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Thomas Paine

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

Thursday, September 6, 2012

6 September - RSS SnapShot! Pt II


Case About Bird Flu

  • The Death of a Father: an old photo brings bac ...
    Sipping some wine to mourn – or perhaps to celebrate? – my leaving Austria, one of my elderly neighbours  mentioned the resignation speech of Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schusschnig in 1938, which ended with the words “May God protect Austria.” Every Austrian knows what happened after the Annexatio ...
  • Stronach’s new “false flag” ...
    You read about it on this blog first: Globalist and Magna chief Frank Stronach has been trying to recruit people for a new „false flag“ opposition party as the euro crisis escalates. Stronach even rang the solictor handling the sale of my flat in Vienna and offered him a job as Justice Minister. ...
  • Stauffenberg in the Wolf’s Lair: Read th ...
    At a time of  crisis, terror and tyranny, Claus von Stauffenberg seized the initiative and tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler and overthrow the Nazi regime in a coup in July, 1944. As such, he is an example to us all today. The mass impoverishment of people by the fractional reserve banking scam ...
  • FRANK STRONACH: WHY DID THE MAGNA CHIEF RING T ...
    *Frank Stronach, CEO of Magna, rings solicitor handling the proceeds of the sale of my flat and offers him job as justice minister and chauffeur-driven car *Phone call happens almost immediately after I sign the contract *Bizarre call comes to light after I return to sign a second document: Schw ...
  • Letter confirming my complaint against Baxter ...
    Here it is again: a pdf copy of a letter from the Austrian Health Ministry dated May 2009 confirming that I had made a complaint against Baxter and Avir and that state prosecutors had started an investigation into the incident involving the contamination of 72 kilos of seasonal flu vaccine with ...

Invisible Opportunity

  • Study: 290% Increased Risk of Brain Tumor Afte ...
    Anthony Gucciardi Activist Post How long have you been using your cellphone? Using a mobile device for any length of time is damaging to some degree, but new research is shedding light on just how significant of an influence extended cellphone use has on the brain. In a newly-released study cond ...
  • Delusional reality: Everything peddled by poli ...
    by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger (NaturalNews) The “War on Terror” is a complete fabrication. There is no terrorism other than what the government creates in order to sell its agenda of a police state takeover.  Click here to read Paul Craig Roberts’ article that lays this out ...
  • Israeli Settlers Attack Catholic Monastery in ...
    by Jason Ditz, September 04, 2012 Israeli settlers launched an arson attack against a Catholic (Trappist) monastery outside of Jerusalem today, burning the door and spray-painting anti-Christian graffiti on the walls, the latest in a growing number of “price tag” attacks by the settler movement. ...
  • FDA Turns South Floridians into Human Guinea Pigs
    Untested, bio-engineered mosquitoes will likely be released in the Florida Keys. The British firm Oxitec is in the process of seeking approval in the US for a mosquito that has been genetically engineered to combat dengue fever (an infectious, mosquito-borne tropical disease that causes fever, h ...
  • What Was the FBI Doing with 12 Million Apple I ...
    This morning AntiSec released a list of 1 million out of 12 million Apple UDID’s that it said it got from the FBI, which has raised many questions, most prominently perhaps: Just what was the FBI doing with that data in the first place? First off, neither the FBI nor Apple has confirmed that the ...

Veterans Today

  • File Sharer from Sweden Kidnapped in Cambodia
    Murdoch’s “Wall Street Urinal” Calls Swede Internet Freedom Advocate “Notorious Criminal”   By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor ———- Sweden went 800 miles to capture and extradite what to most is their greatest national hero, Gottfrid Warg, the man ...
  • Mitt Romney’s Father Was A Mexican Citizen Whe ...
    Mitt Romney’s Father Was A Mexican Citizen When Mitt Was Born.   Is Mitt Romney a “natural born citizen”? ———- It is absolutely clear that Mitt Romney is NOT a Natural Born Citizen unless he can prove that George Romney gained citizenship from naturalization prior to Mitt’ ...
  • Breaking: Afghanistan – America’s “Tota ...
    Everyone in the world knows America’s invasion of Iran was a lie, an oil raid, from day one.
  • Press TV: NATO Secretly Authorizes Syria Attack
    Yesterday afternoon, Monday, August 28, 2012, in a meeting in Brussels, NATO military leaders in consultation with “telephonic liaison” with officers of military forces in several former Soviet Republics, major African states, Israel, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states came to a combined decision ...
  • Why Does Israel Hate Gentiles?
    Gentiles in general and Gentile children in particular are targets of Judaism. For example Psalm 137:9 reads, Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

electric politics

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

PR News

A special project of Foreign Policy and the New America Foundation

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

Field Notes - Alberta Environment

Stop NATO

  • European Intellectuals On Threat Of World War: ...
    Voice of Russia September 6, 2012 European intellectuals’ fears of a new war: dangerous lack of self-critique Dmitry Babich ==== When reading these articles, one gets an impression that the dangerous war nearing us is not a man-made affair, but some natural disaster that comes from nowhere. Ther ...
  • The Syrian Debacle: Proxy War
    The News September 5, 2012 The Syrian debacle Iftekhar A Khan ==== Britain has already given £5 million in aid to opposition groups in Syria, and its special envoy to the Syrian opposition, John Wilks, has remained in contact with FSA members in Istanbul. Western powers continue to change the re ...
  • Faiz Ahmed Faiz: Today, war means the annihila ...
    Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Faiz Ahmed Faiz From Lenin Peace Prize acceptance speech (1962) I do not find anything in my life and work that should have made me worthy of this single honour. However, I can think of one reason: the fervent yearning for peace and ind ...
  • Interview: NATO Holds Secret Meeting Approving ...
    Voice of Russia September 5, 2012 NATO holds secret meeting approving Syrian operation – interview John Robles Recorded on September 3, 2012 AUDIO: Download Rick Rozoff spoke to the Voice of Russia’s John Robles regarding the recent “quiet” of NATO, and among the topics h ...
  • U.S. Position On East China Sea Island Dispute ...
    Xinhua News Agency September 4, 2012 US position on Diaoyu Islands very dangerous ==== Not long after US President Barack Obama came into office he begin to convey his strategic intentions to Pivot to Asia to the world. And many analysts believe the key in implementing the Obama administration&# ...

Before It's News

Intel Hub

  • TV Stations May Start Using Military Drones Li ...
    Madison Ruppert | The Camcopter, a drone developed for military use by Austria’s Schiebel Corporation, could very well be used by television stations and other journalists to gather news in the very near future.
  • Government Hypes Airport Hoax After TSA Liquid ...
    Kurt Nimmo | The TSA has reported a “suspicious item” in Philadelphia that required a “law enforcement situation” and hysterical coverage.
  • BP Spill Resurfaces on Louisiana Beaches as Gu ...
    Susanne Posel | In Louisiana, remnants of the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill are washing up on shore in the form of tarballs that are heavily laced with Corexit. It is estimated that 1 million barrels of oil remain on the seabed in the Gulf of Mexico, left behind by the BPDH oil spill.
  • $83,046 For A 3 Hour Hospital Visit – Wh ...
    Economic Collapse Blog | These days it seems like almost everyone has an outrageous hospital bill story.
  • License-Plate Readers Create ‘Massive Intellig ...
    Colorado Springs Gazette September 6, 2012 [...] Over the past two years, roof-mounted license-plate readers — a kind of high-tech surveillance camera — have quietly led authorities in the Pikes Peak Region to scores of stolen vehicles. They also have helped capture fugitives and kept tabs on pa ...

FRS

  • Nepal: Chairman of the CPN-Maoist on the persp ...
    ( Interview with  Comrade Kiran)  1. International 1.1 How do you evaluate present international  situation? Electronic communication and information technology ha developed significantly since some decades. It is a qualitative progress in the sector of productive force. But, the hegemony of imp ...
  • The Black Indians: Growing up Dalit in the US, ...
     Touche Ms Soundararajan says it in black ’n white  Thenmozhi Soundararajan  Running, passing, hiding. This is the litany of the Dalit American. Growing up in southern California, my family was one of the first Tamil families to immigrate to Los Angeles. Representatives of the Indian brain drain ...
  • Interview with Julian Assange in the Ecuadoria ...
    August 31, 2012 by thisdayinwikileaks Uruguayan journalist Jorge Gestoso interviews Julian Assange from within the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.In this extensive interview, originally aired on GamaTV on August 30, they talk about the UK government’s threat to extract Assange from the embas ...
  • “Phantom Control”: Israel’s ...
    Aug 26, 2012 by TheRealNews Yael Berda’s new book The Bureaucracy of Occupation sheds light on Israel’s more invisible control over the Palestinians. For more www.therealnews.com
  • “Phantom Control”: Israel’s ...
    Aug 26, 2012 by TheRealNews Yael Berda’s new book The Bureaucracy of Occupation sheds light on Israel’s more invisible control over the Palestinians. For more www.therealnews.com

Ken O'Keefe

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

StillSmallVoice

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

Associated Content

  • Social Security's Need for Bullets Odd but Logical
    Social Security Administration's need for ammunition starts rumors and provides an opportunity for giving information to the public.Contributor: Susan Graybeal Published: Sep 04, 2012
  • Obama Shows Good Tactics by Openly Supporting ...
    As the Democratic National Convention is set to begin the president has chosen to confirm his support for health care reform. To win, Obama must stick to firm policy while highlighting that the Republicans have provided no details for their own policies.Contributor: Calvin Wolf Published: Sep 03 ...
  • Furor Over SEAL Bin Laden Mission Highlights H ...
    A Navy SEAL who was part of the mission that ended the life of al Quada terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden has written a book, "No Easy Day," of his team's exploits. While critics and admirers abound, who remains silent speaks volumes.Contributor: Calvin Wolf Published: Sep 03, 2012
  • Mr. President, Sometimes Older Ideas are Better
    One of the more irritating lines coming out of the Democratic Party is the notion that their opponents, the Republicans, advocate ancient and therefore obsolete ideas from the past that have outlived their usefulness on the modern world.Contributor: Mark Whittington Published: Sep 03, 2012
  • Harvard Cheating Scandal Makes Case Against Ho ...
    I have begun teaching my first Advanced Placement classes this fall, presiding over three sections of AP Microeconomics. The high school seniors in my classes will be heading to college next fall. Advice given to me? Don't take homework for a grade.Contributor: Calvin Wolf Published: Aug 31, 2012

Popsci - Science

  • The Labs That Go Boom: The Plasma Physics Labo ...
    Cranking out plasma at 100 million degrees This month, as part of our special on the future of education, PopSci presents 10 labs where students do serious research (and career training) by blowing stuff up. Lab: Plasma Physics Laboratory at Princeton University Career: Plasma physicist, fusi ...
  • Inside the Mysterious Dark Matter of the Human ...
    When scientists sequenced the human genome a decade ago, it was somewhat like looking at a blueprint in a foreign language — everything was marked in its proper location, but no one could tell what it all meant. Only about 1 percent of our genome codes for proteins that actually do anything, so ...
  • The Labs That Go Boom: How to Run a Nuclear Re ...
    And how to mutate plant seeds using radiation This month, as part of our special on the future of education, PopSci presents 10 labs where students do serious research (and career training) by blowing stuff up. Lab: Reed College Career: Reactor physicist, nuclear engineer, medical physicist T ...
  • Video: A Ball of Metal Bounces Off a Thin Shee ...
    We've seen hydrogels--the squishy material of the future--do some neat tricks before. Researchers, for example, have already tried to make them autonomous self-healers, ready to repair themselves when they break. But what if they just didn't break at all under strain? Then you'd get something l ...
  • The Curious Science of Bodily Functions
    A new book explores why our bodies do the things they do In Curious Behavior: Yawning, Laughing, Hiccupping, and Beyond, which published last week, Robert Provine, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of Maryland, sets out to answer some of biology’s burning questions: W ...

Veterans Today

  • File Sharer from Sweden Kidnapped in Cambodia
    Murdoch’s “Wall Street Urinal” Calls Swede Internet Freedom Advocate “Notorious Criminal”   By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor ———- Sweden went 800 miles to capture and extradite what to most is their greatest national hero, Gottfrid Warg, the man ...
  • Mitt Romney’s Father Was A Mexican Citizen Whe ...
    Mitt Romney’s Father Was A Mexican Citizen When Mitt Was Born.   Is Mitt Romney a “natural born citizen”? ———- It is absolutely clear that Mitt Romney is NOT a Natural Born Citizen unless he can prove that George Romney gained citizenship from naturalization prior to Mitt’ ...
  • Breaking: Afghanistan – America’s “Tota ...
    Everyone in the world knows America’s invasion of Iran was a lie, an oil raid, from day one.
  • Press TV: NATO Secretly Authorizes Syria Attack
    Yesterday afternoon, Monday, August 28, 2012, in a meeting in Brussels, NATO military leaders in consultation with “telephonic liaison” with officers of military forces in several former Soviet Republics, major African states, Israel, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states came to a combined decision ...
  • Why Does Israel Hate Gentiles?
    Gentiles in general and Gentile children in particular are targets of Judaism. For example Psalm 137:9 reads, Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

War is Business

Hudson's Weather & Climate

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

Internat'l Political Economy

  • Peddling Geo-Influence: PRC/Cambodia, US/Egypt
    Geopolitics may have gone somewhat out of fashion after the fall of the Berlin Wall, but they've never become truly unfashionable. With the US nosediving in terms of global competitiveness and so many other things, various parts of the world are literally up for grabs to those displaying enough ...
  • Thailand Still Dreams About an 'OPEC of Rice'
    I guess there are few truly novel ideas in international political economy. Since the formation of OPEC, developing nations have envied its perceived success in buoying oil prices. As such, there have been any number of cartels for other commodities which have been mooted or even made. Bauxite, ...
  • Non-Alignment Reborn? Morsi, UN's Ban, etc in Iran
    The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) came into existence at a time when developing countries could, yes, align themselves with either the United States and its allies or the Soviet Union and its allies. Even the United States--which dissuaded many countries from attending the 1955 Bandung Conference i ...
  • Developing an 'Autocracy Index' (World Policy ...
    You are doubtlessly familiar with the "world's worst dictators" feature from Parade. Apparently, this concept of comparing authoritarian rule remains popular as our colleagues over at the World Policy Institute have come up with their own compilation. In their composite measure, they take a loo ...
  • Hillary, More White Man's Burdenish Than Kissinger
    Say what you will about Henry Kissinger and the practice of realpolitik, but it is interesting to note the degeneration in US foreign policy attitudes over four decades. From Kissinger-era live and let live, Missus Clinton has largely returned to the "America knows best" attitude familiar to Ame ...

Economic Collapse Blog

  • $83,046 For A 3 Hour Hospital Visit – Wh ...
    The fastest way to go broke in America is to go to the hospital.  These days it seems like almost everyone has an outrageous hospital bill story to share.  It is getting to the point where most people are deathly afraid to go to the hospital.  All the financial progress that you ...
  • Some Of The Really Bad Things That Could Happe ...
    Most people just assume that since things have always been a certain way that they will always be that way in the future.  Most people just have blind faith that the people running our government and our financial system know exactly what they are doing and that they are doing th ...
  • 18 Indications That Europe Has Become An Econo ...
    Summer vacation is over and things are about to get very interesting in Europe.  Most Americans don't realize this, but much of Europe shuts down for the entire month of August.  I wish we had something similar in the United States.  But now millions of Europeans are returning fr ...
  • Economic Failure: 58 Percent Of The Jobs Being ...
    Are you good at flipping burgers , waiting tables or stocking shelves?  Are you proficient with a cash register?  Do you enjoy doing mindless work for very low pay?  If you answered yes to any of those questions, then you are probably going to fit in very well in the new U.S. eco ...
  • What Is The Best Place To Live In America? Pro ...
    If you could live in any state in America, where would you go?  During troubled times like these, what is the best place in the United States to live?  A lot of people are asking these kinds of questions these days.  Our economy is on the verge of collapse, natural disasters are ...

Infoshop - Alt Media

E U Times

  • 3 Tons of Food Looted From Grocery Stores In S ...
    As the economic and financial systems of the world rapidly approach the real possibility of total collapse, signs of what we can expect on a mass scale in the near future are beginning to appear throughout Europe. In Spain, a country that just a few years ago was heralded as a shining example of ...
  • 12 million Apple iOS users’ data spied by FBI
    A hacktivist group associated with Anonymous claims it has lifted over 12 million Apple Unique Device Identifiers (UDIDs) from an FBI computer and released 1 million of them as an archive. The leaked data includes names, phone numbers and addresses, but people still buy the spy-phone as if it&#8 ...
  • Separatists win Quebec elections, shots fired ...
    The separatist Parti Quebecois has won Quebec’s regional elections and will form a new government there, once again raising the possibility of a referendum on independence being held in Canada’s French-speaking province. Canadian Broadcasting Corp and the Canadian Press reported that Parti Quebe ...
  • US top officials would not support unilateral ...
    Amid Israel’s war rhetoric against Iran, the United States has sent a message to the Islamic Republic, stating that Washington would not support Tel Aviv in case of any possible unilateral strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Top officials at US President Barack Obama’s administratio ...
  • Apple Granted Patent To Disable Cameras Accord ...
    Recording, communicating during protests, political events could be restricted. Apple was granted a patent last week that will enable it to wirelessly disable the camera on iphones in certain locations, sparking fears that such techniques could be used to prevent citizens from communicating with ...

Voiceless Victim

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

WL Central

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

U N News

  • UN-backed commission presents plan to fight im ...
    A United Nations-backed commission today presented a strategic work plan at the world body's Headquarters in New York outlining efforts to combat impunity in Guatemala and support the country's justice system.
  • UN report urges joint action to ensure all ch ...
    Over 22 million boys, girls and adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean are not in school or are at serious risk of dropping out, according to a new United Nations report, which calls for a joint effort across sectors to ensure that all children can complete their education.
  • Many children in Guatemala still facing sexual ...
    In spite of protection measures by the Guatemalan Government, many children are still victims of sexual exploitation and forced labour, a United Nations independent expert warned today.
  • In wake of Tropical Storm Isaac, UN steps up H ...
    Humanitarian efforts are underway in Haiti following the torrential rains and blustery winds that battered the country over the weekend as Tropical Storm Isaac swept across the nation, the United Nations said today.
  • UN chief gathers with fellow alumni of Red Cro ...
    Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday gathered in Washington, D. C. with friends he made half a century ago during their visit to the United States, which was organized by the American Red Cross and which inspired him to pursue a life of public service.

Conspiracy Reality TV

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

Rewilding Institute

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

Asia Sentinel

We Know the Lies

  • Look Who Parks Their Cash At Bain Capital
    Democrats convened in Charlotte, NC, will double down on their claim that Bain Capital is really the Bain crime family. They will accuse Republican nominee Mitt Romney and Bain’s other “greedy” co-founders of stealing their winnings, evading taxes and lighting cigars with $100 bills on their ...
  • Pentagon Sources... Mass Arrests Of Bankers, P ...
    The story below is taken from The Daily Paul. A quick summary: Prepare for 2 weeks of Self Sufficiency! Tactically, everyone is in position. Mitt Romney to be arrested! These mass arrests will take place within the next few weeks! read more
  • The Next Generation Of Americans...
    What in the world have we done to our kids? If you spend much time with them, you quickly realize that the next generation of Americans is woefully unprepared to deal with the real world. They are overweight, lazy, undisciplined, disrespectful, disobedient to their parents, selfish, self-c ...
  • Five Stages of the 'Awaking'
    “Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.” -Henry Ford read more
  • Agenda 21 Rejected By Republican Party Platfor ...
    The official GOP platform approved at the Republican National Convention in Tampa included tough language rejecting the United Nations “sustainability” scheme known as Agenda 21 for the threat it represents to national sovereignty, drawing praise from conservative and Tea Party leaders acros ...

Tarpley

Modern Survivalism

  • Latest Homeland Security Armored Vehicle
    The Department of Homeland Security (through the U.S. Army Forces Command) recently retrofitted 2,717 of these ‘Mine Resistant Protected’ vehicles for service on the streets of the United States. Although I’ve seen and read several online blurbs about this vehicle of late, I de ...
  • What Are Your Favorite Survival Books?
    Have you ever wondered what other Preppers are reading? Here’s your chance to participate in discovering the answer… Let us know what survival books that YOU have, and/or your favorites. Similar Articles You Might Enjoy: Top 20 Survival Preparedness Books Survival Medicine Handbook S ...
  • Where’s The Spice?
    Passing along another example of how we are continually getting screwed out there by ‘brilliant’ marketing ploys and techniques meant to fool you and increase a companies bottom line. You could call this invisible inflation. The other day Lauren happened to buy a few spice containers ...
  • Why Do People Buy Homes At The Top End Of Thei ...
    Survival preparedness begins with common sensibility and an understanding of where and how we fit within the world around us. Unfortunately, many, and I mean many, people apparently do not ‘get it’. One element of this sensibility is to have a fundamental understanding of one’s ...
  • ALL Water In Oregon Belongs To The State
    Update: The original article [below] from end of July reports on an Oregon man who is now evidently in jail for having collected rainwater from runoff on his own property into 3 small ponds which he was permitted to build (yes, in Oregon you can’t dig a hole and allow rainwater to fill it ...

Fast Company

  • If You Want Customers To Fork Over Private Dat ...
    As more of their interactions move to digital platforms, consumers will also leave behind much more data about what they are interested in, since they will be visiting sites and consuming media that captures everything they do. This will give advertisers the opportunity to get to know them much ...
  • LinkedIn Introduces Alerts, Revamped Company Pages
    LinkedIn is revamping their alerts system and company pages in an effort to make sure networkers, recruiters, and job hunters spend even more time on the site. Late last night, the social networking site launched Facebook-style notifications, which ping users when posts are liked, profiles are v ...
  • Fast Take: Amazon's Smartphone
    Rumors that Amazon was planning on entering the smartphone game have circulated for quite some time. Amazon's operation, however, is very well locked down, so little real data leaks out ahead of its press events--and the relatively smallish scale of its operation means there's less scrutiny on c ...
  • Extreme Leadership Lessons From Astronaut, Ant ...
    Dr. Scott Parazynski has an intimidating resume. A former NASA astronaut who served on the Space Shuttle, Parazynski now oversees medical operations for the National Science Foundation's (NSF) United States Antarctic Program's bases and outposts on the polar continent. He's also a former Olympic ...
  • Nokia Execs Talk Tablet Plans, Microsoft Surface
    Nokia has desperately tried to create a product that excites both consumers and shareholders. But so far, the struggling Finnish device maker has failed to do so: The beautiful Lumia 900 smartphone barely moved the needle, and even after Wednesday's much-anticipated unveiling of the Lumia 920, N ...

Jadaliyya

  • Article 28 of the Tunisian Constitution: A Pro ...
    Every year Tunisians celebrate Women’s Day on 13 August 13 with all due pomp and circumstance.  This year, however, 7,000 Tunisians —mostly women—took to Mohamed V Avenue in downtown Tunis to protest Article 28 proposed by the Constituent Assembly.  Their demonstration reflec ...
  • Beware of Small Cities
    The physical spaces of the Arab uprisings emerged as powerful political tools in the course of the revolts for both protesters and regimes. Protestors in streets and squares affirmed that power also exists in real exchanges, in real places between real people. Tahrir Square experienced a metamor ...
  • Rachel Corrie: Blaming the Victim
    On Tuesday, Judge Oded Gershon of the Haifa District Court dismissed the civil lawsuit I brought on behalf of Rachel Corrie’s family against the State of Israel for the unlawful killing of their daughter, an American peace activist and human rights defender who legally entered Gaza to live with ...
  • Anne and Rachel: a Legacy of Two Martyrs
    Sixty-Seven years after the end of World War II, a team of researchers and cameramen from the Anne Frank House in Holland showed up at the Capitol Lakes retirement center in Madison, Wisconsin to interview my father-in-law, Fritz Loewenstein. Fritz is the only known person still living who had ...
  • من يصنع الثورة في القطيف
    عندما تقترب من أحد منافذ محافظة القطيف تشعر بشيء مختلف، ليس لأن ملامح الواحة الخضراء تلوح في الأفق،ولكن لأن نقطة تفتيش من نوع خاص في استقبالك، طابور من سيارات المواطنين تنتظر وسيارات أمن متنوعة الأحجام والأشكال، وسلاح من الوزن المتوسط والخفيف مشهور في وجه القادمين. لن يخطئ إحساسك حين تميز أن حال ...

mediagazer

  • Apple Seeks to Create Pandora Rival (Wall Stre ...
    Wall Street Journal: Apple Seeks to Create Pandora Rival  —  Apple Inc. is in talks to license music for a custom-radio service similar to the popular one operated by Pandora Media Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, in what would be a bid by the hardware maker t ...
  • Valerie Jarrett Denies Journalist Claim About ...
    Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post: Valerie Jarrett Denies Journalist Claim About DNC Removal  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Valerie Jarrett, a top adviser to President Barack Obama, denies journalist Michael Tracey's claim that she or her staff had him removed from a media ar ...
  • Tumblr Finally Gets Serious About Ads - By Hir ...
    Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: Tumblr Finally Gets Serious About Ads — By Hiring Someone to Sell Ads  —  Tumblr has poached top Groupon sales exec Lee Brown as it aims to finally try to make money from its millions of blogs and billions of page views.  —  Brown w ...
  • Four More Years? Roger Ailes in Talks Over Ne ...
    Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine: Four More Years?  Roger Ailes in Talks Over New Contract  —  With the presidential contest too close to call, both campaigns are planning for the aftermath.  At Fox News, Roger Ailes is planning for his next term as well.  Acco ...
  • Exclusive: USA Today to redesign paper, relaun ...
    Dylan Byers / Politico: Exclusive: USA Today to redesign paper, relaunch website  —  USA Today is planning a major relaunch of its newspaper, website and mobile platforms, complete with a new “USA TODAY” logo, POLITICO has learned.  —  The redesigned ...

Chemtrail News

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

World News - Top Stories

  • UN commissioner to visit Turkey soon
    U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres will pay a two-day visit to Turkey next week that comes as “a result” of Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s severe warning to the international community on the worsening humanitarian tragedy in Syria, according to Turkish diplomatic sourc ...
  • Decibels rise as Cong, BJP slug it out on ...
    Congress and BJP on Thursday sharpened their attack on each other on the coal block allocation giving a clear indication that the controversy over the issue is going to further escalate in coming days even after the Monsoon session of Parliament concludes tomorrow. Stepping up the attack on ...
  • India hopes to normalize its relations wi ...
    Tweet New Delhi, Sep 6 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna on Thursday said the main intention of his visit to Pakistan was to normalize the relations between the two Asian neighbours. Krishna, however, said that he did not expect much during his visit to Pakistan. "We don't expect ...
  • Open to coaching India: Ganguly
    Tweet New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) Former India captain Sourav Ganguly Thursday expressed his willingness to coach the national cricket team if the board feels he is the best candidate for the job. "Obviously, I have interest in coaching but only time will tell what can happen in future. If the B ...
  • FIFA's regional development inaugurated i ...
    Tweet New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke inaugurated the world body's regional developmental office at Dwarka in the national capital here Thursday. The regional office has been shifted to Delhi from Colombo. "It's really pleasing to see our endeavour taking shape i ...

no frakking consensus

Anna's News

  • National Parks at Risk: Photos
    National parks represent our country's last stronghold of wilderness. But the large majority of parks are suffering, too.Ninety-five percent of parks assessed in a recent study have lost key species that once helped define them. Meanwhile, 91 percent .... Submitted by Anna Smith to Animals &nbs ...
  • Suicide rates in Europe 'linked' to financial ...
    The financial crisis "almost certainly" led to an increase in suicides across Europe, health experts say.The analysis by US and UK researchers found a rise in suicides was recorded among working age people from 2007 to 2009 in nine of the 10 nations...... Submitted by Anna Smith to Health & Well ...
  • 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  |& ...
  • 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   ...
  • Haji Ali: A Popular Pilgrimage for all Faith
    Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai is a popular pilgrimage destination for devotees of all faith. Many devotees visit Dargah from different walks of life. It is situated 500 yards off shore in the middle of Worli Bay in Mumbai. The mosque was built in 1431 by a... Submitted by Anna Smith to World   ...

Medical Marijuana

  • 9/5/12 - 105 Peer-Reviewed Studies on Marijuana
    medicalmarijuana.procon.org - 105 Peer-Reviewed Studies on Marijuana - One new study (#79) found that women who used marijuana regularly up to the point of conception have a "significant and strong" risk of spontaneous preterm birth. Another new study (#78) found that marijuana may help to im ...
  • 8/28/12 - Vegetarianism Needed to Stem Drought ...
    vegetarian.procon.org - Vegetarianism Needed to Stem Drought-Related Food Crisis, Scientists Say
  • 8/23/12 - Medical Marijuana Initiative Approve ...
    medicalmarijuana.procon.org - Medical Marijuana Initiative Approved for Arkansas Ballot
  • 8/23/12 - NEW: 6 States with Legal Gay Marriag ...
    gaymarriage.procon.org  - NEW: 6 States with Legal Gay Marriage and 41 States with Same-Sex Marriage Bans - See which states have legalized same-sex marriage by state supreme court decisions or legislative actions, which states have banned same-sex marriage by constitutional amendment, legi ...
  • 8/22/12 - Will increased oil drilling help the ...
    alternativeenergy.procon.org - Will increased oil drilling help the US solve its energy crisis? - Read pro and con statements from Newt Gingrich (pro), Nancy Pelosi (con), Exxon Mobile (pro), David Moulton of the Wilderness Society (con), and many other politicians and energy experts.

Truth About Our World

Gyrovague's Raves

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

In Verbena | Royal Society

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

NAU Resistance

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

Gaea Times

  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Google Street Viewers spot ?God? floating over ...
    SYDNEY - Google Street View has spotted a god-like figure floating midair above a lake in Quarten, Switzerland. Although the image, discovered by the Gawker blog, is apparently the result of some sort of light distortion or lens flare, blogger Max Read has questioned whether it might have more ...
  • Dogs reduce stress in autistic children: Study
    WASHINGTON - Dogs-apart from being man’s best friend-have a special role to play in the lives of children with special needs. A new study by the Universite de Montreal has suggested that specifically trained service dogs can help reduce the anxiety and enhance the socialization skills of ...
  • Fans garner signatures in support of Kings XI ...
    CHANDIGARH - Dejected over the ouster of Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) from the Indian Premier League (IPL), fans of the team here have started a signature campaign to garner public support against the decision. They have constituted a group called Fans of Kings XI Punjab, consisting of students and ...

TruthNews Australia

  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Exposing the criminal injustice system with Ge ...
    Part 2 of Exposing the criminal injustice system with George Georgios
  • Exposing the criminal injustice system with Ge ...
    In today's show we are joined in the first hour by Josh Jackson from Germany. We cover the fiscal crisis in Europe and Josh gives us some interesting insights. In the second hour George Georgios returns to talk about the systemic injustice and corruption within the criminal justice system. Geo ...
  • Short, powerful video explains why we must opp ...
    This excellent video was produced by the video production company Koozzoo for Civil Liberties Australia.

Beacon

  • Guest Post: Live from the Seafood Summit
    ©Wikimedia Commons Editor's note: This is a guest post by Simone Lewis-Koskinen, Program Assistant at SeaWeb, reporting from the Seafood Summit in Hong Kong. Oceana is a sponsor of the summit.  After many months and several thousand emails, phone calls and meetings, the Seafood Sum ...
  • Victory: Power Plant Defeated in Chile
    Seagrass near where the power plant would have been built. © Oceana/Eduardo Sorensen  Great news from Chile: A planned coal-fired plant, located dangerously close to several biodiverse marine habitats, was shot down by the Chilean Supreme Court on Tuesday. Coal-powered thermoelectric po ...
  • Ocean Health Gets a Failing Grade
    The oceans scored a disheartening 60 out of 100 on the Ocean Health Index.  It’s no secret that the health of our oceans is under extreme threat. With dangers like overfishing, climate change and ocean acidification, keeping our oceans healthy is a complex problem that has proved diffic ...
  • Video: How Seismic Testing Works
    We've been working to stop proposed seismic testing in the Atlantic, which could injure marine mammals such as the endangered right whale. But seismic testing is a pretty hard thing to visualize, so I asked one of our marine scientists, Matt Huelsenbeck, to draw it for us.  He could use s ...
  • Q&A: Alexandra Cousteau
    The new issue of Oceana magazine is hot off the presses! In this issue, I interviewed Oceana senior advisor Alexandra Cousteau, who also graces this issue's cover.  The granddaughter of famed ocean explorer and filmmaker Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Alexandra doesn’t take her family legacy lig ...

Civilian Military Intelligence Group

  • Pussy Riot’s Yekaterina Samutsevich Closing St ...
      Why did Putin feel the need to exploit the Orthodox religion and its aesthetics? After all, he could have employed his own, far more secular tools of power—for example, national corporations, or his menacing police system, or his own obedient judiciary system. It may be that the tough, fa ...
  • The Handley Page 115 Testbed.
          The British in the late 1950s were in a race along with everyone else to produce the next generation of jet fighters and bombers. So test aircraft were built for very narrow technological purposes. The Handley page 115 was one such plane. In fact its narrow mission was to co ...
  • “A Shotgun Is Just Like A Shoe,” K ...
          Shooter Kim Rhode brought home her fifth medal in the Olympics in skeet shooting. First it was Atlanta, then Barcelona, then Athens and then Beijing. Now she took a gold home for skeet shooting with a new shotgun, an Italian Perazzi. This is a story about her shotgun.   ...
  • The Imperial Russian Evstafi Class Battleship ...
    Ioann Zlatoust was an Evstafi class battleship of the Imperial Russian Navy. She was the last of the pre-dreadnought battleships to be built in the west and served in the Black Sea Fleet. She was the second ship of the Evstafi class. This particular ship engaged the German battlecruiser SMS Goeb ...
  • The Normandie-Niemen Squadrons.
    The Normandie-Niemen Squadrons were Free French combat pilots that flew missions against the Nazis for and from Russia. They flew 869 missions and scored 273 victories with 37 non-certified shoot-downs. French pilots were flying the Soviet Yakovlev 1, and fast nimble and easy to fly fighter that ...

Taylor Marsh

  • Jonah Goldberg on Elizabeth Warren: “What a ch ...
    “I sure never dreamed I’d be the warm-up act for President Bill Clinton.” – Elizabeth Warren THE PROGRESSIVES progressive has a different style. She’s earnest and grounded in purpose. No high-falutin rhetorical arcs for Warren, she speaks softly and carries a big ca ...
  • News Desk: Russia’s Putin Calls Romney Out for ...
    PRESIDENT PUTIN hardened his position on Syria, while taking aim at Mitt Romney’s claim that Russia is “without question our No. 1 geopolitical foe.” It’s then that he weighed in on the 2012 election in America. Putin took aim at Obama’s Republican rival Mitt Romney ...
  • News Desk: Secy. Clinton Watches Bill, Beaming
    A photo released by the State Department shows Secretary of State Hillary Clinton watching her husband deliver remarks Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention. Hillary Clinton didn’t watch the speech live because she was busy meeting with leaders of the tiny nation of East Ti ...
  • TOP STORY: A Talk Only Bill Clinton Could Deli ...
    “It takes some brass to attack a guy for doing what you did.” – President Bill Clinton PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON was on a mission and he was going to leave no fact unfurled. Coaxing the audience, “Now, listen to me now,” he continued to bring everyone ’round to h ...
  • The Greatest Communicator
    “It’s quite good, actually,” Clinton said of their relationship. “It’s candid, it’s open. We haven’t been close friends a long time or anything like that, but he knows that I support him.” [The Hill] MAKING THE CASE is what he does. Making an emoti ...

Hudson New York

  • J'Accuse: Shame on Germany for Circumcision Ban
    Why do countries with long histories of anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry seem to care more about the so-called rights of young children not to be circumcised than do other countries in the world with far better histories of concern for human
  • The End of US-Israel Strategic Cooperation?
    "I don't want to be complicit if they (Israelis) choose to do it (attack Iran's nuclear program)," said Joint Chiefs Chairman Martin Dempsey. News flash, General Dempsey: You are complicit in the way that counts; you are trapped: the Iranian leadership
  • The Godmother: Germany's New Dictator, Angela ...
    For two consecutive years, Forbes Magazine has elected Angela Merkel the most powerful woman on Earth. It might not be long before she becomes the most powerful person on Earth. That is what Gertrud Höhler, a former advisor of former German Chancellor
  • The "No Foreign Law" Statement
    Republican convention delegates voted last week adopt a platform plank, cautioning against the use of foreign law in U.S. courts. While jurists such as Supreme Court Justice Scalia have said that "foreign legal materials can never be relevant to an
  • Germany: New Ad Campaign to Counter Muslim Rad ...
    The German government has launched a nationwide poster campaign aimed at fighting against the radicalization of young Muslim immigrants. The ad campaign is the brainchild of German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich, who has been leading Germany's

Urban Survival

  • Glittering! At least momentarily…
    Silver was up to $32.85 when I looked and gold passed the $1,700 level today in anticipation of action by the European Central Bank.  As one story in the WSJ notes, this is also an anniversary of gold’s all time … Continue reading →
  • Coping: Can We End summer Now…Please?
    We love East Texas…but yes, we are still pondering a move to the Pacific Northwest to be closer to the kids.  Why?  Because East Texas, for all its glory, chili festivals, dogwood festivals, Texas State Railroad rides (I’ve yet to … Continue reading →
  • Dart-Tossing Tuesday
    What a load-a crap in the news this morning!  Since the US market was closed for Labor Day, the rest of the world was a somewhat rational place Monday.  But, that’s not likely to last very long.  For one thing, … Continue reading →
  • Coping: With Dental Cowardice
    I spent the entire night dreaming about (of all things) bad breath.  Now, that’s not the usual fare for me.  Normally I’m playing in these marvelous 3-dimensional/nearly real dreams with all kinds of neat stuff going on (flying, massively cool … Continue reading →
  • Labor Day: The Prozac Nation’s Mindless ...
      Go ahead…pill up!  Enjoy this Labor Day to its fullest, because this is one of those American traditions which economists (like me?) can absolutely guarantee is headed for the scrap heap of history.  Not that we want it to, … Continue reading →

Trends & Forecasts

Radical Chic

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

Boston Blog ( Nature Network)

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

NRDC Switchboard

  • Common sense reasons to support organic agricu ...
    Sasha Lyutse, Policy Analyst, New York Everyone loves a good [rhetorical] food fight. This week, a ruckus erupted over a Stanford University study, which found that organic foods are no more nutritious than their conventional counterparts. With head ...
  • Toward a More Sustainable Charlotte
    Rob Perks, Transportation Advocacy Director, Washington, D.C. I just flew back from Charlotte, North Carolina and obviously my arms aren't too tired to blog. This week there are a lot of exciting things happening in the Queen City. While there& ...
  • India Environmental News Compilation, August 2 ...
    Amrita Batra, Program Assistant, India Initiative and Food and Agriculture, San Francisco Climate Storms, Drought Overshadow New UN Climate Talks “World climate change negotiators faced warnings on Thursday that a string of extreme weather e ...
  • What makes a great city street? Consider these ...
    Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC      Church Street, Charleston, South Carolina My friend Victor Dover has taught me more about the importance of streets to community, and the characteristics that can ...
  • China Environmental News Alert
    Greenlaw from NRDC China, NRDC China Program, Beijing NRDC has been working in China for over fifteen years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental law, and green supply chain issues. This China ...

Injustice Everywhere

  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 8 reports of police misconduct tracked for Wednesday, September 5, 2012: Youngstown, Ohio: Two deputies have been placed on leave while there is an investigation going on into a deputy that was caught on video beating an … Continue reading →National Police Misconduct New ...
  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 9 stories of police misconduct tracked for Tuesday, September 4th, 2012: Fairmont, West Virginia: A former Fairmont State University student is alleging that police turned what should’ve been a routine report of a fender-bender into a full-fledged … Continue reading &#85 ...
  • Today is Jury Rights Day
    September 5  is Jury Rights Day! Here is my blog post from last year: Today’s date, Sept. 5, marks an important historical event in the development of the right to trial by jury. On this day in 1670, William Penn and William Mead … Continue reading →Today is ...
  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 12 reports of police misconduct tracked for Friday, August 31, 2012: Sarasota, Florida: An officer is on administrative leave after punching a suspect in the head 10 times and then choking him unconscious during an arrest.  bit.ly/RwM90C … Continue reading →National ...
  • Man Files Excessive Force Lawsuit Against Utah ...
    More here.Man Files Excessive Force Lawsuit Against Utah Police is a post from PoliceMisconduct.net

Total Collapse

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

Daily Dose

Beyond Zero Emissions

  • Paid Contractor Position: Development and Rela ...
    Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE) is a community and volunteer-based climate and renewable energy think-tank. A small team of contracted coordinators enable hundreds of volunteers to actively engage and deliver Beyond Zero Emissions' objective of moving Australia from a 19th century fossil fuel-based ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Clouding a bright solar thermal future
    The July 31 Australian Energy Technology Assessment from the Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics has been hailed by the government, and renewable energy advocates, as a step forward for Australia’s ‘clean energy future’. It is true that the estimates in the AETA are an improvement over t ...

Monga Bay ( News )

  • Photos: Asia's disappearing species
    To highlight the plight of Asia's biodiversity, which is facing a range of threats from deforestation to the wildlife trade, the Wildlife Conservation Society today released a list of Asian species in need of immediate conservation action.
  • Controversial palm oil license issued in Indon ...
    An Indonesian court has instructed the governor of Aceh province to revoke a controversial license owned by a palm oil company accused of destroying orangutan habitat and carbon-rich peatlands on the island of Sumatra, reports The Jakarta Post.
  • Palm oil company in Cameroon drops bid for eco ...
    Herakles Farm, a U.S.-based agricultural developer, will no longer seek eco-certification of its 70,000-hectare oil palm plantation in Cameroon, reports the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). The move comes amid criticism from environmental groups that Herakles is converting high conserv ...
  • Deforestation is killing Madagascar's coral reefs
    Sediment carried by rivers draining deforested areas in Madagascar is smothering local coral reefs, increasing the incidence of disease and suppressing growth, report new studies.
  • Spike in glacier melt across Patagonia since 2000
    The rate of glacier melt across Patagonia has accelerated since 2000, reports a new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

Sierra Express

  • Messeh Kamara joins United Nations Special Env ...
    LONDON 3 September, 2012 — Sierra Leone’s emerging young leader and human rights activist, Messeh Kamara, aged 25 joined former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, recently appointed as the UN Special Envoy on Global Education at an International Conference in  urging  world leaders to keep the ...
  • The NGO Timap for Justice launches today its m ...
    Freetown, Thursday September 6, 2012 – Timap co-founders Simeon Koroma and Vivek Maru reflect here on how the manual came about, and why it is important for justice in Sierra Leone: Promoting primary justice services in Sierra Leone: Timap launches Paralegal Manual Timap began with a quest ...
  • Speech of HE President Ernest Bai Koroma at th ...
    KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY HE DR ERNEST BAI KOROMA AT THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE KENEMA SHOPPING PLAZA AND THE DECLARATION OF THE NASSIT  TENTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY IN KENEMA ON FRIDAY 30THAUGUST 2012.  Photo: HE President Ernest Bai Koroma delivering his keynote address) Mr. Chairman Ag Mayor of Kenema Ci ...
  • NASSIT Chairman – dedication at Kenema shoppin ...
    STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE NATIONAL SOCIAL SECURITY AND INSURANCE TRUST (NASSIT) AT THE OFFICIAL DEDICATION OF THE KENEMA SHOPPING PLAZA AND DECLARATION THE NASSIT TENTH ANNIVERSARY IN KENEMA-FRIDAY 31STAUGUST 2012  (Photo: Chairman of NASSIT Board of Trustees, Mr Jacob ...
  • WV SIERRA LEONE Category II National Office Re ...
    TO:   WVI Partnership.  FROM:  WV Sierra Leone Acting National Director – Fred D. Musinya  DATE:  August 30th 2012 RE:   WV SIERRA LEONE Category II National Office Response Level Emergency Declaration for the Flood and Waterborne Disease Out Break Owing to the current heavy rains that started i ...

Dairy Industry - NZ Herald

  • Fonterra NZ Dairies purchase approved
    The Commerce Commission said it had cleared Fonterra to acquire the dairy processing assets of New Zealand Dairies, which is in receivership.NZ Dairies processes raw milk at its Studholme factory near Waimate, in the South Island.The...
  • Dairy prices recovering from slump - Fonterra
    Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings says the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction shows that the market is recovering after prices slumped in May and June.Spierings, commenting on the 6 per cent lift in prices at the latest GlobalDairyTrade...
  • Maori leaders eager to win Chinese investment
    A group of Maori business leaders will travel to China next month to talk to Shanghai Pengxin about potential investment opportunities. The group will be led by the Maori Trustee, Jamie Tuuta.The trip follows a hush-hush visit to...
  • Dairy prices up 6pc overnight + graphic
    Dairy prices rose to the highest level since early April in the latest GlobalDairyTrade sale, the third straight gain, with increases for all eight products on offer.The GDT-TWI Price Index rose 6 per cent compared to the last...
  • A2 Corp doubles profit as sales soar in Australia
    A2 Corp, which claims a health benefit from the protein variant in its milk, more than doubled annual profit by expanding in Australia and is looking at building its footprint in China and Britain for its next stage of growth.Net...

Hit & Run | Reason

  • Three Shots at Marijuana Legalization This Fall
    The Drug Policy Chronicle has a helpful run-down of the drug policy initiatives that will appear on state and local ballots in November. The highlight: Voters in three states—Colorado, Oregon, and Washington—will decide whether to legalize the cultivation and sale of marijuana ...
  • Beleaguered Teachers Unions Still Exert Influe ...
    CHARLOTTE--President Barack Obama has occasionally received high marks from impressionable non-liberals for (in the words of New York Times columnist David Brooks) "tak[ing] on a Democratic constituency, the teachers' unions," in the process becoming "the most determined education r ...
  • Top Five Underrated U.S. Presidents
    At Human Events, Jarrett Stepman presents his selection of the top five most underrated U.S. presidents. They are: Warren G. Harding, James K. Polk, Thomas Jefferson, William McKinley, and Ulysses S. Grant. It’s a strange gathering. On the one hand, it’s nice to see Harding make th ...
  • Global Temperature Trend Update: August 2012
    Every month University of Alabama in Huntsville climatologists John Christy and Roy Spencer report the latest global temperature trends from satellite data. Below are the newest data updated through August, 2012. Global climate trend since Nov. 16, 1978: +0.14 C per decade August ...
  • The War in Yemen; 100+ Drone Strikes Since May ...
    Media reports of a drone strike in Yemen that killed ten civilians, including women and children, briefly brings the war in Yemen into focus. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s Chris Woods, who covers the U.S.’s evolving war on terror, explains: When news flashed of an air ...

Mercury Rising

  • Republican Convention vs. Democratic Convention
    The speakers at the Republican National Convention were politicians, business owners, various Romneys, actress Janine Turner, Paralympic gold medalist Chris Devlin-Young, Gov. Bob McDonnell’s daughter Jeanine McDonnell, and Clint Eastwood. Without exception, they’re people with money ...
  • Yet More Evidence Of Conservative Control Of M ...
    As Eric Alterman’s book asked a number of years ago, “What Liberal Media?” There’s certainly none in America — at least, not where most Americans will ever encounter it. This was proved yet again by this bit of news: CBS News has reportedly hired Frank Lun ...
  • How Much Will The MN GOP’s “Voter ...
    In case, after witnessing the walking bounced checks that are Tony Sutton and the Republican Party of Minnesota, you needed any further proof that Republicans in general, and Minnesota Republicans in particular, should never be trusted with Other People’s Money — here you go: Yesterd ...
  • MN GOP’s Photo ID Amendment Hits Minneso ...
    First it was Rice County. Then it was Kittson County. Now, as BSP’s Sally Jo Sorensen notes, yet more parts of greater Minnesota are noticing the huge holes that the state Republicans’ “Photo ID” vote-restriction amendment would blow into their budgets –budgets that ...
  • The most important news of the last week
    Rev. Sun Myung Moon Dead; Unification Church Founder Dies At 92 This man is responsible for a great number of evil deeds. See for example Robert Parry. Whether the remaining empire will go in a more positive direction or will simply continue to do more and more wrong remains to be seen. What is ...

Reality Sandwich

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  • Sympathy for the Devil
    The old adage that tells us nice guys finish last has long been supported by nature. We’re used to seeing aggressors prevailing over the meek, be it in the jungle or the office. But a cancerous plague that threatens the Tasmanian devil, a wild species that only lives on the Australian island o ...
  • The Yin of Civilization: An Interview with Bri ...
      The following article originally appeared in Newtopia Newtopia Magazine.  read more
  • Lasers Uncover the World
    Oh, for the love of lasers! When they're not busy animating our favorite concerts or annoying our pets, the Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation serves far greater purposes. For the past half-century, lasers have aided in efficiency for countless areas of industry, medic ...

Desertification

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

Blogging Canadians

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

  • Israel cabinet urge limited Iran sessions
    Israeli ministers have urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to limit the number of cabinet members attending sensitive sessions on Iran after details about disagreement between intelligence services over Iran were leaked to the media.
  • Syria slams Morsi meddlesome remarks
    Syria has strongly condemned remarks made by Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi as a blatant interference in the country's internal affairs, which only fuels the violence in the country.
  • ‘West after war of aggression in Syria’
    A prominent analyst says Western powers are after a war of aggression in Syria by supporting and arming insurgents and terrorists, Press TV reports.
  • Israel army instructors nabbed over rape
    Three former Israeli soldiers have been arrested for the sexual abuse of underage students at an air force school in the southern city of Beersheba.
  • ‘Palestine goal of all Muslim uprisings’
    Liberation of Palestine has been a principal objective of all the revolutions across the regional Muslim nations in recent decades, a senior Iranian official tells Press TV.

CUNY SPS Community Blog

  • Search the Sky
    Recently, I a friend told me that we were moving into the ‘Age of Aquarius” and I should be on the lookout for major positive changes in my life. Only vaguely aware of the concepts behind astrology and the planetary sign under which I was born, I simply laughed her statement away and asked if [...]
  • What I Did On My Summer Vacation
    I know I could graduate two or more semesters early if only I would take summer classes. But I won’t. Two courses a semester on top of working full-time and trying to have a life (and have some fun!) is too stressful and I need the three-month break from formal education, tests, papers, discussi ...
  • Stepping Up: The Summer of 2012
    Recently, while browsing the CUNY SPS Community Blog, I noticed a post by Ms. Shannon Gallo in which she posed the oft-asked question of “What did you do this summer?” Although I have heard this question countless times before, just as I am sure most of us have, it never fails to catch my attent ...
  • Running for the Cure: Fundraising 101
    With the start of the Fall 2012 semester this week, those of us who took the summer off are quickly reminded of the juggling we will need to do in order to maintain our family responsibilities and jobs. Schedules need to be re-arranged, social outings declined or cancelled, and sometimes we have ...
  • New Age Parenting
    Parenting is an energy consuming challenge in the best of times. This past year I haven’t been employed outside my home, giving me a chance to spend a year as a stay-at-home mom for the first time since my 18 year old was a baby. It was eye opening to say the least. I had [...]

Dissident Voice

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

Destructionist

  • ADAM vs. THE MAN catches up with two slightly ...
      Tagged: Adam Kokesh, Adam vs. The Man, alternative news, latest alternative news, Libertarians, Teat Party, USMC
  • ADAM vs. THE MAN catches up with two slightly ...
      Tagged: Adam Kokesh, Adam vs. The Man, alternative news, latest alternative news, Libertarians, Teat Party, USMC
  • Activist Put On Terror Watchlist To Prevent Hi ...
    An activist was designated as a terror suspect, put on a watchlist and arrested, ostensibly it seems to prevent him attending a protest at this week’s Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. Charlotte resident and activist James Tyson was arrested on Sunday after his name showed up on a ...
  • Activist Put On Terror Watchlist To Prevent Hi ...
    An activist was designated as a terror suspect, put on a watchlist and arrested, ostensibly it seems to prevent him attending a protest at this week’s Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. Charlotte resident and activist James Tyson was arrested on Sunday after his name showed up on a ...
  • Debunked: Ridiculous Study Claims Organic Same ...
    The latest study to demonize foods free of GMO ingredients and mercury-containing high-fructose corn syrup once again fails to accurately address key aspects of the conventional verses organic debate and falls short of properly addressing the limited scope of concerns it does attempt to analyze. ...

Wayne Madsen

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  • September 6-7, 2012 -- Mitt Romney hardly lift ...
    Mitt Romney did not save the 2002 Winter Olympics. Another tall tale from Mittens.
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  • PS - Inter Press Services

    • Amidst Rising Xenophobia, U.N. to Reiterate Cu ...
      Amidst growing attacks on religious groups and a rising intolerance toward migrants and minorities worldwide, the 193-member General Assembly will hold a High-Level Forum next week to discuss one of the key issues on the U.N. agenda aimed at promoting social, economic and political harmony: a cu ...
    • Caribbean Seeks Leg Up from Economic Doldrums
      As governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) that groups seven countries, Sir Dwight Venner is all too aware of the low economic growth, debt and financial instability confronting the wider Caribbean. He told IPS that the region has stressed to international lending agencies such as ...
    • Informal Sector Work Survives Economic Boom in ...
      Behind “yerba mate”, a caffeinated herbal brew that is popular in Argentina and neighbouring countries, lies a shameful reality: the dismal labour and living conditions of the workers who harvest the leaves of the bush used to make the infusion. The precarious conditions faced by yerba pickers a ...
    • Report Details U.S. Abuse of Gaddafi Opponents ...
      Startling new evidence of the torture, unlawful rendition, and other abuse of Libyan anti-Gaddafi rebels in U.S. detention facilities during the George W. Bush administration was revealed Wednesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW). The groundbreaking report, “Delivered into Enemy Hands: U.S.-Le ...
    • Hazaras in Pakistan Caught Between Persecution ...
      It will be no less than a miracle if Nadir Ali makes it to Australia, where he planned to seek asylum. But with each passing day, since his boat went missing over two months ago, hopes are dimming. Ali, a 45-year-old Shia Hazara daily wage earner from Quetta in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, h ...

    My AntiWar

    CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

    • US Complicit in Israel War Plans for Iran
      Summary: After supplying Israel with the massive bunker-buster bombs that would be critical in any Israeli military strike on Iran, the US government now wants to have it both ways, trying to shield itself from any backlash by insisting it would not be "complicit" in such an Israeli gambit. ...
    • An Israeli strike won’t delay Iran’s nuclear w ...
      Summary: In spite of the hype, there is no definitive evidence Iran is working to develop a nuclear weapon. A new study suggests that the one thing that could launch an Iranian drive to weaponize, however, would be an Israeli strike. source: Christian Science Monitorread more
    • After Dempsey Warning, Israel May Curb War Threat
      Summary: President Barack Obama’s explicit warning that he will not accept a unilateral Israeli attack against Iran may force Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step back from his ostensible threat of war. source: antiwar.comread more
    • After US Rebuke, Israel Scrambles to Climb Dow ...
      Summary: Stunned by a rebuke from the United States' top general, Israel is preparing a climbdown strategy in its war of words over Iran's nuclear programme, aware that its room for manoeuvre is shrinking rapidly. source: Reutersread more
    • In Iran, sanctions take toll on the sick
      Summary: TEHRAN — The tightening of U.S. banking sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program has had an impact on all sectors of the economy but is increasingly hitting vulnerable medical patients as deliveries of medicine and raw materials for Iranian pharmaceutical companies are either ...

    The Daily Galaxy

    Natural News

    • Delusional reality: Everything peddled by poli ...
      The "War on Terror" is a complete fabrication. There is no terrorism other than what the government creates in order to sell its agenda of a police state takeover. Click here to read Paul Craig Roberts' article that lays this out in brilliant detail. The CDC's war...
    • Do you buy organic food? New York Times writer ...
      The assault on the organic industry is in full swing today, and it's an attack not merely on the industry itself but an attack on your sanity. If you "believe" in organic foods and non-GMOs, you are about to be labeled a delusional conspiracy theorist. How do I know...
    • Win the battle of the bulge with probiotics an ...
      With obesity reaching epidemic proportions, new ways to slim down are in demand. Instead of fad diets and strange drinks, try natural green tea and probiotics. Both are found to be exceptionally effective in helping individuals shed extra pounds and maintain healthful...
    • Dangerous food additives to avoid during pregnancy
      Pregnancy can be a very overwhelming time for mothers. Making sure to follow a sound regimen to support the growing baby and staying away from harmful substances is a common goal in most pregnancies. Most people are aware of the importance of avoiding tobacco, illegal...
    • Pulling healthy teeth, cutting off a leg, kill ...
      (NaturalNews)Parkland Hospital has just agreed to pay a one-million-dollar fine for creating a series of patient nightmares. Since 2011, the Dallas hospital has been under federal oversight for "widespread patient-safety problems," reports The Dallas News. But new specifics have...

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    PERRspectives : Blog

    • Clinton at DNC as GOP Uses 1993 Talking Points ...
      As Bill Clinton prepares to take center stage at the 2012 Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night, Republicans have mounted a blistering attack on the President's economic plan. His proposal, the GOP warned, was "class warfare" and a "job killer" which will "kill the current recovery ...
    • GOP Silent as Founders, American People Leave ...
      The United States Constitution has many timeless and powerful words. "God" just doesn't happen to be one of them. Our Founding Fathers did included freedom of religion, the establishment clause and a prohibition on religious tests for office. (Memo to Mitt Romney: that's why so many people co ...
    • Who Killed Washington? Republicans Caught Red- ...
      On the eve of Barack Obama's address at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, a media cottage industry has emerged examining why the President "failed to change the tone in Washington." Writing in the Washington Post, Dan Balz asked, "Was there a way around united Republican opposition?" and ...
    • Labor Day Greetings from Mitt Romney
      The labor movement, as its supporters rightly say, is just the folks who brought you the weekend. Now as Americans mark this Labor Day, it seems that Mitt Romney wants to take it back. After all, the man who said that "corporations are people, my friend" routinely decries the "crony capitalism ...
    • Which Party is Best for the Economy? It's Not ...
      If for nothing else, you have to give Republican leaders and their conservative echo chamber credit for staying on message. After Paul Ryan famously declared the America was becoming a nation of "makers versus takers," Jeb Bush praised Ryan's defense of "the right to rise" supposedly now under ...

    Blackspot News Feed

    • MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry and Activist Kevi ...
      As President Obama prepares to accept the Democratic Party's nomination, we're joined by two guests: Melissa Harris-Perry, host of the show "Melissa Harris-Perry" on MSNBC, professor of political science at Tulane University, and founding director of the Anna Julia Cooper Project on Gender, Race ...
    • Democratic Donors Withhold Contributions over ...
      A group of Democratic donors have announced they will withhold some of their financial support from President Obama's re-election campaign for not speaking out more about climate change. The group of roughly 100 political donors say Obama should directly address mocking by Republican rival Mitt ...
    • As DNC Pushes Through Jerusalem Vote, Critics ...
      Controversy erupted at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday when party leaders forced through a platform change to reinstate references to God and the view that Jerusalem is Israel's undivided capital. The language in question was included in 2008, but was left out when delegates appr ...
    • NAACP's Ben Jealous on the Voting Rights Battl ...
      NAACP President Ben Jealous joins us to discuss what some are calling the greatest wave of legislative assaults on voting rights in more than half a century. As shifting demographics give more weight to voters in the South, eight of 11 states in the former Confederacy have passed restrictive vot ...
    • Lilly Ledbetter, Namesake of Fair Pay Act: Fro ...
      The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is named for a female employee of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company who was paid 40 percent less than male colleagues doing the same job for 19 years. Ledbetter lost her gender pay discrimination lawsuit against Goodyear after the Supreme Court ruled she did not ...

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    TruthOut

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

    Planetsave

    • Mystery DNA Is Not ‘Junk’ DNA It’s A Control Panel
      Researchers have now revealed that most of what has been termed ‘junk DNA’ in the human genome is actually “a massive control panel with millions of switches regulating the activity of our genes.” These switches are what make genes work, without them genes wouldn’t ...
    • Quantum Teleportation, New Record Of 143 Kilom ...
      Researchers from the University of Waterloo have succeeded in quantum teleportation over a record-breaking distance, 143 kilometres through free space. “The experiment saw the successful teleportation of quantum information — in this case, the states of light particles, or photons &# ...
    • New World Record Shortest Laser Pulse
      Researchers from the University of Central Florida have now created the world’s shortest laser pulse and by doing so they may have created a new tool to watch quantum mechanics in action. “UCF Professor Zenghu Chang from the Department of Physics and the College of Optics and Photoni ...
    • Glaciers In Major South American Ice Fields Ar ...
      During the past forty years researchers have been monitoring the changes that are occurring in the icefields of the southernmost stretch of South America’s vast Andes Mountains. An overall loss of ice has been observed during this time as the climate has been warming, but surprisingly, &#8 ...
    • Brilliant Half Million Mile Wide Sun ‘Whip’ Se ...
      Filmed by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory this new video shows a dramatic filament eruption that occurred on August 31st. Shot in the energy range of extreme ultraviolet light, the video shows a filament collapsing and exploding in brilliant style. “The NOAA spaceweather prediction cente ...

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    Axis of Logic

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

    They Gave Us a Republic

    • You're not supposed to pull the ladder up behi ...
      By @BGinKC My husband and I were both raised by parents who simply asserted, and there was no argument, that of those to whom much is given, much is not merely expected, but much is due. You didn't take more than you needed and you shared with those who had less; that you never picked on the wea ...
    • Facebook Friends Redux
      By @TomBales1 For three years or so I absolutely refused to get into any kind of political discourse on Facebook in spite of numerous attempts to pull me into the exchanges taking place daily, simply because I knew my views differed from those of my friends and that with the polarization we hav ...
    • Conservatives rationalize own media bias
      By @TedFrier If you represent an extremist political point of view it behooves you to insist the political mainstream is already extreme. If you are a revolutionary movement that wants to rip up the society we have and replace it with one more amenable to your ideological fixations, you'd natura ...
    • Pinocchio Paul
    • Romney Aide Stumbles into Facebook Ambush
      By @TedFrier A former Mitt Romney campaign aide got more than she bargained for, from the chief speechwriters of the two previous Republican Massachusetts governors who preceded Romney, when she posted the following on Facebook: "Are you better off today than 4 yrs ago? Slippery slope 4 Dems to ...

    Care 2

    • PETITION: Support the The Lucky Pet Law
      We, the undersigned, urge the State of Georgia to eventually pass a law giving families of lost and stolen animals some hope of finding their pets and to stop the crime of stealing animals from a Submitted by SUE BARKO H. to Animals  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
    • Michelle Hit It Out of the Park
      See 1st comment Submitted by TomCat S. to US Politics & Gov't  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
    • ACTION ALERT: Tell USDA to fine Harvard Medic ...
      Demand that Harvard Medical School receive the largest fine possible under the Animal Welfare Act for the negligence which has killed multiple monkeys. Primates at Harvard have died of dehydration, traumatic injuries, and following medical procedures. Submitted by Simone D. to Animals   ...
    • U.S. Company Accused of Greenwashing Cameroon ...
      Environment groups are accusing a New York-based agricultural company, Herakles Farms, of going forward with plans for a 73,000-hectare palm-oil plantation and refinery in southwest Cameroon despite a lack of government authorisation, two court injunctio Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to Environme ...
    • Prevent Development for Oil Extraction in the ...
      Over two million acres of land in the Western Rocky Mountain region risk development for oil extraction in the form of shale or tar sands mining. This would put groundwater in danger of pollution and many fragile ecosystems in a path of destruction. Submitted by Cher C. to Environment  |& ...

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    No Quarter

    • The Democrat Big Lie on the Economy
      Calling Bill Clinton a liar is akin to labeling Willy Sutton a bank robber or Bernie Maddoff a fraudster. It is a simple matter of fact. Now, he is one hell of a charming liar and does it with a grace and style that is unmatched. But once you scrap off the crapola and spooge, [...]
    • Barack Obama: Jimmy Carter Redux
      Here’s JIMMY! Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com This new RNC ad is perfect to watch before Obama speaks tonight: CHARLOTTE, NC – On the day that President Carter addresses the 2012 Democratic National Committee, the RNC is releasing a new web video “President Carter, Presid ...
    • Tweeting the DNC + One OMG! Story
      Over 435,000 people have watched this ad- have you? youtu.be/fZgQhnNRSuw #DNC2012 #AreYouBetterOff — RNC (@GOP) September 6, 2012 From last night: “CNN’s Anderson Cooper Says DNC Chair Exists In An Alternate Universe” youtu.be/uzylMpPC3PQ — RNC (@GOP) September 6, 2012 Debbie W ...
    • An Obama supporter interviews herself + overni ...
      This is so funny, it’s hard to appreciate how depressingly true it all is. Pat Racimora found time out of her schedule to send this to all of us, and I can’t wait to share this with you. But Steve Cowell’s great post on Bill Clinton had to go up before Bill spoke. (Also, Steve ...
    • The Clinton Coattails – Who’s Dogging Whom?
      Could Barack Obama have been elected without the Clintons? Hmm. I’m tempted to say no, but that runs contrary to my belief that any candidate the Democrats would have nominated in 2008 had a sure thing going.  Jimmy Carter could have won. Can Barack Obama get re-elected without the Clintons? I h ...

    Futurismic

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

    Therapy News

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

    Mountaintop Removal

    • Arch: Appeals panel should uphold rebuke of EP ...
      Arch: Appeals panel should uphold rebuke of EPA CBS News Mountaintop removal is a highly efficient but destructive form of strip mining that blasts apart mountain ridge tops to expose multiple coal seams. The resulting rock and debris is dumped in streams, creating so-called valley fills. Spruce ...
    • Arch: Appeals panel should uphold rebuke of EP ...
      Arch: Appeals panel should uphold rebuke of EPA Ventura County Star Mountaintop removal is a highly efficient but destructive form of strip mining that blasts apart mountain ridge tops to expose multiple coal seams. The resulting rock and debris is dumped in streams, creating so-called valley fi ...
    • Arch: Appeals panel should uphold rebuke of EP ...
      Arch: Appeals panel should uphold rebuke of EPA Belleville News Democrat Mountaintop removal is a highly efficient but destructive form of strip mining that blasts apart mountain ridge tops to expose multiple coal seams. The resulting rock and debris is dumped in streams, creating so-called vall ...
    • Environmental clubs react to university ties w ...
      Environmental clubs react to university ties with PNC, fracking University of Delaware Review “There were students handing out leaflets, information about mountaintop removal, urging people to do their research on the issue and then deciding whether or not to open an account with PNC,” Holubinka ...
    • Coal's Road To Nowhere: The Coalfields Express ...
      Coal's Road To Nowhere: The Coalfields Expressway ThinkProgress Coal companies plan to use mountaintop removal mining to flatten the area to make way for the road, while they keep the profits from the coal they extract. While the coal companies call it a road, local residents are calling it ...

    Memeorandum

    • Secret Service Looks Into DNC Delegate Who Sai ...
      Ryan J. Reilly / Talking Points Memo: Secret Service Looks Into DNC Delegate Who Said She'd ‘Like To Kill’ Romney  —  Julia Rodriguez, a DNC delegate who said in a video interview with the Blaze that she would kill Mitt Romney if she saw him, should expect to be hear ...
    • Romney campaign to 'carpet bomb' airwaves afte ...
      James Rosen / Fox News: Romney campaign to ‘carpet bomb’ airwaves after Obama nomination speech  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Senior Romney-Ryan campaign officials tell Fox News the campaign will launch an enormous media offensive on Friday, the day after President Obama ac ...
    • Obama gives his regrets to stadium fans (Jenni ...
      Jennifer Epstein / Politico: Obama gives his regrets to stadium fans  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — President Barack Obama acknowledged to supporters Thursday that it's “disappointing” that he won't be able to address them in the Bank of America Stadium here because of ...
    • 'Ask Osama bin Laden if he's better off than h ...
      Julian Pecquet / The Hill: 'Ask Osama bin Laden if he's better off than he was four years ago'  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) will seek to boost President Obama's national security credentials in a primetime speech Thursday night that will depict the presi ...
    • Next on "The Frank Beckmann Show:" (News/Talk ...
      News/Talk 760 WJR: Next on “The Frank Beckmann Show:”  —  Tune in this week, for more of The Frank Beckmann Show.  —  Please join Frank as a supporting member of the Mackinac Center  —  Check out the websites from recent topics or gues ...

    Energy & Environment News

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    China Dialogue

    • Chinese fear price hikes after electricity reforms
      As growth slows in China, the time is ripe to reform water, electricity and fuel pricing. But balancing development and household interests is a tricky game, writes Cui Bin.This summer, Chinese people have been thinking twice before turning on their air conditioners. In July, tiered electri ...
    • Sinking Shanghai “not prepared to admit& ...
      China’s coastal megacities and soon-to-be one billion urban population face growing threats from flooding and natural disasters. Olivia Boyd reports.It’s been a brutal summer for much of urban China. From the once-in-60-years storm that lashed Beijing in July, killing 79 people and c ...
    • Why complex food chains are to blame for China ...
      In response to a constant stream of food safety issues, Wu Chen looks at how once simple food supply chains have become complex, and examines the technological, economic and social causes of the change.Problems with food safety are nothing new – in the Tang Dynasty the poet Liu Zongyuan fo ...
    • How long can the caterpillar fungus craze last?
      Sky-high prices have prompted a rush to collect caterpillar fungus in China, but quality discoveries are becoming rare. An ecological crisis is inevitable. Cui Xuan reports.The prices paid for caterpillar fungus, believed to possess remarkable medicinal properties, have increased tenfold since 2 ...
    • How milk standards triggered uproar in China
      In 2010, new regulations for China’s scandal-ridden dairy industry sparked a storm over safety risks and the role of business in setting policy. Zhu Hongjun, who covered the story, looks back on the controversy.The melamine milk scandal of 2008, when babies across China were poisoned by ta ...

    AlterNet Top Stories

    • Matt Taibbi's Killer Takedown of Mitt Romney
      It’s too bad he’s such a successful journalist, because it looks like Matt Taibbi would have made an incredible banker. He’s latest bet--that people would be willing to read a 8,000-word explanation of the business model of Bain Capital, Mitt Romney’s private equity ...
    • In a Barn-Burning Speech, Bill Clinton Leaves ...
      In what may prove to be one of the great blunders of the 2012 campaign, the Romney camp spent the past weeks elevating Bill Clinton's status as a means of attacking Barack Obama. In an interview with CNN this week, vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan said, "Bill Clinton was a different kind ...
    • Did Citigroup Defraud Billions from U.S. Ally ...
      According to a confidential cable published by Wikileaks, the U.S. Embassy in Abu Dhabi sent a communication to the U.S. Secretary of State and U.S. Treasury on December 22, 2009, alerting them to the fact that the investment arm of a U.S. ally, Abu Dhab ...
    • 4 Surprising Ways the South's New Political La ...
      "As goes the South, so goes the nation." - W.E.B. DuBois With the nation's eyes on party conventions in Tampa and Charlotte, the media is cramming to get a handle on the Southern political landscape. The resulting punditry has ranged from thoughtful analysis of changes in the South to rants b ...
    • No Papers, No Fear: Undocumented Immigrant Act ...
      Ten undocumented immigrants were arrested on Tuesday afternoon outside the Democratic National Convention, amid chants of “Undocumented, unafraid!” and “No papers, no fear!”Around 3:30pm, several dozen activists marched to the corner of East 5th and College Street i ...

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    Equality Trust

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

    PDA AMERICA

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

    Marler Blog

    • Organic Pastures Raw Milk Products Recalled – ...
      Organic Pastures Dairy is requesting the return of Grade A Raw Whole Milk, Skim Milk, and Raw Cream, with code date of September 13, 2012. During routine state testing, California... Continue Reading
    • What’s up with Prisons and Food Poisoning?
      Cruel and unusual punishment in the meals served at prisons? It was reported today that Saginaw Correctional Facility remains under quarantine as the number who are sick has climbed to... Continue Reading
    • First Salmonella Braenderup Mango Lawsuit Filed
      We filed a Salmonella lawsuit (2:12-cv-01508) today against Splendid Products of Burlingame, California, the distributor of Daniella mangoes that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Center for Disease Control... Continue Reading
    • A few days at Cornell
      There is no easy way to get to Ithaca from Seattle, but diner at Marion Nestle’s and Malden Nesheim’s on the shores of Lake Cayuga was well worth the trip... Continue Reading
    • Another NY MDP Recall – This Time Listeria in ...
      Manna Organics, Inc. of Newark, NJ, is recalling various soybean sprouts and tofu products listed in the table below because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes,... Continue Reading

    AutoblogGreen

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

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    Camera Obscura

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

    Democracy Now!

    • No Papers, No Fear at the Democratic Convention
      By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan CHARLOTTE , N.C.—As the Democratic National Convention was gaveled into session Tuesday, outside in the rain, in the paramilitarized heart of Charlotte, democracy in its finest form found expression. Democracy, that is, if you believe that it’s built on ...
    • Workers Feel the Pain of Bain
      By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan TAMPA , Fla. — Four hardy souls from rural Illinois joined tens of thousands of people undeterred by threats of Hurricane Isaac during this week’s Republican National Convention. They weren’t among the almost 2,400 delegates to the convention, thou ...
    • Breaking WIth Convention: Democracy Now! Repor ...
      Democracy Now! will expand to a daily two-hour broadcast during the 2012 Republican and Democratic National Conventions. Amy Goodman and the Democracy Now! crew will travel to Tampa Bay and Charlotte to report from the streets, to the suites, to the convention floor. Tune in on Monday, August 2 ...
    • Election 2012: Dreams of a Vote Deferred?
      By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan People remember 1929 as the year of the stock-market crash and the beginning of the Great Depression, the global economic disaster which remains the only one in history that dwarfs the one in which we now find ourselves. It was also the year Martin Luther ...
    • Read an Excerpt from "Subversives: The FBI's W ...
      Read "Spies in the Hills," Chapter 1 of the new book, Subversives: The FBI’s War on Student Radicals and Reagan’s Rise to Power, by Seth Rosenfeld. Decades in the making, the book reveals that the FBI tried to disrupt the 1964 Free Speech Movement at Berkeley, helping ...

    Suzie-Q

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

    Solari

    • Steve Hanke and Nicholas Krus, “World Hy ...
      Steve Hanke and Nicholas Krus, “World Hyperinflations”. Cato Working Paper no. 8, August 15, 2012. Forthcoming in: Randall Parker and Robert Whaples (eds.) (2013) The Handbook of Major Events in Economic History, London: Routledge Publishing. (expected publication date: Summer 2013) ...
    • Initial Reflections on the Annals of Internal ...
      By: Charles Benbrook Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources Washington State University In a comprehensive paper published in the September 4, 2012 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine (Smith-­?Spangler et al., Vol. 157, Number 5: pages 349–369), a Stanford University Medic ...
    • Subsidies and Electric Cars
      By Paul Schwennesen A 1981 Dodge Ram Van (faded brown with those funky round portholes in the back) leaves the town of Winkelman at 45 miles an hour pulling 2,500 pounds in an unregistered trailer. A 2012 Nissan Leaf (silver, with a “Be Kind” bumper sticker) departs Tucson at 72 mile ...
    • Isreali Officials Play Down Report of Iran-U.S ...
      By Jeffrey Heller Israeli officials played down a report in an Israeli newspaper on Monday that accused Washington of secretly negotiating with Tehran to keep the United States out of a future Israel-Iran war. Israel’s most widely-read newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, said Washington had appr ...
    • Quote du Jour
      “It’s a very goofy situation.” - European money manager commenting on the general investment environment given events unfolding in Europe, North America and the Middle East.

    Insurgency Watch - Newswire

    • Times Scare
      ISLAMABAD–The apparent links between Pakistan and Faisal Shahzad are certainly cause for concern, but let’s not lose site of things here. The attack in Times Square was a fizzle. The rush to claim credit is a bit embarassing for the TTP and looks like it was — like the attack itself — a rush job ...
    • Stepping up - University at Buffalo The Spectrum
      Stepping up University at Buffalo The Spectrum The president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, recognized the direness of the situation and began to mobilize military forces to combat the Taliban. ... and more »
    • Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of ...
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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 »
    • Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing - GMA ...
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    AlterNet - Rights and Liberties

    Sideways News

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

    Fabius Maximus

    • Why do so many Americans want a gold-based cur ...
      Summary: Periods of economic stress tend to bring forth quack simplistic economic theories, like during the 1930s. We will see more of these if this slow period continues, more so if we have another recession before a recovery.   Not just gold, but other fringe ideas such as Ayn Rand and her mut ...
    • See a real speech at a political convention. ...
      Summary:   To see what we have become, look at what we once were.  Today we look at a scene from our past, when America politics was something other than a spectator sport, centered on made-for-TV spectacles — and our politicians more than cardboard cutouts with good hair.  We look at Will ...
    • Seeing our society’s dsyfunctionality in ...
      Summary:  Polling acts as one kind of mirror to our society; Internet comments provide a reflection of another kind. With over 23 thousand comments about geopolitics, the FM website gives us a perspective on America’s ills. Here we sort them and find one ominous pattern. There is conflict ...
    • At the Tampa Convention Right & Left display o ...
      Summary: Today we have another weekend discussion post. It’s a summary of primary theme driving my posts, the new tribalism of the American people. It probably makes impossible reform of our society and salvage of the Second Republic. I have no idea how to do more than describe it.  Please ...
    • I come not to praise COIN but to bury it. And ...
      Summary: As our foreign wars slowly continue — withdrawals in the main theaters plus expansion into other even more fruitless conflicts — it’s time to look back and learn. Today we ask why COIN was considered a reasonable option, despite long history of failure when used by for ...

    Open Your Eyes News

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

    The Progressive Realist

    • The Post-Post-9/11 Era and Strategic Initiative
      Tonight, the Democratic National Convention will highlight national security policy. While it’s unclear the extent to which national security will gain attention in an election preoccupied by economic concerns, a transformation of U.S. foreign policy is underway that deserves careful thought. Se ...
    • Kofi Annan Reflects on a Life of Diplomacy
      Former Secretary-General Kofi Annan spoke to a sold-out crowd in Washington, DC last night on his time at the United Nations and his role in trying to solve the conflict in Syria. The hour-long conversation with Washington Post columnist David Ignatius was drawn largely from Annan’s new bo ...
    • National Security and Defense: How Much and fo ...
      "How much is enough?" is a perennial question often put to national security and defense requirements. The largely invisible and more important extension of that question is understanding what purposes military force must serve in the first place. "For what" must be the start ...
    • Jerusalem Syndrome
      When I first read that the Democratic platform said nothing about Jerusalem, I was quite impressed. Quietly, by omission, the party had brought a moment of honesty to the fantasy-ridden American political discussion about Israel.  Alas, honesty is ephemeral. Republican attacks, news editors eage ...
    • The Futility of Seeking "Strategic Clarity" on ...
      Three recent reports highlight the appeal (and folly) of demanding greater clarity in the case of Iran’s nuclear capabilities in the hopes that an equally obvious US/Israeli policy response can be devised. Seeking such clarity in inherently ambiguous situations has a tremendous emotional and pol ...

    TAPPED - The American Prospect

    • On Mom-in-Chief
      There’s oh so many reasons to hate the phrase “mom-in-chief," the highly criticized phrase that cropped up in the end of Michelle Obama’s otherwise well-received speech Tuesday night. Let’s start with the most obvious, which is it’s yet another reminder that even amongst liberals in the 21st ce ...
    • Second Night of the DNC: TV and Twitter Review
      The early part of last night’s DNC TV show couldn’t match Tuesday night. As I wrote yesterday, that first night rocked out over the body issues: health care for all, equal pay for women, open LGBT military service, repro rights, equal marriage laws—the human values of doing unto others as you w ...
    • You Can Hide, But You Can't Run
      As exciting as it is to watch Olympic sprinters tear down the track, the truth is that running fast for short distances is just not really human beings' thing. Usain Bolt, the fastest human ever to walk the planet, has reached a top speed of 27.78 miles per hour, which is an amble to a cheetah ...
    • Fracking Water Hogs
      As summer comes to an end, much of the country is still suffering from drought conditions. While rain brought relief to areas in the East, the Plains and Western parts of the country are still experiencing above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation levels. The impacted areas also ...
    • Convention Sweeps and Blowouts
      (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian) Barack Obama tours the convention floor at the FleetCenter in Boston, Sunday, July 25, 2004, a day before the start of the Democratic National Convention and his big career-changing keynote address.  At this year's Republican convention, the speeches ...

    Buzzflash

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

    Glenn Greenwald - Salon

    The BiPartisan Report

    Sciencebase

    • Follow me, I’m right behind you
      When we were kids, Dad used to have this recurring joke (actually, he still does have lots of recurring jokes), we’d be out walking and as we set off he’s say “Follow me, I’m right behind you”. Obviously, at first glance a purely oxymoronic statement akin to “ ...
    • Will you outlive your cat?
      According to stats prof David Spiegelhalter, whom I met for the first time only this year, “Our survival is governed by the “force of mortality” – the wonderfully archaic expression for the chance of dying each year. Each year, an average adult ages, this unavoidable forc ...
    • DIY spectroscopy
      From the Kickstarter blurb: “A spectrometer may not sound like what you wanted for your birthday, but it’s a ubiquitous tool for scientists to identify unknown materials” The open hardware kit is just $35 or you could make your own from a piece of a DVD-R, black paper, a VHS bo ...
    • Spectral lines
      My latest clutch of science news is now available on SpectroscopyNOW.com including the first feedback from NASA’s Curiosity Rover on Mars, MRI’s magnetic memory effects, how the all-carbon buckyball traps water, a new way to detect even the vaguest sniff off the explosive TNT, a clea ...
    • Teenage Kids
      A bit of parental-adolescent psychology for today’s Sciencebase blog post, encapsulated in a song. You’ll remember The Undertones’ classic – Teenage Kicks – a song of nostalgia, of lost youth, of unrequited love, of the pleasure, the pain, the angst of teenage years ...

    Common Dreams-Progressive Newswire

    • Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement Must ...
      Negotiators from nine countries gathering outside Washington, D.C. to draft a new Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement must ensure that any new rules on copyright and patents adhere to core principles of transparency and uphold human rights, Amnesty International said today. “No ...
    • Victims of Cluster Munitions Need More Help
      Handicap International calls on the U.S. government to join the Convention on Cluster Munitions. The organization urges the U.S. to allocate resources to combat cluster munitions and to support the victims of these indiscriminate weapons. New data from the Cluster Munition Monitor 2012*, release ...
    • Hundreds of Scientists Support Endangered Spec ...
      More than 200 scientists sent a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today expressing support for an Endangered Species Act petition filed this summer by the Center for Biological Diversity and several renowned scientists and herpetologists, including E.O. Wilson, Thomas Lovejoy and Mich ...
    • Israel Must Hospitalize or Release Palestinian ...
      The Israeli authorities must release or admit to hospital Palestinian hunger striker Samer al-Barq, who has been held without charge or trial since July 2010, Amnesty International said. Samer al-Barq, 37, who is currently held in the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) medical centre in Ramleh prison, ...
    • Secretive Trade Negotiations Begin in Leesburg
      Today, trade negotiators from the U.S. and eight other Pacific Rim countries met at a secluded resort in Leesburg to write the rules for a massive new trade pact. Over the next 10 days, they will help determine how trade will be handled in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which currently includes ...
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