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NewsWise

• Education Experts From the No. 1 Ranked Peabod ...
  Education experts from Vanderbilt University's Peabody College of education and human development are available for back-to-school interviews. Peabody was named the No. 1 graduate school of education in the nation by U.S. News & World Report for the fourth consecutive year in 2012.
• Dr. Mark Cichon Named Chair of Loyola Departme ...
  Loyola 's emergency division sees 50,000 plus patients annually and Mark Cichon, DO, is now chair of the department of emergency medicine of Loyola University Medical Center. Formerly a division, emergency medicine at Loyola is now elevated to department status.
• Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care Rec ...
  The Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons (ACoS) has granted its Outstanding Achievement Award to Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care in New York City. The Center is among a select group of 106 cancer programs across the U.S. to receive this recognition and has al ...
• School Vaccinations Are Required Because They' ...
  More than a dozen infectious diseases are preventable, and children should be vaccinated to protect themselves and others.
• Obese Americans May Be Pushed Toward Unhealthy ...
  Although most Americans would choose to be healthy if that option were easier, obesity is expected to increase in the coming years, largely due to the negative influence of environmental factors of unhealthy food choices and increasingly sedentary lifestyles. Possible solutions to these issues ...

Natural Health News

• The Evolution of Bird Flu and the Race to Keep Up
  Bird Flu, or H5N1, doesn't spread easily among humans, but its capability of mutating has scientists worrying whether it could mutate enough to cause a human pandemic. The controversy is especially heated since it was announced that a group of researchers had figured out how to manipulate the vi ...
• 2009 Swine Flu Outbreak Was 15 Times Deadlier: ...
  A new study based on computer statistical models shows that the swine flu of 2009 killed 284,500 people, or 15 times more than health officials originally estimated.
• NY Law Gives Women More Information about Mamm ...
  A New York state law that has yet to be signed by the governor would mandate that women be given information on their breast density.
• Common Diabetes Drugs Associated with Increase ...
  A new analysis introduced to the most recent meeting of the Endocrine Society shows that three widely used drugs for diabetes are associated with an increased risk of death.
• Study Says More Vitamin D = Less Lbs
  If you're a woman over age 65 and you're deficient in vitamin D, research shows that you're probably more likely not only to weigh more, but to gain more weight.

Climategate

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

Opinio Juris

• Weekend Roundup: August 4-10, 2012
  by An Hertogen by An Hertogen It may be summer break in the US, but in Australia the academic year is in full swing with Kevin keeping the spotlight on Libya. First, he linked to his new essay on SSRN, entitled “The International Commission of Inquiry on Libya: A Critical Analysis.” Kevin also ...
• Weekend Roundup: August 4-10, 2012
  by An Hertogen by An Hertogen It may be summer break in the US, but in Australia the academic year is in full swing with Kevin keeping the spotlight on Libya. First, he linked to his new essay on SSRN, entitled “The International Commission of Inquiry on Libya: A Critical Analysis.” Kevin also ...
• Weekday News Wrap: Friday, August 10, 2012
  by Jessica Dorsey by Jessica Dorsey The UK has appointed a senior judge to lead the inquest in the death of Russian ex-spy Litvinenko from polonium poising in 2006 in London. Veteran international diplomat, Lakhdar Brahimi, has been tapped as Kofi Annan’s successor as UN-Arab League join ...
• Weekday News Wrap: Friday, August 10, 2012
  by Jessica Dorsey by Jessica Dorsey The UK has appointed a senior judge to lead the inquest in the death of Russian ex-spy Litvinenko from polonium poising in 2006 in London. Veteran international diplomat, Lakhdar Brahimi, has been tapped as Kofi Annan’s successor as UN-Arab League join ...
• Weekday News Wrap: Thursday, August 9, 2012
  by Jessica Dorsey by Jessica Dorsey According to the UN, Afghanistan civilan deaths are down for the first time since it started counting in 2007, though officials say that this is due to an extremely harsh winter rather than improved security. The United Nations also reports that targeted kil ...

Public News Service

• Study: Housing Woes Connected to Child Abuse
  Study: Housing Woes Connected to Child Abuse PHOENIX - Housing woes appear to open the door to child abuse, according to a new study based on data from children's hospitals and the real estate market. Housing stress is persistent in Arizona, with counties such as Maricopa, Pinal, Mohave and Sant ...
• Report: Profit Motive May Be Influencing Immig ...
  Report: Profit Motive May Be Influencing Immigration Policies PHOENIX, Ariz. - The for-profit prison sector would have been hit hard by the Great Recession had it not been for expanded federal immigration enforcement. That's according to a just-released report by The Sentencing Project. ...(Read ...
• Se celebra por primera vez el Día del R&# ...
  Se celebra por primera vez el Día del Río Colorado PHOENIX – Varios estados del oeste, incluso Arizona, dependen del Río Colorado, por su agua potable y su impacto económico. Esta semana se realiza por primera vez, y en toda la región, la celebración del D&#2 ...
• Bright Future Seen as Feds Approve Pair of Uti ...
  Bright Future Seen as Feds Approve Pair of Utility-Size Arizona Solar Sites PHOENIX, Ariz. - The U.S. Interior Department has approved a final plan to fast-track utility-size solar power plants at a pair of locations west of Phoenix. ...(Read More)
• Arizona 5th Worst in Conditions for Kids
  Arizona 5th Worst in Conditions for Kids PHOENIX - Arizona has dropped to 46th among the states in how well its children are faring, according to the latest KIDS COUNT Data Book from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Arizona dropped or stayed even in several poverty-related categories including th ...

Center for Food Safety

• Food Safety Update: Center for Food Safety Com ...
  By Michele Simon Last week I had the pleasure of lending my support, on behalf of the Center for Food Safety, to New York City’s proposal to limit the size of sugary beverages sold at food service outlets. (I wrote previously about why this policy makes sense.) The hearing room at New York’s hea ...
• EPA to Beekeepers: Buzz Off
  Agency denies “imminent hazard” exists, fails to take immediate steps to protect bees from pesticides Earlier today the Environmental Protection Agency announced it formally refused to recognize that honey bees face an “imminent hazard” and denied a request by beekeepers to immediately suspend t ...
• Statement by Center for Food Safety at Nationa ...
  The Center for Food Safety (‘The Center’) joined a collection of top public interest groups today at the National Press Club to voice collective concern over the recently passed House Agriculture Committee 2012 farm bill, which reported out of committee with several agricultural biotech industry ...
• New York Times’ Oversized Argument: Organic Ca ...
  by Lisa J. Bunin, Ph.D., Organic Policy Coordinator There is no disputing the claim that organic has become “a wildly lucrative business for Big Food,” as discussed at length in the recent New York Times article: “Has ‘Organic’ Been Oversized?” But what reporter Stephanie Strom has noticeably om ...
• The Center’s Statement on House Agriculture Co ...
  Riders attacking GE crop safeguards and USDA review process remain amid growing concerns over risk to nation’s food supply The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture completed the markup of its Farm Bill yesterday evening.  Buried in the bill reported out of committee are a suite ...

Angry Indian Op-Eds

• The Best Sources for Real Estate Listings
  Posting your home into some credible Real Estate Listings are the best way you can do if you want to sell your property right away. It is not expensive either to do real estate listing. Most of home sellers nowadays have got their property listed for a very minimal amount, and most of these sell ...
• House Hopping
  House Hopping Adolescent years are a challenge. For everyone involved. Young individuals searching, yearning for their independence though not yet prepared to manage the cost/benefit scales of life. Crazed parents hurt by their child's sudden rebuttals and scared by both their loss of control ...
• Buying Property
  Buying Property In buying property, you need to know on the things on what you want to do in on your property. It also means that anything you want to wish to have in your property. It can be like a beautiful view in which you can view the sea or the city or an urbanized area. Well, people do ...
• IRA Real Estate Investments: Real Estate Investing
  IRA Real Estate Investments: Real Estate Investing Aӏmоѕt еνегуtһіng іn tһе world today wіӏӏ nеνег ӏаѕt аnԁ tһаt іѕ а fact. Obviously, tһіngѕ ѕһоυӏԁ change nо matter wһаt еνеn wіtһ tһе assets уоυ аге tгуіng tо invest іn уоυг IRA. If уоυ аге іn tһе field оf investing, уоυ wіӏӏ аn idea tһаt IR ...
• Real Estate Investing Myths
  Real Estate Investing Myths Myth #1 - Real estate investing requires money to invest. Yes, money is required for you to invest in real estate. It just does not have to be your own. Some of the options that are available are co-ownership, financing from moneylenders and the seller financing t ...

Pensieve

• Disney-Pixar Pollution
  For a movie titled “Brave” Pixar are behaving like cowards. I knew it the moment Princess Merida rode her horse out of her castle. A character song. A musical cue. Suddenly I wasn’t watching a Pixar movie, I was watching Mulan or Pocahontas. The very thought of another Disney princess is bad eno ...
• Grain
  I feel like sand crumbling in the wind. I try to take a step only to find my feet are no longer there. I am a particle, speeding away to nothingness. I was once a rock, solid, assailed by waves, broken by none. But one day I fell from the lofty cliff that was my [...] Related posts: Hurricane Al ...
• 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 ...

Green Times

• Hollande may not like it, but French nuclear i ...
  The recent meeting of European Energy Ministers has exposed a Germany-France rift on the role of nuclear power. Post-Fukushima, Germany is investing heavily in solar power; so is Italy. But a French spokesperson said efforts after 2020 must stay neutral on technologies
• Green art project
  The ARTECYCLE Sculpture Exhibition starts today (18-May). Artecycle encourages Australian and international artists to create artwork that responds to contemporary ideas surrounding the themes of environmentalism (lifestyle/environmentalism.html) and sustainability (lifestyle/sustainable-develo ...
• Environmental News 18/05/2012
  Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss Exporters face action on cattle cruelty film TWO Australian live cattle exporters have been found to have broken new animal welfare rules in Indonesia, imposed after a cruelty controversy last year. In February Animals Australia - the group that unco ...
• Mass consumption is killing the environment...
  Abundance (glossary/categories/wildlife/abundance.html), mass consumption, capitalism (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t rct=j q= esrc=s source=web cd=1 ved=0CIoBEBYwAA url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCapitalism ei=Wd6xT9bLMqKLmQXDyoi3CQ usg=AFQjCNEs9weTxH-ZiwZr_DR6I1eSy9IHpA sig2=3F5nMo ...
• Environmental News 17/05/2012
  Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss Richmond Valley says no to new coal seam gas The Richmond Valley Council is reconsidering its position on the coal-seam industry. It was the only far north coast council to speak in favour of the industry when a parliamentary inquiry visited the regi ...

The Briefing Room | Investigate

• New Zealand couple thrown in Bali jail, wife p ...
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• Vitamin D – the new book that could save your ...
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• Chemical linked to low IQ found in sunscreens
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Israel-The Only Democracy in the Middle East?

• A New Bio-Gas System in Palestinian Susya
  in May 2010, the Bio-Gas project was launched to install systems for producing gas from sheep and goat dung for the domestic energy needs of the Palestinian hamlet of Susya (Susiya). This project was the initiative of Yair Teller, together with The Villages Group and Arava Institute. The first 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 ...

Politics in the Zeros

• Paul Ryan voting record will not please libert ...
  From Judy Morris, right wing libertarian who also posts at The Humble Libertarian which is run by Wes Messamore, my fellow editor at Independent Voter Network. Wes and I both note that lefties and libertarians have more than a few overlapping political views.The military theme of the announcemen ...
• Download an AR-15 assault rifle using 3D printing
  Continuing the meme I’ve been discussing lately, 3D printing is disruptive technology that flies ahead of laws and governments.When guns can be downloaded and manufactured reliably, that’s when gun control as it is currently understood goes completely out the window. It becomes obsol ...
• Texas Hippie Coalition – Pissed Off and Mad Ab ...
  The post Texas Hippie Coalition – Pissed Off and Mad About It appeared first on Politics in the Zeros.
• “Hands Off Syria” and Other Slogans of Assad’s ...
  On August 6, Australian supporters of Bashar al-Assad’s murderous regime rallied and marched under the slogan “hands off Syria!”That the Syrian regime’s sycophants should demand a “hands off” policy from Washington, London, and Melbourne is logical. They do no ...
• 3D printing Is disruptive technology with poli ...
  3D printing, the ability to print three-dimensional objects, is quickly becoming mainstream. This is classic disruptive technology, a new way of doing things that makes current technology obsolete. It will create new industries and eliminate old ones. The trend towards 3D printing cannot be stop ...

Coteret

• Yediot’s Plocker: Thank you Mossad for r ...
  On Sunday (January 9 2011), Yediot’s Itamar Eichner reported [emphasis mine; full translation here]: Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is furious with outgoing Mossad Director Meir Dagan because of the briefing Dagan gave journalists last Thursday. In the course of that briefing, Dagan sha ...
• “Rejectionist front”: Maariv detai ...
  As Israel’s diplomatic position erodes and the Palestinian Authority’s campaign for the unilateral recognition of a state in the 1967 borders gains ground, the demand for “direct negotiations” has become a central talking point of  Israeli government spokespeople. Here&#8 ...
• New Yorker editor David Remnick to Yediot: &#8 ...
  On December 24 2010, Yediot’s Friday Political Supplement ran an interview with New Yorker editor David Remnick by Adi Gold. Most of the interview was dedicated to his new biography of Barack Obama. Gold did ask a political question on Israel and Reminck’s response was very blunt. No ...
• Breaking the Silence’s landmark new book ...
  Breaking the Silence has just published a landmark collection of soldier testimonies from the Occupied Territories spanning the period 2000-2010. The 432 page book can now be browsed, downloaded and embedded here. If you read nothing else, take the time to look over the first to pages of the int ...
• Following local pressure, Adidas reconsiders s ...
  This Maariv article [full translation below] from Friday is particularly badly written and repetitive, so I’ll summarize. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat decides to hold the first Jerusalem International Marathon in March 2011. He gets Adidas to sponsor the event. An Israeli runner registers an ...

Deadline Live

• Taxpayers Billed $100 Billion For “Corpo ...
  Also See: Obama: “Let’s Repeat Auto Bailout with Every Industry”   Corporate welfare programs instituted by the Obama administration are costing American taxpayers billions of dollars and they are getting nothing in return, except the bill. According to the CATO Institute ...
• (Wash. Times) – The Civil War of 2016 U. ...
  Hypothetical? War games? As we attempt to form the “OCCUTEA” party… The FEDS are working night and day to foment a sectarian civil war. DON’T LET THEM WIN! Freedom is the answer… What’s the question?   Imagine Tea Party extremists seizing control of a Sou ...
• Introducing the Gulf State Despots: 10 Facts a ...
    Astounding hypocrisy, self-censorship, and complicity by the West regarding one of the most regressive regimes on Earth. by Tony Cartalucci August 9, 2012 -  The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) comprises of 6 nations, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, the Uni ...
• “Mental Health”, Gun CONTROL and t ...
  This was passed by both houses and signed into law by George W Bush. We (Deadlinelive.info) were able to get both the McCain and Obama campaigns on the record in 2007 – they BOTH supported the legislation.   9-26-2007 Jack Blood confronts NRA spokeswoman Rachel Parsons 29:00 – 4 ...
• (Please “Boycott” me) Papa John’s ...
    WASHINGTON (CBSDC) — Papa John’s warns it will have to raise the price of its pizzas due to President Obama’s health care law. John Schnatter, CEO and founder of Papa John’s, said pizza will cost up to 14 cents more when the Affordable Care Act goes into effect in 2014.  “We’re not suppor ...

The Air Vent

• NH Sea Ice Heading for Record Minimum?
  From Cryosphere Today: Seeing the yellow line drop so far below the historic curves with much of the melt season ahead of us means we are probably on the way to a new record minimum for the Northern hemisphere.   Correspondingly, NH Sea ice anomaly is approaching the second lowest value in histo ...
• Surface Stations Project Hits Paydirt
  It seems as always, I don’t have much time.   I have been waiting for this to break for a long time now, holding my tongue through a lot of critique from the usual advocate trolls.  This extraordinary moment in climate science is FAR to important not to call attention to and I will absolut ...
• Surface Stations Project Hits Paydirt
  It seems as always, I don’t have much time.   I have been waiting for this to break for a long time now, holding my tongue through a lot of critique from the usual advocate trolls.  This extraordinary moment in climate science is FAR to important not to call attention to and I will absolut ...
• CG File Date Timeline
  An interesting Climategate timeline discussion has started in a recent Blackboard thread.
• CG Filedate Timeline
  An interesting Climategate timeline discussion has started in a recent Blackboard thread.

Focal Point

• Spencer Soper Wins Sidney Award for Exposing B ...
  Business reporter Spencer Soper of The Morning Call has won the October Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman foundation for his expose of Dickensian conditions in Amazon.com's warehouse in Pennsylvania. Temperatures inside the "fulfillment center" soared to over 100 degrees over the summ ...
• Spencer Soper Wins Sidney Award for Exposing B ...
  Business reporter Spencer Soper of The Morning Call has won the October Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman foundation for his expose of Dickensian conditions in Amazon.com's warehouse in Pennsylvania. Temperatures inside the "fulfillment center" soared to over 100 degrees over the summer ...
• Spencer Soper Wins Sidney Award for Exposing B ...
  Business reporter Spencer Soper of The Morning Call has won the October Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman foundation for his expose of Dickensian conditions in Amazon.com's warehouse in Pennsylvania. Temperatures inside the "fulfillment center" soared to over 100 degrees over the summer ...
• Bachmann's Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric is Bad Scienc ...
  Hey, Michele Bachmann, you know who was really, really pro-vaccination? The Founding Fathers. Read all about it in my new article at The Nation. George Washington argued for mandatory inoculation of citizens against smallpox and mandated the inoculation of the Continental Army, under the ...
• Bachmann's Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric is Bad Scienc ...
  Hey, Michele Bachmann, you know who was really, really pro-vaccination? The Founding Fathers. Read all about it in my new article at The Nation. George Washington argued for mandatory inoculation of citizens against smallpox and mandated the inoculation of the Continental Army, under the . ...

Inside Facebook

• Facebook privacy settlement approved, Netflix ...
  Facebook privacy settlement finalized - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said today that Facebook finalized its settlement related to charges that it deceived users when it changed their privacy settings in 2009. The settlement requires the social network to give users notice and … Contin ...
• Sweepstakes, Olympic Game City, Puzzle Chasers ...
  Aptivada’s Sweepstakes app led our list of emerging Facebook applications by monthly active users this week with 110 percent gain. We define emerging applications as those that ended with between 100,000 and 1 million MAU in the past week. This week’s top apps grew … Continue r ...
• Report: Gannett to acquire Facebook ad optimiz ...
  Gannett Co., which owns USA Today and a number of digital media properties, has agreed to buy Facebook ad tech company BLiNQ Media for $92 million, according to TechCrunch sources. Gannett, which already owns rich media ad company PointRoll and full-service digital … Continue reading →
• Facebook now reports fan impressions so page o ...
  Facebook has added four new metrics to its Insights API that help page owners understand how many fans versus non-fans are seeing their posts. Starting this week, Facebook is providing the following new metrics: Post impressions fan – The number … Continue reading →
• Don’t like Facebook ads? Facebook wants to kno ...
  Facebook has recently begun asking users to “tell us what you like” after they hide an ad. The module then links to the page discovery browser, which presents a number of pages that users can Like and add to their … Continue reading →

Truthout - Tweets

• truthout: Corporate "Sin-Washing" - Embracing ...
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• truthout: Meet Four Fictional Veterans the Who ...
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• truthout: In the Shadow of Paraguay's Coup: So ...
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• truthout: Twelve Things You Should Know About ...
  truthout: Twelve Things You Should Know About Vice Presidential Candidate Paul Ryan http://t.co/FoPOmFNk #Romney #PaulRyan #Election2012
• truthout: UN Should Get Rid of Cholera Epidemi ...
  truthout: UN Should Get Rid of Cholera Epidemic That It Brought to #Haiti http://t.co/UgT69GXx @UN

ReDress News

• Incarcerated inside Israel: Palestinians tortu ...
  Graham Peebles views Israel's arbitrary detention and treatment of Palestinians and its incessant violations of prisoners' rights, and argues that it is time that Israel "was treated as the criminal state it is" and that action is taken to enforce the repeated demands for justice, including subj ...
• Grace Halsell: courageous truth-seeker and deb ...
  Stuart Littlewood looks at how American journalist Grace Halsell exposed the un-Christian wart among Christians, the "Christian Zionist movement", which believes that it is "perfectly acceptable to give the green light to whatever it is Israel wants and then conceal this from the American people ...
• Mitt Romney: pioneering new frontier in US ele ...
  Jamal Kanj argues that US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's stint at prostitution in Israel "broke a long held American taboo against seeking foreign money in US elections" and that "fundraising in foreign capitals could become the new frontier in US presidential campaign financing".
• Mitt Romney: conduct unbecoming of a president ...
  Stuart Littlewood explores the propaganda of US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's "special adviser" on foreign policy, Dan Senor, an apprentice of the Israel lobby AIPAC and organizer of Romney's recent trip to Israel during which he indulged in a spectacular display of racism and ignorance abo ...
• Jewish secularism - the defining framework of ...
  In a critique of an analysis by former Israeli parliament speaker Avraham Burg of how the Israeli-US relationship has evolved, Gilad Atzmon argues that Jewish secularism, not Judaism, should be credited with Israel's most salient characteristics: racism, narcissism and exploitation.

Amazon Rainforest

• Peru police clashes with illegal gold miners: ...
  Thousands of illegal gold miners battled police for control of a regional capital in the Amazon basin on Wednesday and at least three people were killed by gunfire.  Outnumbered riot police fired tear gas against miners who wielded clubs and rocks and tried to seize strategic facilities in Puert ...
• Brazil to Dilma: Fulfill campaign promise!
    The Forest Code is dwindling, and with it the Brazilian forests. Soon to be voted in the House, the text that distorts the country’s main environmental law was the target of a demonstration today in Brasilia, which brought together social movements and environmental groups, asking the Pr ...
• European energy corporation plans to flood Rai ...
  Spanish energy cooperation Endesa (subsidiary enterprise of the Italian Enel cooperation) is builiding a giant hydro-electric power plant next to the River Magdalena, Colombia- The construction work has started today- the protest camps of the local farmers and fishermen have been evacuated by fo ...
• Plastic eating Fungi discovered in Amazon Rain ...
  The group of students, part of Yale’s annual Rainforest Expedition and Laboratory with molecular biochemistry professor Scott Strobel, ventured to the jungles of Ecuador. The mission was to allow “students to experience the scientific inquiry process in a comprehensive and creative way.&#8 ...
• Justice for 8year girl burned alive by loggers ...
  Loggers in Brazil captured an eight-year-old girl from one of the Amazon’s last uncontacted tribes and burned her alive as part of a ‘campaign’ to force the indigenous population from its land! Sign Petition and share: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/813/288/541/ The ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

• Barack Obama, His Mother, and the CIA
  So Why the Omission? William Blum In his autobiography, Dreams From My Fathers, Barack Obama writes of taking a job at some point after graduating from Columbia University in 1983. He describes his employer as “a consulting house to multinational corporations” in New York City, and h ...
• The EyeOpener- Sentient World Simulation: Meet ...
  The NSA’s illegal warrantless wiretapping programming. The building of the massive NSA data center in Utah to permanently store copies of all digital communication sent around the world. The UK government’s “Communications Data Bill” to monitor emails, instant messages an ...
• Donald Rumsfeld Returns to Georgia
  The War-Tested & Conflict-Ready Pentagon-NATO Surrogate Army in Georgia By Rick Rozoff Only reported in English on the website of the Georgian Ministry of Defense, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld visited Georgia for a week in late June. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, NATO’s ...
• We are Almost Back
  We were one of the unfortunate 1.5 million hit by the violent storms and still do not have our broadband service – but expect that to be corrected by tomorrow. Thank you for patience.
• Soothing the Beast: Saturday Night BFP-Jamiol ...
  Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – “Ohio” (1970) Kent State University Neil Young wrote and composed “Ohio” after seeing a picture of the Kent State University shootings of May 4, 1970. He performed it with his band mates David Crosby, Steven Stills and Graham Youn ...

Afro Spear

• sat’day riddymz
• “Eric Holder’s Plantation” by Derr ...
  Op-ed submission by Project 21 It’s said Lyndon Baines Johnson used voter fraud to win his 1948 Senate primary campaign. In 1954, then-Senator Johnson orchestrated a law prohibiting church involvement in electoral politics. Yet it was LBJ’s presidential library where Attorney General Eric Holder ...
• sat’day riddymz
• Byts and Bytes
  Two Classes, Divided by “I Do” The Morehouse Male Initiative: Black Male Statistics Obama’s Scramble for Africa Mauritania: Slavery’s Last Stronghold Echwalu Photography
• “False Claims of Voter Suppression‏&#822 ...
  Op-ed submission by Project 21 Benjamin Jealous, the president and CEO of the NAACP, heartily embraces the absurd assertion of the left that asking someone to simply prove their identity in order to participate in the sacred honor of casting a ballot is thinly-veiled voter suppression and an ass ...

Expose the BNP

• Expose the BNP: activists’ meeting
  Over the summer we have seen the extreme right enter parliament in Sweden and racist deportations of Roma people from France. Here at home the EDL have continued to target cities with Muslim communities, while the police are bringing trumped-up charges against anti-fascists. November 6 sees a na ...
• Rotherham fascist leads secret double life
  A BNP activist is living a secret double life, desperate to prevent his employers from finding out about his extremist views – despite having stood as a candidate in last month’s election. Tom Holmes (25) received 715 votes in the recent elections for Rotherham Council but has managed to keep hi ...
• Nick Griffin humiliated in Barking defeat
  The British National Party have suffered a humiliating defeat in the general election when Nick Griffin failed to gain a Westminster seat for the East London ward of Barking. Labour MP Margaret Hodge secured the seat with a 16,000 majority, with Griffin trailing third after the Conservative cand ...
• Ten questions that expose Nick Griffin
  On the day that the BNP launches its election manifesto, Expose the BNP has researched 10 questions for journalists to put to the BNP leader, the answers to which reveal him to be a deeply racist, anti-Semitic Holocaust denier who boasts about his criminal past. 1. In which year did you stop den ...
• Workshy Griffin left his parents penniless
  On yesterday’s Today programme, BNP leader Nick Griffin told the Radio Four audience that “Liberal economics … have utterly bankrupted this country.” The truth is that Nick Griffin was himself declared bankrupt in 1991. Over several years thereafter he destroyed his parents’ finances as we ...

Ode Magazine

• Sonic boon
  A search for the healing power of sound I’m lying in A bed that’s as hard as nails with a series of strings along the sides and two gongs above my head. It’s known as a gong bath, and Gwen de Jong, a practitioner of sound healing at Spirit Connection in Amsterdam ...
• The secret’s in the sauce
  What my father’s recipe for pasta marinara says about the future of capitalism As the daughter of a Neapolitan, I grew up eating pasta with marinara sauce. My father didn’t always make it from scratch, but he did so often enough for me to follow his recipe through memories. Fr ...
• Clean water, clean energy
  In the prosperous West, we generally only get worked up about clean water and electricity when the bill arrives in the mail, and we discover that once again, we’ve been showering too long and leaving the lights on too often. But in many parts of the world, people can only dream ...
• Blocking CO2 to beat malaria
  Mosquitoes are so difficult to elude because they pursue us via the CO2 exhaled in our breath. That’s annoying when we’re relaxing outside on a summer evening, but it’s devastating for the 200 to 300 million people who contract malaria annually. More than 1 millio ...
• A winter’s tale
  Celebrating the return of the bald eagle In the Iowa winter, as the poet Robert Hass wrote, “a farmer’s dreams are narrow,” and autumn can inspire me with a kind of dread as I work in the garden that will soon be buried under snow. But this coming winter, as the ...

OpEd News

• The Dispossessed Majority
  Which do you want? The Republican panderer to the rich and Israel whose foreign policy is war or the Democrat panderer to the rich and Israel whose foreign policy is war? As Gerald Celente wrote in the July issue of the Trends Journal, americans "argue among themselves why their freak is better ...
• Chris Hedges' 'Genocide' Jeremiad: More Heat t ...
  Not every great activist is a great writer or thinker or essayist. I urge Chris Hedges to make his semi-political, religious writing as good as his political leadership.
• A Letter in Song Titles 2
  A call to action all in song titles with links!
• The Ballad of Romney Hood
  President Obama calls Romney's tax plan Robin Hood in reverse. Well here is my Ballad of Romney Hood.
• The Step Down Revolution of Ted Cruz
  Barring a small miracle, Texas is fated to be represented by an inexperienced ideologue, Ted Cruz, who's never even been elected dog-catcher and is beholden to a lunatic fringe of the Republican party. It's fitting somehow that Texas is a red state. We all should be red from the sheer embarrassm ...

Switchboard

• Latin America Climate, Energy and Environment ...
  Amanda Maxwell, Latin America Advocate, Washington, DC Chile The planned $8 billion capital increase by Chilean energy holding company, Enersis, has created new uncertainty about the HidroAysén dam project.  Many Chileans are accusing ...
• Watching the river flow - the complex effect o ...
  Sylvia Fallon, Senior Scientist, Washington, DC Bristol Bay in southwest Alaska supports the world’s greatest wild salmon fishery.  And now scientists have a new understanding why: water temperature and stream flow.   Varia ...
• Piscatorial Powerlessness
  Matt Skoglund, Wildlife Advocate, Livingston, Montana   Two Saturdays ago, I hiked into a small stream in the Park to self-administer some backcountry-trout-stream therapy, which Yellowstone offers in abundance. It was a great day, and badly ...
• Statement in Response to House Oversight Repor ...
  Roland Hwang, Transportation Program Director, San Francisco As soon as next week, President Obama is expected to announce the final details of an historic agreement that will raise auto fuel efficiency standard to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025 ...
• Where the bike commuters are, mapped & analyzed
  Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC   Check out this map produced by the League of American Bicyclists and posted on the graphics site Visual.ly.  The fonts are small - this image looks intended for a wall, n ...

Lawyers,Guns,& Money

• A parable
  It’s fourth down and seven with two outs in the bottom of the ninth of the Super Bowl of Sport. COACH ROMNEY calls a timeout. COACH ROMNEY: Brees, I’m going to have to take you out. DREW BREES: Why Coach? I’m just about throw a strike-out on the winning drive! COACH ROMNEY: I k ...
• And the “Centrist” Rush to Praise ...
  Now this is a good, old-fashioned Slate pitch from Will Saletan. In addition to the countless other problems — in what sense is the conservatism of Ryan not the conservatism of Boehner and McConnell? — he has James Stewart’s problem of projecting things onto Ryan’s agenda ...
• Mittens/Zombie-Eyed Granny Starver
  At least that’s what sources say. If so, that the Republican campaign is class warfare on behalf of the plutocracy has just become more explicit. A very good summary of Ryan here if you scroll down, with the caveat that it’s also important to emphasize that implying that Ryan cares a ...
• Catfood For All!
  Who else is just ecstatic at the possibility of Catfood Commission Erskine Bowles as Secretary of the Treasury? I know I can’t wait for the Obama Administration to start negotiations with Republicans on the deficit with the principle of eviscerating Medicare and Social Security. I’m ...
• Would someone please teach these people how to ...
  Every quarter I tell my students a joke. I tell them that I’ll let them plagiarize so long as they paraphrase their source material and attribute the original idea to its author or put it between quotation marks and identify where they found it. They usually stare at me agog for a seconds ...

Desert Research Institute

• DRI attaining renewable energy power sources f ...
  Significant progress has been made on two renewable energy projects that is not only cost effective, but ultimately will contribute to the long-term efforts in sustainability by reducing the amount of electricity the Desert Research Institute needs from the utility grid.
• Hallar Named Regents' Rising Researcher
  The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents presented Gannet Hallar, Ph.D. of the Desert Research Institute (DRI) with the 2012 Rising Researcher Award in acknowledgment of her contributions to the field of atmospheric science and her potential for future accomplishments.  
• DRI scientists conduct climate change research ...
  Dr. Eric Wilcox and graduate student Nic Beres research pollution’s effects on clouds in the island nation most threatened by climate change.
• Governor praises DRI’s METRIC program
  Speaking at an important state-wide water summit in March, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval lauded DRI’s METRIC program calling its Landsat satellite technology an important tool in monitoring water usage.
• Governor praises DRI’s METRIC program
  Speaking at an important state-wide water summit in March, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval lauded DRI’s METRIC program calling its Landsat satellite technology an important tool in monitoring water usage.

Earth Techling

• Audi R8 e-tron Electric Car Gets Fancy Digital ...
• Student-Designed FlashFood App Reduces Food Waste
• The Shipping Container Home At Home In The Woods
• Future Uncertain for Wind PTC Despite Committe ...
• Large Arizona Solar, Wind Power Projects On Fa ...

National Law Journal | U.S.

• THE 2012 SURVEY OF LAW FIRM ECONOMICS
  Law firms, particularly midsize and smaller players, continued to face a challenging revenue picture during the last year, our latest survey of firm finances shows. But they appear to have done a better job of managing expenses to keep profitability and partner compensation high.
• The Legal Times Awards: Champions & Visionaries
  In this fifth annual special section, we honor Washington lawyers in two categories: Champions, those who have upheld the profession's core values through public service, pro bono efforts and advocacy for civil liberties, and Visionaries, attorneys whose business or legal acumen has expanded the ...
• THE CONNECTED LAWYER: Which lawyers need coaching?
  The quickest and most effective way to turn a lawyer into a rainmaker is through business-development coaching. So how do you pick the right lawyers to coach?
• OPINION: A new trade pact for the 21st century
  Doha Round minipackage reflects today's trade reality.
• OPINION: Unconstitutional surveillance
  New York City has failed to show that its far-reaching program, burrowing deep into the lives and institutions of area Muslim communities, serves a 'compelling' interest or is necessary to accomplish that interest.

How Shall We Do The Mountain ?

• Community Workshop in Tioga County on Environm ...
  The Clean Air Council and Penn Environment, state-wide environmental groups, will give an educational workshop in Tioga County for residents of north-central Pennsylvania on Saturday, March 24, 1-4 PM. The training will be held at the W.M. Tokishi Training Center, NYPUM Drive, Wellsboro, PA 1690 ...
• New State Impact PA App
  Since I now live in south central PA (I moved south from Tioga County; north central PA) and have less access to the center of the gas drilling, I frequently use State Impact PA as a resource as well as tune in to WITF radio on my commutes to work, when I’m not pedaling my [...]
• OilandGasHelp.com
  I happen to be looking for the location of a specific Northwest Savings Bank in PA and when I pulled up their website I found the below link. http://www.oilandgashelp.com/ It looks like Northwest Savings Bank has put together a section of their website to answer questions or help folks who are c ...
• The Passage of House Bill 1950…
  I thought I’d highlight a few of the items that I find horrifying that passed with house bill 1950 during yesterdays vote. Municipalities will no longer be safe from drilling and the acceptable distances of drilling pads and compressor stations from homes or public spaces, such as schools, ...
• Update on PA Roads Effected by Gas Drilling fr ...
  From the DCNR website: In recent years there has been a marked increase in natural gas activity in state forests in north central Pennsylvania . Visitor experiences and road usage can be impacted by this activity. Loyalsock State Forest Bodine Mountain Road: Heavy gas activity is to be expected ...

News Blaze

• BOE Set to Visit Retailers Statewide to Check ...
  The visits are intended to educate retailers and business owners on sales and use tax reporting responsibilities, increase tax compliance, and help make the state's tax system fair and equal for all Californians.
• US Imposes Sanctions on Syrian State-Run Oil C ...
  Mr. Ventrell cites that in April of this year, Syria and Iran engaged in two-way trade in the energy sector, in which Syria sent 33,000 metric tons of gasoline to Iran.
• Romney Announces House Budget Committee Chair ...
  With poll numbers lumbering behind President Barack Obama, Mitt Romney's campaign has decided to shake things up a bit by announcing their pick for presumptive GOP vice-presidential running mate. Whom did they decide to pick?
• Suicide Attack Kills USAID Officer in Afghanistan
  The fallen Ragaei Abdelfattah was a former master planner for Prince George's County who had come from Egypt and worked with the United States.
• Unemployed Seniors Citizens Face Unique Problems
  Government reports indicate the number of seniors in the workforce has been increasing steadily in recent years and that by 2014 the number of older workers and retirees going back to work will have increased by as much as 74%.

environment 360

• Interview: The Need to Think Big in Global Con ...
  Steven E. Sanderson, who stepped down as president and CEO of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) this summer, has seen the good, the bad, and the ugly in his 12 years as head of one of the world’s largest Julie Larsen Maher © WCS Steven E. Sanderson conservation groups. Although glo ...
• California Meets 20 Percent of Electricity Dem ...
  California power utilities are now achieving more than 20 percent of the state’s electricity needs with renewable energy sources, state regulators say. In its latest quarterly report, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) said that the state met 20.6 percent of its Getty Images ...
• Rise in Extreme Heat Events Linked to Climate ...
  A new NASA study has found that extreme heat events are far more likely to occur than five decades ago, a phenomenon that researchers link to climate change. In an analysis of long-term statistical trends, a team of researchers led by James Hansen of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies de ...
• Shrimp Farms’ Tainted Legacy Is Target of Cert ...
  As shrimp aquaculture has boomed globally to keep pace with surging demand, the environmental toll on mangroves and other coastal ecosystems has been severe. Now, conservation groups and some shrimp farmers are creating a certification scheme designed to clean up the industry and reward sustaina ...
• U.S. Meat Producers Call for Pause in Ethanol ...
  U.S. meat, poultry, and dairy producers are urging the Obama administration to suspend a quota for corn-based ethanol production, warning that the renewable fuels standard could trigger a food crisis as a prolonged Getty Images drought pushes corn and soybean prices to record levels. In a le ...

Red Ice Creations

• "Hunt for Assange on, Sweden a tool of US"
  "Swedish authorities have declined Ecuador’s invitation to question Julian Assange in its London embassy - without any meaningful explanation, according to Wikileaks’ twitter feed. The whistleblower has been holed-up in the Latin American country’s diplomatic mission for over six weeks now, seek ...
• The Alchemical Secrets of Glastonbury Tor
  Since its starring role in Danny Boyle’s Olympic opening ceremony, friends have been asking me about the magical significance of Glastonbury Tor. Well, I don’t profess to know everything about the Tor. I doubt there are many that do. But I do live here in Glastonbury and, as a shaman, when I wal ...
• The Recently Revealed Mayan Alien Artifacts - ...
  Recently there has been a substantial amount of skeptical interest in what appears to be full disclosure from the Mexican government in regards to never before seen Mayan artifacts clearly depicting aliens and spacecraft. I immediately started to do some digging because on the surface this seeme ...
• Ancient Hunter-Gatherers Burned Same Amount of ...
  Results from a new study reveal that there is no difference between the energy expenditure of modern hunter-gatherers and Westerners, challenging the widely accepted theory that today’s sedentary lifestyle in Western countries is the reason for rising obesity levels. It is surprising because mod ...
• Warrior king statue discovered in ancient Medi ...
  It guarded upper citadel of a Neo-Hittite kingdom’s capital about 738 B.C. in Turkey A newly discovered statue of a curly haired man gripping a spear and a sheath of wheat once guarded the upper citadel of an ancient kingdom’s capital. The enormous sculpture, which is intact from about the waist ...

Russia Today

• Medical mystery over discarded embryos: Stem-c ...
  Medical experts and investigators are pondering the origins of more than 200 human embryos found disposed in the Urals. Speculation ranges from illegal abortions to illegal stem-cell research. Read Full Article at RT.com
• Dirty Deeds: Iranian nuclear program hit by 'A ...
  Iranian nuclear facilities have been reportedly attacked by a “musical” virus, turning personal computers in laboratories on at nighttime and starting playing AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” out loud. Read Full Article at RT.com
• Typhoon Vincente slams Hong Kong (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
  The strongest storm in 10 years has hit Hong Kong, with dozens in hospitals and hundreds seeking refuge in shelters. Read Full Article at RT.com
• Top US Commander accused of stalling Afghanist ...
  A Congressional hearing on a delayed probe into a US-funded Afghan military hospital has aroused concerns that rampant corruption hampers the NATO occupation. An official cited “Auschwitz-like conditions” at the... Read Full Article at RT.com
• ‘Fall of EU could help a new Hitler come to power’
  The political and economical crisis of the EU might help a new European Hitler to emerge, warns historian Geoffrey Roberts. He believes the current rise of ultra-nationalism in Europe resembles that one of 1930s as... Read Full Article at RT.com

Not My Tribe

• Al jazeera reports on the widespread use of to ...
  The US government is always talking about Chinese human rights abuses, and China has begun to respond with discussing the US’s own bad situation where human rights abuses are also very widespread. Unfortunately most Americans themselves are unaware that this is so. Al jazeera has an import ...
• Steve Bass found guilty of camping not occupyi ...
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.– You may have underestimated the importance of today’s Camping Ban trial. The local media, social justice community and rights watchdogs certainly did. But judging from the police force on hand and the elaborate lock-downs placed on the jury pools, it was evid ...
• Wade Michael Page, made by the US military
  Wade Michael Page is the loser trained in the US military who went into the Sikh temple in Wisconsin killing innocent people. Where did he learn his hate from? Page served as a psychological operations specialist in the US Army from April 1992 to October 1998. Before he left the Army at the rank ...
• A few of the ‘Let’s Help the Vet&# ...
  There is a lot more of this sort of fraud surrounding our US military than just this one charity. In fact, our whole military-industrial complex is built on fraud. Help Hospitalized Veterans, Veterans Charity, Accused Of Squandering Millions
• Alfred E Neuman, possible Mitt Romney VP selec ...
  What? Me worry?

Debunking the Debunkers

• Statement For 9/11 Justice Off To A Great Start
  Jon Gold CindySheehanSoapbox.blogspot.com 8/9/2012 Recently, I wrote a petition for people to sign called a "Statement For 9/11 Justice." As of right now, there are 278 signatures. Not bad considering it was posted 5 days ago. Some of the people that have signed it that you may have heard o ...
• Noam Chomsky debunked on 9/11 Truth!
  Far too often I've had people tell me that they refuse to discuss 9/11 Truth because Noam Chomsky rejects it. So here is my rebuttal to Chomsky's misinformed, fallacious, and downright bizarre statements about 9/11 conspiracies.
• New York City 9/11/2012
  The goal of this website is to hopefully encourage activists, politicians, celebrities, whistleblowers, alternative media, truthers, infowarriors, and anyone that believes we need a new investigation into the events surrounding September 11th, 2001 to come to New York this coming September. ...
• New 9/11 parody song
  Produced for "Stew's Conspiracy Funhouse" podcast. Dark humor for paranoid people. Subscribe for free on iTunes or listen from source. Enjoy!: http://conspiracyfunhouse.libsyn.com/
• Cowardly AIA Panders to Political Correctness
  One thing I have absolutely zero respect for is when people critique a book or documentary film without even reading or watching it. A recent article in Architect Magazine seems like a clear example of this, except the author supposedly did watch the film he's critiquing. You wouldn't think it t ...

Fooducate

• Carrots or Cake? Getting Kids to Make the Righ ...
  Go Go Mongo! New here?  Get our iPhone or Android App to scan & choose healthy groceries!  Or try Fooducate on the Web! This is a guest blog post by Ahmed Siddiqui. Calories, sodium, protein, fat, are all parts of a nutrition label.  Although these bits of information are important to unders ...
• Nutrition Confusion: What is the Percent Daily ...
  New here?  Get our iPhone or Android App to scan & choose healthy groceries!  Or try Fooducate on the Web! This is a guest blog post by Richard Perlmutter, MS One of the most significant sources of information on the Nutrition Facts panel of packaged foods and beverages is the % Daily Value ...
• Neat Trick to Get Your Kids to Eat More Veggies
  New here?  Get our iPhone or Android App to scan & choose healthy groceries!  Or try Fooducate’s Online Nutrition App! Here’s a neat trick to get your kids to eat more vegetables during a meal. Instead of offering a side of just carrots, offer a variety, for example carrots, broccoli, ...
• Will Sodium & Fat Reduction Efforts Lead to a ...
  New here?  Get our iPhone or Android App to scan & choose healthy groceries!  Or try Fooducate’s Online Nutrition App! A very interesting article published in the New York Times earlier this week goes into a detailed description of the efforts undertaken by the dairy industry to improve the ...
• Why Manufacturers DON’T Want Nutrition Labels ...
  New here?  Get our iPhone or Android App to scan & choose healthy groceries!  Or try Fooducate on the Web! For years, we have been proponents of improved nutrition labeling on food products. There are various loopholes and tricks manufacturers use to embellish the nutritional value of their ...

Traffikd

• Twitter Step by Step
  Twitter management can be a daunting task. There are a lot of articles telling you the do's and don'ts of Twitter, however it can still be difficult to pin down exactly what you should be doing each day step by step. If you are having a hard time getting organized and keeping up with everything ...
• SEO Tips For Your Blog and Business
  When was the last time you thought about your site beyond adding content? It is probably time to take a look at how things are organized. When you started the site you had certain goals, ideas and experiences, now as time has passed it is a good idea to take another look at those goals [...]
• How To Choose Keywords
  Every day millions of searches are performed on the internet and all of those search terms are saved and provided to us to peruse at our discretion. Unfortunately, on the other hand, there are millions of searches performed every day on the internet and ALL that data is saved and provided to us ...
• Why Social Media Isn’t Working For You
  So you took the first step and signed yourself up for some social media sites and started marketing yourself and now you're waiting for the traffic to start rolling in. You've done your research about social media marketing and everyone tells you to find followers, engage them and turn them into ...
• How Do I Tweet – Writing the $6 Million Dollar ...
  Twitter recently made claims that they had reached 100 million users. A fairly impressive feat to be sure, and that is reflected in the pull people give to twitter as a social media outlet. Great tweets can make you a star as fast bad ones can kill your image. Most of the time tweets just pass ...

Survival International

• New audio slideshow of ‘Tribes from the air’ m ...
  Aerial photographs of uncontacted Indians in Brazil caught the world’s imagination.© Gleison Miranda/FUNAI/SurvivalSurvival has published an aerial photographic gallery of tribes and their lands to mark the 18th UN International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. In a unique collaboration o ...
• Guarani Indians to take demands to Inter-Ameri ...
  Brazil's Guarani are demanding that the government protects their land © Survival Brazil’s Guarani Indians have announced that they will take their government to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, over its failure to protect their land. The Guarani said in a statement that they ...
• Victory for Indians as court blocks oil project
  Sarayaku President José Gualinga speaks before the Inter-American Court © Inter-American Court of Human Rights The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has ruled in favour of Ecuador’s Kichwa Indians in a case against a controversial oil project that has destroyed parts of their land. Sara ...
• Judge halts rail project close to Earth’s most ...
  More than 30,000 people have urged Brazil’s Justice Minister to save Earth’s most threatened tribe. © D Pugliese/ Survival A judge has ordered Brazil’s largest mining company to suspend plans to double a controversial railway track, which would have put the livelihoods of Earth’s most threa ...
• Revealed: secret agenda of ranchers to steal u ...
  Ranching firms are destroying the land of Paraguay's uncontacted tribes. © GAT / Survival The secret agenda of a huge ranching firm in Paraguay has been exposed by satellite photos showing a newly-constructed reservoir. The reservoir reveals the firm’s intention to clear nearby ...

Greg Palast

• Why We Occupy - Greg Palast Live!
  Get the DVD of Greg Palast LIVE from the Vultures' Picnic speaking tour. Undercover at the Vultures' Picnic, Greg Palast rips the sheets off the One Percent. Palast shows you the documents marked "secret" and "confidential" from the files of Chevron, Goldman Sachs, Koch Industries, the IMF, WTO ...
• 7 Ways to Beat the Ballot Bandits
  Print me out, use me, spread me around! 7 Ways to Beat the Ballot Bandits 1. Don’t Don’t DON’T Mail In Your Ballot For those of you who mailed in your ballot, please tell me, what happened to it? You don’t know, do you? I can tell you that in the last election, half a million absentee ballots ...
• Congo Vultures Bagged
  Vulture fund's $100m DR Congo claim blocked By Meirion Jones BBC Newsnight Bid to block $100m 'vulture' debt The Privy Council has ruled that a "vulture fund" cannot collect $100m from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The award was against Congo's state-owned mining company Gecamines who su ...
• Can we list your Group in our Election Guide?A ...
  We need you to join Operation PUSH, Rock the Vote, People for the American Way, League of United Latin American Citizens, Bobby Kennedy Jr., Thom Hartmann Show, Occupy.com and 150 other organizations.  Add your group's name to our book, website and film, Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to ...
• Fracking in Ireland and BeingDependent on Hall ...
  by Greg Palast for No Fracking Ireland No Fracking Ireland presents Greg Palast in Dublin, Today 3. July Connolly Books, Temple Bar - 1pm The Ireland Institute - 7.30pm Full info here On the 20th of April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oilrig blew out in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven men insta ...

How Can I Recycle This ?

• How can I reuse or recycle toilet seats?
  Apologies for the break in blogging – I’ve been super busy with other things over the last month. And in my absence, Recycle This had its sixth birthday! Happy Birthday website! :D Anyway, moving on: we’ve had an email from Stephanie about toilet seats: I just came into about 2 ...
• How can I reuse or recycle empty bottled gas/p ...
  Lyndon has emailed to ask about reusing – or recycling – propane gas canisters (the ones for heating, barbecues or patio heaters etc): Trying to tidy up the yard at work, what can I do with some old gas bottles? If there is a company name on the bottles (like Calor Gas, Flo Gas or [...]
• How can I reuse or recycle large (catering siz ...
  Sam has emailed asking about large food cans: I have a number of large metal food cans, some zinc lined, which are called #10 size. They hold about 5 or 6 lbs (just under 3kg) of beans, or other foods. Now that they’re empty, they are open on one end, with no plastic lid to [...]
• She recycled that! Upcycling novelty hats into ...
  Last September, Karen emailed us about the vast collection of novelty jester hats that her boyfriend had collected at various carnivals and festivals over the years. She wanted to know how she could reuse or recycle them as she hadn’t had much success giving them away. Lots of people made ...
• How can I reuse or recycle wallpaper samples?
  Following on from the paint tester pots the other week, I’ve got some wallpaper samples that have served their purpose too. I really can’t wait for our renovations to be over! Like the paint, the samples were to check out ideas/colours/designs in-situ. Some of them were torn from rol ...

Age of Autism

• So Much to Learn
  By Dan E. Burns Ben’s mother is in Los Angeles this week, so 24-year-old Ben and I are doing double duty. I promised to water her urban garden: chili peppers, onions, and tomatoes grown in pots near an alley lot...
• Enduring Memories: Prof John Walker-Smith reca ...
  By John Stone ‘Looking back I am astonished that I was able to study as many as 116 child autopsies during the period 10 October 1967 to 11 August 1969. That so many children should have died in a children’s...
• Katie Weisman of Coalition for SafeMinds Infor ...
  (Managing Editor's Note: Last month the IACC met - and Katie Weisman presented the following public comments. Read Dan Olmsted's scathing review of the meeting along with follow up from Jake Crosby and Katie Wright. Good Afternoon Dr. Insel and...
• Seth Mnookin Censors CDC, Tries Schmoozing Rob ...
  By Jake Crosby Believe it or not, vaccine industry spokesman Seth Mnookin blocked me on Twitter from responding to his tweets, not for citing anything from Age of Autism, but for citing – of all sources – the CDC. Linking...
• Anti-NMDA-Receptor Encephalitis Added to DSM A ...
  By Teresa Conrick It was last year that I reported on Anti-NMDA-Receptor Encephalitis and a connection to Autism. My daughter had some prominent symptoms and I was looking into the dynamics of this increasing medical condition. Meg tested negative and...

Global BDS Movement

• G4S loses its contract with the European Parli ...
  Campaigners had raised concerns about the role the company plays in equipping Israeli prisons in which Palestinian political prisoners are held in violation of international law
• Palestinian civil society and human rights org ...
  Marking Palestinian Prisoners Day, Palestinian organisations call for action against G4S, supplier to Israeli prisons at which political prisoners are detained
• BDS roundup: Los Angeles activists urge city t ...
  In this week’s BDS roundup from the Electronic Intifada, LA activists, international campaign urges Yves Béhar, university students in Pennsylvania protest, boycott activists, and more
• Why Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions Should ...
  The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement has been a significant instrument in the campaign to tear down Israel's democratic facade
• Scottish govt. helps Israeli company deal with BDS
  Documents obtained by the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign show how a subsidiary of an Israeli company operating in Britain turned successfully for help from the Scottish Government

Farm Wars

• They Kill with Smiles on their Faces
  An open letter to GMO pushers, whoever you are… Can you hear the night screams of those independent farmers that have been pushed over by the corporate machine? Do the cries of children writhing in pain from your toxic garbage keep you awake at night, or do you just roll over and snore, obliviou ...
• America – Just Label GMOs Already!!!
  The "it's too expensive to label GMOs" argument is FALSE! American companies already label them for export to other countries. So, why not here?
• The Battle over Genetically Modified Organisms
  Depending on which poll, and how the question is asked, between 75% and 95% of Americans believe that foods containing GMOs ought to be labeled or identified, so they have a choice about consuming them or feeding them to their children. They are opposed by giant agribusiness corporations in leag ...
• Monsanto Capitalizes on Drought and Enslaves F ...
  Monsanto is by far one of the greatest disaster capitalists around. Not only does this paraiah of a company manufacture and sell genetically engineered crops (GMOs) that actually increase drought conditions, but it is now poised to capitalize on the very same conditions that it helps to cause.
• WHY in the World Are They Spraying? Lifts Veil ...
  Recently I had the opportunity to review a screener copy of the soon to be released film “WHY in the World Are They Spraying?.” In my opinion, this film is by far the most in-depth analysis of the chemtrail/geo-engineering issue that I have seen to date, clearly outlining the motives behind this ...

Open Your Eyes News

• NASA’s new Mars landing craft Morpheus b ...
  The Telegraph – N.A.S.A. has enjoyed great success with its Curiosity landing craft in recent days but their plans to launch another space rover were brought down to earth with a fiery bump at the Kennedy Space Centre. During a so-called autonomous free-flight test, Nasa said the vehicle l ...
• Moody’s downgrades Slovenia’s bond ...
  MINA – Moody’s rating agency has downgraded Slovenia’s government bond rating by three notches — to just two above junk — due to concerns about the country’s troubled banks and rising borrowing costs, AP reports. The agency said the rating was reduced from A2 to Baa2 beca ...
• Nasa releases Mars Curiosity rover colour pano ...
  The Telegraph – The collection of new photos included a panoramic image of the Gale Crater, a vast basin where the nuclear-powered, six-wheeled rover touched down Sunday after voyaging through space for more than eight months. During a press conference in California, Nasa officials said th ...
• US Police use Taser on deaf crime victim
  KIRO TV – KIRO TV’s investigative unit has discovered Tacoma police used force to arrest and handcuff an innocent deaf woman after she called 911 for their help. Instead of an apology, she ended up bloody and in jail for nearly three days without an interpreter before a prosecutor declined ...
• Protests in Vietnam as anger over China’ ...
  Guardian – The banners, T-shirts and handwritten posters said it all. “China! Hands off Vietnam!” read one. “Shame on you, bastard neighbour,” said another. “Stop escalating, invading the East Sea of Vietnam,” a third declared. As the protesters weaved t ...

L.A. Times - Greenspace

• UCLA's new transparent solar film could be gam ...
  One of the holy grails of solar cell technology may have been found, with researchers at UCLA announcing they have created a new organic polymer that produces electricity, is nearly transparent and is more durable and malleable than silicon.
• Controversial Caribbean whaling approved with ...
  Representatives of the International Whaling Commission meeting in Panama this week have approved a controversial proposal extending the Aboriginal and Subsistence Whaling quotas for three countries: the United States, Russia and the Caribbean island nation of St. Vincent & the Grenadines.  Th ...
• Keystone XL southern leg permitted as early as ...
  As a deadline rapidly approaches that will automatically permit the construction of the southern leg of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, an increasingly vocal group of landowners, environmentalists and even tea party members are saying that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is now ramming ...
• EPA proposes more stringent soot rules
  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced proposed new regulations Thursday that would further reduce legal limits for fine particle pollution -- otherwise known as soot -- in the nation’s air. Gina McCarthy, assistant administrator for the EPA's Office of Air and Radiation, made ...
• Diesel exhaust can cause cancer, World Health ...
  Diesel engines power commerce and transportation around the world, but the exhaust they produce can prove deadly. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday that it now classifies diesel exhaust as a cause of cancer. While major advances in technology have helped clean up some dies ...

water.org

• Community Latrines in India
  Many slum communities in India have this type of shared, public latrine, which, while helpful when brand new, can deteriorate within a couple of years.
• An Empowered 6th Grader
  Parchurjya Bairagi was elected by his classmates to learn about good hygiene and sanitation, and to share what he'd learned with others. The results have reached far beyond his school walls.
• A Lighter Load in Ethiopia
  Letebrehan Gerezgiher is 24 years old and has three kids; Maytsada village is living in this small village. She says,”I used to travel two hours in the dry season in search of water and then, without taking a rest, prepare food for my children and husband, clean the house yard, and wash the chil ...
• Collecting Water in Majidpur
  A family collects drinking water from a newly installed submersible pump water supply system in the Majidpur slum of Savar in India. The water system was installed through the assistance of DSK and Water.org's WaterCredit program. At present, 19 poor households are using this water system.
• Learning About Sanitation
  Mrs. Bhagya Shrinivas is a resident of Karthikere village & panchayath Chikamagaluru district in India. She has recently married Mr. Shrinivas who is a small businessman with a small petty shop in Karthikere. They have their own house and live there alone.

Before It's News

• Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner: American ...
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• Introducing "Canadas Alex Jones", Dr. Judy Janzen

Energy Probe - Nuclear Power,Utility Reform

• The Deniers on CBC Radio's 'Ideas'
  The science is settled - is now the mantra of climate change activism? Those who disagree are either in denial or in the pay of an oil company. But long time environmentalist and energy activist Lawrence Solomon says no, the science is not settled on global warming. Ideas producer David Cayley b ...

Margaret's News

• Reinstate Teacher Who Supported Trayvon Martin ...
  arget: Superintendent Jacqueline Cassell Goal: To reinstate Brooke Harris, an eighth grade teacher who was fired after supporting a fundraiser benefitting Trayvon Martins family. The Trayvon Martin case has already caused a storm of controversy, Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World &n ...
• "Ive Been Duped" - Reflections on Israel and P ...
  Do you know the frustration you feel when you believed in something strongly and then you realize that the information that made you believe was from a source with an agenda to deceive? Submitted by Ken D. to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
• White House sees more pain for Iran as it clea ...
  Aggressive war is illegal, immoral against nations that are no threat, is nonbelligerent & it is insane! Call your Reps. Tell your friends, rouse up the good folk in your church,mosque and synagouge. We must stop this exported violence or we are screwed. Submitted by michael hall to World &nbs ...
• Study: 400 Afghan women jailed for "moral crimes"
  In this Jan. 19, 2003 file photo, Zarghona, who is in prison because she left her first husband who abused her and forced her into prostitution, holds her seven-month-old son Balal and looks out through their cell window, at the Kabul Women's Prison in Submitted by Maria V. to World  |&nb ...
• Seizure of Springs by Settlers Greatly Limits ...
  Palestinians have increasingly lost access to water sources in the West Bank as a result of the takeover of springs by Israeli settlers, who have used threats, intimidation and fences to ensure control of water points closed to tne settlements, Submitted by Naoko I. to World  |  &nbs ...

Solar Energy / Energy Boom

• Canadian Solar, Inc. Purchases First American ...
  Canadian Solar, Inc. is at it again.  Just one day after signing a 17-megawatt supply agreement with an independent power producer in Ontario, the company announced it had acquired 122 MW of solar projects in the United States. read more
• Canadian Solar, Inc. Purchases First American ...
  Canadian Solar, Inc. is at it again.  Just one day after signing a 17-megawatt supply agreement with an independent power producer in Ontario, the company announced it had acquired 122 MW of solar projects in the United States. ...
• Potentia and Canadian Solar Sign Supply Agreem ...
  Canadian Solar, Inc. has signed a 17-megawatt supply agreement with Potentia Solar, Inc.  The solar panels will be used to develop more than 100 rooftop solar projects in Ontario. read more
• Potentia and Canadian Solar Sign Supply Agreem ...
  Canadian Solar, Inc. has signed a 17-megawatt supply agreement with Potentia Solar, Inc.  The solar panels will be used to develop more than 100 rooftop solar projects in Ontario. read more
• Konarka Technologies Files for Bankruptcy
  Konarka Technologies, a developer of thin-film solar panels, has filed for bankruptcy and will begin to liquidate its assets immediately. read more

News Blaze

• BOE Set to Visit Retailers Statewide to Check ...
  The visits are intended to educate retailers and business owners on sales and use tax reporting responsibilities, increase tax compliance, and help make the state's tax system fair and equal for all Californians.
• US Imposes Sanctions on Syrian State-Run Oil C ...
  Mr. Ventrell cites that in April of this year, Syria and Iran engaged in two-way trade in the energy sector, in which Syria sent 33,000 metric tons of gasoline to Iran.
• Romney Announces House Budget Committee Chair ...
  With poll numbers lumbering behind President Barack Obama, Mitt Romney's campaign has decided to shake things up a bit by announcing their pick for presumptive GOP vice-presidential running mate. Whom did they decide to pick?
• Suicide Attack Kills USAID Officer in Afghanistan
  The fallen Ragaei Abdelfattah was a former master planner for Prince George's County who had come from Egypt and worked with the United States.
• Unemployed Seniors Citizens Face Unique Problems
  Government reports indicate the number of seniors in the workforce has been increasing steadily in recent years and that by 2014 the number of older workers and retirees going back to work will have increased by as much as 74%.

Worldnews

• Cartoon of the Day: Juventus in disarray ...
  Goal.com cartoonist Omar Momani gives us his unique take on the football news of the day More On : Juventus, Antonio Conte, Juventus vs...
• U.S., Turkey to boost operational plannin ...
  ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The United States and Turkey will expand operational planning for Syria, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Saturday after meeting Turkey's foreign minister, with both indicating no fly zones could be an option. "We have been closely coordinating over the...
• Lukaku: Di Matteo and Newton convinced me ...
  The Belgian striker was talked into a loan move to the Hawthorns by the Chelsea manager and his assistant, both of whom guided the Baggies into the Premier League...
• Advani gets front row seat after Tiwari n ...
  New Delhi: NDA Working Chairman LK Advani on Saturday moved from one row to another before he was finally seated in the front row at the swearing-in ceremony of Vice President Hamid Ansari at the Rashtrapati...
• Nigerian Equity Shed N90.43 Billion On Pr ...
  [Daily Trust]Lagos -Pessimistic trading...

Alex in Wonderland

• Report: Active-Duty Army PSYOPS Soldiers Embed ...
  To better manufacture consent, U.S. Army soldiers are embedded as intern and fellows at local TV affiliates, along with previously reported newspapers and national outlets.
• Military Welfare Budget Won’t Thin Any T ...
  Ivan Eland sat with RT to discuss the astronomical political clout held by the welfare queens of the military-industrial complex that will thwart any translation of the Pentagon's rhetoric into actual policy
• Afghan Elections Rigged on Video? (Video)
  Yes, people videotaped it and Al Jazeera broke the story.
• Fuckin’ Oil, Where Did It Went?
  With 90% of up to 4.4 million barrels of oil 'unaccounted for', it's now... still unaccounted for.
• U.S. Troops ‘Killing for Sport’ in Afghanistan ...
  Taped interrogations of four soldiers charged in theatrically slaying numerous Afghan civilians were obtained by CNN and ABC. CNN's report includes the soldiers' rampant drug abuse and a before unreported case of staging the murder of an Afghan civilian.

MY Daily Apple

• Our Genes Are Not Yet Ready For So Many Wheat- ...
  According to an expert in digestive disorders, the current rise in dietary problems related to gluten could be due to over reliance on wheat-based products...
• Programs Launched To Develop Medical Counterme ...
  Concerns about terrorist attacks, the prospect of a rogue nation using nuclear weapons and the Fukushima power plant accident in Japan are fostering efforts to develop a new family of drugs that everyone hopes will never be used, according to an article in the current edition of Chemical & Engin ...
• ScienceShot: Magnetic Tornadoes Rage on the Sun
  Pervasive swirling vortexes may heat the solar corona
• Eating Vegetables May Protect Pancreas, Study ...
  4 servings a day cut risk of acute pancreatitis by 44% compared to 1 helping, researchers say Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Nutrition, Pancreatitis
• Phylogeny: Rewriting evolution
  Tiny molecules called microRNAs are tearing apart traditional ideas about the animal family tree.

Common Dreams

• Manning Defense Calls for Dismissal of Charges ...
  US army whistleblower Private Bradley Manning, known for allegedly leaking embarrassing US cables to website WikiLeaks, is now claiming his treatment in a pre-trial military prison for nine months was extreme and harsh and warrants a complete dismissal of his case. Manning's defense also cla ...
• Scores Killed in Iran after Two Devastating Ea ...
  Two substantial earthquakes struck northwest Iran on Saturday, killing 87 people and injuring hundreds. Thousands fled their homes as aftershocks continued to hit the area, Iranian state media said. The U.S. Geological Survey measured Saturday's first quake at 6.4 magnitude 37 miles northeas ...
• Caravan for Peace: Mexican Victims of Violence ...
  “The United States should stop producing so many weapons, which cause us so much harm. That country also suffers from so much violence, as billions of dollars go into manufacturing guns.” That is the message that anti-crime activist Fernando Ocegueda will take to the public in the Un ...
• Two Attacks in One Day Leave Six US Soldiers D ...
  Three more foreign soldiers, reported to be US marines, were killed at a NATO base Friday night following a similar attack Friday morning, which also left three US soldiers dead in the same region. The day was the bloodiest single day for foreign troops in the southern Helmand province since six ...
• Romney Veep Pick Announced: Paul Ryan
  Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has picked Congressman Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate, the Romney campaign confirmed Saturday. Romney made his announcement to supporters via a phone app. "Mitt's Choice for VP is Paul Ryan," it read. Minutes later, the ...

The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

• James Moore
• Neill Blomkamp
• Sarah Polley
• Jay Baruchel
• David Suzuki

Examine Religion - Tweets

• ExamineReligion: Cops strip search mom at road ...
  ExamineReligion: Cops strip search mom at roadside,'forcibly' remove tampon while kids look on http://t.co/31aZzfEB
• ExamineReligion: Paranormal Meet-Ups for the W ...
  ExamineReligion: Paranormal Meet-Ups for the Week Ahead – Part 3 of 3 http://t.co/I6RJSfUZ
• ExamineReligion: President Obama defends relig ...
  ExamineReligion: President Obama defends religious freedom at White House dinner http://t.co/t7uyb4TH
• ExamineReligion: President Obama's remarks at ...
  ExamineReligion: President Obama's remarks at Iftar dinner http://t.co/ObAoGMbm
• ExamineReligion: Do You Trust the Government W ...
  ExamineReligion: Do You Trust the Government With Your Health? http://t.co/VwW8DVXA

Energy Collective

• What Role for China in the U.S. Battery Industry?
  Now that A123 Systems, one of the largest recipients of government-funded battery R&D largesse, may become Chinese-owned, the federal government will have to face the question of whether, and on what terms, Chinese-owned companies will be given access to U.S. battery and advanced materials t ...
• India’s Outages: What Can We Learn?
  India’s recent national outages on July 30 and 31 have received a great deal of attention in the press.  Nearly 800 million people were without power and India suffered hits to its economy and its global reputation as a result.  Years from now some definitive report will outline the de ...
• A123 Deal Ignites Debate Over China, Energy
  News that China’s largest auto parts maker is seeking a controlling stake in one of the most heralded U.S. green technology companies, A123 Systems, has quickly ignited into a debate on national security and the energy future.
• Tariffs Well-Justified in Fighting Green Merca ...
• Reports Underscore Shale’s Growth Dynamic
  Several reports out this week highlight the job-creating potential of shale development and the impact it is having on the overall economy.Leading the way is the Bakken formation, creating opportunities in North Dakota and surrounding states.From E&E (subscription required):

Green House - USA Today

• Climate change affects each U.S. state, Web to ...
  How badly is climate change affecting your state? A new Web tool allows users to see how vulnerable their area has been to drought, flooding and heat extremes as well as the health problems that go along with them.
• What's in your child's car seat? Study finds t ...
  What's a parent to do? You buy a car seat to keep your child safe but then find out, as a new study reports, that 60% of these products contain dangerous chemicals. The good news: some seats were found to be almost toxic-free.
• U.S. cities require buildings to disclose ener ...
  Worried that the apartment you like could be an energy hog? Help is on the way as U.S. states and cities begin this year to require that commercial buildings measure and disclose their energy use.
• Study: Climate change imperils Himalayan glaciers
  Two of three Himalayan glaciers -- both in humid areas of eastern Nepal -- could disappear if present climate change patterns continue, a study predicts.
• Environmentalists cheer Obama's fuel economy hike
  President Obama's plan to double fuel efficiency standards for cars and light-duty trucks by 2025 received applause from environmentalists who had pressed for such action.

Prior Art

• With $4.5 Billion Bid, Group Led by Apple and ...
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• Hangover Cure: Warner Bros. Settles Copyright ...
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• This Week in IP: Apps, Tats, and Patent Reform ...
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• App Backwards: Lodsys, Texas Troll, Targeted i ...
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• Supreme Court Rules Against Microsoft in i4i Case
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Peoples Voice

• Romney Blows It, Piks Paul "Dr. Death" Ryan
  Michael Collins AP tells us that Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan is the pick for the Republican Vice President slot. AP August 10 (Image) We know one thing for sure about Mitt Romney. He is not a big game player, you know those stars who always do their best in playoff or championship g ...
• Unconscionable Media Warmongering
  by Stephen Lendman Washington needs media support to wage wars and plan new ones. Broadcast and print scoundrels oblige. Paid liars infest Western media. Managed news misinformation creates enemies. Fear is stoked. War is cheerled, glorified, and sanitized to suppress truths too grim to ...
• Crimes Against Humanity
  by Stephen Lendman Israel commits daily crimes against humanity. Intermittently, crimes or war are committed. For decades, Palestinians have been ruthlessly persecuted and denied justice. Dozens of incidents occur daily. Media scoundrels suppress or ignore them. On July 30, Isra ...
• Conduct unbecoming a Presidential candidate
  Stuart Littlewood As the “political prostitution season” hots up, are Americans in the mood for another Israel-first Commander-in-Chief? Who is this Dan Senor, the organiser of Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s embarrassing jaunt to Israel? According to The Tablet http:// ...
• Turkey Pays the Price for Supporting Regime Ch ...
  It is well known that the situation in Syria would not have reached this point if it was not for Turkey’s political and military support of the Syrian opposition. By: Hüsnü Mahalli alakhbar english August 9, 2012 Creative Commons (Turkey: Running its Own Gauntlet) Turkey h ...

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

• Next Up: Calling young leaders in Vancouver, E ...
  Next Up taking applications for 2012/13 programs in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and Saskatoon Next Up -- A leadership program for young people committed to social and environmental justice Next Up is an amazing, intensive and transformative program for young social change activists between the ...
• Bargaining Power and Job Quality in the United ...
  The age and educational attainment of the US workforce have increased significantly since 1979.  Since older and better educated workers generally have higher pay and better benefits, one might expect a greater share of workers to be in good jobs today compared to 30 years ago. In a Center ...
• Crime and Declining Unionization
  In an article entitled "Crime and the Decline of Unions," economics professors Robert Baumann and Bryan Engelhardt of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts estimate the elasticity of crime with respect to union membership.  They contend that the drop in US union membersh ...
• Final Report Released on CAW-CEP New Union Project
  The final report of the proposal committee for a new union combining the CAW and CEP contains many intriguing ideas, not least being the 5 regional councils, funded by a separate per capita levy, that give the new union the feel of a labour central.  All local unions in each region will be ...
• Low-income residents face housing challenges i ...
  In addition to the usual challenges of finding affordable, good quality housing that meets their needs, many low-income tenants have trouble maintaining their housing, often because their rents increase sharply or their units are converted to condominiums.  To learn more ...

World Wide Hippies

• U.S. Justice: Is The Joke On You?
  by TOM SULLIVAN,dirtyhippies.org – Here’s a neat get-out-of-jail trick. The secret is it doesn’t usually work for ordinary crimes by flesh-and-blood people — for smoking marijuana or selling food stamps for rent money, for example. No, those people we warehouse in taxpayer-funded Correctio ...
• 80,000 men, women and even children held in so ...
  By Kanya D’Almeida,Bret Grote,aljazeera.com – Russell “Maroon” Shoats has been kept in solitary confinement in the state of Pennsylvania for 30 years after being elected president of the prison-approved Lifers’ Association. He was initially convicted for his alleged ...
• Worldwide Hippies News Briefs Saturday
  Israeli court backs demolition of 8 West Bank villages The Israeli Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the demolition of eight Palestinian villages on the West Bank. The Israeli Defense Ministry says it needs this land for military exercises and will displace some 1,500 Palestinians. The Associa ...
• The For-Profit College Racket
  By Suzanne Merkelson, Moyers & Company | News Analysis – The for-profit college industry is known to most Americans by its commercials and billboards promising potential students new skills, job training and exciting career paths. The reality is far more sinister, as Senator Tom H ...
• The Power Vertical Podcast: Has Pussy Riot Al ...
  From rferl.org - Three members of the feminist punk rock collective Pussy Riot stole the show in the last day of their trial in Moscow this week. Maria Alyokhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were contrite when appropriate, issuing a heartfelt apology for offending Orthodox ...

FourWinds10

• Massive Oil Slick Found At BP's Deepwater Hori ...
  VIEW HERE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1pe-hvHdEg&feature=youtu.be Aug. 25, 2011
• US Energy Department panel endorses shale frac ...
  (NaturalNews) Hydraulic fracturing, also known as "fracking," for the purpose of extracting natural gas from the earth involves flooding it with millions of gallons of chemical-laden water, a practice that by all estimates is damaging the environment to some extent. But a US Energy Dep ...
• Industrial waste blamed as millions of fish di ...
  MILLIONS of dead fish have been found floating on the Minjiang River in southeast China's Fujian Province and it has started to stink. A cleanup has begun and authorities are investigating the cause and trying to find out whether there is any danger to drinking water. Local farmers suspect t ...
• Climate 'science' gone wild: UK researchers to ...
  (NaturalNews) Deniers of geo-engineering, or man-made weather manipulation, truly are the real conspiracy theorists, as climate "scientists" have once again openly admitted that they have the technology to alter weather at will. And a recent piece in Scientific American highlights a ne ...
• Is crude oil still gushing in the Gulf? New te ...

Crisis Maven

• The End Game or: How the Dupes were Duped or: ...
  The Euro was probably the most hyped-in currency the world may have ever known. That fact alone should have been reason for suspicion. In this article we contrast some of the eulogies heaped on the Euro back in around 2001/2002 when it was introduced as a tangible currency with these past weeks& ...
• The End Game or: How the Dupes were Duped or: ...
  The Euro was probably the most hyped-in currency the world may have ever known. That fact alone should have been reason for suspicion. In this article we contrast some of the eulogies heaped on the Euro back in around 2001/2002 when it was introduced as a tangible currency with these past weeks& ...
• Neutrinos, Physics, Meteors and the Survival o ...
  As you may have noticed, CrisisMaven recently dabbled in speculative thought about the role of a universe-wide encyclopedia cum news service. The reason this came about was that recently at the Large Hadron Collider around Geneva/Switzerland and crossing under the French border a team of scienti ...
• Neutrinos, Physics, Meteors and the Survival o ...
  As you may have noticed, CrisisMaven recently dabbled in speculative thought about the role of a universe-wide encyclopedia cum news service. The reason this came about was that recently at the Large Hadron Collider around Geneva/Switzerland and crossing under the French border a team of scienti ...
• Archaeology, the Internet and Neutrinos
  Or: Space and the Universe are a Palimpsest . Most recently Israeli archaeologists unearthed a crusader’s inscription believed to be around 800 years old and, which is why it makes headlines, written in Arabic. For those who have followed archaelogical progress over several decades (and re ...

Capital Flow Analysis

• Stock buybacks are bad for investors: Further ...
  In the working paper “The Buyback Monitor - July 2009: Corporate Stock Buyback Profits of 273 Firms from 2000 into 2009“, published on the Social Sciences Research Network, M.A. Gumport, CFA, provides further evidence that stock buybacks are not as good for investors as often touted ...
• Why Obama’s healthcare scheme portends stagfl ...
  The trillion-dollar Obama health care plan increases the odds that US economic recover will be delayed, and that unemployment and inflation will increase. The main thrust of the Obama plan is to increase taxes on individuals earning more than $250,000 a year, while forcing all but the tiniest ...
• How long would it take to work off the US trad ...
  The rest of the world holds $16.8 trillion in US financial assets, according to Federal Reserve release Z.1, as of Q1 2009. [...]
• Why Bernanke’s flawed “exit strategy” policy p ...
  In a lead op-ed editorial in the Wall Street Journal on July 21, 2009, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke revealed the Fed’s exit strategy with regards to the inflationary effects of the Obama “spending is stimulus” packages and other government measure to contain the curren ...
• Stocks surge on spurious earnings reports: Q2 2009
  No one knows for sure the real earnings of American corporations. In Q1 2009, according to the Federal Reserve flow of funds table F.102, after-tax profits of US non-financial, non-farm corporations, on an annual basis, were about $589.9 billion. However, about 50% of these after-tax earnings ...

R-Squared Energy Blog

• Climate Change and Developing Countries
  This post continues a theme I covered in my book Power Plays. Part 1 covered the impact on oil price and supply in Petroleum Demand in Developing Countries. Here I discuss some of the climate change implications. Climate Change Implications Regardless of one’s beliefs on climate change, it ...
• Why China is Getting Their Feet Wet in the Oil ...
  In last week’s Energy Trends Insider our featured stories were Why China is Dipping Their Feet in the Canadian Oil Sands, CNOOC’s Purchase of Nexen May Signal New Wave of Consolidation, and Subscriber Questions on Lanzatech and Butanol. As we have done previously, we would like to sh ...
• Petroleum Demand in Developing Countries
  Note: I am still traveling, and my posting schedule won’t return to normal until after August 11th. This article was originally written for World Business Magazine in Singapore, and explores one of the themes I covered in my book Power Plays. I am breaking it up into two parts. The first d ...
• Analyzing Coskata’s Major Strategy Shift
  In last week’s Energy Trends Insider our featured stories were How to Make Money in Solar as Every Solar Manufacturer Goes Bankrupt, Analyzing Coskata’s Major Strategy Shift, and Rough Road For Biobutanol. As we have done previously, we would like to share one of those stories with r ...
• The Facts About Canada’s Oil Sands and Climate ...
  Misinformation is hard to stamp out, because it tends to be repeated - so Robert Rapier goes in depth to examine Climate Change claims around the Keystone XL pipeline.

Discovery Educator Network

• Tip 110 - Auto Generate QR Codes in Google Spr ...
  Tags: qrcodes, qr codes, google, spreadsheet, resources, qrcodeby: Heather Hurley
• Grazing for Digital Natives - Infographics
  Comments:The great (former DEN Genius) Jennifer Dorman has developed thiis fantastic resource regarding infographics.   - Dean MantzTags: infographic, infographics, digitalfootprint, JenniferDorman, Cliotech, wikispacesby: Dean Mantz
• QR Codes in the Classroom | TeachBytes
  Tags: qr codes, classroom, web2.0, tools, resourcesby: Carolyn Rains
• MY RESEARCH AND TOP 10 WEB 2.0 TOOLS IN XXI CE ...
  Comments:Proud to be Leader in Cop2 organized in SMILE :) project  managed by European Schoolnet . I tried to describe here my top 10 Social Media Curation tools to develop a PLN . Please add your feed-back and add comments with your  favorite startups to build a PLN here http://bitly.com/collab ...
• 50 resources for iPad use in the classroom | ZDNet
  Tags: ipad, resources, apps, classroom, edtech, ipads, ios, educationby: Fred Delventhal

Rodale News

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• The Nickel Pincher: Have the Easiest, Most Del ...
  Every championship griller will tell you the same thing: The secret to good barbecue is all in the sauce—or the rub. Your grocer's shelves are lined with spice blend recipes dreamed up by celebrity chefs (if you believe the labels) sure to wow any barbecue fanatic. But they're also loaded down ...
• Your Supplement's False Promises
  Ever since the invention of the Flintstones vitamin, savvy marketers have successfully convinced Americans that the best way to stay healthy is with a tiny Dino-shaped, candy-flavored pill. And why not? We're told every day of the benefits of this vitamin or that supplement and given to think t ...
• 3 Weird Problems With Your Seafood
  The seafood aisle can work for you or against you. The right fish can do wonders for your health, while the wrong type could slowly be poisoning you. By now, you've probably heard that mercury-tainted fish is a no-no…but what about seafood hopped up on caffeine? Scientists are figuring out that ...
• Are Your Office Lights Giving You Skin Cancer?
  You probably never thought you'd have to worry about getting skin cancer while sitting inside all day…but guess again! Scientists from the State University of New York, Stony Brook, have just published a study suggesting that those ubiquitous energy-efficient compact-fluorescent (CFL) bulbs cou ...

big think

• How Faking Insanity is Discovered By Forensic ...
  Article written by guest writer Rin Mitchell What’s the Latest Development? People who plead insanity after committing a hideous crime are often times sane people who feign insanity, in order to escape the death penalty. Experts say there are tests set up to trip up “malingerers. ...
• Ryan and the Spirit of 2010
  The Ryan pick may have been more bold than, say, the boring Portman or Pawlenty. But Romney had reached the obvious conclusion that the cautious approach isn't enough.  He wasn't going to win by using platitudes to supplement what he thought was obvious:  Obama's administration had failed us on ...
• Reminder: Daylight Atheism United Kingdom Meetup
  Just as a reminder: The last week of this month, I'm taking a trip to London and Edinburgh. If you live around there and are interested in meeting me, come on out! I'm arriving in London on the morning of Saturday, August 25, and we're tentatively planning a meetup that night. On Wednesd ...
• Buttery Flavorant in Popcorn Linked to Alzheimer's
  Article written by guest writer Rin Mitchell What’s the Latest Development? The buttery taste popcorn lovers enjoy is actually a flavorant called diacetyl, which microwave popcorn makers use. Reportedly, diacetyl has caused lung damage in people who work in microwave factories—ca ...
• Is Ryan Sacrificing 2016 Presidential Hopes?
  My Twitter timeline started buzzing Friday evening with the news that Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan would be the GOP vice presidential nominee. The only reason I can think of for political journalists to begin calling this a “bold pick” is because they have gotten bored with the task of ... R ...

Information Liberation

• Monsanto Awarded ONE BILLION Dollars Due To Pa ...
  We've had plenty of stories over the years of Monsanto's incredibly aggressive stance when it comes to its "Roundup Ready" patents. The company has now been awarded $1 billion from Dupont for infringing on one of these patents. Now, here's a case w...
• Social Security Ponzi Scheme Coming To An End
  Socialist security, possibly the world's largest wealth redistribution scheme in history is finally now coming to an end. Like a scam chain letter, the first people who "sent in a dollar" got a hundred back in return, but the last pay in and get not...
• US Government Proposes Law Making It Illegal F ...
  Last Friday, US Congressman Dennis Kucinich introduced HR 6357, a bill which aims to 'prohibit the extrajudicial killing of United States citizens' by the federal government. In other words, in the Land of the Free, they need to pass a law to prevent...
• A State-Sponsored Anti-Sikh 'Hate Crime' the M ...
  Deranged ex-federal employee Michael Page, a former Army psy-ops specialist, committed what has been variously described as a "hate crime" and an act of "domestic terrorism" by murdering six people gathered for worship at a Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, ...
• New Hemp Bill Introduced in US Senate
  A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a bill that would exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana. The bill, if passed, would get around the DEA's refusal to differentiate hemp from marijuana and could result in American farme...

Be Responsible - Be Free!

• One More Five-Ring Circus
  The Games of the XXX Olympiad kick off in a few hours, and I for one won’t be watching. In another age, another millemium, the Modern Olympic Games were conceived by an aristocratic Frenchman, Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin, … Continue reading →
• More Of The Shiny Stuff
  A few random jottings on gold while I’m out on the road; back in a week. The other day, I came across this article in the Mises Daily, taken from Joseph T. Salerno’s testimony submitted to the U.S. House Subcommittee … Continue reading →
• Meet The Asylum’s New Management
  The iron ore town of Whyalla on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula is one of the places most threatened by Labor’s Carbon Tax – the tax that Gillard promised before the last Federal election she would never introduce, and which came … Continue reading →
• Gunwalker – What The Hell???
  I don’t know much about this whole Gunwalker episode, beyond the little I’ve read in the news. But it’s now meant the United States’ chief executive law officer has just been held in contempt of Congress. Pretty serious stuff. I … Continue reading →
• Daily Telegraph Delingpole Refugee Camp
  G’day Folks, The DT blogs are down for maintenance for an unusually long period of time. So all regular readers of James Delingpole’s blog are welcome to continue the discussion here. Even the trolls can come in, just to make … Continue reading →

Sciencebase - Breaking Science News

• Martin Fleischmann Obituary
  Telegraph reports that Martin Fleischmann has died at the age of 85 years. A Fellow of the Royal Society, he was once regarded as one of Britain’s brightest electrochemists. However, he is most well known for the curious incidence of cold fusion back in 1989, which caused no little stir in ...
• Monosodium glutamate, deceived wisdom
  It sounds like a nasty chemical and people have been worrying about it for year. MSG. Monosodium glutamate. But the monosdium, that’s just sodium ions from common salt and the glutamate is just the soluble form of the essential protein-making amino acid, glutamic acid. The question of its ...
• Free Kindle sampler of my book Deceived Wisdom
  My publisher just released a freebie Kindle sampler for my forthcoming book, Deceived Wisdom. You can grab it on your Kindle right now. But you don’t need a Kindle, you can read it with any Kindle app on your iPad, laptop or desktop computer. Here’s how E&T describe the book on ...
• Freebie Kindle sampler of book Deceived Wisdom ...
  My publisher just released a freebie Kindle sampler for my forthcoming book, Deceived Wisdom. You can grab it on your Kindle right now. But you don’t need a Kindle, you can read it with any Kindle app on your iPad, laptop or desktop computer. Here’s how E&T describe the book on ...
• Dr Who. It’s for kids…
  …as Al Murray would have it…but that doesn’t mean us big kids cannot watch it and run behind the sofa crying for Mummy all over again when the Daleks appear! The Guardian describes the five new episodes that will air before Christmas 2012 as the big finale to Steven Moffat&#821 ...

RFF Library

• Water Pollution Risk Associated with Natural G ...
  Risk Analysis (first published online: Dec. 28, 2011 ) / by Daniel J. Rozell and Sheldon J. Reaven http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1539-6924.2011.01757.x/pdf [Fuel Fix] Current wastewater disposal methods for water used in hydraulic fracturing could put nearby drinking water in the ...
• Toxic Power: How Power Plants Contaminate Our ...
  Natural Resources Defense Council http://docs.nrdc.org/air/air_11072001.asp [From Press Release]  Residents of Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania are exposed to more toxic air pollution from coal-fired power plants than in any other state, according to an analysis by the Natural Resources Defense C ...
• Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles: Made for E ...
  International Transport Forum http://bit.ly/Jf66jR (discussion paper) http://bit.ly/N7bMi4 (policy brief) …In a paper looking at the potential of Smart Grids and electric vehicles to change and improve electricity systems worldwide, the International Transport Forum found that: ► Smart Gri ...
• Medium-Term Gas Market Report 2012
  International Energy Agency (available to RFFers on OECD iLibrary; username and password on library landing page) http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/content/book/9789264177987-en The  IEA Medium-Term Gas Market Report 2012 reviews how gas markets managed the challenges of 2011, from the consequences o ...
• Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Citie ...
  National Wildlife Federation http://bit.ly/S3cakP (click on “NWF’s Community-Based Work”) [Website] NWF is working with a set of communities to better understand their adaptation needs, challenges, and to generate early examples of successful nature-based adaptation approaches. ...

Scientific American - News

• How Do Beetles Walk Underwater?
  By Daniel Cressey of Nature magazine [More]
• See Change: Rapid Emergence of New Sea Star Sp ...
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• 'Extreme Mechanics' Experts Crumple Materials ...
  By Kim Krieger of Nature magazine [More]
• Death Toll from Landslides Vastly Underestimated
  By Sid Perkins of Nature magazine [More]
• Heaven on Earth: Cosmic Particles and Extrater ...
  Soon, the jeep-size rover Curiosity will trace its first six-wheeled tracks over the Martian surface. Over the next 23 months, Curiosity will scoop dust and drill into rocks for clues to the Red Planet's past. Although those samples won't make it back to Earth, some Martian rocks are a ...

First Truths

• The Anarchist Lineage
   Interesting passage from Samuel Clark's Living Without Domination: The Possibility of an Anarchist Utopia. I would wonder what the anarchists I know think of the various lists referenced here: This account of anarchism as a permanent human tendency has been attacked by a number of authors. ...
• "Crisis of the State"
  From Simon Clark's Keynesianism, Monetarism, and the Crisis of the State: However this structural crisis was not the result of the changing functional requirements of changes in the labour process, but of the tendency for capital accumulation to take the form of the overaccumulation and uneven d ...
• "Aspects of the Post-Ricardian Literature"
  Interesting and thought-provoking passage from Samuel Hollander's Economics and Ideology: Aspects of the Post-Ricardian Literature (1979): It was Marx's position, as we have mentioned, that while the labor writers of the 1820s drew upon Ricardo's value theory to reach their conclusion regarding ...
• "Integrated Geographies"
  From Anthony Ince's Whither Anarchist Geography?:It has been said that anarchism combines a socialist critique of liberalism and a liberal critique of socialism. Its refusal to focus merely on "economics" or "freedom" or "culture," and so on, means that anarchism is inherently multifaceted and a ...
• Colbert on Atheists
  I enjoyed this passage from Stephen Colbert's I Am America (And So Can You!): AtheistsThese No-goodnik no-Godniks are growing in numbers and power in America. It makes me wonder how a God could exist Who'd allow people to piss me off so much.Luckily, a recent survey published in the American Soc ...

Media Co-Op

• GroundWire July 29, 2012 Edition
  Musqueam People continue to struggle to protect Cesna'em, Preservation of the Tsúùt’ìnà Gunaha & BC Suppreme Court on assisted suicide Racist political opportunism used surrounding July Scarborough shootings | MaryCarl Guiao, CFRU ...
• VMCtv - Fall in Love - Join the Revolution ! - ...
  Hi everybody! I didn't get to report too much news recently, as i'm busy dodging bullets. the story with the musqueam is pretty much the same… still fightin ...
• Lights Out
  Businesspeople left feeling powerless in Grand Bahama. Freeport, Grand Bahama – Over-reliance on the tourist trade, and the fickleness in tastes that that entails, is not necessarily the recipe for a balanced and stable economy. Expan ...
• Montreal-Nord stand up: part two
  An interview with MC Emrical on the fourth anniversary of the death of Fredy Villanueva While Chuck D’s famous phrase “Rap is CNN for black people,” has been quoted by countless ‘reality’ rappers, there are few ...
• Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois démissionne.
  Sortie honorable. Superbe sortie de scène de Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois. Dernière salve virulente envers le voleur de bien commun national : Jean Charest. Après plus de six mois au centre de l'attention médiatique GND laisse sa marque au sei ...

David Seaton's News Links

• A dream called “hope” in the potter’s field
  I’m on vacation and among the books I’m reading is “It’s the Middle Class, Stupid!” by James Carvillle and Stan Greenberg, a book I strongly recommend to anyone of any political leaning, anywhere, who is interested in where the world’s greatest economy is headed and what that journey to has mean ...
• Bibi Netanyahu and Israel's primal fallacy
  David Seaton's News Links (David Grossman) said he feared that Netanyahu and Barak would bomb Iran partly out of a perceived strategic need to back up their threats with action, but also because of what he sees as Netanyahu’s sense of historic responsibility to save the “people of eternity.” ...
• Thomas Friedman attacks Adelson, Netanyahu, AI ...
  David Seaton's News LinksCertain people have more credibility than others when talking about certain subjects. For example, if Warren Buffet says that rich people should pay more taxes, nobody would accuse him of fomenting "class warfare". That is because he will be the one that ends up pay ...
• The pain in Spain and America's iron jaw
  David Seaton's News LinksThis remobilisation of Spanish society, lulled into comfort and complacency during the boom years, in some senses recalls the fevered political and street activity of the transition to democracy after the death of the dictator Francisco Franco in 1975. Yet it is more amo ...
• James Holmes: a budding neuroscientist runs amok
  David Seaton's News Links So this is just what one of America's many faces is going to be a bitterly divided, hatefully cynical country where insane people have easy access to semi-automatic weapons, and occasionally use them to commit senseless atrocities. We will continue to see more and mo ...

MoJo - Kevin Drum

• My Reactions to the Ryan Reaction
  I've written enough about Paul Ryan in the past that I don't feel a burning desire to rewrite all that stuff right this minute. Plenty of time for that later. But I do have a few comments about the reaction so far to Mitt Romney's choice of Ryan as his VP: Democrats seem to be ecstatic beca ...
• Paul Ryan is the Kindest, Bravest, Warmest, Mo ...
  Michael Grunwald gets it right on Paul Ryan: I should probably just shut up about Paul Ryan, because I believe there’s a federal statute requiring pundits to marvel at his “seriousness” and “courage.” I think there’s also a constitutional mandate enshrini ...
• Romney Picks Paul Ryan as Veep, Hopes Everyone ...
  According to the Pundit Responsibility Act of 1989, passed in the aftermath of George Bush's selection of Dan Quayle as his running mate, I am required to offer up my opinions on Mitt Romney's selection this morning of Paul Ryan as this year's Republican vice-presidential candidate. I don't wa ...
• Friday Cat Blogging - 10 August 2012
  I held out as long as I could. But it's just not Friday without catblogging, is it? So here is Domino splayed out in 90-degree weather trying to keep the maximum percentage of her body open to the breeze. Our patio bench is ideal for that. Plus she gets to sit next to Marian, always one of her ...
• My Shameful Secret: I Don't Know How to Use Ch ...
  A few days ago, a New York Times reporter admitted the shameful truth that he had never learned to swim. Today, a Times reporter admits the shameful truth that he never learned to ride a bike. But now he's finally getting with the program: The quest began on Saturday, with an adult educatio ...

Insanity Report

• IC 340: Double Trouble
  Topics: Olympic Taekwondo sucks Please don’t put MMA in the Olympics How Fox can (but won’t) use Days of Future Past to fix continuity Whedon back Warner Brothers and DC keep fucking up with the Justice League If you marry one conjoined twin…….. Pope says condoms are okay ...
• IC 339: Niggalympics
  Topics: Folks taking things out of hand Did anyone really make fun of Gabby Douglas’ hair? Serena crip walking Rick Ross’ food rapping Cupcake ATM Evander Holyfield broke Fuck the Paterno family The Niggalympics Stabbed over Xbox Share with your friends:
• IC 338: God is an Asshole (with a Special App ...
  Topics: The Chick Fil-A situation is getting out of hand Stop playing 6 Degrees of Separation with where your money is going X-Men First Class Sequel = Days of Future Past? Can Fox make a clean break? Fuck the Total Recall remake Snoop Dogg proves that too much weed isn’t good for you Weez ...
• IC 337: But He Smoked Crack
  Topics: Bigotry is delicious Being a nerdy isn’t trendy Comic Book Fans going too hard? “But He smoked crack…” Having Kristen Stewart Cheat on you Jerry Sandusky is creepy Penis thieves Share with your friends:
• IC 336: Bad Parenting 101
  Topics: The Dark Knight Rises was awesome The Cunt Muffins who spoil movies on opening weekend Calling an Avengers Initiative on The Dark Knight Rises Politicizing Tragedies Gun control laws won’t stop evil people Regulation is a safety net and deterrent for for the casuals Kriss gives an ...

Simple Climate

• CO2-focused breeding can arm crops for food fight
  Higher CO2 levels could ensure we have enough food in the face of other climate and population changes, says Lewis Ziska from the US Department of Agriculture, if crop breeding programs tailored to take advantage get enough support
• Continued emission growth promises US megadroughts
  2000-2004 western US drought was worst in 800 years, but will become normal in future, reversing the region’s absorption of CO2 and worsening climate change, says Christopher Schwalm from Northern Arizona University
• Developed countries duck warming responsibility
  Rich countries have emitted 2/3 of CO2 through history but their pledges are set to result in just 1/3 of any future warming slowdown, says a study that combines climate, social, economic and ecological science by Xuefeng Cui and John Moore from Beijing Normal University and their colleagues.
• Society must respond 50 times faster to meet l ...
  Using climate-society feedbacks Andrew Jarvis and colleagues from Lancaster University, UK, predict that the world is on course for 6°C of warming, but this could be much lower with even a slightly stronger response, if we make it quickly
• Rich versus poor obstructs climate progress
  Though the 45,000 strong international Rio+20 meeting last month seemingly did little for climate change and the environment, social and economic issues must be resolved for such negotiations to be successful in future.

e!Science News

• Of mice and melodies
  Singing mice (scotinomys teguina) are not your average lab rats. Their fur is tawny brown instead of the common white albino strain; they hail from the tropical cloud forests in the mountains of Costa Rica; and, as their name hints, they use song to communicate. read more
• Study of fruit fly chromosomes improves unders ...
  The propagation of every animal on the planet is the result of sexual activity between males and females of a given species. But how did things get this way? Why two sexes instead of one? Why are sperm necessary for reproduction and how did they evolve? read more
• Why do organisms build tissues they seemingly ...
  Why, after millions of years of evolution, do organisms build structures that seemingly serve no purpose? read more
• Physicists explore properties of electrons in ...
  Scientists from Georgia State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology have found a new way to examine certain properties of electrons in graphene -- a very thin material that may hold the key to new technologies in computing and other fields. read more
• Autonomous robotic plane flies indoors
  For decades, academic and industry researchers have been working on control algorithms for autonomous helicopters -- robotic helicopters that pilot themselves, rather than requiring remote human guidance. Dozens of research teams have competed in a series of autonomous-helicopter challenges pose ...

unEarthed

• Kayford Mountain, Prettiest Lady I've Ever Seen
  Some love stories captured on video She said, “Do you cheat on me?” He said, “Sure I do.” “Do I know her?" “Sure yo ...
• Winning The Debate On Fracking
  The law and the facts are on our side Earthjustice attorney Deborah Goldberg came out victorious in a recent Intelligence Squared debate over whether the natural ...
• What It Means To Be A Resource Colony
  Will the eco-conscious Pacific Northwest become a coal-shipping hub? Author Wendell Berry has examined the relationship of rural America with the nation’s urban centers. ...
• The Wild West Targets Wolves Again
  Wyoming wants gray wolves off the endangered species list The anti-wolf crowd in Wyoming has this irrational fear of wolves, and no amount of evidence can calm ...
• Earth’s Great Storyteller -- Water
  Cousteau legacy aids fight against mountaintop removal mining Alexandra Cousteau. One of the biggest threats to water in Appalachia is mountaintop removal. En ...

Brave New Climate

• Fit-for-service low-carbon electricity technol ...
  This article (by Barry Brook) was originally published on The Conversation website until the title: “Low-carbon electricity must be fit-for-service (and nuclear power is)“. You can wade through the 224 comments over there (if you dare…) See also the comment here by Keith Orchis ...
• No easy substitutes for fossil fuels
  The following guest post is republished (with permission from the author) from Opinion Online. Tom Biegler, who wrote this piece, worked with Martin Nicholson and me on our 2010 Energy paper, How carbon pricing changes the relative competitiveness of low-carbon baseload generating technologies. ...
• Is the Olympic Dam mine a special case?
  Here is an Op Ed published by Geoff Russell and me in the The Adelaide Advertiser newspaper this week. It was in response to this piece by Jim Green. ———— OLYMPIC Dam uranium can power Australia four times over and close all our coal mines, write Geoff Russell and Barry B ...
• Does energy efficiency reduce emissions and pe ...
  Guest Post by Graham Palmer. Graham is an industrial engineer and energy commenter from Melbourne. For another BNC post featuring his work, see Coal dependence and the renewables paradox. This post summarises the findings of a paper just published in the peer-reviewed journal Sustainability by G ...
• Radio debate on nuclear power for addressing c ...
  Yesterday I debated nuclear energy and climate change on 891 ABC radio with Greens Senator Scott Ludlum, on the afternoon show hosted by Sonya Feldhoff. (It was a studio interview, so the audio quality is quite good.) We had a decent amount of time to cover off on issues, including answering cal ...

Indigenist Opinion

• The Best Sources for Real Estate Listings
  Posting your home into some credible Real Estate Listings are the best way you can do if you want to sell your property right away. It is not expensive either to do real estate listing. Most of home sellers nowadays have got their property listed for a very minimal amount, and most of these sell ...
• House Hopping
  House Hopping Adolescent years are a challenge. For everyone involved. Young individuals searching, yearning for their independence though not yet prepared to manage the cost/benefit scales of life. Crazed parents hurt by their child's sudden rebuttals and scared by both their loss of control ...
• Buying Property
  Buying Property In buying property, you need to know on the things on what you want to do in on your property. It also means that anything you want to wish to have in your property. It can be like a beautiful view in which you can view the sea or the city or an urbanized area. Well, people do ...
• IRA Real Estate Investments: Real Estate Investing
  IRA Real Estate Investments: Real Estate Investing Aӏmоѕt еνегуtһіng іn tһе world today wіӏӏ nеνег ӏаѕt аnԁ tһаt іѕ а fact. Obviously, tһіngѕ ѕһоυӏԁ change nо matter wһаt еνеn wіtһ tһе assets уоυ аге tгуіng tо invest іn уоυг IRA. If уоυ аге іn tһе field оf investing, уоυ wіӏӏ аn idea tһаt IR ...
• Real Estate Investing Myths
  Real Estate Investing Myths Myth #1 - Real estate investing requires money to invest. Yes, money is required for you to invest in real estate. It just does not have to be your own. Some of the options that are available are co-ownership, financing from moneylenders and the seller financing t ...

Republicans are a Disease

• A Republican Didn’t Like The Sign In My ...
  When I roll, I always have one of our RepublicansAreADisease.com sighs taped on the rear window of my car. I went to Office Depot to return some supplies yesterday and what appeared to be a Republican with his wife and teen age daughter were walking up to the car next to me. The Republican saw [...]
• Michele Bachman Lying Again
  On Meet the Press Michele Bachman claims Republicans want women to make their own health care choices. Really? I guess unless their employer disagrees right Michele? Please media. The story is the fact that the Michele Bachman types get to lie repeatedly, and never have to pay a price. Time to d ...
• Wolf Blitzer Owes Hillary Rosen An Apology
  Dear Wolf. You are an asshole. Why should anyone apologize for telling the truth? I know that you think that Marie Antoinette Romney is an “elite” and we are supposed to worship her while she tell us “poor people” how we should live our lives, and what matters to us? Hill ...
• Marie “Ann”toinette Romney You Hav ...
  Dear Marie Antoinette Romney. Please sit down and shut up about economics. It is wonderful that your “family” has been so prosperous that you have never had to work for wages once in your whole life, unlike almost every other woman in America. What you don’t seem to understand ...
• How Many Small Business Owners Did Newt Screw ...
  Come on Newt, who do you owe? You have millions upon millions in loot, and you can’t pay the people that you have contracts with and did business with? You have yours and you are screwing them out of theirs? You are sick man. I know you wanted to be prezzident so you could screw us [...]

Appalachia Rising

• Donate to Appalachia Rising Legal Defense!
  Donate to Appalachia Rising Legal Defense On June 5th, 22 Appalachians were arrested in Washington DC, refusing to leave the offices of their Congresspeople until their representatives committed to taking steps toward ending mountaintop removal. You supported these men and … Continue readi ...
• Judge Says Quaker Pro-Mountain Demonstrators & ...
  PHILADELPHIA – Two Quakers, Vint Deming (78) and Gail Newbold (62), were found guilty on Thursday of Defiant Trespass and Conspiracy to Commit Trespass following their arrest and trial for a nonviolent religious witness at PNC Bank’s Center City headquarters … Continue reading →
• Donations Needed for Legal Support of 22 Arrested
  All 22 Mountain Heroes are out of jail as of late night on Wednesday. However, they will all be making a return trip to Washington DC in July for a court hearing. This trip will be expensive, as well as … Continue reading →
• Shaving Their Heads in Mourning and Protest
  On Memorial Day, nearly 20 people shaved their heads in mourning and protest of mountaintop removal. Today, 5 more people joined them. 1. Shaving their heads in an act of mourning and protest of mountaintop removal., 2. Shaving their heads … Continue reading →
• Video from Rep. Griffith (R-VA) Congressional ...
  West Virginian’s singing “Country Roads Take Me Home” as the police escort them out of Rep. Rahall’s office.

Amped Status

• As the 99% Movement Evolves, It’s Time t ...
  By David DeGraw “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” – Bob Dylan For those of us in the 99% Movement who started organizing Occupy in the spring of 2011, Flag Day June 14th marks the one-year anniversary since we first gathered in Zuccotti Park and 22 other loc ...
• The Evolution of the Butterfly
  Renowned cellular biologist, Dr. Bruce Lipton narrates the process of a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly over a milieu of imagery in "The Evolution of the Butterfly". The film combines first hand footage from the Occupy Wall Street movement with stylized portraits of the recent eco ...
• After Being Beaten and Arrested Several Times, ...
  This is Daniel Murphy @ Union Square on March 22nd:
• Fault Lines: History of an Occupation
• Wall Street Pirates – Shepard Fairey & J ...
  Shepard Fairey and Jamie Reid print collaboration.

+972

• UPDATE: +972 blogger detained in Turkey while ...
  This post has been updated I am writing this from a Turkish police center in Ceylanpinar. Located in eastern Turkey along the border with Syria, it is in Urfa province and it’s population is mostly ethnic Kurdish. My television crew and I were filming along the border about the Kurdish div ...
• Photo essay: Al-Araqib Bedouin’s ongoing ...
  Photos by: Oren Ziv, Yotam Ronen, and Keren Manor/Activestills.org Al-Araqib is one of the 45 “unrecognized” Bedouin villages in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Since July 27, 2010, the village has been demolished 39 times. Despite daily harassment, ongoing house demolitions and the Israeli ...
• Hundreds join protests against occupation arou ...
  By The Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Hundreds of Palestinian villagers and activists, joined by Israeli and international supporters, gathered this week in five localities in the occupied West Bank to protest the ongoing occupation, annexation of lands and construction of settlements a ...
• The Wall, 10 years on / part 12: Where do we g ...
  Ten years have passed since Israel started building the wall, probably the largest and most expensive construction project in its history, which does not seem to be going anywhere. For four months now I’ve been presenting its story, and now it is time to offer some breaking updates, look i ...
• The miraculous antiwar uprising of the Israeli ...
  An uprising within the Israeli establishment is preventing an insane war from being started. In how many other countries could such a thing happen? This is a proud moment for Israel’s democracy. People don’t realize what a miracle is taking place in this country. A revolt by the Isra ...

Sustainability,water,etc - Oz gov't

• Funding for study into South Australian irriga ...
  The Gillard Government will provide up to $1.2 million to explore new proposals to improve irrigation efficiency in South Australia.
• Statement on Shark Attacks in Western Australia
  The recent tragedies in Western Australian waters are an awful loss. My thoughts are with the families and friends of those people who have been attacked.
• Manly Golf Course receives stormwater boost
  Manly Golf Course will save water and enhance its playing surfaces following the completion of its stormwater harvesting and reuse project.
• Final consultation on Commonwealth marine rese ...
  The final round of public comment on the Gillard Government's plans to create the world's biggest network of marine reserves begins today.
• Australia's largest land conservation area - ever
  A huge new reserve has been declared in Central Australia, becoming Australia's largest ever land conservation zone and creating a major link in the Trans-Australia Eco-link corridor.

Matt Weidner Blog

• THE GMAC Bankruptcy…what you don’t ...
  If you’ve got a GMAC foreclosure, you need to contact me IMMEDIATELY ….. in order to protect yourself in the context of the bankruptcy. Scridb filter
• Please Get EVERYONE You Know to Vote For Lisa ...
  From Naked Capitalism:   Readers may know I don’t do political endorsements. I’m making an exception because I’ve worked with Lisa Epstein and am extremely impressed with her knowledge, energy, and tenacity. And separately, readers may have come to recognize that county clerks and registers ...
• Wells Fargo Foreclosure With $100,000 Gone Mis ...
  More of the same games from the banks….. TrialTranscript Scridb filter
• SP Times: Foreclosure Filings Jump (but are th ...
  Sigh. I tire of all the bad information, propaganda broadcast by the corporate shills.  The headlines remain the same, circular numbers and zero analysis from the people in charge….(who is in charge?) The inmates are running the asylum….. Cue the headline generation, let the chatter ...
• OBAMA APPEALS NDAA REVERSAL, ARRESTS OF AMERIC ...
  This campaign shapes up as a battle  between the fascists on one side, propped up by their puppet Mitt Romney, fascism primarily defined as the blending together of the corporate and state interests, and the socialists,fronted by their puppet Obama, on the other side.  The most terrifying and dr ...

abelard - news

• world food prices more than double in 10 years ...
  And among the major reasons are the rising price of fossil fuels, and the using of maize to make ethanol to replace FFs.
• increasing unemployment does not predictably d ...
  Getting rid of slackers tends to improve a company, the country and so GDP.
• the lost playing fields of england - still mor ...
  Of course, they aren't lost - it's more socialist disinformation.
• on keeping to the coalition agreement and lord ...
  Clegg has misconstrued the Coalition Agreement in his fervour to trash the House of Lords.
• a report commissioned by sarkozy - gdp | econo ...
  A book that could help clarify such conundrums as GDP going up while quality of life is going down.

The Parallel Parliament

• The Human Code (2) – Let’s All Be ...
  As humans, it can be a dangerous thing to permit ourselves to be divided into divisive camps. One of the …Continue reading »
• The Human Code
  I was honoured to host two soldiers who had just returned from Afghanistan. One asked if they could view Question …Continue reading »
• Humanity – “Is George Clooney Ther ...
  “Is George Clooney right there, with you? Can you see if we can get an interview with him?” This wasn’t …Continue reading »
• Humanity – The Revenge of the Id
  These last few days have provided a bit of a revelation. I decided, unprompted, to monitor just how many times …Continue reading »
• Humanity – It’s Indifference
  One of modernism’s great paradoxes has been its inability to solve its own problems. It sounds counter-intuitive but that’s the …Continue reading »

Vaccine Awakening

• Doctors Slam Parents for Vaccine Choices & FDA ...
  Posted: 6/26/2012 by Barbara Loe Fisher On June 13, 2012, a study conducted by government health employees working at the Oregon Health Authority and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) was published in Pediatrics, a medical journal owned by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).[1 ...
• Americans Fight for Vaccine Choices
  Posted: 5/14/2012 Philosophical Exemption To Vaccination Saved in Vermont! by Barbara Loe Fisher “I never thought this would turn into the mess it turned into.” – State Senator Kevin Mullin (R-Rutland), co-sponsor of a failed bill to eliminate philosophical exemption to vaccinat ...
• The Vaccine Injured: Where Has Compassion Gone?
  Posted 12/08/2011 By Barbara Loe Fisher During this season of remembrance and thanksgiving, I am grateful for the blessings that I have had in my life, including the hard times, when I learned that faith and hope can overcome fear and doubt. Adversity can make us stronger but it is also an opp ...
• Vermont Parents Fight to Save Philosophical Ex ...
  Posted: 2/21/2012 by Barbara Loe Fisher Informed consent to medical risk taking is a human right.[1] You have the right to be fully informed about the benefits and risks of pharmaceutical products – like vaccines - and be allowed to make a voluntary choice about whether or to take the risk ...
• Vaccine Wake Up Call for Parents: Your Childre ...
  by Barbara Loe Fisher Every mother has had the nightmare. We dream our child, who we love more than we thought we could love anyone, has been taken away by strangers and cannot be found. The cold fear rises up from our stomach into our throats as we search, endlessly, to find the child we would ...

2020 Science

• Tenure track faculty positions in risk science ...
  Just thought I’d circulate this on the 2020 Science network – please feel free to pass on the information to anyone who might be interested. We have finally started the process of looking for two junior faculty to join the Risk Science Center at the University of Michigan School of P ...
• Basic research and personal responsibility
  Dan Sarewitz has a rather provocative commentary in Nature this morning, where he suggests that proposals to increase basic research may be good politics, but questionable policy. The headline alone is probably enough to get some science-advocates’ blood boiling, whether they go on to read ...
• Lost in the Maize
  Next week I am being “installed” here at the University of Michigan.  Not in the sense of installing a carpet – as one friend suggested – but in the sense of being installed as an endowed professor.  The Charles and Rita Gelman Risk Science Professor to be precise. To mar ...
• Nanotechnology, climate and energy: over-heate ...
  Friends of the Earth have just released a new report challenging claims that nanotechnology will lead to greener, more energy-efficient technologies, lower-impact technologies. I’ve only had the chance to skim through the report so far, and so don’t have detailed comments on it.  But ...
• Lost in the Maize
  Here’s something that keeps me awake at night (seriously): why, in this age of super-slick graphics and innovative multimedia resources, is it nearly impossible to give presentation that looks as good as they should? How come I can guarantee that when I give a presentation, the slides will ...

Reader Supported News

• The Good of WikiLeaks
  Asan Bibi, 9, sits on a bench as burn cream is applied to her at Mirwais Hospital, Kandahar, Afghanistan. She, her sister and mother were badly burned when a US helicopter fired into their tent in the middle of the night, 10/13/09. (photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)     Reader Supported ...
• Race War in Arizona
  Three Points Arizona Minuteman Pete Petruccione, 88, checks out the range before nightfall with the unit from a $1,800 US Nightvision Starlight, 10/10/06. (photo: Gary Williams/Getty Images)     Reader Supported News Perspective n August 20, 1914, the Los Angeles Times ran an article title ...
• Are We Replaying Iraq ... In Iran?
  Secretary of Defense Robert Gates attends graduation ceremonies at West Point, 05/23/09. (photo: Spencer Platt/Getty)     Reader Supported News Perspective n July 15, 2010, Time Magazine carried an article entitled, "An Attack on Iran: Back on the Table." According to the piece, the point ...
• Rachel Takes Us Back to the Future
  Rachel Maddow on assignment in Afghanistan, 07/05/10. (photo: Rachel Maddow Show/MSNBC)     Reader Supported News Perspective very June, I leave my Northern California home and head south to our annual Gulf Coast family reunion. I might as well be an alien visiting from another planet. My ...
• Corporate Election Machine Fires Up
  Future Supreme Court Justice John G. Roberts meets with George W. Bush in the Oval Office, 06/15/05. (photo: Eric Draper)     Reader Supported News Perspective The corporate financial steamroller is heading into the election arena much faster than many folks thought possible. I was one of ...

War Resisters League

• The Unfinished Story of Iraq’s Oil Law: ...
  [Originally published on July 24th, 2012 on Jadaliyya.] by Ali Issa “No Blood For Oil” was a slogan featured on many a sign in demonstrations during the run up to the US-led invasion of Iraq, and throughout the early years … Continue reading →
• Saying No To Tear Gas
  [An excerpt from an article of the same name by Frida Berrigan, originally published on Waging Nonviolence, June 22nd, 2012.] I have an assignment for you. Have you ever been tear gassed? I have not. It does not sound like … Continue reading →
• Peace and Global Justice Groups: “End St ...
  On Father’s Day, June 17th , Peace and Global Justice groups walk together with New Yorkers in a Silent March to End Stop & Frisk We are a diverse gathering of groups working for global justice and peace around the … Continue reading →
• On the Ground in Basra: An Interview with Hash ...
  Originally published on May 2nd, 2012 on Jadaliyya. by Ali Issa Iraqi unions demonstrated yesterday on May Day 2012 at a difficult historical moment. Still operating without a labor law that sanctions their organizing, and under the consolidation of Prime … Continue reading →
• “You Can’t Take What’s All o ...
  To mark the upcoming NATO summit to be held in May 2012 in Chicago and the simultaneous G8 summit to be held in Camp David, Maryland, War Resisters League and the Grassroots Global Justice Alliance release a new popular education … Continue reading →

Center for a Livable Future

• “Project Corner Store:” Youth Make Muscle Broccoli
  Just another day in the office? We wish!
• The 2012 Farm Bill: Evolution or Devolution?
  With no agreement between the two branches of Congress, farmers suffering from the severe drought will not receive the aid they desperately need any time soon. And, with Congress officially away on summer recess, no further forward momentum will occur until they return in September. And so, we c ...
• An Interesting Eggs-perience
  I thought it was particularly intriguing that the discussion in the hearing, while under the guise of improving animal welfare standards, focused primarily on the complex economics of egg production.
• Why Must the USDA Flip-Flop on Meatless Monday?
  The really sobering piece is the hypocrisy. Within the last two years, USDA issued a very clear set of recommendations for a healthy diet. These dietary guidelines suggest increasing the amount of fruits and vegetables in a weekly diet, and the guidelines are designed to improve public health an ...
• Disappointment with USDA’s Decision on Meatles ...
  From a statement issued today by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. On Friday, Michael J. Klag, MD, MPH, dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, wrote to Secretary Vilsack of USDA to express his disappointment with his agency’s recent retraction of a Meatle ...

k2p blog

• The Bolt Games are coming to an end …&#8 ...
  But Usain Bolt and David Rudisha were well worth waiting for last night. It has been the Usain Bolt show even if the Team GB performance has been quite remarkable. Almost a fairy tale for the host nation. The organisation of the games has - to all appearances - been a great success. Journalists ...
• By the grace of Allah – a water-powered car!
  TALK-SHOW hosts feted it. Politicians rode in it. Cabinet ministers discussed it. Well-known scientists backed it.
• AGW – “a monopoly that clings to o ...
  "For constructive critics, this is the problem with modern climate science. They don't think it's a conspiracy theory, but a monopoly that clings to one hypothesis (that carbon dioxide will cause dangerous global warming) and brooks less and less dissent. Again and again, climate skeptics are to ...
• The Luddite shades of Green
  The Green movement has become the cloak under which modern Luddites can hide and operate.
• Reported 1979-2008 U.S. temperature trends are ...
  The new improved assessment, for the years 1979 to 2008, yields a trend of +0.155C per decade from the high quality sites, a +0.248 C per decade trend for poorly sited locations, and a trend of +0.309 C per decade after NOAA adjusts the data.

Left Foot Forward

• Deepika Kumari: The world number one archer wh ...
  Eighteen-year-old Deepika Kumari is considered the world number one at Archery, but sadly finished her time at London 2012 without a medal.
• Review: Yes, Prime Minister’s Hacker jus ...
  Heather Spurr reviews Anthony Jay and Jonathan Lynn's West End comedy.
• LFF gave me a platform to be heard
  At Left Foot Forward, we are making a fundraising appeal - please donate.
• Cameron’s “Indian dance” jib ...
  David Cameron has claimed state school pupils are spending their mandatory two-hour-a-week sport allocation performing “Indian dance” clases.
• Sarah Menezes: One of the first champions of 2 ...
  With Rio hosting the Games in 2016, expect to see much more of London 2012 judo champion, the Brazilian Sarah Menezes, in the years ahead.

Consumerist

• What’s The Best Way For A Cashier To Han ...
  Learning how to handle problem customers in retail isn't easy. If you treat them with even a fraction of the lack of respect they show to you, it can balloon into a full-on "situation." And things can get especially complicated if that bad consumer has a little kid in tow. Just ask this Reddit c ...
• Squatters Push Goodwill’s Good Will To L ...
  Goodwill stores are well regarded as a place to pick up clothes and other items on the cheap, but a group of squatters in California seemed to think Goodwill's good will extended to free rooftop living. Folks at the store called police to investigate the source of footfalls coming from above and ...
• Southwest Ticket Debacle Illustrates Problems ...
  A week ago, Southwest Airlines ticked off an awful lot of customers when a disastrous Facebook promotion resulted in people being charged multiple times -- upwards of 24 or 25 times -- for each ticket. While the airline responded quickly and says it will make things right with customers, many of ...
• We Complain A Lot But Survey Says Most America ...
  Maybe we just hear all the worst things about the Transportation Security Administration, rendering us dubious, but for most Americans the agency seems to be doing a pretty good job running airport security. That's according to a new survey that found 54% of the country feel the TSA's work is ei ...
• Update: State Decides Man No Longer Needs To R ...
  Back in April we told you about a New Jersey man who was stuck in a bureaucratic battle between church and state, as he tried to figure out why he needed to repay more than $19,000 in unemployment benefits he'd believed he was entitled to. After pulling their heads out of the sand at the [...]

Whistleblogger - GAP

• Eileen Foster To Obama Admin. – Use Wall St. W ...
  Eileen Foster at the 2012 Ridenhour ceremonyRolling Stone: Obama Administration Needs to Tap, Not Stiff-Arm, Wall Street Whistleblowers Summary: Countrywide/Bank of America (BofA) whistleblower and GAP client Eileen Foster published an op-ed yesterday in Rolling Stone, calling on the Obam ...
• Hitting the "Like" Button is Free Speech
  The Washington Post has an article today on how Daniel Carter Jr. was fired  for "liking" a page on Facebook. This was not a pornographic, racist, or other prohibited website – it was a Facebook page for a candidate who was challenging his boss. This is just the tip of ...
• GAP Lauds DOJ Whistleblower Ombudsman Position
  The Government Accountability Project praised the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Inspector General (OIG) for today's announcement of a new Whistleblower Ombudsman position. The job will include monitoring of whistleblowing disclosures and retaliation claims, communications with whist ...
• Fast & Furious Whistleblower Settles Retaliati ...
  NPR: Fast and Furious Whistle-blower Reaches Agreement Over Retaliation Claims Peter Forcelli, a GAP client and one of the whistleblowers involved in the 'Fast & Furious' scandal at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF), has settled his retaliation case with the ...
• GAP's Radack & Drake on The Daily Show: Daily ...
  GAP’s Radack & NSA Whistleblower Drake Appear on The Daily Show Summary: Last night, GAP National Security & Human Rights Director and NSA whistleblower/GAP client Thomas Drake appeared on The Daily Show, talking about Drake’s case – how he was charged under the Espionage Act for ...

UK Progressive

• Romney Surrogates: ‘Expect Double-Digit Bump w ...
  Mitt Romney’s surrogates expect a double digit bump for him placing Congressman Paul Ryan  a 42-year-old, 7-term Republican from Wisconsin on the ticket as Vice President. Ryan, the poster child of a do-nothing Congress that announced last week (with four months until the election) that it ...
• Militant Reaffirms Role of Pakistan in Mumbai ...
  by Sebastian Rotella ProPublica This story was co-published with Foreign Policy. Last year, Indian and U.S. investigators came upon a rare promising lead in an internationally sensitive case: the 2008 attacks on Mumbai that killed 166 people and implicated Pakistan’s spy agency in terroris ...
• Romney To Push Elderly Into Poverty, Homelessness
  By Charley James There is a group of Americans who don’t have jobs, and are chronically short of money and assets but, unless they have been on the street for a long time because of an ongoing addiction problem or mental illness, do not suffer homelessness like the rest of the population: ...
• Editorial: Where’s My Father’s Republican Party?
  Dad passed of emphysema in February of 2003. He literally suffocated because of the cigarettes he would smoke one-by-one by placing his oxygen nose pieces on the back of the chair whilst using precious breaths to inhale the addictive smoke. Speak to him of regulating the cancer sticks that were ...
• Olympic Gymnast Gabby Douglas and That Other N ...
  Rev. Irene Monroe Gabrielle Christina Victoria “Gabby” Douglas is one of this year’s Olympic darlings. As a member of the U.S. Women’s Gymnastics team, Gabby is the first African American gymnast and woman of color, in Olympic history, to win gold medals in the individual ...

NewsAlert

• Mitt Romney picks Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as ...
  The New York Post
• Federal Judge Strikes Down Utah’s Hairbraiding ...
  Institute For Justice reports:In a major victory for economic liberty, a federal court ruled late yesterday that Utah’s requirement that hairbraiders have a government-issued cosmetology license is unconstitutional. Jestina Clayton, a Salt Lake city-based African hairbraider with more than 23 y ...
• (Video) Legislature Pay Increases While Califo ...
• Karl Marx Was Worse Than You Thought
  Murray Rothbard
• Paul Ryan Voted For TARP
  The Washington Post

JoNova

• Allegations about our PM raging across the int ...
  For the last three months emails have been burning across Australia with links to Larry Pickering. It’s a mark of the times that the ground breaking investigative research and news is breaking through the blog world, and barely touched in the mainstream media (see here and here as it start ...
• Dr Paul Bain and Nature issue partial correction
  It’s a start. Paul Bain regrets the offense caused by the term denier. But there’s no mention of the term failing basic English or it’s unscientific nature. The term has been used by professors, M.P.’s, Prime Ministers and national broadcasters, and none of them have expr ...
• Oreskes, the Queen of Climate Smear, Ignores t ...
  You’d expect a professor to have done the basic research. Naomi Oreskes is famous (of sorts) for the book: Merchants of Doubt — it seeds doubts about skeptics by saying that skeptic’s “seed doubts” about climate change. The skeptics seed doubts by questioning the e ...
• Ray Evans reviews The Denialist Victory
  Ray Evans writes a review below of Robert Manne’s essay in The Monthly entitled A Dark Victory: How vested interests defeated climate science. (Forgive me Ray for slipping in one or two thoughts of my own below). Ray Evans is the secretary of The Lavoisier Group one of the first original skeptic ...
• Don’t mention the Peer Review! New Zeala ...
  The Australians must have said something awful. In the never ending quest to hide information that the taxpayer paid for, the New Zealand trial of skeptics vs alarmists is rising to new heights. This is a legal case asking for discovery of documents, which is much harder to dodge than a simple F ...

ReNew America

• Obamacare, the Supremes, Dickens, and the bumb ...
  (Wes Vernon, RA analyst) - No less a power than the highest court in the land has stumbled into the ultimate definition of Obamacare, and in the process has finally exposed the decades-long downslide of the political class's standards for honesty. It is up to us to try to reverse that...
• From preserving liberty to destroying it
  (Alan Keyes) - When the U.S. Supreme Court announced its Obamacare decision, many conservatives professed to be shocked, even stunned, to hear that G.W. Bush appointee John Roberts wrote the decision in which he and the Supreme Court's anti-constitutional leftists upheld the individual mandate p ...
• Building the free-market case against big business
  (Timothy P. Carney) - The most dangerous enemies of capitalism today are capitalists. This is becoming clearer every day to people committed to free markets. The conservative and libertarian grassroots came to deeply distrust big business after the Wall Street bailouts and Obama's stimulus and h ...
• New hope for life worldwide
  (Janice Shaw Crouse) - During discouraging times, pro-lifers remind themselves that William Wilberforce worked for two decades before he began to change hearts and minds and end 19th-century slavery in Great Britain. In efforts lasting twice as long, pro-life activists are just now beginning to ...
• Formal complaint seeks disbarment of Eric Hold ...
  (Daily Caller) - Attorney General Eric Holder could lose his license to practice law in the District of Columbia, or face some other penalty from the D.C. Bar, now that he has been found in criminal and civil contempt of Congress...

Truth Offering

• The False Flag Cyber Attack Takedown of the In ...
  Here are some of today's top shock headlines: "Army of hackers targets the Swedish government, Sarah Palin and credit card giants in WikiLeaks 'Operation: Payback'" - The Daily Mail "Hackers Rise for WikiLeaks" - Wall Street Journal "WikiLeaks backers hit MasterCard and Visa in cyberstrike" - R ...
• S. 510: The Death of Food Freedom Act
  In the world of liberty lovers and food freedom fighters, there's been a ton of attention lately on Senate bill S.510 -- the deceitfully-named, "Food Safety Modernization Act [1]." But in the mainstream media, there's been but a whimper; a pathetic trickle of occasional, fleeting and understated ...
• Politicians and the Voting Public: A Toxic Rel ...
  At TruthOffering.com, we've written much about what's known as the Liberty to Tyranny cycle. The reason we've focused so much attention on this cycle is that we believe in it completely. That is to say, since every civilization has followed this cycle's projection, it's reasonable to suspect the ...
• Education v. Conditioning: Wundt, Rockefeller ...
  John D. Rockefeller, Sr. / Wilhelm WundtSince reading "the deliberate dumbing down of america" by Charlotte Iserbyt, I've been trying to find other people out there who have also noticed the ruining of education in the United States. To be honest, it's hard to find information on this subject ou ...
• TruthOffering's Matt Gordon on LA Talk Live's ...
  Have a listen to Matt Gordon from TruthOffering.com chatting with Hip-hop connoisseur, D-Bracks, on LA Talk Live. Topics range from economics and politics to international banksters and chemtrails. Be sure to drop a comment and let us know what you think of Matt's perspective:

2012 Blog

• Survival Kit (in a Bottle)
  A serious survivalist has spent a lot of time working out exactly what they need in their go bag. But it is unlikely that everyone you know is a hardcore survivalist.  Rather than testing the patience of friends and family with long-winded scenarios that probably won’t happen – just ...
• Are You A Terrorist?
  Apologies if I have covered similar topics previously, but it is worth reiterating… As a reader of this blog, you most likely fit one of the following categories: believe your “way of life” is under attack purchase food in bulk fiercely nationalistic support Ron Paul anti-global own gold ...
• Boise, Idaho – An Example of Bunker Options
  This is a short but useful video. A lot of people in Boise would know some or all of these locations, but perhaps not consider them should disaster strike. If you keep survival in the back of your mind, there are likely to be many places in your neighborhood you can discover that are safer than ...
• First Man-Made Species
  This would be of special interest to those who believe that humans are a hybrid species created by aliens (not me…). Moreno genetically modified the fruit flyDrosophila melanogaster so that this new species Drosophila synthetica cannot reproduce with the naturally occurring species of frui ...
• Aussie Bunker in the News
  In the last couple of days most Australian newspapers have run this story: A 2012 doomsday group is charging $5000 for admission to a survival bunker in the northern NSW hills. Massive earthquakes, shifts in the Earth’s poles and devastating solar flares will be among events faced by the ...

Facing South

• Lawsuit seeks better regulation of oil spill d ...
  The unprecedented use of chemical dispersants following BP's Gulf disaster led to complaints of health problems among cleanup workers and local residents. A coalition of groups is now suing the EPA in hopes of spurring regulatory action. read more
• Lacking contracts, New Orleans teachers use ol ...
  After Katrina, New Orleans fired all 7,500 of its teachers. The firings were recently ruled illegal, but teachers won't get their jobs back. Instead, the union is fighting for teachers and students through a grassroots, social justice approach. read more
• Southern leaders fiddle while coasts threatene ...
  As sea levels rise due to global warming, politicians across the hard-hit South are blocking efforts to address the problem. read more
• Sikh temple shooter was an Army veteran, white ...
  Reportedly a psy ops specialist, Wade Michael Page was also a frustrated neo-Nazi and the leader of a racist white-power band based in North Carolina. read more
• The risks of being employed
  The number of workplaces with egregiously bad safety records has doubled in the past year. OSHA's effort to focus on these employers is laudable -- but is it enough? read more

One News Page

• UPA govt fails to protect Indians abroad: MM Joshi
  Senior BJP leader Murali Manaohar Joshi on Saturday accused the UPA government at the Centre of being 'utter failure' to protect Indians in other countries. Reported by Zee News 50 minutes ago
• Romney's choice of Ryan reshapes race for Whit ...
  NORFOLK, Virginia (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate on Saturday in a move that could dramatically shift the race for the White House into a debate over reducing government spending and debt. ...
• Iran quake kills 40-50 people – Iranian media
  DUBAI (Reuters) - Two strong earthquakes struck northwest Iran on Saturday, killing 40 to 50 people and injuring about 400, Iranian media reported. Reported by Firstpost 1 hour ago
• Football: Peralta double helps Mexico shock Brazil
  Oribe Peralta scored just 29 seconds into the Olympic final and added another goal in the second half to help Mexico stun Brazil 2-1 Saturday and win its first gold in football. Reported by Rediff.com 1 hour ago
• Lover boy turns techie's wife's murderer
  *Love, sex and betrayal.This forms the murder mystery that was unravelled by the police on Saturday.* Ashwini J (23) daughter of DrJagannathachar and resident of JPNagar in the city was found murdered at her house on August 7, with stab wounds. Acting on the leads, a police team lead ... ...

Global Research TV

• Yellow Brick Road: The Fed and A New Path to D ...
• West Attempts to Destabilize Syrian Government
• We are the Media Revolution: The Battle for Tr ...
• Putting a Stop to Radiation Exposure Practices
• Big Money Buys US Elections and Elected Officials

Daily Tech

• China Tries People Who Bought Teen's Kidney fo ...
  Likelihood of conviction is estimated to be around 99.9 percent
• 8/10/2012 Daily Hardware Reviews
  DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Friday
• Report: IBM Wants to Buy RIM's Enterprise Serv ...
  No potential buyers have expressed interest in the phone unit
• Google Must Pay Up $22.5 Million to FTC in App ...
  This is the largest ever given by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission
• Moon Lander "Morpheus" Crashes and Burns Durin ...
  No one was on board, but the crash cost NASA $500,000

Oriental Review

• Afghan’s Narco-Jihad and Pentagon’ ...
  Curious information surfaced in the media last month – based on space reconnaissance, the US Department of Defense put together a map of Afghanistan showing in detail the country’s mineral riches which, as it transpired, may be quite impressive. The fact that Afghanistan sits on lucrative ...
• Syria: Splendour and Misery of Western Diplomacy
  The situation in and around Syria is still one of the most important issues being in focus of international events. This is the case when diplomacy equals military operations in importance. The failure of the UN Security Council resolution of July 19 to great extent spurred the diplomatic and mi ...
• Drugs An Instrument of Global Policy
  In the wake of World War II, the US and British political elites were confronted with a threat of socialism on a global scale. Fearing that a question mark might be hanging over their own future, they reacted by mobilizing resources – those on public display and deeply hidden – to implement a Ro ...
• NATO Preparing Vast Disinformation Campaign
  Syrians wanting to watch their national TV stations will probably see them replaced on their screens by TV programs created by the CIA. Studio-shot images will show massacres that are blamed on the Syrian Government, people demonstrating, ministers and generals resigning from their posts, Presid ...
• The SCO 2012 Shanghai Summit – on the Way to N ...
  The 12th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit took place in Beijing on June 6-7, 2012. The annual event brought together the heads of states to review and gauge the importance of the SCO in global affairs. China hosted the summit for the third time since its inception. The organization ...

BlogHer

• Wasabi, Ginger, and Sesame Crusted Ahi Tuna
  Happy Monday!Have I got a Monday night dinner for you. I don’t know what it is about Monday, but I always like to start the week off with a light, healthy, but still super delicious dinner. I think it’s because it just kicks the week off to a great start. Or…it might be because I want to compe ...
• Can Apple Own the User Experience?
  Have you read about the lawsuit Apple brought against Samsung? At ReadWriteWeb they are talking money in The Number that Shows Why Apple is Suing Every Android Manufacturer in Sight. But at Pleasure and Pain, Whitney Hess, a user experience expert, is talking about the fact that the lawsuit is b ...
• Fiscal Hawk Paul Ryan Jumps on Romney Ticket as VP
  After months of intense speculationMitt Romney would select as his running mate -- everyone from senators Kelly Ayotte and Marco Rubio to governors Bobby Jindal and Chris Christie -- it comes down to a 42-year-old newbie congressman: Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan If that doesn't make some Republican ...
• Is Michael Phelps Really THE BEST? Maybe Not.
  My swim cap is off to Michael Phelps.He is a sick athlete and a true source of pride for the swim community and America in general. He’s won 22 Olympic medals over an 8-year period during three Olympics. He has set and broken a ridiculous number of world records and has (except for one minor bon ...
• BlogHer Conferences Update - - August 11, 2012
  Well, BlogHer '12 is a mere memory now as we have reached the one week post-conference milestone. But it's not over entirely, we still have our VirtualCon where you can view photos, read liveblogs, and more! We're updating the VirtualCon regularly, so check back often for new material. And, no ...

Health Freedom Alliance

• Dr. Lynne Fenton, The Batman Killer, Drugs And ...
  People don’t get it. The media don’t get it and they don’t want to get it. Billions of dollars are riding on the drugs Dr. Lynne Fenton may have prescribed to her patient, James Holmes, ...
• You Think GMO Is Scary? Nano Tech is Here, In ...
  Nanotechnology is measured in billionths of a meter, encompassing all aspects of life from food to medicine, clothing, to space. Imagine hundreds of microcomputers on the width of a strand of hair programmed for specific ...
• Will Congress Let Monsanto Write Its Own Rules?
  The agricultural biotech industry — well, let’s call it what it really is: the chemical industry — has gone on the offensive as never before with a set of slippery policy riders to the House ...
• Battling the Dogma of Big Ag
  I just read an article at the Hobby Farms website, Grow Smart: Keep Food Safe. I was frustrated with it for a number of reasons, but the underlying theme of this article was that we should be scared ...
• Oregon Man Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail for Co ...
  A rural Oregon man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in jail and over $1,500 in fines because he had three reservoirs on his property to collect and use rainwater. Gary Harrington of Eagle Point, Ore., ...

Live News Wire

• Editorial: As The Country Mourned, Tucson Need ...
  Those who criticized the reaction of the crowd at Wednesday night's memorial have it ingrained that a perfect memorial is one with candles, flowers and tears. The citizens of Tucson and the American people have mourned for five days. Wednesday's event was not a time to mourn some more. It was a ...
• Police Made Visits To Loughner Home Before Sho ...
  The Tucson, Arizona family home of 22-year-old Jared Loughner had been visited by authorities before the shooting of a congresswoman and 18 others last Saturday, new information by the New York Times revealed Wednesday. It's unclear what the visits were about or what prompted the call to author ...
• Criminal Charges Filed Against Congresswoman’s ...
  Newly-released court documents offer a glimpse into the motive behind Jared Loughner's attempted assassination of Tucson Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday. Recovered from Loughner's home was a letter addressed to Jared Loughner from Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords mailed a ...
• “Unbelievable Tragedy:” Congresswoman Shot By ...
  At least fifteen gunshots rang out shortly after 10:10am Arizona Time Saturday, bullets fatally striking a Federal Judge and injuring a prominent Congresswoman. Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) of Arizona's Eighth District was wounded at a public meet-and-greet event outside a grocery s ...
• Queensland Facing Flood Of “Biblical” Proportions
  The worst floods in 50 years to hit Queensland, Australia are being described as nothing short of Biblical. More than 1,000 people have been evacuated, though officials say as the floodwaters get worse, as many as 4,000 residents could be asked to vacate their homes and businesses later this we ...

Coal Tattoo

• Breaking: Judge rules for Alpha in permit case
  Word just in from Huntington that U.S. District Judge Robert C. Chambers has ruled in favor of the federal Army Corps of Engineers and Alpha Natural Resources in a challenge to the Clean Water Act permit for Alpha’s Highland Reylas Surface Mine. I’ve posted a copy of the decision her ...
• Friday roundup, Aug. 10, 2012
  In this Aug. 22, 2006 file photo a train loaded with coal from the Powder River Basin travels through northeast Wyoming near Gillette, Wyo. A federal judge dismisses a lawsuit Thursday Aug. 2, 2012, in which environmental groups had challenged the expansion of coal mines in the Powder River Basi ...
• Coal job numbers: Looking to the future
  Gazette photo by Chip Ellis If you missed it, we had a story in this morning’s Gazette (posted online last night) that provides the first glimpse at government data reflecting the jobs impact on the layoffs various coal operators have announced since the first of the year. Here’s a b ...
• PATH power line appears dead – again
  Here’s the announcement from PJM, the folks who manage the grid: The PJM transmission planning staff will recommend to the PJM Board that the Potomac Appalachian Transmission Highline (PATH) and the Mid Atlantic Power Pathway (MAPP) lines be removed from PJM’s regional transmission plans. ...
• Alpha records $2 billion – with a B &#82 ...
  Here’s the big coal-related financial news out early this morning: Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE: ANR), a leading U.S. coal producer, reported a second quarter loss of $2.2 billion or $10.14 per diluted share, compared with a loss of $50 million or $0.32 per diluted share in the seco ...

Daniel Miessler

• Everything in Writing and Life is Fiction : Th ...
  http://m.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2012/08/everything-is-fiction.html (Source: https://twitter.com/TheBrowser/statuses/234220301297262592) Posted via email from danielmiessler.com | posterous Related ContentFacebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg opens up : The New YorkerPrinciple, pragm ...
• The One Problem With Vim | Haldean
  Vim has reduced me to a pathetic teary wreck every time I have to use a text editor that isn’t vim. I wrote this in vim. via haldean.org Posted via email from danielmiessler.com | posterous Related ContentHashify: Unnecessary, AwesomeThe Vim PedalDr. Satoshi KanazawaThe Posterous Book ...
• Always Dominate Monday | Nerd Fitness
  You dominated your Monday workout, setting the tone for workout domination for the whole week.  “This week I am going to hit new records with my workouts. I already kicked ass on Monday, let’s keep it up!” You dominated your Monday with healthy food choices and meals, setting the tone ...
• Learning About Learning | Raganwald
  But the business of “affecting the way you think about programs” strikes me as being something else than learning the implications of Scheme’s design. It’s something more than just extending your conscious knowledge of facts. It’s a change in you, a change in the wa ...
• All By Himself
  via i.imgur.com Signs of a dumbass. Posted via email from danielmiessler.com | posterous Related ContentDon’t Be a Cryptic AssHipster HawkingThe Sriracha Spray BottlePolitical Perspective NeededEarth vs. Google Earth

Fitwatch

• Welcome to the Future, Today.
  For those of us who have watched London 2012 with a keen eye from its inception, we have been alarmed by the extent to which it appeared to be just a 'festival of social control'. Yesterday's heavy-handed policing of the monthly Critical Mass bike ride  was a chilling confirmation of this. Cycli ...
• The Most Dangerous Armed Gang in the Country
  A mini-rant from a few FITwatchers - not necessarily representative of the views of the organisation as whole. On Thursday, 19th July, killer cop PC Simon Harwood was acquitted of manslaughter at Southwark Crown Court for his role in the death of Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests in 2009. Despit ...
• A call to kettle FIT and Police Liaison in Bri ...
  Fitwatch are heading to the Smash EDO demo in Brighton on Monday 16th July, and we'd love you to join us. Smash EDO protests have historically been heavily hit by snoopers from the FIT, Police Liaison and the National Domestic Extremism Unit. These are all dangerous, vindictive and untrustworthy ...
• Sussex police unleash new weapon – crowd ...
  Sussex police have recently started to use new forms of repressive tactics for policing demonstrations. They seem to have taken a break from head cracking to trial what they have termed 'Police Liaison Officers' or PLOs at the recent Smash EDO demonstration on June 4th. This may not be simply a ...
• A call to FITWATCH at Smash EDO demo, Monday 4 ...
  The high court has decided that it is perfectly ok for the cops to gather as much intel about anyone they like who is in any way connected to the Smash EDO campaign - or any other that uses direct action or civil disobedience. Yesterday they announced that the domestic extremism unit, in holding ...

Worldwide Hippies

• Conservatives Are Happier Than Liberals?
  By ARTHUR C. BROOKS,NYT – WHO is happier about life — liberals or conservatives? The answer might seem straightforward. After all, there is an entire academic literature in the social sciences dedicated to showing conservatives as naturally authoritarian, dogmatic, intolerant of ambiguity, ...
• U.S. Justice: Is The Joke On You?
  by TOM SULLIVAN,dirtyhippies.org – Here’s a neat get-out-of-jail trick. The secret is it doesn’t usually work for ordinary crimes by flesh-and-blood people — for smoking marijuana or selling food stamps for rent money, for example. No, those people we warehouse in taxpayer-funded Correctio ...
• 80,000 men, women and even children held in so ...
  By Kanya D’Almeida,Bret Grote,aljazeera.com – Russell “Maroon” Shoats has been kept in solitary confinement in the state of Pennsylvania for 30 years after being elected president of the prison-approved Lifers’ Association. He was initially convicted for his alleged ...
• Worldwide Hippies News Briefs Saturday
  Israeli court backs demolition of 8 West Bank villages The Israeli Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the demolition of eight Palestinian villages on the West Bank. The Israeli Defense Ministry says it needs this land for military exercises and will displace some 1,500 Palestinians. The Associa ...
• The For-Profit College Racket
  By Suzanne Merkelson, Moyers & Company | News Analysis – The for-profit college industry is known to most Americans by its commercials and billboards promising potential students new skills, job training and exciting career paths. The reality is far more sinister, as Senator Tom H ...

reference frame

• Olympic medals, fame, and genuine values
  Something like one-half of the people in the West uncritically accept what they read and hear in the mass media. The percentage is probably higher in less developed countries and it may be higher in the West, too. Today, I fully appreciated how much your humble correspondent – who could ...
• CIA declassifies deep-sea-sunk spy satellite
  MSNBC posted an interesting story on the CIA efforts to monitor the whole territory of the Soviet Union in the early 1970s. A spy satellite codenamed Hexagon that actually managed to photograph the whole communist empire was declassified right now. It took pictures of everything wi ...
• \({\mathcal F}\)-\(SU(5)\): LSPs, stops, and p ...
  The "aromatic" papers by Li, Maxin, Nanopoulos, and Walker have been discussed many times on this blog. They have a new preprint today, A \(125.5\GeV\) Higgs Boson in \({\mathcal F}\)-\(SU(5)\): Imminently Observable Proton Decay, A \(130\GeV\) Gamma-ray Line, and SUSY Multijets & Light Sto ...
• Nancy Pelosi spoke to ghosts of Susan B. Antho ...
  NASA may have been communicating with a vehicle on Mars but NASA is an apolitical organization so its science and its communication technologies can't possibly be as advanced as those of the self-described owners of science, the leftwingers. In the video above, former spokeswoman o ...
• President Klaus vetoes an insane bill on energ ...
  This fast translation from klaus.cz shows what kind of legislative junk is flowing from Brussels to Czechia these days... Click the picture for an older (2010) TRF article on EU bans of heated houses. President vetoed a bill on energy performance of buildings Dear Ms Spok ...

Tatumba 2.0

• Bernie Sanders Exposes the 26 Billionaires who ...
  By: Jason Easley July 24th, 2012 at Politicususa.com 1). Sheldon Adelson, owner of the Las Vegas Sands Casino, is worth nearly $25 billion, making him the 14th wealthiest person in the world and the 7th richest person in America. While median family income plummeted by nearly 40% from 2007-2010, ...
• THE INTELHUB: Aurora Police Chief: From Beat C ...
  By Shepard Ambellas theintelhub.com July 27, 2012 Update: Actual police audio from the scene described what looked to be a coordinated attack with at least two shooters yet the police chief, the corporate media, and the federal government continue to claim that the mind controlled James Holmes a ...
• AURORA FALSE FLAG – Sorcha Faal: Colorado Mass ...
  I knew I smelt a rat in this Colorado Shooting. A second gas mask found, Multiple witness claiming a second shooter, media using actors as supposed victims in the interviews….and now the lid has been blown off the cover-up. James Holmes was a patsy, used to silence his father who was set t ...
• I have been asked to sell this domain name – Y ...
  $100,000.27 No negotiations. Send to my PayPal account at chiefape@gmail.com. Simple as that. Too much money? Too bad. It is a take it or leave it offer. Quit bugging me! TMA Related posts: Tatumba.com home of The Mad Ape – Radio Spot A few weeks ago I won a significant amount of... Relat ...
• End of the Road – How Money Became Worthless – ...
  The new film “End Of The Road” has just been released for public viewing, featuring GoldSilver.com CEO Mike Maloney alongside Peter Schiff, Jim Rickards, Jim Puplava, James Turk, Eric Sprott and more. This post is courtesy of Robbie the Robot Gold American Eagle Fractional Bullion Co ...

Truth About Our World

• Notification
  This blogs entries have been moved to http://worldtruthtoday.wordpress.com/ I will no longer post anything here, although site will remain open for a while. Thanks Grace
• Trudell Documentary
• Occupy Wall Street “Beware The Zeitgeist ...
• The Dirty Fucking Hippies Were Right
• World War 3 (III,Three): September 11, 2001-20 ...

Bloomberg

• Can't Stop the Big Mo
  Healthy spending and productivity add up to some good stock buys, says S&P's Kenneth Shea. Plus: His formula for a diversified portfolio
• No Lull in the Airlines' Headwinds
  The industry isn't doing as badly as it was, but that's not saying much, according to S&P's Philip Baggaley
• Grading Back-to-School Stocks
  Some outfits that gain from families' spending may make dicey buys. But equity pros reveal those investments with strong potential
• Higher Gas Tax? Smart Move
  Raising it to 50 cents or $1 per gallon would push conservation and send a signal to America's enemies. It's the surest way to cut oil dependence
• Merck: More Agony from Its Painkiller
  The costly Vioxx verdict makes its plan to take on each claim individually more difficult. But a big settlement is no easy cure, either

Enviroblog

• Ham and Cheese Again? Revamp your Lunch, Rethi ...
  By Altelisha Taylor, EWG food and nutrition intern Let me guess. You, like most Americans, usually have a sandwich for lunch. Or maybe it's a panini or a wrap, if you want to get technical. Regardless, it's what you eat... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, ...
• Always Faithful: President Signs Bill Expandin ...
  "Times New Roman"">By Heather White, Chief of Staff We walked up to the White House Appointments Desk at 17th Street and State Place NW, headed for the West Wing. The security officer examined Jerry Ensminger's military... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web ...
• Why I decided to cut back on processed meat, g ...
  By Altelisha Taylor, EWG food and nutrition intern As a kid, I was taught that a decent meal has carbs, veggies and meat. Tacos and burgers were my favorites. I have absolutely no interest in becoming a vegetarian. I'm pretty... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full l ...
• BPA substitute found on store receipts
  By Paul Pestano, EWG research analyst Nearly two years after EWG published a study documenting high concentrations of the toxic plastics chemical bisphenol A in cash register receipts, scientists are finding that manufacturers have substituted bisphenol... [[ This is a content summary only. ...
• Study shows fracking can pollute
  By Alex Formuzis, VP for Media Relations A new water quality study near gas drilling operations in northeastern Pennsylvania counters natural gas industry claims that gas and hydraulic fracturing chemicals can't seep into the drinking water of nearby... [[ This is a content summary only. Vi ...

Quick Hits

• More Teachers Being Replaced By Technology
  The neoliberal wetdream coming to fruition. From Fast Company: Districts all over are experimenting with teacher-less computer labs and green-lighting entire classrooms of adult-supervised children exploring the Internet--an Android powered tablet designed specifically for students. Teachers' u ...
• Food costs at record levels, likely to go higher
  MANILA/MILAN (Reuters) - World food prices hit a record in January and recent catastrophic weather around the globe could put yet more pressure on the cost of food, an issue that has already helped spark protests across the Middle East. Up for the seventh month in a row, the closely watched Food ...
• Shell makes $2,208,480 (£1.6m) an hour, [Clue ...
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/busi...   The Guardian in Britain says calmly:Shell stoked up the heated debate about the high cost of fuel on the forecourt today after reporting it made profits of nearly £1.6m an hour over the last three months.A leading member of the road lobby said moto ...
• Gallup Helps Explain Egyptian/Tunisia Uprisings
  Wellbeing in Egypt and Tunisia decreased significantly over the past few years, even as GDP increased. In Egypt, where demonstrations have prompted President Hosni Mubarak to give up power after elections this fall, the percentage of people "thriving" fell by 18 percentage points since 2005. In ...
• Wallace Shawn: Are You Smarter Than Thomas Jef ...
  The Grand Nagus speaks! At Tom Dispatch.com.

Capital - NYC

• Romney picks Paul Ryan, guaranteeing a change ...
• While you were waiting for Mitt Romney's annou ...
• 'Red Hook Summer': A worthy, outward-facing su ...
• The 2012 Bring a Weasel Festival: a suite of n ...
• New York D.J. crew Trouble & Bass talk about g ...

Views & News from Norway

• Funcom dives on poor ‘Secret’ sales
  Shares in Norwegian gamemaking company Funcom were savaged on the Oslo Stock Exchange Friday, dropping almost 50 percent on news of poor sales of its latest computer game, The Secret World. Since the game was released on July 3, the price of Funcom’s shares had fallen by half amid investor ...
• Norway loves its handball champs
  As the Norwegian national anthem “Ja vi elsker” (Yes we love … this country) played in the Olympic hall in London, there was no doubt who Norwegians loved on Saturday night. The women’s national handball team had done it again, winning Olympic gold and restoring Norwegian ...
• Tech trouble adds to cost of Goliat oil field
  Italian oil major Eni has warned of delays and substantial cost overruns in developing the Goliat oil field in the Barents Sea. Eni says production will start almost a year late and cost NOK 36.7 billion, which is approximately 20 percent over initial estimates. Eni spokesman Andreas Wulff told ...
• Bears make news up north
  Bears dominated local headlines in both Nord-Troms and Finnmark last week, after one got shot and a family of others starred in a real-life version of an old fairy tale. First came the dramatic news of a bear that threatened local folks and, not least, their flocks of sheep in the small communit ...
• Oncoming traffic, Finnmark-style
  PHOTO FEATURE: It was one of those special Norwegian moments: Driving along the two-lane E6 highway in northern Norway, bound for the city of Alta, came not the customary oncoming cars or trucks but instead, a small herd of reindeer. The encounter occurred, as they usually do, rather suddenly. W ...

Permaculture Research Institute - Australia

• Food Forests, Part 4: Humanure (black water)
  Poo. We all do it. Even the smallest microbes do it. However, when you are connected to a centralised sewerage system, unless it stops working – which is not much fun – you don’t have to think about it much at all. A quick flush and off it goes, somewhere else, to be [...]
• Permaculture, Nature & Civilization
  by Øyvind Holmstad Workers of the industrial revolution Permaculture was first a contraction of the words permanent agriculture, later being widened to include all permanent culture. The problem is, however, that culture is seen as opposed to nature, its contradiction. Ross Wolf writes: Th ...
• Abundance in the Garden: the Backyard Grocery ...
  Our abundant garden: pineapple, leeks, spring onions, strawberry beds, greens, broccoli and numerous other edible plants visible in this picture. I love this time of year! Here on the Sunshine Coast, the sun shines brightly during the day, creating a wonderful 23 – 25 degrees C and the ...
• StrawJet: A Solution to Deforestation
  StrawJet has developed a unique process in response to agricultural waste around the world. They basically gather agricultural waste (stalks ranging from rye to corn) and bundle them tightly into ‘cables’; solid tubes of condensed stalks tightly wrapped in nylon thread. These ca ...
• Permaculture: ‘A Rhymer’s Manual’
  From earthworms to "earworms" (songs that just won’t get out of your head), Charlie Jones is taking pattern learning a step further towards a dynamic, brave new approach to communicating and teaching concepts of permaculture with the creation of ‘Permaculture: A Rhymer&#8 ...

Pointman's

• Announcing the inaugural Climate Prat of the Y ...
  I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but notables of the green persuasion seem to win a lot of awards from various green organisations. They give prizes to each other, occasionally with a nice bit of money as well; sometimes with a very very nice bit of money. You may also have noticed, t ...
• Legislation by regulation.
  What is now called the European Union (EU), grew out of the aftermath of WWII, which had devastated both the economies and infrastructures of most countries in Europe. It was really the product of several treaties but the first big one was the 1957 treaty of Rome, which created a common market a ...
• What’s the Watts paper actually mean, Dude?
  As a young man, my first mode of powered transport was motorbikes. Like all bikers, there was this thing you noticed about passing from the open countryside into a built up area. Basically, cities were warmer than the countryside, and exposed as you are to the elements on a bike, that was always ...
• So, was climategate a hack after all?
  This is going to be one of those difficult articles to write, just to make it easy to read. It’s going to get technical at points, because it has to, so there’s going to be more than a few detours to explain things, but bear with me. It’s Sunday afternoon, I’m wearing sun ...
• The decline of popular science journals.
  We are creatures of habit and pleasure. When we find something of pleasure, we tend to revisit it with regularity. Despite what a large part of the mainstream media might have you believe, not all pleasure starts at the gullet and ends at the genitalia, though eating well and making love, are of ...

Journalists' Toolkit

• Baby Steps in Data Journalism
  This is a Tumblr blog that I started in early April 2012: Baby Steps in Data Journalism Its purpose is to collect links and other useful information related to learning about data journalism. To go directly to something you might be searching for, try these links: How I installed Python (April 2 ...
• The best video export options
  How do you choose the best settings for exporting your video, after you have edited it? I remember how confusing this was for me when I started working with Web video several years ago. With the slower computers we had back then, I would wait for what seemed like forever while exporting a small ...
• Video Resources updated
  The new Video Resources page has been added to this site. This is a carefully curated page with links to good tutorials for video editing software, video shooting tips, and the like. It’s intended for beginners, particularly journalism students and journalism educators who are teaching vid ...
• Flash Journalism updates
  I have been hard at work updating the Flash Journalism website. New tutorials for ActionScript 3.0 and for working on the Timeline in CS4 and CS5 have been added. The old pages from the original site (created to support the book I wrote about Flash journalism in 2004) are still online, and all t ...
• New tutorial: Windows Live Movie Maker
  As an aid to a journalism training session I agreed to give, I created a short PowerPoint that is aimed at journalism students. Windows Live Movie Maker Tutorial Windows Live Movie Maker is quite different from its predecessor — Windows Movie Maker (not “live”). It is less vers ...

Justice Roars - Louisiana

• Coalition of Black and Latina Women, Women fro ...
  From our friends at the Congress of Day Laborers: A delegation of undocumented women from Arizona will join local immigrants and civil rights leaders from Women United for Justice, in demanding that Sheriff Gusman stop holding undocumented immigrants for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (IC ...
• New Policy at Charter School in Delhi Louisian ...
  From our friends at the ACLU of Louisiana: The ACLU issued a letter today to the administration at Delhi Charter School in Delhi, Louisiana in response to its Student Pregnancy Policy. The policy requires female students even suspected of being pregnant to submit to a pregnancy exam – and if ...
• Urban Bush Women Summer Leadership Institute C ...
  Urban Bush Women have returned to New Orleans for another of their legendary Summer Leadership Institutes. This summer's theme is centered around the question, "Why are people poor?" You can catch some of their work this Saturday at a series of performances they are hosting. Below are the detail ...
• Community Profile: Brenda Williams of VOTE
  After attending an “outstanding” presentation that VOTE sponsored at Ashé Cultural Arts Center in Central City, Miss Brenda Williams was inspired to get “involved to make a difference in the lives of those who suffer injustice at the hands of lawmakers, judges and others involved in the criminal ...
• Creating Excellent Schools is not the Same as ...
  Republished from Diane Ravitch's blog: Charter schools that perform better by recruiting and retaining better students don’t exist in a vacuum: skimming the best and most profitable students affects other schools, though it is hard to detect in systems with few charters.  The systemic ef ...

Information Underground

• Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
  Don't forget to grab the rar file while you can and spread his works everywhere: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16574Statistics: Posted by Rockclimber — Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:59 pm
• Zionist Personalities We Should Know About • R ...
  CSR and Tim, If I may bother you to add my two cents as a friend to both, I think that CSR's answer to the question was a good answer and used lots of examples. I understand, Tim, that you are arguing not about the examples, but that CSR dodges a philosophical question. And it is a philosophi ...
• Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
  and before someone asks where I have been... I've been taking a break...As you guys know, constant researching/reading about the j-crime network starts to wear you down after awhile. I'll be back in a few months.Statistics: Posted by Whaler — Fri Aug 10, 2012 6:04 pm
• Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
  Any news on this? I remember his post about his site being shut down again but this was kind of abrupt...and Delaney has nothing on his back up sight about being completely taken off line. http://therealprothink.blogspot.com/ wtf?Statistics: Posted by Whaler — Fri Aug 10, 2012 6:00 pm
• Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
  Rockclimber wrote: Yep a bunch of ridiculous nonsense being spewed by the jewish supremacists. And on that note: "Every base has its problem with white supremacists because they are allowed to operate freely," Kennard says Really? Please, I'm sure they are few in number and besides th ...

TVNZ

• Iran earthquakes leave scores dead
  Two strong earthquakes struck northwest Iran, killing 87 people.
• Romney confirms Ryan as presidential running mate
  Republican U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney has picked Congressman Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate.
• Deadly 24 hours for US troops in Afghanistan
  Six United States soldiers have been killed in southern Afghanistan in the past 24 hours.
• South Korea and Japan face off over disputed i ...
  Japan said today that it will take the long-running islands territorial dispute with South Korea to the International Court of Justice.
• Romney's presidential running mate leaked
  According to a Republican official, Mitt Romney has selected Paul Ryan as his running mate.

environment 360

• Interview: The Need to Think Big in Global Con ...
  Steven E. Sanderson, who stepped down as president and CEO of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) this summer, has seen the good, the bad, and the ugly in his 12 years as head of one of the world’s largest Julie Larsen Maher © WCS Steven E. Sanderson conservation groups. Although glo ...
• California Meets 20 Percent of Electricity Dem ...
  California power utilities are now achieving more than 20 percent of the state’s electricity needs with renewable energy sources, state regulators say. In its latest quarterly report, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) said that the state met 20.6 percent of its Getty Images ...
• Rise in Extreme Heat Events Linked to Climate ...
  A new NASA study has found that extreme heat events are far more likely to occur than five decades ago, a phenomenon that researchers link to climate change. In an analysis of long-term statistical trends, a team of researchers led by James Hansen of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies de ...
• Shrimp Farms’ Tainted Legacy Is Target of Cert ...
  As shrimp aquaculture has boomed globally to keep pace with surging demand, the environmental toll on mangroves and other coastal ecosystems has been severe. Now, conservation groups and some shrimp farmers are creating a certification scheme designed to clean up the industry and reward sustaina ...
• U.S. Meat Producers Call for Pause in Ethanol ...
  U.S. meat, poultry, and dairy producers are urging the Obama administration to suspend a quota for corn-based ethanol production, warning that the renewable fuels standard could trigger a food crisis as a prolonged Getty Images drought pushes corn and soybean prices to record levels. In a le ...

oldephartte/Diigo

• Ernst v. EnCana Corporation | Landowner Jessic ...
  Tags: water contamination fracking
• FracFocus Chemical Disclosure Registry
  Tags: chemical disclosure registry fracking water drilling
• CHEMICALS USED ON SPILLS
  Tags: BP Corexit cancer crude health_concerns
• Hands Off the People of Iran
  Tags: Iran blog anti-sanctions
• Food Freedom News | Decentralize – Grow Your O ...
  Tags: food news gardening survivalism GM_'food' pesticides seeds ...

backofthebook

• The Plan, Part Deux
  By Frank Moher Previously on The Plan, I explained why, despite the depredations of the current federal government, the Canadian political universe is unfolding as it should — or at least as I’d hoped it might when I was a young journalist lost in the conservative wilderness in the 1 ...
• The Plan
  By Frank Moher As we enjoy, if that’s the word, the second summer of the Harper majority, I’m pleased to say The Plan is working. The Plan, of course, is the one I hatched back when I was working at Alberta Report in the 1980s. AR, some of you will know, was the conservative newsweek ...
• McDonald’s: Some secrets should be kept
  By Mark Leiren-Young Did McDonald’s have to tell us what they put in their special sauce? Couldn’t they have just said, “May contain nuts, chlorine and anything else that may set off your allergies” and keep us guessing? Unless someone posted the recipe on Wikileaks, did they have to tell us abo ...
• A Modest Opinion – Nathaniel Moher&#8217 ...
  By Nathaniel Moher Welcome to part three of Nathaniel Moher’s Guide to Fixing the World! As any good trilogy does, Nathaniel Moher’s Guide to Fixing the World will have six parts . . . three of which will be completely unreadable and will mostly be done as a money grab. (Well, if we’re being hon ...
• Friendly Canadian input on the US election
  By David Taub Bancroft The sun is shining. The flowers are blooming. We are in a year that is divisible by four. I think we all know what that means. In a matter of months, our American friends will once again start hanging chads or whatever it is they do to hold a presidential election, [...]

Daily Beast

• Mitt Romney’s Game Changer
  Paul Ryan forces the fall campaign to be about big ideas. Mark McKinnon on the end of silly season—and the battle ahead.
• Obama’s Ryan Attack Plan
  In picking Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney suddenly has a very detailed budget to defend. James Warren on what Team Obama will go after.
• You Call That An Olympic Sport?
  John Barrow, author of ‘Mathletics,’ tells us why rugby sevens and karate deserve to be included over soccer, basketball and tennis.
• Will Food Prices Jump?
  Matthew Zeitlin on which product prices could be most affected by this summer's punishing drought.
• 7 Great Reads on Paul Ryan
  Read up on the Wisconsin congressman, from last week’s definitive "New Yorker" profile to a revealing interview with Ezra Klein.

Loonwatch

• BREAKING: Shots Fired at Chicago Area Mosque
  The shots were heard by worshipers who were outside the mosque and were powerful enough to damage the building's brick wall. (UPDATED)
• The Sikh Temple Carnage, White Supremacy and I ...
  The evident and manifest nexus between White Supremacism and Islamophobia.
• Colbert Nation: Takes Down Bachmann Conspiracy ...
  Not Going to be President Newt Gingrich defends Representative Michele Bachmann's attempt to root out Muslim extremists from the government.
• What Is the Real Terrorist Threat in America?
  The entire decade-long domestic death toll from terrorism (that is, where a political or ideological motive was apparent) was thirty.
• Glenn Greenwald: Combating Islamophobic violence
  Helping a burned-to-the-ground Missouri mosque quickly re-build would make a powerful and constructive statement

Energy News

• Louisiana Test Results: Radioactive thorium, l ...
• Japan Newspaper: Tokyo area turned out to be a ...
• Five quakes M4 and above hit Fukushima in last ...
• Fukushima Chief Yoshida: We must bring foreign ...
• Report: Yellow radioactive substance in Kashiw ...

Japan Times

• New breed of single fathers should be a model ...
  He is a much maligned creature at home and abroad. Some call him good for nothing; others say he is good for only one thing: bringing home the bacon ... and, in recent years, a most lean bacon it has become. On the weekends his primary pastime is gorone, to wit, snoozing in his clothes during da ...
• South Korea reflects on successful Olympics
  Not one of the largest nations competing in the Summer Olympics, South Korea had collected the fifth-most gold medals as of 9 p.m. on Friday. South Korea's total medal haul (12 gold, seven silver and six bronze) has satisfied Lee Ki Heung, the nation's chef de mission in London.
• Hwang defends taekwondo crown
  South Korea and Argentina won Olympic taekwondo gold Friday in dramatically different finals. In the women's 67-kg division, Hwang Kyung Seon defended the title she won at the Beijing Games. She previously won a bronze in Athens and becomes the first woman ever to win three Olympic taekwondo m ...
• Queen Elizabeth engineering prize seeks inovat ...
  Nominations are currently open for Britain's first-ever international Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, which has been created to honor individuals for groundbreaking innovation that benefits humanity — and which rewards the winner handsomely with a staggering £1 million (¥123 m ...
• Tokyo says it may take isle dispute to the Int ...
  Japan may take a territorial row with South Korea to the International Court of Justice, Foreign Minister Koichiro Genba said Saturday, following President Lee Myung Bak's unprecedented visit to a group of disputed islets the day before. Genba made the announcement after being briefed by Japan ...

Alexander Higgins

• Assassination Czar Says Obama Considering Byp ...
  Assassination Czar John Brennan says Obama, frustrated by inaction in Congress, is considering enacting cybersecurity through Executive order.
• Mitt Romney Started Bain Capital With Money Fr ...
  Romney received his first millions and continued to expand Bain capital using funding from notorious En Salvador families tied to brutal death squads.
• Governments ADMIT That They Carry Out False Fl ...
  Since ancient times governments have committed false flag terror attacks to push political agendas - Here's a list of admitted recent occurrences.
• Genesis of US-Saudi ‘Al Qaeda Frankenste ...
  Al Qaeda militants funded, armed and arrayed against Syria by the West since at least 2007 receive PR boost from Western media as public awareness grows of their presence.
• UK Sends £5 Million to Listed Terrorists in Syria
  US-UK listed terror organization Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) fighters and commanders are clearly amongst militants underwritten by latest UK funding.

Macleans - Central

• Kayak sprint was tailor-made for power paddler ...
  Day 15 at 2012 Olympics: Bronze lifts Canada to 18 medals, matching total in Beijing
• The Cola Road, Week 2: An aid project’s ...
  Of flat tires, sudden darkness and rays of hope
• How tough is Charest’s re-election fight?
  Just ask the guy who now lives in his childhood home
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Making It Count - CCPA

• Canada’s Emissions Deception
  The federal government released an updated Canada’s Emission Trends 2012 report today. In a remarkable shift in federal rhetoric just this past week, the Harperites now appear to be more sensitive to concerns about the Enbridge pipeline and climate change more generally. But appearances ca ...
• “Right to Work” Laws and Jobs
  Ontario Conservative leader Tim Hudak claims that passage of an anti union “right to work” (RTW) law (making mandatory union dues illegal) would create jobs, especially in hard-hit manufacturing. With companies like Caterpillar moving to get ever cheaper labour, it seems semi plausib ...
• “Gotta Spend Money to Make Money”… or is it “M ...
  “Young people want to retire early and spend, too”. That’s the main finding of a survey commissioned by the Bank of Montreal, released last week in newspapers across the country. The coverage of the survey report is problematic on its own. For instance, although 1000 Canadians aged 18 and over w ...
• Arctic mega mining — a better future for Baffi ...
  A huge iron ore development at Mary River on northern Baffin Island is about to change an ancient landscape. Baffinland Mary River is majority owned by ArcelorMittal, which was ranked 70th on the Fortune Global 500 largest corporations in 2012. The project consists of a massive iron ore deposit ...
• Agrium Halves Potash Royalties
  Agrium reports that it paid half as much to the people of Saskatchewan in the second quarter as it had in the same quarter of last year. The company’s quarterly “potash profit and capital tax” payment dropped to $8 million from $15 million a year ago. Agrium’s only potash mine is in Saskatchewan ...

ReDress

• Incarcerated inside Israel: Palestinians tortu ...
  Graham Peebles views Israel's arbitrary detention and treatment of Palestinians and its incessant violations of prisoners' rights, and argues that it is time that Israel "was treated as the criminal state it is" and that action is taken to enforce the repeated demands for justice, including subj ...
• Grace Halsell: courageous truth-seeker and deb ...
  Stuart Littlewood looks at how American journalist Grace Halsell exposed the un-Christian wart among Christians, the "Christian Zionist movement", which believes that it is "perfectly acceptable to give the green light to whatever it is Israel wants and then conceal this from the American people ...
• Mitt Romney: pioneering new frontier in US ele ...
  Jamal Kanj argues that US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's stint at prostitution in Israel "broke a long held American taboo against seeking foreign money in US elections" and that "fundraising in foreign capitals could become the new frontier in US presidential campaign financing".
• Mitt Romney: conduct unbecoming of a president ...
  Stuart Littlewood explores the propaganda of US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's "special adviser" on foreign policy, Dan Senor, an apprentice of the Israel lobby AIPAC and organizer of Romney's recent trip to Israel during which he indulged in a spectacular display of racism and ignorance abo ...
• Jewish secularism - the defining framework of ...
  In a critique of an analysis by former Israeli parliament speaker Avraham Burg of how the Israeli-US relationship has evolved, Gilad Atzmon argues that Jewish secularism, not Judaism, should be credited with Israel's most salient characteristics: racism, narcissism and exploitation.

Physics Today

• Graphene offers clear window on liquids
  BBC: Until now, liquids have been difficult to view at the same resolution as solids using transmission electron microscopes (TEMs), which require liquids to be placed in some sort of container. Silicon nitride or silicon oxide capsules are traditionally used, but they don't provide a clear view ...
• Rival teams shared in Nobel celebration
  Science: In 2011, Brian Schmidt, Adam Riess, and Saul Perlmutter were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae". The Nobel may not be shared among more than three people, and the three men wante ...
• No title
  Talking Points Memo: The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is back online after a four-month long maintenance period. On Thursday, CERN announced that it had achieved the highest-energy level for proton collisions yet recorded in history: 8 trillion electron volts (TeV).
• Wind energy growth tops renewable energy sector
  Earth Policy Institute: Renewable energy makes up only a small section of the energy market but since 2007 hydropower grew by 7 percent and wind power grew by 36 percent while coal declined slightly says a new report from the Earth Policy Institute. In fact in five US states more than 10 percent ...
• Smaller accelerators continue the search for d ...
  Nature: In the wake of the null results from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, some physicists are turning from larger, more powerful particle accelerators to smaller, less expensive ones. At the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Virginia, a continuous dense beam of electr ...

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Peakwater

• People of the Lake
  “The Aral Sea, located between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, was once the fourth-largest lake in the world – an immense body of fresh water covering a surface area of 68,000 square kilometres. Two port cities were located on it – Aralsk in Kazakhstan and Moynaq in Uzbekistan. Both ...
• Floods submerge most of Philippine capital
  “Tens of thousands of people are being evacuated from the capital of the Philippines as floods devastate the city. About 80 per cent of Manila, a sprawling metropolis of about 12 million people, remained inundated on Wednesday, Benito Ramos, head of the national disaster agency, told Reute ...
• Rare-earth mining in China comes at a heavy co ...
  “From the air it looks like a huge lake, fed by many tributaries, but on the ground it turns out to be a murky expanse of water, in which no fish or algae can survive. The shore is coated with a black crust, so thick you can walk on it. Into this huge, 10 sq [...]
• Surprising Effects of the U.S. Drought
  Suspended Fracking “Drought has dropped stream flows and groundwater levels so low that the use of water for natural gas “fracking” by drillers like these at work in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, has been suspended in many parts of the Keystone State. Permits to pull water fro ...
• Water shortages driving growing thefts, confli ...
  “As droughts become more frequent and water shortages worsen, Kenya is seeing an increase in water thefts and other water-related crime, police records show. The most common crimes are theft, muggings and illegal disconnections of water pipes by thieves who collect and sell the water. Many ...

D. Kucinich

• An Opportunity to Show Compassion Toward the I ...
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today offered his prayers and sympathy to the people of Iran who have suffered a 6.2 magnitude earthquake. Media reports indicate that more than 80 people have died and 600 more are injured. “Our hopes and prayers are with the residents of Ahar, Haris and Varz ...
• Kucinich Announces Legislation to Protect Cong ...
  Washington D.C. (August 9, 2012) – Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution grants Congress the sole authority to authorize or declare war. Yet, instead of getting authorization from Congress, Presidents of late have preferred to get “authorization” from the United Nations or other ...
• Press Conference Before Davis-Besse Safety Hearing
  Cleveland, Ohio (August 8, 2012) – Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), who has led the effort to investigate the safety of the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant, will join representatives from several groups opposed to the twenty-year extension of the operating license for Davis-Besse at a press c ...
• NRC to Suspend Nuclear Plant Licensing; Kucini ...
  Washington D.C.(August 8, 2012) – Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) who has led the effort in Congress to ensure the safety of nuclear power plants, today issued the following statement after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced it will suspend licensing and relicensing of nuclear power ...
• Letters Exchanged with the DNI (Director Clapp ...
  Letter signed by seven Members of Congress expressing concern that a CIA operation undermined our commitment to global health security. LINK Response from the Director of National Intelligence  LINK Congressman Kucinich's response to Director Clapper LINK

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• WHO ARE ARIZONA’S WATER WISEMEN
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Popular Technology

• The Truth about Richard Muller
  "I was never a skeptic" - Richard Muller, 2011 Richard Muller has never been a skeptic, at best he had a moment of intellectual honesty towards skeptics when he acknowledged Steve McIntyre's debunking of Mann's Hockey Stick, only to later dismiss this as irrelevant to the global warming debate ...
• The Truth about Judith Curry
  Judith Curry is not a skeptic but a hurricane alarmist who had an alleged epiphany after Climategate and now seeks to be some sort of arbiter of scientific integrity. Her history of trust building includes accusing world leading hurricane expert, Dr. William Gray of "brain fossilization" and t ...
• The Truth about Skeptical Science
  Skeptical Science is a climate alarmist website founded and run by a self-employed cartoonist, John Cook. It is moderated by zealots who ruthlessly censor any and all form of dissent from their alarmist position. This way they can pretend to win arguments, when in reality they have all been refu ...
• Mastering the Firefox Search Bar
  As a veteran online searcher, data miner, researcher, and computer scientist, I have in the past shied away from using in-browser search bars... instead preferring to use the search tools available on individual sites. This is for practical and functional purposes, as: [1] in-site searches t ...
• The Truth about SourceWatch
  SourceWatch is a propaganda site funded by an extreme left-wing, anti-capitalist and anti-corporate organization, the Center for Media and Democracy. Just like the untrustworthy Wikipedia the content can be written and edited by ordinary web users. Users who all conveniently share an extreme lef ...

Monga Bay ( Articles )

• Indonesia revises moratorium map; makes contes ...
  Indonesia is making 'encouraging' progress on its push to reduce deforestation by improving governance over its forests and peatlands, but still needs to do more to enforce environmental laws, said the head of the country's Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) task force ...
• Can loggers be conservationists?
  Last year researchers took the first ever publicly-released video of an African golden cat (Profelis aurata) in a Gabon rainforest. This beautiful, but elusive, feline was filmed sitting docilely for the camera and chasing a bat. The least-known of Africa's wild cat species, the African golden c ...
• The month in environmental news for April 2012
  Mongabay.com provides a quick review of forest-related news for April 2012.
• Does the Tasmanian tiger exist? Is the saola e ...
  The use of remote camera traps, which photograph animals as they pass, has revolutionized research on endangered and cryptic species. The tool has even allowed scientists to document animals new to science or feared extinct. But as important as camera traps have become, they are still prohibitiv ...
• New reptile discovered in world's strangest ar ...
  Few people have ever heard of the Socotra Archipelago even though, biologically-speaking, it is among the world's most wondrous set of islands. Over one third of Socotra's plants are found no-where else on Earth, i.e. endemic, while 90 percent of its reptiles are also endemic. Adding to its list ...

Science - NZ Herald

• Philip Duncan: Curiosity may fulfil our wildes ...
  What a week for science news. It's rare to have three major science news stories within six hours but that's what happened earlier this week when news broke that White Island had erupted, followed by Nasa landing an SUV-size craft...
• Tens of thousands in UK carry mad cow disease
  About 24,000 people in the UK are carrying the agent that can cause the deadly brain condition Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD), twice the number scientists previously estimated.The latest figure is based on a study of 30,000 appendixes...
• Mars rover snapped pic of rocket stage crash
  Space enthusiasts have been abuzz for days over whether the Mars rover Curiosity captured an extraterrestrial crash. On Friday, NASA declared the mystery solved.Seconds after the car-size rover parked its six wheels in an ancient...
• Dame Anne Salmond: Champion for consensus
  Dame Anne Salmond has a plan for the greening of New Zealand - one river bank at a time.The Auckland University historian and anthropologist wants to enlist an army of volunteers to plant "bush buffers" around the country's polluted...
• John Clarke on the Olympics - 'Freakishly gift ...
  In 1998, Kiwi comedian and writer John Clarke created The Games, a spoof of the Sydney Games. It was spookily prescient. The boy from Palmerston North now lives in Melbourne, where he is working on a screenplay. 1. Which O

The Bovine

• Albrecht on Droughts and Soil Fertility
  From Glencolton farmshare member Gary Wilson: In 1938, long before the presumed effects of global warming were being discussed, the soil scientist, William A. Albrecht, Ph.D, listed some of the consequences of declining soil fertility. Number five on this list … Continue reading →
• FYI: Raw milk not fortified with Vit. D, etc, ...
  It’s curious to think they probably issued this because Michael Schmidt has been so much in the news lately: OTTAWA - Health Canada would like to remind Canadians not to drink raw (unpasteurized) milk because it could contain bacteria that could … Continue reading →
• FYI: Raw milk not fortified with Vit. D, etc, ...
  It’s curious to think they probably issued this because Michael Schmidt has been so much in the news lately: OTTAWA - Health Canada would like to remind Canadians not to drink raw (unpasteurized) milk because it could contain bacteria that could … Continue reading →
• Maine towns’ food sovereignty laws to be ...
  From David E. Gumpert, on the Complete Patient blog: “I’ve spent the last few days reading through the most recent filings in the Maine Food Sovereignty case. If the potential importance of a food rights case could be measured in … Continue reading →
• Maine towns’ food sovereignty laws to be ...
  From David E. Gumpert, on the Complete Patient blog: “I’ve spent the last few days reading through the most recent filings in the Maine Food Sovereignty case. If the potential importance of a food rights case could be measured in … Continue reading →

Mish's Global Economic Trends

• Ponzi Bank Financing of "Wealth Management Pro ...
  Top Chinese banks are involved in Ponzi financing of investment deals, offering interest rates over 7% to depositors, to finance real estate projects gone bust and other projects whose assets are not even disclosed. Banks label these schemes "Wealth Management Products" (WMPs) but any indiv ...
• Dimwit Energy Policies, Record Corn Prices, an ...
  The price of corn is at all all-time high because of extreme drought conditions in the US coupled with the hottest July temperatures since records began 117 years ago. Inane Policies US policy mandates production of ethanol for blending in gasoline. That ethanol comes mostly from ...
• Reader Question: Could Obama Balance the Budge ...
  Reader "Paul" a high school teacher, wonders whether we have a spending problem or a tax collection problem. "Paul" (name changed by Mish) writes ... Hello Mish I subscribe to your blog and refer to it a lot. I'm having an argument with a friend who says the problem with the ...
• Problem in Europe is Arithmetic, Not Confidenc ...
  Via email, Michael Pettis at China Financial Markets makes a compelling case why Spain is destined to leave the euro. For ease in reading, I added the subtitles in bold. In my forthcoming book (Princeton University Press, February 2012) I argue that there is little chance that the euro survive ...
• Heartaches by the Number: Just 14% Think Today ...
  Here is a round of "Heartaches by the Number" polls, all courtesy of Rasmussen Reports. July 29, 2012: New Low: Just 14% Think Today’s Children Will Be Better Off Than Their Parents Hope for the future generation has reached an all-time low. Just 14% of Americans expect today’s child ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

• Soothing the Beast: Saturday Night BFP-Jamiol ...
  Phil Collins- “In the Air Tonight” This week’s pick BFP/Jamiol music pick for Soothing the Beast is In the Air Tonight with Phil Collins. Hey, didn’t you just have Phil Collins on not that long ago? Yup, and we’re bringing him back again. This live performance at Knebworth in E ...
• Jamiol Presents
• BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- June 27, ...
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• Empire, Power, and People with Andrew Gavin Ma ...
  Rise of the Italian Technocracy How did Italy come to be ruled by an unelected banker-EU-dominated technocracy? This episode looks at the messy maelstrom of melodrama that is Italian politics, the decline and fall of Berlusconi, the emergence of a hopeful and potentially radical new politician ( ...
• NATO Expands Military Network to All Continents
  The top military officials – chiefs of defense staff – and other representatives of 55 North Atlantic Treaty Organization and partnership states met in Croatia on June 18-20 for the 2012 Strategic Military Partnership Conference. NATO’s Allied Command Transformation, established at the 1999 fift ...

bloody crossroads

• Is Obama a Fraud?
  The debt deal is yet another sign that hope and change has been a fiction from the start: Like many, I was extremely hopeful when Obama won in 2008.  And like many I’ve become totally disillusioned with the president and … Continue reading →
• Today’s Stories
  Good politifact piece on how Social Security functions and its solvency How the state is revoking our civil liberties by imprisoning people, in some cases for up to 15 years, for recording police brutality with smart phones Economist Dean Baker … Continue reading →
• The Tyranny of American Healthcare
  For those who read this on Splice, be sure to re-read the unedited version… Why are we trying to prop up a broken system?: Do you realize how badly you’re being screwed by the health insurance corporations?  Let me give … Continue reading →
• Today’s Stories
  Politifact on how entitlements have lifted millions out of poverty Must read: scientists have recently concluded that a once in a tens of millions of years mass extinction is now underway, mainly in the ocean, because of global warming and … Continue reading →
• Today’s Stories
  Politifact on how entitlements have lifted millions out of poverty Must read: scientists have recently concluded that a once in a tens of millions of years mass extinction is now underway, mainly in the ocean, because of global warming and … Continue reading →

gCaptain

• Words Can’t Describe Something this Beautiful ...
  20 miles off Santa Cruz, California, Mark Peters and some friends were fishing for albacore and playing around with a custom underwater “torpedo” case for his HD GoPro video camera. [...]
• Mercy Ships: ‘Why Do We Dry Dock?’
  Here is a nice video of a recent dry docking of the Mercy Ship’s hospital Ship AFRICA MERCY. Why Do We Dry Dock? from Mercy Ships on Vimeo. I think [...]
• Petrobras Makes it Official, Signs Charter Agr ...
  Petrobras announced today they have signed contracts with Sete Brasil, Odebrecht and Etesco to charter and operate nine drillships. These ships will be built in Brazil by Singaporean shipbuilders, Keppel [...]
• New Zealand’s Air Force Discovers The Ocean is ...
  While on a routine maritime patrol mission yesterday between Samoa and New Zealand, a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3 Orion spotted a rather unusual field of debris floating on [...]
• It’s Friday Afternoon… Stop Thinking and Watch ...
  Queue the cheesy music, we have 26 tugboats loaded on one ship… …And that ship is the 24,500 DWT heavy lift semi-submersible, M/V Fjord. The Fjord is one of four heavy [...]

Press TV

• Human catastrophe unfolds in Myanmar
  In Myanmar, government backed Buddhists keep burning Muslim villages and destroying their mosques, Press TV reports.
• EU monitors France over Roma evictions
  The European Union (EU) has announced that it is keeping a close eye on a new French purge on Roma camps to ensure expulsions are not arbitrary and discriminatory.
• UK Prime Minister blamed for hunger
  Anti-poverty charity War on Want has pointed fingers at British Prime Minister David Cameron over his failure to show attention to the root causes of the global food crisis.
• US Democrats push for Syria invasion
  Top US Democratic foreign policy figures are adding pressure on the White House to intervene militarily in Syria as clashes continue between government forces and foreign-backed insurgents in the Arab country.
• Refusal to probe asylum deaths condemned
  Campaigners have criticized the decision by Scottish officials not to investigate the deaths of three asylum-seekers who threw themselves from a Glasgow tower block two years ago.

SciDev.net

• Agricultural research communication 'needs mor ...
  Revised policies and support to use digital and social media are keys to unlocking research communication in agriculture, says a survey.
• Islam Analysis: It's time to innovate for the poor
  Muslim countries can show little impact of science on the ‘bottom of the pyramid'. But there are good models to follow, says Athar Osama.
• Microchip 'could improve detection of substand ...
  US scientists have designed a microchip which they say is a cheap, portable solution to detection of substandard drugs in the developing world.
• Texting boosts health responses to Philippine ...
  A new mobile text messaging service has expanded the Philippines' capacity to respond to health emergencies connected to natural disasters.
• Simple construction system 'offers quake prote ...
  Researchers in Peru and Spain claim to have developed a truss system for constructing buildings that protects them against earthquakes.

Congressional Budget Office Director's Blog

• The United States is Experiencing the Longest ...
  The rate of unemployment in the United States has exceeded 8 percent since February 2009, making the past three years the longest stretch of high unemployment in this country since the Great Depression. CBO projects that the unemployment rate will remain above 8 percent until 2014. The share of ...
• Models Used by the Military Services to Develo ...
  The military services—the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps—use modeling techniques to inform parts of their annual budget requests. As directed by the Congress in the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act, today’s CBO study provides information on the models used ...
• Treatment of PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury b ...
  More than 2 million service members have deployed in support of overseas contingency operations (OCO) in Iraq and Afghanistan since October 2001. Two combat-related conditions that affect some OCO veterans and that have generated widespread concern among policymakers are post-traumatic stress di ...
• Presentation to the National Economists Club
  Yesterday I spoke to the National Economists Club on our recently released Budget and Economic Outlook. My remarks reiterated much of what I said in several of last week’s blog posts: CBO Releases the Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2022 Fundamental Fiscal Challenge How ...
• Federal Budget Deficit Totaled $349 Billion fo ...
  The federal government accumulated a budget deficit of $349 billion for the first four months of fiscal year 2012, CBO estimates in its latest Monthly Budget Review, $70 billion less than the shortfall recorded for the same period last year. Without shifts in the timing of certain payments, howe ...

Naked Scientists - News

• Thinking cap makes impossible problem soluble
  A small dose of electrical current passed across their heads enabled a group of volunteers to immediately solve a puzzle they had previously found to be impossible. This surprising result is the work...
• Eyes vote no to space travel
  Head scans of astronauts have shown signs of raised intracranial pressure affecting their eyes and pituitary glands, new research has revealed. Writing in the journal Radiology, University of Texas ...
• Happiness is in your Right Hand
  How you type a word could change the way you emotionally respond to it, and words typed with mainly the right hand seem to make people happier. In fact, the layout of letters on a keyboard may e...
• Gut Bugs Promote Blood Vessel Growth
  The bacteria that live in your intestines change the way that blood vessels form inside your gut. New research, published in the journal Nature, identifies how this happens and offers potential ...
• Corals that can clone
  Mass mating spawnings aren't the only means of coral reproduction: these reef-building organisms have a clever way of cloning themselves too, Australian scientists have shown. Writing in Science, A...

Nick Turse

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  “In late 1969 Seymour Hersh broke the story of the 1968 My Lai massacre, during which US...
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  ourpresidents: FDR’s Accessibility Designs The FDR Library was conceived and built under President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s direction during 1939-41.  Because a 1921 attack of polio had left Roosevelt paralyzed from the waist down, FDR  primarily used personally-designed wheelchairs for daily ...
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• Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of the Russian punk fe ...
  Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of the Russian punk feminist band “Pussy Riot.” Tolokonnikova is one of three members of the band who were detained after they sang a “Punk Prayer” on the altar of Moscow’s Christ the Saviour Cathedral.  In case you haven’t been following the story, here’s an explainer c ...
• Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a member of female Rus ...
  Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a member of female Russian punk band Pussy Riot, sits inside a defendants cage in a Moscow court, on July 4, 2012, during the hearings on the Pussy Riot case.  Three members of the all-woman punk band ‘Pussy Riot’ were detained two months ago, after they climbed on the a ...

Wayne Madsen

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