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Friday, November 2, 2012

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Scoop - NZ

  • The Siege of Syria's Harem
    Accounts of the protracted siege on civilians in the fortress are like tales from ancient history. It is hard to believe such events are taking place in Syria today. The lightly-armed popular committees, whose only sin is that their political outlook differs from that of the majority in the dist ...
  • A United Front Against Austerity
    You have heard the buzz words of this austerity campaign. We are told that we are approaching a horrendous fiscal cliff which must be addressed during the lame-duck session of Congress. In reality, there is no fiscal cliff — it is a myth invented by reactionaries and proto-fascists. The lame-duc ...
  • Guilds: Localised, non-corporate economies
    The primary reason the U.S. economy is stagnating is that it is dominated by an increasingly dysfunctional Central State and the private cartels it protects. The solutions, therefore, cannot come from State central-planning or from global corporate cartels. The solution is to develop alternative ...
  • Pilger: Gillard making the world more dangerous
    Australia has 40% of the world's uranium, all of it on indigenous land. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has just been to India to sell uranium to a government that refuses to sign the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and whose enemy, Pakistan, is also a non-signatory. The threat of nuclear wa ...
  • Sandy a prelude to an era of extreme weather
    Hurricane Sandy may not have been an anomaly, but a prelude to our extreme weather future.

Independent - London

  • Man who insulted the King of Bahrain on Twitte ...
    A man who insulted the King of Bahrain on Twitter has been sentenced to six months in jail as the tiny island nation ramps up its crackdown on dissent amid increasingly violent protests.Related StoriesCIA moved in to save diplomats during Libya attackSyrian rebels accused of war crime after vid ...
  • Parents 'killed daughter with acid for talking ...
    The scourge of acid and “honour” has claimed another victim in Pakistan where a teenage girl was reportedly murdered by her parents after she was apparently seen talking to a young man.Related StoriesParents of 15-year-old girl arrested after dousing her with acid 'in the name of honour'Parents ...
  • Palestinians furious with Abbas for giving up ...
    Palestinian activists have denounced their President, Mahmoud Abbas, for saying he would ensure there was “never” be a third intifada, or uprising, against Israel - and for giving up his “right of return” to his Israeli birthplace.Related StoriesCIA moved in to save diplomats during Libya attac ...
  • Pussy Riot should not be in jail, says Medvedev
    Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s Prime Minister, directly contradicted President Vladimir Putin today by stating his view that the jailed members of the punk group Pussy Riot should be freed. Related StoriesGreek reporter cleared over leaked Swiss bank accountsLondon's Shard eclipsed as Moscow's Mercur ...
  • Pussy Riot should not be in jail, says Russian ...
    Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s Prime Minister, directly contradicted President Vladimir Putin today by stating his view that the jailed members of the punk group Pussy Riot should be freed.Related StoriesGreek reporter cleared over leaked Swiss bank accountsLondon's Shard eclipsed as Moscow's Mercur ...

Rogue Government.com

  • UK Energy bills ‘to double in five years’ as ...
    Energy bills are likely to double within five years as the Government drives a move to green power and building nuclear power stations, it is claimed.
  • Blackwater’s New Director: Bill Clinton’s Law ...
    Blackwater’s rebranding continues at a torrid pace. Danger Room has learned the latest Washington greybeard hired to spruce up the image of the world’s most infamous private security firm is Jack Quinn, a top Washington lobbyist and former White House counsel to President Bill Clinton.
  • Government asks Jewish groups to join in anti ...
    For the first time, the federal government is expanding its community-based anti-terrorism campaign to a religious group — the Jewish community, victims of past attacks in the U.S.
  • Analyst: Even Dollar Stores Struggling In ‘Ob ...
    More stores across the U.S. that offer deeply-discounted products are seeing their sales decline after years of growth amid America’s “Great Recession” — and one analyst said on Monday it’s another sign of even deeper downturn. 
  • Hackers claim they exposed Booz Allen Hamilto ...
    Hackers flying the AntiSec banner claimed today that they compromised a server at consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton and have released internal data, including about 90,000 military e-mail addresses.

Innovation Canada

  • Safety haven
    If Canadian postal workers were to design the perfect winter boot, it would help them avoid slipping on icy walkways, stop them from missing their truck brakes while driving and keep them from getting their crampon spikes stuck in wooden porches.If the hearing impaired were looking for a hearing ...
  • Small tools, big impact
    Cancer, heart disease and stroke are leading causes of death among Canadians. As a medical doctor, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and a Canada Research Chair in Bioengineering and Biophotonics, Victor Yang has a unique perspective on these deadly diseases. Based at ...
  • Innovative, naturally
    For the first time this past winter, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) launched the Emerging Science Journalists Award (ESJA). The award was created to support Canada’s talented young science writers. Below is one of the winning entries by Roslyn Dakin, doctoral candidate in the Departm ...
  • A very gourd idea
    It’s been known for years that plants can take up and store trace amounts of hazardous metals like nickel, arsenic and cadmium from contaminated soil in a process called phytoremediation. Until recently, however, scientists assumed that plants weren’t capable of taking up a class of toxic chemic ...
  • Johne’s happens
    Trudging through a dairy farm to collect manure samples isn’t exactly glamorous work, but the odorous task is starting to have a big impact on the health of dairy cattle in Atlantic Canada — and it will save the dairy industry millions of dollars each year. Technicians at the University of Princ ...

Signs of the times

  • U.S. airman Is suspected of punching Japanese ...
    Tokyo - Japanese leaders reacted angrily on Friday after the police on Okinawa said an American Air Force serviceman was suspected of breaking into an apartment while drunk and punching a 13-year-old boy, just weeks after two American sailors were accused of raping a woman on the same island. J ...
  • Debunking the Myth of Intuition
    Can doctors and investment advisers be trusted? And do we live more for experiences or memories? In a Spiegel interview, Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman discusses the innate weakness of human thought, deceptive memories and the misleading power of intuition. Spiegel: Professor ...
  • Meteorologist Joe Bastardi Blasts Al Gore's Cl ...
    Wednesday on The O'Reilly Factor, two weather experts debated Al Gore's claims that global warming was to blame for Hurricane Sandy's wrath. Gore said, "The storms are getting stronger. The stronger storms are getting more frequent. And you know, this is the second time in two years that part o ...
  • Some relief? After controversy, Bloomberg call ...
    Update at 5:17 p.m. ET. Marathon Cancelled: After receiving withering criticism, officials have decided to cancel the New York City Marathon, the largest 26.2 mile road race in the world. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who had insisted on allowing the marathon to continue, issued a statement saying ...
  • 50 Countries label genetically engineered foods
    The greatest opportunity to give people the right to know if their food is genetically engineered will occur with the California ballot initiative - officially known as Proposition 37 - which is coming up for vote on November 6. Proposition 37 will require labeling of genetically engineered ...

The Galloping Beaver

  • Fee-fi-fo-FIPA . . .
    STOP! STOP! STOP! Stop the Canada-China FIPA! E-mail or phone your MP TODAY!
  • Get yours . . .
    GET A FLU SHOT. Besides helping to fight the flu, there are strong indications that it is an effective way of lowering the incidence of major cardio problems. That's what a report from the American Council on Science and Health proclaims in a post, "Flu vaccine’s unexpected heart benefits": ...
  • Down to the wire . . .
    — Elizabeth Warren, Democrat populist — “The Republican vision is clear — ‘I got mine. The rest of you are on your own.’ Republicans say they don’t believe in government. Sure, they do. They believe in government to help themselves and their powerful friends. After all, Mitt Romney is the ...
  • Beat the CHAMP . . .
    CHAMP: Counter-electronics High-powered Microwave Advanced Missile Project. According to a report on THE VERGE, by Amar Toor, "Boeing's CHAMP missile uses radio waves to remotely disable PCs", Boeing's Phantom Works and the US Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate and Raytheo ...
  • Induced psychopathy . . .
    HOW DOES IT FEEL to think like a psychopath? Really.  Transcranial magnetic stimulation (or TMS) was developed by Anthony Barker and his colleagues at the University of Sheffield in 1985.  TMS has widespread practical uses, in both diagnostic and therapeutic capacities, across a variety o ...

Media Matters for America

  • Drudge Leads Dishonest Attack On Federal Gover ...
    The Drudge Report and Fox News have attacked the federal government and President Obama over their response to Hurricane Sandy, with Drudge suggesting that Obama is responsible for hunger in New York City. In fact, the federal government shipped 1 million meals to New York, and the Federal Emerg ...
  • Fox Pushes Jobs Trutherism In Anticipation Of ...
    Fox personalities are attempting to discredit the October jobs report before its release on November 2 by suggesting that if the unemployment rate drops as it did in September, the numbers may have been manipulated by the Obama administration. In fact, there is no evidence to suggest the governm ...
  • Fox: Hurricane Sandy Has "Nothing To Do With G ...
    Fox News figures have cast Hurricane Sandy as an event that "has nothing to do with global warming." But climate scientists agree that global warming has exacerbated the flooding from storms like Sandy, and is expected to increase the severity of hurricanes. Climate Change Is Expected To Lead T ...
  • Fox Obscures Important Facts To Attack Disabil ...
    Fox figures claim that many federal disability benefit payments are fraudulent because the number of people in the program has increased under the Obama administration. In fact, improper payments of disability benefits are minimal and experts agree the higher levels of disability benefits are a ...
  • Meet The Wall Street Journal Columnist Dismiss ...
    Matt Ridley, a science writer and the author of The Rational Optimist, frequently uses his Wall Street Journal column to dismiss the threat of climate change and argue that climate scientists should not be trusted. But experts say that Ridley, who is an advisor to the right-w ...

Global Research.ca

  • The Universe Unraveling: The Fate of Those Who ...
    The Southeast Asian country of Laos in the late 1950s and early 60s was a complex and confusing patchwork of civil conflicts, changes of government and switching loyalties. The CIA and the State Department alone could take credit for engineering coups at least once in each of the years 1958, 195 ...
  • Money Laundering and Offshore Fraud for the Ri ...
    Offshore banking is the elephant in the global economic room which the political and financial elite is trying to hide from the public view. While imposing austerity measures on hard working citizens, they are well aware that astronomical amounts of money are secretly held in offshore banks, thu ...
  • Syria: US-Backed Terrorists Mass Murder Unarme ...
    The Washington Post claims “soldiers” were executed – terrorists in video clearly refer to victims as civilian “shabih.” Victims had no weapons, uniforms, or IDs indicating they were soldiers. An egregious war crime was reported on by the Washington Post, but deceit ...
  • The Social Onslaught of Economic Austerity in ...
    Ambelos is just one of a number of ‘mountain’ villages on Samos Island . It is where I have lived full time for the past 5 years. The last 2 censuses have recorded a village population in excess of 300 persons, which is a gross exaggeration as the resident all year population is little more than ...
  • Big Sugar: Sweet, White and Deadly
    …

TPM Cafe

  • Message to world government: Don't govern the ...
    You could think of the Aspen IDEA report published today as a letter to the head of the International Telecommunications Union, Hamadoun Touré, suggesting that he should reconsider his intent to put the "light touch" of government on the Internet's operations. M. Touré will be running a majo ...
  • Obama and Romney on Foreign Policy - Drawing t ...
    The political battle lines are being drawn for the general election debate over foreign policy and national security, and you can't do much better than my fellow Democracy Arsenal blogger Michael Cohen for a guide. One key theme of Michael's latest column for ForeignPolicy.com is what a differen ...
  • Will Yale's Alumni Save Liberal Education?
    Hoping to head off alumni resistance to the brand-new "Yale-National University of Singapore" college that the Yale Corporation has created somewhat stealthily in collaboration with the government of that authoritarian city-state, Association of Yale Alumni chairman Michael Madison has inadvert ...
  • Neocons Celebrate: We Got MJ Rosenberg, We'll ...
    The right-wing "pro-Israel" lobby has taken off its mask. In the wake of my departure from Media Matters, it is in a celebratory mood. In one article and column after another, the Israel-is-always-right types cannot contain their feeling of triumph. There are dozens of these articles. Here i ...
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Water - AlterNet

  • Can Sandy Help Jolt America Out of Climate Cha ...
    The following article first appeared in the Nation. For more great content from the Nation, sign up for their email newsletters here.Never has a hurricane been more aptly, if tragically, named than Sandy, the superstorm that flooded New York City and battered much of the East Coast. At press t ...
  • Global Warming Systemically Caused Hurricane Sandy
     Yes, global warming systemically caused Hurricane Sandy -- and the Midwest droughts and the fires in Colorado and Texas, as well as other extreme weather disasters around the world. Let's say it out loud, it was causation, systemic causation.Systemic causation is familiar. Smok ...
  • We Need to Avoid Just Scaring Ourselves and Th ...
    There’s nothing quite like the adrenaline high of a good storm. It’s like a good horror film: And this “Frankenstorm,” coming right on Halloween, is giving us the best of the worst of storms. As the waters rise, the weathercasters feed our high, red circles and arro ...
  • Frightening and Amazing Photos From Those Endu ...
    As Hurricane Sandy pummels the East Coast, people who still have power and internet connections have taken to all forms of social media to show the storm's effects and how they're coping. Mashable reported earlier today that on Instagram "users are uploading 10 images per second with the hasht ...
  • Frankenstorms and the Fukushima Factor: More T ...
      As Hurricane Sandy barreled towards the Northeastern US, 60 million coastal and inland residents suddenly found themselves in the crosshairs of climate change. Large enough to hammer the eastern third of the country with record-breaking winds, rain and floods, the Halloween Hurrica ...

Public Citizen in Texas

  • NRC MAINTAINS HEIGHTENED WATCH OVER NUCLEAR PL ...
    According to an NRC press release, three reactors (Nine Mile Point 1 in Scriba, N.Y., Indian Point 3 in Buchanan, N.Y.; and Salem Unit 1 in Hancocks Bridge, N.J.) experienced shutdowns as Hurricane Sandy pounded the East Coast.  Another plant, Oyster Creek in New Jersey, remains in an “Alert” du ...
  • Public Utility Commission Ignores Texans’ Crie ...
    Even Support from Businesses Like IKEA Is Not Enough for PUC AUSTIN, TX – The Public Utility Commission delivered a slap in the face to the more than 6,000 Texans and 70 businesses and organizations  who have actively called on the Commission to implement and expand the non-wind renewable portfo ...
  • Solar Backers Rally as Public Comment Period Ends
    Advocates fault PUC for turning a blind eye to industry as Texas falls behind Solar energy backers rallied outside the Texas Public Utility Commission [last] week seeking enforcement of a seven-year-old law that would boost electric generation from geothermal, biomass and the state’s ample suppl ...
  • PRICELE$$ – the movie
    From the Fourth of July to the halls of Congress, PRICELE$$ is a filmmaker’s personal journey across America to answer a burning question: why are some of our government’s most basic policies, like food and energy, so out-of-date – and can anything be done about it? Sharing the suspicion o ...
  • Rally for Clean Energy and Good Jobs – Thursda ...
    We are taking our Clean Energy Works for Texas campaign to the doorstep of the Public Utility Commission (PUC) next week.  We hope you will join us for a rally on Thursday, October 18 at 12 p.m. in front of the William B. Travis building at 1701 N. Congress Avenue, Austin, TX 78701 We are [...]

Unexplained Mysteries

Grassroots

  • Preparations Underway for the World Social For ...
    For the past year, Stop the Wall and the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (both Grassroots International partners) have been working diligently with their Palestinian and Brazilian allies to fulfill the call issued in 2011 at the World Social Forum in Dakar. Then, participants expresse ...
  • No Olive Branches Here: Settler Violence Threa ...
    Israeli settler violence against Palestinians and their property, which escalated this summer, is on the rise again with this October’s olive harvest season in the West Bank. Officials from the United Nations as well as activists in Palestine and Israel are calling on Israeli forces to intervene ...
  • For-Profit Folly in Haiti
    Subheadline:  Development-Industrial Complex Can't Deliver Reconstruction After Earthquake Outside Author Info Outside Author Bio:  Jake Johnston is a Research Associate at th ...
  • Message from Rafael Alegría, Honduran leader o ...
    On May 1 of this year, my colleague Saulo Araujo (Program Coordinator for Latin America) and I spent the day with Rafael Alegría, a leader of the Vía Campesina based in Honduras.  The video below offers some of his reflections.   Rafael’s message is clear:read more
  • Korean Women Peasant’s Association Awarded the ...
    kwpalogo.jpg Last Wednesday, October 10th, in New York City, I had the privilege of witnessing the US Food Sovereignty Alliance award the fourth annual Food Sovereignty Prize to the Korean Women Peasant’s Association (KWPA).read more

Climate

  • A Hard Look at U.S. Reactor Hardware After Fuk ...
    (New York Times) Over the objections of the nuclear industry, the staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is planning to recommend the adoption of a new rule requiring American reactors similar to the ones at Fukushima Daiichi to in ...
  • EPA Finds Hyundai, Kia Overstated Gas Mileage
    (AP) Hyundai and Kia overstated the gas mileage on most of their models from the past three years in an embarrassing blunder that could bring sanctions from the U.S. government and millions of dollars in payments to car owners. Becaus ...
  • Penn. State Rep. Calls for Probe of DEP Water ...
    (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has created incomplete lab reports and used them to dismiss complaints that Marcellus Shale gas development operations have contaminated residential wate ...
  • Study By Oil-Backed Group Says Wind Industry D ...
    (The Hill) Critics of tax credits for wind energy projects are intensifying their push to kill the incentive with a study that calls it “rent seeking” by an established industry that doesn’t need the subsidy. 

 The conservative Ameri ...
  • Investor Call Fuels Doubts About Illinois Coal ...
    (Midwest Energy News) Midwest Generation — which recently closed its two Chicago coal plants and operates four others in Illinois — continues to lose money and could see its parent company Edison Mission Energy (EME) file for Chapter 1 ...

GreenBiz

Duly Noted

  • Ethiopia and Eritrea: An elusive peace on the ...
    Ethiopia and Eritrea are still at each others’ throats. The two neighbours fought hammer and tongs in sun-baked trenches during a two-year war over a decade ago, before a peace deal ended their World War I-style conflict in 2000. Furious veRed Sea, UNrbal battles, however, have continued to this ...
  • A Mafia in FATA: Haqqanis and Drones
    A new report about the Haqqani network's business interests raises questions about the anti-drones narrative in Pakistan
  • Are African governments suppressing art?
    The dust is finally settling on the storm that was kicked off in South Africa by a controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed.
  • Greek debt – remember the goats
    Greece's creditors have essentially let it off the hook by overwhelmingly agreeing to take a 74 percent loss. So what better time to remember one of the first times Athens got in trouble with paying its debts.
  • Greeks on the street
    Greeks smashing windows and setting fire to shops and banks in a fury of opposition to yet more austerity is gripping, but not unique. There are underlying elements than make such uprisings more common in Greece than elsewhere.

Booman Tribune

  • Keep Pissing People Off, Conservatives
    How would you like to discover an unknown group calling itself Amer­i­cans for Lim­ited Govern­ment sent out mailers to your neighbors allegedly informing them of when you have voted in the last several elections? Even further, how upset would you be if they sent out false information about whe ...
  • Romney's Last Faint Hope Dashed
    No one cares about jobs reports but at least the president got a good one this morning. In November 2008, the country lost 803,000 jobs. How does that compare to the 171,000 jobs that were created last month? Would you say that we are better off than we were four years ago? There is now b ...
  • Okay, But This is the Last Time
    We here in Pennsylvania welcome Paul Ryan and his Sith Overlord to the Keystone State for some last minute campaigning. It is a tradition that Republicans convince themselves that they can win Pennsylvania and visit us during the last four days of election season. Poppy did it in 1992, Dole di ...
  • Nate Silver Peed in Their Punch Bowl
    It amuses me that Nate Silver has become the subject of such controversy in the waning days of this campaign. Four years ago, he provided the exact same public service but he was easily dismissed as a Cheetos-munching blogger. Give him a job with the New York Times, however, and his analysis i ...
  • Just Noticed…Obama is Going to Win
    My oh my. It must be time for the pollsters to stop bullshitting us and to begin making accurate predictions. Fifteen swing state polls released and Romney isn't ahead in any of them. Five tracking polls released and Romney isn't ahead in any of them. Are all the late deciders going for the ...

Environmental Graffiti

  • Rare Animated Stereoviews of Geishas in the 1800s
    Amazing moving pictures created using old stereoscope images bring to life the golden age of the geisha, over 100 years ago. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • 5 Ways to Epically Destroy Pumpkins
    If Jack O' Lanterns have gotten humdrum, check out these super fun ways to desecrate Halloween's favorite squash. Smashing pumpkins is only the half of it... This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • 12 Cutest Baby Seahorse Pictures
    Take a regular seahorse, shrink it down, and you have a baby seahorse. A fraction of the size but twice as cute! Yep, baby seahorses are pretty hard to hate. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • The Rugged Beauty of Arizona’s Petrified Forest
    From the painted desert badlands to the rainbow-colors of petrified wood, the Petrified Forest is one national park you won't want to miss. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • The Insane Body Piercings of Phuket's Vegetari ...
    The Vegetarian Festival of Phuket takes body piercing to a whole new level, with everything from motorbike parts to beach umbrellas used to puncture the skin. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article

Foreign Policy in Focus

Global Elite

  • Fear, Intimidation & Media Disinformation: U.K ...
    Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, August 20, 2009 An official UK government report –quoted extensively in Britain’s tabloid media– is warning the British public that there will b ...
  • President European Commission Advocated World ...
    Jurriaan Maessen. Infowars. July 24th, 2009 On September 7, 1992, two term President of the European Commission Jacques Delors gave a speech to the Royal Institute of International A ...
  • Billions of People Expected to Die Under Curre ...
    Barbara Minton, Natural News, July 21st, 2009 Your right to eat healthy food and use supplements of your choice is rapidly vanishing, but every effort has been made to keep you in th ...
  • Bioweapons, Dangerous Vaccines, and Threats of ...
    Stephen Lendman, Global Research, July 7th, 2009 Although international law prohibits the use of chemical and bacteriological weapons, America has had an active biological warfare pr ...
  • Today we’re all prisoners in the USA
    Papers, Please! June 2, 2009 As of today, June 1, 2009, even U.S. citizens are officially prisoners in the USA, or exiles barred from entering our own country without the government’ ...

Al Jazeera

Green Inc. - NYT

Dot Earth News

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

  • Occupy gets rolling in Sandy disaster relief; ...
    Via Occupy Sandy Relief NYC 4 hrs ago: https://www.facebook.com/OccupySandyReliefNyc?fref=ts >>> #NOT ANOTHER KATRINA <<< Contrary to what might be inferred by a media and government blackout - Rockaway IS. NOT. RECOVERING. We can't stress this enough. It looks li ...
  • Question Time: Jimmy Savile pedophile network ...
    "What you have to understand, John, is that sometimes there are forces and events too big, too powerful, with so much at stake for other people or institutions, that you cannot do anything about them, no matter how evil or wrong they are and no matter how dedicated or sincere you are or how mu ...
  • FawkesFail: Even more #OpCartel related shadin ...
    ‏@AnonNCarolina2 - We spend all night informing ppl about indefinite detention only to be placed at the top of the list by some dumbfuck. #StopNDAA#Anonymous - SOURCE Fortunately #stopNDAA at least hit a huge volume on twitter during tonight's presidential debate. So... Synchronicity in the F ...
  • ECHELON GCSB military surveillance vs New Zeal ...
    " i'm one of those horned rimmed guys sitting behind a desk in DC dreaming of ways to manipulate Anonymous for UK's and USA's purpose :)" Backtrace Security - Pastebin.com http://pastebin.com/KtLfurP1 -posted BY: A GUEST ON MAR 16TH, 2012 | SYNTAX: NONE | SIZE: 9.62 KB | HITS: 833 | ...
  • Anonymous & Wikileaks beefing - it's bigger th ...
    A review of the latest internet dickering, with mostly unrelated useful new programs & ideas at the end... It ain't a 'war' but several prominent representations of the anon flock are speaking out against Wikileaks and it's not just the Javascript paywall (disable JS to get around it). This ...

Daily Censored

AlterNet's Breaking News

  • William Ostendorff, GOP-Appointed Regulator, U ...
    Source: Huffington Post The inspector general at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has launched an investigation into a GOP political appointee for attempting to thwart an agency probe into safety concerns at a Michigan plant, NRC insiders tell The Huffington Post. In late May, ...
  • William Ostendorff, GOP-Appointed Regulator, U ...
    Source: Huffington Post The inspector general at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has launched an investigation into a GOP political appointee for attempting to thwart an agency probe into safety concerns at a Michigan plant, NRC insiders tell The Huffington Post. In late May, ...
  • No One Will Be Charged with a Crime for the MF ...
    Source: The Atlantic Wire Authorities are winding down their criminal investigation of the failed brokarage firm, MF Global, and despite the lack of oversight and the loss of more than $1 billion in customer funds, it now seems unlikely that anyone at the firm will face criminal ch...
  • No One Will Be Charged with a Crime for the MF ...
    Source: The Atlantic Wire Authorities are winding down their criminal investigation of the failed brokarage firm, MF Global, and despite the lack of oversight and the loss of more than $1 billion in customer funds, it now seems unlikely that anyone at the firm will face criminal ch...
  • Climate Change Poses Food Distribution Risks, ...
    * Bridges, roads could be washed away, hitting harvest transport * "High degree of confidence" weather extremes linked to climate change * Enough food, but problem is distribution - professor By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Downpours and heatwaves caused ...

Institute for Policy Studies

IntelNews

War is a Crime.org

  • Abortion and War
    I'd like to quote for you some of the very best bits of William Blum's new book, "America's Deadliest Export: Democracy," but I'd end up quoting most of the book and the entire chapter on capitalism.  So you're just going to have to get your own copy. But let me quote one little section for ...
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    Choose any book below and have it signed by the author to you or to a person you plan to give it to.  It will be signed and mailed to you right away. When you donate $20 or more at http://davidswanson.org/donate using credit card or paypal, or by check to the address below, just indicate w ...
  • The Indefinite Detention of the Progressive Voter
    By Sam Husseini Earlier this year President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law. It allows for the indefinite detention without trial for any U.S. citizen deemed to be a terrorist or an accessory to terrorism. Some might have thought that there would be wide-spread revo ...
  • Profile of a Police State
      Profile of a Police State   by Stephen Lendman   For years, America has been on a fast track to tyranny. Duopoly power runs things repressively. Government of, by, and for the people never existed and doesn't now.    Homeland repression is policy. Police state laws tar ...
  • Greece Suppresses Free Expression
      Greece Suppresses Free Expression   by Stephen Lendman   Ordinary Greeks face deepening Depression conditions. At a time vital help is needed, force-fed austerity is policy. Corrupt governance mandates it. Severe repression targets resisters. Now they've got another woe. Press f ...

Grist - News

  • The age-old battle of goats versus tortoises
    by Sarah Laskow. Before reading further in this post, ask yourself a question (and answer honestly): Which do you care about more, guiltless (if hungry) goats or the Galápagos Islands' giant tortoises? If you answered goats, this post will make you sad. Here was the ...
  • Watch an orca chase a shark out of the water
    by Sarah Laskow. Orcas might be charismatic movie stars, but they are also killer whales. A family of beachgoers in New Zealand caught on film an orca fighting with a few sharks. One shark was so eager to get away from the whale that it beached itself in the shallow water. (That's t ...
  • What environmental policy could we expect from ...
    by Jess Zimmerman. Stephen Colbert has officially thrown his hat in the ring for definitely possibly considering a run for president. He's already out-polling Jon Huntsman! So what kind of environmental policy platform could we expect from a President Colbert? Well, for starters, no ...
  • Don’t believe the hype about the ‘ ...
    by Christopher Mims. Some chemists came up with a really clever way to observe the intermediate stage of an atmospheric chemical reaction, and then some PR flack got a hold of it and suddenly science has invented a brand-new molecule that will solve all our climate change woes! As usual, t ...
  • Congressional staffers will stop betting on wi ...
    by Jess Zimmerman. We here at Grist mock a lot of people. But we don't always manage to mock some sense into them. Which is why we're pretty psyched about the response to Sarah Laskow's feature story revealing that congressional staffers were making deadly wildfires into a fun ...

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Invisible Opportunity

  • The Sinaloa Mexican Drug Cartel Is A CIA Subsidary
    By horse237 America’s greatest National Security threat is from CIA run drug cartels. There are 1.4 million gang members in America. They commit 80% of serious crime. Of these 1.4 million gang bangers 250,000 work for Mexican drug cartels. The Mexican cartels are in the news because they have ki ...
  • Depopulation Through Planned Governmental Star ...
    Dave Hodges The Common Sense Show October 31, 2012 “If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny.” Thomas Jefferson The lessons of history clearly demonstrate that ...
  • Romney’s Five Wars
    by Juan Cole Informed Comment Mitt Romney’s speech at VMI on foreign policy has been widely condemned as vague and lacking in substance, sort of like the man who gave it. But the speech is also full of suggestions and criticisms of the Obama administration that are simply not realistic. The spee ...
  • Brace for round two: Powerful nor’easter ...
    By Michael Zennie A powerful new storm system is preparing to batter the East Coast next week, even as millions are still reeling from the devastation left by Superstorm Sandy. The nor’easter storm will bring snow and strong winter winds beginning Tuesday, Election Day, until Thursday. Most of t ...
  • Finally: Barry Chamish Concedes Israel’s Invol ...
    by Kevin Barrett Barry Chamish admits the Zionist mob did 9/11: “But not MY right-wing Zionist mob! It was those other guys, those Labor Zionists! Really! Trust me!” ————– Barry Chamish is one of the most radical, out-of-control Zionists you’ll ever meet. Chamish is so extreme right-wing pro-set ...

Global Insights

  • Less Than a Week Away
    We encourage you to register for Awake and Aware.George Green will be a featured speaker.September 19th & 20th • Burbank, CAClick here for Tickets & Reservations 
  • The Georgia Guidestones
    On one of the highest hilltops in Elbert County, Georgia stands a huge granite monument. Engraved in eight different languages on the four giant stones that support the common capstone are 10 Guides, or commandments. That monument is alternately referred to as The Georgia Guidestones, or the ...
  • The Creation
    THE CREATION (A recent message given to George Green from the "guys upstairs") We are pleased to bring understanding and clarification on what is the Creation. This is a challenge because your language of communication has not the words for describing this conception of Creation. So as not to pu ...
  • The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging C ...
    In his previous books, James Kunstler focused on the shortsighted vision of suburban planning; now he expands that view to the country's urban growth challenges and the need to drastically change our current course of auto and oil dependency. The Long Emergency is filled with history plus eye-op ...
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    Dear Friends, Thank you for your interest in our catalog of unusual and informative materials. The knowledge gained will give you choices in the days ahead and lessons of discernment as the chaos increases. It is necessary for those of you who are now in the "know" so to speak, to begin to fo ...

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Twilight Earth

  • Cartoon caption contest
    Take a look at the cartoon below and enter your caption idea in the comment section (more ifo on prize, etc. below the cartoon). Eligible captions will be those posted on my site, Elephant Journal, Wend Magazine, PlanetSave, Eco-Snobbery Sucks, Ecolutionist, Ecopolitology, and Twilight Earth. Wi ...
  • Exposed: Why the GOP wants to eliminate Clean ...
    Whether we can believe this see-through-elephant-trunk footage or not, the possibility that elephants have a triple fitration system within their trunks has to have some credence. Otherwise, why on earth would leading Republicans try to make it easier for big polluters to further pollute the air ...
  • Apples may lose trees [cartoon]
    The rest of Joe Mohr’s cartoons, and cartoon updates and other green news on Twitter @GreenCartoons. Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets Beat–May Lose Beets (cartoon) Eco-Snobbery Sucks: The Cartoon Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets Beat–May Lose Beets (cartoo ...
  • Mixed message from USDA chief Vilsack [cartoon]
    US Ag Secretary, Tom Vilsack tells us to eat more natural foods a few days after fully deregulating GMO alfalfa…I’m confused. Confused as well? Read the links below and try to figure out this mess. From The New York Times: Government’s Dietary Advice: Eat Less From Elephant Journal: ...
  • BREAKING: Deleted Monsanto cartoon panel, leaked!
    Unlike the former Monsanto cartoon on this subject, this version shows a bit more clearly who surrendered the future of organic agriculture to Monsanto. There’s been a lot of talk from both sides (organic and biotech) about compromise. That is misleading and almost laughable (read: cryable ...

Inhabitat

  • INTERVIEW: Inhabitat Talks with Carl Seville, ...
      We had an opportunity to sit down with green building consultant Carl Seville, also known as know as the Green Building Curmudgeon for his no nonsense look at green building and remodeling. Carl just published the textbook GREEN BUILDING: Principles and Practices in Residential Constructi ...
  • 1920′s Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht is a ...
    Read the rest of 1920′s Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht is a Simple, Elegant and Completely Transformable Home Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: ana lisa alperovich, Architecture, cork floor, Daylighting, De Stijl's, dutch design, Gerrit Rietveld, minimalistic, ...
  • Denmark’s EKKO Pavilion Records the Voices and ...
    Read the rest of Denmark’s EKKO Pavilion Records the Voices and Footsteps of Visitors Navigating its Spiral Path Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: eco design, EKKO, green design, interactive sound installation, sound installation, sustainable design, Thilo Frank, w ...
  • MOMO is a Pop-Up Shop Made From Dozens of Recy ...
    Read the rest of MOMO is a Pop-Up Shop Made From Dozens of Recycled Windows Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Andy Tong, disused windows, eco design, green design, MOMO Shop, pop up shop, Recycled Materials, recycled window architecture, sustainable design
  • INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Koen Olthuis of WaterStud ...
    In light of all the dire news related to climate change, rising sea levels and the natural disasters which have stricken numerous coastal areas around the world, we here at Inhabitat would like to highlight an interview Inhabitat Editor-in-Chief Jill Fehrenbacher conducted with architect Koen Ol ...

Pogue's Posts

  • How to Keep Electronics Going With No Power
    How a tech columnist muddles through a 10-day stretch without electricity and Internet (not to mention heat or hot water). Sometimes, the technologies a columnist and his family crave most are 100 years old.
  • A Windows 8 Cheat Sheet
    If you install Windows 8, you'll have to learn both environments, like it or not; you can't live in just one environment or the other. So how are you supposed to operate it if you have a nontouch computer? David Pogue provides a cheat sheet.
  • More Advice on Home Data Storage
    Readers weigh in with more advice about backing up data at home.
  • Do We Ban App Distractions, Too?
    David Pogue says he'll still ask Siri to "read my messages" while his attention is on the road. Yes, of course, any kind of distraction is worse than none. But hearing one sentence read aloud seems to be the least of our automotive distractions, he says.
  • Tim Cook's Apology Is an Important Step Forward
    Whatever the story, the Apple chief's apology for the condition of the new maps app conveys a note of humility that has been missing so far. Without it, the Apple Maps fiasco felt even worse than it was.

WIRED Magazine | Science

  • Talking Elephant Learns 5-Word Vocabulary
    Annyong! The Korean word for "hello" is part of 22-year-old Asian elephant Koshik's five-word vocabulary. He can also utter the words for sit down (anja), lie down (nuo), good (choah) and no (aniya), according to a study published today in the journal Current Biology.
  • Wired Science Space Photo of the Day: Lightnin ...
    These false-color mosaics from NASA's Cassini spacecraft capture lightning striking within the huge storm that encircled Saturn's northern hemisphere for much of 2011. The larger mosaic on the left of the panel shows the lightning flash, which appears as a blue dot. The smaller mosaic on the ri ...
  • Physics Students Make Zombie Movie Decay Deep ...
    This ghoulish indie flick could be really awesome. It will definitely be free.
  • Curiosity Rover Takes Best Self-Portrait Ever
    NASA's Curiosity rover has been sitting tight on the Martian sand doing a few sciences for nearly a month now. But it recently took some time out for a vanity shot, producing this adorable self-portrait (click for a larger version).
  • Help Discover Dark Matter in the Universe, Win ...
    Why not spend Halloween looking for something truly ghostly and mysterious? Astronomers have created a new competition that asks the general public to generate algorithms that can help spot dark matter in Hubble images.

PakAlert

  • ‘Troubling’ Surveillance Before Benghazi Attack
    More than six weeks after the shocking assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi -- and nearly a month after an FBI team arrived to collect evidence about the attack - the battle-scarred, fire-damaged compound where Ambassador Chris Stevens and another Foreign Service officer lost their lives on ...
  • DHS Takeover: Newly Released DHS Manual Reveal ...
    When the Department of Homeland Security was brought into existence the general population didn’t really know what to expect, they were never really told, and most of them didn’t care all that much to begin with. The people who pointed out that this organization could be a threat to privacy a ...
  • Actor: If Romney Wins By Slim Margin “America ...
    Actor Richard Belzer warns that if Mitt Romney wins the presidential election by a small margin of victory, “America will explode,” claiming that voter suppression and “tampering with voting machines” could decide the contest. “If Romney wins by a very slim margin in states where there is vot ...
  • US warns Israel off pre-emptive strike on Iran
    US military commanders have warned their Israeli counterparts that any action against Iran would severely limit the ability of American forces in the region to mount their own operations against the Iranian nuclear programme by cutting off vital logistical support from Gulf Arab allies. US na ...
  • Pentagon Wants Rescue Robots Built In Time For ...
    In the wake of Tropical Storm Sandy, the Pentagon has requested that a team of “rescue robots” be engineered in time for the next “natural disaster”. The DARPA Robotics Challenge is putting out the call for a synthetic force that can be designed for autonomous thought; yet mitigate the risk to h ...

Andy Worthington

  • Pumpkins and Skeletons: Photos of Halloween in ...
    Pumpkins and Skeletons: Halloween in London, a set on Flickr. As part of my ongoing project to photograph the whole of London by bike, I recently reached a small milestone, as the last set I uploaded, “The Open-Air Street Artists of Ashby Mews, Brockley,” was the 50th set I have uplo ...
  • Please Sign the Petitions to Prevent the Closu ...
    Please sign the petition launched by Heidi Alexander MP! And the e-petition to the British government! On Monday, as I explained here, Matthew Kershaw, an NHS special administrator appointed in summer by the great butcher of the NHS, Andrew Lansley, delivered his draft report on “securing ...
  • Photos: The Open-Air Street Artists of Ashby M ...
    The Open-Air Street Artists of Ashby Mews, Brockley, a set on Flickr. Before Brockley, in south east London, was mugged by the selfish and arrogant forces of gentrification, with the arrival of the upgraded East London Line, it had been a haven for Bohemians for many decades — with artists ...
  • Another Torture Victim on Trial at Guantánamo
    In the last two weeks, the “war on terror” prison at Guantánamo Bay enjoyed a brief resurgence of interest as pre-trial hearings took place in the cases of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other men accused of directing and supporting the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, and i ...
  • Save the NHS: Act Now to Stop the Hatchet Fall ...
    Please visit the Save Lewisham A&E website to take action! It’s far too easy, nowadays, for people to sit back and let sweeping and deadly political changes take place because they believe that resistance is futile, but if you live in south east London — and specifically in the L ...

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  • Don't Turn Your Back on the Bankers for Even a ...
    The ink on the legislation is still drying and, already, the mortgage mill industry is trying to gut the little things that might help to hold them accountable for their bit part in the complete economic collapse of this nation: Dodd-Frank requires that lenders retain five percent of every loan ...
  • Sarah Palin: Mayor of New Milford?
    Is this a parody or real life? You decide. Citizens of New Milford: I want you to know that I'm on the job 24/7. Twenty four hours a week, seven months a year. But even with this strict time commitment, I can't be expected to keep up with everything going on in this vast metropolis. That's why ...
  • Much like the "conservative" GOP...
    The conservative Blue Dogs acted as Bush's domestic poodles, helping to move a dangerous right wing agenda. They were owned by the right wing and corporations and there is no big surprise why more than half of the Blue Dog caucus (28 of 54 members) were slaughtered in the 2010 elections. So f ...
  • Stop Drinking and Start Doing, Dem Dumb Dumbs
    Sober up, Dems. You started sucking suds when you captured the Congress in 2006. Since 2008 you've been binge drinking with Congress and the Prez. You even nibbled on some hot wings and pub nuts. Burp! And now the bartender just cut your drunk, lazy, liberal, progressive, leftie ass off. Y ...
  • The People Have Spoken. And Their Message Is ...
    So. What the heck happened last night? The GOP picked up 60 seats in the House, effectively reversing their losses there from 2006 and 2008, and returning control of that body to them. The GOP picked up some 6 seats in the Senate, but the Democratic Party retains control there. The GOP picked u ...

SPL Center

  • California Man Caught With Explosives May Be ‘ ...
    A man who was found with more than 145 pounds of explosives in Brisbane, Calif., might have connections to the antigovernment “sovereign citizens” movement, an extremist ideology whose adherents believe they don’t have to obey most laws or pay taxes.
  • California Man Caught With Explosives May Be ‘ ...
    A man who was found with more than 145 pounds of explosives in Brisbane, Calif., might have connections to the antigovernment “sovereign citizens” movement, an extremist ideology whose adherents believe they don’t have to obey most laws or pay taxes.
  • Paranoid Prognosticators Fear Doom Under Secon ...
    The far right does not like President Obama. He’s been depicted as a Muslim (he’s not) and a terrorist sympathizer. He’s been called a fascist and compared to Hitler. He’s been pegged as a socialist and even a communist. And, of course, an entire cottage industry has been built around the false ...
  • Super-Storm Sandy Spawns Plethora of Conspirac ...
    Even before the winds of Hurricane Sandy began to moderate, conspiracy theorists of a variety of bents got busy explaining the real meaning of the storm. Because, of course, a monster storm can’t just come from something like “weather” or “climate.” No, a storm like that just must be the product ...
  • Holocaust-Denying Bishop Ejected from Schismat ...
    The Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), a schismatic “radical traditionalist” Catholic group that broke with the Vatican over the reforms of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), has ejected from its ranks a bishop whose outspoken Holocaust denial has long been source of embarrassment for both SSPX ...

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  • If Up to New Mexico’s Governor, Undocume ...
    A haunting but ultimately uplifting story out of New Mexico has been making the rounds in newspapers and TV reports across the country. A 6-year-old girl in Albuquerque was abducted as she walked home on a suburban street. The kidnapper pulled her into his van, parked near a rock hiding packing ...
  • Victory! NJ Gov. Signs Bill So Survivors Won't ...
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  • Teen Leads Safe Crosswalk Campaign in Wake of ...
    The shock and grief over a young person's tragic death can be paralyzing. Not for Kimiko Nishitsuji. Her friend's sudden death last month after being hit by a car at an intersection long known to be dangerous for pedestrians instead spurred her to action and mobilized a community. Kimiko created ...
  • Major Progress: Administration to Grant Deport ...
    Wow. Just weeks ago, UCLA graduate and award-winning Dreamer David Cho posted a petition on Change.org commemorating the ten-year anniversary of the federal DREAM Act and asking President Obama and the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to do everything in their power to stop deporting tal ...
  • Robert Segwanyi Spared Deadly Deportation to U ...
    Robert Segwanyi was scheduled for deportation on August 18,  from the United Kingdom's Heathrow airport. The UK was sending Robert back to Uganda, where he was tortured with molten plastic and imprisoned for being gay. Robert was spared from deportation at the very last minute according to ...

Common Dreams -News

  • How Hurricane Sandy Will Impact the Election
    Thanks to a wave of new voting restrictions passed by Republicans, the 2012 election was already shaping up to be pretty chaotic before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, which left 8.2 million households witho read more
  • Ravaged Staten Island: Torn Apart, Comes Together
    Thousands of homes on Staten Island were searched for the dead and survivors, including this house, swept into a marsh in Oakwood. Neighbors helped recover items from the house. (Michael Appleton for The New York Times)A full four days after Hurricane Sandy ripped through New York City, resident ...
  • Penn. Town Mayor Pushes Privatization to Preve ...
    The city of Allentown, Penn. is making steps towards the privatization of its public water and sewage systems. The town's mayor, Ed Pawlowski, has pushed the measure in as the only solution to prevent the town from being pushed off a "fiscal precipice" as city faces a funding pensi ...
  • 'Pronounced Recovery' for Oil Drilling in Gulf ...
    In the face of any lessons learned from the 2010 BP oil disaster and the impacts climate change up, oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is booming. Drilling permit approvals are back to pre-Deepwater Horizon levels, and the future holds   deeper wells held by a handful of big companies, ...
  • NGO Report: Global Inequality at Highest in 20 ...
    According to a new report (pdf) from international organization Save the Children, income inequality is at a 20-year high worldwide. While this in itself is not a surprising trend, their findings suggest a global shift in poverty, from a developed versus developing issue to a domestic one. ...

Lifehacker

  • The Mountainview Workspace
    When you don't have a view, make one. That's what Debbie and Devin did with their home workspace, thanks to a giant graphic poster. White-ish walls can make a room boring, but sometimes all it takes is one point of interest to liven things up. If your workspace is feeling a little dull, t ...
  • Google Releases Nexus 4 Smartphone and Nexus 1 ...
    Android: Alongside a great update to Android 4.2, Google released some new hardware to run it. Along with a new Nexus 4 smartphone, they're finally offering up a 10" tablet to compete with the iPad—at a fairly lower price. More »
  • What's In Your Emergency Kit?
    Hurricane Sandy is on its way to the East Coast, and most of you are probably bundled up in your homes preparing for the oncoming storm. We're wondering: What do you guys have stashed away in your emergency kits? More »
  • Android 4.2 Adds Gesture-Based Typing, Multipl ...
    Although still considered Jellybean, Google updated Android to version 4.2 today and added several great new features including gesture-based typing, multiple users, and actionable notifications. More »
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Water Privatization

  • Water Privatization in Russia: More Than a Dro ...
    Without water, humans can only live for a few days. Yet only about 1 percent of the earth's water is suitable for human consumption. Rising GDP brings increases in demand for food production, including meat, which demands the greatest amount of water. Treating water is therefore a key utility.
  • Penn. Town Mayor Pushes Privatization to Preve ...
    The city of Allentown, Penn. is making steps towards the privatization of its public water and sewage systems. The town's mayor, Ed Pawlowski, has pushed the measure in as the only solution to prevent the town from being pushed off a "fiscal precipice" as city faces a funding pensi ...
  • Allentown council moves forward with water, se ...
    Mayor Ed Pawlowski’s plan to lease Allentown’s water and sewer systems took a big step forward Wednesday night, but is still months away from being a done deal. City Council voted 6-1 to support sending a request for proposals –RFPs -- to seven companies interested in leasing those systems for u ...
  • Allentown Council votes to move forward with w ...
    Allentown City Council voted Wednesday night to move forward with the mayor's controversial plan to sell off the rights to run the city's water system. Mayor Ed Pawlowski has said it's necessary to get the city out from crushing debt. The mayor's plan would let a private company ...
  • City mayor opens offers for water supply
    MAYOR Jed Patrick Mabilog said he is opening the offer and accepting bids of possible suppliers of water in Iloilo City starting November 1, 2012. A Task Force Water will be created soon to study the possibility of having other water suppliers in the city amidst the proposed bulk water supply pr ...

Guardian

  • Apple sky-high as Comet falls to earth
    UK chain enters administration and Japan's electronics industry slips into crisis in shadow of US firm success and online marketAs Britons queued up outside Apple stores to get their hands on the latest iPad on Friday it looked like business as usual for the UK's retailers.But it was a different ...
  • Torture claims halt MoD transfers to Afghan jails
    Head of directorate to which MoD wants to transfer prisoners is alleged to have been involved in torture, court hearsA determined attempt by the Ministry of Defence to transfer insurgents to Afghan jails was blocked by the high court on Friday after it heard evidence that they would be handed ov ...
  • Three men arrested over Northern Ireland priso ...
    Prominent dissident republican Colin Duffy and two other men are questioned over death of David Black on M1 motorwayThe prominent dissident republican Colin Duffy is one of three men being questioned about the murder of a Northern Ireland prison officer as he commuted to work on Thursday. Duffy, ...
  • UK and Russian spies could be forced to give e ...
    Lawyers for Litvinenko's family call for security services of both countries to be made 'interested parties'British and Russian spies could be compelled to give evidence at the inquest into the death of Alexander Litvinenko, it emerged on Friday, after lawyers for the spy's family called for the ...
  • Asil Nadir told: pay £5m or stay in jail for s ...
    Disgraced tycoon who stole £29m from his Polly Peck business empire ordered to make the payment or serve longer sentenceAsil Nadir has been ordered to pay back £5m of the £29m he stole from his Polly Peck business empire or serve an extra six years in prison.Nadir, 71, who had been Britain's mos ...

McClatchey

  • Coast Guard to investigate HMS Bounty sinking
    The Coast Guard announced Friday that it will conduct a formal investigation into the sinking of the tall ship HMS Bounty off the North Carolina coast Monday.Click to Continue »
  • Days before election, jobs report shows employ ...
    With the presidential election just days away and an apparent dead heat, the government reported Friday that employers added a stronger-than-expected 171,000 jobs, a boost to President Barack Obama?s argument…Click to Continue »
  • Commentary: Textbook example of a copyright fight
    On Monday, when most of the East Coast was wrestling with an approaching storm named Sandy, folks who gathered at the U.S. Supreme Court were wrestling with a dispute between…Click to Continue »
  • Employers add 171,000 jobs in October
    With the presidential election just days away and an apparent dead heat, the government reported Friday that employers added a stronger-than-expected 171,000 jobs, a boost to President Barack Obamas argument…Click to Continue »
  • The fates of Obama and Romney are tied up in 1 ...
    Eleven states are likely to decide whether President Barack Obama or Republican Mitt Romney will be elected president Tuesday.Click to Continue »

Afghanistan Sun

  • Torture claims halt MoD transfers to Afghan jails
    A determined attempt by the Ministry of Defence to transfer insurgents to Afghan jails was blocked by the high court on Friday after it heard evidence that they would be handed over to a notorious ...
  • Apparent Insider Attack Kills 4 Afghan Police
    No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, the latest in a series of incidents in which Afghan security personnel or militants wearing police or army uniforms have opened fire on their ...
  • Trial Team Includes Decorated Afghanistan War ...
    Release Date: November 2, 2012 BUFFALO, N.Y. -- When third-year University at Buffalo Law School student Christopher Safulko takes his part in this weekend's law school trial team competition ...
  • Two Afghan intelligence officials missing in t ...
    The FBI is looking for two senior Afghan intelligence officials who have disappeared from Washington, D.C. Major Mohd Farooq Ghanizada is the chief of the Counterterrorism and Organized Crime ...
  • Han lurte Taliban trill rundt
    KRIGSHELTEN: 27. juni 2010 ble marinejegeren Trond Bolle drept av en veibombe i Afghanistan. Han ble posthumt tildelt Krigskorset med sverd - som den ...

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 ...

Whistleblowers Protection Blog

  • Squashed By Russia: The Sergei Magnitsky Story
    NWC nabbed an exclusive interview with Jamison Firestone, the law partner and friend of Sergei Magnitsky – a whistleblower whose disturbing story reveals the ruthlessness and corruption of the Russian government. Sergei was tortured and killed after he exposed the looting of Russian taxpay ...
  • Presidential Policy Directive on Whistleblower ...
    A recent White House directive on national security whistleblowers has sparked a major dialog in the whistleblower community. You can read the National Whistleblowers Center's press release on the directive here. Below is a full-text analysis from the Whistleblower Support Fund's Linda Lew ...
  • ARB issues decisions on summary decision, sett ...
    Today, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a summary of the September 2012 decisions of its Administrative Review Board (ARB).  The twelve decisions issued in September cover important procedural issues involving the time limits for filing complaints and petitions for review to the ARB, con ...
  • Stephen Kohn and Richard Angino argue Wiest ca ...
    On October 5, 2012, the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals conducted oral arguments in Wiest v. Lynch, a case that tests the scope of protection for whistleblowers under the 2002 Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, attorney Richard Angino argued the case for Jeffrey Wiest.  ...
  • NWC joins in amicus to Federal Circuit on Conyers
    Today the National Whistleblowers Center (NWC) joined with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in an amicus brief filed by the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU). The brief urges the Federal Circuit to reverse the holding of its panel decision in Berry v. Conyers.  There, the Co ...

Science Express

  • Pollution from Asia Circles Globe at Stratosph ...
    (PhysOrg.com) -- The economic growth across much of Asia comes with a troubling side effect: pollutants from the region are being wafted up to the stratosphere during monsoon season. The new finding, in a study led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, provides additiona ...
  • After growth spurt, supermassive black holes s ...
    Supermassive black holes found at the centers of distant galaxies undergo huge growth spurts as a result of galactic collisions, according to a new study by astronomers at Yale University and the University of Hawaii. Their findings appear in the March 25 edition of Science Express.
  • Research team finds structure of 'swine flu' virus
    A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and other institutions has solved the structure of a key protein from the virus that caused last year's "swine flu" influenza epidemic. The structure reveals that the virus shares many features with influenza viruses common in the early 20 ...
  • Lizard moms choose the right genes for the rig ...
    (PhysOrg.com) -- Two Dartmouth biologists have found that brown anole lizards make an interesting choice when deciding which males should father their offspring. The females of this species mate with several males, then produce more sons with sperm from large fathers, and more daughters with spe ...
  • More than One: Long-Reigning Microbe Controlli ...
    (PhysOrg.com) -- Marine scientists long believed that a microbe called Trichodesmium, a member of a group called the cyanobacteria, reigned over the ocean's nitrogen budget.

TechDirt

  • Hurricane Sandy, Twitter Fact-Checking, And Th ...
    As we begin to move into the aftermath stage of Hurricane Sandy, folks are beginning to look back on various aspects of communication during the storm and what occurred. Mike already touched upon this, discussing one dead-ender who decided to tweet a bunch of false reports under the name "@comfo ...
  • Why Do So Many People Rely On Facebook For Com ...
    The Washington Post has an interesting story about Facebook's admission that it erroneously took down a widely shared image posted by an anti-Obama group over the weekend. The somewhat viral image (which, as the article notes, isn't exactly the most truthful of images -- but perhaps par for the ...
  • German Company Wants To Protect Its Use Of The ...
    A little while back, Techdirt wrote about a rather brave French company that tried to trademark the Anonymous logo. Now Der Spiegel is reporting that someone wants a German "wordmark" on the "@" sign (original in German). The company involved has the rather unusual name "@ T.E.L.L.", where the ...
  • Best Of The Trademark Bullies: Village Voice S ...
    The latest in a long series of stupid trademark bullying lawsuits comes to us courtesy of The Village Voice (who should know better than to file bogus lawsuits). The Voice is suing Yelp for trademark infringement. The Village Voice somehow convinced the USPTO that it deserved a trademark on th ...
  • Amazon Freaks Out About Sock Puppet Reviews An ...
    For a while now, there has been a bit of a kerfuffle at Amazon over so called "sock puppet reviews" or reviews purchased by an author to help pad their books' rankings. We hadn't been covering any of it because, frankly, it was a non-story. There never was a threat to the publishing indu ...

VacTruth

  • The American Medical Association Will Soon Be ...
    The American Medical Association (AMA) recently published a paper proposing the introduction of a new law to force you and your children into experimental vaccine trials against your wishes. Your only way out of this directive would be to sign an ‘opt out form.’ In January, the AMA publish ...
  • Postman Could Soon Deliver Your Nanopatch Vacc ...
    In 2010, UK newspaper The Independent on Sunday reported that a collaborative research study undertaken by researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University in Atlanta had detailed a new way to deliver painless effective vaccines. [1]  Reporting on a study published in th ...
  • Secret Papers Reveal Funding Refused to Resear ...
    Secret papers hidden in archives for years clearly show that when medical researchers applied for funding to study the link between vaccinations and the debilitating condition known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
  • The State of Autism—and 15 Questions for the P ...
    Does anyone know what our presidential candidates’ plans are for dealing with the autism epidemic in this country? Does anyone know what their policies are regarding vaccines? Few people can say yes to either of these questions.
  • Are Eye Drops and Vitamin K Shot Mandatory in ...
    A parent who wishes to remain anonymous writes: “Hello, I was wondering if the eye drops and vitamin k shot are mandatory in Michigan? Also, I have read women take nettle leaf a few weeks before giving birth to boost vitamin k levels. Does anyone know what kind of nettle leaf to take becau ...

BroadSnark

  • Things You Might Have Missed
    Took this pic in San Pedro Sula a few years ago. Those guys are on top of the mall. They don’t fuck around with shoplifting in that town. Apparently, SPS is now the most dangerous city in the world. Perhaps they need to rethink their strategies. What kind of fucktard cares more about putti ...
  • Book Review – The Occupy Handbook
    The Occupy Handbook by Janet Byrne My rating: 1 of 5 stars I hate this book. I really tried to give it a chance. But I knew going in that any book about occupy that was compiled by someone described as “an editor who has worked with Nobel Prize-winning economists, Pulitzer Prize-winning wr ...
  • Things You Might Have Missed
    Follow CD on his quest for medical marijuana. Feminists shrunk Rush Limbaugh’s penis. (Typing “Rush Limbaugh’s penis” just made me retch.) Ladies, if you do exactly the opposite of these tips for single women circa 1938, you too can stay happily unmarried. Are too strong ...
  • Confessions of a Former Liberal: A Response to ...
    By now you have probably read, or at least heard about, Rebecca Solnit’s piece on TomDispatch titled The Rain on Our Parade. Salon republished it as Hey left wing: Quit griping. Solnit is frustrated that us radicals are constant Debbie Downers who do nothing but bitch and moan. We can neve ...
  • Things You Might Miss
    Not much time for news and blogs this week, but there is lots of stuff coming up. If any of you are in the DC area, come by and say hello. Thursday Justice Policy Institute is having a panel discussion about The High Price of Bail at the Busboys and Poets on 5th and K. There [...]

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War in Context

  • The Syrian revolution becomes more Islamist
    By Robin Yassin-Kassab, Pulse, November 2, 2012 Like ‘armed gangs’, armed Islamists are one of the Syrian regime’s self-fulfilling prophecies. Most grassroots organisers and fighters are secularists or moderate Islamists, but the numbers, organisational power and ideological fervor of more extre ...
  • Why seas are rising ahead of predictions: Esti ...
    Science Daily reports: Sea levels are rising faster than expected from global warming, and University of Colorado geologist Bill Hay has a good idea why. The last official IPCC report in 2007 projected a global sea level rise between 0.2 and 0.5 meters by the year 2100. But current sea-level ris ...
  • Why Europe deserves your respect: They had fir ...
    Jim Galloway writes: If you’re familiar with Republican talking points, then you understand that “Europe” has become political shorthand for “socialist, debt-ridden mediocrity.” We must now make an exception for the art of weather forecasting. How did U.S. meteorologists first learn that Hurrica ...
  • Music: Dhafer Youssef – ‘Wind and Shadows’ int ...
    The whole piece (different performance) can be heard hear.
  • A two-state solution is the most practical rou ...
    David Wearing writes: Obituaries for the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are appearing with increasing regularity, with examples including recent pieces in the Guardian by Rachel Shabi and Ghada Karmi. Among supporters of the Palestinian national struggle, those now callin ...

Watts Up With That?

  • A Reply to Hurricane Sandy Alarmists
    A suggestion the Great Gale of 1821 was worse than Hurricane Sandy, and Alarmists are wrong to suggest otherwise. Guest post by Caleb Shaw While I am often humbled, when it comes to predicting the weather, I did correctly predict … Continue reading →
  • Why Seas Are Rising Ahead of Predictions?
    GSA Annual Meeting Presentation: Could Estimates of the Rate of Future Sea-Level Rise Be Too Low? Boulder, Colorado, USA – Sea levels are rising faster than expected from global warming, and University of Colorado geologist Bill Hay has a good … Continue reading →
  • Helping Bloomberg understand ‘stupid’
    This cover today is making the rounds in the alarmosphere, where a single storm, a single data point in the hundreds of hurricanes that have struck the USA during its history, is now apparently “proof” of global warming causing bad … Continue reading →
  • Hurricane Sandy’s ‘Unprecedented&# ...
    Guest post by David Middleton Funny thing… Hurricane Sandy’s unprecedented storm surge was likely surpassed in the New England hurricanes of 1635 and 1638. From 1635 through 1954, New England was hit by at least five hurricanes producing greater than … Continue reading →
  • Global Temperature Update–September 2012
    Guest post by Paul Homewood The HADCRUT data has now been released for September, so we can have a look at the latest figures for the four main global temperature datasets. I have now switched to HADCRUT4, although the Hadley … Continue reading →

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Biosingularity

  • Mouse ‘avatars’ could aid pancreat ...
    Mouse ‘avatars’ could in future allow physicians to find the most effective cocktail of cancer drugs to combat a particular tumour before giving them to a patient, according to researchers at the annual meeting of the Human Genome Organisation (HUGO) in Australia last week. “Using a ...
  • Lapses in oversight compromise omics results
    apses in oversight that prevented a US university from identifying the flawed research behind a series of clinical trials are symptomatic of a larger problem says a report by the US Institute of Medicine (IOM), released today. The case in question, which revolves around papers relating to cancer ...
  • Getting the dirt on immunity
    revious human studies have suggested that early life exposure to microbes (i.e., germs) is an important determinant of adulthood sensitivity to allergic and autoimmune diseases such as hay fever, asthma and inflammatory bowel disease. This concept of exposing people to germs at an early age (i.e ...
  • Opioid receptors revealed
    On a small table in his office at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, Ray Stevens spreads out a sheet of paper covered with colourful branched lines, each sprouting and thinning before terminating in an esoteric code. “This is the dream,” he declares. The intricate diagram re ...
  • Researchers show that memories reside in speci ...
    Our fond or fearful memories — that first kiss or a bump in the night — leave memory traces that we may conjure up in the remembrance of things past, complete with time, place and all the sensations of the experience. Neuroscientists call these traces memory engrams. But are engrams conceptual, ...

CFACT

  • CBO Finds Electric Cars Not Smart: Toyota Pull ...
    The plug-in car energy-saving argument is running out of juice. A September Congressional Budget Office Report has concluded that all that spending “…will have no impact on the total gasoline use and greenhouse gas emissions of the nation’s vehicle fleet over the next several years.” It also fou ...
  • Fractured fairy tales
    Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing have boosted shale gas production from zero a few years ago to 10% of all US energy supplies in 2012, observes energy analyst Daniel Yergin. Fracking has also increased US oil production 25% since 2008 – almost all on state and private lands, and in t ...
  • Green civil war in San Francisco over Hetch Hetchy
    The Greens are at each other's throats over San Francisco Proposition F which would fund the preparation work to drain and dismantle the Hetch Hetchy reservoir. Dynamite the dam and give the valley back to the fish and animals, or keep one of the nation's finest supplies of naturally pure wa ...
  • Election Campaigns Prove Global Warming Crisis ...
    Maybe it has been a smart idea for the Democrats to go a bit light on the president’s record on climate and energy achievements after all, and concentrate their message on really critical matters…like switching from subsidies for green energy to subsidies for Sesame Street and contraceptives for ...
  • Leaked emails expose Obama’s crony Green ...
    A trove of over 150 emails released late Wednesday by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform reveals crony capitalism at the highest levels of government. The emails show that the loans given to failed companies like Solyndra, Abound Solar, A123, and other failed companies were p ...

Ria Novosti Online News

  • NHLers Ready to Play for Weak KHL Teams - Kulemin
  • Vettel Fastest in Abu Dhabi Practice
    Sebastian Vettel was fastest in Friday practice for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, showing more of the pace that is bringing him ever closer to a third straight Formula One title.
  • Ivanovic, Safarova to Open Fed Cup Final
    The Fed Cup final between reigning champion the Czech Republic and Serbia will start Saturday with a clash between former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic and Czech Lucie Safarova, after the draw was made Friday.
  • Hitman Who Killed Wrong Man Arrested in St. Pe ...
    A hitman who killed the wrong man in 2009 before getting the right one six months later has been arrested in St. Petersburg along with two accomplices, the regional department of the Russian Investigative Committee reported on Friday.
  • Delay on Shtokman project will not affect rela ...
    Speaking at the opening of the days of trans-border cooperation between Russia and Norway in the Russian city of Nikel, First Deputy Murmansk Governor Alexei Tyukavin told journalists that a delay in the development of the Shtokman natural gas deposit will not affect business relations between t ...

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Pruning Shears

  • Empty chairs and missing signs in Ohio
    This year’s presidential election has produced a brand new form of messaging. It isn’t very cutting edge, though; not some kind of recently developed social media application or scary new number crunching technology. No, it’s empty chairs. Really. People (in northeast Ohio ...
  • Home rule on that ballot this election season: ...
    Ohioans have experienced a number of different frustrations in trying to get their government to be responsive to their concerns about fracking. The biggest one may be the state’s usurping of home rule of home rule on the issue. Ohio’s Constitution had home rule - basically, the ri ...
  • Bain Capital, leveraged speculation and cancer
    Maha has occasionally focused on mesothelioma, and yesterday she emailed a link to this from Pulitzer Prize winner Gary Cohn. It is a look at how a Kansas City steel company named GS Industries was bought out by Bain Capital, sucked dry and shut down. The resulting struggle for many former emp ...
  • Consumer Rage: this is your labor movement und ...
    The NFL’s lockout of union referees, which began in June and ended today, is just one of several recent examples that serve to illustrate how little regard Americans give to labor and the treatment of workers.  This phenomenon is found not just among the likes of rightwing union-buste ...
  • Partial transcript, trustee meeting
    From here. Roughly from 2:36-4:50.Q: He didn’t tell you what he thought? There would be any risk associated with it?A: He said it was, trying to think of his exact words, symbolic. A lot of what you’re saying is symbolic, because we still have the Ohio Revised Code we have to follow. ...

Organic Consumers.org

  • Debunked: 6 Lies That Biotech and Big Food Are ...
    Since Oct. 1, Monsanto and the rest of the Biotech and Big Food gang have been pounding the California airwaves with nearly $36 million worth of boldface lies and twisted truths.Click here to read this article
  • Yes: Food Labels Would Let Consumers Make Info ...
    The paternalistic assertion that labeling of genetically modified foods "can only serve to mislead and falsely alarm consumers" is an Orwellian argument that violates the right of consumers to make informed decisions.Civilization rests on the confidence that an individual's basic human rights wi ...
  • Marijuana Prohibition Is Hanging on by Its Fin ...
    America will benefit to the tune of billions every year when we end one of our worst domestic policies since ... the prohibition of alcohol. Click here to read this article
  • Genetically Modified Soy Threatens the Amazon ...
    Soybeans are touted by the food industry as the answer to world hunger. But very few pieces of propaganda could be more misleading. Not only does soy consumption lead to a number of health problems, but its production is leaving a trail of ecological devastation beyond belief.Click here to read ...
  • Vandana Shiva on Prop 37, GMOs, Food Sovereign ...
    One of the world's most renowned scientists and environmental activists, Vandana Shiva, is speaking out on behalf of proposition 37. Long a thorn in the side of Monsanto, Dr. Shiva has taken on big bio-tech and agribusiness companies in her home country of India and works with farmers groups all ...

Center for a Livable Future

  • FDA Can’t Keep a Secret—Agency Accidently Reve ...
    Now, after careful review of FDA reports and correspondence, I can publish a number that neither FDA nor these industries want you to know: 706,530 kilograms (kg) of arsenicals were sold for use in food animals in 2010, the most recent year for which we can determine arsenical sales.
  • Pesticide database would be a boost, not a bur ...
    If pesticides are going to be released into our environment, the least we can do is track who’s releasing what, when, where and how much, so we can monitor whatever unintended consequences these substances might be causing.
  • Nutrition Conference or Junk Food Expo? Reflec ...
    Little did I know that those few days I spent in Philadelphia would be some of the most confusing, inspiring, revolting, enlightening, and motivating days of my professional career to date.
  • World Food Day vs Food Day: What’s the Differ ...
    October seems to be the month of food, and not just because of the bountiful harvests currently filling up our farmers’ market stands. For the second year now, two awareness days centered on food system complexities are on the menu this month— World Food Day and Food Day. If you’re confused as t ...
  • The Farm Bill – What Now?
    As of midnight, October 1, 2012, the farm bill officially expired. After spending a good portion of the summer learning about and reporting on the farm bill, the notion that a new farm bill might not be in the cards this year is slowly starting to sink in. Congress still has a chance to make [.. ...

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My Care2 Picks

  • Channelling Counterpunch
    Seeing the RSS for Counterpunch down I decided to scan some articles - which served as a jumpoff for an overview of the Iranian menace stories Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Engineered Viruses Created in Government Labs ...
    Canadian researchers have concluded that H1N1 flu shot is more dangerous than the flu. The studys release coincided with North America and certain parts of Europe preparing to promote massive vaccination efforts. Shot caused more physiological issues Submitted by John Farnham to Health & Wellne ...
  • Gentleperson's Guide to Forum Spies
    decoding astroturfing & malicious forum & Internet operations, trolls, sockpuppets, crapflooding & disinfo specialists Submitted by John Farnham to Society & Culture  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Public Schools Use RFID Chips to Track and Pun ...
    In the San Antonio school district, the Student Locator Project (SLP) is being beta-tested at Jay High School and Jones Middle School. The SLP includes the use of radio frequency identification technology (RFID) Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't  |   Note- ...
  • Why Does The U.S. Government Treat Military Ve ...
    The way that the U.S. government treats military veterans is absolutely disgraceful. Men and women that have given everything for this nation are literally being treated like human garbage by their own government. After watching how vets are treated, it i Submitted by Walter L Bradley Jr to US P ...

Angry Indian News

  • Excellent Service to Solve Your Fluid Mechanics
    <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 ... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • Home insurance and the dilemma of replacement ...
    When it’s time to renew your home insurance policy, make the time to go over the details. Understanding the nuances in the fine print can save you money. It is up to you to decide if money today is... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • Sushi - Trend and Tradition
    Today sushi is associated with a global trend as well as a Japanese food tradition. Not all countries’ traditional dishes are welcomed that eagerly by the rest of the world, like lutefisk from Norway... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • How Online Learning Has Introduced MBA Courses
    Few decades back we hardly thought of distance learning evolving as a major schooling practice. With the advent of distance education students were surprised at the numerous opportunities they were... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • Online High School Programs Help Troubled Students
    As the popularity of online higher education continues to grow, a younger group of students has noticed the convenience of online learning. Online courses are a realistic option for young students... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]

Farm Wars

  • Biotech Nightmare – GMO Jumping Genes
    Since jumping genes are already a large part of our genome naturally, and they are subject to mutation, which can lead to diseases such as cancer and hemophaelia as well as antibiotic resistance, the introduction of genetically engineered DNA into the mix is especially alarming.
  • Discovery Channel Covers Geoengineering/Chemtrails
    Michael J. Murphy, Barry Kolsky and Dr. Nick Begich of "WHY in the World are They Spraying?" www.witwats.com are featured in this episode.
  • GM Cancer Warning Can No Longer Be Ignored
    ISIS Prof Peter Saunders Dr Mae-Wan Ho The latest findings of cancers and deaths from GM maize and Roundup herbicide are the result of the most in-depth long-term toxicology study ever done on GM food; we ignore them at our peril. In the Vatican Museums in Rome stands a statue of La0coön and his ...
  • A Rat’s Tale
    Animated cartoon on GMOs. This says it all!
  • GMO Labeling Guys Sponsored by Anti-labeling D ...
    Why is the Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT), which puts out the Non-GMO Shopping Guide, sponsored by Silk, which is owned by Dean Foods, which is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars fighting GMO labeling in California? Isn’t this a conflict of interest?

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Citizens for Legitimate Government

  • Protester interrupts Romney rally in Virginia
    ShareThisProtester interrupts Romney rally in Virginia 01 Nov 2012 Mitt Romney was interrupted at a rally Thursday in Virginia Beach, Va. A rowdy audience member took advantage of a pause during the Republican presidential nominee's speech and shouted "climate change caused Sandy!" He then flash ...
  • Storm Sandy: US death toll close to 100
    ShareThisStorm Sandy: US death toll close to 100 02 Nov 2012 More than 90 deaths in the US have now been blamed on Sandy, the huge storm that has left residents on the east coast struggling to recover. Worst hit were New York City and New Jersey, with fuel shortages the latest in a series of pos ...
  • Over 1.3M customers still without power in NYS
    ShareThisOver 1.3M customers still without power in NYS 02 Nov 2012 The Long Island Power Authority says it expects to restore the majority of customers who lost power by the weekend of Nov. 10 and 11. There were more than 436,000 LIPA customers still without service as of early Friday. LIPA say ...
  • Worker says nuclear crisis crew in Japan wasn' ...
    ShareThisWorker says nuclear crisis crew in Japan wasn't told of high radiation danger 02 Nov 2012 The operator of a Japanese nuclear plant that went into a meltdown knew the risks from highly radioactive water at the site but sent in crews without adequate protection or warnings, a worker said ...
  • Libya mission was mainly CIA operation
    ShareThisLibya mission was mainly CIA operation 02 Nov 2012 The US mission in Benghazi that came under attack by militants on September 11 was mainly a secret CIA operation, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, shedding new light on the deadly assault. Four Americans, including Ambassador Ch ...

Daily Loaf

  • 5 books that are sure to heat up your kitchen life
    I like to read — a lot. I could make lists counting the hundreds of books that make great reads. Unfortunately, we don’t have the time and you may not have the attention span for that. To keep it short and sweet, here’s a list of five books that I feel add depth and meaning [...]
  • Beer Review: Victory Hop Devil/Victory Hop Wallop
    Victory Brewing Company opened up fifteen years ago in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, but only recently entered the Florida market.  With such beers as their highly touted Prima Pils and Storm King Stout, Victory has earned a rightful place among the respected craft brewers in the United States.  St ...
  • D’s nuts: Rays’ crazy defense feeds hitting, p ...
    Tampa Bay took the series victory against the Chicago with the win, getting back to .500 and improving to 2 games back in the American League East division. Rays look for sweep tomorrow.
  • Interview with Michael Foley about the Florida ...
    The Florida Dance Festival provides a springboard for raw talent and fresh ideas.
  • Just plain cheesy: Celebrate National Grilled ...
    April is National Grilled Cheese Month: an entire four weeks devoted to the American classic. The following sandwich recipe is from cheese expert and author Laura Werlin’s book, Great Grilled Cheese.

Vaccine Resistance Movement

  • VRM: Weaponized Polio & The African Green Monk ...
    According to a groundbreaking, controversial report, released in 1961 in the wake of the Salk & Sabin Polio vaccine debacle, Medical researchers identified that ‘all primary monkey kidney may contain one or more latent viruses whose characteristic cytopathology becomes evident when such tiss ...
  • VRM: World Health Organization Mafia – L ...
    ‘The prospect of domination of the nation’s scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present – and is gravely to be regarded. Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and ...
  • VRM: The Autism Report
    Due to the complex nature of Autism Spectrum Disorder a formal definition will be helpful in establishing the parameters of this report; while differentiating the co-factors from other similar conditions. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) , considered the standard of current Medical Industry ...
  • VRM: The Re-emergence of Polio in The Third Wo ...
    ‘Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus. It invades the nervous system, and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours. It can strike at any age, but affects mainly children under three (over 50 percent of all cases). The virus enters the body throug ...
  • VRM: Pandemic Preparedness & The Dark Agenda Ahead
    We are currently entering the next phase in the Globalist plan to erode the bedrock of natural immunity amongst the general population, a race to gain complete control over our inherent right to self-determination of the body. Based on all my research thus [...]

B.C. Preppers Network

  • You Know You're Getting Old When...
    A few weeks back we received our new high-efficiency front loading LG washer and dryer set and I have to say, I'm pretty impressed by them. The set was only around $1000 (on sale) but I felt like I'd gone from a Chevette to a Cadillac when compared to our old set.  A cute little luxur ...
  • Control Your Home Thermostat On the Internet!
    Today a fellow from our natural gas company came by to install a new thermostat as part of the Peaksaver program that we signed up for. If you haven't heard of Peaksaver, basically what it does is allow the Ontario government electricity provider to turn off your central air conditi ...
  • Happy Day!: The Water Bill Arrived!
    After being shocked a few months ago with a water bill of over $240 I decided to do a few things to cut down on our water use We converted our main toilet to a dual-flush and installed a water saving device on the second (haven't switched it over to a dual yet). We also installed a new ...
  • Strawberry Picking
    Our family went strawberry picking this morning, it's a fun thing to do once in a while and I think it's a good way to help our 3-year old daughter realize where food comes from. While my wife picked berries with our oldest I went for a walk around the farm with our youngest in the stroller ...
  • Pioneer Solar: PV System For Free?
    I received a flyer from Pioneer Solar in the mail the other day which claims to help people get a solar system installed on their house, farm, or business for free. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, like most things there's good and bad points about it and what might be a good deal fo ...

Michael Yon

  • Painting the Target
    IR Laser from aircraft on landing zone in Afghanistan (This is a quick dispatch on the fly.  No time for editing, so please take it as is.) 02 November 2012 The Benghazi attack leaves many open questions.  It has been established that high level failures occurred.  The fact tha ...
  • Afghanistan: Green-on-Blue Attacks in Context
    Published: 01 November 2012 October 31, 2012 — Written By: R. Hossain Introduction The spike in green-on-blue attacks (also known as "insider attacks") in Afghanistan in 2012 is a worrying development that has the potential to endanger the International Security Assistance Force's (ISAF) miss ...
  • NATO-PYSOPS
    01 November 2012
  • Distrust but verify
    Written By: Paul Wolfowitz | October 31, 2012 AEI-Ideas It is hard to understand why Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, in discussing the US response to the attacks on two US facilities in Benghazi, Libya, offered this novel principle as a guide for US action – or inaction – during that crisis: ...
  • President Obama Fumbled Afghanistan
    Southern Afghanistan, 2011 31 October 2012 By Michael Yon President Obama ascended to power through audacity, oration, and artful manipulation.  In the United States and numerous Asian countries, I saw peoples’ eyes glaze with unconditional trust in a man who is unfit for office. After t ...

The Killing Train

  • An attack on Dr. Mukwege
    Gunmen came to Dr.Mukwege's house in Bukavu, killed his security guard, and almost killed him. Here is a profile I wrote of Mukwege in 2009 for The Progressive Magazine. Here is the press release from PMU.
  • The Latest Colombian Peace Process
    Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has reinitiated a dialogue with the FARC. Talks began in Oslo and will continue in Havana. The Colombian government suspended orders to capture the 29 members of FARC's negotiating team as long as the negotiations take place, but have warned that they will ...
  • Rabble podcast about Haiti's New Dictatorship
    Matthew Adams from rabble.ca just did a podcast with me about Haiti's New Dictatorship. Check it out.
  • My little review of Fanfare for the Future: Oc ...
    I just wrote a review of Albert, Azulay, and Marty's Fanfare for the Future: Occupy Strategy at amazon: *** Full disclosure: I write for ZNet and come from this school of thought, so this is a knowledgeable review, but not an 'objective' one. read more
  • Updating my archives - Palestine 2002, Chiapas ...
    I have been updating my Writings Archive (see the tab above) and making sure that all of the links are working, putting copies of the material published elsewhere into this blog so it's all searchable and such. Part of this is re-posting work that hasn't been on the internet in a long time, so i ...

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Democratic Voice of Burma

  • Former Thai prime minister to visit Burma next ...
    According to a report in the Bangkok Post, former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is scheduled to visit Tachilek, Burma next week
  • MP’s associate accuses party chair of defamati ...
    The sixth court hearing for the defamation lawsuit filed by parliamentarian Khin Shwe’s Zaykabar company against Peace and Diversity Party’s leader Nay Myo Wei convened at Rangoon’s Mingalardon township yesterday
  • Clashes or ethnic cleansing?
    There are disturbing parallels between the way current violence in Arakan state is being described, and how past atrocities committed by the Burmese government were covered
  • More than 100 refugees missing after boat sinks
    About 130 people are missing after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees who were headed for Malaysia sank off Bangladesh, according to Bangladesh police and a Rohingya advocacy group on Wednesday
  • Opium production in Burma on the rise: UN
    Opium production in Burma has risen for the sixth consecutive year, despite a government commitment to eradicate cultivation by 2014, according to a new UN report released on Wednesday

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Jurist - Legal Research

  • Germany court rules for Motorola in Microsoft ...
    [JURIST] The Mannheim Regional Court in Germany ruled for Motorola Mobility, a subsidiary of Google, against Microsoft [corporate websites] on Friday. This was the fourth decision [FOSS Patents report] in a suit between Motorola and Microsoft to be issued this year, all of which were countersuit ...
  • UN: proposed Ukraine gay propaganda ban violat ...
    [JURIST] The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] on Friday condemned [press release] a draft law [bill 8711 materials, in Ukrainian] that would ban pro-gay "propaganda" in Ukraine. The OHCHR said that the bill would be open to abuse and that it violates ...
  • UK court allows Kenya ex-prisoners to sue for ...
    [JURIST] The Queen's Bench Division [official website] on the High Court of England and Wales ruled Friday that three elderly Kenyans can sue the British government for torture they suffered while in detention under the British Colonial Administration in the 1950s. Judge Richard McCombe ruled th ...
  • UK court approves extradition of terror suspec ...
    [JURIST] The High Court of England and Wales on Friday approved the extradition of five terror suspects to the US. The court's decision comes a week after the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) [official website] gave its final approval of the extradition, which it had initially approved [JUR ...
  • Australia High Court upholds tobacco plain-pac ...
    [JURIST] The High Court of Australia [official website] on Friday published its reasons [text, PDF] for dismissing a lawsuit brought by several large international tobacco companies challenging the labeling requirements of the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011 (TPP Act) [materials]. The court ori ...

Atlantic | Mark Ambinder

  • Did America's Cyber Attack on Iran Make Us Mor ...
    By invading a foreign nation, the U.S. government may have put our own infrastructure at risk.
  • A Twitter Torrent Against ... Congressional De ...
    Twitter is on fire, and Joe Lieberman merely the kindle. The Netroots left -- a variegated slice of the Democratic base -- is livid about health care reform.  The fire has been slow burning for months, expressing itself in frustration, firstly, with the congressional leadership, and secondl ...
  • 2010: Exploring The Frustration Of Seniors
    Resurgent Republic, the GOP strategy/polling consortium, has been finding, in surveys, a trend among folks over 55 that quite concerns Democrats -- because they're seeing the same thing. Since April, older whites have not only been venting their frustration at Congress, they've been increasingly ...
  • 2010: The Case Against Self-Funding
    Confirming rumors, California gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner announced today he's donating $15 million to his own campaign because he wants to "communicate my message of bold 10% tax cuts, a 10% reduction in state spending, creating a $10 billion rainy day fund, and I will cut our welfare ...
  • Why Lieberman Hates The Health Care Bill
    For progressives, with his latest Hamleting on health care reform, Sen. Joe Lieberman has officially transitioned from his status as the Senate's Lucy-Pulling-The-Ball-Away to a guy who, in the words of CAP's Matthew Yglesias, demonstrates "sociopathic indifference to the human cost" of his acti ...

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Tikun Olam

  • Progressive Radio Network Interview on IDF Pro ...
    Burt Cohen of the Progressive Radio Network did an hour-long interview (audio stream) with me this morning that dealt with Izhar Ashdot’s anti-Occupation song, A Matter of Habit, which I blogged about here.  The song was banned from Galey Tzahal, Israeli armed forces radio, for allegedly d ...
  • IDF Unit 8200: Coming Soon to a Theater Near You
    The U.S. Army ad slogan may be: “The Army needs a few good men.”  But IDF Unit 8200′s slogan is: “The IDF needs a few good hackers.”  Actually not a few, more like hundreds if not thousands. As I’ve reported here, Unit 8200, Israel’s equivalent to the NS ...
  • Bibi to France in Campaign Ploy Proving Israel ...
    Bibi Netanyahu will shortly touch down in Paris where he’ll be feted by the French president at Elysee Palace.  The photo ops there will show the world and voters back home that despite his promoting war with Iran he’s welcome in the world capitals.  I’m not a mad dog after all ...
  • RIP, Clarion Fund, Meet JerusalemOnlineU and I ...
    After three films which bashed Muslims and raised howls of racism and Islamophobia around the world, the group that used to be Clarion Fund has decided to tout Israel alone in its latest major project, Israel Inside.  It appears they’ve gotten tired of Swiftboating Arabs and have now opted ...
  • Israeli Education Minister Rumored Enmeshed in ...
    I reported here last year on one of the greatest stories never told in the Israeli media: that education minister Gideon Saar had sex in a Tel Aviv club with an underage girl; that all the Israeli reporters knew this and that none could report it.  Though this blog gets the discreet attention of ...

If Americans Knew

  • Gabrielle Giffords, Tom Hurndall and Palestini ...
    Alison Weir, CounterPunch - There is something particularly horrifying when someone is shot in the head. Perhaps it's the gruesome image, the destruction of the brain, the clear intent to kill. The recent shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is made even more nightmarish by the l ...
  • Critical Connections: Egypt, the US, and the I ...
    Minimally explored in all the coverage of the momentous Egyptian uprising taking place over the last 10 days [Jan-Feb 2011] are the Israeli connections.
  • The invisible government: Propaganda Disguised ...
    John Pilger: In a speech in Chicago, John Pilger describes how propaganda has become such a potent force in our lives and, in the words of one of its founders, represents 'an invisible government'.
  • An Open Letter to the Southern Poverty Law Cli ...
    I am disturbed by an article that the Center published in the fall 2007 issue of "Intelligence Report"--the Center's magazine. The item "Navy Extremist Disciplined--But Not for Extremism" is on page 11. The article focuses on Navy officer John Sharpe Jr.
  • A moment of truth: A word of faith, hope and l ...
    We, a group of Christian Palestinians, after prayer, reflection and an exchange of opinion, cry out from within the suffering in our country, under the Israeli occupation, with a cry of hope in the absence of all hope, a cry full of prayer and faith in a God ever vigilant, in God's divine provid ...

David J. Gregory

  • Donation will give you ACCESS TO PRIVATE AREA!
    http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://davidjgregory.wordpress.com/2012/06/16/donation-will-give-you-access-to-private-area/ As our private area grows with more and more data, it becomes more and more desirable. A donation will give you access to this area where not only will you ...
  • BIG NEWS Obama Threatens VETO CISPA
    Big news. President Obama is threatening to veto CISPA, the bill that could give the government and big companies limitless powers to spy on us online. The President has folded on a lot of things in the past, but finally, yes finally, there is hope, the tide maybe changing, from the GOP Corporat ...
  • The Eye On Citrus Show
    http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://davidjgregory.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/the-eye-on-citrus-show/ Our latest radio show is up, talking about the GOP Forum held in Crystal River this past Saturday, Jan 14, 2010. The two non-fiction books relating the dark and illegal deeds of t ...
  • Jesse Ventura, 63 Documents the Government Doe ...
    http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://davidjgregory.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/jesse-ventura-63-documents-the-government-does-not-want-you-to-read/ EyeOnCitrus.com is proud to announce that Jesse Ventura, newest book, 63 Documents The Government Doesn’t Want you to read, is availab ...
  • What side are you on?
    As a Thanksgiving deadline nears for action by the powerful congressional committee on deficit reduction, Bernie sounded an alarm over reports that Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid may be cut. "The American people have been very clear. They understand how important Social Security, Med ...

Unsuitable Blog

  • The Unsuitablog Archive
    The Unsuitablog contains a huge range of posts from simple criticism to investigation to downright in-your-face sabotage. It also has heaps of advice on how to recognise and expose greenwash and the entire series of Monthly Undermining Tasks which helped the book Underminers become a reality. To ...
  • The Unsuitablog: Winding Down and Winding Up
    Four years, and it feels like it. It would take a book to tell the story of The Unsuitablog: all the work that has gone into it; the sleepless nights wondering whether a stunt would come off or what the repercussions of an exposure would be; the arm-aching pixel manipulation in creating the hund ...
  • You’re Not Taking “Radical” ...
    On Monday 5th December, 2011, Bill McKibben, author and figurehead-leader of 350.org wrote the following in the Daily Kos: You think OWS is radical? You think 350.org was radical for helping organize mass civil disobedience in DC in August against the Keystone Pipeline? We’re not radical. Radica ...
  • Strikes vs Royal Weddings
    There is going to be a strike in Britain on Wednesday. The UK Government are condemning it. This is starting to appear all over Facebook: When the government decide we can have a day off for the royal wedding it doesn’t damage the economy, but when the workers decide to strike for a day it ...
  • WWF Denies Palm Oil is the Problem, then Count ...
    It seems there is no depth to which the corporate world’s own favourite NGO, WWF, will not sink. An article in this week’s Guardian was happy to give WWF some free publicity, implying that the group actually give a stuff about the wildlife they were apparently set up to protect (or s ...

Subalternate Reality

  • Forget The Wealthy. How Do We Tax The Lucky?
    A few weeks ago, the Washington Post ran a lengthy, above-the-fold piece looking into what impact capital gains tax rates were having on wealth inequality in America. “Most of the richest Americans pay lower overall tax rates than middle-class Americans do,” the reporters noted, adding that duri ...
  • Muslim-Baiters Don’t Want To Be Treated ...
    Over the weekend, I posted the following message on Twitter: “When a Muslim commits terror, every Muslim in the world somehow shares responsibility. When it’s a white Christian, he’s always a lone wolf.” I wasn’t commenting on the tendency of commentators to use different words to de ...
  • Keith Ellison’s Tears And Epistemic Closure
    Rep. Peter King’s hearings looking into the “radicalization” of the American Muslim community, and the suggestion that the community doesn’t cooperate with law enforcement, was largely a waste of time and tax dollars. The affair didn’t produce a single insight into the actual and urgent issue of ...
  • Praying On Qasr al-Nil
    One of the more memorable scenes of the Egyptian revolution will surely be that of ordinary Egyptian’s praying on Cairo’s Qasr al-Nil Bridge as members of Egyptian state police direct their water cannons at them. Truly a remarkable sight. via Al Jazeera Filed under: Middle East Tagged: Al-Jazeer ...
  • “I Support Democratization, But…&# ...
    The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg – one of the key proponents of the disastrous invasion of Iraq – has some serious misgivings about the fledgling pro-democracy movement that’s taken over the streets of Egypt. “I support democratization, but,” he cautions, “the democratization we saw in Gaza (cour ...

Idea Lab | Technology

  • Poynter Study Suggests Designers Give Readers ...
    This post was written by Ryan Graff of the Knight News Innovation Lab and originally appeared on the Lab's blog. A team from Medill and Poynter recently presented their findings on an Eye Track Study for tablets, that sought to answer two questions: 1) How do people choose what to read? and 2 ...
  • Announcing 'Source': Where Journalism and Codi ...
    I sent an e-mail from a hotel room in Berlin in September of last year, while completely blitzed out from jet lag. In it, I mentioned the idea of putting together a site that could serve as a center-point for a lot of the amazing code being written in the journalism community. The response I got ...
  • Super-Fast Autoplay-Enabled Watchup 1.4 Now in ...
    One of our bold beliefs here at Watchup has always been to iterate fast over users' feedback. Watchup is a Stanford startup, incubated at StartX, the Stanford startup accelerator, and as such we always try to apply the design thinking principles to our work. The latest version 1.4 of your ...
  • A LocalWiki for Antarctica
    Many months ago, we were approached about helping start up a LocalWiki project in Antarctica. In. Antarctica. Antarctica! The project, named "Open Antarctica," would aim to initially document a region of roughly 2 miles surrounding the Palmer Station United States base on the Antarctic Pen ...
  • Social Media's Role in the Evolution of Frontl ...
    It's Social Media Week this week, and in recognition of this and our seventh anniversary next month, we'd like to reflect on the role that social media has played in the history and development of FrontlineSMS. 'Democratization of Development' In a recent BBC Future article, I wrote about ...

Cutting Edge News

  • Obama and Benghazi - Recovered Document Reveal ...
    A treasure trove of secret documents has been obtained by a Libyan source who says that secularists in his country are increasingly wanting to see Mitt Romney defeat Barack Obama on November 6th. This charge is being made despite Muslim Brotherhood losses in Libyan elections last July which resu ...
  • The Obama Edge - Returning to an Economic Grow ...
    The engine of growth that has fueled the U.S. economy for over 225 years appears idle. In the five-year period from the second half of 2007 through the first half of 2012, the U.S. GDP growth rate has averaged just 0.6 percent annually. In fact, as the accompanying chart indicates, the average a ...
  • Obama and Israel - The Failure of the American ...
    In early September 2012, many in the pro-Israel camp were disturbed by a series of events at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. First, the committee drafting the party platform eliminated traditional language recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Next, the party elders chose t ...
  • Obama and Benghazi - Issa Accuses the Obama ad ...
    The chairman of the House oversight panel sent Secretary of State Hillary Clinton a scathing letter on Thursday accusing the administration of hiding information pointing to Libyan authorities' possible involvement in the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.The letter comes ...
  • The Iranian Threat - By Avoiding a Strike on I ...
    Israel's non-strike against Iran means it is keeping its options open while avoiding once-familiar tensions with the United States.Just days before the U.S. presidential election, it is worth considering how -- barring an unforeseen development -- one of the most widely trailed military operatio ...

High Country News

CounterCurrents

  • Why Is Obama Sending 12, 000 U.S. Troops To Li ...
    By Cynthia McKinney It is with great disappointment that I receive the news from foreign media publications and Libyan sources that our President now has 12,000 U.S. troops stationed in Malta and they are about to make their descent into Libya
  • Will A Pro-Gadhafi Green Revolution Topple The ...
    By Franklin Lamb The signs from Libya are that this country remains volatile and that contrary to NATO claims that it put into place a new democratic Libya that the predictable next chapter is starting to unfold that may bring the end of the NTC before the coming June elections when it is sched ...
  • US Doubles Aircraft Carriers Near The Persian Gulf
    By Peter Symonds The Obama administration has reinforced the threat of American military strikes against Iran by doubling the number of US aircraft carrier groups in the region. The provocative decision heightens the danger of war in the Persian Gulf as the US moves aggressively to impose a de ...
  • And Who, By the Way, Is John C. Stennis?!?
    By Toby ORyan Who, you might ask, is John C. Stennis? What are the boons and benefits for humanity accomplished by this John C. Stennis such that he came to have his name emblazoned on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier?
  • What Does Ken Ford Know? And Who Put Him In Pr ...
    By Cynthia McKinney Ken Ford, Jr. wrote an intelligence report on the Iraq War which contradicted the Administrations reason for going to war against Iraq

Contagious Love Experiment

  • Kill Team: The Bigger Picture
    Sorry to have been slacking on the blog. Here’s an article I wrote and forget to post… better late than never!   Kill Team: The Bigger Picture http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/06-8
  • Kill Team: The Bigger Picture
    Sorry to have been slacking on the blog. Here’s an article I wrote and forget to post… better late than never!   Kill Team: The Bigger Picture http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/06-8
  • Dear Mr. Beck, I Shook Hands with the Antichrist
    Dear Mr. Beck: I Shook Hands with the Antichrist Earlier this week, Michael Lind wrote an article for Salon about the misplaced energy in demeaning alarmists like Glenn Beck.1 Having friends and family who often revere the inflammatory rhetoric of Beck, Palin, Limbaugh, and others as a light in ...
  • Dear Mr. Beck, I Shook Hands with the Antichrist
    Dear Mr. Beck: I Shook Hands with the Antichrist Earlier this week, Michael Lind wrote an article for Salon about the misplaced energy in demeaning alarmists like Glenn Beck.1 Having friends and family who often revere the inflammatory rhetoric of Beck, Palin, Limbaugh, and others as a light in ...
  • Practicing Peace in the New Year
    A friend, Frank Swift, that I met on my first journey has passed along some great practical steps towards peace for the new year. Frank has written a children’s book to help young people see an alternative to the competition and forcefulness that can too easily get instilled in our young p ...

Yid With Lid

  • New Benghazi Revelations: The Administration W ...
    Win or lose, President Obama and his entire national security team should be tossed in jail for the Benghazi terrorist attack.  Two different reports released late this afternoon indicate that they never really considered helping out those brave Americans trying to ward off a terrorist atta ...
  • Bloomberg's No Surprise Endorsement of Obama ...
    As I was drinking my 20-ounce soda and eating a heavily salted slice of pizza (with extra trans-fats), hanging out at a friend's house waiting for the electric power and heat to be restored to my home,  this news flash appeared in my email box from many different news sources. New York ...
  • Gay Liberal SiriusXM Radio Host Tells Gay Romn ...
    There's nothing like tolerance right?  In this case the intolerant one is SiriusXM Radio Out Q host Michelangelo Signorile who is gay, telling a gay caller, Wes from Utah, that he should "go to the store and buy some asrenic and make a potion and take it..." Since that's "much easier than t ...
  • Bishop Orders Priests to Read Anti-Obamacare L ...
    With the Obamacare order that Catholic organizations must pay for insurance which provides the day after pill, sterilizations, and contraception which is abhorrent to Catholic practice the Obama administration is attacking freedom of religion. Now some catholic bishops are fighting back and good ...
  • HYPOCRISY! Obama & Biden Whined To Bush For Me ...
    What a difference a few years makes.  While the Obama campaign (affectionately called the Committee to Reelect the President or CREEP) rejects Romney's claim that Obamacare cuts $716 Billion in Medicare saying that it is not a cut in benefits only a cut in payments to providers.  But b ...

The Real Agenda

  • Russia’s new Internet spying technology ...
    By ANDREI SOLDATOV | WIRED | NOVEMBER 1, 2012 On the surface, it’s all about protecting Russian kids from internet pedophiles. In reality, the Kremlin’s new “Single Register” of banned websites, which goes into effect today, will wind up blocking all kinds of online political speech. A ...
  • Brazil rocked by yet another corruption Scandal
    A millionaire fraud affects six electoral courts who moved 1.5 billion euros through questionable practices. By LUIS MIRANDA | THE REAL AGENDA | NOVEMBER 1, 2012 Corruption has never been as closely associated with Brazil as it is today. That is not because Brazil wasn’t sufficie ...
  • Aspartame linked to Leukemia and Lymphoma
    By ETHAN EVERS | NATURALNEWS | OCTOBER 31, 2012 As few as one diet soda daily may increase the risk for leukemia in men and women, and for multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma in men, according to new results from the longest-ever running study on aspartame as a carcinogen in huma ...
  • U.S. Government ordered DHS to work on Manipul ...
    By MELISSA MELTON | INFOWARS | OCTOBER 31, 2012 While the debate rages regarding whether or not the U.S. government uses weather manipulation technology to steer storms like Hurricane Sandy, further evidence shows the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been engaged in research t ...
  • Vitamine D is Key in Preventing Bladder Cancer
    By LUIS MIRANDA | THE REAL AGENDA | OCTOBER 30, 2012 Having high levels of vitamin D protects against cancer of the bladder. This is the conclusion reached by molecular biologists and epidemiologists from the National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) in Spain after taking blood samples fr ...

Wind Watch

  • Death knell for wind farms: ‘Enough is E ...
    Wind farms have been “peppered” across Britain without enough consideration for the countryside and people’s homes, a senior Conservative energy minister admitted last night as he warned “enough is enough”. John Hayes said that we can “no longer have wind turbines imposed on communities” and add ...
  • Windmills overload East Europe’s grid ri ...
    Germany is dumping electricity on its unwilling neighbors and by wintertime the feud should come to a head. Central and Eastern European countries are moving to disconnect their power lines from Germany’s during the windiest days. That’s when they get flooded with energy, echoing struggles seen ...
  • Cape Vincent wind power meeting message to BP: ...
    Town officials and community members from the Jefferson County towns of Cape Vincent and Lyme gave BP a clear signal at a meeting last night in Cape Vincent: a wind farm isn’t welcome there. Hundreds turned out for the meeting. Signs reading, “BP Go Home!” filled the town recre ...
  • Turbine troubles: Plymouth area residents cry ...
    PLYMOUTH — Pick a wind turbine, any turbine at all, and chances are the project is under attack. The one at Camelot Park is the exception. But this 364-foot turbine is located nowhere near residential properties, unlike the majority that have been proposed in America’s Hometown. “We have nine wi ...
  • World Heritage status at stake on Öland
    The planned wind turbines in southern Öland may cause the area to lose its World Heritage status. The warning comes from the Swedish Department of ICOMOS, which is the UN organization UNESCO expert bodies, reports Ölandsbladet. World Heritage area Southern Öland comprises over 56,000 hectares. T ...

Tippers News

  • Three men helped starve kids, court tol
    Three men helped starve five children in Adelaide until they looked like they had came from a famine-affected Third World country, a court has been told. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Chinese sex traders challenge verdict
    The three Chinese nationals who were jailed by an Accra Circuit Court for transporting 10 Chinese girls into the country and engaging them in sex trade have appealed against the verdict. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Be a Voice for Coastal Louisiana's Wildlife ! ...
    Coastal Louisiana provides habitat to hundreds of wildlife species, including sea turtles, migratory birds, and manatees. But unfortunately, right now Louisiana is also experiencing the highest rate of land loss in the United States Submitted by Cher C. to Environment  |   Note- ...
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    Interesting Information that you may find interesting With Love... Evelyn (: Submitted by Evelyn J. to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Trip to India inspires Everson woman to help v ...
    EVERSON - Touched by her own memories of being adopted as an orphan, Sue Ann Heutink took her first overseas venture to help victims of human trafficking. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

The Freeman

  • Borderless Economics: Chinese Sea Turtles, Ind ...
    Robert Guest, the business editor for The Economist, has organized insights gleaned from 20 years of reporting on and analyzing events around the world into a breezy yet profound account of the flow of people and ideas across borders. Raw immigration statistics miss the “networks of innovation,” ...
  • Panarchy: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
    As you prepare for Voting Day (in the U.S.), check out this idea from one of the coolest Belgian thinkers you’ve probably never read. This piece is from 1860 — one year before the start of the U.S. Civil War: Do you know how a civil registry office works? It is just a matter of makin ...
  • How FDR’s Economic Bill of Rights Changed Amer ...
    Many people are perplexed by the new government programs that have changed American life in the last century.  So much of this intervention has been damaging, and so much of it is unconstitutional.  Can we pinpoint a time, or an event, that led Americans to accept a more powerful central governm ...
  • How FDR’s Economic Bill of Rights Changed Amer ...
    Many people are perplexed by the new government programs that have changed American life in the last century.  So much of this intervention has been damaging, and so much of it is unconstitutional.  Can we pinpoint a time, or an event, that led Americans to accept a more powerful central governm ...
  • Obligatory Post-Sandy Bastiat Post
    Here comes the stimulus crowd again. (Video) And here’s classic Bastiat to set them straight. I know, I know. It does get tiring. A sliver: Suppose that it will cost six francs to repair the damage. If you mean that the accident gives six francs’ worth of encouragement to the aforesaid ind ...

Teaching Online Journalism

  • 5 examples of interesting data presentations
    What do we mean when we say, “Data can tell a story,” or “Stories can be found in data”? (Click the image to view the project.) Above: From the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Pew Research Center. (More info.) Above: From OpenSlate, a market resea ...
  • What should be in a “visual journalism” course?
    One meaning of the phrase “visual journalism” is simply photojournalism. There are people who use the two terms interchangeably. I respectfully disagree with that approach — mainly because the word “photojournalism” is perfectly good, and clear. It is a word that ca ...
  • Should you major in journalism now?
    Like any savvy blogger, I look at my blog stats from time to time. The stats tell me a lot of people come to this blog because they are searching for information about how to become a journalist, what to study, and whether it’s smart to be a journalism major. I teach about online journali ...
  • Blogging basics for journalism students
    Having just finished grading some student blog posts, I have a few thoughts: 1. Headline. The headline (or title) of a blog post should accurately represent the content of the blog post. If the blog post is a critique of, say, a news story, don’t write your blog post headline as if your p ...
  • Plagiarism lessons and examples
    I’m catching up on some of the (many) things that have been written about the recent Jonah Lehrer ethics case, and I’d like to highlight this article for its breakdown and descriptions of some serious transgressions: Jonah Lehrer’s Journalistic Misdeeds at Wired.com I think one thi ...

Facing South

  • Facebook's dubious social mission
    Why is a corporation that may soon have a market value of $100 billion persuading struggling communities like Rutherford County, N.C. to fork over taxpayer-financed subsidies? read more
  • Failure of climate talks imperils nowhere more ...
    The Gulf Coast is disappearing underwater while political leaders fail to act. read more
  • Justice for sale? Backers of shadow groups pus ...
    The race for a seat on the N.C. Supreme Court is turning out to be one of the state's most expensive contests, largely due to spending from conservative groups. Many of the special interests pouring money into the contest may have high stakes in the outcome. read more
  • Living apart: How the government betrayed a la ...
    The authors of the 1968 Fair Housing Act wanted to reverse decades of government-fostered segregation. But presidents from both parties declined to enforce a law that stirred vehement opposition. read more
  • What's going on in the Southern swing states?
    President Obama won three Southern states en route to the White House in 2008. What's happened in the South's swing states? Is it any different than what's happened in the rest of the country? And can he still win? read more

Worldpress - Africa

  • U.S. Upgrades Its Relationship with Africa
    The Obama administration has unveiled a new strategy that intends to shift the focus of its relationship with Africa from aid to sustainable development.
  • U.S. Upgrades Its Relationship with Africa
    The Obama administration has unveiled a new strategy that intends to shift the focus of its relationship with Africa from aid to sustainable development.
  • Cheers for Hollande in Africa
    Many Africans were excited to see French President Nicolas Sarkozy voted out of office, hopeful that François Hollande will better represent their interests.
  • Cheers for Hollande in Africa
    Many Africans were excited to see French President Nicolas Sarkozy voted out of office, hopeful that François Hollande will better represent their interests.
  • Somalia: No Sovereignty without Security
    Until the Somali National Security apparatus is able to stand strong on its own, Somalia will not be able to achieve full sovereignty.

Telegraph UK - oil

Ian Welsh

  • Forest for the trees on the job #s
    Jack Welch was wrong that the BLS fixed the job #s.  But so what?  He was right on the key point: there is no way in HELL that the economy produced 873,000 jobs, as per the Household Survey.  Ordinary people know this, and all the pundits who argued about whether the BLS fixed the # [...]
  • Forest for the trees on the job #s
    Jack Welch was wrong that the BLS fixed the job #s.  But so what?  He was right on the key point: there is no way in HELL that the economy produced 873,000 jobs, as per the Household Survey.  Ordinary people know this, and all the pundits who argued about whether the BLS fixed the # [...]
  • Drones are not weapons of the powerful
    If this is true, the drone shot down by Israel was from Hezbollah. Drones are cheap.  They are just big radio controlled planes.  They cost nothing compared to a jet fighter, and the technology is not hard.  Islamic Jihad claims they might have one (who knows).  Hezbollah is sophisticated, they ...
  • Drones are not weapons of the powerful
    If this is true, the drone shot down by Israel was from Hezbollah. Drones are cheap.  They are just big radio controlled planes.  They cost nothing compared to a jet fighter, and the technology is not hard.  Islamic Jihad claims they might have one (who knows).  Hezbollah is sophisticated, they ...
  • Woops
    The post on jobs #s has been withdrawn for the moment, since I didn’t notice I was using Current Population Survey #s where I should have used  Employment survey #s.  Ouch. I am officially embarrassed.  At least it was only up for a few minutes, though the internet is forever, as we all kn ...

Media Consortium

Reality Asserts Itself

  • Drug Wars in Juarez Fuels Boom in El Paso
    My colleague Malak Behrouznami recently returned from Juarez Mexico where she grew up as a child. She as a wonderful heritage - her father is Iranian and her Mother is Mexican. She went Juarez for family and journalistic reasons. One of her objectives was to find out why Juarez has become a terr ...
  • PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI NEGOTIATIONS TO NOWHERE NO ...
    A few months ago when shooting a documentary in the Middle East, we met Zeina, a 13-year-old Palestinian living in a Beirut refugee camp. She was traumatized as she watched the Israeli Gaza war on television. It changed her life. She now thinks of revenge and cannot understand the Israeli childr ...
  • FROM JOE McCARTHY TO GLEN BECK – TIME TO END F ...
    I listened to Glen Becks "Restoring Honor" speech today hoping to find something of substance to write about. I found a stringing together of such empty phrases it does not bear discussion.  The more important issue is why a man whose megalomania seems to have no bounds can become ...
  • PAKISTAN FLOODS AND A FAILED POLICY - UN Sec. ...
    Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, says of the flooding in Pakistan "The world has never seen such a disaster. It's much beyond anybody's imagination". At least 20 million people have lost their homes, more than 1600 have died, and disease and hunger will c ...
  • China and the end of the end of history
    Many economists and political analysts think the current recovery, as it's being called, is a rather temporary phenomenon. Many expect the recession to kick back in, and perhaps within a few years get much more serious. What does that mean in terms of the future of the world economy and worl ...

Great Beyond ( Nature )

  • Human variome taking shape with Chinese node
    An ambitious project to log all genetic variations that cause human disease lunged forward this week with the launch of the Chinese “node” of the Human Variome Project (HVP). Scientists and clinicians in China meanwhile are hoping participation will spread genetic counseling and genetic medicine ...
  • US cell-based flu vaccine plant open for business
    Americans may soon be getting flu jabs made with cells and not eggs. The drug company Novartis opened a first-of-its kind facility in the US to produce influenza vaccines using mammalian cells, Novartis and US government officials announced 13 December. The approach is an alternative to conve ...
  • NSF takes broad look at broader impacts
    A National Science Foundation (NSF) task force has finalized its recommendations for tweaking the agency's two merit review criteria, 'intellectual merit' and 'broader impacts'. And central to that effort was a non-prescriptive, big-tent definition of broader impacts, says task force co-chair J ...
  • Land grabbing in Africa continues to harm the poor
    More than 200 million hectares of land in poor nations was sold by governments in land-grabbing deals with industry and investors between 2000 and 2010, a new study reports. This high global demand for land is likely to continue for the long term, concludes the study by the International Land ...
  • Stratolaunch embarks on hybrid rocket-plane system
    Forget Kennedy Space Center. How about launching massive rockets from the underbelly of the largest plane ever built? On Tuesday, Burt Rutan, of aerospace company Scaled Composites, and billionaire Paul Allen, a former Microsoft executive, announced Stratolaunch Systems -- a company that aims to ...

new geography

  • The Suburbs Could Save President Obama From Defeat
    President Obama’s disdain for suburban America has been well-documented. Yet, ironically, the current revival in housing, largely in those same suburbs, might be the one thing that could rescue his floundering campaign. Unlike the Democrat-dominated central cities and the rock-red Republican cou ...
  • Despite the Great Recession, Obama’s New Coali ...
    The middle class, we’re frequently told, decides elections. But the 2012 race has in many ways been a contest between two elites, with the plutocratic corporate class lining up behind Mitt Romney to try and reclaim its position on top of the pile from an ascendant new group—made up ...
  • Cities Flying Too Close to the Sun
    I was honored to speak at a conference in Milwaukee over the summer called Milwaukee’s Future in the Chicago Mega-City. Chicago and Milwaukee are about 90 miles apart on I-94. There’s an Amtrak link that makes the journey in about 90 minutes. The two cities have been sprawling such that t ...
  • Superstorm Sandy & The Beachfront Bailout
    Deadline reporters, especially in weather broadcasts from the surf line, have been wailing about “this enormous storm” or “the unfolding tragedy.” What they might also say is that hurricanes are a munificent windfall for newspapers, television stations, the federal government, construction unio ...
  • Obama’s Base and Politics of Disappointment
    There may be no better illustration of President Barack Obama’s appeal than his ability to hold onto voters — minorities, single moms and young people — who have fared the worst under his presidency. But the bigger question as we approach Election Day may be whether these constitue ...

GM Watch

  • Unmasking the No on Prop 37 lies and dirty tricks
    NOTE: Multiple embedded links in original to sources. --- --- Unmasking the No on Prop 37 Lies and Dirty Tricks Alexis Baden-Mayer Organic Consumers Association, October 31 2012 http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_26551.cfm The Monsanto-Pepsi gang can't change the fact that 9 out o ...
  • GMO news roundup from an EU perspective
    NOTE: Very useful GMO news roundup from a European Union (EU) perspective. Contents include: *GMO-free labelling conference *Seralini study *EFSA *GM maize MIR 162 authorised *Honey *7th European GMO Free Regions Conference *Italian ban on MON810 declared unlawful *Russia bans imports of GM ma ...
  • Is there a place for GM crops in a sustainable ...
    Is there a place for GM crops in a sustainable future? New Internationalist magazine, Issue: November 2012 http://www.newint.org/argument/2012/11/01/gm-crops-argument/ Author and journalist Mark Lynas and researcher and writer Claire Robinson go head-to-head. Mark: Agriculture today faces man ...
  • GMO trees go up in smoke
    NOTE: The illegal GM trees were destroyed on Monday October 29th. You can see photos of them going up in smoke here: http://www.freshplaza.com/news_detail.asp?id=102596 The accompanying article presents their destruction as if it were a tragedy for the GM trees and "a bitter defeat of Public Re ...
  • Agribusiness as usual: the death of peasant fa ...
    NOTE: Some striking photos with this article at the link below. --- --- Agribusiness as Usual: The Death of Peasant Farming Hugh Davies The argentina Independent, 31 October 2012 http://www.argentinaindependent.com/currentaffairs/62260/ On 10th October, Miguel Galván was murdered, stabbed to de ...

spiked

Cryptogon

  • Skilled Work, Without the Worker
    Via: New York Times: The next generation of robots for manufacturing will be more flexible and easier to train. Witness the factory of Tesla Motors, which recently began manufacturing the Tesla S, a luxury sedan, in Fremont, Calif., on the edge of Silicon Valley. More than half of the building i ...
  • Suicide of Deloitte Partner Daniel Pirron Link ...
    Via: Telegraph: The family of a senior partner at Deloitte has called for answers after he apparently committed suicide days after the auditing firm was linked to the Standard Chartered Iran dollar trades scandal. Daniel Pirron, a partner in Delloite’s key General Counsel’s office in New York, w ...
  • Water Shortages Hit U.S. Power Supply
    Via: New Scientist: As the United States’ extended heat wave and drought threaten to raise global food prices, energy production is also feeling the pressure. Across the nation, power plants are becoming overheated and shutting down or running at lower capacity; drilling operations struggl ...
  • Genetically Engineering ‘Ethical’ ...
    Via: Telegraph: Professor Julian Savulescu said that creating so-called designer babies could be considered a “moral obligation” as it makes them grow up into “ethically better children”. The expert in practical ethics said that we should actively give parents the choice ...
  • Cows Eating Second Hand Candy During the Drought
    Via: WPRI: Ranchers have struggled with skyrocketing corn prices, because the drought has made feeding their livestock very expensive. But one rancher has turned to a very sweet solution. At Mayfield’s United Livestock Commodities, owner Joseph Watson is tweaking the recipe for success. &# ...

The Economic Collapse

  • Anarchy Along The Jersey Shore And On Long Isl ...
    Hurricane Sandy is another reminder of just how incredibly fragile the thin veneer of civilization that we all take for granted on a daily basis really is.  Many of the hardest hit areas along the Jersey shore and the coast of Long Island have descended into a state of anarchy.  More than 7 mill ...
  • Somebody Should Start The ‘Stuff Costs T ...
    Stuff costs too much.  Seriously.  Every time I go to the grocery store these days, I am absolutely horrified by the prices.  I try not to buy anything that is not on sale, but the problem is that I am discovering that the new sale prices are the old regular prices.  So now paying what [...]
  • 18 Startling Quotes About The Incredible Destr ...
    It is hard to put into words the absolute devastation that we are seeing along many areas of the east coast right now.  Boats have been washed ashore, homes have been razed, some coastal roads have been essentially destroyed, and large numbers of people are still trapped in their homes by flood ...
  • Worst Case Scenario: Hurricane Sandy Is The Bi ...
    The biggest storm to ever hit the northeast United States is creating a tremendous amount of havoc up and down the eastern seaboard.  It is hard to describe how gigantic this storm actually is.  From end to end, Hurricane Sandy is more than 1000 miles across.  It is twice the size of the state o ...
  • The $100 Billion Storm: 17 Things You Should K ...
    Meteorologists are warning that Hurricane Sandy could potentially be the worst storm to hit the east coast of the United States in 100 years.  Do you remember "the perfect storm" back in 1991?  That storm was so bad that Hollywood made a blockbuster movie starring George Clooney about it.  Well, ...

Desertification

  • UPDATING OF THIS BLOG
    FOR YOUR INFO Dear Readers, I underwent surgery on October 16th. Everything went well. My doctor advised me to take some weeks of complete rest. Therefore, I will resume this blog as soon as I feel fully fit again. Thank … Continue reading →
  • UPDATING OF THIS BLOG
    Due to an urgent surgical intervention, the updating of this blog will be temporarily interrupted until complete recovery. Thanks for your understanding.
  • What farmers can do themselves for better land ...
    SEEN AT : http://www.thewaterchannel.tv/en/videos/categories/viewvideo/829/agriculture/promoting-farmer-innovation Promoting Farmer Innovation Promoting Farmer Innovation tells a fascinating story of what farmers can do themselves. Farmer innovators are a surprisingly creative source of ideas. T ...
  • Local solutions to combat desertification (The ...
    SEEN AT : http://www.thewaterchannel.tv/en/videos/categories/viewvideo/1524/integrated-water-resource-management/combating-desertification-local-solutions-to-a-global-problem Combating Desertification: Local Solutions to a Global Problem This film highlights the global problem of desertification ...
  • The bottle tower method highly appreciated (Ll ...
    A message from Lloyd Liebenberg Hi Willem, I saw your posts about bottle towers and got so excited about the simplicity and elegance of the idea. I have begun a small project with my sons and we are still in … Continue reading →

The Paper Trail

  • 'Right-to-work' group gave Montana nonprofit $ ...
    A secretive nonprofit group that wants to nullify Montana’s campaign finance laws received a $300,000 donation from an anti-union organization aligned with a Colorado furniture executive, an Internal Revenue Service document shows.American Tradition Partnership, a pro-energy group known for s ...
  • Cheating on Energy Department guard force test ...
    A culture of cheating pervades the guard force at America’s premier processing and storage site for nuclear weapons-grade uranium, according to a new report this week by the Energy Department’s inspector general.Contract officers and supervisors of the force at the Y-12 plant outside Knoxvill ...
  • Daily Disclosure: Conservative outside ads spi ...
    With President Barack Obama earning high marks on his response to Hurricane Sandy, conservative outside spending groups and Republicans are seeking to contrast it with charges that he dropped the ball in Benghazi.Americans for Limited Government’s “Obama Campaign Has Its ‘Perfect Storm’” and ...
  • Right-wing groups attempt to dislodge justices ...
    Conservative outside spending groups have taken to the airwaves in an attempt to kick four Supreme Court justices off the bench in Iowa and Florida for taking positions the groups find objectionable.In Iowa, one organization, joined by former GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum, hopes to ...
  • Daily Disclosure: Bloomberg’s super PAC backs ...
    A super PAC founded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg reported spending $4.9 million on both Republicans and Democrats in Florida, Illinois and California, according to Federal Election Commission records filed Wednesday.Independence USA PAC was formed Oct. 18, and voter ...

backofthebook.ca

  • A Modest Opinion — It’s a Liberal ...
    By Nathaniel Moher Are you sitting down? Well  . . . answer the question. Whatever. If you’re not sitting down, you should be sitting down, because I’m about to blow your mind. Did you know that there are other Liberals that aren’t Justin Trudeau? And I’m not talking about his father Joseph, I’m ...
  • The Navigable Waters Unprotection Act
    By David@Sixthestate.net Continuing Sixth Estate’s fall 2012 budget coverage, which began with a look at what appears to me to be some appalling chicanery in the MP pension “reform” scheme, I thought it would be nice to look at the end of the Navigable Waters Protection Act. Symbolic of the shif ...
  • Is the MPs’ new pension plan a clever ma ...
    By David@Sixthestate.net After weeks of rumours about MP pension reforms in the works, the Harper regime finally brought them out in the budget .  .  . sort of. And it received great approbation for it. The mediasphere is tremendously excited at the good example the government is setting here. E ...
  • Israel, Gaza, and the Estelle: more high seas ...
    By Frank Moher Once again, Israel has illegally intercepted and boarded a vessel bound for Gaza with humanitarian supplies, this time with a modest contingent of 30 aboard, including former Canadian MP Jim Manly. The ship was in international waters when it was surrounded by six IDF boats and, a ...
  • Amanda Todd’s avengers: not Anonymous enough
    By Frank Moher As much as one would like to see some sort of justice for Amanda Todd, the 15-year old BC girl who took her life last week after years of cyber-bullying, what’s gone down on the internet in the last few days is truly disturbing. On Monday, someone purporting to be part of [. ...

libcom

Free Range International

  • The Last Post
    This will be the last post I write for the FRI blog.  If this is the first time you have seen this blog stop reading this right now and go back to October 2011 in the archives section because those are some of the best posts I ever wrote about Afghanistan.  Or go to the [...]
  • How Do You Mend A Broken Heart?
    Our little posse made it out of Afghanistan without any dramas.  My brother Tim left with me because The Bot had made it perfectly clear that his IED hit from the year before had made him completely unstable and a big pain in his ass.  We went to London again and both my brother and [...]
  • Vision Quest
    Editors note: Be sure to start this series from the beginning (Dalton Thomas Comes Home) so it makes sense.  We will try to get more posts up sooner than we have been lately but Dalton is, to be honest, not doing as well as we hoped .  Baba Tim is also banged up again and [...]
  • Band On The Run
    Editors Note:  It is important for first time readers to start this story from the beginning.  This is a (mostly) fictional account by my brother, Dalton Thomas Lynch, who is using the pen as therapy as he adjusts to living a normal life back in the states.   Any donations received by the FRI bl ...
  • Dead Man Walking
    Dalton continues to heal himself using creative writing as his vehicle for change.  Any donations our loyal readers are able to spare for this cracking tale will go directly to Dalton.  For the record, I (Baba T) did not say “Vet or Ventilate” and insist it was “If we can&#8217 ...

The Story Behind the Story

  • Hurricane “Sandy” Yet Another Zion ...
    There are few superlative adjectives left in the human vocabulary to adequately describe the Synagogue of Satan – aka the collective state of Israel – and their clearly reprobate mindset.  (See the apostle Paul’s epistle to the  Romans 1:28) - Without a doubt in my mind, (after ...
  • 9/11 Perps Still in the Saddle: Killers of 3,0 ...
    Here is yet another independent analysis of the stark truth – posted by Dr. Kevin Barrett on Veteran’s Today website. People get really upset when they read my earlier posts, their collective COGNITIVE DISSONANCE makes them unwilling and unable to grasp the true facts. The Bottom Lin ...
  • Comprehensive List of Zionist Crimes Against H ...
    This is not “Fiction” people.  This is Fact. When do We The People say ENOUGH???? A Comprehensive History of Zionist Crimes Revised November 26, 2011 (removed Bali “micro nuke” story – insufficient evidence; updated 9/11 information)   Preface It was decided to ...
  • The POTUS “Election” – Chara ...
    Oh yes, it is all just one big “conspiracy” – and anyone who even dares to entertain the thought that POTUS “elections” are a hoax must be certifiably insane. Let’s just take an objective look at the facts. First a direct quote: “You know very well, and the st ...
  • CIA – What You Need to Know, But Are Afr ...
    From my friend and colleague in Truth, John Hankey comes this 40 minute video on the FRAUD that is Mittens Romney:   Commentary from Alex James: Romney’s secrecy in business is detailed, and revealed; as well as his role as a drug money launderer for GHW Bush; his connection, through ...

du la bab - Now is the Time

Mansbridge One on One - CBC

Scotts Contracting

  • Green Build – Gut Rehab of a 4 Family Ma ...
    But first I’ll give you a little background on the Building                                Building History    There were many clues for determining the age of the building.   First Clue was the type of Bricks used.  When St Louis hosted the Worlds Fair.  The city planners realized that ho ...
  • Green Build – Gut Rehab of a 4 Family Ma ...
    But first I’ll give you a little background on the Building                                Building History    There were many clues for determining the age of the building.   First Clue was the type of Bricks used.  When St Louis hosted the Worlds Fair.  The city planners realized that ho ...
  • Moving to a New Location
    Scotts Contracting is Moving For the Past week or so I have been moving into a new Work Shop, Office, and Warehouse.  Stay tuned for further Details. Build Green, Scotty
  • Moving to a New Location
    Scotts Contracting is Moving For the Past week or so I have been moving into a new Work Shop, Office, and Warehouse.  Stay tuned for further Details. Build Green, Scotty
  • Join me to oppose:Res 37 Toxic Air Bill by Sen ...
    I am writing you today in vehement opposition to the toxic air bill offered by Senator James Inhofe, S.J. Res 37. The Online Petition I signed via the Environment Defense Action Fund is listed to follow and emailed to Sen R.Blunt and Sen C.McCaskill. My notes to Dirty Oil Roy Blunt are at the bo ...

The View From Abroad

Foreign Policy in Focus - Military (US)

Law.com

Iranian.com

Most Revolutionary Act

  • CIA Whistleblower Jailed for Exposing CIA Use ...
    John Kiriakou Another excellent reason not to vote for Obama relates to his refusal to prosecute any CIA or Pentagon military involved in torture at Guantanamo, Iraqi and Afghan prisons or secret CIA prisons in countries where torture is legal. This is despite a review of 101 torture cases ...
  • Texas Threatens to Arrest International Electi ...
    According to RT America, Texas attorney general Greg Abbott has written to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), threatening to arrest the election auditors that have been sent to Texas and other states to ensure that US voters aren’t disenfranchised, discr ...
  • Insurance Companies Rip Medicare Off for $282. ...
    UnitedHealth Care CEO Stephen Hemsley - highest paid CEO in US ($102 million) Source credit: Entertainment Money An upcoming International Journal of Health Services study reveals that Medicare has massively overpaid private insurance companies under the Medicare Advantage program and its ...
  • Keep Your Hand on Your Gun
    Catchy little rap number by Lowkey that questions why the ruling elite should have a monopoly on gun violence.     If video won’t play go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBNeD57-RVg
  • Nothing is What it Seems
        If video won’t play go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p_NretS7To Brilliant news summary by Wide Awake News anchor Charlie McGrath. McGrath reminds us that the garbage the mainstream media feeds us regarding the US political system, the US economy and the war on ...

Michael Moore - Must Read

  • GEORGE AND MITT: Like Father, Like Son? Not quite
    By Walt De Vries From 1961 through 1967, Walt De Vries served George Romney as a campaign strategist during Romney's terms as Michigan governor; heading campaign research and strategy for three campaigns and as executive assistant in the office of the governor. He is co-author, with Lance Tarra ...
  • OCTOBER 9, 2002, TEN YEARS AGO TODAY: U.S. Gov ...
    From Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War by Michael Isikoff and David Corn: In Rome on the afternoon of October 7…Elisabetta Burba, an investigative reporter for Panorama, a Milan-based newsmagazine owned by conservative Italian Prime Minister Sil ...
  • TEN YEARS AGO TODAY: Ari Fleischer Claims Oil ...
    Original ... Q And I have a question -- how much does oil have to do with the assessment of the threat from Saddam Hussein? President Bush didn't mention it. MR. FLEISCHER: I'm not sure I follow your question. Q Well, you keep talking about blackmail. You're talking about blackmail ...
  • Bob Woodward on First 2012 Presidential Debate ...
    On Kilmeade and Friends, October 4, 2012 WOODWARD: Now I've not done any reporting on this, but I'm going to give you my honest view – something happened, maybe in foreign affairs, they got some intelligence report or something, you know, who knows the things that can happen in a presiden ...
  • Romney: Jack Welch – Who Believes in Strange N ...
    From 'Transaction Man: Mormonism, private equity, and the making of a candidate' in the New Yorker, October 1, 2012: "The private sector is less forgiving," [Romney] said. "If you make serious mistakes in the private sector, you'll lose your job, or, if you're in a position of responsibilit ...

Salon

SMB News

  • Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits ...
    For SMB News Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits camps PURWOBINANGUN: Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano spewed more deadly heat clouds Wednesday as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited some of the 50,000 evacuees in shelters. Searing gas billowed from the crater of the 2,91 ...
  • Kasaba throws spit on the camera
    \Kasaba throws spit on cameraMUMBAI: Ajmal Kasaba webcam spit on Tuesday during a hearing in the Bombay High Court for confirmation of the death penalty, which led the court strictly tell him to behave properly. Judjes a warning when they Kasaba altercation with the police and spit at the camera ...
  • K’taka Speaker disqualifies 16 MLAs
    For SMB News KBANGALORE: Hours ahead of the trust vote for beleaguered Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in the Assembly, Speaker K G Bopaiah disqualified sixteen rebel MLAs, including eleven from ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), legislative sources said on Monday. Bopaiah signed the ...
  • Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8
    For SMB News Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8 KARACHI: Eight people including two children were killed and over 65 others suffered injuries when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine in Clifton, official sources said here Thursday. Two heads, beli ...
  • Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistake
    For SMB News Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistakes’ LONDON: Former president Gen. (Retd.) Pervez Musharraf Friday admitted that political mistakes were committed in the twilight years of his regime and sought apology from Pakistani nation for the same. “These mistakes caused damage ...

Toronto Star - Editorials

Energy Collective

  • Simplifying the Planetary Boundaries
    The nine planetary boundaries developed by the Stockholm Resilience Centre have become a useful metric, but the complexity of the subject has been a challenge. A further challenge to simplify the structure has been posed back to The Centre. They have taken up this challenge and revisited the app ...
  • Would a North American Energy Pact Lead to Ene ...
    “Screw the Canadians and be good to the Venezuelans.”So Richard Nixon advised his aides in 1970. This was about oil; the Canadians were not doing what U.S. officials wanted.  So screw them.
  • Hurricane Sandy, Smart Grids And Advanced Stor ...
    There’s a lot of good reasons to have some advanced energy distribution systems at the ready in your home, community and throughout the grid. If a tree falls on a wire and no one is there to hear it, it will be like it never happened at your house. At least you’ll have enough power to recharge y ...
  • Sustainability, social media and big data
    The term Big Data is becoming the buzz word du jour in IT these days popping up everywhere, but with good reason – more and more data is being collected, curated and analysed today, than ever before.
  • CalBattery Breakthrough a Product of the Natio ...

EU Times

  • China and Japan: Who will lose patience first?
    China is boosting its efforts aimed at returning the jurisdiction over the disputed Diaoyu Islands (Senkaku). In late October, the Chinese ships began regular patrols of the waters, despite the protests of Tokyo. Some analysts argue that the parties have exhausted all diplomatic means. Beijing i ...
  • US Secret Service Agent Suicided To Protect Ob ...
    A highly disturbing Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) report circulating in the Kremlin today claims that a top US Secret Service Agent (USSS) assigned to President Obama’s protective detail was “suicided” over fears he was about to release highly damaging information regarding the White House ...
  • World’s Longest Married Couple Share Their Secrets
    In an age where few marriages endure the test of time, 107-year-old Karam and his wife Katari Chand, 100, are proof that happy ever after does exist. The couple, who have eight children and twenty eight grandchildren together, have lived in wedded bliss for 87 years making them the world’s ...
  • Iran Offers to Send Emergency Aid Crew to US A ...
    In the wake of the destruction caused by hurricane Sandy the people of Iran are reaching out in a variety of ways, by offering help and emergency aid relief. Even the Red Crescent Organization of Iran has offered to send an emergency response team to help with the rescue and clean up effort. Mah ...
  • Highs and lows of European salaries
    Last year, the smallest wages in Europe were paid in Ukraine, Moldova and Albania. The most highly paid professionals live in Switzerland, Denmark and Norway. However, the “low-income” Ukraine lives on labor migration. The Ukrainian citizens working in other countries, send billions ...

Stonecipher News

Liquida : Worldwide News & Opinion

  • Miranda Lambert And Blake Shelton Sweep CMA Awards
    Country couple Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton turned the 2012 Country Music Association Awards into a family affair on Thursday after landing a total of four trophies – including a joint win for Song of the Year. The singers, who married in May last year, shared the prize for their powerful ...
  • A.M. Roundup: What about Staten Island?
    Good morning. It will be a standard cloudy, cool, Autumn day in and around Albany. But over a million people downstate are still without power, and officials are grappling today with the logistical challenges of providing food, water and gasoline in areas hit by Superstorm Sandy. Department of ...
  • Taylor Swift Celebrates Her Red-Hot Release at ...
    Taylor Swift arrived on the red carpet at the CMA Awards in Nashville, TN, today. She wore a nude lace gown that was covered with sparkly red petals, as well as her signature red lipstick. Taylor is up for three awards tonight, including Entertainer of the Year, which she has taken home twice i ...
  • Exit Poll: Vast Majority Of Absentee Ballots I ...
    Apparently American Jews in Israel get it a lot more than Jews in America: An exit poll of Americans who voted absentee in Israel finds Republican nominee Mitt Romney beating President Obama by a significant margin, 85 percent to 14 percent. IVoteIsrael , a nonpartisan organization founded over ...
  • Michael Bloomberg Endorses Barack Obama Becaus ...
    New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (C) views damage in the Breezy Point area of Queens in New York on October 30, 2012 . (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) In a stunning move, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg endorsed the re-election of Barack Obama almost solely because of the is ...

Groklaw

  • If Partners Really Have Souls, Bonuses Will Be ...
    Lower Manhattan is trying to dry off. New Jersey seemingly washed away. If Biglaw wants to help its own people, it'll get money into their hands as quickly as possible. That's what will help people in the Tri-State area recover as they clean up from the storm. Biglaw firms should announce (and p ...
  • Google targets confused Windows 8 users with n ...
    The just-launched Windows 8 has been nothing short of polarizing, in both the online community and users at large. But we can all agree it's new, and a little bit confusing. Google wants to help - help you get your old Google back, anyway. A new video posted on YouTube points to a site, Get You ...
  • Beloff baked, Apple roasted, Britons unscrewed
    The event in question was yet another hearing in the long-running tablet wars saga. The sacrificial guy on this occasion was Apple's counsel, none other than the Honourable Mr Michael Beloff QC. The guest Kats use the word "sacrificial" advisedly [though perhaps "fall guy" would do just as well ...
  • Apple loses right to iPhone brand in Mexico
    Apple has lost an injunction bid that would have allowed it to continue selling iPhone-branded products in Mexico. A court in Mexico City handed down a ruling last Thursday denying Apple's injunction request on the grounds that the iPhone brand is too phonetically similar to iFone, a brand belon ...
  • CJOnline ordered to release poster's information
    A Shawnee County District Court judge has ordered The Topeka Capital-Journal to relinquish identifying information of a CJOnline.com commenter claiming to be a juror in a high-profile murder trial. District Judge Steven Ebberts on Friday denied the newspaper's request to quash the district atto ...

WideShut

Politics in the Zeros

  • Anheuser-Busch sending cans of water to Sandy ...
    Anheuser-Busch will ship more than one million cans of drinking water to residents along the East Coast impacted by Hurricane Sandy.After Hurricane Katrina, the first people on the ground providing support were Blackwater (they helicoptered in, hired to protect the rich) and Walmart, who loaded ...
  • Superstorm Sandy – the struggle to recover
    Dumpster diving in the East VillageThis is what downtown Manhattan three days after Hurricane Sandy has come to: with no power, dwindling gas, and nowhere to go, people are lining up at dumpsters to find food for themselves and their families.Duracell rolls out trucks with charging stations, bat ...
  • Hollywood: “Any notion of self esteem or digni ...
    Polizeros contributor John Wight writes in The Independent about the vicious caste sytem and ritualistic abuse of Hollwood. His memoir of the years he spent in Hollywood “Dreams That Die” is due out on paperback on Jan 25 2013 from Zero Books.But talent alone is not enough in this to ...
  • US likely to get involved in Syria civil war
    Despite Americans’ exhaustion with 11 years of foreign conflict, the victor in Tuesday’s presidential race may find it all but impossible to keep the United States from becoming more deeply entangled in the unfolding calamity of Syria’s sectarian civil war.Hogtwaddle.The US could simply no ...
  • Red Hook NYC Recovers – community-powered disa ...
    Red Hook Recovers is a recovery organizing site for New York’s Red Hook neighborhood in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. The site allows people to offer/request assistance, and is coordinated by the folks at OWS and community organizations on the ground. or information on volunteering and dona ...

TVNZ - Top Stories

Just World News

  • Yes, I was right on Syria. (And what now?)
    I realize it is unseemly, in the world of international-affairs analysis, for someone to say quite bluntly "I told you so". I realize, far more importantly, that the situation in which Syria's 25 million (or so) people find themselves is one of deep and very hard-to-escape crisis-- one that, whe ...
  • News from the negotiated transition in Burma/M ...
    I've recently been devouring Evan Osnos's brilliant piece of reporting in The New Yorker, on the exciting, now-underway, negotiated transition to much greater democracy in Myanmar/Burma. Huge kudos to Osnos for doing this great research and reporting, and to The New Yorker for, presumably, fund ...
  • Two observations on the tragedy in Syria
    1. War always inflicts grave rights abuses on residents of the war zone. Additionally, its fog allows-- and its passions encourage-- the commission of a large variety of atrocities such as are very rarely committed in times of peace. Hence, actions tending toward the exacerbation of tensions can ...
  • 'New' Egypt and the Camp David accords
    Despite many setbacks and roadblocks along the way in Egypt, the political situation there is still one of the most hopeful-- and certainly, the most momentous-- phenomena in the region. Egypt, remember, really does carry the strategic ballast of the whole Arab world. How things turn out there i ...
  • July 2006, lest we forget
    In these days six years ago, Israeli PM Ehud Olmert and his team were battering much of Lebanon to smithereens in the "Dahiyeh War"-- designed, as we remember, to break Hizbullah once and for all, primarily by battering Lebanese civilians and their infrastructure so harshly that they would turn ...

frogblog

  • Asset sale will lead to more CEO pay hikes
    The salary paid to the departing Meridian CEO is completely unjustifiable.  During a period when Meridian’s profits plummeted Meridian Energy former chief executive was paid $1.37 million, including more than $800,000 in bonuses. Under the Government’s plans to privatise New Zealand’s stat ...
  • Natural Health Bill back from select committee
    We are happy to see the Natural Health and Supplementary Products bill has passed its next hurdle with the select committee reporting back yesterday, and now will be returning to the house. Some might remember Sue Kedgley supporting industry objections to Labour’s proposal to hand over our regul ...
  • Tokelau language week
    Taloha Ni! This week is the first Tokelau language week. Organised by the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs, the theme is Ke mau ki pale o Tokelau: hold fast to your treasures of Tokelau. While almost 7000 Tokelauans live in New Zealand, only approximately 2500 can hold an everyday conversation ...
  • Australian Initiative a Challenge to NZ on Cli ...
    Australia’s plan to link its climate change policy with the NZ emissions trading scheme is a timely challenge to the Government to get up to speed. Last week Australian Minister for Climate Change, Greg Combet, gave a speech about his country’s plans to tackle climate change which throw into sha ...
  • HNZ development plans miss half the equation
    The Government is missing half the equation with its new model for the development of Housing New Zealand properites unveiled in Christchurch today.

Patronus Analytical

J Kozy

  • Fraudulent Educational Reform in America
    What goes on in America's schools is essentially identical to what goes on in the Madrassas of the Muslim world. In both, orthodox beliefs are taught as truth and critical examination is discouraged. Two worlds clash in loggerheads.
  • The Short, Miserable Life of American Prosperity
    History is not always progressive; there have been many instances of extensive regression. Immoral institutions can more easily become worse than better. When the Capitalists have accumulated all the wealth there is and have the means to take away any that is subsequently created, what will ...
  • SCOTUS and the Rule of Flaw
    The Supreme Court of the United States is an institution that has failed in every possible way. It is notorious for having issued iniquitous opinions; it has not only failed to resolve but has exacerbated conflicts; and it has consistently negated the ideals the founding fathers wrote into t ...
  • How the Economy Works: The Necessity of Crime
    The economy is merely a sum of money, not practices that sustain the oikos, and the money that makes up the sum is equally valued whether it results from virtuous or vicious, good or bad, constructive or destructive, humane or inhumane, legal or illegal, beneficent or malevolent practices. A ...
  • Governments Exist to Further the Interests of ...
    Governments have never existed to solve problems domestic or international. Governments and their institutions exist merely to further and secure the interests of favored groups, but We the People are never the favored group.

Dr. Mercola Natural Health

  • Lycopene Linked to Reduced Stroke Risk
    By Dr. Mercola Lycopene, a carotenoid antioxidant that gives fruits and vegetables like tomatoes and watermelon a pink or red color, is one nutrient you should be sure you're getting enough of. Lycopene's antioxidant activity has long been suggested to be more powerful than that of other car ...
  • How Genetically Engineered Soy Threatens Ecolo ...
    By Dr. Mercola Soybeans are touted by the food industry as the answer to world hunger. But very few pieces of propaganda could be more misleading. Not only does soy consumption lead to a number of health problems, but its production is leaving a trail of ecological devastation beyond belief. ...
  • Breaking News Alert! Dr. Mercola Attacked by B ...
    By Dr. Mercola We all know that labeling genetically engineered foods is a common sense right that is enjoyed by over 50 other countries, including China, India, and Russia. But for Americans, that right has been taken away from us. The chemical companies and the junk food companies have don ...
  • “Expert” Detractors on California Prop 37 are ...
    By Dr. Mercola All eyes are on California where Proposition 37, which, if passed, would require labeling of foods produced using genetic engineering. It will be put to voters on November 6th. In recent weeks, the battle over GMO labeling has taken an ugly turn. In a true David versus Goliath ...
  • All GM Field Trials in India to be Stopped
    By Dr. Mercola One week from today California voters will vote on Prop 37 and we will see if truth will win out over corporate greed, and hopefully people will finally be given the right to know what is in their food. The state of affairs in India with respect to GM foods is further validati ...

JAMA

Survival - tribal peoples

  • Yanomami mark 20 years of land recognition
    Yanomami greet guests attending the seventh Assembly of Hutakara Yanomami Association at Watoriki © Fiona Watson/SurvivalSome 700 Yanomami from many communities in Brazil recently gathered for the 7th assembly of Hutukara, the Yanomami association. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the rec ...
  • Human rights protest mars Indonesia’s state vi ...
    Dozens of protesters gathered outside Downing Street to mark the visit of Indonesia's President to the UK© SurvivalA demonstration by Survival International and dozens of human rights protesters has marred the start of Indonesia’s first state visit to London in 33 years. Protesters held ba ...
  • London visit by Indonesian President fuels hum ...
    Survival’s protest will coincide with the arrival of Indonesia’s President in London.© SurvivalSurvival International will join dozens of protesters tomorrow (October 31), to demonstrate against Indonesia’s brutal repression of West Papua’s tribal people, coinciding with the country’s first stat ...
  • ‘Kill us all, then bury us here’: desperate ap ...
    The Guarani are forced to make a perilous river crossing using a narrow cable to get food supplies.© MPF/SurvivalA group of Brazilian Indians who endured violence and death to return to their land have made a dramatic appeal to the government after learning that they face eviction once more. Th ...
  • UK snubs tribal rights by refusing to ratify k ...
    The more countries that ratify ILO 169, the more protection it offers for tribal peoples everywhere.© Stephen Corry/SurvivalThe UK has dismayed tribal and indigenous peoples as well as activists around the world by refusing to ratify a key international law, which protects their basic human righ ...

Montreal Gazette

  • Jean-François Lisée: My language plan - shoe s ...
    Jean-François Lisée is the Parti Québécois cabinet minister responsible for liaison with the anglophone community. Also minister for the Montreal region and for international relations, he is writing in response to an open letter to him published on Saturday's Opinion page by ...
  • Jean-François Lisée: My language plan - shoe s ...
    Jean-François Lisée is the Parti Québécois cabinet minister responsible for liaison with the anglophone community. Also minister for the Montreal region and for international relations, he is writing in response to an open letter to him published on Saturday's Opinion page by ...
  • Letter of the Day: Some MDs need those 24-hour ...
    The elimination of 24-hour shifts for surgical residents in all specialties is producing unintended consequences, retired surgeon Michael A. Stanger writes.
  • Plateau letter draws reaction pro and con
    The July 23 Letter of the Day ("An administration that's sucking the life out of the Plateau," July 23) from Plateau Mont Royal resident Marion Bialek, and a response from Projet Montréal vouncillor Alex Norris drew lots of comment from readers at montrealgazette.com/opinion.
  • Letter of the Day: Some MDs need those 24-hour ...
    The elimination of 24-hour shifts for surgical residents in all specialties is producing unintended consequences, retired surgeon Michael A. Stanger writes.

Food World Order

  • Arranging a US Famine
    from foodfreedomgroup.com: At a time when the US government talks of food shortages yet is doing nothing to ensure food for its people but is doing numbers of things that seriously increase the threat and leave people more helpless, it is relevant to look at again at the famine in Ireland in t ...
  • October #BingeAndPurge: Depop, Poison, Plants ...
    Leading World Bank Demographer: Vaccination Campaigns Part Of Population Reduction Policy* California Squirrel Tests Positive For Bubonic Plague Exposure* How US Cops Profit From Marijuana Arrests* Ron Paul on US Government Drug Trafficking* How the CIA undermines DEA drug investi ...
  • Ocean Fertilization Experiment to Make Waves a ...
    British Columbia's Geoengineering Attracts Worldwide Attention at UN* from brandonsun.com: Canada may be called onto the carpet this week as nations gather in the United Kingdom to negotiate the terms of an international treaty to regulate the controversial practice of geoengineering. A First ...
  • #Monsanto’s #Roundup, #Glyphosate Linked to Pa ...
    from naturalsociety.com: We already know the links between herbicides and sterility in men, birth defects, mental illness, obesity and possibly cancer—but now we have something new to add to the nasty effects of pesticides list — Parkinson’s disease and similar neurodegenerative ...
  • Exclusive Article: Ambiguous Reporting Adds to ...
    There is a new article making the rounds in the mainstream media this morning. It is similar to some which surfaced last month about a study condemning organic food, and it's purported health benefits. These articles and the studies they report on compound cognitive dissonance in the public, all ...

CrusadeWatch

  • The Bait of Christian Fundamentalism in Africa
    source:  Huffington Post, 8/24/2011 Michael Mungai Co-founder, Dagoretti 4 Kids I grew up in the hovels of Dagoretti, an impoverished suburb in the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. Raised by an unemployed single mother, my two siblings and I would take turns missing school to babysit our ...
  • Puttur: Four Arrested for Forcing Religious Co ...
    source:  Daijiworld, Aug 29, 2011 Puttur, Aug 29: Four persons, reportedly belonging to a Christian sect, were handed over to the police by the residents of Boodujal of Nedle village near Uppinangady on Sunday August 28. The locals, including some dalits, accused K J Kunhimonu (30) from Mun ...
  • Andhra Pradesh: Church priest rapes minor girl ...
    source:  India today, July 1, 2011 A Christian priest has been arrested for raping a 16-year-old girl and setting her ablaze in his house at Nadendla village of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh.
  • The changing face of the church
    source:  Deccan chronicle, July 13, 2011 Its a well-documented fact that people adopt aspects of other cultures around them. The churches in Andhra Pradesh are following this custom and Indianising some of practices. At St Andrews Orthodox Church, West Marredpally, a Dwaja Stambam has been ...
  • Pastors wife accuses him of sexual abuse of mi ...
    source: Bangalore Mirror, June 17, 2011   In her police complaint, Priyalatha has charged Shantaraju, pastor of Bethel Church and Bethel Student Centre, with having sex with young girls and getting them to abort   S Shyam Prasad  

Whole Truth Coalition

  • Vox Populi, Methods of Manipulation
    COTO Report and Megan ‘Verb’ Kargher are proud to present Vox Populi, Methods of Manipulation. It has become increasingly evident that large portions of the planet are descending with alarming speed into Orwellian police states. What is the New World Order and what are their plans fo ...
  • The Big Awakening Conference 2011
    Click here for more information …
  • Lawfull Rebellion - Roger Hayes challenges Liv ...
    “Wirral Council is taking Roger Hayes to Birkenhead county court for non-payment of council tax. Mr Hayes, chairman of The British Constitution Group, claims the council tax is illegal and imposed without his consent. His stand has won support from all over the country, and demonstrators t ...
  • Truthjuice Gathering 2011
                                                         SPEAKERS CONFIRMED CHARLIE VEITCH - THE END OF FEAR MARK FOSTER - EMPOWERMENT FOR THE PEOPLE PHIL MEDLEY - STARGATES: A PERSONAL JOURNEY MICHAEL HALLAM - BURSTING THE ECONOMIC BUBBLE AND PRACTICAL TOOLS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY BUILDING IAN MOORE ( ...
  • COTO Report This Ain’t Oz an Interview w ...
    COTO Report and Megan Kargher are pleased to bring you a special two day interview with Freeman of freemantv, the freeman perspective and the free zone http://www.youtube.com/user/Freemantv… http://thefreemanperspective.blogspot… http://freemantv.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O ...

The Economic Collapse

  • Anarchy Along The Jersey Shore And On Long Isl ...
    Hurricane Sandy is another reminder of just how incredibly fragile the thin veneer of civilization that we all take for granted on a daily basis really is.  Many of the hardest hit areas along the Jersey shore and the coast of Long Island have descended into a state of anarchy.  More than 7 mill ...
  • Somebody Should Start The ‘Stuff Costs T ...
    Stuff costs too much.  Seriously.  Every time I go to the grocery store these days, I am absolutely horrified by the prices.  I try not to buy anything that is not on sale, but the problem is that I am discovering that the new sale prices are the old regular prices.  So now paying what [...]
  • 18 Startling Quotes About The Incredible Destr ...
    It is hard to put into words the absolute devastation that we are seeing along many areas of the east coast right now.  Boats have been washed ashore, homes have been razed, some coastal roads have been essentially destroyed, and large numbers of people are still trapped in their homes by flood ...
  • Worst Case Scenario: Hurricane Sandy Is The Bi ...
    The biggest storm to ever hit the northeast United States is creating a tremendous amount of havoc up and down the eastern seaboard.  It is hard to describe how gigantic this storm actually is.  From end to end, Hurricane Sandy is more than 1000 miles across.  It is twice the size of the state o ...
  • The $100 Billion Storm: 17 Things You Should K ...
    Meteorologists are warning that Hurricane Sandy could potentially be the worst storm to hit the east coast of the United States in 100 years.  Do you remember "the perfect storm" back in 1991?  That storm was so bad that Hollywood made a blockbuster movie starring George Clooney about it.  Well, ...

CASSE

The Talking Clock

  • Every end is a new beginning...
    Just remember that death is not the end... So, whilst The Talking Clock is - for now at least - mothballed, the many friends and regular readers who are "awake" might want to join me in my little sidestep venture: http://conspiracywatch.blogspot.co.uk/ Blogrolls need to be added and the ...
  • Okay Captain Ranty... this blogger resigns fro ...
    On the day that the BEST blogger in the blogosphere - Captain Ranty - has posted to announce 'end of transmission' (though not for the first time)... ...having mulled over what Captain Ranty has to say, rather than replying to the above linked blogpost in comments or via 140 characters on Twi ...
  • European Union (Approval of Treaty Amendment D ...
    Here are the highlights of the European Union (Approval of Treaty Amendment Decision) Bill, Second Reading debate which took place in the House of Commons yesterday. Bill Cash MP Plainly, the implosion in Europe does affect us, and this failed attempt to put a sticking plaster on an increasi ...
  • Nothing Tutu Hide, Nothing Tutu Fear, Mr. Bliar
    Archbishop Desmond Tutu is all over the world's media for boldly coming out in public with a call for George W. Bush and Tony Blair to stand trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague for war crimes over the invasion of Iraq and overthrow of Saddam Hussein. Part of Tutu's thinking ...
  • The People's Memorial: 15th Anniversary Tribut ...
    As is now a yearly thing for this blog, a few images of the tributes left at Kensington Palace for the fifteenth anniversary of Diana's death. Those of our readers who come here as fellow Diana admirers are more than welcome to save the images - links back greatly appreciated. Click on the th ...

Facing South

  • Facebook's dubious social mission
    Why is a corporation that may soon have a market value of $100 billion persuading struggling communities like Rutherford County, N.C. to fork over taxpayer-financed subsidies? read more
  • Failure of climate talks imperils nowhere more ...
    The Gulf Coast is disappearing underwater while political leaders fail to act. read more
  • Justice for sale? Backers of shadow groups pus ...
    The race for a seat on the N.C. Supreme Court is turning out to be one of the state's most expensive contests, largely due to spending from conservative groups. Many of the special interests pouring money into the contest may have high stakes in the outcome. read more
  • Living apart: How the government betrayed a la ...
    The authors of the 1968 Fair Housing Act wanted to reverse decades of government-fostered segregation. But presidents from both parties declined to enforce a law that stirred vehement opposition. read more
  • What's going on in the Southern swing states?
    President Obama won three Southern states en route to the White House in 2008. What's happened in the South's swing states? Is it any different than what's happened in the rest of the country? And can he still win? read more

CenterLine

  • Search for new executive director of Center on ...
    Karen Greenberg, executive director of NYU Law’s Center on Law and Security (CLS), announced she is leaving to pursue other career opportunities. Greenberg’s tenure as executive director began with the founding of the Center in 2003.  Under her stewardship, CLS … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Terrorism News
    Today’s Terrorism News post will be the last one for the summer. Along with the staff here at the Center on Law and Security, and with particular thanks to The Soufan Group for its generous support and to Carolyn O’Hara … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Terrorism News
    In Association with The Soufan Group At Radicalization Hearing, Rep. King Says al Shabab Poses Threat Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) held a third congressional hearing on Islamic radicalization in the United States Wednesday, this one focused on the threat of … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Terrorism News
    In Association with The Soufan Group Four Indicted for Drug Trafficking to Benefit Terrorism Federal prosecutors in New York unsealed indictments Tuesday against four men they say conspired to sell drugs and buy weapons for Hezbollah and the Taliban in … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Terrorism News
    In Association with The Soufan Group In Arkansas, Man Accused of Killing Soldier Strikes Plea Deal A man on trial for shooting two U.S. soldiers, one of whom was killed, outside of a military recruiting station in 2009 reached a … Continue reading →

Short Sharp Science

Tech Drive In

  • 20 Things I did After Installing Ubuntu 12.10 ...
    Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal is here already. A lot of new features has been added, but overall performance remains a major cause of concern. Feedback from our readers also point to such a direction. You can find a number of interesting reactions from users in our previous post discussing Ubun ...
  • Canonical ups the ante over Windows 8, Calls i ...
    "Avoid the pain of Windows 8. All new Ubuntu 12.10 is out now," reads Canonical's official banner announcing the arrival of Ubuntu's latest iteration, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal. Pretty strong language, I must say. It is a normal practice in the corporate world to NOT name their biggest comp ...
  • Ubuntu Needs a "Project Butter" like Android
    I'm a fairly satisfied Ubuntu 12.04 LTS user and I'm quite optimistic about the forthcoming changes to Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal. But that doesn't mean they both are somehow "perfect" or something. Unity, which was a huge departure from the traditional GNOME 2.0 desktop, has been around&nbs ...
  • Additional Drivers Application Moved to Softwa ...
    On the WiFi front, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" was a big disappointment for me. Nothing seemed to work until I started using an alternative network manager called Wicd. Things are slowly starting to get better with each new update in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal, but not there yet. So ...
  • 23 Brand New Features in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal ...
    The Ubuntu juggernaut is moving ahead and huge improvements and brand new features keeps pouring in. Every new Ubuntu release cycle gives you the impression that, things have really been improved and enough features have been added, until you start seeing the changes being done in the next rel ...

Case About Bird Flu

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

Invisible Opportunity

  • The Sinaloa Mexican Drug Cartel Is A CIA Subsidary
    By horse237 America’s greatest National Security threat is from CIA run drug cartels. There are 1.4 million gang members in America. They commit 80% of serious crime. Of these 1.4 million gang bangers 250,000 work for Mexican drug cartels. The Mexican cartels are in the news because they have ki ...
  • Depopulation Through Planned Governmental Star ...
    Dave Hodges The Common Sense Show October 31, 2012 “If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny.” Thomas Jefferson The lessons of history clearly demonstrate that ...
  • Romney’s Five Wars
    by Juan Cole Informed Comment Mitt Romney’s speech at VMI on foreign policy has been widely condemned as vague and lacking in substance, sort of like the man who gave it. But the speech is also full of suggestions and criticisms of the Obama administration that are simply not realistic. The spee ...
  • Brace for round two: Powerful nor’easter ...
    By Michael Zennie A powerful new storm system is preparing to batter the East Coast next week, even as millions are still reeling from the devastation left by Superstorm Sandy. The nor’easter storm will bring snow and strong winter winds beginning Tuesday, Election Day, until Thursday. Most of t ...
  • Finally: Barry Chamish Concedes Israel’s Invol ...
    by Kevin Barrett Barry Chamish admits the Zionist mob did 9/11: “But not MY right-wing Zionist mob! It was those other guys, those Labor Zionists! Really! Trust me!” ————– Barry Chamish is one of the most radical, out-of-control Zionists you’ll ever meet. Chamish is so extreme right-wing pro-set ...

Veterans Today

  • Bulldozing Islam: Israelis and Saudis target h ...
    It isn't just Israeli Zionists and Burmese Buddhists who are bulldozing Islam - the Saudis are doing their part.
  • Press TV: US, West Desperate for “Decen ...
    The real subject here is “decency.” Every philosophy, every major religion, every international organization feels they serve the needs of decency. The United Nations protects the interests of the wealthy and powerful, terrorist groups extract revenge for abuses against the poor and downtrodden, ...
  • Remembering Abu Jihad and why, really, the Isr ...
    More than 24 years after the event, and to prevent a battle with the newspaper in the courts, Israeli military censors cleared for publication by Yediot Ahronot a truth - that it was Israeli commandoes who, on 16 April 1988, went all the way to Tunis to murder Abu Jihad, the co-founder with Araf ...
  • Romney Leaks: Drugs, Blood Diamonds and a Cub ...
    - FBI, CIA and Foreign Intelligence Agencies Leak Romney Files - When no US Attorney agreed to prosecute, the files and this information were leaked.
  • Greek Whistleblower/Journalist Risks Imprisonment
    Doing the right thing is risky. Greek magazine publisher Costas Vaxevanis faces charges of violating state privacy laws. Potentially he faces two years in prison.

electric politics

  • 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 ...
  • The End of the Age of Oil
    Coal, because strikes could cut off its supply, made modern social democracy possible. Oil, because its supply has been pretty much guaranteed, compromised democratic gains. Now that we're running out of cheap carbon fuel what happens next? Dr. Timothy Mitchell, author of Carbon Democracy, bring ...

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Stop NATO

  • U.S.’s Clinton, EU’s Ashton To Fin ...
    Voice of Russia November 1, 2012 EU, US officials attend to ‘unfinished business’ in the Balkans Andrey Fedyashin and Vitaly Radnayev ==== During the bombardments of Serbia, NATO resorted to the so-called “method of humanitarian intervention” which received a widespread use in Libya ...
  • Repeat of 2003: NATO May Deploy Patriot Missil ...
    Hürriyet Daily News November 2, 2012 Turkey to request Patriot deployment from NATO Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor missile (Boeing) ANKARA: Ankara plans to request NATO deploy a Patriot missile defense system in its territories…A senior Turkish diplomat says Turkey and NATO have ...
  • NATO Conducts Joint “Weapons of Mass Des ...
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization October 31, 2012 NATO conducts annual crisis management exercise (CMX) and cyber coalition exercise NATO will conduct its annual Crisis Management Exercise CMX between 12 and 16 November 2012. The exercise is designed to practice Alliance crisis management proc ...
  • U.S.’s Bloody Debacle In Syria
    Xinhua News Agency November 1, 2012 Commentary: Clinton’s call reveals failings of West’s tactics on Syria ==== Past experience shows foreign intervention and the blunt call for Assad’s ouster hasn’t reined in the raging violence, but has precipitated the country into dee ...
  • NATO Bombing Of Libya Seven Times Worse Than H ...
    Voice of Russia November 1, 2012 Who pocketed Gaddafi’s billions? Andrei Ontikov ==== [T]he sum which Gaddafi and his associates had in bank accounts, and which the West, in fact, has stolen – $ 150bln – might have been enough to reconstruct the Libyan infrastructure after the damage caused by t ...

Before It's News

Intel Hub

  • Greece Suppresses Free Expression
    By Stephen Lendman, Contributor theintelhub.com November 2, 2012 Ordinary Greeks face deepening Depression conditions. At a time vital help is needed, force-fed austerity is policy. Corrupt governance mandates it. Severe repression targets resisters. Now they’ve got another woe. Press free ...
  • Profile of a Police State
    By Stephen Lendman, Contributor theintelhub.com November 2, 2012 For years, America has been on a fast track to tyranny. Duopoly power runs things repressively. Government of, by, and for the people never existed and doesn’t now. Homeland repression is policy. Police state laws target resi ...
  • Police Can Install Hidden Cameras on Private P ...
    By Bob Tuskin theintelhub.com Novemeber 2, 2012 Big brother is back at it. Some guy in a funny robe thinks its cool if the police have cameras spying on you without a warrant. U.S. District Judge William Griesbach decided it was kosher to setup cameras in an open field of ganja. Mind you this wa ...
  • Anarchy Along The Jersey Shore And On Long Isl ...
    By Michael Snyder Economic Collapse Nov 2, 2012 Hurricane Sandy is another reminder of just how incredibly fragile the thin veneer of civilization that we all take for granted on a daily basis really is. Many of the hardest hit areas along the Jersey shore and the coast of Long Island have desce ...
  • Unrest growing among NJ, NY citizens: Dumpster ...
    Mike Adams | There’s a feeling of desperation and even abandonment. What seemed to be a polite society two days earlier suddenly becomes more sinister.

FRS

  • Hurricane Sandy and the Mayor’s “D ...
    Friday, Nov 02 2012 ‘The city is talking about getting ready for the marathon… we’re pulling bodies out of the water’: Congressman lashes out at New York officials for pushing ahead with event … New York residents are angry that emergency services are diverted towards Sun ...
  • Israeli Soldiers Kidnapped 292 Palestinians In ...
    November 01, 2012 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped 292 Palestinians in October from different parts of the West Bank, including 26 children. Fuad al-Khuffash, head of the Ahrar Center, stated tha ...
  • Mindanao: “MILF hails UN, EU, UK, US, o ...
    http://www.luwaran.com October 11, 2012 — The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) today said the support of the international community for the recent breakthrough in the GPH-MILF peace process has been overwhelming as it expressed gratitude to world leaders and foreign envoys who have we ...
  • Mindanao: “MILF hails UN, EU, UK, US, o ...
    http://www.luwaran.com Hits: 1330 October 11, 2012 News: The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) today said the support of the international community for the recent breakthrough in the GPH-MILF peace process has been overwhelming as it expressed gratitude to world leaders and foreign envoys wh ...
  • MILF urges gov’t to postpone awarding of oil e ...
    October 30, 2012 — The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has called the Government of the Philippines (GPH) anew to postpone the awarding of the oil exploration contract in Moro areas in Mindanao particularly those in the Liguasan Marsh in the Cotabato Basin and in Sulu seas. The call w ...

Ken O'Keefe

  • 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 ...
  • Max Igan & Ken O’Keefe Freestyle on Gaza ...
    Max Igan & Ken O'Keefe Freestyle on Gaza Rooftop
  • Back in Gaza with Max Igan & the Samouni Family
    It is ironic how unplanned events often impact your life far more than those that are planned. Before you know it you are taken down a path of which the universe, God, some unknowable force is clearly in charge, we become but a passenger. Meeting the Samouni family has been like that, it has c ...
  • Hunger Strike in Solidarity with Palestinians
    Today is day 1 of my 30-day hunger strike in solidarity with the Palestinian hunger strikers who will, within days if not hours from now, die for refusing to accept the unacceptable if we do not unite in their defense. - Ken O'Keefe

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

  • Election in a Swing State
    A narrative of living in ohio, or any swing state during the 2012 election.Contributor: Ashley Griffith Published: Oct 31, 2012
  • Sandy Hasn't Stopped Early Voters in North Car ...
    Sandy didn't stop early voters in N.C. Volunteers came out and people waited in long lines.Contributor: Karen D. Scioscia Published: Oct 31, 2012
  • Controversial Halloween Presidential Scene Fun ...
    We continue to have some fun at Halloween around this Presidential Election in Northeast Ohio! Say goodbye to Sesame Street and 47% of Americans! Ohio is a battleground state and we are having fun sharing our views in a fun and creative way!Contributor: Peter Yan Published: Oct 29, 2012
  • North Carolina Nonagenarians Cancel Each Other ...
    Durham, NC couple registers after nearly five years in a retirement home--only to cancel each other's vote.Contributor: pamela tandy Published: Oct 29, 2012
  • Photos: North Carolina for Obama Promote Early ...
    To promote early voting, North Carolina for Obama decorated election-themed pumpkins and placed them around the UNC Charlotte campus. See pictures here.Contributor: Barry Falls Jr Published: Oct 29, 2012

Popsci - Science

  • The Jersey Shore, Before and After Sandy
    Satellite images show ravages to the coastal community of Seaside Heights The boardwalk made famous by MTV's "Jersey Shore" was mostly destroyed in this week's superstorm, along with much of the surrounding neighborhood of Seaside heights. Click and drag on the sliders over the satellite images ...
  • From Hiroshima To The H-Bomb: 10 Earth-Shaking ...
  • From Hiroshima To The H-Bomb, 10 Earth-Shaking ...
    Sixty years ago today, the U.S. detonated the first hydrogen bomb. Here's how we got there. Plus, the atomic spaceship we're still waiting for. Today marks 60 years since U.S. scientists detonated the world's first thermonuclear weapon on the Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific. The hydrogen bomb, po ...
  • Humans Can't Be Empathetic And Logical At The ...
    Brain scans find that the two modes are mutually exclusive. Logic and emotion tend to be considered as polar opposites. Think about the analytic CEO—his actions make sense in the science of profit, but when it means using cheap human labor or firing a couple hundred employees, there’s an appare ...
  • Which Weather Satellite Is Watching You? [Info ...
    22,300 miles above the equator, satellites keep an eye on Earthly weather conditions. Weather satellites above Earth stay in perfect, geosynchronized orbit, so you can probably guess at which one is keeping an eye out for events like Sandy. New Yorkers? Probably GOES-13. Calfornians? Good ol' ...

    TO DO

    renewable recyclingconservation
    Letter: 'Renewable energy is the way of the future if we want to be energy ...
    MLive.com
    View full sizeMLive file photoThe panel at Monday's forum on Proposal 3 sponsored by the Muskegon Area Sustainability Coalition represented both sides of the debate over the constitutional provision mandating 25 percent renewableenergy in Michigan by ...
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    Merkel, states vow better coordination of renewable policies
    Reuters
    BERLIN Nov 2 (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday the German government remained committed to expanding its renewable energy capacity and would strive to coordinate policies better with the country's 16 states. Merkel and state leaders ...
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    Can renewables prevent future blackouts from storms?
    Christian Science Monitor (blog)
    “Potentially yes, but it's not a slam dunk,” says Stephen Connors, arenewable energy researcher at the MIT Energy Initiative, a multidisciplinary effort at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. QUIZ: Think you know the odd ...
    Iowa View: Renewable energy is a pocketbook issue in Iowa
    DesMoinesRegister.com
    Not since the oil embargo-caused stagflation of the 1970s has the overall economy and jobs picture been so closely tied to energy. Iowans hold the key to the presidential election and, therefore, to the future of an important part of American-made...
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    HUMAN HABITAT

    ecology water energy
    Swiss ecologists seek to curb immigration
    Phys.Org
    Members of the Swiss Ecology and Population (Ecopop) group deliver boxes of signatures to the Swiss Chancellery in Bern. The group submitted a bill to the government aimed at reining in immigration in the name of curbing population growth and ...
    Strong 3Q for US Ecology, Ups View - Analyst Blog
    NASDAQ
    Referenced Stocks: CLH, ECOL, EPS, WM. US Ecology, Inc. ( ECOL ) reported adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of 44 cents (excluding special items) in third quarter 2012, up 33% year over year and way ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 28 cents.
    Ecology seeks public comment on Buckley's proposed shoreline program update
    Access Washington
    OLYMPIA – The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) is seeking public comment on the city of Buckley's proposed updated shoreline master program. The draft shoreline program update will guide construction and development along the city's three ...
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    Ecology publishes sustainability report based on global standards
    Access Washington
    OLYMPIA – This week the Washington Department ofEcology (Ecology) is poised to become the first environmental agency in North America to meet rigorous reporting standards for sustainability measures set by a global organization serving thousands of ...
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    WATER POWER

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    Historic church in row over Calvary water bill
    Reuters
    JERUSALEM Nov 2 (Reuters) - Jesus may have walked on waterand turned it into wine but the hefty water bill for one of the holiest sites of Christendom is proving a headache for the church. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, said to be the site of Jesus ...
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    TEXT-Fitch rates MassachusettsWater Resources revs 'AA'
    Reuters
    Nov 2 - Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AA' rating to the following Massachusetts Water Resources Authority's (MWRA) bonds: --Approximately $62,830,000 multi-modal subordinate general revenue refunding bonds, 2012 series E. The subordinate general...
    Cuba says 3rd deep-water oil well sunk this year not commercially viable
    Washington Post
    HAVANA — The third exploratory well drilled this year in deep waters off Cuba has come up a bust, authorities announced Friday, in yet another blow to the island's hopes of a petroleum windfall that could boost its sagging economy. Work on the well in ...
    Sandy Causes "Major Damage" inWater-Soaked Basements at United Nations
    Huffington Post
    Situated adjacent to the East River, the landmark United Nations skyscraper got its share of Sandy's rising waters, knocking out communications that have only been partially restored. At the same time, a walk through what is called 3B (third basement...
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