NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 26: US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations on April 26, 2011 in New York City. Secretary Geithner said he was pushing for a deficit target of 2.5% by 2015 and that he was backing a policy of a strong dollar despite recent losses. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
NEW YORK, NY - JULY 26: Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), delivers a speech on 'Challenges and Opportunities for the World Economy and the IMF' at the Council on Foreign Relations on July 26, 2011 in New York City. Lagarde discussed both the Greek and U.S. debt crises. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
Decline in thickness of glaciers worldwide over the past half-century (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Glaciers and lakes at the edges of the Himalaya in Bhutan. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Grinnell Glacier (Photo credit: jesper8)
Glacier Peak behind Alpine Lakes mountains (Photo credit: pfly)- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 9 minutes ago
Here is a word cloud of the speech's foreign-policy content: In this case, the word cloud adds virtually nothing to our understanding, as the entire section is only 202 words long. Below is the section i... - posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 15 minutes ago
Global Research James R. Tracy In a recent article the influential Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) declares Americans are “appalled by the depredations of the [Bashar al-]Assad regime and seek its remo... - posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 20 minutes ago[image: a, Glacier retreat for 82 Himalaya glaciers. b, Area reduction for 7,090 glaciers. c, Mass balance for 15 glaciers. Glaciers are categorized into seven regions and marked clockwise with Roman num...
- posted by P. L. Thomas at Schools Matter - 24 minutes agoWhile it may seem to be little more than semantics to argue about whether teachers are the most important factor in student learning or teachers are the most important *in-school* factor in student learnin...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 36 minutes ago[image: Dr. Kent Moors] By Terry Weiss, Money Morning Richard Duncan, formerly of the World Bank and chief economist at Blackhorse Asset Mgmt., says America's $16 trillion federal debt has escalated in...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 39 minutes agoHappy Birthday to Gina Schock, 55. Just watched the Go-Go's concert in Central Park video again the other day: excellent. A little bit of good stuff: 1. I thought that when I was mostly not listening to ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 53 minutes ago*"Weekly News Wrap-Up 8.31.12"* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "There’s a new U.N. report out that claims Iran has doubled its number of uranium enrichment machines. This does not bode well for dip...
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- Bruce Jenltleson and Charlie Kupchan critique Romney foreign policy. Bill French piles on. - James Lindsay complains about the lack of foreign-policy content in Romney's speech. - "Wave... - posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny!- 1 hour ago
It's only a 30 second clip but a lot of Democratic Party congressional candidates think the only way they can win in November is to have the DCCC make one of these for them and then spend a million dolla... - posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 hour ago*Some bits and pieces* - my emphasis throughout* * More than 30 years ago, a small group of state legislators and conservative policy advocates met in Chicago to implement a vision: At that meeting, in ...
- posted by Donna at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 1 hour agoI negotiate and review a whole lot of contracts. I've been doing it so long that I forget some of this stuff looks like gibberish to normal people. By normal, I mean non-lawyers, of course. I thought I'd p...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 hour agoMaybe this is the right approach. Certainly Stephen Harper is not very popular in Quebec so speaking out might hurt federalism. Still, even if he is silent I strongly suspect he is concerned - at least I ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours ago*(Reuters) - North Korea has made significant progress in the construction of a light water atomic reactor over the past year, a U.N. watchdog report said, a facility that may extend Pyongyang's capacity ...
- posted by Harry Dale Huffman at The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage - 2 hours agoAll climate blogs should post this news, of the rise of unrestrained tyranny *due to an incompetent and fraudulent science*: EU Bans the Incandescent Light Bulb
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Jeffrey Simpson's column, in this morning's *Globe and Mail*, is a sad commentary on Quebec's links to the rest of Canada: In most walks of life – in what we might call civil society – the links are th... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours ago
*Police in New Jersey have reportedly shot and killed a man suspected of being involved in a deadly shootout inside a shopping plaza this morning.* Law enforcement officials say the three dead include the ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours ago
*The owner of two dogs that savaged 10 people in an "horrific and nightmarish" street attack has been jailed for 12 months.* Unemployed father-of-one Spencer Brown, 22, pleaded guilty to 10 counts of own... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours ago
*Several people are feared dead after a multiple shooting in a supermarket in New Jersey, according to reports. * More follows... - posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
*David Icke will be speaking to a crowd of upwards of 10,000 people this October. Don't miss this opportunity to be a part of the biggest awakening event of 2012. Get tickets here. * GET TICKETS HERE Twe... - posted by Harry Dale Huffman at The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage - 3 hours agoThe wattsupwiththat site has yet another go at "constraining" the carbon dioxide "climate sensitivity", from a renowned member of the English peerage, to which I have responded: *The basic fact is, the gl...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 3 hours agoIn the article aptly titled *"Light-Bulb Ban Casts Shadow over EU Democracy" *, The Spiegel reminds us, the Europeans, about an important change that will affect our continent starting from tomorrow, Satu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago*A large portion of New York City is going to be sprayed with a pesticide in an effort to fight West Nile virus.* The announcement that parts of the city's Upper West Side and Central Park will be spraye...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago*'Once in a blue moon' is not just a phrase we use for those occasional treats or chores.* It is also a rare statistical quirk which occurs when a full moon occurs twice in a calendar month. And today i...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago*"Wherever your heart is, that is where you'll find your treasure."* -- Paulo Coelho - *The Alchemist* Image source J.P. Hicks We are all in search of a treasure. Maybe life may not seem as exciting as ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago*Human rights activists in Pakistan are demanding the release of a Christian girl accused of burning pages of the Koran, after a bail hearing was adjourned.* Religious and secular groups worldwide have pr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago*Nasa has announced the discovery of a solar system which is home to not one, but two stars.* The Kepler solar system, 4,900 light-years away from Earth, has two stars - called a binary system - orbiting...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago*China yesterday sounded the alarm over ‘worrying’ developments in the eurozone and called on debt-ridden countries to put their finances in order. * Speaking after meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago*Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz has been selling 150,000 shares of Facebook stock a day out of the hundreds of millions that he owns. * So far, he has shed 1.35 million shares for proceeds of $26.2 ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago*Dog slasher: Kim Edmonds (pictured) was found guilty of slashing her two Springer Spaniels. Stig was found with 31 lacerations and burns while Dan (pictured) had lesser injuries in the horrific attack* ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago*Clint Eastwood has earned plenty of bad reviews for his latest performance: a bizarre, rambling sketch in which he took aim at an imaginary President Barack Obama by interviewing an empty chair.* The ac...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago** *A 'chancer' who killed four members of the same family when he shunted their car off the road and into a reservoir while rushing to work was jailed for four years yesterday.* Mechanic Gordon Dyche, 24...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago*The son of controversial Muslim cleric Abu Hamza has been convicted after he stole £70,000 of gems in an armed smash and grab raid on jewellers. * Imran Mostafa, 20, was one of three men who raided jewell...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago*A young woman was killed in front of horrified shoppers yesterday when a giant window frame fell on top of her as she walked past a building site.* A gust of wind dislodged the concrete frame and hit the...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago*Ulster Bank has released details of the compensation it will pay to customers affected by the summer's computer meltdown.* The bank said those left out-of-pocket as a result of the IT problems would hav...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago*Officers were treated in hospital after exposure to a mix of "petrol and possibly heroin" during a drugs operation.* Eight officers felt sick and struggled to breathe while aiding colleagues from the Se...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago*Graffiti calling for the release of three jailed members of punk band Pussy Riot has been found at scene of a double murder in Russia, say police. * Two women aged 76 and 38 are believed to have been kil...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago*LaPLACE, La. — Michael Turner was sitting on his porch when the lake roared in. Hurricane Isaac had not even made landfall, but suddenly water was roaring like a big-river rapid through the neighborhood,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago*DAMASCUS, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Syria, while struggling with rampant violence on ground, has also emerged as a dividing point in the international community that has so far failed to truly contribute a so...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago*The suspect in the Colorado cinema shooting tried unsuccessfully to call his university psychiatrist nine minutes before he opened fire during a Batman movie premiere, a court heard on Thursday.* James ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck LIBERTADOR O'HIGGINS, CHILE at a depth of 96 km (59.7 miles), the quake hit at 07:08:08 UTC Friday 31st August 2012 The epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) East of Machali...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck GUANGDONG, CHINA at a depth of 12.7 km (7.9 miles), the quake hit at 05:52:13 UTC Friday 31st August 2012 The epicenter was 6 km (3.7 miles) Northeast of Pingling, Chi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck NORTHERN ALASKA at a depth of 13.2 km (8.2 miles), the quake hit at 05:03:55 UTC Friday 31st August 2012 The epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) SSW from Beaver, Alaska No ...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 6 hours agoSource of the text below. Lakota Sioux Holy Man Fools Crow – A Narration On The Characteristics Of Medicine And Holy People, Part 2 What is important for everyone to know is that the holy men or medicine m...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 7 hours agoB Chimp Yen has informed me about a mass cheating scandal at Harvard; see e.g. these sources. BBC and other outlets wouldn't tell you the name of the course. However, good enough Internet users need app...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 7 hours ago*Young Iranian* Website for this image *US foreign policy:* A. Put the 'bad guys' into power (eg Saddam, the Ayatollahs). B. Get the 'bad guys' to fight each other (eg Iran-Iraq war). C. This keeps Amer...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 7 hours agoDo watch it all. Here thanks to The Washington Post is the full text of Clint Eastwood's speech: 'EASTWOOD: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. Save a little for Mitt. (APPLAUSE) I kno...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 7 hours agoSource: http://northernwall.blogspot.se/2012/04/small-bird-reprise.html Solid Ground - A Poem *Happiness no longer lingers by thy side, the path of life keeps it but a distant relative, will it return a...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 7 hours agoFurther to this post from last night, I have to report that @Nafeezi didn't respond to my tweets with a justification for his original claim... He did however come up with some conspiracy theories... I wil...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours agoSorry folks, this is what a recession looks like in China since the big guys are unable to go broke. Maybe they need to send everyone back to the farm for six months to provide a super boost th...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours agoThe postal service is a necessary function that must reach every household. There is no magic here or any opportunity for cherry picking. Because of this it is the natural partner for any critic...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours agoThe surprise here is that grassland soils retain elemental carbon or close enough equivalent to forty percent of total organic carbon in the grassland soils of the USA. That is very good news. ...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours agoTwo items here on chocolate. The second one pushes the age of chocolate back an additional 1500 years and as it was already mature, its likely emergence began a thousand years earlier that that ev...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 8 hours ago*Totalitarianism isn't history. It is here and now. But it can and will be defeated.* The story of Brandon Raub, the former marine who was *illegally detained in a mental institution* for telling the t...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 8 hours agoSource: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_pesticides Slow Death and Fast Profits: The Globalisation of Pesticides and Poison by Colin Todhunter Global Research Canada, 31 August 201...
- posted by david at Alberta Diary - 8 hours agoSecretive Redford Tory, left, moves to the right, while Wildrose transparency advocate, right, opts for a totally different course. Below: Doug Horner and Alison Redford, both smirking. This just in! Alber...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 9 hours agoMy wrap on Mitt Romney's speech is over at PP. Short version: eh. I'll add a couple things to what I said over there in a minute, but first -- holy cow! We're watching a national party convention, and all ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago*JOHANNESBURG—Two weeks after police shot into a crowd of protesting miners here, killing 34, in one of the worst instances of labor violence since the end of apartheid, authorities filed murder charges a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago*JERUSALEM — For Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the International Atomic Energy Agency on Thursday offered findings validating his longstanding position that while harsh economic sanctions and diploma...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago*Officials have begun a controlled release of water at a Mississippi dam that was battered by Hurricane Isaac.* Tens of thousands residents are being evacuated in Louisiana downstream of the barrier at L...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago*UNITED NATIONS, Aug 30 (Reuters) - A U.N. Security Council meeting on Syria's aid crisis achieved nothing new on Thursday except to highlight global paralysis on the 17-month conflict as western powers w...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago*The Pentagon is threatening legal action against a former US navy Seal who has written a firsthand account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. In a letter addressed to Mark Owen, the writer's pseudo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago*Iran has doubled the number of centrifuges to enrich uranium at a key nuclear facility, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).* An IAEA report said the Fordo plant has around 2,000 ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago*As many as 125 students at America's prestigious Harvard University are being investigated for allegedly cheating in their final exam, administrators have revealed.* The official university site reporte...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago*Squatters who take up residence in property that does not belong to them now face prison or a fine following the scrapping of squatters' rights.* A new law comes in on Saturday for England and Wales maki...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck SALTA, ARGENTINA at a depth of 168.8 km (104.9 miles), the quake hit at 02:14:42 UTC Friday 31st August 2012 The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) West of San Antonio de ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE at a depth of 95.1 km (59.1 miles), the quake hit at 01:12:15 UTC Friday 31st August 2012 The epicenter was 106 km (65 miles) NNE of Calama, Chile N...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago"Biology says that we are who we are from birth. That our DNA is set in stone. Unchangeable. Our DNA doesn't account for all of us though, we're human. Life changes us. We develop new traits. Become les...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny!- 10 hours agoThat could be a description of the convention, the Republican Party, Ryan, Romney, Ayn Romney, Chris Christie, Huckabee, coverage of the convention... People try to engage me in a discussion of the Tampa ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 00:35:35 UTC Friday 31st August 2012 The epicenter was 845 km (525 miles) North of Fe...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck NEAR THE COAST OF ECUADOR at a depth of 829.8 km (51.5 miles), the quake hit at 23:00:39 UTC Thursday 30th August 2012 The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) West from Cu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck the GULF OF CALIFORNIA at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 22:51:45 UTC Thursday 30th August 2012 The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) SSE of Puerto Penasc...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago2002, “Challenge From Heaven” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SSN3wVQV6M&feature=related
- posted by Sophia at American Kabuki - 10 hours agoIt’s like someone pressed replay. In the last several weeks I’ve either heard from, or run into people whom I haven’t seen in years. The first time it was interesting. The sixth time, which was las...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA at a depth of 17.2 km (10.7 miles), the quake hit at 19:47:19 UTC Thursday 30th August 2012 The epicenter was 86 km (5...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 10 hours agoKILL THE "($;&(:#* LIBERAL HECKLERS! — Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) August 31, 2012 Can we please just shove a baseball bat down this twat's throat and fuck this "high road" bullshit?
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck NEW ZEALAND at a depth of 8 km (5 miles), the quake hit at 19:38:36 UTC Thursday 30th August 2012 The epicenter was 69 km (42 miles) NNW of Wanaka, New Zealand No Repo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck KEPULAUAN BARAT DAYA, INDONESIA at a depth of 85 km (52.7 miles), the quake hit at 19:00:12 UTC Thursday 30th August 2012 The epicenter was 183 km (113.4 miles) East ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago"The dark Horsehead Nebula and the glowing Orion Nebula are contrasting cosmic vistas. Adrift 1,500 light-years away in one of the night sky's most recognizable constellations, they appear in opposite cor...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago"The human life is made up of choices. Yes or no. In or out. Up or down. And then there are the choices that matter. Love or hate. To be a hero or to be a coward. To fight or to give in. To live. Or die...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 11 hours agoRob Ford's niece said something foolish about sexual assault. She made a mistake - that happens. What's more interesting is why it happened - I suspect not because she is heartless or a prude - rather it...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 11 hours agoPanoramic view of Sedona from the "vortex" point near the Sedona airport. The famous bell rock, located on the south side of the "vortex" point, can be seen on the right side of the photo. Major parts o...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago*"Probing The Soul”* by Chet Raymo “More than three centuries ago, Pascal said: "Man considering himself is the great prodigy of nature. For he cannot conceive what his body is, even less what his spi...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 11 hours agoI have to admit sheepishly that after last night I though Lyan was the most egregious liar between the two Rethug candidates. Not any more. The Federal Bailout That Saved Bain Capital & Mitt RomneyGovernme...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours agoPune, Maharashtra, India. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago*"The Breton Fisherman's Prayer: * *On Destroying What We Love"* by Robert C. Koehler “Oh God, thy sea is so great and my boat is so small.” "The Arctic ice is melting at a record pace this summer —...
- posted by José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera- 12 hours ago[image: ¡ADVERTENCIA! Quien lee, vive menos. - Reflexiones]
- posted by *C* at The Web (Untangled) - 12 hours agoBy Charley Reese *(This column originally ran in the Orlando Sentinel on March 7, 1995. Former columnist Charley Reese retired from the Sentinel 10 years ago. His final column ran on July 29, 2001.)* ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago*"The Climate Breakdown Is Right Here, Right Now"* By George Monbiot "We are ill-equipped, historically and psychologically, to understand it, which is one of the reasons why so many refuse to accept...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 13 hours ago*Is it all that darned Isaac's fault that the R's didn't have time at their convention to celebrate their historic victories in election stealing and voter suppression?* *"Texas is the largest state cover...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker atNortherntruthseeker - 13 hours agoI, like everyone with any common sense and decency, am truly shocked by the absolutely ridiculous not guilty verdict handed down by the criminal and absolutely abominable Israeli court system to the Israel...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 14 hours ago"The fringe element to me is the Republican National Committee." - Doug Wead. Go to the 15:20 mark to hear the comment about the Romney campaign's threat to drop a PR A-Bomb on Ron Paul's name and legacy....
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 14 hours ago*As **communicated* * through the Boston Globe*: Isaac on track to strike Gulf Coast as hurricane "Storm may alter scenario for Romney’s gala; Aides consider possibility of joy, disaster juxtaposed" by Ma...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 14 hours ago*Please attend an emergency community meeting to support U.S. war resister Kimberly Rivera and her family! WHEN: Wednesday, September 5, 7:00 PM WHERE: Parkdale United Church, 171 Dunn Avenue, Toronto ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago"In the end, we return to the question, just how much do you love truth? Do you really love truth or are you just curious? Do you love it enough to rebuild your understanding to conform to a reality tha...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 15 hours ago*With two conscience votes this week recognising the right of consenting adults to choose for themselves, it turns out MPs do have a conscience.* *Bravo!* *Yes, that’s me saying “Bravo!” to politicians....
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago*"Oh Really, Mr. Reptilian Republican?"* by Karl Denninger "Last night was a spooge-fest at the RNC; one of the more-common lies was Ryan's: “Before the math and the momentum overwhelm us all, we are ...
- posted by Obi-Wan Kabuki at American Kabuki - 15 hours agoPosted by Cobra at: http://2012portal.blogspot.ca/ Thursday, August 30, 2012 MAKE THIS VIRAL! Cobra Conferences Around the World As you probably know, there is the second Window of Opportunity for d...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 15 hours agoLeaving the Paul Ryan is lying fact checkers to their work and moving on to a secondary theme I've been seeing this week from the GOP, that being their new found dedication to diversity. First noticed it w...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 15 hours agoVideo link posted at from http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=250965 Alien Artifacts From the Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great? from The Living Light Network on Vimeo.
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 15 hours ago*Reblogged from http://the2012scenario.com/2012/08/desmond-tutu-quits-seminar-over-tony-blairs-iraq-war-stance/#more-141899 * AUGUST 29, 2012 Posted by Stephen Cook Desmond Tutu Quits Seminar Over ...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoThe Los Angeles Police Department is investigating two officers who were allegedly caught on surveillance camera slamming a nurse on the ground twice — and then fist bumping afterward — during a recent t...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 16 hours ago
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- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 17 hours agoPhoto by Geralyn Camarillo Reblogged from: http://infoguyhank.wordpress.com/ I Will Love You No Matter What! By Henry Hasse Thank you, Father, for loving me unconditionally! I discovered this hidden...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 17 hours ago*U.S. Official: Prince Bandar is alive. * Remember those *unofficial reports* from last month that said Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia aka the Arab Bush was killed in a strike on July 26? A lot of peop...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 17 hours ago*THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2012* *Will some honest broker find out:* Good God, this is just awful. Where have they taken the real Paul Krugman? Could someone please find out? KRUGMAN (8/30/12): *I spent a lar...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoAmid increasing maritime disputes with a host of its neighbours, China today said it plans to deploy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) along its coast line to conduct "remote-sensing marine surveillance." ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago*"Ryan Launches Campaign Theme of Lying About Everything"* by Andy Borowitz TAMPA (The Borowitz Report)— "In his speech to the Republican National Convention last night, Vice-Presidential nominee Pa...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoAlmost half of U.S. retirees die with savings of $10,000 or less, but that grim finding doesn’t fully describe the variability and uncertainty that characterize retirement in America, according to a recen...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago*"The Hurricane Whisperer"* by Joel Bowman “A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.” - Alexander Hamilton “A man in debt is so far a slave.” - Ralph Waldo Emer...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 17 hours agoThe BBC report that: 'Summer 'wettest in 100 years', Met Office figures show' Apparently: 'This summer is set to be the second wettest in the UK since records began - and the wettest summer in 100 years...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny!- 17 hours agoGuitar lovers, Green Day fans, Alan Grayson supporters, eBay investors... have until midnight tonight (any U.S. time zone) to get in a last minute contribution to Alan Grayson's campaign and be eligible t...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 17 hours agoLast meal found in stomach of fuzzy dinosaur By Charles Choi Published August 30, 2012 LiveScience - [image: dinosaur-guts] Gut contents of the dinosaur Sinocalliopteryx gigas suggest the predator ...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 17 hours agoPolitico Donovan Slack John DurhamThe Department of Justice announced on Thursday that it has closed investigations of CIA interrogations of detainees and will not press criminal charges. The probe follow...
- posted by allan at wmtc - 18 hours agoCanada Border Services Agency has declared that Iraq War resister Kimberly Rivera and her family must return to the United States by September 20. Rivera came to Canada in 2007 to avoid re-deployment to Ir...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 18 hours agoLeftovers "Brando the butter" - foodie reference?! The wine is "Pure and well-balanced, like a nun on a tightrope" 'Vinegars from Je Vinnegrette Rien'
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 18 hours agoRob's panel was "Abolish the Air Force," scheduled for 10:15am on Sunday.
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 18 hours agoEditor's Note: The only close comparison to this phenomenon is the "Twit of the Year" award depicted by Monty Python in the 70's. While quashing dissent in a way that is remarkably un-American, they collec...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 18 hours agoAn unraveling earth. Graphic from Sound of Cannons. Converging global crises and why we deny them / 2 If the total human impact on nature is approaching a natural limit, we face difficult choices. By Rog...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 18 hours agoThe catch goes to Paul Glastris, who (via Ed Kilgore) looked at Paul Ryan last night and saw Eddie Haskell. That's perfect. If you young'ns don't remember, Eddie Haskell was Wally Cleaver's friend who was...
- posted by Denis Rancourt at Activist Teacher - 19 hours agoBy Denis G. Rancourt Modern society is structured as a highly stratified dominance hierarchy. The present superior global human hierarchy is maintained -- in its depth and breadth -- by advanced transporta...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 19 hours ago*Climate Etc.* *Judith Curry* * * *We need bold science and bold action. There is a vital role for governments to play, but equally importantly is the role of academia, civil society, and industry. Harn...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 19 hours ago*THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2012* *Why Paul Ryan can’t be a liar:* In our view, Alex Pareene is slightly wrong concerning Paul Ryan’s speech. The Kid wants people to say the word “lie.” We think that’s a fairl...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 19 hours agoTo be fair, there's a whole lot more fact checking and pushback going on in the legacy media than I expected to see, but the people who really need to know won't see it unless it's on teevee. And TPM doesn...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 19 hours agoWired Chris Bonnington It seemed like a simple enough idea for an iPhone app: Send users a pop-up notice whenever a flying robots kills someone in one of America’s many undeclared wars. But Apple keep...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 20 hours agoCronkite News Khara Pershad A divided federal court reinstated a lawsuit Wednesday against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio by two Phoenix New Times editors, who say they were targeted for late-night ar...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 20 hours ago*Why Do We Leave New Orleans Dangerously Exposed to the Next Big Storm? ~John Barry, The Daily Beast*
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 20 hours agoImage credit: TSA Madison Ruppert, *Contributor* With over 700 so-called “naked body scanners” placed in some 180 airports across the United States, it seems that the behemoth Department of Homeland Sec...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 20 hours agoSusanne Posel, *Contributor* In the San Antonio school district, the Student Locator Project (SLP) is being beta-tested at Jay High School and Jones Middle School – two schools in the Northside distri...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 20 hours agoSusanne Posel, *Contributor* The Pacific Southwest Region of the US Forest Service has solicited ammunition that is supposedly needed for target practice. In this instance, the amounts of hollow point...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 20 hours agoMichael Snyder, *Contributor* The way that the U.S. government treats military veterans is absolutely disgraceful. Men and women that have given everything for this nation are literally being treated ...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 20 hours agoMajia here: The nuclear industry is unbelievably deceitful and the IAEA is populated by liars, as is Japan's NISA. Please read the evidence upon which I base these strong accusations: Nuclear Safety St...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago* Iran is preparing for a possible major expansion of uranium enrichment in a fortified underground facility, a UN nuclear watchdog report showed, underlining Tehran's defiance in the face of western pres...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 20 hours agocredit: file photo/Press TV Madison Ruppert, *Contributor* The recently established Syrian Support Group (SSG), a United States-based pro-Free Syrian Army (FSA) group housed just three blocks away from t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago*Video footage showed the burning wreckage of a Syrian air force jet in Idlib province where there has been an upsurge in attacks by the opposition targeting the regime's helicopters and aircraft.* Rebel...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago*Video footage showed the burning wreckage of a Syrian air force jet in Idlib province where there has been an upsurge in attacks by the opposition targeting the regime's helicopters and aircraft.* Rebel...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 20 hours ago*Smells Like Human Spirit* James Corbett of CorbettReport.com, and contributor to RT news, is back on the Smells Like Human Spirit Podcast for Episode 15. Our discussion has a particular focus on the TSA...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 20 hours agoSusanne Posel, *Contributor* The fall of the House of Morgan has begun as stock prices on the global market at Morgan Stanley (MS) begin to fall on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). According to Ri...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 20 hours agoLisa Garber Remember when the USDA gave Monsanto’s new GMO crops the fast track to approval? Regardless of the numerous accounts of organ damage, pesticide-resistant weeds, and unintentionally mutated...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 20 hours agoIt has been a busy week here with the start of the fall semester. Below are a few items that I did not have time to get to, and a few that are in the queue. To get your holiday weekend off to a peppy star...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 20 hours agoDemocracyNow.org - A new article by reporter Matt Taibbi in Rolling Stone sheds new light on the origin of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's fortune, revealing how Romney's former firm, Bain...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 21 hours agoPressTV Republicans and Democrats are not interested in having the voice of American people be heard as they discuss “the most minor differences between the two parties,” says American journalist Don De...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 21 hours agoimage source Michael Snyder, *Contributor* Once upon a time, working for the federal government was considered to be a sacrifice and it often involved a significant reduction in pay. Millions of America...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 21 hours agoI have been having another Twitter conversation with a hater of Israel. Just like @Jew4palestine he tweets rubbish and just won't admit it. Here's the sequence of tweets, in this case another Tweeter was a...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 21 hours ago------------------------------ *The Newsroom - Tea Party is the American Taliban* http://youtu.be/yGAvwSp86hY Published on Aug 27, 2012 by RagingScottish For a fictional show (based on actual events), ...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 21 hours agoBevo goes to college. Photo by Mose Buchele for KUT News. Inset photo of Texas cheerleader by Donn Jones / AP. Learning to hate Longhorn football Dealing with UT’s jock-obsessed culture is easy -- I critiq...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago*U.S. training opposition how to administer 'liberated' Syrian towns* As more areas in Syria slip from control of the Syrian military, the United States is training local opposition members how to run a ...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoIn earlier postings I made the conjecture that slime molds may take to the air by filling a small sac with methane. Been slime molds they could also gather in large groups and then if conditions...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 21 hours agoTuchenhagen v. Mondoux, 2012 ONCA 567 makes clear there is no appeal to the Court of Appeal under the *Municipal Conflict of Interest Act:* [5] We do not agree with this approach to s. 11(2). W...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago*Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming (CNN) -- It's hard not to stand in complete awe of everything the Earth has to offer when you're in the middle of Yellowstone National Park.* Its most famous geyser, O...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny!- 21 hours agoWe've been telling the Paul Ryan story here for six years. He's the ultimate Wall Street take over of America, a manufactured product, a Frankenstein monster made to serve the interests of the plutocracy...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 21 hours ago
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoRat infestations are a common problem in the city, but one resident is taking matters into his own hands. Joseph Bolanos, president of the West 76th Street Block Association, installed rat-crossing sign...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago*Aug. 30 - Amateur video purports to show the aftermath of government shelling in Aleppo and rebels attacking government troops and tanks in Homs, as the Assad government stands firm. Sarah Sheffer reports...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 21 hours agoCollege Students Are Going Homeless and Hungry -- And Corporate America Is Trying to Exploit Them *A look at the growing numbers of homeless and hungry college students trying desperately to make ends me...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago*(Reuters) - Louisiana officials on Thursday ordered a widespread evacuation along the Tangipahoa River between the towns of Kentwood and Robert due to the imminent failure of a dam in Mississippi caused ...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 21 hours agoConsidering some of the questionable and outright bad things I've done in my life, I must confess in all honesty that I haven't much to point to in the way of proud accomplishments. If you're looking for ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 21 hours ago[image: Early on 29 August 2012, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi-NPP satellite captured this nighttime view of Hurricane Isaac and the cities near the Gulf Coast of the...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 21 hours agoBerkeleySide Tracey Taylor Many Berkeley residents have been in touch with us today asking about the helicopters that have been flying overhead, across the city and also into Oakland. A call to Berkeley ...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 22 hours agoBusiness Insider Matthew Bosler The eurozone is running out of bailout cash, and the German Constitutional Court now holds the fate of Europe in its hands. The European Financial Stability Facility, the ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck the JAN MAYEN ISLAND REGION at a depth of 12.3 km (7.6 miles), the quake hit at 13:51:06 UTC Thursday 30th August 2012 The epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) East of Olon...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 22 hours agoWired Robert Beckhusen A U.S. Marine during a jungle patrol exercise in Guatemala on Sept. 12, 2010. While the Marines have helped train Guatemalan troops to hunt for drug traffickers in the past, the ser...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 22 hours agoIt goes something like this: "*Hey, what's with that smoke coming from the kitchen?*" "*Oh, relax. Don't be an alarmist. We're only halfway through the second period with the score tied. We can deal wit...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 22 hours agoThe US National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy has released an earth-shattering survey. Three-quarters (75%) of adults think policymakers who are opposed to abortion should be strong s...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 22 hours agoENE News This video was taken on March 14, 2011. - Top left:Fukushima Daiichi - Top center: Fukushima Off-site Center - Top right: Kashiwazaki Nuclear Power Plant Right now [Daini's] plants...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 22 hours agoIs it wrong for Desdemona to find this hilarious? Arctic Sea Ice Downfall Technorati Tags: global warming,climate change,Arctic,sea ice,propaganda
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 22 hours ago[image: Counter-clockwise from top left, the price of a 2-litre carton of milk in Cambridge Bay and Pond Inlet compared to a downtown Toronto supermarket. Food prices in Nunavut are amongst the highest i...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 22 hours agoUtilities say 2 nuke plants can withstand quakes triggered by multiple active faults August 29 Mainichi http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20120829p2a00m0na006000c.html [Excerpted] Shikoku...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA magnitude 6.8 earthquake has struck the JAN MAYEN ISLAND REGION at a depth of 9.9 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 13:43:24 UTC Thursday 30th August 2012 The epicenter was 415 km (258 miles) ENE rom Itt...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 22 hours ago*THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2012* *How will the press corps react:* Paul Ryan’s speech last night was a watershed event. Every four years, the four major-party nominees give similar convention addresses. Has...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 22 hours ago[image: A man walks past an airport board announcing that all flights are cancelled following major typhoon Bolaven at Seoul domestic airport in Seoul on 28 August 2012. The state weather agency issued a...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 23 hours agoVeteran News Now *The US Department of Justice has refused to publicly release a memo that outlines why an Israeli entity caught spying on the U.S. would not be investigated further.* *Documentation of I...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 23 hours agoRussia Today The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Tehran to take part in the Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, a bloc of countries that don't consider themselves in union w...
- posted by PM at The Duck of Minerva - 23 hours agoDear Leader Kim Jong Un addresses the ruling partyI didn't watch the Republican Convention last night, because I'm not getting paid to do so. I understand that conservatives think it was a hit and liberals...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 23 hours agoMark Mazzetti's emails with the CIA expose the degradation of journalism that has lost the imperative to be a check to power Guardian Glenn Greenwald CIA spokeswoman Marie Harf told New York Times nation...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoTwin typhoons are renewing fears of a humanitarian crisis in North Korea, where poor drainage, widespread deforestation and crumbling infrastructure can turn even a routine rainstorm into a catastrophic f...
- posted by Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 23 hours agoYou know that Paul Ryan went too far last night when even Fox News is calling him out as a liar extraordinaire. He lied blatantly, he lied with a straight face, he lied with abandon. But the crowd roared. ...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 23 hours ago*Isaac wreaks havoc in BR, poses flood threat to region ~Advocate*
- posted by Capt. Fogg at The Impolitic - 23 hours agoBy Capt. Fogg As I've been saying since Richard "you sure as hell *are* a crook" Nixon departed the White house and the Republican War on Truth began, if the Republicans accuse their opponents of somethin...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 23 hours agoWe are going long today. Apologies. I wanted to get some news posted yesterday, now there is more today. Settle in, sit a while, get your drink of choice and get comfy Even worse, I have added another link ...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 1 day agoThe closest the Gray Lady came to doing its job when reporting in its lead story Paul Ryan accepting the GOP nomination for Vice President was in juxtaposing it with the other lead story about Issac makin...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 1 day agoIt's a beautiful day in Washington; not so beautiful in New Orleans. Some of this text comes from PM. - At political science's other prominent animal-themed blog, Erik Voeten wonders how stupid dif...
- posted by NO ONE TO VOTE FOR at NO ONE TO VOTE FOR - 1 day ago. The new Independent small newspaper "*i*" today, in its 'Comments From Home And Abroad' section quoted comments from "The Times" and "The Telegraph" on the recent 'Rachel Corrie case' in Israel. Never...
- posted by Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 1 day agoBoth the Harris Interactive report on ‘Screenlife’ (July 2012) and OFCOM ‘Communications Report’ (July 2012) noted that the 35 to 55 group has already become switched on to mobile technology and the rise...
- posted by BAL at WPB/NYC and Anything Else; A Green Rights Collection - 1 day ago"We are deconstructing nature's balance".-Ilse Wielage
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago*THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2012* *Matthews rolls over and dies:* Last evening, on MSNBC, Newt Gingrich was echoing Big Ed Schultz. On Monday night, Big Ed noted a troubling fact. According to a new Washington...
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- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day agoThe opening ceremony of the 2012 Paralympic Games in London was apparently a cool event. At the beginning of this 4-minute preview, you may listen to a 70-year-old athlete, Dr Stephen Hawking, who also...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day agoTony Cartalucci, *Contributor* Western policy makers admit that NATO's operations in Libya have played the primary role in emboldening Al Qaeda's AQIM faction (Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb). The Fortu...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day agoFirst they stick the Ron Paul supporters in the nosebleed seat – including the Minnesota delegates Read it >>>>>HERE<<< Then they put into place policies to silence Ron PaulSupporters If supporters of...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day agoAnthony Gucciardi In a telling story highlighting the true face of political corruption, corrupt Indian politicians have successfully stolen more than $14.5 billion worth of food from starving poverty-...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck the WESTERN INDIAN-ANTARCTIC RIDGE at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 12:18:43 UTC Thursday 30th August 2012 The epicenter was 1717 km (1066 miles) Sou...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Religion does not seem to have been a factor in the vicious assault on a Jewish college student, police said.* East Lansing police Captain Jeff Murphy said there was no dispute that Zach Tennen, 19, was...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day agoSARTRE, *Contributor* The technological miracle that transformed the 20th century into an engine of wealth creation was based upon cheap energy. The role of the electric grid cannot be understated when i...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*A South Texas mayor was kicked and trampled to death by an enraged 500-pound donkey on his ranch.* The male ass, called a jack, jumped on top of Hollywood Park Mayor William 'Bill' Bohlke and chased him...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land- 1 day ago*Enjoy this gift from Italy.*
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day agoFelix Imonti, *Contributor* 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 th...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny!- 1 day ago*Nick'n'Nancy-- write your own caption* *-by Nick Ruiz* The working class embodies a huge swath of people. Poor people, rich people, people between. That's because the working class is not a number: $0-2...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day agoimage credit: US Air Force Tech Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo Madison Ruppert, *Contributor* The United States military continues to ramp up their cyberwarfare efforts at record speeds with the so-called “Plan X”...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day agoOne of the tougher decisions I've had in a while, but I'll have to go with a Happy Birthday to Lars Frederiksen, 41. Have to get straight to the good stuff this morning: 1. Members of Congress who lost r...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day agoHuffPo – again this morning – great morning to read stuff that outs ALEC as part of the problem. Another great article. This time from Leo Gerard – love that guy!! Without such a protection, Americans s...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day agoSusanne Posel, *Contributor* DeCODE Genetics (DCG) has published a study that states Icelandic fathers who are in their 40s pass down more genetic mutations than their 20 year-old counterparts. Accordi...
- posted by Seth R. Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 1 day agoAll great civilizations have their heroes. From the Greeks and Romans to the French Revolution to the English Empire to today's American legends, heroes have played a critical role in teaching future gener...
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day agoJim Flaherty likes to wag his finger. Two days ago, he wagged it at the business community for sitting on $500 billion. It was the private sector's time, he said, to step up to the plate. However, "at a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago** *An enormous waterspout rises majestically out of a Chinese lake, displaying the awesome power of mother nature. The dramatic images were captured by photographer Yue Mingyou at Hongze Lake in China's ...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day agoimage source Michael Snyder, *Contributor* Is the stock market going to crash by the end of this year? Are we on the verge of major financial chaos on a global scale? Well, this is the time of the year ...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day agoA decent read this morning on HuffPo (I added the picture and the emphasis) I have to confess to being duped along with thousands of well-meaning present and former state legislators around the country...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land- 1 day ago30 August 2012 The Struggle for Peaceful Protest *EPISODE TWENTY THREE: “Criminally insane… Ordinary People”* A new day brings a new protest at Menwith Hill. Sylvia and Betty, another close friend and ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*A minister in a small town in upstate New York had offered to put up John Lennon’s killer if Mark David Chapman got parole, but Chapman said he may not have gone.* According to the hearing transcript re...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago*“We were considered spies...”* Lisa Garber A German television crew was attacked and detained by Chinese workers at the Do-Fluoride plant near Jiaozuo, Henan province. Nine hours later, armed Chinese ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck ICELAND at a depth of 6 km (3.7 miles), the quake hit at 11:59:02 UTC Thursday 30th August 2012 The epicenter was 17 km (10.5 miles) South of Mosfellsbær, Iceland No R...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day agoImage Janet Phelan A Redlands man has filed a writ of habeas corpus concerning release from confinement ordered under a conservatorship that may not even exist. When Charles Castle was grabbed off the s...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*An increase in 'how to' suicide websites have been linked to a rise in deaths connected with helium and barbiturates.* The two drugs have increasingly been used in suicide and contributed to more deaths...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day agoSayer Ji, *Contributor* The Bill & Melinda Gates foundation launched the *Grand Challenges in Global Health* (GCGH) in partnership with the National Institutes of Health in 2003 which, according to the...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*A record one in four of all babies born in England and Wales last year had foreign mothers, it was revealed today.* Most of these women came to Britain from Poland, Pakistan and India to give birth to a...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago*Regarding Vaccines, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for Vaccine Damages, and HHS/FDA* image source Catherine J. Frompovich Attorney Walter Kyle of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, began representing Plaintiff...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day agoThe Times reports on the outside earnings of MPs, the highest 'earner', I use the term loosely, being Gordon 'sold the gold' Brown. The graphic shows Conservative MPs in blue and Labour MPs in red but ther...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Former News International legal manager Tom Crone has been arrested by police investigating phone hacking, Sky sources have said. * More follows...
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- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day agoMost of the otherwise rational German nation was scared by the Fukushima non-disaster and decided to close all of its nuclear power plants by 2020 or so. Germany is also at the top of the fight against th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck the FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA at a depth of 46.3 km (28.8 miles), the quake hit at 11:16:01 UTC Thursday 30th August 2012 The epicenter was 48 km (30 mile...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck the WESTERN INDIAN-ANTARCTIC RIDGE at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 10:53:58 UTC Thursday 30th August 2012 The epicenter was 1717 km (1066 miles) Sou...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*The latest International Atomic Energy Agency report on Iran's nuclear programme due out on Thursday is expected to say that Tehran has rapidly increased the quantity of equipment at an underground urani...
- posted by Judy Rabin at Schools Matter - 1 day agoAs New Orleans is once again under water, as the Republican lie machine works overtime in Tampa, and real journalism or reporting is MIA in the corporate media owned airwaves, a social studies teacher is ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*AMMAN, Jordan—Jordan on Wednesday warned Syrian refugees in its tent camp near the Syrian border against further rioting after disturbances injured Jordanian guards.* About 200 refugees went on a rampag...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Iran's supreme leader tells Non-Aligned Movement summit that Iran will never pursue nuclear weapons.* Iran will never try to obtain a nuclear bomb but will not give up the pursuit of peaceful nuclear en...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Nine defence personnel, including five officers, were on Thursday killed when two MI-17 choppers of Indian Air Force collided mid-air just after take off from an air base in Jamnagar.* “Nine IAF personn...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day agoRecently the BBC posted this report on their website, here's the whole report: 'The Gaza Strip will not be "a liveable place" by 2020 unless action is taken to improve basic services in the territory, acc...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*The bodies of two murdered women were found beneath a scrawled message demanding freedom for jailed members of Pussy Riot, Russian officials have said.* An investigator cautioned that the killer was pos...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*TEHRAN — World leaders convening at Iran’s first international conference since its 1979 revolution heard on Thursday two speeches that illustrate the deep divide between Iran and Egypt for finding a sol...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Researchers suggest that the influenza virus can be passed on before the appearance of any symptoms. A team from Imperial College London examined the virus transmission in ferrets and they stress that th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*A space telescope has added to its list of spectacular finds, spotting millions of supermassive black holes and blisteringly hot, "extreme" galaxies.* The finds, by US space agency Nasa's Wide-Field Inf...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*A vast reservoir of the potent greenhouse gas methane may be locked beneath the Antarctic ice sheet, a study suggests. * Scientists say the gas could be released into the atmosphere if enough of the ice ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*An early-morning train carrying about 100 passengers has derailed in west Cumbria after a landslide near St Bees.* Emergency services were continuing to deal with the two-carriage train, which was trave...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Two men aged 39 and 60 have been taken to hospital following a fire at a bed and breakfast in Edinburgh.* Neighbours and passers-by reported a small explosion at the property, which is understood to pro...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day agoThe BBC are reporting that: 'The BBC Trust has ruled that Labour MP Diane Abbott should not have been paid for recent appearances on flagship political programme This Week. Ms Abbott, a regular guest wit...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Without naming Iran, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon denounced his hosts in Tehran on Thursday for threatening to destroy Israel and for denying the Holocaust.* "I strongly reject threats b...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*More than 2,000 students potentially face deportation after a London university had its licence to teach and recruit overseas students revoked.* London Metropolitan University has had its right to sponso...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Shares in struggling sports retailer JJB have fallen more than 70% as it put itself up for sale.* Around 4,000 jobs across 180 stores hang in the balance after the Wigan-based company's directors admitt...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoBegin with a preface to a meaningful event that could change the entire US landscape, a redux of what happened four years ago. Consider the next Wall Street financial firm failure. It is in progress. It is...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Israel's leading rabbi has warned Dutch populist politician Geert Wilders that his party's support for a ban of ritual slaughter of animals in the Netherlands is "anti-Semitic" and ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*BEIJING: Amid increasing maritime disputes with a host of its neighbours, China today said it plans to deploy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) along its coast line to conduct "remote-sensing marine survei...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*An armed robber who wore a Barack Obama mask during a stickup earlier this year at a Florida McDonald’s has been arrested, police reported today.* Marvin McTeare, 22, is facing armed robbery and grand th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*(CBS News) A gun belonging to a member of Mitt Romney's U.S. Secret Service detail was found unattended in the bathroom of the candidate's charter plane Wednesday afternoon. The Republican nominee was tr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*One of New York's most expensive neighborhoods will be sprayed this week with pesticide to combat the West Nile virus, officials said Tuesday.* The city regularly sprays against the mosquito-borne disease...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*U.S. health officials say West Nile virus cases are up 40 percent since last week and are on pace to rival the record years of 2002 and 2003.* The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*On August 6, 2011, 30 US service members were killed when a CH-47 Chinook helicopter they were being transported in crashed in Wardak province, Afghanistan. It was the deadliest single loss for U.S. forc...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*(CBS News) A retired Navy SEAL who was present at the killing of Osama bin Laden tells Scott Pelley in a 60 Minutes interview that his book about the raid is not a political statement, rather it is timed...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*A farmer who left a Paralympic cycling champion for dead in a hit-and-run accident in South Wales has been sentenced to 18 months in jail after being convicted of dangerous driving.* * * Edward Howell Ada...
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