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Royal Bank of Scotland is to lavish around £500million in bonuses on its 'casino' bankers - despite a collapse in profits. Hundreds of traders and investment bankers who were bailed out by taxp...
Following an outbreak of violence that left more than 100 people dead, the U.S. Mission in Nigeria issued a warning to Americans on Sunday, saying more attacks may be imminent in the northeastern part of...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck the Bismarck Sea,
Papua New Guinea Region at a depth of 35 km ( 21.7 miles), the quake hit at 04:01:40 UTC Monday 7th November 2011. The epicenter was 172 km ( 106 mil...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea Region at a depth of 35 km ( 21.7 miles), the quake hit at 02:28:08 UTC Monday 7th November 2011. The epicenter was 140 km ( 86 mile...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck the Kuril Islands at a depth of 158.4 km ( 98.4 miles), the quake hit at 01:46:36 UTC Monday 7th November 2011. The epicenter was 125 km ( 77 miles) Northeast of Kuril'...
Japan's 77-year-old emperor was hospitalized on Sunday, several days after coming down with a fever, a spokesperson with the Imperial Household Agency said. Emperor Akihito, a ceremonial but revered figur...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck the Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea Region at a depth of 35 km ( 21.7 miles), the quake hit at 01:43:38 UTC Monday 7th November 2011. The epicenter was 172 km ( 106 mil...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea Region at a depth of 35 km ( 21.7 miles), the quake hit at 00:43:31 UTC Monday 7th November 2011. The epicenter was 140 km ( 86 mile...
It is not just women that have to worry about their biological clock. Male fertility declines with age – with even a year making a difference, researchers have warned. They say that after the age of 41,...
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck Eastern Xizang (Tibet), China at a depth of 44.6 km ( 27.7 miles), the quake hit at 21:57:29 UTC Sunday 6th November 2011. The epicenter was 112 km ( 69 miles) South o...
Push came to shove, and we shoved hard. Millions of voices around the world were heard as hundreds of thousands of people closed out bank accounts starting in October and pushing through with strong and l...
Women are overtaking men in education and in the workplace, a senior Government minister said yesterday – creating a new generation of stay-at-home fathers. Universities minister David Willetts predicte...
- 'No pressure' for happy couples to fight flab, say sociologists Don't feel too flattered if your partner starts losing weight - it might be for somebody else. People who suddenly start fighting ...
*We say bathroom** here in AmeriKa. * "Attacks by radical Muslim sect in Nigeria kill 67; Group vows more violence targeting weak government" by Jon Gambrell Associated Press / November 6, 2011 At least ...
Making love boosts our happiness more than anything else, a study using iPhones has revealed. Research involving 45,000 Apple smart phone users shows having sex is the best way to feel good. Respondent...
"These bright rims and flowing shapes suggest to some melting ice cream on a cosmic scale. Looking toward the constellation Cassiopeia, the colorful (zoomable) skyscape features the swept back, comet-shap...
*"Angels and Devils"* by Chet Raymo "I was on a panel once with Steven Pinker. I learned two things from the experience. He has more hair than I do. And he's smarter. Which is why I try to read whatever ...
*Just shut that light off, will ya? * "SJC will study rate of OUI acquittals; Says confidence in judiciary paramount More than 80% go free in jury-waived trials" November 01, 2011|By Thomas Farragher, Glo...
"Developer to admit campaign fraud; Prosecutors say Winn will plead guilty to charges he made illegal contributions" October 29, 2011|By Casey Ross, Globe Staff The developer behind the failed Columbus Ce...
Well, I guess that's insulting to women, so as a feminist, I apologize. However, I have no regrets about referring to the Tar Sands action in Washington as being devoid of male hormones, for which I have ...
*"Politicians aren’t paid by you (their salaries are the least part of their real income); why would you think they care about your concerns? . . . Politicians compete for the money and favors of the rich...
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For everyone who’s sick of lies and wants the real deal on the largest spend this and every other government make, welfare researcher Lindsay Mitchell has some exciting news for you: For some time I hav...
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Today, or tomorrow (or perhaps even yesterday or next week) the world can celebrate the arrival of the seven billionth human being to our present population. This is not something about which to rend yo...
*"Grandfather Cries"* by Charles Phillip Whitedog "Grandfather, do you know me? I am your blood. The son of your son. I come to ask you a question Grandfather. Grandfather, don't you know me? Can I stop be...
Protesters camping out for the Canadian Occupy movement are bracing for the spectre of a teeth-chattering winter, as mayors and police in several cities ramp up the pressure to drive demonstrators out of p...
Occupy Vancouver protesters say they will not be peacefully removed from the lawn of the city's art gallery following the death of a demonstrator. An official cause of death of the woman in her 20s has not...
Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
During the 520-day fake mission to the Red Planet, nerves were sometimes frayed.
The decade-old course record has been slashed by over two minutes.
The Fed Cup – the most important group tournament of female tennis players – was launched in 1963, long before it became a Bernanke Cup. ;-) Among the 49 opportunities, the (golden) U.S. tennis players won...
*Yeah, that's Willard front and center* The innocuous-sounding Americans For Prosperity is a Koch family front group advocating a fascist takeover of America. Virtually all of it's millions comes from var...
"If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another. If you wish to know that you are safe, cause others to know that they are safe. If you wish to better understand seemingly incomprehensible thi...
"We are all poor because we are all honest." - Red Dog, Oglala Sioux
*"Poll: Majority of Likely Voters Say They Were Sexually Harassed by Cain"* Accusers March on Washington by Andy Borowitz WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – "There was a new complication in the race for t...
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck Crete, Greece at a depth of 7 km ( 4.3 miles), the quake hit at 20:56:50 UTC Sunday 6th November 2011. The epicenter was 54 km ( 33.4 miles) North of Analipsis, Crete, ...
Articles appearing on BBC News online about the Herman Cain [R] sexual harassment claims in the 5 days after the story first broke on Politico: Herman Cain: Sexual harassment claims 'baseless' Herman Cain...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck off the East Coast of Kamchatka, Russia at a depth of 40 km ( 24.8 miles), the quake hit at 19:28:17 UTC Sunday 6th November 2011. The epicenter was 73 km ( 45.6 miles...
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[image: image] As readers of even the mainstream headlines will be aware, the world is a dreadfully uncertain place right now. And as readers of this blog will be aware, one of the historical save haven...
*"What Caused The Financial Crisis? * *The Big Lie Goes Viral"* by Barry Ritholtz "I have a fairly simple approach to investing: Start with data and objective evidence to determine the dominant elemen...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Fiji Region at a depth of 596.8 km ( 370.9 miles), the quake hit at 18:53:24 UTC Sunday 6th November 2011. The epicenter was 358 km ( 222 miles) West of Nuku'Alofa,...
Israeli President Shimon Peres warned on Sunday that an attack on Iran is becoming increasingly likely, days before a report by the UN’s nuclear watchdog on Iran’s nuclear programme. “The possibility of a...
Image: Cayotes dying from Gulf toxins. Neurotoxic shellfish poisoning (NSP) threatening human health along Texas Gulf Coast prompted Texas Department of Health to issue a warning to stay away from the Gul...
In this era of Facebook, email, Twitter and other social media, getting a postcard from someone's travels has a certain appeal. China's mail service looks to be taking that tourist postcard to a whole new ...
To D-fox: if you're reading this, please contact us at thecomingcrisis@gmail.com. It's important -- we believe.
Greece needs a government that can reassure people it is staying in the Eurozone, says Eva Kaili, a key politician who has stopped backing prime minister George Papandreou. The stage was set for the fina...
The Eurocracy's contempt for the nation-states it governs is growing ever more flagrant. It isn’t often that you are aware of the world order changing before your eyes. Last week, the European Union effe...
Ralph Gomory Research Prof. NYU, Pres. Emeritus, Alfred P Sloan Foundation, Former IBM SVP Science-Tech I must admit that there is something about Occupy Wall Street that makes me think of the America...
"FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN TURN YOUR PATIENT'S DECISION INTO SOMETHING WONDERFUL" reads the glossy brochure sent out to abortion mills by Opening Lines, a fetal tissue "wholesaler." To medical research labs a...
Beijing residents blanketed by smog are pointing to U.S. readings on pollution levels -- and slamming official reports from the Chinese government. On Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter, more and more ...
The decommissioning of four reactors at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will likely take more than 30 years to complete, according to a report by Japanese officials. The draft report, r...
Israel is extending its Jericho III missile's range, developing intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capabilities and expanding its nuclear-tipped cruise missile enabled submarine fleet, The Guardian,...
Fearing an uncoordinated Israeli attack against Iran, the United States is working on several levels to pressure the UN's Security Council into imposing harsher sanctions on Iran, Yedioth Ahronoth reported...
On October 31, Earth’s 7-billionth inhabitant was born. The population is due to hit 10 billion in just a few decades, bringing thoughts of colonizing a new planet. But which one? Mercury is too hot; Plu...
Like a lot of companies, Veridian Credit Union wants its employees to be healthier. In January, the Waterloo, Iowa-company rolled out a wellness program and voluntary screenings. It also gave workers a ma...
The eurozone debt crisis could lead to a decade-long recession and rising social unrest, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has warned, according to a German media report on Sunday. "The next few...
The Obama administration plans to bolster the American military presence in the Persian Gulf after it withdraws the remaining troops from Iraq this year, according to officials and diplomats. That repositi...
PART ONE: Watch Top Secret America on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE. PART TWO: Watch Top Secret America on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE. PART THREE: Watch Top Secret America on PBS. See more from...
The French Riviera in November conjures up images of ageing playboys eking out the last rays of autumn sunshine on the Croisette over a pastis. So it may be fitting that Nicolas Sarkozy has chosen Cannes a...
Campaigners condemn US drone strikes in Pakistan as extra-judicial assassinations that kill hundreds of civilians, but popular protests against them are conspicuous by their rarity. Opinion polls suggest ...
The past half-century has been the age of electronic mass media. Television has reshaped society in every corner of the world. Now an explosion of new media devices is joining the TV set: DVDs, computers, ...
There are few philosophers whose very name provokes more violent responses than Karl Marx. His stern face, framed by a mass of gray hair, symbolizes for many Americans the costly battles of the 20th centu...
It was supposed to be an ordinary night out with friends for 20-year-old Zukiswa Gaca but it ended with her lying on a railway track attempting to take her own life. Gaca was at a bar, drinking with frien...
Spitters, swearers, armrest hoggers and interrupters be warned: there is a growing gang of radicals coming after you. Taking aim at what he sees as the demise of good manners, demographer Bernard Salt and...
* "Oligarchy, American Style"* By Paul Krugman "Inequality is back in the news, largely thanks to Occupy Wall Street, but with an assist from the Congressional Budget Office. And you know what that means:...
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A magnitude 3.3 earthquake has struck Oklahoma at a depth of just 5 km ( 3.1 miles), the quake hit at 18:26:56 UTC Sunday 6th November 2011. The epicenter was 4 km ( 2 miles) Southeast of Meeker, Oklahoma N...
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake has struck Oklahoma at a depth of just 5 km ( 3.1 miles), the quake hit at 17:52:34 UTC Sunday 6th November 2011. The epicenter was 26 km ( 16 miles) NNE of Shawnee, Oklahoma No C...
[image: In this 25 August 2010 file photo, a job applicant receives advice on his resume while attending a job fair in Southfield, Mich. Nearly all states provide up to 26 weeks of unemployment benefits....
Former Penn State University football coach Jerry Sandusky has been barred from campus after he was charged with sexual assault for allegedly abusing eight young boys. He allegedly worked with the childre...
The president of Connecticut's largest utility said he believes most of the hundreds of thousands of customers still without electricity due to last weekend's snow storm will have their service restored by...
*Canadian children suffered 'beatings, electric shocks, forced sterilization, medical experimentation, starvation, rape as well as various other forms of sexual abuse, and murder'.* Canada means child ab...
*Daniel Barenboim conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin in the Prelude to Act III of Tannhäuser (from their June 2001 Teldec recording of the complete opera, from which we've heard a number of excerpts earlie...
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IEN delegation/Photo Clayton Thomas Muller *TAR SANDS ACTION! Watch live today as thousands surround the White House Today, Sunday* *Nov. 6, 2:00 pm Eastern time* *'NO!' to Keystone XL Pipeline * Tar Sands...
The death toll from Thailand's worst flooding in half a century reached 506 Sunday as floodwaters inched toward downtown Bangkok, the interior ministry said. By Sunday, authorities had ordered evacuations...
Europe faces being crippled by debt until 2021, with devastating consequences for its population of 500million people, including those in Britain, Angela Merkel warned yesterday. The German Chancellor’s g...
A cash-strapped hospital tasked with finding £12million savings this year has admitted paying a consultant £12,000-a-week. Bedford Hospital chief executive Joe Harrison revealed the staggering figure duri...
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck Southern Peru at a depth 0f 118.2 km ( 73.4 miles), the quake hit at 15:21:22 UTC Sunday 6th November 2011. The epicenter was 60 km ( 37 miles) NNW of Arequipa, Peru No...
[image: The 47,230 tonne Costamare-owned MV Rena lists in heavy swells, about 12 nautical miles (22 km) from Tauranga, on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island, 12 October 2011, a week after hitti...
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*I write to you from cell 9 **of the Apartheid State of Israel* *by David Heap* Censored News Nov. 6, 2011 UPDATE: 1 pm Eastern, Nov. 6, 2011 All 27 aboard two boats have been deported, or are waiting for...
At least 150 people have reportedly been killed and a number of government buildings were left in ruins after co-ordinated attacks in Nigeria. A radical Muslim sect, known locally as Boko Haram, has claime...
"A lot of times when you're in science, you don't get a chance to catch the big stories as they happen because you're not there at the right place at the right time. But this time we were," John Sonntag...
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck Oklahoma at a depth of just 5 km ( 3.1 miles), the quake hit at 15:07:06 UTC Sunday 6th November 2011. The epicenter was 24 km ( 14 miles) North of Shawnee, Oklahoma No...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Southern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 153.4 km ( 95.3 miles), the quake hit at 14:17:47 UTC Sunday 6th November 2011. The epicenter was 110 km ( 68 miles) NNW of B...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Kamchatka, Russia at a depth of 160.8 km ( 99.9 miles), the quake hit at 14:03:10 UTC Sunday 6th November 2011. The epicenter was 185 km ( 114 m...
*Alt-Market.com* Brandon Smith Dr. William Stockton celebrates yet another birthday surrounded by family and friends in the midst of a grand suburban paradise. The party is warm, and the evening is fil...
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Biased BBC - 13 hours ago
Has anyone else noticed that the BBC has gone totally silent about the Occupy Wall St. movement in the US? With the exception of a couple stories about the violence innocent exercising of rights in Oakland...
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck Eastern Turkey at a depth of just 10 km ( 6.2 miles), the quake hit at 13:34:23 UTC Sunday 6th November 2011. The epicenter was 31 km ( 19 miles) ENE of Van, Turkey No ...
If the rest of Europe is appalled by the high-stakes political poker played by Greece's politicians, your average Greek can't countenance it any longer. It is Saturday, the morning after the prime minist...
Worries about Greece's future is front and center yet again, as Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou gets ready to announce his resignation. That's just another reminder that the the crisis is far from o...
I haven't got much time for much of anything else. Mrs. JP and I will be meeting my son Adam later today. So, in lieu of actual, honest to God blogging screaming about the injustice of the Man oppressing...
I'm so old I remember when banks paid us interest instead of ripped us off with extraneous fees. Yesterday was Bank Transfer Day and credit unions pulled in some 650,000 new customers since September 29,...
A large sinkhole that resembles something out of a Hollywood movie has closed a section of Bayview Avenue to traffic. It happened overnight on Thursday after a water main break. Bayview Avenue just north...
What is usually a time of comity and celebrations was marked by gunfire and protests in Syria on Sunday as residents ushered in the first day of the Muslim holiday, Eid al-Adha. In the western city of H...
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wmtc - 16 hours ago
*I will update this post as I receive more information. Scroll down for updates.* David Heap, a Canadian professor and activist, and my friend and comrade, is being held in an Israeli prison. David was ...
Bizarre as it sounds, it was an almost-empty carton of orange juice that nearly put an end to my relationship. Arriving home from a hard day at the office, tired and dehydrated, I reached into the fridg...
Most women are naturally bi-curious when it comes to sex, a new report has discovered. And what's more, it becomes more pronounced the older they get. In a study carried out by Boise State University fou...
Online dating was once considered the ultimate taboo. But now it seems social networking stigma is a thing of the past as one in three singles admit they would rather meet a perspective partner on the i...
A suicide attack near a mosque in northern Afghanistan killed at least seven people Sunday, the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, the interior ministry said. The blast took place in Baghlan...
The death toll from Thailand's worst flooding in half a century reached 506 Sunday, as flood waters inched toward downtown Bangkok, the interior ministry said. By Sunday, authorities ordered evacuations ...
Tens of thousands of demonstrators have gathered in Rome Saturday to voice their opposition to the government of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and its reforms. Many of the protesters, waving...
This afternoon 5th November 2011, 51 people will be evacuated from the areas of 'Los Povillos' and 'Los Guzmines' due to increased risk of landslides in the area caused by the recent increase in seismic ac...
Here's a guy with a nose for a long career in show business. But there's one drawback - he has to deal with a lot of slippery characters. Chinese entertainer Liu Fei, from Jiangxi province, amazingly enj...
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Biased BBC - 17 hours ago
Well, I didn't make it onto Sunday Morning Live. I was the "stand by" for Angela Epstein. Angela was able to make it so that was fine. However I was present in the Green Room with the former Bishop of Hul...
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake has struck Oklahoma at a depth of just 5 km ( 3.1 miles), the quake hit at 10:52:35 UTC Sunday 6th November 2011. The epicenter was 29 km ( 18 miles) NNE of Shawnee, Oklahoma No C...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck the Alaska Peninsula at a depth of 34 km ( 21.1 miles), the quake hit at 10:41:05 UTC Sunday 6th November 2011. The epicenter was 92 km ( 57 miles) Southeast of False P...
In spite of his happy demeanour at yesterday's G20 conference, President Obama actually has very little to smile about as the economy remains terribly depressed and his re-election campaign continues to su...
It's moving day for bank customers. A grassroots movement that sprang to life last month is urging bank customers to close their accounts in favour of credit unions by Saturday. The spirit behind 'Bank Tr...
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*10,000 to surround White House to protest Keystone XL pipeline today* Censored News Photo by Josh Lopez Tar Sands Action *Clayton Thomas Muller, Cree, Debra White Plume, Lakota and other Native Americans...
The jobs crisis has left so many people out of work for so long that most of America's unemployed are no longer receiving unemployment benefits. Early last year, 75 per cent were receiving cheques. The fig...
The central U.S. state has been shaken by an earthquake causing "significant damage."
Bosons and fermions are fundamental particles -- but the "anyon" could be the wild-child of the quantum world.
A mother and her two young daughters were among six people who drowned after torrential rain brought severe flash flooding to the Italian city of Genoa. The woman was swept to her death along with her 11-m...
Saturday, November 5, is Guy Fawkes Day in Britain marking the day he tried to blow up Parliament. It is also known as Bonfire Night, a celebration involving fireworks, bonfires and children having fun. ...
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck Oklahoma at a depth of just 5 km ( 3.1 miles), the quake hit at 09:39:57 UTC Sunday 6th November 2011. The epicenter was 3 km ( 2 miles) ENE of Meeker, Oklahoma No Conf...
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake has struck Oklahoma at a depth of just 5 km ( 3.1 miles), the quake hit at 09:22:04 UTC Sunday 6th November 2011. The epicenter was 3 km ( 2 miles) South of Sparks, Oklahoma No Co...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Alaska Peninsula at a depth of 48.6 km ( 30.2 miles), the quake hit at 09:05:00 UTC Sunday 6th November 2011. The epicenter was 87 km ( 54 miles) Southeast of Fals...
This is the senior Nato official who had an affair with a Russian woman at the centre of a spy and sex scandal in Britain. Because of the strict terms of a court order, all we can reveal is that the 56-ye...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 10.3 km ( 6.4 miles), the quake hit at 08:40:13 UTC Sunday 6th November 2011. The epicenter was 347 km ( 215 miles) E...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Tonga Region at a depth of 34.8 km ( 21.6 miles), the quake hit at 08:31:28 UTC Sunday 6th November 2011. The epicenter was 165 km ( 102 miles) SSE of Hihifo, Tonga...
Sitting in front of the Hellenic Parliament in Syntagma Square on Friday afternoon, it was hard to imagine the violent clashes that have become such a part of daily life here. Hordes of commuters crossed ...
Guy Fawkes masks are the symbol of the so called anti-greed protests. Time Warner owns the rights to the masks. Time Warner makes money from the masks. (How the Guy Fawkes masks have become the symbol of...
"Mind control in the West, and certainly in America, has been very aggressive throughout the 20th century and into the 21st as we have been discussing here at the Bell. There is nothing very tricky about...
It has become traditional for David Cameron to appear at European summits in front of both the Union Jack and the EU emblem to illustrate the ‘dual sovereignty’ between London and Brussels. But now a sen...
*Right-wing media offer more sensible stories than their left-wing counterparts* Try to compare these two articles about Andrea Rossi's cold fusion claims: Italian cold fusion machine passes another tes...
Hitler is Daddy-Daycare at the Death camps!*Well, I guess this is all the world needs to know - there were Theatres, Orchestras, Canteens to spend their money/coupons at and Soccer teams. WHAT THE FUCK?!* ...
In the UK's Sunday Telegraph, on 6 November 2011, Nick Meo asks: *as lawlessness spreads in Libya, are the rebel 'good guys' really the bad guys? * Nick Meo reports on how, in Tripoli, the forces of the n...
Police fear the M5 disaster that claimed the lives of at least seven people may have been caused by heavy smoke drifting on to the motorway from a nearby fireworks display. More than 30 cars and six artic...
A total of 126 unidentified bodies were taken during the past three days to Al-Watani Hospital in Homs, Syria, a doctor there told CNN. The trauma physician did not want to be identified out of fear of ...
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck the Alaska Peninsula at a depth of 34 km ( 21.1 miles), the quake hit at 08:08:15 UTC Sunday 6th November 2011. The epicenter was 96 km ( 60 miles) Southeast of False P...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck the Tonga Region at a depth of 17.2 km ( 10.7 miles), the quake hit at 07:34:15 UTC Sunday 6th November 2011. The epicenter was 223 km ( 138 miles) South of Nuku'Alofa,...
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake has struck Oklahoma at a depth of just 4.9 km ( 3.0 miles), the quake hit at 07:32:40 UTC Sunday 6th November 2011. The epicenter was 23 km ( 14 miles) North of Shawnee, Oklahoma ...
A landslide caused by heavy rains in Colombia has killed at least 14 people and left dozens more missing. Red Cross official Cesar Uruena said homes were buried in the city of Manizales in Caldas states,...
Crews in central Oklahoma were out early Sunday morning assessing for damage from the largest quake to hit the state since record-keeping began. The 5.6-magnitude quake struck 4 miles east of Sparks in Li...
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck the Strait of Gibraltar at a depth of 40 km ( 24.8 miles), the quake hit at 05:45:12 UTC Sunday 6th November 2011. The epicenter was 30 km ( 18.6 miles) West of Algecir...
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake has struck Oklahoma at a depth of just 5 km ( 3.1 miles), the quake hit at 06:31:10 UTC Sunday 6th November 2011. The epicenter was 26 km ( 16 miles) Northeast of Shawnee, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake has struck Oklahoma at a depth of just 5 km ( 3.1 miles), the quake hit at 04:54:00 UTC Sunday 6th November 2011. The epicenter was 31 km ( 19 miles) Northeast of Shawnee, Oklahoma
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck the Java Region, Indonesia at a depth of 160.1 km ( 99.5 miles), the quake hit at 04:41:56 UTC Sunday 6th November 2011. The epicenter was 33 km ( 20 miles) East of Ci...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Fiji Region at a depth of 533.8 km ( 331.7 miles), the quake hit at 04:00:05 UTC Sunday 6th November 2011. The epicenter was 232 km ( 144 miles) ESE of Lambasa, Van...
Essential Reading Regarding Iran by Tony Cartalucci November 6, 2011 - As the rhetoric for war with Iran begins to mount, first with the staged DEA-Saudi bomb plot, and now with an upcoming IAEA report s...
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake has struck Oklahoma at a depth of just 5 km ( 3.1 miles), the quake hit at 03:53:10 UTC Sunday 6th November 2011. The epicenter was 34 km ( 21 miles) Northeast of Shawnee, Oklahom...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Eatern Turkey at a depth of 8.6 km ( 5.3 miles), the quake hit at 02:43:14 UTC Sunday 6th November 2011. The epicenter was 35 km ( 21 miles) NNE of Van, Turkey No Repor...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Martinique Region, Windward Islands at a depth of 58.9 km ( 36.6 miles), the quake hit at 02:35:29 UTC Sunday 6th November 2011. The epicenter was 67 km ( 41 miles...
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck off the Timor Sea at a depth of 34.8 km ( 21.6 miles), the quake hit at 00:46:27 UTC Sunday 6th November 2011. The epicenter was 271 km ( 168 miles) East of Dili, Timor...
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck Moro Gulf, Mindanao, Philippines at a depth of 562.5 km ( 349.5 miles), the quake hit at 23:28:01 UTC Saturday 5th November 2011. The epicenter was 79 km ( 49 miles) S...
[Strong Hint: It's quite lovely when someone makes a donation to this blog's operation.] Provocateurs Used By Governments All Over the World to Discredit Peaceful Protests "Who are you? That's not what thi...
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- This event has been reviewed by a seismologist. Magnitude*5.2* Date-Time - *Sunday, November 06, 2011 at 03:53:10 UTC* - Saturday, November 05, 2011 at 10:53:10 PM at epicenter - Time o...
Violence flared in Syria on Saturday, leaving at least 28 people dead, activists said. The Arab League condemned the violence and warned of a crisis in the region if the Syrian government does not compl...
[image: Big problem: The study found that those who stayed in poor neighbourhoods were most likely to be obese] Big problem: The study found that those who stayed in poor neighbourhoods were most likely...
Thursday night we broke the very local story about a virulently anti-gay family buying a health food store in Los Feliz Village, between Los Feliz and Silverlake, two of Los Angeles' most gay-friendly nei...
They used to say life begins at 40, but now 70 seems to be the time to kick back and enjoy yourself. Septuagenarians are better-educated and happier than counterparts 30 years ago, as well as enjoying ...
Those holiday shots posted on Facebook or that quick snap of your new car won't help you make friends, in fact it will do just the opposite. New research has revealed online profiles featuring over the t...
An investigation by The Mail on Sunday has proved that people who put first-class stamps on letters they post on Saturdays are wasting their money. Last week, we revealed how the Royal Mail was secretly...
"Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about his religion. Respect others in their views and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, bea...
*"A Perversely Perfect War"* by Bill Bonner "In a perverse way, a zombie war is a perfect war. A lot of money changes hands. And relatively few people are killed, compared to a real war. The British med...
*"If there were ever any doubts that 'Fox on 15th Street' was a fitting label for the Washington Post, Patrick Pexton, the paper's ombudsman, removed them with his defense of the Post's front page piece o...
*Remember, remember, the Fifth of November, the gunpowder treason and plot… I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot… National Move Ur Money Day (if u have any). Support ur loca...
*PERSONAL* *WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT PART 3* As I've mentioned before, both here and on my Facebook page, the very fact that the movement has refused to set up a list of demands to the pow...
"It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner." - Vince Lombardi
Thailand's floodwaters inched toward downtown Bangkok Saturday, threatening some subway stations as leaders urged residents not to open defenses set up to divert the waters from the capital. At least six...
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake has struck San Francisco Bay, California at a depth of 6.4 km ( 4 miles), the quake hit at 21:52:18 UTC Saturday 5th November 2011. The epicenter was 6 km ( 4 miles) North of Oak...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck off the Coast of Southeastern Alaska at a depth of 20 km ( 12.4 miles), the quake hit at 20:46:41 UTC Saturday 5th November 2011. The epicenter was 70 km ( 43 miles) S...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Guizhou, China at a depth of 15.1 km ( 9.4 miles), the quake hit at 20:44:25 UTC Saturday 5th November 2011. The epicenter was 78 km ( 49 miles) South of Anshun, Guizho...
Harry Ransom Center (University of Texas at Austin): William Douglas, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, talks with Wallace about freedom of expression and the freedom to exchang...
The new Gallup poll shows a statistical dead heat between Obama and Romney in a dozen swing states, but what interested me most-- but didn't surprise me at all-- in their data was that GOP enthusiasm for ...
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