28 November - RSS SnapShot! Pt III

Londres, entrevista con Noam Chomsky. (Photo credit: Presidencia de la República del Ecuador)

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Dark Politricks

• All Of This Whining About The Fiscal Cliff Is ...
  Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comMichael Snyder The Economic Collapse November 28, 2012 The fiscal cliff is coming! Run for the hills! There have been endless stories in the mainstream media about the “fiscal cliff” that our country is facin ...
• Egyptians Stand Up to President’s Power Grab
  Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comDissident Voice Article dissidentvoice.orgBy Medea Benjamin Ramah Casers is an Egyptian mother and graphic designer who lives in Cairo. On Tuesday, November 27 she was standing at the entrance to Tahrir Square holding a ...
• Rep. Speier takes aim at ex-gay therapy
  Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comRaw Story   Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) on Wednesday called on the states to follow California’s example and prohibit therapists from attempting to change the sexual orientation of minors. Being gay, lesbian, bi ...
• Did Britain Try Blackmail to Cripple Palestini ...
  Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comwww.veteranstoday.comBy Stuart Littlewood Did Britain Try Blackmail to Cripple Palestinians UN Bid?By Stuart LittlewoodWednesday, November 28th, 2012Promise not to prosecute Israeli war criminals, not to go for full UN m ...
• What “Bringing American Democracy to the Rest ...
  Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comWhat “Bringing American Democracy to the Rest of the World” Really Looks Like By WashingtonsBlogwashingtonsblog.com Painting by Anthony Freda.com – an American – as a modern reinterpretation of a ...

Dandelion Salad

• Drone Killings — The Obama Administratio ...
  Dandelion Salad by Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich Washington, DC Nov 26, 2012 Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), who recently led 26 Members of Congress in a letter asking the President of the United States to explain the legal justification for targeted killings, today released the following s ...
• The Trans-Pacific Partnership: What “Free Trad ...
  by Andrew Gavin Marshall Featured Writer Dandelion Salad http://andrewgavinmarshall.com Nov. 26, 2012 The following is part 3 of a three-part exclusive series on the Trans-Pacific Partnership for Occupy.com. Part 1: The Trans-Pacific Partnership: This is What Corporate Governance Looks Like Part ...
• World Bank should take its own advice on clima ...
  Dandelion Salad Posted with permission from Green Left Weekly By Simon Butler Green Left Weekly November 27, 2012 The World Bank delivered a brutal warning about the dangers of runaway climate change and called for rapid action to cut greenhouse gas emissions in a recent report. But don’t expect ...
• Noam Chomsky On The NDAA: The U.S. Constitutio ...
  Dandelion Salad with Noam Chomsky Nov 23, 2012 by LeighaCohen (CFPA) http://peacecoalition.org/ 33rd Annual Conference & Interfaith Service for Peace on Sunday, November 11, 2012 in Princeton featuring Noam Chomsky, Amy Goodman & Juan Cole. We are treated to some 44 minutes of Noam Choms ...
• Western State Terrorism Loses Crucial Battle I ...
  by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Ethiopia Crossposted from www.presstv.com Nov. 23, 2012 It was a David and Goliath battle in which the Zionist Goliath was forced to retreat with a bloody nose and a severely dented ego. The biblical reference is rather apt since the Zionist r ...

Your New Reality

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  Only A Few Weeks Ago, Rupert Murdoch Was Still King Of The World A glimpse at life before the hacking scandal, from the UK Independent : It was only a few weeks ago that Rupert, his son James, daughter Elisabeth and Rebekah Brooks were the talk of the town; hailed as the king-makers to the pol ...
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  Julian Assange, 2012: They've ranked him amongst war criminals....for exposing war criminals.
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  This man's brain comprehends in a fraction of a second what is about to happen, and orders his body into what looks like a superhuman sprint to get out of the way. The flight mechanism kicks in so fast the conscious mind, distracted by thoughts of work, home, leisure and love, plays no role in t ...
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  Tupac Rises Well, fuck me.... From even a few dozen rows back, reportedly, the hologram of Tupac was utterly believable. How long before a Michael Jackson hologram culled from his greatest live performances is touring the world's stadiums? I've been waiting decades to see holographic tech ...
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  Hypnotic, grin-making. A house filled with interactive reproductions of classic art, coming soon: Starry Night (interactive animation) from Petros Vrellis on Vimeo.

Wired - Science

• Wired Science Space Photo of the Day: The Grea ...
  This image shows the central region of the Great Attractor at the original resolution of the WFI. Note the strong warping of the galaxy to the left of the center, which may be caused by gravitational interaction with one or both of the bright galaxies that are seen above and below it. The field ...
• Wired Science Space Photo of the Day: Galaxy Rose
  In celebration of the 21st anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope's deployment into space, astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md., pointed Hubble's eye to an especially photogenic group of interacting galaxies called Arp 273.
• New Nuclear Engine Could Power Deep-Space Expl ...
  Researchers have created a new type of small nuclear reactor that could power deep space exploration probes.
• No Light, No Warmth, No Problem: Extreme Life ...
  Microbial life has been discovered sealed in a brine lake beneath 65 feet of Antarctic ice after spending nearly 3,000 years isolated from external energy sources.
• Elon Musk Wants to Build 80,000-Person Mars Colony
  Elon Musk doesn't just want to put a person on Mars -- he wants to put 80,000. According to Space.com, the billionaire founder and CEO of the private spaceflight company SpaceX recently spilled details about his hopes for a future Mars colony during a talk at the Royal Aeronautical Society in Lo ...

Israeli Occupation Archive

• Guilty of the crime of pushing for Palestinian ...
  Dr. Mahmoud Ramahi: "Israel and the United States are preventing the PA from reaching reconciliation with Hamas. It's in Israel's interest not to prevent this reconciliation... But the Israelis don't... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian ...
• Gideon Levy: Gaza accounting
  [T]he primary victim, the one who is bleeding most, is Gaza; Israel is only in second place. It's impossible to ignore this. In Gaza, the death toll is enormous. And there, the battle is against a... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lan ...
• Assaf Kfoury: Why Gaza?
  Three weeks before Israel launched its Operation Pillar of Defense on November 14, 2012 I was part of an academic delegation on a short trip to the Gaza Strip. For the mainstream media, October was a... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian ...
• Israeli mayor calls on State to declare Arab c ...
  Mayor of mainly Jewish Upper Nazareth claims Arab-majority Nazareth is becoming "a nest of terror in the heart of the Galilee, a center for the spread of hatred of Israel that supports and backs... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands ...
• Jonathan Cook: Why Gaza must suffer again
  The inciting cause of the latest confrontation between Israel and Hamas has little to do with the firing of rockets, whether by Hamas or the other Palestinian factions. The conflict predates the... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands ...

Ria Novosti - Military

• China Unveils Yi Long UAV
  China has unveiled for the first time its Yi Long unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) local media reported on Wednesday, which its makers claim is far cheaper than its Israeli and American analogs at less than $1 million.
• Airshow China 2012
• Iraq Denies US Pressure Over Russia Arms Deal
  Iraq denied on Tuesday that its decision to suspend a $4.2-billion arms deal with Russia had been taken after consultations with the United States.
• Military Academy Relocation Put on Ice
  Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has put on hold the relocation of a medical academy from central St. Petersburg, Public Chamber member Alexander Kanshin said on Tuesday.
• Georgia Ex-Minister Faces Torture Charges
  Georgia’s former defense and interior minister Bacho Akhalaya has been charged with false imprisonment and torture, Chief Prosecutor Archil Kbilashvili said on Tuesday.

NewsWise

• Cedars-Sinai Surgical Teams Cut Infection Rate ...
  Surgical teams at Cedars-Sinai have reduced surgical site infections by more than 60 percent for patients who undergo colorectal procedures by introducing evidence-based protocols that are easy to follow and relatively low in cost.
• Obesity Increases Time Needed for Lung Cancer ...
  Lobectomy for primary lung cancer takes longer when a patient is obese, not only increasing the resources required to achieve a good outcome, but also adding to national health care costs. The researcher found that for every 10-unit increase in BMI, operating room time rose by 7.2 minutes--even ...
• Fracking in Michigan: U-M Researchers Study Po ...
  University of Michigan researchers are conducting a detailed study of the potential environmental and societal effects of hydraulic fracturing, the controversial natural gas drilling process known as fracking.
• Vegetables Can Make You Look Like a Hero, and ...
  Smart preparation and presentation of vegetable entrees not only enhances enjoyment of a meal - it also boosts a diner's perception of the person who prepared it, according to Cornell University researchers.
• Changes in Nerve Cells Caused by Social Isolat ...
  Reduced production of myelin, a type of protective nerve fiber that is lost in diseases like multiple sclerosis, may also play a role in the development of mental illness, according to researchers at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Natural Health News

• The Evolution of Bird Flu and the Race to Keep Up
  Bird Flu, or H5N1, doesn't spread easily among humans, but its capability of mutating has scientists worrying whether it could mutate enough to cause a human pandemic. The controversy is especially heated since it was announced that a group of researchers had figured out how to manipulate the vi ...
• 2009 Swine Flu Outbreak Was 15 Times Deadlier: ...
  A new study based on computer statistical models shows that the swine flu of 2009 killed 284,500 people, or 15 times more than health officials originally estimated.
• NY Law Gives Women More Information about Mamm ...
  A New York state law that has yet to be signed by the governor would mandate that women be given information on their breast density.
• Common Diabetes Drugs Associated with Increase ...
  A new analysis introduced to the most recent meeting of the Endocrine Society shows that three widely used drugs for diabetes are associated with an increased risk of death.
• Study Says More Vitamin D = Less Lbs
  If you're a woman over age 65 and you're deficient in vitamin D, research shows that you're probably more likely not only to weigh more, but to gain more weight.

Climategate

• Dean of science…suggesting rising seas t…
  Dean of science…suggesting rising seas this next century of up to 100 metres, or Al Gore six metres. When I see things like that I know these are false. You mentioned the IPCC report; that suggests, at worst on best scenarios, 59 centimetres. http://www.google.com
• ABC science presenter Robyn Williams seeks mor ...
  ABC science presenter Robyn Williams who in 2007 believed seas could rise 100 meters, seeks more truth from scientists after Climategate.
• How to avoid your own Climategate scandal
  What are the lessons of Climategate? More honesty and transparency in science? Not according to attorney Alan Nelson in the Guardian UK today.  To him, the lesson is how not to get caught next time. So how do universities and academics ensure that their correspondence does not become the “ ...
• What is the “likelihood” that the 2007 IPCC Re ...
  A very interesting analysis of the IPPC Assessment and has some important questions that invite others to help him answer. Please read his article and let him know what conclusions you draw.
• Schools call for a “balanced teaching of globa ...
  USA Today reports that US schools are finally calling for both sides of global warming to be taught, because it is after all, a theory -- not a fact:

Opinio Juris

• Colombia Withdraws from Bogota Treaty’s ICJ Co ...
  by Julian Ku by Julian Ku Still smarting from the ICJ’s judgment last week awarding rights to Nicaragua over territorial waters claimed by Colombia, President Juan Manuel Santos announced that Colombia is withdrawing from the 1948 Bogota treaty granting jurisdiction to the ICJ to resolve ...
• Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, November 28, 2012
  by An Hertogen by An Hertogen In Syria, rebel forces have for the first time downed a government helicopter using a surface-to-air missile they acquired during the recent capture of an army base. The EU is reviewing its sanctions on Syria, and the UK, with France’s backing, is arguing fo ...
• An Excellent Summary of Activities in the Lago ...
  by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller I haven’t blogged about Chevron lately, because there has not been much news to report. But I want to mention an excellent article discussing plaintiffs’ efforts to force Chevron to pay at least part of the judgment. The article is written by ...
• DOD Directive on “Autonomy in Weapons Systems”
  by Kenneth Anderson by Kenneth Anderson At almost the same moment that Human Rights Watch/Harvard Law School Human Rights Clinic released its report, “Losing Humanity: The Case Against Killer Robots,” which called for states to establish a treaty that would prohibit the “deve ...
• Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, November 27, 2012
  by An Hertogen by An Hertogen Australia will abstain in the upcoming UN vote on whether to grant non-member state status to Palestine. The body of Yasser Arafat will be exhumed in Ramallah today, to determine whether his death was the result of polonium poisoning. Ehud Barak, Israel’s Mi ...

Public News Service

• Whooping Cough Cases on the Rise
  Whooping Cough Cases on the Rise PHOENIX - An increase in cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, has been seen in many states this year. In Arizona, the number of cases is running double that of last year, but in Maricopa County the number of confirmed cases has been more than triple last year's ...
• A Memorable, Meaningful and Stress-Free Holida ...
  A Memorable, Meaningful and Stress-Free Holiday Season? Plan It Now! PHOENIX - The holidays are upon us and images of peace, love, harmony and family togetherness are popping up everywhere. But the reality is that it can also be the most tense and stressful time of the year. Dr. ...(Read More)
• New, Landmark Protections in Place for Colorad ...
  New, Landmark Protections in Place for Colorado River PHOENIX - A landmark agreement between the United States and Mexico sets up clear guidelines for how the Colorado River will be managed and protected through 2017. The agreement was just signed and goes into effect immediately. The Bureau of ...
• Study: Arizonans Can Save Billions Through Ene ...
  Study: Arizonans Can Save Billions Through Energy Efficiency PHOENIX - Energy efficiency could save the average Arizona utility customer 30 percent on his or her electric bill, according to a new study. The report from the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP) projects more than $7 billio ...
• Survey Finds Dangerous Toys Remain on Store Sh ...
  Survey Finds Dangerous Toys Remain on Store Shelves PHOENIX - Toys that make loud noises, contain high levels of toxic substances or small parts that pose a choking risk are the focus of this year's "Trouble in Toyland" report from the Arizona Public Interest Research Group Education Fund. Toys ...

Center for Food Safety

• After Halt to Planting, Court Orders Eradicati ...
  Remedies Include Three-Year Monitoring Period to Track, Destroy Any Germinating GE Plants In a decision this week, a federal court formally halted the planting of genetically engineered (GE) crops on all National Wildlife Refuges in the Southeastern United States.  The court also ordered steps t ...
• Center for Food Safety’s Statement on th ...
  Yesterday, California voters narrowly turned down Proposition 37, which, if passed, would have required the labeling of genetically engineered (GE) foods in the state. While late polls showed the initiative losing in the double digits, Prop 37 failed by a 6-point margin. A full 47 percent of Cal ...
• California Newspaper Editorial Boards Spread F ...
  By Michele Simon Each election season, proponents and opponents of the various initiatives on the California ballot hope for the state’s major newspaper endorsements. While you can’t expect every paper to endorse your side, Proposition 37, which would require labeling of foods produced using gen ...
• Center for Food Safety Releases New Geneticall ...
  Latest research shows 61 nations enforce consumer ‘right to know’ laws for GE foods, while U.S. lags behind Center for Food Safety (CFS) has announced the release of its new, interactive Genetically Engineered (GE) Food Labeling Laws map detailing the powerful, growing presence of laws requiring ...
• Why California Needs Prop 37: Center for Food ...
  by Rebecca Spector, West Coast Director Center for Food Safety (CFS) has been fighting for labeling of genetically engineered (GE) foods and the public’s “right to know” since its inception fifteen years ago. Just as the public has the right to know if food is irradiated or contains high fructos ...

Angry Indian Op-Eds

• The Best Sources for Real Estate Listings
  Posting your home into some credible Real Estate Listings are the best way you can do if you want to sell your property right away. It is not expensive either to do real estate listing. Most of home sellers nowadays have got their property listed for a very minimal amount, and most of these sell ...
• House Hopping
  House Hopping Adolescent years are a challenge. For everyone involved. Young individuals searching, yearning for their independence though not yet prepared to manage the cost/benefit scales of life. Crazed parents hurt by their child's sudden rebuttals and scared by both their loss of control ...
• Buying Property
  Buying Property In buying property, you need to know on the things on what you want to do in on your property. It also means that anything you want to wish to have in your property. It can be like a beautiful view in which you can view the sea or the city or an urbanized area. Well, people do ...
• IRA Real Estate Investments: Real Estate Investing
  IRA Real Estate Investments: Real Estate Investing Aӏmоѕt еνегуtһіng іn tһе world today wіӏӏ nеνег ӏаѕt аnԁ tһаt іѕ а fact. Obviously, tһіngѕ ѕһоυӏԁ change nо matter wһаt еνеn wіtһ tһе assets уоυ аге tгуіng tо invest іn уоυг IRA. If уоυ аге іn tһе field оf investing, уоυ wіӏӏ аn idea tһаt IR ...
• Real Estate Investing Myths
  Real Estate Investing Myths Myth #1 - Real estate investing requires money to invest. Yes, money is required for you to invest in real estate. It just does not have to be your own. Some of the options that are available are co-ownership, financing from moneylenders and the seller financing t ...

Pensieve

• Fractal Reality
  We inhabit a place in space, time and probability where none of the coordinates that we use to measure them have raced into infinity so far. But instead of a flat, sterile, constant and unchanging space, we live in a complex, dynamic, and unpredictable reality. In short, we inhabit chaos. Just l ...
• Apple’s Superiors Jumped the Gun?
  Maybe Apple should have waited to announce iOS6 at the same time with the iPhone 5 launch, or announced the iPhone 5 sooner. Opinions about the new iPhone vary from “evolutionary” to “boring”. iOS6 on the other hand, is definitely more atractive. If Apple had chosen to co ...
• O Ridiculous Fortune
  O fortuna! Velut luna, statu variabilis! Semper crecis et decrecis, vita detestabilis! (Carmina Burana) O fortune! Like the moon you are ever-changing: Always increasing and decreasing, making life detestable!(Rough translation) Whenever I’m feeling depressed, laughter is often the way out ...
• Where’s the switch?
  I’ve been somber for two days in a row, which isn’t very common in me anymore. It feels as if someone turned off the light. I suspect that in the chemicals of my brain, this is not too far from the truth. Lately I haven’t had to make an effort to feel well. I could [...] Relate ...
• Older and Wiser
  I had feared my coworkers would forget my birthday this morning, since even one of my closest friends saw me this morning and apparently forgot. But they didn’t! This reminds me of past birthdays in Mexico, and shows me that the people at Kansas City Southern, Mexico are classier than any ...

Green Times

• Kangaroo cull
  Last week, members of animal welfare groups protested against kangaroo cull! ''A recent survey of 600 Canberrans by Territory and Municipal Services found 79 per cent were supportive of kangaroo culling under some circumstances and 70 per cent were supportive of culling for conservation of smal ...
• Environmental News 01/06/2012
  Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss Storms hit ahead of sunny long weekend The last day of autumn may have stolen winter’s thunder with a wet storm hitting the city yesterday afternoon. Dark skies covered the metropolitan area and much of the South West from mid-afternoon, with rain an ...
• Green Capital Australia
  Today is Green Capital Day in Australia. Do you know something about that? Well, Green capital was established in 2002 by The Total Environment Center (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t rct=j q=the%20total%20environment%20center source=web cd=1 ved=0CF4QFjAA url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tec.org.au%2F ei=G ...
• Environmental News 31/05/2012
  Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss Premier's park hunting backdown the price of power sale National parks in NSW will be opened up to recreational hunters as part of a deal between the Shooters and Fishers Party and the government to ensure passage of its electricity privatisation bill ...
• Giraffe: A delicate animal that requires speci ...
  Last week, The Age website (http://www.theage.com.au/environment/conservation/giraffes-die-of-shock-after-zoo-rampage-20120515-1ynlq.html) published an article about 2 Giraffes' death from stress after a zoo rampage in Poland. Here you have an extract from this moving article: « Giraffes are ex ...

The Briefing Room | Investigate

• US, NZ intelligence agencies spied on Megauplo ...
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• Vitamin D author slams misleading sunscreen claims
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• New Zealand couple thrown in Bali jail, wife p ...
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Israel-The Only Democracy in the Middle East?

• Gaza Ceasefire: Giving Thanks to President Obama
  There is a ceasefire in Gaza. It remains to be seen if and when the promise to open Gaza to normal civilian movement, laconically stated in the ceasefire agreement, will be fulfilled. On Friday, less than 48 hours after its enactment, the first bad sign appeared. In at least two locations near t ...
• Let’s Stop Bibi Netanyahu’s Sicken ...
  Part of expatriate life is worrying for the health of elderly overseas parents. My father-in-law’s health is bad enough to worry about, even without this recent crap. My wife’s parents live in Moshav Shahar, Israel, some 15km from the Gaza Strip as the missile flies. Their home has n ...
• How NOT to Introduce New Green-Tech: The Cauti ...
  We have just ended four weeks during which Israeli business and politics were almost completely shut down due to a spate of Jewish holidays. There’s a known refrain in Hebrew: “After the Holidays”, meaning “Don’t worry, we’ll get back to you sometime in Octobe ...
• Netanyahu’s UN Speech also had REALLY-NO ...
  …but they were completely upstaged by his Wile E. Coyote climax. These parts are highly worth revisiting. Bibi’s brazen, out-and-out racism and lunatic brand of nationalist-supremacy, were expressed in no uncertain terms upon the United Nations stage. The man’s true colors wer ...
• Bibi’s Wile E. Coyote UN Speech: a Symbo ...
  Beyond everything else, it was a good laugh. Here he is, the Village Idiot that my countrymen and women back home cannot find a way to get rid of, standing on the United Nations podium with the smug self-importance only a Village Idiot can muster, and drawing a red line on Wile E. Coyote’s ...

Politics in the Zeros

• Amazon Re:Invent Conference. Mars landing
  Speakers from JPL at the Amazon Re:Invent conference just described how they used Amazon Web Services to provide real time video and images to the millions of people watching the Mars Rover landing. This is a perfect example of how the cloud can scale instantly to meet demand. JPL watched demand ...
• Rentricity. Creating energy from water pressure
  Rentricity Inc. is a renewable energy company that uses unique energy recovery configurations to transform the untapped energy in various man-made processes into electricity. The energy recovery systems – called Flow-to-Wires – convert excess pressure in water mains and other similar pipes into ...
• US Air Force wages class warfare over Vermont ...
  Credit: socialistworker.orgFaced with the community-damaging possibility of the U.S. Air Force basing its soon-to-be-testing F-35 nuclear capable fighter bomber at the Burlington Airport in their city, South Burlington’s City Councilors have once again expressed carefully and coherently argued o ...
• Make it stop. US claims fracking aids in carbo ...
  This evasive gibberish is apparently what the US will be championing at the Doha 2012 climate conference – that fracking is beneficial because it’s not as destructive as coal. Golly, wouldn’t a better idea be to have massive offshore wind farms, more big solar power plants, and ...
• Will liberals now realize Obama cares nothing ...
  Obama just signed a bill excluding US airlines from European carbon emission fees and is auctioning off 20 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for more oil and gas drilling. Yeah, baby, more carbon!I’m sure Obama will mouth inspirational platitudes about needing to stop climate change at t ...

Coteret

• Yediot’s Plocker: Thank you Mossad for r ...
  On Sunday (January 9 2011), Yediot’s Itamar Eichner reported [emphasis mine; full translation here]: Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is furious with outgoing Mossad Director Meir Dagan because of the briefing Dagan gave journalists last Thursday. In the course of that briefing, Dagan sha ...
• “Rejectionist front”: Maariv detai ...
  As Israel’s diplomatic position erodes and the Palestinian Authority’s campaign for the unilateral recognition of a state in the 1967 borders gains ground, the demand for “direct negotiations” has become a central talking point of  Israeli government spokespeople. Here&#8 ...
• New Yorker editor David Remnick to Yediot: &#8 ...
  On December 24 2010, Yediot’s Friday Political Supplement ran an interview with New Yorker editor David Remnick by Adi Gold. Most of the interview was dedicated to his new biography of Barack Obama. Gold did ask a political question on Israel and Reminck’s response was very blunt. No ...
• Breaking the Silence’s landmark new book ...
  Breaking the Silence has just published a landmark collection of soldier testimonies from the Occupied Territories spanning the period 2000-2010. The 432 page book can now be browsed, downloaded and embedded here. If you read nothing else, take the time to look over the first to pages of the int ...
• Following local pressure, Adidas reconsiders s ...
  This Maariv article [full translation below] from Friday is particularly badly written and repetitive, so I’ll summarize. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat decides to hold the first Jerusalem International Marathon in March 2011. He gets Adidas to sponsor the event. An Israeli runner registers an ...

Deadline Live

• The Jack Blood Show – August 15 2012
  Chris Maple joins us to discuss his documentary film series “THE GREAT CULLING” www.thegreatculling.org – the first edition is about our poison water (Fluoride)! Facts fly like crazy in this 60 min interview. The same director made “What in the world are the Spraying&#822 ...
• Gunman Opens Fire At Conservative Family Resea ...
  What were we saying about Civil war? Sectarian violence is way up in 2012!     The conservative Family Research Council was the site of a shooting by someone who obviously demonstrates the “radical hatred” of the left. The gunman entered the lobby of the Chinatown headquart ...
• More Federal Agencies Caught Ordering Huge Amo ...
  What does the Social Security Administration National weather service need with this kind of ammo? It appears our calculation a few months back could be right after all. Getting ammo off the market before it is banned or highly restricted  / regulated.  By the time regular folks find out it will ...
• “The Great Culling” Official Water ...
  Chris Maple will be our guest ON “The Jack Blood Show” Wednesday August 15th 2012 (find it in our archives) SHARE THIS!!!!!!! “The Great Culling” Official Water Trailer 2 Donate Today! http://www.thegreatculling.org Hello Everyone - Chris and Paul here, we just wanted to ...
• Gen Wesley Clarke hosts Military meets d list ...
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The Air Vent

• Camp 2012
  Another deer season gone, I didn’t get any.  This time I did see several doe and maybe a spike buck in the morning of the first day but it was too dark to tell. Camp is a special place and I have a few minutes so here are some of my favorite images and videos [...]
• Climategate Season!
  Gone hunting for invisible deer again. It is climategate season!! The week will probably end with nothing new (including deer-s) but the UK police managed to leak (publish) that nobody involved in Climategate could be prosecuted after three years. Hopefully, the boys/(manly girls) aren’t s ...
• Left Behind
  The media complain that Blogs are too powerful for their own good, but when a story of serious consequence has negative political implications to the left, the media reactions are universal.  Ignore it! This time they have gone too far. I wouldn’t vote for anyone involved in this situation ...
• Required Reading
  For those seriously interested in climate sensitivity, Paul K has a very interesting post up at Lucia’s. Pinatubo Climate Sensitivity and Two Dogs that didn’t bark in the night  
• Will Penn State Ever Learn?
  Michael Mann has decided to sue for defamation because someone compared him to Sandusky.  Besides the general disgust for the Penn State sexual scandal, there was a certain  irony for me in that  brought about an article discussing what is a solidly apparent cultural deficiency in the university ...

Focal Point

• Spencer Soper Wins Sidney Award for Exposing B ...
  Business reporter Spencer Soper of The Morning Call has won the October Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman foundation for his expose of Dickensian conditions in Amazon.com's warehouse in Pennsylvania. Temperatures inside the "fulfillment center" soared to over 100 degrees over the summ ...
• Spencer Soper Wins Sidney Award for Exposing B ...
  Business reporter Spencer Soper of The Morning Call has won the October Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman foundation for his expose of Dickensian conditions in Amazon.com's warehouse in Pennsylvania. Temperatures inside the "fulfillment center" soared to over 100 degrees over the summer ...
• Spencer Soper Wins Sidney Award for Exposing B ...
  Business reporter Spencer Soper of The Morning Call has won the October Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman foundation for his expose of Dickensian conditions in Amazon.com's warehouse in Pennsylvania. Temperatures inside the "fulfillment center" soared to over 100 degrees over the summer ...
• Bachmann's Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric is Bad Scienc ...
  Hey, Michele Bachmann, you know who was really, really pro-vaccination? The Founding Fathers. Read all about it in my new article at The Nation. George Washington argued for mandatory inoculation of citizens against smallpox and mandated the inoculation of the Continental Army, under the ...
• Bachmann's Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric is Bad Scienc ...
  Hey, Michele Bachmann, you know who was really, really pro-vaccination? The Founding Fathers. Read all about it in my new article at The Nation. George Washington argued for mandatory inoculation of citizens against smallpox and mandated the inoculation of the Continental Army, under the . ...

Inside Facebook

• LinkedIn takes Facebook approach and opens ad ...
  LinkedIn is creating an advertising platform that developers can build upon using an API similar to what Facebook has done to scale its business, according to Adweek. Similar to Facebook’s Ads API, the LinkedIn Ads API allows developers to create … Continue reading →
• Last Call: Join us Monday for Inside Social Ap ...
  Just a few days remain until Inside Social Apps in New York City. Come join us on Monday, December 3 for a full day of focused panels, presentations, and fireside chats by experts in the social and mobile industries. Session … Continue reading →
• Facebook mobile versions lack options to provi ...
  As users increasingly check Facebook from phones and tablets, the social network is placing more ads in the mobile feed. Although the company says it is monitoring ad performance and user sentiment, two important feedback mechanisms are either missing or … Continue reading →
• Facebook updates Promoted Post targeting after ...
  Facebook today released an update for Promoted Posts that will by default target a page owner’s ad spend to the countries where most of the page’s fans reside. Promoted Posts are a way for page owners to reach more fans … Continue reading →
• CityVille 2, Subway Surfers, Stormfall, Snapch ...
  CityVille 2 again takes the No. 1 spot on our list of top Facebook apps growing by monthly active users this week with 72 percent gain. Titles on our list gained the most MAU of any apps on the platform, growing from … Continue reading →

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ReDress News

• Has Israel groveller David Miliband changed hi ...
  Stuart Littlewood is surprised at the invitation by a pro-Palestinian medical charity to former UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband - a proven groveller to Israel - to speak at its annual fundraising gala.
• IMPORTANT: OUR WEBSITE IS CHANGING
  Redress Information & Analysis is moving to www.redressonline.com. From now on we will publish new articles on www.redressonline.com only and, in the meantime, we will transfer important long-shef-life articles from our old website to the new one.
• What might Netanyahu do if Romney's defeat bec ...
  Alan Hart examines whether Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is mad enough to order an attack on Iran in what remains of Obama’s first term without the president’s blessing and American participation.
• Israel's Salafi foot soldiers in the wake of a ...
  Nureddin Sabir argues that Israel must bear responsibility for creating the climate that gave rise to the anti-Islam film "Innocence of Muslims". But it is Israel's Salafi and Wahhabi foot soldiers behind the violent protests across the Arab and Muslim worlds who may eventually bring Arabs and M ...
• Anti-Islam film: free speech or inciting to riot?
  Lawrence Davidson argues that outage against the anti-Muhammad film "Innocence of Muslims" "has exposed the deep vein of anger against the United States that runs through the Muslim world", but doubts that American leaders would have the courage and foresight to re-examine the policies and behav ...

Amazon Rainforest

• Peru police clashes with illegal gold miners: ...
  Thousands of illegal gold miners battled police for control of a regional capital in the Amazon basin on Wednesday and at least three people were killed by gunfire.  Outnumbered riot police fired tear gas against miners who wielded clubs and rocks and tried to seize strategic facilities in Puert ...
• Brazil to Dilma: Fulfill campaign promise!
    The Forest Code is dwindling, and with it the Brazilian forests. Soon to be voted in the House, the text that distorts the country’s main environmental law was the target of a demonstration today in Brasilia, which brought together social movements and environmental groups, asking the Pr ...
• European energy corporation plans to flood Rai ...
  Spanish energy cooperation Endesa (subsidiary enterprise of the Italian Enel cooperation) is builiding a giant hydro-electric power plant next to the River Magdalena, Colombia- The construction work has started today- the protest camps of the local farmers and fishermen have been evacuated by fo ...
• Plastic eating Fungi discovered in Amazon Rain ...
  The group of students, part of Yale’s annual Rainforest Expedition and Laboratory with molecular biochemistry professor Scott Strobel, ventured to the jungles of Ecuador. The mission was to allow “students to experience the scientific inquiry process in a comprehensive and creative way.&#8 ...
• Justice for 8year girl burned alive by loggers ...
  Loggers in Brazil captured an eight-year-old girl from one of the Amazon’s last uncontacted tribes and burned her alive as part of a ‘campaign’ to force the indigenous population from its land! Sign Petition and share: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/813/288/541/ The ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

• Help Us Counter the ‘Dumb-ification of the Mas ...
  We are $1600 short in meeting this quarter’s budget!   We can’t have it both ways: On one hand moan and complain about the ‘dependent’ mainstream and pseudo alternative propaganda machine, but on the other hand not back and support the very few independent alternative mediums. We can’t; pure and ...
• The Trans-Pacific Partnership: What ‘Fre ...
  “The coming corporate tyranny of the Trans-Pacific Partnership can only be defeated through a democratic movement of Transnational People Power.” To discuss “free trade agreements” or the “free market,” we must first identify the theoretical versus the functional definitions of these terms – bec ...
• BFP Special Video Report with James Corbett: T ...
  James Corbett reports live on location from Kuala Lumpur where the Perdana Global Peace Foundation has just launched a new fund to provide emergency medical aid and supplies to the people of Gaza. This site depends exclusively on readers’ support. Please help us continue by SUBSCRIBING, and by o ...
• Elite Intrigues: It’s Not about Sex, Stupid!
  The Media’s Petraeus Story: Nothing Could Be More Far-Fetched Simply on Prima Facie Evidence The headline stories claim that CIA Director General David Petraeus resigned as head of the CIA because of an adulterous relation with his young biographer and that General John Allen, Supreme Commander ...
• BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- November ...
  Please help us continue this work. We do not have foundation bosses or fund-ers. We do not serve the corporate fund-ers by being their advertisement platform-stage. We solely depend on you and your direct support. Please support this home of the irate minority, and thank you for all you do: Supp ...

Afro Spear

• Lincoln: Reliving and Relieving the White Man& ...
  I am looking forward to see Lincoln, the recent film by Steven Spielberg. I want to see it for purely selfish reasons: I am a huge Daniel Day Lewis fan. He plays Uncle Abe and from what I see from the previews, his performance is spellbinding. Those who have followed along with me in this bloggi ...
• “Miseducation of Africans About Their Hi ...
  In order to put this article into its proper perspective, Chinweizu informs us thus: “It was miseducation which sought to withold from me the memory of our true African past and to substitute instead an ignorant shame for whatever travesties Europe chose to represent as African Past. It wa ...
• Obama and the Jews
  Very insightful and telling article from 2008 on then Presidential candidate Obama and the dynamics of his long standing relationship with pro-Israeli Jews. Click on image below for article.
• The Silence of America on the Murder in Gaza
  Thanks to Sis. Deb. for introducing me to this powerful piece by Chris Hedges of Truthdig.
• How to Rob Africa

Expose the BNP

• Expose the BNP: activists’ meeting
  Over the summer we have seen the extreme right enter parliament in Sweden and racist deportations of Roma people from France. Here at home the EDL have continued to target cities with Muslim communities, while the police are bringing trumped-up charges against anti-fascists. November 6 sees a na ...
• Rotherham fascist leads secret double life
  A BNP activist is living a secret double life, desperate to prevent his employers from finding out about his extremist views – despite having stood as a candidate in last month’s election. Tom Holmes (25) received 715 votes in the recent elections for Rotherham Council but has managed to keep hi ...
• Nick Griffin humiliated in Barking defeat
  The British National Party have suffered a humiliating defeat in the general election when Nick Griffin failed to gain a Westminster seat for the East London ward of Barking. Labour MP Margaret Hodge secured the seat with a 16,000 majority, with Griffin trailing third after the Conservative cand ...
• Ten questions that expose Nick Griffin
  On the day that the BNP launches its election manifesto, Expose the BNP has researched 10 questions for journalists to put to the BNP leader, the answers to which reveal him to be a deeply racist, anti-Semitic Holocaust denier who boasts about his criminal past. 1. In which year did you stop den ...
• Workshy Griffin left his parents penniless
  On yesterday’s Today programme, BNP leader Nick Griffin told the Radio Four audience that “Liberal economics … have utterly bankrupted this country.” The truth is that Nick Griffin was himself declared bankrupt in 1991. Over several years thereafter he destroyed his parents’ finances as we ...

Ode Magazine

• Sonic boon
  A search for the healing power of sound I’m lying in A bed that’s as hard as nails with a series of strings along the sides and two gongs above my head. It’s known as a gong bath, and Gwen de Jong, a practitioner of sound healing at Spirit Connection in Amsterdam ...
• The secret’s in the sauce
  What my father’s recipe for pasta marinara says about the future of capitalism As the daughter of a Neapolitan, I grew up eating pasta with marinara sauce. My father didn’t always make it from scratch, but he did so often enough for me to follow his recipe through memories. Fr ...
• Clean water, clean energy
  In the prosperous West, we generally only get worked up about clean water and electricity when the bill arrives in the mail, and we discover that once again, we’ve been showering too long and leaving the lights on too often. But in many parts of the world, people can only dream ...
• Blocking CO2 to beat malaria
  Mosquitoes are so difficult to elude because they pursue us via the CO2 exhaled in our breath. That’s annoying when we’re relaxing outside on a summer evening, but it’s devastating for the 200 to 300 million people who contract malaria annually. More than 1 millio ...
• A winter’s tale
  Celebrating the return of the bald eagle In the Iowa winter, as the poet Robert Hass wrote, “a farmer’s dreams are narrow,” and autumn can inspire me with a kind of dread as I work in the garden that will soon be buried under snow. But this coming winter, as the ...

OpEd News

• Obama's FCC Intends To OK Unlimited Concentrat ...
  Back in 2007, the George W. Bush's FCC tried to give Big Media the right to unlimited ownership of TV, radio and newspaper outlets in cities across the country. They were stopped by a timely court ruling and a firestorm of public rage. The Obama FCC intends to do in a secret proceeding before Xm ...
• Egyptians Stand Up to President's Power Grab
  Ramah Casers is an Egyptian mother and graphic designer who lives in Cairo. Ramah told me. "I didn't think any of the mobilizations called during the last two years were that critical. But for this one, I had to be here. This is about the life or death of our revolution."
• Manufacturing Break-though, Based on 3D 'Print ...
  According to several well-known periodicals within the mainstream media, many experts now believe a revolutionary new 3D-printer technology will trigger the rebirth of US manufacturing and put an end to the "Made in China" era. There are three cutting-edge American companies at the forefront of ...
• Obama and GOP Play Tag Team on Entitlements
  Not only is the "fiscal cliff" a phony, manufactured issue, there is fundamental agreement between the White House and Republicans in Congress on how this game should end: with entitlements in tatters. "Austerity is the common language and goal of the talks."
• United Nations -- Worse Than a Lipsticked Pig
  The four main goals of the United Nations can be summed up into one concise sentence: To maintain international peace and security via international co-operation. The United Nations Security Council is comprised of the five nations best poised to engage in thermonuclear war: France, US, UK, Russ ...

Switchboard

• Drinking water for millions - including D.C. - ...
  Amy Mall, Senior Policy Analyst, Washington, D.C. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in the Department of the Interior is in the process of developing new rules for fracking on more than 750 million acres of public and private land across the count ...
• My Toxic Couch
  Sarah Janssen, Senior Scientist, Health Have you ever wondered what chemicals might lurk in your couch?  I did and so I decided to participate in a study, just published today, which analyzed what kinds of flame retardant chemicals are being us ...
• Putting the sled before the reindeer: New York ...
  Kate Sinding, Senior Attorney, New York City Earlier today, Governor Cuomo told a group of reporters that later this week the state will be filing for a 90-day extension to its initial Nov. 29 deadline for releasing proposed regulations for fracking ...
• GSA Report on Green Building Ratings Systems E ...
  Meg Waltner, Energy Efficiency Advocate, Washington, DC The number of LEED-certified federal building projects is projected to more than double this year: 821 projects received certification in the first 8 months of 2012 alone, up from 544 projects ...
• US signs into law bill calling for global solu ...
  Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC Today, President Obama signed into law a bill that would send a signal that it is way past time for aviation to reduce its global warming pollution.  At the same time the White ...

Lawyers,Guns,& Money

• Game of Thrones: Swords! Swords! Swords! in &# ...
  Earlier in the quarter, I introduced my students to the anything-that’s-longer-than-it-is-wide mode of psychoanalytic criticism. Not very sophisticated, I know, but it helps explain the historical context of certain rhetorical tropes.* Given that this class is based on Game of Thrones, the ...
• Coral
  Do you like to dive? Do you like cool colorful tropical fish? Do you like coral reefs? If you do, take advantage now because they are going away very, very fast. In another 50 years, coral reefs will be a myth our grandchildren won’t believe, like unicorns and moderate Republicans.
• Money is racist
  Mine is, at least. The woman at the toll booth said she couldn’t accept it because it’s been “defaced.” Now, it’s racist, obviously, but it clearly hasn’t been defaced so much as refaced: Of course, I received this unacceptable bill at the previous toll booth. ...
• The Civil War: Not A Useful Model For Progress ...
  Conor Kilpatrick has some angry words for people who think that Barack Obama is precisely comparable to Abraham Lincoln and the PPACA precisely comparable to the 13th Amendment. Granted, I don’t believe these people exist (and this includes, I’m guessing, Speilberg and Kushner.) But ...
• The Rising Tide of Liberalism
  Chait is really optimistic about the future of liberalism given the political leanings of young people: What all this suggests is that we may soon see a political landscape that will appear from the perspective of today and virtually all of American history as unrecognizably liberal. Democrats t ...

Desert Research Institute

• Geochemistry and Microbiology of the Extreme A ...
  This week a pioneering study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) and co-authored by Dr. Alison Murray and Dr. Christian Fritsen of Nevada’s Desert Research Institute (DRI) reveals, for the first time, a viable community of bacteria that survives and ekes out a ...
• Tom Malamakal, Nov. 2012 Featured DRI Graduate ...
  Meet Tom Malamakal, a second year student of the Atmospheric Sciences graduate program, whose focus has been on monitoring the influence of wildfires and prescribed burns in and around the Lake Tahoe basin.
• DRI Announces 2013 DRI Nevada Medalist Dr. Nin ...
  DRI will proudly present Dr. Nina Fedoroff, a leading geneticist and molecular biologist who is a pioneering researcher in the field of plant genetics, with the 2013 DRI Nevada Medal during a special event scheduled for early next spring in Reno and Las Vegas.
• Nicholas Beres, Oct. 2012 Featured DRI Graduat ...
  Meet Nicholas Beres, a second year student of the Atmospheric Sciences graduate program, working in the Laboratory for Aerosol Science, Spectroscopy, and Optics (LASSO) at DRI.
• 2012 Tahoe Summit Report
  The Desert Research Institute and the University of Nevada, Reno have worked together for decades to provide comprehensive studies that have led to a better understanding of threats to Lake Tahoe’s air and water quality and the health of the forest.

Earth Techling

• When Floodwaters Rise, Floating Solar Boats Sc ...
• BMW i3 Concept Coupe: Zeroing In On An EV
• Doha Climate Conference: Beyond Fossil Fuels T ...
• Mini Solar-Charging Tree Is A Bonsai For Your ...
• Hybrid Resale-Value Leaders: Toyota Prius C, F ...

National Law Journal | U.S.

• Law school enrollment continues its decline
  Approximately 8,000 fewer first-year law students will show up nationwide this year compared to two years ago, when enrollment reached an all-time high, according to the American Bar Association. This year?s numbers represent a 15 percent decline since then and a 9 percent decline since last year.
• Stroock lawyer can remain in patent case, desp ...
  In an infringement case, a Delaware federal judge has ruled that a lawyer's patent prosecution work for the plaintiff 15 years ago doesn't disqualify him from representing one of the defendants.
• Ninth Circuit reverses sanctions against 'anti ...
  A federal appeals court has thrown out sanctions leveled against what it described as an anti-gay church in Michigan over discovery demands the church made in a lawsuit against protestors who disrupted services four years ago.
• Big tobacco ordered to smoke out false statements
  A federal judge in Washington has ordered major tobacco companies to broadly publish statements that acknowledge deliberate deception about the adverse health effects of smoking.
• Catholic University names Kirkland's D.C. mana ...
  The Catholic University of America on November 27 named Daniel Attridge as the future dean of its Columbus School of Law. Attridge has been the managing partner of Kirkland & Ellis' Washington office since 1998.

How Shall We Do The Mountain ?

• Community Workshop in Tioga County on Environm ...
  The Clean Air Council and Penn Environment, state-wide environmental groups, will give an educational workshop in Tioga County for residents of north-central Pennsylvania on Saturday, March 24, 1-4 PM. The training will be held at the W.M. Tokishi Training Center, NYPUM Drive, Wellsboro, PA 1690 ...
• New State Impact PA App
  Since I now live in south central PA (I moved south from Tioga County; north central PA) and have less access to the center of the gas drilling, I frequently use State Impact PA as a resource as well as tune in to WITF radio on my commutes to work, when I’m not pedaling my [...]
• OilandGasHelp.com
  I happen to be looking for the location of a specific Northwest Savings Bank in PA and when I pulled up their website I found the below link. http://www.oilandgashelp.com/ It looks like Northwest Savings Bank has put together a section of their website to answer questions or help folks who are c ...
• The Passage of House Bill 1950…
  I thought I’d highlight a few of the items that I find horrifying that passed with house bill 1950 during yesterdays vote. Municipalities will no longer be safe from drilling and the acceptable distances of drilling pads and compressor stations from homes or public spaces, such as schools, ...
• Update on PA Roads Effected by Gas Drilling fr ...
  From the DCNR website: In recent years there has been a marked increase in natural gas activity in state forests in north central Pennsylvania . Visitor experiences and road usage can be impacted by this activity. Loyalsock State Forest Bodine Mountain Road: Heavy gas activity is to be expected ...

News Blaze

• Community Kitchen Provides Means of Livelihood ...
  Sushila, a resident of Sangasi village in Jhunjhunu district, was living in abject poverty, barely managing to keep her household running.
• GQ Magazine's 'Rebel of the Year' Chen Guangcheng
  Reggie Littlejohn, a human rights activist who fought for years for the release of Chen, told LifeSiteNews today that she 'applauds' GQ for it's decision to honor Chen.
• Novotus Employees Give Tons of Food to Feed Th ...
  The successful group alone gave 1,953 pounds, exceeding last year's donation of 1,910 pounds.
• Is US Helpless in Bringing Perpetrators of 200 ...
  Under Secretary Wendy Sherman for Political Affair says the US government also raises this issue with Pakistan at every instance that it can especially reports have surfaced that Hafiz Saeed remains a free man there in Pakistan.
• Top Five Business-Tech Trends in 2013
  As companies look to transform their businesses in the year ahead, they should continue to sharpen their focus on harnessing the power of advanced technology platforms to unlock productivity and value for clients.

environment 360

• Scientists Develop Standardized Analysis of Ci ...
  A team of Israeli researchers has developed a method to track pollution over the world’s mega-cities, a satellite-based process they say could help hold nations accountable for their pollution and promote cleaner NASA Smog over Beijing industrial practices. Using data collected by t ...
• Pine Beetle Attacks Cause Temperature Rise in ...
  The decimation of trees by mountain pine beetles in British Columbia has caused air temperatures in affected areas to climb by an average of 1 degree Celsius during the summer months, according to a new study. iStock A mountain pine beetle In an analysis of satellite and forest data colle ...
• The Dirty War Against Africa’s Remaining Rhinos
  The killing of rhinoceroses has escalated dramatically, especially in South Africa, which is home to 75 percent of the world’s rhino population. The slaughter is being orchestrated by brazen, highly organized gangs that smuggle the rhinos' horns to black markets in China and Southeast Asia. BY ...
• Snails in Southern Ocean Showing Effects of Oc ...
  The shells of some sea snails in the Southern Ocean are already dissolving as a result of ocean acidification, according to a new study. In an analysis of free-swimming pteperods collected from Antarctic waters in 2008, scientists found that the outer layers of the animals’ shells showed s ...
• Giant Galapagos Tortoise Species May Not Be Ex ...
  The death of an iconic, century-old giant tortoise on the Galapagos Islands earlier this year may not have meant the end of his species, an upcoming study suggests. In Galapagos National Park ‘Lonesome George’ an analysis of more than 1,600 DNA samples, scientists from Galapagos National Pa ...

Red Ice Creations

• Sweden Arming The World: The Neutrality that N ...
  Stockholm is bristling with weaponry today. Fighter jets can be seen and heard racing through the skies over a wondering populace. Is Sweden at war? Not officially, but since WWII and despite a political position of neutrality, Sweden has been playing an increased role in international warfare. ...
• Universe Grows Like a Giant Brain
  The universe may grow like a giant brain, according to a new computer simulation. The results, published Nov.16 in the journal Nature’s Scientific Reports, suggest that some undiscovered, fundamental laws may govern the growth of systems large and small, from the electrical firing between brain ...
• Bionic mannequins spy on you as you shop
  It may not only be obvious ceiling cameras that will be following your movements in retail stores. Mannequins may also be keeping their eye on you. Shoplifting is a major issue worldwide. In the U.K., perfume is the top contender, but fashion and other retail outlets also have their fair share o ...
• Serbian village puts out vampire warning, advi ...
  If western Serbia smells a little garlicky these days, locals will tell you it’s for good cause. Oddity Central reports that villagers in Zarozje are stocking up on cloves of the pungent bulbs due to fears that Sava Savanovic, one of the area’s most fearsome vampires, has resumed his blood-sucki ...
• The Alcohol Industry’s Plan to Give America a ...
  Industry giants are threatening to swallow up America’s carefully regulated alcohol industry, and remake America in the image of booze-soaked Britain. England has a drinking problem. Since 1990, teenage alcohol consumption has doubled. Since World War II, alcohol intake for the population as a w ...

Russia Today

• Egypt sentences 8 Christians to death over con ...
  An Egyptian court has sentenced eight Christians to death over the release of the controversial film “Innocence of Muslims”, which triggered violent protests across the Muslim world in September. Read Full Article at RT.com
• Spain joins ranks of EU countries backing Pale ...
  Spain has pledged to support Palestine’s bid for non-member observer status at the UN as the best way to “advance towards peace,” as EU countries continue to voice their position ahead of the UN vote. Read Full Article at RT.com
• Egyptian top appeals courts suspend work to pr ...
  Two of Egypt’s highest courts moved to suspend their work to protest decrees issued by the country’s Islamist president granting him sweeping powers. The courts vow to remain on strike until the edicts are rescinded. Read Full Article at RT.com
• Giant 100-meter sarcophagus constructed at Che ...
  The milestone first stage of the new sarcophagus for Chernobyl’s nuclear power station has been completed. The unique construction to safely contain the radioactive emissions of Chernobyl for the next 100 years will be... Read Full Article at RT.com
• French students sue Twitter, call to name and ...
  A French Jewish student union has opened a lawsuit against Twitter that could force the site to hand over the names of anti-Semitic tweeters. Recently the social forum has increasingly been used as a platform to... Read Full Article at RT.com

Not My Tribe

• So-called Fiscal Cliff is a Buffalo Jump
  Remember the “Financial Crisis” from out of nowhere when Obama first came to office? Now it’s Bank Heist, the Sequel, branded most assuredly with the assistance of Madison Avenue as a “Fiscal Cliff”, shall we call it FC2? This time instead of extorting a so-called & ...
• The US Right Wing constantly pushes their mili ...
  ???— ‘When militarism is squeezed into the small cultural spaces of everyday life, we are subtly reminded, again and again, that war and violence and soldiering are normal. We are thus being taught that war and violence and soldiering are not political matters subject to contention o ...
• The racist religion of the IDF soldiers
  Copycatting the racist Christian soldiers of Nazi Germany in the past and the Far Right Christians in the US military of the present, the so-called Israeli Defense Forces sing and dance religious songs as they murder others of another race and culture. From the Israeli press comes this scene of ...
• Walmart Black Friday Strike Protests
  CHICAGO, ILLINOIS- Walmart Express, 3636 N. Broadway, Lakeview
• Egyptians rally to reject Muslim Brotherhood e ...
  The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood’s ‘President Mursi’ has pretty much made his personal peace with the US government, the US Pentagon funded Egyptian military, and the US backed Apartheid State of Israel and is trying to establish a Far Right, ‘Islamic’ clergy dictato ...

Debunking the Debunkers

• A 2009 Paper Claims to Have Found Explosive Ma ...
  By John-Michael Talboo and Siggi Super. Ever more people are realizing that the official account of the 9/11 attacks in 2001 is a cover-up, and that we need a proper independent investigation. One aspect of that investigation will have to deal with the explosive destruction of the Twin Towers ...
• Two Remixes Further Confirming My Thoughts Tha ...
  Lowkey - Obama Nation Part 3 (Ft. Malcolm X, 2pac, Lupe Fiasco, M1 & Black the Ripper) 2Pac feat. Lupe Fiasco & Lowkey - Terrorist (DJ Nabz Remix) Related: Would 2Pac Have Been a 9/11 Truther?
• 9/11 Free Fall 11/22/12-- Abolitionists and 9/ ...
  Published on Nov 25, 2012 by Free Fall On the Thanksgiving day episode Andy Steele goes over the latest 9/11 related news and headlines and discuss the fairy tales children believe in like Santa Claus, and the fairy tales adults believe in...such as the lies their government tells them. As wel ...
• Joe Rogan - The JFK Magic Bullet and Assessing ...
  [Language Warning] Joe Rogan points out the ridiculousness of the official story of the JFK "magic bullet" theory as described by the Warren Commission: _____________________________________ Joe Rogan's very sensible recommendation in regard to evaluating evidence in difficult-to-follow crime ...
• Israel Started The Conflict Not Hamas
  Debunking the propaganda that Hamas started the fighting with rocket attacks. The Israelis also broke the truce in November 2008: Remember, when you can't find the source of your troubles, or mis-identify it, finding a solution becomes very difficult.

Fooducate

• The Fat Lie We Tell Ourselves
• Should You Be Drinking Water with Karma Added?
• How Many Carbs Should I Eat Today?
• 3 Feeding Interactions and How They Influence ...
• Dangerous Trend? Caffeine Laced Snacks

Traffikd

• How to Do It Yourself: DIY SEO Campaign
  People who are just beginning to focus on their website or blog may or may not know that they should make their content live up to the standards of search engine optimization or SEO. Making content SEO rich is the one of the most effective strategies for boosting the number of visitations on you ...
• Twitter Step by Step
  Twitter management can be a daunting task. There are a lot of articles telling you the do's and don'ts of Twitter, however it can still be difficult to pin down exactly what you should be doing each day step by step. If you are having a hard time getting organized and keeping up with everything ...
• SEO Tips For Your Blog and Business
  When was the last time you thought about your site beyond adding content? It is probably time to take a look at how things are organized. When you started the site you had certain goals, ideas and experiences, now as time has passed it is a good idea to take another look at those goals [...]
• How To Choose Keywords
  Every day millions of searches are performed on the internet and all of those search terms are saved and provided to us to peruse at our discretion. Unfortunately, on the other hand, there are millions of searches performed every day on the internet and ALL that data is saved and provided to us ...
• Why Social Media Isn’t Working For You
  So you took the first step and signed yourself up for some social media sites and started marketing yourself and now you're waiting for the traffic to start rolling in. You've done your research about social media marketing and everyone tells you to find followers, engage them and turn them into ...

Survival International

• 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 ...

Greg Palast

• Sandy De-Filed Us! Please Donate to our Hurri ...
  A personal note from Greg Palast Damn that Sandy! She flooded our New York office. I am asking those of you who can, to make a tax-deductible donation and download my New York Times bestselling book Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal and Election in 9 Easy Steps or simply make a con ...
• Greg Palast at Los Angeles GreenFestival This ...
  Greg Palast will be the featured speaker at this Sunday's GreenFestival in Los Angeles. The presentation will be: Billionaires & Ballot Bandits A post-Election Analysis When and Where: Sunday, November 18, 2012  3 PM Main Stage Los Angeles Convention Center SOUTH KENTIA HALL 1201 South Figue ...
• Democracy Now: Ohio – Wrong Ballots for Black ...
  A special report by Greg Palast for Democracy Now! Watch the Report [Dayton, Ohio. Tuesday November 6, 2012] Several thousand African-American voters in Dayton, Ohio, may find their ballots left uncounted, and they, and America, won’t know it––even if the lost votes change the presidency. First, ...
• 7 Ways to Beat the Ballot Bandits Lee Camp's ...
  Lee Camp's riffs on Greg Palast's bestelling book Billionaires & Ballot Bandits. Get a copy here.   1. Don't go Postal 2. Vote Unconditionally - NOT Provisionally 3. Register, Register - Then Register again 4. Make the Democracy Demand - No Vote Left Behind 5. Vote Early - Before the Ba ...
• Starting Today: No Charge for my Bestselling B ...
  Palast Fund to give away FREE copies of Bestseller Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps A personal note from Greg Palast Call me crazy.  The Palast Investigative Fund is dead broke and our office in New York is under water.  No kidding. But America is drown ...

How Can I Recycle This ?

• How can I reuse or recycle a wooden shoe rack?
  There was a neighbourhood “give and take” event near me at the weekend – people took along their unwanted items and took home anything other people had donated that took their fancy — all for free. It was mostly small things – crockery, household knick-knacks and bo ...
• How can I reuse or recycle old glass blocks/gl ...
  We’ve had an email from Whitney, asking about reuse/recycling ideas for glass blocks (or glass bricks, as they’re also known): We just bought a house and making a lot of renovations. We removed some glass blocks from an old bathroom window and I want to reuse them for something. I lo ...
• How can I “reuse” fresh eggs that ...
  (Hi! Sorry to regular readers for the stupidly long break in posting – I’ve been reading all the comments as usual as they come in, just not posting any new content myself due to a combination of busy-ness, illness and laziness. I’m hoping to get back to regular scheduled blogg ...
• How can I reuse or recycle toilet seats?
  Apologies for the break in blogging – I’ve been super busy with other things over the last month. And in my absence, Recycle This had its sixth birthday! Happy Birthday website! :D Anyway, moving on: we’ve had an email from Stephanie about toilet seats: I just came into about 2 ...
• How can I reuse or recycle empty bottled gas/p ...
  Lyndon has emailed to ask about reusing – or recycling – propane gas canisters (the ones for heating, barbecues or patio heaters etc): Trying to tidy up the yard at work, what can I do with some old gas bottles? If there is a company name on the bottles (like Calor Gas, Flo Gas or [...]

Age of Autism

• Unvaccinated Children and Autism: Study Fundin ...
  By J.B. Handley “In a complex system, however, mistakes are not measured in degrees but in whole orders of magnitude.” - Nate Silver, The Signal and the Noise In the above quote, author Nate Silver is discussing the fact that...
• Ask CBS News to Cover the Issa Autism Hearing ...
  Congressman Darryl Issa is holding a hearing to review the Federal Response to Autism this Thursday. (The photo is of San Diego area families who went to Congressman Issa's office before Thanksgiving.) 1) Please ask CBS, home of Sharyl Attkisson,...
• Vaccine Safety Debate at Drew University
  On Thursday, November 29, Drew University in Madison, NJ will hold a debate about vaccines. One of the panelists will be Jonathan Rose, a professor at Drew and author of "What the Autism Community Can Learn From Silent Spring" The...
• Tell Congressman Issa Your Autism Story for DC ...
  Want to attend the Federal Response to Autism Hearing on November 29th but can't? Click here to tell us your name, where you live, and a 2 - 3 sentence reason for why autism prevents you from going. We will...
• All You Need Is Love: Dispatches from the Front
  By Dan Burns PROLOGUE What happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object? I whipped my red Honda SUV out of the driveway, loaded with ASD kids, spewing gravel, and headed west on Farm to Market Road 1431, gateway...

Global BDS Movement

• G4S loses its contract with the European Parli ...
  Campaigners had raised concerns about the role the company plays in equipping Israeli prisons in which Palestinian political prisoners are held in violation of international law
• Palestinian civil society and human rights org ...
  Marking Palestinian Prisoners Day, Palestinian organisations call for action against G4S, supplier to Israeli prisons at which political prisoners are detained
• BDS roundup: Los Angeles activists urge city t ...
  In this week’s BDS roundup from the Electronic Intifada, LA activists, international campaign urges Yves Béhar, university students in Pennsylvania protest, boycott activists, and more
• Why Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions Should ...
  The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement has been a significant instrument in the campaign to tear down Israel's democratic facade
• Scottish govt. helps Israeli company deal with BDS
  Documents obtained by the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign show how a subsidiary of an Israeli company operating in Britain turned successfully for help from the Scottish Government

Farm Wars

• GM woes: no water, no birds, no butterflies, a ...
  There's plenty of water here. And there are no birds. Again, the only thing that's changed is we’re surrounded by GM fields.
• Coast to Coast AM – Nov 15 2012 – GMO Dangers ...
  Barb and George talk about the dangers GMOs pose to our health.
• GMO Dangers on Coast to Coast AM with George N ...
  Joins us on Coast to Coast AM radio as we discuss the dangers of genetic engineering from 11:00 pm to 2:00 am Pacific Time on Thursday, November 15, 2012!
• The Little Government that Could
  The poor American government just wanted to grow up to be big and strong like the governments in Europe, but his mean Fathers wouldn't let him. Follow this happy tale of how a little government made his dreams come true...
• Yes on 37 says Rappoport is “disrupting the he ...
  The “experts” who are advising YES ON 37 make their living by accepting all vote-counts as real and honest and correct.

Open Your Eyes News

• Fresh protests in Japan-China island row
  Aljazeera – Hundreds have gathered in the Japanese capital to protest China’s claims over a string of islands in the South China Sea. According to organisers, over a thousand people attended Saturday’s march in protest against Chinese claims over the disputed islands, called Se ...
• Washington State Makes It Harder to Opt Out of ...
  NY Times – Washington State is home to Bill and Melinda Gates, champions of childhood vaccines across the globe. Its university boasts cutting-edge vaccine research. But when it comes to getting children immunized, until recently, the state was dead last. “You think we’re a cut above the r ...
• Deaths reported in Pakistan drone attack
  Al Jazeera – At least three people have been killed in a suspected US drone attack in Pakistan’s northwestern region along the Afghan border, according to a Pakistani security official. The target of Saturday’s attack was a vehicle in Dattakhel area in North Waziristan, one of seven ...
• Ivory Coast closes Ghana border after deadly a ...
  BBC – Ivory Coast has closed its border with Ghana after several people were killed in an attack on an army checkpoint. Ivorian Defence Minister Paul Koffi Koffi said “armed elements from Ghana” carried out the attack in the border town of Noe. At least five attackers died and ...
• Open Your Eyes News recommends – The Tra ...
  A truly scary 3 part documentary by those radicals at the BBC about the psychology of the modern world. (Each episode is in 6 segments on YouTube.) For over 30 other documentaries that will challenge your views on the world visit our Films & Documentaries archive

L.A. Times - Greenspace

• Toxic flame retardants common in household couches
  The vast majority of couches tested as part of a new study contained chemical flame retardants, including toxic chemicals that have been linked to a variety of health problems.
• Washington is first state to tackle ocean acid ...
  Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire on Tuesday ordered state agencies to take initial steps to combat ocean acidification, making it the first state to address problematic changes in ocean chemistry that threaten shellfish farms, wild-caught fish and other marine life.
• Solar prominences erupt -- and the best is yet ...
  A solar prominence can be a thing of beauty -- a glowing red, looping structure that can twist and turn hundreds of thousands of miles into space from the surface of the sun and last up to several months.
• New Mexico coyote hunt this weekend sparks pub ...
  A New Mexico gun store owner’s plan to hold a competitive two-day coyote hunt this weekend has been blasted by critics and generated protests from as far away as Europe.
• Australian scientists find excess greenhouse g ...
  Environmental researchers have detected excess greenhouse gas levels near the site of Australia's biggest coal seam gas field, prompting calls for halting expansion of hydraulic fracturing until scientists can determine whether it might be contributing to climate change.

water.org

• Celebrate World Toilet Day
  No invention has saved more lives than a toilet. More than 80% of sewage in developing countries is discharged untreated, polluting rivers, lakes and coastal areas. All because there is no infrastructure - a toilet, or city utilities - to flush away yesterday's meal. But that's not all. Toilets ...
• East African Water Forum
  Water.org and The MasterCard Foundation convene the East African WaterCredit Forum to accelerate access to microloans designed to reach over 180,000 with safe water and sanitation in Kenya and Uganda by 2015.
• Regaining Trust In Haiti
  The Logalit water and sanitation committee is tenacious, resilient and serves as a model to others. Like citizens of most countries, households in Logalit pay for water. Several months ago, the number of households that were paying to get water in Logalit started to decline.
• Farmville 2 and Safe Water
  For the next month, Zynga and Water.org are partnering to help people get access to safe water. Players of FarmVille 2 are now able to purchase water-themed items that help in-game farms and benefit those struggling around the world without water.
• Water Brings Peace
  Mrs. Pramila Chichore lives in the Raipur area of Hingna with her five family members. Before she applied for a water loan, she spent at least two hours a day fetching water from a distant public tap.

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Energy Probe - Nuclear Power,Utility Reform

• The Deniers on CBC Radio's 'Ideas'
  The science is settled - is now the mantra of climate change activism? Those who disagree are either in denial or in the pay of an oil company. But long time environmentalist and energy activist Lawrence Solomon says no, the science is not settled on global warming. Ideas producer David Cayley b ...

Margaret's News

• Reinstate Teacher Who Supported Trayvon Martin ...
  arget: Superintendent Jacqueline Cassell Goal: To reinstate Brooke Harris, an eighth grade teacher who was fired after supporting a fundraiser benefitting Trayvon Martins family. The Trayvon Martin case has already caused a storm of controversy, Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World &n ...
• "Ive Been Duped" - Reflections on Israel and P ...
  Do you know the frustration you feel when you believed in something strongly and then you realize that the information that made you believe was from a source with an agenda to deceive? Submitted by Ken D. to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
• What people will do for beauty: 8 Grossest Spa ...
  uh..the title says it all :) Submitted by Vicky P. to Offbeat  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
• White House sees more pain for Iran as it clea ...
  Aggressive war is illegal, immoral against nations that are no threat, is nonbelligerent & it is insane! Call your Reps. Tell your friends, rouse up the good folk in your church,mosque and synagouge. We must stop this exported violence or we are screwed. Submitted by michael hall to World &nbs ...
• Iran Bashing, Terrorism, and Who Chose the Cho ...
  Dedicated to the long-suffering Palestinians and Iranians who have been sidelined by the United Nations in favour of the Nuclear Apartheid State of Zionist Israel in the most blatant exercise in International Double Standards that our world has ever known Submitted by Ken D. to World  |&nb ...

Solar Energy / Energy Boom

• Meet Uttar Pradesh, India's Next Distributed S ...
  Much attention has been paid to the distributed clean energy revolution brewing in Bihar. But for all the hype generated by Minister Kumar, what's happening next door in Uttar Pradesh may be even more exciting. read more
• Meet Uttar Pradesh, India's Next Distributed S ...
  Much attention has been paid to the distributed clean energy revolution brewing in Bihar. But for all the hype generated by Minister Kumar, what's happening next door in Uttar Pradesh may be even more exciting. read more
• Chinese oversupply sees cost of solar panels d ...
  Right now we’re seeing a glut of solar panels in the market largely due to an increase in Chinese manufacturers being able to produce panels a lot faster and cheaper than their more established European counterparts thanks to a flo ...
• Chinese oversupply sees cost of solar panels d ...
  Right now we’re seeing a glut of solar panels in the market largely due to an increase in Chinese manufacturers being able to produce panels a lot faster and cheaper than their more established European counterparts thanks to a flood of ...
• India’s Solar Revolution, Small is Big
      A while back I wrote a post on the need to get India’s solar boom right solar boom right. read more

News Blaze

• Community Kitchen Provides Means of Livelihood ...
  Sushila, a resident of Sangasi village in Jhunjhunu district, was living in abject poverty, barely managing to keep her household running.
• GQ Magazine's 'Rebel of the Year' Chen Guangcheng
  Reggie Littlejohn, a human rights activist who fought for years for the release of Chen, told LifeSiteNews today that she 'applauds' GQ for it's decision to honor Chen.
• Novotus Employees Give Tons of Food to Feed Th ...
  The successful group alone gave 1,953 pounds, exceeding last year's donation of 1,910 pounds.
• Is US Helpless in Bringing Perpetrators of 200 ...
  Under Secretary Wendy Sherman for Political Affair says the US government also raises this issue with Pakistan at every instance that it can especially reports have surfaced that Hafiz Saeed remains a free man there in Pakistan.
• Top Five Business-Tech Trends in 2013
  As companies look to transform their businesses in the year ahead, they should continue to sharpen their focus on harnessing the power of advanced technology platforms to unlock productivity and value for clients.

Worldnews

• 150 wounded in Tunisia clashes with polic ...
  MORE than 150 people were wounded in a second day of clashes between Tunisian security forces and thousands of protesters in a poor southwestern town, a hospital source told AFP. A doctor at the hospital in Siliana said more than 150 people were being treated for different types of injury, w ...
• A Minute With: Pop star Ke$ha on new albu ...
  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Ke$ha made a name for herself with infectious dance-pop hits but the singer-songwriter is stepping out of her Auto-Tune comfort zone on "Warrior", out this week. Ke$ha, 25, stormed the charts with hit songs about drinking, partying and having a good time, suc ...
• Kevin Pietersen rested from T20 squad but ...
  MUMBAI: Star batsman Kevin Pietersen returned to the ODI side but was rested from the Twenty20 Internationals as England announced their squads for the limited-over series against India starting next month. Pietersen, who returned to the Test side for the ongoing series after being sidelined ...
•   ...
  Posted: November 28, 2012 Brad Pitt may thoroughly enjoy being a mega movie star, but there is something he loves even more – being a dad. The Killing Them Softly star opened up about his thoughts on fatherhood and aging during an interview with Good Morning America. Angelina Jolie, 37, and ...
• >Aspirin for Toothaches: Take it, Don’t A ...
  In recognition of National Diabetes Month in November, Emergency Dental Care USA reminds diabetics and other patients to seek care from a dentist for dental emergencies. Omaha, NE (PRWEB) November 28, 2012 Diabetics are more susceptible to gum disease and oral health issues because diabetes ...

Alex in Wonderland

• Report: Active-Duty Army PSYOPS Soldiers Embed ...
  To better manufacture consent, U.S. Army soldiers are embedded as intern and fellows at local TV affiliates, along with previously reported newspapers and national outlets.
• Military Welfare Budget Won’t Thin Any T ...
  Ivan Eland sat with RT to discuss the astronomical political clout held by the welfare queens of the military-industrial complex that will thwart any translation of the Pentagon's rhetoric into actual policy
• Afghan Elections Rigged on Video? (Video)
  Yes, people videotaped it and Al Jazeera broke the story.
• Fuckin’ Oil, Where Did It Went?
  With 90% of up to 4.4 million barrels of oil 'unaccounted for', it's now... still unaccounted for.
• U.S. Troops ‘Killing for Sport’ in Afghanistan ...
  Taped interrogations of four soldiers charged in theatrically slaying numerous Afghan civilians were obtained by CNN and ABC. CNN's report includes the soldiers' rampant drug abuse and a before unreported case of staging the murder of an Afghan civilian.

MY Daily Apple

• As Licensing Talks Stall, Ericsson Files Paten ...
  The action by Ericsson, which makes networking equipment, against Samsung, which makes mobile phones, is intended to encourage Samsung to come to terms on a patent agreement.
• Laut einer Studie setzen sich die großen ...
  AMSTERDAM, November 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Der jüngste "Access to Medicine Index", der die führenden 20 Pharmaunternehmen nach ihren Bemühungen beurteilt, ihre Medikamente in Entwicklungsländern besser zugänglich zu machen, stellte fest, dass die Branche in...
• Rapport laat zien dat farmaceutische bedrijven ...
  AMSTERDAM, November 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- De gezaghebbende Access to Medicine Index rangschikt elke twee jaar de top-20 farmaceutische bedrijven aan de hand van hun inspanningen om meer mensen in ontwikkelingslanden toegang te geven tot medicijnen. De nieuwste editie, die woensdag is...
• Les grandes sociétés pharmaceutiques ...
  AMSTERDAM, November 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- L'Index sur l'accès aux médicaments, qui établit le classement des vingt plus grandes sociétés pharmaceutiques relativement à leurs efforts visant à améliorer l'accès aux médicaments dans...
• Too much or too little activity bad for knees
  Both very high and very low levels of physical activity can accelerate the degeneration of knee cartilage in middle-aged adults, according to a new study.

Common Dreams

• Florida Man Shoots Unarmed Black Teen After Ar ...
  Florida’s controversial "Stand Your Ground" law is back in the spotlight after an African-American teenager was shot dead by a 45-year-old white man in Jacksonville. read more
• Military Court to Consider Continued Prosecuti ...
  Amid what Pentagon leaders acknowledge is an "epidemic" of military suicides, the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces on Tuesday debated whether the military should pursue court martials against soldiers who attempt suicide. Under military law, "self-injury" is a potential ...
• Russia, Denmark, Switzerland, Spain Join List ...
  Denmark, Switzerland, Russia and Spain have joined a growing number of countries who have read more
• Tax the Rich, Take Your Hands Off Medicare: Ov ...
  A large majority of US citizens would like to see higher taxes on the rich and oppose cuts to Medicare as an answer to the US deficit, according to a poll released Wednesday by the Washington Post and ABC News. Roughly sixty percent of those asked stated that they would like to see higher income ...
• Nobel Peace Laureates Call For Military Boycot ...
  Fifty-two Nobel peace prize-winners, activists and others today called for an international military boycott of Israel after its latest deadly assault against Palestine earlier this month. read more

The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

• James Moore
• Neill Blomkamp
• Sarah Polley
• Jay Baruchel
• David Suzuki

Examine Religion - Tweets

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Energy Collective

• Oil Sands Up Close
  I recently got the chance to tag along with a group of journalism fellows on a tour of some oil sands production sites in Alberta, which is home to almost all of Canada’s oil sands reserves.The Canadian oil sands are one of the biggest energy stories of our time. The good news is that this is a ...
• Linking Energy Production to Energy Innovation
• The Energy Efficiency Directive – Business as ...
  Energy efficiency seems to have many supporters, but often they are not willing to put their money where their mouth is.
• What To Expect In Doha: An Overview Of This Ye ...
  The next high-level gathering of parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change started this week in Doha, Qatar, and will continue until December 7. In this column we provide an overview of the upcoming talks and discuss what the results of U.S. elections may mean for the Obama admi ...
• Chemical-Free Water Recycling Technology Aids ...
  Storm surges from Hurricane Sandy caused flooding in dozens of Northeastern towns and cities. Experts say that sewage backups and overflows caused by the flooding unleashed a toxic soup into the streets. Other contaminants, like gas or oil, were caught up in the storms destruction, mixing gray a ...

Green House - USA Today

• Climate change affects each U.S. state, Web to ...
  How badly is climate change affecting your state? A new Web tool allows users to see how vulnerable their area has been to drought, flooding and heat extremes as well as the health problems that go along with them.
• What's in your child's car seat? Study finds t ...
  What's a parent to do? You buy a car seat to keep your child safe but then find out, as a new study reports, that 60% of these products contain dangerous chemicals. The good news: some seats were found to be almost toxic-free.
• U.S. cities require buildings to disclose ener ...
  Worried that the apartment you like could be an energy hog? Help is on the way as U.S. states and cities begin this year to require that commercial buildings measure and disclose their energy use.
• Study: Climate change imperils Himalayan glaciers
  Two of three Himalayan glaciers -- both in humid areas of eastern Nepal -- could disappear if present climate change patterns continue, a study predicts.
• Environmentalists cheer Obama's fuel economy hike
  President Obama's plan to double fuel efficiency standards for cars and light-duty trucks by 2025 received applause from environmentalists who had pressed for such action.

Prior Art

• With $4.5 Billion Bid, Group Led by Apple and ...
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• Hangover Cure: Warner Bros. Settles Copyright ...
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• This Week in IP: Apps, Tats, and Patent Reform ...
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• App Backwards: Lodsys, Texas Troll, Targeted i ...
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• Supreme Court Rules Against Microsoft in i4i Case
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Peoples Voice

• Abbas Submits Weak UN Status Bid
  by Stephen Lendman Palestine deserves full UN membership. It's entitled to all rights and privileges afforded other Member States. Getting them is simple. It should have happened years ago. Palestine satisfies all essential criteria. On November 15, 1988, it achieved statehood. Pre ...
• Oh you who support the Free Syrian Army, think ...
  By 2pt718 Oh you who support the Free Syrian Army, think with an "open mind" as they say. The imperialist nations want a civil conflict in Syria and the division amongst the Syrians (Pro-Bashar vs Pro FSA) today is the beginning. The war in Syria is not about whether Bashar Al-Assad stays in of ...
• Obedience to Authority, Cruelty in Child-Reari ...
  By Gary G. Kohls, MD “From where in the human soul comes the willingness to kill?” A couple of years ago, the iconic gate to the infamous World War II-era extermination camp at Auschwitz was stolen. As far as I know, the “crime” has not been solved. At the top of that ...
• ACLU Challenges Warrantless Wiretapping
  by Stephen Lendman Throughout its history, America always governed extrajudicially. Post-9/11, it became more repressive than ever. Modern technology makes it easy. Big Brother has lots of ways to spy. It can be done from space, eyes in the sky on drones, secret agents, neighborhood snoops, or ...
• How the Hamas Victory in Gaza Can Bring Civil ...
  by FRANKLIN LAMB Shatila refugee camp The current festive celebrations in Lebanon’s 12 Palestinian refugee camps reflect the intense euphoria being witnessed throughout Gaza and occupied Palestine, Arab and Muslim countries, as well as relief among people of goodwill globally. This obse ...

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

• BC's water and hydroelectricity: more fragile ...
  It's easy to think of BC's water and hydro resources as limitless, especially in the rainy Lower Mainland. But our latest study examines the serious challenges facing these resources, particularly from industrial use, and calls for a new policy approach to protect and manage them. This is th ...
• CETA and the implications for health care
  The CCPA’s Scott Sinclair and Teresa Healy from the Canadian Labour Congress recently presented on the implications of the proposed Canada - European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) for healthcare in Canada.  The webinar was hosted by the Canadian Fede ...
• Impaired Judgement: The Economic and Social Co ...
  In Alberta and British Columbia, liquor retail privatization has meant higher liquor prices but lower government revenue. Moreover, the increased availability of alcohol brought on by privatization and its lax regulation contravene recognized methods for protecting public health. In light of Pre ...
• CETA and Nova Scotia: Who Pays for 'Free' Trade?
  As the federal government continues to move forward with the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (“CETA”) our research finds that the benefits are being oversold while the costs and consequences are being minimized and even ignored.  CETA could result in between 510 and 2587 net job loss ...
• Striking shifts in education and community act ...
  The Fall 2012 issue of Our Schools/Our Selves is about the links between education and activism, but it focuses extensively on issues raised before, during and since the Québec student strike. The strike provides us with a superb case study of how the Charest government labeled student resistanc ...

World Wide Hippies

• Afghan Woman’s Beheading Latest In Alarm ...
  Two Arrested After Teenage Girl Beheaded In Afghanistan By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan November 28, 2012 KONDUZ, Afghanistan — Two men have been arrested in Afghanistan’s northern province of Konduz in connection with the beheading of a 14-year-old girl.Local police officer ...
• Obama administration, Associated Press and BP ...
  Obama administration suspends BP from new federal contracts, land leases after Gulf spill deal Article by: JOSH LEDERMAN , Associated Press WASHINGTON – The Obama administration put a temporary stop to new federal contracts with British oil company BP on Wednesday, citing the company&#8217 ...
• Education Beat: PBS on Poverty/School Relation ...
• Disney,Wal-Mart, Sears Faded Glory and the &#8 ...
  One factory out of thousands, used to exploit labor so assholes like Sean Combs  can flaunt their wealth! As your children unwrap their gifts on Christmas morning they will thank Santa. But the exploiters will thank you, for not caring enough to stop buying their junk. Who’s your Santa now ...
• WWH/CJE Wednesday News Briefs
  Nude AIDS activists arrested in House Speaker John Boehner’s office (Drunk Boehner asks if these are strippers for the Ole’ Boys after hours party) WASHINGTON—Three women AIDS activists saying they wanted to highlight the “naked truth” about potential spending cuts in HIV ...

FourWinds10

• The Alabama Department of Conservation and Nat ...
  April 29, 2012 Alabama - The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has temporarily closed some local waterways to shrimping.  The waters were closed to shrimping on Monday.   The areas include all waters in the Mississippi Sound, Mobile Bay, areas of Bon Secour, Wolf ...
• The ONE woman who refuses to leave her toxic K ...
  June 3, 2012 Treece, Kansas, is a poisoned town. Only one house remains. Tim and Della Busby are the lone residents of the community today. And they say they're staying put. Even if it's toxic, Treece is still their home.
• Michigan Oil Spill Compounded by Poor Safety P ...
  June 7, 2012 Canadian pipeline company Enbridge is in the hot seat for an oil spill from a ruptured line in southern Michigan. Crews in Marshall, Mich., are still working to clean up contaminated areas nearly two years after Line 6B burst open, dumping about 20,000 barrels of so-called tar sands ...
• Great Barrier Reef at a Crossroads
  CAIRNS, Australia, Jul 18 2012 (IPS) - The world’s largest and best protected coral reef will be doomed by Australia’s unprecedented scale of planned coal and gas development, experts say. The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest reef system, with 3,000 reefs running 2,300 ...
• Special Investigation: The Earthquakes and Tox ...
  July 31, 2012 Fracking is facilitating an oil and gas boom in the Buckeye State, and Ohioans have reason to be shaken up about the issue. Between the spring of 2011 and early 2012, a fracking waste injection well known as Northstar 1 caused more than a dozen minor earthquakes near Youngstown, Oh ...

Crisis Maven

• The End Game or: How the Dupes were Duped or: ...
  The Euro was probably the most hyped-in currency the world may have ever known. That fact alone should have been reason for suspicion. In this article we contrast some of the eulogies heaped on the Euro back in around 2001/2002 when it was introduced as a tangible currency with these past weeks& ...
• The End Game or: How the Dupes were Duped or: ...
  The Euro was probably the most hyped-in currency the world may have ever known. That fact alone should have been reason for suspicion. In this article we contrast some of the eulogies heaped on the Euro back in around 2001/2002 when it was introduced as a tangible currency with these past weeks& ...
• Neutrinos, Physics, Meteors and the Survival o ...
  As you may have noticed, CrisisMaven recently dabbled in speculative thought about the role of a universe-wide encyclopedia cum news service. The reason this came about was that recently at the Large Hadron Collider around Geneva/Switzerland and crossing under the French border a team of scienti ...
• Neutrinos, Physics, Meteors and the Survival o ...
  As you may have noticed, CrisisMaven recently dabbled in speculative thought about the role of a universe-wide encyclopedia cum news service. The reason this came about was that recently at the Large Hadron Collider around Geneva/Switzerland and crossing under the French border a team of scienti ...
• Archaeology, the Internet and Neutrinos
  Or: Space and the Universe are a Palimpsest . Most recently Israeli archaeologists unearthed a crusader’s inscription believed to be around 800 years old and, which is why it makes headlines, written in Arabic. For those who have followed archaelogical progress over several decades (and re ...

Capital Flow Analysis

• Stock buybacks are bad for investors: Further ...
  In the working paper “The Buyback Monitor - July 2009: Corporate Stock Buyback Profits of 273 Firms from 2000 into 2009“, published on the Social Sciences Research Network, M.A. Gumport, CFA, provides further evidence that stock buybacks are not as good for investors as often touted ...
• Why Obama’s healthcare scheme portends stagfl ...
  The trillion-dollar Obama health care plan increases the odds that US economic recover will be delayed, and that unemployment and inflation will increase. The main thrust of the Obama plan is to increase taxes on individuals earning more than $250,000 a year, while forcing all but the tiniest ...
• How long would it take to work off the US trad ...
  The rest of the world holds $16.8 trillion in US financial assets, according to Federal Reserve release Z.1, as of Q1 2009. [...]
• Why Bernanke’s flawed “exit strategy” policy p ...
  In a lead op-ed editorial in the Wall Street Journal on July 21, 2009, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke revealed the Fed’s exit strategy with regards to the inflationary effects of the Obama “spending is stimulus” packages and other government measure to contain the curren ...
• Stocks surge on spurious earnings reports: Q2 2009
  No one knows for sure the real earnings of American corporations. In Q1 2009, according to the Federal Reserve flow of funds table F.102, after-tax profits of US non-financial, non-farm corporations, on an annual basis, were about $589.9 billion. However, about 50% of these after-tax earnings ...

R-Squared Energy Blog

• Hofmeister: Treat Climate Change as a Waste Ma ...
  John Hofmeister outlines his ideas for what would constitute a sound plan of attack on climate change.
• President Obama Has Little Impact on Oil and G ...
  Following President Obama's reelection, a number of fossil fuel stocks sold off based on the belief that Obama's policies would prove harmful to the fossil fuel industry. But will the President manage to push through tough new regulations that raise the cost of production for fossil fuel companies?
• What Happens After the Long Recession?
  In this week’s episode of R-Squared Energy TV, I answer a question from a reader about what happens as The Long Recession plays out. Readers who have specific questions can send them to ask [at] consumerenergyreport [dot] com or leave the question after this post (at the original source). ...
• Hofmeister: Surging Demand and Flat Production ...
  John Hofmeister, former President of Shell Oil and currently the head of Citizens for Affordable Energy, discusses the events responsible for the explosion in the price of oil over the past decade.
• Guest Post: US Energy Independence Can Be Created
  First thing, on this day after the U.S. presidential elections I would like to congratulate President Obama on his reelection. My top prediction for 2012 – made nearly a year ago and reiterated many times since — was that Obama would easily win reelection, primarily because all of th ...

Discovery Educator Network

• NCSS 2012 - CYAO Video Creation - Google Drive
  Comments:Very nice Google Presentation on how to create a "Choose Your Own Adventure" video using YouTube.  - Dean MantzTags: video, creation, google, adventureby: Dean Mantz
• YouTube
  Tags: youtube, tutorial, adambelow, tweet, Keynoteby: Dean Mantz
• Using Doink and Green Screen in iMovie - Dryde ...
  Comments:Using the DoInk animation & drawing app to add animation to a green screen movie project.  - Dean MantzTags: Doink, animation, tutorial, art, drydenby: Dean Mantz
• Free Technology for Teachers: Create Your Own ...
  Tags: primarysources, interactive, freetech4teachers, nationalarchivesby: Dean Mantz
• #globaled12 session ICT4eTwinners project Smil ...
  Comments: See presentations, recordings and a web tour and if you like leave a comment or rt https://twitter.com/LucianeCurator/status/269887968074936320 - LUCIAN DUMATags: ict4eTwinners, smile, curation, social, mediaby: LUCIAN DUMA

Rodale News

• And the Official Color of 2013 Is…
  Thinking about repainting a room in your house? Now is a good time to choose blue, the official color of 2013. The Color Marketing Group predicts that blue will dominate the color movement for the next few years. Blue didn't get this first-place honor without the help of another hue, though. T ...
• The Autism Risk You Can't Ignore
  Throughout the years, there have been many studies—some credible, some not—trying to figure out what causes autism. What is increasingly clear is the disease seems to occur when a child with a genetic predisposition is exposed to certain environmental factors within a specific timeframe. In the ...
• 5 Ways to Dodge Dangerous Food Threats
  American children are eating dangerous levels of contaminants hiding out in the food supply, including food by-products like acrylamide, commonly found in crackers, cookies, and french fries, a November 2012 study published in the journal Environmental Health found. While many studies look at ...
• Why You Still Shouldn't Visit Fast Food Joints
  Here's some shocking news just in time for holiday travel season: Fast-food contains as many calories as ever, despite the increasing number of healthy items like oatmeal, salads, and other menu items with a healthy halo now appearing on menus. "Clearly restaurants are adding some healthy ...
• How Your Breakfast Can Save the Economy
  Want to help stimulate your local economy? Pick up a glass of organic dairy milk or drizzle some over your cereal. While presidential candidates fought over job creation tactics over the last few months, it turns out your neighborhood heifers were the ones actually stimulating growth in rural c ...

big think

• Taxation in Theory and Reality
  The debate over the fiscal cliff has spawned a multitude of suggestions for reforming the tax system, including my own.  One possible reason for the wide range of proposals, even from mainstream economists, is that the recommendations of standard economic theory may be very different from what t ...
• Why Your Opinion About Music Can Be Wrong
  In 1975, rock legend Lou Reed released an album entitled Metal Machine Music . The album consists of no songs, no lyrics and is entirely devoid of melody and rhythm. Instead, it is composed of guitar feedback played at different speeds for over an hour. The result is a stampede of auditory ...
• "Near-Space" Tourism Could Be Here By 2014
  What's the Latest Development? Earlier this month, the Spain-based company Zero 2 Infinity successfully launched a helium-filled test balloon that carried a capsule containing a humanoid robot to 32 kilometers (almost 20 miles) above the Earth. This is far short of the 100-kilometer (62- ...
• Accelerating Permafrost Melt Poses Significant ...
  What's the Latest Development? The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) released a report yesterday warning of increasingly serious threats posed by the thawing of permafrost covering nearly a quarter of the Earth's northern hemisphere. These include the release of large quantities of carbon ...
• Amazon Deforestation Down 27 Percent, A New Low
  What's the Latest Development? The Brazilian government reports that, thanks to government action, the rate of deforestation in the Amazon rain forests is the lowest it's been since monitoring began 24 years ago. The 27-percent drop represents the difference between this year (up to July ...

Information Liberation

• Withheld Dash-Cam Video Shows Cop Choke Man, P ...
  The Seattle Police Department fought to keep this video from being released to the public, but thanks to a lawsuit and intense media pressure the police were just forced to release it. Here's a rundown of what happened from the victim's lawyer, ...
• 7-Yr-Old Girl Takes Medical Marijuana To Help ...
  Mykayla Comstock's family says marijuana helps her fight an especially aggressive form of leukemia, keeps infection at bay and lifts her weary spirit. Twice a day she swallows a potent capsule form of the drug. Some days, when she can't sleep or eat,...
• David Friedman on How to Privatize Everything
  "Producing laws is not an easier problem than producing cars or food," says David Friedman, author, philosopher, and professor at Santa Clara University. "So if the government's incompetent to produce cars or food, why do you expect it to do a good...
• Protectionism is a Rip-Off
  Winter is upon us, and that means digging out of our closets a whole variety of different kinds of shoes. There are insulated hiking boots, trail shoes, specialized hunting boots, waterproof shoes, and more. Ah, the wonderful varieties provided fo...
• U.S. start-up plans to share 3D printable fire ...
  Anyone in the world could soon have access to a 3D printable gun through the internet thanks to a U.S. start-up which plans to distribute schematics for the weapons free of charge. Defense Distributed, a company which wants to extend the U.S. Se...

Be Responsible - Be Free!

• The Liberals Have Taken Over California
  An act of madness. Yet seemingly inevitable. Lost somewhere amid the circus of this month’s U.S. Presidential election was a potentially far more significant and historic poll result: that of the Californian state legislature. With a known population of 37.6 million, … Continue readi ...
• A Necessity Disguised As A Virtue
  Events in Australia have overtaken my plans for two upcoming LibertyGibbert articles, one on Liberty and children, and the other on the Catholic Church. Yet the Gillard government’s announcement on Monday of a Royal Commission into institutional child sexual abuse … Continue reading ...
• America On A Collision Course With Reality
  After Ron Paul was unsuccessful in his bid for the Republican nomination for President, I lost particular interest in the White House race this year. If the American electorate are daft enough to re-elect the man who has racked up … Continue reading →
• The Principles Of Freedom – Some Bedtime ...
  I’m still drowning in work down here, and will be doing so for at least another three weeks. The thread on children looks likely to happen probably around the second week of November. Sorry about the delay, but I know … Continue reading →
• Clutching At Straws
  I’m swamped with work right now, so the promised thread on children will be some time off yet. Meantime, I thought I’d briefly share my amusement at the recent obsessions of the Australian mainstream media. Nothing much has changed in … Continue reading →

Sciencebase - Breaking Science News

• The next big thing
  There is so much happening in materials: novel composites, nanostructured morphologies, biomimetic materials, biomaterials themselves, materials for solar energy conversion, highly porous materials for energy and gas storage…preparation, modification, characterisation. Seemingly, never a d ...
• Stimulating gravity simulation
  Faraday could play with magnets and currents to figure stuff out, but without a desktop model of reality, nobody could ‘play’ with gravity to see what happens. This virtual gravitational model apparently adds precision lacking in earlier simulations. The simulation is a quick run-thr ...
• Stimulating gravity simulation
  Faraday could play with magnets and currents to figure stuff out, but without a desktop model of reality, nobody could ‘play’ with gravity to see what happens. This virtual gravitational model apparently adds precision lacking in earlier simulations. The simulation is a quick run-thr ...
• You don’t need a Kindle to read Kindle books
  There seems to be an assumption out there that you need an actual Kindle, the device itself, to read Kindle books. Well, that’s deceived wisdom. You don’t, you just need to link your amazon Kindle account to a Kindle app on almost any device you happen to use: Android phone or tablet ...
• You don’t need a Kindle to read Kindle books
  There seems to be an assumption out there that you need an actual Kindle, the device itself, to read Kindle books. Well, that’s deceived wisdom. You don’t, you just need to link your amazon Kindle account to a Kindle app on almost any device you happen to use: Android phone or tablet ...

RFF Library

• The Carbon Market: A Primer for Airports
  Transportation Research Board http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=14607  [Description] TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 57: The Carbon Market: A Primer for Airports provides information on carbon and other environmental credit trading markets, and highlights th ...
• Oil Sands, Greenhouse Gases, and U.S. Oil Supp ...
  IHS http://bit.ly/TSw8yR [From Press Release] The IHS Canadian Oil Sands Dialogue has released an update to its 2010 report comparing the greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from fuels made from Canadian oil sands to those from other crude sources. The new analysis—updated to include more current dat ...
• Regional Investment of RGGI CO2 Allowance Proc ...
  Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) http://www.rggi.org/docs/Documents/2011-Investment-Report.pdf [From Press Release]  The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) states today released a report summarizing the consumer, economic, and environmental impact of investments made using procee ...
• Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4 Degree Warmer Worl ...
  Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Climate Analytics for the World Bank http://www.greencarcongress.com/2012/11/turndown-20121119.html [Green Car Congress]  A new report…provides a snapshot of …risks that would be associated with a 4 °C global warming within this ...
• Understanding Relationships between Biodiversi ...
  International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) / by Editors: John A. Parrotta, Christoph Wildburger, Stephanie Mansourian http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=5303 [From Press Release] The report is the most comprehensive scientific analysis to date of the relationship between biodive ...

Scientific American - News

• People Use Same Brain Regions to Read Alphabet ...
  Learning to read Chinese might seem daunting to Westerners used to an alphabetic script, but brain scans of French and Chinese native speakers show that people harness the same brain centers for reading across cultures. The findings are published today in the Proceedings of the National Acade ...
• Growth of Ethanol Fuel Stalls in Brazil
  “A new moment for mankind.” That was how Brazil’s former president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, described his country’s biofuel boom in March 2007. Back then, Brazil was the poster child of ethanol fuel, its output second only to that of the United States. Fermentin ...
• Washington State Declares War on Ocean Acidifi ...
  Washington state, the leading US producer of farmed shellfish, today launched a 42-step plan to reduce ocean acidification. The initiative -- detailed in a report by a governor-appointed panel of scientists, policy-makers and shellfish industry representatives -- marks the first US state-funded ...
• Climate Change Threatens to Create a Second Du ...
  A cool October broke a 16-month streak of above average temperatures across the Lower 48, but temperatures are projected to remain above normal across most of the western half of the country in the coming months. In addition, the latest climate change projections put future temperature gain ...
• Dryland Farmers Work Wonders without Water in ...
  SEATTLE – In the long rain shadow of the Cascade Mountains, where dryland wheat farmers have eked out livings for more than a century, climate change is very much an issue of the present. [More]

First Truths

• The Anarchist Lineage
   Interesting passage from Samuel Clark's Living Without Domination: The Possibility of an Anarchist Utopia. I would wonder what the anarchists I know think of the various lists referenced here: This account of anarchism as a permanent human tendency has been attacked by a number of authors. ...
• "Crisis of the State"
  From Simon Clark's Keynesianism, Monetarism, and the Crisis of the State: However this structural crisis was not the result of the changing functional requirements of changes in the labour process, but of the tendency for capital accumulation to take the form of the overaccumulation and uneven d ...
• "Aspects of the Post-Ricardian Literature"
  Interesting and thought-provoking passage from Samuel Hollander's Economics and Ideology: Aspects of the Post-Ricardian Literature (1979): It was Marx's position, as we have mentioned, that while the labor writers of the 1820s drew upon Ricardo's value theory to reach their conclusion regarding ...
• "Integrated Geographies"
  From Anthony Ince's Whither Anarchist Geography?:It has been said that anarchism combines a socialist critique of liberalism and a liberal critique of socialism. Its refusal to focus merely on "economics" or "freedom" or "culture," and so on, means that anarchism is inherently multifaceted and a ...
• Colbert on Atheists
  I enjoyed this passage from Stephen Colbert's I Am America (And So Can You!): AtheistsThese No-goodnik no-Godniks are growing in numbers and power in America. It makes me wonder how a God could exist Who'd allow people to piss me off so much.Luckily, a recent survey published in the American Soc ...

Media Co-Op

• Strength in Resistance: In Memory of Mariano A ...
  Night falls. Today was an important day.  Actions took place across Canada, in the U.S. and in Trinidad in solidarity and support of the Unis ...
• Unist'ot'en Solidarity Rally
   COAST SALISH TERRITORY - More than 100 supporters of the Unist'ot'en were on hand this afternoon outside the Apache Canada office in downtown Vancouver. There were plenty of Vancouver Police on hand as well, serving and protecting the corporate agenda. (More VMC coverage ...
• Statement by Laura Holland, Wet'suwet'en Natio ...
  My traditional name is Alunaye. My mother is Laksilyu, her mother is Laksilyu and her mother is Laksilyu and all our mothers before are Laksilyu women. I stand here before you today as a concerned mother and grandmother of my Nation and a ...
• Rob Ford's litany of misdeeds
  Conflict of interest only one offence among many The good ship Ford has hit a shoal. Yesterday, Toronto's controversial Mayor was found guilty of contravening the municipal Conf ...
• Duly Warned
  Investors in pipeline given letter on behalf of Unist'ot'en TORONTO - Dozens of people gathered outside the Toronto headquarters ...

David Seaton's News Links

• The American religious + economic right fractures
  David Seaton's News LinksLosing the election seems to have really shaken the American conservative movement deeply and the most significant long term effect, that I perceive, is watching some important, born again, wooly-evangelicals slowly morphing into what, in Europe, would be classified as C ...
• The wacky Petraeus tacky attack tactic
  With Gen Petraeus' public downfall, the American public can begin to grapple with why after 11 years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan "we haven't won anything", (Andrew) Bacevich says. The consequences of the myth of "the great heroic general" have been dire, he says. "It's an excuse to not think ...
• What Romney has taught the American left
  "The president was elected on the basis that he was not Romney and that Romney was a poopy-head." - Grover Norquist (ht:Doonesbury)Just for argument's sake let us accept that Romney was right and that 47% of Americans will always vote against the Republicans because, as "dependent" parasites, t ...
• Whew!
  At least the sinuous Romney isn't going to be president... At least the first African-American president gets to serve two terms... At least the Tea Party wont get to name any justices of the Supreme Court... and at least a hundred "at leasts" that we might not even imagine till they happened, b ...
• Dear God, will it ever end?
  Abbie has nailed it.... If anything defines the period we live in, it is the sight of a nation of over 300M people, with historically unsurpassed military and economic power in a state of sluggish political and social paralysis... and managing to make such a crisis, one so objectively earth ...

MoJo - Kevin Drum

• Inside the Conservative Bubble
  Bruce Bartlett has a piece in The American Conservative that tells the story of his excommunication from the conservative movement, and it's gotten a lot of attention on the left. I'm already familiar with the outlines of what happened, so I only now got around to reading his story. And it tur ...
• The Optimal Tax Plan is Also the Least Likely ...
  What would be the best thing to do with the Bush tax cuts? Letting them expire on December 31 is a bad idea because the economy is still in fragile shape and a big tax increase would probably send the U.S. back into recession. Extending them permanently is a bad idea because we need to raise m ...
• White House Supports Filibuster Reform
  This is not a big surprise, but today the White House announced its support for filibuster reform: "The President has said many times that the American people are demanding action," White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer said in a statement to The Huffington Post. "They want to se ...
• Social Security's Problems Are 20 Years Away, ...
  Matt Yglesias is unimpressed with Dick Durbin's proposal for a new commission to insure the long-term solvency of Social Security: If people want to waste their time on this, I don't have a huge objection to the idea of somewhat higher taxes and somewhat skimpier benefits, but I think it's ...
• Everyone Hates the Idea of Raising the Medicar ...
  One of the favorite entitlement-reforming proposals among both Republicans and Beltway centrists is raising the Social Security retirement age. It's a bad idea. Another favorite proposal is raising the Medicare eligibility age. This is also a bad idea, though for different reasons. But it's m ...

Insanity Report

• IC 362: Big Endians vs Little Endians
  Topics: Jesus is Master Chief What We’re thankful for More Black Friday Bullshit the Great BBQ Debate Your Preference != The Only Way Grits are nasty Elmo Getting Skinny on Food Stamps Chris Christie is Fat Share with your friends:
• IC 361: God is Chris Brown
  Topics: Door-to-Door Jesus Salesmen God doesn’t care about your problem God is Chris Brown, You are Rihanna Why Christmas seems to come so early Black Friday Star Wars Episode 7 Twinkies gone Republicans lack empathy & just don’t get it Your dick is an asshole what you have to s ...
• IC 360: Fox News Tears
  Topics: Run for Your Lives Drunk White Girls Drunk Black People vs Drunk White People Taking things out of context Our political system balances out Fox News Tears Black Republicans are full of shit Papa Johns vs Obamacare Share with your friends:
• IC 359: Drunkish
  Topics: Kev gets White Boy Wasted Kriss & Rodimus decipher Kev’s drunk tweets Can’t wait for the election to be over “I don’t see color” Covering the election like sports The world won’t end on November 7th Jamie Foxx as Electro George Lucas sells LucasFi ...
• IC 358: The Awesomeness of White Privilege
  Topics: Overboard doomsday storm prepping the DMV’s reaction to natural storms Black people react to Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone We just don’t care enough Apparently America isn’t post racial after all White privilege is awesome Joss Whedon for Romney Phenom & Kriss as reve ...

Simple Climate

• Carbon conundrum could push firmer emission action
  Climate models might be wrong in assuming plants and soil will absorb more CO2 as the world warms, meaning that more aggressive action might be needed to keep climate change at ‘safe levels’, finds Paul Higgins from the American Meteorological Society
• Australians overestimate climate change rejection
  Actual opinions on climate change in Australia are very different from what people estimate, thanks mainly to our tendency to think more people agree with us than really do, but possibly also to how the issue has been debated, shows a survey run by Zoe Leviston from CSIRO.
• Monsoon instability raises food questions for ...
  An unstable balance between dry and wet monsoon rain seasons could become important for farming in South Asia as the world warms into the 22nd century, find Jacob Schewe and Anders Levermann from Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
• Butterfly effect limits climate models
  Tiny changes in climate simulations otherwise held constant can lead to a wide range of outcomes, Clara Deser from the US National Center for Atmospheric Research and her team find, showing uncertainty we can’t eliminate.
• Climate provides weak power to predict African ...
  Though there is a modest link between conflict and rainfall and temperature changes, this has been overplayed in political discussions, according to a detailed analysis by John O’Loughlin from the University of Colorado, Boulder and his team-mates.

e!Science News

• New study shows how climate change could affec ...
  The fog comes in, and a drop of water forms on a pine needle, rolls down the needle, and falls to the forest floor. The process is repeated over and over, on each pine needle of every tree in a forest of Bishop pines on Santa Cruz Island, off the coast of Santa Barbara. That fog drip helps the e ...
• 4 is the 'magic' number
  According to psychological lore, when it comes to items of information the mind can cope with before confusion sets in, the "magic" number is seven. read more
• WSU researchers use 3-D printer to make parts ...
  Imagine landing on the moon or Mars, putting rocks through a 3-D printer and making something useful -- like a needed wrench or replacement part. read more
• Graphite experiment shines new light on giant ...
  An international team led by researchers from the University of Warwick and Oxford University is now dealing with unexpected results of an experiment with strongly heated graphite (up to 17,000 Kelvin). The findings may pose a new problem for physicists working in laser-driven nuclear fusion and ...
• Sea-levels rising faster than IPCC projections
  Sea levels are rising 60 per cent faster than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) central projections, new research suggests. read more

unEarthed

• Resident Orcas Attacked By Anti-Environment Group
  Earthjustice will act to protect them L87, a southern resident orca, breaches at sunset with Whidbey Island and Mt. Baker in the background.  (Susan Berta / Orca Network) ...
• Tr-Ash Talk: Legislating Disaster
  Lawmakers are leading nation to environmental cliff More than a hundred million gallons of coal ash slurry were released when a coal ash dam failed, flooding Buffalo Creek Valley in West Vi ...
• The Shiny Scary Truth About Chromium
  Cancer-causing chemical threatens lungs of many Chromium plating facilities emit high levels of the carcinogen into local communities.  (Neal Sanche) Chr ...
• Your Lungs Will Thank Us
  Clean air champions go to court on "fracking" and other drilling air rules Heavy smoke caused by flaring operations at natural gas well located on state land near Pinedale, WY. &n ...
• Climate Change Re-elected As Political Issue
  It's back on Obama's agenda, along with "all of the above" President Obama, on election night.  (Christopher Dilts) Life doesn’ ...

Brave New Climate

• Energy White Paper is hazy on future vision fo ...
  The Energy White Paper 2012 (EWP2012), released by the Australian Government last week, seeks to map out a strategic policy framework for future energy supply. One of the major goals of EWP2012 is to provide a “clear vision” of how Australia should set about the long-term task of decarbonising o ...
• CSIRO Energy Future 2050 tool
  CSIRO eFuture have built a new tool for exploring scenarios of Australia’s electricity future. It gives great flexibility to ‘build your own future’ and is a wonderful point of reference for debates on clean energy pathways from today through to 2050. It’s based, among ot ...
• Objective analysis of nuclear and wind-solar o ...
  I’ve never asked the BNC community for any financial contribution. There’s no tip jar on the site; indeed I happily fund the website costs out of my pocket and give my time freely, because I think it’s a worthwhile pursuit. But now, I’d like to ask you to give a little, t ...
• The Case for Near-term Commercial Demonstratio ...
  I’m currently in Dubai at the 2012 World Energy Forum, as part of a delegation from the Science Council for Global Initiatives. Tomorrow (24 Oct) we will run symposium on “New Nuclear”, which will be chaired by Tom Blees and feature talks from Dr Eric Loewen (GE), Dr Alexander ...
• Is Japan’s nuclear-free pathway an envir ...
  Below is an essay I co-wrote with one of my current Ph.D. students, Sanghuyn Hong. In it, we take a critical look at the current national energy policy of Japan, and highlight the unfortunate implications of a strategy that preferences fossil fuels over nuclear energy. San, in the first year of ...

Indigenist Opinion

• The Best Sources for Real Estate Listings
  Posting your home into some credible Real Estate Listings are the best way you can do if you want to sell your property right away. It is not expensive either to do real estate listing. Most of home sellers nowadays have got their property listed for a very minimal amount, and most of these sell ...
• House Hopping
  House Hopping Adolescent years are a challenge. For everyone involved. Young individuals searching, yearning for their independence though not yet prepared to manage the cost/benefit scales of life. Crazed parents hurt by their child's sudden rebuttals and scared by both their loss of control ...
• Buying Property
  Buying Property In buying property, you need to know on the things on what you want to do in on your property. It also means that anything you want to wish to have in your property. It can be like a beautiful view in which you can view the sea or the city or an urbanized area. Well, people do ...
• IRA Real Estate Investments: Real Estate Investing
  IRA Real Estate Investments: Real Estate Investing Aӏmоѕt еνегуtһіng іn tһе world today wіӏӏ nеνег ӏаѕt аnԁ tһаt іѕ а fact. Obviously, tһіngѕ ѕһоυӏԁ change nо matter wһаt еνеn wіtһ tһе assets уоυ аге tгуіng tо invest іn уоυг IRA. If уоυ аге іn tһе field оf investing, уоυ wіӏӏ аn idea tһаt IR ...
• Real Estate Investing Myths
  Real Estate Investing Myths Myth #1 - Real estate investing requires money to invest. Yes, money is required for you to invest in real estate. It just does not have to be your own. Some of the options that are available are co-ownership, financing from moneylenders and the seller financing t ...

Republicans are a Disease

• Today We Honor All Veterans
  No trashing Republicans today. Some of them may be Republicans, and for one day I can go easy on them out of respect for their service.
• Tax Debate Time – Fiscal Cliff – T ...
  Just remember to start all conversations with the fact that the richest 200 families in America have more wealth than 50% of Americans combined. The Republicans will fight tooth and nail to keep these wealthy folks from being taxed more, even though they make most of the money, and own almost ev ...
• Get The Tar And Feathers
  If anyone sees Grover, grab him. It is tar and feather time. America’s wealthy have so much money, they could pay a little (or lot) more in taxes. Sorry Grover. We could balance the budget without cutting one single program that helps struggling Americans. We could tax America’s weal ...
• Pshewwwwww
  Great night for Dems. Now for the house in 2014.
• Any Mother Fucker That Votes For Any Republica ...
  I call Republicans Mother Fuckers because they support policies that fuck their mothers, and their fathers, and their children, workers, and all Americans that are not wealthy. After watching all the voter suppression it is amazing some patriotic American doesn’t make things right and give ...

Appalachia Rising

• Donate to Appalachia Rising Legal Defense!
  Donate to Appalachia Rising Legal Defense On June 5th, 22 Appalachians were arrested in Washington DC, refusing to leave the offices of their Congresspeople until their representatives committed to taking steps toward ending mountaintop removal. You supported these men and … Continue readi ...
• Judge Says Quaker Pro-Mountain Demonstrators & ...
  PHILADELPHIA – Two Quakers, Vint Deming (78) and Gail Newbold (62), were found guilty on Thursday of Defiant Trespass and Conspiracy to Commit Trespass following their arrest and trial for a nonviolent religious witness at PNC Bank’s Center City headquarters … Continue reading →
• Donations Needed for Legal Support of 22 Arrested
  All 22 Mountain Heroes are out of jail as of late night on Wednesday. However, they will all be making a return trip to Washington DC in July for a court hearing. This trip will be expensive, as well as … Continue reading →
• Shaving Their Heads in Mourning and Protest
  On Memorial Day, nearly 20 people shaved their heads in mourning and protest of mountaintop removal. Today, 5 more people joined them. 1. Shaving their heads in an act of mourning and protest of mountaintop removal., 2. Shaving their heads … Continue reading →
• Video from Rep. Griffith (R-VA) Congressional ...
  West Virginian’s singing “Country Roads Take Me Home” as the police escort them out of Rep. Rahall’s office.

Amped Status

• ‘Another World Is Happening’ &#821 ...
  Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, interviews David DeGraw about the birth and evolution of Occupy Wall Street on its one year anniversary: "This is about empowering a new generation to be leaders, to be engaged.... We have millions of people engaged in creating change that were not engaged an ...
• As the 99% Movement Evolves, It’s Time t ...
  By David DeGraw “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” – Bob Dylan For those of us in the 99% Movement who started organizing Occupy in the spring of 2011, Flag Day June 14th marks the one-year anniversary since we first gathered in Zuccotti Park and 22 other loc ...
• The Evolution of the Butterfly
  Renowned cellular biologist, Dr. Bruce Lipton narrates the process of a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly over a milieu of imagery in "The Evolution of the Butterfly". The film combines first hand footage from the Occupy Wall Street movement with stylized portraits of the recent eco ...
• After Being Beaten and Arrested Several Times, ...
  This is Daniel Murphy @ Union Square on March 22nd:
• Fault Lines: History of an Occupation

+972

• What Palestinian statehood means for ICC juris ...
  The Palestinian bid for statehood at the UN has Israel especially worried about one implication from the move – Israeli conduct on Palestinian territory becoming subject to the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court. By Noam Wiener Tomorrow is November 29, a day that in my childh ...
• Why do Israeli pollsters, media ignore the Pal ...
  Underneath a new Knesset election poll published today by Haaretz, there was a surprising disclaimer: “due to lack of time, the Arab parties weren’t surveyed.” The reference is to the three non-Zionist and mostly Palestinian Knesset parties: Ra’am-Ta’al, Balad and H ...
• Livni’s comeback could be the last chance to t ...
  It’s an extreme long shot. Probably impossible. But Tzipi Livni’s comeback may be the only way left to change the balance between the blocs, especially if  she and Labor’s Shelly Yachimovich distance themselves from each other A few thoughts on Tzipi Livni’s comeback, announced yeste ...
• Israel’s Transportation Ministry mulling ...
  Bus lines created exclusively for Palestinians is another step in the fortification of the de facto system of segregation imposed by the Israeli government between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean.  Thousands of Palestinians travel from the West Bank to work in Israel every day using Israe ...
• The Likud presents: The craziest, most radical ...
  Knesset members behind attacks on the left, Arabs and asylum seekers won the day at the Likud primaries. All moderates but one were pushed down the list, and probably won’t serve in the next Knesset. The Likud, Israel’s ruling party the last four years, and the one expected to win th ...

Sustainability,water,etc - Oz gov't

• Independent Expert Scientific Committee to adv ...
  Environment Minister, Tony Burke, today announced the membership of the new Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development.
• New floodplain projects to bring boost for riv ...
  The Murray's mighty river red gums and native fish populations will be rejuvenated under a major new environmental infrastructure program.
• Indigenous grants program supports sustainable ...
  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and groups involved in the sustainable use of dugong, turtle and marine resources have been invited to apply for a range of grants.
• Gillard Government delivers historic water reform
  After more than 100 years of disagreement, the Gillard Government will today present a final Murray Darling Basin Plan.
• Super trawler banned while expert assessment i ...
  The super trawler FV Abel Tasman, (formerly FV Margiris), will not be able to operate in Australia's Small Pelagic Fishery following a decision by the Australian Government to prohibit large mid-water trawl freezer vessels from operating in this fishery under national environment law.

Matt Weidner Blog

• HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL Bank of America Deposition ...
  Huh?  What’s that you say? I dunno. Which way did he go? What do you mean “does”? And when you say “me”…do you mean “you” or “me”? Oh, the wicked games we weave when we’re all so practice to deceive…. SEE MORE HERE   &# ...
• Florida Bar Journal- Morgtgage Notes Are NOT N ...
  From Tom Ice: Contemporary negotiable instruments law developed hundreds of years ago, before every important institution of the modern financial world: incorporated banks, business corporations, developed capital markets, global monetary systems, electronic transfers, and even paper currency.1 ...
• VIDEO- The Lorraine Brown/LPS/Docx, LLC Indict ...
    THE LPS VIDEO Scridb filter
• Attorney General (of course not florida attorn ...
    LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette today announced he charged Lorraine Brown, former president of mortgage document processor DocX, with racketeering for her alleged role in authorizing the fraudulent signing of mortgage documents filed in Michigan.  The felony charge comes ...
• Law Review Article: Lost Notes, Fraud in Mortg ...
  Okay, that’s not exactly the headline, but it should be…. In this article, I survey the state of the mortgage loan transfer system, the legal rules that govern it, and the widening gap between those rules and the practices in the secondary mortgage market just prior to the 2008 crisi ...

abelard - news

• the myth of islamic tolerance in al-andalus | ...
  Spain under Islamic conquest was not the cosy partnership between Muslims and Christians as now commonly believed.
• freedom of religion, 1220 | behaviour and inte ...
  Clearly, being a Christin missionary in an Islamic land was equivalent to sedition - severely not on.
• the classification jerseys for the 2013 giro | ...
  Much more romantic reasons behind the Giro d'Italia next year than the French - like Italy and Italians!
• multiculturalism generates foolish factionalis ...
  Compulsory affirmative action encourages those compelled to dig in their heels, making differences worse not better.
• leveson, gove, boris and press freedom | polit ...
  Sharp Conservative politicians rail against socialist curbs on liberty - this time on freedom of expression.

The Parallel Parliament

• Citizenship As A Contact Sport
  Joseph Priestley, a keen observer of the modern condition, noted recently that, “The more elaborate our means of communication, the …Continue reading »
• Dignitas, Gravitas, Veritas
  General Romeo Dallaire was in town last week to deliver the Claude and Elaine Pensa Lecture on Human Rights at …Continue reading »
• A Time For “Honest Abes”
  Jane and I came out of the movie “Lincoln” deeply moved. I had written a book on perhaps America’s favourite …Continue reading »
• Call of Duty
  It had been a good session – lots of talk and ideas about the need for a renewed sense of …Continue reading »
• Negatives and Positives
  Illustration by Jane Roy There are those in London – the city I live in – who say that we …Continue reading »

Vaccine Awakening

• Under Attack, NVIC Helps Americans Stand Up & ...
  Posted: 11/20/2012 by Barbara Loe Fisher In 2013, the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) enters our fourth decade of preventing vaccine injuries and deaths through public education and defending the legal right to make voluntary vaccination decisions in America.[1] Each year du ...
• Influenza Deaths: The Hype vs. The Evidence
  Posted: 10/3/2012 By Barbara Loe FisherIt's that time of the year again when drug companies, doctors, government officials and media conduct a national advertising campaign to sell flu shots to every American.1, 2, 3 You can't pass by a pharmacy,4enter a supermarket,5  ...
• Turning Vaccine Exemptions Into Class Warfare
  Posted 9/14/2012  by Barbara Loe Fisher   It is getting uglier and uglier out there, as angry, frustrated doctors inside and outside of government work overtime to foster fear and hatred of parents making conscious vaccine choices for their children. The latest political dirty tri ...
• Find A Compassionate Doctor To Help You Preven ...
  August 28, 2012 by Barbara Loe Fisher Ever since the first vaccines – smallpox and rabies vaccines - one of the most serious complications of vaccination has been brain inflammation.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Brain inflammation can cause convulsions, also known as seizures.[8] Continuing seizures can ...
• Doctors Slam Parents for Vaccine Choices & FDA ...
  Posted: 6/26/2012 by Barbara Loe Fisher On June 13, 2012, a study conducted by government health employees working at the Oregon Health Authority and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) was published in Pediatrics, a medical journal owned by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).[1 ...

2020 Science

• The science of VidCon – Connecting with Scienc ...
  Where I cover science at this year’s VidCon YouTube convention, take a look at science and engineering more broadly on YouTube, and suggest that for next year’s VidCon the organizers should bring together some of the leading science projects on YouTube with grass-roots science-advoca ...
• Frying your brains on information overload: Ol ...
  Living online is changing our brains – at least according to Baroness Greenfield in an interview posted today by New Scientist. Leaving aside questions over the extent to which Greenfield’s concerns are driven by misapprehension or plausibility, the interview put me in mind of a rath ...
• Would You Lick Jam Off An Old Man’s Foot? and ...
  Would You Lick Jam Off An Old Man’s Foot Or Drink Toilet Water For An Hour? Can you explain how gravitons can escape a black hole?  Or do you have a good answer to the question “why are people annoying?” This is just a sampling of some of the more entertaining and challenging questio ...
• What was worrying us about nanotechnology safe ...
  In 2004, the first International Symposium on Occupational Health Implications of Nanomaterials was held in Buxton in the UK.  Seven years later, I’m preparing for a discussion panel at the fifth meeting in this very successful community-led series (being held this week in Boston MA), and ...
• Want to know about teens and social media from ...
  If you are a teen who uses YouTube (or know of one – maybe even your own teenager), please think seriously about posting a response to this video: (You can also watch it directly on YouTube here). Over on the Risk Science Blog, I’ve just posted a piece about Baroness Susan Greenfield ...

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War Resisters League

• منظمة مقوامة الحروب الامريكية تمنح للقيادية ال ...
  للنشر الفوري 11-26-2012   للاتصال: ali@warresisters.org علي عيسى – في نيو يورك 718-310-9968  اسماء محمد – في سويس, مصر012-680-9980 منظمة مقوامة الحروب الامريكية تمنح للقيادية العمالية, اسماء محمد محمد, التي قالت لا للغاز المسيل للدموع, جائزة سلام كان رفضها لتمرير … Continue reading →
• Egyptian Revolutionary Labor Leader, Asma Moha ...
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 26th, 2012 Contact:         Ali Issa, 718.310.9968, ali@warresisters .org, New York City, U.S.A. Asma Mohammed, 012-680-9980 – Suez, Egypt Egyptian Revolutionary Labor Leader, Asma Mohammed, Who Said No to Tear Gas, to be honored with War Resisters … Continue ...
• Celebrations, Resistance, and Us
  by Matt Meyer This week, a project six years in the making – and which many of us hope will have a significant positive impact on US movements for social change – finally shot off the presses. We Have Not … Continue reading →
• A.J. Muste Peace Mural Dedication
  By Sachio Ko-yin*One Painter. One pacifist folk hero. And location location location.These were among the ingredients of a remarkable gathering on Thursday, August 9, the unveiling and dedication of the A.J. Muste Peace Mural by artist Christopher Cardinale.The subject of the … Continue re ...
• The Québec Strike Continues and Defense Techno ...
  “On the fourth of May 2012, in Victoriaville, Québec during the congress of the corrupted Liberal party of Jean Charest, several dozens of gas bombs were thrown on families, activists, old people, and students that were protesting against high tuition … Continue reading →

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.

k2p blog

• Stapel fraud report blames lack of critical sc ...
  The final report into how Diedrik Stapel, a Dutch university professor was able to fake research data for years blames the absence of a critical scientific culture at academic institutions.
• Modern English derives from Scandinavian rathe ...
  English is in reality a language belonging to the Northern Germanic language group which includes Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic and Faroese rather than deriving from Old English where Old English, in turn, was derived from the West Germanic language group brought into Britain by the An ...
• Sasquatch (“Bigfoot”) DNA study ha ...
  The Bigfoot legend is getting genetic wings. A team of scientists are claiming that their DNA study of purported Bigfoot samples confirms the existence of a novel human-primate hybrid species. But where the samples being tested came from and how they were "prepared" remains a mystery.
• Was European colonialism the force that spread ...
  European colonialism was the key driver in establishing democratic systems of government around the world. Only states which had strong established political structures managed to resist both colonial rule and the establishment of democratic European institutions. But, Is a state a democracy if ...
• Humans may have started selective breeding 50- ...
  It is not implausible that the first exercise of artificial selection is connected with the domestication of the dog and happened 50- 60,000 years ago.

Left Foot Forward

• Analysis: The nature of power in Egypt
  As Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi moves to grant himself broad powers over the judiciary, Quilliam's Maajid Nawaz poses serious questions of his motives.
• Cameron’s PMQs Work Programme claims don ...
  Ed Miliband reiterated his claim the Work Programme had a success rate of just 2% at Prime Minsiter's Questions today - a figure dismissed by David Cameron.
• Watch: “At each other like rats in a sac ...
  Watch today's PMQs: Ed Miliband and David Cameron clashed over the Work Programme, jobs and the economy at today's Prime Minister's Questions.
• Banners and brollies: The fight to save Lewish ...
  Jos Bell reports on the march to save Lewisham Hospital and writes about what is next for the movement.
• Hague: UK will back Palestine UN vote if Abbas ...
  The UK will back Palestine's bid for non-member status at the United Nations tomorrow if Palestinian leaders agree to re-enter peace talks with Israel.

Consumerist

• JCPenney Was Fastest To Answer Customer Calls ...
  With Black Friday weekend being the busiest shopping spurt of the year, it’s also the time when customers call up retailers to complain or ask questions. But a new survey of 25 top retailers shows that consumers waited anywhere from 22 seconds to 12 minutes just to speak to customer servic ...
• Restaurant Tells Off Displeased Customer On Fa ...
  If there’s one thing we know about running a restaurant (which is really not much), we know it’s probably not going to turn out well when you attack a displeased customer via social media, even if they hit first. A Boston restaurant dealt with a woman who posted on its Facebook page ...
• EPA: U.S. Government Temporarily Suspends BP F ...
  It seems BP isn’t done being punished for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, even after being hit with a record fine for the incident just recently. The United States government will be withholding new contracts from the British company, along with from its affiliates, because of cri ...
• Adobe’s Own ‘Proof Of Purchase&#82 ...
  Hal has misplaced the serial numbers on copy of Adobe Elements. No big deal–while he hadn’t registered the copy of Premiere online with Adobe, he had saved the proof of purchase from the original box. That isn’t good enough for Adobe. No, even though those cardboard bits actual ...
• Is Every UPS Driver In My State Afraid Of Me?
  George’s problem isn’t with UPS as a whole, really. As far as he knows, they’re getting his packages to his nearest distribution center quickly and safely. The problem is with the next step in the process: the part where the driver brings the package to his home. Maybe all of h ...

Whistleblogger - GAP

• President Obama Signs WPEA: Daily Whistleblowe ...
  Associated Press: President Signs Whistleblower Bill to Protect Federal Workers Who Expose Fraud, Waste Summary: Yesterday, President Obama signed the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA) into law. GAP has been fighting for these stronger whistleblower protections for the better par ...
• President Signs Whistleblower Protection Enhan ...
  After 13 Year Campaign, Federal Workers Get Long-Overdue Upgrades (Washington, DC) – The Government Accountability Project (GAP) is praising President Obama's signing of S. 743, the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA), into law earlier today. The legislation provides millions of fed ...
• Bradley Manning to Speak at Pre-Trial Hearing ...
  The Guardian (UK): Bradley Manning to Speak for First Time Since Arrest in Pre-Trial Testimony Summary: Bradley Manning – the soldier accused for giving classified information to WikiLeaks – will speak publicly for the first time since he was arrested in 2010. He is scheduled to testify at his ...
• White House "Insider Threat" Memo Will Silence ...
  Last week, the White House issued a little noticed memorandum on "insider threats" instructing a taskforce to conjure up programs that will . . . promote the development of effective insider threat programs within departments and agencies to deter, detect, and mitigate actions by empl ...
• A Thanksgiving Message to Whistleblowers: Of A ...
  This year the whistleblower community has something special to be thankful for – the House and Senate’s unanimous approval of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA). After a 13-year campaign, federal whistleblowers will now have a fighting chance when depending on free speech rights ...

UK Progressive

• Do Nation’s Have Right to Exist?
  by Kyle Scott We often take it as an uncontested claim that nations have a right to exist. Unfortunately, the only time this claim is contested is when it’s too late to deliberate about the matter because the violence has started. In the current conflict between Israel and Hamas the question of ...
• Greenland’s Ice = 23 Ft. of Sea Water
  by Robert Hunziker Greenland is the world’s largest island at 2,130,800 sq. km. or 1,323,227 sq. miles. It is nearly ten times larger than Japan, and it is ten times Great Britain. Compared to the U.S.’s largest states, Alaska at 633,267 sq. miles and Texas at 268,580 sq. miles, Greenland is eno ...
• Reclaim Obamacare, Republicans!
  by Tina Dupuy “If elected, I will repeal Obamacare on day one,” promised the grandfather of Obamacare, Mitt Romney. Of course, he wasn’t elected. There will be no Day One for Romney; no un-signing spectacle moments after a decaffeinated virgin daiquiri Inauguration. Romney lost the election. He ...
• Why is the White House’s Council of Economic A ...
  by Robert Reich Why is the White House trying to scare average people about the consequences of the “fiscal cliff?” If the President’s strategy is to hold his ground and demand from Republicans tax increases on the wealthy, presumably his strongest bargaining position would be to allow the Bush ...
• Why You Shouldn’t Have Shopped at Walmart on F ...
  by Robert Reich A half century ago America’s largest private-sector employer was General Motors, whose full-time workers earned an average hourly wage of around $50, in today’s dollars, including health and pension benefits. Today, America’s largest employer is Walmart, whose average employee ea ...

NewsAlert

• Ron Paul’s exit interview with The Washington Post
  The Washington Post
• Fitch affirms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's 'AA ...
  Reuters reports on America's homegrown fascist economic movement.
• Obama Operative With A Byline Ezra Klein: Grov ...
  The Washington Post
• Obama’s 2009 stimulus chief says taxes and rul ...
  The Washington Examiner
• Senator Vows to Block Any Clinton Successor
  The Wall Street Journal

JoNova

• Is your snout in the trough yet?
  While cancer patients will have to pay more or wait longer for treatment, the Department To Fix The Weather handed out nearly 1 billion dollars in 2010-2011 to “educate” people about energy efficiency and the benefits of government policies. Is this advertising by any other name? Ins ...
• Tim Flannery – baseload is just a &#8220 ...
  How is this for a scary thought? Tim Flannery says renewables will run the economy: “What we can now see is the emerging inevitability that renewables are going to be running the economy…” And I say: Prepare for economic armageddon. Picture an Australia where we all have jobs & ...
• The message from boreholes
  There have been suggestions that Jo Nova might be trying to hide or ignore the most recent boreholes graph from Huang et al. So here it is. This is the last 2,000 years according to 6000 boreholes, with the last 100 years also using the “instrumental record” which gives us that hocke ...
• BREAKING: Skeptics equated to pedophiles &#821 ...
  Hat tip to Graham Young editor of Online Opinion. “That is worse than anything Alan Jones said. ” Follow Graham Young on twitter. A bad-taste joke by Alan Jones in October created a national storm. These comments in the “science” show were supposedly considered, delibera ...
• Doha barely begun, and Crikey, someone makes s ...
  From the Australian report on Doha (coming up next week) Firstly — there is the usual nonsense, the must-have-caveats, the litany, that allows a brave journalist to write something that’s pretty obvious, but political incorrect. So first we-the-reader apparently needs to know (again) ...

ReNew America

• Obamacare, the Supremes, Dickens, and the bumb ...
  (Wes Vernon, RA analyst) - No less a power than the highest court in the land has stumbled into the ultimate definition of Obamacare, and in the process has finally exposed the decades-long downslide of the political class's standards for honesty. It is up to us to try to reverse that...
• From preserving liberty to destroying it
  (Alan Keyes) - When the U.S. Supreme Court announced its Obamacare decision, many conservatives professed to be shocked, even stunned, to hear that G.W. Bush appointee John Roberts wrote the decision in which he and the Supreme Court's anti-constitutional leftists upheld the individual mandate p ...
• Building the free-market case against big business
  (Timothy P. Carney) - The most dangerous enemies of capitalism today are capitalists. This is becoming clearer every day to people committed to free markets. The conservative and libertarian grassroots came to deeply distrust big business after the Wall Street bailouts and Obama's stimulus and h ...
• New hope for life worldwide
  (Janice Shaw Crouse) - During discouraging times, pro-lifers remind themselves that William Wilberforce worked for two decades before he began to change hearts and minds and end 19th-century slavery in Great Britain. In efforts lasting twice as long, pro-life activists are just now beginning to ...
• Formal complaint seeks disbarment of Eric Hold ...
  (Daily Caller) - Attorney General Eric Holder could lose his license to practice law in the District of Columbia, or face some other penalty from the D.C. Bar, now that he has been found in criminal and civil contempt of Congress...

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2012 Blog

• Illuminati Infographic
  If you have been following this blog, you’ll know that I am not an “everything plus the kitchen sink” conspiracy theorist. I pick and choose. As a quick example, I think crop circles are made by the military, I am a global warming denialist, the moon landings could have been a ...
• Rob on The Project Tonight – Australian TV
  The Project, on Channel 10, have a feature story tonight about 2012, and they have interviewed myself and Dr Karl presenting the science, a pair of 2012 Forum members who met on the forum (changing their lives) and some New Age nut jobs as well. For those not in Australia, it will be view-able f ...
• These all began circa 3114 BC
  Many, many people have tried to work out why the ancient Mayan Long Count calendar ends in 2012. Relatively few people have investigated why it began in 3114 BC. This date is long before the existence of the Maya, and even the Olmec. So what sorts of things were happening around the date of 3114 ...
• Nov 28: Lunar Eclipse and Possible MegaQuake
  This is the closest date for an eclipse to the end of the Mayan calendar. And according to my research, lunar eclipses (and a day or so either side) have double the odds of a major earthquake compared to the average. While most earthquake experts will tell you a megaquake of 10+ cannot happen, I ...
• Yet Another Report: U.S. Power Grid At Risk
  I’ve reported in the past about how vulnerable power grids are – that they could be down for months if a massive solar storm strikes. This isn’t just conspiracy theory or pseudo science. The information has come from reports funded by U.S. government agencies, including NASA. ...

Facing South

• Giving Tuesday: Support a voice for a better S ...
  Giving Tuesday is your chance to support fearless media and a voice for a better South. read more
• Indian Santa: Garnering support for the United ...
  The producer of a lighthearted documentary film about a Houma Indian Christmas tradition hopes it will draw attention to the Louisiana tribe's struggle for federal recognition, which has become especially critical in the aftermath of the BP disaster. read more
• 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

One News Page

• Obama says hopes for deficit deal by Christmas
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he hoped to reach an agreement with Congress before Christmas to avoid the looming 'fiscal cliff' and shrink the budget deficit, and ramped up efforts to rally the public to press Republicans for action. Obama encouraged Americans . ...
• Egypt’s Mursi to address nation on Thursday – ...
  CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's President Mohammed Mursi will address the nation on Thursday on a decree he issued last week and the street protests that erupted afterwards, a presidential source told Reuters on Wednesday. Reported by Firstpost 1 hour ago
• Strong European support for Palestinian stateh ...
  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A Palestinian bid for indirect U.N. recognition of statehood received vows of support from more than a dozen European nations as of Wednesday, and diplomats said this backing may deter Israel from harsh retaliation against the Palestinian Authority for seeking ... Rep ...
• Going global: Mahindra races for Aston Martin
  MUMBAI (Reuters) - Sports car maker Aston Martin may look like a shiny trophy that makes an awkward fit for Mahindra and Mahindra ( MAHM.NS ), the world's biggest tractor maker, but it would help the Indian group realise a long-standing ambition to be a global player. Reported by Firstpost 3 ho ...
• Railways’ institute to impart accounting training
  Railways is going to set up its own training institute for imparting training and improving finance and accounting skills among its officials. Reported by IndiaTimes 3 hours ago

Global Research TV

• Arafat's Body Exhumed and Checked for Poison
• Lisbon On Strike: Fighting Back Against Austerity
• Humanitarian Interventions: Reframing the War ...
• Tears of Gaza: The Brutal Truth of Modern War
• Cast Lead 2.0: Gaza is World's Largest Open Prison

Daily Tech

• Microsoft: We Will Fix Windows Phone Reboots W ...
  Hopefully other issues will be tidily wrapped up as well
• Windows 8 Beats Windows 7, Sets New Sales Record
  Windows 8 is the next Windows ME? The sales numbers suggest that accusation is malarkey
• HP to Autonomy's ex-CEO Lynch: Have Your Say i ...
  HP is not moved by Dr. Lynch's "open letter"
• 11/28/2012 Daily Hardware Reviews
  DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Wednesday
• Grand Theft Auto Franchise Reaches 125 Million ...
  GTA IV reportedly accounts for 25 million of the total games shipped

Oriental Review

• French Colonisers Have Not Accepted The Loss O ...
  A photograph taken in 1941, when Syria was still under the rule of French colonisers, has recently been circulating on social networking sites. In the worn black and white photograph, French General Georges Catroux is walking next to an elderly man with cunning eyes, Nur-Eddin al-Khatib. More th ...
• Libyan Scenario for Syria
  In September the Times published an article saying the largest shipload of arms destined for Free Syrian Army came to Turkey from Libya. It stated there were 400 tons of weapons, including an unspecified number of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, grenade launchers and other arms aboard a L ...
• Anglo-Saxon Troops Should Leave Afghanistan
  Negotiations began last week in Kabul between Afghanistan and the USA on a security agreement regarding the terms for the presence of American troops in the country following the official withdraw of the foreign contingent in 2014. Evidently, the peacekeeper’s Nobel Laurels already played ...
• The American Gulag Emerging Today
  An interesting paper was recently published on «Democracy in America today», and it commented in particular, on an aspect of the American prison system. It mentioned the so-called «commercial prisons»: «In the U.S. this is a thriving» business, which operates using prison labor. One in 10 prison ...
• The Assads: Washington’s One-Time Favorite Fam ...
  Archived declassified files from the Central Intelligence Agency point to successive U.S. administrations supporting Syria’s long-serving President Hafez al-Assad, the father of current President Bashar al-Assad, as a bulwark against Arab radicals. Israel also recognized Hafez al-Assad as the “m ...

BlogHer

• There Is No Fiscal Cliff
  [Editor's Note: Are you tired of hearing the term "fiscal cliff"? Or are you unsure what it even is, except that is sounds really scary? Well, Joanne Bamberger says there is no such thing as a fiscal cliff, just a series of Bush-era tax cuts that will soon expire. What she thinks is more dangero ...
• Jessica Simpson Pregnant Again Just Seven Mont ...
  [Editor's Note: Jill from Baby Rabies always gets my blood pumping, and her reaction to news of Jessica Simpson's second pregnancy is no exception. I'm with Jill all the way -- "Live your life, Jessica!" What do you think? --Morgan]Credit Image: © Jonathan Green/Globe Photos/ZUMAPRESS.comSo Jess ...
• Stop Trying to Sell Me Stuff
  Dear Mouthy Housewives, There's a mom in my neighborhood who won't stop sending me emails about her latest business venture. First she was a "movie producer" and was sending unsolicited updates about her projects, then she became a spa party hostess and kept inviting me to her events and now I ...
• If You Fail to Plan a Party, You Plan to Fail
  This year was the first time we've hosted Thanksgiving. We seated 12, which is the absolute top capacity we can accommodate in our dining room without going double-decker. Moreover, we did this just three days after returning from a week in Mexico.We entertain pretty frequently, whether it's a c ...
• Perfect Pairing For Your Bunch: Apple and Rose ...
  Recently, on a gorgeous fall day, my family and I took a trip to a local orchard to pick apples. We had so much fun taking a hayride to the back of the property, then hopping off at the destination to start scouting out the apple variety that we wanted to pick. Well, we got a little caught up ...

Health Freedom Alliance

• A Dose of ‘Good’ Bacteria Could He ...
  Some chronic sinus problems may be caused by a depletion of “good” bacteria and the presence of “bad” bacteria in the sinuses, a new study says. The findings suggest adding back some of these good bacteria ...
• 5 Health Problems Linked to Energy Drinks
  Concerns over the potentially harmful effects of energy drinks, especially when they’re combined with alcohol, have been growing in recent years. A story in the New York Times today (Nov. 15) added to that concern, noting that the ...
• Big Rise in Diabetes, Especially Down South
  A breakdown of U.S. diabetes cases shows dramatic increases in the number of people diagnosed with diabetes overall between 1995 and 2010, with especially sharp increases among people in the South and in Appalachian states. According ...
• Food Sickens Millions as Company-Paid Checks F ...
  William Beach loved cantaloupe — so much so that starting in June last year he ate it almost every day. By August, the 87-year-old retired tractor mechanic from Mustang, Oklahoma, was complaining to his family ...
• F.D.A. Finds Safety Problems at Company Supply ...
  A federal inspection has turned up a long list of unsanitary conditions and unsafe practices at Ameridose, a drug supplier with some of the same owners as the pharmacy whose tainted steroid caused a nationwide outbreak of ...

Live News Wire

• Editorial: As The Country Mourned, Tucson Need ...
  Those who criticized the reaction of the crowd at Wednesday night's memorial have it ingrained that a perfect memorial is one with candles, flowers and tears. The citizens of Tucson and the American people have mourned for five days. Wednesday's event was not a time to mourn some more. It was a ...
• Police Made Visits To Loughner Home Before Sho ...
  The Tucson, Arizona family home of 22-year-old Jared Loughner had been visited by authorities before the shooting of a congresswoman and 18 others last Saturday, new information by the New York Times revealed Wednesday. It's unclear what the visits were about or what prompted the call to author ...
• Criminal Charges Filed Against Congresswoman’s ...
  Newly-released court documents offer a glimpse into the motive behind Jared Loughner's attempted assassination of Tucson Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday. Recovered from Loughner's home was a letter addressed to Jared Loughner from Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords mailed a ...
• “Unbelievable Tragedy:” Congresswoman Shot By ...
  At least fifteen gunshots rang out shortly after 10:10am Arizona Time Saturday, bullets fatally striking a Federal Judge and injuring a prominent Congresswoman. Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) of Arizona's Eighth District was wounded at a public meet-and-greet event outside a grocery s ...
• Queensland Facing Flood Of “Biblical” Proportions
  The worst floods in 50 years to hit Queensland, Australia are being described as nothing short of Biblical. More than 1,000 people have been evacuated, though officials say as the floodwaters get worse, as many as 4,000 residents could be asked to vacate their homes and businesses later this we ...

Coal Tattoo

• Big news: Longtime Massey official helping pro ...
  Southern West Virginia U.S. District Attorney R. Booth Goodwin II speaks to reporters Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, at the Robert C. Byrd federal courthouse in Charleston, W.Va.  (AP Photo/Brad Davis) We’ve got this morning’s big breaking news on the Gazette’s website: Federal prosecu ...
• Patriot Coal bankruptcy moved to St. Louis
  The bankruptcy case of Patriot Coal has been moved from New York City to St. Louis. You can read the ruling here. And here’s a statement from United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts: The U.S. Bankruptcy Court made the right call today when it moved the Patriot Coal case from ...
• Coal and Capito II: Two more years of “w ...
  Gazette photo by Chip Ellis For West Virginia’s political writers and talk-show hosts, yesterday’s announcement by Rep. Shelley Moore Capito that she would seek the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Jay Rockefeller was just the sort of thing to be thankful for: A big post-holid ...
• Coal and Capito: What will Senate run mean?
  Even before Rep. Shelley Moore Capito had formally announced this morning that she will run in 2014 for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, some of the more vocal factions in the coal industry were launching their own campaign to support Rep. Capito. Check out the new &# ...
• Friday roundup, Nov. 23, 2012
  A vessel is seen carrying coal on the river Rhine in Duisburg, Germany, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein) Just after the election, the Herald-Dispatch over in Huntington published an interesting op-ed by Kenova native Cliff Staten headlined, “King Coal politics more complicat ...

Daniel Miessler

• Charles Tillman on Improvement | Nathan K ...
  Tillman forces himself to find a new peak each week. He and his coaches place him in situations where he’s losing and screwing up in practice early in the week. He uses these moments as opportunities to get better each practice session until he’s winning again. And then he keeps the cycle going. ...
• Liberal vs. Conservative Core Beliefs : Polit ...
  [–]AbouBenAdhem 9 points10 points11 points 10 hours ago*Liberal: Non-state institutions (e.g., religions, corporations, markets, social hierarchies) are often oppressive… (left statists): …but a well-governed state can defend people from oppression. (left anti-statists): …b ...
• The Joys of Doing the Right Thing
  I remembered exactly what the kid on the register looked like,” he said of Brunelle. When I walked in, he spotted me and smiled. I was going to shake his hand, but I couldn’t help it, I just gave him a big bear hug,” Duane said, laughing. “I had tears in my eyes. The girl on the register was cho ...
• Stellar Dance Routine
  Related Posts:Bike ParkourOn Failure and SuccessThe Onion Obliterates the “Idea Guy”Dinesh D’Souza Doing a Movie About ObamaMister Rogers Defending His Show on Capitol Hill
• Onion Post on Saudi Arabia Electronically Trac ...
  Denied the right to travel without consent from their male guardians and banned from driving, women in Saudi Arabia are now monitored by an electronic system that tracks any cross-border movements. Since last week, Saudi women’s male guardians began receiving text messages on their phones info ...

Fitwatch

• Plain clothes cop at Fridays demo
  Cops turning up to demos in plain clothes seems to be a regular occurence these days. These pics were taken at the Fight for Sites demo on Friday. Although he appears to have forgotten his uniform, the man pictured is Constable Mark Stoddart. A number of cops in plain clothes have been pictured ...
• Stay Safe; Stay Anonymous! #5 – Block & ...
  Okay, so by now we should know all the basic preventative measures we can take to defend our anonymity. But there is one more thing we can be doing this October 20th to proactively assert our freedom to dissent without state repression. This is, of course, the classic FITwatch Direct Action tact ...
• Stay Safe; Stay Anonymous! #4 – Fashion ...
  Whilst what you wear on a demo is on one level (quite rightly) unimportant, it can be used as a great tool to disrupt intelligence gathering activities. When such a large part of political policing rests on the ability to profile, identify, isolate (and subsequently harass) individuals and group ...
• Stay Safe; Stay Anonymous! #3 – Affinity ...
  For the purposes of a mass demonstration, affinity groups – small groups of people who attend the same demonstration together - are a great way to stay safe and anonymous, providing a miniature support network that is both empowering and practical. This is one of the first things you should be c ...
• Stay Safe: Stay Anonymous! #2 – Masking Up
  This is possibly the easiest form of FITwatching that can be done. It is 100% legal (although you need to read the Legal Information at the bottom of this post), keeps you off a database and, when done en masse, creates a sea of obscured faces that are much harder to identify. This is something ...

Worldwide Hippies

• Disney,Wal-Mart, Sears Faded Glory and the &#8 ...
  One factory out of thousands, used to exploit labor so assholes like Sean Combs  can flaunt their wealth! As your children unwrap their gifts on Christmas morning they will thank Santa. But the exploiters will thank you, for not caring enough to stop buying their junk. Who’s your Santa now ...
• WWH/CJE Wednesday News Briefs
  Nude AIDS activists arrested in House Speaker John Boehner’s office (Drunk Boehner asks if these are strippers for the Ole’ Boys after hours party) WASHINGTON—Three women AIDS activists saying they wanted to highlight the “naked truth” about potential spending cuts in HIV ...
• The Buzz From Sen. Bernie Sanders: Progress on ...
  Progress on Social Security Sen. Bernie Sanders welcomed White House assurances that Social Security benefits won’t be cut as part of negotiations on a year-end, deficit-reduction deal. “The simple truth is that Social Security has not contributed a nickel to the national debt so it makes no sen ...
• Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses ...
  Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses (Walmart etc…)? – Food theft on rise in UK … from joe mcevoy on Vimeo. RTnews - UK supermarkets showcasing their cut-price deals are always popular but in the midst of a recession watching the pennies is proving more important than ...
• We’re Eating What? The Drugstore in U.S. ...
  By Martha Rosenberg, opednews.com - Food consumers seldom hear about the drugs oestradiol-17, zeranol, trenbolone acetate and melengestrol acetate and the names are certainly not on meat labels. But those synthetic growth hormones are central to U.S. meat production, especially beef, and the rea ...

reference frame

• David Ian Olive: 1937-2012
  Clifford Johnson mentioned some sad news. Off-topic but good news: Mathematica 9 is released today and it's big, offering the first useful "predictive interface" with suggestions in the world of software, analysis of social networks, interactive gauges, system-wide support for 4,500 units, ...
• Five greatest physicists' sex scandals
  This is an extremely, extremely light topic. Popsci.com wrote a new article 5 Of Physics's Greatest Sex ScandalsA TRF guest blogger finds himself in a pretty good company. Their list is the following: Paul Frampton and his sweetheart in Argentina, a cocaine-equipped fake Cze ...
• It's wrong to worry about the "fiscal cliff"
  Starting from January 2013, America has a chance to restore some balance in its federal budget that's been getting worse since Clinton's surplus years around 2000 and that switched to seemingly permanent astronomical figures after the 2008 recession. If no bills were changed or added in ...
• Martin Rees' center studies 4 worst threats fo ...
  Climate change is on par with robot uprising The cataclysm on December 21st, 2012 is less than a month away and I am regularly asked by people in the real life as well as those on the Internet whether a particular doomsday scenario they read about will happen. They are just polite when t ...
• Many worlds vs positivism and symmetries
  About a dozen of TRF articles mention Hugh Everett and his "many-worlds interpretation" of quantum mechanics. Exactly three months ago, I showed that "many worlds" don't exist as long as one uses the standard rules of quantum mechanics to answer the very question about their existence. I ...

Tatumba 2.0

• Household flame retardants potentially ineffec ...
  Some chemical flame retardants used in home furnishings may not help in a house fire, and can pose health hazards, a CBC investigation has found. CBC | Top Stories News Related posts: Household flame retardants potentially ineffective, dangerous Some chemical flame retardants used in home ...
• Household flame retardants potentially ineffec ...
  Some chemical flame retardants used in home furnishings may not help in a house fire, and can pose health hazards, a CBC investigation has found. CBC | Top Stories News Related posts: Household flame retardants potentially ineffective, dangerous Some chemical flame retardants used in home ...
• Inflation, deflation and stagflation
  from Gold Money News: SGTreport – The Corporate Propaganda Antidote – Silver, Gold, Truth, Liberty, & Freedom Related posts: Jim Rogers: Obama Re-election Will Spark SOARING INFLATION by Forrest Jones, Money News: A newly re-elected President Barack... W.A.N Radio 11-13-12 wi ...
• New vehicle rules to cut emissions, fuel consu ...
  On the eve of global climate talks that will put Canada’s contentious policies under the microscope, Environment Minister Peter Kent has introduced the next set of rules to cut greenhouse gas emissions from cars and light trucks. CBC | Top Stories News Related posts: Massive fuel pl ...
• The Curse of the Reserve Currency
  by John Butler, Financial Sense: Is reserve currency status an economic blessing or a curse? The answer might seem obvious, as reserve currencies have been shown to confer lower borrowing costs on their issuers. But what of the borrower who, enticed by low interest rates, borrows more than they ...

Truth About Our World

• Notification
  This blogs entries have been moved to http://worldtruthtoday.wordpress.com/ I will no longer post anything here, although site will remain open for a while. Thanks Grace
• Trudell Documentary
• Occupy Wall Street “Beware The Zeitgeist ...
• The Dirty Fucking Hippies Were Right
• World War 3 (III,Three): September 11, 2001-20 ...

Bloomberg

• Can't Stop the Big Mo
  Healthy spending and productivity add up to some good stock buys, says S&P's Kenneth Shea. Plus: His formula for a diversified portfolio
• Higher Gas Tax? Smart Move
  Raising it to 50 cents or $1 per gallon would push conservation and send a signal to America's enemies. It's the surest way to cut oil dependence
• Grading Back-to-School Stocks
  Some outfits that gain from families' spending may make dicey buys. But equity pros reveal those investments with strong potential
• No Lull in the Airlines' Headwinds
  The industry isn't doing as badly as it was, but that's not saying much, according to S&P's Philip Baggaley
• Merck: More Agony from Its Painkiller
  The costly Vioxx verdict makes its plan to take on each claim individually more difficult. But a big settlement is no easy cure, either

Enviroblog

• Toxic Fire Retardants Are Everywhere in Homes, ...
  By Sonya Lunder, Senior Research Analyst  Harmful fire retardant chemicals are turning up in everything from furniture to dust in American homes, researchers report in two new studies being published today (Nov. 28), a finding that underscores... [[ This is a content summary only. ...
• Cell Phone Radiation May Alter Brain, DNA
  By Johanna Congleton, Senior Scientist New research by Russian scientist Igor Belyaev, Ph.D., and Turkish researcher Nesrin Seyhan, Ph.D., shows that radiation emitted from portable devices may damage DNA and disrupt the process of DNA repair. ... [[ This is a content summary only. ...
• Race, Class, and Climate Change in the Wake of ...
  By Erika Duthely, EWG Stabile Law FellowHurricane Sandy ravaged much of the eastern seaboard, leaving some dead, many without shelter, and all of us wondering how such an event could happen. What we realized, though, is that we can no... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website f ...
• Greener Holiday Dishwashing with EWG
  By Heather White, EWG Chief of Staff and General Counsel Having guests around during the holiday season? Inviting them to hang out in your kitchen?  Setting out munchies?  Cooking an entire humongous festive holiday meal? ... [[ This is a content summary only. Vis ...
• Drilling Rigs: Not So Pretty In Pink
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Quick Hits

• More Teachers Being Replaced By Technology
  The neoliberal wetdream coming to fruition. From Fast Company: Districts all over are experimenting with teacher-less computer labs and green-lighting entire classrooms of adult-supervised children exploring the Internet--an Android powered tablet designed specifically for students. Teachers' u ...
• Food costs at record levels, likely to go higher
  MANILA/MILAN (Reuters) - World food prices hit a record in January and recent catastrophic weather around the globe could put yet more pressure on the cost of food, an issue that has already helped spark protests across the Middle East. Up for the seventh month in a row, the closely watched Food ...
• Shell makes $2,208,480 (£1.6m) an hour, [Clue ...
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/busi...   The Guardian in Britain says calmly:Shell stoked up the heated debate about the high cost of fuel on the forecourt today after reporting it made profits of nearly £1.6m an hour over the last three months.A leading member of the road lobby said moto ...
• Gallup Helps Explain Egyptian/Tunisia Uprisings
  Wellbeing in Egypt and Tunisia decreased significantly over the past few years, even as GDP increased. In Egypt, where demonstrations have prompted President Hosni Mubarak to give up power after elections this fall, the percentage of people "thriving" fell by 18 percentage points since 2005. In ...
• Wallace Shawn: Are You Smarter Than Thomas Jef ...
  The Grand Nagus speaks! At Tom Dispatch.com.

Capital - NYC

• Yankees seek long-term stability through short ...
• 'It's bizarre': A liberal crusader gives up on ...
• At the Public, a 'Giant' musical with great mo ...
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• Joe Crowley finally gets a spot on the leaders ...
• Brooklyn restaurateurs swap epic food-failure ...

Views & News from Norway

• Rekdal aims for a comeback
  Kjetil Rekdal, the former Norwegian football star who was fired this week as head coach for the football club in Ålesund, is already plotting a comeback. He told Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) Wednesday night that he could also see himself as a club administrator who could hire and nurture other c ...
• Norway supports Palestinians at UN
  Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said Wednesday that he thinks many other nations will conclude as Norway has, that it’s in the interests of peace in the Middle East to support Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ request for Palestine to become a non-member observer state. Eide cal ...
• Christmas trees sent abroad
  City workers in Oslo have once again been chopping down trees in local forests and shipping them abroad as gestures of civic friendship during the Christmas holiday season. The most traditional among them will be ceremoniously lit at Trafalgar Square in London on December 6. A large tree cut in ...
• Islamic radical released from custody
  Ubaydullah Hussain, arrested last month for making what police viewed as threats against journalists and Norway’s Jewish community, has been released from custody. An appeals court in Oslo ruled there was no basis for continuing to jail him pending results of the police investigation. Huss ...
• Vukicevics support their dad
  Christina Vukicevic, one of Norway’s top athletes in recent years, and her brother Vladimir, also an athlete, have come out firmly in support of their coach and father Petar Vukicevic. He’s embroiled in doping allegations lodged by his ex-wife that clearly have upset their children. ...

Permaculture Research Institute - Australia

• What To Do With Apples From the Backyard Orchard
  by Ernest Rando This post is a general how-to for preserving apples. We have a 3-ish acre orchard (mostly apples) that is quite mature and in need of some tender loving care. We have many apple trees that could be replaced and we believe the orchard is in need of greater tree diversity as [...]
• Fascine, Revetments, and Wattle Hurdle
  by Daniel Halsey This year I have been in Haiti after a downgraded hurricane, and then in New Jersey a week after Sandy. While in New Jersey two tornadoes passed by my old house. What do they have in common? In each case water was being limited in its flow by developement or the removal of [...]
• Put Your Questions to the Experts, Round 1: Ge ...
  We’ve just started a new Q&A series in our forums, adding a new sub-forum titled ‘Put Your Questions to the Experts!‘, where our forum members (a very nice bunch of people by the way), put their questions to various experts we’ll approach over the weeks and months ah ...
• The Fat of the Land
  Robbing the poor, trashing the natural world: Europe’s farm subsidies are an obscenity. by George Monbiot: journalist, author, academic and environmental and political activist, United Kingdom. Photo: Jim Bain via Wikimedia There’s a neat symmetry in the numbers which helped to si ...
• January 7th Permaculture Design Certificate (P ...
  Geoff Lawton at the Zaytuna Farm entrance Photo © Craig Mackintosh We have two spots left in our upcoming Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Course starting on January the 7th at the PRI’s Zaytuna Farm in Northern New South Wales. Participants will learn all the theory and do pr ...

Pointman's

• The real doh! about Doha.
  Well, here we are again. It’s November and that time of year for the annual international conference on figuring out ways of saving us all from global warming. Since the last one was called COP17, this one rather unsurprisingly is called COP18. Incidentally, COP stands for Conference of the Part ...
• The real doh! about Doha.
  Well, here we are again. It’s November and that time of year for the annual international conference on figuring out ways of saving us all from global warming. Since the last one was called COP17, this one rather unsurprisingly is called COP18. Incidentally, COP stands for Conference of the Part ...
• Some direct questions for the BBC that it&#821 ...
  The revelations of the last couple of weeks, have shone a bright light into some dark corners of the BBC and what’s been exposed, while very disturbing and quite frankly seamy, comes as no surprise to those of us who’ve long entertained doubts on its supposed impartiality, integrity  ...
• The BBC : Aunty Beeb or Mummy knows best?
  The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was set up in the early 1920s, in order to establish a radio service for both the UK and the its empire. Its first Director General was a fiery Scot called John Reith, who despite saying that he’d little idea of what broadcasting actually was, set ...
• Why hasn’t there been a real debate on c ...
  Given that the alarming scenarios predicted by climate science are being used as the reason for advocating massive changes in society, prosperity, industrial infrastructure, lifestyles and even democracy, there’s never been a real debate over its veracity. You have alarmists on one side, w ...

Journalists' Toolkit

• Good tutorial sites for HTML, HTML5, CSS, jQuery
  There are a zillion sites out there offering free tutorials, but many are pure junk. So here are a few that I recommend, in no particular order: Codecademy: Web Fundamentals Codecademy: HTML Fundamentals HTML5 Please (not actually a tutorial, but very helpful) Nettuts+: The Best Way to Learn Jav ...
• Baby Steps in Data Journalism
  This is a Tumblr blog that I started in early April 2012: Baby Steps in Data Journalism Its purpose is to collect links and other useful information related to learning about data journalism. To go directly to something you might be searching for, try these links: How I installed Python (April 2 ...
• The best video export options
  How do you choose the best settings for exporting your video, after you have edited it? I remember how confusing this was for me when I started working with Web video several years ago. With the slower computers we had back then, I would wait for what seemed like forever while exporting a small ...
• Video Resources updated
  The new Video Resources page has been added to this site. This is a carefully curated page with links to good tutorials for video editing software, video shooting tips, and the like. It’s intended for beginners, particularly journalism students and journalism educators who are teaching vid ...
• Flash Journalism updates
  I have been hard at work updating the Flash Journalism website. New tutorials for ActionScript 3.0 and for working on the Timeline in CS4 and CS5 have been added. The old pages from the original site (created to support the book I wrote about Flash journalism in 2004) are still online, and all t ...

Justice Roars - Louisiana

• Hundreds in New Orleans Protest Israeli Killin ...
  In one of the larger protests New Orleans has seen in recent years, nearly two hundred demonstrators marched through New Orleans' French Quarter on Saturday, November 17, to protest the Israeli bombardment of Gaza. The next day, a mostly student crowd of about 40 held a candlelight vigil at Tula ...
• African Americans for Justice in the Middle Ea ...
  The initial signers of this petition include former People's Hurricane Relief Fund director Kali Akuno, and writer and scholar Robin D.G. Kelley. To see the original petition, click here. African Americans for Justice in the Middle East and North Africa (AAJMENA) strongly condemns Israeli agg ...
• Food Justice Event This Thursday in New Orleans
  From our friends at Survivors Village and Malcolm X Grassroots Movement: Join Survivors Village, the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, the Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle, and the New Orleans Consulate of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for this critical program about the struggle for food ...
• New Orleans City Council Candidate Launches An ...
  District B City Council candidate Eric Strachan sent out a mailer this week attacking one of his opponents for supporting Barack Obama. While President Obama is not popular in Louisiana, he is popular in New Orleans, including in the district Strachan seeks to represent. In 2008, Obama easily ca ...
• Want to Help People Recovering From Hurricane ...
  In response to Hurricane Sandy and those who are looking for places to donate, we are publishing below an edited excerpt/combination from articles about the Red Cross and relief previously posted on this site. Perhaps nowhere in the US is Red Cross as unpopular as in New Orleans, where the mem ...

Information Underground

• Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
  Timothy_Fitzpatrick wrote: Alex Jones said in an interview with Jesse Ventura today that he discovered an NSA hideout in his neighbourhood. BTW, I've been told by an AJ expert that this is the new Infowhore reporter: http://www.youtube.com/user/morningmayan/videos?view=0Statistics: Posted ...
• Zionist Influence/Power • Re: The Hollywood Ka ...
  iframe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTM5K3mTp0IStatistics: Posted by Timothy_Fitzpatrick — Wed Nov 28, 2012 6:27 pm
• Zionist Personalities We Should Know About • R ...
  Rabbi 'forced 12-year-old girl to perform oral sex on him after parents sent her for counseling after she questioned sect's teachings by reading Cosmopolitan' A child rape case involving a prominent rabbi accused of assaulting a teenage girl is casting a light on the harsh rules of a Ultra-Or ...
• Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
  Well now if I was a doctor surely I'd spell censor with a 'c' and not with an 's' as I previously did Statistics: Posted by GordZilla — Wed Nov 28, 2012 5:46 pm
• Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
  Alex Jones said in an interview with Jesse Ventura today that he discovered an NSA hideout in his neighbourhood.Statistics: Posted by Timothy_Fitzpatrick — Wed Nov 28, 2012 5:25 pm

TVNZ

• Egyptians challenge Mursi in nationwide protests
  Egyptian secularist and youth groups have massed in Cairo's Tahrir Square today.
• Outrage at Hungarian MP's call for 'Jewish list'
  A Hungarian MP's call for Jews to be registered on lists as threats to national security has sparked fury.
• US defence dept sued over ban on women in combat
  A civil rights group and four servicewomen are suing to end a military ban on women in combat roles.
• 90 killed in Syria as air strikes and combat c ...
  Syrian war planes attacked towns in the country's north and east today.
• French unemployment hits 14-year high
  The number of jobseekers in mainland France has risen by 45,400, to hit 3.103 million.

environment 360

• Scientists Develop Standardized Analysis of Ci ...
  A team of Israeli researchers has developed a method to track pollution over the world’s mega-cities, a satellite-based process they say could help hold nations accountable for their pollution and promote cleaner NASA Smog over Beijing industrial practices. Using data collected by t ...
• Pine Beetle Attacks Cause Temperature Rise in ...
  The decimation of trees by mountain pine beetles in British Columbia has caused air temperatures in affected areas to climb by an average of 1 degree Celsius during the summer months, according to a new study. iStock A mountain pine beetle In an analysis of satellite and forest data colle ...
• The Dirty War Against Africa’s Remaining Rhinos
  The killing of rhinoceroses has escalated dramatically, especially in South Africa, which is home to 75 percent of the world’s rhino population. The slaughter is being orchestrated by brazen, highly organized gangs that smuggle the rhinos' horns to black markets in China and Southeast Asia. BY ...
• Snails in Southern Ocean Showing Effects of Oc ...
  The shells of some sea snails in the Southern Ocean are already dissolving as a result of ocean acidification, according to a new study. In an analysis of free-swimming pteperods collected from Antarctic waters in 2008, scientists found that the outer layers of the animals’ shells showed s ...
• Giant Galapagos Tortoise Species May Not Be Ex ...
  The death of an iconic, century-old giant tortoise on the Galapagos Islands earlier this year may not have meant the end of his species, an upcoming study suggests. In Galapagos National Park ‘Lonesome George’ an analysis of more than 1,600 DNA samples, scientists from Galapagos National Pa ...

oldephartte/Diigo

• Welcome to the International Climate Science C ...
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• Liberty Classroom | The history and economics ...
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• poorrichard's blog
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backofthebook

• The Cons’ $165 billion fiscal cliff
  By David@Sixthestate.net As I pointed out in my last post, the fact that the Conservatives have admitted they will miss their budget projections next year isn’t news. There hasn’t been a single annual budget yet that actually reached the projected balance it was supposed to, and, as a result, th ...
• 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. [...] ...

Daily Beast

• Where Does the GOP Go From Here?
  To cap off today's series on proposals for a stronger, better GOP, here's a quote from Rod Dreher, a writer for The American Conservative (and a must read for people who want to understand the strongest arguments put forth by theological conservatives.) Dreher:
• Some Conservative Pundits Tout Moderation Afte ...
  Kristol, Hannity urge GOP rethinking
• More Fallout at the BBC
  The BBC is investigating why a report about abuse allegations against Jimmy Savile, one of its former stars, was scuppered.
• Chris Hayes is a Type?
  The host of Up With Chris Hayes has unknowingly seduced famed singer Cher. Very impressive!
• Don't Let a Good Thing Pass Us By
  Jeffrey Leonard has a fascinating article in the Washington Monthly regarding the future of our electrical grid. He seems cautiously optimistic about natural gas as a replacement for dirtier forms of carbon such as coal and gasoline, but there's a hangup. Without major upgrades to our elect ...

Loonwatch

• Jewish, Hindu and Muslim leaders condemn attac ...
  “An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us,” said Imam Shamsi Ali, of the Jamaica Muslim Center, who gathered religious leaders from around Flushing in the wake of the Nov. 18 attack.
• Court rules against headscarf ban in Swiss school
  NZZ am Sonntag reports that the Administrative Court in the Swiss canton of Thurgau recently lifted a headscarf ban imposed by a school in Bürglen.
• Man threatened to shoot up San Antonio mosque, ...
  Authorities said a man vowed to shoot up a San Antonio mosque and then turn the gun on himself, but law enforcement foiled the violent plot before it ever materialized.
• 1,000-Year-old Muslim Joke Book Found
  An 11th-century book by a revered Baghdad Muslim scholar turns out to be a tongue-in-cheek guide for party crashers, according to the researcher who translated the book into English.
• Will New House Homeland Security Committee Cha ...
  Rep. Peter King (R-NY) is reportedly stepping down from his chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee.

Energy News

• Official: Earth moved under giant sinkhole for ...
• Radiation rises sharply in Fukushima Unit 3 &# ...
• Footage of new giant sarcophagus at Chernobyl ...
• TV: All crews removed from giant sinkhole &#82 ...
• Officials Confirm: Crude oil is flowing to sur ...

Japan Times

• LDP, New Komeito hope for overwhelming majority
  The Liberal Democratic Party hopes to secure an overwhelming majority in the Lower House with partner New Komeito in the Dec. 16 election, according to LDP Deputy Secretary General Yoshihide Suga. Saying it would be natural for the LDP to form a coalition with New Komeito, Suga added that "we ...
• LDP pushing for restart of all reactors
  All nuclear power plants must be restarted as quickly as possible after confirming they are safe, an executive of the Liberal Democratic Party said three weeks ahead of the Lower House election that polls indicate will return his party to power. "Looking at energy prices, we are clearly in a s ...
• Opportunists pervert ideologies
  Jennifer Kim's Nov. 25 letter, "Core element of communism," seeks to conflate communism, atheism and totalitarianism into one, indistinguishable ideology, and makes the inference that one must be religious to be a good person. This is nonsense to anyone with knowledge of religion, political theo ...
• Damping workers' discontent
  Many Japanese young people are keen on switching workplaces because of dissatisfaction with their jobs. As the number of temporary workers continues to increase, the financial problems of such employees become severe. This situation is accelerating the declining rate of marriage and births in ...
• Puerto Rico says goodbye to 'Macho'
  Family, fans and fellow boxers said goodbye Tuesday to Hector "Macho" Camacho at a memorial and wake for the slain former world champion fighter known for his flamboyance in and out of the ring. Hundreds of people filed past Camacho's open casket, displayed inside a gymnasium decked out for th ...

Alexander Higgins

• Alexander Higgins House, Blog Destroyed Sandy ...
  Alexander Higgins House, Blog Destroyed By Sandy Flooding When I was 16 my “foster” parents through me out on the streets in the middle of the Blizzard of ’96 and I spent the next 8 years battling homelessness. I worked … Continue reading →
• Disaster: Massive Traffic Jams As 11 FT Hawaii ...
  Hawaii residents a stuck massive in an hour long traffic jams trying to flee an 11 foot Tsunami is less than 30 minutes from hitting the shore.
• ALERT: Update 11 FT Tsunami Heading Toward Haw ...
  A live Weather channel alert warns that a 7 foot Tsunami is heading directly toward Hawaii following a major 7.7 earthquake off the coast of Canada earlier.
• Seattle Police Given Approval To Deploy NDAA S ...
  The FAA has given Seattle police approval to start using NDAA surveillance drones for law enforcement spy operations on American citizens.
• Sandy Worst Storm In 100 Years: East Coast Awa ...
  A massive storm is expected to hit the East Coast during the days leading up to Halloween, which meteorologists anticipate will cost up to $5 billion in damages.

Macleans - Central

• Elizabeth May on the byelections and vote-spli ...
  Some of the Green party leader’s comments to reporters after QP yesterday. Remember, this...
• To Strathmore, Consort and beyond
  Kevin Sorenson’s latest MP reports in the Strathmore Standard and Consort Enterprise conclude thusly....
• Showbiz executives fail upward
  Jaime Weinman on the fall and rise of Jeff Zucker
• Garneau gets in
  The Liberal MP and former astronaut joins the Liberal leadership race. To that end,...
• Another very long night beckons
  Kady O’Malley tallies 665 amendments to C-45 so far tabled for consideration in the...

Making It Count - CCPA

• Québec’s Budget: the only option available
  Some present the new PQ government’s first budget as a necessary first step before truly plunging into more liberal measures. In fact, it was out of obligation, they say, that the new Finance Minister, Nicolas Marceau, presented a budget so unexciting, in keeping with its PLQ predecessors. And y ...
• Twenty years of talk about climate change
  Doha, Qatar — The 18th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is now underway in Doha, Qatar. This year’s president is His Excellency Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiya, chair of Qatar’s Administrative Control and Transparency Authority. A ...
• Mark Carney’s tenure and the state of monetary ...
  Mark Carney’s tenure as Governor of the Bank of Canada overlaps some challenging economy history. Appointed in early 2008 just as the US housing bubble was popping, Carney took the helm in time for a financial crisis that brought the global economy to its knees. We are still living that hi ...
• Social Impact Bonds: the anti-philanthropy
  Interest in Canadian “Social impact Bonds” has spiked following HRSDC Minster Finley announcement that the federal government is investigating them for use in Canada.  I’ve already commented on the story in The Toronto Star and on The Current (min 16) but I wanted to write my thoughts up in a fu ...
• International Trade Agreements and Corruption
  Negotiations concerning the Canada-European Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) are well underway. Many major issues for Québec’s future are being discussed, notably the conditions under which European businesses will be allowed to tender for supplier, service, and construction con ...

ReDress

• Has Israel groveller David Miliband changed hi ...
  Stuart Littlewood is surprised at the invitation by a pro-Palestinian medical charity to former UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband - a proven groveller to Israel - to speak at its annual fundraising gala.
• IMPORTANT: OUR WEBSITE IS CHANGING
  Redress Information & Analysis is moving to www.redressonline.com. From now on we will publish new articles on www.redressonline.com only and, in the meantime, we will transfer important long-shef-life articles from our old website to the new one.
• What might Netanyahu do if Romney's defeat bec ...
  Alan Hart examines whether Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is mad enough to order an attack on Iran in what remains of Obama’s first term without the president’s blessing and American participation.
• Israel's Salafi foot soldiers in the wake of a ...
  Nureddin Sabir argues that Israel must bear responsibility for creating the climate that gave rise to the anti-Islam film "Innocence of Muslims". But it is Israel's Salafi and Wahhabi foot soldiers behind the violent protests across the Arab and Muslim worlds who may eventually bring Arabs and M ...
• Anti-Islam film: free speech or inciting to riot?
  Lawrence Davidson argues that outage against the anti-Muhammad film "Innocence of Muslims" "has exposed the deep vein of anger against the United States that runs through the Muslim world", but doubts that American leaders would have the courage and foresight to re-examine the policies and behav ...

Physics Today

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Peakwater

• The children risking their lives on the way to ...
  “Children in Indonesia are risking their lives everyday just to get to school. They use an aqueduct, suspended hundreds of metres above the ground as a shortcut, even though it was not built for people to walk on. It is meant to transport water, but the wooden structure links Suro Village ...
• California air board says DWP must control dry ...
  “The California Air Resources Board has ruled that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is solely responsible for controlling the choking dust storms that arise from the dry Owens Lake bed. The board said the DWP must take additional air pollution control measures on 2.9 square mi ...
• Drought No Obstacle to Record Income for U.S. ...
  “Even after the worst drought in a half century shriveled crops from Ohio to Nebraska, U.S. farmers are having their most-profitable year ever because of record- high prices and insurance claims. Farmer income probably will jump 6.9 percent to $144 billion, exceeding the government’s Augus ...
• Loophole Lets Toxic Oil Water Flow Over Indian ...
  “These operations have the federal government’s permission to dump wastewater on the land — so much that it creates streams that flow into natural creeks and rivers. And this water contains toxic chemicals, including known carcinogens and radioactive material, according to documents ...
• A Global Treaty on Rivers: Key to True Water S ...
  “Back in 1997, the UN adopted the Convention on the Non-Navigable Uses of International Watercourses. It did not lay down hard and fast rules for sharing waters, but it was a statement of principle that nations should ensure the “sustainable and equitable use of shared rivers.” Only three ...

D. Kucinich

• Kucinich, Paul and Holt Introduce Bipartisan R ...
  Congressmen Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Ron Paul (R-TX) and Rush Holt Jr. (D-NJ) today introduced H. Res. 819, a resolution of inquiry to compel the Administration to release documents which it reportedly uses as the legal justification for the use of drones to assassinate people abroad, including U ...
• Kucinich to Corporate CEOs: Push the Middle Cl ...
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today continued his unstinting defense of working people in America. Rep. Kucinich took to the House floor to tell 71 CEOs visiting Washington that the American people will not accept a fix to the so-called fiscal cliff that includes cuts to Social Security, Me ...
• Kucinich on the Fiscal Cliff: “Will the Americ ...
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today took to the House floor, calling proposed austerity measures a risk of repeating the mistakes of the Great Depression. He called for a responsible path forward to avert the “fiscal cliff” that does not weaken the economy or balance the budget on the back ...
• The Role of Trust in the Killing of Innocent C ...
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), who recently led 26 Members of Congress in a letter asking the President of the United States to explain the legal justification for targeted killings, today released the following statement: “The CIA and the military use drones to drop bombs on our suspected ...
• Undermining Peace in Gaza and Israel in One Mi ...
  On November 16, 2012, the United States House of Representatives passed a resolution, H. Res 813, expressing “vigorous support” and “unwavering commitment” to the State of Israel while bombs were being dropped on Gaza and missiles were launched toward Ashkelon. The resolution expresses the offic ...

Authentically Wired

• Senate compadres to build their OBSTRUCTIONIST ...
  … While the Arizona Republic staff lauds the reputed accomplishments of John Kyl others recognize his stellar accomplishments behind the scene as he huddled with Mitch McConnel’s his Senate compadres to build their OBSTRUCTIONIST force to deny America opportunity …   But what does one expec ...
• Why would anyone find this surprising
  … Why would anyone find this surprising I was of the feeling that Texas is owned by the Bush family friends in the middle east..? …   Texans going wild with ‘secession fever,’ bumper stickers everywhere 11-26-2012  •  now.msn.com Move over, "Everything is bigger in ...
• This presupposes “we” choose to el ...
  … This presupposes “we” choose to elect individuals who are NOT compromise adverse … … At least in Arizona … we love our OBSTRUCTIONISTS as we just keep electing them … … Cooperation … negotiation … why that’s heresy … Filed under: Blogroll
• How To Spot a Sociopath
  … for another perspective watch … The Corporation … http://www.thecorporation.com/ … How To Spot a Sociopath 11-26-2012  •  http://lewrockwell.com, by Mike Adams 10 Red Flags That Could Save You From Being Swept Under the Influence of a Charismatic Nut Job  Filed under: Blogroll
• While other states proceed forward … Ari ...
  … While other states proceed forward … Arizona continues lock step in a defunct war on drug$ … Marijuana Decriminalization Drops Youth Crime Rates by Stunning 20% in One Year Susan Ferriss, The Center for Public Integrity …  READ MORE»   … http://www.alternet.org/marijuana-decrimi ...

Popular Technology

• Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund: Please Donate!
  Hurricane Sandy ravaged the New Jersey coast and while it may not be in the news anymore, many people are still suffering. Flooding damage to the barrier islands was severe and FEMA is not providing anywhere near the funds people need to repair their homes or replace their cars. Popular Technol ...
• The Truth about Skeptical Science
  Skeptical Science is a climate alarmist website created by a self-employed cartoonist, John Cook. It is moderated by zealots who ruthlessly censor any and all form of dissent from their alarmist position. This way they can pretend to win arguments, when in reality they have all been refuted. The ...
• 2016: Obama's America
  2016 Obama's America takes audiences on a gripping visual journey into the heart of the world’s most powerful office to reveal the struggle of whether one man's past will redefine America over the next four years. The film examines the question, "If Obama wins a second term, where will we be in ...
• The Truth About "Jon Stewart"
  "Jon Stewart" who was born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, wants people to believe he is some kind of political "moderate" when in reality he has admitted to Fox News executive Roger Ailes in private and on CNN's Larry King Live that he is an outright socialist. His political bias to the Democratic ...
• Skeptical Science: "Drown Them Out"
  In March of 2012, the climate alarmist website Skeptical Science had their forums "hacked" and the contents posted online. In these it was revealed that Skeptical Science members are organizing themselves into eco-strike squads to "drown out" those who do not accept their alarmist positions, " ...

Monga Bay ( Articles )

• Organic farming keeps carbon out of the atmosphere
  With the worst effects of climate change, we are seeing how pollution hurts both human health and the environment but there is good news: a new study shows that organic farming stores more greenhouse gases in the soil than non-organic farming. By switching to organic methods, many farmers acros ...
• Legislation leaves future of world's largest t ...
  Although unlikely to pass anytime in the near term, recurring legislation that would hand over 80,000 acres of the Tongass Rainforest to a Native-owned logging corporation has put local communities on guard in Southeast Alaska. "The legislation privatizes a public resource. It takes land that be ...
• Mongabay book of nature essays earns top review
  A new book of essays by mongabay.com reporter, Jeremy Hance, has earned a starred review from Publisher's Weekly, a top book reviewer for the publishing industry. Hance's book, Life is Good: Conservation in an Age of Mass Extinction, highlights the struggle of species to survive in a rapidly cha ...
• Above the ocean: saving the world's most threa ...
  A life on the ocean is a perilous one for any bird. They must expend energy staying aloft for thousands of miles and learn to be marathon swimmers; they must seek food beneath treacherous waves and brave the world's most extreme climates; they must navigate the perils both of an unforgiving sea ...
• 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 ...

Science - NZ Herald

• Shark takes long way home
  A shark that swam from New Zealand to Fiji has returned home for Christmas, rounding off an 11,000km odyssey and amazing the scientists who tracked her journey.In May, "Carol" became the first mako shark in New Zealand waters to...
• John Hinchcliff: Universities need to branch o ...
  The logic of Professor Fenwick's article in Thursday's Herald entitled: "Minister's wish will take years to be granted" cannot be faulted.Planning to interest primary school children in science and technology would be a useful...
• Lab close to growing full corneas
  Auckland University researchers believe they are just five to 10 years from growing entire human corneas in the laboratory to implant into patients' damaged eyes.Professor Charles McGhee, the head of the university's National Eye...
• Editorial: 100 Pure critic needs to be fair an ...
  Russel Norman is absolutely right to say that scientists must be free to perform their academic duty to report environmental degradation. But in talking about concerns raised by Massey University scientist Mike Joy, the Green Party...
• Paul Little: Reality a hard sell to hopeful
  The divide between superstition and science is becoming both wider and more obvious. Both sides are more willing than ever to state their views openly and publicly.Atheists are increasingly vocal in proclaiming their lack of belief...

The Bovine

• Australian supermarkets just say “NO&#82 ...
  From Ocean Robbins, on Common Dreams: “In one of history’s most stunning victories for humane farming, Australia’s largest supermarket chain, Coles, will as of January 1 stop selling company branded pork and eggs from animals kept in factory farms. As an immediate … Conti ...
• Zinniker farm giving up on raw dairy?
  The Zinniker farm, in Wisconsin, has been one of the flagship biodynamic farms on this continent for some 70 years. They’ve been dairying for decades. It’s sad to read about their apparent defeat on the raw milk front, by agents … Continue reading →
• So what’s the CFIA been up to lately?
  Remember the CFIA, that official Canadian Food Inspection agency, that was so concerned about wiping out a flock of heritage Shropshire sheep a few weeks back? Well maybe that wasn’t such an isolated incident. What can we make of this … Continue reading →
• So what’s the CFIA been up to lately?
  Remember the CFIA, that official Canadian Food Inspection agency, that was so concerned about exterminating heritage Shropshire sheep a few weeks back? Well maybe that wasn’t an isolated incident. What can we make of this latest development on the food … Continue reading →
• Food, Farms & Family — Resilience
  Nicole Foss SW Ontario Tour Nov 26 to Dec 2nd Food, Farms and Family: Building Resilience within Limits A Century of Challenges: Energy and Finance What can families do to increase their resilience to upsets and breakdowns in the food and … Continue reading →

Mish's Global Economic Trends

• Student-Loan Delinquencies Surpass Credit Card ...
  As costs of college soars (with thanks to absurd union salaries and benefits, as well as absurd administrator salaries and benefits), those attending college have increasing trouble paying back loans. The fully expected consequence is Student-Loan Delinquencies Now Surpass Credit Cards. ...
• Reflections on Complacency, Valuations, Bear M ...
  Inquiring minds are reading John Hussman's article on Overlooking Overvaluation. Our estimates of prospective stock market return/risk, on a blended horizon from 2-weeks to 18-months, remains among the most negative that we’ve observed in a century of market data. On the valuation fron ...
• Obama to Close "Skills Gap"; Where? How? Why i ...
  President Obama says there is a "skills gap". A quick search says that many misguided souls believe the president. For example Forbes writer Rich Karlgaard says The Skills Gap Exists. Karlgaard believes the "gap is sure to grow as the population ages and industries from health care to man ...
• Rise of Intelligent Machines Will Open "Pandor ...
  As robots keep replacing human workers in manufacturing and now retail and food servicing, fears have arisen that artificial general intelligence (AGI) machines will  threaten mankind when "intelligence escapes the constraints of biology" and machines can design and create their own offspri ...
• Reflections on Meaning of "Last Minute"; The M ...
  Progress on the alleged fiscal cliff has been non-existent. Obama wants tax hikes on the wealthy, Republicans want to close loopholes. With little possibility of a breakthrough on the fiscal cliff until the "last minute", inquiring minds are likely wondering what the term "last minute" pr ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

• BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- November ...
  Please help us continue this work. We do not have foundation bosses or fund-ers. We do not serve the corporate fund-ers by being their advertisement platform-stage. We solely depend on you and your direct support. Please support this home of the irate minority, and thank you for all you do: Supp ...
• The Osama bin Laden Myth
  “American “Free Press”: A Press Free to Lie for the Government but Not to Tell the Truth” The interview below with Osama bin Laden was conducted by the Karachi, Pakistan, daily newspaper, Ummat and published on September 28, 2001, 17 days after the alleged, but unsubstantiated, al Qaeda attack o ...
• Geopolitics with Ryan Dawson- Episode 3: Behin ...
  Ryan Dawson Presents Michael Rivero Michael Rivero joins us to discuss Israeli aggression against Gaza, propaganda against Iran, and the larger picture of the US-Israel relationship in the geopolitics of the Middle East. How is some of the unrest in the Middle East related to the economic fallou ...
• Help Us Counter the ‘Dumb-ification of the Mas ...
  We are $1900 short in meeting this quarter’s budget!   We can’t have it both ways: On one hand moan and complain about the ‘dependent’ mainstream and pseudo alternative propaganda machine, but on the other hand not back and support the very few independent alternative mediums. We can’t; pure and ...
• Podcast Show #99: The “Surge” in Iraq & the “R ...
  The Boiling Frogs Show Presents Pepe Escobar Globetrotting reporter Pepe Escobar returns for a debrief on his recent adventure in the US, talks about the real Petraeus, Benghazi and Gaza and offers us his colorful, informed comments and observations. We start with his recent road trip in the Ame ...

bloody crossroads

• Is Obama a Fraud?
  The debt deal is yet another sign that hope and change has been a fiction from the start: Like many, I was extremely hopeful when Obama won in 2008.  And like many I’ve become totally disillusioned with the president and … Continue reading →
• Today’s Stories
  Good politifact piece on how Social Security functions and its solvency How the state is revoking our civil liberties by imprisoning people, in some cases for up to 15 years, for recording police brutality with smart phones Economist Dean Baker … Continue reading →
• The Tyranny of American Healthcare
  For those who read this on Splice, be sure to re-read the unedited version… Why are we trying to prop up a broken system?: Do you realize how badly you’re being screwed by the health insurance corporations?  Let me give … Continue reading →
• Today’s Stories
  Politifact on how entitlements have lifted millions out of poverty Must read: scientists have recently concluded that a once in a tens of millions of years mass extinction is now underway, mainly in the ocean, because of global warming and … Continue reading →
• Today’s Stories
  Politifact on how entitlements have lifted millions out of poverty Must read: scientists have recently concluded that a once in a tens of millions of years mass extinction is now underway, mainly in the ocean, because of global warming and … Continue reading →

gCaptain

• BP Managers Plead Not Guilty to Deepwater Hori ...
  (Bloomberg) — Two BP Plc well-site managers and a former executive pleaded not guilty to criminal charges growing out of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill appeared in court to enter pleas. [...]
• Lawmakers Want Federal Emergency Declared Alon ...
  (Bloomberg) — Shippers and lawmakers are pressuring President Barack Obama to declare a federal emergency along the Mississippi River, citing potential “catastrophic consequences” in the Midwest if barge traffic is curtailed by low water [...]
• NTSB: Coast Guard’s Post-Accident Drug and Alc ...
  The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday issued a recommendation to the U.S. Coast Guard that would subject Coast Guard personnel involved in serious marine incidents to timely post-accident drug [...]
• Ship Engineer Gets Life in Prison for Killing ...
  An engineer accused of killing a fellow crewmember aboard an Indian cargo ship while off the coast of Nigeria has been sentenced to life imprisonment. According to the Times of [...]
• U.S. Navy Testing Carrier-Based Unmanned Aircraft
  As China starts landing jets on its first aircraft carrier, the U.S. Navy is preparing to test take offs and landings of carrier-based unmanned aircraft, a first for the Navy. [...]

Press TV

• Shia-Sunni row favors Zionists: Larijani
  Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has warned against plots aimed at fueling sectarian divisions between Shia and Sunni Muslims.
• Nobel laureates urge boycott of Israel
  Nobel Peace Prize laureates have called for an international boycott of Israel following the regime’s recent deadly onslaught against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
• US police nab man threatening mosque
  Texas police say they have stopped a man who was planning to attack a San Antonio mosque and shoot as many people as possible in the house of worship.
• ‘Ending UK nukes ends housing problems’
  British anti-nukes campaigners are pressuring the government to change course on replacing its Trident nuclear weapons system at an annual cost of £3 billion and rather spend the money on housing.
• Morsi to address nation on power grab
  Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi plans to address the nation on a decree, which expands his powers and places him beyond judicial oversight.

SciDev.net

• Climate funds must help integrate climate into ...
  Developing countries deserve more support for their efforts to prioritise climate change in development, writes climate expert Simon Anderson.
• Climate forecasts boosted West African floods ...
  The use of climate forecasting in an 'early warning, early action' strategy in West Africa boosted relief for floods, a study reports.
• Patent laws key to drug innovation, argues report
  Novel drugs would be more likely if middle-income nations were more vigorous at enforcing intellectual property laws, says a report.
• 'Culture change needed' to avert growing disas ...
  A report calls for a change in thinking on disaster risk, urging everyone involved in development to consider their decisions in light of risks.
• Venezuelan DIY science project hits stumbling ...
  A widely lauded new technology for disease diagnosis in poor countries has failed to progress to field trial stage because of funding issues.

Congressional Budget Office Director's Blog

• The United States is Experiencing the Longest ...
  The rate of unemployment in the United States has exceeded 8 percent since February 2009, making the past three years the longest stretch of high unemployment in this country since the Great Depression. CBO projects that the unemployment rate will remain above 8 percent until 2014. The share of ...
• Models Used by the Military Services to Develo ...
  The military services—the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps—use modeling techniques to inform parts of their annual budget requests. As directed by the Congress in the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act, today’s CBO study provides information on the models used ...
• Treatment of PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury b ...
  More than 2 million service members have deployed in support of overseas contingency operations (OCO) in Iraq and Afghanistan since October 2001. Two combat-related conditions that affect some OCO veterans and that have generated widespread concern among policymakers are post-traumatic stress di ...
• Presentation to the National Economists Club
  Yesterday I spoke to the National Economists Club on our recently released Budget and Economic Outlook. My remarks reiterated much of what I said in several of last week’s blog posts: CBO Releases the Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2022 Fundamental Fiscal Challenge How ...
• Federal Budget Deficit Totaled $349 Billion fo ...
  The federal government accumulated a budget deficit of $349 billion for the first four months of fiscal year 2012, CBO estimates in its latest Monthly Budget Review, $70 billion less than the shortfall recorded for the same period last year. Without shifts in the timing of certain payments, howe ...

Naked Scientists - News

• Robotic router
  Have you have ever spent ages carefully sawing out a complex shape in a piece of wood only to find it was slightly too big, or worse slightly too small? This happened to Alec Rivers an electronics Ph...
• Flexible batteries
  One of the big reasons that mobile phones and other personal gadgetry are still simple cuboids, and not more interesting shapes, is that they need a lot of energy storage, and batteries are simple cub...
• Resistance is fertile: soil bacteria to blame
  Soil-dwelling bacteria are the source of the antibiotic resistance genes that are making many infections hard to treat, researchers have shown this week. Writing in Science, Washington University St...
• Gait expectations: genetic basis of horse dres ...
  A gene responsible for affecting how the majority of mammals move has been revealed by studying a group of Icelandic horses with weird walking patterns. Although all horses can walk, trot and gallo...
• Nanoparticles poison soil
  Nanoparticles in cosmetics and exhaust fumes can accumulate in plants and stunt growth, scientists have warned. In a paper published this week in PNAS, UC Santa Barbara soil microbiologist Patricia ...

Nick Turse

• What Happened When NYU Students Discovered The ...
  What Happened When NYU Students Discovered They Could Email 40,000 People At Once?: You can probably...
• "The crowd chased him and threw rocks at him; ...
  “The crowd chased him and threw rocks at him; children and adults beat him with sticks....
• A & P (Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.), 246 ...
  A & P (Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.), 246 Third Avenue, Manhattan. (March 16, 1936)
• "Of all the findings in the 2012 edition of th ...
  “Of all the findings in the 2012 edition of the World Energy Outlook, the one that merits the...
• cjchivers:Videos From Syria Appear to Show F ...
  cjchivers: Videos From Syria Appear to Show First Confirmed Hit of Aircraft by Surface-to-Air Missile. On the At War blog, an update to the Syrian war. Here.  We’ll have more soon. ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHS Screen grabs from videos that appear to show the downing today of an Mi-8 transport ...

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