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- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 minute agoInstead of waiting for Obama and Boehner to cobble together some "Grand Bargain" on November 7, Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chair Keith Ellison decided to give them a headstart with some commonsen...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 13 minutes agoThere are two lines that rolled off Mitt Romney's lips that he can neither escape nor survive. *“All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 25 minutes ago[image: Customers queue to enter a National Bank of Greece SA branch in Athens. An accelerating flight of deposits from banks in four European countries is jeopardizing the renewal of economic growth and...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 35 minutes ago*China was returning to normalcy Wednesday after angry protests over Japan's wartime occupation and Tokyo's recent purchase of islands also claimed by Beijing. * Beijing sanitation workers were using high...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 39 minutes ago*(Reuters) - In a study that prompted criticism from other experts, French scientists said on Wednesday that rats fed on Monsanto's genetically modified (GM) corn or exposed to its top-selling weedkiller ...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 47 minutes agoThese guys often go over my head, but this epic xkcd cartoon is easy to understand and it's not hyperbole to say it's the most incredible ever. Warning: Don't click the link unless you have at least ten mi...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 49 minutes agoWe know that existing, known fossil fuel reserves already on the books of global energy companies are five times greater than the maximum amount of fossil fuel we can consume and hope to remain within the ...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 57 minutes ago
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 1 hour agoSusanne Posel, *Contributor* Canadian researchers have concluded that the H1N1 flu shot is more dangerous than the flu it purports to protect against. The timing of this study’s release coincided with...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 hour agoElizabeth Renter Are the makers of energy drinks purposefully misleading consumers about their benefits and ingredients? That’s what New York’s attorney general is hoping to find out. According to the...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 hour agoJames Hall, *Contributor* It begins . . . the latest downgrade of credit worthiness for the former titan reserve currency. As reality strikes, financial confidence goes negative. Forget the pump-and-d...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 hour ago*WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2012* *That fact is politically dangerous:* For what it’s worth, that fact about the 47 percent is politically dangerous. But first: In July 1987, we learned a valuable lesson fr...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 hour agoI don't mind the ugly depictions of Muhammad in the Western press. That is what freedom of speech is all about. America is great because it values and protects freedom of speech. But there must be consiste...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 1 hour ago------------------------------ * the**REALnews Permalink* September 19, 2012 *Chicago Teachers Union Votes to End Historic St...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 hour ago*WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2012* *Part 2—Gail Collins leaves no joke behind:* About twenty percent of Gail Collins' new book is devoted to the Texas public schools, a topic she seems to know little about. ...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 hour agoAnthony Freda Art PA Farruggio You can call it karma or blowback, whatever makes you happy. The bottom line is that what America is now facing both internationally and domestically is all due to being a...
- posted by Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 1 hour agoAfter eight months in Copan Ruinas, I’m finally getting 10-lempira moto-taxi rides. It’s a big moment. Not because of the money, mind you. My experience is that foreigners typically pay two or even three...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoIt would be so fun to drive around in one of those Google street view cars, wouldn’t it? Happily capturing the world around you so it can be carefully digitized and archived for everyone with an Internet ...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 hour agoThe Chronicle Daniel J. Solove When the government gathers or analyzes personal information, many people say they're not worried. "I've got nothing to hide," they declare. "Only if you're doing somethi...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 2 hours agoJustin Raimondo - *The ‘Pro-Israel’ Network Behind the Innocence Video*. Zero Hedge - *French Magazine Portrays Prophet Mohammad Naked In Cartoons, Set To Further Infuriate Muslim World*. Thierry Meyssan ...
- posted by david at Alberta Diary - 2 hours agoAlabama farm workers in 1935 – not so different from Alabamberta farmworkers in 2012. Below: Premier Alison Redford. LETHBRIDGE, Alberta Literally everybody – and that includes Alberta Premier Alison Redfo...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 2 hours agoThe Dalai Lama. Image from Nulla dies sine linea. Dalai Lama: Religion is no longer adequate There is a growing realization that something is being born in between what we call “religion” and what we call ...
- posted by Southern Man at Southern Man - 2 hours agoAvast, maties, it's Talk Like A Pirate Day 2012! To view this blog in Pirate Talk click here.
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 2 hours agoClarke v R, 2012 CMAC 3 has a useful review of the law regarding credibility: [39] Several basic principles inform my decision on this ground of appeal. [40] First, witnesses a...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 2 hours agoI should've made this yesterday since that was the 42nd anniversary of Hendrix's death. But better late than never, I suppose.
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoThe Israeli military on Wednesday conducted its largest snap drill in years as tensions with Iran over its nuclear program rise and civil war in neighboring Syria rages. Military chief Lt. Gen. Benny Gan...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 2 hours agoJohn Sides isn't quite as frustrated yet about the idea that the economic "fundamentals" of the 2012 cycle make a Mitt Romney victory so inevitable that anything else needs to some fantastic explanation as...
- posted by Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 2 hours agoEverybody's getting all bent out of shape from the latest eruption of false equivalency. In the wake of the Mitt Romney odium, conservatives like Ross Douthat can't resist tying Mitt's remarks to those of ...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 2 hours ago*Space Shuttle Endeavour's final flyover path included Michoud ~WWL* *~Near Causeway * *Community meeting set to discuss sinkhole updates ~The Advocate* *Isaac costs Entergy at least $400 million* *Corps ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 2 hours ago[image: The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image on 15 September 2012. Red outlines indicate hot spots where MODIS detected unusually warm su...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 2 hours ago*Breaking news:* Dr Joseph Conlon, a string theorist at Oxford cooperating with the Royal Society as well, just sent me a link to their new cute website called: *WhyStringTheory.COM*. Recommended! The ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 2 hours ago18 September 2012 (CBS NEWS) ASPEN, Colorado – Colorado wildlife officials predicted drought conditions this spring indicated a deadly summer for bears. Now it's known just how bad the year has been, CB...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 2 hours ago[image: Fires on U.S. Forest Service land, 1970-2011. The annual number of wildfires greater than 1,000 acres on U.S. Forest Service Land has been increasing at a supralinear rate. climatecentral.org] 1...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago*Further secret filming of Mitt Romney has emerged, with the US presidential candidate appearing to declare how he would carry out a terrorist attack on America if he was leader of Iran.* It coms after f...
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- posted by Seth R. Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 3 hours agoWith the presidential elections coming up in less than two months, there's a lot of political discussion going on. Personally, I think the power of the President is vastly overstated. We tend to put the bl...
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- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Christian Munthe) at Philosophical Comment - 3 hours agoA call to support the Gendered Conference Campaign. "We call on all philosophers - male and female, junior and senior - not to organize male-only or male-almost-only conferences,workshops, or edited volume...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 3 hours agoI'm crashing on multiple deadlines, so in lieu of "morning linkage".... Last night I was in a twitter conversation with Phil Arena and Kindred Winecoff about Fabio Rojas' recent post at orgtheory.net con...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 3 hours agoHappy Birthday to Tegan and Sara Quin, 32. Been a while, so right to the good stuff: 1. Gaffes. Or as John Sides refers to them, "gaffes." Yeah, don't get carried away. 2. Lots of good items written the ...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago*MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) -- The U.S. temporarily closed its consulate in Indonesia's third-largest city Wednesday due to ongoing protests over an anti-Islam film produced in America. * About 300 members of ...
- posted by Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 4 hours ago*ht to Stan Karp:* * * *“Journey for Justice” is a national campaign against school closings led by parents, youth and community activists. Supporters from more than a dozen states, including NJ, will hea...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours agoIf not for the big *Politico* feature Monday morning about Romney's campaign melting down and if not for the leaked tape from right-wing sex pervert Mark Leder's $50,000/plate fundraiser about Romney tel...
- posted by Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 4 hours agoIt must be tough to be Edgar Schmidt these days. He's the genius in charge of Edmonton Public Schools that very recently fired an experienced and respected physics teacher for the dastardly crime of giving...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago*China's leader-in-waiting, Xi Jinping, has said that Japan should "rein in its behaviour" and stop undermining Chinese sovereignty, state media have reported.* His comments follow days of sometimes viol...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 4 hours agoGlobal Research Thierry Mason The circulation on the Internet of the trailer for a film, The Innocence of Muslims, sparked demonstrations across the world and resulted in the killing in Benghazi of the U...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck the TIMOR REGION at a depth of 35.3 km (21.9 miles), the quake hit at 10:45:39 UTC Wednesday 19th September 2012 The epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) SSE of Popnam, Indo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago*Sept. 19 - China moves to snuff out anti-Japan protests after days of angry demonstrations over a territorial dispute forced Japanese businesses to shut their doors. Sarah Charlton reports.*
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago*Sept. 19 - Georgians take to the streets of Tbilisi after video of the torture and sexual assault of prisoners was shown on television. Sarah Sheffer reports.*
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago*(Reuters) - Russia accused the United States on Wednesday of using its aid mission in Moscow to influence Russian elections, a charge likely to push relations between the former Cold War foes to a new lo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago*French police are raiding the offices of the magazine that published pictures of the Duchess of Cambridge topless.* The raid comes a day after the Duke and Duchess won an injunction to stop Closer magaz...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 4 hours agoStory
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 4 hours agoJeffrey Simpson, in today's *Globe and Mail, *refers to an essay written by British MP and historian Rory Stewart. The subject of the essay is the British invasion and occupation of Afghanistan from 18...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 4 hours agoDIY Natural Room Scents Throw out all those canned room sprays and make your own natural and safe room scents using simmering waters infused with spices, herbs & fruit. *Fragrant items for naturally s...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 4 hours agoDaily Mail Max Hastings Almost 40 years ago, as a young correspondent in Vietnam, I found myself aboard a vast U.S. transport plane, travelling back to Saigon, after reporting on a battle in the Central...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 4 hours agoConsortium News Ray McGovern *Exclusive: *The new conventional wisdom, in the wake of angry protests roiling the Middle East, is that Muslims are either way too sensitive or irrational. How else to explai...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 4 hours agoThe timing of this live fire “snap” drill should indicate this is no ‘snap’ drill. Nor is it a "surprise" drill, despite the silly headlines used by the media. When considering the timing and location of...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 5 hours agoPressTV UN nuclear chief Yukiya Amano says the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is ready to hold negotiations with Iran in the “near future.” "I confirmed to Dr. Abbasi that the Agency is comm...
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- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 5 hours agoBusiness Insider Michael Kelley Lance Corporal Greg Buckley, Jr.A 21-year-old Marine who was killed by an Afghan trainee had previously told his father that he would be killed inside his base, David Ariost...
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- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 5 hours ago*South by Southwest film festival was warned against showing the film, titled WikiLeaks: Secrets and Lies* Guardian Josh Halliday Julian Assange threatened to sue the film festival South by Southwest if ...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 5 hours ago*This is less of a big deal than it might seem. Dangerous Offender applications are very rare and regardless of the onus are fought vigorously. As a practical matter this will make a samll change is a ...
- posted by thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 5 hours agoThere are a lot of "conservative" scum-bags who are given to braggadacio about harper's political longevity and how their hero has successfully crushed his opponents time and time again. Which is stupid no...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 5 hours agoReuters Jeff Franks Judy Gross, wife of U.S. aid contractor Alan Gross who is jailed in Cuba, speaks during an interview for Reuters with Reuters at her apartment in Washington October 23, 2010. Cuba has ...
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- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 6 hours agoFrom last year Bors Johnson trying and finally succeeding in blowing a note of the shofar, the rams horn traditionally used on Rosh Hashonah and Yom Kippur. For more on the usage of the shofar take a rea...
- posted by Ben O'Loughlin at The Duck of Minerva - 6 hours agoPatient voters in Zimbabwe, from The Guardian 2008.Democracy sits in time. It is a looping circuit of accountability between leaders and led. Voters authorise leaders to act on certain problems. Through e...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA crowd of around 50 Chinese protesters surrounded the official car of the United States ambassador in Beijing, who escaped unharmed, a State department spokesman said. The melee occurred outside the gat...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck CENTRAL TURKEY at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 09:17:48 UTC Wednesday 19th September 2012 The epicenter was 27 km (16 miles) Southeast of Turkoglu, T...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago*Following controversy over its purchase of around 1.2 billion bullets in the last six months alone, the Department of Homeland Security has put out a new solicitation for over 200 million more rounds of ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago*France is to close its embassies around the world on Friday, in case of a backlash against the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, according to a minister.* The cartoons have just been publ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago*Police have fired rubber bullets to disperse a crowd gathered near a platinum mine in South Africa, according to reports.* Police spokesman Dennis Adriao said the people had gathered illegally in an inf...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago*“Legalized Plunder: An Interview With G. Edward Griffin”* by Louis James, Casey Research “*Louis James:* Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us. We are here in Carlsbad, California at the Nav...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago** *RUDRAPRAYAG, India (CNN) -- The death toll in cloudburst that triggered a massive landslide and affected nearly five villages of northern India's Uttarakhand state, rose to 50 and about 20 people are ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago*(CNN) -- At least six people, including a child, were killed in back-to-back explosions Tuesday at a busy market in Karachi, Pakistan, government officials said.* The homemade bombs were planted inside ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago*(CNN) -- Authorities in northern Mexico detained a prison director and two other officials after 129 inmates escaped from the facility through a tunnel, officials said.* The three prison leaders will be...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago* (CNN) -- Egyptian authorities have charged seven Coptic Christians living in the United States and a Florida pastor with insulting Islam and inciting sectarian strife for their alleged links to an onli...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago*(Reuters) - Berlin, not Brussels, will decide the future of the ailing eurozone because Germany's economic power and its status as the European Union's main paymaster give it an effective veto over key d...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago*(Reuters) - China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping held on Wednesday his first talks with a foreign official since vanishing from the public eye nearly two weeks ago, telling U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Pa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago*(Reuters) - Rebels tore down a Syrian flag at a border gate on the Turkish frontier on Wednesday as they battled to seize control of the crossing, and schools on the Turkish side shut down as bullets fle...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago*A British adventurer who went missing in Switzerland after taking part in the extreme sport of speed-flying has been found alive after a four-day search.* Dan Hunt, 33, began his flight in the Alps on S...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the ICELAND REGION at a depth of 10.3 km (6.4 miles), the quake hit at 07:57:24 UTC Wednesday 19th September 2012 The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) NNW from Akureyri,...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago*"The Faces of Failure & Futility" * by Jim Quinn "A culture that does not grasp the vital interplay between morality and power, which mistakes management techniques for wisdom, and fails to understa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago*An explosion and fire killed at least 26 people at a Pemex natural gas facility in northern Mexico near the US border yesterday.* Television footage showed flames leaping high into the sky during the bla...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago*A directly elected European Commission president, more powerful foreign affairs chief, and new rules making it easier to adopt treaty changes are among the radical ideas put forward by 11 European Union ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago*Paris: French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Wednesday anyone offended by cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed published in the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo could take the matter to the ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago*(Reuters) - China's decision to open its streets to a wave of anti-Japan protests could end up rebounding on Beijing, which has emerged from days of fervent nationalism with eroded authority at home and ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago*A highly offensive text message is circulating urging Australians to unite and fight back at a planned Muslim protest in Melbourne.* The message calls on non-Muslim Australians to join a rally to coincid...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago"Maybe we accept the dream has become a nightmare. We tell ourselves that reality is better. We convince ourselves it's better that we never dream at all. But, the strongest of us, the most determined o...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago"It comes, then, to this: that to be "viable", livable, or merely practical, life must be lived as a game - and the "must" here expresses a condition, not a commandment. It must be lived in the spirit o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago*WASHINGTON (AFP) - Some early Christians believed Jesus himself wed, a Harvard professor told the 10th International Congress of Coptic Studies, the Harvard Gazette reported.* Professor Karen King, who ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA at a depth of 37.8 km (23.5 miles), the quake hit at 07:31:46 UTC Wednesday 19th September 2012 The epicenter was 252 km (156 miles) South of...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND at a depth of 59.5 km (37 miles), the quake hit at 06:44:23 UTC Wednesday 19th September 2012 The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) Eas...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR at a depth of 70.7 km (43.9 miles), the quake hit at 04:27:02 UTC Wednesday 19th September 2012 The epicenter was 32 km (19 miles) SSW of Puerto ...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 9 hours agoFurther to this post, I note that the BBC have responded. In fact they responded on the 17th September but I managed to miss posting about it. My original complaint was quite short: 'The BBC yesterday and...
- posted by Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 9 hours agodid a very strange thing last night that I've not done for a decade or more ... astrally projected to a few dozens of light years away. It was something the Raja Yoga teacher in Bournemouth (1986-87) taug...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago“Just when we think we figured things out, the universe throws us a curveball. So, we have to improvise. We find happiness in unexpected places. We find ourselves back to the things that matter the most...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 9 hours agoMy name is Linda and I was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer in June of 2010 at the age of 47. *Linda’s Cancer Survivor Story: Root Canals and Cancer* I had surgery and unfortunately and I did chemo. A few mo...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 10 hours agoWe visited an old astronomer yesterday: I could see the sunspots exactly as you can see them on the web, except that the image was left-right-reflected and somewhat rotated. By the way, if you click at the...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 10 hours agoA more plausible explanation for the diamonds is that the impacting asteroid was carbonaceous and the impact horizon reached the temperatures necessary for diamond formation. I also see little ...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 10 hours agoWithout question, titanium needs new completely innovative fabrication technologies. All of its superb characteristics work wonderfully against successful machining and losses during machining wh...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 10 hours ago3D printing provides a completely new method of fabrication with the added promise of inexpensive short run production for selected parts. Not quite manufacturing on demand but close enough. Th...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 10 hours agoThis is a problem that has long been looking for a solution at the proper price point. Quite rightly, the economic argument is already there in terms of a divertable expense. That price point now ...
- posted by skrashen at Schools Matter - 10 hours agoAccess to books is not always enough: An example from Gate C-5 Published as: Airport Amenities, Taipei Times, September 19, 2012 As a researcher who has investigated the role of self-selected leisure readi...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours agoA new poll has discovered that British Columbians take bitumen pipelines very, very seriously. In fact, the pipelines come second only to the economy in priority and even ahead of healthcare. *“It is v...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 11 hours ago*By Brenda Norrell* *Censored News* http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com Anonymous has hacked Monsanto again. This time the World Wildlife Foundation is exposed for certifying the areas where genetically mod...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 11 hours agoScientists have studied a patient who, due to an infection, now lacks three areas of the brain thought to be essential for self awareness. This patient, to the surprise of the scientists, is still self a...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 12 hours agoBright flash at 1:44 (posted at Enenews by Wideawake) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6GPLCf0o28&feature=plcp Link to a still of the flash posted by Wideawake. 17th Sep in this Tbs/Jnn screen shot taken a...
- posted by Jay Allbritton at Jay Allbritton - 12 hours agoThe man is now the walking personification of greed. I *almost* feel bad for him. This is no way to win a presidential election.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago*LONDON — Testing the theory that it often takes a crisis to bring Europeans together, 11 foreign ministers, led by Guido Westerwelle of Germany, have called for a big increase in economic, political, dip...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 12 hours agoPeace in the Middle East? Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says, *"Forget about it."* Romney told a private audience that establishing peace in the Middle East is impossible. Yeah, because Ro...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 12 hours agoThe United States continues to plunge down the Fraser Institute’s World Index of Economic Freedom, out today, while ironically New Zealand continues to ride high. [Hat tip Stephen Hicks] After ranking 2...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 12 hours agoA couple of weeks back I reported on a "perfect storm brewing" as a consequence of rising food prices due to poor harvests. Global impoverishment due to the financial crisis will mean that rising food p...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago*VIENNA, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear agency said on Tuesday Iran must address concerns about its suspected atom bomb research, one day after Tehran alleged that "terrorists" had infiltrated the o...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoIf anyone has any doubt as to whether or not the United States has earned the designation of “police state,” one need only look at the case of 24-year-old Leah-Lynn Plante, a Portland woman whose home was...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago*A French magazine is publishing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in a move that is likely to inflame outrage among Muslims who have been protesting against an anti-Islamic film.* The latest edition of s...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA senior advisor to the Chinese government has called for an attack on the Japanese bond market to precipitate a funding crisis and bring the country to its knees, unless Tokyo reverses its decision to na...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the EASTERN NEW GUINEA REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA at a depth of 36.1 km (22.4 miles), the quake hit at 01:57:32 UTC Wednesday 19th September 2012 The epicenter was 112 ...
- posted by Obi-Wan Kabuki at American Kabuki - 12 hours ago*Do you realize how potentially huge and troublesome this is for the Catholic Church? - AK* http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/nyt-historian-says-papyrus-refers-to-jesus-wife-1 By Laurie Goodstei...
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- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 13 hours agoI know the Obama campaign isn't getting cocky about having it in the bag. Nor should any of his supporters. Romney is about to release the Koch-and-Adelson-funded Death Star on Obama and the Democrats whi...
- posted by Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 13 hours agoWelcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)! If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far. There's a lot of great inform...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck HALMAHERA, INDONESIA at a depth of 116.5 km (72.41 miles), the quake hit at 00:32:09 UTC Wednesday 19th September 2012 The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) WSW of Tobel...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the LOYALTY ISLANDS at a depth of 48.5 km (30.1 miles), the quake hit at 00:15:10 UTC Wednesday 19th September 2012 The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) SSW of Isangel,...
- posted by Obi-Wan Kabuki at American Kabuki - 13 hours agoCHRIS DAVIS/PINCHER CREEK VOICE One of two spots where drills were used to eradicate images that were carved into rock. *Alberta aboriginal rock etchings defaced with drill, power washer, acid* http:/...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 13 hours agoLabel of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), circa 1900. Image from Wikimedia Commons. Lessons from history: It is time to organize all workers By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / September 18, 2012 Ten t...
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 13 hours agoThe Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA) Philippines and its multi-stakeholder process and dialogues, along with the DOH Advisory Council on Healthcare (ACH), are the best venues that allowed me to get ...
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- posted by Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 14 hours agoBreathtaking hubris and moral bankruptcyArne Duncan is on another bus tour to promote the corporate education schemes that pit Wall Street hedge funders and the corporate foundations against the children, ...
- posted by Obi-Wan Kabuki at American Kabuki - 14 hours agoUpdate by Sheldan Nidle for the Spiritual Hierarchy and the Galactic Federation 11 Cimi, 14 Zip, 9 Eb Dratzo! We return! Your world continues to be caught in the conflict between the dark cabal and...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago2002, “Return to Freedom” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYVHVHniU80&feature=relmfu
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago“What's going on in the center of this spiral galaxy? Named the Sombrero Galaxy for its hat-like resemblance, M104 features a prominent dust lane and a bright halo of stars and globular clusters. Reasons ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago*"Hope"* "Hope is with you when you believe The earth is not a dream but living flesh, That sight, touch, and hearing do not lie, That all things you have ever seen here Are like a garden looked at from ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago*“That Strange Flower, The Sun…”* by Chet Raymo "I'm sure I'm not the only one among us who was dazzled by yesterday's APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day): a huge filament of flame blazing outward from...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago*"Relax And Pay Attention"* by Paulo Coelho "Sometimes we keep on waiting – with patience, resignation, courage – and still, things around us don’t move. But since this is the path we chose, it seems ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago*"Messages From Humanity to the Cosmos" * by Mario Livio "A couple of weeks ago the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico sent a special radio signal to outer space. This was the symbolic "reply" to what h...
- posted by Batocchio at Vagabond Scholar - 15 hours agoCrooks and Liars, one of the coolest big blogs, is holding a donation drive. I imagine most readers here are familiar with Crooks and Liars, but if not, it's a great place to catch up on political video cli...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 15 hours ago*Legalized Plunder – Why we have all been had, fooled and deceived…. and the surprising reason we keep asking for more of the same bad medicine* Louis James *Casey Research* Author G Edward Griffin was pi...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 15 hours agoLeah-Lynn Plante photo: National Lawyers Guild Brandon Turbeville If anyone has any doubt as to whether or not the United States has earned the designation of “police state,” one need only look at the ca...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 15 hours agoROWSED BY THE BROUHAHA brewed up by “the *Herald*'s chief political commentator” John Armstrong when he launched an attack last week on bloggers—“why do they whinge about us real journalists when we’re s...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 15 hours agoColleen McCool, Contributor The elephants and donkeys deserve the bird! Obama and Romney have forsaken the American Dream. They hardly disagree at all on the important issues. What will they debate? A ...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 15 hours agoIn my own research into the criminality of the so called "Chosen Ones", I have found that our entire history is rife with their dirty work and their crimes against humanity. Anyone who spends the time to ...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 15 hours agoimage credit: official White House photo by Chuck Kennedy Madison Ruppert, *Contributor* As I reported yesterday, the Obama administration snapped into action in their effort to overturn the decision of ...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 15 hours agoimage source Michael Snyder, *Contributor* Last week the mainstream media hailed QE3 as the "quick fix" that the U.S. economy desperately needs, but the truth is that the policies that the Federal Reser...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 16 hours agoGaye Levy, *Contributor* These days, the enlightened carry a heavy burden of truth and knowledge that, without conscious effort, can be both exhausting and debilitating. One merely has to look around...
- posted by Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 16 hours agoWhile its true that my job (and indeed many people's work here) involves some long hours, one of the little perks is the free food. Most mornings before I head out of the lunch room I can usually count on...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago*Confidential to Willard "top strategist" Stuart Stevens: it's looking more and more as if the chair is your most reliable speaker. Perhaps you should try having it take over more of the campaign's public ...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 16 hours agoBusiness Insider Michael Kelley Newly released internal emails from the U.S. private security firm Stratfor state that in 2007 the Bush Administration and CIA ordered the Drug Enforcement Agency to back ...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 16 hours ago*COOK INLET GROUPS TELL ALASKA TO DENY APPROVAL **OF BUCANNEER OIL SPILL PLAN* Center for Water Advocacy Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com Beluga whale ANCHORAGE -- Last week, Center for ...
- posted by John Carroll at Dying in Haiti - 16 hours agoPhoto by John Carroll-September 18, 2012 This sweet little lady is 78 years old. She is in the middle of six months of outpatient treatment for tuberculosis and she is doing pretty well. However, she tol...
- posted by John Carroll at Dying in Haiti - 17 hours ago
- posted by thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 17 hours agoI don't want to talk too much about this; what with the disastrous state of Canada's political culture (as represented by the Mayoralty of Rob Ford in Toronto), and the opening of a new session of Parliame...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 17 hours agoActually, Atrios is joking, he doesn't think they're crazy and neither do I. Indeed, I'm often surprised when he says something I've been thinking for years. Because, he's a lot smarter about this stuff th...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours agoBotosani, Romania. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago*"In New Campaign Strategy, * *Romney to Have Mouth Wired Shut Until November"* by Andy Borowitz NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)— "In what his campaign described today as a bold strategy to insure vict...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoThere are three important things to keep in mind when looking at this gorgeous graph: 1. The graph is adjusted for inflation. 2. The red line accounts for online ad revenue. 3. The end began with the ri...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoFollowing controversy over its purchase of around 1.2 billion bullets in the last six months alone, the Department of Homeland Security has put out a new solicitation for over 200 million more rounds of a...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoChina’s military for the second time in two years upstaged a visiting U.S. defense secretary by disclosing the first photographs of its second stealth jet under development. The photographs of a prototyp...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago*"A Dynamic Choice-Maker: Accepting Yourself"* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM "Sometimes we choose or do something that takes us in the opposite direction of the reality we want to create. There is no ...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA French satirical magazine is set to publish several cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed on Wednesday, a move that is likely to inflame the Islamic faithful and militants who have already rioted in more tha...
- posted by Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 18 hours agoTennessee has been at the forefront of backwards thinking on education for the past 20 years, and it now has a governor and General Assembly that promises to push the state deeper into the past if possible...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 18 hours agoDemonstrators outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, September 11, 2012. Photo from Reuters / MarketWatch. Religious unrest, violence, and intolerance A society where great umbrage is taken by large numbers of ...
- posted by Obi-Wan Kabuki at American Kabuki - 18 hours ago* * *Note: this is speculative, but matches some rumors I am hearing, Ben Fulford has been hinting at similar rumblings from intelligence sources. -AK* * * http://sgtreport.com/2012/09/u-s-rivalry-b...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 18 hours ago[image: In this photo released by Yeosu City and distributed via Yonhap News Agency, high waves caused by Typhoon Sanba crash on a beach in Yeosu, south of Seoul, South Korea on Monday, 17 September 2012...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 18 hours agoBonnie Raitt. Image from R.C.'s Twin Cities Beat. Bonnie Raitt lights up the world Bonnie has balanced an astonishing musical range with a message and a way of carrying herself that are firmly rooted in he...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 19 hours agoI told them: "I don't know, and I don't care." ****
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 19 hours agoEven *FOX *is losing its patience with Mitt Romney. An editorial takes Romney to pieces for his attack on the 47%, those who don't pay U.S. income taxes. *The governor is wrong to say that the 47% don't ...
- posted by Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene at Schools Matter - 19 hours ago*The driving assumption for the pro-charter side, of course, is that market competition in education will be like that for toothpaste — providing an array of appealing options. But education, like health...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 19 hours ago*Spag me with a spoon ~Moosedenied*
- posted by Obi-Wan Kabuki at American Kabuki - 19 hours agoMake it so, dear hearts. – channeled by Ron Head September 17, 2012 in Ron's Channeled Messages Michael and all the angelic host, for the Creator of the universes. On this day, the seventeenth of Sep...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 20 hours agoChristine O'Donnell must be missing student loans payments or mortgage payments again. She's threatening the Republican Party that she may run for the U.S. Senate again. Her successful primary challenge ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago*"Memo to Romney: * *5 Ways the Government Gives Money to Rich People"* by Zaid Jilani "Yesterday, video emerged of Republican presidential nominee essentially telling donors that 47 percent of Americ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago"How many times do you have to get hit over the head before you realize who's hitting you?" - Harry S. Truman
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 20 hours ago
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 20 hours agoHow successful was the Arab Spring in bringing about democracy? *1.** Freedom House* says a country score of 5 out of a total of 7 is the minimum score required to be an effective democracy. *Freedom Ho...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago"I still believe that peace and plenty and happiness can be worked out some way. I am a fool." - Kurt Vonnegut
- posted by Jay Allbritton at Jay Allbritton - 20 hours agoOn the infamous hidden camera recording going around (here) Mitt Romney expresses his frustrations at the 47% of American people that he considers "dependent on the government." Over at *The Atlantic*, Dav...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago*"Downside: * *After the Returns Stop Diminishing, Part II"* by Bill Bonner “You can’t be too safe,” is an expression you hear from time to time. The government takes it upon itself to protect its cit...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 21 hours ago*TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2012* *A bad report gets worse:* Directly below, we discuss Philip Rucker’s astoundingly awful news report at the Washington Post. Accurately but misleadingly, Mitt Romney said tha...
- posted by Geezer Power at GEEZERPOWER - 21 hours agoPurdueRCAC on Jun 1, 2007 Researchers at Purdue University have created a simulation that uses scientific principles to study in detail what likely happened when a commercial airliner crashed into th...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 21 hours agoWith a team like Romney-Ryan, it's no wonder other Republicans facing election in November are becoming alarmed. In the wake of the backroom video of Romney gaffes leaked by *Mother Jones, *Romney's vice-...
- posted by What Is Sustainable at What Is Sustainable - 21 hours agoThe Industrial Revolution blew the lid off Pandora’s Box, releasing a poisonous whirlwind of evils into the world. Millions of rural people were herded into vast, filthy, disease-ridden cities to live amo...
- posted by Obi-Wan Kabuki at American Kabuki - 21 hours agoBillionaires Getting Richer As Millionaires Lose Money: Report http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/17/wealth-x-world-ultra-wealth-billionaires-millionaires_n_1889404.html?utm_hp_ref=business Reuters...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 21 hours agoVlad Putin has expressed his gratitude for Mitt Romney's candor. It has, Putin says, justified his wariness of dealing with America's leadership over missile defence systems deployed in Europe. Moscow an...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 21 hours agoAs David Brooks points out in the *New York Times, *Mitt Romney has a profoundly flawed belief system. He has a feeble knowledge of the country, its people, its culture. He doesn't "get" the American...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 21 hours ago------------------------------ *September 17, 2012 at 01:48:09* *Promoted to Headline (H3) on 9/17/12: Permalink * Money Printing Madness* * *By **Stephen Lendman (about the author)* opedne...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 21 hours agoTying up some lose ends here- Canada closing the Iranian Embassy and suspending all diplomatic ties with Iran- Covered in this post Worrisome scenarios.... The topic was narrative creation and who was trul...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago* **OK, so it has been a few days since QE to infinity became official Fed policy. There is certainly an abundance of swirling news and discussion out there that dances around the real significance. Today...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago*The Rockefeller global oil and banking empire has been the subject of much critical commentary on the Internet. However, the Rockefeller Octopus’s tentacles into every facet of America’s banking, oil (th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago
- posted by thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 22 hours agoAt least that's what CSIS Director Richard Fadden said in response to the Canadian Human Rights Commissioner's recommendations: In a newly declassified memo, CSIS director Dick Fadden dismisses the Ca...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago*'Lost: One plot...went missing on the afternoon of 13th September 2012 in Marriner Eccles Building, Washington D.C. Please contact Ben Bernanke if found.'* That's right, dear reader, Ben Bernanke has of...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoOver 200 areas of mass emission of methane can be observed in the Arctic Ocean discovered recently by the Russian expedition onboard Viktor Buinitsky research vessel. As the Arctic regions containing meth...
- posted by leftdog at Buckdog - 22 hours ago*Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall consistently refers to a 'labour shortage' in the province. He makes this statement to try and hit home a message that everything is booming here. * *Wall recently traveled...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 22 hours ago*TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2012* *An astoundingly bungled report:* On the Washington Post’s web site, Philip Rucker has offered this astonishing news report. The report concerns Mitt Romney’s remarks about f...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago*TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Tehran has deployed one of its Russian-made submarines in the Persian Gulf, just days after the United States and more than two dozen allies began naval exercises nearby, Iranian stat...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago*Three British warships joins 30-nation minesweep exercise, seen by military analysts as warning to Tehran to toe the line.* British warships have joined a major naval exercise in the Persian Gulf as ten...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago*China’s most powerful military leader, in an unusual public statement, last week ordered military forces to prepare for combat, as Chinese warships deployed to waters near disputed islands and anti-Japan...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago*(Reuters) - A Libyan Salafi group which has denied it was involved in a deadly assault on the American consulate in Benghazi said on Tuesday Libya would turn into "an inferno for U.S. troops" if the U.S....
- posted by paul at Paying attention - 22 hours agoI'm baffled by the B.C. Liberals' focus on attacking the leaders of the other parties. So far, the efforts have looked amateurish and cynical, and have failed utterly to change public opinion. Surely the c...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 22 hours agoFood Integrity Campaign Sarah Damian We're less than two months away from the November election – when California's Proposition 37 could become the country's first law mandating the labeling of genetical...
- *Is Spain breaking apart?* Since on September 12-13 about 1.5 million inhabitants of the Spanish autonomous 'nation' of *Catalonia* demonstrated for independence from Madrid (read: Spain), the discussions...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago*Opposition groups in Syria have been accused of committing war crimes including torture and the summary execution of prisoners, and the UN has been warned of a growing number of human rights violations a...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 22 hours agoIf you're the Republican presidential candidate and yet you've lost *New York Times* conservative columnist, David Brooks, you're in serious trouble. Brooks slams Romney's remarks disparaging half of Am...
- posted by Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 22 hours ago...is the culture of hypermasculinity. We've all seen it, some of us have participated in it. It occurs in kids hockey, sports fields, certain types of work, politicians, military, and police. In its milder ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck JAVA, INDONESIA at a depth of 50 km (31 miles), the quake hit at 16:35:04 UTC Tuesday 18th September 2012 The epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) Southwest of Banda aceh, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago*Seven Egyptian Coptic Christians and a US pastor accused of insulting and publicly attacking Islam.* Egypt's public prosecutor has issued arrest warrants for seven Egyptian Coptic Christians and a US pa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago*(Reuters) - Striking platinum miners at Lonmin's Marikana mine in South Africa accepted a pay offer on Tuesday, ending six weeks of violent unrest that claimed 45 lives and rattled Africa's largest econo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago*The boyfriend of university Catherine Wells-Burr has been charged with conspiracy to murder the graduate.* Rafal Nowak, 31, will appear before magistrates in Bristol tomorrow, Avon and Somerset Police s...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 23 hours ago*Asia Times *correspondent "Spengler" argues that, for Washington, anIsraeli attack on Iranmight not be a bad thing. *...consider the possibility that all-out regional war is the optimal outcome for Americ...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 23 hours agoHuffington Post Michael McAuliff A federal appeals judge gave the Obama administration the OK to keep enforcing its indefinite detention policy Tuesday, issuing a temporary stay of a ruling that had found...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 23 hours agoHas NATO cried "uncle" in Afghanistan? Apparently reacting to the ongoing spate of "green on blue" killings of Western forces by supposed Afghan allies, NATO has cut back on operations with Afghan forces....
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 23 hours agoOne of the main issues many Occupy Wall Street protesters spoke of during the last year was their concern that they were being watched by the police. The American Civil Liberties Union has obtained docum...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck OFF WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA at a depth of 40 km (24.8 miles), the quake hit at 15:59:42 UTC Tuesday 18th September 2012 The epicenter was 341 km (211.4 miles)...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 23 hours ago*Have you entered the giveaway for the Witch Cutout yet? Enter Here!* When I saw a pin on Pinterest that offered a solution to keep your child from falling out of bed, I knew I had to give it a try. N...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 23 hours agoNew Musical Express are reporting the slightly, ok very, surprising news that: 'Azealia Banks has claimed that Samantha Cameron is a big fan of her summer 2011 smash '212'. The rapper wrote on her Twitter...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 23 hours agoFox News Newly published emails show the top spokeswoman at the U.S. Justice Department regularly collaborating with the liberal advocacy group Media Matters on stories that slam the administration's cri...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 23 hours ago*Joint US-Afghan missions halted after US and other Nato soldiers killed in an 'insider attack' on the weekend* Guardian Chis McGreal The US military has suspended joint operations with Afghan forces be...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 23 hours agoRecent images of two Chinese stealth fighters, the J-20 that appeared almost two years ago and the J-21 that surfaced this past week, have stymied American observers. No one knows how advanced these airc...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 23 hours agoThis Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us - introduced by Lauren Laverne And a documentary 'Brothers In Arms' that I have only just discovered...Here's Sally James interviewing Sparks in 1974 from a f...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoAt the end of May, progressives and reformers had a big win in Texas to celebrate. Texas? Well... sort of sure. El Paso is its own unique little corner of Texas, closer, some people like to say, to Los A...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago*Black and White and Red All Over: benefiting dashTHIRTYdash Times-Picayune Employee Assistance Fund!*
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 1 day agoPressTV Egypt’s former vice president and spy chief, Omar Suleiman, left and Saudi Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, A prominent US-based Journalist, Fareed Zakaria says the US Central Intelligence Agency...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day agoIn Alfano v. Piersanti, 2012 ONCA 612 the parties engaged in lengthy and complex litigation. Following the appeal of one decision a new case was started seeking relief including a Mareva injunction and a ...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 1 day agoTheSoundandNoise Just a few weeks ago, an FBI task force raided a home* in Portland, Oregon very early in the morning. They broke down the front door with a battering ram and threw in a stun grenade, whic...
- posted by Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 1 day agoWHY ROMNEY AND RYAN ARE GOING DOWN, summarized forcefully by Robert Reich, reported on RSN, and an extensive look at the Gopper charge to oblivion: Republicans are failing the central test of electability. ...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 1 day agoAlternet Pam Martens By mid morning on Monday, September 17, as Occupy Wall Street protesters marched around the perimeter of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, all signs that an FRPD (Federal Reserve ...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day agoI have listened to him being interviewed on a number of occasions by divergent interviewers. Always finding him thought provoking! How about you? If you enjoy his thoughts, interviews can be found at Gno...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day agoI know, I know, it is Jesse Ventura, former Navy SEAL, pro-wrestler, state governor... but he does offer up some straight talk on the demise of democracy in his homeland, a nation subverted by its own Su...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 1 day agoGlobal Research Larry Chin Every year, people commemorate 9/11 without having a clear understanding of the original event or the elite agenda that made it possible. This lack of comprehension persists, e...
- posted by Sophia at American Kabuki - 1 day agoYour body is hanging on. It desperately wants you here. You have to let go. Let go – everything you’re hanging on to because of fear, or are doing a certain way because of fear, or not doing at all be...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 day agoI've been following the National Defense Authorization Act and the current law suit by Chris Hedges, Noam Chomsky, Daniel Ellsberg, and others to strike down provisions that violate habeas corpus and due...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day agoJosé Manuel Barroso Keelan Balderson, *Contributor* Unelected President of the EU Commission, José Manuel Barroso, announced last week plans for an all encompassing “banking union”, which would give the...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 day agoI'm following any reported increases in diseases. So far I've seen reports of unprecedented levels of West Nile Virus and Pertusis: http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/disease-outbreaks-us.html SEE Do...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Aerial view of drought-affected farmland near Strasburg, Colorado, on 21 July 2012. Image: USDA / Lance Cheung / Flickr] By Erika Bolstad 17 September 2012 CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (McClatchy N...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago*Toronto-Dominion Bank v. Hylton*, 2012 ONCA 614 holds: [5] A party moving for summary judgment has the evidentiary burden of showing there is no genuine issue for trial. Once this burden is dis...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago*TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2012* *Major journalist who can’t seem to write complains about kids who can’t read:* Joe Nocera has no idea what he’s talking about! You can tell that from the ridiculous headline...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Damascus, Syria (CNN) -- The growing presence of Islamic fundamentalist fighters is among the "most alarming" trends in Syria's civil war, a United Nations investigator said Monday. * "Some of them can b...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*(CNN) – Efforts to keep President Barack Obama's name off of the Kansas presidential ballot were halted Monday when a state board ended its probe over questions about the president's place of birth, the ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Thermal stress at different levels of global warming. a–c, Frequency of DHM>2°C×month events with 1.0 °C (a), 1.5 °C (b) and 2.0 °C (c) of global mean warming. Red points represent frequencies ab...
- posted by leftdog at Buckdog - 1 day agoJust for the record ... Stephen Harper has a history of saying negative things about working Canadians .. the ones who don't belong to Country Clubs or have offshore bank accounts. Anyone who was shocked...
- posted by paul at Paying attention - 1 day agoI don't take public positions on what should or shouldn't happen in Honduras, mostly because I don't know anywhere near enough. (Though I've been surprised at the willingness of bloggers thousands of kilo...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago'In September and October 2012 there are but three moonless nights each; the 15th, 16th and 17th of each month. Unless the Israelis go tonight, it is unlikely they will go until next month on the 15th. ...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day agoAllan Taylor, 78, beat cancer by changing his diet and taking herbal remedies. Grandfather,78, Beats Incurable Colon Cancer By Changing His DietThe following article by Rob Preece appeared in The Daily M...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day agoSusanne Posel, *Contributor* On September 15th, Obama stated in his weekly address that the US “must also send a clear and resolute message to the world: those who attack our people will find no escap...
- posted by Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 1 day agoThe royal British bosom is almost getting out-trended by the royal American boob commonly known as Moochie Mitt. He is managing to offend whole swaths of the population today, thanks to that viral video th...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 1 day agoThis is just a quick note to ask for input. I'm planning out the Duck of Minerva podcast schedule for the next few weeks. My original plan was to alternate interviews with some kind of "riff" episode inv...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Los Angeles (CNN) -- Lily Dionne had been in Hollywood a week when she answered an ad on Craigslist looking for actors for an action-adventure film called "Desert Warrior."* Now, Dionne says she feels bet...
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 day agoThere is nothing to say because there is so much to say ....events spinning out of control? Or will two powerful nations spike this rush to stupidity? Read this. China with hundreds of fishing boats headin...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day agoLisa Garber The war on drugs has most people believing there is no legitimate argument for marijuana, causing it to be highly looked down upon and illegal under federal law throughout the United State...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago*TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2012* *A remarkable flip from the sayings of Candidate Bush:* Mitt Romney has said some unfortunate things, on tape, about the 47 percent. We’re less sure than others may be about ...
- posted by Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day agoSayer Ji, *Contributor* Research published in the journal *Pediatrics* indicates that some dental composites -- long promoted as overall safer than mercury-based amalgams -- are having a significant n...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 1 day agoSome weird synchronicity is going to occur on September 26, 2012. The vote to kill Woody's Wank, aka M312, aka the Motion to Create a Sub-Class of Canadians Formerly Known as Pregnant Women, will be held. ...
- 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 Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 1 day agoOur world is suffering under the heel of the internationalist despots. From the pollution of the air, seas and land, to economic deprivation and war, we are under attack from a staggering number of direc...
- 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 Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*(CNN) -- As the fallout from an online film that mocks Islam's holy prophet continued Tuesday, al Qaeda's affiliate in North Africa urged Muslims in the region to kill U.S. government representatives and...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago*LSU evacuated, reopened after campus bomb scare ~The Advocate * *Gregg Williams served subpoena* *Gregg Williams “Bountygate” Declaration Raises More Questions Than It Answers ~Stephanie Stradley* *St. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Troops join a frantic desert search for a hazardous radioactive rod lost by the oil services firm Halliburton.* Efforts to trace a potentially lethal radioactive device have been stepped up in the Texa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Benghazi, Libya (CNN) -- The chaos is palpable, as a throng of Libyans frantically scramble outside a damaged building. Suddenly, a man's body is carried from inside toward an open window -- and the fr...
- posted by Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day agoThe next time you see one the series of teacher bashing TV ads from the global warming skeptics at Exxon-Mobil, please refer mentally to the myth busting summary shared below. It was posted at AlterNet, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp warned a newly discovered bug in its Internet Explorer web browser makes PCs vulnerable to attack by hackers and urged customers to download a piece of security software to mit...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoBuck McKeon supporters have come up with an ingenious idea. Since they don’t have anything to attack Dr. Lee Rogers on, why not just call him unqualified for Congress because he’s a podiatrist? Forget the...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*(Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday it agreed to write off 90 percent of North Korea's $11 billion debt and would reinvest the balance in the reclusive Asian state, in a sign of closer engagement with Pyo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*(Reuters) - The euro fell on Tuesday, succumbing to profit taking after rallying to four-month highs against the dollar and yen a day earlier, with Spain's apparent reluctance to seek a bailout unnerving...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Sept. 18 - Japanese businesses shut their shops and factories in China as the two countries' territorial dispute deepens, and a sharp drop in crude prices has market-watchers puzzled.*
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Sept. 18 - Rome has declared war on Italy’s productivity gap, but without the pressure of the financial markets there is the risk of slipping back to business as usual says Breakingviews*
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*(Reuters) - NATO ordered a cutback on Tuesday on operations with Afghan forces in response to a surge of so-called insider attacks on foreign servicemen, but said the restriction was temporary and would ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Germany's Federal Office For Information Security says it has identified a security issue with the Internet Explorer web browser. * People using Microsoft's Internet Explorer should use another browser u...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*A female police officer has died after being injured during the arrest of wanted man Dale Cregan, in Manchester, and another officer has been seriously injured. * Cregan, 29, was being sought in connecti...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 1 day agoMaybe we should have named the blog the "Seal of Minerva." Photo: Dan Nexon - The US exit strategy in Afghanistan is in shambles; Josh Foust explains . - Jing Gao describes condemnations of th...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*“Iran To Kick Off World War Three?”* by Staff "The world is perhaps standing on the brink of another major war, which may kick off in Iran. Sources close to special services of different countries ev...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago*TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2012* *Part 1—Gail Collins’ wisecracking book:* Where does a major insider go to get a good book review? In the case of her recent book about Texas, Gail Collins couldn’t even get ...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 1 day agoJohn Stevens headed the police inquiry into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. John Stevens, who became Britain's top police officer, allegedly used to fly a "police aircraft up to Northumberland ...
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day agoStephen Harper likes to claim that his party is a party of principle. But, of course, that's all jiggery-pockery. Whether it's huffing and puffing about China's human rights record then pulling out all...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*“Are You Seeing What I’m Seeing?”* by Administrator “Now for the really bad news. Any critical thinking person should realize the Federal Government has been systematically under-reporting inflation s...
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