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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Sunday, September 2, 2012

2 September - RSS SnapShot! Pt II

Open-air barber shop - Patuakhali Town, BangladeshOpen-air barber shop - Patuakhali Town, Bangladesh (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
"This December, 1975 photograph depicted ..."This December, 1975 photograph depicted an over crowed ferry as it powered itself along Southern Bangladesh’s Meghna River. PHIL images 1191, 3258, 5664, and 12290 through 12367, were supplied by Dr. Michael Schwartz, and capture the epidemiologic-related activities undertaken by healthcare providers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), World Health Organization (WHO), and local Bangladeshi healthcare workers, during their successful attempt to eradicate smallpox." (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Veterinary students from the United S...English: Veterinary students from the United States and Canada learn about veterinary contributions to public health at "Veterinary Student Day" at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on April 15, 2006. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Case About Bird Flu

  • Stronach’s new “false flag” ...
    You read about it on this blog first: Globalist and Magna chief Frank Stronach has been trying to recruit people for a new „false flag“ opposition party as the euro crisis escalates. Stronach even rang the solictor handling the sale of my flat in Vienna and offered him a job as Justice Minister. ...
  • Stauffenberg in the Wolf’s Lair: Read th ...
    At a time of  crisis, terror and tyranny, Claus von Stauffenberg seized the initiative and tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler and overthrow the Nazi regime in a coup in July, 1944. As such, he is an example to us all today. The mass impoverishment of people by the fractional reserve banking scam ...
  • FRANK STRONACH: WHY DID THE MAGNA CHIEF RING T ...
    *Frank Stronach, CEO of Magna, rings solicitor handling the proceeds of the sale of my flat and offers him job as justice minister and chauffeur-driven car *Phone call happens almost immediately after I sign the contract *Bizarre call comes to light after I return to sign a second document: Schw ...
  • Letter confirming my complaint against Baxter ...
    Here it is again: a pdf copy of a letter from the Austrian Health Ministry dated May 2009 confirming that I had made a complaint against Baxter and Avir and that state prosecutors had started an investigation into the incident involving the contamination of 72 kilos of seasonal flu vaccine with ...
  • New French pandemic plan targets internet
    The role information circulating on the internet played in persuading people in France not to take the pandemic vaccine in 2009 is confirmed by the country’s new pandemic plan. The plan states that number of French people willing to take the pandemic vaccine dropped from 65% at the end of August ...

Invisible Opportunity

Veterans Today

  • Is the Situation Conducive for An Operation?
    The US had mounted extreme pressure on the newly formed democratic government to annul peace treaty with Maulanas Sufi and Fazlullah in Swat after the militants had penetrated Dir and Buner in April 2009. Alarm bells were sounded that the militants were at the verge of capturing Islamabad and th ...
  • U.S. Policies Contributed to Poverty in Latin ...
    The United States has worked across Latin America to enrich private clients at the expense of the pauperized masses, Professor of Sociology Emeritus James Petras of Binghamton University, N.Y., charges.
  • Risking Nuclear Armageddon
    Irresponsible leaders risk the unthinkable. Media scoundrels cheerlead mindlessly. So do neocon think tanks. Ordinary people are more concerned about mundane trivia than survival.
  • Extraordinary Increase: US Arms Sales Control ...
    Weapons sales by the United States tripled in 2011 to a record high, driven by major arms sales to Persian Gulf allies concerned about Iran’s regional ambitions, according to a new study for Congress.
  • China vs Japan – Who is Stoking the Fire ...
    - An analyst that is only concerned with the material that supports where he wants to go, and ignores everything that doesn't, is less than worthless.

electric politics

  • American Divisions
    Bill Schneider says that the U.S. is more politically divided today than it has been at any time since the Civil War. I think he's right. Which is not to say that compromise is the ticket. Instead, I'd like to see some brains reclaimed by reason from among those who want His Almightiness to run ...
  • Billionaires vs. Science
    Sociopath billionaires. They cause a ton of trouble across the board but the very worst thing they do is to deny global warming. They should, in my view, be thrown in jail for subverting science. Because, however, we don't have laws yet against scientific malpractice the next best thing, the onl ...
  • Dictatorship By Filibuster
    Given the filibuster, forty one percent of the U.S. Senate can block any vote they don't like. Thus, a minority of reactionary right wing Senators gets to kill a lot of worthy legislation. In recent years abuse of the filibuster has become increasingly intolerable; even ordinary Senate business ...
  • Contact
    It stands to reason, though remains as yet unproven, that advanced civilizations exist elsewhere in our galaxy, in other galaxies, and indeed throughout the entire universe. The prudent thing is to plan ahead for contact, not to wait until we know for sure. But it's complicated. To get a sense o ...
  • Plutonium Is Poison
    Objecting to nuclear power is sensible. But objecting to nuclear bombs should be mandatory. Not only are they useless in and of themselves but making them cannot be done safely, for both cultural and technological reasons. Unused, they are nevertheless deadly. And even if we forget about the poi ...

PR News

A special project of Foreign Policy and the New America Foundation

  • Leaving Afghanistan
    Seven Afghanistan experts review the president's plans for ending the war.
  • Raging at Rawalpindi
    American leaders are furious with Pakistan’s military in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s killing. But twisting arms will only backfire.
  • The FP Salon: Peter Bergen's The Longest War
    An FP round-table discussion on counterterrorism expert Peter Bergen's latest book. A decade after 9/11, is the war on terrorism a war we can win?
  • Crazy Like a Fox
    In a fit of anger, Hamid Karzai axes his director of intelligence, Amrullah Saleh. But is there method to his madness?
  • Addicted to Contractors
    The United States is hooked on privatized warfare in Afghanistan. And it's more costly than you think.

Field Notes - Alberta Environment

Stop NATO

  • The Diabolical Designs Of U.S. Drone Banditry
    The Frontier Post August 24, 2012 US drone banditry As the UN special rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism has demanded of the United States to open itself up to an independent probe into its use of drone strikes or let the United Nations do it, Pakistan too has served a strong demar ...
  • Pakistan Is Not Cambodia
    Pakistan Observer September 1, 2012 The American blame gun Ehsan Mehmood Khan American officials and politicians continue to cry wolf with regard to alleged “sanctuaries” of Afghan Taliban in Pakistan. The Americans, to encapsulate simply, are loaded with responsibility to maintain order in Afgh ...
  • H.G. Wells: The world is weary of this bloodsh ...
    Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts H.G. Wells From Mr. Britling Sees It Through (1916) All over England now, where the livery of mourning had been a rare thing to see, women and children went about in the October sunshine in new black clothes. Everywhere one met these fr ...
  • Ha’aretz: Bring Israel Into NATO
    Ha’aretz August 31, 2012 Bring Israel into NATO Israeli membership in NATO is a type of long-term structural solution to the ongoing crisis in the Middle East that policy makers should seriously consider. By Yehuda Lukacs ==== Israel, already a de-facto member of the alliance, maintains cl ...
  • “Buffer Zones,” Special Forces: NA ...
    Voice of Russia August 31, 2012 UN Security Council urges humanitarian support for Syria Konstantin Garibov ==== “This is an attempt to create safe havens for Syrian militants who will be under protection of NATO aircraft. Needless to say, such an approach to creating security zones is una ...

Before It's News

Intel Hub

  • The FBI Lurking Behind Every Corner
    By Anthony Gregory The Independent Institute September 2, 2012 The late Richard Masato Aoki, famed street fighting ’60s radical who armed San Francisco Bay Area Black Panthers, has been implicated as an FBI informant. Surprise, surprise. The sight of armed Black Panthers prompted Governor Ronald ...
  • Audit of the Federal Reserve Reveals $16 Trill ...
    Sott.net September 2, 2012 The first ever GAO (Government Accountability Office) audit of the Federal Reserve was carried out in the past few months due to the Ron Paul, Alan Grayson Amendment to the Dodd-Frank bill, which passed last year. Jim DeMint, a Republican Senator, and Bernie Sanders, a ...
  • DNC Security Rules Trigger Free Speech Worries
    CBS News September 2, 2012 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Starting Saturday, someone walking through Charlotte’s central business district could run afoul of the law by carrying water bottles, hair spray, socks or magic markers under sweeping security rules enacted ahead of the Democratic National Conv ...
  • President Announces Open Season On Combat Veterans
    By James Smith theintelhub.com September 2, 2012 The White House Briefing Room released anotherExecutive Order, this time to “help” veterans who may be suffering from mental health issues. And in doing so, adds to the government payroll future union members and drains on the American economy. Fo ...
  • Make This Vid Go Viral!!! Skull – Cry Di ...
    theintelhub.com September 2, 2012

FRS

  • “Phantom Control”: Israel’s ...
    Aug 26, 2012 by TheRealNews Yael Berda’s new book The Bureaucracy of Occupation sheds light on Israel’s more invisible control over the Palestinians. For more www.therealnews.com
  • “Phantom Control”: Israel’s ...
    Aug 26, 2012 by TheRealNews Yael Berda’s new book The Bureaucracy of Occupation sheds light on Israel’s more invisible control over the Palestinians. For more www.therealnews.com
  • Taking back Palestine’s streets: exclusive int ...
    Maath Musleh, The Electronic Intifada, Jerusalem, 29 August 2012 [“There’s no voice greater than the voice of the intifada” (Image courtesy of the artist)] Graffiti has been a tool of the Palestinian liberation struggle for decades; during the first intifada in the late 1980s and early ’90s, Pal ...
  • Taking back Palestine’s streets: exclusive int ...
    Maath Musleh, The Electronic Intifada, Jerusalem, 29 August 2012 [“There’s no voice greater than the voice of the intifada” (Image courtesy of the artist)] Graffiti has been a tool of the Palestinian liberation struggle for decades; during the first intifada in the late 1980s and early ’90s, Pal ...
  • Poor in India Starve as Politicians Steal $14. ...
    [It is only right that we introduce the article below by remembering the poem "THOSE WHO TAKE THE MEAT FROM THE TABLE" by Bertolt Brecht. -- Frontlines ed.]   THOSE WHO TAKE THE MEAT FROM THE TABLE Teach contentment. Those for whom the contribution is destined Demand sacrifice. Those who ea ...

Ken O'Keefe

  • Coming soon – ‘The Age of Responsi ...
    'The Age of Responsibility' At what point do we as people take responsibility for the actions of the governments we outnumber tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands to one? At what point do we take responsibility for the governments we pay our blood money to in the form of taxes? At wh ...
  • Coming soon – ‘The Age of Responsi ...
    'The Age of Responsibility' At what point do we as people take responsibility for the actions of the governments we outnumber tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands to one? At what point do we take responsibility for the governments we pay our blood money to in the form of taxes? At wh ...
  • Interview with Mark Glenn on ‘The Ugly T ...
    We shall discuss this and more; “When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are to possess and casts out the many peoples living there, you shall then slaughter them all and utterly destroy them…You shall make no agreements with them nor show them any mercy…You shall destroy their alta ...
  • Interview with Mark Glenn on ‘The Ugly T ...
    We shall discuss this and more; “When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are to possess and casts out the many peoples living there, you shall then slaughter them all and utterly destroy them…You shall make no agreements with them nor show them any mercy…You shall destroy their alta ...
  • Enemies Within the Gate – Police Corruption &# ...
    Police Aiding & Abetting in the Theft of Trade Not Aid Vehicles, Donated Goods & Money Moving on, in August of last year I made a complaint to the police about the Trade Not Aid vehicles (18-ton Renault Truck Reg. #V97 DBA & Optare Metrorider Minibus Reg. # P420 VRG) being stolen by ...

StillSmallVoice

  • Life is change and change is life
    And here is proof: The Courant's parent company, Tribune, is backing away from maintaining this particular blog format -- Movable Type -- in favor of another blog platform, one that is unworkable here. Namely, the new format allows blog comments to go online unapproved, and -- I say th ...
  • Maybe CEO salaries need a Buffett rule
    "Peer benchmarking" helps move compensation for CEOs ever higher. Perhaps one of the high-dollar bosses should take a page from Warren Buffett, who in August suggested in a New York Times essay that the rich don't carry their weight in taxes. Meanwhile, Buffett, himself, has refined his earlier ...
  • De-pinkifying breast cancer
    There's a growing movement that seeks to turn the pink ribbon upside down. You can read more here. Flickr photo
  • Why the occupation?
    You can see more Mother Jones charts here. You can read about Hartford's budding Occupation here, with a planning meeting set for 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Bushnell Park, and again at 5 p.m.
  • Cleansing after Yom Kippur
    Yom Kippur starts at sundown on Friday and here's one man's take on it. Flickr photo

Associated Content

  • Data Confirms Christie’s Keynote Speech More A ...
    Voters enjoyed Chris Christie’s speech, but seemed to wonder whether it was more about touting Christie than Romney. A comparison of Christie’s speech with Obama’s Keynote Speech in 2004 confirms this.Contributor: John A. Tures Published: Aug 29, 2012
  • Ann Romney Talks About Love of a Man Who Would ...
    When Ann Romney strode out onto the dais at the Republican National Convention, she had the singular task of talking about the man next to whom she has slept these past 42 years who just happens to want to be president of the United StatesContributor: Mark Whittington Published: Aug 29, 2012
  • Mixed Feelings on RNC Weapon Artur Davis
    Former Democratic congressman Artur Davis spoke at the Republican National Convention about not falling for well-spoken words. But there's a lot to consider behind his own words, as well.Contributor: Susan Graybeal Published: Aug 29, 2012
  • Republicans Must Focus on Future, Not the Last ...
    Republicans are spending too much time trying to pin unemployment blame on Obama, which invites terrible comparisons of today to Bush of 2008. It’s better to focus on what’s happening now what will happen in the near future.Contributor: John A. Tures Published: Aug 29, 2012
  • GM's Strong Move: Banning Presidential Candida ...
    General Motors has banned the presidential candidates from visiting its plants during the election. This is a very strong move by the auto company and other automakers should follow suit.Contributor: L. Vincent Poupard Published: Aug 28, 2012

Popsci - Science

Veterans Today

  • Is the Situation Conducive for An Operation?
    The US had mounted extreme pressure on the newly formed democratic government to annul peace treaty with Maulanas Sufi and Fazlullah in Swat after the militants had penetrated Dir and Buner in April 2009. Alarm bells were sounded that the militants were at the verge of capturing Islamabad and th ...
  • U.S. Policies Contributed to Poverty in Latin ...
    The United States has worked across Latin America to enrich private clients at the expense of the pauperized masses, Professor of Sociology Emeritus James Petras of Binghamton University, N.Y., charges.
  • Risking Nuclear Armageddon
    Irresponsible leaders risk the unthinkable. Media scoundrels cheerlead mindlessly. So do neocon think tanks. Ordinary people are more concerned about mundane trivia than survival.
  • Extraordinary Increase: US Arms Sales Control ...
    Weapons sales by the United States tripled in 2011 to a record high, driven by major arms sales to Persian Gulf allies concerned about Iran’s regional ambitions, according to a new study for Congress.
  • China vs Japan – Who is Stoking the Fire ...
    - An analyst that is only concerned with the material that supports where he wants to go, and ignores everything that doesn't, is less than worthless.

War is Business

Hudson's Weather & Climate

  • Summer 2012 - 2nd wettest on record
    The Met Office have said that summer 2012 will be the second wettest (summer is June, July and August combined for statistical purposes) on record across England and the UK as a whole, using rainfall data back to 1910. So far 367mm of rain has fallen, compared with 384mm which was recorded in ...
  • Arctic sea ice now lowest on satellite record
    The extent of sea ice in the Arctic region has dropped sharply in the last few months. Only in April, Arctic sea ice had staged an impressive recovery and was close to the 1979-2012 average, reaching levels not seen in April for over 10 years. But yesterday, the National Snow and Ice data ce ...
  • Jet stream set to spoil summer again
    After a fine and warm weekend across much of the country, temperatures today have reached 80 degrees Fahrenheit in Bridlington in East Yorkshire for the first time this summer - although similar values were reached in places for a time during late May. It's certainly come as a welcome relief af ...
  • What's causing our extreme weather? Is it unpr ...
    The awful weather which continues to affect the UK led yesterday to the Great Yorkshire show being cancelled (because of the weather) for the first time in its 154 year history. And on Monday, serious flash flooding devastated parts of the Calder valley for the second time in as many weeks. ...
  • Parts of UK at risk of renewed flooding
    UPDATE at 6.30pm Lastest information from American GFS model shifts emphasis for heavy rain towards the earlier ECMWF solution detailed below, i.e with much of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire at risk of some of the highest rainfall totals. ENDS Amber alerts are in force for parts of the UK tomorro ...

Internat'l Political Economy

  • Thailand Still Dreams About an 'OPEC of Rice'
    I guess there are few truly novel ideas in international political economy. Since the formation of OPEC, developing nations have envied its perceived success in buoying oil prices. As such, there have been any number of cartels for other commodities which have been mooted or even made. Bauxite, ...
  • Non-Alignment Reborn? Morsi, UN's Ban, etc in Iran
    The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) came into existence at a time when developing countries could, yes, align themselves with either the United States and its allies or the Soviet Union and its allies. Even the United States--which dissuaded many countries from attending the 1955 Bandung Conference i ...
  • Developing an 'Autocracy Index' (World Policy ...
    You are doubtlessly familiar with the "world's worst dictators" feature from Parade. Apparently, this concept of comparing authoritarian rule remains popular as our colleagues over at the World Policy Institute have come up with their own compilation. In their composite measure, they take a loo ...
  • Hillary, More White Man's Burdenish Than Kissinger
    Say what you will about Henry Kissinger and the practice of realpolitik, but it is interesting to note the degeneration in US foreign policy attitudes over four decades. From Kissinger-era live and let live, Missus Clinton has largely returned to the "America knows best" attitude familiar to Ame ...
  • Pragmatist Islamists? Those IMF-Loving* Egyptians
    In case you haven't been following the news, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde recently visited Egypt, where she was promptly serenaded by a plea from their Muslim Brotherhood-linked President Mohamed "Islam is the Solution" Morsi to increase the prospective bailout amount to $4.8 billion ...

Economic Collapse Blog

  • Economic Failure: 58 Percent Of The Jobs Being ...
    Are you good at flipping burgers , waiting tables or stocking shelves?  Are you proficient with a cash register?  Do you enjoy doing mindless work for very low pay?  If you answered yes to any of those questions, then you are probably going to fit in very well in the new U.S. eco ...
  • What Is The Best Place To Live In America? Pro ...
    If you could live in any state in America, where would you go?  During troubled times like these, what is the best place in the United States to live?  A lot of people are asking these kinds of questions these days.  Our economy is on the verge of collapse, natural disasters are ...
  • Obama Has Stolen $5.3 Trillion From Our Childr ...
    Barack Obama has destroyed the future of America in order to improve his chances of winning the next election.  Under Obama, 5.3 trillion dollars has been ruthlessly stolen from our children and our grandchildren.  That money has been used to pump up the debt-fueled false prosper ...
  • Is There Going To Be A Stock Market Crash In T ...
    Is the stock market going to crash by the end of this year?  Are we on the verge of major financial chaos on a global scale? Well, this is the time of the year when investors start getting nervous.  We all remember what happened during the fall of 1929, the fall of 1987 and the [...]
  • It Is Not Just Your Imagination – Americ ...
    Did you know that median household income in the United States is lower today than it was when the last recession supposedly ended?  If we are in the middle of an "economic recovery", how can this possibly be happening?  Stunning new statistics compiled by Sentier Research show t ...

Infoshop - Alt Media

E U Times

  • Western culture turns people into monsters
    Nicolas Bonnal speaks about the destructive power of the Western culture. According to him, the culture of the West is aimed against humans and their ability to think and feel. This culture is connected with the training of people; it has vile goals and global plans. The USSR, among other things ...
  • Chinese man builds replica of $1.5 million Lam ...
    For many, a supercar is the purchase of a lifetime. But very few of us have hundreds of thousands of dollars to spend on a Ferrari or Lamborghini. A Chinese farmer found a way to make his dream come true by building a Lambo on his own. Avid mechanic Wang Jian, the 28-year-old son of [...]
  • EU and China on verge of solar energy price war?
    German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a frank assessment of a solar panel trade dispute with China. The EU is mulling an anti-dumping inquiry into China after the US took similar action in one of the world’s fastest-developing markets. “I suggest the European Commission and China ...
  • Europe turns into sea of Sodom
    A few days ago, Germany’s Ministry of Justice exposed the draft amendments to the legislation to legalize gay marriage in the country. In fact, sexual minorities enjoy complete freedom in the country. In 2001, their freedom became official: their relationship was called a “civil part ...
  • Armenia cuts all diplomatic relations with Hungary
    Armenia has announced that it is cutting all its diplomatic relations with Hungary after Budapest released an Azeri soldier convicted of killing an Armenian officer. Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan said in a statement posted on his website on Friday that “Hungarian authorities should understa ...

Voiceless Victim

  • Heartless Hart at it Again
    Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart just cannot stop insulting victims every time he opens his mouth. He wrote another letter this week, in conjunction with his fellow Victorian bishops and leaders of religious orders, which reached its intended audience, the news media, yesterday. He even started o ...
  • True meaning of the word “CATHOLIC”
    C – Callous A – Arrogant T – Totalitarian H – Hierarchy O – Obstinately L – Lying about I – Indecent assaults against C – Children
  • Pope’s butler faces jail, unlike rapists ...
    In yet a further example of pernicious Vatican hypocrisy, the Pope’s butler, Paolo Gabriele, faces trial and very likely jail for the crime of revealing the truth about the corruption and infighting endemic amongst the ‘holy’ men who inhabit the Vatican. It is indeed encouragin ...
  • Vale John Pirona
    John Pirona was farewelled yesterday in a moving, uplifting and beautiful ceremony. A huge number of family, friends, colleagues and well wishers spilled out of the building, filling the surrounds with a sea of people who fervently wished they could somehow undo the events which led to this day. ...
  • Letter to politicians demanding Royal Commissi ...
    In my previous post I called on everyone to write to politicians to demand action to ensure that John Pirona’s tragic death is the last one. I am happy to help make this important job easier. Here’s a draft letter if you don’t have time to write your own. Or use it as a start [...]

WL Central

  • 2012-08-13 WikiLeaks: 'We're ready to rumble'
    After being offline since 3 August, wikileaks.org came back tonight under the protection of CloudFlare. The donations channels are again open. read more
  • 2012-08-12 WLC News Update: Sustained DDoS, Tr ...
    The WikiLeaks Collateral Murder website is now http://collateralmurder.org and is being protected by CloudFlare. The TrapWire surveillance technology revealed in the Global Intelligence Files continues to make headlines. read more
  • 2012-08-11 Brazil Torn in Different Directions
    By Nikolas Kozloff. Due to competing interests, the emerging world power's foreign policy is being pulled between pragmatism and idealism. read more
  • 2012-08-11 WLC News Update: DDoS continues, Tr ...
    WikiLeaks News WikiLeaks and related sites continue battling a massive DDoS attack. WL Central provides the latest information on the attack. The WikiLeaks GI Files have revealed the secret, widespread surveillance system TrapWire. Ben Doernberg offers a thorough explanation of what TrapWire is ...
  • 2012-08-10 WikiLeaks: Paraguay's "Quasi-Coup" ...
    By Nikolas Kozloff. In the wake of Paraguay's suspicious impeachment of President Fernando Lugo, which observers have likened to a kind of "quasi-coup," some may wonder whether underhanded corporate forces may have played a role in the political crisis. Such suspicions were heightened recently w ...

U N News

  • Many children in Guatemala still facing sexual ...
    In spite of protection measures by the Guatemalan Government, many children are still victims of sexual exploitation and forced labour, a United Nations independent expert warned today.
  • In wake of Tropical Storm Isaac, UN steps up H ...
    Humanitarian efforts are underway in Haiti following the torrential rains and blustery winds that battered the country over the weekend as Tropical Storm Isaac swept across the nation, the United Nations said today.
  • UN chief gathers with fellow alumni of Red Cro ...
    Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday gathered in Washington, D. C. with friends he made half a century ago during their visit to the United States, which was organized by the American Red Cross and which inspired him to pursue a life of public service.
  • UN chief gathers with fellow alumni of Red Cro ...
    Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday gathered in Washington, D. C. with friends he made half a century ago during their visit to the United States, which was organized by the American Red Cross and which inspired him to pursue a life of public service.
  • UN regional emergency teams on standby to assi ...
    As tropical storm Isaac nears landfall in the Caribbean, regional emergency teams are ready to be deployed in Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Cuba in the event of any contingencies, the United Nations food relief agency said today.

Conspiracy Reality TV

  • Aurora Batman Shooting – Many Coincidences
    The trailer for Gangster Squad (shown before the movie) shows a theatre full of people being shot by numerous gunmen. This Batman comic "The Dark Knight Returns" depicts a Batman inspired shooting at a movie theatre.
  • CIA Agent Warns: “Never Watch the TV, the Grea ...
    He'll never give anything away whatsoever, except one bit of advice. He said, never watch the television. Never watch the television. It's the greatest scientific indoctrination tool ever devised.
  • The Magic Weed
    Hemp growing doesn't need any weed killing, no pesticide. Its raw material grows naturally and it doesn't need chemical intervention.
  • Blood Coltan
    Blood coltan still exists. I'm holding a mobile phone. And I know that the microprocessor it contains uses coltan. And if this coltan has been obtained at the massacre of 10 or 20 villagers through slave labor, the suffering of children forced to work in the mines by the armed militia. This is i ...
  • CAMP FEMA 2: Enemy of the State
    Some state governments passed measures to forcibly quarantine residents, incarcerate those who refuse to be vaccinated, and to forcibly vaccinate your children. Legislation like this passed during the much hyped H1N1 flu outbreak.

Rewilding Institute

  • Prairie Dog Preservation & Black-footed Ferret ...
    Published on Aug 17, 2012 by NewMexicoPBS Why is it important for prairie dogs to be restored to their native habitat? Biologist Dr. Ana Davidson and Petunia (Gunnison’s prairie dog) join us to share insights about the ecology of New Mexico’s grasslands and the importance of reestabl ...
  • Upcoming Public Meetings About the Village at ...
    Please attend these important public meetings about the Village at Wolf Creek access project - The Wolf Creek and Alberta Park – Rio Grande National Forest Land Swap DEIS Comment Period ends September 28th and the Forest Service seems poised to give Leavell-McCombs Joint Venture (LMJV) 204 ...
  • Around the Campfire with Uncle Dave – Natural ...
    Natural History:  the Ground Upon Which Conservation Rests ©2012 Dave Foreman It is a few months later than I would have liked, but the next Rewilding Institute book, Take Back Conservation, is at last with Raven’s Eye Press in Durango.  It will roll off the press in time for Yule gifts (hint, h ...
  • The Politics of Climate Change
    Originally published in CounterPunch – Weekend Edition August 3-5, 2012 The Age of Unsustainable Problems The Politics of Climate Change by Dr. BRIAN MILLER and GEORGE WUERTHNER Politics cloud the issue of climate change.  We have a global economy driven by fossil fuels.  Whoever controls ...
  • A Radio Interview with John Davis
    It’s always fun to have a conversation with John Davis, so get some iced tea, turn up the volume and take some time to listen as John is interviewed by Ken Rose on What Now, aired on KOWS Radio Occidental July 23, 2012. Weaving lessons learned, travel stories and his deep knowledge and con ...

Asia Sentinel

We Know the Lies

Tarpley

Modern Survivalism

  • Making Cheese
    Preserving Milk by cheese-making….. Colby Cheese Guest post: by Christine Coburn Cheese has been around for centuries as a way of preserving milk without refrigeration. The starters will last several years in the freezer and the rennett tabs also have a super long shelf life if kept cool. It can ...
  • 10,000 At Risk Of Hantavirus, Says CDC, 3,000 ...
    The virus starts out causing flu-like symptoms, including headache, fever, muscle ache, shortness of breath and cough, and can lead to severe breathing difficulties and death. The incubation period for the virus is typically two to four weeks after exposure, with a range between a few days and s ...
  • How To Defeat Tear Gas In A Riot
    Quick Survival Tip: How to defeat tear gas in a riot! By Jeff Anderson In a collapse of civil order, a riot can break out in any number of scenarios… * A Natural disaster that causes food shortages * Political unrest that triggers protests * Desperate revolt at food/water distribution poin ...
  • Sudden Major Earthquakes Near Poles
    Earthquakes do come suddenly. However there have been a number of major earthquakes during the past several days, several of which are highly interesting as they shook a region of the planet not too often noticed compared to other active earthquake regions (near the poles). Along the Pacific-Ant ...
  • 10 Rain Gear Items For Your Survival Preps
    Rain gear. ‘Mostly’ items to be worn on the body to help keep you dry in rainy weather. Just as with survival clothing, you should be sure to have a decent variety of good quality rain gear. One of the worst things for well being during inclement rainy weather is to get wet, which ca ...

Fast Company

  • This Week In Bots: Scanning The World In 3-D, ...
    Bot Vid: Robosunfish The Automaton blog reports that AeroVironment has been developing a solar-powered swimming robot called Mola, named for the fish that inspired its design: the giant sunfish, Mola mola. Even though it's a sub-surface swimmer, it can still grab enough solar energy from its ...
  • 10 Most Popular Stories Of The Week: Night Owl ...
    This week from Fast Company: Tweet more to increase productivity; work after the sun goes down; and make sure you are only working four days a week in the summer. These stories and more in this week’s top 10. 1. What Successful Night Owls Get Done Before Bed ...
  • Eastwood Makes Twitter's Day, And A New Meme
    Pull up a chair and get in on the RNC-spawned meme, Eastwooding.
  • Holographic Reagan Didn't Endorse Romney, But ...
    Earlier this week, Republican National Convention organizers left open a prime time speaking slot just before Mitt Romney’s acceptance speech Thursday night but didn’t say who would fill it. Speculation swirled. Fox News’s Trace Gallagher amplified one idea in particular: “Maybe a hologram of…Ro ...
  • iPad Mini Rumors Reach Fever Pitch, Devices Sh ...
    Plenty of people think an iPad mini is a great idea. By bringing it to market now Apple would be able to leverage the halo effect of its existing market-leading device to compete with a slew of peer tablets from Google, Amazon, Samsung, and Microsoft--probably winning another battle in the Great ...

Jadaliyya

  • Jadaliyya Monthly Edition (August 2012)
    This is a selection of what you might have missed on Jadaliyya during the month of July 2012. It also includes the most recent videos and the most read articles. Progressively, we will be featuring more content on our Monthly Edition series, and we now have a page dedicated t ...
  • About the Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Tehra ...
    Iran was host to the 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) on 26-31 August 2012.  In order to hold this gathering, the Iranian government spent a reported sum of six hundred million dollars. Tehran, a mega city of twelve million, was practically shut down for five days; a massive fo ...
  • The Tragedy of Books in Egypt
    Looking at Egypt, historian Khaled Fahmy affords a harrowing insight into the status of that most indispensable of commodities: the book. In recent weeks I encountered two incidents that made me feel extremely sorrowful about the situation of books, reading, and indeed culture, in Egypt. The f ...
  • On Arabs and the Art Awakening: Warnings from ...
    Amidst commentaries on American crony capitalism, security feminism, and the democracy movement in Mexico, “Art and the Arab Awakening,” Nama Khalil’s article in Foreign Policy in Focus (2 August 2012), stands out with its colorful, playful, joyful descriptions of the art production that has com ...
  • عن الخليج: الحملة الأمنية في الإمارات
    من النادر أن نرى تغطية إعلامية في الغرب عن القمع المنسق الذي يتعرض له الناشطون المطالبون بالديمقراطية في شبه الجزيرة العربية. تعد المملكة العربية السعودية الأولى بين أقرانها في الجزيرة العربية التي ترفض وبقسوة أي اقتراحات باصلاحات ديمقراطية. فقد قامت السلطات السعودية مؤخراً باعتقال رجل الدين، نم ...

mediagazer

  • Here's how Samsung flew bloggers halfway aroun ...
    Brad McCarty / The Next Web: Here's how Samsung flew bloggers halfway around the world, then threatened to leave them there  —  Let's pretend that you're a blogger.  You're given the chance to review new, hot hardware from a major company.  All that's required is that ...
  • Sun Myung Moon dies at 92; Washington Times ow ...
    Emma Brown / Washington Post: Sun Myung Moon dies at 92; Washington Times owner led the Unification Church  —  Sun Myung Moon, a self-professed messiah who claimed millions of religious followers in his Unification Church and sought to become a powerful voice in the American con ...
  • The newsonomics of leapfrog news video (Ken Do ...
    Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab: The newsonomics of leapfrog news video  —  Our political conventions remind us that this is not the summer of love.  But it may be the season we'll remember as the summer of video.  —  Certainly, video's — news video ...
  • A Reporter Who's Part of the Story (Jeremy W. ...
    Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times: A Reporter Who's Part of the Story  —  TAMPA, Fla. — There were no fewer than five people pointing cameras at the man who from a distance resembled a scarecrow: tall and broad-shouldered with long, long arms.  Enlarge This Image Todd ...
  • Why Campaign Reporters Are Behind the Curve (S ...
    Sasha Issenberg / Campaign Stops: Why Campaign Reporters Are Behind the Curve  —  It becomes popular around this time of year to lament the fact that media coverage treats the presidential campaign as little more than a “horse race.”  Journalists, this line of a ...

Chemtrail News

  • CHEMTRAIL AND UFO SIGHTING, PORIRUA, NZ ...
    I suspected it of being a Chemtrail and therefore pulled out the video camera to film it. Many planes went by during the shooting, more than any other time I have ... https://chemtrailsnorthnz.wordpress.com/.../chemtrail-and-ufo-...
  • Maui residents craft legislation to ban geo-en ...
    Maui residents craft legislation to ban geo-engineering 'chemtrails' www.naturalnews.com/033691_chemtrails_Maui.html
  • 10 mile long chemtrail 1 Video
    probably longer. denver,co 9/23/11 Author: Boondox681 Keywords: denver ten mile long chemtrail Added: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:33:25. vodpod.com/watch/15460352-10-mile-long-chemtrail-1
  • ChemTrail Pilot Admits to 'Domestic ...
    Headlines ChemTrail Pilot Admits to 'Domestic Terrorism'! ... Chemtrails: The Consequences of Toxic Metals and Chemical Aerosols on Human Health · Heavy ... www.davidicke.com/.../53899-chemtrail-pilot-admits-to-dome...
  • Chemtrail Rainbow - YouTube
    Chemtrails caused rainbow....no rain. ... I have several (which I think are ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcOyMeW0xpU

World News - Top Stories

  • Shah Rukh Khan 'shooting under heavy secu ...
    Shah Rukh Khan is said to be shooting under heavy security in the Pahalgam region of Kashmir. Local residents and tourists claim that Yash Chopra's production house has turned the area into a "fortress", reports Greater Kashmir. "Because of the shooting, the tourist rush to this place has th ...
  • President must dissolve parliament immedi ...
    Article by WN.com Guest Writer Ali Abbas Hasanie, Political analyst and scholar, Montreal, Canada ON March 18, 2013 the current parliament will complete its five years term, however, the growing confrontation between Government and the Judiciary as well as the defiance by national institutio ...
  • Etihad boosts Virgin Australia stake to 1 ...
    ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Abu Dhabi's fast-growing Etihad Airways says it has increased its stake in Virgin...
  • Obama regains narrow lead over Romney
    A modest rise in popularity for US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney from the recent Republican Party convention looks to be shortlived, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. Democratic President Barack Obama regained a narrow lead on Saturday by 44 per cent to 43 per cent over his Republican ch ...
  • Maradona remains in Dubai as sports 'amba ...
    Diego Maradona is not done with Dubai. The Argentine football legend said Sunday that he has signed one-year contract to become a special sports adviser to the Dubai Sports Council. The announcement comes less than two months after Maradona was fired as coach for the Dubai club Al Wasl follo ...

no frakking consensus

Anna's News

  • Now it's 4D film: The high-tech cinemas which ...
    Hollywood is converting blockbuster films into 4-D because cinemagoers are shunning pricey multi-dimensional 3-D versionsBut the experience has left some fans feeling sick, damp and pummeled after watching movies like Kung Fu Panda 2 and the latest ...... Submitted by Anna Smith to Science & ...
  • 10 Best British Open Performances
    Rory McIlroy's Tiger-esque performance at Congressional has many golf fans wondering what the 22-year-old has in store for Royal St. George's, one of the most difficult courses in the Open Championship rotation. Past winners Walter Hagen, Sandy Lyle and.. Submitted by Anna Smith to World   ...
  • Tiny snails survive digestion by birds
    Snails are able to survive intact after being eaten by birds, according to scientists.Japanese white-eyes on the island of Hahajima, Japan feast on tiny land snails. Submitted by Anna Smith to Animals  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Polar Shifts on Rising Seas
    How high will the oceans rise in response to our warming global climate, and how fast will it happen?Climate scientists have been unable to answer these basic questions with any confidence, mainly because they can't really tell how the ice caps at the.... Submitted by Anna Smith to Environment ...
  • News of the World staff shocked at closure
    Staff at the News of the World have reacted with shock to news that it will be closed after this Sunday's edition.The paper's political editor, David Wooding, said the closure came as a "bombshell". Submitted by Anna Smith to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

Medical Marijuana

Truth About Our World

Gyrovague's Raves

  • Tyrants and Art
    Culture thrives on conflict and antagonism, not social harmony – a point made rather memorably by a certain Harry Lime, says philosopher John Gray. "In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vin ...
  • Barthes in China
    Adrian Versteegh “It will be necessary to start off with the major fact,” writes Roland Barthes in Travels in China, “the absolute uniformity of clothes.” That this should count as a “major fact”—partway through a journal that opens with a gripe about freshly stained trousers—ought to provide so ...
  • Tokyo’s Katsumi
    Japan’s most volatile politician is making a splash in the South China Sea — and the Chinese are beating the drums of war. MARK MACKINNON "I do what I do because I want to," Shintaro Ishihara wrote in his 1956 novel The Punishment Room. "Do what you please, and sooner or ...
  • Women’s Migraines
    Carol Cruzan Morton Migraines are a battle of the sexes that women might prefer not winning. Each year, roughly three times more women than men—up to 18% of all women—suffer from the debilitating headaches, as tallied by epidemiological surveys in Europe and the United States. A new brain imagin ...
  • Make Love
    Sara Wheeler This stimulating book examines the ways in which legal systems have attempted to regulate sexual activity over millennia, from the ‘slow impalement of unfaithful wives’ in Mesopotamia to the ‘sterilisation of masturbators’ in the United States. ‘I have ...

In Verbena | Royal Society

  • Lessons from across the pond?
    When it comes to scientific research, the US and UK are the world’s undisputed heavyweights (see Rising Above the Gathering Storm and The Scientific Century).  The US invests heavily in quality research, and the UK relies on its productivity and ability to punch well above its weight.  Both nati ...
  • Sowing the seed corn…
    Having worked in environment and sustainable development policy for the past couple of years, my recent foray into the world of science and innovation policy represents something of a paradigm shift. Thankfully, the GovNet Science & Innovation conference presented me with an opportune idiot’ ...
  • A timely contribution to a fractious debate
    For a nation that’s only drilled three shale gas wells, and only hydraulically fractured (‘fracked’) one of them, the UK is remarkably engaged in the shale gas debate. The reasons for this are manifold, but two seem particularly salient.  Firstly, the UK’s lone instance of fracking for shale gas ...
  • Science’s Olympic legacy
    Credit: johnthescone Earlier this week I attended a Parliamentary Links Day on the subject of Science and Sport.  As an armchair athlete and a bit of an equipment geek I was looking forward to fuelling my conviction that but for the will and resources I would currently be entering my pre-Olympic ...
  • Making an open enterprise work
    Calls for media, business or government transparency have never been so noisy or so widespread. The mantra “sunlight is the best of disinfectants” (usually attributed to US Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis) has been picked up as a cure for bad governance across the piece. But there is an err ...

NAU Resistance

  • End of Nations: Canada, the US and the “Securi ...
    Regardless of whether this particular agreement bears fruit for those seeking to bring the two countries into a closer union, or whether it is just another waypoint on the road of a much longer and more detailed process, the very real concerns about the erosion of national sovereignty implicit i ...
  • Goodbye Kyoto, Make Way For The North American ...
    "On Tuesday December 13th the Minister of the Environment Peter Kent announced that Canada is removing itself from the Kyoto Protocol. Kent is pushing for a more unified agreement that would unite all nation's on a global scale."
  • The Pretext For A North American Homeland Secu ...
    "Any deal which gives the Department of Homeland Security more personal information poses a serious risk to privacy rights"
  • Welcome To Fortress North America! NAU-Phase One
    We knew that there was nothing “new” at all to be found in this "new border vision"
  • Paving The Way For A North American Union
    By: Press For Truth (http://www.pressfortruth.ca) Release Date: 11/9/11 The agenda for a North American Union is underway and a new security perimeter deal will blur the lines at the border and further erode the sovereignty of Canadians and Americans. On November 13th Stephen Harper, Barack Ob ...

Gaea Times

  • How sex hormones influence right heart function
    WASHINGTON - A new study has revealed human sex hormones influence the structure and function of the right ventricle (RV) of the heart. The researchers found that in women receiving hormone therapy, higher estrogen levels were associated with higher RV ejection fraction and lower RV end-systol ...
  • Karnataka crisis: High Court to decide rebel M ...
    BANGALORE - The Karnataka High Court will hear the petition of eleven BJP rebel MLAs after a division bench gave a split verdict on it on October 18. The rebel MLAs were disqualified by Speaker KG Bopaiah a under the provision of the anti-defection law on October 10. The two-judges bench on ...
  • Kiwi keeper McCullum set for move down batting ...
    WELLINGTON - New Zealand cricket captain Daniel Vettori and batting coach Mark Greatbatch have reportedly decided to push batsman-wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum down the order to change the fortunes of the team after its 4-0 loss to Bangladesh in a one-day international series. McCullum is expe ...
  • Katie Holmes
    more images Katie Holmes shelters underneath an umbrella as she returns to her trailer wrapped in a white dressing gown on the set of latest movie ?Jack And Jill?. Los Angeles, California. .... Source  : Gaea News Network.
  • Ava Sambora Walks The Runway
    more images LOS ANGELES (GaeaTimes.com)- It seems that the celebrity children are making headlines now a days. Just few days back Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s daughter Willow Smith’s “Whip My Hair” went viral online, its time for Ava Sambora, the 13 year old daugh ...

TruthNews Australia

  • Meryl Dorey on vaccine safety - Part 1
    Our guest today for the 2nd hour is Meryl Dorey, who runs the Australian Vaccination Network, a non-profit organisation which sets out to inform people about the hidden facts regarding both the efficacy and safety of vaccines. As noted in last week's show, Meryl has been investigated by the He ...
  • Free speech in Australia under threat - Part 1
    DISCLAIMER: This article is NOT an advertisement for "black salve", nor should it be construed as promoting the use of "black salve". We tend to believe that in Australia, despite excessive taxation, nanny state legislation, over-regulation and a spiralling cost of living, we at least have fre ...
  • Celebrating year zero of the eco-technic dicta ...
    To mark the introduction into Australia of the most barbaric, pointless and deceptive tax ever conjured up by a phony democracy, we bring you a replay of an interview with Christopher Monckton which dates back to January 2010. At that time Lord Monckton was touring Australia to talk about clim ...
  • World Roundup with George Georgios - Part 1
    Today we bring you a show which covers a wide range of stories from around the world, including news on all the latest annoying Nanny State measures which our listeners have come to expect from TNRA. Some topics covered include the introduction of high tech surveillance drones in Queensland, f ...
  • News roundup and an interview with Frank Legge
    NOTE: Due to major commitments, I am currently unable to remove ads from TNRA podcasts. I welcome any offers of assistance in this regard. In this week's show we begin with a roundup of breaking news within Australia and around the world. Some of the topics covered include Julian Assange's b ...

Beacon

  • Victory: Power Plant Defeated in Chile
    Seagrass near where the power plant would have been built. © Oceana/Eduardo Sorensen  Great news from Chile: A planned coal-fired plant, located dangerously close to several biodiverse marine habitats, was shot down by the Chilean Supreme Court on Tuesday. Coal-powered thermoelectric po ...
  • Ocean Health Gets a Failing Grade
    The oceans scored a disheartening 60 out of 100 on the Ocean Health Index.  It’s no secret that the health of our oceans is under extreme threat. With dangers like overfishing, climate change and ocean acidification, keeping our oceans healthy is a complex problem that has proved diffic ...
  • Video: How Seismic Testing Works
    We've been working to stop proposed seismic testing in the Atlantic, which could injure marine mammals such as the endangered right whale. But seismic testing is a pretty hard thing to visualize, so I asked one of our marine scientists, Matt Huelsenbeck, to draw it for us.  He could use s ...
  • Q&A: Alexandra Cousteau
    The new issue of Oceana magazine is hot off the presses! In this issue, I interviewed Oceana senior advisor Alexandra Cousteau, who also graces this issue's cover.  The granddaughter of famed ocean explorer and filmmaker Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Alexandra doesn’t take her family legacy lig ...
  • Tonight: Ted Danson Narrates ‘Great White Highway’
    There is still a lot of mystery surrounding great white sharks. ©Terry Goss Shark Week is almost over, but one of the most exciting shows of the year is airing tonight. Tonight at 9 p.m. (Eastern and Pacific) tune in to Discovery Channel to watch “Great White Highway,” which follows the ...

Civilian Military Intelligence Group

  • The Normandie-Niemen Squadrons.
    The Normandie-Niemen Squadrons were Free French combat pilots that flew missions against the Nazis for and from Russia. They flew 869 missions and scored 273 victories with 37 non-certified shoot-downs. French pilots were flying the Soviet Yakovlev 1, and fast nimble and easy to fly fighter that ...
  • The Amazing Rich Culture Of Brothels And Prost ...
      Rome was surprisingly progressive regarding prostitution. They saw sex as a human drive that does not necessarily imprecate those who take part in it. Some believe that a bacchanalian cult from somewhere else brought the celebration and constant access of sexual congress in the second cen ...
  • “Le Pantalon Rouge, C’est La France!”
        Ancient battlefields were inundated with colorful uniforms, tall easily visible hats festooned with tassles and feathers, ornate unit flags, horns, and all of these attention getting and vibrant vestments were simply ways for warriors to identify where they were on a battlefield, a ...
  • The Hurricat.
        When the United States was shipping supplies to England over the North Atlantic, U-Boats picked them off with impunity. It was a terrible loss of tonnage for the Allies in the early months of 1942. The British had a formidable air force, and amont the Royal Air Force’s assets was the Hawker ...
  • Amazing Well Preserved Remains Of An RAF P-40 ...
          Flight Sergeant Dennis Copping disappeared when his P-40 Kittyhawk was show down in the dessert whilst on a mission to ferry the plane from one airbase to another. This was his plane. So that part has been answered. The British Museum will soon take possession of the remains ...

Taylor Marsh

  • March on Wall Street South
    Today sees the beginning of planned actions by a coalition of groups and organizations in Charlotte, North Carolina, the city known as “Wall Street South,” and, of course, site of the Democratic National Convention. For details about plans and actions, visit Wall Street South. Participants are g ...
  • News Desk: Entire Democratic Convention Will S ...
    THE DNCC announced today the historic move of streaming the entire convention online at DemConvention.com/live. As part of our effort to make the 2012 Democratic Convention the most open and accessible convention in history, the DNCC announced today that it will provide voters from across the co ...
  • Melissa Harris-Perry: ‘What Is Riskier Than Li ...
    Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “What is riskier than living poor in America?” Seriously! What in the world is riskier than being a poor person in America? I live in a neighborhood where people are shot on my street corner. I live in a neighborhood whe ...
  • Desmond Tutu Calls for International Criminal ...
    Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and retired Anglican Church archbishop of South Africa has called on the International Criminal Court to prosecute Tony Blair and George Bush for their role in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. From NPR: The Iraq war ‘has destabilized and polarized the world to ...
  • Queer Talk: Ellen
    By Joyce L. Arnold She’s one of those people for whom a first name is all that’s required to be recognized: Ellen. DeGeneres, of course, is the last name. At least parts of her story are well known. Certainly her syndicated talk show, which enters its tenth season in September, is widely recogni ...

Hudson New York

  • Muslim Persecution of Christians: July, 2012
    Several reports appearing in July indicate that Christian minorities all around the Muslim world—especially women and children—are being abducted, tortured, raped, forced to convert to Islam, and/or enslaved. In Egypt, at least 550 such cases have been
  • US Security Interests in Egypt
    How much recent events have eroded U.S. security interests in Egypt depends on how deeply rooted those interests were in the first place. Although the Mubarak government did some things we wanted it to do, it did other things that were anathema. Mubarak,
  • Syria's War Spills Into Lebanon
    Syria's civil war was doomed from the very beginning to spill into Lebanon. Trouble started last year shortly after peaceful demonstrations against Bashar al-Assad's regime turned violent, and it started again last week when sectarian clashes ripped
  • How Many Millionaires Live in the "Impoverishe ...
    The world often thinks of the Gaza Strip, home to 1.4 million Palestinians, as one of the poorest places on earth, where people live in misery and squalor. But according to an investigative report published in the pan-Arab newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat,
  • The Palestine Arab Leaders Have Destroyed
    Even though Zahi Khouri, in "The Palestine Romney Doesn't Know"in the the Washington Post on August 10, charges the U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney with suggesting that cultural differences help explain why Israel's achievements are in sharp

Urban Survival

  • A Super-Prepper Hint?
    OK, maybe this isn’t the first financial story of the day, or maybe it is THE DEFINING HINT.  Going to let you figure that out but here’s the story:  “Remote Alaska to Stockpile food, just in case…“   Parnell’s Lunch … Continue reading →
  • Coping: With Real Action or more of the SOS?
    Reader Andy says take note: “This is something you might want to put on your radar screen in light of your repeatedly expressed concerns about “job jacking”   http://www.hbs.edu/competitiveness/   One of my former profs is an active leader of this initiative ...
  • Personal Consumption (and Laughter!)
    Nothing like a Thursday morning ahead of a long  holiday weekend with a little humor, mirth, and levity to set up the fun ahead this weekend,  But rather than look for it in either of the political party charades, we’ll … Continue reading →
  • Coping: With How the World Ends
    Not sure why August 30th is the day to talk about World Enders…but if you remember last year on this date we had a discussion about worlds ending, too…so it may be something cyclical or that Elaine’s putting in my … Continue reading →
  • Happy as in “Housing”
      Press release just crossing froim Case-Shiller/S&P:   “New York, August 28, 2012 – Data through June 2012, released today by S&P Dow Jones Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller1 Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, showed that … Continue rea ...

Trends & Forecasts

Radical Chic

  • NIGERIAN PARTIES vs PARTIES IN ENGLAND
    Once you have been to ‘one’ Nigerian party in your life it is safe to say that you will always know the menu. It is an unwritten rule that you can be as exotic as you like, but if your party lacks certain fundamental items, it really isn’t a party. There ‘must’ be J ...
  • AFRICAN ROMANCE: ‘Thorns With Roses&#821 ...
    I once attended a wild party where I had an unusual encounter. It came in the form of a one night stand. I was a twenty-two year old student, sent to the US to get my MBA so I could take over my father’s thriving business someday. My girlfriend whom I’d whimsically thought would become [...]
  • AWKWARD TOPICS: A 12 Year Old Has A Baby, Shou ...
    This topic is for you, yes, you! I want to know your opinion on this matter. What do you think? A 12 year old has a baby, should she be allowed to keep it? On a biological level this is perhaps not a very common scenario, but for some reason, Amy is 12 years old [...]
  • RANDOM RANTS: ‘Infidelity’ – ...
    It’s one of the biggest issues facing sexual relationships today and the demise of most relationships can usually be traced back to it. But what exactly is cheating? The dictionary defines it rather unhelpfully as “marital disloyalty; adultery”. I find this definition almost insulting. Where do ...
  • FLASH FICTION: ‘A Christmas Miracle&#821 ...
    Spending Christmas in hospital was not how Yinka envisioned her holidays. Hospitals were places where she received bad news: “I’m sorry your aunt is dead”; “I’m sorry you can’t concieve children naturally “; and so on. She and her husband, Tunde had worked hard all year, deferring all their annu ...

Boston Blog ( Nature Network)

  • Tattoos, movies, and commies: Sciencey stuff t ...
    Much to do here even as the semester winds down in Boston and Cambridge. On Monday, science writer Carl Zimmer meets Terry Gilliam, so to speak. Zimmer will be the speaker at the Coolidge Corner Theatre's "Science and Screen" airing of Gillam's 12 Monkeys. In a future world devastated by di ...
  • Sat. is last chance to see "Prints and the Pur ...
    Artist Brian Knep has a lab on Longwood Avenue -- not a studio. He's not a scientists; he's the Harvard Medical School artist-in-residence. Knep says he looks to science for "metaphors about life, about change, about healing." So, when he led group through the Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge ...
  • New Kendall Square restaurant set up to host b ...
    When new drug development company H3 decided to throw a party to launch the opening of Kendall Square labs and offices, organizers didn't have to go very far. They took the elevator downstairs. Last week, local researchers, bio boosters and lots of men in dark suits from the Japanese drug comp ...
  • BU's biolab makes it to level-2, still seeking ...
    Massachusetts environmental regulator recognized that there is a big difference between TB and Ebola. So, last week, they granted Boston University permission to begin using their new biolab to work on bio safety level-2 materials. From the Globe: For years, the National Emerging Infectious ...
  • Sunday's Chef Adrià talk at Harvard' sells out
    Most of Harvard's Science and Cooking Lectures are first come, first served, so to speak. But, you needed a ticket for Tuesday's return of superstar Spanish chef and modernist Ferran Adrià of elBulli, who talked about "The New Culinary Think Tank - el bulli 2.0." And they were scooped up a few d ...

NRDC Switchboard

  • India Environmental News Compilation, August 2 ...
    Amrita Batra, Program Assistant, India Initiative and Food and Agriculture, San Francisco Climate Ministry Objects to Panel’s Climate Draft, Funds Proposal “The Environment Ministry has asked the Planning Commission to re-write the ent ...
  • Team NRDC gears up for Climate Ride - 320 mile ...
    Amanda Eaken, Deputy Director, Sustainable Communities, San Francisco One week from tomorrow, the eleven riders that make up Team NRDC will embark on Climate Ride, a 320-mile bicycle journey that starts near Eureka and makes its way down the North C ...
  • Wyoming Wolves and the Fish & Wildlife DisServ ...
    Sylvia Fallon, Senior Scientist, Washington, DC Today the Fish and Wildlife Service is announcing the end of endangered species protections for wolves in the state of Wyoming. Normally, the ‘recovery’ of a species from the endangered spe ...
  • Fuel Efficiency Ushers in a "New" Golden Age o ...
    Tiffany Traynum, Program Assistant, San Francisco I wouldn’t call myself a car lover necessarily. At least not compared to someone I know - my father. I grew up knowing that his love for the automobile was something deep and long lasting. His ...
  • Obama Administration Considering Extending She ...
    Chuck Clusen, Director, National Parks and Alaska Projects, Washington, DC With BSEE’s (Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement) announcement Thursday that despite the company’s lack of a tested oil containment system on-site, it ...

Injustice Everywhere

  • Deputy Shoots Small Tethered Dog
    More here.Deputy Shoots Small Tethered Dog is a post from PoliceMisconduct.net
  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 8 reports of police misconduct tracked for Thursday, August 30, 2012: Barrington, Rhode Island: An officer pleaded not guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct for allegedly threatening his ex-wife. He was arrested after she called the … Continue reading →National Police ...
  • Brutal Arrest of a Nurse by LAPD
      More here.Brutal Arrest of a Nurse by LAPD is a post from PoliceMisconduct.net
  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 9 stories of police misconduct tracked for Wednesday, August 29, 2012: Montgomery, Alabama: A police officer is accused of  stealing funds confiscated in a narcotics arrest, according to the release from the Police Department. A statement from … Continue reading →Na ...
  • Facebook Posts Prompt Feds to Seize Decorated ...
    From the Washington Times: Mr. Raub, 26, a decorated former Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, was arrested at his Richmond, Va., home Aug. 16 for anti-government statements and song lyrics posted on his private Facebook page. Secret Service, … Continue reading →Facebook Post ...

Total Collapse

  • Russian attack submarine sailed in Gulf of Mex ...
    A Russian nuclear-powered attack submarine armed with long-range cruise missiles operated undetected in the Gulf of Mexico for several weeks and its travel in strategic U.S. waters was only confirmed after it left the region, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. It is only the second time sin ...
  • Russian warships hold drills in Mediterranean
    A Russian joint naval task force on a training mission in the Mediterranean has conducted two-day tactical exercises with live-firing drills, the defense ministry said. The task force comprises three large amphibious assault ships, two Neustrashimy class frigates, an Udaloy class destroyer and t ...
  • 6.6 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Iran
    At least 87 people have been killed and 600 others injured in magnitude 6.4 earthquake and subsequent aftershocks that rocked Iran’s northwestern provinces. On Saturday, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the city of Ahar, near East Azerbaijan’s provincial capital Tabriz at 15:53 loca ...
  • 87 dead and hundreds injured after two quakes ...
    Two strong quakes have shaken Iran’s northwest, leaving 87 people dead and over 400 injured, according to the country’s state television. The quakes have also disrupted communications, complicating rescue efforts. The quakes, measuring 6.4 and 6.3 on the Richter scale, struck near th ...
  • The US Civil War of 2016
    U.S. military officers are told to plan to fight Americans Imagine Tea Party extremists seizing control of a South Carolina town and the Army being sent in to crush the rebellion. This farcical vision is now part of the discussion in professional military circles. At issue is an article in the r ...

Daily Dose

  • TNW’s Daily Dose – Amazon’s ...
    Amazon hooks up with Nokia for mapping, Apple loses patent case in Japan and Grooveshark comes back to Google Play, but only for 48 hours. You can catch The Daily Dose...
  • TNW’s Daily Dose – New Twitter ad ...
    Twitter launches more targeted advertising options. President Obama takes to Reddit for an AMA. A botnet is spreading malware via purported Facebook messages. You can catch The Daily Dose every...
  • TNW’s Daily Dose – Apple offers cash for your ...
    Apple offers up to $345 for a used iPhone 4S, Sony unveils new phones, computers and a tablet, and Apple’s market cap conquers four other tech giants combined. It’s all...
  • TNW’s Daily Dose – Twitter hides app details, ...
    Twitter hides which app has posted tweets in its Web version, Diaspora’s founding team hands the project over to its community, and Google kills its weather API. It’s all in...
  • TNW’s Daily Dose – Samsung to appe ...
    Samsung looks to appeal the Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban. LivingSocial is next to be hit with patent infringement claims. iOS and Android growth outpaces all tech revolutions before it. You...

Beyond Zero Emissions

  • Paid Contractor Position: Development and Rela ...
    Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE) is a community and volunteer-based climate and renewable energy think-tank. A small team of contracted coordinators enable hundreds of volunteers to actively engage and deliver Beyond Zero Emissions' objective of moving Australia from a 19th century fossil fuel-based ...
  • Paid contractor position: Campaign Coordinator
    Beyond Zero Emissions is a community and volunteer-based climate and energy security think-tank. A small team of contracted coordinators enable hundreds of volunteers to actively engage and deliver Beyond Zero Emissions' objective of moving Australia from a 19th century fossil fuel-based economy ...
  • Paid contractor position: Technical Research C ...
    Reports to: Project Director - ZCA Transport Plan and Technical Director ZCA Project Based: Fitzroy VIC 3065 Job Purpose: To support the development and communication of the ZCA Transport Plan. After the release of the Transport Plan, the focus of this role will shift to one of the subsequent ...
  • Clouding a bright solar thermal future
    The July 31 Australian Energy Technology Assessment from the Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics has been hailed by the government, and renewable energy advocates, as a step forward for Australia’s ‘clean energy future’. It is true that the estimates in the AETA are an improvement over t ...
  • Santos’ shale gas adventure to slug SA househo ...
    Santos’ foray into expensive shale gas will increase household bills by a whopping $263 each year. Santos has admitted that shale gas will double the wholesale price of gas, adding $163 to average gas bills, but neglected to mention ...

Monga Bay ( News )

  • Private reserve safeguards newly discovered fr ...
    Although it covers only 430 hectares (1,063 acres) of the little-known Chocó forest in Ecuador, the private reserve las Gralarias in Ecuador is home to an incredible explosion of life. Long known as a birder's paradise, the Reserva las Gralarias is now making a name for itself as a hotspot ...
  • Indigenous groups in Panama wait for UN REDD t ...
    A dispute over the implementation of REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) in Panama has pitted the United Nations (UN) against the nation's diverse and large indigenous groups. Represented by the National Coordinator of Indigenous Peoples in Panama (COONAPIP), indigenous ...
  • Survivors say gold miners in helicopter massac ...
    Up to 80 people have been massacred by gold miners in the remote Venezuelan Amazon, according to reports received by the indigenous-rights group, Survival International. According to Reuters, the reports have prompted the Venezuelan government to investigate the alleged murders of the Yanomami i ...
  • Unidentified poodle moth takes Internet by storm
    A white moth from Venezuela that bears a striking resemblance to a poodle has become an Internet sensation, after cryptozoologist Karl Shuker posted about the bizarre-looking species on his blog. Photographed in 2009 in Venezulea's Canaima National Park in the Gran Sabana region by zoologist Art ...
  • Emissions from Amazon deforestation in Brazil ...
    Annual emissions from deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by about 57 percent between 2004 and 2011, 20 percentage points lower than the recorded drop in deforestation, reports a new study published in the journal Global Change Biology by Brazilian scientists. Overall, Brazilian deforesta ...

Sierra Express

  • NaCSA distributes Food for Work to Bumbuna hyd ...
    Saidu Bangura in his 40’s has a family of eight their village was seriously affected by the Bumbuna Hydro project, the electricity grid that is providing 75% of the power supply to Freetown and Makeni.  (Beneficiaries of the HABOPE project for Bumbuna hydro affected communities with their bags o ...
  • Ngoma Africa Band to perform at Africa Trade F ...
    Ngoma Africa Band, a German based Tanzanian band will headline the AfrikaMesse, Bremen Germany, on 15th September 2012.  (Photo: Ebrahim Makunja aka Ras Makunja, leader of Ngoma Africa Band) The band leader, Ebrahim  Makunja aka Ras Makunja did receive the International Diaspora Award (IDA) on b ...
  • Private equity injects new cash for expanding ...
    Africa is growing, and African companies need cash to expand. Investors want in on the action, especially given low returns in many other parts of the world these days. But with few stocks and bonds, and scant liquidity for those out there, how do investors get a foothold? And how do African fir ...
  • Cultural entertainment held to promote Pan Afr ...
    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 28 August 2012- The African Union Commission today hosted an entertainment and cultural event as part of its 3rd Pan African Cultural Congress (PACC3). The congress is being held at the AU headquarters in Addis, from the 28th to 30th August. The event gave delegates an oppo ...
  • Revenue & tax administration in Sierra Leone; ...
    In my last article, I wrote that the formulation of policies by any government will help determine the path of development. The formulation of a policy that led to the creation of the National Revenue Authority is one among several that Sierra Leone took immediately following the end to her deca ...

Dairy Industry - NZ Herald

  • Baby formula rips off NZ Inc
    Kiwi exporters are fuming at Chinese infant formula makers falsely claiming their product is made in New Zealand.Around 20 Chinese manufacturers blatantly tried to pass off their infant formula as New Zealand-made at a major Mother...
  • Govt dividend down as Landcorp profit dips
    Landcorp, the country's biggest farming company, said its operating profit fell 36 per cent and was forecast to halve in the current year with prices expected to be generally lower.The state-owned farmer said its operating profit...
  • Dairy boom days coming to an end - bank
    New challenges facing New Zealand's dairy industry will likely force a slowdown in milk production over the next decade, according to a new report. Agribusiness banking specialist Rabobank said the industry had ridden a wave of...
  • Fonterra cuts forecast 2013 payout
    Fonterra said it had downwardly revised its forecast payout to farmers for the 2012-13 season due to ongoing strength of the New Zealand dollar.The revised forecast comprises a lower Fonterra farmgate milk price of $5.25 per kg...
  • Baby formula advert has PM spitting
    Politicians normally love being pictured with babies, but Prime Minister John Key has taken exception to a baby formula company using his image without permission.Key's office will ask Auckland milk powder manufacturers Cowala to...

Hit & Run | Reason

  • Mitt Romney's Two Faces on Immigration
    Republicans exuded so much warmth and sunshine toward immigrants during their three-day convention gala last week that no one would ever guess that only recently their presidential contenders were competing over who’d make the tougher Deporter-in-Chief. Herman Cain called for a 20- ...
  • Ed Krayewski on 5 Stupid Government Interventi ...
    Whatever you think of Lance Armstrong's guilt or innocence — and whether he's received due process or is getting screwed — his predicament underscores how government-funded agencies intervene in sports, Ed Krayewski writes. Governments in the U.S.A. and abroad have never shied from ...
  • Time Magazine Pens Love Letter to Joe ...
    This week will provide an ongoing demonstration project of how the media establishment treats the two major political parties with two largely separate filters. For example, the latest issue of Time has a piece on the vice president with a subhed that claims–and I am not making this ...
  • Where's Media Criticism of TMZ's Racist Jihad ...
    Don't hold your breath for the New York Times editorial lambasting the paparazzi for their treatment of Deneeta Pope, now known to history by the reductive phrase "Paul Ryan's Black Ex-Girlfriend."  Pope's misfortune can be traced back to a 2005 interview Ryan gave to Milwauke ...
  • Video: The Churchill Thrillers: An Interview w ...
    "The Churchill Thrillers: An Interview with Michael and Patrick McMenamin" is the latest offering from Reason TV. Watch above or click on the link below for video, full tet, supporting links, downloadable versions, and more Reason TV clips. View this article. ...

Mercury Rising

  • Bookmarked for later review: organized crime a ...
    A fascinating look inside the Japanese nuclear industry and its dependence on organized crime by Richard Wilcox.
  • MN GOP’s Voter ID Plan Would Cost Two Ru ...
    Not only is Minnesota’s Kiffmeyered amendment version of ALEC’s voter restriction (aka “Photo ID”) model bill useless at stopping the sort of voter fraud it’s touted as stopping, it would also be ruinously expensive for state and local governments to enact. The stee ...
  • This looks like it’s worth reading
    Too busy to excerpt it, so take a look at Kristina Rizga, MoJo, on why Everything You’ve Heard About Failing Schools is Wrong (via Ritholtz)
  • This looks like it’s worth reading
    Too busy to excerpt it, so take a look at Kristina Rizga, MoJo, on why Everything You’ve Heard About Failing Schools is Wrong (via Ritholtz)
  • Phone hacking ticks on
    Lisa O’Carroll, The Guardian: The former head lawyer at the News of the World has categorically denied any involvement in the commissioning of phone hacking. Tom Crone, who was arrested at 6.45am at his home in south London on Thursday, was released on bail late Thursday night after being ...

Reality Sandwich

  • Gone to Burning Man '12
    This week, while much of the Reality Sandwich team decamps for the Burning Man Festival in Gerlach, Nevada, we offer a selection of noteworthy articles that appeared on the site earlier this year. We'll be back on Tuesday, September 4. Enjoy!   read more
  • Air Fuel
    Those of you who are around 25-30 years old and grew up in Britain may remember a kids TV show called Aquila. It was about two boys who found a small, pod-like alien craft that ran on air. Well, this type of vehicle, or at least power source, is finally here!  read more
  • The Man Behind the Kirtan: A Talk with Krishn ...
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  • Sex in the News
    Texas state representative comes out as pansexual, choosing love over motherhood, sex tips for Burning Man, and more in this week's sex news. read more
  • Co-creating Wellness
    Come together for an interactive, experiential community salon in which practitioners and lay people explore the theme of energy and vitality, and envision a well-care system that works. Together, participants will engage in a rich dialogue interweaving over seven holistic healing modalities a ...

Desertification

  • Kashmir’s Melting Glaciers May Cut Ice With Sc ...
    Jowhar Ahmed, an air-conditioner dealer in Srinagar, is pleased at a spurt in business this summer caused by temperatures soaring over 35 degrees Celsius – unusual in this alpine valley ringed by snow-capped mountains. “I sold more than 70 air-conditioners in just one month,” Ahmed, who ru ...
  • Whose Timber is it Anyway?
    With Pakistan’s last major stands of deodar (cedar) threatened by a ‘timber mafia’, the local people in the Chitral district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province are resorting to direct action to stop the denudation of their picturesque alpine homeland. Since April, the community in Ayun town has been ...
  • Q&A: Water and Food Security Are Inseparable
    IPS U.N. Bureau Chief Thalif Deen interviews PER BERTILSSON, acting executive director of the Stockholm International Water Institute
  • Food Activists See Portents of New and Deeper ...
    Food rights activists from around the world will descend on the coastal U.S. state of Florida next week to protest homelessness and hunger facing millions of people in the United States and across the globe. The Aug. 20-26 protests in Tampa were organised to draw attention to the Republican Part ...
  • U.S. Drought Exposes “Hydro-Illogical&#8 ...
    The historic drought withering much of the United States this summer has revealed a need for strategies to better manage water supplies that could remain under severe pressure both this year and in the longer term. On Friday, the U.S. Agriculture Department said that corn yields – which ac ...

Blogging Canadians

  • Cloud Computing Benefits For Small Business
    Cloud Computing is the concept which has emerged as a solution for every small and medium business as it helps them to earn good profit and reach to the next stage of progress.
  • Solar Panels Cost
    The use of solar system has been gaining its popularity day by day it is because of the nonstop rise in electricity costs which is encouraging the people to go for an alternative energy source. The solar systems are able to fulfill all the energy needs required for the daily domestic and busines ...
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Press TV - Middle East

  • Fresh US drone strike kills 13 in Yemen
    A Yemeni police official says at least thirteen civilians have lost their lives in a fresh US assassination drone strike in the Arab state.
  • Israel enraged by Tehran NAM summit
    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed anger at the participation of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) member states in the Tehran summit.
  • Turkish soldier injured in PKK clash
    A Turkish soldier has been injured during clashes with members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the eastern province of Van.
  • Israeli jets violate Lebanese airspace
    Four Israeli fighter jets have penetrated Lebanese airspace and flown over parts of the country in flagrant violation of a UN Security Council resolution.
  • Syrian expats protest foreign meddling
    Hundreds of Syrian expatriates have held separate protest rallies across the world, demanding an end to the foreign meddling in Syria's internal affairs and attempts to wage a war against the Arab state.

CUNY SPS Community Blog

  • What I Did On My Summer Vacation
    I know I could graduate two or more semesters early if only I would take summer classes. But I won’t. Two courses a semester on top of working full-time and trying to have a life (and have some fun!) is too stressful and I need the three-month break from formal education, tests, papers, discussi ...
  • Stepping Up: The Summer of 2012
    Recently, while browsing the CUNY SPS Community Blog, I noticed a post by Ms. Shannon Gallo in which she posed the oft-asked question of “What did you do this summer?” Although I have heard this question countless times before, just as I am sure most of us have, it never fails to catch my attent ...
  • Running for the Cure: Fundraising 101
    With the start of the Fall 2012 semester this week, those of us who took the summer off are quickly reminded of the juggling we will need to do in order to maintain our family responsibilities and jobs. Schedules need to be re-arranged, social outings declined or cancelled, and sometimes we have ...
  • New Age Parenting
    Parenting is an energy consuming challenge in the best of times. This past year I haven’t been employed outside my home, giving me a chance to spend a year as a stay-at-home mom for the first time since my 18 year old was a baby. It was eye opening to say the least. I had [...]
  • 10 Minutes and 10 Miles
    10 MINUTES AND 10 MILES In early June, on my very first group run with the American Cancer Society’s DetermiNation team, I ran for 10 minutes and wanted to cry. Not even 3 months later, through practice and DetermiNation, 10 minutes turned into 10 miles. Last Sunday, I ran for 10 straight miles ...

Dissident Voice

  • Veterans For Peace Supports U.N. Committee in ...
    Leah Bolger, President of Veterans For Peace, applauded a United Nations Committee this week for raising concerns about the recruitment of children into the U.S. military, the U.S. killing of children in Afghanistan, the U.S. detention and torture of children labeled “combatants,” an ...
  • The Dawn of Medicare
    A highly risible tactic of the Tea Partyers in the United States has been criticism of president Barack Obama as a “socialist”1 (insulting to Obama but more so to socialists), particularly since he attempted to reform a medical care system in a country where over 50 million were without medical ...
  • Hope is for the Lazy: The Challenge of Our Dea ...
    In 2005, I preached on the ecological crisis in a sermon I titled “Hope is for the Weak: The Challenge of a Broken World.”  Looking back, I realize that I had been far too upbeat and optimistic, probably trying too hard to be liked. Today I want to correct that. Hence, my updated title: “Hope [...]
  • Inflation of the University Degree
    Catch 22s Well it seems now that college graduates are up in arms about the student loan payments that they will have to make after graduation, and while Congress and the President have taken the necessary measures to keep student loan rates from increasing, college graduates still must confront ...
  • After The Fireworks Have Faded
    On July 4, the people of the U.S. marked the passing of another year’s perfunctory Independence Day festivities. The date, also, was occasioned by the formal announcement from physicists at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) that, according to the banner headline at CERN&#82 ...

Destructionist

  • Half man, half machine: Scientists engineer fi ...
    It like it’s something out of a science-fiction movie – genius scientists engineer a synthetic skin that’s part living, part electronics. But scientists at Harvard University have done just that, creating meshes of electronic and biological tissue. The end result is cyborg tissue, which is ...
  • Marine Kidnapped Over Facebook Posts: ‘I Am Sc ...
    In his first public comments since being kidnapped by authorities over political posts on Facebook, former Marine Brandon Raub tells John Whitehead of the Rutherford Institute that he is scared for his country.
  • Mini Documentary Reveals ‘Stellar Wind’ Domest ...
    A new mini documentary by Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker and journalist Laura Poitras blows the lid off the US government’s secretive domestic spy program – a system currently storing all electronic communications and analyzing it in real time, building dossiers on virtually every ...
  • Black Hawk Helicopters Over Minneapolis Worry ...
    Black Hawk military helicopters are flying low over Minneapolis this week as part of an exercise being overseen by the U.S. Special Operations Command, increasing concerns that Americans are being prepared for a state of martial law. The video above shows the helicopters being filmed from the ...
  • 5-minute video: Declaration of Independence wa ...
    A lawful revolution is in response to government that abjectly violates its own laws, and refuses all reasonable offers to return government limits within its own constitution. It is a revolution that requests its own law enforcement to do their job to arrest obvious criminals in their own gover ...

Wayne Madsen

  • August 31-September 2, 2012 -- OFF-TOPIC WEEK ...
  • August 31-September 2, 2012 -- ON-TOPIC WEEKE ...
  • August 31, 2012 -- Did delegate yelling "Don't ...
    "Oh! No! No! Don't touch me!" may haunt Romney as campaign gets fully underway.
  • August 30-31, 2012 -- OFF-TOPIC DAILY FORUM
  • August 30-31, 2012 -- ON-TOPIC DAILY FORUM

  • PS - Inter Press Services

    • Women Take up Care of Tohoku Elders
       Yumiko Yonekura, who survived last year’s massive earthquake and tsunami that devastated Tohoku in northeast Japan, has just launched ‘Hot Care Kesenuma’, a welfare company that provides special care for feeble elders in the affected region.  “The idea of starting my own company that deals with ...
    • Taiwan Verdict Exposes Death Penalty Dangers
      The end of Taiwan’s most controversial death penalty case this week has “punctured the myth that the judicial system never makes mistakes in death penalty cases,” Judicial Reform Foundation (JRF) executive director Lin Feng-cheng told IPS. A panel of three High Court judges overturned murder con ...
    • Libyan Weapons Arming Regional Conflicts
      In the aftermath of Libya’s revolution, Libyan fighters and weapons are flooding areas of conflict in neighbouring countries, according to local fighters and officials in several countries. Libya’s still heavily armed militias continue to sell their weapons on the black market directly to foreig ...
    • IAEA Report Shows Iran Reduced Its Breakout Ca ...
      The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report made public Thursday reveals that Iran has actually reduced the amount of 20-percent enriched uranium available for any possible “breakout” to weapons grade enrichment over the last three months rather than increasing it. Contrary to the impre ...
    • Israelis Brace Dubiously for War With Iran
      Parviz Barkhordar says he loves both Israel and Iran. For many, this dual affinity might seem contradictory, but according to Barkhordar, it makes total sense. “We were born in Iran but we always were Jewish. We were Persian Jews in Iran,” Barkhordar told IPS. “We lived and we were raised in Ira ...

    My AntiWar

    CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

    • IAEA Report Shows Iran Reduced Its Breakout Ca ...
      Summary: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report made public Thursday reveals that Iran has actually reduced the amount of 20-percent enriched uranium available for any possible “breakout” to weapons grade enrichment over the last three months rather than increasing it. source ...
    • NAM can revitalize debate on UN reform
      Summary: (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman has reaffirmed the Non-Aligned Movement’s (NAM) determination to transform the world’s structure and establish a global management system based on justice. “We (the NAM members) call for the establishment of justice in the ...
    • Non-Aligned Movement Unanimously Backs Iran’s ...
      Summary: The 120-member Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) has unanimously endorsed Iran’s civilian nuclear energy program, saying Iran has not only the right to produce energy through nuclear fission, but has a right to enrich their own uranium to do so. source: antiwar.comread more
    • Analysis of latest IAEA report on Iran - Augus ...
      Summary: Paragraphs 1 and 2 attempt to portray UNSC resolutions on Iran, demanding that Iran give up enrichment, as being "binding". They further demand that Iran ratify the Additional Protocol. Sorry, but the UNSC is not legally authorized to make such demands. A very fundamental p ...
    • America Planning for a Post-Israel Middle East?
      Summary: So what is all the fuss about? It’s a paper entitled: Preparing For A Post Israel Middle East, an 82 page analysis that concludes that the American national interest in fundamentally at odds with that of Zionist Israel. The authors concludes that Israel is currently the greatest thre ...

    The Daily Galaxy

    • "A New Species" of Strange Weirdly-Shaped Gala ...
      A full-sky survey by Nasa's wide-field Wise telescope turned up about 1,000 hot, dust-obscured galaxies, each of which emit as much light as 100 trillion sun-like stars. The objects are rare, accounting for about one in 100,000 light sources, and...
    • Image of the Day: Jupiter's Ganymede --Only Mo ...
      Some scientists have seen the ultimate sky show, and the fact that the sky isn't ours only makes it cooler. Gas giant Jupiter features some epic aurora beyond-borealis (and ultra-australis) and the causes make ours look like two small sparklers...
    • Origins of Supermassive Black Holes --Formed 1 ...
      The first supermassive black holes were formed shortly after the "Big Bang". That is the conclusion reached by an international research group led in 2011 by Prof. Lucio Mayer from the University of Zurich. The supermassive black holes were formed...
    • Image of the Day: Strange Weirdly-Shaped Galax ...
      A full-sky survey by Nasa's wide-field Wise telescope turned up about 1,000 hot, dust-obscured galaxies, each of which emit as much light as 100 trillion sun-like stars. The objects are rare, accounting for about one in 100,000 light sources, and...
    • "Could There be Life in the Universe Far Older ...
      The raw materials for building terrestrial planets were available very soon after the Big Bang, raising the possibility that there could be life in the Universe far older than we. Perhaps they reside around long-lived red dwarf stars, or have...

    Natural News

    • Health Ranger releases new video on the crimin ...
      The Oregon government's criminalization of rainwater collection is exposed in a new mini-documentary by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger. The 14-minute video (see links below) reveals the "collectivism" agenda behind the absurd idea that the government owns the rainwater...
    • Wake up to the benefits of power napping - Boo ...
      Albert Einstein, Leonardo Da Vinci, Nikola Tesla, Winston Churchill and John F. Kennedy all have one thing in common: daily mid-afternoon naps. Linked with clarity, increased performance, memory, mood and even heart health, naps are an economical (and fun) way to boost...
    • The abs you're forgetting in your workout - Tr ...
      In a society looking for a flat belly, people will crunch and sit-up thousands of times to get a washboard stomach. Unfortunately, many people will never get the results they are looking for by only working on the abs and obliques. The transverse abdominis (TrA) is the...
    • Trigger point dry needling
      Myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) are defined as "hyperirritable spots in skeletal muscle that are associated with a hypersensitive palpable nodule in a taut band." Trigger point dry needling (TrP-DN), also referred to as intramuscular stimulation, is an invasive procedure...
    • Medical companies fake reality on a daily basis
      (NaturalNews)Glaxo, Merck, and Pfizer, three giant drug companies, are under the gun. Glaxo has just paid a $3 billion fine for bribery, fabricating drug-safety data, and fraud. Merck has been caught inventing data to give the impression its mumps vaccine is effective. Pfizer is...

    Threat Level

    • Dems Release Voter Registration Apps, Includin ...
      The Democrats released two new web-friendly apps to help citizens register to vote - including one that's free for anyone to modify as they like -- including Republicans.
    • Broadcasters Defeat TV Streaming Service
      A federal appeals court is dealing a death blow to an upstart service that streams broadcast television over the internet, ruling that ivi Inc. is not a cable system and therefore is not protected by the Copyright Act.
    • Murder Suspect Allegedly Used GPS Tracker to F ...
      A North Carolina man is facing first-degree murder charges after using a GPS tracker to follow his estranged wife to the home of a man he then shot.
    • TSA Denies Stonewalling Nude Body-Scanner Cour ...
      The Transportation Security Administration denied Thursday it was stonewalling a federal appeals court's year-old decision demanding the agency hold public hearings concerning the rules and regulations pertaining to the so-called nude body scanners installed in U.S. airport security checkpoints.
    • EFF Sues to Get Secret Court Rulings Showing F ...
      The Electronic Frontier Foundation sued the government Thursday demanding a judge order it to release documents allegedly showing the National Security Agency unlawfully surveilled e-mail and telephone calls.

    PERRspectives : Blog

    • Romney Goes AWOL on Afghanistan
      In his meticulously choreographed entry into the convention hall last night, Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney greeted the assembled delegates to convey the feel of a State of the Union address. But any resemblance to a Commander-in-Chief last night ended there. With tens of thousands ...
    • Jeb Bush Complains Even as Dubya, Mitt Still C ...
      By all appearances, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush hopes use his Republican National Convention address to rehabilitate his brother's shattered reputation. After claiming on Sunday that it was "unbecoming" for Barack Obama to continue to "blame others" for the economic calamity he inherited f ...
    • 15 Things the GOP Doesn't Want You to Know Abo ...
      The experience of the past three decades shows that for the GOP, there are only two certainties in life: debt and tax cuts. But you'd never know that watching the Republican National Convention, where a massive ticking debt clock and obvious falsehoods like "President Obama has doubled the nati ...
    • How We Built Bain Capital
      Among the things absent thus far from the 2012 Republican National Convention has been any mention of Bain Capital and any fidelity to the truth. After just the first day, the GOP's twin frauds about welfare and "we built that" were once again demolished, prompting Team Romney to protest that " ...
    • Lady Macbeth Comes to the Republican National ...
      At the Republican National Convention Tuesday night, Mitt Romney will stand behind a human shield: his wife Ann Romney. And with good reason. While his campaign still frets about his massive "empathy gap," the Republican nominee will deploy his warm, engaging and sympathetic wife as a proxy fo ...

    Blackspot News Feed

    • Black Report: Majority of Wall St. Money Now G ...
      Bill Black: Even though many on Wall St. understand need for regulation, most want a free-for-all and damn the consequences
    • Mass Murder of Miners and Neo-Liberalism in So ...
      Vishwas Satgar Pt2: The murder of striking miners reveals that the deep apartheid pattern of the labor market, particularly in the mining industry, has not changed
    • Green-washing “Sustainability” by Shepherd Bliss
      by Shepherd Bliss Guest Writer Dandelion Salad August 31, 2012 “Sustainability” has become a buzzword. But what does “sustainability” really mean? One definition is that it requires a triple-E bottom line—economics, the environment and equity. However, this word sometimes is used to “green-wash” ...
    • Edible City: The Movie
      Dandelion Salad Aug 24, 2012 by ediblecitythemovie Edible City is a feature-length documentary film that tells the stories of extraordinary people who are digging their hands into the dirt, working to transform their communities and do something truly revolutionary: grow local Good Food Systems ...
    • Mexican Farmers Battle Canadian Mine for Contr ...
      Dandelion Salad Crossposted with permission from www.socialistproject.ca/bullet/ by Paul Bocking Socialist Project | The Bullet August 27, 2012 Civil disobedience has halted production at Mexico’s “top grade producer of silver.” Farmers of the La Sierrita village, a close knit communi ...

    Consortium News

    TruthOut

    • Congress Must Debate the Libya War
      The US is now at war in a third Muslim country, according to the "official tally" (that is, counting Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, but not Pakistan or Yemen, for example.) But Congress has never authorized or debated the US military intervention in Libya. (A sharply disputed claim holds ...
    • News in Brief: Daniel Ellsberg, Col. Ann Wrigh ...
      Daniel Ellsberg, Col. Ann Wright Among 30 Arrested for Protesting Against Abuse of Bradley Manningread more
    • In This Nuclear World, What Is the Meaning of ...
      In a nuclear crisis, life becomes a nightmare for those people trying to make sense of the uncertainties. Imaginably, the questions are endless. Radiation is invisible, how do you know when you are in danger? How long will this danger persist? How can you reduce the hazard to yourself and famil ...
    • Richard D. Wolff: "Personal Debts" (Video)
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    • Charmed Into Battle: How a Volunteering Vacati ...
      About to turn thirty, Conor Grennan planned a year-long trip around the world. He started his trip with a three-month stint volunteering in the Little Princes Orphanage in war-torn Nepal. What was supposed to be just a three-month experience changed Conor's life, and the lives of countless other ...

    Planetsave

    • Human and Soil Bacteria Swap Antibiotic-Resist ...
      The bacteria that live in soil and bacteria that are known to cause human diseases have recently exchanged at least seven key antibiotic-resistance genes, according to researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The researchers are suggesting that more studies are ...
    • NASA’s WISE Survey Finds Millions Of Black Holes
      Millions of black holes have now been discovered thanks to NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). The WISE mission has led to the discovery of “newfound supermassive black holes and extreme galaxies called hot DOGs, or dust-obscured galaxies.” Images taken by the te ...
    • Life On Mars, What If We Brought It There?
      NASA’s roving Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity, has begun its journey to look for the evidence of life, past and present, on Mars. If we found life though, how would we know that we didn’t put it there? “To date, a total of a dozen U.S., Soviet, and European spacecraft have l ...
    • Baby Gray Whale With Rope Around Its Tail Spot ...
      On Friday morning a nearly 15-foot long baby gray whale was observed struggling in the water near Imperial Beach in San Diego after getting tangled with a large fishing net rope around its tail. The gray whale was seen approaching shallow water Friday morning near the fishing pier in Imperial Be ...
    • Failure
        This: What a great video by the ever thoughtful Derek Sivers (via Life of Light). And another nice post from Life of Light that sort of goes with it: If you have a fault, consider well before you criticize another. Consider well before you think in a bad way about a friend, family member, ...

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    Axis of Logic

    • Illuminati Planning Another Financial Crash? ...
      "The American people are being disenfranchised, disinherited, and enslaved." The PBS Documentary "The Warning" proves the Illuminati bankers deliberately sabotaged the financial system before 2008. This was not the first time nor will it be the last."Economic c ...
    • CIA directing arms shipments to Syria’s “rebel ...
      22 June 2012 CIA agents have been deployed to Turkey to organize the arming of the so-called rebels in Syria seeking the overthrow of the government of President Bashar al-Assad, the New York Times reported Thursday. The report, citing information provided by senior US officials as well a ...
    • UNASUR Foreign Ministers in Paraguay to Discus ...
      Río de Janeiro, June 21 (Prensa Latina) Foreign ministres from member countries of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) are scheduled to leave today for Paraguay to discuss the situation in that country in the wake of decisión by the Chamber of Deputies to open an impeachment against Pre ...
    • The Right Wing Move to Impeach Paraguay's Pres ...
      Editor's Note: Does this sound familiar to anyone? It was 3 years ago this month that democratically-elected President Zelaya was thrown out of office by a coup in Honduras backed by the US State Department. In January, 2010 we published Mike Whitney's article, In South America, left-wing presid ...
    • WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks from E ...
      22 June 2012 Australian and US governments “playing word games”  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange spoke out today from the Ecuadorian embassy in London about the escalating assault on his democratic rights and why he had been compelled to seek political asylum in Ecuador. Interviewed b ...

    They Gave Us a Republic

    • Last night on Facebook...
      By @BGinKC I use Facebook to keep in touch with the friends and family that those of you who are my Facebook friends may have seen me refer to as my "country cousins" when I want to make sure they see something. The area used to be pretty solidly Democratic and progressive minded. There was a D ...
    • And you wonder why no one trusts journalists a ...
      By @BGinKC Let me start by saying that I have never had a lot of respect for Ben Smith. He worked for Politico, for gawds sake, and it's founder, Roger Simon, is the Cowardly Lion version of Roger Ailes. He's not as smart or as brazen, but he's still a right-wing hack extraordinaire, and would ...
    • No, Lynette, This is Not Our Grandfather's Rep ...
      By @TedFrier (Note: the following was my response to a reader who wondered what has become of the Republican Party) Dear Lynette, Once upon a time, beginning the 1850s, America had two political parties, called Republican and Democratic, that shared a common responsibility for governing the coun ...
    • Clint, God Is Not On The Republicans' Side -- ...
      Hard-core film buffs may recognize the title of this post as a paraphrase of a line that "Blondie" (Clint Eastwood) speaks to "Tucco" (Eli Wallach) in the quintessential spaghetti Western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1967). As an actor, Clint was OK, but always a bit more archetype than chara ...
    • The Nightowl Newswrap
      By @BGinKC Apparently @SarahPalinUSA is really as dumb as her Facebook rants make her appear to be. Fox News cancelled her interviews at the Republican convention this week, apparently to get her attention about her proclivity for ranting on Facebook. It obviously didn't work because she immedi ...

    Care 2

    • Libyan Weapons Arming Regional Conflicts
      In the aftermath of Libyas revolution, Libyan fighters and weapons are flooding areas of conflict in neighbouring countries, according to local fighters and officials in several countries. Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
    • Help Save Leatherback Sea Turtles ! PLEASE SIG ...
      National Marine Fisheries Service is pushing to expand fisheries and allow drift gillnets back into the Leatherback Conservation Area that currently protects sea turtle habitat. Submitted by Cher C. to Animals  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
    • Keep Ban on Killing of Great White Sharks ! PL ...
      In Australia, great white sharks have been listed as rare or likely to become extinct and fishing or culling them has been banned since 1999. Submitted by Cher C. to Animals  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
    • Help 32,000 Baby Cows Stranded in Egypt ! PLEA ...
      An estimated 32,000 baby cows have been stranded aboard ships for six weeks at an Egyptian port after arriving from Australia. The Ministry of Agriculture is keeping them quarantined after fears that they were given cancerous treatments before boarding Submitted by Cher C. to Animals  |&nb ...
    • Stop Animal Torture in Spanish Festivals ! PLE ...
      On the second Tuesday in September, the town of Tordesillas in Valladolid, Spain, hosts a blood festival called "El Toro de la Vega." During the festival, a bull is released into the countryside followed by dozens of people who pursue the bull Submitted by Cher C. to Animals  |  &nbsp ...

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    No Quarter

    • MSNBC’s Chuck Todd speaks the truth * hk2′s op ...
      Josh Marshall, the editor of the once-reputable Talking Points Memo, made this video (of all things) his “Editor’s Choice”: Okay, That’s the Stupidest Thing I Ever Heard Mr. Marshall, the self-anointed Great Wise One of all blog journalists, wrote this: [T]his has to rank as on ...
    • Obama Goes to Gunfight with No Ammo
      So, Barky is going to Charlotte to claim his crown as the Democrat’s standard bearer. Barky, however, may be barking like a scalded dog but he has no bite. The Chicago way, in theory, is to bring a gun to a knife fight. Obama apparently did not take time to learn that if you bring [...]
    • Taking Our Country Back… From The Kids
      We’ve heard a lot about “taking our country back” in the last four years from the various political blocs that did NOT support Barrack Obama’s election in 2008, from Hillary supporters to the most extreme right-wing nuts.  And of course — OF COURSE! — the Obam ...
    • Saturday Musings [Open Thread]
      Where are we today? Labor Day weekend! Republican Convention over Democratic Convention set to start 65 days to the election 141 days until our next president is sworn in Labor Day weekend is both a time of fun and point of reflection. Summer is over and next week we return to work and school. T ...
    • I am in LOVE
      Intelligent women in politics today are not uncommon. Hillary continues to amaze even her early detractors. Condi Rice plays classical piano better than any of her critics. And Margaret Thatcher knew when and had the courage to say no to anyone in the world. Every day a new bright mind emerges a ...

    Futurismic

    • Hope for a Global Spring?
      Perhaps it’s because of the economy is beginning – finally – to pick up in the US. Perhaps it is because I’m sick to death of bad election-year politics, so I’m looking at anything else that comes along of interest. Maybe it’s even because I wrote about creative destruction the last time I did a ...
    • The only way to change your past is to steal s ...
      I get a fairly regular flow of emails about independent film projects. Most of them, to be honest, bounce straight off me – which says less about their quality than it does about my own taste in cinema. Independent cinema – like independent music and literature – has lots of pr ...
    • Censorship: I’m guilty as charged
      So, I stand accused of censorship by someone whose comment I declined to approve on this post. I figure anyone willing to throw around accusations of censorship is probably a big fan of radical transparency; hence, by way of amelioration, here is the digital papertrail for the full exchange. (Em ...
    • The Future Always Wins
      Soooooo, yeah – I’ve been busy. Did you miss me? New job, Masters degree… doesn’t leave a lot of spare time, so it doesn’t. But it’s been quiet here too long, so it’s time to dust down the soapbox and run a mic-check. One-two, one-two. The Future Always ...
    • New Economies
      Last month I pondered the extent to which the Arab Spring and Occupy Everything are socially-driven acts of creative destruction. Creative destruction is defined as a “process of industrial mutation that incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying ...

    Therapy News

    • Do People Misestimate Their Future Reactions?
      When someone is asked to predict their emotional reaction to a future, hypothetical event, they usually underestimate how they will respond, according to previous research. However, a new study, led by Heather C. Lench of the Department of Psychology at Texas A&M University, suggests otherwi ...
    • Therapist Self-Disclosure Decreases Stigma of ...
      One of the primary reasons people neglect to seek treatment for their mental health problems is because they are concerned about the external and internal stigmas associated with mental illness. Public stigma is the external belief that one is defective if they receive therapy for their problems ...
    • GoodTherapy.org Weekly Inspirational Thoughts
      November 23, 2011 – As we approach Thanksgiving, the day that reminds us to be thankful for those around us, we present Ghandi’s belief in the unity of all living things. Keep this in mind as you care for your loved ones this weekend and for those who are less fortunate. Happy Thanks ...
    • Can Negative Attributions Predict Marital Diss ...
      Engaged couples form patterns of positive and negative behavior that can predict their marital satisfaction. “Serious marital dissatisfaction predicts increased risk for a major depressive episode, even when controlling for history of depression,” said Rebecca E. Osterhout of the New Mexico Vete ...
    • Three Steps for Dealing with Panic Attacks
      Panic attacks are usually initiated by a triggering thought or collection of thoughts that are anxiety-provoking in nature. These thoughts then cause an overly exaggerated anxiety response in the body (choking sensations, dizziness, tightness, tingling, etc). These physical sensations are then o ...

    Mountaintop Removal

    • Coal's Road To Nowhere: The Coalfields Express ...
      Coal's Road To Nowhere: The Coalfields Expressway ThinkProgress Coal companies plan to use mountaintop removal mining to flatten the area to make way for the road, while they keep the profits from the coal they extract. While the coal companies call it a road, local residents are calling it ...
    • Travelling “True Cost of Coal” Mural Sparks Lo ...
      Travelling “True Cost of Coal” Mural Sparks Local Conversation Sewardcity News The Beehive Design Collective is demonstrating its concerns about Climate Change, mountaintop removal and the struggle for justice in Appalachia through a large, extremely detailed portable mural. Some 20 copies of th ...
    • Why the Democratic Party Platform Should Call ...
      Why the Democratic Party Platform Should Call for End to Mountaintop Removal ... Democratic Underground Calling it "Judy's plank," in honor of beloved West Virginia mountaineer Judy Bonds, whose untimely death in 2011 served as a wakeup call to the mounting humanitarian and health ...
    • Federal Judge Rules Against EPA Mining Restric ...
      Federal Judge Rules Against EPA Mining Restrictions GreenAnswers Mountaintop removal coal mining operations – a form of surface mining that gathers coal from the summit of mountains – commonly dump waste water into waterways in the Appalachian valleys. The polluted water disrupts biodiversity in ...
    • Musicians Join Hit Parade As Mountain Heroes - ...
      Musicians Join Hit Parade As Mountain Heroes unEARTHED, from Earthjustice (blog) As part of Earthjustice's Mountain Heroes campaign, two more prolific artists are joining us to stand up against mountaintop removal mining. The first is Rolling Stone's 23rd greatest guitarist of all time: ...

    Memeorandum

    • Obama's Response To Clint Eastwood Was The Mos ...
      Talking Points Memo: Obama's Response To Clint Eastwood Was The Most RT'd Tweet Of RNC … More than 51,000 people re-tweeted it, as of Sunday.  Obama was presumed to be sitting in the empty chair during Eastwood's prime time speech, which the crowd ate up but which received negative ...
    • White House releases recipe in beer brouhaha ( ...
      Gary Dzen / The Boston Globe: White House releases recipe in beer brouhaha  —  Obama concocts his Pennsylvania Ave. home brew  —  President Obama's fondness for beer has been well documented.  Now the White House has bowed to demand for his recipe for beer t ...
    • Democratic aide: GOP thinks "lying is a virtue ...
      Leigh Ann Caldwell / CBS News: Democratic aide: GOP thinks “lying is a virtue”  —  (CBS News) As President Obama and the Democrats gear up for their convention in Charlotte, N.C., this week, Democrats unpacked their thoughts on last week's Republican convention.&nbsp ...
    • Hal David, Songwriter, Is Dead at 91 (Rob Hoer ...
      Rob Hoerburger / New York Times: Hal David, Songwriter, Is Dead at 91  —  Hal David, the Oscar-winning, Grammy-winning lyricist who in the 1960s and '70s gave pop music vernacular the questions “What's It All About?,” “What's New, Pussycat?,” “Do Yo ...
    • Teacher who allegedly abused student gets... t ...
      Jazz Shaw / Hot Air: Teacher who allegedly abused student gets... transferred?  —  The fine state of public education and the iron fortress of the teachers unions gets yet another black eye this week after video emerged of a shocking incident which took place in the classroom ea ...

    Energy & Environment News

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      Sunday, September 2, 2012 14:42:15 UTC Sunday, September 2, 2012 10:42:15 PM at epicenterDepth: 35.00 km (21.75 mi)
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    China Dialogue

    • How milk standards triggered uproar in China
      In 2010, new regulations for China’s scandal-ridden dairy industry sparked a storm over safety risks and the role of business in setting policy. Zhu Hongjun, who covered the story, looks back on the controversy.The melamine milk scandal of 2008, when babies across China were poisoned by ta ...
    • China’s food scares show the system is bust
      Our lives – and the safety of our food – are determined by the structures we live in, writes Tang Hao. Without systemic reform, there’s no point increasing enforcement powers.The Chinese people have had their imaginations challenged by a series of food and drug safety scares. I ...
    • American dairy cooperatives claim to offer pat ...
      In the US, health concerns about industrialised dairy farming are leading the public to go in search of safer milk. Zhou Li visited Organic Valley, a Wisconsin dairy cooperative that claims to present a safer example of local food provision.Dairy products are a major source of nutrition in the U ...
    • Milk price war puts squeeze on China's dairy f ...
      China’s dairy sector is caught between a model of local production and mass industrialisation, triggering battles over resources, price and supplier treatment. Xu Nan reports.China’s dairy industry has been in a precarious state since 2008, the year of the Sanlu milk-powder scandal, ...
    • Italy's "cancer town" in battle over polluting ...
      Owners of the polluting Ilva steelworks are under house arrest, and shutdowns have been ordered – but the plant has defenders despite sky-high cancer rates. Tom Kington reports.chinadialogue reported on China's cancer villages back in 2011. See the full report "Shadow over rural China ...

    AlterNet Top Stories

    • Can You Overdose On Alcoholics Anonymous?
       Though Bill was a successful lawyer with offices across the country bearing his name, he finally had to concede that there was something about his life that didn’t spell success: his drinking. At the age of 52, he came into the program of Alcoholics Anonymous and went after it wit ...
    • Step Aside Mommy Porn, Amish Women in Bonnets ...
       This story was originally published at Salon.With mommy porn bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey whipping up a sadomasochistic storm in the female book market this summer, it might seem safe to assume that old-fashioned romance novels, in which the protagonists prefer hastily confe ...
    • Bill Moyers: Christian Right Hypocrite Ralph R ...
      As the sun slowly sets over the Republican National Convention in Tampa, we settle back in the chairs that nice Mr. Eastwood just gave us and ponder some of the other oddities of the week. Like this item in the official GOP platform pointed out by Brad Plumer of The Washington Post:  ...
    • Death by Chocolate: How to Sell War with Iran ...
      Israelis are being sold on war with Iran in more ways than one.In a commercial featuring John Cleese (a veteran of the zany British comedy shows, Monty Python’s Flying Circus and Fawlty Towers), a high level general takes a taste of a delectable chocolate and hazelnut spread a ...
    • 5 Crazy Things the GOP Is Still Saying About W ...
      If the Republican Convention planners had their way, their party's extremist hard-line position on social issues like abortion and gay marriage (See 10 Things the GOP Platform Hates About You) would be forgotten. Todd Akin’s "legitimate rape" comment would be forgotten, too.Instead ...

    Threat Level

    • Dems Release Voter Registration Apps, Includin ...
      The Democrats released two new web-friendly apps to help citizens register to vote - including one that's free for anyone to modify as they like -- including Republicans.
    • Broadcasters Defeat TV Streaming Service
      A federal appeals court is dealing a death blow to an upstart service that streams broadcast television over the internet, ruling that ivi Inc. is not a cable system and therefore is not protected by the Copyright Act.
    • Murder Suspect Allegedly Used GPS Tracker to F ...
      A North Carolina man is facing first-degree murder charges after using a GPS tracker to follow his estranged wife to the home of a man he then shot.
    • TSA Denies Stonewalling Nude Body-Scanner Cour ...
      The Transportation Security Administration denied Thursday it was stonewalling a federal appeals court's year-old decision demanding the agency hold public hearings concerning the rules and regulations pertaining to the so-called nude body scanners installed in U.S. airport security checkpoints.
    • EFF Sues to Get Secret Court Rulings Showing F ...
      The Electronic Frontier Foundation sued the government Thursday demanding a judge order it to release documents allegedly showing the National Security Agency unlawfully surveilled e-mail and telephone calls.

    Equality Trust

    • The Spirit Level Documentary Film
      We're delighted to introduce The Spirit Level Documentary - a forthcoming film based on the best-selling book, which will show why a more equal society is better for us all. Find out more...    
    • Act Local = Reduce the Gap
      Find out more about our new campaign: Act Local = Reduce the Gap
    • We work in partnership with One Society
      Visit the website of One Society which works in partnership with The Equality Trust. One Society draws on a wealth of research which shows that large divides in income at the top and bottom of society – beyond ‘proportional rewards’ – are damaging to our economy and society, not just for those ...
    • Among Equals: read our newsletter
      Read the latest edition of our supporter newsletter  
    • Action for Happiness
      Action for Happiness is a new movement for positive social change, founded by Richard Layard, Geoff Mulgan and Anthony Seldon.   They aim to bring together people from all walks of life who want to play a part in creating a happier society for everyone. Their vision of a better future inc ...

    PDA AMERICA

    • Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Mon ...
      Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Money Out of Politics By Carmen Yarrusso There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.”–Henry David Thoreau Clearly, our government ...
    • IOT: Healthcare for All Jan Call
      Call – Healthcare for All IOT Date – Jan 18, 2011 Agenda: 1. Introductions—Dr. Bill Honigman, PDA Healthcare for All IOT coordinator and California State Coordinator 2. National Single Payer Movement—Katie Robbins, Healthcare-NOW! 3. States Single Payer Movement–Chuck Pennacchi ...
    • PDA Weekly Field Report 1/7/2011 – 1/18/2011
      Little Victories! Field Site: onenationpda.org California ADEM elections: Congratulations to all our PDA California friends and allies who completed a sweep up and down at the state at the recent CA Democratic Party Delegate elections. This will put the ...
    • War is a Crime: Join In For Justice
      WarIsACrime.org JOIN IN FOR JUSTICE! 1/17/11 Washington, D.C., and Quantico, Va. Protest of FBI Raids and Bradley Manning Imprisonment http://www.defendingdissent.org/action/Events.htm 1/18/11 Washington, D.C. Panel with Rep. Rush Holt, Emily Berman from the Brennan Center for Justice, Shah ...
    • An American Suicide Terrorist
      William John Cox The shooter of Congresswoman Gifford acted as a domestic suicide terrorist on the political “battleground” of American politics. His YouTube postings and “goodby” phone messages are ominously reminiscent of the traditional farewell videos ...

    Marler Blog

    • Forget sharks or airplanes or venomous snakes. ...
      Ouch! That was the opening sentence in the National Law Journal’s Jenna Greene’s article this morning – “Ripe for litigation.”  (You need a subscription to read the article). With Listeria-tainted... Continue Reading
    • E. coli and Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) Si ...
      Shortly after I resolved the 1996 Odwalla E. coli O157:H7 outbreak on behalf of five kids that suffered Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS), and long before Google became synonymous with searching... Continue Reading
    • Its a Friday Night Salmonella Mango Salsa Reca ...
      It started out this week with produce distributor Splendid Products voluntarily recalling certain lots of Daniella brand mangoes because they may be contaminated with Salmonella braenderup. The recalled mangoes, a... Continue Reading
    • What’s up with Cantaloupes and Mangoes in Illi ...
      Over the last weeks the CDC and FDA have reported that a total of 204 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 22 states... Continue Reading
    • 309 sickened by Salmonella Cantaloupe or Mango ...
      A total of 204 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 22 states linked to cantaloupes.  The number of ill persons identified in each... Continue Reading

    AutoblogGreen

    • Report: GM will sell 2,500 Chevy Volts in Augu ...
      Filed under: Car Buying, Sedan, Chevrolet, GM, Electric We should be getting August's official sales numbers early next week, but The Detroit Free Press is already reporting that General Motors will have something to be proud of in the announcement: 2,500 Chevrolet Volt sales, the car's best ...
    • Official: New CAFE rules officially finalized; ...
      Filed under: Government/Legal Increasing the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards for model year 2017-2025 cars to 54.5 miles per gallon was first proposed in July 2011. Since then, there has been a lot of back and forth, a lot of positive and negative responses, and, lately, a delay for ...
    • Report: Motor Trend tests Tesla Model S ...
      Filed under: Sedan, Tesla, Electric Tesla has said the highest-end Model S has a range of 300 miles (at 55 miles per hour), but until recently, it's been tremendously difficult for anyone outside the company to verify this number. When the EPA did its testing thing, it came up with a 265-mile ...
    • Official: Fisker Q&A sheds light, lots of ...
      Filed under: Hybrid, Sedan, Fisker, Electric, Luxury Despite what some media outlets are saying, the long list of questions and answers about the Fisker Karma now floating around (and available below) is not a leaked document. Instead, it is part of Fisker's ongoing customer service operation ...
    • Official: Fisker: cooling fan responsible for ...
      Filed under: Hybrid, Sedan, Recalls, Fisker, Electric, Luxury After two short "we're looking into it" official statements (1, 2), Fisker Automotive has announced that it has completed a "detailed investigation" into the strange, spontaneous combustion of a Karma plug-in hybrid that happened i ...

    Rafe's Radar

    Camera Obscura

    • No title
    • Pathos and pathology: the cinema of Todd Haynes.
      http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935025/pathos-and-pathology-cinema.html September 1, 2004... Because infinity--for the eye--begins just a few meters away from the retina.... --Roger Caillois, "The Image" There are at least two shots in Todd Haynes's work that recur so ...
    • The incredible shrinking star: Todd Haynes and ...
      http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935026/incredible-shrinking-star-todd.html September 1, 2004... Critics have consistently characterized the films of Todd Haynes within the terms of what B. Ruby Rich described in 1992 as the "new queer cinema"--films whose style displayed traces ...
    • Written on the screen: mediation and immersion ...
      http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935031/written-screen-mediation-and.html September 1, 2004... Recently, while engaging in one of my favorite forms of procrastination--using my computer to search for mid-century modern bargains on eBay rather than using it to engage in more rigo ...
    • Traumatic postmodern histories: Velvet Goldmin ...
      http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935030/traumatic-postmodern-histories-velvet.html September 1, 2004... If modernity was characterized by and imagined itself in terms of a particular awareness of time and history--the unfolding of social, political, and technological projects of ...

    Democracy Now!

    • Workers Feel the Pain of Bain
      By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan TAMPA , Fla. — Four hardy souls from rural Illinois joined tens of thousands of people undeterred by threats of Hurricane Isaac during this week’s Republican National Convention. They weren’t among the almost 2,400 delegates to the convention, thou ...
    • Breaking WIth Convention: Democracy Now! Repor ...
      Democracy Now! will expand to a daily two-hour broadcast during the 2012 Republican and Democratic National Conventions. Amy Goodman and the Democracy Now! crew will travel to Tampa Bay and Charlotte to report from the streets, to the suites, to the convention floor. Tune in on Monday, August 2 ...
    • Election 2012: Dreams of a Vote Deferred?
      By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan People remember 1929 as the year of the stock-market crash and the beginning of the Great Depression, the global economic disaster which remains the only one in history that dwarfs the one in which we now find ourselves. It was also the year Martin Luther ...
    • Read an Excerpt from "Subversives: The FBI's W ...
      Read "Spies in the Hills," Chapter 1 of the new book, Subversives: The FBI’s War on Student Radicals and Reagan’s Rise to Power, by Seth Rosenfeld. Decades in the making, the book reveals that the FBI tried to disrupt the 1964 Free Speech Movement at Berkeley, helping ...
    • Craig Murray and Tariq Ali Speak In Support of ...
      See Craig Murray, the former British ambassador to Uzbekistan, and writer and activist Tariq Ali, speak outside the Ecuadorean embassy, where WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange spoke Sunday. "The invasion of a diplomatic premises is a crime in international law and a crime in the state whose ...

    Suzie-Q

    • This Seat’s Taken…
      This seat’s taken. OFA.BO/c2gbfi, twitter.com/BarackObama/st… — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 31, 2012  
    • Paul Ryan Address: Convention Speech Built On ...
      Huff Post Ryan Grim Posted: 08/30/2012 12:29 am Updated: 08/30/2012 11:52 am TAMPA, Fla. — Paul Ryan pledged Wednesday that if he and his running mate Mitt Romney were elected president, they would usher in an ethic of responsibility. The Wisconsin congressman and GOP vice presidential can ...
    • Paul Ryan Fails — The Truth
      The Washington Post By Jonathan Bernstein Posted at 11:56 PM ET, 08/29/2012 It was, by any reasonable standards, a staggering, staggering lie. Here’s Paul Ryan about Barack Obama: He created a bipartisan debt commission. They came back with an urgent report.  He thanked them, sent them on their ...
    • Why It’s So Important For Rape To Be &#8 ...
      Daily Kos by Dante Atkins Sun Aug 26, 2012 at 06:00 AM PDT Unless you’ve been spending the past week or so living under a rock—and given the political climate these days, it would be hard to blame you for doing so—you can’t have missed the fact that Republican Congressman and newly m ...
    • Crossroads GPS And Americans For Prosperity Ou ...
      Think Progress Justice By Rebecca Leber  on Aug 14, 2012 at 3:50 pm Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS (an affiliate of the super PAC American Crossroads) and the Koch brothers’ Americans For Prosperity have spent more on TV ads than every super PAC combined, according to a ProPublica analysis of CMAG d ...

    Solari

    • Money & Markets – Week of 9.2.12
      Goldman Sachs Invests in First U.S. Social Impact Bond Institutional Investor | 29 August 2012 Goldman Sachs has signed on as the investor in the U.S.’s first social impact bond.
    • Geopolitical – Week of 9.2.12
      ‘Massacre’: Scores of Amazon Indigenous Tribe Members Killed by Miners Common Dreams | 30 August 2012 As many as 80 Yanomami Indians have been killed in a “massacre” carried out by unauthorized gold miners from Brazil. Secret Royal Veto Powers Over New Laws to be ...
    • Science & Technology – Week of 9.2.12
      Minting the Digital Currency of the Future Wired | 7 June 2012 A few weeks ago the Royal Canadian Mint rolled out MintChip, a digital currency that is “better than cash.” Breakthrough Energy Movement YouTube | 2 September 2012 Drake Equation: How Many Alien Civilizations [...]
    • Life – Week of 9.2.12
      10,000 Singing Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’ YouTube | 2 January 2012
    • The Breakaway Civilization with Dr. Joseph Farrell
      By Catherine Austin Fitts Ever feel like the world isn’t making sense? Perhaps this is because the “consensus” view of who runs the world is vastly different than the facts. You probably believe that America won World War II and that the Nazi’s lost, right? Well, who were ...

    Insurgency Watch - Newswire

    • Times Scare
      ISLAMABAD–The apparent links between Pakistan and Faisal Shahzad are certainly cause for concern, but let’s not lose site of things here. The attack in Times Square was a fizzle. The rush to claim credit is a bit embarassing for the TTP and looks like it was — like the attack itself — a rush job ...
    • Stepping up - University at Buffalo The Spectrum
      Stepping up University at Buffalo The Spectrum The president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, recognized the direness of the situation and began to mobilize military forces to combat the Taliban. ... and more »
    • Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of ...
      BBC News Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of Afghan women Chicago Tribune Would nuclear-armed Pakistan become even more vulnerable to its own Taliban insurgency? Will a defeat embolden America's enemies? That line of thinking must ... Vietnam syndrome has begun in AfghanistanSri L ...
    • Officials: Campus blasts perplexing - United P ...
      Officials: Campus blasts perplexing United Press International ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The International Islamic University, where bomb blasts killed at least six people, is a unique Pakistani institution ... and more »
    • Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing - GMA ...
      Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing GMA news.tv An Associated Press reporter met three Taliban fighters Tuesday traveling in a car with darkened windows at Shaktoi, a town close to the border between ... and more »

    AlterNet - Rights and Liberties

    Sideways News

    • Could you be a 10:10 community champion?
      The Guardian Newspaper and Franny Armstrong, through the Guardian 10:10 campaign, challenge organisations and individuals to cut their carbon footprint by 10%.
    • Brit mums strict about eco-chores
      Families in the UK are increasingly likely to be nagged about doing eco-chores, a new study conducted on behalf of the Energy Saving Trust has revealed.
    • UK venue offers rainforest weddings
      Getting married in a luscious rainforest has never been easier or more eco-friendly, according to the Eden Project.
    • Battery recycling 'too difficult'
      The European Recycling Platform (ERP) reports that while only a third of households at present recycle batteries, four out of five said they would do so if it was made easier.
    • 10 green resolutions to save you money
      By taking green steps at home, you can save money and make life easier. Being smart about waste, consumption and resources won't only win you the thanks of forthcoming generations: you'll feel the financial benefit immediately. 1. Make money from old electronics As your electronic goods become o ...

    Fabius Maximus

    • At the Tampa Convention Right & Left display o ...
      Summary: Today we have another weekend discussion post. It’s a summary of primary theme driving my posts, the new tribalism of the American people. It probably makes impossible reform of our society and salvage of the Second Republic. I have no idea how to do more than describe it.  Please ...
    • I come not to praise COIN but to bury it. And ...
      Summary: As our foreign wars slowly continue — withdrawals in the main theaters plus expansion into other even more fruitless conflicts — it’s time to look back and learn. Today we ask why COIN was considered a reasonable option, despite long history of failure when used by for ...
    • Cyberwar, the Power of Nightmares
      Summary: Today’s post by Marcus Ranum discusses Adam Curtis’ brilliant BBC documentary series “The Power of Nightmares”. Cutris deconstructs the dynamic of government as protector against unknown threats. His analysis of how generalized fears of terrorism manipulate the p ...
    • Two vital lessons from the election so far, ab ...
      Summary:  This campaign season has, as they should, taught us much about the condition of the Republic’s most vital political processes.  We should have learned that the Republic is dying.  Watch your TV and smell the rot.  Our leaders lie — big lies — and are willing to casual ...
    • Has America grown old, and can no longer grow? ...
      Summary:  The future of economic growth has become a hot topic. Here’s a brief look at two of the contrasting visions for our future. Read about both visions and decide for yourself! Contents Introduction Slow growth ahead — or even no growth Accelerating growth leading to the singul ...

    Open Your Eyes News

    • Vatican kicks out Roma on Easter
      Press TV – About 150 Roma gypsies were barred from participating in the Easter vigil of the basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls on Sunday, after temporarily taking shelter there on Good Friday, The Telegraph reported.  Local and foreign pilgrims, who had gathered to attend the vigil, ...
    • Euro strikes 16-month high against dollar
      Breitbart – The euro struck a 16-month high against the dollar and the Swiss franc notched a record high versus the US unit Tuesday amid heightened investor nerves over this week’s busy economic calendar. The European single currency hit $1.4653 in morning trade, the highest point si ...
    • British pound devalues by 94% in 50yrs
      PressTV – A new survey shows that the value of money in the UK has dropped by 94 percent over the past 50 years, which means an 18-time increase in retail prices. The survey carried out by BM Savings has found that almost £1,800 is needed to match the buying power of £100 in 1960, [...]
    • Peru suffers an ‘environmental tragedy’
      IOL – The rising price of gold has multiplied by six the pace of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios in recent years, a study published on Tuesday said. Illegal gold searches using primitive techniques in the years 2003-9 led to the destruction of ...
    • Next step humans? Every new pet dog in Britain ...
      Daily Mail – Every new pet dog will be microchipped under sweeping Government regulations to combat dangerous animals. Each puppy born and dog sold will have an electronic chip implanted under the skin. Details will then be placed on a national database accessible by police and the RSPCA. ...

    The Progressive Realist

    • The Romney-Obama Foreign Policy Debate -- Of C ...
      While Tampa was hosting the Republican convention this week, ForeignPolicy.com hosted its own battle of the expert surrogates -- particularly an exchange between Obama supporters Bruce Jentleson and Charlie Kupchan and Romney supporter Peter Feaver. The debate this campaign season over national ...
    • Afghanistan: An Allotment in a Jungle
      Nothing makes my blood boil more than recently retired senior government officials suddenly changing their story once retired. Earlier this year I was excoriated for suggesting that our troops were dying in Afghanistan for want of a meaningful political strategy and to avoid the political embar ...
    • Sudan Withdraws from Human Rights Council Race ...
      When the old, discredited UN Commission on Human Rights was abolished in 2005 in favor of the new Human Rights Council, it was hopped that more stringent requirements for membership would dissuade human rights abusers from joining.  This principal has been tested from time to time over the years ...
    • An Analysis of the Foreign-Policy Content of R ...
      Here is a word cloud of the speech's foreign-policy content: In this case, the cloud adds virtually nothing to our understanding, as the entire section is only 202 words long. Below is the section itself. It appears that the speechwriters pulled random posts off of PJ Media, stuck them in a ble ...
    • Why Dictatorships Build Stuff that Crumbles
      In a recent essay for Foreign Policy, James Traub gazes longingly at “the astonishing building and infrastructure projects that have propelled the growth of China’s cities—bullet trains, highways, ports, and giant manufacturing complexes.” He acknowledges that China&#8217 ...

    TAPPED - The American Prospect

    • Friday Music Break
      I have to say that I really thought the Republican convention was going to have more hippie-bashing. After all, there's nothing a Republican loves more than telling a stupid hippie where to get off. But perhaps because the party decided that the culture war isn't going their way, they decided t ...
    • A Convention of Bootstrap-Pullers
      Kevin Drum noticed something that I also found striking about the Republican convention, that it seemed like every speaker had to relate their hard-luck tale of a rise from poverty. And if they didn't actually have their own such story, then they told their parents' story, or their grandparents ...
    • Who's Running in 2016?
      A reporter asks: In advance of the Dem convention next week, I’m working on a piece about the 2016 presidential candidate “bench,” for lack of a better term. It seems that plenty of Republicans are mentioned as potential candidates in 4 years: Christie, Daniels, Rubio, Scott Walker, Jeb Bush… e ...
    • What Romney's Speech Didn't Do
      I often find it difficult to give an objective assessment of something like Mitt Romney's speech last night. For those of us who are immersed in politics and have strong opinions, setting aside one's prior judgments and beliefs is all but impossible, particularly when you're faced with a speech ...
    • Romney Breaks Out of His Robotic Shell, Emerge ...
      If you tuned in to the Republican National Convention last night hoping to learn something about Mitt Romney, you probably came away satisfied. With a video highlighting his family and role as a father, his campaign did an excellent job of presenting the candidate's humanity. Romney himself add ...

    Buzzflash

    • Five Adjectives That Scream "Don't Vote Republ ...
      PAUL BUCHHEIT FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT There are more than five, of course, and voting Democrat may not be much of an improvement, but attaching these adjectives to the comically contemptible GOP seems more than appropriate. Obstructionist In 2010 Mitch McConnell said: "The single most importa ...
    • Mitt Romney's Most Unexcellent Adventure
      WILL DURST FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Mitt Romney has to be more relieved than an Iowa corn farmer in the middle of a thunderstorm to be back on home soil. Arms wide. Head back. Wet face. Smile. Podium steps. National Anthem. The American electorate may harbor an ambivalent attitude towards the ...
    • BuzzFlash Commentary Will Soon Be Posted on Tr ...
      MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT In a day or two, BuzzFlash Commentary (formerly known as the BuzzFlash blog) will move to the actual Truthout site. It is an exciting step in the continued integration of BuzzFlash into Truthout. Not only will there be the physical move of the site ( ...
    • We Wrecked Iraq, We Pulled Out, We Redeployed ...
      ROBERT C. KOEHLER FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT We wrecked Iraq, we pulled out, we redeployed in Anaheim. This ain't working, guys- I mean, firing rubber bullets into anguished crowds, siccing attack dogs on moms and children. I mean, inventing enemies, going to war, unleashing state-of-the-art fire ...
    • The Massive Voter Fraud of the GOP
      MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Isn't it voter fraud to deny US citizens the right to vote? That is what the Republican Party is engaged in its campaign to place onerous requirements on the poor, infirm and destitute seniors, the homeless, students and others to vote. Politico recen ...

    Glenn Greenwald - Salon

    The BiPartisan Report

    Sciencebase

    • Teenage Kids
      A bit of parental-adolescent psychology for today’s Sciencebase blog post, encapsulated in a song. You’ll remember The Undertones’ classic – Teenage Kicks – a song of nostalgia, of lost youth, of unrequited love, of the pleasure, the pain, the angst of teenage years ...
    • Chemistry matters
      Latest chemistry news round-up from the ChemWeb Alchemist, who this week looks through an ITO coated glass darkly this week with another step taken towards transparent electronics for solar panels. In earthly news, life’s inorganic components may have emerged as supercontinents were formed ...
    • Hairy Bikers BP BS
      Yesterday, I watched one episode of the food show from fellow “Geordies” Si King and Dave Myers in which they expounded the benefits of exercise and calorie reduction for weight loss. So far, so good. They had Newcastle University’s Roy Taylor tracking their weight, blood press ...
    • My Sister Rosalind Franklin
      My Sister Rosalind Franklin: A Family Memoir 9780199699629: Jenifer Glynn – Jenifer Glynn is sister to Rosalind Franklin, whose pioneering X-ray crystallography work provide the key insights needed by Watson and Crick to unravel the double helix of DNA. Much has been written about her role ...
    • Hairy Bikers BP
      UPDATE: The show’s producer got in touch to tell me she was massively disinterested in any big-picture message warping. “I just shot what Roy Taylor said. Dave and Si were both on medication for high blood pressure. Following alterations in their way of cooking, living, exercising an ...

    Common Dreams-Progressive Newswire

    • Wyoming Wolves Lose Federal Protection, Will B ...
      Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced today that gray wolves in Wyoming will be taken off the endangered species list — a death sentence for a majority of the animals, which will now be managed under a state plan that delineates more than 80 percent of Wyoming as a “predator zone& ...
    • ACLU Comment on Closure of Justice Department’ ...
      Attorney General Eric Holder announced on Thursday that the Justice Department will close its investigation into the CIA’s torture and abuse of detainees without bringing charges.read more
    • Earth First! Blockades Florida’s Dirtiest Powe ...
      In the climax of the 2012 Republican National Convention, protestors with Earth First! on Thursday blocked access roads to TECO’s Big Bend coal plant on the eastern shore of Tampa Bay. The environmental action group is citing corporate influence in politics and ecological impacts of fossil ...
    • Reprieve for Proposed Third Maryland Reactor J ...
      The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) today gave a 60 day reprieve to embattled French governmental electric utility, Électricité de France (EDF), which remains in violation of the Atomic Energy Act while attempting to obtain a license for a third nuclear reactor at the Calver ...
    • Victory for Texas Voters: Restrictive Voter ID ...
      Voting rights advocates scored a clear victory today when a federal court rejected Texas’s restrictive voter ID law, which could have hurt hundreds of thousands of minority voters who lack the required ID.read more

    Common Dreams-Views

    • Rachel Corrie: Blaming the Victim
      Hussein Abu Hussein On Tuesday, Judge Oded Gershon of the Haifa District Court dismissed the civil lawsuit I brought on behalf of Rachel Corrie’s family against the State of Israel for the unlawful killing of their daughter, an Americ ...
    • Why I Attempted to Arrest Tony Blair
      Tom Grundy In June, I attempted a citizen's arrest of Tony Blair for crimes against peace as he was about to present a speech at Hong Kong University about faith. It seems particularly dubious for the ex-British Prime Minister ...
    • Getting Rid of George W. Bush Wasn't Enough. T ...
      Owen Jones How easy it was to scrutinise US power when George W. Bush was in office. After all, it was difficult to defend an administration packed with such repulsive characters, like Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, whose attitude towards ...
    • Arctic Tipping Point: A North Pole Without Ice
      Fen Montaigne As the northern summer draws to a close, two milestones have been reached in the Arctic Ocean — record-low sea ice extent, and an even more dramatic new low in Arctic sea ice volume. This extreme melting offers dramatic ...
    • Politicians, Don't Worry About Factcheckers–Th ...
      Jim Naureckas "What if it turns out that when the press calls a lie a lie, nobody cares?"The Washington Post's Glenn Kessler.read more

    Newshoggers - AfPak

    Water Wars

    • Water wars
      WE have been warned for years about an impending water crisis and its dangerous repercussions on a country’s economic and political stability. Still, the story written by Thalif Deen of Inter Press Service—“Water scarcity feared to lead to ‘mass killings’ in the future” which we published on Aug ...
    • Corps decision to landlock Columbus will have ...
      There's an old saying out west: "Whiskey is for drinking. Water is for fighting over." It was born of the famed water wars between competing upstream and downstream interests in the evolving new world of the 1800s, but it has migrated back east as swelling populations place increas ...
    • Teenager faces felony burglary, pointing firea ...
      The victim said he was later ordered to go to the back. He was forced to his knees, along with his friend, with one of the subjects holding a shotgun to their backs.
    • Police find Floyd County runaway
      Tap water is much better. It’s tested more frequently, it’s cheaper and it’s got fluoride, which we all need to prevent tooth decay, right? Well, it all depends on who you ask.
    • Water wars: There’s more in that clear drink t ...
      Tap water is much better. It’s tested more frequently, it’s cheaper and it’s got fluoride, which we all need to prevent tooth decay, right? Well, it all depends on who you ask. Ask an environmentalist and they’ll tell you bottled water creates an unnecessary amount of trash, so it’s bad. Ask som ...

    WordPress | Economics

    Electronic Intifada

    The Wonk Room

    • Massachusetts’ Clean Economy Sees Massive Grow ...
      by Andrew, via CleanTechnica Government investment and support for clean, renewable energy development is paying off handsomely in Massachusetts, where the clean energy economy grew 11.2% between July 2011 and July 2012. The state’s fast-growing clean energy sector now employs 71,523 people at 4 ...
    • Open Thread And Toles Cartoon Of The Week
      A cyber-penny for your thoughts.
    • Maryland Congressman Says ‘Few Pregnancies’ Re ...
      Another House Republican is raising eyebrows for suggesting that women who are raped are less likely to become pregnant — just weeks after Rep. Todd Akin (R-MS) sparked controversy for his “legitimate rape” remark. Speaking at a town hall on Thursday, Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD ...
    • Romney To Homeless Hurricane Victim: ‘Go Home’
      Yesterday, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney visited Louisiana, where much of the state was flooded due to Hurricane Issac. While visiting the Pelican State, however, Romney had some odd advice for one victim of the hurricane who had lost her home due to the flooding. According to Jodie Chi ...
    • How Romney’s Economic Plan Would Gut Infrastru ...
      Mitt Romney on Friday visited Louisiana in order to tour damage from Hurricane Isaac, one day after delivering his address to the Republican National Convention. The first day of that convention, of course, was dominated by the Republicans’ continued use of a dishonestly edited quote to cl ...

    thwap's schoolyard

    • We Made it All Up
      Yep. The "coalition coup" was planned well in advance! There was no reason for it other than a burning lust for power. Also, wanting to know whether we were upholding international law with regards to our transfers of prisoners in Afghanistan was just a smoke-screen to embarrass the harpercon go ...
    • Two Books
      Nothing else to do. I'll post about two books I read. The first is called Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State by Garry Willis. Willis says that the trappings of the imperial presidency are almost all the fault of the huge increase in power to that office created by ...
    • Vic Toews Can Either Stand With Us, or Stand W ...
      Right. So, besides the "Toronto 18 (12? 9?)" who would have done exactly NOTHING had a coke-addicted RCMP informant gotten them all fired up, Canadian security forces have produced nothing in the way of threats thwarted by our draconian "anti-terror" legislation. Nothing, nothing, NOTHING. More ...
    • Airshow MacKay vs. the Lives of "R"CAF Pilots
      Just a reminder about what a craven turd and self-centred tool Peter MacKay is. We all know that the mega-expensive F-35 fighter jet is a highly problematic project. Evidently, it's one claim to fame, it's "stealth" is pretty much dead on arrival. Everything has been sacrificed to the plane's st ...
    • Progressive Patriot: The War on Terror Part II
      The way to grow a blog's readership is to post frequently so that there's always something knew when bored people click in to waste some more time. But, obviously, I ain't doing that. This whole online world is starting to leave me kinda cold. Oh well, not going to give up the ghost just yet ... ...

    on Government Oversight

    Digital Journal

    End Homelessness | Change.org

    • Mississippi Launches Plan To End Child Homeles ...
      Fulfilling the wishes and happiness of children is at the heart of the holiday season. So, now seems particularly timely for Mississippi to launch a new plan to end child homelessness (pdf) in the state.  What better way to set the season of giving in motion than by committing to finding safe an ...
    • Thanksgiving 2.0: Food, Poverty and Telling th ...
      This Thanksgiving, most of us around the country shared a bountiful harvest feast with friends and family. We celebrated all that we are thankful for by gorging ourselves right into a food coma. It's the American way. Unfortunately, it's also the American way to be thankful for all that we have ...
    • Homeless People Wanted: Must Be Open to Demean ...
      What are they thinking? People obviously don't see the homeless as human or they wouldn't attempt to hire them to do most of the insane, demeaning and illegal jobs out there. Here's a small sampling: Rob dead bodies. The Aokigahara forest at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan is the site of 50 to 100 ...
    • LA Plans to Make Homelessness Go the Way of th ...
      Instead of pretending homelessness doesn't exist, creating new laws to make it illegal to sit or sleep in public, or sending homeless residents on a one-way trip out of town, Los Angeles County may attempt to actually do something about ending homelessness. And the county is setting the bar high ...
    • Don't Let Violence Against the Homeless Go Unp ...
      Despite its economic troubles, Detroit is not known for being kind to the homeless. That's too bad, since there are nearly 10,000 homeless people living there. In October, police say that Steven James Diponio, 54, became so enraged at Charles Duncan, 42, who was homeless and sleeping behind a sc ...

    Ceasefire.ca

    Kevin Trudeau Show

    • Is That A Crushed Bug In Your Frothy Starbucks ...
      April 2, 2012 NPR By Nancy Shute “If you are still going to Starbucks, stop! Not only have they killed almost every mom and pop coffee shop, by now it’s been proven they are using crushed up beetles in their beverages. Gross!” –KTRN Call it the tempest in the Frappuccino. ...
    • Congress Gets Rough Treatment At Supreme Court
      April 2, 2012 Associated Press By AP “Even the Supreme Court thinks Congress is lame.” –KTRN The Supreme Court left little doubt during last week’s marathon arguments over President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul that it has scant faith in Congress’ abili ...
    • Japan’s Okinawa Island – The Healthiest Place ...
      April 2, 2012 Oddity Central By Sumitra “It’s really not that odd. The people living on Okinawa eat real food and have no stress – thus they live long lives. We can all learn a lot by studying the people living on this island.” –KTRN I used to think that there were ...
    • Secrets of Prometheus Film Leaked!
      April 2, 2012 Info Wars By Info Wars “According to Alex Jones, the new film Prometheus has a hidden global elite agenda.”  –KTRN No, we’re not going to give away any SPOILERS here; instead we will reveal the agenda behind Prometheus, the new film by legendary director Ridley Sc ...
    • FDA Discounts More Than a Million Signatures O ...
      April 2, 2012 Info Wars By Kurt Nimmo “So apparently more than a million signatures is not enough for the FDA.” –KTRN The FDA is with Monsanto and agribusiness. They don’t want you to know what’s in the food you eat. On Tuesday, the FDA reached a deadline for the “Just Label It ...

    Armies of Liberation

    • State Department ends Yemen arms embargo
      Without much fanfare or explanation, the US State Department revised its defense export policy on Yemen and will now consider applications for licenses to export lethal defense articles to Yemen. The July 3, 2012 Federal Register notice updates the US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (I ...
    • Yemen’s Al-Qaeda booby traps southern ci ...
      Several children were among 25 people killed by land mines planted as al Qaeda fled Yemen’s southern province of Abyan, the Yemen Executive Mine Action Center (YEMAC) said on Sunday. Reporting to Abyan’s governor, the YEMAC said it had cleared or exploded over 2100 shells and mines since June 13 ...
    • Yemen’s al Qaeda threatens to execute 73 hostages
      Al Qaeda in Yemen threatened to execute 73 captured Yemeni soldiers unless the terror group’s imprisoned comrades are released. “Executing prisoners is a serious violation of the laws of war and a war crime,” Human Rights Watch said in a statement today. “It is also a war crime to use detainees ...
    • Obama’s strategic blunder in Yemen may shield ...
      A law passed by Yemen’s cabinet on Sunday provides blanket immunity to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and all those who served in his governments over the last 33 years. One unintended consequence may be to also immunize those al Qaeda operatives on the payroll of the Yemeni military and se ...
    • Former Yemen president’s intended US tri ...
      As pressure builds on the Obama administration to deny a diplomatic visa to ousted Yemeni president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, the family of a sailor killed in the al Qaeda attack on the USS Cole urged that Saleh be denied entry to the United States. In a public plea, Gary and Deborah Swenchonis are c ...

    Dark Politricks

    • Ask Alex Jones #9
      Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comPrisonplanet.com Aug 11, 2012 Alex answers Planet Infowars members’ questions.Check out all the best #altnews at DarkPolitricks.com
    • Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan to be Mitt Romney’s V ...
      Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comRawStory.com Following information that former Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA) would announce his choice for Vice President outside the USS Wisconsin in Norfolk, Virgina, sources have confirmed that the nominee will be Rep. ...
    • American Values
      Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comDissident Voice Article dissidentvoice.orgBy William Blum The United States and its comrade-in-arms, Al Qaeda. And other tales of an empire gone mad. Afghanistan in the 1980s and 90s … Bosnia and Kosovo in the 1990 ...
    • U.S. Army tests football field-sized super spy ...
      Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comRawStory.com The U.S. Army’s Long-Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) — a high-tech robotic spy blimp — was launched for its 90-minute maiden voyage on Tuesday from a military base in Lakehurst, ...
    • Historic Hypocrisy: UN-Backed Rogue States Pla ...
      Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comDissident Voice Article dissidentvoice.orgBy Felicity Arbuthnot The greatest crime since World War II has been U.S. foreign policy. ” Former US Attorney General, Ramsey Clark On May 4th, 2012, UN Secretary General ...

    Dandelion Salad

    • Green-washing “Sustainability” by Shepherd Bliss
      by Shepherd Bliss Guest Writer Dandelion Salad August 31, 2012 “Sustainability” has become a buzzword. But what does “sustainability” really mean? One definition is that it requires a triple-E bottom line—economics, the environment and equity. However, this word sometimes is used to “green-wash” ...
    • Edible City: The Movie
      Dandelion Salad Aug 24, 2012 by ediblecitythemovie Edible City is a feature-length documentary film that tells the stories of extraordinary people who are digging their hands into the dirt, working to transform their communities and do something truly revolutionary: grow local Good Food Systems ...
    • Mexican Farmers Battle Canadian Mine for Contr ...
      Dandelion Salad Crossposted with permission from www.socialistproject.ca/bullet/ by Paul Bocking Socialist Project | The Bullet August 27, 2012 Civil disobedience has halted production at Mexico’s “top grade producer of silver.” Farmers of the La Sierrita village, a close knit communi ...
    • Eugene V. Debs: Why You Should Vote For Social ...
      by Cindy Sheehan Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Blog Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox August 31, 2012 THIS IS THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THIS SPEECH!!! Transcript There are ninety million reasons why you should vote for Socialism in America this year and every one of them is a puls ...
    • Chris Hedges: Hear the 99% Roar
      with Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad August 30, 2012 Aug 28, 2012 by AgendaStevePaikin Chris Hedges calls them “sacrifice zones,” huge pockets of impoverished America on the verge of cementing a permanent underclass. The Pulitzer Prize winning journalist has teamed up wi ...

    Your New Reality

    • No title
      Only A Few Weeks Ago, Rupert Murdoch Was Still King Of The World A glimpse at life before the hacking scandal, from the UK Independent : It was only a few weeks ago that Rupert, his son James, daughter Elisabeth and Rebekah Brooks were the talk of the town; hailed as the king-makers to the pol ...
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      Julian Assange, 2012: They've ranked him amongst war criminals....for exposing war criminals.
    • No title
      This man's brain comprehends in a fraction of a second what is about to happen, and orders his body into what looks like a superhuman sprint to get out of the way. The flight mechanism kicks in so fast the conscious mind, distracted by thoughts of work, home, leisure and love, plays no role in t ...
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      Tupac Rises Well, fuck me.... From even a few dozen rows back, reportedly, the hologram of Tupac was utterly believable. How long before a Michael Jackson hologram culled from his greatest live performances is touring the world's stadiums? I've been waiting decades to see holographic tech ...
    • No title
      Hypnotic, grin-making. A house filled with interactive reproductions of classic art, coming soon: Starry Night (interactive animation) from Petros Vrellis on Vimeo.

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