- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 minutes ago*"Think of the Children"* by Paul Krugman "Every time I hear some smug pundit or politician saying that we can’t spend to create jobs because that would be laying too much of a burden on our children...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 30 minutes agoIn the zombie flicks 28 Days Later and I Am Legend, an unstoppable viral plague sweeps across humanity, transforming people into mindless monsters with cannibalistic tendencies. Though dead humans can't ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 33 minutes ago
*Trevor Thomas with supporter Jennifer Granholm* Tuesday CNN reported that LGBT donors are opening their wallets and pursesfor President Obama. There's an attractive picture of Neil Patrick Harris, Suze Or... - posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 45 minutes ago*And no one arrested him?* "Bush returning to White House" May 31, 2012|Globe Staff WASHINGTON - This is a little awkward. President Obama cannot seem to stop bad-mouthing the record of his predecessor, ...
- posted by Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 51 minutes agoPosted at UOON, from Don Perl at University of Northern Colorado. *he following is a letter to Sandi Kirshner, Executive Vice President at Pearson Higher Education, regarding the decision made by the Dep...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 54 minutes agoOf course, this doesn't have a prayer of passing, but paying people more at the bottom of the economic ladder would be a great form of stimulus: A group of House Democrats have proposed increasing the min...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 58 minutes agoPaul Krugman, a left-wing economist, wrote an article called Estonian Rhapsody on his blog harbored by the New York Times. Krugman correctly observed that Estonia, the newest member of the eurozone (fro...
- posted by Lilith eZine at LILITH NEWS - 1 hour ago
Is it a coincidence that the history of the world's fattest people is dominated by Americans? 10 of the world's 11 fattest people were Americans. #1. Jon Brower Minnoch, American, 1400 lbs, died at the age... - posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 2 hours ago
Today is the 45th anniversary of the liberation of Jerusalem from 19 years of Jordanian occupation following the 1948 war of independence. To the BBC and the rest of the Israel haters this was the day t... - posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 2 hours agoRussian president Jean Vladimir Charest Putin has human rights activists up in arms over a new law cracking down on peaceful protest. *This week, the Russian parliament approved a controversial bill which ...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 2 hours agoIt is alas against policy around here to reproduce a chart, but you really do want to click through and look at "Jenny McCarthy Causes Autism" over at Mostly True Stuff (via Drezner). I have very little t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoBEIJING — China said Thursday it was firmly opposed to "outside armed intervention" in Syria or "any attempt to forcibly promote regime change" amid mounting violence in the country, Xinhua reported. Chi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours ago
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck near the Coast of HONSHU, JAPAN at a depth of 30 km (18.6 miles), the quake hit at 18:39:48 UTC Thursday 7th June 2012 The epicenter was 81 km (50.2 miles) Northeast ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours ago(CNN) -- From a cracked window, Khaled Gamal looks across a smoggy skyline of drab tenements and hanging laundry. But on this day, something is different. He watches a voting line form on his street in M...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoIslamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A bomb killed 15 people and injured 48 others in southwestern Pakistan on Thursday, a senior police official said. The bomb was planted on a bicycle outside a madrassa, or Mus...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoIt also said it would immediately cut the credit ratings on Cyprus, Ireland, Italy, Spain and Portugal if Greece were to exit the euro zone. Additionally, all euro zone nations would have their ratings pu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours ago(Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel said Europe was ready to act to ensure stability in the euro zone as Spain's credit rating was cut by three notches on Thursday amid expectations it may soon seek EU h...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoTwo girls died and at least 30 other people were sickened by an unidentified chemical in two communities outside the northern Colombian city of San Jacinto del Cauca, health officials said. The first girl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoBritain and America came close to writing off the United Nations peace plan for Syria on Thursday after the latest massacre of as many as 78 villagers triggered international outrage. The bloodshed in Q...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoBERLIN — As the eurozone turmoil mounts, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is trying to regain the upper hand with calls for long-term political integration but she continues to resist emergency action. "W...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoThe five-year-old brother of a girl who was beaten and starved to death by their mother brought food to her funeral so she would have enough to eat in heaven, it was revealed. 'Monster mom' Carlotta Bret...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck TONGA at a depth of 29.2 km (18.1 miles), the quake hit at 18:02:42 UTC Thursday 7th June 2012 The epicenter was 251 km (156 miles) Southwest from APIA, Samoa No Tsuna...
- posted by Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 2 hours ago*Brazil: The Man Who Woke Up on a Rock – A Thousand Feet in the Air* *Source: Gazeta Newspaper Date: 8 November 2008* [*Our friend and colleague Paulo R. Poian has called our attention to thi...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 3 hours agoWhen the morning-after pill was approved, the actual mechanisms weren't well understood. It was thought that one way it worked was to prevent implantation, and since most definitions of pregnancy use impla...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 3 hours agoFDD's Clifford May admits Syria is a proxy war with Iran and Russia, Neo-Cons in bed with Al Qaeda. Human rights merely a pretense. *by Tony Cartalucci * *June 8, 2012* - Foundation for Defense of Democra...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoAs fears grow over the Government's plans to privatise Britain's already battered roads, this picture shows just how hairy potholes can be in communist China. As the driver of this minibus cruised throug...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoA magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck JUJUY, ARGENTINA at a depth of 255 km (158.1 miles), the quake hit at 17:06:47 UTC Thursday 7th June 2012 The epicenter was 53 km (32.8 miles) Southwest from Villazon,...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 3 hours agoWay cool science. In a development scientists are calling a "tour de force," researchers have reconstructed the genome of a fetus using DNA samples from the parents. Because their technique did not requir...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoA prolific shoplifter who has been caught stealing 50 times has been spared jail once again. Anthony Hill, 32, was caught trying to steal a £190 ladies handbag from upmarket fashion and jewellery boutique...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 3 hours agoA paper came out in the journal *Nature* yesterday that contends we have reached the point of imminent environmental collapse. Those of us who don't have a couple of hundred bucks to blow on a *Nature* ...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 3 hours agoA news round up. Let’s open this post with Kofi Annan’s statement at the UN. Where he drops all pretence of being impartial. And shows his true face, the imperialist NATO regime change face. Thanks Freet...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 3 hours ago*THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2012* *And massages some pointless old facts:* Rachel Maddow may have the biggest tin ear for domestic politics we have ever seen. Plus, she isn’t compulsively honest. She really does ...
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 3 hours agoI haven't had a chance to post for days. Youngest daughter Maxine and Aaron came home for the Princeton Reunion weekend. In between the endless rounds of parties they took the train to Jersey City where w...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoA Pakistan national bludgeoned his ex-girlfriend to death with a hammer two months after he had asked police to deport him from Britain, a court heard today. Muhammed Niazi told officers he wanted to ret...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 4 hours agoA couple of snips today that don’t really deserve an entire entry – but do deserve attention. No links - if it that important for you to check out - just Google them. *First One* Right Wing Bloggers th...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 4 hours agoSOURCE US Particulate and Xenon Measurements Made Following the Fukushima Reactor Accident Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoA former Marine who murdered his neighbour was twice turned away by police after handing himself in and confessing to the crime, a court heard. Killer Thomas Puxty had to demand an interview after officer...
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 4 hours ago* This is my article yesterday in the online magazine TL. The two charts are not part of the original article, I just added them here. http://www.thelobbyist.biz/perspectives/less-gorvernment/1317-unemploym...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 4 hours agoThat's the dilemma faced by South Korea's Defence Aquisition Program Administration (DAPA). DAPA is trying to hold a competition for new jet fighters for South Korea's air force. There are three competit...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoA magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck SOUTHERN PERU at a depth of 99.7 km (62 miles), the quake hit at 16:03:18 UTC Thursday 7th June 2012 The epicenter was 119 km (74 miles) WNW from Arequipa, Peru No Rep...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago*Jim DeMint (R-SC) is allowed to keep his gold-plated retirement plan* My best bud, Roland, is a school teacher in Compton. He works hard. At the end of the day he's exhausted. He makes a modest living. I ...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 4 hours agoEarly one morning your phone rings and it's a lawyer calling from Court. A friend of yours was arrested the night before and the lawyer is asking whether you can come down right now and help bail out your ...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 4 hours agoConsider it something like a bomb shelter for species endangered by global warming. The Nature Conservancy is cataloguing regions best suited to accommodate plant and animal species that might otherwise ...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 5 hours agoR. v. Lazo, 2012 ONCA 389 has a useful statement about joint submissions as to sentence especially in drug cases: [8] A joint submission should not be departed from unless it is contrary to the ...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 5 hours agoI think that's the closest I can get to the noise that Sara Errani makes when she hits the ball during a rally. At 5'5" she is a little on the short side for a professional ladies tennis player but the I...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 5 hours ago*THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2012* *Joan Walsh is appalled by dressage:* We’ve always liked Bill Clinton here, except for that time when we had to follow him (as a comedian). But good grief! When it comes to his r...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoSix gang members who shot at police officers and even a helicopter during last summer's riots were given sentences of up to 30 years today for what a judge described as a 'concerted attack on the police'....
- posted by Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 5 hours agoI used to not mind the monarchy and would have preferred to keep it despite it being in opposition to some of my other views It played what I saw as a valuable role as historical referent point heritage and ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoA Somali family living on benefits has moved into a luxury £2million townhouse just a stone's throw from where ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair used to live, it was revealed today. The council-owned property...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 5 hours agoCharles Robertson, Global Chief Economist of Renaissance Capital in London, would appear to be something of a fan of Putin's Russia. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7ef67f4e-ab38-11e1-b675-00144feabdc0.html#ix...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoReporters are meant to write the news - not make it. But there must be something in the water, because - for the second time in a month - a fishing writer has stumbled across something extraordinary. The...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoBritain has the perfect opportunity to break from the 'shackles' imposed by Brussels as members like Germany close ranks to form a 'single country called Europe', Former Labour Foreign Secretary Lord Owen ...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 5 hours agoAn article from *Reuters* asks "Can Occupy Wall Street Survive?" "*More than eight months after Occupy Wall Street burst onto the global stage, decrying income inequality and coining the phrase "We are the...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 5 hours agoSteve Kornacki interviews Norm Ornstein, who supports the jungle primaryexperiment in California on the basis that it may reduce the chances for extremists to win primaries in one-party seats. I'm not a fa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoThe UN says its observers have been attacked with small arms fire as they attempted to get to the scene of an alleged Syrian massacre, amid calls for new international action to end the bloodshed. Ban Ki...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 5 hours agoAND IT WILL (if it hasn't already)!!! Be prepared: Here's a really good overview about ALEC's Asbestos legislation in a diary at Daily Kos. AND Remember that you read this and then fight it: “The only...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 5 hours agoIndia has nothing but friends these days, that is if you leave out Pakistan. Russia's her friend, has been for generations. China wants to be India's BFF. And America is also courting India's affecti...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 6 hours ago* **R. v. Atkinson,* 2012 ONCA 380 gives a good restatement of the law relating to the “plain view” doctrine in the context of searches:** *(iv)* *The “Plain View” Doctrine* [57] The “plai...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 6 hours agoWebsite for this image Tom Watson, of the UK Labour Party, has written a book which calls the Murdoch empire a "shadow state" *Watson book calls Murdoch empire a "shadow state"* The book, entitled "Di...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 6 hours ago------------------------------ ← Conspiracy Theories and Mathematical Probabilities Go here for original ------------------------------ Wisconsin Recall: The adju...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 6 hours ago*THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2012* *Interlude—Can liberals prosper this way:* *Could* it be true, what the pundit pair said? Is it *possible* that some recent journalism reflects a “bias” against Candidate Romney?...
- posted by Robert E Kelly at The Duck of Minerva - 6 hours ago[image: P1-AP194B_CHINA_NS_20090323190818] Two of my posts this week (one, two) on hypothetical retrenchment under Ron Paul got a lot of traffic and comments. (H/t to Andrew Sullivan.) So here is some f...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 7 hours agoAnd if that doesn't make you want to rush out and buy a gross of Depends, then you either have bowels of steel or are a tight-assed Republican.
- posted by Lilith eZine at LILITH NEWS - 8 hours agoIt may seem like a no brainer to some people, but you would probably be amazed by the number of braindead drivers who don't know how to share the road with cyclists. (Especially since bicycles have been on...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoAvian influenza has recently been identified during the study of pathological material, selected from major Russian poultry producer company, Amur broiler, the Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and P...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoSCARBOROUGH – For the second time in three weeks, a dead Minke whale has washed ashore in the area. According to Linda Doughty, executive director of Portland-based Marine Mammals of Maine, the whale foun...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoLONDON — Business social network LinkedIn and online dating service eHarmony said Wednesday that some of their users' passwords were stolen and millions appear to have been leaked onto the Internet. Link...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago(Reuters) - China's central bank cut benchmark interest rates by 25 basis points in a surprise move on Thursday to shore up slackening economic growth, its first rate cut since the depths of the 2008/09 fi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoFT: Angela Merkel said a core group of states needs to press on with European integration to fight the eurozone crisis, a rebuke to David Cameron, UK prime minister, who has called for more short-term cris...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 8 hours ago7 June 2012 *A wife, a mother, a peace campaigner.* *EPISODE 11: MY LIFE IN COMPARTMENTS * **Sylvia has, by her own admission, received countless convictions as a result of campaigning for a peaceful w...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 8 hours agoHappy Birthday to Prince, 54. And right to the good stuff: 1. John Sides has more of the response to Charles Lane. Question for the assembled experts: is there a really good online explanation of why the...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoMrs Clinton said the United States was willing to work with all members of the UN Security Council, which includes Russia, on a conference on Syria's political future as long as it started with the premise...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoDays before David Cameron's last visit to Berlin, a senior figure in Angela Merkel's CDU party made the claim that "suddenly Europe is speaking German". It was a suggestion that Germany was now the domin...
- posted by Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 8 hours agoNew Jersey state politics has long enjoyed a reputation for corruption, second only to Louisiana, perhaps. Now it would seem that Chris Christie's henchmen like Acting Ed Commish, Chris Cerf, may be able ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoTURKISH Cypriots are on alert for a possible outbreak of typhoid due to sewage coming from the Mia Milia plant in Nicosia, reportedly spreading all the way to the Famagusta coastline. According to paediat...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoMILAN (AP) — Rescue workers are searching for a family of three who had been staying in a residential building in southern Italy that collapsed following an explosion caused by a gas leak on Thursday. At l...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA MINI-TORNADO has ripped through suburban Perth, ripping down powerlines and trees and leaving a trail of damage. Several reports on Twitter described the storm as a "small tornado''. It is believed the...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours agoLater today we're going to take a look at why wealthy gay donors and DC-centric gay organizations like the Victory Fund don't champion young, gay political leaders from outside the Beltway sewer system. W...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA day of mourning was declared in Tuva on Thursday after eight paratroopers perished while working to extinguish a blaze covering 500 hectares of land in the Siberian republic. Fourteen parachutists were...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA LEADING seismologist has said yesterday’s earthquake off the west coast of Ireland was “unexpected” and poses “very interesting questions for geologists”. The earthquake, which registered a magnitude of...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoD/FW AIRPORT (1080 KRLD) – A spokesman for a hotel and conference center near Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport confirmed that a guest was briefly hospitalized for Legionnaire’s disease Wednesday. S...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 9 hours agoDemonstrators at the October 21, 1967 march on the Pentagon carry a banner that says, "Support our GIs, Bring Them Home Now." Reversing the Vietnam War verdict Most of the allegations about insults directed...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoJune 6 - Wall Street enjoys its best day of 2012 as optimistic investors bet the European debt crisis has worsened enough to prompt euro zone governments to come up with a meaningful rescue plan, but recen...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago(Reuters) - The ploughs that made German farm machinery firm Lemken its name line the factory forecourt like a row of modernist sculptures, with jutting spokes and sinister-looking blades. Based in an ag...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago(Reuters) - More than eight months after Occupy Wall Street burst onto the global stage, decrying income inequality and coining the phrase "We are the 99 percent," the movement's survival and continued re...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago(Reuters) - U.N. monitors tried on Thursday to reach a village where activists say Syrian troops and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad massacred at least 78 villagers, hours before a divided U....
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoJerusalem (CNN) -- Entering the 80th day of a hunger strike Wednesday, former Palestinian national football player Mahmoud Sarsak said he will continue until he is released from the Israeli prison where h...
- posted by Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 9 hours ago"The shocks are generated by a device known as a GED which children are made to carry 24 hours a day in backpacks or around their waist. Photograph: Rick Friedman" GuardianThis story has to be the greate...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoSao Paulo (CNN) -- A Brazilian woman has confessed to shooting her husband, dismembering him and scattering the parts in a wooded area outside Sao Paulo, police said on Wednesday. Elize Ramos Kitano Mats...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 9 hours agoThese are the typical people we may expect in the Greek government after the new June 17th elections – top people from the parties that made the greatest gains in the recent polls and whose success is like...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoHong Kong (CNN) -- Friends of a high-profile Chinese dissident found dead in his hospital room Wednesday slammed official claims that he hanged himself as "insulting" and "ridiculous." Huang Lihong told ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago(Financial Times) -- Chinese direct investment into Europe tripled in 2011 to $10bn, according to a new study that estimates Chinese companies are in the early stages of a global shopping spree that could...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoHong Kong (CNN) -- A dispute involving workers sparked a riot at an employee dormitory in China that makes products for companies including Apple, a Taiwanese news site reported Thursday. As many as 1,00...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago(CNN) -- A fire last month aboard a U.S. nuclear submarine that caused more than $400 million in damage may have been caused by a vacuum cleaner, the Navy said Wednesday. "Preliminary findings indicate t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoJerusalem (CNN) -- Israel announced it will construct 851 housing units in the West Bank, a move the United States immediately said "undermines peace efforts." Minister of Housing Ariel Atlas said Israel...
- posted by Casey at The Adventures of Limited Eating - 9 hours ago[image: Creative Commons License] The Adventures of Limited Eating by Casey Lazonick is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoCT scans expose children to radiation that could give them cancer, according to a review of children’s imaging data published Wednesday in the British medical journal Lancet. The researchers estimate that...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoBeijing, China (CNN) -- The heads of state of Russia, China and four Central Asian partner nations signed a statement Thursday opposing outside intervention in Syria and Iran. "We believe any attempts t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago(CNN) -- International mediator Kofi Annan plans to brief the United Nations on Thursday as world powers seek to pile on pressure on the Syrian regime amid new reports of a massacre. Annan -- the specia...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago(CNN) -- Spain, a eurozone behemoth, is in the crosshairs of Europe's financial crisis. The country is suffering from soaring borrowing costs, a banking system leaking cash and unemployment rates at devas...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago(CNN) -- The United States believes one of its armed helicopters was shot down over Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing both crew members on board, a U.S. military official said. NATO's International Securi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoKabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Thursday that the United States was "reaching the limits of our patience" with Pakistan over militants that attack U.S. forces in nei...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoMADRID/LONDON, June 7 (Reuters) - Spain showed on Thursday that it can still access the credit markets at an affordable but rising cost against a backdrop of feverish behind-the-scenes planning for a likel...
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 9 hours agoIn terms of social and environmental policy, the Harper government has been determined, from the first day it took office, to lead Canada back to the 19th century. But now American energy consultant Jer...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoEurozone unemployment marched higher on Thursday as Greek joblessness reached a new record and France's jobless rate hit the psychologically damaging 10pc mark. Greece's unemployment rate shot up to 21.9p...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoBEIJING, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) called for the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in central Asia in a declaration released after the concl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoAt regional summit in China, Russian president tells Iranian counterpart Ahmadinejad he supports drive for atomic energy. Russia supports a peaceful Iranian nuclear program, Russian President Vladimir Pu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoAfghan President Hamid Karzai condemned a Nato air strike on Wednesday, in which 18 civilians were reportedly killed. Afghan officials said women and children were among the dead when Nato struck a villa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoThe number of confirmed and suspected cases of Legionnaires' disease in Edinburgh has risen to 51, officials said Thursday, as they continued to search for the source of the deadly outbreak. Scotland's H...
- posted by Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 9 hours agoAs parents, my wife and I are constantly asked about how well our daughter is doing at school. She is doing very well, and is progressing at a level not matched by the majority of her peers. In spite of t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA woman who attempted to steal a clearance wig from a beauty supply shop took a bite out of the owner’s arm and spit the flesh in his face before running off, police said. Lowpel Davis, 38, of New Haven, ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 10 hours agoWealth, simply put, is the accumulation of valued outcomes. Robert Heilbroner explains that: Wealth is a fundamental concept in economics – indeed, perhaps the conceptual starting point for the discipli...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA man in Knoxville, Tennessee, killed himself on Wednesday by setting himself on fire, according to police. The blaze was reported at around 11am at 1401 Craig Road off Northshore Drive, Knoxville Fire D...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA 14-year-old radio show host has come out and condemned President Barack Obama for 'making kids gay' by supporting homosexual's civil rights. Caiden Cowger, who has interviewed the likes of Herman Caine...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoThe jury selected for alleged pedophile Jerry Sandusky’s pending trial includes a current Penn State student, a retired professor from the school who taught at the school for 37 years, two current profess...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA central Florida woman has been sentenced to life in prison for strangling her toddler daughter with a bra. A Seminole County jury found 24-year-old Nioshka Bello guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA former student of an elite New York City prep school has revealed decades of sexual abuse at the institution, accusing a string of teachers of vile behaviour while suggesting others covered it up. In N...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoThe girlfriend of a US man shot dead by police as he chewed the face of a homeless person has said she felt safe with him and has described him as a man of faith. Yovonka Bryant said Rudy Eugene must hav...
- posted by thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 10 hours agoYesterday, on a crowded subway, there was a tall athletic man standing next to me. I'm short so my eye level was at his tie. I thought his tie was quite stylish and then noticed the fine material and colou...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA man who was part of a mysterious yoga retreat - likened to a cult - has been found dead in the mountains in Bowie, Arizona after fleeing the sect with his wife and succumbing to exposure. The grisly de...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 10 hours agoMrs NotaSheep said she had no idea who Abbott and Costello were. So for her and everyone else remember "Who's on first?"..."Naturally"
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoThe Arab Spring and the fall of Colonel Gaddafi have continued to have long-lasting effects across the entire African continent, after agricultural experts warned of swarms of locusts about to move from L...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoFor 20 years, field scientists working with Conversation International have been exploring some of the world’s most abundant, mysterious and threatened tropical ecosystems. To date, they have discovered...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 10 hours ago*Brees and Saints have only "minor details" left*~Jennifer Hale saying press conference for Brees on Friday! *Saints Nation: More Player Suspensions Coming for Saints?* *More with Morstead: Saints Punte...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 10 hours agoJournalist disguised as an African in Tel Aviv park. http://t.co/0tULBHWoBike/cell theft rings, Eritean govt shakedowns, no Israeli racism -- elderofziyon (@elderofziyon)
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA 15-year-old boy today pleaded guilty to shooting his older sister three times in the head as she slept. Colton Harvey was charged as an adult for killing his 16-year-old sibling Candace Harvey on Janua...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 10 hours agoPaul Krassner at his 80th birthday party. The counterculture was a spiritual revolution: A Rag Blog interview with Paul Krassner As the editor of The Realist, Krassner taught me not to take myself too serio...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck MACEDONIA at a depth of 9.8 km (6.1 miles), the quake hit at 10:07:15 UTC Thursday 7th June 2012 The epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) Northwest from Bitola, F.Y.R. of M...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoLuka Magnotta, the suspected cannibal killer, poses happily with two of the big screen's most infamous monsters... just a few years before he took his own place in the annals of real crime. Magnotta smil...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA former EastEnders extra who battered an 86-year-old widow to death in her own home before stealing her jewellery and pawning it for just £61 has today been jailed for a minimum of 24 years after pleadin...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoMore than 50 European nationals are being put behind bars in England and Wales every week. In less than a decade the number locked up has more than doubled, according to prison figures. A spate of horri...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoAdverts have appeared on several jihadist web forums, offering to recruit and train potential suicide bombers. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is offering training for suicide bombers to target the US,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoBankers and politicians displayed the same symptoms as patients with mental health problems in the run up to the devastating credit crunch, scientists have revealed. In the years before the crisis, scien...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA jobless woman who boasted of spending thousands of pounds of her benefits on a life of luxury - including £4,500 on breast enlargement surgery - has been jailed for persistent shoplifting. Kelly Fannin...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA female driver who rammed into a pedestrian and drove with him through crowded streets as he clung desperately onto her bonnet has blamed her hormones for the bizarre incident. Suzanne Gilchrist, 37, ca...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA 25-year-old Bronx woman mowed down her teenage boyfriend and then drove away as dramatic payback for shattering her iPhone. Jasmine Diaz is in custody after Frankie Hernandez' family found his lifeless...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 5.9 earthquake has struck the FIJI REGION at a depth of 271.5 km (168.7 miles), the quake hit at 09:01:52 UTC Thursday 7th June 2012 The epicenter was 159 km (98 miles) Northwest of NUKU`ALOFA,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck COQUIMBO, CHILE at a depth of 51.9 km (32.3 miles), the quake hit at 07:40:55 UTC Thursday 7th June 2012 The epicenter was 24 km (14 miles) West of Illapel, Coquimbo, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoThe brother of the only victim of Scotland's Legionnaires' outbreak has told Sky News how his brother thought he had flu in the days before he died. Father-of-two Bert Air, 56, a builder, died in the Edin...
- posted by Casey at The Adventures of Limited Eating - 12 hours ago*Weekly Find: Plamil Chocolate!* Once again I was on a rampage to find myself a Limited Eater friendly treat, I went for a walk through WholeFoods and bumped into a lovely friend that I have missed ever s...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 12 hours agoSource of Picture: http://a4cgr.wordpress.com/2012/02/04/10-430/5 Million Farmers Sue Monsanto for $7.7 Billion *by Anthony Gucciardi* Natural Society, 5 June 2012 Jane Berwanger, a lawyer for the farm...
- posted by Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 12 hours agoThe battles between Google, Apple and Microsoft are often complex and are more than just operating systems, they are about a wide range of services many of which we take for granted but that are now sta...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 13 hours agoA week ago, I wrote a long article on Matrix theory. I planned a few shorter additions and this is the first one. M-theory may stand for "mother", "magic", "mystery", "matrix", upside down "W" for "Witten...
- posted by Manifesto Joe at Manifesto Joe's Texas Blues - 13 hours agoFor the past day or so, I've been listening to people wringing their hands about why Wisconsin voters would have voted to keep Gov. Scott Walker in office in a recall election. Watch this video, and there...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 13 hours ago*The tourists have fled from North Africa, thanks to NATO.* The travel industry is extremely important to the USA and UK. *Travel and Tourism Contributes Nearly USD2 Trillion To America GDP* New research...
- Japanese DOCK 70ft long washes ashore in America: Tsunami debris drifted across 5,000 miles of ocean
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA nearly 70-feet-long dock that floated ashore on a beach in Oregon is definitely debris from last year's tsunami in Japan, a state official said Wednesday. Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation spok... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoThe ‘Canadian Cannibal’ apparently couldn’t resist taunting authorities while on the run, and left an enormous online footprint of videos and Facebook posts, it has been learned. The brazen videos – whic...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoDavid Cameron will today plead with Angela Merkel to put German cash behind an ‘immediate’ rescue plan for the euro – or start planning for the break-up of the single currency. The Prime Minister is due ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoThe point of maximum danger for euroland was always likely to be when the crisis that began in Greece spread to a far larger economy such as Spain. More than two years after the turmoil erupted, that has ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoAs wedding scenes go, it is a rather sedate affair. But four women who joined in the celebrations are thought to have paid with their lives. They are feared to have been the victims of honour killings af...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoThe Army will have to rely on help from private contractors and foreign soldiers in future wars, the Defence Secretary will announce today. Several regiments will be axed or merged as the Army downsizes f...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 13 hours agoCOLLAPSE OF THE EURO? by Adrian Salbuchi *Woe to Greece, woe to Spain, Italy and others if the day dawns when these mega-bankers applaud you saying they’re “satisfied that you are doing the right...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoThousands of air passengers were made to endure widespread delays this morning after Manchester Airport ran out of fuel for the first time in its history, leaving 13 flights stranded on the Tarmac. Aircr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA sex offender who posed as a doctor to prey on women was a guest of the Queen on the Royal Barge. Harbinder Singh Rana, 52, was jailed in the 1980s for a series of attacks on women, who believed he was ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoThe High Court has reserved its decision on the former surgeon's appeal against his manslaughter convictions, with the five justices likely to take several weeks to hand down their conclusions. Patel was...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoA court has heard a drunk mother who crashed her 4-wheel drive with 10 children in it was terrified to leave them with their father. Tanya Chilly, 35, has pleaded guilty to 14 counts including, dangerous ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago"Boys, that's a bone, that's a really big bone." Not only was that comment an understatement, it was also the start of a mammoth task - literally. When Iowa father John found the giant bone of a mammoth o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel said today she would work towards a political union in Europe with willing partner countries even if that meant a two-speed approach. "We need more Europe...a budget union...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 14 hours agoTHE BLUEPRINT FOR TREASON, as Alex Jones puts it. The private notes and letters of his royal majesty Prince Berhnhardt of the Netherlands during a Bilderberg meeting in March 1966, in Wiesbaden, Germany...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 14 hours agoThis weeks award is presented to London's Metro newspaper for the headline as emailed out this morning - 'Tube ‘cannot cope’ with Olympics' London's tube can't cope with its normal passenger load so how i...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoForces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have killed up to 100 people - including women and children - in a "massacre" in Hama, opposition forces claim. If reports of the killings in the central...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS at a depth of 114.4 km (71.1 miles), the quake hit at 06:04:00 UTC Thursday 7th June 2012 The epicenter was 380 km (236 miles) North of Raou...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck near the North Coast of PAPUA, INDONESIA at a depth of 41.4 km (25.7 miles), the quake hit at 05:17:11 UTC Thursday 7th June 2012 The epicenter was 85 km (52 miles) W...
- posted by veritas6464 at VERITAS 6464 - 14 hours agoThis is what I call REPRESENTATION! *This is the passion we should DEMAND in those places we send our "elected" representatives! Never mind the "Democracy" gaff, this guy would get my vote, the keys to my ...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 14 hours agoI am now pretty certain that the thunder bird observed particularly in the Eastern USA is either an Andean Condor or a close cousin. Recall the Therodon with a 21 foot wingspan is part of this family and...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 14 hours agoThere has been a lot of hand wringing about the apparent productivity gap between the USA and Canada. My question today is about how real this gap actually is. For the past twenty years of free trade, ...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 14 hours agoWhat becomes clear with this work is that the Haida were surely a coastal migration that came by sea along the coast from Japan at least possibly even 20,000 years ago. The Na-Dene were the peoples of B...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 14 hours agoWe already know this, but it is nice to see it clearly confirmed in a way that it cannot be challenged. More importantly, this work tackles the period between 6000 BP through 9000 BP. This is important b...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 14 hours agoSource: http://www.friendsofthebees.org/French Ag Minister to ban Syngentas' bee-killing pesticide, Cruiser By Phil Chandler Food Freedom News, 6 June 2012 The French Minister of Agriculture has annou...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 15 hours agoWhatever the merits of banning single use plastic shopping bags (and there seem to be some), banning the use of such bags is a major legislative change for the City of Toronto. Plastic bags are a signifi...
- posted by David J. Climenhaga at David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary - 15 hours agoWildrose Leader Danielle Smith is imagined being welcomed to Saturday’s Edmonton Pride Festival as Premier Alison Redford and Deputy Premier Tom Lukaszuk, at left, look on. In the event, Alberta political...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 16 hours ago*Killer Obama: Peek-a-boo, I See You! Your life just got intercepted, bitch! Muhahaha! * "Never mind whether Obama, in particular, sighs or loses sleeps or tosses a coin when he chooses a target: What ...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 16 hours ago*On Monday Google unveiled a new service designed to provide information via SMS text message to mobile phone users in Africa, where cell phones are prevalent but Internet penetration is low. *The Intern...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA magnitude 5.9 earthquake has struck MAULE, CHILE at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 04:05:05 UTC Thursday 7th June 2012 The epicenter was 78 km (48.3 miles) East of Linares, Maule, Chile N...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoParents who force their children to marry face jail sentences under tough laws to be unveiled tomorrow by Theresa May. The Home Secretary will promise a sweeping crackdown after warnings that up to 8,000...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago(Reuters) - Germany and European Union officials are urgently exploring ways to rescue Spain's debt-stricken banks although Madrid has not yet requested assistance and is resisting being placed under inte...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoThirty civilians killed by suicide bombers in market and air strike that wiped out village wedding party, say officials On a day of deadly violence that underlined the vulnerability of Afghans, , more tha...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoIran raised the possibility on Wednesday of delaying or canceling the resumption of nuclear talks with the big powers, scheduled in less than two weeks, because of what it called dithering by the other si...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoBEIJING, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao on Thursday called on the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to make the organization a fortress of regional security and ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoISTANBUL – The United States and its allies in Europe, Turkey and the Arab world have agreed to work on a political transition plan for Syria, hoping to persuade President Bashar Assad's powerful ally Rus...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoThere is a mini-war being fought on Spanish doorsteps, between members of the public who can no longer afford to pay their mortgages and the banks who are threatening to evict them. Last year there were ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoThe family of Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese dissident who escaped house arrest, has told Sky News how they have been beaten and tortured by government officials seeking retribution. Chen Guangcheng ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoDavid Cameron is flying to Berlin for a meeting with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the continuing eurozone crisis. As well as private talks the two leaders will also hold a joint political even...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 17 hours ago*BP has got to win the prize for sleaze. [Tepco wins it for genocide]* *The Guardian Wrote the Story in Response to an Editorial Written by 2 Academics:* BP accused of attack on academic freedoms after s...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN at a depth of 2 km (1.2 miles), the quake hit at 03:06:18 UTC Thursday 7th June 2012 The epicenter was 255 km (158.1 miles) Southeast ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoWhen workers drilling tunnels at Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, began to die, Union Carbide had an answer. It hadn’t been taking adequate precautions against the inhalation of silica dust, a known danger to...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 17 hours ago*-by Noah* Here in New York City on Sunday, we had some mighty strange weather. It was one of those muggy afternoons where we got thundershowers, even when the sun was out. Now, those mental defectives w...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoThere was a bit of a scandal last week when it was reported that a TED Talk on income equality had been censored. That turned out to be not quite the entire story. Nick Hanauer, a venture capitalist with ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoLUSAKA, Zambia -- The teenagers started arriving at the Arcades outdoor shopping center here just as the sun began to set. They took over the parking lot first, then the sidewalks. Within half an hour, th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoAirline passengers in the U.S. collectively paid $3.36 billion in fees for carry-on and checked bags last year. The figure actually represents a decrease from 2010, when we dropped $3.4 billion on baggage...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoPummeled by relentless budget cuts, a record number of California school districts are facing bankruptcy, state Supt. of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced Monday. The Inglewood Unified School Di...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoThere are many popular images of Tokyo, but extreme poverty generally isn’t one of them. In the east of the capital, however, in an area once known as Sanya, that’s exactly what you see. Photographs from ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoIn the heyday of the Soviet era, Communist leaders were described by the dissident Yugoslav theorist Milovan Djilas as the "New Class", whose power lay not in ownership of wealth, but in control of it: al...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoA Big Mac burger is healthier than 75 percent of NHS hospital meals, a recent study conducted in the UK has revealed. The study examined twenty five different meals provided by an NHS food supply chain t...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 17 hours agohttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/karl-grossman/nuclear-regulatory-commission_b_1565916.html?utm_source=Alert-blogger&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Email%2BNotifications Karl Grossman Inviting Atomic Catastro...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoThe popularity of South Korean culture is so high in North Korea that dramas aired on one day in the South are being made into DVDs in northeastern China the next and, by the third day, are cropping up on ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoRecently I tried to persuade a friend, a professional woman in her 40s, to create a Facebook account. Like many people, I’m a regular user, usually to post photos and updates of my daughter’s sports and a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoNearly one in four American adolescents may be on the verge of developing Type 2 diabetes or could already be diabetic, representing a sharp increase in the disease’s prevalence among children ages 12 to ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoNormally I don’t like to write about European prospects in the midst of a very rough patch in the market because in that case there isn’t much I can say that isn’t already being said. I find it more usefu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoIn March 2010 Andrew Haldane, Executive Director for Financial Stability at the Bank of England, estimated that the financial crisis that began in 2008 will ultimately cost the world economy between $60 tr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoThere are plenty of books about the entitlement disaster in our future, but few come with the backing of an academic press. The Clash of Generations is an exception. Written by economist Larry Kotlikoff...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoCoal imports by China almost doubled in April from a year earlier, according to the China Coal Transport and Distribution Association. The nation’s purchases of the power-station and steelmaking fuel incl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoOne of the most common expressions reflecting the bafflement that gripped western societies during the testing period was, ‘why do they hate us?’ This is when a succession of authors and academics rose ang...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoOn the face of it, next week’s NATO Summit in Chicago is a big deal. Leaders of 60 nations will congregate in the Windy City to map strategy on the big issues of the day — Afghanistan, modernizing NATO’s ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoRunning Into Or Out Of Oil? The myth of oil scarcity is one of the foundations that have allowed four giant oil corporations along with a handful of Wall Street banks to control the world’s largest and mo...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 18 hours agoI have long been a fan of Lasha Darkmoon's articles (www.darkmoon.me), and recently even took the time to read some of her poetry. It is definitely worth it to visit her site at www.darkmoon.me, and see h...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the MOLUCCA SEA at a depth of 52.4 km (32.6 miles), the quake hit at 01:10:30 UTC Thursday 7th June 2012 The epicenter was 124 km (77 miles) Northwest of Ternate, Molu...
- posted by Batocchio at Vagabond Scholar - 18 hours agoRay Bradbury has died, at the age of 91. He was a prolific and highly influential writer of speculative fiction (he preferred the term "fantasy" to science fiction), and one of the most enthusiastic advocat...
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