- Life is change and change is life
And here is proof: The Courant's parent company, Tribune, is backing away from maintaining this particular blog format -- Movable Type -- in favor of another blog platform, one that is unworkable here. Namely, the new format allows blog comments to go online unapproved, and -- I say th ...
- Maybe CEO salaries need a Buffett rule
"Peer benchmarking" helps move compensation for CEOs ever higher. Perhaps one of the high-dollar bosses should take a page from Warren Buffett, who in August suggested in a New York Times essay that the rich don't carry their weight in taxes. Meanwhile, Buffett, himself, has refined his earlier ...
- De-pinkifying breast cancer
There's a growing movement that seeks to turn the pink ribbon upside down. You can read more here. Flickr photo
- Why the occupation?
You can see more Mother Jones charts here. You can read about Hartford's budding Occupation here, with a planning meeting set for 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Bushnell Park, and again at 5 p.m.
- Cleansing after Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur starts at sundown on Friday and here's one man's take on it. Flickr photo
- Poor summer weather to continue well into July
UPDATE at 5PM According to the Met Office, averaged across the UK, June 2012 has been the wettest since records began in 1910, the coolest since 1991, and the second dullest since records began (record for lowest sunshine in June is still 1987). ENDS It will come as no surprise that June in Y ...
- Blame the jet stream for return of heavy rain
After a short spell of fine and warm weather in the last few days, Atlantic weather fronts are once again expected to spread wind and rain across the country tonight and tomorrow, leading us into a fourth successive weekend washout. According to Philip Eden, writing in the Sunday Telegraph, the ...
- 'Flaming' June washout set to continue
The very unsettled weather which has plagued June so far looks set to continue. Rainfall totals at the weekend were again in excess of an inch (25mm) across parts of North Yorkshire; this followed a very wet and cool Jubilee weekend. With another area of low pressure set to spoil things this ...
- All eyes on June after an 'average' May
The very warm spell which has dominated our weather in recent days has come to an end, with rain affecting much of northern England today. It's a wet end to a month which has seen a remarkable change from extreme cold to extreme warmth. And it's a good example of how statistics can hide big s ...
- Arctic methane sets global warming alarm bells ...
Research published this week which identifies thousands of sites in the Arctic where methane gas is being released into the atmosphere could have serious ramifications for global warming. Methane is twenty times more powerful a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide and it's estimated that there' ...
- Why China's Communist Party Will Endure, AEI
There's a much-read contribution by Michael Auslin of the American Enterprise Institute on why "China's Party is About to End" from (surprise!) the WSJ op-ed pages. This coming from the libertarian AEI, you pretty much know how their story goes in following the classic American narrative: Politi ...
- Obama, Bernanke, Stimulus & American Brattiness
The New Yorker has an interesting new take on one of my favourite research genres, the search for the behavioural pathologies which account for terminal American decline, be it in health, income, wealth, life satisfaction or what else have you. Why should a clearly regressive society influence s ...
- No Jobs? Come to Germany, Young PIGS Citizens
From station to station Back to Dusseldorf City Meet Iggy Pop and David Bowie Trans-Europe Express Whew! We haven't had a video feature in a while, so here's a classic, Kraftwerk's Trans-Europe Express. Economic migration is often driven by differentials in economic opportunities, wh ...
- Geography Flunkies? Pakistan Wants to Join ASEAN
Of the few opinions I share with George W. Bush, I have long argued that Turkey should be allowed to join the European Union. You know all of the counter-arguments: Turkey is a security risk because it shares borders with Iraq and Syria. Turkey is a dominantly Islamic country, whereas most Europ ...
- Euro 2012 Beggar's Battle: Spain vs Portugal
There was much made of the earlier Germany versus Greece Euro 2012 match and its symbolism for European integration. To no one's real surprise, Germany, erm, booted Greece out of the Euro by winning 4-2. Sure the Greek fans present at the match had their cheap thrills booing lustily whenever Ang ...
- If One Storm Can Turn D.C. Dark For Several Da ...
Sometimes we all get a little reminder of just how completely and totally dependent we are on the power grid. Massive thunderstorms that ripped through Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, Washington D.C. and Virginia left millions without power over the weekend. At this point it is ...
- Kicking The Can Down The Road
Has Europe finally been saved this time? Has this latest "breakthrough" solved the European debt crisis? Of course not, and you should know better by now. European leaders have held 18 summits since the beginning of the debt crisis. After most of the preceding summits, global ...
- 17 Reasons To Be EXTREMELY Concerned About The ...
What is the second half of 2012 going to bring? Are things going to get even worse than they are right now? Unfortunately, that appears more likely with each passing day. I will admit that I am extremely concerned about the second half of 2012. Historically, a financial crisi ...
- America On Fire: Why Is The Number Of Wildfire ...
As America watches large sections of Colorado literally burn to the ground, many are wondering why all of this is happening. There have always been wildfires, but what we are experiencing now seems very unusual. So is the number of wildfires in the United States increasing? As ...
- Where Does Money Come From? The Giant Federal ...
How is money created? If you ask average people on the street this question, most of them have absolutely no idea. This is rather odd, because we all use money constantly. You would think that it would only be natural for all of us to know where it comes from. So where does m ...
- Chemtrail Tanker Up-Close with ON and OFF Spraying
Many re-mixed versions of this classic air-to-air video exist on the web. This is a pre-mixed version you can evaluate without the added graphics. The cockpit chatter near the end is interesting considering this flight crew witnessed events “real-time” with their own eyes before uploading the vi ...
- Russian Warships Arrive at US Pearl Harbor for ...
A group of Russia’s Pacific Fleet warships has arrived at the U.S. Pearl Harbor naval base to take part in the Rim of the Pacific international drills, a fleet spokesman said on Saturday. “During their long voyage from Vladivostok to Pearl Harbor, the warships’ crews held several firing drills, ...
- Germany approves EU bailout fund
The German parliament has voted in favor of the EU’s permanent bailout scheme and more lenient budget rules. Chancellor Merkel has been criticized with making a U turn in policy, easing borrowing costs on flagging banks without additional austerity. “Today Germany, with the approval of the ...
- 10,000 armed men enter Syria for civil war
An estimated 10,000 armed men equipped with highly-sophisticated weapons, including anti-tank missiles, have reportedly entered Syria to help fuel the unrest in the country, Press TV has learned. Informed sources in the Qusayr village in Homs say the terrorists crossed into Syria from the Lebane ...
- Syrian rebels caught desecrating Christian chu ...
Shocking images have surfaced, revealing the alleged desecration of Christian churches in Syria by Western-backed rebels. The pictures, taken by local Christians outraged at the violence, were published by PrisonPlanet.com. In one of the photos a man who is said to be a member of the Free Syrian ...
- Anything Less Than A Royal Commission Is Just ...
For far too long Australians have been happy to turn their backs on the untold suffering of thousands of victims of church-enabled sexual predators. But ignoring the problem simply ensures it continues, and gives rapists the message that they have a right to destroy as many innocent lives as the ...
- Historic Inquiry to Provide First Taste of Jus ...
I have just received notification that in a few minutes the first official investigation into the Australian catholic church’s enabling and coverup of widespread child sexual assault will be announced. I congratulate the Victorian state government on being the first government in Australia ...
- Why does the catholic church continue to abuse ...
Every now and then I come across a summary of the catholic church’s exploitation and abandonment of children that pulls it all together so accurately, or captures the horror of honest, ordinary people at the atrocities committed by the Church of Child Rape. When I respond to a piece of wri ...
- Just Like in Hunger Games the Church is killin ...
The catholic church, when faced with the choice of protecting itself or preventing children from being raped, has consistently chosen to sacrifice the children. Usually without a second thought. This is not a claim without evidence. There is ample proof. In recent years there have been official, ...
- Rare Opportunity for the Real Truth to be Told
It was less than edifying this easter when the feeble monarch of the Church of Child Rape pronounced from his viciously defended high moral ground atop St Peter’s Square, tottering under the weight of pathetically opulent gold encrusted vestments and symbols of status, that ‘Life is ...
- 2012-07-03 #JA41
Julian Assange celebrates his 41st birthday Tuesday 3 July 2012. The celebration may be at 3 Hans Crescent in Knightsbridge, or in a Swedish remand prison, or in the custody of the United States, or in Ecuador. But we want him to know, wherever he'll be, how much we all appreciate what he's done ...
- 2012-07-03 Great Aunt Sophie writes to her MP
Dear WikiLeakers: I'm delighted that people are enjoying the Geek song and Great Aunt Sophie's midsummer spell. My publicist Emma asked Aunt Sophie to share with you the letter she had written to her MP. Sophie was happy to oblige. read more
- REVEALED! WikiLeaks' SHOCKING Unpublished Reve ...
WikiLeaks releases have shaken global politics and provoked countless news headlines. Founder Julian Assange has rarely been out of the media spotlight. And yet WikiLeaks' greatest revelations have scarcely been noticed by mainstream media journalists. Here at last, we expose the full story behi ...
- 2012-07-01 WikiLeaks News Update: WikiLeaks re ...
WikiLeaks has been financially blockaded without process for 575 days. Julian Assange has been detained without charge for 572 days. Bradley Manning has been imprisoned without trial for 769 days. A secret Grand Jury has been active in the U.S. without transparency for 655 days. read more
- 2012-06-29 Francisco Carrión ex-Minister of Fo ...
Francisco Carrión is an Ecuadorian diplomat and political analyst. He is the ex-Foreign Affairs Minister of Ecuador, having also worked in the embassies in Paris, Madrid and London. After resigning as head of mission at the United Nations he began teaching at FLACSO University in Quito. read more
- Historic forts on Panama's coastline placed on ...
Citing environmental factors, lack of maintenance and uncontrollable urban developments, the World Heritage Committee today placed an historic Panamanian property on its list of endangered world heritage.
- Ban urges peaceful resolution of differences w ...
Ahead of a regional meeting on Paraguay, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on all concerned to "work in the days ahead to ensure the peaceful resolution of differences" which led to the removal of the South American country's president.
- Ban pays tribute to late scholar, friend and U ...
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced sadness at the death of Dr. J. Michael Adams, President of the International Association of University Presidents, paying tribute to the late scholar who was also a friend of the United Nations and its chief.
- Amid global uncertainty, G20 summit in Mexico ...
Next week's summit of the Group of 20 (G20) leading economies must achieve meaningful results, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has told world leaders, stressing the need to tackle the global jobs crisis, ensure green growth and promote sustainable development.
- Colombia must fight impunity for sexual violen ...
Colombia must increase its efforts to fight impunity for crimes of sexual violence, a United Nations envoy said today, adding that such efforts should be paired with assistance to survivors and victims.
- The Magic Weed
Hemp growing doesn't need any weed killing, no pesticide. Its raw material grows naturally and it doesn't need chemical intervention.
- Blood Coltan
Blood coltan still exists. I'm holding a mobile phone. And I know that the microprocessor it contains uses coltan. And if this coltan has been obtained at the massacre of 10 or 20 villagers through slave labor, the suffering of children forced to work in the mines by the armed militia. This is i ...
- CAMP FEMA 2: Enemy of the State
Some state governments passed measures to forcibly quarantine residents, incarcerate those who refuse to be vaccinated, and to forcibly vaccinate your children. Legislation like this passed during the much hyped H1N1 flu outbreak.
- Hangar 18: The UFO Warehouse
Not only was debris from many UFO crashes allegedly shipped to the base, but from the late 1940s until the end of the late 1960s, all reports regarding UFOs were conducted at Wright-Patterson for the military's official UFO investigation Project Blue Book.
- HAARP – Everything You Wanted to Know – Nick B ...
You might be surprised at all of the constructive uses HAARP could be used for, but will be even more surprised by its focus on weapons and military applications, such as weather modification, geological disruption such as triggering earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and perhaps most controver ...
- Sea Shepherd News
Letter and excerpts from latest Sea Shepherd newsletter - Dear Friend of Sea Shepherd, Day 47 as a prisoner in Germany. My detainment has raised a lot of awareness for our cause. Citizens in Germany and all around the world have been very supportive. The only one who does not seem supportive is ...
- A Radio Interview with Dave Foreman
Listen to Ken Rose of http://www.pantedmonkey.org/ talk with Dave recently on his radio show What Now. Broadcast on KOWS Radio Occidental every Monday at 11 AM Pacific Time, Ken offers a fascinating collection of interviews with accomplished thinkers, writers, artists, farmers and scientists add ...
- END THE ATTACK ON U.S. WILDERNESS AND THE 1964 ...
Dr. Paul F. Torrence of Northern Arizona University created this petition asking the U.S. Senate to stop H.R. 4089 from any further consideration: http://signon.org/sign/end-the-attack-on-us?source=s.em.cr&r_by=329647&mailing_id=4210 Your help is needed to block a vicious and po ...
- Repeat: Urgent Action Needed – Sportsmen’s Her ...
How the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act of 2012 (HR 4089) Would Effectively Repeal the Wilderness Act, America’s Foremost Conservation Law May 2012 An Analysis Prepared by Wilderness Watch “The purpose of the Wilderness Act is to preserve the wilderness character of the areas to be included in the wi ...
- Free Paul Watson!
Captain Watson has been in a German prison since Sunday and is in danger of being extradited to Costa Rica where we fear for his safety from the Shark Fin Mafia and an unfair, politically motivated trial! When we last wrote you, we had only 15 hours to make our case to the German Federal [...]
- The Crazy New Laws That Come Into Effect July 1st
July 1 is the halfway point of 2012, which means that a host of new laws went into effect on Sunday nationwide, among them some truly bizarre ones like the ban on releasing feral hogs into the wild in Kentucky. read more
- Ignoring the Obvious
“How can an otherwise sane individual become so enamored of a fantasy, an imposture, that even after it’s exposed in the bright light of day, he still clings to it – indeed, clings to it all the harder? No amount of logic can shatter a faith consciously based on a lie.” ~ Lamar Keene, a scam ...
- New Study Reveals How Aluminium Promotes Cance ...
We are all exposed to a range of cancer causing chemicals and substances unwillingly every day. One substance that the globalists and government don’t want you know about that could be causing you considerable harm and health problems is aluminium. read more
- Australians Desert the Carbon Tax
It’s official, Australians are now being forced to pay a carbon tax on the emission they produce. The Clean Energy Legislative Package, passed by the Australian Senate on 8 November 2011 become law on 1 July 2012, sets out how Australia will introduce a carbon price (carbon tax) to reduc ...
- The Absolute Truth About ObamaCare... It's HO ...
This is the REAL truth about Obama Care. No, Obama Care is NOT good, And Obama Care is infact UNCONSTITUTIONAL even though the supreme court says it's constitutional, Obama Care is a direct tax, which is unconstitutional, and forcing every American to buy it is considered SLAVERY which is un ...
- Red Alert Issued By Think Tank Predicts World ...
An independent global think tank, LEAP/E2020, recently reported the opinion that “this second half of 2012 will really mark a major inflection point of the global systemic crisis;” “The shock of the autumn 2008 will seem like a small summer storm compared to what will affect th ...
- Homeland Security Drone Hijacked By Students
A team of students from the University of Texas easily hijacked and took control of a Department of Homeland Security drone through a technique called ‘spoofing’, where a signal from hackers imitates the one sent to the drone’s on-board GPS. Spoofers are a giant leap forward in techn ...
- When Is Your Preparedness Deadline?
There have been many rumors and some speculation within the community of survival preparedness blogs and alternative news sites as to the possibility and probability of economic failure of much of the western world’s system sometime during this Fall of 2012. Some are suggesting that this ...
- Green Tea Recipe
Guest post: by Lyndon I prepare my tea by bulk and have it ready in the refrigerator all the time. This tea recipe lasts me about four or five days. —— My green tea recipe: Ingredients: 2 teaspoon cloves 20 pcs/pods cardamom 2 sticks cinnamon (should be ceylon cin. from Sri Lanka, not cassia cin ...
- Obama Declares A NATIONAL EMERGENCY
On June 25, 2012, a White House press release of Executive Order “Russian Highly Enriched Uranium”, states the following… I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, in view of the policies underlying Executive Order 12938 of November 14, 1994, and Executive Ord ...
- What Studies Of Monkeys And Apes Taught Alex D ...
For field biologist-turned-international development expert Alex Dehgan, the chaotic landscapes of nations (and organizations) in flux offer unprecedented opportunities for innovation and lasting transformation. As the first full-time Science and Technology Adviser to the Administrator of the U. ...
- Mozilla's Firefox-Branded Smartphone Is On The Way
News updates all day from Fast Company.Mozilla is developing a Firefox-powered smartphone that will be ready by 2013. The big news here is the smartphone's Firefox OS, which is being built with HTML5, the most recent version of the standard code used to create websites. (HTML5 powers next-gen we ...
- Thank Your Smartphone For The Extra 365 Work H ...
News updates all day from Fast Company.We already know Americans work a lot. Now, a new Good Technology study puts a precise number on all those phone calls and emails you log after hours: 365. That's how many overtime hours the average American works a year, though it may feel less like work wh ...
- International Buying Machines? Nah, But IBM Is ...
For 101 years, IBM has been known primarily as a giant corporate entity that makes mainframe computers and all sorts of enterprise-centric tech. Slowly and slightly, that identity is shifting. This will only speed up the rate of change: IBM is working on a product that directly touches consumer' ...
- The Chicago Startup That Changed How Orbitz, G ...
Online data tracking is a messy, broken world that contributes to slower page loads, overtaxes IT teams, and leaves everyone from global corporations to the U.S. President's campaign without complete control of their data. Moxie Award-winner BrightTag has a fix. WHY YOU SHOULD START A COM ...
- Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (July 3)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on the Arabian Peninsula and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Arabian Peninsula Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundu ...
- المعارضة السورية تطالب أمريكا بتسليحها وتجاوز ...
طالبت بعض فصائل المعارضة السورية الولايات المتحدة الأحد بالبدء بتسليحها "لإظهار الرغبة بالتخلص من نظام الرئيس السوري بشار الأسد"، وحضتها على "تجاوز مخاوفها" من وجود إسلاميين على الأرض قالت إنهم يقاتلون في صفوف المعارضين. فقد نقلت وكالة رويترز للأنباء عن معارضين سوريين وقادة ...
- Pouvoir and Agency
Reuters published an article on 20 June (‘Algeria’s elite at loggerheads over next president‘), describing fissures within Algeria’s elite and how these are believed to be influencing the (non-) selection of a successor to elderly and ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Th ...
- Chaos in Kuwait: Politics as Usual?
On 18 June, the Emir of Kuwait, Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah, suspended parliament for a month to head off an escalating row between the cabinet and parliament, the latter of which was about to publicly grill the interior minister over the country’s citizenship laws. Two days later, the consti ...
- Egypt Media Roundup (July 2)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Egypt and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Egypt Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to egypt@jadaliyya.com by Sund ...
- The BBC outlines its plans to push 'Red Button ...
Paul Sawers / The Next Web: The BBC outlines its plans to push ‘Red Button’ online — When discussing the BBC's digital services, iPlayer and its website will likely feature highly in the conversation agenda. But what about the BBC Red Button? —&nb ...
- Bill Geist Parkinson's Disease: CBS Legend, Wi ...
Rebecca Shapiro / The Huffington Post: Bill Geist Parkinson's Disease: CBS Legend, Willie Geist Father Reveals Diagnosis — CBS “Sunday Morning” correspondent Bill Geist revealed that he has been been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. — Geist mad ...
- At Dow Jones, It's Beginning to Look a Lot Lik ...
Alex Klein / The Daily Beast: At Dow Jones, It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Bloomberg — A News Corp. split, a new CEO, new plans to grow the data business. What's in store for the Murdoch's crown jewel? — As Rupert Murdoch splits up News Corp, many sa ...
- Another tabloid vet leaves for to DNAinfo (Joe ...
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York: Another tabloid vet leaves for to DNAinfo — DNAinfo, the neighborhood news website funded by billionaire TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts, has added yet another journalist from the city's tabloids to its masthead. James Fanelli, an assist ...
- Announcing the HuffPost Pollster API (The Huff ...
The Huffington Post: Announcing the HuffPost Pollster API — As the presidential race heats up, Americans are increasingly turning to political polls to try to understand the current opinions of the electorate. With that scrutiny, have come calls for greater transparency, ...
- Minority leader: Odds long to undo health ...
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. — It's on his to-do list, but U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says the odds are against lawmakers wanting to gut the health care law championed by President Barack Obama. The Kentucky Republican talked about the law on Monday to about 50 people at Hardin ...
- Victoria Azarenka routs Ana Ivanovic in 4 ...
WIMBLEDON, England — Second-ranked Victoria Azarenka cruised into the Wimbledon quarterfinals by routing former top-ranked Ana Ivanovic 6-1, 6-0 today on Centre Court. Azarenka converted five of her seven break...
- Nastia Liukin fall: Olympic gymnast's car ...
The sports world is buzzing over Nastia Liukin's fall off the uneven bars during the Gymanstics Olympic Trials in San Jose Sunday night. (See video at left) The 2008 Olympic Silver Medalist began her routine with a lift from her father to the high uneven bar. She started out elegantly then h ...
- Pregnancy Rates Sank Over Last 20 Years
Pregnancy rates have decreased over the past two decades among all races, ethnicities and age groups — except for women in their 30s and early 40s. Enlarge This Image issued in June by the National Center for Health Statistics says there were 4,248,000 live births in 2008, a rate of 68 ...
- Philippines to vaccinate 700,000 babies
AFP - Philippine President Benigno Aquino said Monday the government would vaccinate 700,000 babies this year to protect them from a virus that causes...
- Now it's 4D film: The high-tech cinemas which ...
Hollywood is converting blockbuster films into 4-D because cinemagoers are shunning pricey multi-dimensional 3-D versionsBut the experience has left some fans feeling sick, damp and pummeled after watching movies like Kung Fu Panda 2 and the latest ...... Submitted by Anna Smith to Science & ...
- 10 Best British Open Performances
Rory McIlroy's Tiger-esque performance at Congressional has many golf fans wondering what the 22-year-old has in store for Royal St. George's, one of the most difficult courses in the Open Championship rotation. Past winners Walter Hagen, Sandy Lyle and.. Submitted by Anna Smith to World ...
- Tiny snails survive digestion by birds
Snails are able to survive intact after being eaten by birds, according to scientists.Japanese white-eyes on the island of Hahajima, Japan feast on tiny land snails. Submitted by Anna Smith to Animals | Note-it! | Add a Comment
- Polar Shifts on Rising Seas
How high will the oceans rise in response to our warming global climate, and how fast will it happen?Climate scientists have been unable to answer these basic questions with any confidence, mainly because they can't really tell how the ice caps at the.... Submitted by Anna Smith to Environment ...
- Haji Ali: A Popular Pilgrimage for all Faith
Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai is a popular pilgrimage destination for devotees of all faith. Many devotees visit Dargah from different walks of life. It is situated 500 yards off shore in the middle of Worli Bay in Mumbai. The mosque was built in 1431 by a... Submitted by Anna Smith to World ...
- Excessive Endurance Training Can Be Deadly
Micah True, legendary ultra-marathoner, died suddenly while on a routine 12-mile training run March 27, 2012. The mythic Caballo Blanco in the best-selling book, Born to Run, True would run as far as 100 miles in a day. On autopsy his heart was enlarged and scarred; he died of a lethal arrhythmi ...
- Exercise and the Brain
The effects of exercise are different on memory as well as on the brain, depending on whether the exerciser is an adolescent or an adult. A gene has been identified which seems to mediate the degree to which exercise has a beneficial effect. This has implications for the potential use of exercis ...
- TESTOSTERONE ON MY MIND …
Simon Baron – Cohen This is a hormone that has fascinated me. It’s a small molecule that seems to be doing remarkable things. The variation we see in this hormone comes from a number of different sources. One of those sources is genes; many different genes can influence how much testostero ...
- Origins of the Arts
Sociobiologist E.O. Wilson on the evolution of culture Edward O. Wilson RICH AND SEEMINGLY BOUNDLESS as the creative arts seem to be, each is filtered through the narrow biological channels of human cognition. Our sensory world, what we can learn unaided about reality external to our bodies, is ...
- Middle Age
Evolution has given humans a huge advantage over most other animals David Bainbridge As a 42-year-old man born in England, I can expect to live for about another 38 years. In other words, I can no longer claim to be young. I am, without doubt, middle-aged. To some people that is a depressing rea ...
- A timely contribution to a fractious debate
For a nation that’s only drilled three shale gas wells, and only hydraulically fractured (‘fracked’) one of them, the UK is remarkably engaged in the shale gas debate. The reasons for this are manifold, but two seem particularly salient. Firstly, the UK’s lone instance of fracking for shale gas ...
- Science’s Olympic legacy
Credit: johnthescone Earlier this week I attended a Parliamentary Links Day on the subject of Science and Sport. As an armchair athlete and a bit of an equipment geek I was looking forward to fuelling my conviction that but for the will and resources I would currently be entering my pre-Olympic ...
- Making an open enterprise work
Calls for media, business or government transparency have never been so noisy or so widespread. The mantra “sunlight is the best of disinfectants” (usually attributed to US Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis) has been picked up as a cure for bad governance across the piece. But there is an err ...
- Dual use education in neuroscience
The Royal Society hosted a Roundtable meeting on dual use education and awareness raising in neuroscience on Friday 16 March. The meeting was intended to follow up on aspects of the recent Brain Waves 3: Neuroscience, conflict and security report, but specifically looked at the recommendation th ...
- Human enhancement and the future of work
Last week, I attended a joint meeting organised by the Academy of Medical Sciences, British Academy, Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society on human enhancement and the future of work. It’s the first time that all four academies have come together like this on a policy issue. Such ...
- Now, hairbrush that reads your mind
WASHINGTON - Who says hairbrush can only be used to comb locks? Scientists have made a hairbrush like device that would be able to monitor mental activity. One of the main techniques for measuring and monitoring mental activity, called functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), can often b ...
- Man U?s bemused Fergie tells shifty Roo to res ...
LONDON - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has told key striker Wayne Rooney that he must respect the club and its traditions if he wants to stay on. Commenting on reports that suggest that the star player wants to leave Manchester United for another club - either Manchester City or ...
- Google Street Viewers spot ?God? floating over ...
SYDNEY - Google Street View has spotted a god-like figure floating midair above a lake in Quarten, Switzerland. Although the image, discovered by the Gawker blog, is apparently the result of some sort of light distortion or lens flare, blogger Max Read has questioned whether it might have more ...
- Dogs reduce stress in autistic children: Study
WASHINGTON - Dogs-apart from being man’s best friend-have a special role to play in the lives of children with special needs. A new study by the Universite de Montreal has suggested that specifically trained service dogs can help reduce the anxiety and enhance the socialization skills of ...
- How sex hormones influence right heart function
WASHINGTON - A new study has revealed human sex hormones influence the structure and function of the right ventricle (RV) of the heart. The researchers found that in women receiving hormone therapy, higher estrogen levels were associated with higher RV ejection fraction and lower RV end-systol ...
- Video: Mercury from Source to Seafood
The health benefits of seafood are well-documented, but some people avoid eating it after hearing reports of high mercury levels. This video might help make things a little clearer. Produced by the Dartmouth Toxic Metals Superfund Research Program, the video explains how mercury gets into water ...
- Peru Dolphin Deaths Show What Seismic Testing ...
© Reuters What will happen to marine life if the government allows seismic testing, using loud airgun blasts, to search for oil and gas deep beneath the seabed along the U.S. Atlantic coast in the next few years? The answer may be foreshadowed by the scene in Peru, where earlier this year, h ...
- Peru Dolphin Deaths Show What Seismic Testing ...
© Reuters What will happen to marine life if the government allows seismic testing, using loud airgun blasts, to search for oil and gas deep beneath the seabed along the U.S. Atlantic coast in the next few years? The answer may be foreshadowed by the scene in Peru, where earlier this year, h ...
- If You Could be Any Ocean Animal...
Have you ever dreamed of being a dolphin? Or maybe an anglerfish, octopus, or sea turtle? Exploring the oceans from one of these animals points of view would be an exciting (and eye opening) experience. So what marine animal would you be if you had the chance to be any creature in the ocean? ...
- What Inspires an Ocean Hero?
Our Ocean Heroes finalists love the ocean, that’s clear from the work they do. But each finalist has their own unique story about what inspired their love for the oceans and their need to protect the waters and the life in them. You’ve met our finalists, now get to know them better then vote f ...
- Great World War II Era Footage Of Pro Boxer An ...
“Lessons in Boxing from Mike Gibbons (Former & Late Middleweight Boxing Champion of 1909), Captain Allan Corstorphin Smith (3rd degree jujutsu (judo) master), and how to fight with and against the bayonet. “
- Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus, T ...
Sources: Dark History of the Roman Emperors, From Julius Caesar to The Fall of Rome, Michael Kerrigan. Amber Books, 2008. Wikipedia., Tumblr
- The C-15TA Otter Light Reconnaissance Vehicle.
The C15TA was used by Canadian, British, Belgian and Dutch authorities as an armored personnel carrier and an ambulance. It was a General Motors Candian Division project. About 550 were manufactured in Ontario and for almost the next twenty years they saw some service. Sten Boye Po ...
- Fatima Comments On Valens.
In my post about Adrianople , a reader named Fatima responded. This is fascinating. Valens was a suprisingly good administrator, and no better or worse than most of his generation of “Romans” at generaling, but by the time of Adrianople, the Roman army, especially the Balkan units, was a poorly ...
- Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Racing the Enemy: Stalin Tr ...
A fascinating book by Tsuyoshi Hasugewa, an author, linguist and historian discussed why the Japanese finally threw in the towel on August 15th 1945. In Glenn Greenwald’s article in Salon, there is a discussion about the various theories on why the Japanese sur ...
- Anderson Cooper Officially Comes Out, with Hin ...
The fact is, I’m gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn’t be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud. – Anderson Cooper ANDERSON COOPER is making headlines today for an email reply to Andrew Sullivan, after the recent Entertainment Weekly “coming outR ...
- ‘Spoiler’ Alert: Non-Duopoly Greens and Libert ...
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. UPDATE at end. The Green Party presidential candidate is Jill Stein. The Libertarian presidential candidate is Gary Johnson. In the world of the Duopoly, these candidates play, at best / worst, a “spoiler” role. From ...
- Romney Senior Advisor: Mandate is Not A Tax, I ...
“The governor disagreed with the ruling of the court,” Fehrnstrom said. “He agreed with the dissent that was written by Justice [Antonin] Scalia, which very clearly stated that the mandate was not a tax.” – [Politico] ETCH A SKETCH Romney man and senior advisor, gaf ...
- Chris Christie Proves Why He’s Not Vice Presid ...
Just as aspiring movie stars covet being among the nominees for cinema’s ultimate prize, ambitious politicians want to have their names on the oft-repeated list of potential vice presidents. Getting on the ticket is the ultimate goal, but even being a finalist — or convincing the media you were ...
- Sen. Mitch McConnell: 30 Million Uninsured Do ...
“That is not the issue,” Sen. Mitch McConnell said. “The question is how to go step by step to improve the American health care system. It is already the finest health care system in the world.” – Huffington Post SPEAKING FOR THE 1%, Sen. Mitch McConnell reveals wha ...
- Egypt: What Happened?
The recent political developments in Egypt in Egypt since the fall of its president, Hosni Mubarak, on February 11, 2011 have been stressful and troublesome. Mubarak's fall was unavoidable, mainly because of his determination to have his son, Gamal
- Stealth: Not-So-Secret Secrets
We are now seeing Russian and Chinese "stealth" aircraft appear, at least in prototype form. The Chinese have prototypes of the J-20 large fighter bomber, which looks as if it may enter service with the Chinese Air Force in 2018. In a recently published
- Assessing the Maldives
The Nasheed Government and its Islamist Opposition Mention the Maldives, and you think of vacation brochures, beaches and coral reefs. But as a country whose citizen body is completely Muslim, how does it compare politically to the rest of the Islamic
- The Future Leaders of Palestinians: Terrorists
The most recent public opinion poll in the Palestinian territories shows that Marwan Barghouti, the dominant Fatah leader who is serving five life terms in Israeli prison for his role in several terror attacks during the second intifada, would win the
- Campaign Against FGM in Iraq and Middle East
A campaign against FGM in Iraq, focusing on Iraqi Kurdistan, has benefited from activism by human rights and women's groups, but the main responsibility for ending this atrocity belongs with religious leaders. FGM is not a general requirement in the
- Hot, Drought, Fires
(Rapid City, SD) This has been a terrible week for fires on the backside of the Rockies and all the way east to Washington where the lights could be off inn some areas for a week. The area down slope … Continue reading →
- Coping: Shopping With Elaine
Several things have become clear to me on our latest trip around America. First is that video conferencing is going to kill travel. Not that is hasn’t taken a big bite out of it already, but this going from town … Continue reading →
- War for the Weekend?
THE main thing to keep your eyes on over the next few days – while most people will be distracted by either the just-issued Supreme Corps decision – is the chance of global/regional nuclear war in the middle east, perhaps … Continue reading →
- Coping: Friday at the Inbox
I get all kinds of interesting “heads up!” stuff through here. Take this email, for instance: “I have relatives in TX who learned something at a beauty parlor (!). The dock workers have decided to go on strike in Sept, … Continue reading →
- Fires and Food Supplies?
Yes, there’s no doubt that the fire up in the Colorado Springs area is one gigantic mess. In fact, this morning Waldo Canyon is up to 26-square miles and president Obama is due in the area Friday to have a … Continue reading →
- NIGERIAN PARTIES vs PARTIES IN ENGLAND
Once you have been to ‘one’ Nigerian party in your life it is safe to say that you will always know the menu. It is an unwritten rule that you can be as exotic as you like, but if your party lacks certain fundamental items, it really isn’t a party. There ‘must’ be J ...
- AFRICAN ROMANCE: ‘Thorns With Roses̵ ...
I once attended a wild party where I had an unusual encounter. It came in the form of a one night stand. I was a twenty-two year old student, sent to the US to get my MBA so I could take over my father’s thriving business someday. My girlfriend whom I’d whimsically thought would become [...]
- AWKWARD TOPICS: A 12 Year Old Has A Baby, Shou ...
This topic is for you, yes, you! I want to know your opinion on this matter. What do you think? A 12 year old has a baby, should she be allowed to keep it? On a biological level this is perhaps not a very common scenario, but for some reason, Amy is 12 years old [...]
- RANDOM RANTS: ‘Infidelity’ – ...
It’s one of the biggest issues facing sexual relationships today and the demise of most relationships can usually be traced back to it. But what exactly is cheating? The dictionary defines it rather unhelpfully as “marital disloyalty; adultery”. I find this definition almost insulting. Where do ...
- FLASH FICTION: ‘A Christmas Miracle̵ ...
Spending Christmas in hospital was not how Yinka envisioned her holidays. Hospitals were places where she received bad news: “I’m sorry your aunt is dead”; “I’m sorry you can’t concieve children naturally “; and so on. She and her husband, Tunde had worked hard all year, deferring all their annu ...
- Tattoos, movies, and commies: Sciencey stuff t ...
Much to do here even as the semester winds down in Boston and Cambridge. On Monday, science writer Carl Zimmer meets Terry Gilliam, so to speak. Zimmer will be the speaker at the Coolidge Corner Theatre's "Science and Screen" airing of Gillam's 12 Monkeys. In a future world devastated by di ...
- Sat. is last chance to see "Prints and the Pur ...
Artist Brian Knep has a lab on Longwood Avenue -- not a studio. He's not a scientists; he's the Harvard Medical School artist-in-residence. Knep says he looks to science for "metaphors about life, about change, about healing." So, when he led group through the Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge ...
- New Kendall Square restaurant set up to host b ...
When new drug development company H3 decided to throw a party to launch the opening of Kendall Square labs and offices, organizers didn't have to go very far. They took the elevator downstairs. Last week, local researchers, bio boosters and lots of men in dark suits from the Japanese drug comp ...
- BU's biolab makes it to level-2, still seeking ...
Massachusetts environmental regulator recognized that there is a big difference between TB and Ebola. So, last week, they granted Boston University permission to begin using their new biolab to work on bio safety level-2 materials. From the Globe: For years, the National Emerging Infectious ...
- Sunday's Chef Adrià talk at Harvard' sells out
Most of Harvard's Science and Cooking Lectures are first come, first served, so to speak. But, you needed a ticket for Tuesday's return of superstar Spanish chef and modernist Ferran Adrià of elBulli, who talked about "The New Culinary Think Tank - el bulli 2.0." And they were scooped up a few d ...
- Declaring independence from drugged up meat by ...
Sasha Lyutse, Policy Analyst, New York This week, many Americans will celebrate Independence Day with backyard barbeques and beach picnics, gathering with family and friends over shared meals and hopefully some sun. On the menu for many will be hot ...
- How Can We Promote Innovation?
David Goldstein, Energy Program Co-Director, San Francisco Last month I attended a conference celebrating the Lemelson-MIT innovation awards, where this year's two winners gave talks on their inventions and in the process tried to inspire younger st ...
- New York Must Finish Its Study of Fracking's D ...
Frances Beinecke, President of NRDC, New York City According to a recently leaked report, New York officials may allow fracking for natural gas in designated communities across the state. As reported, the plan would permit fracking in parts of five ...
- Defense in Depth through Filtered Venting
Jordan Weaver, Project Scientist and Science Center Fellow, Washington, D.C. Defense in Depth. When I hear this phrase, a very common one at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), I imagine a design philosophy that takes multiple safety systems an ...
- State regulators in North Dakota still overwhe ...
Amy Mall, Senior Policy Analyst, Washington, D.C. In February, 2011, state officials in North Dakota said that they are "understaffed and overwhelmed" and "struggling to provide adequate oversight amid an explosion of activity in North Dak ...
- Medvedev Warns of Nuclear War
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has warned the West against launching ‘hasty wars’, which may increase regional tensions and even trigger a nuclear war. “Sometimes these [military] actions — which undermine state sovereignty — could result in a fully-fledged regional war ...
- Putin, Obama Square Off As Russian Troops Mass ...
Barely a week after the American President Obama’s top national security aide, Thomas Donilon, warned President Putin in the Kremlin that the “world may about to end,” Russia’s leader abruptly canceled a scheduled meeting with his US counterpart and stated he would not attend the G-8 Summit over ...
- Faber: ‘Massive Wealth Destruction’ Coming, We ...
The critical question over the next decade isn’t “where will my returns be highest?” but “where will I lose the least money?” That, according to economist and investor Marc Faber, is the scenario facing investors today. As the author of the Gloom, Boom, and Doom Report, Marc Faber is a well-know ...
- Russia Warns of ‘Dead End’ in U.S. Missile Talks
Russia said Thursday its dispute with the United States over missile defense was near a “dead end” and warned it might have to deploy new rockets in Europe to take out elements of the controversial shield. “We have not been able to find mutually-acceptable solutions at this poi ...
- China and Russia hold joint naval exercises in ...
China and Russia are conducting a major joint naval exercise in the Yellow Sea from April 22 to 27. The drills are a response by the two countries to their growing concerns about the Obama administration’s aggressive “pivot” to Asia that includes a military build-up and the strengthening of US a ...
- Repowering Port Augusta 6:30pm Monday 2 July
At this critical time for South Australian energy policy, Beyond Zero Emissions has released the long-awaited Repowering Port Augusta report. This report presents the compelling economic and environmental case for why Port Augusta’s ageing coal-fired power stations should be replaced with concen ...
- Solar Thermal Models Built
Another four of our famous solar thermal models have been built in NSW, thanks to the efforts of Beyond Zero Emissions volunteers, the Paramatta Climate Action Network, and the Granville Men’s Shed. The models are of a concentrated solar thermal plant with a molten salt storage (CST+) power stat ...
- WME leaders list 2012: GOVERNMENT + NGO LEADER
The idealistic realist Matthew Wright Outfit: Beyond Zero Emissions Position: Executive Director Completely decarbonising our coal-rich nation by 2020 might be seen as an idealistic notion, but not to Matthew Wright. As co-founder of the NGO Beyond Zero Emissions, he has provided insight in ...
- Now we’re cooking without gas!
Zero emissions buildings are good for your health Common wisdom has it that gas is the best for cooking and it’s the most efficient for heating. This thinking is out of date, as will be demonstrated in a talk at the Healthy Buildings Symposium by Trent Hawkins, Buildings Plan project director ...
- Denying responsibility for our fossil fuel exports
As Prime Minister Julia Gillard greets other world leaders at the Rio+20 sustainable development summit, a close look at the official messages her government is sending to the world on our behalf reveals a fundamental contradiction. On the one hand, the Government appears aware of what is at ...
- Saving Women’s Lives: Johns Hopkins Safe Surge ...
As I approached the Dulles International Airport gate for my flight to Brussels (where I would transit for another flight to Sierra Leone), I was stunned that all the seats were taken. (Photo: Johns Hopkins Safe Surgery and Anesthesia in Sierra Leone, physician and nurse anesthesia educators) M ...
- Dr Adonis Aboud donates to Calaba Town
The turning of the sod for the construction of a hand pump water-well estimated at millions of Leones was done last Friday by popular philanthropist and businessman Dr. Addonis A M Abboud at the Calaba Town community. (Photo: Murtala Mohamed Kamara making a statement) It could be recalled last ...
- African Union deploys an observer mission to Libya
Libya, Tripoli, 2nd July 2012 – The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Dr. Jean Ping, is deploying an election observation mission to Libya to observe the General National Congress Elections scheduled to be held on schedules to take place on the 7th July 2012. The AU Observe ...
- ‘Tranga Hace Borbor’ hits Freetown
Barely a week after the release of the music video ‘Na Lie’ music video newcomer Rhage, Nasser Ayoub (in photo) has again released another song which he titled: ‘Tranga Hace Borbor’. According to Ayoub ‘Tranga Hace Borbor’ was co-written by Edward Wright of the 441 R&B group. He said he post ...
- President Koroma Attends 41st ECOWAS Summit
President Ernest Bai Koroma has returned to Freetown after attending the Forty-First Ordinary Session of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government in Yamoussoukro, Cote D’Ivoire. (Photo: ECOWAS leaders) In his welcome address, the current Chairman of ECOWAS President Allasane Quatta ...
- Rand Paul: Shouldn't Legislators Have Time to ...
The Hill reports: After blasting the Senate last week for passing a 600-page bill no one had time to read, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) introduced legislation that would force the Senate to give its members one day to read bills for every 20 pages they contain. "For goodness sakes, ...
- Drug War Foes, Don’t Expect Much From Mexico’s ...
Sunday’s elections in Mexico brought Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) back into power under Enrique Peña Nieto. Reuter’s today tracks some of Nieto’s early goals: Peña Nieto has promised to lift economic growth to about 6 percent a year, create jobs and draw the heat ou ...
- United States: 114th Out of 143 on the Happy P ...
The New Economics Foundation, a lefty British think tank published its Happy Planet Index report last week. By evaluating life expectancy, lived experience polls, and resource use, the NEF folks have determined that the planet is very unhappy with Americans. The good news is that th ...
- Did John Roberts Switch His ObamaCare Vote? If ...
If yesterday's CBS News account of Chief Justice John Roberts switching his vote and ultimately siding with the Supreme Court's liberal voting block in order to uphold the law is correct, then the next question is why, exactly, Roberts switched his vote. The CBS report offers so ...
- John Roberts Ticks-Off His Colleagues, Young V ...
Leaks from insiders suggest John Roberts switched his vote on the health care law, baffling his colleagues and setting off a bitter battle of wills with other conservative justices, who ultimately crafted a scathing dissent and refused to join any element of the chief justice's ...
- Theater of the Mind: In Mexico, computer talli ...
Update: Link to AMLO Q&A. Editorial by La Jornada The following is being presented as a screen capture, allegedly obtained by Anonymous, of an internal screen dated July 2nd (10:35 AM) of the Mexican Institute for Federal Elections: It shows a commanding AMLO victory at over 90% vote count. ...
- Monday AM News Roundup: Philly Cops Target #NA ...
Some choice news items for your perusal: – From various observers via Twitter, word is that the Philadelphia police moved in on the #NATGAT or national Occupy gathering last night, making a point of targeting and arresting known live video streamers. – Michele Bachmann, in the course ...
- Pray for Mexico/updated
Update. Actual results, starting at 6PM Central, here: http://www.difusorprep-elecciones2012.unam.mx/prep/introduccion.html http://www.google.com.mx/elections/ed/mx/results or, via your favorite corporate behemoth, here: http://www.ife.org.mx/difusores.html ______________________________________ ...
- News Roundup: WI Senate Recount, Obamacare-Hat ...
So much to write about, so little time: – Add Joe Olivo of Perfect Printing to the list of right-wing and/or business lobby shills the media choose to pretend are just plain old folks with no hidden agenda: Wow — two news organizations covering the same story scoured the nation for a ...
- Honduras Coup Third Anniversary Roundup
The Honduran coup began on June 28th, 2009. Brother John remembers that day and the subsequent rise in violence. Adrienne has done a news roundup. Mark Weisbrot on the exploding violence and the parallel to the Paraguayan coup. Adrienne on The Real News Maria Robinson and Adrienne appeared on KP ...
- RIO+20: Promised Green Economy Was a Fake, Say ...
When the Rio+20 summit on sustainable development ended Friday, there were winners and losers – mostly losers. The United Nations and the host country Brazil – along with big business – put a positive spin on the outcome of the conference, a follow-up to the 1992 Earth Summit. It was another his ...
- Rio Outcome Bleak With No New Funding*
Amidst recrimination, anger and charges of “strong arm tactics”, negotiators eventually endorsed a global plan of action for sustainable development following marathon sessions lasting over six weary days. A proposal for a 30-billion-dollar global fund for sustainable development – initiated by ...
- New Set of Sustainable Development Goals Looks ...
When world leaders from over 100 countries wind up their three-day Rio+20 summit in Brazil next week, they will leave behind the shattered remains of a slew of proposals that never got off the ground. A 30-billion-dollar Global Fund for Sustainable Development? A Financial Transactions Tax? A Su ...
- Cilantro Spices Up Coexistence with Drought in ...
Many grow lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, beets and other vegetables. But cilantro is ever-present in the gardens that are helping rural families weather the lengthy drought that is once again wracking Brazil’s impoverished Northeast. Cilantro is the favourite “because of the flavour it adds to bean ...
- Activists Aren’t Mourning Obama’s ...
When a reluctant George H.W. Bush, Sr., then U.S. president, changed his mind and decided at the eleventh hour to address the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, he sounded defensive in his strong response to charges that the United States was one of the major powers responsible for the some of the world& ...
- SPS Governing Council Representative Nominatio ...
We are accepting nominations for students to join the School of Professional Studies Governing Council. The Governing Council considers proposals for new courses, degrees, certificates and programs that will be offered by the School. Two students and an alternate are needed to serve on the Cou ...
- Follow-Back: The Power of Twitter
Twitter, a social micro-blogging website has burst onto the scene and become embedded into the fabric of society and more importantly has become one of society’s methods of staying ‘in touch.’ Twitter has attracted users from all walks of life, be they mainstream corporations, governmental organ ...
- Solicitation of Nominations for SPS Governing ...
We are now accepting nominations for students to join the School of Professional Studies Governing Council. The Governing Council considers proposals for new courses, degrees, certificates and programs that will be offered by the School. Two students and two alternates are needed to serve on t ...
- Smarmy Prince, Contemptible Hypocrite, Ayatoll ...
What a group. What a choice. The remaining field of Republican presidential candidates is one of the weakest in history. It is not just the liberal media that thinks so. Former Republican Congressman and current MSNBC host Joe Scarborough believes it and right wing pundit Charles Krauthammer cal ...
- Silently Waiting
The ruthless brutality which humankind has been known to unleash upon their fellow humans throughout history seems unrelenting and in fact almost unbelievable when considered in hindsight. For example, the Holocaust, the Trail of Tears, the Middle Passage, and the Great Purge – all events of his ...
- Media Minefields and the Fog of War
Creativity is the lifeblood of our organisation. — BBC Mission statement As the sabre rattling towards Iran and the ongoing tragedy in Syria become increasingly hard to unravel, media errors or perhaps even obfuscation create their own navigational complexities. One example: on Sunday July 1st, ...
- Power to the People! (But Not All of Them)
Like a bad penny that keeps turning up, we can’t seem to get rid of Samuel Wurzelbacher (aka Joe the Plumber). Introduced at a Republican rally in 2008 by candidate John McCain, who saw him as a metaphor for the Common Man, Joe liked to talk about what a great country America was, and how [...]
- An Alternative Critique of the Health Care Act
In light of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the majority of the Affordable Care Act, I think it’s important to mention something that virtually no one is talking about when it comes to a critical analysis of this piece of legislation. Both the democrats and the republicans have a lot to s ...
- Government by the Banks, for the Banks
On Friday, June 29th, German Chancellor Angela Merkel acquiesced to changes to a permanent Eurozone bailout fund—“before the ink was dry,” as critics complained. Besides easing the conditions under which bailouts would be given, the concessions included an agreement that funds intended for inde ...
- On Canada Day
The students in a Canadian high school in China were given an assignment by the social studies teacher to ask other teachers about why they love Canada. One student was worried at the response of one teacher. It was something completely unexpected. “What is Canada?” asked the teacher. “Should yo ...
- Obama bars Congress from obtaining Fast and Fu ...
US President Barack Obama has intervened in a Capital Hill probe centered on Attorney General Eric Holder, asserting executive privilege to keep documents linked to the Fast and Furious gun smuggling operation withheld from Congress. In the midst of an investigation being spearheaded by the H ...
- Obama bars Congress from obtaining Fast and Fu ...
US President Barack Obama has intervened in a Capital Hill probe centered on Attorney General Eric Holder, asserting executive privilege to keep documents linked to the Fast and Furious gun smuggling operation withheld from Congress. In the midst of an investigation being spearheaded by the H ...
- N. Carolina refuses to compensate hundreds ste ...
North Carolina has voted down the first attempt to compensate the victims of its eugenics program, one of 32 such programs that sterilized tens of thousands without their knowledge or consent across the US from the 1930s to the 1970s. Opponents cited budgetary restraints and concerns of sett ...
- N. Carolina refuses to compensate hundreds ste ...
North Carolina has voted down the first attempt to compensate the victims of its eugenics program, one of 32 such programs that sterilized tens of thousands without their knowledge or consent across the US from the 1930s to the 1970s. Opponents cited budgetary restraints and concerns of sett ...
- Farage: “The Euro Titanic Has Now Hit The Iceberg”
In an epic rant, trumping Biderman, UKIP’s Nigel Farage appears to have reached the limit of his frustration with his ‘peers’ in the European Parliament after the Spanish bailout. Rajoy’s proclamation that this bailout shows what a success the euro-zone has been, sends Farage over the edge as he ...
- Kosovo to Gain Full Sovereignty
Kosovo will finally gain full soverignty in September, almost four years after breaking away from Serbia, the International Steering Group (ISG) overseeing its independence has announced. “The international supervision ends as of today,” said Michael Spindelegger, Austrian foreign mi ...
- Kim Assumes World Bank Presidency Amidst Uncer ...
Incoming World Bank President Jim Yong Kim reported to work on Monday for the first time, telling those gathered at the bank’s headquarters here in Washington that he was “humbled and inspired to take over today as president”. Kim also made it clear that he recognised that he w ...
- Governments Challenged to Rein in Arms Flow
Talks to develop greater control of the arms trade have cast a glaring spotlight on the role of diverse countries in fuelling conflicts worldwide, offering governments a historic opportunity to rein in the flow of weapons. After six years of negotiations, 190 governments have embarked on conclus ...
- About 200 Children Fighting in Uprising in Eas ...
“I saw at least three or four little fighters accompanying each adult soldier,” said Jean Claver Rukomeza, a resident of Runyonyi, one of the strongholds of the M23 rebellion that has rocked the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since March. “The adult fighters refuse to all ...
- Water and Slums Bright Spots in MDGs
An annual report card on the ambitious U.N.-led initiative known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) says that in three areas – poverty, slums and water – the goals have been met ahead of the 2015 deadline, but persistent gaps remain, notably in the critical area of maternal health. ...
- Iran mourns 1988 airliner downing by US warship
Summary: Iranians marked on Monday the anniversary of the downing of an airliner by a U.S. warship in the Persian Gulf more than two decades ago. source: boston.comread more
- Washington's road to Iran goes through Syria
Summary: According to the Geneva agreement, Washington has launched the final phase of President Assad’s removal, says Director General of the Institute for Foreign Policy Research and Initiatives in Moscow Veronika Krasheninnikova. source: RTread more
- Stuxnet and the Bomb
Summary: With confirmation that the United States was behind the 2010 cyberattack on Iran's nuclear enrichment facility, the world has officially entered a new era of warfare. The New York Times' comprehensive reporting details how the US and Israeli governments developed the malicious Stuxne ...
- Iran ready to battle 'dastardly' EU sanctions
Summary: Enough imports and hard currency has been amassed to fight “dastardly” EU sanctions, Iran says. The announcement comes on the same day that an EU ban against Iranian crude and insuring its oil tankers comes into full force. source: RTread more
- US Oil Embargo on Iran Violates International Law
Summary: America’s policy on Iran-related secondary sanctions is on a collision course with itself as well as China. Secondary sanctions violate the United States’ obligations under the World Trade Organization and are, thus, illegal. (While a WTO signatory may decide, on national security ...
- "X-Points" --Hidden Portals Found Linking Ear ...
Data from NASA's Polar spacecraft, circa 1998, provided crucial clues to finding "portals" -- an extraordinary opening in space or time that connects travelers to distant realms. "We call them X-points or electron diffusion regions," explains plasma physicist Jack Scudder...
- Startling New View of Most Galaxies --Appear a ...
Relatively few galaxies possess the sweeping, luminous spiral arms or brightly glowing center of our home galaxy the Milky Way. In fact, most of the Universe's galaxies look like small, amorphous clouds of vapor. One of these galaxies is DDO...
- Image of the Day: Shortest Artificial Light Bu ...
An advanced experimental system that can generate attosecond bursts of extreme ultraviolet light — the shortest controllable light pulses available to science — has been developed by researchers at Imperial College in London. An attosecond is 10-18 second, or a...
- Black Widow Pulsar--At the Top of Freaky Pheno ...
The pulsar, a.k.a. the "Black Widow," is moving through the galaxy at a speed of almost a million kilometers per hour. A bow shock wave due to this motion is visible to optical telescopes, shown in this image as the...
- "Dark Energy" --Do Distant Supernovas Prove It ...
Observations of supernova explosions halfway back to the Big Bang give plausible evidence that the expansion of the universe has been accelerating since that epoch, approximately 8 billion years ago and suggest that energy associated with the vacuum itself may...
- Obamacare, the Great Swindle
Now that Obamacare has been ruled a tax by the U.S. Supreme Court, reality is starting to sink in for all those who emotionally supported it. Promoted as a way to provide either free health care or low-cost health care to the masses, the sobering reality is that under...
- 10 sobering realizations the Eastern U.S. powe ...
In the wake of violent storms, the power remains out today for millions of Americans across several U.S. states. Governors of Virginia, West Virginia and Ohio have declared a state of emergency. Over a dozen people are now confirmed dead, and millions are sweltering...
- When the power grid goes down, will you bet yo ...
With the power grid down for millions of residents across the Eastern USA, attention is once again turning to emergency preparedness gear. Right now, countless people have found themselves without a reliable flashlight, and that's dangerous for lots of reasons. I've...
- TSA spills the ashes of a man's grandfather th ...
The Transportation Security Administration is already known for being one of the most, if not the most, inept, incompetent and criminal of all the federal agencies. Now we can add cruel and heartless to the growing list of TSA outrages. John Gross of Indianapolis...
- Popular Big Pharma blood pressure drug linked ...
Is it possible that the massive rise in diagnoses of gluten insensitivity and Celiac disease is in some way linked to the medications people are taking? A new study published online in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings seems to suggest so, having found that the popular...
- Government Demands Growing for Twitter User Data
Twitter reported Monday that the United States leads the pack when it comes to government demands for user data, with 679 requests for the first half of the year. Worldwide, Twitter said it has received more government demands for data for the first six months of the year than all of last year.
- Twitter Ordered to Cough Up Occupy User Data
A New York judge has ordered Twitter to divulge the tweets and account information allegedly connected to an Occupy protester. The case, which the judge called one of "first impression," concerns Malcolm Harris, who was among hundreds arrested Oct. 1 in an Occupy movement march along the Brookly ...
- Wiretap Stats Decrease, But Don’t Go Celebrati ...
The number of criminal wiretaps authorized by federal and state judges in 2011 decreased 14 percent from the year prior to 2,732, according to the latest figures available.
- Judge Threatens New Sanctions Against Would-Be ...
Likening his legal tactics to a "fishing expedition," a federal judge is threatening to impose more monetary sanctions against a Buffalo man who claims in a lawsuit that he owns half of Facebook.
- Good News For Spies and Dictators: ‘FreedomBox ...
FreedomBox is intended to be a dead-simple router to bring to the people the encryption and privacy tools used by hackers. But it's in danger - not from the feds, but from lack of code.
- For Romney, There is No Life After Bain
In recent weeks, Mitt Romney's presidential campaign has tried to redefine the calendar by inserting the new milestone "AB"--or "After Bain"-- into the timeline of human history. Defending its man from damaging reports that he profited when Bain Capital invested in companies that shipped jobs ov ...
- Mr. Hatch's Hilarious Health Care Hypocrisy
Congressional Republicans on Thursday dispatched some of their best and brightest to the Supreme Court in heady anticipation of the GOP triumph that never came. But when Chief Justice Roberts announced the decision upholding the Affordable Care Act, Utah Senator Orrin Hatch "folded his arms acr ...
- GOP Governors Fight to Preserve Dismal Red Sta ...
In the wake of this week's Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act, Republican governors are talking tough about turning down expanded federal Medicaid spending that would enable insurance coverage for millions of their residents. Louisiana's Bobby Jindal, who warned the "frightening" Co ...
- The Mandates That Are and the Massive Tax Incr ...
In February 2009, President Obama delivered what Steve Benen rightly described as the largest two-year tax cut in American history. Nevertheless, the New York Times asked in the run-up to the 2010 midterms, "What if a president cut Americans' income taxes by $116 billion and nobody noticed?" Wh ...
- GOP Pushes 20 Year Old Plan to Replace Health ...
Within days of the passage of President Obama's signature Affordable Care Act in March 2010, Senate Minority Mitch McConnell declared, "I think [our] slogan will be 'repeal and replace', 'repeal and replace.'" But now that the Supreme Court has largely upheld the dreaded Obamacare, Republicans ...
- New York Children at Risk from New Gas Pipeline
West Village, Tribeca zip codes 10014, 10013, 10011 and 10001 at ‘ground zero’ of new pipeline entrance. The New Jersey/New York Expansion Project, informally known as “The Spectra Pipeline” (Spectra Energy is the Houston-based natural gas infrastructure corporation behind the proje ...
- Higgs Boson, Understanding The Buzz
The European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, will be holding a news seminar the morning of July 4 in order to announce new results from the ATLAS and CMS experiments. Based at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) these two experiments are searching for the elusive Higgs boson particle ...
- Save the Rhino Song (Music Video)
One of our Facebook fans recently dropped us this music video he created. As you can see, it’s focused on the rhino, and efforts to save this precious species. Enjoy! (Except for the very sad pictures of mutilated rhinos.) And share!
- Protecting Your Favorite Piece of America
My first trip to the Grand Canyon was epic: More than three weeks away from phones, city lights and noise. I went whitewater rafting and hiking and had a wonderful time. That was the trip of a lifetime and a great opportunity to think about what really matters, including time richly spent ...
- ‘Leap Second’ Saturday Night Will Make A 61-Se ...
On Saturday night, ‘time’ will stand still for one second, as a ‘leap second’ is added to the regular 60-second minute. The atomic clocks we use to measure time are extremely accurate, but the Earth’s rotation isn’t, so periodically, we readjust the Int ...
- Illuminati Planning Another Financial Crash? ...
"The American people are being disenfranchised, disinherited, and enslaved." The PBS Documentary "The Warning" proves the Illuminati bankers deliberately sabotaged the financial system before 2008. This was not the first time nor will it be the last."Economic c ...
- CIA directing arms shipments to Syria’s “rebel ...
22 June 2012 CIA agents have been deployed to Turkey to organize the arming of the so-called rebels in Syria seeking the overthrow of the government of President Bashar al-Assad, the New York Times reported Thursday. The report, citing information provided by senior US officials as well a ...
- UNASUR Foreign Ministers in Paraguay to Discus ...
Río de Janeiro, June 21 (Prensa Latina) Foreign ministres from member countries of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) are scheduled to leave today for Paraguay to discuss the situation in that country in the wake of decisión by the Chamber of Deputies to open an impeachment against Pre ...
- The Right Wing Move to Impeach Paraguay's Pres ...
Editor's Note: Does this sound familiar to anyone? It was 3 years ago this month that democratically-elected President Zelaya was thrown out of office by a coup in Honduras backed by the US State Department. In January, 2010 we published Mike Whitney's article, In South America, left-wing presid ...
- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks from E ...
22 June 2012 Australian and US governments “playing word games” WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange spoke out today from the Ecuadorian embassy in London about the escalating assault on his democratic rights and why he had been compelled to seek political asylum in Ecuador. Interviewed b ...
- Inside SCOTUS
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- Historic Day for ICC as Ocampo Passes the Mant ...
After nine years of serving as ICC chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo completed his term, leaving behind a groundbreaking legacy of international justice. Last week his successor, Gambian-born Fatou Bensouda, was sworn in as the Courts second-ever... Submitted by Nancy C. to World |&nbs ...
- Save the Planet ACTION
In the last two weeks, weve taken an issue from the political fringes and thrust it into the mainstream. World leaders might have failed to make history, but our movement is strong, building, and has what it takes to win in the long run! Submitted by Nancy C. to Environment | ...
- An Unwanted and Blind Dog Rescues a Woman- VIDEO
This dog, blind and unwanted by the world, was taken in by a caring woman. And it ended up being the dog that rescued her in the end. What a heart touching, beautiful story. Submitted by Simone D. to Offbeat | Note-it! | Add a Comment
- Declaration of Internet Freedom ACTION
Something big is happening again. Today Free Press and a coalition of more than 100 organizations, academics, startup founders and tech innovators are launching a Declaration of Internet Freedom five principles outlining the basic freedoms that all... Submitted by Nancy C. to World |&nbs ...
- Yes, A Double Dip is Coming
Shoving truth up the ass of Lola828, the Obamabot who graces NoQuarter, is fun. But that truth means more pain for America. I take no joy in that. Here’s the shocker from the Financial Times: US manufacturing activity contracted for the first time in three years, further denting confidence ...
- Come on, Hillary! Do it Again! Do it With Gu ...
Back in 2008′s presidential primaries, Senator Hillary Clinton kicked Obama’s ass in traditional campaigning, debates, and actual primaries. She ended up losing the nomination race due to Obama’s tactics of overwhelming the caucuses, race-baiting through his subordinates and su ...
- “Could health care ruling redefine federal power?”
UPDATE: I’m listening via my DVR to Neil Cavuto who interviewed Mark Levin. Like Sen. Mike Lee, Levin mentions Jan Crawford’s article (“Roberts switched views to uphold health care law,” CBS). Levin says Chief Justice John Roberts was “focused on the optics” w ...
- How to add images to your comments
Soon, Disqus will upgrade its new version so you can again easily attach images to comments. Meanwhile, there’s a temporary workaround: From Disqus support, in response to our e-mail asking why readers seemingly couldn’t add images to comments, as they used to be able to do with the ...
- Dr. Obama + Overnight Open Thread
“The dogs don’t like the dog food!” — That’s the best line I heard today about people’s opinion of Obamacare. It was uttered by Brit Hume on Fox News Sunday‘s panel as he explained why no amount of marketing by the Obama administration would have ever go ...
- Hope for a Global Spring?
Perhaps it’s because of the economy is beginning – finally – to pick up in the US. Perhaps it is because I’m sick to death of bad election-year politics, so I’m looking at anything else that comes along of interest. Maybe it’s even because I wrote about creative destruction the last time I did a ...
- The only way to change your past is to steal s ...
I get a fairly regular flow of emails about independent film projects. Most of them, to be honest, bounce straight off me – which says less about their quality than it does about my own taste in cinema. Independent cinema – like independent music and literature – has lots of pr ...
- Censorship: I’m guilty as charged
So, I stand accused of censorship by someone whose comment I declined to approve on this post. I figure anyone willing to throw around accusations of censorship is probably a big fan of radical transparency; hence, by way of amelioration, here is the digital papertrail for the full exchange. (Em ...
- The Future Always Wins
Soooooo, yeah – I’ve been busy. Did you miss me? New job, Masters degree… doesn’t leave a lot of spare time, so it doesn’t. But it’s been quiet here too long, so it’s time to dust down the soapbox and run a mic-check. One-two, one-two. The Future Always ...
- New Economies
Last month I pondered the extent to which the Arab Spring and Occupy Everything are socially-driven acts of creative destruction. Creative destruction is defined as a “process of industrial mutation that incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying ...
- Do People Misestimate Their Future Reactions?
When someone is asked to predict their emotional reaction to a future, hypothetical event, they usually underestimate how they will respond, according to previous research. However, a new study, led by Heather C. Lench of the Department of Psychology at Texas A&M University, suggests otherwi ...
- Therapist Self-Disclosure Decreases Stigma of ...
One of the primary reasons people neglect to seek treatment for their mental health problems is because they are concerned about the external and internal stigmas associated with mental illness. Public stigma is the external belief that one is defective if they receive therapy for their problems ...
- GoodTherapy.org Weekly Inspirational Thoughts
November 23, 2011 – As we approach Thanksgiving, the day that reminds us to be thankful for those around us, we present Ghandi’s belief in the unity of all living things. Keep this in mind as you care for your loved ones this weekend and for those who are less fortunate. Happy Thanks ...
- Can Negative Attributions Predict Marital Diss ...
Engaged couples form patterns of positive and negative behavior that can predict their marital satisfaction. “Serious marital dissatisfaction predicts increased risk for a major depressive episode, even when controlling for history of depression,” said Rebecca E. Osterhout of the New Mexico Vete ...
- Three Steps for Dealing with Panic Attacks
Panic attacks are usually initiated by a triggering thought or collection of thoughts that are anxiety-provoking in nature. These thoughts then cause an overly exaggerated anxiety response in the body (choking sensations, dizziness, tightness, tingling, etc). These physical sensations are then o ...
- The Reverend Billy Returns to New York, Ready ...
The Reverend Billy Returns to New York, Ready to Fight The L Magazine The L Magazine: Over the past few years, you seem to have shifted focus a little from the general perils/evils of consumerism to the environmental degradations of corporate greed, specifically mountaintop removal and fracking. ...
- Love Story: Mother, Daughter, Community - unEA ...
Love Story: Mother, Daughter, Community unEARTHED, from Earthjustice (blog) To date, mountaintop removal coal mining has buried more than 2500 miles of streams and leveled an area of Appalachia bigger than the state of Delawa.
- Mountain Hero Gets Help from Author Wendell Be ...
Mountain Hero Gets Help from Author Wendell Berry unEARTHED, from Earthjustice (blog) Bill Will Protect Communities, Families From Mountaintop Removal ... Big news today in our fight to end destructive mountaintop removal mining: 13 ...
- “Don't drink the water” - San Francisco Chroni ...
San Francisco Chronicle (blog) “Don't drink the water” San Francisco Chronicle (blog) In all of Appalachia, mountaintop-removal mining has already damaged or ... But the violence of mountaintop-removal mining — blasting and bulldozing, air and ...
- House Bill would Halt New Mountaintop Removal ...
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) House Bill would Halt New Mountaintop Removal Mines WVNS-TV A new bill aiming to put a moratorium mountaintop removal coal mining was introduced until further health study can be conducted. New Bill Puts People's Health before Mountaintop Removal Perm ...
- Where the Money Lives - For all Mitt Romney's ...
Nicholas Shaxson / Vanity Fair: Where the Money Lives — For all Mitt Romney's touting of his business record, when it comes to his own money the Republican nominee is remarkably shy about disclosing numbers and investments. Nicholas Shaxson delves into the murky world of ...
- Judge: Twitter Must Turn Over Occupy Wall Stre ...
nbcnewyork.com: Judge: Twitter Must Turn Over Occupy Wall Street Protester's Tweets — Prosecutors say the messages could show whether Malcom Harris was aware of police orders he's charged with disregarding — Twitter has been ordered to give a New York City ju ...
- Rand Paul puts forward measure that would forc ...
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill: Rand Paul puts forward measure that would force the Senate to read bills — After blasting the Senate last week for passing a 600-page bill no one had time to read, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) introduced legislation that would force the Senate to give it ...
- Perdue vetoes controversial fracking bill (WRA ...
WRAL-TV: Perdue vetoes controversial fracking bill — RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Bev Perdue announced Sunday that she has vetoed a controversial proposal to legalize fracking in North Carolina. — The bill, Senate Bill 820, was backed by Republican leaders in t ...
- Probation Fees Multiply for Poor as Companies ...
Ethan Bronner / New York Times: Probation Fees Multiply for Poor as Companies Profit — CHILDERSBURG, Ala. — Three years ago, Gina Ray, who is now 31 and unemployed, was fined $179 for speeding. She failed to show up at court (she says the ticket bore the wrong date ...
- M 5.6, Solomon Islands
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 03:49:33 UTC Tuesday, July 3, 2012 02:49:33 PM at epicenterDepth: 92.30 km (57.35 mi)
- M 5.7, near the coast of central Peru
Monday, July 2, 2012 23:31:37 UTC Monday, July 2, 2012 06:31:37 PM at epicenterDepth: 35.30 km (21.93 mi)
- M 5.0, South Sandwich Islands region
Monday, July 2, 2012 20:23:16 UTC Monday, July 2, 2012 06:23:16 PM at epicenterDepth: 50.30 km (31.25 mi)
- M 5.2, Atacama, Chile
Sunday, July 1, 2012 23:39:09 UTC Sunday, July 1, 2012 07:39:09 PM at epicenterDepth: 40.30 km (25.04 mi)
- M 5.3, northeastern Iran
Sunday, July 1, 2012 22:01:27 UTC Monday, July 2, 2012 01:31:27 AM at epicenterDepth: 23.10 km (14.35 mi)
- Jinsha dam plans stoke old rows
A war of words over hydropower development on the Yangtze tributary is the latest revival of an eight-year old argument. Deng Quanlun and Hu Feifei report.Editor's note: once again, experts, NGOs and officials are getting stuck into China’s hydropower debate, much of it played out in the c ...
- The double life of Dali Lake
A birdlife sanctuary that’s also a fishery, and whose staff spend their time scaring herons away – welcome to Dali nature reserve. Zhou Wei reports from Inner Mongolia.Every spring, migratory birds start arriving at Dali Lake in Inner Mongolia just as the fish-breeding season gets un ...
- Business tries to do what Rio did not
That corporations emerged from last week’s summit looking more far-sighted than governments signals the depth of frustration with the paralysed UN system, says Isabel Hilton.A chorus of disappointment greeted the close of the Rio+20 conference last week. The Brazilian hosts, perhaps concer ...
- Korea at the green-growth crossroads
A political turning point for South Korea raises a number of important questions about Seoul’s sustainable development strategy, writes HSBC climate-change strategist Wai-Shin Chan.South Korea emerged from national parliamentary elections in April with the ruling Saenuri party holding a ...
- “Don’t write off cap-and-trade”
It’s time to stop the hand-wringing over carbon markets, writes Robert Stavins. Low permit prices in Europe and America point to changing circumstances and fixable flaws – not the failure of an idea.Various journalists and advocates have, of late, described America’s ...
- Government Demands Growing for Twitter User Data
Twitter reported Monday that the United States leads the pack when it comes to government demands for user data, with 679 requests for the first half of the year. Worldwide, Twitter said it has received more government demands for data for the first six months of the year than all of last year.
- Twitter Ordered to Cough Up Occupy User Data
A New York judge has ordered Twitter to divulge the tweets and account information allegedly connected to an Occupy protester. The case, which the judge called one of "first impression," concerns Malcolm Harris, who was among hundreds arrested Oct. 1 in an Occupy movement march along the Brookly ...
- Wiretap Stats Decrease, But Don’t Go Celebrati ...
The number of criminal wiretaps authorized by federal and state judges in 2011 decreased 14 percent from the year prior to 2,732, according to the latest figures available.
- Judge Threatens New Sanctions Against Would-Be ...
Likening his legal tactics to a "fishing expedition," a federal judge is threatening to impose more monetary sanctions against a Buffalo man who claims in a lawsuit that he owns half of Facebook.
- Good News For Spies and Dictators: ‘FreedomBox ...
FreedomBox is intended to be a dead-simple router to bring to the people the encryption and privacy tools used by hackers. But it's in danger - not from the feds, but from lack of code.
- Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Mon ...
Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Money Out of Politics By Carmen Yarrusso There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.”–Henry David Thoreau Clearly, our government ...
- IOT: Healthcare for All Jan Call
Call – Healthcare for All IOT Date – Jan 18, 2011 Agenda: 1. Introductions—Dr. Bill Honigman, PDA Healthcare for All IOT coordinator and California State Coordinator 2. National Single Payer Movement—Katie Robbins, Healthcare-NOW! 3. States Single Payer Movement–Chuck Pennacchi ...
- PDA Weekly Field Report 1/7/2011 – 1/18/2011
Little Victories! Field Site: onenationpda.org California ADEM elections: Congratulations to all our PDA California friends and allies who completed a sweep up and down at the state at the recent CA Democratic Party Delegate elections. This will put the ...
- War is a Crime: Join In For Justice
WarIsACrime.org JOIN IN FOR JUSTICE! 1/17/11 Washington, D.C., and Quantico, Va. Protest of FBI Raids and Bradley Manning Imprisonment http://www.defendingdissent.org/action/Events.htm 1/18/11 Washington, D.C. Panel with Rep. Rush Holt, Emily Berman from the Brennan Center for Justice, Shah ...
- An American Suicide Terrorist
William John Cox The shooter of Congresswoman Gifford acted as a domestic suicide terrorist on the political “battleground” of American politics. His YouTube postings and “goodby” phone messages are ominously reminiscent of the traditional farewell videos ...
- What is California link to Canadian E. coli ca ...
The CBC reported yesterday that romaine lettuce is the likely source of an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in Miramichi in April that sickened 18 at a Jungle Jim’s Restaurant. Dr. Eilish Cleary, the chief medical officer of health, said all of those in the study who were sick with E. coli O157:H ...
- Shigella Outbreak Growing in New York
James Mulder of the Syracuse Post-Standard reported to today that the Onondaga County Shigella outbreak has increased to 21 confirmed cases and 13 probable cases. This is up nine from last week. Dr. Cynthia Morrow, the county’s health commissioner, said her department has not yet pi ...
- Salmonella Escapes for Clark College Lab
KOIN TV Sally Showman reported on a very interesting way of contracting Salmonella. A teenager was sickened by a strain of Salmonella that originated inside a Clark College microbiology lab earlier this month. "We believe the child could have been infected one of two ways," Catherine Kro ...
- Pink Slime Lawsuit Press Conference (and book ...
According to KTIV this morning: We'll have to wait a while longer to learn the details of a lawsuit being filed by a former employee of Dakota Dunes-based Beef Products Incorporated. Bruce Smith has postponed a news conference he had scheduled for this afternoon at company headquarters. No expl ...
- CDC: "chicks, ducklings, and other live baby ...
According to the CDC, epidemiologic, laboratory, and traceback findings have linked this outbreak of human Salmonella infections to contact with chicks, ducklings, and other live baby poultry from Estes Hatchery in Springfield, Missouri. A total of 66 persons infected with the outbreak strai ...
- Official: EPA officially approves E15 for sale ...
Filed under: Government/Legal Putting E15 (a mix of 15 percent ethanol and 85 percent gasoline) on sale in the U.S. has been all but official since April, when the Environmental Protection Agency approved the first applications to make E15. Now, "all but official" has become official, with th ...
- Official: Mitsubishi promises Outlander plug-i ...
Filed under: Hybrid, Paris Motor Show, Crossover, Mitsubishi, Electric We've been waiting since the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show - when Mitsubishi first talked about the PX-MiEV, a plug-in CUV concept - for some sort of real-world plug-in Outlander. It looks like we're finally going to get our wish ...
- Video: Translogic checks out the made-for-whee ...
Filed under: Videos, Hatchback, Specialty, Electric The people behind the subway-friendly, all-electric Kenguru have experienced many of the ups and downs that other start-up EV companies are all too familiar with. In fact, when you first go to the Kenguru website, it doesn't ask if you want ...
- Rumormill: Next-gen Chevy Volt to ditch 1.4-li ...
Filed under: Hybrid, Sedan, Hatchback, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GM, Electric No one at General Motors is talking publicly about a rumor post over at InsideEVs that claims the 83-horsepower, 1.4-liter range-extending gas engine currently used in the Chevrolet Volt will "definitely not" be the engi ...
- How GM got 3 more miles out of the 2013 Chevro ...
Filed under: Car Buying, Hybrid, Hatchback, Chevrolet, Electric As we learned earlier today, the 2013 Chevrolet Volt has beefed up. The new model year vehicle has a "bigger" battery and can go three extra miles when driven solely on the battery. We spoke with GM representatives to get more in ...
- FRIDAY: Amy Goodman on HBO's Real Time with Bi ...
Democracy Now!’s award-winning host Amy Goodman will appear on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday, June 29th at 10 pm ET.
- Big Money Wins in the Big Skies of Montana
By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan “I never bought a man who wasn’t for sale,” William A. Clark reportedly said. He was one of Montana’s “Copper Kings,” a man who used his vast wealth to manipulate the state government and literally buy votes to make himself a U.S. senator. That was more tha ...
- Watch Democracy Now! Special: Supreme Court Up ...
A one-hour Democracy Now! special broadcast hosted by Amy Goodman, covering the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Chief Justice John Roberts was the swing vote in upholding the Act, joining Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan ...
- Democracy Now! Live Coverage of U.S. Supreme C ...
Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman will host a live one-hour broadcast on Thursday morning, June 28, covering the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Guests will include health insurance industry whistleblower Wendell Potter, Georgetown Un ...
- Wanna Buy An Election? Mother Jones Expose on ...
Part two of our conversation with Monika Bauerlein and Andy Kroll of Mothers Jones magazine. The new cover story in the magazine is called "Follow the Dark Money." We discuss at how Karl Rove, Sheldon Adelson and others are bankrolling Mitt Romney’s campaign, why President Obama ...
- Times Scare
ISLAMABAD–The apparent links between Pakistan and Faisal Shahzad are certainly cause for concern, but let’s not lose site of things here. The attack in Times Square was a fizzle. The rush to claim credit is a bit embarassing for the TTP and looks like it was — like the attack itself — a rush job ...
- Stepping up - University at Buffalo The Spectrum
Stepping up University at Buffalo The Spectrum The president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, recognized the direness of the situation and began to mobilize military forces to combat the Taliban. ... and more »
- Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of ...
BBC News Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of Afghan women Chicago Tribune Would nuclear-armed Pakistan become even more vulnerable to its own Taliban insurgency? Will a defeat embolden America's enemies? That line of thinking must ... Vietnam syndrome has begun in AfghanistanSri L ...
- Officials: Campus blasts perplexing - United P ...
Officials: Campus blasts perplexing United Press International ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The International Islamic University, where bomb blasts killed at least six people, is a unique Pakistani institution ... and more »
- Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing - GMA ...
Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing GMA news.tv An Associated Press reporter met three Taliban fighters Tuesday traveling in a car with darkened windows at Shaktoi, a town close to the border between ... and more »
- Looking ahead to the next step of the quiet co ...
Summary: We can look ahead to the next steps in the quiet coup overthrowing the Second Republic, that’s forging a new America. Here are some insightful articles about what to expect. Contents Excerpts appear below; please read these articles in full. “Is this 1936?” by David Be ...
- Updates on the trends shaping our age
Summary: The FM website attempts to show you the future at work today. But sometimes we forecast but forget to update you when it arrives. Consider this post an update to the world terminal’s Arrivals board. Trains are coming; we still have time to prepare. Excerpts Quote of the Year show ...
- Why liberals lose
Summary: Today’s post by Chet Richards (Colonel, USAF, retired) applies the analytical tools of strategy and tactics to American politics. At the end is a primer on grand strategy. Juan Cole (Prof History, U MI), one of our most perspicuous observers on the Middle East, ran a blog post th ...
- Question time on the FM website. Post your qu ...
Summary: It’s “ask a question” time. In the comments “ask the mineshaft”: post questions about geopolitics — and your answers to other people’s questions. This is a community exercise, from the German Gemeinschaft (see Wikipedia). Questions are especia ...
- It’s the end of the world we’ve known si ...
Summary: This is an updated status report about the end of the post-WWII world. The global recession has accelerated the transition, revealing the current order’s weaknesses, and showing the people in the emerging nations that they have outgrown it. The major nations continue to defend ...
- Vatican kicks out Roma on Easter
Press TV – About 150 Roma gypsies were barred from participating in the Easter vigil of the basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls on Sunday, after temporarily taking shelter there on Good Friday, The Telegraph reported. Local and foreign pilgrims, who had gathered to attend the vigil, ...
- Euro strikes 16-month high against dollar
Breitbart – The euro struck a 16-month high against the dollar and the Swiss franc notched a record high versus the US unit Tuesday amid heightened investor nerves over this week’s busy economic calendar. The European single currency hit $1.4653 in morning trade, the highest point si ...
- British pound devalues by 94% in 50yrs
PressTV – A new survey shows that the value of money in the UK has dropped by 94 percent over the past 50 years, which means an 18-time increase in retail prices. The survey carried out by BM Savings has found that almost £1,800 is needed to match the buying power of £100 in 1960, [...]
- Peru suffers an ‘environmental tragedy’
IOL – The rising price of gold has multiplied by six the pace of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios in recent years, a study published on Tuesday said. Illegal gold searches using primitive techniques in the years 2003-9 led to the destruction of ...
- Next step humans? Every new pet dog in Britain ...
Daily Mail – Every new pet dog will be microchipped under sweeping Government regulations to combat dangerous animals. Each puppy born and dog sold will have an electronic chip implanted under the skin. Details will then be placed on a national database accessible by police and the RSPCA. ...
- Afghanistan War Costs Come at the Expense of O ...
When Pakistan closed its border crossings to NATO convoys after a NATO airstrike mistakenly killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, the war in Afghanistan got more expensive. Only now, months later, are we learning just how expensive. The Pentagon is requesting congressional approval for more than $2. ...
- Iran Gives Conflicting Responses to New Wave o ...
The Islamic Republic this week released a conflicting set of statements in response to the new wave of European Union sanctions against Iran. The Iranian response has been two-fold; while certain elements of the regime have initiated military threats to shut down the Strait of Hormuz, other Isla ...
- 3 Things You Need to Know About the Arms Trade ...
Negotiations are (nearly) underway at UN headquarters in New York over a proposed Arms Trade Treaty. I say “nearly” because the official start of the negotiations were delayed this morning when the Arab League supported a motion to let Palestine participate as a full UN member state. ...
- Global Trends and International Security
Understanding how the world works is key for developing a sound national security policy. The security environment provides the context for developing strategy and building forces to advance and defend national interests. At the same time, strategy shapes the security environment and is shaped b ...
- Daniel Klaidman’s Revelations on Targeted Killings
This weekend, the CIA continued its campaign against suspected militants in Pakistan with a drone strike that reportedly killed at least eight. I’ve compiled excerpts from Daniel Klaidman’s recently released book Kill or Capture: The War on Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency, which expl ...
- Failures of Spin
Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell is ordinarily a spinner of unusual skill. He's relentlessly focused on his message and doesn't let any interviewer frame a question in a way he (McConnell) doesn't like. Which is why it was a little odd to see Fox News' Chris Wallace catch him without a ...
- If the Tibetan Can't Go to the Homeland...
As some of you know, there is far more to the Tibetan diaspora than the Dalai Lama. More than 200,000 refugees are living, sometimes stateless, in other countries. Tenzin Dorjee, whom I've mentioned here before, is the director of Students for a Free Tibet, and one of the next generation of Tib ...
- LEGOs for Oil?
Recently, I found myself in a LEGO store. The reasons for my going to the store are not that interesting—suffice it to say, I needed a gift and scented candles would not be appreciated. This was my first time in such a store, though I had loved LEGOs as a child. I remembered them as a sort of h ...
- Roberts' Switch In Time
Jan Crawford has a blockbuster story in which two sources confirm what many people inferred from the structure of the opinions—that Chief Justice John Roberts initially voted to strike down at least some parts of the Affordable Care Act before switching his vote. The story reveals some interest ...
- Judges Take On Climate Skeptics
Three of the D.C. Court of Appeals’ judges delivered climate-regulation opponents what can only be termed a righteous smackdown last week. Their opinion on the Environmental Protection Agency’s work to regulate greenhouse gases is, as much as any legal opinion can be, a delight to read. From th ...
- Big Pharma Drug Company Gets Fined 3 Billion D ...
Last week BuzzFlash at Truthout appeared to be one of the only websites to notice that Barclays engaged in a pre-meditated fraudulent interest-rigging scheme that affected trillions of dollars in transactions - and got off with a $450 million fine but no criminal charges against the individuals ...
- Some Outrageous Facts About Inequality
PAUL BUCHHEIT FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUTStudying inequality in America reveals some facts that are truly hard to believe. Amidst all the absurdity a few stand out. 1. US companies in total pay a smaller percentage of taxes than the lowest-income 20% of Americans. Total corporate profits for 2011 ...
- Providing Healthcare to Those in Need Is as Ch ...
JEFF FULMER FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT When the Affordable Healthcare Act was upheld by the Supreme Court, it seemed nothing short of miraculous. As expected, the Republicans immediately began their full-throated outrage, promising to repeal it every chance they got. Fundamentally, this law i ...
- If You Oppose Single Payer Insurance, Take You ...
MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT I'm so sick of freeloaders on my tax dollars, aren't you? So, I want to get a message across to those who are on Medicare, and to the children of those who are on Medicare, who oppose health care reform and Medicare for all: remove yourself from Medic ...
- Rep. Pelosi's Floor Speech in Opposition to Ho ...
REP. NANCY PELOSI FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT "Thank you Mr. Speaker. I thank the gentleman for yielding. I commend him for his extraordinary patriotism, for his commitment to upholding our oath of office - to protect and defend the Constitution - and for recognizing full well the congressional ...
- Zooming in on our supermassive blackhole
Let’s zoom in on the supermassive blackhole at the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way… This zoom sequence starts with a view of the Milky Way. We zoom in towards the crowded central region, in the constellation of Sagittarius (The Archer). By shifting to an infrared view we see thro ...
- Frisky firefly sex tape
Once the lights go out, female fireflies apparently prefer a little more substance and a little less flash. Infrared imaging and other techniques have been used to monitor firefly behaviour and to show that the females of the species tend to choose mates that they perceive as able to deliver a l ...
- The ultrasonic mosquito, the mixed-up radio sh ...
Self-professed cyberpunk Jonty Campbell sent me a link to a site reporting that the Brazilian adventure-travel magazine, Go Outside, has collaborated with Sao Paulo radio station, Band FM, to broadcast a music program that suppoedly repels mosquitoes. The radio station purportedly broadcasts a c ...
- Sciencebase on Mendeley
I discussed Mendeley when it first launched and I perceived it as a kind of “Napster for Research Papers”, although more accurately you might think of it as “iTunes in the Cloud for PDFs”. Anyway, I’ve accumulated quite a few PDFs during my 20+ years as a science wr ...
- Time to rebuild the Periodic Table electronically
Back in the 20th century, around the time quantum physics was emerging, Niels Bohr tried to explain the pattern of elements that make up the Periodic Table based on the order in which each atom’s “shells” fill with electrons. Unfortunately, the theoretical filling order governe ...
- Bill O’Reilly apologizes ‘for bein ...
Bill O’Reilly predicted the Supreme Court would strike down the Obamacare mandate and, if they didn’t, he’d “apologize for being an idiot.” Tonight, O’Reilly said he wasn’t “really sorry,” but did come through with an apology anyway. Watch th ...
- Will Obama Follow Latin America’s Lead A ...
Today in GQ, Marc Ambinder reports on Obama’s second-term plans to tackle the War on Drugs. But Colombia may have already jump-started the process. On Friday, Colombia’s Constitutional Court approved a government proposal decriminalizing possession of small amounts of cocaine and mar ...
- McConnell: ‘It’s A Lot Harder̵ ...
Republicans have pledged to fully repeal the Affordable Care Act if the party regains control of the Senate and presidency in 2012. But Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is less than confident about the probability of eliminating the law. Speaking to a small group in Elizabethtown, K ...
- Regulators Missing Many Wall Street Reform Dea ...
According to a new report, more than one-third of the new rules mandated by the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law have yet to be written. The Securities and Exchange Commission has missed 71 percent of its rule-writing deadlines. At the same time, Congressional Republicans are attempting to c ...
- Mitt Romney vs The GOP: Is The Mandate A Tax?
Last week, the Supreme Court ruled that the mandate in President Obama’s health care reform functions as a tax, making it constitutional under the federal government’s taxing power. Republicans and conservative media figures immediately jumped on this point, accusing the Obama admini ...
- Now You're Talking!
This 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 is vital to preserve the health of Canadian democracy (such as it was). Good to see the feder ...
- Obamacare
I'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 "individual mandate" (wherein: "people who have no employer-provided health plan, and no other ki ...
- Another Bullshit Inquiry
No, this isn't the Elections Canada stumble-bums picking their noses while Canadians groan under the oppression of an unelected majority government. This has to do with the Military Police Complaints Commission's investigation into the treatment of Afghan detainees. stephen harper? A word please ...
- Two Books
In light of my busy schedule and my sense of ennui today, I thought I'd just provide links to two books that I'm currently reading. The first book is Edward Dolnick's The Clockwork Universe about the intellectual history leading up to Isaac Newton's theory of gravity. It's very brisk, almost li ...
- Joe Oliver gets interrupted and FUCK HIM
And Dan Gardner and other twits stand up for him. Gardner, pull your head out of your ass. Either the harpercons are a threat to democracy, either they are contemptuous of Parliament, either they are fraudsters, or they are not. And if they are undemocratic thugs, then they should be forced to s ...
- Mississippi Launches Plan To End Child Homeles ...
Fulfilling the wishes and happiness of children is at the heart of the holiday season. So, now seems particularly timely for Mississippi to launch a new plan to end child homelessness (pdf) in the state. What better way to set the season of giving in motion than by committing to finding safe an ...
- Thanksgiving 2.0: Food, Poverty and Telling th ...
This Thanksgiving, most of us around the country shared a bountiful harvest feast with friends and family. We celebrated all that we are thankful for by gorging ourselves right into a food coma. It's the American way. Unfortunately, it's also the American way to be thankful for all that we have ...
- Homeless People Wanted: Must Be Open to Demean ...
What are they thinking? People obviously don't see the homeless as human or they wouldn't attempt to hire them to do most of the insane, demeaning and illegal jobs out there. Here's a small sampling: Rob dead bodies. The Aokigahara forest at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan is the site of 50 to 100 ...
- LA Plans to Make Homelessness Go the Way of th ...
Instead of pretending homelessness doesn't exist, creating new laws to make it illegal to sit or sleep in public, or sending homeless residents on a one-way trip out of town, Los Angeles County may attempt to actually do something about ending homelessness. And the county is setting the bar high ...
- Don't Let Violence Against the Homeless Go Unp ...
Despite its economic troubles, Detroit is not known for being kind to the homeless. That's too bad, since there are nearly 10,000 homeless people living there. In October, police say that Steven James Diponio, 54, became so enraged at Charles Duncan, 42, who was homeless and sleeping behind a sc ...
- The Correct, Easy Way To Make Green Smoothies ...
April 3, 2012 Natural News By Paul Fassa “Adding green super food smoothies to your diet is a great thing to do for your health. There are many amazing benefits of adding more green vegetables in your diet and making smoothies is an easy way to get them in your tummy.” –KTRN Du ...
- Pfizer Execs To Stand Trial For Cover-Up Of Dr ...
April 3, 2012 Natural News By Ethan A. Huff “Here is more proof that drug companies are evil to the core.” –KTRN Four former executives at Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drug company. — Henry McKinnell, John LaMattina, Karen Katen, Joseph Feczko — as well a ...
- Three Benefits Of Dark Chocolate That Will Hel ...
April 3, 2012 Natural News By Celeste M. Smucker, MPH, PhD “More evidence that chocolate is quite healthy. But don’t confuse real chocolate over the garbage called Hershey’s.” –KTRN The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that 68 percent of adults over the age ...
- McDonald’s Stock Slides As More Consumers Turn ...
April 3, 2012 The Onion By The Onion “Even though this is satire, The Onion nailed it – McDonald’s does not serve real food.” –KTRN The McDonald’s Corporation announced Tuesday that it will close 175 restaurants and cut nearly 600 corporate jobs, responding to ...
- Ron Paul Is Trying To Save GOP From Themselves
April 3, 2012 RT By RT “Ron Paul may be the only one who can save the GOP. The party is in complete turmoil these days.” –KTRN Presidential hopeful Ron Paul might not represent what his Republican rivals are touting this election year, but the Texas congressman says that he won ...
- Yemen Air Forces bombs soldiers, kills 240
The Yemeni Air Force bombed the al Samaa Republican Guard garrison in the Arhab district of Sanaa today, deliberately killing 240 guardsmen. The attack came after the troops refused to attack pro-revolution tribesmen with artillery. “The government did not stand quiet when the guards refused ord ...
- Yemenis protest against al Qaeda
In a direct rebuke to the terror group, residents of Taiz held a major protest against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) on Thursday evening after prayers. Protesters held signs denouncing AQAP that said, “Your racism will do nothing but make us stronger.” Taiz is the largest city in Yeme ...
- اوباما يفقد السيطرة على اليمن
My article from PJM at al Mostakela: اوباما يفقد السيطرة على اليمن تخاطر الولايات المتحدة بتمكين القاعدة في اليمن وتنفير الشعب اليمني عن طريق إحباط تغيير النظام هناك كتبت – جين نوفاك يعتبر اليمن بلد معقد، فقد ظل يرزح تحت وطأة اضطرابات كبيرة، كما أن فهم اليمن يخبرنا الشيء الكثير عن الشرق ال ...
- Yemen’s CT chief accused of war crimes
After Yemen’s Republican Guard killed and dismembered tribal prisoners Thursday, Arhab tribesmen issued a statement Friday demanding the immediate arrest and prosecution of General Ahmed Saleh as a war criminal. Ahmed Saleh heads the Republican Guard containing US funded counter-terror units and ...
- Yemen protesters announce boycott of US, Saudi ...
Protesters in Yemen announced a boycott today of US and Saudi products, a largely symbolic move in light of Yemen’s grave humanitarian crisis. Protesters allege that the Obama administration has thwarted their efforts for regime change. Millions across Yemen have demanded the end to the 33 year ...
- Media Minefields and the Fog of War
Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comDissident Voice Article dissidentvoice.orgBy Felicity Arbuthnot Creativity is the lifeblood of our organisation. ” BBC Mission statement As the sabre rattling towards Iran and the ongoing tragedy in Syria become in ...
- Mitt Romney to travel to Israel this summer: c ...
Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comRaw Story WASHINGTON ” White House hopeful Mitt Romney will travel to Israel this summer, his campaign said Monday, an apparent appeal to Jewish voters and donors who overwhelmingly supported Barack Obama in ...
- Korean-American Kim takes helm at World Bank
Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comRaw Story WASHINGTON ” New World Bank President Jim Yong Kim warned Monday that the eurozone crisis poses a deep threat to the global economy as he launched into his first day leading the development lender. ...
- European and American Governments Encourage Ba ...
Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comEuropean and American Governments Encourage Bank Manipulation and Fraud to Cover Up Insolvency By WashingtonsBlogwashingtonsblog.com Governments On Both Sides of the Atlantic Try to Put Lipstick on a Pig We noted yesterd ...
- Arpaio Set To Unleash “Shocking” Obama Birth C ...
Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.com“Breathtaking” information will top previous press conference, says lead investigator Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Monday, July 2, 2012 Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his Cold Case Posse are set to unleash &# ...
- Time to Get Crazy by Chris Hedges
by Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Truthdig July 2, 2012 Native Americans’ resistance to the westward expansion of Europeans took two forms. One was violence. The other was accommodation. Neither worked. Their land was stolen, their communities were decimated, their women and childr ...
- Chris Hedges: All Energy Should Be Spent On Bu ...
with Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad July 1, 2012 Jul 1, 2012 by talkingsticktv Interview with Chris Hedges co-author of “Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt” Chris Hedges: Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt *** Jun 28, 2012 by rothchildsfiddle Most of Hedges Q&A po ...
- The Real Health Care Debate by Chris Hedges (r ...
Reposting in case you missed it. by Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Truthdig April 9, 2012 The debate surrounding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act illustrates the impoverishment of our political life. Here is a law that had its origin in the right-wing Heritage Foundat ...
- William Morris’ Vision of Socialism: Sel ...
by William Bowles Featured Writer Dandelion Salad williambowles.info 30 June 2012 There — it sickens one to have to wade through this grimy sea of opportunism. What a spectacle of shuffling, lies, vacillation and imbecility does this Game Political offer to us? I cannot conclude without an ...
- Labor Across the Food System
Dandelion Salad by IHR http://vimeo.com/44764930 Labor Across the Food System | February 3-4, 2012 Presented by the UCSC Center for Labor Studies • Steve McKay, Department of Sociology and Director, Center for Labor Studies, UCSC • Julie Guthman, Department of Community Studies and Co-Direc ...
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This man's brain comprehends in a fraction of a second what is about to happen, and orders his body into what looks like a superhuman sprint to get out of the way. The flight mechanism kicks in so fast the conscious mind, distracted by thoughts of work, home, leisure and love, plays no role in t ...
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Tupac Rises Well, fuck me.... From even a few dozen rows back, reportedly, the hologram of Tupac was utterly believable. How long before a Michael Jackson hologram culled from his greatest live performances is touring the world's stadiums? I've been waiting decades to see holographic tech ...
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Hypnotic, grin-making. A house filled with interactive reproductions of classic art, coming soon: Starry Night (interactive animation) from Petros Vrellis on Vimeo.
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Normal blogging output will return soon. Making some movies. In the meantime, enjoy :
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Best. Christmas. Ever A Short Story By Darryl Mason "Is your father okay?" He waited for her to answer. He couldn't tell her what happened while she was away... "He's not getting better, if that's what you mean." How could he tell her, right now? She had more than enough on her mind alread ...
- Lia Tarachansky: Thousands of Israelis Join “C ...
On Friday, June 22 Daphnie Leef, the symbolic leader of the J14 social justice movement in Israel was violently arrested while trying to set up a protest tent. The action was meant to reinvigorate... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lan ...
- Lia Tarachansky: Israel’s J14 Movement and the ...
On June 2nd, Wafa Tiara, a Palestinian agricultural worker organized under the Ma’an union was supposed to address Israel’s J14 social justice movement. The protest was meant to serve as an indicator... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian ...
- Jonathan Cook: The evil of humanitarian wars
Societies cannot have democracy imposed from without, as though it were an item to be ordered from a lunch menu. The West’s democracies, imperfect as they are, were fought for by their peoples over... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian la ...
- Author: Israel can claim the title of the most ...
Sami Michael: "Israel is in danger unless its leadership understands it isn't located in Europe's tranquil north but in the Middle East's seething center," said Michael. "We may lose everything.... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands ...
- Akiva Eldar: Palestinian disinheritance sponso ...
It's a shame the police don't show the same determination treating the settlers who invade private Palestinian land as they do evicting the temporary settlers on Tel Aviv's Rothschild Boulevard. It's... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian ...
- Botulinum Toxin a Shot in the Arm for Preventi ...
Botulinum toxin may help prevent shaking or tremor in the arms and hands of people with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to new research published in the July 3, 2012, print issue of Neurology(r), the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
- Autism, Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder May ...
CHAPEL HILL, NC - New research led by a medical geneticist at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine points to an increased risk of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) among individuals whose parents or siblings have been diagnosed with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
- Researcher Finds Common Factors in Autism Spec ...
A team of researchers have found that schizophrenia or bipolar disorder seen in parents or siblings was associated with increased risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The study was published online by Archives of General Psychiatry on Monday, July 2.
- Mayo Physician Available to Give Tips on Stayi ...
People across the country are experiencing sweltering weather with temperatures and the heat index reaching well into the 100-degree range. While many will take refuge in air-conditioned homes or at a local lake or pool, it's important to remember that the heat can be much more than bothersome. ...
- BESC Researchers Tap Into Genetic Reservoir of ...
The identification of key proteins in a group of heat-loving bacteria by researchers at the Department of Energy's BioEnergy Science Center could help light a fire under next-generation biofuel production.
- July is Arms Trade Treaty Month
by Duncan Hollis by Duncan Hollis At one time in the mid-1990s, it seemed like a week couldn’t go by without some large gathering of States seeking to hammer out the terms of a new multilateral treaty with aspirations for universal membership. Such treaty negotiations have become a rare ...
- A Thought Experiment About ICC-State Cooperation
by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller I have to admit, I’ve been very surprised by the negative reactions I’ve received concerning my belief that the ICC should not have expressed regret or apologized to Libya for Melinda Taylor’s (alleged) misconduct. It seems that most p ...
- A Thought Experiment About ICC-State Cooperation
by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller I have to admit, I’ve been very surprised by the negative reactions I’ve received concerning my belief that the ICC should not have expressed regret or apologized to Libya for Melinda Taylor’s (alleged) misconduct. It seems that most p ...
- To Prosecute Taylor or Not To Prosecute Taylor ...
by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller In my previous post, I noted that Libya’s representative to the ICC unequivocally acknowledged that Libyan courts could not prosecute Taylor for the alleged misconduct that led to her detention. Apparently, not all Libyan officials are on the same ...
- To Prosecute Taylor or Not To Prosecute Taylor ...
by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller In my previous post, I noted that Libya’s representative to the ICC unequivocally acknowledged that Libyan courts could not prosecute Taylor for the alleged misconduct that led to her detention. Apparently, not all Libyan officials are on the same ...
- A los educadores se les “cede el paso ...
A los educadores se les “cede el paso” en tarifas de curso de manejo este verano PHOENIX – Durante verano es cuando el tráfico se pone más pesado en las autopistas, especialmente entre el 4 de julio y Labor Day. Este verano, la AARP ofrece un descuento en el curso de ...
- Educators Get Break on Summer Driver Safety Course
Educators Get Break on Summer Driver Safety Course PHOENIX - Summer is the heaviest time for traffic on American highways, especially around July 4 and then again around Labor Day. This summer, AARP is offering a discounted driver safety course to any current or former employee of a school dis ...
- Poll Shows Democrats Lead Growing Among Latino ...
Poll Shows Democrats Lead Growing Among Latino Voters PHOENIX - President Obama has received a bump in support from Latino voters as a result of recent events. That's one finding of a new poll taken in five potential battleground states, including Arizona. The poll also found Arizona Latinos put ...
- Health Reform Focus now on Arizona Decision-Ma ...
Health Reform Focus now on Arizona Decision-Makers PHOENIX – Arizona's leaders have some big decisions to make now that the U.S. Supreme Court has largely upheld the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Among them are expansion of the state's AHCCCS indigent health care program and creation of a st ...
- Is Your Kid A Bully?
Is Your Kid A Bully? PHOENIX - Arizona parents who have seen the YouTube video of seventh-grade boys harassing a 68-year-old school bus monitor may wonder if their children could do such a thing. Christy Buck, director of the Mental Health Foundation, says parents who don't want their children ...
- This is Your Meat on Drugs. CFS Joins Consumer ...
The Center for Food Safety has joined Consumers Union and Fix Food for the launch of “Meat Without Drugs,” a campaign urging supermarkets to only sell meat raised without antibiotics. The campaign’s first target is Trader Joe’s, one of the leading national supermarket chains best poised to make ...
- 250,000+ to EPA: Time for Emergency Action on ...
Beekeepers, Environmental Groups Still on Hold for Agency Response to Legal Petition Citing “Imminent” Harm to Bees A coalition of environmental groups and beekeepers submitted over 250,000 petitions to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today, urging immediate suspension of a pesticide l ...
- The Sanders Amendment on GE Labeling Fails in ...
Last week the U.S. Senate voted on an amendment supporting the rights of states to enact their own laws requiring the labeling of genetically engineered (GE) foods. Offered by Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Mark Begich (D-AK) to the Senate Farm Bill, the amendment faile ...
- Farm Groups and Public Interest Advocates Join ...
Hidden rider poses unprecedented constitutional assault, blocks USDA authority and denies GE crop safeguards The Center for Food Safety (CFS) and a coalition of farm, food safety, environmental and consumer advocacy groups today formally submitted a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives Co ...
- Your Burger Just Got a Little Safer, Thanks to ...
by Michele Simon After years of debating, petitioning, rulemaking, and outright stalling, this week the federal government is finally implementing new requirements for testing E. coli in ground beef. Why is this cause for celebration? Because while the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safet ...
- .:Middle East Online::The State of Journalism ...
.:Middle East Online::The State of Journalism and Media in the New Libya:.: Journalism and media witnessed huge expansion in Libya since the first spark in the February 17 revolution. There are now around 200 printed newspapers in Tripoli and Benghazi alone, and around 18 satellite channels thro ...
- GUEST POST by @jazminchavez and @juliagrob: “L ...
GUEST POST by @jazminchavez and @juliagrob: “Latinos: Turn Off Your TV, Co�o!”: GUEST POST BY Jazmin Chavez & Julia Ahumada Grob of "East WillyB" By the time of this publication, we should all be familiar with the recent controversy regarding ABC sitcom, “Work It,” in which Puerto Rican act ...
- A Brief look at the Censorship of Human Rights ...
China must abandon censorship | APNS Article 35 of China's constitution as adopted in 1982 clearly states that: "Citizens of the People's Republic of China enjoy freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly, of association, of procession and of demonstration." For 28 years this article has stood ...
- The Republican Candidates' Race Card Strategy
The Republican Candidates' Race Card Strategy [Black Star News Editorial] Republican presidential candidates Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and front-runner Mitt Romney have all played the race-card to varying degrees in this election cycle, while Ron Paul's campaign is weighed down by the race b ...
- The Billanthrope: Why I Wrote Koontown
The Billanthrope: Why I Wrote Koontown: Black people are inherently inferior. This is not something you would often hear anybody say outright—if at all. That would be racist, and we live in a time when even devout racists get offended if you actually call them “racist.” The closest we tend to ge ...
- Thermodynamics and Jenga Towers
I imagine one type of probability space as an extremely wide and extremely high tower of Jenga blocks under bombardment from an arbitrarily large number of bored children wearing jetpacks. The vertical, y axis represents the passage of time. The higher you go up that axis, the further you travel ...
- The Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything
An article on the blog “Shake Off the Grind“, titled “You Only Live Once so Make it Meaningful“, asks the questions below. Here are my answers: Who am I: A semi-aware bundle of perceptions, habits, and quirks. My personality is simply the structure of the relationships b ...
- Magic Wands Almost Possible
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistiguishable from magic” –Arthur C. Clarke Perhaps none of us will ever see straw being converted to gold, or water to wine, but the technology to power a wand-like instrument by waving it around has arrived. The electronics of the d ...
- Self Sabotage versus Sage Wisdom
Reading many psychology books recently is, surprisingly, changing my behavior for the wiser. Ever a pessimist and cynic, I’ve usually harbored little or no hope. I’ve even seen hope as a curse, and a weapon of self-torture. But as a result of what I’m reading, I’ve begun to explore the ways diff ...
- Bad Cop, Worse Cop?
A report spread around the world today smears (wrongly, in my opinion) Juan Carlos Bonilla Valladares, the new Honduras police chief. It throws into relief two great problems in Latin American police forces, corruption and vigilante justice. When faced with an absolute breakdown of the justice s ...
- Susya
June 22, 2012: Susya I doubt if Palestinian Susya has ever seen so many people. Some 500, maybe more, have arrived from Jerusalem (including a large Palestinian delegation from East Jerusalem), Tel Aviv, Beer Sheva, and various sites in the occupied territories: Beit Umar, Mufagara, and the ...
- My Home is Everything: the People of Susiya Sp ...
Dear Friends and supporters, The latest news from Qamar, the lawyer from Rabbis for Human Rights representing Palestinian Susiya: the occupation’s “Civil Administration” agreed to extend the period for the submission of the juridical objections to the demolition orders issued f ...
- Urgent alert to save Susya village from destru ...
Dear Friends, Please have a look at the announcement below. For the last twelve years we have worked closely with our Palestinian friends in Susya, protected them to the best of our abilities from continuous violent harassment by Israeli settlers and by the army, fought the legal battle to keep ...
- “Civil Administration” and Settler ...
In March, we reported here about an unusual Israel High Court petition by Israeli settler-run groups, demanding that the (fraudulently named) “Civil Administration” carry out demolition orders in Palestinian Susya. Settler pressure upon the government to make Palestinian life more di ...
- Protest around the world today for Ziad Jilani
I have written early in an attempt to draw parallels between Trayvon Martin and the killing of Palestinian youths by settler vigilantes. Today we are protesting a killing done by “Border Police” in Israel. The name suggest an obvious link to police brutality in the United States: wit ...
- Glaxo fined $3 billion but no one goes to prison
Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline will plead guilty and pay $3 billion to resolve federal criminal and civil inquiries arising from the company’s illegal promotion of some of its products, its failure to report safety data and alleged false price reporting,When oh when will we have rule of law ag ...
- Top Secret Tips on Reading BIG Environmental D ...
Every wonder how your neighbor gets through the six-thousand or so page environmental documents? Here’s the secret: more often than not – they are not reading six-thousand pages. They might not even be reading six pages. This might be the best kept secret in the world of Homeowner Assoc ...
- Medical marijuana is a classic states’ rights ...
The federal government has shut down at least 500 medical marijuana dispensaries in California in the past eight months, claiming they were violating state as well as federal law. But states’ right advocates would say the federal government has no right to interfere in California and that law en ...
- The bomb buried in Obamacare explodes
Forbes thinks this is a good thing because it will lead inexorably to single-payer. The post The bomb buried in Obamacare explodes appeared first on Politics in the Zeros.
- El Sicario. Autobiography of a Mexican Assassin
El Sicario killed and tortured hundreds of people for a Mexican drug cartel. After years of debauchery, violence, and unquestioned obedience to the cartel bosses he finally couldn’t do it any more, became a Christian, and left the life knowing one false move means he will be their prey and ...
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