English: Posthumous official presidential portrait of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, painted by Aaron Shikler (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Cropped version of File:Arabic aristotle.jpg; Aristotle teaching, from document in the British Library. From: Seyyed Hossein Nasr (1976). Islamic Science:An Illustrated Study, World of Islam Festival Publishing Ltd.. ISBN 090503502X (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 4 minutes ago“Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism. It is the notion …, in practice, that a man is to be judged, not by his own character and actions, but by the characters and actions o...
- posted by Damian Lataan at Telling the History of the Twenty-First Century as it Really Is - 13 minutes agoA recent report in *The Australian* has brought to light the way in which the fighting in Syria is being regulated by the US. According to the report, the CIA is denying anti-Assad fighters the heavier wea...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 21 minutes agoBlue America has endorsed 4 progressive doctors this cycle, Lee Rogers (CA-25), Syed Taj (MI-11), David Gill (IL-13) and Matt Heiz (D-AZ). The first 3 won their primaries and will face anti-health care Re...
- posted by Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 23 minutes agoWelcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)! If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far. There's a lot of great inform...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 39 minutes ago*I've still got the itch. * "EEE risk called worst in decades" by Kay Lazar and Zachary T. Sampson | Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent, August 08, 2012 This year’s *infestation of mosquitoes* infected...
- posted by Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 45 minutes ago"For the greatest enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth – persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic." - President John F. Kennedy, June 1962 "Prop...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 hour ago[image: Volunteers are seen packing assorted relief food at the social welfare operation center in Manila, on 14 August 2012, for distribution to thousands of flood-affected residents throughout the capi...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 hour ago"Not only was a sense of the sacredness of human life put into question, because the word sacred doesn't mean anything in the context of modern science, it just pure sentimentality, but what happened was t...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 2 hours ago[image: Aerial view of the Taylor Bridge fire in Washington state, 14 August 2012. NBC News] 14 August 2012 (NBC News) – Wildfires raged in several Western states on Tuesday, destroying dozens of homes ...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 2 hours agoErnest Hemingway
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours agofrom the Center for American Progress (download pdf here) *"In 1990 candidates for state supreme courts only raised around $3 million, but by the mid-nineties, campaigns were raking in more than five time...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 4 hours agoAs this fellow says at the Houzz site (very useful site for helping you select your favourite ‘clippings’ for your next architectural project, by the way), all architects are influenced by the architects...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 4 hours ago*The Guardian* reports that Ecuador has granted Julian Assange political asylum. Given that the WikiLeaks founder remains holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, it's unclear whether asylum will me...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 4 hours agoTeddy bears in Court -- a fairly typical trial...Video here
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 4 hours ago*Let's try a somewhat different format for this one*: *Latest Facebook Scandal: Widespread Advertising Fraud * Just as the IPO was mired with fraud so is advertising on Facebook as marketer’s slowly being...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 4 hours ago*R. v. Bellusci,* 2012 SCC 44 deals with a stay of prosecution because of abusive police conduct. The Court, albeit restricting its position to rare cases, upheld such a stay. Some might argue that abusive...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours agoMusic by Chuck Wild, "Liquid Mind - VII: Reflection - My Orchid Spirit.” Images courtesy of ESA, ESO, NASA and The Hubble Space Telescope. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK_2fgj_Vts&feature=g-vrec
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago“Where will the next Perseid meteor appear? Sky enthusiasts who trekked outside for the Perseid meteor shower that peaked over the past few days typically had this question on their mind. Six meteors from...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoOn 9 Aug 2012, the Department of Commerce, for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by way of the National Weather Service, put out a solicitation for a small variety of ammunition. The so...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 5 hours agoTook me all day to decide if I liked this photo or not. Decided that I like it a lot. BuzzFeed billed it as The Wizard. I think I would have called it The Visionary. Either way it's a brilliant catch by th...
- posted by Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 5 hours agoSmiling Buddha, Angkor Wat No matter where you are or what you're doing, you have only two choices in life, to be happy or not to be happy. Which one do you choose? There is no way to happiness, hap...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 5 hours agoOne thing about twitter: it's really the best yet for getting election results. I'll be watching, or reading or whatever we call it, for the Wisconsin Senate race. Yes, mainly because I made a more specifi...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 5 hours ago
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 5 hours ago*From the government's own mouth:* "Justice Dept. rips report on Fast and Furious; Says GOP wrong to lay flawed plan to Obama team" by Pete Yost | Associated Press, August 01, 2012 WASHINGTON — In *Ope...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 5 hours agoThis article is dated June 24th of this year, but, how much has changed in 6 weeks time? Op-ed from the CFR *Summary: **Morsi’s victory in Egypt's presidential election puts Islamists in control an offi...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 6 hours agoFrom Think Progress Crossroads GPS And Americans For Prosperity Outspend All Super PACs Combined | Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS (an affiliate of the super PAC American Crossroads) and the Koch brothers’ Ame...
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- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago*“A One-Minute Course In The Philosophy Of Science”* by Chet Raymo "There was a time in my life, many years ago, when I immersed myself in the philosophy of science. I wanted to understand what science...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago“The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.” - Pierre Abelard
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago*"Why We Don’t Remember: The Gift of This Journey"* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM ․ "If you would behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life. For life and death are one, ...
- posted by Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 6 hours agoWhat do you do once the Olympics is over? For most of us it’s a period of adjustment from wall to wall sport back to normal life, but what about the technology that was used to support the event? Does i...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago*"The Great Affair" * * * “The great affair, the love affair with life, is to live as variously as possible, to groom one's curiosity like a high-spirited thoroughbred, climb aboard, and gallop over the...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 6 hours ago*Gue$$ who wants to know?* *This is without a doubt one of the most insulting articles I have read in quite some time and an example of why I'm really souring on reading the Boston Globe right now (as the...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 7 hours ago*I don't know which is more insane, Fed policy or my continued reading of the Boston Globe.* "Sentiment grows for further Fed stimulus" July 25, 2012 WASHINGTON — A growing number of Federal Reserve offic...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 7 hours agoCan I give a Catch of the Day to a reaction to something that no one has said yet? Oh, why not, since I like the piece a lot. It's Robert Farley, pre-debunking what he suspects is going to be an emerging ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago*Meh and meh* Yesterday we talk about how the disdain with which Floridians hold the Ryan plan to kill Medicare and privatize Social Security is likely to help Democrats reelect Bill Nelson to the Senate ...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 7 hours agoYouTube Video Description: "Melvyn Bragg examines the myths and theology that inspired the Vikings. With guests Carrolyn Larrington, Heather O'Donohue and John Hines."
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago* (CNN) -- Whipped by high winds, a wildfire in central Washington state has scorched 26,500 acres and destroyed at least 60 homes, officials said Tuesday.* The fire raging near Cle Elum is one of severa...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 7 hours agoToday, I went on a tour of the Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant near Grindavik, Iceland (pictured above). During the visit I learned that the facility produces >300 megawatts of electricity plus hot wat...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 7 hours ago*What do we do with a quasi-government agency that bought boatloads of mortgage-backed securities s***?* "Treasury may seek a post-Fannie Mae safety net" April 19, 2012|By Cheyenne Hopkins, Clea Benson an...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 7 hours agoGaye Levy, *Contributor* *Activist Post* In North America, we are enjoying the final months of summer. This is a time for family activities, picnics, BBQs with friends and perhaps a weekend camping tri...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 7 hours ago[image: FAO Food Price Index for July 2012. The FAO Cereal Price Index averaged 260 points in July, up 17 percent, or 38 points, from June. That was 14 points below its all-time high of 274 points in Apr...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 8 hours agoUS, British, NATO, and GCC are arming and funding the foreign invasion of Syria - Western media providing increasingly tenuous "revolutionary" cover. *by Tony Cartalucci* *August 14, 2012* - Reuters today...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago* Authorities are looking into an incident at the Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant, located 70 miles south of Baltimore in Maryland. The malfunction poses no risk to the public, but it did cause a major drop i...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago* Aug 14 (Reuters) - Russia will send two navy vessels to the disputed Kuril islands in the Pacific, the Defence Ministry said on Tuesday, in a move likely to anger Japan which lays claim to them. * The di...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago* (Reuters) - Norway's prime minister came under pressure to resign on Tuesday after an official report said police could have prevented a murder spree by far right militant Anders Behring Breivik last yea...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago* The highest court in Massachusetts rejected the appeal of a British man convicted of killing his wife and baby daughter in their rented home, saying in its decision released today that warrantless search...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* Anton Vickerman's sentence may set an example, but don't search engines do as much to facilitate piracy as sites like surfthechannel?* Four years is longer than the average jail term for assault or burgl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* (Reuters) - Germany's Economy Minister Philipp Roesler has warned against using populism in the debate over the euro zone crisis and stressed the commitment of his party, the pro-business Free Democrats ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoAug. 14 - As three of their bandmates face trial, punk protest group Pussy Riot says it will continue its activism. Lindsey Parietti reports
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoAug. 14 - Another body is discovered at South Africa's Lonmin mine after a feud between rival unions left nine people, including two polices officers, dead. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
- posted by Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 9 hours agoالباحثون في مختبر كاسبرسكي في روسيا نطلب من الجمهور للحصول على مساعدة في تكسير رأس حربية المشفرة التي يحصل تسليمها إلى الأجهزة المصابة من قبل مجموعة الأدوات الخبيثة غاوس. يحصل فك الرؤوس الحربية من قبل ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* (Reuters) - Veteran fighters of last year's civil war in Libya have come to the front-line in Syria, helping to train and organize rebels under conditions far more dire than those in the battle against M...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago*Standard Chartered has agreed a £217m ($340m) settlement with US regulators over allegations the UK-based bank hid illegal transactions involving Iran.* Under the deal with New York State Department of F...
- Link: http://youtu.be/uWCBnYE48Ss Just to reset my mind... The number is called: *Guitar Sbrego*. John
- posted by Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 9 hours agoI'm just getting angry all the time now; I feel CUT OFF from whatever everyone else is experiencing. Even though I'm convinced THEY'RE the deluded ones with their contacts hither and yon and their visio...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours agoTacoma, Washington, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago“You can have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in your power.” - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 10 hours agoSusanne Posel,* Contributor* *Activist Post* The medical industry in conjunction with Big Pharma wants to classify the right to keep and bear arms as a mental disorder in another power grab to circumv...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago*"What Does Liberty Really Mean to You?"* By David Galland "For some time now – years actually – I have pondered the nature of liberty. Or more specifically, what liberty actually means to me. And to ...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 10 hours ago------------------------------ TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2012 Bill Black: “Budget Hero” – Public Media’s Most Despicable Financial Propaganda *By Bill Black, the author of The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 10 hours agoFor New Nuclear Chief, Concerns Over Plant Safety. by Matthew Wald. Aug 13, 2012: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/14/us/new-nuclear-commission-chief-faces-waste-storage-questions.html?nl=todaysheadlines&em...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS at a depth of 45.3 km (28.1 miles), the quake hit at 15:08:16 UTC Tuesday 14th August 2012 The epicenter was 376 km (234 miles) ESE f...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 11 hours agoWhat should be obvious is that the geothermal potential for Japan is superb and that a national effort to displace nuclear power is both feasible and timely. The engineering is mature and readil...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 11 hours agoJames Smith, *Contributor* *Activist Post* Federal Business Online has announced that American Homeland Security Consulting Group, LLC has been awarded $56,994 to provide the Transportation Security A...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 11 hours ago*Activist Post* This weekend please join the former Congresswoman and Presidential candidate, Cynthia McKinnney, along with Roseanne Barr – who is running for President this November! Both of these coura...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 11 hours agoBy Mark Strassmann 13 August 2012 DULAC, Louisiana – Shrimping season opened Monday off Louisiana and fishermen can't get over what they're now finding in their nets. Some say the coastline is under in...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 11 hours agoImage Madison Ruppert, *Contributor* *Activist Post* According to recently filed court documents, Miami police brutally broke a man’s arm and then falsely prosecuted him after he refused an offer of pro...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours agoToday Paul Ryan is kissing the ring of Organized Crime figure Sheldon Adelson at his casino in Las Vegas, the Venetian. Although no one expects Adelson to lure Ryan into the same kind of honey trap he cau...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 11 hours ago*TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2012* *Straining, top pundits produce:* Over at the Washington Post, the Flyweights Two have now weighed in concerning the Ryan selection. Dana Milbank journeyed to Iowa, to the sta...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago“Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.” - Jose Ortega y Gasset
- posted by thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 11 hours agoOne of the oldest and biggest of Canadian political anxieties is the strife between French and English Canada. As Part II in an intended series, I'd like to describe the progressive position on this issu...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 11 hours agoFrom Newsnight's Twitter... Well said @jhnbrssndn
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 11 hours ago‘I am entitled to live in a house like this’ The Mail have the weep-making details, here's an extract: 'Mrs Mahmoud, who has five young daughters and two teenage sons, insisted she had the right to live ...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 11 hours agoMajia here: It is my very strong conviction that climate change is real (although, I believe that the carbon market and climate derivatives are a major scam and are infused with fraud at every level). ...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours agoAh, takes you back to those great childhood years
- posted by Jon Western at The Duck of Minerva - 11 hours agoOne of the defining features of the current era of globalization is the rise in uncertainty and complexity in global politics. There are more actors, more transactions, and more challenges as a result. ...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 11 hours agoAfter taking one day off to recharge my batteries, I am feeling better and now its back to business as usual. A friend of mine, Buelahman, who writes the blog: "Buelahman's Revolt" at www.buelahman.wordpr...
- posted by Sophia at American Kabuki - 11 hours agoAudio Version My dreams changed last weekend. I was away from home, and they took me even further. I was not in a place I’ve ever imagined or with anyone I’ve consciously known this lifetime. I bel...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago* Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- The death toll from a pair of earthquakes that jolted Iran on Saturday has escalated once again, state-run media reported Monday. * At least 306 people have been killed and 3,037 in...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago* (CNN) -- A Thai politician accidentally shot and killed his former wife and personal secretary with a submachine gun in a restaurant in northern Thailand, local police said Monday.* Senator Boonsong Kow...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago* (CNN) -- Two Tibetans set themselves on fire on Monday, adding to a string of self-immolations in protest against Chinese rule in the troubled region, according to the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago*Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghanistan endured an unusually bloody day Tuesday, with three separate attacks leaving at least 41 people dead and more than 100 wounded, according to government and police...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck NORTHWESTERN IRAN at a depth of 2 km (1.2 miles), the quake hit at 15:48:23 UTC Tuesday 14th August 2012 The epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) West of Ahar, Iran No Injuri...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 11 hours ago*Bereft by Robert Frost* Where had I heard this wind before Change like this to a deeper roar? What would it take my standing there for, Holding open a restive door, Looking down hill to a frothy shore? S...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 12 hours ago
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 12 hours agoFurther evidence that America is being transformed into a genuine "warfare state" comes from a report in *Wired* magazine that the Pentagon is planning to unleash SEAL teams to attack and kill drug lords s...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 12 hours agoGlobal Research George Szamuely Let’s revisit the curious lack of military action on the morning of September 11. That morning, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Richard B. Myers, was havi...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 12 hours agoFrom the delightfully informative traditional Republican, Glenn Greenwald, we learn a few more psychological details about our "leaders." And I know I'm speaking out of turn, but I've wondered from the fir...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 12 hours ago[image: Adult pale grass blue (Zizeeria maha) butterflies from the Fukushima area show numerous mutations. Otaki, et al., 2012 via BBC]By Nick Crumpton, BBC News 13 August 2012 Exposure to radioactive...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 12 hours 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 Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck NEAR ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA at a depth of 25 km (15.5 miles), the quake hit at 15:17:41 UTC Tuesday 14th August 2012 The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) Sou...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 12 hours agoThose who suspect that Steve Harper has "fixed" the environmental assessment of the Northern Gateway pipeline initiative won't be surprised to learn the board reviewing the proposal has ruled the U.S. Tran...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 12 hours ago------------------------------ http://video.msnbc.msn.com/hardball/48652609/#48652609 Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Cherchez la Verite
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 12 hours agoOccupy Corporatism Susanne Posnell The medical industry in conjunction with Big Pharma want to classify the right to keep and bear arms as a mental disorder in another power grab to circumvent and eventua...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 12 hours agoAs always, I'm interested in whether the Senate resumes getting gradually older, as it did up through the record 111th Senate, or if it gets somewhat younger, as it did in the current Congress. Last week ...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 12 hours agoAnthony Gucciardi *Activist Post* It’s no secret that tap water contains a medley of harsh chemicals, heavy metals, fecal matter, puss, urine, and many other problematic substances. The dangers of tap...
- posted by killing Mother at killing Mother - 12 hours agoIn the 1960s and 70s of my early childhood, divorce was rare. I was the only child in kindergarten who came from a “broken” home. The burning question always asked of me: “Where is your father?” was at ...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 12 hours agoGlobal Research Prof. James F. Tracy The news media’s readiness to accept official pronouncements and failure to more vigorously analyze and question government authorities in the wake of "domestic terr...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 13 hours agoimage source Julian Rose *Activist Post* By all accounts time is speeding up and space-time is contracting. As we move further into 2012 this phenomenon is almost palpable. Just where do the hours and da...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 13 hours agoOscar Pistorius' historic run as the first double-amputee Olympic athlete has revived the ongoing discussion of whether or not the Paralympics should be integrated into the Olympics. (Stories in *The Guard...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 13 hours agoCanadian doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals continue to mention refugee health care at every public media opportunity. In this case, a student nurse takes advantage of Lisa Raitt's appear...
- posted by Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 13 hours ago*Source: Planeta UFO and VISION OVNI Date: 08.14.2012* *Argentina: Mass Cattle Mutilations in Formosa* *By Andrea Pérez Simondini* We had barely emerged from the commotion caused by cases in Entr...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago*"Radiation Disease - * *Here Are The Symptoms And Causes"* by Mark Sircus, AC, OMD "What does radiation do to us? It burns the cells, kind of like burning down a house. It is well known that radia...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 13 hours agoFrom the SSA Q1: When did Social Security start? A: The Social Security Act was signed by FDR on 8/14/35. Q3: When did Medicare start? A: Medicare was passed into law on July 30, 1965 but beneficiaries ...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 13 hours ago*Hydrocoast Map Released by Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation*~Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation (LPBF) sees a parallel between water monitoring and weather forecasting. Just as weather networks and we...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago*TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2012* *Pimps Romney’s message three times:* Rachel Maddow floundered and flailed when asked about it on Meet the Press. Earlier on that program, RNC chairman Reince Priebus had pushe...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago*"14,000 U.S. Deaths Tied To Fukushima Reactor Disaster Fallout"* by PRNewswire "An estimated 14,000 excess deaths in the United States are linked to the radioactive fallout from the disaster at the F...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA Russian nuclear-powered attack submarine armed with long-range cruise missiles operated undetected in the Gulf of Mexico for several weeks and its travel in strategic U.S. waters was only confirmed afte...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck NORTHWESTERN IRAN at a depth of 4.9 km (3 miles), the quake hit at 14:02:26 UTC Tuesday 14th August 2012 The epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) West of Ahar, Iran No Injur...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago[image: Progression of Colorado Mountain Pine Beetle, 1996-2011. Colorado State University] Mountain pine beetle (MPB) is an insect native to the forests of western North America and is also known as th...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago*"Fukushima Reactor No. 4:* *Human Civilization On The Brink?"* by Mike Adams "The news you are about to read puts everything else in the category of "insignificant" by comparison. Concerned about t...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago*“Fukushima: Forty Million Japanese In 'Extreme Danger' * *Of Life-threatening Radiation Poisoning, Mass Evacuations Likely”* Ethan A. Huff "Japanese officials are currently engaging in talks with Rus...
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 14 hours ago*Riding on the bike path in Dongshih. * BREAKING: Just heard that President Ma wouldn't let the "activists" who were heading to the Senkakus with Hong Kongers aboard dock in Taiwan. News report on origin...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago*TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2012* *Bruni reads colleague’s mind:* We’ll say one thing for the Times’ Frank Bruni: He does know the pundit corps’ scripts. This morning, in his latest column, Bruni describes a ...
- posted by yayacanada at YayaCanada - 14 hours ago*... for insurance purposes!* *Contributor: YYC* Calgary hail storm: Cloud seeding credited for sparing city from worse disaster *“The storm was a monster,” said Terry Krauss, project director of the Al...
- posted by Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 14 hours agoYou've no doubt heard about that odious new celebrity war games show called "Stars Earn Stripes" and how a group of Nobel Peace Prize winners and others are urging NBC to can it. Not only does it glamorize...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 14 hours agoOne of the things I love about summer, is the taste of fresh vegetables and the grill. One of my favorite things to throw on the grill is mushroom skewers. Marinated or not, mushrooms are the perfect com...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago*TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2012* *PART 1—SCRIPTED NOCERA:* Now Paul Ryan belongs to the ages—and to the boys and girls of the American press corps. In effect, these scripted boys and girls are Ryan’s sons and d...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 14 hours ago(By *American Zen*'s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari.) *He was always so nice to me throughout the years. Every time I’d see him, he would come over and say, "I hope you get four hits today -- and the gu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago* Sky News has learnt that the British Government is assisting Kenyan authorities with an investigation into allegations that British soldiers murdered a 21-year old Kenyan woman.* Agnes Wanjiru-Wanjiku d...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 15 hours ago*Activist Post* You don't have to be survivalist or a doomsdayer to recognize the practicality in having some food stored away for a rainy day. In fact, it's simply becoming common sense to have a cert...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the AZORES ISLANDS, PORTUGAL at a depth of 10.1 km (6.3 miles), the quake hit at 12:31:23 UTC Tuesday 14th August 2012 The epicenter was 106 km (65 miles) Northwest o...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 15 hours ago*Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood begins rounding up outspoken journalists as Egypt arrays itself with West against Syria and Iran. * Tony Cartalucci, *Contributor* *Activist Post* US State Department's Vo...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 15 hours agoHappy Birthday to Mark Leonard, 48. Who knows? Maybe it would never have happened. Lifetime minor league OBP, though, was .411. He wound up getting 374 major league PAs...that's not much more than half a s...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 15 hours agoDavid Galland *Casey Research* For some time now – years actually – I have pondered the nature of liberty. Or more specifically, what liberty actually means to me. And to be extra clear, I am not talki...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* A round 100 employees have been evacuated from a handful of businesses on Centennial Boulevard because of a reported chlorine gas leak.* The Colorado Springs Fire Department reports the leak occurred ins...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago*The architect and the acolyte* Are we all getting sick of hearing about what a monster Paul Ryan is yet? On the other side, all they hear is how wonderful he is. The gay Republicans are kvelling over the...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoA fast-moving brush fire in Northern California is threatening 500 homes and has prompted officials to evacuate an entire town. Fueled by broiling, dry conditions, the Wye fire off Highway 20 has burned 3...
- posted by Judy Rabin at Schools Matter - 15 hours ago*In These Times* Wamart, Right-Wing Media Company Hold Star-Studded Benefit Promoting Education Reform Film by Josh Eidelson (My bolds) Asked over e-mail how AFG expected *Won't Back Down* to influence ed...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* CLE ELUM, Wash. -- A new wildfire burning east of Cle Elum in central Washington is growing quickly and reportedly threatening some homes.* A Washington Department of Natural Resources spokeswoman says t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* Hot, dry winds Monday afternoon prompted major growth in a week-old lightning-sparked forest fire on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, estimated to have burned 70 to 100 acres of valuable timber.* Th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* SANYA - A suspected food poisoning case on a southern Chinese island led to the hospitalization of 120 tourists on Sunday, including six foreigners, local authorities told Xinhua on Monday.* The vacatio...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 15 hours ago*NOLA community budget meeting: complaints, compliments & handcuffs ~WVUE* *Times-Picayune reporter jumps off the ‘sinking ship’ ~Jim Romenesko* ~Hat Tweet @RayNichols *The last Money intern at The Times-...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* A mudslide near Pahaska Tepee closed down the East Entrance to Yellowstone Park on Sunday morning.* Early morning thunderstorms led to heavy rain and the slide covered both lanes of the North Fork Highw...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* A reactor at the Millstone nuclear plant in Waterford, Conn., has shut down because of something that its 1960s designers never anticipated: the water in Long Island Sound was too warm to cool it.* Unde...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* When you hear "Invasion of the Jellyfish" you're probably thinking of a sci-fi B movie from the '70s, not a serious situation at the Jersey Shore.* But there is indeed an invasion of jellyfish at the Jer...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 15 hours agoimage source Owen Myles, *Contributor* *Activist Post* Some time near February of 2012, Wikileaks, which is is presently enduring its second week of ongoing DDoS attacks, had begun releasing millions of ...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- The city of Long Beach issued an alert to residents regarding an outbreak of flea-borne typhus, a disease transmitted to humans via fleas. * Murine typhus, also known as flea...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* A truck driver was yesterday quarantined at Mombasa's Aga Khan Hospital on suspicion he was infected with the deadly Ebola virus. The man only identified as Moses, 61, is said to have been in Kampala as ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* JOHANNESBURG — Security forces Tuesday patrolled a platinum mine run by leading producer Lonmin in South Africa, where nine people, including two police, were killed in clashes between rival unions.* Sc...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* MARIKANA, South Africa — Angry miners at a South Africa platinum mine where nine people have been killed in violence are continuing protests and attacking journalists in vehicles at the site.* The miner...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 15 hours ago*Youtube - ReasonTV* 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 Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* The Germany economy defied eurozone recession blues today, posting second-quarter growth above expectations. That's not much consolation for Greece, however. GDP shrank a massive 6.2% in the same period....
- posted by Len Hart at The Existentialist Cowboy - 15 hours ago*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy* The release date of John Carpenter's film "They Live" is 1988 but seems more recent, more like a commentary on today's news than it is a commentary of 1980s parano...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* (CNN) -- As the Curiosity rover begins its exciting trek across the surface of Mars and up the dramatic peak of Mt. Sharp it is important to realize that the plans for this great success were incubated a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoA magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck the BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION at a depth of 43.5 km (27 miles), the quake hit at 12:06:15 UTC Tuesday 14th August 2012 The epicenter was 186 km (116 miles) North fr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* Journalists Islam Afifi (left) and Tawfiq Okasha are facing trial after being arrested.* Two Egyptian journalists are to stand trial accused of "inciting" against President Mohamed Morsi, in a sign of a...
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours agoIt's interesting to see what's happened to the Party of Moral Outrage. When the Sponsorship Scandal broke, the Conservatives were in high dudgeon. They had a right to be outraged. But their outrage was ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* Tehran's Foreign Ministry decries discussion of Israeli military strike against it as "a stupid action," says there are elements in J'lem who won't allow it to happen; Iranian defense minister says threa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* "The Syrian regime only controls 30 per cent of Syria's territory. It has collapsed militarily, economically and morally," Hijab told a news conference in the Jordanian capital.* "I assure you, based on...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago28 people were injured when a rogue firework accidentally set off thousands of others in a Spanish church bell tower
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoAn unmanned 25-foot-long vehicle will be dropped from a B-52, with the U.S. Air Force planning to fly at science fiction-like speeds of Mach 6, over 4,500 mph -- fast enough to fly from New York to London ...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 16 hours agoAt the risk of sounding like the NRA, the possession of guns standing alone does not lead to violence. If you look at world statistics, some countries with very high gun ownership rates have low murder ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoAug. 14 - Second quarter GDP data from powerhouse Germany and France are not looking as bad as feared, though the backdrop remains one of chronic economic weakness.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago*(Reuters) - The euro zone's debt-ravaged economy shrank in the second quarter, having flatlined in the first, despite continued German growth which economists said could soon be snuffed out.* The 17-nati...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* (Reuters) - Veteran fighters of last year's civil war in Libya have come to the front-line in Syria, helping to train and organize rebels under conditions far more dire than those in the battle against M...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A rarely seen eclipse of Venus by the transiting Moon was observed by sky watchers in Japan in the early hours of Tuesday, for the first time in the country since 1989, though the viewab...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) submitted to the government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) a set of measures on Aug. 13 to prevent workers at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Pl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* Violent storms lashed Japan's Kinki region on Aug. 14, bringing flooding and destruction during the country's Obon festival to honor the dead. * In Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, Eizo Nishiyama, 69, and his wife ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck TONGA at a depth of 14.5 km (9 miles), the quake hit at 10:08:58 UTC Tuesday 14th August 2012 The epicenter was 77 km (47 miles) Northeast of Hihifo, Tonga No Tsunami ...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* Around 100 French youths have clashed with police in the northern city of Amiens, shooting at officers and setting cars, a leisure centre and a nursery school ablaze.* Police reinforcements have been di...
- posted by Harry Dale Huffman at The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage - 16 hours agoThe wattsupwiththat site has a post on the need for debate, not consensus, over climate change, to which I have responded: *The problem is, the POLITICAL debate is well advanced, but the SCIENTIFIC debat...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* Genetic mutations have been found in three generations of butterflies near Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant. * The abnormalities have raised fears that radiation may have spread to other speci...
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posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* The U.S. military's first hybrid airship took off on its maiden voyage last week, hovering above New Jersey in a successful test flight.* The Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV), a hybrid bl... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* It’s becoming a familiar sight for Phoenix residents – a massive wall of dust rolling over the city swallowing everything in its path. * Yet another dust storm slammed through the Arizona city this weeke...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck TAIWAN at a depth of 20.3 km (12.6 miles), the quake hit at 10:55:42 UTC Tuesday 14th August 2012 The epicenter was 4 km (2.4 miles) ESE from Hua-lien, Taiwan No Tsuna...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* Anyone who takes a photograph at high-risk locations is logged as a suspected terrorist on a vast network of secret spy cameras linked to the U.S. Government, according to leaked emails.* People pointin...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* An unnamed, off-duty officer has killed the father of a little girl he crashed into late Saturday night.* Authorities say that Taniyah Middleton, 4, was crossing First Avenue in the Maywood section of C...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* The attorney for George Zimmerman said that the neighborhood watchman who shot an unarmed teenager would be not be using Florida’s controversial Stand Your Ground law, opting instead for a traditional se...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* hero: Los Angeles Sheriff's Deputy Pedro Mejia break into a car and rescued two young children who were locked inside* A Los Angeles police officer is being hailed as a hero for saving two young childre...
- posted by Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 17 hours agothis film BRANDED looks like a version of TODAY'S RUTHLESS CORPORATE WORLD crossed with both THEY LIVE (1988) and HOW TO GET AHEAD IN ADVERTISING (1989). Sorta looks kinda interesting, though it's not eas...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* A brother has hit out at an insurance company after it paid for lawyers to defend the negligent driver who killed his sister to avoid paying out on her policy in full. * Kaitlynn Fisher, 24, was hit and...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago*A son beat his retired BBC journalist father to death with a hammer in a 'shocking and gruesome' attack at the country cottage they shared, a court heard today.* Joseph Cooper, 24, even broke the hammer ...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 17 hours agoFrom a few years back, Boris confuses rugby and football...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* A schoolboy has been blinded in one eye after an unmarked box of railway detonators he and some friends had put on a fire exploded.* Harvey Rowe, 15, entered a railway depot through a broken fence with t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* A 65ft-long whale has died after being washed up on a Cornish beach on Monday evening.* Hundreds of holidaymakers flocked to the scene at Carlyon Bay in St Austell, which was cordoned off to prevent mor...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago*Italian officials have made seizures worth more than £30million as people try to smuggle banknotes and gold out of the country because of the single currency crisis. * That is an almost 80 per cent jump i...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* British holidaymakers have been warned of the dangers of wildfires which have forced thousands from their homes on the Canary Islands. * The Foreign Office yesterday told tourists and expats to take extra...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* Australia plans to deport asylum seekers to detention camps in the poorer nations of Papua New Guinea and Nauru.* The proposal is a U-turn for the ruling Labour party, which previously argued that Austr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* A deranged son battered his mother to death with a metal fireguard before slitting her throat and stashing her body in a wheelie bin outside their home.* Depraved Josef Cupori, 24, brutally attacked his...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago*A bankrupt Pakistani man and his son managed to set up a business and cheat their local community out of almost £50,000 despite being in the UK illegally, a court heard.* Siyed Asem, 58, and his son Syed...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago*Shoppers could soon be automatically recognised when they walk into a shop using a controversial new camera.* Called Facedeals, the camera uses photos uploaded to Facebook to recognise people as they wal...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* A successful businesswoman whose burnt body was discovered in the garage of her luxury £500,000 rural home was battered to death, police have revealed.* Diana Lee's body was discovered on Thursday after...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago*This is the latest data from the San Juan Grade (HJG EHZ NC --) Station, the closest to the epicenter of the missing 5.1 Earthquake, the 3 closest stations are not showing DATA NOT AVAILABLE **This was re...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* A prominent American commodities analyst says Australian grain growers have a significant role to play in easing a global food shortage.* The president of AgResource Company, Dan Basse, says drought in N...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck SOUTHERN ITALY at a depth of 271.1 km (168.5 miles), the quake hit at 08:55:05 UTC Tuesday 14th August 2012 The epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) WSW of Diamante, Italy N...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* The biggest Burmese python ever caught in Florida has been measured at 17ft and weighing 12st.* The snake was pregnant with 87 eggs - also said to be a record. Scientists said the python's stats show ju...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* The G4S security fiasco ahead of the Olympics revealed the shortcomings of relying on the private sector, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has admitted.* Thousands of extra troops had to step in when G4...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* Three people, including a police officer serving an eviction notice and the gunman, have been killed after a shootout near a college campus in Texas.* Thomas Caffall, 35, shot a police officer who turne...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago* Hard-hit rail commuters face a greater-than-expected 6.2% hike in average fares in the new year after official figures revealed a shock rise in the inflation rate. * The retail prices index (RPI) figure ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 3.1 earthquake has struck UTAH at a depth of 1 km (0.6 miles), the quake hit at 07:17:35 UTC Tuesday 14th August 2012 The epicenter was 12 km (7 miles) Southwest from Kanosh, Utah No Reports of...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN at a depth of 24.4 km (15.2 miles), the quake hit at 07:09:28 UTC Tuesday 14th August 2012 The epicenter was 193 km (119 miles) So...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 19 hours agoBob Roberts is a 1992 film which chronicles the rise of Bob Roberts, a right-wing politician. In the film, reporter *Bugs Raplin* talks about false flag terrorism, of the sort that happened in Colorado ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck ETHIOPIA at a depth of 15 km (9.3 miles), the quake hit at 05:52:21 UTC Tuesday 14th August 2012 The epicenter was 11 km (6.8 miles) Southwest from Borama, Ehtiopia No...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 20 hours ago*...and why (near) energy eigenstates are the "most real" among equally allowed states in the Hilbert space* Many physics beginners, physics fans, armchair physicists, young undergraduate students, as w...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 20 hours agoTo the Iranian people To all the fathers, mothers, children, brothers and sisters For there to be a war between us, first we must be afraid of each other, we must hate. I'm not afraid of you, I don't ...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 21 hours agoWhich CEO Made $5 Million Stealing Your Kid's Lunch Money? by grtv ALEC is working to ensure that public education dollars get diverted to private profits. Their approach is working -- for them. Not so...
- posted by Roberto Rodriguez at Dr Cintli - 21 hours ago*A shortened version of this column appears Tues August 14, 2012 in the Arizona Daily Star. Feel free to post comments there: http://azstarnet.com/news/opinion/guest-column-man-convicted-of-threatening-me...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agohttp://frontiers-of-anthropology.blogspot.ca/2012/08/guest-blogger-kakha-margiani-lots-of.html I plucked the above image from the Frontiers of Anthropology operated with Dale Drinnon. The text does...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoWe are now getting high resolution images of the ground surrounding Curiosity. What we are seeing are formations that conform nicely to our expectations of a water transformed environment...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoThe surprising direct result from all this is that garlic does attack bacteria, viruses, protozoa and fungus. Thus it is strongly indicated for any clearly infectious ailment assaulting the...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoWork continues on the super volcano at Naples amid the usual controversy. The only real super volcano is the one in Sumatra that evacuated a large lake. The others have the footprint without an...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 21 hours agoWatch to the end of this piece of video and contrast Seb Coe's primness with Boris Johnson's enthusiasm and lack of embarrassment. I have struggled to understand Boris Johnson's appeal to 'ordinary voters...
- posted by Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 21 hours agoDoesn't matter what he says. We don't believe him or his air force anymore.
- posted by Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 22 hours agoOK, CBC, control yourself. What you show is footage of a Syrian fast jet likely be downed by Free Syrian groundfire. Downing a fast moving fighter aircraft with light weapons or a heavy machine gun is a tric...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago* A video showing the horrific moment two men launch a grenade at a house shortly after a similar attack killed a grieving father has been released by police.* It shows two men approach the house in the m...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 22 hours agoU.S. ARMY SET TO RAZE INDIAN SCHOOL LANDMARK OVER DESCENDANTS’ OBJECTIONS The Carlisle Indian Industrial School, now a US war college, was the first all-...
- posted by david at Alberta Diary - 22 hours agoCommentator Ezra Levant lets go a broadside at Tides Canada on his Sun News Network program. Below: Researcher Tony Clark; Jamie Ellerton, executive director of Mr. Levant’s Ethical Oil Institute; National...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago* A thief has been jailed after claiming aliens told him to burgle his own mother.* John Michael Kirby, 29, told police he received extra-terrestrial instructions to rob his mother when he was arrested fo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago* Two horses were left wandering along one of the country’s busiest roads after a major crash on the M6 left another dead, and two people seriously injured.* The three horses were in a horsebox involved i...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago* David Cameron is poised to appoint a new Minister for Europe in a reshuffle next month after being told by Tory right-wingers that he needs a confirmed Eurosceptic in the role.* Influential figures on t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago* A gigolo PE teacher who was jailed for running a brothel after class was today found guilty of professional misconduct and now faces a potential lifetime ban from his profession. * Tim Blake-Powell, 51, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago* Image: Firefighters of Spain's Alcoy and Elda try to extinguish a fire in Torre de Macanes near Alicante, on Aug. 13. * MADRID—Two firefighters have died from injuries sustained in battling a wildfire in...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago* A Somali man who acted as a hostage negotiator during the hijacking of an American yacht has been given 12 life sentences by a US judge. * Mohammad Saaili Shibin had been found guilty in April of piracy, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago* KAMPALA, Uganda—Rescue teams were searching Monday for at least 10 Ugandan air force officers after three of its helicopters went missing Sunday as they flew to support ground troops in war-torn Somalia,...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 23 hours agoAugust 13, 2012 DINE' (NAVAJO) SPIRITUAL RUNNER BEGINS PRAYER WALK ACROSS THE NAVAJO NATION TO THE SAN FRANCISCO PEAKS Join Kris Barney on this prayer walk now for San Francisco Peaks Press statement P...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 23 hours agoA dust storm can be seen over Turkmenistan, Central Asia, in this photograph from the International Space Station in 2009. Photo courtesy: Nasa/Earth Images Three miles above the United States, the atmosp...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago* CHONGQING, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- A fugitive gunman who is suspected of killing nine and wounding several others in armed robberies since 2004 was shot dead in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality Tuesd...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago* The deadly double earthquakes in Iran over the weekend, the first natural disaster there since the United States imposed onerous financial sanctions on that country because of its disputed nuclear progra...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours agoLiquid Mind - “Velvet Morning (Void of the Stellar Winds)” Music by Chuck Wild, “Liquid Mind VI: Spirit - Velvet Morning.” Backing vocals by A. J. Teshin and Seven Whitfield. Images courtesy of NASA,...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago"The chessboard is the world; the pieces are the phenomena of the universe; the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. We know that his pl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago* Days after tightening the noose of international sanctions against Tehran, the Obama Administration has said there is still time and space left for diplomacy with Iran over its nuclear programme.* * *"We...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago*The German Chancellor Angela Merkel returned from holiday yesterday to face a dramatically deepening euro crisis and threats from her senior ministers that Germany would veto the next Greek aid package at...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago* Paolo Gabriele, a reserved family man and devout Roman Catholic, worked in Pope Benedict’s private apartments in the Vatican’s Apostolic palace, serving the pontiff meals and helping him dress.* Yet whi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago* Ecuador president's has said he hopes to make a decision on whether Julian Assange will be granted political asylum in the country this week. * Rafael Correa said in a TV interview he would make a decisio...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago* (Reuters) - British bank Standard Chartered (STAN.L) is trying to reach an early settlement over charges it hid $250 billion of transactions tied to Iran, backing down under pressure from U.S. regulators...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago* House prices are falling and more drops are expected in the coming months, according to surveyors. * A balance of 24% more surveyors reported falling rather than rising prices last month, the most negati...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* A police officer and another man have been shot dead near an American college campus - with the suspected shooter also killed in the gunfight.* Another three police officers and a woman were also wounded...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* [For the record, 8:25 p.m. Aug. 13: The USGS subsequently issued a "deletion" of this quake.]* A shallow magnitude 5.1 earthquake was reported Monday evening six miles from Gerber in Northern California...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*Amash & Pestka-- did we find the one race where the Republican is actually better than the Democrat!?!* Saturday night I watched Honolulu TV; that Internet sure is amazing. I followed the live returns fr...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day agoRead: *Symbolism of Orion's Belt*. "Orion’s Belt points to Sirius. Sirius is the brightest star in the sky." - *EarthSky.org*. "Sirius represents Isis." - *The Origin of the Zodiac*. "Lucifer repr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA at a depth of 10.2 km (6.3 miles), the quake hit at 21:12:29 UTC Monday 13th August 2012 The epicenter was 467 km (290 miles) S...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck PAKISTAN at a depth of 35 km (21.7 miles), the quake hit at 20:33:00 UTC Monday 13th August 2012 The epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) NNW of Athmuqam, Pakistan No Report...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck NORTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA at a depth of 1 km (0.6 miles), the quake hit at 16:32:23 UTC Monday 13th August 2012 The epicenter was 105 km (65.1 miles) Northwest from Kuc...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE at a depth of 74 km (45.8 miles), the quake hit at 15:59:38 UTC Monday 13th August 2012 The epicenter was 72 km (44.6 miles) Southwest of Constit...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck the HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN at a depth of 211.4 km (131.4 miles), the quake hit at 00:45:51 UTC Tuesday 14th August 2012 The epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) Eas...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the TAIWAN REGION at a depth of 25.4 km (15.8 miles), the quake hit at 02:06:48 UTC Tuesday 14th August 2012 The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) SSW of Yonakuni, Japan ...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 1 day agoPhoto courtesy: Emily Roesly Researchers are raising the alarm over triclosan — an antibacterial chemical commonly found in soaps, deodorants, mouthwashes, toothpastes and even toys and trash bags — after...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 7.7 earthquake has struck the SEA OF OKHOTSK at a depth of 625.7 km (388.8 miles), the quake hit at 02:59:42 UTC Tuesday 14th August 2012 The epicenter was 160 km (100 miles) ENE from Poronays...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN at a depth of 197.5 km (122.7 miles), the quake hit at 02:39:30 UTC Tuesday 14th August 2012 The epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) SSE...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck the SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION at a depth of 88 km (54.7 miles), the quake hit at 02:13:59 UTC Tuesday 14th August 2012 The epicenter was 24 km (14 miles) Southeas...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThis earthquake and it details have been removed from USGS, Please if anyone in the area can confirm they felt this quake, please let us know
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck NORTHERN CALIFORNIA at a depth of 66.6 km (41.4 miles), the quake hit at 03:09:11 UTC Tuesday 14th August 2012 The epicenter was 5 km (3.1 miles) Southwest from San Ma...
- posted by risa bear at A Way to Live - 1 day agoIt is blackberry season hereabouts, not all at once, but in mysterious patches -- lots ripe in one spot, all green twenty feet away. Last Son has been here and put in a shift to clear away the dreaded k...
- posted by José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago[image: Descubren nueva especie llamada Semachrysa Jade]Foto: Guek Hock Ping
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day agoWe are now entering our regular quinquennial celebration of the idea that tinkering with our voting system will somehow give us freedom from politicians and all the other moochers and looters. What a jo...
- posted by What Is Sustainable at What Is Sustainable - 1 day agoRichard Heinberg has been a pundit on the Peak Oil beat for more than ten years. With each passing year, his understanding of diminishing resources has grown. In 2007 he redefined the problem as Peak Eve...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago"Sometimes, you can put some night sky in your art. Captured above Japan, a picturesque night sky was photographed behind a picturesque frosted leaf. The reflecting ice crystals on the leaf coolly mimic...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago"Flying The Galaxies", Music by Future World Video footage from IMAX Hubble - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKUKXIwSgr8&feature=watch_response
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoShoppers could soon be automatically recognised when they walk into a shop using a controversial new camera. Called Facedeals, the camera uses photos uploaded to Facebook to recognise people as they walk ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*“Telling Stories”* by Chet Raymo "When the pulse of the first day carried it to the rim of night, First Woman said to First Man, "The people need to know the laws. To help them we must write the law...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: The view from a yacht’s mast. Summer 2012 pack ice is showing a rate of loss 50% higher than anticipated. Mike Powell / Corbis] By Robin McKie, science editor, www.guardian.co.uk 11 August 2012 ...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 1 day agoWebofDebt Ellen Brown On July 27, 2012, the National Association of Letter Carriers adopted a resolution at their National Convention in Minneapolis to investigate establishing a postal banking system. T...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago- Irena L. Sargsyan warns of renewed conflict between Kurdish-Arab conflict. - Matthew Kocher writes a post centered around Jeffrey A. Friedman's working paper on "breakthrough problems" (PDF...
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