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tuesday (Photo credit: SIRHENRYB.is ****the dreamer****)10:01 pm MDST- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 36 seconds ago* (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices were flat in July for a second straight month and the year-over-year increase was the smallest in more than 1-1/2 years, giving the Federal Reserve room to ease policy fu...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 minute agoTuesday night the first state to start reporting was Florida, where polls close earliest. Almost immediately, returns started looking dicey for longtime GOP hypocrite Cliff Stearns, the disliked backbenc...
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* WASHINGTON — American officials said Wednesday that they had obtained credible information that at least some of the 48 Iranians captured in Damascus this month by Syrian rebels were members of Iran’s el... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 minutes ago* WASHINGTON — The United States commended Muslim states for suspending Syria's membership in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, saying it sent a "strong message" to President Bashar al-Assad's regim...
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* Japanese police are moving a group of activists who landed on disputed islands to Okinawa for questioning, amid a diplomatic row.* The group sailed from Hong Kong to islands known as Senkaku in Japan and... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 minutes ago
* Astronomers using Nasa's Chandra X-Ray telescope have spotted a gigantic distant galaxy that creates about 740 new stars a year.* Astonishingly, the giant galaxy creates more stars in a day than the Milk... - posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 2 minutes agoThe injection of Paul Ryan has injected energy into the 2012 presidential debate, largely because his radical ideas about how to resolve the budget crisis has attracted rage from both the left and the righ...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 9 minutes agoVideo Shows Vapor Cloud Before Chevron Refinery Fire By Jason Dearen, Associated Press 15 August 12 http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/344-208/12938-video-shows-vapor-cloud-before-chevron-refine...
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* Suspected Islamist militants armed with guns and rocket launchers have attacked an air force base in central Pakistan, sparking fierce clashes with security forces, officials said. * "One body of a suici... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 minutes ago
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR at a depth of 73.1 km (45.4 miles), the quake hit at 23:45:54 UTC Wednesday 15th August 2012 The epicenter was 27 km (16 miles) SSE of La Liberta... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 30 minutes ago
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the EASTERN NEW GUINEA REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA at a depth of 41.4 km (25.7 miles), the quake hit at 23:23:52 UTC Wednesday 15th August 2012 The epicenter was 28 km (... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 30 minutes ago
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the CARLSBERG RIDGE at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 22:12:47 UTC Wednesday 15th August 2012 The epicenter was 469 km (291 miles) Southeast of Tamrida... - posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 35 minutes ago"Boston gets aggressive about Fenway rat infestation" by Martine Powers | Globe Staff, August 09, 2012 Foot-long rats — hordes of them.... A foot long, not including their tails.... John Meaney, directo...
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* Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is expected to find out whether Ecuador will grant him asylum later this afternoon. * The announcement follows a dramatic claim by Ecuador's foreign minister that Britain... - posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 48 minutes ago*“White Owl Flies Into and Out of the Field” * “Coming down out of the freezing sky with its depths of light, like an angel, or a Buddha with wings, it was beautiful, and accurate, striking the snow and ...
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- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour agoLiquid Mind, “Serenity” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOq4qmtVVIM&feature=related
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 hour ago"New leaders of Egypt, Tunisia hold meeting; Pledge to rebuild long-tense ties" by Aya Batrawy | Associated Press, July 14, 2012 CAIRO — The presidents of Egypt and Tunisia pledged Friday to open a *new ...
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- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago“If you could stand on Mars, what would you see? The below image is a digitally re-colored approximation of what you might see if the above Martian landscape had occurred on Earth. Images from Mars false...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 2 hours agoI will get some heavy flak for this but by taking away the recognition of Israel's fundamental nature as a Jewish state the United Church proposals have lost any measure of legitimacy. It is one thing to...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 2 hours agoJames Hall, *Contributor* *Activist Post* No doubt, the chief crook on Wall Street is virtually immune from any law that brings lesser mortals to their knees. The latest outrage summed up nicely in "R...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 2 hours agoSusanne Posel, *Contributor* *Activist Post* Michael Chertoff, former director of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has brought the influence of the Israel Defense Forces to local police depart...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 2 hours ago*"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."* *And ALEC knows about all of them.* read about it here Washington Policy Watch – EOI On-line August 14, 2012 By EOI Part 1 http://washi...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 2 hours agoDees Illustration Allan R. Buckmann *Activist Post* I am a trained U.S. Air Force weather observer who worked in the military as an observer from 1960‐1964, serving mainly at Beale AFB, with a 3-month ...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 2 hours ago*[image: _hugh-pavletich-sml]Guest post by Hugh Pavletich of **Cantabrians Unite** * ‘THE GOVERNMENT’S BUY-UP FOR the central Christchurch blueprint has been described as a "land grab" and the Canterbu...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoExplosions rocked the southern Israeli city of Eilat late Wednesday, and the military said it suspected that rockets were fired from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. No casualties or damage were reported. Eilat ...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoA strike on Iran’s nuclear sites would spark a 30-day war with missile attacks on Israel's cities and as many as 500 dead, according to the Israeli minister responsible for preparing home defences. Matan...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoUS Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said Tuesday night that he doesn’t believe Israel has made a decision to attack Iran’s nuclear program. “As a sovereign country, they will ultimately make decisions ba...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago*The Shame of Wisconsin shows that for right-wingers there's no such thing as "a lie too big" or "a lie too many"* *Apparently PRyan has lost all recall of the days when he was a shameless apostle of the ...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 3 hours agoAmong other forest mammals, giant anteaters were found to be virtually extinct. Photo courtesy: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Large vertebrates are rapidly going extinct in the small forest fragments remai...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 3 hours agoSmoke billows from TEPCO's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in March 2011. Genetic mutations have been found in three generations of butterflies from near Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear p...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 3 hours agoJ.T. Waldron By "taking the matter under advisement", Judge Kyle Bryson kicked the can a little farther down the road last Monday and further postponed the hearing granted to the Libertarian Party by the ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago*“A Message from Space” * "Everything that happens is the message: you read an event and be one and wait, like breasting a wave, all the while knowing by living, though not knowing how to live. Or worke...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 4 hours agoSyrian Terrorists Bomb UN Observers in Damascus
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago*"We Golden Lads And Girls"* by Chet Raymo "In this image, the Solar Dynamic Observatory ultraviolet false-color pic of the Sun, with the huge solar flare leaping from its surface, I've added a black d...
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 4 hours agoThis morning was the somewhat liturgical and rather upbeat matriculationceremony and service, which is the "official" start of the semester. That was followed by the somewhat more somber university faculty ...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 4 hours ago*Hundreds jam City Hall to challenge property tax assessments*
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 4 hours agoWell, Summer Vacation is over and Southern Man is back at work. So after a restful night at The Trailer Southern Man zipped up to *La Casa*to shower and change and head in to the office. Today's schedule b...
- posted by Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 4 hours agoENBRIDGE IS LYING, according to SumOfUs. Looking at the picture, it sure seems like it. As SumOfUs says, If a tar sands pipeline and supertankers project looks too dangerous, what do you do? If you’re Enbri...
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 4 hours agoPhotos on this blog come from many sources and many cameras; Southern Man tries to give photo credits when due. But most of the pics are from a four-year-old Sanyo VPC-1700T 7.0 megapixel camera. It's been...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are so confident while the intelligent are full of doubt.” - Bertrand Russell
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 5 hours agoWatching Graham Greene's The Comedians (Liz, Dick, Alec, Peter, James Earl - you remember) and thinking about corruption and how it never veers, just the characters. And from the campaign trail . . . Paul ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours agoSwift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago*"Sweetening a Sour Apple: * *When a Bad Apple Spoils the Bunch"* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM "When dealing with negative people we can choose not to respond to their behavior and allow our posi...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago*“Is Death An Illusion? * *Evidence Suggests Death Isn't the End”* by Robert Lanza, MD “After the death of his old friend, Albert Einstein said "Now Besso has departed from this strange world a littl...
- posted by thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 5 hours agoThis link confirms what I already thought. US politics is a total sham and has been for over a decade. Obama is the consensus candidate for Wall Street because they know they can't get away with everything...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago*"The One Guilty Man"* by Paulo Coelho "Wise King Weng asked to visit the palace prison. And he began listening to the prisoners’ complaints. ‘I’m innocent,’ said a man accused of murder. ‘I’m here si...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 5 hours ago* As part of his secret war against the coal industry and fossil fuels, President Barack Obama tries to harness the energy of the sun.* *Photo by Carolyn Kaster of the Associated Press.* *Saruman: ...
- posted by Damian Lataan at Telling the History of the Twenty-First Century as it Really Is - 5 hours agoThis article was first published here on 13 June 2012 and is republished in the light of a call being made by an eminent group of Australians led by Malcolm Fraser for an enquiry into the decisions that le...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 6 hours agoReally, Ross Douthat? (Of the deep cuts the Ryan budget makes in order to bring the budget into balance, only a small fraction could be offset by repealing George W. Bush’s tax cuts for the rich, the usua...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago(Financial Times) -- Greece is seeking a two-year extension of its latest austerity programme aimed at improving the country's debt sustainability and prospects for a return to growth, according to a doc...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago* A hypersonic aircraft launched by the Air Force Tuesday spiraled out of control and was destroyed before it could reach its goal of speeding to 4,600 mph, Pentagon officials said Wednesday.* The third t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago* (CNN) -- The Bush and Obama administrations' extraordinary program of targeted killing has resulted in the deaths of as many as 4,400 people to date. Books such as Daniel Klaidman's "Kill or Capture" and...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago* (Reuters) - The estates of the victims of the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut sued Standard Chartered seeking compensation over the bank's concealment of Iran-linked transactions. * Th...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 6 hours agoJohn Tory has done a great service to Ontario -- his plan makes very good sense -- it is impressive that Conservatives and Liberals could come together like this!Share on facebook ** DAVID COOPER/TORONTO ...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 6 hours ago*Grid, Internet will go out of business; satellite, automatic invisible airplanes will complete the job; automatized shock-and-awe conflict could take 30 days and lead to 500-5,000 casualties only* Le...
- posted by Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene at Schools Matter - 6 hours ago*"Just continue to follow the money. This Race to the Trough will make the Reading First crooks under Bush look like dopey Boy Scouts." — Professor Jim Horn* [image: Plutocratic priest of privatization,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago* Police have released a picture of a nine-year-old boy who they are concerned about after he was reported missing from home. * Mohammed Kazi was last seen between 3.30pm and 4pm at his home address in the...
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- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 6 hours ago*I have to preempt my Syria post for today, for lack of time, with this news * *From Ynet Excerpt- * This is Shock and Awe, Israel-style. It is Bibi’s effort to persuade high-level Israeli officials that ...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoInternational press freedom group, Reporters Without Borders, have warned the Syrian opposition over the growing number of attacks against journalists.
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- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 6 hours agoCoffee With an Architect has a great collection of great, and not so great, Olympic architecture—the best of them being as much a celebration of athleticism as the Games themselves. [image: image] [im...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago* An enormous sinkhole in Louisiana has forced the evacuation of 150 homes and prompted a lawsuit by local residents claiming the opening may contain radioactive material.* Located about 50 miles from Bat...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA at a depth of 19 km (11.8 miles), the quake hit at 20:41:33 UTC Wednesday 15th August 2012 The epicenter was 451 km (280 mil...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoWe need you to become a monthly subscriber to the Coming Crisis (or give a donation this month) if you haven't already done so. Without your support, we wouldn't be able to spend the amount of time researc...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago* RED WING, Minn. -- Prairie Island nuclear plant shut down Unit 1 after operators declared its two backup diesel generators inoperable Tuesday. * Staff determined during routine testing that both generator...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours agoAlan Grayson won his primary yesterday, of course; he had no opponent. But he did a lot of advertising... most of it to remind Democrats and independents how truly awful is the policy agenda Todd Long emb...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago* A strong tropical storm that slammed the northern Philippines has its sights set on the region around Hong Kong.* Named Kai-tak but known as Helen locally, the storm has maximum sustained winds of about...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoThe second highest storm signal is up in seven provinces in northern Philippines.Tropical storm Kai-Tak battered northern Philippines on Wednesday (August 15), killing seven people and triggering landsli...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 7 hours agoPreparing for civil unrest? Ammunition to be delivered to 41 locations across U.S. *Paul Joseph Watson* First it was the Department of Homeland Security, then it was the National Oceanic and Atmosphe...
- posted by Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 7 hours agoCan anyone in Europe deny that we are being targeted for extinction? In the East of Europe, our kin were subjected to the appalling brutality of the Talmudic entity which called itself the USSR. Although...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 7 hours agoA number of German Freethinking Unionists were hung after the massacre at the Nueces River in the Texas Hill Country. Graphic from Thoughts, Essays, and Musings on the Civil War. Inset image below: Treu der ...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 7 hours agoYouTube 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 Intercept at The Intercept - 7 hours agoGlobal Research Michel Chossudovsky Dear Global Research Readers, Mainstream media fiction has reached new heights. Public opinion is duped into endorsing the repeal of civil liberties in the name of "nat...
- posted by Joe Pitkin at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 8 hours agoby: Duane Craig Polluters in New Jersey may be off the hook for cleanups if a recent court decision holds up, according to this article. This would affect sites described as having “small amounts” of con...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 8 hours agoIndia has its first Playboy model, her name is Sherlyn Chopra, she will appear nude in the November issue of Playboy. Bollywood Life's BTown Buzz has this news And I found this as well There are some...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoThe warnings came after a Shia Muslim clan in Lebanon began taking Sunni Muslim hostages to force the release of a clan member held by mainly Sunni rebels in neighbouring Syria. The rebels say the clan m...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago*"The Next One Will Be The Big One"* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "I don’t see how anyone could say the financial system is stable. The facts say it is anything but well-balanced and steady. The W...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 8 hours agoIn the video below, Al-Qaeda terrorists ludicrously chant "God is Great" after they drag an innocent man out to a field and execute him. In response, the Council on Foreign Relations *reflected*, "God may...
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- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago"The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race, posterity as well as the existing generation, those who dissent from the opinion, still more than tho...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago*"Cynicism Is Not Smart, Sophisticated or Detached...* *It’s a Cop-Out"* by WashingtonsBlog "We have overwhelming numbers. If we worked together we would win. Why aren’t we? A large reason that we...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago* (CNN) - A West Nile virus epidemic has prompted a public health emergency in Dallas County, Texas, where the disease has killed nine people, a judge declared Friday.* The virus there infected 175 people...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 9 hours agoI had promised during my latest rant on Sunday, August 12th, 2012, that I would be putting up an article as soon as possible explaining why I do firmly believe that just like they did with the fraudulent A...
- posted by Capt. Fogg at The Impolitic - 9 hours agoBy Capt. Fogg Perhaps you'll recall my post entitled Damn the Lies the other day about the latest act of treason from the Republican Lie Machine, or Fox news as it's sometimes called. It was about a tot...
- posted by Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 9 hours agoA Czech proverb: *You live a new life for every new language you speak.* Now that I'm finally getting a handle on this business of learning Spanish, I couldn't agree more. Cuso International really took a...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 9 hours ago*Police chief: “It’s very possible and it’s quite easy.”* *Steve Watson* ** Police in Jonesboro investigating the death of a man they detained in the back of a squad car have released a video that they...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 9 hours agoEditor's Note: As states "Opt Out" of Medicaid in exchange for the taxpayer-funded insurence boon (Obamacare), various services (cardiac operations normally permitted for elderly) will be denied. My friend...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* In one of the bloodiest days in Afghanistan's history, suicide attackers, using a remotely-controlled bomb, killed over 50 people across Afghanistan on Tuesday.* The bloodshed came as Afghanistan prepar...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago*"History, All Over Again (Again…or “Part II”)"* by Joel Bowman I”f this is the price to be paid for an idea, then let us pay. There is no need of being troubled about it, afraid, or ashamed. This i...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* Aug 15 (Reuters) - Gunmen belonging to a Lebanese Shi'ite clan captured more than 20 prisoners on Wednesday, including a Turk, a Saudi and several Syrians, in retaliation for the capture of one of their ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* WASHINGTON — The United States called Wednesday on all sides to avoid "provocations" after Japan arrested pro-China activists who sailed to disputed islands on a sensitive anniversary.* "We expect the c...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago(Reuters) - Syrian government forces and allied militia have committed war crimes including murder and torture in what appears to be state-directed policy, United Nations investigators said on Wednesday....
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 9 hours agoMichael Snyder, *Contributor* *Activist Post* The worst drought in more than 50 years is having a devastating impact on the Mississippi River. The Mississippi has become very thin and very narrow, and ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* The war drums have been beating – again – in Israel. The latest alarm was started by two usually well-briefed journalists, Nahum Barnea and Shimon Shiffer, who wrote that an Israeli attack on Iran's nucl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago*Astronomers have seen a huge galaxy cluster doing what until now was only theorised to happen: making new stars.* Most galaxy clusters - the largest structures in the Universe - are "red and dead", havin...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago* * *“WWIII: Great Commodities War To End All Wars”* by Paul B. Farrell “Yes, WWIII: The Great Commodities War to End All Wars. We’ve heard that before. Remember WWI, known as The War to End All Wars, 3...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* A leading US senator has asked other regulators to find the "backbone" to take action against Standard Chartered following the London-based bank's $340m (£220m) settlement in New York over sanctions brea...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* Two people on a tour bus used by the US band Baroness were badly injured when the vehicle they were in fell 30ft (10m) from a viaduct near Bath.* Emergency services were called to Brassknocker Hill, in M...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck NORTHWESTERN IRAN at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 17:49:06 UTC Wednesday 15th August 2012 The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) Northeast from Tabriz, I...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* (Reuters) - The blogging platform of the Reuters News website was hacked and a false posting saying Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal had died was illegally posted on a Reuters journa...
- posted by Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 9 hours ago"Aaron McCollum"I've always suggested that most UFOs are military vehicles funded by the Black Ops Budget. While alleged-US navy whistleblower "Aaron McCollum" insists that there 'may be' good or benevole...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoAug 15 - Thousands of acres in the Pacific Northwest have been destroyed by wildfires. Julie Noce reports
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoAug. 15 - We need a strong Europe and a strong currency, but it has to be give and take, and reforms and budget discipline have to be the focus, says Germany's Economy Minister Philipp Roesler.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoAug. 15 - CBOE options trader Andrew Keene sees bearish sentiment toward Facebook ahead of the expiration of its lockup period and has a $12 price target on the stock.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* (Reuters) - A Syrian air raid killed 30 people in the rebel-held northern border town of Azaz on Wednesday, a local doctor said, and a bomb went off near U.N. and military sites in the capital Damascus, ...
- posted by Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 10 hours agoAt 5:10 PM on 26 November 1977 the Southern Television broadcast was hijacked through the Hannington transmitter of the Independent Broadcasting Authority in the United Kingdom. The transmission itself c...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago* Two people have been charged with the murder of former oil executive Carole Waugh, Scotland Yard has said. * Rakesh Bhayani, 40, and Nicholas Kutner, 47, who have already been charged with fraud offences...
- posted by Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 10 hours agoHoly cow!!! Just how far will the biology frontier be pushed. Here's my two and a half cents. A few years from now another lab produces a way to make artificial sperm, then what? They put together the A...
- posted by Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 10 hours agoThere are 3009 counties in America, eventually most if not all of them will install intersection cameras. These cameras so they say are for the safety of the citizens, to catch traffic violators and...
- posted by Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 10 hours agoThere are some people who just want so much power and money that even if they were to make slaves of us all and held all the gold in the world. It would still not be enough. Some of these people are...
- posted by Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 10 hours agoThe point of this blog is to inform others of news missed or things learned. Follow the links, we might learn something. On the previous blog entry links were made in order to provide a full...
- posted by Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 10 hours agoHere’s the problem I have with this story. They’ve known since the summer of 2009 that there are child pornographers in their mist…Why is the pentagon and ICE so ready to protect these so called gua...
- posted by Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 10 hours agoIn keeping with the theme of news that I missed… A while back I saw an article about a federal judge who got caught using a penis enlarger while hearing a case. I got curious as to what happened to him. ...
- posted by Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 10 hours agoWhile reading through my stack of forgotten stories. I came across this little story that to this day remains unexplained. Why did a major figure in many key investigations was suddenly involved in a fat...
- posted by Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 10 hours agoRecently the NY TIMES ran an indept article on the sad and sorry state the *florida justice system* has fallen into. They point out that many of the judges care less about what where little jenney will s...
- posted by Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 10 hours agoLooking at this whole housing fiasco created by the lobbyists and our so called lawmakers. I understand how this Gordian knot came to be. This mess came to be because not one of those numbskulls knew ...
- posted by Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 10 hours agoWill 2020 be a *buyers market*? Today’s message offers little if any hope that you’ll remain in your home in the next 7 or 10 years. It is tax time across the country, next years budget has to be bala...
- posted by Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 10 hours agoJust in case you missed it. This is is really too much...Seems Rove is not too happy with the way the things are going on at the RNC headquaters. So he set up a rougue group. Some Democrats are not ...
- posted by Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 10 hours ago*Below is a list of direct taxes These are called direct taxes because the tax is aimed at at particular service or thing. Can you imagine the authors of the constitution giving a list of thing of sevice...
- posted by Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 10 hours agoBack in 2006 when doing a weekly Radio show. It was my duty to weed out news items worthy enough to talk about while on the 'air' One such item that was good enough for several hours worth of radio...
- posted by Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 10 hours agoBecause of recent headlines regarding bogus paperwork on foreclosures by the biggest players in the mortgage industry. Now comes news that a major title insurance agency has instructed its agents...
- posted by Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 10 hours agoSome times you read about things that makes you go 'Hmnn'. I've ran across two such items. They alone they don't say much, however put them together. These two items came to me from different sources...
- posted by Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 10 hours agoRecently there was a small article in science news, it detailed how crops are being failing because of the lack of honey bees. you might have seen it. but this dove tails with the fact that sometime ago ...
- posted by Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 10 hours agoJust this week end an important study was released and just as quickly it was buried. It was about the discovery of a cancer fighting molecule that was found to starve cancer cells. This article was post...
- posted by Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 10 hours agoIn keeping with the theme of the blog page....News you've might have missed. I came across an old transcript of a 60 minutes broadcast. A link to the broadcast is provided for your enjoyment. "The ...
- posted by Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 10 hours agoAtrás en el 2006 cuando hacia el programa de radio. Era my deber escarbar artículos de noticia con valor suficiente de hablar el ‘Aire’ Uno de esos artículos fue suficiente bueno para varias horas de rad...
- posted by risa bear at A Way to Live - 10 hours agoTake a small cloth shopping bag, cut each handle at one end, sew the loose ends together with some dental floss, go picking. Risa has a basket in the bottom of the bag, also not shown, gloves and a gard...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 10 hours agoR. v. Bjornson, 2012 ABCA 230, a recent Alberta Court of Appeal decision, holds that the fact an underage complainant was a "willing participation", is not a mitigating factor in a charge of sexual touchin...
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- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 10 hours agoHere is an article from a while back regarding the how the NHS is being abused. This Telegraph article reports: 'Ministers have confirmed that GPs do not need to ask prospective patients for ID or proof o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE at a depth of 31 km (19.2 miles), the quake hit at 16:03:40 UTC Wednesday 15th August 2012 The epicenter was 60 km (37.2 miles) Southwest from...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 10 hours agoThis is a couple of days old but deserves more acclaim than it got on my twitter feed. Rob Whisman: AS ANYONE ELSE NOTICED "VICE PRESIDENT PAUL RYAN" IS AN ANAGRAM OF "EVIL PUP RECITES AYN RAND" [More p...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 10 hours ago*Collections of "interviews" conducted abroad and "in the field" shape latest UN report - compiled by US corporate-financier representative Karen Koning AbuZayd. * Tony Cartalucci, *Contributor* *Activi...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 10 hours ago*US coddles fugitive mass-murdering Thai dictator while berating Syria in its desperate fight against Al Qaeda. * Tony Cartalucci, *Contributor* *Activist Post* Starting in February 2003, and over the co...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 11 hours agoSusanne Posel, *Contributor* *Activist Post* A study published by McGill University in Montreal and Utrecht University in the Netherlands, analyzed data from global ground water use against computer g...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours agoAfter having banned most Republican stars from the Tampa convention stage-- from Palin, Bachmann, New and Santorum to Ron Paul, who's retiring and practically begged Romney *twice* for a chance to say go...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 11 hours agoTony Cartalucci, *Contributor* *Activist Post* US, British, NATO, and GCC are arming and funding the foreign invasion of Syria - Western media providing increasingly tenuous "revolutionary" cover. Reute...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 11 hours ago*Facebook Corrects Error and Affirms its Goal of Providing a Politically-Neutral Platform for Election Issues, Including Marijuana Reform * Rainey Reitman *EFF* Last week, news outlets reported that Fac...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 11 hours ago*Fox News* *Philadelphia News, Weather and Sports from WTXF FOX 29 * [image: Offgrid Outpost Presents Legacy Premium Emergency Food Storage] Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Deli...
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- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 11 hours ago*Youtube* Original Source:* Fox19* 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...
- posted by Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 11 hours agonow, I see so many annoying fucking things in this insane corporate world, but the one that pisses me off the most is THOSE WHO HAVE and THOSE WHO HAVE NOT; those who will eat tonight and those who won't e...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 11 hours ago*Youtube* This seminal documentary, Genetic Roulette, provides compelling evidence to help explain the deteriorating health of Americans, especially among children, and offers a recipe for protecting our...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 11 hours ago*Dennis Kucinich* Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) is today urging Members of Congress to support legislation, H.R. 6290, to prevent future presidents from using the North Atlantic Treaty Organizati...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 11 hours ago*El Sisi - committed to the Egypt-Israel peace accords* Egypt's new Minister of Defence is Abdel Fatah El-Sisi. "State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland, acknowledging that Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 11 hours agoScott Morgan *Stop The Drug War* The tendency of the courts to trash our privacy rights in a pathetic attempt to prevent marijuana smoking is so routine that I seldom bother even to point it out anymo...
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- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 11 hours agoAndrew Puhanic, *Contributor* *Activist Post* Carbon taxes are now being heralded as a new way to save thousands of lives, and as a means of reducing government spending on health care in the falsifie...
- The last 10 years our awareness of Islam not only has grown, but this awareness also became distorted by wars and self-destruction of people who said to act according 'the rules of Islam'. What 'rules'? N...
- posted by KRandle at A Different Perspective - 12 hours agoJonah Lehrer has done it again. I had thought that his invention of quotes and the like had been limited to his essays and books that dealt with people. I had thought that his science reporting had been mo...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 12 hours agoStephen Lendman, *Contributor* *Activist Post* Last December, Truth 11.com offered a model for destroying and colonizing nations. In Orwellian newspeak, it said: 1. Global "Mafia" scoundrels tar...
- posted by leftdog at Buckdog - 12 hours ago*"Blogger The Sixth Estate has the name, rank and serial number for the 1,135 Conservative donors and sympathizers who have received patronage appointments since 2006. (Versus the 78 Liberals, 4 New Democ...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 12 hours agoI always find it interesting how propaganda is slipped into seemingly objective accounts. Today the Wall Street Journal provides yet another example. The article is titled "Japan's Nationalist Movement S...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 12 hours agoCollections of "interviews" conducted abroad and "in the field" shape latest UN report - compiled by US corporate-financier representative Karen Koning AbuZayd. *by Tony Cartalucci* *August 15, 2012* - "...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 12 hours agoI don't have many grievances with Ontario but *Marineland* is a huge exception. For some reason the ads run all summer out here on the coast. They highlight two things that obviously go together, orca...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 12 hours ago- North Korea: future REM exporter? - Washington accuses Iran of training Syrian militia. It seems to me that the "meddling in Syrian affairs" ship has long sailed. - Hayes Brown repots on"So...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoSyrian military forces and rebel fighters have both committed crimes against humanity during the 17-month uprising against President Bashar al Assad's rule, UN investigators have concluded. The panel appo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck POTOSI, BOLIVIA at a depth of 218 km (135.1 miles), the quake hit at 00:21:33 UTC Wednesday 15th August 2012 The epicenter was 135 km (83.7 miles) Southwest of Uyuni, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA German neo-Nazi group is using modern technology to organise and showcase terrifying protests that have a chilling resemblance to the fascist torch rallies of the 1930s. In one, hundreds of black-clad ...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 12 hours agoOkay, I admit I've been guilty of this one too, but: we're getting a fair amount of attention and analysis about the initial bump that Mitt Romney gets from announcing Paul Ryan as his running mate. And, s...
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 12 hours agoFor many people, politics and government is a serious topic that only those academically and politically trained enough should enter politics. The showbiz guys, sports superstars, should keep out of politi...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 12 hours ago*WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2012* *Wasserman Schultz adds ten years to his greatness:* For our money, DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz was less than great on Fox News Sunday this week. But the analysts came...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago* A mysterious 'mad snake disease' that causes pythons to tie themselves up in knots may be caused by a rodent virus, scientists believe.* The fatal condition, called Inclusion Body Disease (IBD), strikes ...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours agoTeach-in for Protection of the San Francisco Peaks Agenda Saturday, August 18, 2012 – Noon-6PM Native American Cultural Center N.A.U. Flagstaff, AZ ONGOING: Youth Caucus in Lobby By Protect the Peaks Posted...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 13 hours agoOnly two per cent of Canadians believe climate change is not happening. Two per cent, just one-in-fifty. *The findings are in a survey conducted by Insightrix Research, Inc. for IPAC-CO2 Research Inc., ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago*Judges have expressed 'great concern' after being forced to overturn the indefinite sentence imposed on a dangerous paedophile who will now serve just 18 months behind bars. * Simon Crisp twice tried to c...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago*WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2012* *Soledad O'Brien’s first half hour, also starring Obama:* The stupidification of our discourse had rarely seemed quite so advanced. The stupidification was all over cable las...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 13 hours agoThis is what you're up against when Ottawa, Alberta, Big Oil and Enbridge come to play. The pipeline operator, gaming an already rigged system for clearance to build the Northern Gateway pipeline/Kitimat...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago* Record numbers of Britons are working part-time after those struggling to find full-time positions pushed the figure above the eight-million mark for the first time.* * *Official figures show that 8.07 m...
- posted by Sophia at American Kabuki - 13 hours agoLike the rain here this morning, readership is steadily increasing and very welcome. It’s interesting that as more people read this blog, I struggle with why I do it. I love to write. I also write to...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago* A generation of Britons could be left on the scrapheap as one million young people are still out of work, official figures revealed today. * The situation is at 'crisis point' as one in five 16 to 25-year...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 13 hours agoNow, far be it for me to defend this pro-corporate, neofascist administration of Barack Obama's. Personally, I've love to see few things more than Obama and his cohorts get frog-marched straight to the Ha...
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- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago*WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2012* *PART 2—KRUGMAN’S WARNING:* Paul Krugman thinks he knows why Candidate Romney selected Candidate Ryan. He offered his theory in a recent blog post. We don’t know if he’s righ...
- posted by Capt. Fogg at The Impolitic - 14 hours agoBy Capt. Fogg There's something infuriating about those election year robo-calls. For me, it's because of the feeling of helplessness. You can always interrupt a human or even a sub-human caller, or if ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago* Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa, has agreed to grant Julian Assange asylum, officials within Ecuador's government have said. The WikiLeaks founder has been holed up at Ecuador's London embassy since 1...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago* TOKYO — China and South Korea on Wednesday pressed Japan to face up to its wartime past, as festering territorial disputes flared and Asia marked the anniversary of Tokyo's World War II surrender. * Both...
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 14 hours agoAP writes on the investment pact signed Thursday... The pact, which took two years to negotiate, offers investors from the two sides formal channels for dispute arbitration, while falling short of a Taiwa...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 14 hours ago*New Orleans Saints Preview 2012: Alejandro de los Rios ~Gambit* *New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees apprehensive about replacement officials in regular season ~WWL * *New Orleans, feds fear delays in NOPD ...
- posted by Seth R. Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 14 hours agoIf you've been keeping score, this is the third post in a series about increasing the exposure to your blog by using social media. If you've missed the previous posts, you can find them below: Part 1 - Why...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 14 hours agoSome facts: In israel, thousands of Palestinians have been massacred by Israel over the past four decades. In addition, the 500,000 Palestinians living in Israel have long been subjected to state-sponsore...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 14 hours agoHappy Birthday to Rose Marie, 89. Straight to the good stuff: 1. I entirely completely totally agree with Kevin Drum here. But of course you knew that, I suppose. 2. Paul Ryan: More popular than John T...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours agoAlthough DC lobbyist Tommy Thompson is a little long in the tooth (and thought to be somewhat senile and confused by younger Republicans) to be running for a freshman seat in the Senate, that was hardly ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* Two people trapped after a coach fell 30ft (10 metres) from a viaduct in Bath have been rescued by emergency services.* An Avon Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: "A coach has left the road close t...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 15 hours agoA lot of press is given to the impact that the Voter ID legislation on the destruction the democratic process in the United States – by removing tens of millions of people from having the ability to vote....
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 15 hours ago*R v Coleman*, 2012 SKCA 65 is a useful decision discussing the often-visited question of what must be proven in order for an accused person to be held to have been in “care and control” of a motor vehicle...
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours agoStephen Harper likes to claim that his values are Canadian values. If Harper truly based his decisions on evidence, he might begin to revaluate that assumption. According to a new poll from Insightrix R...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 16 hours agohttp://cifwatch.com/2012/08/15/whoss-afraid-of-the-jewish-state-guardian-editorial-derides-israels-enthusiasism-for-war/ The Guardian and the BBC's hatred for Israel is quite disgusting.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* Three people are feared trapped and two seriously injured after a coach crashed off the road in Bath.* Police, firefighters and paramedics were at the scene at the junction of Brassknocker Hill and the ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* Stuart Hazell has appeared at the Old Bailey via video-link charged with the murder of Tia Sharp.* The defendant, from New Addington, south London, is accused of killing the 12-year-old schoolgirl betwe...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* Washington (CNN) -- Venezuelan officials have notified the United States about the arrest of an American citizen, a U.S. State Department spokeswoman said Tuesday. * Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* (CNN) -- Australia's High Court on Wednesday rejected an extradition request from Hungary for a suspected Nazi war criminal, ending a legal battle that began in 2005.* Charles Zentai and two fellow Hung...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 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 - 16 hours ago* (Reuters) - Security guards scuffled with masked protesters who demonstrated outside Moscow's main cathedral on Wednesday in support of three members of the Pussy Riot punk band who are on trial for stag...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* (Reuters) - Worries about the slowing global economy following some gloomy data hit shares in Europe and Asia on Wednesday, although expectations of central bank action to stabilize the euro zone propped...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoAustralia's high court rules in favor of tough anti-tobacco marketing laws that could affect tobacco companies around the world. Julie Noce reports
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoAug. 15 - ''Natwest 3'' member David Bermingham, jailed over the Enron scandal, has harsh words for U.S. regulators as Standard Chartered settled for $340 million on claims the bank hid transactions with I...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoAug. 15 - Standard Chartered’s agreement to pay a $340mln settlement for disputed Iran trades is baffling as the numbers don’t stack up, an explanation is required say Breakingviews.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* (Reuters) - When U.S. carmakers slashed production capacity in exchange for government rescue four years ago, workers faced up to change. Though unions bargained hard for existing employees, they agreed ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* (Reuters) - War with Iran would probably turn into a month-long conflict on various fronts with missile strikes on Israeli cities and some 500 dead, Israel's civil defense minister said in an interview p...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* (Reuters) - Chinese activists landed on an island claimed by Japan and China on Wednesday and five were arrested as tension between Japan and its Asian neighbors escalated on the 67th anniversary of the ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* (Reuters) - A group of former U.S. intelligence and Special Forces operatives is set to launch a media campaign, including TV ads, that scolds President Barack Obama for taking credit for the killing of ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* At least 21 explosions have been heard across Damascus just hours after a bomb exploded in Damascus near a hotel used by UN observers, wounding at least three people. * Syrian state TV said the bomb near...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago*George Zimmerman is all but broke and will ask the court to pay for his legal defense, his attorney claims -- despite the fact that the 28-year-old has raised nearly $250,000 through his website.* Defens...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 17 hours agohttp://rjstreets.com/2012/08/13/apartheid-segregation-and-now-oppressive-occupation/
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the GUAM REGION at a depth of 62 km (38.5 miles), the quake hit at 10:10:03 UTC Wednesday 15th August 2012 The epicenter was 106 km (66 miles) ESE from HAGATNA, Guam N...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* A former UFC fighter and MTV reality show host was arrested after allegedly breaking into and vandalizing a church in California.* Jason 'Mayhem' Miller was in jail on suspicion of burglary last night af...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* A prominent Republican campaigner is due in court today after five women came forward to say he had raped or sexually assaulted them.* Gregory Nathan Peterson, 37, has been accused of attacks going back ...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 17 hours agoThe BBC reported that the 'Most popular baby names in 2011 are Harry and Amelia',m they included a list of the top 5 names and wrote about some of them. They did include this wordcloud which hints at what ...
- posted by Patrick Porter at The Duck of Minerva - 17 hours agoAll wars end. Or do they? Rather too often, we are being reminded that the 'war on terror' against the Al Qaeda terrorist network is far from over, in fact that it will never end and even, that it can nev...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoA magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck the REYKJANES RIDGE at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 10:04:29 UTC Wednesday 15th August 2012 The epicenter was 902 km (561 miles) Southwest from REYKJ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* An 18-month-old boy was killed in an apparent gas-related explosion that destroyed a house and injured 14 others.* The terrifying blast took place just before noon on Tuesday in a Long Island suburb of ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* Tia Sharp's accused murderer is being kept under 24-hour watch after prisoners have threatened to kill him, it is being claimed.* Stuart Hazell, the 12-year-old's step-grandfather is in isolation in Bel...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the REYKJANES RIDGE at a depth of 10.2 km (6.3 miles), the quake hit at 09:41:52 UTC Wednesday 15th August 2012 The epicenter was 900 km (559 miles) Southwest from RE...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* Parents are outraged in a New York suburb as information comes to light about a deal struck over a decade ago by a local public school that filled their sports fields with toxic chemical waste.* A possi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* A police sting has led to the arrest of an HIV-positive church youth pastor who allegedly attempted to meet up with a 15-year-old boy for sex. * Under the username ‘collegetoy2033’, Kris Gowdy befriended ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* A Catholic priest has been arrested on child sex abuse charges.* The Rev Angel Armando Perez, 46, the parish priest at St Luke Catholic Church in Woodburn, Oregon, was arrested on Monday after police res...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* A mother has gone on trial accused of raping her baby daughter from birth until she was 18 months old -and allowing her 62-year-old boyfriend to join in the assaults. * Melissa Bailey, 29, faces spending...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* A Delaware pediatrician who researches near-death experiences involving children may have been experimenting on his 11-year-old stepdaughter by waterboarding her, police said in court documents.* The po...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* When a disgraced ex-pastor swallowed suspicious-looking white pills in court after he was found guilty of sex crimes against juveniles, a shocked courtroom assumed it was a suicide attempt.* But a toxic...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoThe U.S. military's X-51A Waverider has gotten its first view of the clouds, the MailOnline can reveal. This morning, just after 11 a.m., the B-52 bomber carrying the X-51A was airborne for the craft's te...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* Groupon's stock is 27 per cent cheaper Tuesday, but that doesn't make it a bargain.* Its stock fell as analysts slashed targets and ratings on the online deals company after it reported its first-ever q...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* A teenage altar boy committed suicide by shooting himself in the head on a quiet village street. * Hundreds attended the funeral of 13-year-old William Rudloff on Monday. His distraught mother asked the...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* A New York City police officer shot a dog who apparently snapped at him in a sad scene on a busy Manhattan street.* The dog is reportedly clinging to life after the shooting, which occurred on the corne...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago*An 18-year-old used a sickle to beat his five-year-old niece to death before stuffing her body in a plastic container in the family garage, authorities said.* Matthew Kaleb Pierson has been charged with ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago*In an effort to catch one of the world’s most notorious drug kingpins, the U.S. may use the same daring methods that took down Osama bin Laden.* More than a year after the terror leader’s demise in Abotta...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* China's most wanted fugitive, who is thought to have shot dead nine people since 2004 in armed robberies, was himself killed by police in southern China today, following a massive manhunt across the coun...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* The source of a huge cluster of floating volcanic rocks spotted last week off the coast of New Zealand has been discovered.* Nasa satellite images and earthquake records have pinpointed an erupting unde...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* A mother-of-two has been jailed for making two false rape claims against men she was dating after one, who she had met online, failed to show up for a liaison.* Emma Saxon, 23, from Sheffield, was jaile...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* A finance director who stole more than £750,000 from his employer to fund a lavish lifestyle including £10,000 holidays has been jailed for four years.* Ian Kelsey siphoned off an average of £100,000 a ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* The private firm at the centre of the Olympics security shambles is looking to hire former police officers as civilian investigators to work on sensitive, high-profile cases. * G4S Policing Solutions, pa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago* Stacy Murphy was like any other young woman her age.* The pretty blonde, who was 'loved by everyone', was a cheerleader, went to church regularly and had dreams of being a vet. But the 20-year-old died ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago* Illegal traders caught selling dangerous bootleg alcohol and tobacco are avoiding being named and shamed because of council fears over breaching their human rights.* Half of all the businesses visited d...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago* An Oklahoma man accused of murdering the ex-boyfriend of his girlfriend and then dismembering the corpse has been refused bail.* A Garvin County judge denied bond Tuesday for Justin Hammer, who is charge...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago*The moribund eurozone economy was on the brink of recession last night – but countries such as Germany and France continue to outperform Britain.* Eurostat, the European Union statistics agency, said outp...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago*The recession is to blame for more than 1,000 suicides, claim researchers.* They estimate that 846 more men and 155 extra women took their own lives between 2008 and 2010 than would have been expected if ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck TONGA at a depth of 92.7 km (57.6 miles), the quake hit at 07:54:37 UTC Wednesday 15th August 2012 The epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) South of Hihifo, Tonga No Tsunami...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago*A spurned teenager stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death with a six inch kitchen knife just hours after she begged police for help, a court heard.* Thomas Dalton, 19, is accused of waiting for Samantha Laney...
- Kehyren Sajid 'dragged toddler across mat like a rag doll and mistreated other children in her care'
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago* A nursery nurse dragged a toddler across a mat 'like a ragdoll' while mistreating infants in her care, a court heard today.* Kehyren Sajid was allegedly captured on CCTV mistreating youngsters at the Sm... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago* Classy: Mrs Mahmoud's son came out to show his appreciation of us paying for him to live in the UK.* A family of jobless refugees who allegedly wrecked a £1.25million house paid for by the taxpayer clai...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago* A young British tourist suffocated on his vomit after drinking huge quantities of cheap alcohol in the popular Cypriot tourist resort of Ayia Napa, police said last night.* George Yuill, 20, from south-...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago* Over 13 years as an MEP, Daniel Hannan has witnessed first hand how Brussels works. Now he has written a forensic analysis of why it’s rotten to the core. His devastating critique should be required read...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago* The remains of hundreds of warriors who died in a violent battle around 2,000 years ago have been uncovered in a Danish bog.* For the last two months, excavators have come across damaged bones, fracture...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* Universities are closing courses to Britons while offering places in clearing to overseas students who pay tuition fees of up to £20,000 a year.* Edinburgh, Manchester and Cardiff are among those taking ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago*Foreign workers are being employed above young Britons because companies think that they are 'lazy and uneducated', a report said today.* The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has warned 'y...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* SIDI BOUZID, Tunisia — Thousands of protesters demonstrated against Tunisia's ruling Islamist party during a general strike Tuesday in Sidi Bouzid, hub of the 2011 uprising, an AFP journalist reported.* ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* Colin Kahl who once served as US deputy assistant secretary of defense says he does not believe Netanyahu, Barak bluffing adds they are preparing Israeli public for military strike.* Until the end of 20...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* A large explosion has struck close to a military compound in the Syrian capital, Damascus, near a hotel used by the UN's observer mission. * Syrian state TV reported that three people had been injured in ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* A hundred extra police have been sent to the northern French town of Amiens, 24 hours after a night of violence during which officers came under attack and a primary school was torched.* Tensions were s...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* President Kibaki condoled with President Yoweri Museveni and assured him Kenya would get to the bottom of his military choppers’ crashes on Mount Kenya as eight more soldiers were rescued.* Meanwhile th...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 20 hours agoI stumbled across a rather nasty individual on Twitter who threw at me the accusation that when Jews bake matzah they include non-Jewish blood in it. I challenged @Jew4palestine several times about this bu...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 20 hours agoPhysicists Roger Cohen, William Happer, and Richard Lindzen wrote a calm and sensible text about weather extremes in the Wall Street Journal: 'Climate Consensus' Data Need a More Careful Look They mention...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago*France's interior minister has been jostled and jeered in the northern French city of Amiens where rioters clashed with police. * The trip by Manuel Valls came after two nights of trouble between police a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* Two grenades exploded inside a mosque compound during morning prayers in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, wounding at least nine worshippers, an Afghan official said. * The attack in eastern Khost provi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. defense officials are accusing Iran of increased meddling in Syria, including efforts to bolster its flagging armed forces, who are weary after 18 months of war.* Defense Secretar...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* The British Government is assisting Kenyan authorities investigating allegations British soldiers murdered a 21-year old Kenyan woman. * Agnes Wanjiru-Wanjiku disappeared from a hotel in the Kenyan town o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoNorwegian police launch a probe into a threatening letter sent by someone purporting to be Anders Breivik's second in command. A person claiming to be Norwegian mass-killer Anders Breivik's second in comm...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* Sir Richard Branson's train company has lost its West Coast main line rail franchise in a Government decision expected to spark a storm of protest.* Transport giant FirstGroup has beaten Virgin Rail in ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* A bomb has exploded in Damascus near a hotel used by UN observers, wounding at least three people, according to Syrian state TV.* It said the bomb was planted on a fuel lorry. The blast occured in the c...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION at a depth of 150 km (93.2 miles), the quake hit at 04:12:39 UTC Wednesday 15th August 2012 The epicenter was 43 km (26 miles) Northwest of Kiz...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck TAIWAN at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 00:24:02 UTC Wednesday 15th August 2012 The epicenter was 5 km (3.1 miles) East from Fenglin, Taiwan No Tsunam...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck the REYKJANES RIDGE at a depth of 87 km (53.9 miles), the quake hit at 00:21:33 UTC Wednesday 15th August 2012 The epicenter was 879 km (544.9 miles) Southwest from Ha...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN at a depth of 46.2 km (28.7 miles), the quake hit at 23:56:37 UTC Tuesday 14th August 2012 The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) Sout...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoThe human occupation of Mars will have to wait until we have our own Magnetic Field Exclusion Vessels (MFEVs) able to easily transport us there and back. Google this blog for a full description an...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoThis is all quite possible and fits the time frames related to looting opportunities during both World Wars and the additional looting that took place during the French Revolution. Add it all up...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoIt appears that major subduction zone quakes around the ring of fire occur more or less every five hundred years or so. In fact it should be treated as inevitable. There may be specific locales...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA magnitude 3.3 earthquake has struck NEVADA at a depth of 8.9 km (5.5 miles), the quake hit at 22:17:45 UTC Tuesday 14th August 2012 The epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) Northeast from Zenobia, Nevada No Re...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck XINJIANG-XIZANG BORDER REGION at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 20:33:00 UTC Tuesday 14th August 2012 The epicenter was 286 km (177.3 miles) Southeast...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 21 hours ago* * *Michael channeled by Ron Head* *August 13, 2012 in Michael, Ron's Channeled Messages * Today we must discuss the period of energies which you are continuing to pass through and also the changes to...
- posted by david at Alberta Diary - 21 hours agoSome of the AUPE members who work at the Revera Riverbend facility in Edmonton, which ended yesterday when the Alberta government imposed a first-contract binding arbitration process and ordered an end to ...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 21 hours agoI had a magical evening with my extended family last night at my sisters cabin outside of Yellowstone Park. We ate, drank, laughed, feed deer (5 of them!) and watched shooting stars! I don't think I ha...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 21 hours ago*Syria is the jewel of the Middle East.* "Syria is being invaded by proxy, by the US, NATO, Israel, and the Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC). Of this there is no doubt. The corporate-financier interest...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 22 hours ago*Al Qaeda in Libya.* *1.* Libyans, with Irish connections, are now fighting in Syria. Hussam Najjar is from Dublin. He has an Irish mother and goes by the name of Sam. He is now fighting with the rebels...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 23 hours agoAurora Massacre: Mayor Steve Hogan “There is Something is Very Seriously Wrong Here” Posted on August 14, 2012 by willyloman by Scott Creighton (H/T Chris P) Common sense… it’s not just for conspiracy theo...
- posted by Manifesto Joe at Manifesto Joe's Texas Blues - 23 hours agoI have some misgivings about Professor Hobsbawm, given his past as sort of an apologist for Stalin. But I thought he has some excellent observations here, and I was surprised to discover that he's still al...
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- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 23 hours agoMajia here: I've posted previously about the work of Capt. Clyde Stagner, Retired. He spent much of his professional life monitoring radiation readings for government agencies. I will post links to his ...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 23 hours 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 - 23 hours 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! - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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, Yale University ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day 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 day 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 - 1 day 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 KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day agoTeddy bears in Court -- a fairly typical trial...Video here
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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! - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day agoTacoma, Washington, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day ago
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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! - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day agoAh, takes you back to those great childhood years
- posted by Jon Western at The Duck of Minerva - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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!) - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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! - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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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