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- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 21 seconds ago
*Nokia has unveiled its initial handsets powered by Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 OS. Nokia's loss deepened to 1.41bn euros in its last income quarter subsequent to it lost market share. *Their New York pr... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 minutes ago
*Economic protests in the West Bank are gaining steam: Thousands of people demonstrated throughout the territory on W*ednesday to protest the high cost of living, and especially the recent increase in fue... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 minutes ago
*Police are hunting two gunmen who strapped a "bomb" to a bank manager's stomach as part of a raid.* Authorities in Los Angeles say the pair kidnapped the woman and held her overnight before attaching a ... - posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 17 minutes agoI bet Romney would LOVE to prove Harry Reid was a liar... if he could. But everyone knows the Romneys didn't pay any taxes in, at least, 2009. That's the inconvenient year he'll never turn over. But mayb...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 24 minutes ago“What's that in front of Orion? Forty kilometers north of Kahta, Turkey, lies Mount Nemrut, a mountain adorned with the fragments of vast statues built over 2000 years ago. The stone sculptures once stood...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 27 minutes ago
Augustus (September 23, 63 BC – August 19, 14 AD). YouTube video description [Channel - Monads have no windows]: "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Augustan Age in Rome. Guests include Catharine Edw... - posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 29 minutes ago
*What happened when traditional Brazilian leaders and chiefs, without expense accounts, arrived at RIO+20? Rebecca Sommers tells the story* By Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.co... - posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 31 minutes ago*"General Sherman's Final Solution"* by Thomas J. DiLorenzo "In a recent issue of "The American Enterprise" magazine devoted to the War between the States, Victor Hanson, a visiting professor at the ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 39 minutes ago
*A four-year-old girl has been found alive hidden in a car under the bodies of the victims of a shooting in the French Alps.* Public prosecutor Eric Maillaud told AFP the child was only discovered when i... - posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 40 minutes ago"We spend our whole lives worrying about the future, planning for the future, trying to predict the future, as if figuring it out will cushion the blow. But the future is always changing. The future is ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 42 minutes ago
*CANGREJAL, Costa Rica (AP) — A powerful magnitude-7.6 earthquake shook Costa Rica and neighboring countries Wednesday, sending panicked people into the streets and briefly triggering a tsunami alert, but... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 54 minutes ago
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA at a depth of 58.2 km (36.2 miles), the quake hit at 02:22:18 UTC Thursday 6th September 2012 The epicenter was 184 km (114 miles) ESE of ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 54 minutes ago
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck SOUTHERN IRAN at a depth of 39.6 km (24.6 miles), the quake hit at 01:57:14 UTC Thursday 6th September 2012 The epicenter was 224 km (139 miles) West from Bandar-e Abb... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 54 minutes ago
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake has struck YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING at a depth of 7.3 km (4.5 miles), the quake hit at 22:52:51 UTC Wednesday 5th September 2012 The epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) Nor... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 54 minutes ago
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck the GULF OF ADEN at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 20:36:33 UTC Wednesday 5th September 2012 The epicenter was 152 km (94 miles) Southeast of Zinjibar,... - posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 55 minutes agoRio Linda, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 59 minutes ago*"The Standing Chill"* by Chet Raymo "A headline in a 'Scientific American' story about the evolution of galaxies: "The universe has run out of steam since half its current age. Mergers have ceased, ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago"When we say things like "people don't change" it drives scientist crazy because change is literally the only constant in all of science. Energy. Matter. It's always changing, morphing, merging, growing...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 1 hour ago
Half the West Antarctic ice sheet and a quarter of the East Antarctic sheet lie on pre-glacial sedimentary basins containing around 21,000bn tonnes of carbon, said the scientists. Photo courtesy: Nasa A v... - posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 hour ago[image: A record number of Americans are using this food stamp card to purchase groceries these days. Christian Science Monitor / Getty Images]By Jeff Cox, cnbc.com 5 September 2012 The number of Amer...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 2 hours agoClimate change will drive up prices of wheat, maize and many other foods traded internationally, Oxfam warns. Photo courtesy: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images Climate change's impact on future food prices is ...
- posted by david at Alberta Diary - 2 hours agoGavrilo Princip under arrest in Sarajevo in 1914. But a speedy arrest wasn’t enough to avert a long war. Below, Quebec Premier Designate Pauline Marois. If you think about it – and you can bet on it that t...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoNot so long ago there was a widespread belief that the United States was the world’s best destination for achieving upward mobility–an aspiration that became known as “the American dream.” For most of th...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago*“How To Forgive, And Why You Should” * By Angela Haupt “The deepest wounds feel like they'll last a lifetime: The absent mother who robbed you of the mother-daughter bond you craved and deserved. The ...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 3 hours agoI'm pretty much caught up in the speeches. May update longer thoughts here, or not. You can read the ticker on the sidebar, or you can check my twitter page. [graphic via Andrew] Jake Tapper: Arena is...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 3 hours ago[image: Farmers in North Korea work in a corn field in August 2012 which was damaged by floods in July. Typhoons Bolaven and Tembin have renewed fears of a humanitarian crisis in the impoverished country...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 3 hours agoJack Kerouac and Joyce Johnson, New York City, late '50s. Image from The Duluoz Legend. Inset below: Joyce Johnson. Joyce Johnson: A portrait of the biographer as ex-lover By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog /...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 4 hours agoMade a little teary too, but for a different reason. Catching up on yesterday's DNC festivities, one of the most powerful moments was when they aired this video tribute to Ted Kennedy. I got weepy because ...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 4 hours ago“The president of the Council of Trade Unions says the Government has broken a pledge to create more jobs.” What rot. Look, its clear that political opponents are going to use rising, nagging, seemingl...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 4 hours agoAs an apostle of altruism, Barack is going to give you what you deserve*:* your neighbor's money. Barack feels your pain. Well, not pain, since you're not really struggling. [Not in the sense, say,...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago*"The Six Stages of Climate Grief"* by Daphne Wysham "Now that the hottest summer on record is drawing to a close, are we any closer to admitting that climate change is upon us? If not, why not? It mig...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 4 hours ago. . . something is seriously wrong with your cause. LifeShite reports that an old pal of DJ's and father (snerk) of the current BAD (biased, agenda-driven) Abortion Science campaign, David Reardon, is at i...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 4 hours agoYouTube video description [Channel - Monads have no windows]: Melvyn Bragg explores the enduring appeal of the Roman poet Ovid's work Metamorphoses. With A.S. Byatt and A. Catherine Bates.
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 4 hours agoBobby1 posted this find at his blog http://optimalprediction.com/wp/too-tired-for-links-why-do-trusted-pundits-lowball-fuku/#comments 950 MICRO SIEVERT PER HOUR IN MINAMISOMA, FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE, BLACK ...
- posted by Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 4 hours agoCorn-field clearcuts around Santa Rita, CopanWhat would bring 20 busy coffee producers out to a mid-day meeting on watersheds? The realization that if there's a solution for what's happening to the water s...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago*"Common Fears: Choosing a New Response"* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM "Our minds are powerful and moving into fear is a common experience that we can each look at and change. Everyone has fears—it i...
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 5 hours agoOf all energy sources, coal power plants are the most demonized by the Greenies or environmentalist groups. See my previous discussion here, Climate Tricks 11: Coal and James Hansen, RE Law and the WWF. A...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 5 hours ago*Siléí Community Empowerment Project - CALL FOR SUPPORT!* *By Klee Benally Siléí Community Empowerment Project* *Posted at Censored News* *http//www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com* ** Ya'at'eeh! We are very excit...
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 5 hours agoThere are several revolutions in building on the horizon*. Here’s one: [Hat tip Julian P.] * * * * * * Presuming any of them can sneak through the bureaucracy… Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © P...
- posted by Mike Flannigan at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 5 hours ago(By *American Zen*'s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari) * (T)he question, I think, that people have got to ask themselves when they get into that booth is not what Obama has become, but what have we become...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoThe authorities failed to arrest the suspects in more than 9,000 cases of sexual assault between 2007 and 2011, data showed Wednesday. According to National Police Agency data, 81,860 sex crimes including...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 6 hours agoChief Oliver Red Cloud *Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council gathering Sept 19 -20, 2012* ** *Censored News* http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com ** *Chiefs, Headsmen, Elders, People of the Lakota Oyate, Re...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 6 hours agoThe beginning is a piece from a post I wrote awhile ago - but because of a piece of tape that came out today - I think it needs a rewind (tape to follow) First of all - I'm not a big fan of Durbin right n...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 6 hours agoThis the not the first time the crazy cons have been caught hijacking somebody's creative work and tweaking it to pretend it's entirely their own product. Actually have to give them a little credit for put...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 6 hours agoThis is actually reassuring. The coastal regions have effectively maxed themselves out and are simply maturing into ultimately a steady slower growth. The rest are still into a max growth scenario...
- posted by Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 6 hours agoSome ask why ebooks are so cheap to buy today. Some will point to the fact you don’t actually buy them and therefore you are just paying a perpetual rental charge for something you can’t give away, sell ...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 6 hours ago*by Ken* In a Naked Capitalism post called "The Fake Election: 10 Arguments The Republicans Aren't Making," Matt Stoller starts out with a pretty plausible answer to the question a lot of us have been po...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 6 hours agoWhen I asked for suggestions for interview subjects for the NBinSFF podcast, Alastair Reynolds was high on the list (albeit mostly over email channels). Well, he agreed, and I'm scheduled to interview him ...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 7 hours agoMy colleague, Charles King, has a great piece (gated) in *Foreign Affairs*on what the success of the Scottish National Party says about secesssionist movements everywhere. Opinion polls suggest that the Sc...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 7 hours agoFarsNews** * * *Al-Qaeda, backed by Turkey, the US and its regional Arab allies, has set up a new camp in Northern Waziristan in Pakistan to train Salafi and Jihadi terrorists and dispatches them to Syria...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours agoFirst I ever knew of now-Congressman Michael Grimm (AKA, "Mikey Suits") was when he was still a two-bit hoodlum playing both sides of the fence between the FBI and Organized Crime. We only discovered him ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago*“They’re Going to Depopulate or Bankrupt the Rest of Us”* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com “Catherine Austin Fitts calls what happened to the U.S since the market meltdown of 2008 a “fiscal coup d’état...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 7 hours ago*WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012* *Where was the rest of his story:* In this morning’s New York Times, Tom Friedman lodged a complaint about Mitt Romney’s intentions. Friedman is a determined centrist. Perha...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago*A new strain of avian flu virus that was found in China two months ago has appeared in Vietnam, health experts have confirmed.* Localities warned against new bird flu outbreaks The new strain, 2.3.2.1 ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago*A Chinese visitor to a gem exhibition in Sri Lanka has been arrested for swallowing a diamond said to be worth $13,000 (about £8,200), police say*. The 32-year-old man swallowed the gem after taking it f...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago*The fog of war has fallen so densely over Iran and the Middle East that it is hard to say for certain whether the latest developments are a sign that one is imminent (in the form of an Israeli strike in ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago*NEW DELHI (AP) — A massive blaze raged for hours at a fireworks factory in southern India, killing at least 40 workers and injuring 60 Wednesday, police said.* Large amounts of firecrackers and raw mate...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago*A powerful earthquake has shaken the north-west of Costa Rica killing at least one person.* A 55-year-old woman died of a heart attack near the epicentre of the quake, the Red Cross said. The US Geolog...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 8 hours agoDagestan by masta.name Violence has errupted in parts of Russia - Tartarstan, Dagestan and Ingushetia. The chief suspect is the CIA? Tartarstan, in Russia, had been a peaceful, moderate Moslem area....
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 8 hours agoHe will not be removed. That's all there is to it -- the amounts in question are not material and the Mayor did not receive or give any benefit that could be seen as influencing City spending. Arguably t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago*MONTREAL (AP) — Police on Wednesday interrogated a man accused of opening fire at a midnight victory rally for Quebec's new separatist premier, but police said the suspect's rambling statements in French...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago*Four people have been shot dead in the French Alps - with three of them found inside a British-registered BMW four-wheel drive.* The suspected assassination happened in a forest car park near the village...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 8 hours ago*Son of Isaac: Invest 90L emerges in the Gulf of Mexico ~Weather Underground * *'Free Payton' plane to buzz NYC before NFL opener!* *SIZE MATTERS: No High Rise in Marigny! Photo Gallery & Your LAST CHANCE ...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 8 hours agoYesterday Debbie Wasserman Schultz said this: "I didn’t say he said that,” Wasserman Schultz insisted. “And unfortunately, that comment was reported by a conservative newspaper. It’s not surprising they...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 9 hours agoAn *Ookpik* (sometimes spelled Ukpik), the Inuktitut word for Snowy Owl, is a popular Inuit handicraft toy. It is a small, souvenir owl with large head and big eyes, a beak, and small black talons. They ar...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 9 hours agoMunich memorial for 1972 Olympic attacks *by reuters* Boris Johnson rembered and cared...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 9 hours ago*Canada (Superintendent of Bankruptcy) v. 407 ETR Concession Company Limited *, 2012 ONCA 569 has a useful summary regarding when an extension of time will be allowed: [39] In my view, the extension...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 10 hours agoSayer Ji, *Contributor* You've heard for decades about the dangers of high cholesterol, but did you know that LOW cholesterol can lead to violence towards self and others, and has been linked to prema...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 10 hours ago*British Politician Speaks Up Against UK Syrian Policy.* * *Tony Cartalucci, *Contributor* Foreign Secretary William Hague to the British House of Commons (at around 28:00) stated that more "death and suf...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 10 hours agoMichael Snyder, *Contributor* Barack Obama cares about Barack Obama far more than he does about either Israel or Iran. And as far as Barack Obama is concerned, delaying the coming war between Israel an...
- posted by paul at Paying attention - 10 hours agoI make it 29 Liberal MLAs who have yet said they will not be running next year. The cabinet shuffle left only two without posts of some kind - Randy Hawes and Colin Hansen. You can now count them as retiri...
- posted by Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 10 hours agoFrom UOO: On June 7th, 2012, we posted the following: This week United Opt Out National stands in solidarity with the UMass teacher educators and the sixty-sevenstudent teachers at UMass Amherst School o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago*Sept. 5 - A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake rocked Costa Rica, rattling buildings, cutting power in areas of the capital and triggering a tsunami warning.*
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago*Sept 5 - Rebels claim to have shot down a fighter jet and killed the pilot as refugees in Turkey lament the growing violence with no end in sight. Jessica Gray reports*
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago*Sept. 5 - Markets are transfixed by what Mario Draghi will unveil at Thursday's policy meeting. Commerzbank's Peter Dixon expects some outlines on a bond-buying programme, but few details*
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago*Sep. 5 - NASA's orbiting Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has recorded more spectacular activity in the Sun's atmosphere, with a solar flare whipping half a million miles into space, and sending a cloud o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago*(Reuters) - A powerful earthquake rocked Costa Rica on Wednesday, rattling buildings, cutting power in areas of the capital and triggering a tsunami warning, though there were no immediate reports of cas...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago*Four people have been shot dead in the French Alps - with three of them found inside a British-registered BMW.* The bodies were found in a forest car park near the village of Chevaline, near Annecy lake...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck SOUTHERN ALASKA at a depth of 84.4 km (52.4 miles), the quake hit at 17:16:04 UTC Wednesday 5th September 2012 The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) WNW from Clam Gulch, ...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 10 hours agoBlackmailer Grover Norquist. Caricature by DonkeyHotey. Inset photos below: Jack Abramoff and Ralph Reed. The pledges of men are oft interred with their bones Republicans fear Grover Norquist, who keeps t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago*Voters in the French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec on Tuesday elected the nominally separatist Parti Quebecois to lead a minority provincial government.* In recent years, a new generation of sepa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago*Five people have been shot dead in France - with four of them found inside a British-registered car.* The bodies were found in a car park on the outskirts of a forest near Chevaline, near Annecy lake, i...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoThe third US aircraft carrier, USS Stennis, is moving into place off the Iranian Gulf coast to lead a 12-day naval exercise of 25 nations on Sept 16-27, that will include a large-scale minesweeping drill ...
- posted by Obi-Wan Kabuki at American Kabuki - 11 hours agohttp://2012portal.blogspot.ca/2012/09/brotherhood-of-star-this-blog-post-will.html Posted by Cobra Wednesday, September 5, 2012 *Brotherhood of the Star* This blog post will be about the second posit...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours agoRomney and the Republicans keep asking if you're better off now as compared to 4 years ago. They're hoping for another Reagan-Carter national mindset, but this time the answer is, clearly, yes Clearly? Wh...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 11 hours agoCambridge University Press has un-gated the New Orleans issues of *Perspectives on Politics* until 16 September. From the release. This issue, themed "Post-Katrina New Orleans and Politics of Reconstructi...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA man dressed as The Joker walked into a Brevard County movie theater on Wednesday and was arrested, WFTV reporter Kevin Oliver learned. A movie-goer at the Premiere Oaks Theater called police after seein...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 11 hours agoRegular readers know that I am not exactly a fan of Paul Ryan; I think his reputation as a bold truth-teller is undeserved. And I thought his convention speech contained one of the all-time whoppers, when ...
- posted by Obi-Wan Kabuki at American Kabuki - 11 hours agoSeptember 5, 2012 Final Cosmic alignments in preparation for the 9-6 to 9-12 window near completion. Simultaneous Inner Lighting of Gaia is occurring, with concomitant upsurge in Portal activations....
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 11 hours agoMike Barrett Disease rates are skyrocketing, particularly chronic illnesses like diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. With an estimated half of all US adults to face diabetes by 2020, it would seem th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago*(Reuters) - More than 3,000 striking South African miners marched through streets near Lonmin's Marikana mine on Wednesday, the largest protest at the hot spot since police shot dead 34 of their colleague...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago*(Reuters) - A bomb scare which forced an evacuation of the U.S. embassy in Brussels and the Belgian Defence Ministry on Wednesday turned out to be a false alarm, police said. * Hundreds of U.S. diplomats...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck WESTERN TURKEY at a depth of 7 km (4.3 miles), the quake hit at 15:49:03 UTC Wednesday 5th September 2012 The epicenter was 16 km (9.9 miles) South of Kirkagaç, Turkey...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago*TEL AVIV (JTA) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu disbanded a meeting of his security cabinet after information from the previous cabinet meeting was leaked to the press.* Netanyahu ended Wedn...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago*SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake rocked Costa Rica on Wednesday, rattling buildings and cutting power in some areas of the capital.* Residents of San Jose said phones...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago*Doha - Al Jazeera news network said on Wednesday a number of its websites had been hacked, and Internet users reported that pro-Syrian regime slogans were posted on the broadcaster's pages.* The main Ar...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 12 hours ago*Anti-organic "study" is not news, rather, coordinated propaganda campaign. * Tony Cartalucci, *Contributor* Harry Wallop of the London Telegraph ends his anti-organic food editorial with the following ...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 12 hours ago*Blockaders lockdown to halt Keystone XL pipeline* *By Tarsands Blockade* ** It’s after lunch now, so we’re gonna follow the lead of our contractor and police friends and call it a day! But don’t believe...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 12 hours agoEnormous Quantities of Russian Radioactive Waste Dumped in Arctic Seas By Charles Digges, Bellona. Sep 4, 2012 http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/344-208/13280-enormous-quantities-of-russian-radi...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 12 hours agoThe New York Times misses the main reason people choose organic meat and produce in this article: Stanford Scientists Cast Doubt on Advantages of Organic Meat and Produce by Kenneth Change Sep 3, 2012 ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago*WILL war break out in the seas of East Asia?* After Chinese and Japanese nationalists staged competing occupations of the barren land masses that China refers to as the Diaoyu Islands and Japan calls th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago*Personal and stinging attacks in the state media heralded the US secretary of state's arrival in Beijing. "Many people in China dislike Hillary Clinton," said an editorial in the state-run Global Times. ...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 12 hours agoGloria Nafziger at Amnesty International Canada: Amnesty International considers Kimberly Rivera to be a conscientious objector, and as such would consider her to be a prisoner of conscience should she be...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 12 hours ago*WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012* *Previewing the Big Dog’s address:* Sometimes, Lawrence O’Donnell makes useful observations. Most of the time, he doesn’t. Tonight, he’ll be confronting a large bugaboo—hi...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 12 hours agoSusanne Posel, *Contributor* Senator Ron Paul has introduced the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2012 (HR459) to the upset of Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank. In August, the Hou...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago*Two people are injured after an accident at the Fessenheim nuclear power plant in Alsace, eastern France, according to EDF.* The accident, sparked by an involuntary chemical reaction, triggered a brief ...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 13 hours agoI have fall on the brain. Today I started decorating with reds, yellows and oranges. Pumpkins and witch hats are starting to take over our space, even though it is only September. I love the colors of th...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 13 hours agoAnthony Gucciardi On the night of September 2, after hearing about the ridiculous study that demonized organic food and claimed that it was virtually the same as GMO-laden conventional food, I decided ...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoVisit the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris and chestnut trees greet you as you wander among graves of luminaries such as Oscar Wilde and Jim Morrison. When Anne Frank was in hiding from the Nazis in Amster...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 7.9 earthquake has struck OFF THE COAST OF COSTA RICA at a depth of 20 km (12.4 miles), the quake hit at 14:42:09 UTC Wednesday 5th September 2012 The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) South from...
- posted by killing Mother at killing Mother - 13 hours ago20 years ago, I lived with my young family in an old wooden house, known as “the Point House,” at the very tip of the then-wild island of Providenciales. The house was old, the wood sun-baked, and the y...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago*(Reuters) - U.S. health officials have sent warnings to 39 other countries that their citizens who stayed in Yosemite National Park tent cabins this summer may have been exposed to a deadly mouse-borne h...
- posted by Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 13 hours agoDeep within the bowels of the Democratic party platform are a few gratuitous paragraphs about the need to eradicate poverty in America. The document also pays lip service to gun control and climate change...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago*WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012* *Part 2—The death of The First Honest Man:* Before Bill Clinton came on the scene, the novelized tale of The Last Honest Man wasn’t a major part of campaign coverage. In 19...
- posted by Big Dan at Big Dan's Big Blog - 13 hours ago*Now that Rush Limbaugh's CHICK FIL A marching orders are over, the MASTER of the DITTOHEAD PARROTS has them repeating ARE YOU BETTER OFF NOW THAN 4 YEARS AGO?* Yesterday on our local rightwing radio c...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 14 hours ago*Class action lawsuit filed against Entergy for Isaac response ~WDSU*~*"It's not the wind, it's the restoration," said plaintiff's attorney Tony Clayton. "Entergy had a windfall of hundreds of millions of ...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 14 hours ago------------------------------ *THE REPUBLICANS CROSS THE RUBICON ~ Paul Craig Roberts* ------------------------------ September 4, 2012 | Original here Does anyone remember when National Public Radio wa...
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 14 hours agoI got hold of a copy of Scott Simon's *Politics and Headhunting among the Formosan Sejiq: Ethnohistorical Perspectives*, from Oceania. This paper is a fascinating exploration of the political meaning behi...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 14 hours agoIn today's *Toronto Star*: Let U.S. war resister stay in Canada For the last few years, I have followed our government’s response to the issue of American war resisters in Canada, so I was not surprised b...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago*Residents of six flats evacuated in Greater Manchester will be allowed to return to their homes after suspicious substances found during a police raid were declared safe.* Police investigating the posse...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 14 hours agoAnd that became blogging here about the Boston Globe. I have now fallen hopelessly behind due to my hiatus, and unhappily so because I have simply become tired of half-assing analysis of endless divisions,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago*(Reuters) - U.S. diplomatic staff returned to their embassy in Brussels on Wednesday after a brief evacuation caused by the discovery of a suspicious vehicle nearby, a U.S. official said.* Hundreds of U....
- posted by Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 14 hours agoas a kid I used to love The Professionals, Bodey and Doyle going about their CI5 police business in a less than ethical manner. Sir Ranulph Fiennes, the trans-global explorer, wrote an SAS novel called The...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoA magnitude 5.9 earthquake has struck the SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS at a depth of 19.2 km (11.9 miles), the quake hit at 13:09:09 UTC Wednesday 5th September 2012 The epicenter was 346 km (215 miles) NNW from Sa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago*The former Chinese police chief who blew the whistle in the Neil Heywood murder case has been charged with taking bribes.* Wang Lijun fled to the US Consulate in Chengdu to expose former Chinese politic...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago*The residents of six homes in Greater Manchester have been asked to leave after suspicious substances were found during a raid by police.* Police conducted raids on two houses in Cheriton Gardens and Orm...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 14 hours agoThe New Books in Science Fiction and Fantasy channel of the New Books Network launched today. In its inaugural podcast, I interview Ken MacLeodabout *The Night Sessions*. From my summary: As I hope comes...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 15 hours agoAnother day with lots of good choices. I'll go with a Happy Birthday to Al Stewart, 67. And to the good stuff: 1. Dan Drezner says to college students: read Thomas Kuhn. Excellent advice! 2. A good Scot...
- posted by Dan Nexon at The Duck of Minerva - 15 hours ago- #DNC2012, day 1 -- Biography as Politics: 1, Foreign Policy: 0. - What's up next for drone warfare? - BLTN: Colin Kahl debunks the Obama-abandoned-Israel argument. - British scientists claim...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours agoOver the weekend I wrote a funny throwaway piece about an excursion with Digby and Amato to see a new film about a family of trashy billionaires from Orlando, *The Queen of Versailles*. In the course of t...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 15 hours agoIn fact, their popular vote went down from the last election. While I would have preferred another Party to win this is about as good a result as could be expected. And as for the guy who murdered some po...
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours agoJeffrey Simpson writes this morning that Jean Charest only has himself to blame for his party's and his personal defeat last night. That's true -- but only partially true. For Stephen Harper also helped...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago*New Delhi, India (CNN) -- At least 25 people were killed when a fire ripped through a fireworks factory in southern India Wednesday, police said. * The blaze at a factory in the town of Sivakasi in Tamil...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 15 hours agoDiagram of the principle behind a rain garden. Image courtesy: © L.A. Rain Gardens According to the L.A. Rain Gardens website, Los Angeles County has 300 million gallons of drinking water running off dry ...
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 15 hours agoThe new blogger control panel is out. I decided to switch over since Blogger is doing a forced switch in any case. It's absolutely, painfully hideous, with no major new functionality, even introducing new ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago*Sept. 5 - Critics warn that light touch regulation won't work, and that the FCA has 18 months to push through much needed changes in the financial sector.*
- posted by Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 15 hours ago[image: image] The appeal of modernism can easily be felt in this striking image of Richard Neutra’s Kronish House. The dynamism is much more evident in the perspective than it is in the plan, however....
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago(*Reuters) - Iran makes no distinction between U.S. and Israeli interests and will retaliate against both countries if attacked, an Iranian military commander said on Wednesday.* The comments came after ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoSeveral roads have been closed following the discovery of a suspicious vehicle in the Regentlaan in Brussels at the U.S. embassy De Wettunnel and the Belliardtunnel are open but motorists have to take the...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago*A leading Greek economist has told Sky News that a six-day working week - as requested by Greece's creditors - would not help the country strengthen its battered economy.* Yanis Varoufakis, professor of...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago*Greeks should operate a six-day working week for all sectors, international creditors said in a letter to the Greek government, a measure which forms part of a wider set of demands in return for aid to t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago*Turkey's prime minister has said neighbouring Syria is a "terrorist state" that is massacring its own people, just hours after the new UN-Arab League envoy to the country called the death toll in the upr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago* More than 500 miners have marched on a South African platinum mine, waving sticks and pictures of 34 colleagues shot dead by police.* Police helicopters have been flying overhead and officers in armoure...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 15 hours agoTonight in Toronto, supporters of US war resisters and the Parkdale community will gather at United Church of Parkdale to support war resister Kimberly Rivera and her family. The Harper Government has or...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago*Mauritania has sent Colonel Gaddafi's spy chief, Abdullah al Senussi, to Libya, according to state news agency reports.* The move comes nearly five months after he was arrested for entering the country ...
- Link: http://youtu.be/okYmOH1vlxA An intriguing documentary about the history of the belief in a devil. Yet, could there still be a subconscious remnant of this, in our culture embedded, superstition at ...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 16 hours agoSusanne Posel, *Contributor* *Activist Post* As population reduction, in all its covert forms, begins to litter the landscape of mainstream media, overweight teenagers are being classified as having l...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 16 hours ago*Lee Camp* Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by FeedBurner Be the Change! Share this using the tools below. Sharing on Reddit and Newsvine will help the most.
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 16 hours agoJanet Phelan This reporter is actively soliciting the input of veterans -- or civilians who have had access to military bases -- to determine the accuracy of allegations that biological and/or chemica...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 16 hours agoCredit: NASA Madison Ruppert, *Contributor* The United States’ National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is the shadowy government agency tasked with maintaining and operating a massive system of spy satellit...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 16 hours agoJulie Beal, *Contributor* Biometric solutions are being implemented to provide additional authentication of identity, usually to supplement verification provided by a chip, e.g. in a smart card or phon...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 16 hours agoDidn't this guy make the Republicans crazy last night (and undoubtedly spin into even higher (fast-talking) gear). (And he doesn't even have a Bush family connection!) 9/05/2012 Julian Castro - Hispanic Ob...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 16 hours agoEnter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by FeedBurner Be the Change! Share this using the tools below. Sharing on Reddit and Newsvine will help the most.
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 16 hours agoALL photos courtesy: © Max McClure These lush green plants contain more history than one would imagine. They came from soil carried as ballast in early shipping boats. The empty trading ships needed weigh...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 16 hours agoEnter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by FeedBurner Be the Change! Share this using the tools below. Sharing on Reddit and Newsvine will help the most.
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- posted by leftdog at Buckdog - 16 hours ago*(Click on image above to enlarge ....)* *It's comical when Libs or Cons try to attach horns and pointed tails to members of the New Democratic Party of Canada. One particular Liberal pundit tried his be...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 16 hours ago*CBS* [image: OffgridOutpost.com] Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by FeedBurner Be the Change! Share this using the tools below. Sharing on Reddit and Newsvine will ...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 16 hours agoPressTV CNN international English-language television network has refused to broadcast a documentary which was produced by the US-based network itself but heavily criticized the Bahraini regime’s repress...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 16 hours agoGlobal Research Tom Burghardt In a story which should have made front page headlines, Narco News investigative journalist Bill Conroy revealed that “A high-ranking Sinaloa narco-trafficking organization m...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 17 hours agoThe statistics around water consumption are staggering. And while taking shorter showers or even skipping showers all together can save significant amounts of water, these personal conservation tips are n...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 17 hours agoImage Source J.G. Vibes One of the most frustrating paradoxes in the mainstream political discourse is the idea of “regulation”. We are often told that the problems in our economy, and in our society as...
- posted by Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 17 hours ago** Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by FeedBurner Be the Change! Share this using the tools below. Sharing on Reddit and Newsvine will help the most.
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 17 hours agoExaminer Cynthia Hodges Twelve million Apple device user's personal information stored on the laptop of FBI agent were exposed by hacktivists targeting the agency. One million of the Apple device IDs hav...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 17 hours ago"While stubbornness shelters one from reality, open-mindedness reveals all of life's truths." - Unknown "Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 17 hours agoThe Telegraph Alex Spillius *New claims of waterboarding by the CIA have emerged, contradicting claims by the US authorities that only three people were submitted to a practice widely regarded as torture...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 17 hours agoIt is evident that many people want to see the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. That is because France enjoys the highest tourism rate of any country in the world with 80 million visitors e...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago*In a rare and dramatic move, PM decides not to hold 2nd part of meeting after confidential information leaked detailing disagreements between Mossad, Shin Bet, Army Intelligence over Iran nuclear issue.*...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago*I**raq says it's waiting for the U.S. to provide evidence that its airspace is again being used by Iran to ship weapons to Syria.* An Iraqi spokesman acknowledged that Iran is ferrying supplies through ...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 18 hours ago'Are You Being Served? was first broadcast on 8 September 1972 on the BBC, in the form of a pilot for the series Comedy Playhouse. It only aired when it did because of free airtime created by the Munich ...
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- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 18 hours agoAnti-organic "study" is not news, rather, coordinated propaganda campaign. *by Tony Cartalucci* *September 5, 2012* - Harry Wallop of the London Telegraph ends his anti-organic food editorial with the fo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago*Food-stamp use reached a record 46.7 million people in June, the government said, as Democrats prepare to nominate President Barack Obama for a second term with the economy as a chief issue in the campai...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago*The United States Treasury reports that the total public outstanding debt is: $16,015,769,788,215.80. This is the first time in American history debt has eclipsed the $16 trillion mark.* The debt has in...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours agoAlan Parsons Project, “Ammonia Avenue” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK-_2G7MMgc
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago*CHARLOTTE, N.C.–The Democratic Party platform doesn’t state that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, a change from prior years that could provide fuel to critics who say President Barack Obama’s commitmen...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago*We frequently hear the financial press refer to the U.S. dollar as the “world’s reserve currency,” implying that our dollar will always retain its value in an ever shifting world economy. But this is a d...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago*The Doc sat down with the Golden Jackass himself Monday for an exclusive MUST LISTEN interview.* Willie informed The Doc that it appears that Morgan Stanley was used by the cartel to prevent a collapse i...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago*The presidential elections in Venezuela are scheduled for October 7, and by now even the team of Henrique Capriles Radonski, the main rival of the current Venezuelan leader and upcoming poll's frontrunner...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago*BRUSSELS - A keenly-awaited meeting of the European Central Bank board on Thursday (6 September) will have to reconcile a bond-buying plan aimed at helping Spain and Italy with the fundamental opposition...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago*OSAKA -- Some 3.5 million people in Osaka Prefecture received earthquake warning emails on their mobile phones on Sept. 5 in the largest drill of its kind in Japan.* The mass warning was sent out by the...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago*Sept. 4 - Opposition groups say the Syrian city of Aleppo is in flames after an attack by military forces. *
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago*Sept. 5 - Protesters and police clash near the Syrian embassy in Cairo after an attempt to bring down the Syrian flag. Sarah Charlton reports.*
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago*(Reuters) - Seek the trust of financial markets, but only so far as you can trust them.* Germany's paradoxical stance towards financial markets - lauding them for imposing economic discipline, lambastin...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago*(Reuters) - Facebook Inc promised not to sell stock to cover a nearly $2 billion tax bill and said it will allow employees to cash in their stock weeks ahead of schedule, moving to soothe nervous investo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago*(Reuters) - China and the United States were divided on Wednesday over how to end the bloodshed in Syria and defuse tension in the South China Sea and other global troublespots, but stressed hope for ste...
- posted by Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 19 hours agoLast month, the Center for World-Class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University released the 10th edition of its annual global university ranking. Click here to see the economics ranking.
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posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago*A Florida casino was dealt a bad hand over the weekend when a massive floor-to-ceiling fish tank suddenly burst, causing a deluge that closed two gambling floors.* Patrons of the Gulfstream Racing and C... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago*A former Navy SEAL's insider account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden contains classified information and may provide enemies with dangerous insight into secretive U.S. operations, the Pentagon sa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago*Lance Corporal Christopher Roney, 23, left behind his baby son William when he was shot by a US helicopter* An army officer held his head in his hands and yelled ‘Stop, stop, stop’ when he realised U.S....
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago*Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accused the West of launching 'all-out ... war' by imposing oil and banking sanctions on his country*. In July, the European Union banned oil imports from Iran, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago*A former CIA director said that the U.S. is the only country that could carry out a sustained attack against Iran's nuclear facilities in an effort to dissuade any such action by Israel.* Michael Hayden...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago** *Britain’s coveted AAA credit rating was under renewed pressure last night after a leading international agency threatened to downgrade the entire European Union.* Moody’s Investors Service cut the out...
- posted by Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 19 hours agoyou might think TWO AND A HALF HOURS is a long time for an Independent Documentary to rattle on about the 7th July 2005 London Bombings, and you'd be right. 7/7 is an open and shut case (just like the deat...
- posted by skrashen at Schools Matter - 20 hours agoSent to the Orlando Sentinel, Sept. 5 Pre-K testing is a step in the right direction (“Time for another test — this one for 180,000 pre-K children,” Sept. 3). Required (not “voluntary”) testing is what we ...
- posted by skrashen at Schools Matter - 20 hours agoSent to the Orlando Sentinel, Sept. 5 Pre-K testing is a step in the right direction (“Time for another test — this one for 180,000 pre-K children,” Sept. 3). Required (not “voluntary”) testing is what we ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago*Doctors believe Sierra Jane Downing contracted the disease, also known as the 'black death', from a dead squirrel while camping with her family in Pagosa Springs. Fleas are common transmitters of the pla...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago*The high-speed road death of a playboy son of a high-ranking Chinese government official has caused another rare scandal in China’s ruling Communist Party just weeks ahead of its once-in-a-decade leaders...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago*Security guards abruptly rushed the leader of Quebec's separatist party from the stage after an armed man shot two people, killing one victim outside the Montreal venue where she was speaking.* Parti Qu...
- posted by Obi-Wan Kabuki at American Kabuki - 20 hours agoLove is the key to awakening September 5, 2012 by John Smallman Here in the spiritual realms, where many of you will soon join us, we are watching with pleasure and gratification as you make your way d...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago*Christians may have to sacrifice their jobs if they want to express their religion at work, government lawyers declared yesterday.* They urged human rights judges in Strasbourg to reject a landmark case ...
- posted by Obi-Wan Kabuki at American Kabuki - 20 hours ago*You are on the edge of a massive disruption to normal life*09/05/2012 by John Smallman You are on the edge of a massive disruption to what you call normal life, which will be sensational in its unf...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago*(Reuters) - Cambodia will deport a Swedish co-founder of Pirate Bay, one of the world's biggest free file-sharing websites, who was convicted and sentenced to prison in Sweden for breaching copyright laws...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago*Twenty opposition activists in Bahrain have lost their appeals against their jail terms for their role in pro-democracy protests last year.* Judges upheld the sentences handed down by a military court la...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago*JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed at least 25 people and wounded dozens at a funeral in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, officials said, the latest large-scale attack on civilians...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago*UN chief Ban Ki-moon has accused Iran, Qatar and Saudi Arabia of arming the Syrian conflict, spreading misery as the fighting intensifies. * The latest unverified video said to be in Aleppo certainly illu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago*Group said it found over 12m Apple IDs on agent's computer, but FBI says it has no knowledge of any data breach. * The FBI has denied claims by a hacking group that says it *obtained details of more tha...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago*One person has been killed and another injured after a man opened fire at a speech by the leader of the winning party in provincial elections in Quebec, Canada.* The 50-year-old man entered the Metropol...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 21 hours agoCollapsing Economy, Undemocratic Government, Global Warfare: The Montpelier Manifesto *by Thomas H. Naylor, Kirkpatrick Sale, James Starkey, and Charles Keil* *The Montpelier Manifesto * Petition of ...
- posted by Intercept at The Intercept - 21 hours agoDaily Bail Argentina hasn't forgotten Mulford's role in the 2001 crisis. A judge in Argentina has ordered the arrest of CreditSuisse executive and former U.S. Treasury Undersecretary David Mulford becaus...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 21 hours agoBritish Politician Speaks Up Against UK Syrian Policy. *by Tony Cartalucci * *September 5, 2012* - Foreign Secretary William Hague to the British House of Commons (at around 28:00) stated that more "death ...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoI recently completed this fascinating book that takes us into the heart of West Africa. Long ago, I came to the conclusion that the social milieu of West Africa made it impossible to succe...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoWhat I find most insulting is that a couple of physicists think that they have any authority whatsoever to even speak to the subject and then to be even listened to. I have spent much effort on t...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoI want you to understand one harsh reality. In the four years of the Obama presidency, economic growth has been almost neutral. This is after thirty straight years of effective 4% growth under a...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours agoThere is nothing more important in DNA research than determining those aspects of the human DNA that is truly unique to ourselves. This allows our research focus to be targeted while those aspe...
- posted by david at Alberta Diary - 21 hours agoPrime Minister Stephen Harper takes note of Quebec’s aspirations. Alberta politicians may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: Mr. Harper exhibiting the post-Confederation Alberta zeitgeist (Calgary Heral...
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 21 hours ago* This is the continuation of my discussion on the AIM lectures last Monday, September 03. Here is the earlier discussion, Socialized Healthcare 7: Degnan and Wagner on ICIUM and UHC. Dr. Anita Wagner pr...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 22 hours ago"I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we -- we own this country. We -- we own it. It is not you owning it, and not polit...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 22 hours agoFirst HotAir report that: 'Never mind ponying up $3 for a chance at “dinner with Barack.” How would you like a free bus ride to Bank of America Stadium to watch the president make his second nomination ac...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 23 hours ago*Researchers have revealed a magic carpet that can detect falls and may yet predict mobility troubles. *The carpet was established at the Photon12 convention in Durham, UK. Below the carpet is a mesh of ...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoParti Québécois Leader Pauline Marois was abruptly rushed off stage mid-way through her victory speech after a shot was fired and a fire set behind the downtown Montreal venue where her supporters had gat...
- posted by Obi-Wan Kabuki at American Kabuki - 23 hours ago*We await your arrival at your own surprise party* *Michael channeled by Ron Head* September 4, 2012 in Michael, Ron's Channeled Messages Today I wish to speak with you as one lifelong friend to anothe...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoSecurity guards abruptly rushed the leader of Quebec's separatist party from the stage after an armed man shot and injured two people outside the Montreal venue where she was speaking. Parti Quebecois l...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago2002, “Remember Now” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq4qjI8VVzg&feature=related
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 23 hours agoI'm writing about the Michelle Obama speech, mainly, for PP (will add link when it goes up). I think I'll handle some of the rest notes-style: 1. By tomorrow, I expect the Fox News/conservative talk radio...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago*UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon accused both the Syrian government and the opposition Tuesday of large-scale human rights violations, including torturing and reportedly executing pris...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago*(Reuters) - Asian shares hit five-week lows and the euro fell on Wednesday, as investors grew edgy ahead of a pivotal European Central Bank meeting on Thursday and U.S. payroll data on Friday.* Investor...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago*Around 8am on Sept.3rd, a farmer set off explosives in an official building in Tengjia Township in Rongcheng City, Shandong province. Disabled petitioner Qu Huaqiang in a wheelchair went to local council ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago*Xinhuanet.com, the mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) commented on the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to China. They expected the visit to help enhance the US-China strategic ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago*A senior U.S. State Department official says China's likely next president Xi Jinping has cancelled a meeting with visiting Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.* The official says Xi's meeting was called...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago"The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one solitary and even humble individual- for it is in the solitary mind and soul of the individual that the battle between good and ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*The botched initial public stock offering of Facebook shares has seen over $50 billion wiped off the tech-giants share price in a little over three months - that is more market value than Lehman Brothers...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*A number of fireworks and other missiles have been thrown at police lines during disturbances in north Belfast on Tuesday evening.* The police moved in after a crowd of around 200 people gathered in the ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese government has agreed to buy several privately owned islands in the East China Sea that are controlled by Japan but also claimed by China, media reports said Wednesday.* The go...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*US First Lady Michelle Obama has made an impassioned speech backing her husband, President Barack Obama, for another four-year White House term.* Closing the first night of the Democratic convention, Mrs...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago“Why were the statues on Easter Island built? No one is sure. What is sure is that over 800 large stone statues exist there. The Easter Island statues, stand, on the average, over twice as tall as a perso...
- posted by Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day agoWelcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) ... and *(Inter)National Zero Waste Week (#ZeroWaste)*! If this is your first visit, please click HEREfor information and a complete list of all the challenges ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoOver the course of the last week, House candidates from every part of America have vowed to fight the failed Austerity agenda being pushed by Romney, Ryan and their Republican cronies in Congress. The ful...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*UK health officials are contacting around 100 Britons they believe could have been exposed to a deadly rodent virus while on holiday in the US this summer. * Six visitors to California's Yosemite Nationa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* Police have come under attack in a third night of disturbances in Belfast as they were pelted with fireworks and bricks in the Carlisle Circus area of the city.* Riots around the same location over rec...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*The death toll in Syria is "staggering" and the destruction is reaching "catastrophic proportions", the new UN-Arab League envoy has said.* Lakhdar Brahimi said he would go to Damascus "in a few days" bu...
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