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South Africa strikes spill into transport sector
The
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 ...
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Life is change and change is life
And
here is proof: The Courant's parent company, Tribune, is backing away
from maintaining this particular blog format -- Movable Type -- in favor
of another blog platform, one that is unworkable here.
Namely, the new format allows blog comments to go online unapproved, and
-- I say th ...
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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 cancer
There'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 Kippur
Yom Kippur starts at sundown on Friday and here's one man's take on it.
Flickr photo
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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 ...
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10 Of The Year's Most Stunning Space Photos
The
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 Crashes
New
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 ...
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Yorkshire at risk from renewed flooding
Heavy
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 way
A
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 update
Global
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 record
The
Met Office have said that summer 2012 will be the second wettest
(summer is June, July and August combined for statistical purposes) on
record across England and the UK as a whole, using rainfall data back to
1910.
So far 367mm of rain has fallen, compared with 384mm which was recorded
in ...
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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-Corn
It'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 Geese
The
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 ...
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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 Death
Are 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 ...
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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 occupation
A
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 ...
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Heartless Hart at it Again
Melbourne
Archbishop Denis Hart just cannot stop insulting victims every time he
opens his mouth. He wrote another letter this week, in conjunction with
his fellow Victorian bishops and leaders of religious orders, which
reached its intended audience, the news media, yesterday. He even
started o ...
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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 Pirona
John
Pirona was farewelled yesterday in a moving, uplifting and beautiful
ceremony. A huge number of family, friends, colleagues and well wishers
spilled out of the building, filling the surrounds with a sea of people
who fervently wished they could somehow undo the events which led to
this day. ...
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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 [...]
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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 Change
Originally
published in CounterPunch – Weekend Edition August 3-5, 2012 The Age of
Unsustainable Problems The Politics of Climate Change by Dr. BRIAN
MILLER and GEORGE WUERTHNER Politics cloud the issue of climate change.
We have a global economy driven by fossil fuels. Whoever controls ...
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Chemtrail Spraying Secrets Confirmed
It 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 America
Dr. 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
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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 Grasshopper
The
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 Dollar
During
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 Knife
Tell
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 ...
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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 أوسلو
بعد
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 ...
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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 ...
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10 Best British Open Performances
Rory
McIlroy's Tiger-esque performance at Congressional has many golf fans
wondering what the 22-year-old has in store for Royal St. George's, one
of the most difficult courses in the Open Championship rotation. Past
winners Walter Hagen, Sandy Lyle and..
Submitted by Anna Smith to World ...
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Tiny snails survive digestion by birds
Snails
are able to survive intact after being eaten by birds, according to
scientists.Japanese white-eyes on the island of Hahajima, Japan feast on
tiny land snails.
Submitted by Anna Smith to Animals | Note-it! | Add a Comment
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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 nation
South
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 high
Global
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 ...
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Once Upon a Time
The
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 life
Humanity
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 Chinese
Mark
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 Crisis
Andrew
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 RESOLUTION
Rebecca
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 ...
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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 conferences
Once
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 lessons
It
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 [...]
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Now, hairbrush that reads your mind
WASHINGTON
- 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 too
LONDON
- 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 moments
LONDON - 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 ...
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Interview with Jan Irvin - Part 1
Jan
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 1
Today
we bring you a show which covers a wide range of stories from around
the world, including news on all the latest annoying Nanny State
measures which our listeners have come to expect from TNRA.
Some topics covered include the introduction of high tech surveillance
drones in Queensland, f ...
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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 ...
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Vanishing Arctic Ice
Previous
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 Number
Another
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 Security
Oceana’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 Northeast
Bycatch
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
...
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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
...
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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 Cheap
TEAM
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 ...
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Kick Me: European Union Backs Iran's Hezbollah
The
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" Wars
If
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
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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 Data
Will be posted around 8:15 AM Texas time, or so. More coffee?
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HFID, II & BurmaShave
If
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 Release
In
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 →
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NIGERIAN PARTIES vs PARTIES IN ENGLAND
Once
you have been to ‘one’ Nigerian party in your life it is safe to say
that you will always know the menu. It is an unwritten rule that you can
be as exotic as you like, but if your party lacks certain fundamental
items, it really isn’t a party. There ‘must’ be J ...
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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 ...
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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 out
Most
of Harvard's Science and Cooking Lectures are first come, first served,
so to speak. But, you needed a ticket for Tuesday's return of superstar
Spanish chef and modernist Ferran Adrià of elBulli, who talked about
"The New Culinary Think Tank - el bulli 2.0." And they were scooped up a
few d ...
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Energy Efficiency: Good Business Practice
Greg 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, ...
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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 Trials
That’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 Bystander
The
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 Wheelchair
From
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 elephant
Matt
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 emissions
MEDIA
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 ...
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Cute animal picture of the day: tiger triplets
Last
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 Downstream
After
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 pangolin
Scaly,
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 ...
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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 campaign
Members
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 ...
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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 Speech
I
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 ...
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Such a soft touch, that Romney
When
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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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
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Our next Republican President
Jason
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 ...
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Water for Phosphate, Not People
Gafsa
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 Sandstorms
The
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 ...
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Speech-Language
Development is a Queens based private practice dedicated to improving
speech and language in children, teens and young adults, ages three
through 21 who have communication disorders. We are approved Providers
by the Department of Education and are also Network Providers with Magn
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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 Poelle
Lisa
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 Cheers
On
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 ...
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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 Medicare
A
highly risible tactic of the Tea Partyers in the United States has been
criticism of president Barack Obama as a “socialist”1 (insulting to
Obama but more so to socialists), particularly since he attempted to
reform a medical care system in a country where over 50 million were
without medical ...
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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 Degree
Catch
22s Well it seems now that college graduates are up in arms about the
student loan payments that they will have to make after graduation, and
while Congress and the President have taken the necessary measures to
keep student loan rates from increasing, college graduates still must
confront ...
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After The Fireworks Have Faded
On
July 4, the people of the U.S. marked the passing of another year’s
perfunctory Independence Day festivities. The date, also, was occasioned
by the formal announcement from physicists at CERN (European
Organization for Nuclear Research) that, according to the banner
headline at CERNR ...
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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 ...
- September 26-28, 2012 -- Extended daily forum
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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 China
Island fever in Beijing
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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 Bahrain
A
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 Protests
Over
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 ...
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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 Iran
Summary:
Washington wants a puppet government replacing an independent one.
source: OpedNewsread more
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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 involvement
I
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-seek
Health-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...
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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 2008
When
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 Ghost
During
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 ...
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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 Power
Leo
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, 2012
U.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 Raise
Vishwas
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
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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
...
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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 ...
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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 Anymore
After
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 Newswrap
By
@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 ...
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Why Conservatives Want Romney To Lose
Why
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 thread
Salon‘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 Benghazi
Pains
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 Civilizations
Modern
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 [...]
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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 charged
So,
I stand accused of censorship by someone whose comment I declined to
approve on this post. I figure anyone willing to throw around
accusations of censorship is probably a big fan of radical transparency;
hence, by way of amelioration, here is the digital papertrail for the
full exchange. (Em ...
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The Future Always Wins
Soooooo,
yeah – I’ve been busy. Did you miss me? New job, Masters degree…
doesn’t leave a lot of spare time, so it doesn’t. But it’s been quiet
here too long, so it’s time to dust down the soapbox and run a
mic-check. One-two, one-two. The Future Always ...
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New Economies
Last
month I pondered the extent to which the Arab Spring and Occupy
Everything are socially-driven acts of creative destruction. Creative
destruction is defined as a “process of industrial mutation that
incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within,
incessantly destroying ...
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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 Thoughts
November
23, 2011 – As we approach Thanksgiving, the day that reminds us to be
thankful for those around us, we present Ghandi’s belief in the unity of
all living things. Keep this in mind as you care for your loved ones
this weekend and for those who are less fortunate. Happy Thanks ...
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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 Attacks
Panic
attacks are usually initiated by a triggering thought or collection of
thoughts that are anxiety-provoking in nature. These thoughts then cause
an overly exaggerated anxiety response in the body (choking sensations,
dizziness, tightness, tingling, etc). These physical sensations are
then o ...
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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 ...
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M 5.0, off the east coast of Honshu, Japan
Tuesday, 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, Afghanistan
Tuesday, 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 Islands
Tuesday, 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, Tonga
Tuesday, 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 Africa
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 01:43:14 UTC
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 03:43:14 AM at epicenterDepth: 15.70 km (9.76 mi)
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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 ...
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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 Call
Call – Healthcare for All IOT
Date – Jan 18, 2011
Agenda:
1. Introductions—Dr. Bill Honigman, PDA Healthcare for All IOT coordinator and California State Coordinator
2. National Single Payer Movement—Katie Robbins, Healthcare-NOW!
3. States Single Payer Movement–Chuck Pennacchi ...
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PDA Weekly Field Report 1/7/2011 – 1/18/2011
Little Victories!
Field Site:
onenationpda.org
California ADEM elections:
Congratulations to all our PDA California friends and allies who
completed a sweep up and down at the state at the recent CA Democratic
Party Delegate elections. This will put the ...
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War is a Crime: Join In For Justice
WarIsACrime.org
JOIN IN FOR JUSTICE!
1/17/11 Washington, D.C., and Quantico, Va. Protest of FBI Raids and Bradley Manning Imprisonment
http://www.defendingdissent.org/action/Events.htm
1/18/11 Washington, D.C. Panel with Rep. Rush Holt, Emily Berman from the Brennan Center for Justice, Shah ...
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An American Suicide Terrorist
William
John Cox
The shooter of Congresswoman Gifford acted as a domestic suicide
terrorist on the political “battleground” of American politics. His
YouTube postings and “goodby” phone messages are ominously reminiscent
of the traditional farewell videos ...
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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 ...
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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 Truth
The
Washington Post By Jonathan Bernstein Posted at 11:56 PM ET, 08/29/2012
It was, by any reasonable standards, a staggering, staggering lie.
Here’s Paul Ryan about Barack Obama: He created a bipartisan debt
commission. They came back with an urgent report. He thanked them, sent
them on their ...
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Bill Mollison Permaculture Lecture Series
Creating 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 Wallet
By
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 9.23.12
California
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 Line
From 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 ...
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Times Scare
ISLAMABAD–The
apparent links between Pakistan and Faisal Shahzad are certainly cause
for concern, but let’s not lose site of things here. The attack in Times
Square was a fizzle. The rush to claim credit is a bit embarassing for
the TTP and looks like it was — like the attack itself — a rush job ...
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Stepping up - University at Buffalo The Spectrum
Stepping
up
University at Buffalo The Spectrum
The president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, recognized the direness of
the situation and began to mobilize military forces to combat the
Taliban. ...
and more »
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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 »
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Chuck Spinney explains our broken OODA loop
Summary:
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 ...
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Vatican kicks out Roma on Easter
Press
TV – About 150 Roma gypsies were barred from participating in the
Easter vigil of the basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls on Sunday,
after temporarily taking shelter there on Good Friday, The Telegraph
reported. Local and foreign pilgrims, who had gathered to attend the
vigil, ...
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Euro strikes 16-month high against dollar
Breitbart
– The euro struck a 16-month high against the dollar and the Swiss
franc notched a record high versus the US unit Tuesday amid heightened
investor nerves over this week’s busy economic calendar. The European
single currency hit $1.4653 in morning trade, the highest point si ...
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British pound devalues by 94% in 50yrs
PressTV
– A new survey shows that the value of money in the UK has dropped by
94 percent over the past 50 years, which means an 18-time increase in
retail prices. The survey carried out by BM Savings has found that
almost £1,800 is needed to match the buying power of £100 in 1960, [...]
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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.
...
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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 Enterprise
On
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 Initiative
My
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 Policy
Political
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 ...
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Sports Authority
In 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 Straight
By 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 Zone
Mitt 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 Vaulters
A 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 ...
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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 Adventure
WILL
DURST FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT
Mitt Romney has to be more relieved than an Iowa corn farmer in the
middle of a thunderstorm to be back on home soil. Arms wide. Head back.
Wet face. Smile. Podium steps. National Anthem.
The American electorate may harbor an ambivalent attitude towards the
...
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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 GOP
MARK
KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT
Isn't it voter fraud to deny US citizens the right to vote?
That is what the Republican Party is engaged in its campaign to place
onerous requirements on the poor, infirm and destitute seniors, the
homeless, students and others to vote.
Politico recen ...
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The perfect app for vampires
The
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 UK
The
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 wisdom
Various
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 matters
One
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 orientation
Whoever
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 ...
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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
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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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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 ...
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Margaret Wente & Elite Immunity From Consequences
Margaret
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 Magic
This guy looks like he's been through a lot ...
... what??? I'm busy again!
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Kim Rivera
So,
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 Coward
There
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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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 ...
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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 Themselves
April
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 ...
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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 embargo
Without
much fanfare or explanation, the US State Department revised its
defense export policy on Yemen and will now consider applications for
licenses to export lethal defense articles to Yemen. The July 3, 2012
Federal Register notice updates the US International Traffic in Arms
Regulations (I ...
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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 hostages
Al
Qaeda in Yemen threatened to execute 73 captured Yemeni soldiers unless
the terror group’s imprisoned comrades are released. “Executing
prisoners is a serious violation of the laws of war and a war crime,”
Human Rights Watch said in a statement today. “It is also a war crime to
use detainees ...
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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 ...
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Ask Alex Jones #9
Dark
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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 ...
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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 Values
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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
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 Hedges
by
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 ...
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A Few Weeks Ago, Rupert Murdoch Was Still King Of The World
A glimpse at life before the hacking scandal, from the UK Independent :
It was only a few weeks ago that Rupert, his son James, daughter
Elisabeth and Rebekah Brooks were the talk of the town; hailed as the
king-makers to the pol ...
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Julian Assange, 2012:
They've ranked him amongst war criminals....for exposing war criminals.
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This
man's brain comprehends in a fraction of a second what is about to
happen, and orders his body into what looks like a superhuman sprint to
get out of the way. The flight mechanism kicks in so fast the conscious
mind, distracted by thoughts of work, home, leisure and love, plays no
role in t ...
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Tupac Rises
Well, fuck me....
From even a few dozen rows back, reportedly, the hologram of Tupac was utterly believable.
How long before a Michael Jackson hologram culled from his greatest live performances is touring the world's stadiums?
I've been waiting decades to see holographic tech ...
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Hypnotic, grin-making. A house filled with interactive reproductions of classic art, coming soon:
Starry Night (interactive animation) from Petros Vrellis on Vimeo.
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Fly Over the Moon With New High-Res 3D Images
Soar
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.
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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 ...
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Text of President Obama’s UN Speech
by
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, 2012
by
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 ...
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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 Costs
Parties
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 ...
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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 ...
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The Best Sources for Real Estate Listings
Posting
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 Hopping
House 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 Property
Buying 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 Investing
IRA 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 Myths
Real 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 ...
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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 Fortune
O
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 Wiser
I
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 Pollution
For
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 ...
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Kangaroo cull
Last
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 01/06/2012
Environmental
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 Australia
Today
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 31/05/2012
Environmental
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 ...
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Hiroshima Survivors to Visit Israel
The
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 Susya
in
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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Susya
June 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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Back in Gaza with Max Igan & the Samouni Family(altahrir.wordpress.com)
Tesla Motors Launches Revolutionary Supercharger Enabling Free Long Distance Travel(theintelhub.com)
State attacking tribals in name of Green Hunt: Arundhati Roy(madhubaganiar.wordpress.com)
Podcast: The "revolution inside Israeli prisons" continues, says hunger striker Mahmoud Sarsak(altahrir.wordpress.com)
Occupation Hell in Palestine(theintelhub.com)
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