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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 12 hours ago
*Saints Nation: If Saints Lose to the Chiefs, You Can Kiss Season Goodbye*
*Deuce McCallister honored by New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame*~Also~ Ole
Miss Pride of the South marching band, along with the color guard,
Rebelettes and cheerleaders, will perform at the New Orleans Saints’
halftime show tomorrow!
*LSU Tigers, Mettenberger's Mustache Set to Face Auburn on the Road*
*Legal victory for Bourbon St. religious group against City of New Orleans*
~2nd lawsuit spawned by New Orleans’ limits on Bourbon Street preaching
after dark
*Slabbed explores Aaron Broussard’s role in selling o... more »
What are the Top 10 Prescription Drugs? Protest on Prescription Drug Take-back and Disposal Day
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 12 hours ago
Catherine J. Frompovich, *Contributor*
Every year U.S. citizens are prescribed billions of prescription drugs,
some of which are never taken for various reasons or expire and need to be
disposed of properly. Flushing prescription or OTC drugs down toilets is
not a safe disposal method, as those drugs then contaminate drinking water
downstream.
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation report dated May 2010,
The number of prescriptions dispensed in the US in 2009 increased 2.1%
(from 3.8 billion to 3.9 billion), a larger growth rate than the 1.0%
increase in 2008 over 2007. Fro... more »
Reacting versus Creating
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 13 hours ago
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Rand Paul eviscerates Foreign Aid in epic one hour Filibuster
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 13 hours ago
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5.4 Magnitude Earthquake OAXACA, MEXICO - 22nd September 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck OAXACA, MEXICO at a depth of 35.7 km
(22.2 miles), the quake hit at 12:30:01 UTC Saturday 22nd September 2012
The epicenter was 12 km (7 miles) SSE of San Pedro Amuzgos, Mexico
No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time
4.0 Magnitude Earthquake OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO - 22nd September 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO at a depth of
10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 12:05:27 UTC Saturday 22nd September
2012
The epicenter was 104 km (64 miles) South of Santa Maria Huazolotitlan,
Mexico
No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time
A Layman's Guide To Jury Nullification
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 13 hours ago
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thinking of the riveras, today and always
laura k at wmtc - 13 hours ago
My grief for the Rivera family and my rage at this cruel, anti-democratic
government roils unabated.
I am haunted by thoughts of my dear friend Kimberly Rivera, who has given
so much to so many people, all by herself in a jail cell, and by thoughts
of those four beautiful children waking up, day after day, to the reality
of a motherless family.
Mario Rivera is one of the best fathers I've ever seen. He is loving and
kind, strict when he needs to be but always gentle, just like Kim. But Kim
is their rock. I fear for them all, ripped from their vibrant community in
Toronto, plunked... more »
Creating His Own Reality
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 13 hours ago
Some of the best and most insightful reporting on the Harper government has
been done by Stephen Maher. Yesterday he wrote:
Stephen Harper took a bold step forward this week to a new kind of
creative, performance-based politics, uncoupling himself from the mundane
world of facts and deftly using confusion as a weapon.
Maher was referring to Harper's attack on the NDP's proposed cap and trade
policy, which Maher put into historical perspective:
To understand how we got here, we need to go back to 2008, when Stephane
Dion introduced his Green Shift, a complicated plan to impose a ... more »
GOP Chances For Taking Back The Senate Dying With Romney's Campaign?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 13 hours ago
Yesterday Ed Gillespie sighed that "the map is shrinking." He was talking
about Romney's diminishing chances to win *any* of the swing states. New
polling continues to paint an ever dimmer picture for him. Oh, he'll win
the Deep South and the Mormon states but it doesn't look like he can count
on much else. But it's what the recent turn of events is doing for
Republican prospects to win the Senate and make Miss McConnell Majority
Leader that is freaking out Republicans this week. As i was writing this
yesterday a fresh batch of polls came across the transom from NBC/ *Wall
Street ... more »
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION - 22nd September 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION at a
depth of 31.1 km (19.3 miles), the quake hit at 11:45:37 UTC Saturday 22nd
September 2012
The epicenter was 104 km (64 miles) ENE of San Isidro, Philippines
No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time
U.S. meltdowns: History lessons for the euro
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago
*(Reuters) - In the early 1870s, property prices in Vienna, Berlin and
Paris soared on the back of a state-promoted building boom fuelled by easy
credit extended against the collateral of unbuilt or unfinished houses.
*
The crash that followed parallels what has happened more recently and may,
with other lessons from U.S. history, provide pointers for the euro zone
crisis.
As the property prices soared, Europe's world was turned upside down.
Thanks to grain elevators, conveyor belts and huge steamships, American
farmers opening up the fertile Midwest were able to export vast quantit... more »
Iran's Revolutionary Guard says expects Israel to launch war
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago
*(Reuters) - Israel will eventually go beyond threats and will attack Iran,
the commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards was quoted as saying on
Saturday.*
As speculation mounts that Israel could launch air strikes on Iran before
U.S. elections in November, Mohammad Ali Jafari told a news conference that
the Jewish state would be destroyed if it took such a step.
"Their threats only prove that their enmity with Islam and the revolution
is serious, and eventually this enmity will lead to physical conflict,"
Jafari said when asked about Israeli threats to strike Iran's nuclear
facil... more »
Rebels down fighter jet in northern Syria: witness
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago
*(Reuters) - Rebel fighters trying to oust President Bashar al-Assad shot
down a fighter jet as it flew over the northern Syrian town of Atarib in
Idlib province, a witness said.*
The witness, an independent journalist who asked to remain anonymous, said
rebel fighters were attacking a military base near the town when the jet
flew over and rebels shot it down with anti-aircraft guns.
Vastly outgunned, rebels say they need surface-to-air missiles to take down
planes and helicopters used by the Syrian military to bombard opposition
strongholds.
Fighters use outdated anti-aircraft ma... more »
You're being watched! - a lesson for neurotics...
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 15 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/oA-D_kFfIRY
Encryption for e-mails is one thing to prevent prying eyes reading your
every line. A lot of people panic about being watched in our digital age.
Everything is watched, it seems: your computer, your phone, even your visit
to a local restaurant or shopping mall. Although the tremendous,
astronomical data-flow across the world raises questions about who can even
be able to monitor all of this, it appears to be possible. Crypto-Party is
a new development, pretending to offer anonymous access and encrypted
communications to the digital world. My say is:... more »
4.2 Magnitude Earthquake NICARAGUA - 22nd September 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck NICARAGUA at a depth of 84.5 km (52.5
miles), the quake hit at 09:57:51 UTC Saturday 22nd September 2012
The epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) Southeast of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua
No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time
European army backed
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago
*GERMANY, France and nine of Europe's most powerful countries have called
for an elected European Union president and an end to Britain's veto over
defence policy, in a radical blueprint for the continent's future.*
In a document released following a meeting between 11 foreign ministers in
Warsaw, the bloc charted a vision for the ''future of Europe''.
As well as calling for a single, elected head of state for Europe, the bloc
demanded a new defence policy, under the control of a pan-EU foreign
ministry commanded by Baroness Ashton, which ''could eventually involve a
European army''... more »
5.2 Magnitude Earthquake SAKHALIN, RUSSIA - 22nd September 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck SAKHALIN, RUSSIA at a depth of 325.1
km (202 miles), the quake hit at 09:37:01 UTC Saturday 22nd September 2012
The epicenter was 43 km (26 miles) SSE of Shebunino, Russia
No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time
4.3 Magnitude Earthquake HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN - 22nd September 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck the HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN at
a depth of 200 km (124 miles), the quake hit at 08:46:31 UTC Saturday 22nd
September 2012
The epicenter was 25 km (15.5 miles) East of Farh_ar, Afghanistan
No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time
Truth, Time and 'Absolute Space'
Len Hart at The Existentialist Cowboy - 16 hours ago
*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowby*
When Galileo was compelled to recant, it is said that he muttered inaudibly
under his breath: "...but it DOES move". 'It' being Earth, of course. The
Catholic Church had maintained its doctrine of an unmoving Earth in
unmoving space, a 'God's eye view' of absolute space about unmoving
objects. The Church insisted upon its version of the way the universe was
created and worked.
If I should ever be compelled to 'recant' my liberal, progressive views of
both politics and metaphysics, it will be the because the American right
wing will have crea... more »
Euro Crisis Fuels Shadow Economy
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago
The informal, or shadow, economy is growing in the European Union (EU) due
to the economic crisis. It ranges from eight per cent of Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) in Switzerland and Austria to more than 30 per cent in some
Central and Eastern European countries, such as Bulgaria, Croatia or
Romania. Curtailing this “other” marketplace is a challenge for both state
governments and the EU, as the transformation of undeclared work into
formal work can be an important step towards the fulfilment of the EU
employment targets set out in the Commission strategy “Europe 2020”.
Known under a ... more »
Compromised Oceans Mean Compromised People
Majia's Blog - 16 hours ago
Majia here: I'm a water person - I love the ocean, lakes, streams, etc. So,
it seems obvious to me how radiation contamination of the world's oceans
will ultimately compromise all life on earth.
I think that when people read about ocean contamination, their immediate
reaction is concern over contaminated food, such as fish. And the evidence
is increasingly clear that Fukushima is going to contaminate sea life
significantly, and not just in Japan.
Furthermore, the radioactive isotopes in sea life are going to be more
concentrated in those who eat the sea life:
Excessive cesium ... more »
Libyan fighters in Syria admit al Qaeda supporters among rebel forces, call for intervention
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago
*The calls for foreign intervention amongst the armed rebel forces in Syria
have never ceased despite the United States directly assisting the rebels
in obtaining funding to get their hands on heavy weaponry on top of
carrying out intelligence operations in concert with Turkey and other
Western nations.*
The support for such actions has also seemed to remain intact in some
sectors despite the fact that al Qaeda openly supports the rebels and the
rebels themselves have no qualms about engaging in terrorism and carrying
out “human rights and humanitarian law abuses.”
It is imperativ... more »
The World Bank Wants Eastern Europeans Above-Ground and Paying Taxes
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago
*The World Bank has clued in to the fact that many Eastern Europeans prefer
to work in the "shadow economy" — that is, off the books and out of sight
of tax men, inspectors and other assorted bureaucrats. This has the World
Bank very concerned, for a variety of reasons — some convincing, and
others, not so much. *
Coincidentally, that's exactly how the World Bank's policy recommendations
for bringing workers in from the shadows shake out — some convincing, and
others, not so much. Overall, the report comes off as soft-selling some
desperately needed tax-and-regulation-cutting polic... more »
Bioterrorism and the New World Order
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago
*An outbreak of an obscure and fast-spreading decease – a pulmonary
syndrome caused by hantavirus – was reported in the US Yosemite National
Park. No specific cure for hantavirus being on record up to date, three
people are already dead and around 8,000 guests are thought to be at risk
of having contracted it during their stays in the park's tent cabins in
June-August. According to USA Today and other sources, the threat actually
hangs over 22,000 tourists including 2,500 foreign nationals from 40
countries, who visited the Yosemite National Park last summer. The disease
is known t... more »
France will push for GM ban if cancer threat confirmed
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago
*France will seek an immediate EU ban on imports of a genetically-modified
corn made by Monsanto if a study linking it to cancer in rats is deemed
credible, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Thursday*
But the French scientist leading the study said he would not let the
European Union's food safety watchdog, EFSA, verify his results because it
had approved the NK603 corn in the first place.
Scientists at France's University of Caen found that rats fed on NK603 or
exposed to the weedkiller Roundup used with it, also made by Monsanto,
developed tumours.
The authors of the study b... more »
21 Facts About America's Decaying Infrastructure That Will Blow Your Mind
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago
*You can tell a lot about a nation by the condition of the infrastructure.
So what does our infrastructure say about us? It says that we are in a very
advanced state of decay. At this point, much of America is being held
together with spit, duct tape and prayers. Our roads are crumbling and
thousands of our bridges look like they could collapse at any moment. Our
power grid is ancient and over a trillion gallons of untreated sewage is
leaking from our aging sewer systems each year. *
Our airports and our seaports are clogged with far more traffic than they
were ever designed to ca... more »
America's Debt: $70 trillion and counting: An independent tries to change the debt debate
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago
*At times during his 90-minute talk, David Walker sounded like a Tea Party
activist. At other times, he sounded like a radical progressive*.
If his package of ideas – combining cuts to Medicare and Social Security
with campaign-finance reform and universal health care – doesn't fit neatly
in today's left-vs.-right political taxonomy, that's exactly his point.
Walker, a former U.S. comptroller general, is crisscrossing the country
during election season, but he is not talking about candidates or parties.
Rather, he's trying to focus audiences' attention on a 14-digit electronic
disp... more »
In case you, like the BBC, think that climate science is 'settled'
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 17 hours ago
'In climate research and modelling, we should recognise that we are dealing
with a coupled non-linear chaotic system, and therefore that the long-term
prediction of future climate states is not possible.'
IPCC report, section entitled '14.2.2.2 Balancing the need for finer scales
and the need for ensembles' Just wondered if important!
Our True Heritage - A poem by Thich Nhat Hanh
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 17 hours ago
The Road Ahead
Our True Heritage
*The cosmos is filled with precious gems.*
*I want to offer a handful of them to you this morning.*
*Each moment you are alive is a gem,*
*shining through and containing earth and sky,*
*water and clouds.*
**
*It needs you to breathe gently*
*for the miracles to be displayed.*
*Suddenly you hear the birds singing,*
*the pines chanting,*
*see the flowers blooming,*
*the blue sky,*
*the white clouds,*
*the smile and the marvelous look*
*of your beloved.*
**
*You, the richest person on Earth,*
*who have been going around begging for a living,*
*stop being t... more »
Manifesto Joe's Great Moments In Conservative History, Part 12: Right-Wingers Rewrite U.S. History
Manifesto Joe at Manifesto Joe's Texas Blues - 17 hours ago
I can't add much to this link, so here it is.
Enjoy.
I got my tower back several hours ago, so I'm back in action. -- MJ
''David Stockman on Federal Reserve Arrogance and Monetary Mission Creep!''
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago
Boeing wins $1.9 billion deal for U.S. surveillance planes
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago
*(Reuters) - Boeing Co (BA.N) has won a $1.9 billion contract to build 11
more P-8 maritime surveillance planes for the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Defense
Department said Friday.*
About three-quarters of the work on the P-8A Poseidon multi-mission
maritime aircraft will be performed in Seattle, Washington under the U.S.
Navy contract, the Pentagon said in its daily contract digest.
This is the third batch of low-rate, production planes bought by the Navy,
bringing the total number of P-8 planes under contract to 24, out of a
total of 117 that the Navy plans to buy overall, Boeing spokesma... more »
Deadly gunbattle near Israel-Egypt border
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago
*Sept. 21 - One Israeli soldier and three gunmen were killed in a gun
battle near the Israeli-Egypt border. Deborah Gembara reports*
Senate passes funding bill to avoid October 1 government shutdown
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago
*(Reuters) - A deeply divided and unproductive Congress wrapped up its
final business before November's elections early on Saturday as the U.S.
Senate passed a stopgap measure to fund federal programs and avoid an
October 1 government shutdown.*
The 62-30 vote on the funding bill, which now moves to President Barack
Obama's desk to be signed into law, was delayed by days of partisan
bickering over votes on unrelated measures aimed at boosting both
Democrats' and Republicans' political fortunes.
For the new fiscal year which begins on October 1, the $524 billion measure
slightly ra... more »
Ann Romney’s Plane Makes Emergency Landing
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago
*LAS VEGAS – Ann Romney’s plane made an emergency landing today in Colorado
after smoke filled the cabin because of an apparent electrical fire.*
Romney, wife of the Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, was not
harmed in the incident, spokeswoman Sarah Haley said.
Haley tweeted following the incident, “Don’t need any caffeine to wake me
up now! #adventure ”
“A HUGE thank you to the crew and first responders for keeping us safe
today!” she wrote.
The flight was heading from Omaha, Neb., where Mrs. Romney had attended
fundraisers this afternoon, to Santa Monica, Calif.
In a ... more »
What's missing from this dollar bill?
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago
*In this age of debate about the value, or non-value, of the dollar, we've
encountered a little something from the past that you probably don't see
every day unless you're a currency collector -- a 1935 series U.S. dollar
silver certificate.*
*
* Peter Gorenstein, executive producer for The Daily Ticker and Breakout,
found one in his change. If you've not come across one of these in person
before, you might at first think it's counterfeit, but it is real, and you
can certainly buy things with it. Compare the 1935 certificate to a *modern,
2009* series, Federal Reserve note below:
... more »
Klein Michael Thaxton - PITTSBURGH hostage-taking: Facebook posts worry police
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago
*PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Pittsburgh police said they had serious concerns when
an armed man took a business owner hostage in a downtown high-rise office
building -- and not just because he had a knife.*
The suspect, 22-year-old Klein Michael Thaxton, made Facebook posts during
the five-hour ordeal Friday, authorities said, and they feared that
responses from friends, family and others might goad him into violence.
In the end, police say, Thaxton surrendered peacefully and released
businessman Charles Breitsman.
Now police believe that Thaxton might have chosen Breitsman because he
spot... more »
Rebel forces can't win, says Assad
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago
*Syrian president Bashar Assad has insisted his regime will not fall and
also lashed out at Gulf countries, which he accused of using their enormous
oil wealth to try to drive him from power.*
Mr Assad's comments came as an opposition group, the National Co-ordination
Body for Democratic Change in Syria, accused the regime of being behind the
disappearance of two of its leaders.
Abdul-Aziz al-Kheir and Ayas Ayyash were expected to take part in a
conference on Sunday in Damascus by some 20 Syrian groups that are calling
for Mr Assad to step down. But they disappeared yesterday with a... more »
Incident Report: Occupy Monsanto in North Carolina
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 17 hours ago
20 September 2012
The Occupy Monsanto RTP protest in North Carolina was small in comparison
to many this week, but many powerful outcomes have occurred. One woman
drove three hours to attend over her concern for what toxins could be in
the baked goods she sells to her customers, and others to demand that foods
containing GMO’s must be labeled, but it was the children that attended who
made the greatest statement of the day. The childrens protest signs simply
said “I am not a lab rat, NO GMO’s” but that’s exactly what Monsanto and
their affiliates have done to them and the entire p... more »
Pakistanis can debunk myths about Islam peacefully
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago
*Karachi, Pakistan (CNN) -- Most Pakistanis have rejected the defamatory
attacks on the profile of Prophet of Islam Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him) in
the movie "Innocence of Muslims," which has triggered intensive protests
and anger in Pakistan along with Egypt, Libya and Yemen.*
The government in Pakistan was the first to announce a public holiday and
banned YouTube as a mark of protest. But this failed to calm the violent
demonstrations and resulting violent mob actions.
The country's big problem is that it suffers from natural disasters,
terrorism, crime, poor living conditions an... more »
Inside Story Americas - Should Americans Be Told What To Drink?
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 18 hours ago
The US is infamous for its food and drink portion sizes. Movie theatres
offer beverages in sizes as large as 1.5 litres.
But now New York has become the first city to approve a ban on the sale of
super-sized sugary drinks.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the ban is an attempt to tackle the
city’s soaring obesity rate.
More than half of New Yorkers are either obese or overweight. The city’s
health authority estimates 5,000 people die every year from obesity-related
health problems.
But the measure has been fiercely criticised by the US soft drinks industry
– which spent more... more »
West defeats Iran initiative at IAEA
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago
*Western states defeated an Iranian proposal at the UN nuclear agency's
annual assembly on Saturday to amend their draft resolution on a policy
area central to its work in preventing the spread of atom bombs.*
The draft text was adopted in a vote shortly after midnight after days of
closed-door negotiations failed to achieve the traditional consensus, with
divisions between a small number of countries led by Iran and a much larger
Western-dominated group.
Diplomats said Iran and Egypt had wanted to include language in the
resolution suggesting the UN agency should have a role also ... more »
Terrorists open fire on IDF soldiers at Egypt border
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago
*IDF soldiers return fire at terrorists, killing 3; two soldiers injured in
firefight, one critically; one of the terrorists found wearing suicide bomb
belt; "The IDF stopped a very big terrorist attack," IDF spokesman says.*
A terrorist cell opened fire on IDF soldiers patrolling the
Egyptian-Israeli border on Friday afternoon.
The soldiers returned fire, and a heavy firefight ensued. Three terrorists
have been killed in the fighting, and two IDF soldiers were injured - one
critically, the IDF Spokesman said. One of the dead terrorists had a
suicide bomb belt around him.
IDF Chi... more »
Bronx Zoo: Man jumps off monorail at US zoo, mauled by tiger
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago
*A visitor at a New York zoo apparently jumped out of a train taking
onlookers over several animal enclosures and fell into a tiger's den where
he was savagely attacked.
*
Officials at Bronx Zoo say the 25-year-old man was alone with an
11-year-old male tiger, weighing around 400lb, for about 10 minutes in the
Wild Asia enclosure before he was rescued.
The zoo's director, Jim Breheny, said that after leaping from the visitors'
train, the man fell 17ft over a perimeter fence surrounding the enclosure.
He said the victim suffered bites and wounds on his arms, legs, shoulders
and back... more »
Lebanon Muslims protest film, cartoons amid death calls
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago
*BEIRUT — Lebanese Muslims, both Sunni and Shiite, took to the streets on
Friday to protest against an anti-Islam film and French cartoons insulting
the Prophet Mohammed, with radical clerics issuing death calls.*
Protests were staged in several cities across Lebanon, including in the
capital, the southern port of Sidon, Tripoli in the north and the eastern
city of Baalbek.
French schools closed and the army guarded French institutions in Sidon,
Beirut and Tripoli, in anticipation of a backlash against the publication
of obscene cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in a French satirica... more »
Military-style tactics seen in US Consulate siege
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago
*WASHINGTON (AP) — The heavily armed extremists who laid siege to the U.S.
Consulate in Libya used military-style tactics that may have steered
Americans toward a waiting ambush, U.S. officials said Friday as they
pieced together details about how the compound was overrun.*
U.S. intelligence indicates that 50 or more people, many of them masked,
were responsible for the Sept. 11 assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in
Benghazi. Gun trucks provided added firepower. The attackers set up a
perimeter, controlling access in and out of the compound. A first wave of
attacks sent the Ame... more »
Protesters Storm Libyan Militia Bases
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago
*At least one person has been killed and 20 wounded after military police
and protesters took over several militia bases in the Libyan city of
Benghazi.
*
Hundreds of protesters angry over last week's killing of the US ambassador
stormed the compounds of the Islamic extremist militias suspected of
carrying out the attack.
A crowd overwhelmed the Ansar al Shariah Brigade's site in the centre of
the city. Buildings and a car were set alight and the fighters were evicted.
However, in a later standoff outside the headquarters of the Sahaty
Brigade, at least one person was killed and at... more »
5.7 Magnitude Earthquake TONGA - 22nd September 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake has struck TONGA at a depth of 10 km (6.2
miles), the quake hit at 06:58:26 UTC Saturday 22nd September 2012
The epicenter was 98 km (60 miles) Northeast of `Ohonua, Tonga
No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time
4.9 Magnitude Earthquake GREECE - 22nd September 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck GREECE at a depth of 9.8 km (6.1
miles), the quake hit at 06:15:59 UTC Saturday 22nd September 2012
The epicenter was 17 km (10 miles) Northeast of Exochi, Greece
No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time
4.2 Magnitude Earthquake NORTHWESTERN IRAN - 22nd September 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck NORTHWESTERN IRAN at a depth of 10 km
(6.2 miles), the quake hit at 04:50:43 UTC Saturday 22nd September 2012
The epicenter was 23 km (14.2 miles) South of Mincivan, Iran
No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time
4.5 Magnitude Earthquake ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE - 22nd September 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE at a depth of
113.8 km (70.7 miles), the quake hit at 04:18:13 UTC Saturday 22nd
September 2012
The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) Northeast of Calama, Chile
No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time
5.6 Magnitude Earthquake GREECE - 22nd September 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake has struck GREECE at a depth of 10 km (6.2
miles), the quake hit at 03:52:26 UTC Saturday 22nd September 2012
The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) WNW from ATHENS, Greece
No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time
4.3 Magnitude Earthquake CRETE, GREECE - 22nd September 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck CRETE, GREECE at a depth of 10.1 km
(6.3 miles), the quake hit at 03:51:07 UTC Saturday 22nd September 2012
The epicenter was 37 km (22 miles) Southwest of Karpathos, Greece
No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake CENTRAL EAST PACIFIC RISE - 22nd September 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago
magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the CENTRAL EAST PACIFIC RISE at a
depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 01:39:48 UTC Saturday 22nd
September 2012
The epicenter was 1946 km (1209 miles) North of Easter Island, Chile
No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time
4.2 Magnitude Earthquake HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN - 21st September 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck the HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN at
a depth of 113.1 km (70.3 miles), the quake hit at 22:59:25 UTC Friday 21st
September 2012
The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) WNW of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan,
Afghanistan
No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN - 21st September 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
at a depth of 24.7 km (15.3 miles), the quake hit at 19:36:50 UTC Friday
21st September 2012
The epicenter was 132 km (82 miles) ESE of Iwaki, Japan
No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time
Two Dimensional MoS2 Advance
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 19 hours ago
There is a lot to do yet, but it appears that graphene was just the
beginning with 2D molecular sheets. Here we find out that MoS2 is far
easier to use and likely a far better choice for electronics simply because
it has a natural bandwidth. For starters it means flat screen TV without
the weight of silica. It is a huge technological advance and continues the
electronics revolution.
I am looking forweard to complex laminated devices having many layers of
active electronic mendia that can be used to fabricate the key external
shell of a Magnetic Field Exclusion Vessel... more »
Siberian Lake Monsters
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 19 hours ago
Here are some reports on strange creatures located in remote fresh water
lakes in the Russian far East. It was the one remaining locale left without
anyone reporting in. That is now remedied.
Developing the likely life cycle of a sea serpent and understanding the
possibility of normally living in the Deep, it is then plausible that
several large creatures having long life spans have adopted this lifestyle
which entails returning to a specific lake for nesting.
Another alternative are long lived fish such as the sturgeon. Thus we have
specific examples of both options ... more »
Black Drink Confirmed Historicity
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 19 hours ago
The drink is from Yaupom holly and was used by the colonists also. It is
noted that excessive amounts induce vomiting and that other hollies
definitely induce vomiting. How certain all that is, I will leave to
another guinea pig.
The take home is that the south east had a source of caffeine that they
used for their powwows just as we do. It has now been nicely confirmed that
it was used for centuries at least and that the mugs discovered were indeed
for the drinking of this beverage.
This s an interesting bit of natural history and perhaps we will see some
version on ... more »
Solar Powered Oven Produces Clean Water
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 19 hours ago
It produces enough fresh water for a single individual. Any waste water
could also be used of course.
The two vessels are stilled connected with manufactured tubing and the top
container need to be sealed to produce pressure. It would be better to do
something clever and cheaper than what is shown here.
Black enameled metal will also work well and producing an inverted bowl
for the bottom of the container will reduce the total volume and generally
allow more fluid to be in contact with hot metal. The bottom container is
not so nearly ctritical and could easily be any s... more »
Full-Spectrum State Terror: 9/11, NDAA, QE3, And War Against Iran
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 19 hours ago
*To win the war on terror change the enemy to state terrorism. *
"Yes, we were victims of the dictatorship, but it was not only we—the
victimized— but they, too, the ones who constructed the victims. The
triumphant battalion was born in fear and through fear. And by implanting
terror it terrorized itself as well. Triumph and defeat were decided in the
torture chamber in a war that almost never was a war; in this way, stripped
of belligerence and swollen with horror and violence, this war both sealed
our destruction and undid all values and principles of civility." - Flávio
Tavare... more »
Full-Spectrum State Terror: 9/11, NDAA, QE3, And War Against Iran
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 19 hours ago
*Gun Control disarms the slaves. Government Control disarms the tyrants.*
"Yes, we were victims of the dictatorship, but it was not only we—the
victimized— but they, too, the ones who constructed the victims. The
triumphant battalion was born in fear and through fear. And by implanting
terror it terrorized itself as well. Triumph and defeat were decided in the
torture chamber in a war that almost never was a war; in this way, stripped
of belligerence and swollen with horror and violence, this war both sealed
our destruction and undid all values and principles of civility." - Fláv... more »
Adoration of Peter Lougheed moves beyond canonization into deification
david at Alberta Diary - 19 hours ago
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s message at Peter Lougheed’s state funeral.
Below: Premier Lougheed with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, who haunts us
still. With his state funeral yesterday afternoon, the official adoration
of former Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed moved beyond canonization into
deification. If other Canadians happened to pause and listen to what was
actually being ... more »
Australia: qubit as a single silicon atom
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 20 hours ago
Peter F. has pointed out the following intriguing experimental advance in
quantum computing:
Australians Create 1-Atom Silicon Quantum Computing Bit (quBit) (Daily Tech)
How does it work?
Well, they take an ordinary single silicon atom, rotate its electron spin
(bound to a phosphorus donor atom) in the desired direction by a 1-tesla
magnetic field, and then cool it (at least the electrons) down to 0.3
kelvins or so. They're able to manipulate with the electron spin by some
clever microwave pulses.
The coherence time is a quarter of a millisecond so far which is pretty
good b... more »
Now They Want To Grow Leather in a Lab
Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 20 hours ago
Photo courtesy: Flickr/ravensong75/CC BY 2.0
Last month it was disclosed that PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel’s foundation would
be funding Missouri-based startup Modern Meadow’s efforts to produce
in-vitro meat and leather. I have done several blogs on growing meat in the
lab. (everything you never wanted to know about soggy pork and the very
exciting news that it will be available to consumers soon.
Meat grown in a lab may be one of the creepier sci-fi themes about to come
to life. Although the environmental advantages are undeniable, it’s just
too conceptually revolting – reanimat... more »
Friday Baseball Post
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 20 hours ago
So apparently Bud Selig has passed some sort of addendum to the rules so
that people whose last names start with a "C" and were born on August 11,
1984 are ineligible for the batting title. This is presumably to avoid the
embarrassment of the taboo guy finishing first in batting average, although
it does it by generating yet another story about how the taboo guy is going
to finish first in batting average.
I suppose it's not quite the same thing as not counting Rose as the hits
leader or Bonds as the HR leader or something like that. The Melkman, as
you all probably know, finished u... more »
Decrying attack, protesters overtake Islamist group's HQ in Benghazi
Chet at JUSTICE - 21 hours ago
Benghazi, Libya (CNN) -- Ten days after four Americans were killed in their
Libyan city, hundreds marched in Benghazi and took over the headquarters of
a radical Islamist group tied to the attack. Thousands of protesters had
taken to the street earlier Friday, loudly declaring that they -- and not
those behind last week's deadly attack -- represent the real sentiments of
the Libyan people. "I am sorry, America," one man said. "This is the real
Libya."
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Dalio Fears Social Unrest That Led to Hitler’s Rise
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago
Ray Dalio, founder and co-chief investment officer of the world's largest
hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, thinks it’s likely the euro will
survive; however, he does predict a “10 to 15 year managed depression” in
Southern Europe. In a worst case scenario, he painted a much darker picture.
“When people get at each other’s throat, the rich and the poor and the left
and the right and so on, and you have a basic breakdown, that becomes very
threatening,” Dalio told CNBC in an exclusive interview on “Squawk Box.”
“For example, Hitler came to power in 1933, which was the depth of the ... more »
21 Facts About America's Decaying Infrastructure That Will Blow Your Mind
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours ago
You can tell a lot about a nation by the condition of the infrastructure.
So what does our infrastructure say about us? It says that we are in a very
advanced state of decay. At this point, much of America is being held
together with spit, duct tape and prayers. Our roads are crumbling and
thousands of our bridges look like they could collapse at any moment. Our
power grid is ancient and over a trillion gallons of untreated sewage is
leaking from our aging sewer systems each year. Our airports and our
seaports are clogged with far more traffic than they were ever designed to
carry.... more »
Sunday Classics preview: The other operatic "Story of the Chévalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut"
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 22 hours ago
*DES GRIEUX*: Gentle lady, accept my prayer:
let those sweet lips tell me your name.
*MANON*: Manon Lescaut is my name.
*(1) Jussi Bjoerling (t), des Grieux; Licia Albanese (s), Manon; Rome Opera
Orchestra, Jonel Perlea, cond. RCA/BMG, recorded July 1954*
*(2) Giuseppe di Stefano (t), des Grieux; Maria Callas (s), Manon;
Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Tullio Serafin, cond. EMI, recorded
July 1957*
*(3) Richard Tucker (t), des Grieux; Renata Tebaldi (s), Manon;
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Fausto Cleva, cond. Live performance, Jan.
17, 1959*
*by Ken*
We've already begun po... more »
(updated,Sept/22nd/12:32 pm) Revenge of the Turncoats and Alone in the Wilderness
Grant G at The Straight Goods - 22 hours ago
You know friends its almost like I have access to the BC Liberal playbook(maybe
I do)....
Let`s go back to what I wrote earlier this week in this post...
http://powellriverpersuader.blogspot.ca/2012/09/i-dont-think-theres-enough-toilet-paper.html
*"I don`t think there`s enough toilet paper in British Columbia to wipe the
ass of all the flunky foul(fowl) smelling pundits, those being Bill the
shill Good, Sean the bowl swirler Leslie, Michael the sky is falling Smyth
or even lost in space El Bloatto....
Can`t you see it, feel it, the coordinated efforts of cknw, Vancouver sun,
the ... more »
Musical Interlude: Yanni, “To the One Who Knows”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
Yanni, “To the One Who Knows”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF3kxNYTmsk
Off the grid
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 23 hours ago
Been unplugged from the matrix all day. And a very long, trying and tiring
day it was. Briefly checked out the buzz, but just too tired to talk about
it. Sorry kids, no blogs today. Maybe tomorrow night. At the moment I have
a heavy date in the arms of Morpheus.
[More posts daily at the Detroit News.]
The Poet: Mark Jarman, "Coyotes"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"Coyotes"*
"Is this world truly fallen? They say no.
For there's the new moon, there's the Milky Way,
There's the rattler with a wren's egg in its mouth,
And there's the panting rabbit they will eat.
They sing their wild hymn on the dark slope,
Reading the stars like notes of hilarious music.
Is this a fallen world? How could it be?
And yet we're crying over the stars again,
And over the uncertainty of death,
Which we suspect will divide us all forever.
I'm tired of those who broadcast their certainties,
Constantly on their cell phones to their redeemer.
Is this a fallen world? For th... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“Delicate in appearance, these filaments of shocked, glowing gas, draped
in planet Earth's sky toward the constellation of Cygnus, make up the Veil
Nebula. The nebula is a large supernova remnant, an expanding cloud born of
the death explosion of a massive star. Light from the original supernova
explosion likely reached Earth over 5,000 years ago.
* Click image for larger size.*
Also known as the Cygnus Loop, the Veil Nebula now spans nearly 3 degrees
or about 6 times the diameter of the full Moon. That translates to over 70
light-years at its estimated distance of 1,500 light-ye... more »
"Opening the Channels of Communication: Dealing with Difficult People"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"Opening the Channels of Communication: *
*Dealing with Difficult People"*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
"When dealing with a difficult person, try not to be judgmental or
defensive in your conversation with them. We encounter a wide variety of
people throughout our lives. Many of them touch us in some positive way.
Occasionally, however, we encounter those individuals who, for whatever
reason, can be difficult to deal with. Perhaps this person is a colleague
or close friend that you feel is deliberately being obtuse, inviting in
trouble, or doing foolish things that you find... more »
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