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Pensieve
- Fractal RealityWe 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 FortuneO fortuna! Velut luna, statu variabilis! Semper crecis et decrecis, vita detestabilis! (Carmina Burana) O fortune! Like the moon you are ever-changing: Always increasing and decreasing, making life detestable!(Rough translation) Whenever I’m feeling depressed, laughter is often the way out ...
- Where’s the switch?I’ve been somber for two days in a row, which isn’t very common in me anymore. It feels as if someone turned off the light. I suspect that in the chemicals of my brain, this is not too far from the truth. Lately I haven’t had to make an effort to feel well. I could [...] Relate ...
- Older and WiserI had feared my coworkers would forget my birthday this morning, since even one of my closest friends saw me this morning and apparently forgot. But they didn’t! This reminds me of past birthdays in Mexico, and shows me that the people at Kansas City Southern, Mexico are classier than any ...
Green Times
- Kangaroo cullLast 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 01/06/2012Environmental 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 AustraliaToday 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 31/05/2012Environmental 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
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Israel-The Only Democracy in the Middle East?
- Gaza Ceasefire: Giving Thanks to President ObamaThere is a ceasefire in Gaza. It remains to be seen if and when the promise to open Gaza to normal civilian movement, laconically stated in the ceasefire agreement, will be fulfilled. On Friday, less than 48 hours after its enactment, the first bad sign appeared. In at least two locations near t ...
- Let’s Stop Bibi Netanyahu’s Sicken ...Part of expatriate life is worrying for the health of elderly overseas parents. My father-in-law’s health is bad enough to worry about, even without this recent crap. My wife’s parents live in Moshav Shahar, Israel, some 15km from the Gaza Strip as the missile flies. Their home has n ...
- How NOT to Introduce New Green-Tech: The Cauti ...We have just ended four weeks during which Israeli business and politics were almost completely shut down due to a spate of Jewish holidays. There’s a known refrain in Hebrew: “After the Holidays”, meaning “Don’t worry, we’ll get back to you sometime in Octobe ...
- Netanyahu’s UN Speech also had REALLY-NO ...…but they were completely upstaged by his Wile E. Coyote climax. These parts are highly worth revisiting. Bibi’s brazen, out-and-out racism and lunatic brand of nationalist-supremacy, were expressed in no uncertain terms upon the United Nations stage. The man’s true colors wer ...
- Bibi’s Wile E. Coyote UN Speech: a Symbo ...Beyond everything else, it was a good laugh. Here he is, the Village Idiot that my countrymen and women back home cannot find a way to get rid of, standing on the United Nations podium with the smug self-importance only a Village Idiot can muster, and drawing a red line on Wile E. Coyote’s ...
Politics in the Zeros
- Schedule Tweets with Buffer and TweriodBuffer lets you schedule tweets according to a schedule that you set, allowing your tweets to appear at an optimal time. Tweets at night generally get much less attention than tweets in the morning. With Buffer, you can schedule tweets at night to appear the next morning. This is a snap with the ...
- Once is coincidence
- Climate Change? US and Canada talk a good gam ...In East Texas, members of the Tar Sands Blockade started their eleventh week of opposition to construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline with a new act of civil disobedience against the onrush of global warming, sealing themselves inside a mile-long segment of the pipeline itself.In Doha, Qatar, o ...
- Steve Earle – Thinking About Burning The Walma ...Sung at an event opposing a Walmart in Chinatown in LA.
- US gives $700+ million to foreign olive oil, h ...This is crazy. American olive oil producers are being forced to compete against subsidized olive oil from Morocco , with the subsidies coming from our very own State Department, who said the subsidies wouldn’t hurt US agriculture. Central Valley farmers in California deeply disagree and wa ...
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 ...
- New Yorker editor David Remnick to Yediot:  ...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 2012Chris 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 Spraying̶ ...
- 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 ...Gag…. The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive
The Air Vent
- Just a Little More FairWhat 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 2012Another deer season gone, I didn’t get any. This time I did see several doe and maybe a spike buck in the morning of the first day but it was too dark to tell. Camp is a special place and I have a few minutes so here are some of my favorite images and videos [...]
- Climategate Season!Gone hunting for invisible deer again. It is climategate season!! The week will probably end with nothing new (including deer-s) but the UK police managed to leak (publish) that nobody involved in Climategate could be prosecuted after three years. Hopefully, the boys/(manly girls) aren’t s ...
- Left BehindThe media complain that Blogs are too powerful for their own good, but when a story of serious consequence has negative political implications to the left, the media reactions are universal. Ignore it! This time they have gone too far. I wouldn’t vote for anyone involved in this situation ...
- Required ReadingFor those seriously interested in climate sensitivity, Paul K has a very interesting post up at Lucia’s. Pinatubo Climate Sensitivity and Two Dogs that didn’t bark in the night
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
- Facebook seeks to improve reference docs with ...Facebook’s reference documentation for developers will be automatically generated from the platform’s source code, the company announced Thursday. This change will help make the documentation more accurate since it doesn’t require Facebook to manually update the docs every time ...
- Facebook careers: performance solutions strate ...Facebook added 41 new positions to its careers page this week, including a number of openings on the engineering, strategy and marketing teams. Facebook also added listings for design jobs in New York after announcing earlier this week that it would expand … Continue reading →
- Facebook hires and departures: designer goes t ...Facebook designer Soleio Cuervo, who has been with the company since 2005 and helped designed the Like button and other key features, announced Thursday that he would be leaving the social network to work for Dropbox. He had been an advisor to … Continue reading →
- Facebook search takes users to specific sectio ...Facebook users can now search for app categories from Facebook’s main search bar and be led directly to those sections of App Center. Facebook representatives did not tell us when exactly the social network added app categories to search, but … Continue reading →
- Facebook shares stats about businesses using p ...Facebook today announced that more than 300,000 pages have promoted 2.5 million posts since Promoted Posts launched for businesses in June. More than one-quarter of those businesses have been new advertisers on Facebook. The stats, shared Facebook’s Director of Global … Continue reading &# ...
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- 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 CHANGINGRedress 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. ...
- 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
- Podcast Show #101: The Sadistic & Unlawful Tre ...The Boiling Frogs Show Presents Chase Madar Author and attorney Chase Madar joins us to discuss and evaluate the latest developments in the pretrial of Bradley Manning, including his sadistic and unlawful treatment by the government, the politics and legal maneuvers of the court system, and the ...
- 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 ...
- Banks Are “Where the Money Is” in ...“Big Lenders Face Few Hard Consequences for Violating Anti-Money Laundering Laws” By Bill Conroy Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase & Co., Wachovia (acquired by Wells Fargo in 2009), HSBC Holdings, ING Bank, Standard Chartered, American Express Bank International, and not a few others, have a common ...
- The Reality Principle -Episode 8“Africa: The Scramble Continues” with Abayomi Azikiwe This week, Eric examines the geopolitical situation in Africa. He analyzes the continued genocide and plunder of the Congo, assessing the situation there and dispelling some of the more insidious myths surrounding the issue. In addition ...
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- Lincoln: Reliving and Relieving the White Man& ...I am looking forward to see Lincoln, the recent film by Steven Spielberg. I want to see it for purely selfish reasons: I am a huge Daniel Day Lewis fan. He plays Uncle Abe and from what I see from the previews, his performance is spellbinding. Those who have followed along with me in this bloggi ...
- “Miseducation of Africans About Their Hi ...In order to put this article into its proper perspective, Chinweizu informs us thus: “It was miseducation which sought to withold from me the memory of our true African past and to substitute instead an ignorant shame for whatever travesties Europe chose to represent as African Past. It wa ...
- Obama and the JewsVery insightful and telling article from 2008 on then Presidential candidate Obama and the dynamics of his long standing relationship with pro-Israeli Jews. Click on image below for article.
Expose the BNP
- Expose the BNP: activists’ meetingOver 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 lifeA 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 defeatThe 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 GriffinOn 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 pennilessOn 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 boonA 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 sauceWhat 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 energyIn 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 malariaMosquitoes 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 taleCelebrating 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
- Champaign, Caviar, and Austerity BudgetsWill the financial cliff provide Republicans with a "Please don't throw me in the briar patch" style payoff?
- A Sign That Obama Will Repeat Economic MistakesReports in the business press tout a prime participant in the great banking hustle as a possible candidate to be the next Treasury secretary.
- Apple ReduxApple is going to move production of computer line to the United States.
- From Mexican Drug War President to Harvard Fellow?Harvard elite rewarding Harvard "elite"?
- The Fiscal Cliff: Three OpportunitiesWhen I was a child, it was common in large cities to see men carrying hand-written signs that proclaimed, "The end of the world is coming." These days most doomsayers have blogs, but quite a few are Washington pundits who prophesy, "The fiscal cliff is coming." It's clear that "taxmageddon" i ...
Switchboard
- Global Warming, Winter Sports and Jobs Headed ...Theo Spencer, Senior Advocate, Climate Center, New York You like to do fun stuff outdoors in the Winter, right? So do I, and we’re not alone. More than 23 million people participated in winter sporting activities in 2009/2010. Clearly t ...
- Wake up and smell the (carbon neutral) coffee ...Carolina Herrera, Latin America Advocate, Washington DC While climate negotiations drag on from year to year, some countries in Latin America are not waiting to start cutting their greenhouse gas emissions. Two countries setting a positive exa ...
- Many more fracking tragedies for farmers and r ...Amy Mall, Senior Policy Analyst, Washington, D.C. Recently I blogged about the Schilke ranch in the Bakken shale, which has 32 oil wells within three miles of it. The Schilkes have sick cattle and pets, and the Schilkes themselves rep ...
- H.R. 6564 - The House Republican Bill to Destr ...Jennifer Sass, Senior Scientist, Washington, D.C. Two letters, one signed by 8 national environmental organizations, and the other from 13 prominent scientists, were sent to Congress today to oppose a House Science Committee bill drafted by several ...
- See No Evil: the FDA's Failure to Respond to K ...Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City You know that bunch of bananas you picked up at the supermarket last week? They are equal to about half the entire number of bananas the Food and Drug Administration tests for potentially dangero ...
Lawyers,Guns,& Money
- Shorter Eric Cantor: “The Rights of Whit ...Leave it to a congressman from the ex-Confederacy, where the white rape of black women has a long and sordid history, to hold up the Violence Against Women Act in order to protect white men from prosecution by tribal courts if they rape a Native American woman. Yes that’s right. Eric Canto ...
- Let It GoThe Obama Administration needs to let Colorado and Washington have their legal marijuana. Just let it go. The Obama Administration has pretty much let the DEA do what it wants around marijuana, largely I think because Obama just doesn’t care and doesn’t want to waste a single minute ...
- Worst Lickspittle of Tax-Subsidized Plutocrats ...Gary Bettman. I would just like to note that making a 5-year maximum contract the “hill you want to die on” is completely irrational even on its own terms. I suppose on one level that very long-term contracts allow you to “subvert” the salary cap (only because of the maxi ...
- HuffPo Live: SyriaEarlier this evening I was on HuffPo Live, talking Syria:
- Western LynchingsThis is a fascinating piece on Ken Gonzales-Day, the artist and author who explores the history of lynching in the American West. We usually think of lynching as something that had to black people in the South. But it was far more pervasive, especially in the American West, where non-whites of a ...
Desert Research Institute
- Geochemistry and Microbiology of the Extreme A ...This week a pioneering study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) and co-authored by Dr. Alison Murray and Dr. Christian Fritsen of Nevada’s Desert Research Institute (DRI) reveals, for the first time, a viable community of bacteria that survives and ekes out a ...
- Tom Malamakal, Nov. 2012 Featured DRI Graduate ...Meet Tom Malamakal, a second year student of the Atmospheric Sciences graduate program, whose focus has been on monitoring the influence of wildfires and prescribed burns in and around the Lake Tahoe basin.
- DRI Announces 2013 DRI Nevada Medalist Dr. Nin ...DRI will proudly present Dr. Nina Fedoroff, a leading geneticist and molecular biologist who is a pioneering researcher in the field of plant genetics, with the 2013 DRI Nevada Medal during a special event scheduled for early next spring in Reno and Las Vegas.
- Nicholas Beres, Oct. 2012 Featured DRI Graduat ...Meet Nicholas Beres, a second year student of the Atmospheric Sciences graduate program, working in the Laboratory for Aerosol Science, Spectroscopy, and Optics (LASSO) at DRI.
- 2012 Tahoe Summit ReportThe Desert Research Institute and the University of Nevada, Reno have worked together for decades to provide comprehensive studies that have led to a better understanding of threats to Lake Tahoe’s air and water quality and the health of the forest.
Earth Techling
- Solar In A Day With Plug-And-Play Gets SunShot Aid
- Nanotechnology Produces Shape-Shifting Fluores ...
- Electric Cars And What You Should Know About W ...
- Green Start Ups Seek Funding From The Crowd
- American Cable Boxes To Get More Efficient Ove ...
National Law Journal | U.S.
- Drilling for BusinessIn this special report, we examine the potential impact of new energy law legislation for law firms, as well as legal issues related to safeguarding the pipeline infrastructure, and applying new corporate compliance regulations to the energy industry.
- THE CONNECTED LAWYER: Advice from some venture ...Lawyers may not like to admit it, but they are out there selling, just like the entrepreneur with a business plan and a dream.
- THE PRACTICE: How to respond to subjectivity i ...It is now incumbent on judges and litigators to help open jurors' eyes to relevant human factors.
- OPINION: Making Obamacare workThe president must use executive authority to fill gaps on the role of multiemployer plans in the Affordable Care Act.
- OPINION: The past is never deadShould the SEC be able to bring suit for as long as it failed to 'discover' alleged misconduct, no matter how ancient?
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 AppSince 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.comI 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
- US Improves Pharmaceutical Safety Around The GlobeAccording to Mr. Hormats, until the early-20th century, medicines were neither safe nor effective.
- Walmart CEO Receives Unique Brithday Gift From ...Mercy For Animals Hopes Adopted Pig Will Inspire Walmart Chief Executive to Spare Millions More from Egregious Cruelty at Company Pork Suppliers
- Why Women Are Not Flocking to TamoxifenStudies that looked as solid as this week's tamoxifen study assured women that lifelong HRT would prevent heart disease, dementia and other blights -when it turned out to be just the opposite.
- Typhoon Bopha Kills Hundreds in the PhilippinesReports say Typhoon Bopha or locally called 'Pablo' smashed into the Philippines on Tuesday uprooting trees and power lines. Strong winds blew off roofs of some buildings and houses.
- Sikh Genocide Petition Qualifies For Obama Adm ...A petition with more than 25,000 signatures demanding recognition of November 1984 Sikh Genocide will go before Obama administration on December 15.
environment 360
- Populations of Large, Old Trees Are Dying Off ...Populations of large, old trees, which provide critical ecosystem services, are declining across the planet and could eventually disappear altogether in some regions, according to a report by three leading ecologists. Writing in the journal Science, the scientists say the loss of large trees is ...
- Should Environmentalists Just Say No to Eating ...Conservation organizations are working with industry to try to make beef production more sustainable. But some are questioning whether green groups should be accepting funds from the beef industry or whether they should instead be urging consumers to stop eating beef. BY MARC GUNTHER
- Should Environmentalists Just Say No to Eating ...Conservation organizations are working with industry to try to make beef production more sustainable. But some are questioning whether green groups should be accepting funds from the beef industry or whether they should instead be urging consumers to stop eating meat. BY MARC GUNTHER
- Google Images Document Devastation of 2011 Tsu ...As part of an ongoing project to digitally archive the aftermath of the 2011 tsunami in northeastern Japan, Google has published several new panoramic images that provide a sobering glimpse of the widespread Google Street View of tsunami damage devastation in communities across the regi ...
- Africa’s Lion Populations Plummet as Habitat D ...More than two-thirds of Africa’s lions have disappeared over the last 50 years as the continent’s once-vast savannah regions have been lost to human Getty Images A lion in South Africa development, a new study has found. Using high-resolution satellite images from Google Earth and ...
Red Ice Creations
- James Cameron expedition finds weird deep-sea lifeThe deepest place on the planet may also hold the clues to the origin of life on Earth. The discovery of microbial mats — bizarre-looking, filamentlike clumps of microorganisms — living off chemicals from altered rocks 35,803 feet beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean comes from samples and v ...
- Mayans Used Clay Balls for CookingExcavation of a Mayan kitchen in Mexico has yielded numerous fired clay balls that contain microscopic food residue, such as maize, beans, and root vegetables. Seventy-seven balls about 1 to 2 inches in diameter, and hundreds of fragments were discovered at Escalera al Cielo in Yucatán. They are ...
- Researchers Try to Improve Math Skills With El ...New neuroscience research is not only adding to our understanding of math and number processing in the brain, it’s also suggesting a way to improve learning in the math-deficient. A small new study published in Current Biology involved electrical stimulation of the parietal lobe, a part of the b ...
- The Promise of Heaven - Just Pie in the SkyThere are interesting, even provocative origins to the phrase ’pie in the sky’, an expression which many people still use today. Next time you hear it, you’ll know the strange tale behind it. From Phrases.org.uk: "pie in the sky" Meaning - A promise of heaven, while continuing to suffer in this ...
- Group settings can diminish expressions of int ...In the classic film 12 Angry Men, Henry Fonda’s character sways a jury with his quiet, persistent intelligence. But would he have succeeded if he had allowed himself to fall sway to the social dynamics of that jury? Research led by scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute foun ...
Russia Today
- Morsi supporters, opponents clash near his res ...Clashes flared between supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi outside his house in the town of al-Zagazig, northeast of the capital, Al-Arabiya reported. The violence comes as a huge rally in Cairo... Read Full Article at RT.com
- 'No confirmed reports' Syrian govt preparing t ...UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said there are no confirmed reports that Damascus is preparing to use chemical weapons in the ongoing Syrian conflict. The statement comes amid speculation that loyalist forces are loading... Read Full Article at RT.com
- ISAF attacked Afghan hospitals, violating 'all ...A Swedish NGO has charged the Western occupying coalition in Afghanistan with possible violations of international law for its repeated assaults on medical facilities. Read Full Article at RT.com
- Dead On Arrival: No consensus at climate summi ...The 18th Climate Change Summit in Doha is drawing to an end after once again failing to find common consensus on what it calls a major threat to human existence. Failure seemed inevitable after climate skeptic Lord... Read Full Article at RT.com
- Syrian rebels declare Damascus airport now mil ...Syrian rebels have declared Damascus International Airport to be a military target, warning airlines and civilians to avoid the area. Clashes around the airport have intensified recently, disrupting work at the hub. Read Full Article at RT.com
Not My Tribe
- Humanitarian Left imperialism dissected wellNow a great commentary dedicated to dissecting the war mongers of the fallen to the Right… ‘Left’. Article titled- Why Humanitarian Interventionism is a Dead End- Beware the Anti-Anti-War Left
- Together we all can beat the capitalist snakes ...
- The discussion about Fracking and the oily tru ...Fracking has become a big topic of discussion and controversy right this moment, as giant corporations work with whore-like politicians right here in Colorado, to ensure that OIL OIL OIL production will continue nonstop to produce all those consumer items that make some Fat Cats super rich off t ...
- Obama pulls out Dubya’s lying routine of ...It is amazing how much Obama and the Democrats use straight from the Republican Party playbook! This time they are using the ol’ WOMD routine to whip up American war fever once again. If they want to ‘destroy’ WOMD, then they should start in Pueblo, Colorado first. And then com ...
- The Colombian government and its US ally ̵ ...Revolutionary armed forces in Colombia have made Peace with the Colombian government many times, and each time they abandoned armed struggle they were subsequently slaughtered. Now, once again, the biggest of the Left armed groups, the FARC, is trying to negotiate Peace with the Colombian govern ...
Debunking the Debunkers
- Already Signed the AE911Truth 9/11 Family Peti ...Already signed this petition? http://www.change.org/petitions/president-obama-9-11-families-ask-you-to-watch-9-11-explosive-evidence-experts-speak-out-2 Now try sending this text from the petition as a letter to the White house as well. I've added a few, what I conside ...
- Taylor Contra PowerScience blogger Myles Power has recently uploaded a series of videos to YouTube documenting his interaction with several members of the 9/11 Truth Movement at Ground Zero for the 11-year anniversary.[1] He claims in these videos that he “debunks” several points made by the Movement. Here I will ...
- Chemical Engineer Mark Basile to Conduct New N ...9/11: EXPLOSIVE TESTIMONY EXCLUSIVE - AE911Truth.org - Mark Basile Chemical Engineer For information on the the first peer-reviewed paper of the WTC dust, which claims that active thermitic material was found in it, and the recent attempt that claimed it could not replicate the results of th ...
- A 2009 Paper Claims to Have Found Explosive Ma ...By John-Michael Talboo and Siggi Super. Ever more people are realizing that the official account of the 9/11 attacks in 2001 is a cover-up, and that we need a proper independent investigation. One aspect of that investigation will have to deal with the explosive destruction of the Twin Towers ...
- Two Remixes Further Confirming My Thoughts Tha ...Lowkey - Obama Nation Part 3 (Ft. Malcolm X, 2pac, Lupe Fiasco, M1 & Black the Ripper) 2Pac feat. Lupe Fiasco & Lowkey - Terrorist (DJ Nabz Remix) Related: Would 2Pac Have Been a 9/11 Truther?
Fooducate
- Campbell’s New GO Soup: A Nutritious Solution ...
- Here’s How a Little Snack becomes a Calorie Bomb
- Dear Betty Crocker – Why are You Baking with A ...
- What’s Azodicarbonamide? What’s it doing in yo ...
- A Guide to Edible Seeds
Traffikd
- How to Do It Yourself: DIY SEO CampaignPeople 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 StepTwitter 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 BusinessWhen 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 KeywordsEvery 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 YouSo 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
- Thousands join rally of defiance as Vedanta mi ...Thousands marched to voice their continued opposition to plans to mine the Niyamgiri Hills.© Bikash Khemka/SurvivalA rally of defiance was held at the foothills of India’s Niyamgiri Hills on Thursday, by thousands of tribal men and women, including the Dongria Kondh, who turned out to voice thei ...
- Naked truth of Earth’s most threatened tribe l ...Stickers with the demand ‘Brazil: Save the Awá’, will be used during Survival's worldwide protest.© SurvivalSurvival will hold a worldwide demonstration on December 10 to urge Brazil, on Human Rights Day, to save Earth’s most threatened tribe. A woman in Brazilian carnival costume will lea ...
- Christmas crisis for Canada’s iconic reindeer herdTribes all around the world, such as Russia’s Nenets, depend on reindeer for their survival. © Steve MorganA reindeer herd which was once the largest in the world has shrunk to a fraction of its former size, official surveys have revealed. Canada’s George River Herd once numbered 8-900,000, but ...
- Russian indigenous peoples’ organization order ...A Khanty man in Siberia© Jon SpaullAn organization representing indigenous peoples in Russia has been ordered to close, in the country’s latest crackdown on NGOs. The Ministry of Justice said it was suspending RAIPON (Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North) for six months b ...
- Brazilian Indians' water 'poisoned' in bitter ...Guarani Indians of Ypo’i community in Brazil.© MPFA community of Brazilian Indians say their main source of water has been poisoned by one of the state’s most controversial ranches. The Guarani from Ypo’i community in Mato Grosso do Sul state used a mobile phone to film the contamination, which ...
Greg Palast
- Sandy De-Filed Us! Please Donate to our Hurri ...A personal note from Greg Palast Damn that Sandy! She flooded our New York office. I am asking those of you who can, to make a tax-deductible donation and download my New York Times bestselling book Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal and Election in 9 Easy Steps or simply make a con ...
- Greg Palast at Los Angeles GreenFestival This ...Greg Palast will be the featured speaker at this Sunday's GreenFestival in Los Angeles. The presentation will be: Billionaires & Ballot Bandits A post-Election Analysis When and Where: Sunday, November 18, 2012 3 PM Main Stage Los Angeles Convention Center SOUTH KENTIA HALL 1201 South Figue ...
- Democracy Now: Ohio – Wrong Ballots for Black ...A special report by Greg Palast for Democracy Now! Watch the Report [Dayton, Ohio. Tuesday November 6, 2012] Several thousand African-American voters in Dayton, Ohio, may find their ballots left uncounted, and they, and America, won’t know it––even if the lost votes change the presidency. First, ...
- 7 Ways to Beat the Ballot Bandits Lee Camp's ...Lee Camp's riffs on Greg Palast's bestelling book Billionaires & Ballot Bandits. Get a copy here. 1. Don't go Postal 2. Vote Unconditionally - NOT Provisionally 3. Register, Register - Then Register again 4. Make the Democracy Demand - No Vote Left Behind 5. Vote Early - Before the Ba ...
- Starting Today: No Charge for my Bestselling B ...Palast Fund to give away FREE copies of Bestseller Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps A personal note from Greg Palast Call me crazy. The Palast Investigative Fund is dead broke and our office in New York is under water. No kidding. But America is drown ...
How Can I Recycle This ?
- How can I reuse or recycle a wooden shoe rack?There was a neighbourhood “give and take” event near me at the weekend – people took along their unwanted items and took home anything other people had donated that took their fancy — all for free. It was mostly small things – crockery, household knick-knacks and bo ...
- How can I reuse or recycle old glass blocks/gl ...We’ve had an email from Whitney, asking about reuse/recycling ideas for glass blocks (or glass bricks, as they’re also known): We just bought a house and making a lot of renovations. We removed some glass blocks from an old bathroom window and I want to reuse them for something. I lo ...
- How can I “reuse” fresh eggs that ...(Hi! Sorry to regular readers for the stupidly long break in posting – I’ve been reading all the comments as usual as they come in, just not posting any new content myself due to a combination of busy-ness, illness and laziness. I’m hoping to get back to regular scheduled blogg ...
- How can I reuse or recycle toilet seats?Apologies for the break in blogging – I’ve been super busy with other things over the last month. And in my absence, Recycle This had its sixth birthday! Happy Birthday website! :D Anyway, moving on: we’ve had an email from Stephanie about toilet seats: I just came into about 2 ...
- How can I reuse or recycle empty bottled gas/p ...Lyndon has emailed to ask about reusing – or recycling – propane gas canisters (the ones for heating, barbecues or patio heaters etc): Trying to tidy up the yard at work, what can I do with some old gas bottles? If there is a company name on the bottles (like Calor Gas, Flo Gas or [...]
Age of Autism
- David Kirby on Congressional Autism HearingBy David Kirby - from Huffington Post 12/6 You probably didn't know it, but Congress recently held a major hearing on the government's response to autism, grilling two key federal officials on everything from prevalence studies to services for adults...
- Juggling the Astronaut: Failure to LaunchManaging Editor's Note: We ran a post by Wendy called Juggling The Astronaut, Autism into Adulthood last summer. Below is her follow up. Unfortunately, there was no lift off - but we keep reaching for the stars for our children,...
- Dachel Media Update: Disability Rights, Autism ...Dec 5, 2012, ABC News: Which Congressman Is Blocking Bill That Would Protect Kids with Autism? Dec 5, 2012, Boston Globe: Boston Children's Hospital researchers take step toward blood test for autism Dec 5. 2012 Bangor Daily News: Parents alarmed...
- Brian Hooker's Testimony From Congressional Au ...By Anne Dachel Brian Hooker is the father of a son with autism and he holds a PhD in Biochemical Engineering, in addition to being a dedicated member of the autism community. He also played a role in how the...
- Call in 12/6 Advisory Commission on Childhood ...The ACCV advises and makes recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on issues relating to the operation of the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP). There are nine voting members who provide oversight of the VICP and...
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 BDSDocuments 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
- This Revolution Is PersonalThis will not be a fight calling for bloodshed and ruin, but for life. For independence from tyranny. For self-sufficiency and hope.
- Rebooting the System InfographicWhen I say reboot the system, this is what I mean...
- If a goat won’t eat it, why should I?Fiona was raised on a porch and hand fed for a good portion of her life. She eats everything out of my hand. Except those carrots...
- ‘Yes on Prop 37′ was classic “controlled oppos ...Monsanto doesn’t want a ban on GMO crops. No. And they certainly don’t want a strong movement in America to insist on a ban. Solution? Promote the idea of agricultural coexistence, just as AGree is doing. Divert anti-GMO forces into campaigns for labeling. Let those folks spend all their time, m ...
- Is ‘Just Label It’ Controlled Opposition?Nobody is waiting in the wings to save us. The calvary isn’t coming. The calvary is here. If you’re still looking for your hero, check the mirror.
Open Your Eyes News
- Fresh protests in Japan-China island rowAljazeera – Hundreds have gathered in the Japanese capital to protest China’s claims over a string of islands in the South China Sea. According to organisers, over a thousand people attended Saturday’s march in protest against Chinese claims over the disputed islands, called Se ...
- Washington State Makes It Harder to Opt Out of ...NY Times – Washington State is home to Bill and Melinda Gates, champions of childhood vaccines across the globe. Its university boasts cutting-edge vaccine research. But when it comes to getting children immunized, until recently, the state was dead last. “You think we’re a cut above the r ...
- Deaths reported in Pakistan drone attackAl Jazeera – At least three people have been killed in a suspected US drone attack in Pakistan’s northwestern region along the Afghan border, according to a Pakistani security official. The target of Saturday’s attack was a vehicle in Dattakhel area in North Waziristan, one of seven ...
- Ivory Coast closes Ghana border after deadly a ...BBC – Ivory Coast has closed its border with Ghana after several people were killed in an attack on an army checkpoint. Ivorian Defence Minister Paul Koffi Koffi said “armed elements from Ghana” carried out the attack in the border town of Noe. At least five attackers died and ...
- Open Your Eyes News recommends – The Tra ...A truly scary 3 part documentary by those radicals at the BBC about the psychology of the modern world. (Each episode is in 6 segments on YouTube.) For over 30 other documentaries that will challenge your views on the world visit our Films & Documentaries archive
L.A. Times - Greenspace
- Energy development on public lands generated $ ...Energy development on public lands and waters pumped more than $12 billion into federal coffers in 2012, $1 billion more than the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of the Interior.
- How to cut American oil use in half in 20 yearsThe Union of Concerned Scientists has figured out how Americans can cut their oil consumption in half within 20 years.
- Arctic breaks records for loss of snow and iceA fast-changing Arctic broke records for loss of sea ice and spring snow cover this year, as well as summertime melt of the Greenland ice sheet, federal scientists reported Wednesday.
- Invasive cheatgrass fuels bigger, more frequen ...When a team of academic researchers blended wildfire data with satellite images from the Great Basin, they confirmed what public land managers and ranchers have seen on the ground for years: cheatgrass, an invasive grass accidentally introduced by settlers more than a century ago, is fueling big ...
- Life expectancy rises as fine particle air pol ...A new study links even small reductions in fine particle air pollution to increased life expectancy.
water.org
- Hope for the futureMr. and Mrs. Nagalakshmi live in the Villupuram District of Tamil Nadu, India with their three children, two sons and a daughter. In her lifetime, Mrs. Nagalakshmi's main ambition was to see all of her children attend school and graduate from college.
- Conference Call: DecemberJoin our live conference call on December 19, 2012 to hear about the past year and what's to come.
- Celebrate World Toilet DayNo invention has saved more lives than a toilet. More than 80% of sewage in developing countries is discharged untreated, polluting rivers, lakes and coastal areas. All because there is no infrastructure - a toilet, or city utilities - to flush away yesterday's meal. But that's not all. Toilets ...
- East African Water ForumWater.org and The MasterCard Foundation convene the East African WaterCredit Forum to accelerate access to microloans designed to reach over 180,000 with safe water and sanitation in Kenya and Uganda by 2015.
- Regaining Trust In HaitiThe Logalit water and sanitation committee is tenacious, resilient and serves as a model to others. Like citizens of most countries, households in Logalit pay for water. Several months ago, the number of households that were paying to get water in Logalit started to decline.
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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
- Energy’s Presence, Not Price, Changes LivesThe 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
- Chinese oversupply sees cost of solar panels d ...Right now we’re seeing a glut of solar panels in the market largely due to an increase in Chinese manufacturers being able to produce panels a lot faster and cheaper than their more established European counterparts thanks to a flo ...
- Chinese oversupply sees cost of solar panels d ...Right now we’re seeing a glut of solar panels in the market largely due to an increase in Chinese manufacturers being able to produce panels a lot faster and cheaper than their more established European counterparts thanks to a flood of ...
News Blaze
- US Improves Pharmaceutical Safety Around The GlobeAccording to Mr. Hormats, until the early-20th century, medicines were neither safe nor effective.
- Walmart CEO Receives Unique Brithday Gift From ...Mercy For Animals Hopes Adopted Pig Will Inspire Walmart Chief Executive to Spare Millions More from Egregious Cruelty at Company Pork Suppliers
- Why Women Are Not Flocking to TamoxifenStudies that looked as solid as this week's tamoxifen study assured women that lifelong HRT would prevent heart disease, dementia and other blights -when it turned out to be just the opposite.
- Typhoon Bopha Kills Hundreds in the PhilippinesReports say Typhoon Bopha or locally called 'Pablo' smashed into the Philippines on Tuesday uprooting trees and power lines. Strong winds blew off roofs of some buildings and houses.
- Sikh Genocide Petition Qualifies For Obama Adm ...A petition with more than 25,000 signatures demanding recognition of November 1984 Sikh Genocide will go before Obama administration on December 15.
Worldnews
- Sonia Gandhi says there's been no progres ...Tweet Surat, Dec.7 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday accused Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and his BJP-led government of failing to meet the aspirations of the people of the state. While Modi had earlier described the Congress Party as a burden on India and its people, ...
- Airbus sold 186 aircraft in NovemberPARIS (Reuters) - Airbus confirmed on Friday it had sold 186 aircraft in November, putting it on the verge of meeting its goal for the full year but failing to close a gap with rival Boeing . Between January and November, Airbus sold 646 aircraft, or a net total of...
- Messi better than Ronaldo but Neymar will ...The Selecao legend is certain that the Argentine magician is currently the world's finest player, but believes his countryman will one day reach an even higher level By Chris Kvesa More...
- Samsung Galaxy S III to get Galaxy Note I ...Galaxy S III owners, are you ready for new smartphone features? Samsung (005930) announced on its Samsung Tomorrow blog that the Galaxy S III will be getting a special “Premium Suite”...
- Gazprom starts building Europe-bound pipe ...ANAPA, Russia - Russian gas company Gazprom has formally started construction of a major pipeline that will deliver Russian gas to a large part of Europe. The South Stream pipeline will connect Russia's Black Sea coast with the Balkans, Austria and Italy, carrying up to 63 billion cubic mete ...
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
- Fighting Colon CancerSource: HealthDay - Related MedlinePlus Pages: Colorectal Cancer, Health Screening
- Data teleportation: The quantum space raceFierce rivals have joined forces in the race to teleport information to and from space.
- Anti-depressants 'help in stroke'Anti-depressants may help people recover from a stroke, according to research presented at the UK Stroke Forum. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
- NOBEL 2012 Economics: Stable allocations and m ...As the recipients of the 2012 science Nobel prizes gather in Stockholm to celebrate and be celebrated, News & Views shares some expert opinions on the achievements honoured.
- ScienceShot: Older Vega Mature Enough to Nurtu ...The star of Contact is old enough to support primitive life
Common Dreams
- US Positions Navy Warships Off North Korea in ...The US is moving four Navy ships off the coast of North Korea after reports that the North Korean government will launch a ballistic missile sometime between December 10 and 22. The US is also warning North Korea to cancel the launch—the country's second this year following a failed la ...
- Climate Justice Advocates Slam Doha's Emerging ...With terms like "sluggish" "tough-going" and "extremely sour" used to describe the tone and progress of the UN climate talks in Doha on Friday, the hope for an agreement that could actually meet the ever-escalating challenges of global warming caused by human pollut ...
- Iran Nuclear Accord 'Unlikely' Without Easing ...WASHINGTON - Iran is unlikely to agree to curb its nuclear program unless the U.S. and its Western allies are prepared to ease tough economic sanctions imposed against the Islamic Republic over the past decade, according to a major new report signed by more than three dozen former top U.S. forei ...
- Climate Skeptic Sen. Inhofe Makes Surprise App ...As the COP18 climate conference winds down and the world waits for international negotiators to reach agreement, Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) made a surprising appearance via satellite to contribute his long-refuted climate skepticism to the talks. ...
- Protests Erupt at Michigan Capitol After Right ...Michigan's Republican-dominated legislature on Thursday passed conservative, anti-worker, anti-women measures--controversial right-to-work legislation and a conscience clause that allows health care providers to deny services--sparking outrage and protests from Democrats and union members an ...
The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos
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Energy Collective
- How A Progressive Carbon Tax Will Fight Climat ...
- Uncertainty Over Production Tax Credit Means B ...Renewable energy generation grabbed a 46% share of new capacity in the first 10 months of the year, easily outpacing natural gas, coal, nuclear and oil.That’s according to the latest Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Energy Infrastructure update, which covers the January-October time frame. T ...
- IEA Expects Global Energy Focus to Shift Eastward
- Energy Leveraging: An Explanation for China’s ...If an employer wants to maximize profits, it will want to leverage its use of high-priced energy sources. From an employer’s point of view, there are basically three kinds of energy, from most to least expensive:
- How CHP Stepped Up When the Power Went Out Dur ...As noted in recent blog posts by Forbes contributor William Pentland and the New York Times’ Andrew Revkin, it’s instructive to look at where the lights stayed on during Hurricane Sandy to understand what makes certain places more resilient than othe
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 glaciersTwo 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 hikePresident 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 ...HASH(0xa1dc540)
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Peoples Voice
- Middle East on the Boilby Stephen Lendman Call it the curse of oil and gas. Countries with large and smaller reserves are affected. So are some with few or perhaps none. Living in a targeted neighborhood is challenging. Independent governments are most vulnerable. Reports suggest the worst ahead. Iran remains ...
- Netanyahu's Israelby Stephen Lendman He's made Israel more unfit to live in than any of his predecessors. Palestinians have no rights whatever. Israeli Arabs have few. Most Jews are losing theirs incrementally. Neoliberal harshness plans destroying Israel's safety net entirely. Budget cuts target housing, hea ...
- No consequences (again) for Israel’s hat ...Stuart Littlewood Civil society calls for trade sanctions but Hague says EU has ‘no enthusiasm’ Earlier this week, in a sham show of ‘get tough’ diplomacy, UK foreign minister Alistair Burt announced that the Israeli ambassador had been formally summoned to the Foreign ...
- Iran: Washington’s hardest case or troub ...By Ismail Salami US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has recently described Iran as the hardest issue she has been dealing with as secretary of state. In 30-minute keynote address at the annual US-Israeli forum, Clinton clearly enunciated that she has failed to find a solution to Iran issue ...
- Israel’s Doomsday E-1 SettlementBy Nicola Nasser Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has definitely crossed an international red line to vindicate a swift and firm rejection from Israel’s closest allies when he announced plans recently to build a new settlement on a corridor of occupied Palestinian land in East Je ...
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
- Taxes: British Columbians are ready to talkPopular 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 ...
- CETA and the implications for health careThe CCPA’s Scott Sinclair and Teresa Healy from the Canadian Labour Congress recently presented on the implications of the proposed Canada - European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) for healthcare in Canada. The webinar was hosted by the Canadian Fede ...
- Impaired Judgement: The Economic and Social Co ...In Alberta and British Columbia, liquor retail privatization has meant higher liquor prices but lower government revenue. Moreover, the increased availability of alcohol brought on by privatization and its lax regulation contravene recognized methods for protecting public health. In light of Pre ...
- CETA and Nova Scotia: Who Pays for 'Free' Trade?As the federal government continues to move forward with the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (“CETA”) our research finds that the benefits are being oversold while the costs and consequences are being minimized and even ignored. CETA could result in between 510 and 2587 net job loss ...
World Wide Hippies
- Naked truth of Earth’s most threatened tribeFrom survivalinternational - Survival will hold a worldwide demonstration on December 10 to urge Brazil, on Human Rights Day, to save Earth’s most threatened tribe. A woman in Brazilian carnival costume will lead the protests by standing outside London’s Brazilian Embassy, carrying a clear messa ...
- Victory as Ecological Internet Applauds Greenp ...CJE – After years of greenwashing Canada and the world’s “certified” old-growth forest logging as sustainable, and cutting inside deals with industrial loggers, Greenpeace’s rejection of their own logging deal in Canada shows they may be poised to start working to p ...
- Thanks, Guys: Five Ways Men Are Fighting SexismBy Hugo Schwyzer,jezebel.com/ - These may not be the best of times for women on the Internet, as recent episodes of ugly misogynistic trolling make all too clear. On the other hand the end of 2012 is bringing Good News about Good Guys with a renaissance of passionate anti-sexist male activism, o ...
- Amid Protests, Michigan Leaders Press for Quic ...By Melissa Maynard,Stateline - Michigan is poised to become the 24th “right-to-work” state after a day of protests and fast action in Lansing Thursday (December 6). The House and Senate passed versions of the legislation, which would make it illegal to require workers to pay union fees as a cond ...
- CJE Friday News BriefsU.S. troops mass on Turkey’s Syrian border WS – This is a HUGE story. But you will have to be really diligent to follow it. Until… DAMASCUS, Syria, Dec. 7 (UPI) — Some 400 U.S. and Dutch NATO troops were massed on Turkey’s Syrian border Friday amid fears besieged Pr ...
FourWinds10
- ~WHAT THE FRACK?
- RUSSIA ISSUES APOCALYPTIC WARNING FOR OUS GULF ...
- 'Its the worst weve ever seen': Hauls of shrim ...Oct. 18, 2012 Title: About 565,000 pounds of oiled material from Deepwater Horizon stirred up by Hurricane Isaac Source: Times-Picayune Author: Jeff Adelson Date: October 17, 2012 [...] While the uncovered tar has been a problem for the island’s tourism industry, the spill and the remainin ...
- Feds: Oil in Gulf leaking from BPs containment ...Oct. 18, 2012 >> Updated Here: Oil Spill Expert: I remain skeptical they found source of BP crude in Gulf << Title: ROVs investigate possible sheen source Source: US Government Date: October 18, 2012 Remote operated vehicles deployed from the offshore construction vessel Skandi ...
- Sewage Flows After Storm Expose Flaws in SystemNov. 29, 2012 Uli Seit for The New York Times Workers this week replacing pumps at the Bay Park sewage-treatment plant in East Rockaway, N.Y., on Long Island, that were damaged by Hurricane Sandy. More Photos » EAST ROCKAWAY, N.
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 NeutrinosOr: 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 2009No one knows for sure the real earnings of American corporations. In Q1 2009, according to the Federal Reserve flow of funds table F.102, after-tax profits of US non-financial, non-farm corporations, on an annual basis, were about $589.9 billion. However, about 50% of these after-tax earnings ...
R-Squared Energy Blog
- Hofmeister: Treat Climate Change as a Waste Ma ...John Hofmeister outlines his ideas for what would constitute a sound plan of attack on climate change.
- President Obama Has Little Impact on Oil and G ...Following President Obama's reelection, a number of fossil fuel stocks sold off based on the belief that Obama's policies would prove harmful to the fossil fuel industry. But will the President manage to push through tough new regulations that raise the cost of production for fossil fuel companies?
- What Happens After the Long Recession?In this week’s episode of R-Squared Energy TV, I answer a question from a reader about what happens as The Long Recession plays out. Readers who have specific questions can send them to ask [at] consumerenergyreport [dot] com or leave the question after this post (at the original source). ...
- Hofmeister: Surging Demand and Flat Production ...John Hofmeister, former President of Shell Oil and currently the head of Citizens for Affordable Energy, discusses the events responsible for the explosion in the price of oil over the past decade.
- Guest Post: US Energy Independence Can Be CreatedFirst thing, on this day after the U.S. presidential elections I would like to congratulate President Obama on his reelection. My top prediction for 2012 – made nearly a year ago and reiterated many times since — was that Obama would easily win reelection, primarily because all of th ...
Discovery Educator Network
- undergrad-tech.jpg (800×3017)Comments:Infographic illustrating the increase of technology demand and usage by college level students. - Dean MantzTags: undergraduates, technology, students, learningby: Dean Mantz
- Social Networking Safety - Microsoft ProtectComments:" tips to help protect yourself when you use social networks from Microsoft" - Judy RobisonTags: safetyby: Judy Robison
- 11 Great Video Tools for TeachersComments:Magistro and vReal are two new video options for me. - Dean MantzTags: tools, teachers, video, edit, create, produceby: Dean Mantz
- Marqueed - Simple image collaboration and mark ...Comments:Collaboratively markup/discuss images or PDF using Marqueed. - Dean MantzTags: collaboration, image, markup, tool, marqueed, freetech4teachersby: Dean Mantz
- NCSS 2012 - CYAO Video Creation - Google DriveComments:Very nice Google Presentation on how to create a "Choose Your Own Adventure" video using YouTube. - Dean MantzTags: video, creation, google, adventureby: Dean Mantz
Rodale News
- The Most Meaningful Holiday MessageLady Bird Johnson, the wife of President Lyndon B. Johnson, once said, "The environment is where we all meet; where all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share. It is not only a mirror of ourselves, but a focusing lens on what we can become." Those words ring even ...
- The Nickel Pincher: Homemade Chili Powder and ...The quickest way to add some zing to your cooking is with spices and seasonings. The problem? Most spices like chili, garlic, and onion powders, come in jars containing much more than you can use before the seasonings begin to lose their flavor. The solution? Make your own. All you need is a fe ...
- The New Threat to OrganicsWe choose organic because it's clean, free of toxic chemical pesticides and unnatural genetic tinkering. The organic food movement is growing—a bright spot for our health and the economy. But another looming industry stands in the path of organic farms, practicing activities so dangerous they'r ...
- Are Pesticides Causing Your Food Allergies?No one knows what causes food allergies—they're one of the great mysteries that science has yet to solve. But it's doubtful that any allergist had suspected your morning orange juice was the cause. That could change, based on the findings of a new study published in the Annals of Allergy, Asth ...
- What You Must Know about Your BaconLove bacon? You won't love this: Nearly 83 percent of pork products sold in grocery stores are contaminated with disease-causing bacteria and drug residues, according to new tests from Consumer Reports. The magazine, which has been advocating for drug- and antibiotic-free meats for quite some t ...
big think
- Best At Drawing Animals In Motion: CavemenWhat's the Latest Development? Biological physicist Gabor Horvath and his colleagues decided to build upon a 2009 study that uncovered the high number of errors in drawings of moving quadrupeds found in anatomy textbooks and museum displays. This time, they compared 1,000 art examples fr ...
- Facebook Families Vs. E-Mail FamiliesWhat's the Latest Development? Research done by University of Wisconsin-Madison doctoral student Emily Cramer and professor of communication Edward Mabry indicates that families in which open conversation is encouraged tend to use "richer" technologies, such as Facebook and Skype, to kee ...
- Fine-Tuning Car Insurance...Down To The MileWhat's the Latest Development? California-based MetroMile may be the first car insurance company to charge its customers the same way a utility does: Each month it sends a bill for a base fee plus an additional amount that's based on the number of miles driven during the period, as repor ...
- 5 Trends for 2013: FUTUREAs we look toward a new year, the sparks & honey team has identified 54 trends that will shape business and popular culture in 2013 and beyond. Based on our Culture Mapping Platform and proprietary scoring methodology, we have created a 2013 Trends Snapshot that features “Now,” “Next” and “F ...
- The Republican Stupid-Party Spiral DilemmaIn an interview late last month, Republican senator Marco Rubio, who's widely viewed to be laying the groundwork for a 2016 presidential run, announced that he doesn't know how old the Earth is: I'm not a scientist, man. I can tell you what recorded history says, I can tell you w ...
Information Liberation
- The Enterprise of Law: Justice Without the StateNearly everyone agrees that a few core government functions *foremost among them the provision of law and justice*can*t be performed in a free market. A handful of rogue thinkers, however, questions this conventional wisdom. Foremost among them...
- Police Stops in the First World vs. the Third ...I have been stopped by the police for minor infractions and for no legitimate reason on numerous occasions in the USSA, the Balkans, and Mexico. Perspective is vital when doing a cost/benefit analysis of police encounters. An indoctrinated America...
- Citizen Who Tried Pulling Over Cop Charged For ...SOUTHGATE, Mich. * He rolled up alongside a Detroit police officer and shouted, "Where's your damn seatbelt?" while his home video camera was rolling. Now, Steve McClain of Southgate says he's in trouble with the law for reckless driving. McClai...
- NYC Artist Satirizes Law Enforcement Drone Pro ...If there's one thing authority figures hate, it's anything that goes counter to the narrative and/or puts their pet projects in an unfavorable light. A New York City artist is learning this the hard way after he and some friends took aim at the polic...
- AVTM Interviews Fliers on the TSAAdam interviews the public on the pros and cons of the TSA....
Be Responsible - Be Free!
- Early Exit For 2012If 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 CaliforniaAn 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 VirtueEvents in Australia have overtaken my plans for two upcoming LibertyGibbert articles, one on Liberty and children, and the other on the Catholic Church. Yet the Gillard government’s announcement on Monday of a Royal Commission into institutional child sexual abuse … Continue reading ...
- America On A Collision Course With RealityAfter Ron Paul was unsuccessful in his bid for the Republican nomination for President, I lost particular interest in the White House race this year. If the American electorate are daft enough to re-elect the man who has racked up … Continue reading →
- The Principles Of Freedom – Some Bedtime ...I’m still drowning in work down here, and will be doing so for at least another three weeks. The thread on children looks likely to happen probably around the second week of November. Sorry about the delay, but I know … Continue reading →
Sciencebase - Breaking Science News
- Hyperemesis gravidarumHyperemesis gravidarum (HG) is a severe form of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy that is different from the more common nausea and vomiting known as morning sickness. The term hyperemesis meaning “excessive vomiting” from the Greek hyper meaning above and beyond and emesis, vomiting, ...
- Hyperemesis gravidarumHyperemesis gravidarum (HG) is a severe form of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy that is different from the more common nausea and vomiting known as morning sickness. The term hyperemesis meaning “excessive vomiting” from the Greek hyper meaning above and beyond and emesis, vomiting, ...
- Slave to the circadian rhythmWriting in JACS recently, chemists at Yale University have reported details of the active site in the pigment molecule melanopsin. Melanopsin is present in the eye, but is not involved in vision. Instead it responds to light that enters the eye and reaches neurones (ganglions) deep within the re ...
- Slave to the circadian rhythmWriting in JACS recently, chemists at Yale University have reported details of the active site in the pigment molecule melanopsin. Melanopsin is present in the eye, but is not involved in vision. Instead it responds to light that enters the eye and reaches neurones (ganglions) deep within the re ...
- Voyager hits magnetic highway on its way to th ...NASA’s venerable spacecraft, Voyager 1, has entered the farthest reaches of our solar system ahead of hitting interstellar space. Scientists refer to this new region as a magnetic highway for charged particles because our Sun’s magnetic field lines are connected to interstellar magne ...
RFF Library
- Macroeconomic Impacts of LNG Exports from the ...NERA Economic Consulting / by W. David Montgomery, et al. http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/gasregulation/reports/nera_lng_report.pdf [From an Oil and Gas Journal article by Nick Snow] Increased natural gas exports would broadly benefit the US economy, a Dec. 3 reportcommissioned by the US D ...
- Annual Energy Outlook 2013 Reference Case: Ear ...US DOE, Energy Information Aministration http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm [Oil and Gas Journal article by Nick Snow] Advanced technologies will increase US oil production more quickly than previously forecast, the US Energy Information Administration said as it released its 2013 Annua ...
- Monetary Emissions Trading MechanismsRice University, Baker Institute for Public Policy / by Ted Temzelides and Cyril Monnet http://bit.ly/UhTkbW [From Extended Abstract] …We use insights from dynamic mechanism design in monetary economics to derive properties of optimal dynamic emissions trading mechanisms. We argue that e ...
- Market Based Climate Mitigation Policies In Em ...The Pew Center on Global Climate Change / by Sara Moarif and Namrata Patodia Rastogi http://www.c2es.org/publications/market-based-climate-mitigation-policies-emerging-economies [Summary] Used by governments for decades, market-based policies are mechanisms to control environmental pollution at ...
- Road Transport: Unlocking Fuel-saving Technol ...Georgetown U. School of Business, Duke U. School of Business and Nicholas School of the Environment for the Carbon War Room and Trimble http://bit.ly/QaSLDQ [Energy Efficiency News] Existing technologies that improve the fuel efficiency of trucks could save owners over $26,000 per vehicle and re ...
Scientific American - News
- $30 Million Project Aims to Produce 1,500 Stem ...A collective of academic and industry players are planning to create 1,500 induced pluripotent stem cell lines from 500 patients to push forward drug discovery in areas such as diabetes, dementia and pain. [More]
- Brains in CirculationScience has a way of transcending borders. It has done so from the beginning, going back to the ancient Greeks, but as the world grows more interconnected in so many ways, the pace of international collaboration in science has in recent years picked up markedly. To take just one indi ...
- Luna-Trips: Upstart Firm Plans to Sell Round-T ...WASHINGTON, D.C.--A private spaceflight company that has been operating in secret for two years announced yesterday an ambitious plan to launch manned missions to the moon . [More]
- Get Used to Climate Change [Excerpt]Excerpt from The Moon in the Nautilus Shell: Discordant Harmonies Reconsidered , by Daniel B. Botkin. Oxford University Press, 2012. Copyright © 2012. Reprinted with permission. [More]
- Urban Legend: Can City Planning Shed Its Pseud ...In 1961 urbanist Jane Jacobs didn't pull any punches when she called city planning a pseudoscience. "Years of learning and a plethora of subtle and complicated dogma have arisen on a foundation of nonsense," she wrote in The Death and Life of Great American Cities . Fifty year ...
First Truths
- The Anarchist LineageInteresting 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 AtheistsI 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
- Whose Fight Is It? Sudbury Teachers and Bill 115SUDBURY, ON. December 7, 2012 – With rotating strike action imminent, the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) has been making the case that legislation passed by Dalton McGuinty's Liberals in September is an att ...
- Non-profit Employees Shouldn't Shy Away from U ...Last week employees of the Nova Scotia Public Interest Research group (NSPIRG), a non-profit research and advocacy organization, voted to unionize. Their decision follows that of the staff of many other non-profit groups across Canad ...
- Wild Foods in the Urban EconomyCalgary groups raise awareness of urban wild foods CALGARY—The landscape of food cultivation in Canada is changing. Economists predict an increase in food prices next year ...
- Major unsolved crime rewards not enticing tipstersSix years. Sixty-six cases. Nearly $10 million offered in rewards. And not a single conviction. The Nova Scotia Department of Justice created the Major Unsolved Crimes Rewards Program in 2006 to encourage more people to come forw ...
- Groundwire News - December 3, 2012 editionThis edition was produced by Erin Hudson at CKUT in Montreal Quebec. Headlines: Six Canadian human rights and civil liberties organizations oppose Bill S-7, the Combating Terrorism Act Mohammad Mahjoub calls for an independent inquiry into his case and for the government of Canada to drop ...
David Seaton's News Links
- Susan RiceDavid Seaton's News Links In diplomacy the core question is often this: What do I want to get and what do I have to give to get it? Certitudes and bluntness get you only so far. It is less a question of what you know than how curious you are about what you do not." Roger Cohen on Susan Rice - ...
- Palestine at the UNDavid Seaton's News Links Some commentators have said the UN vote, which, by a massive majority, gave Palestine observer status is meaningless... Meaningless? Now, for starters, we finally are not talking about a stateless "PLO" or the "Palestinian people", we are talking about "Palestine" ...
- The American religious + economic right fracturesDavid Seaton's News LinksLosing the election seems to have really shaken the American conservative movement deeply and the most significant long term effect, that I perceive, is watching some important, born again, wooly-evangelicals slowly morphing into what, in Europe, would be classified as C ...
- The wacky Petraeus tacky attack tacticWith Gen Petraeus' public downfall, the American public can begin to grapple with why after 11 years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan "we haven't won anything", (Andrew) Bacevich says. The consequences of the myth of "the great heroic general" have been dire, he says. "It's an excuse to not think ...
- What Romney has taught the American left"The president was elected on the basis that he was not Romney and that Romney was a poopy-head." - Grover Norquist (ht:Doonesbury)Just for argument's sake let us accept that Romney was right and that 47% of Americans will always vote against the Republicans because, as "dependent" parasites, t ...
MoJo - Kevin Drum
- Friday Cat Blogging - 7 December 2012I have an exciting new catblogging/quiltblogging series planned for 2013, but that's still a few weeks away. For now, you get Christmas tree blogging. To my surprise, I plonked Domino in front of the newly-decorated tree a couple of nights ago, and she actually sat there and let me take her pi ...
- The Disappearance of (Human) WorkVia Ed Kilgore, I see that Jonathan Rauch has a stimulating piece in National Journal about the long-term exit of men from the workforce. This is especially true of men with high-school educations or less: Both men and women have suffered from the disappearance of well-paying mid-sk ...
- Mitch McConnell's Peculiar Debt Ceiling GambitI was browsing through Steve Benen's blog today, and it reminded me of something that had me scratching my head yesterday. As you know, Mitch McConnell introduced a bill that would have allowed the president to raise the debt ceiling on his own, leaving Congress out of it. But why? McConne ...
- Immigration Reform Might Finally See the Light ...Roughly speaking—very roughly—my guess is that Republicans will eventually come to an agreement on the fiscal cliff and the debt ceiling. The election is still recent; pressure is high to do something; and the PR cost of obstruction is overwhelming. After that, however, it's going ...
- Chart of the Day: Net New Jobs in NovemberThe American economy added 146,000 new jobs last month, but about 90,000 of those jobs were needed just to keep up with population growth, so net job growth was closer to 56,000 jobs. This was slightly higher than October, but only by a tick. The headline unemployment number declined to 7.7 pe ...
Insanity Report
- IC 365: Cory Booker – The White Hipster On a ...Topic: Kriss & Kev’s next scheme Cory Booker is struggling on Food Stamps Great Moments in White Privilege The NY Post Photographer & being a ain’t shit Human Being Movie News Share with your friends:
- IC 364: Live From the Police StandoffTopics: Twitter makes me realize I don’t like most people Not telling kids about Santa Lying to kids Cops aren’t bad people Dr. James MacArthur and his live streamed standoff with police Police brutality isn’t right….but I understand Star Wars Share with your friends:
- IC 363: Don’t Be StupidTopics: Team building exercises Work sucks Its not them its me Kids are soft these days The Karate Kid Taking a stupid position Obama should offer Romney a job Chris Brown needs to man up Not everything is about race The difference between Chris Brown and Charlie Sheen R Kelly is a pedophile, st ...
- IC 362: Big Endians vs Little EndiansTopics: Jesus is Master Chief What We’re thankful for More Black Friday Bullshit the Great BBQ Debate Your Preference != The Only Way Grits are nasty Elmo Getting Skinny on Food Stamps Chris Christie is Fat Share with your friends:
- IC 361: God is Chris BrownTopics: Door-to-Door Jesus Salesmen God doesn’t care about your problem God is Chris Brown, You are Rihanna Why Christmas seems to come so early Black Friday Star Wars Episode 7 Twinkies gone Republicans lack empathy & just don’t get it Your dick is an asshole what you have to s ...
Simple Climate
- Space agencies pinpoint polar ice sheet damageGreenland 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 .
- Carbon conundrum could push firmer emission actionClimate models might be wrong in assuming plants and soil will absorb more CO2 as the world warms, meaning that more aggressive action might be needed to keep climate change at ‘safe levels’, finds Paul Higgins from the American Meteorological Society
- Australians overestimate climate change rejectionActual opinions on climate change in Australia are very different from what people estimate, thanks mainly to our tendency to think more people agree with us than really do, but possibly also to how the issue has been debated, shows a survey run by Zoe Leviston from CSIRO.
- Monsoon instability raises food questions for ...An unstable balance between dry and wet monsoon rain seasons could become important for farming in South Asia as the world warms into the 22nd century, find Jacob Schewe and Anders Levermann from Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
- Butterfly effect limits climate modelsTiny changes in climate simulations otherwise held constant can lead to a wide range of outcomes, Clara Deser from the US National Center for Atmospheric Research and her team find, showing uncertainty we can’t eliminate.
e!Science News
- X-ray vision can reveal the moment of birth of ...A team of astronomers led by the University of Leicester has uncovered new evidence that suggests that X-ray detectors in space could be the first to witness new supernovae that signal the death of massive stars. read more
- Ethiopians and Tibetans thrive in thin air usi ...Scientists say they have pinpointed genetic changes that allow some Ethiopians to live and work more than a mile and a half above sea level without getting altitude sickness. The specific genes differ from those reported previously for high-altitude Tibetans, even though both groups cope with lo ...
- Antibiotic-eating bug unearthed in soilIt's well known how bacteria exposed to antibiotics for long periods will find ways to resist the drugs -- by quickly pumping them out of their cells, for instance, or modifying the compounds so they're no longer toxic. read more
- Severe acute kidney injuries rise rapidly nati ...Severe acute kidney injuries are becoming more common in the United States, rising 10 percent per year and doubling over the last decade, according to a retrospective study at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). read more
- What happens to plant growth when you remove g ...It is well known that plant growth patterns are influenced by a variety of stimuli, gravity being one amongst many. On Earth plant roots exhibit characteristic behaviours called 'waving' and 'skewing', which were thought to be gravity-dependent events. However, Arabidopsis plants grown on the In ...
unEarthed
- Tr-Ash Talk: Low-Income and Communities of Col ...Disproportionate burden of coal plant emissions placed on such communities The results of a comprehensive study investigating the impacts of living near 378 coal ...
- Citizens Clean Water Rights At Risk In CourtSupreme Court considers two citizen enforcement cases The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a pair of cases that could cut back on the ability of citizens to enforce the Clean Water Act. Although different, at their core, both aff ...
- Victory For Sustainable Fisheries In New EnglandGroundfish management protects fishery for the future A recent federal appeals court decision protects the viability of depleted groundfish species like cod and flounder in New England. The region’s two biggest fishing ports ...
- Unplugged: Midea Fined Millions For Wasteful F ...DOE brings hammer down on Chinese manufacturer The Kenmore chest freezer model 19502 is among the products in violation. The Department of Energy on Thursday ...
- Boxer Throws Punch At Coal AshDefends DoD Bill against unrelated Hoeven Coal Ash Amendment Sen. Boxer takes a stand against false rider tactics. Some members of the Senate believe it&rsquo ...
Brave New Climate
- Energy White Paper is hazy on future vision fo ...The Energy White Paper 2012 (EWP2012), released by the Australian Government last week, seeks to map out a strategic policy framework for future energy supply. One of the major goals of EWP2012 is to provide a “clear vision” of how Australia should set about the long-term task of decarbonising o ...
- CSIRO Energy Future 2050 toolCSIRO eFuture have built a new tool for exploring scenarios of Australia’s electricity future. It gives great flexibility to ‘build your own future’ and is a wonderful point of reference for debates on clean energy pathways from today through to 2050. It’s based, among ot ...
- Objective analysis of nuclear and wind-solar o ...I’ve never asked the BNC community for any financial contribution. There’s no tip jar on the site; indeed I happily fund the website costs out of my pocket and give my time freely, because I think it’s a worthwhile pursuit. But now, I’d like to ask you to give a little, t ...
- The Case for Near-term Commercial Demonstratio ...I’m currently in Dubai at the 2012 World Energy Forum, as part of a delegation from the Science Council for Global Initiatives. Tomorrow (24 Oct) we will run symposium on “New Nuclear”, which will be chaired by Tom Blees and feature talks from Dr Eric Loewen (GE), Dr Alexander ...
- Is Japan’s nuclear-free pathway an envir ...Below is an essay I co-wrote with one of my current Ph.D. students, Sanghuyn Hong. In it, we take a critical look at the current national energy policy of Japan, and highlight the unfortunate implications of a strategy that preferences fossil fuels over nuclear energy. San, in the first year of ...
Indigenist Opinion
- The Best Sources for Real Estate ListingsPosting 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 HoppingHouse 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 PropertyBuying Property In buying property, you need to know on the things on what you want to do in on your property. It also means that anything you want to wish to have in your property. It can be like a beautiful view in which you can view the sea or the city or an urbanized area. Well, people do ...
- IRA Real Estate Investments: Real Estate InvestingIRA Real Estate Investments: Real Estate Investing Aӏmоѕt еνегуtһіng іn tһе world today wіӏӏ nеνег ӏаѕt аnԁ tһаt іѕ а fact. Obviously, tһіngѕ ѕһоυӏԁ change nо matter wһаt еνеn wіtһ tһе assets уоυ аге tгуіng tо invest іn уоυг IRA. If уоυ аге іn tһе field оf investing, уоυ wіӏӏ аn idea tһаt IR ...
- Real Estate Investing MythsReal Estate Investing Myths Myth #1 - Real estate investing requires money to invest. Yes, money is required for you to invest in real estate. It just does not have to be your own. Some of the options that are available are co-ownership, financing from moneylenders and the seller financing t ...
Republicans are a Disease
- Today We Honor All VeteransNo trashing Republicans today. Some of them may be Republicans, and for one day I can go easy on them out of respect for their service.
- Tax Debate Time – Fiscal Cliff – T ...Just remember to start all conversations with the fact that the richest 200 families in America have more wealth than 50% of Americans combined. The Republicans will fight tooth and nail to keep these wealthy folks from being taxed more, even though they make most of the money, and own almost ev ...
- Get The Tar And FeathersIf anyone sees Grover, grab him. It is tar and feather time. America’s wealthy have so much money, they could pay a little (or lot) more in taxes. Sorry Grover. We could balance the budget without cutting one single program that helps struggling Americans. We could tax America’s weal ...
- PshewwwwwwGreat night for Dems. Now for the house in 2014.
- Any Mother Fucker That Votes For Any Republica ...I call Republicans Mother Fuckers because they support policies that fuck their mothers, and their fathers, and their children, workers, and all Americans that are not wealthy. After watching all the voter suppression it is amazing some patriotic American doesn’t make things right and give ...
Appalachia Rising
- Donate to Appalachia Rising Legal Defense!Donate to Appalachia Rising Legal Defense On June 5th, 22 Appalachians were arrested in Washington DC, refusing to leave the offices of their Congresspeople until their representatives committed to taking steps toward ending mountaintop removal. You supported these men and … Continue readi ...
- Judge Says Quaker Pro-Mountain Demonstrators & ...PHILADELPHIA – Two Quakers, Vint Deming (78) and Gail Newbold (62), were found guilty on Thursday of Defiant Trespass and Conspiracy to Commit Trespass following their arrest and trial for a nonviolent religious witness at PNC Bank’s Center City headquarters … Continue reading →
- Donations Needed for Legal Support of 22 ArrestedAll 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 ProtestOn 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’ ̵ ...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 ButterflyRenowned 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
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- Palestinian employment: The phantom workers of ...An estimated 30,000 Palestinian laborers work in Israel without permits, in predominantly labor intensives jobs. Pay is poor, social rights are virtually non-existent, and conditions in the workplace are often hazardous. A group of Palestinian workers tell their story from a construction site in ...
- Finally, Israel has an opposition: Tzipi Livni ...With all due respect to Meretz and Hadash … Until yesterday, the occupation was not an issue in the Israeli election campaign; the only parties running against it were Meretz and the non-Zionist, Arab or largely Arab slates, all of which are marginal to the country’s politics. But w ...
- IMAGE: Defense Minister Barak and the Human Ri ...The reality in Israel is loaded with symbolism. This is Defense Minister Ehud Barak observing the Human Rights March – attended by human rights workers, activists, asylum seekers and Palestinians – which passes under him as he watches from his plush residence in one of Tel Aviv’ ...
- Palestinian prisoners’ rights activist d ...Ayman Nasser, a researcher for the Palestinian prisoners’ rights NGO Addameer, has himself become a detainee in an Israeli prison, having been charged with several counts of membership in an illegal organization and of partaking in illegal assembly. According to Physicians for Human Rights ...
- A week in photos: November 29 – December 5The Palestinian statehood bid, the ruins of Gaza, nurses strike in Israel, and more: Activestills images tell the stories of the week.
Sustainability,water,etc - Oz gov't
- Product Stewardship Advisory Group AnnouncedSenator Don Farrell, Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and Urban Water, today announced the establishment of a Product Stewardship Advisory Group to support the Gillard Government's work on reducing the environmental, health and safety impacts of manufactured goods.
- New Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder ap ...Water Minister Tony Burke today announced that David Papps has been appointed as the new Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder.
- Independent Expert Scientific Committee to adv ...Environment Minister, Tony Burke, today announced the membership of the new Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development.
- New floodplain projects to bring boost for riv ...The Murray's mighty river red gums and native fish populations will be rejuvenated under a major new environmental infrastructure program.
- Gillard Government delivers historic water reformAfter more than 100 years of disagreement, the Gillard Government will today present a final Murray Darling Basin Plan.
Matt Weidner Blog
- THE GMAC BANKRUPTCY…..ABOUT TO BE UNDONE ...Wow….this is interesting… A New York federal judge may rule imminently on a case that could reverse the General Motors (GM) bailout and send the company back into bankruptcy, according to sources close to the case. At issue is a backroom deal hatched by GM to fulfill the Obama admini ...
- The New Amerikan Governing Model- White Collar ...What has devolved over the last several years in this formerly free and proud nation is beyond disgusting and disturbing. Pages and pages, books and books could be written about how far gone we are. From undeclared wars and the burning, killing and torturing innocents in countries all across t ...
- California Declares War on Foreclosure Defense ...First thing we do, let’s kill all the foreclosure defense attorneys… Billy Shakespear They tried for years to kill off foreclosure defense attorneys in Florida (Link here) and they will do it again here in Florida. Now it seems, they’ve succeeded in California. Really. The b ...
- FORECLOSURE WARRIOR TOM COX- WINS $100,000 AWARD!Congratulations to Tom Cox! In 1989, Tom Cox, a lawyer for a Maine bank at the time, wrote the book on mortgage foreclosures (“Maine Real Estate Foreclosure Procedures for Lenders and Workout Officers”), detailing the most effective legal methods for seizing people’s homes. After 30 years of th ...
- BOMBSHELL!~ BEWARE OF SERVICER RELEASE OF DEFI ...So, gullible American. You struggled and worked hard with “The Bank”. You filled out all their paperwork. (Over and over and over again) You cooperated with all of “The Bank’s” onerous demands and conditions. And at the very end, you get a written, “Releas ...
abelard - news
- melting ice and thermal expansion | ecology ne ...The IPCC most probably got it right on global warming, the melting ice is only part of it.
- latest pretendy euro 'stability' fund downgrad ...Another nail in the coffin of the EU as a viable economic block.
- dispersant makes oil 52.773 times more toxic t ...How to waste public money - ruin the local ecology in attempting to clean up an oil spill, *and* bully and disparage a major oil industry leader.
- do people suffer from your dmdd (disruptive mo ...So you've relabelled a known behavioural problem. Now you can be especially 'experts' in diagnosing it.
- we must regulate the press - nonsense | politi ...More regulation, more laws, more supervision - tie press reptiles so they cannot be bad, or report. Sounds like a socialist paradise.
The Parallel Parliament
- A Climate for ChangeI’ve had the fortune to have spent some quality time with some Nobel Prize winners in recent years – most …Continue reading »
- At Our Front DoorSometimes good news can be wrapped up in negative packages. For years now citizen action groups have been attempting to …Continue reading »
- The Slide From Wonderment to BereavementI spoke to a highly respected Canadian on the weekend who had told me six months earlier that he was …Continue reading »
- Even the Queen Gets ItAs she looked out over the lands from her Sandringham estate, Queen Elizabeth II came to a conclusion. It was …Continue reading »
- Citizenship As A Contact SportJoseph Priestley, a keen observer of the modern condition, noted recently that, “The more elaborate our means of communication, the …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 EvidencePosted: 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 WarfarePosted 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 Usby 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 DedicationBy 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
- Government Accountability Project Sues FDA for ...The Government Accountability Project (GAP) is suing FDA for data on antibiotic sales. If we want more data, we have to sleuth it out of the agency ourselves.
- What We’re Reading: HIGH STEAKS Strikes at Hea ...In High Steaks: Why and How to Eat Less Meat, author Eleanor Boyle addresses these reasons and many more for why America should steer away from industrial meat production in both its policy priorities and consumption habits.
- Improved Agriculture—It’s About Energy, Soil, ...How can farms become more resilient? Self-sufficient? Energy-efficient? The answer to all these questions is “ecological agriculture.”
- FDA Can’t Keep a Secret—Agency Accidently Reve ...Now, after careful review of FDA reports and correspondence, I can publish a number that neither FDA nor these industries want you to know: 706,530 kilograms (kg) of arsenicals were sold for use in food animals in 2010, the most recent year for which we can determine arsenical sales.
- Pesticide database would be a boost, not a bur ...If pesticides are going to be released into our environment, the least we can do is track who’s releasing what, when, where and how much, so we can monitor whatever unintended consequences these substances might be causing.
k2p blog
- Nurse hoaxed by Australian call commits suicideThe nurse who took a prank phone call at the Duchess of Cambridge’s hospital has been found dead in a suspected suicide.
- 5 killed, 1 missing as 1400 Mitsubishi cars si ...The car-carrier Baltic Ace has sunk in the North Sea after a collision with the container ship Corvus J.
- 5 killed, 1 missing as 1400 Mitsubishi cars si ...The car-carrier Baltic Ace has sunk in the North Sea after a collision with the container ship Corvus J.
- Suit filed in California against Nobel medical ...Rongxiang Xu, who describes himself as the founder of "human body regenerative restoration science" claims he made a key discovery credited to the Nobel winners a decade before they did.
- Suit filed in California against Nobel medical ...Rongxiang Xu, who describes himself as the founder of "human body regenerative restoration science" claims he made a key discovery credited to the Nobel winners a decade before they did.
Left Foot Forward
- The autumn statement saw a victory for fair pa ...The autumn statement saw victories for the TUC's Pay Fair campaign against regional pay, but the battle's not over yet.
- Osborne in 2009: We must “sit up and lis ...In 2009, George Osborne said we need to "sit up and listen" to the threat to the UK's AAA rating; today, he has tried to 'play down the threat' to our rating.
- Graphic: Why postcode pay doesn’t add upSee this graphic from the TUC's Pay Fair campaign for an illustration of why postcode pay doesn't add up.
- Another blow for Salmond – Scottish busi ...Yesterday it was the EC saying “non” to an independent Scotland automatically joining the EU. Today, Scottish business says “no” to the idea of independence.
- US Politics Digest: Republicans cracking over ...The latest US politics news - including cracks in the GOP over the tax deal and a Tea Party icon quitting Congress.
Consumerist
- Most Macy’s Stores Will Stay Open For Th ...If you listen very carefully, you might be able to hear groans of “Aww, man… Really?” coming from retailers other than Macy’s. That’s because the department store company has announced it will have most of its stores open continuously for the 48 hours leading up to ...
- Did My Home Depot Test These Shovels Before Pu ...Todd was at his local Home Depot when he noticed something weird about the shovels on display. They were rusted and had clearly been used. The Home Depot in [redacted], IL was displaying snow shovels for sale as new. Most of them didn’t look new to me… They showed obvious signs of rust, bent m ...
- This Restaurant Really Wants You To Know Why I ...Rather than your typical hand-drawn sign letting customers know that they must buy at least $10 worth of stuff in order to use their credit card, this restaurant goes a step further and (sort of) cites the law that gives it the right to require the $10 minimum. According to the sign, sent in by ...
- Wells Fargo Called Out For Continuing To Offer ...The Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 requires that FDIC-insured banks be examined and rated on whether or not they are meeting the banking needs in each of the communities in which they are chartered. But a pair of advocacy groups claim Wells Fargo deserves a lowered CRA rating because of loan ...
- New Circle In Hell Opens Up For Scalpers Selli ...You want to go see the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Kanye West, Billy Joel and more? Sure you do, so do I. But to the scalpers that are trying to turn a profit by reselling tickets to a star-studded benefit concert for victims of Hurricane Sandy, I have one thing to say to you: You are sli ...
Whistleblogger - GAP
- More Fallout from Deutsche Bank Whistleblowers ...Deutsche Bank headquarters in Frankfurt, GermanyFinancial Times: Whistleblower Awaits Ruling on Deutsche Case Summary: The Financial Times has published another series of articles about the massive securities violations at Deutsche Bank exposed by bank whistleblowers, including GAP c ...
- Whistleblower Exposes Multi-Billion Dollar Sec ...Deutsche Bank headquarters in Frankfurt, GermanyFinancial Times: Deutsche Hid Up to $12Bn Losses, Say Staff Summary: This explosive front-page article, along with a lengthy companion piece, details allegations of multi-billion-dollar fraud at Deutsche Bank. Three bank whistleblowers – inc ...
- How the Defense Department Inspectors Failed B ...Yesterday at the Bradley Manning hearing, which the New York Times is still not covering despite the mea culpa from the public editor, it emerged that four different generals (Casey, Amos, Flynn and Ari (phonetic)) and the top leadership at the Quantico brig (Commander Averha ...
- Deutsche Bank Whistleblower Exposes Multi-Bill ...Former Risk Analyst Represented by Labaton Sucharow and GAP (Washington, DC) – Today, Labaton Sucharow LLP and the Government Accountability Project (GAP) announce their representation of a whistleblower who is alleging multi-billion dollar securities violations at Deutsche Bank, the Germany-ba ...
- Ellsberg, Radack talk Bradley Manning: Daily W ...Huffington Post Live: A Decade of Denial Summary: Huffington Post hosted several guests in a discussion about the Bradley Manning case, and his harsh treatment at Quantico, the marine base in Virginia. Among the guests were GAP National Security & Human Rights Director Jesselyn R ...
UK Progressive
- The New Border: Illegal Immigration’s Shifting ...by Sebastian Rotella ProPublica Versions of this story were co-published with The Arizona Republic and Foreign Policy. TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Mexico — Oscar and Jennifer Cruz knew that crossing the border would be the easy part. The Salvadoran brother and sister made their way over the international ...
- Hillary: The Next FDRby Brent Budowsky It is time to resume discussion about the possibility of a political realignment that would make Democrats the leading national political party for a generation. Analyzing the results of three out of the last four national elections, the sweeping demographic changes that will d ...
- Veterans’ Advocate to Congress: Reconstruct Mi ...by Peter Sleeth Special to ProPublica The leader of a national veterans’ advocacy group urged a congressional subcommittee to force the Department of Defense to immediately reconstruct — if possible — missing military field records from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The appeal by Micha ...
- ‘Cliff’ Notes on the Three Real Perils Aheadby Robert Reich The “fiscal cliff” is a a metaphor for a government that no longer responds to the biggest challenges we face because it’s paralyzed by intransigent Republicans, obsessed by the federal budget deficit, and overwhelmed by big money from corporations, Wall Street, and billio ...
- Op-Ed: US-UK Genocide Against Iraq 1990-2012 K ...By Sherwood Ross Approximately 3.3 million Iraqis, including 750,000 children, were “exterminated” by economic sanctions and/or illegal wars conducted by the U.S. and Great Britain between 1990 and 2012, an eminent international legal authority says. The slaughter fits the classic definition of ...
NewsAlert
- Guilty plea in contract scam tied to company o ...The Chicago Sun-Times
- Leftist Nation Magazine Upset: GOP, Koch Broth ...The Nation
- Statist New Republic: Rick Snyder, Michigan’s ...The New Republic is upset.
- Michael Moore Calls Michigan GOP 'Political Se ...Big Hollywood reports that big Michael Moore isn't happy that Michigan is becoming a right to work state. Here's a quote from big Mike:My production co is repped by 4 unions. I don't give a damn what illegal shit the Repubs do in Lansing - I will not obey this law.No word yet on whether Michael ...
- Brokers Must Disclose Bonuses to Clients in Fi ...Bloomberg reports:Brokers who switch firms would be compelled to tell customers about any recruiting bonuses and other incentives received under rules proposed by industry regulators to protect clients from conflicts of interest.
JoNova
- Monckton tossed out of Dohar, COP 18 and QatarSo Monckton snuck onto a microphone and dared break the sacred tabernacle of climate. There are some things you just can’t say… Tallbloke is having a caption contest for this pic. E &E Newswire story After the news conference, and as diplomats gathered for the climate conference ...
- Fasullo and Trenberth find spurious success, m ...It’s worse than we thought — again…. Fusulo and Trenberth scored headlines around the world recently with a new paper that suggested that a few models got the relative humidity right in some tropical spots, and they also happened to be the models that predicted the hottest glob ...
- Doha: dead — Kyoto: kaput, but NGO’ ...How is Doha going? (Where was that, again?) The Indians have gone home, The Chinese are being told off. Nobody else is very interested, except developing nations looking for a handout. The Australians already agreed to everything whatever it is. (Great negotiation ploy by our Labor Government th ...
- Most Useless Flagrant Flop of Government (MUFF ...In a competitive field it’s going to hard to beat this. In 2007 the Victorian Government thought it was a good idea to spend $24 billion to build a humungously big desalination plant. There was a drought on at the time, and a specialist in small dead mammals said the drought would never en ...
- The UN threat to internet freedomOh Joy and Goody. Imagine if decisions about the global internet were made by the same institution that thought the rights of the downtrodden would be best protected by Col. Muammar Gaddafi? Hands up who wants another group of people you have no control over, making decisions for you and behind ...
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
- 2012 Fact #4: Other Cultures Who Pointed To 2012While it is commonly suggested that multiple ancient cultures have marked the year 2012 as being of importance, in reality it was only the Mayans. Indeed what makes the end of the Long Count calendar so special is the uniqueness of a date being prescribed for, it can be inferred, the end of the ...
- 2012 Fact #3: Galactic AlignmentThis particular meme is worthy of a lengthy discussion, for it underlies much of the misinformation surrounding the 2012 phenomenon. The idea of a galactic alignment was popularized by John Major Jenkins, in books such as Maya Cosmogenesis 2012. The writings of Jenkins are very scholarly, yet ha ...
- 2012 Fact #2: Mayan ProphecyPerhaps more than any other ancient civilization, the Mayans loved prophecy. Their culture of prophecy and sacrifices makes the Long Count calendar appear quite dramatic. There are three sides to what the Mayans thought would occur on Dec 21, 2012: Mayans: We have virtually nothing written by th ...
- Filipino Bishop: The World Will Surely EndRecently the Catholic Pope debunked the 2012 meme, and at the same time seemed to deny that the Bible was prophetic in any way. But Catholicism is not the only religion, and he is not the only religious leader with an audience. Bishop Arturo Bastes (no relation), from the Philippines, recently ...
- A Great Prepper ImageA family and their survival gear, food and water: The article it comes from (at NY Times) is well worth reading, and has the full size of the image and lists what all their survival items are. It discusses the prepping industry and expos. Some brief excerpts: Douglas talked about emergency prep ...
Facing South
- Just how extreme is North Carolina's new Lt. G ...A proponent of abolishing the minimum wage and corporate income taxes, Dan Forest is quite likely the most conservative statewide elected official in North Carolina. But his work with a nonprofit that criticizes retailer Sears for promoting pornography by showing photos of women in lingerie cros ...
- BP engulfed in lawsuit over 40-day Texas flareTwo weeks before the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, killing 11 workers and spewing millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, BP was spewing a different kind of pollution -- leading to a $500 billion lawsuit that has received far less attention. read more
- Moving South: New data shows Southern region a ...Especially since the Great Recession, people in the U.S. aren't moving as much as they used to. But new Census data shows that for those who do move, the South is the most popular destination. read more
- INSTITUTE INDEX: Duke Energy merger settlement ...The N.C. Utilities Commission and attorney general have settled their probes into Duke Energy's controversial $32 billion merger with Progress Energy. But a watchdog group calls the settlements a "sell-out of the public" and says it will continue to fight the merger in court. read more
- Should Congress name a Southern post office af ...U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms died in 2008 without ever disavowing his support for racial segregation, which is why some are protesting a bill to name a post office after him in his hometown of Raleigh, N.C. But there's something apropos about the proposal, as Helms pioneered the use of the postal servi ...
One News Page
- US extends waivers on Iran sanctions to China, ...WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States granted 180-day waivers on Iran sanctions to China, India and seven other countries on Friday in exchange for those nations cutting purchases of oil from the Islamic Republic. President Barack Obama's administration has now renewed waivers for all 20 of . ...
- UAE, Canada hold talksOttawa, Dec 8 (IANS/WAM) Top officials of the UAE and Canada have met here in Ottawa as well as in Ajman to discuss bilateral ties. The UAE's Ambassador to Canada Mohammed saif Hilal Al Shehhi met the Speaker of Canada's Senate Noel Knisla, and discussed parliamentary relations. Meanwhile, ... ...
- US Supreme Court to review same-sex marriage casesWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court seized center stage in a historic social policy debate over same-sex marriage on Friday by agreeing to review the validity under the U.S. Constitution of a federal law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman Reported by Firstpost 2 ho ...
- Boehner says Obama pushing country toward ‘fis ...WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican House Speaker John Boehner accused U.S. President Barack Obama of pushing the country toward the 'fiscal cliff' on Friday and of wasting another week without making progress in talks. With three weeks left before a combination of steep tax hikes and deep ... Re ...
- Detailed report: Story of BRAZEN illegal minin ...The mining scam had first rocked Karnataka and now Goa. While the mess in Karnataka is well known, the scenario in Goa is no different. The Central Empowered Committee in its interim report on illegal mining in Goa has found various illegalities in its detailed report, a copy of which is with .. ...
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Daily Tech
- Apple Hires Veteran Hacker Who "Delayed Window ...Pickup should boost Apple's recently struggling security efforts
- White House Completes Review for Black Boxes i ...The NHTSA is now preparing to finalize the regulation
- Quick Note: Businesses Must Now Pay $50/Year f ...It comes with features like 24/7 phone support and a 25GB inbox
- DC Republicans Bow to Big Media "Friends", Fir ...Termination comes after RIAA and MPAA "went ballistic"
- 12/7/2012 Daily Hardware ReviewsDailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Friday
Oriental Review
- They Are Supporting Al-Qaeda in SyriaThe Syrian national state and its armed forces are continuing to fiercely resist the global war targeting them. And while they are deploying all efforts and capabilities to provide the requirements of economic steadfastness and overcome the consequences of the terrorism and armed rebellion carri ...
- Israel’s Operation in Gaza and Anti-Iranian Ca ...A strange war Debates are still raging in both the Israeli and the regional media as to why it was necessary to expend so much energy and resources on operation Pillar of Cloud and mobilize 75,000 reservists (7.5 times more than during Operation Cast Lead, the Israel Defense Forces’s last operat ...
- Security Dilemma in the Middle EastThe ongoing conflict in the Middle East is a case of security dilemma in which parties to the conflict misperceive each other’s positions and craft policies which further contributes to tension in the region. On 29 November 2012 the Palestinian Authority received overwhelming support in the Unit ...
- French Colonisers Have Not Accepted The Loss O ...A photograph taken in 1941, when Syria was still under the rule of French colonisers, has recently been circulating on social networking sites. In the worn black and white photograph, French General Georges Catroux is walking next to an elderly man with cunning eyes, Nur-Eddin al-Khatib. More th ...
- Libyan Scenario for SyriaIn September the Times published an article saying the largest shipload of arms destined for Free Syrian Army came to Turkey from Libya. It stated there were 400 tons of weapons, including an unspecified number of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, grenade launchers and other arms aboard a L ...
BlogHer
- My Guilt-Ridden Love Affair with Fresh DirectI just got a whole organic chicken for $1.99 a pound and didn’t have to lug it home four blocks from Whole Foods. I have organic, local Honeycrisp apples and I didn’t even have to hike to the CSA pick up. I’ve fallen in love with Fresh Direct, the NY-based grocery delivery service that just laun ...
- The Very Best Food in IndiaWe had many good meals in India, my father and I. Every single one of them—truly every single one—included laughter and interesting conversation, and 98 percent included tasty vittles. (The missing two percent is thanks to a stop at a roadside tourist hall, the sort of place where big white ...
- 10 Ways To Glam Up Your HolidayTame The Flyaway: With the winter winds whipping your hair to and fro, taming your mane can be a full time job. To keep your 'do looking polished, spray a little hairspray on an old blush brush and run it over fuzzy areas. The alcohol found in hairspray will also absorb excess oil around ...
- South Asian WeddingsSince this is my first post on BlogHer, I figured I should start at the beginning. This is an introduction of sorts.I started dreaming of my wedding long before my prince charming came into the picture. In my head, I knew certain things that I wanted to incorporate since I was a little girl. Yup ...
- 10 Things You Can Do When Business Slows at th ...For many small and solo business owners (especially service based businesses), the holidays are a time when things slow down. So, how can you make the most productive use of this time? There's the school of thought that says "give up on making anything happen because everyone is too busy ...
Health Freedom Alliance
- Pomegranates Reduce Plaque In Arteries By 30% ...Arteriosclerosis Arteriosclerosis is a disease in which cholesterol and other fat in your blood slowly begins to attach to the walls of your arteries. Over time, your arteries begin to build up with plaque and harden. ...
- Cancer-Causing Flame Retardants Remain in Home ...Chemicals designed to slow household fires continue to be found in worrying quantities in US homes, long after some of them have been banned because of suspected links to cancer and other conditions. The most controversial chemicals ...
- Aspartame-Cancer Link Exposed: Increasing Your ...There have been several studies over the years that established a link between aspartame consumption and cancer risk. But, these studies were frequently criticized as being too small, only capturing a short period of time, and otherwise ...
- Calcium in VegetablesYou may be surprised to learn that there is enough calcium in vegetables to supply all of your daily calcium requirements. The advertising industry has led us all to believe that cow’s milk is the ...
- Short-Term Exposure to Essential Oils Lowers B ...The scents which permeate our health spas from aromatic essential oils may provide more benefits than just a sense of rest and well-being. For according to a new study(1) in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, the ...
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” ProportionsThe 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
- Friday roundup, Dec. 7, 2012In this Sept. 11, 2012 photo, a four-wheel-drive car follows a large mining truck as it makes its way to the top of a Boggabri coal mine near Gunnedah, Australia, 450 kilometers (280 miles) northwest of Sydney. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith) Over at The Associated Press, Vicki Smith this week had a nic ...
- Update on recovery at CONSOL impoundmentWVDEP photo Updates just came in from the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration and CONSOL Energy on their efforts to recovery the body of a United Mine Workers miner missing since last Friday following the collapse of a coal-waste embankment at the company’s Robinson Run mining compl ...
- ‘Accidents occur’: Do coal miners ...The bad news started early last Friday: A 27-year-old coal miner was crushed to death between two pieces of mining equipment deep inside an Alpha Natural Resources underground mine in Greenbrier County. Steven O’Dell of Mount Nebo left behind a wife who is expecting their first child late ...
- Slurry safety: Learning from the CONSOL collapseIt’s been nearly a week since the terrible collapse of a “saddle dike” at CONSOL Energy’s Robinson Run complex in Harrison County, W.Va. Crews are still looking for the body of a United Mine Workers dozer operator who was killed when he and his machine were dumped into t ...
- MSHA lists impoundment collapse as fatalityThe U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration has now officially listed last Friday’s collapse of a slurry impoundment at CONSOL Energy’s Robinson Run operation in Harrison County, W.Va., as a fatality. In their now-public preliminary report on the incident, MSHA provides a few new ...
Daniel Miessler
- Why I’m No Longer a LibertarianLibertarianism is attractive. I find that it functions as a sanctuary for both those unhappy with conservatism (which they often see as loyalty to authority and tradition) and those tired of liberalism (which they often see as loyalty to blind compassion). Libertarianism replaces those key ...
- New Zeus Strain Pulls 47 Million in Funds  ...The malware attack begins when a victim clicks on a malicious link, possibly sent as part of a phishing attack. Clicking on the link directs them to a site that attempts to download one or more trojans: customized versions of Zeus and its SpyEye and CarBerp variants that allow attackers to recor ...
- On Not Hiring Losers“Tell me about what you studied in college, and what were some of your favorite classes?” A person who spent $120,000 and dedicated four years of their lives to any pursuit better be able to speak eloquently for five minutes on that humongous experience. Or else they are a loser. “Tell me ...
- Peter Thiel’s Approach to ProductivityAs PayPal executive Keith Rabois recalls, Thiel “would refuse to discuss virtually anything else with you except what was currently assigned as your #1 initiative.” Every employee, for instance, had to identify their “single most valuable contribution to the company” on PayPal’s 2001 annual ...
- C.S. Lewis Forces Us to Make a Choice“I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept his claim to be God. That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jes ...
Fitwatch
- Plain clothes cop at Fridays demoCops turning up to demos in plain clothes seems to be a regular occurence these days. These pics were taken at the Fight for Sites demo on Friday. Although he appears to have forgotten his uniform, the man pictured is Constable Mark Stoddart. A number of cops in plain clothes have been pictured ...
- Stay Safe; Stay Anonymous! #5 – Block & ...Okay, so by now we should know all the basic preventative measures we can take to defend our anonymity. But there is one more thing we can be doing this October 20th to proactively assert our freedom to dissent without state repression. This is, of course, the classic FITwatch Direct Action tact ...
- Stay Safe; Stay Anonymous! #4 – Fashion ...Whilst what you wear on a demo is on one level (quite rightly) unimportant, it can be used as a great tool to disrupt intelligence gathering activities. When such a large part of political policing rests on the ability to profile, identify, isolate (and subsequently harass) individuals and group ...
- Stay Safe; Stay Anonymous! #3 – Affinity ...For the purposes of a mass demonstration, affinity groups – small groups of people who attend the same demonstration together - are a great way to stay safe and anonymous, providing a miniature support network that is both empowering and practical. This is one of the first things you should be c ...
- Stay Safe: Stay Anonymous! #2 – Masking UpThis is possibly the easiest form of FITwatching that can be done. It is 100% legal (although you need to read the Legal Information at the bottom of this post), keeps you off a database and, when done en masse, creates a sea of obscured faces that are much harder to identify. This is something ...
Worldwide Hippies
- Naked truth of Earth’s most threatened tribeFrom survivalinternational - Survival will hold a worldwide demonstration on December 10 to urge Brazil, on Human Rights Day, to save Earth’s most threatened tribe. A woman in Brazilian carnival costume will lead the protests by standing outside London’s Brazilian Embassy, carrying a clear messa ...
- Victory as Ecological Internet Applauds Greenp ...CJE – After years of greenwashing Canada and the world’s “certified” old-growth forest logging as sustainable, and cutting inside deals with industrial loggers, Greenpeace’s rejection of their own logging deal in Canada shows they may be poised to start working to p ...
- Thanks, Guys: Five Ways Men Are Fighting SexismBy Hugo Schwyzer,jezebel.com/ - These may not be the best of times for women on the Internet, as recent episodes of ugly misogynistic trolling make all too clear. On the other hand the end of 2012 is bringing Good News about Good Guys with a renaissance of passionate anti-sexist male activism, o ...
- Amid Protests, Michigan Leaders Press for Quic ...By Melissa Maynard,Stateline - Michigan is poised to become the 24th “right-to-work” state after a day of protests and fast action in Lansing Thursday (December 6). The House and Senate passed versions of the legislation, which would make it illegal to require workers to pay union fees as a cond ...
- CJE Friday News BriefsU.S. troops mass on Turkey’s Syrian border WS – This is a HUGE story. But you will have to be really diligent to follow it. Until… DAMASCUS, Syria, Dec. 7 (UPI) — Some 400 U.S. and Dutch NATO troops were massed on Turkey’s Syrian border Friday amid fears besieged Pr ...
reference frame
- Czech president won't sign ESMWhen the Treaty of Lisbon was debated, Czech president Václav Klaus displayed some resistance, reflecting the will of all the Europeans who realize that such treaties are counterproductive. At the end, due to the nearly unanimous agreement of the "European political elite", he surrendered. ...
- What is background independence and how import ...Bugmenot asked: What is background independence and how important is it? In order to be a theory of everything, will the final string-theory/m-theory have to be background independent? Does the current lack of background independence show string theory is currently NOT a theory ...
- Sheldon Glashow, Werner Heisenberg: birthdaysAlso celebrating: Arnold Sommerfeld, Cecil Frank Powell, Giuseppe Occhialini, Franco Rasetti (RIP 2001) For some mysterious reason, maybe because I am too shy (and I will remain shy, as you will see below) ;-), I have never written about physicists' anniversaries celebrated on December 5th. ...
- Climate delegates in Qatar agree to wear gas masksCFACT – via ClimateDepot.com and Planet Gore – went to Doha, Qatar, and asked the delegates of the annual anti-climate-change conference to test a gas mask that "sequesters" carbon dioxide (which it didn't, of course): You may watch the people from numerous countries of the world to a ...
- Hawking radiation: pure and thermal mixed stat ...I think that the recent paper by Raju and Papadodimas (arXiv) is the most convincing and least confusing paper about the black hole information available to the infalling observer that has been written on this planet so far. However, I also think that the initial sections with the pre ...
Tatumba 2.0
- Will Russia Mind NATO Surrounding it?I cannot see how long Russia and China will just sit back and not notice NATO are surrounding them both from all sides and not start to shoot back, and I am sure after so many warnings… AboveTopSecret.com New Topics In World War Three Related posts: Russia and NATO relations frosty. It i ...
- Government OKs foreign bids for Nexen, Progres ...The federal government has approved two major energy takeover deals, green-lighting a bid for Calgary-based Nexen Inc. by a Chinese state oil company and another for Progress Energy by Malaysia’s Petronas. But under new guidelines for evaluating takeovers by foreign state-owned enterprises ...
- UK heading for ‘triple-dip’ recession?from Gold Money: “Goldman predicts falling gold price beyond 2011, recommends gold hedging Goldman Sachs has raised its medium term gold price forecast to $ 1,355, but reckons prices will fall from 2011 and recommends producers sell gold forward.” So reads the Mineweb headline from 15 July 2010. ...
- UK heading for ‘triple-dip’ recession?from Gold Money: “Goldman predicts falling gold price beyond 2011, recommends gold hedging Goldman Sachs has raised its medium term gold price forecast to $ 1,355, but reckons prices will fall from 2011 and recommends producers sell gold forward.” So reads the Mineweb headline from 15 July 2010. ...
- Kate nurse who took hoax call found deadThe nurse who took a hoax call from two Australian broadcasters at the hospital treating the Duchess of Cambridge in London earlier this week has been found dead, King Edward VII Hospital confirmed today. CBC | Top Stories News Related posts: Topless Kate photos draw injunction from Frenc ...
Truth About Our World
- NotificationThis blogs entries have been moved to http://worldtruthtoday.wordpress.com/ I will no longer post anything here, although site will remain open for a while. Thanks Grace
- Trudell Documentary
- Occupy Wall Street “Beware The Zeitgeist ...
- The Dirty Fucking Hippies Were Right
- World War 3 (III,Three): September 11, 2001-20 ...
Bloomberg
- Can't Stop the Big MoHealthy 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 MoveRaising 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 StocksSome outfits that gain from families' spending may make dicey buys. But equity pros reveal those investments with strong potential
- No Lull in the Airlines' HeadwindsThe 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 PainkillerThe costly Vioxx verdict makes its plan to take on each claim individually more difficult. But a big settlement is no easy cure, either
Enviroblog
- 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 ...
- Cooking Through Winter's Bitter BountyBy Dawn Undurraga, EWG Nutritionist When the weather turns, the days get shorter and it's time to get out the winter clothes, it's also high season for the Brassicaceae, or mustard family, on your family's dinner table. The Brassica... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my ...
- EWG Seeks Answers About Loophole in Proposed N ...By Thomas Cluderay, EWG Assistant General Counsel EWG is requesting records from New York officials to shed light on a potentially glaring loophole in the state's draft plan for regulating high-volume hydraulic fracturing in the event that Gov. Andrew... [[ This is a content summary only. V ...
- Toxic Fire Retardants Are Everywhere in Homes, ...By Sonya Lunder, Senior Research Analyst Harmful fire retardant chemicals are turning up in everything from furniture to dust in American homes, researchers report in two new studies being published today (Nov. 28), a finding that underscores... [[ This is a content summary only. ...
Quick Hits
- More Teachers Being Replaced By TechnologyThe 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 higherMANILA/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 UprisingsWellbeing 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
- No Seoul-style platform doors for New York sub ...
- A Jason Bay salvage project, far from Flushing
- Katrina's lessons for New York officialdom, ac ...
- Ed Burns on filming New York, making Christmas ...
- Director Andrew Bujalski celebrates 10 years o ...
Views & News from Norway
- Chilly reception for EU’s NobelNEWS ANALYSIS: When more than two dozen European prime ministers, presidents and top EU officials land in Oslo over the next few days, they’ll be met not only by a predicted snowstorm but also by a storm of criticism over the Nobel Peace Prize they’ll be receiving. Even the torchligh ...
- Krekar’s prison term reducedAn appeals court in Oslo acquitted Islamic cleric Mullah Krekar on Thursday of encouraging terrorism but upheld his conviction for making what the court called serious threats. He was sentenced to two years and 10 months in prison. That’s much less than the five-year prison term he receive ...
- Outlying hotels struggle to surviveIt’s winter and low season at many outlying hotels around Norway. Some wonder whether they’ll survive until next summer, but are cheered that an ill-guided government plan to restrict the foreign tour bus operators that bring them guests has been dropped, and now the same government ...
- Hotels check out of Internet giantSeveral major hotel chains in Norway are cutting their ties with Internet giant Expedia and dropping out of Expedia’s hotel reservation service Hotels.com. Their executives cite “sky-high commissions” and Expedia’s alleged demands that the hotels can’t offer any low ...
- New charges brought against ousted Labour poli ...UPDATED: Labour Party officials in northern Norway have announced more charges of sexual misconduct against ousted Labour politician Roger Ingebrigtsen. He reportedly has gone on sick leave, meanwhile, despite being well enough to travel to southern France with his family this week. Ingebrigtsen ...
Permaculture Research Institute - Australia
- A Journey of Transition: Becoming a Profession ...OK, here we go, the second installment of this series regarding my journey to become a professional permaculture designer. In my last article I touched on who I am, what I am doing and why, and discussed some general topics which included defining my services, networking and, on a very general l ...
- Dirt – The MovieDIRT! The Movie — directed and produced by Bill Benenson and Gene Rosow — takes you inside the wonders of the soil. It tells the story of Earth’s most valuable and underappreciated source of fertility — from its miraculous beginning to its crippling degradation. The ope ...
- Talking SwalesWhile at Wadeye, Northern Territory, Australia, installing a permaculture design for Earth Ethics, this video was taken when I was explaining how to install swales and level sill spillways and what their function is, to some of the guys working on site. So if you want to understand how to ...
- The Edible CityI believe that we will need to produce food in our urban centres, because I can’t figure out how else we are going to meet an increased demand from our cities. With over 50% of the world’s population living in them, currently relying on an unsustainable agricultural system to del ...
- David Holmgren InterviewThis was a nice find. Here we can hear permaculture pioneer David Holmgren sharing his own story on his involvement with the birth and development of the permaculture design system, as well as talking about the permaculture ethics and how these embody the solutions we need as we move from an era ...
Pointman's
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- The real doh! about Doha.Well, here we are again. It’s November and that time of year for the annual international conference on figuring out ways of saving us all from global warming. Since the last one was called COP17, this one rather unsurprisingly is called COP18. Incidentally, COP stands for Conference of the Part ...
- Some direct questions for the BBC that it̵ ...The revelations of the last couple of weeks, have shone a bright light into some dark corners of the BBC and what’s been exposed, while very disturbing and quite frankly seamy, comes as no surprise to those of us who’ve long entertained doubts on its supposed impartiality, integrity ...
Journalists' Toolkit
- Typography for the WebIn 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, jQueryThere 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 JournalismThis 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 optionsHow do you choose the best settings for exporting your video, after you have edited it? I remember how confusing this was for me when I started working with Web video several years ago. With the slower computers we had back then, I would wait for what seemed like forever while exporting a small ...
- Video Resources updatedThe new Video Resources page has been added to this site. This is a carefully curated page with links to good tutorials for video editing software, video shooting tips, and the like. It’s intended for beginners, particularly journalism students and journalism educators who are teaching vid ...
Justice Roars - Louisiana
- "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 ...
- Documentary Planned on United Houma Nation's " ...Reposted from our friends at Bridge The Gulf: Indian Santa is a short documentary about, as the name suggests, Indian Santa. The tradition was started in 1985 when Hurricane Juan devastated the Houma Indian communities along the Gulf Coast. The Houma families received little help after the st ...
- Hundreds in New Orleans Protest Israeli Killin ...In one of the larger protests New Orleans has seen in recent years, nearly two hundred demonstrators marched through New Orleans' French Quarter on Saturday, November 17, to protest the Israeli bombardment of Gaza. The next day, a mostly student crowd of about 40 held a candlelight vigil at Tula ...
- African Americans for Justice in the Middle Ea ...The initial signers of this petition include former People's Hurricane Relief Fund director Kali Akuno, and writer and scholar Robin D.G. Kelley. To see the original petition, click here. African Americans for Justice in the Middle East and North Africa (AAJMENA) strongly condemns Israeli agg ...
- Food Justice Event This Thursday in New OrleansFrom our friends at Survivors Village and Malcolm X Grassroots Movement: Join Survivors Village, the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, the Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle, and the New Orleans Consulate of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for this critical program about the struggle for food ...
Information Underground
- History and Philosophy of Zionism/Judaism/&quo ...This essay begins to introduce us to the sacred serpent, the letter “vav” of YHVH and to the root of Moshe Rabbinu’s soul. Journey To the Center of the Torah: The Secret In the Serpent’s Belly Joel David Bakst © 2007 In Kabbalah it is fundamental that the written Torah -- t ...
- History and Philosophy of Zionism/Judaism/&quo ...Do the Jews Live Within the Belly of the Holy Serpent? Is he the Deity Whom the Jews Worship? The Holy Serpent of the Jews “Ye serpents, ye generation (race or nation) of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?” — Jesus Christ Matthew 23:33 If I were to tell you that in the religion of ...
- Zionist Personalities We Should Know About • R ...Dice sells Alex Jones books on his site. What's with that? And Doesn't Jones still sell Dice's book?Statistics: Posted by Timothy_Fitzpatrick — Fri Dec 07, 2012 3:53 pm
- Zionist Personalities We Should Know About • R ...iframe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfuMWCQ9YEUStatistics: Posted by Timothy_Fitzpatrick — Fri Dec 07, 2012 3:46 pm
- History and Philosophy of Zionism/Judaism/&quo ...mgt23, it seems the Church teaching on Moses uplifting the bronze serpent is that it was a dead serpent symbolizing the death of sin and a foreshadowing of Christ, who is said to have become sin, on the cross. Some of the serpent theorists are claiming that Moses was getting the Israelites to wo ...
TVNZ
- US Supreme Court takes up same-sex marriage fo ...The US Supreme Court has agreed to review two federal and state laws defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
- Egyptians continue to protest around president ...Egyptian protesters continue to surge around the presidential palace, while the opposition rejects Mursi's calls for dialogue.
- 7.3 quake hits northeast Japan, tsunami warnin ...A strong earthquake off the coast of northeastern Japan has triggered a tsunami alert.
- Clinton heads to Belfast as tensions simmerHillary Clinton is set to travel to Northern Ireland for one of her last foreign trips as US Secretary of State.
- Fatal collision off Dutch coast said to be hum ...Human error was likely to blame for a collision that sank the Baltic Ace car carrier and killed five crew, its manager says.
environment 360
- Populations of Large, Old Trees Are Dying Off ...Populations of large, old trees, which provide critical ecosystem services, are declining across the planet and could eventually disappear altogether in some regions, according to a report by three leading ecologists. Writing in the journal Science, the scientists say the loss of large trees is ...
- Should Environmentalists Just Say No to Eating ...Conservation organizations are working with industry to try to make beef production more sustainable. But some are questioning whether green groups should be accepting funds from the beef industry or whether they should instead be urging consumers to stop eating beef. BY MARC GUNTHER
- Should Environmentalists Just Say No to Eating ...Conservation organizations are working with industry to try to make beef production more sustainable. But some are questioning whether green groups should be accepting funds from the beef industry or whether they should instead be urging consumers to stop eating meat. BY MARC GUNTHER
- Google Images Document Devastation of 2011 Tsu ...As part of an ongoing project to digitally archive the aftermath of the 2011 tsunami in northeastern Japan, Google has published several new panoramic images that provide a sobering glimpse of the widespread Google Street View of tsunami damage devastation in communities across the regi ...
- Africa’s Lion Populations Plummet as Habitat D ...More than two-thirds of Africa’s lions have disappeared over the last 50 years as the continent’s once-vast savannah regions have been lost to human Getty Images A lion in South Africa development, a new study has found. Using high-resolution satellite images from Google Earth and ...
oldephartte/Diigo
- This Crowded SkinTags: blog politics environment curiosity
- Welcome to the International Climate Science C ...Tags: science climate analysis
- Liberty Classroom | The history and economics ...Tags: liberty classroom history economics
- poorrichard's blogTags: blog survivalism news nwo history education
- Alexander Higgins Blog - The Latest Buzz, Anal ...
backofthebook
- Canadian tech needs more brash, less niceBy Mark Evans Canadians are, by and large, nice and polite. Unfortunately, we’ve made this approach part of our business and entrepreneurial landscape as well. While we may be confident, we’re not bold, cocky or aggressive. South of the border, entrepreneurs are a different breed. They tru ...
- A Modest Opinion — Obama and the Robo-ap ...By Nathaniel Moher Well, we went and did it. Or rather, the Americans did. (You wouldn’t know it if you were to speak to any Canadians, but apparently we don’t actually have a say in the American election.) That’s right, America re-elected President Obama in stunning numbers. (Well, stunning num ...
- Elections Canada casts a wider net, finallyBy David@Sixthestate.net The Council of Canadians has posted a new series of documents in relation to their robocall litigation. As you can see, they are attempting to get an affidavit from an Elections Canada investigator, and Elections Canada is attempting to avoid this. More intriguingly, tho ...
- John Baird: Big in PalauBy Montreal Simon I didn’t think it was possible that John Baird could shame this country further. Make us look more like stooges, oddballs, or just plain weird eh? But somehow he managed. From the CBC: “Canada is temporarily recalling its heads of mission to Israel and the West Bank ...
- BlackBerry 10: RIM’s comeback deviceBy Mark Evans Research in Motion has thousands of employees but, in some respects, it’s a startup whose prospects hinge on the much-anticipated introduction of the BlackBerry 10 on Jan. 30th. With negative sentiment surrounding Canada’s flagship technology company slowly starting to dissipate as ...
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 BBCThe 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 ByJeffrey 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
- ISNA Cosponsors International Conference on Ci ...Muslim leaders at conference to establish consensus on Islamic standards and protocols for the advancement of religious freedom, particularly for religious minorities in Muslim-majority countries.
- Update: New Comment ForumNew comment system.
- Bristol Uni Christian Union Maintains Ban on WomenIt turns out the BUCU had always banned women speakers at meetings. But when there was a move to allow women to speak in certain settings, controversy erupted and some members resigned.
- Ontario teachers’ union ‘under fire for worksh ...The union representing Ontario’s elementary school teachers is coming under fire for running an anti-Islamophobia workshop as part of a series of seminars on how to teach students about equality.
- Rick Santorum Now Writing for World Net Daily: ...Former presidential candidate writing for loon website.
Energy News
- Gov’t agency warns of possible M8 quake — Rece ...
- Both webcams capture strong quake rattling Fuk ...
- M7.3 earthquake strikes Northeast Japan — Japa ...
- The New Economy: Extreme radioactive contamina ...
- Report: Hawaii doctors finding uranium in peop ...
Japan Times
- Felton, Knicks torch Heat from beyond 3-point arcAnother Knicks-Heat game, another 20-point Knicks win. And if that isn't surprising enough, this one happened with Carmelo Anthony on the sideline.
- Order issued to intercept North missile debrisJapan stepped up preparations Friday for a long-range rocket North Korea has warned it will launch during a 13-day period from next Monday, ordering the projectile's destruction should any part of it threaten to fall onto Japanese territory. The order by Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto comes ...
- Top dose for teen workers at Fukushima plant 5 ...The highest cumulative radiation dose received by the teenagers employed at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 power plant is 56.89 millisieverts, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Thursday. About 20,000 nuclear workers have been exposed to radiation since the Fukushima crisis began in March 2011.
- Quality of play this season really weakThe most popular league in the world? Undoubtedly.
- Bridging the pension gapBecause the government is gradually raising the age at which retirees can start receiving the kosei nenkin pension — a pension for corporate workers — it is requiring companies by law from April 2013 to re-employ in principle employees who are age 60 or older and want to continue wor ...
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
- Harper’s big announcement: Politics on T ...Featuring reaction as it happened to Harper's announcement on the Nexen and Petronas deals, plus discussion on the F-35 cost revelations
- CHART: Nexen’s assets in Canada and arou ...Canada's oil patch isn't the only interesting prize for CNOOC
- An F-35 panel, great—but the hard decisions st ...John Geddes on fresh starts and tough choices
- ‘All investments are not equal’The Prime Minister’s remarks this evening on the CNOOC and Petronas acquisitions. “Today the...
- CNOOC and Petronas deals approvedThe breaking news is here....
Making It Count - CCPA
- Shale gas: “Chapter 11” steps inBoth 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 ...
- Implementing Budget 2012: No Rest for WomenThe current government’s economic policies, being rolled out in a series of omnibus bills and ‘administrative changes,’ come at a high price to women. These policies do not create jobs in industries where women work; these policies increase the tax burden on working women while decreasing their ...
- Québec’s Budget: the only option availableSome present the new PQ government’s first budget as a necessary first step before truly plunging into more liberal measures. In fact, it was out of obligation, they say, that the new Finance Minister, Nicolas Marceau, presented a budget so unexciting, in keeping with its PLQ predecessors. And y ...
- Twenty years of talk about climate changeDoha, Qatar — The 18th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is now underway in Doha, Qatar. This year’s president is His Excellency Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiya, chair of Qatar’s Administrative Control and Transparency Authority. A ...
- Mark Carney’s tenure and the state of monetary ...Mark Carney’s tenure as Governor of the Bank of Canada overlaps some challenging economy history. Appointed in early 2008 just as the US housing bubble was popping, Carney took the helm in time for a financial crisis that brought the global economy to its knees. We are still living that hi ...
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 CHANGINGRedress 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
- Global water crisis: Seen from the first Himal ...“In the Nepalese Himalayas in 2009, I trekked into the Langtang Valley, just short of the Tibetan border, and to a village of empty plywood cabins. The arrival of the summer monsoon season had chased the trekkers away. “Just uphill was a Buddhist temple and, behind it, a wrinkled sea ...
- The children risking their lives on the way to ...“Children in Indonesia are risking their lives everyday just to get to school. They use an aqueduct, suspended hundreds of metres above the ground as a shortcut, even though it was not built for people to walk on. It is meant to transport water, but the wooden structure links Suro Village ...
- California air board says DWP must control dry ...“The California Air Resources Board has ruled that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is solely responsible for controlling the choking dust storms that arise from the dry Owens Lake bed. The board said the DWP must take additional air pollution control measures on 2.9 square mi ...
- Drought No Obstacle to Record Income for U.S. ...“Even after the worst drought in a half century shriveled crops from Ohio to Nebraska, U.S. farmers are having their most-profitable year ever because of record- high prices and insurance claims. Farmer income probably will jump 6.9 percent to $144 billion, exceeding the government’s Augus ...
- Loophole Lets Toxic Oil Water Flow Over Indian ...“These operations have the federal government’s permission to dump wastewater on the land — so much that it creates streams that flow into natural creeks and rivers. And this water contains toxic chemicals, including known carcinogens and radioactive material, according to documents ...
D. Kucinich
- “Let’s Build a Bridge over the ‘Fiscal Cliff’ ...Washington D.C. (December 7, 2012) – Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) appeared on “Fox and Friends” this morning, calling for an end to brinksmanship over the “fiscal cliff” negotiations currently going on between the President and Congressional leadership. The interview can be viewed here. ...
- “When we finish with Assad, we will fight the ...Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today continued warning colleagues of the threat posed by increasing U.S. support for rebel groups in Syria. In a letter to fellow Members of Congress Kucinich wrote: "A recent article further demonstrates the abundance of evidence that suspected Al-Qaeda affi ...
- Kucinich Building Bipartisan Support for Drone ...Washington D.C. (December 7, 2012) – Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) is building bipartisan support for legislation that would force the Administration to release its legal justification for drone strikes which target American citizens and others overseas. Congressman Kucinich, who has oppos ...
- Kucinich Warns of Dangers of Potential U.S. In ...Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today sent a note to fellow Members of Congress warning of the dangers of expanding the conflict in Syria. He cited an article by Tim Arango of The New York Times which gives a clear explanation of the situation in Syria and the risks involved with intervention ...
- Kucinich Fights for Program to Mitigate Urban ...Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today sent a letter to Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan asking that he reverse HUD’s recent decision to cut off an agreement with Cuyahoga County’s Land Bank for the disposal of low-valued properties. Congressman Kucinich also request ...
Authentically Wired
- who needs language skills …… For Arizona Governor Jan Brewer it is enough for Arizona students to be able to “wag” their finger and make a “fist” … who needs language skills … Filed under: Blogroll
- Is this technology we either need or want… Is this technology we either need or want …? 3-D Printed Gun Only Lasts 6 Shots (Only?!) 12-04-2012 • http://www.wired.com, By Robert Beckhusen A group of 3-D printing gunsmiths have taken another step toward making a gun you can download off the internet. WATCH VIDEO BELOW H ...
- it would implicate the US… Yea … like this is really going to happen … it’s OK to “wag” our collective finger at Iran … but don’t dare ask Israel to come clean … it would implicate the USA … UN Calls on Israel to Open Nuclear Program to Inspections 12-04-2012 • http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser ...
- Yea … like this is really going to happen… Yea … like this is really going to happen … it’s OK to “wag” our collective finger at Iran … but don’t dare ask Israel to come clean … it would implicate the USA … UN Calls on Israel to Open Nuclear Program to Inspections 12-04-2012 • http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser ...
- headline will be a grandiose… And on Friday the headline will be a grandiose full blown made of TV production of Sheriff Joe”s posse rounding up those he labels as druggies and drug dealer … … And we will all chuckle at his perverse justice antics and the rights of the individual to put into his/her body any damn [...]
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 ScienceSkeptical 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 America2016 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 )
- Deforestation rate falls across Amazon rainfor ...The average annual rate of deforestation across Amazon rainforest countries dropped sharply in the second half of the 2000s, reports a comprehensive new assessment of the region's forest cover and drivers of deforestation. While the drop in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has been widely r ...
- Asia Pulp & Paper hires top U.S. lobbyist to h ...Indonesian forestry giant Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has hired a top U.S. official to help it work through trade and environmental issues. In November, APP announced it had retained Stuart Eizenstat of Covington & Burling, a U.S.-based law firm, to help 'ensure APP’s trade and sustainability ...
- Forests, farming, and sprawl: the struggle ove ...The city of Parauapebas, Brazil is booming: built over the remains of the Amazon rainforest, the metropolis has grown 75-fold in less than 25 years, from 2,000 people upwards of 150,000. But little time for urban planning and both a spatial and mental distance from the federal government has cre ...
- Organic farming keeps carbon out of the atmosphereWith the worst effects of climate change, we are seeing how pollution hurts both human health and the environment but there is good news: a new study shows that organic farming stores more greenhouse gases in the soil than non-organic farming. By switching to organic methods, many farmers acros ...
- Gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon: a view fro ...On the back of a partially functioning motorcycle I fly down miles of winding footpath at high-speed through the dense Amazon rainforest, the driver never able to see more than several feet ahead. Myriads of bizarre creatures lie camouflaged amongst the dense vines and lush foliage; flocks of p ...
Science - NZ Herald
- Bones from oldest dino yetA set of fossilised bones kept for more than half a century in the dusty storerooms of the Natural History Museum in London belonged to the earliest known dinosaur to roam the land.Scientists have confirmed that the fossils, which...
- Fast-growing fish may never wind up on your plateSalmon that's been genetically modified to grow twice as fast as normal could soon show up on your dinner plate. That is, if the company that makes the fish can stay afloat.After weathering concerns about everything from the safety...
- Editorial: Endangering animals for recreationa ...Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne's plan for a government-approved legal-high industry breaks new ground. It, therefore, also raises new problems. One already the subject of public discussion is the safety threshold to be applied...
- Deborah Hill Cone: Resisting temptation young ...I lost my virginity in my second year at university. Freak eh? It makes me quite the deviant in today's sexy-and-you-know-it world.Oh, it wasn't because I was saving myself or religious or anything. I was just awkward and a late...
- Clean up waterways, say scientistsTwo scientists speaking at a major freshwater conference have described reversing the fouling of New Zealand's waterways as our largest environmental problem.The New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society's annual conference opens...
The Bovine
- Michael Schmidt responds to criminal charges i ...Michael Schmidt responds, from GAT PR blog: On Tuesday December 4 the CFIA formally issued a warrant to arrest raw milk advocate Michael Schmidt and three others (Montana Jones, Robert Pinnell, and Suzan Atkinson) in connection with the mysterious disappearance … Continue reading →
- Karen Selick on the CFIA charges against Micha ...From Karen Selick on The Justice Report: “On December 5, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) issued a press release announcing that charges had been laid against CCF clients Montana Jones and Michael Schmidt in relation to the disappearance of … Continue reading →
- Karen Selick on the CFIA charges against Micha ...From Karen Selick on The Justice Report: “On December 5, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) issued a press release announcing that charges had been laid against CCF clients Montana Jones and Michael Schmidt in relation to the disappearance of … Continue reading →
- Pot ban lifted in Washington stateFrom Ria Novosti: “December 6 (RIA Novosti) – On Thursday Washington State became the first state in America where it is legal to possess marijuana for adult recreational use, and hundreds of people celebrated shortly after midnight by lighting up … Continue reading →
- Pot ban lifted in Washington stateFrom Ria Novosti: “December 6 (RIA Novosti) – On Thursday Washington State became the first state in America where it is legal to possess marijuana for adult recreational use, and hundreds of people celebrated shortly after midnight by lighting up … Continue reading →
Mish's Global Economic Trends
- Startling Look at Job Demographics by AgeZeroHedge had an interesting set of charts of BLS data in his post Number Of Workers Aged 25-54 Back To April 1997 Levels. I picked up on that theme and put together this chart of BLS data showing various age groups. click on chart for sharper image Demographic Points of ...
- Establishment Survey +146,000; Household Surve ...Initial Reaction The establishment report of +146,000 jobs was about what most expected. However, beneath the surface, this report looks grim. The household survey shows a loss of 122,000 jobs. The unemployment rate dropped by .2% because the labor force fell by 350,000 and those ...
- Small Business Owners' Hiring Intent Plunges t ...A Gallup random dial poll of 607 small businesses conducted November 12-16 2012 asked the question "Over the next 12 months, do you expect the overall number of job positions at your company to increase a lot, increase a little, stay the same, decrease a little, or decrease a lot?" The net ...
- France Unemployment Rate Hits 10.3%, Youth Une ...President Francois Hollande's economically insane policy "Make Layoffs So Expensive For Companies That It's Not Worth It" continues to reap negative rewards. Reuters reports French jobless rate hits 10.3 pct, highest in 13 years France's unemployment rate rose to 10.3 percent in the thi ...
- Senator Jim DeMint, Republican Tea Party Activ ...Following the dismal results of Republicans in the last election, and amidst all the Republican infighting over the fiscal cliff comes startling news DeMint resigns from Senate to run Heritage Foundation. Sen. Jim DeMint said Thursday he’ll resign from the Senate to go run the Heritage Fou ...
Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs
- Podcast Show #101: The Sadistic & Unlawful Tre ...The Boiling Frogs Show Presents Chase Madar Author and attorney Chase Madar joins us to discuss and evaluate the latest developments in the pretrial of Bradley Manning, including his sadistic and unlawful treatment by the government, the politics and legal maneuvers of the court system, and the ...
- 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 ...
- Banks Are “Where the Money Is” in ...“Big Lenders Face Few Hard Consequences for Violating Anti-Money Laundering Laws” By Bill Conroy Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase & Co., Wachovia (acquired by Wells Fargo in 2009), HSBC Holdings, ING Bank, Standard Chartered, American Express Bank International, and not a few others, have a common ...
- The Reality Principle -Episode 8“Africa: The Scramble Continues” with Abayomi Azikiwe This week, Eric examines the geopolitical situation in Africa. He analyzes the continued genocide and plunder of the Congo, assessing the situation there and dispelling some of the more insidious myths surrounding the issue. In addition ...
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 StoriesGood 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 HealthcareFor 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 StoriesPolitifact 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 StoriesPolitifact 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
- Dutch Media Interviews Baltic Ace RescuersHere are two interviews conducted by the Dutch website NOS.nl with rescuers involved in the Baltic Ace sinking. We have provided the english translation below each of the videos. Female [...]
- Baltic Ace Update: Search Ends, Dutch Media Po ...Search for missing crewmembers Baltic Ace has been seized By Tobias Pieffers, Local Correspondent ROTTERDAM - The Dutch Coastguard has seized the search for the six crewmembers still missing after the [...]
- Brazil Announces $26 Billion Port Investment P ...(Bloomberg) – Brazil announced measures to increase private investment in its port system in a bid to boost capacity and reduce transport costs that have choked growth in the world’s second-largest emerging economy. The [...]
- Crew Involved in Hong Kong Ferry Disaster May ...The head of a commission tasked with investigating Hong Kong’s worst maritime disaster in a generation ruled Friday that a series of public hearings can begin next week, despite objections from the [...]
- Today We Remember Pearl Harbor – 71st AnniversaryIt’s been 71 years since Japan attacked the U.S. military base at Pearl Harbor, the single catastrophic event that launched the United States into World War II. Today we remember [...]
Press TV
- Iran condemns US subcritical nuke testIran has condemned the United States for the subcritical nuclear test recently conducted in Nevada, saying the test undermines world peace and global stability and shows the United States’ hypocrisy on the issue of nuclear disarmament.
- Blast kills 3 in Kenyan capitalThe Kenyan Red Cross says three people have been killed and eight others injured due to an explosion that occurred outside a mosque in Nairobi.
- Savage austerity cuts feed UK deficitBritish MP and founder of the Respect party, George Galloway says Britain is more in debt under the coalition government’s “savage austerity program” than it was before.
- No progress in fiscal cliff talks: US HouseSpeaker of the US House of Representatives John Boehner says there has been ‘no progress’ in talks with the country’s President Barack Obama for a compromise to avert the looming fiscal cliff.
- Israel violated laws of war in Gaza: HRWThe Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the Israeli Army committed clear violations of the laws of war during its recent eight-day attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip.
SciDev.net
- Africa Analysis: Kenya sending the wrong messa ...Kenya has bypassed its own biosafety watchdog in banning GM foods, which will stifle balanced debate of GM in Africa, says Linda Nordling.
- Science put at heart of US global AIDS strategyScience is key to helping the fight against HIV/AIDS by evaluating existing work and delivering new interventions, says a new US strategy.
- Prize honours green innovations in small islan ...A social enterprise that sells solar lanterns on a Pacific island state is one of ten nominees for a new award for green energy trailblazers.
- Pakistan’s new science policy raises hopesAfter many false starts Pakistan has finally launched a national science, technology and innovation policy.
- Rapid TB test boosts diagnosis accuracy in the ...Trials of a machine that can detect tuberculosis within two hours show that it is more accurate at diagnosing the disease than current test.
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 ClubYesterday 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 routerHave 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 batteriesOne 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 blameSoil-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 soilNanoparticles in cosmetics and exhaust fumes can accumulate in plants and stunt growth, scientists have warned. In a paper published this week in PNAS, UC Santa Barbara soil microbiologist Patricia ...
Nick Turse
- Flavorpill presents Penguin Bond, a 2008 serie ...Flavorpill presents Penguin Bond, a 2008 series of reprints with “mildly psychedelic, ’60s- and ’70s-retro portraits of each novel’s iconic Bond girl” as designed by Michael Gillette, on the cover.
- The United Nations’ news agency, IRIN, reports ...The United Nations’ news agency, IRIN, reports that Asia has suffered “more fatalities attributed to natural hazards between 1975 and 2011 than anywhere else in the world.” For more, see “Slow-onset disasters take toll.”
- crisisgroup:2 years after revolution, Tunisi ...crisisgroup: 2 years after revolution, Tunisia’s interior still suffers, endangering democratic transition | Associated Press via The Washington Post RABAT, Morocco — Five days of riots last week in a town in Tunisia’s impoverished interior wounded hundreds of people and deepened the rift betw ...
- theatlantic:147 Years Ago Today, the U.S. Ou ...theatlantic: 147 Years Ago Today, the U.S. Outlawed Slavery Happy birthday, 13th Amendment! In honor of the anniversary, here’s a collection of excellent stories from The Atlantic’s archives. Where Will It End? (Dec. 1857): In The Atlantic’s second issue, Edmund Quincy urges readers to take a ...
- kateoplis:Oscar Niemeyer, the celebrated Bra ...kateoplis: Oscar Niemeyer, the celebrated Brazilian architect whose flowing designs infused Modernism with a new sensuality and captured the imaginations of generations of architects around the world, died on Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro. He was 104.
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