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*Saudi Arabia's Prince Bandar was last seen being bombed.* The Saudi leadership has broken its silence. The internal crisis is officially over. All is well in the House of Saud. The partying can cont... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 minutes ago
* Authorities in Greece are rounding up thousands of suspected illegal immigrants in a large-scale deportation drive to combat what one government official compared to a 'prehistoric invasion'. * Greece h... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 minutes ago
* Two children, aged three and two, have died from apparent heat stroke after being left in a locked car for more than an hour.* Three-year-old Daniel Marise and her two-year-old sister Savannah were foun... - Oklahoma town completely wiped out by devastating wildfire... but police say ARSON could be to blameposted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 minutes ago
* While residents of a quiet Oklahoma town sifted through their charred belongings after flames ravaged their community, police say they are investigating if the fire could have been deliberately set.* Th... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 29 minutes ago
* A lawyer shot dead his own sister in the middle of a courtroom because she had 'brought shame' on the family for marrying a man they disapproved of, it has emerged. * In an honour killing that has shocke... - posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 31 minutes ago
*Activist Post* Never before has the New World Order been exposed to the degree that Shepard Ambellas and Jason Bermas do in the film *SHADE the Motion Picture*. Once again the elites have something to fe... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 31 minutes ago
* A crazed man set his girlfriend alight on a chair and left her fighting for her life before going on a city-wide crime spree, police said.* Officers in Lakeland, Florida, said the alarm was raised on Fri... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 34 minutes ago
* On the same day NASA makes a historic encounter with Mars, one of Man's earliest rockets is setting it's own truly historic record.* In the last week, Voyager 1, which floated into the heavens in 1977, h... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 34 minutes ago
* An Italian newspaper owned by former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has caused controversy by printing a front page headline which said 'Fourth Reich' above a picture of German chancellor Angela Merkel... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 34 minutes ago
* Two friends who went backpacking across Vietnam collapsed and died within days of one another from a mystery poison.* Canadian-born Cathy Huynh, 26, who taught English in South Korea, decided to take a ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 34 minutes ago
* TSA screeners at Newark Liberty International Airport lost a woman who reportedly tested positive for explosives on Sunday and only put the airport on lock-down when she boarded a flight to Cleveland, Oh... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 34 minutes ago
* Chicago is mourning one of its most talented children's surgeons today, after he died while trying to save the lives of two young boys.* Dr Donald Liu, 50, drowned in Lake Michigan as he went to help the... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 34 minutes ago
* Computerized trading problems aren't unique to the United States apparently. The main stock market in Spain was halted Monday for nearly 5 hours due to a "technical glitch," according to the index operat... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 34 minutes ago
* Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Militants killed a driver of a container truck carrying supplies for NATO in Pakistan's tribal region on Monday, a government official told CNN.* Three gunmen in a car opene... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 34 minutes ago
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* (CNN) -- American judoka Nicholas Delpopolo has been thrown out of the Olympics after a failed drug test he blamed on inadvertently eating food that had been baked with marijuana.* The 23-year-old has b... - posted by skrashen at Schools Matter - 50 minutes agoSent to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 6 Educators are always interested in improving teacher evaluation, and Anne Faigen’s comments (“Evaluating teachers is not so easy,” August 5) are helpful. Her ...
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PM was only in office since June 2012 - had been planning "defection" for at least as long based on battlefield before "Damascus Volcano" fizzled. *by Tony Cartalucci* *August 6, 2012* - Hailed by the Wes... - posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour ago
Susanne Posel, *Contributor* *Activist Post* While a compromised version of the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 was introduced to the Senate in July, the false claims of “. . . foreign governments, criminal... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago* Before their wedding ceremony begins in rural Afghanistan, a 40-year-old man sits to be photographed with his 11-year-old bride. The girl tells the photographer that she is sad to be engaged because she...
- posted by Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 1 hour agoLunch at the pool yesterday, courtesy of CharrissaI've always known there were exceptional young people doing volunteer work in the challenged countries of the world, but it's been heartening to see so man...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 1 hour agohttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19155577 Standard Chartered bank 'in $250bn scheme with Iran' Standard Chartered has been accused of undermining US sanctions against Iran Standard Chartered bank ...
- posted by Sophia at American Kabuki - 1 hour agoAudio Version Before me now is an old fisherman with a minnow bucket followed by two dark haired women in sunglasses and visors, deeply engrossed in their conversation; all of them waiting for a ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago* Standard Chartered has been accused of leaving the US financial system vulnerable to terrorists, drug kingpins and corrupt regimes by "scheming" with the Iranian government to conduct secret transactions...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 hour agoThis image is an absolute eye-opener. We think of Earth as the Blue Planet, literally covered in water - fresh, saltwater or frozen. So, just how much water do we really have to go around? This much:...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 hour agoBillionaire Ted Turner is outspoken about the state of our Earth, and he puts his money where his mouth is on a scale that shames many affluent countries. His message is plain, we can no longer ignore ...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 1 hour agoNo. No matter how it reads, the righties are not awakening from a bad (rage-inspired) theocrat-centric dream and willing to redo the last 30 years of religious American Talibanism to reclaim their integrit...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago* Oak Creek, Wisconsin (CNN) -- An Army veteran who neighbors say played in a far right punk band was the lone shooter in the rampage at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin that killed six people and wounded four, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago* Fighter jets scream in an almost vertical dive unleashing bombs and machine gun rounds into the heart of Aleppo. * The noise and the percussion waves from the explosions are sickening. Day and night. He...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago* The London-listed Standard Chartered bank has been accused of violating US laws by conducting more than £160bn worth of secret transactions with Iranian entities.* Officials in New York state said a ban...
- posted by What Is Sustainable at What Is Sustainable - 2 hours agoIn the years 1876-1879 and 1896-1902 between 12.2 and 29.3 million died of famine in India. In the years 1876-1879 and 1896-1900 between 19.5 and 30 million died of famine in China. In the same period, a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours ago* The Deputy PM has said he was dropping Lords reform after David Cameron told him Tory MPs were not prepared to support changes.* Nick Clegg said that the Tories had "broken the contract" between the coa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoA magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck NORTHERN COLOMBIA at a depth of 156.5 km (97.2 miles), the quake hit at 15:31:51 UTC Monday 6th August 2012 The epicenter was 12 km (7.4 miles) NNE of Villanueva, Colo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck SAMAR, PHILIPPINES at a depth of 100 km (62 miles), the quake hit at 13:28:50 UTC Monday 6th August 2012 The epicenter was 9 km (5.6 miles) South of Hernani, Samar, Ph...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 2 hours agoOne of the things that drives me crazy is naked Barbies. I swear the first thing kids do is strip Barbie down to immodesty and then they leave her laying around. We had a rule in our house, if Barbie end...
- posted by Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 2 hours agoaccording to Russian Scientists, and this applies to both natural bodies (asteroids) and artificial bodies (Voyager), NOTHING ever leaves our Solar System. Just keep in mind that the recent MILITARY ALERT...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 2 hours agoThe wingnuts are now demanding that Romney pick Ryan as his running-mate. Ryan, far more than Romney, has won the... well, hearts and minds of the Republican faithful and has set the agenda. Amazing that...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the AEGEAN SEA at a depth of 15.3 km (9.5 miles), the quake hit at 15:22:12 UTC Monday 6th August 2012 The epicenter was 30 km (18.6 miles) Southeast of Skyros, Greece...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the KASHMIR-XINJIANG BORDER REGION at a depth of 73.3 km (45.5 miles), the quake hit at 14:15:46 UTC Monday 6th August 2012 The epicenter was 133 km (82 miles) Northe...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours agoElizabeth Renter *Activist Post* Corn, a crop most likely to be genetically modified – with 70 percent of corn engineered simply to drown in Monsanto’s best-selling herbicide Roundup - is casting off i...
- posted by Chet at JUSTICE - 2 hours agoJOHANNESBURG (AP) — A senior U.S. official says the defection of the Syrian prime minister and other top government ministers is more evidence that the Assad regime "is crumbling." Read More:
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 2 hours agoSikh temple shooter Wade Michael Page ironically belonged to a rock band named "End Apathy." If you can't suss out why that's so ironic, then perhaps you shouldn't be reading this. But if you're endowed ...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 2 hours agoGoodbye Holocene, hello Anthropocene. The Holocene epoch of the past 12,000 years is said to be giving way to a new epoch, one in which man will be the key shaper, hence the name "Anthropo - cene." The...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 2 hours agoKevin Drum had an item yesterday about "Obamacare" -- the name of the program, not the program. He concludes: [I]f ACA eventually becomes popular, then Obamacare will be a positive term. If it fails, then...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 2 hours ago*I forgot what I was going to type.... * "Maine a case study in medical marijuana; Legal access viewed as a plus, and also with some alarm" by Jenifer B. McKim | Globe Staff, August 05, 2012 MONTVILLE,...
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 2 hours agoCOSTELLO: I want to talk about the unemployment rate in America. ABBOTT: Good Subject. Terrible Times. It’s 9%. COSTELLO: That many people are out of work? ABBOTT: No, that’s 16%. COSTELLO: You just said 9...
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 3 hours agoAccused killer Jared Lee Loughner is prepared to plead guilty on Tuesday for the 2011 mass shooting in Tucson, Ariz., that left six people dead and critically wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, according to...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 3 hours agoNYTimes The Barclays settlement prompted the resignation of top executives, including the chief executive, Robert E. Diamond Jr., and helped to erase more than $3 billion of the bank’s market value.Major...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 3 hours ago*Once again the Jews of Europe are being forc.... oh, it's not that. Never mind.* "Young Europeans flee to find opportunity" by Alan Clendenning | Associated Press, August 05, 2012 MADRID — Santiago Ov...
- posted by Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 3 hours agolatest news from BURNING BANKS artist Alex Schaefer: now he's on the chalk assault, and getting thrown in jail for his non-permanent-media protest,
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 3 hours agoYo, yo, check it out..Barack Obama’s “African American Education Initiative” creates a new Federal bureaucracy. One of its goals will be to stop disciplinary action against black public school students w...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 3 hours agohttp://ifyoulovethisplanet.org/?p=6282 I noticed in Arnie Gundersen's video with Helen Caldicott (linked above) that no data about the status of unit 3 have been released; Gundersen says unit 3 is the wo...
- posted by PM at The Duck of Minerva - 3 hours agoPhil Arena has been playing around with alternative measures of military power. He begins with the straightforward observation that one current and popular measure of military power, the CINC scores in th...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 3 hours agoMy Catbird Seat Stuart Littlewood *As the “political prostitution season” hots up, are Americans in the mood for another Israel-first Commander-in-Chief?* *Who is this Dan Senor, the organizer of Presi...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 3 hours ago"US bid to return salmon to Connecticut River ends" by Beth Daley | Globe Staff, August 05, 2012 *I'm more worried about the cancer leaking into it from **Vermont Yankee**, but I suppose that's a differ...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 3 hours ago*MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2012* *Teen-ager learns what counts:* On Saturday, Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won the women’s 100. Unless you bought Sunday's Washington Post! On page one of Sports, above the f...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 3 hours agoGovt Slaves (Mike Masnick) We recently wrote about the fight over copyright/fair use in political videos. In the comments, someone anonymous pointed us to a YouTube page including a typical takedown no...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 4 hours agoGlobal Research Michel Chossoduvsky The Obama administration, in liaison with London, Paris, Tel Aviv and NATO headquarters in Brussels, is mulling over various military "intervention options" directed a...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 4 hours agoDees Illustration Justin Gross, *Contributor* *Activist Post* All of the new vaccines are DNA vaccines which contaminate normal human DNA with patented GMOs, just as Monsanto has been doing to organic fie...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 4 hours agoIran`s first gold at the London 2012 Olympics OK, so these are Sun Bears but the concept is the same -- and let's forget politics, good for Hamid Sourian!
- posted by Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 4 hours ago(reprinted from may 7, 2009) [NOTE: If anyone is interested, this is post #500 in the Globalove Think Tank!] Before I start, let me say that in writing about the Taliban, I am not indicting the Muslim c...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 4 hours ago*Brunswick News Inc. v. Sears,* 2012 CanLII 42254 is a recent and useful case outlining the law regarding constructive dismissal: *Constructive Dismissal* [9] Whether or not there is a constructive dism...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 4 hours ago*MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2012* *How should the press corps react:* Should Harry Reid be saying these things about Mitt Romney’s tax payments? Kevin Drum expressed reservations, and many readers got mad. The GO...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 4 hours agoWhat a GREAT idea!!!!! In its entirety. Tour de ALEC: Bike ride for local awareness August 4, 2012 By: Brandi Palmer Occupy Fort Collins plans ALEC Bike Tour for Saturday September 22, 2012. Th...
- posted by Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 4 hours agoThe other day at Huffington Post, school privatization advocate, Kevin Chavous, gave a “shout out” to KIPP, Inc., the nation’s largest corporate chain of charter schools and certainly the most popular hi...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 4 hours ago[image: Thousands, perhaps millions of fish like these from a Missouri pond are dying in the U.S. Midwest as the 2012 summer heat dries up rivers and lakes. Iowa DNR officials said the sturgeon found dea...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 4 hours agoSusanne Posel, *Contributor* *Activist Post* Police in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, are calling the shooting at a Sikh temple an act of domestic terrorism – although no details or other possible motives have bee...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 5 hours agoimage source Madison Ruppert, *Contributor* *Activist Post* Five foreign ministers of nations belonging to the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) harshly criticized Israel for refusing to allow them to enter the ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 5 hours ago[image: A permafrost ice cellar is shown in Wainwright, Alaska, 18 July 2011. 'They’re thawing and filling up with water,' Point Hope Mayor Steve Oomittuk says, as global warming melts the Alaska permafr...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 5 hours agoDees Illustration Anthony Gucciardi *Activist Post* Was the suspect in the ‘Sikh temple shooting‘ case on a medley of pharmaceutical drugs like James Holmes, Columbine shooter Eric Harris, Ted Kaczinski ...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 5 hours ago*MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2012* *Epilogue—But he doesn’t say nearly enough:* Should the New York Times be giving more coverage to Mitt Romney’s tax proposal? Actually, yes, it should. The truth has been clear fo...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 5 hours ago*Report: NFL offers to reduce Vilma suspension ~WWL*~Also~NFL Rumors: New Orleans Saints' Bounty Players Offered Deals *Brees sharp, Saints beat Cardinals 17-10* *Experts to look at sinkhole ~The Advocate...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 5 hours agoHappy Birthday to Romola Garai, 30. Excellent in The Hour, which is well worth your time, but you probably knew that. You'll also want to watch her in Branagh's woefully underseen As You Like It. The goo...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 5 hours agoA must read for everyone!!!! PRIVATIZATION AS A PHONY PANACEA Privatization is almost always promoted as a way to save money, improve services, and shake up unaccountable bureaucracies. But in reality, ...
- posted by Big Dan at Big Dan's Big Blog - 5 hours ago*PRESTO-CHANGO!!! POOF! RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES! THE WITNESSES SAY "FOUR (4) gunMEN", AND ALL THE GOOGLE STORIES, RADIO NEWS BRIEFS, AND MAINSTREAM "NEWS" STORIES MAGICALLY SAY LONE "gunMAN"!!! That's ...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 5 hours agoLimited government – one of the goals for ALEC. Steal tax dollars and make sure they aren’t available for other governmental uses – is definitely one way to make sure that government gets limited. No tax ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck SOUTHWEST OF AFRICA at a depth of 10.1 km (6.3 miles), the quake hit at 12:20:45 UTC Monday 6th August 2012 The epicenter was 709 km (440 miles) ENE of Bouvet Island, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago*They are the giants of the deep, but when a pair of humpback whales surfaced near Sydney Harbour they had a painful shock as an early morning ferry collided with them.* Eyewitnesses say the migrating pai...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago* Syria's Prime Minister Riyad Hijab has been sacked amid rumours he had defected with his family to neighbouring nation Jordan.* The former agriculture minister was only handed his post by President Bash...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago* A pair of lions began foaming at the mouth and became critically ill after being 'poisoned' by a visitor at Berlin's famous zoo.* Aru and Aketi were spotted foaming at the mouth five days ago and stopped...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago* A mother and father who repeatedly punched their daughter while screaming 'vile' racist insults because they said she had 'brought shame' on their family by dating a black man have been jailed.* David a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago* BEIJING — An explosion at an illegal workshop in eastern China has killed 13 people. * The official Xinhua News Agency said Monday another 14 people were hurt in Sunday’s blast in Wenzhou city in Zhejian...
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 6 hours agoLawrence Marin takes a little time and space this morning to rebut the theocons who were outraged when he asked whether the prime minister's religious faith influences his policies -- or lack of them. M...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 6 hours ago"Boy Scout files reveal repeated child sex abuse; Predators moved to other troops, documents show" Associated Press, August 06, 2012 LOS ANGELES — Internal documents from the Boy Scouts of America reveal m...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 6 hours agoOrganized crime figure Sheldon Adelson is now the #1 biggest donor to the Mitt Romney campaign and to the Republican Party. He also gave unprecedented $5 million dollar bribes-- walking around money-- to ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 6 hours ago*I'm so grateful you are here reading me instead. * "Photo e-mailed from Mass. man led to vast global child pornography network" by Jenifer B. McKim | Globe Staff, July 29, 2012 As soon as they saw the ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 6 hours ago*And checking into jail*: "Conviction upheld for viewing lewd photo on Hingham library computer" by John R. Ellement | Globe Staff, July 31, 2012 A divided Massachusetts Appeals Court Monday *upheld the...
- posted by Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 6 hours agoKIPP, Inc. has joined forces with the most corrupt and ruthless charter school operator that Philadelphia has to offer, in a takeover bid for large chunks of one of the most vulnerable school communities i...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 6 hours agoJames Hill for The New York Times - The game theory of Olympic Badminton, from Quantitative Peace andJordan Ellenberg . - At e-ir, Tanzil Chowdhury says that intervention is never justified --...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 6 hours agoagain and more - coming to your state legislature - courtesy of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting just held in Salt Lake City. Found this blog enty about South Dakota ALEC Senator Dan Lederman *Lederman Loves ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck SOUTHWEST OF AFRICA at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 11:49:14 UTC Monday 6th August 2012 The epicenter was 708 km (439 miles) ENE of Bouvet Island, Bo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago* LUANDA, ANGOLA (BNO NEWS) -- Twenty-three fans of Angolan football club Kabuscorp were killed Saturday and dozens more were injured when their bus overturned near the capital Luanda, state-run radio repo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago* Several flood alerts across Britain remain in place after the UK experienced heavy rainfalls during the weekend, which caused a landslip of soil, rocks and debris with many homes being flooded in knee-de...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago* The Emerald Isle is reporting its first ever case of the rodent borne virus in a German visitor earlier this year. Human Hantavirus infection has not previously been diagnosed in Ireland.* According to ...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 7 hours agoimage source Stephen Lendman, *Contributor* *Activist Post* On August 3, The General Assembly ignored rule of law principles. Member states are sworn to uphold them. It passed a non-binding Syrian resol...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago* Iranian state television on Sunday broadcast purported confessions by more than a dozen suspects in connection with the killing of five nuclear scientists since 2010.* The broadcast showed some of the s...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoAug 6 - Impoverished North Korea struggles with floods that have left hundreds dead or missing.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 7 hours ago*Note: Richard Tol, an economist at the University of Sussex, has a new paper out on carbon taxes, with important implications for policy. He graciously agreed to write up this guest post with an overvie...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 7 hours ago*It's a landmark for the Boston Globe*: "Abuse allegations surface at Beverly school; Inquiry launched after 2 ex-students speak up" by Walter Robinson | Globe Correspondent, August 01, 2012 David G. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago* (Reuters) - Egypt branded Islamist gunmen who killed 16 police near the Israeli border as "infidels" and promised on Monday to launch a crackdown following the massacre that strained Cairo's ties with bo...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 7 hours ago"College for working women faces closure over deficit of $250,000" by Peter Schworm | Globe Staff, July 19, 2012 The Urban College of Boston, a two-year school that educates working women from low-incom...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago* The grandmother of missing 12-year-old Tia Sharp has made a plea for the child to contact her family and "come home".* Police have said they are becoming increasingly worried about the girl who disappea...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 7 hours agoimage source James Smith, *Contributor* *Activist Post* With the odd purchases of ammunition by the Department of Homeland Security I decided to see what else they have purchased. To my surprise a solicit...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 7 hours agoimage source: extremetech Nicholas West *Activist Post* Literature, TV, and movies have always had among them cautionary tales of science and technology gone wild; whether it is the technology itself that...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 8 hours ago*Erasing David* David Bond lives in one of the most intrusive surveillance states in the world. He decides to find out how much private companies and the government know about him by putting himself unde...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago* A Government unpaid work programme criticised as "forced labour" has been ruled lawful by the High Court. * Jobless graduate Cait Reilly's claim that a back-to-work-scheme requiring her to work for free ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck NEAR THE COAST OF NICARAGUA at a depth of 67.3 km (41.8 miles), the quake hit at 09:50:02 UTC Monday 6th August 2012 The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) West from El V...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the NIAS REGION, INDONESIA at a depth of 28.7 km (17.8 miles), the quake hit at 09:47:53 UTC Monday 6th August 2012 The epicenter was 215 km (133 miles) SSE of Sinaba...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION at a depth of 316 km (195.9 miles), the quake hit at 09:31:26 UTC Monday 6th August 2012 The epicenter was 77 km (47.7 miles) East of Makubetsu,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago*President Bashar al Assad appointed the former agriculture minister as prime minister in June, following elections in May. * Syrian state television is reporting that Hijab's dismissal follows unconfirmed...
- posted by Len Hart at The Existentialist Cowboy - 8 hours ago*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy<* It was in January, 2002 that the UN Committee Against Torture condemned the treatment of prisoners held at Abu Ghraib by noting that 'indefinite detention' was a ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago*Power grids, communications and satellites could be knocked out by a massive solar storm in the next two years, scientists warn. * Experts say the sun is reaching a peak in its 10-year activity cycle, pu...
- posted by Len Hart at The Existentialist Cowboy - 9 hours ago*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy* GOP dogma goes like this: government regulation is excessive, a drag on the economy, an impediment to growth. For the GOP that's a 'given', an article of faith! Re...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 9 hours agoDuring the weekend, I was informed by a Facebook contact of mine who lives on the Indian subcontinent that Pakistan is excited by the invention by Agha Waqar Ahmad, an engineer, who has "managed, by the gr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* Heavy showers and thunderstorms have brought flash flooding to parts of Yorkshire as forecasters predict more unsettled weather. * Flood alerts still remain in place in at least 13 areas of the UK, mostly...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* Several Pakistani police officers have been suspended after they were accused of parading a couple naked in public.* According to witnesses, police in the Sindh town of Gambat forced the man and woman t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago* China is bracing for a record third typhoon in a week after two powerful storms over the weekend left at least 14 people dead and large areas under water.* Over 1.24 million people were evacuated from a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago*Hillary Clinton and her team of crack security agents were driven onto a plane and out of Malawi after being attacked by a swarm of bees today.* The U.S. Secretary of State was due to depart from the sou...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago* China's state-run media ramped up condemnation of the United States on Monday over tensions in the South China Sea, with the Communist Party's top newspaper telling Washington to "Shut up".* The Chinese...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago* A man has died after falling overboard from a ferry bound for the Northern Isles.* Aberdeen Coastguard received a call at about 20:20 on Sunday to say a man had fallen from the MV Hjaltland, which opera...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago* (CNN) -- Tropical Storm Ernesto churned across the Caribbean Sea on Saturday, regaining some strength even as forecasters expect it to grow more powerful and emerge as a Category 1 hurricane in the next ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago* It comes after an Italian newspaper splashed its front page on a photo of Angela Merkel with her arm raised and the headline "Quarto Reich". * Meanwhile, in an op-ed in Germany's Bild Romano Prodi, a form...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoThe big news this morning is coming from an interview Italy's Mario Monti gave to German magazine Der Spiegel, in which he warned that growing Italian resentment against Germany risks the break up of not ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago*A bomb blast rocked Syrian state television headquarters in the heart of Damascus wounding several people on Monday just two days after the army said it had seized the last rebel-held area of the capital...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago* Israel says it has found the bodies of eight gunmen who attacked a checkpoint on the border with Egypt, killing 16 Egyptian policemen. * The heavily armed attackers had captured a border post at Rafah, c...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 10 hours ago* * *The floodgates are cracked now and the flow will not be stopped*. Michael channeled by Ron Head August 5, 2012 in Ron's Channeled Messages As another marker of your progress approaches, and the ch...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 10 hours ago*Found this at Rumor Mill News, I am not a Iraqi Dinar bug so I don't follow these sort of blogs much. Given Poof's comment about something big happened Saturday night, there might be something to thi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago*(CNN) -- Turkish forces have killed 115 Kurdish rebels since launching a security operation in southeastern Turkey late last month, the country's interior minister said Sunday, according to the semi-offi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoAug 6 - Gunmen attack a border police station between Egypt and Israel, killing 15 policemen.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago*(Reuters) - "After you." "No, after you." The euro zone is inching towards a new plan to tackle its debt crisis in a three-dimensional game of chicken among all the main players.* The European Central ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago*(Financial Times) -- A political row has erupted in Athens after the former head of a big Greek state bank admitted to transferring €8m of personal savings abroad to buy a London property months before h...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago(CNN) -- The battle for Syria's most populous city raged and intensified Sunday, with heavy shelling in Aleppo, according to opposition activists. The Syrian regime used warplanes in the siege, they said. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck CENTRAL CALIFORNIA at a depth of 11.6 km (7.2 miles), the quake hit at 07:35:49 UTC Monday 6th August 2012 The epicenter was 8 km (5 miles) Northwest of from Parkfield...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago*Archeologists who discovered thousands of skeletons in a mass London grave believe they were the victims of a 13th Century volcanic eruption which took place thousands of miles away.* The remains were f...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 11 hours agoThe BBC/Guardian/Independent narrative is that those nasty Israelis (for which you can really read Jews) are making life impossible for the Christians living in Gaza. I found this little piece hidden away ...
- posted by Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 11 hours agopanorama courtesy of Chris Kotsiopoulos I was looking for a single image to exemplify my NEW DISCOVERY and this one from Greek photographer Chris Kotsiopoulos seems to fit the bill. What's your new disco...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago* The men came from different walks of life on two continents: a children's puppeteer in Florida, a hotel manager in Massachusetts, an emergency medical technician in Kansas, a day care worker in the Nethe...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago*A battery charge against actor Cuba Gooding Jr has been dropped after the bartender involved said she did not want to proceed.* The Oscar winner faced the charge after an incident on Tuesday at Old Absi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck NORTHERN IRAN at a depth of 7 km (4.3 miles), the quake hit at 07:04:17 UTC Monday 6th August 2012 The epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) Southeast from Savadkuh, Iran No ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN at a depth of 35.0 km (21.9 miles), the quake hit at 05:51:08 UTC Monday 6th August 2012 The epicenter was 143 km (88 miles) SSW of Nishinoo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck the RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN at a depth of 38 km (23.6 miles), the quake hit at 05:30:20 UTC Monday 6th August 2012 The epicenter was 146 km (90 miles) SSW of Nishinoomot...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 2.9 earthquake has struck OKLAHOMA at a depth of 5 km (3.1 miles), the quake hit at 05:24:06 UTC Monday 6th August 2012 The epicenter was 4 km (2.4 miles) SSW of Boley, Oklahoma No Reports of D...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 11 hours agohttp://hurryupharry.org/2012/08/05/call-to-action-tell-tfl-to-say-no-to-al-quds-day/ Supporters of Islamist preachers of hate should not be encouraged.
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 11 hours agoWhat Work Is Light For Each ONE To Do And Where? Dear ONEs, ~~ *** ((((( --- A - L - O - H - A --- ))))) *** ~~ Shared this is from The HEART-LIGHT of ALL, of The Polishing of The DIAMOND YOU are, ea...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 11 hours agohttp://israelagainstterror.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/a-new-documentary-exposes-uns-dna.html
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 12 hours agoI just spent two hours by watching NASA TV that covered the landing of the Curiosity Rover, the cleverest part of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), on Mars. The landing maneuvers (those "7 minutes of ...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 12 hours agoI have posted on this topic before, but today we have here an excellent update that now describes experience based on over a thousand wells. It has obviously becomes the method of choice for a fe...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 12 hours agoFor once we have gotten an excellent photograph taken by an experienced observer of Nessie. Modern cameras and more guides out there has made this progressively more likely and we finally got luc...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 12 hours agoGraphene continues to startle us in its potential. A one atom layer of graphene can be an insulator or a conductor depending on current direction. The potential for semi conductor manufacture a...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 12 hours agoI dragged this list over from Dale Drinnon's blog. There are a couple of worthy items in the list. Most important is that a virgin birth occurred with three caged female sharks and this has bee...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 12 hours agoWest's "Pussy Riot" media coverage worse than "Soviet era" propaganda. *by Tony Cartalucci * *August 6, 2012* - Accurately described as bigots and hooligans, the 3 member musical band known as "Pussy Rio...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 12 hours agoSource of Photo: http://wellesleytudorpole.com/page2.htm The Sphinx – Memories by Major Wellesley Tudor Pole – 1919. Some of you will have seen this before but I felt to share this with you once more b...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 13 hours agoThe Arab and Moslem world has been persuaded to destroy itself. *1.* On 5 August 2012, fifteen Egyptian soldiers were killed in the Sinai in Egypt. Sinai attack proves Islamist terrorists are targeting E...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 13 hours agoA pessimist is just someone who realizes that for every silver lining - a cloud is attached. A halo only has to fall a few inches before it becomes a noose.
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 13 hours agoThere are lots of plants and animals living on the earth; but, there are still many to be found. Scientists tend to look for new species on coral reefs and sea floors which are rich sources of life. The ...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 13 hours agohttp://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html Curiosity Lands on Mars Sun, 05 Aug 2012 10:32:54 PM PDT NASA's Curiosity rover has landed on Mars! Its descent-stage retrorockets fired, gu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago*Police are failing to investigate crimes committed by ethnic minorities because they fear being branded racist, a report claims. * A pamphlet by think-tank Civitas, released today, says pressure to show ...
- posted by david at Alberta Diary - 13 hours agoAspiring to be a cabin boy to the big shots, an unnamed Globe and Mail reporter scans the horizon for news. Actual Globe reporters may not be as snappily dressed as illustrated, or willing to climb as high...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago*This dramatic video captures the moment a two-storey house in India collapsed as cloudbursts wreaked havoc - with the building disappearing from sight in just six seconds.* A camera filmed residents on ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN at a depth of 115.2 km (71.6 miles), the quake hit at 04:55:27 UTC Monday 6th August 2012 The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) Southeast ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS at a depth of 173.2 km (107.6 miles), the quake hit at 04:43:26 UTC Monday 6th August 2012 The epicenter was 205 km (127 miles) WNW o...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 13 hours agoAllan is in the midst of a giant Stephen King reading and writing project, and in honour of that, I'm reading my *first ever* book by Stephen King. From this post, I was moved to read the novella *The B...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 13 hours agoDon't forget to visit Big Fat Whale for more McFadden funnies. Even better, subscribe to his feed in the *New York Times*' Sunday Review: The Strip.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago*A mother collapsed and died moments after going on a white-knuckle theme park ride. * Carla Knight suffered a heart attack soon after riding on the Maelstrom – a giant pendulum swing that propels riders ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago*Thousands - perhaps millions - of various types of fish, some endangered, have died in the Midwest, as record summer temperatures dry up rivers and raise water temperatures in some spots to nearly 100 de...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago*A three-year-old girl bitten by a pygmy rattlesnake while playing on her daycare center's playground is recovering. * Sarah Lawson's grandfather said the girl was playing outside the Sunny Daze centre in...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago* Jared Lee Loughner is expected to plead guilty on Tuesday in the 2011 shooting attack that left six people dead and 13 others, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, injured in Tucson, Arizona, acco...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago*An Ohio man shot his of 45 years in her hospital bed as she recovered from a life-threatening illness in the intensive care unit, police say. * Barbara Wise, 65, survived the gunshot wound and is in criti...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago*The son of a man who allegedly faked his own death fears his father is coming to kill him after his stepmother claimed she found e-mails between the two that detailed the scheme. * Jonathan Roth said tha...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago*A lightning strike in the parking lot at Pocono Raceway after a rain-shortened NASCAR race Sunday killed one person and injured nine others, racetrack officials said.* It wasn't immediately clear if all...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago*Columbus Crew midfielder Kirk Urso died early Sunday morning at a central Ohio hospital without a cause of death known, a county coroner said.* Urso, 22, was rushed by ambulance from a downtown Columbus ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago*A wealthy former yacht dealer has snapped up every foreclosed home in Michigan's Macomb County, paying the cut price of $4.9million for a whopping 645 properties. * Bill McMachen handed over a measly $7,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago*Police have evacuated part of a Milwaukee suburb as they search for evidence in Sunday's deadly gun massacre at a Sikh temple. * Officials are concentrating their search on a home in Cudahy, Wisconsin be...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago*Like his idol Tony Blair before him, David Cameron's watchword is modernisation. Well, there is one thing in need of a major overhaul - and that is the British economy.* Reportedly, Dave is beginning to...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 14 hours ago*Usain Bolt** achieved his aim of becoming a sporting legend on Sunday as he parched to the second-fastest 100 meters ever seen, a wonderful 9.63 seconds, to become the first man to win back to back Olym...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago*Foreign powers have been urged to take action to prevent Syria turning into a bloodbath on a scale seen in notorious conflicts in Bosnia or Rwanda. * UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon drew a comparison bet...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago*An experienced surfer was savaged by a shark in the Indian Ocean when he ignored warnings not to enter the water at sunset. * The French man, believed to be in his 40s, suffered horrific injuries during ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago*The gunman who killed six people at a Sikh temple may have been acting on behalf of a violent race hate group, police sources said.* The shooter, who has not been identified, was covered in tattoos which...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago*After the wettest April for a century and a wash-out June and July, most were hoping August would signal the arrival of summer. * But the topsy-turvy weather had other ideas at the weekend, with heavy ra...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago*The Syrian army claims it has seized the last rebel-held strongholds in the capital, Damascus, as regime forces continue to bombard the northern city of Aleppo.* A brigadier general, who did not give hi...
- posted by Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 15 hours agoWelcome to Meet & Greet Monday! Banner by Art Ist Grab our banner for your site: Do you have an Eco-friendly blog or site? Do you occasionally write about the environment...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours agoI don't have a dog, which makes me sad. I grew up with dogs, first Princess and then Autumn Haze. Now I travel too much to have one. But I love dogs and every morning I go for a hike and bring a pocketfu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago*DEHRADUN/JAMMU: The ITBP and the local police on Sunday searched the remains of flattened homes for more bodies in rain-hit Uttarakhand where the toll due to relentless downpour reached 34. * "In Uttark...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoA magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck the RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN at a depth of 36.6 km (22.7 miles), the quake hit at 03:28:22 UTC Monday 6th August 2012 The epicenter was 235 km (146 miles) South from Kag...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago*CAIRO, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Egypt closed Rafah crossing with Gaza Strip after a security checkpoint attack left at least 16 soldiers dead and seven others injured.* "Egypt closed Rafah crossing indefinite...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* Flood alerts remain in place after heavy rain caused flooding and disruption in some areas on Sunday.* A flood warning is in place for Brough Beck at Catterick, North Yorkshire, with 26 flood alerts acr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago*BEIRUT—Iran has requested help from Turkey and Qatar to secure the release of 48 Iranians captured over the weekend in the Syrian capital by rebels who insist the group are undercover spies and not innoc...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago*How will the attack affect the ties between Egypt and Israel, in light of the already weak relations with the new Egyptian government. * Sunday night's attack of the Egyptian military post and cross-border...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago*WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday denounced the shooting incident at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin as a "senseless act of violence," and expressed condolences f...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN at a depth of 56 km (34.7 miles), the quake hit at 02:34:11 UTC Monday 6th August 2012 The epicenter was 33 km (19.4 miles) Southeast...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck DENMARK at a depth of 5.8 km (3.6 miles), the quake hit at 02:57:14 UTC Monday 6th August 2012 The epicenter was 51 km (31.6 miles) Southwest of Falkenberg, Sweden No ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Tonga at a depth of 55.7 km (34.6 miles), the quake hit at 22:40:48 UTC Sunday 5th August 2012 The epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) South of Hihifo, Tonga No Tsunami War...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 16 hours agoWindow of Opportunity 2 Sunday, August 5, 2012 Second Window of Opportunity for divine intervention is about to open on planet Earth. The entry point of that window is Day of Decision on October 21...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 16 hours ago"South Boston priest faces child porn charges" by Brian Ballou and Martine Powers | Globe Staff, August 01, 2012 The Rev. Andrzej J. Urbaniak *was downloading and sending sexual images of children when ...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 16 hours agoWe are now constantly being bombarded by pure and utter BS via the liars in the Jewish controlled mainstream media about the situation in Syria. We are constantly being fed stories about "atrocities" bein...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 16 hours ago*While the priests get prison?* Rabbi admits abusing students Rabbi Stanley Z. Levitt gets 10 years of probation for abusing three boys Court should have ordered prison for abusive rabbi *Related*: *Pe...
- posted by Chet at JUSTICE - 16 hours ago*Envoys were due to sign a declaration backing the Palestinians ahead of their planned campaign to win recognition as a state at the UN.* A meeting of envoys from the Non-Aligned Movement due to convene in...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 16 hours agoU.S. to resume beef imports from Japan after two-year ban http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/u-s-to-resume-beef-imports-from-japan-after-two-year-ban [excerpted] The United States will restar...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 16 hours agoTwitter Message from Dr. Steven Greer: Sirus filmmaker Arm Kaleka's father shot at Sikh Temple. He is on scene now. Please pray for his family. Dr. Greer. ------------------------------ http://rt...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 16 hours ago*And it is such a good day to go to the beach. * "Sitting in the sun, watching the waves roll in, and popping the top on a cold one would seem to be as much a part of the American summer as hot dogs and c...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 17 hours ago*Here’s the news on tonight’s meeting from our friends at the Auckland Uni Economics Group:* Hi everyone, Here are some questions to ponder before this evening's discussion: - Why do people in shant...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 17 hours agoYou have an intuitive sense of the wonder that you will experience August 5, 2012 by John Smallman August promises to be an exhilarating month for you as the essential changes leading up to your awak...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 17 hours ago*Focus on the magnificent spirit of these games.* 08/05/2012 by John Smallman Humanity is waking up! Friendship and respect are flowing across the planet as never before because so many are taking a...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 17 hours agoOkay, so maybe I should call this the weekly Dharapak. Either way this is my pick for photo of the week. Charles has this knack for capturing the perfect moment. I call it: "Romney looking longingly at his...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 17 hours ago[image: When It Rains, It Pours: Global Warming and the Increase in Extreme Precipitation from 1948 to 2011, PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center, Summer 2012]By Laura Legere, staff Writer 3 August 2...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 18 hours ago"Seattle to overhaul police; Changes come after US scrutiny over civil rights" by Chris Grygiel | Associated Press, July 29, 2012 SEATTLE — Seattle officials have agreed to an independent monitor and cou...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 18 hours ago*That is one of the intriguing things about Islam: you rarely read or hear about a pooper-pumping priest or rabbi.* "Cleric gets jail for public indecency CAIRO — An Egyptian court sentenced an *ultracons...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 18 hours ago*What I remember about Cockburn is when I was a subscriber to the Nation some 20 years ago he pooh-poohed Oliver Stone's JFK. I soon dropped the subscription. * "Alexander Cockburn, leftist writer known f...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 18 hours ago*Sorry, Judge Bacharach, but despite the supposed strong support of your Oklahoma home-state loons (the wackiest duo in the Senate), you won't be filling that vacancy on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals t...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 18 hours ago"Dog helps Haverhill veteran, fallen serviceman’s family, heal" by Katie Johnston | Globe Staff, July 01, 2012 LEXINGTON, N.C. — Two years after returning to Massachusetts from Iraq, the worst memories...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 19 hours agohttp://www.newstalk1010.com/Episodes.aspx?PID=2439
- posted by Obi-Wan Kabuki at American Kabuki - 19 hours agoAugust 5, 2012 *"Just look at us, everything is backwards; everything is upside down. Doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom t...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 19 hours ago*The downfall of the temple of "news" is coming.* "It seems that reality doesn’t mean all that much when the Western media talk about Syria." - German journalist *Manuel Ochsenreiter*. "The Western me...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 19 hours agoThe Olympics is a fish out of today’s politically-correct water, says Michael Hurd, which is probably why it’s such compelling viewing: because “the Olympics represent the exact opposite of everything po...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoAug. 5 - Police say a shooting at a Sikh temple outside Milwaukee Sunday left at least seven people dead, including a gunman. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 20 hours ago* This is my article yesterday in TV5's news portal, http://www.interaksyon.com/business/39513/fat-free-economics-population-decontrol-not-rh-bill --------- A big population is often blamed as the cause of ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 20 hours ago"India’s top court bans tourism in tiger parks" by Nirmala George | Associated Press, July 25, 2012 NEW DELHI — India’s top court banned tourism in tiger reserves across the country Tuesday in a ruling ...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 20 hours agoSubject: Speak Now or Forever Hold your Peace Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2012 17:17:32 -0400 Born To Be Wild lyrics Songwriters: Bonfire, Mars; Artist: Steppenwolf Get your motor runnin' Head out on the...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago*Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti has warned of a "psychological break-up" of Europe that must be contained.* In an interview with Germany's der Spiegel magazine on Sunday, he said the eurozone crisis ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago*One of the most daring space missions ever undertaken is nearing Mars.* In the next few hours Nasa will attempt to land its one-tonne Curiosity rover on the Red Planet to study the possibility that this ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC at a depth of 71.4 km (44.4 miles), the quake hit at 21:51:24 UTC Sunday 5th August 2012 The epicenter was 6 km (3.7 miles) Southwest of Sanchez...
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- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 21 hours agoEnbridge Muscle in Michigan This is what happens when you don't play ball with Enbridge. You wind up with a couple of armed guards on your property - just in case. Livingstone county farmer, Keith Huf...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 21 hours agoIntel Hub Shephard Ambellas *“World population needs to be decreased by 50%” — Dr. Henry Kissinger* * * *National Security Study Memorandum (NSSM 200)* A.K.A. “The Kissinger Report” (released internally la...
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- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 21 hours agoWith the weight of government behind them, the London Olympic Games Organising Committee (LOGOC) has been as officious with advertising Londoners as the International Rugby Board (IRB) was with advertisin...
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- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 21 hours agoAugust 5-12, 2012 Beloved Ones, Take time out often to be kind to yourselves as there is much happening upon the inner planes for each of you. The work that you do is multi-dimensional with many...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoHAVANA (AP) — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said about 3,000 fish have been found dead on the Petit Jean River near Blue Mountain Lake. The commission said the fish kill was located near the Logan-...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago*FLORENCE, Ariz. — Four inmates from the Arizona State Prison Complex Eyman in Florence are hospitalized with suspected botulism poisoning.* Pinal County authorities say the source is believed to be contr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago*(Reuters) - Israel said a group of militants who tried to storm its border on Sunday had commandeered two Egyptian vehicles and driven them through a crossing on the Egyptian-Israeli border.* One of the...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago*(Reuters) - Across the bay of Naples from Pompeii, where thousands were incinerated by Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, lies a hidden "super volcano" that could kill millions in a catastrophe many times worse, s...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 21 hours ago“Hey kids, spelling is important. Look! The difference between won and one: New Zealand have just won gold. Australia have just one gold.” [Hat tip Cat in the Bush] PS: Even on a medals-per-capita basis...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago*JERUSALEM — Israel has upgraded its top-tier Arrow II missile defense, a Defense Ministry official confirmed Sunday, as the country girds for possible attacks from Iran and Syria.* Sensors, command and ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 21 hours ago*In India*: "Bhopal Games assail Dow Chemical" July 27, 2012 BHOPAL, India — Dozens of giggling children in wheelchairs or limping on twisted limbs raced for gold Thursday in their own *Special Olympics*o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago*China’s Foreign Ministry has called in a senior US diplomat to protest against remarks by the US State Department raising concerns over tensions in the contested South China Sea, further intensifying an ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 21 hours ago[image: A growing problem: A large number of jellyfish polyps are observed along the coast of Ise Bay, 4 August 2012. CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER CO. / CHUNICHI SHIMBUN] By Chunichi Shimbun 4 August 2012 Larg...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago*Unidentified gunmen have attacked a checkpoint on the Egyptian-Israeli border, killing at least 13 Egyptian policemen, officials say.* Israel said the heavily armed attackers, in two vehicles, then tried...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 21 hours agoPalestinians in Syria "are not allowed to vote or hold Syrian passports." Moreover, they cannot "stand for parliament or other political offices. Palestinians are barred from buying farmland and prohibit...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 21 hours agoToronto Star Film critics have rightly picked up on a disturbing message in the latest instalment of Christopher Nolan’s hugely popular Dark Knight series of Batman movies. Fascism, the film suggests, i...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 21 hours ago*I just got started then.... * "Outage leaves 370 million without power in India" by Ravi Nessman | Associated Press, July 31, 2012 NEW DELHI — A *power failure* cut service to 370 million people in nor...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoMasked gunmen armed with automatic rifles and weapons mounted on vehicles have killed 13 border guards in an attack on a checkpoint along the Egyptian border with Gaza and Israel, a senior Egyptian securi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the TURKEY-SYRIA-IRAQ BORDER REGION at a depth of 50 km (31 miles), the quake hit at 11:28:00 UTC Sunday 5th August 2012 The epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) East from ...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 22 hours agoPhys Peter Dizikes It is a central worry of many Americans: not having enough money to live comfortably in old age. Now an innovative paper co-authored by an MIT economist shows that a large portion of A...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 22 hours agoStill thinking State. If Barack Obama is re-elected, he'll presumably have to fill an opening for Secretary of State. Do you have a candidate? Anyone you really don't want to see? Also: if she would take ...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 22 hours ago------------------------------ *Friday’s Jobs Report: More Lies From “our” Big Brother* ------------------------------ August 4, 2012 | Original here In his report on the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ lates...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoTo D-fox: if you're reading this, please contact us at thecomingcrisis@gmail.com. It's important -- we believe.
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 22 hours agoEarlier we saw that Tuesday is primary-day for Dr. Syed Taj in MI-11. Of course that means it's primary day for all the candidates running in Michigan, including Blue America-endorsed Trevor Thomas, who'...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 22 hours agoLet's talk Secretary of State, should Mitt Romney be elected. Who would you like to see at State? Who do you want him to avoid?
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 22 hours agoFirst, I want everyone to be aware that I have again come under fire for my articles... In a very disturbing email that I received the other day, an individual who writes some very good reports that I hav...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago*(CNN) -- Three suspected terrorists arrested last week in what Spanish officials call one of their largest operations against al Qaeda appear to have been interested in targeting a Gibraltar shopping mall...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 23 hours agoFrom Pepe Escobar, we learn: (4 August 2012 - *www.voltairenet.org/a175260*) *1.* Assad's opponents in Syria, the Free Syrian Army, are fighters from Iraq, Kuwait, Algeria, Tunisia, Pakistan, Egypt, S...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 23 hours ago*Fukushima Emissions* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYYjvpdTNBA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pZv_XW0T4Y&feature=youtu.be *Iodine-131 Detections Rise in Gunma Prefecture (evidence of criticalities)* ...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 23 hours agoAmerica's drought has forced traffic closures on the Mississippi River in Wisconsin and Arkansas and in Mississippi it's not even knee deep in places. *"It looks like a coastline out there," said Reynold...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoAug. 5 - At least 19 people are killed, including six Turkish soldiers, after a rebel attack by Kurdish rebels on army outposts in the southeast of Turkey. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago* Aug. 5 - At least four people die and 10 others are wounded when an explosives-laden vehicle parked in a house explodes. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.*
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago*(Reuters) - Greece's latest fiscal and reform pledges may be enough to convince international lenders weary after years of broken promises to keep Athens hooked to a 130 billion euro lifeline, but the ba...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"Flooding, mudslides kill at least 26 in Japan" July 16, 2012 TOKYO — Thousands of people in southern Japan remained cut off Sunday by *floods and mudslides* triggered by torrential rains that have *kill...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoSeveral wildfires raging in Oklahoma in America have forced hundreds of people to leave their homes. Firefighters have battled to control the blazes in areas already affected by severe drought due to sum...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Wildfires fanned by fierce winds and high temperatures have raged across a western Spanish region and on the Canary Islands, threatening to cut off phone contact with one island and forcing the evacuatio...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*(CNN) -- At least seven people, including a gunman shot by a police officer, have been killed in an attack on worshippers at a Sikh temple in the Milwaukee suburb of Oak Creek, Wisconsin, on Sunday, polic...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) says that the UK economy will contract by 0.5 per cent this year and then grow by 1.3 per cent in 2013 and by 2.4 per cent in 2014. * NIESR s...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*HOMES were evacuated and several families had to be rehomed as flooding hit Jedburgh town centre on Sunday following torrential rain across south-west Scotland.* Jedburgh high street resembled a river b...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Turkey's security forces have killed as many as 115 Kurdish rebels during a major security offensive over the past two weeks, the country's interior minister said Sunday.* Idris Naim Sahin said the rebe...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day agoThere aren't many American journalists today who can hold a candle to Rachel Maddow. She's aggressive, fearless and relentless - perfect qualities for exposing a charlatan like Mitt Romney. Visit NBCN...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*It's a photograph in my printed paper that you never saw on the web*: "CRASH KILLS 16 IN KASHMIR -- A policeman looked at the wreckage of a truck crash in a gorge near Pappad Morh in Sambia district that ...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 1 day agoShould President Obama (alongside Lindsay Graham and John McCain) be wearing an orange jumpsuit? If providing material assistance to al-Qaeda is illegal under the National Defence Authorization Act (2012)...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Juno star Ellen Page is being terrorised on Twitter by a crazed fan who has threatened to kill her, it has been reported. * The Canadian star has apparently asked Los Angeles Police Department to investi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoPolice in Oak Creek, Wisc., outside Milwaukee, say they're trying to determine if there was more than one gunman who opened fire inside a Sikh temple today, injuring many. Officials say an officer was sho...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 1 day agoTripod This document caused quite a stir when it was discovered in 1977. Dated 4/1/67, and marked "DESTROY WHEN NO LONGER NEEDED", this document is a stunning testimony to how concerned the CIA was over i...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* Four teenagers are recovering in hospital after being shot in Merseyside on Saturday night.* Three 17-year-olds and a 15-year-old were injured in the same attack, which happened in Akenside Street, Boot...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day agoAnyone looking for the ugly face of Christianity need look no further than Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The Grace Baptist Church decided to respond to the construction of a mosque by erecting 13 crosses al...
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- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago*Inflation adjusted gold price 1720 - 2012.* Website for this image According to Thomas Pascoe, in his Daily Telegraph blog on 11 July 2012, *the price of gold has been manipulated.* *1.* With the dolla...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* Reports are coming out of Oak Creek that at least four people have been killed and possibly dozens of others have been shot at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin at 7512 S. Howell Ave.* The Journal Sentinel o...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day agoAnthony Gucciardi *Activist Post* The news surrounding GMO crops continues to get further and further outlandish as the crops are increasingly mutated and sprayed with a medley of harsh pesticides, her...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Radioactive cesium likely from the Fukushima nuclear disaster was detected last year in a survey of ocean waters and fish off Niigata, Shizuoka, and Iwate prefectures, the government announced on Aug. 3....
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A typhoon with gusts of up to 126 kilometers per hour was approaching Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on Sunday, bringing heavy rain and strong winds to the prefecture and nea...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*BEIJING—China summoned a U.S. diplomat to refute a State Department accusation that Beijing is hampering diplomatic efforts to defuse long-simmering tensions over the disputed South China Sea.* The Fore...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 day agoNuclear energy, state efforts slammed at Fukushima hearing. The Asahi Shimbun http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201208020064 [Excerpted] A farmer who used to live in Namie, near the c...
- posted by yayacanada at YayaCanada - 1 day ago*... and "I don't care" is in charge of statistics.* *Contributor: YYC* *A week with the unemployed*A family member sent me this link to a hilarious, but too accurate take-off on Abbot and Costello's "*Wh...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day agoSeveral decades ago we cut out the middleman and settled down to an existence where "because I can" leads directly to "so I shall." What has fallen into desuetude was what once existed between the two,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*(Reuters) - At least one gunman opened fire during morning services on Sunday at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, and remained on the loose inside the temple, possibly holding hostages, according to...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago"I think one of the things about creativity is not to be afraid of saying the wrong thing." - Sydney Brenner. "Brenner made significant contributions to work on the genetic code, and other areas of molecu...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 1 day agoDaniel Ellsberg, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and the Bradley Manning Support Network are asking for our help. Please sign the petition to free Bradley Manning, and share it as widely as you can.
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel is reporting that multiple people, an undetermined number between 8 and 20, have been injured in a shooting incident at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., just south of Milwa...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*Probably the greatest Czech conductor (at least of the stay-at-home-Czech variety) of whom we have record, Václav Talich, conducts the Czech Philharmonic in Dvořák's Slavonic Dance No. 10 in E minor, Op....
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 day agoJapan's debris team inspects Oregon coast NHK http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20120805_91.html [Excerpted]A Japanese survey team has inspected a beach in Oregon and collected debris from last year's ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Mean Sea Level Trend, Beaufort, North Carolina, 1953-2012. The mean sea level trend is 2.57 millimeters/year with a 95% confidence interval of +/- 0.44 mm/yr based on monthly mean sea level data ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Parts of the UK face flood warnings and potential landslides after storm fronts brought heavy rain over the weekend. * Cornwall, Devon and Somerset were particularly badly hit after torrential rainfall i...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*The family of a missing 12-year-old girl are at their "wits' end" as police grow increasingly concerned for her welfare.* Tia Sharp was last seen leaving her grandmother's home in New Addington, southea...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Police are investigating after a 20-year-old woman was sexually assaulted as she walked home in south Manchester, in an attack believed to be linked to several others in the area. * The attack occurred a...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago*Bandar Bush: Back from the dead? * *"The rumours of my death have been greatly exaggerated." * I don't know what to make of this. Veterans Today (Gordon Duff): *"Breaking: Bandar Bush – Saudi Intel Chi...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 day agoDrought intensifies in most-parched areas of U.S. Washington Post by Alyssa Botelho and Joel Achenbach Aug 2 http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/drought-intensifies-in-most-parched-areas...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: The dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico, outlined in red, were far smaller than those in 2011 when measured at the end of July 2012. Red dots indicate stations for which the bottom-water oxygen conc...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck EASTERN XIZANG, CHINA at a depth of 34.6 km (21.5 miles), the quake hit at 14:10:31 UTC Sunday 5th August 2012 The epicenter was 64 km (39 miles) South of Domartang, C...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*A photo is worth a thousand words*: "Floods follow drought in North Korea" Associated Press, July 31, 2012 [image: People waited on the roof of a house Monday in Anju, one of the North Korean cities hard...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.6 earthquake has struck the FIJI REGION at a depth of 470.7 km (292.5 miles), the quake hit at 13:55:09 UTC Sunday 5th August 2012 The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) Southeast of Ndoi Island,...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*I'm sure they are adorable, but.... * "North Korean first lady revealed" by Chico Harlan | The Washington Post, July 26, 2012 TOKYO — North Korean state media disclosed Wednesday that leader Kim Jong ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Oi Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3, Unit 4, in Oi District, Fukui Prefecture, Japan, May 1993. KEI at ja.wikipedia] By arevamirpal::laprimavera 3 August 2012 I've written about 137 alarms at Ooi Nucl...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago*It's all for one as fallen New Orleans Saints have singular goal to stand together in wake of BountyGate sanctions ~NY Daily News* ~Photo by: Rusty Costanza/AP *Saints Nation: Willie Roaf Enshrined Into H...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"South Korean president apologizes for corruption scandals" by Choe Sang-Hun | New York Times, July 25, 2012 SEOUL — President Lee Myung Bak *apologized* Tuesday for a *string of corruption scandals imp...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*Literally and figuratively*: "US military apologizes for handcuffing Korean citizens" July 09, 2012 SEOUL — The top US military commander in South Korea *apologized* Sunday for an incident last week du...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day agoFor more than a quater century, NASA Space Laboratory director James Hansen has led the effort to warn the world about the fact of global warming. Now, Hansen has created another stir across the world with...
- posted by Capt. Fogg at The Impolitic - 1 day agoBy Capt. Fogg If some day someone erects a cenotaph somewhere in the arid and polluted desert that used to be called the United States of America; some inscription marking two vast and trunkless legs of ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*They must not be toeing the line because it's been ignored for so long*. "Group alleges atrocities in Myanmar" Associated Press, August 02, 2012 SITTWE, Myanmar — A human rights group said Myanmar *govern...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: A horse tries to escape a wildfire burning in Slaughter, Oklahoma, 3 August 2012. The horse was eventually rescued. Jerry Laizure/ Norman Transcript] By MARC SANTORA 4 August 2012 Firefighters...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 1 day ago"America loves 'winners'. You can be a porn-star banging golfer, gambling basketball player who gets his father killed because of debts or a rapist boxer who eats human ears. Bottom line is that if you ca...
- posted by Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day agoTexas has been been doing more of the same standardized testing and expecting different results (see Einstein's definition of insanity) for 32 years now, and the children of the Lone Star state are as poor...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*"a test case for how a rising China will deal with the world — through threats and coercion or according to international legal norms."* *In other words, will they do it our way or another way? * "Clinto...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAn authoritative US military source told debkafile Sunday, Aug. 5 that the American armed forces are standing ready for war with Iran. Without going into the thorny question of who should lead the operati...
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day agoIn the spring, it became clear that Quebec was experiencing what -- in my youth -- we called a "generation gap." Konrad Yakabuski writes, in today's *Globe an Mail,* that the kids in the street will def...
- posted by thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 1 day agoI suppose that my skin is thin in places. But it's pretty fucking thick in other places. What I hate is the inability of some people to put things into some sort of context. Here's an imaginary scenario: ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*Let's start with a bad leak*: "Ex-CIA agent to face charges in leak" Associated Press, July 21, 2012 ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A judge rejected claims Friday from a *former CIA officer*that he is the victim of ...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 1 day agoWhat a joy it was to see Billy Payne (one of my favorite piano men), Paul Barrere and Little Feat last night at the Cat's Cradle in Carrboro. The crowd was beyond adoring and enthusiastic, and although the...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Power grids, communications and satellites could be knocked out by a massive solar storm in the next two years, scientists warn. * Experts say the sun is reaching a peak in its 10-year activity cycle, pu...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day agoI MENTION a certain writer in an e-mail, and the reply comes back: “Comcast McCarthy??? Phoner novelist???” Did I really type “Comcast”? No. The great god Autocorrect has struck again. It is an i...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago*Imagine if what kind of force is necessary if they were actually investigating violent criminals?* *KGW* Video | News | Weather | Sports Thu Aug 02 07:42:55 PDT 2012 Report: Portland FBI raids targeted ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoThe last time, which was also the first time he won, Bob Corker ran to represent Tennessee in the U.S. Senate, his Democratic opponent was notorious corporate shill and faux-Democrat Harold Ford, Jr. Nat...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*(CNN) -- Tropical Storm Ernesto churned across the Caribbean Sea on Saturday, regaining some strength even as forecasters expect it to grow more powerful and emerge as a Category 1 hurricane in the next f...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*(CNN) -- Fighting between Kurdish rebels and government troops in southeastern Turkey killed more than a dozen people over the weekend, according to the semi-official Anatolia news agency. * Six soldiers...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*Just further evidence that the AmeriKan media is not to be believed.* "Fabrications acknowledged, a bestseller is withdrawn" by Joseph P. Kahn | Globe Staff, August 01, 2012 The Harvard Book Store in C...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day agoJanet Phelan *Activist Post* The petition to determine title in the conservatorship of Lois Risse will be heard at 10:30 am in Department S16P (Hangin Judge Welch's court) this coming Thursday, August ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*(CNN) -- A standoff loomed Sunday between Syrian rebels and government forces near Aleppo as the battle for control of the most populous city intensified and the regime deployed heavy weapons to drive out...
- posted by Patrick Porter at The Duck of Minerva - 1 day agoWith sanctions and talks – and a big stick in the background – the United States and its allies are trying to curtail Tehran’s nuclear programme. Australia is playing its part. Canberra recently blocked a ...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day agoNicholas West *Activist Post* The era of Big Data is upon us. Major corporations in the areas of advertising, social media, defense contracting, and computing are forming partnerships with government a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Scores of jellyfish that caused more than 1,000 people to seek medical treatment for painful stings in the Costa Del Sol in July have returned to several beaches this week.* All along the Malaga coast o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*A self-proclaimed spiritual healer who targeted devout Christians was jailed yesterday for sexually assaulting two women who visited him for help. * Alain Bhatupa, 37, called himself ‘The Prophet Alain’ ...
- posted by Big Dan at Big Dan's Big Blog - 1 day agoJust say it: the pro-Chick Fil A protesters are HOMOPHOBIC. It's not a "free speech" issue because no one was ever saying Chick Fil A doesn't have a right to free speech! Everyone AGREES that everyone else...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago*You can only retain freedoms if you act to preserve them*.* - *Karl Tricamo Image: Karl Tricamo Heather Callaghan *Activist Post* Stay-at-home dad Karl Tricamo was another unsuspecting gardener just goi...
- posted by P. L. Thomas at Schools Matter - 1 day agoReporting on the revisions to teacher evaluations in DC public schools, Valerie Strauss makes a key observation: "When Rhee set the percentage at 50 percent back in 2009, after spending millions of dollar...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago*Editor's Note: The views and/or opinions expressed in the following video may not represent the views and/or opinions of Global Political Awakening!* *Youtube* Enter your email address to subscribe t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA at a depth of 176.7 km (109.8 miles), the quake hit at 11:28:00 UTC Sunday 5th August 2012 The epicenter was 130 km (81 miles) ESE from Ba...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago*Youtube* Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by FeedBurner Be the Change! Share this using the tools below. Sharing on Reddit and Newsvine will help the most.
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 day agoActually had some free time today, so I went out to try my hand at some bug pics. Enjoy. Taiwan has a tremendous variety of butterflies in leaf camo. Striking, beautiful, and a tribute to the creative po...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*An evangelist who kicks followers in the face, claiming his violence will cure them of cancer, is to tour Britain this month – but his proposed visit has provoked outrage and demands that he be banned fr...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day agoTransform Now Three http://transformnowplowshares.wordpress.com. Peace Activists Close Nuclear Facility, Cause Historic Security Breachby Nathan Schneider In the early morning on Saturday, July 28, three...
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 day ago*Corn knocked down by Soala.* Longtime readers will remember this case. First a bit of background from one of the Taipei Times pieces today: Ten defendants, including Shieh and Hsu Hung-chang (è¨±é´»ç« ), owne...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*US police are hunting a possible arsonist after dozens of homes were destroyed by wildfires in Oklahoma.* Fifteen fires, spread over more than 50,000 acres across the state, have destroyed around 100 bu...
- posted by Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 1 day agoThe Syrian Army has uncovered a mass grave in the suburbs of Damascus. The grave is the first such mass grave to be discovered, but will certainly not be the only one. Imagine if it had been the terrorist...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*A British safari pilot imprisoned in Africa on charges of using black magic to commit mass murder has told of his joy at being freed after a riot in the jail.* David Simpson was the only inmate remainin...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Caged behind the perspex panes of a cramped Moscow courtroom cell, the three young Russian women huddle together in dejected and fearful silence as a stern-faced woman prison warden, a 3ft wooden trunche...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day agoWoody Harrelson I'm An American Tired Of American Lies THOUGHTS FROM WITHIN by Woody Harrelson . *I sometimes feel like an alien creature for which there is no earthly explanation Sure I have human for...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Image: Victim: Carol Manley was seriously injured when a concrete block was thrown at her car from another bridge over the A12* A van driver was lucky to escape with his life after mindless thugs threw a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*A new television documentary will claim Sir Jimmy Savile sexually abused teenage girls while at the height of his fame in the Seventies. * The programme, based on research by a former Surrey police office...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Intelligent and inquisitive, chimpanzees have always been able to communicate with man.* But this heartbreaking video shows just how desperate this chimp is to be understood and to be let out of his cag...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*British officials are secretly equipping Syrian rebel groups with satellite phones in a bid to topple President Bashar al-Assad. * The supply of the latest generation of handsets is part of the Foreign O...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Two airplanes came dangerously close to one another at a Detroit airport on Friday, just days after hundreds of air passengers narrowly avoided a massive mid-air collision when three U.S. commuter jets c...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*President Obama struck out with Turkey this week after the White House released a photo showing the leader of the free world holding a baseball bat while talking on the phone with the Turkish prime minis...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 1 day agoAt UN, More Than One Third of the World Refuses to Endorse the Saudi-Qatari Call for Open Season on Syria; Mass Strikes in Saudi and Bahrain; Still No Sign of Bandar. Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. PressTV - ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Iconic music festival Lollapalooza was shut down this afternoon after powerful thunderstorms swept into Chicago.* Around 100,000 fans were evacuated to shelters which had been set up in underground park...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Two men have been arrested for filming up the skirts of more than a dozen women at supermarkets in an upscale Connecticut suburb.* Rodolfo Tamaniz-Cruz was arrested on Friday for allegedly using his cell...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*A pregnant Florida teenager has gone missing after informing the father of her unborn child that the baby was a girl. * Morgan Martin, 17, was last seen on July 25 in St. Petersburg, Florida after leavin...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* The men came from different walks of life on two continents: a children's puppeteer in Florida, a hotel manager in Massachusetts, an emergency medical technician in Kansas, a day care worker in the Nethe...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAug. 5 - Oklahoma firefighters battle spreading wildfires which have destroyed more than 120 structures. Sarah Charlton reports.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*(Reuters) - Israel is upgrading its Arrow II ballistic missile shield in a U.S.-backed "race" against Iran, Syria and other regional enemies, a senior Israeli defense official said on Sunday.* The new "...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*(Reuters) - Jared Loughner, the man accused of killing six people and wounding then-U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords in 2011, is set to plead guilty in a Tucson court on Tuesday, a person familiar ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*(FT) The Obama administration is tip-toeing towards closer links with the Free Syrian Army with the White House allowing US intelligence agencies to share information about troop movements with some oppo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*North Korea said 400 people were missing and about 212,000 were left homeless following heavy rains and floods that lasted through July. * The floods killed 169 people and injured 144, while destroying mo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*China's foreign ministry has called in a senior US diplomat to express "strong dissatisfaction" at remarks by the US state department raising concerns over tensions in the disputed South China Sea, in th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*A suicide bomber struck at a wake in Yemen's southern city of Jaar overnight, killing at least 35 people and wounding dozens more including the leader of a local group fighting al-Qaida linked militants,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Heavy fighting continues unabated in Syria's second city Aleppo, as fears grow that the army will launch a full-scale assault within days.* A rebel commander on the ground told Reuters his fighters were ...
- posted by david at Alberta Diary - 1 day agoMembers of the Calgary Centre Conservative Constituency Association puzzle over nomination papers presented by would-be candidates. Alberta political insiders may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: CPC ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*The Syrian army claims it has seized the last rebel-held strongholds in the capital, Damascus, as regime forces continue to bombard the northern city of Aleppo.* A brigadier general, who did not give hi...
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