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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Monday, November 15, 2010

15 November - RSS SnapShot! Pt 1

RSS Feed Results from Opit's LinkFest! at  My Opera

 Sidebar Spider Search for Water Related Terms at Bottom


IPS - Inter Press Services

  • Q&A: Community Radio Stations – Key Players ...
    Chilean journalist María Pía Matta, a feminist and staunch believer that communication is a universal right based on freedom of expression, is the new president of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC).
  • EGYPT: Mubarak's Critics See Hypocrisy in U.S. Sup ...
    The Egyptian government's crackdown on political opponents continues unabated in advance of parliamentary elections Nov. 28, even as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last week hailed the "partnership" between the two countries as "a cornerstone of stability and security in the Middle Eas ...
  • Illness Plagues Gulf Residents in BP's Aftermath
    Increasing numbers of U.S. Gulf Coast residents attribute ongoing sicknesses to BP's oil disaster and use of toxic dispersants.
  • SRI LANKA: Death Sentence Highlights Risks for Mig ...
    When a relative approached Mohamed Nafeek in 2005 to explore the possibility of sending his eldest daughter, Rizana, to the Middle East as a domestic worker, the family thought its luck had finally turned for the better.
  • PHILIPPINES: When A Typhoon Comes, Turn to Twitter
    Disaster time is social networking time for a growing number of humanitarian agencies, weather agencies, volunteers and individuals in the Philippines, one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world.

Scoop - NZ

  • Currency Wars: Australian party ending soon ?
    HSBC's currency team said the Australian dollar may be nearing its peak. "One concern relates to the deflating of the property bubble in China. This could happen gently but, if not, the Aussie will not avoid the fall-out. A sharp fall in Chinese property prices may very well lead to a deep exam ...
  • Zillow warns of "unprecedented decline" in US home ...
    Zillow just released a devastating third quarter housing report. Basically every major indicator is crashing: * The decline in home values accelerated in September, dropping 0.4% month-over-month * Foreclosures reached an all-time high * A record 23.2% of mortgages are now underwater T ...
  • AEP: Ireland is running out of time
    Ireland has been desperately unlucky. The bond crisis is snowballing out of control before the country has had enough time to let its medical, pharma, IT, and financial services industries (don't laugh, some of it is doing well) come to the rescue. Yields on 10-year Irish bonds surged this morning t ...
  • Road trip with Roma - Brussels to Bulgaria
    Emiliya doesn't want people to know that she is Roma. She wants people to know that she speaks four languages: that her parents scrubbed toilets and washed cars in Brussels to put her through the Medical University of Varna in Bulgaria: that she is a qualified nurse in Bulgaria and that her degree w ...
  • Leading Chinese credit rating agency downgrades US ...
    One of China's leading credit rating agencies has downgraded United States of America government debt in response to what it sees as deliberate devaluation of the dollar by quantitative easing and other means. ��� PLIGG_Visual_RSS_OriginalNews

Independent - London

Rogue Government.com

Innovation Canada

  • Studying sturgeon
    It can live 150 years, can grow up to six metres long and has not changed in more than 100 million years. The white sturgeon, North America’s largest freshwater fish, is also in such critical decline from overfishing, pollution and habitat destruction that many remaining populations have been declar ...
  • Talking Fish
    When the Atlantic cod fishery was closed in 1992, politicians and fishermen assumed the stock would recover and the bounty of fish would return to Newfoundland within a decade. But almost 20 years later, cod stocks remain low, and scientists are still trying to determine exactly why.The cod saga is ...
  • Bridge Building
    You’ve seen them, driven over them, walked through them, but you’ve probably never given them a second thought. Yet culverts — those corrugated steel arches buried under roads that allow rivers and streams, vehicles, people and animals to pass through — are a critical piece of infrastructure that we ...
  • Better infrastructure, better results
    In 2001, when the Canadian Rivers Institute (CRI) opened on the campus of the University of New Brunswick (UNB), CRI researchers knew where many of its students would have to go to conduct experiments and analyze their findings — elsewhere.While the CRI was theoretically a 21st-century effort to mea ...
  • Crime and rehabilitation
    When Hugh Brody embarked on an experiment to interview aboriginal youth in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley in 2005, spending three years in prison was the last thing he expected to do. But that all changed when he met Angela George, a member of the Chehalis First Nation near Chilliwack, who was wor ...

Signs of the times

  • BEST OF THE WEB: Geraldo Realizes 9-11 Could Be an ...
    Questioning the "Official" conclusion:
  • Satellites provide up-to-date information on snow ...
    ESA GlobSnow project led by the Finnish Meteorological Institute uses satellites to produce up-to-date information on global snow cover. The new database gives fresh information on the snow situation right after a snowfall. Gathering this information was not possible before when only land-based obse ...
  • New analysis explains formation of bulge on far si ...
    A bulge of elevated topography on the farside of the moon--known as the lunar farside highlands--has defied explanation for decades. But a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, shows that the highlands may be the result of tidal forces acting early in the moon's h ...
  • Qantas plane turns back because of suspected elect ...
    Boeing 747 bound for Argentina dumps fuel and returns to Australia one hour into flight A Qantas Boeing 747 jumbo jet bound for Argentina has returned to Sydney after a suspected electrical fault. The airline said a Boeing 747 carrying 221 passengers and crew turned back an hour into a flight from ...
  • Singer James Blunt: I disobeyed order from NATO Co ...
    James Blunt refused an order to attack Russian troops when he was a British soldier in Kosovo. Kosovo, June 1999. Serbia has withdrawn from the campaign. Hundreds of thousands of refugees wait over the border to return to their homes. A column of 30,000 Nato troops is advancing towards Pristina air ...

The Galloping Beaver

  • The post that will cure the flu
    This post is for our good friend JJ . Get well very soon. We miss you.
  • WWSHD?
    What would Stephen Harper do...when Israel turns its next border skirmish into a war ? Consider this, this , and this:� "[T]he anti-Israel mob"? Considering the catch-all definition of "new anti-Semitism", that includes nearly anyone who might utter voice the tiniest of reservations Israel's acti ...
  • Where's Dickens when you need him most?
    And you thought the crop of British upper-class schoolboys were going to be allowed to take the first prize in the Wackford Squeers clone contest. No, it looks like that prize is going to go to those freedom loving crazy kids south of the 49th. It's not a crime to owe money, and debtors' prisons w ...
  • By then, we may be swept away by the waves
    That's a statement made by a resident of Alexandria, Egypt. Here's more of what he said. I worry that the government won't do anything until a crisis hits us. By then, we may be swept away by the waves. The fears of Alexandria taxi driver Ahmed Fatta. Bad news, Ahmed. Not only are most readers pron ...
  • Sisters in Spirit update
    . Last week APTN News reported that not only does the Cons new missing persons initiative entirely bypass Sisters In Spirit , the very group which initiated five years of research into the nearly 600 missing and murdered FN women and girls in the first place, but SIS can no longer use the SIS name ...

Media Matters for America

  • Still lapdogs: Media figures host Bush's rehabili ...
    Numerous media figures have interviewed former President George W. Bush following the November 9 release of his book, Decision Points . Bush and his interviewers used these interviews as an opportunity to rewrite his presidency by promoting false claims and misinformation about Bush's tenure. ...
  • Fox continues to suggest ending Bush tax cuts for ...
    Fox & Friends advanced several dubious claims to suggest that ending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy would hurt "many small businesses" and hinder job growth. In fact, the Tax Policy Center has stated that only 2.5 percent of taxpayers who report business income on their individual tax return ...
  • Glenn Beck lashes out at the Anti-Defamation Leag ...
    Glenn Beck lashed out at the Anti-Defamation League over its condemnation of his outrageous smear of George Soros as a Nazi collaborator. Beck said that the criticism of his comments was part of a "Soros-started" "smear campaign" and directed his staff to find out "if there's any George Soros ...
  • Fox continues its guilt-by-association smears on ...
    Fox News is baselessly smearing numerous participants in a "Capitol Hill Prayer Group" as being "among a 'Who's Who' of controversial figures" with "terror ties." But many of those listed are outspoken opponents of terrorism and appear to have no ties to terrorists; indeed, at least one has rece ...
  • Fox News distorts Dream Act
    Fox News claimed that the Dream Act would give citizenship to certain unauthorized immigrants and that the legislation creates "an illegal alien student preference program." In fact, the proposal would provide conditional permanent residency status, not citizenship, to those eligible, and it d ...

Global Research.ca

TPM Cafe

  • Coming To The Table, Redux
    An old Soviet joke.�A customer enters a fish market, asks for the last pathetic mackerel, and the clerk behind the counter is out of newspaper. So the clerk goes to the complaint box, pulls out the sheets, and wraps the fish. "Wait," the customer says. "You can't wrap fish in those." "Then write a c ...
  • Erskine Bowles' Conflict of Interest -- Why Is the ...
    The NYT's Tobin Harshaw complained in a blogpost that liberals and progressives were not giving enough respect to Erskine Bowles and former Senator Alan Simpson and their proposals to deal with the deficit. His blogpost (" A Deficit of Respect ") Tobin Harshaw discusses the response of liberals and ...
  • David Leonhardt, Please Shut Up
    Compañeros, I have a dream today. No it's not the dream where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers . . . I have that dream too, but today's is different. In this dream, Obama's deficit commission, the Pew-Peter ...
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  • A Problem With Boundaries
    There is something deeply unsatisfying about the reported deal between Benjamin Netanyahu and Hillary Rodham Clinton: 90 days to stop building in the West Bank in return for F-35s and various diplomatic guarantees.�Presumably, the Obama administration (to paraphrase Churchill) has had to choose betw ...

TruthOut

  • James Kwak | Dear Mr. President
    There have been ( admittedly unclear ) indications from your administration that you may accede to the Republicans’ demand to extend the Bush tax cuts for everyone. I urge you not to do this. read more
  • News in Brief: Rangel Ethics Case Moves on Without ...
    Rangel Ethics Case Moves on Without Rangel read more
  • McCain Moves the Goal Posts Again on DADT
    This week, Cindy McCain caused a stir when she seemingly broke with her husband , Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), on the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) policy when she appeared in an ad calling for repealing the ban on gays serving openly. As the ranking GOP member of the Senate Armed Services Com ...
  • Aqua Buddha and the Number 21
    At this point most of the country has heard the story of "Aqua Buddha." According to an anonymous account, during his college days, Kentucky Sen.-elect Rand Paul dragged a woman down to a river and told her to bow down to the river, which he referred to as "Aqua Buddha." His opponent in the campaign ...
  • Fed Bashing at the G-20: A Return to the Gold Stan ...
    A strange thing happened on the way to the G-20 meetings: world elite opinion has turned against the Federal Reserve’s “quantitative easing” (QE) program, the only significant “Keynesian” macroeconomic policy being implemented anywhere in the face of massive unemployment read more

Planetsave

  • Hunt Regulatory Authority to be Like FIFA?
    Yes, the international soccer organization FIFA. Apparently, hunting has become very unpopular with the general public. To try to pull people over to its side, the Hunt Regulatory Authority in the UK is saying that it is going to change some things and be more like FIFA. What? Here’s more from the L ...
  • Nuclear Reactor in Vermont Needs to be Shut Down, ...
    An old nuclear reactor in Vermont, the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station, has had a number of problems lately and Greenpeace has taken notice. “The 38-year-old reactor has a history of contamination issues, including a recent leak of radioactive water,” Becky Striepe of our sister site Ecoscraps ...
  • Conserving and Rebuilding Soils
    This is a special guest post from the Earth Policy Institute (subheadings and photo added). Enjoy. Lester R. Brown The literature on soil erosion contains countless references to the “loss of protective vegetation.” Over the last half-century, clearcutting, overgrazing, and overplowing have removed ...
  • Industrialized North Should Help Populous South
    It seems that no matter how long humans live there is always going to be a discrepancy between “north and south.” This time, however, researchers from the University of Bath are calling for the industrialized “north” of our planet to help out the more populous “south” in an effort to curb an increas ...
  • Victorian Government Investigating Cloud Seeding
    The Australian state of Victoria is looking into following its neighbours into implementing cloud seeding to help refill its dams, which currently average around fifty-percent full. Cloud seeding is a geoengineering project which injects particles into super-cold water laden clouds, thereby increasi ...

Water Quality - WordPress

Dandelion Salad - Featured Writers' Posts

Axis of Logic

  • Timetable Abandoned: U.S. And NATO To Wage Endless ...
    The mainstream news media and alternative sources alike have seized on a recent revelation – though it is hardly such – published by McClatchy Newspapers that “The Obama administration has decided to begin publicly walking away from what it once touted as key deadlines in the war in Afghanis ...
  • Death of the Liberal Class, Empire of Illusion - U ...
    "We have a choice," says Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Chris Hedges.  "You can either be complicit in your own enslavement or you can lead a life that has some kind of integrity and meaning."  Hedges argues for moral responsibility in a world bankrupt of it, and discusses the ...
  • The End of Growth - Economy
    This article is an excerpt from Richard's new book which has the working title 'The End of Growth' and is set for publication in July 2011. Given the urgency and fragility of the global economic crisis, we will be serializing the rough content as Richard writes it. Additionally, Richard will.. ...
  • Popular Knowledge Can Transform People's Worlds - ...
    HAVANA, Nov 12, 2010 (IPS) - Valuing and sharing common people's knowledge and experience, awakening critical consciousness and finding paths for effective social participation are the processes used by more than 1,000 people in Cuba working in Popular Education, a liberating approach to education d ...
  • Foreign Affairs - "Remaking the Middle East" - Mid ...
    The title from this issue of Foreign Affairs (Remaking the Middle East) struck me as rather odd, in particular the subtitle “New Challenges Call for New Policies. Are the U.S. and Israel Ready to Change Course?” (September/October 2010) The U.S. has been trying to remake the Middle East for quite so ...

They Gave Us a Republic

  • I Solved the Deficit - Can You?
    And I did it without touching Social Security or Medicare benefits. Beat that. The NYT's Budget Puzzle is fun, but limited. Its primary flaw is that it includes Social Security cuts in the mix, although Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit and the puzzle lacks many liberal policy solut ...
  • Claire McCaskill and the road to reelection in 201 ...
    Now that the midterms are a couple of weeks behind us, it is time to take stock of where we stand and what the makeup of the new Congress means for the next two years, especially in Missouri, a state that is rapidly losing it's moderate, bellweather status and turning an ever-deepening shade of red ...
  • Fighting the Man - and Winning
    Everyone who's surprised that the "liberty" baggers aren't marching in the streets against our creeping police state, stand on your head. Spread this one far and wide. Via Digby, who comments: Just read this story of Orwellian airport hell and then think about how many of our basic notions of freedo ...
  • The Nightowl Newswrap
    If patience and persistence are ever rewarded, then hers will be. "Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has told the BBC she is ready for talks with all groups to achieve national reconciliation. A day after her release from house arrest, she said it was time to "sort out our differences ac ...
  • Simple Solution: $1,000 for Everybody
    Back in February, Steve Benen proposed cutting the Gordian Knot of the health care reform bill with this simple idea: the House of Representatives, instead of revising a Senate bill that would then fail a second vote, should just pass the the Senate bill as is, denying Senate rethuglicans the chance ...

Care 2

  • Why some young US workers now seek fortunes in Ind ...
    President Obama encouraged more trade with India as a way to add jobs in the US during his Nov. 4-14 trip to Asia, but enterprising Americans aren't waiting for jobs to come to America. Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to Business �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • Copper load of this! Company digging mine in Afgha ...
    A Chinese company digging an unexploited copper mine in Afghanistan has unearthed ancient statues of Buddha in a sprawling 2,600-year-old Buddhist monastery.Archaeologists are rushing to salvage what they can from a major seventh century B.C. religious... Submitted by Anna Smith to Society & Culture ...
  • What's Behind the Likes of A Listers Like Bill Cli ...
    The food revolution is encouraging people to wake up and look more closely at where their food comes from and how it will affect their health. Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to Green Lifestyle �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • Animal icons beacons of hope for wildlife, humans
    Animal icons are not new to India or to conservation history. The tiger was national animal, alone on a pedestal from 1973 on, till earlier this year, when the Gangetic dolphin became the national aquatic animal. That the peacock is the national bird is Submitted by Simone D. to Animals �|� �Note-i ...
  • Researchers find that beached dolphins are often d ...
    New research into the cause of dolphin "strandings" - incidents in which weakened or dead dolphins are found near shore - has shown that in some species, many stranded creatures share the same problem. Submitted by Nancy Bridget to Animals �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment

Smirking Chimp

Paul Krugman

No Quarter

  • Too Effective in Afghanistan?
    Has the time has come to seriously question whether or not anymore US or NATO troops should put their lives on the line in defense of the Government of President Hamid Karzai? Worth asking in light of today’s Washington Post, which carried this plea from Karzai: President Hamid Karzai said on Saturd ...
  • Sunday night open thread
    Catch Larry Johnson at @ 10 p.m. tonight on John Batchelor’s syndicated radio show … Will the Tea Party next attempt to unseat moderate Republican Olympia Snow? … You won’t believe what’s going to be on the next ballot in San Francisco … The next, you WILL believe since it’s more dreg from Daily Kos ...
  • Bad Luck Cadet – Jumping Hurdles
    Jumping Hurdles is the second in a series of post on my misadventures in becoming a police cadet. The first in this series is Accidents Happen. I became a police officer while suffering a midlife crisis in my forties.  I became a detective a few years later.  Crime in my small town skyrocketed when ...
  • Fail-20
    Editor’s Note: Catch Larry Johnson on John Batchelor’s syndicated radio show TONIGHT at around 10:05 to 10:35 p.m. ET. You’ll find programming details and “how to listen” instructions at the end of this post. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]
  • Mexican Economics and Death in Juarez
    The WSJ published a piece about violence in Juarez, Mexico. Specifically, this article features an interview with Juarez’s once and current mayor, Hector Murguia. Juarez, if you’re not familiar with it, sits just over the U.S. – Mexico border, not far from El Paso, TX. When asked what the direct cau ...

Environmental Graffiti

  • 7 Animals with the Weirdest Genitalia on Earth
    Strange genitalia is intriguing because it gives us a sense of how animals adapt to their adversarial environments. The details of this evolution in sexual adaption is ja read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the art ...
  • 4 Animals Ensnared in the Illegal Wildlife Trade
    Wildlife trading of animals has grown into a multi-billion-dollar business today. It is illegal and should be stopped. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • Cultural Icons Recreated in Trash
    British artist Jane Perkins teaches us that junk doesn't have to be destined for the landfill! read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • The Miracle of Nanotechnology
    Research in environmental technologies sometimes means thinking outside the box and focusing on productive nanotechnologies and smart materials. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • Amazing Environmental Art by John Dahlsen
    John Dahlsen is a legend in the field of environmental art, creating stunning artworks from recycled objects with award winning talent. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article

Foreign Policy in Focus

Global Elite

Al Jazeera

Green Inc. - NYT

  • For Frequent Fliers, a Radiation Risk in the Skies
    A new study suggests that airline crews be classified as radiation workers, given the levels that they are exposed to; that way the exposure would be monitored and they would be briefed on the risks.
  • Roman Decadence and Rising Seas
    In studying Roman fish tanks carved into the Mediterranean shore, scientists concluded that global ocean volume had not changed much from the Roman era to the 19th century. But now sea levels are rising.
  • Is 'Peak Oil' Behind Us?
    Production of conventional crude oil probably topped out for good in 2006 and will reach an "undulating plateau" between 2020 and 2035. a report from the International Energy Agency says.
  • A Nighttime Epiphany on Sea Level
    A scientist's journey toward understanding the relationship between the earth's temperature and sea levels.
  • Questioning the 'Smart' in Smart Meters
    Despite their apparent utility, a small but vocal group of opponents have a variety of complaints and concerns about smart electric meters.

Dot Earth News

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

  • Storm the Boards! Applications Nearly Due for Comp ...
    I spent quite a while writing up all the open boards and appointments in Minnesota. The official post is here - http://tc.indymedia.org/2010/nov/storm-boards-applications-nearly-due-compensated-citizen-slots-panels-and-agencies Just for fun I'll crosspost the whole thing below. Worth yr effort ...
  • Metals To Nibiru! Gold & silver $1400 / $29 parabo ...
    Linkdump O Quick Hitz! Way too many links going on-have fun! Sorry for lack of pics, you gotta clix em to see :-|   "Where is My Mind" came on TheCurrent as I posted this, really appropriate for the ZeroHedge Durden posts. Total Waveform Synchronicity and it ain't even 11/11 yet.... Onwards. ...
  • 1972 CIA memo declares Nixonian resistance to decl ...
    This is it, the droids you're looking for. This memo was published by Wayne Madsen and includes a reference to Alfred McCoy, whose book "The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia" was the first serious work to break loose the geopolitical underpinnings of state-sanctioned narcotics trafficking. [ Ful ...
  • British Lord James of Blackheath sez "Foundation X ...
    For the past 20 weeks I have been engaged in a very strange dialogue with the two noble Lords, in the course of which I have been trying to bring to their attention the willing availability of a strange organisation which wishes to make a great deal of money available to assist the recovery of the ...
  • Randy Quaid gangstalked by "Star Whackers" - he na ...
    It's no surprise California is in tough straits – Hollywood ain't a great place, and they can even trap corruption whistleblowing attorneys like Richard Fine in jail easily over there (Fine got tangled in LA's enormous immunized bribery system). But Randy Quaid , of all people, has suddenly turned ...

Daily Censored

  • The Teaching Profession as a Service Industry
    Walt Gardner, writing in his EdWeek blog, concluded recently: “The latest reminder that freedom of speech for teachers in K-12 is an illusion came from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit in Cincinnati on Oct. 21. In Evans-Marshall v. Board of Education of the Tipp City Exempted Village Sc ...
  • Obama to Switch Party
    Michael Collins (Satire) (Washington) President Barack Obama has confided his plans to become a registered Republican some time before the end of the lame-duck session of the 111th Congress. Speaking to his inner circle, he lamented failing to bring the two major parties together. One of his confida ...
  • Hip Hop & Radical Resistance
    Hip Hop: Radical Resistance, Mobilization and Empowerment By: Solomon Comissiong âI live, I die, I organize, Everything I do – revolutionize, I build what’s good for the whole damn hood, Study G’s like these, really think you should, I study Malcolm Garvey Huey, Malcolm Garvey Huey, Malcolm Garvey H ...
  • A FILM OFFERS INSIGHT INTO THE AMERICAN CHARACTER
    “Stone” takes a hybrid Norman Rockwell-Grant Wood portrait of an aging mid western couple, adds two Quentin Tarantino characters who excel in manipulating and offers a disturbing cinematic slice of real America: repression, religion, lust, violence and escape into seedy mysticism. Young Jack Mabry ( ...
  • Justice Department Probe of CIA Torture Evidence: ...
    Here's why the Justice Department's halt to its probe of CIA obstruction of justice involving torture looks like another whitewash. The DOJ compromised its probe from the beginning in 2008 by assigning it to Connecticut federal prosecutor John Durham, whom courts have twice implicated in suppressi ...

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Equality Trust

  • Why we need a Fairness Test of the cuts
    A group of charities, including the Equality Trust, Child Poverty Action Group, Barnardo's and the TUC are asking the coalition government to commit to a Fairness Test on any tax rises or spending cuts they introduce. Full details ...
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  • VAT rise would hit the poorest
    Bill Wilson's VAT motion to the Scottish Parliament reads as follows: That the Parliament notes the warning issued by Save the Children in Scotland that raising VAT to 20% could mean a £31 a week bill for the poorest families in Scotland and that the poorest 10% of the population currently spend ...
  • Excessive pay and bonuses in public sector under s ...
    Daily Telegraph reports on bold moves in the public sector . But what about the private sector which originated the "crazy" bonus system and still leads the way on excessive top pay...?

PDA AMERICA

  • IOT: End the War and Occupations November Call
    On This Call… David Swanson: 1. Don’t use the term “Defense” spending when referring to military spending. 2. No one lost any of their elections because they failed to support the wars. 3. Warned about the ...
  • Changing Gears
    Get the Jump on holiday shopping and support PDA! It’s appropriate to thank you again for your recent electoral activities. Thanks to you, progressives did a lot better than the rest of the Democrats. After that ...
  • Million Letter March on Congress
    Join the Million Letter March Stamp Out Climate Change! We’ve got our work cut out for us! With most Republican newcomers to Congress opposed to virtually any climate legislation and the deluge of money from Dirty Energy, how ...
  • PDA Weekly Field Report 11/5/10 – 11/12/10
    Post election blues? If so, we have the cure! One Nation PDA: As you saw from our email blast earlier in the week, we are continuing to use our One Nation PDA website and it will now ...
  • Websites, handbooks, and more…
    Dive into PDA with your eyes open As the dust settles after the mid-term elections and a busy year for PDA winds down, now is a good time to let folks know about some of the ...

Marler Blog

  • With 37 sickened by E. coli in Arizona, California ...
    Last Friday the CDC reported that now thirty-seven persons infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 have been reported from five states since mid-October. The number of ill persons identified in each state with this strain is as follows: AZ (19), CA (3), CO (10), NM (3) and NV (2). There ...
  • Just in time for Thanksgiving - Texas recalls Turk ...
    New Braunfels Smokehouse, from New Braunfels, Texas, recalled approximately 2,609 pounds of fully cooked, ready-to-eat smoked turkey breast products due to positive listeria test results in the meat.  The products subject to recall include: • 1-pound packages of “New Braunfels Smokehouse Sliced Smo ...
  • Bravo Cheese, what do you have to hide?
    Why do companies seem so stupid?  Why do they forget that what is uploaded to the internet never really goes away?   Why would a company – especially one that has now been sued three times – think they can delete an entire section of its website that dealt with the raw milk product that has sickene ...
  • CDC raises to 37 the number of E. coli O157:H7 vic ...
    The CDC has issued an alert to consumers and health professionals about an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 in five states: Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada. Based on current information, there is a link with the consumption of one of several cheeses offered for sampling and sale at t ...
  • Raw Milk Cheese - Is Aging 60 Days enough to make ...
    Raw milk-based cheeses must be aged for a minimum of 60 days. The requirement appears at Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, section 58.439 . Recent recalls and outbreaks, along with a host of other recent raw milk-based cheese contamination events, makes you wonder whether 60 days is reall ...

AutoblogGreen

  • AutoblogGreen for 11.15.10
    Report: Leaf dealer demos pushed back to April Capacity is limited. At Witz' End: The more I drive it, the more the Nissan Leaf is (and isn't) like an EV1 Take it from someone who knows. ...
  • AutoblogGreen for 11.12.10
    First Drive: Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion It's Not Late, It Just Won't Be Here Until 2014. Officially Official: General Electric ordering 25,000 electric vehicles, starting with the Volt [w/video] ...
  • AutoblogGreen for 11.10.10
    Sing it! VW details the all-electric Golf Blue-e-motion Coming not so soon. After winning Automotive X-Prize, Edison2 hints at next-gen projects Winning comes first. ...
  • AutoblogGreen for 11.09.10
    Nissan Leaf slapped with $51,000 price tag in Switzerland Location, location, location. Wrightspeed lands $5 million in Series A funding for Digital DriveSystem Spend an extra $1,000 up front ...
  • AutoblogGreen for 11.08.10
    Four auto companies named greenest in America, but none are domestics Instead, Toyota wins for "Worldwide Leadership in Hybrid Technology." Shocker. Li-Ion Motors Inizio: a $139K electric supercar that so ...

Rafe's Radar

Camera Obscura

  • Pathos and pathology: the cinema of Todd Haynes.
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935025/pathos-and-pathology-cinema.html September 1, 2004... Because infinity--for the eye--begins just a few meters away from the retina.... --Roger Caillois, "The Image" There are at least two shots in Todd Haynes's work that recur so fre ...
  • The incredible shrinking star: Todd Haynes and the ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935026/incredible-shrinking-star-todd.html September 1, 2004... Critics have consistently characterized the films of Todd Haynes within the terms of what B. Ruby Rich described in 1992 as the "new queer cinema"--films whose style displayed traces of ...
  • Written on the screen: mediation and immersion in ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935031/written-screen-mediation-and.html September 1, 2004... Recently, while engaging in one of my favorite forms of procrastination--using my computer to search for mid-century modern bargains on eBay rather than using it to engage in more rigorous ...
  • Traumatic postmodern histories: Velvet Goldmine's ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935030/traumatic-postmodern-histories-velvet.html September 1, 2004... If modernity was characterized by and imagined itself in terms of a particular awareness of time and history--the unfolding of social, political, and technological projects of pro ...
  • Dangerous spaces: Safe.
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935029/dangerous-spaces-safe.html September 1, 2004... For me, the problem is always in content; we want to define the perspective of a film solely through its content, and not through its form. --Todd Haynes No matter how much we desire, w ...

Democracy Now!

  • Economist Ha-Joon Chang on the G20 Summit, Currenc ...
    President Obama arrives in Japan today on the last stop of his ten-day Asia tour. Obama will attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit amidst a dispute with the Japanese government over relocating the U.S. military base in Okinawa. Obama comes to Japan after South Korea, where he failed t ...
  • Obama in the Company of Killers
    If a volcano kills civilians in Indonesia, it’s news. When the government does the killing, sadly, it’s just business as usual, especially if an American president tacitly endorses the killing, as President Barack Obama just did with his visit to Indonesia. As the people around Mount Merapi dig ou ...
  • Juan Gonzalez: NYC Schools chancellor Joel Klein w ...
    You could tell the Joel Klein era was ending long before Mayor Bloomberg made it official on Tuesday. It became clear one cold January night in the cavernous auditorium of Brooklyn Technical High School, during an extraordinary all-night meeting of the Panel for Educational Policy. Read More at t ...
  • Rich Media, Poor Democracy
    As the 2010 elections come to a close, the biggest winner of all remains undeclared: the broadcasters. The biggest loser: democracy. These were the most expensive midterm elections in U.S. history, costing close to $4 billion, $3 billion of which went to advertising. What if ad time were free? We h ...
  • TONIGHT: Amy Goodman on CNN's John King USA at 7pm ...
    Democracy Now!’s award-winning host Amy Goodman will appear on CNN’s John King USA on Friday, October 29 at 7pm EST.

Farming Pathogens

  • Virus Dumping
    Man came to shake my hand / and rob me of my farm –Ryan Bingham Dumping grain on another country is a classic maneuver in economic warfare. When a country’s borders are opened by force or by choice, by structural adjustment or by neoliberal trade agreement, when tariffs and other forms of protection ...
  • We Can Think Ourselves into a Plague
    The power of the mind is a New Age staple. But, really, can I concentrate enough to levitate myself (much less get my laundry done today)? The materialist answers, funny you mention it, but, yeah, you can. A few minds thought through the ideas that produced the airplane and perhaps soon enough the p ...
  • How Mayor Bloomberg Causes Obesity
    Yeah the doctors don’t know, but New York was killing me / Bunch of doctors coming round, they don’t know / That New York is killing me / Yeah I need to go home and take it slow in Jackson, Tennessee -Gil Scott-Heron On October 6 Mayor Michael Bloomberg asked the United States Department of [...]
  • Follow ‘Farming Pathogens’ on Twitter
    You can now follow ‘Farming Pathogens’ on Twitter here. Includes the latest in media reports and journal articles on agriculture, disease, evolution, dialectical biology, the practice of science, as well as any appearances or new work by FP contributors. Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Farming Pa ...
  • The Axis of Viral
    The enemy of my enemy is my friend. We might accept that viruses and bacteria at best instantiate the coincidental nature of such an alliance. The success of one bug might pave the way for another. But we’d be hard pressed to imagine that theyâd whittle the syllogism to a sharper point and actively ...

Suzie-Q

  • Bush’s Waterboarding Admission Prompts Calls ...
    Bush’s Waterboarding Admission Prompts Calls For Criminal Probe Huff Post- Dan Froomkin-  First Posted: 11-11-10 03:49 PM   |   Updated: 11-11-10 04:01 PM WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday joined a growing chorus in the human rights community calling for a special pr ...
  • What Role Did Comcast Play In Keith Olbermann&#821 ...
    What Role Did Comcast Play in Keith Olbermann’s Suspension?–UPDATED Crooks and Liars- By karoli November 05, 2010 12:14 PM There is a double standard at work with regard to Keith Olbermann’s suspension, not only between other personalities appearing on MSNBC as commentators, but also at the very top ...
  • Angry Voters Choose Government Gridlock, Investiga ...
    There are a variety of explanations for the frustratingly backwards outcome of yesterday’s election. Clearly Americans were dissatisfied with the objective reality that the Obama administration and the congressional Democrats actually made things better by cutting the deficit by an historic $122 bil ...
  • It’s a normal day
    Business as usual election results, it’s a normal day, world war three blues, Wall Street, Rupert Murdoch
  • Rand Paul Supporter Tim Profitt Wants Stomping Vic ...
    Rand Paul Supporter Tim Profitt Wants Stomping Victim To Apologize To HIM The Huffington Post |  Nick Wing First Posted: 10-27-10 10:30 AM   |   Updated: 10-27-10 11:24 AM Tim Profitt, the Rand Paul supporter behind the white sneaker that notoriously stomped on a MoveOn activist’s head in Ke ...

Solari

  • Money & Markets - Week of 11.14.10
    Portuguese Foreign Minister Says Country May Need To Leave Euro Business Insider (14 Nov 10) American Indicators Progressive Review
  • Precious Metals - Week of 11.14.10
    Debased Currencies, Precious Metals and Manipulation, Pt. 1 Chaostheorien (14 Nov 10) China May be Bigger Economy Than US Within Two Years Telegraph.co.uk (10 Nov 10)
  • Geopolitical - Week of 11.14.10
    G20: Profound and Complete Disappointment for the US Treasury Truthout (14 Nov 10) YouTube (13 Nov 10) Shocking State Fair Scandal, Wage Theft Epidemic, Spur Nationwide Protests Truthout (12 Nov 10) Photo of Mysterious Missile Launch Over Newfoundland, Government Calls the Incident, Unexplained De ...
  • Life - Week of 11.14.10
    Map Of Online Communities: 2010 vs. 2007 (Pictures) The Huffington Post (8 Nov 10)
  • Science & Technology - Week of 11.14.10
    Chemtrails – The List of Patents For Stratosperic Arial Spraying Programs! The Sovereign Independent

Insurgency Watch - Newswire

  • Times Scare
    ISLAMABAD–The apparent links between Pakistan and Faisal Shahzad are certainly cause for concern, but let’s not lose site of things here. The attack in Times Square was a fizzle. The rush to claim credit is a bit embarassing for the TTP and looks like it was — like the attack itself — a rush job. [. ...
  • Stepping up - University at Buffalo The Spectrum
    Stepping up University at Buffalo The Spectrum The president of Pakistan , Asif Ali Zardari, recognized the direness of the situation and began to mobilize military forces to combat the Taliban . ... and more��
  • Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of Afg ...
    BBC News Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of Afghan women Chicago Tribune Would nuclear-armed Pakistan become even more vulnerable to its own Taliban insurgency ? Will a defeat embolden America's enemies? That line of thinking must ... Vietnam syndrome has begun in Afghanistan Sri Lanka ...
  • Officials: Campus blasts perplexing - United Press ...
    Officials: Campus blasts perplexing United Press International ISLAMABAD, Pakistan , Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The International Islamic University, where bomb blasts killed at least six people, is a unique Pakistani institution ... and more��
  • Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing - GMA new ...
    Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing GMA news.tv An Associated Press reporter met three Taliban fighters Tuesday traveling in a car with darkened windows at Shaktoi, a town close to the border between ... and more��

AlterNet - Rights and Liberties

Sideways News

  • Could you be a 10:10 community champion?
    The Guardian Newspaper and Franny Armstrong, through the Guardian 10:10 campaign , challenge organisations and individuals to cut their carbon footprint by 10%.
  • Brit mums strict about eco-chores
    Families in the UK are increasingly likely to be nagged about doing eco-chores, a new study conducted on behalf of the Energy Saving Trust has revealed.
  • UK venue offers rainforest weddings
    Getting married in a luscious rainforest has never been easier or more eco-friendly, according to the Eden Project .
  • Battery recycling 'too difficult'
    The European Recycling Platform (ERP) reports that while only a third of households at present recycle batteries, four out of five said they would do so if it was made easier.
  • 10 green resolutions to save you money
    By taking green steps at home, you can save money and make life easier. Being smart about waste, consumption and resources won't only win you the thanks of forthcoming generations: you'll feel the financial benefit immediately. 1. Make money from old electronics As your electronic goods become obsol ...

Fabius Maximus

  • More about rising food prices (perhaps one of the ...
    Summary:   Readers of the FM website respond to its contents with a flood of comments (emailed or using the comment form).  Mostly critical, appropriate to it content — speculation about the topics on the edge of the known.  Some brilliant.  Some illustrate why America might have a very diffic ...
  • About the coming large rise in food prices
    Summary:  Rising food prices might be one of the most important geopolitical trends of the decade.  This is another post in a series, describing the causes and effects; links to other chapters appear at the end. What result do you expect from this combination of factors? Rising demand for the produc ...
  • Why China will again rise to the top. Their most i ...
    Summary:  There is a simple difference between West and East today, the opposite of that seen during the past few centuries.  Good leadership.  They have it; we do not.  This explains much of what we see in the news. ââ… moral power is to physical as 3 parts of 4.ââ — Attributed to Napoleon in ...
  • About the mystery missile launch (America the fear ...
    Summary:  There is a major threat to America, one that our military cannot defend against: our cowardice.   We have become America the fearful, which clouds our thinking and emboldens our enemies. Today’s mystery missile madness provides yet another in a long line of examples. But there are eas ...
  • The Enigma of American Power
    Summary:  We’ve just held elections with the most serious issues MIA.  Without discussion of our foreign wars or massive spending on military and intelligence (more than the rest of the world combined; many times that of all potential enemies combined).  Without discussion of our decaying infrast ...

Open Your Eyes News

  • Piracy in Somalia: more than 400 sailors still bei ...
    Daily Telegraph – The problem of piracy is spiralling in Somalia, with more than 435 sailors being held hostage in the country’s eastern ports. The pirates from the largely lawless eastern coast of Somalia are heavily armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades, and there is evidence ...
  • British banks hit by Irish financial crisis
    The Guardian – British banks were caught in mounting anxiety over Ireland today as the country admitted that the rapid rise of its borrowing costs was “very serious”. With Ireland’s long-term borrowing rates surging through a record-breaking 9%, City analysts said it could only be a matter of time ...
  • McDonald’s and PepsiCo to help write UK health pol ...
    The Guardian – The Department of Health is putting the fast food companies McDonald’s and KFC and processed food and drink manufacturers such as PepsiCo, Kellogg’s, Unilever, Mars and Diageo at the heart of writing government policy on obesity, alcohol and diet-related disease, the Guardian has lear ...
  • UK: Unelected House of Lords could derail Coalitio ...
    Daily Telegraph – The House of Lords could derail the Government’s plans for a referendum on the voting system by diverting key legistation to a committee fro further scrutiny. The Coalition has drawn up a bill of electoral reforms, which includes plans to reduce the number of MPs from 650 to 600, a ...
  • Nine guards, seven Taliban killed in gunfight
    ABC – Nine security guards and seven Taliban have been killed in a gunfight at a telecommunications tower in northern Afghanistan, a police commander said. Monday’s attack came after 10 people were killed, including three children, and 18 others were injured when a motorcycle bomb exploded in a mark ...

Monkey Smashes Heaven

  • MSH is moving********
    Monkey Smashes Heaven is moving to here: http://llco.org/monkey-smashes-heaven So far, we have the English section up and running. For now, we will continue to post articles in other languages to the English section. In the future, we will set up full operational Leading Light pages is many other la ...
  • Ashamed to be an Amerikkkan?
  • MSH moving
    MSH moving (Leading Light Communist Organization llco.org) Over the next month, MSH will be moving over to the website of the Leading Light Communist Organization (llco.org), which is currently under construction. Eventually, this blog will be shut down. Thank you, MSH Editors
  • Trzy twierdze
    Trzy twierdze -Michał Rakulski (trzeciswiat.wordpress.com) „W przeszłości przejęliśmy władzę polityczną i zmieniliśmy strukturę środków produkcji. To są dwa wielkie zwycięstwa. Jednakże jeśli ograniczymy się do tych dwóch zwycięstw, a nie dokonamy rewolucji w ideologii oraz nie doprowadzimy rewolucj ...
  • Drodzy trzecioświatowi maoiści – jesteście nacjona ...
    Drodzy trzecioświatowi maoiści – jesteście nacjonalistami (Leading Light Communist Organization llco.org) “Drodzy trzecioświatowi maoiści, Wasza pozycja jest bardzo interesująca. Wasz blog jest nacjonalistyczny, co ukrywacie pod socjalistyczną retoryką. Linia mas nie jest substytutem rewolucyjnego p ...

PakAlert

  • VIDEO: THE TOTAL COLLAPSE OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
    There's good news and bad news... Good news is thanks to the massive wealth of information the internet provides, we can now have a glimpse into the near future, so those of us with perception, can adequately prepare for the bad news and the bad news is...there is absolutely no avoiding this unprece ...
  • Video: Obama Will Attack Iran In 2012 – Ehud Barak
    Airing Date Nov.06, 2010 in Halifax Canada, Ehud Barak: "iran is a major, major threat to any conceivable world order" Ehud Barak Reacts to Lindsey Graham Comment Of Obama Having To Attack Iran By 2012
  • Video: Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura – Wall ...
    Jesse Ventura goes inside the secret billionaire's boy's club to find out what caused the financial meltdown and how the group allegedly continues to manipulate and control the stock market and oil, gold and silver prices. From Wall Street to Washington, the governor barges in on the rich and powerf ...
  • Alert: Indian Army Ready For War Against China And ...
    India is preparing for a possible `two-front war’ with China and Pakistan, Indian newspaper saying Wednesday. The newspaper said the Indian Army is now revising its five-year-old doctrine to effectively meet the challenges of war with China and Pakistan, deal with asymmetric and fourth-generation wa ...
  • Killing India’s Hidden Cold Start Strategy
    India knows that it can never win a conventional warfare with Pakistan because of the Nuclear Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD). However it still harbors notions of winning a sort of a mini war. India may think it has a Cold Start Strategy, but it may end as a hot nuclear war. Indian Defense planne ...

Andy Worthington

  • On Housing Benefit Cuts, British Public Reveals Sh ...
    Such is the hostility in this country towards the poor and the unemployed — a sure sign of the distressing decline of empathy and compassion in the last 30 years — that a poll conducted by Channel 4 News this week found that 58 percent of people thought that the govermment’s proposed welfare cuts sh ...
  • Andy Worthington and Former Guantánamo Prisoners S ...
    In an attempt to maintain pressure on the Pakistani government to secure the return to Pakistan of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, the neuroscientist who, in September, was sentenced in New York to 86 years in prison, the Justice for Aafia Coalition is holding a week-long series of events around the world, enti ...
  • The Cruelty and Stupidity of the Government’ ...
    Journalists like to portray Iain Duncan Smith, the work and pensions secretary, as a caring, decent man, but while this may be true in his personal life, politically he is a ruthless ideologue, whose white paper on welfare reform, unveiled yesterday, reveals that he is, to be blunt, monstrously crue ...
  • 50,000 Students Revolt: A Sign of Much Greater Ang ...
    They came from all over the country, creating a 50,000-strong throng of students and University lecturers that filled Whitehall. Peaceful but vocal, the protestors were armed only with banners and placards, but at times the noise, as they chanted their opposition to the government’s planned £2.9 bn ...
  • Five New UK Screenings of “Outside the Law: ...
    “‘Outside the Law’ is a powerful film that has helped ensure that Guantánamo and the men unlawfully held there have not been forgotten.” Kate Allen, Director, Amnesty International UK “This is a strong movie examining the imprisonment and subsequent torture of those falsely accused of anti-American ...

Environment _ National Geographic

drinking liberally in new milford ( with beersphere feeds )

  • Sarah Palin: Mayor of New Milford?
    Is this a parody or real life? You decide. Citizens of New Milford: I want you to know that I'm on the job 24/7. Twenty four hours a week, seven months a year. But even with this strict time commitment, I can't be expected to keep up with everything going on in this vast metropolis. That's why I l ...
  • Much like the "conservative" GOP...
    The conservative Blue Dogs acted as Bush's domestic poodles, helping to move a dangerous right wing agenda. They were owned by the right wing and corporations and there is no big surprise why more than half of the Blue Dog caucus (28 of 54 members) were slaughtered in the 2010 elections. So far, ...
  • Stop Drinking and Start Doing, Dem Dumb Dumbs
    Sober up, Dems . You started sucking suds when you captured the Congress in 2006. Since 2008 you've been binge drinking with Congress and the Prez . You even nibbled on some hot wings and pub nuts. Burp! And now the bartender just cut your drunk, lazy, liberal, progressive, leftie ass off. You ...
  • The People Have Spoken. And Their Message Is – Sq ...
    So. What the heck happened last night? The GOP picked up 60 seats in the House, effectively reversing their losses there from 2006 and 2008, and returning control of that body to them. The GOP picked up some 6 seats in the Senate, but the Democratic Party retains control there. The GOP picked up se ...
  • Veni, Vidi, Voting
    Hey all! Gimlet Eyes just got back from the Rally To Restore Sanity in Washington, DC (did you see me? I was right in the middle! With a sign!) and now I’m fired up and ready to go. First things first. The rally was incredible. No, it wasn’t partisan. In fact, it really wasn’t political: Stewart ...

SPL Center

  • Violent IKA Activist Lashes Out Again
    Jarred Hensley is a white supremacist who likes to hurt people. He did prison time for it. And now he’s figured out a way to hurt people and even break a country’s laws without having to do jail time. Along the way, he’s also caused something of an international uproar on the Internet. Hensley is a ...
  • Religious Right Claims Gay Advocates to Blame for ...
    More than a little rhetorical contortionism is required to follow their logic, but according to several better-known leaders of the religious right, responsibility for the recent wave of suicides of gay teens rests largely with⦠gay-rights activists. The argument goes something like this: Young hom ...
  • Racist Novel Glorifying Assassination of SPLC Staf ...
    It should surprise no one that former hate group leader Kyle Bristow has self-published a white nationalist novel that features the graphic assassination of a character based on a prominent Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) figure. After all, Bristow has an ax to grind with the SPLC and first attai ...
  • Racist British National Party Relaunches American ...
    A racist organization from Great Britain that once boasted a lively U.S. presence before it was routed eight years ago is back again. The American Friends of the British National Party (AFBNP) was once a serious player in white nationalist circles. The group was created in the late 1990s to raise mo ...
  • Racist E-mails Lead to Resignation of a Florida Po ...
    An embattled South Florida police chief â already serving a 30-day unpaid suspension for using city computers to share racist, tasteless Internet jokes with his command staff, including one E-mail suggesting President Obama should have been shot by his own honor guard â resigned late Tuesday. A city ...

change: org.

  • Clean Coal Sets Its Dirty Sights on the Jersey Sho ...
    I never thought I’d find myself sticking up for the Jersey Shore – but luckily this article isn’t about Snooki. It’s about the health and economy of the 40,000 residents of Linden, New Jersey, and the 1.8 million more who live within ten miles of Linden. Linden, which borders Staten Island, is th ...
  • Is Oklahoma's Del City High School Trying to Preve ...
    Melissa McKenzie and Kelsey Hicks are two 18-year-olds in Del City, Oklahoma, who live together in an apartment. They're a couple. They're also recent drop outs of Del City High School. However, both recognize that their decision to drop out of high school wasn't the smartest thing for their future, ...
  • Disney Toys: Made For Children, By Children
    For Western kids, the Disney brand represents a magical fantasy world of singing animals, goofy antics, and increasingly empowered princesses. For Chinese kids, however, Disney means working 14 hour days, handling dangerous chemicals, and being forced to meet high production quotas. Yes, some of the ...
  • Meatless Mondays: Lentil Shepherd's Pie
    Meatless Mondays is a national campaign that asks people to cut out meat from their diets one day a week in order to improve personal and environmental health. Change.org provides a seasonal, vegetarian recipe every Monday. For more Meatless Mondays meal options, see here , here , here , ...
  • Betty White, from Golden Girl to Forest Ranger
    Many kids have far-fetched dreams of their lives as adults. Not as many achieve them at the ripe age of 88. Ballet Dancer. Astronaut. Forest Ranger? The latter dream just came true for former Golden Girl Betty White, who may just be the coolest 88-year-old on the planet. White wanted to be a Forest ...

Common Dreams -News

  • Death Toll From Cholera in Haiti Reaches 900
    Health Ministry officials reported more than 120 new deaths since the previous toll, as authorities and international aid agencies struggled to contain the latest crisis afflicting the desperately poor Caribbean nation. Nearly one month after cholera took hold, the confirmed fatalities rose to 917, ...
  • No Let-Up in Afghan Violence Ahead of NATO Summit
    KABUL - Nine security guards were killed and a Taliban rocket attack on a military base destroyed six armoured vehicles in Afghanistan on Monday, after another deadly weekend for foreign forces and civilians. Insurgent violence showed no sign of letting up in the build up to a key NATO summit, where ...
  • None Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: A World Without ...
    by Kate Ravilious Scanning the sky with his binoculars, he searches carefully for any sign of movement: the steady beat of a blackbird's wings, the fluttering of a flock of starlings. It has been a week now since he saw the starlings: just four of them flitting from tree to tree, feasting on the aut ...
  • Amnesty Says EU 'Failing' Over CIA Renditions
    Amnesty International has accused the EU of failing to hold its members to account for their role in the detention of terrorism suspects by the CIA. It calls for European governments to ensure justice for suspects who were interrogated under the programme known as extraordinary rendition. Countries ...
  • Consider Smaller Afghan Force: US Panel
    WASHINGTON - Influential US experts on Friday painted a grim picture of the Afghanistan war, calling on President Barack Obama to consider scaling back the military mission without signs of progress. The task force of the Council on Foreign Relations largely backed the Obama administration's plan of ...

Lifehacker

  • What You Need to Know About the New TSA Screenings ...
    The days of simple, inconvenience-free flying have been gone for awhile but the latest security measures have elevated personal privacy concerns. Here's what you need to know about the latest TSA security measures and what you can (and can't) ...
  • Bookmark Sentry Scans Your Chrome Bookmarks for De ...
    Chrome: Manually checking your bookmarks file is an extremely low priority for most people but it's irritating to find out the link you need is dead. Bookmark Sentry scans your bookmarks and displays the dead links and dupes for easy deletion. ...
  • Don't Do It Yourself: When and How to Get Help wit ...
    Doing it yourself is great, but you don't always have the tools or the time for every project on your list. When you can't go it alone, here's how to get help getting your projects done. More��
  • Speed Up Your Antivirus Software with Folder Exclu ...
    If your antivirus software is bogging down your computer with CPU-consuming scans, you can lighten the load by excluding low-risk folders. More��
  • Stick with Silver as an All-Purpose Wrapping Paper ...
    You swear you have holiday wrapping paper somewhere —you just can't pin it down. And all that birthday paper you bought doesn't work. The Unclutterer blog suggests a money-saving, last-minute-stress-killing solution: stick with silver. More ...

Water Privatization

  • Utility authority starts looking for advisers on p ...
    A suggestion to privatize the city's water and sewer systems has triggered the utility board to arm itself with both an independent financial adviser and an outside attorney.
  • Cobb seeks audit of Water System revenue uses
    MARIETTA - Cobb Chairman Tim Lee said Thursday that the county will hire outside auditors to review whether Cobb Water System revenues have been used within the terms of county-issued bonds - and...
  • South West Water Standardizes on Informatica Data ...
    REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Informatica Corporation , the world's number one independent provider of data integration software, today announced that South West Water in the U.K. has selected Informatica Data Quality , an integral part of the Informatica Platform, to deliver trusted, high quality data ac ...
  • Privatization Not Answer to Water Crisis, Says WPN
    MANILA, Philippines – Advocacy group Water for the People Network (WPN) Friday said that contrary to the claim of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), allowing profit-oriented private corporations to take over the management and distribution of water resources will not address the water crisis. The (WP ...
  • The Slow Change in Legal Discourse: Why Humans Are ...
    Both the Supreme Court and Congress have facilitated the privatization of the public sphere

Guardian

  • Ireland urged to accept EU bailout for sake of eur ...
    �� Portugal's borrowing costs have soared during Irish crisis �� Bank of Spain hopes 'appropriate reaction' by Ireland will calm markets Ireland's eurozone partners piled pressure on Dublin tonight to seek some form of financial support from the European Union or International Monetary Fund (IMF) as ...
  • Rise of far right shakes Europe
    In the first of a series on the politics of immigration in Europe, Ian Traynor reveals how mainstream European parties appear paralysed by populism, unable to halt the rise of the far right Interactive map: Anti-immigration flashpoints More on Europe's immigrants under pressure Europe's mainstream ...
  • Mother admits bleach killing of son
    Satpal Kaur Singh feared social services would take boy away and admits manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility A mother who forced her 12-year-old autistic son to drink a cup of bleach after social workers threatened to take him into care, pleaded guilty to manslaughter . Satpal Kaur S ...
  • Phone tap angle in Sheridan trial
    News of the World Scotland editor Bob Bird tells perjury court he did not instruct reporters to carry out illegal surveillance A News of the World executive denied there was an "illegal culture of phone-tapping" at his newspaper after the former Scottish Socialist party leader Tommy Sheridan alleged ...
  • Four quit Berlusconi's government
    Followers of former ally Gianfranco Fini resign to put more pressure on PM before next month's no-confidence vote Ministers loyal to Silvio Berlusconi's former ally Gianfranco Fini resigned from the Italian government today, taking the embattled media tycoon and his conservative administration a ste ...

McClatchey

BBC - Richard Black's Earth Watch

  • Nature protection - the new road starts here
    From the UN Convention on Biological Diversity meeting in Nagoya: Was it an end, or a beginning? As delegates streamed away from the convention centre here in Nagoya - and stream they did, many of them having delayed flights to make sure no stone they could turn was left unturned - the talk was of a ...
  • Banking on innovation for green shoots
    From the UN Convention on Biological Diversity meeting in Nagoya, Japan: � Maybe you thought it was all about the science of losing species and ecosystems, and the ethics of doing something about it. But as the final phase of this meeting is making clear, it's largely about money. Everyone here ag ...
  • Raiders of the lost bark
    From the UN Convention on Biological Diversity meeting in Nagoya: The second Tuesday of this meeting was the day glamour came to town - in good and ugly guises. On the good side, I had the chance to sit down with Harrison Ford - an actor whose oeuvre looms large for anyone of my generation, from Wit ...
  • Obstacles to nature protection emerge as stakes ri ...
    � From the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meeting in Nagoya: It's fair to say there's a deal of concern here that what emerges at the end of this fornight's meeting could amount to less than it was supposed to. � Mind you, it was supposed to amount to quite a bit - a pretty comprehens ...
  • Bushmeat - ending the monkey business
    From the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meeting in Nagoya: Many westerners would view the idea of eating monkeys with deep distaste. But for people raised on bushmeat, in Africa and elsewhere, the equation is different. "Forbidding hunting [bushmeat] is not a solution for the Baka," Mes ...

The Wonk Room

  • House Republicans Look To Cut $20 Billion Out Of H ...
    The incoming House Republican majority has offered some new specifics over which parts of the Affordable Care Act they want to defund, telling CNN’s Senior Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash that are they considering blocking some $20 billion to implement the new law. That’s the idea from incomin ...
  • Why Does The Far Right Suddenly Hate Electing Sena ...
    One of the most bizarre developments since President Obama took office is the growing desire on the right to repeal the Seventeenth Amendment, the provision of the Constitution which requires senators to be chosen by election.  Senator-elect Mike Lee (R-UT), Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) and Supreme Court ...
  • Republican Debt Commission Member Says That Tax In ...
    Back in June, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) — who is serving on President Obama’s debt commission — told me it was unlikely that the commission was going to come to an agreement, because the commission’s Republican members were opposing all tax increases. “[They] give some lip service to âeverything sh ...
  • McCain’s Call For Hearings, Pentagon’s ...
    Politico’s Josh Gerstein points out that Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) opposition to the Pentagon’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell study and his insistence on holding hearings on the matter will likely sink any remaining prospects of repealing the ban during the lame duck session. Unless the Pentagon releases th ...
  • The WonkLine: November 15, 2010
    Welcome to The WonkLine, a daily 9:30 a.m. roundup of the latest public policy news. This is what we’re reading. Tell us what you found in the comments section below. You can also follow The Wonk Room on Twitter.   LGBT Equality “President Barack Obamaâs plan to push through a repeal of the âdonât a ...

thwap's schoolyard

  • On the harpercons' Embarrasing Failure to Win a Se ...
    Over at Dawg's blog they're having great sport imagining the harpercons' attempts to explain away the unprecedented failure of Canada to win a seat on the United Nations' Security Council (which Canada tended to win every ten years). To hear the harpercons yammering about it, the UN is nothing but ...
  • What would make harper and Ignatieff change their ...
    So,the detestable, anti-Canadian sociopath and the elitist prick both think that its a good idea to waste our resources training insurgents and rapists for another three years in Afghanistan. This as the current supreme leader behind this whole travesty, Barack Obama, has decided that the whole thin ...
  • What's Wrong Here?
    Ah, I could talk more about how vile and shitty it is that a war criminal like Condoleeza Rice is coming to Canada and people are actually going to spend money to hear her talk. (Jesus Christ, I just can't resist pointing out that those people must be almost as stupid as she is! What do they expect ...
  • "Diary of a Madman": bush II's memoirs & stephen h ...
    Nothing really. I just wonder if upon hearing about bush II's publicity tour for his bound collection of used pieces of toilet paper, whether harper sighs longingly for the day when he can casually admit to complicity in torture too.
  • Yes, It's Utter Contempt For Parliament
    Dale at Hill Queeries calls it: The Conservatives’ contempt for Parliament apparently knows no bounds as they are expected to deliver their fall economic update today, in Mississauga of all places. No, you’re not mistaken – the House isn’t sitting this week. For them to deliver it outside of the ...

Whistleblowers Protection Blog

  • Supreme Court hears argument on employer liability ...
    Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Staub v. Proctor Hospital .� I don't know why I could not find an article about it in this morning's newspaper. U.S. Army Reserve First Sergeant Vincent Staub worked as an angiography technician for the Proctor Hospital in Peoria, Illinois, f ...
  • NWC Opposes Corporate Lobby Attempt to Weaken Whis ...
    Yesterday, the National Whistleblowers Center issued a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) opposing recommendations by the “Corporate Lobby,” which threaten the integrity of the whistleblower provisions found in the Dodd-Frank Act. The proposals by the Corporate Lobby are not "use ...
  • NWC comments to OSHA on regs for NTSSA, FRSA, STAA ...
    Yesterday, the National Whistleblowers Center (NWC) submitted comments to the Department of Labor (DOL) on three sets of regulations for whistleblower cases. DOL had issued the interim regulations on August 31, 2010. One set of regulations, 29 CFR Part 1982 , covers whistleblower cases from both the ...
  • Boeing's brief claims SOX can never protect disclo ...
    Lawyers for Matt Neumann and Nick Tides are currently finishing their last brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in an appeal that will decide if corporate fraud whistleblowers can ever be protected from retaliation when they make disclosures to the media. For the National Whistle ...
  • NWC speaks with ATU Local 689
    Today Lindsey Williams and I spoke with the Executive Board of Local 689, Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) .Local 689 represents employees of Washington DC's Metro system. Lindsey is the Advocacy Director of the National Whistleblowers Center (NWC) . We spoke about the National Transit System Securit ...

Science Express

  • Fermi maps an active galaxy's 'smokestack plumes'
    If our eyes could see radio waves, the nearby galaxy Centaurus A (Cen A) would be one of the biggest and brightest objects in the sky, nearly 20 times the apparent size of a full moon. What we can't see when looking at the galaxy in visible light is that it lies nestled between a pair of giant radio ...
  • Pollution from Asia circles globe at stratospheric ...
    The economic growth across much of Asia comes with a troubling side effect: pollutants from the region are being wafted up to the stratosphere during monsoon season. The new finding, in a study led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, provides additional evidence of the glo ...
  • After growth spurt, supermassive black holes spend ...
    Supermassive black holes found at the centers of distant galaxies undergo huge growth spurts as a result of galactic collisions, according to a new study by astronomers at Yale University and the University of Hawaii. Their findings appear in the March 25 edition of Science Express.
  • Research team finds structure of 'swine flu' virus
    A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and other institutions has solved the structure of a key protein from the virus that caused last year's "swine flu" influenza epidemic. The structure reveals that the virus shares many features with influenza viruses common in the early 20th c ...
  • New approach precisely tracks evolution's footprin ...
    (PhysOrg.com) -- Fossils may provide tantalizing clues to human history but they also lack some vital information, such as revealing which pieces of human DNA have been favored by evolution because they confer beneficial traits - resistance to infection or the ability to digest milk, for example. T ...

TechDirt

  • Success, By Itself, Is Not A Monopoly
    Lots of folks have been sending in Tim Wu's Wall Street Journal opinion piece about the rise of "internet monopolies." As with many of Wu's works, it's a worthwhile read, that I think gets some things quite right -- and others quite wrong. For example, Adam Thierer correctly notes that Wu is redef ...
  • UK Politician Arrested For Being A Jerk On Twitter
    Apparently using the same law that was used to convict Paul Chambers for making a joke on Twitter, a UK politician has also been arrested for making a stupid statement on the service. This time, it was because Birmingham City Councillor Gareth Compton suggested, via Twitter, that newspaper columnis ...
  • Forget Information Overload: What If The Real Prob ...
    For years, I've definitely been a believer in the idea that there's information overload today. After all, there are so many new sources of information out there that of course one of the problems many people believe they face is that they simply can't keep up. However, I may need to seriously ret ...
  • Why iPad Magazine Apps Suck: They're Defined By Th ...
    Earlier this year, we suggested that the media industy's infatuation with the iPad as some sort of savior was going to result in serious disappointment. Part of the reason was that the media industry was salivating over the false belief that it could bring back the old "gatekeeper" control that it ...
  • Odd That TV Networks Would Block Their Own Ads Fro ...
    There have been all these stories lately about how the various TV networks are "blocking Google TV." But, that's getting the story backwards. What the networks are doing is not blocking Google TV -- which is basically just a browser -- but they're blocking their own, freely available content and a ...

VacTruth

  • Colorado State University Plans to Mass Vaccinate ...
    Colorado State University is holding a vaccine clinic with the intent of vaccinating a student body, possibly over 10,000 students due to another death from meningococcal septicaemia. The irony is the student was a recipient of the vaccine and was supposed to be protected.
  • Glaxo Smith Kline Brainwashed Doctors About HPV Va ...
    In June 2008 a promotional DVD was sent to every General Practitioner (G.P.) in the UK just hours before the launch of the Cervarix vaccine in the UK. The DVD was posted with the G.P. magazine and was a clever marketing strategy aimed at busy G.P.'s to 'brainwash' them into believing that the Cervar ...
  • Letter Alerts Obama to Dangers of HPV Vaccines
    In an extraordinary move to prevent further HPV vaccine casualties, Marian Greene the Chairwomen and Co-Founder of the campaign and action group Truth about Gardasil (http://truthaboutgardasil.org/), has written an open letter to President Obama. Her letter urges the President to take time to resea ...
  • Multiple Deaths Linked to Childhood Vaccines
    New evidence suggesting that forty children have died over the past seven years following a routine childhood vaccination. A Freedom of Information (FOI) data request to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority (MHRA). The FOI data revealed that childhood vaccinations are suspected ...
  • Mind Virus Injected into New Mothers by Pharma and ...
    Through repetition, the "reassuring" voice that many parents crave will soon be injected into the minds of pregnant and new mothers everywhere, thanks to companies with deep financial pockets. The latest trend in building a support system for new parents who may find themselves tired, overwhelmed, ...

BroadSnark

  • Things You Might Have Missed
    Ansel has a report up on the aftermath of the hurricane in Haiti. I absolutely love the way these people looked at harm caused by substance abuse.  My very non-scientific personal experience backs up 100% that alcohol is the worst regarding harm to others.  Guess I need to start drinking less and do ...
  • The Power of Principle
    So I got into a little twitter spat a few weeks ago.  One of the people I follow made the following statement: Some bloggers feel it’s better to be principled than in power. Naturally, I objected. The conversation turned into one of those us v. them tropes.  Us, in the case of this twitterer, bein ...
  • Things You Might Have Missed
    Another busy weekend.  Saw Budrus on Friday.  It was excellent.  It’s playing in theaters all over the place.  You should see it, not just if you are interested in Israel/Palestine.  It has some interesting things to ponder for anyone who wants to use direct action for radical change. Went to t ...
  • Food, Water, Air and Care
    Remember Maslow’s hiearchy of needs?  Sure you do. It is usually presented something like this. You start at the bottom with the most basic needs.  As basic needs are met, you go up the pyramid.  I’ve seen a few of these pyramids.  They usually list the same stuff for basic needs – air, water, ...
  • Things You Might Have Missed
    Let me kick things off with this excellent piece by Tony Karon.  You do not speak for me Netanyahu.  Israel is not my homeland. If you have been following this blog for any length of time, you probably know that my university studies focused primarily on human rights violations related to the drug w ...

Executive Intelligence Review - LaRouche

Armies of Liberation

  • The blockade of South Yemen follows tactics of Saa ...
    As Yemen’s blockade on southern Yemen enters its third week, stocks of food, medicine and oil have dwindled to dangerous levels. Prices have skyrocketed and already malnourished children bear the brunt of the military action. The blockade began 17 days ago when the Western Armored Division establish ...
  • بقلم الكاتبة الامريكية جين نوفاك : ثلاثة أسابيع من ...
    مع دخول الحصار اليمني على اليمن الجنوبي أسبوعه الثالث ، إنخفضت المخزونات من المواد الغذائية والدواء و المشتقات النفطية الى مستويات تنذر بالخطر. و ارتفعت الأسعار و أصبح الأطفال يعانون بالفعل من سوء التغذية تحت وطأة العمليات العسكرية. وبدأ الحصار قبل 17 يوما عندما قامت وحدات المنطقة الغربية المدرعة بإ ...
  • السلام مع الكرامة في اليمن: هل يمكن ايقاف دوامه ال ...
    اÙسÙام مع اÙÙرامة Ù٠اÙÙÙ…Ù: ÙÙ ÙÙ…Ù٠اÙÙا٠دÙام٠اÙØ­Ø±Ø¨Ø Ùتبت: جÙÙ ÙÙÙاÙ*- ÙصحÙÙØ© “إجسامÙÙر” ترجمة/ عبداÙÙ٠عبداÙÙÙاب ÙاجÙ- ترجمة خاصة بÙ: اÙمستشار Ùت Ù٠حرب م٠حرÙب صعدة اÙستة Ù٠اÙÙÙ…Ù ÙÙ Ùسخة Ù…Ùررة م٠ا ...
  • Peace with Dignity in Yemen, Can the Cycle of Endl ...
    Each of the six Sa’ada wars in Yemen was a photo copy of the one before, except the bombs got bigger, the children more frail and the jails more crowded. The Yemeni government systematically denied food, medicine and international aid to civilians in the northern Sa’ada province as a tactic of war s ...
  • Would Yemeni law find Anwar Awlaki guilty?
    Yemen’s Foreign Minister Abu Baker al Qirby urged Anwar Awlaki to turn himself to be tried under Yemeni law, vowing that no Yemeni citizen would be extradited to the US or any other country. The US announced last week that it had authorized Awlaki’s kill or capture, having determined he is an active ...

Dark Politricks

  • Establishment Exploits OKC Bombing Victims To Push ...
  • Knee-Jerk No Fly Ban Discredits Global Warming Ala ...
    Fearmongering by Met Office voodoo scientists about planes dropping out of the sky contradicted by numerous successful test flights Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Monday, April 19, 2010 With European governments coming under increasing pressure from airline groups to re-open airspace follow ...
  • Air France, Lufthansa Press for Airspace Re-Openin ...
    Gregory Viscusi and Brian Parkin Bloomberg April 19, 2010 Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Air France- KLM Group and industry groups pressed European governments to loosen the unprecedented closing of the region’s airspace from last week’s Icelandic volcanic eruption as losses from the grounding of aircraft p ...
  • NPR and CNN worry that Global Warming may have cau ...
    John Lott’s Website April 19, 2010 This is just too bizarre: Diana Rehm (NPR): We do wonder whether there’s human involvement in all of these eruptions, earthquakes, storms - Elise Labott (senior State Department producer for CNN): – and how much global warming has a role in it. You know we’ve seen ...
  • Poll: Americans’ distrust of federal government is ...
    Steven Thomma McClatchy Newspapers April 19, 2010 Already wary of the federal government, Americans have grown even more critical, less trusting and even fearful of Uncle Sam since President Barack Obama took office, according to an exhaustive new study being released Monday. The in-depth poll found ...

food and water watch

  • By: FutureEmergency.com
    [...] elected officials across the region. He’ll be blogging from the road every day of the trip, so check back in with us to find out what’s he’s up to each [...]
  • By: Gina
    It would be encouraging to see options on what actions we can take to be of support. Would it help to have a petition list, even via email, that can be submitted to various government departments? I think most of us feel helpless to do anything against the blind power of government and big busin ...
  • By: Elissa
    I am finding it very difficult to grasp how few(no) people are on here discussing this with great concern and passion for changing it. This entire subject has taken me by storm.
  • By: Nestlé and the other reasons I support the boy ...
    [...] those jobs typically going to people from outside the community, [...]
  • By: Help Getting Organized | Get Organized with Or ...
    [...] Sadly, no drinking water seems to be 100% safe these days, but in the absence of certainty, I plan on sticking with free, public water. In the end, it’s in our interest to insist on clean drinking water, avoid polluting our environment with more plastic and petroleum waste, and support public ...

treehugger

  • Green Gift Monday is the New Black Friday
    Via: The Nature Conservancy Green Gift Monday blog. Black Friday is about crazy deals, waiting in line, excess spending, consumption, capitalism, you name it. Of course, there's nothing wrong with giving. But if you're going to give ('Tis the Season), why not give with your gut, your conscience? ...
  • "Fate of the World" Shifts Gamers' Focus Toward Ba ...
    Image via Fate of the World The mix of annihilation of the human race with solving problems against a whirring clock are key ingredients for a compelling video game. Rather than playing at war or bashing automobiles into brick walls, Fate of the World puts these elements of an interesting game ...
  • Make Today A Zero Waste Day
    The can, bottle and plastics manufacturers and their lobbyists want you to celebrate America Recycles Day today. But recycling isn't good enough anymore; we have to do better. Let's make today a Zero Waste Day: * Support a restaurant that has real mugs and china. * Support companies that hav ...
  • We Call It Transformer Furniture; Lester Walker Ca ...
    While looking for LifeEdited ideas in the July 1969 issue of Popular Science , what should pop up but this amazing bit of "turniture" - it is a bed, which turns into a small dining room table, a larger table for four, and even a discreet "tete-a-tete" couch. The 29 year old designer asks "why ...
  • Get the Facts on Uber-Polluting Koch Industries
    Image: Green Market Before last year, many had never heard of Koch Industries. Even though it's the second largest company in the US, and it rakes in nearly $100 billion every year, it's still something of an unknown entity to most Americans. And that's how company head David Koch prefers it -- ...

Biosingularity

  • Wandering Mind May Lead to Unhappiness
    People are happiest when having sex, exercising, or talking to others — in large part because such activities require enough concentration to keep their minds from wandering, new research indicates. In general, people spend almost half their waking hours thinking about something other than what they ...
  • A new target for cancer drugs
    Suppressing cancer cells’ ability to cope with damage to their DNA could enhance dramatically the effectiveness of chemotherapy drugs such as cisplatin, according to a new pair of papers from MIT biologists. In studies of mice, the researchers found that slowing down a specific system for tolerating ...
  • Decloaking perforin, the protein assassin
    When the immune system identifies a cell that needs to be eliminated, such as a virus-infected cell or cancer cell, natural killer cells descend and puncture the offending cell, injecting toxic enzymes to spell its doom. At the centre of this immune response is a crucial protein called perforin, whi ...
  • Healthy Lifestyle May Cut Colorectal Cancer Risk
    Following a healthy lifestyle, which means exercising, eating healthfully, keeping the waistline trim, limiting alcohol intake, and avoiding smoking, could reduce the risk of colorectal cancer by 23%, according to a study from Denmark. via Healthy Lifestyle May Cut Colorectal Cancer Risk.
  • First Human Liver Grown in Lab
    For the first time, human cells have been used to create a lab-grown liver. It’s a milestone on the way to creating a new source of livers for transplant, Wake Forest University (WFU) researchers say. Last June, a different research team reported growing a liver from animal cells. But if the goal is ...

CFACT

  • Alarmist spammer unleashes Twitterbot to stifle cl ...
    An Australian software developer grew tired of debating climate realists on Twitter so he created spambot to wear down his opponents. The bot responds to anyone who expresses skepticism about man-made global warming by posting one of hundreds of canned replies in an attempt to frustrate skeptics.
  • No more double standards
    Can we afford to continue having double standards that let government officials violate basic standards of honesty and accountability that they apply to citizens and companies? Why should legislators, regulators and investigators be exempt from rules they devise and impose on everyone else?
  • Dead Aid: Is foreign aid killing Africa?
    Dambisa Moyo's book, Dead Aid, demonstrates an inverse relationship between receipt of foreign aid and economic growth and prosperity. She proposes alternative paths to economic growth for African nations that include freer trade, foreign direct investment, and the infusion of private capital.
  • Land war in the West heats up
    Uintah County in Utah is suing the Interior Department, alleging that the federal government is illegally withholding federal lands in the county from oil and gas exploration. The land is within the boundary of a proposed wilderness area that has never been approved by Congress.
  • Greens shackle national security - and renewable e ...
    Now environmentalists say we need the minerals that they̢۪ve been locking up for decades. China currently produces fully 97% of the world̢۪s rare-earth oxides, the raw materials needed for a variety of defense and high-tech applications.

Ria Novosti Online News

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Pruning Shears

  • This Week In Tyranny
    No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this post Our image in the Muslim world would probably improve if we stopped killing so many Muslims .Second verse, same as the first :Militants armed with guns and a truck bomb demolished a police department used to detain terror suspects in ...
  • A terrible precedent
    No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this post In 2002 CIA agents - Americans - tortured prisoners and were videotaped doing so. In 2005 those videotapes were destroyed, and on Tuesday the five year statute of limitations for filing criminal charges in the matter expired. For a ...
  • This Week In Tyranny
    No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this post Abbreviated “blogger fail” edition. For some reason the scratch file I use for accumulating links throughout the week got blanked out late Thursday. Here’s what I was able to recover from memory. Our image in the Muslim world would ...
  • The Lilies - Cry when you sleep (the Shoes remix)
    Last year Tahiti Boy And The Palmtree Family topped my music of the year list, so obviously I’m a big fan. Amazingly enough, they teamed up with another artist from that list, Os Mutantes, to form The Lilies. “We Are The Lilies” is available on iTunes in France ; not sure if it can be bought outsi ...
  • The fetishization of efficiency
    In the wake of the Republican victories Tuesday there will probably be a renewed emphasis on neoliberal economics - at least as imagined by conservatives. Of course, “pure” neoliberal economics is one of those wonderful belief systems, like communism, that postulates an ideal end state. The world it ...

Organic Consumers.org

  • First Lady Leads School Metamorphasis Project
    Mrs. Obama gets a little help from bipartisan friends to create two special food gardens surrounded by vibrant art Click here to read this article
  • Exposure to BPA Means Low Number of Sperm
    Two weeks ago, Canada added the much-maligned bisphenol-A (BPA) to its list of toxic substances, lending support to the accumulating evidence that it poses a health threat to humans. BPA has shown to be harmful in the laboratory animals, but the chemical industry claims that our exposure levels are ...
  • It's Official: Rich Declare War on the Middle Clas ...
    For the past thirty years the rich have been waging war on the middle class. It's been astonishingly effective, partly because it has been undeclared. But even that pretense is now being abandoned. The President's National Deficit Commission has effectively declared that the rich will now go afte ...
  • Major U.S. Environmental Groups Call for Full Envi ...
    November 8, 2010, 12 executive officers of some of the nation’s largest environmental organizations requested that the Food and Drug Administration conduct a thorough Environmental Impact Statement before deciding whether to approve the first ever genetically engineered animal for food. Click here t ...
  • Agencies Refused to Publicize Spread of Biotech Be ...
    The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the USDA refused to alert the public that genetically modified bentgrass had spread from a test plot in Western Idaho to irrigation ditches in Eastern Oregon. Click here to read this article

fotoFrontera

  • Iglesias, templos, palacios y edificios VI (11 imá ...
    Si lo desea, puede revisar nuestro archivo. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Nota: Haz click aquí o sobre la imagen para entrar y ver todas las fotografías. HAZ CLICK sobre cada imagen si deseas AMPLIAR SU TAMAÑO OTRAS OPCIONES PARA USTED, (elija por favor) 1.- Conozca el origen de estas imágenes ...
  • Volcanes, montañas y nevados III (11 fondos o wall ...
    Si lo desea, revise nuestras fotos anteriores sobre esta misma serie titulada 'Volcanes, montañas y nevados' [1] [2] [3] ¡Cada día, mejores fotos! Nota: Haz click aquí o sobre la imagen para entrar y ver todas las fotografías. HAZ CLICK sobre cada imagen si deseas AMPLIAR SU TAMAÑO OTRAS ...
  • Esculturas de cerámica I (9 bellísimas obras de ar ...
    Nota: Haz click aquí o sobre la imagen para entrar y ver todas las fotografías. HAZ CLICK sobre cada imagen si deseas AMPLIAR SU TAMAÑO OTRAS OPCIONES PARA USTED, (elija por favor) 1.- Conozca el origen de estas imágenes y vea más fotografías 2.- Conozca nuestro fotoblog oficial (www.1m4g3 ...
  • Autos para millonarios parte II (11 imágenes HR)
    Si lo desea, puede revisar la parte número 1 de esta serie o ver toda nuestra colección de imágenes, fondos y wallpapers de autos . ¡Son más de 300 fotos muy lindas! Deje volar su imaginación con estas preciosas fotografías. Nota: Haz click aquí o sobre la imagen para entrar y ver todas las fotograf ...
  • Fotoreportajes: Boulevard René-Levesque Montreal
    Si usted conoce desde hace tiempo el Banco de Imágenes Gratuitas, sabrá que con frecuencia presentamos nuestra sección de fotoreportajes . En esta ocasión, le invito a disfrutar a través de 18 fotografías gratuitas, una zona muy popular y hermosa de Canadá. ¡Descubra algo nuevo el día de hoy! Nota: ...

Center for a Livable Future

  • Too Much or Too Little: The Hazards of Mixing Anti ...
    How food animals are given medication can be very different from how you take medication.  While humans are prescribed antibiotics at specific dosages in pills or injections, food animals are often given antibiotics mixed in their feed and freely choose how much to consume.  These free-choice medica ...
  • Childhood obesity may have leveled off, but dispar ...
    A recent study published in the American Journal of Public Health, looked at obesity rates in adolescents comparing income groups and gender in the years, 2001-2007. What they found was potentially alarming. This study reveals that when comparing adolescents under the poverty line (<100% of poverty) ...
  • What We’re Reading–Meat Lover’s Meatless Cookbook
    Author Kim O’Donnel recently released The Meat Lover’s Meatless Cookbook: Vegetarian Recipes Carnivores Will Devour, for people that love to eat meat but might also want to eat less of it. In the book’s foreword the Center’s director, Dr. Robert Lawrence, reintroduces the idea to readers that people ...
  • Meatless Monday Launches at Johns Hopkins Universi ...
    Today marked the launch of Meatless Monday on Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood campus.  Elaborate banners of cartoon cows, chickens and pigs that read, “Monday is my day off!” greeted students as they entered JHU Dining Service’s three main dining areas: Levering Food Court, Fresh Food Court and ...
  • No title
    On Tuesday, the US Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS) released a draft report that, given their usual alignment with agricultural interests, is surprisingly straightforward in its assessment of the inadequacy of conservation practices in place on farms in t ...

Norwegianity

  • What I’m not linking to, + links
    I almost posted a link to Frank Rich this morning, then I thought, geez, show a little faith. These people can find Frank Rich without your help. Just like you found Paul Krugman’s Friday column without assistance from me, right? Truth is I’m finding the newspapers to be a very boring way to start m ...
  • Snowku
    Gas in the Buick Groceries all put away another cup of tea? � � slip sliding sideways TC streets are full of them assholes in their cars � And for my restaurant client: � Four reservations made for tonight long ago will they show up?
  • The electricity is still there
    The L.A. Times piles on the Twain for what will be a snowbound weekend for most Minnesotans. A review of volume one David Ulin ranks Twain’s works Ulin on Huck Finn I put Huck and Tom on Dad’s Kindle (I think it’s going to be a keeper, his first words were, “my, that’s easy to [...]
  • Toons and maps
    Not much else to post about. Still reading, getting Dad’s Kindle broken in. It’s confirming a theory I’ve long had about my eyes. I hold the Kindle fairly close and read it with my left eye. The computer monitor, otoh, I read with my right eye. My left eye, which connects with my right brain, [...]
  • Rekindling my love of reading
    Just posted something new to the other other blog (not my blog actually, but as a registered member I have posting privileges). Since I last posted anything, I’ve been reading. A lot. Since Sunday I’ve read about four and a half books. Light stuff. I’m warming up by re-reading Roger Zelazny’s ten-vo ...

Public News Service

  • AZ Gets Ready for the Great American Smokeout
    AZ Gets Ready for the Great American Smokeout Phoenix, AZ – The American Cancer Society’s 35th annual Great American Smokeout is this Thursday, November 18. There are compelling health reasons to quit smoking, and there’s plenty of help available. More than 36 million Americans still smoke daily, an ...
  • Smart Meters - They’re Smart, But Are They S ...
    Smart Meters - They’re Smart, But Are They Safe? Phoenix, AZ - The number of metro Phoenix homes equipped with Smart Meters will rise to at least two million over the next two years. But in other states, notably California, some consumers are saying that the wireless electric meters are making them ...
  • AZ Cooks Turn to Natural Turkey for Thanksgiving
    AZ Cooks Turn to Natural Turkey for Thanksgiving Phoenix, AZ - Concern over the use of antibiotics in meat has some Arizonans looking for organically grown turkeys for their Thanksgiving meal. The demand is providing a new source of "bread and butter" for the state's organic farmers. Robert Martin, ...
  • Birth Control: "Preventive" Health Care or Not?
    Birth Control: "Preventive" Health Care or Not? Phoenix, AZ – The Institute of Medicine has just initiated a year-long study to determine if prescription birth control methods should be covered by health insurance, as part of preventive care under the health reform law. Meanwhile, Planned Parenthood ...
  • AZ Voters Polled On Importance Of Social Security
    AZ Voters Polled On Importance Of Social Security A new survey of over-40 registered voters in Arizona and nationwide has found Social Security among their top-two issues of personal importance. The research by AARP and the Rockefeller Foundation is being released as President Obama’s bipartisan Com ...

Center for Food Safety

  • Help CFS Fight GE Salmon
    Check out our new video on GE salmon and support our work! Filed under: GE Animals, GE Food, Take Action
  • Newly Disclosed Government Documents Conclude GE S ...
    EXPERT FISHERIES AGENCIES PROHIBIT GROWING ENGINEERED SALMON IN OPEN-WATER NET PENS UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT FDA Declined to Disclose Evidence During September Hearings on Aquabounty Salmon Adding a new twist to the controversy over genetically engineered (GE) salmon, the Center for Food Saf ...
  • Federal Court Strikes Down Ohio Ban On rBGH-Free L ...
    Relying on evidence of compositional differences between milk from cows treated with rbST/rbGH and milk from untreated cows, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals today struck down an Ohio state ban on labels pertaining to the use of artificial hormones in dairy products (IDFA et al v. Boggs, U.S. Cour ...
  • Center for Food Safety Testifies at Congressional ...
    Congress Sharply Critical of USDA’s Biotech Crop Oversight Failures, Calls for New Regulations  Live webcast: “Are ‘Superweeds’ an Outgrowth of USDA Biotech Policy? (Part II),” at: http://domesticpolicy.oversight.house.gov, 2pm EDT. Today the Domestic Policy Subcommittee of the House Oversight and G ...
  • Thirty Eight Representatives And Senators Call On ...
    Over Fifty Organizations and Businesses Endorse Congressional Letters;  CFS Calls upon FDA to Reject Approval of GE Salmon The Center for Food Safety applauds the 38 Representatives and Senators for requesting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) halt the approval of the long-shelved AquaBoun ...

Angry Indian Op-Eds

  • What is the White Left?
    What is the White Left? � The Speed of Dreams : "This definition, and term, is something I have developed (though I am sure I am not the first person to use the term) over my years of activism in North America and my interaction with a variety of forces on the left. Basically, it goes something like ...
  • Seattle Cop In Stomping Incident Accused of More B ...
    Seattle Cop In Stomping Incident Accused of More Brutality | AlterNet : Seattle Detective Shandy Cobane, who earlier this year was caught on video stomping on and shouting racial profanities at a Latino man, has been accused again of abusive misconduct. Seattle's KIRO reports that the Seattle poli ...
  • Minister Says Bushmen Live in 'Dark Ages'
    by Niren Tolsi Mail & Guardian November 12, 2010 Botswana's minister for environment, wildlife and tourism, Kitso Mokaila, stoked the growing controversy around his government's treatment of Bushmen living in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve by telling the BBC that Bushmen are "living in the D ...
  • What Part of Unarmed Black Man Doesn’t OPD Underst ...
    What Part of Unarmed Black Man Doesn’t OPD Understand? Rip Derrick Jones � Davey D's Hip Hop Corner-(The Blog) WHAT PART OF KILLED_UNARMED_BLACK_MAN = MURDER DOESN’T OPD UNDERSTAND ? R.I.P. BROTHER DERRICK JONES. AGAIN. by mesha Monge-Irizarry, Idriss Stelley FoundationNov 9th 2010 http://www.ind ...
  • Tehran hosts interreligious conference
    PressTV - Tehran hosts interreligious conference : "Representatives from the Vatican and several Muslim organizations from around the world have gathered in Tehran for a three-day interreligious dialogue. The event comes as the seventh round of meetings between the Islamic Culture and Relations Org ...

Pensieve

  • Forbid Campaign Contributions!
    Photo by wstera2 I read an article by Noam Chomsky this morning, in which he reflects on the aftermath of the US election. In it are several interesting points, well though out and illuminating; others were less so. Firstly he apparently sees himself as an anti-capitalist, not a Democrat. I suspect ...
  • Flying Dancers of Papantla
    This week, Monterrey is celebrating Mexico’s 200 years of independence from Spain, and 100 years since the Mexican revolution. The city’s largest park, built in the grounds of the steel factory that was once her strongest company, is hosting a fair. I shot this video while I was there last Sunday. A ...
  • Terror Averted Before Key Election…Coincidence?
    Photo by Gord McKenna Since Obama’s inauguration, left-leaning intellectuals have been frustrated in his reluctance or inability to implement the more radical elements of their agenda. At fist they saw him as a savior to the left. Now they are mourning the “Death of the Liberal Class”, as they stand ...
  • Honduras: Among the 3 Most Corrupt Nations in the ...
    Transparency international has published its results on its annual survey of perception of government corruption. The format is a zoomable world map with a ranked list below it. Honduras, at 134th place with a score of 2.4 is tied with Nigeria and Bangladesh and 7 others; not a good place to be. In ...
  • CNN Doctoring
    Is it me or did CNN want to soften news of Hugo Chavez expropriating two US-owned businesses in Venezuela? Related posts:Is this our future? CNN drops the C-bomb The Zelayistas Got There First? Related posts: Is this our future? CNN drops the C-bomb The Zelayistas Got There First?

Green Times

  • Environmental News 15/11/2010
    Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss
  • Environmental News 10/11/2010
    Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss
  • Eco Tourism, the new green holiday adventure
    Gone are the days of trampling the environment without regard whilst on holiday. It’s time to travel the world in a mindful and earth friendly way!
  • Compost
    1. DEFINITION: "compost" Compost is made of organic materials obtained from plant and animal by products that have been decomposed via aerobic decomposition. Compost or composting is a widely used procedure carried out by farmers and by industries in factories and cities. Individuals can easily pro ...
  • The Koala, an Australian Icon
    The Koala is an Australian icon. We have to be careful with these animals and take good care of their habitat (glossary/wildlife/habitat.html). In particular, Climate change (glossary/categories/climate-change/climate-change-impact-2.html) influences their natural environment a lot. Read this inspir ...

Citizens for Legitimate Government

  • Twin car bombs detonate near prison complex in nor ...
    ShareThis Twin car bombs detonate near prison complex in north Iraq, killing prison commander, bodyguard 15 Nov 2010 A prison commander and his body guard were killed on Monday when twin car bombs detonated outside a residential complex housing prison guards and staff in northern Iraq, officials sai ...
  • Taliban-linked activities kill 6 NATO soldiers in ...
    ShareThis Taliban-linked activities kill 6 NATO soldiers in single day 15 Nov 2010 Taliban-linked activities claimed the lives of six service members with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on Sunday, proving the day as the deadliest one in the current month, the alliance co ...
  • National Opt-Out Day Called Against Invasive Body ...
    ShareThis National Opt-Out Day Called Against Invasive Body Scanners By Kim Zetter 12 Nov 2010 Air travelers, mark your calendar. An activist [Brian Sodegren] opposed to the new invasive body scanners in use at airports around the country just designated Wednesday, Nov. 24 as a National Opt-Out Day. ...
  • Secret report: CIA created 'safe haven' for Nazis
    ShareThis Secret report: CIA created 'safe haven' for Nazis --Justice Department probe points to intelligence agency's involvement with Nazi émigrés after WWII despite being aware of their pasts . 14 Nov 2010 The Central Intelligence Agency created a "safe haven" in the United States for Nazis and t ...
  • 9/11 Family Group Releases TV Ad Calling for World ...
    ShareThis 9/11 Family Group Releases TV Ad Calling for World Trade Center Building 7 Investigation 02 Nov 2010�The NYC Coalition for Accountability Now (NYC CAN) is launching a television ad campaign on Election Day in New York City calling for an investigation into the destruction of World Trade Ce ...

Daily Loaf

Israel-The Only Democracy in the Middle East?

  • Welcome to the Zoo
    By Audrey Farber, crossposted at Mondoweiss.net My neighborhood doesn’t have street signs. And when it does, they don’t refer to names of streets anyone is familiar with. House numbers, too, are scarce. I didn’t know my own street address until yesterday â four and a half months after my arrival. My ...
  • What Is, and Isn’t the Boycott, Divestment, ...
    By Emily Schaeffer The call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel is gaining momentum. At the same time, it is widely misinterpreted, unfortunately by skeptics, opponents and proponents alike. The basic premise behind BDS movements, wherever they have taken place, is that they a ...
  • Meir Kahane (of unblessed memory) Comic Strip Hero
    By Jesse Bacon Ma’an News reported last week on a comic book honoring Meir Kahane, the slain Jewish fascist leader whose politics were even too much for the Israeli Supreme Court. His party remains banned. Reading the comic strip, a few things become clear. First of all, the artistic quality is incr ...
  • A Lost Decade in Israel-Palestine: Diary Series Ki ...
    This diary opens a collaborative effort to profile the past decade in the life of Israel-Palestine. A Lost Decade in all respects. Far worse than Japan’s âLost Decade.â Unfortunately, the events that set this decade onto its lamentable trajectory happened shortly before the advent of the blogosphere ...
  • Budrus hero calls for Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s ...
    By Jesse Bacon I recently had the good fortune to attend a packed Monday night NYC screening sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace and the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. One issue raised by the extremely well-informed director was how similar protests in other villages have had difficult ...

Politics in the Zeros

  • On the protests in Europe and the lack of them her ...
    At this point, my best guess is that when push comes to shove in Europe, the left will actually win in most nations. They aren’t wimps, they are willing to fight, they are willing to clash hard with the cops and they are willing to directly attack the interests of the ruling class. Unlike in [...]
  • Cellulosic ethanol questioned, government report
    A Department of Agriculture reports suggests that after two decades of research into cellulosic ethanol with no technical breakthroughs, that algae biofuel and oil crops should get the funding. One problem with cellulosic is the logistics in getting hundreds of tons of agricultural waste (or crops g ...
  • Algae biofuel. Major breakthrough quadruples outpu ...
    A Montana State grad student looked at 20 year old algae biofuel research, experimented with it, and devised a way to double the amount of oil produced in half the time – a 4x increase. The secret is adding baking soda, just the right amount at just the right time.
  • Foreclosure fraud rampant. Where is Rule of Law?
    Fraudulent notary seal used by foreclosure mill in Georgia. Video from WSBT who discovered the bogus seal. Via 4closurefraud Depositions by three robo-signers in Florida showed them to be seemingly clueless about what they were doing. Yes, it’s always better to appear stupid than culpable. Ritholz h ...
  • On Obama’s passivity and lack of fight
    William Greider A friend and longtime warrior for liberal reforms described what unfolded in harsh but accurate terms: “First he was rolled by the bankers, then he was rolled by the generals, then he was rolled by the Blue Dogs and other Democrats who had no interest in going along with what he prop ...

Coteret

  • Lieberman says Israel’s borders “imperialist” and ...
    “Anti-Zionism” can be found in surprising places. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman was up in the Golan Heights on Thursday. The settlement of Katzrin awarded him “honorary citizenship of the city.” The Israeli media provided superficial reporting of Lieberman’s acceptance speech, with only gene ...
  • Maariv: Geert Wilders to express support for &#822 ...
    There’s more to this. Israeli adulation for the Dutch ultra-nationalist is not limited to the National Union: Manfred Gerstenfeld, Chairman of the Board of Fellows at Dore Gold’s neoconservative power-house — The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs — has been a leading cheerleader. Dutch reinforceme ...
  • Yediot: NIS 9 million for settlement “touris ...
    The fact that these grants will fund highly politicized and inflammatory projects is best exemplified by the NIS 2 million slated for the “City of David” project in Silwan. This East Jerusalem settlement in the guise of an “archeological park” is at the cutting edge of efforts to insert Israelis i ...
  • Yediot: Despite Berlusconi’s promises, Italy ...
    Paper sanctions Menahem Ganz, Yediot, September 14 2010 [page 19, Hebrew original here and at bottom of post] Rome — Half a year after returning from a visit to Israel, in the course of which Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi promised to act to reduce the volume of trade between Italy and Ira ...
  • Yediot to Abe Foxman: Are we anti-Semitic too?
    Not exactly, but close. For those of you who have missed the latest chapter of what Matt Duss calls “the continuing attempt to redefine ‘blood libel’ as ‘saying things about Israel I don’t particularly like’”, here’s a brief: This week’s TIME Magazine cover story was a feature by Karl Vick, entitle ...

Deadline Live

  • Mex Border Town Mayor Asks Texas For Help With Dru ...
    Lisa Cortez krgv.com MIGUEL ALEMAN, MEXICO – The mayor of the border town of Miguel Aleman is asking the communities in Texas for help. He is protecting hundreds of people in a shelter. They fled from Ciudad Mier to escape cartel violence. The mayor needs food, water and other supplies to sustain th ...
  • Long-hidden report: CIA created ‘safe haven’ for N ...
    A report the Justice Department has been trying to hide for the past four years offers the most detailed account yet of the CIA’s efforts to protect known Nazi war criminals in the United States. The report, obtained by the New York Times, may be the most concrete account yet of the role that promin ...
  • Top Mountie defends G20 policing in face of compla ...
    OTTAWA â The head of the RCMP has defended police actions at the G20 summit in Toronto despite mass arrests and complaints of excesses, including violent tactics and arbitrary searches. In correspondence released under the Access to Information Act, RCMP Commissioner William Elliott says police “exe ...
  • This Day In History – November 15
    1777 â After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation. 1907 â Claus von Stauffenberg, German, leader of failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler (d. 1944) was born. 1926 â The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations. 1934 – Sir Oswald Mosley and Black-Shirt ...
  • Who Would Host a G20 Secretariat?
    Seoul and Paris are among putative locations for a permanent G20 secretariat if the temporary gathering is upgraded into a permanent international body. The secretariat would be the headquarters of the organization like the UN in New York. Its establishment was formally suggested by French President ...

The Air Vent

  • Climategate, a year of comedy.
    It has been almost a year now since the UEA emails known as climategate were revealed.  What has followed has been a year of hilarity as one scandal after another followed.  Just think about how funny it was when Pachuri (head of the IPCC) published his sex book, Mann publishing one self exonerating ...
  • Blackboard on Eq 34
    The M10 hurricane paper discussion is continuing now at the blackboard.  I haven’t mentioned it much but I do consider it one of the best examples of blog based science on the internet.  As usual, I’m way way too busy to have fun, but the discussion has lapsed into the derrivation of eq 34 which [ ...
  • Hide the Incline!
    A missile was launched off our coast today, in case you are new here, I’m an aeronautical engineer.  I’ve watched rockets and planes my whole life.  Today a mysterious missile was launched off the California coast which was very disconcerting.    The pentagon is calling it everything except wha ...
  • Rain on the blackboard
    Lucia has an interesting post on condensation at the blackboard.  Now that I’m understanding Anastassia’s claims better, I’m not sure this relates at all to her work but that doesn’t stop it from being interesting. Link here if you’re interested.
  • He’s a Denier
    Coming up on a year since Climategate and Minnesotans for Global Warming has a new song commemorating the event. The denier mantra doesn’t bother me as much as some, it doesn’t describe skeptics anyway. H/T Brian H.

Focal Point

  • Health Care Reform: The War of Attrition Begins
    Tomorrow is Remembrance Day, a occasion originally conceived for somber reflection on bitter and pointless trench warfare. It is fitting that the Republicans chose this week to announce their plans to harry health care reform to death. The GOP campaigned on grandiose promises of repealing the ... ...
  • Uncle Sam Wants YOU to Eat More Cheese
    Guess what? Eating cheese isn't just a mindblowing sensual pleasure, it's also a patriotic duty. God bless America! The U.S. Department of Agriculture is spending millions of tax dollars to help companies like Domino's Pizza infuse their products with ever-increasing amounts of cheese, according to ...
  • Chris Hayes Will Not Sub for Keith Olbermann After ...
    Nation editor Chris Hayes was will not be subbing for Keith Olbermann after all. I posted earlier that he was disinvited but, that was incorrect. Hayes tweeted : "OK: I'm not filling in on Countdown tonight because I didn't feel comfortable doing it given the circumstances."� MSNBC announced that H ...
  • Keith Olbermann Suspended for Political Contributi ...
    MSNBC host Keith Olbermann has been suspended indefinitely without pay after Politico reported that he made campaign contributions to progressive Democrats: Olbermann made campaign contributions to two Arizona members of Congress and failed Kentucky Senate candidate Jack Conway ahead of Tuesday ...
  • [Duplicate Plz Delete] Keith Olbermann Suspended f ...
    MSNBC host Keith Olbermann has been suspended indefinitely without pay after Politico reported that he made campaign contributions to progressive Democrats: Olbermann made campaign contributions to two Arizona members of Congress and failed Kentucky Senate candidate Jack Conway ahead of Tuesday ...

Inside Facebook

  • How to Avoid Having Your Page, Open Graph Object, ...
    The following is an excerpt of content available in the Facebook Marketing Bible, our comprehensive guide to marketing and advertising your brand, business or content on Facebook. Facebook gives users options on news feed and wall posts to stop receiving content from publishers they find exhausting, ...
  • This Week’s Headlines on Inside Social Games
    Check out the top headlines and insights this week from Inside Social Games â tracking all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms. Monday, November 8th, 2010 Slay Zombies Across Time with Age of Zombies on iPad & iPhone Crime City Becomes Don of This Week’s List of ...
  • Highlights This Week from the Inside Network Job B ...
    Recently, we launched the Inside Network Job Board – dedicated to providing you with the best job opportunities in the Facebook Platform and social gaming ecosystem. Here are this week’s highlights from the Inside Network Job Board, including positions at Perfect World Entertainment, Gameloft, Glu M ...
  • Facebook Introduces Opt-In Migration for Developer ...
    Facebook has started a new monthly migration system for easing application developers into new features and bug fixes. The opt-in system allows developers to migrate when they’re ready, as each set of changes could require them to alter their apps to prevent them from breaking. Other notes from the ...
  • Facebook Roundup: Advertising, Privacy Legislatio ...
    Facebook Top Online Display Advertiser – ComScore released online display advertising numbers for the third quarter and announced Facebook was in first place. There were 1.3 trillion display ads in the third quarter, Facebook took 23% of that with 297 billion impressions. Yahoo, Microsoft, Fox and G ...

Truthout - Tweets

ReDress News

  • Ehud Barak's criminal legacy regarding Israeli att ...
    Uri Avnery views the criminal legacy of Israeli Defence Minister and war crimes suspect Ehud Barak in hardening Israeli opinion against peace with the Palestinian people.
  • The torturers revisited
    Paul J. Balles find echoes of Kafka in the US torture facility at Guantanamo in Cuba and a secret British detention centre near Basra, in Iraq.
  • Palestine and the fate of the United Nations
    Lawrence Davidson argues that the failure of the United Nations to deliver justice to the Palestinians has condemned it to oblivion and that rather than look to the UN to deliver justice, fairness and equity, civil society must mobilize to do what is right in Palestine, as happened in the struggle t ...
  • Israel's self-destruction: reunifying the Palestin ...
    Jonathan Cook explains how the Israeli racial supremacists' insistence on a Jews-only state could backfire by uniting Palestinians inside Israel, the occupied territories and the diaspora behind "one binational, democratic state for all Palestinians and Jews in historic Palestine".
  • Western media frightened of the "F" word in its Is ...
    Alan Hart views the rapid rise of fascism in Israel and contrasts the debate taking place there regarding the extent to which the Zionist entity has become fascist with the Western mainstream media's unwillingness to give voice to those Israeli Jews who can see fascism coming.

Amazon Rainforest

  • Second rancher sentenced for contract kill of Doro ...
    A second rancher has been sentenced for his role in the murder of Dorothy Stang, an American nun who was gunned down in 2005 for her efforts on behalf of poor farmers in the Amazon Rainforest. Regivaldo Galvao was sentenced to 30 years in prison by a jury in the city of Pará. Last month [...]
  • Yasuni National Park- SAVED!
    President Raphael Correa now has approved an agreement to leave Ecuador’s largest oil reserves, amounting to some 900 million barrels, underground in Yasuni National Park in exchange for more than $3 billion. Under the unprecedented agreement, known as the Yasuni-ITT Initiative, the government of Ec ...
  • Amazon watchgroups SILENT over new Chevron oil spi ...
    In the space of a week, a Chevron technical team has discovered two fresh oil spills in Ecuador’s oil-producing Amazon region. One covers three hectares (7.4 acres) near state-owned oil company Petroecuador’s Guanta production station in the heart of Cofan indigenous country. The other impacts half ...
  • Amazon River dolphin new stunning photos!
    The Amazon River dolphin (Bufeo, Bufeo Colorado, Boto, Boto Cor de Rosa, Boutu, Nay, Tonina) or Pink River Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis), is a freshwater River dolphin endemic to the Orinoco, Amazon and Araguaia/Tocantins River systems of Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. These we ...
  • Belo Monte dam auction proceeds despite protests!
    Bidding for electricity generated by Brazil’s planned Belo Monte Dam in the Amazon rainforest has been marked by protests and legal confusion. A court injunction issued late Monday suspended the dam auction overnight, throwing the bidding process into a state of chaos. Just moments before the aucti ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

  • Little Steps Towards the Big Leap?
    Time To Test our Might & Will The movement against TSA’s systematic degradation of our nation seems to be gaining a bit of momentum; long overdue. A few lawmakers are making some noise. Let’s hope it is not for show only. Pilots and related organizations have been making a little headway. And we ha ...
  • Jamiol Presents
  • The Not So Gradual Degradation Of A Nation
    Paying To Be Raped Every single day millions of us are being subjected to the shameful processes of being searched, screened and viewed naked, patted, groped, fondled, poked and stroked by badge-wearing strangers- police under a different name. Every single day. Millions of us, Americans. Being viol ...
  • Jamiol Presents
  • Podcast Show #35
    The Boiling Frogs Presents Michael Sullivan Michael Sullivan discusses his book, the American Adventurism Abroad, on how the United States, over the past 60 years, encompassing both the Cold War and the “war on terror,” came to succeed the earlier European imperial powers as arbiter of the interna ...

Afro Spear

  • sat’day riddymz
  • Racism in a place called “heaven”
    In the 19th century, when black American slaves were escaping north along the underground railroad, they would refer to their final destination Canada as “heaven” or “the promise land”. Although slavery had been abolished in the British colonies since 1834, upon arrival these newly freed black men ...
  • “Tanzania, yet again, goes to the dogs!&#822 ...
    Though Tanzania has always wrongly been regarded as a strong and peaceful country in the region, this does no longer hold water thanks to what transpired in the just ended elections. Recent sham and rigged general elections opened everything bare as it told the whole hidden story behind this former ...
  • 2 African American Republicans Elected To Congress
    Allan West (left) from Florida and Tim Scott from South Carolina, are the first black Republicans to be elected to the U.S. Congress in over a decade. Both apparently represent the more conservative wing of the party and had received support from Sarah Palin and the Tea Party.  Read NYTimes article ...
  • sat’day riddymz

Expose the BNP

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

Sen4Earth

  • No to Monsanto and GMO: Action Central
    "SEN is greatly concerned that Monsanto and GMO give rise to a threat that if unchecked could eventually prove as catastrophic to mankind and the sustainability of all life on earth as global warming. We must scream bloody murder, and do so with facts." -- Gregory Hilbert, Co-Founder Sustainability ...
  • Bill Gates On Climate Change & Energy: We Must and ...
    Whether you know a little or a lot about Climate Change (aka Global Warming), SEN urges you to watch this one-hour video, because you will learn a great deal either way. Gates lays out a sweeping set of ideas for reducing CO2 emmissions to zero. Gates is no fool when it comes to matters of [...]
  • Week 2 – Worldwide Campaign to Save the Gran ...
    The Grand Canyon is one of the world's most pristine and majestic treasures. Mother Nature needs our help to save it. We all need to act to protect the Grand Canyon. Pledge to do your part. Help us by adding your signature to the petitions and ask everyone you know and who cares for earth to do the ...
  • Seize BP Demonstrations Nationwide
    SEN believes these demonstrations will help awaken politicians to outrage over inadequate regulation and control of international corporations, even if they do not succeed in gaining temporary seizure of BP on the basis of national emergency and evidence of criminal neglect and fraud by BP.
  • Petition for Global Warming Facts on Fox
    SEN's Co-Founder Gregory Hilbert told Huffington bloggers Mary Ellen Harte PhD and John Harte PhD of cooltheearth, "The Discovery Palin Alaska petition-condemnation-boycott campaigns by Defenders of Wildlife, Credo, Change.org, Center for Biodiversity, Care2 Petitioners, Facebook groups and SEN have ...

If Americans Knew

  • As Israel kills and maims, Outrage is directed at ...
    Whenever Israel commits yet another atrocity, its defenders are quick to redirect public attention away from the grisly crime scene. Currently, there are headlines about allegedly anti-Semitic comments made by senior White House correspondent Helen Thomas. Pundits across the land evince outrage at h ...
  • An Open Letter to the Southern Poverty Law Clinic: ...
    I am disturbed by an article that the Center published in the fall 2007 issue of "Intelligence Report"--the Center's magazine. The item "Navy Extremist Disciplined--But Not for Extremism" is on page 11. The article focuses on Navy officer John Sharpe Jr.
  • NPR Watch: Linda Gradstein Has Done It Again on Ga ...
    NPR's reporter Linda Gradstein has done it again. She has managed to take a "must report" story on Israeli-Palestinian relations -- the new report by B'Tselem on the non-combatants, including children, killed by the Israeli military during the Israeli attack on Gaza -- and report it in a manner whic ...
  • The invisible government: Propaganda Disguised as ...
    John Pilger: In a speech in Chicago, John Pilger describes how propaganda has become such a potent force in our lives and, in the words of one of its founders, represents 'an invisible government'.
  • A moment of truth: A word of faith, hope and love ...
    We, a group of Christian Palestinians, after prayer, reflection and an exchange of opinion, cry out from within the suffering in our country, under the Israeli occupation, with a cry of hope in the absence of all hope, a cry full of prayer and faith in a God ever vigilant, in God's divine providence ...

David J. Gregory

  • Conservative Conundrum
    Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of water, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because s ...
  • HURRAY FOR SHORT MEMORIES!
  • Never Forget: Bad Wars Aren’t Possible Unles ...
    This is a very good article from Michael Moore, what he delineates are the reasons we are still in such a mess as a Nation and a people. These reasons are blatant and should never be allowed to happen again. Even though Obama seems to be tied to the Bush Doctrine of appeasing the military-industrial ...
  • Truth for Tea Baggers!
    War Machine, all the money for killing, nothing for helping to save lives, war is much more profitable, especially when you supply both sides! Sheeple time to wake up….
  • Rand Paul the road to disaster
    Do you remember Rand Paul? He’s the Republican candidate for Senate in Kentucky that went on Rachel Maddow to oppose provisions in the Civil Rights Actafter his surprise victory in the primary. He’s taken max-out checks from Citizens United – the group whose lawsuit led to the new avalanche of corpo ...

Unsuitable Blog

  • McDonald’s and PepsiCo to Help Write UK Heal ...
    This article from The Guardian will come as no surprise to anyone who watches how much food companies and supermarkets are allowed to influence public education in the UK. What might come as a surprise is how blatant the level of influence is – in the words of the UK government: “A âResponsibility D ...
  • BT Adastral Plan Wipes Out “Green” Pro ...
    Adastral Park is part of BT’s (formerly British Telecom) Martlesham Heath technology complex, a combination of defence research laboratory and industrial park, situated close to the busy Suffolk town of Ipswich, and adjacent to a large area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. You can find Adastral Park b ...
  • Monthly Undermining Task, November 2010: The Onlin ...
    Where do you go for information? I guess, because you are reading this as a web page, then your primary resource for information that you need in a hurry (and aren’t we all in a hurry nowadays?) is the Internet. As far as corporations go, online presence has now eclipsed printed and television media ...
  • George Monbiot on the Fake Biodiversity Agreement
    There is something stirring, and I don’t think it’s just in the air – I think George Monbiot is turning his back on industrial civilization, and about time too. We could do with someone like him in the ranks of the “heretic unbelievers”. Here is his take on the Agreement That Never Was: Everyone agr ...
  • Chevron Spoof Posters: Just The Start
    On the coattails of their Chevron spoof (see here for the full story) the Yes Men have opened up the original graphics from their web sites for public subvertising. Angry and frustrated that oil companies like Chevron think they can ignore their environmental and human rights abuses while cleaning u ...

Subalternate Reality

  • Newt Comes Out As A Muslim-Baiter
    Early this week, disgraced former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich warned that “a commitment to religious freedom and God-given rights is being replaced by a secular oppression…”  Just hours after those words appeared on Human Events, Gingrich issued a statement forcefully opposing the constructi ...
  • Wealthy Far More Likely To Default On Mortgages
    crossposted at Political Correction For much of the past two years, Congressional Republicans have wasted few opportunities to blame poor and working class Americans for the financial meltdown and the subsequent recession. They’ve argued that through well-intentioned government initiatives, includ ...
  • GOP House Candidate: Mosque Near Ground Zero Is A ...
    Conservative activists and the Muslim-baiters among them are furious about a proposed Islamic community center to be built near Ground Zero.  The debate has become entirely unhinged and some of the more hateful folks are using the controversy as a rallying cry to oppose the construction of all futur ...
  • Ex-Muslim Ergun Caner Is A Fraud
    Ergun Caner is one of the most prominent figures in the evangelical movement. He is also one of the most deceptive. A self-professed Muslim convert to Christianity, Caner plays an important, and arguably dangerous, role in the community. After the 9/11 attacks, when many Americans were searching for ...
  • Aliou Kumbaya
    My brother Aliou Niasse has saved the day.  He was the first to spot smoke coming out of the Nissan Pathfinder that Faisal Shahzad intended to detonate in crowded Times Square. Thankfully, the incompetence of Shahzab and the alertness of Niasse and two other gentlemen, both of whom are Vietnam War v ...

Idea Lab | Technology

  • Remix Radio Re-Imagines Public Radio as Interactiv ...
    While we continue to delve into code-level collaboration with Spot.Us to get our Story Exchange crowdfunding project launched later this year, I'll take the opportunity in my next couple posts to give updates on other emerging PRX services that are helping reshape public radio, and that ultimately w ...
  • Overcoming the Challenges of Using Ushahidi in Low ...
    With the increased adoption of Ushahidi around the world, we are finding that one problem (which we anticipated in the very beginning of the initiative) is that of low bandwidth regions. In the early days of testing the platform in Kenya, we found that the map would take ages to load, and so the dev ...
  • A Six-Step Process for Managing Web Projects
    After years of intensive work in the IT industry, I've put together a practical guide to project development that my company uses for 99 percent of our projects. So far we've done amazingly well with this approach. Once you know it, it feels so simple and natural that you don't even know you know it ...
  • A Six-Step Process for Managing and Developing Web ...
    After years of intensive work in the IT industry, I've put together a practical guide to project development that my company uses for 99 percent of our projects. So far we've done amazingly well with this approach. Once you know it, it feels so simple and natural that you don't even know you know it ...
  • Citytracking Presents Data on Cities for Maps, Vis ...
    Citytracking, one of this year's Knight News Challenge winners, will present digital data about cities that journalists and the public can easily grasp and use, and provide tools to let them distribute their own conclusions. We will build a series of tools to map and visualize data that is truly Int ...

Cutting Edge News

  • The Metal’s Edge - The Rare Earth Dilemma: China’s ...
    Last week, the Cutting Edge News published the first article of a three-part series about rare earth elements, which focused on their role in energy security. This is the second of three articles, focusing on some of the environmental implications of rare earth elements. The topic of rare earth elem ...
  • The Rail's Edge - Local Transit Systems Plagued by ...
    If you’re boarding a plane, cruise ship, ferry or Amtrak train, a federal government agency is watching out for your safety. But if you’re a passenger on one of the nation’s 48 subways and light-rail train systems, there is no single authority with the power to set and enforce safety measures. Rail ...
  • Brain Matters - Harnessing the Electricity of the ...
    A paralyzed patient may someday be able to "think" a foot into flexing or a leg into moving, using technology that harnesses the power of electricity in the brain, and scientists at University of Michigan School of Kinesiology are now one big step closer. Researchers at the school and colleagues fro ...
  • Edge on the Mideast - Obama Administration Must re ...
    Just a few years ago, Lebanon appeared to be a foreign-policy success for the United States. Outraged by the brutal 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, likely at the hands of Syria and its allies, the Lebanese people, bolstered by international support, succeeded in ex ...
  • The Transportation Edge - Pilot Shortage May Devel ...
    When Kevin Sullivan was 10 years old, he knew exactly what he wanted to be when he grew up. The wide-eyed third-grader got to sit in the cockpit on his first-ever plane ride and reveled in the chance to rub elbows with the crisp professionals of United Airlines. “It was a 707—you know, a rickety old ...

High Country News

CounterCurrents

  • Anguish of Kashmiri People: Are We Listening?
    By Ram Puniyani Layers of democracy, within the state need to be strived for and peoples voices of dissent need to be listened carefully rather than insulted and blindly opposed without understanding the logic of their statements and suffering of the people of Kashmir
  • Militants Regrouping In Pakistani Kashmir
    By Zafar Iqbal Islamic militants have started re-emerging in various cities and towns of Pakistani administrated Kashmir
  • Which Human Rights Do You Call For?
    By Kourosh Ziabari How justified is the sanction imposed on Iran? Here is a real life story
  • IEA World Energy Outlook 2010: Questionable Assump ...
    By Gail Tverberg The World Energy Outlook 2010 makes quite a number of assumptions that seem wrong, and omits important ideas. Here are a few that Oil Drum staff members have mentioned. You may have others you think should be added to the list
  • Global Oil Availability Has Peaked:EU Energy Chief
    By Reuters The availability of oil worldwide has already peaked, the European Unions energy chief Guenther Oettinger said on Wednesday. My fear is that the global consumption of oil is going to increase, but European oil consumption has already reached its peak. The amount of oil available globall ...

Contagious Love Experiment

  • Dangerous Activity Thwarted in Afghanistan!
  • Tenth Year of War, March to Stop Deployment of Tra ...
    Thursday marked the beginning of the 10th year of war in Afghanistan. There is much to protest about U.S. action there–some performed a die-in to highlight the use of drones (http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/200657/us-drone-kills-7-militants-in-nw-pakistan)–and a group of veterans of The Global ...
  • WAR IS OVER… If You Claim It?
    In the midst of pleasant nods about “the end of the Iraq War,” Mr. Stephen Colbert celebrates in style… (Click The Word-What if they threw a peace and nobody came) The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c The Word – What If You Threw a Peace and Nobody Came? www.colbertnation.com Colbert Repo ...
  • Vigiling in Afghanistan
    More amazing work from Our Journey to Smile
  • 92219 Pieces of my Broken Afghan Heart
    The following letter was sent to me from the young people in Afghanistan who tried to come to the U.S. this summer for our speaking tour. The U.S. embassy flatly denied them, but their voices continue to cry out. The official narrative of the Afghan War is that it has greatly served the people of A ...

Yid With Lid

  • Charlie Rangel Decides To Waste Our Money Instead ...
    Charlie Rangel has decided to change his tactics.� Usually he finds a way to steal tax payer money, like giving earmarks to a school named in his honor, or neglecting to pay his taxes, or live in four rent-controlled apartments even though based on his income he probably doesn't even warrant one. ...
  • In Iran --Hyperinflation for Staple Goods: Governm ...
    By Israeli Girl Things in Iran have been difficult enough. But as sanctions bite, the regime is now forced to raise prices on basic staples. As the regime is well aware, the most potent challenge to Iran's ruling system may be as simple as a shopping list. Iranians - both rich and poor ...
  • Who REALLY Throws Around The Terms Nazi and Facist
    This week there has been much discussion about Glenn Beck's use of George Soros' own words to describe the progressive sugar daddy's youth in Nazi-controlled Hungry.� Media Matters, the ADL and other Progressive organizations had a feast making the false claim that Beck is an anti-Semite. This ...
  • Yasir Arafat Dead 6 Yrs Today, His Legacy (Killin ...
    By Barry Rubin Six years ago, on November 11, 2004, Yasir Arafat died. On that occasion, former President Bill Clinton explained why he wouldn�t attend Arafat�s funeral: "I regret that in 2000 he missed the opportunity to bring [Palestine] into being��.� Not Israel, but Arafat did so. ...
  • GREAT New Online Home For Political Discussion
    When I started using the internet as a news source one of the first places I found for conservative thought was Lucianne.com �a news aggregator that has been around for ten years. When the folks at Lucianne created a website aggregating blog posts, I was proud to be one of the bloggers selected to p ...

The Real Agenda

  • Irish Economy Worsens. People leaving the Country
    Irish officials insisted they had no need to seek help because they have enough cash to avoid new borrowing until mid-2011. Still, speculation is mounting that other EU countries are pressing Ireland to stop the rout in bond markets by taking help from the eurozone's euro750 million financial backst ...
  • U.S. Conducting Spying Against Friendly Countries
    Nobody would think it was strange if we were talking about the citizens of Russia, China, Iran, Syria and Venezuela. With these five countries, everything is clear: U.S. officials constantly refer to them as those presenting threats to the national security. But this time the U.S. was caught by quit ...
  • China lanzó Misil visto sobre costa de California
    China mostró su poderío militar la semana pasada en los cielos de oeste de Los Ángeles cuando un submarino nuclear de las fuerzas navales chinas clase Jin con misiles balísticos nucleares, salió de su base subterránea secreta en la costa sur de la isla de Hainan, y lanzó un misil balístico intercont ...
  • Airport Body Scanners will Store Biometrics
    Infowars.com TSA and Homeland Security authorities may be preparing a body scanner bait and switch, by proposing new devices that advocates claim do not see under clothing and do not emit dangerous radiation, yet do store a biometric record of the person using them which would grease the skids for a ...
  • Nation-States are Dead says European Union Chief
    The age of the nation state is over and the idea that countries can stand alone is an ‘illusion’ and a ‘lie’, the EU president believes.

Wind Watch

  • Ecogen group unwilling to find middle ground
    Prattsburgh, NY � Wind developer Ecogen apparently sees no compromise in its ongoing lawsuit with the town of Prattsburgh. In a written response to state Supreme Court Justice John J. Ark, Ecogen�s attorney Robert W. Burgdorf said the town�s offer of remote location for the turbines would �effective ...
  • Foes buffet wind-power plan; Political changes emb ...
    LINCOLN — The gravel roads are in, climbing Rollins Mountain and the adjacent ridgelines that rise along the surrounding towns here in northeastern Penobscot County. They lead to concrete pads, crowned with beefy bolts anchored to bedrock. If the weather cooperates and work stays on schedule, a gian ...
  • Brewster wind turbine plan gets stormy reception
    BREWSTER � A proposal to lease town land for two, 410-foot wind turbines in the industrial park off Freeman�s Way has suddenly run into a hurricane of opposition. Prior hearings and meetings elicited slight concern from local residents and town meetings have passed several articles setting up the le ...
  • Birds of prey cause a storm at €50m windfarm proje ...
    A rare bird of prey has put paid to Bord Gais’s â¬50m windfarm development plan in Co Galway. Planning permission was refused on appeal last Thursday because “the proposed development may adversely affect the Hen Harrier, as specified in Article 4 of the Birds Directive,” An Bord Pleanala’s inspecto ...
  • Gagged property owners urged to give evidence
    Property owners gagged by wind turbine companies will be able to give evidence to a Federal Senate inquiry. Family First Senator Steve Fielding was in Glenbrae yesterday to encourage locals to make submissions to the inquiry into the social and economic impact of wind farms in rural areas. Standing ...

Not My Tribe

  • No new propaganda under the sun
    Did you think Operation Iraqi Freedom photographers invented the warplanes at sunrise theme? Here’s a propaganda shot circa WWI, where the crack of dawn obviously had to be hand tinted on the original monochrome. It’s no more a manipulation than what our embeds contrive today. The caption under this ...
  • Right Wing running with scissors on the Accidental ...
    Aren't they forgetting a few tiny details in their Racist Dumbass propaganda there?
  • While the rest of the world celebrates Armistice D ...
    We have Veterans Day, or, as I like to put it, “your recruiter lied to you and society used your entire childhood to condition you to accept that, so to make up for getting screwed like that we’ll have a postal holiday and a parade for you”. Just, you know, don’t actually expect those benefits [...]
  • I guess they couldn’t pass the physical&#823 ...
    Gratuitous plug for Endless War by the Country Music Awards just a couple of minutes ago. Something about “Wounded Warrior” being always in their hearts. Yeah, right. It’s one thing for burnt out AlterKokkers like Ted Nugent and Merle Haggard getting up on stage and telling people that if they were ...
  • Pentagon says “we don’t know how we la ...
    It’s all over the net now, an “unexplained, possibly accidental” launch of a missile off California. I read “accidental missile launch”, googled that term and got time after time after time that missiles have been fired without any advance planning. Most of the types that can’t be just launched by o ...

Debunking the Debunkers

  • Aussie Trades Unionist Exposes 9/11 Cover-up
    alawson911 YouTube.com October 27, 2010 Listen to an overbearing gatekeeper, Jon Faine, attempt to rubbish the genuine concerns of an Australian trades unionist, Kevin Bracken, in an attempt to stifle any debate about the many anomalies in the official 9/11 story. Seldom have I heard anyone, who o ...
  • EU President Herman Van Rompuy channels his lookal ...
    Nation states are dead: EU chief says the belief that countries can stand alone is a 'lie and an illusion' Mr Van Rompuy’s speech in the German capital told his audience that ‘the time of the homogenous nation state is over’. He added that the ‘danger’ of Euroscepticism was spreading beyond the c ...
  • Breaking News: Hell Freezes Over!
  • Commentary on Mystery Of The Urinal Deuce (Comment ...
    Pat Curley of the Screw Loose Change blog posted this video today: Here are decent responses published at 911truth.org and 911blogger.com at the time. This episode aired in late 2006, so this commentary is most likely from awhile back as well. I have to wonder if South Park creators Trey Parker ...
  • New Action Page at "BuildingWhat?"
    Ask Officials to Investigate Building 7 Related Info: Thank You Mr Curley: "Debunker" PROMOTES the "Building What?" Campaign & Pushes Discredited Material (again) to Discredit Himself. Building What? is up...

Fooducate

  • Pomi – BPA Free Crushed Tomatoes [Product Test]
    Following up on the yesterday’s blog post, we recently took a look at POMI canned tomatoes, that come in a BPA-free package. Penny, a fooducate product tester got a a test pack sent to her home and had only good things to say: I personally liked them a lot. They make three different products: marin ...
  • The Never-Ending BPA Controversy
    Last month, Canada banned Bisphenol-A from all food products. But the World Health Organization (WHO) said last week that this move may have been premature: “Circulating levels of BPA in the human body were found to be very low, indicating that BPA is not accumulated in the body and is [...]
  • What Products are People Scanning Most with Fooduc ...
    In the week since we’ve released the fooducate iPhone app, people have been using it to scan tens of thousands of items. We have over 160,000 unique products in our database, and it was interesting to see which would get looked up the most. Here are the top three, so far. #1 is Nutella. [...]
  • Good Foods, Bad Foods at the 2010 Dietitian Confer ...
    We participated earlier this week in the American Dietetic Association’s Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo. The expo includes a showcase by food companies boasting their healthy products to masses of dietitians and future dietitians. Some products are clearly healthy and make sense, but others ...
  • Taco Bell’s Sodium Spin
    This is a guest blog post by Carol Harvey, director of nutrition labeling at Palate Works. PR people really know how to spin. Take a look at the video and press release by Taco Bell: “Taco Bell has been quietly testing a reduced-sodium version of its menu at 150 units in the Dallas-Fort Worth are ...

Traffikd

  • Blogging Event Ideas to Spice Up Your Blog
    If you've ever gone to an industry conference, film festival, grand opening, or author signing, then you can appreciate the energy such events can create. Industry conferences gather together the best and brightest minds in order to share ideas and plan for the future. Film festivals celebrate great ...
  • Increasing Your Blog’s Interactivity: 10 Tips for ...
    Guest post by Alexis Bonari Success in attracting and retaining readers is often influenced by a blog’s level of interactivity. Many readers are more active than passive and want to feel like they have a role in affecting a blog’s content, design, structure, and overall ongoing conversation. Posts ...
  • 5 Facebook Apps That Really Make Money
    Guest post by Alexis Bonari If you aren't on Facebook by now, you are probably the only one who isn't. My grandmother has a Facebook page and anyone who can type, is able to start their own page with no problem. Most everyone uses Facebook as a social meeting place, but did you know that you coul ...
  • Online Profits Re-Opens (and now it’s free)!
    Daniel Scocco of Daily Blog Tips started a membership site, Online Profits , last year to help people learn about making money online. Daniel has just re-launched and re-vamped Online Profits, and this time there is no charge to get all of the valuable content. The only requirement is that you open ...
  • 3 Ways to Ensure Internet Marketing Continues to W ...
    This is a guest post by Susan White Gone are the days when Internet marketing was perceived as the bold, new and innovative way to market and publicize your products and services. Today, email marketing and other forms of pushing your products on the web are passé. The Internet is growing faster th ...

Survival International

  • Survival wins Hollywood award for tribal rights fi ...
    'Mine' has been viewed by over 650,000 people worldwide. © Survival Survival International’s film ‘Mine: Story of a Sacred Mountain’ has won the award for ‘Best Short’ in the category of International Human Rights at the Artivist Film Festival to be held in Hollywood. ‘Mine’, narrated by Briti ...
  • Botswana government renews insults to Bushmen
    Government minister says Bushmen are 'living in the dark ages'. © Survival Botswanaâs minister of environment, wildlife and tourism is the most recent government official to make disparaging remarks about the Kalahari Bushmen . In an interview with the BBC , Kitso Mokaila said, âI don’t beli ...
  • Survival protestors target World Travel Market
    Survival's petition has so far gathered more than 15,000 signatures. © Survival Visitors to the World Travel Market will today be greeted by protestors from Survival, calling for a boycott of Botswana tourism. Survival launched its boycott in September over the Botswana government’s continued ...
  • Obama: Stop funding Indonesian torture of Papuans
    Indonesia has admitted that the torturers in a recent video were its soldiers. © Survival Survival is asking President Obama, who is due to visit Indonesia next week, to suspend US military assistance to Jakarta until its forces stop killing and torturing the people of West Papua . Obama’s vis ...
  • Botswana diamonds boycott launched with protest at ...
    Survival is calling for a boycott of Botswana diamonds until the Bushmen are allowed water. © Survival Survival launched its call for a boycott of Botswana diamonds today, over the government�s treatment of the Kalahari Bushmen. The tribal peoples� rights organization held a protest outside D ...

Greg Palast

  • The Family JewelsA Veteran’s Story
    by Greg Palast In 1930, when my father was an 8-year-old kid in Chicago, he asked his older brother why people were outside in the cold snow in a long line. His brother Harold said, "It's a bread line. They don't have anything to eat. They're hoping for bread." My father ran to his mother's bedro ...
  • Rove's Vote Trickster: Caging Explained
    On Tuesday, Tim Griffin, former chief of research of the Republican National Committee, is on the ballot for Congress to represent Little Rock, Arkansas. He's favored to win. But Griffin is just as happy to win by stealing votes. Here's a clip from the Elections Files, the Palast team's investiga ...
  • The Petroleum Broadcast SystemOwes Us an Apology
    by Greg Palast for Truthout/Buzzflash Tonight, my dog Pluto and I watched the PBS 'Frontline' investigation of BP, "The Spill." PBS has uncovered a real shocker:  BP neglected safety! Well, no shit, Sherlock! Pluto rolled over on the rug and looked at me as if to say, Don't we already know t ...
  • Was Tim Griffin merely a "Rove-bot"?Did Karl Rove ...
    Special to the Arkansas Times by Greg Palast (New York, London) Illustration from Steal Back Your Vote Comic book voterguide.To learn more click on the image. Greg Palast, the journalist who blew the whistle on Republican vote suppression activities in Florida ("caging"), has communicated with ...
  • SarahPAC Candidate "Should Be in Jail"NBC TV airs ...
    by Greg Palast for Truthout/Buzzflash "What he [Griffin] did was absolutely illegal and he should be in jail." Illustration from Steal Back Your Vote comic That's hardly the kind of endorsement a candidate for Congress expects. But that is the conclusion of voting rights attorney Robert F. Kennedy ...

Telegraph UK - oil

Ian Welsh

  • Wiping out property law and destroying counties to ...
    Bmaz: There are rapidly emerging signs the Obama Administration and Congress may be actively, quickly and covertly working furiously on a plan to retroactively legitimize and ratify the shoddy, fraudulent and non-conforming conduct by MERS on literally millions of mortgages. From CNBC: When Congress ...
  • Hope!
    No,  I’m not being sarcastic.  I still have little hope for the US, but I am very heartened by what is happening in Europe.  The French actions and now the British students rioting.  It is, ironically, even more hopeful that the British government wants to try a student for attempted murder for ...
  • Bush would have endorsed Obama if asked
    From the FT: “The venue was the Oval Office. A group of British dignitaries, including Gordon Brown, were paying a visit. It was at the height of the 2008 presidential election campaign, not long after Bush publicly endorsed John McCain as his successor… Trying to be even-handed and polite, the Brit ...
  • In Flanders Field
    by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918) In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Love ...
  • The economic trap the 1st world is in
    For years I’ve been saying the plan was to Japanify. Japanify is another way of saying “extend and pretend”.  You pretend the banks and the rich aren’t broke.  In the Japan scenario, you slowly pay down or write off the bank losses at a pace which doesn’t wipe out the shareholders or bondholders o ...

Age of Autism

  • NY Autism Organization's Unite in Opposition to Cu ...
    The New York State Regents, an appointed board that sets policy for the state's schools will be voting today on new regulations that will reduce speech therapy requirements for students with autism in New York to the federally mandated minimum...
  • 1001 Tips for Parents of Autistic Boys (and Girls) ...
    1,001 Tips for the Parents of Autistic Boys by Ken Siri & 1001 Tips for the Parents of Autistic Girls by Tony Lyons provide today’s Moms and Dads with all the information they need to raise happy, healthy kids with...
  • Massachusetts Dental Society Offering Course in Au ...
    By Kim Stagliano My father is a retired orthodonist and instructor at Tufts University Dental School. He and my Mom came to help Mark for the weekend while I was at NAA in St. Pete. He brought me a course...
  • The Raw Reality of the Autism Omnibus Program: Reb ...
    By Rebecca Estepp The Court of Federal Claims Bar Association held its annual Judicial Conference last week in Washington DC. On Tuesday, the Special Masters of the Vaccine Program were made available to the petitioners’ bar to discuss the decisions...
  • CafeMom's The Stir Tackles Vaccines & Autism with ...
    Yesterday marked "launch day" for my book. If you haven't ordered a copy (or have and would like a gift copy) please pop over to Amazon HERE today so we can have some fun with the ranking, please? :) Email...

Global BDS Movement

Farm Wars

Open Your Eyes News

  • UK: Unelected House of Lords could derail Coalitio ...
    Daily Telegraph – The House of Lords could derail the Government’s plans for a referendum on the voting system by diverting key legistation to a committee fro further scrutiny. The Coalition has drawn up a bill of electoral reforms, which includes plans to reduce the number of MPs from 650 to 600, a ...
  • Nine guards, seven Taliban killed in gunfight
    ABC – Nine security guards and seven Taliban have been killed in a gunfight at a telecommunications tower in northern Afghanistan, a police commander said. Monday’s attack came after 10 people were killed, including three children, and 18 others were injured when a motorcycle bomb exploded in a mark ...
  • Is your child a hypernetworker?
    Hindustani Times – Hypertexting and hypernetworking have assumed a social relevance that most people are either unaware of or don’t want to recognise. This week, irate customers forced Amazon.com to pull out an e-book called The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure: a Child-lover’s Code of Conduct ...
  • Amazon delists Pedophile’s Guide to Love and ...
    News.com.au – AMAZON is no longer selling a self-published guide for paedophiles. It wasn’t clear whether Amazon had pulled the item, or whether the author withdrew it. Amazon did not immediately return messages and the author, Phillip R. Greaves II, declined comment through a representative. The bo ...
  • Suu Kyi urges freedom of speech in army-ruled Myan ...
    Reuters – Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi called on Sunday for freedom of speech in army-ruled Myanmar, urged thousands of supporters to stand up for their rights, and indicated she may urge the West to end sanctions. Suu Kyi’s first major speech since being freed from seven years of house arr ...

L.A. Times - Greenspace

  • L.A.'s solar subsidies: Should the City Council co ...
    Los Angeles homeowners and businesses have applied for $70 million in rebates from the city utility this year to build rooftop solar panels. That should be good news for green jobs and for the small businesses that have grown up...
  • Grizzly jokes aside, will John McCain stand up to ...
    Sen. John McCain loved to crack jokes about DNA research on America's remaining grizzly bears. "I don't know if it was a paternity issue, or criminal, but it was a waste of money," McCain said, repeating the joke during his...
  • An Arctic oil spill could linger for years
    Almost everyone can agree that, however bad the Deepwater Horizon oil blowout in the Gulf of Mexico was, a major spill in an icy Arctic sea would be worse. How much worse? A new report commissioned by the Pew Environment...
  • CalPERS putting $500 million into green companies
    The country’s largest public pension fund is, like so many other investment bodies, going green. The California Public Employees Retirement System said Wednesday that it will pour $500 million into environmentally friendly companies. The portfolio will focus on “top performers...
  • Electric, diesel or hybrid car? Cost and CO2 calcu ...
    As the Environmental Protection Agency struggles with how to accurately label passenger vehicles for fuel economy and greenhouse-gas emissions, a new online cost and CO2 emissions calculator launched today to help fill the void. "Electrics, hybrids, plug-ins, all these alternative...

water.org

  • Water.org selected for Hult MBA competition (FT)
    Matt Damonâs charity benefits from global MBA advice (Financial Times) – Hult International Business School is to give $1m to Water.org to implement recommendations made by MBA students in an international case competition. Water.org is a non-profit, co-founded by Hollywood actor Matt Damon, to help ...
  • Matt Damon – Why Water.org? (EW)
    Matt Damon on ‘True Grit,’ his charity work, and raising four girls (Entertainment Weekly) – ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Why is Water.org so important to you? MATT DAMON: Every 15 seconds, a kid is dying because he or she doesnât have access to clean water and sanitation. Itâs pretty staggering. In Americ ...
  • Putting star power behind good works (NY Times)
    Putting Star Power Behind Good Works (New York Times) – Matt Damon, his film work aside, enjoys a star status as one of the best-known social entrepreneurs. Gary White met Mr. Damon after the actor had set up a nonprofit group to address water issues. Mr. Damon had become interested in water while h ...
  • 4 Standout gifts that give back (O)
    One for Me, One for You: 4 Standout Gifts That Give Back (O, The Oprah Magazine) – If Matt Damon has a water bottle to sell us, we’re buying. The flasks in question are from Water.org (the nonprofit Damon cofounded with social entrepreneur Gary White). They come in BPA-free plastic ($19) and stainle ...
  • Water.org gets ‘Glamour’ous shout out (ONE)
    ONEâs causes get a âGlamourâous shout out (ONE) – At ONE, we never ask for your money â we just ask for your voice as part of our advocacy work around poverty alleviation. But, we have to admit, itâs pretty cool when outside sources encourage donations to some of the effective programs we care deepl ...

Before It's News

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 break ...

Margaret's News

  • Jerusalem must be divided
    Even in Jerusalem, lies that are repeated too often do not become true. The truth has been and remains: either Jerusalem will become the capital of two peoples or Israel will become the state of two peoples. Submitted by Margaret Mayer to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • Deputy PM: Israel must cede land to remain Jewish ...
    It is clear to all of us that the present situation cannot remain as it is. There has been no terror in the past year and a half, and the Palestinian economy is experiencing unprecedented growth, so that there is a relatively comfortable feeling. Submitted by Margaret Mayer to World �|� �Note-it! � ...
  • Twilight Zone / Safed, a war story
    The smokescreen called a medical school obscures an evil scheme: to establish a refugee camp for psychotic, sadistic and debased Arabs, whose deceptiveness is, and always has been, aimed at tempting [Jewish women] and cruelly abusing them. The smokescreen Submitted by Margaret Mayer to World �|� �N ...
  • Why do Tea Partiers uppercase so many of their nou ...
    Capital Embellishment--- Other founders, including Jefferson and Madison, dropped caps with reckless abandon. Jefferson may have followed the example of a law professor he admired, George Wythe, who lower-cased the beginnings of his sentences and even--> Submitted by Kit B. to Society & Culture �| ...
  • Israeli ambassador to the US asks for Jewish loyal ...
    Such a call by an ambassador to a group of citizens, demanding they will first and foremost show their loyalty to his country is, to say the least, very problematic, and to be less polite, unadulterated chutzpah. Submitted by Margaret Mayer to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment

Solar Energy / Energy Boom

News Blaze

Historical Notes

libcom

  • "Hardcore troublemaker" anarchist group laughs off ...
    millbank.jpg Solidarity Federation, which helped organise the Radical Workers' and Students Bloc at the NUS/UCU education march derides "absurd and patronising" attempts to blame it for damage at Tory HQ ...
  • The battle of millbank and occupation at mancheste ...
    man uni.jpg Personal accounts of Wednesday's demonstration against fees and education cuts, the occupation of Millbank tower, and the occupation of Manchester University's finance department. By Mark Har ...
  • 10 Hard Truths About Veterans Day
    sadsoldier.jpg A good way to remember Veteran's Day is to remember the long list of ways US veterans have suffered and continue to suffer at the hands of the U.S. Government: www.tiresiasspeaks.wordpres ...
  • Students smash Tory headquarters
    the NUS/UCU backed demo on 10.11.10 was expected by many, including libertarian communists to be a pretty tame, reformist affair. How wrong we were... This report appeared on indymedia last night. The authors are not known to me and desc ...
  • Notes from an FBU picket line
    fire.JPG Joe Thorne reports back from the front lines of the London firefighters strike against mass sackings and shift pattern changes. The FBU has held two eight hour strikes in ...

Free Range International

  • Healing Ulcer
    After only 90 days of fighting to root the Taliban out of a place they have owned for over a decade  Gen McChrystal called Marjah a bleeding ulcer. That was an unbelievably stupid assessment given the nature of the enemy, the rules of engagement placed on the Marines by the General, and the paltry a ...
  • Afghanistan Summary
    This summary comes from Sami the Finn a.k.a Sami Kovanen, the Senior Information Analyst at Indicium Consulting. Sami has been in Afghanistan for over six years now and is one of the best informed analyst working outside of the ISAF security bubble.  He was kind enough to let me post this update and ...
  • On The Border
    The military campaign in Afghanistan is going well apparently.  I read that last Monday here in the Washington Post so it must be true.  But two days ago it took a turn for the worst.  I know that to be a fact too because I read it here in the Washington Post.  The truth is [...]
  • Inchon
    Inchon is the call sign for the 1st Marine Regiment which is currently deployed in southern Helmand Province.  They are  operating out of a large FOB in the middle of nowhere, about 50 kilometers from the Provincial capitol of Lashka Gah, named Camp Dwyer.  Unlike other FOB’s I have visited this ...
  • The Going Is Getting Tough
    The ongoing saga about banning security contractors continues with the need for them is so obvious even CNN has gotten a clue.  Many of the reconstruction projects in the country are grinding to a halt and let me tell you something – the local people are sick and tired of this.  We have been at [. ...

The Story Behind the Story

  • COLD FUSION IS HERE!!!
    Understanding Lightning âNeltronsâ is Key to Cold Fusion One manâs study of lightning and itâs effects led to his discovery of the Neltron – tiny negative particles of matter smaller than electrons. The Van Allen Magnetic belts discharges tiny negative particles into the part of the air where helium ...
  • INSIDERS REPORT: OBAMA SUFFERING FROM SEVERE DEPR ...
    So you state that President Obama is depressed?  How did you come by this information?  From a direct source still working within the White House on a daily basis.  As I had stated previously, tensions at the White House have reached a critical stage.  The infighting among staff is off the charts.  ...
  • Obama Begins Cashing in On Carbon Credits in KENYA
    The new world currency apparently will be tied to “carbon credits” as the standard of value.   Never mind that global warming (aka CLIMATE-GATE) is a massive hoax and fraud.  Rather than issue worthless fiat paper money, why not issue ‘carbon credits’ on a global scale.  Keep in mind that any an ...
  • America’s Entitlement Elitists
    America is Great —– Because America is Good!! By  A. True Ott, PhD, June 1, 2010 The famous French statesman and historian Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) traveled widely through America in the year 1832.  Following his tour of America, he wrote extensively about what he saw and experienced here. ...
  • SENATORS TO BE ADDED TO UNEMPLOYMENT ROLLS
    ALL the senators on this list need to be OUT OF OFFICE by November 15. It will soon be payback time for these senators – forward this list to everyone you know.  Don’t forget.  November 2nd  is “Take out the trash day” !!!!!! The following senators voted against making English the official langua ...

du la bab - Now is the Time

  • Downsizing – downscaling? See these tiny hou ...
    Here’s a great company doing inspiring work www.tumbleweedhouses.com The company creator, Jay Shafer started off making a super small mobile home for himself measuring  just 89 square feet! Their video is a testament to less being more – they’re now selling ready made mobile cabins and the plans fo ...
  • Air powered environmentally friendly car being pro ...
    Sounds a little strange right – an air powered car – why isn’t this big news I wonder… There’s a great company in France operated by a former Formula 1 engineer now producing cars running on compressed air. They’re not great to look at, super fast, or I’m guessing really comfortable, but they’re in ...
  • Deforestation – environmental & human effect ...
    There are many types of forest in the world from Temperate Forest to Tropical forest. The one thing all forests have in common is that the trees in them act as the lungs to our planet converting CO2 to Oxygen.  In addition, forests provide a canopy or shading of the earth which helps maintain temper ...
  • Could cancer be Fungus? If so, maybe here’s ...
    Recently I visited a dear friend who has been dealing with breast cancer for over ten years. After a long attempt to avoid surgery and medication, she was forced to have a double mastectomy. She has chosen to avoid the chemo treatments. This takes a lot of courage given that the standard thing to do ...
  • Doctors Warn about GM Food Risks
    It’s barely been a week since I wrote about the dangers of genetically modified (GM) foods and now the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) has released a strongly-worded warning about the health dangers associated with Frankenfoods. Calling for a moratorium on GM foods, the AAEM says t ...

Mansbridge One on One - CBC

  • Malalai Joya, Afghan activist (October 30, 2010)
    She is a hard core activist in Afghanistan and has paid the price for it. Her life constantly threatened, banished from her seat in the Afghan parliament, Malalai Joya never stops. She wants foreign troops, including Canada's, out of her country and warlords out of government. This week she's our ...
  • Naheed Nenshi, Calgary Mayor (October 23, 2010)
    He's made the news in countries around the world - the main reason? He's Canada's first major city Muslim mayor. Does that matter? We'll ask Calgary's new mayor himself.
  • Lyndsay Greene, Author -- encore (Oct 19, 2010)
    Peter talks about planning and preparation for the retirement years with the author of "You Could Live a Long Time: Are You Ready?"
  • Governor General David Johnston (Oct 9, 2010)
    Peter talks about the role of the GG -- plus technology and hockey -- in Johnston's first interview as the Queen's representative in Canada
  • Margaret Bloodworth, Retired Senior Bureaucrat and ...
    She was at the front lines of Canada's response to 9-11, just part of a distinguished three decade long public service career. Margaret Bloodworth has now retired, but her thoughts on the country's safety, and the role of a senior public servant make her this week's guest.

Scotts Contracting

  • World Oil Prediction- Year 2041 or Sooner?
    On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 8:05 AM, Scott’s Contracting wrote: ‘…131 years for replacement of gasoline and diesel, given the current pace of research and development; however, world’s oil could run dry almost a century before that …’ … Continue reading →
  • Sec Chu stimulates renewable innovations
    Energy Secretary Chu in sprint to put stimulus to work on renewable innovations Nov 13, 2010 Washington Post Steven Mufson It’s a stunning fall morning in Washington, and Energy Secretary Steven Chu, clad in bike shorts and a snug Stanford … Continue reading →
  • ‘Peak Oil’ Behind Us?
    On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Scott’s Contracting wrote: Green: Is ‘Peak Oil’ Behind Us? Nov 14, 2010 New York Times JOHN COLLINS RUDOLF International Energy Agency Projections of the worldâs liquid energy sources to 2035. Peak … Continue reading →
  • Electric, diesel or hybrid car? Cost and CO2 calcu ...
    Electric, diesel or hybrid car? Cost and CO2 calculator helps consumers choose Nov 15, 2010 Los Angeles Times By Susan Carpenter Nov. 15, 2010 (at http://www.befrugal.com/tools/electric-car-calculator/)(McClatchy-Tribune News Service delivered by Newstex) — As the Environmental Protection Agency str ...
  • DOE- New Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Ad ...
    On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Scott’s Contracting Nov 14, 2010 Energy Central The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the establishment of the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Advisory Committee (ERAC). ERAC is a federal advisory committee … Continue reading →

The View From Abroad

Foreign Policy in Focus - Military (US)

Law.com

Iranian.com

  • پرونده مرتضوی به دادسرای کارکنان دولت رفت
    احمد شفیعی دادستان انتظامی قضات به خبرگزاری کار ایران_ایلنا، گفته است که پرونده سعید مرتضوی دادستان سابق تهران برای رسیدگی به دادسرای کارکنان دولت ارسال شده است. به گفته آقای شفیعی، پرونده سه قاضی تعلیق شده مرتبط با پرونده کهریزک، برای ادامه رسیدگی و تحقیقات مقدماتی به دادسرای کارکنان دولت فرستاده ش ...
  • بازگشت تهران به سیاست های کوپنی دوران جنگ
    بهمن حاج علی، رئیس ستاد بسیج اقتصادی کشور، نیز با بیان این مطلب که در صورت لزوم در زمان اجرای هدفمند کردن یارانه ها اعلام کالا برگ ( کوپن ) نیز ادامه خواهد داشت، گفت، «پیشنهاد ما این است که در اولین سال اجرای این قانون کالا برگ سه قلم کالای برنج، روغن و قند و شکر اعلام شود چرا این روش مطمئن ترین مسی ...
  • قتل‌های خودسرانه نتیجه‌ی اظهارات شماست
    آقای جنتی تو دبیر شورای نگهبانی که کارش نظارت بر انتخابات و قوانین مجلس است! شما را با قوه قضائیه چه کاری است؟ می دانید نتیجه این سخنان شما چیست؟ نتیجه اش همان قتل های خودسرانه ای است که در گوشه و کنار مملکت اتفاق افتاد. نتیجه این حرف ها همان قتل های زنجیره ای کرمان شد. read more
  • Did Bibi Win the Midterms?
    As a general rule, American politicians d read more
  • پرونده قاچاق سلاح های ایرانی درنیجریه به شورای امن ...
    بر اساس روزنامه نیجریائی کومپاس Nigerian Compass دولت نیجریه امروز(شنبه) گزارش رسمی خود را درمورد توقیف کشتی حامل 13 کانتینر سلاح های قاچاق جمهوری اسلامی ایرانی تسلیم شورای امنیت سازمان ملل متحد کرد. جوی اوگوو Joy Ogwu سفیر نیجریه درسازمان ملل متحد در این رابطه گفت که ورود غیر قانونی این سلاح ها نقض ...

Most Revolutionary Act

  • China, Human Rights, and the FBI
    Interesting all the brouhaha over jailed Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner Lui Xiabo – and Obama’s “demands” that he be released – or that at minimum his family be allowed to travel to Oslo to collect his prize. Obviously if the President were really concerned about human rights in China, he could al ...
  • What If We Really Wanted to Reform Education?
    New Zealand’s (conservative) National government has spent the last year trying to implement “National Standards” here. Which is New Zealand’s answer to No Child Left Behind. Last week 240 schools released a statement refusing to administer the standardized tests. It has since come out that an unnam ...
  • Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth
    I am a little surprised by all the weeping and gnashing of teeth over the Democrats’ loss of the House on November 2 nd . It’s not like everyone didn’t know it was going to happen. Not only has Obama been an abysmal president, but his administration has lost a substantial portion of his support b ...
  • The Prison Industrial Complex – Part II
    As I stressed in my November 3 rd blog, it’s no longer politics and fear of violent crime that are driving America’s phenomenal incarceration rate – now the highest in the world. Statistics show that violent and property crime has been declining steadily since 1990 and that nearly half (one million) ...
  • The 5/11 Truthers
    “Terrorist or Fall Guy” by Chris Trotter (in New Zealand we write the day before the month – today is 5/11/10 – Guy Fawkes Day) An excellent account of one of the earliest recorded (1605) “false flag” operations. http://bowalleyroad.blogspot.com/2010/11/terrorist-or-fall-guy.html Share and Enjoy ...

Doug's Darkworld

  • It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s ...
    On Monday evening a helicopter near Los Angeles filmed what appeared to be a rocket or missile launch some 35 miles west of Los Angeles. The government immediately denied any knowledge of a missile launch, and after much speculation in the media and on the Internet, a few days later the case was sol ...
  • The Forgotten War, the 1956 Israeli Invasion of Eg ...
    Also known as the Suez Crisis or the Tripartite Aggression. This was a lovely little war, brilliant in its simplicity. Egypt had nationalized the Suez Canal early in 1956, so Britain, France, and Israel came up with a wonderful plan. Israel would invade Egypt, drive the Egyptian army out of the Sina ...
  • Palestinian Dreams
    I’ve been doing some posting in a  discussion group, and like watching the main stream media news, I have been astonished at what I see. For one thing, it really is true, there are people that literally believe that every word uttered on Fox News is the truth. I have a hard time understanding that, ...
  • Gloria Ramirez and the Riverside Miasma, a Medical ...
    At 8:15pm on February 19, 1994, one Gloria Ramirez arrived at the emergency room of Riverside General Hospital suffering from the effects of advanced cervical cancer. She was extremely confused, and suffering from problems with her breathing and heartbeat. All pretty normal ER fare so far. The ER st ...
  • Where are we, and what are we doing in this handba ...
    I’ve lately been tripping on just how much the world has changed in the past ten years, or more specifically, how the USA has changed. The “War on Terror” has been going on for nearly ten years now, and it’s reached new heights of transcendental absurdity. Absurd on many levels. Absurd in that the t ...

FourWinds10

Crisis Maven

  • Economic Musings VI: Modern Economies – Dyin ...
    There is a great debate in the history of economics whether there can be under-consumption in any real historic moment of the state of an economy and if so, whether it has detrimental effects and if so, what is to be done about it. And modern economists seem to have found a magic wand with [...]
  • Blogs and Web Sites you may want to follow
    The following is a list of blogs and websites that CrisisMaven has followed and observed over the last few months and that readers may want to check out from time to time. Note: neither the sequence of how the blogs are listed here nor any comments by CrisisMaven are an endorsement nor criticism of ...
  • Economic Musings VII: Marketing doesn’t adve ...
    Have you ever wondered if marketing and advertising are the same, if not, what’s the difference and which is the more important of the two? And why should you care? The most successful economic model is without doubt the market economy. It is the consequence of the wealth effects of the division of ...
  • CrisisMaven’s Blog News 2010-03-07: Over 25,000 We ...
    Yesterday around 16:37 GMT we passed the 25,000 threshold … - next report will probably be posted when we’re past the 50,000 mark. Thanks to all avid readers: on 2010-03-18 at around 19:25 GMT we went past our first 20,000 views on our blog in about eight weeks since we began publishing! After that, ...
  • Economic Musings VIII: Is there a limit to economi ...
    Something which puzzles many thinkers and frightens many young people concerned about waste or the pillaging of our natural resources is the question: can “an economy” (whatever that is – we’ll come to that in a minute) grow indefinitely? How can there be unlimited economic growth if we’ve never hea ...

Capital Flow Analysis

  • Stock buybacks are bad for investors: Further evid ...
    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. The following ...
  • Why Obama’s healthcare scheme portends stagflatio ...
    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 bus ...
  • How long would it take to work off the US trade de ...
    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 porte ...
    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 current crisis. This articl ...
  • Stocks surge on spurious earnings reports: Q2 2009
    No one knows for sure the real earnings of American corporations. In Q1 2009, according to the Federal Reserve flow of funds table F.102, after-tax profits of US non-financial, non-farm corporations, on an annual basis, were about $589.9 billion. However, about 50% of these after-tax earnings were ...

R-Squared Energy Blog

  • Inside Shell’s Bintulu GTL Plant
    Robert Rapier writes about his recent tour of Shell's gas-to-liquids plant in Malaysia.
  • Cleantech, Globalization and Energy Independence
    Join the forum discussion on this post The following guest essay is by Kevin P. Kane. Kevin is an Oil & Gas analyst and cleantech business consultant living in South Korea. Kevin previously published two widely circulated essays: American Freedom from Oil: A Bipartisan Pipedream and Energy Security ...
  • The Stroke of a Pen
    Bob Dinneen wants Congress to extend ethanol tax credits with "a stroke of the pen, a little bit of Whiteout, just change the date."
  • The Palm Oil Conundrum
    Join the forum discussion on this post People sometimes ask which biofuels are competitive head to head with crude oil. By competitive, I mean those that can actually compete favorably with oil prices on a level playing field (i.e., they don’t require big subsidies or mandates in order to compete). ...
  • The U.S. Navy and Biofuels – Part III
    Join the forum discussion on this post This is the concluding installment of my recent interview with Tom Hicks, Deputy Assistant Secretary to the Navy (Energy). Part I discussed the overall goals of the Navy’s biofuel efforts, and in Part II we covered why coal-to-liquids (CTL) is presently off-l ...

Discovery Educator Network

Rodale News

  • Buy Lots of Cheese but Don't Eat It, Says U.S. Gov ...
    RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—A recent New York Times article shone a spotlight on two conflicting messages the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is sending regarding cheese consumption. Here’s the disturbing doubletalk: On the one hand, the government warns against consuming too much fat—which is no ...
  • Mind-Body-Mood Advisor: Cure Insomnia by Reschedul ...
    RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—You probably have trouble sleeping at least once in a while. Worry, stress, late-night eating or drinking, travel, and illness can all cause transient sleep problems. And as we discussed last week, the seasonal return to Standard Time can throw your sleeping schedule off unt ...
  • Americans' Stress Level Prompts Public Health Warn ...
    RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—The results of the American Psychological Association's (APA's) new "Stress in America" report is enough to stress anyone out. Although stress levels this year ranked slightly lower than they were during the peak of the economic pitfall, they are still nearly two times highe ...
  • Are You Ready for Rising Food Prices?
    RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—The Wall Street Journal recently reported that the price of food staples, including grains, beef, coffee, cocoa, and sugar, have risen sharply in recent months. And retailers like Safeway Inc. and Kroger are indicating that they’ll be passing their suppliers’ price increases ...
  • How to Get Killer Hair without Poisoning Anyone
    RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—In an attempt at shiny, stick-straight hair that lasts for more than a month, all sorts of people are flocking to salons for a pricey keratin-based straightening commonly known as the "Brazilian blowout." The popular hair-straightening service is reportedly touted by Nicole ...

big think

  • 489 - How the West Wasn't Won: Powell's Water-base ...
    The prototypical American border is the straight line. Not a single US state lacks one (1). Wyoming and Colorado are perfect rectangles, and a dozen other states are bounded by enough straight borders to resemble boxes. These near-rectangles are prevalent west of the Mississippi where, in the worlds ...
  • American University Professor Wins AAAS Kavli Scie ...
    Larry Engel , a film professor in the School of Communication here at American University, has been awarded the prestigious AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award for his work as Director and Director of Photography for the PBS Human Spark series.� Engel (at left of picture) shares the award in the ... ...
  • Will 3D Printing Spark a Home Manufacturing Revolu ...
    It may sound like science fiction, but some of us may soon be manufacturing products right in our very own homes. "Think about collectibles, customized gifts, interior decorating elements, customized headphones or earphones for cellular devices. Think about lighting fixtures—you might want to start ...
  • Whole Foods CEO John Mackey Believes in Free Marke ...
    John Mackey, co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods says that starting a business transformed him from "sort of a democratic socialist" to a free market capitalist: "The belief system that I had going into operating that business was inadequate to explain the experiences that I was having in business ... ...
  • You Can Balance The U.S. Budget In Five Minutes
    The New York Times website has a budget puzzle widget on it that allows you to decide what to do in order to reduce the budget deficit the United States has run for decades. At first, it seems so simple that you wonder why every congressman doesn’t have one these on his office computer. Push a few . ...

Information Liberation

  • Full Frontal Nudity Doesn't Make Us Safer: Abolish ...
    The Republicans control the House of Representatives and are bracing for a long battle over the President's health care proposal. *In the spirit of bipartisanship and sanity, I propose that the first thing on the chopping block should be an ineffecti...
  • 'Naked scanners': Lobbyists join the war on terror
    The degradations of passing through full-body scanners that provide naked pictures of you to Transportation Security Administration agents may not mean that the terrorists have won -- but they do mark victories for a few politically connected high-te...
  • Body-Searching Children: No for the US Army, Yes f ...
    Please read the note below. A US Army staff sergeant, now serving in Afghanistan, writes about the new enhanced pat-down procedure from the TSA. Summary of his very powerful message: to avoid giving gross offense to the Afghan public, and to prevent ...
  • "I stood there, an American citizen, a mom traveli ...
    I have an incident to share that occurred late Friday afternoon, November 12, 2010, around 5:15 in the Dayton International Airport. I realize the publishing this publically on the internet puts me into a delicate situation, given that I am a high...
  • We're the TSA and You Can Count on Us! (to overrea ...
    We're the Transportation Security Administration. We're working hard to make sure you enjoy a safe flight. And while we cannot apprehend every terrorist, you can count on us to do what we're trained to do whenever there's a security breach--overrea...

Be Responsible - Be Free!

  • Ozboy’s Bar And Grill Is Closed For Repairs
    It’s only temporary. A couple of weeks. But the recent shenanigans round here have forced me to do some thinking about how LibertyGibbert can run better in the future. I’ve spoken to a couple of you about this today, to … Continue reading →
  • The Dragon’s Dissent Part III: Naked Nationa ...
    The emergence of China as the world’s new superpower has raised many questions in the international community and across the blogosphere regarding the longer-range agenda of the Middle Kingdom. In a recent discussion on this forum, the question of Chinese … Continue reading →
  • U.S. Elections: Will Liberty Win?
    Well today’s the day. As just about every other blog in the sphere is covering the elections today, I thought I’d throw the forum open, and we can discuss the results as they come in, in real time. If as … Continue reading →
  • Libertarianism And Drug Liberalization
    G’day everyone, Just arrived back home safe and sound. Sorry there hasn’t been a new post in several days, but just at the moment my family needs me more than the Bar and Grill does. Dr. Dave has graciously stepped … Continue reading →
  • Stealing Democracy?
    G’day everyone, Ozboy here. The United States mid-term elections are just one week away, and the mounting resentment many Americans feel about the way their country is being governed appears certain to be made clear at the polls. One of … Continue reading →

FAS - Secrecy News

  • Prompt Global Strike and Nuclear Arms Control
    “Prompt global strike” refers to the possibility of destroying a target anywhere on Earth within minutes or hours using bombers, cruise missiles or ballistic missiles armed with conventional warheads. The prompt global strike mission and its various implications were examined in a new report (pdf) f ...
  • SALT and the Classic Era of Arms Control
    The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that led to the signing of the SALT I Treaty in 1972 were documented in exhaustive detail in the latest volume of the official State Department publication Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS). The new FRUS volume (pd ...
  • Foreign Corrupt Practices, and More from CRS
    “More and more prosecutions” under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act may be expected, said Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer last month. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is intended to prevent and punish bribery of foreign officials by U.S. firms.  “The executive branch appears to have in ...
  • A New Policy on Controlled Unclassified Info
    The White House today issued an executive order to establish a uniform policy for handling “controlled unclassified information” (CUI), which is information that is restricted from disclosure because it involves personal privacy, proprietary data, law enforcement investigations, or for certain other ...
  • Army Weapon Systems Handbook 2011
    The U.S. Army has published its 2011 Weapon Systems handbook, a catalog of current weapon programs that are in various phases of the acquisition process.  A copy was obtained by Secrecy News. Many of the programs are mature and familiar; others are less so.  In each case, the program’s purpose and ...

Sciencebase - Breaking Science News

  • Latest science snippets
    My latest science news updates New cancer treatment shows promise – An holistic and alternative approach to cancer treatment that isn't "alternative medicine" Pillbox – prototype pill identification system – Pillbox enables rapid identification of unknown solid-dosage medications (tablets/capsules) ...
  • Canned heavy metal and more
    My latest science news updates on SpectroscopyNOW – a sneak preview just for you ahead of their going live on 15th November, covering heavy metals in sardines, enzyme inhibitors for pain relief and sleep problems, the possibility of oral insulin without a Trojan horse carrier, and a spectroscopic te ...
  • Making the web work for academia
    The internet has changed fundamentally the way we communicate, the way we work, even the way we live our lives. That much is obvious to anyone who has ever shopped at Amazon, looked up a reference on PubMed, or gone social via Facebook. Those of us who’ve been using email and the wider world tools [ ...
  • Alcohol effects, giant testicles, pennycress diese ...
    An alcoholic FAQ – Aspirin and other drugs prevent the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase (found in the stomach and liver) from breaking down alcohol, thus slowing the liver’s ability to metabolise alcohol and so it accumulates in your blood faster and has longer-lasting effects, which means you get drunk ...
  • Pandemic flu watch results
    Regular Sciencebase readers may recall that my family and I were recruited and took part in the participation in the 2009/2010 Flu Watch Project. During the whole period of the study we had just one cold or flu-like illness in the family, which was rather unusual for us. Personally, I almost reached ...

RFF Library

  • Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Preliminary Assessmen ...
    GAO Report GAO-11-90R http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d1190r.pdf [Summary] Because the total costs of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are still unknown, the federal government’s financial exposure as a result of the oil spill is also unknown. BP has voluntarily established a Trust to be funded incremen ...
  • Accelerating Successful Smart Grid Pilots
    World Economic Forum http://tinyurl.com/24w7rmf [Abstract] Over the last 12 months, the utility industry has witnessed progress on two fronts: the recognition by governments of the importance of fiscal stimulus in kick-starting the transition to the low-carbon economy and the centrality of smart gri ...
  • Oil Spill Prevention and Response in the U.S. Arct ...
    Pew Charitable Trusts http://tinyurl.com/29kuxgw [Executive Summary] This report examine the risks, challenges and potential consequences of oil spills associated with oil and gas exploration and production in the outer continental shelf (OCS) of the United States Arctic Ocean. The April 2010 Deepwa ...
  • Climate Risks and Adaptation in Asian Coastal Mega ...
    World Bank http://tinyurl.com/2dwtsmf [From press release] The report Climate Risks and Adaptation in Asian Coastal Megacities examines the impact of climate change on Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, and Manila, under a range of different scenarios through to 2050. The report is the product of a two-year ...
  • What’s Next for Alternative Energy?
    Boston Consulting Group / Balu Balagopal, Petros Paranikas, and Justin Rose http://www.bcg.com/documents/file65667.pdf [From Press Release] What’s Next for Alternative Energy examines the state of seven of the most significant alternative-energy technologiesâadvanced biofuels, electric vehicles (EVs ...

Scientific American - News

  • Open-and-Shut Case: Do Open-Access Journals Enhanc ...
    "If I have seen further," claimed Isaac Newton , "it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." The key to comprehending such amazing vistas by all researchers is science's incrementalist tradition of building phenomenon-explaining grand theories finding by finding as facts accumulate across decad ...
  • Unraveling Cement's Molecular Mysteries Could Be K ...
    After months of hearings and finger-pointing, a Deepwater Horizon investigative commission formed by President Obama has begun to shed light on what led to the April 20 explosion that killed 11 and initiated a deep underwater gusher that spewed more than 200 million gallons of crude into the Gulf of ...
  • NASA's Successor to Hubble Is $1.4 Billion Over Bu ...
    An independent review of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a mammoth space-borne observatory that should greatly surpass even the venerable Hubble Space Telescope in observing power, has revealed that the telescope will cost about $1.4 billion more than had been thought. And the telescope is ...
  • Cat Lap: Engineers Unravel the Mystery of How Feli ...
    One morning a few years back Roman Stocker was watching his cat, Cutta Cutta, drink, and began to wonder about the mechanism by which cats lap fluid into their mouths. [More]
  • Out to Launch?: "Mystery Missile" off California C ...
    When the crew of a KCBS television news helicopter caught sight of a growing, glowing streak in the evening sky off the southern California coast November 8, experts and amateurs alike began to wonder just what this "mystery missile" was. [More]

RAWA News

  • Malali Joya: “Bravest woman in Afghanistan&# ...
    Rupee News: In Afghanistan ruling politicians have publicly called Malalai Joya a”prostitute,” “infidel,” “traitor” and “communist.” But overseas, the tiny 31-year-old political activist and formerschool teacher has been hailed as “the bravest woman in Afghanistan”and compared to Burma’s jailed demo ...
  • Billions in Afghan aid fail to beat medieval disea ...
    AFP: Mossa lives on the top of an Afghan mountain four hours' walk from the nearest road in one of the poorest parts of the world and cannot remember the last time he washed. A creeping pattern that looks like a fossilised fern decorates his right forearm -- the tell-tale sign that he has leprosy.
  • Despite advances, troops face long recovery after ...
    USA Today: Army Spc. Daus Hempker, 22, sits listlessly on the edge of a hospital bed, still shaken and ashen-faced three days after a buried explosive detonated a few feet away from him during a foot patrol. He looks physically unharmed. But the symptoms Hempker describes — a momentary loss of consc ...
  • Afghan watchdog voices concern over poll turnout
    Reuters: Afghanistan’s main independent poll watchdog questioned on Thursday an unexplained increase of a million votes from initial turnout estimates after parliamentary elections last month that were marred by fraud and violence. Afghan election officials have hailed the poll a success despite thr ...
  • War on error: that’s what friends are for
    The National Forum: It is estimated that one littoral combat ship costs $613 million. According to World Bank figures, that sum would be enough to educate 6.8 million children in Afghanistan for nine years - or we could buy one warship. Which investment would do more to strengthen Afghanistan and Af ...

frogblog

  • Cyclists’ deaths prompt greater action from Govern ...
    The death of three more cyclists on the roads this weekend in tragic circumstances highlights the need for concerted action on cycle safety. Two of the three cyclists died in one accident when a car crossed to the wrong side of the road around a corner into the path of a bunch of cy ...
  • John Key chooses weak option for expenses
    John Key has apparently written to the Speaker asking that the international travel perk be scrapped. That is all well and fine till the next problem arises with some other part of the expenses and allowances system. The Greens have lead this issue from the start, with other MPs on ...
  • Look out for the hooks in supposed FTA nirvana
    Anyone reading a newspaper column or watching the news in the last couple of days might conclude that New Zealand is a plucky little battler in the world of free trade.
  • What are our MPs listening to? Latest podcast
    This podcast is inspired by a close encounter with John Key in the Parliamentary gym by one of our staffers, who observed the PM listening to headphones while pounding the treadmill. It got us thinking: what do our MPs listen to? What’s on their iPods? Do they even have iPods? And i ...
  • The banning of “police pursuits”
    By September this year, 16 people had died in 11 fatal police pursuits – already the worst year on record. The Police have come up with a novel solution to such a tragic loss of life – banning “police pursuits”. They are not banning the actual high speed chases though.

Patronus Analytical

J Kozy

  • The Mythical United States of America: Rushing int ...
    The mythical United States of America so highly lauded exists nowhere. It is a Shangri-la. The Preamble of the Constitution makes perfectly clear what kind of nation the United States was meant to be. What exists today fulfills none of those goals. Some have argued that the nation was a fraud fr ...
  • As Western Civilization Lies Dying
    The Western commercial system exists to extract more from consumers than it supplies in products and services. Its goal is profit and has never been the improvement of the human condition but to exploit it. When governments institutionalize this system, they place their nations on suicidal paths, be ...
  • Is Perfect Research Possible
    Some claim that there is no hope of doing perfect research. So, is there hope of doing perfect research? Of course there issometimes! It all depends on the whetherwhether the subject is limited and whether the researcher can write and is intelligent enough to adequately evaluate the evidence. Un ...
  • The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty: Last Gasp of ...
    No civilization in history that collapsed after a period of greatness has ever regained its dominance. Egypt lasted for three millennia; today it is little more than a field for archeological study. The Persian Empire, which lasted for more than three hundred years, became the largest and most p ...
  • Specie, Script, and War: The Contradictory Practic ...
    Wars are fought for business, but business and the economy are synonymous. Wars will continue to be fought for the economy as long as this economy is not abandoned. War is a logical consequence of it, not a means utilized by it. No attempt to eliminate war and preserve the economy can succeed. A ...

MoJo - Kevin Drum

  • Good Economic News of the Week
    Since I posted a big ol' stew of bad economic news last night, it's only fair to perk up the start of your week with some good economic news: U.S. retail sales surged in October, rising above expectations on robust car sales and solid spending for a broad array of merchandise going into the holid ...
  • "Outspoken and Unified"
    According to a report in the Wall Street Journal , criticism of the Fed over its bank bailouts had largely died down earlier this year. Then they announced their quantitative easing program. Still, things remained relatively quiet: But last week, potential GOP presidential candidate Sarah Palin d ...
  • Financial Crisis Not Over Yet
    This weekend served up a heaping helping of my entire personal stew of economic nightmares. So here it is, your global economic news for the weekend: LA Times: Commodities tumble on fears that China will try to slow its economy. "The fast-running bull market in commodities hit a wall Friday as pr ...
  • Is Our Kids Learning?
    Another day, another confusing magazine article about American education. This one is by Amanda Ripley in the Atlantic , and it focuses solely on how our top performing students do compared with those in other countries. In particular, how do our top students do in math? We’ve known for some time ...
  • Hard Truths
    I want to make a followup point to my post last night about the deficit commission. Mainly, that post said that if you're serious about the long-term deficit, you need to be serious about healthcare costs. That's pretty much the whole ballgame. The rest is fluff. Matt Steinglass comments: Mr Drum ...

Insanity Report

  • Movie Review: Skyline
    So you may or may not have heard that we’re looking to launch a new site in 2011 that focuses on Movies, TV Shows and other entertainment like that.  We’ve been doing Movie Trailer Reviews and regular Movie Reviews as well as posts and lists based around the movie industry for a while now and [...] ...
  • IC 209: I Quit
    Topics for the show: We’re back after a short hiatus The Political world is crazy A Maryland County Executive and his wife are arrested…the details are absurd Alvin Greene for President? Dear Kanye….you’re back to emoting…please pick what you want to be Rachel Maddow interviews Jon Stewart Some Libe ...
  • Rachel Maddow’s Interview with Jon Stewart
    I watched the whole edited version last night and I’ll watch this unedited version to see what I missed. It was funny watching some Liberals react to Stewart’s answers though. Because Stewart doesn’t give them the answers they want to hear there was a lot of “I’m DONE with Jon” and “I thought he was ...
  • FacePalm of the Week: Tucker Carlson…
    So I finally got my fill of playing Call of Duty:  Black Ops and decided to stop neglecting my site and do some writing… Who am I kidding?  I haven’t gotten my fill of Black Ops yet.  I just have to go into the office for a couple of meetings today so I figured I’d [...]
  • #FreeKeith…Cause Suspended Rich Guys Need Our Supp ...
    So Keith Olberman survived the world’s shortest suspension and will be back hosting Countdown on Tuesday.  With all apologies to MSNBC’s attempt at “see we  aren’t like Fox News” this whole incident has proven to me once more that Fox News and MSNBC are two sides of the same problem.  Let’s take the ...

Simple Climate

  • Air-stilling temperatures create heat, wind power ...
    Climate change won't cause more hurricanes but will place human bodies under more heat stress, Nat Johnson and Steven Sherwood tell Simple Climate, and will reduce the power generated from wind turbines according to Diandong Ren.
  • Climate change shifts organisms in space and time
    Duke University's Bill Morris finds the hills are alive with moving plants, and warns that climate change impacts could mean species that have worked together in the past will move out of sync.
  • Prehistoric CO2 double-up gives warming data
    Measurements from a global warming episode 40 million years ago show that a doubling of CO2 in the atmosphere increased sea surface temperatures between 2 and 5ºC, Dutch and British scientists find.
  • Extracting urine in the name of climate research
    50,000-year old animal toilets are in fact sensitive measures of prehistoric climate, says Brian Chase, from the Institute of Evolutionary Sciences in Montpellier, France.
  • Arctic warming full ahead
    With both the Northeast and Northwest Passages opening to shipping this year, as the Arctic climate continues to change rapidly, ships actually using them could make matters worse.

e!Science News

  • Spleen might be source or damaging cells at spinal ...
    The spleen, an organ that helps the body fight infections, might also be a source of the cells that end up doing more harm than good at the site of a spinal cord injury, new research suggests. read more
  • Bat brains offer clues as to how we focus on some ...
    How do you know what to listen to? In the middle of a noisy party, how does a mother suddenly focus on a child's cry, even if it isn't her own? read more
  • Mental introspection increases as brain areas begi ...
    Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center can now show, using functional MRI images, why it is that behavior in children and young adolescents veers toward the egocentric rather than the introspective. read more
  • Virtual reality helps researchers track how brain ...
    New tools inspired by video games are revealing how the brain senses and responds to its surroundings, finds new human and animal research. Taking advantage of state-of-the art technologies to track and mimic real-life environments, these studies show with new detail how the brain navigates, identif ...
  • Molecular fossil
    In today's world of sophisticated organisms proteins are the stars. They are the indispensible catalytic workhorses, carrying out the processes essential to life. But long, long ago ribonucleic acid (RNA) reigned supreme. read more

unEarthed

  • A Fracking Murder Mystery
    Art imitated life on CBS's hit crime show CSI last night.�The episode,�titled "Fracked,"�delved into the�water-polluting form of gas drilling in which millions of gallons of chemically-treated water are blasted into the earth to ...
  • There's Plenty of Skilled Labor To Fight Air Pollu ...
    It takes chutzpah to assert that there aren't enough skilled workers—during the biggest economic downturn since the Great Depression—to comply with EPA regulations to reduce air pollution. But the power sector has done just that ...
  • Friday Finds: When Grizzlies Eat Us…They May Be Hu ...
    Starving grizzly bears are increasingly clashing with humans over food. Image courtesy of stock.xchng Enviros and drillers become fracking bedfellows in regulator debate New York's Department of Environmental Conservation i ...
  • Gulf Oil Spill Doesn't Prepare Us For An Arctic Oi ...
    Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska's cold waters A new report on the perils of offshore oil drilling reminds me of an old saying about how today's generals are always preparing to fight yesterday's wars. The report, by Pew Environ ...
  • Dispersants Made Gulf Oil Much More Contaminating
    And here's yet another clue to the question of what happened to all that oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's blown well. A Canadian toxicologist reports that dispersants did break up the oil and make it less visible—b ...

Brave New Climate

  • SNE 2060 – assessment of energy demand
    In a previous post on BraveNewClimate – TCASE #The energy demand equation to 2050 — I estimated a mid-century global primary energy demand of ~1000 EJ (see here for definitions). But it may as well have been 2060; the actual date that this global demand will be reached is obviously uncertain, but ...
  • CO2 rising – the science of global warming
    Below are two climate change book reviews by me; I hope you find them as interesting as I did. I’ve provided an Amazon link to one and a Book Depository link to another — because I’m not out to promote any particular online bookstore (although I tend to find the latter cheapest, and as to [...]
  • Electricity costs exhibits
    I note that there has been some interesting discussion here on costs of electricity, especial the comparative value of fossil fuels versus nuclear (and renewables). This is a point I will revisit from a number of perspectives over the next few months, because I agree with commenters like Arthur Dent ...
  • Two nuclear-solar dialogues in Melbourne next week
    Back in September, I visited UNSW in Sydney and debated Mark Diesendorf on nuclear and solar power. It was a useful night, with quite a few Sydney-based BNC readers attending. I was pleased with the outcome — I just hope the audio becomes available at some point. Now this “Brain Food” event comes to ...
  • Of brains, biceps and baloney
    Guest Post by Geoff Russell. Geoff is a mathematician and computer programmer and is a member of Animal Liberation SA. His recently published book is CSIRO Perfidy. NASA climate scientist James Hansen’s recent book Storms of my Grandchildren makes accessible the evidence behind the judgement of m ...

Indigenist Opinion

  • What is the White Left?
    What is the White Left? � The Speed of Dreams : "This definition, and term, is something I have developed (though I am sure I am not the first person to use the term) over my years of activism in North America and my interaction with a variety of forces on the left. Basically, it goes something like ...
  • Seattle Cop In Stomping Incident Accused of More B ...
    Seattle Cop In Stomping Incident Accused of More Brutality | AlterNet : Seattle Detective Shandy Cobane, who earlier this year was caught on video stomping on and shouting racial profanities at a Latino man, has been accused again of abusive misconduct. Seattle's KIRO reports that the Seattle poli ...
  • Minister Says Bushmen Live in 'Dark Ages'
    by Niren Tolsi Mail & Guardian November 12, 2010 Botswana's minister for environment, wildlife and tourism, Kitso Mokaila, stoked the growing controversy around his government's treatment of Bushmen living in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve by telling the BBC that Bushmen are "living in the D ...
  • What Part of Unarmed Black Man Doesn’t OPD Underst ...
    What Part of Unarmed Black Man Doesn’t OPD Understand? Rip Derrick Jones � Davey D's Hip Hop Corner-(The Blog) WHAT PART OF KILLED_UNARMED_BLACK_MAN = MURDER DOESN’T OPD UNDERSTAND ? R.I.P. BROTHER DERRICK JONES. AGAIN. by mesha Monge-Irizarry, Idriss Stelley FoundationNov 9th 2010 http://www.ind ...
  • Tehran hosts interreligious conference
    PressTV - Tehran hosts interreligious conference : "Representatives from the Vatican and several Muslim organizations from around the world have gathered in Tehran for a three-day interreligious dialogue. The event comes as the seventh round of meetings between the Islamic Culture and Relations Org ...

Republicans are a Disease

  • Cut and Run – Mitch McConnell
    As it turns out Senator Mitch McConnell was telling Bush to pull some troops our of Iraq ahead of the 2006 election, because it would be a good political move. At the same time hypocrisy Mitch was claiming publicly the Democrat Party wanted to pull troops out of Iraq and “cut and run”. Can you [...]
  • The Teabaggers Will Be Let Down In 3, 2, 1…
    Imagine. People so stupid that they thought the corporate controlled frauds they voted for would do anything but hand out more corporate welfare goodies….. Amazing.
  • Republicans Hate The Troops
    According to this story, 92% of politicians receiving a D, or an F grade are Republicans. Go figure. Raw Story Article
  • Fascism Is Finally Here
    Wait until all the corporate mobsters drop by the offices of the Republican tools they paid to have elected, and want more handouts, tax breaks, and subsidies. Do you think billionaires, and corporations spent all those anonymous millions on Republicans so said Republicans can serve the “people” ...
  • Think Republicans Are On Your Side?
    If you think Republicans are on your side, you are either a billionaire, in which case it is true, or you are mentally retarded, and you should be in an institution.

Appalachia Rising

  • Day of Action and Conference Vision Statements
    Appalachia Rising: Day of Action September 25 – 27, 2010, Washington DC Appalachia Rising is a mass mobilization in Washington DC on September 27, 2010 calling for the abolition of mountaintop removal and surface mining. It is a culmination of the national movement against surface mining and a found ...
  • Press Conference to be Held on June 15
    Thousands to March in DC Calling for the Abolition of Mountaintop Removal Press Conference June 15 in Charleston, WV Announces Mass Mobilization Appalachia Rising WHEN: June 15, 10:00 AM WHERE: WV State Capitol Back Steps Near Fountain, Charleston, WV CONTACTS: West Virginia Bo Webb – 304-237-2688 o ...
  • Press Inquiries
    All media inquiries should be sent to Bo Webb webb.bo@gmail.com Set up interviews via email. Previous Press Releases and Media Public Launch Press Conference Report Back, with video Press Conference Held on June 15 Announces Appalachia Rising Video June 15 Appalachia Public Launch Press Conference H ...
  • New Flier for Appalachia Rising
  • Appalachia Rising Uniting Celebrities, Appalachian ...
    Appalachia Rising Uniting Celebrities, Appalachians, and Scientists for the Abolition of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Ashley Judd, Woody Harrelson, Gloria Reuben, Kyra Sedgewick, Kevin Bacon, Ed Begley Jr., Kathy Mattea, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, James Hansen, and Darryl Hannah rallying behind coalfi ...

Amped Status

  • Time to Fight Back: Crash JP Morgan, Buy Silver!
    Are you sick of being screwed over by Wall Street? Now is the perfect time for us to get some revenge! A crack in the foundation has been exposed! If people go out and buy silver in large numbers, JP Morgan will lose $4 BILLION.
  • We Need A Rally To Restore The Rule Of Law And/Or ...
    The Federal Reserve represents global banking interests who have overstepped their legal authority. Their Quantitative Easing program is an explicit violation of the Constitution. By deliberately devaluing the dollar and causing the price of basic necessities to rise, the Federal Reserve is, as a m ...
  • Dear America, Your Taxes Are Going Up 20%, Food an ...
    We are now creating short videos to break issues down in an easily understood manner. The goal is to have a video that family and friends can watch which explains our crisis and hopefully inspires passive people into action. In this first video, David DeGraw discusses the Federal Reserve's latest ...
  • Midterm Election Further Demonstrates Need for Rev ...
    Yes, I sound extreme, but these are extreme times. Most Americans have only a vague understanding of the collapse that we have been set up for. I’m not going to sit quietly as our future is ripped out from under us. I see the path we are on and I intend to change it!
  • ‘Road Through 2012′ Book Release Moved ...
    I've had two very powerful interests threaten to sue me over the release of my new book. To make matters even worse, a third interest is going to lengths to make my life as difficult as possible...

+972

  • Danny Ayalon to Norway: Why can’t you keep your ar ...
    The Israeli government reaction to the homegrown cultural boycott of the West Bank settlement of Ariel was forceful and blunt: Threaten funding, establish a “Zionist Art Prize” and de-legitimize whoever takes part as fifth-columnists. This should not have been a surprise, coming from a government th ...
  • Ma’ariv on Thomas Friedman: Obama’s es ...
    Ma’ariv today launches a full-front personal attack on Thomas Friedman, going after the NYT columnist for his recent (too recent, but highly welcome) move to the moderate left on Israel-Palestine, and most especially for his criticism of Netanyahu. The high-pitched article, which gets a front-page ...
  • What Liberman’s remarks about Sykes-Picot me ...
    Israel’s Foreign Minister exposes Israel’s imperialist ambitions, own ignorance Our grotesquerie of a foreign minister, Avigdor Liberman, announced during the weekend that Syria is not a partner for peace. This did not draw much attention; we have become inured to Liberman’s provocation, and followi ...
  • Why isn’t Netanyahu promoting the new deal o ...
    An e-mail I got from an American friend (based in Tel Aviv) in response to my last post makes a noteworthy observation: An interesting element here is the way American papers are saying Netanyahu agreed to push for a settlement freeze while Israeli media has him, somewhat indifferently, just bringin ...
  • Plagiarism Nation: The story of Israel’s copycat a ...
    I think I’ll write a new book on how Israel became the number one copycat in the ad business In 2009 a book called âStart-Up Nation: The Story of Israelâs Economic Miracleâ hit the stores and was an immediate best-seller in the States and Europe. It told of the huge hi-tech industry in Israel, and ...

Sustainability,water,etc - Oz gov't

Matt Weidner Blog

  • Are You Ready to Fight or Will You Just Sit Back A ...
    Sponsored by The Stopa Law Firm, come join us Saturday, November 20th beginning at 11:00 am for a FREE FORECLOSURE SEMINAR Open to the public, FREE ADMISSION Tampa Convention Center, November 20, 2010 at 11:00am We will discuss loan modifications, short sales, strategic default, and other “hot butto ...
  • Excellent Investigative Journalism on Notary/Forec ...
    Although this is from a Georgia station, and it looks like a smaller local news source, the important take away from this is how even a smaller local news station can do excellent investigative journalism work. Remember, the only hope we all have in all of this is that our press will continue to do ...
  • Foreclosures Gone Wild- (Leaked Secret Memo) The L ...
    The theories of serious flaws in the entire mortgage industry and the threats to our entire economy are not just the stuff defense attorney warnings….they’re know they’re in big trouble inside…read below citiadmits Tweet this! Share and Enjoy: Scridb filter
  • Ironman World Championships and the Foreclosure Wa ...
    Watch the Video Then Click on the Link Below for More Information About the Race! Ironman Clearwater Tweet this! Share and Enjoy: Scridb filter
  • The American Bankers Association ‘splains Wh ...
    Gotta hand it to the Fat Cats, they’ve twisted this thing up so tight, everyone can point fingers in eight directions at once and disavow any responsibility for the chaos that is Fraudclosuregate. As a basic principle, the Committee acknowledges the need for more clarity in transaction documents gen ...

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The Parallel Parliament

  • Street-level Politics
    This past Saturday evening was our Santa Claus Parade – a London tradition that runs through my riding in its entirety. I put it in the Parallel Parliament on this occasion because it reveals, in microcosm, what good politics should be. Have a look at the video. In it you’ll see a compassionate and ...
  • The Four Horsemen
    Harry Stuhldreher, Don Miller, Jim Crowley and Elmer Layden – the backfield of Knute Rockne’s infamous 1924 Notre Dame football team that became the most famous of its day.  The squad lost only two games in two years and became iconic in sports circles. Queried about his good fortune, Rockne could ...
  • It Changes Everything
    Filed under: Faith, Politics, The New Internationalism
  • Citizens’ Vimy Ridge
    Today is Pat Stogran’s last day. To officials at Veteran Affairs Canada the ombudsman was a thorn in the side that just wouldn’t quit agitating. To veterans themselves, and their supporters, he was a true, bona fide hero, taking on a system that seemed insensitive and incapable of adapting to the ne ...
  • Duet For Child Soldiers
    This is a little embarrassing, but bear with me. Romeo Dallaire was kind enough to come to London on Sunday evening November 7th to speak at a fundraiser for our NGO – Canadian Aid For Southern Sudan. We’ve been employing former child soldiers in south Sudan to assist us with the building of school ...

Vaccine Awakening

  • Thousands Of Americans Register for NVIC's New Adv ...
    by Barbara Loe Fisher Thousands of Americans living in all 50 states took action and registered for the new NVIC Advocacy Portal at www.NVICadvocacy.org during Vaccine Awareness Week (Nov. 1-6, 2010) co-sponsored by the National Vaccine Information C ...
  • Vaccine Science: A Search for Truth
    by Barbara Loe Fisher February 2009 turned out to be a month when vaccine science was put on trial in the U.S. Court of Claims in Washington, D.C., in mainstream media and on the internet, in the British Medical Journal and in vaccine safety research initiatives by the U.S. Department of Health and ...
  • Talking Vaccine Science with Government: Why Do It ...
    by Barbara Loe Fisher After the historic election in November that saw Barack Obama elected President, I wondered what he and his Administration would do about addressing the question that is on the minds of many parents: Why are so many vaccinated children today chronically ill, suffering with lea ...
  • Vaccine Bullies & Fighting Back
    By Barbara Loe Fisher During the past decade, families in the United Kingdom, Canada and America have witnessed the demonization of brave doctors and parents of vaccine injured children. It has been both sickening and frightening to watch physicians and some journalists engage in a relentless perse ...
  • Doctor-Heroes Standing For Better Vaccine Science
    by Barbara Loe Fisher The cry that was heard around the world in the early 1980's, when mothers and fathers realized an old, crude pertussis vaccine was killing and damaging the brains of their children, is being echoed today by new generations of parents struggling to raise vaccine injured childre ...

2020 Science

  • Synthetic biology, ethics and the hacker culture
    While the DIY Biotechnology community has grown considerably since this post, the piece still captures something of what is still a young movement, and one that challenges assumptions about top-down technology innovation. Originally posted June 13 2008 Read Thomas L. Friedman’s “The World is Flat” o ...
  • Decoupling “nanotechnology”
    Even though it was written a couple of years ago, this post remains very relevant as people continue to make sense of nanotechnology.  Maybe it’s time to revisit yellow-technology! Originally posted May 17 2008. Nanotechnology as an overarching concept is great for sweeping statements and sound bit ...
  • Enough meetings already!
    I couldn’t resist reposting this piece, as it captured so well my frustration at the time of spending so much time in meetings – usually for someone else’s benefit.  Sadly, I didn’t learn the error of my ways – my travel schedule has, if anything, got worse since then! Originally posted May 8 2008. ...
  • I’m breathing in nanoparticles, so why aren’t I de ...
    This was based on a piece I originally wrote for Nano Today – the blog was a slightly extended version of what was published.  Although it was written two years ago, it’s still surprising how few people realize that breathing in nanoparticles is an everyday fact of life, and that to make sense of n ...
  • Smart science for the 21st century
    In February 2008, the National Academy of Engineering launched 14 grand challenges for engineering.  These were the inspiration for this post, but rather than focus on the challenges themselves, I thought it would be interesting to consider how science and technology are going to help address them.  ...

Reader Supported News

  • AUDIO: US Guns Blamed for Fueling Violence in Mexi ...
    Excerpt: "In this worldview, the incredibly violent conflict is fueled by US demand for narcotics, fought with weapons from US gun shops, and funded by US cash that flows freely across the border." Alleged drug traffickers of the Sinaloa cartel are presented to the press in Mexico City after thei ...
  • Social Security Judges Facing More Violent Threats
    The report begins: "Judges who hear Social Security disability cases are facing a growing number of violent threats from claimants angry over being denied benefits or frustrated at lengthy delays in processing claims." Social Security applicants line up in Jersey City, New Jersey, 03/03/09. (phot ...
  • Newly Free, Myanmar's Suu Kyi Calls for Talks
    The report begins: "Burma's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, freed from seven years of house arrest, told thousands of wildly cheering supporters Sunday that she would continue to fight for human rights and the rule of law in the military-controlled nation. She called for face-to-face talks with t ...
  • God Will Save Us From Climate Change: US Represent ...
    The report begins: "US Representative John Shimkus, possible future chairman of the Congressional committee that deals with energy and its attendant environmental concerns, believes that climate change should not concern us since God has already promised not to destroy the Earth." Republican Cong ...
  • Republicans Vow to Protect Tax-Cuts for the Wealth ...
    The newly-elected Republican majority leaders are quick to point out that "the people have spoken." But which people want to extend tax-breaks for the wealthiest Americans? House Minority Leader John Boehner and House GOP leaders on Capitol Hill, 05/25/10. (photo: Getty Images) Sorry, your ...

War Resisters League

  • IVAW Women’s Retreat this weekend!
    Dear Supporters, My name is Joyce Wagner. I am a Marine Corps veteran who served in Iraq in 2004 and 2005, and I am a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War. This Labor Day, IVAW women will hold our first ever retreat in support of women veterans. Your donation today will help us make [...]
  • Protest nuclear warhead test launch tomorrow!
    Protest September 14, 11:55 pm (midnight) missile launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base: NOTE 09/14/10: THIS LAUNCH AND PROTEST HAVE BEEN CANCELED– More info to come! Join the protest of the test launch of a Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) thermo-nuclear warhead delivery system ...
  • International Days of Action in Solidarity with Br ...
    Support Bradley Manning! Oakland, California, USA Thursday, September 16th, 7-9pm Humanist Hall, 390 27th Street, Oakland CA (Between Telegraph and Broadway) Speakers: DANIEL ELLSBERG, Pentagon Papers whistle-blower COL. ANN WRIGHT (ret.), former US diplomat RAY MCGOVERN, former CIA analyst AIMEE AL ...
  • March for Justice on October 2!
    What: One Nation Working Together Who: A broad-based national coalition of labor, racial and economic justice groups, community organizations, and antiwar organizations. Where: Washington D.C. on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial When: Saturday, October 2 Dear fellow War Resisters, As the U.S. expen ...
  • Latino Youth Defines DREAM Act as a DeFacto Milita ...
    By VAMOS Unidos Youth We write this statement to raise our voices as Latino youth working and living in the Bronx, New York in opposition to the DREAM ACT as it stands. We demand that we return to our original DREAM ACT that had a community service option instead of a military one. The military [... ...

Center for a Livable Future

  • Too Much or Too Little: The Hazards of Mixing Anti ...
    How food animals are given medication can be very different from how you take medication.  While humans are prescribed antibiotics at specific dosages in pills or injections, food animals are often given antibiotics mixed in their feed and freely choose how much to consume.  These free-choice medica ...
  • Childhood obesity may have leveled off, but dispar ...
    A recent study published in the American Journal of Public Health, looked at obesity rates in adolescents comparing income groups and gender in the years, 2001-2007. What they found was potentially alarming. This study reveals that when comparing adolescents under the poverty line (<100% of poverty) ...
  • What We’re Reading–Meat Lover’s Meatless Cookbook
    Author Kim O’Donnel recently released The Meat Lover’s Meatless Cookbook: Vegetarian Recipes Carnivores Will Devour, for people that love to eat meat but might also want to eat less of it. In the book’s foreword the Center’s director, Dr. Robert Lawrence, reintroduces the idea to readers that people ...
  • Meatless Monday Launches at Johns Hopkins Universi ...
    Today marked the launch of Meatless Monday on Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood campus.  Elaborate banners of cartoon cows, chickens and pigs that read, “Monday is my day off!” greeted students as they entered JHU Dining Service’s three main dining areas: Levering Food Court, Fresh Food Court and ...
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    On Tuesday, the US Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS) released a draft report that, given their usual alignment with agricultural interests, is surprisingly straightforward in its assessment of the inadequacy of conservation practices in place on farms in t ...

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  • Crazy Like a Fox
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  • Addicted to Contractors
    The United States is hooked on privatized warfare in Afghanistan. And it's more costly than you think.
  • How to Whip the Afghan Army Into Shape
    Much of President Barack Obama's strategy rests on the creation of a new, more competent Afghan military. Here's what he'll need to know to get the job done.
  • Obama's Indecent Interval
    Despite the U.S. president's pleas to the contrary, the war in Afghanistan looks more like Vietnam than ever.
  • Divide and Conquer
    At an upcoming conference in London, the Afghan government will unveil its plan to bring the Taliban rank and file back into the political fold -- and plead for international assistance for its new initiative. 

Field Notes - Alberta Environment

  • Conservation groups launch Save Our Parks Week
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  • Save Our Parks - 2 Weeks for Action!
    Sierra Club of Canada 8 Nov 2010 (All day) - 16 Nov 2010 (All day) Alberta Tourism, Parks & Recreation Minister, Cindy Ady, introduced a new parks Act into the Legislature (Called Bill ...
  • New Park Act Endangers Parks
    CPAWS Northern Alberta 9 Nov 2010 (All day) - 12 Nov 2010 (All day) Take action to protect Alberta's Provincial Parks If you care about Alberta's parks, please act today! As you may ...

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Neste Oil starts up its new renewable diesel plant in Singapore
MarketWatch
- Nov 15, 2010
- 10 hours ago
Neste Oil has started up the world's largest renewable diesel plant in Singapore. Production of NExBTL renewable diesel will be ramped up on a phased basis. ...
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UK On Track To Meet 2020 Renewable Targets - National Grid
Wall Street Journal
- Nov 15, 2010
- 5 hours ago
LONDON (Dow Jones)--The UK is on track to meet its 2020 renewable energy targets as reforms of the regime to connect green power projects to the ...
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China's Renewable Energy Industry Has the Capitol Complainers Out in Force
Investment U
- Nov 15, 2010
- 4 hours ago
In it, it showed America losing its top spot on the renewable energy ladder to China. Apparently, the Obama Administration doesn't like that news. ...
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China Energy Firms Flock to Hong Kong
Wall Street Journal
- Nov 15, 2010
- 8 hours ago
Renewable Power, a unit of power generator China Datang Corp., plans to list its shares in Hong Kong on Dec. 9 in an effort to raise as much as US$1 billion ...
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Sarkozy's Cabinet Shuffle Not Likely to Appease Foes
TIME (blog)
- Nov 15, 2010
- 2 hours ago
15, 2010 Outgoing Ecology Minister Jean-Louis Borloo gestures during the handover ceremony at the Ecology ministry, in Paris, Monday Nov. ...
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France's new government announced
Xinhua
- Nov 14, 2010
- 21 hours ago
Former Ecology Minister Jean-Louis Borloo who was hot candidate to replace Fillon's premier post left Sarkozy's administration for good. ...
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"Ecology and Human Rights: Foci of the Information Age"
Bryn Mawr Now
- Nov 14, 2010
- 14 hours ago
University of Minnesota Professor of History Edward L. Farmer will present a lecture entitled “Ecology and Human Rights: Foci of the Information Age. ...
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Officials: 1940s shipyard debris to stay buried
Seattle Times
- Nov 13, 2010
- Nov 13, 2010
So the city and the Department of Ecology decided it could remain and that groundwater would be monitored. "Sometimes you can potentially do more ...
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EPA tackles Florida water pollution, cost a concern
Reuters Africa
- Nov 15, 2010
- 13 minutes ago
By Pascal Fletcher MIAMI, Nov 15 (Reuters) - The US Environmental Protection Agency tightened water pollution controls in recession-hit Florida on Monday, ...
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Tennessee American Water Recognizes American Recycles Day
MarketWatch (press release)
- Nov 15, 2010
- 4 hours ago
"Recycling is an important part of good environmental stewardship," says John Watson, president of Tennessee American Water. "However, it is just one ...
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Artesian Resources Water Expert Bruce Kraeuter Named to Evaluate Safety of ...
MarketWatch (press release)
- Nov 15, 2010
- 3 hours ago
The WSCC is made up of the most capable experts in water security, quality, management, engineering, operations, and maintenance disciplines. ...
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Kentucky American Water's Water Treatment Plant in Owenton Earns Recognition ...
MarketWatch (press release)
- Nov 15, 2010
- 1 hour ago
This distinction recognizes facilities that reduce the amount of turbidity (or cloudiness) in the water to levels well below what is required by state and ...
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