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Political hot air (Photo credit: National Museum of Australia)7:07 am MDST- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 4 seconds agoHappy Birthday to Santiago Casilla, 32. I've always thought he was a good pitcher, although as with most of us I didn't always think he was Santiago Casilla (check out the b-r url, by the way). Currently a...
- EMILY'S List-- Up To Their Old Tricks, Subverting A Progressive In Connecticut For A Corporate Shillposted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 6 minutes agoWorried about mealy-mouthed progressives who will buckle when ConservaDem careerists like Steny Hoyer or Joe Crowley lean on them? I spoke to one today who's running for Congress against a awful Republic...
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I'm out of town, so this is the best I can do. And since one post with Dunecat isn't enough.... Climate: - 'Tis the summer of depressing climate news. Today is Greenland edition (via). Syria: ... - posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 20 minutes agoFollowing on from this post from yesterday I noticed that on BBC 5Live this morning they have started saying that the Olympic lanes are for competitors, officials and 'media'. A small victory?
- Michael Harris weighs in this morning on China's bid to buy Nexen Energy. Five years ago, he reminds his readers, China was -- in Stephen Harper's lexicon -- the devil's disciple: There was a time when...
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Trevor Timm *EFF* As Congress and the President rush to re-authorize the dangerous FISA Amendments Act (FAA)—the law shamefully passed after pressure to legalize certain portions of the NSA’s warrantl... - posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 1 hour ago
Last week we explored the basics of Google+, getting you started and comparing and contrasting it with Facebook. If you'll recall, Google+ is the college experience of social networking, so last week's les... - posted by Harry Dale Huffman at The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage - 1 hour agoThe following is my response to an article on the wattsupwiththat site, about new open-publishing rules being considered for peer-review journals, giving everyone free access to them: *It sounds good, jus...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 hour agoBrookings Institution's, Middle East Memo #21 "Assessing Options for Regime Change (.pdf)," states the humanitarian "responsibility to protect" is but a pretext for long-planned regime change. Tony Cartal...
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*banana republic* n. A small country that is economically dependent on a single export commodity, such as bananas, and is typically governed by a dictator or the armed forces. That's the definition of ... - posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago*"$20.3 Trillion Hidden in Offshore Banks by Global Elite?"* By Madison Ruppert "According to the most detailed study of the so-called offshore economy to date, conducted by James Henry, former chief e...
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Sayer Ji, *Contributor* *Activist Post* New research on the DNA-damaging effects of the popular herbicide known as Roundup® indicates that it can do significant harm to fish even after short-term, envi... - posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago*"Pathos of the Plutocrat"* By Paul Krugman "You know, I've been around the ruling class all my life, and I've been quite aware of their total contempt for the people of the country." - Gore Vidal “L...
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This post is just a quick update because I'm about to hit the road. I've been warned that cell phone - and internet - access may be spotty at best in the mountains. Yesterday I went back to New York for ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours ago
*The Australian Medical Association has clashed with the WA Government over a television advertisement designed to reduce the pressure on public hospitals from the flu outbreak. * The ads tell people with... - posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 2 hours ago
Joe Wright *Activist Post* Seven Texas farm workers are alleging a wide range of crimes committed by biotech giant Monsanto. Courthouse News Service is reporting that lead plaintiff Jose Cardenas has ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours ago
*AURORA, Colo., -- Warner Brothers is among those giving back to the victims and families of the Aurora theater shooting tragedy and they are encouraging support from others in the entertainment industry.... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoA magnitude 3.8 earthquake has struck GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA at a depth of 9 km (5.6 miles), the quake hit at 10:18:42 UTC Wednesday 25th July 2012 The epicenter was 3 km (1.8 miles) ESE Mar...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 2 hours agoAnthony Gucciardi *Activist Post* Monsanto’s disregard for human health is evidenced by their hazardous GMO crops and herbicides, but a shocking new report has revealed the company’s *illegal ‘slave-l...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 2 hours agovia Ag Talk forum Heather Callaghan *Activist Post* A bushy Canadian plant called Kochia is no longer threatened by the likes of Monsanto's glyphosate weed killer. This spells trouble as weed resistanc...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION at a depth of 114.5 km (71.2 miles), the quake hit at 10:09:53 UTC Wednesday 25th July 2012 The epicenter was 129 km (80 miles) Southeas...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 2 hours agoBBC Covers Up War Crimes - Misleads Over Syrian Security Operations. *by Tony Cartalucci* *July 25, 2012* - When big lies must be told, BBC is there. From Iraq to Afghanistan to Libya and now Syria, BBC ha...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 2 hours ago"*Criminals are made, not born*." - Andrew Kehoe's last message, stenciled on a board at his farm. (By *American Zen*'s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari.) These days, I'm thinking of Andrew Kehoe of Bath...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 2 hours ago*Will international activism save this couple's garden from a town code?*Heather Callaghan *Activist Post* * *People are hungry, economies everywhere are tanking. The answer to that problem used to be "do ...
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 2 hours agoAP reports: Taiwan’s legislature has passed a bill to lift a ban on U.S. beef that contains small amounts of a growth additive. The bill was passed Wednesday. It will allow Taiwanese to import U.S. beef ...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 2 hours ago*Channel 6* *NewsOn6.com - Tulsa, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports - KOTV.com | * Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by FeedBurner Be the Change! Share this using the...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 2 hours agoHeather Callaghan *Activist Post* While it only appears that the City of Oak Park, MI dropped charges toward Julie Bass for planting a vegetable garden in her front yard, she wants to clarify that ch...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck SAMAR, PHILIPPINES at a depth of 69 km (42.9 miles), the quake hit at 08:39:35 UTC Wednesday 25th July 2012 The epicenter was 6 km (3.7 miles) Southeast of San Julian,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago*There has been an outpouring of disgust and anger following the creation of Facebook pages paying tribute to alleged Colorado shooter James Holmes.* Although some social media users have 'liked' the pages...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago* A beauty queen plunged 150ft to her death just an hour after finding two escorts at her former lover’s luxury apartment.* Sahar Daftary, 23, fell from the 12th floor while she was at Rashid Jamil’s flat...
- posted by Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 3 hours agothis second official Bourne Legacy (2012) trailer appears to be running (at least some part of the implied narrative) directly parallel to events, characters, backstory that took place in Bourne Ultimatum ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago*Seven people, including two men in their seventies, are being treated in hospital after an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease.* The patients - six men and a women - were being treated at the University Ho...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago*A road safety campaigner is being quizzed on suspicion of attempted murder after his car was driven into his family home with his estranged wife and three children inside.* Andrew McGarry was arrested a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago*A spurned husband exacted revenge on his former wife during divorce proceedings by sawing their furniture into pieces and labelling half of them as his.* Kevin Fiore, 56, caused £5,184 of damage to the ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago*With the eyes of the world on Britain, there was mounting anger last night over cynical attempts by union leaders to bring chaos to our borders and transport networks. * As thousands of athletes and offi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago*Britain slumped to its longest double-dip recession in more than 50 years today after shock figures revealed the economy shrank by a worse-than-expected 0.7% between April and June.* Gross domestic produ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago*Motorists faced widespread gridlock this morning as drivers were excluded from 30 miles of controversial reserved VIP ‘Games Lanes’ in the capital - and the threat of a £130 fine if they go into them.* ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago*AURORA, Colorado (AFP) - Gun sales in Colorado have soared in the aftermath of the shooting tragedy in Aurora that claimed 12 lives and left 58 wounded, the Denver Post reported Tuesday.* Background che...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck NORTH INDIAN OCEAN at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 06:13:03 UTC Wednesday 25th July 2012 The epicenter was 741 km (460 miles) WSW of Banda Aceh, Indo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck CATAMARCA, ARGENTINA at a depth of 167.1 km (103.8 miles), the quake hit at 06:01:14 UTC Wednesday 25th July 2012 The epicenter was 32 km (32.2 miles) Northwest of Po...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN at a depth of 110 km (68.2 miles), the quake hit at 01:31:38 UTC Wednesday 25th July 2012 The epicenter was 5 km (3.1 miles) East of ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago*Tourists to Australia may soon be able to take home not only photos and souvenirs, but also their own crocodile.* The Australian government is considering crocodile safaris where trophy hunters could sh...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago*An 11-year-old boy sneaked onto a plane without a passport or ticket and flew to Rome from Manchester Airport, it has emerged.* Liam Corcoran passed through security without being checked, before making ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago*A young woman who died after being buried under landslide on a beach in Dorset has been named by her uncle as Charlotte Blackman from Derbyshire.* Emergency workers had been hunting for Ms Blackman after...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 5 hours agoMarilyn Monroe was 'lesbian by inclination'. "She admitted to sexual encounters with actresses Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck, Marlene Dietrich and Elizabeth Taylor, as well as with both her acting coa...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 5 hours agoCW sent me this photo comparison of two James Holmes photos from the media. They don't look like the same man to me, unless he's nose job, ear pinning, and redone eyes. Very strange.
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 6 hours agoRadioactive strontium detected in 10 prefectures. Japan Time July 25 http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/radioactive-strontium-detected-in-10-prefectures[Excerpt] "Radioactive strontium, thou...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 6 hours agoUpdate by Sheldan Nidle for the Spiritual Hierarchy and the Galactic Federation - July 24, 2012 8 Batz, 4 Vayeb, 8 Manik Dratzo! We return! Much continues to take place behind the facade of your ...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 6 hours agoWhat is yet not understood is that we are on the verge of extracting modern humanity from the battlefield. The drone itself was a good start but is certainly the first generation. Its presence on...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 6 hours agoI would like to know how this product compares to a suspension of nanoparticles of carbon itself or even graphene. Certainly Fullerine provides sizing uniformity if that is actually important. ...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 6 hours agoNow we know that present conditions have existed in the Arctic for a good four millions of years. Prior to that, the lack of enough land made ice cap development and the sequestering of sea ice ...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 6 hours agoI have generally avoided discussing Eurasian hominids, simply because we have plenty to do establishing their presence in North America were they are in fact numerous to begin with and we now have...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 6 hours agoSource of picture: http://sverigesradio.se/sida/gruppsida.aspx?programid=2054&grupp=3582 Bulgarian Berry Pickers Lured To And Cheated In Sweden The saga of the deceived and cheated berry pickers conti...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 6 hours ago"House Passes $608 Billion Military Spending Bill"* by Matt Southworth* on 07/18/2012 http://fcnl.org/blog/2c/house_takes_up_608_billion_military_spending_bill_today/ [Excerpted] "This week, the House ...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 6 hours agoNoam Chomsky: Destroying the Commons. The Nation. http://www.thenation.com/article/169003/destroying-commons?rel=emailNation [Excerpted] Down the road only a few generations, the millennium of Magna Car...
- posted by david at Alberta Diary - 6 hours agoThe Beach Boys, now, and, below, then. Below them, Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown, then and now. As goes California, so goes Canada? As goes California, so goes the nation – the nation in the normal scheme of...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago“The beautiful Trifid Nebula is a cosmic study in colorful contrasts. Also known as M20, it lies about 5,000 light-years away toward the nebula rich constellation Sagittarius. A star forming region in the...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours agoClannad, "Mystery Game" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIDzqVRFr5c
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 6 hours agohttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18965750 *24 July 2012 Last updated at 03:24 ET * * * *South Korea's Lee Myung-bak in national apology* *Mr Lee's apology came in a brief statement to the natio...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago*The Syrian government is still in full control of its chemical weapons stockpiles, Israeli defence officials said today, in an apparent bid to calm fears that a non-conventional war could be looming.* S...
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posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago*An explosion ripped through a two-storey house today, killing a 14-year-old girl and injuring her parents and two siblings.* The early morning blast leveled the home in a rural part of western New York a... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago*A day after Colorado's accused cinema gunman appeared in court, experts are scrambling to come up with explanations for his bizarre performance - with some suggesting he may have been faking it. * James H...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours agoAlbufeira, Faro, Portugal. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 7 hours agoRussia Today Despite the White House’s efforts to keep a proposed free trade agreement concealed from the public — and even Congress — an excerpt from the TPP leaked Wednesday reveals that President Ob...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago* A NYPD officer used his native Cantonese language to save the life of a suicidal Chinese man who was threatening to jump off a bridge on Monday afternoon.* Officer Yi Huang rushed to help his colleagues...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago*Travelers who are planning to pass through some of America’s biggest transportation hubs like John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York or LAX in Los Angeles now have another cause for concern be...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago*A 25-year-old woman who duped the state of Oregon into giving her a $2.1 million tax refund pleaded guilty Tuesday and was sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison.* Krystle Marie Reyes, of Salem, entered gui...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago* A well-known Houston-area attorney accused of orchestrating at least three unsuccessful attempts on his wife’s life has been cleared of charges in the murder-for-hire plots on Tuesday after prosecutors d...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA guest driving to a wedding in China's Shandong Province is rescued after his car plunges into a river when torrential rain causes a bridge to collapse. The unnamed man was driving to a wedding ceremony ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoJuly 24 - The euro fell to a more than two-year low against the dollar as weak euro zone data and a dimmer outlook for the region's strongest economies from Moody's further clouded the prospects for the co...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoJuly 24 - UK deploys 1,200 more troops to beef up security for the Olympics. Deborah Gembara reports.
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 8 hours agoSaudi Arabia's King Abdullah has named Prince Bandar as director general of the Saudi Intelligence Agency, on top of his post as secretary-general of the National Security Council. *CIA's* favorite ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoLos Angeles (CNN) -- Security camera video obtained by CNN shows the tension between Jackson family members amid a very public dispute over the whereabouts of Katherine Jackson. The 82-year-old matriarch ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago*Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Gunmen opened fire on a convoy of trucks in northwestern Pakistan that were carrying provisions for NATO forces in Afghanistan, killing two people.* It was the first attack ...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 8 hours agoDineh's Narrow Attitude, Its Growing Dishonor to Tradition, Uncertain Future U. S. In High Tech Era But Culture Still Rely On Old English Militarism & Dominance Whereas, Indigenous “America” Defy Its Anc...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago*“The Science of Happiness?”* by Chet Raymo “Is Kemal happy? Can he be happy? What is happiness anyway? I'm about a third of the way through Orhan Pamuk's “The Museum of Innocence.” Pamuk is the Nobel...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago*(CNN) -- Three people who voiced threats during and after showings of the "The Dark Knight Rises" in New England and the West have been arrested, authorities said.* News of these incidents -- occurring ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago*Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- Friends, family members and fellow dissidents on Tuesday buried Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas, a prominent critic of Cuba's socialist government. * Dissident organizations reported that doz...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 9 hours agoBlunt has the answer: [image: image] Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 9 hours agoThe Greenland ice sheet on July 8, left, and four days later on the right. An estimated 97% of the ice sheet surface had thawed by July 12. Photo courtesy: Nasa The Greenland ice sheet melted at a faster ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago*Government forces attacked a rebel group on Tuesday, apparently in retaliation for the fatal stabbing of a top security official on Saturday. The government said 12 of its troops and 30 militants were ki...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago*CAIRO — It is the sort of image that has become a staple of the Syrian revolution, a video of masked men calling themselves the Free Syrian Army and brandishing AK-47s — with one unsettling difference. I...
- posted by Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 9 hours agoWelcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)! If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far. There's a lot of great inform...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 9 hours ago*First and only time I was ever in a White Castle was when The Dictator's did their album jacket* "Hi. This is Congresswoman xxxx. I'll be in L.A. next month and I was told you and Digby and John take peo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago*Unprecedented: These maps show the extent of surface melt over Greenland's ice sheet on July 8 (left) and July 12 (right)* Scientists have raised fears of rising sea levels after pictures showed Greenla...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago*Troops sent to quell clashes over land rights in northeast India killed five people Tuesday after the government ordered them to shoot suspects on sight. * The killings and the discoveries of more bodies...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoThe lack of a CIA presence in Syria leaves the U.S. with scant details about opposition groups. Critics see a missed opportunity to influence Syrian rebels. WASHINGTON — Despite a dire need for intelligen...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoPolice dive teams have recovered the body of a teenage boy who went missing while swimming in a river. The 14-year-old was cooling off in a stretch of the River Avon between Bristol and Bath yesterday ev...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago*Britain's longest double-dip recession since the Second World War will be confirmed in official figures out later.* Gross domestic product (GDP) - a broad measure for the total economy - is forecast to ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago*Thousands of Syrian troops have pulled out of a strategic plateau in the north western province of Idlib headed for Aleppo, which is under opposition threat, according to activists.* It is claimed gover...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago*Emergency workers searching for a young woman following a landslide at a beach in Dorset have discovered a body.* Search crews had been hunting for the woman after 400 tonnes of rock fell on top of her ...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 9 hours agoCorn is the world's most used agricultural crop. Photo courtesy: Michael Dorausch/CC BY-SA 2.0 In the early spring of 2012, U.S. farmers were on their way to planting some 96 million acres in corn, the mo...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 9 hours ago*The Power of Empty Space* If you have a Kindle you should click at the link on the left side, learn by another click how to make purchases, and buy one of the world's most famous particle theorist's sh...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 6.4 earthquake has struck OFF WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA at a depth of 22 km (13.7 miles), the quake hit at 00:27:45 UTC Wednesday 25th July 2012 The epicenter was 28 km (17 mil...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck EASTERN TURKEY at a depth of 10.2 km (6.3 miles), the quake hit at 22:53:41 UTC Tuesday 24th July 2012 The epicenter was 17 km (10 miles) North of Van, Turkey No Repor...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck KORYAKIA, RUSSIA at a depth of 17.2 km (10.7 miles), the quake hit at 21:25:04 UTC Tuesday 24th July 2012 The epicenter was 236 km (146 miles) Northeast from Il'pyrski...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck CRETE, GREECE at a depth of 33.5 km (20.8 miles), the quake hit at 20:19:42 UTC Tuesday 24th July 2012 The epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) Southwest of Palaiochora, Gre...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 10 hours agoThe U.S. deep state has a long and complicated history of conducting covert operations inside the United States to shape the evolution of U.S. politics and control American public opinion. A majority of th...
- posted by mollymew at Molly'sBlog - 10 hours ago*AGRICULTURE:* *BREAKING THE ANTIBIOTIC ADDICTION:* * *For many years it has been a common practice to add antibiotics to food animal rations (poultry, pigs and to a lesser extent cattle). The rationale ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours agoSadly true, so unlike our beloved and totally trustworthy, honest and courageous main stream media, right? At least they would never lie to us... Yeah. - CP
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago"Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." - George Washington
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 11 hours agoSouthern Man has been a busy fellow this week, thus the lack of posts. Teen Daughter The Elder continues to meet with her military contacts in preparation for shipping out to boot camp. However she is laid...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago*"Three Big Lies of the Super-Rich"* Why Being in the Highest Class Doesn't Mean You're a High Class Person by Paul Buchheit "When it comes to the economy, too many Americans continue to be numbed by ...
- posted by Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 11 hours agoIt was a pretty stormy day here, which turned out to be rather appropriate I suppose. After a long work day I received a response back from Northland School Division regarding the email I had sent them in...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 11 hours ago[image: Extent of surface melt over Greenland’s ice sheet on 8 July 2012 (left) and 12 July 2012 (right). Measurements from three satellites showed that on 8 July, about 40 percent of the ice sheet had u...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago* "The Unbearable Waves of Heat"* Climate Change and the Next American Revolution by Shamus Cooke "The U.S. heat wave is slowly shaking the foundations of American politics. ...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 11 hours agoLammas: the First Harvest. Image from Cambridge Community Television. You can burn your regrets on Lammas, the First Harvest By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / July 24, 2012 "The corn is as high as a elephant...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Say No To Corporate America!) at Say No To Corporate America - 12 hours ago
- posted by Denis Rancourt at Activist Teacher - 12 hours agoJudge Accused of Conflict of Interest Loses Decorum and Withdraws from Case July 24, 2012 by Student's-Eye View
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago*Has "Batso" Bachmann really said anything battier than she's said in the past? Still, she has clearly crossed some line. I just wish I knew what it was.* *"It remains to be seen whether Bachmann has done...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 12 hours agoMondoWeiss Annie Robbins Susie Abulhawa demolishes Nakba denier Itamar Marcus on RT's Cross Talk. Host Peter Lavelle opens the show, Israel: What occupation?, discussing the Levy Commission report. Marc...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 12 hours agoImage from Occasional Links and Commentary. Fairness in Hypocrisy Valley Since elections, the public expression of political power, are significantly determined by millionaires, trustees at Hypocrisy Vall...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 12 hours agoCouncils around the country are declaring themselves “Frack Free Zones.” What the hell? The declarations by councils from Hawkes Bay, Waimakariri, Kaikoura, Selwyn and Christchurch (don’t they have more...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoNorth Korea has deployed around 20 helicopters at two bases near South Korea's Baeknyeong Island in the West Sea, according to a government source here. They include attack helicopters that are capable of...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 12 hours ago*California Reporter Gets Levees.org Seal of Approval*
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 12 hours ago*I guess the price increases and double payments haven't been enough.* "Boston Globe offers buyouts, lays off several" by Beth Healy | Globe Staff, July 24, 2012 The *Boston Globe* on Monday *offered b...
- posted by paul at Paying attention - 13 hours agoMy partner, Jody Paterson, has been helping out the local orphanage/foster home, a fairly grim place. I have been doing a little too, mostly helping with occasional swimming expeditions, which I wrote abou...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago*"Sorry, Your Money Is Now Frozen:* * Bank Runs Have Become Illegal"* By The Daily Sheeple "As the financial crisis takes its toll and any number of events threaten to completely collapse an already f...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours agoMohawk Nation News: An Officer and a Murderer By Mohawk Nation News http://www.mohawknationnews.com MNN. July 24, 2012. This film is about real life serial killer and attacker of women, Col. Russell W...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 14 hours ago*Four New Orleans online newsrooms form cooperative to strengthen and promote journalism ~The Lens* *N.O. City inspector general suggests nepotism at court ~WDSU* *Orphaned well could be source of swamp b...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 14 hours agoLook, call me simple (go on, I know you want to) but I just don’t understand how a coroner could take six years to issue a report damning a suspect in a murder trial that is now long over. Coroner Garry...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 14 hours ago------------------------------ WAR ON HEALTH - The FDA's Cult of Tyrannyhttp://youtu.be/VibVIRsHnI0 Published on Jul 3, 2012 by PRNfm Progressive Radio Network presents A Gary Null Production WAR ON HEAL...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 15 hours agoBy ROXANA HEGEMAN, Associated Press 24 July 2012 WICHITA, Kansas (AP) – Kansas cattleman Ken Grecian sold 20 pairs of cows and calves a few weeks after drought had sucked his pastures dry and no rain ...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 15 hours agoI've been writing quite a bit about lazy mendacity, although I've had no success at getting it going as a hashtag. Over the weekend, I had a columnover at Salon talking about the whole idea of it, and then ...
- posted by Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 15 hours agoThe Congressional Budget Office now estimates that three million more people than first projected will either remain, or become, uninsured under the Affordable Care Act. Since mainly red states have signal...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 15 hours agoTo hear the Minister of Family Values and Random Diddling, Vic Toews tell it, he's responsible for the overall drop in Canada's crime rate even though it has been declining steadily since 1992. Well, if T...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 15 hours agoSyrian Opposition Signs Pro-War Neo-Con Letter to Obama. *by Tony Cartalucci * *July 24, 2012* - Neo-Conservatives have "called on" US President Barack Obama to assist in the establishment of "safe zone...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 16 hours agoJust to get a whiff of the corruption running amuck now gives one pause. And the desire to move away. Far away, but hopefully not into the path of a drone. (And become a "bug splat.") Chris Floyd lifts the...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago*National security threat... or national diversion?* Ultimately it's up to the voters in MN-6 to remove Michele Bachmann. This year they're probably thinking carefully about throwing their support to Jim ...
- posted by Josh Busby at The Duck of Minerva - 16 hours agoThe International AIDS Society conference began Sunday in DC, the first time the conference has been held in the United States since 1990 because of the now-lifted travel ban on HIV+ people coming to the U...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 16 hours agocartoon courtesy http://www.theattleborozone.com/pages/vac_rec http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12773696 Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2003 Jun;228(6):660-4. Neurodevelopmental disorders after thimerosal-...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 16 hours agoMitt Romney gave a speech billed as a major foreign policy address today, just before he embarks on a quick world tour. I may get around to the substance later (here's Dan Drezner's quick reaction post), ...
- posted by Kenneth Thomas at Middle Class Political Economist - 16 hours agoA new report by the Tax Justice Network, "The Price of Offshore Revisited," shows that the amount of wealth held in tax havens has increased enormously since 2004, and confirms what I previously wrote abou...
- posted by José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 17 hours ago[image: Atardecer en la playa - Recuerdos del ocaso]
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 17 hours agoBrookings' "Middle East Memo #21" quoted almost verbatim as US begins 'plan B' for regime change in Syria. *by Tony Cartalucci* *July 24, 2012* - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today regarding the ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago*WILSON, N.Y. — Authorities say four family members have been injured and a 12-year-old girl is missing after an explosion leveled a home in western New York.* The Niagara County Sheriff's Office tells l...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago*(CBS News) A food poisoning outbreak from turkey served at the Denver Rescue Mission has sent more than 50 people to the hospital for treatment.* CBS Denver reports that officials said the sickness hit p...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago*JAIPUR, India — More than 40 workers at a nuclear power station in northern India have been exposed to tritium radiation in two separate leaks in the past five weeks, company managers said on Tuesday. * ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago*LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Officials shut down the Oyster Creek nuclear plant in Lacey Township after the plant lost off-site power Monday.* The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says emergency generators power...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago*A monitoring crew has found a leak inside one of the igloos at the Pueblo Chemical Depot where mustard agent is stored.* The storage igloo contains 105 mm projectiles with chemical weapons inside which ...
- posted by Roberto Rodriguez at Dr Cintli - 17 hours agoLatest video: Looks like the brother in Anaheim was executed. You can clearly see he was handcuffed. No doubt there will be an excuse, but at end of video, you can clearly see he is handcuffed. http://ww...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago*(Reuters) - The governor of Missouri on Monday declared a state of emergency due to the drought and prolonged severe heat of this summer, which has so far been blamed in the deaths of 25 people in the st...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago*A children's entertainer is alleged to have confessed to wanting to rape, kill and then eat a child.* Ronald Brown made the horrific confession to a pedophile as they talked about what they would like t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago*Spain is at a ‘tipping point’ as a surge in borrowing costs stoked fears it will need to beg for international aid to stave off collapse.* Analysts warned that the recession-ravaged country was on the bri...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoJuly 24 - An experimental heat shield developed by NASA has survived a trip through Earth's atmosphere while travelling at hypersonic speeds up to 7,600 mph (12,231 kph). In a test flight, the Inflatable R...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoJames Holmes, the alleged gunman in the recent theater shooting that left 12 dead in Aurora, Colo., was previously awarded a $26,000 federal grant. WNEW News reports that Holmes was awarded a prestigious ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago*(Reuters) - Monsignor William Lynn, the most senior clergyman convicted in the U.S. Roman Catholic Church scandal, was sentenced on Tuesday to three to six years in prison for covering up child sex abuse...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago*The man guilty of killing the mother, brother and nephew of actress Jennifer Hudson has been jailed for life.* William Balfour, Hudson's former brother-in-law, has been handed three life sentences after...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 18 hours agoJean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer (writing at the Fair Observer) argues that there's no double-standard problem because the Libyan intervention did not establish or reflect a generalized responsibility to prot...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 18 hours agoThe American Dream: *"The New York Times Admits That Virtually Every Major News Organization Allows The News To Be Censored By Government Officials."* * * New York Times: Don't believe anything we print. D...
- posted by Kenneth Thomas at Middle Class Political Economist - 18 hours agoResults are in for my reader's poll on whether Mitt Romney would release more tax returns. The overwhelming majority, 72%, said no, while 18% said yes, and the other 10% were unsure. I'm in the 18% who sa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN at a depth of 43.9 km (27.3 miles), the quake hit at 17:04:54 UTC Tuesday 24th July 2012 The epicenter was 129 km (80 miles) South...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck TONGA at a depth of 45.4 km (28.2 miles), the quake hit at 13:45:29 UTC Tuesday 24td July 2012 The epicenter was 43 km (26 miles) Southeast of Hihifo, Tonga No Tsunami...
- posted by PM at The Duck of Minerva - 18 hours agoThe logic of inappropriatenessBelow, Scott Weiner argues that Carly Rae Jepsen's song "Call Me Maybe" is an illustration of the dynamics of standard game-theory models, specifically the prisoner's dilemma ...
- posted by Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 18 hours ago*[NOTE: This article was originally written, in shorter form, as private correspondence back in April and has finally been edited for clarity and posted here - back-dated - not as breaking news or current ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* In a scene eerily reminiscent of the Nicolas Cage film Ghost Rider, this biker is pictured speeding along while engulfed by flames leaping from his burning motorcycle.* But this is no movie set, nor a t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago* As the Olympics draws ever closer, world-renowned Banksy headlines a long list of graffiti artists who have painted the streets of the capital all the colours of the rainbow - some to celebrate the Games...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago1930s show 'baby cages' which parents who lived in high-rise flats used to ensure their child was exposed to fresh air and had room to play. Incredibly, the then East Poplar borough council proposed to fix...
- posted by Big Dan at Big Dan's Big Blog - 19 hours agoThere are MANY questions about the Batman shooting case, none of them being asked by the mainstream media. They are once again pushing an official narrative of a terrorism case and not questioning anything...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago*Taking inspiration from the Hollywood text-book, scientists at NASA are testing daredevil technology which will see space ships slowed down when they hit a planet's atmosphere.* Their latest technology ...
- Spencer Brown charged following horrific attack by two crazed bull terriers in St Leonards, Hastings
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago*Detectives have today charged a man following a horrific attack by two crazed bull terriers which mauled ten people during an hour of carnage in a seaside town.* The dogs attacked everyone in their path... - posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 19 hours agoNew federal police on sovereign Tohono O'odham land: 'It is a police state' By Brenda Norrell Copyright Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2012/07/photos-new-federal-police-on-sovereign.html S...
- posted by Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 19 hours ago*Source: Andalucía Misteriosa (www.andaluciamisteriosa.es.tl) Date: 07.24.2012* *Spain: Unidentified Flying Object Cases from 1998* *Case #1* *Researcher: Joaquín Mateos Nogales Available ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago*This is the dramatic moment a U.S. Navy ship is sunk by a torpedo from an Australian submarine during a military exercise in the Pacific Ocean.* The 12,100-ton vessel Kilauea was struck just below the br...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoTeeth bared and wild-eyed, this crazed attacker holds an ice pick to his young hostage's throat in an eight-hour ordeal which looked as if it could only end in tragedy. * But despite the terrible danger to...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 19 hours agoIf tired WMD lies won't convince the public to back foreign intervention, perhaps recycled lies from Libya? *by Tony Cartalucci* *July 24, 2012* - The Telegraph has reported (emphasis added), "fighter je...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 19 hours agoSusanne Posel, *Contributor* *Activist Post* The hoax of man-made climate change was reached a new low. Alarmists are now supporting the UN scheme to dump iron into our oceans claiming that this will ...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 19 hours agoToday's Revolutionary Thought of the Day is dedicated to every survivor of sexual abuse or sexual assault who suffers in silence. Here is the thought. *Tell someone.* It may be the most revolutionary act...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 19 hours agoI spent some time last night reading reaction to the sanctions against Penn State University set out by the NCAA. (I should qualify that: I was reading the reactions of intelligent, compassionate people. I...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 19 hours ago*Wider UNSC dissension, Turkish offensive against its own "rebels," and Iraq's rejection of latest "Arab League" statement before massive Al Qaeda attacks.* Tony Cartalucci, *Contributor* *Activist Post* ...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 19 hours agoHunters rescued from ice Now this is not the type of story you see in, say, Vancouver, much: *Six narwhal hunters were forced to call for a helicopter rescue after a gap in the ice stranded them on land n...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago*A Russian fishing trip turned to horror when a man collecting firewood in the dead of night stumbled across hundreds of human foetuses scattered in the woods.* The 248 embryos, most of which were alread...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 19 hours ago*Indonesia.* Indonesia's central bank is buying Chinese 'yuan-denominated' bonds, as part of its foreign exchange reserves. A growing number of countries are doing the same, due to fears about the dolla...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 19 hours agoAljazeera video appearing to show a Taliban attack on a US base in Afghanistan, the Salerno base, in June 2012. Afghan Freedom Fighters fully armed, organized and ruthless, sensing the victory, Attack a...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 19 hours agoMajia here: This is a strange article. Release of final gov't report on Fukushima disaster sparks residents' criticism. Mainichihttp://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20120724p2a00m0na013000c.h...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 20 hours ago*This is a guest post by Scott Weiner, a PhD student in Political Science at George Washington University.* One of this summer's most popular hit singles is "Call Me Maybe" by pop artist Carly Rae Jepse...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 20 hours agoNicholas West *Activist Post* The recorded history of mankind is incredibly limited vs. the vast time of Earth's existence and development. Those who question the man-made climate change argument remembe...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago*Several people were rescued from New York Harbour after a boat overturned, the Coast Guard said.* NBC New York reports that the boat was near Liberty Island off the southern tip of Manhattan when it fli...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoJuly 24 - Foreign media invited to review some of China's military. Julie Noce reports.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoJuly 24 - A car bomb detonates in the east of Iraq's capital Baghdad, killing at least six people. Travis Brecher reports.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago*(Reuters) - The booby-trapped apartment of the man accused of killing 12 people and wounding 58 others in last week's movie theater shooting in Colorado was effectively a "house bomb" rarely seen outside...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 20 hours ago*Activist Post* The killing of 24-year-old Manuel Diaz has sparked a new wave of protests against police brutality. Just one day after the chaotic scene that followed his death, which involved Anaheim of...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 20 hours agoToday Blue America is proud to endorse Nate Shinagawa for Congress in NY-23, the old Eric Massa district composed of the Southern Tier and the Finger Lakes area of upstate New York. It was a district Dem...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 20 hours ago*Vimeo* Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by FeedBurner Be the Change! Share this using the tools below. Sharing on Reddit and Newsvine will help the most.
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- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 20 hours agoTony Cartalucci, *Contributor* *Activist Post* Hysterical propaganda has increasingly amplified since early Monday when the Syrian government's Foreign Minister Jihad Makdissi insisted that if Syria h...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 20 hours agoYour intent is all important now, as always. Michael channeled by Ron Head July 24, 2012 in Ron's Channeled Messages Today we shall speak of the events which are happening with increasing frequency...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 20 hours agoNearly 5,500 taken to hospital due to heatstroke last week, 13 die. Mainichi TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A total of 5,467 people were taken by ambulance to hospital due to heatstroke last week and 13 of them died, th...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 20 hours ago*YouTube - crabbydogtrix* http://www.moneynews.com/StreetTalk/investors-foreclosed-rental-securities/20... Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by FeedBurner Be the Change...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 20 hours agoCassandra Anderson, *Contributor* *Activist Post* Richard Rothschild was the first county commissioner to officially oppose the United Nations' International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 20 hours agoThe BBC have consistently been telling us that the Olympic Lanes (Zil lanes) are for the use of the 'Olympic Family' or for 'athletes and officials'. The BBC stuck to this story when last week reporting th...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 20 hours agoMichael Snyder, *Contributor* *Activist Post* Where have we seen this before? Bond yields soar above the 7 percent danger level. Check. The stock market crashes to new lows. Check. Industrial activity...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago*(Reuters) - Increasingly under pressure by rebels intent on unseating him, Bashar al-Assad has considered using chemical weapons against his enemies but Washington and Moscow have formed an unlikely alli...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 20 hours agoSusanne Posel, *Contributor* *Activist Post* Last week, “compromise legislation” was brought before the US Senate that will enable federal agencies to assess cyber threats while giving them “permissio...
- posted by Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 20 hours agoInternationalism is a truly remarkable phenomenon. In order to achieve a single global authority, with a single economy, all who stand in the way have to be neutralised. Thus, we have the concept of Rog...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago*A convicted rapist who won millions on the lottery has been sentenced to nine months in prison for fraudently claiming around £13,000 in benefits.* Despite banking £5m in September 2009, Edward Putman ke...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 20 hours agoIt sounds like a bad dream until you factor in two things. One, Assad has announced he has WMDs, chemical and biological, at his disposal and he's prepared to use them to thwart potential foreign interve...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago*The suicide bomber who killed six people in Bulgaria last week was part of a sophisticated group of conspirators, Prime Minister Boiko Borisov has said.* He said the group had arrived in Bulgaria a month...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago*Syrian armed forces battling insurgents in Aleppo, Syria’s second-largest city and commercial hub, have bombed its eastern areas with fighter jets, a BBC correspondent traveling with the insurgents repor...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago*(Reuters) - Dishonesty uncovered in setting Libor benchmark interest rates is now in the past and replacing them would be problematic, the head of Financial Services Authority said on Tuesday.* The disc...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 20 hours ago*Vokes Estate v. Palmer*, 2012 ONCA 510 is a useful reminder that it is essential, for appeal purposes, to put objections to a jury charge in civil matters on the record: [6] We disagree. Fir...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 21 hours agoWashington Post The ranks of America’s poor are on track to climb to levels unseen in nearly half a century, erasing gains from the war on poverty in the 1960s amid a weak economy and fraying government...
- posted by paul at Paying attention - 21 hours ago(Reposted, because I accidentally deleted the first version.) It's easy to see what's wrong in Honduras. It's hard to figure out what to do about it. I spent the last two days in a "taller," the Spanish t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago*Emergency services are searching through rubble on a beach in Dorset following a landslide that is feared to have trapped one person.* Specialist search teams joined fire and police crews after a cliff ...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 21 hours agoGlobal Research Tony Carlucci As it becomes increasingly clear that last week's "surge" by NATO-backed so-called "Free Syrian Army" terrorists was a failed psychological operation, coordinated with meticu...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 21 hours agoI started my journey in exposing the lies of history by quickly coming to the conclusion way back in 1979 that the entire NASA Apollo space program was a massive fraud concocted on the world. For years, I...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck MINAHASA, SULAWESI, INDONESIA at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 14:56:26 UTC Tuesday 24td July 2012 The epicenter was 159 km (98.5 miles) Northwest of...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 21 hours agoAn Afhgan police commander and 13 of his officers have joined the Taliban. The commander apparently poisoned 7-officers who refused to defect. The party fled taking heavy weapons, radios and vehicles i...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 21 hours ago*The content of this blog entry is extremely light and a favorite physicist of some of us is the only justification why it's here: so I discourage serious readers from reading the rest of this text* In Ma...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 21 hours agoIf there is something I have a weakness for, both as a mom and a photographer, it is bows. I love them in all shapes and sizes. One of my favorite shops for bows is Belle Fleur Bowtique. These darling p...
- posted by thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 21 hours agoThe post about the $21 TRILLION (minimum!) that the Tax Justice Network estimates is sitting in offshore tax havens is evidence of a very big, very simple reality. The present political-economic system is ...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 21 hours ago...but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be talking about the pirate class that's socked away $21 to $36 *trillion* in offshore accounts to avoid paying taxes. And, as if we need Thom Hartmann to remind us, ...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 21 hours agoThere's something really sleazy about BC premier Christie Clark. Faced with growing public opposition to the Northern Gateway and Kinder-Morgan bitumen pipeline trafficking, she sat mute for months as he...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 22 hours agoI missed this yesterday: Jonathan Chait takes apart Amity Shlaes, who is apparently ready to junk the Constitution and give the Articles of Confederation another try. You might think that Chait is exaggera...
- posted by Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 22 hours agoFellow blogger, activist and musician Ross K - better known to his many blog fans as The Gazetteer - asked me to post a video of me and the kids from Angelitos Felices doing the Hokey Pokey. Ross has been ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago*The son of actor Ronnie Barker is being held in custody on suspicion of making indecent images of children. * Adam Barker appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates Court in West London this afternoon, charged wit...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 22 hours agoWith all the controlled news media outlets focused in on the Aurora Colorado shootings, it is important that everyone is made aware of news happening elsewhere around the world. Aurora is especially mino...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 22 hours agoThe London Olympic Games only start on Friday but Reuters has already handed out the most important medals: Spirited Traveler: The party doesn't stop in Prague Czechia has Europe's largest amount of alcoh...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago*At least three people have been arrested across the US after apparently making threats related to the latest Batman movie, amid heightened anxiety following the shooting dead of 12 people at a Denver cin...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago*A surfer has died after a shark attack off the French island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean.* Local Alexandre Rassiga, 21, was around 100m off a popular beach in Trois-Bassins when the shark struck, bit...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 22 hours agoWhere do global warming, water scarcity and overpopulation collide? On dinner plates around the world. When everything works as we want it to, year in and year out, we can realistically feed 7, perha...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago*At least one person is trapped under rocks after a landslide at a beach in Dorset.* Emergency services were called to the incident near the Freshwater Beach Holiday Park in Burton Bradstock at about 12....
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck BANDA SEA at a depth of 460.8 km (286.3 miles), the quake hit at 13:43:17 UTC Tuesday 24td July 2012 The epicenter was 260 km (161 miles) NNE of Dili, East Timor No Ts...
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 22 hours agoImages like this are flying around the net. Apparently Beijing has been able to make the ROC flag disappear from the line-up of Olympic flags in London. _______________________ [Taiwan] Don't miss the co...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 22 hours ago*TUESDAY, JULY 24, 2012* *The Post reports no gaffes:* Last Saturday night, a debate took place in Virginia. It was a fairly major debate, involving two Senate hopefuls. As you may know, this is one th...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 22 hours agoDespite Stevie Boy's prison fetish, crime in Canada has fallen to the lowest level since 1972. Homicides, crimes against children and marijuana offences were up. Imagine what the numbers might look like ...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 23 hours ago*TUESDAY, JULY 24, 2012* *On two issues, our side has lost:* Steve Kornacki broke through the clutter on last evening’s Last Word. All over the One True Liberal Channel, the droogs were asking why the De...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 23 hours agoThis week's award goes to the Evening Standard for this headline - 'Illegal workers could count for almost half of overseas students' Back over 10 years ago I worked from time to time opposite the doors of...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 23 hours ago*The Guardian* took a stroll down *Ammunition Lane*, the online world of American ammo sales. If you're fixing to start a war, all it takes is a credit card and a click of your mouse. *Spend just a fe...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 23 hours ago*Fotherby v. Cowan*, 2012 NSCA 77 provides a useful review of the principles related to security for costs on appeal. While arising in Nova Scotia the principles are relevant across the common law provinc...
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 23 hours agoToo busy to write seriously tonight, but I thought I'd dredge up this....an acquaintance mentioned the Waldron-Freeman debate on Taiwan at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) from 2000, "If Taiwan Decla...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 23 hours ago[image: Aerial view of flood-damaged Honda cars at the Honda factory in Ayutthaya province, on 27 December 2011. Japanese car assembler Honda automobile (Thailand) started to scrap 1,055 cars which were ...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 23 hours agoGlobalization of Law: - Honduras looking into limited outsourcing of criminal justice to Britain (via). - David Weigel draws from Cliff's *Global Right Wing* in an article on the NRA's quest ...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 23 hours ago*“ALEC has a legislative track record of which we are very, very proud … “* *Right-to-work for less, kill at will, Voter ID, Immigration, Prison labor, Elimination of the minimum wage, Elimination of p...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 23 hours ago*Tell me - when was the last time you needed a * ballistic helmet, gas mask, throat-protector, tactical vest and pants an AR-15 with a 100-round magazine and 3,000 rounds of ammunition *to go deer, elk, ...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 23 hours agoBetter luck next time ;) It's not often in ones' life that one can take back what was taken from them. This is a true account of an event that happened to me recently. Now, for some background informat...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 23 hours agoIt's brief and it speaks for itself - powerfully.
- posted by Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 23 hours agoPolitical schizophrenia is in the air. The latest delusion in the great national epidemic of magical thinking is that normal American people don't want gun control. That's the excuse being bandied about as...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 23 hours ago*TUESDAY, JULY 24, 2012* *Part 2—Dr. Stone’s rude diagnosis:* It isn’t real hard to explain the dysfunction of our modern elites—elites which often seem to be trying to wreck the basic American system. ...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day agoHappy Birthday to Summer Glau, 31. OK, I'll try to get off Whedon tomorrow. Depending on who shows up. The good stuff: 1. Mona Yacoubian on Syria. Not cheerful, at all. 2. See also C.J. Chivers on the ...
- posted by Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day agoThe other day one of my colleagues here in Massachusetts asked me if I knew that out in Ohio, where they have a Republican governor and legislature, teachers are about to be evaluated based on test score...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoOne of the key questions voters will have to ask themselves in November is whether or not Mitt Romney's experience as a business man-- he started rich and made himself richer-- is the kind of experience ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago"Apathy and evil. The two work hand in hand. They are the same, really... Evil wills it. Apathy allows it. Evil hates the innocent and the defenseless most of all. Apathy doesn't care as long as it's no...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*"Largest Mass Shooting In US History?* * Try Three Massacres On Native Americans" * by Carl Herman "The US government committed the largest mass shootings in national history by opening fire on peace...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day agoAnthony Gucciardi *Activist Post* Like virtually all massacre shooters before him, the notorious Batman shooter James Holmes is now reported to have been taking hardcore pharmaceutical drugs. In Holme...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day agoDees Illustration Brandon Turbeville *Activist Post* In the traditional manner of annual pro-vaccine propaganda, a recent report by Laura L. Myers of Reuters published on July 20, 2012, continues the s...
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day agoThomas Homer Dixon writes this morning that the hot weather we have endured over the last decade has taught us something about crop yields: In the past few years, agricultural scientists have shown that...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago*The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference. They deserve a place of honor with all that is good. When firearms go, all goes. We need them every hour.* -- George ...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day agoBohemian Mom *Activist Post* Making the decision to homeschool is not an easy one. Societal pressure, family interrogations, and our own insecurities and fears are things we have to wrestle with on a ...
- posted by Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 1 day ago*Source: Lainformacion.com and Informe U.F.O. Date: 06.13.2012* *Spain: UFO Buff Sets Off Forest Fire* A 29-year-old held in custody by the Guardia Civil (state police) as the alleged culprit...
- posted by Harry Dale Huffman at The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage - 1 day agoI have submitted the following comment at the Bishop Hill site, where science fiction has been linked to the current climate consensus/hysteria: *Scientific hysteria is always science fiction. In fact, t...
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