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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 minutes agoTonight in the Olympic Stadium, the curtain will fall on the most successful show anywhere this year. From Danny Boyle’s magical opening ceremony, celebrating our history with more than a touch of humour, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 minutes ago* Manila. Philippine authorities warned Monday an approaching storm could bring more heavy rain to the capital and surrounding areas that are still reeling from devastating floods that have left 92 dead.* ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 18 minutes agoRepublicans who hate Mitt Romney aren't the only ones delighted with the selection of Paul "the anti-Medicare guy" Ryan as his running mate. Everyone on Team Obama is probably kvelling this weekend as wel...
- posted by Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 18 minutes agoWelcome to Meet & Greet Monday! Banner by Art Ist Grab our banner for your site: This week I'm going to do something just a bit different. Recently I was honored by two g...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 minutes ago* At least 20 suspected Boko Haram militants have been killed in a gun battle with the military in Nigeria's Borno state, Xinhua reported.* The militants were killed in an overnight raid Sunday in the stat...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 minutes agoBEIRUT—Lebanon's Military Tribunal charged a prominent politician close to Syria and Hezbollah of conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks in Lebanon and plotting to assassinate politicians and religious ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 29 minutes ago* EL CERCADO, Spain — Fierce wildfires forced the evacuation of thousands of residents and were threatening some of Spain’s most precious natural parks, including one that is a UNESCO world heritage site, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 37 minutes ago* Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said the U.K. must press on with reforms to the banking industry and repeated his gloomy outlook for the euro-area debt crisis, which is impeding Britain’s economy.* ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 38 minutes ago*Time to pull down the curtain, or veil if you will*: "Tensions flare in France over veil ban" by Edward Cody | Washington Post, August 12, 2012 MARSEILLE, France — The *confrontation quickly escalated*...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 40 minutes ago* Employers are facing a "make-or-break moment" as many will have to make job cuts if the economy does not pick up, according to a report.* The survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Developmen...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 40 minutes ago* BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syrian jets fired on areas in and around Aleppo again on Sunday, continuing an escalation of force that has led activists and rebels to demand that foreign forces establish a no-fly zon...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 40 minutes ago* JERUSALEM — Amid intensifying Israeli news reports saying that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is close to ordering a military strike against Iran’s nuclear program, his deputy foreign minister called ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 40 minutes ago*UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Sunday said that he was "deeply saddened by the loss of hundreds of lives" and the destruction in the wake of Saturday's strong twi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 50 minutes ago* Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi has ordered the retirement of the Defence Minister and Chief of Staff and made the boldest move so far to seize back powers that the military stripped from his office rig...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 54 minutes ago* Stuart Hazell will appear in court today charged with the murder of 12-year-old schoolgirl Tia Sharp. * The 37-year-old, who is the boyfriend of Tia's grandmother, will appear via video link before magis...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck NORTHWESTERN IRAN at a depth of 2 km (1.2 miles), the quake hit at 01:56:13 UTC Monday 13th August 2012 The epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) Southwest of Ahar, Iran *At ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck the SEA OF OKHOTSK at a depth of 431.3 km (268 miles), the quake hit at 23:38:51 UTC Sunday 12th August 2012 The epicenter was 109 km (67 miles) Southwest of Vostok, R...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck HALMAHERA, INDONESIA at a depth of 73.8 km (45.9 miles), the quake hit at 22:55:38 UTC Sunday 12th August 2012 The epicenter was 77 km (47 miles) North of Ternate, Ind...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoA magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA at a depth of 14.9 km (9.3 miles), the quake hit at 21:46:41 UTC Sunday 12th August 2012 The epicenter was 551 km (342 miles) S...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 1 hour ago- Steve Walt ponders what the 2012 election means for US foreign policy. - Chandras Choudry discusses India Against Corruption as it takes on the national parliament (via Zachary Keck). - Marc...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 hour agoThe illegitimate anti-terror apparatus in America that was established after the false flag September 11 events was not intended for Muslim terrorists, but for American patriots and revolutionaries, reg...
- posted by Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 1 hour agoGENERATIONAL THINKING: making plans that will involve the participation of four or five or more generations. It's a headspace that's completely foreign to the Harper smash-and-grab mutilation of our landscap...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 2 hours agoIn my long pursuit of trying to understand the criminals who are out to enslave us all, I have wondered about how they have come to call themselves the "Chosen Ones" of what I consider as a very sick and ...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 2 hours agoMitt Romney’s choice of Paul Ryan as his VP candidate has already brought out from Obama worshippers the new leftist talking point with which they hope to smear both Ryan and Romney: *Paul Ryan is an Ayn...
- posted by Damian Lataan at Telling the History of the Twenty-First Century as it Really Is - 3 hours agoIsraeli Defence Force (IDF) chief Benny Gantz was quoted in *Arutz Sheva*on Friday that “Recent events require the IDF to prepare for every scenario - even a multi-front confrontation.” The recent events t...
- posted by Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 3 hours agoIt turned out to be a pretty slothful weekend for me. Other than a grocery run (because I have to eat) and laundry (because I don't like to stink), I managed a short jaunt down to the river valley this a...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago*For the "Grill Masters" series, the Chopped band hit the Arizona desert.* *by Ken* I'm not as big a fan of Food Network's *Chopped* as Howie is, but I can watch it, which is useful because when I flip th...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 3 hours ago*Wikipedia*: "Schuon is recognized as an authority on philosophy, spirituality and religion, an exponent of the Religio Perennis, and one of the chief representatives of the Perennialist School. Though he ...
- posted by risa bear at A Way to Live - 3 hours agoRisa picks the last peas and drops them in a chilled bowl of vinegar water. Then she unties the beanpoles and tee posts and stacks them for next year. If too fragile they become kindling. Every year she c...
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 4 hours agoAfter a good night's sleep over at RCJ's place we returned to La Casa to move the big stuff - a heavy old television that Southern Man just can't wrestle down the stairs alone anymore, a big recliner, some...
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 4 hours agoNot much to say...made one more pass with the mop on The Barn floor, set up the futon and the stereo (there is now music in The Barn!), cleaned up a little more, and then went back to *La Casa* to clean up...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago“This galaxy is having a bad millennium. In fact, the past 100 million years haven't been so good, and probably the next billion or so will be quite tumultuous. Visible on the upper left, NGC 4038 used to...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago*“Les Matins Du Monde”* by Chet Raymo "Thirteen billion years ago it was morning in the universe." So began a story in the New York Times about new studies of the earliest galaxies. The Hubble Space T...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago*"Caretake This Moment"* "Caretake this moment. Immerse yourself in its particulars. Respond to *this* person, *this* challenge, *this* deed. Quit the evasions. Stop giving yourself needless trouble. It...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 4 hours agoThe mad king of Israel hates playing nice. He is calling Iran "anti-Semitic" and telling the UN's Ban Ki-Moon to not attend the Syria conference in Tehran. For Netanyahu to call Iran "anti-Semitic" is a j...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 4 hours ago[Excerpted] In interviews this week, Sister Rice discussed her life — somewhat reluctantly at times — and kept emphasizing what she called “the issue.” “It’s the criminality of this 70-year industry,” sh...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 5 hours ago"Increasing stereotypes threaten European unity" by Don Melvin | Associated Press, August 12, 2012 BRUSSELS — Maybe the problem is those southerners lolling in the Mediterranean sun who overspent and ta...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 5 hours agoNetanyahu regime 'leaks' phone conversation with UN's Ban Ki Moon to shame him over decision to attend Non-Aligned Movement Conference (NAM) in Tehran, Iran. Pulls "antisemitic" card. *by Tony Cartalucci*...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 5 hours ago*Wikipedia:* "Kenneth "Harry" Oldmeadow is an Australian author, editor and educator whose works focus on Eastern religion and philosophy." "First of all, let us agree ladies and gentlemen, that we are in ...
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 5 hours agoThe recent heavy flooding in Metro Manila and other neighboring provinces resulted to some three million people who have been directly affected. Our Rotary Club of Taguig Fort Bonifacio (RI District 3830),...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 5 hours ago[image: image] This is what a golden group of NZers looks like on their day off. After a hell of a good Games for NZ, for a 16th place on the overall medals table and a fourth place on the “medals per c...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 5 hours ago"Jewish leaders protest German ruling against circumcision" by Stefan Nicola | Bloomberg News, July 11, 2012 BERLIN — The ruling may spark *political tension* between *Israel and Germany*. An Israeli pa...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 5 hours ago"GlaxoSmithKline to pay Mass. over $35m; Accord part of $3b US fraud settlement" by Robert Weisman | Globe Staff, July 02, 2012 The pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to pay more than $35 m...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 5 hours agoFirst, I want to thank those who put forward their support in my recent run-in with an individual who accused me falsely of "stealing" his material for usage here in this blog. I have closed the book so ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 5 hours ago"Goldman Sachs cleared in subprime mortgage inquiry" by Ben Protess | New York Times August 10, 2012 Goldman Sachs has disclosed that it was *cleared of wrongdoing* after an investigation into a *$1.3 b...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 5 hours ago*Wikipedia:* "The Los Angeles Times describes Behroozinia's work as "spectacular musicianship". In 2003 the Ministry of Culture of Iran decorated him with its highest honor, the "First Order of Arts". From...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 6 hours ago*Are they going to turn the stuff over to the drug-dealing government like they do all of our communications and such?* "Google wants to take aim at Mexico’s drug cartels" by Martha Mendoza | Associated...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 6 hours agoThe U.S., Israel, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia don't know who they're fucking with. Syria is not Libya. From what I've read, the video below shows a Syrian soldier committing suicide to blow up the foreign-b...
- posted by Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 6 hours agoKevin Carter 1993 Six million children die of hunger every year. (that's 16,438 children every day)
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 7 hours agoLove this.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours agoBuenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours agoEarly this month Alan Grayson announced a fun fundraiser on his Facebook page-- and an opportunity to pick a prize Blue America will offer to one random lucky Grayson donor on this page. Well, Alan's supp...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoTo D-fox: if you're reading this, please contact us at thecomingcrisis@gmail.com. It's important -- we believe.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago* An opposition politician elected in Mexico's 1 July vote and his campaign manager were found shot to death in a truck early on Sunday morning in the central state of San Luis Potosi, which has seen a spi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck MINAHASA, SULAWESI, INDONESIA at a depth of 107.1 km (66.6 miles), the quake hit at 19:43:44 UTC Sunday 12th August 2012 The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) South of T...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago*“History, All Over Again”* by Joel Bowman “It is easy to prescribe improvement for others; it is easy to organize something, to institutionalize this or that, to pass laws, multiply bureaucratic agen...
- posted by Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 8 hours agoIn Arthur Askey's film, "I Thank You" (1940), Arthur awakens in the London Underground to sing a happy ditty, and lo and behold, Hitler is asleep in the Underground, next to a copy of the Jewish Chronicle...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 8 hours ago*It's called cutting your losses.* "Talk resurfaces that Greece will quit euro; Creditors arrive to assess nation’s progress on debt" by Patrick Donahue | Bloomberg News, July 23, 2012 BERLIN —The pros...
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- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours agoSame as it ever was, lol, and the joke's on us... - CP
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago* A front of heavy rain sparked small lahars on the ash-coated slopes of Mt Tongariro yesterday, briefly blocking nearby State Highway 46. * The mudslides came as a map was issued showing danger zones aroun...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoThe poultry industry in Bangladesh has yet to rebound from an outbreak of bird flu in 2007 that closed two-thirds of the country’s 150,000 related businesses and left half of the 5mn people who earned the...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago*JAKARTA -- A 37-year Indonesian man has died of avian influenza in Yogyakarta province of Indonesia, bringing the total fatality to 9 this year, health ministry said on its website on Sunday.* The man fr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago*With the county fair season upon us, health officials are advising fair goers use common sense when it comes to being in the vicinity of some animals, especially pigs with cases of Influenza A variant H3H...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago*Ten people have been confirmed dead and four remain missing in northeast China's Liaoning Province following a severe storm that hit the region last week, according to statistics released on Sunday.* Tor...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago* BEIJING — Heavy rains that ravaged China over the weekend left at least 14 people dead and five missing, while hundreds of others were trapped by mudslides and floods, state media said Monday.* The offi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago* TVA says an unusual event at the Watts Bar nuclear plant forced its evacuation this morning.* Spokesman Mike Bradley says an ammonia-water leak developed in a secondary water system at the turbine build...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago*"The Lighter Side of Doom"* by Zen Gardner "Ever heard of Vinny Eastwood out of New Zealand? The guy’s a riot, with a compassionate drive and full of wonderful truths. His radio show is called “The L...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 8 hours agoTeam Rmoney was stomping in my territory this morning. Great turnouts at the two rallies here in redneck country. They loves them some Paul Ryan in these parts. Of course, to put into context, I know some ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago*"The USPS Store –* * What Is Someone Trying To Tell Us?"* By Live Free or Die "The Four Flags (Forever) stamps can be found at the USPS store website located here. I guess someone at the Post Office un...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 8 hours agoRomney's running mate, Paul Ryan. Paul Ryan admires a certain atheist Jewess, Alisa Rosenbaum, also known as Ayn Rand. In 2005, Ryan said that "The reason I got involved in public service, by and large...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago* Two people have died and another two are missing in Trinidad after a tropical wave weather system lashed the eastern Caribbean with heavy rain and wind, authorities said.* The victims died after heavy r...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago*"An Agricultural Apocalypse: * *This Drought Is Worse Than You Think"* by Seeking Alpha "When I decided to dedicate a few hours a week to sharing some insights on the energy world at large, I told my...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 9 hours ago30 Nations Meet in Tehran for Alternative to Hillary Clinton’s Attack on Syria. Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. PressTV - Tarpley.net August 12, 2012
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* Most people accept that taunting alligators with sticks is not a safe idea but one Ohio man learnt this lesson the hard way. * During a live alligator show at the Cuyahoga County Fair, a handler amazes ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* Police shot and killed a man who lunged at them with a machete as he screamed 'Shoot me, shoot me' while horrified witnesses took cover.* Darrius Kennedy's terrifying stand-off with officers happened on ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* Outrage is growing over police claims that a 21-year-old man shot himself in the head while handcuffed in the back of a squad car last month. * Chavis Carter was arrested on July 28 in Jonesboro, Arkansa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* One of the U.S. Navy's guided-missile destroyers was damaged when it collided with an oil tanker early Sunday just outside the strategic Strait of Hormuz.* The collision left a gaping hole in the star...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoArctic sea ice is melting at a faster rate than previously believed, a group of scientists have claimed. The European Space Agency say that new satellites they are using have revealed that 900 cubic kilom...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* Museum staff got a shock when they learned they had been letting visitors walk past a display of live bombs for nearly two decades.* Now the Army has blown up the unexploded World War Two cannon shell an...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* Al Qaeda is kidnapping young children in troubled Somalia and brainwashing them to launch future attacks on the West, it has been claimed. * The 'terrorist schools' keep the children - some as young as se...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoParents are taking their children for days out swimming in the poisonous lake - known as the Blue Lagoon - on Harpur Hill, in The Peak District, even ignoring signs warning of 'car wrecks' and 'dead anima...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 9 hours agoJapan Today August 11: Onagawa nuclear plant remarkably undamaged: IAEA http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/onagawa-nuclear-plant-remarkably-undamaged-iaea [Excerpted] The structural eleme...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 9 hours agoThanks Nuckelchen for the link http://yoshi-tex.com/Fuku1/Fuku1Camera0.htm
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 9 hours ago*I have reported recently on the number of cases of heat stroke reported in Japan. Here are some sample headlines:* Japan Today: "16 dead, 8,670 hospitalized for heatstroke July 23-29" http://www.japanto...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck the FIJI REGION at a depth of 333.8 km (207.4 miles), the quake hit at 11:59:15 UTC Sunday 12th August 2012 The epicenter was 255 km (158 miles) WNW of Neiafu, Tonga N...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 10 hours agoSlightly different variation of the question for conservatives: will it turn out in the long run that picking Paul Ryan is Mitt Romney's way of co-opting the Tea Party...or will it turn out to show that th...
- posted by paul at Paying attention - 10 hours agoPresident Lobo in Copan Ruinas La PrensaAs a stranger here, I struggle with how much to rely on my observations about Honduras, based as they are on limited information (and given my bad Spanish). For e...
- posted by Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 10 hours agoWhen it come to the Internet...we must admit, the number of ways it has to remove us from our money and gather information is without a doubt incredible. Take *KICKSTATER* for instance...What a great ide...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago* Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Rescue operations have ended in Iran after two strong earthquakes that killed at least 250 people, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Sunday.* Another 1,800 people were in...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 10 hours agoDisinfo Breshvic It looks like Anonymous’ strategy of focusing more on the impact and dissemination of already leaked information, rather than continuing to go for quantity, is really starting to pay off....
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago*Cairo (CNN) -- Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy has removed the country's top two military officers and rescinded a June decree by the generals that kept lawmaking powers in their hands, his office anno...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago* (Reuters) - Syrian rebels fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad need the protection of foreign-guarded no-fly zones and safe havens near the borders with Jordan and Turkey, a Syrian opposition leade...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoAug.12 - Thousands of residents are being evacuated as forest fires rage on several of the Canary Islands. Lindsey Parietti reports.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago* (Reuters) - Swiss banks hoping to atone for decades of complicity in tax evasion may be left to sweat it out for months as the United States and Germany ponder the right level of punishment. * Switzerlan...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 10 hours agoI guess it has to be a Paul Ryan question, doesn't it? Okay. By the end of the campaign, will it seem more that Romney has endorsed Paul Ryan's plans on the budget and Medicare (and Social Security?), or ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago* (Reuters) - Overcrowded hospitals in northwest Iran struggled to cope with thousands of earthquake victims on Sunday as rescuers raced to reach remote villages after two powerful quakes killed nearly 300...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago* An end to free banking could be on the cards at Barclays after Sir David Walker, the newly appointed chairman of the bank, indicated his support for the idea of paying for current accounts. * Echoing the...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago* Some 200 firefighters have tackled a fire in Dagenham described by the London Fire Commissioner as the city's largest in years.* Forty fire engines were called to the blaze, which broke out about 1:15pm ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 11 hours ago[image: The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image of the Tibetan Plateau on 10 November 2010. Resembling bits of abalone shell, ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 11 hours ago"Jamaica braces for heavy rain as Tropical Storm Ernesto nears" Associated Press, August 06, 2012 PORT ROYAL, Jamaica — Ernesto was expected to dump 3 to 6 inches of rain on the Caribbean island of less t...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago*Elektra (Deborah Polaski) and Chrysothemis (Karita Mattila) in Strauss and Hofmannsthal's Elektra at the Met, 2002* [CHRYSOTHEMIS *rushes in through the courtyard gate, howling loudly like a wounded anima...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 11 hours ago[image: A corn crop withers in the sun on 11 July 2012 in western Kentucky. Allie Douglass / The Paducah Sun / Associated Press] By Eugene Robinson 9 August 2012 Excuse me, folks, but the weather is try...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 11 hours ago[image: French nuclear test Licorne, Mururoa Atoll, French Polynesia, 3 July 1970. This explosion in its many stages appears all over the internet misidentified as the Canopus blast from August 1968. How...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 13:38:09 UTC Sunday 12th August 2012 The epicenter was 250 km (155 miles) ESE of Hotan, Chin...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 11 hours agoThe Guardian Tangerine Bolen Time after time, Obama's lawyers defending the NDAA's section 1021 affirm our worst fears about its threat to our liberty I am one of the lead plaintiffs in the civil lawsui...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 11 hours ago*First item a buried Sunday brief*: "Human trafficking case is dismissed HONOLULU — A federal judge has *dismissed* a *human trafficking** case*against executives of a labor recruiting company accused of ...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 11 hours agoLand Destroyer US-UK listed terror organization Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) fighters and commanders are clearly amongst militants underwritten by latest UK funding. *by Tony Cartalucci * *UPDAT...
- posted by yayacanada at YayaCanada - 12 hours ago*... "Let's bomb them".* *Contributor: YYC* This earthquake report site offers the most unabiased information I've been able to find on the current situation in Iran. It's run by volunteers who do not li...
- posted by leftdog at Buckdog - 12 hours ago*"A Calgary columnist remarked petulantly last week that British Columbians are "suffering from a collective case of anticipatory anxiety." Damn right we are. * *An oil "spill" isn't something that can ...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 12 hours ago9/11 Blogger Kevin Ryan The Wall Street Journal recently commented on the upcoming military trial of Khalid Sheik Mohammed (KSM). The article claimed that KSM and four other terrorists were somehow makin...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 12 hours agoGlobal Research Ismail Salami There is speculation that the Western supported insurgents in Syria may have seized hold of chemical weapons. Apart from the unthinkable havoc the rebels can wreak in Syria a...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago*SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2012* *Interlude—Once again, how not to quote:* George Will *really* doesn’t care for Barack Obama. Needless to say, that’s his right. But good grief! To demonstrate his disdain for ...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 13 hours agoThe Weasel Duo: Romney Picks Ryan to Cheney-Style Head the Ticket Mark Karlin Editor of Buzzflash at Truthout Call it a Freudian slip or just call it the truth, but when Mitt Romney introduced Paul Ryan as...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 13 hours ago*“A Hacker and A Hustler” Neighborland, Civic Center and St. Claude ~Christine P. Horn* *Fund created to help Assumption’s sink hole evacuees ~Advocate* *Because it is that good: “Shipping experts doubt ...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago*SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2012 * *Interlude—How not to quote a candidate:* The New York Times rarely fails to amaze. One example from today’s paper involves the way a famous columnist quotes a sitting presiden...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 14 hours ago*Beldycki Estate v. Jaipargas*, 2012 ONCA 537 has a helpful analysis of how courts approach compensation for future contingent events: [72] Courts deal with alleged past events and potential f...
- posted by PM at The Duck of Minerva - 14 hours agoA crass, gaudy, all-American display. *Someone named Steven Walt has published an article, wildly posted on the Internet, entitled “The Myth of American Exceptionalism”. I don’t know who Mr. Walt is, but ...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 14 hours ago*Youtube* Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by FeedBurner Be the Change! Share this using the tools below. Sharing on Reddit and Newsvine will help the most.
- posted by NO ONE TO VOTE FOR at NO ONE TO VOTE FOR - 14 hours ago. The UN has designated the Free Syrian Army as an "Al Qaeda affiliate" . We all know that Al Qaeda has been listed as a 'terrorist organisation' in the UK (and the US and elsewhere) On August 10th Will...
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours agoNow that Mitt Romney has chosen Paul Ryan as his running mate, the transformation of the Republican Party is complete. The Party of Lincoln is now the Party of Ayn Rand. The party of small business and ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours agoEven if the DCCC never saw it coming, Republicans have been growing increasingly worried that, Wisconsin's first congressional district, which voted for Obama in 2008 would probably swing back to the Demo...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 15 hours ago*Youtube* [image: Offgrid Outpost Presents Legacy Premium Emergency Food Storage] Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by FeedBurner Be the Change! Share this using the to...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoA magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck the KURIL ISLANDS at a depth of 142.2 km (88.4 miles), the quake hit at 11:59:15 UTC Sunday 12th August 2012 The epicenter was 388 km (241 miles) Southwest from Severo...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* Dolphins receiver Chad Johnson was arrested Saturday on a domestic violence charge, accused of head-butting his newlywed wife during an argument in front of their home outside Miami.* Johnson and his wi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago*Civil servants racked up a £1.15billion bill for taxpayer-funded credit cards last year - including £837 for one chair.* The annual bill for Government employees using the expenses cards stood at an alre...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* BEIJING — A shallow 6.3-magnitude earthquake rattled western China Sunday on the border between Xinjiang and Tibet, the US Geological Survey said.* The quake's epicentre, at a shallow depth of nine kilom...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 16 hours ago"Google is the largest distributor of child pornography in the world thanks to their unwillingness to monitor their own content and their government lobbying to prevent regulations that make them respons...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoAug 12 - wo quakes hit northwest Iran killing at least 220 people, but numbers may rise as rescuers reach more villages. Sophia Soo reports.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* (Reuters) - The United States and Turkey indicated they were studying a range of possible measures over Syria, including a no-fly zone, as battles between rebels and President Bashar al-Assad's forces sh...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* (Reuters) - Overcrowded hospitals in north-west Iran struggled to cope with thousands of earthquake victims on Sunday and rescuers raced to reach remote villages after two powerful quakes killed at least...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck XINJIANG-XIZANG BORDER REGION at a depth of 9.7 km (6 miles), the quake hit at 10:47:06 UTC Sunday 12th August 2012 The epicenter was 282 km (175 miles) ESE of Hotan,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* Two Syrian journalists have been killed in the capital according to reports from Syrian state news agency Sana and an Arab satellite station.* Sana said its reporter, Ali Abbas, was killed at his residen...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* (CNN) -- The U.S. Navy said its guided missile destroyer collided with a Japanese-owned oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz early Sunday morning.* No one was injured in the collision that occurred about 1...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* (CNN) -- Already devastated by weeks of incessant attacks this year, the Syrian city of Homs faced new terror Sunday as pro-regime forces executed 10 young men in the dissident stronghold, opposition act...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* (CNN) -- The death toll from floods in the Philippines soared to 85, authorities said Sunday, following days of torrential rainfall that has affected more than 2 million people. * Most of the deaths were...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 17 hours agoLike all main line churches in Canada, the 87-year-old United Church — Canada's largest Protestant denomination — is facing multiple challenges. It has far fewer people in its pews than it once did. Sinc...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 17 hours agoAnd she isn't bilingual!
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- The death toll from two strong earthquakes that struck northwest Iran was likely to climb Sunday as crews scoured communities reduced to rubble by temblors and aftershocks.* * *A t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* (Reuters) - Iran has stepped up work to develop a nuclear warhead, Israeli newspapers said on Sunday, citing officials in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and leaked U.S. intelligence.* Th...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* A 13-year-old who scrimped and saved to buy a hot dog stand to help his struggling family is now in a homeless shelter after his city shut his cart down over a permit violation.* Previously living with ...
- posted by Len Hart at The Existentialist Cowboy - 17 hours ago*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy* This is a well-known classic but cannot be repeated or posted often enough as millions still seem not have to 'gotten' the message: WAR IS A RACKET! The author --G...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoJustin Monticello and Ryan Newbrough were swept up by the promises Barack Obama made in 2008, but four years later, they've been left bitter and disillusioned. They decided to make a video that expresse...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* A police officer was shot by his lover's estranged husband after the man caught him in the act with his ex-wife.* Robert Dunbar arrived home in New Jersey at around 11.30pm on Friday night to find his w...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* One of the same chimpanzees who rampaged through a Las Vegas neighbourhood last month made a second escape from her backyard enclosure Saturday - and is now apparently headed to a local zoo for safekeepi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* Police and paramedics had been called to the Williamsport beauty spot to fish a dead body out of the river that had been spotted floating face up just below a spill-dam. * However, onlookers and emergenc...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* Police shot and killed a man they say lunged at them with a machete in a confrontation that began in Times Square and drew officers and spectators on a chase that ended with shots fired near one of ...
- Link: http://youtu.be/tx65EeLk4Ro Some parts of Spain periodically run out of water, in particular in the hot Summer season. It has more to do with human factors (distribution failures, primitive agricult...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck NEAR THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA at a depth of 53.6 km (33.3 miles), the quake hit at 09:27:24 UTC Sunday 12th August 2012 The epicenter was 264 km (164 miles...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* A man sees a sign outside a house - 'Talking Dog For Sale.' He rings the bell, the owner appears and tells him the dog can be viewed in the back garden.* The man sees a very nice looking Labrador Retrie...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 18 hours agoUS, UK, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey stand accused of state sponsorship of terrorism. UN failure to enforce own resolutions will resign their legitimacy, necessitate their expedient removal and replacem...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* A risky game teenagers play to get high has claimed the life of a 14-year-old boy from Salem, Indiana, last week, according to authorities.* The coroner has determined that Isaiah Shell died last Friday ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* Hedge fund fraudster Samuel Israel was facing 20 years in jail when he stood high above the Hudson River, and jumped...but like everything in this amazing tale of bogus London traders, secret Bonds marke...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 19 hours agoHopi Elder Martin Gashweseoma explains the meaning of the Prophecy Rock. Grandfather Martin Gashweseoma is one of the last remaining traditional elders of the Hopi tribe, located on the third mesa in no...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago* Unmanned spy drones could patrol Britain’s shores looking for illegal immigrants and smugglers after a series of high-level meetings in Brussels, The Mail on Sunday has learned.* The European Commission...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago* Two teams of researchers have extended the reach of quantum teleportation to unprecedented lengths.* The groundbreaking research could be a step towards creating quantum computers and other technology o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago* A teenager who stabbed a disabled man to death following a row at a party has been jailed for 10 years for manslaughter.* Jordan Flattery, 19, knifed Graham Snowden, a father of two who was partially bl...
- posted by Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 19 hours agolights, camera, action, illuminati, witness, deed. tonight 9pm is the closing ceremony, where the Rio hand-over ceremony takes place. four years ago, the Beijing Olympics hand-over ceremony included a 7/...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago* If ever anyone was preceded by their reputation, it is Emma Harrison, founder of the back-to-work firm A4e. * She was once regarded as one of our most successful businesswomen, but events took a differen...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* The Government’s failure to crack down on Britain’s benefits cheats has been exposed in a damning TV documentary.* The programme shows one young man filling in his Jobseeker’s claim form by copying down...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 20 hours agoThe *Move to Amend coalition* and *Ben Cohen* (of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream fame) are teaming up to launch this exciting project to reach everyday Americans and build the mass movement to amend the Constit...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 20 hours agoThe Arab Occupation of Israel - http://t.co/5CPviZT0 -- NotaSheep MaybeaGoat (@notasheepagoat)
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* A mystery ‘Mary Celeste’ yacht found floating close to a nuclear plant has sparked an international police alert. * The empty 28ft-long vessel was discovered drifting just six miles from the heavily guar...
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 20 hours agoAfter figuring in a number of debates this week and in previous weeks and months, about the Reproductive Health (RH) bill, this is one issue that is emerging: many pro-RH people hate what they call as "Chu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* WELLINGTON, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- A floating mass of the volcanic rock, pumice, reportedly covering 25,000 square km, has been found floating in the South Pacific, indicating a third volcano is active near...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* At least 30 people were injured, six of them seriously, when a wooden bridge on the Dal Lake collapsed during a protest demonstration in downtown Srinagar today. * A group of people at Gaadi Mohalla loca...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* A tornado touched down in Long Island Friday afternoon leaving knocked-down trees and piles of debris in the wake of its 41/2-mile run.* Preliminary information from the National Weather Service shows th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* An Afghan police officer has shot dead at least 10 of his colleagues in south-west Afghanistan*. The attack follows two other incidents where Afghan security forces turned their weapons on NATO forces. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* Wildfires raging on the Spanish Canary Islands of La Gomera and Tenerife have forced the evacuation of more than 4,700 people in two days, authorities say.* Firefighters battling the blazes on the islan...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* Stuart Hazell has been charged with the murder of 12-year-old schoolgirl Tia Sharp.* The 37-year-old, who is the boyfriend of Tia's grandmother, will appear before magistrates on Monday, August 13. Tia...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* (Reuters) - Two powerful earthquakes killed 250 people and injured around 1,800 in northwest Iran, where rescue workers frantically combed the rubble of dozens of villages throughout the night and into S...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 21 hours agoMitt Romney has picked his running mate. It's Paul Ryan (*1970), a trained political scientist and economist, a member of the House and the boss of the budget committee over there. But given Mitt Romney...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck NORTHWESTERN IRAN at a depth of 9.7 km (6 miles), the quake hit at 06:40:48 UTC Sunday 12th August 2012 The epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) Northwest of Ahar, Iran *At ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN at a depth of 127.6 km (79.3 miles), the quake hit at 06:32:40 UTC Sunday 12th August 2012 The epicenter was 106 km (65 miles) West of Naze,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck KEPULAUAN BARAT DAYA, INDONESIA at a depth of 183.4 km (114 miles), the quake hit at 05:59:25 UTC Sunday 12th August 2012 The epicenter was 195 km (121 miles) ENE of ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck NORTHWESTERN IRAN at a depth of 5.2 km (3.2 miles), the quake hit at 04:25:22 UTC Sunday 12th August 2012 The epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) SSW of Ahar, Iran At least...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck the REVILLA GIGEDO ISLANDS REGION at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 02:18:55 UTC Sunday 12th August 2012 The epicenter was 198 km (123 miles) ENE of S...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck SOUTHERN ITALY at a depth of 28 km (17.4 miles), the quake hit at 01:21:36 UTC Sunday 12th August 2012 The epicenter was 15 km (9.3 miles) East of Mattinata, Italy No ...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 21 hours agoAt one point last week, Britain's 3,500 turbines were contributing 12 MW to the 38,000MW of electricity we were using http://t.co/38VOQLSG -- Bishop Hill (@aDissentient)
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the KURIL ISLANDS at a depth of 49.8 km (30.9 miles), the quake hit at 23:41:03 UTC Saturday 11th August 2012 The epicenter was 127 km (78 miles) ESE of Kuril'sk, Russ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck NORTHWESTERN IRAN at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 23:00:16 UTC Saturday 11th August 2012 The epicenter was 23 km (14.2 miles) SSE of Tabriz, Iran At ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck NORTHWESTERN IRAN at a depth of 9.7 km (6 miles), the quake hit at 22:24:03 UTC Saturday 11th August 2012 The epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) WSW of Ahar, Iran At least...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck the IONIAN SEA at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 21:54:43 UTC Saturday 11th August 2012 The epicenter was 19 km (11 miles) Southeast of Lithakia, Greec...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA at a depth of 43.2 km (26.8 miles), the quake hit at 21:41:46 UTC Saturday 11th August 2012 The epicenter was 69 km (42 mile...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck NORTHWESTERN IRAN at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 19:52:45 UTC Saturday 11th August 2012 The epicenter was 28 km (17.4 miles) SSW of Ahar, Iran At le...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE at a depth of 253 km (156.8 miles), the quake hit at 19:35:55 UTC Saturday 11th August 2012 The epicenter was 205 km (43.4 miles) Southeast from Cal...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck NORTHWESTERN IRAN at a depth of 9.9 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 18:56:50 UTC Saturday 11th August 2012 The epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) East of Tabriz, Iran At ...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 21 hours agoDoctors Prescribe Non-GMO Diets; People and Animals Thrive By Jeffrey M. Smith Food Freedom News, August 2, 2012 EXCERPTS: Many of the same categories of disorders identified in animal feeding studies (...
- posted by Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 22 hours agoThe sheer number of start ups continues unabated. Some address new opportunities and warrant a closer look, but many often fail to deliver their elevator pitch. Many make sense, but little money, others...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoParis has reportedly drawn up emergency plans to evacuate French citizens from Israel in case of war. The plan, reported by French news outlet La Tribune, would see 200,000 French nationals ferried in sm...
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 23 hours agoLeptospirosis and other water-borne diseases are very common during heavy flooding where tens or even hundreds of thousands of houses are submerged in water. People have no option but to walk in dirty wate...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoYesterday we asked what Wall Street wants in return for switching allegianceto the GOP this cycle. The Obama Administration certainly just handed them a good reason to *not* switch, or to not switch entire...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day agoI have long been an advocate of anyone who is suffering from, or has recently been diagnosed with Cancer, to absolutely avoid at all cost the dangerous chemicals that the Pharmaceutical industry uses for "...
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- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago"The failure to investigate 9/11 has bankrupted America financially and morally, and has allowed us to stand idly by while our liberty has been destroyed." - Washington's Blog, *"**The Failure to Inves...
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- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago“Why are there faint rings around this spiral galaxy? Possibly because the galaxy, NGC 4911, is being pulled at by its neighbors as it falls into the enormous Coma Cluster of Galaxies. If NGC 4911 ends up...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day agoTony Cartalucci, *Contributor* *Activist Post* Iran has recently hosted 30 nations including Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Ecuador, Afghanistan, Algeria, Iraq, Oman, Turkmenistan,...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 1 day agoKade writes: wow - Solar Power tower http://eclecticarcania.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/picture-of-day-primm-valley-solar-tower.html http://graphics.latimes.com/towergraphic-la-me-solar-desert-tg/ -AK Se...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIsrael's prime minister and defence minister would like to attack Iran's nuclear sites before the U.S. election in November but lack crucial support within their cabinet and military, an Israeli newspaper...
- posted by yayacanada at YayaCanada - 1 day ago*Who lures whom? * *Contributor: YYC* This article really tickled my funny bone, but you can determine for yourself if it merits mirth: Former city youth pastor charged with Internet luring Here's a li...
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 1 day agoSome funny photos I saw in facebook, other sites, in recent days. None of these came from my camera. Filipino humor can remain notorious even in some catastrophic situations. Upper right photo, flooding ...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*While debate continues to rage as to whether PRyan is an utterly lousy (but utterly appropriate) veep pick because he's such a useless shell of a human being or because he's such a virulent ignoramus, del...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"Medicaid managed care program doesn’t reduce fees, report says" by Chelsea Conaboy | Globe Staff, August 03, 2012 Insurers that contract with the state to manage the care of low-income Medicaid patient...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day agoToday when Romney announced Paul Ryan as his running mate - I literally saw my life and death flash before my eyes. And that was not just a metaphor - it is a statement of fact based on data from the Rya...
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- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*I'd rather the money be used for care; however, how sad is it that thi$ is even a problem in the field of health?* "Medicare fraud busters unveil command center" by Kelli Kennedy and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldi...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day agoMorrow, Ohio, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day agoThe twitter is telling me Mitt finally had a good day on the campaign trail. Hell the crazy base was so happy he picked Paul Ryan, they hardly noticed when Mitt endorsed the rival to their preferred Tea P...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 1 day agoLargest nations on Earth converge to support embattled Syrian government. *by Tony Cartalucci * *August 11, 2012* - Iran has recently hosted 30 nations including Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, ...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 1 day agoPressTV Webster Griffin Tarpley No matter whether the next US president is named Obama or Romney, the Wall Street financier elite that dominates the United States is psychotically planning a series of ta...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 1 day agoHelp Us Transmit This Story Add to Your Blogger Account Put it On Facebook Tweet this post Print it from your printer Email and a collection of other outlets Try even more services
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoJapanese authorities should create more children's play areas in temporary housing zones set up for March 2011 disaster evacuees, according to landscape experts in Britain and Japan. Helen Woolley, a cha...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 1 day agoWired David Kravets The federal government may spy on Americans’ communications without warrants and without fear of being sued, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in a decision reversing the first and...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day agoHad to put this out here - just becauseican. The ALEC PR strategy has taken a new turn the past couple of weeks. Instead of focusing PR on what the American Legislative Exchange Council represents and how...
- posted by Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 1 day agoThe fight against the International Destroyers of Freedom is a fight which everyone of every nation must join. Every nation is under attack, and every nation is being subjected to calculated lies, with t...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago*Louisiana school ordered to change policy on pregnant students ~Alex Woodward, Gambit *
- posted by PM at The Duck of Minerva - 1 day agoAnother victory for Team Wonderbread. Mitt Romney's selection of Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wisc.) means that he has scored a PR coup and won the all-important mid-August weekend news cycle. What can you say abou...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day agoFound this a while ago on the *Republic Report* – a website worth bookmarking for their coverage of everything! *The Top Five Most Despicable Laws Passed By Corporate Front Group ALEC* 5. Selling Prisons To...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago*How many times are we going to let this happen?* *Republican actions to steal an election – because they know they can’t legitimately win on merit.* Legitimacy of Republicans in Government If you can’t win...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoI'm lucky I figured out I was gay at a relatively early age-- and I'm lucky to have had a loving, accepting, supportive family. Otherwise I could have wound up like Miss McConnell-- a slimy closet queen c...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day agoFamily of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, the Powerful Forces That Put It in the White House, and What Their Influence Means for America by Russ Baker *The long-hidden story of a family we thought we knew—a...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day agoSomething 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 We...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Nikko City is circled in red on the map by MEXT, from the revised 30 August 2011 map. The highest contamination of the soil, according to MEXT, is 100,000 to 300,000 becquerels/square meter for r...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day agoDine' Andy Dann: Time for renewal energy, and a halt to sickness from the coal-fired power plants and mines By Andy Dann, Dine' Published at Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com San Juan ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day agoOh, this is just too easy... lol - CP
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago[image: Tunisia has witnessed an upsurge of Salafi-inspired violence that in recent months have become violent, attacking police and judicial institutions. (Reuters)] *Summer 2012. "A young Tunisian died ...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoYouth unemployment has reached crisis proportions, with more than one in five people between 15 and 29 out of work, according to a survey. The survey by the Hyundai Research Institute showed that the rea...
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 1 day agoRepeated applications of the mop have got that concrete floor to where it's actually almost clean. Southern Man's schedule all week has been to wake up in The Trailer, have breakfast, work 'till noon or so...
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 1 day agoToday was dedicated to sweeping and scraping and scrubbing that dirt-encrusted concrete floor. It finally got to the point where no further progress could be made so Southern Man went into town and bought ...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 day agoWatch the video carefully. Note the strange shadows http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QKmCqa8sAY&feature=youtu.be Thank you Nuckelchen!!!
- posted by Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 1 day agoIt is very probable that humanity now possesses the knowledge needed to establish an effective world government. In some way that knowledge must he widely seeded in the consciousness of all mankind. Very ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*"Less Interesting Person Than Romney Found in Wisconsin" by Andy Borowitz* U.S.S. WISCONSIN (The Borowitz Report)— "An exhaustive manhunt that took months and spanned the country came to a dramatic e...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago* * *"On Social Security"* by Monty Pelerin "The fraud of social security is becoming apparent to all but the truly economic illiterate. Young people, by overwhelming margins, don’t expect to collect...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago[image: Meet Nunavut's new judges. Bonnie Tulloch and Andrew Mahar were sworn in Aug. 10 in a ceremony held at the Nunavut Court of Justice. Each has been working on the bench since March. Nunavut Premier...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* An expert panel to the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) has demanded that the sites of the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor and the Mihama nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture be checked for ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck NORTHWESTERN IRAN at a depth of 1 km (0.6 miles), the quake hit at 17:58:33 UTC Saturday 11th August 2012 The epicenter was 25 km (16.4 miles) Southwest of Ahar, Iran ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* STOCKHOLM — Belarus’ top security agency — the KGB — has summoned a Swedish advertising team for questioning after the group air-dropped hundreds of parachute-wearing teddy bears that carried pro-human r...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* The news comes after a 46-year-old woman, believed to be Ms Sharp, was being questioned by police in south London on suspicion of murder in connection with the disappearance of Tia.* Commander Neil Basu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* (CNN) -- One person aboard a single-engine plane was killed Friday after the aircraft crashed in a West Los Angeles neighborhood, authorities said.* The pilot of the Cessna 210 declared an emergency for ...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* (Reuters) - The United States and Turkey indicated on Saturday they were studying a range of measures, including a no-fly zone, as battles between Syrian rebels and President Bashar al-Assad's forces sho...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day agoAttributed to Thomas Aquinas
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day agoWell it's official. Rmoney caved to the far right extremists and chose "Zombie-Eyed Granny Starver" Paul Ryan for VP. So much for moving to the middle in the general. As expected, Charlie Pierce already w...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* A woman whose charred remains were discovered in a supermarket car park has been named by police.* Karen Archard, from Westcroft, Chippenham, was found at about 3am in the grounds of the town's Sainsbur...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* A crowded bus has fallen into a deep gorge in northern India, killing at least 39 people, according to police.* The driver lost control of the vehicle at a sharp bend on a mountain road in Himachal Prad...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day agoOkay, I'll take the obvious one: Veepstakes matters because if Mitt Romney wins then Paul Ryan and not someone else will play a role in his administration, and because it's now far more likely that Ryan wi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* Hilary Clinton and Turkey's foreign minister have said they are planning for every eventuality in Syria, including the possibility chemical weapons could be used. * The US Secretary of State is holding t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* Rescue workers head to the northwest of the country after two quakes kill dozens of people and injure hundreds more.* Two strong earthquakes have struck northwest Iran, killing at least 87 people. Hund...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* Police investigating the disappearance of schoolgirl Tia Sharp have apologised to her mother after admitting they should have found a body sooner, blaming 'human error'.* Human remains were discovered a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck the NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE at a depth of 10.3 km (6.4 miles), the quake hit at 17:47:31 UTC Saturday 11th August 2012 The epicenter was 1229 km (763 miles) South...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 day agoU.S. Not Seeking Goldman Charges. The Wall Street Journal August 10, 2012 p. C1 by Reed Albergotti and Elizabeth Rappaport [excerpted] After a yearlong investigation, the Justice Department said Thursday...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck NORTHWESTERN IRAN at a depth of 2 km (1.2 miles), the quake hit at 16:21:56 UTC Saturday 11th August 2012 The epicenter was 14 km (8.8 miles) West of Ahar, Iran At lea...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck NORTHWESTERN IRAN at a depth of 4 km (2.4 miles), the quake hit at 16:00:49 UTC Saturday 11th August 2012 The epicenter was 23 km (14.2 miles) West of Ahar, Iran At le...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck NORTHWESTERN IRAN at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 15:43:18 UTC Saturday 11th August 2012 The epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) Northeats of Tabriz, Iran...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 3.5 earthquake has struck the CHANNEL ISLANDS REGION, CALIFORNIA at a depth of 8 km (5 miles), the quake hit at 15:33:03 UTC Saturday 11th August 2012 The epicenter was 16 km (9.9 miles) WNW f...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck NORTHWESTERN IRAN at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 15:21:15 UTC Saturday 11th August 2012 The epicenter was 30 km (18.6 miles) Southwest of Ahar, Iran...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck TARAPACA, CHILE at a depth of 135 km (83.7 miles), the quake hit at 15:09:22 UTC Saturday 11th August 2012 The epicenter was 70 km (43.4 miles) Southeast from Tarata, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck NORTHWESTERN IRAN at a depth of 5 km (3.1 miles), the quake hit at 14:38:22 UTC Saturday 11th August 2012 The epicenter was 23 km (14.2 miles) West of Ahar, Iran At le...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*At least 87 people have been killed in a 6.2-magnitude earthquake in north-western Iran, according to state television.* At least 400 others were injured in the quake, the channel said, which damaged hun...
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