English: Photograph of Parliament Hill, Ottawa. Taken from Ottawa/Ontario end of Alexandra Bridge. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Arnold Arboretum, 18 May 2010: View from Bussey Hill south to Great Blue Hill ("Massachusett") in Quincy (Photo credit: Chris Devers)9:50 am MDSTStop Harper Day does have a ring to it. Google had their input as well
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The summer semester is halfway over and it looks like July will be even busier than June. Two lovely young ladies in their Sunday best. - posted by yayacanada at YayaCanada - 23 minutes ago
** *Disrupt the sodders where they live * *Contributor:YYC* I noticed that Parliament Hill was newly sodded recently. Looking at the Parliament Hill web cam, it seems that visitors to the Hill today are ... - posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 24 minutes ago
Southern Man and Youngest Daughter (can't call her Twelve-Year-Old Daughter any more) did a little shopping and she insisted on modeling her purchases. Isn't she lovely? - posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 27 minutes agoIt took blogger to kill you and keep you out of my wallet. Blogger blew you out. And I got to edit, yaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy!!!!!!!!
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Blogging might be sporadic for some of the Duck of Minerva team. Here's why: The WTOP slideshow is worth a look, as is its explanation of the particular weather phenomenon involved. We have a generator, ... - posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 49 minutes agoThe Palestinians only want peace, so I am told. "Peace for us means the destruction of Israel. We are preparing for an all out war, a war which will last for generations." *Yasser Arafat - El Mundo, of C...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 51 minutes ago" Monsignor seeks release from prison Associated Press July 01, 2012 - *PHILADELPHIA* Lawyers for an imprisoned Roman Catholic official will push to have him released to await sentencing, arg...
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...but trust in tax-free, offshore accounts. Trust as in blind trust. - posted by laura k at wmtc - 1 hour ago
Today is National Stop Harper Day. People all over the country are using this day, officially known as Canada Day, to gather and organize and express their anger - and their fear - at the anti-democratic... - posted by laura k at wmtc - 1 hour agoThese doctors and medical students are so inspiring! They are taking action not on their own behalf, but for the vulnerable, voiceless people they serve. Several doctors released statements on Frida...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 1 hour agoMy disgust at Jason Kenney reached new heights today, and that is really saying something. It's not enough to destroy the Federal Interim Health Program, leaving thousands of vulnerable people without heal...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 hour ago"Obama, Romney vying to win wavering voters" June 25, 2012 *One-quarter of US voters are persuadable*, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll, and both Obama and Romney will spend the next four months ...
- posted by address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 1 hour agoLink: http://youtu.be/zTN7hL5fgWo A political interview can be amusing... Whether the Dutch election on September 12 will be amusing remains to be seen. According to "Dutch traditions" it again will be a ...
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Global Research Devon DB *Currently the US is now over $15 trillion in debt. [1] The national debt has now gotten to the point where it is larger than US GDP and is now unpayable. In response to this cris... - posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 2 hours ago*Some people say so**, and I like to think by yelling fire, fire, fire, we help stop such things. Then again, maybe it does feed into the fear factor and the unending yo-yo effect. The only thing I can say...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoTOKYO (Kyodo) -- The cooling system for the spent fuel pool at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant's No. 4 reactor automatically shut down Saturday, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. The utility known...
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A small amount of radioactive cesium was found in the urine samples from 141 infants and young children living in Fukushima Prefecture, where the crippled nuclear power plant is located, ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours ago
TSURUGA (Kyodo) - A group of about 100 antinuclar protesters on Saturday blocked a road outside the front gate of the Oi nuclear plant in western Japan, ahead of the planned reactivation of a reactor ther... - posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 2 hours agoWere you inundated with requests for end-of-the-quarter contributions Friday and Saturday? I sure was. I had hundreds of e-mails from candidates and committees and most of them I just deleted unopened......
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours ago(CNN) -- UNESCO on Saturday condemned the destruction of three sacred tombs in Timbuktu, Mali, by Islamic militants who say they will destroy more. The tombs, a 15th century shrine to Muslim saints, are ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours ago(CNN) -- Riot police sprayed tear gas at hundreds of protesters who attempted to lead a march after Friday prayers from the two main opposition party mosques in Sudan's capital of Khartoum and its second...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoBaghdad (CNN) -- Four Awakening Council members were killed and four others were wounded Friday when gunmen attacked a checkpoint in Diyala province, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of Baghdad, polic...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoTokyo (CNN) -- Throngs of demonstrators converged outside the Ohi nuclear power plant on Sunday, decrying the scheduled relaunch of Japan's nuclear power production after last year's Fukushima Daiichi di...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoSixteen people have been killed in attacks on churches in the Kenyan town of Garissa near Somalia, say the Kenyan Red Cross and a medical official. Regional deputy police chief Philip Ndolo said balaclava...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoSyrian opposition groups have rejected a UN-brokered plan for peaceful political transition in the country. Senior figures called the proposals "ambiguous" and a "waste of time", and vowed not to negotiat...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoSo-called Doomsday preppers, are hard at work across the globe planning for the end of the world. One investor in the US has sunk money into building super-bunkers outside Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney....
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 3 hours ago*Michael Jackson in Stockton, California, after a school shooting. *Website for this image At the end of June 2012, the city of Stockton, in California, filed for bankruptcy. "The biggest municipal insol...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 4 hours ago*If blogger will even let me get that far. * "Dozens hurt as car crashes into crowd LIMA - A 63-year-old woman drove her car into a crowded town square in northwest Ohio and struck bystanders, sending som...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 4 hours ago*Let's see how far I get before the editing process breaks down.* 3 people missing after trains collide in Oklahoma Trains gave no warnings before head-on crash Oklahoma train victims’ bodies found in ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago(CNN) -- Forecasters issued another round of excessive heat warnings Sunday for large swaths of the Midwest and Southeast as the regions dug out from deadly storms that left millions without power. At lea...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoJuly 1 - Chinese President Hu Jintao was interrupted by a protestor during a ceremony in Hong Kong. Julie Noce reports
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago(Reuters) - Iran dismissed a European Union oil embargo which took effect on Sunday and said it was fully prepared to counter the impact of sanctions with a $150 billion war chest of foreign reserves. Th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoA magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck the CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN REGION at a depth of 22 km (13.6 miles), the quake hit at 10:11:40 UTC Sunday 1st July 2012 The epicenter was 93 km (57.6 miles) Southwest o...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoThe law should be tightened to tackle misbehaviour in banking, says the head of the Financial Services Authority. Adair Turner told the BBC's Andrew Marrr programme there should be a presumption a direct...
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- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 5 hours ago------------------------------ * * ** *Pepe Escobar: US will continue to arm anti-government rebels in Syria after veto * http://youtu.be/y7ZWgJbpVnE Uploaded by RTAmerica on Feb 6, 2012 For several ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoA 100 kilometre-wide crater has been found in Greenland, the result of a massive asteroid impact a billion years before any other known collision on Earth. The previously oldest known crater on Earth for...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoAn alleged murderer may escape the death penalty because of where he grew up. The lawyer for Manuel De Jesus Rosales, accused of slitting the throat of his baby grandson and attempting to stab his daught...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoA magnitude 3.6 earthquake has struck NORTHERN CALIFORNIA at a depth of 2 km (1.2 miles), the quake hit at 10:05:53 UTC Sunday 1st July 2012 The epicenter was 8 km (5 miles) West from Covelo, California No...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoThe frontman of U.S. death metal band Lamb of God has been arrested in Prague in connection to the death of a fan during a concert in 2010 according to police. Singer Randy Blythe, 41, was arrested Wedne...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoWhile blazing wildfires throughout the central United States consume hundreds of homes and force thousands to flee into this weekend, a sizzling map captured by a NASA satellite only days before helps rev...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 5 hours agoApparently David Cameron says he is prepared to consider a referendum on the UK's relationship with the EU, but only when the time is right. I predict it will be decided that the time will never be right f...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago* An arrest has been made in the death of a 4-year-old boy whose body was found badly burned and buried beneath his mother's porch on a Michigan Indian Tribe reservation on Thursday.* Anthony Bennett, the...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 5 hours ago** *© *Frank Stiefel (*LAPPLAND_NATURE-ART.html*) *Yes, we see a day of a great awakening within the hearts of Man.* *Yes, the hearts must arise from their sleep and awaken to a new rhythm, a new beat.* *T...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago* Penn State officials almost exposed Jerry Sandusky’s child abuse – but decided against it after talking to legendary coach Joe Paterno, it has been claimed. * The claims contradict the version of events...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoA sex offender and his girlfriend were arrested on Wednesday after a cell phone laden with child porn images was left in a Walmart shopping cart. The phone allegedly belonged to Alan Robert Johnson, 33, c...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA bus driver and his wife have been arrested on suspicion of child abuse, molestation, child pornography and child prostitution. Police say Brian DiCamillo, 39, was found out after he offered a 10-year o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoOne thousand dollars may not seem like a lot of money, but it was enough for a team of researchers from a Texas college to hack into and hijack a drone on a dare from the U.S. Department of Homeland Secur...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoResidents of San Diego were baffled as a mysterious reverberation passed through the city – described by some as a door slamming and by others as a force strong enough to rattle their windows. People liv...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoDrought and wildfire fears have snuffed out some Fourth of July festivities this year. From Utah to Indiana, state and local governments were calling off annual fireworks displays over concerns that a st...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoThe massive storms which swept across the Eastern U.S caused the deaths of two young cousins camping with their families in New Jersey after a tree fell on their tent. The state Department of Environment...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoSuspected killer Jonathon Andrew Stenberg has been apprehended by Northern Territory Police after a six-day manhunt in Darwin's rural outskirts. The Northern Territory's Tactical Response Group is believed...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 6 hours agoThe BBC report that: 'At least 10 people have been killed in attacks on churches in the Kenyan town of Garissa near Somalia, police say. "So far we have at least 10 killed, and more than 40 wounded," reg...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoFlorida Governor Rick Scott said on Saturday his state will not adopt President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act or expand its Medicaid program, despite that fact that the law was upheld by the U.S. Sup...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoit has been claimed missing Florida millionaire Guma Aguiar might have staged his own disappearance to flee his marital and financial problems according to his wife's lawyer. As his wife Jamie Aguiar and...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoThe first great white shark of the Cape Cod summer season has been photographed just 50 yards from the coast off Chatham. The 16-foot shark, estimated to weigh more than 2,000 pounds was witnessed huntin...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoEgypt's president-elect Mohammed Morsi has vowed to free the blind sheik jailed in the U.S. for a plot to blow up New York City landmarks. In his first public speech addressing tens of thousands of mostly...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA rampaging naked car-jacker wearing only his socks ran amok in Scottsdale, Arizona today, causing two terrific car collisions that injured seven people and shut down most of the city's roads during rush ...
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 6 hours ago* This is my article today in TV5's news portal, http://www.interaksyon.com/article/36217/fat-free-economics-imf-and-freedom-from-debt --------- To clamor for freedom from debt, one must clamor for freedom ...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoAstronomers the Hubble Space Telescope have seen dramatic changes in the upper atmosphere of a faraway planet. Just after a violent flare on its parent star bathed it in intense X-ray radiation, the plan...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 6 hours agoJune 8, 1972. (Nick Ut/AP Photo) Why Honest Journalism Matters and Can Make a Difference *Interview with Nick Ut 40 years after the ‘napalm girl’ picture* by Dominic Ponsford Global Research Canada, June ...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoTo D-fox: if you're reading this, please contact us at thecomingcrisis@gmail.com. It's important -- we believe.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoIt was one of the most elaborate and utterly bizarre ruses ever pulled off. For five months Frenchman Frederic Bourdin managed to convince an entire family he was their missing 16-year-old son - despite b...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoEast Londoners took to the streets today to march through Bow against proposals to station surface-to-air missiles on the roof of their rented flats. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) is considering deployin...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoBusiness Secretary Vince Cable has urged shareholders in British banks to 'get a stronger grip' on the boards and executives responsible for 'systemic abuse'. He said that nobody at Barclays was prepared...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoAn axe-wielding man went on a destruction spree causing nearly £50,000 worth of damage after a row with his fiancee over a Valentine's Day card. Paul Hyde, 46, used a four-foot axe to destroy cars and hom...
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 6 hours ago*Had a lucky capture on 88 going up to Hsinshe on this lovely, sunny day. * Taiwan Headlines offered a sturdy round up of the commentary on the resignation of Lin Yi-shih from his post as Cabinet Sec-Gen ...
- posted by Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 7 hours agoWe often assume the future is a linear path and change is never going to be that disruptive and even if it is we have time to adapt. There have been many ‘black swan’ changes introduced by a completely ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoA young British man who could face a firing squad after being caught selling less than an ounce of cannabis has been revealed to be the son of a businessman. Nathaniel Lees, 23, was sentenced to death al...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoA woman wanted on fraud charges has jumped 35 floors to her death from a Las Vegas hotel after investigators forced their way into her room. Tracking Elizabeth DeMaria for over a month after she skipped b...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoDetectives have released the name of the man who was stabbed to death at a busy shopping centre just yards from the Olympic Park. 24-year-old Liam Woodards, who lived locally in Stratford, east London, wa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoA 12-year-boy is in extreme pain with blistering second degree burns all over his back after doing a ‘salt and ice challenge’ – the latest dangerous craze sweeping the internet. The ill-advised stunt inv...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoThe rigging of the critical Libor bank lending rate may have prompted the financial crisis which cost taxpayers billions of pounds in bailouts, a former senior executive at Barclays has claimed. The sour...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoThe lawyer representing radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza received almost £1 million in legal aid last year – double the amount she was paid from public funds in the previous year. Defying the economic rec...
- posted by veritas6464 at VERITAS 6464 - 7 hours ago*Your yiddish owners don't have to get groped!**If you **are a yank **and you** **have any dignity, the least you can do is to abuse the fuck out of any and every TSA swamp-scum that you come across!* *...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoAction to tackle child sexual exploitation will be announced this week after No 10 was shocked by ‘heartbreaking’ stories of abuse. The move follows the conviction of nine Asian men for systematically rap...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoSeven officers from Scotland Yard’s Counter Terrorism Command will fly to Kenya tomorrow to hunt the British widow of a 7/7 bomber after three people were killed in a grenade attack at a packed bar. Sama...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoHe has not been heard in public for nearly half a century. The last words Ian Brady uttered were in the dock of Chester Assizes in 1966, shortly before being sent down for the murder of three children. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoAt first, the dozen white men mingling with 300 or so Sikh demonstrators besieging Luton police station went largely unnoticed. They stood on the fringes, content to observe. But as the night wore on and ...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 7 hours agoSource of picture: http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/about/Tell FDA to Ban Unnecessary Antibiotic Use in Food-Producing Animals In human medicine, antibiotic use is generally confined to treatment of illn...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES at a depth of 144 km (89.2 miles), the quake hit at 07:49:53 UTC Sunday 1st July 2012 The epicenter was 35 km (21.7 miles) Southeast of Kalbay, M...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoA magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO at a depth of 0.2 km (0 miles), the quake hit at 07:54:20 UTC Sunday 1st July 2012 The epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) Southwest from Guadalupe ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoThe frantic search for missing 17-month-old Zyia Turner has ended in tragedy after her body was recovered from under a pile of laundry inside her grandmother’s closet. An alert was issued throughout the ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoGENEVA (Reuters) - World powers struck an agreement that a transitional government should be set up in Syria to end the conflict there but they remained at odds over what part President Bashar al-Assad mi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoA computer glitch in the Qantas check-in system has delayed domestic flights at airports in Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth. Qantas says the system intermittently crashed across the entire national network...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoMore than 1000 anti-carbon tax protesters have gathered at Belmore Park in central Sydney on the first day of the controversial tariff. The protesters marched from Hyde Park to Belmore Park on Sunday afte...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoPolice say a brawl broke out between two groups at separate birthday parties at a restaurant in Sydney's inner west last night. The riot squad, dog squad and local officers arrived to disperse about 100 p...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 7 hours agoReposted from The Daily Bell Barclay's LIBOR Corruption a Phony Ploy to Strengthen the Bloomberg/Qatar QIBOR? Thursday, June 28, 2012 – by Staff Report *Barclays Libor fix trail leads to senior m...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoForeign Minister Bob Carr is calling on Russia to support a ceasefire in Syria. Senator Carr was commenting on news on Sunday (AEST) that world leaders had agreed on a plan for transition in Syria. The ...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 8 hours ago*The 2012 London olympics start in 4 weeks time. Exclusive interview with investigative journalist Lee Hazledean who is training undercover as a security guard for the London olympics with private securi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoOver 1,000 persons were affected following the outbreak of chikungunya in three blocks of Jalpaiguri district in past two months, official sources said. An estimated 400-450 fell ill in past few days alo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoMexico, Jun 30 (Prensa Latina) Around one million birds have died or were culled at 111 poultry farms and 15 farms in Jalisco, Mexico, where the National Health and Quality Agribusiness Service (Senasica)...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoKATMANDU: An official in Nepal says landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed at least eight people and two more are missing. National Emergency Operation Center official Laxmi Prasad Dhaka...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoHyderabad, June 30 — Eighteen workers of an agrochemical company were injured in a fire following an explosion at the plant in Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam district Saturday morning, police said. Fire brok...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoStainless steel pet bowls contaminated with low levels of radioactive material might have been shipped to 11 Petco stores throughout Illinois, state officials said Friday. Two contaminated bowls were dis...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoINFECTIOUS disease specialists have been called in after one in ten pupils at a Sussex primary school were struck down with a mystery illness. Children have been told not to drink from water fountains and ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA man wanted in connection with the suspected murder of a woman in Bristol has been arrested by police. Avon and Somerset detectives made a public appeal for help to trace Barach Bandavad, 35, after an i...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 8 hours agoA reader nicknamed Synchronize has brought my attention to this almost excellent Science Watch interview with Nima Arkani-Hamed. Nima Arkani-Hamed on maximally supersymmetric theories They start by expl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoHong Kong (CNN) -- Hong Kong protesters took to the streets Sunday as Chinese President Hu Jintao visited the former British colony to mark the 15th anniversary of its return to Beijing rule. Hu also atte...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoMost people want bankers who break the rules to face criminal prosecution, according to a survey by Which?. Four out of five people want individuals to be prosecuted when banks break the law, according to...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoMillions in the US are enduring soaring temperatures without power after violent storms battered the east coast. Millions of people across the eastern United States are baking in record heat after deadly...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoPrime Minister David Cameron has suggested he could call a referendum on the UK's relationship with Europe. In an article for The Sunday Telegraph, he acknowledged that the country's position within an e...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO at a depth of 0.4 km (0 miles), the quake hit at 06:36:06 UTC Sunday 1st July 2012 The epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) Southwest from Guadalupe ...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 8 hours agoHere's a Post I did last Canada Day -- it's still true -- Happy Canada Day!!! Canada Flag at Navy Board Inlet Bernard Maktar Nunasia Canada is a good place to be. A client, quite seriously, asked me if I...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 9 hours agoMarc Morano has pointed out the following interesting article in the Guardian: Energy smart meters are a threat to privacy, says watchdog By 2019, British citizens are obliged to install new, "smart" devi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 3.3 earthquake has struck NEVADA at a depth of 2 km (1.2 miles), the quake hit at 04:25:27 UTC Sunday 1st July 2012 The epicenter was 9 km (5.6 miles) Northwest from Warm Springs, Nevada No Rep...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck KEPULAUAN BARAT DAYA, INDONESIA at a depth of 94.2 km (58.5 miles), the quake hit at 04:23:32 UTC Sunday 1st July 2012 The epicenter was 301 km (187 miles) West of Sa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 5.5 earthquake has struck the MYANMAR-INDIA BORDER REGION at a depth of 62.4 km (38.8 miles), the quake hit at 04:13:52 UTC Sunday 1st July 2012 The epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) ESE of Phek,...
- posted by david at Alberta Diary - 9 hours agoKids from Friedrich Engels Cabin at Camp Solidarity think about ways to seize control of the means of production at the National Post and establish the Information Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Well, th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 03:25:21 UTC Sunday 1st July 2012 The epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) West from Guadalupe Vict...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck WESTERN IRAN at a depth of 9.8 km (6.1 miles), the quake hit at 02:49:48 UTC Sunday 1st July 2012 The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) Southwest of Borujen, Iran No Repo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the ROTA REGION, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS at a depth of 109.9 km (68.3 miles), the quake hit at 02:04:38 UTC Sunday 1st July 2012 The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) N...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck KEPULAUAN BARAT DAYA, INDONESIA at a depth of 143.2 km (89 miles), the quake hit at 01:43:26 UTC Sunday 1st July 2012 The epicenter was 285 km (177 miles) WNW of Saum...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE at a depth of 102.2 km (63.5 miles), the quake hit at 00:44:31 UTC Sunday 1st July 2012 The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) North of San Pedro de Ata...
- posted by Joseph Aprile at GlobaLove Think Tank - 9 hours agoThe growing social and economic instability in Western Europe as exemplified by the turmoil in Greece and Spain and that is likely to spread to Italy as well as the severe economic dislocation of million...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the MOLUCCA SEA at a depth of 74.1 km (46 miles), the quake hit at 22:56:59 UTC Saturday 30th June 2012 The epicenter was 156 km (96 miles) Southeast of Modayag, Indon...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 3.6 earthquake has struck the CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN REGION at a depth of 20 km (12.4 miles), the quake hit at 21:43:42 UTC Saturday 30th June 2012 The epicenter was 91 km (56.4miles) Southwest...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the MARIANA ISLANDS REGION at a depth of 35 km (21.7 miles), the quake hit at 21:03:36 UTC Saturday 30th June 2012 The epicenter was 143 km (88 miles) ENE of Saipan, ...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 9 hours agoShip breakers at work. You will notice the lack of tools - these ships are broken down literally by hand. Photo courtesy: Jim Brickett/CC BY-ND 2.0 It's the end of an era, yet continuing on the same tack a...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 10 hours agoPossibly one of the street lamps powered by convicts. Photo courtesy: b3d_/CC BY 2.0 Although prisons are ostensibly intended as places where convicted criminals can pay their debts to society, confinemen...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 10 hours agoAn electron microscope image of a spray-painted lithium-ion battery developed at Rice University shows its five-layer structure. Photo courtesy: REUTERS/Ajayan Lab/Rice University/Handout Scientists in t...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 11 hours agohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGJfxmlP-rw&feature=youtu.be
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 11 hours agohttp://fukushima-diary.com/2012/06/live-citizens-protesting-against-restart-of-ohi-nuclear-plant-all-night-limitless-energy/
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours agoSometimes people think I'm exaggerating when I talk about conservatives wanting to kill off democracy. Those people haven't studied history. Conservatives have always feared and hated democracy and it's ...
- posted by José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 11 hours ago[image: Cerveza para perros - Bowser Beer for Dogs]
- posted by José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 12 hours ago[image: Cama para perros - Wine Barrel Dog Bed]
- posted by José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 12 hours ago[image: 2012 Ural T Sidecar Motorcycle - Una moto diferente]
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 12 hours agoBrazil: Killing of human rights defenders Mr Almir Nogueira de Amorim and Mr João Luiz Telles Penetra By Frontline Defenders Posted at Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com Mr João Luiz T...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 12 hours agoThese guys win... [More posts daily at the Detroit News.]
- posted by José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 13 hours ago[image: Hermoso cielo estrellado en Sylt, Alemania. - Germany]
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 13 hours agoI keep telling people the single most important reason to keep Obama in office is the extreme likelihood SCOTUS vacancies will occur. Apparently John Yoo feels the same way about getting Romney in instead....
- posted by Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 14 hours agoPalestine Police Force Wanted Poster offering rewards for the capture of Stern Gang members, including (at center) Yitzhak Yezernitzky Sometimes terrible people live long lives. Such is the case with Icch...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 14 hours ago*In re. Chas Koch vs. Cato: Chas wins! Chas wins! Chas wins!* *"I have every confidence that John [Allison]'s leadership will enable Cato to reach new levels of effectiveness. The alarming increase in the ...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 14 hours agoNice to see one of our own in the NYT. Bill Scher of Liberal Oasis tells us How Liberals Win: PRESIDENT OBAMA has endured much criticism of his legislative skills from his fellow progressives. His concil...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 15 hours agoTalk about one-sided horse-shit reporting. The only thing it can represent is CBS spreading one-sided ALEC propoganda becausetheycan. I wonder how much this "so-called news article" cost the new PR firm ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago* * *"June 30, 1908: The Tunguska Event"* by David Bressan "It was nothing of this earth, but a piece of the great outside; and as such dowered with outside properties and obedient to outside laws."- "T...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 16 hours ago*Saturday, June 30, 2012* *Green Light Update* Real Green Light has not been issued yet. When that happens, action will be taken within 24 hours timeframe. This action will be very evident for eve...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 16 hours agoSome links for your weekend consideration . . . and . . .big surprises! Egypt President-Elect Vows To Fight for Authority(Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes divorcing)Record Radiation Levels Detected at Fukushima...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 16 hours agoDice v. Dice Estate, 2012 ONCA 468 deals with the meaning of "per stirpes" where a beneficiary is named and a gift is made to them "per stirpes". In Lau v. Mak Estate (2004), 10 E.T.R. (3d) 152 (Ont. S.C....
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (deBeauxOs) at DAMMIT JANET! - 16 hours agoMost certainly ^NOT this. Youth activists with The New Abortion Caravan are descending on Ottawa this weekend with billboard-size abortion images. At 2pm on Saturday, they will be bringing bloody picture...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 17 hours agoFrom Wikipedia's entry on Dramatic Structure: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramatic_structure#Climax [Excerpted] Dénouement, resolution, or catastropheThe dénouement (pronounced /deɪnuːˈmɑ̃ː/, /deɪnuːˈmɒn...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 17 hours agoDoes today feel longer than normal? If you answer yes then you're quite correct. The International Earth Rotation and Reference System Service from their headquarters in Paris are adding a 'leap second' to...
- posted by Len Hart at The Existentialist Cowboy - 18 hours ago*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy* Margaret Atwood called George W. Bush, the greatest threat to world peace to date! What Atwood didn't mention was that Bushco derived its power from his deliberate...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoYay! Ow. Read the entire story in its gloriously broken but heroically delivered English by clicking here. It seems the selfless ones are not yet extinct. By the way, this is our second hero story of the ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 18 hours agoYesterday's analysis of Darrell Issa's witch hunt against the Obama Administration in the *National Journal* emphasized how the GOP took out their hatred of the Affordable Care Act by voting to hold Eric ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago(Reuters) - About 3.9 million homes and businesses were without power on Saturday amid a record heat wave in the eastern United States after deadly thunderstorms downed power lines from Indiana to New Jer...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 19 hours agoWelcome Oshawa to Canada Day 2012. We'll have flags and balloons and goodies to give away and of course there will be great local entertainment, fireworks and food. Be a part of your Canada Day. See you a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the EASTERN XIZANG-INDIA BORDER REGION at a depth of 33.4 km (20.8 miles), the quake hit at 19:43:24 UTC Saturday 30th June 2012 The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) NN...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 19 hours ago[image: Cham cham (Indian sweets). Place of production: Kolkata, India. Production method: Factory production. Time of production: All-season. Transporting distance: 6.851 km. Means of transportation: Ai...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 19 hours ago*SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 2012* *One key Q-and-A with Chris Hayes:* We’re still looking forward to reading Chris Hayes’ new book. We were struck by one Q-and-A in this interview with Hayes, which was reprinted ...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 19 hours agoSomewhere between tweets claiming that the Mayans were right and we're doooooomed, Damn you, Obama, damn you to Hell!, Sarah Palin had time to swallow a handful of the world's last stash of Quaaludes and ...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 19 hours agoGreetings my relatives, First of all before I get into talking about anything, I want to tell you how much I deeply appreciate your remembering all the people who stood for what's right at the Oglala Con...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 19 hours agoJune 29, 2012 Prisonbooks.info Hello Friends and Comrades, Here is the political prisoner birthday poster for July. As always, please post this poster publicly and/or use it to start a card writing nigh...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 19 hours agoJune 27, 2012 Anarchist News On the 23rd July 2012, the Jeremy Hammond Support Network will sponsor a rally in NYC to show support for the accused hacktivist. Friends, family, and supporters of Jeremy Hammo...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 19 hours agoJune 29, 2012 by IMEMC & Agencies Head of the Census Department at the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, reported that the current number of elected Palestinian legislators impris...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 19 hours ago28 June 2012 Asa Winstanley The Electronic Intifada The number of Palestinian children in Israeli detention has increased 40 percent since last September. (Ryan Rodrick Beiler) A new report funded and su...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 19 hours agoJune 28, 2012 Solitary Watch by Voices from Solitary *Robert “Saleem” Holbrook is serving life without parole in Pennsylvania for a crime committed when he was a juvenile. When he was 16, Holbrook was rec...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 19 hours agoJune 28, 2012 Associated Press NEW YORK — A federal appeals court has upheld a harsher sentence for a civil rights lawyer convicted in a terrorism case. The court says it was fair to boost Lynne Stewart's...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 20 hours agoJune 27, 2012 — Glen Ford Black Agenda Report Printer-friendly version *by BAR executive editor Glen Ford* The Pine Ridge, South Dakota, Oglala Sioux have convinced the U.S. Justice Department to re-examin...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 20 hours ago*Updates on the Turkish Jet below ** * *Some blackmail ?* Russia possesses “objective observation data” concerning the downing of a Turkish jet off the Syrian coast one week ago and is prepared to pres...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 20 hours agoJune 28, 2012 by ICFC5 This page is also available in: Spanish** [image: Rene] Photo: Bill Hackwell On Friday June 22, René González Sehwerert presented a new motion before the South Florida District Court...
- posted by Break the Chains at BreaktheChains.info - 20 hours agoJune 27, 2012, MSNBC (Photos removed from MSMBC Website) Riot police try to arrest members of the "Stop Deshaucios," Stop Evictions, social movement during a protest to prevent an eviction in Oviedo, northe...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 20 hours agoPolitician and Developers Attempt to Force Loop 202 on Gila River Indian Community after Voters Say ‘No' By No South Mountain Freeway www.nosouthmountainfreeway.wordpress.com nosouthmountainfreeway@gmail.c...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 20 hours agoWe've Only Just Begun: Standing up for the Rights of All in Arizona By Victoria Lopez, ACLU of Arizona at 4:24pm http://www.aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/weve-only-just-begun-standing-rights-all-ari...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoAs public anger mounts over rigged lending rates, David Cameron must avoid appearing too chummy with rich bankers. The banking scandal is like a forest fire: ferocious, unpredicted and unpredictable. It ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoWorld powers meeting to discuss the conflict in Syria have agreed a unity government should be formed including members of the current regime as well as the opposition. The so-called "action group" on Syr...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA Grand Falls-Windsor, N.L., man has credited his six-year-old grandson with saving his life when he was seriously injured in an all-terrain vehicle accident earlier this month. On June 23, Walter Small,...
- posted by Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 21 hours agoLots going on, and too many topics to mention and cover all by my lonesome. Consider this your own have-at-it, no-holds-barred (within my admittedly lax boundaries) space. I will continue to moderate the ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoBERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday that Germany and the United States would benefit from having a closer relationship -- if they can first manage to overcome their differences. "We...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 21 hours ago[image: Near-infrared satellite view of the Waldo Canyon Fire, captured 28 June 2012. NIR via google.org] By Matt Peckham 29 June 2012 As an uncontrolled “super fire” near Colorado Springs rages, feed...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago(CNN) -- First came the heat, then killer storms, followed by more summer sizzle. Millions of people across nine states were reeling without power Saturday to deal with thermostat-popping temperatures a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoBERLIN/PARIS, June 30 (Reuters) - Angela Merkel was portrayed across Europe as the big loser of a euro zone showdown in Brussels after the German chancellor was forced to accept the crisis-fighting measure...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 22 hours ago*Award-winning investigative reporter David Hammer to join WWL-TV* *Millions lose power in storms as triple-digit temps continue ~MSNBC* *Two-thirds of Colo. wildfire evacuees back home* *La. parish aims ...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 22 hours agoNobody wants to talk much about it but the Harper/MacKay pinwheels seem intent on signing Canada on to America's next Cold War, this one in Asia. Already announced by Obama/Panetta, America's military po...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 22 hours ago[Usual apology for the ad.] By Moni Basu, Fabi Rodriguez, Nick Valencia, Melissa Abbey, and Jake Carpenter 30 June 2012 (CNN) – Millions of people across nine states were left without power Saturday ...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 22 hours agoI'm sticking with the new plan from last week: leaving it up to you. But in a very newsy week, I'll kick it off by saying that the ACA decision obviously did matter (if not, as I've argued, to the election...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 22 hours agoBefore Al Capone was finally convicted on income tax evasion America's #1 gangster was "an innocent man" and even palled around with corrupt politicians. Today the biggest organized crime figure-- and big...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS at a depth of 96 km (59.7 miles), the quake hit at 16:24:37 UTC Saturday 30th June 2012 The epicenter was 111 km (68 miles) WNW of Il...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck SOUTH OF THE KERMADEC ISLANDS at a depth of 34.9 km (21.7 miles), the quake hit at 15:26:32 UTC Saturday 30th June 2012 The epicenter was 250 km (155 miles) SSE of L'...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck KEPULAUAN BABAR, INDONESIA at a depth of 133.6 km (83 miles), the quake hit at 11:42:27 UTC Saturday 30th June 2012 The epicenter was 181 km (112 miles) WNW of Saumla...
- posted by Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 22 hours ago*Source: Canarias7.es (Spain) Date: 06.30.2012* *Spain: A UFO Over Gran Canaria* *“It was a large thing floating in the air, projecting a beam of light from within.”* An eyewitness to the sig...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck NORTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA at a depth of 16.2 km (10.1 miles), the quake hit at 10:08:59 UTC Saturday 30th June 2012 The epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) South of Dushanz...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 23 hours ago[image: Greenland ice sheet albedo, 2000-2012. The trend in the reflectivity of high elevation ice in Greenland shows the record low as of 26 June 2012. Meltfactor.org] By Andrew Freedman 29 June 2012 ...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 23 hours agoFor days ago, the *Center for Economics and Politics* (CEP), a Czech libertarian think tank, organized a seminar called *The Eurozone Sovereign Debt Crisis: A Way Forward*. The host was no one else than ...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 23 hours agoIn a new book, Leila Ben Ali, wife of the toppled Tunisian president, says that her husband was the victim of plot by top Tunisian security officials and by the West - not a revolution. Leila Ben Ali s...
- posted by killing Mother at killing Mother - 23 hours ago*"If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into c...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 23 hours agoIt's been hurtling through space since May 5th, 1977. Now, almost 35-years later, NASA's Voyager 1, has made it through our solar system. Voyager completed its intended mission 30 years ago but somehow...
- posted by leftdog at Buckdog - 23 hours ago*50th Anniversary of Medicare* Saskatchewan Led Battle For Public Health Care ... *this is a Regina Leader-Post feature, however, it should be noted that in 1962, the Regina Leader-Post fought the impl...
- posted by yayacanada at YayaCanada - 23 hours ago** *Contributor: Relayer* *ACTION * If you are going to Parliament Hill for *National Stop Harper Day*, July 1st, I urge you all to make a statement for Canada. I have created a flyer(MS Word Doc) that yo...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 23 hours agoYou may have heard about the waves of wildfires sweeping across Colorado for the past several weeks that continue to rage with no end in sight. Welcome to the new era, the era of Global Warming. "'*W...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoWith Google being the major presence on the internet and now seemingly having ties to the government and doing their bidding in providing information and even censoring web sites, it should come as no sur...
- posted by John Carroll at Dying in Haiti - 1 day agoPhilosophical purity is easy — the blogosphere is lousy with it — while pragmatic solutions to difficult problems are as rare these days as virgins on *Jersey Shore.* * * *Time Magazine* *June, 2012*
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago*Youtube* [image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...]BE THE CHANGE! PLEASE SHARE THIS USING THE TOOLS BELOW Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by Fe...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago*SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 2012* *Or will her report disappear:* Last night, NBC Nightly News featured a brief interview with William Newell, “the veteran ATF agent who ran” the Fast and Furious program. Newell...
- posted by thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 1 day agoThis rabble.ca essay has been up for a couple of days. But I just want to acknowledge it. We're finally talking about the people standing up to an illegitimate, anti-Canadian, undemocratic regime. This ...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day agoAn American Eagle steward confronts angry passengers on-board the plane. This really is a flight attendant using the pa system to tell passengers that if they "[have] the balls" to get off the plane, they...
- posted by Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day agoWe, the administrators of United Opt Out National, in order to preserve a free and equitable system of public education in the United States, do solemnly issue an invitation to the leadership, members and...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Jane Bürgermeister *Activist Post* Hundreds of reports have appeared in the mainstream media in the past couple of days hyping the danger of a ne...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] *Youtube* BE THE CHANGE! PLEASE SHARE THIS USING THE TOOLS BELOW Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by Fee...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 1 day agoChristopher Preble has a solid critical review of Robert Kagan's new book at *The National Interest*. Preble is particularly concerned with the free-rider problem: EVEN THOSE inclined to believe Kagan’s a...
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 day agoThe Ho Hai Yan Rock Festival is July 11-15th this year. Five Days of Rock and Roll in the Sun and Sand! I've put the entire brochure below the READ MORE link. There's videos available on the blog of New ...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 1 day agoGlobal Research Julie Lévesque *As some 500 000 Haitians still live in displaced camps, five star hotels are being built amid shanty towns. * * * As part of the country's "Reconstruction", *The Clinton-Bu...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoThe progress towards universal health care-- something that infuriates the greed-obsessed billionaires behind the Tea Party-- was bolstered this week when John Roberts joined the 4 moderates on the Court ...
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 day ago*Swinhoe's Lizard* Commonwealth Magazine offered another one of its comprehensive reviews of Taiwan life and economy, this time on happiness in Taiwan. Apparently this is going to be a periodic survey. T...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day agoA truly strange piece of video from America where Michael Marin was found guilty for burning down his Biltmore area mansion in 2009 to collect insurance money. At 39 seconds does he put something in his ...
- posted by Judy Rabin at Schools Matter - 1 day agoFrom the *New York Times* June 27, 2012 At One Brooklyn School, a Lesson in the Danger of SuccessBy Louise Sloan If you believe the research, statistics and experts, it appears that my son’s elementary s...
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day agoBack when I taught high school students -- it seems like such a long time ago -- I used to proclaim that, were I king, I would make a cross Canada trip a mandatory part of the high school curriculum. B...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day agoNigel Farage and Ken Livingstone in total accord on the EU, weird!
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago*FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 2012* *How did it get this far:* As Don Corleone so thoughtfully asked, How did things get this far? (The Don's complete statement: “How did things ever get so far?”) In this morning’s...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoBritain's banking giants were yesterday found guilty of a systematic exploitation of up to 28,000 small businesses which has left many facing bankruptcy. On another day of shame for the banks, the Financ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoRoyal Bank of Scotland boss Stephen Hester gave up his bonus yesterday as the computer meltdown which has caused misery for millions entered its 11th day. Mr Hester admitted he did not deserve a bonus fo...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 1 day agoPresented with chat discussion on 12160 Cliff Notes. SilenceDewgooder Was on the phone for the duration .. quick summary... based on my memory.. *LFRP-PRCallJune-27-2012.mp3* the lawyers stated they have ...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 1 day agoPressTV An analyst says the trafficking of guns by the US to violent cartels in Mexico in a secret operation has resulted in some of those guns entering into Arizona. Press TV has interviewed Wayne Mads...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoStacey Johns a friend of Oberle's on Facebook, was hit in the head by a rock launched by Cozy. 'Cozy may hit people in the head with rocks but it's not his fault' Oberle wrote on the site A University of...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoWASHINGTON — US defense chiefs said Friday that Turkey was showing restraint after Syria shot down one of its aircraft and played down Ankara moving troops to the border. The US military's top officer Ge...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe hunt for the God Particle could be close to completion as scientists prepare to reveal the latest results from the Large Hadron Collider ahead of a major conference next week. Scientists from Cern wi...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day agoPeter Lilley, shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer [Official Report, 11 November 1997; Vol. 300, c. 731-32.] “With the removal of banking control to the Financial Services Authority…it is difficult to see ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoPOLICE have launched a murder inquiry after a hero grocer who was stabbed in his shop died from his injuries. Javaid Ali, 48, spent two weeks fighting for his life after the attack in his store in Green ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAn international conference is set to open in Geneva to try and salvage a peace plan for Syria brokered by the UN-Arab League's envoy Kofi Annan. Earlier, Russia said there was a "very good chance" of fin...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE at a depth of 116.8 km (72.6 miles), the quake hit at 08:27:09 UTC Saturday 30th June 2012 The epicenter was 33 km (22 miles) Northeast of Calama, C...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoProtesters at sites chosen to host surface-to-air missiles during Games allowed to put their case. Council tenants who have launched legal proceedings over the possibility of surface-to-air missiles bein...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoPresident Barack Obama has promised federal aid for Colorado after the most destructive wildfire in the state's history killed at least two people, destroyed hundreds of homes and forced more than 35,000 ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoBritain's Foreign Secretary William Hague will join US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a specially convened conference in Switzerland to try to break the diplomatic deadlock over Syria. Geneva will...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck NORTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA at a depth of 10.2 km (6.3 miles), the quake hit at 07:35:56 UTC Saturday 30th June 2012 The epicenter was 101 km (62 miles) South of Dushanz...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck OFF THE COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO at a depth of 35.1 km (21.8 miles), the quake hit at 07:33:28 UTC Saturday 30th June 2012 The epicenter was 123 km (76 miles) Southwe...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN at a depth of 77.2 km (48 miles), the quake hit at 07:11:48 UTC Saturday 30th June 2012 The epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) ESE of...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day ago------------------------------ *Can The World Survive Washington’s Hubris?* ------------------------------ June 28, 2012 | Original here When President Reagan nominated me as Assistant Secretary ...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day agoFree Downloads Of Some Visionary Books - Part 3 *I have read 9 of the 10 books in the Ringing Cedars of Russia series and highly recommend them to anyone with a longing for a more pleasant view of the ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* A man has been charged with the murder of a heavily pregnant woman and the killing of her unborn baby girl. * Tony McLernon, 23, has been accused of killing 20-year-old Eystna Blunnie, who was found fata...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA twisted city worker who terrorised his ex-girlfriend's family - stalking them with a crossbow and setting fire to their home - has been jailed indefinitely. Al Amin Dhalla, 42, described as a 'narcissi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoBritain granted asylum to more people than any other European Union country last year, official figures revealed yesterday. Some 14,360 immigrants were given asylum within the UK in 2011, compared with 1...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day agoAt the beginning of this year, Murray Gell-Mann as well as the rest of us were exposed to gossip about stop squarks seen at the LHC. In the four months that followed, no discovery was announced, some obs...
- posted by david at Alberta Diary - 1 day agoA scene from the Lethbridge-West riding, as seen by the Wildrose Party. Below: Lethbridge-West candidate Kevin Kinahan. During the campaign leading up to the recent Alberta provincial election, the website...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 1 day agoWhat is seen emerging is a clear path to direct fusion energy production. It appears we already have with the presently working pilot plants, a thermal solution using cold fusion, while this now app...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 1 day agoJust what is this? To start with, if the structure is solid stone or concrete, the weight would have produced a much deeper damage strip along the apparent slide path. If it is hollow then why are...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 1 day agoThe unimagined release of tight oil into the global economy ends permanently the era of producer dominance. North America is first out the gate and will dominate the market simply because their ...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 1 day agoThe problem with pottery is that early archeology found mountains of the stuff associated with settled living and made the natural assumption that this was when it was all invented. It made way...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoDavid Cameron yesterday ruled out an in/out referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union, despite growing demands for one from his own MPs. Speaking after a marathon Brussels summit that saw ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe ‘shoddy and deceitful’ behaviour of banks should be probed at a public inquiry, David Cameron was told. Following an extraordinary week of scandal and disgrace, senior politicians and church leaders ...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 1 day agoLet me try to explain: FREE PLANET isn't just about 'not paying for the basics the Earth (in her anthropomorphised wisdom) is set up to do, as default. What, you didn't know this? You didn't know that yo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA at a depth of 23.9 km (14.9 miles), the quake hit at 01:53:55 UTC Saturday 30th June 2012 The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) WNW from Fer...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck NORTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA at a depth of 15 km (9.3 miles), the quake hit at 00:46:49 UTC Saturday 30th June 2012 The epicenter was 98 km (60 miles) South of Dushanzi, C...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck SOUTH OF THE KERMADEC ISLANDS at a depth of 33.6 km (20.9 miles), the quake hit at 00:14:47 UTC Saturday 30th June 2012 The epicenter was 322 km (200 miles) Southeast...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck the BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 00:09:05 UTC Saturday 30th June 2012 The epicenter was 168 km (104 miles) South of C...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMudslides caused by heavy rains have killed 50 and left another 42 missing, China's civil affairs ministry said. The national agency said that storms have ravaged 11 provinces and regions - mainly in sou...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 1 day agoZiad_Abdelnour Ziad Abdelnour is a lebanese Maronite Christian financier and a neocon. He is also listed as an expert on the hardline Zionist Middle East Forum's website. With Daniel Pipes he is the co-...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day agoHaldeman has a meeting with Mitchell, intending to ask him to resign from the campaign -- but Mitchell beats him to the punch, saying that he needs to step aside because of his wife, Martha. As Haldeman sa...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 1 day agoThe hot topic that occupies most of you is the commencement of the arrests so that you are in no doubt that the final days of the cabal have arrived. Needless to say, it will cause a sensation across...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoJust days after the breakdown of talks with the West over Iran’s nuclear program, the deputy chief commander of the Revolutionary Guards announced that there soon will be war – and that Allah will ensure ...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 day agohttp://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201206290260.html [excerpted] "Japan and South Korea put on hold an intelligence sharing pact less than an hour before it was to be formally signed Friday, June 29, in a m...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago“The Sleeping Beauty galaxy may appear peaceful at first sight but it is actually tossing and turning. In an unexpected twist, recent observations have shown that the gas in the outer regions of this phot...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day agoKent, Washington, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*“The Sound And Fury”* by Chet Raymo “Not so long ago, I mentioned here Himmler and Heydrich, two of Hitler's most terrible henchmen. A friend said to me: "If there's no afterlife, no heaven or hell, ...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*by Ken* Yes, Italy! (And yes, I think we really do need the exclamation point!) It was a source of fascination for all manner of more northerly creative artists, not just for the obvious reason (climat...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 1 day agoSusanne Posel, *Contributor* *Activist Post* Darrell Issa, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman, wrote a letter to President Barack Obama wherein he directly challenged Obama’s use ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: The insurance status of this home lot in Mandeville was in question after Hurricane Katrina, because of a dispute over whether the damage was caused by wind or water. Bernard Smith was photograph...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 1 day agoFriends, if this post sounds like a conversation we've had, please don't take it personally. I've had the same or similar conversations with many people. This is a subject that seems to arise periodically ...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago*The Pentagon loves Jihadist terrorism in Syria.* "Ironic indeed, that the US in particular is backing entirely terrorist forces that thousands of Americans have shed their blood allegedly fighting in...
- posted by Ancient Clown at GlobaLove Think Tank - 1 day agoHalf-sitting, half-laying His hat in the street A few coins twinkle there Nearby, a drummers beat. His eyes barely open For what's there to see A businessman passes Throws two quarters, maybe three. Out of...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day agoTweet of the day on the Obamacare decision. + 1 RT @RonCharles: Stock market reacts to victory for Obama's economy-crushing healthcare bill w deeply ironic 277-pt gain. — Mark Sarvas (@marksarvas) June 29...
- posted by Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 1 day agoIt was with a heavy heart that I learned today that a much loved and respected high school teacher back home, Mr. Vogan, had passed away from cancer. It still feels rather surreal and I'm having trouble ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Projected U.S. Energy Consumption and CO2 Emissions, 2008-2035. EIA] Carbon emissions keep going up, up, and up. The CAP report spends a lot of time dwelling on the consequences of unchecked glob...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day agoArizonastan! lol
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago* "America:* * Drugged Up, Dumbed Down and Crazy Dangerous"* by Robert Bridge "The dogs of war are barking in the backyard and some deranged minds seem determined to swing open the gates – again. At ...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 day agosee update: http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/something-went-awry-top-newsfeatures.html South Korea to Sign Military Pact With Japan. By CHOE SANG-HUN June 28, 2012. The New York Times http://www.n...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 1 day agoPresident caught in sex orgy. C'mon, guys, get it while it's hot!
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoInvitation to the Set *"I'm too old to be governed by fear of dumb people."* *-- ACN news-division chief Charlie Skinner (Sam Waterston), in the first episode of HBO's The Newsroom* *by Ken* I don't mean ...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 1 day ago*Massive Global Bbanker Scandal Revealed – Beaking News in the Mainstream Media* RTINGE It’s finally coming out in the public spotlight in a big way, the semi-covert operation that has been going...
- posted by Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 1 day agoBasilica at Esquipulas as a storm brews Photos can be deceptive. They're like a little slice of the good life, with the unpleasant bits that surrounded the moment unrepresented. You take the shot of the be...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 1 day ago*From Brother KP in Hawaii..... -AK* *Drake Update 6-28-12… “GREEN LIGHT”… More Information* *Posted on 2012/06/28 * *[UPDATE 1621 HST:* This post from lightworkersxm some may find interesting, espec...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: A pedestrian walks by the vacant Bank of Stockton on 27 June 2012. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images] SAN FRANCISCO, 28 June 2012 (Reuters) – Stockton, California, became the largest city to file f...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 1 day agoFifteen most hated American companies, in order: 1. Long Island Power Authority 2. Northeast Utilities 3. Charter Communications 4. Comcast (Television service) 5. United Airlines 6. Time Warner 7. Co...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day agoYesterday and today there has been a lot of talk about why Roberts was the deciding vote for Obamacare. If you look at the right-wing sites – they are eating him alive. Parasites eating their own. Some ...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 1 day agohttp://www.channel24.co.za/Gossip/News/Russell-Brand-slates-Olympics-20120628 2012-06-28 17:50 Los Angeles - Russell Brand thinks the London 2012 Olympics will be a disaster. The comedic ac...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoResidents from Chula Vista to Oceanside are reporting a large rumble around 12:45 p.m. Friday. Some people describe it as sounding like a door slamming while others said it was strong enough to rattle wi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck SOUTH OF THE KERMADEC ISLANDS at a depth of 17.7 km (11 miles), the quake hit at 22:37:04 UTC Friday 29th June 2012 The epicenter was 458 km (285 miles) South from Ra...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day agoThis was the summary judgment case mentioned yesterday: Story here Coming home from hunting Sarah Arragutainaq Sanikiluaq,Nunavut History was made yesterday when Justice Earl Johnson of the Nunavut Court ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck SOUTH OF THE KERMADEC ISLANDS at a depth of 49.8 km (30.9 miles), the quake hit at 22:02:16 UTC Friday 29th June 2012 The epicenter was 331 km (205 miles) Southwest o...
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 1 day agoThe trip back was as smooth as can be: caught the first subway out of the on-campus station, transferred to another line without breaking stride, and hopped on the airport bus, again without breaking strid...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*I think **I will stick to my **new format since who knows when the toolswill conk out. * *It looks like Pakistan found the U.S. mole in the government, and I did read about the political problems in Pak...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day agoI have a new column up at Salon today saying that liberals should oppose Supreme Court reform. I'm not a huge fan of the incentive to appoint extra-young Justices who will then stay there forever, but the ...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day agoTraffic trolling Queen of the Cons is suddenly singing a different tune about Big Government spending. It's all fun and games until your own house is burning down. While Colorado burns, conservatives ...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoOne of the enduring mysteries of the Aum Shinrikyo atrocities of the 1990s is the ease with which the cult attracted members. The arrest this month of the last two fugitives allegedly involved in Aum's f...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoOne day after a 7-year-old girl was gunned down as her mother watched while she sold lemonade in front of her West Side home, a ministers’ group is trying to persuade people to turn over the killer. “It’...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS at a depth of 31.5 km (19.6 miles), the quake hit at 20:03:41 UTC Friday 29th June 2012 The epicenter was 148 km (91 miles) SSE of Lata, Solomon...
- posted by Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 1 day agoIn Syria, civilians are being murdered by terrorists serving the war criminals in London, Washington and Tel Aviv. The propagandists of the international cabal have hailed the murderers of children, sold...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck NORTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA at a depth of 9.8 km (6.1 miles), the quake hit at 21:07:32 UTC Friday 29th June 2012 The epicenter was 99 km (61 miles) South of Dushanzi, Ch...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day agoAnd the tool problems continue.... "Car bomb kills 24 in Pakistan, June 17, 2012 Car bomb kills 24 in tribal region PAKISTAN PESHAWAR - A car bombing at a bus stop killed 24 people and injured 32 Satur...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Michael Snyder, *Contributor* *Activist Post* What is the second half of 2012 going to bring? Are things going to get even worse than they are ri...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago* "When Governments Spend Wealth Instead of Building It"* by Bill Bonner “The US seems to have gotten the worst of it,” said a French friend this morning. We were taken aback. Everyone knows Europe is ...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoOur sponsor, Normalcy Bias, is now ready to begin filling shirt orders. Check them out, they have tons of styles, designs and colours. All quality, hand-made stuff, too. And on top of this, their prices be...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoConvicted murderer John Massey, who escaped from Pentonville prison on Wednesday, has been recaptured. Massey, 64, used a makeshift rope, thought to be made from bed sheets, to escape over a wall from th...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*Off we go.... * "Fighter jet’s problems worse than disclosed" by Larry O’dell | Associated Press, June 15, 2012 RICHMOND, Va. - Two members of Congress said Thursday that new information provided by t...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoSo now that we've gotten healthcare reform and Fast & Furious out of the way, let's move on to invasions from other planets. If, like millions of Americans, you're addicted to *Ancient Astronauts* and bel...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day agoWhat’s particularly sad about the fishing expedition that Darrell Issa and House Republicans have been conducting in an effort to turn Fast and Furious into a Watergate-type scandal is the opportunity cos...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 1 day agoRady Ananda *Activist Post* To clean up its drugs that are contaminated with genotoxic ingredients (which are also carcinogenic), Big Pharma may deploy lab-created, nanosized, polymer-based scavengers....
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day agoBuilding a bit on John Cole's rant below, sometimes I get sick of the bitching about what Obama hasn't done, or how much the Democrats suck. It's not that I don't get the frustration. Hell I share it. B...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day agoOnce again the editing is a problem. Pentagon Problems "Fighter jet’s problems worse than disclosed" by Larry O’dell | Associated Press, June 15, 2012 RICHMOND, Va. - Two members of Congress said Thur...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 1 day agoResearched, Produced and Directed by Abir Alsayed A part of Asdekaa Al Arab series http://www.facebook.com/pages/Asdekaa-Al-Arab-%D8%A3%D8%B5%D8%AF%D9%82%D8%A7%... Help Us Transmit This Story Add ...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day agoDid she like the gift? Officials fail to break Syria deadlock Senior officials from major powers and regional players failed on Friday to overcome differences on a plan for political transition in Syr...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day agoInteresting but I am not sure the styles will catch on on the high street!
- posted by thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 1 day agoI'm trying to avoid blogging about US politics because Canada's crisis of democracy is so much more important to me But I have to admit to being completely surprised that the SCOTUS didn't find the "ind...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*So my work here will never be done, huh? * *Someone needs to holler LIAR!* "Stolen Valor Act ruled a free speech violation; Falsely claiming honors is legal" by Michael E. Ruane and Robert Barnes | The...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago*In Sparta, at age 7, boys were taken from their mothers and taught to be militaristic. *Website for this image Who do you blame for wars - the militarists or the bankers? The common chimp can be warlike...
- posted by Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 1 day agoCongressman Dennis Kucinich has now joined *Nation* writer Jeremy Scahill in referring to President Obama's targeted drone attacks as acts of murder. In an exclusive interview with the Britain-based Burea...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day agoJohn Cole has some timely advice for liberals about what to do post SCOTUS decision on Obamacare: For once in your god damned lives, put aside your fucking stupid beliefs about purity and how the public ...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day agoWinnemem Wintu call for support to protect ceremony Winnemem Wintu: Here are the young women who the Forest Service has neglected to protect from harassment during our Coming of Age ceremony. Censored ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*As predicted** here. * "Obamacare dissent suggests Roberts switched sides As legal scholars study the Supreme Court's decision in the Obamacare case, more and more are concluding that Justice Anthony Ken...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day agoThis was my favorite find making the rounds on the Facebook this week. Sad because it's true. [More posts daily at the Detroit News.]
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA at a depth of 46.5 km (28.9 miles), the quake hit at 18:07:14 UTC Friday 29th June 2012 The epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) S...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFirst it was a penalty. Then it was a tax. Now it's a penalty again. The war of words over what to call the fine attached to the federal health care overhaul's most controversial provision continued Frid...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day agoR. v. Kulasegaram, 2012 ONCA 455 is a good source to show an interlocutory order cannot be dressed up as a final order to get a hearing without leave. The Court rules: "[1] This Crown appeal mus...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Susanne Posel, *Contributor* *Activist Post* Japan has allowed seafood caught off the coast near Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to be sold...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoKofi Annan predicts 'appropriate outcome' for weekend talks, but difficulties remain over possible departure of Bashar al-Assad Russia and the US remained locked in negotiation on Friday over proposals f...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoDuring rousing speech in Tahrir Square, Egypt's president-elect promises to work to free Omar Abdel-Rahman Egypt's president-elect Mohamed Morsi has vowed to free the blind sheikh jailed in the US for a p...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago"In adopting the proposals on growth from the European Commission, who, until now, was having trouble getting them approved, the 27 Member States made a good decision. The proposals rest largely on the use...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoBulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov believes that a greater political integration within the European Union is not necessary at the moment. "Nobody is ready for it right now. After all, it is the polit...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoDavid Cameron rejected demands for an “in or out” referendum on Europe today as he vowed to fight to maintain Britain’s influence in a rapidly changing European Union. The Prime Minister risked further st...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoTom Cruise and Katie Holmes are getting a divorce, a US magazine has reported. The couple, who were married in a lavish ceremony in Italy in 2006, have one daughter together, six-year-old Suri. Read More
- posted by Big Dan at Big Dan's Big Blog - 1 day ago*BUH BYE, RUSH! BE SURE TO SEND ME A POSTCARD! * Rush is "OUTRAGED", see below about "OUTRAGED CONSERVATIVES". *As Supreme Court Affirms Patchwork U.S. Healthcare System, Vermont Pushes Ahead with Singl...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 1 day agoToday on Twitter. Fetus fetishist ad. @MuskokaMoneybag tweeted about it, then tracked it down. Anti-abortion ad today on CTV CanadaAM by Alliance for Life - Milk-Reaching Minds through Media Campaign on ...
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 1 day agoWhile I have read before that US President Obama's healthcare reform, aka "Obamacare" is a very expensive program that will require expensive taxes, I did not realize the extent of multiple taxes that are ...
- Link: http://youtu.be/AQ1Rzw5-B-4 *Justin Hall-Tipping*, believe it or not, formerly was Managing Director and Partner of SG Capital in New York. He isn't the "greedy hawk"-type known from Wallstreet & Co...
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 1 day agoMy two daughters are still young, my eldest is turning only six years old this coming October. This is a result of my getting married late. Nonetheless, getting them their regular shots of vaccines -- medi...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago*FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 2012* *Ladies and gents, shall we parse:* We had to laugh at one part of today’s New York Times editorial. The Times was looking for the best way to praise Chief Justice Roberts. In a w...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*Arizona Senate Democratic Leader David Schapira at a rally opposing the GOP War on Women at the State Capitol, March 28, 2012* Endorsements are a funny thing. Most of them aren't worth anything at all. P...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 1 day ago(Image courtesy of D r i f t g l a s s.) He's got Photoshop and knows how to use it. He has an admirable, some would say superhuman, immunity from the testicle-clenching inanity, despicable Overtonian ce...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day agoThere were two important questions about what the Court would do in the health care case: what would happen to reform, and what if any new doctrines would the Court embrace which would matter in the future...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoWikileaks founder Julian Assange will ignore a Metropolitan Police order to surrender himself at a police station, his representative has said. Susan Benn said he was advised to "decline to comply" and wil...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 day agoSmall-Town Cops Pile Up on Useless Military Gear By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, Wired Magazine 27 June 12 http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/335-156/12116-small-town-cops-pile-up-on-useless-mi...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 day agoNew TEPCO leaders to push restarts of reactors in Niigata. June 29. KENTARO UECHI http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201206290043 "The new management leaders of Tokyo Electric Power Co...
- posted by Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 1 day agoFrom his recent opinion on the health care law, page 24: To an economist, perhaps, there is no difference between activity and inactivity; both have measurable economic effects on commerce. But the distin...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 day agoMajia here: Asahi Shimbun interview with Atomic Energy Chairman Shunsuke Kondo. The interview was conducted by senior staff writers Hisashi Hattori and Keiji Takeuchi. AEC chairman: major change needed i...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck the SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN at a depth of 2 km (1.2 miles), the quake hit at 15:31:45 UTC Friday 29th June 2012 The epicenter was 1060 km (658 miles) SSW of Jamestown, Sa...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA woman whose baby boy lay dead for nearly a day while she chatted on Internet forums has been arrested in Japan, media and police said Friday. Yumiko Takahashi knew that 19-month-old Neo was running a hi...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 day agohttp://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201206280297.html "The No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at Fukui Prefecture's Oi nuclear power plant are the most dangerous in Japan, according to a cross-party group of lawmakers...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 1 day agoThe Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 1 day agoSeveral tight-lipped -- not to say mealy-mouthed -- reports of an 'incident' between Rob Fucking Ford and a TTC streetcar driver. A TTC operator was counselled about his behaviour after an incident with ...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 2 days agoI know there are many good, thoughtful, well-intentioned, intelligent, generous. honourable, even noble Americans. * *I also know there are not nearly enough of them. They don't hold sway in their hom...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 2 days ago
- posted by Grant G at The Straight Goods - 2 days agoThe Harper neoliberals clutch onto power by a strategy of election fraud, perversion of parliamentary practice, misuse of prorogation (the closing down of parliament), violations of the office of the Go...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 2 days ago*FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 2012* *The war of liberal aggression:* In Arizona’s famous state law, SB 1070, a good or a bad idea? *How* bad? Long ago, we pretty much stopped trying to figure that out. Discussion of ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS at a depth of 553 km (343.6 miles), the quake hit at 13:15:23 UTC Friday 29th June 2012 The epicenter was 384 km (238 miles) SSW of Ndoi Isla...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoCanadians over the age of 65 now have the highest insolvency and bankruptcy rates in the country, according to the latest family finances report by the Vanier Institute for the Family. The non-profit cha...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 2 days ago*Thoughts: This declaration is probably more important now than it has ever been throughout the entirety of American history. It may very well be time again to heed its content with a practical approach....
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 2 days ago*this 'fake reflection' makes the Persu Hybrid look very unstable, which it isn't* in 2010, Free Planet reported that Venture Vehicles, the company responsible for bringing the Persu Hybrid (a gorgeous t...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 2 days agoToday’s decision in *Clements v. Clements*, 2012 SCC 32 deals with the “but for” test. On its own, proof by an injured plaintiff that a defendant was negligent does not make that defendant liable for the...
- posted by Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 2 days ago— Billy ponders a river in Egypt — BILLY, YA DONE GONE AND SCREWED THE POOCH. According to the Toronto Star, "G20 aftermath: Civilian police board barely asked any questions in leadup to summit", Captain...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoLots of clueless political observers, especially those who occupy the mainstream media, are furiously scratching their heads this morning wondering just how it could possibly be that Chief Justice John Ro...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 2 days ago[image: Crowds flock to Coney Island's beaches in the Brooklyn borough of New York to escape the heat wave of June 2012. REUTERS] By Michael Muskal 28 June 2012 If you think “Heat Wave,” is just a song,...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 2 days agoJapanese rock band Frying Dutchman, publicly spill nineteen minutes worth of lyrical battery acid against NUCLEAR POWER, against PROPAGANDA, against ME ME ME MONEY CARTEL that's ruining *your Free Planet* ...
- posted by Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 2 days agoNORTH KOREA just can't seem to get a break. According to the Telegraph, "North Korea facing worst drought in 100 years", North Korean soldiers have been dispatched to water crops that are withering in the wo...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 2 days agoThey're having a spot of bother over democracy and abortion in Liechtenstein . Prince Alois upset some when he threatened last August to use his veto should the electorate vote to legalise abortion in th...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 2 days agoSomeone check the calendar. What century is this again? Are queer men still denied the right and responsibility of blood donation in 2012? Do we think a response on a questionnaire is adequate protection ...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 2 days agoIt's not a huge sample size, but the results are pretty clear. Eighteen of 27 respondants (this includes three from the "other" category) voted for avoidance. Avoidance is definitely the line of least ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 2 days ago[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Michael Snyder, *Contributor* *Activist Post* You can almost always count on the Supreme Court to do the wrong thing. In fact, just about every ma...
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 2 days agoWhat a great week I've had traveling in Jiji in Nantou, Jingguashi and Jiufen, and Wanhua in Taipei this week with Michella Jade Weng and the FTV crew shooting segments for a travel show. I also tried ou...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 2 days ago*Youtube* [image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...]BE THE CHANGE! PLEASE SHARE THIS USING THE TOOLS BELOW Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by Fe...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 2 days ago[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] image source Brandon Turbeville *Activist Post* A few weeks ago, I wrote an article entitled “Romney’s Foreign Policy Advisers Exposed as Globali...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 2 days ago[image: Summer in March 2012. The colors show the difference from average temperatures from 13-19 March 2012 in degrees C. The dark red areas were 15° C (27°F) above average for this period. NASA] By De...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 2 days ago[image: A common loon feeding a chick. Mercury that billows into the atmosphere from the smokestacks of coal-fired power plants has settled back down thickly in the Adirondacks, causing trouble for commo...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 2 days ago[image: Landslide blocking a road at the Grimsel Pass near the village of Guttannen, Switzerland, after heavy rains in August 2005. The rains caused the Rotlaui river (seen at upper left) to become great...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 2 days agoPhysics World offers us a 20-minute audio interview with Peter Higgs: Peter Higgs in the spotlight Among other things, he sensibly says that others may deserve to appear in the name for the Higgs mechanis...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 2 days ago[image: Radiation dose measurements from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Unit 1 Reactor Building Torus Room, 26 June 2012. The maximum reading was 10,300 millisieverts/hour before the dosimet...
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