Car wreck Donegal (Photo credit: Danny McL)
The Canes Venatici constellation from Uranographia by Johannes Hevelius. The view is mirrored following the tradition of celestial globes, showing the celestial sphere in a view from "ouside" (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: The Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi Azərbaycan: Covanni Boldini, "Cüzeppe Verdi", portret, 1886 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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*Bass Ferruccio Furlanetto as Fiesco in Verdi's Simon Boccanegra in Madrid, 2010* [without chorus; see below for text] *Samuel Ramey (bs), Jacopo Fiesco; Munich Radio Orchestra, Jacques Delacôte, cond. EM... - posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 9 minutes ago
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Image courtesy Wes Annac http://aquariuschannelings.com http://aishanorth.wordpress.com/2012/08/17/the-manuscript-of-survival-part-181/ The manuscript of survival – part 181 by Aisha North on August 1... - posted by Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 1 hour agoPUTIN PREVAILS . . . for now. Great picture. Here's a couple of posters, too.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago"Magnificent island universe NGC 5033 lies some 40 million light-years away in the well-trained northern constellation Canes Venatici. This telescopic portrait reveals striking details of dust lanes windi...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 2 hours ago'There is no law in Canada that prohibits people from openly photographing police. Section 129 of the Criminal Code prohibits "wilfully obstructing" police in the execution of their duty, but it is hard t...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago*Note: The amount is being continually updated. This above is as of about 4pm this afternoon EDT. As of 8:50pm EDT the number was $7856.* *WikiLeaks: We've got a job for you* At this very moment, the Tran...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 3 hours agoFind this rather incredible. I remember when campaign advisers would try to hide this stuff. Yet I've lived to see the day when Republicans openly flaunt their trickery. Apparently they're so sure they can...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 3 hours agoThe totalitarian think tank ThinkProgress has maliciously attacked one of America's most courageous defenders of free speech and one of America's rising stars in the Senate. The website published an arti...
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*Ecuador President Rafael “We Are Not A Colony” Correa Stands Up To The Jackbooted British Gestapo* ------------------------------ August 16, 2012 | Original here *A coward dies many deaths; a brave man... - posted by José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 3 hours ago
[image: Lluvia de meteoritos Perceidas - Snowy Range Perseids Meteor Shower] - posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 4 hours ago
*Is Washington Deaf As Well as Criminal?* ------------------------------ August 16, 2012 | Original here The morons who rule the american sheeple are not only dumb and blind, they are deaf as well. The e... - posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 4 hours ago
In Sight Elyssa Pachico The arrest of a former employee of Mexico's Supreme Court and Attorney General’s Office suspected of working with the Sinaloa Cartel raises the question of how much -- and what kin... - posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 4 hours agoBREAKING NEWS! Unemployment Rates Rose In 44 US States In July George Soros Unloads All Financial Investments in Favor of $100 Million In Gold Pussy Riot Members Sentenced To 2 Years In Prison And on the ...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 5 hours agoThis story would be funny if it wasn't so offensive. To my thinking everyone is overlooking the obvious - the disputed woman is First Nations: http://m.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1243487--bank-of-cana...
- posted by Judy Rabin at Schools Matter - 5 hours agoColleges of education can no longer hide the truth about what's in store for future public school teachers.Barbara Madeloni at UMASS Amherst led the fight against Pearson but the corporate control over sc...
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Mother Jones Tom Philpot Is your kid's public school a Coke school or a Pepsi school? If you don't know what I mean, consider yourself lucky. Starting in the early '90s, cash-strapped public schools began... - posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago*“Dent De Lion”* by Chet Raymo "Momma had a baby and the head popped off." Remember the childhood chant? The dandelion caught between finger and thumb. The flick of the thumb. The yellow flowerhead sen...
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- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours agoMoody Blues, "Candle Of Life" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW_-mVVLsjY
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours agoPine River, Minnesota, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago*"Mysteries, Yes"* "Truly, we live with mysteries too marvelous to be understood. How grass can be nourishing in the mouths of the lambs. How rivers and stones are forever in allegiance with gravity, wh...
- posted by José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 6 hours ago[image: Minas de Oro en la Isla Sumbawa de Indonesia]
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago“We need a coat with two pockets. In one pocket there is dust, and in the other pocket there is gold. We need a coat with two pockets to remind us who we are.” - Parker J. Palmer
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 6 hours agoThe Oregonian Brent Hunsberger The Washington Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that the mortgage industry’s controversial document-recording system lacked authority to start out-of-court foreclosures...
- posted by José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 6 hours ago[image: ¿Qué título se le ocurre para esta imagen? Animales y creatividad]
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck TAIWAN at a depth of 22.2 km (13.8 miles), the quake hit at 20:20:01 UTC Friday 17th August 2012 The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) South of Hualian, Taiwan No Tsunami...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 6 hours ago*Wikipedia:* *"**Robert L. Moore*, Ph.D., (b. August, 1942) is an internationally recognized Jungian psychoanalyst and consultant in private practice in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is: the Distinguished S...
- posted by Judy Rabin at Schools Matter - 6 hours agoReading through the comments on the National Governor's Association (NGA) Report on *Public Feedback on Common Core Standards **(2*010) you would never know the public would like to see a well-rounded curr...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours agoMitt Romney is running in such a reality-free zone that his entire election campaign is utterly worthless for anyone trying to figure out if he'd be any better than the decidedly mediocre incumbent. It's...
- posted by Charli Carpenter at The Duck of Minerva - 7 hours agoThe Internets have exploded around Soledad O'Brien's witty yet friendly push-back against numerous interviewees who refuse to be fazed by facts. I don't know about your interpretation of this. But watchi...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 7 hours ago*If you read the letter to the end you will understand. The confirmation comes below. * *Let's begin at the border though*: "Egypt *eases entry restrictions on Palestinians*" by Sarah el Deeb | Associa...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago*“Taking the Risk: Permission to Be Real”* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM “When we present ourselves to the world without a mask and keep it real, we offer the same opportunity for others to do the sam...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago* Belgium’s nuclear regulator has questioned the safety of the Electrabel-operated Doel 3 reactor due to cracks in the pressure vessels that have already forced the shutdown of a similar unit at the Tihang...
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- posted by Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 8 hours ago(Margarita Korol) In his 2011 book entitled Jihad Joe: Americans Who Go to War in the Name of Islam, author J.M Berger (purportedly in his own words) "uncovers the secret history of American jihadists." Ber...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoThe RT.com website went down for hours worldwide on Friday after a massive DDoS attack, with the hacker group calling itself AntiLeaks claiming responsibility
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck OAXACA, MEXICO at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 19:19:30 UTC Friday 17th August 2012 The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) ENE from Tlacolula, Oaxaca, Me...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago*"Now Banks Can Legally Steal Retirement Accounts"* By Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul “If you don’t understand what ‘get the hell out’ means, there’s not much I can do for you,” Ann Barnhardt passio...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago* French authorities are fighting wildfires, keeping an eye on isolated elderly populations and advising people to drink fluids as temperatures soar in the country.* Heat wave warnings were issued for a s...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago* Aerial spraying to combat the West Nile virus will continue tonight across north Texas despite the concerns of residents worried about potential health risks posed by the insecticide.* Dallas is the cen...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 8 hours ago* *Two years ago George Soros called gold the 'ultimate asset bubble'. He sold most of his gold at $1,275 an oz. Currently gold is around $1,600 an oz. Soros has now invested in Facebook, but their sha...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (deBeauxOs) at DAMMIT JANET! - 8 hours agoThey are trying to muzzle the members of Pussy Riot and their supporters. To no avail, as this statement from Yekaterina Samutsevich goes viral, alongside their protest video. *During the closing stateme...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago* JERUSALEM (AP) — Six Palestinians have been wounded in a suspected firebomb attack by Jewish extremists in the West Bank, The Israeli military said.* The six were traveling in a taxi Thursday night when...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 8 hours agoI talk a lot about propaganda. I charge news reports as being propagandistic. On what basis do I make this charge? Let me provide a subtle example of how propaganda works. I am going to provide the title...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago* DUBAI- Many thousands of Iranians shouted “Death to America, death to Israel” during state-organized protests on Friday and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told them there was no place for the Jewish state...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago* BEIRUT — The United States warned Friday that its nationals face increased threats in Lebanon, where security fears have mounted after a spate of mass kidnappings linked to the conflict in neighbouring S...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoSAPPORO -- The E. coli O157 food poisoning outbreak in Hokkaido has claimed the lives of three elderly women, raising the death toll from the dangerous bacteria poisoning to six, local health officials sai...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 8 hours ago*The Colbert Report* Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago*"Weekly News Wrap-Up 8.17.12" * By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "The Middle East is in the spot light again this week, and it’s all because of continued talk of war. Matan Vilnai, an Israeli defense ...
- posted by Judy Rabin at Schools Matter - 8 hours ago*With three months before the election, parents, teachers and citizens join in fight to save public schools and end the reign of high stakes testing as a weapon of mass destruction. Instead of just one t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* TSURUGA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Around two tons of alkaline wastewater leaked Thursday evening from the seawater desalination system at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* EW YORK (CNNMoney) -- It looks like Greece will be able to make its latest bond payment next week, thanks to some creative financing.* The Greek government sold over €4 billion worth of three month bills...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago*"A Cordial Invitation: * *The Appalling Nature of the Politician-Bankster Relationship"* by Eric Fry “The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.” - H. L....
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoAug. 17 - A Russian judge sentences three women from the punk band Pussy Riot to two years in jail for staging an anti-Kremlin protest in an Orthodox church. Deborah Lutterbeck reports
- posted by Lilith eZine at LILITH NEWS - 9 hours agoBy Suzanne MacNevin Three women of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot have been convicted of “hooliganism” today for their anti-Putin performance in a Moscow cathedral. The band held a brief guerrilla perf...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 9 hours ago*Morsi and the Boss.* Egypt is now a dictatorship, according to Guy Bechor. *Egypt a dictatorship again - Ynetnews* Reportedly, Morsi now controls the military, the political parties, the courts and th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* (Reuters) - The United States and its allies are discussing a worst-case scenario that could require tens of thousands of ground troops to go into Syria to secure chemical and biological weapons sites fo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago*(Reuters) - President Barack Obama faced stiff resistance to the possibility of releasing emergency oil reserves to damp down prices on Friday, with key Asian allies and the head of the West's energy agen...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 9 hours agoYouTube Brandon's Facebook posts are public. Brandon on Facebook Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by FeedBurner Be the Change! Share this using the tools below. Sha...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* (Reuters) - In a loping, crouching run, striking South African miners advance towards a line of police in helmets and flak-jackets who are pointing automatic rifles at them. The police open fire.* In le...
- posted by Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 9 hours agoI'm talking of course about the always poignant life-commentary of a young Texan man by the name of William Melvin Hicks, take it away sir. Now, and here's the REAL kicker, I've been asked A LOT lately o...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 9 hours agoLet the electronic Pamplona begin. The most entertaining thing about totalitarian dictatorships such as the United States and Russia is that they're so predictable and, because of the dominance of bone o...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 9 hours agohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGlu4Xlrkvc (hat tip: sixfeetunder)
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 9 hours agoAs a real student of truthful history, and not the utter rubbish taught in our failed education system that only brainwashes people with pure crap, I am always searching for the answers to many of the ques...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck FLORES REGION, INDONESIA at a depth of 158 km (97.9 miles), the quake hit at 16:30:11 UTC Friday 17th August 2012 The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) West of Ruteng, I...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA at a depth of 54.5 km (33.9 miles), the quake hit at 16:09:33 UTC Friday 17th August 2012 The epicenter was 128 km (78 miles) WS...
- posted by Lilith eZine at LILITH NEWS - 9 hours agoBy Suzanne MacNevin Today I have flowers on the brain. Police in New York City are trying to track down a plant-obsessed thief who stole flowers from a Court Street bodega in Brooklyn on July 14th. He a...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 9 hours agoHilarion: Weekly Message August 12, 2012 As channeled by Marlene Swetlishoff/Tsu-tana – August 12, 2012 http://www.therainbowscribe.com/hilarion2012.htm Beloved Ones, There have been and will contin...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck the ICELAND REGION at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 15:48:05 UTC Friday 17th August 2012 The epicenter was 87 km (53.9 miles) South of Grindavík, Icel...
- posted by José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 10 hours ago[image: Hotel Viceroy en Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, México.]
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 10 hours ago*American Scofflaw* I’m writing this letter to you whilst throttling at a high rate of speed somewhere beneath the English Channel en route to Paris. My ultimate destination is actually Tunisia, where I w...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 10 hours agoAging nuclear plants in Europe and the United States are reporting unplanned shutdowns and problems: http://nuclear-news.net/2012/08/17/possible-nuclear-reactor-problems-in-belgium-united-states-france-sw...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 10 hours agoThe *official 9/11 story* is 100 percent *a sacred myth*. It is a total fable based on a *mass magic ritual*. Some people say the Holocaust is another sacred myth like 9/11. But I have not looked into Hol...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 10 hours ago*FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012* *Chris Hayes has Harry Reid’s back:* It’s getting very hard to believe that our tribe isn’t just lying. Last night, Lawrence read Harry Reid’s latest statement about Mitt’s tax ...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 10 hours ago*Finland breaks stride with other nations claiming they aren’t even contemplating the end of Euro by telling the Telegraph it is only a matter of time.* * * Alexander Higgins, *Contributor* *Activist P...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 10 hours agoJames Smith, *Contributor* *Activist Post* The madness continues. The Department of Homeland Security, through the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has requested another 33 million rounds of .223 cal...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 10 hours agoThe people behind the news... Hmm, they're not that good are they? Remind me of the Slits... Talking of the Slits, here's an oddity - a Slits cover song The Slits cover of I heard it through the grapevine
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 10 hours agoSusanne Posel, *Contributor* *Activist Post* Because of the risks involved to rescue aid workers and human response teams, DARPA awarded Boston Dynamics, Inc. a $10.9 million contract to manufacture hu...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 10 hours agoTo digby, who posts a clip of Mitt Romney giving an interview to a local TV station and makes the good point that "This is why politicians love local news. They can go straight to the people with their lie...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 10 hours agoAmerica's troupe of "activists" continue attempts to divide and undermine Russian society. *by Tony Cartalucci* *August 17, 2012* - When the US is overtly backing the terrorist invasion of Syria, seeing ...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 11 hours agoMondoWeiss Annie Robbins The three were allegedly attacked by youths shouting "Death to the Arabs" at them, as well as other racial slurs. One of them fell on the floor, and his attackers continued to bea...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours agoProgressive Nick Ruiz didn't win his primary against a Tea Party Democrat in FL-07 on Tuesday. There was virtually no name recognition in the district and Nick took no money from corporate PACs and got n...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 11 hours ago*FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012* *Who can help the American people understand Medicare policy:* Mitt Romney is amazingly bad when he discusses policy. Yesterday, Romney staged a short seminar concerning the Medi...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 11 hours agoMike Quinsey - SaLuSa, August 17, 2012 SaLuSa, August 17, 2012 You will know that for a long time we have been working on various issues that have held up progress. Perhaps even we have underestima...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 11 hours agoMichael channeled by Ron Head August 17, 2012 in Michael, Ron's Channeled Messages We are gratified that so many are looking forward to and following our messages. While you may feel that it is havi...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoWith summer winding down, millions of migratory birds are on the move. But his year, things are a bit different, especially for tiny hummingbirds. Drought and climate change have shifted the landscape dr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN at a depth of 57.6 km (35.8 miles), the quake hit at 15:43:21 UTC Friday 17th August 2012 The epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) ESE ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago* A Syrian rebel commander has issued a chilling warning to Western leaders - either help us topple Bashar Assad, or we will forge an alliance with Al Qaeda.* Abu Ammar, who is currently fighting troops l...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago* Astronomers using data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have spotted two clusters of massive stars that may be in the early stages of merging. * The clusters are 170,000 light-years away in the Large M...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 11 hours agoimage source Michael Snyder, *Contributor* *Activist Post* If you want to figure out what is going to happen next in the financial markets, carefully watch what the insiders are doing. Those that are "co...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 11 hours agoAre you part of the 1%? To be among the wealthiest half of the world, you need only $4,000 in assets. You need more than $72,000 to belong to the top 10%. *You need more than $588,000 to be a member o...
- posted by thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 11 hours agoThis is the third part of an intended series to try to come up with a positive agenda to try to make this country a better place. In a better world, I wouldn't have to even deal with trashing something as ...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 11 hours agoimage source Anthony Gucciardi *Activist Post* Monsanto is doing its absolute best to ensure that you do not know what you are putting into your mouth, now confirmed to have donated $4.2 million in an at...
- posted by KRandle at A Different Perspective - 11 hours agoI have been reviewing the history of MJ-12 and I have found something interesting. The first mention of MJ-12 was not when Bill and Jaime Shandera received the undeveloped film. It wasn’t even when Moore w...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 11 hours ago'You can call George Soros anything you want (I certainly do), but 'stupid' or 'clueless' are simply NOT applicable to this rotten Hungarian! - As a young Jew, he survived the Nazi's by collaborating with...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 12 hours agohttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/16/china-talks-afrcian-barrick-gold Shares in African miner leap on speculation of $2bn move amid concern over China's pursuit of resources across continent Ter...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoWhat’s fluffy, has four paws and just might be the latest tool in the war against terror? A kitten! We’ve heard of prisoners who cooperate with authorities being rewarded with cigarettes, better food, pe...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago* Swedish police have come under fire after revelations that the nation’s most dangerous serial killer is a compulsive liar who made up confessions to 30 murders.* Seen as exceptional crime solvers thanks...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago* A burglar who broke into Steve Jobs' house was caught two weeks after the crime thanks to the technology in one of the late Apple founder's own inventions. * Kariem McFarlin might never have been caught...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 12 hours ago*FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012* *PART 4—OUR CHILDREN JUST WON’T TELL THE TRUTH:* Courageous Intelligent Honest Paul Ryan! The invention of this fictional figure has been one of the press corps’ serial scams. ...
- posted by Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 12 hours ago*Spain: Humanoids or Religious Phenomena?* *By Angel Carretero Olmedo* Some time ago, arising from an article published in *Misterios* magazine, published in Huelva (*http://www.fernando...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 12 hours agoThe new $100 bill featured the image of a woman peering into a microscope. That is until a focus group decided the woman looked, gasp, "Asian." So, relax, you're not going to be having any yellow women...
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 12 hours agoLast Wednesday, August 15, I posted this in my facebook wall: *I think the RH bill will become a law. So many people always think that for most issues, more government is the solution. Education, govt. He...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 12 hours agoDer Speigel Ecuador granted political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday.*Ecuador may have granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange asylum, but it seems unlikely that he will ever mak...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago* A suspected Bronx gang member has learned the hard way last week that oversharing the details of his highly questionable street life on Facebook was a bad idea. * In a ruling handed down on August 10, U...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe US and its allies are discussing a worst-case scenario that could require up to 60,000 ground troops to go into Syria to secure chemical and biological weapons sites following the fall of the Assad go...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 12 hours agoJames Smith, *Contributor* *Activist Post* On 16 Aug 2012, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency announced on FedBiz.gov, of award going to A2Z Supply Corp, a frequent awardee of ammunition contracts. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago* Twenty-six big US companies paid their CEOs more last year than they paid the federal government in tax, according to a study released Thursday by a liberal-leaning think tank.* The study, by the Inst...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 13 hours agohat tip: Heart of the Rose The Guardian: Geoengineering projects around the world - map [Excerpted] ETC Group has produced a world map of geoengineering that represents the first attempt to document th...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 13 hours agoNew rules expose bigger funding gaps for public pensions By Michael A. Fletcher, Published: August 16 The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/new-rules-expose-bigger-funding-gap...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours agoimage source Ahmad Barqawi *Activist Post* Perhaps one of the most inglorious accomplishments of the Western-backed/Gulf-funded Syrian opposition is that it has - and over the course of mere months no ...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 13 hours agoIn case you haven't heard, a date has been set in Federal Court for hearings on the Conservative Party's vote suppression during the 2011 federal election. The hearing will begin on December 10. The Cons ...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 13 hours agoIn a few days, on August 22, it will be the one-year anniversary of Jack Layton's untimely death. I want to share one my most enduring memories of Jack. It took place in Parliament, in June of 2008, althou...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours agoimage source Stephen Lendman, *Contributor* *Activist Post* Polls show most Israelis and Americans oppose war with Iran. Political leaders pay no attention nor ask why Iran, with or without nuclear weapo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago* Charges have been dropped against a fugitive doctor involved in the nation's largest prosecution of Internet pharmacies because there's too much evidence - more than 400,000 documents and two terabytes o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago* An accused serial molesting tattoo artist is facing 150 years behind bars for trying to force a 17-year-old to have sex with her mother's boyfriend and allegedly committing nearly 200 other sex crimes ag...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 13 hours agoSAGE has temporarily un-gated Colin Wight's "Incommensurability and Cross-Paradigm Communication in International Relations Theory: 'What's the Frequency Kenneth?'" *Millennium - Journal of International S...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours agoMike Barrett *Activist Post* By now most of us know of the enormous issue surrounding GMOs, GMO labeling, and California’s Proposition 37. Proposition 37, a bill that would require all genetically modi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago* Raymond Roth, 47, the man who is believed to have faked his own drowning to claim the life insurance policy, was arrested again for calling his estranged wife after being released from jail.* Evana Roth...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago* The Idaho National Guard has joined firefighters battling wildfires raging across the state, which have forced the evacuation of 400 homes and burned over 100 square miles in the past two weeks.* Hot, d...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago* A mother and her two young sons have been found stabbed to death in their suburban Detroit home by police officers who went there to notify her of her husband's fatal car crash in Indiana.* Michael Van ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago* A mother and her two young sons have been found stabbed to death in their suburban Detroit home by police officers who went there to notify her of her husband's fatal car crash in Indiana.* Michael Van ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago* The body of a missing three-year-old girl was found on Wednesday in a canal near her home, authorities said.* Reena Mae Williams wandered from her Wisconsin home around 7pm on Tuesday, prompting a massi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago* Three members of the Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot have each been jailed for two years for performing an anti-Putin protest in Moscow's biggest church.* President Vladimir Putin's opponents said...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago* A man dubbed the 'Kensington strangler' will serve three life sentences after being convicted of raping and killing three women.* Antonio Rodriguez, 23, who has a history of mental illness, strangled thr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago* As many as 38 U.S. service members killed themselves in July, making it the worst month for suicides among both active- and non-active-duty soldiers since the Army began releasing statistics in 2009.* O...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago* A man died and a woman became seriously ill after contracting a rare rodent-borne disease that might have been linked to their stay at a popular lodging area in Yosemite National Park, officials said Thu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago* A ginormous 400-foot deep sinkhole in Louisiana is expanding and today swallowed a boat.* Two clean-up workers who were in the boat had to be rescued before they too disappeared into the watery mass, wh...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 13 hours agoGlobal Research Prof. Peter Phillips Kimberly Soeiro This study asks: Who are the the world’s One percent power elite? And to what extent do they operate in unison for their own private gains over benefi...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 13 hours agoDP-News Irish Times Ireland- A NUN who has been superior at a Syrian monastery for the past 18 years has warned that media coverage of ongoing violence in that country has been “partial and untrue”.It is ...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours agoSusanne Posel, *Contributor* *Activist Post* The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is pushing parents to vaccinate their children between the ages of 6 months to 19 years against the flu...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 13 hours ago*Sunrise by Lovell D'souza* http://www.flickr.com/photos/lovelldies/4262340706/ *I frihet bryter man de kedjor som binder en till sjukdom, sorg och smärta och återansluter till sin själ, som ansluter en til...
- posted by Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 13 hours ago— 5-chloro-2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)phenol — CHECK THE LABELS on your household cleaning stuff, as well as toiletries like toothpaste, for Triclosan, because evidence is showing that it's nasty, dangerous ...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours agoGaye Levy, *Contributor* *Activist Post* “Oh no! Now what? A calamity has just occurred in my area and what do I do? I know that I have prepared an emergency kit and can survive for a week or two but ...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours agoJoe Wright *Activist Post* * *The online community has clearly stated its opposition to all government attempts doing the bidding of mega entertainment corporations, despite a massive lobbying effort b...
- posted by Joe Pitkin at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 13 hours agoBy: Duane Craig One county in New Jersey gained notoriety recently when news reports revealed that it had more contaminants in private wells than other counties in the state, according to this report. Ab...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours ago*Mothers To Regulators: We Will Not Comply. Risking Jail to Defend Peaceful Voluntary Exchange* *Activist Post* Washington, DC—On August 18, 2012 a group of mothers and others, members of the advocacy gr...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 13 hours ago"Paul Ryan's love of Rage Against the Machine is amusing, because he is the embodiment of the machine that our music has been raging against for two decades. ...I clearly see that Ryan has a whole lotta '...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoEcuador will file a motion to the Organisation of American States calling for the condemnation of UK threats to enter its embassy. More follows...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 14 hours agoPresident of Ecuador Rafael Correa Paul Craig Roberts, *Contributor* *Activist Post* A coward dies many deaths; a brave man dies but once. The once proud British government, now reduced to Washington’s se...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 14 hours agoThe fifth episode of the Duck of Minerva Podcast just went live. I interview Ted Hopf about his move to Singapore, his intellectual evolution, his work, the state of constructivism and the practice turn, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago* Prosecutors in the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse case claim to have a 'great deal' more 'highly incriminating' evidence that could lead to further charges being brought against the shamed former Penn State fo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago* Nearly two weeks after a gunman killed six people in a horrific Sikh temple shooting, authorities are exploring possible links between the massacre and another pair of murders - more than 2,000 miles awa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago* Police are now questioning the husband of the California woman, who disappeared on Saturday while free diving in the ocean, amid claims he was cheating on his wife. * Police have been searching for Rebe...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 14 hours agoSC Mission 2012 Friday Aug. 17 and Saturday Aug. 18 About page HERE Brandon Turbeville *Activist Post* On the heels of a WMD drill known as Operation Four Aces being conducted in the Myrtle Beach, South ...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 14 hours ago*Gulf Coast Restoration Summit* ~I'll be there, repping my new company, DisasterMap.net! *Search of sinkhole halted, Governor still not spotted beneath the muck*** *Loggerhead turtle hatchlings follow the ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago* Passing motorists who saw smoke billowing from a stand of pine trees along southern Mississippi's Interstate 10 rescued a woman and her disabled sister trapped inside a wrecked, burning sport utility veh...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago* Paul Ryan, the Republican vice-presidential candidate, has admitted that he sought millions of dollars in federal government economic stimulus cash after twice denying he had done so.* The embarrassing ...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 14 hours ago*CBS* Read CBS article here 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 hel...
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- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 14 hours agoSource Scott Morgan *Stop The Drug War* Jacob Sullum shares this incredible story from a defense attorney in Kansas: I had a jury trial this morning on level 3 possession with intent MJ, level 4 possessi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago* This is a market where you have to keep your wits about you - because eight times a day a train comes crashing through.* Just seconds before it is a bustling open-air marketplace like any other with sta...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago* A former racing driver and close friend of Lewis Hamilton died following an horrific 78mph crash at a roundabout following a night out drinking with friends. * Christian Bakkerud, a 26-year-old Dane, suf...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago* The blonde tour rep suspected of distracting the captain of the Costa Concordia before it crashed into rocks is to sue the cruise ship's owners in America for six-figure compensation claiming she is now ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago* A six-year-old boy was airlifted to hospital with serious head injuries after he fell 12-feet from a window after bouncing on his bed.* Connor Bradley, 6, began jumping on the bed with his four-year-old ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago* A woman has been arrested today on suspicion of murdering her own mother in the riverside home they shared.* Neighbours called police after hearing a disturbance inside the second floor flat on the bank...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago* Herbal remedies and massage oils containing ground tiger claws, poisonous plants and cow urine have been seized by border officials at a UK port.* Forty-five large boxes containing the products had been ...
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 14 hours agoToday was mostly about the Reads program and Novella Carpenter's book *Farm City*. As a discussion group leader Southern Man prepared some additional handouts covering topics of interest to him (right to f...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago* A highly-decorated British police chief working in Hong Kong has died while competing in a U.S. Iron Man Championship in New York.* Andrew Naylor, 43, was pulled from the Hudson River midway through the ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago* A drunken British holidaymaker fell 130ft to his death after he fell backwards off the top of a cliff-edge on the way back to his hostel, an inquest heard today.* Richard Knox had enjoyed a night out wi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago* Police chiefs have been left red-faced after intruders walked into a closed police station - and managed to pose up in abandoned riot gear. * The two men discovered police uniforms, riot shields and bato...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago* A cruel dog owner hanged his six-month-old puppy by its collar and then beat it to death with a baseball bat because it had wet the carpet, a court heard.* In what the RSPCA say is one of the most shock...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago* Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has been fined £45,000 for comments he made on Twitter. * The Independent Regulatory Commission found him guilty of improper conduct in relation to a comment he p...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 14 hours agoBy: Andrew Gavin Marshall As eight of the fourteen CEGEP preparatory schools have voted to return to class, and thereby end the strike which began in February, Quebec is beginning to witness the fading a...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 14 hours agoHappy Birthday to Colin Moulding, 57. I always thought it was odd that "Plans for Nigel" was their biggest single from the first few albums; it's probably my least favorite of their singles (unless you ha...
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours agoPundits were buzzing this week, after David Stockman released an op-ed in *The New York Times*. Ronald Reagan's former budget director had little good to say about the party he once represented as a con...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* A scooter rider was killed in a horrific accident when a lorry swerved to avoid him but overturned, spilling 10 tons of boiling hot tar on top of him. * The lorry driver Yang Fu told police in Yuhuan, ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours agoFather Stephen Umhoefer, 72, was the pastor for Paul Ryan when he was growing up. The idea of Ryan becoming vice president has him "worried" because Ryan‘s austerity budget and proposed steep cuts in soc...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* A mother whose refugee family trashed a £1.25million rented house paid for by the taxpayer was told today she will be given a new taxpayer-funded property - but faces jail if her wayward children do not ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* The face may look familiar to viewers of the Channel 4 television show, King of the Hill. * But salesman behind counters in Nottinghamshire failed to notice the cartoon character on the fake identity ca...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* David Cameron's plans for a Big Society were branded 'hot air' today after it emerged more than 7,000 charities had been forced to close last year*. The Prime Minister's mantra aims to encourage good ca...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* After 13 years as an MEP, Daniel Hannan's knowledge of the way Brussels works is second to none. Now he has written a forensic analysis of why it's rotten to the core. Yesterday, in our exclusive seriali...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* French actor Gerard Depardieu has been accused of assaulting a motorist following a collision in Paris.* The eccentric film star, who hit the headlines last year for peeing on a plane, allegedly punched...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* Two men have been killed in a light aircraft crash on England’s border with Wales*. Police have confirmed their plane came down near the village of Churton, south of Chester, last night. The two victims...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* A vile rapist who preyed on vulnerable students with learning difficulties has been jailed for 16 years.* Paul Tyler, 52, lured students into the back of a white van with blacked-out windows, parked out...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* Wikileaks rebel Julian Assange remained holed up in a stuffy room at the Ecuadorian embassy today surrounded by dozens of police officers waiting pounce.* The fugitive has just a sunlamp, a running mach...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* DALLAS — An outbreak of West Nile virus has engulfed Dallas County, with nearly 200 cases of human infection and 10 deaths, leading the mayor of Dallas to declare a state of emergency and to authorize th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* Aides to Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu launched a stinging rebuke to the country's president, Shimon Peres, after he said that Israel should not act alone in launching military action against...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* UNITED NATIONS – The Security Council has decided to end the U.N. military observer mission that was sent to monitor a cease-fire that never happened and back a small new liaison office that will support...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian forces battled rebels near the airport in war-battered Aleppo, Syria's state media said Friday, in the first official acknowledgment that fighting has reached the doorstep of the str...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago*BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials said Friday that a blistering string of attacks across the country the previous day ultimately killed at least 93 people, as the extent of the violence grew clearer and mour...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* The UK and Sweden have criticised Ecuador for granting political asylum to Julian Assange as the diplomatic row over what to do with him intensifies.* The Wikileaks founder took refuge at Ecuador's Lond...
- posted by Donna at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 15 hours agoYou may have heard management-side folks yelling, “The sky is falling! The sky is falling!” recently. They’re totally freaked out about the NLRB’s recent ruling in Banner Health System d/b/a Banner Estrell...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 15 hours ago- The Chinese debate over the collapse of the Soviet Union (via Rob Farley) - The new labour movement in Jordan (via Laleh Khalili) - Syrian rebels parade captured "Iranian drones" on YouTube....
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* The jet from Paris had been heading to Beirut, Lebanon, when fighting broke out on the main road to the airport on Wednesday night.* The captain first decided to divert to Amman in Jordan before realisin...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* Thirty-four people were killed after police opened fire on striking miners at a South African mine on Thursday, the police chief has said.* Riah Phiyega said police had been forced to shoot after armed p...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* Two American soldiers have been killed by an Afghan policeman in a new "green on blue" attack.* Nato spokesman Jamie Graybeal said the shooting happened in the far western province of Farah. The attack...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* The United Nations has called an end to its doomed observer mission in Syria, as the battle between rebels and government forces in Aleppo continues.* The Security Council has instead backed a new liais...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* A severed human head and foot have been found in a Canadian park, evoking memories of a Chinese student dismembered in the same country.* In the latest incident, the head was discovered by officers on th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* Members of a US punk rock band have broken their backs while their driver remains in a critical condition after their tour bus plunged down a viaduct near Bath.* Baroness, from Savannah, Georgia, were t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN at a depth of 82.6 km (51.3 miles), the quake hit at 11:37:32 UTC Friday 17th August 2012 The epicenter was 19 km (11 miles) East...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck the BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA at a depth of 39.9 km (24.8 miles), the quake hit at 08:47:35 UTC Friday 17th August 2012 The epicenter was 113 km (70 miles...
- posted by Manifesto Joe at Manifesto Joe's Texas Blues - 16 hours agoBy Manifesto Joe Republican vice presidential pick Paul Ayn has gotten by with some prospective voters by flashing them that shit-eating grin. But not everybody has forgotten about his past pronouncements...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* South Africa's police chief says officers who killed 34 striking miners were acting in self defence.* Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega defended the bloodshed at the Lonmin PLC platinum mine in Marikana,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* Three members of the Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot have been found guilty of hooliganism after they performed an anti-Putin protest in Moscow's biggest church.* President Vladimir Putin's oppone...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 16 hours agoWoodworth's Wank has been insultingly dishonest from the get-go. As JJ said: Pro-#*M312*: if you'd just come out from the start & said what u really wanted (#*personhood*), I could have respected that. Bu...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 16 hours ago*Prisoners facing a dilemma recommended not to cooperate any longer* Fred Singer (*1924) has pointed out an interesting Physics arXiv Blog's review of a new preprint by Adami and Hintze that mainly builds ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* A drug user has died after becoming infected with anthrax, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has announced.* The patient died at a hospital in Blackpool, Lancashire, after injecting drugs. The HPA sai...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 17 hours ago'The Scottish government failed to meet its climate change targets in 2010, according the latest official figures. They showed greenhouse gas emissions rose by 1.9% on 2009 figures, after taking emission...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago* The full post-mortem examination on the body of Tia Sharp has failed to establish a formal cause of death. * Further tests will now need to be carried out, Scotland Yard has said. A statement from the Me...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 19 hours agoWatch Jeffrey Smith show some of the common food products that have GMOs and ones that do not. Learn more about GMOs at: http://www.responsibletechnology.org and http://www.facebook.com/responsibletec...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 19 hours agoOn Wednesday I blogged about the latest lists of most popular names given to new born babies. In this article I said that 'What I noticed from the list of the 50 top Boys names in England is that the name ...
- posted by Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 19 hours agoNPR has a list of policies that economists across the political spectrum love. It has some overlap with my list from few years back.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago* A US paediatrician has denied allegations of waterboarding his 11-year-old stepdaughter as part of his research into near-death experiences.* A police search warrant affidavit suggests Dr Melvin Morse m...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago* The head of Norway's police has quit his post after a damning report was published, claiming officers could have acted sooner to stop Anders Breivik's killing spree.* A total of 77 people died when righ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago*Scientists in America have launched a floating robot that will track the movements of great white sharks.* The self-propelled Wave Glider will relay a live feed of the migration of the animals to anybody...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago* Police have stormed schools in the Chilean capital Santiago to evict students who have been staging a week-long occupation.* It is the latest in a series of protests by students demanding reforms to the...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 19 hours agoFoto von Frank Stiefel Plötzlich sind Maschinen da - gewaltig, stinkend und laut *Das Hören Deiner Schöpfung der Wohlklang der Laute der Tiere – fort! der Wohlklang der Pflanzen im Wind – fort! der Wohlkl...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 20 hours agoThat's Saudi Cleric Salman Al-Odeh, a well-known scholar revered by millions of Muslims around the world, who recently went on a lengthy tirade against the Jews stating that "the role of the Jews is t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* Officers who opened fire on striking workers at a mine in South Africa killed more than 30 people, according to the country's police ministry. * Spokesman Zweli Mnisi gave the figure after the shooting at...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION at a depth of 74.9 km (46.5 miles), the quake hit at 07:24:38 UTC Friday 17th August 2012 The epicenter was 64 km (39 miles) East of Mutsu, Japa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN at a depth of 19.1 km (11.9 miles), the quake hit at 06:15:13 UTC Friday 17th August 2012 The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) ESE ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck the CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 00:12:10 UTC Friday 17th August 2012 The epicenter was 966 km (600 miles) NNW of Geor...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck KYUSHU, JAPAN at a depth of 24 km (14.9 miles), the quake hit at 23:46:49 UTC Thursday 16th August 2012 The epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) WNW of Akune, Japan No Tsunam...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* Moors murderer Ian Brady's legal advocate has been arrested for allegedly failing to reveal information about where one of his child victims is buried.* Jackie Powell, 49, was detained at her home in so...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago*Notorious British killer Ian Brady, known as the Moors murderer, may have revealed where the body of one of his victims is buried, police believe. * Brady and his partner, Myra Hindley, were responsible fo...
- posted by Marc McDonald at BeggarsCanBeChoosers.com - 20 hours ago. . *By MARC MCDONALD* Welcome to another edition of Progressive Music Classics. Today's "controversial" hip hop artists like to think that they're somehow dangerous. But most of these artists wouldn't k...
- posted by Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 20 hours agono specific content as a basis for another Dreams post, but ... just a general update about resolution and intensity. The sheer REALNESS of the Dreams I've been having for the last week. Scary realness. S...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* Four people have died and at least 11 others have been injured in a fire at a nightclub in the popular Thai tourist destination of Phuket. * The blaze broke out at Tiger Disco - which is popular with Brit...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 21 hours agoTo see clearly, please click on this link: bubble chart as a PDF To see clearly, please click on this link: bar chart as a PDF A picture tells a thousand words, so they say. Today, ANH-Intl releases har...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoThis is an update on our developing understanding in a gecko's ability to stick to surfaces better than expected. It may result in better engineering of adhesive, but it certainly is teaching us ...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoThis is another apparent sea serpent sighting. Of course it may be a fake job laid on by local promoters, except all the conforming conditions exist. 1 Access to the sea is through a largish...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoThe neat thing about the Canadian Shield is that it is Precambrian rock that has not been buried by far younger sediments. Thus you get a window in time that is an order of magnitude greater that ...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoDuring the Eocene, Australia remained largely connected to Antarctica and supposing everything is more or less right, it is reasonable that the circumpolar current was cut of and equatorial wate...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 21 hours agoMatt Strassler has written a rant attacking the core of the state-of-the-art theoretical physics as well as the Milner Prize and its inaugural winners: From String Theory to the Large Hadron Collider H...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 22 hours agoOne by one, the Committee to Re-elect staff has been visiting the Grand Jury; they also interviewed some White House staff, but not the top people. Haldeman's diary: -- Had a report from John Dean on th...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 22 hours agoGu Kailai, the wife of Chinese politician Bo Xilai, or her double. Gu is alleged to have murdered ' a British spy' called Neil Heywood. Reportedly, Tommy Suharto, son of former president Suharto, had a do...
- posted by david at Alberta Diary - 22 hours agoBunge’s $200-million US grain port at Longview, Wash. Below, U.S. police and strikers scuffle at the port. Back in 2009, when the destruction of the Canadian Wheat Board was still just a twinkle in Prime M...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 22 hours agoBeinhart’s polls of American Jews: • An October 2008 poll by Steven M. Cohen, Sam Abrams, and Judith Veinstein found that only 15 percent of American Jews ranked Israel as one of their three top voting...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 23 hours agoThat's likely the message Harper FinMin and garden gnome Jim Flaherty will get when he gets together with his future employers* *top Canadian CEOs for his annual summer "policy retreat." Flaherty, it see...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 23 hours ago"The great mass of mankind shun the labor and responsibility of forming opinions for themselves. The question is not — what is true? but — what is popular? Not — what does God say? but — what says the p...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 23 hours agoFor those who are still not up to speed on the truth about the September 11th, 2001 attacks on America, that killed some 3000 innocent Americans... Here is the facts about 9-11 in a nutshell: Israel did t...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFinland is preparing for the break-up of the eurozone, the country’s foreign minister warned today. The Nordic state is battening down the hatches for a full-blown currency crisis as tensions in the euro...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"Although it was still unclear whether the initiative had come from Morsi or the young officers, there had been longstanding calls for change within the military..... Soldiers were *poorly compensated* an...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoThis week the DCCC was bragging how they are continuing "on offense since Congressman Paul Ryan was named to lead the Republican ticket, launching new automated phone calls to expose 50 vulnerable Republi...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day agoMusic by Chuck Wild, "Liquid Mind: Ambience Minimus - Shadows of White" Images courtesy of the Solar Dynamics Observatory, Goddard Space Flight Center, The Hubble Space Telescope, European Southern Ob...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago"NGC 6888, also known as the Crescent Nebula, is a cosmic bubble about 25 light-years across, blown by winds from its central, bright, massive star. This colorful portrait of the nebula uses narrow band i...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 1 day agoDer Speigel Ecuador on Thursday said it would grant political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the country's embassy in London for weeks now. Britain says it still int...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago78 million Baby Boomers 79 million Boomers The Boomer generation represents more than 80 million US consumers. ATLANTA (AP) — *All *baby boomers should get a one-time blood test to learn if they have the ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day agoGoose Creek, South Carolina, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago"A voice said, Look me in the stars And tell me truly, men of earth, If all the soul-and-body scars Were not too much to pay for birth." - Robert Frost
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago* * *“Imagine This”* by Chet Raymo “At the center of a galaxy 3.5 billion light-years away- one-fourth of the way back to the beginning of time- there is a black hole with a mass 18 billion times the...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*"Some Questions You Might Ask" * “Is the soul solid, like iron? Or is it tender and breakable, like the wings of a moth in the beak of the owl? Who has it, and who doesn’t? ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago“It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: what are we busy about?” - Henry David Thoreau
- posted by Sophia at American Kabuki - 1 day agoMarching along the green grass before me is the gaggle of geese, the lame one hopping and fluttering in their midst, while that huge white bird dives again and again into the water, beneath the hawk cir...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*With update via Ian Welsh: Those Brits are just so fussy about extradition -- or are they?* WikiLeaks Press caption: *Ecuadorian nationals show their support for Assange outside of the Embassy of Ecuador ...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago*Crikey, who would have thought selecting a bloke for VP candidate who’s said he quite likes* Atlas Shrugged* would be so controversial! More on that shortly, but first…* MPs vote next week on a bill pr...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*"Why Mass Killers Aren't Necessarily Psychopaths" * by Linda Thrasybule “The term "psychopath" is often a misunderstood one; although people frequently refer to alleged mass killers like Colorado shoo...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago*Drews Brees announces arrival of third son!*
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day agoThe protest-driven advertiser revolt against Rush Limbaugh seems deeper than might have been expected. *Cumulus Media, a major affiliate of Rush Limbaugh's show reported millions of dollars in losses attr...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day agoThe White House says Joe Biden is still their man while it would seem every wingnut in Outer Nutopia is screeching the White House must dump the Biden from the Democratic ticket and replace him with Hillar...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago*Sheriff, council, administration want to change OPP financing ~Tom Gogola, The Lens* *Buy Your Tix for Black, White & Read All Over – A Celebration of the Daily Times-Picayune ~DashThirtyDash*
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day agoSomeone was convicted of murdering British businessman Neill Heywood in Beijing, only it might not have been the accused, Gu Kailai, the wife of the disgraced politician Bo Xilai. The Chinese court found...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day ago“*You can have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, or democracy. But you cannot have both*.” Louis Brandeis (1856-1941), Justice of the United States Supreme Court (1916-1939)
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day agoRecall the mention here of a replacement for Annan? “The United States and several allies are likely to shortly endorse a replacement for Annan" Meet the ringmaster for the UN circus Algerian diplomat Lakh...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoArmy suicides hit a new single-month record in July, when 38 active-duty and reserve soldiers took their own lives, according to official figures released Thursday. The toll, up from 24 in June, prompted...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
- posted by Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 1 day agoOn the 17th August 1987, a frail old man was murdered by the British security services. The man was 93-years old, and had already been subjected to 46 years imprisonment, the majority of which had been in...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*"The Whiskey Rebellion"* by Byron King "This could very well have been the Province of Westsylvania, part of British Imperial Canada. To the east, along a line of demarcation that follows the northea...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 1 day agohttp://www.zerohedge.com/news/guest-post-assange-or-corzine Guest Post: Assange Or Corzine? Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/16/2012 15:34 -0400 *Submitted by John Aziz of Azizonomics* *Assange Or...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 1 day agoFeatured Sites Using Infomous on other sites Because Infomous clouds can be easily embedded, it is possible to add Infomous clouds to almost any web site. On this page we show a list of sites th...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day agoToday at PP, I had one talking about Greg's idea of Romney as a "trust me" candidate, and said that it's the fault of the GOP nomination process -- and a problem for Republicans. Yesterday, it was war on ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* Holidaymakers and fishermen are worried about giant toxic jellyfish showing up in Korea’s coastal areas in record numbers this summer.* A girl was killed earlier this month and more than 500 people have ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck THE NETHERLANDS at a depth of 8 km (5 miles), the quake hit at 20:30:32 UTC Thursday 16th August 2012 The epicenter was 6 km (3.7 miles) Northwest of De marne, Netherl...
- posted by Obi-Wan Kabuki at American Kabuki - 1 day agoChinese firms leave US stock markets amid complaints about price, accounting scrutiny http://finance.yahoo.com/photos/chinese-companies-pull-us-stock-photo-124129606.html By Joe Mcdonald, AP Business ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*And then he was dismissed from his post!!* "Hillary Clinton urges transition in Egypt; Presses Morsi to talk to leaders about democracy" by Bradley Klapper | Associated Press, July 15, 2012 CAIRO — Se...
- posted by Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 1 day agoWORLD HISTORY WITH THE POPE, according to irReligion.org, a site with a rather caustic viewpoint about Imaginary Buddies, proclaiming itself to be "Your last stop before eternal enlightenment". Do check out...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoThe headline at ThinkProgress yesterday was Romney: 'No One Is Talking About Deregulating Wall Street'. But they are... and the Republicans have tried to turn Vice President Biden's warning that they are ...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day agoA sad moment for me. Newshoggers is shutting down. I blogged there for a couple of years. My most viral posts were published there. I came to love my co-bloggers like family. It was a special place and hos...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*"Paul Ryan’s Song of Himself"* by Andy Borowitz NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)— "Today the Republican Vice-Presidential pick Paul Ryan published the following poem to America: "This morning I was...
- posted by Obi-Wan Kabuki at American Kabuki - 1 day agohttp://shiftfrequency.com/twelve-insight-there-is-no-objective-reality/ *Twelve Insight ~ There Is No Objective Reality* Posted on August 12, 2012 by Gillian Twelve Insight When you begin to realize ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*"Expecting Nothing: * *How to Avoid Disappointment in a “Muddle Along” Economy"* by Joel Bowman "If voting changed anything it would be illegal." - Emma Goldman "Today, we take a break from histor...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*And the secrets died with him. * "Omar Suleiman, Egypt’s ex-spy chief, presidential candidate; at 76" July 20, 2012 CAIRO — Democracy activists denounced plans for a military funeral honoring Egypt’s fo...
- posted by Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 1 day ago*Source: Andalucia Misteriosa (Angel Carretero) Date: 08.15.2012* *Spain: A UFO Case from 1935?* *Date:* 04.05.1935 *Time:* 19.30 *Location:* Azlnalcazar *Province:* Seville *Witnesses:* Mr. Mo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* A volcano erupted on one of Russia's far eastern Kuril Islands, releasing a cloud of noxious fumes and raising temperatures in the surrounding area.* Emergency officials said in a statement on their webs...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago*Wikipedia:* "Martin Lings (also known as Abu Bakr Siraj Ad-Din) (January 24, 1909 – May 12, 2005) was an English writer and scholar, a student and follower of Frithjof Schuon, and Shakespearean scholar. ...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 1 day agoToday's subject: Medicare. Class dismissed.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Tuesday morning discovered possibly highly radioactive water on the first floor of the No. 4 reactor turbine building at its disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power pla...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* HANOI, 16 August 2012 (IRIN) - Farmers in north and central Vietnam are bracing for a new wave of bird flu outbreaks as local authorities are urged to take precautions against the disease. * In the past...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*It's the beard, isn't it?* "Egypt’s leader names a prime minister; Educated in US, technocrat is largely unknown" by Simon Denyer | Washington Post, July 25, 2012 CAIRO — Egypt’s president appointed a ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"Egypt’s Morsi leaves for Saudi Arabia on 1st foreign trip" by Hamza Hendawi | Associated Press, July 12, 2012 CAIRO — Egypt’s Islamist president flew to Saudi Arabia Wednesday at the start of *his firs...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoPeel Regional Police have found a severed head in the Credit River area in Mississauga, Ont., one day after a human foot with painted toenails was found in the vicinity. Investigators found the head late...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*That's were they are going next after they went to North Carolina. * "Data storage giant EMC Corp. in Hopkinton has purchased an upstart Israeli competitor for a reported $430 million, further deepening i...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day agoRoss Douthat has a blog post today to continue his case that people are being unfair to Paul Ryan. Douthat's argument is basically that the GOP is filled with ignorant crazy people, and Ryan is gradually e...
- posted by paul at Paying attention - 1 day agoA government internal audit has apparently discovered mismanagement at ICBC. The Crown corporation president is leaving, and it has pledged to chop 135 management positions by June 2014. The report found t...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago*Typical YouTube video* The above video has been flagged by many people, but is allowed by the evil people at YouTube. YouTube now has videos showing *full frontal nude sexual activity by kids.* We con...
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