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Thomas Paine

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Friday, November 23, 2012

23 November - RSS SnapShot! Pt I

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Personal & Noted

Scoop - NZ

  • RE sales collapse in Paris, Ile de France ..
    2012 will remain a very bad year for real estate professionals. In this comprehensive figures on the property market in November 2012, discover the sharp decline in real estate sales in Paris and Ile-de-France, the figures very bad housing, the amount of sales that fall on the implementation upd ...
  • Quiggin: The End of the Tax Revolt
    Long after President Obama’s re-election was secure, another election day result came in, one that may be of comparable significance in the long run. By a 54-46 margin, Californian voters approved Proposition 30, which raises about $6 billion a year in additional income and sales taxes to pre ...
  • U.S. housing market: déjà vu
    I am of the opinion that everyone and their mother should be extra cautious when dabbling in real estate these days. Look around, and it’s clear we’ve been here before. And the results weren’t pretty the first time. For starters, the market is clearly kicking into a higher gear. Yes, the U.S. h ...
  • Thorburn: Housing & NZ's anomalous tax system
    Stopping just short of calling for the introduction of a capital gains tax, BNZ CEO Andrew Thorburn says Kiwis need to face up to the "fundamental anomalies" at the heart of their tax system in order to both encourage investment away from residential property and into job creating, productive bu ...
  • 1930s medicine, eurozone recession
    The eurozone has relapsed into double-dip recession as the austerity shock in the Mediterranean region spreads to the core countries of the north.

Independent - London

  • Major test for ceasefire after Israeli troops ...
    Anwar Abdelhadi Quiedh became the first ‘martyr’ of peacetime Gaza today, shot dead by Israeli troops who also wounded 20 others, leading to protests by Palestinians and posing a significant test of the ceasefire signed just 36 hours previously.Related StoriesSyrian rebels claim control of key ...
  • UN accuses army chief of supplying Congo rebels
    Rebels in Eastern Congo have repelled a counter attack by government forces and pushed further into the vast central African nation following their capture of the strategic city of Goma. Related StoriesFaith in the future of SomaliaDR Congo: Rebels gain ground with defectionsMohammed Morsi's bac ...
  • Brutal attack on Tottenham fans raises fears o ...
    The brutal attack on Tottenham fans in Rome has stoked fears in Italy of rising right-wing and racist violence.Related StoriesSarkozy questioned over claims he cheated L'Oreal heiressButkevicius approved as Lithuanian premierTwo charged over Spurs fans attackTwo Roma fans charged over Spurs sup ...
  • Mohammed Morsi's backers and opponents clash a ...
    Opponents and supporters of Mohammed Morsi have clashed across Egypt, the day after the president granted himself sweeping new powers that critics fear can allow him to be a virtual dictator. At least 15 were reported injured. Related StoriesFaith in the future of SomaliaDR Congo: Rebels gain g ...
  • Syria refugee camp blast kills four
    A bomb blast in a Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus killed four people and seriously wounded a member of a faction that has backed Syrian President Bashar Assad in the country's bitter civil war, activists said today. Related StoriesSyrian rebels claim control of key military baseHamas leader ...

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

  • Japan's ninjas heading for extinction
    Japan's era of shoguns and samurai is long over, but the country does have one, or maybe two, surviving ninjas. Experts in the dark arts of espionage and silent assassination, ninjas passed skills from father to son - but today's say they will be the last. Japan's ninjas were all about mystery. ...
  • FLASHBACK: Libyan rebel commander admits his f ...
    Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi, the Libyan rebel leader, has said jihadists who fought against allied troops in Iraq are on the front lines of the battle against Muammar Gaddafi's regime. In an interview with the Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore, Mr al-Hasidi admitted that he had recruited "around 25" ...
  • Implant lets blind eyes "see" braille
    For the first time, blind people could read street signs with a device that translates letters into Braille and beams the results directly onto a person's eye. The technology is a modification of a previous device, Argus II developed by Second Sight, which has been implanted on 50 patients, man ...
  • Gaza Crowds Surge at Israel Border Fence, 1 Dead
    Gaza Strip- Israeli troops fired Friday to push back Gaza crowds surging toward Israel's border fence with the Hamas-ruled territory, killing one Palestinian and wounding 19 in the first violence since a truce between Israel and Hamas took hold a day earlier. Hamas security tried to defuse the ...
  • Ahmadinejad: Israel was created to help hegemo ...
    Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the Israeli regime was created to wage wars, stoke instability and foment discord in the Middle East in order to help the arrogant powers maintain control over the region. "The main mission of the Zionist regime is to create wars and conflicts and it ha ...

The Galloping Beaver

  • Good things still happen to Canada
    West End Bob, one the Ink-stained Wretches here at the Beaver and other places in the interwebs just officially became Canadian. I mean it isn't like we didn't already think of him as one, but it is definitely nice to make it official! Congratulations Bob!
  • Get angry . . .
    KUDOS TO THE SIXTH ESTATE, for going to all the cerebral effort to post "Inside Elections Canada’s Whitewash Report on Election Fraud: Armwaving, Cynicism, Red Herrings". If you missed it, you must read it — and get very, very angry.
  • Stay tuned . . .
    THE MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY believes it has discovered something "earthshaking". Exactly what that something is, they're not saying right now. Check out Nancy Atkinson's account on io9, "Scientists claim to have discovered something “earthshaking” on Mars". In an interview on NPR toda ...
  • Sacred words
    Shoah. Culture is a system of values, beliefs, norms, and narratives. Held in the minds of people it is the glue of shared identity and description. Never quite static and changing slowly over time, it forms the unique corpus of a society. Like a body it it can be infected with pathogens. So ...
  • Gaza ghastliness . . .
    SAD IRONY: children who were abused have a propensity to become abusers, and thus the misery proceeds into the future. Similarly, the survivors of the Holocaust have been working over the poor Palestinians in Gaza. The Israelis have been mendacious, to say the least, and today's web allows spin ...

Media Matters for America

  • Fox Uses Hostess And Wal-Mart Disputes To Revi ...
    Fox attacked unions over the liquidation of Hostess Brands after negotiations with its bakers union failed, but Fox ignored the fact that the company faced myriad financial problems. Similarly, Fox attacked Wal-Mart employees for striking, but failed to acknowledge the workers' concerns. Fox has ...
  • Right-Wing Media Attack Obama Over Gaza Confli ...
    Right-wing media are attempting to portray President Obama as anti-Israel and pro-Hamas in light of the conflict between Israel and Gaza, ignoring recent public praise of the Obama administration from Israeli officials.Right-Wing Media Attack Obama As Anti-Israel And Pro-Hamas Hannity: Standing ...
  • Betsy McCaughey Returns To Fox To Misinform Ab ...
    Fox hosted serial health care misinformer Betsy McCaughey to push false and misleading claims about health care reform, following announcements from some Republican governors that they have decided not to create state-run health insurance exchanges.CLAIM: Health Insurance Subsidies Not Available ...
  • Daily Caller Gins Up Outrage Over Years-Old We ...
    The Daily Caller attempted to stoke anger about a Homeland Security Web page for new immigrants that provides information about government benefit programs, but buried at the end of its article the fact that the page was created in 2007. The Daily Caller also implied that immigrants abuse the U. ...
  • Fox News Attacks Obama's Defense Of Susan Rice
    Fox News figures attacked President Obama's defense of Ambassador Susan Rice during a press conference, claiming his statement that critics of Rice "should go after me" was "absurd and chauvinistic." Fox has a history of attacking Obama and Rice, most recently by invoking Libya smears in order t ...

Global Research.ca

  • Preventing Armageddon Would Cost Only $100 Mil ...
    Government Spends Tens of Trillions On Unnecessary, Harmful Projects … But Won’t Spend $100 Million to Prevent the Greatest Threat The government has thrown tens of trillions of dollars at the big banks, even though bailing out the big banks hurts – rather than helps – the American economy.…
  • Palestinians: Dying to Live Free
    Occupied Palestine is the longest unresolved conflict of our time. After 64 years, Palestinians remain largely isolated on their own. Their suffering continues. Their rights don’t matter. Western nations scorn them. Rhetorical support only is provided. It’s insulting, demeaning and m ...
  • Netanyahu: Israel Prepared to Resume Gaza War
    In a speech at Police National Headquarters to tout the war, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted the war dealt a decisive blow to factions in the Gaza Strip, while insisting Israel is “prepared” to start a new attack at any time.…
  • Bombardment of Gaza Portends Further Criminal ...
    For eight days, the Israel Defense Forces rained down devastation on Gaza. More than 150 Palestinian lives were lost, including 40 children, and much of the city lies in ruins. Further suffering is inevitable, even if the current ceasefire holds. There are thousands of injured, and the death tol ...
  • Product Endorsement And The Hegemons of Capitalism
    The endorsement of products by famous figures is a great way to sell a brand. From David Beckham to Penelope Cruz, the faces of the famous have sold a little of their time and a maybe a bit of their souls to push products for their corporate sponsors.…

TPM Cafe

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

Water - AlterNet

  • 5 Crucial New Findings About Climate Change
    This article was published in partnership with GlobalPossibilities.org.This just in: The planet is screwed. Well, if you ask Bill McKibben (and you should) we still have a fighting chance. But that’s only if we actually start fighting. This week proved a holiday downer with multipl ...
  • Why the War Against Fracking May Be Our Most C ...
    To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the  latest updates from TomDispatch.com here.  There’s a war going on that you know nothing about between a coalition of great powers and a small insurgent movement.  It’s a secret war being ...
  • The Everyday Chemical That Makes Breast Cancer ...
    This story was originally published by the Center for Public Integrity. Windsor, Ontario—For more than three decades, workers, most of them women, have complained of dreadful conditions in many of this city's plastic automotive parts factories: Pungent fumes and dust that caused noseble ...
  • Why Fracking May Ruin Your Thanksgiving
    This article was published in partnership with GlobalPossibilities.org.My, how things have changed since the Pilgrims tasted their first cranberries in their Plymouth colony! Until 1816, cranberries were a thoroughly wild food; something gathered, not grown. But the discovery that allowed ...
  • Science for Hire: Why Industry's Deep Pockets ...
    This story first appeared on Public Trust Project.It’s sunset in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, a time when the little town’s handful of shops board up for the night, and the lights click off at no fewer than six marine research institutes.But at the far end of the town, one blo ...

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

  • Pope disputes the date of Jesus' birth
    Pope Benedict has claimed that Jesus was actually born several years earlier than currently thought. In a new book the Pope explains that the calendar...
  • Ape creature reported in Tunbridge Wells
    Sightings of an 8ft Bigfoot-like creature with glowing red eyes have been reported by locals in England. Several reports of the creature have been mad...
  • 'Extinct' tortoise might not be lost yet
    Pinta Island giant tortoise 'Lonesome George' was thought to be the last of his species, but was he ? When George died back in June it was thought tha...
  • Should 'killer robots' be banned ?
    A human rights organisation has called for the complete ban of autonomous robotic weapon platforms. As robots become more advanced, armed forces are f...
  • Early universe expansion slowdown observed
    The expansion of the universe may be speeding up now but it appears that this wasn't always the case. Around 15 years ago astronomers used observation...

Grassroots

  • Who Fishes Matters
    Subheadline:  An interview with Niaz Dorry of Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance (NAMA) who_fishes_matters_seafood_card-1.jpg I recently had a chance to interview Grassroot ...
  • Saving Water with Agroecology
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  • Gaza’s Civilians under Attack
    20-11-3.jpg The toll Operation Pillar of Defense (Pillar of Cloud in Hebrew) is taking on Gaza’s population is unimaginable to most Americans, but Twitter is changing that. As information flows from Gaza City, Beit Hanoun, and Khan Younis t ...
  • Message from Raji Sourani, Director of the Pal ...
    19-11-1.jpg Operation Pillar of Defense (Pillar of Cloud in Hebrew) is once again destroying Gaza missile by missile, building by building. Our partner Raji Sourani, the director of Palestinian Center for Human Rights, sees history repeatin ...
  • Grassroots International Condemns Violence in ...
    gaza-bombing2012.jpg Once again, the steady violence that passes for “normal” in Palestine and Israel has escalated to alarming proportions. After months of rocket exchanges between militants in Gaza and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), th ...

Climate

  • Supporters of Military Biofuels Program Gear U ...
    (Greenwire) With the Senate poised to begin debate on the defense policy bill after the Thanksgiving recess, a coalition of senators is gearing up for battle against a pair of controversial amendments targeting the military’s biofuels ...
  • Developing Nations Push Rich on Climate Target ...
    (Reuters) Talks on a new climate change treaty in Qatar next week will not advance unless rich countries promise more ambitious cuts to greenhouse gas emissions, four major developing nations said. The four nations, Brazil,  ...
  • U.S. and Mexico Sign a Deal on Sharing the Col ...
    (New York Times) CORONADO, Calif. — The governments of the United States and Mexico signed an agreement on Tuesday to overhaul how the two countries share and manage water from the Colorado River, which provides water to more ...
  • Climate Change and Variability Drive Low Water ...
    (National Geographic) For people living around the Great Lakes, water levels this past month have appeared much lower than many will remember. The upper Great Lakes reached near-record low water levels in October. This was most evident ...
  • Cuomo Says N.Y. Will Probably Miss Deadline fo ...
    (Bloomberg Businessweek) Governor Andrew Cuomo said New York will probably miss a Nov. 29 deadline to issue regulations on hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, restarting a public review that may delay drilling for months. The state, ...

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

  • That's Racist!
    David Broder most be rolling over in his grave considering the vituperation involved in this Washington Post editorial board opinion piece about 97 House Republicans who sent a letter objecting to the possible nomination of Susan Rice to be the next Secretary of State: SINCE THE Senate is s ...
  • Taking Advantage of the Tea Party
    In 2014, there will not be very many opportunities for Democrats to pick up seats in the Senate. For example, the Republicans will be defending seats in Alabama, Mississippi, Idaho, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska. Those don't seem too promising, do they? Yet, if the Tea Party has their way, t ...
  • Accountability Day
    Wouldn't it be nice if we could figure out how to have more days on which Republicans discover, once and for all, that they are wrong about stuff? "Todays Republicans cocoon themselves in an alternate reality defined by Fox News, Rush Limbaugh and The Wall Street Journals editorial page, an ...
  • The Feeling is Mutual
    I don't know what would possess someone to go out and spend 16 hours knocking on doors in Connecticut for senate candidate Linda McMahon. Anyone who could read a poll knew that she was going to lose. But, since she was offering to pay people for their time, I guess work is work, right? The pr ...
  • ObamaCare Will Reshape the Electorate
    President Obama will never have to face the voters again, so we will never get to see how the implementation of the Affordable Care Act will change people's opinion of him. For example, the president never fared particularly well with white working class voters. Yet, they are going to be some ...

Environmental Graffiti

  • The Bajau Sea Gypsies of Borneo
    The Bajau people of Borneo are sea gypsies who spend almost their entire lives on the ocean – living off the bountiful waters of the Coral Triangle. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • The Bull Jumping and Whipping Rituals of Ethio ...
    In the ancient Omo Valley of Ethiopia, Hamer tribespeople converge for an initiation ceremony that will see women whipped and a boy leap over a line of cattle! This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • 7 Coolest Links of the Week
    Courageous journalists, stolen inventions, genius programmers and seriously heavy people are just some of the fascinating topics covered in the articles linked to here. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • Treading the Tunnels of an Abandoned Mine in Wales
    Long, dark tunnels and deep pools of still water await in this abandoned mine in Wales. The perfect expedition for a brave explorer. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • The Forsaken People of Japan's Largest Slum
    When most of us picture Osaka, we imagine a prosperous modern city of neon lights and gleaming skyscrapers, yet hidden in their shadow lies another, darker world. 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

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Al Jazeera

Green Inc. - NYT

  • Another Path to Biofuels
    At a sugar plantation in Brazil, a company will use genetically modified algae that eats carbon dioxide from sugar and excretes ethanol.
  • The Worldwide Vulnerability of Forests
    Many trees operate with only a narrow margin of safety when it comes to their water supply, so many of the world's important forest species are vulnerable to hydraulic failure.
  • Did You Save Some Turkey Fat? Other Oils?
    All that cooking grease can be diverted to avoid clogging pipes and sewers or even generate a little biofuel.
  • After the Storm, a Solar Reckoning
    While the recent blackouts were sobering, advances in battery technology are more driven by the issue of how the grid will absorb solar and wind power.
  • Droopy Flowers and Their Wiles
    Why does a hummingbird expend so much energy sipping from vertically oriented flowers? The answer may be the unusually rich store of nectar there.

Dot Earth News

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

  • MK Occupy Minnesota: The Drug Recognition Eval ...
    By Dan Feidt -- hongpong.com -- MINNEAPOLIS -- NOV 12 2012 -- Law enforcement officers under a state training program called Drug Recognition Evaluators encouraged people in downtown Minneapolis, including Occupy Minnesota protesters at Peavey Plaza and other vulnerable and houseless people to p ...
  • 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 | ...

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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

  • Palestinians: Dying to Live Free
      Palestinians: Dying to Live Free   by Stephen Lendman   Occupied Palestine is the longest unresolved conflict of our time. After 64 years, Palestinians remain largely isolated on their own.   Their suffering continues. Their rights don't matter. Western nations scorn them. ...
  • Gaza Postmortems
      Gaza Postmortems   by Stephen Lendman   Discussion ranges from who won, who lost, who cares, what's next. Media scoundrels support Israeli aggression like they always do. More on that below.   Operation Pillar of Cloud, like decades of similar Israeli aggression, wasn't abo ...
  • Syria News - Nov 23
        Syria: Rebels flying black Islamist flag seize artillery base in Syria’s Deir al Zour province - MiamiHerald.com Islamist rebels skeptical about the Syrian National Coalition, They have established themselves as the most effective, best armed and fastest growing units - Reuters FSA ...
  • McGovern: Petraeus Was Firmly "Invited" to Resign
    Ray on New Zealand TV:  Why Petraeus’s Clay Feet Tipped Him Off His Pedestal  (NEW) HINT: IT WASN’T THE DALLIANCE (6 minutes) http://youtu.be/sV5hAtU4ME0
  • This Thanksgiving: Thank "God" You're Not Gazan
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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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  • Charleston Voice: Ex-Italian President: CIA, M ...
    by Jonny “It’s common knowledge, he reveals, CIA, Mossad behind terror attacks ”Former Italian President Francesco Cossiga, who revealed the existence of Operation Gladio, has told Italy’s oldest and most widely read newspaper that the 9-11 terrorist attacks were run by the CIA and Mossad, and t ...
  • Monsanto insurance: USDA tells farmers to pay ...
    The United State Department of Agriculture has finalized a report to address concerns from farmers who fear they’ll be next on an ever-expanding list of defendants sued by biotech giants Monsanto, but those worries aren’t about to end. The Monsanto Company dominates more than just grow fields ac ...
  • The American Red Double Cross
    The American Red Double Cross – YouTube.
  • The Apocolypse Is Over- This Is The End Credit ...
    By Lee Burkett (about the author) Permalink (Page 1 of 2 pages) OpEdNews Op Eds 11/20/2012 at 11:49:17 When a society fails to provide the bare minimums essential to life for it’s people, that society has failed. The number of poor, hungry, homeless and needlessly ill grows on a daily basi ...
  • Who’s Afraid of 9/11 Conspiracy Theories?
    Maidhc Ó Cathail maidhcocathail.wordpress.com Posted 13 April, 2010 “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” -Queen Gertrude, Hamlet. Whenever someone insists too strongly about something not being true, we tend to suspect that maybe it is. In their denials of involvement in 9/11, ...

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 ...
  • About George Green
    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

  • Make Your Own DIY Green Gifts This Holiday Season!
    This holiday season, skip the consumer madness and get crafty! Why not give your friends and family hand-made one-of-a-kind gifts that you made with a little of your own elbow grease (and we don’t mean the kind you use to knock people out of the way on Black Friday). With so many easy onli ...
  • Researchers Develop a Self-Filling Water Bottl ...
    There is water in the air around us at every moment. While this may not seem very significant if you live in a water-rich area, this untapped resource could benefit everyone from athletes on the go to people living in arid areas of the world. Taking a cue from the Namib Desert Beetle, scientists ...
  • Nebula 12 Light Fixture Predicts The Weather a ...
    Do you ever lie in bed for just a minute after opening your eyes, trying to guess what kind of weather you’ll see when you look out the window? The Nebula 12 is a concept light fixture that can bring the dynamic nature of weather into your home or office. Referred to by its creators [...]
  • GREEN FRIDAY: Awesome Green Gifts Under $20!
    If waking up at the crack of dawn and having a patch of your hair pulled out by an old lady over a $5 toaster doesn’t sound like the most appealing way to spend your day, why not skip Black Friday and shop our Green Gifts Under $20 Guide instead? Whether you’re shopping for your [...]
  • Mine Kafon: Wind-Propelled Bamboo Sphere Desig ...
    Read the rest of Mine Kafon: Wind-Propelled Bamboo Sphere Designed to Clear Landmines Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "wind power", Art, biodegradable plastic, Design Academy of Eindhoven, green materials, humanitarian design, Massoud Hassani, moma, Recycled Materials, ...

Pogue's Posts

  • Pogue's Mailbag: Tethering, Generators and More
    A sampling from just one day's worth of reader e-mails - an inside look at a technology columnist's job. Topics include tethering to a phone for wireless data on a laptop, the reliability of Drobo storage and unsubscribing from junk mail.
  • What Is a 4G Network?
    Here is the difference between 4G and 4G LTE.
  • 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.

WIRED Magazine | Science

  • Wired Science Space Photo of the Day: Celestia ...
    This colour-composite image was obtained by FORS1 on ANTU. It displays a sky area near the Chamaeleon I complex of bright nebulae and hot stars in the constellation of the same name, close to the southern celestial pole.This picture was taken a few days before the Paranal Inauguration and the "h ...
  • Wired Science Space Photo of the Day: Winter D ...
    Dunes within a crater on Mars are visible in this image. This crater is located in the Southern hemisphere where it was winter at the time this image was taken.
  • Thanksgiving on Mars: What Astronauts Will Fea ...
    NASA has a long way to go before sending a crew to Mars, yet it’s already considering the important details—like lunch. The agency’s Advanced Food Technology Project, working with Lockheed Martin, is developing menus for a manned mission to the Red Planet sometime in the 2030s. ...
  • Wired Science Space Photo of the Day: Loose Sp ...
    The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has spotted the spiral galaxy ESO 499-G37, seen here against a backdrop of distant galaxies, scattered with nearby stars. The galaxy is viewed from an angle, allowing Hubble to reveal its spiral nature clearly. The faint, loose spiral arms can be distinguishe ...
  • High-Speed Video Investigates Mystery of Hummi ...
    Scientists have shot high-speed video of feeding hummingbirds in an effort to understand why the flowers they pollinate almost always hang upside-down.

PakAlert

  • Revealed: Military emails show that NO U.S. sa ...
    Internal emails among U.S. military officers indicate that no American sailors watched Osama bin Laden's burial at sea from the USS Carl Vinson, and traditional Islamic procedures were followed during the secret ceremony. The emails, obtained by The Associated Press through the Freedom of Inf ...
  • US: we initiate terrorism to create terrorists ...
    Wesley Clark, Supreme Allied Commander NATO, testifies in this 2-minute video that the US planned to overthrow seven countries after 9/11: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Iran
  • Scientist that Discovered GMO Health Hazards I ...
    Though it barely received any media attention at the time, a renowned British biochemist who back in 1998 exposed the shocking truth about how genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) cause organ damage, reproductive failure, digestive dysfunction, impaired immunity, and cancer, among many other co ...
  • CDC: Abortions fall 5%, largest drop in a decade
    The rate of abortions in the United States fell by 5%, the largest single-year decrease in a decade, researchers for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. The decline is outlined in the annual abortion surveillance data for the year 2009, the latest available. It was publis ...
  • NSA Refuses To Release Secret Obama Directive ...
    The National Security Agency has refused to release details of a secret presidential directive which experts believe could allow the military and intelligence agencies to operate on the networks of private companies, such as Google and Facebook. As we reported last week, an article in the Was ...

Andy Worthington

  • On Guantánamo, the New York Times Abdicates Re ...
    I wrote the following article for the “Close Guantánamo” website, which I established in January with US attorney Tom Wilner. Please join us — just an email address is required to be counted amongst those opposed to the ongoing existence of Guantánamo, and to receive updates of our activities by ...
  • Shops, Ships and Union Jacks: Photos of a Surr ...
    Shops, Ships and Union Jacks: A Surreal Tour Around Canary Wharf, a set on Flickr. This photo set — the 60th in my ongoing project to photograph the whole of London by bike — is the last in a series of five sets recording a journey I made one sunny day in July, from my [...]
  • Guantánamo: Andy Worthington Discusses Shaker ...
    So here’s a quick message to invite anyone in Hull — or anywhere near — to come along to Hull University on Tuesday to hear me speak about Shaker Aamer, the Last British resident in the prison, and the shameful responsibility of both the British and the American governments for ...
  • Save Lewisham Hospital from Tory Destruction: ...
    Please sign the petition to save Lewisham’s A&E and maternity services and send it on to your friends and family. Over 16,000 people have already signed! And here are the crucial dates for your diary: This Saturday, November 24, “Hands Around Our Hospital” is a major march and ra ...
  • Development and Decay: Photos of Commercial Ro ...
    Development and Decay: Commercial Road in Stepney and Limehouse, a set on Flickr. As part of my ongoing project to photograph the whole of London by bike, this is the 59th photo set I have posted, and the last of three photo sets recording a journey I made along Commercial Road, in the East End, ...

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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

  • NYPD Investigating Hate as Possible Motive in ...
    Hate crime detectives in New York City are joining the investigation into three unsolved killings of Brooklyn business owners in the past four months – crimes believed to have been carried out by a serial killer. All three victims were shot with the same .22 caliber handgun, all three were immig ...
  • Eleventh Person Charged in Fort Stewart Militi ...
    As the investigation continues into a murderous Georgia-based militia group led by American military personnel who were plotting to overthrow the federal government, a former Navy recruit has become the 11th person charged in the case that includes allegations of burglaries and car break-ins to ...
  • Radical Right Joins in Secession Frenzy
    Hundreds of thousands of disgruntled conservatives, still smarting from the re-election of President Obama last week, are signing petitions to allow more than 30 states to secede from the United States — and they are being joined by a motley collection of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and Klan s ...
  • Racist Former SCV Leader Gets 19 Years in $57 ...
    A man who was once seen as a genteel Southerner defending the “honor” of the Confederacy but who secretly lived lavishly on other people’s money now faces the next 19 years in a federal prison cell — possibly in solitary confinement. The first jolt for 65-year-old Ron Wilson — former national le ...
  • Indictment Deals ‘Devastating Blow’ to Aryan B ...
    In one of the largest racketeering cases brought this year, the U.S. Department of Justice has just unsealed a 43-page indictment of 34 members of a “violent, whites-only prison-based gang with thousands of members operating” in and out of prisons throughout Texas and elsewhere. The Aryan Brothe ...

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  • Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Man at Border
    Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian man and wounded 15 more at the Gaza border on Friday, only two days after a truce brought an end to 8 days of fighting. The death is the first reported killing since the ceasefire took effect Reuters reports: ...
  • 'Black Friday' Strikes Mark Start of Walmart W ...
    In what critics see as an insatiable and rapacious strategy to lure deal-hungry consumers, many of the nation's largest big box retailers opened their doors Thursday night in efforts to extend the available hours for the national shopping glut known as "Black Friday". ...
  • Egypt's Revolutionaries Protest 'Coup Against ...
    In what critics are calling "a coup against legitimacy," thousands of protesters gathered throughout Egypt on Friday after President Mohamed Mursi assumed new powers that ban challenges to his decrees, laws and decisions, and bar his decisions from being revoked by any court. ...
  • Economic Sanctions Cause 'War-time Conditions' ...
    Economic sanctions imposed by the United States and other Western countries have left hospitals in Iran working in "war-time conditions," with many drugs scarce or too costly for most patients. Medical practitioners also allege that the government has mismanaged state funds, exacerbati ...
  • Worldwide Anti-Dolphin Slaughter, Whale Hunt R ...
    Anti-whaling activists announced Thursday that there will be a co-ordinated global day of protest this weekend against Japan's annual state-sponsored hunt and to the capture and slaughter of dolphins in the town of Taiji. The Japanese annual whaling mission to the Southern Ocean is due to st ...

Lifehacker

  • Keep an Eye on Your Leftovers in This Week's O ...
    Thanksgiving is over and we hope those of you not fighting the crowds at some Black Friday sale are taking it easy today. Feel free to talk about anything you want in our Open Thread. Just keep an eye on your leftovers while you do. More »
  • How to Pick Up Web Hosting for 50% Off on Blac ...
    This is a special Dealhacker post for Lifehacker readers from the commerce team at Gizmodo. So to be clear, this is not Lifehacker editorial. You can see all our Black Friday deals on electronics, TVs, software, and games at the Ultimate Black Friday Cheat Sheet. More »
  • DIY Jack Stand Holder Frees Your Garage Floor
    If you work on your own car you most likely have jack stands and a floor jack. Get them off your garage floor by building a simple wall-mounted holder using ¾" plywood and two PVC fittings. More »
  • Everything You Need to Know About Black Friday ...
    Another Thanksgiving has come and gone, which means it's time for Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and the month of gift shopping that follows. Here's everything you need to know about making the best of this year's deals. More »
  • Stain PVC Pipes to Match Your Project
    PVC is a great material for DIY-enthusiasts, right up there with duct tape, Sugru, zip ties, and paracord. Usually you can only get it in white or grey/black which works for garage projects, but if you're making a wine rack, laptop stand, or other project where you might want the PVC to fi ...

Water Privatization

  • South Whitehall residents speak out against Al ...
    It’s a rare township meeting where talk is dominated by matters that directly do not influence that township. Yet that most unusual scenario unfolded with spontaneous alacrity during what was otherwise a ho-hum South Whitehall Township Board of Commissioners’ meeting on Wednesday night. Recogniz ...
  • Privatization of water districts discussed
    The possibility of selling the county's special water districts to a private company was eliminated from discussions by the Madera County Privatization Committee recently -- an announcement made to the… Click to Continue »
  • Drilon supports privatization of MIWD
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  • Water Industry Outlook: 'The Time Is Ripe& ...
    The privatization of the nation's water industry is set to explode in the next five years, according to the findings of a recent survey. WeiserMazars LLP, a New York-based tax and advisory services firm, detailed the findings in its first annual U.S. Water Industry Outlook (pdf), in which pr ...
  • U.S. Water Industry Expects Significant Consol ...
    WeiserMazars LLP, a leading accounting, tax and advisory services firm, recently announced the release of its first annual U.S. Water Industry Outlook survey. Participants were asked to predict the future of the industry over the next three to five years - 71% of respondents expect significant c ...

Guardian

  • Naked man on a statue brings part of central L ...
    Police close 100-metre stretch of Whitehall for three hours after man climbed up statue of Prince George, Duke of CambridgePart of Westminster was brought to a halt for nearly three hours today as a naked man straddled a statue in front of hordes of onlookers.He was seen in a variety of poses on ...
  • CPS to crack down on female genital mutilation
    Crown Prosecution Service announces action plan to tackle problem of offence for which there has never been a convictionThe Crown Prosecution Service has announced plans to crack down on those who compel young girls to undergo female genital mutilation – a criminal offence for nearly 30 years fo ...
  • Maria Miller calls on Church of England to act ...
    Equalities minister calls vote disappointing as new archbishop says he is prepared to meet politicians to discuss crisisMaria Miller, the culture secretary and minister for equalities, has called on the Church of England to "act quickly" over its botched attempt to allow women to become bishops, ...
  • Anne the elephant's owner found guilty of caus ...
    Bobby Roberts, owner of Super Circus, is given conditional discharge as judge criticises animal rights activists' tacticsA circus owner has been found guilty of causing suffering to an elderly elephant but the judge who heard the case strongly criticised the methods employed by animal activists ...
  • NHS regulator intervenes after botched operati ...
    Monitor says incidents include instruments left inside patients and in one case surgery being performed on the wrong personThe health watchdog Monitor is taking action against the NHS trust which runs Addenbrooke's hospital in Cambridge after a series of botched operations, including an eye oper ...

McClatchey

  • Commentary: Shop til you drop, but after Thank ...
    Let's begin by stating the obvious. Thursday is not Friday. The decision by retailers to begin Black Friday sales on Thanksgiving Day reveals this phenomenon for what we always knew…Click to Continue »
  • Will Black Friday on Thanksgiving night become ...
    Amanda Humphreys is no Black Friday rookie -- she once camped for 30 hours outside a Best Buy. But she had mixed feelings when retailers broke tradition by swinging open…Click to Continue »
  • Erskine Bowles' Fix the Debt group launches ca ...
    A group co-founded by Charlottean Erskine Bowles brings its campaign to reduce the federal debt to North Carolina next week, making the state the latest front in the battle to…Click to Continue »
  • Latin American ports ready for Panama Canal ex ...
    Standing atop a hulking crane at this countrys largest Pacific port, Alejandro Echeverri pointed out scurrying workers below reinforcing pylons, preparing the ground for an extended pier and tending to…Click to Continue »
  • Small Business Saturday aims to boost shop-loc ...
    It's a little tough to feel jolly this holiday season, if you're a small-business owner. Bruised by the recession and uneasy about the post-election economy, America's small businesses face yet…Click to Continue »

Afghanistan Sun

  • Afghan revenge attack kills three wounds 90
    AFP © US soldiers stand guard as a helicopter prepares to land at the Maidan Shar military base in Wardak province on January 11. A suicide car bomber has killed three people and ...
  • Six injured in Afghanistan car bombing
    At least six security men were injured in Afghanistan Friday after a suspected Taliban militant rammed his explosiveladen car into the wall of an AfghanNATO military base, Xinhua reported. The ...
  • Pak Taliban other militant outfits behind MQM ...
    Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said the murder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Raza Haider in Karachi was part of a plan hatched by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and ...
  • 2 Killed in Afghanistan Suicide Bomb Attack
    Afghan officials say a suicide car bomber has attacked government offices in eastern Afghanistan, killing two people and wounding at least 70, including several NATO service members. Authorities ...
  • 9 more Iraq Afghan war veterans joining Congress
    FILE This Nov. 6, 2012 file photo shows Iraq war veterans Rep.-elect Tulsi Gabbard in Honolulu. Veterans groups say the influx of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in Congress is welcome because it comes ...

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

  • Perspectives from the NWC Founders
    DC cable television aired this timeless interview with NWC founders Stephen Kohn, Michael Kohn, and David Colapinto:
  • This Week on Honesty Without Fear
    Tune in Monday at 5:00pm EDT to Honesty Without Fear on Progressive Radio Network. Jane Turner interviews Kenneth Smith and John Melson along with their lawyer, Dave Scher. Kenny & John were hired by government contractor Jorge Scientific to perform security services in Afghanistan, but end ...
  • 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 ...

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

  • So Long And Thanks For All The Turkey Patents
    Here in Canada, we gave our proverbial thanks over a month ago, and since all the Americans at Techdirt have taken off for the weekend, I thought I'd take a moment to put together some advice on preparing a great Thanksgiving turkey—with a little help from the USPTO. If you're tired of th ...
  • Company Sues Kickstarter Over 3D Printer Paten ...
    We've been pointing out for a while that one of the reasons why advancements in 3D printing have been relatively slow is because of patents holding back the market. However, a bunch of key patents have started expiring, leading to new opportunities. One, in particular, that has received a fair ...
  • Expose Blatant Security Hole From AT&T... Face ...
    A few years ago, we wrote about some hackers who exposed a really basic security flaw in AT&T's setup for iPad users. Basically, if you fed an ID to a website, it would return the email address of the account. And, on top of that, AT&T appeared to hand out the IDs in numerical order, ...
  • SurfTheChannel Founder Gets Extra Jail Time Fo ...
    You may recall that, earlier this year, we wrote about a very troubling ruling in the UK against the founder of SurfTheChannel, Anton Vickerman. STC was a linking site, no different than others that had been found perfectly legal in the UK. After the conviction, which resulted in Vickerman bei ...
  • DailyDirt: Turkey Turkey Turkey
    It's almost Thanksgiving (here in the US at least), and the traditional meal for this holiday is the humble turkey. So here are a few links about turkeys that might be informative or entertaining if this is your first time cooking a large bird. Have a fun (and safe) Thanksgiving, everybody! ...

VacTruth

  • Brainwashed Police Prosecute Parents to Protec ...
    Retired Sergeant Christopher Savage confirms police are writing off cases of vaccine injury as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. and Shaken Baby Syndrome.
  • Bill Gates Funding Drone Technology to Deliver ...
    When it comes to money and imagination, Bill Gates seems to have an endless supply of both. One of his latest financial donations is funding unmanned aerial vehicles to quickly and inexpensively deliver vaccines.
  • 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.

BroadSnark

  • Ted Leo Benefit Show for Bradley Manning
    I have disappeared again, mostly hiding in a case of vodka. But I have also been helping to put together the benefit show this Saturday. If you are in the area, come out. Also, there is a protest out at Ft. Meade on Tuesday. The FB event is here.
  • 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 ...

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War in Context

  • Thousands fill Tahrir on Friday to protest Mor ...
    Al Ahram reports: By Friday night, the number of the protesters, who began arriving in Tahrir Square for ‘Eyes of Freedom’ Friday throughout the morning, had reached tens of thousands after rallies from Talaat Harb Street, Shubra, Sayyida Zeinab, and Mustafa Mahmoud Square in Giza re ...
  • More than 40,000 killed since start of Syria c ...
    Reuters reports: More than 40,000 people have been killed in 20 months of conflict between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and those fighting for his overthrow, a violence monitoring group said on Friday. Rami Abdelrahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said abo ...
  • Netanyahu unintentionally boosts Palestinian s ...
    If the assault on Gaza was conceived as a demonstration of a war-making prime minister’s strength as he approaches an election, Benjamin Netanyahu’s drop in the polls already indicates how big a failure Operation Pillar of Cloud quickly became — the damage to Israel’s sta ...
  • Gaza ceasefire: Syria’s shrinking influence no ...
    Ian Black writes: No one is taking bets on how solid the ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians will prove to be. But the Gaza conflict has highlighted one apparently permanent change in the Middle East – the shrinking influence of Syria, stuck in a bloody and unstoppable war. If Mohamed ...
  • Egyptian president assumes sweeping new powers
    Nathan Brown writes: In a series of moves, President Morsi has used the nearly absolute authority he assumed last August to try to put that absolute authority beyond reach, at least on a temporary basis. He may very well succeed. The potential opponents to his move are legion but they are also d ...

Watts Up With That?

  • A graphical look at worldwide CO2 numbers
    Some numbers that you may find interesting, graphed by Ed Hoskins from France. Here’s more: Another way of looking at the same data: Comparison 1 Comparison 2 Growth of CO2 emissions China is the biggest emitter now. The data supporting … Continue reading →
  • Crowdsourcing the WUWT “Extreme Weather& ...
    (Photo credits: NOAA) By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” Your help is needed in building the new WUWT “Extreme Weather” Reference Page. My recent article A Big Picture Look At “Earth’s Temperature” – “Extreme Weather” Update appears to have struck … Continue reading & ...
  • The next video from WUWT.TV: Dr. Ross McKitrick
    Dr. Ross McKitrick of the University of Guelph presents on the economics of energy and emissions. There has been a lot of positive response to this video during the original broadcast, so I decided to upload it first. Some folks … Continue reading →
  • Friday Funny: Al Gore’s new science low ...
    At least “Burning man” has an art component to it, “burning dolls”, not so much. This is so stupid, so inane, so grade B movie “Plan 9 from Outer Space” level that all you can do is laugh at it. … Continue reading →
  • Laughing gas bugs
    From the University of Tennessee at Knoxville  where they think N2O is no laughing matter. It is another example of Nature’s adaptation. But I have to wonder though why they think this is “unexpected”, because denitrification(bacterial conversion to N2) has … Continue rea ...

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Biosingularity

  • Inadequate cellular rest may explain effects o ...
    Ss aging inevitable? What factors make older tissues in the human body less able to maintain and repair themselves, as in the weakening and shrinkage of aging muscles in humans? A new study from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators and collaborators at King’s College London d ...
  • Too Much Alcohol Cuts Brain Neuron Formation
    Drinking a couple of glasses of wine each day has generally been considered a good way to promote cardiovascular and brain health.  But a new Rutgers University study indicates that there is a fine line between moderate and binge drinking – a risky behavior that can decrease the making of adult ...
  • Genetic variation may modify associations betw ...
    Findings from a study suggest that certain variations in vitamin D metabolism genes may modify the association of low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations with health outcomes such as hip fracture, heart attack, cancer, and death, according to a study appearing in the November 14 issue of JA ...
  • ’1000 genomes barrier’ broken
    A landmark project that has sequenced 1,092 human genomes from individuals around the world will help researchers to interpret the genetic changes in people with disease. The first study to break the ’1000 genomes barrier’ will enable scientists to begin to examine genetic variations ...
  • Omega-3 Intake Heightens Working Memory in Hea ...
    While Omega-3 essential fatty acids—found in foods like wild fish and grass-fed livestock—are necessary for human body functioning, their effects on the working memory of healthy young adults have not been studied until now. In the first study of its kind, researchers at the University of Pittsb ...

CFACT

  • UN’s Green Climate Fund to cost you
    Front and center at the UN climate talks in Doha, Qatar will be the "Green Climate Fund," designed to transfer over a trillion dollars from the developed to the developing world. The world should abolish the Green Climate Fund now before this infant grows into the monster it is destined to become.
  • UN intends central economic control
    Are you ready to have a Central American UN bureaucrat oversee a "centralized transformation" of your economy?
  • The Gray Hair Index
    Soon, the Comission is due to wrap up the current debate on energy efficiency measures, introducing a GDP based paneuropan standard, somehow intended to be applicable all over the continent. Quite a daunting task, and not surprisingly, both business, Green NGO's and national governments are rath ...
  • CFACT takes on UN climate summit in Qatar
    CFACT is headed to the Arabian Peninsula -- to Doha, Qatar, for COP18, the UN Conference on Climate Change. The Obama administration is set to begin its first major UN climate negotiation since reelection. EPA already has crippling regulations lined up and ready to go to give the UN's climate ...
  • Time to end tax credits for wind energy
    MARITA NOON Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) ... said the nation’s fiscal situation has become so dire that the government can no longer afford to maintain a wind power production credit that has been in place since 1992: “I think there is certainly the largest realization that we have ever had t ...

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Pruning Shears

  • Trafficking and the new civil liberties debate
    Civil liberties are more often than not difficult to stand up for in practice. In theory everyone is in favor of them, but the only times they make it into national debate is when they are under attack. When times are good policy makers and the public don’t seem to give much thought to r ...
  • Third party laziness, 2012 edition
    Kevin Gosztola’s post on safe voting strategies quotes historian Howard Zinn’s claim that “we have all been brought up to believe that voting is crucial in determining our destiny, that the most important act a citizen can engage in is to go to the polls.” But Zinn veers ...
  • 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 ...

Organic Consumers.org

  • Organic Consumers Association Statement On Cal ...
    The OCA Continues to Monitor Prop 37 Election Results, Has Not Ruled Out a ChallengeClick here to read this article
  • How to Build a Grassroots Power Base
    Millions of Americans are eager, even desperate, for a political movement that truly challenges the power of Wall Street and the Pentagon. But accommodation has been habit-forming for many left-leaning organizations, which are increasingly taking their cues from the party establishment: deferrin ...
  • The Invisible Nuclear Threat Within Non-Organi ...
    There is a profound misunderstanding in the mass market today about the value of certified organic food. The question is not whether the 50% higher or more you pay at the register for an organic product is really worth the added vitamin, mineral and phytonutrient content you receive.Click here ...
  • "Labeling It Ourselves": With Real Food Calcul ...
    As the defeat of Prop 37 is mourned in California and throughout the food movement, students are actually enacting it, continuing the hard work for food chain transparency that they started well before the Prop 37 battle entered the mainstream.Click here to read this article
  • Liberals and Progressives Happy but Not Elated ...
    Many Americans sighed with relief the day after the 2012 election that they had beaten back a powerful right-wing assault. There was little enthusiasm about what we had achieved in retaining Obama, but much joy that for the moment the most reactionary forces in American life were held at bay. Li ...

Center for a Livable Future

  • What We’re Reading: HIGH STEAKS Strikes at Hea ...
    In High Steaks: Why and How to Eat Less Meat, author Eleanor Boyle addresses these reasons and many more for why America should steer away from industrial meat production in both its policy priorities and consumption habits.
  • Improved Agriculture—It’s About Energy, Soil, ...
    How can farms become more resilient? Self-sufficient? Energy-efficient? The answer to all these questions is “ecological agriculture.”
  • 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.

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My Care2 Picks

  • 28-Gate: BBC Crisis Deepens in Exposure of Rig ...
    The BBC sank further into crisis today after new evidence ties two recent pedophile scandals to a secret climate advisory panel that rigged reporting on global warming for six years. Submitted by John Farnham to Environment  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • A Box Filled With Love
    Mom started the care packages. She sent them to my brothers when they left home to join the military, to us girls when we moved away to other cities and towns, to friends who were going through tough times and to complete strangers who faced a particular Submitted by John Farnham to Offbeat &n ...
  • U.S. uses al Qaeda to Advance Its Military Adv ...
    Israeli spy chief says Tel Aviv supports regime change in Syria, amid ongoing efforts by the anti-Syria governments to oust President Bashar al-Assad. Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Climate Change Timeline
    The history of climate change concern 1895 - 2009 How does this fit in with co2 concern? http://politicalvelcraft.org/2012/08/19/the-pariah-u-n-requests-criminal-prosecution-immunity-for-climate-scientists-engaged-in-constructive-fraud/ Submitted by John Farnham to Society & Culture &nbsp ...
  • 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

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...]]

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Citizens for Legitimate Government

  • High-tech surveillance gear raises questions in NJ
    ShareThisHigh-tech surveillance gear raises questions in NJ 23 Nov 2012 A federal anti-terrorism program has drawn North Jersey deeper into the practice of hidden surveillance, equipping police departments with high-tech cameras, infrared technology and automatic license plate readers to keep ta ...
  • Netanyahu: Israel ready for fresh attacks
    ShareThisNetanyahu: Israel ready for fresh attacks 22 Nov 2012 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that the Tel Aviv regime is ready for fresh attacks on the Gaza Strip in case of, what he called, an Egypt-brokered ceasefire's failure to hold. "I know there are citizens that exp ...
  • US building drone subs to track, chase away en ...
    ShareThisUS building drone subs to track, chase away enemy vessels: Report 22 Nov 2012 The American military has begun work on developing unmanned submarine drones capable of navigating oceans to track underwater vessels of rival nations. The Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agen ...
  • Police officer quits after comments about Obama
    ShareThisPolice officer quits after comments about Obama 22 Nov 2012 A Jacksonville police officer has quit after admitting he told colleagues that he would volunteer to assassinate President Barack Obama. Sam Koivisto told the Florida Times-Union on Wednesday that his comments had been blown ...
  • NC activists angered by killing of 3-legged bear
    ShareThisNC activists angered by killing of 3-legged bear --Construction workers building a house on the development began feeding the bear because he was so skinny. 22 Nov 2012 A skinny, three-legged black bear had become a fixture at an upscale housing community deep in the Blue Ridge Mountain ...

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

  • Now Everyone Can be a Sniper (if this works)
    22 November 2012 Make sure to see this:
  • Taliban Email Distribution List
    18 November 2012 Recently the Taliban accidentally made public its entire (apparently) distro list during an email accident: From ABC: In a Dilbert-esque faux pax, a Taliban spokesperson sent out a routine email last week with one notable difference. He publicly CC'd the names of everyone on ...
  • Petraeus Stoning Sentence Handed Down by Elders
    18 November 2012 Petraeus and the Woman Broadwell to be Stoned on the White House Lawn Uproar over Stone Auction: first Stone bid reaches $1 million (A Humorless, gonzo parody.) The Nine Wise Elders convened for tea to discuss the fates of the woman Paula Broadwell and General (ret.) David ...
  • The U.S. Can’t Afford Not to Lead
    15 November 2012 Written by: Paul Wolfowitz Paul Wolfowitz, a former president of the World Bank and former deputy secretary of Defense, is a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. President Obama may believe he can abandon “nation-building abroad” to focus on “nation-building at home ...
  • Keeping Promises
    15 November 2012 [Admin note from Michael Yon: I knew David from the surge in Iraq in 2007.  David is the man who interpreted from Arabic to English the horrific accounts of children being baked by al Qaeda: I can confirm from being there with him that David saw much combat in Iraq.] A ...

The Killing Train

  • Goma falls to Rwanda
    Rebels, called the M23, have taken Goma, the main city of North Kivu, one of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)'s eastern provinces. Their plan is to march to Bukavu, the main city of South Kivu, and from there, they say, across the massive country to Kinshasa, the Congo's capital. A geogra ...
  • Pillar of Defense Deaths until November 18
    A map of deaths from Israel's Pillar of Defense operation, inspired by the UK Guardian's map of "incidents". I added a timeline and removed anything that didn't result in deaths, on the basis that war is mainly a collection of deaths, and not a collection of "incidents". The geographical informa ...
  • One less reader
    Writing political books about, for example, Haiti, means knowing that every reader who gets the book is a victory. Consequently, having one less reader get the book is a serious matter. I tried to send my book to Alex Hundert, a G20 defendant who is currently locked up in Penatanguishene. I was ...
  • Haiti's New Dictatorship: Video of Book Launch ...
    This talk was recorded on November 15, 2012 at Concordia University in Montreal.
  • 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.

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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 ...

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Tikun Olam

  • Morsi Assumes Absolute Power
    While I’m not an expert on Egyptian politics, I can’t help speculate on what Pres. Morsi’s assumption of absolute powers may mean for his country’s relations with Israel and the U.S.   Especially in light of the critical role he played in negotiating and jawboning Hamas f ...
  • Hasbara Meme #4,226: Hamas Executes Collaborators
    Hasbara Central appears to have sent out a directive instructing the social media brigade to point to the disgusting picture of Gazans dragging the body of a suspected collaborator through the streets of Gaza tied by a rope to a motorcycle.  They circulate stories of others executed for such all ...
  • Israeli-Arab Ceasefire # 6,432,821
    Israel and Hamas have announced a ceasefire that was midwived by Egypt and the U.S.  It will ostensibly end this round of fighting–until the next time.  And there will be a next time.  Of that you can be sure. 150 Gazans were killed in this garbage war.  Over 1,000 wounded.  Five Israelis ...
  • Birth Pangs of a New Mideast Ceasefire
    Day 8: Gaza death toll 140 Palestinian dead, 1,000 wounded.  5 Israeli dead. In the title, I deliberately echoed Condi Rice’s infamous saying from the last Lebanon war, in which she offered Israel free rein to reshape Lebanon in its image (an attempt that failed miserably and left Hezbolla ...
  • Crisis in Gaza: End the Assault, End the Siege
    On Sunday, November 25th here in Seattle, a group of community peace activists are joining together to host Crisis in Gaza: End the Violence, End the Siege (see poster graphic).  It will be held at University Temple United Methodist Church (corner of 43rd and 15th Avenue across from the UW Law S ...

If Americans Knew

  • NPR Watch: Linda Gradstein Has Done It Again o ...
    NPR's reporter Linda Gradstein has done it again. She has managed to take a "must report" story on Israeli-Palestinian relations -- the new report by B'Tselem on the non-combatants, including children, killed by the Israeli military during the Israeli attack on Gaza -- and report it in a manner ...
  • Documentary Video: Shooting the Messenger
    This documentary on the deliberate killing and intimidation of journalists in conflict zones, examines how international reporters became targets.
  • Impressions of Israeli Executions in the West Bank
    Much planning had gone into our family vacation in Israel-Palestine. We could spare only the last two weeks of 2009, and so had developed an uncompromising itinerary for each day, allowing a mere half-day to recover from jet lag from our trip from California. After devoting most of the first wee ...
  • Calling Bono: Your Palestinian Gandhis Exist . ...
    In your recent column in the New York Times, "Ten for the Next Ten," you wrote: "I'll place my hopes on the possibility -- however remote at the moment -- that...people in places filled with rage and despair, places like the Palestinian territories, will in the days ahead find among them their G ...
  • Noam Chomsky and the pro-Israel lobby: Fourtee ...
    Noam Chomsky has been called the US leading intellectual by pundits and even some sectors of the mass media. He has a large audience throughout the world especially in academic circles, in large part because of his vocal criticism of US foreign policy and many of the injustices resulting from t ...

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

  • Highlights from the Mozilla Festival in London
    This post was written by Miranda Mulligan, executive director of the Knight News Innovation Lab, and originally appeared on the the Knight Lab blog. A significant portion of the Knight Lab team was fortunate enough to join the Mozilla Festival in London, November 9-12. This incredible event, ...
  • Meograph: The Future of Storytelling is 4D (wi ...
    Meograph, new storytelling startup that launched in July, gives online journalists and storytellers an added dimension that too often has been missing: context. With Meograph, you can create what co-founder and CEO Misha Leybovich calls "4D storytelling" through a simple interface that lets u ...
  • MapBox: The Secret to Making USA Today's Elect ...
    MapBox worked with USA Today to build their election night maps that tracked results as they came in from across the country. USA Today's primary goals for their digital-mapping content was it should have multiple forms of embeddable maps for the home page, articles and landing pages, it should ...
  • Lessons Learned From Sandy 'HurricaneHackers' ...
    This post was co-written by Pablo Rey Mazón. A day before Hurricane Sandy touched down, netizens began to congregate via etherpads, Google Docs and IRC, assuming the name "HurricaneHackers." HurricaneHackers teamed up with Sandy CrisisCamps -- a series of hackathons organized by CrisisComm ...
  • OpenNews Announces the 2013 Knight-Mozilla Fellows
    When talking about the OpenNews project, I describe it as an ecosystem. All of our programs are interdependent: Hack Days and Code Sprints and Source -- they all work together to build, implement and document new experiments at the intersection of journalism and code. But the living, breathing h ...

Cutting Edge News

  • The Race for Solar - Storing Solar Energy in Rust
    Scientists at Technion, Israel’s institute of technology recently found a new way to store solar energy. Their method utilizes a substance that some of us are all too familiar with, iron oxide—otherwise known as rust. This research, titled “Resonant light trapping in ultrathin films for wa ...
  • Operation Pillar of Defense - A Potential Game ...
    As Operation Pillar of Defense continues to escalate, we have now witnessed a potential game-changer in Hamas’s methods. After years of pounding southern Israel, for the first time, Hamas rockets are now aimed at Jerusalem and its surrounding neighborhoods. This begs the question, just how hol ...
  • The Edge of Terrorism - Tel Aviv Bus Bomb Susp ...
    Israel's internal security service, the Shin Bet, announced on Thursday that it has captured several suspects in Wednesday's bus bombing in central Tel Aviv. The terrorists were apparently caught within hours of the bombing. The Jerusalem Post describes them as a terrorist cell based in a town n ...
  • The Iranian Threat - Iranian Agent Indicted in ...
    An Iranian businessman and his company were charged in an indictment unsealed on Tuesday with conspiracy to defraud the United States, violating the Arms Export Control Act and smuggling in federal court in Washington, D.C. Amin Ravan, a citizen of Iran, and his Iran-based company, IC Market Ira ...
  • Book Review - Rape: Weapon of War and Genocide
    After co-editor Carol Rittner’s comprehensive overview (she is a Roman Catholic nun and Distinguished Professor of Holocaust & Genocide Studies at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey), ironically entitled “Are Women Human?� Eva Fogelman and Dagmar Herzog, relying on survivor tes ...

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

  • Happy Thanksgiving
    Following the end of the Battle of Gettysburg, President Lincoln proclaimed a day of Thanksgiving and later that year proclaimed another day of thanks which is now celebrated annually the fourth Thursday in November. Along with that proclamation, Lincoln made the following address, widely known ...
  • Susan Rice Complains "McCain Criticism Unfounded"
    Susan Rice spoke at the UN Today claiming the criticism direct toward her is unfounded "Let me be very clear. I have great respect for Senator McCain and his service to our country, I always have, and I always will," Ms Rice told reporters in her first public comments on the storm. "I do ...
  • Chris Christie Doesn't Understand Why The GOP ...
    Perhaps it was his new Tattoo, but New Jersey Governor Chris Christie cannot understand why so many members of the GOP are angry with him since the election. According to a report in the NY Times, Christie's standing in the party is greatly diminished since the election.  The reas ...
  • Did Johnny Carson PREDICT The Benghazi Cover-Up?
    Who helped the administration cover-up the fact the attack on Benghazi was a terrorist attack? Well the latest suspect is James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence. Yesterday, Senator McCain  Clapper professed not to know who altered the CIA-drafted Benghazi talking points durin ...
  • BREAKING: Israel-Hamas Cease Agreement Announced
    Just a few moments ago at 12:30PM EST, Hillary Clinton announced that Israel and Hamas have agreed to a cease-fire deal to begin at 9PM local time (2PM EST) Israel and Hamas agreed on Wednesday to a ceasefire brokered by Egypt on the eighth day of intensive Israeli fire on the Gaza Stri ...

The Real Agenda

  • Egyptians say NO to new Dictator
    By LUIS MIRANDA | THE REAL AGENDA | NOVEMBER 23, 2012 The opposition of the Egyptians to having a new puppet dictator did not take long to appear. The streets of Cairo and other cities resounded with the force that helped topple dictator Hosni Mubarak. The message is now directed to re ...
  • If National Debt is not Important, why are we ...
    Note: This article is focused on the United States, but the same question should be asked everywhere else? By MIKE ADAMS | NATURALNEWS.com | NOVEMBER 23, 2012 The U.S. federal government is over $16.2 trillion in debt. But that doesn’t really matter, we’re told, because the Federal Res ...
  • Egypt: A dictator’s best friend is alway ...
    By LUIS MIRANDA | THE REAL AGENDA | NOVEMBER 23, 2012 Taking advantage of its renewed popularity thanks to the diplomatic success in the Gaza crisis, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, signed on Thursday four decrees that set him above the law, subjecting the judiciary branch of governm ...
  • European Parliament requests that Palestine be ...
    By LUIS MIRANDA | THE REAL AGENDA | NOVEMBER 22, 2012 The full European Parliament (EP) today approved a joint resolution of the major political groups in the House that calls on the twenty-seven members and the international community to support the Palestinian Authority’s reque ...
  • Germany will send Patriot Missiles to Syrian B ...
    Western oppressors are creating a new military industrial complex enclave in the Middle East. By LUIS MIRANDA | THE REAL AGENDA | NOVEMBER 22, 2012 Germany will send two missile batteries ‘Patriot-3′ to Turkey’s border with Syria as part of increased Western involveme ...

Wind Watch

  • Wind farm rejected
    Plans for a wind farm on the New South Wales far south coast have been shelved. The Sydney based company known as Epuron lodged an application with the Bega Valley Shire Council in 2011. The proposal outlined a plan to build seven turbines at the South East Fibre Export site, south of Eden. The ...
  • Proposed wind project near Joshua Tree Nationa ...
    A proposed wind turbine installation that would have covered more than 63,000 acres of the California desert on the eastern edge of Joshua Tree National Park has been canceled by the Bureau of Land Management, ReWire has learned. The project, which would have spanned the Cadiz and Palen valleys ...
  • Wind farm rejected
    Council voted Monday to withhold support for the Blue Sky wind farm project support in its application for a contract from the Ontario Power Authority. IPR-GDF Suez Canada had spent five years developing the 46.8 megawatt FIT project in Essex that would have seen 27 wind turbines erected on low ...
  • Wind farm developer Iberdrola hears from residents
    The company behind two New Hampshire wind farms would like to build a third and its largest in the state, a 37-turbine project on land in Danbury, Alexandria and Grafton. Officials from Iberdrola Renewables say they’ve been considering the site for about three years, a mostly behind-the-scenes p ...
  • Silton Turbines: ‘The harm outweighs the ...
    After 12 days at The Exchange at Sturminster Newton, and a series of site visits and visits to surrounding viewpoints, planning inspector Neil Pope has decided that the potential benefits of erecting four giant wind turbines on farmland between Silton and Bourton on the Dorset-Somerset-Wiltshire ...

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
  • DNA testing a proven weapon in fight against h ...
    DNA testing is a proven aid in solving child trafficking cases in the country, a well-known international research institute says. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Be a Voice for Coastal Louisiana's Wildlife ! ...
    Coastal Louisiana provides habitat to hundreds of wildlife species, including sea turtles, migratory birds, and manatees. But unfortunately, right now Louisiana is also experiencing the highest rate of land loss in the United States Submitted by Cher C. to Environment  |   Note- ...
  • About Us,,,You may want to lisent...interesting!
    Interesting Information that you may find interesting With Love... Evelyn (: Submitted by Evelyn J. to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

The Freeman

  • Human Trafficking: The Other Good Reason to Re ...
    Restrictive immigration policies have long been associated with a variety of economic problems. These include the diminished availability of foreign talent, the inability of businesses to fill low-skilled agricultural and service jobs typically scorned by legal residents, and reduced access to t ...
  • Methodological Individualism
    I am just now rereading Ludwig von Mises’s magnum opus, Human Action.  What a joy it is to get reacquainted with this masterful work and to use it as a benchmark to gauge my own intellectual odyssey since first reading it more than 40 years ago. Early on the reader encounters the term “methodolo ...
  • The Virtue of Market Inefficiency
    Markets are often rightly characterized as extraordinary problem solvers. Under the right rules of the game (including private property, free exchange, and the rule of law) people following their own self-interests can coordinate their plans with one another more or less successfully, generating ...
  • The Entrepreneurial Spirit
    Dorothy Whipple’s almost entirely forgotten novel High Wages is one of the most compelling stories of personal initiative and entrepreneurship that I have read. Left alone in the world with only fifty-two pounds in a savings account, Jane Carter decides to look for work. By chance, she arrives i ...
  • Austrian Economics: Ahead of its Time?
    So I’m a closet futurist. Being one, I sometimes find myself checking out sites like Transhumanity.net. I recently came across an article there that does a pretty good job of unpacking the difference between 20th century science and 21st century science. One of the things I noticed about 2 ...

Teaching Online Journalism

  • Now in Portuguese and Chinese: Reporter’s Guid ...
    A new translation of this guide is now available, thanks to the efforts of Alessandra de Falco, a journalism professor at Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei in Brazil. She uses the guide in her classes. Em Português: Reporter’s Guide to Multimedia Proficiency (PDF; 1 MB) Also, I neglec ...
  • Election 2012 maps: Showing data
    This was the first U.S. presidential election in the post-Flash era. In 2008, data maps were made with Flash. Now the online mapmakers have moved on to other technologies, largely using JavaScript. Here are three examples, with a full view and a zoom of each: WNYC Radio, New York: LA Times ...
  • 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 ...

Facing South

  • Art Pope rides again
    Conservative donor Art Pope's money helped the GOP take control of North Carolina's legislature in 2010. In 2010, Pope's family, business and groups helped fuel even bigger Republican gains in the battleground state. read more
  • The unequal burden of coal plant pollution
    A new report finds that U.S. coal-fired power plants are disproportionately located in low-income communities and communities of color -- and many of the worst plants and power companies from an environmental justice perspective are located in the South. read more
  • With historic strikes underway and Black Frida ...
    The Arkansas-based retail giant wants the National Labor Relations Board to block Black Friday protests organized by a group backed by the United Food and Commercial Workers, which is also supporting striking Walmart workers. read more
  • What the election means for immigration
    Last week's election demonstrated the growing power of Latino voters and the renewed demand for results on immigration policy. read more
  • With record criminal settlement reached over G ...
    The oil giant has agreed to pay the largest criminal fine in U.S. history, and three of its managers were indicted on charges including felony manslaughter. But the company says it plans to "vigorously defend" itself against pending civil claims, even while its spilled oil still washes ashore an ...

Worldpress - Africa

  • DR Congo's Silent Ordeal
    Brutal violence continues to ravage the Democratic Republic of Congo, but the massacres get very little coverage in Western media.
  • 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.

Telegraph UK - oil

Ian Welsh

  • The Gaza Reminder
    is about the value of human life. When I was a child, my father once threw some Christian evangalists off our property. They had said, “everyone who doesn’t believe in Christ will go to hell.” Now my father had a temper, but the way his voice dropped to a whisper, and the step ...
  • The Gaza Reminder
    is about the value of human life. When I was a child, my father once threw some Christian evangalists off our property. They had said, “everyone who doesn’t believe in Christ will go to hell.” Now my father had a temper, but the way his voice dropped to a whisper, and the step ...
  • Another note on Republicans
    They seem to be moving to change protected works (so called IP) laws, to make them less punitive.  I didn’t expect this, but it makes sense: 1) Hollywood is a Democratic bailiwick, and IP is how they make their money. 2) Libertarians took a couple percent in a lot of states, sometimes more ...
  • Another note on Republicans
    They seem to be moving to change protected works (so called IP) laws, to make them less punitive.  I didn’t expect this, but it makes sense: 1) Hollywood is a Democratic ballywack, and IP is how they make their money. 2) Libertarians took a couple percent in a lot of states, sometimes more ...
  • Some Words on the Republican Party
    Here’s what I expect from Republicans 1) Immigration reform.  They want it, they need it.  If Boehner is smart (and he’s not stupid, despite what people think), he’ll tie it to the Grand Bargain.  Some money for southern States and municipalities.  A hard lean on Republicans in ...

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 )

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new geography

  • Off the Rails: How the Party of Lincoln Became ...
    For a century now, Republicans have confused being the party of plutocrats with being the party of prosperity. Thus Mitt Romney. To win back the so-called 47 percent—an insulting description Romney doubled down after the election when he blamed his loss on Obama’s “gifts”—Republican might loo ...
  • Detroit: America's Whipping Boy Needs a Second ...
    Every so often, Detroit seems to pop up in our popular consciousness in a negative way.  Ever since the ’67 riots, a steady stream of bad press has altered the national perception of the Motor City.  Right now the city’s efforts to prevent state takeover because of its fiscal ...
  • What is a Half-Urban World?
    Within the last couple of years, the population of the world has become more than one half urban for the first time in history. By 2025, the world's urban areas are expected to account for 58% of the world population, rising further to two-thirds in 2050. This represents a huge increase from ...
  • Faking It: The Happy Messaging of Placemaking
    Picasso said “Art is a lie that tells the truth”. Nowadays, there’s less truth to that, as the creative process is increasingly about prettying up and papering over what’s broke. More on that shortly, but first, about the breakage: it’s legitimate. Said Nobel ...
  • Review: Driving Detroit, The Quest for Respect ...
    For more than a century, the city of Detroit has been an ideological and at times actual battleground for decidedly different views about the economy, labor and the role of government.  At one time it was the center of a can-do entrepreneurialism that helped launch the American automobile i ...

GM Watch

  • Debate on safety of Monsanto's GM maize continues
    1.Debate on Safety of Monsanto's GM Maize Continues - TWN (multiple items) 2.A Closer Look at GM Corn Findings - EHP --- --- 1.Debate on Safety of Monsanto's GM Maize Continues TWN, 23 November 2012 Contents: THIRD WORLD NETWORK BIOSAFETY INFORMATION SERVICE Dear friends and colleagues; Re ...
  • Stop wasting taxpayers' R&D on PR for GM crops
    Taxpayers' R&D spend needs more accountability: stop wasting it on PR for GM crops GeneWatch UK, 23 November 2012 http://www.genewatch.org/article.shtml?als[cid]=531148&als[itemid]=571537 In its submission to a Government consultation on agricultural research and technology today, GeneW ...
  • Africa – Calling for a GMO-free continent
    NOTE: What this article fails to report is that the South African smallholder Mr Motlasi Musi who is so enthusiastic about GM maize, is a member of the TATT Global Farmer Network. TATT stands for Truth About Trade and Technology - a US-based pressure group that lobbies for GMOs and open markets ...
  • Future ban on bee-killing pesticides investigated
    NOTE: The companies like Bayer and Syngenta who are behind the bee killing pesticides are, of course, the companies driving the GM revolution. This shouldn't come as a surpise because the GM "revolution" is pesticide driven, with almost all the crops that have been commercialised being either pe ...
  • Doctor speaks on Seralini, GMO safety, and ind ...
    John Day MD graduated from the University of Texas Med School, Houston. He is Board Certified in Family Medicine and usually works in public health. The following is his comment on Seralini's study (which found toxic effects in rats fed GM NK603 maize over their lifetime), Monsanto's own 90-day ...

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Cryptogon

  • Securing the Homeland: You Might Be A Terroris ...
    Via: Public Intelligence: Known or possible terrorists have displayed suspicious behaviors while staying at hotels overseas… Not providing professional or personal details on hotel registrations—such as place of employment, contact information, or place of residence. Using payphones for ou ...
  • Poverty: 50 Million Americans Struggling to Su ...
    The United States is projected to spend an estimated US$323 billion for development and procurement on the F-35 program, making it the most expensive defense program ever. The total lifecycle cost for the entire American fleet is estimated to be US$1.51 trillion over its 50-year life, or $618 mi ...
  • Broadwell Had Substantial Classified Data on C ...
    Hmm. Via: Reuters: A computer used by Paula Broadwell, the woman whose affair with CIA Director David Petraeus led to his resignation, contained substantial classified information that should have been stored under more secure conditions, law enforcement and national security officials said on W ...
  • Open Sourced: Google Engineer Builds Page-Turn ...
    Via: The Verge: For the past eight years, Google has been working on digitizing the world’s 130 million or so unique books. While the pace of new additions to the Google Books initiative has been slowing down, members of the team have come up with a new automated scanner design that could both m ...
  • Bloated College Bureaucracies, Absurd Salaries ...
    Via: Bloomberg: J. Paul Robinson, chairman of Purdue University’s faculty senate, strode through the halls of a 10- story concrete-and-glass administrative tower. “I have no idea what these people do,” said Robinson, waving his hand across a row of offices, his voice rising. The 59-year-old prof ...

The Economic Collapse

  • Are Black Friday Riots A Preview Of The Civil ...
    If Americans will trample one another just to save a few dollars on a television, what will they do when society breaks down and the survival of their families is at stake?  Once in a while an event comes along that gives us a peek into what life could be like when the thin veneer [...]
  • They Are Going To Make It Nearly Impossible To ...
    If you have a farm or a small business, would you like to pass it on to your children when you die?  Well, unless Congress does something, it is going to become much, much harder to do that starting next year.  Right now, there is a 5 million dollar estate tax exemption and anything above [...]
  • 55 Reasons Why You Should Buy Products That Ar ...
    This is the time of the year when Americans run out to their favorite retail stores and fill up their shopping carts with lots of cheap plastic crap made by workers in foreign countries where it is legal to pay slave labor wages.  By doing this, the American people are actively participating in ...
  • The Twinkie That Broke The Economy’s Back?
    Can you hear that sound?  It is the sound of the air being let out of the economy.  Since the election, there has been a massive tsunami of layoffs and business failures.  Of course the company that is making the biggest headlines right now is Hostess.  On Monday, Hostess will be in a New York [...]
  • The Worst Economic Numbers In More Than A Year
    With everything else that is going on in the world, a lot of people have failed to notice that we are seeing some of the worst economic numbers that we have seen in more than a year.  For example, it was announced on Thursday that initial claims for unemployment benefits have hit their highest l ...

Desertification

  • YOUR FREE CONTRIBUTION TO MAKE THIS WORLD BETT ...
    Become a FAN of container gardening by clicking the ‘LIKE’ button at http://www.facebook.com/willemvancotthem   A kitchen garden in The Philippines : riser-with-tetrapots-photo-our-knowledge-consulting-asia-643922_433802009998691_1705869722_n.jpg   Here are some of your trumps   1. If we offer a ...
  • KITCHEN GARDENS TO ALLEVIATE HUNGER AND MALNUT ...
    Nutritional deficiencies in the third world affect the daily life of almost all the poor, mostly hungry people.  If one wants to alleviate those deficiencies, recurrent food aid will never be a solution.  That’s where kitchen or family gardens get … Continue reading →
  • 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 ...

The Paper Trail

  • At Wal-Mart and elsewhere, jobs provide few ho ...
    Shoppers heading to Wal-Mart on Black Friday in search of deals will likely be met by protesting workers. The protestors, who are organized by the union-supported group OUR Walmart, are asking the nation’s largest private-sector employer for dependable schedules and full-time jobs for those w ...
  • Generals no longer retire to Vermont — they lo ...
    “What can you do with a general, when he stops being a general?” crooned Bing Crosby in the 1954 movie “White Christmas.” “Who’s got a job for a general when he stops being a general?”Alas, the answer, 58 years later, is now clear. Retired generals don’t open ski resorts in Vermont.  Ins ...
  • OPINION: 'Disrupt' the new buzzword of Obamaca ...
    Disruption.Get ready to hear that word many times in the coming weeks, especially if you hang out inside the Washington beltway.“Disruption” will be the new buzzword in an upcoming advertising campaign aimed at scaring us. The campaign is selling the idea  that millions of Americans will ...
  • Study spotlights high breast cancer risk for p ...
    WINDSOR, Ontario — For more than three decades, workers, most of them women, have complained of dreadful conditions in many of this city’s plastic automotive parts factories: Pungent fumes and dust that caused nosebleeds, headaches, nausea and dizziness. Blobs of smelly, smoldering plastic du ...
  • Pentagon spending for non-military programs as ...
    What do scientific experiments involving babies and robots have to do with excessively costly elementary schools and low-priced grocery stores for the elderly?The answer is, these endeavors are all financed by the Department of Defense’s $629 billion annual budget, in what one Senator depicts ...

backofthebook.ca

  • A Modest Opinion — I Demand to See Nate ...
    By Nathaniel Moher Listen, I never thought I would be agreeing with Donald Trump about anything (except for picking Arsenio Hall as the winner of “Celebrity Apprentice” – because that dude worked his ass off . . . at convincing people he was still a celebrity). I mean, when Trump sta ...
  • The Conservatives miss their budget projection ...
    By David@Sixthestate.net Last week, the media delivered its resounding judgement on the Conservatives’ fall budget update. Jim Flaherty, they say, has unfortunately allowed the projections to slip. The deficit has grown. Canada may not balance its budget on time. Curiously, this fact does nothin ...
  • Harper’s stealth attack on Medicare
    By Montreal Simon Oh boy. Trying to keep up with Stephen Harper these days is like trying to keep up with a pickpocket working a crowded railway station. Or a pimp working a Republican convention. One moment he’s selling us out to the Chinese Communist Capitalist Party. The next moment he& ...
  • Pavel Bure: Love at first shot
    By Mark Leiren-Young When Pavel Bure sat down in the stands beside me, my brain vanished as if he’d snapped it away with his lightning fast wrist shot. This was training camp, 1992, just after he won the Calder Cup for Rookie of the Year, becoming the first Canuck ever to win an NHL Award. [...] ...
  • To my alleged progressive friends: What are yo ...
    By Frank Moher Since Tuesday evening, alleged progressives in both the U.S. and Canada have been celebrating the re-election of an American president who, in his first term: - Signed the National Defense Authorization Act, the most damaging piece of legislation to US civil liberties since Roosev ...

libcom

  • IWW John Lewis cleaners win pay rise
    cleaners.png Cleaners at contractor ICM working in John Lewis stores in London, who are members of the Industrial Workers of the World revolutionary union, have won a 9% backdated pay rise following t ...
  • Moscow court holds first hearing in "antifasci ...
    After two weeks ago the case against Nizhny Novgorod antifascists (the Antifa-RASH case) was sent back to prosecutor's office "to remove doubts, irregularities and obstacles" by a court, which is not likely to hear that case again, the cas ...
  • Moscow: Police threaten violence against paren ...
    Anti-fascist Alen Volikov, who is under arrest at Moscow's Butyrka pre-trial detention centre, was visited by police operatives on November 13, and subjected to psychological pressure aimed at making him admit his guilt. Volikov's lawyer Farid ...
  • Uprising in the Cape Winelands - self-organise ...
    Driving through the Hex River Valley after Wednesday’s chaotic protests feels like entering a ghost town. Yet when one manages to find residents and speak to them, it becomes crystal clear that the farm workers are planning to hold out for their wage demand ...
  • Self-Organised Strikes on the Mines & Farms in ...
    Two interesting new articles on the self-organised wave of strikes in South Africa that has now spread from the mines to the farms (self-organised militancy began in the shack settlements in 2004). With militant mass strikes organised outside of the unions ...

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

  • Whispering Hope (Additional Verses)
    What could be a more blessed song for a confused nation than this 60+ year old classic song of Christian faith – the song titled simply: Whispering Hope? Allow me to share a most personal insight to those who follow this blog: My father, a wounded Korean War veteran, died from liver cancer ...
  • Whispering Hope (Additional Verses)
    What could be a more blessed song for a confused nation than this 60+ year old classic song of Christian faith – the song titled simply: Whispering Hope? Allow me to share a most personal insight to those who follow this blog: My father, a wounded Korean War veteran, died from liver cancer ...
  • Important Update on Hurricane Sandy – th ...
    I just received this incredible, “smoking gun” document from a trusted source in Washington who understands the subject and how it is controlled by Israel and the “Jews”: WeatherModificationReport 1966 This was authored by NASA Director, Homer E. Newell, a deeply Zionist ...
  • Important Update on Hurricane Sandy – th ...
    I just received this incredible, “smoking gun” document from a trusted source in Washington who understands the subject and how it is controlled by Israel and the “Jews”: WeatherModificationReport 1966 This was authored by NASA Director, Homer E. Newell, a deeply Zionist ...
  • 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 ...

du la bab - Now is the Time

Mansbridge One on One - CBC

Scotts Contracting

  • Small Business Saturday
    Twitter (314) 669-5598 Facebook Web Site: http://stlouisrenewableenergy.com scottscontracting Job Site Photo Album Green Blog SBA Region 7 SBA News Shop Small Business Saturday – November 24, 2012 By Karen Mills In between the Black Friday sales and the Cyber Monday deals is Small Business ...
  • 1st Floor Weatherization-Benton Project
    3 MAIN ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES TAKEN ON THE BENTON PROJECT R22 Insulation installed in 2×6 Wall Framing Members Vapor and Air Filtration Barrier Additional HVAC Cold Air Return Duct R22 Batt Type Insulation-Friction Fit- Johns Mansfield No Itch Insulation Water and Air Barrier The Above ...
  • Residents Meet About Nuclear Waste In West Lak ...
    Reblogged from FOX2now.com – St. Louis News & Weather from KTVI Television FOX2: BRIDGETON, MO. (KTVI) – A group of north St. Louis county residents met Tuesday night to discuss what they believe is a radioactive hazard in their midst.  It is a story that has its roots in the Manhattan Proje ...
  • Paint Pro Tip #35
    Pro Tip Supplied by:Scotty-Scotts Contracting, St Louis Renewable Energy *As seen in the following photo: Use an Old T-Shirt to cover the Tank on a toilette bowl before painting for easy clean up. See the Benton Rehab Green Blog Series at:http://stlouisrenewableenergy.blogspot.com/2012/10/series ...
  • CAD Drawings Benton Project
    CADD Courtesy-Scotty,Scotts Contracting-St Louis Renewable Energy Eighty Percent of the Time Construction Projects seem to run more efficiently, finish on-time, and stay within budgets when a set of Design Plans are available for the project. Old Western – Old South St Louis Architecture D ...

The View From Abroad

Foreign Policy in Focus - Military (US)

Law.com

Iranian.com

  • فهميه راستکار دوبلورو هنرپيشه قديمی و همسر نجف ...
    آذر. فهميه راستکار دوبلورو هنرپيشه قديمی و همسر نجف دريا بندری در گذشتread more
  • China ship firm ends Iran work as Tehran feels ...
    A Chinese firm has stopped verifying safety and environmental standards for Iranian ships, becoming the last top certification provider to end marine work there as the trade noose on Tehran tightens. read more
  • Iran faces possible health-care crisis
    Rasoul Khezri, a member of parliament’s health committee, said that according to the health ministry’s standards, “we should always have a surplus of medicine for the next six month. But our reports indicate the medicines in reserve are only sufficient for the next two months.” read more
  • چرا وزارت اطلاعات دستپاچه شده است؟
    اتاق فکر “اتحاد برای دمکراسی در ایران” اولین جنبش اپوزیسیون در خارج از کشور است که در هدف اولیه اش که هماهنگی و همبستگی اپوزیسیون، جمع آوری افکار وطیف های سیاسی متفاوت در زیر یک سقف بوده موفق به پیش رفته و در این راه با به بحث گذاشتن موضوعات حساسی چون ارائه راهکارها برای دread more
  • Iranian Missiles in Gaza Fight Give Tehran Gov ...
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Most Revolutionary Act

  • Rand Paul Tries to End Indefinite Detention un ...
    Just days before Thanksgiving, the US Senate was planning on taking a vote on the National Defense Authorization Act. The vote was delayed by Republican Rand Paul’s amendment reaffirming the sixth amendment right to a fair and speedy trial. The following RT video clip features comment ...
  • Petraeus Resignation Linked to Iran
    photo credit abcnews.go.com Writing at ConsortiumNews.com, long time investigative reporter Robert Parry reveals that Petraeus would have been sacked if he hadn’t resigned. Quoting political and intelligence insiders, he makes a strong case that Bush’s favorite general had a l ...
  • 47 State Petition to Secede from US
    Photo credit http://www.examiner.com/article/what-the-secession-petitions-mean According to the Daily Caller, the day after Obama was re-elected, the White House website received a petition asking the administration to allow Louisiana to secede. If 25,000 people sign the petition by Dec. ...
  • America's Nonexistant Free Market
    The clip below is a recent talk by former World Bank economist Joseph Stiglitz on his recent book The Price of Inequality: How Today’s Divided Society Endangers Our Future. The main premise of Stiglitz's presentation (and book) is that the US is the most unequal of advanced industrialized ...
  • My Introduction to Socialism (Age 10)
    “There were no poor people in the land of Oz, because there was no such thing as money, and all property of every sort belonged to the Ruler. Each person was given freely by his neighbors whatever he required for his use, which is as much as anyone may reasonably desire. Every one ...

Michael Moore - Must Read

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt Letter Criticizing Democ ...
    When President Franklin D. Roosevelt made plans to run for a third term in 1940 he decided to drop conservative Vice President John Nance Garner from the ticket, both because Garner disapproved of Roosevelt running again and Garner's opposition to much of the New Deal. Instead Roosevelt chose Se ...
  • Michael Moore Tweets About the War on Women on ...
    From @MMFlint "McCaskill, Warren, Stabenaw, Klobuchar, Baldwin Senate victories = Declare a War on Women, prepare to lose. #legitimate" "RT @PaulRyanGosling: Hey girl, how the f*** are all these women winning?! They don't even wear TIES." "RT @KailiJoy: Magic lady parts not only detect rape s ...
  • 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 ...

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

  • Climate Concerns Rise in the East
    A new study from the Carbon Trust reveals a divide between Generation Y’s attitude to carbon reduction in the East and West.
  • GM to Produce 500,000 Green Cars By 2017
    General Motors, seeming more confident in the face of rising Volt plug-in hybrid sales, looks to be expanding its vehicle electrification efforts. Primarily through its brand Chevrolet, the Detroit automaker hopes to significantly bump up the number of green cars it produces by 2017.
  • Cultivating agricultural cleantech
  • Eight Ways The Drought Is Influencing Thanksgiving
    Thanksgiving is a time of plenty – or, maybe more accurately, of vast over-consumption — from the meal to the midnight shopping rampage afterward.
  • Why not make Black Friday a Green Friday?
    As we approach one of the biggest shopping days of the year, take a minute to think about the things you can do to make searching for the perfect gift a little friendlier on the planet (and your wallet).Here are nine ideas for making Black Friday -- and the rest of the holiday season -- a little ...

EU Times

  • Russia Warns Of Catastrophic 21 December 2012 ...
    A startling report prepared by the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) states that evidenced uncovered by France’s General Directorate for External Security (DGSE), during their investigation into the hacking of former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s computers by the United States and Israel, is reve ...
  • Hidden Shopping Cameras To Offer Personalized ...
    Just when you thought it was impossible for surveillance to get any creepier, a company has announced it has created mannequins with cameras installed inside that can be used to spy on shoppers and record their conversations – and that they’ve already been rolled out at numerous fashion stores a ...
  • Tenstions continue in Gaza despite ceasefire truce
    At least one Palestinian has been killed and seven others injured by Israeli fire in the southern Gaza Strip despite an Egypt-mediated ceasefire. Medical sources said a 21-year-old Palestinian lost his life on Friday as Israeli forces opened fire in the village of Khuzaa, east of Khan Yunis. The ...
  • Disappearance of Pacific island intrigues scie ...
    Shipping could not find an island between Australia and New Caledonia which is listed by cartographers in atlases, maps and even Google Earth. A dream common to most explorers and discoverers throughout history has been to find unknown territories, but in Australia, a team of scientists have don ...
  • Egypt’s Constitutional Court looking to impeac ...
    Egypt’s Constitutional Court is reportedly considering the possibility of impeaching President Mohamed Morsi for violating his oath and undermining the country’s constitutional foundations. ­According to a representative of the court, “the judges are prepared to exercise the right to ...

Stonecipher News

Liquida : Worldwide News & Opinion

  • Turkey day pictures help Instagram set a new u ...
    Photo sharing social network Instagram reached a new record over the Thanksgiving Day holiday. Users uploaded over 10 million photos mentioning the holiday via photo captions in some form or fashion yesterday. Instagram also reports that during several peak times, users were sharing upwards of ...
  • Downton Abbey: Fourth Series Ordered by ITV to ...
    As if it wasn’t a forgone conclusion… the producers of Downton Abbey have ordered a fourth season that will shoot in spring 2013 to air in late 2013 in the UK and January 2014 in the USA. Here are all the details from ITV. Downton Abbey will return to ITV1 in 2013 for a fourth series of the Emm ...
  • Szczesny eyeing Champions League trophy for Ar ...
    Arsene Wenger wants his Arsenal players to be confident and ambitious, but the Polish keeper Wozciech Szczesny has outstripped even the ambitions of the most ardent Gooner by proclaiming his belief that Arsenal can lift the most prestigious trophy in club football this season
  • Black Friday in Cairo, Black Friday in Gaza
    The wake of the Hamas-Israel ceasefire is getting turbulent : Egypt’s president on Thursday issued constitutional amendments that placed him above judicial oversight and ordered the retrial of Hosni Mubarak for the killing of protesters in last year’s uprising. Mohammed Morsi also decreed immun ...
  • Happy Thanksgiving and be careful out there
    As everyone with a pulse knows, shopping during Thanksgiving weekend is the make-it-or-break-it time for retailers. It sets the stage for the discounts theyâll offer (or not) for the rest of the holiday shopping season. And every day has a name. Thanksgiving, typically reserved for turkey and f ...

Groklaw

  • FCC plans to make Twitter, mobile networks dis ...
    The Federal Communications Commission is to have a series of talks around the US to figure out how to stop mobile network outages during natural disasters. A quarter of cell towers on the East coast were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Sandy late last month and the FCC field hearings will foc ...
  • You are committing a crime right now
    Are you reading this blog? If so, you are committing a crime under 18 USC 1030(a) (better known as the "Computer Fraud & Abuse Act" or "CFAA"). That's because I did not explicitly authorize you to access this site, but you accessed it anyway. Your screen has a resolution of XXX. I know this, ...
  • Euro MPs: Do not let the ITU take control of t ...
    "[The European Parliament] is concerned that these ITU reform proposals include the establishment of specific interconnection-charging mechanisms, which could seriously threaten the open and competitive nature of the internet by driving up prices and hampering innovation," the resolutions said. ...
  • Apple, Tesla Completely Embarrass Microsoft
    Microsoft obviously designed most of its stores by taking photographs of an Apple Store and literally copying every last aspect. I would say "detail," but that makes it sound like Microsoft was thorough in its larceny. There are no cosmetic distinctions. None. Microsoft uses the same features ...
  • EU Parliament rejects UN web control
    Today, the European Parliament passed a resolution that condemns the upcoming attempt from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to assert control over the Internet, and instructed its 27 Member States to act accordingly. This follows an attempt from the ITU to assert itself as the go ...

WideShut

Politics in the Zeros

  • Drought may curtail Mississippi River barge sh ...
    Water levels on the Mississippi River may drop to historic lows next month in the Midwest, delaying barges carrying everything from grains and coal to steel and petroleum, after the worst U.S. drought in 56 years.Agriculture prices will no doubt increase as shipments are delayed. The drought is ...
  • Finally, a computer programming methodology I ...
    This epic rant is against trendy computer programming methodologies that pretend to help clients but in reality just boost billable hours and put coders in little boxes, managed by chimpanzees. Think the pointy-haired boss….Programming, Motherfucker. Do you speak it?We are a community of m ...
  • Cost of transporting coal to power plants rose ...
    It can now cost more to transport coal than the commodity costs. In some areas, transportation costs for coal are now 60% of the total cost for delivered coal to power plants.
  • Tweet of the Day
    America, a place where a girl from a middle-eastern immigrant family can sell Waylon tees to Texan chain stores. Happy Thanksgiving y’all!— BloodIsTheNewBlack (@BloodyBlack) November 22, 2012
  • Americans – a Public Service Film by Kid Rock ...
    United we stand, divided we fall.“Americans” is a short, public service film starring Sean Penn and Kid Rock, directed by Jameson Stafford. The goal of the film is to tear down the one-dimensional political stereotypes portrayed by the media by confronting them head on. It reminds us ...

TVNZ - Top Stories

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Just World News

  • Palestine and the Arab Spring
    Plenty of western commentators have asserted that the attention that participants in the Arab Spring have been paying to governance issues in their own countries means that somehow they no longer really care about Palestine. (A few people, most notably As'ad Abou-Khalil, have challenged that as ...
  • Obama admin wilfully blind on Gaza crisis?
    Quick! Someone help free Pres. Obama from the kidnappers who are holding him hostage! The kidnappers in question are, of course, our old friends from the Israel Lobby, who have succeeded so thoroughly in their decades-long campaign to stuff the whole of the U.S. foreign-policy establishment with ...
  • Notes on Israeli threats of launching a 'Dahiy ...
    1. Some prominent Israelis are calling for a 'Dahiyeh' operation against Gaza. I just watched this clip from a news/discussion program on Israel's Channel 2. In it, "military analyst" Roni Daniel openly calls for the implementation of a "Dahiyeh" operation ("like in Beirut"), against Gaza. Dahi ...
  • Fundraiser for key new book on Iran-- please help!
    As some JWN readers know, twelve days ago I launched an online fundraising campaign to support the writing and publication of one of my company's most important books for 2013, a book by award-winning investigative reporter Gareth Porter that exposes how the U.S. and Israel have "manufactured" t ...
  • 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 ...

frogblog

  • Marriage equality hero – Boris’ story
    I’ve been very lucky this week to spend time with Boris Dittrich who you may have seen in the media supporting our moves towards marriage equality. The media stories, understandably focussed on this issue, but his story is also quite extraordinary so I thought I would share some of the hig ...
  • Enviroschools Award for Cool Ngaruawahia Kindy
    Yesterday I had the privilege of attending an Enviroschools Award ceremony at Newcastle Kindergarten in Ngaruawahia. They had won a bronze award for their sustainability efforts and focus at the centre. During the powhiri the children performed waiata with confidence and listened very politely t ...
  • Waiting (forever) for official information…
    I suspect the officials advised the Minister much the same, which is why he's so reluctant to release the advice
  • Join the Signathon this weekend
    Over this weekend 24-25 November, the Keep Our Assets coalition is mounting a major nationwide collection drive to reach the signature target needed to force a Citizens Initiated Referendum on the Government’s proposed state asset sales. The Green Party has already collected 164,000 signatures, ...
  • Fourth Dirty Water Tour starts in Southland
    I launched our fourth “Dirty Water Tour” this week at Invercargill’s New River Estuary, with Southland Green Party member Dave Kennedy, and Maurice Rodway of Fish and Game.  Invercargill could potentially overtake Oamaru as the heritage capital of the south  – distinctive and a ...

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

  • Major Problems With Food Safety That Could Mak ...
    By Shiv Chopra1, B.V.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., Fellow World Health Organization The latest recall of E. coli infected beef should not only be a concern for beef and beef products but also other meats, cheeses, vegetables and water. E. coli is a generic name for billions of such bacteria thriv ...
  • Potent “Superfoods” That Can Improve Your Heal ...
    By Dr. Mercola One of your most basic health principles is to eat a diet of whole, nutritious foods rather than processed fare. Cutting out grains and sugar (particularly fructose) — which happens more or less naturally once you ditch processed foods from your diet — will take you a long way ...
  • The Truth About Eggs – What Commercial Egg Far ...
    By Dr. Mercola A massive scale egg producer in Pennsylvania has made the news for inhumane treatment of chickens and unsanitary conditions. Kreider Farms, which houses seven million hens, appears to be the next sickening example of what allegedly happens behind the scenes at CAFOs ( ...
  • Cancer Trials Can Lack Clear Information on Bi ...
    By Dr. Mercola Cancer drug trials often require participants to receive invasive procedures like biopsies, which are used to assess the drug’s effectiveness but have no therapeutic value – and can pose serious risks -- for the patient. Informed consent documents are supposed to inform study ...
  • Worker Could be Punished Over Flu Shot
    By Dr. Mercola An employee of Mercy Hospital in West St. Louis County, Missouri recently spoke with CNN about her frustrations surrounding their flu shot policy.1 Employees are required to get a flu shot, or they will become ineligible for a raise in 2013, as well as face corrective action i ...

JAMA

Survival - tribal peoples

  • Russian indigenous peoples’ organization order ...
    A Khanty man in Siberia© Jon SpaullAn organization representing indigenous peoples in Russia has been ordered to close, in the country’s latest crackdown on NGOs. The Ministry of Justice said it was suspending RAIPON (Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North) for six months b ...
  • Brazilian Indians' water 'poisoned' in bitter ...
    Guarani Indians of Ypo’i community in Brazil.© MPFA community of Brazilian Indians say their main source of water has been poisoned by one of the state’s most controversial ranches. The Guarani from Ypo’i community in Mato Grosso do Sul state used a mobile phone to film the contamination, which ...
  • Brazilian mining giant given green light for p ...
    Awá man. The Awá are warning the expansion of the Carajás railway could bring disastrous consequences© Fiona Watson/SurvivalThe Brazilian government has given the go-ahead for a railway project that severely endangers Earth’s most threatened tribe. Mining giant Vale announced it has obtained an ...
  • Penan set deadline for dam demands
    Penan man, Sarawak, Malaysia.© Robin Hanbury-Tenison/SurvivalMembers of Malaysia’s Penan tribe have suspended their lengthy blockade of the Murum dam site, and given the Sarawak government an ultimatum. They say authorities have a month to guarantee sufficient compensation for the dam’s ne ...
  • US food giant accused over biofuel 'tainted wi ...
    A Guarani man in front of sugarcane crops, grown where the tribe’s forests once stood.© SurvivalA US food giant has been implicated in a sugarcane scandal in Brazil that has kept an entire indigenous community off its land, polluted streams and inflicted illness and death on Guarani Indians. He ...

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

  • Opium Cultivation Rose This Year in Afghanista ...
    from nytimes.com: Opium poppy cultivation rose substantially in 2012 in an “alarming” trend, despite a major opium eradication effort by Afghan governors, United Nations officials said Tuesday as they released the organization’s 2012 opium survey, which was undertaken with the Afghan Ministry ...
  • Empirical Data Confirm Autism Symptoms Related ...
    from cryptogon.com: Via: Entropy: Abstract: Autism is a condition characterized by impaired cognitive and social skills, associated with compromised immune function. The incidence is alarmingly on the rise, and environmental factors are increasingly suspected to play a role. This paper inve ...
  • Hostess Products Flying Off the Shelves
    from nbcchicago.com: In the wake of news that Hostess, the company that makes Twinkies and other baked goods would liquidate its business, Chicago area connoisseurs started hoarding the sweet treats. The Target store on Roosevelt Road in Chicago reported higher than normal sales for the ...
  • #GMO Grassroots Labeling Initiative
    from source: Activists and concerned citizens around the world have had enough with corrupt corporations censoring their right to know what’s in their food, and frankly they’re beyond upset. And if the government will not side with the 90 plus percentage of consumers who are in f ...
  • #ExclusiveArticle: Vitamin D - Benefits Outwei ...
    In the news recently, some articles have caught attention with a surprising assertion. Apparently a study linking lower levels of vitamin D with longevity has been put forth by the CMAJ Canadian Medical Association Journal. I would take the "conclusions" of this study with a large grain of salt, ...

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

  • Are Black Friday Riots A Preview Of The Civil ...
    If Americans will trample one another just to save a few dollars on a television, what will they do when society breaks down and the survival of their families is at stake?  Once in a while an event comes along that gives us a peek into what life could be like when the thin veneer [...]
  • They Are Going To Make It Nearly Impossible To ...
    If you have a farm or a small business, would you like to pass it on to your children when you die?  Well, unless Congress does something, it is going to become much, much harder to do that starting next year.  Right now, there is a 5 million dollar estate tax exemption and anything above [...]
  • 55 Reasons Why You Should Buy Products That Ar ...
    This is the time of the year when Americans run out to their favorite retail stores and fill up their shopping carts with lots of cheap plastic crap made by workers in foreign countries where it is legal to pay slave labor wages.  By doing this, the American people are actively participating in ...
  • The Twinkie That Broke The Economy’s Back?
    Can you hear that sound?  It is the sound of the air being let out of the economy.  Since the election, there has been a massive tsunami of layoffs and business failures.  Of course the company that is making the biggest headlines right now is Hostess.  On Monday, Hostess will be in a New York [...]
  • The Worst Economic Numbers In More Than A Year
    With everything else that is going on in the world, a lot of people have failed to notice that we are seeing some of the worst economic numbers that we have seen in more than a year.  For example, it was announced on Thursday that initial claims for unemployment benefits have hit their highest l ...

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

  • Art Pope rides again
    Conservative donor Art Pope's money helped the GOP take control of North Carolina's legislature in 2010. In 2010, Pope's family, business and groups helped fuel even bigger Republican gains in the battleground state. read more
  • The unequal burden of coal plant pollution
    A new report finds that U.S. coal-fired power plants are disproportionately located in low-income communities and communities of color -- and many of the worst plants and power companies from an environmental justice perspective are located in the South. read more
  • With historic strikes underway and Black Frida ...
    The Arkansas-based retail giant wants the National Labor Relations Board to block Black Friday protests organized by a group backed by the United Food and Commercial Workers, which is also supporting striking Walmart workers. read more
  • What the election means for immigration
    Last week's election demonstrated the growing power of Latino voters and the renewed demand for results on immigration policy. read more
  • With record criminal settlement reached over G ...
    The oil giant has agreed to pay the largest criminal fine in U.S. history, and three of its managers were indicted on charges including felony manslaughter. But the company says it plans to "vigorously defend" itself against pending civil claims, even while its spilled oil still washes ashore an ...

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

  • 30 Must Have Android Games for 2012
    Android is surging, their remains no questions about it. Android is a proven platform now and that is particularly showing in the burgeoning apps market. Google Play Store is now home to nearly 900,000 applications and games. More than 25 billion apps and games have already been downloaded fro ...
  • How to Get Netflix Working with Ubuntu 12.04/1 ...
    Yes you read it just right. Netflix now works with Ubuntu. And no, there's no official Netflix support for Linux yet. Thanks to the hard work done by Erich Hoover and guys at iheartubuntu, Netflix has been made to work under Ubuntu using Wine and there is now a PPA to install the whole hac ...
  • Unity 4 Released, Adds Ability to Publish Game ...
    First, it was Valve, who went all the way by releasing Steam dedicated client for Linux (still in beta testing phase). Then came NVIDIA, a world leader in GPUs, announcing their optimized for Linux NVIDIA GeForce R310 drivers (in collaboration with Valve) for enhanced gaming experience in Linu ...
  • Elementary OS Luna Beta 1 Released
    The much anticipated Linux distro, Elementary OS "Luna", is finally here. For a beta release, Luna already looks pretty awesome. A quick overview of Elementary OS Beta 1. What's New in Elementary OS Luna Beta 1? Pantheon is the new desktop environment and shell for Elementar ...
  • Android is Surging, Adoption Rate Now 6 Times ...
    This is not news anymore, Android is becoming or as some might say, has already become, the numero uno OS for smartphones. But smartphones market is still in its infancy and is set to explode in the coming years, especially in the developing world. In places like India, Android has been a bloc ...

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

  • Charleston Voice: Ex-Italian President: CIA, M ...
    by Jonny “It’s common knowledge, he reveals, CIA, Mossad behind terror attacks ”Former Italian President Francesco Cossiga, who revealed the existence of Operation Gladio, has told Italy’s oldest and most widely read newspaper that the 9-11 terrorist attacks were run by the CIA and Mossad, and t ...
  • Monsanto insurance: USDA tells farmers to pay ...
    The United State Department of Agriculture has finalized a report to address concerns from farmers who fear they’ll be next on an ever-expanding list of defendants sued by biotech giants Monsanto, but those worries aren’t about to end. The Monsanto Company dominates more than just grow fields ac ...
  • The American Red Double Cross
    The American Red Double Cross – YouTube.
  • The Apocolypse Is Over- This Is The End Credit ...
    By Lee Burkett (about the author) Permalink (Page 1 of 2 pages) OpEdNews Op Eds 11/20/2012 at 11:49:17 When a society fails to provide the bare minimums essential to life for it’s people, that society has failed. The number of poor, hungry, homeless and needlessly ill grows on a daily basi ...
  • Who’s Afraid of 9/11 Conspiracy Theories?
    Maidhc Ó Cathail maidhcocathail.wordpress.com Posted 13 April, 2010 “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” -Queen Gertrude, Hamlet. Whenever someone insists too strongly about something not being true, we tend to suspect that maybe it is. In their denials of involvement in 9/11, ...

Veterans Today

  • Press TV: Iron Dome interceptor missile deviat ...
    Iron Dome interceptor missile deviates, lands in Ashdod: Israeli media — File photo shows an Israeli missile being launched from the Iron Dome missile shield.   — Israeli media say an Iron Dome missile fired to intercept Palestinian Grad rockets missed its target and landed near one ...
  • Press TV: Are We Still Coddling “Hitler ...
    Israel’s Abuse of Legal Palestinian Sovereignty — By Gordon Duff and Press TV — Generally, it is a “given” that the West, America, Britain, France and Germany, are oblivious to any rational assessment of any conflict involving Israel. When 15 civilians were killed by an American F 16 ...
  • Breaking: White House Announces “Inside ...
    Presidential Memorandum - National Insider Threat Policy and Minimum Standards for Executive Branch Insider Threat Programs.
  • Shambles On The Strip
    Not much to be thankful for in the Middle East, sadly. Like turkeys voting for Christmas the Israeli Government have let southern Israel in for further rocket bombardment from Gaza Strip, a lot less fun place than the Vegas Strip.
  • When is enough “enough?”
    I’m sick and tired of watching and listening to pundits who profess concern over the minimum wage. They all read from the same talking points…”The minimum wage at $7.25/hour is not enough to support a family…and on and on”. Well, what is enough? How about $20/hour? $25/hr? Or w ...

electric politics

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

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Field Notes - Alberta Environment

Stop NATO

  • NATO Missiles In Turkey: Libyan Scenario, Part ...
    Voice of Russia November 23, 2012 NATO shows great interest in deployment of Patriot missile air-defence systems ==== Media reports even said that Berlin was ready not only to provide Patriot missile air defence systems to Turkey but also to send 120 Bundeswehr soldiers to the region. Turkey has ...
  • “NATO By Now Includes Nearly Every Europ ...
    Deutsche Welle November 22, 2012 Who’s next to join the NATO alliance? NATO by now includes nearly every European nation. Ten years since the last major expansion, four more countries in line to join. Russia, however, remains critical of the alliance’s continued expansion. Ten years ...
  • Russia Reiterates Objection To NATO Missiles O ...
    Interfax November 23, 2012 Lavrov reiterates Russia’s concerns about Turkey plans to deploy Patriot missiles MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov once again iterated Russia’s concerns about plans to deploy Patriot missile systems at the Turkish-Syrian border in a telephone ...
  • Russian Black Sea Warships Deployed To Eastern ...
    Itar-Tass November 23, 2012 Warships of Russian Black Sea Fleet are ordered to stay in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea MOSCOW: Fulfilling orders, a convoy of warships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet arrived in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea for a possible evacuation of Russia ...
  • Resource Wars Assume Epidemic Proportions
    Voice of Russia November 23, 2012 Wars for resources assume epidemic proportions Ilya Kharlamov A civil war in Congo may cause big problems for millions of cell phone and computer users across the globe. Congo is the world’s third largest producer of tantalum used in high-tech electronics. Even ...

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Intel Hub

  • Journalists Harassed at Albany Airport by Medi ...
    theintelhub.com | Jason and Ashley appeared on the Alex Jones Show Friday with guest host Mike Adams.
  • Cops Taser Florida Man for Trying to Save His ...
    NaturalNews.com | Daniel Jensen of Pinellas Park, Florida, was simply trying to protect his house from burning down when he instinctively ....
  • Educating the President
    antiwar.com | To repair the damage done to the United States, I would suggest that a seeking-to-be-sane majority attempt to convince the president to alter course in the following areas.
  • Ban ‘Killer Robot’s” Before ...
    hrw.org | Human Rights Watch and the International Human Rights Clinic called for an international treaty that would absolutely prohibit the development, production...
  • Electricity from the Marshes
    ScienceDaily.com | An unexpected source of new, clean energy has been found: the Plant-Microbial Fuel Cell that can generate electricity from the natural interaction between living plant roots and soil bacteria.

FRS

  • Spain: Economic crisis pushes funeral costs o ...
    [As the capitalist crisis -- the so-called "Great Recession" -- continues to shake up lives and property relations, real estate corporations are reorganizing housing markets to take advantage of mass desperation and this now also affects the funeral and cemetary markets.  For a diabolical view o ...
  • Greece: Crisis-driven scapegoating, explosive ...
    [In a mounting wave of xenophobia and fascist gangs pressing amateurish ethnic cleansing attacks,  officials are rounding up thousands of migrants.  Here, the most recent sweeps of hundreds more. -- Frontlines ed.] ———————————&#82 ...
  • India: NGO reform agenda designed to block ra ...
    [NAPM is reported to be a collection of imperialist-funded NGOs in India whose explicit function is to undercut, and drag intellectual supporters away from, the radical thrust of such alliances as represented by RDF --which the author falsely labels a "front organization," (thus implying with th ...
  • India: NGO reform agenda designed to block ra ...
    [NAPM is reported to be a collection of imperialist-funded NGOs in India whose explicit function is to undercut, and drag intellectual supporters away from, the radical thrust of such alliances as represented by RDF --which the author falsely labels a "front organization," (thus implying with th ...
  • Delhi – Report of protest at Israeli Emb ...
    November 20, 2012 Hundreds of protestors raised slogans at the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi today, protesting Israel’s assault on civilians in Gaza, and US support for this aggression. The protest demonstration had been called by All India Students’ Association (AISA), Revolutionary Youth Associ ...

Ken O'Keefe

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

StillSmallVoice

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

Associated Content

Popsci - Science

  • These Beautiful Nano-Rainbows Could Make Bette ...
    Potential to make better solar cells? Check. Improved televisions down the road? Check. Pretty? Check. It's difficult to manage color when you get to the nanoscale, but researchers from King's College London have found a way to trap light on nanostructures. Based on the shape of the structure, ...
  • BeerSci: How To Drink Your Thanksgiving Meal
    Tips on making Turkey Beer and other highly questionable holiday brews Ah, Thanksgiving. That gluttonous annual tribute to post-colonial greed. To celebrate, many of us are going to be drinking beer -- a lot of it -- before, during and after the main event. This helps one tolerate one's insane ...
  • To Make Steam Without Boiling Water, Just Add ...
    A mixture of plain water, nanoparticles, and sunlight can convert water into steam without ever even bringing it to a boil Today in mind-bendingly cool stuff that nanoparticles can do: A team of researchers at Rice University in Texas has demonstrated a mechanism by which they can create steam ...
  • FYI: How Much Weight Can You Gain From Thanksg ...
    Most of the food weight and water retention disappears in time. Postprandial weight gain is all a matter of timing. In the short term—I mean the very short term—any food and drink that you put into your body will make you exactly that much heavier. Eat a pound of marshmallows, and you’ll have a ...
  • What 'Earth-Shaking' Evidence Did The Mars Rov ...
    "One for the history books," says Curiosity's chief investigator Did the Mars rover Curiosity sniff signs of life last week? It’s not clear yet, but scientists have definitely seen something interesting. Everyone is keeping mum, but potential findings by the Sample Analysis at Mars instrument, ...

Veterans Today

  • Press TV: Iron Dome interceptor missile deviat ...
    Iron Dome interceptor missile deviates, lands in Ashdod: Israeli media — File photo shows an Israeli missile being launched from the Iron Dome missile shield.   — Israeli media say an Iron Dome missile fired to intercept Palestinian Grad rockets missed its target and landed near one ...
  • Press TV: Are We Still Coddling “Hitler ...
    Israel’s Abuse of Legal Palestinian Sovereignty — By Gordon Duff and Press TV — Generally, it is a “given” that the West, America, Britain, France and Germany, are oblivious to any rational assessment of any conflict involving Israel. When 15 civilians were killed by an American F 16 ...
  • Breaking: White House Announces “Inside ...
    Presidential Memorandum - National Insider Threat Policy and Minimum Standards for Executive Branch Insider Threat Programs.
  • Shambles On The Strip
    Not much to be thankful for in the Middle East, sadly. Like turkeys voting for Christmas the Israeli Government have let southern Israel in for further rocket bombardment from Gaza Strip, a lot less fun place than the Vegas Strip.
  • When is enough “enough?”
    I’m sick and tired of watching and listening to pundits who profess concern over the minimum wage. They all read from the same talking points…”The minimum wage at $7.25/hour is not enough to support a family…and on and on”. Well, what is enough? How about $20/hour? $25/hr? Or w ...

War is Business

Hudson's Weather & Climate

  • What's behind the 'coldest winter for 100 year ...
    Those of us with a keen interest in the weather can't fail to have noticed yet another headline in the Express this weekend, claiming this winter would be the coldest in 100 years, which you can see here. Wherever I went this weekend, I've been stopped in the street by people asking me when the ...
  • Antarctica sea ice & latest global temperatures
    ANTARCTICA The record breaking Arctic sea ice minimum recorded this summer (based on satellite data) was well documented in the media and on this blog. Conversely, at the other end of the world, little mention was made of the Antarctica ice extent which approached a record high in September, a ...
  • 'High risk' of further flooding this winter
    Ground water levels remain unseasonably high across parts of Yorkshire following the very wet conditions this summer, according to the Environment Agency. Although autumn is traditionally the wettest season of the year, the land is more saturated than normal because of excessive rainfall since ...
  • First cold snap of the season
    After a relentlessly gloomy week, much clearer but colder air is on its way from the Arctic in the next 12 hours, giving us our first cold snap of the season, albeit a short lived one. Some of us, mainly in eastern parts of the region will see showers, and the air will be cold enough for some ...
  • Quiet spell of autumn weather on the way
    After what has seemed like a relentless period of unsettled weather stretching back to the end of March, it's nice to be able to report that a quieter spell of weather seems likely next week - although talk of an 'Indian Summer', for our region at least, is a little far-fetched. Friday and Sat ...

Internat'l Political Economy

  • The Honest Truth: ASEAN is Still Rather Lame
    World leaders--among them from ASEAN member countries, China, Japan and the US came, saw and whimpered in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Among other things, differences within ASEAN itself are causing trouble coming up with a united policy on the matter of the South China Sea to negotiate with China. (Re ...
  • Singapore is Least Emotional Nation; Mine Most
    Are all Southeast Asians stereotypically taciturn? Well no. BusinessWeek has an interesting article entitled "Singapore Confronts an Emotion Deficit" that, in my opinion, provides some ammunition for Singaporeans-as-automatons stereotypes. Worker ants, to make an analogy. The data comes from an ...
  • Egypt Back to Poorhouse, to Get $4.8B From IMF
    It is no surprise to me that the IMF has just announced that Egypt is now in line to receive the $4.8B it asked for. It's geopolitics: the United States cannot really afford to lose Egypt as a mediator between Hamas and Israel as it has done in the past. Of course, matters are greatly complicate ...
  • US v China in FTAs: TPP, Meet the PRC's 'RCEP'
    So the FTA battle in rejoined: In the run-up to the ASEAN summit this weekend, here's a feature about (surprise!) another FTA arrangement that should soon be negotiated in the Asia-Pacific. It is no big secret that the United States and China do not see eye to eye about who should take the leade ...
  • Is Canada Less Racist-Protectionist Than the US?
    It appears so. Recently, I posted on China's government-owned energy firm CNOOC attempting to buy Canada's Nexen and the political sensitivities that go with it. CNOOC is the same firm American lawmakers effectively discouraged from buying relatively pipsqueak American producer Unocal back in 20 ...

Economic Collapse Blog

  • Are Black Friday Riots A Preview Of The Civil ...
    If Americans will trample one another just to save a few dollars on a television, what will they do when society breaks down and the survival of their families is at stake?  Once in a while an event comes along that gives us a peek into what life could be like when the thin veneer [...]
  • They Are Going To Make It Nearly Impossible To ...
    If you have a farm or a small business, would you like to pass it on to your children when you die?  Well, unless Congress does something, it is going to become much, much harder to do that starting next year.  Right now, there is a 5 million dollar estate tax exemption and anything above [...]
  • 55 Reasons Why You Should Buy Products That Ar ...
    This is the time of the year when Americans run out to their favorite retail stores and fill up their shopping carts with lots of cheap plastic crap made by workers in foreign countries where it is legal to pay slave labor wages.  By doing this, the American people are actively participating in ...
  • The Twinkie That Broke The Economy’s Back?
    Can you hear that sound?  It is the sound of the air being let out of the economy.  Since the election, there has been a massive tsunami of layoffs and business failures.  Of course the company that is making the biggest headlines right now is Hostess.  On Monday, Hostess will be in a New York [...]
  • The Worst Economic Numbers In More Than A Year
    With everything else that is going on in the world, a lot of people have failed to notice that we are seeing some of the worst economic numbers that we have seen in more than a year.  For example, it was announced on Thursday that initial claims for unemployment benefits have hit their highest l ...

Infoshop - Alt Media

E U Times

  • Russia Warns Of Catastrophic 21 December 2012 ...
    A startling report prepared by the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) states that evidenced uncovered by France’s General Directorate for External Security (DGSE), during their investigation into the hacking of former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s computers by the United States and Israel, is reve ...
  • Hidden Shopping Cameras To Offer Personalized ...
    Just when you thought it was impossible for surveillance to get any creepier, a company has announced it has created mannequins with cameras installed inside that can be used to spy on shoppers and record their conversations – and that they’ve already been rolled out at numerous fashion stores a ...
  • Tenstions continue in Gaza despite ceasefire truce
    At least one Palestinian has been killed and seven others injured by Israeli fire in the southern Gaza Strip despite an Egypt-mediated ceasefire. Medical sources said a 21-year-old Palestinian lost his life on Friday as Israeli forces opened fire in the village of Khuzaa, east of Khan Yunis. The ...
  • Disappearance of Pacific island intrigues scie ...
    Shipping could not find an island between Australia and New Caledonia which is listed by cartographers in atlases, maps and even Google Earth. A dream common to most explorers and discoverers throughout history has been to find unknown territories, but in Australia, a team of scientists have don ...
  • Egypt’s Constitutional Court looking to impeac ...
    Egypt’s Constitutional Court is reportedly considering the possibility of impeaching President Mohamed Morsi for violating his oath and undermining the country’s constitutional foundations. ­According to a representative of the court, “the judges are prepared to exercise the right to ...

Voiceless Victim

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

WL Central

  • 2012-11-20 European Parliament votes to protec ...
    In a landmark decision today the European Parliament initiated the drafting of legislation that would stop the arbitrary banking blockades against WikiLeaks and other organizations facing economic censorship. This is an important signal from the European lawmakers. It is a recognition of the ser ...
  • 2012-08-13 WikiLeaks: 'We're ready to rumble'
    After being offline since 3 August, wikileaks.org came back tonight under the protection of CloudFlare. The donations channels are again open. read more
  • 2012-08-12 WLC News Update: Sustained DDoS, Tr ...
    The WikiLeaks Collateral Murder website is now http://collateralmurder.org and is being protected by CloudFlare. The TrapWire surveillance technology revealed in the Global Intelligence Files continues to make headlines. read more
  • 2012-08-11 Brazil Torn in Different Directions
    By Nikolas Kozloff. Due to competing interests, the emerging world power's foreign policy is being pulled between pragmatism and idealism. read more
  • 2012-08-11 WLC News Update: DDoS continues, Tr ...
    WikiLeaks News WikiLeaks and related sites continue battling a massive DDoS attack. WL Central provides the latest information on the attack. The WikiLeaks GI Files have revealed the secret, widespread surveillance system TrapWire. Ben Doernberg offers a thorough explanation of what TrapWire is ...

U N News

  • Investments key for long-term resilience, rebu ...
    The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has stressed that investments are crucial to help rehabilitate Haiti's agricultural sector in the wake of various natural disasters this year that caused colossal damage to the farming and fishing industries.
  • UNESCO chief urges investigation into murder o ...
    The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today condemned the murder of Mexican crime reporter and called for an investigation into the attacked that killed him and a former municipal police officer.
  • Ban welcomes progress made on territorial disp ...
    United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon salutes the progress made by Belize and Guatemala under the auspices of the Organization of American States to resolve their longstanding territorial dispute, according to his spokesperson.
  • UN court rules Colombia has sovereignty over i ...
    The principal judicial organ of the United Nations, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), today ruled that Colombia, and not Nicaragua, has sovereignty over seven disputed islands in the Caribbean Sea.
  • Panamanian jazz composer Danilo Pérez to becom ...
    The United Nations agency tasked with conserving and promoting humanity's cultural heritage today announced its move to appoint renowned Panamanian pianist and jazz composer Danilo Pérez as an Artist for Peace for his efforts to promote music programmes for children living in extreme poverty in ...

Conspiracy Reality TV

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

Rewilding Institute

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

Asia Sentinel

We Know the Lies

  • Obama’s Gun Ban List... The Final List Will Be ...
    Here it is, folks, and it is bad news. The framework for legislation is always laid, and the Democrats have the votes to pass anything they want to impose upon us. They really do not believe you need anything more than a brick to defend your home and family. Look at the list and see how many ...
  • Alert!... HDTV Spying On Viewers! - Easily Hacked!
    Samsung’s 2012 top-of-the-line plasmas and LED HDTVs offer new features never before available within a television including a built-in, internally wired HD camera, twin microphones, face tracking and speech recognition. read more
  • Kentucky Family Battles Aliens For Four Hours, ...
    A mysterious event back in 1955 inspired some of Hollywood’s most famous movies, including E.T. and Poltergeist. The event? A Kentucky family claimed to have been visited by aliens from outer space... ~ Alton Parrish - Videos read more
  • The Great Land Grab... Family Farms In America ...
    An entire way of life is rapidly dying right in front of our eyes.  The family farm is being systematically wiped out of existence in America, and big agribusiness and the federal government both have blood all over their hands.  According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the num ...
  • Agenda 21 ... What Will it Take Before the 99% ...
    The United Nations Agenda 21 was signed by the United States in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Very few people have even heard of it yet it is being implemented in every city, community, and region in America. ~ Dr. Lorraine May, MD read more

Tarpley

Modern Survivalism

  • Farmers To Pay Insurance For Monsanto GE Conta ...
    Monsanto Company is a multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation headquartered in Creve Coeur, Missouri. It is a leading producer of genetically engineered (GE) seed and of the herbicide glyphosate, which it markets under the Roundup brand. The Monsanto business model has been to inves ...
  • Turkey Cooking Time
      What is the right Turkey Cooking Time? The turkey cooking time depends if the turkey is stuffed or not stuffed, and how many pounds the turkey weighs. This turkey cooking time chart is for a preheated oven at 325 degrees F. The best way to to determine if a turkey is cooked and done [...]
  • BOSTON: Thousands Of Gas Leaks
    Image Source: Science Daily The infrastructure of our nations oldest cities is crumbling, as exemplified in a recent study by researchers from Boston University and Duke University whose findings reveal the potential for terrifying natural gas explosions in and around the city of Boston. While t ...
  • Tips For Staying Safe While Out Shopping
    Burglars know that shoppers are out shopping during the holiday season, and look for easy targets and vulnerabilities. Here are a few tips how to reduce the odds of becoming a victim.   Eliminate any signs that you are gone. Make your house look like you are home. Leave some lights on. Leav ...
  • Meter Bands
    A list of shortwave radio and amateur radio (Ham radio) ‘meter’ bands. It is a general list of ‘bands’, their associated frequencies, and a general description of what to expect. Depending on your specific shortwave radio, you can receive lots of international broadcasts ...

Fast Company

  • Lacquerous: “Netflix for Nails” Polish-Sharing ...
    A beauty startup offering shared bottles of high-end nail polish by subscription a la Netflix may actually be dealing in a product more naturally compatible with the model than Netflix itself. What may very well be the dominant women’s fashion trend in recent years isn’t an ite ...
  • Technology Is Useless If It Doesn’t Address A ...
    Facebook is great for checking out photos of your exes and all, but for social innovators working in the developing world, there’s no point to new technologies unless they make life better for the people they’re trying to help. Editor’s NoteThe power of Silicon Valley is ...
  • This Is Why You Should Stay Home On Black Friday
    Nothing says "being thankful" like getting trampled by a crowd of crazed discount seekers. Every year, after Americans have stuffed themselves on Thanksgiving feasts, a significant portion of the population chooses to participate in the ritual sport known as Black Friday, where shoppers ar ...
  • A Vanishing Boys Choir Represents A More Serio ...
    In order to highlight the sobering statistic that every three seconds a child perishes, the Wuppertaler Kurrende Boy’s Choir turned a recent performance into a disappearing act. As alarming as statistics can be on the page, sometimes it takes the visceral impact of a physical demonst ...
  • This Is Canada, By Canadians, For Americans (A ...
    A consumer-generated campaign for Tourism Canada has Canuck auteurs capturing the essence of the Great White North. Canadians tend to roll their eyes at the clichéd image of their country as the land of beavers, bears, and maple syrup. With nearly 80% of the population living in urb ...

Jadaliyya

  • Gaza Reprieve: Jadaliyya Co-Editor Mouin Rabba ...
    The following interview was conducted on Friday 23 Novemeber 2012 by Russia Today's CrossTalk. Jadaliyya Co-Editor Mouin Rabbani, Harry Fear, and Yoram Meital discusses several issues in the aftermath of the most recent assualt on Gaza: What side can legitimately claim victory, or is it too earl ...
  • Tradition and the Anti-Politics Machine: DAM S ...
    We write this piece as (disappointed) fans of the Palestinian hip hop group DAM at a time when the fierce attack on Gaza reminds us of grim realities that are the everyday stuff of life and death for Palestinian women and men. With songs like “Who’s the Terrorist?” and “Born Here,” DAM gave thr ...
  • Egypt Political Forces Call for Mass 'Eyes of ...
    President Mohamed Morsi's Thursday constitutional declaration has prompted Egyptian political forces that had been planning to commemorate last year's Mohamed Mahmoud clashes with mass protests on Friday to fine-tune their demands. Over thirty political groups had planned to take part in Friday ...
  • The President's New Powers
    President Mohamed Morsy has often celebrated the fact that he has seldom used his legislative powers, using that fact as an index of his care not to abuse his expansive authorities. Those powers were acquired by the president in August after he canceled a constitutional addendum drafted in June ...
  • Maghreb Media Roundup (November 22)
    [This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on the Maghreb and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Maghreb Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to maghreb@jadaliyya.c ...

mediagazer

  • Google wants to take on Apple with an open Air ...
    Janko Roettgers / GigaOM: Google wants to take on Apple with an open AirPlay alternative  —  Google is working on an open alternative to Apple's AirPlay, and it's hoping to bring a number of device and software vendors on board to provide the industry with an open technology to ...
  • Pardon the disruption: Magine reframes the fut ...
    Hamish McKenzie / PandoDaily: Pardon the disruption: Magine reframes the future of TV to make it broadcaster-friendly  —  Open an app on your phone and start watching live TV with all the channels you'd get from cable.  Pause halfway through and switch to your iPad, then pi ...
  • Thompson gives evidence to Pollard inquiry (Da ...
    Dan Sabbagh / Guardian: Thompson gives evidence to Pollard inquiry  —  Ex-BBC director general flies to London to appear before inquiry into aborted Newsnight programme on Jimmy Savile  —  Mark Thompson has flown to London to give evidence to Nick Pollard inquiry ...
  • Ofcom delays local TV licence decision (Ben Do ...
    Ben Dowell / Guardian: Ofcom delays local TV licence decision  —  Bidders for eight remaining franchises in cities including Leeds and London must clarify content plans to regulator  —  Ofcom has delayed a decision on awarding all the remaining local TV licences ...
  • Future returns to profitability (Mark Sweney/G ...
    Mark Sweney / Guardian: Future returns to profitability  —  Metal Hammer and Total Film publisher reports pre-tax profit of £1.1m in the year to 30 September  —  Future Publishing has returned to profitability, despite reporting a 13% drop in revenues for t ...

Chemtrail News

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

World News - Top Stories

  • Ricky Hatton on how boxing became his 'th ...
    Exclusive interview: Ricky Hatton believes that all he achieved in a 47-fight career yielding five world titles and including contests against modern greats Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jnr was wiped out in three years of depression, boozing and suicidal tendencies. Yet Hatton reveale ...
  • Chita Rivera, almost 80, can't sit still
    NEW YORK - Even when she should be relaxing, Chita Rivera just can't. Enlarge This undated photo made available by Boneau/Bryan-Brown shows Chita Rivera in a performance of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" in New York. (AP Photo/Boneau/Bryan-Brown, Joan Marcus) Currently starring in the ensemble ...
  • Palmer leads Raiders into Cincy
    — If nothing else, Carson Palmer ought to know his surroundings Sunday. A two-time Pro Bowler and two-time playoff participant during seven seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals, he'll make his first appearance at Paul Brown Stadium as an opponent when he arrives with the Oakland Raiders ...
  • Maria Sharapova Would Love To Try Acting
    Russian professional tennis player Maria Sharapova smiles during a media function in New Delhi on November 11,2012. Sharapova came to Delhi as part of a promotional event. By Dave Kelsey, Awful Announcing As if tennis star Maria Sharapova wasn't already ridiculously talented enough, she has ...
  • Counting Crows among the bands to see in ...
    Related topics Orange County CA live musicCounting CrowsUnwritten LawThis Weekend Advertisement You've got a long weekend, so there is no reason for you to let it pass without taking in some live music. Friday Rock out with local band Gasoline Addicts at the Westside Bar and Grill. He's play ...

no frakking consensus

  • UN Bureaucrats Wield Science for Undemocratic ...
    UN officials say we should listen to science. Don't be fooled. It's a rhetorical ploy, a cover for their own agenda.
  • 2 IPCC Announcements
    In an official statement, the IPCC says it's improper for any of its personnel to describe themselves as Nobel laureates. But the statement is all but invisible on the IPCC's website.
  • Busy Days
    I'll be participating in the WattsUpWithThat answer to Al Gore's 24-hour web project this week. Additionally, I'll be talking to a university class tomorrow and addressing a climate skeptics' conference in Munich on December 1st.
  • Celebrating Human Life
    A searing critique of environmental thought has emerged from an unlikely source - contemporary French philosophy.
  • Logical Conclusion to Scientific Prognostications?
    Scientists often claim to know what the future holds. In such a milieu, some people will want revenge when science gets it wrong.

Anna's News

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

Medical Marijuana

  • 11/20/12 - NEW ProCon.org Website! – Should ta ...
    tablets-textbooks.procon.org – NEW ProCon.org Website! – Should tablets replace textbooks in K-12 schools? – Publishing for the K-12 school market is an $8 billion industry and tablets are a $35 billion industry in the United States. As tablets have become more prevalent, a new debate has formed ...
  • 11/19/12 - Israel Launches Operation Pillar of ...
    israelipalestinian.procon.org - Israel launched Operation Pillar of Defense against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip on Nov. 14, 2012. Read about this latest military operation and the entire history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from 10,000 BC to the present on our historical timeli ...
  • 11/13/12 - Palestinian Authority to Seek Non-M ...
    israelipalestinian.procon.org - Palestinian Authority to Seek Non-Member State Status at UN
  • 11/7/12 - 2012 Election Results
    2012election.procon.org  - 2012 Election Results - President Barack Obama has been elected to a second term in office with 50% of the popular vote. See our election results page for the final popular vote totals as they are updated. Third party results will be added as soon as ...
  • 11/7/12 - Should gay marriage be legal?
    gaymarriage.procon.org – Should gay marriage be legal? – Read pro and con quotes from experts, politicians and organizations including Barack Obama (pro), Mike Huckabee (con), Dick Cheney (pro), George W. Bush (con), the American Psychological Association (pro), and the Church of Jesus Christ of ...

Truth About Our World

Gyrovague's Raves

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

In Verbena | Royal Society

  • Elon Musk on the Future of Energy and Transport
    “Dumping garbage in the atmosphere and no one is paying for the garbage collection” is how ex-physicist-turned-serial-entrepreneur Elon Musk described current public attitudes towards carbon dioxide emissions in an electrifying talk at the Sheldonian in Oxford. Elon Musk is best known for co-fou ...
  • Enough funding on the Horizon?
    Today Sir Tim Hunt FRS and Jules Hoffmann (NobelPrize winners in medicine in 2001 and 2011 respectively) met with Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, to press for a healthy settlement for the European research budget – ‘Horizon 2020’. They joined a press conference this lu ...
  • All Aboard the Stem Cell Rollercoaster
    Anyone trying to keep up with recent developments in stem cell research is in for a bumpy ride. The field has had its ups and downs, a particular high point being John Gurdon FRS and Shinya Yamanaka winning the 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine for their paradigm-shifting work on induced pluripotent ...
  • African Academies in London
    Jackie Olang is the Programme Director for the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC). The Royal Society has been working closely with NASAC over recent years, on an number of activities with science academies across Africa On 29th October 2012, the African Academies delegates arrived in L ...
  • George Osborne talks science and sausage machines
    It was an earlier than normal start for some us at the Society last Friday morning, as we prepared to welcome the Chancellor of the Exchequer in to the building; our colleagues on reception are not accustomed to seeing so many of the Science Policy Centre in before 8am. Not that we can complain ...

NAU Resistance

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

Gaea Times

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

TruthNews Australia

  • Halloween Special with Josh Jackson - Part 2
    Part 2 of Halloween Special with Josh Jackson
  • Halloween Special with Josh Jackson - Part 1
    In tonight's show we bring you a menagerie of weirdness as we plough through the many bizarre themes which dominate the news on this Halloween night. We look at recent developments in the Julian Assange case, with a Parliamentary Briefing on the case now in progress. In the 2nd hour am joine ...
  • Chemtrails Revisited - Part 1
    In today's show I spend a good deal of time talking about why I don't subscribe to the theory that there is a global campaign of aerosol spraying (aka chemtrails) going on. In the 2nd hour I am joined by Josh Jackson, who chimes in with his views regarding the alleged spraying. This discussi ...
  • World Roundup with Damon Crowe - Part 1
    Our first hour guest in today's show is Damon Crowe. Our discussion ranges through many issues affecting the world today, with an emphasis on the warped psychology of the manipulators who run our global financial systems. In hour 2 we bring you a shocking story of medical tyranny from Australi ...
  • Introducing Aussie Beach TV - Part 1
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Beacon

  • Oceana Talks Seafood Fraud on ABC's 20/20
    Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Oceana’s senior vice president for North America and chief scientist Mike Hirshfield sat down with 20/20 to discuss the widespread problem of seafood fraud (skip to around 3:30 in the video). He gives a stark example of the problem. “If you ...
  • Good News for Bluefin Tuna, Bad News for Sharks
    Today in Morocco the annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) wrapped up. Contrary to its name, the ICCAT oversees more than just tuna, regulating a variety of highly migratory fish including several kinds of shark in the Atlantic and surrou ...
  • There are One Million Species in the Ocean
    Common Octopus, one species in a million ©Oceana/Carlos Minguell It is difficult to describe the ocean's vastness and variety of life, but that is exactly what some researchers have tried to do. In a study released this week, and carried out with the help of 270 taxonomists from 32 countries, ...
  • Seismic Testing Proposal Rejected in California
    Seismic testing deafens dolphins ©Oceana Yesterday the California Coastal Commission rejected a proposal by Pacific Gas and Electric to conduct high-energy seismic testing in the ocean surrounding the Diablo Canyon Power Plant near Morro Bay, CA, citing the unacceptable harm such testing woul ...
  • Great White Sharks Caught off of Los Angeles
    In the video above, people are shocked that a fisherman accidentally caught two great whites off of the pier at Manhattan Beach in Los Angeles in the same day (both sharks were released). But, in fact, this isn’t too surprising given that the waters off of Southern California are the main nurser ...

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Taylor Marsh

  • The Sexist Confederate War on Susan Rice
    THE CONFEDERACY lives in the 21st century Republican party and segments of the American right, which many progressives have argued for a long time; they may not be the largest contingent, but they’re the loudest and most troublesome for conservatives clawing their way to relevancy in the w ...
  • Making Change at Walmart Black Friday Actions ...
    A few ways to keep up with what’s happening at Walmart stores across the nation follow. Not all, of course, will see strikers and supporters, and no one expects an immediate, dramatic “win” by the workers, but there’s no doubt that Walmart “associates” got the attention of some, from Walmart upp ...
  • Morsi’s “Coup,” ElBaradei Labels Egypt’s Presi ...
    “This is a coup against legitimacy… We are calling on all Egyptians to protest in all of Egypt’s squares on Friday,” said Sameh Ashour, head of the Lawyers syndicate, in a joint news conference with leading dissidents Amr Moussa and ElBaradei. [Al Jazeera] ONE EGYPTIAN pr ...
  • News Desk: How ‘Little Guys’ Try to Compete on ...
    Black Friday: Boutiques open at midnight? How ‘little guys’ try to compete. (via The Christian Science Monitor) From midnight on Thanksgiving night until 3 a.m., Julia Dvir’s store, “The Closet,” will further discount her jewelry, hats, belts, and purses (already 40-60 percent off). ...
  • News Desk: Afghan ‘Revenge’ Attack Kills Three ...
    Afghan ‘revenge’ attack kills three, wounds 90 (via AFP) A suicide car bomber killed three people and wounded dozens near a NATO-run training base on Friday, in an attack claimed by the Taliban as revenge for the execution of its militants. Several NATO soldiers were lightly wounded, ...

Hudson New York

  • More Trouble in Jordan
    Last week, protests broke out in Jordan after a government decision to raise fuel prices. While protests have been taking place in Jordan for almost two years now, for the first time there is major involvement from Jordan's Palestinians, with open calls
  • Hamas's Victory: How Muslims See It
    Do Americans understand the Muslim view of war? Throughout the Muslim world, there were celebrations with people singing and dancing and giving each other sweets, celebrating Hamas's victory over the Israelis. Hamas suffered serious losses. As Ehud
  • Converting Denmark into a Muslim Country
    Muslim immigrants in a town near Copenhagen have forced the cancellation of traditional Christmas displays this year even while spending lavishly on the Islamic Eid celebration marking the end of Ramadan. The controversy has escalated into an angry
  • Has the US Administration Decided to Get Rid o ...
    Has the US Administration decided to get rid of Jordan's King Abdullah? This is the question that many Jordanians have been asking in the past few days following a remark made by a spokesman for the US State Department. Deputy State Department Spokesman
  • Hamas' Tactic: Require Israel to Cause Civilia ...
    As the rockets continue to fall in Israel and Gaza, it is important to understand Hamas's tactic and how the international community and the media are encouraging it. Hamas's tactic is as simple as it is criminal and brutal. Its leaders know that by

Urban Survival

  • Save America: Go Shopping
    Nothing shows the darker side of humans more than stories – like this one about a man threatening to stab people at a K-Mart - which come up as a result of mixing credit cards, a tendency toward excessive consumption … Continue reading →
  • Coping: With Walter Mitty’s Next Writing Gig
    (Branson, MO)  If you can remember as far back as yesterday’s column, you’ll recall that my Walter Mitty persona had been harboring a dream of becoming the world’s greatest travel writer.  Unfortunately, publications like Travel and Leisure may not have … Contin ...
  • Madness in America
    (Branson, MO) What the hell am I writing a column for on a national holiday?  Well, like income tax (which doesn’t get the day off either) I figure it’s suitable punishment for your past deeds.  Now that we’ve cleared that … Continue reading →
  • Coping: Thanksgiving Away
    (Branson, MO) I think everyone who does real work can appreciate that instead of a ‘real’ job, most of us harbor secret desires for ‘dream job’ – and in truth, the reason I sometimes write about our adventures is that … Continue reading →
  • Holiday: Optimism Or Madness?
    Yes, we have been talking about a rally in the stock market going into the long-baked weekend ahead (ahem…) but the size of the rally is impressive.  Still, we have a long ways to go before the bottom is really … Continue reading →

Trends & Forecasts

  • Texe Marrs ~ Israeli Massacre In Palestine
    Rense and Marrs are spot on. Many of us have know... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story & My new website http://www.newsbooze.com ]]
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    David Icke - Conscious or Programmed Zombie? The... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story & My new website http://www.newsbooze.com ]]
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    An oracle concerning Damascus: "See, Damascus... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story & My new website http://www.newsbooze.com ]]
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    Press TV's documentary program 'How to Steal from... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story & My new website http://www.newsbooze.com ]]
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    The elite are getting nervous because their game... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story & My new website http://www.newsbooze.com ]]

Radical Chic

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

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NRDC Switchboard

  • Canadian diluted bitumen study is a missed opp ...
    Anthony Swift, Attorney, International Program, Washington, DC The Globe and Mail recently reported on a study by Natural Resources Canada which evalating the corrosivity of a variety of crudes, including diluted bitumen. In many ways, this study re ...
  • Small Business Saturday Reminds Us of Another ...
    Elly Pepper, Legislative Advocate, Washington, DC With Small Business Saturday just around the corner, the Sacramento Bee recently raised another reason to reform Wildlife Services’: its devastating effects on small businesses. Indeed, as des ...
  • Thanks, but No Thanks: Bill to Carve Special ...
    Daniel Rosenberg, Senior Attorney, Washington DC Like every American, I’m thankful to live in a country that has a reasonably well-functioning democracy – where we can vote for our President and representatives in Congress – where ...
  • China Environmental News Alert
    Greenlaw from NRDC China, NRDC China Program, Beijing NRDC has been working in China for over fifteen years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental law, and green supply chain issues. This China ...
  • Frugal Feasting like it's 1917!
    Sasha Lyutse, Policy Analyst, New York I headed to my childhood borough of Queens last weekend for this month’s Frugal Feast, hosted in the warm and eclectic Long Island City home of Sylvana and Karl. As regular readers of these ...

Injustice Everywhere

  • Police Keep Working as Misconduct Cases Drag On
    More from the Atlanta-Journal Constitution here.Police Keep Working as Misconduct Cases Drag On is a post from PoliceMisconduct.net
  • Finality Over Justice: The 21-day Rule
    From the Washington Post: The immediate cause of the legal logjam keeping him behind bars is Virginia’s noxious 21-day rule, which prohibits trial judges from reviewing newly discovered evidence if it is presented more than three weeks after sentencing. Exceptions … Continue reading ...
  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 14 reports of police misconduct tracked for Saturday, November 17, to Monday, November 19, 2012: Polk County, New Jersey: An officer was charged with aggravated battery after he attacked a fellow officer who was in town to … Continue reading →National Police Misconduct N ...
  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    *Note* I was out of the officer Friday, so the Thursday recap is also included in this post. Here are the 15 reports of police misconduct tracked for Thursday, November 15 and Friday, November 16, 2012: Polk County, New Jersey: … Continue reading →National Police Misconduct NewsFeed ...
  • Code of Silence ‘Alive and Well’
    From the Chicago Tribune: Obrycka was working at a Northwest Side tavern when Abbate, after an afternoon of heavy drinking, staggered behind the bar. She tried to stop him; he threw her to the floor and repeatedly punched her in … Continue reading →Code of Silence ‘Alive and We ...

Total Collapse

  • NATO, Russia clash over missile deployment in ...
    NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen rejected Russian criticism on Thursday of the alliance’s possible deployment of Patriot missiles near Turkey’s border with Syria. Russia said earlier it opposed the deployment of the surface-to-air missiles, which Ankara has asked NATO for because it ...
  • Syria: Turkey missile plan is a ‘provocation’
    Syria condemned plans by Turkey to site Patriot missiles along its border as “a new act of provocation”, after weeks of cross-border tension has raised fears that the Syrian civil war could embroil the wider region. In its first response since Turkey asked its Nato partners for the deployment of ...
  • US ‘backs’ Turkish bid for Patriots
    Washington supports Turkey’s request for the deployment of NATO’s Patriot missiles along its border with Syria, U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has said in an interview with Voice of America (VOA). The Pentagon chief said the U.S. supported the request and that talks with Turkey were unde ...
  • One Thousands British Troops on ‘Syria standby’
    More than a thousand Royal Marines could be sent to Syria as the conflict’s humanitarian toll reaches crisis levels. It comes two days after foreign secretary William Hague urged for more involvement by the International community, and a week after defence chief Gen Sir David Richards confirmed ...
  • Turkey will officially request deployment of N ...
    From Reuters:  Turkey will formally ask NATO on Monday to set up missiles on its border with Syria due to growing concern about spillover from a 20-month-old civil war in its neighbor, a German newspaper reported on Saturday. The Munich-based Sueddeutsche Zeitung, which did not cite its sources, ...

Daily Dose

  • TNW’s Daily Dose: Facebook and Instagram ...
    Facebook is said to be changing its relationship with Instagram, Microsoft is reportedly launching an ‘Xbox TV’ set-top box, and YouTube comes to the Nintendo Wii U. It’s all in... Keep reading →
  • TNW’s Daily Dose: Rovio’s soft dri ...
    Today on the Daily Dose, TNW checks in on the makers of Angry Birds, takes a look at the newly launched BlackJet, and looks into Apple’s HQ delay. You can... Keep reading →
  • TNW’s Daily Dose: Color’s sale to Apple ...
    A lawsuit filing has confirmed that Color Inc has sold ‘key assets’ to Apple, HP says that it overpaid for Autonomy due to alleged accounting malpractices at the UK company,... Keep reading →
  • TNW’s Daily Dose: AC/DC on iTunes, Nicke ...
    Apple’s App store sees over a million approved apps, mobile Web takes the lead in China and Windows 8 gets a Nickelodeon app.  All this and more in today’s Daily... Keep reading →
  • TNW’s Daily Dose: WordPress takes Bitcoi ...
    WordPress.com takes Bitcoin, Facebook spreads gifts, the BBC kicks off its original YouTube programming and Call of Duty: Black Ops II slays the competition. It’s all in today’s Daily Dose.... Keep reading →

Beyond Zero Emissions

  • CSG leaks' carbon liability could end the industry
    Media release 19/11/2012 Coal-seam gas (CSG) developers have been massively understating their carbon tax liability, throwing the whole future of the industry into question, according to climate and renewable energy think-tank Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE). Researchers at Southern Cross Univers ...
  • Coal seam gas faces tax bill of billions
    By Paddy Manning. Source: Sydney Morning Herald AUSTRALIA'S coal seam gas industry could face future carbon tax liabilities of up to $4 billion a year if ''fugitive'' emissions of methane from unconventional gas production turn out to be substantially higher than expected.Three huge coal sea ...
  • Alinta seeks $65m from Federal Government for ...
    By Cameron England. Source: Adelaide Advertiser ALINTA Energy wants the Federal Government to stump up $65 million for a solar thermal plant in South Australia to secure electricity generation for the next 15-20 years. Alinta chief executive Jeff Dimery said the company wants to press ahead ...
  • Wind farms lower power bills: authorities
    By Samantha Landy. Source: Weekly Times Mt Millar wind farm, SA. Photo by David Clarke. WIND energy is helping decrease South Australian energy bills, not increase them, clean energy authorities say. Climate and energy think-tank Beyond Zero Emissions said the suggestion wind farms upped power ...
  • Coal industry thriving, but at what social and ...
    Coal mining in NSW’s Hunter region co-exists with wine growing, racehorse breeding, dairy and other pastoral industries. Jo Schmaltz By Ruth Colagiuri and Emily Morrice. Source: The Conversation If you believe industry propaganda, coal mining is a panacea not only for economic ills b ...

Monga Bay ( News )

  • Australia outlaws illegally-logged wood from a ...
    In another blow to illegal loggers, Australia has passed the Illegal Logging Prohibition Bill, joining the U.S. in outlawing the importation of illegal logged timber from abroad. The new legislation makes it a criminal offense for Australian businesses to import timber from illegal operations. T ...
  • Controversial wolf hunt moves to the Midwest, ...
    The hugely controversial wolf hunt in the U.S. has spread from the western U.S. (Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming) to the Midwest (Minnesota and Wisconsin) this year. Although the wolf hunt is less than a month old in the region—and only eleven days old in Minnesota—196 animals so far hav ...
  • Meet Cape Town's volunteer 'toad shepherds'
    August marks the last month of winter in South Africa, and, as temperatures begin to rise, activists in Cape Town prepare for a truly unique conservation event. Every year at this time western leopard toads (Amietophrynus pantherinus) endemic to the region and Critically Endangered, embark on a ...
  • New species of bioluminescent cockroach possib ...
    While new species are discovered every day, Peter Vršanský and company's discovery of a light-producing cockroach, Lucihormetica luckae, in Ecuador is remarkable for many reasons, not the least that it may already be extinct. The new species represents the only known case of mimicry by ...
  • A new way to rescue Africa’s struggling ...
    It sounds counter-intuitive: Grow more food by planting less. But it’s a plan that scientists think will produce enough crops to feed Africa’s quickly expanding population. African farmers who sow food crops mixed with plants called perennials—which live two years or more&#8212 ...

Sierra Express

  • Bo town, Sierra Leone engulfed in a red sea
    Reports are coming in from cities around the country of Sierra Leone rejoicing and celebrating in the news of President Ernest Bai Koroma taking a second term of office.  (Photo: A sea of red as citizens celebrate throughout the country) South-east of the capital Freetown, Bo town, the second la ...
  • President Ernest Bai Koroma secures second ter ...
    Freetown, Sierra Leone – Dr. Christiana Thorpe of the National Electoral Commission (NEC)  announced at 6:30 pm local time that President Ernest Bai Koroma, presidential aspirant for the All People’s Congress Party (APC) has secured a second term as President of Sierra Leone with 58. ...
  • All eyes on Christiana Thorpe … what are the c ...
    The elections have come and the people of this country came out in their numbers to exercise their rights to vote in the November 17th polls, but anxiously and patiently wait for Christiana Thorpe (in photo) for the final result announcement.  This was a statement made by a concerned citizen jus ...
  • Sierra Leone’s Kabala Secondary School on the ...
    The state of the Kabala Secondary School in the north of Sierra Leone is appalling and much needs to be done if quality education is to be achieved in that part of the country. KSS as the school is nicknamed has turned in hundreds of illustrious Sierra Leoneans that are hailed from the north who ...
  • APC makes inroads in Eastern District in Sierr ...
    According to the preliminary results read by the Independent Radio Network (IRN), it is rumored that the All People’s Congress Party (APC) have won eleven parliamentary seats in the eastern district in just concluded November 17 polls. It could be recalled that the region had always been the str ...

Dairy Industry - NZ Herald

  • Fonterra: Muted response from members for shar ...
    Fonterra will put in the bulk of shares required for the Fonterra Shareholders' Fund following a muted response from its farmer members. The dairy co-operative said farmers had taken a "wait and see'' approach in the supply phase...
  • Fonterra rejects speculation of Indian bid
    Fonterra Cooperative Group, the world's biggest dairy exporter, has dismissed speculation the company is among potential bidders for India's Tirumala Milk Products.The New Zealand cooperative scotched a Times of India report naming...
  • Dairy prices up in overnight auction (+graphic)
    Prices of dairy products rose in Fonterra's latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, the third straight gain on the sales platform, led by cheddar and anhydrous milk fat while milk powder prices fell.The GDT-TWI Price Index rose...
  • Fonterra unit prices too uncertain, says research
    Investors should steer of the Fonterra Shareholders' Fund, which seeks to raise up to $525 million to reduce the dairy cooperative's redemption risk, until the units start trading, according to Morningstar Research.However, the...
  • White gold rush: Shady traders put cloud over ...
    New Zealand's white gold rush is gathering momentum.Ever since melamine, a toxic industrial chemical, got into China's milk supply in 2008 many parents in the world's second-biggest economy have been unwilling to feed their children...

Hit & Run | Reason

  • Jacob Sullum on the Man vs. the Therapeutic State
    As Marcia Angell, former editor of The New England Journal of Medicine, observed last year in The New York Review of Books, “there are no objective signs or tests for mental illness…and the boundaries between normal and abnormal are often unclear. That makes it possible to ...
  • Steven Greenhut on What the Pot Legalization W ...
    When it comes to real political change, writes Steven Greenhut, the people almost always are light years ahead of the politicians, most of whom are so worried about re-election that they take only carefully crafted positions that appeal to their core constituencies. That fact was pa ...
  • An Anti-Drug Treaty Cannot Authorize the Feds ...
    Last week, as Mike Riggs noted a few days ago, the president of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), Raymond Yans, argued that the U.S. government's treaty obligations preclude Colorado and Washington from legalizing marijuana. Responding to passage of Colorado's ...
  • 3 Reasons to Kill DHS on its 10th Anniversary!
    Sunday, November 25 is the 10th anniversary of the creation of the Department of Homeland Security - and a great occasion to kill an agency that is unnecessary, ineffective, and expensive. And don't even get us started on its most notorious operation: The Transportation Sec ...
  • Friday Funnies: Turkey Kill List

Mercury Rising

  • Argentina may default
    Heather Stewart and Uki Goni, The Guardian: Argentinian politicians and global debt campaigners have responded with fury to a US court judgment that risks plunging the country back into default. Elliott Capital Management and Aurelius Capital Management, regarded as “vulture funds” b ...
  • “The past is never dead. It’s not ...
    Santayana said that those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it. He might better have said that those who do not know the history made by others are doomed to misunderstand their own. The more that one reads and understands the history of this country, with its great blessings and the ...
  • Friday Cat Blogging
  • “Romney campaign a win for Mormons”
    “Romney campaign a win for Mormons” is how Rachel Zoll‘s AP article was headlined. The thesis is that some fundamentalist cranks no longer label the LDS a “cult” and are now acknowledging “the church’s dedication to family, charity and community service” ...
  • A tax reform to support
    One of the ways that the very wealthy avoid taxes is by receiving their income from tax free investments such as Treasuries. Treasuries yield much less than other investments in ordinary times, and the nation as a whole benefits from low interest rates on US debt, so it seems fair. But what abou ...

To Do

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Britain Revives Regulation in a Push for Renewable Energy
New York Times
LONDON — The British government announced on Friday far-reaching changes in energy regulation intended to encourage development of renewable energy and nuclear power while ensuring that the country can still meet its electricity needs. The changes ...
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Europe Could Be 100% Renewable by 2050, If It Gets Its Act Together
Treehugger
Since grid construction needs as long as ten years to be realized, potential grid investors would need an unshakable commitment to renewable energies to invest in such a costly project. The report underscores a number of measures to get the ball on an ...
Brookfield Renewable to Make All-Cash Offer to Acquire Western Wind Energy ...
Marketwire (press release)
Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners L.P. (TSX:BEP.UN) ("Brookfield Renewable") today announced its intention to commence an offer (the "Offer") to acquire all of the issued and outstanding Common Shares of Western Wind Energy Corp. ("Western Wind" ...
DOE urged to prioritize renewable energy
Sun.Star
IN ADDRESSING the looming power crisis in Mindanao, a renewable energy advocate has urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to give equal priority on the construction of renewable plants. Cerael Donggay, president of Greenergy Development Inc.
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Youth Ecology Corps Seeking Volunteers
Patch.com
The work days are part of Sonoma County Water Agency's Youth Ecology Corps which seeks to give local youth work skills while improving local habitats. Teens who participate in the program in the winter are given priority when applying for a summer job ...
Plant ecology: Forests on the brink
Nature.com
Next article. Nature. Computational materials science: Substitution with vision. Plant ecology: Forests on the brink. Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht1. Journal name: Nature; Year published: (2012); DOI: doi:10.1038/nature11756. Published online: 21 November ...
Ecology's adoption of Dungeness water management rule helps ensure future ...
Access Washington
OLYMPIA – Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) Director Ted Sturdevant has signed a new water management rule for the Dungeness watershed that secures water supplies for current and future uses in the Sequim area for the benefit of people, ...
Redford creates ecology program with Calif college
Boston.com
Redford creates ecology program with Calif college. Los Angeles Times / November 20, 2012. E-mail |; Print |; Reprints |. Text Size: –; +. E-mail. E-mail this article. To: Invalid E-mail address. Add a personal message:(80 character limit). Your E-mail ...
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McEntee: Utah's Snake Valley water is worth fighting for
Salt Lake Tribune
Tribune Columnist. First Published 29 minutes ago • Updated 29 minutes ago. A water expert says pumping Snake Valley groundwater to Las Vegas would amount to "mining" and would leave the valley depleted and its ranchers without the means to survive.
Mississippi River commerce imperiled by low water
USA TODAY
The temporary closure of the Mississippi from St. Louis to Cairo, Ill., could result from an Army Corps of Engineers plan to reduce water flow from a reservoir into the Missouri River starting today, shipping companies and industry groups warn. The ...
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Bottled water on Thanksgiving menu in tainted region
Los Angeles Times
She couldn't use the tap water because East Orosi is one of many Central Valley farm communities where the supply is tainted — by nitrates, arsenic or bacteria traced to decades of agricultural runoff. Jessica's mother, Bertha Diaz, makes about $7.50 ...
PHOTOS: Fire contained at Oroville water plant
News10.net
OROVILLE, CA (AP) - Firefighters have contained a fire at an Oroville plant that supplies electricity to pump water as part of a major water delivery system in the state. California Department of Water Resources spokesman Ted Thomas says firefighters ...
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