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Thomas Paine

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Thursday, November 8, 2012

8 November - RSS SnapShot! Pt I

Nik Gowing hosts a live "Special World De...
Nik Gowing hosts a live "Special World Debate" with panelists Economic Historian Niall Ferguson, French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, Goldman Sachs Jim O'Neill, International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Chairmwoman of Sabanci Holding Guler Sabanci (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Personal & Noted

Scoop - NZ

  • Gould: Gaffes harming Key's credibility
    His gratuitous and rather coarse insult concerning David Beckham was hardly serious enough to cause a diplomatic incident but it did receive worldwide coverage and made front-page headlines in some British tabloids - and it is, sadly, the case that the person who came out of the episode with dam ...
  • Last Christian in central Homs killed
    The last Christian who was in the center of Homs was killed, after the evacuation of the civilian population. Elias Mansour, 84 years old, Greek-Orthodox Christian, did not want to leave his home, in the Wadi Sayeh street, because he had to take care of his son Adnane, handicapped, even though h ...
  • Obama victory spells trouble for Netanyahu
    former Israeli ambassador to Washington, Sallai Meridor, suggested that Obama would not easily forget that Netanyahu had created a perception that Israel wanted Romney to defeat him. Obama is "very strategic, very disciplined", Meridor said during a panel discussion on the U.S. election at th ...
  • Silent Victims of Iranian Sanctions
    The sanctions have devastated the daily life of ordinary Iranian people by bringing the price of goods to a skyrocketing height, making the students abroad unable to get financial assistance from their parents in Iran, rendering it impossible for the private companies to do international transac ...
  • Greek oligarchy fears exposure in Lagarde's list
    The case dates back two years, when Christine Lagarde, then French finance minister, now head of the International Monetary Fund, handed over the dossier — dubbed the “Lagarde list” — to her Greek counterpart. No action was taken even though tax evasion is rampant in Greece. It’s estimated at ...

Independent - London

  • I'll live and die in Syria, says Assad
    Syrian President Bashar Assad has vowed defiantly to “live and die” in Syria.Related StoriesSaudi Arabia's women allowed to join country's main advisory body but must be separated from men by a screenTurkey says Nato discussed Patriot missiles for SyriaProtesters stripped of Bahrain citizenship ...
  • German prosecutors charge neo-Nazis with murde ...
    German federal prosecutors say they have charged the surviving member of small group of neo-Nazis with involvement in the murder of nine minorities and a police officer. Related StoriesGreek MPs preparing to vote on the country’s latest highly controversial austerity package'We must vote against ...
  • Postcard from... Moscow
    If there's one principle that guides Russian foreign policymaking, it is reciprocity. If you allow Russians to come to your country without visas, the Russians will most likely reciprocate. Likewise, the Kremlin does not believe in lecturing countries on human rights issues – it sees this as “in ...
  • China's Communist Party must stamp out corrupt ...
    President Hu Jintao warned China's incoming leaders on Thursday that corruption threatened the ruling Communist Party and the state, but said the party must stay in charge as it battles growing social unrest.Related StoriesChina’s top brass promise crackdown after Bo Xilai scandalWho are the Co ...
  • China's Communist Party must stamp out rich-po ...
    China's ruling communists have opened a pivotal congress to initiate a power handover to new leaders with a broad promise of cleaner government.Related StoriesChina’s top brass promise crackdown after Bo Xilai scandalWho are the Communist Party of China's current favourites?China prepares to be ...

Rogue Government.com

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

Innovation Canada

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

Signs of the times

  • Dr. Judy Wood: Where did the World Trade Cente ...
  • 100,000 clash with police in Athens; Greece co ...
    Greece risks sliding into a civil war, unless officials in Athens follow Iceland's example and default on the country's loans, journalist Charlie McGrath told RT. ­Charlie McGrath from Wide Awake News says Greece needs to admit to bankruptcy and start fresh from scratch. "The financial he ...
  • At least 52 dead in 7.4 Guatemala quake
    At least 52 people have been killed and hundreds remain missing after a powerful earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Guatemala, where a tsunami warning has now been issued. About 125,000 people were without power as a result of the quake. The 7.4-magnitude earthquake centered about 160k ...
  • Have you seen 'zooming' lights over Pangbourne?
    A Whitchurch author has seen "zooming" lights in the sky over the River Thames and she wants to know what they are. The woman, whose pen name is Debra Louise Reynolds, prefers not to use her real name as "people will probably think I'm a nutter". However she and her 18-year-old daughter have s ...
  • Taxi drivers' tale of phantom hitchhiker
    I've said it before and I'll say it again - some of the best stories I've ever published in this column have been supplied by taxi drivers. Ghosts, UFOs, mystery animals ... I've been privileged to pen some fascinating columns on these subjects and more, thanks to these knights of the road, a ...

The Galloping Beaver

  • Temporary Foreign Workers
    A decade ago I was effectively an itinerant farm worker in Australia. The Australian fruit and vegetable harvest industry relies heavily on a large army of 20-something year old international travellers on working holiday permits to pick and pack produce. Take away the backpackers and the fruit ...
  • Copy copy copy . . .
    MICHAEL GEIST has been trying to keep Canada as free as possible, as a place where we can enjoy our digital entertainment. According to him, as of today, we have new copyright laws in effect. Check out his post, "Canadian Copyright Reform In Force: Expanded User Rights Now the Law". This ...
  • The sane guy won
    OK, we can all breathe a little easier here in Canadaland and maybe Americaland too. Imagine Romney to the south and together with our fetid swamp of crazies? Not so much maybe of you're a resident of the horn of Africa or parts of Asia, what with the drone wars and all. But then again there too ...
  • OK Government Scientists
    I know some of you. Your research extends beyond Canada's frontiers, and has a direct bearing on the health and well-being of seven billion human beings and the living, breathing Earth they inhabit. Your skills and position as public servants mean you have a responsibility make your research fi ...
  • Armoured limos and prime ministerial security
    The justification for the Member for Calgary Southwest's choice of ride for the Member's Imperial Excursion to India (does he know they've won independence?) is a little cute. CBC is quoting the Mounties and experts about the risk involved in sending VIPs to India that require limos and and Subu ...

Media Matters for America

  • Conservative Media Reveal Their Contempt For A ...
    Conservative media figures attacked Americans for reelecting President Obama, with most claiming that those who voted for Obama did so because they see him as Santa Claus and just "want free stuff." Others, like Fox News' Greg Gutfeld, likened Obama voters to "the wife who ignores a horrible hus ...
  • Right-Wing Media React To Obama's Re-Election: ...
    In the wake of President Obama's re-election, right-wing media outlets and figures compared the president to a dictator, called for a revolution, and baselessly suggested impeachment.Right-Wing Media React To Election Result: "We Should Have A Revolution" Breitbart.com: "The War Begins Now." A ...
  • Fox Blames Romney Loss On The "Biased" Fact-Ch ...
    Fox News is blaming fact-checkers for Mitt Romney's loss in the presidential election, claiming that they tilted the race in President Obama's favor. Fox repeatedly attacked fact-checkers for debunking many of Romney's falsehoods during the campaign -- following the Romney camp's dismissal of fa ...
  • Conservative Media Encourage Continued GOP Obs ...
    In response to President Obama's re-election, conservative media have declared that the president does not have a mandate to pursue his policies and said Republicans have a mandate to obstruct them. In Obama's first term, Republicans engaged in historic levels of obstruction against Obama's agen ...
  • How The Mainstream Media Helped Romney Hide Hi ...
    In the weeks leading up to Election Day, major media outlets whitewashed many of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's extreme positions, including on abortion, health care, and the situation in the Middle East. In doing so, these outlets aided Romney's efforts to remake himself a ...

Global Research.ca

  • No Show Trial for Israel.
    Israel squirms and wriggles like a worm on a fishhook over the Turkish trial into the deaths of nine unarmed humanitarian aid volunteers on board a ship bound for Gaza. Tel Aviv has called the hearing in Istanbul a “show trial” with no legal foundation or meaning at all since, rather predictably ...
  • Six hospital evacuations in NY-NJ. Hospitals c ...
    The storm that hit the U.S. East Coast Oct. 29 exposed the harm done by capitalist priorities in the crucial areas of essential health care and electric power for millions. Some 400 available industrial-scale generators sat unused while four major New York City hospitals located in flood zones a ...
  • Mitt Romney: Lies and Liars Lost
    In over 50 years of voting and 25 years of working professionally in the world of politics and public policy I had never seen such outrageous and persistent lies, distortions and intellectual insults from a presidential candidate.  Repeatedly, Romney sold his soul to first get the Republican nom ...
  • Chemtrails. The Realities of Geoengineering an ...
    For anyone who looks up in the sky every so often, the reality of geoengineering—what are often referred to as “chemtrails”—can no longer be easily dismissed.
  • President Bashar Al Assad: Exclusive Interview ...
    In an exclusive interview with RT, Syrian President Bashar Assad said he will not leave Syria. Assad also spoke on the calls for armed foreign intervention in Syria, and the possible fallout on the country’s internal conflict and across the region.…

TPM Cafe

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

  • After Federal and State Governments Fail to Re ...
    A growing boom in natural gas drilling near homes and schools prompted the city of Longmont, Colorado to vote last July to bar new oil and gas permits in residential neighborhoods. The state quickly overturned the ordinance. Gov. John Hickenlooper said that letting it stand would “ ...
  • Can Sandy Help Jolt America Out of Climate Cha ...
    The following article first appeared in the Nation. For more great content from the Nation, sign up for their email newsletters here.Never has a hurricane been more aptly, if tragically, named than Sandy, the superstorm that flooded New York City and battered much of the East Coast. At press t ...
  • Global Warming Systemically Caused Hurricane Sandy
     Yes, global warming systemically caused Hurricane Sandy -- and the Midwest droughts and the fires in Colorado and Texas, as well as other extreme weather disasters around the world. Let's say it out loud, it was causation, systemic causation.Systemic causation is familiar. Smok ...
  • We Need to Avoid Just Scaring Ourselves and Th ...
    There’s nothing quite like the adrenaline high of a good storm. It’s like a good horror film: And this “Frankenstorm,” coming right on Halloween, is giving us the best of the worst of storms. As the waters rise, the weathercasters feed our high, red circles and arro ...
  • Frightening and Amazing Photos From Those Endu ...
    As Hurricane Sandy pummels the East Coast, people who still have power and internet connections have taken to all forms of social media to show the storm's effects and how they're coping. Mashable reported earlier today that on Instagram "users are uploading 10 images per second with the hasht ...

Public Citizen in Texas

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

Unexplained Mysteries

  • NASA to announce manned moon mission ?
    Now that the US elections are over attentions may soon be turning to a new manned mission to the moon. According to space policy expert Professor John...
  • Giant habitable exoplanet discovered
    Astronomers have discovered a star system with six planets, one of which could potentially support life. The dwarf star known as HD 40307 is located 4...
  • New 'Sauron' dinosaur discovered
    A new species of predatory dinosaur as large as a Tyrannosaurus Rex has been identified. The new dinosaur is named Sauroniops pachytholus which means ...
  • Bigfoot video surfaces in Provo, Utah
    A man camping with his family has taken video footage of what is alleged to be a Bigfoot in the woods. The video has gained widespread attention and r...
  • Could an 'elixir of life' actually exist ?
    Scientists in Kazakhstan claim to have developed a drink that they are hailing as an 'elixir of life'. Kazakhstan's leader, Nursultan Nazarbayev gave ...

Grassroots

  • Hurricane Sandy Washes Away Haitian Livelihoods
    haitian-_flooded_farmland-2012.jpg Hurricane and Superstorm Sandy caused billions in damages from the Caribbean to Canada, killed more than 100 people and left many in its wake without basic necessities. For those of us who live in cou ...
  • Preparations Underway for the World Social For ...
    For the past year, Stop the Wall and the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (both Grassroots International partners) have been working diligently with their Palestinian and Brazilian allies to fulfill the call issued in 2011 at the World Social Forum in Dakar. Then, participants expresse ...
  • No Olive Branches Here: Settler Violence Threa ...
    Israeli settler violence against Palestinians and their property, which escalated this summer, is on the rise again with this October’s olive harvest season in the West Bank. Officials from the United Nations as well as activists in Palestine and Israel are calling on Israeli forces to intervene ...
  • For-Profit Folly in Haiti
    Subheadline:  Development-Industrial Complex Can't Deliver Reconstruction After Earthquake Outside Author Info Outside Author Bio:  Jake Johnston is a Research Associate at th ...
  • Message from Rafael Alegría, Honduran leader o ...
    On May 1 of this year, my colleague Saulo Araujo (Program Coordinator for Latin America) and I spent the day with Rafael Alegría, a leader of the Vía Campesina based in Honduras.  The video below offers some of his reflections.   Rafael’s message is clear:read more

Climate

  • Northern Gateway Pipeline Threatens Caribou, G ...
    (The Globe and Mail) For years, first nations have pointed to salmon and sea life to argue that a spill from the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline would damage wildlife important for both cultural and culinary reasons. Now, environme ...
  • U.S. Finalizes Steep Tariffs on China's Solar ...
    (USA Today) The U.S. government cleared the way Wednesday for imposing steep tariffs on solar panels imported from China, but analysts say the impact may be marginal because the tariffs were expected and contain a loophole. The Intern ...
  • Vestas to Sell Stake in Company Cut Another 3, ...
    (Bloomberg) Vestas Wind Systems A/S wants to sell a stake of as much as 20 percent and will be cutting another 3,000 jobs. "We do not yet know which locations globally will be affected," Andrew Longeteig, company spokesman, said in a ...
  • Coal’s Election Loss Could Mean Gain for Carbo ...
    (Bloomberg) Coal power was a widespread loser in yesterday’s election. Despite singing its praises as loudly as possible, Mitt Romney was unable to use his support for coal to defeat Barack Obama in Virginia and Ohio. And heavy spendi ...
  • Enviro Groups See Big Win in Efforts to Put Cl ...
    (The Daily Climate) The 2012 election was supposed to be all about the economy. But in state and federal races throughout the country, candidates targeted by environmentalists for their positions on climate and energy lost Tuesday in l ...

GreenBiz

Duly Noted

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

Booman Tribune

  • Does Fox Help or Hurt the GOP?
    I consider Fox News to be a neurotoxin. Watching the network actually damages your brain and makes it harder to think clearly. This is mainly because it is designed to trigger emotional responses and to force you to make logical connections that don't exist. It actively misinforms, but that's ...
  • Wolverines!
    The (Progressive) Zombie Taker Apocalypse is at hand according to noted conservative libertarian paranoid weapons hoarder Jeff G at Protein Wisdom, and be warned you slacker, government loving, things and stuff wanting, professional leftists, academics and other assorted leeches on the body poli ...
  • I'm Still Afraid of Corporate Cash
    When I look at all the money the Chamber of Commerce and Karl Rove gave to the Republicans, it's hard to believe that so many Democrats survived it. Even in the House races, the Democrats got half a million more votes than the Republicans. I'm glad the corporate money didn't bring more tangibl ...
  • You Tell Me
    Do you think the gun stores are going to make a killing (pun intended) with their sales of guns and bullets this November like they did in 2008? How long before Chris Christie starts attacking Obama again? Before or after he gets Federal money to rebuild his state? Is Birtherism finally a ...
  • Ari Fleischer's Post-Election Lament
    Whatever you think of former President Bush's propaganda mouthpiece, Ari Fleischer, he knows his party's supporters. And he was surprisingly blunt about stating that Republicans will always be against LGBT rights and women's rights. Why? Because they are the party of people who will never acc ...

Environmental Graffiti

  • Can Teeth Heal Themselves?
    If you hurt yourself, your body can often self-repair, but we don't usually think of this happening with teeth. Find out how your teeth combat cavities. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • The Breathtaking Colors of Iceland's Landmanna ...
    Landmannaulaugar is famous for its hot springs, volcanic eruptions, and the beautiful colors of its landscape – which is like no other on Earth. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • How Universities Are Going Green
    From green buildings and solar power to various student initiatives, there are a number of ways universities today are going green. This infographic breaks it all down. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • Macabre Little People Invade Vienna
    In Milan, London, Barcelona, Zagreb and Vienna, tiny people are popping up all over the urban landscape. And they have something to say. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • The Ancient Art of Glassblowing
    Glassblowing is an incredible and complicated process. It involves manipulating molten glass that has been heated to the temperature of lava! This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article

Foreign Policy in Focus

Global Elite

Al Jazeera

Green Inc. - NYT

Dot Earth News

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

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

Daily Censored

AlterNet's Breaking News

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

Institute for Policy Studies

IntelNews

  • News you may have missed #809 (Obama-Iran edition)
    Will re-elected Obama take a new line on Iran? Obama’s victory vindicates his Iran policy. Iranians see reduced risk of war in Obama’s reelection.
  • News you may have missed #808 (Obama-Netanyahu ...
    The other concession speech: Netanyahu congratulates Obama. Netanyahu rushes to repair damage with US President. Barack Obama victory spells trouble for Israel's Netanyahu.
  • Murdered British businessman ‘was MI6 operativ ...
    An investigation by The Wall Street Journal has concluded that Neil Heywood, the British businessman who was murdered in China last November, was an active informant for British intelligence at the time of his death. The news appears to confirm intelNews’ assessment of April 2012 that Heywood wa ...
  • News you may have missed #807
    Britain to unveil statue of female SOE spy of Indian origin. US intelligence spending falls or second year in a row. Russia wants to park spy planes on French base.
  • News you may have missed #806
    Most staff at US consulate in Libya were CIA personnel. India accuses Pakistan of printing counterfeit banknotes. Jordan court to announce ex-spy chief's sentence on November 11.

War is a Crime.org

  • Rockaways, Katrina, Iraq, Afghanistan, Gaza an ...
    By Johnny Barber Tuesday, November 6, 2012,  in Rockaway I was reminded of the aftermath of Katrina, the Rodney King riots and Iraq, Afghanistan, and particularly I was reminded of Gaza and the West Bank, where the 'aftermath' never comes, where just a continuous, unending calamity unfolds ...
  • Haaretz on Obama's Reelection
      Haaretz on Obama's Reelection   by Stephen Lendman   Haaretz used most of its November 7 issue covering it. Doing so reflects the importance of America to Israeli interests.   read more
  • Six Peace Events in the Bay Area, November 9-1 ...
    November 9, 4:15 p.m., Stanford Omar Shaki, Medea Benjamin, Robert Crews, Shahzad Bashir "Lives Under Drones" Building 200, room 205, Stanford Visit antiwar.stanford.edu for more info. Co-sponsored by Muslim Students Awareness Network, Stanford NAACP, Stanford STAND, CDDRL Program on Human Right ...
  • Syria News - Nov 8
        Syrian opposition plans fall apart, Riad Seif withdraws after he loses his seat in the executive council - Telegraph U.S. diplomat meets with Syrian opposition leaders Clinton blasted, Reiterates no weapons or a no-fly zone - McClatchy VIDEO: SNC Chief calls for a transitional ...
  • Thousands sign no Tony Blair comeback letter
    1b Waterlow Road, London N19 5NJ 1) Thousands sign no Tony Blair comeback letter A letter initiated by John Pilger, Tony Benn and others calling on University College London (UCL) to cancel an invitation for Tony Blair to speak at the launch of the university's Institute for Security & Resi ...

Grist - News

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

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  • The Georgia Guidestones
    On one of the highest hilltops in Elbert County, Georgia stands a huge granite monument. Engraved in eight different languages on the four giant stones that support the common capstone are 10 Guides, or commandments. That monument is alternately referred to as The Georgia Guidestones, or the ...
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Twilight Earth

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  • BREAKING: Deleted Monsanto cartoon panel, leaked!
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Inhabitat

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    If your wallet is already feeling the pinch from your monthly energy bill as we head into the colder months, you’ll be happy to know that you can keep those expenses down using a simple device called a programmable thermostat. We introduced these handy gadgets to you back in October and n ...
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  • Obama Calls for Climate Action After Winning 2 ...
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Pogue's Posts

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    How a tech columnist muddles through a 10-day stretch without electricity and Internet (not to mention heat or hot water). Sometimes, the technologies a columnist and his family crave most are 100 years old.
  • A Windows 8 Cheat Sheet
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  • More Advice on Home Data Storage
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  • Do We Ban App Distractions, Too?
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WIRED Magazine | Science

  • Wired Science Space Photo of the Day: White Dw ...
    Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have discovered a pair of stars orbiting each other at the centre of one of the most remarkable examples of a planetary nebula. The new result confirms a long-debated theory about what controls the spectacular and symmetric appearance of the material ...
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  • Hog Farm Stink Raises Neighbors’ Blood Pressure
    The stench of a large hog farm may seem nauseating, but a study now suggests that hog farm emissions—which include dust, irritants, allergens, hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, and hundreds of volatile organic compounds—could have a measurable impact on human health. Neighbors of such farms experience ...
  • The Next 4 Years: Battlegrounds in Science, Me ...
    The next four years will give America to a chance to shape, for better or worse, a host of vitally important scientific, medical and environmental issues. Here is some of what we'll be arguing over -- and hopefully figuring out -- in years to come.
  • New Prosthetic Hand Has Sweet Skills, Terminat ...
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PakAlert

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    What does an Obama re-election mean for the next four years in America? Now that he's in his second and last term, of course, Obama no longer needs to restrain his actions according to popularity. He can simply unleash any desirable executive order and rule by decree, bypassing Congress as he ha ...
  • Donald Trump Goes On An Epic Rant On Twitter A ...
    Donald Trump melted down on Twitter Tuesday, calling for a "revolution" after President Barack Obama won re-election. Trump's rant is based on the assumption Obama will lose the popular vote — which was the case at the moment, but is not going to happen now. Take a look at his full tailspin belo ...
  • Top Conspiracy Theories
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  • Obama Bombs Yemen Hours After Winning Reelection
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Andy Worthington

  • Beside the River Thames: Photos of a Journey f ...
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  • When Justice Fails: US Refuses to Confirm that ...
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  • Photos: Autumn on Hilly Fields, Brockley
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  • Save Lewisham A&E: As Petition Nears 5,000 Sig ...
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  • Pumpkins and Skeletons: Photos of Halloween in ...
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  • Don't Turn Your Back on the Bankers for Even a ...
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  • Sarah Palin: Mayor of New Milford?
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  • The People Have Spoken. And Their Message Is ...
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SPL Center

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Common Dreams -News

  • For Champions of Degrowth, Less Is Much More
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    "This is probably not a very good morning for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,” Israel's Interior Minister Eli Yishai said Wednesday. Netanyahu and his Likud Party had actively supported Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan in what Israeli opposition leader Shaul Mofaz described as “ ...
  • Michigan Voters Reject Emergency Manager Law
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Lifehacker

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    Caffeine. Even the word gives you a little tingle. We've talked many times about caffeine here at Lifehacker. We've shown you how to kick a caffeine addiction and also how to optimize your mental boost with small, regular doses. We've even taken a look at just what caffeine does to your br ...
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  • When Buying Gift Cards on eBay, Make Sure They ...
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Water Privatization

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    Both sides on the proposal to privatize the city's water and sewer system exchanged words at an Allentown polling place Tuesday as activists worked to collect signatures for a referendum to take the issue to voters.
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  • Penn. Town Mayor Pushes Privatization to Preve ...
    The city of Allentown, Penn. is making steps towards the privatization of its public water and sewage systems. The town's mayor, Ed Pawlowski, has pushed the measure in as the only solution to prevent the town from being pushed off a "fiscal precipice" as city faces a funding pensi ...

Guardian

  • Republicans debate future as 2016 jostling beg ...
    Post-election bloodletting begins within Republican ranks as talk of a Jeb Bush versus Hillary Clinton race in 2016 emergesRichard Adams
  • Caroline Lucas calls on government to consider ...
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  • Bashar al-Assad vows to 'live or die' in Syria
    Syrian president warns against foreign intervention as members of opposition groups remain in disarray at unity talks in DohaBashar al-Assad has vowed to "live or die" in Syria, warning against any foreign intervention in the crisis and defending his war-torn country as the "last stronghold of s ...
  • Iran accused of torturing blogger to death
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  • Met computer hacking investigation makes 18th ...
    Woman being questioned under Operation Tuleta is not directly linked to news organisation or journalists' activitiesThe Metropolitan police investigation into allegations of computer hacking today made its 18th arrest.Police said a 45-year-old was arrested at her home in south-west London at abo ...

McClatchey

  • Last of ballots being counted by Miami-Dade
    The absentee ballot count is mercifully over. Miami-Dade elections workers counted a final batch of 500 absentees Thursday morning, after pulling an all-nighter. Supervisor of Elections Penelope Townsley was expected…Click to Continue »
  • Some doctors find switch to electronic medical ...
    Phil Talbert took the plunge and bought an electronic medical record system for his small medical practice in Shelby, N.C., in 2010, assuming the pricey computer program would last years,Click to Continue »
  • China’s Hu Jintao urges Communist Party ...
    China?s outgoing president Hu Jintao warned in his report to a Chinese Communist Party congress on Thursday that failing to address problems with corruption and political integrity ?could prove fatal…Click to Continue »
  • Obama re-election sends US down 'path of destr ...
    On the day of his father's 94th birthday, and the day after the country re-elected President Barack Obama president, evangelist Franklin Graham gave two-pronged advice to the American people: Politically,Click to Continue »
  • Obama win signals new Democratic coalition
    President Barack Obama is remaking the Democratic Party, forging a new political coalition that is steadily replacing the old party alignment first built by Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s.Click to Continue »

Afghanistan Sun

  • Afghan anger kept U.S. agents from killing scene
    Army Sgt. Robert Bales is accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers It took nearly three weeks for U.S. agents to visit the site, an Army investigator says "We were fully expecting to be ...
  • Afghan troops to be trained at Indian Armys ju ...
    New Delhi: India has agreed to train upto 600 Afghan Army officers every year in India under a pact that President Hamid Karzai is expected to sign with India early next week, highly placed sources ...
  • Taliban suicide attack on base in Pakistans bi ...
    KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least one person when he rammed his vehicle into the gates of a military base in Pakistan's largest city on Thursday, police ...
  • Afghanistan Bombing Attacks Kill 20
    An Afghan policeman stands guard at the scene of a suicide attack in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Nov. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Allauddin ...
  • Taliban suicide attack in Pakistan leaves 4 ki ...
    Pakistan rangers here today, leaving at least four people dead and 28 others injured. The attacker slammed the truck into the gate of the Pakistan rangers office in the heavily-populated North ...

Futurismic

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

Whistleblowers Protection Blog

  • This Week on Honesty Without Fear
    Tune in Monday at 5:00pm EDT to Honesty Without Fear on Progressive Radio Network. Jane Turner interviews Kenneth Smith and John Melson along with their lawyer, Dave Scher. Kenny & John were hired by government contractor Jorge Scientific to perform security services in Afghanistan, but end ...
  • Squashed By Russia: The Sergei Magnitsky Story
    NWC nabbed an exclusive interview with Jamison Firestone, the law partner and friend of Sergei Magnitsky – a whistleblower whose disturbing story reveals the ruthlessness and corruption of the Russian government. Sergei was tortured and killed after he exposed the looting of Russian taxpay ...
  • Presidential Policy Directive on Whistleblower ...
    A recent White House directive on national security whistleblowers has sparked a major dialog in the whistleblower community. You can read the National Whistleblowers Center's press release on the directive here. Below is a full-text analysis from the Whistleblower Support Fund's Linda Lew ...
  • ARB issues decisions on summary decision, sett ...
    Today, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a summary of the September 2012 decisions of its Administrative Review Board (ARB).  The twelve decisions issued in September cover important procedural issues involving the time limits for filing complaints and petitions for review to the ARB, con ...
  • Stephen Kohn and Richard Angino argue Wiest ca ...
    On October 5, 2012, the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals conducted oral arguments in Wiest v. Lynch, a case that tests the scope of protection for whistleblowers under the 2002 Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, attorney Richard Angino argued the case for Jeffrey Wiest.  ...

Science Express

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

TechDirt

  • Pfizer Can't Keep Its Viagra Patent Up In Canada
    Today, in a ruling from the Supreme Court of Canada, Pfizer lost its Canadian patent on Viagra as the result of a long-fought battle with rival pharmaceutical manufacturer Teva, which sought to make a generic version of the popular drug. Though the patent was not set to expire until 2014, Teva a ...
  • Apparently Attacking A Candidate For Being A W ...
    Last month, we were among those who reported on an absolutely bizarre strategy by a candidate for the Maine state Senate to demonize his opponent, Colleen Lachowicz, by highlighting her enjoyment of World of Warcraft and then taking some of her statements about the game completely out of context ...
  • Police Chief's Custom Spam Filter Blocks Occup ...
    We all enjoyed a loud, incredulous laugh when Janet Napolitano, Homeland Security Secretary, went on record as being proudly computer illiterate. "Never use email," she said as part of statement delivered by teletype. Perhaps Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan should have chosen the Luddite Way, ...
  • ITU Boss Explains Why He Wants The UN To Start ...
    We've written a few times about why we should be worried about the ITU (a part of the UN) and its attempts to regulate the internet, to which some have responded by arguing that the ITU/UN doesn't really want to regulate the internet. However, the Secretary-General of the ITU, Hamadoun Toure ha ...
  • Video About Fair Use, Remix & Culture Taken Do ...
    A few years back, we had a post highlighting an absolutely fantastic video by Julian Sanchez about the value of remix culture. The video made a key point that often gets lost in these debates: that remix culture is often more about the culture than the remix, but that copyright law makes that d ...

VacTruth

  • Brainwashed Police Prosecute Parents to Protec ...
    Retired Sergeant Christopher Savage confirms police are writing off cases of vaccine injury as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. and Shaken Baby Syndrome.
  • Bill Gates Funding Drone Technology to Deliver ...
    When it comes to money and imagination, Bill Gates seems to have an endless supply of both. One of his latest financial donations is funding unmanned aerial vehicles to quickly and inexpensively deliver vaccines.
  • The American Medical Association Will Soon Be ...
    The American Medical Association (AMA) recently published a paper proposing the introduction of a new law to force you and your children into experimental vaccine trials against your wishes. Your only way out of this directive would be to sign an ‘opt out form.’ In January, the AMA publish ...
  • Postman Could Soon Deliver Your Nanopatch Vacc ...
    In 2010, UK newspaper The Independent on Sunday reported that a collaborative research study undertaken by researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University in Atlanta had detailed a new way to deliver painless effective vaccines. [1]  Reporting on a study published in th ...
  • Secret Papers Reveal Funding Refused to Resear ...
    Secret papers hidden in archives for years clearly show that when medical researchers applied for funding to study the link between vaccinations and the debilitating condition known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

BroadSnark

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

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War in Context

  • Alfred McCoy: Super weapons and global dominion
    In the 1950s and early 1960s, the Cold War was commonly said to have partially plunged “into the shadows” as a secret, off-the-grid, spy-versus-spy conflict fought between the planet’s two superpowers. No one caught this mood better than John le Carré in his famed Smiley n ...
  • Occupy Sandy’s spirit of solidarity resonates ...
    Arturo Conde reports: In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, community-based volunteers led by Occupy Wall Street supporters have emerged to fill the void left by FEMA, and The American Red Cross. In less than a week, the Occupy Sandy grassroots movement has raised over $264,000 in relief for New ...
  • Romney’s concession song
  • How Obama can succeed on Iran
    Trita Parsi and Reza Marashi write: With the elections behind him, President Obama must quickly shift his focus to key foreign policy challenges that were put on pause due to election season paralysis. On Iran, the President should hit the ground running. Obama has a unique opportunity to make h ...
  • Britain condemns Israel’s new construction pla ...
    Haaretz reports: The British government on Wednesday condemned the tenders recently issued by Israel’s Housing Ministry for the construction of new housing units across the Green Line in Jerusalem and in West Bank settlements. In the statement, Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East, ...

Watts Up With That?

  • Notes on the upcoming WUWT Gore-a-thon
    As many are already aware, I’ve announced a first ever effort to do a 24 hour webcast to counter Al Gore’s upcoming “dirty weather = dirty energy” campaign. Last year we had cartoons from Josh, this year we’ll have that … Continue reading →
  • ‘Paleotempestology’ – the ne ...
    I missed this announcement yesterday, but when I saw the word “paleotempestology” today, I immediately thought of Dr. Michael Mann, mainly because he throws tempests and everybody else studies them as examples of scientific silliness aka Tabloid Climatology™. Sure enough, … Con ...
  • Fashionable words and climate science
    From the University of Bristol  some research you have to wonder about how it ever got funded. One new fashionable word set I think they should add to this is “Tabloid Climatology™”. Drifting word clouds may change perceptions of climate … Continue reading →
  • Job candidate tells Bloomberg to ‘take t ...
    People send me stuff. This one, submitted to WUWT’s “submit a story”  is quite something in that I’ve never seen someone take such a principled stand before getting a job. It usually comes afterwards. In this case, Bloomberg’s dabbling in … Continue reading &# ...
  • Next IPCC report will ‘scare the wits ou ...
    Former UN Official says climate report will shock nations into action John Gardner writes in with an entry from the “worse than we thought” department: The IPCC seems to be pre-empting the growing skeptical science by preparing to issue an … Continue reading →

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Biosingularity

  • Collaboration seeks to find new uses for faile ...
    The U.S. government is looking for the next AZT, Viagra and thalidomide — substances that washed out as treatments for one disease but later turned out to work well against a totally different ailment. AZT failed as a cancer drug but became the first antiviral to work against HIV. Viagra didn’t ...
  • Differences in dopamine may determine how hard ...
    Whether someone is a “go-getter” or a “slacker” may depend on individual differences in the brain chemical dopamine, according to new research in the May 2 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The findings suggest that dopamine affects cost-benefit analyses. The study fo ...
  • Eye implants restore ‘useful sight&#8217 ...
    The first blind patients to be fitted with electronic eye implants in a UK clinical trial have regained “useful vision” only weeks after surgery. Chris James was able to see outlines of objects for the first time in 20 years after surgeons fitted him with the device during an eight-h ...
  • How That Glass of Red Wine Might Help You Live ...
    Researchers have found new evidence showing that resveratrol, a compound found in red wine, may play a role in preventing cell aging. The study in rodents found that when mice had a particular gene — SIRT1 — knocked out, or turned off, resveratrol had no effect on them. But tests of ...
  • Scientists uncover exciting lead into prematur ...
    Scientists have discovered that they can dramatically increase the life span of mice with progeria (premature aging disease) and heart disease (caused by Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy) by reducing levels of a protein called SUN1. This research was done by A*STAR’s Institute of Medical ...

CFACT

  • Tough election: what next?
    Green extremists are already more emboldened than ever. Only minutes after his victory President Obama, who avoided global warming throughout the campaign like the pox, threw them a bone when he chimed, "we want our kids to grow up in a world...that isn't threatened by the destructive power of t ...
  • Common sense in CA as voters keep San Francisc ...
    California's best water, along with cheap, clean, renewable hydro power will continue to flow to San Francisco from the Hetch Hechy reservoir. San Francisco voters defeated the measure 77 to 23. Greens see things differently when it's THEIR lifestyle scheduled to be diminished.
  • Meanwhile in Europe
    It's quite natural that all attention is focused on the American elections. In Europe, the focus seems to be two-fold; continuous focus on politics we can't afford and reluctant, though desperate in rhetorics, on what is a real crisis.
  • LG Chem workers play cards, make no batteries ...
    $151 million in stimulus funds. $500,000 for a presidential announcement, yet workers are playing cards and boardgames in Holland, MI. They have not sold a single battery.
  • EPA-Funded Newspaper Spreads Anti-Fracking Message
    Well-funded green activist groups are swarming all over Pennsylvania and the Southern Tier of Upstate New York, spreading every imaginable story about the “threats” to local communities posed by fracking. The taxpayer-funded Bay Journal appears eager to lend the activists a helping hand.

Ria Novosti Online News

  • Liverpool Clash to Attract 16,000 Fans - Anzhi
    Anzhi Makhachkala have defied claims that their Europa League clash against Liverpool will be blighted by the sight of empty stands, saying Thursday that they expect a crowd of 16,000.
  • Zenit's Lombaerts Out for Two Weeks
    Zenit defender Nicolas Lombaerts is out for two weeks with a thigh strain, the Russian champions told R-Sport on Thursday.
  • Ostankino TV Tower
    The iconic television and radio tower has turned 45 years old.
  • Shabby TV Lets KHL Down - Team Official
    The KHL is spurning a chance to compete with the locked-out NHL because of sloppy TV coverage, the vice-president of one of the Russia-based league’s biggest teams said Thursday.
  • New Light Infantry Vehicle Performs Stunts
    The fourth-generation modernized airborne fighting vehicle, BMD-4M, passed its tests at a proving ground in Kurgan. Watch this armed vehicle speed, hug the ground and swim in this RIA Novosti video.

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Pruning Shears

  • Third party laziness, 2012 edition
    Kevin Gosztola’s post on safe voting strategies quotes historian Howard Zinn’s claim that “we have all been brought up to believe that voting is crucial in determining our destiny, that the most important act a citizen can engage in is to go to the polls.” But Zinn veers ...
  • Empty chairs and missing signs in Ohio
    This year’s presidential election has produced a brand new form of messaging. It isn’t very cutting edge, though; not some kind of recently developed social media application or scary new number crunching technology. No, it’s empty chairs. Really. People (in northeast Ohio ...
  • Home rule on that ballot this election season: ...
    Ohioans have experienced a number of different frustrations in trying to get their government to be responsive to their concerns about fracking. The biggest one may be the state’s usurping of home rule of home rule on the issue. Ohio’s Constitution had home rule - basically, the ri ...
  • Bain Capital, leveraged speculation and cancer
    Maha has occasionally focused on mesothelioma, and yesterday she emailed a link to this from Pulitzer Prize winner Gary Cohn. It is a look at how a Kansas City steel company named GS Industries was bought out by Bain Capital, sucked dry and shut down. The resulting struggle for many former emp ...
  • Consumer Rage: this is your labor movement und ...
    The NFL’s lockout of union referees, which began in June and ended today, is just one of several recent examples that serve to illustrate how little regard Americans give to labor and the treatment of workers.  This phenomenon is found not just among the likes of rightwing union-buste ...

Organic Consumers.org

  • California Residents: Be on the lookout for Fr ...
    We are seeking hard information that has not been previously reported regarding criminal matters that occur behind the scenes, such as electronic manipulation of tabulation results, corruption of election officials, destruction of valid ballots, and intentional manipulation of results.Click here ...
  • Factory Farms Raise a Stink - and They Might R ...
    CAFOs stink. In addition to being crowded, dirty, inhumane, and brimming with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, CAFOs, or concentrated animal feeding operations, produce thousands of gallons of liquid waste with a stench that wafts through the air in the surrounding communities practically daily.Cl ...
  • A Geneticist's Take on California's Prop 37
    Genetically engineered (GE) sweet corn is being sold at a Walmart near you. And because that company has said it sees "no scientifically validated safety reasons to implement restrictions on this product," and because US regulations don't require it, it isn't labeled "GE."Click here to read this ...
  • Debunked: 6 Lies That Biotech and Big Food Are ...
    Since Oct. 1, Monsanto and the rest of the Biotech and Big Food gang have been pounding the California airwaves with nearly $36 million worth of boldface lies and twisted truths.Click here to read this article
  • Yes: Food Labels Would Let Consumers Make Info ...
    The paternalistic assertion that labeling of genetically modified foods "can only serve to mislead and falsely alarm consumers" is an Orwellian argument that violates the right of consumers to make informed decisions.Civilization rests on the confidence that an individual's basic human rights wi ...

Center for a Livable Future

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

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My Care2 Picks

  • U.S. nonprofit 'names and shames' to put bite ...
    Iran is being killed for a lie. http://www.transcend.org/tms/2010/05/the-npt-and-the-nuclear-power-trap/ False witness noted http://www.campaigniran.org/casmii/index.php?q=about http://www.leadingtowar.com/ Sanctions opitslinkfest.blogspot.com/2011/12/19 Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics ...
  • Tritium in the Twilight Zone
    For over 20 years SSI has been releasing, on average, more than a trillion becquerels of tritium into the environment every day. http://ccnr.org/Tritium_Blog_12_09_08.pdf Submitted by John Farnham to Environment  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • WATCH: Our Planet Is Literally Falling Apart ( ...
    A new documentary has captured some of the most compelling visual evidence of climate change to date, with batteries of time-lapse cameras recording entire glaciers melting over a span of three years. Submitted by Tinkie K. to Environment  |   Note-it!  |   Add a ...
  • Ten-Year-Old Convinces Jamba Juice To Go Styro ...
    Now this truly is a heartwarming story that goes to show how a little effort can go a wrong way. Ten-year-old Mia Hansen, with a little help from her mother, started a Change.org petition to get Jamba Juice, a smoothie franchise, to quit styrofoam. Submitted by Cher C. to Green Lifestyle &nbsp ...
  • The Peculiar Stability of Instability
    We actually deal with the Mideast, Latin America, the Atlantic Region, Eastern Europe, NE Asia, and SE Asia as if we were still living in the WW-II era : we deal with the Mideast, Latin America, the Atlantic Region, Eastern Europe, NE Asia, separately Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics &a ...

Angry Indian News

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

Farm Wars

  • Millions of GMO Mosquitoes Released Without Ri ...
    The WHO-funded Mosqguide project, which was supposed to be developing best practice, also allowed the company to gain approval from Brazilian regulators to release 16 million GM mosquitoes before draft regulations on the release of GM insects had been finalised or adopted, without publishing a r ...
  • Monsanto Crams GMOs Down California’s Throat
    Welcome to Monsanto world, America. California has just voted them in and you out.
  • David vs. Monsanto – The Percy Schmeiser Story
    Percy Schmeiser, Canola farmer, tells his story about his fight with Monsanto after his fields got contaminated with GMOs.
  • Biotech Nightmare – GMO Jumping Genes
    Since jumping genes are already a large part of our genome naturally, and they are subject to mutation, which can lead to diseases such as cancer and hemophaelia as well as antibiotic resistance, the introduction of genetically engineered DNA into the mix is especially alarming.
  • Discovery Channel Covers Geoengineering/Chemtrails
    Michael J. Murphy, Barry Kolsky and Dr. Nick Begich of "WHY in the World are They Spraying?" www.witwats.com are featured in this episode.

True/Slant Headline Grabs

Citizens for Legitimate Government

  • AT&T blocking CLG Newsletter again after IP sw ...
    ShareThisAT&T blocking CLG Newsletter again after IP switch was made to avoid RR block 08 Nov 2012 AT&T is blocking the CLG Newsletter after an IP switch was made by CLG's webhoster to avoid the Time Warner Cable (rr.com, roadrunner.com, and adelphia.net) block. AT&T did not deliver ...
  • Car Bomb Attacks Kill 3 People in Iraq
    ShareThisCar Bomb Attacks Kill 3 People in Iraq 08 Nov 2012 Iraqi officials say two car bombs have killed three people and wounded at least seven in a town south of Baghdad. Police officials say the first bombing took place in a residential area of the predominantly Shiite town of Mohmoudiya ear ...
  • Car bomb near Iraqi military base kills 33
    ShareThisCar bomb near Iraqi military base kills 33 06 Nov 2012 A suicide bomber driving a car packed with explosives detonated the vehicle near an Iraqi military base as soldiers changed shifts north of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 33 people and wounding 56, according to authorities. Th ...
  • Bradley Manning Offers to Plead Guilty to Part ...
    ShareThisBradley Manning Offers to Plead Guilty to Partial Charges, Including Leaking to WikiLeaks 07 Nov 2012 Accused WikiLeaks leaker Bradley Manning offered on Wednesday to plead guilty to parts of the charges he is facing, in exchange for the government pursuing lesser charges. Manning did n ...
  • U.S. WikiLeaks Criminal Probe 'Ongoing,' Judge ...
    ShareThisU.S. WikiLeaks Criminal Probe 'Ongoing,' Judge Reveals 07 Nov 2012 A 2-year-old federal grand jury probe into the secret-spilling website WikiLeaks is still "ongoing," a federal judge in Virginia revealed Wednesday in a brief ruling. It's the first official confirmation since WikiLeaks ...

Daily Loaf

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

Vaccine Resistance Movement

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

B.C. Preppers Network

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

Michael Yon

  • MEDEVAC Issues: Video
    08 November 2012 Some parts of this video are inaccurate.  For instance, saying that the British MERT system for medical evacuation is widely seen as the best model, is false.  Often you see in Afghanistan – and I have seen with myself – that MERT is far slower because they take longe ...
  • A MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN
    07 November 2012 To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your i ...
  • 25th CAB medevac crew receives Australian award
    Published: 07 November 2012 Australian army soldiers load an injured soldier onto a UH-60 Black Hawk from Co. C, 3rd Bn., 25th Avn. Regt., “Task Force Gunfighters,” 25th CAB, during a medevac training mission, at Multinational Base Tarin Kowt, Oct. 1. Forward Support Medical Team-3 was acknowle ...
  • Milblogs: A Rise and Fall
    Dave Dilegge: Photo from TBO article (JAY CONNER/STAFF) 07 November 2012 Back in 2006, I toyed with heresy by asserting that milblogs were not the best sources for war news.  To my surprise, the better sources remained professional journalists, and again to my surprise, many were much be ...
  • RC(SW) Press Release: Tanks disrupt enemy acti ...
    07 November 2012 COMBAT OUTPOST SHIR GHAZAY, Afghanistan - During a time when insurgents typically bed down for the winter, Marines and coalition forces engaged multiple enemy forces during Operation Helmand Viper, Oct. 19 through 27. Tanks with Bravo Company, 2nd Tank Battalion, Regimental Co ...

The Killing Train

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

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Democratic Voice of Burma

  • Rohingya’s flee violence
    Pete Pattisson reports on the violence in Arakan state
  • Obama to visit Burma later this month: official
    Newly re-elected US President Barack Obama will visit Rangoon later this month, a Burmese government official said Wednesday, in the latest sign of Washington's support for reforms in the former pariah state
  • Duncan McArthur: ‘We’ve seen a dra ...
    Following the publication of the Thailand-Burma Border Consortium newest report, DVB’s David Stout spoke with the group’s emergency response director Duncan McArthur about the country’s ongoing peace process and how its affected displaced communities on the Thai-Burma border.
  • About 100 missing after boat sinks in the Bay ...
    Around 100 people are missing after another boat carrying Rohingya refugees towards Malaysia sank off the coast of Bangladesh early Wednesday, the second such tragedy in less than a fortnight
  • Chinese court hands Burmese drug trafficker de ...
    A Burmese drug smuggler and three members of his gang were sentenced to death in southwestern China on Tuesday after being convicted of murdering 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong River

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Jurist - Legal Research

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

Atlantic | Mark Ambinder

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

COAT - Coalition to oppose the Arms Trade

Bulletin of American Scientists - News

Tikun Olam

  • Bibi and Barak Recount in TV Documentary Takin ...
    Ilana Dayan has produced yet another dramatic segment for the Israeli 60 Minutes-like news magazine, Uvdah.  It deals with the history of Israel’s covert war against Iran.  More specifically it recounts a pivotal security cabinet meeting which took place in 2010, at which Prime Minister Ne ...
  • Election 2012
    I’m writing an extremely unconventional post on the election returns tonight.  “Unconventional” because I’m going to write about the issues that interest me, which are quite different from what interests the rest of the pundits and even the voters. One of the most unconve ...
  • Jeffrey Goldberg, Kahane Disciple
    Last week, Yasha Levine sent me an amazing post he wrote about the intellectual influences of Kahanism on Jeffrey Goldberg.  Yasha did something few of us had–he actually read Goldberg’s book, Survivors.  In it, he discovered that Goldberg had been a disciple of Meir Kahane.  And tho ...
  • Israeli Justice Endorses Continued Abuse of Di ...
    Israeli Mossad agents collaborating with Ukrainian authorities kidnapped Gaza civil engineer Dirar Abusisi on a Ukrainian train nearly two years ago.  He was spirited to a Kiev apartment and by some accounts drugged and shipped in a coffin to Israel.  There he was imprisoned under sham charges t ...
  • Turkey’s Erdogan to Break Gaza Siege
    It’s typical of the NY Times in reporting a story that is injurious to Israel’s Occupation policy and strangulation of Gaza that it would focus largely on the impact it will have internally on Palestinian politics.  Turkey’s prime minister Ergodan announced that he planned to v ...

If Americans Knew

  • My "Relationship" With Tom Campbell: A Wrench ...
    The First Intifada was a grassroots uprising against Israel's occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem. Intifada is an Arabic word for "civil uprising" that literally means "shaking off."
  • AIPAC: We'll take over Cal's student governmen ...
    "How are we going to beat back the anti-Israel divestment resolution at Berkeley? We're going to make certain that pro-Israel students take over the student government and reverse the vote. That is how AIPAC operates in our nation's capitol. This is how AIPAC must operate on our nation's campuses."
  • VIDEO: AIPAC and Stealth Israel Political Acti ...
    Janet McMahon of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs explains the history and impact of "stealth PACs." Why has the American Israel Public Affairs Committee spawned a network of PACs across America? Why don't any claim affiliation to their creator or use descriptive names? Shouldn't the ...
  • Israel Lobby Dominates Congress, Media Covers ...
    You might think that 20 percent of the American Congress going on all-expenses-paid, week-long junkets to a foreign country -- paid for by a lobby for that country -- would be newsworthy, especially when the top congressional leaders of both parties are leading the trips. You would be wrong.
  • Israeli video games in Gaza: "Minimal collater ...
    He looks at the camera with bright eyes and the beginning of a smile, wearing a miniature dark blue zipper sweatshirt, the cuffs folded up a bit to make it fit. I can imagine his mother dressing him that morning, making sure he would be warm enough. I wonder if she's the one who took the picture ...

David J. Gregory

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

Unsuitable Blog

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

Subalternate Reality

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

Idea Lab | Technology

  • Our Picks for the Most Innovative Election Cov ...
    Election Day is always one of the most exciting days in any newsroom. The rush of breaking news, the crunching of data late into the night, and covering stories that matter to the country and to your community make it one of the most exhilarating days to be a journalist. And with the growth of d ...
  • Poynter Study Suggests Designers Give Readers ...
    This post was written by Ryan Graff of the Knight News Innovation Lab and originally appeared on the Lab's blog. A team from Medill and Poynter recently presented their findings on an Eye Track Study for tablets, that sought to answer two questions: 1) How do people choose what to read? and 2 ...
  • Announcing 'Source': Where Journalism and Codi ...
    I sent an e-mail from a hotel room in Berlin in September of last year, while completely blitzed out from jet lag. In it, I mentioned the idea of putting together a site that could serve as a center-point for a lot of the amazing code being written in the journalism community. The response I got ...
  • Super-Fast Autoplay-Enabled Watchup 1.4 Now in ...
    One of our bold beliefs here at Watchup has always been to iterate fast over users' feedback. Watchup is a Stanford startup, incubated at StartX, the Stanford startup accelerator, and as such we always try to apply the design thinking principles to our work. The latest version 1.4 of your ...
  • A LocalWiki for Antarctica
    Many months ago, we were approached about helping start up a LocalWiki project in Antarctica. In. Antarctica. Antarctica! The project, named "Open Antarctica," would aim to initially document a region of roughly 2 miles surrounding the Palmer Station United States base on the Antarctic Pen ...

Cutting Edge News

  • The Two Koreas - S. Korean Presidential Frontr ...
    South Korea holds a hotly-contested election December 19 to choose a successor to President Lee Myung-bak. He is limited to a single five-year term under South Korea's constitution. Park Geun-hye, the front-runner from the governing party,  spoke to correspondents in Seoul Thursday for the ...
  • China on Edge - China's Hu Issues Warning Abou ...
    China’s once-in-a-decade leadership transition began Thursday, with a warning from the country’s outgoing leader. In a long and wide-ranging speech to mark the beginning of China’s 18th party congress, President Hu Jintao warned that the party and even the country are facing fatal challeng ...
  • Saudi Succession - Saudi Resignation Prompts F ...
    Assumptions about who will be the future ruler of Saudi Arabia -- the world's largest oil exporter and self-declared leader of the Islamic world -- need to be revised after the sudden resignation of one of the royal family's senior-most members. Today's surprise announcement that Interior Minist ...
  • The Vote Aftermath - Four More Years of Gridlo ...
    To put it mildly, many in the GOP were not pleased with the outcome of Tuesday night’s elections. This represents a national repudiation of reality: we have tossed out the doctor because we don’t like his prognosis. The spending addict does not want an intervention; he wants more spending, n ...
  • Obama and Israel - After Obama Wins Second Ter ...
    Capping a race that on a national level was largely defined by the economy but in the Jewish community turned into an extended debate over which candidate would steer the best course for the U.S.-Israel relationship, President Barack Obama defeated Republican challenger Mitt Romney to earn a sec ...

High Country News

CounterCurrents

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

Contagious Love Experiment

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

Yid With Lid

  • Things That WONT Change With Obama's Reelection
    I will be the first to admit it---when Ohio went to Obama on Tuesday night-- depression set in---worry grew for the future of my family and for this country which welcomed my ancestors and protected my family. There is still a great fear running through my consciousness for our future becau ...
  • Newsbusted Exclusive: Obama Took Campaign Cash ...
    Well its all over, after what seems like an endless campaign the American people have spoken and Barack Obama will be in the White House for another four years.  But that doesn't mean the investigations into how he ran his campaign will stop, and the latest one has found a whopper. In an ...
  • What The GOP Needs To Fix if it Wishes to Rema ...
    The election is over folks and we lost...big time.  Not only is there four more years of Barack Obama but some of our future stars, people like Allen West who I will always call Congressman Mensch (because he is), and Mia Love who impressed me at CPAC and the entire country during the GOP ...
  • Pray for America Then Fasten Your Seat Belts T ...
    As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man There are only four things certain since Social Progress began. That the Dog returns to his Vomit and the Sow returns to her Mire, And the burnt Fool's bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the Fire; -The Gods of the Copybook Headings-Rud ...
  • Hey Bubba, Doesn't it Depend What IS ---is?
    President Obama who was impeached (but not removed from office) and disbarred because he committed perjury to a federal grand jury, was not trying to be funny yesterday when he accused Mitt Romney of lying. You don’t have to be from Ohio to want your president to tell you the truth, when it come ...

The Real Agenda

  • Obama Renews Pledge to get rid of Second Amendment
    It did not even take 24 hours after his reelection for the U.S. president to throw his support behind a proposed U.N. Arms Treaty. By LOUIS CHARBONNEAU | REUTERS | NOVEMBER 8, 2012 Hours after U.S. President Barack Obama was re-elected, the United States backed a U.N. committee’s ...
  • Greek government imposes more Austerity
    By LUIS MIRANDA | THE REAL AGENDA | NOVEMBER 8, 2012 The same worn out ineffective policies that have done nothing to help Greece come out of the dire situation it has been for years have found more support at the highest levels of the Greek government. Congress in that country had the ...
  • The crisis has reached Germany, warns ECB pres ...
    By LUIS MIRANDA | THE REAL AGENDA | NOVEMBER 8, 2012 Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank (ECB), said Wednesday that the effects of the crisis are beginning to be felt in the German economy, which until now had remained largely untouched by the difficulties experien ...
  • Unintended consequences of Political and Ideol ...
    By LUIS MIRANDA | THE REAL AGENDA | NOVEMBER 8, 2012 Is it possible that some Obama supporters do not care about the fact their children will live in servitude to the State for the rest of their lives? Could it be that they justify this horrendous future thinking that since they had to ...
  • U.S. already chosing new Syrian management team
    By LUIS MIRANDA | THE REAL AGENDA | NOVEMBER 7, 2012 The United States role in the Syrian conflict has gone from “no boots will be on the ground” to “let’s choose who will be the government after Assad”. While the main stream media reports that Washington ...

Wind Watch

  • Wind, recall ordinances in Peru approved by voters
    PERU — An ordinance regulating wind-energy developments was approved by the town on Tuesday by a vote of 585-30. Jim Pulsifer, chairman of the Industrial Wind Power Committee that drafted the regulations, said they “wrote a very strong ordinance that would make it very hard to bring wind turbine ...
  • Wind noise comes as a big surprise
    ALBANY — The sound woke Ray Giroux and his wife up at three o’clock Saturday morning. “It sounded like a jet plane taking off,” Mr. Giroux said in an e-mail to the Chronicle. The couple’s home is on the Eden Road in Albany, less than a mile and a half from the new w ...
  • Health board to consider legal options for tur ...
    Health officials in Kingston voted Monday to meet with the town’s attorney as soon as possible to discuss what they can legally do to help homeowners who say they are adversely affected by four local wind turbines. Board of Health member Daniel Sapir said shutdown of the turbines during certain ...
  • Voters reject Proposal 3 to increase renewable ...
    Michigan voters soundly defeated Proposal 3, a ballot initiative that would have increased the state’s renewable energy standard to 25 percent by 2025 – and sent supporters of expanding wind farms and solar plants back to the drawing board. “Voters clearly recognized that the state&# ...
  • Wind farm noise does harm sleep and health, sa ...
    Wind farm noise causes “clear and significant” damage to people’s sleep and mental health, according to the first full peer-reviewed scientific study of the problem. American and British researchers compared two groups of residents in the US state of Maine. One group lived within a mile of a win ...

Tippers News

  • Three men helped starve kids, court tol
    Three men helped starve five children in Adelaide until they looked like they had came from a famine-affected Third World country, a court has been told. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Chinese sex traders challenge verdict
    The three Chinese nationals who were jailed by an Accra Circuit Court for transporting 10 Chinese girls into the country and engaging them in sex trade have appealed against the verdict. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • DNA testing a proven weapon in fight against h ...
    DNA testing is a proven aid in solving child trafficking cases in the country, a well-known international research institute says. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Be a Voice for Coastal Louisiana's Wildlife ! ...
    Coastal Louisiana provides habitat to hundreds of wildlife species, including sea turtles, migratory birds, and manatees. But unfortunately, right now Louisiana is also experiencing the highest rate of land loss in the United States Submitted by Cher C. to Environment  |   Note- ...
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    Interesting Information that you may find interesting With Love... Evelyn (: Submitted by Evelyn J. to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

The Freeman

  • Diversity, Ignorance, and Stupidity
    George Orwell admonished, “Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious.” That’s what I want to do—talk about the obvious. Law professors, courts, and social scientists have long held that gross statistical disparities between races are evidence of a pattern and ...
  • Fantasy Football, Opportunity Cost, and Compar ...
    The year was 2010. I missed the live draft in my fantasy football league, so the computer’s auto-draft function took over and drafted the best player remaining whenever my turn came, regardless of position. I ended up with a decent roster, yet there were a few obvious weaknesses. I had an abunda ...
  • Sandy, Shared Space, and Spontaneous Order
    I would like to talk about a positive side to Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath. No, I’m not going to commit the broken-window fallacy. Breaking a window does not create wealth, nor does a hurricane make us all richer (though some do grow rich as a result). Frédéric Bastiat blasted that fallacy out of ...
  • On the Eve of an American Election
    On the eve of an American election, it’s only fitting that we supply three choice quotes from the great H. L. Mencken: - Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods. - A good politician, under democracy, is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar. - Democracy is also ...
  • The Law of Demand
    The law of demand is a simple principle with profound consequences and incredible explanatory power. The law is so simple, it can be expressed as haiku: All else held constant quantity demanded falls when the price rises. When tomato prices rise, people eat fewer tomatoes. When tomato prices fal ...

Teaching Online Journalism

  • Election 2012 maps: Showing data
    This was the first U.S. presidential election in the post-Flash era. In 2008, data maps were made with Flash. Now the online mapmakers have moved on to other technologies, largely using JavaScript. Here are three examples, with a full view and a zoom of each: WNYC Radio, New York: LA Times ...
  • 5 examples of interesting data presentations
    What do we mean when we say, “Data can tell a story,” or “Stories can be found in data”? (Click the image to view the project.) Above: From the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Pew Research Center. (More info.) Above: From OpenSlate, a market resea ...
  • What should be in a “visual journalism” course?
    One meaning of the phrase “visual journalism” is simply photojournalism. There are people who use the two terms interchangeably. I respectfully disagree with that approach — mainly because the word “photojournalism” is perfectly good, and clear. It is a word that ca ...
  • Should you major in journalism now?
    Like any savvy blogger, I look at my blog stats from time to time. The stats tell me a lot of people come to this blog because they are searching for information about how to become a journalist, what to study, and whether it’s smart to be a journalism major. I teach about online journali ...
  • Blogging basics for journalism students
    Having just finished grading some student blog posts, I have a few thoughts: 1. Headline. The headline (or title) of a blog post should accurately represent the content of the blog post. If the blog post is a critique of, say, a news story, don’t write your blog post headline as if your p ...

Facing South

  • The outlook for 'Obamacare' in two maps
    After Tuesday's election, President Obama's health care plan remains alive. But its future is uncertain, with many Southern states still uncommitted to creating insurance exchanges and others rejecting federal funding to expand coverage for the poor. read more
  • Justice for sale? Backers of shadow groups pus ...
    The race for a seat on the N.C. Supreme Court is turning out to be one of the state's most expensive contests, largely due to spending from conservative groups. Many of the special interests pouring money into the contest may have high stakes in the outcome. read more
  • Living apart: How the government betrayed a la ...
    The authors of the 1968 Fair Housing Act wanted to reverse decades of government-fostered segregation. But presidents from both parties declined to enforce a law that stirred vehement opposition. read more
  • What's going on in the Southern swing states?
    President Obama won three Southern states en route to the White House in 2008. What's happened in the South's swing states? Is it any different than what's happened in the rest of the country? And can he still win? read more
  • INSTITUTE INDEX: Watching the tea party poll w ...
    With True the Vote and other tea party-affiliated groups planning a massive poll-watching effort for this election, voting rights advocates are mobilizing in unprecedented numbers to fight back against intimidation. read more

Worldpress - Africa

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

Telegraph UK - oil

Ian Welsh

  • The Left Wing Case Against Obama and Obama&#82 ...
    Matt Stoller’s made the left wing case against Obama, and then responded to his critics, who, he’s right, don’t address his points.  The two articles are excellent, and you should read them. I haven’t really bothered writing that much about the election because it simply ...
  • The Left Wing Case Against Obama and Obama’s N ...
    Matt Stoller’s made the left wing case against Obama, and then responded to his critics, who, he’s right, don’t address his points.  The two articles are excellent, and you should read them. I haven’t really bothered writing that much about the election because it simply ...
  • Forest for the trees on the job #s
    Jack Welch was wrong that the BLS fixed the job #s.  But so what?  He was right on the key point: there is no way in HELL that the economy produced 873,000 jobs, as per the Household Survey.  Ordinary people know this, and all the pundits who argued about whether the BLS fixed the # [...]
  • Forest for the trees on the job #s
    Jack Welch was wrong that the BLS fixed the job #s.  But so what?  He was right on the key point: there is no way in HELL that the economy produced 873,000 jobs, as per the Household Survey.  Ordinary people know this, and all the pundits who argued about whether the BLS fixed the # [...]
  • Drones are not weapons of the powerful
    If this is true, the drone shot down by Israel was from Hezbollah. Drones are cheap.  They are just big radio controlled planes.  They cost nothing compared to a jet fighter, and the technology is not hard.  Islamic Jihad claims they might have one (who knows).  Hezbollah is sophisticated, they ...

Media Consortium

Reality Asserts Itself

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

Great Beyond ( Nature )

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

new geography

  • The Biggest Winners From President Obama's Re- ...
    President Obama’s re-election does not, as some conservatives suggest, represent a triumph of socialism. Instead, it marks the massive endorsement of an expanding crony capitalism that ultimately could reshape the already troubled American economic system beyond recognition. Nowhe ...
  • A Racially Polarized Election Augurs Ill for B ...
    President Obama, the man many saw as curing the country’s “scar of race,” won a second term in the most racially polarized election in decades. Overall, the Romney campaign relied almost entirely on white voters, particularly in the South and among the working class. Exit ...
  • Why Obama Won: Hispanics, Millenials Were The ...
    President Obama won re-election primarily because he did so well with two key, and expanding, constituencies: Hispanics and members of the Millennial Generation. Throughout the campaign, Democratic pundits pointed to these two groups as being the key difference makers. They were right. ...
  • The Evolving Urban Form: Addis Abeba
    Addis Abeba is the capital of Ethiopia and calls itself the "diplomatic capital" of Africa, by virtue of the fact that the African Union is located here. Yet Ethiopia is still one of the most rural nations in both Africa and the world. Ethiopia also appears to be among the most tol ...
  • Prairie Populism Goes Bust As Obama’s Democrat ...
    Along Phillips Avenue, the main street of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the local theater’s marquee is a tribute to the late Senator and 1972 presidential candidate George McGovern, who was buried last month, and is still regarded as a hero by many here. But with McGovern gone, it see ...

GM Watch

  • Around 100 Indian scientists back experts call ...
    NOTE: Below is an open letter sent by nearly a hundred Indian scientists to the Supreme Court. They write in support of the report of the Supreme Court's Technical Expert Committee (TEC) calling for a 10 year moratorium on GM field trials while regulation is put in order. The scientists come f ...
  • Regulatory decisions on GM insects biased by c ...
    Regulatory decisions on releasing genetically modified (GM) insects biased by corporate interests GeneWatch UK, TestBiotech, SwissAid, Berne Declaration, Corporate Europe Observatory Thursday 8 November 2012 http://www.genewatch.org/article.shtml?als[cid]=567356&als[itemid]=571485 A briefin ...
  • GM crops should go back to the lab
    GM crops should go back to the lab Devinder Sharma The Hindu, November 7 2012 http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/gm-crops-should-go-back-to-the-lab/article4074872.ece Some weeks ago, I was addressing students of molecular biology at the Kerala Agricultural University campus in Thiruvananthap ...
  • Bolivia enacts GMO ban... and so does San Juan ...
    1.Bolivia enacts Law of Mother Earth and GMO ban 2.San Juan County goes GMO free NOTE: Interesting to see that San Juan County in Washington State has banned the cultivation of GM crops with just over 60% of the initial ballot (item 2). That's more or less the number of voters the polls showed ...
  • Bolivia enacts GMO ban... and so does San Juan ...
    1.Bolivia enacts Law of Mother Earth and GMO ban 2.San Juan County goes GMO free NOTE: Interesting to see that San Juan County in Washington State has banned the cultivation of GM crops with just over 60% of the initial ballot (item 2). That's more or less the number of voters the polls showed ...

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Cryptogon

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

The Economic Collapse

  • Thousands Of Shocking Threats Of Violence By O ...
    On social media websites such as Twitter and Facebook, thousands of threats of violence were posted by supporters of Barack Obama on the evening prior to the election.  If you doubt this, just go on Twitter and do a search for keywords such as "Romney riot", "assassinate Romney" and "if Romney w ...
  • Anarchy Along The Jersey Shore And On Long Isl ...
    Hurricane Sandy is another reminder of just how incredibly fragile the thin veneer of civilization that we all take for granted on a daily basis really is.  Many of the hardest hit areas along the Jersey shore and the coast of Long Island have descended into a state of anarchy.  More than 7 mill ...
  • Somebody Should Start The ‘Stuff Costs T ...
    Stuff costs too much.  Seriously.  Every time I go to the grocery store these days, I am absolutely horrified by the prices.  I try not to buy anything that is not on sale, but the problem is that I am discovering that the new sale prices are the old regular prices.  So now paying what [...]
  • 18 Startling Quotes About The Incredible Destr ...
    It is hard to put into words the absolute devastation that we are seeing along many areas of the east coast right now.  Boats have been washed ashore, homes have been razed, some coastal roads have been essentially destroyed, and large numbers of people are still trapped in their homes by flood ...
  • Worst Case Scenario: Hurricane Sandy Is The Bi ...
    The biggest storm to ever hit the northeast United States is creating a tremendous amount of havoc up and down the eastern seaboard.  It is hard to describe how gigantic this storm actually is.  From end to end, Hurricane Sandy is more than 1000 miles across.  It is twice the size of the state o ...

Desertification

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

The Paper Trail

  • Spending by outside groups topped $1 billion b ...
    Super PACs and other outside groups made possible by the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision spent more than $1 billion on advertising in federal races through Election Day, with 10 organizations accounting for more than half the total.Conservative groups accounted for roughly ...
  • Outside spending makes big difference in state ...
    The explosion of outside spending unleashed at the federal level by the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court ruling also rocked state races.Contests for the top executive and judicial spots, in states whose bans on corporate outside spending were invalidated by the ruling, were newly shaped by ...
  • Baby steps toward ethics reform in South Carolina
    Legislators in South Carolina have taken initial steps toward what could be the first major overhaul of the state’s ethics rules in twenty years. As the Free Times reported this morning, government watchdog groups rattled off their wish lists at a hearing held last week by a panel o ...
  • Bad day for super donors
    Editor's Note: Today marks the final installment of the Daily Disclosure. To keep up with post-election, money-in-politics news, please visit Consider the Source.Money can't buy happiness, nor can it buy an election, apparently.The top donors to super PACs in 2012 did not fare well ...
  • Super PACs spend big for Romney in final weeks ...
    Outside groups spent more than $190 million on the presidential election in the final three weeks of the campaign, with about $155 million aiding Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.The total is more than 40 percent of spending by super PACs, nonprofits and other organizations in the ...

backofthebook.ca

  • Son of “Midnight’s Children”
    By Mark Leiren-Young When I walk into the downtown Toronto hotel room to meet Salman Rushdie, I can’t help scoping the halls for bodyguards. Even though he’s no longer in hiding, there’s still a three million dollar bounty on the writer’s head and he’s still the most buzzed about celebrity at th ...
  • The man who predicted Sandy
    By John Klein (aka Saskboy) I find the current political and media climate in Canada to be insufferably stupid. Despite there being excellent, professional journalists everywhere, there are many more time/space fillers who skew the public’s perception of what is going on and what really ma ...
  • A Modest Opinion — It’s a Liberal ...
    By Nathaniel Moher Are you sitting down? Well  . . . answer the question. Whatever. If you’re not sitting down, you should be sitting down, because I’m about to blow your mind. Did you know that there are other Liberals that aren’t Justin Trudeau? And I’m not talking about his father Joseph, I’m ...
  • The Navigable Waters Unprotection Act
    By David@Sixthestate.net Continuing Sixth Estate’s fall 2012 budget coverage, which began with a look at what appears to me to be some appalling chicanery in the MP pension “reform” scheme, I thought it would be nice to look at the end of the Navigable Waters Protection Act. Symbolic of the shif ...
  • Is the MPs’ new pension plan a clever ma ...
    By David@Sixthestate.net After weeks of rumours about MP pension reforms in the works, the Harper regime finally brought them out in the budget .  .  . sort of. And it received great approbation for it. The mediasphere is tremendously excited at the good example the government is setting here. E ...

libcom

  • A victory in Nizhni Novgorod of Russia - case ...
    18th of October, lenta.ru news service transmitted that judge refused to sentence defendants of the so called "Antifa-RASH" case in Nizhni Novgorod. Judge Olga Koloverova demanded police to reinvestigate the case, in order to exclude contradict ...
  • Stop the Crackdown against Russian Anti-Fascis ...
    This document is remarkable as it is the first time such many Russian journalists and other intelligentsia have taken an open position for anti-fascist movement. For working hyperlinks, check https://avtonom.org/en/news/stop-crackd ...
  • Housing Justice Summit Bring Rochester Housing ...
    Picture 11.png Rochester's housing movement is gearing up for a summit of new ideas and building! In Rochester, NY, we defend homes going through foreclosure. And that is ...
  • Taranto community refuses false choice “health ...
    against-blackmailtumours.jpg A "committee of free thinking residents and workers" is demanding that the bosses pay to clean up Italy's biggest steelworks, rather than close it down ...
  • No More Foreclosures: Rochester's Housing Move ...
    552275_531807396834295_1639699215_n.jpg On October 16th, Metro Justice, Take Back the Land Rochester, and other community partners came together for a rally and march under the idea that housing is a ...

Free Range International

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

The Story Behind the Story

  • Important Update on Hurricane Sandy – th ...
    I just received this incredible, “smoking gun” document from a trusted source in Washington who understands the subject and how it is controlled by Israel and the “Jews”: WeatherModificationReport 1966 This was authored by NASA Director, Homer E. Newell, a deeply Zionist ...
  • Hurricane “Sandy” Yet Another Zion ...
    There are few superlative adjectives left in the human vocabulary to adequately describe the Synagogue of Satan – aka the collective state of Israel – and their clearly reprobate mindset.  (See the apostle Paul’s epistle to the  Romans 1:28) - Without a doubt in my mind, (after ...
  • 9/11 Perps Still in the Saddle: Killers of 3,0 ...
    Here is yet another independent analysis of the stark truth – posted by Dr. Kevin Barrett on Veteran’s Today website. People get really upset when they read my earlier posts, their collective COGNITIVE DISSONANCE makes them unwilling and unable to grasp the true facts. The Bottom Lin ...
  • Comprehensive List of Zionist Crimes Against H ...
    This is not “Fiction” people.  This is Fact. When do We The People say ENOUGH???? A Comprehensive History of Zionist Crimes Revised November 26, 2011 (removed Bali “micro nuke” story – insufficient evidence; updated 9/11 information)   Preface It was decided to ...
  • The POTUS “Election” – Chara ...
    Oh yes, it is all just one big “conspiracy” – and anyone who even dares to entertain the thought that POTUS “elections” are a hoax must be certifiably insane. Let’s just take an objective look at the facts. First a direct quote: “You know very well, and the st ...

du la bab - Now is the Time

Mansbridge One on One - CBC

Scotts Contracting

  • CAD Drawings Benton Project
    CADD Courtesy-Scotty,Scotts Contracting-St Louis Renewable Energy Eighty Percent of the Time Construction Projects seem to run more efficiently, finish on-time, and stay within budgets when a set of Design Plans are available for the project. Old Western – Old South St Louis Architecture D ...
  • CAD Drawings Benton Project
    CADD Courtesy-Scotty,Scotts Contracting-St Louis Renewable Energy Eighty Percent of the Time Construction Projects seem to run more efficiently, finish on-time, and stay within budgets when a set of Design Plans are available for the project. Old Western – Old South St Louis Architecture D ...
  • Benton Gut Rehab Green Blog Series
    How we brought the Old Western – Old South St Louis Architecture- Decor and Feel into a Modern Day Apartment- Benton Gut Rehab Part 1: History Part 2: Stone Foundation Repair Part 3: Tuckpointing the Brick Walls pt 1 Part 4: Tuckpointing the Brick Walls pt 2 Scotts Contracting- Decorative ...
  • Benton Gut Rehab Green Blog Series
    How we brought the Old Western – Old South St Louis Architecture- Decor and Feel into a Modern Day Apartment- Benton Gut Rehab Part 1: History Part 2: Stone Foundation Repair Part 3: Tuckpointing the Brick Walls pt 1 Part 4: Tuckpointing the Brick Walls pt 2 Scotts Contracting- Decorative ...
  • Eight One-Day Green Adventures in St Louis
    Written by John Egan- Guest Post provided by Scotts Contracting-St Louis Renewable Energy Eight One-Day Green Adventures in St. Louis Long before the Arch, the Cardinals, and even Judy Garland’s starring role in “Meet Me in St. Louis,” the Gateway to the West city was an ecolog ...

The View From Abroad

Foreign Policy in Focus - Military (US)

Law.com

Iranian.com

  • ده نفر در ارتباط با قاچاق مواد مخدر در ایران ا ...
    بنا به اعلام دادسرای عمومی و انقلاب تهران امروز چهارشنبه، ١٧ آبان (٧ نوامبر)، ده نفر در تهران به جرم قاچاق مواد مخدر اعدام شده‌اند. read more
  • مشاور عالی خامنه‌ای: ما باید جنگ را آغاز کنیم
    حیی رحیم صفوی، دستیار و مشاور عالی نظامی علی خامنه‌ای با بیان اینکه «دشمنان ایران همانند سگ‌های هاری هستند که باید با چوب بر سر آنان زد» گفته است که جمهوری اسلامی باید دست از تهدیدهای شعاری بردارد و با یک تهدید عملی و یک «استراتژی هجومی» به مقابله با «دشمن» برود.read more
  • به حمایت از زندانیان اعتصابی زندان اوین و زندا ...
    باید با حضور گسترده مردمی و مبارزه پیگیر در جامعه، نه تنها باید تلاش کرد خواسته های زندانیان اعتصابی تحقق یابد و اعتصاب آن ها پایان گیرد، بلکه باید آزادی بدون قید و شرط همه زندانیان سیاسی را نیز به حکومت های ترکیه و ایران تحمیل کرد.
  • نیم میلیارد دلار خودروی سواری وارد شد/ افزایش ...
     در هفت ماه نخست سال ۱۳۹۱ تعداد ۲۳ هزار و ۳۲۱ دستگاه خودروی سواری به ارزش ۵۲۱ میلیون دلار وارد ایران شده است. این تعداد به نسبت مدت مشابه در سال گذشته از نظر ارزش ۲۰ درصد و از نظر تعداد بیش از ۱۳ درصد افزایش نشان می‌د‌هد. read more
  • Actor Behrouz Vossoughi recovering from car ac ...
    Iranian actor Behrouz Vossoughi was involved in a car accident Tuesday in San Francisco, Calif., and was hospitalized briefly as a result. read more

Most Revolutionary Act

  • Britain Declines to Support US Military Action ...
      Photo credit: http://warnewsupdates.blogspot.co.nz/2008_04_01_archive.html A recent article in the Guardian reveals that Britain has denied a US request to use bases in the UK, Cyprus, Ascension Island or Diego Garcia for either ...
  • Is Obama Messing With Your Mind?
    Screen shot of Dashboard, Obama's data mining ap Curious how the mainstream media is willing to talk about Team Obama’s cynical use of data mining to win tomorrow’s election – in New Zealand – but not in the US. Radio New Zealand commentator Katherine Ryan intervi ...
  • The IMF Proposal to Strip Banks of Their Power
    In the October 21stGuardian, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard reports on a “revolutionary” paper by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to end the current global monetary system, in which banks create money by issuing loans. The paper’s authors, Jaromir Benes and Michael Kumhof, ...
  • How Citizens United Kept the Koch Brothers Out ...
    If video won’t play go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ybl9roaHe0 Investigative reporter Greg Palast is on a speaking tour for his latest book Billionaires and Bandits: How to Steal and Election in 9 Easy Steps. Palast is best known for exposing the so-called "ex-felon" scrub ...
  • CIA Whistleblower Jailed for Exposing CIA Use ...
    John Kiriakou Another excellent reason not to vote for Obama relates to his refusal to prosecute any CIA or Pentagon military involved in torture at Guantanamo, Iraqi and Afghan prisons or secret CIA prisons in countries where torture is legal. This is despite a review of 101 torture cases ...

Michael Moore - Must Read

  • Michael Moore Tweets About the War on Women on ...
    From @MMFlint "McCaskill, Warren, Stabenaw, Klobuchar, Baldwin Senate victories = Declare a War on Women, prepare to lose. #legitimate" "RT @PaulRyanGosling: Hey girl, how the f*** are all these women winning?! They don't even wear TIES." "RT @KailiJoy: Magic lady parts not only detect rape s ...
  • GEORGE AND MITT: Like Father, Like Son? Not quite
    By Walt De Vries From 1961 through 1967, Walt De Vries served George Romney as a campaign strategist during Romney's terms as Michigan governor; heading campaign research and strategy for three campaigns and as executive assistant in the office of the governor. He is co-author, with Lance Tarra ...
  • OCTOBER 9, 2002, TEN YEARS AGO TODAY: U.S. Gov ...
    From Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War by Michael Isikoff and David Corn: In Rome on the afternoon of October 7…Elisabetta Burba, an investigative reporter for Panorama, a Milan-based newsmagazine owned by conservative Italian Prime Minister Sil ...
  • TEN YEARS AGO TODAY: Ari Fleischer Claims Oil ...
    Original ... Q And I have a question -- how much does oil have to do with the assessment of the threat from Saddam Hussein? President Bush didn't mention it. MR. FLEISCHER: I'm not sure I follow your question. Q Well, you keep talking about blackmail. You're talking about blackmail ...
  • Bob Woodward on First 2012 Presidential Debate ...
    On Kilmeade and Friends, October 4, 2012 WOODWARD: Now I've not done any reporting on this, but I'm going to give you my honest view – something happened, maybe in foreign affairs, they got some intelligence report or something, you know, who knows the things that can happen in a presiden ...

Salon

SMB News

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

Toronto Star - Editorials

Energy Collective

  • Financial Issues Affecting Energy Security
    Last week, I gave a talk called Financial Issues Affecting Energy Security at the Advances in Energy Studies conference in Mumbai, India. The general topic of the conference was, “Energy Security and Development-The Changing Global Context.”
  • Americans Elect a Leader on Clean Energy, Clea ...
    Energy issues figured prominently in this election. Candidates mentioned it frequently on the stump and it was among the top three topics discussed in campaign ads. Yet despite the dirty ad blitzes and the anti-environmental policy proposals, voters rejected this outdated vision for our country.
  • Yes, Climate Change Contributed To Superstorm ...
    As Hurricane Sandy battered the East Coast last week, meteorologists and climate scientists were repeatedly asked to explain what role climate change played in amplifying the storm. Overall, we know that climate change has stacked the deck so that this kind of event happens more frequently. That ...
  • Obama's Re-election: A Mandate for Clean Energy?
    With President Obama’s victory tonight, the renewable energy industry keeps an important ally in the White House. The win comes at a time when energy is rising in national importance.
  • How Do Obama And Romney Stack Up On Science Po ...
    Economic growth is front and center in this presidential election, but the two candidates haven’t spent much time talking about two of the most important drivers of the economy: science and technology. Science is not only at the root of our increasing prosperity but it is also the best tool we h ...

EU Times

  • Monsanto Stops California GMO Food Labeling Law
    President Obama wasn’t the only big winner on Tuesday: the Monsanto Co. and the billion-dollar business behind genetically modified foods were victorious in California, where a measure that would’ve required the labeling of GMOs lost at the polls. Proposition 37, a state-wide initiative th ...
  • Voter turnout in 2012 US presidential election ...
    Latest figures show that 117 million Americans, less than 50 percent of the eligible voters, have taken part in the presidential polls, showing a reduction of about nine percent compared to the 2008 election turnout of 131 million. Preliminary figures indicate only 95 percent of precincts have s ...
  • Israeli Government threatens military interven ...
    The Chief of staff of the army for the defence of Israel, General Benny Gantz, visited the Golan Heights region and pointed out that the operations of the Syrian forces against armed groups could lead to military interference with the Israeli regime. The Israeli regime threatened, this Sunday, t ...
  • Barack Obama re-elected as US president
    Barack Obama has been elected to a second term as President of the United States. Republican candidate Mitt Romney has conceded the race, and wished Obama a successful term in his concession speech. “We’re all in this together. That’s how we campaigned, and that’s who we are. T ...
  • United Kingdom openly supports terrorism in Syria
    British Prime Minister David Cameron has revealed his government’s intentions to get more deeply involved with the civil war in Syria by supplying terrorists fighting the country’s popular government with heavy weaponry. The UK government has already been promoting bloodshed in Syria through its ...

Stonecipher News

Liquida : Worldwide News & Opinion

  • The Cast Of Teen Mom Reacts To The Presidentia ...
    Just in case you were wondering, the cast of MTV’s Teen Mom gave their initial reactions over the election, and the politics surrounding the historical election, which saw President Obama winning a second term. The cast of Teem Mom from their respective seasons took to Twitter to share their pl ...
  • Clear for Mac now available in Mac App Store, ...
    Clear, the incredibly beautiful task list manager for iPhone that stole our hearts with its gesture-based approach, has been updated to support iCloud sync -- to work seamlessly with the newly released Clear for Mac! The Mac version looks very similar to the iPhone version both in design and si ...
  • Video: Backstage at VS - Alessandra Ambrosio R ...
    Alessandra Ambrosio has a big job at tonight's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show - she'll wear the brand's $2.5 million Fantasy Bra down the runway! We caught up with the Angel backstage in NYC this afternoon, and Alessandra dished all about her excitement over wearing the sparkly creation. Find o ...
  • BEYONCE Taunts MITT ROMNEY Supporters: “ ...
    Right after newly re-elected President BARACK OBAMA âs win, avid supporter BEYONCE taunted MITT ROMNEY âs supporters by posting the following message on her Tumblr account: âTAKE THAT MITCHESâ We all know that most of Hollywood supports Barack Obama âwith the exception of a few hardcore Republi ...
  • iNO: iPhone 5 is NOT yet sold out in India
    [Editorial notes: Yesterday, Indian media was abuzz with stories on how iPhone 5 is sold out in India, but we found the reality to be far away from the truth. Our intern, Ishan Vyas ended up buying the iPhone 5 and shares his entire experience]. So I finally went to Imagine Store in Bangaloreâs ...

Groklaw

  • Editorial: is Engadget really that stupid? Or ...
    Here is another "race to the bottom is bad" article, this time in the form of an "editorial" from Engadget. It's even more idiotic than usual. The whole "race to the bottom" concept is odd to me: people complaining about how technology gets less outrageously expensive, and more available to ev ...
  • What is Apple spending to drop Samsung as a su ...
    Apple's feud with Samsung might just be costing both companies a lot more money and missed opportunities than the fines and legal costs accrued in their patent battles in various jurisdictions around the world would indicate. We learned this week that Samsung may be delaying the construction of ...
  • MS's chief patent counsel Eppenauer: We believ ...
    Q: I'm sure you know the overwhelming feedback from our readers is that software patents are stupid, that many of them are overbroad, and most of them are at least on the edge of being overbroad. There's a drumbeat to get rid of them entirely. How does that affect Microsoft's policy - do you eve ...
  • Voters retain Justice David Wiggins
    Bob Vander Plaats, head of the Iowans For Freedom committee that spearheaded a campaign to oust Wiggins, conceded defeat late Tuesday.... Wiggins was the fourth Iowa Supreme Court justice to stand for a retention vote since seven justices unanimously ruled to legalize same-sex marriage in 2009. ...
  • Three state Supreme Court justices easily retu ...
    Despite an unprecedented campaign against them, three Florida Supreme Court justices up for merit retention easily were returned to the bench. Justices R. Fred Lewis, Barbara Pariente and Peggy Quince withstood opposition from a coalition of conservative groups, including the Republican Party o ...

WideShut

Politics in the Zeros

  • Greek protesters throw molotovs at police
    Athens on fire as Memorandum 3 passes.Greek protesters react violently. This seems more pre-revolutionary than protest. After all, their country and economy is being raped by the banksters.
  • Occupy for President: 2012 and Beyond
    The 2012 presidential race bears no trace of Occupy or the militancy it spawned among Chicago teachers and Wal Mart workers. This is no accident — the U.S. political system is a machine, and this machine smothers militancy. The ugly inner workings of the Democratic part of that machine wer ...
  • Solar power battery pack with USB for emergencies
    ReVIVE Solar power battery pack with one solar panelAdd-on solar panelsThe ReVIVE solar power battery pack has a 4000 mAh battery, universal USB charging port, suction mounts for windows, charges at a max rate of 2.1 amps, and has a flashlight. It will keep most smart phones and portable devices ...
  • The Rise of Siri – startup dystopia novella fr ...
    Aaron Ridgeway, Director of Apple’s Security Division, spends most of his time suppressing leaks about iterations of the same old products.It’s not amazing.Neither is Apple. Not anymore. Under pressure from dividend-hungry shareholders and a never ending plague of intellectual property law ...
  • Elections have consequences: cheating fails, b ...
    Election 2012 probably doesn’t prove anything. But it provides some evidence for the hopeful proposition that even when the game is rigged, the cheaters lose. Elections have consequences. MONEY. Even though the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision allowed gross amounts of money (almost ...

TVNZ - Top Stories

Just World News

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

frogblog

  • Unemployment is a human rights issue
    The 13,000 rise in unemployment reported in today’s Household Labourforce Survey brings the total number of unemployed New Zealanders to 175,000 – the worst number in 20 year. That represents 7.3% of our population, including 15.6% of Pasifika people and 15.1% of Māori and we know it is al ...
  • 100 years of the public service
    Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Public Service Act of 1912. This act established New Zealand’s public service, changing the model from one in which Ministers treated Ministries as their own personal fiefdoms and pay varied widely between Ministries. Today, the public service performs a ...
  • Gay red top
    Oh all right then. The issue with using the word “gay” in the way the PM did is that it works as a put-down only because it taps into and reinforces a bunch of negative ideas about homosexual people (actually, I didn’t think weird was one of them). As an adult gay man who has [...]
  • Climate change and New Zealand – Mr Gros ...
    Two months ago, international scientists reported that the Polar ice-cap had melted far faster than the IPCC anticipated, about 80% since 1980.  It might have its first ice-free day about 2015 (half a century ahead of expectations) and be completely ice-free around 2030-35. This was described as ...
  • Wilkinson resignation only symbolic
    On Monday, in light of the Royal Commission report into Pike River, Kate Wilkinson resigned as Minister responsible for the Department of Labour. This was the right decision, given that Pike River was the most serious industrial disaster in the last fifty years, and it happened on her watch. Wha ...

Patronus Analytical

J Kozy

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

Dr. Mercola Natural Health

  • Important Advice Post-Flooding, to Avoid Mold- ...
    By Dr. Mercola In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, which battered large portions of the East coast of the United States last week, mold remediation will top the list of many people’s cleanup efforts. Our hearts go out to all who were affected by this tremendous storm. Unfortunately, as ...
  • Can When You Eat Affect Your Health?
    By Dr. Mercola Intriguing new research is adding weight to the notion that when you eat could be just as important as what you eat... and possibly even more so. You're probably aware that your body runs on a regular circadian rhythm that coincides with when you sleep and wake. But each of y ...
  • Cell Phone Gave Man a Tumor, According to Majo ...
    By Dr. Mercola If you're an avid cell phone user who refuses to believe that holding this radiation-emitting device next to your head poses a potential health risk, take note... Italy's supreme court has ruled that a man's brain tumor is, in fact, linked to his heavy cell phone use. Heavy ...
  • Aspartame Associated with Increased Risk of Bl ...
    By Dr. Mercola Aspartame is an artificial sweetener used in diet soda and over 6,000 other sugar-free or "diet" products. New research1 linking aspartame to cancer in some individuals has sparked a flurry of commentary, including an "apology" from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a Harvard Unive ...
  • GE Cow Brings Biotech to New Level of Creepy
    By Dr. Mercola In 1996, Dolly the sheep was born. She was the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell, a Scottish creation of science “born” to three mothers (one that provided the egg, the other the DNA, and a third that carried the cloned embryo until birth). The cloning process itsel ...

JAMA

Survival - tribal peoples

  • Harassed and imprisoned: activists held for pe ...
    Medha Patkar had vowed to go on hunger strike until her release.© K. ShanmughamVeteran human rights campaigner Medha Patkar has been released after being detained by police in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Ms Patkar had been peacefully protesting against the diversion of vital water supp ...
  • Tourists leafleted at Machu Picchu over uncont ...
    Survival's leaflets highlight the plight of uncontacted Indians only 100km from Machu Picchu© SurvivalSurvival has launched a leafleting campaign targeting tourists arriving at Machu Picchu in Peru. Survival representatives recently handed out leaflets to tourists at Machu Picchu train sta ...
  • Earth’s most threatened tribe make unprecedent ...
    Members of the Awá have made a rare trip to Brasilia to urge Brazil to evict illegal invaders.© SurvivalFifteen members of Earth’s most threatened tribe have made an unprecedented visit to Brazil’s capital to urge the government to evict illegal invaders and protect their land. The Awá’s three- ...
  • In pictures: Tanzania’s Hadza mark land rights ...
    Hadza hunters in Tanzania use the song of an African bird to guide them to bees’ nests in baobab trees.© Joanna Eede/ SurvivalSurvival International has published a picture gallery to celebrate the first anniversary of the Hadza tribe’s historic land victory in Tanzania. An intimate picture of ...
  • Yanomami mark 20 years of land recognition
    Yanomami greet guests attending the seventh Assembly of Hutakara Yanomami Association at Watoriki © Fiona Watson/SurvivalSome 700 Yanomami from many communities in Brazil recently gathered for the 7th assembly of Hutukara, the Yanomami association. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the rec ...

Montreal Gazette

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

Food World Order

  • Colorado, Washington first states to legalize ...
    from reuters.com: Colorado and Washington became the first U.S. states to legalize the possession and sale of marijuana for recreational use on Tuesday in defiance of federal law, setting the stage for a possible showdown with the Obama administration. But another ballot measure to remove c ...
  • #VIDEO Future organic farmer tells it like it is
    from therealfoodchannel.com: "We can either pay the farmer or we can pay the hospital." True words from Birke Baehr, who was 11 years old when he gave this Tedx talk in August, 2010. This is our next generation! Birke is also the author of "Birke on the Farm: The Story of a Boy's Searc ...
  • #Video: Allergies, Autism and GMOs
    from therealfoodchannel.com: Yes, it's GMO week here at Brasscheck TV. Why? We can recover from a lot of things. We can't recover from having our food supply systematically contaminated.
  • Danny DeVito, Dave Matthews, Bill Maher and Mo ...
    from therealfoodchannel.com: "What makes you think you have the right to know?" asks Danny DeVito in a witty, ironic public service announcement by the political action committee sponsored by consumer advocacy group Food & Water Watch in support of Proposition 37, California's ballot initiat ...
  • #VIDEO: David vs. Monsanto: The Story of How a ...
    from mercola.com: It all began in 1998, at which time Schmeiser had grown canola on his farm for 40 years. Like any other traditional farmer, he used his own seeds, saved from the previous harvest. But, like hundreds of other North American farmers, Schmeiser ended up being sued by Monsanto ...

CrusadeWatch

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

Whole Truth Coalition

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

The Economic Collapse

  • Thousands Of Shocking Threats Of Violence By O ...
    On social media websites such as Twitter and Facebook, thousands of threats of violence were posted by supporters of Barack Obama on the evening prior to the election.  If you doubt this, just go on Twitter and do a search for keywords such as "Romney riot", "assassinate Romney" and "if Romney w ...
  • Anarchy Along The Jersey Shore And On Long Isl ...
    Hurricane Sandy is another reminder of just how incredibly fragile the thin veneer of civilization that we all take for granted on a daily basis really is.  Many of the hardest hit areas along the Jersey shore and the coast of Long Island have descended into a state of anarchy.  More than 7 mill ...
  • Somebody Should Start The ‘Stuff Costs T ...
    Stuff costs too much.  Seriously.  Every time I go to the grocery store these days, I am absolutely horrified by the prices.  I try not to buy anything that is not on sale, but the problem is that I am discovering that the new sale prices are the old regular prices.  So now paying what [...]
  • 18 Startling Quotes About The Incredible Destr ...
    It is hard to put into words the absolute devastation that we are seeing along many areas of the east coast right now.  Boats have been washed ashore, homes have been razed, some coastal roads have been essentially destroyed, and large numbers of people are still trapped in their homes by flood ...
  • Worst Case Scenario: Hurricane Sandy Is The Bi ...
    The biggest storm to ever hit the northeast United States is creating a tremendous amount of havoc up and down the eastern seaboard.  It is hard to describe how gigantic this storm actually is.  From end to end, Hurricane Sandy is more than 1000 miles across.  It is twice the size of the state o ...

CASSE

The Talking Clock

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

Facing South

  • The outlook for 'Obamacare' in two maps
    After Tuesday's election, President Obama's health care plan remains alive. But its future is uncertain, with many Southern states still uncommitted to creating insurance exchanges and others rejecting federal funding to expand coverage for the poor. read more
  • Justice for sale? Backers of shadow groups pus ...
    The race for a seat on the N.C. Supreme Court is turning out to be one of the state's most expensive contests, largely due to spending from conservative groups. Many of the special interests pouring money into the contest may have high stakes in the outcome. read more
  • Living apart: How the government betrayed a la ...
    The authors of the 1968 Fair Housing Act wanted to reverse decades of government-fostered segregation. But presidents from both parties declined to enforce a law that stirred vehement opposition. read more
  • What's going on in the Southern swing states?
    President Obama won three Southern states en route to the White House in 2008. What's happened in the South's swing states? Is it any different than what's happened in the rest of the country? And can he still win? read more
  • INSTITUTE INDEX: Watching the tea party poll w ...
    With True the Vote and other tea party-affiliated groups planning a massive poll-watching effort for this election, voting rights advocates are mobilizing in unprecedented numbers to fight back against intimidation. read more

CenterLine

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

Short Sharp Science

Tech Drive In

  • NVIDIA Releases New Linux Drivers, Receives HU ...
    It is not everyday that you hear a major hardware vendor releasing a dedicated Linux driver with much fanfare. NVIDIA has just announced the latest NVIDIA GeForce drivers - R310 - for Linux. According to NVIDIA, this new set of drivers for Linux almost double the performance and dramatically r ...
  • Ubuntu GNOME Remix Reviewed: This is my NEW Fa ...
    Netbooks are an extremely useful breed of laptops especially for those who travel a lot. Most of them are extremely cheap to own too. But there's a catch. Windows 7 is an absolute pain to use in lower spec'd devices and I have realized that newer versions of Ubuntu is not exactly what you want ...
  • 20 Things I did After Installing Ubuntu 12.10 ...
    Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal is here already. A lot of new features has been added, but overall performance remains a major cause of concern. Feedback from our readers also point to such a direction. You can find a number of interesting reactions from users in our previous post discussing Ubun ...
  • Canonical ups the ante over Windows 8, Calls i ...
    "Avoid the pain of Windows 8. All new Ubuntu 12.10 is out now," reads Canonical's official banner announcing the arrival of Ubuntu's latest iteration, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal. Pretty strong language, I must say. It is a normal practice in the corporate world to NOT name their biggest comp ...
  • Ubuntu Needs a "Project Butter" like Android
    I'm a fairly satisfied Ubuntu 12.04 LTS user and I'm quite optimistic about the forthcoming changes to Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal. But that doesn't mean they both are somehow "perfect" or something. Unity, which was a huge departure from the traditional GNOME 2.0 desktop, has been around&nbs ...

Case About Bird Flu

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

Invisible Opportunity

  • It’s Official: Liberals and Conservative ...
    Brandon Turbeville Activist Post In the wake of the 2012 Presidential election, the expected gloating over Obama’s victory and sulking over Romney’s defeat by their respective supporters is taking its typical turn toward the absurd, at least for those who are aware of the true lack of choice tha ...
  • US forces accused of stealing Jewish-Iraqi arc ...
    An Iraqi parliamentarian has accused the US forces of stealing the country’s Jewish Archive and handing it over to the Israelis. Talal Zobai, the chair of the Parliamentary Tourism and Archaeological Committee, said that the American troops found the archive when they broke into a prison i ...
  • FED/NAM/CBO/CHINA/FABER: THERE IS NOW 100% CHA ...
    During my usual morning reading process I came across a posting on PragCap by Cullen Roche regarding a chart of U.S. recession probabilities. The chart can be found at the St. Louis Federal Reserve website and is derived from a study by J. Piger and M. Chauvet, from the University of Oregon, whi ...
  • Proposition 37 appears to have failed in Calif ...
    by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger (NaturalNews) Proposition 37 appears to have failed at the ballot box in California, according to the California Secretary of State ballot measures results. The GMO labeling ballot measure, which would have required food companies to label the GM content of foods ...
  • Video: George Carlin-The Illusion Of Choice
      via George Carlin: The Illusion Of Choice – YouTube.

Veterans Today

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

electric politics

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

PR News

  • Ohio Lottery looks for earned, paid media help
    COLUMBUS, OH: The Ohio Lottery Commission is looking for an agency that is capable of performing both earned and paid media services to promote the organization.
  • FTI strategic comms revenue shrinks in Q3
    WEST PALM BEACH, FL: FTI Consulting's strategic communications unit reported a revenue drop of 11.6% year-over-year to $45.8 million in the third quarter of 2012.
  • VivaKi's Klues to step down
    PARIS: VivaKi CEO Jack Klues will retire at the end of this year, holding company Publicis Groupe said Wednesday.
  • Magri joins FTI's strategic comms unit in Brazil
    SAO PAULO: FTI Consulting has hired Sheila Magri as MD in its strategic communications practice in the Sao Paulo, Brazil office.
  • Havas Q3 revenue up 2%
    PUTEAUX CEDEX, FRANCE: Havas Group generated $546.4 million in revenue in the third quarter of 2012, a 2% organic growth increase compared with the same period of last year.

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  • Disarmament Talks With U.S. Impossible With Mi ...
    Itar-Tass November 8, 2012 RF-US dialogue impossible without MD resolution — DFM Sergei Ryabkov Standard Missile-3 of the sort the U.S. and NATO will deploy in Romania and Poland to target Russian missiles MOSCOW: Moscow considers the dialogue on disarmament with the U.S. impossible if the missi ...
  • Stefan Zweig: Romain Rolland and the campaign ...
    ==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts *** Stefan Zweig: The fear of opposing military hysteria Maxim Gorky on Romain Rolland, war and humanism *** Romain Rolland: Above The Battle Romain Rolland: America and the war against war Romain Rolland: Ara Pacis and Ave, Caesar ...
  • NATO Prepares To Deploy Interceptor Missiles T ...
    Xinhua News Agency November 8, 2012 NATO preparing to give Turkey Patriot missiles ANKARA: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Wednesday that NATO is preparing to give Turkey Patriot missiles for deployment along the Turkish-Syrian border, local newspaper Today’s Zaman reporte ...
  • Assad Interview: Invasion of Syria Would Have ...
    RT November 8, 2012 Assad to RT: ‘I’m not Western puppet – I have to live and die in Syria’ Video In an exclusive interview with RT, Syrian President Bashar Assad said he will not leave Syria. Assad also spoke on the calls for armed foreign intervention in Syria, and the ...
  • Post-Election: Will U.S. Continue To Antagoniz ...
    Voice of Russia November 8, 2012 ‘It’s not in the US interests to make an enemy out of Russia or even out of China’- interview Audio ==== Congressman Dennis Kucinich…doesn’t agree with this policy of encircling Russia and bashing lots of nations – not only Russia, but also China and quite ...

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Intel Hub

  • US Government Backs UN Arms Treaty and Bombs Y ...
    By JG Vibes theintelhub.com November 8, 2012 Within hours of the announcement that Obama was reelected, the U.N. General Assembly’s disarmament committee was taking measures to reopen the UN arms treaty talks which would regulate the sale of firearms at a global level.  As for the presiden ...
  • Gas-Pocalypse: Sex, Silver, and gold
    theintelhub.com | Desperate times indeed.
  • Zombie Nation Celebrates War and Oppression Af ...
    By JG Vibes theintelhub.com November 7, 2012 For many people who are actually aware of the corruption that exists within the United States government, it wasn’t really the outcome of the elections that they were paying attention to this week. Instead, it was the popular reaction to the elections ...
  • Los Angeles Casting Call: Researchers and Whis ...
    ShadeTheMotionPicture.com | Between the dates of November 17 - 20, 2012 the filmmakers & crew for SHADE the Motion Picture will be on location in Los Angeles California wrapping up all final shoots.
  • VIDEO: Sheriff “Unconstitutional” ...
    JG Vibes & Bob Tuskin | We all know that the presidential elections hold very little weight in our everyday lives, the only real choices are different shades of authoritarianism.

FRS

  • Rebel Diaz – Revolution Has Come
    Nov 3, 2012 by rebeldiaztv LYRICS INTRO (Speech) It is time! Time! It is time that everybody understand, We been trying to move this struggle from a lower to a higher level! All the people who sacrificed their lives, We understand that fascism exists in America! And we are going to create, an Am ...
  • Black Agenda Report on what happens when you b ...
    Doing Us Proud: Black America Has Lost Its Moral Compass by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon, Black Agenda Report, 11/07/2012 When a Bush, a McCain, or a Romney condones corporate crimes against the rest of us, lies to us, tortures and imprisons at will and murders civilians at a whim, it&#821 ...
  • Greek unions protest austerity package
    ATHENS, Greece, Nov. 7 (UPI) — ATHENS, Greece, Nov. 7 (UPI) — Thousands of Greeks joined protests Wednesday afternoon against a new package of cuts set for a vote in Parliament. An estimated 70,000 people rallied at the Parliament Building in Syntagma Square in Athens, CNN reported. ...
  • India: Bhilai Steel Plant to ‘fund barracks’ ...
    RAIPUR, November 7, 2012 by Suvojit Bagchi, The Hindu CPI-Maoist have formed several committees to oppose the project Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), one of the main steel-producing units of Steel Authority of India (SAIL), ‘will fund construction of barracks’ for paramilitary forces to ensure securit ...
  • India: Bhilai Steel Plant to ‘fund barracks’ ...
    RAIPUR, November 7, 2012 by Suvojit Bagchi, The Hindu CPI-Maoist have formed several committees to oppose the project Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), one of the main steel-producing units of Steel Authority of India (SAIL), ‘will fund construction of barracks’ for paramilitary forces to ensure securit ...

Ken O'Keefe

  • Trade Not Aid Update – November 6, 2012 &#8211 ...
    Today was the final hearing for the case against the Trade Not Aid hijackers Cate (Catherine) Myles (aka Soraya Fitzgerald) and Sammi Coulthard (aka Saja Rana & Maitreyi Atmaja).  It cost over £600 in court fees, money that should have gone directly into the cause.  It took countless hours o ...
  • Transcript & Video – Update from Ken O&# ...
    Catherine Myles, I have found the funds for you to come to Gaza. We will pay for you to go to Gaza. I will pay for your tickets from the UK to Cairo and then your taxi fare to Gaza and your accommodation in Gaza and your return taxi fare back Cairo, back to the UK. You have a paid, PAID trip to ...
  • Max Igan & Ken O’Keefe in Gaza – F ...
    I think this is going to be one of people's favorite videos as it is genuinely funny and yet very serious. Max Igan and myself get into this one by showing a sycophantic Patrick Clawson of the Washington Institute for Near East spouting some truly incredible historical narrative. This useful idi ...
  • Max Igan & Ken O’Keefe Freestyle on Gaza ...
    Max Igan & Ken O'Keefe Freestyle on Gaza Rooftop
  • Back in Gaza with Max Igan & the Samouni Family
    It is ironic how unplanned events often impact your life far more than those that are planned. Before you know it you are taken down a path of which the universe, God, some unknowable force is clearly in charge, we become but a passenger. Meeting the Samouni family has been like that, it has c ...

StillSmallVoice

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

Associated Content

  • Obama is Showing Real Leadership While Romney ...
    When a presidential candidate’s campaign stages giving to disaster victims, it shows the candidate himself doesn’t have a clue on how to be presidential in trying times.Contributor: Roy A. Barnes Published: Nov 01, 2012
  • Obama Volunteers Keep Busy on California's Cen ...
    It's been nearly a quarter-century since a Republican has carried California in the race for president: Think Bush over Dukakis. But on California's Central Coast, Obama supporters are still busy, focused on states that aren't a sure win for Obama.Contributor: Mike Nemeth Published: Oct 24, 2012
  • Politics Hard for a Disenfranchised Centrist
    Between living in these politically polarized times and living in the swing state of Michigan, where there are also several hotly contested Congressional, state and regional races, it’s been difficult to stay above the fray.Contributor: Phil Watson Published: Oct 22, 2012
  • Voting in Ohio: Vote Early, Vote Carefully
    There is a tension in the air as Ohio approaches this election. It is caused by the constant refrain of political advertising from television, radio, yard signs, and others. To avoid it, vote early and with care.Contributor: Phil Cole Published: Oct 22, 2012
  • Obama-Romney 2012: a View from Inside the Beltway
    Do the two sides have to disagree on everything?Contributor: Elizabeth Williams Published: Oct 22, 2012

Popsci - Science

  • Dear President Obama: Congratulations! But We ...
    An open letter from PopSci to President Obama about science and the future Dear President Obama, What a relief, many of us thought this morning. We re-elected a president who supports public funding for research (truthfully, public funding for anything). We re-elected a president who acknowledg ...
  • Researchers Turn Animal Ears Into Bio-Batteries
    There's a small electrical charge living in your cochlea, and it can power electronics. The line between man and machine--or at least mammal and machine--grows blurrier still. It’s not exactly the Singularity, but a collaboration between researchers at MIT and Harvard Medical School have tapped ...
  • Mars Rover Curiosity's Drivers Switch Back To ...
    While the rest of us enjoyed an extra hour of sleep as daylight saving time ended Sunday, the scientists and engineers working with the Mars rover Curiosity were just glad to be back on Earth time. The rover team has finally stopped working on Mars time, just as they planned. The Mars day, whic ...
  • How Do You Find More Donor Organs? Pay People ...
    Buying and selling organs is illegal, but one Canadian researcher thinks a financial incentive for organ donors is the way to save lives. A Canadian study probing the modern feasibility of a relatively old idea (we've discussed it previously at length here) has come to a somewhat unexpected con ...
  • A Visualization Of The Most Invisible, And Inf ...
    An animation by Northeastern University's LazerLab shows what's being donated, and where. When I hear the phrase "political action," I think of public demonstrations. But the most influential form of political action has nothing to do with making a sign or attending a rally--it's about donatin ...

Veterans Today

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

War is Business

Hudson's Weather & Climate

  • 'High risk' of further flooding this winter
    Ground water levels remain unseasonably high across parts of Yorkshire following the very wet conditions this summer, according to the Environment Agency. Although autumn is traditionally the wettest season of the year, the land is more saturated than normal because of excessive rainfall since ...
  • First cold snap of the season
    After a relentlessly gloomy week, much clearer but colder air is on its way from the Arctic in the next 12 hours, giving us our first cold snap of the season, albeit a short lived one. Some of us, mainly in eastern parts of the region will see showers, and the air will be cold enough for some ...
  • Quiet spell of autumn weather on the way
    After what has seemed like a relentless period of unsettled weather stretching back to the end of March, it's nice to be able to report that a quieter spell of weather seems likely next week - although talk of an 'Indian Summer', for our region at least, is a little far-fetched. Friday and Sat ...
  • A step forward in forecasting cold winters?
    Sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) has been the 'in' topic in meteorological circles in the last couple of years, ever since the severe winter of 2009/2010 in which December was the coldest since the late 19th century. SSW is linked to sudden large increases in temperature over a few days in t ...
  • Regional and global climate update
    Provisional Met Office statistics show that September across the UK was wetter than normal with 112mm, or 117% of the long term average. It was also cooler but sunnier than normal. Regionally, the North of England was much wetter than the rest of the country, with 133mm of rain, which is 165% ...

Internat'l Political Economy

  • Egypt and the Elusive Interest-Free IMF Loan
    Back in the 80s, I loved Aldo Nova's one-hit wonder "Fantasy." Instead of treating it as a catchy tune and nothing more, I'm afraid that leaders of some other nations are truly convinced that life is just a fantasy and have a reality-challenged notion of economic governance. Today we have anothe ...
  • Bill Gross: QE1-3 Added No Savings or Investment
    In case you missed it, bond investing legend Bill Gross has just provided the most damning evidence that various Fed easing efforts have been worse than useless. You'd think all of this helicopter dropping of cash would encourage more investment which in turn would generate more jobs, but capita ...
  • Spanish Exodus: Back to Latin America
    [NOTE: This is another of my "Hard Times in Hispania" installations.] In a recent post, I described how many young, jobless Spaniards sought employment in Germany despite the language barriers. It may seem odd but it's true: many Spaniards and those who migrated there when times were better from ...
  • Hurricane Sandy & US Climate Change Denial
    Americans live large--not only in terms of their outsized figures but also their outsize carbon footprints. Callous disregard for the planet is pretty much par for the course there even if Europeans are generally much more enlightened. For instance, all major parties in the UK acknowledge that c ...
  • Sony in China: $375M Price Tag of Japan Hatred
    This is just a brief follow-up on a post I made a few weeks ago on the territorial disputes in our part of the world spilling over into commerce. For instance, insofar as the Chinese leadership could use a convenient scapegoat right now for the PRC's slowing economy, what use is there attempting ...

Economic Collapse Blog

  • Thousands Of Shocking Threats Of Violence By O ...
    On social media websites such as Twitter and Facebook, thousands of threats of violence were posted by supporters of Barack Obama on the evening prior to the election.  If you doubt this, just go on Twitter and do a search for keywords such as "Romney riot", "assassinate Romney" and "if Romney w ...
  • Anarchy Along The Jersey Shore And On Long Isl ...
    Hurricane Sandy is another reminder of just how incredibly fragile the thin veneer of civilization that we all take for granted on a daily basis really is.  Many of the hardest hit areas along the Jersey shore and the coast of Long Island have descended into a state of anarchy.  More than 7 mill ...
  • Somebody Should Start The ‘Stuff Costs T ...
    Stuff costs too much.  Seriously.  Every time I go to the grocery store these days, I am absolutely horrified by the prices.  I try not to buy anything that is not on sale, but the problem is that I am discovering that the new sale prices are the old regular prices.  So now paying what [...]
  • 18 Startling Quotes About The Incredible Destr ...
    It is hard to put into words the absolute devastation that we are seeing along many areas of the east coast right now.  Boats have been washed ashore, homes have been razed, some coastal roads have been essentially destroyed, and large numbers of people are still trapped in their homes by flood ...
  • Worst Case Scenario: Hurricane Sandy Is The Bi ...
    The biggest storm to ever hit the northeast United States is creating a tremendous amount of havoc up and down the eastern seaboard.  It is hard to describe how gigantic this storm actually is.  From end to end, Hurricane Sandy is more than 1000 miles across.  It is twice the size of the state o ...

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Brookfield Renewable Announces 2012 Third Quarter Results
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Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners L.P. today announced its results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012. "Almost a year has passed since the launch of Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners and it has been tremendously successful ...
India, Malaysia ink MoU on renewable energy
New York Daily News
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed here Wednesday by India's Minister of New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah and Peter Chin Fah Kui, Malaysian minister of Energy, Green Technology and Water. Both countries also agreed to ...
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Michigan Rejects Increase to Renewable Energy Requirement
Businessweek
The results show that voters think Michigan utilities are balancing the demands of adopting renewable energy while keeping rates down, according to Howard Edelson, campaign manager for Clean Affordable Renewable Energy for Michigan Coalition, ...
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Renewable energy subsidies seen as winners in election
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines (blog)
The re-election of President Barack Obama and most of the renewable energy backers in Congress Tuesday were seen as a good sign for Iowa's wind, ethanol and biodiesel industries. Iowa's wind power industry is sputtering without new orders because the ...
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Coast Range sale may test ecology logging theory
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Under a program announced in 2010 by the secretary of the Interior Department, three pilot projects based on Johnson and Franklin's "ecological forestry" ideas are under way at dry forests in Southern Oregon. The approach involves using a technique ...
Crews cleaning up fuel spill at Port Angeles WA
The Seattle Times
Ecology spokesman Curt Hart says about 50 to 100 gallons spilled into the water early Wednesday after a Harley Marine Services barge was overfilled during fueling at the Tesoro Port Angeles terminal. The first estimate was 840 gallons but Hart says ...
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First Green Roofs Ecology Research Center in Israel
EP Magazine
First Green Roofs Ecology Research Center in Israel. Israel's first Green Roofs Ecology research center has been dedicated at the University of Haifa. The center will focus on research and development of non-irrigated green roofs that are suitable for ...
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Ecology seeks comments on SEPA rules
Bellingham Herald
The Washington Department of Ecology is asking the public to comment on a proposal that would increase the flexible thresholds local governments can adopt to exempt minor new construction projects from review under the State Environmental Policy Act, ...
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Nor'easter brings more wind, water to storm-battered East Coast
Fox News
NEW YORK – The nor'easter, as promised, brought gusting winds, rain, snow and the threat of flooding. It menaced travelers with icy roads, snarled the Long Island Rail Road and knocked out power to people who had only recently gotten it back after ...
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Sewage Backups, Water Leaks Threaten Municipal Budgets
Bloomberg
State and local governments are weighing the costs of water-system upgrades against a need to repair crumbling bridges and roads as lower tax receipts curb spending. Rising water bills to replace municipal pipes, some pre-dating the Civil War and made ...
Throwing some cold water on Josh Hamilton as an Oriole
Baltimore Sun (blog)
Throwing some cold water on Josh Hamilton as an Oriole. Email · print. Comments. 0. Josh Hamilton. Josh Hamilton's bat would look good in the Orioles' lineup -- as it would for virtually every team -- but the O's likely aren't a financial match for the ...
Hurricane Filled New York Aquarium With Dangerous Substance: Water
New York Times
The clock in the office of Jon Forrest Dohlin, director of the New York Aquarium, just off the Boardwalk in Coney Island, is frozen at 7:50. “And 10 seconds,” he added, almost cheerily, as he stood surrounded by boxes of soggy papers and office furniture.
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