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Scoop - NZ
- Government Abolishes the Local in Local Govern ...The Government has continued with Commissioners at the Canterbury Regional Council , completely breaking a promise to return to democracy by 2013. No good reasons are offered or even available.
- South Sea Islanders unite in AustraliaIn colonial Australia, industries like sugar cane and cotton relied on islanders recruited – or kidnapped – from across Melanesia. Between 1863 and 1904, more than 60,000 Melanesians were brought to work in fields and farms across Queensland and northern New South Wales. While many Australians h ...
- Did the USA say no to Israel ?In the last few hours we have learned that the US had made massive reductions to joint military exercise with Israel. Originally slated to include 5,000 US troops, Washington will now only send 1,500 to participate in Austere Challenge 12 with Israel. Apparently, the American administration is ...
- NZ Afghan Withdrawal AnnouncedForeign Affairs Minister Murray McCully and Defence Minister Jonathan Coleman have this afternoon confirmed that Cabinet have agreed the NZ Army will pull out of Bamiyan province by the end of April 2013.
- 1/3 of Americans Fear They Will Never RetireMore than one-third of Americans near retirement age expect they'll never retire, a poll finds. Thirty five percent of Americans don't expect to retire, up from 29 percent two years ago, according to findings from a “2011 Risks and Process of Retirement Survey Report” from the Society of Actu ...
Independent - London
- Wave of attacks against security forces kills ...Insurgents killed at least 39 people in a wave of attacks against Iraqi security forces today, gunning down soldiers at an army post and bombing police recruits waiting in line to apply for jobs, officials said.Related StoriesSyrian army recaptures border town to stem refugee floodFrench aid mo ...
- Thousands of Nicaraguans flee erupting San Cri ...The San Cristobal volcano spewed out a column of ash and gas two and a half miles high, leading Nicaraguan authorities to evacuate about 3,000 people from nine communities around the country's tallest mountain.Related StoriesUS declares Haqqani network a terrorist bodyCovention Diary: Even in a ...
- Rare tornadoes strike New York City's Queens a ...Two tornadoes struck the outer edges of New York City on Saturday, hurling debris into the air and knocking out power but causing no serious injuries among startled residents.Related StoriesUS declares Haqqani network a terrorist bodyCovention Diary: Even in a classless society... the other half ...
- Bomb blast kills seven police recruits in IraqA bombing near a restive northern city in Iraq has killed seven police recruits and wounded 17 as they were lining up to apply for jobs, according to a police chief.Related Stories58 refugees on way to UK drown in boat tragedySyrian army recaptures border town to stem refugee floodFrench aid mov ...
- The massacre in the AlpsWednesday afternoon was misty in the mountains above Lake Annecy. It was not a day for sunbathing, or swimming, at the campsites that cluster along the western shore of one of the most beautiful lakes in Europe.Related StoriesAnnecy shootings: On a steep forest road, few signs of the horror tha ...
Rogue Government.com
- Ben Bernanke Makes Insane Comments On Gold Ben Bernanke who today was testifying in front of a Congressional Committee made the assertion that gold is not money during an exchange with Congressman Ron Paul. He even went as far to say that central banks only hold gold because of tradition
- ATF’s Fast and Furious Seems Colored With Sha ...The acting head of ATF (the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) has seemingly blown the cover of both DEA and FBI informant operations in order to spare his own neck and to deflect blame away from a badly flawed operation undertaken by his own agency.
- EU calls emergency meeting as crisis stalks I ...European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has called an emergency meeting of top officials dealing with the euro zone debt crisis for Monday morning, reflecting concern that the crisis could spread to Italy, the region's third largest economy.
- China aims high with space program ambitions As the U.S. winds down its space shuttle program, and with the International Space Station set to shut down in 2020, eyes are turning to China and its ambitious yet mysterious plans for the final frontier.
- Geo-engineering: green versus greed in the ra ...The alert on the Climate Ark website in January 2009 was marked urgent: "Take action: A rogue science ship is poised to carry out risky experimental fertilisation of the Southern Ocean. This is likely [to be] the first of many coming attempts to begin geo-engineering the biosphere as a solution ...
Innovation Canada
- Safety havenIf Canadian postal workers were to design the perfect winter boot, it would help them avoid slipping on icy walkways, stop them from missing their truck brakes while driving and keep them from getting their crampon spikes stuck in wooden porches.If the hearing impaired were looking for a hearing ...
- Small tools, big impactCancer, heart disease and stroke are leading causes of death among Canadians. As a medical doctor, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and a Canada Research Chair in Bioengineering and Biophotonics, Victor Yang has a unique perspective on these deadly diseases. Based at ...
- Innovative, naturallyFor the first time this past winter, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) launched the Emerging Science Journalists Award (ESJA). The award was created to support Canada’s talented young science writers. Below is one of the winning entries by Roslyn Dakin, doctoral candidate in the Departm ...
- A very gourd ideaIt’s been known for years that plants can take up and store trace amounts of hazardous metals like nickel, arsenic and cadmium from contaminated soil in a process called phytoremediation. Until recently, however, scientists assumed that plants weren’t capable of taking up a class of toxic chemic ...
- Johne’s happensTrudging through a dairy farm to collect manure samples isn’t exactly glamorous work, but the odorous task is starting to have a big impact on the health of dairy cattle in Atlantic Canada — and it will save the dairy industry millions of dollars each year. Technicians at the University of Princ ...
Signs of the times
- Gardening company faces $12.5 million penalty ...The US law and garden products company, Scotts Miracle Gro, the world's largest marketer of residential pesticides, is facing $12.5 million in fines for violating numerous federal pesticide laws and for adding illegal toxins to wild bird food. The company pleaded guilty to distributing pesticid ...
- Israeli forces, illegal settlers attack West B ...A group of illegal Jewish settlers along with Israeli soldiers has attacked Palestinian farmers in the occupied Palestinian territory of West Bank, injuring three of them. Israeli soldiers and settlers scuffled with Palestinians as they prevented them from working on their lands. Israeli troop ...
- Iran slams Canada for 'non-professional' embas ...Iran's Foreign Ministry has slammed Canada's unilateral decision to sever ties with Tehran calling it a "non-professional, unconventional and unjustifiable" move. In a statement released on Saturday, Iran's Foreign Ministry has described the decision as "an abuse of international law" saying t ...
- The Myth That Japan Is Broke: The World's Larg ...Japan's massive government debt conceals massive benefits for the Japanese people, with lessons for the US debt "crisis." In an April 2012 article in Forbes titled "If Japan Is Broke, How Is It Bailing Out Europe?" Eamonn Fingleton pointed out that the Japanese government was by far the largest ...
- Wells Fargo loses all of family's possessions ...Wells Fargo employees wrongfully foreclosed a modest home near a small town in California, removing and destroying nearly all of an old couple's belongings. Alvin and Pat Tjosaas, who have been married for 56 years, lost three generations worth of their belongings when a contracted foreclosure ...
The Galloping Beaver
- The Stevie Weenie . . .REALLY. According to Andrew Moran at DIGITAL JOURNAL, in an article, "Ottawa investing $826,000 to protect us from exploding sausages" — It was announced earlier this month in a news release that Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government is investing taxpayers’ money in a ...
- Salty science . . .THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON SCIENCE AND HEALTH has a report, "Sodium restriction may hurt, not help, cardiac patients" that you should read. It turns out that a low-sodium diet is dangerous to your health — even if you're not a cardiac patient. For instance, a study published last year in ...
- Where jurisprudence boldy goes . . .STAR TREK has been cited by American judges in trials, according to io9's Jessica Mederson, whose article "8 Ways That Judges Have Cited Star Trek From the Bench", is worthy of perusal. I wonder what Erle Stanley Gardner would have thought? 5) The Klingon Dictionary may replace Black' ...
- Anthropocene explained Welcome to the Anthropocene from WelcomeAnthropocene on Vimeo.
- Gopper disinformation . . .THIS COULD BE a Photoshop confection, but it's entertaining to ponder.
Media Matters for America
- Fox Distorts President Obama's Remarks On Tax CutsFox distorted President Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention to make it seem as though Obama attacked tax cuts. In fact, in that speech, Obama pointed out that he had put into place tax cuts for middle class families and small businesses, which experts say help the economy grow m ...
- STUDY: One Year Later, Media Still Providing O ...Fox News Still Relentlessly Covering Solyndra TV Media Disproportionately Hosted Clean Energy Opponents Media Advanced Baseless "Crony Capitalism" Allegations Media Outlets Miss The Big Picture Methodology
- Fox Edits History Of The Stimulus To Falsely C ...Fox's Gregg Jarrett used a report produced by Obama's economic advisers to claim Obama had promised unemployment "would now be 5.6 percent"; but the report was produced before the release of data showing the recession was much worse than previously estimated. Jarrett and his guest Art Laffer als ...
- The Five 's Idea Of A "Fact-Check" Is A Rehash ...Fox News' The Five purported to fact-check President Clinton's speech at the Democratic National Convention but instead parroted a series of claims that have been widely debunked.Eric Bolling: Clinton "Gets An 'F' In Arithmetic" Eric Bolling: "We Don't Have Time To Expose All The Lies, But Here ...
- Daily Caller Opinion Page An Embarrassing Spec ...The Associated Press and CNN recently debunked an op-ed featured at The Daily Caller that suggested a recent ammunition purchase by the Social Security Administration evidenced an Obama plot to kill American citizens en masse. The bizarre theory is hardly the first conspiratorial idea to be prom ...
Global Research.ca
- Violence in Syria Stems from Foreign AggressionInterview with Finian Cunningham By: Kourosh Ziabari Through his writings, Finian Cunningham has exposed the imposture and hypocrisy of the Western governments in funding and assisting terrorists in Syria. An anti-war author and journalist, he is opposed to the U.S.-engineered…
- 9/11: Eleven Years On And Still many Questions ...Its eleven years since the world changing events of 11 Sept 2001, used to justify wars abroad and erosion of civil liberties at home. 9/11 was used to justify the Iraq war with claims of Al Qaeda links with Saddam…
- Canada: Cutting Off Diplomatic Relations with ...On September 7, Foreign Minister John Baird said Canada closed its Tehran embassy. It expelled Iranian diplomats in Ottawa. They have five days to leave. He claimed a nonexistent Iranian threat. He took a page from AIPAC’s playbook. He bogusly…
- The Job Crisis: Obama’s Vision Versus Ec ...It took less than 24 hours for Obama’s “inspiring” convention speech to be smothered by the reality of the job crisis. The August national jobs report showed that the U.S. economy failed to create enough new jobs to keep up…
- Syria jihadist fighters and mercenaries eye fo ...A recent Reuters report confirms what has been known for several months. According to a French surgeon stationed in Aleppo, the FSA fighters objective is to topple Bashar al Assad with a view to installing an Islamic state. What the…
TPM Cafe
- Message to world government: Don't govern the ...You could think of the Aspen IDEA report published today as a letter to the head of the International Telecommunications Union, Hamadoun Touré, suggesting that he should reconsider his intent to put the "light touch" of government on the Internet's operations. M. Touré will be running a majo ...
- Obama and Romney on Foreign Policy - Drawing t ...The political battle lines are being drawn for the general election debate over foreign policy and national security, and you can't do much better than my fellow Democracy Arsenal blogger Michael Cohen for a guide. One key theme of Michael's latest column for ForeignPolicy.com is what a differen ...
- Will Yale's Alumni Save Liberal Education?Hoping to head off alumni resistance to the brand-new "Yale-National University of Singapore" college that the Yale Corporation has created somewhat stealthily in collaboration with the government of that authoritarian city-state, Association of Yale Alumni chairman Michael Madison has inadvert ...
- Neocons Celebrate: We Got MJ Rosenberg, We'll ...The right-wing "pro-Israel" lobby has taken off its mask. In the wake of my departure from Media Matters, it is in a celebratory mood. In one article and column after another, the Israel-is-always-right types cannot contain their feeling of triumph. There are dozens of these articles. Here i ...
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Institute for Middle East Understanding
- Protesting Palestinian truck drivers block str ...Dozens of Palestinian truck drivers have blocked the main streets of the West Bank city of Ramallah to protest rising prices. Nearby, about two dozen quarry workers also held a demonstr ...
- Five Jewish teens arrested over attack of Pale ...Jerusalem Police arrested on Saturday five Jewish teenagers suspected of attacking Ibrahim Abu-Ta'a, a young Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem on Thursday morning, in the city's Ka ...
- Israeli DM: Military Ready to 'Conquer and Rul ..."If the cabinet deems it needed, the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) can conquer and rule Gaza," Barak insisted, praising the military for the 2008-2009 invasion of Gaza though saying he be ...
- Said Aburish: Palestinian journalist, biograph ...The controversial Palestinian journalist and historian Said Aburish, who has died aged 77, did much to illuminate the relationship between the Middle East and the west. His career as pu ...
- US sued over "terrorist" designation that has ...A lawsuit has been filed challenging the constitutionality of the "terrorist" designation of Palestinian American citizen Muhammad Salah and the unprecedented restrictions that come wit ...
Water - AlterNet
- Peak Water Surpassed as Patagonian Glaciers Me ...Ice fields in southern South America are rapidly losing volume and in most cases thinning at even the highest elevations, contributing to sea-level rise at "substantially higher" rates than observed from the 1970s through the 1990s, according to a study published Wednesday.The rapid melting, b ...
- The Great Riches of Our Seas Have Been Deplete ...Researching the history of ecosystems, it is not long before you make an arresting discovery. Great abundance of the kind that exists in the tropics - or existed until recently - was once almost universal.With a very few exceptions, every major ecosystem had a megafauna; every major ecos ...
- A $2,167.02 Water Bill? How a Water Company Fo ...The notion of a profit-driven multinational corporation controlling the supply of water to our homes (yes, the water we as humans rely on daily to drink, bathe and live) seems odd to many. Perhaps as odd as the notion of a corporation controlling (and charging us for) the sunshine we enjoy, or ...
- Meet the 13-Year-Old Girl Taking on Bottled WaterIn the last year, municipalities across Ontario and the rest of the country have begun taking a much-needed stand to protect local water sources. Since World Water Day in 2011, nine municipalities across Canada have become Blue Communities with many well on their way.Blue Commu ...
- A Summer of Extremes: Why You Should Get Used ...Just as the baseball season now stretches nearly into November, and the National Football League keeps adding games, so the summer season is in danger of extending on both ends, a kind of megalomaniac power grab fueled by the carbon pouring into the atmosphere. In fact, you could argue that t ...
Public Citizen in Texas
- EHF – a bad bet and a big bluffBack in March, the Dallas Observer reported about the chance that Energy Future Holdings (EFH – formerly TXU) the state’s largest power generator, was verging on bankruptcy, Our question then was – are Texas ratepayers going to have to pay for EHF’s bad bet? Before and since then, there h ...
- BREAKING! 3 Blockaders Locked to Equipment to ...At 7AM this morning, three landowner advocates and climate justice organizers locked themselves to equipment used for clearing large trees in the path of the Keystone XL pipeline. Shortly thereafter, seven trucks with 20-25 workers showed up at the site to meet their foreman only to be turned a ...
- No new nuclear plants for Texas any time soonExcelon at Victoria, TX Earlier this week, Exelon Generation announced plans to withdraw its Early Site Permit application for an 11,500-acre tract of land southeast of Victoria, TX. The company said the decision was based mainly on economics and sited current market conditions that make it impo ...
- State Employee Charitable Campaign up for Suns ...In 1993, the state legislature created the State Employee Charitable Campaign (SECC) to provide a new benefit for state workers. The ability to make tax-deductible contributions to a wide range of charities through their paychecks has giving state employees an easy way to donate to charities of ...
- BREAKING – 4 Blockaders are Locked to Truck Ca ...4 Tar Sands Blockaders are Locked to Truck Carrying Keystone XL Pipeline in Livingston, TX, bringing construction on the Keystone XL pipeline to a stop!! Follow the action right now on the Tar Sands Blockade LIVE BLOG and tell the world about it. Just minutes ago four landowner advocates and cli ...
Unexplained Mysteries
- FEMA runs zombie preparedness campaignNothing gets the public to take note of emergancy planning procedures like a zombie apocalypse. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is following i...
- Have you suffered from 'hindsight bias' ?Those who 'knew the answer all along' may not be quite as clever as they are making themselves out to be. If you have ever watched a murder mystery on...
- Woman finds perfectly round chicken egg32-year-old Cassie Greenhill was astonished to discover a spherical egg in a standard box of one dozen. Cassie was about to cook up an omelet for her ...
- How soon are we likely to find alien life ?Astronomer Lord Martin Rees believes that we may soon know if there is life elsewhere in the universe. Having been the Queen's Astronomer Royal since ...
- Remote control cockroaches developedCyborg cockroaches that can be remote controlled may be the future for locating earthquake survivors. Researchers at North Carolina State University h...
Grassroots
- Nicaragua Withdraws from US School of the Americassoa_watch.jpg read more
- Between the Buffer Zone and the Bluest Sea4421062392_e1abd0ec3c_m.jpg Before I arrived at Grassroots International (nearly a year ago), I thought I understood the hardships imposed on Gaza. I knew about the imposed siege, had read and heard of the Turkish flotilla of 2010 and other ...
- The Struggle for Justice Continues for Rachel ...rachel.jpg Today, a civil court in Israel issued a verdict in the 2003 death of Rachel Corrie. Judge Oded Gershon of Haifa District Court concluded that Rachel’s death was not caused by the negligence of the Israeli state or army. Rachel, a ...
- “Land, water and food are part of our existenc ...honduras201204-41.jpg They left San Vicente searching for a peaceful place to live, free of the oppressive British colonial powers. Three thousand women, men and children sailing atop the blue waters of the Caribbean Sea were thirsty and hu ...
- Supporting Indigenous Peoples' Struggle for Ri ...conic-2009.jpg Today [August 9] is the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People. The United Nations pronounced this day to promote and protect the rights of the world’s indigenous population. Today also gives us an opportunity to ...
Climate
- For Electric Car Batteries, The Race for a Rap ...(Yale Environment 360) If stopping for gas took five or six hours, would you rethink that road trip? How about an hour? When it comes to electric vehicles, topping up the “tank” does indeed take a long time, one of the primary barriers ...
- NRC Staff to Review Nuclear Reactor Waste Stor ...(Reuters) The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) directed its staff on Thursday to start an environmental review into the temporary storage of spent nuclear fuel, following a court ruling that led the agency to stop issuing new r ...
- Germany Urged to Ban Shale Gas Fracking Near W ...(Bloomberg News) Germany is considering tighter regulation of a technique to unlock natural gas from impermeable rocks because of concerns it’s harmful to the environment. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government should ban hydraulic fra ...
- B.C. Environment Minister Makes Surprise Appea ...(Edmonton Journal) EDMONTON - British Columbians don’t want to be stuck with massive cleanup bills if there’s a spill from the Northern Gateway pipeline, says B.C. Environment Minister Terry Lake, who made a surprise appearance at the ...
- Isaac Tar Balls Came from BP Oil Spill(AP) Laboratory tests show that globs of oil found on two Louisiana beaches after hurricane Isaac came from the 2010 BP spill. Tests run by Louisiana State University (LSU) for state wildlife officials confirmed that oil found on Elme ...
GreenBiz
- How the University of Iowa busted silos to boo ...Making sustainability matter was no easy task at the 30,000-student institution that's Iowa's biggest educator, health care provider, and sporting draw.
- How to manage your company's water risks using ...Learn how one company got a handle on its facility-level water risks and developed risk-mitigation strategies by conducting a geographic risk assessment.
- How companies are coping with water risksWith a drought and other factors having pushed up water prices sharply over the past two years, companies are conserving and working with watershed stakeholders to lower their risks.
- U.K. jumpstarts low-carbon truck fleets with t ...A new project in the U.K. is designed to encourage cleaner fuel usage among fleet vehicles.
- 'Don't let waste go to waste': WM shifts approachWhile the company will still be taking solid waste to landfills, it's searching for more ways to keep it out of the ground.
Duly Noted
- A Mafia in FATA: Haqqanis and DronesA new report about the Haqqani network's business interests raises questions about the anti-drones narrative in Pakistan
- Are African governments suppressing art?The dust is finally settling on the storm that was kicked off in South Africa by a controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed.
- Greek debt – remember the goatsGreece's creditors have essentially let it off the hook by overwhelmingly agreeing to take a 74 percent loss. So what better time to remember one of the first times Athens got in trouble with paying its debts.
- Greeks on the streetGreeks smashing windows and setting fire to shops and banks in a fury of opposition to yet more austerity is gripping, but not unique. There are underlying elements than make such uprisings more common in Greece than elsewhere.
- NFL Superbowl live blog – New England Pa ...Join our Superbowl liveblog where will you bring you all the latest from one of the biggest sporting events on the planet.
Booman Tribune
- The WSJ Conventional Wisdom The Wall Street Journal amuses me. They write near the top of their article that "conventional wisdom holds that the stock market does well when a Republican wins." Then, further down, they note "data from Citigroup point to better returns under Democratic presidents over the course of their t ...
- Judge Me on My Record As many of you know, I have compiled an exceedingly good track record of predicting the outcome of presidential and congressional elections over the years. My best cycle was 2006, when I was off by just one seat when predicting how many seats the Democrats would pick up in their take over of th ...
- RNC Convention Helped Democrats According to this study, Romney got a significant bounce out his selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate, but he actually got a negative bounce out of his convention. I think the early announcement of Ryan, which finally stopped the bleeding around his tax returns and time at Bain Capital, r ...
- Mr. Kurtz? He Dumb. I found this piece by Stanley Kurtz for National Review to be oddly interesting. At first, I was mildly confused because he seemed to be making erroneous characterizations without even creating a predicate for them. But then I remembered that his audience has already been primed with a bunch o ...
- Romney and the Auto Bailout The headline of Mitt Romney's November 18, 2008 piece in the New York Times was Let Detroit Go Bankrupt. He probably didn't choose that headline, and he probably regrets that his name appeared under it. It has made it harder for him to talk about what he really recommended. Still, he cannot g ...
Environmental Graffiti
- The Incredible Graffiti of Belgium's Doomed Gh ...The centuries-old village of Doel, in Belgium, is a ghost town awaiting demolition – the perfect place for some of Europe's finest graffiti artists to leave their mark. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- Autumn Arrives in the American NortheastAs the leaves change color in Vermont and New York, visitors can experience local attractions to their heart's delight. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- Blood Rituals and Warriors: The Maasai People ...Famous for their strength, which they attribute to a diet of meat, milk and blood, the Maasai have followed a nomadic herding lifestyle for centuries. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- 5 Issues to Watch as Haiti Recovers from IsaacHaiti's brush with Hurricane Isaac was the most serious natural disaster the nation has faced since the 2010 earthquake. In the wake of this – five issues to watch for. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- The Evolution of Patient SafetyThis infographic neatly illustrates how concern for patient safety has developed over the last couple of millennia. Fascinating stuff. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
Foreign Policy in Focus
- Environmentalists Stifled in JejuSouth Korea's conservative government is building a naval base on top of a wealth of natural treasures -- and it's dead set on keeping environmentalists out of the discussion.
- Breaking the Climate StatelmateWith China and the United States enabling each other to avoid meaningful emission reductions, the rest of the developing world must take the lead.
- Dodd-Frank's Cardin-Lugar Amendment Undermined ...The Cardin-Lugar Amendment has the potential to reduce corruption in both resource-rich countries and powerful international corporations.
- Democratic Leaders Undermine Israeli-Palestini ...Democratic leaders have put the Israeli right wing ahead of both human rights and the party's own membership.
- Dumb and Dumber: Obama's "Smart Power" Foreign ...Barack Obama is a smart guy. So why has he spent the last four years executing such a dumb foreign policy?
Global Elite
- Fear, Intimidation & Media Disinformation: U.K ...Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, August 20, 2009 An official UK government report –quoted extensively in Britain’s tabloid media– is warning the British public that there will b ...
- President European Commission Advocated World ...Jurriaan Maessen. Infowars. July 24th, 2009 On September 7, 1992, two term President of the European Commission Jacques Delors gave a speech to the Royal Institute of International A ...
- Billions of People Expected to Die Under Curre ...Barbara Minton, Natural News, July 21st, 2009 Your right to eat healthy food and use supplements of your choice is rapidly vanishing, but every effort has been made to keep you in th ...
- Bioweapons, Dangerous Vaccines, and Threats of ...Stephen Lendman, Global Research, July 7th, 2009 Although international law prohibits the use of chemical and bacteriological weapons, America has had an active biological warfare pr ...
- Today we’re all prisoners in the USA Papers, Please! June 2, 2009 As of today, June 1, 2009, even U.S. citizens are officially prisoners in the USA, or exiles barred from entering our own country without the government’ ...
Al Jazeera
- Malian troops 'kill 16 civilians'Army opened fire on a vehicle in the south-central region of Segou, killing Malian and Mauritanian nationals.
- Wave of deadly bomb blasts hits IraqAt least 44 people killed and 100 others injured in spate of attacks against Iraqi security forces across many cities.
- SA miners 'killed while trying to surrender'Witnesses allege police brutality in shooting of striking miners at Marikana mine last month that left 34 people dead.
- India makes history with 100th space missionScientists celebrate milestone mission with the launch of French and Japanese satellites via Indian space vehicle.
- Egypt delays start of premier league footballAl-Ahly football club demands that perpetrators of deadly stadium riot be brought to justice before league starts.
Green Inc. - NYT
- Indonesia's Furtive Snake TradeA survey of traders suggests that many reptiles and amphibians captured in Indonesia were illegally seized and wind up as Western collectors' pets.
- Life Without Indian Point, ReduxA study sponsored by Westchester County business coalitions disputes the notion that shutting down the Indian Point nuclear plant would cause no significant problems.
- Obama Counterpunches on Climate ChangeA week after Mitt Romney ridiculed concern about rising seas, President Obama declares that climate change is real and a threat to future generations.
- At One With the Earth, and the ClientsVolunteers building a straw bale house in Utah find mud and straw to be a forgiving medium.
- Will 6 Species Perish? Asia's Conservation Cro ...Will threatened species go the way of the passenger pigeon? Asian nations are reminded of the turning point the United States faced a century ago.
Dot Earth News
- Study Finds Some African Farmers Adapting to W ...A new study shows the capacity, and untapped potential, of farmers in East Africa to adopt resilient agricultural practices in a harsh and changing climate.
- Video View of an Endangered Program Cutting En ...A video chronicle of a now-endangered project cutting energy losses in homes.
- Close Encounters With Homo Sapiens' Closest KinA roving ambassador for island conservation takes a side trip to see some primate relatives.
- Obama and Romney Weigh in on Science QuestionsThe Obama and Romney campaigns answer 14 questions on science, health, innovation and related policies.
- A Searing Look at Ties Between Africa's Wars a ...An in-depth look at the links between African insurgent movements and the rising slaughter of elephants for the China ivory trade.
Doug Feith : Hong Pong
- A time to run around and a time to thinkFor better or worse (and mostly better) for these six weeks or so I've got to do what the developers call 'refactoring' on a bunch of stuff in my life & won't be able to churn out posts at a good clip until probably early October. For more frequent updates see https://twitter.com/hongpong - ...
- UPDATE: Govt Sites appear OK right now // Earl ...UPDATE: August 12 7AM: via two different DNS services it looks like the sites are looking up correctly now. My net connection's pretty dodgy at the moment but I think they are loading correctly now. It could have been a temporary glitch - strange since other lookups were working correctly on a t ...
- BREAKING: Feds / IIR.COM apparently SCRUBBING ...BREAKING NEWS PEOPLE - apparent #trapwire gov coverup in realtime!! it looks like the government is scrubbing Suspicious Activity Report related GOV sites and dumping their DNS entries. However the boxes are STILL ONLINE, if you use /etc/hosts on osx/unix you can STILL get in and mirror the file ...
- Security culture danger as closed Occupy Homes ...Troublesome assumptions about security culture arrangements for closed Occupy Homes national gathering sessions starting tomorrow at the Neighbors Organizing for Change MN (NOC Office) around noon put participants at risk. I feel everyone involved means well, but a bunch of particularly 'toxic' ...
- Plans for closed door Occupy Homes national me ...///// 1AM August 7th update: http://hongpong.com/archives/2012/08/07/security-culture-danger-closed-o... ///// ///// 1:40PM Sat August 4 update and correction below ///// Many Twin Cities activists working with the Occupy Homes MN group were surprised to hear that a national gathering committe ...
Daily Censored
- Canada: Selling Its Soul to America
- Legitimizing Illegal Spying
- Thomson Reuters : From Business News to Entert ...
- Bogus Iranian Nuclear Threat
- Irrational Draghi Exuberance
AlterNet's Breaking News
- William Ostendorff, GOP-Appointed Regulator, U ...Source: Huffington Post The inspector general at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has launched an investigation into a GOP political appointee for attempting to thwart an agency probe into safety concerns at a Michigan plant, NRC insiders tell The Huffington Post. In late May, ...
- No One Will Be Charged with a Crime for the MF ...Source: The Atlantic Wire Authorities are winding down their criminal investigation of the failed brokarage firm, MF Global, and despite the lack of oversight and the loss of more than $1 billion in customer funds, it now seems unlikely that anyone at the firm will face criminal ch...
- Climate Change Poses Food Distribution Risks, ...* Bridges, roads could be washed away, hitting harvest transport * "High degree of confidence" weather extremes linked to climate change * Enough food, but problem is distribution - professor By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Downpours and heatwaves caused ...
- Paul Ryan: Quiet But Far-Right On Social IssuesRep. Paul Ryan is considered a single-issue candidate -- someone who bolsters Mitt Romney's argument that this election is about the economy and only the economy.Ryan hasn't dedicated much time to social issues. But the Wisconsinite, best understood as an anti-tax, anti-spending purist, has tak ...
- Assange will be refused safe passage even if E ...Source: RT The UK will do everything in its power to block Assanges passage to Ecuador even if he is granted asylum by the nations government, officials said, claiming a legal obligation to extradite the WikiLeaks founder to Sweden. UK authorities sparked a minor scandal when ...
Institute for Policy Studies
- Dumb and Dumber: Obama's "Smart Power" Foreign ...Barack Obama is a smart guy. So why has he spent the last four years executing such a dumb foreign policy?
- The Green Climate Fund's "No-Objection" Proced ...IPS teamed up with Friends of the Earth and the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives to produce this set of recommendations for the future of the Green Climate Fund.
- 7 Ways to End the Deficit (without Throwing Gr ...Cutting the deficit doesn't have to hurt. John Cavanagh describes seven places in the budget where we can make cuts that actually make our country greener, more secure, and more sustainable.
- What Will Excluded Workers Celebrate Next Labo ...After this year's celebrations of workers' history, it's time to focus on the ongoing fights for the rights of domestic workers, direct care workers, and guest workers.
- This Week in OtherWords: September 3-9, 2012Sam Pizzigati explains that the windfalls extracted from Apple's patenting bonanza will pad its top executives' pockets.
IntelNews
- Israeli PM had ‘sharp exchange’ with US Ambass ...A United States Congressman, who chairs the US House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, says he witnessed a “sharp exchange” between the Israeli Prime Minister and the American Ambassador to Israel, over the Iranian nuclear program.
- News you may have missed #789Putin adds spy chief to energy commission. US spy sat agency plans major expansion. GCHQ warns of 'unprecedented' cyberattack threat.
- Ex-CIA Director cautions Israel against attack ...The former Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency has warned that an Israeli attack on Iran would likely backlash and might actually push Tehran to build nuclear weapons earlier than currently projected.
- CIA Director reportedly in Turkey for secret talksCould the CIA Director’s second unannounced visit to Turkey in less than six months be heralding an intensification of Washington’s intelligence involvement in the Syrian crisis?
- Mossad allegedly behind assassination of Egypt ...Israeli intelligence operatives were allegedly behind the assassination late last month of an Egyptian militant who died when his motorcycle suddenly exploded in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.
War is a Crime.org
- Coalition Skewers U.S. Negotiators For Lack of ...TPP summit hosted outside Washington, DC is met with protest WHAT: More than fifty labor, environmental, public health and community organizations, including Occupy Wall Street, will hold a rally outside the Lansdowne Resort on Sunday, September 9 demanding a public voice in the Trans-Pac ...
- Legitimizing Illegal SpyingLegitimizing Illegal Spying by Stephen Lendman On August 15, federal district court Judge Cormac Carney dismissed a class action ACLU of Southern California/Council on Islamic American Relations (CAIR) lawsuit. Fazaga v. FBI charges lawless FBI surveillance. More on w ...
- Canada: Selling Its Soul to AmericaCanada: Selling Its Soul to America by Stephen Lendman Canada is more colony than sovereign state. Canadians perhaps wonder when it'll grow up, act like an adult, and regain its rightful independence. They're also worried about a country junior partnering with i ...
- The Democratic Party is a Big FraudBy Dave Lindorff This article was first published on the website of PressTV Just looking at the video images of the two conventions -- the Republican one last week in Tampa, Florida, and this week’s Democratic convention in Charlotte, NC -- one can see the fundamental contrast b ...
- Syria News - Sep 9Jihadists have swollen the ranks of rebels eyeing Islamic State, at least half of them non-Syrian, says surgeon who treated them in Aleppo hospital - Reuters Epidemic of kidnappings by Syrian rebels, including FSA, breaks out in Syria - Telegraph VIDEO: Foreign and Arab Journa ...
Grist - News
- The age-old battle of goats versus tortoisesby Sarah Laskow. Before reading further in this post, ask yourself a question (and answer honestly): Which do you care about more, guiltless (if hungry) goats or the Galápagos Islands' giant tortoises? If you answered goats, this post will make you sad. Here was the ...
- Watch an orca chase a shark out of the waterby Sarah Laskow. Orcas might be charismatic movie stars, but they are also killer whales. A family of beachgoers in New Zealand caught on film an orca fighting with a few sharks. One shark was so eager to get away from the whale that it beached itself in the shallow water. (That's t ...
- What environmental policy could we expect from ...by Jess Zimmerman. Stephen Colbert has officially thrown his hat in the ring for definitely possibly considering a run for president. He's already out-polling Jon Huntsman! So what kind of environmental policy platform could we expect from a President Colbert? Well, for starters, no ...
- Don’t believe the hype about the ‘ ...by Christopher Mims. Some chemists came up with a really clever way to observe the intermediate stage of an atmospheric chemical reaction, and then some PR flack got a hold of it and suddenly science has invented a brand-new molecule that will solve all our climate change woes! As usual, t ...
- Congressional staffers will stop betting on wi ...by Jess Zimmerman. We here at Grist mock a lot of people. But we don't always manage to mock some sense into them. Which is why we're pretty psyched about the response to Sarah Laskow's feature story revealing that congressional staffers were making deadly wildfires into a fun ...
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- "Junk" DNA: Could This Be the Unified Theory ...Is it possible that recent research in "junk" DNA could be the one thing that unifies all the autism cause-theories?
- What do the Stars Foretell for Barack Obama?Under the tenants of the Vedic astrology, Saturn is a Guru who removes arrogance, puts you through the real grind of life and bestows that vital balance and wisdom which makes your life meaningful. From the DNC speech of President Obama, it is clear that his most supportive planetary force is al ...
- Hips Don't Lie....Fat is the new black?? Find this trend at #NYFW2012.
Time - Top Stories
- London's Legacy: Can the Olympics Improve Live ...After the hugely successful Olympics and Paralympics, London now must try to deliver on its promise of using the games to help transform a long-blighted part of the city
- 10 Unique Glamping DestinationsRoasting marshmallows around an open fire is all well and good. But these camping trips include eco-friendly treehouses and gourmet meals
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- Carl Sagan On Grasping The Universe
- Scientists Read Monkeys' Minds, See What They' ...This isn’t exactly ESP, but it is really interesting.
- 'It could happen to anybody': Student, 20, suf ...Jennie Cosh, from Stoke Orchard, Gloucestershire, was suffering from a splitting headache, dizziness, blurred vision and a high temperature while eating dinner with her parents.
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- 1st US spacewoman, Sally Ride, pushed frontiersSally Ride loved everything about space. What she didn't like was being the first American woman to experience it.
Invisible Opportunity
- Be Smart as PaintBy Visible …Oh the frost is on the pumpkin and the aft has gone agley, come you back, you British soldiers to the swamps of Mandalay, where the Chinese Checkers gamers, have Clint Eastwood thinking that he is Dr. Seuss and the dawn comes up like thunder on your iPod, cheek to cheek. Was th ...
- New 9/11 truth documentary among ‘most w ...By Victoria N. Alexander “9/11: Explosive Evidence – Experts Speak Out” is getting public attention and casting doubt on the scientific validity of the U.S. government’s investigation into the WTC tragedy. PBS is the first major network to air the program. Just days away ...
- Nestlé Exec Says: GMOs Are Unnecessary, But Ou ...by Annie Urban Has Nestlé been caught in a contradiction? According to Take Part, they have. Nestlé USA has donated more than $1 million dollars to the “Say No to 37″ campaign, fighting against the proposed labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in California. Then, seemingly out of l ...
- World’s richest woman lauds $2-a-day wagesBy Martha C. White, NBC News contributor An Australian mining heiress who courted controversy last month for suggesting her countrymen were just too lazy to be rich is at it again. Gina Rinehart, thought to be the world’s richest woman, chastised miners for being “too expensive,” saying, “ ...
- SRS nuclear growth “biological,” b ...By Rob Pavey A mysterious, cobweblike growth with a fondness for Savannah River Site’s spent nuclear fuel has been identified – but not formally named. A mysterious, cobweblike growth at Savannah River Site first observed in October has been identified but not given a name. “We did a genetic ana ...
Global Insights
- Less Than a Week AwayWe encourage you to register for Awake and Aware.George Green will be a featured speaker.September 19th & 20th • Burbank, CAClick here for Tickets & Reservations
- The Georgia GuidestonesOn one of the highest hilltops in Elbert County, Georgia stands a huge granite monument. Engraved in eight different languages on the four giant stones that support the common capstone are 10 Guides, or commandments. That monument is alternately referred to as The Georgia Guidestones, or the ...
- The CreationTHE CREATION (A recent message given to George Green from the "guys upstairs") We are pleased to bring understanding and clarification on what is the Creation. This is a challenge because your language of communication has not the words for describing this conception of Creation. So as not to pu ...
- The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging C ...In his previous books, James Kunstler focused on the shortsighted vision of suburban planning; now he expands that view to the country's urban growth challenges and the need to drastically change our current course of auto and oil dependency. The Long Emergency is filled with history plus eye-op ...
- About George GreenDear Friends, Thank you for your interest in our catalog of unusual and informative materials. The knowledge gained will give you choices in the days ahead and lessons of discernment as the chaos increases. It is necessary for those of you who are now in the "know" so to speak, to begin to fo ...
AlterNet - DrugReporter
- 6 Kinds of Pills Big Pharma Tries to Get You H ...Since direct-to-consumer drug advertising debuted in the late 1990s, the number of people on prescription drugs for life has ballooned.
- 5 Fascinating New Uses For PsychedelicsScientists are looking into various medical and psychiatric uses for psychedelics. Could the taboo be ending?
- How America Lost Its Collective Mind in the Dr ...By any measure; economically, morally, democratically, we are the worse for pot prohibition.
- Sending the Sick Into the Streets? How Drug Te ...New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's new policy will require drug screening for homeless people living with HIV/AIDS applying for shelter.
- #OpCannabis: Anonymous Hackers Take Up Marijua ...Hacktivist Anonymous began the "OpCannabis" to throw the collective's weight behind drug reform.
Twilight Earth
- Cartoon caption contestTake a look at the cartoon below and enter your caption idea in the comment section (more ifo on prize, etc. below the cartoon). Eligible captions will be those posted on my site, Elephant Journal, Wend Magazine, PlanetSave, Eco-Snobbery Sucks, Ecolutionist, Ecopolitology, and Twilight Earth. Wi ...
- Exposed: Why the GOP wants to eliminate Clean ...Whether we can believe this see-through-elephant-trunk footage or not, the possibility that elephants have a triple fitration system within their trunks has to have some credence. Otherwise, why on earth would leading Republicans try to make it easier for big polluters to further pollute the air ...
- Apples may lose trees [cartoon]The rest of Joe Mohr’s cartoons, and cartoon updates and other green news on Twitter @GreenCartoons. Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets Beat–May Lose Beets (cartoon) Eco-Snobbery Sucks: The Cartoon Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets Beat–May Lose Beets (cartoo ...
- Mixed message from USDA chief Vilsack [cartoon]US Ag Secretary, Tom Vilsack tells us to eat more natural foods a few days after fully deregulating GMO alfalfa…I’m confused. Confused as well? Read the links below and try to figure out this mess. From The New York Times: Government’s Dietary Advice: Eat Less From Elephant Journal: ...
- BREAKING: Deleted Monsanto cartoon panel, leaked!Unlike the former Monsanto cartoon on this subject, this version shows a bit more clearly who surrendered the future of organic agriculture to Monsanto. There’s been a lot of talk from both sides (organic and biotech) about compromise. That is misleading and almost laughable (read: cryable ...
Inhabitat
- Scientists Genetically Engineer Goats To Produ ...Pretty soon, all the animals on a dairy farm will be able to produce human breast milk. Last year, Argentine scientists cloned a cow to produce nutrient-rich ‘human breast milk.’ Now, scientists in Russia and Belarus have engineered transgenetic dairy goats that can produce milk that ...
- The Softer Side of Urban Commune—Organic’s Spr ...John Patrick’s Organic’s Spring/Summer 2013 line maintains the no-fuss, easy-to-wear aesthetic fans love--But this season the designer managed to integrate a new level of femininity, too.
- 400 Trees Cut Down to Make Way For Space Shutt ...Ever since the Space Shuttle fleet was retired last year, several spacecraft have gone to new homes for the public to enjoy. Their journeys have often been spectacular, such as the Enterprise flying over New York and Discovery soaring above Washington D.C. However it seems that Endeavour’s ...
- GREEN GUIDE TO PREFAB: Preparing Your Home for ...Our Green Guide to Prefab series has explored a number of considerations that need to be made when planning for a prefab home, from siting to personal style to financing and loans. But how do you translate that all of that newfound information into a succinct design that maximizes sustainability ...
- UGE’s New Hybrid Sanya Streetlight Goes Off-Gr ...Urban Green Energy (UGE) today announced their newest alternative to power hungry outdoor lighting: the Sanya Streetlamp [pdf] is a standalone, off-grid street light that uses solar power, wind energy, or a combination of both to generate low-impact light for roads, bike paths, parks, and more. ...
Pogue's Posts
- E-Mail Birthday IntrigueWho invented e-mail? There's a story about that.
- Why Not Carry Different E-Book Readers?A reader suggests that readers of e-books buy three different devices to deal with incompatible systems. David Pogue disagrees.
- How to Propose the Pogue WayAn elaborate marriage proposal on video goes viral and prompts questions about how it was done. Here are some answers.
- How to Make Your Lost Phone FindableThere are apps that help you find your lost phone. They may not work perfectly, but using them increases the odds of success.
- A Critical Design Change for a Bag to Carry Yo ...The Command Messenger bag by Timbuk2, for carrying a laptop, is hinged at the top. And that makes all the difference.
WIRED Magazine | Science
- Why All Hurricanes Look the Same From SpaceEver notice how every satellite image of a hurricane looks a lot like the last one? We asked a meteorologist from NOAA to explain why.
- NASA’s Newest Autonomous Lander Passes Flight TestA prototype NASA lander completed a successful free flight on Sept. 5, helping to bring a new generation of landing vehicles closer to reality.
- Wired Science Space Photo of the Day: Weird St ...If you're like us, you could look at photos of galaxies, planets, moons and nebulas all day. But you don't have all day, so let Wired Science bring you the most intriguing, beautiful or mysterious view of space we can find. We promise they will be mind-blowing and tempt you to replace your deskt ...
- Amazing New Image Captures Curiosity Rover’s T ...A new image shows a beautiful example of two spectacular robots at work, capturing the Curiosity rover's tracks on Mars using the HiRISE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
- New Exploratorium Promises Awesome Science, Ea ...San Francisco's famous interactive science museum, the Exploratorium, is making a big move to a new waterfront location in a play to get more people interested in science with easy access and Bay views.
PakAlert
- WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUTThe soldiers of the global communist conspiracy are on the march. There is tension in the air, a static type of electricity pregnant with meaning to those who can see the malevolent forces lurking beneath the surface. Some would say this is the most dangerous time in the history of mankind. O ...
- Aurora theater shooting court documents blows ...Newly released court documents in the Aurora, CO theater “Batman massacre” case reveals startling inside accusations about who may actually be behind the shootings that left at least 70 people either dead or injured in the early morning hours of July 20th. Friday's report by the online versio ...
- Coming Food Crisis Plays into Global Elite’s D ...Since 2010, the UN Food and Agricultural Organization has stated that the rise in food prices is directly correlated to the 80 million people being added to the world’s population annually. This fact, according to the globalists at the UN, is beginning to “tax both the skills of farmers and the ...
- Video: RFID CHIP Resistance San AntonioWe Are Change-SA/THC protest in opposition to students in San Antonio being forced to wear RFID tracking ID’s around there neck. WAC, parents, students, and concerned citizens spoke out at the Northside Independent School District board meeting, educating board members on the encroachment of the ...
- FBI and DHS Preparing False Flag Attack Claim ...On September 27th, in Springfield, Illinois, the Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will conduct a presentation on improvised explosive devices (IEDs). This demonstration is an extension of the FBI’s National Improvised Explosive Familiarization (NIEF) initiative “designed to ...
Andy Worthington
- Eleven Years After 9/11, Guantánamo Is A Polit ...Eleven years since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the majority of the remaining 168 men in Guantánamo are not held because they constitute an active threat to the United States, but because of inertia, political opportunism and an institutional desire to hide evidence of torture by ...
- Lost Glories: Photos of a Thames Journey from ...Lost Glories: A Thames Journey from Woolwich to Thamesmead, a set on Flickr. On July 11, 2012, as part of my ongoing project to photograph the whole of London by bike, I cycled east from Greenwich, intending to travel to the Thames barrier, on the border of Charlton and Woolwich, but then carryi ...
- Industry and Decay: Photos of a Journey Along ...Industry and Decay: A Journey Along the Thames from Greenwich to Woolwich, a set on Flickr. On July 11, as part of my ongoing project to photograph the whole of London by bike, I cycled east from Greenwich, intending to travel to the Thames barrier, on the border of Charlton and Woolwich, but th ...
- Disgusting! As Tories Lurch to the Right, Crim ...Please sign the campaigning group 38 Degrees’ open letter to Jeremy Hunt, warning him not to mess with the NHS. Sometimes it’s almost unspeakably depressing to be living in England, in a dystopian fantasy that no one voted for, with a useless coalition government of the Tories and th ...
- Chasing Clouds in Greenwich: Photos of a Journ ...Chasing Clouds in Greenwich: A Journey East Along the Thames, a set on Flickr. On July 11, as part of my ongoing project to photograph the whole of London by bike, I decided to revisit a journey I had made last year, when my wife’s sister visited from Scotland and we went cycling along the ...
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- Ocean Energy Teams Compete for $16 Million Sco ...In the roiling waters off Scotland's coast, companies are vying to prove technology to harness the energy of the sea.
- Drought Withers U.S. Corn Crop, Heats Debate o ...With the U.S. corn harvest shriveled by drought, pressure builds to suspend the national ethanol mandate. But it's not easy to turn off the biofuel pumps.
- Trapped Antarctic Methane Could Escape, Worsen ...Swamp gas trapped under miles of Antarctic ice may someday escape and further heat up the planet, a new study says.
- Isaac Drives Spike in U.S. Gas Prices Ahead of ...U.S. gasoline prices are getting worse before they get better, spurred by domestic refinery woes and Hurricane Isaac.
- Black Bears Can "Count" as Well as PrimatesDo black bears count in the woods? Possibly, according to a recent study that shows the mammals are as smart as primates.
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- Don't Turn Your Back on the Bankers for Even a ...The ink on the legislation is still drying and, already, the mortgage mill industry is trying to gut the little things that might help to hold them accountable for their bit part in the complete economic collapse of this nation: Dodd-Frank requires that lenders retain five percent of every loan ...
- Sarah Palin: Mayor of New Milford?Is this a parody or real life? You decide. Citizens of New Milford: I want you to know that I'm on the job 24/7. Twenty four hours a week, seven months a year. But even with this strict time commitment, I can't be expected to keep up with everything going on in this vast metropolis. That's why ...
- Much like the "conservative" GOP...The conservative Blue Dogs acted as Bush's domestic poodles, helping to move a dangerous right wing agenda. They were owned by the right wing and corporations and there is no big surprise why more than half of the Blue Dog caucus (28 of 54 members) were slaughtered in the 2010 elections. So f ...
- Stop Drinking and Start Doing, Dem Dumb DumbsSober up, Dems. You started sucking suds when you captured the Congress in 2006. Since 2008 you've been binge drinking with Congress and the Prez. You even nibbled on some hot wings and pub nuts. Burp! And now the bartender just cut your drunk, lazy, liberal, progressive, leftie ass off. Y ...
- The People Have Spoken. And Their Message Is ...So. What the heck happened last night? The GOP picked up 60 seats in the House, effectively reversing their losses there from 2006 and 2008, and returning control of that body to them. The GOP picked up some 6 seats in the Senate, but the Democratic Party retains control there. The GOP picked u ...
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- Self-Described Anarchists in Ohio Terror Plot ...Four of five self-proclaimed anarchists – calling themselves the Revolutionary People’s Party – have now confessed to involvement in a conspiracy in late April to use C-4 explosives to blow up an interstate highway bridge near Cleveland. After their arrests, most of the suspects quickly agreed t ...
- Former SCV Leader Facing Prison for Massive Po ...A South Carolina extremist who helped engineer an attempt to turn the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) into an actively neo-Confederate organization is now facing prison for his role in a Ponzi scheme that defrauded hundreds of people. Ron G. Wilson remains free on bond after pleading guilty o ...
- Editorial: Family Research Council Attacks on ...Editor’s Note: The ongoing religious right attack on the SPLC, originally framed last month to suggest that the SPLC bore responsibility for a shooting at the Family Research Council because it had earlier named the FRC a “hate group,” has continued to expand to the point of absurdity. That was ...
- Anti-LGBT Zealots Target Fox and Bill O’ReillyLeave it to extreme elements of the anti-LGBT right to make Fox News look almost “fair and balanced” after all. Frequently the target of left-leaning criticism, the cable news network and its most popular host, Bill O’Reilly, are now coming under fire for “helping violent homosexuals to kill Chr ...
- Conspiracy Theorists: Isaac Caused by God, Gov ...Hurricane Isaac has inconvenienced a lot of people. Many thousands of Gulf Coast residents have boarded up windows and sought shelter inland. And many others are now facing the prospect of cleaning up and rebuilding flooded homes and businesses. But the inconvenienced people we’ve been hearing a ...
change: org.
- If Up to New Mexico’s Governor, Undocume ...A haunting but ultimately uplifting story out of New Mexico has been making the rounds in newspapers and TV reports across the country. A 6-year-old girl in Albuquerque was abducted as she walked home on a suburban street. The kidnapper pulled her into his van, parked near a rock hiding packing ...
- Victory! NJ Gov. Signs Bill So Survivors Won't ...In late June, a vital bill to support rape survivors landed on New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's desk. The bill, which had strong bipartisan support in both legislative houses, was to bar rape survivors from being charged for their own rape kits -- collections of forensic evidence after a sex ...
- Teen Leads Safe Crosswalk Campaign in Wake of ...The shock and grief over a young person's tragic death can be paralyzing. Not for Kimiko Nishitsuji. Her friend's sudden death last month after being hit by a car at an intersection long known to be dangerous for pedestrians instead spurred her to action and mobilized a community. Kimiko created ...
- Major Progress: Administration to Grant Deport ...Wow. Just weeks ago, UCLA graduate and award-winning Dreamer David Cho posted a petition on Change.org commemorating the ten-year anniversary of the federal DREAM Act and asking President Obama and the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to do everything in their power to stop deporting tal ...
- Robert Segwanyi Spared Deadly Deportation to U ...Robert Segwanyi was scheduled for deportation on August 18, from the United Kingdom's Heathrow airport. The UK was sending Robert back to Uganda, where he was tortured with molten plastic and imprisoned for being gay. Robert was spared from deportation at the very last minute according to ...
Common Dreams -News
- Wave of Deadly Attacks Hits IraqSecurity forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)A wave of attacks hit Iraq Sunday, displaying another alarming hike in violence in the country. ...
- Greek Anger, Protests After Fresh Austerity Cuts
- Greek Anger, Protests After of Fresh Austerity ...
- Miracle-Gro Caught Violating Pesticide LawsLawn and Garden company Scotts Miracle-Gro poisoned bird feed and violated pesticide laws, according to a Columbus, Ohio federal court ruling Friday. The company will now be ordered to pay $12.5 million in fines. read more
- Miracle-Gro Caught Violating Pesticide LawsLawn and Garden company Scotts Miracle-Gro poisoned bird feed and violated pesticide laws, according to a Columbus, Ohio federal court ruling Friday. The company will now be ordered to pay $12.5 million in fines. read more
Lifehacker
- Repurpose a Coat Hanger as a Flip-Flip Hanger ...If you have several pairs of flip-flops, sandals, or other thin and lightweight shoes you can easily cut and bend a regular wire coat hanger to keep your footware organized and off the floor of your closet. More » ...
- DIY Wood Pallet Garden Shed [Weekend Project]If you need a shed to store your lawn mower, tools, or other items and you need that shed to be inexpensive while not being a complete eyesore consider utilizing free pallets to form a skeleton of a shed that you can cover with plywood and add ...
- Should You Toss Your Tech Boxes? [Organization]Phones, tablets, laptops, cameras, and other gadgets all come with boxes that many keep on hand for years "just in case". Here are four questions to ask yourself when deciding what to keep and what to toss. More » ...
- Five Best Office Chairs [Hive Five]You spend hours at a time at your desk, so hopefully you're sitting in a comfortable chair. If not, it might be time for an upgrade. This week, we wanted to know which office chairs you thought were the best of breed, either because they offe ...
- Fill Disc Scratches with Peanut Butter If you're trying to watch a DVD with lots of light scratches you can usually skip the skips by taking the DVD out of the player with peanut butter. More »
Water Privatization
- Nine assets set for sale by next yearGreece’s privatization fund plans to complete the sale of nine assets next year, Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras said on Thursday.
- City's tab for water sewer study tops $200,000Citizens group petitions for independent council investigation Allentown City Council learned Wednesday that the city has already spent $237,000 planning and studying Mayor Ed Pawlowski's proposal to lease the city's water and sewer systems to a private operator to head-off a pensions-fu ...
- City's tab for water sewer study tops $200,000Citizens group petitions for independent council investigation. Allentown City Council learned Wednesday that the city has already spent $237,000 planning and studying Mayor Ed Pawlowski's proposal to lease the city's water and sewer systems to a private operator to head off a pensions-f ...
- Seven firms qualified to operate Allentown wat ...Two other prospects dropped. Council is hiring own consultant to evaluate lease plan. Allentown has eliminated a Canadian water utilities firm and a mysterious group known only as Allentown Forward from its water/sewer sweepstakes.
- Seven firms qualified to operate Allentown wat ...Two other prospects dropped. Council is hiring own consultant to evaluate lease plan. Allentown has eliminated a Canadian water utilities firm and a mysterious group known only as Allentown Forward from its water/sewer sweepstakes.
Guardian
- Boris Johnson denies discussing plot to return ...London mayor insists he will serve a full term – ruling out the possibility of him entering parliament until after the 2015 electionThe London mayor, Boris Johnson, has been forced to deny that he discussed a plot with Tory MP Zac Goldsmith that could have seen him return to Westminster on an an ...
- Vince Cable rebuffs Conservative right on dere ...Business secretary reasserts control over department and lifts veil on dispute with Theresa May over immigration 'red tape'Vince Cable reasserted his control over the business department on Sunday as he dismissed rightwing claims that further business deregulation is the key to growth, and readi ...
- London 2012 Paralympics closing ceremony – liveThe Paralympic Games come to an end with a closing ceremony featuring Coldplay, Jay-Z, Rhianna and a battalion of 'eccentric travellers'. Follow for live updatesDavid Batty
- 'Dozens killed or injured' as Syrian warplanes ...Regime's aerial bombardment of residential area of the city has destroyed a water pipeline and a housing complex, activists saySyrian warplanes bombed a residential district of Aleppo on Sunday, killing and wounding dozens of people and exacerbating a water shortage in Syria's biggest city, wher ...
- Bronze, Royal Academy, London – reviewRoyal Academy, LondonA few steps into this exhibition my heartbeat started to race and my head was pounding. It contains among many woozy pinnacles of art a massive and imposing sculptural masterpiece by none other than Leonardo da Vinci.Officially Leonardo never finished his only attempt at bro ...
McClatchey
- Commentary: Wrapping our heads around multidim ...The US election now largely focuses on two central issues: the economy - by which most mean unemployment - and social issues - in particular abortion and gay rights. Somewhat…Click to Continue »
- Commentary: Will 'Jim Crow' lite voting laws s ...Old Southern political bosses of the Jim Crow era would have winked with delight at the ingenious ploys of their latter-day successors in the art of voter suppression.Click to Continue »
- Egypt says it’s destroyed 31 tunnels, k ...Egyptian officials announced Saturday that their first major military offensive into Sinai since the inauguration of President Mohammed Morsi led to the death 32 ?criminals,? the destruction of 31 tunnels…Click to Continue »
- Obama launches Florida bus tourPresident Barack Obama kicked off a bus tour in battleground Florida Saturday, urging voters to back his plan for economic recovery and reject Republican proposals that he said would give…Click to Continue »
- Commentary: Dolphins lose when humans provide ...Earlier this summer, in the Gulf waters near the Florida-Alabama border, somebody stabbed a screwdriver into the head of a bottlenose dolphin.Click to Continue »
Afghanistan Sun
- Harry completes 1st phase of Afghanistan trainingIn this Friday, Sept. 7, 2012 photo made available on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, Britain's Prince Harry, left, examines the 30mm cannon of an Apache attack helicopter with an unidentified member of ...
- Taliban Denounces Blacklisting Of Haqqani NetworkThe Taliban has denounced moves by the United States to blacklist the Pakistan-based Haqqani network as a terrorist organization, saying it would have no impact on militant operations. Taliban ...
- 1 killed 12 injured in W. Afghan blastsFARAH, Afghanistan, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- One civilian was killed and 12 people were injured in three successive explosions in Farah city, the provincial capital of western Afghanistan's Farah ...
- Karzai warns US over delay in handing over mil ...Afghan President Hamid Karzai has warned the United States that a delay in the handover of the country's biggest military prison would be considered a 'breach of Afghanistan's sovereignty'. "Bagram ...
- 11 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan wit ...KABUL, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Afghan police and army, backed by the NATO-led coalition forces, have killed 11 Taliban militants in different provinces within the past 24 hours, the country's ...
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 chargedSo, I stand accused of censorship by someone whose comment I declined to approve on this post. I figure anyone willing to throw around accusations of censorship is probably a big fan of radical transparency; hence, by way of amelioration, here is the digital papertrail for the full exchange. (Em ...
- The Future Always WinsSoooooo, yeah – I’ve been busy. Did you miss me? New job, Masters degree… doesn’t leave a lot of spare time, so it doesn’t. But it’s been quiet here too long, so it’s time to dust down the soapbox and run a mic-check. One-two, one-two. The Future Always ...
- New EconomiesLast month I pondered the extent to which the Arab Spring and Occupy Everything are socially-driven acts of creative destruction. Creative destruction is defined as a “process of industrial mutation that incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying ...
Whistleblowers Protection Blog
- Fall Interns arrive ready to advance the whist ...We are pleased to welcome the Fall 2012 class of interns who are arriving today to help us serve whistleblowers and their cause. Pictured here are (standing) Pia, Chioma, Chad, Karima, Ricardo, Carolyn, Carson and Nick, and (seated) Megan, Ashley, Garrett and Naomi. Thank you all for dedicat ...
- This Week on Honesty Without FearTune in today at 5:00pm EDT to Honesty Without Fear on Progressive Radio Network. In the first half, Lindsey Williams and Richard Renner talk about whistleblower news, how whistleblowers can get legal assistance and answer your questions. In the second half hour, Richard Renner and OSHA whistl ...
- Honesty Without Fear Radio Moving to 5:00pm We ...Beginning this week, our weekly Honesty Without Fear radio show will be moving to Wednesdays at 5:00 pm ET. You can still listen to the show live at www.whistleblowersradio.org or you can download the podcast after the show. We hope you tune in at the new time!
- AILA amicus brief urges protection for interna ...Last week, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) filed an amicus brief with the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) urging the Board to restore a broad interpretation of "members of a particular social group." The "social group" status is important because those ...
- Happy Birthday! Lloyd-La Follette ActToday is the 100th anniversary of the Lloyd-La Follette Act, a milestone in our nation's protections for government whistleblowers and a watershed in the balance of power between Congress and the President. In 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt issued an executive order prohibiting all fed ...
Science Express
- Pollution from Asia Circles Globe at Stratosph ...(PhysOrg.com) -- The economic growth across much of Asia comes with a troubling side effect: pollutants from the region are being wafted up to the stratosphere during monsoon season. The new finding, in a study led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, provides additiona ...
- After growth spurt, supermassive black holes s ...Supermassive black holes found at the centers of distant galaxies undergo huge growth spurts as a result of galactic collisions, according to a new study by astronomers at Yale University and the University of Hawaii. Their findings appear in the March 25 edition of Science Express.
- Research team finds structure of 'swine flu' virusA team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and other institutions has solved the structure of a key protein from the virus that caused last year's "swine flu" influenza epidemic. The structure reveals that the virus shares many features with influenza viruses common in the early 20 ...
- Lizard moms choose the right genes for the rig ...(PhysOrg.com) -- Two Dartmouth biologists have found that brown anole lizards make an interesting choice when deciding which males should father their offspring. The females of this species mate with several males, then produce more sons with sperm from large fathers, and more daughters with spe ...
- More than One: Long-Reigning Microbe Controlli ...(PhysOrg.com) -- Marine scientists long believed that a microbe called Trichodesmium, a member of a group called the cyanobacteria, reigned over the ocean's nitrogen budget.
TechDirt
- Vog's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The WeekHello, Vog here, but I guess you probably already know me, sort of. It's been a busy news week on several fronts, and there's been no shortage of interesting articles to pick favorites from here on Techdirt. So get comfortable, pour some Kool-Aid, and check out these developments you might have ...
- Three Artists On Piracy: Sharing, Disruption A ...There's a lot of discussion here at Techdirt about filesharing. Much of the discussion focuses on various legacy industries and their efforts to fight infringement, as well as their continued cultivation of artificial scarcity, which often sends potential customers towards unapproved sources ...
- Should Robots Get Rights?I've written before about robots when someone imagines them rising to the level of cognition. Usually these stories are filled with luddite fear of the coming robot apocalypse. This time, however, let's take a quick trip down a robotic philosophical rabbit hole. Computerworld has a ...
- Copyright Holders Still Sending DMCA Takedowns ...We keep seeing various DMCA takedown failures, and the folks over at TorrentFreak have discovered another common error while going through Google's Copyright Transparency Report and found that big copyright holders are still filing DMCA takedown notices on content hosted on sites like Megaupload ...
- DailyDirt: Meat + Cupcakes = Crazy DeliciousCupcakes were really trendy for a while, but they've probably jumped the shark by now. Still, who doesn't enjoy a good cupcake every now and then? Here are just a few examples of some interesting twists on the traditional cupcake -- that include a few more animal parts than you might expect (or ...
VacTruth
- “I have a little boy who is highly affec ..."This year alone, I almost lost him twice..."
- Allergy-Immunity-Hypersensitivity and Vaccines ...When you are purposely infected and invaded by a biological agent, it sets up an immune response to the disease ... here's the rest of the story.
- Are Vaccines Cultured on Aborted Foetal Tissue?"I have been told that vaccines are not cultured on aborted foetal tissue anymore..."
- Is the Vitamin K Shot Mandatory in Michigan?"I was wondering if anyone who lives in Michigan knows if the vitamin k shot is mandatory for newborns?"
- We’re “Anti-Vaxers” Because We Don’t Have a ChoiceThe line has been drawn. There are pro-vaxers on one side and anti-vaxers on the other. Let’s look at each side.
BroadSnark
- Things You Might Have MissedMy friend Mark, also one of the founders of the punk collective I’m in, wrote this article comparing the Russian government’s reaction to Pussy Riot to the reaction Positive Force got for their “Meese is a Pig” postering back in the day. I know I should say something abou ...
- Obey or Pay…UnlessI came across this truancy scare video the other day. The video talks about how truancy leads to dropping out and how dropping out leads to a “lifelong inability to find gainful employment (and) make a meaningful life.” It has kids talking about how they were rebellious (the horror). ...
- Beware of Strange Men on AirplanesIt seems that Virgin airlines has a policy that unaccompanied children cannot sit next to men on their airplanes. An Australian man, who was assigned a seat next to two boys he did not know, was asked to switch seats with a woman. Pissed off about being treated like a presumed predator, he blogg ...
- Big Tents, Little Bridges, Vested InterestsThis piece over at Cubik’s Rube reminded me of something I have been wanting to write about for a while. James is worried that the atheism+ idea that Blag Hag wrote about, and that I linked to on Wed, will be just one more divide in a movement that already has plenty of “splits, schi ...
- Things You Might Have MissedSorry I dropped out for a few days. I was at the beach having the greatest shit show on earth. I actually brought my laptop. But who the hell was I kidding? Shane Thayer is having a contest. Writing a blog post that links to his artwork enters you in a contest for a free [...]
Executive Intelligence Review - LaRouche
- The LaRouche Show, September 8, 2012Make War on the Banksters
- Rep. Walter Jones to Obama: ‘Abide by Our Cons ...Reprinted from Executive Intelligence Review, September 7, 2012, Vol. 39, No. 35
- Glass-Steagall Option Raised at Jackson Hole B ...By Paul Gallagher Reprinted from Executive Intelligence Review, September 7, 2012, Vol. 39, No. 35
- Europe’s Choice: A Two-Tier Banking System or ...By Helga Zepp-LaRouche Reprinted from Executive Intelligence Review, September 7, 2012, Vol. 39, No. 35
- Joint Chiefs, LPAC Take Lead In Drive To Stop ...By Jeffrey Steinberg Reprinted from Executive Intelligence Review, September 7, 2012, Vol. 39, No. 35
War in Context
- The ‘only in America’ mythNima Shirazi writes: “Only in America” is a refrain heard time and again in this country’s political discourse. According to both Democrats and Republicans, the United States is a singular nation: one in which anyone can achieve anything if you have a dream and the will to work ...
- Designating Haqqanis as terrorists will underm ...Reuters reports: The United States’ decision to designate the Haqqani network as a terrorist organization shows it is not sincere about peace efforts in Afghanistan, senior commanders of the group said on Friday. The move will also bring hardship for U.S. Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who is bei ...
- A looming nuclear arms race between Pakistan a ...Tom Hundley writes: One of the more tenacious conspiracy theories that have taken root in the hothouse of Pakistan’s capital is that Osama bin Laden was not killed in the May 2, 2011, Navy SEAL raid on his compound in Abbottabad — that, in fact, he had already been dead for years, ki ...
- The formation of Alawite militias in the Kassa ...At Syria Comment, Mohammad D. writes: There are important new developments in Lattakia and its surrounding recently. The violence that started a few months back in the East and North of the city itself has not subsided. Yesterday a rumor spread that the FSA had shelled al-Qurdaha, something its ...
- Are Chinese banks hiding ‘the mother of all de ...Minxin Pei writes: Financial collapses may have different immediate triggers, but they all originate from the same cause: an explosion of credit. This iron law of financial calamity should make us very worried about the consequences of easy credit in China in recent years. From the beginning of ...
Watts Up With That?
- Replication of Lewandowsky SurveyGuest post by A. Scott There has been considerable discussion about the methodology and data regarding the recent paper “Lewandowsky, S., Oberauer, K., & Gignac, C. E. (in press). NASA faked the moon landing – therefore (climate) science is a … Continue reading →
- Saturday Silliness – Skip to the LewDr. Stephan Lewandowsy’s recent claim that because skeptics and lukewarmers alike ask to see emails, it amounts to conspiracy theory … So now there’s a conspiracy theory going around that I didn’t contact them. …has inspired Josh yet again. Please … Continue reading →
- RC’s Dr. Eric Steig boreholes himself on ...This is something that needs wider circulation, hence its appearance here. I’ve been mulling over how to best present this, and decided there’s nothing I could do in the way of excerpts that still told the story effectively, so I … Continue reading →
- Law of unintended consequences bites the ̵ ...From Arizona State University Researchers emphasize evaluation of tradeoffs in battling urban heat island Urbanization will increase average temperatures in Arizona’s Sun Corridor and white roofs can combat that, but not without consequences for the region’s hydroclimate TEMPE, Ariz. ...
- Friday Funny – climate change is not a jokeLast night at the DNC, President Obama released a climatic whopper to appease those donors that were threatening to withhold funds if he didn’t say something about climate in his speech. Prior to his speech, Joe Romm had the best … Continue reading →
treehugger
- The Truth Behind Organic LabelsIn the wake of the debate about whether organic products are better, a German newspaper puts the "organic myth" to test.
- GM Glowing Pet Fish Has Researchers ConcernedYorktown Technologies Electric Green Tetra glows in the dark under black light, but what happens if it's let into the wild?
- Best Cleantech News for Your Weekend Reading S ...Morning coffee-worthy tech news from around the web for your weekend reading pleasure.
- All Aboard the Helsinki Plant Tram, A Whimsica ...Over the past three days, one of Helsinki's tram lines has been carrying some unusual cargo -- living plants donated by passengers for inclusion in a roller-coaster-themed urban garden.
- Chicago Aims to Eliminate Pedestrian Fatalitie ...Good cities are built for walking, so Chicago unveils an ambitious plan to put pedestrians first.
Biosingularity
- Coffee drinkers have lower risk of death, stud ...Older adults who drank coffee — caffeinated or decaffeinated — had a lower risk of death overall than others who did not drink coffee, according a study by researchers from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and AARP. Coffee drinkers were ...
- All cancer cells are not created equalA study from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers suggests that specific populations of tumor cells have different roles in the process by which tumors make new copies of themselves and grow. In their report in the May 15 issue of Cancer Cell, researchers identify a tumor-propagatin ...
- How the worm knows where its nose isFor decades, scientists have studied Caenorhabditis elegans – tiny, transparent worms – to glean clues about how neurons develop and function. A new Harvard study suggests that the worms’ nervous system is much more capable and complex than previously thought, and has a way to monitor its ...
- Mystery gene reveals new mechanism for anxiety ...A novel mechanism for anxiety behaviors, including a previously unrecognized inhibitory brain signal, may inspire new strategies for treating psychiatric disorders, University of Chicago researchers report. By testing the controversial role of a gene called Glo1 in anxiety, scientists uncovered ...
- Researchers crack part of common cancer mutati ...Researchers have identified a compound that could correct a mutation and stop cancer from spreading — a development that could eventually be used to treat tens of thousands of cancer patients in the United States each year. In a study published today in the journal Cancer Cell, four scientists f ...
CFACT
- CEI's Chris Horner on White House lawsuit
- Humpback Chub swims back strong
- Who could oppose 'clean energy'?President Obama’s “new†proposal is Plan B, since cap-and-trade failed in Congress. The President is not “moving to the middle.†Instead he is playing bait-and-switch. Either cap-and-trade or †...
- Study shows coral reefs resistant to warming
- Use energy, get rich and save the planet
Ria Novosti Online News
- Environmentalist Chirikova Registered as Khimk ...
- Buffon Set to Extend Juventus Deal to 2016 - R ...Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon is expected to sign a contract extension with Juventus that will keep him in Turin until 2016, Italian daily La Gazzetta dello Sport reported on Sunday.
- Ukrainian Opposition Set to Take President to ECHRThe Ukrainian opposition is set to file a lawsuit against the country’s president Victor Yanukovych to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), an opposition leader said on Sunday.
- Ukraine after presidential elections
- Petrov: My Car Felt FantasticCaterham driver Vitaly Petrov was delighted with the performance of his car during the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday.
Ria Novosti - Science & Technology
- Russian space programs
- Russia Denies ‘Systemic Crisis’ in Space IndustryRussia’s space industry is not in crisis despite some local problems, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Friday.
- International Space Station
- Astronauts Use Toothbrush to Fix Space StationDuring their second spacewalk, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and her Japanese colleague Akihiko Hoshide were able to install a power unit on the International Space Station on Wednesday.
- Astronauts Take Second SpacewalkAstronauts Sunita Williams and Akihiko Hoshide began a spacewalk on Wednesday in another attempt to install a power unit on the International Space Station.
Pruning Shears
- ODNR official: we'll let the public know what' ...The fracking industry has dramatically increased its activity in Portage county recently. In some cases the activity is unmistakably tangible (more on that next week), but the real action at the moment seems to be preparing the ground for the deluge. The paperwork is coming in fast and furious ...
- Hey - hand me that wrench over there, willya?I’m working under the hood this week. I’m looking into moving the site to a new architecture, so I’ve got a test site underway. If I can get it looking right, I’ll cut over. Otherwise it will stay the same and I’ll just have some wasted time to sho ...
- How the decline in CO2 emissions is like NAFTAThe quality of reporting on fracking in large outlets has been of varying quality. Day-to-day coverage of the latest developments is usually pretty good, but bigger picture trend pieces have a tendency to be positively fawning towards the industry. A couple of recent articles in the New York T ...
- Rallying for Aramark Laundry WorkersThe Immigrant Workers Union (UTI) Local 229 held a rally at an Aramark uniform service facility in Madison to bring to light the abuses being committed by management against the laundry workers they employ. The workers, formerly organized under UNITE, are now organized under the& ...
- Fighting fracking: introverts editionOne of the biggest threats fracking poses to the environment is the way it endangers the water supply. It does so in several ways, one of which has large-scale implications. Global impact like that is a little unusual; environmental issues are more likely to be local. Whether it’s frack ...
Organic Consumers.org
- Dr. Mercola Interviews OCA's Ronnie Cummins: T ...The largest opportunity to give people the right to know if their food is genetically engineered will occur with the California ballot initiative - officially known as Proposition 37. Your support before the November 6 vote can make all the difference between winning and losing. Click here to re ...
- Food Co-Ops Brace for Arrival of Giant RivalsBOISE, Idaho (AP) - The Boise Co-op eliminated thousands of slow-selling items, sweeping away the claustrophobic effect that accompanied too many offerings. The Wheatsville Food Co-op in Texas is opening its second store after 40 years.Click here to read this article
- Pledge to Resist Fracking: Writer-Biologist Sa ...I choose to belong to a vision of an unfractured New York that turns its back on 19th century thinking and death-dealing fossil fuels and leads the world in the creation of a clean energy economy. Click here to read this article
- Will the GOP Steal America's 2012 Election?The Republican Party could steal the 2012 US Presidential election with relative ease.Click here to read this article
- Food Companies will go Non-GMO if CA Labeling ...Click here to read this article
Center for a Livable Future
- Policy expert Mark Winne has watched food move ...Long-time food policy expert Mark Winne has seen this nation’s food movement follow a path that mirrors his own professional journey. More and more advocates are delving into policy to get support for the hands-on projects that were their first forays into food issues. As a result of this shift ...
- The Question at Smithsonian: Shrimp and SafetyThe emerging common concern was about imported shrimp.
- Multi-Drug Resistant Infections at the NIH Hos ...Last Wednesday, The Washington Post reported on an outbreak of multi-drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center in Bethesda. (The Post was covering an interesting report by NIH investigators in Science Translational Medicine.) Initially, the ...
- New Orleans Groups Awarded Grants for New Farm ...I want to congratulate my friends at the Recirculating Farms Coalition who were recently awarded two grants to construct an Urban Farming and Food Center in downtown New Orleans. The center will be home to a community garden, fruit trees, aquaponics and hydroponics. These last two are methods ...
- How Industrialized Farming Could Facilitate Pa ...With cases of H3N2v influenza on the rise, a look at where we stand and the key role of our system of food animal production in strengthening viruses
Investigate - Breaking News
- Vitamin D author slams misleading sunscreen claimsVitamin D author slams misleading sunscreen claims. Vitamin D author slams misleading sunscreen claims
- The Vitamin D BriefingThe Vitamin D Briefing. The Vitamin D Briefing
- New Zealand couple thrown in Bali jail, wife p ...New Zealand couple thrown in Bali jail, wife pregnant, possible miscarriage. New Zealand couple thrown in Bali jail, wife pregnant, possible miscarriage
- Vitamin D – the new book that could save your ...Vitamin D – the new book that could save your life, literarily…. Vitamin D – the new book that could save your life, literarily…
- Chemical linked to low IQ found in sunscreensChemical linked to low IQ found in sunscreens. Chemical linked to low IQ found in sunscreens
My Care2 Picks
- Gentleperson's Guide to Forum Spiesdecoding astroturfing & malicious forum & Internet operations, trolls, sockpuppets, crapflooding & disinfo specialists Submitted by John Farnham to Society & Culture | Note-it! | Add a Comment
- Public Schools Use RFID Chips to Track and Pun ...In the San Antonio school district, the Student Locator Project (SLP) is being beta-tested at Jay High School and Jones Middle School. The SLP includes the use of radio frequency identification technology (RFID) Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't | Note- ...
- Why Does The U.S. Government Treat Military Ve ...The way that the U.S. government treats military veterans is absolutely disgraceful. Men and women that have given everything for this nation are literally being treated like human garbage by their own government. After watching how vets are treated, it i Submitted by Walter L Bradley Jr to US P ...
- The $6 QUADRILLION Cost Of The Climate Scam!U.N.s absurd climate panel had already at least tripled the true (and harmless) rate of warming to be expected from our adding CO2 to the air.Divided by 10 the true cost of effective action. Submitted by John Farnham to Society & Culture | Note-it! | Add ...
- Ten-Year-Old Convinces Jamba Juice To Go Styro ...Now this truly is a heartwarming story that goes to show how a little effort can go a wrong way. Ten-year-old Mia Hansen, with a little help from her mother, started a Change.org petition to get Jamba Juice, a smoothie franchise, to quit styrofoam. Submitted by Cher C. to Green Lifestyle   ...
Angry Indian News
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- Home insurance and the dilemma of replacement ...When it’s time to renew your home insurance policy, make the time to go over the details. Understanding the nuances in the fine print can save you money. It is up to you to decide if money today is... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
- Sushi - Trend and TraditionToday sushi is associated with a global trend as well as a Japanese food tradition. Not all countries’ traditional dishes are welcomed that eagerly by the rest of the world, like lutefisk from Norway... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
- How Online Learning Has Introduced MBA CoursesFew decades back we hardly thought of distance learning evolving as a major schooling practice. With the advent of distance education students were surprised at the numerous opportunities they were... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
- Online High School Programs Help Troubled StudentsAs the popularity of online higher education continues to grow, a younger group of students has noticed the convenience of online learning. Online courses are a realistic option for young students... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
Farm Wars
- Islands at Risk: GMO in HawaiiWhen the biotech industry decides to use the lands and people of Hawaii as its test guinea pig, local farmers, activists, researchers, and others speak out.
- Poisoned Horses – Fluoridation KillsJustus's horses are found to be suffering from chronic fluoride poisoning from drinking fluoridated water. Study published in peer reviewed scientific literature.
- Seeds of Monopoly – Monsanto and Goldman SachsAll species that feed off of others want a monopoly, and Monsanto and Goldman Sachs are no different. They don’t like to share their food supply, and we are on the table, dressed up like Thanksgiving turkeys. They feed off our ignorance, and if we do not recognize the deceptions they use, we can ...
- These Brands Want To Defeat GMO Labeling In Ca ...Want to know the latest anti-labeling contributors fighting our right to know about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in our food? Thanks to Jon Abrahamson, here is the latest info.
- Consciousness Beyond Chemtrails 2012: Jeffrey ..."Are Genetically Engineered Foods and Crops Akin to Weapons of Mass Destruction?" Jeffrey Smith
True/Slant Headline Grabs
- The stupidity of crowds helps kill a planet - ...Noted by Jeff McMahon on July 31, 2010 11:07 PM
- Sex, death, and the noble American toad - Scot ...Noted by Jeff McMahon on July 31, 2010 11:07 PM
- How to save a fishery: owning, renting, and ex ...Noted by Jeff McMahon on July 31, 2010 11:07 PM
- ‘Gossip Girl’ unethical because of threesome? ...Noted by Jeff McMahon on July 31, 2010 11:07 PM
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Citizens for Legitimate Government
- Shell begins petroleum drilling in Chukchi SeaShareThisShell begins petroleum drilling in Chukchi Sea 09 Sep 2012 More than four years after Royal Dutch Shell [terrorists] paid $2.8 billion to the federal government for petroleum leases in the Chukchi Sea, a company vessel on Sunday morning sent a drill bit into the ocean floor, beginning p ...
- Wave of attacks kills at least 64 in IraqShareThisWave of attacks kills at least 64 in Iraq 09 Sep 2012 Insurgents killed at least 64 people in a wave of attacks against Iraqi security forces on Sunday, gunning down soldiers at an army post and bombing police recruits waiting in line to apply for jobs, officials said...The violence, wh ...
- Quebec's students provide a lesson in protest ...ShareThisQuebec's students provide a lesson in protest politics 07 Sep 2012 So this is how it's done. Students in Quebec, in rebellion against their government over tuition fees, have scored an amazing victory in the province's general elections...The Liberal government led by Jean Charest, whic ...
- Romney says he likes parts of 'Obamacare'ShareThisRomney says he likes parts of 'Obamacare' 09 Sep 2012 Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, who promised early in his campaign to repeal President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, says he would keep several important parts of the overhaul..."Of course there are a number of th ...
- Chicago teachers, school officials resuming ta ...ShareThisChicago teachers, school officials resuming talks to avert strike 9 Sept 2012 Negotiations between the Chicago Teachers Union and the nation's third-largest school district were going down to the wire on Sunday, as teachers threaten to strike on Monday over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's deman ...
Daily Loaf
- 5 books that are sure to heat up your kitchen lifeI like to read — a lot. I could make lists counting the hundreds of books that make great reads. Unfortunately, we don’t have the time and you may not have the attention span for that. To keep it short and sweet, here’s a list of five books that I feel add depth and meaning [...]
- Beer Review: Victory Hop Devil/Victory Hop WallopVictory Brewing Company opened up fifteen years ago in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, but only recently entered the Florida market. With such beers as their highly touted Prima Pils and Storm King Stout, Victory has earned a rightful place among the respected craft brewers in the United States. St ...
- D’s nuts: Rays’ crazy defense feeds hitting, p ...Tampa Bay took the series victory against the Chicago with the win, getting back to .500 and improving to 2 games back in the American League East division. Rays look for sweep tomorrow.
- Interview with Michael Foley about the Florida ...The Florida Dance Festival provides a springboard for raw talent and fresh ideas.
- Just plain cheesy: Celebrate National Grilled ...April is National Grilled Cheese Month: an entire four weeks devoted to the American classic. The following sandwich recipe is from cheese expert and author Laura Werlin’s book, Great Grilled Cheese.
Vaccine Resistance Movement
- VRM: The Re-emergence of Polio in The Third Wo ...‘Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus. It invades the nervous system, and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours. It can strike at any age, but affects mainly children under three (over 50 percent of all cases). The virus enters the body throug ...
- VRM: Pandemic Preparedness & The Dark Agenda AheadWe are currently entering the next phase in the Globalist plan to erode the bedrock of natural immunity amongst the general population, a race to gain complete control over our inherent right to self-determination of the body. Based on all my research thus [...]
- VRM: PCV Vaccine Exposed – Breeding Grou ...The road-map leading to most neurological & neuro-developmental disorders traces back to the earliest vaccines administered to babies (HEP B, DTaP, PCV, RV, HIB, IPV, MMR). Timing is the key – a premature breach of the delicate, under-developed “electrical grid network” designed to prot ...
- VRM: The Flu ReportThe Flu Vaccine deception ranks as one of the great cover-ups & swindles of the last century perpetrated against the general population. Not only has the public been systematically lied to by their elected Government for generations (in league with the World Health Organization & a Vacc ...
- VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5B – ...Article continued from VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5A – Detoxification & Restoration of The Body Replenishing the vital mineral base We must look to children with Autism to determine the full extent of “vaccine toxicity” derived nutrient deficiencies incurred in th ...
B.C. Preppers Network
- You Know You're Getting Old When...A few weeks back we received our new high-efficiency front loading LG washer and dryer set and I have to say, I'm pretty impressed by them. The set was only around $1000 (on sale) but I felt like I'd gone from a Chevette to a Cadillac when compared to our old set. A cute little luxur ...
- Control Your Home Thermostat On the Internet!Today a fellow from our natural gas company came by to install a new thermostat as part of the Peaksaver program that we signed up for. If you haven't heard of Peaksaver, basically what it does is allow the Ontario government electricity provider to turn off your central air conditi ...
- Happy Day!: The Water Bill Arrived!After being shocked a few months ago with a water bill of over $240 I decided to do a few things to cut down on our water use We converted our main toilet to a dual-flush and installed a water saving device on the second (haven't switched it over to a dual yet). We also installed a new ...
- Strawberry PickingOur family went strawberry picking this morning, it's a fun thing to do once in a while and I think it's a good way to help our 3-year old daughter realize where food comes from. While my wife picked berries with our oldest I went for a walk around the farm with our youngest in the stroller ...
- Pioneer Solar: PV System For Free?I received a flyer from Pioneer Solar in the mail the other day which claims to help people get a solar system installed on their house, farm, or business for free. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, like most things there's good and bad points about it and what might be a good deal fo ...
Michael Yon
- Ground Sign Awareness: What is this about?Emplacing "IED" at night. It was dark but the sensitive camera got the moment. 08 September 2012 The first week of Ground Sign Awareness (GSA) training with the Norwegian Army is finished. One more week to go. We are not actually learning combat tracking, but GSA. GSA is like ...
- ISAF Joint Command morning operational update: ...UNCLASSIFIED 2012-09-S-011 For Immediate Release ISAF Joint Command morning operational update KABUL, Afghanistan (Sept. 8) – An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban improvised explosive device cell leader during an operation in Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province, today ...
- ISAF Joint Command morning operational update: ...UNCLASSIFIED 2012-09-S-010 For Immediate Release ISAF Joint Command morning operational update KABUL, Afghanistan (Sept. 7) – Afghan and coalition forces killed a Taliban cell leader during a security operation in Nad ‘Ali district, Helmand province, Thursday. Ajmal, also known as Ahmed Shah ...
- Norway Training Day 406 September 2012 This morning brought frost to the windshield for the first time this week. Day by day, winter is creeping in and we can feel it. Yesterday I was unable to publish because we trained late into the night, and started again early today. And so plea ...
- ISAF Joint Command morning operational update: ...UNCLASSIFIED 2012-09-S-009 For Immediate Release ISAF Joint Command morning operational update KABUL, Afghanistan (Sept. 6) – Afghan and coalition forces today confirmed the death of an al-Qaida operative following a precision airstrike in Watahpur district, Kunar province, Friday. Abu Saif, ...
The Killing Train
- Two small outragesWhile these aren't the worst things in the world, a couple of things from the world of information and journalism that were surprising enough to me, even though I think I ought to be pretty hardened to these things by now. (1) Through Wikileaks' twitter feed, I saw this story about one of the fo ...
- Haiti's New Dictatorship - Book Tour in NovemberHi everyone, In case you didn't notice the new tab above, my first book, Haiti's New Dictatorship, is set to come out at the end of October. I will be doing talks about the book all over Canada and probably in NYC in the US as well. Check the book tab for updates on the book tour. It's in the p ...
- Paraguay: Weaving Peoples Resistance Against C ...Hello friends. We at En Camino put this together and it has gathered signatures since the coup. We are hoping to work together to find ways to support FDD in the coming weeks and months. -Justin ------- The undersigning organizations, collectives and individuals working towards a coordinated ini ...
- The International Organization for a Participa ...I joined the International Organization for a Participatory Society. read more
- Curuguaty and the Paraguay CoupWhen the landless peasants of the Carperos Campesino Movement moved on to the 70,000 hectare ranch in Curuguaty registered to Blas Riquelme, they would have known that they were risking their lives. Using the same successful methods as elsewhere in Latin America, perhaps most famously by the Lan ...
treehugger
- The Truth Behind Organic LabelsIn the wake of the debate about whether organic products are better, a German newspaper puts the "organic myth" to test.
- GM Glowing Pet Fish Has Researchers ConcernedYorktown Technologies Electric Green Tetra glows in the dark under black light, but what happens if it's let into the wild?
- Best Cleantech News for Your Weekend Reading S ...Morning coffee-worthy tech news from around the web for your weekend reading pleasure.
- All Aboard the Helsinki Plant Tram, A Whimsica ...Over the past three days, one of Helsinki's tram lines has been carrying some unusual cargo -- living plants donated by passengers for inclusion in a roller-coaster-themed urban garden.
- Chicago Aims to Eliminate Pedestrian Fatalitie ...Good cities are built for walking, so Chicago unveils an ambitious plan to put pedestrians first.
Democratic Voice of Burma
- A constitutional crisis in Burma?With the justices of the constitutional tribunal stepping down today, the parliament has shown that its willing to ignore constitutional decrees rather than amend the controversial document
- Parliament impeaches constitutional tribunal j ...Burma's parliament on Thursday ousted nine constitutional court judges in the culmination of a long-running standoff that observers say exposed growing political rivalry within the regime
- Thai official calls on Burma to address amphet ...A senior Thai politician on Thursday accused neighbouring Burma of failing to tackle drug production after 3.3 million amphetamine tablets were seized in Bangkok
- After being displaced by war, residents reloca ...About 800 internally displaced residents who have been forced to flee amid fighting between government forces and the KIA, now have to relocate again due to flooding in Kachin state
- Residents in flooded delta region call for mor ...Residents in the Irrawaddy Region’s Pantanaw township, which has been submerged by floodwaters for more than a month, are calling for emergency relief
Telegraph - Climate Change
- The Chinese puzzles of chairman Tim YeoDoes Tim Yeo have a conflict of interest over Chinese business, asks Christopher Booker
- Climate change deniers 'are either extreme fre ...An Australian study says avid climate change deniers tend to be either extreme free marketeers or conspiracy theorists who believe the moon landing was faked or Princess Diana was murdered.
- BBC burnt over climate change claim UK will be ...The BBC has been accused by the Met Office, its forecaster, of making "unrealistic" claims that climate change will make Britain as hot as Madeira by the 2060s.
- BBC burnt over climate change claim UK will be ...The BBC has been accused by the Met Office, its own forecaster, of making "unrealistic" claims that climate change will make Britain like Madeira by the 2060s and allow farmers to grow pineapples.
- Climate change is driving British wildlife nor ...British birds, animals and insects are moving northwards in response to climate change, new research reveals.
National Geographic | Environment
- Ocean Energy Teams Compete for $16 Million Sco ...In the roiling waters off Scotland's coast, companies are vying to prove technology to harness the energy of the sea.
- Drought Withers U.S. Corn Crop, Heats Debate o ...With the U.S. corn harvest shriveled by drought, pressure builds to suspend the national ethanol mandate. But it's not easy to turn off the biofuel pumps.
- Trapped Antarctic Methane Could Escape, Worsen ...Swamp gas trapped under miles of Antarctic ice may someday escape and further heat up the planet, a new study says.
- Isaac Drives Spike in U.S. Gas Prices Ahead of ...U.S. gasoline prices are getting worse before they get better, spurred by domestic refinery woes and Hurricane Isaac.
- Black Bears Can "Count" as Well as PrimatesDo black bears count in the woods? Possibly, according to a recent study that shows the mammals are as smart as primates.
Jurist - Legal Research
- UN calls for increased humanitarian aid in Syria[JURIST] The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) [official website] issued a statement on Friday calling for increased aid for the 2.5 million Syrians affected by the ongoing civil uprising against President Bashar al-Assad [JURIST news archive]. The aid request for the ...
- Federal appeals court rules employers must pla ...[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit [official website] on Friday ruled [opinion, PDF] that disabled employees are to be appointed within their company to vacant positions that they are qualified to hold. The case was brought in 2009 by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commis ...
- New York governor signs bill strenghtening pro ...[JURIST] New York Governor Andrew Cuomo [official website; press release] on Friday signed into law a bill [program bill no. 44, PDF] that amends the state's penal code to prohibit the access and viewing of child pornography on the Internet. The bill was passed in response to the state Court of ...
- Montana judge strikes down state lethal inject ...[JURIST] Montana's Lewis and Clark County District Court [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Thursday that the state's lethal injection method [technical manual, PDF] violates the provision of the Montana constitution [text, PDF] that forbids cruel and unusual punishment. The lawsuit was fil ...
- Judge rules dismisses challenge to Arizona uni ...[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Arizona [official website] on Wednesday dismissed [opinion, PDF] a complaint by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) [official website] challenging an Arizona state constitutional amendment that guarantees a vote by secret ballo ...
Atlantic | Mark Ambinder
- Did America's Cyber Attack on Iran Make Us Mor ...By invading a foreign nation, the U.S. government may have put our own infrastructure at risk.
- A Twitter Torrent Against ... Congressional De ...Twitter is on fire, and Joe Lieberman merely the kindle. The Netroots left -- a variegated slice of the Democratic base -- is livid about health care reform. The fire has been slow burning for months, expressing itself in frustration, firstly, with the congressional leadership, and secondl ...
- 2010: Exploring The Frustration Of SeniorsResurgent Republic, the GOP strategy/polling consortium, has been finding, in surveys, a trend among folks over 55 that quite concerns Democrats -- because they're seeing the same thing. Since April, older whites have not only been venting their frustration at Congress, they've been increasingly ...
- 2010: The Case Against Self-FundingConfirming rumors, California gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner announced today he's donating $15 million to his own campaign because he wants to "communicate my message of bold 10% tax cuts, a 10% reduction in state spending, creating a $10 billion rainy day fund, and I will cut our welfare ...
- Why Lieberman Hates The Health Care BillFor progressives, with his latest Hamleting on health care reform, Sen. Joe Lieberman has officially transitioned from his status as the Senate's Lucy-Pulling-The-Ball-Away to a guy who, in the words of CAP's Matthew Yglesias, demonstrates "sociopathic indifference to the human cost" of his acti ...
COAT - Coalition to oppose the Arms Trade
- [COAT] WikiLeaks on Canada in Iraq War - coat
- [COAT] CANSEC Arms Bazaar Protest, June 1, Ott ...
- [COAT] Put a SNAG in CANSEC: Spring Nuremberg ...
- [COAT] WikiWeapons Cda Exposes 18,888 Export C ...
- [COAT] Latest on Cda's Arms Exports & CANSEC r ...
Bulletin of American Scientists - News
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- SKorea on alert after ship hit by mysterious b ...
- Obama administration may send U.S.-Russia arms ...
- Energy Secretary Steven Chu on the nation's en ...
Tikun Olam
- Israeli Cyberwarfare Campaign Strikes Tikun OlamIn this space, I’ve written often about Israeli cyberwar attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities and personnel. Now, I have a story to tell about Israel’s cyberwar activists writ small. Yesterday, this site was attacked by an Israeli hacker. He hijacked the site’s main pa ...
- Two States Are Dead, Long Live the New State!The Brits have long used the odd-sounding (to foreigners) phrase when a monarch dies: “the king is dead; long live the king!” I’m adapting the phrase for this discussion of an important piece by Henry Siegman in The National Interest: two states are dead, long live one state. ...
- Repair the World: Keep Tikun Olam Free and Acc ...After a long series of unsatisfactory outages for my site with Hostgator which rendered this blog inaccessible to readers, I’ve decided to move my site to a new host, Dreamhost, and to upgrade from a shared to a VPS server. This will increase my monthly expenses five times. If you value ...
- Democrat’s Shameful “Cave” on JerusalemIn 2008, when Barack Obama was running for president, the Democratic Party thought it prudent to match the Republican Party’s pandering to pro-Israelism by announcing that Jerusalem was, is and would be the eternal and undivided capital of Israel. It didn’t seem to matter then that ...
- Israeli Security Cabinet Meets for First Discu ...If you were a security minister serving your country wouldn’t you think you’d have devoted a great deal of cabinet discussion to any decision to attack a neighboring country? You might think that, but then again you wouldn’t be an Israeli cabinet minister if you did. Yediot Ach ...
If Americans Knew
- VIDEO: AIPAC and Stealth Israel Political Acti ...Janet McMahon of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs explains the history and impact of "stealth PACs." Why has the American Israel Public Affairs Committee spawned a network of PACs across America? Why don't any claim affiliation to their creator or use descriptive names? Shouldn't the ...
- Israel Lobby Dominates Congress, Media Covers ...You might think that 20 percent of the American Congress going on all-expenses-paid, week-long junkets to a foreign country -- paid for by a lobby for that country -- would be newsworthy, especially when the top congressional leaders of both parties are leading the trips. You would be wrong.
- Israeli video games in Gaza: "Minimal collater ...He looks at the camera with bright eyes and the beginning of a smile, wearing a miniature dark blue zipper sweatshirt, the cuffs folded up a bit to make it fit. I can imagine his mother dressing him that morning, making sure he would be warm enough. I wonder if she's the one who took the picture ...
- American Taxpayers Pay and Pay: Subsidizing Is ...Israel's Jerusalem Post newspaper recently published an article calling Israel "The New Golden Country" for young people from around the world. It reports that Israel boasts "an ever-increasing GDP, a strong currency, and a lower unemployment rate than the US."
- US Ambassador: Support for Israel drives all U ...While many Americans may believe that US policies are designed to address American needs, America's new Ambassador to Israel explains that this is far from the case.
David J. Gregory
- Donation will give you ACCESS TO PRIVATE AREA!http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://davidjgregory.wordpress.com/2012/06/16/donation-will-give-you-access-to-private-area/ As our private area grows with more and more data, it becomes more and more desirable. A donation will give you access to this area where not only will you ...
- BIG NEWS Obama Threatens VETO CISPABig news. President Obama is threatening to veto CISPA, the bill that could give the government and big companies limitless powers to spy on us online. The President has folded on a lot of things in the past, but finally, yes finally, there is hope, the tide maybe changing, from the GOP Corporat ...
- The Eye On Citrus Showhttp://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://davidjgregory.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/the-eye-on-citrus-show/ Our latest radio show is up, talking about the GOP Forum held in Crystal River this past Saturday, Jan 14, 2010. The two non-fiction books relating the dark and illegal deeds of t ...
- Jesse Ventura, 63 Documents the Government Doe ...http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://davidjgregory.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/jesse-ventura-63-documents-the-government-does-not-want-you-to-read/ EyeOnCitrus.com is proud to announce that Jesse Ventura, newest book, 63 Documents The Government Doesn’t Want you to read, is availab ...
- What side are you on?As a Thanksgiving deadline nears for action by the powerful congressional committee on deficit reduction, Bernie sounded an alarm over reports that Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid may be cut. "The American people have been very clear. They understand how important Social Security, Med ...
Unsuitable Blog
- The Unsuitablog ArchiveThe Unsuitablog contains a huge range of posts from simple criticism to investigation to downright in-your-face sabotage. It also has heaps of advice on how to recognise and expose greenwash and the entire series of Monthly Undermining Tasks which helped the book Underminers become a reality. To ...
- The Unsuitablog: Winding Down and Winding UpFour years, and it feels like it. It would take a book to tell the story of The Unsuitablog: all the work that has gone into it; the sleepless nights wondering whether a stunt would come off or what the repercussions of an exposure would be; the arm-aching pixel manipulation in creating the hund ...
- You’re Not Taking “Radical” ...On Monday 5th December, 2011, Bill McKibben, author and figurehead-leader of 350.org wrote the following in the Daily Kos: You think OWS is radical? You think 350.org was radical for helping organize mass civil disobedience in DC in August against the Keystone Pipeline? We’re not radical. Radica ...
- Strikes vs Royal WeddingsThere is going to be a strike in Britain on Wednesday. The UK Government are condemning it. This is starting to appear all over Facebook: When the government decide we can have a day off for the royal wedding it doesn’t damage the economy, but when the workers decide to strike for a day it ...
- WWF Denies Palm Oil is the Problem, then Count ...It seems there is no depth to which the corporate world’s own favourite NGO, WWF, will not sink. An article in this week’s Guardian was happy to give WWF some free publicity, implying that the group actually give a stuff about the wildlife they were apparently set up to protect (or s ...
Subalternate Reality
- Forget The Wealthy. How Do We Tax The Lucky?A few weeks ago, the Washington Post ran a lengthy, above-the-fold piece looking into what impact capital gains tax rates were having on wealth inequality in America. “Most of the richest Americans pay lower overall tax rates than middle-class Americans do,” the reporters noted, adding that duri ...
- Muslim-Baiters Don’t Want To Be Treated ...Over the weekend, I posted the following message on Twitter: “When a Muslim commits terror, every Muslim in the world somehow shares responsibility. When it’s a white Christian, he’s always a lone wolf.” I wasn’t commenting on the tendency of commentators to use different words to de ...
- Keith Ellison’s Tears And Epistemic ClosureRep. Peter King’s hearings looking into the “radicalization” of the American Muslim community, and the suggestion that the community doesn’t cooperate with law enforcement, was largely a waste of time and tax dollars. The affair didn’t produce a single insight into the actual and urgent issue of ...
- Praying On Qasr al-NilOne of the more memorable scenes of the Egyptian revolution will surely be that of ordinary Egyptian’s praying on Cairo’s Qasr al-Nil Bridge as members of Egyptian state police direct their water cannons at them. Truly a remarkable sight. via Al Jazeera Filed under: Middle East Tagged: Al-Jazeer ...
- “I Support Democratization, But…&# ...The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg – one of the key proponents of the disastrous invasion of Iraq – has some serious misgivings about the fledgling pro-democracy movement that’s taken over the streets of Egypt. “I support democratization, but,” he cautions, “the democratization we saw in Gaza (cour ...
Idea Lab | Technology
- Crisis Mapping With OpenStreetMap a Big Focus ...OpenStreetMap, the free and editable map of the world, kicked off its international conference today in Tokyo, with the entire first day dedicated to improving disaster response and crisis mapping. With the March 2011 Tōhoku tsunami still fresh on people's minds and events like the recent Ta ...
- Knight-Mozilla OpenNews Announces 'Code Sprint ...2012 has been a pretty incredible year for the Knight-Mozilla OpenNews project. We received 165 applications for our 2013 Fellowships (we were expecting around 80) and are now actively interviewing semifinalists. By the end of the year, we will have sponsored at least 20 hack days around the wor ...
- Tor Project Offers a Secure, Anonymous Journal ..."On condition of anonymity" is one of the most important phrases in journalism. At Tor, we are working on making that more than a promise. The good news: The Internet has made it possible for journalists to talk to sources, gather video and photos from citizens, and to publish despite ef ...
- LocalWiki Releases First API, Enabling Innovat ...We're excited to announce that the first version of the LocalWiki API has just been released! What's this mean? In June, folks in Raleigh, N.C., held their annual CityCamp event. CityCamp is a sort of "civic hackathon" for Raleigh. During one part of the event, people broke up into tea ...
- The Unheard Millions: A New Audience Joins Glo ...The field of journalism has faced a number of technology-driven changes in the past decade, including the advent of blogs, the generating and sharing of news via social media, and the tentative move by many governments to provide open data. So many elements of news have evolved that many exp ...
Cutting Edge News
- Broken Borders - Investigation of Alleged Kill ...The U.S. law enforcement officers are investigating a shooting incident involving a U.S. Border Patrol agent who allegedly fired his weapon across the Texas-Mexico border killing a Mexican citizen, U.S. officials reported on Thursday.The shooting comes at a time when the Obama administration is ...
- Oil Addiction - Justice Cites Clean Air Violat ...Days before Citgo Petroleum Corp. faces its long-awaited sentencing for criminal Clean Air Act violations at its refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas, a Justice Department court filing alleges that a “wide range� of environmental and worker safety violations continue to plague the plant.Citgo w ...
- The Clinton Edge - Hillary Clinton Would Leave ...Hillary Clinton has not missed a Democratic convention since 1968 and her conspicuous absence this year left some Democrats wondering who would fill her shoes if she skips a presidential run in 2016.If Clinton retires from public service, Democrats say Secretary of Health and Human Services Kath ...
- Pakistan on Edge - Pakistani Militants Launch ...Fighting has been raging for more than a week in Pakistan's Bajaur tribal agency as militants surge back into the region from safe havens across the border in Afghanistan. Just a year ago this area was declared free of insurgents. That was after a three-year military operation that Islamabad hai ...
- The Edge of Sport - Technology Key to London P ...The spotlight at the Paralympic Games in London has not been on the athletes alone but also on the remarkable technology that helps them compete. In London, engineers, volunteering for a charity called Remap, are developing Olympic technology right in their own backyard.In the garage of hi ...
High Country News
- Giving names to smoke and fireWhy do we name fires?
- Taking my chances in grizzly countryMeeting wilderness on its own terms, without bear spray
- Don't ever forget Cecil GarlandRemembering the quiet activist who fought hard to preserve Montana's 240,000-acre Scapegoat wilderness
- (Don't) Let it burnA "temporary" policy change requires Forest Service firefighters to put out fires they might have let burn in previous years, for fear of them raging out of control.
- Who is Denny Rehberg, really?Republican Rep. Denny Rehberg has exploited his family's long Montana history to get where he is today, but his current campaign for Democrat Jon Tester's Senate seat is raising questions about his record and that history.
CounterCurrents
- Why Is Obama Sending 12, 000 U.S. Troops To Li ...By Cynthia McKinney It is with great disappointment that I receive the news from foreign media publications and Libyan sources that our President now has 12,000 U.S. troops stationed in Malta and they are about to make their descent into Libya
- Will A Pro-Gadhafi Green Revolution Topple The ...By Franklin Lamb The signs from Libya are that this country remains volatile and that contrary to NATO claims that it put into place a new democratic Libya that the predictable next chapter is starting to unfold that may bring the end of the NTC before the coming June elections when it is sched ...
- US Doubles Aircraft Carriers Near The Persian GulfBy Peter Symonds The Obama administration has reinforced the threat of American military strikes against Iran by doubling the number of US aircraft carrier groups in the region. The provocative decision heightens the danger of war in the Persian Gulf as the US moves aggressively to impose a de ...
- And Who, By the Way, Is John C. Stennis?!?By Toby ORyan Who, you might ask, is John C. Stennis? What are the boons and benefits for humanity accomplished by this John C. Stennis such that he came to have his name emblazoned on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier?
- What Does Ken Ford Know? And Who Put Him In Pr ...By Cynthia McKinney Ken Ford, Jr. wrote an intelligence report on the Iraq War which contradicted the Administrations reason for going to war against Iraq
Contagious Love Experiment
- Kill Team: The Bigger PictureSorry to have been slacking on the blog. Here’s an article I wrote and forget to post… better late than never! Kill Team: The Bigger Picture http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/06-8
- Kill Team: The Bigger PictureSorry to have been slacking on the blog. Here’s an article I wrote and forget to post… better late than never! Kill Team: The Bigger Picture http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/06-8
- Dear Mr. Beck, I Shook Hands with the AntichristDear Mr. Beck: I Shook Hands with the Antichrist Earlier this week, Michael Lind wrote an article for Salon about the misplaced energy in demeaning alarmists like Glenn Beck.1 Having friends and family who often revere the inflammatory rhetoric of Beck, Palin, Limbaugh, and others as a light in ...
- Dear Mr. Beck, I Shook Hands with the AntichristDear Mr. Beck: I Shook Hands with the Antichrist Earlier this week, Michael Lind wrote an article for Salon about the misplaced energy in demeaning alarmists like Glenn Beck.1 Having friends and family who often revere the inflammatory rhetoric of Beck, Palin, Limbaugh, and others as a light in ...
- Practicing Peace in the New YearA friend, Frank Swift, that I met on my first journey has passed along some great practical steps towards peace for the new year. Frank has written a children’s book to help young people see an alternative to the competition and forcefulness that can too easily get instilled in our young p ...
Yid With Lid
- Hamas, The Democratic Party's New Friends, Lau ...While the Jerusalem provision was returned to the Democratic Party three other pro-Israel provisions were part of the 2008 and missing from 2012. One of those provision was The United States should continue to isolate Hamas until it renounces terrorism. Does the removal of this sentence mean ...
- Newsbusted Attacks The 2012 DNCYou think you have seen all of the News and Analysis about the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte? Well as the saying goes, " you ain't seen nothing yet!" In the video below Newsbusted Anchor Jodi Miller gives us the real fake news about this weeks proceedings and absolutely kills (tha ...
- Holy Cow! Obama's Speech Was Really AWFUL!Indiana: Balloq's medallion only had writing on one side? You sure about that? Sallah: Positive! Indiana: Balloq's staff is too long Indiana, Sallah: They're digging in the wrong place! -Raiders of the Lost Ark Last night's acceptance speech by Barack Obama was just li ...
- Netanyahu "Loses It" At US Ambassador Over Ob ...Last week, the Jerusalem Post reported that Israeli PM Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu "lost it" at US Ambassador US Ambassador Dan Shapiro over President Obama's handling of Iran's nuclear program, saying "time has run out" for diplomacy. Present at the outburst was Congressman Mike Roger ...
- Must See New Romney Ad Features Clinton Bashin ...Last night Bill Clinton stood on the DNC stage and told tall tales about the Obama's presidency, Romney's positions and the American Economy. But then again he had no other choice, Clinton is seen as more moderate and better respected than Obama. The Reelection campaign hopes that so ...
The Real Agenda
- Comienza Saqueo de Pensiones EspañolasPOR LUIS MIRANDA | THE REAL AGENDA | 8 SEPTIEMBRE 2012 El saqueo del sistema de pensiones español ha comenzado oficialmente después que la Administración del Sistema de Pensiones anunció que ha usado dinero del fondo de prevención del programa para hacer frente a sus obligaciones con ...
- Previdência Social da Espanha Usa Fundo de Res ...POR LUIS MIRANDA | THE REAL AGENDA | 8 SETEMBRO 2012 O saque do sistema de pensões espanhol começou oficialmente depois que a Administração de Previdência anunciou que tomou o dinheiro do fundo de prevenção para enfrentar as suas obrigações coma milhões de contribuintes espanhóis. O go ...
- Estados Unidos: A ilusão da eleição, a Realida ...Estados Unidos da América tem a população mais enganada na história. POR LUIS MIRANDA | THE REAL AGENDA | 8 SETEMBRO 2012 É chamado sonho americano porque você tem que estar dormindo para acreditar. Enquanto isso, a verdade e a realidade são ridicularizados, opostos e depois aceitas an ...
- Darpa trabalha na próxima geração de scanners ...Os novos scanners substituirão os defeituosos, inúteis e perigosos scanners corporais nos que os governos gastaram milhões de dólares. POR LUIS MIRANDA | THE REAL AGENDA | 8 SETEMBRO 2012 Quanto tempo levou? Hmmm … … Vamos ver … cinco anos para que o Departamento de S ...
- Darpa trabaja en la próxima generación de escá ...Substituirán defectuosos, inútiles y peligrosos escáneres de cuerpo en la que los gobiernos gastaron millones de dólares. POR LUIS MIRANDA | THE REAL AGENDA | 8 SEPTIEMBRE 2012 ¿Tomó cuánto tiempo? … Hmmm … A ver … 5 años para que el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional ...
Wind Watch
- Welfare of children at risk due to wind turbin ...NORTH PERTH – Parents and community members are speaking out for those who can’t, expressing their concern for special needs children living in the shadow of proposed wind turbines. When Britton residents Gerald Rathwell and Tammy Medeiros look at the draft site plan for the Conestogo Wind Energ ...
- Two Nueces County school districts oppose wind ...BISHOP — Two Nueces County school districts have adopted resolutions opposing development of wind farms. The governing boards of the London and Bishop districts each unanimously approved the measures, saying industrial-scale wind turbines are unsightly, devalue surrounding property, create noise ...
- Turbine related bird deaths concern local birdersFAIRHAVEN — Bird deaths by the town’s wind turbines are causing concern among local birders even though some favor alternative energy. Photos of dead birds were taken by Windwise, which opposes the turbines, and e-mailed to the Advocate. On Tuesday, Windwise member Ken Pottel said someone ...
- Dutch province tilts at (real) windmillsThe Netherlands has been famous for its windmills for centuries but now one of its most populous provinces has said it wants to ban their modern-day incarnations – wind turbines – on the grounds that they are ugly and noisy. The government of North Holland, home to the Netherlands ...
- Land-based turbines face headwindsThere are more commercial-scale wind turbines on the Rhode Island horizon than ever before and offshore wind farms that could generate a substantial portion of the state’s energy remain on track. But in many respects, the outlook for land-based wind power in the Ocean State has darkened recently ...
Tippers News
- Three men helped starve kids, court tolThree men helped starve five children in Adelaide until they looked like they had came from a famine-affected Third World country, a court has been told. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World | Note-it! | Add a Comment
- Chinese sex traders challenge verdictThe three Chinese nationals who were jailed by an Accra Circuit Court for transporting 10 Chinese girls into the country and engaging them in sex trade have appealed against the verdict. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World | Note-it! | Add a Comment
- DNA testing a proven weapon in fight against h ...DNA testing is a proven aid in solving child trafficking cases in the country, a well-known international research institute says. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World | Note-it! | Add a Comment
- Be a Voice for Coastal Louisiana's Wildlife ! ...Coastal Louisiana provides habitat to hundreds of wildlife species, including sea turtles, migratory birds, and manatees. But unfortunately, right now Louisiana is also experiencing the highest rate of land loss in the United States Submitted by Cher C. to Environment | Note- ...
- About Us,,,You may want to lisent...interesting!Interesting Information that you may find interesting With Love... Evelyn (: Submitted by Evelyn J. to World | Note-it! | Add a Comment
The Freeman
- Huge Step Taken by Europe’s Bank to Abate a Crisis“The decision propels political leaders farther down the uncertain and winding road toward a Europe with centralized control over government spending and economic policy, instead of a collection of nation states that sometimes seem to share little more than a currency and a slumping regional eco ...
- Report: US Health Care System Wastes $750B a Year“The U.S. health care system squanders $750 billion a year — roughly 30 cents of every medical dollar — through unneeded care, byzantine paperwork, fraud and other waste, the influential Institute of Medicine said Thursday in a report that ties directly into the presidential campaign.” (Associat ...
- The Importance of Subjectivism in EconomicsFor an exchange to take place, the two parties must assess the items traded differently, with each party preferring what he is to receive to what he is to give up.
- U.S. Competitiveness Slips“‘In addition to the burgeoning macroeconomic vulnerabilities, some aspects of the country’s [United States] institutional environment continue to raise concern among business leaders, particularly the low public trust in politicians and a perceived lack of government efficiency,’ said the ...
- U.S. to Retain Role as a Jailer in Afghanistan“The United States military will maintain control over dozens of foreign detainees in Afghanistan for the indefinite future, even as the two countries prepare to ceremonially mark the hand-over of detention operations to the Afghan government, officials from both countries say. Further, although ...
Teaching Online Journalism
- Plagiarism lessons and examplesI’m catching up on some of the (many) things that have been written about the recent Jonah Lehrer ethics case, and I’d like to highlight this article for its breakdown and descriptions of some serious transgressions: Jonah Lehrer’s Journalistic Misdeeds at Wired.com I think one thi ...
- Use Instapaper to capture, read blog postsI’ve been using Instapaper, a free on- and off-line reading tool, for a while, maybe more than a year. Mostly I use it for its most common purpose — to capture very long articles from a Web page and read them later. Often I read them on my Kindle when I’m not connected to wi-fi ...
- Using Storify to share links and videosIn a graduate-level course, like many educators, I require students to make presentations to the class. A while back, I forbade the use of PowerPoint — or any other slides — during the presentation. However, students must find, show and discuss some websites and videos as part of th ...
- A few thoughts about MOOCs: Massive Open Onlin ...Educators are talking about the phenomenon of large-enrollment free online courses offered by very reputable professors and universities. Now the University of Texas “is in negotiations with Coursera and edX, two of the most prominent companies engaged in the mass distribution of course c ...
- Managing research: Your personal library, onlineAs a university professor, I not only teach — I also need to keep up-to-date with the literature in my field. This is so much easier now than it was when I was a graduate student long ago — now I can download PDFs of relevant articles and catalog them in folders on my hard drive, so ...
Facing South
- UAW vs. Nissan in Mississippi: Operation Dixie ...When the CIO launched a campaign to organize Southern workers in 1946, the region's elite fought back by exploiting fears about race and communism -- and fear remains the biggest obstacle to organizing today, as the UAW's campaign to unionize Nissan's Canton, Miss. plant shows. read more
- Will Latino voters fully flex their voting pow ...Latinos are a fast-growing electoral force -- but will they realize their political potential in November? read more
- INSTITUTE INDEX: The party conventions' extrao ...In light of planned protests, the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. and Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. will be taking unprecedented security measures. read more
- Mysterious environmental disaster unfolding in ...Bayou Corne in Assumption Parish has been evacuated after a massive sinkhole opened up last week following months of mysterious bubbling, rumblings and a strong diesel smell. The community sits atop an old salt mine where companies including Chevron and Dow Chemical store gas products, and the s ...
- Lawsuit seeks better regulation of oil spill d ...The unprecedented use of chemical dispersants following BP's Gulf disaster led to complaints of health problems among cleanup workers and local residents. A coalition of groups is now suing the EPA in hopes of spurring regulatory action. read more
Worldpress - Africa
- U.S. Upgrades Its Relationship with AfricaThe Obama administration has unveiled a new strategy that intends to shift the focus of its relationship with Africa from aid to sustainable development.
- U.S. Upgrades Its Relationship with AfricaThe Obama administration has unveiled a new strategy that intends to shift the focus of its relationship with Africa from aid to sustainable development.
- Cheers for Hollande in AfricaMany Africans were excited to see French President Nicolas Sarkozy voted out of office, hopeful that François Hollande will better represent their interests.
- Cheers for Hollande in AfricaMany Africans were excited to see French President Nicolas Sarkozy voted out of office, hopeful that François Hollande will better represent their interests.
- Somalia: No Sovereignty without SecurityUntil the Somali National Security apparatus is able to stand strong on its own, Somalia will not be able to achieve full sovereignty.
Telegraph UK - oil
- Emergency oil release 'an option', says White ...The US says it is considering releasing emergency supplies of oil as the approach of Hurricane Isaac hammers production in the Gulf of Mexico.
- Group of Seven nations 'stands ready' for emer ...G7 warns oil producing nations that it is poised to tap strategic energy reserves, as Hurricane Isaac shuts down US crude production in the Gulf of Mexico.
- Greenpeace video shows activists boarding Gazp ...A team of Greenpeace activists reached the Prirazlomnaya rig in speedboats, and clambered onboard to protest against plans by Russian energy giant Gazprom to drill for oil in the Arctic.
- Essar Energy investors told to vote down India ...THIS is all Essar Energy needs. After losing its chairman to "criminal conspiracy" charges and then 60pc of its shareprice in a year, the Indian oil giant is now feeling the heat of London's corporate governance rules.
- Essar Energy investors told to vote down India ...This is all Essar Energy needs. After losing its chairman to "criminal conspiracy" charges and then 60pc of its shareprice in a year, the Indian oil giant is now feeling the heat of London's corporate governance rules.
Ian Welsh
- BlegOk, my google-fu is failing me, so I’m asking for help. What I need is a list of perceived risk vs. real risk. Well, more perceived risk, I can easily find the real risk numbers. So, how likely do Americans think they are to die of terrorism or being in a plane and so on, [...]
- The DNCPeople really, really, really want to be lied to. And most progressive and liberal pundits are either so brain dead stupid they don’t remember the lies of the 08 convention and how Dems and Obama actually governed or are corrupt. Evil? Or Stupid? A question not just for Republicans any more.
- Some basics on the economy1) the majority of new jobs are bad. 2) the economy has still not recovered all lost jobs, either in absolute #s or as a percentage of the population 3) so there are fewer jobs, and what new jobs have been created are worse. They pay worse. 4) The upper middle class job market has [...]
- Some basics on the economy1) the majority of new jobs are bad. 2) the economy has still not recovered all lost jobs, either in absolute #s or as a percentage of the population 3) so there are less jobs, and what new jobs have been created are worse. They pay worse. 4) The upper middle class job market has [...]
- Arthur Silber could use some helpIf you haven’t read Arthur, you should. He doesn’t write often, but it’s powerful stuff when he does. The right hand column has links to the articles he considers his best. The donation link is on the top right of the blog. The beg post is worth reading, as it’s more t ...
Media Consortium
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Reality Asserts Itself
- Drug Wars in Juarez Fuels Boom in El PasoMy colleague Malak Behrouznami recently returned from Juarez Mexico where she grew up as a child. She as a wonderful heritage - her father is Iranian and her Mother is Mexican. She went Juarez for family and journalistic reasons. One of her objectives was to find out why Juarez has become a terr ...
- PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI NEGOTIATIONS TO NOWHERE NO ...A few months ago when shooting a documentary in the Middle East, we met Zeina, a 13-year-old Palestinian living in a Beirut refugee camp. She was traumatized as she watched the Israeli Gaza war on television. It changed her life. She now thinks of revenge and cannot understand the Israeli childr ...
- FROM JOE McCARTHY TO GLEN BECK – TIME TO END F ...I listened to Glen Becks "Restoring Honor" speech today hoping to find something of substance to write about. I found a stringing together of such empty phrases it does not bear discussion. The more important issue is why a man whose megalomania seems to have no bounds can become ...
- PAKISTAN FLOODS AND A FAILED POLICY - UN Sec. ...Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, says of the flooding in Pakistan "The world has never seen such a disaster. It's much beyond anybody's imagination". At least 20 million people have lost their homes, more than 1600 have died, and disease and hunger will c ...
- China and the end of the end of historyMany economists and political analysts think the current recovery, as it's being called, is a rather temporary phenomenon. Many expect the recession to kick back in, and perhaps within a few years get much more serious. What does that mean in terms of the future of the world economy and worl ...
Great Beyond ( Nature )
- Human variome taking shape with Chinese nodeAn ambitious project to log all genetic variations that cause human disease lunged forward this week with the launch of the Chinese “node” of the Human Variome Project (HVP). Scientists and clinicians in China meanwhile are hoping participation will spread genetic counseling and genetic medicine ...
- US cell-based flu vaccine plant open for businessAmericans may soon be getting flu jabs made with cells and not eggs. The drug company Novartis opened a first-of-its kind facility in the US to produce influenza vaccines using mammalian cells, Novartis and US government officials announced 13 December. The approach is an alternative to conve ...
- NSF takes broad look at broader impactsA National Science Foundation (NSF) task force has finalized its recommendations for tweaking the agency's two merit review criteria, 'intellectual merit' and 'broader impacts'. And central to that effort was a non-prescriptive, big-tent definition of broader impacts, says task force co-chair J ...
- Land grabbing in Africa continues to harm the poorMore than 200 million hectares of land in poor nations was sold by governments in land-grabbing deals with industry and investors between 2000 and 2010, a new study reports. This high global demand for land is likely to continue for the long term, concludes the study by the International Land ...
- Stratolaunch embarks on hybrid rocket-plane systemForget Kennedy Space Center. How about launching massive rockets from the underbelly of the largest plane ever built? On Tuesday, Burt Rutan, of aerospace company Scaled Composites, and billionaire Paul Allen, a former Microsoft executive, announced Stratolaunch Systems -- a company that aims to ...
new geography
- Brewster and Me: Photo Essay Exploring One of ...This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of the Brewster-Douglass housing projects of Detroit Michigan and there is nothing to celebrate. More accurately, there is no one to celebrate. For several years now this section of the city, already infamous for its vacancy, has been completely aband ...
- Carmel, IN Named Best Small City in America to ...Money Magazine just named the Indianapolis suburb of Carmel as the top small city in America to live in. Fishers, another Indianapolis suburb, ranked #12. Any ranking survey, and particularly one done by a magazine, needs to be taken with a grain of salt. However, Carmel and Fishers (along w ...
- The Growing Number of Freelancers in EntertainmentWhen people were preparing eulogies for the entertainment sector, Techdirt’s Mike Masnick popped out with his bold piece, “The Sky is Rising,” and poked holes in the gloomy forecast. His scrutiny of the numbers revealed that the entertainment industry is actually growing. ...
- Barack Obama’s New Chicago Politics Abandon Bi ...While the Democratic convention this week celebrates the party’s new coalition, Bill Clinton will no doubt try to recapture the white middle class that’s largely deserted the Democrats since his presidency ended. But it’s likely his efforts will be a case of too little, ...
- Barack Obama’s New Chicago Politics Abandon Bi ...While the Democratic convention this week celebrates the party’s new coalition, Bill Clinton will no doubt try to recapture the white middle class that’s largely deserted the Democrats since his presidency ended. But it’s likely his efforts will be a case of too little, ...
GM Watch
- Africa's frankenfoods1.Africa's Frankenfoods 2.GMOs have made no impact on food security in South Africa in fourteen years 3.Sudan introduces GM cotton in partnership with Brazil EXTRACTS: "Basically this is disaster capitalism. The disaster of hunger and drought, climate change and policy-related, is now a profit ...
- Medical ethics group OK'd GM rice test for Chi ...NOTE: The background to revelations that toxicologically untested GM Golden Rice was fed to Chinese children is explained in articles at the following links: http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14168 http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php?option=com_content& ...
- Brazil soy group warns farmers against Monsant ...1. Aprosoja's worried About China RR2 imbroglio 2. Brazil soy group warns farmers against Monsanto seed NOTE: Europe has approved Monsanto's new stacked trait GM soy, RR2 Intacta, for import into the EU - but China hasn't. Monsanto has been giving out Intacta seeds to Brazilian farmers to plant ...
- Scientists decry GM rice experiment on childrenScientists decry rice experiment on children Zhang Yuwei and Yu Wei in New York and Shan Juan in Beijing China Daily, September 6 2012 http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90882/7938288.html US scientists have denounced a 2008 nutrition research project that allegedly fed genetically modified rice ...
- GM animals: warning over vested interestsGM Animals: Farmers warned of backlash, Dalli challenged on vested interests GM Freeze, 5 September 2012 http://www.gmfreeze.org/news-releases/199/ GM Freeze warned farmers that moves by the EC to approve GM animals for commercial use in food are gathering pace and could spark a major consumer ...
spiked
- The staggeringly pretentious footballerThe Secret Footballer reveals more about today’s elite loathing of football players and fans than it does the dark reality of the beautiful game.
- Let’s be honest about the ParalympicsIt’s not the Olympics, but the Paralympics has some amazing sport – if only people could stop patronising the athletes.
- Delusions of a desert island castawayDesert Island Discs is the perfect opportunity for posturing, preening and pretending to have read Proust.
- The magic of the movie soundtrackDespite the fanboyishness of Berberian Sound Studio, the way it shows how sound can change our lives is enthralling.
- Bad Education fails to make the gradeComedian Jack Whitehall’s new but wearily predictable school comedy fails to live up to his previous efforts.
Cryptogon
- Skilled Work, Without the WorkerVia: New York Times: The next generation of robots for manufacturing will be more flexible and easier to train. Witness the factory of Tesla Motors, which recently began manufacturing the Tesla S, a luxury sedan, in Fremont, Calif., on the edge of Silicon Valley. More than half of the building i ...
- Suicide of Deloitte Partner Daniel Pirron Link ...Via: Telegraph: The family of a senior partner at Deloitte has called for answers after he apparently committed suicide days after the auditing firm was linked to the Standard Chartered Iran dollar trades scandal. Daniel Pirron, a partner in Delloite’s key General Counsel’s office in New York, w ...
- Water Shortages Hit U.S. Power SupplyVia: New Scientist: As the United States’ extended heat wave and drought threaten to raise global food prices, energy production is also feeling the pressure. Across the nation, power plants are becoming overheated and shutting down or running at lower capacity; drilling operations struggl ...
- Genetically Engineering ‘Ethical’ ...Via: Telegraph: Professor Julian Savulescu said that creating so-called designer babies could be considered a “moral obligation” as it makes them grow up into “ethically better children”. The expert in practical ethics said that we should actively give parents the choice ...
- Cows Eating Second Hand Candy During the DroughtVia: WPRI: Ranchers have struggled with skyrocketing corn prices, because the drought has made feeding their livestock very expensive. But one rancher has turned to a very sweet solution. At Mayfield’s United Livestock Commodities, owner Joseph Watson is tweaking the recipe for success. &# ...
The Economic Collapse
- Are You Better Off? 40 Statistics That Will Ab ...Are you better off today than you were four years ago? This is a question that comes up nearly every election. This year the Romney campaign has even created a Twitter hashtag for it: #AreYouBetterOff. The Democrats are making lots of speeches claiming that we are better off, ...
- $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 ...
Desertification
- REVERSING DESERTIFICATION (Google / Blogtalkradio)Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.blogtalkradio.com/envision-this/2012/08/30/reversing-desertification-of-the-earth-and-the-human-heart NEW FUKUOKA BOOK ON REVERSING DESERTIFICATION OF THE EARTH by ENVISION THIS in Culture Deserts shrinking instead of expanding, being rev ...
- Men and women farming together can lift millio ...Read at : http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/09/men-and-women-farming-together-can-eradicate-hunger/ By Isaiah Esipisu Men and Women Farming Together Can Eradicate Hunger NAIROBI, Sep 1 2012 (IPS) – Three years ago, the residents of the semi-arid Yatta district in Kenya’s Eastern Province lived o ...
- 8 million trees planted (U-T San Diego)Read at : http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/sep/05/tp-nonprofit-group-marks-8-millionth-planted-tree/?print&page=all NONPROFIT GROUP MARKS 8 MILLIONTH PLANTED TREE By Mike Lee Originally published September 5, 2012 at 12:01 a.m., updated September 4, 2012 at 7:28 p.m. SAN DIEGO — San Diego ...
- If such things can wake some of us out of a sh ...Read at : Google Alert – images of the Africa Drought http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/faisal-hanif/our-response-to-poverty-n_b_1855612.html Our Response to Poverty Needs to be More Personal For many of us living in the West the word poverty normally conjures up images of far flung lands &# ...
- UN AGENCIES CALL FOR SWIFT INTERNATIONAL ACTIO ...New York, Sep 4 2012 11:05AM Coordinated international action is urgently needed to prevent rising food prices from hurting tens of millions of people over the coming months, the heads of the three United Nations food and agricultural agencies said … Continue reading →
The Paper Trail
- IMPACT: RTI Biologics suspends import of human ...One of the biggest players in the global trade in human tissue has suspended its partnership with suppliers in Ukraine, where authorities have carried out multiple investigations over allegations of illegal tissue recovery.RTI Biologics, a Florida-based manufacturer of medical implants made from ...
- As Clean Air Act sentencing nears, Justice cit ...Days before Citgo Petroleum Corp. faces its long-awaited sentencing for criminal Clean Air Act violations at its refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas, a Justice Department court filing alleges that a “wide range” of environmental and worker safety violations continue to plague the plant.Citgo was c ...
- Obama rails against those trying to 'buy this ...CHARLOTTE, N.C. — President Barack Obama urged delegates at the Democratic National Convention to beware “the people with the $10 million checks who are trying to buy this election” in his acceptance speech Thursday night.“If you reject the notion that our government is forever beholden to the h ...
- Daily Disclosure: Democratic super PAC zeroes ...Amid a flurry of nasty ads released yesterday, one stands out for its … cuteness.“Short Leash” from the Democrat-aligned super PAC Majority PAC is an attack ad starring a puggle (a designer breed of a pug and beagle mix) aimed at North Dakota Rep. Rick Berg, a Republican running for U.S. Senate ...
- North Carolina governor's race awash in out-of ...North Carolina’s race for governor is expected to be the most expensive in the state’s history thanks largely to two deep-pocketed, Washington, D.C.-based organizations whose underwriters may not even know how their funds are being spent.The state is the latest field of battle for the Democratic ...
backofthebook.ca
- Our sexist religion is better than your sexist ...By David@Sixthestate.net The Gideons have a strange knack for inciting controversy, and they’ve done it again. Ontario pundits are in a tizzy over a new human rights case filed by an atheist couple whose main purpose seems to be to get religious handouts, like Gideon Bibles, banned from schools. ...
- Not in my Quebec. Not in my Montreal.By Montreal Simon For a Montrealer like me, who lives and plays happily in both solitudes, and is always trying to bring Quebecers and Canadians together, it was the ultimate nightmare. An old Anglo, in a balaclava . . . and a bathrobe . . . screaming “The English are rising up!!! There ...
- Stockwell Day shoots an old canardBy David@Sixthestate.net Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind seeing a Conservative politician writing a column for CBC. Even if he is a creationist. But I’m dismayed to see, once again, a spirited defence of the “left-wing media” myth being promulgated here in Canada, especially by the state broadc ...
- Relax Canada, it’s just democracyBy Montreal Simon On a sunny afternoon, in my favourite Montreal neighbourhood, both the Quebec election and the hysterical reaction in English Canada, seemed very far away. Which was a good thing eh? Because following the election campaign from Toronto and a beach in Maine has been very exhaust ...
- Dieppe and the Lost MythBy Montreal Simon It was good to see that some of the soldiers who took part in the Dieppe Raid were able to make it back to that bloody beach today. And that so many people in the town turned out to greet them like heroes. I’m also glad that we may finally know the [...]
libcom
- Wildcat Strike in Antep, Turkey: “We Want to L ...antep.jpeg The textile workers in the organised industrial zone of Antep, a city on the border of the Kurdish area of Turkey, recently went on a strike against their working conditions, low wages and ...
- Support Pussy Riot by all means. But support t ...kazakh-oil-1.jpg A campaign is building to free oil worker activists jailed in Kazakhstan, where last year's strike culminated in a massacre that left at least 16 dead and 64 wounded ...
- The Marikana Massacre: Details of deliberate p ...This article is from the mainstream media in South Africa but has invaluable details on what actually happened when the police left 35 strikers dead and another 78 injured. The murder fields of Marikana. The cold murder fields of Mari ...
- Syrian embassy invites Polish Fascists to demo ...balanga falangi.JPG Short news about protest which changed into Fascist event. 26th of August in front of the Syrian embassy two demonstrations took place. The first one was org ...
- Italian miners barricade themselves undergroun ...100 Sardinian workers in Italy's only coal mine have barricaded themselves into the Carbosulcis mine overnight, with 350kg of company explosives. The occupation comes ahead of a government meeting to decide the future of the pit. ...
Free Range International
- The Last PostThis will be the last post I write for the FRI blog. If this is the first time you have seen this blog stop reading this right now and go back to October 2011 in the archives section because those are some of the best posts I ever wrote about Afghanistan. Or go to the [...]
- How Do You Mend A Broken Heart?Our little posse made it out of Afghanistan without any dramas. My brother Tim left with me because The Bot had made it perfectly clear that his IED hit from the year before had made him completely unstable and a big pain in his ass. We went to London again and both my brother and [...]
- Vision QuestEditors note: Be sure to start this series from the beginning (Dalton Thomas Comes Home) so it makes sense. We will try to get more posts up sooner than we have been lately but Dalton is, to be honest, not doing as well as we hoped . Baba Tim is also banged up again and [...]
- Band On The RunEditors Note: It is important for first time readers to start this story from the beginning. This is a (mostly) fictional account by my brother, Dalton Thomas Lynch, who is using the pen as therapy as he adjusts to living a normal life back in the states. Any donations received by the FRI bl ...
- Dead Man WalkingDalton continues to heal himself using creative writing as his vehicle for change. Any donations our loyal readers are able to spare for this cracking tale will go directly to Dalton. For the record, I (Baba T) did not say “Vet or Ventilate” and insist it was “If we can’ ...
The Story Behind the Story
- The Tree of LifeThe Tree of Life The Incredible Story of Sulfur (Final Chapter of the Righteous Blood Series) By A. True Ott, PhD, ND In 1913, poet Joyce Kilmer wrote the oft-quoted, yet poignantly simple verse: I Think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is [...]
- Why I am a ChristianI simply stand amazed at the incredible evidence that proves to my mind the fact that everything in this universe was indeed created! The lie of evolution is tied to the hopelessness of lack of faith in not only a loving Creator/God, but also in ignorance of His divine Rescue Plan. Christ was/is ...
- Why I am a ChristianI simply stand amazed at the incredible evidence that proves to my mind the fact that everything in this universe was indeed created! The lie of evolution is tied to the hopelessness of lack of faith in not only a loving Creator/God, but also in ignorance of His divine Rescue Plan. Christ was/is ...
- Update on the IRS Rebate to Aliens ScandalThe followup to this story is even more “shocking” not so much “disappointing”. In a simple nutshell, the IRS is absolutely not necessary if the U.S. Treasury printed and circulated our currency freely and WITHOUT USURY (aka Plunder) as the Founding Fathers outlined in t ...
- Update on the IRS Rebate to Aliens ScandalThe followup to this story is even more “shocking” not so much “disappointing”. In a simple nutshell, the IRS is absolutely not necessary if the U.S. Treasury printed and circulated our currency freely and WITHOUT USURY (aka Plunder) as the Founding Fathers outlined in t ...
du la bab - Now is the Time
- Life in a carbon neutral world…There’s a great Story from the New York Times / International Herald and Tribune about a 28 year old product designer from Luxembourg attempting to live a carbon neutral life in Barcelona, Spain. Her story is at certainly inspiring, although sometimes uncomfortable to read about… who ...
- BPA, Phthalates, Toxic Plastic Bottles, Sippy ...Content has been moved – please visit www.jacobbarrocas.com
- Green Spring Cleaning!Content has been moved – please visit www.jacobbarrocas.com
- Food Miles – how far your food travels & ...Content has been moved – please visit www.jacobbarrocas.com
- Getting real about energy production & reductionHere’s a great video from a Cambridge University Physicist David Mackay. He’s discussing practical ways of measuring domestic power consumption, ways of producing energy, and he debate about replacing traditional fossil fuels based methods of producing electricity with more sensible ...
Mansbridge One on One - CBC
- The Mansbridge Conversations 2011Highlights of Peter's interviews of the year, including conversations with Jack Layton, Olivia Chow, Nicole Williamson, Malcolm Gladwell and others.
- NAGUIB SAWIRISPeter sits down with Egyptian businessman and politician Naguib Sawiris ahead of the country's first free elections about his hopes for and disappoinment in Egypt's Arab Spring
- Shawn Atleo - National Chief of the Assembly o ...In the wake of the crisis in Attawapiskat First Nation, Shawn Atleo discusses the future of Canada's Abroiginal communities.
- Alison Redford, Premier of Alberta (Nov. 19)Premier of Alberta, Alison Redford discusses her hopes for the province's future and the challenges she faces in the Keystone pipeline project.
- Robbie Robertson, Musician and former member o ...Rock icon Robbie Robertson talks with Peter about life in the industry, his decision to stop touring 25 years ago and how his Jewish and Aboriginal roots drove his music career.
Scotts Contracting
- Moving to a New LocationScotts Contracting is Moving For the Past week or so I have been moving into a new Work Shop, Office, and Warehouse. Stay tuned for further Details. Build Green, Scotty
- Join me to oppose:Res 37 Toxic Air Bill by Sen ...I am writing you today in vehement opposition to the toxic air bill offered by Senator James Inhofe, S.J. Res 37. The Online Petition I signed via the Environment Defense Action Fund is listed to follow and emailed to Sen R.Blunt and Sen C.McCaskill. My notes to Dirty Oil Roy Blunt are at the bo ...
- Little Green Thumb Recycling AdventureGRATITUDE OF THANKS TO SOUTHERN METAL PROCESSING. For all my readers who have been reading about my Back-Yard City Garden. I’m sure you have noticed that I’ve had some great help from little green thumbs this year. Little Green Thumbs-Inspecting the Corn Silk on the Sweet Corn Plants ...
- Heat Deaths in Top U.S. Cities-Re:ClimateChangeClimate change is literally killing us: In America’s 40 largest cities, it’s estimated that more than 150,000 Americans could die by the end of this century due to the excessive heat caused by climate change. Find out more about killer heat and how many more heat-related deaths clima ...
- Retrofit Turns Energy-Guzzling Home into Energ ...The extensive renovation achieved an 80% reduction in energy usage. By Jennifer Goodman Retrofit Turns Energy-Guzzling Home into Energy Producer The new structure sits on the fieldstone and brick foundation of the old one. Designer Andrew Webster speced generous glazing on the south and east sid ...
The View From Abroad
- The End is NighFinancial collapse is just around the corner.
- Old Beliefs Die HardEither because of emotions or socialization, old beliefs die hard.
- How the Supreme Court Should Have RuledThe Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional regardless of the Supreme Court's ruling.
- America’s Lost DecadesWith median net worth back to 1992 levels, Americans may still be facing two more decades of sluggish economic growth.
- Obama Has Been on a Spending BingeIt is ridiculous to think Obama is not a big spender.
Foreign Policy in Focus - Military (US)
- Dumb and Dumber: Obama's "Smart Power" Foreign ...Barack Obama is a smart guy. So why has he spent the last four years executing such a dumb foreign policy?
- The Futility of Seeking "Strategic Clarity" on ...Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's demand that a "clear red line" be set on Iran is ironic in light of Israel's policy of strategic ambiguity toward its own nuclear weapons.
- Washington Post Breaks Lockstep on Israel and IranIt becomes more and more difficult to pretend that Israel doesn't have a nuclear-weapons program and that Iran does.
- Inspectors' Year-round Presence in Iran Compli ...An attack on Iran would put International Atomic Energy inspectors at risk.
- Korea and the U.S. ElectionsWhen it comes to foreign policy, significant transformation is as unlikely in Washington as it is in Pyongyang.
Law.com
- Latest Chevron Outtake: 'They're All Corrupt!'Donziger muses 'The judicial system is so utterly weak' in Corporate Counsel's latest release of outtakes from the documentary Crude.
- Minus Kagan, Supreme Court Lets 'Don't Ask' Po ...In an order Friday, the Supreme Court denied a motion aimed at allowing a worldwide ban on enforcement of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military to take effect.
- MGA Loses Effort to Stall Trial in Fee Fight W ...A Los Angeles judge issued a tentative ruling Friday denying toymaker MGA Entertainment's efforts to stay a lawsuit that was filed by its former lawyers at O'Melveny & Myers.
- Proskauer and English Firm End Their Merger Di ...Proskauer Rose and SJ Berwin said Friday they had decided against merging, putting to an end months of speculation about a possible trans-Atlantic tie-up between the two law firms. The firms in a joint statement said "we recognized that the timetable necessary to reach the agreements that would ...
- IRS Throws In Towel on Closely Watched Interna ...
Iranian.com
- Russia issues fresh report denying any evidenc ..."We, as before, see no signs that there is a military dimension to Iran's nuclear program. No signs," Interfax quoted Ryabkov - Russia's point man for diplomacy on Iran's nuclear program - as saying. "We see something different - that there is nuclear material ... in Iran that is under the contr ...
- Exclusive: Russian firm to halt Iran ship work ...A Russian firm has decided to stop verifying safety and environmental standards for one of Iran's biggest shipping groups, a letter showed, the latest international company wary of being caught up in Western sanctions on the Islamic Republic. read more
- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad concedes Iran sanctions hu ...Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been forced to concede that international sanctions against Iran's energy sector are hurting the country's economy. Facing growing discontent over soaring food prices, the Iranian president accused the West of waging "an all-out, hidden, heavy war" that had imp ...
- Iran may determine the fate of the US election ...Whether or not the story of “October Surprise” was real, it can be said with certainty that the Iran factor determined the outcome of 1980 US presidential elections. Fast-forward thirty years, Iran is again in a position to play a decisive role in determining the fate of US presidential election ...
- After pushing Israel from Iran strike, Obama i ...Barack Obama seems to believe that Israel will not be attacking Iran soon, or else his people would not be so eager to deny reports on a rift between him and Benjamin Netanyahu. Twice in the space of 48 hours senior American officials have taken the trouble to categorically deny reports in an ...
Most Revolutionary Act
- Robert Fisk Exposes Western Media Lies in SyriaRobert Fisk Legendary Middle East reporter Robert Fisk, the first western eyewitness to enter the massacre town of Daraya, writes in the Independent about eye witness reports that Syrian rebels, not government forces, are responsible for the mass killing of 245 Darayan men, women and chil ...
- The Corporations Opposing Prop 37On November 6th, California voters will have the opportunity to pass into law a “right-to-know” initiative that would make it mandatory for all genetically modified (GMO) foods to be so labeled. Proposition 37 would also ban the fraudulent, but highly lucrative pr ...
- Cities Go After America's Biggest SlumlordsAccording to the Los Angeles city attorney, the two biggest slumlords in California are US Bank and Deutsche Bank. US Bank (aka US Bancorp) is the fifth largest bank in the US and Deutsche Bank the fourth largest bank in the world. Both acquired thousands of foreclosed properties in the 20 ...
- The Demise of "Current Affairs"I have recently returned from a week in Australia, where I was pleasantly surprised by the extensive coverage of “current” (government) affairs on mainstream TV and in the major newspapers. Current affairs programming is very much lacking in New Zealand, as in Ca ...
- Wall Street's $270 Million LossWall Street Volume at 10 Year Low Another worrying article on Zero Hedge raises concerns about the declining health of the US economy. An 8/16/12 post by Tyler Durden points out that Wall Street has lost hundreds of billions of dollars of wealth over the past two years. Durden cites data ...
Michael Moore - Must Read
- UK Threatens to Violate Ecuadoran Embassy Grou ...Reuters, August 15th, 2012: Ecuador said on Wednesday the British government had threatened to raid its embassy in London if WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is not handed over, and that Quito would make its decision on his asylum request on Thursday. "Today we've received a threat by the Un ...
- FLASHBACK: Ann Coulter Says Rage Against the M ...New York Times, April 29, 2012: WASHINGTON — Representative Paul D. Ryan strolls the halls of Capitol Hill with the anarchist band Rage Against the Machine pounding through his earbuds. Daily Beast, August 11, 2012: Ryan seems to have a taste for hard-rock bands like Rage Against ...
- WIKILEAKS PRESS RELEASE: WikiLeaks opens path ...After almost two years of fighting an unlawful banking blockade by US financial giants VISA and MasterCard, WikiLeaks has announced it is back open for donations. After WikiLeaks' publications revealing US war crimes and statecraft in 2010, US financial institutions erected a banking blockade a ...
- 'No Going Back': Michael Moore on the Last Wor ...
- Letter From Prominent Americans, Delivered to ...FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 25, 2012 Media Contacts: (London) Robert Naiman, US 217-979-2857 (US) Megan Iorio, US 908-400-9480 Letter signed by Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky, Glenn Greenwald, Naomi Wolf, Daniel Ellsberg, Danny Glover, Oliver Stone, Patch Adams, MD, Mark Weisbrot and other promine ...
Salon
- Next up “Romney Girl” videoIn which Miss Swiss Bank Account tries to mock Mitt's wealth -- and hair UPDATED
- Must-see morning clipStephen Colbert discusses dog-fighting, Rep. Steve King having sex with a dog, and "monstrous glassy-eyed puppies"
- Eyes on London: Pulling backAt the London Games, seven Olympic athletes from Cameroon have gone missing and the men's 5,000 meters kicks off
- Jordan hosting Syria PMJordan confirmed that Syria's defecting prime minister Riyad Hijab has entered the country
- Agent Orange cleanup beginsThe U.S. has begun a landmark cleanup of Agent Orange in Vietnam
SMB News
- Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits ...For SMB News Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits camps PURWOBINANGUN: Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano spewed more deadly heat clouds Wednesday as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited some of the 50,000 evacuees in shelters. Searing gas billowed from the crater of the 2,91 ...
- Kasaba throws spit on the camera\Kasaba throws spit on cameraMUMBAI: Ajmal Kasaba webcam spit on Tuesday during a hearing in the Bombay High Court for confirmation of the death penalty, which led the court strictly tell him to behave properly. Judjes a warning when they Kasaba altercation with the police and spit at the camera ...
- K’taka Speaker disqualifies 16 MLAsFor SMB News KBANGALORE: Hours ahead of the trust vote for beleaguered Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in the Assembly, Speaker K G Bopaiah disqualified sixteen rebel MLAs, including eleven from ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), legislative sources said on Monday. Bopaiah signed the ...
- Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8For SMB News Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8 KARACHI: Eight people including two children were killed and over 65 others suffered injuries when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine in Clifton, official sources said here Thursday. Two heads, beli ...
- Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistakeFor SMB News Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistakes’ LONDON: Former president Gen. (Retd.) Pervez Musharraf Friday admitted that political mistakes were committed in the twilight years of his regime and sought apology from Pakistani nation for the same. “These mistakes caused damage ...
Toronto Star - Editorials
- Canada severs ties with Iran, as storm clouds ...Stephen Harper’s move to sever ties with Iran was unsettling, and unwelcome.
- President Barack Obama’s convention speech ral ...It’s good to see Democrats head into the decisive phase of the U.S. presidential campaign with fire in their bellies and a strong story to tell.
- Pakistan needs to change blasphemy lawPakistan’s arrest of a Muslim cleric in blasphemy case underlines need to change laws.
- Goar: Ontario University students paying more ...Unlike Quebec colleagues, Ontario university students have raised nary a peep of protest about tuition fees. But ask them and it turns out angst over money outranks worry over marks
- Canada holds its own at Paralympic Games.Canada isn’t at the top of the medal standings in London but our athletes are more than holding their own at the most competitive Paralympic Summer Games ever.
Energy Collective
- Innovation Down Under Could Mean Off-Grid ACSlowly but surely, the technology behind solar air conditioners is starting to improve, improving our chances of cutting the carbon footprint of cooling. Paolo Corrada, a PhD science and engineering student in at the Queensland University of Technology in Queensland, Australia has designed a sol ...
- Energy and Real Job CreationListening to President Obama’s convention speech, it’s hard to avoid the thought that if his administration had adopted pro-development energy policies a few years ago – clearing the way for America’s oil and natural gas industry to find new resources, create
- China Solar Probe A Go In EuropeChinese solar makers, already hit with duties in the United States, could within nine months face similar trade sanctions in Europe, according to the European Commission, which said today it would launch an antidumping investigation into solar panels and their key components originating in China.
- What If Saudi Arabia Became an Oil Importer?
- Suntech woe’s- the inside story
EU Times
- Nicaragua Volcano Erups, Thousands EvacuatedThe Nicaraguan government plans on evacuating some 3,000 people from areas around Nicaragua’s San Cristobal volcano as it spewed out a column of ash and gas 5 km high into the air. Three powerful explosions emitting from the volcano were heard by residents in nearby villages on Saturday. “ ...
- Europe to Open Its Skies to Drones by 2016In an obscure working document, the European Commission has announced it is working on plans to open European civil airspace to unmanned drones by 2016. This follows the signing by President Obama earlier this year of the FAA Appropriations bill which mandated that US airspace must be opened to ...
- Tunisian migrant boat sinks near Italy, 50 deadAbout 50 illegal migrants, including women and children, have been feared dead after their boat sank off the coast of the southern Italian island of Lampedusa. Italian rescue services said on Friday that search operation continued by the coastguard who had called on private vessels and teams to ...
- Feds seize gold coins worth $80 million from P ...A federal judge has upheld a verdict that strips a Pennsylvania family of their grandfather’s gold coins, worth an estimated $80 million, and has ordered ownership transferred to the US government. Judge Legrome Davis of the Eastern District Court of Pennsylvania affirmed a 2011 jury decision th ...
- Greeks take to streets in light of new budget cutsThousands have taken to the streets throughout Greece to protest the drastic budget cuts proposed by the government. In Athens some 2,000 pensioners marched through the city to protest newly introduced pension cuts. It was announced that those who earn more than 1,000 euros a month will have 10 ...
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- Video Games and Teen Violence CorrelationsWith the rising increase in teen violence, much research has been directed to determine if video games, violent television shows and other electronic media is directly related. Gentile, D.A. & Anderson C.A (2003) has done extensive research in which supports the theory that video games lead to v ...
Liquida : Worldwide News & Opinion
- Umpire Jerry Meals Blows The Game In The 9th, ...Via @JimmyTraina I hate blaming umpires for a Yankee loss, but tonight’s firstbase umpire cost the Yankees one of the most important games of the year. The play above is the last play of the game. With a man on first and third, one out, 5-4, bottom of the ninth, Mark Teixeira hit a groundball. ...
- Ashton: More sanctions on Syria, Iran on the tableThe European Union is considering imposing more sanctions on Syria in a bid to end its civil war and against Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions, the blocâs foreign policy chief said Saturday. Catherine Ashton said a review in under way for both Syria and Iran ânot only to consider whether more ...
- Samsung Claims Its Phones Donât Infringe On Ap ...While the big Apple vs Samsung case is finished in the US, there are plenty of other patent skirmishes between the two here and around the globe. In an attempt to narrowly avoid a recall and ban in the Netherlands, Samsung threw Android under the bus, claiming that its’ phones couldn’t be infri ...
- Fish Cap: Miami Marlins 9, Washington Nationals 7Source: FanGraphsAttendance: 28,553Hero of the Game (Largest WPA): Jose Reyes (3-for-6, 2 R, 0.330 WPA)Goat of the Game (Lowest WPA): Carlos Zambranotb (0 IP, 3 ER, 3 H, -0.233 WPA)Play of the Game: (Jose Reyes tripled to left, 0.263 WPA for the Marlins)Friday night's game against the first pla ...
- New York Fashion Week: Rebecca Taylor Spring 2 ...Pictured: Rebecca Taylor's casual soft blue wrap top &white pants for SS 2013 (image courtesy of Rebecca Taylor.) It was all Kiwi Cool today at the New Zealand designer's Spring 2013 show, or as the show notes called it "relaxed refinement". The show was full of Rebecca's trademark ...
Groklaw
- Nokia Broadens Apology Over Claims at Phone LaunchThe company earlier this week admitted to not having used the "PureView" camera on Nokia's forthcoming Lumia 920 hand-held device to shoot a portion of a video that initially was represented as being captured by technology on that phone. On Saturday, the company said additional pieces of the pro ...
- EU says Microsoft pledged to meet antitrust re ..."In my personal talks with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer he has given me assurances that they will comply immediately regardless of the conclusion of the anti trust probe," Almunia said at an economic conference in northern Italy, adding that he considered the matter a "very, very serious issue." ...
- Searching for a Speed Limit in High-Frequency ...At their Lilliputian brokerage firm, they are tilting at the giants of high-frequency trading and warning - loudly - of the dangers they pose. Mr. Saluzzi was the only vocal critic of H.F.T. appointed to a 24-member federal panel that is studying the topic. Posts from the blog that the two men w ...
- Walking PaperCheck out the time-lapse video above showing the process of making a walking paper robot. The final product and demonstration kick in at about 3:16. ... If you'd like to learn more on the process or check out other videos by thedoorintos, you can visit his YouTube page by clicking here. - CBS ...
- Digital Evidence Plays Important Role in Apple ...Keep only what you need! Most of the damaging documents that are discovered during litigation did not need to be saved. Advise your clients to regularly purge ESI that is not subject to preservation requirements. Companies must employ an internal document management program that removes elect ...
WideShut
- Free Will Doesn’t Exist, Determinism & J ...Keelan looks at Determinism, the possibility that Free Will doesn't exist and how this relates to our archaic justice system.
- Review: BBC The Riots In Their Own Words: Augu ...Keelan reviews the BBC's London Riots documentary, the New World Order quote of the week, and why we should be wary of Julian Assange.
- 77 Anniversary, Iran Readies for War: July 15, ...This week Keelan discusses the 7/7 London Bombings for the 7 year anniversary, Iran's recent war games, Syria & Russia, and much more.
- Green Lobby Could Sue Government For Cutting W ...Renewable UK threatens Government with legal action if it doesn't use taxpayer's money to fund inefficient wind farms to "save planet".
- Iran Prepared To Defend ItselfIran stages military show of might and says it can destroy US military bases within minutes of an attack.
Politics in the Zeros
- David Peel – Up Against The Wall (1968)Crude, stoned, definitely NSFW. But he does get his point across…
- Merkel about to cave on Greek debt. Let the ch ...Angela Merkel is caving on Greek debt and will give Greece more flexibility to pay debt it can not possibly afford, in hopes that Greece somehow remains in the eurozone. Germany doesn’t have the money or the will to do another bailout. Oh, the ECB can now buy unlimited amounts of sovereign ...
- Vermont Progressive Party getting unwanted thr ...The Vermont Progressive Party chair set out to win her party’s nomination for governor, planning all along not to run against incumbent Democratic Governor Peter Shumlin, and then a funny thing happened: an insurgent write-in candidate almost won. Now Republicans are up in arms, at least rhetori ...
- Wells Fargo forecloses on wrong house – Elderl ...Wells Fargo foreclosed on the wrong home and instructed a crew to break into the house and take everything. The house is legally owned by an elderly couple. The husband helped build it when he was a teenager. All their belongings are gone.Everyone involved in this obscenity needs to be arrested ...
- Wind turbine produces water tooA new wind turbine design uses some of its 30 kW of energy to extract as much as 315 gallons of water a day from the air, making it ideal for small communities, especially in dry, rural areas.
TVNZ - Top Stories
- One dead in truck crash in Hawke's BayOne person is dead and another is in a serious condition after a truck accident tonight.
- Power cut to thousands in Christchurch after s ...Around 12,000 Christchurch households were plunged into darkness tonight.
- Gun held to employee's head in Wellington arme ...Wellington police are hunting two men who robbed an Indian restaurant and held a gun to an employee's head
- Aussies outraged after Kiwi tourist throws bri ...A New Zealand tourist almost killed a crocodile after he threw bricks into its enclosure at an Alice Springs reptile centre, the centre's owner says
- Dozens evacuated in Hawke's Bay as wild weathe ...Dozens of people have been evacuated as the North Island continues to be battered by strong winds and rain.
Just World News
- News from the negotiated transition in Burma/M ...I've recently been devouring Evan Osnos's brilliant piece of reporting in The New Yorker, on the exciting, now-underway, negotiated transition to much greater democracy in Myanmar/Burma. Huge kudos to Osnos for doing this great research and reporting, and to The New Yorker for, presumably, fund ...
- Two observations on the tragedy in Syria1. War always inflicts grave rights abuses on residents of the war zone. Additionally, its fog allows-- and its passions encourage-- the commission of a large variety of atrocities such as are very rarely committed in times of peace. Hence, actions tending toward the exacerbation of tensions can ...
- 'New' Egypt and the Camp David accordsDespite many setbacks and roadblocks along the way in Egypt, the political situation there is still one of the most hopeful-- and certainly, the most momentous-- phenomena in the region. Egypt, remember, really does carry the strategic ballast of the whole Arab world. How things turn out there i ...
- July 2006, lest we forgetIn these days six years ago, Israeli PM Ehud Olmert and his team were battering much of Lebanon to smithereens in the "Dahiyeh War"-- designed, as we remember, to break Hizbullah once and for all, primarily by battering Lebanese civilians and their infrastructure so harshly that they would turn ...
- Sarajevo, 1914; Damascus 2012?The killing, in Damascus today, of at least three powerful members of the Baathist regime in Syria, will almost certainly plunge that whole country-- and quite likely also much of the rest of the Greater Middle East-- into a maelstrom of inter-group violence far worse than any it has seen until ...
frogblog
- General debate, September 9, 2012
- Residential Schools ClosuresThe Government has decided to close two residential schools for disabled students, McKenzie and Salisbury. They claim the principle of inclusion and that students will get wrap-around support in the mainstream. I would really like to believe this but right now it’s hard. A family I have be ...
- Asset sales costing jobs not creating themSolid Energy’s announcement last week of the suspension of work at the Spring Creek mine is a devastating blow to the West Coast economy and our local community. Up to 230 jobs could go (plus others in contractors and related industries), which is very bad news for the workers and their families ...
- A night on patrolIn which I spend a night on patrol with the Lower Hutt Police. LHBD Blues, if you will.
- What does a List MP do?Monday – Woke up in a hotel room next to a racecourse in Rotorua with Jeanette Fitzsimons. We had worked all weekend at the Ka Nui conference on mining threats and ended it protesting at the mining industry cocktail party; Jeanette dressed as the elephant in the room, climate change. My pa ...
Patronus Analytical
- Greek aid worker kidnapped in Pakistan
- Aid worker killed in Iraq
- Update on kidnapped Greek aid worker
- NGO worker beaten to death in Dhaka
- Canadian aid worker murdered in Honduras
J Kozy
- SCOTUS and the Rule of FlawThe Supreme Court of the United States is an institution that has failed in every possible way. It is notorious for having issued iniquitous opinions; it has not only failed to resolve but has exacerbated conflicts; and it has consistently negated the ideals the founding fathers wrote into t ...
- How the Economy Works: The Necessity of CrimeThe economy is merely a sum of money, not practices that sustain the oikos, and the money that makes up the sum is equally valued whether it results from virtuous or vicious, good or bad, constructive or destructive, humane or inhumane, legal or illegal, beneficent or malevolent practices. A ...
- Governments Exist to Further the Interests of ...Governments have never existed to solve problems domestic or international. Governments and their institutions exist merely to further and secure the interests of favored groups, but We the People are never the favored group.
- The History of Knowledge: Darkness in the AcadamyKnowledge does not always prevail or even endure. When the Roman Empire fell, the Justinian Code was replaced by Canon Law. The augustness of knowledge was transformed into heresy and mankind's curiosity was virtually extinguished. The age became dark. In the 11th century, people began to st ...
- Vendor ArithmeticUnderhanded CapitalismWhy does the nation exist? The truth is revealed when one realizes that merchant theft is protected by the legal system whose justices have enshrined an economic bias into law, having subverted the Constitution from the goals the founding fathers wrote into it to the almost exclusive promoti ...
Dr. Mercola Natural Health
- The Amazing Similarities Between this Toxic Su ...By Dr. Mercola You may already be aware that fructose – the sugar found in everything from high fructose corn syrup and fruit juice to agave syrup and honey – is harmful when consumed in excess – which is exactly what many (if not most) Americans do. However, you may be surprised to learn th ...
- BPA and Narrowed Arteries: New Study Links Pla ...By Dr. Mercola A new study indicates bisphenol-A (BPA) – a chemical already found to be an endocrine disrupter linked to cancer and reproductive and fetal development problems – may be contributing to narrowed arteries. Unfortunately, unequivocal proof of the chemical's dangers to the arter ...
- Is it Possible to Eat Healthy on a Food Stamp ...By Dr. Mercola In recent years, as the pace of the US economic recovery has slowed, the number of Americans enrolled in the food stamp program has skyrocketed, recently reaching an all-time high of roughly 46 million Americans. With so many people in need of assistance to purchase food for t ...
- Why Did the FDA Approve a Generic Version of t ...By Dr. Mercola Actos – the brand name for a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes – is presently embroiled in thousands of lawsuits alleging that the drug causes severe side effects including heart failure, macular edema and bladder cancer. Even so, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...
- Not All Tech Advances Are Good for Youvideo platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo playerBy Dr. Mercola While technology is one of my primary passions, I have concerns about many of the technological solutions offered by the medical industry. A case in point is a new machine approved by the FDA last year called miraDry. I ...
JAMA
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Survival - tribal peoples
- Survival denounces Venezuela’s 'whitewash' of ...The Yanomami way of life is threatened by illegal goldmining in the Amazon.© Fiona Watson/SurvivalSurvival has denounced the Venezuelan government’s repeated denials of a massacre against Yanomami Indians, calling on President Chávez to evict all illegal goldminers from indigenous territory and ...
- Campaigners target Rio 2016 exhibition over ‘E ...Visitors to the Rio 2016 exhibition in London read leaflets about threats to Brazil’s Awá.© SurvivalTribal rights campaigners today targeted a London exhibition celebrating Brazil’s cultural heritage ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympics, to highlight the plight of ‘Earth’s most threatened tribe.’ Vis ...
- UK newspaper confirms tourists still ‘flock’ t ...Hundreds of vehicles pass through the Jarawa reserve each day, many carrying tourists© G Chamberlain/ SurvivalThe British newspaper whose coverage of the ‘human safari’ scandal on India’s Andaman Islands prompted international outrage, has confirmed the practice still goes on, with thousands of ...
- Illegal loggers 'closing in' on Earth's most t ...The Awá depend on hunting for their survival. Now they fear entering the forest because of illegal loggers in the area.© SurvivalA recent investigation by Brazil’s Indian affairs department FUNAI has uncovered shocking evidence that illegal loggers are rapidly closing in on the Awá, Earth& ...
- Yanomami Indians 'massacred' by goldminers in ...Survivors of Brazil's 1993 Haximu massacre hold urns containing the ashes of their relatives. Goldminers killed 16 Yanomami in the attack.© C Zacquini/ SurvivalGoldminers in Venezuela have carried out a ‘massacre’ of isolated Yanomami Indians, according to reports received by Su ...
Montreal Gazette
- Letter of the Day: Some MDs need those 24-hour ...The elimination of 24-hour shifts for surgical residents in all specialties is producing unintended consequences, retired surgeon Michael A. Stanger writes.
- Plateau letter draws reaction pro and conThe July 23 Letter of the Day ("An administration that's sucking the life out of the Plateau," July 23) from Plateau Mont Royal resident Marion Bialek, and a response from Projet Montréal vouncillor Alex Norris drew lots of comment from readers at montrealgazette.com/opinion.
- Letter of the Day: Some MDs need those 24-hour ...The elimination of 24-hour shifts for surgical residents in all specialties is producing unintended consequences, retired surgeon Michael A. Stanger writes.
- Letter of the Day: You want change? Start with ...You've got a problem with the world today? Don't scream, protest or demonstrate about it; do something to change your own ways first.
- Conrad Black: the man who took on a bad law, a ...Conrad Black left a U.S. federal prison Friday. For a moment, set aside whatever opinion you might have about Lord Black's business practices. There's no doubt about one point: businesspeople in the United States owe a very large debt of thanks to Black for his almost improbable challenge of the ...
Food World Order
- Flawed Organic Foods Study Really Just A Media ...from naturalnews.com: If you read the mainstream news headlines today, you might be shocked to see headlines that say things like, "Organic foods no healthier than conventional foods" or "Organic foods may not be healthier for you." You'll see these headlines all across the usual disinfo outlets ...
- The War Against GMO Labelingfrom therealfoodchannel.com: Voters in California have an opportunity to insist on labeling of genetically modified foods this November. Big chemical and GMO powerhouses Monsanto and DuPont are spending millions to convince voters that this is a bad idea. Why should you care if you don't live in ...
- 2012 Arctic Ice Melt Claims Distorted And Inac ...from drtimball.com: Recently I identified a counterattack trying to defend the failed anthropogenic global warming (AGW) hypothesis. Claims about Arctic ice melt this summer (2012) are another example. Data and analysis are wrong, but they need to scare a disinterested public. I know about ar ...
- Why Does Canada Have a Strategic Maple Syrup R ...from theatlantic.com: Oh, Canada. On Friday, news broke that thieves had stolen stole $30 million dollars worth of Quebec's strategic maple syrup reserves. Yes, you read correctly. Much as the United States keeps a stock of extra oil buried in underground salt caverns to use in case of a geop ...
- Why Half of America May Have Impaired Brain Fu ...from mercola.com: A new UCLA study is the first to show how a steady diet high in fructose can damage your memory and learning. The study was published in the Journal of Physiology. Researchers investigated the effects of high-fructose syrup, similar to high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), a chea ...
CrusadeWatch
- The Bait of Christian Fundamentalism in Africasource: Huffington Post, 8/24/2011 Michael Mungai Co-founder, Dagoretti 4 Kids I grew up in the hovels of Dagoretti, an impoverished suburb in the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. Raised by an unemployed single mother, my two siblings and I would take turns missing school to babysit our ...
- Puttur: Four Arrested for Forcing Religious Co ...source: Daijiworld, Aug 29, 2011 Puttur, Aug 29: Four persons, reportedly belonging to a Christian sect, were handed over to the police by the residents of Boodujal of Nedle village near Uppinangady on Sunday August 28. The locals, including some dalits, accused K J Kunhimonu (30) from Mun ...
- Andhra Pradesh: Church priest rapes minor girl ...source: India today, July 1, 2011 A Christian priest has been arrested for raping a 16-year-old girl and setting her ablaze in his house at Nadendla village of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh.
- The changing face of the churchsource: Deccan chronicle, July 13, 2011 Its a well-documented fact that people adopt aspects of other cultures around them. The churches in Andhra Pradesh are following this custom and Indianising some of practices. At St Andrews Orthodox Church, West Marredpally, a Dwaja Stambam has been ...
- Pastors wife accuses him of sexual abuse of mi ...source: Bangalore Mirror, June 17, 2011 In her police complaint, Priyalatha has charged Shantaraju, pastor of Bethel Church and Bethel Student Centre, with having sex with young girls and getting them to abort S Shyam Prasad
Whole Truth Coalition
- Vox Populi, Methods of ManipulationCOTO Report and Megan ‘Verb’ Kargher are proud to present Vox Populi, Methods of Manipulation. It has become increasingly evident that large portions of the planet are descending with alarming speed into Orwellian police states. What is the New World Order and what are their plans fo ...
- The Big Awakening Conference 2011Click here for more information …
- Lawfull Rebellion - Roger Hayes challenges Liv ...“Wirral Council is taking Roger Hayes to Birkenhead county court for non-payment of council tax. Mr Hayes, chairman of The British Constitution Group, claims the council tax is illegal and imposed without his consent. His stand has won support from all over the country, and demonstrators t ...
- Truthjuice Gathering 2011SPEAKERS CONFIRMED CHARLIE VEITCH - THE END OF FEAR MARK FOSTER - EMPOWERMENT FOR THE PEOPLE PHIL MEDLEY - STARGATES: A PERSONAL JOURNEY MICHAEL HALLAM - BURSTING THE ECONOMIC BUBBLE AND PRACTICAL TOOLS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY BUILDING IAN MOORE ( ...
- COTO Report This Ain’t Oz an Interview w ...COTO Report and Megan Kargher are pleased to bring you a special two day interview with Freeman of freemantv, the freeman perspective and the free zone http://www.youtube.com/user/Freemantv… http://thefreemanperspective.blogspot… http://freemantv.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O ...
The Economic Collapse
- Are You Better Off? 40 Statistics That Will Ab ...Are you better off today than you were four years ago? This is a question that comes up nearly every election. This year the Romney campaign has even created a Twitter hashtag for it: #AreYouBetterOff. The Democrats are making lots of speeches claiming that we are better off, ...
- $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 ...
CASSE
- The Next President’s Inaugural Speech (If Only…)Brent Blackwelder as head speechwriter for the next U.S. president? It sure would be a refreshing change.
- George Will, Doomsday, and the Straw-Man SightingGeorge Will's accusations are almost as far-fetched as his "facts."
- The Resilience Imperative and Civil DisobedienceMichael Lewis, lead author of "The Resilience Imperative," advises civil disobedience as a strategy for steady staters.
- The Triumph of Fantasy over Science, Part 2How to take back economic policy from the damaging fantasies of neoclassical economics.
- Eight Fallacies about GrowthHerman Daly's synthesis will leave you questioning the most ingrained economic assumptions of our times.
The Talking Clock
- Every end is a new beginning...Just remember that death is not the end... So, whilst The Talking Clock is - for now at least - mothballed, the many friends and regular readers who are "awake" might want to join me in my little sidestep venture: http://conspiracywatch.blogspot.co.uk/ Blogrolls need to be added and the ...
- Okay Captain Ranty... this blogger resigns fro ...On the day that the BEST blogger in the blogosphere - Captain Ranty - has posted to announce 'end of transmission' (though not for the first time)... ...having mulled over what Captain Ranty has to say, rather than replying to the above linked blogpost in comments or via 140 characters on Twi ...
- European Union (Approval of Treaty Amendment D ...Here are the highlights of the European Union (Approval of Treaty Amendment Decision) Bill, Second Reading debate which took place in the House of Commons yesterday. Bill Cash MP Plainly, the implosion in Europe does affect us, and this failed attempt to put a sticking plaster on an increasi ...
- Nothing Tutu Hide, Nothing Tutu Fear, Mr. BliarArchbishop Desmond Tutu is all over the world's media for boldly coming out in public with a call for George W. Bush and Tony Blair to stand trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague for war crimes over the invasion of Iraq and overthrow of Saddam Hussein. Part of Tutu's thinking ...
- The People's Memorial: 15th Anniversary Tribut ...As is now a yearly thing for this blog, a few images of the tributes left at Kensington Palace for the fifteenth anniversary of Diana's death. Those of our readers who come here as fellow Diana admirers are more than welcome to save the images - links back greatly appreciated. Click on the th ...
Facing South
- UAW vs. Nissan in Mississippi: Operation Dixie ...When the CIO launched a campaign to organize Southern workers in 1946, the region's elite fought back by exploiting fears about race and communism -- and fear remains the biggest obstacle to organizing today, as the UAW's campaign to unionize Nissan's Canton, Miss. plant shows. read more
- Will Latino voters fully flex their voting pow ...Latinos are a fast-growing electoral force -- but will they realize their political potential in November? read more
- INSTITUTE INDEX: The party conventions' extrao ...In light of planned protests, the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. and Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. will be taking unprecedented security measures. read more
- Mysterious environmental disaster unfolding in ...Bayou Corne in Assumption Parish has been evacuated after a massive sinkhole opened up last week following months of mysterious bubbling, rumblings and a strong diesel smell. The community sits atop an old salt mine where companies including Chevron and Dow Chemical store gas products, and the s ...
- Lawsuit seeks better regulation of oil spill d ...The unprecedented use of chemical dispersants following BP's Gulf disaster led to complaints of health problems among cleanup workers and local residents. A coalition of groups is now suing the EPA in hopes of spurring regulatory action. read more
CenterLine
- Search for new executive director of Center on ...Karen Greenberg, executive director of NYU Law’s Center on Law and Security (CLS), announced she is leaving to pursue other career opportunities. Greenberg’s tenure as executive director began with the founding of the Center in 2003. Under her stewardship, CLS … Continue reading →
- Today’s Terrorism NewsToday’s Terrorism News post will be the last one for the summer. Along with the staff here at the Center on Law and Security, and with particular thanks to The Soufan Group for its generous support and to Carolyn O’Hara … Continue reading →
- Today’s Terrorism NewsIn Association with The Soufan Group At Radicalization Hearing, Rep. King Says al Shabab Poses Threat Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) held a third congressional hearing on Islamic radicalization in the United States Wednesday, this one focused on the threat of … Continue reading →
- Today’s Terrorism NewsIn Association with The Soufan Group Four Indicted for Drug Trafficking to Benefit Terrorism Federal prosecutors in New York unsealed indictments Tuesday against four men they say conspired to sell drugs and buy weapons for Hezbollah and the Taliban in … Continue reading →
- Today’s Terrorism NewsIn Association with The Soufan Group In Arkansas, Man Accused of Killing Soldier Strikes Plea Deal A man on trial for shooting two U.S. soldiers, one of whom was killed, outside of a military recruiting station in 2009 reached a … Continue reading →
Water Power
Presumably acts like NATO bombing the underground water system in Libya do not fall under such oversight. Or of super dams providing the ability to deprive people downstream of water or security. South Korea complained North Korea opened floodgates that endangered and flooded people in the south a year or so ago. Iraq is now chronically short of water - especially during drought. How about the exclusion of aboriginals like the Bushmen away from their traditional water supplies ? Water - Wealth and Power
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