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Thomas Paine

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

Sunday, November 18, 2012

18 November - RSS SnapShot! Pt II

March 4, 2005. Civilians attempting to infiltr...
March 4, 2005. Civilians attempting to infiltrate the Gaza Strip are apprehended by the IDF and Israeli Police. The events pictured took place during the Gaza Disengagement in the summer of 2005. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
September 12, 2005. IDF forces exit the Gaza S...
September 12, 2005. IDF forces exit the Gaza Strip as part of Operation Last Dawn, the final stage of the Gaza Disengagement, which occurred in the summer of 2005. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
November 5, 2008 The IDF located a tunnel inte...
November 5, 2008 The IDF located a tunnel intended for kidnapping soldiers that was to intended for immediate use close to the Gaza Strip fence. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Manifestation contre le siège israélien de Gaza
Manifestation contre le siège israélien de Gaza (Photo credit: looking4poetry)

Invisible Opportunity

  • Prop 37: The top 7 reasons not to believe the ...
    by Jon Rappoport November 14, 2012 www.nomorefakenews.com The verdict is in. You would be a fool to accept the vote-count in the California Prop 37 election. I’ll show you why. Apparently, the CA secretary of state’s office has been getting hit by a lot of calls. People are asking them about the ...
  • US denies visas to Iranian UN delegates
    This is some great diplomacy.  This makes it look like we really want to talk and solve problems... The United States has denied visas to Iranian officials hoping to attend a UN meeting in New York, Iran’s state news agency reported on Saturday. The Iranian judiciary’s human rights h ...
  • Hemp Can Repair DNA! : Federal Jack
    by POPEYE DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the hereditary material found in humans, animals, and organisms. DNA is in every cell in our bodies. Each cell’s nucleus has DNA, which is rolled into structures that are our chromosomes (23 pairs). “Most genes contain the information needed to make funct ...
  • Quote of the Day – I don’t travel& ...
    I don’t travel. If I did, I probably wouldn’t visit Israel. I remember how it was in 1948 when Israel was being established and all my Jewish friends were ecstatic. I was not. I said: What are we doing? We are establishing ourselves in a ghetto, in a small corner of a vast Muslim sea. [...]
  • Ice Age Cometh? Coldest Weather for One Hundre ...
    A severe bout of cold weather looks to be heading Britain’s way Britain will grind to a halt within weeks as the most savage freeze for a century begins. Temperatures will fall as low as minus 20C in rural areas, forecasters warned last night, while heavy snow and “potentially danger ...

Veterans Today

electric politics

  • Running Against the Grain (Part II)
    Amen, Brother Rick. Thinking about it, we can deduce a few things about successful mass actions. First, they require a high level of consciousness regarding the problems to be solved. Ignorance ain't in the recipe for success. Second, they take a lot of work. If it were easy, logically we'd be s ...
  • Running Against the Grain (Part I)
    Former New York Times Washington Bureau Chief, two time Pulitzer and Emmy winning reporter Hedrick Smith has written a wonderful book, Who Stole the American Dream? (Random House, 2012). I must say, if a seventy nine year old pillar of the journalistic establishment can find his way to a nearly ...
  • A National Disgrace
    If you want proof of the fundamentally unserious nature of American politics look no further than our conduct of national elections. The modern twist, paperless electronic voting machines, makes it possible — even before taking account of Byzantine rules for the Electoral College — n ...
  • Your Vote Matters
    Quite apart from the banality of our two political parties it would be so much less stressful if America could hold reasonably accurate, fair and open elections. Why don't we? Tova Wang tackles part of this problem in The Politics of Voter Suppression: Defending and Expanding Americans' Right To ...
  • For the Love of Music
    In our day and age great wealth ruins most of what it touches. Culture — even highbrow culture — being no exception. Why, I specifically want to know, do performances of classical music no longer move me the way they used to do? Hoping for some answers I turned to Blair Tindall, auth ...

PR News

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Field Notes - Alberta Environment

Stop NATO

  • Turkey To Request NATO Deploy Interceptor Miss ...
    Today’s Zaman November 18, 2012 Turkey to ask NATO for Patriot missiles on border with Syria İSTANBUL: Turkey will formally ask NATO to set up missiles along its border with Syria as part of the contingency plans of the alliance due to growing concern about spillover of its neighbor’ ...
  • Eça de Queiroz: The English in Egypt, a case study
    ==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Eça de Queiroz: Afghanistan ==== José Maria de Eça de Queiroz From The English in Egypt (1882) Letters From England Translated by Ann Stevens What did suit England’s convenience was to magnify this local disturbance to the pr ...
  • NATO Welcomes Scandinavian Air Patrols Over Ic ...
    Deutsche Presse-Agentur November 15, 2012 NATO welcomes Nordic air surveillance of Iceland Lennart Simonsson Canadian CF-188 Hornets in NATO mission over Iceland HELSINKI, Finland: NATO welcomed plans by non-NATO members Finland and Sweden to patrol airspace over Iceland, the head of the defence ...
  • Maxim Gorky: Henri Barbusse and the mass of li ...
    ==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts *** Maxim Gorky on Romain Rolland, war and humanism Maxim Gorky to H.G. Wells: Cleanse from the hearts of children the blood-stained rust of horrible and senseless war Maxim Gorky: The true motives of war *** Frank Harris: Henri Ba ...
  • U.S. Intensifies Military Encirclement of China
    Stop NATO November 17, 2012 U.S. Intensifies Military Encirclement of China Rick Rozoff With the emergence of China as the world’s second-largest economy and its concomitant renewal of (comparatively minor) territorial claims in the East China Sea and South China Sea, the stage is set for ...

Before It's News

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Intel Hub

  • Israeli Forces Raid Jerusalem Theater for Host ...
    By JG Vibes theintelhub.com November 19, 2012 This week we have seen an increase in hostility between the Israeli military and the largely civilian population of Gaza. Things took a turn for the worse when Israeli military forces assassinated one of the head figures for the Hamas regime, while a ...
  • Different Groups Join Together Outside Of BBC ...
    By JG Vibes theintelhub.com November 18, 2012 For years the mainstream media has failed to present a view of events in the Middle East that is even remotely accurate or balanced. During the most recent conflicts in Gaza, the western media has been a propaganda mouthpiece for Israel, as many expe ...
  • Lawsuit Filed Against Prison over Poor Treatme ...
    By JG Vibes theintelhub.com November 18, 2012 It has been said by many that you can measure the extent to which a society is actually civilized, by observing how the prisoners within that society are treated. For almost every country in the world, with just a few rare exceptions, prisoners are t ...
  • War In Gaza: Why Now?
    Washingtonsblog.com November 16, 2012 Election Politics? It was widely reported that Israel agreed to delay any war against Iran until after U.S. elections. A little over a week after the election, Israel launched a “targeted assassination” against the leader of Hamas (who Haaretz called Israel’ ...
  • Pictures Tell the Story: Aftermath of Hamas Ro ...
    theintelhub | As Israel and Hamas exchange "attacks" the world continues it's debate over who the real aggressors actually are. For their part, the Israeli government has hired literally thousands of paid trolls to spam social media and comment sections with pro Zionist rhetoric.

FRS

  • Protester slaps Nepal’s Maoist leader in ...
    [This article, and the following comment by a Nepalese blogger, describe the attack on the crumbled legitimacy of former Maoist leader Dahal (aka Prachanda). -- Frontlines ed.] ———————————- Agence France-Presse November 17, 2012 & ...
  • Haitian police clash with student protesters
    Nov 15, 2012 by VideoTopNews Hundreds of students march in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, shouting and waving signs against the National Police. They’re angry over the weekend death of a university student — allegedly shot by a police officer at a party. But the protest erupted ...
  • Telangana, India: Maoists fell trees, block r ...
      CPI (Maoist) calls for 48-hour bandh in north Telangana Despite stepped up surveillance by the police, Maoist militia members felled trees at K Kondapuram in Venkatapuram mandal in broad daylight on Thursday and disrupted the vehicular movement on Venkatapuram-Bhadrachalam road on the fir ...
  • Debt Crisis: Greek protesters storm meeting, a ...
    Reuters, Thursday November 15 2012 PUBLIC sector workers stormed a building where Greek and German officials were meeting in the northern city of Thessaloniki today and pelted a German diplomat with water bottles in a protest over austerity measures.Riot police used teargas and truncheons to bre ...
  • Anti-Austerity Strikes: Protests Grip Europe
    Anti-Austerity Strikes: Protests Grip Europe Anti-austerity protests and strikes Activists battle with police during violent clashes in Lisbon, as protests against austerity sweep across Europe. 10:21pm UK, Wednesday 14 November 2012 Video: Protests Across Europe Against Austerity Enlarge Rome i ...

Ken O'Keefe

  • Words from an Honest, Intelligent & Compassion ...
    Words from an honest, intelligent and compassionate Jew... words from a respected brother with a hugely important message that should be heeded by every single Jew on this planet.
  • Press TV’s News Analysis – Israel ...
    In this program I get to respond directly to one of Israels countless prostitutes of propaganda in the mainstream media, Daniel Pipes.
  • Trade Not Aid Update – November 6, 2012 &#8211 ...
    Today was the final hearing for the case against the Trade Not Aid hijackers Cate (Catherine) Myles (aka Soraya Fitzgerald) and Sammi Coulthard (aka Saja Rana & Maitreyi Atmaja).  It cost over £600 in court fees, money that should have gone directly into the cause.  It took countless hours o ...
  • Transcript & Video – Update from Ken O&# ...
    Catherine Myles, I have found the funds for you to come to Gaza. We will pay for you to go to Gaza. I will pay for your tickets from the UK to Cairo and then your taxi fare to Gaza and your accommodation in Gaza and your return taxi fare back Cairo, back to the UK. You have a paid, PAID trip to ...
  • Max Igan & Ken O’Keefe in Gaza – F ...
    I think this is going to be one of people's favorite videos as it is genuinely funny and yet very serious. Max Igan and myself get into this one by showing a sycophantic Patrick Clawson of the Washington Institute for Near East spouting some truly incredible historical narrative. This useful idi ...

StillSmallVoice

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

Associated Content

  • Blame Execs, Not Unions, for Hostess Closing
    Hostess Brands closing should be blamed on poor and unethical decisions by execs.Contributor: Andrew Riggio Published: Nov 16, 2012
  • Mitt Romney’s ‘Sour Grapes’ Remarks Won’t Win ...
    The losing GOP presidential candidate is at it again. He generalized voters at a post-election event to justify why he lost. Such comments do nothing positive to attract people to the Republican Party.Contributor: Roy A. Barnes Published: Nov 15, 2012
  • Citizens Exercise Right to Ridiculous Petitions
    Citizens have a right to petition for even the most ridiculous reasons.Contributor: Susan Graybeal Published: Nov 14, 2012
  • After Obama's Victory, Time for a New Tea Part ...
    President Barack Obama has won a second term. The question therefore arises, what are those people of good will who have opposed his drive toward socialism at home and appeasement abroad to do?Contributor: Mark Whittington Published: Nov 07, 2012
  • “We’re Freezin’ for a Reason”
    Mitt Romney brings his campaign to the Philadelphia suburbs to bring his point home just two days before the Presidential election.Contributor: Joanne Durann Published: Nov 05, 2012

Popsci - Science

  • This Week In The Future, November 12-16
    A brave new world of mucus Want to win this slightly disgusting Baarbarian illustration on a T-shirt? It's easy! The rules: Follow us on Twitter (we're @PopSci) and retweet our This Week in the Future tweet. One of those lucky retweeters will be chosen to receive a custom T-shirt with this week ...
  • An Orange-Powered Battery And Other Amazing Ph ...
    Including a futuristic skiing dome design, a fingernail-sized octopus, and more Click here to enter the gallery
  • From Google, A Breathtaking Interactive Journe ...
    It's like the trippy parts of A Space Odyssey for Google Chrome, basically. Here's a beautiful way to make yourself feel insignificant. A bunch of space-loving Google employees got together to make 100,000 Stars, a virtual tour through, well, 100,000 stars. You can zoom in and out, tumbling t ...
  • Images Of The Week, November 12-16, 2012
  • 9 Of The Strangest Musical Instruments Of All ...
    From a cello-horn to a harpitar, these music-makers are way more exciting than a plain old piano. In fifth grade, we got to pick our own instruments. The middle-school band director came over and showed us all the options, so we could make an informed decision about exactly which faction of ne ...

Veterans Today

  • “Anonymous” Winning Cyber-War Over ...
    When the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) this week began taking military action in the Gaza strip against Hamas (as the IDF announced on Twitter), Anonymous declared its own war as part of #OpIsrael. Among the casualties are thousands of email addresses and passwords, hundreds of Israeli Web sites, ...
  • A Radical Remedy for Veterans – Humanity ...
    I read this article on the drugging of soldiers recently and realized that the men they are writing about represent a few tiny drops in the ocean of suffering that we as a society have created through war and the aftermath, through inhuman designs and inhuman acts. This ocean of suffering is all ...
  • Gaza: The Red Line Israel Crassly Crossed
    By Ismail Salami   Reports indicate that Israel is reportedly setting the stage for a full-scale war on Gaza. According to Israeli media, 16,000 reservists are being briefed on a full-scale war on the Gaza Strip while Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has ordered 75,000 military reservist ...
  • President Morsi, Time for Material Support, NO ...
    Mr. Morsi, yet another savage massacre is underway across the Egyptian border in the besieged Gaza and you heard Israel’s lapdogs and lapbitches across the pond howling in unison at Palestinians and justifying their killing by Israeli army.
  • Oswald’s spy colleague girlfriend: &#822 ...
    "And the next day, Martha was dead."

War is Business

Hudson's Weather & Climate

  • Antarctica sea ice & latest global temperatures
    ANTARCTICA The record breaking Arctic sea ice minimum recorded this summer (based on satellite data) was well documented in the media and on this blog. Conversely, at the other end of the world, little mention was made of the Antarctica ice extent which approached a record high in September, a ...
  • 'High risk' of further flooding this winter
    Ground water levels remain unseasonably high across parts of Yorkshire following the very wet conditions this summer, according to the Environment Agency. Although autumn is traditionally the wettest season of the year, the land is more saturated than normal because of excessive rainfall since ...
  • First cold snap of the season
    After a relentlessly gloomy week, much clearer but colder air is on its way from the Arctic in the next 12 hours, giving us our first cold snap of the season, albeit a short lived one. Some of us, mainly in eastern parts of the region will see showers, and the air will be cold enough for some ...
  • Quiet spell of autumn weather on the way
    After what has seemed like a relentless period of unsettled weather stretching back to the end of March, it's nice to be able to report that a quieter spell of weather seems likely next week - although talk of an 'Indian Summer', for our region at least, is a little far-fetched. Friday and Sat ...
  • A step forward in forecasting cold winters?
    Sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) has been the 'in' topic in meteorological circles in the last couple of years, ever since the severe winter of 2009/2010 in which December was the coldest since the late 19th century. SSW is linked to sudden large increases in temperature over a few days in t ...

Internat'l Political Economy

  • F1 in Hickville: The United States Grand Prix
    Yee-haw! Y'all jus' be wonderin' 'bout how F1 landed in Texus thus weekund! The news agency Reuters is usually very reliable--especially when it comes to financial news. However, I take immense exception to this feature entitled "Motor racing-U.S. goes from F1 wasteland to land of promise" as th ...
  • I [Heart] Hamas: Egypt, Terror & Asking IMF $4.8B
    It is widely accepted that international financial institutions (IFIs) the World Bank and IMF are still dominated by the US which effectively brought them to existence so many decades ago despite America's obviously diminished financial standing. In an interesting twist of geopolitics, here's on ...
  • Foreign Private Investors Dump Treasuries in Sept
    MarketWatch alerted me to the fact that foreign private investors dumped the most Treasuries ever in the month of September based on Treasury International Capital System (TICS) data: Foreign investors were net sellers of $18.3 billion of Treasurys in September, the largest amount on record, Tr ...
  • US v China in FTAs: TPP, Meet the PRC's 'RCEP'
    So the FTA battle in rejoined: In the run-up to the ASEAN summit this weekend, here's a feature about (surprise!) another FTA arrangement that should soon be negotiated in the Asia-Pacific. It is no big secret that the United States and China do not see eye to eye about who should take the leade ...
  • How Scuderia Ferrari Improved a Hospital ICU [!]
    Longtime readers will know from my blog FAQs that I am most excited about the field of IPE borrowing from different social science disciplines and beyond--anthropology, human geography, neurology, sociology...even moral philosophy and theology. If you look past largely artificial disciplinary bo ...

Economic Collapse Blog

  • The Worst Economic Numbers In More Than A Year
    With everything else that is going on in the world, a lot of people have failed to notice that we are seeing some of the worst economic numbers that we have seen in more than a year.  For example, it was announced on Thursday that initial claims for unemployment benefits have hit their highest l ...
  • There Will Be War In The Middle East
    The military action that we are watching in the Middle East right now is just a preview of coming attractions.  Tensions in the region are rising with each passing day, and all sides have been anticipating future conflicts and preparing for war for decades.  It would be wonderful if everyone cou ...
  • Will The Wealthy Race To Dump Stocks And Other ...
    The election results made it abundantly clear that taxes are going to be going up, and right now a lot of wealthy people all over America are trying to figure out how to best position themselves for the hit that is coming.  There are a whole host of tax cuts that are set to expire [...]
  • Share This Massive List Of Post-Election Firin ...
    The victory by Barack Obama on election night has resulted in a huge wave of firings and layoffs all over America.  A large number of businesses seem to have suddenly shifted into panic mode.  The number of layoff announcements that we have seen in the last 48 hours has been absolutely shocking. ...
  • The Politicians We Have Chosen Reflect Who We ...
    The American people have spoken.  It is estimated that approximately 6 billion dollars was spent on political campaigns in 2012, and we ended up exactly in the same place that we were before.  Barack Obama is still in the White House, the Democrats still have solid control of the U.S. Senate and ...

Infoshop - Alt Media

E U Times

  • Low cost airline to start selling standing fli ...
    The head of Irish low cost airline Ryanair, Michael O’Leary, known for his extravagant and even shocking statements, has started to actively promote the idea of “standing seats” at company aircraft. O’Leary does not worry about the fact that European safety regulations re ...
  • BBC’s Climate Propaganda Exposed as Secret Pan ...
    In scientific circles, the exact causes of climate change are heavily debated, but if you listened to the mainstream media you would be led to believe that they were all in agreement, and all believed that climate change was entirely man made and carbon based. Most of these mainstream sources al ...
  • Obama angry at Netanyahu over Gaza assault
    Timing of the recent escalation in tension between Israel and Gaza is not coincidental. It is a calculated move, Phyllis Bennis, director of the Institute for Policy Studies has told RT. “The Israelis launched their attack shortly after the US elections and shortly before the US was about to swe ...
  • CIA Drug Profits-Russian “Honeypot” Spies Link ...
    An interesting Federal Security Services (FSB) report circulating in the Kremlin today states that President Putin’s firing of Deputy Defense Ministers Dmitry Chushkin and Yelena Kozlova yesterday were “directly related” to their actions in helping the United States uncover the full depth of the ...
  • Israeli Defense Minister approves summons of 3 ...
    Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has approved the summons of 30,000 reserve soldiers. The troops can be called into action by the military at any point, an IDF spokesman told Israel’s Channel 2 TV, as quoted by AFP. Brigadier General Yoav Mordechai said the army was in the process of expandin ...

Voiceless Victim

  • Who is the victim here?
    The arrogant, entitled prince of a wealthy, influential monarchical religious institution which considers itself, and is treated, as above the laws of the land or The damaged, impoverished, abandoned child victims of serial rapists, whose suffering has been dismissed and whose pleas for help hav ...
  • Why did you make us wait so long?
    The sheer joy of Monday’s announcement of a national Royal Commission into child sexual abuse in religious and other institutions in Australia was not the only emotion bringing victims to tears this week. There was sadness at years of unnecessary suffering by victims who had begged and beg ...
  • Australian Prime Minister Announces National R ...
    I woke up today with no expectation that by late afternoon I would achieve an almost impossible dream. But finally victims of child sexual abuse throughout Australia are to be given a voice, to be given a chance of justice, to be able to use our painful experiences to prevent other children havi ...
  • Heartless Hart at it Again
    Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart just cannot stop insulting victims every time he opens his mouth. He wrote another letter this week, in conjunction with his fellow Victorian bishops and leaders of religious orders, which reached its intended audience, the news media, yesterday. He even started o ...
  • True meaning of the word “CATHOLIC”
    C – Callous A – Arrogant T – Totalitarian H – Hierarchy O – Obstinately L – Lying about I – Indecent assaults against C – Children

WL Central

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

U N News

  • General Assembly renews call for end to US emb ...
    For the 21st consecutive year at the United Nations, the General Assembly today adopted a resolution calling for an end to the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba.
  • Haiti: UN warns 1.5 million people could remai ...
    The United Nations food relief agency today warned that more than 1.5 million Haitians could remain at risk of food insecurity well into 2013 if they do not receive adequate assistance to recover from a series of natural disasters that have hit the country over the past six months, including a d ...
  • UN and Haitian Government seek close to $40 mi ...
    The United Nations and the Government of Haiti are seeking close to $40 million in extra funding for humanitarian needs in the Caribbean nation in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy.
  • UN-sponsored aid arrives in Cuba in wake of Hu ...
    Multiple United Nations agencies using emergency funding are the main sponsors behind delivery today of more than 40 tons of humanitarian assistance for Cuba's second largest urban centre, Santiago de Cuba, where Hurricane Sandy wrought widespread damage as it swept through the Caribbean two wee ...
  • Secretary-General saddened by loss of life fol ...
    The United Nations stands ready to lend its support in response to the damage caused by an earthquake which struck Guatemala yesterday, a spokesperson for the world body's Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, while also noting the UN chief's sadness over the event.

Conspiracy Reality TV

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

Rewilding Institute

  • Wild Utah Project needs your help!
    HERE’S WHY: Wild Utah Project is raising awareness and funds for their ongoing sage-grouse campaign because sage-grouse numbers have been diminishing West-wide for years. They have just gone live with their first video, Dance for Survival: Protecting the Sage-Grouse and a fundraising chall ...
  • Sea Shepherd sheds some light on the recent Sh ...
    Posted by Marcel Evans on October 17, 2012 in Science News In the past week The Costa Rica Star has published on the shark finning ban that was signed by Laura Chinchilla in the presence of Sir Richard Branson, near Manuel Antonio National Park. Sea Shepherd is not buying it. This is simply smok ...
  • Progressives to Launch an Environmental Impact ...
    (September 4, 2012)  The DC-based group Progressives for Immigration Reform (PFIR) recently announced a major new project: an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on U.S. immigration policy.  PFIR has also unveiled the website for the new project, and invites public comments on the proper scope ...
  • Prairie Dog Preservation & Black-footed Ferret ...
    Published on Aug 17, 2012 by NewMexicoPBS Why is it important for prairie dogs to be restored to their native habitat? Biologist Dr. Ana Davidson and Petunia (Gunnison’s prairie dog) join us to share insights about the ecology of New Mexico’s grasslands and the importance of reestabl ...
  • Upcoming Public Meetings About the Village at ...
    Please attend these important public meetings about the Village at Wolf Creek access project - The Wolf Creek and Alberta Park – Rio Grande National Forest Land Swap DEIS Comment Period ends September 28th and the Forest Service seems poised to give Leavell-McCombs Joint Venture (LMJV) 204 ...

Asia Sentinel

We Know the Lies

  • Media in Panic Mode to Control Exposure of Age ...
    Opponents of Agenda 21′s local implementation in the United States have begun mounting a notable resistance. At state capitals and city councils, activists are showing up to educate and lobby their elected representatives about the implications of this United Nations’ plan for sovereignty, prope ...
  • S. 3525... ALERT! ... Federal Land Seizure Act ...
    Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) -- who is “F” rated by Gun Owners of America -- is pushing a “hunting” bill that authorizes the Obama administration almost unlimited power to seize private lands for “environmental” purposes. read more
  • Homeless by 'Design'... People in Nevada City ...
    Police in Nevada City are now forcing homeless people to get a permit so they can sleep anywhere on public land, in the woods, or even in their own cars. ~ JG Vibes read more
  • Dictatorship - Socialism... Your Rights Are Be ...
    Little this administration does is open or transparent. Executive orders have reduced if not eliminated much of the role of Congress. read more
  • SCAM ALERT!... Just in Time for Christmas... R ...
    It appears that a new scam is striking retail stores just in time for this Christmas season. Cashiers are ringing up purchases with “cash back” amounts not requested by the customer and then pocketing the money themselves. ~ Tell everyone you know about this! read more

Tarpley

Modern Survivalism

  • Best Turkey Brine Recipe
      Have a look at this turkey brine recipe and consider making a turkey brine for the upcoming Thanksgiving Day holiday turkey dinner. For those of you who haven’t tried a turkey brine, consider giving it a chance. We were very surprised at the difference in flavor from a typical baste ...
  • Airports And Pandemic: Most Dangerous Hubs In US
    (image source: Discover Magazine) Today’s modern world of airline travel and airport hubs could facilitate a rapid deployment of a contagious SuperBug, possibly leading to pandemic. The stark contrast between the time period of the ‘Spanish Flu’ (1918 – 1919) and today&#8 ...
  • Map Of Money Paths Traveled And Population Density
    A study performed by two grad students at Northwestern University reveals the patterns of human mobility, the movement of people, within the United States. The study was conducted by using a tracking system to ‘follow the money’, to track the serial numbers of one dollar bills as the ...
  • Ron Paul Farewell Speech Questions
    Ron Paul, during his farewell speech, asked a number of thought provoking questions, the text of which is indicated below. Ron Paul is a Libertarian (as many of you probably already know). While I do not directly align with any political party (an Independent), except for some of their far edge ...
  • Who Will Benefit: Follow The Money
    Guest Post: by ‘Anon’ This article is about cause and effect. Problem – Reaction – Solution. One goal in writing this is to try to help enlighten those people who still believe the bogeyman hiding under the bed is called ‘Communism’ or ‘Socialism’ – these things are thirty or forty y ...

Fast Company

  • Tim Ferriss Teams Up With BitTorrent
    The popular creator of the 4-Hour series has entered into a new distribution agreement with BitTorrent. Author Tim Ferris, best known for his book The 4-Hour Workweek, is teaming up with BitTorrent to promote his latest book. The popular makers of Torrent clients BitTorrent and µTorr ...
  • Biomimicry Creates New Education Models For Le ...
    We can learn a lot from nature, but first we have to learn how to do that. A whole host of programs--from grade school to graduate school--are now teaching the art of biomimicry. It’s 7:00 a.m. on Prevost Island in British Columbia, Canada. Everyone is up early with winter caps pulle ...
  • Taliban Accidentally Leaks Their Email List
    A public relations representative for the Afghanistani militant movement accidentally CC-ed all addresses on the organization's mailing list to subscribers, including prominent journalists, academics, and local politicians. Note: If you're a terrorist organization, BCC is your friend. A Ta ...
  • There May Or May Not Be a Mating Dance Happeni ...
    Christian Larson contributes the latest entry in Sigur Rós’ "Valtari Mystery Film Experiment," in which 17 different directors try their hand at making videos for the band’s new album. This one’s got extreme dancing. Earlier this year, the enchanted Icelandic sound ...
  • “La Rafle” Tells A Story Of A Terrible, Little ...
    Director Rose Bosch turned years of difficult research into "La Rafle (The Round Up)," the story of France’s shameful WWII moment. The French film La Rafle (The Round Up) was a box office hit and the first film in France to address the summer day in 1942 when some 13,000 Jews were ro ...

Jadaliyya

  • The Politics of Trains
    Amidst Israel’s ongoing “surgical” brutality in the Gaza Strip and the bloodshed of authoritarianism’s slow, stubborn yet very bloody demise in Syria, further tragic and horror was delivered yesterday from an unexpected source. At 7:00 on the morning of 17 November, a speeding train passing thr ...
  • Colonial Experiments in Gaza
    Once again Israel, still the occupying power of Gaza, has unleashed its war machinery on occupied Palestinians. Since the start of the second intifada in 2000, this ritual has become compulsive and repetitive. Israel initiated its new round of bloody violence by targeting Palestinian resistance ...
  • Mowing the Lawn in Gaza
    The mainstream media’s coverage of all things Middle Eastern is almost always toxic. In times of war this toxicity exceeds tolerable levels. I’m not referring to the war in Afghanistan; recently brought under greater attention courtesy of General Petraeus’s body and those with access to it, and ...
  • “Qaboos can make mistakes like anybody else"-- ...
    The summer of 2012 in Oman was punctuated by a litany of reports announcing arrests and convictions of bloggers and human rights activists. This new crackdown on civil society started in May, when two human rights activists and a lawyer were arrested while they tried to interview striking oil wo ...
  • Dissecting IDF Propaganda: The Numbers Behind ...
    In this brief study, I examine the many numbers cited by the Israeli military relating to Gaza rocket attacks into Israel. To begin, Israeli spokespeople frequently remind the world that a million Israeli citizens are within range of Gaza rockets, twelve thousand of which have been fired into I ...

mediagazer

  • BBC begins search for (another) director gener ...
    Guardian: BBC begins search for (another) director general  —  Trust chairman, Lord Patten, rules out lengthy process to find successor in wake of George Entwistle's 54 ill-fated days  —  When Lord Patten unveiled George Entwistle as the new man in charge of the ...
  • Rupert Murdoch sorry for Jewish tweet (Katie G ...
    Katie Glueck / Politico: Rupert Murdoch sorry for Jewish tweet  —  Rupert Murdoch apologized Sunday for a tweet in which he had singled out the “Jewish-owned press” for providing “anti-Israel” coverage.  —  “'Jewish owned press' have ...
  • Israel targets (and defends attacking) journal ...
    Allison Deger / Mondoweiss: Israel targets (and defends attacking) journalists in Gaza  —  Al-Quds TV cameraman Khader al-Zahhar after Israeli air strike on media building, Gaza, 18 November 2012.  (Photo: Ali Hassan/Reuters)  —  Early this morning, just aft ...
  • Major Garrett Named CBS News Chief White House ...
    Chris Ariens / TVNewser: Major Garrett Named CBS News Chief White House Correspondent  —  Major Garrett, who left Fox News Channel two years ago for National Journal, is returning to TV and has been named Chief White House correspondent for CBS News.  The announcement was m ...
  • Gaza journalists wounded by Israeli attack on ...
    Reuters: Gaza journalists wounded by Israeli attack on buildings  —  (Reuters) - Israeli aircraft hit two Gaza media buildings on Sunday, wounding eight journalists and drawing concern from press covering the fighting between Palestinian militants and the Jewish state.

Chemtrail News

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

World News - Top Stories

  • Israeli Army ready to widen Gaza operatio ...
    Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday said the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) were prepared to widen, if necessary, their ongoing Operation Pillar of Defence. "We are exacting a heavy price from the Hamas and other...
  • Israel courts a veto on Palestinian state ...
    FOREIGN Minister Bob Carr has called on Israel to show restraint in its retaliation against Gaza-based militants as the Israeli government urged Australia to oppose a looming UN vote that would recognise Palestinian statehood. Also in this story Login to read the rest of this article User Lo ...
  • A new era in the U.S. relationship in thi ...
    Related topics PentagonLeon PanettaASEANCambodiaAustraliaPacific Advertisement On November 16, 2012 Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta gave a speech where he reaffirmed the importance of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). “Today, we reaffirm the importance of ASEAN unity for ...
  • Lufthansa says aims to hold its own in an ...
    FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German flagship carrier Deutsche Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) is shaping up its business to have an equal footing should it take part in any global merger talks...
  • Lufthansa says aims to hold its own in an ...
    FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German flagship carrier Deutsche Lufthansa is shaping up its business to have an equal footing should it take part in any global merger talks in the future, its chief executive told a German paper. "Should there be negotiations over mergers across continents in the futu ...

no frakking consensus

  • Busy Days
    I'll be participating in the WattsUpWithThat answer to Al Gore's 24-hour web project this week. Additionally, I'll be talking to a university class tomorrow and addressing a climate skeptics' conference in Munich on December 1st.
  • Celebrating Human Life
    A searing critique of environmental thought has emerged from an unlikely source - contemporary French philosophy.
  • Logical Conclusion to Scientific Prognostications?
    Scientists often claim to know what the future holds. In such a milieu, some people will want revenge when science gets it wrong.
  • The ‘Screw Science’ Media and Supe ...
    When science departs from the scary-story script, journalists are the first to dismiss its importance.
  • IPCC Author Becomes Green Party Apparatchik
    A lead author of the IPCC's 'hard science' section is a Green Party candidate and deputy leader.

Anna's News

  • Now it's 4D film: The high-tech cinemas which ...
    Hollywood is converting blockbuster films into 4-D because cinemagoers are shunning pricey multi-dimensional 3-D versionsBut the experience has left some fans feeling sick, damp and pummeled after watching movies like Kung Fu Panda 2 and the latest ...... Submitted by Anna Smith to Science & ...
  • 10 Best British Open Performances
    Rory McIlroy's Tiger-esque performance at Congressional has many golf fans wondering what the 22-year-old has in store for Royal St. George's, one of the most difficult courses in the Open Championship rotation. Past winners Walter Hagen, Sandy Lyle and.. Submitted by Anna Smith to World   ...
  • Tiny snails survive digestion by birds
    Snails are able to survive intact after being eaten by birds, according to scientists.Japanese white-eyes on the island of Hahajima, Japan feast on tiny land snails. Submitted by Anna Smith to Animals  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • National Parks at Risk: Photos
    National parks represent our country's last stronghold of wilderness. But the large majority of parks are suffering, too.Ninety-five percent of parks assessed in a recent study have lost key species that once helped define them. Meanwhile, 91 percent .... Submitted by Anna Smith to Animals &nbs ...
  • Suicide rates in Europe 'linked' to financial ...
    The financial crisis "almost certainly" led to an increase in suicides across Europe, health experts say.The analysis by US and UK researchers found a rise in suicides was recorded among working age people from 2007 to 2009 in nine of the 10 nations...... Submitted by Anna Smith to Health & Well ...

Medical Marijuana

  • 11/13/12 - Palestinian Authority to Seek Non-M ...
    israelipalestinian.procon.org - Palestinian Authority to Seek Non-Member State Status at UN
  • 11/7/12 - 2012 Election Results
    2012election.procon.org  - 2012 Election Results - President Barack Obama has been elected to a second term in office with 50% of the popular vote. See our election results page for the final popular vote totals as they are updated. Third party results will be added as soon as ...
  • 11/7/12 - Should gay marriage be legal?
    gaymarriage.procon.org – Should gay marriage be legal? – Read pro and con quotes from experts, politicians and organizations including Barack Obama (pro), Mike Huckabee (con), Dick Cheney (pro), George W. Bush (con), the American Psychological Association (pro), and the Church of Jesus Christ of ...
  • 11/7/12 - Maryland and Maine become the first ...
    gaymarriage.procon.org - Maryland and Maine become the first states to legalize gay marriage by popular vote. Washington state results still pending. As of now, 8 states with legal gay marriage and 39 states with same-sex marriage ban.
  • 11/7/12 - Massachusetts voters approved medica ...
    medicalmarijuana.procon.org - Massachusetts voters approved medical marijuana, which is now legal in 18 states and DC. Arkansas voters rejected medical marijuana, and Montana voters upheld a 2011 law that imposes restrictions on medical marijuana.

Truth About Our World

Gyrovague's Raves

  • V. Bush
    Vannevar Bush This has not been a scientist’s war; it has been a war in which all have had a part. The scientists, burying their old professional competition in the demand of a common cause, have shared greatly and learned much. It has been exhilarating to work in effective partnership. No ...
  • The Killing of the Liberal Arts
    JOSEPH EPSTEIN In a loose definition, the “liberal arts” denote college study anchored in preponderantly Western literature, philosophy, and history, with science, mathematics, and foreign languages playing a substantial, though less central, role; in more recent times, the social science subjec ...
  • Tyrants and Art
    Culture thrives on conflict and antagonism, not social harmony – a point made rather memorably by a certain Harry Lime, says philosopher John Gray. "In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vin ...
  • Barthes in China
    Adrian Versteegh “It will be necessary to start off with the major fact,” writes Roland Barthes in Travels in China, “the absolute uniformity of clothes.” That this should count as a “major fact”—partway through a journal that opens with a gripe about freshly stained trousers—ought to provide so ...
  • Tokyo’s Katsumi
    Japan’s most volatile politician is making a splash in the South China Sea — and the Chinese are beating the drums of war. MARK MACKINNON "I do what I do because I want to," Shintaro Ishihara wrote in his 1956 novel The Punishment Room. "Do what you please, and sooner or ...

In Verbena | Royal Society

  • Enough funding on the Horizon?
    Today Sir Tim Hunt FRS and Jules Hoffmann (NobelPrize winners in medicine in 2001 and 2011 respectively) met with Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, to press for a healthy settlement for the European research budget – ‘Horizon 2020’. They joined a press conference this lu ...
  • All Aboard the Stem Cell Rollercoaster
    Anyone trying to keep up with recent developments in stem cell research is in for a bumpy ride. The field has had its ups and downs, a particular high point being John Gurdon FRS and Shinya Yamanaka winning the 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine for their paradigm-shifting work on induced pluripotent ...
  • African Academies in London
    Jackie Olang is the Programme Director for the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC). The Royal Society has been working closely with NASAC over recent years, on an number of activities with science academies across Africa On 29th October 2012, the African Academies delegates arrived in L ...
  • George Osborne talks science and sausage machines
    It was an earlier than normal start for some us at the Society last Friday morning, as we prepared to welcome the Chancellor of the Exchequer in to the building; our colleagues on reception are not accustomed to seeing so many of the Science Policy Centre in before 8am. Not that we can complain ...
  • Looking forward to a Labour science policy
    Ed Miliband certainly stirred his troops in to a frenzy of enthusiasm last Tuesday in Manchester. Labour party conference last week was quite different to my first visit to party conference world last year; the party in opposition seemed to me to be confident and business-like. At many events we ...

NAU Resistance

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

Gaea Times

  • Now, hairbrush that reads your mind
    WASHINGTON - Who says hairbrush can only be used to comb locks? Scientists have made a hairbrush like device that would be able to monitor mental activity. One of the main techniques for measuring and monitoring mental activity, called functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), can often b ...
  • Man U?s bemused Fergie tells shifty Roo to res ...
    LONDON - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has told key striker Wayne Rooney that he must respect the club and its traditions if he wants to stay on. Commenting on reports that suggest that the star player wants to leave Manchester United for another club - either Manchester City or ...
  • Google Street Viewers spot ?God? floating over ...
    SYDNEY - Google Street View has spotted a god-like figure floating midair above a lake in Quarten, Switzerland. Although the image, discovered by the Gawker blog, is apparently the result of some sort of light distortion or lens flare, blogger Max Read has questioned whether it might have more ...
  • Dogs reduce stress in autistic children: Study
    WASHINGTON - Dogs-apart from being man’s best friend-have a special role to play in the lives of children with special needs. A new study by the Universite de Montreal has suggested that specifically trained service dogs can help reduce the anxiety and enhance the socialization skills of ...
  • How sex hormones influence right heart function
    WASHINGTON - A new study has revealed human sex hormones influence the structure and function of the right ventricle (RV) of the heart. The researchers found that in women receiving hormone therapy, higher estrogen levels were associated with higher RV ejection fraction and lower RV end-systol ...

TruthNews Australia

  • Halloween Special with Josh Jackson - Part 2
    Part 2 of Halloween Special with Josh Jackson
  • Halloween Special with Josh Jackson - Part 1
    In tonight's show we bring you a menagerie of weirdness as we plough through the many bizarre themes which dominate the news on this Halloween night. We look at recent developments in the Julian Assange case, with a Parliamentary Briefing on the case now in progress. In the 2nd hour am joine ...
  • Chemtrails Revisited - Part 1
    In today's show I spend a good deal of time talking about why I don't subscribe to the theory that there is a global campaign of aerosol spraying (aka chemtrails) going on. In the 2nd hour I am joined by Josh Jackson, who chimes in with his views regarding the alleged spraying. This discussi ...
  • World Roundup with Damon Crowe - Part 1
    Our first hour guest in today's show is Damon Crowe. Our discussion ranges through many issues affecting the world today, with an emphasis on the warped psychology of the manipulators who run our global financial systems. In hour 2 we bring you a shocking story of medical tyranny from Australi ...
  • Introducing Aussie Beach TV - Part 1
      SlideShowPro({ attributes: { id: "album-13", width: 600, height: 400 }, mobile: { auto: false }, params: { bgcolor: "#000000", allowfullscreen: true }, flashvars: { xmlFilePath: "http://www.truthnews.com.au/slideshowpro/images.php?album=13" } }); ...

Beacon

  • There are One Million Species in the Ocean
    Common Octopus, one species in a million ©Oceana/Carlos Minguell It is difficult to describe the ocean's vastness and variety of life, but that is exactly what some researchers have tried to do. In a study released this week, and carried out with the help of 270 taxonomists from 32 countries, ...
  • Seismic Testing Proposal Rejected in California
    Seismic testing deafens dolphins ©Oceana Yesterday the California Coastal Commission rejected a proposal by Pacific Gas and Electric to conduct high-energy seismic testing in the ocean surrounding the Diablo Canyon Power Plant near Morro Bay, CA, citing the unacceptable harm such testing woul ...
  • Great White Sharks Caught off of Los Angeles
    In the video above, people are shocked that a fisherman accidentally caught two great whites off of the pier at Manhattan Beach in Los Angeles in the same day (both sharks were released). But, in fact, this isn’t too surprising given that the waters off of Southern California are the main nurser ...
  • The Dirty Weather Report
    Between regular 100-year storms, record heat waves and epic droughts watching the weather channel has certainly become more interesting of late. This is “dirty weather” according to the Climate Reality Project, that is, weather that is increasingly influenced by carbon dioxide pollution from bur ...
  • Corals Call on Fish Bodyguards for Protection
    A goby finds shelter and food in its host coral ©Georgia Tech/Danielle Dixson When there’s invading seaweed in your neighborhood, who you gonna call? Well, a new study by scientists at Georgia Tech shows that when corals are threatened by toxic algae they use chemical signals to call for help ...

Civilian Military Intelligence Group

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Taylor Marsh

  • Spell Checking the Ten Commandments
    If you’re going to create a six-foot tall granite “tablet” of the Ten Commandments (Christian version, of course), making certain the large-and-easy-to-read text is accurate would surely be a priority. The recently installed Ten Commandment monument at the Oklahoma state capitol, however, appare ...
  • Will Petraeus-gate Wake Up America on Homeland ...
    THE QUESTION in all this is whether having an elite establishment player sucked into the turbine of America’s massive anti privacy establishment will result in any light dawning on how our country has changed and just how depleted our civil liberties are today. As far as I can tell it will ...
  • College Sports Roundup: The BCS is Still Screw ...
    TM NOTE: The following post is authored by my big brother, Larry Marshall, who is an “incurable college sports fan.” He’s visiting and we spent Saturday glued to college football until the remote cried for mercy at around midnight. The fun we had also inspires a huge shout out ...
  • Martha Raddatz Latest to Ask If Democrats are ...
    IT’S A repeated question that continues to reveal the general media denseness on taxes when it comes to expanding the amount the wealthiest in this country pay.  Even Martha Raddatz seems genuinely perplexed at why President Obama has emphasized the need to raise taxes, which is supported ...
  • Gaza Bombing Continues as Possible “Truce” is ...
    Israel bombed militant targets in Gaza for a fifth straight day on Sunday, launching aerial and naval attacks as its military prepared for a possible ground invasion, though Egypt saw “some indications” of a truce ahead. [Reuters] LATE SATURDAY, both Egypt’s President Mohammed ...

Hudson New York

  • "Islam Needs a Fair Chance in Germany"
    Hamburg, the second-largest city in Germany, has concluded a historic treaty" with its Muslim communities that grants Muslims broad new rights and privileges but does little to encourage their integration into German society. The November 13 agreement,
  • Minorities in Pakistan
    Liaqat Masih, the name he gave, said that he and his refined and elegant wife had given up their positions in the school system and moved to Lahore to build a better future their son. Minority communities migrated to the big cities hoping there would be
  • Suggestions for the Arab Gulf
    Nothing can teach us more about the perils of a promised rapid transition to liberal democracy than the human rights abuses and chaos we ­­­have witnessed recently in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. The West called these revolutions, or this upheaval, the
  • Who Is Really Besieging Gaza?
    A photo of the "Prime Minister" of Hamas's government in the Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniyeh, buying Israeli grapes in Gaza, with a boy standing next to him enjoying a bag of Israeli chips has been circulating online among Palestinians. The photo is an
  • How "Moderate" Palestinians Succumb to Threats
    Today there is almost no room for moderates among the Palestinians. Any Palestinian who dares to talk about compromise and peace with Israel, or even meet with Israelis, is immediately denounced as a "traitor" and "defeatist." Take, for example, the most

Urban Survival

  • Secrets of the Spreadsheet: Stress Testing
    If you want a little peekaboo into what the future could hold for the US economy it’s worth looking at the Federal Reserve’s rules that implement stress test requirements of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.   … Continue reading →
  • Coping: With Earthquake Symptoms
    As of press time this morning, no sign of a 7.0 or larger earthquake, but I’m not disappointed yet.  As I mentioned in an update on Friday (and on my FB page) I have a real wave of tiredness which … Continue reading →
  • CPI; Inflation? What Inflation?
    We begin this morning’s liturgy at Church of the Almighty Dollar by reading from the Book of Labor, Act 12, verse 15,  which is not nearly as interesting as pastor Howard Hill’s sermon “Virtuous Ponzi” but is more personal and … Continue reading →
  • Coping: The Soft Arrival of Currency Controls
    There’s a very good, little noticed article on Forbes (by Jon Matonis) under the headline “Department of Homeland Security to Scan Payment Cards at Borders and Airports.” Currency controls have long been a bothersome issue with me.  On the one … Continue reading →
  • Why the Market’s Declining
    The wise-ass answer would be the shorter thing to report:  “More sellers than buyers at a given price….“  And although, yeah, that’s basically IT, alright, there’s a little more to it.  One thought which has been floating among some of … Continu ...

Trends & Forecasts

  • 13 Reasons Why America is Doomed
    13 Reasons Why The USA is Doomed Today... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story & My new website http://www.newsbooze.com ]]
  • Black Friday Madness ~ Only in America
    America's Crazy Holiday Shopping Madness. Come... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story & My new website http://www.newsbooze.com ]]
  • Webster Tarpley ~ A Mysterious Council of Nine ...
    Netanyahou could easily fall in the coming... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story & My new website http://www.newsbooze.com ]]
  • The War on GAZA in The Prophecy ~ ISRAEL ON BR ...
    The War on GAZA in The Prophecy ~ ISRAEL ON BRINK... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story & My new website http://www.newsbooze.com ]]
  • Links for 2012-11-17 [del.icio.us]
    James Turk & Max Keiser on the 2nd Anniversary of Crash JP Morgan buy Silver Marc Faber : I would rather be long precious metals than industrial commodities | GOLD and SILVER MARKET Marc Faber : I would rather be long precious metals than industrial commodities 150 Reasons to Secede From ...

Radical Chic

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

Boston Blog ( Nature Network)

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NRDC Switchboard

  • Perpetuating the Illusion of Water Abundance
    Kate Poole, Senior Attorney, San Francisco My colleague Ed Osann blogged recently about how new tiered water rates approved by the California Public Utilities Commission will allow water users to save money and make better use of our scarce water re ...
  • Oil Platform Fire Sends Shockwaves Through Gul ...
    Rocky Kistner, Communications Associate, Washington, DC An oil platform explosion and fire today near the site of the nation’s greatest offshore oil spill in history—BP’s Deepwater Horizon—sent shivers up the spines of m ...
  • Latin America Green News: Chile bikes to work, ...
    Amanda Maxwell, Latin America Advocate, Washington, DC Latin America Green News is a selection of weekly news highlights about environmental and energy issues in Latin America. Please note that we will not publish the Green News next week becau ...
  • Corps to Cutback Substance, Public Participati ...
    Meleah Geertsma, Staff Attorney, Midwest Program, Chicago, IL What’s the latest news in the fight to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes? This week in Chicago, the Army Corps of Engineers held the first of several “charrettes” t ...
  • Thousands to Rally Against the Keystone XL Tar ...
    Elizabeth Shope, Advocate, Washington, D.C. President is back in the White House… and it seems from news coverage that the effort to push that zombie Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is back too. The good news is, we’re back, too! ...

Injustice Everywhere

  • Code of Silence ‘Alive and Well’
    From the Chicago Tribune: Obrycka was working at a Northwest Side tavern when Abbate, after an afternoon of heavy drinking, staggered behind the bar. She tried to stop him; he threw her to the floor and repeatedly punched her in … Continue reading →Code of Silence ‘Alive and We ...
  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 8 reports of police misconduct tracked for Wednesday, November 14, 2012: Update: Chicago, Illinois: A woman who was brutally attacked by an officer, while working as a bartender, was awarded $850,000. The Jury deemed that there was … Continue reading →National Police Mis ...
  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 7 reports of police misconduct tracked for Tuesday, November 13, 2012: Portland, Oregon: An officer who worked registering sex offenders will now have to register as one himself. He pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography. He … Continue reading →National Police Mi ...
  • National Police Misconduct Newsfeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 9 reports of police misconduct tracked for Saturday, November 10 to Monday November 12, 2012: Valley Brook, Oklahoma: A police chief who pleaded guilty to drug charges was not given any prison time. He was found with … Continue reading →National Police Misconduct Newsfee ...
  • The Carlos Miller Case: Jury Says ‘Not Guilty’
    Carlos Miller was arrested for filming the police.  Resisting the pressure to accept a “deal,” he risked more prison time simply by insisting on his right to a jury trial.  According to Miller, the prosecutor told the jury that Miller … Continue reading →The Car ...

Total Collapse

  • US ‘backs’ Turkish bid for Patriots
    Washington supports Turkey’s request for the deployment of NATO’s Patriot missiles along its border with Syria, U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has said in an interview with Voice of America (VOA). The Pentagon chief said the U.S. supported the request and that talks with Turkey were unde ...
  • One Thousands British Troops on ‘Syria standby’
    More than a thousand Royal Marines could be sent to Syria as the conflict’s humanitarian toll reaches crisis levels. It comes two days after foreign secretary William Hague urged for more involvement by the International community, and a week after defence chief Gen Sir David Richards confirmed ...
  • Turkey will officially request deployment of N ...
    From Reuters:  Turkey will formally ask NATO on Monday to set up missiles on its border with Syria due to growing concern about spillover from a 20-month-old civil war in its neighbor, a German newspaper reported on Saturday. The Munich-based Sueddeutsche Zeitung, which did not cite its sources, ...
  • WW3 in Development: Russia will side with Egyp ...
    Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country will back Egyptian efforts to put an end to the Israeli aggression in the besieged Gaza Strip. In a telephone conversation with Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Friday, Putin said Russia planned to support Cairo’s efforts directed at nor ...
  • State of emergency declared for hospitals acro ...
    Isreal declares state of emergency for all hospitals in the occupied territories as Ehud Barak orders call-up of fresh troop reserves, Isreali media say. Source.

Daily Dose

  • TNW’s Daily Dose: WordPress takes Bitcoi ...
    WordPress.com takes Bitcoin, Facebook spreads gifts, the BBC kicks off its original YouTube programming and Call of Duty: Black Ops II slays the competition. It’s all in today’s Daily Dose.... Keep reading →
  • TNW’s Daily Dose: Flipboard Books, Googl ...
    Flipboard teams up with Apple’s iBooks, Google gets windier and iPad minis go missing from JKF airport. It’s all in today’s Daily Dose. You can catch The Daily Dose every... Keep reading →
  • TNW’s Daily Dose: Nexus sales, governmen ...
    Google’s Nexus devices sell like hot cakes, while it’s transparency report is worrying. Also – get your Zombie apocalypse supplies from Amazon – it’s all in today’s Daily Dose. You... Keep reading →
  • TNW’s Daily Dose: BlackBerry 10 gets a launch ...
    BlackBerry 10 is to be officially revealed at an event on 30 January 2013, YouTube is putting more money into original content, and Kim Dotcom’s Mega service gets a domain,... Keep reading →
  • TNW’s Daily Dose: Facebook charts your friends ...
    Facebook rolls out new friendship pages, Apple donates $2.5m to the American Red Cross, and the Pope is heading to Twitter. It’s all in today’s Daily Dose. You can catch... Keep reading →

Beyond Zero Emissions

  • Coal seam gas faces tax bill of billions
    By Paddy Manning. Source: Sydney Morning Herald AUSTRALIA'S coal seam gas industry could face future carbon tax liabilities of up to $4 billion a year if ''fugitive'' emissions of methane from unconventional gas production turn out to be substantially higher than expected.Three huge coal sea ...
  • Wind farms lower power bills: authorities
    By Samantha Landy. Source: Weekly Times Mt Millar wind farm, SA. Photo by David Clarke. WIND energy is helping decrease South Australian energy bills, not increase them, clean energy authorities say. Climate and energy think-tank Beyond Zero Emissions said the suggestion wind farms upped power ...
  • Coal industry thriving, but at what social and ...
    Coal mining in NSW’s Hunter region co-exists with wine growing, racehorse breeding, dairy and other pastoral industries. Jo Schmaltz By Ruth Colagiuri and Emily Morrice. Source: The Conversation If you believe industry propaganda, coal mining is a panacea not only for economic ills b ...
  • Mine dust danger warning
    By Matthew Kelly, Oct. 29. Source: Newcastle Herald THE health effects of coalmining on Upper Hunter communities has been significantly under-represented, probably due to a lack of research, a new study says. The study, commissioned by the Zero Emissions Group, coincides with an unprecedented ...
  • Research needed into Hunter’s coalmines
    By Ian Olver. Source: Newcastle Herald I DID not expect the lecture room at the University of Sydney to be overflowing for the release of a report on the impact of coalmining. But it was. The group Beyond Zero Emissions had commissioned Ruth Colaguiri’s group at the university to review all ...

Monga Bay ( News )

  • Population of rare island-bound jay in Califor ...
    A rare jay found on an island off the California coast may be endangered, but its population is rebounding due to conservation efforts, reports a new study published in the journal Ecological Applications.
  • Hong Kong authorities intercept shipment with ...
    Officials in Hong Kong have made a second major ivory bust in less than a month, reports the Associated Press.
  • Good Derivatives: A Story of Financial and Env ...
    In Good Derivatives: A Story of Financial and Environmental Innovation, Richard Sandor, PhD has written a rich compelling first-person narrative of the development of financial futures and environmental markets over the past 40 years. With personal stories describing both failures and successes, ...
  • Indian coal giant targets forests
    The world’s largest coal producer, the state-run Coal India Ltd., plans to massively expand mining in forest areas to help meeting surging demand for electricity, reports The Wall Street Journal.
  • Activists protesting controversial Cameroon pa ...
    Activists protesting conversion of rainforest to an oil palm plantation have been arrested in Cameroon, reports Greenpeace.

Sierra Express

  • Sierra Leone Election Live by The National Ele ...
    What? Sierra Leonean civil society will have unprecedented access to real-time data on information including turn-out, voter demographics, corruption levels and results during their national election on November 17. In Freetown, National Election Watch (a coalition of monitoring organizations), ...
  • Voting Peaceful in Kenema, Sierra Leone
    13:14 p.m. Kenema City, Kenema Distrct – Voters in this city started voting in the early hours of today to cast their votes for their preferred candidates in the general elections. It is very peaceful and quiet so far in this city dubbed the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) strongh ...
  • In Sierra Leone Thousands Gather in Bo Distric ...
    Bo, Sierra Leone – Ward 235, Constituency 70 – thousands of Sierra Leonean voters have gathered here to vote for candidates of their choice to govern them both at central and local governments for the next five years. So far, two main political parties, the ruling All People’s ...
  • The Twitter Dispute Over Real Estate
    Obama has just clinched his second term to lead America and the world. As the head of the clinical team, he has been given the life support machine to resuscitate America from its financial coma. The diagnosis? “Fiscal Cliff”. It is that time of the year again, the season of goodwill to all men. ...
  • Salone first, cam first
    At last, the long awaited day is upon us. With a reported 1,000 local observers and contingents of Election Observers from the EU, ECOWAS, the African Union, The Commonwealth and the Carter Centre, it is undeniably true that once again, the citizens have another opportunity to tell the world tha ...

Dairy Industry - NZ Herald

  • White gold rush: Shady traders put cloud over ...
    New Zealand's white gold rush is gathering momentum.Ever since melamine, a toxic industrial chemical, got into China's milk supply in 2008 many parents in the world's second-biggest economy have been unwilling to feed their children...
  • China interest in Fonterra fund 'predictable' ...
    Fonterra said it would not comment on a report that it was talking to China Investment Corp regarding participation in the upcoming Fonterra Shareholders Fund, other than to say that it was talking to a large number of institutions.A...
  • Fonterra mum on China Govt share buy report
    Fonterra said it had been talking with a large number of institutional investors about its upcoming Fonterra Shareholders Fund offer but that it was impossible to know what their intentions might be until the bookbuild process for...
  • Fonterra market offer oversubscribed
    Fonterra's $500 million sharemarket offer has attracted intense interest, requiring brokers to heavily scale back applications and forcing some investors to miss out entirely, say market sources.The "book-build" for broker allocations...
  • Sue Kedgley: Clean green image hides a dark re ...
    News that New Zealand cows are being fed genetically modified soy and cottonseed meal has come as a shock to many consumers who imagined our dairy cows were happily chomping away on an exclusive diet of lush green grass.It will...

Hit & Run | Reason

  • Reason TV Replay: Great Moments in Unintended ...
    Over the objections of governors, livestock farmers, and environmental groups, the EPA declined to relax current ethanol standards. Reason TV profiled the unintended consequences of ethanol regulations two years ago. Here is the original text from the Dec. 8, 2010 video ...
  • Noah Berlatsky on Captain America
    Captain America isn't just another superhero: He embodies a national identity and geopolitical ideology. Or so says Jason Dittmer in his new book, Captain America and the Nationalist Superhero. Cap, according to Dittmer, is the prototype of the "nationalist superhero," a comic-book s ...
  • Reason TV Replay: Why the Feds Banned Four Lok ...
    While the Food and Drug Administration investigates Monster, Rockstar, and 5-Hour Energy, we look back at the fate of a similarly targeted beverage. Here is the original text from the Dec 22, 2010 Reason TV video: On December 21, Ramiro Diaz was arrested for selling ...
  • Sheldon Richman on Republicans Reconsidering I ...
    Mitt Romney’s loss to Barack Obama has so shocked the Republican Party that it now is willing to question long-held positions, says Sheldon Richman. If defeat prompts Republicans to abandon anti-freedom convictions, that’s all to the good—even if the abandonment is cynically motivate ...
  • Greg Beato on Big Brother's Border Blindness
    In America today, an expanding network of surveillance cameras tracks our bank deposits, our shopping expeditions, and our workplace trysts in the supply closet. When we venture online, hundreds of companies diligently note the websites we consume, the files we download, and the com ...

Mercury Rising

  • Will OWS’ Rolling Jubilee Cause Tax Issu ...
    The Rolling Jubilee debt elimination project is one of the best ideas to come out of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Yet some, most notably Yves Smith of Naked Capitalism, have raised concerns that eliminating debt in this fashion might create tax liabilities for the former debtors. It turns ou ...
  • Obama victory margin up to 3%
    The Republicans want to say the election was close. It was not. Via Mark Sumner, DK As Charlie Cook says, the Republicans are engaging in wishful thinking in presenting this as a close election. They have now lost the popular vote in five of the past six presidential elections, from 1992 on. For ...
  • Where does your state stand on income inequality?
    Center for Budget Policy and Priorities has the skinny. Minnesota, for example.
  • Where does your state stand on income inequality?
    Center for Budget Policy and Priorities has the skinny. Minnesota, for example.
  • Honduras: what we’d like to say
    Press session at the State Department: QUESTION: I actually have one more Latin American question. MS. NULAND: Yeah. QUESTION: And if you don’t have anything on it, maybe you could take it. It’s on Honduras. MS. NULAND: Okay. QUESTION: Political intimidation, repression – apparently, I believe, ...

Reality Sandwich

  • McKenna Brotherhood
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  • Climate Change Influenced Maya Downfall
    The Maya was one of the most advanced civilizations in history, and its seemingly sudden disappearance has remained unexplained until recently. A paper published in the November 9 issue of Science, written by a research team led by environmental anthropologist Douglas Kennett, presents its cas ...
  • What the Fuck Is This?
      How did it all get here? And who are we? How did we get here too? What is going on? Why a universe at all? Why stuff? Why stations of consciousness? Why a pebble, an igloo, a croquet ball? Why anything? Why space? Why shape? Why gravity? Why ground? Why heat? Why worlds? Why time? Why m ...
  • Virtual Evolution of Education
      Does an education lead to revolution or does a revolution generate access to education?  It seems that currently there is a simultaneous evolution of both. read more
  • The Problem with God: The Tale of a Twisted Co ...
      The following is excerpted with permission from The God Problem: How a Godless Cosmos Creates (Prometheus Books, 2012). Imagine this. You are a twelve-year-old in a godforsaken steel town that once helped suture the Great Lakes to the Atlantic coast of North America and Europe. A cit ...

Desertification

  • Worms, Termites, Microbes Offer Food Security
    Worms and termites are not likely to win hearts and minds, but they, along with lichens and microbes, are vital to food security, say biodiversity specialists who attended this month’s United Nations conference on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in this south Indian city.   “Worms, ...
  • Shadow Over Aichi Biodiversity Targets
    With negotiations to mobilise resources for preservation of biodiversity at a major United Nations conference going nowhere, the Group of 77 and China have hinted at  possible suspension of the ‘Aichi targets’  under the Nagoya Protocol.   Algeria, current G 77 chair, stressed in a statement at ...
  • Funds Crunch Skews Aichi Targets on Biodiversity
    The United Nations 11th Conference of the Parties  to the Convention on Biological Biodiversity (COP 11 CBD), underway in this southern Indian city, is lost on where to garner the billions of dollars needed to implement the ‘Aichi targets,’ due to be met by 2020. “Decisions made here will lay th ...
  • Donors Must Seize 2013 Opportunity in Sahel, U ...
    Reporting that the worst of the food crisis in the Sahel region of Africa appears to have been averted, the United Nations’ top official on the area, David Gressley, warned on Wednesday that the potential passing of the immediate emergency should not divert international attention from what need ...
  • Climate Change Takes a Bite Out of Global Food ...
    Humanity’s ability to feed itself is in serious doubt as climate change takes hold on land in the form of droughts and extreme weather, as well as on the world’s oceans. Less well known to many is the fact that emissions from burning oil, coal and gas are both heating up the oceans a ...

Blogging Canadians

  • Say it isn’t so Martha.
    You have to admit that Martha Hall Findlay can add a little something to the federal Liberal leadership contest. The former MP for Willowdale has been outed as a candidate by her purported campaign guru, Stephen Carter. He says that she will make it official today. Since prairie political strate ...
  • Canada: Where The World Learns
    I'm absolutely thrilled to see the government of Canada moving on the issue of opening Canadian universities and colleges to the world.  I mean what a novel idea.  I mean it's not like I was talking about this 18 months ago or anything.  Seriously though, this is the kind of think ...
  • Beyond The Power of Your Subconscious Mind - B ...
    Before undertaking to read and review C. James Jensen's book, 'Beyond The Power of Your Subconscious Mind', I had already read many books of a similar nature, titles like 'The Magic of Believing' and 'The Secret'. I had already formed the opinion that people are very much like ice bergs, tha ...
  • Izolacje kominkowe
    Producent materiałów ogniotrwałych, żaroodpornych, izolacji wysokotemperaturowych oraz materiałów zduńskich, do kominków i urządzeń grzewczych oraz ochrony systemów C.O, wodych, klimatyzacji.
  • Performance Physio Fitness and Sports
    The website is a basic information site for a physiotherapy practise. The information includes location, services, staff details/experience, contact. It will include soon some videos and a blog also.

Press TV - Middle East

  • Israeli strike hits Hams police building
    An Israeli airstrike has leveled a Hamas police headquarters in Gaza City in the north of the Gaza Strip as the Tel Aviv regime violent attacks on the besieged coastal enclave continue.
  • Iraqi, Kurd forces confrontation feared
    Fears have recently grown of confrontation between Iraqi forces and troopers from the country’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, Press TV repots.
  • Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 31 on Sunday
    As many as 31 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been killed in a single day in the latest Israeli air and sea strikes on the besieged Gaza Strip, which has been under an Israeli blockade for the past five years.
  • Qatar calls for resistance against Israel
    Qatari Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani says the Israeli regime will not halt its attacks on the Gaza Strip unless there is strong resistance to the Tel Aviv regime’s aggression.
  • UK: Don’t launch ground invasion in Gaza
    Britain has warned Israel against launching a ground invasion in the besieged Gaza Strip, where Israeli's air and sea offensive has killed 77 people, including many women and children, since November 14.

CUNY SPS Community Blog

  • A Post-Sandy Report from Far Rockaway
    Hello friends, I am writing to tell you about a Red Cross volunteer day to Far Rockaway, Queens, which you’ve probably heard about. The story of my last stint at the shelter in Long Island was posted on the CUNY SPS Community Blog, and I thank them for their initiative. It may also be on [...]
  • Five Questions for SPS Veterans
    To all of the veterans, active troops, and military families in the SPS community, we thank you! Returning home and making higher education a goal is not always easy.  We asked alum Armando Vega, and current student Enrique Diaz to share some of their thoughts on being student veterans. 1. What ...
  • American Red Cross Volunteer
    Hello friends, Some of you know already that I volunteered at a Red Cross shelter on Long Island as part of the disaster relief efforts after the Hurricane Sandy (Monday, 10/29/2012). I’d like to share some of these experiences with you. You would hardly believe the pace of work at these p ...
  • A Message From Dean Mogulescu
    To the students, faculty, and staff of the SPS community: Much of this week we have been reaching out and hearing back. The stories of lives disrupted make it impossible to deny the enormous impact of the storm, even as it feels impossible to reckon fully with that impact. But we have also been ...
  • Powering Up and Coming Back Together
    The message below is posted on behalf of Dean Brian A. Peterson: The City, the University, and everyone at SPS are diligently working to cope with the aftermath of the many challenges associated with Hurricane Sandy.  I want to express our deepest concerns and support for those who may have suff ...

Dissident Voice

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

Destructionist

  • Monsanto Launches Damage Control Over GMO/Canc ...
    Biotech giant Monsanto has launched a desperate damage control effort in the aftermath of a French study which found that rats fed on Monsanto’s genetically-engineered corn were far more likely to suffer tumors, organ failure and premature death. Aside from the details of the study, a wider q ...
  • Monsanto Launches Damage Control Over GMO/Canc ...
    Biotech giant Monsanto has launched a desperate damage control effort in the aftermath of a French study which found that rats fed on Monsanto’s genetically-engineered corn were far more likely to suffer tumors, organ failure and premature death. Aside from the details of the study, a wider q ...
  • Monsanto Apologists Attempt to Spin Shocking G ...
    A shocking new study conducted by French scientists which shows that rats fed on Monsanto’s genetically modified corn suffered cancer and premature death has been met with a furious response from GMO apologists, who are desperately trying to cast doubt on the the study in an effort to discredit ...
  • Monsanto Apologists Attempt to Spin Shocking G ...
    A shocking new study conducted by French scientists which shows that rats fed on Monsanto’s genetically modified corn suffered cancer and premature death has been met with a furious response from GMO apologists, who are desperately trying to cast doubt on the the study in an effort to discredit ...
  • Obama Appeals Court Ruling That Strikes Down I ...
    On Wednesday, New York federal judge Katherine Forrest issued a ruling which blocked provisions of the NDAA that could have seen American citizens kidnapped and held indefinitely without charge. In “permanently” halting the enforcement of the law, Forrest noted how the plaintiffs presented “evi ...

    IPS - Inter Press Services

    • Fixing the ‘Silent’ Sanitation Crisis
      Organisers of this year’s World Toilet Day, which falls on Nov. 19, are using the slogan ‘I give a shit – do you?’ to break the silence around the crucial issue of sanitation and remind the international community that 2.5 billion people around the world don’t have access to clean and private to ...
    • Hunger Strike Is Over, but Kurdish Unrest Is Not
      There was a sigh of relief in Ankara as Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the outlawed Kurdish Workers Party (PKK), on Sunday put an end to the 68-day hunger strike of 682 Kurdish prisoners and nine members of the Turkish Parliament. The strike began on Sep. 12 among Kurds detained on terrorism charges ...
    • Bangladesh Eyes Drug Export Market
      Bangladesh has begun to shed its image as one of the world’s poorest nations and make a reputation for itself as a major exporter of cheap generic drugs to over 85 countries. Listed by the United Nations as one of the least developed countries (LDCs), Bangladesh has exported drugs worth roughly ...
    • Israel Prepares for Deeper Confrontation
      Four days into Israel’s fierce assault on Hamas in Gaza, the ongoing operation looks on the surface a remake of the Gaza War of 2008-9 – with one unanswered distinction: whether it is aimed at completing what the previous onslaught didn’t achieve – the removal of the Palestinian Islamic movement ...
    • Israeli Firepower Threatens to Overwhelm Pales ...
      When the late Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), was engaged in a heavily one-sided battle against a robustly-armed Israel in 2000, he admitted the Palestinians were completely outgunned by the Israelis. As the the U.S.-supplied Cobra helicopters rained fire on ...

    My AntiWar

    CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

    • Rogue State: Israeli Violations of U.N. Securi ...
      Summary: Following is a list of United Nations Security Council resolutions directly critical of Israel for violations of U.N. Security Council resolutions, the U.N. Charter, the Geneva Conventions, international terrorism, or other violations of international law. source: Foreign Policy J ...
    • Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks on Israeli attacks on ...
      Summary: Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks was caught off-guard this morning during a BBC Radio 4 broadcast when he made comments regarding the Gaza and Israel conflict without appearing to know he was on air. source: Independentread more
    • Mainstream media fails to report on atrocities ...
      Summary: While countries across Europe and North America commemorated military casualties of past and present wars on November 11, Israel was targeting civilians. source: Rabble.caread more
    • Possibility of peace 'eliminated' with killed ...
      Summary: Hamas blames Israel for breaking the truce negotiated right before the assassination of Hamas military leader. An Israeli source says it also wrecked talks which could lead to a longer-lasting peace. source: RTread more
    • Three Wishes of an Iranian for Obama
      Summary: The US presidential election ended on November 6 and the incumbent President Barack Obama won another four years in office as the president of the United States. Without a doubt, speculations by political experts are now rife as to the possible foreign policy approaches that Obama wi ...

    The Daily Galaxy

    • Mystery Sources of Gamma Rays Baffle Astronome ...
                     The Fermi Space Telescope has detected close to 2,000 gamma ray sources in space, and nearly 600 are complete mysteries. Researchers are speculating on the nature of the mystery sources, including the possibility that they are made of dark matter. In 2011 NASA's Fer ...
    • A Sudden Outburst from the Edge of the Milky Way
                           This image, spanning 14 light years, of the variable star V838 Monocerotis near the edge of our Milky Way Galaxy, about 20,000 light-years from our sun, was recorded by the Hubble Space Telescope in September 2006. Ever since a sudden outburst was detected in ...
    • Weekend Image: Gigantic Loop of Black Holes an ...
                     Arp 147 contains the remnant of a spiral galaxy (right) that collided with the elliptical galaxy on the left. This collision has produced an expanding wave of star formation that shows up as a blue ring containing in abundance of massive young stars. These stars ra ...
    • Jupiter's Io --Is the Volcanic Epicenter of th ...
                       Io, the innermost of Jupiter's large satellites and the most volcanically active body in the solar system, with plumes of matter rising up to 186 miles (300 km) above the surface, is considered a prime candidate as a hotspot for extreme extraterrestrial life.  ...
    • Farthest Galaxy Ever Sighted --Captured by Hub ...
                       New images by the Huuble and Spitzer space observatories show the farthest galaxy ever recorded as a diminutive blob that is only a tiny fraction of the size of our Milky Way galaxy. But it offers a peek back into a time when the universe was three percent of its pres ...

    Natural News

    • Boycott the enemies of the people
      By now, we all know about the Proposition 37 travesty in California. The biotech industry did what they do best - lie and deceive and the major food companies maintained their use of GMOs in their foods. What was alarming is that most of the major food companies bought...
    • No more cigarettes means 10 more years for women
      A massive new study about smoking from the University of Oxford in the U.K. has reported breathtaking results. Doctors and researchers found the nasty effects associated with cigarettes years ago, but this study focused on the harms of smoking as well as the benefits...
    • Phthalates wreak havoc on your health
      Phthalates, chemicals used to soften plastics, are found in many personal care products such as hair sprays, perfumes, nail polish, sunscreens and lotions. They are also used in medical devices, on timed release pills (where they are often part of the coating), in children's...
    • Allergies to 'spices' affect millions of Ameri ...
      If you have one, chances are you are unaware of it, or at least largely unsure about its precise cause. But believe it or not, allergies to common spices such as garlic, cinnamon, or onion powder afflict millions of Americans, many of whom recognize that certain foods...
    • Why the Prop 37 vote-count is too perfect
      (NaturalNews)Late yesterday afternoon, I consulted a map of California counties on the secretary of state's website. You can see it here: http://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/maps/ballot-measures/prop/37/ This page has a summary of the Prop 37 vote-count so far.&# ...

    Threat Level

    • Russian Roulette — An Excerpt From the Wired E ...
      On November 12, Belizean police announced that they were seeking antivirus pioneer John McAfee for questioning in relation to the murder of his neighbor. Six months prior, WIRED’s Joshua Davis began an in-depth investigation into McAfee’s life. Our first WIRED ...
    • Audio: Fugitive John McAfee on His Fifth Day i ...
      File photo: Brian Finke/ Wired As fugitive antivirus pioneer John McAfee finished his fifth day in hiding in Belize on Thursday, he responded to a statement from that county’s prime minister questioning his mental stability. “I have no idea where ...
    • As CIA Chief Scandal Looms, Lawmakers Consider ...
      There's been much debate about whether the Federal Bureau of Investigation had court approval to review the e-mails of then-CIA Director David Petraeus and Paula Broadwell, his mistress and biographer. The investigation into the affair, which led to the director's ...
    • Maker of Airport Body Scanners Suspected of Fa ...
      Rapiscan, one of two companies that supply controversial passenger screening machines to U.S. airports, is under suspicion for possibly manipulating tests on privacy software designed to prevent the machines from producing graphic body images.
    • Wannabe Obama Assassin Wanted to Go Down in ‘I ...
      A Colorado man charged with threatening to kill President Barack Obama said he wanted to assassinate the chief executive so he could go down in "infamy," according to court records.

    PERRspectives : Blog

    • Republicans Offer Advice for Obama on Benghazi ...
      If there's one thing both parties in Washington can agree on, it is the necessity of getting to the bottom of the September 11th assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has already agreed ...
    • Irish Abortion Tragedy Already Happening Here
      The cruel and unnecessary death last month of Savita Halappanavar, the 31 year-old dentist denied a life-saving abortion, is rightly prompting soul-searching in Ireland. But those in the United States whose business is saving souls would do well to join them. After all, with their "human life ...
    • GOP Still Playing "Name That Tax Break"
      In 2008 and 2012, Barack Obama campaigned on ending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans and won resounding victories both times. That policy enjoys strong public support now, just as it has since before Obama dispatched John McCain four years ago. And just last week, the nonpartisan ...
    • CBO: No Tax Cuts for the Rich, No Problem
      For the second time in as many weeks, an analysis by a nonpartisan agency of Congress has demolished the GOP myth of upper-income taxes and so-called "job creators." Just days before voters headed to the polls, the Congressional Research Service documented that for decades tax cuts for the weal ...
    • Bush, Cheney Back Obama's Mandate on Taxes
      In the aftermath of Barack Obama's reelection victory, voices across the political spectrum were quick to deny that the President had earned a mandate from voters. In the Washington Post, Ruth Marcus warned that a Democratic claim to a mandate was a "delusion." The National Journal's Ron Fourn ...

    Blackspot News Feed

    • U.S. Intensifies Military Encirclement of Chin ...
      by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO Nov. 18, 2012 With the emergence of China as the world’s second-largest economy and its concomitant renewal of (comparatively minor) territorial claims in the East China Sea and South China Sea, the stage is set for a U.S.-Chinese confront ...
    • Gaza: They Have Names by Felicity Arbuthnot + ...
      by Felicity Arbuthnot Featured Writer Dandelion Salad London, England 18 November 2012 Daddy, can people die of fright? — Question of a nine year old child in Gaza to her father, 17th November 2012 As I write the lost in Gaza has reached 52, the injured 560. The Al Shifa Hospital has reported be ...
    • Chris Hedges: The tragedy of Gaza, the West Ba ...
      In case you missed this when it was first posted in 2009. Unfortunately, it is still relevant today. with Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Dec. 24, 2009 The author spoke at the Revolution Books Town Hall Meeting at Ethical Culture Society on January 13, 2009 stanheller55 December 22, ...
    • Why They Strike
      Dandelion Salad Nov 15, 2012 by strugglevideomedia Alan Akrivos explains the issues in the huge strikes by Greek, Italian, Portuguese and Latin American workers. Nov. 14, 2012 in New York City. *** Nov 15, 2012 by strugglevideomedia Eljeer Hawkins talks about the mass strikes in southern Europe ...
    • Ellen Brown: Restoring Prosperity With Public ...
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    TruthOut

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

    Planetsave

    • Kepler Probe Just Finished Its Primary Mission ...
      NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope just finished its three-and-a-half-year primary mission, searching for Earth-like planets in the cosmos. NASA is now planning to begin its extended mission, lasting for up to four more years. So far, data from Kepler has led to the identification of more than ...
    • Siemens Wind Turbine Video Rocks It — Old Scho ...
        Siemens is one of the top wind turbine producers in the world, so of course it has a bit of interest in glamorizing wind power, but the bottom line is that wind power really is worth glamorizing. Wind power is cheap (the cheapest form of new electricity in many or even most places). Obvio ...
    • Toyota Prius & Citroen C3 Compared
        In 2008, the Royal Automobile Club of Queensland reported that Australia was highly dependent on car travel – it accounts for 80% of all passenger travel. There are 28 tonnes of greenhouse gases per head in Australia. Emissions from vehicles account for around 8% of the carbon dioxide rel ...
    • Pallasites, Rare Type Of Gem-Like Meteorites W ...
      Pallasites are a very rare type of meteorite that are composed of brilliant, translucent olivine (peridot) crystals contained in an iron-nickel matrix. Often referred to as ‘space gems’, pallasites have long been of interest to researchers, since they were first identified as being o ...
    • Good Greens Bars: Superfoods Packed in Tastine ...
        A few weeks ago, I got the chance to try these amazing Good Greens bars, which are completely packed in nutrients, vitamins, antioxidants, and probiotics. Everyone knows how hard it is to find a good, green, raw, organic, and natural bar that can help us to live a healthy and happy life. ...

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    Axis of Logic

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

    They Gave Us a Republic

    • These Buzzards Think They're Eagles
      Just a quick word on Pizzagate and then on to more important matters.  I've only eaten Papa John's Pizza once in my life.  Fact is, their pizza totally sucks and once was enough, so while I can't really lay claim to being part of any boycott, I almost wish I'd liked the food so I could ...
    • Angry Republicans Shout Out A Rebel Yell
      By @TedFrier At least when disconsolate Democrats lose an election they have the good manners to leave the country. When Republicans lose, however, they arrogantly think they're entitled to take the country with them. Now that President Obama has defied Fox News' predictions and won a second ter ...
    • Didn't Take Long For Republican Cry Babies To ...
      Old Scout, the handle of a frequent commenter on my home blog, remarked about one of my recent post-election posts that I was being far, far too polite with right-wingers after Obama's re-election. Now I have to concede his point. There are just some people with whom you can't make nice. I thoug ...
    • The Nightowl Newswrap
      By@BGinKC Mission accomplished! I set a goal of getting a Newswrap done every night, and I did it. Next week, I'll shoot for keeping the same goal and writing 2-3 posts. I don't do "Black Friday" anyway, so I totally have the workers' backs and the union has my support. A strike that is planned ...
    • High Broderism: the debt, the debt, it's the d ...
      High Broderism - Also frequently seen as merely "Broderism." A fetishistic attachment to bipartisanship for bipartisanship's sake; reflexive adherence to false equivalencies, regardless of whether what one side says is patently insane. The result of forty years of believing that Dirty Fucking Hi ...

    Care 2

    • Protect the Marine Life of Olowalu Reef ! PLEA ...
      To prevent the construction of a development that could severely threaten the aquatic life of Olowalu Reef Submitted by Cher C. to Environment  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
    • Raising the Cost of Medicare
      See 1st comment. Submitted by TomCat S. to US Politics & Gov't  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
    • Teabuggery of the Week
      Since its a slow weekend for domestic news, I ran across an unusual story to share. Its not at all newsworthy, but it left me scratching my head at wonder that anyone could actually believe this garbage. Submitted by TomCat S. to US Politics & Gov't  |   Note-it!  | ...
    • Thank California Governor for Supporting Anti- ...
      Support ambitious plan to cut greenhouse gases and reduce carbon emissions Submitted by Cher C. to Environment  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
    • Gaza crisis: Israeli air strikes hit Hamas HQ
      Israel said it was targeting rocket launchers, weapons storage facilities and smuggling tunnels on the border with Egypt in southern Gaza. Submitted by Nancy C. to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

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    No Quarter

    • Israel and Iran Playing Live Fire Poker with Gaza
      My title is not intended to suggest that Israel is to blame for the Hamas rain of rockets that escalated this past week. It appears that this is an effort by Hamas, at the behest of Iran and with Iranian assistance, to divert Western and Arab attention from efforts to depose Syria’s Presid ...
    • InterAgency Coordination and the Benghazi Memo
      The claim that “no one knows who changed the CIA talking points,” is total horseshit. Listening to some of the Senators and Representatives today befuddled by the inability of David Petraeus, Jim Clapper and Mike Morell to identify who changed the CIA memo during the inter-agency coo ...
    • White House Drafted Rice Talking Points
      Here’s the news from today’s closed hearing with acting CIA Director Morell and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper: Fox News was told that neither Clapper nor Morell knew for sure who finalized that information. And they could not explain why they minimized the role of a ...
    • Obama is an F**king Moron
      Barack Obama is a despicable human being who deserves no respect whatsoever. In today’s press conference, he finally admits that he sent someone who knew nothing about Benghazi out to the American people at his express direction to talk about Benghazi. WTF!!!!! Here’s what Obama told ...
    • Open Thread for Helen and all of you
      I am listening to John Batchelor’s show. I was hoping Larry would be on. Not yet. But they are talking about the worldwide market crises that will be affected by His Royal Highness … Larry Kudlow, a sharp guy, is talking at length … so tune in. Condy Rice … talking about ...

    Futurismic

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

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    Mountaintop Removal

    • Patriot's move away from MTR another sign of c ...
      Patriot's move away from MTR another sign of coal's decline Charleston Gazette On Thursday, Patriot Coal CEO Ben Hatfield stood up in federal court and announced what once might have seemed unthinkable: A major Appalachian coal producer is phasing out its use of mountaintop removal and a ...
    • Patriot Coal Commits to Phase Out its Mountain ...
      Patriot Coal Commits to Phase Out its Mountaintop Removal, Reaches ... OpEdNews Patriot Coal Commits to Phase Out its Mountaintop Removal, Reaches Agreement with Community and Conservation Groups. Quicklink submitted by Tracy Turner Permalink November 17, 2012. Become a Fan (14 fans) ... and mo ...
    • Will The Patriot Coal Agreement Affect Jobs? - ...
      Will The Patriot Coal Agreement Affect Jobs? WDTV Patriot Coal has become the first U.S. coal operator to agree to stop large-scale mountaintop removal mining in our region. Three environmental groups who sued the company over the practice are happy, but what is it going to mean for jobs? Patrio ...
    • Coal company announcement renews debate over M ...
      Coal company announcement renews debate over MTR WKYT (WYMT) - A coal company plans to phase out mountaintop removal at its operations in western Kentucky. Bankrupt Patriot Coal Company made the announcement Thursday. While environmental groups are calling the move a sign of things to come, expe ...
    • One Big Step Closer to Ending Mountaintop Remo ...
      Bacon's Rebellion One Big Step Closer to Ending Mountaintop Removal Huffington Post (blog) I have been working for over a decade to end mountaintop removal, and I see this agreement as a big step towards the abolition of mountaintop removal in Appalachia. While this agreement does not end all mo ...

    Memeorandum

    • Ron Barber defeats Martha McSally in race for ...
      Associated Press: Ron Barber defeats Martha McSally in race for Giffords's former seat  —  PHOENIX — Democrat Ron Barber has won a full term representing Arizona's 2nd Congressional District, squeaking out a win over Republican Martha McSally and giving Democrats a sweep o ...
    • The Liberal Gloat - WINNING an election doesn' ...
      Ross Douthat / New York Times: The Liberal Gloat  —  WINNING an election doesn't just offer the chance to govern the country.  It offers a chance to feel morally and intellectually superior to the party you've just beaten.  This is an inescapable aspect of democratic c ...
    • Obama Asks for Prayer on Budget Deal (Mary Bru ...
      Mary Bruce / Associated Press: Obama Asks for Prayer on Budget Deal  —  ABC OTUS News - Obama Asks for Prayer on Budget Deal (ABC News)  —  BANGKOK, Thailand - Taking a break from deficit negotiations for a whirlwind tour of southeast Asia, President Obama joked ...
    • Israeli Strike Kills at Least 11, Including Ch ...
      New York Times: Israeli Strike Kills at Least 11, Including Children  —  GAZA CITY — Israeli forces killed at least 11 people, including several children, in a single airstrike that destroyed a home here on Sunday, as Israel pressed its bombardment of the Gaza Strip for a ...
    • Top Republicans Excoriate Romney On Sunday Tal ...
      Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo: Top Republicans Excoriate Romney On Sunday Talk Shows  —  If Mitt Romney has any friends left in the Republican Party, they're in hiding.  —  On the Sunday talk shows, senior Republicans, former Romney surrogates and prominent c ...

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    China Dialogue

    • 共产党怎样&#8220 ...
      今天落下帷幕的共产党十八大为中国奠定下一个十年的基调。较之上一次共产党全国 ...
    • 再议国际航&#3135 ...
      尽管欧盟本周就将航空纳入欧盟碳排放交易体系做出进一步举措， 中欧对此的争端&#20173 ...
    • 印度：核能&#2434 ...
      席卷印度的反核抗议，说明在这样一个绝大多数人们还依赖土地和水来维持生计的国 ...
    • 印度：核能&#2434 ...
      席卷印度的反核抗议，说明在这样一个绝大多数人们还依赖土地和水来维持生计的国 ...
    • 亚洲企业期&#3046 ...
      碳信息披露项目（CDP）有关亚洲的最新报告表明，企业对气候变化政策有积极性。但&#261 ...

    AlterNet Top Stories

    • Must-See Clip: Chris Christie And His Fleece O ...
      New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie stopped by SNL’s “Weekend Update” on Saturday, donning his celebrated fleece sweatshirt.“It’s basically fused to my skin at this point… I’m gonna die in this fleece” said Christie. He also took the opportuni ...
    • Election Over, Time For Progressive Dems to Fa ...
      Terrorized by the prospect of a complete takeover of the U.S. government by right-wing reactionaries—progressive Democrats swallowed their unhappiness with Barack Obama throughout the campaign. They gamely defended his policies on the economy, health care, budget priorities and other is ...
    • Hollywood's Real-Life Hunger Games
       Thank you, thank you, thank you, Jennifer Lawrence for making the point: You don’t have to go to ludicrous extremes to play a part.The 22-year-old star of “The Hunger Games” came under some seriously BS criticism in certain circles last spring over whether her Katnis ...
    • David Simon: Media's Petraeus Sex Obsession I ...
      I can remember the specific moment when I swore off the sex lives of the famous as journalistic currency.  It was the case of a national sportscaster — I won’t name him, but, alas, most of those old enough will remember the name, which is regrettable — whose sex life ...
    • If You Want to Build a Grassroots Base, Don't ...
       Millions of Americans are eager, even desperate, for a political movement that truly challenges the power of Wall Street and the Pentagon. But accommodation has been habit-forming for many left-leaning organizations, which are increasingly taking their cues from the party establishment: ...

    Threat Level

    • Russian Roulette — An Excerpt From the Wired E ...
      On November 12, Belizean police announced that they were seeking antivirus pioneer John McAfee for questioning in relation to the murder of his neighbor. Six months prior, WIRED’s Joshua Davis began an in-depth investigation into McAfee’s life. Our first WIRED ...
    • Audio: Fugitive John McAfee on His Fifth Day i ...
      File photo: Brian Finke/ Wired As fugitive antivirus pioneer John McAfee finished his fifth day in hiding in Belize on Thursday, he responded to a statement from that county’s prime minister questioning his mental stability. “I have no idea where ...
    • As CIA Chief Scandal Looms, Lawmakers Consider ...
      There's been much debate about whether the Federal Bureau of Investigation had court approval to review the e-mails of then-CIA Director David Petraeus and Paula Broadwell, his mistress and biographer. The investigation into the affair, which led to the director's ...
    • Maker of Airport Body Scanners Suspected of Fa ...
      Rapiscan, one of two companies that supply controversial passenger screening machines to U.S. airports, is under suspicion for possibly manipulating tests on privacy software designed to prevent the machines from producing graphic body images.
    • Wannabe Obama Assassin Wanted to Go Down in ‘I ...
      A Colorado man charged with threatening to kill President Barack Obama said he wanted to assassinate the chief executive so he could go down in "infamy," according to court records.

    Equality Trust

    • UK Drug Policy Commission Report published today
      The UK’s approach to drug policy appears simplistic in several ways. Seeing all drug use as invariably problematic can reduce the cost-effectiveness of policy. Equally, drug problems need to be seen and addressed within their wider social and economic context; entrenched drug problems appear to ...
    • The Spirit Level Documentary Film
      We're delighted to introduce The Spirit Level Documentary - a forthcoming film based on the best-selling book, which will show why a more equal society is better for us all. Find out more...    
    • Act Local = Reduce the Gap
      Find out more about our new campaign: Act Local = Reduce the Gap
    • We work in partnership with One Society
      Visit the website of One Society which works in partnership with The Equality Trust. One Society draws on a wealth of research which shows that large divides in income at the top and bottom of society – beyond ‘proportional rewards’ – are damaging to our economy and society, not just for those ...
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    PDA AMERICA

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

    Marler Blog

    • Wegmans spinach & spring mix E. coli Outbreak ...
      At least 20 people have been counted ill in the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to packaged Wegmans spinach & spring mix sold at Wegmans stores in New York state.... Continue Reading
    • Florida Publix Recalls Listeria Cake
      Publix Super Markets has issued a voluntary recall for 45 various cake products due to the fact that they may contain the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. Publix says it received a... Continue Reading
    • A little bit(e) of Food Safety Advice for Than ...
      I get a lot of emails from people asking food safety questions. The latest was about the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday and its centerpiece – a turkey. So, I turned to... Continue Reading
    • Stolen Tahini May Contain Salmonella
      AP reports this morning that a California food company has issued a warning against eating or buying containers of its sesame paste because they could be contaminated with salmonella. Tony’s... Continue Reading
    • Top 50 Law Blogs – Marler Blog No. 24
      This is blog post 4,450.  After a long day on the road (well, air) from the center of the US (seriously, I know what’s wrong with Kansas) I missed the... Continue Reading

    AutoblogGreen

    • Official: Lincoln MKZ Hybrid rated at 45 mpg, ...
      Filed under: Hybrid, Lincoln Just how important are all the luxury touches of a Lincoln compared to a Ford? They'd better be worth a two-miles-per-gallon penalty, since that's what buyers will be hit with if they choose the MKZ Hybrid over the 47-mpg Fusion Hybrid. Ford announced today that t ...
    • First Drive: 2014 Honda Accord Plug-In Hybrid
      Filed under: Hybrid, Sedan, Honda, First DrivesThe Accord Gets Friendly With A Volt-esque Powertrain After 30 years, Honda is trying to teach the old Accord new tricks, and they're of the plug-in variety. We've been teased by various prototypes at auto shows and in spy shots, but Honda ...
    • Teased: Toyota bugs out, previews Smart INSECT ...
      Filed under: Concept Cars, Technology, Hatchback, Toyota, Electric Like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly, the Toyota COMS electric vehicle is becoming the Smart INSECT. Unrelated to Daimler's Smart brand, the INSECT (yes, it's an acronym, one that stands for "Information Network Social ...
    • Report: 'King of Lemon Laws' lawyer successful ...
      Filed under: Hybrid, Fisker, Electric, Luxury Vince Megna certainly has a way with words. In one five-and-a-half minute video, he calls the Fisker Karma a "modern-day Ford electric Pinto." He also says, "This is a beautiful car. It's just too bad it catches on fire." Would we expect anything ...
    • Report: Toyota kills plans for widespread iQ E ...
      Filed under: Hatchback, Toyota, Electric 2012 was supposed to be the year the all-electric version of the Toyota/Scion iQ made a splash. Instead, it appears that while it remains technically true that the iQ EV will launch this year, it will be a much, much smaller splash than previously anti ...

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    Camera Obscura

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    • Pathos and pathology: the cinema of Todd Haynes.
      http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935025/pathos-and-pathology-cinema.html September 1, 2004... Because infinity--for the eye--begins just a few meters away from the retina.... --Roger Caillois, "The Image" There are at least two shots in Todd Haynes's work that recur so ...
    • The incredible shrinking star: Todd Haynes and ...
      http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935026/incredible-shrinking-star-todd.html September 1, 2004... Critics have consistently characterized the films of Todd Haynes within the terms of what B. Ruby Rich described in 1992 as the "new queer cinema"--films whose style displayed traces ...
    • Written on the screen: mediation and immersion ...
      http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935031/written-screen-mediation-and.html September 1, 2004... Recently, while engaging in one of my favorite forms of procrastination--using my computer to search for mid-century modern bargains on eBay rather than using it to engage in more rigo ...
    • Traumatic postmodern histories: Velvet Goldmin ...
      http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935030/traumatic-postmodern-histories-velvet.html September 1, 2004... If modernity was characterized by and imagined itself in terms of a particular awareness of time and history--the unfolding of social, political, and technological projects of ...

    Democracy Now!

    • VIDEO: Coney Island Residents Remain Without H ...
      It’s been more than two weeks since Superstorm Sandy hit New York City, yet thousands of people in the city’s public housing buildings are still in the cold. The city says it has restored some level of power to all housing projects, but as of Wednesday nearly 16,000 public tenants were without ...
    • "The Growing Global Movement Against Austerity"
      "The Growing Global Movement Against Austerity" By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan Amaia Engana didn’t wait to be evicted from her home. On Nov. 9, in the town of Barakaldo, a suburb of Bilbao in Spain’s Basque Country, officials from the local judiciary were on their way to se ...
    • Part 2: Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West Call ...
      We continue our conversation with broadcaster Tavis Smiley and professor, activist Dr. Cornel West about their push for President Obama to address poverty in his second term. Smiley argues the ultimate question now, is: "Are we ready to push?" He and West have organized a symposium to ...
    • VIDEO: Democracy Now! and Riverkeeper Tour NYC ...
      Many of the East Coast’s waste treatment plants failed during Superstorm Sandy, causing them to release thousands of gallons of raw sewage into the area’s waterways. This mixed with other pollutants–like more than 330,000 gallons of diesel fuel spilled near Arthur Kill, the w ...
    • "Now the Work of Movements Begins"
      "Now the Work of Movements Begins" By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan The election is over, and President Barack Obama will continue as the 44th president of the United States. There will be much attention paid by the pundit class to the mechanics of the campaigns, to the techni ...

    Suzie-Q

    • President Obama’s Election Night Speech
      The New York Times Published: November 7, 2012 President Obama spoke in Chicago on Tuesday night after winning re-election. Transcript: Tonight, more than 200 years after a former colony won the right to determine its own destiny, the task of perfecting our union moves forward. (Cheers, applause ...
    • Third Presidential Debate- 10/22/2012 – ...
      PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND FORMER GOV. MITT ROMNEY, R-MASS., PARTICIPATE IN A CANDIDATES DEBATE, LYNN UNIVERSITY, BOCA RATON, FLORIDA OCTOBER 22, 2012 SPEAKERS: FORMER GOV. MITT ROMNEY, R-MASS., PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA BOB SCHIEFFER, MODERATOR SCHIEFFER: Good evening from the campus of Lynn Univ ...
    • President Obama Has A Double Digit Lead In Ohi ...
      The President has a double digit lead in early voting in Ohio! Alright America! Let’s bring it like no other election before and vote this election straight BLUE! In 2008 I called this Hammer Time and it IS HAMMER TIME!! Let’s Go!
    • Presidential Debate President Obama and Mitt R ...
      PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND FORMER GOV. MITT ROMNEY PARTICIPATE IN A CANDIDATES DEBATE, HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK OCTOBER 16, 2012 SPEAKERS: FORMER GOV. MITT ROMNEY, R-MASS. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA CANDY CROWLEY, MODERATOR CROWLEY: Good evening from Hofstra University in Hempstead, ...
    • Joe Biden/Paul Ryan Vice Presidential Debate ( ...
      Addicting Info October 11, 2012 By Matthew Desmond Here’s the transcript, via the New York Times: MARTHA RADDATZ: Good evening, and welcome to the first and only vice presidential debate of 2012, sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates. I’m Martha Raddatz of ABC News, and I am honore ...

    Solari

    • Tina Turner – Simply The Best
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    • From Spain: General Strike Pictures
      The European Day of Action and Solidarity is designed as a sign to leaders to abandon the programmes of tax rises and spending cuts that are being implemented since the financial crisis began. Related Reading: General Strike: Historic Transeurope Solidarity Against Austerity
    • Invitation to the Kemp Leadership Award Dinner
      Good Heavens! And you thought you had problems keeping your mailing lists updated. Believe it or not, I even e-mailed them last year suggesting I was not appropriate to keep on their lists. For the full story, read on…..
    • 2012 Eclipse in Cairns, Australia
      Special thanks to MIT Alumni Eclipse Tour leader, Midge Bell, for this amazing photo! From Wikipedia A total solar eclipse took place on 13–14 November 2012 (UTC). Because it crossed the International Date Line it began in local time on November 14 west of the [...]
    • Video Update on the Thrive Movement
      Dear Thrive Movement, It has now been just over a year since we released Thrive, and I wanted to take the opportunity to give you an update on what has happened in the last year, and what we envision for 2013. Many of you have been asking where to get plans for free energy [...]

    Insurgency Watch - Newswire

    • Times Scare
      ISLAMABAD–The apparent links between Pakistan and Faisal Shahzad are certainly cause for concern, but let’s not lose site of things here. The attack in Times Square was a fizzle. The rush to claim credit is a bit embarassing for the TTP and looks like it was — like the attack itself — a rush job ...
    • Stepping up - University at Buffalo The Spectrum
      Stepping up University at Buffalo The Spectrum The president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, recognized the direness of the situation and began to mobilize military forces to combat the Taliban. ... and more »
    • Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of ...
      BBC News Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of Afghan women Chicago Tribune Would nuclear-armed Pakistan become even more vulnerable to its own Taliban insurgency? Will a defeat embolden America's enemies? That line of thinking must ... Vietnam syndrome has begun in AfghanistanSri L ...
    • Officials: Campus blasts perplexing - United P ...
      Officials: Campus blasts perplexing United Press International ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The International Islamic University, where bomb blasts killed at least six people, is a unique Pakistani institution ... and more »
    • Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing - GMA ...
      Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing GMA news.tv An Associated Press reporter met three Taliban fighters Tuesday traveling in a car with darkened windows at Shaktoi, a town close to the border between ... and more »

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    Fabius Maximus

    • Spain’s’ only three options for recovery
      Summary:  The Euro-crisis began in March 2010, and yet its causes and basic elements remain widely misunderstood — including, based on their public statements, by many of Europe’s leaders.  Here Prof Pettis gives a clear explanation of what’s happening, and of Spain’s onl ...
    • Question time on the FM website. Post your que ...
      Summary: It’s time again for question time — “ask the mineshaft”. In the comments post your questions about geopolitics. And post your answers to other people’s questions.  This is a community exercise, from the German “Gemeinschaft” (see Wikipedia). Contents How do open source projects & bu ...
    • Student Debt: Onerous for the young, a drag on ...
      Summary: While the nation focuses on the concerns of old white people (which dominated the election), our young — our future — have different problems.  Such as rising inequality of wealth & income.  Starting different children at different rungs of the ladder generates positive ...
    • The Republican Party is like America, and can ...
      Summary: Today we look at the GOP, another in a series about the results of Campaign 2012.  How will the Grand Old Party respond to its defeat at the polls?  This forecast: quickly and effectively, for obvious reasons.  See links at the end to other posts in the series. A political {party} is li ...
    • About American exceptionalism – what it ...
      Summary:  As an afterword to the campaign, Marcus Ranum takes a look at American Exceptionalism.  While either false or daft as a doctrine, every presidential candidate had to profess allegiance to it. . But first, let’s look at the origin of the phrase “American exceptionalism&#8221 ...

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    • You Might Have Missed: Iran, Cyberattacks and ...
      IAEA Board of Governors, “Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and Relevent Provisions of Security Council Resolutions in the Islamic Republic of Iran,” November 16, 2012. Michael Cohen and Michael Wahid Hanna, “Cut (a Deal) and Run,” Foreign Policy, November 16, 2012. “Room for Debate ...
    • Jordan's Economic Woes Lead to Heightened Poli ...
      For any astute observer watching Jordan over the past several months, the violent protests that erupted Tuesday night in response to hikes in fuel prices were certainly no surprise. While Jordanians appreciate their relative stability—particularly with news of the deadly destruction in Syr ...
    • The November 2012 IAEA Report on Iran and Its ...
      IAEA Director-General Yukiya Amano, left, with Iran’s Ambassador to the IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, in May 2012 (photo credit: Adel Pazzyar/IRNA/AP) The new quarterly report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Iran’s nuclear program, which is now in circulation, finds th ...
    • Guest Post: Family Planning Is a Right, Not a ...
      Emma Welch is a research associate in the Center for Preventive Action and the International Institutions and Global Governance program at the Council on Foreign Relations. Given the news dominating the headlines this week (CIA sex scandals and an increasingly Orwellian surveillance apparatus), ...
    • Behind Sino-Japanese Tensions
      It just won’t go away—and it may be Asia’s contemporary equivalent to Archduke Ferdinand, whose assassination sparked World War I. In recent weeks, a nearly daily occurrence near the disputed rocks are visits by Chinese ships. Carefully chosen maritime-surveillance or fisheries ...

    TAPPED - The American Prospect

    • Nationalizing the Vote?
      I want to thank every American who participated in this election whether you voted for the very first time or waited in line for a very long time—by the way, we have to fix that," President Obama said as he kicked off his victory speech last week by throwing a bone to the liberals who spent muc ...
    • The Moral Question of the Medicaid Expansion
      In the last four years, we've seen a lot of reflexive, frankly dickish anti-Obamaism from Republicans at all levels. Much of it is relatively harmless; when some knuckle-dragging congressman goes on talk radio to air his suspicions that Obama's birth certificate is a forgery, there may be some ...
    • A Scandalous Lack of Privacy
      A powerful man sleeping with a younger woman outside the bounds of matrimony may not be uncommon, but when revealed, it inevitably produces a scandal. In the case of the adultery revelations about former CIA Director David Petraeus, however, the banal, tawdry sex scandal is masking a much deepe ...
    • Subprime Students: How Wall Street Profits fro ...
      Five years after Wall Street crashed the economy by irresponsibly securitizing and peddling mortgage debt, the financial industry is coming under growing scrutiny for its shady involvement in student loan debt. For a host of reasons, including a major decline in public dollars for higher educat ...
    • Israel's Airstrike Gamble
      (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) Hamas supporters in the West Bank city of Ramallah carry obituary posters of Hamas mastermind Ahmed Jabari as they march in support of the people of the Gaza Strip. On the third day of a military operation prompted by a rocket attack just south of Tel Aviv, I ...

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    • Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, house dust mite
      I do like a word game or puzzle. Biking Becky was just wondering on twitter what is the etymology of the scientific binomial for the house dust mite, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus. My first guess is dermato = skin and phagoides means eating, so skin-eating. The ptero part of the name threw Beck ...
    • LazyTruth autodeletes Deceived Wisdom
      This could be the end of deceived wisdom, at least for GMail and Chrome users. Th LazyTruth extension from MIT scientists scans your inbox and “fact checks” messages against the online repositories of urban legends, political myths and security threats alerting you if the contents ar ...
    • StreetView for Topographic Oceans
      Prog rock fans the world over will be familiar with the artwork of Roger Dean, he designed weird hippy furniture in the 1960s, I believe, but then went on to do some of the most famous album covers of the era for Yes and others. Anyway, I’m supposed to be interviewing him soon about his [. ...
    • Skunk pharma
      A case study of six leading pharmaceutical companies – Amgen, Elan, Lundbeck, Merck, UCB and Wyeth – by Annabeth Aagaard of the University of Southern Denmark points to how the industry might adapt to ongoing pressures from rising R&D costs, depreciating patent value and public ...
    • Deceived Wisdom official launch
      In case you haven’t been keeping up, I wrote a book this year – Deceived Wisdom: Why what you thought was right is wrong. It’s all about the facts that we take for granted that aren’t really facts at all. They’re ficts, you might say. The received wisdom that deceiv ...

    Common Dreams-Progressive Newswire

    • EPA Prioritizes Ethanol Industry Above Struggl ...
      Today the United States Environmental Protection Agency announced its decision to uphold the corn ethanol requirement of the Renewable Fuel Standard -- the federal biofuels mandate -- despite calls from eight states and nearly 200 members of Congress to waive the mandate to relieve pressure on f ...
    • EPA Prioritizes Ethanol Industry Above Struggl ...
      Today the United States Environmental Protection Agency announced its decision to uphold the corn ethanol requirement of the Renewable Fuel Standard -- the federal biofuels mandate -- despite calls from eight states and nearly 200 members of Congress to waive the mandate to relieve pressure on f ...
    • Ad Blitz Distorted Candidates, Corroded Democracy
      Their wallets fattened by hundreds of millions of dollars in SuperPAC ad purchases, many broadcasters neglected their obligation to pursue public interest journalism this fall and instead aired distorted and often false political commercials, former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps asserted today. ...
    • Ad Blitz Distorted Candidates, Corroded Democracy
      Their wallets fattened by hundreds of millions of dollars in SuperPAC ad purchases, many broadcasters neglected their obligation to pursue public interest journalism this fall and instead aired distorted and often false political commercials, former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps asserted today. ...
    • Thousands Call on U.S. Government to Investiga ...
      Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), CODEPINK, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, and the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation delivered to the U.S. Department of State more than 17,000 signatures and an open letter signed by over 50 U.S. organizations asking t ...

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    • Thousands Rally in DC for Major Keystone XL Pr ...
      Jamie Henn (Photo Credit: Josh Lopez)The next chapter in the fight against the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline begins today with a major protest in Washington, DC.read more
    • The Latest Gaza Catastrophe
      Richard Falk The media double standards in the West on the new and tragic Israeli escalation of violence directed at Gaza were epitomised by an absurdly partisan New York Times front page headline: "Rockets Target Jerusalem; Israel gir ...
    • Imagining the Ultimate Global Sharing Day
      Rajesh Makwana There is nothing novel about the practice of sharing; people do it every day and have done since the dawn of civilisation. But on Global Sharing Day, millions of people in organisational networks that span 147 countries simul ...
    • Walmart Strike: Why the Black Friday Protests ...
      Lilly O'Donnell Walmart is notorious for treating its workers terribly, but this year employees are fighting back by hitting the retailer where it hurts: on Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year.read more
    • Senseless Death of Irish Woman Exposes Grim Re ...
      Jennifer Hough For three days, Savita Halappanavar suffered agonizing pain, asking repeatedly that a 17-week-old dying fetus be removed from her body.A woman outside University Hospital in Galway protests the treatment of Savita Halappanava ...

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    Water Wars

    • Water Wars
      There's a new move to ease drought conditions in parts of Georgia, Alabama and Florida.
    • Community news briefs
      City pond to be drained On Thursday, Nov. 15, the City of Sequim Public Works Department will temporarily drain the water reuse storage pond at the Water Reuse Demonstration Park for maintenance; the pond will be back in service as soon as possible.
    • Port St. Lucie officials look to annex propert ...
      Ensuring the city's future population has enough potable water is a priority for city leaders who will consider annexing and purchasing a $10.1 million land parcel to capture water runoff and store it to meet those needs.
    • Lecture on world efforts to address climate change
      The Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar (SFS-Q) is hosting a lecture, “From Kyoto to COP18”, today. The discussions make up part of a series of open lectures on climate change, being held until December 2 at the SFS-Q, bringing together thought leaders on this topic.
    • Election contradicts Pasco's bellwether label
      By Lee Logan, Times Staff Writer Saturday, November 10, 2012 After last week's election, it might just be time to hit the pause button on Jeb Bush 's old mantra that Pasco is a bellwether county. Following the 2004 election, the former governor uttered this famous phrase: "As Pasco ...

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