muck out of water. But some interesting solutions to the quandary come from other fields of science, and one team is looking to chemistry for a better way. They're using an emulsif ...
  • The World's First Successfully Implanted Synth ...
    In another leap forward for regenerative/transplant medicine, an international team of surgeons working in Russia have for the first time transplanted completely synthetic pieces of larynx into two patients in procedures that mark the first steps toward creating and transplanting an entire lary ...
  • Injecting Oxygen Directly into the Bloodstream ...
    When a person stops breathing--be it from an obstruction in the airway or something like acute lung failure--the clock is decidedly ticking. Deprived of oxygen for long enough, a person can go into cardiac arrest. Brain damage sets in. Without oxygen, things go south pretty quickly. So a team o ...
  • FYI: Could Drugs Like "Bath Salts" Be Causing ...
    Does the drug commonly known as "bath salts" make you particularly crave the taste of human flesh? There's no scientific evidence that it does. But it certainly could lead to a bit of cannibalism as a side effect. Bath salts, the nickname for a relatively new type of designer drug that's been c ...

Veterans Today

  • JFK Conspiracy: The bullet hole in the Windshield
    Jim Fetzer   Among the most controversial issues in JFK research has been the existence or not of a through-and-through hole in the windshield of the Lincoln limousine in which JFK was riding when he was assassinated in Dallas on 22 November 1963.  As a long-time student of this question, I ...
  • UFOs are IFOs
    A DETAILED EXAMINATION OF ALL THE AVAILABLE EVIDENCE STRONGLY SUGGESTS THAT “UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS” (UFO’S) ARE ACTUALLY “IDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS” (IFO’S). ——————— By Preston James ————& ...
  • Global Economic Analysis Summary June 2012 (Pa ...
      by Mike Stathis   For nearly three years we have been discussing important global macroeconomic trends in order to assess the progress and risks of what has been labeled a global economic “recovery.” The illusion accounting for these improvements was created by a global release of tr ...
  • Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News – June ...
    The VA for Vets Hiring Event started Tuesday in Detroit. June 26-28 the COBO Center will host employers from all over the country who have jobs for Vets.
  • SYRIA: No to Intervention, No to Illusions
    Fifteen months on, the short Syrian spring of 2011 has long since morphed into a harsh winter of discontent.

War is Business

Hudson's Weather & Climate

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

Internat'l Political Economy

  • No Jobs? Come to Germany, Young PIGS Citizens
    From station to station Back to Dusseldorf City Meet Iggy Pop and David Bowie Trans-Europe Express  Whew! We haven't had a video feature in a while, so here's a classic, Kraftwerk's Trans-Europe Express. Economic migration is often driven by differentials in economic opportunities, wh ...
  • Geography Flunkies? Pakistan Wants to Join ASEAN
    Of the few opinions I share with George W. Bush, I have long argued that Turkey should be allowed to join the European Union. You know all of the counter-arguments: Turkey is a security risk because it shares borders with Iraq and Syria. Turkey is a dominantly Islamic country, whereas most Europ ...
  • Euro 2012 Beggar's Battle: Spain vs Portugal
    There was much made of the earlier Germany versus Greece Euro 2012 match and its symbolism for European integration. To no one's real surprise, Germany, erm, booted Greece out of the Euro by winning 4-2. Sure the Greek fans present at the match had their cheap thrills booing lustily whenever Ang ...
  • So, When Will S&P Downgrade the US Again?
    Friends, there are certain certainties in life: Germany will do well in whatever international football (soccer) competition it enters, Lucy will pull the football before Charlie Brown can kick it; and the United States will inevitably get fatter and more indebted. Unless you read too many Paul ...
  • Putin's a Smart Guy: Worry About $, Not €
    Anglophone economic commentary about the euro usually veers towards the "I told you so" variety, nevermind that no one has actually wanted out of the EMU while many are still lining up to join it--including the most economically progressive economy that's still out of it. British Euroskeptic dys ...

Economic Collapse Blog

  • 17 Reasons To Be EXTREMELY Concerned About The ...
    What is the second half of 2012 going to bring?  Are things going to get even worse than they are right now?  Unfortunately, that appears more likely with each passing day.  I will admit that I am extremely concerned about the second half of 2012.  Historically, a financial crisi ...
  • America On Fire: Why Is The Number Of Wildfire ...
    As America watches large sections of Colorado literally burn to the ground, many are wondering why all of this is happening.  There have always been wildfires, but what we are experiencing now seems very unusual.  So is the number of wildfires in the United States increasing?  As ...
  • Where Does Money Come From? The Giant Federal ...
    How is money created?  If you ask average people on the street this question, most of them have absolutely no idea.  This is rather odd, because we all use money constantly.  You would think that it would only be natural for all of us to know where it comes from.  So where does m ...
  • Too Much Debt: Our Biggest Economic Problem
    What is the biggest economic problem that the United States is facing?  Very simply, our biggest problem is that we have way too much debt.  Over the past 30 years, household debt, corporate debt and government debt have all grown much faster than our GDP has.  But no nation on e ...
  • Data Mining: Big Corporations Are Gathering Ev ...
    When most people think of "Big Brother", they think of the FBI, the CIA, the NSA, the Department of Homeland Security and other shadowy government agencies.  Yes, they are definitely watching you, but so are many big corporations.  In fact, there are some companies that are makin ...

Infoshop - Alt Media

E U Times

  • US Army tests Tesla lightning bolt weapon
    In the era of remote-controlled drones, invisible planes and microwave guns, no military innovation should come as a surprise. But among the array of new weapons none are more satisfying than a cannon that allows you to unleash bolts of lightning. The Laser-Induced Plasma Channel (LIPC) cannon i ...
  • Stockton to become largest US city to declare ...
    The city of Stockton in the US state of California is set to become the largest American city ever to declare bankruptcy as the financial troubles of the US deepen. A formal bankruptcy filing may come as early as Wednesday following the failure of negotiations between Stockton’s officials ...
  • Turkey deploys military convoy to Syrian border
    Turkish officials have confirmed deploying anti-aircraft batteries in the area close to the border with Syria. This is the reply to Syria downing a Turkish reconnaissance aircraft in country’s territorial waters and the shooting at another plane. ­Turkish state TV reports 30 military trucks, inc ...
  • Nokia closes all stores in Russia
    Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia has officially announced that it was closing all of its flagship stores in Russia. The most effective sales channels for the company now are the Internet and a network of major retailers and service providers. According to Nokia’s representative in R ...
  • US Supreme Court upholds Obama’s healthcare re ...
    The US Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the US President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform plan which “mandates” all American citizens to obtain health insurance or face hundreds of dollars in penalty fine. With a 5-4 decision, the Court’s justices announced on Thursday that even though the “i ...

Voiceless Victim

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

WL Central

  • 2012-06-29 What #JA41 means to me
    There is no greater gift than the opening of one's eyes, and that is precisely what Julian Assange and WikiLeaks have given to me. As a U.S. citizen and military veteran, I cannot fully express how important this has been in my life. It is not easy to change someone, but I can say I became a ver ...
  • 2012-06-28 Correa in the catbird seat
  • 2012-06-28 What #JA41 means to me
    Ben is journalism student at Edith Cowan University in Perth Australia. One in a series. A couple of weeks ago, travelling south toward Perth under foreboding grey skies with a good wingman of mine, conversation turned to WikiLeaks, and in particular Julian Assange. "The thing I am worried about ...
  • 2012-06-27 Transcript: Why Ecuador needs Assan ...
    Late Night Live Radio had Thiago de Aragao and Donald Rothwell on the program 26 June 2012 to discuss Julian Assange and his application for political asylum in Ecuador. Full audio is available at the ABC Radio website. read more
  • #JA41 Greets & Tweets
    Julian Assange celebrates his 41st birthday Tuesday 3 July 2012. The celebration may be at 3 Hans Crescent in Knightsbridge, or in a Swedish remand prison, or in the custody of the United States, or in Ecuador. But we want him to know, wherever he'll be, how much we all appreciate what he's done ...

U N News

  • Historic forts on Panama's coastline placed on ...
    Citing environmental factors, lack of maintenance and uncontrollable urban developments, the World Heritage Committee today placed an historic Panamanian property on its list of endangered world heritage.
  • Ban urges peaceful resolution of differences w ...
    Ahead of a regional meeting on Paraguay, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on all concerned to "work in the days ahead to ensure the peaceful resolution of differences" which led to the removal of the South American country's president.
  • Ban pays tribute to late scholar, friend and U ...
    Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced sadness at the death of Dr. J. Michael Adams, President of the International Association of University Presidents, paying tribute to the late scholar who was also a friend of the United Nations and its chief.
  • Amid global uncertainty, G20 summit in Mexico ...
    Next week's summit of the Group of 20 (G20) leading economies must achieve meaningful results, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has told world leaders, stressing the need to tackle the global jobs crisis, ensure green growth and promote sustainable development.
  • Colombia must fight impunity for sexual violen ...
    Colombia must increase its efforts to fight impunity for crimes of sexual violence, a United Nations envoy said today, adding that such efforts should be paired with assistance to survivors and victims.

Conspiracy Reality TV

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

Rewilding Institute

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

Asia Sentinel

We Know the Lies

  • America On Fire... Why Is The Number Of Wildfi ...
    As America watches large sections of Colorado literally burn to the ground, many are wondering why all of this is happening.  There have always been wildfires, but what we are experiencing now seems very unusual...  read more
  • Where Does Money Come From? The Giant Federal ...
    How is money created?  If you ask average people on the street this question, most of them have absolutely no idea.  This is rather odd, because we all use money constantly.  You would think that it would only be natural for all of us to know where it comes from.  So where ...
  • ObamaCare Upheld!... Repeal on the Way!
    The ruling shocked nearly everyone. And the Democrats were, indeed, wrong. The mandate is not constitutional under the Commerce Clause. That much was affirmed. ~ Tom White read more
  • ObamaCare Scandal... Was Kagan Involved?
    A huge cloud looms over the coming U.S. Supreme Court decision on Barack Obama’s health-care law, dubbed Obamacare, that could undermine any portions of the law that are upheld, according to a key Washington watchdog organization. ~ Bob Unruh read more
  • Agenda 21... UN in Near Panic Mode!... Warns O ...
    “Rio +20: World faces mass extinction of wildlife, UN warns”  Forget about global warming for a moment; it’s time to shift into near-panic mode over another apocalyptic threat to our planet. ~ Video read more

Tarpley

Modern Survivalism

  • Solar Energy, A Simple Alternative
    Solar Energy Conversion It all starts by converting a single energy unit from the sun, a photon (a particle that carries electromagnetic force). A photon particle released from the sun takes about 8 minutes to reach the earth. Once reaching earth, it (the photon) can be used to convert its energ ...
  • Dehydration – More Common Than You Think
    Dehydration occurs when the amount of water leaving the body is greater than the amount being taken in. Makes sense, yes? Up to 75% of the body’s weight is made up of water. Five quarts of blood coursing through your body are ninety percent water, and the rest of your body holds between fi ...
  • Mountain House now available from CampingSurvi ...
    msb-note Our friend, Tom, over at Camping Survival.com has just told us they are now carrying Mountain House #10 cans and pouches. For those of you looking to shore up your food storage preps, we would appreciate it if you have a look at their Mountain House products which they now carry. Mounta ...
  • 2-Way Radios for Emergency Kit or Preps
    Communications. It is an integral part of modern life, and the number of electronic communication gadgets that are available to us today is staggering. During an emergency or disaster, our common methods of communication might not be available to us. The most likely problem would be the electric ...
  • KATLA Quake Swarms Are Raising Concerns
    Katla, a very dangerous volcano (especially for Europe) located on the south of Iceland, is showing active signs of unrest as increased seismic activity has been detected in the volcano caldera. Dozens of minor earthquakes have been picked up by sensors in groups of swarms. For the past several ...

Fast Company

  • Google Chrome Brings The Magical Synchronous W ...
    Chrome just arrived for iPhone and iPad, and it's deeply connected to your web life. But there's a few key reasons you might hold off on Chrome on iOS.Google's Chrome browser is fast, synchronous, and pushing other browsers to speed up and innovate. Chrome doubled in active users between 2011 an ...
  • RIM Cuts 5,000 Extra Staff After Reporting Los ...
    News updates all day from Fast Company.After posting an adjusted net loss of $192 million, its first net loss in eight years on revenues of $2.8 billion for the first quarter, smartphone giant RIM is said to be facing enormous pressure. According to Reuters, the board is being squeezed to consid ...
  • Social Travel Startup mmMule Will Satisfy Your ...
    Turn ordinary travelers into your own personal, international delivery service. But keep it to exotic candy and snacks, please. These aren't drug mmMules.Andrew Simpson is one of the cofounders of mmMule, a recently launched social travel startup that turns voyagers into personal shipping vector ...
  • 10 Minutes Of Tough-Love Leadership Lessons Fr ...
    Tabatha Coffey's regularly kicking management butt and transforming businesses on Bravo TV's reality show "Tabatha Takes Over." Here's what she had to say about the biggest problem business owners face, and how to handle tough feedback.Ask the average leadership guru how they'd whip a flagging t ...
  • Finally, iTunes Is Getting A Huge Makeover
    News updates all day from Fast Company.Via Bloomberg: Apple will give iTunes its most radical makeover to date, sources tell Bloomberg. Apple hasn't changed much about iTunes since it launched in 2003, but sources say the new version, due by the end of the year, will have tighter integration wit ...

Jadaliyya

  • لماذا تعثرت الثورة المصرية؟
    يقسم بعض علماء الاجتماع والسياسة الثورات إلى ثلاثة أصناف نمطية. الصنف الأول هو الثورات التلقائية (spontaneous revolutions)، وهي ثورات تشتعل غالباً بعد حدث يستنفر عموم الشعب على النظام الحاكم، ثم تتداعى الأحداث بين فعل ورد فعل حتى تنجح الثورة في هدفها (الأول أو الأخير حسب كل حالة) وهو إسقاط الحاك ...
  • "I too was a member of the Zionist movement": ...
    Anna Younes: As someone who was socialized and grew up in Lebanon, it is not immediately clear why you would write a book about The Arabs and the Holocaust Is there something particular that made you aware that the history of anti-Semitism and the Middle East conflict are intertwined? ...
  • Israeli Arms Sales to Rwandan Genocidaires Sho ...
    A 24 June 2012 article in Maariv brought to light some new information about arms shipments from Israel to Rwanda during the 1994 genocide. Most of the basics about these transactions have been publicly available since 1999 when Brian Wood and Johan Peleman published The Arms Fixers. They report ...
  • One Year of Hope
    It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had ev ...
  • Libya, Impunity and the International Criminal ...
      Last week, four staffers of the International Criminal Court (the ICC) who were part of Seif Gaddafi’s legal defense team were taken into custody in Libya on allegations that they were functioning as a conduit for conspiracy between Gaddafi and his political allies. The ICC is now plunge ...

mediagazer

  • AOL Reorganizes Into Membership, Brand And Ad ...
    Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: AOL Reorganizes Into Membership, Brand And Ad Units [Incl Armstrong's Memo]  —  After yesterday's $400 million share buyback, some more news today from our owners, AOL: it's reorganizing into three operating units, plus a separate one for corporate su ...
  • Inside Murdoch's Decision (Wall Street Journal)
    Wall Street Journal: Inside Murdoch's Decision  —  Rupert Murdoch long resisted any suggestion—be it from bankers or executives within News Corp. —that the media conglomerate spin off the company's newspaper assets, which had become a drag on the stock.  — ...
  • The Problem with "The Newsroom's" Critics - Th ...
    Robert Schoon / On The Media: The Problem with “The Newsroom's” Critics - They're Journalists  —  Reviews of Aaron Sorkin's new HBO show The Newsroom have so far been mixed.  But are journalists the fairest judges for this TV show?  —  Since befo ...
  • NewsGame aims to populate a virtual world with ...
    Adrienne LaFrance / Nieman Journalism Lab: NewsGame aims to populate a virtual world with real reporting and pretend correspondents  —  Game makers turned to journalism for inspiration long before Atari gave us Paperboy.  There was Deadline in the 1970s, and Scoop and Calli ...
  • News Corp's digital divergence (Felix Salmon)
    Felix Salmon: News Corp's digital divergence  —  There's no secret why Rupert Murdoch is breaking News Corp into two pieces.  Amy Chozick explains: … It's worth underscoring the fact, here, that Fox News, Sky News, and Fox Business are going to end up on the entertai ...

Chemtrail News

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

World News - Top Stories

  • Assange served extradition notice
    June 29: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been served with an extradition notice by British police, BBC reported. He is wanted in Sweden on sex assault charges. The 40-year-old Australian national, who took refuge at Ecuador's embassy in London last week and asked for political asylum in ...
  • Delta to add wireless to international fl ...
    Next year, Delta Air Lines will make it possible for fliers to surf the Net while hopping the pond. The Atlanta-based carrier said Thursday that it will start offering wireless Internet on its international flights in early 2013. Delta now offers Wi-Fi on most of its domestic routes and by 2 ...
  •  Problem Solver: Spirit Airlines’ handlin ...
    Glenn Timmons, his bride and a couple of friends flew to Las Vegas in May on low-fare Spirit Airlines. It was flying home that was the problem. The group was scheduled on a red-eye flight back to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. They woke up and were checking out their itinerary to p ...
  • 100th-ranked Rosol nails Nadal at Wimbled ...
    Chasing a drop shot in the second set, Rafael Nadal stumbled and tumbled into the net as his racket went flying to the sideline. It just wasn’t his day. Nadal rose slowly to cheers from the Wimbledon crowd but found himself off balance the rest of the way and made his earliest Grand Sl ...
  • Petrol prices will be raised after presid ...
    Kolkata, June 29: Refusing to attach much importance to the cut in petrol prices announced Thursday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that the rates have been lowered in view of the upcoming presidential poll and these would be raised later. “The price has been reduced beca ...

no frakking consensus

Anna's News

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

Medical Marijuana

  • 6/28/12 - "Obamacare" in the Supreme Court
    healthcarereform.procon.org - "Obamacare" in the Supreme Court - Updated with a point-by-point outline of the June 28, 2012 US Supreme Court decision finding "Obamacare" to be constitutional. Read a case summary, a timeline of how the case made it to the Supreme Court ...
  • 6/28/12 - Health Care Mandate Upheld by Suprem ...
    healthcarereform.procon.org - Health Care Mandate Upheld by Supreme Court's 5-4 Obamacare Decision
  • 6/28/12 - US Supreme Court Rules (5-4) that th ...
    healthcarereform.procon.org - US Supreme Court Rules (5-4) that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is constitutional. Read the full opinion as well as the various district and appeals court decisions that led to the Supreme Court ruling.
  • 6/27/12 - BCS Officials Approve Four-Team Coll ...
    collegefootball.procon.org - BCS Officials Approve Four-Team College Football Playoff for 2014
  • 6/27/12 - Is the ACLU good for America?
    aclu.procon.org - Is the ACLU good for America? - Read pro and con arguments from ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero (pro), 41st US President George H.W. Bush (con), University of Texas Professor of Law and Politics Sanford Levinson (pro), Actor Chuck Norris (con), Yale University Pr ...

Truth About Our World

Gyrovague's Raves

  • Wealth & Compassion
    As riches grow, empathy for others seems to decline Daisy Grewal Who is more likely to lie, cheat, and steal—the poor person or the rich one? It’s temping to think that the wealthier you are, the more likely you are to act fairly. After all, if you already have enough for yourself, it’s easier t ...
  • Mapping Intelligence in the Brain
    A new study found that specific structures, primarily on the left side of the brain, are vital to general intelligence and executive function (the ability to regulate and control behavior). Brain regions that are associated with general intelligence and executive function are shown in color, wit ...
  • Dodos Solitaires
    This classic Marginalia on the dodo’s disappearance was first published in 1954 G. Evelyn Hutchinson The progress of Man in civilization, no less than his numerical increase, continually extends the geographical domain of Art by trenching on the territories of Nature, and hence the Zoologi ...
  • What’s the big idea?
    Dostoevsky tackled free will, Tolstoy the meaning of life – but is it still possible to write philosophical novels? Jennie Erdal At St Andrews University in the early 1970s, philosophy was still a required subject for entry into an honours course. To leave the way clear for reading modern langua ...
  • Rise of the Fictional Lecherous Prof.
    Stephanie Bernhard He’s crusty, grumpy, aging, and set in his outdated ways. He’s a he. Mortality is on his mind, and his will to bed women a fraction of his age increases in direct proportion to his fear of aging and death. He is, of course, the Humanities Professor archetype, and he is everywh ...

In Verbena | Royal Society

  • Science’s Olympic legacy
    Credit: johnthescone Earlier this week I attended a Parliamentary Links Day on the subject of Science and Sport.  As an armchair athlete and a bit of an equipment geek I was looking forward to fuelling my conviction that but for the will and resources I would currently be entering my pre-Olympic ...
  • Making an open enterprise work
    Calls for media, business or government transparency have never been so noisy or so widespread. The mantra “sunlight is the best of disinfectants” (usually attributed to US Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis) has been picked up as a cure for bad governance across the piece. But there is an err ...
  • Dual use education in neuroscience
    The Royal Society hosted a Roundtable meeting on dual use education and awareness raising in neuroscience on Friday 16 March. The meeting was intended to follow up on aspects of the recent Brain Waves 3: Neuroscience, conflict and security report, but specifically looked at the recommendation th ...
  • Human enhancement and the future of work
     Last week, I attended a joint meeting organised by the Academy of Medical Sciences, British Academy, Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society on human enhancement and the future of work.  It’s the first time that all four academies have come together like this on a policy issue. Such ...
  • New Trends in Think Tanks in China
    Xufeng Zhu is currently Professor at the Zhou Enlai School of Government, Director of the Centre of Chinese Policy Science, and Associate Director of the Centre for MPA Education, Nankai University. He has published extensively, including on China’s Think Tanks (Tsinghua University Press, ...

NAU Resistance

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

Gaea Times

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

TruthNews Australia

  • News roundup and an interview with Frank Legge
    NOTE: Due to major commitments, I am currently unable to remove ads from TNRA podcasts. I welcome any offers of assistance in this regard. In this week's show we begin with a roundup of breaking news within Australia and around the world. Some of the topics covered include Julian Assange's b ...
  • David Chandler and John Bursill address the fr ...
    Today John Bursill takes the helm as guest host. John is joined by two excellent guests who have become known within the 9/11 Truth Movement as two of it's most wise and reasonable voices. We warmly welcome Ken Jenkins in the first hour and David Chandler in the second. Also we are very lucky ...
  • The ancient pyramidal structure of human socie ...
    In today's show we come to grips with the psychology behind the power structure. What kind of people become "leaders" in the type of system in which we live? What are the traits that enhance a person's potential to move up the ladder in organisational hierarchies? My guests today are Dan Colli ...
  • Radiographer Anthony Hall slams EU safety repo ...
    In the 2nd hour of  today's show, Anthony Hall returns to critique the newly released report from the European Commission on the health effects of of x-ray body scanners. Anthony Hall is a Senior Reporting Radiographer, and holds a Bsc (hons) in Diagnostic Radiography. He is responsible b ...
  • Contrails dissipate quickly whereas chemtrails ...
    Vapour trails left by British bombers on route to attack flying-bomb sites encircle the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral. London, 1944. All those who passionately believe that "contrails dissipate quickly" whereas "chemtrails linger" and are deeply offended by the sceptical position that TNRA take ...

Beacon

  • What Inspires an Ocean Hero?
    Our Ocean Heroes finalists love the ocean, that’s clear from the work they do. But each finalist has their own unique story about what inspired their love for the oceans and their need to protect the waters and the life in them. You’ve met our finalists, now get to know them better then vote f ...
  • Delaware to Consider Shark Fin Trade Ban
    The demand for shark fins puts endangered shark species at higher risk ©Oceana/LX With the session ending in just three days, Delaware may become the first East Coast state to ban the shark fin trade. HB 324, the bill banning the sale, trade, possession and distribution of shark fins througho ...
  • Presenting the 2012 Ocean Heroes Finalists
    After a long deliberation process, we’re ready to announce the finalists for our 2012 Ocean Heroes Award. We received over 400 fantastic nominees from all over the country (and a few international ones), but we think these five juniors and six adults are the best of the best. You’ll have a ch ...
  • Victory for Polluted Chilean Community
    © Claudia Pool We have some good news from Chile -- Oceana has been fighting against the approval of a thermoelectric plant, Punta Alcalde, and we are excited to announce that the plant’s permit was denied this week. The plant was to be built in Huasco, which is already suffering from severe ...
  • Andy Sharpless at Ideacity 2012
    Watch live streaming video from ideacity at livestream.com Did you know that the world’s oceans have the power to feed millions of hungry people? It’s true, but only if we make sure that we’re using them sustainably. Our CEO Andy Sharpless spoke about this at the Ideacity conference in Toronto ...

Civilian Military Intelligence Group

  • Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Racing the Enemy: Stalin Tr ...
          A fascinating book by Tsuyoshi Hasugewa, an author, linguist and historian discussed why the Japanese finally threw in the towel on August 15th 1945.     In Glenn Greenwald’s article in Salon, there is a discussion about the various theories on why the Japanese sur ...
  • A Website For UFO Abductees.
      I found this website out of Australia and it has chilling accounts of people who have for the most part, for most of their lives, been taken aboard vessels and experimented on.   I was working down at the forest department. I was trimming trees down for fire protection. Stacking them up a ...
  • Shuriken, Throwing Stars, And Cool Knives.
                        Source: Amazon, Ebaumsworld, Awesomecoolpics.com    
  • More Great Articles From Modern Mechanix.
            Source: http://blog.modernmechanix.com
  • When the British Mandate In Palestine Was Abou ...
      Haj Amin was a thorn in the side of the Occupied Enemy Territory Administration. He was a sleek, charismatic man, soft spoken and known to engender confidence and authority. Once the British wished to mundify Palestine of him and his influence. Yet when he returned from a short prison ter ...

Taylor Marsh

  • Giddy with Joy Good Taxation Brings
    Even if Republicans win big in 2012, they will have to fight inch by bloody inch for changes they could have had for the asking in 2010. Truly, this is Waterloo—a Waterloo brought about by a dangerous combination of ideological frenzy, poor risk calculation, and a self-annihilating indifference ...
  • The Roberts Court Respects Congress to Enact L ...
    Today’s Supreme Court is often referred to as Anthony Kennedy’s Court. Although Kennedy is the swing justice who usually casts the deciding vote in close cases, the landmark ruling this week in the healthcare cases clearly marks the maturation of the “Roberts Court.” &#82 ...
  • SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS OBAMACARE AND INDIVIDUAL ...
    **UPDATED** “Chief Justice Roberts’ vote saved the ACA.” – SCOTUSBLOG “I do think the court will surprise a lot of people when it probably upholds the Affordable Care Act in an opinion written by another former student of mine, Chief Justice Roberts this Thursday… Y ...
  • Conservative Democrats Set to do NRA’s Bidding ...
    The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook Irony abounds when it comes to the Fast and Furious scandal. But the ultimate irony is this: Republicans who support the National Rifle Association and its attempts to ...
  • Nora Ephron’s Public Orgasm Was A Gift to Women
    Nora Ephron’s final movie “Julie & Julia” was not only one of her best reviewed, but evidence that the veteran filmmaker successfully adjusted to Hollywood’s new business reality. [...] Some filmmakers have had a difficult time adjusting to that new reality. James L. ...

Hudson New York

  • The Future Leaders of Palestinians: Terrorists
    The most recent public opinion poll in the Palestinian territories shows that Marwan Barghouti, the dominant Fatah leader who is serving five life terms in Israeli prison for his role in several terror attacks during the second intifada, would win the
  • Campaign Against FGM in Iraq and Middle East
    A campaign against FGM in Iraq, focusing on Iraqi Kurdistan, has benefited from activism by human rights and women's groups, but the main responsibility for ending this atrocity belongs with religious leaders. FGM is not a general requirement in the
  • Muslim Persecution of Christians: May 2012
    Unlike those nations, such as Saudi Arabia, that have eliminated Christianity altogether, Muslim countries with significant Christian minorities saw much persecution during the month of May: in Egypt, Christians were openly discriminated against in law
  • Racism in Arab Lands
    The dirty little secret is finally out. Even Robert Fisk, whose anti-Israeli credentials endear him to critics of the Jewish state, wrote in an article in The Independent, on May 7, 2012, of the pious silence by the politicians, prelates, and businessmen
  • Iran Declares War against the Jewish People
    The Iranian government, long known for its Holocaust denial and anti-Zionism, has now declared war against the Jewish people. In a speech delivered in Tehran, Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi accused the Jewish people of spreading illegal drugs around

Urban Survival

  • Fires and Food Supplies?
    Yes, there’s no doubt that the fire up in the Colorado Springs area is one gigantic mess.  In fact, this morning Waldo Canyon is up to 26-square miles and president Obama is due in the area Friday to have a … Continue reading →
  • Coping: Hope-Mongers or Mappers?
    The internet has been crackling with emails about a character called Drake and readers have been clamoring for my take on forecasts of imminent conflict. You may be sorry you asked.  Here’s part of an email as an example, saying … Continue reading →
  • Home Prices Up–Slightly
    Just out from Case Shiller/S&P:   “New York, June 26, 2012 – Data through April 2012, released today by S&P Indices for its S&P/Case- Shiller1 Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, showed that on average home … Continue reading →
  • Waiting on Housing
    Assuming everything runs on schedule this morning, check back at about 8:15 AM Central for the Case Shiller/S&P Housing data.  This is the biggie that cuts through all the noise in the data and gives realistic numbers on how much … Continue reading →
  • Coping: With GMO Crops
    I mentioned the other morning that a local TV station down here in Texas was pointing at a 15-year old strain of GMO grass as being suspect in the death of a small herd of roping cattle.  Was something triggered … Continue reading →

Trends & Forecasts

Radical Chic

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

Boston Blog ( Nature Network)

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

NRDC Switchboard

  • Central cities now growing faster than suburbs ...
    Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC   For the first time in a century, America’s largest cities are growing faster than their suburbs.  An Associated Press story widely covered in the media yesterday, i ...
  • Important Senate Committee hearing on efficien ...
    Philip Henderson, Senior Financial Policy Specialist, Washington, DC It's been an busy news day!  The Supreme Court's pivotal decision on health insurance, Italy beating Germany (on the soccer field).  With that competition it would be eas ...
  • Fingers Crossed for New California Rules to En ...
    Victoria Rome, Deputy Director, California Advocacy, San Francisco and Sacramento Ever since the Chicago Tribune published a fascinating series that exposed the chemical industry’s deceptive campaign to force toxic chemicals into household fur ...
  • India Environmental News Compilation, June 18t ...
    Amrita Batra, Program Assistant, India Initiative and Food and Agriculture, San Francisco Rio +20 Earth Summit/Climate Jayanthi Natrajan Happy at India’s Success at Rio +20 Summit “Buoyed by New Delhi's success at the Rio+20 summit, Un ...
  • An Ounce of Prevention: Congress' Charge to Pr ...
    Meleah Geertsma, Staff Attorney, Midwest Program, Chicago, IL The reasons to applaud the recent decision of the federal appeals court upholding EPA’s suite of actions regarding greenhouse gases are many.  It recognizes once again, as did ...

Injustice Everywhere

  • Arrested for Holding a Sign?
    Houston woman says all she was doing was holding a sign warning motorists of a speed trap … that annoyed the cops, who arrested her on a bogus charge.Arrested for Holding a Sign? is a post from PoliceMisconduct.net
  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 13 reports of police misconduct tracked for Wednesday, June 27, 2012: Two Richfield, Ohio police officers were fired after pleading guilty to stealing fencing that had fallen off a truck on Interstate 271. The officers’ police chief … Continue reading →National Pol ...
  • Jury Nullification Law Signed by New Hampshire ...
    With all the buzz and anticipation surrounding the final rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court the past week, there has been little attention to an interesting legal development in New Hampshire:  On June 18, Governor John Lynch (no relation)  signed … Continue reading →Jury Nu ...
  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 12 reports of police misconduct tracked for Tuesday, June 26: Los Angeles, California sheriff’s deputy, Henry Marin, has been sentenced to two years in jail for attempting to smuggle heroin, hidden inside a burrito, into a courthouse. … Continue reading →National P ...
  • The Robert Charles Leone Arrest Video
    A short video documentary was recently released about the 2010 arrest of  Robert Charles Leone by Pennsylvania State Troopers.    The gist of the story is that when Leone failed to pull his vehicle over to the side of the road–despite the … Continue reading & ...

Total Collapse

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

Daily Dose

  • TNW’s Daily Dose – Zynga’s n ...
    Zynga announces a rash of new features and games, Spotify and Yahoo hook up for a content deal, and Apple releases a standalone app for podcasts. It’s all in today’s...
  • TNW’s Daily Dose – Sheryl Sandberg ...
    Facebook’s COO joins the company board. Apple is replacing “ghosting” Retina Pro displays. Jack Dorsey’s two companies are at odds with one another. You can catch The Daily Dose every...
  • TNW’s Daily Dose – The New York Ti ...
    Flipboard nets the New York Times, two admit involvement in Lulzsec, and Google TV spreads its wings outside the States. It’s all in today’s Daily Dose. You can catch The...
  • TNW’s Daily Dose – Windows Phone 8 ...
    Microsoft unveils Windows Phone 8, Apple fined for misleading consumers in Australia. and Tumblr’s new iOS app. It’s all in today’s Daily Dose. You can catch The Daily Dose every...
  • TNW’s Daily Dose – Facebook’ ...
    Facebook tells us about the most social places in the world. Amazon is looking for developers for its International app store and Samsung demands cash from Apple for infringement. You...

Beyond Zero Emissions

  • Solar Thermal Models Built
    Another four of our famous solar thermal models have been built in NSW, thanks to the efforts of Beyond Zero Emissions volunteers, the Paramatta Climate Action Network, and the Granville Men’s Shed. The models are of a concentrated solar thermal plant with a molten salt storage (CST+) power stat ...
  • WME leaders list 2012: GOVERNMENT + NGO LEADER
    The idealistic realist Matthew Wright Outfit: Beyond Zero Emissions Position: Executive Director Completely decarbonising our coal-rich nation by 2020 might be seen as an idealistic notion, but not to Matthew Wright. As co-founder of the NGO Beyond Zero Emissions, he has provided insight in ...
  • Now we’re cooking without gas!
    Zero emissions buildings are good for your health Common wisdom has it that gas is the best for cooking and it’s the most efficient for heating. This thinking is out of date, as will be demonstrated in a talk at the Healthy Buildings Symposium by Trent Hawkins, Buildings Plan project director ...
  • Denying responsibility for our fossil fuel exports
    As Prime Minister Julia Gillard greets other world leaders at the Rio+20 sustainable development summit, a close look at the official messages her government is sending to the world on our behalf reveals a fundamental contradiction. On the one hand, the Government appears aware of what is at ...
  • Solar tariff fitted up
    Commission counts only the upfront cost, misses savings Solar feed-in tariffs have been framed. By focusing on the cost but ignoring the savings from solar power, a backlash is being encouraged when we should be celebrating success. The Austra ...

Monga Bay ( News )

  • Pictures: Drought, high heat and winds fuel ma ...
    Lightning strikes have blatantly ignored the warnings of park service officials in Colorado, setting off the 87,000 + acre High Park fire, the 20,000 + acre fire near Pagosa Springs, and a more recent wildfire just outside Boulder.
  • World's only 300 Narcondam hornbills threatene ...
    A plan to build a radar installation on a remote island puts the world's only population of some 300 Narcondam Hornbills (Aceros narcondami) at risk, warns Conservation India.
  • Brazil’s environmental leadership at ris ...
    The Brazilian government is putting its global environmental leadership at risk by ignoring scientific concern on large infrastructure projects and changes in the country's forest laws, warned an association of more than 1,200 tropical scientists gathering last week in Bonito, Brazil on the heel ...
  • Small farmers cause substantial damage in the ...
    Small farmers are less likely than large landowners to maintain required forest cover on their property in the Brazilian Amazon, worsening the environmental impact of their operations, reported a researcher presenting at the annual meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation ...
  • Dams are 'centerpiece of greenwashing' in the ...
    Brazil's ambitious plans to build 30 dams in the Amazon basin could trump the country's efforts to protect the world's largest rainforest, said a leading Amazon scientist speaking at the annual meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) in Bonito, Brazil.

Sierra Express

  • Ban Ki-Moon appoints 27-year-old Sierra Leonean
    Barely a week after UN Secretary General appointed current Health Minister, Zainab Bangura Under Secretary General for Sexual Violence in Conflict regions; he has once again turned to Sierra Leone for leadership by inviting former Children’s Parliament Speaker, Chernor Abdulai Bah to serve as a ...
  • Ambassador Bangali attends Forced Displacement ...
    Sierra Leone’s Head of Mission to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, His Excellency Mr. Andrew Gbebay Bangali (in photo) on Tuesday 26th June 2012 attended the 326th Peace and Security Council meeting on Forced Displacement, Mixed Migration and the Protection of Civilian in Africa at t ...
  • Unleashing the potential of Transcorp plc
    Transcorp plc was envisioned as a transnational company of Nigeria that would bring together the strength of capital and unity of purpose in order to give Nigeria a strong institution with the ability to compete for business with other multinationals on a global scale starting with Nigeria, Afri ...
  • Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan urges bir ...
    Nigerians should limit the number of children they are having, according to the country’s leader. President Goodluck Jonathan said people were having too many children, and went on to back birth control measures. President Goodluck Jonathan said birth control was a sensitive issue He said ...
  • US$ 10 Million for Matotoka-Sefadu Road
    In an effort to further improve the national transportation network thus increasing investment and economic activities in the country, Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to Germany, Jongopie S. Stevens has on behalf of his government,  signed a loan agreement, totalling US$ 10 million with OPEC Fund for ...

Dairy Industry - NZ Herald

  • Fran O'Sullivan: Another step, but road ahead ...
    Fonterra's top brass emerged from their Monday board meeting claiming a clear mandate to proceed with the controversial trading among farmers (TAF) scheme.It's going to take a lot of work to rebuild trust between the Fonterra board...
  • Fonterra director's company fined over effluen ...
    A Fonterra director whose company has been fined for fouling a Bay of Plenty waterway with cow effluent declared to the dairy co-op there had been a "one-off breach" on one of his farms.But the judge who yesterday ordered Colin...
  • Farmers back shake-up of Fonterra
    Fonterra's dairy farmers have voted in favour of the Trading Among Farmers scheme, paving the way for the biggest shake-up since the co-operative was formed in 2001, despite a vote for constitutional change not reaching the required...
  • Fonterra in quandary after contradictory vote
    Fonterra directors face a quandary after two-thirds of farmer shareholders voted to support the controversial Trading Among Farmers scheme, but failed to support constitutional changes which were intended to give them protections...
  • Editorial: Farmers should vote for scheme
    Fonterra, New Zealand's most successful international trader, our only truly multi-national enterprise, a world leader in dairy exports, has been trying for years to become more like a normal company. It will try again today when...

Hit & Run | Reason

  • We're Living in Tuttle's (Or is it Buttle's?) ...
    One of the genius elements of the insanely wonderful/wonderfully insane movie, Brazil, is the representation in the film of a repressive state as essentially an exercise in banal bureaucracy. There is nobody to hold accountable, no specific policy to protest, and even violent, misfire ...
  • The Supreme Court's Anti-ObamaCare Dissenters ...
    In the majority opinion in today's Supreme Court health care ruling, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that the law's health insurance mandate is constitutionally valid as a tax, despite the fact that the law itself does not describe the provision as a tax.  In a joint dissent, Justi ...
  • Attorney General Eric Holder in Contempt of Co ...
    Not even Holder's own Democratic Party was united for him, though the Congressional Black Caucus found the whole thing "appalling" and led a walk off the floor in protest. Details from CBS: The House of Representatives voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of ...
  • Nick Gillespie on CNN's Erin Burnett OutFront, ...
    I'll be on CNN's ErinBurnett OutFront tonight, talking Obamacare, the Supreme Court, what comes next, you name it. The show starts at 7pm ET and I should be on right near the beginning. More info here.
  • How Obamacare, Like Medicare, Royally Screws Y ...
    So Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is "ecstatic" over today's Supreme Court ruling that the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, has passed constitutional muster. As are many others. But the youngsters out there, especially those who bought into President Obama's message of hope and ...

Mercury Rising

  • Friday Cat Blogging
  • Fast and Furious: now barely even a pseudoscandal
    I heard about this on Rachel last night, but truthout found the link for me. Katherine Eban, Fortune mag: Customers can legally buy as many weapons as they want in Arizona as long as they’re 18 or older and pass a criminal background check. There are no waiting periods and no need for perm ...
  • Ginsburg: Roberts’ Commerce Clause Analy ...
    This is for those folks who think that John Roberts just gutted the Commerce Clause and made it impossible for Congress ever again to pass progressive legislation: Here, from the opinion, here’s Justice Ginsburg on Chief Justice Roberts’ take on the Commerce Clause (footnote 12, p. 102, bolding ...
  • Crime of our times: a website of which to be aware
    RNS at HondurasCultureandPolitics brought to attention a site (InSight) that discusses organized crime in the Americas. As legal, productive means of making a living evaporate, and as the US government fails to pay attention to basic issues of security (like, do people have jobs), this is clearl ...
  • The right way, the wrong way, and the Paraguay
    Adrienne has a piece on the Paraguayan coup in Inter-American Dialogues: …There is no question that the aptly-named Franco regime is illegitimate; the coup that ousted President Lugo for ‘poor performance’ clearly violated Article 17 of the Paraguayan constitution, which guaran ...

Reality Sandwich

  • Consciousness and the End of the War between S ...
      The following is excerpted from The New Science and Spirituality Reader, available from Inner Traditions. read more
  • Praying For Entheos
    On Sunday, June 24th, Entheos festival-goers were met with shock when a young man was found murdered in his tent. read more
  • Surfing the Chaord
      The following is excerpted from Codex of the Soul: Astrology, Archetypes, & Your Sacred Blueprint, available from Evolver Editions/North Atlantic Books.   read more
  • EVOLVEfest
    Evolver is proud to host the workshop/presenters area of the 6th annual EVOLVE Music and Yoga Festival - 8/31-9/3 in Vernon, NJ ), a gathering for progressive, fun-loving and visionary people who wish to celebrate their co-creative potential and explore ways to make life on Earth happier, heal ...
  • New World Fair of 2012
    Come ONE Come ALL to THE NEW WORLD FAIR PROJECT on July 21, 2012! The event in Flushing Meadow Corona Park, Queens is a FREE grass roots event showcasing innovations for a shrinking world in an expanding universe, while pointing out unity & peace through understanding. read more

Desertification

  • RIO+20: Promised Green Economy Was a Fake, Say ...
    When the Rio+20 summit on sustainable development ended Friday, there were winners and losers – mostly losers. The United Nations and the host country Brazil – along with big business – put a positive spin on the outcome of the conference, a follow-up to the 1992 Earth Summit. It was another his ...
  • Rio Outcome Bleak With No New Funding*
    Amidst recrimination, anger and charges of “strong arm tactics”, negotiators eventually endorsed a global plan of action for sustainable development following marathon sessions lasting over six weary days. A proposal for a 30-billion-dollar global fund for sustainable development – initiated by ...
  • New Set of Sustainable Development Goals Looks ...
    When world leaders from over 100 countries wind up their three-day Rio+20 summit in Brazil next week, they will leave behind the shattered remains of a slew of proposals that never got off the ground. A 30-billion-dollar Global Fund for Sustainable Development? A Financial Transactions Tax? A Su ...
  • Cilantro Spices Up Coexistence with Drought in ...
    Many grow lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, beets and other vegetables. But cilantro is ever-present in the gardens that are helping rural families weather the lengthy drought that is once again wracking Brazil’s impoverished Northeast. Cilantro is the favourite “because of the flavour it adds to bean ...
  • Activists Aren’t Mourning Obama’s ...
    When a reluctant George H.W. Bush, Sr., then U.S. president, changed his mind and decided at the eleventh hour to address the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, he sounded defensive in his strong response to charges that the United States was one of the major powers responsible for the some of the world& ...

Blogging Canadians

  • Akaash Maharaj: The New McCarthyism
    McCarthy was a greater traitor to his country than any imagined Communist, and Canadian politicians who ape his methods are just as surely betraying ours. Their behaviour is a public obscenity and a disgrace to the democracy we elected them to serve. Americans eventually roused themselves fro ...
  • Akaash Maharaj: A Jubilant Thank You
    This is a special blog post for me, because it enables me to offer a public thanks to my former colleagues for doing me a very public kindness... Receiving the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal is a profound honour, not only because it is a gift from my country, but still more because it is a sym ...
  • Akaash Maharaj: The Mandate of Our Age
    On my new role as COO of the Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption: Today, the greatest threat to democracy is no longer the explicit ideologies of political tyranny, but the far more insidious tyranny of political corruption. Corruption robs citizens of our own resources ...
  • "Men" and "the System of Checks and Balances t ...
    Men's Bras by "Kit Wood" The following original essay was submitted by the author on June 13, 2012 for publication on this blog. It has been edited in terms of its original formatting. You know what I’d love to see as a woman?? I would love to see: A GUY wearing a bra every day of his life ...
  • Musical Performer / Pop Celebrity Justin Bieber
    Justin Bieber is much bigger than Kurt Cobain, so shut up. Did Kurt Cobain ever have the biggest fanbase on Twitter? NO. by "Amanda Bieber" As originally posted on: Amanda Bieber (MandaSwaggie) on Twitter June 13, 2012

Press TV - Middle East

  • Bahraini forces attack protesters again
    Saudi-backed Bahraini regime forces have once again attacked people protesting against the Al Khalifa rule in towns and villages outside the capital, Manama.
  • Jordan king bids change to disputed law
    Jordan's King Abdullah II has issued a decree to amend an electoral law after an opposition party threatened to boycott the upcoming polls.
  • Explosion in Iran-Turkey gas pipeline
    A section of a pipeline carrying natural gas from Iran to Turkey has exploded in the border province of Agri in eastern Turkey, halting the operation of the pipeline.
  • Bloody accident costs Saudi his head
    A Saudi court has sentenced a stunt “drifter” to death by decapitation for inadvertently killing two people, while performing a car stunt near the capital Riyadh.
  • Iraq violence kills 23, injures 100-plus
    As many as 23 people have been killed and more than 100 others injured in separate attacks across Iraq, police and medical sources say.

CUNY SPS Community Blog

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

Dissident Voice

  • Chinatown-Walmart Cultural Center
    On June 26th, 2012 the Wal-Mart PR team drove home the point of their plans to open a new store in Chinatown (Los Angeles) with a special cultural touch, a traditional Lion Dance, using dancers from the East Wind Youth Foundation, to ward off bad luck because of two decades of vacancy in the bui ...
  • Big Chase Bank & Big CVS Pharmacy Threaten Loc ...
    I’ve operated the small, artisan Kokopelli Farm, which grows mainly berries, for the last 20 years. It is located a couple of miles from small town Sebastopol’s downtown commons in Northern California. Our town has less than 8000 people and is the economic center of what is called the West Count ...
  • The Vice of Memory: Vidovdan and Serbia’s Jeru ...
    In the Belgrade fortress that used to boast one of the Ottoman Empire’s most formidable bastions rests a charming church aromatic with incense.  A strict placard lies in wait at the entrance, warning the attendees that they should dress properly, keep their hands out of pockets, take their hats ...
  • 10 Sure Signs America Is in Decline
    Now that it’s painfully clear the U.S. is on a downward slide, the only question worth asking is when, precisely, did everything start to fall apart.  At what point in time did the pendulum begin swinging the other way?  Accordingly, history buffs, philosophers, and amateur intellectuals rejoice ...
  • The Failure of Rio+20 Is a Wake-Up Call for Pe ...
    Almost a week since the Rio+20 Earth Summit ended, civil society is coming to terms with the ‘epic failure’ of global leaders to agree to meaningful action for addressing the worsening planetary and social crises. Campaigners were near unanimous in decrying the inertia and lack of urgency  ...

Destructionist

  • Obama bars Congress from obtaining Fast and Fu ...
    US President Barack Obama has intervened in a Capital Hill probe centered on Attorney General Eric Holder, asserting executive privilege to keep documents linked to the Fast and Furious gun smuggling operation withheld from Congress. In the midst of an investigation being spearheaded by the H ...
  • Obama bars Congress from obtaining Fast and Fu ...
    US President Barack Obama has intervened in a Capital Hill probe centered on Attorney General Eric Holder, asserting executive privilege to keep documents linked to the Fast and Furious gun smuggling operation withheld from Congress. In the midst of an investigation being spearheaded by the H ...
  • N. Carolina refuses to compensate hundreds ste ...
    North Carolina has voted down the first attempt to compensate the victims of its eugenics program, one of 32 such programs that sterilized tens of thousands without their knowledge or consent across the US from the 1930s to the 1970s. ­Opponents cited budgetary restraints and concerns of sett ...
  • N. Carolina refuses to compensate hundreds ste ...
    North Carolina has voted down the first attempt to compensate the victims of its eugenics program, one of 32 such programs that sterilized tens of thousands without their knowledge or consent across the US from the 1930s to the 1970s. ­Opponents cited budgetary restraints and concerns of sett ...
  • Farage: “The Euro Titanic Has Now Hit The Iceberg”
    In an epic rant, trumping Biderman, UKIP’s Nigel Farage appears to have reached the limit of his frustration with his ‘peers’ in the European Parliament after the Spanish bailout. Rajoy’s proclamation that this bailout shows what a success the euro-zone has been, sends Farage over the edge as he ...

    IPS - Inter Press Services

  • New Initiative to Combat Toxic Threats
    Reducing the risks associated with chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) threats is the goal of a new multi-country initiative known as the Centres of Excellence (CoE). The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), representatives of the European ...
  • Haiti’s “Gold Rush” Promises ...
    Twenty billion dollars worth of gold, copper and silver hidden in the hills of the hemisphere’s poorest country. Investors in North America so convinced of the buried treasure, they have already spent 30 million dollars collecting samples, digging, building mining roads and doing aerial su ...
  • Genetic Research Gives a Ray of Hope in Guatemala
    Cases like that of a little boy with an undetected metabolic disorder whose parents sold everything they owned to cover the costs of medical treatment that was ineffective prompted a doctor to create a vanguard institute of human genetics in Guatemala. “A couple from a rural village, who longed ...
  • Success of Remedial Education in DRC
    The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is enjoying success with the remedial education centres set up to give children from underprivileged backgrounds a free education and vocational training. Evodie is one of the 20,000 children at remedial education centres – known as CRS – who pa ...
  • Conflict Heats Up in the Sahara
    “We’ve been building a lot of new walls lately,” says Polisario Front commander Ahmed Salem as he drives his 4 X 4 across Tindouf in Western Algeria. But the newly introduced security measures may not be enough to ensure the survival of the Western Sahrawis. Salem Ahmed drives along ...

My AntiWar

CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

  • Iran Oil Embargo: Act Now to Prevent a Catastr ...
    Summary: The US and EU oil embargo against Iran formally take effect this week. To prevent another illegal and criminal war through sanctions leading to a catastrophic war, it is crucial to mobilise public opinion today to challenge Western politicians, demanding the removal of the military o ...
  • June 28 London Public Meeting: Syria and Iran ...
    Summary: Public Meeting Thursday 28 June 6.30pm Syria and Iran - No Western Intervention Room G3 SOAS Thornhaugh Street Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG   Speakers: • Jeremy Corbyn MP • Abbas Edalat Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran • Sami Ramadani Iraq D ...
  • Sat 30 June 1pm Don't Iraq Iran: Protest outsi ...
    Summary: Student Stop the War Coalition Don't Iraq Iran - No to NATO Protest outside the National Gallery Saturday 30 June 1pm Trafalgar Square, Upper Concourse source: Stop Warread more
  • Brics “hostage” to west over Iran sanctions, n ...
    Summary: Two recent developments – the $75bn bailout contribution from the BRICS countries to the IMF, and the western push for sanctions against Iran – show how exposed the BRICS economies are to western financial policies. source: FTread more
  • U.S. in Iran Cyber War
    Summary: A series of revelations suggest that the U.S. and Israel are engaged in a cyber war with Iran. If true, any hope of progress in talks over Iran’s nuclear program could be jeopardized. source: The Diplomatread more

The Daily Galaxy

  • Saturn's Titan Harbors an Ocean of Water --Inc ...
    Saturn's Titan has been considered a “unique world in the solar system” since 1908 when, the Spanish astronomer, José Comas y Solá, discovered that it had an atmosphere, something non-existent on other moons. It seems perfectly appropriate that one of...
  • Did the Milky Way Have a Encounter with a Mass ...
    "Our Milky Way had an encounter with a small galaxy or massive dark matter structure perhaps as recently as 100 million years ago," said Larry Widrow, professor at Queen’s University, part of a team of astronomers from Canada and the...
  • Image of the Day: The Observable Universe in 3D
    The evolution of the largest structures in the Universe are here simulated in this stunning video created on the NASA AMES' constellation of supercomputer processors. This Bolshoi simulation (based on the Lambda Cold Dark Matter model) is designed to study...
  • The Mystery of the Missing Life-Giving Molecul ...
    A new search for molecular oxygen in the Orion Nebula has come up negative, leading to new ideas on what's wrong in the chemical models. Searches for interstellar molecular oxygen, O2, have a long history, and the motivation for these...
  • Violent Climate Change on an Alien Planet --A ...
    Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have witnesseda dramatic changes in the upper atmosphere of a distant alien planet. Just after a violent flare on its parent star bathed it in intense X-ray radiation, the planet's atmosphere gave off...

Natural News

  • Change your gut flora and lose weight
    Obese and lean individuals have different gut flora composition. The gut microbiota of mice and humans are similar, with Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes dominating. At this point it's not clear exactly which species are important in weight management. Some studies show...
  • Physical activity lowers breast cancer risk by ...
    Most health-minded individuals understand the importance of regular physical activity to maintain optimal health and prevent a host of chronic diseases ranging from heart disease and diabetes to stroke and dementia. In the past, studies have suggested that regular exercise...
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Powerful in ...
    With a ray of hope for those who await psychiatry's acceptance of integrative and holistic treatments, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) has arrived. This MRI-strength magnetic stimulation is being used by more enlightened psychiatrists across the country to treat...
  • Avoiding sulfates can save your skin and hair
    Sulfates are a group of detergents or surfactants that are used in countless consumer goods today. The most commonly used sulfates are sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) and sodium laureth sulfate (SLES). These corrosive cleaning agents started off as an industrial strength...
  • Health Basics - Are seedless fruits dangerous ...
    What could possibly be the harm in picking up a seedless watermelon and some seedless lemons at the grocery store and having some refreshing, ice cold watermelon and a little homemade lemonade? After all, they are really shiny, a little larger than usual, and the price...

Threat Level

  • Good News For Spies and Dictators: ‘FreedomBox ...
    FreedomBox is intended to be a dead-simple router to bring to the people the encryption and privacy tools used by hackers. But it's in danger - not from the feds, but from lack of code.
  • From Copyright to Surveillance to Torture, Sup ...
    The outcome of the Supreme Court's 2011-2012 term, which ended Thursday, was largely favorable when it came to the justices' Wired-worthy opinions surrounding surveillance, the First Amendment, intellectual property and even profanity. But the term's overall outcome was mixed at best.
  • Hardware Hacker Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison ...
    Cable-modem hacker Ryan Harris has been sentenced to three years in prison for helping users steal internet access that authorities say involved a $1 million scheme to defraud cable companies of business.
  • Supreme Court Upholds Right to Lie About Milit ...
    Is it illegal to lie about being a military hero? The Supreme Court on Thursday answered, no. The justices ruled 6-3 that a 2006 law making it a federal criminal offense to lie about being decorated for military service was unconstitutional.
  • Megaupload Bombshell: Judge Rules Police Anti- ...
    The American government's bid to extradite copyright infringement king Kim Dotcom to the United States was dealt a body blow Thursday, when a New Zealand High Court judge ruled that the raids on Doctom's home earlier this year were "illegal." The decision may doom the entire prosecution of the f ...

PERRspectives : Blog

  • GOP Pushes 20 Year Old Plan to Replace Health ...
    Within days of the passage of President Obama's signature Affordable Care Act in March 2010, Senate Minority Mitch McConnell declared, "I think [our] slogan will be 'repeal and replace', 'repeal and replace.'" But now that the Supreme Court has largely upheld the dreaded Obamacare, Republicans ...
  • Memo to Republicans: Economists Laffer at You, ...
    Among the myriad Republican myths about taxes, the most pernicious and demonstrably false - that "tax cuts pay for themselves" - is the mostly deeply held by the GOP faithful. As President George W. Bush famously (and erroneously) put it, "You cut taxes and the tax revenues increase." Now, a s ...
  • GOP Goal: Kill Health Care Reform and a Lastin ...
    Despite the overwhelming consensus of legal scholars regarding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, the United States Supreme Court seems poised to strike down all or part of President Obama's signature health care reform law. If so, that would be the culmination of a decades-long ...
  • The Young and the Reckless
    Admittedly, the young Barack Obama was a pothead and tried cocaine. Apparently, the young Mitt Romney was a bully who liked to pretend to be a cop, a firefighter and a gangster. But whether or not early Obama dabbled in dope or Romney was, well, a douchebag, doesn't really matter. Or, at leas ...
  • The Mandates We Love
    As the Supreme Court prepares to decide the fate of the 2010 Affordable Care, recent polling from Reuters and the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that Americans support its major provisions except for one. The individual mandate to purchase private health insurance beginning in 2014, the part of ...

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TruthOut

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

Planetsave

  • Dinosaurs Were Likely Warm-Blooded
    Dinosaurs were likely warm-blooded, according to a new study done on living mammals. One of the only lines of evidence suggesting that dinosaurs may have been cold-blooded has been completely dismantled by the new research. The work was done by researchers from the Institut Català de Paleontolog ...
  • The International Conservation Photography Awa ...
    This Saturday, the International Conservation Photography Awards and Exhibition ceremony will once again kick-off at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, located on the University of Washington campus in Seattle, Washington. The biennial, juried competition, founded in 1997 by acclai ...
  • New Method Developed To Learn About Alien Planets
      Tau Bootis b was one of the first exoplanets discovered, just 16 years ago in 1996, and remains as one of the nearest exoplanets to us. But until now we’ve never actually seen it, only having knowledge of it because of the gravitational effects on its star. The parent star of Tau Bo ...
  • Solar Energy News Roundup
      Been feeling like we need to get a little more “save” going in our posts to live up to our “Planetsave” theme. With solar power being one of the very top solutions to numerous environmental and climate crises, and with sister site CleanTechnica being a top site for ...
  • Global Warming News Roundup
      Below is a global warming news roundup I posted on sister site CleanTechnica… thought it was a tad relevant to Planetsave, so reposting in full. Though, first, a few stories posted since the roundup are as follows: Climate Change Is Simple: We Are Completely Screwed If We Don’t Do S ...

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Axis of Logic

  • Illuminati Planning Another Financial Crash? ...
    "The American people are being disenfranchised, disinherited, and enslaved." The PBS Documentary "The Warning" proves the Illuminati bankers deliberately sabotaged the financial system before 2008. This was not the first time nor will it be the last."Economic c ...
  • CIA directing arms shipments to Syria’s “rebel ...
    22 June 2012 CIA agents have been deployed to Turkey to organize the arming of the so-called rebels in Syria seeking the overthrow of the government of President Bashar al-Assad, the New York Times reported Thursday. The report, citing information provided by senior US officials as well a ...
  • UNASUR Foreign Ministers in Paraguay to Discus ...
    Río de Janeiro, June 21 (Prensa Latina) Foreign ministres from member countries of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) are scheduled to leave today for Paraguay to discuss the situation in that country in the wake of decisión by the Chamber of Deputies to open an impeachment against Pre ...
  • The Right Wing Move to Impeach Paraguay's Pres ...
    Editor's Note: Does this sound familiar to anyone? It was 3 years ago this month that democratically-elected President Zelaya was thrown out of office by a coup in Honduras backed by the US State Department. In January, 2010 we published Mike Whitney's article, In South America, left-wing presid ...
  • WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks from E ...
    22 June 2012 Australian and US governments “playing word games”  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange spoke out today from the Ecuadorian embassy in London about the escalating assault on his democratic rights and why he had been compelled to seek political asylum in Ecuador. Interviewed b ...

They Gave Us a Republic

  • Monday Morning Quad Shot
    * Talk about missing the lede. Among all the speculation about  John Roberts waffling and  changing his vote in the face of pressure and fears of his court going down in history with a stamp of illegitimacy,  there is a glimmer of hope that maybe he has a moral core and a sense of ...
  • Are Firefighters People?
    By @KYYellowDog Firefighters are about to become the most important public employees in the country, if they haven't already. We would be smart to take extra-good care of them. Steve Benen at Maddowblog: As brutal wildfires spread in Colorado, federal fighters, along with state and local first r ...
  • Now Scum-Sucking Right-Winger Scalia Will Have ...
    Oh, I'm not buying drinks for the house just yet. This was Round 2. There will be many more rounds to go. But the 5-4 decision of the Supreme Court to uphold almost all of "Obamacare" was significant. Problem is, on Monday the Supreme Court also came down with a nasty 5-4 decision for the Citize ...
  • Tonight, I Drink
    By @BGinKC You will have to forgive me tonight -- I lived it up a little bit on Twitter and Facebook this morning when the ruling came down, but I had no time to do much else because I had interviews with candidates for the new Missouri Senate District 24 that will be filled by a Democrat in the ...
  • Repugs Already Stealing This Victory
    By @KYYellowDog Chief Justice Shithead found a way to avoid upholding the Commerce Clause while making the Wall Street Court look reasonable and convicting Democrats of the Biggest Tax Increase in History - all at the same time. The repugs are already three scores up in this fight. So listen to ...

Care 2

  • Tell Progresso to stop using BPA -- a chemical ...
    Progresso lines its soup cans with bisphenol A, or BPA. Scientists have long warned of BPA's link to cancer, but a new study has found that it's related to obesity and diabetes as well. Submitted by Reggie Thomas to Health & Wellness  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • A day for Hope
    A day of justice for Hope and a day of joy for animal lovers everywhere!!!! Submitted by Dianne Lynn Elko to Animals  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Dog Set on Fire Dies From Injuries
    Investigators say the dog appeared to have been doused with an accelerant and set on fire. She suffered extreme burns on her entire body. Veterinarians at the Pennsylvania SPCAs Shelter Hospital evaluated Chloe and gave her pain medications as well as Submitted by Craig M. to Animals  |&n ...
  • Fast and Phony
    See 1st comment, if c2 allows. If not, it's the 1st paragraph of the article. Submitted by TomCat S. to US Politics & Gov't  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Germany Sets New Solar Record By Meeting Nearl ...
    Germany fed a whopping 22 gigawatts of solar power per hour into the national grid last weekend, setting a new record by meeting nearly half of the countrys weekend power demand. After the Fukushima disaster, Submitted by Barbara W. to Environment  |   Note-it!  |  &nb ...

Smirking Chimp

Paul Krugman

No Quarter

  • The best of the best reactions to the Obamacar ...
    First, a couple questions: 1) Will Gov. Chris Christie cancel his veto and take federal money to expand Medicaid in New Jersey? Watch the first video below before you predict what Gov. Christie will do. [UPDATE: Christie's statement + AP story are below.] 2) My second question is sarcastic: Who ...
  • NEW IMAGE at mittromney.com [Updates]
    Mitt Romney’s campaign is on the ball. First, there was the one/two punch: It was smart to have Marco Rubio speak first on Fox, hammering Obamacare’s reliance on the IRS to enforce and seize penalty monies from any individual and any business. Then Romney spoke about the dramatic ris ...
  • Finally, SCOTUS Rules on Obamacare
    ROMNEY: He’ll make repeal of Obamacare his first action as president. Romney explained that Obamacare is unaffordable and unwise. The Act requires a $500 BILLION cut in Medicare, forces $500 BILLION in NEW TAXES, and will cost TRILLIONS to implement. Fox News reports that Romney For Presid ...
  • Making Americans into Cheese Eating Monkeys
    I am certainly non the first to note the irony between how the Federal Government wants us to deal with “wildlife,” who are considered less intelligent than humans, while promoting policies and programs that create dependency by the so-called “smarter” humans. Look at one ...
  • Obama’s Bogus Proposal to Weed Out Leakers
    Don’t believe what you read about Obama’s supposed new, tougher tactics to deal with leakers, White House Threatens Polygraphs for Leakers. It is smoke and mirrors and it is total bullshit. Per The Hill: Officials at the CIA, FBI and other intelligence agencies will be given expanded ...

Futurismic

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

Therapy News

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

Mountaintop Removal

  • Love Story: Mother, Daughter, Community - unEA ...
    Love Story: Mother, Daughter, Community unEARTHED, from Earthjustice (blog) To date, mountaintop removal coal mining has buried more than 2500 miles of streams and leveled an area of Appalachia bigger than the state of Delawa.
  • Mountain Hero Gets Help from Author Wendell Be ...
    Mountain Hero Gets Help from Author Wendell Berry unEARTHED, from Earthjustice (blog) Bill Will Protect Communities, Families From Mountaintop Removal ... Big news today in our fight to end destructive mountaintop removal mining: 13 ...
  • “Don't drink the water” - San Francisco Chroni ...
    San Francisco Chronicle (blog) “Don't drink the water” San Francisco Chronicle (blog) In all of Appalachia, mountaintop-removal mining has already damaged or ... But the violence of mountaintop-removal mining — blasting and bulldozing, air and ...
  • House Bill would Halt New Mountaintop Removal ...
    Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) House Bill would Halt New Mountaintop Removal Mines WVNS-TV A new bill aiming to put a moratorium mountaintop removal coal mining was introduced until further health study can be conducted. New Bill Puts People's Health before Mountaintop Removal Perm ...
  • New Bill Puts People's Health before Mountaint ...
    Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) New Bill Puts People's Health before Mountaintop Removal Permits Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) There is good news today in the fight to to protect Appalachian communities from the health effects of mountaintop removal mining. Yesterday Reps ...

Memeorandum

  • The Chief Justice's Gambit (Sean Trende/Real C ...
    Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics: The Chief Justice's Gambit  —  In 1803, the chief justice of the United States had a problem.  His hated cousin, Thomas Jefferson, had won the last presidential election.  But the outgoing Federalists opted not go gentle into that goo ...
  • Did John Roberts switch his vote? (Paul Campos ...
    Paul Campos / Salon: Did John Roberts switch his vote?  —  Updated: The dissents suggest the court was set to overturn Obamacare — until Roberts suddenly changed his vote  —  [UPDATED BELOW]  —  Has a second “switch in time” save ...
  • Is The Supreme Court's Health-Care Ruling a Tu ...
    Randy Barnett / The Daily Beast: Is The Supreme Court's Health-Care Ruling a Turning Point in Constitutional Law?  —  Although it upheld the individual mandate, the Court reaffirmed the traditional view that there must be a judicially-enforceable limit on the powers of Congress, ...
  • The Real Winners - So the Supreme Court - defy ...
    Paul Krugman / New York Times: The Real Winners  —  So the Supreme Court — defying many expectations — upheld the Affordable Care Act, a k a Obamacare.  There will, no doubt, be many headlines declaring this a big victory for President Obama, which it is.  ...
  • Nancy Pelosi Botches Brian Terry's Name While ...
    Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org blogs: Nancy Pelosi Botches Brian Terry's Name While Addressing Congress on Holder Contempt Charges  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), while speaking on the House floor opposing the contempt charges of Attorney General Eric Holder, ...

Energy & Environment News

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  • M 5.3, Vanuatu
    Thursday, June 28, 2012 15:51:59 UTC Friday, June 29, 2012 02:51:59 AM at epicenterDepth: 10.00 km (6.21 mi)
  • M 5.2, near the east coast of Honshu, Japan
    Thursday, June 28, 2012 05:51:49 UTC Thursday, June 28, 2012 02:51:49 PM at epicenterDepth: 42.00 km (26.10 mi)
  • M 5.2, Tonga
    Wednesday, June 27, 2012 21:20:58 UTC Thursday, June 28, 2012 10:20:58 AM at epicenterDepth: 19.60 km (12.18 mi)
  • M 5.3, Tonga
    Wednesday, June 27, 2012 20:39:18 UTC Thursday, June 28, 2012 09:39:18 AM at epicenterDepth: 23.60 km (14.66 mi)
  • M 5.2, Flores region, Indonesia
    Wednesday, June 27, 2012 12:56:55 UTC Wednesday, June 27, 2012 08:56:55 PM at epicenterDepth: 9.30 km (5.78 mi)

China Dialogue

  • Business tries to do what Rio did not
    That corporations emerged from last week’s summit looking more far-sighted than governments signals the depth of frustration with the paralysed UN system, says Isabel Hilton.A chorus of disappointment greeted the close of the Rio+20 conference last week. The Brazilian hosts, perhaps concer ...
  • Korea at the green-growth crossroads
    A political turning point for South Korea raises a number of important questions about Seoul’s sustainable development strategy, writes HSBC climate-change strategist Wai-Shin Chan.South Korea emerged from national parliamentary elections in April with the ruling Saenuri party holding a ...
  • “Don’t write off cap-and-trade”
    It’s time to stop the hand-wringing over carbon markets, writes Robert Stavins. Low permit prices in Europe and America point to changing circumstances and fixable flaws  – not the failure of an idea.Various journalists and advocates have, of late, described America’s ...
  • After Rio, a new consensus
    The text agreed in Brazil may be a compromise, says Ma Jun, but it shows the world is a fairer place than 20 years ago. On the summit sidelines, the campaigner spoke to Xu Nan about global politics, supply chains and China's shifting role.Ma Jun is founder of the Institute of Public and Environm ...
  • The hard climb continues
    Most observers have been disappointed by Rio+20 and rightly so. But the conference has kept the door open for some constructive work – in mountain conservation, for instance, writes Joydeep Gupta.The politics of Rio+20 – as in similar global conferences – has worked at two leve ...

AlterNet Top Stories

Threat Level

  • Good News For Spies and Dictators: ‘FreedomBox ...
    FreedomBox is intended to be a dead-simple router to bring to the people the encryption and privacy tools used by hackers. But it's in danger - not from the feds, but from lack of code.
  • From Copyright to Surveillance to Torture, Sup ...
    The outcome of the Supreme Court's 2011-2012 term, which ended Thursday, was largely favorable when it came to the justices' Wired-worthy opinions surrounding surveillance, the First Amendment, intellectual property and even profanity. But the term's overall outcome was mixed at best.
  • Hardware Hacker Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison ...
    Cable-modem hacker Ryan Harris has been sentenced to three years in prison for helping users steal internet access that authorities say involved a $1 million scheme to defraud cable companies of business.
  • Supreme Court Upholds Right to Lie About Milit ...
    Is it illegal to lie about being a military hero? The Supreme Court on Thursday answered, no. The justices ruled 6-3 that a 2006 law making it a federal criminal offense to lie about being decorated for military service was unconstitutional.
  • Megaupload Bombshell: Judge Rules Police Anti- ...
    The American government's bid to extradite copyright infringement king Kim Dotcom to the United States was dealt a body blow Thursday, when a New Zealand High Court judge ruled that the raids on Doctom's home earlier this year were "illegal." The decision may doom the entire prosecution of the f ...

Equality Trust

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

PDA AMERICA

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

Marler Blog

  • Shigella Outbreak Growing in New York
    James Mulder of the Syracuse Post-Standard reported to today that the Onondaga County Shigella outbreak has increased to 21 confirmed cases and 13 probable cases.  This is up nine from last week. Dr. Cynthia Morrow, the county’s health commissioner, said her department has not yet pi ...
  • Salmonella Escapes for Clark College Lab
    KOIN TV Sally Showman reported on a very interesting way of contracting Salmonella. A teenager was sickened by a strain of Salmonella that originated inside a Clark College microbiology lab earlier this month.  "We believe the child could have been infected one of two ways," Catherine Kro ...
  • Pink Slime Lawsuit Press Conference (and book ...
    According to KTIV this morning: We'll have to wait a while longer to learn the details of a lawsuit being filed by a former employee of Dakota Dunes-based Beef Products Incorporated. Bruce Smith has postponed a news conference he had scheduled for this afternoon at company headquarters. No expl ...
  • CDC: "chicks, ducklings, and other live baby ...
    According to the CDC, epidemiologic, laboratory, and traceback findings have linked this outbreak of human Salmonella infections to contact with chicks, ducklings, and other live baby poultry from Estes Hatchery in Springfield, Missouri. A total of 66 persons infected with the outbreak strai ...
  • Pink Slime Headed to Court?
    According to KTIV TV, a "former BPI employee will file a civil lawsuit following the controversy surrounding lean, finely textured beef -- or LFTB" (a.k.a. Pink Slime).  "[T]he civil suit he'll file against a 'national news broadcasting company,' and other individuals involved."  Here ...

AutoblogGreen

  • Official: EPA officially approves E15 for sale ...
    Filed under: Government/Legal Putting E15 (a mix of 15 percent ethanol and 85 percent gasoline) on sale in the U.S. has been all but official since April, when the Environmental Protection Agency approved the first applications to make E15. Now, "all but official" has become official, with th ...
  • Official: Mitsubishi promises Outlander plug-i ...
    Filed under: Hybrid, Paris Motor Show, Crossover, Mitsubishi, Electric We've been waiting since the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show - when Mitsubishi first talked about the PX-MiEV, a plug-in CUV concept - for some sort of real-world plug-in Outlander. It looks like we're finally going to get our wish ...
  • Video: Translogic checks out the made-for-whee ...
    Filed under: Videos, Hatchback, Specialty, Electric The people behind the subway-friendly, all-electric Kenguru have experienced many of the ups and downs that other start-up EV companies are all too familiar with. In fact, when you first go to the Kenguru website, it doesn't ask if you want ...
  • Rumormill: Next-gen Chevy Volt to ditch 1.4-li ...
    Filed under: Hybrid, Sedan, Hatchback, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GM, Electric No one at General Motors is talking publicly about a rumor post over at InsideEVs that claims the 83-horsepower, 1.4-liter range-extending gas engine currently used in the Chevrolet Volt will "definitely not" be the engi ...
  • How GM got 3 more miles out of the 2013 Chevro ...
    Filed under: Car Buying, Hybrid, Hatchback, Chevrolet, Electric As we learned earlier today, the 2013 Chevrolet Volt has beefed up. The new model year vehicle has a "bigger" battery and can go three extra miles when driven solely on the battery. We spoke with GM representatives to get more in ...

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Camera Obscura

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

Democracy Now!

  • FRIDAY: Amy Goodman on HBO's Real Time with Bi ...
    Democracy Now!’s award-winning host Amy Goodman will appear on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday, June 29th at 10 pm ET.
  • Big Money Wins in the Big Skies of Montana
    By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan “I never bought a man who wasn’t for sale,” William A. Clark reportedly said. He was one of Montana’s “Copper Kings,” a man who used his vast wealth to manipulate the state government and literally buy votes to make himself a U.S. senator. That was more tha ...
  • Watch Democracy Now! Special: Supreme Court Up ...
    A one-hour Democracy Now! special broadcast hosted by Amy Goodman, covering the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Chief Justice John Roberts was the swing vote in upholding the Act, joining Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan ...
  • Democracy Now! Live Coverage of U.S. Supreme C ...
    Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman will host a live one-hour broadcast on Thursday morning, June 28, covering the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Guests will include health insurance industry whistleblower Wendell Potter, Georgetown Un ...
  • Wanna Buy An Election? Mother Jones Expose on ...
    Part two of our conversation with Monika Bauerlein and Andy Kroll of Mothers Jones magazine. The new cover story in the magazine is called "Follow the Dark Money." We discuss at how Karl Rove, Sheldon Adelson and others are bankrolling Mitt Romney’s campaign, why President Obama ...

Suzie-Q

  • These Five People Just Saved Millions Of Ameri ...
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  • Supreme Court Health Care Decision: Individual ...
    HuffPost By- Mike Sacks Posted: 06/28/2012 10:10 am Updated: 06/28/2012 11:16 am WASHINGTON — The individual health insurance mandate is constitutional, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday, upholding the central provision of President Barack Obama’s signature Affordable Care Act. The co ...
  • WaPo Will Not Retract ‘Outsourcing&#8217 ...
    POLITICO By DYLAN BYERS| 6/27/12 3:33 PM EDT The Washington Post will not retract their June 21 report about Bain Capital‘s investments in firms that specialized in outsourcing American jobs, POLITICO has learned. “We are very confident in our reporting,” Washington Post s ...
  • Arizona Immigration Law Ruling: Supreme Court ...
    HuffPost By- Mike Sacks Posted: 06/25/2012 10:19 am Updated: 06/25/2012  2:52 pm WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday delivered a split decision in the Obama administration’s challenge to Arizona’s aggressive immigration law, striking multiple provisions but upholding the & ...
  • Companies’ Ills Did Not Harm Romney’s Firm
    New York Times By MICHAEL LUO and JULIE CRESWELL Published: June 22, 2012 Cambridge Industries, an automotive plastics supplier whose losses had been building for three consecutive years, finally filed for bankruptcy in May 2000 under a mountain of debt that had ballooned to more than $300 milli ...

Solari

  • Regulators to Classify Gold as Zero-Risk Asset
    Image: Stuart Niles / freedigitalphotos.net * By John Butler In what might be the most underreported financial story of the year, US banking regulators recently circulated a memorandum for comment, including proposed adjustments to current regulatory capital risk-weightings for various assets. ...
  • Transcript of Best Books of the 21st Century, ...
    A transcript of Best Books for the 21st Century is available to Subscribers! From the transcript: Catherine: Okay, best books for the 21st century. As I said we’ve gotten this question from many subscribers for many years. The challenge was always to distill so many books that I love down to a f ...
  • Lorre Explains the Slow Burn
    [CAF Note: I agree!] By Chuck Lorre I believe that Newton’s first law of motion is the reason we will emerge from our current economic woes. That law states that an object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and [...]
  • Medical Terrorism’s on the Prowl
    [Note from CAF: Here it comes again. A new effort to push pandemics and vaccines. If ever there is a sign of real weakness in the global economy, medical terrorism is it. For more on swine flu, check out Jon Rappoport at http://www.nomorefakenews.com/] By Liam O’Brien The swine flu pandem ...
  • Consciousness Beyond Chemtrails
    The Largest Stand Ever Against Chemtrails August 17th – 19th , 2012 Live Conference in LA & Global Webcast Ebell Theatre 743 S Lucerne Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90010 323-931-1277 15 Experts in Chemtrails and Metaphysics Permier of “Why in the World are They Spraying?” All net [...]

Insurgency Watch - Newswire

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

AlterNet - Rights and Liberties

Sideways News

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

Fabius Maximus

  • It’s the end of the world we’ve known si ...
    Summary:  This is an updated status report about the end of the post-WWII world.  The global recession has accelerated the transition, revealing the current order’s weaknesses, and showing the people in the emerging nations that they have outgrown it.  The major nations continue to defend ...
  • Why do governments act irrationality?
    Summary: Our era is driven by irrational actions by governments. Foreign interventions in the Middle East, with no rational hope of accomplishing any logical goals.  Governments in Europe pursuing guarantee-to-fail tactics to maintain the broken European Monetary Union. Our quote of the day exam ...
  • Why do governments act irrationality?
    Summary: Our era is driven by irrational actions by governments. Foreign interventions in the Middle East, with no rational hope of accomplishing any logical goals.  Governments in Europe pursuing guarantee-to-fail tactics to maintain the broken European Monetary Union. Our quote of the day exam ...
  • Run from the rising waves! (The latest climate ...
    Summary:  The past month has brought forth a sudden burst of studies using models to forecast an acceleration in rising sea levels, accompanied by alarmist new stories.  Here we review them, seeking the common element. There has long been an odd pattern to climate science articles and news, appe ...
  • Run from the rising waves! (The latest climate ...
    Summary:  The past month has brought forth a sudden burst of studies using models to forecast an acceleration in rising sea levels, accompanied by alarmist new stories.  Here we review them, seeking the common element. There has long been an odd pattern to climate science articles and news, appe ...

Open Your Eyes News

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

The Progressive Realist

  • Intellectual Corruption and the Afghanistan Surge
    Rajiv Chandrasekaran book on Afghanistan policy looks to be a fascinating read, not least of all because it confirms a lot of what I’ve been arguing over the years about the 2009 decision to escalate the conflict. As it turns out, the whole process was badly botched, ill-informed, lazy, an ...
  • US Strategy for the 21st Century Needed
    All leaders are easily criticized for either having the "wrong" strategy or "no" strategy at all regardless of the issue. In politics, elections exacerbate these critiques without always offering an alternative. In 1968, trapped in Vietnam, U.S. President Lyndon Johnson's (fl ...
  • Egyptian President-Elect Mursi to Sue Iranian ...
    Egyptian president-elect Mohamed Mursi plans to sue Fars News for publishing a fabricated interview that misrepresented his views on Egypt-Iran relations. The Egyptian media reported that Mursi’s spokesperson Yasser Ali announced the president’s office wishes to formally pursue litigation agains ...
  • Russia and Syria
    Dan Drezner asks "Dear realists: please explain Syria": I raise all of this because a few days ago Charles Clover in the Financial Times wrote an interesting story about Russia's foreign policy in Syria: read more
  • Former Turkish Official: Assad Fall May Lead ...
    Former Turkish Foreign Minister Yasar Yakis, one of Turkey’s longest-serving diplomats, said the situation between Turkey and Syria might actually get worse if President Bashar al-Assad leaves or is overthrown because chaos will hurt Syria first and Turkey second. “The Syrian questio ...

TAPPED - The American Prospect

  • What CNN Could Have Done
    If you were watching cable news when the Supreme Court handed down its ruling, you were probably confused at first. Initially, both CNN and Fox News announced that the individual mandate had been struck down, only to come back a few minutes later and correct themselves, after their screaming ch ...
  • Roberts's Solution to a Non-Problem
    On the fourth day of the Battle of Gettysburg, General Richard S. (“Bald Dick”) Ewell, riding behind the lines, was hit in the leg by a Union sniper’s bullet. Unfazed, the one-legged general remarked, “It don't hurt a bit to be shot in a wooden leg.” It may be that the federal government was sh ...
  • Same-Sex Marriage Is a Radical Feminist Idea
    Does anyone remember yesterday, before our minds were blown away by watching (on Twitter) Roberts vote to uphold the Affordable Care Act and Kennedy join with the three billygoats to declare the whole thing unconstitutional? I’m having trouble remembering, too. But my notes here say that yester ...
  • Romney's Other Health-Care Contradiction
    In vowing this morning to do what the Supreme Court didn’t—repeal Obamacare—Mitt Romney trotted out all his arguments against the newly constitutionally sanctioned health care law. Among them were these two points: First, that Obamacare would cause 20 million Americans to lose their health insu ...
  • A Tale of Two Justices
    John Roberts imagined himself as a consensus-builder after his confirmation to be the 17th chief justice of the Supreme Court, a justice in the mold of John Marshall charged with alleviating divisions on the Court by advocating judicial modesty. Some progressive observers took these claims very ...

Buzzflash

  • Arizona "Papers Please" Law Applies to Everyone
    MARK PERKEL FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT What people who support Arizona's new immigration law don't understand is that it's not a law that applies to illegal immigrants. This law applies to everyone and it's a huge expansion of government power to oppress all people equally, including people who a ...
  • Stop Using the Phrase "Obamacare"; This is Hea ...
    MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Okay, I am elated that another depressing right wing victory didn't occur this morning. By now, so many of us just expect that the thuggish plutocrats and their hired shills on Capitol Hill, and partisan hacks on the Supreme Court, will have their wa ...
  • Sen. Bernie Sanders on Health Care Ruling: A G ...
    SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Today is a good day for millions of Americans who have pre-existing conditions who can no longer be rejected by insurance companies. It is a good day for families with children under 26 who can keep their children on their health insurance polici ...
  • Barclays Execs Get No Criminal Charges for Int ...
    MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Okay, so the Associated Press (AP) just reported that "Barclays and its subsidiaries have agreed to pay more than $450 million to settle charges that it tried to manipulate key global interest rates." That might seem like a lot of money, but remember ...
  • Truthout Revealed That at Least Some Bush Admi ...
    MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT BuzzFlash at Truthout has recently run two commentaries on the failure of the Bush administration to prevent 9/11 (based on recently declassified documents) and his inexplicable prolonged elementary school visit, even after being informed of both of t ...

Glenn Greenwald - Salon

The BiPartisan Report

Sciencebase

  • Sciencebase on Mendeley
    I discussed Mendeley when it first launched and I perceived it as a kind of “Napster for Research Papers”, although more accurately you might think of it as “iTunes in the Cloud for PDFs”. Anyway, I’ve accumulated quite a few PDFs during my 20+ years as a science wr ...
  • Time to rebuild the Periodic Table electronically
    Back in the 20th century, around the time quantum physics was emerging, Niels Bohr tried to explain the pattern of elements that make up the Periodic Table based on the order in which each atom’s “shells” fill with electrons. Unfortunately, the theoretical filling order governe ...
  • Giving birth in an MRI machine
    It’s unlikely to be a comfortable place to deliver a baby, but now a video documents the first birth in an MRI machine. Christian Bamberg and a team from Charité University Hospital in Berlin, Germany, announced the world first in December 2010, but the movie has only recently been release ...
  • Michael McIntyre’s three ways to save the planet
    Michael McIntyre and Steven Murphy of Carleton University and Bernard Funston of Northern Canada Consulting in Ottawa, and Canada, suggest that the resources required to sustain human life are being degraded perhaps to the point of no return. They suggest that now is the time for collective acti ...
  • Tea and crumpets and prostate cancer risk
    Earlier this week I criticised the endless studies reporting that tea, sex, coffee can raise and/or lower prostate cancer risk. Well, NHS Choices has waded in with its usual balanced assessment of the work and come to a sensible conclusion: Men who are tea drinkers should not be alarmed by the r ...

Common Dreams-Progressive Newswire

  • Taxpayers paid $6.2 million in Farm Subsidies ...
    Environmental Working Group’s latest update of the EWG farm subsidy database shows that 23 members of Congress, or their family members, benefitted from $6,199,807 in taxpayer-funded farm subsidy payments between 1995 and 2011. The much-referenced database tracks $240 billion in commodity ...
  • Deal Reached on Transportation Bill Excludes D ...
    The following statement is from Martin Hayden, vice president for policy and legislation at Earthjustice, regarding the recently announced deal on the federal transportation bill:read more
  • Obama Plan Expands Risky Offshore Drilling in ...
    The Obama administration announced plans today to dramatically expand offshore oil drilling, including in the Arctic and the heart of critical habitat for polar bears. The plan will also expand high-risk, ultra-deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, which is still suffering the effects of the ...
  • ACLU Says Health Care Decision “Especially Wel ...
    The U.S. Supreme Court decision today upheld the linchpin of the Affordable Care Act by ruling 5-4 that the government can tax individuals who choose not to buy health insurance. The principal opinion was written by Chief Justice John Roberts.read more
  • Nurses: ‘Court Ruling Does Not End Healthcare ...
    The Supreme Court decision should not be seen as the end of the efforts by health care activists for a permanent fix of our broken healthcare system, said the nation’s largest union and professional association of registered nurses today.read more

Common Dreams-Views

  • No to War in Syria
    Mairead Maguire People around the world are deeply concerned about the ongoing crisis in Syria.read more
  • Health Care Decision a Mandate for Us to Act
    Michael Moore Even though it's been a few hours now, I'm guessing you're still pinching yourself to make sure you're not dreaming. But yes, it happened. At 10:07 am Thursday morning, the conservative Chief Justice of the U.S ...
  • Pallor or Power, Patients or Consumers: Which ...
    Donna Smith It’s a big day. And the corporate model for healthcare in America just triumphed over our humanity. The corporate Supreme Court honored all of its masters mightily in upholding the position that patients are consumers, tax ...
  • Pallor or Power, Patients or Consumers: Which ...
    Donna Smith It’s a big day. And the corporate model for healthcare in America just triumphed over our humanity. The corporate Supreme Court honored all of its masters mightily in upholding the position that patients are consumers, tax ...
  • 'Medicare for All' Must Remain the Goal
    Don McCanne, MD Go ahead and wade through the cacophony of responses to the Supreme Court decision. It should be a fascinating excursion through society’s exposed soul at its finest, and at its worst. Some of the responses you will he ...

Newshoggers - AfPak

Water Wars

  • Water wars
    You wouldn’t think that getting water in an area with some of the largest natural lakes in the world would be a problem. read more
  • Water Wars: In the mud and 50 feet...
    In the mud and 50 feet away from land in China Basin is where Vincent Lackey's houseboat is stuck. Lackey wants to turn his home into a floating restaurant in time for the America's Cup in 2013, but the boat's...
  • Supreme Court rejects water wars case
    A Supreme Court decision announced Monday might have implications for Athens' water supply.
  • Supreme Court Staying Out of Water Wars
    The U.S. Supreme Court will not intervene in a tri-state water dispute between Alabama, Georgia and Florida that has threatened the metro Atlanta area's water supply.
  • Water wars negotiations may begin soon
    The tri-state ‘water war’ over Lake Lanier could be steps closer to a compromise. 

WordPress | Economics

Electronic Intifada

The Wonk Room

  • Morning Briefing: States, Start Your Scramble
    – While the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was in court, most states held off setting up health care exchanges. Only ten states and the District of Columbia have begun planning out their exchanges. Now, the rest are scrambling to get their exchanges set up in time. – Yesterday’s dec ...
  • Mississippi’s Only Abortion Clinic Sues ...
    A new Mississippi law goes into effect on July 1 that is designed to make it nearly impossible for the state’s only abortion clinic to remain open. In the spring, legislators approved the Republican-backed measure to require the clinic’s doctors to have hospital admitting privileges, ...
  • National Review Deputy Managing Editor: Issa S ...
    On Sunday, House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) doubled down on a right wing conspiracy theory that the failed “Fast and Furious” operation was a secret scheme by Democrats designed to promote stronger gun control regulation — but also conceded he had absolutely no eviden ...
  • Obamacare Will Help LGBT People Access Health ...
    Our guest bloggers are Andrew Cray, health policy consultant for LGBT Progress, and Kellan Baker, health care analyst for LGBT Progress. Yesterday’s Supreme Court decision on the health reform law, popularly known as “Obamacare,” is a major victory for the millions of Americans who will have acc ...
  • National Security Brief: Military Contractors ...
    – A Canadian subsidiary of the Connecticut-based military contractor the United Technologies Corporation pleaded guilty yesterday to federal charges that it had illegally helped the Chinese government develop an attack helicopter now in service there. – A high-ranking member of the T ...

thwap's schoolyard

  • Another Bullshit Inquiry
    No, this isn't the Elections Canada stumble-bums picking their noses while Canadians groan under the oppression of an unelected majority government. This has to do with the Military Police Complaints Commission's investigation into the treatment of Afghan detainees. stephen harper? A word please ...
  • Two Books
    In light of my busy schedule and my sense of ennui today, I thought I'd just provide links to two books that I'm currently reading. The first book is Edward Dolnick's The Clockwork Universe about the intellectual history leading up to Isaac Newton's theory of gravity. It's very brisk, almost li ...
  • Joe Oliver gets interrupted and FUCK HIM
    And 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 fraudsters, or they are not. And if they are undemocratic thugs, then they should be forced to s ...
  • Constitutional Insurgency
    I wrote about this concept once before. I think it holds true more today. harper has launched an all-out assault on our system of government. he disregarded the majority in Parliament. he stole his majority through election fraud. he now uses his fraudulent majority to ram through his corrupt, u ...
  • Crumbs II
    So, yesterday, when I posted about how neo-liberals will appeal to progressives by incorporating feminist, pro-GLBT or anti-racist policies into their grab-bag of electoral platforms (so long as they don't really cost anything), CounterPunch.org posted an essay by Mike Whitney on the very same t ...

on Government Oversight

Digital Journal

  • Starry Night the biggest party in Toronto tonight
    Tonight Toronto's VIPs were at The 519 and the Green Space on Church for the hottest party in town, Starry Night. The must-attend Pride event raises funds to support community programs and services at The 519, a community centre on Church Street.
  • Vancouver Canucks lock up Cory Schneider with ...
    The Vancouver Canucks may have dodged a bullet by locking up goalie Cory Schneider on Thursday. It's a 3 year deal that reports say calls for the 26-year-old to make $12 million over the length of the contract.
  • Ontario Libertarians to march in annual Toront ...
    The New Democrats, Liberals and Greens will not be the only political parties marching in Sunday's Toronto Pride Parade. The Ontario Libertarian Party announced Thursday that it will be marching along Yonge Street as well.
  • Tall Ships Nova Scotia program announced
    Fireworks, free public concerts, incredible food and music, historical animation and family friendly activities will highlight the shore-side program for the Tall Ships Nova Scotia event July 19-23 in Halifax.
  • Pens lock up Crosby for extension worth over $ ...
    According to TSN hockey insider, Darren Dreger the Pittsburgh Penguins have signed franchise superstar, Sidney Crosby to a contract extension worth over $100 million.

End Homelessness | Change.org

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

Ceasefire.ca

  • Afghan detainee report released
    After four years of delays, numerous court challenges, and a prorogation of Parliament, the Military Police Complaints Commission has finally released its report on the Afghan detainee issue.
  • MacKay to be shuffled?
    According to the Ottawa rumour mill, Defence Minister Peter MacKay will be losing his job soon, and other senior officials with the department may also be moving on.
  • CSIS destroyed thousands of secret files
    The vast majority of the secret files collected on Canadians by the RCMP Security Service were destroyed by its successor agency, CSIS, in 1988.
  • F-35 probe survives Tory tactics
    An NDP filibuster has saved the House of Commons committee investigation into the F-35 procurement process, at least temporarily.
  • Blue helmets cast aside, Canada keeps the peac ...
    “The need is greater than ever but Canada’s contribution has never been lower,” said Steven Staples, president of the Rideau Institute, an Ottawa research and advocacy group. “The Harper government doesn’t regard peacekeeping as a route to enhancing Canada’s international stature.”

Kevin Trudeau Show

  • Mysterious Clintonville Booms Caught On Tape
    March 30, 2012 Prison Planet By Paul Joseph Watson “Something really weird is happening in Clintonville. The authorities say they are mini-earthquakes. But everyone knows there is no way that explanation is correct.” –KTRN An audio engineer has captured on tape the sound of one ...
  • United Nations Soft-Kill Depopulation Agenda E ...
    March 30, 2012 Prison Planet By Paul Joesph Watson “Click the link the below to watch the video exposing the truth about depopulation.” –KTRN Eugenics expert Jurriaan Maessen talks to Paul Joseph Watson about the population control agenda. Click here for the interview and video ...
  • Money is Not Needed with Energy Abundance
    March 30, 2012 Activist Post By Amaterasu Solar In order to understand the very basis of money, it is best to contemplate how it developed in the first place. Once society developed past the clan stage, when barter, trade and so forth arose, it became the practice to place value on the products ...
  • TSA Continues To Expand Operations Outside Of ...
    March 30, 2012 Activist Post By Madison Ruppert “If you don’t think the TSA is out of control yet, read this article.” –KTRN Through so-called VIPR teams, meaning Visual Intermodal Protection and Response, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), a child agency o ...
  • Concern Over National Defense Resources Prepar ...
    March 30, 2012 Info Wars By Kurt Nimmo Asawin Suebsaeng, who is an editorial fellow at Mother Jones, seems to have a problem understanding the Constitution and the national security state. He takes the political “right” to task for warning about the National Defense Resources Preparedness execut ...

Armies of Liberation

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

Dark Politricks

  • Murdoch: Health care ruling ‘a big victory’ fo ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comRaw Story   Appearing on the conservative Fox News Channel, billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who owns the network, expressed his “surprise” that the U.S. Supreme Court had upheld President Barack ...
  • Big Banks Have Become Mafia-Style Criminal Ent ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comBig Banks Have Become Mafia-Style Criminal Enterprises By WashingtonsBlogwashingtonsblog.com Banks Conspire to Fleece the Public 2 stories this week prove once again that the big banks are literally criminal enterprises. ...
  • Big Banks Conspire to Fleece Consumers
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comBig Banks Conspire to Fleece Consumers By WashingtonsBlogwashingtonsblog.com Mafia-Style Criminal Enterprises 2 stories this week prove once again that the big banks are literally criminal enterprises. Initially, all of ...
  • Gov. Martinez breaks with GOP: Parts of Obamac ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comRawStory.com Republican New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez on Thursday admitted there were good provisions within President Barack Obama’s health care reform package. In a video being promoted by Obama’s campaig ...
  • Chinatown-Walmart Cultural Center
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comDissident Voice Article dissidentvoice.orgBy Robert Hunziker On June 26th, 2012 the Wal-Mart PR team drove home the point of their plans to open a new store in Chinatown (Los Angeles) with a special cultural touch, a tra ...

Dandelion Salad

  • The Righteous Road to Ruin by Chris Hedges
    by Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Truthdig June 28, 2012 “The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion” A book by Jonathan Haidt Jonathan Haidt’s book “The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion” trumpets yet another grand t ...
  • Five Years for Dandelion Salad … So Time ...
    by Lo Editor Dandelion Salad June 27, 2012 Well, it’s been 5 years now on Dandelion Salad and most of my regular readers are well informed of the death and destruction running amok in the world, so I’m going to change the focus of the blog. First, I’d like to thank all of you, ...
  • The Julian Assange Show: Noam Chomsky and Tari ...
    Dandelion Salad Jun 26, 2012 by RussiaToday A surprise Arab drive for freedom, the West’s structural crisis and new hope coming from Latin America. That’s the modern world in the eyes of Noam Chomsky and Tariq Ali, two prominent thinkers and this week’s guests on Julian Assange ...
  • Gareth Porter: Economic War Against Iran Conti ...
    with Gareth Porter Featured Writer Dandelion Salad June 26, 2012 Jun 25, 2012 by TheRealNews Gareth Porter: US continues to insist Iran gives up all nuclear enrichment and offers no concessions on sanctions Economic War Against Iran Continues; Still No Evidence of a Weapons Gareth Porter is an i ...
  • Michael Parenti: Lesser of Two Evils?
    with Michael Parenti Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Michael Parenti Blog www.michaelparenti.org June 25, 2012 by AkashaTempleRadio Progress Toward Democracy Blog Talk Radio Brian Stetten and Ruthann Amarteifio, looking for Democracy! Michael Parenti, www.michaelparenti.org, author of 23 books, ...

Your New Reality

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

Wired - Science

  • How Complexity Science Could Help Fix Health Care
    Health care is a morass, but perhaps complexity science can help chart a path forward. Today the New England Complex Systems Institute released an eight-step prescription of network theory for America's ailing health system.
  • Robots Compete for Soccer World Domination
    It's a practical embodiment of profound challenges in artificial intelligence and robotic engineering. It's also robots playing soccer.
  • Record-Breaking Wine: What Does $168,000 Taste ...
    Today, the Australian winery Penfolds is announcing the world’s most expensive wine sold directly from a winery. The price of a wine influences people’s enjoyment of it, research shows. In one study, wines thought to have higher prices activated the brain's pleasure centers more.
  • Mysterious Fairy Circles Are ‘Alive’
    Locals say African fairy circles -- bare patches of soil up to 40 feet in diameter -- are the footprints of the gods. Scientists have thrown their hands up in the air, but now a biologist has discovered something no one else has.
  • Magnetic Plasma Tornadoes Spin in Sun’s Atmosphere
    Mathematicians have uncovered evidence of vast magnetic vortices spinning in the atmosphere off the Sun.

Israeli Occupation Archive

  • Lia Tarachansky: Thousands of Israelis Join “C ...
    On Friday, June 22 Daphnie Leef, the symbolic leader of the J14 social justice movement in Israel was violently arrested while trying to set up a protest tent. The action was meant to reinvigorate... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lan ...
  • Lia Tarachansky: Israel’s J14 Movement and the ...
    On June 2nd, Wafa Tiara, a Palestinian agricultural worker organized under the Ma’an union was supposed to address Israel’s J14 social justice movement. The protest was meant to serve as an indicator... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian ...
  • Jonathan Cook: The evil of humanitarian wars
    Societies cannot have democracy imposed from without, as though it were an item to be ordered from a lunch menu. The West’s democracies, imperfect as they are, were fought for by their peoples over... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian la ...
  • Author: Israel can claim the title of the most ...
    Sami Michael: "Israel is in danger unless its leadership understands it isn't located in Europe's tranquil north but in the Middle East's seething center," said Michael. "We may lose everything.... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands ...
  • Akiva Eldar: Palestinian disinheritance sponso ...
    It's a shame the police don't show the same determination treating the settlers who invade private Palestinian land as they do evicting the temporary settlers on Tel Aviv's Rothschild Boulevard. It's... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian ...

Ria Novosti - Military

NewsWise

  • Smokin' Powerhouse Chili Wins Making Healthy S ...
    Food technologists teamed up with culinary experts, manufacturers and school food service staff to take on the challenge of creating a healthy and tasty lunch option to serve in school cafeterias for the Making Healthy School Meals Easy Challenge. The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) in par ...
  • Child Obesity Rates Plateau: New Chance for Fo ...
    A plateau in childhood obesity rates following a 20-year increase offers food manufacturers an opportunity to review successful strategies as well as consider new ideas for providing healthy, good-tasting options for the next generation, a scientific panel said during a symposium at the Institut ...
  • Government Ethics Expert Comments on Holder Co ...
    "The Republicans in the House of Representatives apparently believe that they can get some political traction in the 'Fast and Furious' controversy, and plan to increase the political pressure on the Obama administration to disclose additional information by holding Attorney General Eric Holder ...
  • IU Experts Available to Discuss Supreme Court ...
    Indiana U. faculty with expertise in constitutional law, health care economics, and health policy and administration are available to discuss the U.S. Supreme Court PPACA ruling.
  • Human Digestion Simulators Provide Insight int ...
    Simulations of the human digestive system have proven to be useful tools for scientists studying how the body processes food from the mouth through the intestines, including how it separates the nutrients for absorption, according to a panel discussion during a symposium at the Institute of Food ...

Natural Health News

Climategate

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

Opinio Juris

  • YJIL Symposium: Howse and Langille Respond to ...
    by Robert Howse and Joanna Langille by Robert Howse and Joanna Langille Robert Howse is the Lloyd C. Nelson Professor of International Law at New York University School of Law. Joanna Langille is a 2011 graduate of New York University Law School.] This post is part of the Yale Journal of Inter ...
  • YJIL Symposium: Howse and Langille Respond to ...
    by Robert Howse and Joanna Langille by Robert Howse and Joanna Langille Robert Howse is the Lloyd C. Nelson Professor of International Law at New York University School of Law. Joanna Langille is a 2011 graduate of New York University Law School.] This post is part of the Yale Journal of Inter ...
  • China’s International Law Argument on the Scar ...
    by Julian Ku by Julian Ku Interesting letter to the editor at the WSJ, defending China’s claim to the disputed island/shoal/reef in the South China Seas. It is a good preview of China’s international law argument as well as its view that UNCLOS is largely irrelevant to the dispute. ...
  • China’s International Law Argument on th ...
    by Julian Ku by Julian Ku Interesting letter to the editor at the WSJ, defending China’s claim to the disputed island/shoal/reef in the South China Seas. It is a good preview of China’s international law argument as well as its view that UNCLOS is largely irrelevant to the dispute. ...
  • YJIL Symposium: Beyond the (Cute) Face of the ...
    by Tamara Perisin by Tamara Perisin [Tamara Perisin is a member of the faculty of law at the University of Zagreb] This post is part of the Yale Journal of International Law Volume 37, Issue 2 symposium. Other posts in this series can be found in the related posts below. The article by Rob How ...

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