31 December - RSS SnapShot! Pt III

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NewsWise

• As Climate Warms, Bark Beetles March on High-E ...
  In a report published today (Dec. 31, 2012) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison reports a rising threat to the whitebark pine forests of the northern Rocky Mountains as native mountain pine beetles climb ever highe ...
• Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor Enhances Hospital Disi ...
  Infection control experts at The Johns Hopkins Hospital have found that a combination of robot-like devices that disperse a bleaching agent into the air and then detoxify the disinfecting chemical are highly effective at killing and preventing the spread of multiple-drug-resistant bacteria, or s ...
• Paired CT Scans Catch Chemo-Killing of Liver T ...
  Using two successive pairs of specialized CT scans, a team of Johns Hopkins and Dutch radiologists has produced real-time images of liver tumors dying from direct injection of anticancer drugs into the tumors and their surrounding blood vessels.
• D'Qwell Jackson: Tackling Injury
  Hospital for Special Surgery helps Cleveland Browns linebacker return to form.
• Douglas Dirschl to Lead Orthopedics at the Uni ...
  A nationally recognized orthopedic surgeon will head the newly created Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Chicago Medicine starting Jan. 1, 2013.

Natural Health News

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

Climategate

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

Opinio Juris

• Weekday News Wrap: Monday, December 31, 2012
  by Jessica Dorsey by Jessica Dorsey The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights issued a press release welcoming the National Congress of Argentina’s recent approval of legislation that creates the System for Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment. The Yemen-ba ...
• Events and Announcements: December 30, 2012
  by An Hertogen by An Hertogen Upcoming Events The next session of the Joint International Humanitarian Law Forum takes place on January 7, 2013 at the IDC Radzyner School of Law. Adv. Sigall Horovitz will give a talk entitled “Think Different – Why Israel Should Join the ICC Rome Statute ...
• Newtown, Drones, and Comparative Criminal Law
  by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller There’s been an interesting debate in the blogosphere recently about why people find the murder of 20 young children at Newtown so much more horrible than the routine killing of children in Yemen and Pakistan by U.S. drones.  Glenn Greenwald and Fa ...
• In 2013, I Resolve to Post a Lot … But Only Ab ...
  by Kenneth Anderson by Kenneth Anderson Kidding!  Happy New Year to everyone!  Chris’s post below made me want to add that I have a goal in 2013, which is to post lots more.  2012 was family-intensive, but things are looking good for 2013, and my resolution is to post much more than I ha ...
• Weekday News Wrap: Friday, December 28, 2012
  by Jessica Dorsey by Jessica Dorsey The US and the UN have raised security alerts in the Central African Republic and the US has now decided to close its embassy in response to the security risks posed by the rebels advancing to the capital. A spokesperson for the new Japanese government has r ...

Public News Service

• Regrets about Holiday Spending? Change That No ...
  Regrets about Holiday Spending? Change That Now ... PHOENIX - Christmas is barely over, and some people are still out there shopping the post-holiday sales. While the flurry of holiday spending may be good for the economy, it can prove to be exactly the opposite for an individual or family strug ...
• Out with the Old: Recycling Cell Phones, Lapto ...
  Out with the Old: Recycling Cell Phones, Laptops, TVs... PHOENIX - “Out with the old, in with the new” takes on a whole new meaning when the topic is electronic gear. A new national certification program ensures that recyclers properly dispose of items such as laptops, televisions a ...
• Report: Middle Class Families Have $100 Left E ...
  Report: Middle Class Families Have $100 Left Each Month PHOENIX - A sneak peek at the average middle-class household budget in Arizona shows about $100 left each month after covering regular expenses - at least, before the Christmas bills are due. The research from the Center for Responsible Le ...
• Immigration Reform for Farmworkers is on the T ...
  Immigration Reform for Farmworkers is on the Table this Holiday Season PHOENIX - As Americans reflect on holiday dinners and graze on the leftovers, immigration reform advocates are hoping citizens put the subject of immigration "on the table." An estimated 70,000 immigrant farmworkers are in A ...
• Report: Many Reasons to Howl about Buying Dogs ...
  Report: Many Reasons to Howl about Buying Dogs Online PHOENIX - The holidays often prompt people to add a cuddly new addition to the family, but if you buy a dog online, there's a good chance it came from a puppy mill. A report from the International Fund for Animal Welfare says more than 700,00 ...

Center for Food Safety

• Obama Administration Snubs Risks, Moves Forwar ...
  400,000 public comments, 40 Members of Congress ignored; CFS calls proposed approval of first ever GE animal “premature and misguided” Center for Food Safety sharply criticized today’s U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) announcement releasing an Environmental Assessment (EA) on the contro ...
• Center for Food Safety, Save Our Seeds File Su ...
  Case pitting corporations against farmers set to impact the future of seed patents Today, Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Save our Seeds (SOS)—two organizations dedicated to promoting safe, sustainable food and farming systems—challenged the agrochemical giant Monsanto and its restrictive “seed ...
• Groups Stand Up for Clean Water Act in West Vi ...
  Pollution of local waterways, public health at stake from farm lobby actions A coalition of local and national public interest organizations have asked a federal court for permission to participate in a legal action that will decide when Clean Water Act restrictions apply to the release of pollu ...
• Help CFS Defend Farmers Against GE Crops
  Farmers are at the front lines in the battle against genetically engineered (GE) crops. They are the ones that risk economic harm should their crops be contaminated by GE material.  For more than a decade, Center for Food Safety (CFS) has been representing farmers in court against chemical compa ...
• After Halt to Planting, Court Orders Eradicati ...
  Remedies Include Three-Year Monitoring Period to Track, Destroy Any Germinating GE Plants In a decision this week, a federal court formally halted the planting of genetically engineered (GE) crops on all National Wildlife Refuges in the Southeastern United States.  The court also ordered steps t ...

Angry Indian Op-Eds

• Woodlands Water Heater
  Woodlands water heater area unit price effective alternatives to standard heaters, which need a considerable quantity of energy. Straightforward to put in, woodlands water heater don't need a vessel to produce plight. Woodlands water heater area unit best-known by completely different names like ...
• CHOOSE CARPET FOR DECORATING YOUR HOME
  Choosing a carpet for your home is no easy task. Regardless of whether you’re looking for a textured and more luxurious carpet or cut pile, Berber, frieze or patterned carpet, today’s  have a vast selection of all the styles and color choices you could need. Some companies will allow you t ...
• The Best Sources for Real Estate Listings
  Posting your home into some credible Real Estate Listings are the best way you can do if you want to sell your property right away. It is not expensive either to do real estate listing. Most of home sellers nowadays have got their property listed for a very minimal amount, and most of these sell ...
• House Hopping
  House Hopping Adolescent years are a challenge. For everyone involved. Young individuals searching, yearning for their independence though not yet prepared to manage the cost/benefit scales of life. Crazed parents hurt by their child's sudden rebuttals and scared by both their loss of control ...
• Buying Property
  Buying Property In buying property, you need to know on the things on what you want to do in on your property. It also means that anything you want to wish to have in your property. It can be like a beautiful view in which you can view the sea or the city or an urbanized area. Well, people do ...

Pensieve

• Another Civil Coup in Honduras?
  In 2009, the Honduran congress and supreme court perpetrated a messy coup against president Manuel Zelaya. Yesterday President Lobo and the Honduran congress have perpetrated an “institutional” coup against the supreme court, sacking 4 out of its 5 members. This was in retaliation fo ...
• Fractal Reality
  We inhabit a place in space, time and probability where none of the coordinates that we use to measure them have raced into infinity so far. But instead of a flat, sterile, constant and unchanging space, we live in a complex, dynamic, and unpredictable reality. In short, we inhabit chaos. Just l ...
• Apple’s Superiors Jumped the Gun?
  Maybe Apple should have waited to announce iOS6 at the same time with the iPhone 5 launch, or announced the iPhone 5 sooner. Opinions about the new iPhone vary from “evolutionary” to “boring”. iOS6 on the other hand, is definitely more atractive. If Apple had chosen to co ...
• O Ridiculous Fortune
  O fortuna! Velut luna, statu variabilis! Semper crecis et decrecis, vita detestabilis! (Carmina Burana) O fortune! Like the moon you are ever-changing: Always increasing and decreasing, making life detestable!(Rough translation) Whenever I’m feeling depressed, laughter is often the way out ...
• Where’s the switch?
  I’ve been somber for two days in a row, which isn’t very common in me anymore. It feels as if someone turned off the light. I suspect that in the chemicals of my brain, this is not too far from the truth. Lately I haven’t had to make an effort to feel well. I could [...] Relate ...

Green Times

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

The Briefing Room | Investigate

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

• Israeli Elections: Labor party leader pays ste ...
  As events in Egypt, Syria and Palestine heat up… …The nation-state in the middle of all this, Israel, has had its own share of high political drama. True, instead of blood, only tears and virtual ink were shed there. But as usual in Israel-Palestine, it makes for a good story. Earlie ...
• Gaza Ceasefire: Giving Thanks to President Obama
  There is a ceasefire in Gaza. It remains to be seen if and when the promise to open Gaza to normal civilian movement, laconically stated in the ceasefire agreement, will be fulfilled. On Friday, less than 48 hours after its enactment, the first bad sign appeared. In at least two locations near t ...
• Let’s Stop Bibi Netanyahu’s Sicken ...
  Part of expatriate life is worrying for the health of elderly overseas parents. My father-in-law’s health is bad enough to worry about, even without this recent crap. My wife’s parents live in Moshav Shahar, Israel, some 15km from the Gaza Strip as the missile flies. Their home has n ...
• How NOT to Introduce New Green-Tech: The Cauti ...
  We have just ended four weeks during which Israeli business and politics were almost completely shut down due to a spate of Jewish holidays. There’s a known refrain in Hebrew: “After the Holidays”, meaning “Don’t worry, we’ll get back to you sometime in Octobe ...
• Netanyahu’s UN Speech also had REALLY-NO ...
  …but they were completely upstaged by his Wile E. Coyote climax. These parts are highly worth revisiting. Bibi’s brazen, out-and-out racism and lunatic brand of nationalist-supremacy, were expressed in no uncertain terms upon the United Nations stage. The man’s true colors wer ...

Politics in the Zeros

• Occupy activist arrested with explosives, weapons
  Police found seven grams of HMTD, a powerful explosive, and weapons.The privileged daughter of a prominent city doctor, and her boyfriend — a Harvard grad and Occupy Wall Street activist — have been busted for allegedly having a cache of weapons and a bombmaking explosive in their Greenwich Vill ...
• Woo-hoo, and it’s off the cliff we go into 2013!
  Worst Congress ever!No Rule of Law for the 1%!Climate change!I am just so looking forward to 2013. How about you?
• Big banks and law enforcement worked together ...
  Probable anarchist being very scary indeedSome are mystified by the concerted government / business attack against Occupy. I wasn’t mystified at all as I was politically active in 1960′s counter-culture and protests. We were monitored then, we are monitored now. Deal with it. It goes ...
• Let Fury Have The Hour – trailer
  Now in limited release Let Fury have The Hour is a definite must-see.LetFuryHaveTheHour.comRough, raw and unapologetically inspirational, LET FURY HAVE THE HOUR is a charged journey into the heart of the creative counter-culture in 2012. In a time of global challenges, big questions and by-the-n ...
• Income inequality in Connecticut
  Promoted from a comment about income inequality in Connecticut by Ross to Childhood hunger rising in Connecticut, a prosperous state (and linking to the video.)Actually CT has some of the highest income inequality in the country. There are a lot of the country’s most “prosperous&#822 ...

Coteret

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

Deadline Live

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

• Gun Control Demands
  Liberals are in a froth over a new gun ban on semi-automatic rifles (fire once per trigger pull).  While these are powerful and dangerous weapons, I flatly don’t believe this new ban will have any impact at all on violent crime.  Like so many things from the unbiased media, I cannot see an ...
• IPCC – Full Speed Ahead
  Thanks to some very hard working bloggers and readers who care at WUWT, the IPCC second order draft has been released.   Steig 09 appears to be much less prominently referenced in the second order draft than in the zero order which is still too often.  I take it as an indication that some people ...
• Just a Little More Fair
  What will we do when the US runs out of money? A few months ago it seemed that the American public may actually grasp the size of the numerical problem, but the elections revealed that people in bulk are not capable of basic math. It only takes the most cursory of reviews to understand that [...]
• Camp 2012
  Another deer season gone, I didn’t get any.  This time I did see several doe and maybe a spike buck in the morning of the first day but it was too dark to tell. Camp is a special place and I have a few minutes so here are some of my favorite images and videos [...]
• Climategate Season!
  Gone hunting for invisible deer again. It is climategate season!! The week will probably end with nothing new (including deer-s) but the UK police managed to leak (publish) that nobody involved in Climategate could be prosecuted after three years. Hopefully, the boys/(manly girls) aren’t s ...

Focal Point

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

Inside Facebook

• The Year in Facebook Advertising 2012
  This year Facebook made major strides with its advertising business. Rather than working on a single ads solution for the broadest possible audience, the company is now focused on building more specialized products for brands, direct...
• Guest Post: 2013 Social Media Predictions for ...
  This is a guest post by Peter Heffring, president and CEO ofsocial software company Expion. 2012 was the biggest year for social media to date. Brands were all-in, campaigns were bigger and better, and more social platforms...
• Facebook roundup: Instagram, Poke, New Year’s ...
  Instagram hit with lawsuit after proposed policy changes – A class action lawsuit was filed against Instagram last Friday over breach of contract and other claims related to its proposed terms of service change. The lawsuit, filed in...
• Fun Run, WhatsApp, Viber, Flickr and more on t ...
  Mobile arcade game Fun Run led our list of emerging Facebook applications by monthly active users this week with 144 percent gain. We define emerging applications as those that ended with between 100,000 and 1 million MAU in the...
• Facebook removes options to filter friends by ...
  Some Facebook users have been disappointed to discover that they can no longer filter their friends list by current city or other identifiers besides name. When Facebook rolled out its redesigned friends page last month, it...

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ReDress News

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

Amazon Rainforest

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

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

• Our new BFP DVD “The Police State” ...
  Our second BFP DVD includes The EyeOpener Police State Series with James Corbett, plus 2 bonus BFP Reports – Blackballed: ‘How the FBI Bends FOIA’ and TSA: ‘Tyrants Sucker America,’ plus an exclusive interview with BFP’s Andrew Gavin Marshall and a Jamiol/BFP Political Cartoon Gallery. Ple ...
• BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- December ...
  Please help us continue this work. We do not have foundation bosses or fund-ers. We do not serve the corporate fund-ers by being their advertisement platform-stage. We solely depend on you and your direct support. Please support this home of the irate minority, and thank you for all you do: Supp ...
• Congress Extends Warrantless Spying
  Police State Harshness Intensifies Domestically America’s political process is lawless, corrupt and dysfunctional. Fiscal cliff hype, noise and theater continue. Destroying fundamental civil society social protections aren’t mentioned. Rushed through legislation targeted Iran’s ...
• Agenda Prevails Over Truth
  “The American left is the enabler of the police state, and the American right is its progenitor.” In the Western world truth no longer has any meaning. In its place stands agenda. Agenda is all important, because it is the way Washington achieves hegemony over the world and the American people. ...
• Our new BFP DVD “The Police State” ...
  Our second BFP DVD includes The EyeOpener Police State Series with James Corbett, plus 2 bonus BFP Reports – Blackballed: ‘How the FBI Bends FOIA’ and TSA: ‘Tyrants Sucker America,’ plus an exclusive interview with BFP’s Andrew Gavin Marshall and a Jamiol/BFP Political Cartoon Gallery. Ple ...

Afro Spear

• Christmas Riddymz
• Byts and Bytes
  U Texas Professor Says Black Kids Don’t Succeed Because Most Are Raised by Women Homosexuality is “unAfrican” in pre-colonial history A Balanced Look at Female Genital “Mutilation” Black Pete exposes the Netherlands’ problem with race Zero Dark Thirty: CIA hagiography, pernicious propagand ...
• “Obama, Sharpton and Black America’s Dow ...
  Op-ed submission by Project 21 As a conservative, President Barack Obama’s re-election was one of the most disappointing experiences of my life. As a black American, my sorrow was only amplified. Just look at President Obama’s economic track record. Look at the unemployment rate during Obama’s f ...
• “Life, Liberty and Happiness” by A ...
  Op-ed submission by Project 21 In an increasingly secular America — where moral absolutes have vanished — it is not surprising that same-sex marriage referendums recently passed in Maryland, Washington and Maine. After all, noted theologian N.T. Wright said, “by itself, human reason can no more ...
• “Jovan, Jason and Jumping to Conclusions ...
  Note: photo and link to Jason Whitlock article was added by administrator. Op-ed submission by Project 21 Jason Whitlock started it, and Jason Whitlock can end it. On December 1, the Fox Sports columnist penned a column about what happened earlier that morning when Jovan Belcher — the starting l ...

Expose the BNP

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

Ode Magazine

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

OpEd News

• Ten of My Favorite Things about 2012
  Happy thoughts from Code Pink about some US and global issues that experienced new found gains in 2012 that works as a precursor for a progressive 2013 agenda.
• The Gatekeepers: Exposing Israel's Dark Side
  Dror Moreh is one of Israel's leading cinematographers. Last October, his documentary featuring candid dialogues with former Shin Bet heads debuted in New York.
• The Idol Smasher
  Reed despairs of the decline of the black press, especially black newspapers, which once gave blacks a sense of their own identity. He believes something has to be done soon to fight against the rapid reconfiguration of the United States into a corporate, feudal state. But he is not sure the Occ ...
• Drone War in Pakistan Spur Militant Reprisals
  Yesterday the NY Times gave an acc't of the American conducted drone war in Pakistan from the local tribesmen perspective w/ videos of militant reprisals against CIA paid informants & their execution by militants. Yet it's the use of drones that cause the reprisals. Eliminate the drones & there' ...
• Y2013: Things Less Likely To Happen
  Funny New Year predictions

Switchboard

• The best of 2012 in green community solutions: ...
  Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC   As we look back on the year that was, let’s honor some of the outstanding issues and accomplishments for community sustainability that came to light during the year.&nbs ...
• Another risk to landowners: liens for an oil a ...
  Amy Mall, Senior Policy Analyst, Washington, D.C. There is a scathing new report out from Reuters about the finances of Chesapeake Energy Corporation. Chesapeake is being sued by landowners and contractors. The article outlines Chesapeake's financia ...
• Oil and gas industry takes a toll on local hea ...
  Amy Mall, Senior Policy Analyst, Washington, D.C. In addition to the environmental impacts of oil and gas production, including dangerous air and water contamination and destruction of wildlife habitat, NRDC is concerned about other impacts to commu ...
• Bike Sharing Coming to Downtown Los Angeles in ...
  Damon Nagami, Senior Attorney, Santa Monica When my wife and I were in Paris a few years ago, we were blown away by the city’s super-convenient Velib bike share system. With a swipe of a credit card, tourists and locals can rent a bike from ...
• "Promised Land" powerfully highlights what's a ...
  Kate Sinding, Senior Attorney, New York City I was fortunate to have the chance last week to attend an early screening of "Promised Land," the compelling new fracking movie starring Matt Damon, Frances MacDormand and John Krasinski and dir ...

Lawyers,Guns,& Money

• Low Hanging Fruit of the Day: Sepp Blatter
  Blatter is critical of the MLS.  To wit: But don’t forget that soccer — as they call football there — is the most popular game in the youth. It’s not American football or baseball; it is soccer. But there is no very strong professional league. There have just the M.L.S. But they have not these [...]
• Tight-Weak Is No Way To Negotiate With Republicans
  What Chait and Noah said about the deal that hopefully won’t happen. As always, it’s not that I’m opposed to any possible deal that makes concessions on tax rates, but I’m certainly opposed to concessions when the Republicans aren’t actually offering much of anythin ...
• The One Good Decision the Jets Made
  It’s firing day in the NFL.  Since Tebow’s tenure with the Jets will also soon be over, I can’t resist pointing out that Ryan is being criticizied for one of the few smart things anyone in Jets management did this year — i.e. figuring out that Tim Tebow can’t play.  ...
• The Supreme Court in 2012
  It could have been a lot worse, which these days is pretty much all you can ask for.
• As long as the “conversation” abou ...
  … I don’t see the harm in adding more fictions to the hypotheticals. Given that the opposition’s evidence is the “millions” of home-invasions that’ve been thwarted yearly, or most probably even hourly, by gun-savvy Common People Who Love The Constitution More ...

Desert Research Institute

• Gary Trubl, Dec. 2012 Featured DRI Graduate St ...
  Meet Gary Trubl, a student working towards his masters in Environmental Science and currently studying the biogeochemistry related to denitrification of Lake Vida, Antarctica.
• Geochemistry and Microbiology of the Extreme A ...
  This week a pioneering study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) and co-authored by Dr. Alison Murray and Dr. Christian Fritsen of Nevada’s Desert Research Institute (DRI) reveals, for the first time, a viable community of bacteria that survives and ekes out a ...
• Tom Malamakal, Nov. 2012 Featured DRI Graduate ...
  Meet Tom Malamakal, a second year student of the Atmospheric Sciences graduate program, whose focus has been on monitoring the influence of wildfires and prescribed burns in and around the Lake Tahoe basin.
• DRI Announces 2013 DRI Nevada Medalist Dr. Nin ...
  DRI will proudly present Dr. Nina Fedoroff, a leading geneticist and molecular biologist who is a pioneering researcher in the field of plant genetics, with the 2013 DRI Nevada Medal during a special event scheduled for early next spring in Reno and Las Vegas.
• Nicholas Beres, Oct. 2012 Featured DRI Graduat ...
  Meet Nicholas Beres, a second year student of the Atmospheric Sciences graduate program, working in the Laboratory for Aerosol Science, Spectroscopy, and Optics (LASSO) at DRI.

Earth Techling

• Concentrating Solar: Can Storage Save Its Bacon?
• Philips Tests The Waters With First OLED Desk Lamp
• Populous Soccer Stadiums Nearly As Green As Th ...
• Solar Efficiency Record: OMG, Government Helped!
• Low On Energy? This Belt Will Suck It From You ...

National Law Journal | U.S.

• As fiscal cliff looms, Congress puts patent bi ...
  Congress is trying to fix and update the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act before the end of the session, but it appears it might be running out of time as lawmakers focus on the country's budget woes.
• Boston firm wins pair of whistleblower cases o ...
  Boston plaintiffs' litigation shop Ellis & Rapacki capped off the year with two different False Claims Act wins for whistleblower clients.
• Life is good for clothing maker that wins copy ...
  Clothing and accessories maker Life is good Inc. got a happy ending to 2012 following a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruling that a cartoon on its products doesn't infringe a poster maker's copyrights.
• Detroit Mercy law students get unique new digs ...
  The law school in December opened a 6,000-square-foot space in a refurbished former city firehouse, which will now house its 10 legal clinics, just steps away from its main building.
• Appeals court finds for feds in work product i ...
  The government did not waive work product immunity for information used in consent decrees to help resolve $1 billion in environmental contamination, according to a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruling.

How Shall We Do The Mountain ?

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

News Blaze

• Somali Soccer Veteran to Inspect Facilities in ...
  Somali soccer expert will check the hotels in that country if they are capable of hosting international level officials from the world's football governing body FIFA or that in Africa CAF.
• Judge Rotenberg Center Abusing Children in the ...
  Judge Rotenberg Educational Center Busted for Abusing Children, as detailed in this report by Bruce Edwin, a human rights investigator for the Citizens Commission on Human Rights.
• India Continues to Demand Capital Punishment f ...
  This photo sequence by photojournalist Showkat Shafi shows the story visually.
• Construction Expert Evaluates Somalia's Nation ...
  He said during the visit the expert gave SFF officials full instructions and consultations on how to reconstruct the stadium which he said the Somali Football Federation was going to ask FIFA to help them have an artificial turf
• AquAdvantage: Do We Really Want to Eat Genetic ...
  The fast growing AquAdvantage salmon is moving through the FDA approval process. But questions remain about the fish, created by AquaBounty Technologies, including its allergic potential.

environment 360

• Network of Smartphone-Based Sensors Monitor Ai ...
  Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a network of smartphone-based air pollution monitors that allow individuals to track UCSDCitiSense device pollution levels in real time and feed a central database of air quality trends citywide throughout the day. The so-ca ...
• Group Collecting DNA Codes of Endangered Speci ...
  The Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL), a global initiative assembling the “DNA barcodes” of the world’s endangered species, received $3 million from Google this month to create an online database organizers hope will emerge as a critical tool in the enforcement of inter ...
• Interview: What’s Damaging Marshes Along U.S. ...
  For centuries, salt marshes along the U.S. coast have been disappearing, with some experts estimating that 70 percent have been lost to development, rising seas, MBL Linda Deegan and other threats. One factor scientists always thought marshes could withstand was nutrient enrichment, such ...
• Changing Oceans May Be Adding to New England F ...
  As U.S. fishing regulators weigh stricter catch quotas to allow time for critical species to recover in the waters of New England, scientists say that changing ocean conditions may be a factor in historic fish declines, not just decades of overfishing. Warmer ocean temperatures and changing ecos ...
• ‘Peel-and-Stick’ Solar Cells Expand Potential ...
  Stanford University researchers say they have developed a “peel-and-stick” solar cell that can be attached to a variety of hard surfaces, an innovation they say could vastly expand the potential for solar Click to enlarge Chi Hwan Lee/Stanford School of Engineering “Peel- ...

Red Ice Creations

• A Twinkling Christmas Tree, Powered by…an Elec ...
  Electric eels have to navigate the dark, murky streams and ponds where they live in South America. (Or, in Sparky’s case, his large tank.) The slender, snake-like fish have tiny eyes that are not very effective in low-light conditions. So, to wayfind, electric eels, true to their name, rely on t ...
• Buried Christian Empire Casts New Light on Ear ...
  Archeologists are studying the ruins of a buried Christian empire in the highlands of Yemen. The sites have sparked a number of questions about the early history of Islam. Was there once a church in Mecca? The commandment "Make yourself no graven image" has long been strictly followed in the Ara ...
• The Spirit of Christmas and the End to All War ...
  The Christmas Truce of 1914 was an initiative of the soldiers on both sides; it was a mark of human solidarity and fraternity against the political and military architects of World War I. The Spirit of Christmas in December 1914 prevailed: “In the front lines, the fraternisation of Christmas Eve ...
• New kind of magnetism discovered: ’Quantum Spi ...
  Following up on earlier theoretical predictions, MIT researchers have now demonstrated experimentally the existence of a fundamentally new kind of magnetic behavior, adding to the two previously known states of magnetism. Ferromagnetism -- the simple magnetism of a bar magnet or compass needle - ...
• Secret Dowsers and Government
  One of the strangest skills and talents allegedly possessed by humans is water-divining, or dowsing as it is more popularly known. Although the ability of the dowser to locate water by non-conventional means is looked on with suspicion and skepticism in some quarters, for many it is an age-old t ...

Russia Today

• Uneasy legacy of 2012: EU crisis, Syrian confl ...
  As the New Year is knocking at the door RT is looking at what many would remember 2012 for, be it the Olympic games or the Israeli-Gaza conflict, Ecuador granting Assange political asylum or protesters clashing with... Read Full Article at RT.com
• 2013: What's in Store? (Op-Ed)
  World Government stepping onto sovereign Nation-States, puppet politicians unable to cope with social challenges, chaos in the Middle East and ever increasing global crises – all this awaits us in 2013. Is it time for... Read Full Article at RT.com
• Iran stages cyber warfare drill alongside Horm ...
  Iranian forces have conducted a cyber-warfare drill for the first time as their naval forces conducts major exercises in the Strait of Hormuz, testing a brand new air defense missile system. Read Full Article at RT.com
• At least 22 dead and scores injured as wave of ...
  Multiple explosions have struck Iraq, leaving at least 11 dead and over 40 wounded report local officials. It comes as mass protests against the country’s Shiite-dominated government sweep the country. Read Full Article at RT.com
• Chavez remains in ‘delicate’ condition - VP
  Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has suffered new complications following his cancer surgery in Cuba and remains in a “delicate” condition, his vice president has announced. Read Full Article at RT.com

Not My Tribe

• Why so many crazies are loose in the US killin ...
  An autistic youth with a gun nut Mom goes into an elementary school and kills kids in mass, and the NRA can only suggest putting cops with guns in ALL schools, including elementary schools! CRAZY! Crazy NRA and crazy USA. And a woman pushes a man to have him run over by a subway in [...]
• The US government occupation of Africa
  —- What does US imperialism look like? Well it looks much like this… US deploying troops to 35 African countries in 2013.
• First Nations insurrection flash mob IDLE NO M ...
  DENVER, COLORADO- This was the scene in Denver’s Cherry Creek Mall on Saturday, December 29, where a flash mob of over 300 Native Americans commemorated the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee, in solidarity with “IDLE NO MORE” demonstrations stretching from Canada to Mexico, where F ...
• City of Colorado Springs fails to completely o ...
• The Police- The ruling class’s army agai ...
  One of the most irritating parts of the Right Wing infiltration of the US Occupy Movement was their constant lecturing to other Occupy Movement participants that police should supposedly all be considered just another part of the ’99%’. This was a dishonest lie though. The police are ...

Debunking the Debunkers

• Occupy Steubenville, 12/29/2012
  I’m happy to announce that the Occupy Steubenville protest was a huge success. Hundreds of people showed up, and we voiced our message loud and clear for all to hear. We got some pretty good coverage by WTRF. You might recognize the guy shown at minute 1:09. ;)  WTRF 7 News Sports Weather ...
• Attending Occupy Steubenville Tomorrow
  I’m going to be attending occupysteubenvilletomorrow. For those who can't attend, the live-stream will be here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/oprollredroll. While there I'll shoot some footage and pictures, and upload those online as soon as I can. Peace. Free desktop streaming ap ...
• The latest viral from "liberal" Hollywood
  When a bunch of clueless celebrities get together to advance a political agenda it annoys me. I remember when I first watched Team America: World Police. While I found the movie hilarious, I didn't really like how it ridiculed anti-war celebrities. Now, 8 years later, South Park is pretty much m ...
• New Independent Study of WTC Dust - Please Donate
  Donate at: http://aneta.org/markbasile_org/donation/index.htm Proposal for Independent Study of the WTC Dust: http://www.markbasile.org/ See also: http://aneta.org/markbasile_org/study/index.htm http://nanothermite911.blogspot.com/
• 911review.com: Independent Study to Either Con ...
  911review.com: NEW 2012 Update: Call for an Independent Study to Either Confirm or Refute The [2009] Paper Donations needed to fund analytical work.   Info on study here: http://911review.com/ About Jim Hoffman Jim Hoffman who has a background in software engineering, mechanical ...

Fooducate

• Yet Another 2012 Summary, Fooducate Style
• Top 5 Foods and Ingredients People Don’t Want ...
• Is that a Yam or Sweet Potato? What’s the Diff ...
• Behind Bars for the Holidays?
• Why is the FDA Hiding Information about Antibi ...

Traffikd

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

Survival International

• In pictures: The reindeer people under threat ...
  Tribal people rely on reindeer for food, transport, shelter and warmth.© Steve MorganEach year, the image of the reindeer finds its way onto cards, sweaters and into people’s imaginations, but to the world’s indigenous peoples of the Arctic, the animal is not just for Christmas. As news emerges ...
• Indians sue Peru over broken promise to isolat ...
  The Nanti are one of several isolated tribes living inside the reserve who would be severely affected by the gas expansion plans© Survival InternationalPeru’s top indigenous organizations are taking on the government and powerful gas companies in an attempt to stop gas exploration that seriously ...
• South American tribe labelled backward by BBC ...
  Marr’s TV series re-enacts Ibore and Parojnai’s (pictured) first contact in 1998.© SurvivalA South American tribe whose way of life was labelled backward in a major BBC TV series has hit back at the programme. The moment in 1998 when members of the Ayoreo tribe in Paraguay first made contact wi ...
• Bushmen beaten, suffocated and buried alive fo ...
  Kebonyeng Kepese has been arrested and beaten for hunting to feed his family. © Survival Paramilitary police have severely beaten two Bushmen, burying one in a shallow grave, after accusing them of hunting without permits in Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR). Nkemetse Motsok ...
• Siberian Evenk indigenous organization under a ...
  Evenk boy with reindeer© Raipon/SurvivalMasked gunmen have raided the offices of a Siberian tribal community in Russia, kidnapping two men and taking them to undisclosed locations. After weeks of silence, one of the hostages managed to phone his relatives. He said he had been beaten and threate ...

Greg Palast

• The Obligatory, End of the Year Top 10 List
  Here's the stories the got the most attention in 2012 The Palast Investigative Fund was quite effective this year. Vulture funds were banned, election theft made national headlines, and we outed gov't profiteer posing as a candidate. Oh, and our little book Billionaires & Ballot Bandits hit ...
• The Anti-Clause: Reverend Billy's No-Click Chr ...
  By Greg Palast for Truthout.org [New York, December 18, 2012] Even for New York, this was WEIRD. There were a half dozen Santa Clauses on Second Avenue getting a sermon from a Midwestern preacher who looks like a cross between televangelist Jerry Falwell and a white-haired Elvis. The Santa Crew ...
• Before it's too late...Xmas/Xanuka Gifts from ...
  By Greg Palast The Mayans sure know how to take the fun out of Christmas. The world ends on December 21... but that still gives you time, if you act NOW, to make your year-end tax-deductible donation to the not-for-profit Palast Investigative Fund. And we'll get a 'Thank You Gift' out to you (or ...
• Don’t Touch that Snooze Button
  by Greg Palast Monday, December 10, 2012 By my initial calculation, 9.3 million Americans lost their vote on November 7 – purged from voter rolls, blocked at the polls, or had their “provisional” and absentee ballots thrown in the dumpster. Let's get to the bottom of this: In the next 90 days, w ...
• Sandy De-Filed Us! Please Donate to our Hurri ...
  A personal note from Greg Palast Damn that Sandy! She flooded our New York office. I am asking those of you who can, to make a tax-deductible donation and download my New York Times bestselling book Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal and Election in 9 Easy Steps or simply make a con ...

How Can I Recycle This ?

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

Age of Autism

• From The Editor: Happy New Year
  We'd like to wish all of our readers a happy, healthy 2013.
• Fighting The Asperger's Means Violence Stereotype
  Managing Editor's Note: Thank you to psychologist Rick Ellis for speaking the truth and standing up for our children with Asperger's Syndrome as it relates to pre-planned violence in the wake of the Newtown, CT massacre. From News Channel 3...
• Broken Promises Made Whole
  By Cathy Jameson Promises were sacred to me when I was a kid. They were what wishes, hopes and dreams were made of. They were part of childhood and how we learned how to trust others. If promises were broken,...
• Dachel Media Update: WaPo Pharma Drug Ties and ...
  Dec 26, 2012, Washington Post: Antidepressants to treat grief? Psychiatry panelists with ties to drug industry say yes Washington Post: Psychiatry panelists with ties to drug industry say yes Washington Post reporter Peter Whoriskey did an impressive job looking into...
• Weekly Wrap Up: Gravely Concerned
  By Dan Olmsted I hate to beat a dead horse, but when the supposedly dead horse is the fact that – contrary to the American Academy of Pediatricians-- mercury in vaccines causes autism, I'm afraid I'm going to have to...

Global BDS Movement

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

Farm Wars

• A Letter of Thanks to Organic Farmers
  Whether you are a famous farmer like Joel Salatin of Virginia or The Barefoot Farmer of Tennessee, or you’re just trying to feed your family and a few friends with real food, you are healing the world! And your hard work does not go unnoticed or unappreciated.
• Libor Hearings, School Shootings and Disinfo, ...
  Propaganda does not require evidence to prove itself. It simply utilizes the ignorant masses that believe what they see and tend to repeat the lie as fact to their friends, family, [and] repost to message boards, comment threads, social media sites, which prop up the lie until the truth no longe ...
• Smelling a Corporate Rat – The Move to Suppres ...
  If the Seralini experiments are considered insufficient to demonstrate harm, then those carried out by Monsanto cannot prove safety. This is because, whatever its limitations, Seralini's study was conducted to generally higher scientific standards than the studies underlying GM food approvals.
• New Farm Wars Graphic – Monsanto: Guilty as Ch ...
  Where we would all like to see Monsanto!
• Farmer Takes Public Stand Against GMOs
  It's way past time for all of us to take a stand and declare our bodies, homes, gardens, farms, ranches, and all the earth GMO-FREE ZONES!

Open Your Eyes News

• Japan ‘detains Chinese fishing boat’
  BBC – A Chinese fishing boat has been detained by Japan’s coast guard for allegedly fishing inside Japanese waters, Chinese officials say. The boat was seized on Saturday near Japan’s Kagoshima Prefecture, China’s Xinhua news agency reported, citing the Chinese consulate ...
• China plans to double gold consumption in thre ...
  Arabian Money – China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced that it expected Gold consumption in the country would be running at more than double national gold production by the end of 2015, more than double Chinese gold consumption forecast for 2012. According to the ...
• UK.gov: You didn’t trust us with your ID ...
  Register – Earlier this year your correspondent was standing tantalisingly close to Matt Smith in the ACTUAL TARDIS – long story, not gonna Facebook it, never gonna tweet it. However, many Brits are happy to noisily ricochet chunks of their private lives across any number of websites ...
• Michigan hospital blazes trail in fight agains ...
  Reuters – After his first day working at St Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor hospital’s newly created Fungal Outbreak Clinic, Dr David Vandenberg struggled to describe to his boss the enormity of what lay ahead. He settled on a line from the movie Jaws. “We’re going to need a bigge ...
• Bahrainis hold mass anti-regime protests
  PressTV – Bahrainis have staged mass anti-regime demonstrations across the Persian Gulf country despite the ongoing violent crackdown on protests. Witnesses say a number of protesters were injured after regime forces opened fire to disperse the crowd on Friday. On Thursday, Bahraini women ...

L.A. Times - Greenspace

• Some Arctic seals now officially listed as thr ...
  First came the polar bear. Now, the federal government has added two other marine mammals to the list of creatures threatened with extinction because of vanishing sea ice in a warming Arctic.
• A few encouraging signs for Asia's endangered ...
  Make no mistake. Tigers have gone extinct in Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Singapore, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, the islands of Bali and Java in Indonesia and possibly in Korea. 
• Climate change could cut Western water runoff ...
  Another climate change study is projecting declines in runoff in many parts of the West, a scenario that would put more pressure on the region’s water supplies.
• Study links disease, poverty and biodiversity
  Poverty and disease often come together. That much is well understood.
• Kerry expected to elevate climate change as se ...
  Secretary of State nominee John Kerry, with 20 years of concern about climate change, is expected to push the issue to center stage as a slow-motion crisis in need of a global solution.

water.org

• 2012 Year End Conference Call
  Recorded: Wednesday, December 19th, 2012 Duration: 34:36 Our co-founder and CEO, Gary White, shared his thoughts on this past year, major milestones reached, new partnerships, and innovations. He also discuss where the organization is headed in 2013. The conference call concluded with a ...
• Thank You for a Great 2012
  Thank you for all of your support in 2012. This year, you've been a true water champion – you've learned about the water crisis, inspired your families and friends, donated your voice, held fundraising events, and gotten to know some of the individuals we serve by reading and watching their stories.
• The Happiest Dance
  Having safe water to drink and for your daily chores makes life better and can bring joy to a life. Have fun with a joyful dance.
• Give a Gift, Get a Gift
  From now until December 31st, when you make a Water.org gift to a friend using Facebook Gifts, we'll send you a free 24oz. CamelBak Podium water bottle.
• A mother’s dream come true
  In her lifetime, Rajamma wanted to see her daughter get a good education. However, for a family living in the slums of Bangalore, this was an almost unattainable goal.

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Energy Probe - Nuclear Power,Utility Reform

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

Margaret's News

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

Solar Energy / Energy Boom

• “Black hole for light” drastically improves ef ...
  Researchers at Princeton University led by electrical engineer Stephen Chou, have developed what is being called a “nanostructure sandwich” to trap light and improve the efficiency of organic solar cells by 175%. A layer of metal mesh ...
• India’s solar mission, phase 2
  An Indian worker cleans solar arrays during the inauguration of a one-megawatt solar photovoltaic power plant near Gandhinagar, in 2011. The ground-mount photovoltaic power plant is the firs ...
• Energy’s Presence, Not Price, Changes Lives
     The Sustainable Energy for All initiative has rightfully united the world’s attention on a critical development issue – delivering universal energy access. r ...
• Meet Uttar Pradesh, India's Next Distributed S ...
  Much attention has been paid to the distributed clean energy revolution brewing in Bihar. But for all the hype generated by Minister Kumar, what's happening next door in Uttar Pradesh may be even more exciting. read more
• Meet Uttar Pradesh, India's Next Distributed S ...
  Much attention has been paid to the distributed clean energy revolution brewing in Bihar. But for all the hype generated by Minister Kumar, what's happening next door in Uttar Pradesh may be even more exciting. read more

News Blaze

• Somali Soccer Veteran to Inspect Facilities in ...
  Somali soccer expert will check the hotels in that country if they are capable of hosting international level officials from the world's football governing body FIFA or that in Africa CAF.
• Judge Rotenberg Center Abusing Children in the ...
  Judge Rotenberg Educational Center Busted for Abusing Children, as detailed in this report by Bruce Edwin, a human rights investigator for the Citizens Commission on Human Rights.
• India Continues to Demand Capital Punishment f ...
  This photo sequence by photojournalist Showkat Shafi shows the story visually.
• Construction Expert Evaluates Somalia's Nation ...
  He said during the visit the expert gave SFF officials full instructions and consultations on how to reconstruct the stadium which he said the Somali Football Federation was going to ask FIFA to help them have an artificial turf
• AquAdvantage: Do We Really Want to Eat Genetic ...
  The fast growing AquAdvantage salmon is moving through the FDA approval process. But questions remain about the fish, created by AquaBounty Technologies, including its allergic potential.

Worldnews

• Arsenal contract rebel Walcott excited about S ...
  The 23-year-old forward has been in superb form of late in a more central striking position, and admits he is looking forward to the upcoming game against his former...
• Benefits of Ragi
  Millet or Ragi as commonly known is regularly used in the South kitchens. It's in fact the staple diet in many villages across South India. People down South draw their strength heavily through consumption of Ragi...
• Gooseberries for good health
  India offers a great deal of native fruits. One among them is the gooseberry. Popularly used for pickles, this fruit has many...
• Benefits of cumin seeds
  Cumin seeds not only add taste to food but also are very beneficial for body. Also known as jeera, these cumin seeds have been extensively used in culinary preparations in the Indian subcontinent since ages. -...
• Are you getting enough fruits?
  Fruits are delicious, juicy, fun to eat and healthy ingredients for great desserts; but are you getting enough fruits in your daily diet? We use a lot of skin care products that boast of properties and vitamins from fruits, but why do we still select creams over natural fruits? Let's take...

Alex in Wonderland

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

MY Daily Apple

• Dot Earth Blog: Coal Giant Peabody Drops Claim ...
  A giant coal company drops its Web claim that it is the global leader in clean energy.
• VIDEO: Scientists on 'silly' film science
  Five scientists share their thoughts on how science is presented in films and on television
• What Is an iPhone?
  My dumbphone experiment takes an unexpected twist. Kind readers, I have a confession to make. One reason I so willingly volunteered for a month of technological backwardness (see more on my decision to give up my iPhone here, here, and here) is that for part of this month, I wasn’t going t ...
• Best of 2012: Chinese Physicists Smash Distanc ...
  In May, a Chinese team teleported photons through 100 kilometres of free space, opening the way for satellite-based quantum communications
• Unexpanded Medicaid Programs Under The Afforda ...
  The choice by many states not to increase Medicaid health insurance for the poor may produce unintentional cuts for hospitals that supply uncompensated care, according to a new study conducted by Vanderbilt University. John Graves, Ph.D., a Vanderbilt policy expert in the Department of Preventiv ...

Common Dreams

• 'World's Worst Poker Player': Obama Readies Gi ...
  UPDATE 2:50 PM: As rumors of a 'deal' continue, a new Paul Krugman post on Obama's 'dealmaking': read more
• Shell Oil Rig Adrift in Alaskan Arctic
  Once again highlighting the risks of drilling in far-off and freezing seas, officials are struggling to secure an unmanned Royal Dutch Shell oil drilling rig set adrift in the waters south of Kodiak Island. Pointing out the danger of exploratory drilling in remote locations, senior counsel with ...
• Philadelphia's Charter School Expansion Crushi ...
  Charter school expansion in Philadelphia has 37 public schools—nearly one in six—slated for the chopping block come June, and has sparked outrage in local communities. Critics of the mass school closures plan argue that it will take students away from their own communities, that ther ...
• Democracy Denied: Michigan Gov. Signs Replacem ...
  (Photo: Peace Education Center)Michigan Gov. read more
• Idle No More Protest Halts Trains, 2,500 Passe ...
  More than a dozen Idle No More protesters blocked trains in Ontario for hours Sunday evening in support of Northern Ontario First Nations Chief Theresa Spence, who on Monday began her 21st day of a hunger strike to back her demand for a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. ...

The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

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

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Energy Collective

• Changing the Energy Value Chain – ACORE’s Prag ...
• Weak Disclosure on Climate Risk and the Fossil ...
  This report is the result of a fascinating project exploring the question of why investors and capital markets don't reflect the implications of global warming. The research reveals that information discrepancies create an uneven playing field from the investor point of view. This snapsho ...
• Dieter Helm: Coal Critic, Atomic Agnostic, Nat ...
  As indicated by the subtitle of his book, Helm believes that the world, especially Europe, has achieved very little in the twenty years since the Kyoto treaty was signed. He believes that there is little hope that the process set in motion by that treaty will result in anything more than the con ...
• Solar Efficiency Record: OMG, Government Helped!
  The fresh flurry of stories about this not-so-new record was apparently prompted by a news release from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, which makes the important point that this U.S. Department of Energy lab – that is, the government – has been a partner of Solar Junction’s on this imp ...
• Editor's Choice: Five Important U.S. Energy St ...
  The presidential and congressional elections dominated the American news cycle in 2012.

Green House - USA Today

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

Prior Art

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

• Can American leaders lead?
  By Alan Hart The longer version of the headline question is this: Given the corruption of the American political system which puts what passes for democracy up for sale to the highest lobby bidders, will any U.S. President (not only a second-term Obama) ever be able to shape and implement polic ...
• Two New Year's resolutions for the state of Ar ...
  Mary Shaw West Memphis Three convicted the 1993 murders of three eight-year-old boysI propose two New Year's resolutions for the state of Arkansas: 1. Fully exonerate the West Memphis Three. 2. Reopen the case and find the real killer(s). The world will be watching. On Christmas Day, 201 ...
• Stop Obama’s Ongoing Grand Charade to Cu ...
  By Margaret Flowers Here we go again. President Obama is in round three of his ongoing efforts to cut our important social insurances, such as Social Security and Medicare. Whether he succeeds or not is up to us. We can create a stronger economy and healthier population by strengthening and exp ...
• Cliff Notes
  by Stephen Lendman Congressional/administration hype, theater, gamesmanship, brinksmanship, and duplicity define yearend fiscal cliff discussions. Previous articles explained what's at stake. Years ago, Republicans and Democrats conspired to destroy America's social contract. Militarism, imp ...
• Congress Extends Warrantless Spying
  by Stephen Lendman America's political process is lawless, corrupt and dysfunctional. Fiscal cliff hype, noise and theater continue. Destroying fundamental civil society social protections aren't mentioned. Rushed through legislation targeted Iran's growing Latin American influence. On D ...

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

• Mapping Corporate Power in Saskatchewan
  "Mapping Corporate Power in Saskatchewan" traces the ties between the major corporate contributors to both the Saskatchewan Party and the New Democratic Party, and their links to other corporate interest and advocacy groups. The research demonstrates that Saskatchewan corporations have the netwo ...
• Ontario 2013: Toward a Post-Austerity Vision
  On January 9th, the CCPA's Ontario Office will be hosting an update on the province’s economy and a strategy session focusing on how to move toward a post-austerity vision. Ontario 2013: Toward a Post-Austerity Vision 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, January 9, 2013 (lunch included) Thomas Lounge, Oakham H ...
• Taxes: British Columbians are ready to talk
  Popular wisdom seems to be that you can't talk about raising taxes: people just won't stand for it. But today we released poll results that suggest something a little different. The majority of British Columbians not only feel that the wealthiest should be taxed more, but they are also willing t ...
• Taxes: British Columbians are ready to talk
  Popular wisdom seems to be that you can't talk about raising taxes: people just won't stand for it. But today we released poll results that suggest something a little different. The majority of British Columbians not only feel that the wealthiest should be taxed more, but they are also willing t ...
• BC's water and hydroelectricity: more fragile ...
  It's easy to think of BC's water and hydro resources as limitless, especially in the rainy Lower Mainland. But our latest study examines the serious challenges facing these resources, particularly from industrial use, and calls for a new policy approach to protect and manage them. This is th ...

World Wide Hippies

• The Idol Smasher
  By Chris Hedges,truthdig - Ishmael Reed has spent the last five decades smashing idols—idols of race, idols of capitalism, celebrity idols and the idols of national virtue and greatness. His essays, novels, poems, plays, songs and cartoons routinely shatter the delusions and myths of a nation st ...
• End O’ The Year Stuff
  By Sherry Pasquarello,WWH/CJE – It’s that time of the year, time for lists, and more lists. Which celebrities died over the past year? Who got married? Who had a baby? The worst fashion mistakes, and on and on and on. Time for the media to string together film clips of tragedy and triumph, ...
• Evidence says educational inequality is hurtin ...
  By Celia Baker, Deseret News - An expanding earnings gap in the United States is creating a chasm between the nation’s wealthy few and its cash-strapped majority. And, it feeds off a growing divide in educational opportunities afforded to rich and poor kids, according to stories in The Atl ...
• Ten Activist Success Stories from 2012, and So ...
  By Steffanie Pinch, Rabble | News Analysis Truthout - A Harper majority. Stifling anti-union legislation. Provincial unrest and austerity across the country. At a glance, it seems like activists don’t have a lot to celebrate this holiday season. However, in these trying times, organiz ...
• 12 Animal Activism Stories That Made Headlines ...
  From strikingattheroots.wordpress.com/ -Rescues, bans, and protests—any way you look at it, 2012 was an eventful year for animal activism. As I began reflecting on the last 12 months, I was heartened by just how vocal people were, and how their speaking out for animals helped to create positive ...

FourWinds10

• New evidence suggests BP knowingly downplayed ...
  Dec. 8, 2012 Thousands of previously unread emails will be presented to court in February 2013 BP claim they always provided full disclosure on worst oil spill in history, new information seems to show otherwise Documents that will be presented to court in February appear to show that BP knew ab ...
• Sydney's secret undersea scrapheap [AU]
• TV: 'Some beaches have essentially turned into ...
  June 23, 2012     Shoes swept up in tsunami land on Washington beaches KING5.com Seattle by LINDSAY CHAMBERLAIN June 22, 2012 at 1:44 PM A grim and personal reminder of the thousands of lives lost in last year’s earthquake and tsunami in Japan is drifting toward the West Coast &m ...
• GMO Farming, Glyphosate Significant Causes of ...
  June 29, 2012 Water pollution and air pollution has been and continues to be a serious issue in many nations. Both of these pollution types are successfully bringing down the health of not only humans, but also animals, plant life, and the ecosystem as a whole. While the causes of water pollutio ...
• Amazon of Europe Threatened by a Straightening
  BELGRADE, Jun 30 2012 (IPS) - Wildlife is being increasingly threatened around the Danube river, the “Amazon of Europe”. The need for profit is taking over from the need to protect natural resources along the river. Austria and Croatia are engaged in a major project to tame the Danub ...

Crisis Maven

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

Capital Flow Analysis

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

R-Squared Energy Blog

• The Top 10 Energy Stories of 2012
  Happy New Year’s to readers everywhere! Last week we posted a poll listing 15 of the major energy stories of 2012. Readers voted, and the Top 10 are presented below with a short narrative describing the story. 1. Revolution in US oil and gas production continues The fracking revolution in ...
• Vote for the Top Energy Stories of 2012
  For the past several years, at year end I rank what I felt were the the major energy stories of the year. 2012 lacked a blockbuster energy story like the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 or the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster of 2011, so I thought I would change things up a bit and just le ...
• Grading My Energy-Related Predictions for 2012
  In my list of Top 10 Energy Related Stories of 2011, I made five predictions for 2012. Those predictions were: President Obama will easily win reelection, which means that energy policies will likely continue along the current trajectory. The Keystone Pipeline project will be approved (although ...
• An Oil Company Finds Itself On the Losing End ...
  When most people hear the term "fossil fuel subsidies" it conjures up images of governments giving their hard-earned tax dollars to already highly profitable oil companies. But a Brazilian subsidy is causing Petrobras to import gasoline and sell at 8% below cost.
• Hofmeister: US Could Tap into 1.6 Trillion Bar ...
  The surge in shale oil production shows that new technologies can convert formerly uneconomical oil resources into oil reserves, so it isn't out of the realm of possibility that this could also be the case with kerogen.

Discovery Educator Network

• How We Learn What We Learn
  Tags: no_tagby: Jackie Gerstein
• Experiential Education on the Edge: SETI Activ ...
  Tags: astronomy, *experiential, education*by: Jackie Gerstein
• Cageless Thinking: Innovation and Creativity i ...
  Comments:"The SAMR model suggests that there are 4 degrees of sophistication for using technology in education:" - John EvansTags: innovation, creativity, educationby: John Evans
• 20 Innovative Education Technology Pinterest B ...
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• Dan Callahan » Blog Archive » Step by step pro ...
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Rodale News

• The New Place to Find Cruelty-Free Eggs
  Buying eggs from a local farmer, or even a neighbor with a backyard flock, is the best way to get healthy, pastured, cruelty-free eggs. And what better way to know your eggs than meeting the actual chickens that laid them? The next best place to shop for them: Safeway grocery stores. The nation ...
• The Surprising Side Effect of a Winter Hike
  Go hiking, then come home and write the Great American Novel? Spending two days hiking in the Tetons might not turn you into William Faulkner, but research published in PLoS One suggests that a few days in a national park may make you more creative in other ways. The study followed 56 hikers o ...
• The Nickel Pincher: Easy Homemade Dinner Rolls
  Nothing says "special" quite like a basket of piping hot, fresh-from-the-oven…rolls that came from a can? Huh? Sure, canned breads might make dinner easier, since all you have to do is pop, separate, and bake. But homemade dinner rolls taste much better and can be made without all the ...
• What Factory Farms Are Doing to Fish
  What to do with animal poop? It's a question that plagues organic and factory farmers alike, and in areas with lots of factory farms (also called concentrated animal-feeding operations, or CAFOs), animal manure is accused of adding high levels of nitrogen and phosphorous to nearby waterways, ro ...
• How to Sniff Out Seafood Fraud
  When you order beef from a butcher and he hands you chicken, you know something's screwy. But if you order flounder at a restaurant, would you be able to tell if your waiter brought you tilapia? Maybe, maybe not. Yet, it happens every day, and seafood lovers across the U.S. are being scammed i ...

big think

• Bringing Solar Power And New Investment To Africa
  What's the Latest Development? Recently, d.light, a company that manufactures rechargeable solar-powered lanterns for sale to people in developing countries, celebrated "10 million lives improved" based on sales figures and the number of users per lantern. The lanterns, which are built u ...
• 'Abd al-Rauf al-Dhahab and Bad Intel
  On Christmas Eve, Sudarsan Raghavan of the Washington Post wrote a detailed article about a September air strike in which the US attempted to kill 'Abd al-Rauf al-Dhahab, whom it believes to be a regional al-Qaeda commander. That strike missed al-Dhahab and killed several innocent people ...
• Meth Use Expanding Dramatically In Southeast Asia
  What's the Latest Development? A new United Nations report reveals that 70 million methamphetamine pills were seized by Southeast Asian authorities in 2011, a nearly five-fold increase from five years ago. Meth lab busts have also increased five-fold, while meth-related arrests have trip ...
• Threads of 2012
  To know where you're heading, it helps to know where you've come from. And with the last grains of sand slipping through the hourglass, now is the perfect time to look back over the year that was and survey the major themes which wove throughout my writing during the past twelve months. So, with ...
• The Promise of a New Year Defeats the Fear of ...
  What's the Big Idea? Unlike other animals, human beings are deeply neurotic. We possess the knowledge that one day we are going to die. We struggle with the idea of our own mortality, and therefore have created a complex culture with an engenius array of diversions.  One of those ...

Information Liberation

• Have US Police Forces Become Too Militarised?
  In the last decade, the US department of homeland security, established after the September 11 attacks, has handed out tens of billions of dollars in grants to local police. Local law enforcement agencies have used that money to acquire battle g...
• Sandy Hook and Pre-emptive Civilian Disarmament
  Civilian disarmament advocates insist that the Sandy Hook Elementary School Massacre illustrates the dangers of inadequately restrictive firearms laws. That assumption is impossible to reconcile with the fact that Connecticut*s state government regar...
• Democrats Won't Sign Petition to Ban Guns From ...
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• What's Wrong With the Surveillance State?
  Do you know what the NSA is? It*s the National Security Agency. The NSA has collected an estimated 15 to 20 trillion communications involving Americans. Government spying on Americans and surveillance of Americans are rapidly increasing. ...
• Congress Disgracefully Approves the FISA Warra ...
  Today, after just one day of rushed debate, the Senate shamefully voted on a five-year extension to the FISA Amendments Act, an unconsitutional law that openly allows for warrantless surveillance of Americans' overseas communications. Incredibly, ...

Be Responsible - Be Free!

• Early Exit For 2012
  If the Mayan calendar is correct, this is the final LibertyGibbert thread ever, so farewell. If it is wrong, then it’s simply the last thread for 2012. I’ve been so swamped with work lately, I need a month at least … Continue reading →
• Early Exit For 2012
  If the Mayan calendar is correct, this is the final LibertyGibbert thread ever, so farewell. If it is wrong, then it’s simply the last thread for 2012. I’ve been so swamped with work lately, I need a month at least … Continue reading →
• The Liberals Have Taken Over California
  An act of madness. Yet seemingly inevitable. Lost somewhere amid the circus of this month’s U.S. Presidential election was a potentially far more significant and historic poll result: that of the Californian state legislature. With a known population of 37.6 million, … Continue readi ...
• The Liberals Have Taken Over California
  An act of madness. Yet seemingly inevitable. Lost somewhere amid the circus of this month’s U.S. Presidential election was a potentially far more significant and historic poll result: that of the Californian state legislature. With a known population of 37.6 million, … Continue readi ...
• A Necessity Disguised As A Virtue
  Events in Australia have overtaken my plans for two upcoming LibertyGibbert articles, one on Liberty and children, and the other on the Catholic Church. Yet the Gillard government’s announcement on Monday of a Royal Commission into institutional child sexual abuse … Continue reading ...

Sciencebase - Breaking Science News

• Facebook boosts self esteem, leads to snacking
  That’s an approximation of the tabloid headlines. But, as ever, NHS Choices offers a more solid critique of various bits of research into the effects of online social networking on our psyche. “Overall, social networking improves self-esteem, particularly when the person has a greate ...
• Facebook boosts self esteem, leads to snacking
  That’s an approximation of the tabloid headlines. But, as ever, NHS Choices offers a more solid critique of various bits of research into the effects of online social networking on our psyche. “Overall, social networking improves self-esteem, particularly when the person has a greate ...
• End of the World
  Well, the sleeping Americans problem don’t know it yet, but the end of the world hasn’t happened as Australians and others who have already entered the day Winter Solstice will attest. Google celebrates with a piece of the Mayan Calendar. Of course, why anyone would trust the “ ...
• End of the World
  Well, the sleeping Americans problem don’t know it yet, but the end of the world hasn’t happened as Australians and others who have already entered the day Winter Solstice will attest. Google celebrates with a piece of the Mayan Calendar. Of course, why anyone would trust the “ ...
• Dead-tree stocking fillers
  A couple of arrivals on my desk for review worth a look. John Rentoul has been running the Questions To Which The Answer Is No! Awards for several years now. Celebrating the journalistic skill of basing an entire article on a fantastically far-fetched question-based headline and only admitting t ...

RFF Library

• Electric Vehicles: 10 Predictions for 2013
  Pike Research http://www.pikeresearch.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/EVP-12-Pike-Research.pdf If 2012 was the year when the plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) industry shifted from neutral to first gear, then the industry will be racing ahead in second gear in 2013…. Sales of PEVs in ...
• 2006 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (N ...
  Congressional Research Service http://bit.ly/10Fckro The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its final revisions to the Clean Air Act (CAA) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter (particulates, or PM) on October 17, 2006. EPA’s actions leading up to and ...
• Towards a Greener Economy : The Social Dimensions
  International Labor Office http://www.brookings.edu/research/books/2012/towardsagreenereconomy This report aims to promote a clearer understanding of the nature of the green economy and its implications for labor markets, especially the reallocation of jobs from high- to low-polluting sectors. T ...
• Arctic Oil and Natural Gas Resources
  US DOE, Energy Information Admin. [Originally published January 20, 2012] http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=9370&src=email The Arctic holds an estimated 13% (90 billion barrels) of the world’s undiscovered conventional oil resources and 30% of its undiscovered conventional ...
• Study of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fr ...
  US EPA http://www.epa.gov/hfstudy/pdfs/hf-report20121214.pdf [PeakOil.com] The Environmental Protection Agency released a progress report Friday that reiterated its support for increasing natural gas development in the United States. “As the administration and EPA has made clear, natural gas has ...

Scientific American - News

• Getting into Shapes: From Hyperbolic Geometry ...
  From Simons Science News ( find original story here ). [More]
• Monkey Brain Area Keeps Count of Kindnesses
  Monkeys might not be known for their generosity, but when they do seem to act selflessly, a specific area in their brains keeps track of these kindnesses. [More]
• Finless Porpoises in Peril
  Fishing, pollution and other human activities along the Yangtze River in China are driving yet another species of freshwater cetacean to the brink of extinction. That is the conclusion of a six-week survey of the river’s middle and lower stretches by the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ ...
• Scientific American Staff Picks: 10 Apps for ...
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• Is the Amazon Rainforest Drying Out?
  TARAPOTO, Peru--For tropical ecologist Gregory Asner, flying over the Peruvian Amazon from the town of Tarapoto is like traveling back in time. Modern houses, rice paddies and oil palm plantations give way to steep, forested mountains and then to green, unbroken forest that curves toward the h ...

First Truths

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

Media Co-Op

• Chief Theresa Spence - Hunger Strike Day 20 - ...
  December 30, 2012 - Ottawa, Unceded Algonquin Territory Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence - in 20th day of hunger strike - holds a press conference and invites Canadian MP ...
• Chevron Takes Over EOG, Encana Shares in KLNG/PTP:
  Community Resistance, Fossil Fuels, and a Decentralized Energy Future in the Resource Strategic Northwest LNG on the West Coast.... At present, one of the major LNG processing term ...
• Idle No More takes protest to the CBC
  COAST SALISH TERRITORY - Idle No More supporters filled CBC Plaza in downtown Vancouver this afternoon. The peaceful rally came as fellow INM protesters reportedly blocked the main rail line between Montreal and Toronto and others held rallies in Victoria, Prince Rupert and sites accross the con ...
• Idle No More - Toronto Eaton's Centre round dance
• Idle No More: Le pourquoi de notre mouvement, ...
  Le mouvement Idle No More, qui a balayé le pays pendant les vacances, a pris par surprise la plupart des Canadien·ne·s, y compris le Premier ministre Stephen Harper et son gouvernement Conservateur. Cela ne veut pa ...

David Seaton's News Links

• The "cliff"
  David Seaton's News Links This is the perfect occasion to resurrect one of my favorite rants, that political paralysis in America is not a byproduct of ideological struggle but the principal objective of the billionaire front, that in the interest of economy I call, the "Tea-Fox-Koch-Murdoch-Bec ...
• The Spanish Economic Crisis Explained
  David Seaton's News LinksIn case you are interested, this hour long documentary from the BBC gives a very workmanlike breakdown of how it all happened. Spain is the canary in the coal mine for the world's top economies, because of its large size and its fragility. The story carries lessons for e ...
• The Sandy Hook school massacre
  David Seaton's News Links I have little to add to everything written about this horrible massacre. I find myself especially moved by the heroism of the school teachers that died trying to protect the children in their care. There should be a statue of them in Washington and a wreath laid at its ...
• Global Civics: The ideas the Tea Party fears m ...
  David Seaton's News Links In my last post I wrote how the fear of a new wave of reform propelled by the problems and abuses arising from globalization.Global Civics is the idea-force that would make reform possible if it spread, not only possible, but inevitable. Any collective global action w ...
• What the Tea Party billionaires are really afr ...
  David Seaton's News Links Before starting off on the Tea Party's craziness, I would like you to examine some images from two nearly identical tragedies that occurred over a hundred years and several thousand miles apart. Later in the post I hope to make a connection between these twin horrors an ...

MoJo - Kevin Drum

• No Deal Yet
  Obama on TV: no deal yet. I will concede—grudgingly—that if Ezra Klein is right about the current state of the talks, things might not be quite as bad as I suggested in my earlier post. Here's Ezra: Here are the details, as multiple sources close to the talks have described th ...
• Fiscal Cliff Talks Now Entering La-La-Land Stage
  I have deliberately ignored the fiscal cliff machinations over the past few days. It's a holiday weekend, after all, and the rumors and reports of rumors barely seemed worth acknowledging anyway. But the 11th hour is now upon us, so where are we? As near as I can tell, we're in la-la-land. A ...
• A Quick Look at U.S. Healthcare Costs for the ...
  Austin Frakt has a chart up today showing that healthcare costs for the elderly are fantastically higher in the United States than they are in other similar countries. However, the vagueness of his note that the chart "is, apparently, from a year 2005 study," immediately set off my spidey sens ...
• For Republicans, It's All About the Rich, the ...
  Here's what the fiscal cliff negotiations have come down to: Senate negotiators labored over the weekend on a last-ditch plan to avert the “fiscal cliff,” struggling to resolve key differences over how many wealthy households should face higher income taxes in the new year and ...
• More Guns, Fewer Deaths? Not So Fast.
  Doug Mataconis writes about California's drop in gun-related injuries over the past decade despite the fact that gun sales have nearly doubled during that time: There are several reasons that gun related deaths an injuries have fallen, of course, not the least of them being a nationwide dr ...

Insanity Report

• IC 371: The NWFO Bible
  Topic: Stupid Reality Shows #AvengersInitiative on Django How to deal with people who ignore the #AvengersInitiative The Bible is a terrible book Michael Bay Bible Translations The NWFO casts for The Bible movie Best Directors How good of a director is Ben Affleck? Overrated directors Share with ...
• IC 370: Conscious Rapper Syndrome
  Topic: Kriss’ new tablet Teaching your kids about computers & technology early Kriss spills the secret about working in the computer field Django was awesome Black “Intellectuals” vs Tarantino Spike Lee & the “Conscious Rapper Syndrome” Kriss explains what ...
• IC 369: Bulletproof Bookbags
  Topic: Kev’s job sucks Treating public servants horribly We are the problem No one really cares about mental health Twitter etiquette More guns won’t make you safer Gun control might be necessary but make a better argument Share with your friends:
• IC 368: Disasterbation in the Face of Tragedy
  Topic: White people saying the N-word Thirst traps on Twitter Batman is an Impossible White Man Disasterbation & the Connecticut shooting Teasing a few Impossible White Man criteria Share with your friends:
• IC 367: Losing Builds Character
  Topic: #InsanityCheck Kriss doesn’t care about starving kids in Africa The Internet is the home of the asshole Civilizing the Internet “Plot Holes” in the Dark Knight Rises Awesome week in trailers Losing a basketball game 107-2 Losing builds character Cuddling with no sex/Send ...

Simple Climate

• Warming brings home the value of a meal
  Research into how climate change affects agriculture, and therefore the food we eat, shows the challenges farmers face and the knock-on costs to the rest of us.
• 2012’s record events put climate in mind
  Wet summers and droughts, deadly storms, Arctic melting and Antarctic freezing. How do climate records in 2012 fit in with the broader picture of climate change?
• Can we trust climate models?
  I’ve asked scientists I’ve spoken to for blog entries and articles published this year why we use models, how we know they’re accurate, and how to understand their projections.
• CO2 casts off shackles to power up Atlantic hu ...
  Reductions in particulate pollution and increases in greenhouse gases are going to cooperate to give us more intense hurricanes in the Atlantic, finds NOAA’s Gabriel Vecchi
• Space agencies pinpoint polar ice sheet damage
  Greenland and Antarctica lost over 4 trillion tonnes of ice from 1992-2011 - equivalent to 11 mm of sea level rise, the giant Ice Sheet Mass Balance Inter-Comparison Exercise (IMBIE) has shown by bringing together over 50 years’ worth of satellite data .

e!Science News

• Houston, we have another problem
  As if space travel was not already filled with enough dangers, a new study out today in the journal PLOS ONE shows that cosmic radiation -- which would bombard astronauts on deep space missions to places like Mars -- could accelerate the onset of Alzheimer's disease. read more
• Did Lucy walk, climb, or both?
  Much has been made of our ancestors "coming down out of the trees," and many researchers view terrestrial bipedalism as the hallmark of "humanness." After all, most of our living primate relatives -- the great apes, specifically -- still spend their time in the trees. Humans ...
• As climate warms, bark beetles march on high-e ...
  Trees and the insects that eat them wage constant war. Insects burrow and munch; trees deploy lethal and disruptive defenses in the form of chemicals. read more
• Study shows early cognitive problems among tho ...
  People who study or treat Alzheimer's disease and its earliest clinical stage, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), have focused attention on the obvious short-term memory problems. But a new study suggests that people on the road to Alzheimer's may actually have problems early on in processing sema ...
• Groundbreaking air-cleaner saves polluting ind ...
  Industries across Europe are threatened with shutdown as European Union emission rules for Volatile Organic Compounds are tightened. Now an air cleaning invention from the University of Copenhagen has proven its ability to remove these compounds. And in the process they have helped a business in ...

unEarthed

• Landmark Mercury Decision is Jackson’s Legacy
  But EPA must not leave the job half done During her four-year tenure as administrator of the EPA, Lisa Jackson was a true champion for public health and environmental justice. One of her greatest legacies is the Mercury and Air T ...
• One-Year Anniversary Of California's Lone Wolf
  Wolf OR7 has successfully lived in northeast corner of state Last Friday, California’s only documented wild wolf, a young male known as OR7, officially hit the one- year mark since his arrival in the Golden State. OR 7 cross ...
• Earthjustice Thankful For EPA Chief Lisa Jackson
  America was well-served by her staunch efforts Lisa P. Jackson has announced that she will be stepping down from her position in January 2013. Earthjustice is ...
• The Top 10 unEarthed Stories of 2012
  Readers were most inspired by stories of the wild Blog posts about Earth's magnificent places and creatures were the most popular themes for unEarthed readers in 2012. By far the most-read post concerned Arctic drilling, followed b ...
• EPA Grants Deathly Delay Of Cement Rule
  Health of thousands put on hold by weak agency action Alexandra Allred. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice) “…My son's school would be named in a ...

Brave New Climate

• 2012 BNC stats in review
  The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. (Note: about mid-way through the year, the site closed WP comments and moved them to the BNC Forums – this led to a redirection of many pageviews to the new site). Here’s an excerpt: About 55,000 tour ...
• Energy White Paper is hazy on future vision fo ...
  The Energy White Paper 2012 (EWP2012), released by the Australian Government last week, seeks to map out a strategic policy framework for future energy supply. One of the major goals of EWP2012 is to provide a “clear vision” of how Australia should set about the long-term task of decarbonising o ...
• CSIRO Energy Future 2050 tool
  CSIRO eFuture have built a new tool for exploring scenarios of Australia’s electricity future. It gives great flexibility to ‘build your own future’ and is a wonderful point of reference for debates on clean energy pathways from today through to 2050. It’s based, among ot ...
• Objective analysis of nuclear and wind-solar o ...
  I’ve never asked the BNC community for any financial contribution. There’s no tip jar on the site; indeed I happily fund the website costs out of my pocket and give my time freely, because I think it’s a worthwhile pursuit. But now, I’d like to ask you to give a little, t ...
• The Case for Near-term Commercial Demonstratio ...
  I’m currently in Dubai at the 2012 World Energy Forum, as part of a delegation from the Science Council for Global Initiatives. Tomorrow (24 Oct) we will run symposium on “New Nuclear”, which will be chaired by Tom Blees and feature talks from Dr Eric Loewen (GE), Dr Alexander ...

Indigenist Opinion

• Woodlands Water Heater
  Woodlands water heater area unit price effective alternatives to standard heaters, which need a considerable quantity of energy. Straightforward to put in, woodlands water heater don't need a vessel to produce plight. Woodlands water heater area unit best-known by completely different names like ...
• CHOOSE CARPET FOR DECORATING YOUR HOME
  Choosing a carpet for your home is no easy task. Regardless of whether you’re looking for a textured and more luxurious carpet or cut pile, Berber, frieze or patterned carpet, today’s  have a vast selection of all the styles and color choices you could need. Some companies will allow you t ...
• The Best Sources for Real Estate Listings
  Posting your home into some credible Real Estate Listings are the best way you can do if you want to sell your property right away. It is not expensive either to do real estate listing. Most of home sellers nowadays have got their property listed for a very minimal amount, and most of these sell ...
• House Hopping
  House Hopping Adolescent years are a challenge. For everyone involved. Young individuals searching, yearning for their independence though not yet prepared to manage the cost/benefit scales of life. Crazed parents hurt by their child's sudden rebuttals and scared by both their loss of control ...
• Buying Property
  Buying Property In buying property, you need to know on the things on what you want to do in on your property. It also means that anything you want to wish to have in your property. It can be like a beautiful view in which you can view the sea or the city or an urbanized area. Well, people do ...

Republicans are a Disease

• Poor? Sick? Have Republican Governor? You&#821 ...
  I just don’t understand why the millions of uninsured Americans who can’t afford to see a doctor don’t demand care. They could surround every capitol building in every state with a Republican Terrorist Governor and demand health care. Millions upon millions of Americans are one ...
• Are You Really A Republican? A Conservative?
  To be a Republican / Conservative these days, you must agree that the following is just fine: A small business owner who makes a fair living will pay taxes at a rate over 4 times as high as wealthy Americans. These small business owners pay both sides of wage withholding taxes soon to equal 15.3 ...
• Time To Leave Republicans
  This is a great time to tell all of your friends you have left the Republican Party. I mean who would want to be a Republican these days. The facts are simple. Today’s Republican Party stands for nothing but greed, and evil. They don’t respect women, hate minorities, and seem to only ...
• Today We Honor All Veterans
  No trashing Republicans today. Some of them may be Republicans, and for one day I can go easy on them out of respect for their service.
• Tax Debate Time – Fiscal Cliff – T ...
  Just remember to start all conversations with the fact that the richest 200 families in America have more wealth than 50% of Americans combined. The Republicans will fight tooth and nail to keep these wealthy folks from being taxed more, even though they make most of the money, and own almost ev ...

Appalachia Rising

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

Amped Status

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

+972

• The images that defined 2012
  Activestills photographers were on the ground in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Israel and beyond, capturing in stills the biggest stories of 2012.                                           & ...
• Eviction of Palestinian family in East Jerusal ...
  The eviction of  a Palestinian family from their home in Sheikh Jarrah, planned for today, has been delayed by two months.  The Shamasneh family was slated to be evicted from their home at 2:00 p.m. today, December 31, so that the Israeli Custodian for Absentee Property could take possession of ...
• Marketing Israel: Is it the campaign, or does ...
  A study shows that Israel’s tarnished image has nothing to do with its Hasbara mechanism. Actually, the reason for the failure is pretty straightforward. Some ad companies can do miracles. They can actually do the impossible: sell a bad product. The easiest examples come from the food indu ...
• The Chuck Hagel affair and the American &#8216 ...
  In the controversy over Obama’s candidate for the next U.S. Secretary of Defense, the right-wing American Jewish elite has once again asserted that the term ‘pro-Israel’ is a code word in Washington for, among other things, a belligerent foreign policy on Iran and enabling Isra ...
• It’s a man’s world: women in journ ...
  Over five years of on-the-ground research. Almost three years of writing and rewriting. And my book about migrant workers and African refugees in Israel just isn’t selling. I’ve spent more than two years addressing everything in my control (with the help of an excellent literary agent who ...

Sustainability,water,etc - Oz gov't

• Australian Government condemns Japan's decisio ...
  The Australian Government is aware of reports that the Japanese whaling fleet has left Japan for the Southern Ocean.
• Funding to help plan for the impacts of climat ...
  Environment Minister Tony Burke today launched Stream 1 of the Regional Natural Resource Management Planning for Climate Change Fund, an important component of the Government's Clean Energy Future Plan.
• Ella Bay Integrated Resort Development approved
  Environment Minister, Tony Burke, has approved the Ella Bay Integrated Resort Development in far north Queensland.
• Connect with the World Indigenous Network
  Environment Minister, Tony Burke, today launched a website to connect Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities land and sea managers across the globe, creating a virtual meeting place to share traditional knowledge and experiences.
• Major study into future management of Lake Albert
  The future management of water quality in Lake Albert and Narrung Narrows in South Australia will be the subject of a major investigation funded by the Australian and South Australian governments.

Matt Weidner Blog

• 2013, the Year We All Learn The Terrifying Mag ...
  2012 has been relatively nifty…. Hasn’t it?  Comparatively speaking, our world runs the spectrum from not all that bad to, pretty darn good.  Official unemployment numbers are down and in some areas incomes are up.  In many areas, including Florida, the official numbers show real estate prices a ...
• Judge To Foreclosure Defense Attorney: You Wil ...
  Outrageous is all I can say…that, and I’m sad for this profession of law, for our court system, and for the people of this formerly great nation who now live in a country much different than what we we’re all promised as we sat in civics classrooms and a courtRead the Rest...
• Foreclosure Reviews….If The Government W ...
  First, a story in Palm Beach Post about foreclosure review: St. Petersburg foreclosure defense attorney Matt Weidner said homeowners may have thrown out the eligibility notifications, thinking it was a scam. “It’s so difficult to distinguish what is legitimate and what is not, even a person know ...
• URGENT! DON’T MISS THE DEADLINE TO FILE ...
  Like an abused spouse, I like all other Americans must keep returning to our abusive spouse, the American government and accept their promise that they’re here to help me and they want to make it better.Now, it’s surely true that especially since 2008, the entirety of Amerikan govern ...
• Dark Legacy- The Conncections Between John F. ...
  This is a terrifying documentary that everyone MUST watch: A thorough, documented, criminal indictment of George Herbert Walker Bush, establishing beyond a reasonable doubt his guilt as a supervisor in the conspiracy to assassinate John F. Kennedy. You must see it to believe that former presiden ...

abelard - news

• to help shepherds watch their sheep | news-lit ...
  Have the sheep scare the wolves!
• incredible muslims | world of fundamentalism n ...
  The tug of the modern world versus traditional methods of social control -in the realm of employment.
• skidelsky: how much is enough? | economics new ...
  A citizen's wage would solve a lot of problems with people not being able to work and being paid by the State. An idea opposed by the Left.
• scotch murder rate higher than 10 usa states | ...
  And do the Scots have more guns than Americans? Maybe something else causes high murder rates.
• west antarctica also warming faster that globa ...
  Environmental change continues to happen despite being denied.

The Parallel Parliament

• How Was 2012 For Women?
  My new Huffington Post piece on how women fared globally and in Canada in 2012. huff.to/UDkrBq Filed under: Citizenship, Politics, …Continue reading »
• Goodwill Hunting
  And on earth, peace to those of goodwill … Luke 2:14 Today I turn 62. A birthday is always a …Continue reading »
• The Things You Can’t Buy For Christmas
  We live in the most financially minded era in history; nothing previous compares to it. Somehow we have put ourselves …Continue reading »
• Citizen Gifts – Innovation
  Difficult economic times have a tendency to get communities to pull into themselves. No light appears at the end of …Continue reading »
• Citizen Gifts – Protection
  We’ve all been through enough these past few days to understand what happens when a community that perceived itself to …Continue reading »

Vaccine Awakening

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

2020 Science

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

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War Resisters League

• U.S. Tear Gas Still on the Streets of Egypt: H ...
  Earlier last week, Egyptians poured out onto the streets across Egypt to protest President Morsi’s dictatorial decree overriding the power of the courts, attempting to keep a heavily Muslim Brotherhood-influenced constitutional assembly in tact, and granting himself seemingly unchecked authority ...
• منظمة مقوامة الحروب الامريكية تمنح للقيادية ال ...
  للنشر الفوري 11-26-2012   للاتصال: ali@warresisters.org علي عيسى – في نيو يورك 718-310-9968  اسماء محمد – في سويس, مصر012-680-9980 منظمة مقوامة الحروب الامريكية تمنح للقيادية العمالية, اسماء محمد محمد, التي قالت لا للغاز المسيل للدموع, جائزة سلام كان رفضها لتمرير … Continue reading →
• Egyptian Revolutionary Labor Leader, Asma Moha ...
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 26th, 2012 Contact:         Ali Issa, 718.310.9968, ali@warresisters .org, New York City, U.S.A. Asma Mohammed, 012-680-9980 – Suez, Egypt Egyptian Revolutionary Labor Leader, Asma Mohammed, Who Said No to Tear Gas, to be honored with War Resisters … Continue ...
• Celebrations, Resistance, and Us
  by Matt Meyer This week, a project six years in the making – and which many of us hope will have a significant positive impact on US movements for social change – finally shot off the presses. We Have Not … Continue reading →
• A.J. Muste Peace Mural Dedication
  By Sachio Ko-yin*One Painter. One pacifist folk hero. And location location location.These were among the ingredients of a remarkable gathering on Thursday, August 9, the unveiling and dedication of the A.J. Muste Peace Mural by artist Christopher Cardinale.The subject of the … Continue re ...

Center for a Livable Future

• Cooking Climate-Friendly without a World-Class ...
  If it takes a professional chef to cook climate-friendly, we’re all doomed.
• Can’t Stand the Heat? Get Into the Kitchen
  Agriculture and the food system play a huge role in climate change – they’re far more important than most of us recognize. Because of that, choosing what to put on my table and on my own plate is a powerful act.
• Opa! Food For Thought Symposia at The Black Ol ...
  Black Olive owner Stelios Spiliadis and his family have been introducing Baltimore not only to their Greek culture, but also to their passion for health and wellness. Their hopes of inspiring real change through the power of good food have been spreading like wildfire.
• FDA Should Share Data about Livestock on Drugs
  It’s my hope that GAP’s lawsuit against FDA will finally compel the agency to break ties with drug companies and release the information that the public health community needs to monitor the use—and misuse—of antibiotics and other drugs in food animal production.
• Op-Ed in the Baltimore Sun: Nutrient Trading a ...
  "My first objection to this kind of program is semantics. Let's call it what it is: pollution trading. Excess nutrient pollutants in the bay lead to public health problems, just as other pollutants do."

k2p blog

• Animal camouflage: Spot the animal
  A superb collection of wild-life camouflage images.
• In the Year Twenty Thirteen,
  In the Year Twenty Thirteen, Twice shall the world be shaken, At Richter 8 or more, And once shall a volcano Violently erupt. But the invincible, soothing Sun Shall calm the roiling seas, And the climate of the world, Shall continue to cool.
• Himalayan earthquakes did break the surface in ...
  Contrary to the belief that Himalayan earthquakes are blind quakes, novel imaging and dating techniques show that Great Himalayan earthquakes did indeed rupture the earth's surface in 1255 and 1934. Previous work has shown that the region between Kathmandu and Dehradun may be overdue for the rel ...
• Low energy prices with shale gas leading to sh ...
  High energy costs are emerging as an issue in Europe that is prompting debate, including questioning of the Continent’s clean energy initiatives. Over the next few years the lead that the US has developed over the rest of the world in the exploitation of shale gas will cause European companies t ...
• Low energy prices with shale gas leading to sh ...
  High energy costs are emerging as an issue in Europe that is prompting debate, including questioning of the Continent’s clean energy initiatives. Over the next few years the lead that the US has developed over the rest of the world in the exploitation of shale gas will cause European companies t ...

Left Foot Forward

• Happy New Year! And here’s the coalition ...
  IPPR's Tony Dolphin offers his outlook for 2013 and damns the lack of vision on the part of the coalition's economic plan for the year ahead.
• Songs of the year
  Will Straw's favourite songs of 2012.
• Ten funniest vids of 2012: 1: “Math you ...
  Ten funniest vids of 2012: 1: "Math you do as a Republican..."
• Ten funniest vids of 2012: 2: Heyyy wealthy la ...
  Ten funniest vids of 2012: 2: Heyyy wealthy ladies! Mitt Romney Style!
• Ten funniest vids of 2012: 3: “I’m ...
  Ten funniest vids of 2012: 3: "I'm tired of Bronco Bamma and Mitt Romney!"

Consumerist

• Behind The Bubbly: Why You’ll Be Toastin ...
  It’s fizzy, it goes down easy and tonight people around the globe will be clinking glasses of champagne to ring in the new year. But why? Why does the bubbly stuff pair so well with “Auld Lang Syne”? These are questions that must be answered before the ball drops, obviously. An ...
• 8 Above-And-Beyond Customer Service Stories Fr ...
  Not so long ago, in a fit of pleasantness, we asked readers to write in with stories of companies and employees who had gone above and beyond in providing customer service. We’re happy to say we drastically underestimated how many of you would respond. Within hours, we’d received doz ...
• Microsoft Offers Free Month Of Service To Make ...
  What’s better than an apology? An apology with some free stuff thrown in to sweeten the pot and turn those frowns upside down. Microsoft is apologizing for a recent cloud outage that left Xbox Live users hanging with nary a way to access their saved games and will treat users to a free mon ...
• Heads Up: Foursquare Announces Changes To Priv ...
  Just reading the words “privacy policy” and “changes” tends to raise more than a few sets of hackles these days, in light of Instagram’s recent debacle. And now Foursquare is wading into the “we’re changing things, but please don’t freak out!&#8221 ...
• Redbook Ticks Off Internet After Copying Blogg ...
  Here’s the thing about the Internet: It can facilitate the spreading of ideas and information at an astounding rate, but this dissemination can come at the expense of that materials’ source. So at what point does a cool notion go from being the brainchild of an individual to becoming ...

Whistleblogger - GAP

• Whistleblowers at Intl Tech Conference; Deutsc ...
  Firedoglake: US Whistleblowers on Being Targeted by the Secret Security State (Video) Jesselyn RadackIn this video, GAP National Security & Human Rights Director Jesselyn Radack, along with GAP clients and whistleblowers Thomas Drake and William Binney, gave a presentation about "Blowing t ...
• Federal Contractor Whistleblower Provisions In ...
  12 Million Affected, Six Times More than Federal Employees (Washington, DC) – Today, the Government Accountability Project (GAP) is praising the inclusion of "best practice" whistleblower protection rights for federal government contractors in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 (NDA ...
• Internal Document Shows World Bank's Mahmoud M ...
  Mahmoud Mohieldin, Image Courtesy of the World Economic ForumAccording to an internal document sent from World Bank President Jim Yong Kim on December 18, Mahmoud Mohieldin – Egypt’s former Minister of Investment during the deposed Hosni Mubarak regime – has apparently been demoted from his post ...
• Assange, in Embassy for 6 Months, Gives Christ ...
  Happy holidays from GAP! This is the last Daily Whistleblower News until 2013. The New York Times: Assange Addresses Dozens in London Julian Assange, Image Courtesy of bbwbryant Julian Assange, marking six months being holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, spoke to supporters in ...
• GAP Files Amicus Curiae in Hedges v. Obama
  Undefined Terms Translate to Possible Indefinite Detention for Intelligence Whistleblowers (Washington, DC) – This past Monday, Dec. 17, the Government Accountability Project (GAP) filed an amicus curiae brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in the case of Hedges ...

UK Progressive

• Wishing You and Yours a Happy Holiday…
  Thanks for being a part of this great election season ride. We’re taking a much needed holiday break after this election. We’ll be back on January 3rd with a major announcement about a new strategic partnership and programme for 2013 and beyond. We wish all of our loyal readers and c ...
• TSA to Commission Independent Study of X-Ray B ...
  by Michael Grabell ProPublica Following months of congressional pressure, the Transportation Security Administration has agreed to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to study the health effects of the agency’s X-ray body scanners. But it is unclear if the academy will conduct i ...
• Young White Men in Crisis
  Rev. Irene Monroe The most recent massacre, the one at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, took the lives of 6 and 7 year-olds. It has shaken our nation to its core. The enormity of this devastation is incalculable. There are the small coffins of the victims killed during a hol ...
• Boehner’s Failure and the GOP’s Disgrace
  by Robert Reich Remarkably, John Boehner couldn’t get enough House Republicans to vote in favor of his proposal to keep the Bush tax cuts in place on the first million dollars of everyone’s income and apply the old Clinton rates only to dollars over and above a million. What? Even Grover Norquis ...
• Pardon Attorney Misrepresented Facts to White ...
  by Dafna Linzer ProPublica The U.S. Pardon Attorney failed to accurately share key information with the White House regarding a federal inmate seeking a commutation, the Justice Department’s Inspector-General concluded today in a detailed 20-page report. The findings determined that in ove ...

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• The SEC Warns About Muni Bond Risks. Is That I ...
  Business Week
• MSNBC's Admitted Socialists: Ed Schultz and La ...
• Tom Harkin On Fiscal Cliff Talks: 'This Looks ...
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• Influential Political Scientist Robert Dahl: I ...
  The Dean of the American political scientists admits he's a socialist.
• Calif. Prop. 13 Discussion Shows How Easy it I ...
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JoNova

• What Fiscal Cliff? It’s a fiscal-crack-i ...
  There is an economic crisis out there, but it isn’t the Fiscal Cliff. The best summary of the economics I’ve seen comes from Mark Steyn. The bipartisan Super Committee of Super Friends was supposed to find $1.2 trillion dollars of deficit reduction by last Thanksgiving, or plucky lit ...
• The Age — “Sceptics Weather the St ...
  Cartoonist John Spooner gets away with saying in text what no one else has said before in The Age: that the skeptics are clawing their way ahead, and winning. The tide has shifted. Some excerpts: WELL, so much for the 2012 apocalypse. If the ancient Mayans ever knew anything about the future, th ...
• Parncutt Death Threat: Uni of Graz “shoc ...
  Christopher Monckton and many other skeptics have been writing to Prof Richard Parncutt who had posted a dissertation telling us “logically” influential climate skeptics should be executed. (His words recorded at Webcite). Below, Monckton points out it is a hate-crime, and he will be ...
• Full UnCut video now available – “ ...
  Thanks to Frank Brus, at least one camera is now on YouTube in full, with sound. Many thanks to other skeptics who volunteered with other helpful suggestions and ideas: to J.J., Ruth, Jim, and Raymond. Thanks to Steve for info about bit-torrent (at least we don’t have to go there this time ...
• Merry Christmas
  Best wishes Jo Rating: 10.0/10 (12 votes cast) Rating: 10.0/10 (12 votes cast)

ReNew America

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

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2012 Blog

• Where are the earthquakes? volcanoes? solar st ...
  It is almost ironic, and there’s a tiny part of me wondering if the ancient Maya predicted Dec 21, 2012 as the most un-eventful date to give us. Yes, there are some winter storms in the USA/Europe. But these aren’t exactly unexpected. What is unusual is the lack of: earthquakes - acc ...
• Give It Another 6 Months (at least)
  When the darkest of days is suddenly thrust upon us and the crucible of tests is brought to bear on every soul; we will have no where to turn but to the light or to the course of our dark imaginings and to what we have erected upon the altar of our own human hearts and then, in those most solemn ...
• Shifting To Our Safe Spot – For Good
  As if the End Of The World (and associated hullabaloo) wasn’t stressful enough, we are moving out of the city, to spend a couple of years (at least) at our safe spot. Just a few days from now. Yep, while juggling media appearances I was packing boxes. I wonder how this past week would rate ...
• So… I Braved Live TV, After The World Didn’t End
  http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/video/-/watch/1d3a3439-4e0e-3aab-99bb-90a7192c68d7/doomsdayers-bunker-down-from-embarrassment/ A few points: I phoned them prior and asked to cancel the interview – I had literally been up all night and wasn’t exactly on the ball – not surprising ...
• Have Some Faith / Don’t Worry
  The key takeaway is this: After 5000 years the Mayans made a prediction. Arguably they were not as skilled as modern science. But that doesn’t invalidate their predictions, and after such a length of time, being a few days out is OK. “2012″ is a great excuse to prepare – ...

Facing South

• A New Year for the South
  Be part of a growing voice for change in the South -- join us with a year-end gift to Facing South and the Institute for Southern Studies today! read more
• Art Pope's path to power
  Wealthy Republican donor Art Pope has been building influence and clout for years in North Carolina. Now he finds himself with his hands on the levers of power. read more
• How dark money helped Republicans hold the Hou ...
  The GOP control of the House came despite more votes for Democrats. How did that happen? Republicans used dark money to control redistricting in many states, as the experience of North Carolina illustrates. read more
• INSTITUTE INDEX: The big money behind Big Gun
  There are growing calls for better gun regulation in the wake of the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre. But what are gun-control advocates up against when they take on the National Rifle Association? read more
• Four years after Tennessee tragedy, politician ...
  Dec. 22 marks four years since a coal ash impoundment collapsed at a TVA power plant in Tennessee, inundating a community and two rivers. As EPA drags its feet over issuing federal coal ash rules, politicians backed by industry interests are maneuvering to block the agency's ability to protect p ...

One News Page

• Revelers gather in NY’s frigid Times Square on ...
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Revelers gathered hours ahead of midnight in New York's frigid Times Square on Monday for the traditional New Year's Eve celebration that ends with the descent of a huge crystal ball at the stroke of midnight. Reported by Firstpost 50 minutes ago
• Woman gang-raped by six in Bhiwani village
  A married woman was reportedly gang-raped by six men, three of them minors, in Kakdauli Hatti village of Bhiwani district. The incident occurred on Saturday but the victim informed the police on Monday evening after which the police registered a case. Reported by IndiaTimes 2 hours ago
• Gold up 6 pct in 2012 after last-gasp rally on ...
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gold jumped on the last trading day of 2012 to finish up 6 percent on the year after news of a potential U.S. fiscal deal drove a market that rallied in earlier months on low interest rates, euro zone woes and central bank demand for bullion. U.S. Reported by Firstpost 2 ho ...
• Delhi rape prompts US, UK advisories
  Have the Delhi gang-rape protests set off a travel scare among foreign tourists? Both the United States and United Kingdom have reviewed their travel advisories asking their citizens to avoid central Delhi and monitor news to avoid demonstrations. Reported by IndiaTimes 2 hours ago
• 'Fiscal cliff' tumble looms despite U.S. Senat ...
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States looked on track to tumble over the 'fiscal cliff' at midnight on Monday, at least for a day, as lawmakers remained reluctant to back last-minute efforts by Senate leaders to avert severe tax increases and spending cuts. The U.S Reported by Firstpost 2 ho ...

Global Research TV

• 9/11 Revisited: The Unjustifiable Launch of En ...
• 9/11 Revisited: History, Consequences and Medi ...
• 9/11 Revisited: War, Justice and the Search fo ...
• Drone Warrior: Outrage Over Children Killed in ...
• Focus on Iran: History, Geopolitics and Media Bias

Daily Tech

• Microsoft Offers Free Month of Xbox Live After ...
  Last Friday, Xbox Live subscribers lost the Cloud Saved Games feature
• FAA Electronics Ban on Planes Causes More Harm ...
  Passengers are acting out against the rules and even hurting one another
• Report: AMD to Kill Off "VISION" APU Branding
  Marketing move would simplify brand names, but not everyone is happy
• Chinese Doctors Experiment With Controversial ...
  Procedure involves drilling into patient's skull, destroying parts of their pleasure center
• LG To Unveil New Refined Smart TV Lineup at CE ...
  Smart TVs to take center stage at CES 2013,

Oriental Review

• Zbigniew Brzezinski As a Mirror of American De ...
  Part I Is the glory of Gorbachev proving contagious? We are halfway through the time allotted by Zbigniew Brzezinski in his landmark book «The Grand Chessboard», when he predicted that U.S. dominance in the world would remain unchallenged for a period of thirty years. Now just 15 years on and in ...
• Zbigniew Brzezinski As a Mirror of American De ...
  A thirty-year plan accomplished in fifteen years The year 2012, among other things, was marked by a publication of fundamental importance in terms of understanding the processes occurring in the world and the U.S.: the book by Zbigniew Brzezinski «Strategic Vision: America and the Crisis of Glob ...
• Afghanistan Under U.S. Occupation
  There is nothing new in the opinion that has long been expressed regarding the similarity of the military action waged in Afghanistan, after the Soviet army entered the country on December 25, 1979, with the war waged by the U.S. Army in Vietnam. However this opinion leads us away from the truth ...
• Syria Will Resist Even After Assad
  A Los-Angeles Times article begins with this sentence: “Now that a consensus is forming that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s days are numbered, diplomats and Middle East experts….” Aside from the psychological warfare value of mainstream Western media’s “days are numbered” mantra, this now hackn ...
• Germany Rediscovers Its Imperialist Drive
  Has Germany finally gotten over its war guilt? It would seem so, with the imminent deployment of 400 Bundeswehr troops in Turkey to help install and operate NATO Patriot missile systems in that country. The historic move of German troops being sent to a foreign territory in full combat mode foll ...

BlogHer

• So Long, And Thanks For All The Recipes
  This New Year’s Eve, I’m taking a deep breath as I ready myself for one hell of a 2013 ahead. There are good things in store: I’m marrying a man I never thought I’d be lucky enough to find, and I’m moving into a house in a few weeks—my first time without shared walls since the late 1990s. A ...
• The Best and Worst Mom Moments of 2012
  Well, it's the last day of 2012. I don't quite know where the year went, but here we are, on the cusp of another year. Before we look ahead, I always like to look back at the year that was and reflect on what happened, how we grew, what went well and, well, what didn't go so well at all. It was ...
• Our Family Resolution: A Year of Kindness
  Last year, my New Year's resolution was to "Love out Loud" which was inspired by a Joyce Meyer book of the same name. I thought it was a good resolution, and it is. But definitely difficult to measure and I don't think I've been as successful as I had hoped. My intent was to really let the impor ...
• Post-Party Skincare: Hangover Beauty Tips
  New Year's means parties and parties mean drinking, which sometimes leads to overindulgence, and that can do a number on your skin! It is safe to say that many a diva has come home from an evening of debauchery and decided that she would go to sleep in the face she had put on hours before. STOP ...
• Black-Eyed Pea Hummus with Olive Oil & Sumac f ...
  For everyone who's committed to Meatless Mondays when Monday happens to be New Year's Eve, allow me to recommend my favorite New Year's snack of Black-Eyed Pea Hummus with Olive Oil and Sumac. You probably know that black-eyed peas are a traditional food thought to bring luck in the new year, an ...

Health Freedom Alliance

• Billions Paid Out for Surgical Errors
  Surgical “never events” — such as leaving a sponge in a patient — cost healthcare professionals a minimum of $1.3 billion in malpractice payouts from 1990 to 2010, researchers found. In an analysis of such surgical ... Related posts:Anemia Drugs Made Bil ...
• Top Healing Foods That Stop Ovarian Cancer in ...
  Ovarian cancer is one of the most deadly diseases out there. It is the fifth leading cause of cancer death among U.S. women — an astounding 14,000 out of 23,000 diagnosed each year, die. Ovarian ... Related posts:Cancer Fighting Foods – 4 Anti-Cancer Foods Share Could it ...
• Inflammatory Marker Tied to Depression
  Elevated levels of proinflammatory C-reactive protein (CRP) had significant associations with psychological stress and depression, a large population-based study showed. The odds for antidepressant use, antidepressant prescriptions, and hospitalization with depression increased b ...
• Why Did Russia Ban The Use Of Microwave Ovens?
  Consumers are dying today in part because they continue to eat dead foods that are killed in the microwave. They take a perfectly healthy piece of raw food, loaded with vitamins and natural medicines, then ... Related posts:Russia Suspends Import and Use of American GM Corn Aft ...
• 10 Medical Conditions That Share Symptoms With ...
  According to Health Central expert Eileen Bailey, getting an accurate ADD/ADHD diagnosis can be difficult at any time, but the fact that the disorder shares symptoms with other health conditions can make it even harder. Autism/Aspergers Syndrome People ...

Live News Wire

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

Coal Tattoo

• Merry Christmas from Coal Tattoo
• Friday roundup, Dec. 21, 2012
  This Sept. 11, 2012 photo shows a Whitehaven Coal mine outside Narrabri, Australia near Gunnedah, 450 kilometers (280 miles) northwest of Sydney.  (AP Photo/Rob Griffith) There was some big news out of Kentucky this week, with American Electric Power’s announcement that it is going to clos ...
• C.A. Phillips to retire from W.Va. mine safety ...
  It’s just been confirmed that C.A. Phillips, director of the West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training, plans to retire effective Dec. 31. C.A. has been director of the agency since August 2011, and had served as acting director for nearly a year before that. He spe ...
• Judge won’t delay UBB superintendent sen ...
  Gary May, left, of Bloomingrose, W.V., former superintendent of Upper Big Branch Mine, where an explosion killed 29 workers, walks with his defense attorney, Tim Carrico, at the Beckley Federal Courthouse in Beckley W. Va., Thursday March 29, 2012.  (AP Photo/Rick Barbero) Vicki Smith over at Th ...
• Coal decline: Don’t be confused by new I ...
  This undated image provided by Ambre Energy shows coal mining equipment at work in the Decker coal mine located near Decker, Mont.  (AP Photo/Ambre Energy) There seems to be some confusion out there about the future of the coal industry, based on this week’s report from the International E ...

Daniel Miessler

• Music: “The Ocean”
  The Ocean is my favorite metal band by far right now. They, like Tool, are much more than metal. They have layers that continue to keep me interested as I proceed through a given day. If you like metal at all, I strongly suggest listening to their discography. Related Posts:You Can ...
• The ‘Busy’ Trap – NYTimes.com
  http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/30/the-busy-trap/ The ‘Busy’ TrapIf you live in America in the 21st century you’ve probably had to listen to a lot of people tell you how busy they are. It’s become the default response when you ask anyone how they’re doing: “Busy!” “So busy.” “Crazy ...
• The Best Business Growth Posts of 2012 | ...
  Top 10 Blog Posts of 2012 Founders, teach your employees statistics Your Startup’s Top 3 Priorities: Distribution, Monetization & Engagement Your Startup’s 10 Most Important Metrics All great managers are alike Six-step framework to make strategic decisions The trinity of product d ...
• How to Find Lost Items
  The Twelve Principles My method is based on what I call the Twelve Principles—a set of precepts designed to lead you directly to any lost object. Like a bloodhound! The Twelve Principles are:  1. Don’t Look for It  2. It’s Not Lost—You Are  3. Remember the Three C’s ...
• Futuristic Predictions That Came True in 2012
  Yesterday we told you about the biggest scientific breakthroughs of 2012. But now we turn our attention to those developments that make us realize just how futuristic things are quickly becoming. And the past year provided no shortage of futureshock. We watched a cyborg compete at the Olympic Ga ...

Fitwatch

• New Years Eve Prisoner Solidarity Demo
  Does exactly what it says on the tin. Lets be honest, this year has been a disheartening one. State and security forces have repositioned themselves with guns towards us (quite literally, in some cases) and scored significant victories against the dissenting population. Next year looks set to be ...
• Plain clothes cop at Fridays demo
  Cops turning up to demos in plain clothes seems to be a regular occurence these days. These pics were taken at the Fight for Sites demo on Friday. Although he appears to have forgotten his uniform, the man pictured is Constable Mark Stoddart. A number of cops in plain clothes have been pictured ...
• Stay Safe; Stay Anonymous! #5 – Block & ...
  Okay, so by now we should know all the basic preventative measures we can take to defend our anonymity. But there is one more thing we can be doing this October 20th to proactively assert our freedom to dissent without state repression. This is, of course, the classic FITwatch Direct Action tact ...
• Stay Safe; Stay Anonymous! #4 – Fashion ...
  Whilst what you wear on a demo is on one level (quite rightly) unimportant, it can be used as a great tool to disrupt intelligence gathering activities. When such a large part of political policing rests on the ability to profile, identify, isolate (and subsequently harass) individuals and group ...
• Stay Safe; Stay Anonymous! #3 – Affinity ...
  For the purposes of a mass demonstration, affinity groups – small groups of people who attend the same demonstration together - are a great way to stay safe and anonymous, providing a miniature support network that is both empowering and practical. This is one of the first things you should be c ...

Worldwide Hippies

• Music Legends Who Died in 2012
  By Michele Catalano,forbes.com - It’s that time of year where we roll out a copy of Jim Carroll’s “People Who Died” and play the montage of faces over it. Ok, maybe that’s not the best song to use. But it’s better than trotting out “Memories” again. The world lost a lot of talented artists this ...
• The Idol Smasher
  By Chris Hedges,truthdig - Ishmael Reed has spent the last five decades smashing idols—idols of race, idols of capitalism, celebrity idols and the idols of national virtue and greatness. His essays, novels, poems, plays, songs and cartoons routinely shatter the delusions and myths of a nation st ...
• End O’ The Year Stuff
  By Sherry Pasquarello,WWH/CJE – It’s that time of the year, time for lists, and more lists. Which celebrities died over the past year? Who got married? Who had a baby? The worst fashion mistakes, and on and on and on. Time for the media to string together film clips of tragedy and triumph, ...
• Evidence says educational inequality is hurtin ...
  By Celia Baker, Deseret News - An expanding earnings gap in the United States is creating a chasm between the nation’s wealthy few and its cash-strapped majority. And, it feeds off a growing divide in educational opportunities afforded to rich and poor kids, according to stories in The Atl ...
• Ten Activist Success Stories from 2012, and So ...
  By Steffanie Pinch, Rabble | News Analysis Truthout - A Harper majority. Stifling anti-union legislation. Provincial unrest and austerity across the country. At a glance, it seems like activists don’t have a lot to celebrate this holiday season. However, in these trying times, organiz ...

reference frame

• Prediction isn't the right method to learn abo ...
  Happy New Year 2013 = 33 * 61! The last day of the year is a natural moment for a blog entry about time. At various moments, I wanted to write about the things that the year 2012 brought us. The most important event in science was the discovery of the \(126\GeV\) Higgs boson (something ...
• Richard Dawkins vs Peter Higgs
  The reverse fundamentalist vs the peaceful atheist Two days ago, the Daily Mail, the Guardian, and other mostly British outlets amplified an amusing yet potentially serious battle between two famous scientists, Richard Dawkins and Peter Higgs: Battle of the professors: Richard Dawkins bra ...
• Amplitudes, permutations, Grassmannians
  Back in July, I mentioned some new highly intriguing results by a group of physicists and mathematicians including Nima Arkani-Hamed and others: Permutations join twistor minirevolution That report echoed a talk at Strings 2012. Finally, the paper is out. One of the 263 figures in ...
• Christmas rumor: \(105\GeV\) dimuon excess at ...
  I hope that the TRF readers are enjoying their Christmas, their Saturnalia, their Hanukkah, or at least their first days after the winter solstice (except for TRF readers in Islamic countries where all such pagan holidays are banned: those readers are wished to survive instead). We ha ...
• Obama gives medal to Drell, Gates, Mazur
  I hate honors but this list is kind of interesting. Barack Obama gave the National Medal of Science to 12 scientists and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to 11 technologists and innovators: Obama names 23 scientists and innovators as medal winners (Cosmic Log) The scientists i ...

Tatumba 2.0

• The Topic, Guns.
  I have a let it be attitude towards the topic of guns. I know guns do not disappear but ammunition can. I was very young when I was introduced to guns. I would watch my father… AboveTopSecret.com New Topics In World War Three Related posts: Will WWIII be fought with Squirt Guns I just ...
• U.S. House will miss ‘fiscal cliff’ vote deadline
  The framework of a deal to avoid the ‘fiscal cliff’ appeared to be in place Monday, but the U.S. House of Representatives will miss the midnight deadline to avoid wide-ranging tax increases and spending cuts that take effect with the new year. CBC | Top Stories News Related p ...
• Gold & Silver: Opposing Forces Very Under-Rated
  from Gold Silver Worlds: It is impossible not to read some source, informed or otherwise, touting the “fact” that the price of gold and silver will be [insert whatever amount you wish, here], “in the coming months”, or safer, “in the next year or two,” etc. Yet, the market does not echo those al ...
• NYC couple arrested; explosive substance found
  Searched no results so Im sure this is new here NEW YORK (AP) â Authorities say a New York City couple has been arrested on weapons charges after a substance used to make… AboveTopSecret.com New Topics In World War Three Related posts: Street Artist Behind Satirical NYPD ‘Drone’ Po ...
• 2 B.C. teens reportedly among survivors of dea ...
  Among the passengers on a B.C. company’s bus that crashed through a guardrail on what is being called a deadly stretch of highway in Oregon, killing nine people, are two teenage boys who moved to Vancouver from Korea two years ago, according to a report. CBC | Top Stories News Rela ...

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• Trudell Documentary
• Occupy Wall Street “Beware The Zeitgeist ...
• The Dirty Fucking Hippies Were Right
• World War 3 (III,Three): September 11, 2001-20 ...

Bloomberg

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

Enviroblog

• 10 Top Environmental Health Stories of 2012
  The top environmental health stories of 2012 were all about everyday hazards that are right in our backyards. They have to do with the unintended consequences of chemical pollution that could harm the health of our families, our neighbors,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs ...
• Chemical Industry to Parents: Avoid Lead, Tail ...
  By Alex Formuzis and Sonya Lunder, MPH This is rich. The chemical industry has produced a new "health information" website titled Kids + Chemical Safety that mentions hardly any chemicals or any of the voluminous body of peer-reviewed research... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my ...
• Just How "Green" is Walgreens?
  By Sarah Swanke, EWG General Research Intern Attention Bargain Shoppers: Walgreens now sells a line of healthy home products called Ology!  These new products are advertised as free of toxic chemicals, including ammonia, chlorine bleach, di- and... [[ This is a content summary only ...
• How EWG Grades Cleaning Products in its New Gu ...
  By David Andrews Ph.D., EWG Senior Scientist It's that time of year again, when students everywhere try to figure out how well they need to do on the final exam to get an A for the term. Or maybe... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ...
• Nation's Pediatricians Warn Against Pesticides ...
  By Alex Formuzis, VP for Media Relations The American Academy of Pediatrics has taken the unprecedented step of issuing a policy statement that calls on the government, schools, parents and medical professionals to take concerted action to protect... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit ...

Quick Hits

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

Capital - NYC

• Dead men romping: The very end of the 2012 Giants
• Obama lampoons Congress but says a deal is 'i ...
• A collection of the most fun media stories we ...
• 'We're the nation's most exciting city': Bloom ...
• Streets of Your Town: this week’s concerts, wi ...

Views & News from Norway

• Norwegian waters brimming with cod
  This winter’s cod haul in Norway is predicted to break all records, and the Barents Sea is brimming with the fish. The fishing industry, however, fears that without an increase in demand, cod prices may drop, and they have embarked on a global hunt for new consumers. The North East Arctic ...
• ‘Elias’ set to rescue the world
  A little rescue boat named Elias, a popular character in a Norwegian animation series of the same name, is set to sail into the New Year on more rescue missions overseas. The series is already one of Norway’s biggest TV exports ever, sold to more than 100 countries, and now looks likely to ...
• ‘Godt nyttår!’ Happy New Year!
  As the low winter sun sets over a frozen lake north of Oslo, and over another year, we’d like to take the opportunity to thank our readers for clicking in to Views and News from Norway – www.newsinenglish.no. Special thanks to those of you who have sent support over the years, and we ...
• Our most-read stories in 2012
  It’s been another fast year in the news in Norway, and we published more than a thousand articles during the course of 2012. After browsing through our ever-growing archive, and compiling some traffic statistics, we’ve come up with what we thought was most interesting, and what attra ...
• Our most-read stories in 2012
  It’s been another fast year in the news in Norway, and we published more than a thousand articles during the course of 2012. After browsing through our ever-growing archive, and compiling some traffic statistics, we’ve come up with what we thought was most interesting, and what attra ...

Permaculture Research Institute - Australia

• PRI’s January PDC Update – Two Places Now Avai ...
  Unforeseen circumstances for two of our booked students mean that two places have now become available on our January 7th PDC course. The booking link is open again here or you can contact Bonnie at education(at)permaculturenews.org or phone +61 (0)419 741 358 to reserve a place. This Permacult ...
• Concentric Rings of Change
  As you’ll have noticed, I’ve been using this time of year (when people are, hopefully, doing family- and/or outdoor-oriented activities, rather than sitting in front of a computer) to take a break from putting articles up on the site. I’m still keeping somewhat busy though, ...
• Success in Tough Times (France)
  by Steve Hanson 2012 is our eighth year of small scale farming in France and has seen us move from income dependence to financial security and independence. Looking back over the last eight years at our mistakes and our successes in getting to this point demonstrates the value of an integrated ...
• The Gift of the Maya
  As we approach the winter solstice and the end of one long count and the beginning of another, our understanding of the Mayan world is rapidly being transformed by new knowledge. The traditional Mayan narrative in western literature is perhaps best exemplified by the writings of Jared Diamo ...
• Local Spotlight: But Don’t We Need Economic Gr ...
  Farmers planting nitrogen fixing trees on their farms As a group challenging the growth paradigm, one of the most common questions that we hear is, ‘But don’t we need economic growth to lift the poor out of poverty?’. While growth has been successful to this end in certain ways, there are also ...

Pointman's

• Ladiees and Gennulmen, we have a winnah!
  It’s time to announce the winner of this year’s climate prat award and boy was the competition a doozie. Talk about a rush. It had everything; a bewildering variety of prats to choose from, agonies of indecision having to cull all the nominees down to finalists, rule changes when non ...
• Sir Patrick Moore (1923-2012), an appreciation.
  The Germans have a word we don’t have in English, and it really doesn’t translate very well because of that lack – Lebenskünstler. In a typical Teutonic fashion, they jammed together two words which each nearly expressed what they were after, and created a new word, which denot ...
• Just how far are you prepared to go to feel go ...
  I believe the acid test of any political system or indeed any society, is how much compassion it has for its own people, who’re simply going through some travails or deeply in trouble. That very same test applies to such everyday organisations as a business enterprise and right down to an ...
• Just how far are you prepared to go to feel go ...
  I believe the acid test of any political system or indeed any society, is how much compassion it has for its own people, who’re simply going through some travails or deeply in trouble. That very same test applies to such everyday organisations as a business enterprise and right down to an ...
• How tropical storm Sandy became a Frankenstorm ...
  Infowar uses propaganda, which is directed at a population to give them a worldview which accords with your own political beliefs. There are a lot of propaganda techniques; disinformation, censorship, misrepresentation, character assassination, lies, intimidation and the rewriting of history, to ...

Journalists' Toolkit

• JavaScript Console in Chrome
  For testing things quickly in JavaScript, open the JavaScript Console in the Google Chrome browser. View menu > Developer > JavaScript Console. You’ll see the console at the bottom of the current page. The console gives you a command line so you can test short pieces of code to see ...
• Typography for the Web
  In your CSS, you can specify typefaces (font families) to be used for the headings, paragraphs, etc., in your HTML. However, what you see on your computer is not always going to be the same thing your audience sees. Why? Because different people have different fonts installed on their individual ...
• Good tutorial sites for HTML, HTML5, CSS, jQuery
  There are a zillion sites out there offering free tutorials, but many are pure junk. So here are a few that I recommend, in no particular order: Codecademy: Web Fundamentals Codecademy: HTML Fundamentals HTML5 Please (not actually a tutorial, but very helpful) Nettuts+: The Best Way to Learn Jav ...
• Baby Steps in Data Journalism
  This is a Tumblr blog that I started in early April 2012: Baby Steps in Data Journalism Its purpose is to collect links and other useful information related to learning about data journalism. To go directly to something you might be searching for, try these links: How I installed Python (April 2 ...
• The best video export options
  How do you choose the best settings for exporting your video, after you have edited it? I remember how confusing this was for me when I started working with Web video several years ago. With the slower computers we had back then, I would wait for what seemed like forever while exporting a small ...

Justice Roars - Louisiana

• Our People Are Worth the Risks: A Southern Que ...
  Reprinted from the SONG website and from the Scholar & Feminist Online, a webjournal published by the Barnard Center for Research on Women:  In the best parts of our tradition as LGBTQ people for liberation, we have resisted assimilation. We have held die-ins, we have risked our li ...
• Post-Katrina, Funders and Foundations Failed N ...
  In December of 2006, New Orleans' social justice community came together to draft a letter addressed to foundations and funders, in response to the dismal response to the continuing post-Katrina crisis. In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and other disasters still to come, the issues raised ...
• Remember All the Children, Mr. President, By B ...
  Remember the 20 children who died in Newtown, Connecticut. Remember the 35 children who died in Gaza this month from Israeli bombardments. Remember the 168 children who have been killed by US drone attacks in Pakistan since 2006. Remember the 231 children killed in Afghanistan in the first 6 ...
• Crime Against Nature Law Back in Court
  From our friends at Women With A Vision and Center for Constitutional Rights: Fill the Court For Oral Arguments In the Case To Overturn Louisiana’s Crime Against Nature Law! Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, 10:00 a.m Federal District Court, 500 Poydras Street Judge Feldman’s Court—Room C551 Many of y ...
• "I'm The Miracle": The Story of Exoneree Derri ...
  From our friends at Resurrection After Exoneration: “I’m number 119,” proclaims the man sitting beside my desk. His smile is broad and sincere, gold teeth glistening in the artificial light of the office. “Damon Thibodeaux is number 141, you know, the one who got out of Angola a couple weeks ...

Information Underground

• Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
  Okay, I've been following John Friend's blog a lot lately and he mentioned this site http://radio.abirato.info/ (Radio Abirato - Exposing Media Fakery One PsyOp At A Time) and said they were doing a good job exposing what's going on w/Sandy Hook. So, I just went there a few minutes ago and star ...
• Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
  'Financier' Richard Blum & wife Diane Feinstein Oh, boy: Those swindling 'Irish-Americans' are at it again! "California, here we come..." Source - Washington Times On the day the new Congress convened this year, Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation to route $25 bill ...
• Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
  How Gun Grabber Feinstein Stole $100s Of Billions In Gold http://vidrebel.wordpress.com/2012/12/3 ... s-in-gold/ Posted on December 31, 2012by horse237 Diane Feinstein is Gun Grabber in Chief in the US Senate. We need to go on the offensive against her for her many acts of corruption. The a ...
• Historical Events • Re: Audio-The Mark Weber R ...
  Okay, looks like someone else uploaded it and this one will post Rudolf Hess - His last words before final judgment iframe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RluanXfLybYStatistics: Posted by Amanda — Mon Dec 31, 2012 4:05 pm
• Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
  Venezuela deports French man over alleged Chavez plot Marilia Brocchetto CNN Sun, 30 Dec 2012 18:00 CST A French man jailed for an alleged plot to kill Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in 2009 was deported to France on Saturday, a Venezuelan official said. Frederic Laurent Bouquet's expulsion ...

TVNZ

• US Congress makes 'fiscal cliff' deal
  The White House and lawmakers have reached a deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff, sources say.
• Revellers gather in NY's Times Square
  Up to a million people were expected in the blocks around Times Square, authorities say.
• Clinton suffers clot behind right ear, full re ...
  US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to make a full recovery, doctors say.
• Hillary Clinton hospitalised for blood clot
  The US Secretary of State has been admitted to hospital in New York with a blood clot.
• Body of India rape victim cremated in New Delhi
  The woman whose gang rape provoked rare debate in India has been cremated.

environment 360

• Network of Smartphone-Based Sensors Monitor Ai ...
  Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a network of smartphone-based air pollution monitors that allow individuals to track UCSDCitiSense device pollution levels in real time and feed a central database of air quality trends citywide throughout the day. The so-ca ...
• Group Collecting DNA Codes of Endangered Speci ...
  The Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL), a global initiative assembling the “DNA barcodes” of the world’s endangered species, received $3 million from Google this month to create an online database organizers hope will emerge as a critical tool in the enforcement of inter ...
• Interview: What’s Damaging Marshes Along U.S. ...
  For centuries, salt marshes along the U.S. coast have been disappearing, with some experts estimating that 70 percent have been lost to development, rising seas, MBL Linda Deegan and other threats. One factor scientists always thought marshes could withstand was nutrient enrichment, such ...
• Changing Oceans May Be Adding to New England F ...
  As U.S. fishing regulators weigh stricter catch quotas to allow time for critical species to recover in the waters of New England, scientists say that changing ocean conditions may be a factor in historic fish declines, not just decades of overfishing. Warmer ocean temperatures and changing ecos ...
• ‘Peel-and-Stick’ Solar Cells Expand Potential ...
  Stanford University researchers say they have developed a “peel-and-stick” solar cell that can be attached to a variety of hard surfaces, an innovation they say could vastly expand the potential for solar Click to enlarge Chi Hwan Lee/Stanford School of Engineering “Peel- ...

oldephartte/Diigo

• Climate Dialogue
  Tags: blog environment climate dialogue
• Reef Relief Founders
  Tags: blog environment reef
• Stuart H. Smith attorney: fighting oil, chemic ...
  Tags: oil chemical water radiation pollution
• This Crowded Skin
  Tags: blog politics environment curiosity
• Welcome to the International Climate Science C ...
  Tags: science climate analysis

backofthebook

• Chief Spence and the hypocrisy of The Globe
  By David@Sixthestate.net I was disappointed, but not entirely surprised to read this weekend that The Globe & Mail has officially joined Postmedia’s Christie Blatchford in denouncing the ongoing hunger strike in Ottawa by Attawapiskat chief Theresa Spence as an act not just of protest but of ...
• Chief Spence and the Prime Minister’s pride
  By Montreal Simon I didn’t want to blog on Christmas. I just wanted to enjoy the day. But I couldn’t get these two contrasting images out of my mind. Chief Theresa Spence slowly starving to death. While Stephen Harper, with a weird look on his face, plays cribbage. And the Idle No Mo ...
• Boxing Day: Our gift to The States
  By Rachelle Stein-Wotten Boxing Day was traditionally the day servants took off to spend time with their families and received gift boxes from their employers (or so one of the explanations goes). Nowadays, Boxing Day is better known as the Day to Buy Honking Big Electronics and Other Self-Indul ...
• Idle No More: The overnight YouTube roundup
  The Idle No More movement approached critical mass yesterday, as tens of thousands of First Nations people and their supporters rallied across Canada, and as far afield as New Mexico and Ukraine. Many of the peaceful protests, featuring round dances and drumming, struck at the very heart of the ...
• New F-35 figures don’t fly either
  By David@Sixthestate.net I have to say, it’s pretty depressing that not one of the many, many professional journalists in Canada is literate enough to read a government report. To their credit, some are trying. But they also had a whole press briefing slash lock-up slash sleazy play-time with th ...

Daily Beast

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

Loonwatch

• US Border Guards Question Gold Medalist Mohamm ...
  Gold medals are no security from being profiled as a terrorist.
• The Meaning of the New Year’s Holiday
  A glimpse at the purely secular holiday...that isn't.
• Sunando Sen Shoved to His Death by Woman Who H ...
  "I pushed a Muslim off the train tracks because I hate Hindus and Muslims ever since 2001 when they put down the twin towers I've been beating them up."
• Krystina Friedlander: A Look Back at Media Cov ...
  Islawmix editor reviews media coverage of Islam over the past year.
• Athens – the EU Capital City Without A M ...
  At Friday prayers and across Athens, Muslims gather in underground, cramped prayer rooms.

Energy News

• Prime Minister: Japan will build more nuke pla ...
• Almost entire ground-level of Northern Hemisph ...
• TV: Materials floating to North America from J ...
• Gundersen: Integrity of concrete at Fukushima ...
• Kyodo: US gov’t sent “special team to counter ...

Japan Times

• Tsunami-hit city aims to be reborn
  In a coastal city flattened by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, a project is under way to rebuild the area as a self-sustaining community that will be in harmony with nature by making use of Danish knowhow on renewable energy. The city of Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, has a ...
• Back to the future for Japan?
  As the new year kicks off and the coalition government of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito gets into full swing, Japan will see a drastic change in the direction of policies set by the DPJ government during its rule of three years and three months. It will not be a new direction, however ...
• China shrugs off 'unsigned' 1950 document unde ...
  The Chinese Embassy in Tokyo has dismissed the significance of a 1950 Chinese diplomatic document that refers to a disputed cluster of islands it claims by their Japanese name and that indicates they are part of Japan's Ryukyu Islands. In a statement dated Dec. 30, the embassy said "the fact t ...
• The year for non-Japanese in '12: a top 10
  Back by popular demand, here is JBC's roundup of the top 10 human rights events that most affected non-Japanese (NJ) residents of Japan in 2012, in ascending order. • China's anti-Japan riots (September) and Senkaku-area maneuvers (October to now).
• Peterson falls short of rushing record
  Adrian Peterson ran right past everyone this season. Past all those running backs before him who couldn't make it to 2,000 yards in a season. Past every doubter who dared to think he wouldn't make it back from a devastating knee injury. Past everyone except Eric Dickerson.

Alexander Higgins

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

Macleans - Central

• Politics 2013: the calmer middle part
  Paul Wells looks at what's ahead for the PM
• 51 days teased: a look back at stories that ma ...
  Tease the day's opening lines since its inception on Oct. 16
• The taxi revolution is nigh
  Peter Nowak talks to Justin Raymond about Hailo's inroads in the taxi market
• Why ‘fiscal cliffhanger’ makes an ...
  Tease the day: Nobody can resist a little congressional drama
• 11 executives, companies and business stories ...
  TORONTO – A look at 11 executives, companies and business stories to watch in...

Making It Count - CCPA

• Best Books of 2012
  Here are, in no particular order, my picks for the four best books of 2012 from a progressive economics perspective. Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin. The Making of Global Capitalism: The Political Economy of American Empire. (Verso). I suspect this book will become a classic. It is a rich and highly ...
• Why the Income Inequality Deniers Are Wrong
  This article was published in an abridged form today in the National Post. http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/12/21/armine-yalnizyan-sorry-andrew-coyne-but-income-inequality-is-a-real-problem/   I like this opening better so I posted it here. You couldn’t have made it through 2012 wi ...
• Marc’s Letter from 2040
  The following comes from a short talk on a vision for a zero-carbon BC that I gave at a couple events this Fall. Many have asked for the text so I’ve posted it here, and we may try and turn it into a video. That said, I have been reluctant to do so up to [...] No related posts.
• Harper’s prisons: Québec’s point of view
  On this past 5 December, we learnt on the front page of the daily Devoir that college-level instruction provided to inmates was now in jeopardy because of the federal cuts in Flaherty’s last budget. At Collège Marie-Victorin in Montréal, these cuts could bring an end to forty years of inmate ins ...
• Shale gas: “Chapter 11” steps in
  Both in Québec and in the United States, public authorities have legislated to protect populations from shale gas industry-related risks. These precautions could however come up against controversial NAFTA provisions within the infamous chapter 11 regarding investor protection. In the States, th ...

ReDress

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

Physics Today

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Revolutionary Politics

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Peakwater

• Defense and Security Companies Are Planning to ...
  “It is not just the coercive industries that are positioning themselves to profit from fears about the future. The commodities upon which life depends are being woven into new security narratives based on fears about scarcity, overpopulation and inequality. Increasing importance is attache ...
• Between Drought and Floods – A Year of Extreme ...
  “Between Dec. 17 and 26, cyclone-level rains left 34 dead, nine unaccounted for and 328,000 stranded. Over 8,000 homes were damaged and roughly 4,000 were completely destroyed. “No one expected this much rain,” Lal Kumara, deputy director at the government’s Disaster Management Centre (DMC ...
• China Is Top Dam Builder, Going Where Others W ...
  “Up a sweeping jungle valley in a remote corner of Cambodia, Chinese engineers and workers are raising a 100-meter- (330-foot-) high dam over the protests of villagers and activists. Only Chinese companies are willing to tame the Tatay and other rivers of Koh Kong province, one of Southeas ...
• California issues proposed rules for ‘fr ...
  “The proposed rules, released Tuesday, would require energy companies to disclose for the first time the chemicals they inject deep into the ground to break apart rock and release oil. They also would have to reveal the location of the wells where they use the procedure. Though fracking ha ...
• Congo-Kinshasa: UNEP Launches Pioneering Water ...
  “UNEP has initiated a water scheme in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that aims to protect the Lukaya river basin that supplies almost 380,000 Kinshasa residents with safe drinking water. The project builds on the recommendations of UNEP’s Post Conflict Environmental Ass ...

D. Kucinich

• The NDAA: More War Abroad and More Austerity H ...
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today spoke on the House floor in strong opposition to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). See video here. “In this discussion over the NDAA, we arrive at a moment where we meet the moral consequences of our nation’s choices over the past decade. W ...
• Kucinich: NO to #CatFoodChristmas
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today strongly objected to a proposal to cut Social Security benefits. The White House suggested a reduction in Social Security to cut costs as part of the so-called “fiscal cliff” negotiations.  The proposal called the “Chained Consumer Price Index” would ...
• Kucinich: Report on Benghazi Not the Full Story
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today took to the House floor to remind colleagues that while a supposedly independent investigation faulted the State Department for security failures in Benghazi, Libya it was the Administration that took us to war and created the chaos in Libya. See video h ...
• Kucinich: Diplomacy Over Provocation
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following statement regarding H.R. 3783, Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act of 2012. “In the developing relationship between Iran and the United States, there are many important issues to be addressed. We should address them throu ...
• Kucinich Calls for Organized Approach to Peace:
  Washington D.C. (December 17, 2012) – Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today took to the House floor to call for an “organized, structured approach” to peace in the wake of the horrible tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut. On Friday, Congressman Kucinich offered words of condolences to the familie ...

Authentically Wired

• THIS IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE
  … Reality is “big-brother” will be looking into our lives and dissecting what we do and point or wag your finger if you choose … but we allowed it to happen …   Senate approves measure to renew controversial surveillance authority By Ellen Nakashima, Updated: Friday, December 28, 9:56 ...
• think COLOR does not matter
  HURRICANE SANDY hits northeast – - “WHITE ” – -  HURRICANE KATRINA his south – - “non-white” – - how fast and with how much $$$ … think COLOR does not matter …   Senate Votes in Favor of $60 Billion Hurricane Sandy Emergency-Spending Bill   Read the Article ...
• BEE TALES
  … After we have allowed Mon$anto to KILL all the bees will we be satisfied … and what … hope there is new technology to perform the herculean task of the bees … Bee Tales   This is one more kick at this cat. The attempt to avoid the reality continues and will not end [...]
• YES … GAME IS RIGGED
  … YES… the game of politics is rigged because we allow it to be … and only we can change that reality … Matt Damon gives up on politics…‘Game is rigged’ 12-28-2012  •  http://www.politico.com …  http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/125288-2012-12-28-matt-damon-gives-up- ...
• LOW PRIORITY
  … Our one shared biosphere is a LOW priority because that’s the way “we” want it … but we have been educated to point and wag our finger and blame others … want answers … look in any mirror … EPA Chief to Step Down, With Climate Still Low Priority   John M. Broder, The [...]

Popular Technology

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

Monga Bay ( Articles )

• The year in rainforests
  2012 was another year of mixed news for the world's tropical forests. This is a look at some of the most significant tropical rainforest-related news stories for 2012. There were many other important stories in 2012 and some were undoubtedly overlooked in this review. If you feel there's somethi ...
• Photos: the top new species discoveries in 2012
  Thousands of species were described for the first time by scientists in 2012. Some of these were 'cryptic species' that were identified after genetic analysis distinguished them from closely related species, while others were totally novel. Either way, here are some of the "new species" highligh ...
• Our favorite nature photos of 2012
  In the course of reporting for Mongabay.com, I spent time in several countries in 2012, including Indonesia, Brazil, Madagascar, and Malaysia, among others. The following are some of my favorite nature pictures I took in the field. Overall I added more than 20,000 images to the site in 2012. For ...
• Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2012
  Below is a quick review of some of the biggest environmental stories of 2012. The 'top stories' are listed in no particular order. Climate change, overpopulation, consumption, and ecological destruction is pushing planet Earth toward a tipping point according to a major study in Nature released ...
• Uncontacted tribes still exist, but extinction ...
  The world is more interconnected than ever. Globally, there are six billion cell phone subscribers and 900 million Facebook users. Nearly 32 million people follow Lady Gaga on Twitter. Given this content it may seem hard to believe that there remain people who have never had contact with the out ...

Science - NZ Herald

• Nobel scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini dies
  Rita Levi-Montalcini, a biologist who conducted underground research in defiance of Fascist persecution and went on to win a Nobel Prize for helping unlock the mysteries of the cell, has died at her home in Rome. She was 103 and had...
• Experts call off search for life in Antarctic lake
  British scientists have called off the hunt for exotic life in an ice-bound Antarctic lake after their mission was hit by a technical hitch.Researchers with the British Antarctic Survey had hoped to drill into Lake Ellsworth, which...
• Antarctica warming at triple speed
  Temperatures in the western part of Antarctica are rising almost twice as fast as previously believed, adding to fears that continued thaws are causing sea levels to rise, according to comprehensive research published this week.In...
• GM fish closer to being served up
  A genetically modified salmon which grows twice as fast as ordinary fish could become the first GM animal in the world to be declared safe to eat, after America's food-safety watchdog ruled it posed no major health or environmental...
• Five events that defined the year
  1 Opening ceremony of London 2012Kenneth Branagh, actor Three weeks before the ceremony and the [Olympic Stadium] was packed with thousands of people all doing things impressively. We climbed on to the hill that I'd eve

The Bovine

• Dairy lobby drives raw milk prohibition
  David Gumpert isn’t the only one who sees the Vernon Herschberger case as a bellwether. From Margo Redmond in the Baraboo News Republic: “…The Wisconsin Farm Bureau is an advocate of corporate farming. Two years ago I spoke with Jeff … Continue reading →
• Why the Vernon Herschberger raw milk case is i ...
  From David E. Gumpert on The Complete Patient blog: “I’ve been devoting a considerable amount of time and energy to reporting on the sometimes tedious ins and outs of the upcoming trial of Vernon Hershberger. Why? What makes this case … Continue reading →
• New Zealand farmers to sell raw milk
  From the Canadian Raw Milk Consumer Advocacy Group: “A total of 1685 submissions were received on the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI’s) discussion paper: Proposals for continuing to legally provide for farm gate sales of raw drinking milk (discussion paper). … Continue reading →
• CFIA vs PEI fish scientist, over salmon
  From Denis Calnan in the Toronto Star: CHARLOTTETOWN—There’s something fishy going on in Prince Edward Island. A professor at Atlantic Veterinary College says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is trying to discredit his work after tests he conducted showed a … Continue reading →
• DATCP vs Herschberger and his faith
  You’d think the Vernon Herschberger raw milk case was going to be the trial of the decade the way the prosecutors are pulling out all the stops to stack the deck in their favour with pre-trial maneuverings. But now a … Continue reading →

Mish's Global Economic Trends

• Gold Has Longest Streak of Annual Gains Since ...
  Bloomberg reports Gold Extends Longest Streak Since 1920 on Central-Bank Stimulus. Gold rose, capping the longest annual gain since at least 1920, on renewed concern that central banks from Europe to China will take steps to spur economic growth and as U.S. leaders near a budget deal. G ...
• China Manufacturing PMI Shows Modest Growth; D ...
  The HSBC China Manufacturing PMI™ shows modest growth this month. The index is at 51.5 with growth above 50. After adjusting for seasonal factors, the HSBC Purchasing Managers’ Index™ (PMI™) – a composite indicator designed to give a single-figure snapshot of operating conditions in the manu ...
• Gold, Stock Market Up as Fiscal Cliff Can-Kick ...
  S&P 500 futures are up 24 points (1.7%) and gold is up $22 (1.3%) on news McConnell-Biden Said Close to Deal Except for Sequester The White House and congressional negotiators have agreed to contours of a deal to avert the fiscal cliff including tax cut extensions, with the remaining s ...
• Poison Pill and Gold Debate
  In Ho Hum - Fiscal Cliff Deal Stalls - Republicans Offer More and More Concessions; Poison Pill Nonsense I stated ... "The real poison pill is allowing Social Security and Medicare costs to escalate unabated. Does anyone in either party want to admit the truth? ... the best hope still remai ...
• Ho Hum - Fiscal Cliff Deal Stalls - Republican ...
  Republicans have offered more concessions including an agreement to hike taxes on those making as little as $400,000 (up from the $250,000 sought by Obama). They also backed down on a proposal to slow the growth of Social Security benefits. They may as well throw out the white flag at this ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

• Agenda Prevails Over Truth
  “The American left is the enabler of the police state, and the American right is its progenitor.” In the Western world truth no longer has any meaning. In its place stands agenda. Agenda is all important, because it is the way Washington achieves hegemony over the world and the American people. ...
• Our new BFP DVD “The Police State” ...
  Our second BFP DVD includes The EyeOpener Police State Series with James Corbett, plus 2 bonus BFP Reports – Blackballed: ‘How the FBI Bends FOIA’ and TSA: ‘Tyrants Sucker America,’ plus an exclusive interview with BFP’s Andrew Gavin Marshall and a Jamiol/BFP Political Cartoon Gallery. Ple ...
• Soothing the Beast: Saturday Night BFP-Jamiol ...
  Bob Dylan – “All Along The Watch Tower” For the last Soothing the Beast BFP/Jamiol music pick for 2012, we have Bob Dylan performing his All Along the Watchtower. The song first appeared on his 1967 album John Wesley Harding. Covered by many, the only other version of the song that’s close ...
• Our new BFP DVD “The Police State” ...
  Our second BFP DVD includes The EyeOpener Police State Series with James Corbett, plus 2 bonus BFP Reports – Blackballed: ‘How the FBI Bends FOIA’ and TSA: ‘Tyrants Sucker America,’ plus an exclusive interview with BFP’s Andrew Gavin Marshall and a Jamiol/BFP Political Cartoon Gallery. Ple ...
• Jamiol Presents

bloody crossroads

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

gCaptain

• USCG’s Top 10 Rescue Videos of 2012
  Here is a recap of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Top 10 Rescue Videos of 2012. Remember, the USCG needs help narrowing down the 10 videos to one lucky winner that will [...]
• Alert and Aiviq Regain Control of Arctic Drill ...
  As a fierce Gulf of Alaska storm intensifies, the drilling vessel Kulluk is back under tow this morning by the Aiviq and tug Alert. All three vessels are currently located [...]
• Belgian Warship BNS Louise Marie Intercepts Pi ...
  Less than two weeks after the frigate BNS Louise Marie apprehended five suspect pirates at sea off the Somali coast, the crew of the Belgian warship was tasked to intercept [...]
• Anthony Veder Orders Wärtsilä Dual Fuel Engine ...
  Wärtsilä announced today they have been contracted to supply the complete dual-fuel propulsion package for two 4700 CBM Liquefied Ethylene Gas (LEG)/Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) tankers being built for Netherlands-based gas [...]
• Myanmar Shipwreck Survivors Granted Asylum in ...
  Indonesia has taken in nine shipwreck survivors believed to be refugees from Myanmar, ending weeks of uncertainty for the men, who were refused permission to come ashore in Singapore. The [...]

Press TV

• UK ‘stupid’ immigration rules rapped
  A Russian-born Nobel prize-winning scientist has slammed the British government’s new immigration policies, describing them as “stupid”.
• Mai Mai want to join Congo peace talks
  The Mai Mai militia of eastern Congo says they should also be included in the peace talks between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government and the March 23 (M23) rebel movement.
• 'UK tax credit lost billions in fraud’
  British Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith says more than £10 billion of public money has been lost in fraud and error under the Labour’s tax credit system.
• UK Chancellor to miss spending target
  British Chancellor George Osborne is expected to miss the deficit-reduction targets laid down by the country’s previous Labour government in 2010.
• Deal on fiscal cliff within sight: Obama
  US President Barack Obama says that a deal to avoid the “fiscal cliff” ahead of the New Year deadline was “within sight” but “not yet done.”

SciDev.net

• Key interviews of 2012
  SciDev.Net looks back over the year's interviews, highlighting some of the most fascinating Q&A (question and answer) articles.
• Islamic states agree new plan for science
  Islamic states are aiming to improve their knowledge economies with a new science plan, but some have criticised its general approach.
• African scientists call for climate change evi ...
  Africa's science academies have issued a statement calling for evidence to fill large gaps in the continent’s climate-change evidence base.
• Top controversies of 2012
  SciDev.Net revisits some of the hottest controversies in science and development in 2012.
• Network to boost visibility of Latin America's ...
  An open-access science network plans to catalyse the foundation of research repositories and boost transnational science collaborations.

Congressional Budget Office Director's Blog

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

Naked Scientists - News

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

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