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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, May 16, 2011

16 May - RSS SnapShot! Pt III

Kevin Trudeau Show

  • Dr. Leonard Coldwell
    Click the picture or link below to hear Kevin’s interview with Dr. Leonard Coldwell and click here to find out how to become a sales champion! Click here to order The Only Answer To Becoming A Sales Champion. Click here to listen to The Dr. Coldwell Report. Click here to read his daily blog. Dr ...
  • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 4-26-11
    Today, Kevin explains why it is so important to care… but not that much! Plus, Dr. Leonard Coldwell teaches you how to become a sales champion! Self Help: The Only Answer To Becoming A Sales Champion Don’t Be Scared! Be Prepared! Everything Kevin: Become An Insider! Support Kevin! Kevin is on Yo ...
  • Andrew Breitbart Joins The Kevin Trudeau Show!
    On Thursday April 28th at 12PM CST, conservative journalist and free-speech advocate Andrew Breitbart will be LIVE on The Kevin Trudeau Show. Andrew is going go into extreme detail on how the mainstream media lies and misleads the public. In Andrew’s latest book, Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me ...
  • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 4-25-11
    Today, in the holiday spirit, Kevin goes over his curiosity with certain religious traditions that contradict important rules and teachings.     Self Help: McCombs Candida Cleanse   Make Your Dreams Come True Government: Change Turned Out To Be A Lot Tougher Than Obama Expected NWO: The Mysterio ...
  • Obama: ‘Change Turned Out to Be a Lot To ...
    April 25th, 2011 AOL News By: Julie Pace President Barack Obama told supporters on Thursday he is pressing ahead with his agenda in a difficult political environment in Washington and that “change turned out to be a lot tougher than expected.” Obama addressed about 200 people who paid up to $35, ...

Pambazuka News

  • Haiti: Supporters in Haiti make ready for Aristide
    Supporters beat drums in the slums while workers spruced up his private villa as Haitians prepared on Tuesday for the possible return of Jean-Bertrand Aristide with feverish anticipation. 'Some people are cleaning the streets, others are getting the ...
  • Southern Sudan: Sowing the seeds of agricultur ...
    After the sound of gunfire fell silent in Southern Sudan, marking the end of one of Africa's longest running civil wars, Pio Kowr Ding decided he would return home to the autonomous region to take up an agricultural research job with the government. ...
  • Ethiopia: Ethiopians to remember martyrs of th ...
    Ethiopians from various cities in the US, Canada, Europe and Australia held a conference on Saturday to discuss and coordinate plans for the upcoming 5th anniversary of the Ethiopian election massacre. The participants discussed and updated each othe...
  • March on Washington scheduled for November
    The Black is Back Coalition has announced a march and rally on the White House to take place November 13, 2010 beginning in Washington, DC’s historic Malcolm X Park. This will mark the second year in a row that this black coalition will be protestin...
  • USA: Black community activist faces possible 1 ...
    Diop Olugbala (aka Wali Rahman) will be sentenced on Wednesday, 13 October to a possible 10 years in prison for speaking out on behalf of the rights of the black community. A press conference and demonstration will be held prior to Olugbala’s sentenc...

War in Context

  • News roundup — April 26
    The epic Arab battle reaches Syria Rami G. Khouri writes: Syria is now the critical country to watch in the Arab world, after the homegrown regime changes in Tunisia and Egypt, and the imminent changes in Yemen and Libya. The Syrian regime headed by President Bashar Assad is now seriously chal ...
  • Shahin and Juan Cole: the women’s movement in ...
    Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com Against all odds, they just keep tottering.  I’m talking, of course, about the autocrats of the Middle East: first, Ben Ali of Tunisia, then Mubarak of Egypt, now Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen.  After two months of demonstrations in the streets of Y ...
  • How Obama leads from behind
    Ryan Lizza writes: This spring, Obama officials often expressed impatience with questions about theory or about the elusive quest for an Obama doctrine. One senior Administration official reminded me what the former British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan said when asked what was likely to set ...
  • McCoy and Reilly: an empire of failed states
    Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com Imperial powers hedge their bets.  The most striking recent example we have of this is in Egypt.  While the Pentagon was pouring money into the Egyptian military (approximately $40 billion since 1979), it turns out — thank you, WikiLeaks! — that th ...
  • News roundup — April 25
    Poll: Over half of Egypt wants end to Israel peace More than half of all Egyptians would like to see the 1979 peace treaty with Israel annulled, according to results of a poll conducted by the U.S.-based Pew Research Center released Monday. The poll highlights the deep unpopularity of the thre ...

Watts Up With That?

  • Blown promises
    First the promise, perhaps a bit overrated: The article goes on to say: The borough already has one publicly-owned turbine â a 33ft Air Dolphin turbine at a location off Taylors Lane, Oldbury, near the civic amenities site in Shidas … Continue reading →
  • Deep fried flying
    I’ve never much thought there was much usefulness to waste vegetable oil used for automobile fuel, as there is a much more finite amount of waste frying oil available compared to petroleum. Ditto for chicken fat powered aviation. Would you … Continue reading →
  • Wakey wakey
    CU-Boulder leading study of wind turbine wakes A turbine at the National Wind Technology Center south of Boulder, Colo. (photo courtesy of CIRES) While wind turbines primarily are a source of renewable energy, they also produce wakes of invisible ripples … Continue reading →
  • EPA abuses the permit process for an icebreaker
    Jeez Louise. They may need an icebreaker for the project, and so since they didn’t account for its exhaust, let’s scuttle the whole thing and the 4 billion invested so far.  I’m no fan of Shell, but this is just … Continue reading →
  • The climate sensitivity and the surface temper ...
    Dr. Roger Pielke Senior posted this today, since he has no comments on his blog, I felt it would be good to repost it here to allow discussion – Anthony Repost Of Weblog Climatequotes.com âClimate Scientists Answer Question: Should Climate … Continue reading →

Dandelion Salad

  • NATO Observes Easter By Intensifying Bombardme ...
    by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO Stop NATO-Opposition to global militarism April 26, 2011 As it has done daily since it assumed control of the air war and naval blockade against Libya on March 31, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on April 25 posted on its website a ...
  • Cheney Was Right About One Thing: Deficits Don ...
    by Ellen Brown Featured Writer Dandelion Salad webofdebt.com April 26, 2011 “Deficit terrorists” are gutting governments and forcing the privatization of public assets, all in the name of “deficit reduction.” But deficits aren’t actually a bad thing. In today’s monetary scheme, in which most mon ...
  • Ron Paul announces 2012 presidential explorato ...
    Dandelion Salad SaveOurSovereignty3 on Apr 26, 2011 Ron Paul Officially Announces Exploratory Committee In Iowa, Goes Right To Questions http://tinyurl.com/6j9ys92 Ron Paul Officially Announces Exploratory Committee In Iowa, Goes Right To Questions *** Ron Paul announces 2012 presidential bid RT ...
  • Why U.S. and NATO Fed Detainees to Afghan Tort ...
    by Gareth Porter Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted at IPS 26 April, 2011 WASHINGTON, Apr 26, 2011 (IPS) – Starting in late 2005, U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan began turning detainees over to the Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS), despite its well-known reputation for ...
  • Can We Give The Hyperinflation-thing a Rest? B ...
    http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ By Mike Whitney Information Clearing House April 26, 2011 The Federal Reserve is not going to push the economy into Zimbabwean hyperinflation. That’s pure bunkum. The Fed’s plan is to weaken the dollar to boost exports and to force China to let its currency a ...

Your New Reality

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    A near perfect documentary sequence for spaceheads. No bullshit narration, actual facts & interesting details served over an ultra-slow motion view of the Saturn V rocket launch that carried Apollo 11 away from the Earth, and into history :
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    Without a doubt, one of the more effective pieces of US government propaganda at the start of World War 2, seen by tens of millions of Americans before the start of Saturday afternoon at the movies :
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    The United States Of Stoned Presidents If you've spent most of your life seeing only the classic black & white portrait of Abraham Lincoln, this coloured one from the WhiteHouseMuseum is startling : Abraham Lincoln : "Two of my favorite things are sitting on my front porch smoking a pipe of ...
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    George Carlin celebrates Earth Day :
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    Tens Of Millions Of Americans Are Now The Working Poor American families with both working mums & dads, living frugally, with the only American dream left being winning the lottery, are now finding it impossible to make ends meet : ...many of the jobs in retail, hospitality and home health car ...

Wired - Science

  • Ancient Supernova Triggered by Stellar Cannibal
    An ordinary star may have lived through a catastrophic explosion that created one of the most famous supernova remnants in astronomy. A new look at the cosmic debris cloud known as Tycho’s supernova remnant shows an arc of material that could explain what creates a key type of supernova. âIt l ...
  • Australia Pistachio Disaster Hints at Agricult ...
    Australia’s pistachio farmers expected a bumper crop this year. Instead they had a harvest of horrors, with nuts blackened by a fungus that had never before caused an outbreak in pistachios. The culprit was anthracnose, a fungal disease best-known for infecting mangoes. It raced through the ind ...
  • Iceland Volcano Ash Pics Vindicate Airspace Sh ...
    The most detailed visual study yet of volcanic ash from last year’s Icelandic eruption reveals just how sharp, abrasive and potentially dangerous the particles were. After Eyjafjallajökull erupted in April 2010, sending volcanic plumes high into the atmosphere, officials closed Europe’s air ...
  • Ant Rafts Repel Water Like Gore-Tex
                        runMobileCompatibilityScript('myExperience918350428001', 'anId');brightcove.createExperiences(); In the first serious study of the physics of fire-ant rafts, researchers have described how the insects form floating, waterproof islands. In nature, the rafts allow ...
  • Bacteria on the Radio: DNA Could Act as Antenna
    Theoretical physicists have proposed an explanation for how bacteria might transmit electromagnetic signals: Chromosomes could act like antennae, with electrons traveling gene circuits to produce species-specific wavelengths. It’s just a hypothesis, and the notion that bacteria can generate rad ...

Israeli Occupation Archive

  • Israel’s High Court: Knesset must explain why ...
    In the wake of her participation in last year's Gaza flotilla, Zuabi was stripped of three key privileges as an MK; Zuabi in turn petitioned the High Court to get her privileges reinstated. The court... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian ...
  • Richard Falk: Goldstone breathes new life into ...
    Goldstone miscalculated; he has given the report a second life. It may still languish in the UN system, thanks to the geopolitical leverage being exerted by the United States to ensure that Israeli... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian la ...
  • Gary Younge: For Israelis and Palestinians, th ...
    To suggest that Palestinians are equally responsible for this state of affairs would suggest the two sides hold equal power to shape events. They don't. No matter how many rhetorical checkpoints get... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian l ...
  • Lamis Andoni: To Juliano and Vittorio with love
    Solidarity activists have traditionally been embraced, virtually adopted even, by their host communities. That they should be killed by those they were trying to defend generated shockwaves that... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands ...
  • Yossi Sarid: Israel does not have a monopoly o ...
    And no one is a human being without recognizing that the other is also one, and that it is important to get to know him, both his shortcomings and hopes. No one is born a murderer and no one is... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands ...

Ria Novosti - Military

NewsWise

  • Misericordia University Introducing a Certific ...
    The Department of Medical Imaging at Misericordia University is introducing a new certificate program in nuclear medicine technology beginning in the fall semester for both traditional and adult learners.
  • Study's Findings About Anesthesia and Young Ch ...
    Young children exposed to a brief, single anesthetic did not show any evidence of adverse long-term effects on the brain, according to a new Danish study published in the May issue of Anesthesiology.
  • A Less Painful Colonoscopy
    Colonoscopy is regarded as the most thorough way to screen for colon cancer but it can be a painful procedure. Tufts researchers have developed a technique that could potentially reduce patient discomfort while also ensuring the accuracy of the exam.
  • Vitamin D Deficiency is Associated with Differ ...
    A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) found that while black and white children with vitamin D deficiency both had higher fat levels, black children were more likely to have higher levels of fat just under their s ...
  • Increased Metabolic Rate May Lead to Accelerat ...
    A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) found that higher metabolic rates predict early natural mortality, indicating that higher energy turnover may accelerate aging in humans.

Natural Health News

  • Shiba Inu Puppy Cam
    Video streaming by Ustream On this live feed, you can tune in daily to see the cutest Shiba Inu puppies ever. The six puppies,�three boys and�three girls, were born on Thursday, April 14th, 2011. All of them already have forever families waiting for them.
  • One in Four Over 45 Take This Unnecessary Drug
    Many Americans take cholesterol lowering statin drugs -- including half of men aged to 65 to 74, and nearly 40 percent of women aged 75 and older. In fact, a grand total of one in four Americans aged 45 and older are taking a statin. That means there are almost 32 million Americans taking a sta ...
  • More Bad News -- Meningitis Vaccine Now Approv ...
    The United States has expanded approval for the bacterial meningitis vaccine, Menactra, to include children ages 9 to 23 months. Menactra, which was already approved for patients aged 2 to 55, is the first bacterial meningitis vaccine to achieve approval in the U.S. approval for children below ...
  • How You Can Use Fear or Love to Radically Impr ...
    Neurologically, your mind and body are always in one of two emotional states – either love or fear. Empathy, joy, and gratitude are examples of core emotional states of love. Hurt, disappointment, and shame, on the other hand, are examples of core emotional states of fear. These core emotions a ...
  • Warning -- Coca Cola is Loaded with Bisphenol A
    Coca-Cola is facing calls to publish a report on how it will develop replacements for the use of bisphenol A in its can linings. A resolution is due to introduced at the company’s annual meeting by shareholder advocacy group. A similar motion was introduced last year and received 22 percent of ...

Climategate

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

Opinio Juris

  • Am I Arguing a Strawman about Drones, Civilian ...
    by Kenneth Anderson by Kenneth Anderson In comments to my post below about the strange new respect for drones, Kevin queries whether I’m arguing a strawman.  The “circles” that he and I both move in — academics, NGO activists, and so one — he suggests, have never seriously questioned that dro ...
  • More From the Department of False Equivalences
    by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller Not surprisingly, conservatives and the Obama administration are falling all over themselves to praise Paul Clement for his brave willingness to represent the House of Representatives at the low, low rate of $520.00 per hour — practically pro bono.  Th ...
  • The Sudden Attraction of Drones in Libya
    by Kenneth Anderson by Kenneth Anderson Numbers of folks I’ve been talking with recently — desirous of going forward with humanitarian intervention in Libya, but mindful that international altruism by the Western democracies goes forward only with few casualties among their armies — seem sudd ...
  • Mark Martins at Harvard Law School
    by Kenneth Anderson by Kenneth Anderson Jack Goldsmith notes at Lawfare: Last Monday Harvard Law School conferred its medal of freedom on one of its graduates, General Mark Martins, Commander of the Rule of Law Field Force -Afghanistan.  The Harvard National Security Journal has just posted t ...
  • DOMA, Gitmo, and False Equivalences
    by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller At Lawfare today, Ben Wittes criticizes King & Spalding for refusing to help the House of Representatives defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in court.  His argument turns on an analogy between representing the House and representing Gitmo detaine ...

Investigate - Breaking News

  • BBC caught financially supporting climate chan ...
    What is being called a "shadowy" climate change lobby organisation turns out to have had an undeclared conflict of interest after one of its members was outed in connection with a Climategate inquiry whitewash. ANd it also turns out to...
  • Justice system in denial over controversial ne ...
    MEDIA RELEASE NZ JUSTICE SYSTEM IN DENIAL OVER NEW BOOK (radio ad available here Badlands1 ) A new book on the failings of New Zealand’s justice system is provoking major controversy before it has even hit shop shelves. BADLANDS: NZ...
  • New Badlands book shatters myths on NZ crime p ...
    MEDIA RELEASE PUBLIC KEPT IN DARK ABOUT NZ'S TRUE CRIME PROBLEMS A new book by a British crime expert says New Zealanders have been kept in the dark about the true nature of our crime problem, because politicians and academics...
  • You know you live in Christchurch when...
    You know you live in Christchurch when.... · Geonet / ChristchurchQuakeMap is your homepage · The rest of the country offers you a place to stay · “Munted” and “buggered” are official technical terms · You go 'pfffff' when Wellington...
  • Just a hint of what the next Investigate HIS/H ...
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My Care2 Picks

  • Firm defending Defense of Marriage Act withdra ...
    Paul D. Clement, the partner who had been selected as the lead attorney on the case resigned from King and Spalding. He will continue to defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act as a partner at another firmSubmitted by John Farnham to Society & Culture �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add ...
  • Another Shocking UN cover up about Libya
    The Council was about to vote on a report that affirmed and praised Libya and Colonel Ghaddafi for THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD for the nation's treatment of religious minorities, and the "human rights training" received by security forces.Submitted by John Farnham to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add ...
  • Secret Guantanamo Files, New Insights: Hundred ...
    Senior US commanders have concluded that in dozens of cases there was �no reason recorded for transfer.�Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • From Waco to Libya: 18 Years of Humanitarian M ...
    The Davidian cult in Waco was dealt with by armored vehicles,� remarked Muammar Gaddafi in February, defending his own crackdowns in light of the U.S. government�s. Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • Teenage Mutant Theocrats
    Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights reports racist "birther" attacks on President Obama, discussions of the conspiracy behind the problem facing America (complete with anti-Semitic illustration), Christian nationalism, anti-environmentaliSubmitted by John Farnham to US Politics ...

Angry Indian News

  • Angryindian Radyo - 04.26.20011 Analysis: UK
    Series: Aboriginal Press News Service Public Radio (APNSPR) Summary: Intelligent Aboriginal Radyo speaks with Sister Selin, editor of the ‘The Long Walk to Freedom’ opinion blog about a range of... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • Maghreb Blog: Large Protests in Morocco
    Maghreb Blog: Large Protests in Morocco: "Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of several cities and towns in Morocco. Protesters were calling for an eradication of despotism and... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • Daniel Ellsberg: Bradley Manning Charges Shoul ...
    Daniel Ellsberg: Bradley Manning Charges Should Be Dismissed After Obama Declares Accused Army Whistleblower "Broke the Law": "Speaking at a fundraiser in San Francisco, Obama openly declared that... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • Vale Vittorio Arrigoni, 'hero of Palestine' | ...
    Vale Vittorio Arrigoni, 'hero of Palestine' | Pennie Quinton | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk: "Hearing of the murder of Vittorio Arrigoni, a committed peace activist who for the last 10 years... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • Malcolm X’s Daughter Disputes Sexuality Claims ...
    Malcolm X’s Daughter Disputes Sexuality Claims - COLORLINES: "Gender Matters columnist Akiba Solomon wrote weeks ago that the allegations in question appear on only two pages of a 600 word book. And... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]

Farm Wars

True/Slant Headline Grabs

Citizens for Legitimate Government

  • Fukushima city removing radioactive topsoil in ...
    ShareThisFukushima city removing radioactive topsoil in schools 27 Apr 2011 A city in Fukushima Prefecture started Wednesday to remove topsoil from playgrounds in its elementary and nursery schools, following radiation leaks from a crisis-hit nuclear power plant nearby. Heavy machinery began sco ...
  • Afghan pilot kills, injures NATO forces
    ShareThisAfghan pilot kills, injures NATO forces 27 Apr 2011 An Afghan army officer has opened fire on foreign troops at Kabul airport, leaving one dead and several others injured, a report says. According to the afghan Defense Ministry, the local army officer, an afghan military pilot, opened f ...
  • Missouri sues to block demolition of river levee
    ShareThisMissouri sues to block demolition of river levee 26 Apr 2011 The Missouri attorney general filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday asking a judge to stop the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' plans to detonate the levee at Birds Point on the Mississippi River. Attorney General Chris Koster said ...
  • Suspect arrested in Columbine-area bombing attempt
    ShareThisSuspect arrested in Columbine-area bombing attempt 26 Apr 2011 Authorities on Tuesday arrested a recently paroled bank robber suspected of planting a bomb at a crowded shopping mall near Columbine High School last week on the 12th anniversary of the school massacre. Earl Moore, 65, was ...
  • Ron Paul announces possible Republican 2012 pr ...
    ShareThisRon Paul announces possible Republican 2012 presidential bid --Long-time Texas politician and Tea Party favourite has made a key step on the official route to the White House 27 Apr 2011 Ron Paul, a libertarian-leaning Republican congressman beloved of many Tea Party supporters, has ann ...

Daily Loaf

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

Vaccine Resistance Movement

  • VRM: L-Histidine, Squaline, & Human Chorionic ...
    “Vaccination is a monstrosity, a misbegotten offspring of error and ignorance; it should have no place in either hygiene or medicine. Believe not in vaccination, it is a world wide delusion, an unscientific practice, a fatal superstition with consequences measured today by tears and sorrow ...
  • VRM: Gardasil/Cervarix – A Legacy Of Shame
    The headlines alone tell the whole story. ‘Teenage girl left brain-damaged  after receiving cervical cancer jab‘, ‘Thousands of UK schoolgirls have suffered adverse reactions…several reported multiple reactions’, ‘20,575 adverse reactions, 352 reports of abnormal pap smears post vaccinati ...
  • VRM: Dr. Wakefield’s Imminent Vindicatio ...
    Dr. Andrew Wakefield’s 1998 Study demonstrated “anti-myelin antibodies and digestive tract pathologies in children with autism after being given the Urabi strain triple live virus MMR vaccine. All 12 children in the Study had intestinal abnormalities (known as Inflammatory Bowel Disease), with c ...
  • VRM: A Concise Compendium The Problem With Vac ...
    The advent of cloned DNA vaccines & Synthetic Genomics, backed by proponents of the Trans-humanist & Bioethics movements (this is a post-Darwinian view, in which the species has the power to direct its own evolution), has opened a Pandora’s Box spelling the inevitable death of natural immunity. ...
  • VRM: Medical Industry Data Proves Influenza Va ...
    The Influenza virus itself is constantly mutating from year to year. While mainstream doctors are traditionally divided, several prominent Studies have come forward in recent years challenging the Status Quo on the efficacy of the sacrosanct Flu shot & awakened an increasingly distrustf ...

B.C. Preppers Network

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

Michael Yon

  • The Mysterious Well: Part II of II
    Axe Handle Cam Events from Farah Province, Afghanistan Published 24 April 2011 The previous dispatch ended with Kris LeBoutillier lowering his camera into the mysterious well at Kafir Qala, which is believed to be more than 2,000 years old. The depth and contents of the ancient well were unkn ...
  • Important Message From Libya
    22 April 2011 I�ve been reading traffic from a private worldwide group regarding the sad loss of journalists Chris Hondros and Tim Hetherington in Libya.� The people discussing the loss include names you sometimes see on national television, in books, and so on and so forth.� The bylaws of the ...
  • The Mysterious Well
    Kak Kohzad 21 April 2011 In Afghanistan, there is a mysterious and ancient well.� Nobody knew how deep it was, or what might be down there, but some locals thought it might contain bones of their ancestors.� My friend Steve Shaulis came upon the well while working in Farah Province, and decide ...
  • After Action Report - Visit Columbia March 2011
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  • Alexander the Great
    Sunrise over Farah 07 April 2011 Afghanistan contains many treasures of ancient history.�� Climate conditions here preserve old structures whose origins often remain a mystery. Alexander stormed through here a thousand years before the Arabs introduced Islam.� Today, after travelling arou ...

The Killing Train

  • Today's election thoughts
    Today's election thoughts, and a couple of photos. Jon Elmer sent me this amusing Vintage Voter site. Vincent Pang sent me this photo album of protests against Harper's second proroguing back in 2010. read more
  • 36% is apparently a majority, but not for a wh ...
    The daily polling is suspicious. Every day the media publishes what the electoral outcome is going to be. And every day it changes. They keep saying there's going to be a Harper majority. Saying it won't make it so, but it might contribute to it. Earlier today I saw an article on CityTV.ca throu ...
  • Canadians are annoyed - deliberation vs. engin ...
    Pollsters now get people to press buttons about how they are feeling as they watch debates, and have discovered that Canadians are annoyed. This then feeds back to politicians, who try to, presumably, be less annoying, or, perhaps, try to blame other politicians for the annoyance. read more
  • I went over my twitter limit...
    So I'm just going to make a few notes: -Ignatieff was right when he says Harper's offering "fantasy economics". He also answered the financial question directly. And Harper seemed to make eye contact for the first time. And then went back to the camera. Harper: "Every credible economic analyst" ...
  • Cancer is sexy
    I don't have a TV, so I just checked if my livestreaming CBC is working and it seems to be, so I will be able to watch the debate tonight. Two chapters left to go in Lawrence Martin's "Harperland" and I also just picked up Christian Nadeau's "Rogue in Power" yesterday and have read chapter 1. A ...

treehugger

  • Share the Road (Cartoon)
    Click to enlarge "Share the Road" by Option-G This the latest in a series of daily cartoons on TreeHugger, exploring a variety of green themes and ideas through visual art....Read the full story on TreeHugger
  • How Throwing Stuff Away Makes You Frugal (and ...
    Image credit: Joe Shlabotnik, used under Creative Commons license. I've argued before that saving money makes us more mindful of our consumption. I've also made the case that reuse can quickly become hoarding, and that sometimes the best approach is to throw something away—or at least donat ...
  • Natural Nitrogen Ice Cream Tastes Good
    Photo: B. Alter Welcome to the chin chin laboratorists, Europe's only nitro ice-cream parlour. On first glance it looks like a mad scientist's lab, with figures in white coats at work and clouds of white gas appearing out of nowhere. They are using liquid nitrogen to make delicious creamy i ...
  • Real Birds Tweet on Twitter With a Peckable Ke ...
    In this era of high-speed internet, smartphones and social-networking, keeping in contact has never been easier -- but in being so plugged-in, we run the risk of losing touch with the beautiful sounds of the world around us. As a sort of tongue-and-cheek response to this and the growing popu ...
  • With Gas At 4 Bucks A Gallon, Who'll Un-Pimp ...
    "big engine, little car!" Image credit:Flicker, Stephen Bowler Five years back I wrote an Earth Day Plea to car makers of the world: "Un-Pimp My Ride", making the point that all we need is smaller engines to make a cost saving, quantum leap in mileage improvement. I was chastised, of cours ...

Democratic Voice of Burma

  • Shale gas in Karen State?
    New gas & oil deals on the cards including the possibility of controversial shale gas or oil in volatile Karen State with two Singaporean companies allegedly looking into involvement in the project near the Thai border
  • Plastic bags get the sack in Rangoon
    Authorities in Burma's main city forbid production and sale of plastic bags in an effort to cut pollution from non-degradable waste
  • Thailand begins migrant ‘slave’ probe
    Investigation begins into the 60 Burmese migrants freed after spending up to 8 months enslaved in a Bangkok garment factory
  • Border force defects, attacks Burma unit
    Former DKBA-turned-border force troops attack Burmese army supplies and join sides with the Karen National Liberation Army
  • Ex-soldier shines light on Burma’s hidde ...
    "Burma Soldier"- a documentary on a soldier turned democracy activist is screened in the US State Department, with Kurt Campbell describing it as "one of the most powerful things I have ever seen"

Telegraph - Climate Change

National Geographic | Environment

Jurist - Legal Research

  • Supreme Court hears arguments on corporate fre ...
    [JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] heard oral arguments [day call, PDF; merit briefs] Tuesday in Sorrell v. IMS Health [oral argument transcript, PDF; JURIST report] to determine whether a state law prohibiting prescription drug manufacturers from using data co ...
  • Federal appeals court grants new sentencing fo ...
    [JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit [official website] on Tuesday ordered [opinion, PDF] a new sentencing hearing for Mumia Abu-Jamal [Philadelphia Inquirer backgrounder], a former member of the Black Panthers who was convicted and sentenced to death for killing a police offic ...
  • Supreme court rules tribe cannot bring same su ...
    [JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday ruled [opinion, PDF] 7-1 in United States v. Tohono O'odham Indian Nation [Cornell LII backgrounder; JURIST report] that the tribe cannot bring a suit based on the same facts in both federal district court and the C ...
  • UN report accuses Sri Lanka government of war ...
    [JURIST] A UN panel of experts said in a report released Monday that the Sri Lankan government and rebel forces may have committed war crimes [report, PDF] during the final stages of the conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) [JURIST news archive]. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- ...
  • Proposition 8 sponsors move to vacate district ...
    [JURIST] Sponsors of Proposition 8 [text; JURIST news archive], California's same-sex marriage ban, on Monday filed a motion to vacate in US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website], arguing that the judge who struck down the marriage ban should have recused himself from the cas ...

Atlantic | Mark Ambinder

  • Confused and Clueless Independents
    Michael Kazin wonders if independent voters are "really just a confused and clueless horde". That is certainly the impression one gets from dipping into the finer details of a mid-April survey of 1,000 likely, registered voters conducted by Democracy Corps, the outfit run by Stan Greenberg ...
  • What Ron Paul Accomplished in 2008
    Ron Paul didn't win the presidency in 2008. He didn't even win the Republican nomination. In the key primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Florida, Paul placed 5th in every one, but with a diminishing percentage share of the vote. By traditional standards, his White House ...
  • Poll: Only 43 Percent Say Trump Was 'Definitel ...
    Just 43 percent of poll respondents say Donald Trump was definitely born in the U.S., according to a USA Today poll: For what it's worth, not everyone is convinced Trump was born in the USA either: 43% say he definitely was born here, and 20% say he probably was; 7% say he definitely or p ...
  • Statehouse Republicans Promote the Cowboy Code
    Cowboy poets have been savaged in the media lately, as conservatives found it convenient, and hilarious, to attack federal funding for an annual National Cowboy Poetry Gathering held in Nevada and defended on the Senate floor by Majority Leader Harry Reid. But as this has been going on, anoth ...
  • Ron Paul 2008 Debate Highlights
    Rep. Ron Paul is exploring another bid for president, and that means we could be treated to another insurgent campaign that doesn't look anything like those run by GOP frontrunners. The most exciting part of Paul's 2008 campaign was probably his debate appearances. Paul was the only Republica ...

COAT - Coalition to oppose the Arms Trade

Bulletin of American Scientists - News

Tikun Olam

  • Israeli Bloggers Linking to Tikun Olam Threate ...
    There’s been a bunch of nonsense published lately in Israeli media and blogs about the Yoav Even case and my breaking of the gag.  But an article that just came out in The Marker, Haaretz’s business publication, really takes the cake.  The reporters are shocked, I say shocked that when you ins ...
  • Israeli Rabbis Favor Right of Return…to Saudi ...
    Israel’s far-right nationalist rabbis have made a major political breakthrough in coming to recognize a Palestinian right of return.  The only problem…where they want them to return to: Saudi Arabia.  Rabbi Dov Lior, chief rabbi of the most extreme of the extremist settlers in Hebron, has come ...
  • Links for 2010-03-30 [Digg]
    Overseas Media Begins Reporting Kam Case An Israeli journalist disappears into the maw of the intelligence services. A gag order prevents newspapers reporting the story. Only overseas media can do so, but they hesitate since so little is known. That's why blogs exist and that's the role t ...
  • Levels of Sexual Violence in Israel
    A number of Israeli male commenters have objected to my characterization of the high level of sexual violence against women in Israel.  I promised I would provide some sources and statistics to support my claims.  The Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel presents findings for 2007 whic ...
  • Itamar Murder Suspect’s Facebook Page, Rotter’ ...
    In this day and age it seems like every teenager has their own Facebook page.  It appears suspected murderers too are members of the club.  One of the two suspects in the murder of the Fogel family, Amjad Awad, has his own Facebook page.  There may not be that much that is odd or unusual [... ...

Ode Magazine

  • Sending love and hugs to Tōhoku Japan
    By: onetruespirit I live in Tokyo, and I made a video about my mission to collect hugs and take them to the people who were affected by the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The people have lost so much. I don't want them to lose hope, too. I pla ...
  • From dirt to shirt
    When he answers his phone, Eric Henry, president and co-owner of TS Designs in Burlington, North Carolina, is outside fretting about grasshoppers chomping their way through the employee vegetable garden. “We’ve tried screen mesh and now we’re thinking of getting guineas b ...
  • Signs of love
    By: EmilyAviles Shannon Weber is a woman on a mission to bring love to the streets of San Francisco, and beyond. She's spreading the love with help from her blog and many, many, signs. What is “I love you, too?” “I love you, too" is an opportunity ...
  • The tango according to Pippi Longstocking
    While members of Gotan Project, the prime movers of contemporary tango innovation, are resorting to slogans like “Tango 3.0” to extol the virtues of their recorded output, a modest yet far more playful revolution is taking place in Finland, second home to the tango for ma ...
  • “The washing machine has changed society more ...
    Ha-Joon Chang, a Cambridge economist, turns conventional wisdom about the free market on its head in his new book, 23 Things They Donât Tell You About Capitalism. In it, he argues that the washing machine was more revolutionary than the Internet. Wait a minute. Has the In ...

OpEd News

  • The Guantanamo Children: These Aren't What You ...
    Article 1 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child defines a child as "every human being below the age of eighteen years unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier." However, the US and the Pentagon does not care about child rights. Fourteen or forty years ...
  • Land as a Distinctive Factor of Production
    The classical economists treated land as distinct from capital: "land, labor and capital" were the three basic "factors of production". They were mutually exclusive. They were comprehensive, including all economic agents. Each was also "limitational," meaning at least some of each was needed for ...
  • Israel's Lawless Arrest of Ahmad Qatamish
    Another political prisoner
  • Lies, Damn Lies, and Misreporting about Gitmo ...
    Media lies about Gitmo detainees
  • Normalizing Evil: The NY Times' Curious Take o ...
    There is no room for the notion that it is a monstrous evil to kidnap people, buy them from bounty hunters, round them up in city streets all over the world, and dump them in a concentration camp where they can be tortured, abused, driven mad and abandoned without any legal recourse for years on ...

Switchboard

  • Homage: Remembering Chernobyl
    Henry Henderson, Director, Midwest Program NRDC, Chicago, Illinois Today is the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. To commemorate the disaster, and draw attention to the fact that the disaster continues to unfold for those living ...
  • Exxon Solves Their Megaload Problem - By Cutti ...
    Bobby McEnaney, Land Policy Analyst, DC Be wary when Exxon claims they are going to “investigate” a problem… Over the weekend, Exxon literally took an axe to the trees lining the US Highway-12 Wild and Scenic River corridor in order to faci ...
  • India Climate Change and Energy News - April 1 ...
    Anubhav Gupta, Program Assistant, Water, San Francisco Climate Change India to Map Its Coastal Hazard Line with SDAP “Indian Environment and Forests ministry has signed an agreement with The Survey of India to map, delineate and demarcate the h ...
  • More Than a Year Later, Gulf Dolphins and Turt ...
    Rocky Kistner, Communications Associate, Washington, DC The anniversary of the country’s worst oil disaster came and went last week. There was a brief frenzy of media attention, a litany of speeches and promises by politicians, and emotional memor ...
  • Auto Execs Debunk Own Lobbyists' Myth about St ...
    Roland Hwang, Transportation Program Director, San Francisco Nobody likes to witness a family argument—much less get pulled into it.  But the schism between auto industry lobbyists and auto company executives is hard to ignore, and the consequence ...

Lawyers,Guns,& Money

  • The Week Too Much Music Died
    R.I.P.: Gerard Smith. Phoebe Snow. Poly Styrene.   …more from Roy, who like a commenter reminds me that I forgot to mention Hazel Dickens. Harlan County, USA is available on Netflix streaming…
  • White House releases photo of birth certificate
    This is interesting. Apparently Obama is holding a PC later this morning to address the “issue.” My off the cuff reaction is that this is a mistake. From a political standpoint I think it’s great that Donald Trump is out there saying crazy stuff on Anderson Cooper about how the real birth certif ...
  • Nails/McCourt!
    Between his gross misogyny and rampant financial fraud, the only remaining question is whether Dykstra gears up for a 2016 run at the GOP nomination or waits until 2020.
  • The Right Talk
    The point that Chait makes here about how a lot of the nonsense about how tax cuts invariably lead to pony and unicorn explosions is borne out of the necessity of finding a politically palatable way of defending the principle that extremely wealthy people should have their taxes kept low is born ...
  • The Tyranny of the President Choosing His Own ...
    It indeed doesn’t get much more grimly hilarious than Dick Cheney’s lawyer pretending to be aghast at the “kingly power” what would result from the president being able to appoint the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services without congressional collaboration. Matt is als ...

Desert Research Institute

  • DRI researchers work to boost consumer energy ...
    The patented software and hardware gives energy customers the power to realize energy savings. -- DRI scientists Hampden Kuhns, Ph.D. and Morien Roberts, Ph.D are empowering business owners and eventually residents to manage their energy consumption and adopt efficiency measures that will have ...
  • DRI Scientist Featured in Changing Planet Series
    NBC Learn's latest "Changing Planet" video features DRI's Dr. Joe McConnell and black carbon. Black carbon –small soot-like particles that are produced whenever fossil fuels or other organic substances are incompletely burned– is one of the leading contributors to global warming.
  • Rina Schumer Named 2011 Rising Researcher
    The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents named Dr. Rina Schumer as one of the 2011 Rising Researchers, in recognition of her early-career accomplishments and potential for future advancement. A faculty member in DHS, her current research at DR is focused on the science of s ...
  • Storm Peak Laboratory Cloud Property Validatio ...
    Scientists are busy working at DRI’s Storm Peak Lab at Steamboat Springs, Colo. gathering in-cloud measurements and also verifying the data from radars and other instrumentation that is measuring clouds at four different elevations; one site in town and three within the Steamboat Springs ...
  • Kendrick Taylor Interviewed by NPR About West ...
    By improving our understanding of how natural changes in greenhouse gas influenced climate in the past, the science community will be able to do a better job of predicting future climate changes caused by the emissions of greenhouse gases by human activity.

Earth Techling

  • Xatori Claims Largest EV Charging Network
    Electric vehicle software company Xatori announced that its iPhone app has helped create the self-proclaimed largest U.S. charging station network.
  • Targus Laptop Sleeves Go Green
    Toxic-free, recylable and degradable Ariaprene--an eco-alternative to neoprene--will now be used in the construction of Targus' A7 and Proxy laptop sleeves.
  • LG Smart Fridge Rules Your Kitchen World
    LG rolls out its first two smart appliances this year, including a smart grid-ready fridge that recommends recipes based on what's inside it.
  • Boeing Has A Big New Solar Paneled Roof
    Boeing has forged a partnership with South Carolina Electric & Gas that involves a 2.6 megawatt solar installation on the roof its 787 assembly-line building.
  • Carbon Capture A Big Go In Saskatchewan
    The Canadian province of Saskatchewan has made a big step into carbon capture, approving immediate construction of a massive $1.24 billion CAD project.

National Law Journal | U.S.

  • Some praise, some pans for PTO proposal to str ...
    Patent lawyers have mixed views of a recent proposal by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to overhaul the patent re-examination process, which involves asking the agency to review issued patents and has become a key part of patent litigation.
  • Blind win easier access to law school applicat ...
    After two years of legal wrangling, the Law School Admission Council and the National Federation of the Blind have reached a settlement--with the help of the Justice Department--over the accessibility of the Web site nearly every U.S. law school uses to accept student applications.
  • Jones Day leads the pack in U.S.-based attorneys
    With 3,738 lawyers in 43 offices, Baker & McKenzie once again topped the NLJ 250--The National Law Journal's list of the largest 250 U.S.?based firms by attorney headcount.
  • Protecting America's intellectual property assets
    World Intellectual Property Day serves as a reminder of the dangers posed by infringement, counterfeiting, theft, espionage and other IP crimes.
  • E-DISCOVERY: A SPECIAL REPORT
    Until the next rules change, recent case law is the best standard for preservation obligations; state e-discovery rules are all over the map. Other topics covered in this special report include native production, proportionality, "Big Data" and concept searching.

How Shall We Do The Mountain ?

  • Video: Natural gas blow back in Bradford county
    Frac fluid spills from well for 20 hours at Chesapeake site near Canton. Fluid flowed into a creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna. For more details, see http://www.wnep.com/wnep-brad-leroy-gas-drillingemergency20110420,0,1884646.story
  • Do not discuss the chemicals – Lessons f ...
    So, I’m posting this email I received from the RDA (responsible Drilling Alliance) out of Williamsport, PA because it is full of all the things that I’ve been certain of since the gas companies and their land men showed up, but now there is actually some proof. At least it is proof enough for me ...
  • PennFuture workshop: Gas and Our Water
    Gas and Our Water: Legal tools for watershed advocates dealing with drilling in the Marcellus Shale Saturday, April 16 King’s College, Wilkes-Barre This workshop will give grassroots conservation and watershed groups, concerned citizens and volunteers the legal tools necessary to protect our wat ...
  • Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission challenged ...
    Alright, I apologize up front for this being rather lengthy but I really feel that the information being provided here and the comments below are worth reading through slowly and considering carefully when trying to figure out which side of this debate you want to fall on. I know many of you alr ...
  • Corbett names pick for Conservation and Natura ...
    Wednesday, March 23, 2011 By Laura Olson and Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette HARRISBURG – Gov. Tom Corbett announced his pick for one of two remaining cabinet posts this afternoon, selecting Richard J. Allan to head the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Mr. Allan, 57, has spen ...

News Blaze

  • India Cinema Showcases Strong Sense of Nationalism
    The work of every film producer, director and writer of that time reflected a strong sense of nationalism, as they experimented with subjects, music and actors. They all showcased the aspirations of the common woman and man.
  • Nevada Assembly Opens With Hindu Prayers
    He recited from Rig-Veda, the oldest scripture of the world. He also recited some lines from Upanishads and Bhagavad-Gita, both ancient Hindu scriptures. He started and ended the prayer with 'Om,' the mystical syllable containing the universe. In
  • Tragic Saga of Bahl Sisters Reflects Society's ...
    Nobody bothered to ring the doorbell of the Bahl residence in Sector 29 in NOIDA, where the two sisters had withdrawn into a deep depression. The local Residents' Welfare Association (RWA) was well aware that the water and electricity connections h
  • Flight Experiences Offered to Students and Tea ...
    Students and educators nationwide will have the opportunity to interact with NASA engineers and scientists through two newly developed NASA flight initiatives.
  • EPA Announces New Category for Commercial Frye ...
    Fryers are one of the most common appliances in the food service industry. Large vat fryers are used in a variety of high-volume food establishments including fast food, grocery, retail, institutional and full-service restaurants.

environment 360

  • Outsourced Emissions Dwarf CO2 Cuts in Develop ...
    Carbon emission reductions achieved since 1990 by the world’s developed nations were canceled out many times over by the increase of imported goods from nations without binding emissions targets, including China, according to a new report. While climate policies, including the Kyoto Protocol, st ...
  • Future Water Stress Detailed In U.S. Report on ...
    A new U.S. government report on water in the American West in the 21st century forecasts that temperatures in the region will soar by 5 to 7 degrees F., major rivers such as the Rio Grande and Colorado could Click to enlarge U.S. Department of InteriorProjected precipitation change, 2070-2099 ...
  • Populations of American Pikas Going Extinct As ...
    Extinction rates of American pikas have increased nearly five-fold over the last decade within the Great Basin region of the western U.S., and the climate-sensitive species is moving to higher elevations at a rate Photo by Donald M. Jones/Minden PicturesAn American pika 11 times faster than dur ...
  • Richard Branson Proposes Lemur Reserve on Pri ...
    Sir Richard Branson, the billionaire head of the Virgin Group of companies, is planning to establish a controversial reserve for threatened ringtailed lemurs on a 124-acre island he owns in the Caribbean, about 8,000 miles away from primates’ native Madagascar. Getty Images Branson, who has been ...
  • Extreme Soil ‘Liquefaction’ Is Key Factor in J ...
    Extreme soil liquefaction over hundreds of miles was responsible for much of the damage in Japan following the recent earthquake and tsunami, according to a new report. While it is common for major earthquakes to produce some liquefaction — a phenomenon in which soils lose their strength and act ...

Red Ice Creations

  • Sun Gone Wild: NASA Releases Highlight Reel of ...
    Look what the sun’s been up to over the past year. This spectacular highlight reel of videos shot by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) commemorates the year anniversary of when NASA revealed the first images taken by the spacecraft. Over the past year, the sun has gone from one of the most ...
  • US carries out first drone attacks, will escal ...
    President Obama’s authorisation of the use of missile-armed drones is a further escalation of the Libya conflict that is sure to result in yet more civilian casualties (Obama sends in Predator drones to help Misrata, 22 April). The evidence is overwhelming that drone usage in Pakistan, Afghanist ...
  • Are civilian deaths mounting in Libya or not? ...
    In Libya, Colonel Gaddafi’s troops are reportedly being withdrawn from the rebel-held city of Misrata in the face of NATO airstrikes. It follows an almost two month standoff. Meanwhile, allied aircraft carried out fresh airstrikes on the capital Tripoli overnight, with a government spokesman say ...
  • Pluto’s Expanding Atmosphere Confounds Researchers
    Recent observations of Pluto reveal that the icy orb’s atmosphere has expanded dramatically since 2000, and for the first time researchers have detected carbon monoxide. The findings may be evidence of seasonal changes in climate linked to Pluto’s most recent close approach to the sun, but scien ...
  • Hundreds of dead fish found in Ventura Harbor, ...
    Hundreds of fish have been found dead in Ventura Harbor. This is the second large fish kill in Southern California this year. This time, hundreds of dead fish are floating in Ventura Harbor. The phone calls started coming into the Ventura Harbor Patrol around 6 a.m. Monday. Boaters were already ...

Russia Today

  • Be fruitful and multiply, replenish the net
    Swedish self-confessed internet pirates want official recognition of their anti-copyright stance as a religious belief – and seek legal protection for it. Russian like-minded activists also have their eye on...
  • Fukushima operator starts test-drowning damage ...
    Tokyo Electric Power Company has increased the flow of water into the containment vessel of the damaged No.1 reactor to test whether the construction can withstand increased weight and to check for possible leaks.
  • I want to free France from EU straitjacket – f ...
    While the EU forces France to accept more and more immigrants, the country has already had enough, with anti-ethnic sentiments growing every year, believes Marine Le Pen, head of the far-right party National Front.
  • From sanctions to a Libya-style showdown in Syria
    France and Italy are urging the UN to put pressure on Syria to end its violent crackdown on anti-government protesters. Washington is also considering imposing sanctions, which is raising fears that Syria could be the...
  • Lost liberty fears in France over “Big Brother ...
    France’s Vigipirate system, Europe’s most expensive anti-terror program, was designed to fight what it calls the growing terrorist threat. With troops patrolling the streets it is feared that France is now just one step...

Dad2059′s Webzine of Science Fiction, Science Fact and Esoterica

  • WikiLeaks, Allnewsweb and the TEA Party
    When one looks at the above title, the individual has to ask, WTF? What could these three things have in common? Well, according to ‘Mirage Men‘ author, Mark Pilkington, not really a whole hell of a lot, just rampant opportunism: When the first mention of UFOs in the tranche of diplomatic paper ...
  • Even Gary Bekkum is skeptical
    Gary Bekkum’s  STARpod.org’s site is usually replete with government conspiracies, psychic spies, hamsters, Bigelow’s Skinwalker Ranch, Laura Eisenhower’s Mars Colony and other wondrous esoteric oddities that it’s hard to believe that Gary could be skeptical of anything. But he is. He is very s ...
  • More Paracast: George Filer
    Yeah I know I’ve been lazy lately (or so it seems), but trust me on this one. You won’t be disappointed with this interview Gene Steinberg and co-host Chris O’Brien of the Paracast had with Eastern MUFON Director George Filer, who also has the website Filer’s Files (which caters to guess what? Y ...
  • The Paracast: Clifford Clift of MUFON
    This week’s Paracast with Gene Steinberg and Chris O’Brien is a conversation with MUFON International’s Clifford Clift. Subjects range from the nuts and bolts aspects of UFOs to the possible paranormal links with ghosts, angels, demons and Sasquatch. This was a down to earth and civil interview, ...
  • Bizarre Beachcoming: Review of the Codex Serap ...
    Dr. Beachcoming, that eccentric collector of all things of an exotic historical nature, reviews The Codex Seraphinianus,  a book written by Luigi Serafini that is purportedly about an alien world complete with language, customs, architecture, flora and fauna. Luigi Serafini, Codex Seraphinianus ...

Tippers News

  • Yes, trafficking happens right here
    A common misconception about human trafficking and modern slavery is that it does not happen here. But it does. It's a documented fact. Take the case of two girls, ages 15 and 16, who ran away from a juvenile home in Fremont in 2007.Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a ...
  • Human smuggling
    THERE is no doubt that rampant poverty, unemployment and a bleak future stare young Pakistanis in the face. The situation invariably provides a breeding ground Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • Three men helped starve kids, court tol
    Three men helped starve five children in Adelaide until they looked like they had came from a famine-affected Third World country, a court has been told.Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • Confused cat found wandering streets of of Lin ...
    This hungry kitty thought she was the cat that had got the cream when she found a half-full tin of pet food as she prowled for snacks in bins behind a supermarket.Submitted by Maria Oniga to Animals �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • Tiger killing 'a crime against nature'
    Three people have been sentenced to a total of eight and a half years in prison for trying to smuggle tiger skins and bones across the Russian border. And for the first time in this kind of case, a charge of 'ecological damage' might be brought for the Submitted by Maria Oniga to Animals �|� �N ...

The Freeman

  • The Preamble They Should’ve Written
    If the Founding Fathers had wanted to block the drift toward big government, they should have written a preamble to the Constitution that extolled the virtue of the private sector.
  • Dependence on Government Hits All-Time High
    “Americans depended more on government assistance in 2010 than at any other time in the nationâs history, a USA TODAY analysis of federal data finds. The trend shows few signs of easing, even though the economic recovery is nearly 2 years old. A record 18.3% of the nationâs total personal income ...
  • People Feel the Pinch of Higher Gas Prices
    “Soaring gasoline prices are biting into household incomes and nibbling at Americansâ fuel consumption â and support for President Obama, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.” (Washington Post) Déjà vu. FEE Timely Classic “How Not to Respond to Higher Gasoline Prices” by David N. Laba ...
  • Government Employee Pensions Are on the Table
    “Conventional wisdom and the laws and constitutions of many states have long held that the pensions being earned by current government workers are untouchable. But as the fiscal crisis has lingered, officials in strapped states from California to Illinois have begun to take a second look, to see ...
  • Silence: One Way Truth Loses
    The Duke lacrosse suits are a rare opportunity to lift the veils that protect academic, police, and court misconduct from public view.

Teaching Online Journalism

  • Skills for journalists: The basics
    Jennifer Peebles — a self-described “old geezer who used to work at a newspaper” — wrote a post at the SPJ Net Worked blog titled Digital media skills every young journalist needs. Like a lot of old geezers (I say that with affection!), she started with the fundamentals: Be honest, accurate, fai ...
  • A great Flash infographic
    This might be the best interactive information graphic ever. What do you think? I love the simplicity of the rollovers. The multiple information (timeline, map) delivered in the top image below is delightful. Tapuiassauro, o novo dinossauro do Brasil won a gold medal at this year’s Malofiej (se ...
  • 10 useful resources about data visualization
    These will be useful to introduce students, journalists, or yourself to the concepts of data visualization. Bonus: There’s an interesting discussion on Quora about the difference between information graphics and data visualization. (1) When the Data Struts Its Stuff (April 2, 2011): A 1,000-wor ...
  • Timelines in journalism: A closer look
    You’re not going to create one every week, but a timeline is a useful — and helpful — type of information graphic, and fairly common in journalism. When teaching students about timelines, here are some ideas to consider and discuss: Chronology or timeline? Sometimes a timeline is not a timelin ...
  • Teaching about storytelling
    As a follow-up to Tuesday’s post about getting a story (and teaching students about stories), I’m going to refer to three earlier posts here: The elements of storytelling RGMP 11: Tell a good story with images and sound Storytelling 101 with âThe Annoying Orangeâ What I learned from Ken ...

Facing South

  • VOICES: Environmental justice communities bear ...
    By Robert J. Bullard, OpEdNews It has been one year since the massive BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster created an environmental nightmare on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The oil disaster killed 11 workers. And for three months the nation watched and held its breath as the busted BP well spewed ...
  • CHRONIC EXPOSURE
    Along the Gulf Coast, the oil industry's harm to communities' health goes far beyond the BP disaster. A special Facing South investigation by Sue Sturgis In the offices of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, a grassroots nonprofit in Mid-City New Orleans, a large map of the state and the Gulf of Mex ...
  • Punk'd in New Orleans: Government, BP imperson ...
    For the politicians, CEOs and other leaders assembled at the Gulf Coast Leadership Summit this week, the New Orleans confab was a chance to demonstrate the government's accomplishments and commitment to recovery after last year's fateful BP disaster. Share | But they got more than they ...
  • A year after Gulf tragedy, offshore oil compan ...
    By Marian Wang, ProPublica When the Deepwater Horizon disaster killed 11 men at sea last April and set off the worst oil spill in U.S. history, the tragedy exposed a number of weaknesses -- not least of which were decades-old laws th ...
  • A REGULATORY DISASTER
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