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Intel Hub
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Researchers Manipulate Neurons in Worms’ ...By JG Vibes theintelhub.com September 25, 2012 A team of Harvard scientists have discovered how to manipulate neurons in the brains of worms in order to take control of their behavior. This literal mind control is achieved through the use of precisely targeted lasers. So far researchers have b ...
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Law Enforcement to Collect Millions of Voices ...By JG Vibes theintelhub.com September 25, 2012 Law enforcement agencies across the country are now adding massive voice databases to their surveillance grids. The US government is now working with a company that designs state of the art voice recognition software and plans to implement that sof ...
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Occupation Hell in PalestineBy Stephen Lendman, Contributor theintelhub.com September 25, 2012 Forty-five years and counting. In 1977, John Pilger titled his documentary film “Palestine Is Still The Issue.” It’s no different today than then. In many respects, it’s worse. He said his film “was ...
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Tesla Motors Launches Revolutionary Supercharg ...By JG Vibes theintelhub.com September 25, 2012 Today Tesla Motors unveiled its highly anticipated Supercharger network, which is said to make long distance travel in cars totally free thanks to the use of solar energy and electricity. So far the network is made up of six Supercharger stations s ...
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Prescription Painkillers Kill More Americans T ...worldtruth.tv | Perscription painkillers are now responsible for more fatal overdoses in the U.S. than heroin and cocaine combined.
FRS
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South Africa strikes spill into transport sectorThe unrest has forced three leading platinum producers to halt mining operations on the richest deposits in the world By Sibongile Khumalo, Agence France-Presse JOHANNESBURG, 25/09/2012 South Africa is struggling to quell a wave of strikes that have crippled the key mining sector and now threate ...
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Spain prepares more austerity, protesters batt ...By Tracy Rucinski and Paul Day, REUTERS MADRID | Tue Sep 25, 2012 (Reuters) – Protesters clashed with police in Spain’s capital on Tuesday as the government prepared a new round of unpopular austerity measures for the 2013 budget to be announced on Thursday. Thousands gathered i ...
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‘Drones causing mass trauma among civilians,’ ...September 25th, 2012 | by Chris Woods The near constant presence of CIA drones ‘terrorises’ much of the civilian population of Pakistan’s tribal areas according to a new report. Men, women and children are subjected to almost constant trauma – including fear of attack, severe anxiety, power ...
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“Revoke ban on RDF”: Arundhati Roy[The recent ban of the Revolutionary Democratic Front (RDF) in Andhra Pradesh is but the latest of many fascist moves by the Indian government against democratic and revolutionary activists. Arundhati Roy has joined a growing protest of this ban, as reported below. ————& ...
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South Korea’s Boom Leaves Workers in the Dust[Another report on the further globalization of exploitation and resistance--class struggle. -- Frontlines ed.] Monday September 24, 2012 By Michelle Chen, In These Times South Korea is sometimes touted as an exemplar of capitalist progress in Asia–a sophisticated economy with global bran ...
Ken O'Keefe
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Back in Gaza with Max Igan & the Samouni FamilyIt is ironic how unplanned events often impact your life far more than those that are planned. Before you know it you are taken down a path of which the universe, God, some unknowable force is clearly in charge, we become but a passenger. Meeting the Samouni family has been like that, it has c ...
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Hunger Strike in Solidarity with PalestiniansToday is day 1 of my 30-day hunger strike in solidarity with the Palestinian hunger strikers who will, within days if not hours from now, die for refusing to accept the unacceptable if we do not unite in their defense. - Ken O'Keefe
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
StillSmallVoice
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Life is change and change is lifeAnd 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 ...
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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 ...
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De-pinkifying breast cancerThere's a growing movement that seeks to turn the pink ribbon upside down. You can read more here. Flickr photo
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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.
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Cleansing after Yom KippurYom Kippur starts at sundown on Friday and here's one man's take on it. Flickr photo
Associated Content
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Florida A&M Correct in Asserting Deceased Stud ...26-year-old Robert Champion, a drum major at Florida A&M University, died after being hazed by bandmates aboard a team bus. The university has asserted that it should not be held liable for the death because Champion was an adult.Contributor: Calvin Wolf Published: Sep 11, 2012
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Bear-Hugging the President and Why Pizza Shoul ...Scott Van Duzer, the owner of a Florida pizza restaurant, garnered some measure of fame when he “spontaneously” grabbed the president of the United States and lifted him off the ground. Hot Air is suggesting that he now wishes he hadn’t.Contributor: Mark Whittington Published: Sep 11, 2012
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Patience Should Be a Major Deciding Factor in ...One can't necessarily expect a major change in the economy between presidential elections. Sometimes it's best to trust the process of the current leadership in the White House.Contributor: Roy A. Barnes Published: Sep 10, 2012
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Romney Needs to Show Math, Not Just Principles ...Americans care more about performance than rhetoric and will vote for whichever politician seems like the surest bet to enhance economic prosperity. Mitt Romney has an advantage to gain control of the economic conversation but is failing to do so.Contributor: Calvin Wolf Published: Sep 10, 2012
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American Voters: Caught Between the Facts and ...Eastwood spoke to the broader point that he was attempting to make and which might have gotten lost in the rush to question, applaud, defend, or ridicule his speech at the RNC. That point? President Obama is a "hoax perpetrated on the American people."Contributor: Saul Relative Published: Sep 07 ...
Popsci - Science
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10 Of The Year's Most Stunning Space PhotosThe Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition showcases awe-inspiring science photos that capture everything from stargazers to deep space. A few competitors aren't even old enough to drive. Click here to enter the gallery
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NASA Has Spent $20 Billion On Canceled Project ...But Congressmen have a plan to revamp the space agency so it runs more efficiently, like the FBI. Last week, several Congressmen from the House of Representatives introduced a bill (PDF) that, if passed into law, would restructure NASA's leadership. The new law would take away most of the Pres ...
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Brilliant 10: Deva Ramanan Trains Computers To ...And even to understand what those people are doing. Deva Ramanan clicks a button on his MacBook Air and a video begins to play: Michelle Kwan skating in the 1998 Nagano Olympics. Next to it, a computer program renders what it “sees” in the footage: Kwan’s head, legs, torso, upper arms, and fore ...
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How Better Typography Could Reduce Car CrashesNew research from the MIT AgeLab suggests that more legible dashboard typefaces could decrease distracted driving and, ultimately, save lives. The basic interior of the automobile changed little in the latter half of the 20th century. “You had the steering wheel, the gas pedal, the brakes. And ...
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Why Not To Keep Your Liquid Nitrogen In A Seal ...A dramatic video from a physics professor uses 1,500 ping-pong balls to teach an important lesson. Here at PopSci we use a lot of liquid nitrogen; we use it to crack locks, to mix drinks, and even just to cool off. But we're careful. Roy Lowry, a professor at Plymouth University (a fantastic pro ...
Veterans Today
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How Poor Leadership Threatens Israel- Is Netanyahu's Iran War Hype a National Security Threat to America
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James H. Fetzer: 9/11 IRAN REVIEW InterviewAccording to Dr. Fetzer, George W. Bush and his administration officials were responsible for the atrocities which happened on September 11, 2001.
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U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for ...SNCT dba SNC Manufacturing*, Orocovis, Puerto Rico, was awarded contract SPM1C1-12-D-1063.
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Background to Mossad Try at Egypt Civil War ov ...The deadly bombing of Alexandria church has shed more light on the long congested sectarian strife in Egypt. Nobody can deny that the Egyptian society has been showing symptoms of sectarianism based on religious friction between the two main religious groups in the country.
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Are Netanyahu and the Zionist lobby now a thre ...In her first response to the killing of the American ambassador and three others in Libya, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she had asked herself the question that many Americans were asking - how it could have happened?
War is Business
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State Lawmaker Accused Of Diverting Contract M ...Startling allegations against a conservative Oregon legislator who also runs a hot-zone aviation business and a military training range.
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“Surveillance Inc.”: Profit Makes ...Sell moral responsibility Sell moral responsibility • Read more at The Atlantic
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2011 Not So Bad For U.S. Defense Contractors, ...Buy downturn insurance Buy downturn insurance • Read more at Govpro
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Americans In Afghanistan Likely Causing More C ...Even the most cash-strapped, podunk county prosecutor's office would be embarrassed by these numbers. Three audits completed. Two bribery convictions. Three million bribes a day.
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Obama To Sidestep Rules In Bahrain Arms Deal ( ...Sell formalities Sell formalities • Read more at Foreign Policy
Hudson's Weather & Climate
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Yorkshire at risk from renewed floodingHeavy rainfall in the next 30 hours could lead to yet more flooding across parts of Yorkshire. Current indications suggest some Pennine catchments of North & West Yorkshire could be most at risk. The very active weather system which I wrote about here on Friday and is currently affecting much o ...
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Autumn blast on its wayA deep area of low pressure looks set to dominate our weather late in the weekend and into next week as the official start of autumn (which is the 22nd September this year, defined as the day the sun crosses the equator into the southern hemisphere) coincides nicely with the first meteorological ...
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Wet end to September raises autumn flooding co ...The second half of September look set to be dominated by low pressure, with little chance of a prolonged dry settled spell of weather. All computer weather models are indicating that temperatures are likely to be below normal, with rain expected at times across the UK - although there will be s ...
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Global temperature updateGlobal temperatures in August were 0.34C above the 30 year running average, according to the UAH satellite measure, showing a small increase on the previous month, shown below. It's the 3rd warmest August in this particular satellite data set which began in 1979. Using the more standard ...
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Summer 2012 - 2nd wettest on recordThe 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 ...
Internat'l Political Economy
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Cooked Books & Worse: Argentina's IMF 'Red Card'Say what you will about the IMF, but they're pretty thick-skinned folks by now with all the criticism they engender year after year. Materially, however, the power they have over countries emanates from them being able to withhold emergency lending to countries that do not stick to the (structur ...
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Pol Eco of Trade Stats: Value-Added, Anyone?Can it be that a large part of economic conflict in the world is down to artifactual statistical considerations? That in fact could be the conclusion you would draw if the latest effort to change the way the world records trade comes true in due time. Everyone is by now aware of the fact that th ...
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Agrodiplomacy: PRC-Ukraine $3B Loans-for-CornIt's no big secret that Ukraine has been on the ropes financially for the past few years. Alike every sort of commodity exporter nowadays, however, it's found itself in luck as the the world's banker du jour and its voracious appetite have come to the rescue. That is, troubled countries can of c ...
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Vladimir Putin Tells USAID to Beat It (Just Be ...Let me preface this blog post by saying I don't want to see no blood, so there's no point in USAID acting like a macho man. It doesn't matter who's wrong or who's right--just beat it. I believe that I have been fair in criticizing the US development agency USAID on two main grounds. First and f ...
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Japan, PRC & Dumbly Shooting Down Flying GeeseThe migration of the so-called "Flying Geese Model" has been responsible not only for integrating more regional economies into the world economy's fold but also raising living standards in East Asia as the centre of economic gravity is rapidly heading towards our part of the world. The essential ...
Economic Collapse Blog
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QE4? The Big Wall Street Banks Are Already Com ...QE3 has barely even started and some folks on Wall Street are already clamoring for QE4. In fact, as you will read below, one equity strategist at Morgan Stanley says that he would not be "surprised" if the Federal Reserve announced another new round of money printing by the end ...
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Americans Are Literally Being Worked To DeathAre you constantly tired and do you feel incredibly stressed almost all the time? Well, that means that there is a really good chance that you are a typical American worker. Even though our incomes are going down, Americans are spending more time at work than ever before. In f ...
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21 Facts About America’s Decaying Infras ...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 ...
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Is America The Most Materialistic Society In T ...When it comes to materialism, has any nation ever surpassed what we are seeing in the United States right now? We define our lives by how much stuff we have, to a large degree our personal and business relationships are defined by how much money we make, and even most of the imp ...
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The Federal Reserve Is Systematically Destroyi ...Last week the mainstream media hailed QE3 as the "quick fix" that the U.S. economy desperately needs, but the truth is that the policies that the Federal Reserve is pursuing are going to be absolutely devastating for our senior citizens. By keeping interest rates at exceptionall ...
Infoshop - Alt Media
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Latest Issue of Anarchy: A Journal of Desire ArmedDespite rumors to the contrary, Anarchy: A Journal of Desire Armed continues, as provocative and exciting as ever. We have decided to stick with...
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July 2012 Kate Sharpley Library bulletin (doub ...KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library No. 70-71, July 2012 [Double issue] has just been posted on the site. July 2012 Kate Sharpley...
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Jurnal Kontinum (Indonesia) - Call For PapersJurnal Kontinum, an Indonesian-based biannual anti-authoritarian journal, is seeking submissions around anti-authoritarian discourse and movemen...
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Break the Chains Blog Turns Six Years OldSince June 2006 to present day, the Break the Chains Blog (http://breakthechains.info) has published over 5,400 stories on government violence a...
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Fifth Estate, Summer 2012 issue, now availableGreetings! The Summer Fifth Estate has been delivered to us by our printer and we are in the process of mailing subscriptions and shipping bulk ...
E U Times
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World’s Earliest Dental Filling Discovered in ...Italian researchers using x-ray imaging have discovered the earliest dental filling in a broken Stone Age tooth dating back to some 6500 years ago. The groundbreaking discovery demonstrates a surprisingly sophisticated knowledge of dentistry in the far past era. The fossilized jawbone, which is ...
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Japan attacks Taiwanese flotilla with water ca ...Taiwan sends boats to waters around disputed islands. Dozens of Taiwanese vessels and coastguard ships have entered waters around a disputed island chain also claimed by the world’s second and third largest economies, China and Japan. “Tens of fishing boats entered the waters. They were ac ...
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US threatens sanctions against Ukraine over Ty ...The US Senate has threatened to impose political sanctions on Ukraine over the jailing of former Prime Minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, urging Kiev to immediately release the opposition leader. The Senate adopted a resolution on Saturday that stressed that the Tymoshenko trial was “politically motiva ...
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Russia to liberate the world from US occupationA State Duma deputy, the head of the Committee on Economic Policy and Entrepreneurship of the Russian State Duma, Yevgeny Fyodorov, told Pravda.Ru of his impressions from visiting the APEC summit in Vladivostok. According to him, the meeting showed that the U.S. gradually loses absolute power in ...
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Agenda 21 Mega-Cities to Replace Growing Citie ...The globalist march toward Agenda 21 includes the demonization of population growth and our current urban cities. As if there were a correlation between social upheaval and the explosion of urbanization, the propaganda abounds creating villains out of those who fight against eminent domain, the ...
Voiceless Victim
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Heartless Hart at it AgainMelbourne 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 ...
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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
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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 ...
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Vale John PironaJohn 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. ...
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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
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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
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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
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2012-08-11 Brazil Torn in Different DirectionsBy Nikolas Kozloff. Due to competing interests, the emerging world power's foreign policy is being pulled between pragmatism and idealism. read more
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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 ...
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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
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Brazilian President calls for joint efforts to ...One of the first world leaders to address the United Nations General Assembly's high-level debate today, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff called on countries to boost international efforts to tackle the global economic crisis, stressing that a balance must be found to stimulate growth while at ...
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Coca crop cultivation falling significantly in ...The cultivation of coca bushes in Bolivia decreased by around 12 per cent in 2011, according to a new survey released today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
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Despite progress, Haiti facing challenges on j ...A United Nations human rights official today said that while Haiti shows encouraging signs of progress, it is still facing challenges such as justice reform and poverty, and called on the international community to support the country's long-term development.
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US must work to advance reconciliation with in ...The United States must adopt new measures to advance a reconciliation process with its indigenous peoples and address historical wrongs that have stopped them from fully realizing their rights, a United Nations independent expert said today.
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Top UN official urges Venezuela to reconsider ...A United Nations senior official today urged Venezuela to reconsider its decision to withdraw from the American Convention of Human rights, warning that doing so would represent a serious setback for human rights protection in the Latin American country and the region as a whole.
Conspiracy Reality TV
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Aurora Batman Shooting – Many CoincidencesThe 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.
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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.
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The Magic WeedHemp growing doesn't need any weed killing, no pesticide. Its raw material grows naturally and it doesn't need chemical intervention.
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Blood ColtanBlood 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 ...
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CAMP FEMA 2: Enemy of the StateSome 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
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Progressives to Launch an Environmental Impact ...(September 4, 2012) The DC-based group Progressives for Immigration Reform (PFIR) recently announced a major new project: an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on U.S. immigration policy. PFIR has also unveiled the website for the new project, and invites public comments on the proper scope ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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The Politics of Climate ChangeOriginally 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 ...
Asia Sentinel
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Beware Benchmarking Education Against India• (http://twitter.com/share) Those impressive numbers of engineering grads belie the fact that too many of them aren't very good
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The Dangers of Patriotic Education • (http://twitter.com/share) Hong Kong is right to be cautious, as events have shown in China
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Understanding Karachi's killing fields• (http://twitter.com/share) Karachi's unacceptable murder rate isn't just from Islamic fascism
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China finds another route to the Indian Ocean• (http://twitter.com/share) Singapore Port Authority’s abandonment of Pakistani Port Causes Shivers in Delhi and Washington
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Asean's Missed Opportunities• (http://twitter.com/share) Domestic issues and parochialism may delay or watered down projected Asean Economic Community
We Know the Lies
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Chemtrail Spraying Secrets ConfirmedIt started in the winter of 1998. Sky-obscuring “chemtrails” have been observed by thousands of eyewitnesses–including pilots, police officers and former military personnel–over Canada, the USA, Britain, Australia and allied European nations. Within Canada, Victoria, Vancouver, the BC Interi ...
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Under Obama’s Healthcare Overhaul... Nearly 6 ...Nearly 6 million Americans — significantly more than first estimated — will face a tax penalty under Barack Obama’s health overhaul for not getting insurance, congressional analysts said Wednesday. Most would be in the middle class. read more
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China Has Offered Entire U.S. States To Mexico ...According to journalist Alexander Backmann, a Russian military cargo plane has landed in Veracruz, Mexico. Is this related to the ‘Chinese troops in Mexico’? According to Backmann, the Chinese have at least 12 military bases in there. Even more, China has offered Mexico the states of Texas, ...
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2016: Obama's AmericaDr. Dinesh D'Souza's movie is all about Obama's roots in Anti Colonialism. This explains Obama's "I'm going to take America down a peg or two" attitude. This is a must watch full length Documentary read more
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RED ALERT! ... U.S. Declares War On Iran!!!The thing is…this war, should it proceed against Iran…will not be just against Iran… Russia has already warned, should that happen, it’s a security threat to their southern border and they would take action too… ~ John Rolls - Video read more
Tarpley
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“Free Syrian Army” Claims HQ in Sy ...Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. PressTV September 22 2012 [download video] [download audio]
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Support the No Cuts Coalition! National Anti-A ...Webster G. Tarpley Ph.D. TARPLEY.net – World Crisis Radio September 22, 2012 [download audio]
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Syrian National Council Crumbles as Assad Warn ...Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. PressTV September 21, 2012 [download video] [download audio] PressTV has interviewed Mr. Webster Griffin Tarpley, author and historian from Washington about the Syrian crisis. What follows is an approximate transcript of the interview. Press TV: About President Assad s ...
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CIA Mormon Mafia, Romney Neocons Using Islamop ...Webster G. Tarpley on Infowars Infowars September 17, 2012 [download audio][download video]
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Romney Campaign, CIA Mormon Mafia, John Bolton ...Webster G. Tarpley on Infowars Nightly News Infowars September 16, 2012 [download audio]
Modern Survivalism
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Water And Dehydration*75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. *37% of people make the mistake that what they think are hunger pangs are actually thirst. *Lack of hydration is the number one trigger of daytime fatigue. *Losing just 2% of body weight in water compromises your overall judgment by 25% and severely ...
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Then What?Guest Post: by ‘TripodXL’ It’s the Denver Broncos at San Diego and you can’t wait to see what Peyton does to the Chargers. The ref signals the start and the Denver kicker puts his all into the kick to start the game. As the ball shoots up into an arc above the field, the picture [...]
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The Ant and the GrasshopperThe Ant and the Grasshopper (Aesop’s version) In a field one summer’s day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart’s content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest. “Why not come and chat with me ...
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Peter Schiff Says Massive Collapse Of The DollarDuring a recent interview between Peter Schiff (CEO of Euro Pacific Precious Metals) and Greg Hunter (USAWatchdog.com), Schiff says the latest round of ‘QE3′ by the Fed has only postponed the coming collapse. The longer we wait the worse it’s going to be because we simply compo ...
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Best Popular Mid-Priced Pocket KnifeTell us about your pocket knife! There are quite a number of makes and models of pocket knives covering a wide range of price, quality, style and purpose. Buying a pocket knife is a personal choice of this combination of preferences. As I often do when looking to determine some of these factors ...
Fast Company
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A Conference That Calls On Participants To Tac ...Instead of just listening to speakers, why not do something positive?
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Powering Medical Devices With Nothing But The ...The ancient art of fermentation, now taking place inside your body to make you healthier.
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Can Robots Help Autistic Kids Connect?Popchilla might look like an adorable plaything, but it’s way more than that. It’s a special tool that can be controlled by parents or therapists to help interact with autistic children.
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The Truth About Being "Done" Versus Being "Per ...In 2010, a small California-based company opened its doors for business. They didn’t have much capital but, with a staff of only four, they did have a singular vision--to outdo Kodak. Even through the rosiest of glasses, this would not appear a feasible proposition. It’s a scenario that makes D ...
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Want To Disrupt An Industry? Try Actually Work ...Lee Lin is the cofounder of RentHop, which helps apartment seekers cut through the clutter of real estate listings by assigning a “HopScore” to listings, helping to surface the highest quality listings. Previously focused on the New York market, RentHop has in the past few months expanded into B ...
Jadaliyya
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Libyan Eastern Tribal Chiefs, Population, and ...On 15 September 2012, the tribal chiefs of Libya’s eastern region held a meeting to announce their solutions to the recent spate of violence, which culminated in the attack on the US consulate on 11 September. Although invitations were extended to government officials at this meeting, the tribes ...
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O.I.L. Media Roundup (24 September)[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Occupation, Intervention, and Law and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the O.I.L. Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each biweekly roundup ...
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Beirut: Security, Surveillance, Navigation This essay was originally part of a collection of writing on the securitization of Beirut's landcape. In this publication, the proliferation of security measures was examined through the use of both mapping techniques and the narration of life as it is lived under these circumstances. Such a doc ...
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الخروج من قواعد أوسلوبعد المؤتمر الصحافي الذي عقده الرئيس محمود عباس، وقال فيه: إنّ المصالحة تعني الانتخابات، وأنه لا حوار آخر مع "حماس" إلا إذا سمحت للجنة الانتخابات باستئناف تسجيل الناخبين في قطاع غزة، وبعد رد فعل "حماس" الشديد الذي وصف عباس بـ"رأس الفتنة"، وأنّ لا مصالحة من دون التخل ...
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Last Week on Jadaliyya (Sep 17-23)This is a selection of what you might have missed on Jadaliyya last week. It also includes the most read articles. Progressively, we will be featuring more content on our "Last Week on Jadaliyya" series. "Was the Arab Spring Really Worth It?& ...
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College editor publishes story on his own afte ...Jim Romenesko: College editor publishes story on his own after it's spiked by administrators — Alex Green, editor of the student newspaper at Bryan College in Dayton, Tenn., heard over the summer that his Biblical Studies professor was leaving the school. He emailed the ...
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Twitter Co-Founders' New Site, Medium, Will Op ...Lauren Goode / AllThingsD: Twitter Co-Founders' New Site, Medium, Will Open to Public in New Year — Medium, the new publishing platform created by Twitter co-founders Ev Williams and Biz Stone, is currently only open to a couple hundred “early adopters” who have cr ...
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Columnist Margaret Wente defends herself (Marg ...Margaret Wente / Globe and Mail: Columnist Margaret Wente defends herself — Three years ago, I wrote a column about the controversy surrounding the introduction of genetically modified foods into Africa. It focused on the work of Robert Paarlberg, a U.S. academic who had ...
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Condé Nast appoints its first black edi ...Tracie Powell / Poynter: Condé Nast appoints its first black editor-in-chief — For the first time in its 103-year-history, Condé Nast has named a black editor to head one of its magazines. — Keija Minor is now editor-in-chief of Brides, the worl ...
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Indeed Investment Nets New York Times $100 Mil ...Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: Indeed Investment Nets New York Times $100 Million Profit — Good week for the New York Times' balance sheet, which just plumped up by $400 million. — Yesterday, the Times closed its deal to sell About.com to IAC for $300 million.&nbs ...
Chemtrail News
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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-...
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Maui residents craft legislation to ban geo-en ...Maui residents craft legislation to ban geo-engineering 'chemtrails' www.naturalnews.com/033691_chemtrails_Maui.html
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10 mile long chemtrail 1 Videoprobably 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
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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...
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Chemtrail Rainbow - YouTubeChemtrails caused rainbow....no rain. ... I have several (which I think are ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcOyMeW0xpU
World News - Top Stories
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LMFAO deny split: 'We'll come together st ...LMFAO have denied reports that they are splitting up. Band member SkyBlu has confirmed that he and Redfoo will pursue solo projects, but said they plan to regroup for a new album in the future. "Well, you know, first of all, we're not breaking up," SkyBlu told MTV News. "I know that for sure ...
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Nissan to launch 10 models by FY'16 Nissan to launch 10 models by FY'16 Print this article Share on Reditt Google BookmarksNewsvineLive BookmarksTechnoratiYahoo BookmarksBlogmarksDel.icio.usApnaCircle Tweet Nissan launches MUV Evalia at a starting price of Rs 8.49 lakh. The author has...
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Olympic bronze medal has changed my life: ...SHARE AND DISCUSS Tweet Mary Kom said her bronze medal had changed her life. (AFP Photo) MUMBAI: Indian boxer MC Mary Kom could stroll through her hometown unnoticed despite winning five world amateur titles, but all that has changed since the pint-sized puncher won a bronze medal at the 201 ...
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Wiz Khalifa, The Weeknd team up for new s ...Wiz Khalifa has debuted his new single online. The rapper has teamed up with The Weeknd for new cut 'Remember You', which has been lifted from his forthcoming album O.N.I.F.C. The track is available to download in the US now and is expected to be released in the UK in the coming months. 'Rem ...
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Dogs brighten life for residents, staff, ...An older woman, sitting with two friends in the lobby of Delaware Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on Delaware Avenue spots the large black dog standing outside the records office, where he spends his days. "Fletcher!" she calls out. "Fletcher, come here!" Hearing his name, Fletcher, a blac ...
no frakking consensus
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Back SoonI am traveling unexpectedly this week due to a relative’s medical condition, so my return to full time blogging is a little delayed. In case you missed it, the cover story of the September issue of Wired magazine was written by Matt Ridley and is titled Apocalypse Not. It surveys a rather ...
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Intermission (And Why Bill McKibben is an Utte ...This blog will return in mid-September. In the meantime, here’s a video of a presentation I gave in Australia last month – and some thoughts on the bankruptcy of contemporary green analysis.
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Green Death Threats: ‘Change or Die’The key message of today's environmentalists is: Accept our worldview, submit to our solutions - or else. This is, let us be blunt, a death threat. It is the voice of an extortionist.
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US Official: ‘Activate Your Science’A senior public servant thinks scientists should be passionate, engaged activists.
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Delusions Down UnderConcerned about climate change, coral reef experts say they can predict the future with startling precision.
Anna's News
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10 Best British Open PerformancesRory 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 ...
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Tiny snails survive digestion by birdsSnails 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
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Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerela - Richest in ...For the past one week, the Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerela has been in the news because of the huge wealth found in its secret crypts.The Padmanabhaswamy Temple is the most famous Lord Vishnu temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerela. It is bel ............ Submitted by Anna Smith to World |& ...
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South Sudan becomes an independent nationSouth Sudan has become the world's newest nation, the climax of a process made possible by the 2005 peace deal that ended a long and bloody civil war.Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon are among international dignitaries Submitted by Anna Smith to World ...
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Green energy investment hits record global highGlobal investment in renewable energy sources grew by 32% during 2010 to reach a record level of US$211bn (£132bn), a UN study has reported.The main growth drivers were backing for wind farms in China and rooftop solar panels in Europe, it said. Submitted by Anna Smith to Green Lifestyle &nb ...
Medical Marijuana
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9/21/12 - Romney Releases 2011 Tax Return, Pai ...2012election.procon.org - Romney Releases 2011 Tax Return, Paid Rate of 14.1%
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9/20/12 - Candidate Videos2012election.procon.org - Candidate Videos - Watch Obama and Romney's convention nomination speeches and speeches from third party candidates Virgil Goode (Constitution Party), Gary Johnson (Libertarian Party), and Jill Stein (Green Party). We have also posted the recently released full vi ...
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9/18/12 - Biden vs. Ryan on 30 Issues2012election.procon.org - Biden vs. Ryan on 30 Issues - Read the positions of Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden and Republican Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan on 30 different issues in our side-by-side candidate summary chart.
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9/14/12 - Should college football replace the ...collegefootball.procon.org - Should college football replace the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) with a playoff system? - The top pro and con quotes have been updated with a poll showing fan opinion on the four-team playoff and a quote from ESPN columnist Gene Wojciechowsk ...
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9/14/12 - Paul Ryan2012election.procon.org - Paul Ryan, the Republican Party's official nominee for US vice-president, now has his pro and con positions on our issues available at 2012 Election ProCon.org.
Truth About Our World
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NotificationThis blogs entries have been moved to http://worldtruthtoday.wordpress.com/ I will no longer post anything here, although site will remain open for a while. Thanks Grace
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Gyrovague's Raves
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Once Upon a TimeThe lure of the fairy tale. Joan Acocella Once upon a time there was a stubborn child who never did what his mother told him to do. The dear Lord, therefore, did not look kindly upon him, and let him become sick. No doctor could cure him and in a short time he lay on … Read more
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Violence as a way of lifeHumanity has hardly produced a more destructive version of itself than the new breed of terrorists, who are convinced that they have been chosen to show mankind the way to utopia. Helene Lööw The scenes and testimonies of the disaster in Norway make it difficult to justify. Pictures of children ...
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You’ll never be ChineseMark Kitto Death and taxes. You know how the saying goes. I’d like to add a third certainty: you’ll never become Chinese, no matter how hard you try, or want to, or think you ought to. I wanted to be Chinese, once. I don’t mean I wanted to wear a silk jacket and cotton slippers, … Rea ...
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Psychiatry’s CrisisAndrew Scull ABOUT 40 YEARS AGO, American psychiatry faced an escalating crisis of legitimacy. All sorts of evidence suggested that, when confronted with a particular patient, psychiatrists could not reliably agree as to what, if anything, was wrong. To be sure, the diagnostic process in all are ...
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CONFLICT RESOLUTIONRebecca Saxe The advantage of neuroscience is being able to look under the hood and see the mechanisms that actually create the thoughts and the behaviors that create and perpetuate conflict. Seems like it ought to be useful. That’s the question that I’m asking myself right now, can ...
In Verbena | Royal Society
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An ecosystems approach: the holy grail for inn ...From Monday 24 September 2012 Yesterday evening I attended the Big Innovation Centre’s Lib Dem Fringe event: It’s innovation stupid: Is the strategy for growth working? This was by far the liveliest event I’ve attended during the Lib Dem conference so far. Although Will Hutton only used the F wo ...
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Lib Dems pass motion for sensible vs stop-star ...From Monday 24 September 2012 I’m new to party conferences, but I felt remarkably at home during Julian Huppert’s policy motion: Developing a future – policies for science and research. The science-savvy Lib Dems, voted unanimously to pass a motion (available here) for a ring-fenced science budg ...
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Science: a progressive tool for international ...From Sunday 23 September 2012 I found myself at a BOND event at the Lib Dem party conference Fringe on Sunday evening. Sadly no martinis or Daniel Craig, but a very interesting debate: Beyond Aid – A Liberal Democrat approach to International Development. Like many others of the Comic Relief gen ...
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Partying at the conferencesOnce again, the Royal Society is following the politicians out of London, and is heading to the Party Conferences for some science policy chat. At the Liberal Democrat Conference this week we have been talking about shale gas, next week at Labour we will be talking about population, and we will ...
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School trips and history lessonsIt isn’t often that you see your boss’s face light up like a kid in a sweet shop, but when Paul Nurse, the President of the Royal Society, walked in to Power Hall at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester (MOSI) on Tuesday morning, the noise and steam coming from the working engines [...]
NAU Resistance
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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 ...
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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."
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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"
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Welcome To Fortress North America! NAU-Phase OneWe knew that there was nothing “new” at all to be found in this "new border vision"
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Paving The Way For A North American UnionBy: 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
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Now, hairbrush that reads your mindWASHINGTON - Who says hairbrush can only be used to comb locks? Scientists have made a hairbrush like device that would be able to monitor mental activity. One of the main techniques for measuring and monitoring mental activity, called functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), can often b ...
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Man U?s bemused Fergie tells shifty Roo to res ...LONDON - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has told key striker Wayne Rooney that he must respect the club and its traditions if he wants to stay on. Commenting on reports that suggest that the star player wants to leave Manchester United for another club - either Manchester City or ...
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Lasers can cure long-sightedness tooLONDON - Laser surgery, presently used to treat short-sightedness, is being tested as a cure for presbyopia, or long-sightedness that develops with age, as well. If successful, it could dramatically reduce the need for reading glasses. The deterioration results from the stiffening of the eye ...
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Protests over pension reform cripple life in F ...PARIS - The protests by French labour unions against President Nocolas Sarkozy’s pension overhaul plan entered its second week Wednesday, thwarting fuel and other supplies and disrupting normal life across the country. Sarkozy has proposed increasing the standard, minimum retirement age ...
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Clenching fists can help ease painful momentsLONDON - People facing unpleasant tasks can ease their painful moments by simply tensing their muscles, a study says. The study also found that clenching fists temporarily boosts self-control and willpower. Iris Hung from the National University of Singapore and Aparna Labroo from the Univers ...
TruthNews Australia
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Interview with Jan Irvin - Part 1Jan Irvin is the author of The Holy Mushroom: Evidence of Mushrooms in Judeo-Christianity, host of the podcast show Gnostic Media, and webmaster of Trivium Education, a website which teaches the ancient arts of Aristotelian Logic, and Classical Rhetoric. General Grammar, Aristotelian Logic, ...
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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 ...
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World Roundup with George Georgios - Part 1Today 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 ...
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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 ...
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David Chandler and John Bursill address the fr ...Today John Bursill takes the helm as guest host. John is joined by two excellent guests who have become known within the 9/11 Truth Movement as two of it's most wise and reasonable voices. We warmly welcome Ken Jenkins in the first hour and David Chandler in the second. Also we are very lucky ...
Beacon
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Vanishing Arctic IcePrevious low from 2007. This year's minimum smaller by an area the size of Texas ©Wikimedia Commons The National Snow and Ice Data Center has announced that Arctic sea ice melted to its yearly minimum extent last Sunday, which was the smallest extent since measurements began in 1979 and ...
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Three is a Magic NumberAnother succesful triathlon for the Oceana team©Oceana A triathlon is an athletic competition comprised of three events – a swim, a bike, and a run – that must be completed in sequence. Last week, while Nautica hosted Oceana at the Nautica Malibu Triathlon for the 4th year in a row, we tackle ...
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CO2 Emissions Threaten Ocean-Based Food SecurityOceana’s new report, Ocean-Based Food Security Threatened in a High CO2 World ranks nations to show which are most vulnerable to reductions in seafood production as a result of climate change and ocean acidification. While seafood is currently a primary source of protein for more than a billio ...
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156 Million Pounds of Fish Wasted in NortheastBycatch a threat to fisheries ©Wikimedia Commons Bycatch is a word that is thrown around a lot in the fishing industry, but when a trawler is throwing away half the fish it catches, somehow “bycatch” doesn’t seem to adequately capture the scope of the problem. It’s that sort of scale of waste ...
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Victory! Strict Shark Finning Ban Moves Forwar ...Blue sharks are targeted for their fins. © Karin Leonard/Marine Photobank Today we moved closer to a complete ban on shark finning in the European Union! The Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament voted in Brussels today to support a strict ban on shark finning, both in European Unio ...
Civilian Military Intelligence Group
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The Political Posters On Facebook Just Keep Co ...
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So Many Nations Capitulated To The Germans Ear ...On his way to power, there were many who suffered at the hands of his proxies and the insane lieges he created. Not surprisingly, some 130,000 dissident voices were extinguished by Adolph Hitler. It was the necessary antecedent to having competing security apparatuses fight to see who can be mor ...
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Harvey Alan Russ, United States Army Veteran, ...Harvey Alan Russ, (8/1/47-9/22/12) a veteran of the US Army, died of a sudden heart attack Saturday in his home in Canton, Georgia. He is survived by his brothers Barry and Daniel and his sister Estelle who resides in Jerusalem, and his wife Ann, and her stepson Don. ...
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Massacre On The Nueces.12:15 AM, Aug. 10, 1862, about a hundred dismounted Confederate cavalry and state militia crept across the dry Texas Hill Country towards the banks of the clear Nueces River. There 67 men were garrisoned and currently a sleep. The silence was shattered in the dark night in the din of gunf ...
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The Bell P-59 Airacomet. It Saw Little Action ...There’s a rusty spavined Bell P-59 Airacomet sitting in the museum bone yard at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mohave Desert. The sun bakes and preserves this old dinosaur that at one time represented the hopes of a nation just entering the exciting jet age. The fact is only 66 of t ...
Taylor Marsh
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A Few Weeks Out and We Still Need Introduction ...Less than two months from general election day, and the headline for a column at USA Today still makes sense, unfortunately. Meet Jill Stein She’s a doctor. Odds are high that she’s on the ballot in your state. Her party has rocked the vote in the past. But you’ve probably never heard of her, be ...
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News Desk: Obama Talks Human Trafficking as “S ...CALLING FORMER President Bill Clinton “… tireless, passionate advocate…”, President Obama said he was “grateful for your friendship… a great treasure for all of us.” Obama’s speech focused on human trafficking, using the word “slavery” ...
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Paul Ryan and Scott Walker Weigh in on Replace ...Paul Ryan on packers game: “give me a break! it is time to get the real refs.” — Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) September 25, 2012 “The integrity of the game is at stake here.” – Rush Limbaugh THE PACKERS game last night and the disastrous final call has made union m ...
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Team Obama is CheapTEAM ROMNEY is not cheap, if you compare what he is paying his campaign staff. The line reads: “the president appears to be getting a much bigger bang for his buck.” That’s true. If you think underpaying campaign workers is laudable, which I don’t. From the Los Angeles Ti ...
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David Brooks: Traditional Conservatism “Eclips ...IT’S CLEAR that the re-election of President Obama will lead to debates on austerity, the grand bargain and, hopefully, changes in the ridiculous tax code that gives most Americans a headache. If Mitt Romney was elected we don’t know what he’d do because he either doesn’t ...
Hudson New York
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Kick Me: European Union Backs Iran's HezbollahThe Lebanon-based Islamic organization Hezbollah is one of the most dangerous groups in the world. Recently, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah incited violence against American and European interests over the movie The Innocence of Muslims. And yet, the
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The "Offense Against the Prophet" WarsIf a film flops in the middle of the internet and nobody hears it, can it still be "offensive?" "Anti-Muslim film" is by now probably one of the most Googled terms on the net. As a result, millions of people have once again been treated to the familiar
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"Honeymoon with Galloway Nearing Its End"The voters of Bradford West are quickly learning what it means to have George Galloway as their Member of Parliament. At the moment, the residents of Bradford West are regretting their decision. Constituents first became concerned with his behavior after
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Why Do They Hate Us?Like gawky teenagers, Americans are far too obsessed with what people thousands of miles away think of them. The first reaction of the ordinary man in the street on December 7, 1941, was not to wonder why the Japanese hated him. It was not even his tenth
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How Much For A Piece Of The First Amendment?The United States faces mounting pressure from the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation to comply with demands for "legislation against incitement to religious hatred, violence, discrimination on the basis of religion, in particular for Muslims
Urban Survival
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Housing Looks Up…But…No real surprise to the Case-Shiller/S&P Housing price index just released: “New York, September 25, 2012 – Data through July 2012, released today by S&P Dow Jones Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller1 Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. … Continue reading ...
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Coping: Forced Consumption Arriving?A couple of weeks back, I was discussing with Peoplenomics readers how America (and the whole world) have a major problem with factory automation that no one in the mainstream is talking about, although I mention it in my new … Continue reading →
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Waiting on Housing DataWill be posted around 8:15 AM Texas time, or so. More coffee?
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HFID, II & BurmaShaveIf you’re ginko biloa has kicked in this morning, you may remember in the obscure past (last Monday’s column) that I started off with the headline “How far is down?“ Depending on caffeine blood-levels this morning, you might notice that … Continue reading →
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Coping: Broken Web Book ReleaseIn something of a switcheroo, I am going to hold my usual coping section comments to a minimum this morning because I spent the weekend getting the details worked out for release of my ebook…so here is the press release … Continue reading →
Trends & Forecasts
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Israel to Attack Iran in October ?!Iran's October Non Surprise : Will Israel strike... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story ]]
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Non-Compliance Our Key to Resisting Tyranny Just say NO : Mass Non-Compliance as a Means to... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story ]]
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President Ahmadinejad Interview With Piers Mor ...This man IS WAY TOO SMART for all these main... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story ]]
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Police State in America ~ Stop The Stop and FriskThe NYPD's stop-and-frisk practices raise serious... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story ]]
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Max Igan ~ Beyond The Looking GlassMax Igan - Beyond The Looking Glass with Ravana... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story ]]
Radical Chic
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NIGERIAN PARTIES vs PARTIES IN ENGLANDOnce 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 ...
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AFRICAN ROMANCE: ‘Thorns With Roses̵ ...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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 ...
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FLASH FICTION: ‘A Christmas Miracle̵ ...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)
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Sunday's Chef Adrià talk at Harvard' sells outMost 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
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Energy Efficiency: Good Business PracticeGreg Hale, Senior Financial Policy Specialist, New York City Guest post by Jay Orfield, Welch Environmental Innovation Fellow with NRDC's Center for Market Innovation. -- Energy efficiency and sustainability should be standard business practice f ...
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Getting to the Game: Delivering Green Transpor ...Deron Lovaas, Federal Transportation Policy Director, Washington, D.C. Growing up in the Washington region -- albeit off-and-on because my Dad was in the foreign service -- steeped me in fandom for the Washington Redskins. My college years were ...
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Independence or Co-Dependence: The Keystone C ...Joel Reynolds, Western Director, Senior Attorney, Santa Monica, CA When a mining partnership, having already spent hundreds of millions of dollars to advance its proposed mine, hires a consultant to conduct an “independent scientific review,&r ...
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How California is planning growth for a prospe ...Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC A thorough new report developed by my colleagues at the Natural Resources Defense Council, together with Move LA, a transportation and smart development partnership in souther ...
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Ocean conservation? Yes, there's an app for that. Francesca Koe, Director of Campaigns, San Francisco Technology helps us to solve problems every day. Just think of how many types of tech you use before you even finish your breakfast: alarm clock, light switch, electric toothbrush, iPhone, toaster, ...
Injustice Everywhere
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National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...Here are the 13 reports of police misconduct tracked for Saturday, September 21 to Monday, September 23, 2012: Cleveland, Ohio: A police officer was arrested for domestic violence charges. She was assigned to restricted duty pending the outcome of the … Continue reading →National Pol ...
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National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...Here are the 10 reports of police misconduct tracked for Friday, September 21, 2012: Honolulu, Hawaii: An officer pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents about the fact that he revealed the identity of an undercover officer. bit.ly/OL74sa Warminster, Pennsylvania: … Continue reading →N ...
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Federal Guilty Pleas Soar As Bargains Trump TrialsThat’s the headline of a front-page Wall Street Journal article today (sorry, subscription only). It’s great to see more attention to this subject. The average American has no idea how lopsided the numbers are. All across the nation, in both … Continue reading ͛ ...
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Police Seize Smart Phone From BystanderThe actions of the officer are troubling to some. “A loitering ticket is the sort of thing that generally the crime, the offense is so miniscule that you would not normally be confiscating items. It looks to me like a … Continue reading →Police Seize Smart Phone From Bystander ...
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Houston Police Shoot Man in WheelchairFrom the Houston Chronicle: Advocates are calling for better training and more discipline after a Houston police officer fatally shot a mentally ill double-amputee in a wheelchair on Saturday, the third unarmed person police have shot in less than three … Continue reading →Houston Po ...
Total Collapse
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Children born to parents who eat GM wheat may ...Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) has developed a novel variety of genetically-modified (GM) wheat that contains an altered protein and enzyme-suppressing mechanism that some scientists are now saying could cause serious problems for the human ...
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U.S. Says Disputed Islands Covered by Japan De ...U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said islands at the heart of a dispute between Japan and China fall under an American defense pact with Japan, while urging the sides to resolve the standoff via diplomacy. “We want to focus more on issues associated with the maintenance of peace a ...
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France to close embassies, schools in 20 count ...France said it would temporarily close its embassies and schools in 20 countries Friday after a satirical magazine in Paris published insulting cartoons of the Muslim prophet Muhammad, a move it fears will add “fuel to the fire” of global tensions over an anti-Islam film. The French government, ...
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China Warns World War III Being Planned To Ous ...A new report prepared by the Foreign Military Intelligence Main Directorate (GRU) of the General Staff of the Armed Forces for President Putin is warning today that the mysterious 5-day visit by Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie to India this past week (the first such visit to India by a h ...
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US And Britain Send Warships To The Persian Gu ...An armada of US and British naval power is massing in the Persian Gulf in the belief that Israel is considering a pre-emptive strike against Iran’s covert nuclear weapons programme. Battleships, aircraft carriers, minesweepers and submarines from 25 nations are converging on the strategically im ...
Daily Dose
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TNW’s Daily Dose – iPhone 5′s 5 million ...Apple reveals iPhone 5 sales and iOS 6 upgrade numbers, Facebook start to roll carrier billing out to users, and LinkedIn launches a new feature called endorsements. It’s all in...
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TNW’s Daily Dose – Pinterest, stoc ...Today on the Daily Dose, Pinterest gets interesting for Vimeo and the iPhone 5, possible changes ahead for the London Stock Exchange and the US Sentate says no thank you...
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TNW’s Daily Dose – Apple’s O ...Apple operating systems launched, Sony gets slimmer, Uber grabs taxis in Boston and China and Japan’s island conflict hits cyberspace. You can catch The Daily Dose every Monday through Friday...
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TNW’s Daily Dose – ITC investigate ...The ITC has launched an investigation into Apple via Motorola Mobility. Twitter’s new app removes image hosts, forcing users into Photobucket instead. Apple breaks $700 per share in after-hours trading....
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TNW’s Daily Dose – iPhone 5 sees 2 million pre ...Apple’s iPhone 5 is predictably selling like hotcakes, Square closes its Series D funding round, and a report suggests that Samsung’s next flaship smartphone will emerge smack bang in the...
Beyond Zero Emissions
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BZE submission to the Renewable Energy Target ...To download the full submission click here. (NOTE: Some people have trouble downloading files from our website, with some downloads stopping before completion. If you have this problem then right-click on the link and "save link as" to save the file onto your computer) We welcome the opport ...
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Adelaide, SA: Repowering Port Augusta, Rally f ...When: SUNDAY September 30th Time: 1.pm Location: Rundle Park, Adelaide (next to Rymill Park opposite the corner of East/North tce) Want help to make SA the solar state? We know we need to move away from ancient fossil fuel technology, to clean renewable energy – now is our chance! Port August ...
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Zero emissions homes: save the climate and mon ...If you aim for a zero-emissions house, you can live in comfort, while saving money and the climate. That’s the message from research and practice, according to climate and renewable energy think-tank Beyond Zero Emissions. Members of th ...
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Trigeneration: Sydney's white elephantMatt Wright The City of Sydney is comparing apples with oranges when it promotes its Trigeneration Master Plan (designed in partnership with Origin Energy and subsidiary Cogent Energy) as cleaner than burning coal in centralised power plants. Beyond Zero Emissions’ fundamental criticism of the ...
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Gas industry in denial over carbon emissionsMEDIA RELEASE 4th September 2012 Industry talk of developing an industry in “low emissions” coal-seam gas is a fantasy, according to renewable energy and climate think-tank Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE). Yesterday, the Committee for Economic Development Australia (CEDA) released their Austra ...
Monga Bay ( News )
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Cute animal picture of the day: tiger tripletsLast month, the Wildlife Conservation Society's (WCS) Bronx Zoo saw the arrival of three Siberian tiger cubs (Panthera tigris altaica). Also known as Amur tigers, they are the world's largest cats with adult males weighing up to 318 kilograms (700 pounds). Most of the population is found in far ...
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Commentary: Greenpeace report threatens climat ...From 2008 through 2010, deforestation in the states of the Brazilian Amazon declined steeply, lowering reductions in CO2 emissions to the atmosphere by approximately 1.5 billion tons. During this same period, the 30 nations that participate in the world’s largest carbon market—the E ...
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Greenpeace targets forest carbon offsets in Ca ...California's inclusion of forest conservation-based carbon offsets in its climate change legislation may not lead to net reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and could exacerbate social conflict in places like southern Mexico, argues a report released Monday by Greenpeace. But the activist gro ...
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Featured video: trailer for Living DownstreamAfter suffering from bladder cancer at 20, Sandra Steingraber began to study the links between toxic chemicals and deadly diseases. Her research led her to write the the much-acclaimed book Living Downstream, which combines her personal struggles with disease and the on-going contamination of ou ...
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New website highlights the plight of the pangolinScaly, insect-devouring, nocturnal, and notoriously shy, pangolins are strange mammals who remain unknown to many. But they are facing a major crisis as they are stolen from the wild in East Asia to serve as meat or traditional medicine. In Asia, two of the four species are now listed as Endange ...
Sierra Express
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Let’s Keep our Environment Healthy!Sad to say the Freetown Municipality is now engulfed with filth. It is insulting to have a bed fill of garbage sites when there are hands on assignment to take good care of such mess in the infamous environment of Freetown. (Photo: Elephantiasis of the legs due to filariasis) One wonders what t ...
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NDA: Now that a leader is recognized…The founding father, leader, and former standard bearer of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Alhaji Amadu Mohamed Boiye Jalloh (in photo) has endorsed veteran politician Alhaji Wurrie Musidal Jalloh as flag-bearer of the party, ending a row between the claimant Mohamed Pateh-Bah for the fl ...
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Traditional Healers embark on non-violent campaignMembers of the Sierra Leone Indigenous Traditional Healers Union (SLITHU) headed by Dr. Alhaji Sulaiman Kabba (in photo) have added a voice in campaigning towards peaceful non-violent elections on November 17, this year. They held an entourage of stakeholders in a meeting on Sunday September 23 ...
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In Sierra Leone, President Ernest Bai Koroma & ...President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma alongside Alhaji Usman Boie Kamara on Friday September 21 amassed a jubilant crowd, chanting the slogan of success for the All People’s Congress Party (APC) come the November 17th polls, in a visit across the Alpha Morlia Community, Kissy Freetown. The President a ...
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Over suspension of Leone Stars Coach and Playe ...The Minister of Youth, Employment, and Sports, Hon. Paul Kamara (in photo) has denied media allegations that the Swedish coach, Lars Olof Mattsson has resigned his job ahead of the 2nd leg match next month between Sierra Leone versus Tunisia in Tunis for a crucial qualification to South Africa 2 ...
Dairy Industry - NZ Herald
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Brian Gaynor: Rural sector shows city slickers ...A trip to Dunedin for the South African rugby test last weekend has reinforced the view that New Zealand is rapidly developing a two-tier economy.On one hand is the rural community which is increasingly inhabited by energetic and...
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Risk of farmer 'civil war' over mutant calves ...A genetics company's refusal to pay compensation to farmers whose calves were born with a genetic mutation could result in a "civil war" between farmers, says Federated Farmers. Around 900 farmers nationwide had been affected after...
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World dairy prices up 2.4pc + graphicWorld dairy prices rose overnight in the fourth straight gain on the GlobalDairyTrade online auction platform, with gains for whole and skim milk powder, the largest products by volume sold.The GDT-TWI Price Index rose 2.4 per...
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Milk with additive comes out on top in taste testNew Zealanders prefer the taste of milk with permeate in because they don't know any different, a consumer advocate says.The Herald yesterday put 10 people through a blind taste test of two different dark-blue-top milks - one...
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What's really in our milk? The added ingredien ...Dairy giants are coming under increasing pressure to reveal how much of a controversial "snot-like" byproduct they put in their milk.Fonterra and Goodman Fielder, which dominate the country's milk market, put permeate in their milk...
Hit & Run | Reason
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Pennsylvania State Troopers Discover that Pepp ...Apparently it didn’t bother Pennsylvania’s state police that their pepper spray hurt people who were not police officers. But once they discovered state troopers were not magically immune to the effects it became a problem. WPKI channel 11 reports: Target 11 Investigator Rick Ea ...
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Thank God Politicians Are Weighing In On Packe ...If you're still sore over the bad call that turned the result in last night's game between the Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks, there's good news on the horizon. American politicians, including (twice!) the president of the United States, are giving their own opinions.& ...
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A Reminder About Free SpeechI stopped thinking people who wrote about things like free speech read the rudimentary texts through which the roots of those rights run a long time ago. Given some of the absurd attacks on the near-universality of the right to free speech in light of the use of an anti-Islamic vi ...
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Protesters Clash With Police Outside Spanish P ...The anti-austerity protest in Madrid, named “Occupy Congress”, has descended into a something of a brawl. Some protesters tried to tear down barriers in front of parliament and were met with baton charges and rubber bullets. At the time of writing there have been thirty-two injuries ...
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New Drone Study Casts Doubt on Obama Narrative ...Law professors at Stanford and New York Universities have just released the results of their nine-month study of drone strikes in Pakistan, mainly in North Waziristan, and its conclusions do not bode well for the truth of the Obama administration. Principled lefties ...
Mercury Rising
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Such a soft touch, that RomneyWhen it was reported that Mitt Romney had given 29% of AGI to charity in 2011, I was intrigued, and went to look at the tax returns to see what I had been missing about the philanthropic side of this man. It seems this represents another flip flop. Ben Adler, The Nation: While running for [...]
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The operative word is “tyranny”Elizabeth Drew, New York Review of Books: Having covered Watergate and the impeachment of Richard Nixon, and more recently written a biography of Nixon, I believe that the wrongdoing we are seeing in this election is more menacing even than what went on then. Watergate was a struggle over the Co ...
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Made possible by your tax dollarsDemocracyNow: A prominent human rights lawyer known for defending peasants in Honduras has been assassinated. Antonio Trejo was attending a wedding when he was shot to death just outside the church. Trejo represented several peasant rights groups in their struggle against wealthy Honduran landow ...
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Good Morning!Nothing special right now; just wanted to wish you all a good morning or afternoon or evening. Carry on!
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Our next Republican PresidentJason Farago, The Guardian: Not too long ago, Chris Christie, the obstreperous governor of New Jersey, liked to tout something he called a “Jersey Comeback”. But that phrase somehow didn’t make it into his keynote speech at last month’s GOP convention. And no wonder: unem ...
Reality Sandwich
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Green HealingThis will probably come across as old news to the RS community, but cannabis can actually improve your quality of life! I know, shocking, isn’t it? We’ve all come to know of the euphoria and non-linear, creative potentials the plant can induce upon our mental processes, but perhaps you have ye ...
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Comic Consciousness: An Interview with Lee Campread more
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Speak, Memory In a recent study, researchers at Case Western University have discovered how to store different forms of artificial short-term memory in the isolated brain tissue of rats. These findings help to explain how short term memories are formed. Your ability to recall the melody of a song you just h ...
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An Industry EmergesThe following is excerpted from Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana--Medical, Recreational, and Scientific. Reprinted by permission of Scribner, a Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. read more
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Occupy: Reflecting on Year Oneread more
Desertification
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Water for Phosphate, Not PeopleGafsa region in the south of Tunisia was once an oasis; today the phosphate industry has plunged it into a water crisis. “This summer for the first time we had water cuts on a daily basis,” says Lakhdar Souid, coordinator of the Blue Plan for a Green Tunisia. “Gafsa (343 km south of capital Tuni ...
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Laissez-Faire Failing World’s Dwindling ...Growing water shortages in many countries are a major threat to global security and development and should be a top priority at the U.N. Security Council, a panel of experts said in a new report. However, that report ignores the biggest threat to water security: neoliberal policies of the free m ...
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China Puts Up a Green Shield Against SandstormsThe setting sun is still streaming in through the poplars along the shelter belts, but Horquin Lianjun is done with farm work for the day. The desert wind has turned bone chilling. Lianjun’s half hectare of farmland sports neat spaced-out rows of maize crops, as in that of Hua Limei, his neighbo ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
Blogging Canadians
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iPhone 5 from Bell Mobility - Bell CanadaThe iPhone 5 features a 4-inch Retina display, ultrafast wireless, iOS 6, and iCloud. Get it with Bell and enjoy blazing-fast speeds on Canada's largest LTE network, over 25 live TV channels on your phone with Bell Mobile TV and Canada's largest Wi-Fi.
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Press TV - Middle East
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Israeli spy drone skims Lebanon skiesAn Israeli reconnaissance plane has penetrated Lebanese airspace and flown over parts of the country in flagrant violation of a UN Security Council resolution.
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Iraq attacks kill 9 security forcesSecurity and medical sources say nine members of the Iraqi security forces have been killed and eleven others wounded in separate attacks targeting the police and army.
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Attack on Turkey military vehicle kills 7At least seven people have been killed in an attack on a military vehicle carrying security personnel in the eastern Turkish city of Tunceli, local sources say.
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Senior Yemen intelligence officer killedA senior Yemeni intelligence officer has been shot dead in the capital, Sana’a, the latest in a series of assassinations targeting high-ranking officers and politicians.
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‘No foreign meddling in Syria affairs’A senior Iranian official has reaffirmed the Islamic Republic’s opposition to any foreign interference in the internal affairs of Syria on the pretext of supporting its people.
CUNY SPS Community Blog
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Alumna Linda Ames Key Receives Fulbright Speci ...The School of Professional Studies is delighted to announce that Linda Ames Key, a graduate of the School’s M.A. in Applied Theatre program, has been named a Fulbright Specialist. In 2011, while completing her M.A. in Applied Theatre degree at SPS, Ms. Key participated in the School’s Project Rw ...
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Beta Testing “In Your Class”SPS is participating in a CUNY pilot program this fall of the Beta version of In Your Class, a unique social networking service developed by CUNY students for CUNY students. The pilot launch date is today, September 20th, 2012. In Your Class connects students with their classmates, professors, a ...
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Getting to Know… Lisa PoelleLisa Poelle, faculty member for the Child Development Associate (CDA) program at the CUNY School of Professional Studies, is author of the soon to be released book, The Biting Solution: The Expert’s No-Biting Guide for Parents, Caregivers, and Early Childhood Educators. Lisa’s twenty-five years ...
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Looking for Cowbell CheersOn Your Mark, Get Set…. Go!!! Last Sunday, I joined the CUNY School of Professional Studies “Race for the Cure” team comprised of students, faculty, and staff. Being with our team of over 20-strong was such an emotional high for me. All dressed in our CUNY SPS blue shirts, we (and our mascot, Le ...
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Candidacy Phase for BS in Health Information M ...Great news! Our BS in Health Information Management is now in the candidacy phase of the CAHIIM (www.cahiim.org) accreditation process. Our students can now register as students with AHIMA (www.ahima.org) using our SPS Educational Program Code (#159). This will allow students to reap the ben ...
Dissident Voice
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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 ...
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The Dawn of MedicareA 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 ...
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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 [...]
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Inflation of the University DegreeCatch 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 ...
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After The Fireworks Have FadedOn 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 CERNR ...
Destructionist
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Monsanto Launches Damage Control Over GMO/Canc ...Biotech giant Monsanto has launched a desperate damage control effort in the aftermath of a French study which found that rats fed on Monsanto’s genetically-engineered corn were far more likely to suffer tumors, organ failure and premature death. Aside from the details of the study, a wider q ...
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Monsanto Launches Damage Control Over GMO/Canc ...Biotech giant Monsanto has launched a desperate damage control effort in the aftermath of a French study which found that rats fed on Monsanto’s genetically-engineered corn were far more likely to suffer tumors, organ failure and premature death. Aside from the details of the study, a wider q ...
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Monsanto Apologists Attempt to Spin Shocking G ...A shocking new study conducted by French scientists which shows that rats fed on Monsanto’s genetically modified corn suffered cancer and premature death has been met with a furious response from GMO apologists, who are desperately trying to cast doubt on the the study in an effort to discredit ...
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Monsanto Apologists Attempt to Spin Shocking G ...A shocking new study conducted by French scientists which shows that rats fed on Monsanto’s genetically modified corn suffered cancer and premature death has been met with a furious response from GMO apologists, who are desperately trying to cast doubt on the the study in an effort to discredit ...
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Obama Appeals Court Ruling That Strikes Down I ...On Wednesday, New York federal judge Katherine Forrest issued a ruling which blocked provisions of the NDAA that could have seen American citizens kidnapped and held indefinitely without charge. In “permanently” halting the enforcement of the law, Forrest noted how the plaintiffs presented “evi ...
Wayne Madsen
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September 20-23, 2012 -- Beyond the corporate ...Political views from behind the doors in Beijing
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September 19-20, 2012 -- Micro blogging from ChinaIsland fever in Beijing
IPS - Inter Press Services
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South Invited to ‘De-Grow’“We should find the way, with our small degrowth movement in the global North, to align ourselves with the environmental justice movement originating with indigenous peoples from the South,” Catalan ecological economist Juan Martinez-Alier said at the third international degrowth conference in V ...
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Child Abuse on the Rise in BahrainA thirty-four-year-old Bahraini teacher, whose son was abused five years ago, has hitherto refused to tell anyone the story, afraid that she will be blamed for failing to protect her child who is now eight years old. “He was sitting with the maid outside the house. She left him alone for a momen ...
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Côte d’Ivoire – New Cassava Varieties Br ...Women farmers in Côte d’Ivoire are achieving greater autonomy and economic independence thanks to new varieties of cassava. Cassava is an important staple food in this West African country according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, second only to yams, a similar starchy tuber ...
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Nobel Laureate Calls for Armed Intervention in ...On the International Day of Peace, Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka visited the United Nations – and called for armed intervention against the terrorist group Boko Haram in his home country of Nigeria. “This is a violent organisation,” Soyika told IPS. “What do you do with ...
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Spain at Risk of Chronic ProtestsOver the past year and a half, Spain has been caught up in constant street protests against measures taken to combat the severe economic crisis. But some say the movement has failed to come together around concrete proposals. Public employees, teachers, doctors, students, the “indignados” of the ...
My AntiWar
- Syria Child Trauma ‘Appalling,’ Sa ...
- BBC Apology to Queen Over Abu Hamza Disclosure
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CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran
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Iranian Diplomat Says Iran Offered Deal to Hal ...Summary: Iran has again offered to halt its enrichment of uranium to 20 percent, which the United States has identified as its highest priority in the nuclear talks, in return for easing sanctions against Iran, according to Iran’s permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Ag ...
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Iran MP Accuses IAEA of Passing Nuclear Secret ...Summary: In an interview with PressTV, Iranian MP Javad Jahangirzadeh accused the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of sharing confidential information about Iran’s nuclear program with Israel, adding that he believes IAEA chief Amano Yukiya should be held directly to blame if Iran re ...
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American-Killing Terror Cult: US Delists Mujah ...Summary: As the US government confirms that terrorists involved in the Benghazi, Libya US consulate attack were indeed the very militants funded, armed, and provided air support in last year’s bid to overthrow the government of Libya, yet another disturbing announcement has been made. Terror ...
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Iran's Revolutionary Guard says expects Israel ...Summary: DUBAI (Reuters) - Israel will eventually go beyond threats and will attack Iran, the commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards was quoted as saying on Saturday. source: Reutersread more
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Long Knives Target IranSummary: Washington wants a puppet government replacing an independent one. source: OpedNewsread more
The Daily Galaxy
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Milky Way Discovered Embedded in a Colossal Ha ...The Chandra X-ray Telescope has provided evidence that our Milky Way Galaxy is embedded in an enormous halo of hot gas that extends for hundreds of thousands of light years, and is estimated to be comparable to the mass of...
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Mars' Robotic 'Curiosity' Makes a "Close Encou ...NASA's rover Curiosity touched a Martian rock with its robotic arm for the first time on Sept. 22, assessing what chemical elements are in the rock called "Jake Matijevic." After a short drive the preceding day to get within arm's...
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"Space-Time Crystal" --A 4-D Clock That Will ...Imagine a four-dimensional crystal that has periodic structure in time as well as space. The crystal could be used as a clock that will keep perfect time forever, even after the heat-death of the universe. This is one of the...
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Image of the Day: A Spectacular 'Dark Nebula' ...The silhouette of a Lynd's dark nebula appears against a faint background of glowing hydrogen gas only easily seen in long telescopic exposures of the region. LDN 1622 lies near the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy, close on the...
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Astronomers Create First "AI" Map of the UniverseAstronomers in Germany have developed an artificial intelligence algorithm to help them chart and explain the structure and dynamics of the universe around us with unprecedented accuracy.The image above shows a slice through the local universe, 370 million light years...
Natural News
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The top 10 breakfast cereals most likely to co ...By now, nearly everyone interested in healthy living is aware of the recent research linking Monsanto's GMO corn to cancer tumors and an increase risk of premature death in both men and women. News of the research is spreading like wildfire across the 'net, and support...
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'Zombie attack' preparedness military training ...Blasting hordes of attacking zombies to bits is the stuff of fantasy movies and video games, right? Apparently not, according to recent reports which say that a California-based security firm called the HALO Corp. will incorporate training on how to fight the undead...
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The coming shift requires your involvementI was in my greenhouse the other day, watering some enormous tomato plants. These plants are massive -- over my head and still going strong. They are planted in a raised bed, with about thirty of them shoulder-to-shoulder in close quarters. It's literally a tomato jungle...
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Are you at risk of developing type III diabetes?Diabetes has become a burden on the healthcare system and taxpayers. In 2007, the national cost of diabetes was calculated to be $174 billion. We can assume this figure has since increased since then and may well be approaching $200 billion. There are three main types...
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Surprise! Corn syrup is playing hide-and-seekHealth-conscious consumers are constantly on the lookout for such ingredients as high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). It is common knowledge that HFCS has a home in cake, candy, and soda. Now; however, shoppers should be aware that their local grocery store may stock products...
Threat Level
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New Zealand Intel Agency Investigated for Unla ...The legal case against Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom continues to spiral out of control as New Zealand's Prime Minister announced this week that an inquiry into unlawful government spying on Dotcom and others has been launched.
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Hostage Taker Updates FaceBook During Police S ...Posting on his Facebook page that he “cant take it no more,” an armed man was posting updates on the social-networking site after taking a man hostage in downtown Pittsburgh. The profile page of Klein Michael Thaxton went down hours after police said he went into a building while arm ...
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Facebook’s $9.5 Million ‘Beacon ...A divided federal appeals court is approving a $9.5 million settlement to a class action lawsuit challenging Facebook's program that monitored and published what users of the social networking site were buying or renting from Blockbuster, Overstock and other locations. A dissenting judge said th ...
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Judge Refuses to Order YouTube to Remove Anti- ...A California judge refused Thursday to order YouTube to remove controversial footage from "Innocence of Muslims," the inflammatory film that sparked a U.S. backlash in the Middle East.
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E-Mail Privacy Reform Vote Postponed Until Aft ...A Senate committee on Thursday delayed until after the November elections whether to approve sweeping digital privacy protections requiring the government, for the first time, to get a probable-cause warrant to obtain e-mail and other content stored in the cloud.
PERRspectives : Blog
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Will Mitt Romney Marry the Blind Sheik?With his baseless claims that waterboarding enabled the killing of Osama Bin Laden and that the Obama administration drafted a memo to protect the President from blame if the mission failed, former Attorney General Michael Mukasey has emerged as the new go-to fabulist for Team Bush. Now with hi ...
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Romney Endorses Bush's ER Plan to Replace Obam ...Appearing on Meet the Press two weeks ago, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced, "We're going to replace Obamacare. And I'm replacing it with my own plan." Now we know what the Romney health care plan is. As Mitt explained on CBS 60 Minutes Sunday, the federal government wil ...
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Romney's "Job Creators" Voted for Obama in 2008When Mitt Romney slandered the veterans, working families, college students, senior citizens and the rest of the 47 percent of Americans who pay no federal income tax, he didn't just inadvertently smear millions of reliably Republican voters in addition to the Democrats he meant to insult. As i ...
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Romney Haunted by Reagan's GhostDuring his failed 1994 Senate race, Mitt Romney tried to reassure liberal Massachusetts voters that "I was an independent during the time of Reagan-Bush; I'm not trying to return to Reagan-Bush." Now, Reagan's ghost is getting his revenge. After Romney defended the carried interest exemption t ...
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Romney and Netanyahu of One Mind on Two State ...Earlier this year, Mitt Romney spoke glowingly of his friend and former Boston Consulting Group colleague, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "We can almost speak in shorthand," Romney told the New York Times, adding, "We share common experiences and have a perspective and underpinning ...
Blackspot News Feed
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"Harvest of Empire": New Film Recounts How U.S ...At a time of heated and divisive debate over immigration, the new feature-length documentary, "Harvest of Empire," examines the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today. Based on the groundbreaking book by award-win ...
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Quadrillion Dollar Derivatives Market 20 Times ...Markus Stanley: Derivative bets not a zero sum game, have far reaching real world consequences
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The Crisis and Who Has PowerLeo Panitch and Sam GIndin PT2: Major structural change or effective short term reforms requires addressing democratic decision making starting with making banks a public utility
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Headlines for September 25, 2012U.S. Drone Strike Kills 5 in Pakistan, Study: Drones "Terrorize" Pakistani Civilians, Avoid Top Militants, Syrian Rebels Bomb School Housing Gov't Forces, 2 Marines Face Court Martial for Urinating Incident in Afghanistan, Romney: U.S. Should "Shape the Future" of Middle East, Obama Dismisses Is ...
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South African Platinum Miners Win Pay RaiseVishwas Satgar: After bloody struggle, breakthrough on wages is an inspiring message to all South African miners and a challenge to ANC and official miners union
Consortium News
- Americans Sour on Endless War
- Iran Reaffirms Offer on Nukes
- A March of Folly Toward Iran
- Buying Off the ‘Terrorist’ List
- ‘Lucky’ Voters Can Pick Romney
TruthOut
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Congress Must Debate the Libya WarThe 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 ...
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News in Brief: Daniel Ellsberg, Col. Ann Wrigh ...Daniel Ellsberg, Col. Ann Wright Among 30 Arrested for Protesting Against Abuse of Bradley Manningread more
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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 ...
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Richard D. Wolff: "Personal Debts" (Video)read more
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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
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Sea Ice Melt: Climate Scientists Connecting th ...This Summer, the Arctic has seen levels of sea ice melt never before recorded, smashing the previous record for minimum sea ice pack set in 2007. According to climate scientists, we can now consider the Arctic essentially ice-free at the end of the ice-loss season. Concurrently, Alaska is ...
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Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Can Power the En ...Huge gains and benefits -- in terms of jobs and economic growth, US industry innovation and competitiveness, energy cost stability, and carbon emissions reductions stand to be realized from US East Coast offshore wind.
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NOAA Confirms First Piece Of Known Tsunami Deb ...The first piece of garbage from the 2011 Japan tsunami known to have washed up in Hawaii has now been confirmed by NOAA. The tsunami debris, a large blue bin used to transport seafood while keeping it cold, was spotted off Waimanalo, on the southeast coast of Oahu, by Makai Ocean Engineer ...
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SpaceX Dragon Capsule Set To Launch Again Octo ...SpaceX is in preparation to launch its Dragon spacecraft for the first of its planned twelve cargo resupply flights to the International Space Station, as per their contract with NASA. “On Thursday, NASA confirmed that the much-anticipated launch of SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft aboard ...
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Will Now Be Able T ...Curiosity, NASA’s newest Mars rover, is continuing its journey to its first major science destination, Glenelg. Covering nearly 40 yards per day, it scans the surface for interesting rocks, using its mast-mounted camera. In order to improve this ability, NASA is planning to deploy n ...
Water Quality - WordPress
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George Fox Biofalls beginning install!The district is working with George Fox to do some work on campus in order to improve how storm wate
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The Value of a Healthy Urban ForestAesthetics– Trees play an important role in adding beauty to an area. They soften the look of buildi
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How to Make the Perfect Cup of CoffeeIt seems fitting that my inaugural post is about coffee – the substance which has fueled me th
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Canyon SCD's 319 Project Tour - Stop OneOn August 8, 2012, the Canyon Soil Conservation District held a tour to show off some of their 319 g
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Spawning Habitat Improvement Project on Stone ...There is some exciting work right now on Stoney Creek. The 2012 Habitat Improvement Project is in fu
Dandelion Salad - Featured Writers' Posts
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Michael Parenti: Privatization by Bombing, int ...Image by evanlavine via Flickr by Carl Boggs with Michael Parenti Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Mi
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Mother Energy and Hemp: Part 1 by Rand Cliffordby Rand Clifford Featured Writer Dandelion Salad July 12, 2012 Image by CSLP via Flickr An all-perva
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Absurdity Rules the World by Siv O’Neallby Siv O’Neall Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Axisoflogic.com, 13 July 2012 Lyon, France 15 July 20
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It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like... Autumn ...by Lo Dandelion Salad July 15, 2012 Thought I’d share how the drought and very high temperatur
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Don't Enlist, But Don't Just Take My Word For ...by Lo Dandelion Salad July 12, 2012 Image by Kate Tomlinson via Flickr This is the most important bl
Axis of Logic
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
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The Rich Are Really the Ones Most "Dependent" ...By @TedFrier When Mitt Romney linked the "Lower 47" who do not pay federal income taxes and are "dependent" on government with those who "do not take responsibility for their own lives," he was not only confessing an unfamiliarity with the American people (including his own Republican base) that ...
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Why Do Republicans Hate The Poor?Why do Republicans hate the poor? Or the elderly, the unemployed, the sick or anyone else they see as the reason they don't get to "keep all they make"? The highly oversimplified one word answer is "conscience". Now before you all start going off with massive generalizations a ...
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Want Me To Fix It Mitt?By @TomBales1 Dear Mitt: I've put off writing for a while now, waiting to see if you were ever going to get your crap together and find a truck big enough to haul it in but with everything that's happened over this past week or ten days, it's obvious that you're not going to pull this thing tog ...
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'Slick Willard' Isn't So Slick AnymoreAfter the past couple of weeks, I'll have to stop using the nickname of "Slick Willard" to refer to Mitt Scumney. He hasn't been slick at all, and some of the American people are getting a chance to see whom this really is. I suppose his asinine behavior while visiting the Summer Olympic Games i ...
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The Nightowl NewswrapBy @BGinKC Another week come and gone...and frankly, I don't know how many more like this one I can take. That's how you want to spin it, eh @SpeakerBoehner?. The Weeper of the House has a novel reason for why President Obama is beating Mitt Romney like a rented mule in Ohio...Governor Kasich h ...
Care 2
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Help Save the World Herita ...Mes Aynak is the site of a 2,600 year old Buddhist city in the Logar province of Afghanistan.... The largest remaining giant Buddha statue is located at this site whereas others of its kind were systematically destroyed by the Taliban. Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to World | N ...
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Suffolk Police: Release Buster To His Loving R ...Buster is an 11 Year Old "Type" Dog, He has some mobility issues based on his age, he also has NO TEETH . Submitted by Buffy F. to Animals | Note-it! | Add a Comment
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Pledge To Take Your Pets With You ! PLEASE SIG ...September is National Preparedness Month. Make sure your pets are safe during disasters. Pledge now to take them with you. Submitted by Cher C. to Animals | Note-it! | Add a Comment
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Collapse of Arctic Sea Ice Has Reached Tipping ...As Artic sea ice hits a record low, scientific focus is turning to climate "tipping points" - a threshold that, once crossed, cannot be reversed and will create fundamental changes to other areas. Submitted by Kit B. to Environment | Note-it! | Add ...
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Egypts New Leader Spells Out Terms for U.S.- A ...On the eve of his first trip to the United States as Egypts new Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi said the United States needed to fundamentally change its approach to the Arab world, showing greater respect for its values Submitted by Kit B. to World | Note-it! | ...
Smirking Chimp
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- Ryan's 'Secret' Tape Is Even More Extreme Than ...
- Why Won't The Wall Street Journal Acknowledge ...
- Romney Wins First Debate
- Fifteen Issues this Election is NOT About
Paul Krugman
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More Coulda Been Worse BloggingAlas, Europe.
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Delusions of WonkhoodHe uses PowerPoint!
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EconoTrollsBeasts of bad economics.
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Coulda Been WorseGiven that it was terrible.
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Sympathy For The DoofusIt's not just Romney.
No Quarter
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Why Conservatives Want Romney To LoseWhy do so many Republicans continue to throw mud at Mitt Romney, especially this close to the election? This is a majorly-big deal! What is wrong with these people? That’s what I want to know! They make me mad as hell! I just want to smack them! In truth, I already know the answer. Th ...
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Snark from Salon … and hk2′s open threadSalon‘s snarky story takes us to a new site to check out! From “The website where Mitt Romney’s winning in a landslide,” Salon magazine, September 25, 2012 — with this subtitle: At UnSkewed Polls, “liberal media bias” is removed from every survey that shows Ob ...
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Hillary in Trouble over BenghaziPains me to admit it, but a major portion of the blame for the debacle and loss of our Ambassador and “Consulate” in Benghazi lies at the feet of Hillary Clinton. As Secretary of State she has the ultimate say over the security measures in place at our embassies and consulates and mi ...
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President October Approval Average +HK2′s Open ...Sean Trende describes this surge as not about Romney’s ineffectiveness but rather about the bounce from the early September DNC Convention at Charlotte, a wave of good feeling about being Democrats. … The surge will not last, … The election remains too close to call. It is not ...
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A Clash of CivilizationsModern Christians did not ask for the head of comedy hosts that made people laugh at Jesus this past week, when it was suggested that he was married. Hindus, Buddhists and Jews do not go out and kill people who make fun of their supreme leaders or ideas. The US made a mistake when they [...]
Futurismic
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Censorship: I’m guilty as chargedSo, 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 ...
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The Future Always WinsSoooooo, 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 ...
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New EconomiesLast 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
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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 ...
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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 ...
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GoodTherapy.org Weekly Inspirational ThoughtsNovember 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 ...
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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 ...
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Three Steps for Dealing with Panic AttacksPanic 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
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Selecting "Surrogate Species" for Conservation ...Selecting "Surrogate Species" for Conservation: How About an 800-Pounder? Huffington Post Mountaintop removal, shale oil excavation, fracking, helicopter logging, stern trawling, factory farming, manufacturing, road construction, dams, invasive species, air pollution, water pollution, ...
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Alpha CEO looks at the future role of coal - S ...Global Warming Alpha CEO looks at the future role of coal State Journal The Keepers of the Mountains Foundation will hold a public memorial service for late mountaintop removal mining activist Larry Gibson. The Keepers of the Mountains Foundation will hold a public memorial service for late moun ...
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Expert: Reserve depletion, not 'war on coal,' ...Global Warming Expert: Reserve depletion, not 'war on coal,' is WV's problem State Journal The Keepers of the Mountains Foundation will hold a public memorial service for late mountaintop removal mining activist Larry Gibson. The Keepers of the Mountains Foundation will hold a public ...
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Environmental Conservation Organization to hos ...Environmental Conservation Organization to host Guest Speaker easttennessean.com (subscription) The student-led Environmental Conservation Organization (ECO) will be hosting an event titled “Stories from the Field: The Direct Action Campaign to Stop Mountaintop Removal” in which Ricki Draper, an ...
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Yes, America, There Is a War on Coal - Global ...Global Warming (blog) Yes, America, There Is a War on Coal Global Warming (blog) In particular, the Obama administration has targeted a subset of coal mining, known as mountaintop removal. That man actually moves mountains is especially galling to environment interest groups, who fiercely oppose ...
Memeorandum
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New Stanford/NYU study documents the civilian ...Glenn Greenwald / Guardian: New Stanford/NYU study documents the civilian terror from Obama's drones | Glenn Greenwald — New research shows the terrorizing impact of drones in Pakistan, false statements from US officials, and how it increases the terror threat &mda ...
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Obama's Speech to the United Nations General A ...New York Times: Obama's Speech to the United Nations General Assembly — Text — Following is a text of President Obama's speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, as released by the White House: — Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, fel ...
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Ryan criticizes refs for call in disputed Gree ...Alicia Cohn / The Hill: Ryan criticizes refs for call in disputed Green Bay Packers game — GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan on Tuesday criticized the replacement referees who made a disputed call that caused the Green Bay Packers to lose the Monday Night Football game ...
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Little Appetite in U.S. for More Gov't Regulat ...Frank Newport / Gallup: Little Appetite in U.S. for More Gov't Regulation of Business — Independents' views are similar to the national average — PRINCETON, NJ — Americans say there is too much (47%) rather than too little (26%) government regulation of ...
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The Myth of Jimmy Carter's "Eight-Point Lead" ...David Weigel / Slate: The Myth of Jimmy Carter's “Eight-Point Lead” Over Reagan — Paul Bedard talks to a Romney advisor who has not yet figured out that candidates are supposed to lower expectations for debates. … You see the point of this. Don't worry ...
Energy & Environment News
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Green Blog: Oil and Nature: A Landscape Reconf ...An exhibition at the Aperture Gallery explores how the petrochemical industry has reshaped the Mississippi River Corridor in Louisiana.
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Green Blog: Rare Trout Survives in Just One St ...Researchers had thought that five wild populations of greenback cutthroat trout were out there.
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Green Blog: On Our Radar: Toyota Retrenches on ...The automaker says it misread market demand and will scale back its plan for mass sales of all-electric vehicles. It will add more hybrid models, however.
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Green Blog: The Straw Bale Dilemma: How Smooth ...With a chain saw, a wooden mallet and a big needle, volunteers cut, pack, align and smooth straw bale insulation. But straw by definition cannot be perfectly plumb.
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Green Blog: On Our Radar: Mourning a Panda CubNo cause has been determined for the death of the Smithsonian National Zoo's week-old panda, which measured only a few inches.
5+ quakes - 7 days
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M 5.0, off the east coast of Honshu, JapanTuesday, September 25, 2012 14:21:39 UTC Tuesday, September 25, 2012 11:21:39 PM at epicenterDepth: 25.40 km (15.78 mi)
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M 5.1, Hindu Kush region, AfghanistanTuesday, September 25, 2012 08:33:01 UTC Tuesday, September 25, 2012 01:03:01 PM at epicenterDepth: 33.50 km (20.82 mi)
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M 5.2, south of the Fiji IslandsTuesday, September 25, 2012 05:37:52 UTC Tuesday, September 25, 2012 05:37:52 PM at epicenterDepth: 565.00 km (351.07 mi)
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M 5.7, TongaTuesday, September 25, 2012 03:06:52 UTC Tuesday, September 25, 2012 04:06:52 PM at epicenterDepth: 104.50 km (64.93 mi)
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M 5.2, south of AfricaTuesday, September 25, 2012 01:43:14 UTC Tuesday, September 25, 2012 03:43:14 AM at epicenterDepth: 15.70 km (9.76 mi)
China Dialogue
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加州“北水南 ...加州大规模引水计划被批是一场以环境为代价来造福农业产业和农民的政治博弈。美 ...
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芭芭拉•翁米 ...德国海因里希•基金会联合主席芭芭拉•翁米斯希在接受Schattenblick网站采访时,批判了当今 ...
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晦涩的术语ৎ ...一项新的研究表明,横贯可持续性日程的语言碎片化正在加速。约翰•艾尔金顿认为&# ...
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中国高原的“ ...长江、黄河上游重要的水源涵养地,被誉为“高原之肾”的四川若尔盖县湿地,正面&# ...
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Yellow River threatened by desertification in ...The Tibetan plateau’s Zoige wetlands, a crucial water source for the Yangtze and Yellow rivers, continue to deteriorate despite conservation efforts.The “kidneys” of the Tibetan plateau are failing. The Zoige Wetland National Nature Reserve, which sits on the northeastern ...
AlterNet Top Stories
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How The Right's Latest Conspiracy Theory Might ...In a somewhat desperate attempt to maintain morale among a Republican base that disdains its standard-bearer, a number of conservative media outlets are pushing an alternate reality in which Mitt Romney is leading in the polls by wide margins and American voters have a decidedly negative view ...
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Romney's Version of Diplomacy: Insult Egypt, P ...In his first major foreign policy address, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney today laid out a vision for international development steeped in Tea Party ideology, and laced with contempt for the president of Egypt, a crucial partner in U.S. diplomacy, at the Clinton Global Initiativ ...
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The Website Where Mitt Romney’s Winning in a L ...I present UnSkewedPolls.com, the best new website on the political Internet. UnSkewed Polls finally removes the “liberal media bias” from every single national opinion poll, and it turns out that “unskewing” them means “making it so that Romney is ahead by a lot.” Rick Perry approves!The UnSke ...
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Elizabeth Warren is GOP Target #1: Smear Campa ...This year’s political mud season is beginning, where campaign ads based on the flimsiest assertions and dirtiest lies will pound voters throughout their days—on televison, radio, online and in the mail. When campaign finance reformers say big money drowns out debate and monopolizes the microph ...
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Women-Hating Soul Mates? Newt Gingrich Breaks ...After disgusting the entire nation with his view that a woman could not become pregnant if a rape was “legitimate”, U.S. senate hopeful and throw-back misogynist Todd Akin was quickly dumped by his own party and asked to leave the Missouri race. But the incorrigible Akin refused to slither awa ...
Threat Level
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New Zealand Intel Agency Investigated for Unla ...The legal case against Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom continues to spiral out of control as New Zealand's Prime Minister announced this week that an inquiry into unlawful government spying on Dotcom and others has been launched.
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Hostage Taker Updates FaceBook During Police S ...Posting on his Facebook page that he “cant take it no more,” an armed man was posting updates on the social-networking site after taking a man hostage in downtown Pittsburgh. The profile page of Klein Michael Thaxton went down hours after police said he went into a building while arm ...
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Facebook’s $9.5 Million ‘Beacon ...A divided federal appeals court is approving a $9.5 million settlement to a class action lawsuit challenging Facebook's program that monitored and published what users of the social networking site were buying or renting from Blockbuster, Overstock and other locations. A dissenting judge said th ...
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Judge Refuses to Order YouTube to Remove Anti- ...A California judge refused Thursday to order YouTube to remove controversial footage from "Innocence of Muslims," the inflammatory film that sparked a U.S. backlash in the Middle East.
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E-Mail Privacy Reform Vote Postponed Until Aft ...A Senate committee on Thursday delayed until after the November elections whether to approve sweeping digital privacy protections requiring the government, for the first time, to get a probable-cause warrant to obtain e-mail and other content stored in the cloud.
Equality Trust
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The Spirit Level Documentary FilmWe'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...
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Act Local = Reduce the GapFind out more about our new campaign: Act Local = Reduce the Gap
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We work in partnership with One SocietyVisit 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 ...
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Among Equals: read our newsletterRead the latest edition of our supporter newsletter
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Action for HappinessAction 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
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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 ...
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IOT: Healthcare for All Jan CallCall – 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 ...
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PDA Weekly Field Report 1/7/2011 – 1/18/2011Little 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 ...
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War is a Crime: Join In For JusticeWarIsACrime.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 ...
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An American Suicide TerroristWilliam 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
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CDC: Sunland Salmonella Bredeney Peanut Butte ...Marler Clark has been retained and we will file suit Wednesday against Sunland. A total of 30 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Bredeney have been reported from... Continue Reading
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Really? MDP Test Prompts Recall of “Bully Stic ...Kasel Associated Industries of Denver, CO is voluntarily recalling its BOOTS & BARKLEY 6 COUNT 5 INCH AMERICAN BEEF BULLY STICKS product because it may be contaminated with Salmonella. The... Continue Reading
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Washington, California, Arizona, Texas, Louisi ...Sunland, Inc. today announced a voluntary limited recall of its Almond Butter and Peanut Butter products, manufactured between May 1, 2012 and September 24, 2012, because these products may be... Continue Reading
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Listeria Lawsuit Filed in Tainted Forever Chee ...We filed a lawsuit today against Forever Cheese, the importer of Listeria-contaminated Marte brand Frescolina ricotta salata cheese that federal public health officials have determined is the source of a 15-person... Continue Reading
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Expanded E. coli Beef Recall by XL Foods Inc. ...Last Friday the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced additional information related to the Sept. 20 Public Health Alert for raw boneless beef trim products... Continue Reading
AutoblogGreen
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Report: Toyota kills plans for widespread iQ E ...Filed under: Hatchback, Toyota, Electric 2012 was supposed to be the year the all-electric version of the Toyota/Scion iQ made a splash. Instead, it appears that while it remains technically true that the iQ EV will launch this year, it will be a much, much smaller splash than previously anti ...
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Official: Renault donates all-electric Popemob ...Filed under: Minivan/Van, Etc., Europe, Renault, Electric Popes know how to travel in style, as the long list of iconic Popemobiles can attest to. In recent years, His Holiness Benedict XVI - aka the "Green Pope" - has been trying to clean up those bubbly vehicles with alternative powertrains ...
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Exclusive: In deep with Tesla CEO Elon Musk: F ...Filed under: Etc., Tesla Tesla Motors Elon Musk spends about half his working life - i.e., almost all of his waking hours - in his office at SpaceX in Los Angeles. The automotive CEO is, after all, also in charge of the rocket company, which means that he's thinking about a lot more than just ...
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Exclusive: Elon Musk: 'The credit for saving T ...Filed under: Earnings/Financials, Tesla, Electric Back in 2009, the plug-in vehicle world was surprised to learn that Daimler had invested $50 million in Tesla Motors. What we didn't know at the time was that the money came deus ex machina style just before the EV startup reaper was about to ...
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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 ...
Rafe's Radar
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Gesture control coming to Windows 8 computersPointGrab brings its TV remote-control system to the gesture-friendly Windows 8 user interface. Originally posted at ...
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First Thunderbird, now Sparrow? We need e-mail ...CNET's Rafe Needleman hopes Google's acquisition of Sparrow doesn't spell the end of competition among desktop e-mai ...
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Groupiter makes workflow as simple as DropboxTiny two-person startup brings conversations about shared files up to date. Originally posted at Bootstrap ...
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Highlight 1.2: Is it less creepy or are we jus ...New version of people discovery app adds social engineering tweaks. Originally posted at Bootstrap ...
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Zaarly Anywhere takes projects from blogs to r ...New service lets consumers see a project or product on a Web site and then find someone to make them a custom versio ...
Camera Obscura
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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!
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Tune in Wednesday: Protesters in Spain Attempt ...Tune in Wednesday when we will get a report from Madrid, Spain, where thousands of protesters today attempted to surround the country’s Parliament and 'Occupy Congress' to protest ongoing austerity measures. The manifesto for the #25s claims the people of Spain consider themselves ...
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Pt. 2: Eve Ensler on Her Battle with Cancer: " ...We continue our conversation with award-winning playwright — and uterine cancer survivor — Eve Ensler. After getting news she has been cancer-free for two years, Ensler describes how her struggle to survive the disease "got rid of everything that didn’t matter," and ...
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New "Harvest of Empire" Film Examines U.S. Int ...At a time of heated and divisive debate over immigration, Onyx Films presents "Harvest of Empire," a feature-length documentary that examines the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today. Based on the ...
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Alfred McCoy: "Torture and Impunity: The U.S. ...In this online exclusive, we continue our discussion with University of Wisconsin professor Alfred McCoy on U.S. torture policy, the Obama administration’s refusal to prosecute war crimes, and new revelations that waterboarding was used more often than the government ever acknowledged. ...
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Amy Goodman's Fireside Chat with Workers Set t ...Democracy Now! ’s Amy Goodman speaks with three workers at the Bain-owned Sensata Technologies factory in Freeport, Illinois, all of whom are camping in a tent city called "Bainport" across the street from the factory. Dot Turner has worked there for 43 years, Cheryl Randecker ...
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Barack Obama Speech Text: Read The President&# ...Huff Post Posted: 09/06/2012 10:26 pm President Barack Obama delivered his Democratic National Convention speech at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C. on Thursday night. Below, his prepared remarks as prepared for delivery. Michelle, I love you. The other night, I think the entire co ...
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Bill Clinton’s 2012 DNC Speech – FULL TE ...Being Liberal 9/5/12 Here is the text of President Bill Clinton’s speech to the Democratic National Convention as prepared for delivery and released by the convention’s press office: We’re here to nominate a President, and I’ve got one in mind. I want to nominate a man whose own life has known ...
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This Seat’s Taken…This seat’s taken. OFA.BO/c2gbfi, twitter.com/BarackObama/st… — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 31, 2012
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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 ...
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Paul Ryan Fails — The TruthThe 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 ...
Solari
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Bill Mollison Permaculture Lecture SeriesCreating and disseminating media to help regenerate the Earth. These videos are documents from two design courses taught by Bill Mollison at the Fossil Rim Wildlife Center in Glen Rose Texas in 1994 and 1995. They are a definitive selection from our original 16 part series. These tapes bear man ...
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Turn Your Phone into Your Digital WalletBy Kim Komando According to one research firm, mobile smartphone payments will grow by a factor of four and account for $1.3 trillion of all retail transactions by the year 2017. That’s a lot of electronic money flying around! And that’s exactly why Google and Apple are scrambling to ...
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Money & Markets – Week of 9.23.12California Takes On the Retirement Crisis New York Times | 22 September 2012 When you think of California as a trendsetter, retirement policy is probably not the first thing that comes to mind, but that may soon change.
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Why We Die[click on the image for a larger version] By Chuck Gibson Giving you all a break and taking a step away from “market” related posts for a couple weeks, there as a fascinating discussion from Scientific American on causes of mortality for both the US and Global populations. As SciAm notes, with ...
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Robotic Co-Worker Baxter Joins Factory LineFrom BBC Technology: A humanoid robot designed to work safely alongside people on factory production lines has been unveiled in the US. Priced at $22,000 (£13,500), Baxter will go on sale in October. Its makers, Rethink Robotics, say it can apply common sense, adapt to its environment and be tr ...
Insurgency Watch - Newswire
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Times ScareISLAMABAD–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 ...
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Stepping up - University at Buffalo The SpectrumStepping 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 »
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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 ...
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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 »
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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
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Corporate Legal Rights Grow As Courts Block Pr ...Consumer activists find a 2011 Supreme Court ruling has blocked dozens of class action suits, instead forcing consumers into arbitration.
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Woman in Jail for Shooting at Abusive Husband: ...There are major inconsistencies in applications of "Stand Your Ground" laws.
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Tracked, Detained at Gunpoint? 3 Americans Ass ...A career government intelligence official, a filmmaker and a hacker have all been targeted by the state, despite not having been charged with a crime.
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Supreme Court Asks Hard Questions at Oral Argu ...The justices signalled that this may not be the end of the fight over SB 1070.
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Facebook and Google Turned Into Government Spi ...A private company doing the government’s work does not face the same privacy restrictions.
Sideways News
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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%.
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Brit mums strict about eco-choresFamilies 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.
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UK venue offers rainforest weddingsGetting married in a luscious rainforest has never been easier or more eco-friendly, according to the Eden Project.
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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.
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10 green resolutions to save you moneyBy 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
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Chuck Spinney explains our broken OODA loopSummary: Today we have our of America’s sharpest observers, Chuck Spinney, explain what might be our core problem — our broken Observation-Orientation-Decision-Action loop. Until we can clearly see and act, even unlimited good will and patriotic spirit will accomplish nothing. Some ...
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Bulletins about the birth of the New America, ...Summary: Today we look at an important source of information about our nation — and what’s it’s becoming. And we look at our opposition, sources of disinformation to cloud our minds. The @FabiusMaximus01 Twitter feed documents the slow sad story of the evolution of the America ...
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Michael Yon suggests that we leave Afghanistan ...Summary: Today we have two articles by Michael Yon from his online magazine, reposted here with his generous permission. He says its time to leave Afghanistan. I agree. Once free from outside interference, their civil war that began in 1978 might eventually burn itself out. And we can turn to ...
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What’s happening in Greece? News from th ...Summary: The euro crisis began 30 months ago. The cheers for each new solution proved unwarranted. Likewise the fears of the skeptics, as the periphery nations have held together under horrific stress. So far. Here we look at public sentiment in Greece. See the For More Information section at t ...
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Question time on the FM website. Post your qu ...Summary: It’s time again for question time — “ask the mineshaft”. In the comments post your questions about geopolitics — and post your answers to other people’s questions. This is a community exercise, from the German “Gemeinschaft” (see Wikipedi ...
Open Your Eyes News
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Vatican kicks out Roma on EasterPress 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, ...
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Euro strikes 16-month high against dollarBreitbart – 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 ...
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British pound devalues by 94% in 50yrsPressTV – 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, [...]
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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 ...
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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
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Obama at CGI 2012: Human Trafficking Debases o ...Today at the Clinton Global Initiative, President Barack Obama spoke about the fight against human trafficking. Weighing his words – and signaling the importance of this issue – he began by saying that “human trafficking must be called by its true name — modern slavery.&# ...
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Romney at CGI 2012: It’s All About Free EnterpriseOn the third and final day of the Clinton Global Initiative, the presidential candidates took to the main stage of the Metropolitan Ballroom at the Sheraton Hotel in midtown Manhattan to sound off on foreign policy and aid. The two speeches – only a few hours apart – could not have b ...
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Rating Romney at the Clinton Global InitiativeMy friend Jon Cohn and others are all excited that Mitt Romney gave a speech at the Clinton Global Initiative this morning that reminds “how different and, I think, more appealing Romney can be when he’s not trying to be such an ideologue.” I’m going to suggest, gently, that they perceive this ...
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Execution and US Foreign PolicyPolitical Violence at a Glance – a blog I highly recommend to readers of this site – has an interesting question for its most recent Friday Puzzler: It used to be that the United States liked to take its enemies alive — at least most of the time, or at least so it seemed. After WWII ...
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Ask the Experts: Do Targeted Killings Work?The United States did not always carry out targeted killings (or assassinations) of perceived national security threats. To the contrary, the norm against targeted killings outside of battlefield settings was established by President Gerald Ford in 1976, when he issued Executive Order 11905: “No ...
TAPPED - The American Prospect
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Sports AuthorityIn June 2011, the National Collegiate Athletic Association charged the football program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with violating multiple rules. An investigation had revealed that players like former defensive tackle Marvin Austin and former wide receiver Greg Little ha ...
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The Party That Can't Shoot StraightBy all accounts, this was the Republicans’ election to win: an economy stuck at a level insufficient to generate sufficient jobs or income gains; a somewhat disillusioned Democratic base; and a stunted generation of young adults who supported Obama last time by a margin of 71-29, and are unlike ...
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In Florida, Romney Has Hit the Danger ZoneMitt Romney has a few paths to victory, some more likely than others. He could repeat George W. Bush’s performance in 2004 and carry the White House with wins in Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, and Ohio. He could cede Virginia to Obama and take Colorado and New Hampshire. He could give up Co ...
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Tue, Sep. 25 Electoral Vote Predictor Ryan Became Romney Instead of Romney Becoming Ryan Conservatives who cheered Mitt Romney's selection of Representative Paul Ryan, a Republican from Wisconsin, as his running mate in the hope this indicated a more aggressive, more conservative stance for Romney have been sorely disappointed. ...
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The Amalgamated Pole VaultersA common refrain among union critics is that Americans no longer need unions—that unions were well and good for the exploited sweatshop workers of a century ago, but today’s empowered Americans need no such crutch. With workers’ incomes falling, and with the United States leading all industr ...
Buzzflash
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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 ...
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Mitt Romney's Most Unexcellent AdventureWILL 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 ...
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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 ( ...
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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 ...
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The Massive Voter Fraud of the GOPMARK 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
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The DOJ's escalating criminalization of speechMuslims continue to be targeted for prosecution for expressing political views the government dislikes
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Facts and myths in the WikiLeaks/Guardian sagaA series of accidental events led to the publication of 251,000 diplomatic cables in unredacted form
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Top CIA official: Obama "changed virtually not ...A new Frontline from PBS features a "revelation" that is anything but, though it offers an important added detail
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Celebrating the fall of a dictatorReports about thankful citizens are being used to justify a pro-war argument -- but we've seen this before
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A tweet that explains everythingThe nation's watchdog news outlets deploy to cover a Wednesday vs. Thursday scheduling conflict
The BiPartisan Report
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The perfect app for vampiresThe Transylvania branch of the National Health Service has just launched a free app for iOS and Android devices that lets vampires target willing victims easier than ever before without all that late-night stalking and morphing into bats malarkey. The app lets victims donors search for a blood d ...
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The next SARS? Coronavirus case in UKThe UK alerted the World Health Organisation on Saturday to a case of acute respiratory syndrome with renal failure in a 49-year old man who had visited Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The man, a previously healthy, Qatari national, first showed symptoms on 3 September 2012 and was admitted to intensive ...
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Pearls of wisdomVarious people have been leaving a trail of pearls regarding my forthcoming book Deceived Wisdom. You can get a free sampler here or of you’re in the UK pre-order the print edition in plenty of time for Christmas. Ahaargh! Francis Wheen – Judging by the sampler, it’s my dream b ...
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Faecal mattersOne of the most trivial ethical debates raged on my Facebook page after I posted about whether one should hang a toilet roll “over” or “under”. Of course, for those with a vertical toilet roll holder, it’s a moot point. But, silliness aside, there is an important mo ...
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Toilet paper orientationWhoever said Wikipedia, or Sciencebase come to that, was trivial? This is meaning-of-life stuff: Toilet paper when used with a toilet roll holder with a horizontal axle parallel to the wall has two possible orientations: the toilet paper may hang over (in front of) or under (behind) the roll. Th ...
Common Dreams-Progressive Newswire
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ACLU Asks Supreme Court to Invalidate Patents ...The American Civil Liberties Union and the Public Patent Foundation today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate patents for two genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer that allow a Utah company to control access to crucial genetic tests that could lead to life-saving trea ...
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Gates Foundation-Led Green Revolution Promotes ...Donors controlling the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) are representing the interests of biotechnology corporations rather than African small farmers, warns Friends of the Earth International on the eve of the annual AGRA Forum in Tanzania.read more
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MapLight, the Political Money Tracker, Launche ...MapLight, a nonpartisan research organization that reveals money's influence on politics, announces the launch of its new mobile app, Politicash 2012.read more
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Lawsuit Seeks Full Implementation of Modern Cl ...The Center for Biological Diversity and Center for Environmental Health filed a lawsuit today against the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to fully implement new air-quality standards for lead, required under the Clean Air Act. The EPA revised 30-year-old air standards for lead in 200 ...
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U.S. Backs Terrorist Group, Making War with Ir ...Media reports appeared Friday afternoon — presumably to minimize media and public scrutiny — that the U.S. government would delist the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, or MEK, as a terrorist group. The formal delisting has apparently not occurred, but is expected this week.read more
Common Dreams-Views
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Fighting Keystone XL in the Heart of TexasScott Parkin Near the Dallas, TX suburb of Garland, where I grew up, is what I’ve always called “Deep East Texas.” The area holds a lot of memories for me to say the least. My parents owned a piece of property near Lone Oa ...
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Dumb and Hateful: The Consequences of US Islam ...Andrew Bacevich First came the hullaballoo over the “Mosque at Ground Zero.” Then there was Pastor Terry Jones of Gainesville, Florida, grabbing headlines as he promoted “International Burn-a-Koran Day.” ...
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'Muslim Rage': So Much Easier Than ThinkingYifat Susskind I know you’re not stupid, but the mainstream media seems to think you are.Gawker responds to Newsweek's proposition of "Muslim rage" with this photo of a "wrathful Jordanian girl." (Gawker)read more
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New Stanford/NYU Study Documents the Civilian ...Glenn Greenwald A vitally important and thoroughly documented new report on the impact of Obama's drone campaign has just been released by researchers at NYU School of Law and Stanford University Law School.read more
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The TPP: A Quiet Coup for the Investor ClassHilary Matfess It would be a relief to report with any certainty that the negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)—a massive proposed free-trade zone spanning the Pacific Ocean and all four hemispheres—are definitel ...
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Central Asia Really Could Go To War Over Lack ...Earlier this week, President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan indicated that efforts by Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to build hydroelectric power stations on rivers that flowed into Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan could “spark war.”
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The Salton Sea: Death and Politics in the Grea ...California's Salton Sea, created by accident in the early 1900s, is set to become the latest casualty in the water wars, and is threatening to take the American West down with it.
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Kenya: Kenya's Water Wars Kill Scores[IPS]Nairobi -Water scarcity is fuelling deadly inter-ethnic wars that continue to claim lives in Kenya, according to government officials. And if nothing is done to educate communities on how to conserve the valuable resource, the situation will escalate, governance experts and environmentalist ...
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Future Water Wars?Growing populations, climate change, and diminishing water resources are combining to make water the oil of the 21st century.
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Uzbekistan Leader Warns of Water Wars in Centr ...President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan has upped his rhetoric against neighboring Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, warning that their efforts to build hydroelectric power stations on rivers upstream could spark war. Speaking during an official visit to Astana on September 7, Karimov launched a broadsid ...
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Electronic Intifada
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Why Palestine is a key issue for UK trade unionsSarah Colborne United Kingdom 24 September 2012 Members of the Trades Union Congress in the UK unanimously voted to campaign towards ending Israel’s devastating siege on Gaza.
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Why did a young man in Gaza set himself on fir ...Rami Almeghari Gaza Strip 21 September 2012 A wave of self-immolation attempts in the West Bank and Gaza Strip is ringing alarm bells.
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"They shot my father in the head": interview w ...Moe Ali Nayel Sabra-Shatila camp 19 September 2012 A survivor of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon recounts the three days of horror in Beirut refugee camps.
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Freedom Theatre's Zakaria Zubeidi on "death fa ...Jen Marlowe 19 September 2012 Freedom Theatre co-founder Zakaria Zubeidi refuses to consume food and water or speak after a Palestinian Authority judge approved the extension of his detention without trial or charge.
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Leaked documents show PA outsourced Palestinia ...Charlotte Silver San Francisco 19 September 2012 The Palestinian Authority is confiscating privately-owned agricultural land in the West Bank to build industrial parks.
The Wonk Room
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Counties Use Loophole In Pennsylvania Voter ID ...Two Pennsylvania counties are implementing a creative new solution to arm as many residents as possible with voter IDs before the November election, issuing identification cards that can be used to vote through county-run nursing homes and colleges. The move takes advantage of a loophole in the ...
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From ‘Boardwalk Empire’ to ‘Dexter,’ Hollywood ...I was talking to a friend last week about director Nick Cassavetes’ defense of his new movie Yellow, which is about a brother and sister who have a love affair, at the Toronto Film Festival. “I’m not saying this is an absolute but in a way, if you’re not having kids – who gives a [...]
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Better Know An Anti-LGBT Senate Candidate: Sta ...Twelfth in a series examining how anti-LGBT Senate candidates have worked to hurt the cause of equality. Less than halfway through his first term as Ohio State Treasurer, Josh Mandel (R) is his party’s nominee against incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown (D). Unlike Brown, a strong supporter of LG ...
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97 Percent Of Experts At Universities Romney A ...by Jessica Goad A report released today by the Better Future Project further highlights the wide gulf between academia and politics when it comes to climate science. While 97 percent of climate scientists actively publishing in the field say that climate change is human caused, the issue has bec ...
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Nuns On A Bus: Romney’s 47 Percent Comments Sh ...The leader of the Nuns On A Bus tour that has criss-crossed the nation highlighting the effect the House Republican budget would have on low-income Americans said Monday that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s recent comments about the “47 percent” “show that ...
thwap's schoolyard
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Margaret Wente & Elite Immunity From ConsequencesMargaret Wente is a lazy, stupid person. As such, she has a great deal of animosity towards people who aren't lazy and stupid and so she writes column after column of lazy, stupid bullshit, mocking her betters and sucking-up to her enablers. (She is enabled by people for whom a debased pol ...
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Hedges vs. D'Souza ... Chris Hedges gets to confront the nauseating Dinesh D'Souza in a surprisingly extended moderated debate. Perhaps D'Souza is so disconnected by reality (and cosseted by wingut welfare) that he's incapable of perceiving when he's being utterly humiliated.
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Video MagicThis guy looks like he's been through a lot ... ... what??? I'm busy again!
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Kim RiveraSo, the harpercon cartel has decided to deport US war resister Kim Rivera. The harpercon government (and their brain-dead fans) believe that because you voluntarily join the US military you are bound, legally and morally, to participate in illegal wars and all the other war crimes that follow fr ...
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harper the Pants-Pissing CowardThere are a lot of "conservative" scum-bags who are given to braggadacio about harper's political longevity and how their hero has successfully crushed his opponents time and time again. Which is stupid nonsense of course. harper LOST the last election and he'd be on the road to prison if a coal ...
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Digital Journal
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Cullen, DiGiovanni highlight first night of To ...A cross-section of Canuck comic talent – including local legend Seán Cullen – took the spotlight at the Rivoli last night, in a special edition of the long-running ALTdot COMedy Lounge that was affiliated with the ongoing JFL42 festival.
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Impulse shopping costing Canadians thousands o ...We have all been there. We walk by a store, notice something that catches our fancy and we purchase it in the name of making ourselves feel better. Also known as impulse shopping, a report reveals that this practice is costing us dearly.
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Romney invests in Chinese company tied to IranChina National Offshore Oil Corporation continues its quest to purchase oil companies with ties to the United States, announcing on Monday a bid to takeover Canadian oil company Nexan.
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Canadian researchers suggest losing weight aid ...An editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) says a component of weight loss, in particular for obesity, is sleep. It's not as easy as, well, sleeping, but researchers say proper sleep promotes weight loss.
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Father stops attempted abduction in TorontoA little girl's bike ride turned dangerous Saturday at Millwood Park in Toronto when a man tried to take her. Her father and citizens were able to intervene capturing the man and holding him for police.
End Homelessness | Change.org
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
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Watch CTV’s W5 Documentary on the F-35 TodayOur campaign to stop Harper's stealth fighter jets is kicking into high gear.
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Rideau Institute Responds to Dubious “Bu ...Let’s leave the military-industrial complex to the Americans.
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The Canadian Press and the Stealth LobbyistCanadians are receiving mixed messages from the government on the F-35s and the media's misleading reporting is not helping to clear things up.
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Sixth Annual Ottawa Peace Festival to honour v ...Canadian Peace Initiative (CPI) together with Ottawa's peace and justice groups will be holding its annual Peace Festival from September 21st to October 2.
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$188M for Arctic research stationPM Harper announces money for Arctic research -- as long as it supports Canadian industry.
Kevin Trudeau Show
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The Correct, Easy Way To Make Green Smoothies ...April 3, 2012 Natural News By Paul Fassa “Adding green super food smoothies to your diet is a great thing to do for your health. There are many amazing benefits of adding more green vegetables in your diet and making smoothies is an easy way to get them in your tummy.” –KTRN Du ...
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Pfizer Execs To Stand Trial For Cover-Up Of Dr ...April 3, 2012 Natural News By Ethan A. Huff “Here is more proof that drug companies are evil to the core.” –KTRN Four former executives at Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drug company. — Henry McKinnell, John LaMattina, Karen Katen, Joseph Feczko — as well a ...
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Three Benefits Of Dark Chocolate That Will Hel ...April 3, 2012 Natural News By Celeste M. Smucker, MPH, PhD “More evidence that chocolate is quite healthy. But don’t confuse real chocolate over the garbage called Hershey’s.” –KTRN The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that 68 percent of adults over the age ...
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McDonald’s Stock Slides As More Consumers Turn ...April 3, 2012 The Onion By The Onion “Even though this is satire, The Onion nailed it – McDonald’s does not serve real food.” –KTRN The McDonald’s Corporation announced Tuesday that it will close 175 restaurants and cut nearly 600 corporate jobs, responding to ...
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Ron Paul Is Trying To Save GOP From ThemselvesApril 3, 2012 RT By RT “Ron Paul may be the only one who can save the GOP. The party is in complete turmoil these days.” –KTRN Presidential hopeful Ron Paul might not represent what his Republican rivals are touting this election year, but the Texas congressman says that he won ...
Armies of Liberation
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High risk US embassy in Yemen gets Marine rein ...High risk US embassy in Yemen gets Marine reinforcements as protests continue by Jane Novak An elite Marine rapid response team arrived in Yemen’s capital to protect the US embassy there which remains vulnerable and in disrepair following a mob attack this week. Protests against a video clip dee ...
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State Department ends Yemen arms embargoWithout 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 ...
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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 ...
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Yemen’s al Qaeda threatens to execute 73 hostagesAl 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 ...
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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 ...
Dark Politricks
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Ask Alex Jones #9Dark 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
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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. ...
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American ValuesDark 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 ...
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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, ...
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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
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Iranian Diplomat Says Iran Offered Deal to Hal ...by Gareth Porter Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted at ISP Sept. 24, 2012 WASHINGTON, Sep 24 2012 (IPS) – Iran has again offered to halt its enrichment of uranium to 20 percent, which the United States has identified as its highest priority in the nuclear talks, in return for easi ...
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Intervie ...Dandelion Salad Transcript: CNN Sep 24, 2012 by MOXNEWSd0tC0M President Ahmadinejad Interview With Piers Morgan pt.1 * * * * see Benghazi Attack and The NATO Cover-up by Finian Cunningham and Mark Robertson The Separate Security Interests of the United States and Israel by William John Cox 9/11: ...
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How Do You Take Your Poison? by Chris Hedgesby Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Truthdig September 24, 2012 We will all swallow our cup of corporate poison. We can take it from nurse Romney, who will tell us not to whine and play the victim, or we can take it from nurse Obama, who will assure us that this hurts him even [...]
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Benghazi Attack and The NATO Cover-up by Finia ...by Finian Cunningham and Mark Robertson Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Ethiopia Crossposted from www.presstv.com September 21, 2012 The NATO powers and the bureaucrats they installed in Libya want you to think that all 5.6 million Libyans are happy that NATO and its proxy terrorists destroyed L ...
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Michael Hudson: Modern Money and Public Purpos ...by Michael Hudson Featured Writer Dandelion Salad http://michael-hudson.com September 23, 2012 Here is the recording of the presentation I gave at the Modern Money and Public Purpose seminar recently. My delivery begins at the 43 minute mark. I highly recommend Randy’s presentation beforehand. S ...
Your New Reality
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No titleOnly 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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No titleJulian Assange, 2012: They've ranked him amongst war criminals....for exposing war criminals.
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No titleThis 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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No titleTupac 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 ...
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No titleHypnotic, grin-making. A house filled with interactive reproductions of classic art, coming soon: Starry Night (interactive animation) from Petros Vrellis on Vimeo.
Wired - Science
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Fly Over the Moon With New High-Res 3D ImagesSoar over canyons, mountains, and craters on the moon in amazing high-resolution 3D with these new images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).
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Space Shuttle Endeavour’s Final Flight a ...The Space Shuttle Endeavour’s final flight last week was likely one of the most photographed plane flights in history. Riding piggyback on a specially adapted Boeing 747, Endeavour’s farewell tour took it from Kennedy Space Center in Florida to Los Angeles International Airport, crui ...
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Castration Led to Longer Life in Historical St ...Again and again in the animal world, males have shorter lifespans than females, an effect scientists attribute in part to the deleterious effects of testosterone. Now researchers who looked at historical records of Korean eunuchs castrated during boyhood found that the eunuchs lived considerably ...
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Wired Science Space Photo of the Day: Colorful ...If you're like us, you could look at photos of galaxies, planets, moons and nebulas all day. But you don't have all day, so let Wired Science bring you the most intriguing, beautiful or mysterious view of space we can find. We promise they will be mind-blowing and tempt you to replace your deskt ...
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Khoe-San People Represent Earliest Branch Off ...The Khoe-San people of southern Africa have been recognised as one of the earliest formed distinct human genetic groups for several years now, but new research appears to peg them as the earliest split from the main human family tree so far discovered.
Israeli Occupation Archive
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Akiva Eldar: Israel’s five ‘nos’Until now, there were only four: no to withdrawal from the territories that we occupied in 1967; no to dividing Jerusalem; no to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; and no to the Arab Peace... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, n ...
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Israel rejects US-backed Arab plan for confere ...Israel expressed its strong opposition on Wednesday to an Arab initiative, supported by the Obama administration, to hold a conference that would debate the possibility of a nuclear-free Middle East. The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lan ...
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Russell Tribunal on Palestine – New York sessi ...The Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RToP) will be holding its fourth international session in New York City on Saturday, October 6 and Sunday, October 7. The RToP is an International People’s Tribunal... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian ...
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Wally Shawn: On the necessity of the Russell T ...Actor Wally Shawn explains why the Russell Tribunal on Palestine is, at this moment in time, crucial, and why you should join. The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more...
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APJP: End all demolitions in Al Bustan, Silwan ...Architects and Planners for Justice in Palestine call upon the mayor of Jerusalem to put an end to all house demolitions in Al Bustan, Silwan, and the rest of East Jerusalem. The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth deca ...
Ria Novosti - Military
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Russia to Launch Defense Research Agency by Ye ...Russia’s advanced military research agency may become operational as early as the end of 2012, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said.
- Iran's nuclear program
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Second Sukhoi Su-30SM Fighter Jet Joins Flight ...A second Sukhoi Su-30SM advanced multirole fighter successfully carried out its maiden test flight on Monday, the manufacturer said.
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Russia to Base MiG-31 Interceptors in ArcticThe Russian Defense Ministry is to base MiG-31 long-range interceptors at the Rogachyovo Arctic base on the island of Novaya Zemlya by the end of the year to defend against attack from the north, Izvestia reported on Tuesday quoting military sources.
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U.S. Marines to Be Court-martialed over Taliba ...Two staff sergeants will have to face trial by courts martial over an incident that saw U.S. Marines desecrating the bodies of dead Taliban fighters, the CNN quoted the Marine Corps as announcing on Monday.
NewsWise
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Inspire or Rot: School Lunch Guidelines Will F ...David R. Just and Brian Wansink, co-directors of the Cornell University Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition and professors of marketing, discuss the difficulties that some schools are having in implementing new federal school-lunch nutrition guidelines. NOTE: More information a ...
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Biologists Uncover Dynamic Between Biological ...Biologists at New York University have uncovered one way that biological clocks control neuronal activity--a discovery that sheds new light on sleep-wake cycles and offers potential new directions for research into therapies to address sleep disorders and jetlag.
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Pre-Op Steroids to Prevent Nausea Do Not Signi ...Corticosteroids are often given to children undergoing tonsillectomy to reduce postoperative nausea and vomiting; however, previous research has suggested that corticosteroids may increase the risk of hemorrhage during and after surgery. Researchers from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, Na ...
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2012 Hospital for Joint Diseases and Center fo ...NYU Langone Medical Center's Hospital for Joint Diseases (HJD) and Center for Musculoskeletal Care (CMC) Gala raised $1.4 million at its annual fundraiser held last evening. The event took place at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan and honored H. Michael Belmont, MD, associate ...
Natural Health News
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The Evolution of Bird Flu and the Race to Keep UpBird Flu, or H5N1, doesn't spread easily among humans, but its capability of mutating has scientists worrying whether it could mutate enough to cause a human pandemic. The controversy is especially heated since it was announced that a group of researchers had figured out how to manipulate the vi ...
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2009 Swine Flu Outbreak Was 15 Times Deadlier: ...A new study based on computer statistical models shows that the swine flu of 2009 killed 284,500 people, or 15 times more than health officials originally estimated.
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NY Law Gives Women More Information about Mamm ...A New York state law that has yet to be signed by the governor would mandate that women be given information on their breast density.
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Common Diabetes Drugs Associated with Increase ...A new analysis introduced to the most recent meeting of the Endocrine Society shows that three widely used drugs for diabetes are associated with an increased risk of death.
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Study Says More Vitamin D = Less LbsIf you're a woman over age 65 and you're deficient in vitamin D, research shows that you're probably more likely not only to weigh more, but to gain more weight.
Climategate
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Dean of science…suggesting rising seas t…Dean of science…suggesting rising seas this next century of up to 100 metres, or Al Gore six metres. When I see things like that I know these are false. You mentioned the IPCC report; that suggests, at worst on best scenarios, 59 centimetres. http://www.google.com
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ABC science presenter Robyn Williams seeks mor ...ABC science presenter Robyn Williams who in 2007 believed seas could rise 100 meters, seeks more truth from scientists after Climategate.
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How to avoid your own Climategate scandalWhat are the lessons of Climategate? More honesty and transparency in science? Not according to attorney Alan Nelson in the Guardian UK today. To him, the lesson is how not to get caught next time. So how do universities and academics ensure that their correspondence does not become the “ ...
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What is the “likelihood” that the 2007 IPCC Re ...A very interesting analysis of the IPPC Assessment and has some important questions that invite others to help him answer. Please read his article and let him know what conclusions you draw.
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Schools call for a “balanced teaching of globa ...USA Today reports that US schools are finally calling for both sides of global warming to be taught, because it is after all, a theory -- not a fact:
Opinio Juris
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Text of President Obama’s UN Speechby Kenneth Anderson by Kenneth Anderson The “prepared for delivery” text of President Obama’s remarks at the UN today is available at the National Journal (released to press last night, it doesn’t seem to have been posted yet to WhiteHouse.gov). Full text below the fol ...
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Palestine and the ICC: Some Notes on Why It Is ...by Chantal Meloni by Chantal Meloni [Dr. Chantal Meloni works at the University of Milan and is a von Humboldt scholar in Berlin. She is the co-editor of Is there a Court for Gaza?, T.M.C. Asser 2012)] The question that many scholars are dealing with in the past months, following the 3 April 2 ...
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Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, September 25, 2012by Jessica Dorsey by Jessica Dorsey As Ken already pointed out in his post, the UN General Assembly meeting officially opens today in New York. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi have met in New York to improve US-Egypt relations and to discuss emb ...
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Why Do Progressives Ignore MEK Attacks on Iran ...by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller Two posts today by ostensibly progressive bloggers claim that MEK has not been involved in a terrorist attack in years. Joshua Keating at FP: The idea that a group blamed for the killing of six Americans in the 1970s, as well as dozens of deadly terrori ...
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Leading Issues at UN General Assembly Opening ...by Kenneth Anderson by Kenneth Anderson With UN meetings underway, here are a couple of links discussing leading issues on the table. Everyone agrees that Syria leads the list, but pretty much everyone also agrees that it leads the list of things unlikely to be resolved or pushed materially t ...
Public News Service
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Watchdog Group: Proposed AZ Health Insurance R ...Watchdog Group: Proposed AZ Health Insurance Rule Needs More Teeth PHOENIX - In line with the Affordable Care Act, the Arizona Department of Insurance is proposing a state rate-review process for health insurance. But the watchdog group Arizona PIRG calls the proposal vague, saying it lacks spec ...
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Parties Debate How to Slow Medicare CostsParties Debate How to Slow Medicare Costs PHOENIX - Both sides in this year's national election agree the country is going to have to cut spending growth in Medicare. But Democrats want to reduce payments to health-care providers, while Republicans want to change Medicare to a voucher program. R ...
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Westerners Back Impact Fees for Renewable Ener ...Westerners Back Impact Fees for Renewable Energy on Public Lands PHOENIX – In western states, including Arizona, party lines practically disappear in a new poll about balancing renewable energy development with protection for public lands. Nearly three out of four voters in 11 states said ...
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Food Fight? Expert Weighs In on Benefits of Or ...Food Fight? Expert Weighs In on Benefits of Organic PHOENIX - Much media attention has been given to the recent release of a Stanford University study that found little evidence of additional health benefits from organic foods. But other experts, including Joe Pedretti, an organic-education spec ...
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New Poll Shows Strong Support for Food Stamps, ...New Poll Shows Strong Support for Food Stamps, Opposition to Cuts PHOENIX, Ariz. - Three-quarters of Americans say cutting billions from the food stamp program is the wrong way to reduce federal spending. That's the result of a new survey from the Washington, D.C.-based Food Research and Action ...
Center for Food Safety
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Center for Food Safety Calls Dow, SOCC Backroo ...Today, Center for Food Safety issued a response to a joint statement by The Save Our Crop Coalition (SOCC) and Dow Chemical announcing SOCC has dropped its opposition to 2,4-D resistant “Agent Orange” crops. This backroom agreement was made prior to any approval of 2,4-D resistant crops by the U ...
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Stanford Research on Organics Hits the Stats, ...By Lisa J. Bunin, Ph.D, Organic Policy Coordinator, Center for Food Safety “Are Organic Foods Safer or Healthier than Conventional Alternatives?” Stanford University researchers attempted to answer this question in their recently released analysis of published literature on the health, nutrition ...
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Environmental, Public Interest Groups Ready fo ...Longstanding violation of Endangered Species Act provisions highlights Sixty-Day Notice filing Today, the Center for Food Safety, Beyond Pesticides and the Sierra Club, along with affected citizens from around the country, filed a Sixty-Day Notice letter with the Environmental Protection Agency ...
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Oregon Court of Appeals Grants Stay, Canola Pl ...Groups and producers pleased with court ruling, damage to local growers temporarily averted The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) failed to provide adequate justification for a temporary rule issued earlier this month that would have allowed the un ...
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Center for Food Safety Lawsuit Targets FDA, OM ...Food Safety and Modernization Act rules unlawfully delayed as risks increase, public health threatened The Center for Food Safety (“The Center”) today filed suit in federal court against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for their failure to im ...
Angry Indian Op-Eds
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The Best Sources for Real Estate ListingsPosting your home into some credible Real Estate Listings are the best way you can do if you want to sell your property right away. It is not expensive either to do real estate listing. Most of home sellers nowadays have got their property listed for a very minimal amount, and most of these sell ...
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House HoppingHouse Hopping Adolescent years are a challenge. For everyone involved. Young individuals searching, yearning for their independence though not yet prepared to manage the cost/benefit scales of life. Crazed parents hurt by their child's sudden rebuttals and scared by both their loss of control ...
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Buying PropertyBuying Property In buying property, you need to know on the things on what you want to do in on your property. It also means that anything you want to wish to have in your property. It can be like a beautiful view in which you can view the sea or the city or an urbanized area. Well, people do ...
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IRA Real Estate Investments: Real Estate InvestingIRA Real Estate Investments: Real Estate Investing Aӏmоѕt еνегуtһіng іn tһе world today wіӏӏ nеνег ӏаѕt аnԁ tһаt іѕ а fact. Obviously, tһіngѕ ѕһоυӏԁ change nо matter wһаt еνеn wіtһ tһе assets уоυ аге tгуіng tо invest іn уоυг IRA. If уоυ аге іn tһе field оf investing, уоυ wіӏӏ аn idea tһаt IR ...
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Real Estate Investing MythsReal Estate Investing Myths Myth #1 - Real estate investing requires money to invest. Yes, money is required for you to invest in real estate. It just does not have to be your own. Some of the options that are available are co-ownership, financing from moneylenders and the seller financing t ...
Pensieve
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Apple’s Superiors Jumped the Gun?Maybe Apple should have waited to announce iOS6 at the same time with the iPhone 5 launch, or announced the iPhone 5 sooner. Opinions about the new iPhone vary from “evolutionary” to “boring”. iOS6 on the other hand, is definitely more atractive. If Apple had chosen to co ...
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O Ridiculous FortuneO fortuna! Velut luna, statu variabilis! Semper crecis et decrecis, vita detestabilis! (Carmina Burana) O fortune! Like the moon you are ever-changing: Always increasing and decreasing, making life detestable!(Rough translation) Whenever I’m feeling depressed, laughter is often the way out ...
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Where’s the switch?I’ve been somber for two days in a row, which isn’t very common in me anymore. It feels as if someone turned off the light. I suspect that in the chemicals of my brain, this is not too far from the truth. Lately I haven’t had to make an effort to feel well. I could [...] Relate ...
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Older and WiserI had feared my coworkers would forget my birthday this morning, since even one of my closest friends saw me this morning and apparently forgot. But they didn’t! This reminds me of past birthdays in Mexico, and shows me that the people at Kansas City Southern, Mexico are classier than any ...
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Disney-Pixar PollutionFor a movie titled “Brave” Pixar are behaving like cowards. I knew it the moment Princess Merida rode her horse out of her castle. A character song. A musical cue. Suddenly I wasn’t watching a Pixar movie, I was watching Mulan or Pocahontas. The very thought of another Disney princess is bad eno ...
Green Times
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Kangaroo cullLast week, members of animal welfare groups protested against kangaroo cull! ''A recent survey of 600 Canberrans by Territory and Municipal Services found 79 per cent were supportive of kangaroo culling under some circumstances and 70 per cent were supportive of culling for conservation of smal ...
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Environmental News 01/06/2012Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss Storms hit ahead of sunny long weekend The last day of autumn may have stolen winter’s thunder with a wet storm hitting the city yesterday afternoon. Dark skies covered the metropolitan area and much of the South West from mid-afternoon, with rain an ...
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Green Capital AustraliaToday is Green Capital Day in Australia. Do you know something about that? Well, Green capital was established in 2002 by The Total Environment Center (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t rct=j q=the%20total%20environment%20center source=web cd=1 ved=0CF4QFjAA url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tec.org.au%2F ei=G ...
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Environmental News 31/05/2012Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss Premier's park hunting backdown the price of power sale National parks in NSW will be opened up to recreational hunters as part of a deal between the Shooters and Fishers Party and the government to ensure passage of its electricity privatisation bill ...
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Giraffe: A delicate animal that requires speci ...Last week, The Age website (http://www.theage.com.au/environment/conservation/giraffes-die-of-shock-after-zoo-rampage-20120515-1ynlq.html) published an article about 2 Giraffes' death from stress after a zoo rampage in Poland. Here you have an extract from this moving article: « Giraffes are ex ...
The Briefing Room | Investigate
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US, NZ intelligence agencies spied on Megauplo ...HASH(0x547f6c0)
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Berlusconi’s fingerprints on Kate Middleton’s ...HASH(0x61389c8)
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New Zealand couple thrown in Bali jail, wife p ...HASH(0x1da7310)
Israel-The Only Democracy in the Middle East?
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Hiroshima Survivors to Visit IsraelThe Hibakusha Peace Boat Project The Hibakusha Peace Boat Project is a unique, civil society initiative that enables Hibakusha (survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki) to participate in around-the-world voyages to give personal testimonies about the effects of the atomic bomb ...
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Military and Settler Vandalism Escalates as Co ...We continue to follow, report and support the struggle of the Palestinian residents of the West Bank’s southernmost region, to continue living on their ancestral lands which they legally own. One would think that in an enlightened society such a simple request would be guaranteed beyond do ...
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A New Bio-Gas System in Palestinian Susyain May 2010, the Bio-Gas project was launched to install systems for producing gas from sheep and goat dung for the domestic energy needs of the Palestinian hamlet of Susya (Susiya). This project was the initiative of Yair Teller, together with The Villages Group and Arava Institute. The first s ...
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SusyaJune 22, 2012: Susya I doubt if Palestinian Susya has ever seen so many people. Some 500, maybe more, have arrived from Jerusalem (including a large Palestinian delegation from East Jerusalem), Tel Aviv, Beer Sheva, and various sites in the occupied territories: Beit Umar, Mufagara, and the ...
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My Home is Everything: the People of Susiya Sp ...Dear Friends and supporters, The latest news from Qamar, the lawyer from Rabbis for Human Rights representing Palestinian Susiya: the occupation’s “Civil Administration” agreed to extend the period for the submission of the juridical objections to the demolition orders issued f ...
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