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* Hundreds of councillors awarded themselves inflation-busting rises in allowances last year.* Figures show that a dozen town halls did so despite the pay freeze for many local government workers. One co... - posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 12 minutes agoFukushima prefecture plans on checking for radiation contamination in their rice with radiation detectors. However, food and water require laboratory analysis to detect radioisotopes. Radiation detectors...
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* Nick Clegg last night demanded a swingeing new tax on the rich to help ease the financial squeeze being suffered by the less well-off as austerity measures bite.* The Deputy Prime Minister said Britain’... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 minutes ago* Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers have received pay rises since the general election, despite George Osborne’s pledge to freeze Whitehall pay.* Six government departments, the NHS, the Arme...
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* Thousands of the young unemployed are to be barred from receiving benefits unless they agree to do three months of unpaid work to prepare them for the jobs market.* A pilot scheme launched yesterday wil... - posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny!- 28 minutes ago
... It just won't go away. The first day of the Republican Convention lasted 5 seconds, as RNC Chair Reince Priebus-- fresh from an ass-whooping by Chris Matthews on national TV-- gaveled it open and then... - posted by Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 28 minutes agoWelcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)! If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far. There's a lot of great inform...
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* (CNN) -- A man trying to create a Bigfoot hoax on a highway died after being hit by two cars, officials in Montana said.* Randy Lee Tenley dressed in a Ghillie suit -- camouflage designed to resemble he... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 35 minutes ago*MOMBASA, Kenya, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Two Kenyan police officers and a civilian were killed when rioters hurled a grenade at officers in the port city of Mombasa on Tuesday after two days of violence over th...
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DAMASCUS, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Twelve people were killed and another 48 injured Tuesday when a car bomb ripped through a funeral procession for two people who were killed a day earlier by separate blasts in... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 35 minutes ago
* The Arctic has lost more sea ice this year than at any time since satellite records began in 1979, Nasa says. * Scientists involved in the calculations say it is part of a fundamental change. What is mo... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 35 minutes ago
* Spain's attempts to stave off a full bailout were dealt a blow on Tuesday when the regional government of Catalonia said it needed €5bn (£3.97bn) from a central government rescue fund. * It came as figur... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 35 minutes ago
* Flesh-eating seagulls that attack southern right whales off the coast of Argentina are to be shot by police in patrol boats. * The birds have developed a habit of attacking the endangered mammals in one ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 35 minutes ago
*The full force of Hurricane Isaac has arrived in Louisiana after the storm made landfall in the state's south-east.* Isaac reached hurricane strength earlier on Tuesday with winds of up to 80mph when it ... - posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 45 minutes agoBelow find two stories about a type of pesticide now known to cause harm to bees. The first story was published recently in the wake of scientific research clearly linking the pesticide at issue with he...
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A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck OSICILY, ITALY at a depth of 39.3 km (24.4 miles), the quake hit at 23:12:15 UTC Tuesday 28th August 2012 The epicenter was 0 km (0 miles) ESE of Melicucca, Italy No R... - posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 54 minutes ago
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In what could be described as an episode of “Auction Hunters” turned reality horror show, authorities in Pensacola are investigating after finding human brains, hearts and lungs in a storage unit they say... - posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago
A former fifth-grade teacher implicated in a cheating scandal reportedly gave students the illegal assistance because she thought they were “dumb as hell.” According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, ... - posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 1 hour agoA fellow member of our Coalition for Health Advocacy and Transparency (CHAT), James Auste, the head of the Cancer Warriors Foundation (CWF) has lobbied other CHAT members and CWF supporters, to lobby and w...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour agoLisa Garber Portland, one of the last urban American havens of fluoride-free water, is on the road paved with dollar bills to brain development impediment, lowered IQs, thyroid problems, and cancer. I...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 hour ago[image: Average Size of Largest Annual Rain or Snow Storm in the United States, 1948-2011. pennenvironmentcenter.org] 2 August 2012 (PennEnvironment) – The biggest rainstorms and snowstorms are getting ...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour agoDees Illustration Paul Craig Roberts, *Contributor* A new film, *Compliance*, examines “the human desire to follow and obey authority.” Liberal institutions, such as the media, universities, federal cou...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour agoSusanne Posel, *Contributor* In Southeast Asia, specifically Thailand, an AIDS-like “virus” has been found in people that are not infected with HIV. Those infected have their immune-system compromised...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour agoMike Barrett Corporations and less than trust-worthy manufacturers are continuously ousted for sneaking synthetic ingredients and other chemicals in organic food products, and consumers don’t like it....
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 hour ago*Source*. "To governments that control with fear, the truth is the enemy of the state. Propaganda, censorship, and mass mind control produce homogenized thinking conforming to the will of the Control...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago“Why is the sky near Antares and Rho Ophiuchi so colorful? The colors result from a mixture of objects and processes. Fine dust illuminated from the front by starlight produces blue reflection nebulae. Ga...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours agoRady Ananda New Orleans has battened down the hatches, filled the gas tanks, and stocked up on survival gear in preparation for Tropical Storm (soon-to-be Hurricane) Isaac, which is expected to make l...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 2 hours ago[image: On 28 August 2012, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired this natural-color satellite image of several wildfires burning in the Khabarov...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours agoSayer Ji, *Contributor* Newly published research has raised concern about the possibility that statin drugs are damaging the eyes of those taking them. Titled, "Age-related cataract is associated with...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours agoAndrew Puhanic, *Contributor* Children are now being exposed to toxic phthalates found in school bags, rain coats, rain boots, three-ring binders and other common school supplies. A new study published...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours agoSusanne Posel, *Contributor* Major General Jerry Curry, who is a decorated combat veteran, Army Aviator, paratrooper and Ranger, hasasked the question: “Who does the government intend to shoot?” In an ...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours agoWiki image Julian Rose In Carlos Castaneda's “Don Juan's Teachings”, Don Juan reminds his pupil “I've told you that the true art of the warrior is to balance terror and wonder.” Start by reflecting on ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 2 hours ago[image: U.S. public debt as a share of GDP. Tax cuts and wars account for nearly half of U.S. public debt by 2019. cbpp.org via Ezra Klein] By Ezra Klein 28 August 2012 You can see it kind of looks li...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 2 hours ago*Hurricane Isaac continues to organize as it nears landfall ~Weather Underground*
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours agoMadison Ruppert, *Contributor* The insanity of the American public school system surfaces once again in a way that makes the censoring of innocuous topics on exams in New York seem almost reasonable. ...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours agoThe Bechards & Gary Cox Heather Callaghan Armand and Teddi Bechard were following Missouri's raw milk laws when undercover agents from the Springfield-Greene County Health Department bought milk from th...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 3 hours ago[image: This image was made from observations collected by the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) on the satellites of the U.S. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program. Sea ice appears in s...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours agoGaye Levy, *Contributor* Do you know how to barter? In preparedness circles, the term barter is used lot when describing a post SHTF situation when goods and services may no longer be available throug...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 3 hours ago[image: A crew member is rescued from a stranded ship as Typhoon Bolaven hits Korea, 27 August 2012. abc.net.au] By Yoo Li-an, Arirang News 28 August 2012 Typhoon Bolaven is currently steering back into...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago*Hmm, what's wrong with this picture?* *by Ken* Well, I sure didn't see that one coming. Those crazy R's actually went and nominated Willard Inc.! Just as a matter of plotting, it seemed too obvious, too...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 3 hours ago[image: The K-27 nuclear submarine, which was sunk by the Soviet Navy in 1981 for disposal, poses a possible risk of exploding beneath the sea. The submarine was not among radioactive hazards cataloged b...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 3 hours agoWith respect to my prior post.... In all seriousness, it would not be difficult to do the following: - Put up presentations as, say, 10 minute m4a files -- straight audio, audio with slides added by...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 3 hours agoEditor's Note: Paul's leadership during this crisis is noticeably absent. Well educated, civics-minded people that were numerous enough to change the outcome of the election are abandoned and disenfranch...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours agoMaringá, Parana, Brazil. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 4 hours agoI watched the roll call. I'd forgotten how much it reminds me of the parade of states at the Miss America pagent, only with less attractive people. Ron Paul got almost 200 votes, including the entire stat...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 4 hours agoBIC has released a special, "Cristal for Her" ball pen. Some of the reviews on Amazon.com have been hilarious. Here are just a few: "*Someone has answered my gentle prayers and FINALLY designed a pen...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago*"Curriculum"* by Chet Raymo “Of an evening blackbirds congregate in the tree below in Ballybeg. Flocks of blackbirds. We can hear their raucous disquisitions here on the hill. In their black academic...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago“We don't get to choose what is true. We only get to choose what we do about it.” - Kami Garcia
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 5 hours ago*[image: _hugh-pavletich-sml]Guest post by Hugh Pavletich* In this mornings *Press* Marc Greenhill reports unwilling Christchurch land-owners are about to get an ultimatum from government: Sell up or el...
- posted by Grant G at The Straight Goods - 5 hours agoNature calls, time for a salmon run, mom and good friends will be fine company... My omega III level is dangerously low...For my own survival west coast air and fresh wild salmon are on my immediate menu...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago*“Arctic Sea Ice Likely To Hit Record Low Next Week”* By Deborah Zabarenko “Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is likely to shrink to a record small size sometime next week, and then keep on melting, a scient...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 5 hours agoBonobos, like chimps, show empathy, theory of mind, and targeted helping. Photo by Dan Caspersz / Bush Warriors. Fellow primates / 2 Being related genetically to both chimps, who settle sexual issues throu...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoAfter Special Justice Walter Douglas Stokes sentenced former US Marine Brandon Raub to 30 days detention in the psychiatric ward of the Veterans Hospital, Circuit Court Judge Allan Sharrett dismissed the ...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 6 hours agoIn the new New Orleans, privatized, voucher-financed housing, left, has replaced traditional public housing like the deserted Lafitte housing projects on the right. Photo by Gerald Herbert / AP. A divided c...
- posted by Sophia at American Kabuki - 6 hours agoWho will you be? This is the choice before you now. Love or fear? Everything you do, everyone you run into, everything you eat and wear and say and think – it’s all a statement of who you are crea...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 6 hours agoThe CIRES Center for Science and Technology Policy Research at the University of Colorado will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Thursday, September 27. This all-day event will include 4 panel discussi...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 6 hours agoJudicial Watch Comes complete with music video!Judicial Watch announced today that it has obtained records from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Department of Defense (DOD) regarding meeting...
- posted by Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 6 hours agoMy new best friends: Nelson Rodriguez, right, the man doing the work at Angelitos; and Ovidio Mayorga of Casa Constructor, where I just bought $2500 worth of materialsSometimes you just have to sit back an...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 6 hours agoSo be sure to jump in with some thoughts on this article- Odd to see such honesty, mixed in with the usual spin, on just how bad the rebels have been faring. Not sure what to make of it? Syria's rebels: Mo...
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- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 7 hours ago*TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012* *What Palin/Gore/Twain never said:* An unfortunate fact is becoming increasingly clear: As a people, we just aren’t smart enough to survive. This thought imposed itself on our ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago"There's a little animal in all of us and maybe that's something to celebrate. Our animal instinct is what makes us seek comfort, warmth, a pack to run with. We may feel caged, we may feel trapped, but ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny!- 7 hours agoNormally on Tuesdays we introduce a new Blue America candidate. But this week we're concentrating on the responses our candidates have to Austerity. In short, the response is... Prosperity. Like I said y...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 7 hours agoI skipped APSA this year in favor of BISA/ISA. In fact, I haven't renewed my membership this year. Still, I wonder if we can't make lemons out of lemonade. How about a virtual APSA? If you are an IR/CP sc...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago*“Fifty Shades of Government”* by Jeffrey Tucker “On a flight the other day, I noticed that a third of the passengers were reading a certain best-selling book. It got me thinking. Every politically ac...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago*"We’re All Anarchists Now"* by Joel Bowman "Long has man understood the definition of slavery. And long has he continued to practice it, ignoring and even mocking decent folks’ cries for its abolit...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 8 hours agoEarlier this morning, Team Romney were hoping to avoid a floor fight about the establishment GOP's powergrab on nomination rules for the next election. For a while this afternoon, it looked like they migh...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 8 hours ago------------------------------ *The **Western Onslaught Against International Law ~ Paul Craig Roberts* ------------------------------ August 28, 2012 | Original here A new film, “Compliance,” examines “...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 8 hours agoWave of the future? Photo courtesy: freedigitalphotos.net By the year 2050, you may be forced to become a vegetarian. That is, if Sweden's water scientists are to be believed. According to the Stockholm I...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 8 hours agoKryon as channeled by Lee Carroll Greetings again, dear ones, I am Kryon of Magnetic Service. Once again we discuss with you that the magnetics are changing and not in a simple way. It’s not in a way ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago* A man has been attacked by a shark off Western Australia's Gascoyne coast on Tuesday afternoon.* The attack occurred while he was surfing at Red Bluff near Quobba Station, 70 kilometres north of Carnarv...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago* An outbreak of anthrax has killed 30 Roan antelopes in the Kruger National Park, it said on Tuesday.* Spokesman William Mabasa said the carcasses were found at the weekend in an enclosure created for br...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago*A meteorite the size of a golf ball exploded over South Wales last night, according to reports. * At around 11.10pm, people across the UK reported seeing a bright light travelling across the skies which a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago* Eleven students and a teacher have been injured after an explosion in a high school science lab in the NSW Southern Highlands. * The pupils were treated at the scene before being taken to Bowral Hospital ...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 8 hours agoA little shellfish with your banana? Photo courtesy: Yahoo!News We never learn, we just never learn. Now once again, we are modifying food products just for the sake of some sort of preconceived customer ...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 8 hours agoIs it about them? Or us? Caricatures by DonkeyHotey. Whose election is this anyway? It’s not about Obama or Romney. It’s about us. By Marilyn Katz / The Rag Blog / August 28, 2012 Without Occupy, without...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 9 hours agoWebsite for this image The Economist is said to represent the views of certain powerful oligarchs, such as the Rothschilds. The Economist, on 25 August 2012, has some harsh things to say about Mitt Romn...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 9 hours agoLooks like Isaac is going to be a pretty big storm. Not a Katrina category hurricane but bad enough to worry about your friends on the Gulf coast. Likely to be some flooding and power outages. Josh Stea...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 9 hours agoA redneck's last words? "Here, hold my beer, now.. watch this." 44-year old Randy Lee Tenley of Montana apparently got himself liquored up and set out to fool people into believing he was Bigfoot. Tenle...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 9 hours ago
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA Nebraska school district asked a deaf preschooler to change his sign language name because they believe the hand motion he used looked like he was shooting a gun. The family of 3-year-old Hunter Spanje...
- posted by Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 9 hours agox 3 = 270,000 tons of diplomacy in a small place IT SEEMS THAT we narrowly avoided a war off the coast of Iran back in 2007, thanks to the timely action by a top political adviser to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fle...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 9 hours agoGreat news for B.C.'s forest industry. Wood pulp may be poised to become the new steel except cheaper, lighter and renewable. *THE hottest new material in town is light, strong and conducts electricit...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoAug. 28 - In New Orleans' historic French Quarter, balcony awnings came down and plywood went up as the "Big Easy" braced for its first test since Hurricane Katrina seven years ago. Deborah Lutterbeck repo...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 9 hours agoYipee! Well, sort of. I like the idea of the conventions a lot. I like the ritual, the ceremony, the funny hats, the balloon drop, the insipid TV pundit talk about the significance of how well the balloon ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (deBeauxOs) at DAMMIT JANET! - 10 hours ago[image: Cat Musicians Matrioshka] There's more than meets the (public) eye, it appears. In 2007 I wrote about the social and political, pervasive and persistent, institutional oppression of women in Russ...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 10 hours agoFurther to my earlier post about Samuel L. Jackson's off-colour tweeting, I see on Guido Fawkes that George Monbiot has tweeting similarly... These left-wing types really have a nasty streak don't they. Yet...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago* (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Isaac strengthened into a hurricane just off the U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday as it churned toward landfall in the New Orleans area seven years after the city was devastated by H...
- posted by Barbara Loe Fisher at Vaccine Awakening - 10 hours agoAugust 28, 2012 *by Barbara Loe Fisher* ** Ever since the first vaccines – smallpox and rabies vaccines - one of the most serious complications of vaccination has been brain inflammation.[1][2] [3][4][5][6]...
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 10 hours agoOur revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air: And like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capp'd tow'rs, the gorgeous pal...
- posted by thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 10 hours agoNothing else to do. I'll post about two books I read. The first is called *Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State* by Garry Willis. Willis says that the trappings of the imperia...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago* (Reuters) - The Spanish economy is falling deeper into recession and depositors are pulling their money out of the banks, figures published on Tuesday showed, while the country's most economically import...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 10 hours agoAn American intelligence community report is sparking outrage among pro-Israel factions in Washington. *It’s a paper entitled: Preparing For A Post Israel Middle East, an 82 page analysis that concludes...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 11 hours agoOne of my favorite things to do when I am taking pictures of preschool age children, is incorporate preschool songs. The kids love it, because they know the songs and I am not sitting there and making th...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours agoThe Gaza Strip, refuge for nearly 1.7-million Palestinians, will be uninhabitable by 2020. ** *"Action needs to be taken now if Gaza is to be a liveable place in 2020 and it is already difficult now," U.N...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 11 hours agoThis was posted at: http://the2012scenario.com/2012/08/ufos-over-myrtle-beach-south-carolina-and-wilmington-north-carolina-usa/#more-141832 I saw one like this last night off the coast of Encinitas Calif...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 11 hours agoThis was posted at: http://the2012scenario.com I saw one like this last night off the coast of Encinitas California from my 2nd floor bedroom window. I attempted to video it from my street near my ho...
- posted by paul at Paying attention - 11 hours agoThe Hondurans central bank has put out a tender call for 140 million coins, in four denominations. Which I find puzzling. Coins are little used here. Prices are almost all rounded to the nearest lempira, w...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny!- 11 hours agoI can't count the number of posts I've done about the DCCC. I can count the number I've done that were complimentary... on the fingers of one hand. And one of my biggest beefs with them is how they consis...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours agoThe Radical Republican Party, or GOP(R), has denounced president Obama for stating that climate change presents a severe threat to America. “*The strategy subordinates our national security interests to ...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 11 hours agoPolitico Dylan Byers America's favorite bearded time lordNewly available CIA records obtained by Judicial Watch, the conservative watchdog group, reveal that New York Times reporter Mark Mazzetti forwarde...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA at a depth of 28 km (17.4 miles), the quake hit at 15:51:07 UTC Tuesday 28th August 2012 The epicenter was 293 km (182 miles) W...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 11 hours agoGiven the Republican Party's decades-long descent into wingnuttery, one gets the feeling that if Jesus had chosen the GOP convention in Tampa for the Second Coming, it would be quickly followed by the Sec...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 11 hours ago*TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012* *Frank Bruni explains how it’s done:* This morning, in the New York Times, Frank Bruni explains how it’s done. He files his column from Tampa. We’re puzzled by the first part o...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 12 hours ago[image: A Chinese fisherman wearing an orange life vest, center, is rescued by South Korean coast guard officers from a Chinese ship in Jeju, South Korea, Tuesday, 28 August 2012. Typhoon Bolaven pounded...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 12 hours agoIt's radical conservatives, people who act crazy to exploit others, that infuriate me. You know they're acting crazy when they ramble on about "death panels" and socialism, "job creators" and endless ta...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 12 hours ago*This is NOT protecting Fukushima children. It is sacrificing them to the forces of death, destruction and turmoil: * *Schools in Fukushima town reopen after 1 1/2 years* http://mainichi.jp/english/engli...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 12 hours agoSeth Masket wrote a really nice post about political parties and the Akin affair a couple days ago that I recommend. I want to push on this bit a little: [I]t's a stretch to say that the "old time politic...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago*(Reuters) - A female suicide bomber killed an Islamic spiritual leader and at least five other people on Tuesday in the Dagestan region in Russia's North Caucasus, a police source said. * Said Atsayev, a ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago* LIBYAN Interior Minister Fawzi Abdelali says he is withdrawing his resignation announced two days earlier amid criticism over a surge of violence, including destructions of shrines.* "When I submitted m...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago* (Reuters) - Egyptian authorities arrested late on Monday a Syrian man who threatened to blow up the Arab League's headquarters in Cairo after he learned that his parents had been killed in Syria during a...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 12 hours agoChildren in Japan are being exposed to levels of radiation that have been proven to increase cancer risks in adults. Moreover, children in Fukushima are already showing massive increases in thyroid nodule...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago* NAIROBI — Angry youths threw a grenade at a Kenyan police truck Tuesday, injuring 16 officers as riots rocked the port city of Mombasa for a second day after the killing of a radical Islamist cleric.* A...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 12 hours agoSeems about right. *Thanks to this oddly named blog(!) for the spot.*
- posted by Capt. Fogg at The Impolitic - 12 hours agoBy Capt. Fogg *"For dogs have encompassed me; a company of evil-doers have inclosed me; like a lion, they are at my hands and my feet." * On August 28, 1963, a year short of 50 years ago, Dr. Martin Lu...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA Facebook page entitled “Kill Mitt Romney” garnered close to 30 likes and remained online for 17 days before Facebook removed the page Monday. The Secret Service was aware of the the page and is taking “...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago* PARAGUANA, Venezuela, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Venezuelan firefighters continued battling a blaze at the country's largest refinery on Tuesday, struggling to extinguish a third fuel storage tank following a bl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago* The US military announced on Monday that no criminal charges would be brought against the US marines in Afghanistan who videotaped themselves urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters. * Nor, the mil...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 12 hours agoFOX19.com-Cincinnati News, Weather 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 h...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 12 hours agoGlobal Research Mahi Darius Nazemroaya Anybody who has studied how the US and NATO worked to topple the Jamahiriya in Libya knows that the US has tried to replicate the same regime-change mechanism in Sy...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago* The Spanish have withdrawn money from banks at a record rate in July, as official figures show their country's recession has deepened.* A rush by consumers and businesses to withdraw their money from Spa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago* The Spanish have withdrawn money from banks at a record rate in July, as official figures show their country's recession has deepened.* A rush by consumers and businesses to withdraw their money from Spa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago* President Obama has warned of serious flooding from Storm Isaac and people should leave their homes if they're asked to.* The president added that residents of the Gulf Coast should listen to local auth...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 13 hours agoEditor's Note: Actually, the "Internet Reformation" may be described as contributing to a big upswell of "free market thinking", but a free flow of information defines the folly behind letting "the magic ...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago*TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012* *Ed Schultz says the lies may be working:* We were planning to wrap up our award-winning “Medicare Muddle” series. But after last night’s Big Ed Show, our series is being held ...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 13 hours agoClimate Etc. Judith Curry The American Meteorological Society (AMS) has just published its new statement on Climate Change. The statement is billed as an ‘Information Statement’ of the AMS. This statemen...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 13 hours agoCBS News An Israeli court ruled Tuesday that the military was not at fault for killing a U.S. activist crushed by an army bulldozer during a 2003 demonstration, rejecting a lawsuit filed by her parents. ...
- posted by Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 13 hours agoSturm und Drang: a romantic artistic movement in which subjectivity and, in particular, extremes of emotion are given free expression in reaction to the perceived constraints of rationalism. In other words...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 13 hours agoAfter Rachel Corrie was murdered by an armored American made Caterpillar bulldozer driven by a murderous IDF soldier back on March 16th, 2003, I and others knew that the criminals in the Israeli government...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 13 hours agoHell, I haven't read a full David Brooks column in (literally) years. I rarely even read posts about his columns, except for Charlie Pierce's reliably amusing posts channeling the long suffering pup Moral ...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 13 hours agoGlobal Research Paul Joseph Watson In an article about France urging Syrian rebels to form a provisional government, the New York Times scrubbed a passage which revealed that the CIA was helping funnel ar...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 13 hours agoWhat else would you expect from the first true Warfare State in centuries? American arms sales abroad tripled last year. The Sydney Morning Herald puts the take at $66-billion or about $9.50 for ever...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 13 hours agoThe Independent Robert Fisk The battle for Damascus could be heard inside the Foreign Minister's office yesterday, a vibration of mortars and tank fire from the suburbs of the capital that penetrated Wal...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 13 hours agoThe Excavator Saman Mohammadi *A group of professional actors watching an early preview of Kathryn Bigelow's much-anticipated film about the mysterious Bin Laden raid called, "Zero Dark Thirty."*The discus...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 13 hours ago*Tuesday GOP Speaker Line-UP* Rick Santorum Chris Christie *Nikki Haley - ALEC* *Scott Walker - ALEC* *John Kasich - ALEC* *Bob McDonnell - ALEC* Ted Cruz *Cathy McMorris Rodgers - ALEC* Kelly Ayotte Jack...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 13 hours agoAlan Guth of MIT is one of the nine well-deserved inaugural winners of the Milner Prize. He has received $2,999,988 because Milner failed to pay the banking fees (Alan Guth was generous enough not to hav...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago*"The Deadly Silence Over Fukushima"* Media Blackout on a Lethal Technology by Karl Grossman "Amid the cover-up of the Fukushima nuclear power disaster, the title of Kimberly Roberson’s book rings so unf...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 13 hours agoSo the long-running soap opera called Australian Climate Politics has reached its surprising end. In a surprise move the Australian government has announced that it will abandon its plans to transition i...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 13 hours agoThe Bechards & Gary Cox Heather Callaghan Armand and Teddi Bechard were following Missouri's raw milk laws when undercover agents from the Springfield-Greene County Health Department bought milk from th...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 14 hours agoGuardian Cindy and Craig, the parents of Rachel Corrie, who was killed by an Israeli military bulldozer in 2003, say the judge's ruling that Israel wasn't responsible for her death has 'deeply saddened an...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 14 hours agoRady Ananda New Orleans has battened down the hatches, filled the gas tanks, and stocked up on survival gear in preparation for Tropical Storm (soon-to-be Hurricane) Isaac, which isexpected to make lan...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago* “America’s Descent Into Poverty”* by Dr. Paul Craig Roberts “The United States has collapsed economically, socially, politically, legally, constitutionally, environmentally, and morally. The country ...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 14 hours ago- Paul Pillar at *The National Interest* on Leslie Gelb on the Obama Doctrine (an article that CFR flogged with multiple emails, I might add). An interesting set of readings that really do merit...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago[image: Failed crops in Hubei Province, China, caused by the worst drought in record, 20 August 2012. In Langhe Village, worst hit in Suizhou, nearly one third of the total 233 hectares of land is expect...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 14 hours agoAn Australian study has outed climate change deniers as falling within one of two categories - radical free marketeers or nutjobs. *The paper, titled “NASA faked the moon landing – Therefore (Climate) S...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 14 hours agoBusiness Insider Geoffrey Ingersoll What a cute and cuddly bunch of spies we're growing right here in America. The National Security Education Program (NSEP), within the Pentagon budget projection for Fi...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 14 hours ago*In Praise of Waste, Fraud and Abuse ~Harry Shearer* ~Hat Tip to Levees.org *Flood protection tax renewal for Orleans on ballot ~Michelle Millhollon, Advocate* *Isaac makes its final approach towards Loui...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 14 hours agoPressTV Jacob Crawford has produced a video for Indybay.org documenting the brazen scare tactics and fear-mongering used by the establishment media in the days and weeks before the RNC show now underwa...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago*"Champions of Dishonesty"* by Eric Fry “Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.” - Plato "Honest money requires honest stewardship. If, therefore, the dollar is to be an hones...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 14 hours agoEditor's Note: Despite what Jesse Benton says, Adam Kokesh does not seem troubled at all. His sound observations do not bring to mind a picture of a "troubled young man". Reason Garrett Quinn At one poi...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago[image: World nuclear electric production, split by major producing countries, based on BP's 2012 Statistical Review of World Energy. FSU is Former Soviet Union. The highest year of nuclear electric prod...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 14 hours agoGOP – Attacks Minnesota Caucus Process I found this story extremely hypocritical – as the GOP and ALEC are always talking about giving the states more power. MORE GOP LIES!! Say one thing to the public...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 14 hours ago*Youtube - TYT* http://boingboing.net/2012/08/25/leaked-tpp-the-son-of-acta-w.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/27/pacific-free-trade-deal Enter your email address to subscribe to our...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago* Syrian military helicopters have dropped hundreds of leaflets over Damascus and its suburbs, urging rebels to hand over their weapons or face inevitable death. * The warning comes amid a widening militar...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago*Syria's state news agency says a booby-trapped car has exploded in a Damascus suburb, killing a number of civilians.* SANA says Tuesday's blast in Jaramana targeted a funeral procession for two people wh...
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- posted by Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 14 hours agoJust before I posted last week on the continued crumbling of SOS under the non-leadership of the Catatpult Learning Vice President, Bob George, I talked with a former Board member who told me there was a r...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 15 hours agoThe GOP scare old people by telling them that Medicare will be gone in 2024 if the Dems win in 2012. BUT – if the GOP wins in 2012 – MEDICARE (as we know it) WILL BE GONE IN 2013. From the GOP Platfor...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 15 hours agoIslamists make no secret of their aims, here's another one: 'Jerusalem is at the heart of the Palestinian cause, and the Palestinian cause is the cause of all Arabs and Muslims. Therefore, the elimination ...
- posted by Harry Dale Huffman at The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage - 15 hours agoThe climaterealists site has an article, by a global warming alarmist, on a supposed Arctic meltdown, to which I have responded there with the following comment: *Look how easy it is to disprove what Mr. ...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 15 hours agoHewlett v. R., 2012 NLTD(G) 117 gives a useful summary of the law relating to search warrant challenges under the Charter: [3] The burden of proof rests with the Applicant who must satisfy the C...
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan- 15 hours ago*Diners in Changhua City.* Taiwan made headlines around the world again this week for President Ma's proposal on the islands dispute bike industry increasing shipments typhoon Tembin returning to smack u...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 15 hours agoHappy Birthday to Darren Lewis, 45. I always thought his reputation for having a good glove was legitimate. Obviously, if you gave him 500 PAs it wasn't going to work out well, although it's hard to blame ...
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- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny!- 15 hours agoThis thing doesn't look like the Unity Convention Romney desperately needs it to be. Last night's David Brooks column in the *NY Times*-- he's their conservative guy-- was like a harbinger of bad tidings...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 15 hours agoWhew! Thank God the Republicans dodged a bullet and tropical storm Issac missed most of Tampa before it got upgraded to a category 2 hurricane and began barreling toward New Orleans just in time for the 7...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* A massive "lion" that sparked an urgent hunt involving armed officers and two police helicopters using heat-seeking equipment is now believed to be a domestic pussycat called Teddy Bear.* Panic and exci...
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours agoI returned from a trip across Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia with the following impressions: 1. In Quebec, Jean Charest and his Liberals are in deep trouble. Nonetheless, the results on Septembe...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoJapan's largest Pro-China newspaper, Asahi Shimbun, recently disclosed that Hu Jintao's faction had gained advantage in the Beidaihe meeting. Senior members of the Chinese Communist Party(CCP) made a decis...
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- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan- 15 hours ago*She came out into an alley in Changhua city to challenge me.* This little missive to the Washington Times shows how the KMT hopes to use the Senkakus to fire "nationalism" in Taiwan. Written by an adviso...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* A Facebook page entitled “Kill Mitt Romney” garnered close to 30 likes and remained online for 17 days before Facebook removed the page Monday.* The Secret Service was aware of the the page and is taking...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* DELMAR, Md. - The Wicomico County Sheriff's Office says a 21-year-old man has been charged in connection with the deaths of nearly 70,000 chickens.* Authorities say Joshua Shelton has been charged with b...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* Nothing better illustrates Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's determination to condition his public to a unilateral strike on Iran than the obloquy visited this month by his circle on the – thes...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago*The battle for Damascus could be heard inside the Foreign Minister's office yesterday, a vibration of mortars and tank fire from the suburbs of the capital that penetrated Walid Muallem's inner sanctum, a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, California – A second person has died of a rare, rodent-borne disease after visiting Yosemite National Park earlier this summer and park officials are warning past visitors to be ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* Two people have died after contracting Legionnaires' disease in an outbreak linked to a downtown Marriott hotel this summer, Chicago Department of Public Health officials said Monday.* The two dead are ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoWASHINGTON -- Seven years after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast, federal officials say they are embracing the most important lesson they learned from that catastrophe as they brace for Trop...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoNew Orleans officials announced Monday that they've decided not to call for mandatory evacuations in the city ahead of Tropical Storm Isaac's landfall, but evacuations have been ordered for many residents ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* Some Homeland Security Department employees have found creative ways to supplement their government salary. * A Citizen and Immigration Services worker charged $1,500 to approve citizenship applications....
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* International Relations experts say that India has a difficult task at hand to maintain friendly ties with Iran without offending the United States, which has put various sanctions on the Iranian regime....
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago*President Mursi’s bid for a $4.8 billion loan is raising questions as to what the exact benefits of increasing Egypt’s debt will be and the likely long-term repercussions on the economic situation*. Cair...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* The United States has collapsed economically, socially, politically, legally, constitutionally, environmentally, and morally. The country that exists today is not even a shell of the country into which I...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* A reported leak of the new emergency law drafted by Minister of Justice Ahmed Mekki appeared in several news outlets Sunday.* The law, which is made up of ten articles, makes it harder for the President...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* In June and July Russia held several military exercises with its regional partners. There are more to come in August and September. Of course, none of the planned events are quite as extensive as the one...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* Saudi Arabia has gone on the offensive against Iran to protect its interests. Their involvement in Syria is the first battle in what is going to be a long bloody conflict that will know no frontiers or l...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* NEW YORK: US Republicans have all but guaranteed the backing of the "gold vote" this November by raising an idea that even the most bullish mainstream bullion boosters believe is unrealistic - a return t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* To understand a rip-off of this scale, designed to be incomprehensible to customers, regulators and lawmakers, you need an insider's insight. Provided by our guest author Honestly Banking, the undercover...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* [War is the only thing that drives the American economy. International arms transfers by the United States are just selling some of our potential wars to somebody else. Last year was our best year yet--a...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 16 hours agoALEC and GOP – Forcing States to Increase Taxes The party of fiscal responsibility (HAH!) - smaller government FAILS AGAIN!! Current Voter ID legislation In 2011, Republicans have advanced photo ID legi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* The Japanese river otter, which had been categorized as a critically endangered species, was declared extinct by the Ministry of the Environment on Aug. 28. * In making the announcement, the ministry sai...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 16 hours agoDees Illustration Doug Casey *Casey Research* It is a deal with the devil: governments churn out more and more cash for the promise of continued prosperity. But the day of reckoning is near, according to...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* THE Government is set to press ahead with a controversial deal that will see the running of the West Coast Main Line removed from Virgin Trains.* • Virgin Trains want the decision to be re-examined • Fi...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 16 hours agoThis question should be included in every abortion poll. Republicans for Choice wanted to know: Who decides? "Regardless of how you personally feel about the issue of abortion," the polls, which surveyed ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* SEOUL, South Korea — A powerful typhoon pounded South Korea with strong winds and heavy rain Tuesday as it churned up rough seas that smashed two fishing ships into rocks, killing at least five fishermen...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* TEHRAN — Iran "will never stop" its controversial uranium enrichment, the country's envoy to the IAEA said on Tuesday, on the sidelines of a Non-Aligned Movement ministerial meeting in Tehran.* "Our enr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* Paris (CNN) -- Citing "unsanitary and unsecure living conditions," French Interior Minister Manuel Valls ordered police early Monday to dismantle a Roma camp set up along suburban railway tracks in Evry,...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 16 hours agoNeil Armstong, a great hero of mine, died over the weekend and images of him on the moon or in his NASA unifirm abounded. Barack Obama thought he'd commemorate Neil Armstrong's death with a picture of hims...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 16 hours agoimage source Nikola Danaylov, *Contributor* Why do we fear the technological singularity? Well, let me give you what I believe are the top 10 most popular reasons: *1. Extinction* Extinction is by far t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago* (CNN) -- A Mexican judge has ordered the detention of 12 federal police officers accused of opening fire on a U.S. diplomatic vehicle south of the capital last week.* Under the judge's order, the offic...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* Iran said on Tuesday it has no plans to show its nuclear sites to diplomats visiting Tehran for this week's Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit, contradicting an earlier offer by a deputy foreign minister....
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoAug. 27 - Emergency workers reinforce New Orleans Levee system ahead of Tropical Storm Isaac which is forecast to become a category 2 hurricane. Deborah Lutterbeck reports
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoAug. 28 - Apple seeks to pull the plug on 8 Samsung phones in the US, although its flagship Galaxy S3 isn't on the list. And the euro should fall to $1.20, as central bank stimulants wear off, says BoNY Me...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* (Reuters) - The Spanish economy is falling deeper into recession and depositors are pulling their money out of the banks, figures published on Tuesday showed, as the government moves closer to seeking a ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Monday it was disciplining U.S. troops over two incidents that provoked outrage in Afghanistan early this year, one involving a video depicting Marines urinating on ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* (Reuters) - Firefighters have managed to extinguish two of three burning storage tanks at Venezuela's biggest refinery on Tuesday, officials said, as authorities aim to restart the facility by the end of...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* There are fears of a possible outbreak of a rare, rodent-borne disease called hantavirus after a second person died from it. * Officials at the Yosemite National Park in California are warning past visit...
- posted by Casey at The Adventures of Limited Eating - 17 hours ago*Summery Pasta With Salmon Salad!* * * This pasta salad was invented when I was in Sweden and needed a good meal to bring along to a day of fun in the park. In the town where I grew up there is an occasion...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* It was a moment to hail a great hero - a chance to remember a man who placed America at the forefront of space exploration and in the history books forever.* And yet President Obama saw the passing of N...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* An elite counter-terrorism unit trained and supplied by Australia is being accused of acting as a death squad in Indonesia's troubled West Papua region.* The group, known as Detachment 88, receives trai...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* Police cordoned off several blocks of a bustling Los Angleles neighborhood when a gunman started firing shots from his Sunset Boulevard home.* The man barricaded himself inside his residence while busin...
- Most Americans think the rich SHOULD pay more taxes, research reveals ahead of Republican convention
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago* As the income gap between rich and poor widens, a majority of Americans say the growing divide is bad for the country and believe that wealthy people are paying too little in taxes, according to a new su... - posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 18 hours agoThe BBC's Newsnight Economics Editor, Paul Mason, usually updates his blog very regularly, however he seems to have gone off the boil recently. Here's a list of the dates of the last 20 updates to his BBC ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* KILLER DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE JAMES HOLMES - JAMES HOLMES BEING USED IN BLACKMAIL OF ROBERT HOLMES FINANCIAL FRAUD DETECTION EXPERT FOR FICO IN LIBOR SCANDAL.* James Holmes father Robert Holmes, was said...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago00:33 Radio switch over. 1:30 Police radio check in, 2:50 Asking for Command post Location 3:47 Police make contact 4:00 Police inside theater searching now 4:10 Suspect booking out of parking lot male ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* The Queensland Police Union (QPU) is furious over plans by the State Government which it says will make it easier for residents to obtain firearms. * Police Minister Jack Dempsey set up a firearms adviso...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* The world’s population could become all but vegetarian by the year 2050 because of water shortages and a spiralling population, scientists have warned. * At present, humans consume around 20 per cent of ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* An ingredient found in Vegemite may be able to help combat some antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" that kill thousands, a study suggests*. But consuming jars of the popular yeast extract before your next h...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* One of three storage tanks on fire has been extinguished as the search for bodies continues in Venezuela's deadliest oil disaster. * Firefighters have been battling the inferno since a gas explosion kille...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago* A thief in Uganda has contracted Ebola after stealing the mobile phone of a hospital patient suffering from the potentially fatal infection.* Security and medical officials in Kibaale District, mid-west ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR at a depth of 34.7 km (21.6 miles), the quake hit at 08:53:36 UTC Tuesday 28th August 2012 The epicenter was 148 km (91 miles) South of Puerto El ...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 18 hours agoBarack Obama supporters can't help but show their true colours. This time it's Samuel L. Jackson This is the same Samuel L. Jackson who once said "I voted for Barack because he was black. ’Cuz that’s why o...
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 18 hours agoThe main sources of development assistance for health (DAH) is slowly shifting from official foreign aid (bilateral and multilateral) to international NGOs and public-private partnerships. This is a good ...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 19 hours agoI have blogged about the disgusting way that the BBC have fought to keep the Balen Report secret for so long. As I have said before, I think we can draw our own conclusions as to what the Balen Report fou...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 20 hours ago*We return thanks to our mother, the earth, which sustains us. We return thanks to the rivers and streams, which supply us with water. We return thanks to all herbs, which furnish medicines for the cure ...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 20 hours agoOver the past week 'the left' have criticised George Galloway twice. First for his rather unenlightened comments about rape, whilst defending Julian Assange and second for this Tweet What is odd is tha...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 20 hours agoI'm back and what a lot to write about there is! Postings to come this morning, unless work interrupts, will be on George Galloway and the inconsistencies of 'the left', the Balen Report and a catch-up ar...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* A former soldier accused of killing two people and leading a plot to assassinate President Obama worked at the last Republican National Convention, it has been revealed.* Isaac Aguigui is currently on t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago*A man who was apparently trying to make passing motorists think that he is Bigfoot paid for the ruse with his life when he was run over by two cars on highway in northwestern Montana Sunday night. * The ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours agoEra, “The Mass” Slideshow created by Forien from some digital pictures found in deviantART.com - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQrnhWXmPwA • "The Mass", Latin to English lyrics translation: "Always in...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* NASA has showed off the first spectacular images taken by the Mars rover Curiosity, detailing a mound of layered rock where scientists plan to focus their search for the chemical ingredients of life on t...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 20 hours agohttp://justlabelit.org/ Farmer Debunks Corporate Propaganda Against Proposed Law to Label Genetically Modified Food By Will Allen Alter Net News, 27 August 2012 *Giant corporations like Monsanto, DuPont...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoVERO BEACH, Fla. — Emergency crews in Indian River County are scouring through at least 30 homes that were damaged after a tornado reportedly touched down on Monday. Sheriff's officials said some resident...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* AP reported today that four U.S. Army Soldiers were arrested in a plot to assassinate President Obama and overthrow the federal government. While this operation remained in the planning stage, the group ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* Two Tibetan teenagers died after setting themselves on fire outside a monastery in south-west China in the latest protest against Chinese rule, according to an overseas rights group.* The incidents push...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* MOMBASA, Kenya — Deadly riots broke out in Kenya's main port of Mombasa after the assassination of a radical cleric linked to Somalia's Al-Qaeda-allied Shebab militants.* At least one person was hacked ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago*ISLAMABAD (AP) — The lawyer for a Pakistani Christian girl accused of blasphemy says a medical review has determined that the girl is a minor. * Tahir Naveed Chaudhry says a report by a medical board inves...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* Ahead of the 16th NAM Summit, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has said that India hopes to boost mutual cooperation with Iran especially in the economic sector.* The remarks came even as US has be...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A powerful typhoon pounded South Korea with strong winds and heavy rain Tuesday, while the nation's coast guard battled rough seas in a race to rescue fishermen on two Chinese s...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago* NATO says one of its helicopters has crashed in eastern Afghanistan. It says no one was killed.* Lt. j.g. Amy Hession says the helicopter made a hard landing in the eastern province of Logar late Monday...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago* A poll found many voters believe Prime Minister David Cameron should appoint a new chancellor in George Osborne's place when he carries out his forthcoming cabinet reshuffle.* Nearly half of voters beli...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoBOGOTA, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A taxicab exploded in Colombia, killing six people, including two children, authorities said. Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon blamed FARC guerrillas, calling it a "cowardly at...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago* Israel was not at fault in the death of a US activist crushed to death by an army bulldozer during a pro-Palestinian protest in 2003, an Israeli court has ruled. * Rachel Corrie's family filed the civil ...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 21 hours agohttp://movetoamend.org/ *NORTHAMPTON, MA: Move to Amend New England! Regional Convergence* Friday, September 28, 2012 - 6:00pm to Sunday, September 30, 2012 - 12:00pm First Churches of Northampton 29 Ma...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR at a depth of 34 km (21.1 miles), the quake hit at 06:08:16 UTC Tuesday 28th August 2012 The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) South of Puerto El Tri...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoGolden Rice provides a simple and direct method of introducing vitamin A into the diet unmistakably. Unfortunately the rent seekers of the environmental movement have locked on to the GM angle i...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoThis is great news. Tesla has not been properly written into the history books and a well endowed museum will provide a natural remedy to that ridiculous oversight. The past century has been...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoWe deal so much with the digestive system we often need a reminder to understand just how it does work so well. It also reminds us that what we put into our diet really does matter even if the s...
- posted by Kenneth Thomas at Middle Class Political Economist - 21 hours agoThe Atlantic Wire (via @NoBigGovDuh) has a great story on the dishonesty of Mitt Romney's "You didn't build that" ads. It turns out that at the Republican convention on Tuesday night, they plan to ramp it ...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 22 hours agoIn November 2011, a group of three physicists/mathematicians wrote the 3,635th paper suggesting that there had to be something wrong about the foundations of modern physics as redesigned by the founding fa...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 22 hours agoThe US generals refer to Nato as 'Snow White and the Twenty Seven Dwarves'. NATO | Stratfor The USA controls NATO and uses it to control the world. Any country that is in NATO is, to some extent, a col...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 23 hours agoby Benjamin Fulford 8-28-12 The old colonialist regime is Asia is falling apart fast and hysterical efforts to fan “territorial disputes,” will not save it. This can be seen in a flood of new revelat...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago"Don't wonder why people go crazy. Wonder why they don't. In the face of what we can lose in a day, in an instant, wonder what the hell it is that makes us hold it together." - "Grey's Anatomy"
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 23 hours ago------------------------------ * the**REALnews Permalink* August 26, 2012 *120 NAM Countries Head to Iran Despite Western Pr...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 23 hours ago*According to NASA, the Arctic has lost more sea ice this year than at any time since satellite records began in 1979.Scientists involved in the calculations state it is element of a basic change.* The s...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* The images of boarded up storefronts and empty streets in the city's normally-busy French Quarter show that New Orleans residents are taking heed of the evacuation warnings issued in preparation for Cate...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* An Algerian asylum seeker who financed a suicide bomber using illegally claimed benefits was yesterday jailed for seven years.* Nasserdine Menni was living in Glasgow and sending cash to Taimour Abdulwa...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 day agoSuits Mount in Rate Scandal: Billions of Dollars at Stake in Claims by J. Eaglesham Aug 27, 2012 pp. A1, A8 "Banks being probed for interest-rate manipulation face potentially tens of billions of dollars...
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