English: MINSK. A joint news conference with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko following the talks. Русский: МИНСК. На совместной пресс-конференции с Президентом Белоруссии Александром Лукашенко по итогам переговоров. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: MINSK. President Vladimir Putin meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Русский: МИНСК. С Президентом Белоруссии Александром Лукашенко. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 minutes ago
*The European Union has said that it will work with the new Belarusian foreign minister despite the fact that he is subject to EU sanctions.* Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko dismissed his foreign... - posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny!- 16 minutes ago
So aside from the Akin rape scandal yesterday, there was another bit of GOP congressional news embarrassing Republicans and making them look like the Animal House Party. Short version: a bunch of GOP yaho... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 minutes agoJERUSALEM — Seven Israeli teenagers were in custody on Monday, accused of what a police official and several witnesses described as an attempted lynching of several Palestinian youths, laying bare the unde...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 minutes agoAt least eight people were killed and 60 injured in a powerful blast in Turkey's Gaziantep province on Monday, an official statement said. The incident occurred, near Syrian border, after a truck full of e...
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Editor's Note: Alam is obviously mistaken when he claimed that "no jews died on 9/11". That said, it's good to find you who benefited from 9/11. Flashback: The Homeland Security Program Made for Jewish N... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 27 minutes ago*TOKYO — A female Japanese reporter has been killed after being caught in gunfire in the conflict-torn north Syrian city of Aleppo, Japan's foreign ministry said Tuesday.* The death of 45-year-old Mika Ya...
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* WASHINGTON — President Obama warned Syria on Monday that it would face American military intervention if there were signs that its arsenal of unconventional weapons was being moved or prepared for use. I... - posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 35 minutes ago
South Korea will mount a much deeper and stronger counterstrike than any before in the event of North Korea launching an artillery attack, a senior military official said Tuesday, as Pyongyang toughens it... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 35 minutes ago
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake has struck SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA at a depth of 76.8 km (47.7 miles), the quake hit at 03:09:40 UTC Tuesday 21st August 2012 The epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) WNW of Kurip... - posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 44 minutes agoI’ve been extremely remiss in not passing on to you the results of NZ’s beer awards, announced last week in Wellington. So without further ado… [image: image] *The Full Details of the Trophy Winners are...
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* British Government websites have been attacked by hackers angered by the country’s stance on the extradition of WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange to Sweden.* Last night activists used Twitter to spread ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 52 minutes ago
* At least 25 people have been killed and dozens injured in a gun battle between rival gangs at a Venezuelan prison. * Some of the dead and wounded are believed to be relatives of inmates who were caught i... - posted by Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 56 minutes ago
Phyllis Diller (July 17, 1917 – August 20, 2012) was an American actress and comedienne. She created a stage persona of a wild-haired, eccentrically dressed housewife who makes self-deprecating jokes abou... - posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 hour ago
This is the era of multiple, prolonged, and deep crises. They touch on every facet of modern life: the political, economic, social, spiritual, scientific, cosmic, and personal. The media construction o... - posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 1 hour ago
Guardian Glenn Greenwald The US government has long maintained, reasonably enough, that a defining tactic of terrorism is to launch a follow-up attack aimed at those who go to the scene of the original a... - posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago2002, “Deep Still Blue” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3lcidv5ZrE&feature=relmfu
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour agoEid Mubarak, Wish You All Eid Mubarak - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoR6Q9vxrdk&feature=related
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 hour agoParanoia, hedonism, and resistance: In a world without reason By Ron Jacobs / The Rag Blog / August 20, 2012 [Drop City by T.C. Boyle (2003: Viking); Hardback; 464 pp.; $25.95. King of the City by Michael...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 hour agoECUADOR SHOCK AT THREATS FROM BRITISH GOVERNMENT August 15, 2012 http://www.ecuadorembassyuk.org.uk/announcements/ecuador-shock-at-threats-from-british-government Julian Assange Ecuad...
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Virginia Cop Block **BREAKING NEWS** Virginia Cop Block just received this statement from The Rutherford Institute on Brandon Raub’s incarceration/ hearing. “FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 20, 2012 Contac... - posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago“Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy some 200 thousand light-years distant, lies 5 million year young star cluster NGC 602. Surrounded by natal gas and dust, NGC 602 is fe...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago*"Shaya's Home Run"* by Rabbi Paysach Krohn "In Brooklyn, New York, Chush is a school that caters to learning-disabled children. Some children remain in Chush for their entire school careers, while ot...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 2 hours agoObama's bizarre threats indicative of losing strategy and increasing desperation. *by Tony Cartalucci * *August 21, 2012* - US-led NATO forces armed, funded, trained, and even provided air support for L...
- posted by José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera- 2 hours ago[image: Foto familiar - Ni estamos todos los que somos, ni somos todos los que estamos.]
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 2 hours agoReblogged from http://cryptogon.com/?p=30929 *Suicide of Deloitte Partner Daniel Pirron Linked to Standard Chartered’s Iran Scandal* August 19th, 2012 Via: Telegraph: The family of a senior partner ...
- posted by What Is Sustainable at What Is Sustainable - 2 hours agoCarl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) was born in Kesswil, Switzerland, a wee lakeside hamlet that had changed little since the Middle Ages. His rustic upbringing gave him the gift of intimate contact with the nat...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago*"Lead"* "Here is a story to break your heart. Are you willing? This winter the loons came to our harbor and died, one by one, of nothing we could see. A friend told me of one on the shore that lifted ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 2 hours agoAnother bizarre twist in the ‘Batman’ massacre case *Paul Joseph Watson* Another bizarre piece of eyewitness testimony has emerged out of the Aurora massacre, with a woman claiming that an alarm was r...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours agoEl Dorado Hills, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 3 hours agoEmerging in the aftermath of the global financial crisis that began in late 2007 is a world order dominated by a few governments and corporations with unprecedented control over global resources. These p...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 3 hours agoTragedy strikes again: Phyllis Diller Dies at 85 FBI Investigates Republican Congressmen’s Drunken, Naked Escapades In IsraelAnother Republican Ass Bites the Dust? RAPE! (Legitimate Rape, That Is) On Pov...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago*"[F]rom what I understand from doctors, [pregnancy from rape] is really rare. If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down."* *-- MO Rep. Todd "The Asshole" Aki...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago*“The Mystery of Life? I Don't Know”* by Chet Raymo "Albert Einstein said, "Theories should be as simple as possible, but no simpler." At first glance, this may sound like a Zen koan, or a paradox. In ...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoIsrael’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “is determined to attack Iran before the US elections,” Israel’s Channel 10 News claimed on Monday night, and Israel is now “closer than ever” to a strike design...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 3 hours agoEditor's Note: Hmm. Could this explain the lack of will to prosecute? Insight: Top Justice officials connected to mortgage banks U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Lanny Breuer, head of the Justice ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago"Each of us tend to think we see things as they are, that we are objective. But this is not the case. We see the world, not as it is, but as we are- or as we are conditioned to see it." - Stephen. R....
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago"Each of us tend to think we see things as they are, that we are objective. But this is not the case. We see the world, not as it is, but as we are - or as we are conditioned to see it." - Stephen. R. Co...
- posted by Obi-Wan Kabuki at American Kabuki - 4 hours agohttp://2012portal.blogspot.com/2012/08/operationdreamland-operationdreamland.html Monday, August 20, 2012 Operation Dreamland Posted by Cobra Operation Dreamland is an operation of the Light forces to...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 4 hours ago*So, just who is going to gas the rebels? Who is going to do the deed?* One of the other "rebel" factions? Al Qaeda? How about some of the many special ops from varying countries working to destabilize Syri...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 4 hours agoI wasn't going to wade into this one, but I just looked at a bunch of take-downs of Niall Ferguson's Obama-bashing Newsweek cover story from this week that I linked to for the Roundup over at Greg's place ...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 5 hours agoReblogged from: http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=249838
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago*"Imperial Affront"* by Chris Floyd "It is apparent that the nation of Ecuador will now be in the frame for what American foreign policy elites like to call, in their dainty and delicate language, “t...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 5 hours ago*We know who** **won't be.* "GOP convention comes at height of hurricane season TAMPA — The Republican National Convention and the *peak of hurricane season * collide in Tampa this month. And though planne...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoCharles Ronald Conner got into a dispute with a neighbor about his dogs. By the time it was over, the dogs, the neighbor and his girlfriend were all dead, shot with Conner’s 9mm. Conner then grabbed a le...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 5 hours ago*Smoke 'em if you got 'em.* "Cuban lawmakers meet to consider Castro’s reforms" Associated Press, July 24, 2012 HAVANA — Cuba’s National Assembly gathered Monday for one of its twice-a-year legislative ...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 5 hours agohttp://www.securelist.com/en/analysis/204792238/Gauss_Abnormal_Distribution *Introduction* While analyzing the Flame malware that we detected in May 2012, Kaspersky Lab experts identified some disting...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 5 hours ago*I'm sorry you had to suffer her presence.* "Clinton challenges Africa to embrace democracy" by Matthew Lee | Associated Press, August 02, 2012 DAKAR, Senegal — In *veiled swipes at China*’s investments...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago“This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time. Every breath is a choice. Every minute is a choice. To be or not to be. Every time you don't throw yourself down the stairs, that's a choice. E...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 6 hours agoI vow to never vote for a Liberal candidate again until the party puts forward meaningful policies to reverse the growing inequality in Canada and to deal with global warming, in all its aspects. Inequali...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 6 hours ago*Frenzy of murder, attempted murder and threats of mass terror are all part of cabal death throes* Posted by Benjamin Fulford August 21, 2012 On August 10th, Dr. Michael Van de Meer, AKA Dr. Micha...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 6 hours agoArticle "The governor of the Bank of Canada made a rare "qualified" apology to Canadians Monday for offending them with the bank's decision not to use the image of an Asian woman on the new $100 bill. I...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 6 hours agoRutherford Institute CHESTERFIELD, VA— The Rutherford Institute has come to the defense of a former Marine, 26-year-old Brandon Raub, who was arrested, detained indefinitely in a psych ward and forced ...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 6 hours agoWhen I am on circuit the lists are sexual assault after sexual assault after sexual assault: the problem is very serious and dwarfs offences seen in the South:Territory must face history of “endemic sexu...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 6 hours ago*[image: _Jeffrey Tucker]Guest post by Jeffrey Tucker* Capitalism and entrepreneurship make the difference in the world. Whether a country is rich or poor depends on both. The evidence is all around us, ...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 7 hours agoEMERGENCY RALLYTo Save Pe'Sla - The Heart of the Lakota Sioux Nation Thursday, August 23, 2012Rally Begins at 11:00 AM at the Hearst Building located at 5 Third Street, San Francisco, Calif. We will march to...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny!- 7 hours agoOne of the questions I pose to congressional candidates seeking Blue America's endorsement is meant to elicit from them their strength of conviction of ending the occupation of and war in Afghanistan. I ...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 7 hours agoI have a post up over at PP about parties and the Todd Akin flap; it's always fun for me when there's news that actually allows me to talk about how parties work. There's tons of talk about this right now...
- posted by Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 7 hours agoRAY AND DAVE tell it like it is: Low Budget. Full lyrics at the YouTube page. Cheap is small and not too steepBut best of all cheap is cheapCircumstance has forced my handTo be a cut price person in a low b...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago*LONDON (SHARECAST) - -Bundesbank monthly bulletin criticises ECB bond plans -Bundesbank bulletin says unified regulator no short-term solution to crisis -German Finance Ministry says ECB plans theoretically...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago* President Barack Obama has warned that the use or movement of chemical weapons by the Syrian government would be a “red line” that could trigger an American intervention.* Mr Obama said that Bashar al-A...
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- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 8 hours ago*MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2012* *Greg Sargent doesn’t know what big news orgs should do:* In the future, if there is one, historians will record the way the liberal world gave up a string of political advantage...
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- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 8 hours agoStephen Lendman Blog AIPAC is an unregistered foreign agent. It calls itself "America's Pro-Israeli Lobby." It's represented Israeli interests since 1953. Virtually no one in Congress confronts it. Doin...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago"I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 8 hours ago*There was a time when it would have excited me.... * *The Globalist Infiltration: Obama, Israel and the Muslim Brotherhood* The global Elite’s puppets are beginning to show their true alliances and rat o...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago*"Too Much of a Good Thing"* by Bill Bonner "In the years 2007-2012, Nobel Prize winning economists Paul Krugman and Joseph Stiglitz- along with celebrity economist Jeffrey Sachs and practically all t...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 9 hours agoAll Parties have their problem members. Story here That said, this story is an embarrassment for* legitimate *conservatives. Candidly it is astonishing that anyone running for a significant office in th...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 9 hours agoAssociated Press Kevin Begos PITTSBURGH (AP) — In a surprising turnaround, the amount of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere in the U.S. has fallen dramatically to its lowest level in 20 year...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* At least seven people have been killed after a remote control bomb exploded near a police station in the city of Gaziantep, security sources have said. * The explosion was caused by a remote-controlled c...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* LISBON, Portugal — Authorities say Hurricane Gordon has passed Portugal’s mid-Atlantic Azores Islands without causing major damage and is losing strength*. The head of the Azores Civil Protection Servic...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* Shimla: Several parts of Himachal Pradesh experienced heavy rainfall during the past 24 hours, triggering landslides at various places and disrupting vehicular traffic in the state. * The Kullu-Manali-Ro...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago*"Economic Collapse Is Inevitable, Here's Why"* by Hang The Bankers "America is quickly approaching a catastrophic economic collapse. Before you dismiss this as hype or paranoia, take a few minu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago*DALLAS -- Strong thunderstorms dumping as much as 4 inches of rain have flooded streets, trapped drivers and collapsed buildings in Dallas. * The storms rolled over the city on Saturday night. National Wea...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 9 hours agoAugust 20, 2012 Photo Caravan of Peace Caravan of Peace, Cities of Death Frontera Norte Sur Feature ALBUQUERQUE -- If the Caravan for Peace and Justice with Dignity now crossing the U.S. had to pick a ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* At least seven people are reportedly killed after a remote control bomb explodes near a police station in the city of Gaziantep. * More follows...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago*Egypt’s President, Mohamed Morsy is heading for China and Iran — a path-breaking visit that is unlikely to please the United States that has gone overboard to cultivate the recently elected new leadership...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 9 hours agoCorbett Report Help Us Transmit This Story Add to Your Blogger Account Put it On Facebook Tweet this post Print it from your printer Email and a collection of other outlets Try even mor...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* BENGHAZI, Libya — A bomb exploded under the car of an Egyptian diplomat in Libya's second city Benghazi on Monday without causing any injuries, a security source in the city told AFP.* "Unidentified peo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* HONG KONG — The Hong Kong-based group that set off heightened tensions between China and Japan by unfurling flags on a disputed island last week plans to try to keep the issue in the news by seeking to o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* ISLAMABAD, Pakistan— Everyone in the teeming, tense community of Muslims and Christians just outside Islamabad seems to have a different story about the young girl and the Koran. * The 12-year-old Christ...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 9 hours ago*Volochay v. College of Massage Therapists of Ontario*, 2012 ONCA 541 has useful language on “adequate notice”: [48] Adequate notice is a fundamental component of fairness at common law. It ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago*"The Crack ***** Is Combing The Carpet"* by Karl Denninger "That which cannot go on forever will eventually stop. The young woman who looks 50 but is 20 as a consequence of sucking on a crack pipe fo...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 9 hours agohttp://daledamos.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/after-holocaust-denial-is-mocking.html
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* According to the German Bild am Sonntag, information on Syrian troop movements were passed on to U.S. and British secret services, who then give it to the Free Syrian Army. * Germany is helping Syrian re...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 10 hours agoTony Blair, Gordon Brown, Ed Balls & Ed Miliband helped to create a debt bubble that the UK may never recover from. Guido Fawkes has spotted that the Labour party is as addicted to debt as ever.
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 10 hours agoRomney will increase government spending. So will Obama. *Lawrence Summers - America’s state will expand whoever wins* *1.* In the USA, 32% of federal government spending is on the care of the elderly. ...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 10 hours agoHOPEWELL, Va. (WTVR) – Protestors have gathered outside John Randolph Medical Center after a Marine veteran was detained after allegedly making some questionable Facebook posts. A hearing, scheduled ...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 10 hours agoCalifornia gets a lot of criticism for its tough environmental protection laws, mostly because everyone knows US trends start in California. In last 10 years we've seen an astounding increasing in sea w...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 10 hours agoJust a little while ago, my little girl saw her first episode of Jake and the Neverland Pirates. Ever since, everything in our house has been eye patches, treasure maps and a few tantrums because appar...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 10 hours agoFlyer below. Posting does not indicate endorsement. But it does look cool.
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 10 hours agoYouTube has some rather odd tongue related videos, here are some of them. A split tongue, how and why do spring to my mind... A talented tongue... A very wide tongue... A very fast tongue... Nick's...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN at a depth of 32.3 km (20.1 miles), the quake hit at 16:42:52 UTC Monday 20th August 2012 The epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) ESE ...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 11 hours agoWould someone please rewrite that old favorite, "Never Going To NYC Again"? On second thought (should have been my first), maybe this is the real reason they want to stop letting us insure ourselves throug...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny!- 11 hours ago*-by Noah* I admit it. I’ve been silent lately. I haven’t posted on DWT in a few months. Been busy, had health issues, and maybe most of all been just plain struck speechless at the Republican Freakshow...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours agoThis takes everything to a whole new level. The 12-foreign ministers of the Union of South American Nations have joined in support of a resolution backing Ecuador in granting asylum to Julian Assange a...
- posted by Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 11 hours agoCydonia is a region on the planet Mars, and has attracted both scientific and popular interest. The name originally referred to the albedo feature (distinctively coloured area) that was visible from Earth...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 11 hours agoColorado State University in Fort Collins is proposing to build a new stadium for its football team (visualized above). One of the central arguments for building the stadium is to increase out-of-state ...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours agoThey're off for two years in the slam for mocking Russia's thug-in-chief, Vlad Putin, but Pussy Riot left a parting gift - a video entitled "Putin Lights Up the Fires." ...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours agoMissouri Republican senate candidate Todd Akin is against abortion - under any circumstances - and that includes what he calls "legitimate rape." According to Akin, victims of legitimate rape have some i...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 12 hours agoMadison Ruppert, *Contributor* *Activist Post* It is no longer by any means secret that the Syrian opposition terrorist group known as the Free Syrian Army (FSA) is being supported by the governments ...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 12 hours ago*Douglas Channel* Steve Harper's environmental assessment of the Northern Gateway bitumen pipeline proposal is an utter sham. Steve says the fate of the pipeline will be decided by science but, after so ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago* LONDON, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Dwindling money market trading volumes suggest the European Central Bank's cut to zero in its overnight deposit rate may have backfired, leaving the market's slim expectations ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago* MOSCOW — Russia warned the West against "hysterics" over the Pussy Riot sentencing Monday as police said they were hunting members of the punk band still at large after the stunt mocking President Vladim...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 12 hours ago*MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2012* *Who the heck is Rebecca Berg and how the heck does she do it:* Last Friday, the New York Times published a large campaign report—a report which struck us as weirdly fatuous, eve...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago* Markets slipped after the European Central Bank (ECB) distanced itself from reports that it was preparing to step in and help troubled eurozone members.* There was speculation that the ECB was planning ...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 12 hours ago*Levees.org Press Conference: Corps of Engineers blamed New Orleans officials for Katrina flooding, but new data shows Corps took $100 million deadly shortcut* Harry Shearer (producer The Big Uneasy, voic...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 13 hours agoThe pipeline operator is working overtime to turn its Northern Gateway initiative into some abstract debate on resource wealth and opportunity (for some). It even produces animated video that greets view...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker atNortherntruthseeker - 13 hours agoI said in my last weekly rant that the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi plant is still out of control. There has been an absolutely ridiculous absence of any news from our governments and our Jewish co...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours agoTree-Sit Halts Pipeline Construction Protester Demands Clean Water and Clean Snow Contact: Ariana Sauer Xander Vautrin protectpeaks@gmail.com Directions to tree sit below UPDATE 10:45 am, Mon.,...
- posted by paul at Paying attention - 13 hours agoEl 32% de los partos que se atienden son de adolescentes Bessy Lara La Prensa San Pedro Sula Hay alarma entre médicos de la asistencia pública porque las cifras indican que la edad de embarazos en adolesc...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 13 hours agoThere's a fascinating post making the rounds. In it, Stephen Curry discusses the history and abuse of journal impact-factor data. Curry links alternatives to the rise of open-access publications and new-me...
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 13 hours agoI don't understand the outcry against Todd Akin and Paul Ryan, which seems like quibbling over terminology. Everyone knows that unless it's "forcible", rape "victims" usually are really begging, just beg...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours agoSusanne Posel, *Contributor* *Activist Post* In 2007, the Sentinel Management Group (SMG) collapsed, leaving many segregated customer funds lost after they had been used as collateral. After a plethor...
- posted by Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 13 hours agoThat aphorism is obviously a slap in the face to the millions of people who've lost their homes to foreclosure, thanks to the greed of the Wall Street sociopaths. But back in 1874, during the so-called Lon...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 13 hours agoWhat's wrong with this picture? Lori Waters knew what was wrong. Waters, who lives in BC and designs scientific graphics, recognized that 1,000 kilometres of island coastline was missing from the map, gi...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours agoBrandon Turbeville *Activist Post* For those who consistently wonder how far the tentacles of the control system reach upward, the real question better asked might actually be how far down. While many...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 13 hours agoLast week we had this great news out of Texas – We are pleased to announce that an additional 12 Texas Legislators – 9 Republicans and 3 Democrats – have left and will no longer be a part of the American...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours ago*The day we see truth and do not speak is the day we begin to die*. - Martin Luther King Anthony Freda Art "Presstitute" Paul Craig Roberts, *Contributor* *Activist Post* Conspiracy theories have now blos...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours agoJames Smith, *Contributor* *Activist Post* The possibility of a False Flag attack to end the Rule of Law and of the Constitution has been of much talk recently. We have stories of massive amount of ex...
- Link: http://youtu.be/uFMMXRoSxnA I had to laugh when Stallman nailed down the Flash 'problem'. Yes, it's 'free', like Stallman told. And, hmmm, I don't use a mobile phone as well. But that's caused by ou...
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 13 hours agoA ring of hackers that hit 150 Subway restaurants in the US last year have been able to steal over a half a million credit cards from point of sale systems in Australia. At this point details about the ...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 13 hours agoStephen Lendman, *Contributor* *Activist Post* America and Israel wage aggressive wars of choice. Enemies don't exist, so they're created. Belligerence is standard practice. Reckless irresponsibility ...
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 14 hours agoWhen companies can afford to hire the best accountants and lawyers in the country to find every tax loophole available, coupled with robustly supporting politicians (overtly and covertly) who see no reason...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago[image: Corn crop near Elgin, Nebraska withers under the drought and heat wave of 2012. The dead corn on the edges of Farmer Phillip Starman's field does not get irrigated. His only hope was his irrigati...
- posted by Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 14 hours agoEverybody should be aware that Facebook is a CIA operation, and that Google are willing collaborators with the emerging Global Police State. So much attention is paid to Facebook and Google, that a very ...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago*MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2012* *Part 1—The Times finally makes an attempt:* A familiar pattern re-emerged in Sunday’s New York Times. There was some good news, and some bad news, involved in this re-emergence...
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan- 14 hours agoGood lord. I leave for a few days and all hell breaks loose in the Senkaku Islands. The story of this mess is quickly told. A group of right-wing Chinese actually managed to land on the Senkakus despite ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago[image: Intense wildfires in California and Idaho sent smoke eastward across the United States in mid-August 2012. These maps are made from data collected by the Ozone Mapper Profiler Suite (OMPS) on the...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 14 hours agoThe Face of Mining: RT news: South African miners killed by police. In the news, O'odham emergency relief, Wikileaks, US spying, School of Assassins, the bloody face of mining, and Indigenous heroes By Br...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 14 hours agoTwo quick posts for today, news that caught my eye or had bookmarked previously. Lennon's assassin makes an appearance and Fukushima, the disaster that is continuing unaddressed and unabated. Oh well as l...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 14 hours agoDees Illustration Stephen Lendman, *Contributor* *Activist Post* Freedom in America is endangered. Bipartisan complicity plans destroying it altogether. America is on a fast track toward tyranny and rui...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 14 hours agoHappy Birthday to James Marsters, 50. By the way, he was the best thing about Caprica. Although granted that's not saying all that much. And some good stuff: 1. Yes, funny is hard, but Alex Pareene is ex...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 14 hours agoWiki Image Dr. Scott Graves *Activist Post* Recently, I asked about thirty women, whose ages were mostly under the age of forty, if they carried chewing gum with them. Twenty seven of the thirty were abl...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 15 hours ago- Jonathan Rue discusses the continuing wave of "green-on-blue" attacks in Afghanistan. - Sertaç Sehlikoglu-Karakas on the Olympics, "sporting bodies," and Islam. - Dan Trombly argues tha...
- posted by Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 15 hours agoHow many consumers know of Barnes and Noble in the UK? True those who have been to the US may be familiar with the stores, but in the main the ‘world’s largest bookstore’ has until now operated within th...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 15 hours agoSome interesting news stories for today Mark David Chapman is up for parole again. Will he be freed? Or not? The outcome of his parole hearing is likely predicated on how big of a distraction is require...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 15 hours ago[image: Image] Michael Kelley A former U.S. Marine who accused the government of lying about 9/11 and spoke of "The Revolution" on Facebook was detained on Friday night, reports Renee Nal of *Gather*. ...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 15 hours ago*dashTHIRTYdash* is a 98% volunteer effort raising money for Times-Picayune employees and contractors who are losing their jobs because of the changes coming to the newspaper Oct. 1. (The remaining 2% pays...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny!- 15 hours agoYou may have seen Ayn Romney on TV the other day whining about the plebeians wanting to see her husband's tax returns. She came across as a very, very dislikable character, a real Marie Antoinette type, ...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 15 hours agoRand Clifford *Activist Post* Early in George Orwell’s dystopian novel, *1984*, protagonist Winston Smith writes in his diary, “I understand HOW: I do not understand WHY.” Sixty-four years later, neoco...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 15 hours agoIn case you missed it, here's the Tea Party gaffe du jour (video at link). Senate Candidate and Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) told a local television station on Sunday that “legitimate rape” rarely produces pregna...
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours agoStephen Harper claims that science will determine the viability of the Enbridge Pipeline. But he also insists that science must meet his deadline of 2013. However, as the Canadian Press reported yesterd...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago*A shop worker has been jailed for 30 months for trying to claim a winning £1m lottery ticket belonging to a pensioner couple. * Farrakh Nizzar, 30, told Maureen Holt her EuroMillions ticket was a loser - ...
- posted by Donna at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 15 hours agoHow can you get paid for all the hours you worked? Whether it's getting paid vacation days or lunch breaks, lots of *AOL Jobs* readers have concerns about this issue, so I'm going to answer three readers' ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN at a depth of 39.1 km (23.4 miles), the quake hit at 11:42:45 UTC Monday 20th August 2012 The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) ENE ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck OFF WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 11:18:26 UTC Monday 20th August 2012 The epicenter was 372 km (230.6 miles) South...
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan- 16 hours agoThis weekend my friends Kenji and Jeff, trailed by my slow but steady self, did a wonderful little loop out of Hualien. Leaving Hualien on Saturday morning, we rode down to the fishing port of Shiti and h...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* (Reuters) - The anonymous text message on Bhumidhar Das' mobile phone was chilling: "Muslims will attack and kill our people after Ramadan. Return home."* Within hours, Das, a Hindu working at a car fac...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours agoJeff Rense, Dr Bill Deagle, "Death By Smart Meter" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKoiFJFRy0M&feature=related • "The Dark Side of 'Smart' Meters" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLeCTaSG2-U&feature=relat...
- posted by Casey at The Adventures of Limited Eating - 17 hours ago*Blow Me Away Fish Stew!* I truly enjoy my seafood, but it's not the cheapest of ingredients, so when you make it, make it with love and make it as tasty as can be! Fish stew is fun because you can really...
- posted by leftdog at Buckdog - 17 hours ago(July 18, 1950 – August 22, 2011)August 20, 2011Toronto, OntarioTens of thousands of Canadians have written to me in recent weeks to wish me well. I want to thank each and every one of you for your thoug...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 17 hours agoTwo articles from a while back that make you wonder how those people who claim the NHS is 'the envy of the world' can sleep at night. The first is from early July and reports: 'A young patient who died of...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago(KCEN) -- In South Texas, an outbreak of bird flu in Mexico has caused the price of eggs and chicken to spike in that country which means many are heading north of the border to pay less for those items. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* As of the end of last week 159 people in nine states had been identified with H3N2 influenza virus infections this year. Most of the recent cases have occurred after contact with pigs at county or state ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago*Scientists have lowered the alert level on Mt Tongariro, nearly two weeks after the volcano erupted.* Though some ash was emitted in the first few days following the eruption on August 6, there has been ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* Cleveland Volcano experienced yet another explosion on Friday morning – its twentieth since Christmas. * Cleveland is one of the Aleutian Islands’ most active volcanoes. It’s been on watch for the better...
- Link: http://youtu.be/uATCYmLLxlg I need not tell you that I read and repeat reading Toffler's "Third Wave". Its forecasts have proven to be true for the major part *today*... A reason the pay attention t...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 17 hours agoWell over 90% of visitors to threads such as this Stack Exchange question by Gerard 't Hooft asking why professional physicists consider his research in the last 10+ years to be wrong are either unwillin...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoGabes — The overgrowth of some algae due to rising temperature was behind the smothering of fish which had stranded on the beach of Ghannouch in the past days. This observation was made after the analyses...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoOn August 19, many cities in mainland China held Anti-Japan demonstrations over the disputed Diaoyu islands (Uotsuri Jima). Armed police forces and helicopters were sent to keep the protesters in order. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* (Reuters) - Just over a quarter of workers had returned on Monday to the platinum mine in South Africa where 44 men were killed last week in violent clashes, after mine owner Lonmin threatened to sack ab...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago*Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's are to face fraud allegations that they assigned inflated ratings to notes sold to investors, a federal court judge in the United States has ruled*. A case...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoAuthor Adam Bilzerian sheds light on a secret 1975 Memorandum of Understanding masterminded by Henry Kissinger, whereby the U.S. guaranteed all Israel’s oil needs in the event of a crisis, even at the risk...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* A few decades ago, Luis Martinez writes in this timely and troubling study, much of the Middle East regarded black gold as "the weapon of mass destruction" that was capable of overcoming the interrelated...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago*What is happening in Syria is a sign of things to come for the region. Regime change is not the sole goal of the US and its allies in Syria. Dividing the Syrian Arab Republic is the end goal of Washington...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago*President Obama is proud of his bailout of General Motors. That’s good, because, if he wins a second term, he is probably going to have to bail GM out again. The company is once again losing market share,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago*The intensifying proxy war in Syria is causing increased anxiety throughout the Middle East, where the specters of sectarian war and Western military intervention loom large. A series of kidnappings threa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* Richard Duncan, formerly of the World Bank and chief economist at Blackhorse Asset Mgmt., says America's $16 trillion federal debt has escalated into a "death spiral, "as he told CNBC. * And it could res...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 19 hours agoScott McKenzie, whose 1967 hit San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) was an anthem for the flower power hippy age, has died aged 73. RIP Scott McKenzie, whereever you are I hope you meet s...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago*TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government plans to concurrently replace its ambassadors to China, South Korea and the United States, in a move aimed at restructuring its diplomatic relations amid a series ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago* (CNN) -- At least six people were wounded when two masked men opened fire inside a mosque in Russia's North Caucasus region Saturday night, Russian officials said Sunday.* Also Saturday, a suicide bombi...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 19 hours agoThe USA probably has two plans for Indonesia, the fourth largest country in the world in terms of population. *Plan A*: get a CIA asset elected as president of Indonesia and make Indonesia part of the U...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago* (CNN) -- At least four people were shot Sunday in a Walmart parking lot in central Texas, police said.* A suspect was arrested at the scene, they said. The shooting took place very early in the morning ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago*CNN) -- An Illinois man died from West Nile complications over the weekend as the United States battles its biggest spike in the virus since 2004.* * *William J. Mueller was hospitalized for two weeks an...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago* (CNN) -- Wildfires continued to scorch large swaths of the western United States on Sunday, with firefighters doing their best to corral a host of blazes despite high temperatures, low humidity and possi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago* (Financial Times) -- Chinese companies competing for one of the UK's biggest nuclear projects are unlikely to end up with a majority stake in any winning consortium in an attempt to allay concerns about ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago* Beijing (CNN) -- Furious anti-Japan protests erupted in Chinese cities Sunday after a Japanese group landed on an island that both countries say is theirs. * Protesters toppled Japanese-made cars, burned...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago* CNN) -- The mandate of the U.N. observer mission in Syria ended Sunday, with the country no closer to a lasting peace than when monitors arrived four months ago.* * *Even after the 300 observers leave, t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago* (Reuters) - Senior German politicians stepped up the pressure on Greece to stick to its reforms before the Greek prime minister visits Berlin this week and made clear that there was no appetite in the Ge...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoAug. 19 - A raging fire on the Greek island of Chios burns tens of thousands of acres of pristine forest.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoAug. 20 - Greek Prime Minister Samaras meets Eurogroup head Jean-Claude Juncker, France's Hollande and Germany's Merkel this week as shuttle diplomacy picks up pace ahead of a crunch September.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago* (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange berated the United States on Sunday from the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy where he has sought refuge from arrest, demanding President Barack Obama end wh...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago* (Reuters) - CIA agents have written books about it. Former President George W. Bush has explained why he thought it was necessary and legal. Yet the al Qaeda suspects who were subjected to so-called hars...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 19 hours agoI read today that the British Prime Minister is currently on holiday in Mallorca, which is a very nice place to go on holiday. I wonder if he is aware of what happened in the capital of Mallorca, Palma, ju...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* (Reuters) - European shares eased after last week's strong performance on Monday while a report that the European Central Bank could set an interest rate threshold for purchases of euro zone bonds helped...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* Police suspect that some of the seven suspects arrested in connection with the shooting of four Louisiana sheriff's deputies, including two who were killed, have links to a group on the FBI domestic terr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* A second United flight departing New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport in the last two days has had to make an emergency landing.* The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says United Fligh...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* A United Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing after something apparently went wrong with one of its engines.* Flight 96, which was departing from Newark Liberty Airport to Berlin, lan...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago*Banks are plotting to use a parliamentary inquiry into their bad behaviour as a way of imposing account fees on customers.* MPs and peers on a commission set up to examine the recent Libor scandal will b...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* Councils have been told sell lavish council houses, some worth more than £1 million, in order to build cheaper properties and boost the economy.* Housing Minister Grant Shapps last night urged town hall ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA raging fire on the forested Greek island of Chios burns tens of thousands of acres of pristine forest, including scores of mastic trees, that are unique to the area and a large part of the island's econo...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 20 hours agoMy Poetry Post On Third Sunday Blog Carnival One of my poems was recently posted on a poetry blog. If you wish to take a look at my poem and others, please click on the link provided below: *Third Su...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* Both the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and the Transport Committee are likely to scrutinise the bid in the face of figures showing it is not until March 2022 that FirstGroup’s winning offer returns sub...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago* Top Gun movie director Tony Scott has killed himself by jumping from a bridge in Los Angeles, according to a coroner in America.* The British film-maker, who is the younger brother of producer Ridley Sc...
- posted by Obi-Wan Kabuki at American Kabuki - 21 hours agoSaLuSa 20-August-2012 For you the greatest discovery is that your consciousness levels have risen quite considerably in the last few years. Knowledge is useful but not in itself your passport to As...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoThe surprising take home from all this is that if you wish folks to accept something as feeling true, then what one set out to do is to associate a decorative photo with it. All of a sudden much...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoI do not think we can call it plate tectonics at all. The crust is surely stressed for any number of natural reasons and this is ultimately expressed as fault movement. In this case the move...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoI suspect resolution is lousy and this work is still a long way from been helpful. However we do establish an epoch change around 900,000 years ago. My interpretation of this epoch change is tha...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoRead and understand the way humanity will be living as we progress. A lot of this is a throw back, but at the same time child birth today is generally successful. Their not preparing youth for...
- posted by skrashen at Schools Matter - 21 hours agoSent to the Los Angeles Times, August 20 Educational Groups Only Oppose Invalid Ways of Measuring Teacher Accountability “A Capitol Force” (August 19) claims that educational groups such as the Californ...
- posted by david at Alberta Diary - 22 hours agoClosed? Open? With Alberta Diary you can have it all. This blog is closed for a few days while your blogger takes a short break from writing stuff all the time. This means there can likely be no post on th...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 22 hours ago------------------------------ *Why San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico * http://youtu.be/9G45lD5F3-Q Uploaded by *whysancarlos* on Sep 26, 2011 This is a great video showing San Carlos & Guaymas Mexico. This v...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 22 hours agoThe skin cancer lesions (black spots) found on the coral trout living on the Great Barrier Reef were surficial, and appeared nearly identical to that in humans. Photo courtesy: Michael Sweet, Newcastle Uni...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 23 hours agoPhoto courtesy: New England Aquarium Ever-increasing noise in the ocean has been recognized as a major threat to whales, who sing at low frequencies to communicate with each other over long distances. Now...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago* As the worst drought in decades continues to plague large swaths of the nation’s breadbasket, a tale of archaeological intrigue has emerged to provide a silver lining. * As Indiana's Salamonie Lake drie...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago* Tensions between Japan and China threatened to boil over yesterday in a row over a group of disputed islands.* Around ten right-wing Japanese activists swam ashore the main island in the Senkaku archipe...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoThere were once 150 glaciers in Montana's Glacier National Park, now there are just 25. Time to see the pristine panoramas is running out faster than ever before, with some experts saying the previous fo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago* Police are hunting for two men caught on secret cameras set up by a couple whose home has been burgled six times.* Liz and Jim Thompson, were so sick of having their Cambridge home invaded after the fif...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago* A benefit cheat who pocketed almost £100,000 over ten years by claiming to be wheelchair bound was caught when police found photos of him hula dancing on holiday.* Abdul Esfandmozd, 51, lived in a modes...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago* At least 27 people have been killed during a typhoon which swept across northern provinces of Vietnam over the weekend, officials have said.* Typhoon Kai-Tak made landfall on Friday, bringing intense rai...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* Suspected al-Qaeda militants have attacked the intelligence headquarters of Yemen's southern city of Aden killing 14 people, officials say.* The militants attacked the building from two sides, firing roc...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* Atipong Thongyon, manager of the Provincial Electricity Authority's Patong office, said the fire at the entertainment venue on Bangla Rd at 4am was not the result of faulty equipment. * "The transformers...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny!- 1 day ago*A Stearns ad that backfired (l), J.R. Gaillot (r)* A few months ago I got a call from a candidate I hadn't heard of, JR Gaillot-- Jacques Rene Gaillot Jr-- and he old me he got my number from Alan Grayso...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* The US must open itself to an independent investigation into its use of drone strikes or the United Nations will be forced to step in, Ben Emmerson QC said yesterday.* His comments came as Pakistani off...
- posted by Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day agoWelcome to Meet & Greet Monday! Banner by Art Ist Grab our banner for your site: Do you have an Eco-friendly blog or site? Do you occasionally write about the environment...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* A deadline is approaching for striking workers at the South African mine where police shot dead 34 miners on Thursday to go back to work or face dismissal.* A statement from mine owner Lonmin said 3,000...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* (Reuters) - A Chinese court sentenced the wife of ousted Politburo member Bo Xilai to death on Monday but suspended her execution, witnesses to the hearing said, ending one chapter of a scandal that has ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* LOS ANGELES: The Mars rover Curiosity zapped its first rock on Sunday with a high-powered laser gun designed to analyze Martian mineral content, and scientists declared their target practice a success.* ...
- posted by Manifesto Joe at Manifesto Joe's Texas Blues - 1 day agoI had been waiting for someone to download this wonderful cover. You may notice that, along with pictures of Webb, 58, and his veteran Nashville band, that there are stills of the Flamin' Groovies, who did...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* The Libyan authorities say they have arrested 32 members of a network loyal to former leader Muammar Gaddafi in connection with Sunday's twin car bombing in the capital, Tripoli.* Two people were killed...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*A Christian girl with Down syndrome has been arrested on blasphemy charges in Pakistan, accused of burning pages inscribed with verses from the Koran, police and activists said on Sunday.* Police arreste...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago*WikiLeaks is false advertising*. "I'm constantly annoyed that people are distracted by false conspiracies such as 9/11, when all around we provide evidence of real conspiracies, for war or mass financ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck NEAR NORTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA at a depth of 77.3 km (48 miles), the quake hit at 22:41:50 UTC Sunday 19th August 2012 The epicenter was 104 km (64 ...
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 1 day ago...because tomorrow is the first day of classes, at least one of which doesn't have a professor yet. As Department Chair this is Southern Man's problem. Well, they pay him extra to deal with this sort of t...
- posted by Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 1 day agoTHIS IS AWKWARD: THE POLITICS OF A CHINESE ORGY, is a New Yorker post by Evan Osnos. OMG, there's a movie in it somewhere. “NAKED GUY IS NOT OUR PARTY CHIEF: LOCAL AUTHORITY” was the headline in the Global ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*I don't like punk or metal that much, sorry.* "Riot Grrrls and Followers Ride the Bernays Highway Haven't we had about enough of this? In the words of some tv writers, this whole Pussy Riot episode is *f...
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 1 day agoI have been wondering before, so I asked PAGASA via twitter, why do they have to give local names to storms with international names already? It only creates some confusion for people here who track the s...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago“Globular clusters once ruled the Milky Way. Back in the old days, back when our Galaxy first formed, perhaps thousands of globular clusters roamed our Galaxy. Today, there are less than 200 left. Many gl...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*"Ninth Duino Elegy"* "Praise the world to the angel: leave the unsayable aside. Your exalted feelings do not move him. In the universe, where he feels feelings, you are a beginner. Therefore show him wh...
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 1 day agoYes, two reviews for the price of one as Southern Man missed the first one when it came out and RedBoxed it earlier this week in preparation for the sequel. But there's not really much to review here. If y...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day agoMany of you never heard the mention of privatization of Social Security until GW brought it up, after his election in 2004 – but the concept has been around for a long time. The Mackinac Center loves the ...
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 1 day agoToday is International Geocaching Day so Southern Man got an early start and headed to a small city about half an hour east of here and worked down a list of caches he'd put together yesterday. Or tried to...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day agoHope Mills, North Carolina, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*I think they are too friendly with Israel and are picking up some bad habits.* "In France, Gypsies go into hiding after camps destroyed" by Lori Hinnant | Associated Press, August 19, 2012 GENNEVILLIE...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: A recent roundup of stray horses west of Window Rock, Arizona, on the Navajo reservation. Mark Holm for The New York Times] By FERNANDA SANTOS 18 August 2012 AZTEC, New Mexico – The land is par...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*"When the Weakest Critical Part Fails, * *the Machine Breaks Down"* by Charles Hugh Smith "Consumer spending is the bedrock of the global economy, and consumer spending depends on expanding debt and ...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoRob Rogers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette *by Ken* I started writing a diatribe about the perversion of truth by the American Right, and especially the American Christian Right, and then abandoned it. I suppos...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 1 day agoThis moss that carpets areas of Antarctica near water sources has been found to feed off the nutrients found in penguin poop, according to a 2012 study. Photo courtesy: Prof. Sharon Robinson, University of...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*"The relatively low turnout came as Romanians baked in a heat wave with temperatures hitting 100 degrees in the capital. Many took refuge in mountain resorts, others flocked to the Black Sea beaches, whil...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago*Here’s this weeks’ not from our friends at the Auckland University Economics Group:* Hi All, This week we offer you a case study giving you the chance to put your economic understanding to work: how, ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*“How Change Happens:* * Ubiquity, Complexity Theory, and Sandpiles” * by John Mauldin "To trace something unknown back to something known is alleviating, soothing, gratifying and gives moreover a fe...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: In this photo from 1 August 2012, Todd Eggerling, of Martell, Nebraska, points to some of his cattle grazing on thin pasture. Due to the summer’s record drought and heat his cattle operation is i...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day agoFlagstaff Community Members: ‘No Wastewater on the Peaks’ http://strongholdzmedia.org/ Reposted with permission at Censored News Protester Locks Down City of Flagstaff Rio de Flag Waste-water Reclamati...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*A double feature*: "Drive-in theaters endure as thrifty alternative" by Brooks Barnes | New York Times, August 19, 2012 MONTCLAIR, Calif. —Another 1950s-era symbol of Southern California — the drive-i...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*And it only cost you $34 million, taxpayers.* "Lincoln reflecting pool rehab nears completion" by Michael E. Ruane | Washington Post, August 12, 2012 WASHINGTON — Once the site of winter ice skating an...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day agoAnother Sunday, another rant... There is so much going on, and I figured I would cover a few important subjects and topics here... First, I do again appreciate everyone having patience with me while I rec...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 1 day agoWell yeah. All Ferguson got for working this con was a chair at Harvard. Ryan could end up a heartbeat away from the big red button, and four to eight years away from the biggest gravy train in the known u...
- posted by Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day agoI am just back from holiday, and one of the first things I noticed is the intrusive, controlling Facebook team has crossed the line with their new tracking and Timeline imposition. This comes atop their ...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 1 day agoSubject: Detonation Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 16:55:22 -0400 Under Pressure Lyrics by David Bowie / Queen from Grosse Pointe Blank Soundtrack Mm ba ba de Um bum ba de Um bu bu bum da ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day agoIf you’re not there to win then what are you there for? That’s the question we have to ask ourselves and the Commander-in-Chief after three more New Zealand soldiers were killed—killed in Bamiyan Provinc...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 1 day agoBy his rubric, manslaughter or unintentional murder never results in death.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago“Everything can be taken from a man but... the last of the human freedoms- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.” - Victor Frankl
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoOne of the nation's top credit rating agencies said Friday that it expects more municipal bankruptcies and defaults in California, the nation's largest issuer of municipal bonds. Moody's Investors Servic...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoBank of England officials were so concerned about the potential for a financial crisis late last year they took the extraordinary step of warning the entire banking system could collapse “before Christma...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day agoFound this interview with Sergei Lavrov interesting, particularly on the Geneva meeting and an upcoming meeting at the UN. This may give us insight into what direction the Syrian situation is going with t...
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