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- Naomi Klein: Capitalism vs. the ClimateThe deniers did not decide that climate change is a left-wing conspiracy by uncovering some covert socialist plot. They arrived at this analysis by taking a hard look at what it would take to lower global emissions as drastically and as rapidly as climate science demands. They have concluded tha ...
- Syria Intervention InevitableRegime change in Syria was a foregone conclusion as early as 1991. General Wesley Clark in a 2007 speech in California relayed a 1991 conversation between himself and then Under Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz. Wolfowitz indicated that America had 5-10 years to clean up old Soviet "client re ...
- Asian Money Fleeing EuroZoneAsia's exodus marks a dangerous inflexion point in the unfolding drama. "Japanese and Asian investors are for the first time looking at the euro project and saying `I don't like what I see at all' and fleeing the whole region. "The question on everybody's mind in the debt markets is whether it ...
- Branson warns of jobless 'lost generation'Sir Richard Branson is to warn George Osborne that he will create a "lost generation" of young people who will never know work unless he takes radical steps in next week's Autumn Statement to kick-start the economy.
- Sea level fall and floods due to massive evapo ...In 2010, massive evaporation from the oceans caused global average sea level to drop by 6 mm. The extra water in the atmosphere went on to cause severe flooding around the world.
Independent - London
- George Clooney on witness list for Silvio Berl ...Actor George Clooney is among more than 200 witnesses accepted by a Milan court in the trial of former Premier Silvio Berlusconi for allegedly paying for sex with an underage prostitute.
- Bahrain accused over demo justiceBahrain used torture, excessive force and fast-track justice in crackdowns on mass protests, a special investigating panel has found.
- Exclusive: Leaked UN report reveals torture, l ...Thousands of people, including women and children, are being illegally detained by rebel militias in Libya, according to a report by the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Many of the prisoners are suffering torture and systematic mistreatment while being held in private jails outside the ...
- Leaked UN report reveals torture, lynchings an ...Thousands of people, including women and children, are being illegally detained by rebel militias in Libya, according to a report by the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Many of the prisoners are suffering torture and systematic mistreatment while being held in private jails outside the ...
- Yemen's president steps downYemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh signed a deal today under which he stepped down from 33 years in power and 10 months of protests against his rule that have brought the country to the edge of civil war.
Rogue Government.com
- Ben Bernanke Makes Insane Comments On Gold Ben Bernanke who today was testifying in front of a Congressional Committee made the assertion that gold is not money during an exchange with Congressman Ron Paul. He even went as far to say that central banks only hold gold because of tradition
- UK Energy bills ‘to double in five years’ as ...Energy bills are likely to double within five years as the Government drives a move to green power and building nuclear power stations, it is claimed.
- ATF’s Fast and Furious Seems Colored With Sha ...The acting head of ATF (the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) has seemingly blown the cover of both DEA and FBI informant operations in order to spare his own neck and to deflect blame away from a badly flawed operation undertaken by his own agency.
- Blackwater’s New Director: Bill Clinton’s Law ...Blackwater’s rebranding continues at a torrid pace. Danger Room has learned the latest Washington greybeard hired to spruce up the image of the world’s most infamous private security firm is Jack Quinn, a top Washington lobbyist and former White House counsel to President Bill Clinton.
- EU calls emergency meeting as crisis stalks I ...European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has called an emergency meeting of top officials dealing with the euro zone debt crisis for Monday morning, reflecting concern that the crisis could spread to Italy, the region's third largest economy.
Innovation Canada
- Innovative, naturallyFor the first time this past winter, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) launched the Emerging Science Journalists Award (ESJA). The award was created to support Canada’s talented young science writers. Below is one of the winning entries by Roslyn Dakin, doctoral candidate in the Departm ...
- A very gourd ideaIt’s been known for years that plants can take up and store trace amounts of hazardous metals like nickel, arsenic and cadmium from contaminated soil in a process called phytoremediation. Until recently, however, scientists assumed that plants weren’t capable of taking up a class of toxic chemic ...
- Johne’s happensTrudging through a dairy farm to collect manure samples isn’t exactly glamorous work, but the odorous task is starting to have a big impact on the health of dairy cattle in Atlantic Canada — and it will save the dairy industry millions of dollars each year. Technicians at the University of Princ ...
- Gait crasherFor most people, walking is as natural as breathing. But for those with mobility issues, it can be extremely challenging, even impossible. That’s where University of New Brunswick (UNB) kinesiologist Vicky Chester comes in. Specializing in clinical gait analysis — the study of the mechanics of a ...
- Better wine, one yeast cell at a timeHennie J. J. van Vuuren is among the 30 percent of adults around the world who exhibit allergic reactions to young red wines — something that has inspired the University of British Columbia (UBC) wine biotechnologist to create a new yeast strain capable of eliminating the allergens altogether. “ ...
Signs of the times
- Vindicated Seismologist Says Japan Still Under ...Dismissed as a "nobody" by Japan's nuclear industry, seismologist Katsuhiko Ishibashi spent two decades watching his predictions of disaster come true: First in the 1995 Kobe earthquake and then at Fukushima. He says the government still doesn't get it. The 67-year-old scientist recalled in an ...
- Old coins force re-think on Jerusalem's Wester ...Israeli archaeologists on Wednesday said they had found ancient coins that overturned widely-held beliefs about the origins of Jerusalem's Western Wall, one of Judaism's holiest sites. For centuries, many thought the wall was built by King Herod - also infamous, in the Christian tradition, for ...
- US: Flash Mob Shoplifts at Silver Spring, Mary ...50 shoplifters hit 7-Eleven at once Montgomery County is dealing with another flash mob robbery and it was all caught on tape. Dozens of kids raided a 7-Eleven in Silver Spring over the weekend. Police are searching for all the teens that were involved. At least 70 people simultaneously shop ...
- US: Harold Rodman, TSA worker, arrested for se ...A Transportation Security Administration employee is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Manassas, Virginia. TSA won't say where or what suspect does for agency The suspect, Harold Glen Rodman, 52, allegedly was wearing his uniform and displayed a badge to the victim, a 37-year-old wo ...
- Anonymous targets pepper-spraying policemanThe online "hacktivist" group Anonymous published the personal contact details on Monday of a California university policeman who used pepper spray on protesters, and it urged supporters to flood him with phone calls and emails. YouTube videos of Friday's incident on the campus of the Universit ...
The Galloping Beaver
- Grow op . . .SEEMS TO BE A GROWTH INDUSTRY. According to Spencer Ackerman at WIRED, in an article, "Pentagon’s War on Drugs Goes Mercenary", now the Pentagon is joining the DEA in the "War on Drugs", in a BIG way: An obscure Pentagon office designed to curb the flow of illegal drugs has quietly evolved into ...
- Here's your G20 anarchists......justifying a billion dollar security budget and a thousand arbitrary arrests and beatings.
- Group Statement by 17 People Charged With Cons ...Posted in its entirety and without comment. **Please Forward Widely** GROUP STATEMENT BY 17 PEOPLE CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY DURING THE G20 REGARDING A PLEA DEAL http://conspiretoresist.wordpress.com/ November 22, 2011 -- As people across Turtle Island look towards the global wave of protests ...
- Nice one, pony-soldierMy first thought upon reading this report from CBC about the massive surveillance program instituted by Canadian police around the G8/G20 was wow, what are you going to do now? Occupy didn't exist last year in Toronto and Huntsville. There wasn't a global movement with massive latent support tr ...
- OWS perspective . . .THE TYEE has been a source of sound perspective for years, now. John MacLachlan Gray has a fascinating article, "Managers vs. the Managed: Another Way to Look at #OWS", wherein he points out some aspects that, upon reflection, are so obvious, they're hard to see. It's not about resenting ...
Media Matters for America
- Zombie Lie: Fox, WSJ Still Falsely Cl ...Fox host Stuart Varney and The Wall Street Journal claimed that lowering tax rates increases tax revenue. In fact, many economists -- including former Bush advisers -- have rejected this claim.Fox and WSJ: Lower Rates Would Lead To More Revenue To The Treasury Varney: "How Do You Grow The Econ ...
- Right-Wing Media Twist Pelosi's "Conscience" C ...Right-wing media seized on a comment Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi made about Catholics and health care providers to suggest that Pelosi was mocking Catholics for having a "conscience." In fact, Pelosi, who is Catholic, was discussing Republican-backed "conscience exemptions" for health care pro ...
- Fox Falsely Suggests Obama Hasn't Put Forward ...Fox News' Bill Kristol and Bill O'Reilly suggested that President Obama has not laid out a plan for reducing the nation's deficit. In fact, Obama put forward a plan in September that would reduce the deficit by approximately $3 trillion over the next decade.Kristol, O'Reilly Suggest That Presid ...
- Wall Street Journal Again Goes To Bat ...The Wall Street Journal has attacked the Food and Drug Administration for revoking the approval of the drug Avastin for treatment of breast cancer, accusing the agency of "imposing a blanket government abstraction" over the choices of patients and doctors. But studies have found Avastin to be i ...
- Obama Didn't Call Americans Lazy -- But Right- ...Right-wing media recently pushed the discredited attack that President Obama called Americans "lazy." But right-wing media figures themselves have a history of suggesting that Americans -- particularly the poor, the unemployed, and union workers, among others -- are lazy or lack work ethic.Righ ...
Global Research.ca
- Towards a World War III Scenario: Reverse the ...For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
- Peace Rally for Libya set for November 24thFor more details, please click on the link to read the article.
- Britain’s Cover-Up of Inside Job in Fatal RAF ...For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
- Tribunal Finds Bush & Blair Guilty of War Crimes For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
- A Majority of Americans (Including Both OWS an ...For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
TPM Cafe
- Sorting the Varieties of Republican Foreign Po ...Democracy Arsenal and National Security Network head into tonight's CNN/Heritage/AEI candidate forum with an awesome array of analysis. A long way of saying where you can find great stuff as a viewer's guide for tonight. For my part, I'd only add a particular angle -- my diagnostic manual for th ...
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- Stay Tuned: New Ad Calls for Debate on Nuclear ...In the first Republican presidential debate on national security issues, held on November 12th, the closest the Republican candidates came to holding a discussion on nuclear weapons was when they got into a bidding war over who could deploy the harshest rhetoric against Iran. Hopefully tonigh ...
- The Great Rope a Dope trickBarack Obama learned a political trick from Muhammad Ali called Rope a Dope. For you youngsters, this refers to the epic Rumble in the Jungle Heavyweight fight against George Foreman in 1974. Here is the Wikipedia explanation. The rope-a-dope is performed by a boxer assuming a protected stance ...
- 'Pennies From Heaven'When I joined Monitor Company (now Group) in the spring of 1992, the first party its directors, my new colleagues, invited me to was at Mitt Romney's mansion in Belmont. Romney was at the time still with Bain Capital, but his political ambitions were clear. The party, in fact, turned o ...
Institute for Middle East Understanding
- Rick Santorum on illegal Israeli Settlements ...In a recorded conversation during a Friday campaign stop in Iowa, former Republican senator Rick Santorum offered a surprisingly hawkish set of foreign policy views (even for Santorum) on both Iran and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. After telling a questioner that the U.S. should target Irani ...
- UN envoy singles out Israel over talks deadloc ...The UN Middle East peace envoy on Monday singled out Israel's settlement building for criticism as he highlighted deadlocked efforts to bring Israelis and Palestinians into direct talks ...
- Palestine Freedom Riders (sanakassem)On the 15th of November, six Palestinian activists: Nadeem Al-Sharbate, Huwaida Arraf, Dr.Mazin Qumsieyeh, Fadi Qura'an, Basel Al-Araj, and Badee' Dwaik, boarded a segregated Israeli bus used by Israeli settlers to Jerusalem in an attempt to highlight the regime of discrimination on freedom of m ...
- Haniyeh: No longer any justification for siege ...Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Tuesday called on Israel to end its siege of the Gaza Strip in light of the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Speaking at an event to welcom ...
- UN chief appeals to Israel's Netanyahu to imme ...Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is appealing to Israel's prime minister to immediately resume the transfer of Palestinian tax and customs revenue to the Palestinians. U.N. spokesman Marti ...
Water - AlterNet
- Will Programs to Off-Set Carbon Emissions Fuel ...The question in Bolivia and all over the Global South is whether forests should be protected, for a price, and who gets a share of that money.
- The New Wild West: Will Citizens and the Envir ...Offshore oil should be an economic boon for West Africa, but watchdog groups fear a devastating impact on human and wild life
- The 5 Most Toxic Energy Companies and How They ...Energy companies continue to rake in massive profits. They use this wealth to leverage elections, write legislation, scale back regulations and escape accountability.
- Is it Coca-Cola's Grand Canyon or Ours? The Fi ...Grand Canyon National Park officials wanted to ban the sale of bottled water, but Coke had other ideas.
- Tar Sands Fight Goes Beyond Keystone: A Little ...An award-winning documentary offers a glimpse of a little-known pipeline plan -- and the paradise it threatens.
Public Citizen in Texas
- Pipelines of Poison Sidestep Stalled State Dep ...Foreign Pipeline Owners Find a Way to Get Around Federal Permit Process TransCanada is attempting to outsmart the State Department and bypass federal blocks by using two existing pipelines of poison after the State Department and President Obama delayed approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline permi ...
- Federal Regulatory Accountability Act Puts the ...In a state where regulatory issues are driven by ”crony capitalism” a has proposed federal bill could give industry a blank check here in Texas. The Regulatory Accountability Act (RAA) (S. 1606/H.R. 3010) is a radical measure that would severely weaken laws that protect our health, ...
- Does climate change influence extreme weather ...The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) today released a special report on the influence of climate change on extreme weather events. In the United States, Americans have endured a record-setting series of extreme weather events in 2011, including the Mississippi floods, record high ...
- Political favors – how to stop it from ruining ...According to the Texas Energy Report, state environmental regulators appointed by Gov. Rick Perry issued a permit in January for a Houston-area industrial waste injection well to a company whose top investors include some of Perry’s close friends and campaign contributors. The Texas Commis ...
- What is the state of your air? Check out the A ...The American Lung Association State of the Air 2011 report ranks the metropolitan areas based on ozone and particle pollution during 2007, 2008 and 2009. For particle pollution, they rank the areas separately with high year-round (annual average) levels and high short-term levels (24-hour) found ...
Unexplained Mysteries
- Family claims five-year-old son is hauntedA young boy is allegedly being haunted by a grey skinned man who sits on his chest all night. In what sounds like it could be a form of sleep paralysi...
- Searching for bigfoot among the redwoodsThough Bigfoot remains elusive, enthusiasts still prowl the forests in search of proof of its existence. Groups of upwards of 20 individuals gather fr...
- Mystery of Dead Sea Scrolls solved ?New research has revealed clues as to who wrote the famous scrolls discovered near the Dead Sea. Discovered in 1947, the exact origins of the scrolls ...
- Seeking exotic life on other worldsResearchers have suggested that the search for alien life should go beyond looking for Earth-like worlds. So far our efforts have been focused on loca...
- Christian fired for refusing to wear '666'A factory worker was fired from his job for refusing to wear a '666' sticker believing he'd go to hell. Billy E. Hyatt was fired from a plastics facto...
Grassroots
- Movements Unite in Mali, Confronting Powerful ...Subheadline: “We are decolonizing Africa here” Outside Author Info Outside Author Bio: Salena Tramel is the former Program Coordinator for the Middle East and Haiti at Grassroots ...
- Gaza’s Human Rights GuruThe first time I shared a meal with Raji Sourani was at a seaside restaurant in Gaza City. A lawyer and longtime director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), a Grassroots International partner, Sourani is well known throughout Palestine for his quick and sound judgment—which showe ...
- Defending the Commons and the Right to Land, W ...lran2_cover2.jpg Effective agrarian reform, according to the Global Campaign for Agrarian Reform (GCAR) includes “ a bundle of policies that ensure that agricultural land is distributed to landless peasants and smallholders swiftly and equi ...
- A Prize for Solidarity and Justicelmulher_limpando_arroz.jpg read more
- Janaina Stronzake, from MST, to visit East Coastenviar10.jpg read more
Climate
- Energy Department Threatened by Cyber Attacks, ...Source: The Hill The Energy Department is "routinely threatened with sophisticated cyber attacks" and has not taken the necessary steps to protect itself, according to a report made public Monday.
- NASA to Launch New Earth-Observing SatelliteSource: AP After a five-year delay, an Earth-observing satellite will be launched to test new technologies aimed at improving weather forecasts and monitoring climate change.
- Global Warming: 'Melting Glaciers Can Cause Ma ...Source: The Express Tribune Experts in Pakistan believe that the fast melting of glaciers combined with the heavy monsoon rains caused last year's massive floods that affected around 20 million people and destroyed 1.6 mil ...
- Russian Heat Wave Statistically Linked to Clim ...Source: Wired News A new method of crunching climate data could make it possible to put a figure on climate change's contribution to freak weather events, something tha's been difficult to do with empirical precision.
- 'Disasters' Strain FEMA's ResourcesSource: USA Today The federal government is turning hundreds of relatively low-cost storms into federal disasters — draining billions of dollars in scarce FEMA aid and tying up millions more for years.
GreenBiz
- 3 Obvious Ways Companies Can Flip the Switch a ...Cutting energy use across the enterprise can be so simple, and so cost-effective that it's astounding there is still any of this low-hanging fruit waiting to be plucked. Here are eight case studies showing what's possible.
- MGM Earns EPA Award for Food Recycling ProgramThe resort company earned a WasteWise Acheivement Award in part for its recycling of 8,722 tons of food in 2010 alone.
- The CDP's Water Report Offers a New Paradigm f ...The key findings of the first look at how global firms are managing water risk further highlights the risks that water pose to company operations, what the opportunities are for forward-thinking companies, and where the impacts will be felt first.
- Cleveland Indians Hit a Home Run with Waste-Sl ...The Cleveland Indians have cut their waste in half, saving the ball club more than $50,000 each year.
- Floods, Drought, Disasters Make Water Risky fo ...Whether it's flooding, toxic spills or drought, it's becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the risks that water poses for businesses.
Duly Noted
- Capturing the Punjabi imagination: drones and ...A short work of fiction about drones may tell us more about the way these are imagined than how they are experienced in Pakistan's tribal areas.
- India-Afghan strategic pact:the beginnings of ...A strategic pact between India and Afghanistan has drawn muted response from Pakistan. If anything Islamabad has pressed on with peace moves with India.
- Europe can’t put out the blazeAs Italy surpasses Greece as the biggest threat to the euro zone, European finance ministers meeting in Brussels struggle to put out the spreading flames.
- Democracy and Chaos are both GreekIt's not exactly ???? (chaos) out there, but Greek Prime Ministers Papandreou's experiment in ?????????? (democracy) has sent the whole euro zone project into a new, risky phase.
- Could Islamist rebels undermine change in Africa?Creeping from the periphery in Africa’s east and west, Islamist militant groups now pose serious security challenges to key countries and potentially even a threat to the continent’s new success.
Booman Tribune
- So, the War's Over Then?I see that the Washington Post is reporting that we have basically killed everyone in al-Qaeda of any consequence. They're supposedly down to two leaders, one of whom isn't popular. At least, this is supposedly true for the original organization that was based in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The ...
- Casual Observation I can't stop laughing at Texas Republicans. Oh, and Arizona Republicans, too. Stupid racists. So stupid and racist that they just keep shooting themselves in the foot and costing themselves congressional seats. Discuss
- Wanker of the Day: Thomas FriedmanI admit to kind of a perverse soft spot for the Mustache of Understanding. He tries so hard -- way, way too hard -- to present elite Beltway conventional wisdom as cutting edge thinking. He's also, of late, trying very hard to assume the late David Broder's throne as the Undisputed King of Bipar ...
- GOP Looks Bellicose If you missed the Republican debate on foreign policy last night here is the transcript. I actually did watch the debate after having skipped the last two because they were unwatchable. There were a few moments that made me wretch, like when criminals Ed Meese and Paul Wolfowitz were invited t ...
- Lowering the DiscourseI doubt that Michele Bachmann will be making any repeat appearances on The Jimmy Fallon Show. Apparently, his house band The Roots took the opportunity of her introduction to play the Fishbone song "Lyin' Ass Bitch." She of course was none the wiser. Now, naturally, the right-wing is comparin ...
Environmental Graffiti
- 15 Amazing Images of Baby Birds at Dinner TimeFifteen adorable images of parent birds feeding their young... This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- New York City's Sobering Irish Hunger Memorial A memorial in the shadows of the New York City World Trade Center commemorates the 19th Century Irish Famine. This moving memorial invokes the horrors of famine... read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the articl ...
- 15 Most Incredible Plunge Waterfalls on EarthThese incredible torrents water are all plunge waterfalls, dropping away spectacularly from the rock faces behind them! This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- 7 Most Incredible Cases of Death By Spontaneou ...The amazing tales of people who went in flames with no apparent explanation as to what sparked their fiery demise. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- 10 Hottest Links of the WeekStrange events and wonderful places from around the world, with a wee bit of design ingenuity and a glimpse into the past – and future – for good measure! 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
- The Under-Examined Story of Fallujah Although you're unlikely to have read about it in the press, the ongoing health crisis in Fallujah shows that the legacy of the U.S. war in Iraq is far from over.
- Barak's Flagging Iran Xenophobia Enrages Israe ...Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak may not be as gung-ho to attack Iran as thought.
- Droning OnThe CIA's drone war in Pakistan is setting precedents that will one day come back to haunt America.
- Israel's Quiet War with IranThe question is not whether Israel will attack Iran -- it already has.
- Egypt: Tear Gas May Be Non-lethal But It's Let ...Egyptian protesters outraged by military's use of U.S. tear gas.
Global Elite
- Fear, Intimidation & Media Disinformation: U.K ...Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, August 20, 2009 An official UK government report –quoted extensively in Britain’s tabloid media– is warning the British public that there will b ...
- President European Commission Advocated World ...Jurriaan Maessen. Infowars. July 24th, 2009 On September 7, 1992, two term President of the European Commission Jacques Delors gave a speech to the Royal Institute of International A ...
- Billions of People Expected to Die Under Curre ...Barbara Minton, Natural News, July 21st, 2009 Your right to eat healthy food and use supplements of your choice is rapidly vanishing, but every effort has been made to keep you in th ...
- Bioweapons, Dangerous Vaccines, and Threats of ...Stephen Lendman, Global Research, July 7th, 2009 Although international law prohibits the use of chemical and bacteriological weapons, America has had an active biological warfare pr ...
- Today we’re all prisoners in the USA Papers, Please! June 2, 2009 As of today, June 1, 2009, even U.S. citizens are officially prisoners in the USA, or exiles barred from entering our own country without the government’ ...
Al Jazeera
- Pakistan appoints new US ambassadorSherry Rahman, a ruling party veteran and former minister, replaces Husain Haqqani who resigned after memo controversy.
- Dozens of deaths reported in Syria crackdownActivists say at least 41 killed in 24 hours as Turkey says Assad's actions pose risk of regional turmoil.
- Bahrain inquiry confirms rights abusesCommission says security forces used "excessive force" and tortured detainees in a report accepted by government.
- Germany suffers from poor bonds salesDisappointing experience raises fears that the eurozone crisis is beginning to threaten Europe's strongest economy.
- Chevron faces $145m in possible Brazil finesUS oil firm fined $28m for spill off the coast of Rio de Janeiro state, but overall penalties could add up to much more.
Green Inc. - NYT
- Appeals Court Keeps Yellowstone Grizzlies on T ...Conservationists and their opponents have been watching the Yellowstone grizzly bear case in Montana, because it has many similarities to an earlier court battle to prevent the removing of the wolf from the endangered species list.
- Inviting a Turkey to DinnerA turkey sanctuary based in New York and California promotes safe haven for Thanksgiving's main dish.
- After Rhino Horn Seizure, Conservationists See ...Conservationists see a record seizure of rhino horn in Hong Kong as a way to enforce more smuggling crimes.
- On Our Radar: Made With the WindEnvironmental news notes.
- Giving Shad a 30-Year ChanceEnergy companies are now negotiating with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for 30-year license renewals, a process that could allow for improvements to existing fish ladders.
Dot Earth News
- You're Driving a Bus Full of Kids With a Curve ...Are debates over the meaning of e-mail discussions of climate science missing the big picture?
- The Tussle Between Energy and Ecology Moves to ...An owner of protected wild lands in Australia is fighting plans for a giant coal mine supplying China.
- Dot Shot: Hong Kong Haul of Smuggled Rhino Hor ...Authorities interdict $2 million worth of rhinoceros horn and ivory, revealing the flow to China.
- Another Treaty Negotiation, Another Batch of C ...A new batch of climate scientists' e-mail messages surfaces ahead of a new climate conference.
- A Deeper Look at China, Coal and CO2Digging deep on the growing flows of coal to China and other emerging industrial centers in Asia.
Doug Feith : Hong Pong
- Support Global Revolution.tv and the Minneapol ...Heyo... so unexpectedly I've dedicated the vast majority of my time in the last 22 days to the Occupy Wall Street phenom and specifically editing the video stream for Global Revolution TV. For about a year until August, I worked at an Internet startup which abruptly laid me off, owing a bunch of ...
- #occupywallstreet makes total lolOur comradez in NYC are running live feeds and I am helping coordinate affairs. We are kickin on irc.indymedia.org #occupywallstreet and also you can hit that on http://chat.indymedia.org via webs. Here is the live video embed... you can use the Contact form above if you want to hit me up. It i ...
- 9-11 FBI Foreknowledge Nibbles with Ali Soufan ...Ah so it's been a decade eh comrades? The skrewing over of emergency personnel has gone almost unnoticed. FDNY member on 9/11 Truth “I support you guys” | We Are Change -- some new stuff has been trickling out -- pretty solid stuff, at that. The glorious official narrative got its booster shot, ...
- Review: "Contagion": Minneapolis faces instant ...SPOILER ALERTS! -- Plagued man (lower left) staggers off bus at Lake & Lyndale; Paltrow croaks at Fairview University Medical Center; MDH painted as buffoons; Matt Damon defends saddest Minnesota XMas ever w/ shotgun & sweaters! Snagged advance tickets to Steven Soderbergh's A-List dis ...
- Libyans, Prepare to Hail & Welcome the New NAT ...Libya looks like it's finally kicking into the next step. I posted this up onto Agonist. Sorry for lack of links but you can google this stuff... As we close in on 50,000,000 good Americans on food stamps, yet another occupation & Hard Power hegemony scheme kicks off. Get ready for Monday's ...
Daily Censored
- “[N]ot the Time. . .to Follow the Line o ...In a major journal from the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), a teacher and scholar laments the current state of implementing the research in language: “A brief consideration will indicate reasons for the considerable gap between the research currently available and the utili ...
- Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker prevented from ...The Occupy Chicago movement prevented Scott Walker from speaking at a business breakfast November 3rd in Chicago. Take a look. Governor Scott Walker Not Allowed to Speak at Chicago Business Breakfast To view Walker’s humiliation you can go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KET6XK1E ...
- Public Broadcasting or P ‘BS’?: Th ...After more than three decades with The Washington Post executive Boisfeuillet (Bo) Jones Jr. has announced he will become President and CEO of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, which produces “PBS Newshour.” Jones is currently chairman of The Washington Post, the parent company of Kaplan Unive ...
- America.gov, Cognitive Infiltration, and Obama ...I first became aware of Cass Sunstein’s ideas for controlling conspiracy theories after seeing several ads for a web site called America.gov run by the State Department. It’s a complex, well-funded site with more avenues than I’ve cared to examine, but what caught my attention was the section un ...
- Who Are The Occupiers?Portland, Oregon, is occupied. In the blink of an eye, Portland became a police state. Good cop became bad cop in the space of a day — specifically Nov. 13, when Portland’s formal downtown Occupation was rousted and the parks were fenced off. Since then they have been guarded 24/7 by gruff ...
AlterNet's Breaking News
- Saleh to sign exit plan but Yemen protests rage on
- Merck To Settle Charges Vioxx Was Illegally Pr ...
- The Big Picture: University Of California Stud ...
- Women Are Underrepresented, Oversexualized In ...
- Need a Reason to be Thankful This Year? Look a ...
Institute for Policy Studies
- How Occupy is Transforming Our National Conver ...In just two months, the Occupy movement has begun to unseat an economic narrative that held sway for thirty years.
- Droning OnThe CIA's drone war in Pakistan is setting precedents that will one day come back to haunt America.
- A Stunning VictoryU.S. troops will finally withdraw from Iraq, but what about the contractors? We need to bring home all U.S. personnel and dollars.
- Sequestering Military Spending: It's eminently ...Even if sequestration cuts across all military programs, this sort of ham-handed approach is safely doable.
- Since the Super Committee Failed, Now The Rest ...The self-selected, undemocratic, Wall Street-influenced committee will not reach a deal that would have brought more pain to the American people.
IntelNews
- News you may have missed #635UK to support Colombia's new intelligence agency. US intelligence to train analysts with videogames. Soviet spy who spent years in Swiss prison dies at 77.
- News you may have missed #634Korean ex-soldier investigated for spying. Pakistan ambassador to US resigns over spy memo row. US says 'no proof' of Libyan ex-spy chief's capture.
- News you may have missed #633Is Britain secretly assisting the CIA's drone campaign? Gaddafi's intelligence chief captured. South Korea says it caught North spy.
- Hezbollah uncovered CIA network in Lebanon, ad ...In June of this year, Lebanese militant group Hezbollah claimed it had rooted out three of its members who were allegedly spying for the United States Central Intelligence Agency. The US State Department refused to comment on the allegations, and the US embassy in Lebanon issued a statement deny ...
- News you may have missed #632 (Israel edition)What are Mossad ex-chief's business ties to Uganda? Israel FM meets Mossad chief in bid to end row. Canada’s spy watchdog’s in shady deal with Israeli businessman.
War is a Crime.org
- Bush and Blair Have Been Symbolically Tried fo ...More Photos. Story in the Telegraph. Bush, Blair guilty in Malaysia 'war crimes trial' Agence France-Presse KUALA LUMPUR - Former US president George W Bush and British ex-prime minister Tony Blair were Tuesday found guilty at a mock tribunal in Malaysia for committing "crimes against ...
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Grist - News
- Pardoned turkeys go to Disneylandby Jess Zimmerman. Did you know that the turkey pardoned by the president then gets shipped off to Disneyland or Disney World to lead the Thanksgiving parade? (It seems like short notice -- maybe they only pardon turkeys who can already twirl a baton.) I didn't, but that's becau ...
- Don’t look now, but some turkey has anti ...by Jess Zimmerman. Not to put a damper on your Thanksgiving or anything, but there are two new studies showing that drug-resistant bugs like MRSA are showing up in farmed meat, including turkey. Farm animals get fed a cocktail of antibiotics, which can create resistant strains of bacteria. ...
- XKCD illustrates the cost of electricityby Jess Zimmerman. The webcomic XKCD usually has pretty stripped-down images, and saves its complexity for the jokes. But when creator Randall Munroe gets his hands on some data, he can make an infographic you could get lost in. The above (click to embiggen) is just a tiny section of hi ...
- Your TV is an even bigger piggy than you areby Sarah Laskow. There are two grand traditions to observe on Thanksgiving: eating a whole bunch and watching a whole bunch of football on TV. And in terms of energy use, it turns out your TV is much more of glutton than you are. The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance has been worki ...
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- Muppets Review: Stop Moping, Kermie, Of Course ...The movie reunites the far flung Muppets for a telethon after their old studio and good name is threatened. But it's also a reunion of sorts for Segel
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- Bizarre Underwater "Icicle of Death" Filmed By ...A bizarre underwater "icicle of death" is captured on camera for the first time by BBC filmmakers.
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Invisible Opportunity
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- 17 Quotes About The Coming Global Financial Co ...By Michael Snyder BlacklistedNews.com #1 Credit Suisse’s Fixed Income Research unit: “We seem to have entered the last days of the euro as we currently know it. That doesn’t make a break-up very likely, but it does mean some extraordinary things will almost certainly need to happen – probably by ...
- Yet Another ClimateGate?Quirin Schiermeier, Nature News A new set of climate science-related emails and documents has apparently been released from the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia in the UK. The files, including more than 5,000 emails of as yet unconfirmed authenticity, have been poste ...
- Bloomberg Ties Terror Plot to Lex LuthorBy davidswanson – Posted on 21 November 2011 In a hastily thrown together press conference Sunday afternoon, several months in the planning, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said his efforts to spread freedom beyond New York City had included the deployment of 1,000 NYPD officers to S ...
- “Nobel Prize Winner Wiesel Lied About Holocaus ...By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)– A Nazi concentration camp survivor claims Nobel Peace Prize winning author and human rights activist Elie Wiesel “lies” about his Holocaust past. After decad ...
Global Insights
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- The Georgia GuidestonesOn one of the highest hilltops in Elbert County, Georgia stands a huge granite monument. Engraved in eight different languages on the four giant stones that support the common capstone are 10 Guides, or commandments. That monument is alternately referred to as The Georgia Guidestones, or the ...
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AlterNet - DrugReporter
- Obama Pardons Handful of Drug PrisonersObama granted pardons to five people, three with marijuana-related convictions, and commuted the sentence of a woman doing more than 20 years on a crack charge.
- Pay Attention: How Big Pharma Contrived the Gr ...During the Great Ritalin Scare of 1993, shortages prompted thousands to switch to Adderall. Now, Shire is contriving an Adderall drought to convert patients to a new ADD drug.
- Hospital Prescribes Cancer Patient Pot, Then R ...Norman Smith was within two months of receiving a liver transplant when the same hospital that prescribed him the pot de-listed him. Now, he may die as the result.
- How Many Drug War Prisoners Were Convicted on ...Testing errors at one crime lab led to 3,000 drug convictions in need of review and point to chronic failures in the criminal justice system.
- Insane U.S. Strategy Feeds Guns to Mexican Dru ...Amid a violent war the government helped escalate, The United States shielded and provided arms for a dangerous cartel.
Twilight Earth
- Cartoon caption contestTake a look at the cartoon below and enter your caption idea in the comment section (more ifo on prize, etc. below the cartoon). Eligible captions will be those posted on my site, Elephant Journal, Wend Magazine, PlanetSave, Eco-Snobbery Sucks, Ecolutionist, Ecopolitology, and Twilight Earth. Wi ...
- Exposed: Why the GOP wants to eliminate Clean ...Whether we can believe this see-through-elephant-trunk footage or not, the possibility that elephants have a triple fitration system within their trunks has to have some credence. Otherwise, why on earth would leading Republicans try to make it easier for big polluters to further pollute the air ...
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- Mixed message from USDA chief Vilsack [cartoon]US Ag Secretary, Tom Vilsack tells us to eat more natural foods a few days after fully deregulating GMO alfalfa…I’m confused. Confused as well? Read the links below and try to figure out this mess. From The New York Times: Government’s Dietary Advice: Eat Less From Elephant Journal: ...
- BREAKING: Deleted Monsanto cartoon panel, leaked!Unlike the former Monsanto cartoon on this subject, this version shows a bit more clearly who surrendered the future of organic agriculture to Monsanto. There’s been a lot of talk from both sides (organic and biotech) about compromise. That is misleading and almost laughable (read: cryable ...
Inhabitat
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- Artist Tom Shelton Turns Scavenged Metal Scrap ...Tom Shelton is a self-taught artist who works mainly with found objects. Shelton has spent years cultivating his art through sculpture, with special attention given to fashioning these cute little creatures from everything ranging from teapots to forks to candlestick holders. His assemblage is d ...
Pogue's Posts
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- An Android App's Answer to SiriSpeakToIt for Android phones works as an alternative to Siri. Sort of. She's slow and a little bit mentally challenged. She's less convenient than Siri, less capable, less comprehending, less accurate, less useful, less polished, less classy, less human.
- Dropbox Will Simplify Your LifeDropbox keeps your important files everywhere at once. It is also an automatic, silent, encrypted backup of your essentials. And you can get at your computer's files from your phone.
WIRED Magazine | Science
- Spiders Coat Webs With Toxic Chemicals for Sel ...A tasty spider and its bundle of prey might make an excellent treat for a bunch of marauding ants. So to protect their homes, and themselves, Golden Orb Spiders (Nephila antipodiana) use chemical warfare.
- Signal of Destroyed Dark Matter Seen in Space ...New data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope confirm a mysterious spike in antimatter annihilation, ultimately hinting at signs of dark matter particles. But the data also undermine a key interpretation of dark energy.
- Supersonic Seating SolutionsWhile waiting for all the remaining parts for the Tycho Deep Space capsule it is a good time to attack all the other issues such as buoyancy, hatch, control panels, parachutes and more. One subsystem is very dear to me: the seat. As an architect I am always very excited about this. The seat is w ...
- Why do Police Officers Use Pepper Spray?When pepper spray became a mainstream law enforcement tool in the 1990s, it was hailed as a relatively peaceful alternative to harsh physical violence. But as demonstrated by the routine spraying of Occupy Wall Street activists, culminating in the horrific assault at the University of California ...
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PakAlert
- Gerald Celente : we look at a Global MeltdownGerald Celente - Michael Harris - 21 November 2011 : The white shoe boyz are immune to this and this is the immorality that is running through America , not one head has rolled from the financial panic of 2008 and all the dirty deals that were done , justice means Just US says Gerald Celente , " ...
- 20 Signs That America Is Going CrazyHas anyone else noticed that America seems to be going crazy? I'm not talking about the "woo hoo - let go out and have some fun" kind of crazy. I'm talking about the "lock them up in the looney bin" kind of crazy. Our society is rapidly coming apart at the seams and people are seriously start ...
- Pregnant Seattle protester miscarries after be ...A woman who was pepper sprayed during during a raid on Occupy Seattle last week is blaming police after she miscarried Sunday. Jennifer Fox, 19, told The Stranger that she had been with the Occupy protests since they started in Westlake Park. She said she was homeless and three months pregnan ...
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- Is Lady Gaga a Satanist Illuminati Slave?I’m not sure if Eminem has yet managed to escape the grasp of the Illuminati—the secret society of string pullers whose ranks he joined years ago in exchange for wealth, fame, and power—but I know he’s been trying very hard. Numerous people online tell me so. There is, for starters, a Yahoo Answ ...
Andy Worthington
- The Unfinished Revolution in Egypt: The People ...A year ago, only those looking closely realized that huge cracks were developing in the facade of stability maintained by the West, and echoed, in the Middle East, by the ageing dictators who had helped preserve the status quo for decades. Only those looking closely heard about the mobilization ...
- The Complete Guantánamo Files: WikiLeaks and t ...Please support my work! Freelance investigative journalist Andy Worthington continues his 70-part, million-word series telling, for the first time, the stories of 776 of the 779 prisoners held at Guantánamo since the prison opened on January 11, 2002. Adding information released by WikiLeaks in ...
- As Deficit Super Committee Fails, “Occup ...As was revealed in summer, when Tea Party Republicans were prepared to see America’s credit rating downgraded from AAA for the first time in its history rather than reaching a budget agreement with the administration (an act that ought to have counted as economic treason), the possibility ...
- It Costs $72 Million A Year to Hold Cleared Pr ...Last week, the exorbitant expense of maintaining the Bush administration’s “war on terror” prison at Guantánamo was revealed in the Miami Herald, where Carol Rosenberg explained that Congress provided $139 million to operate the prison last year, which, with 171 prisoners still ...
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Environment _ National Geographic
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- With Record Heating Oil Prices Expected, Homes ...Natural gas abundance in the U.S. Northeast means it's now far cheaper than oil for home heating. Residents are making the switch, but will prices stay low?
- IEA Outlook: Time Running Out on Climate ChangeThe International Energy Agency's new world outlook has a grim prognosis; the world has only five years to make changes needed to address climate change.
- Entire Mammal Genus on Brink of ExtinctionFor the first time in 75 years, an entire genus of mammal may go the way of the dodo—unless a new sanctuary succeeds, conservationists say.
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- 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 ...
- 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 f ...
- Stop Drinking and Start Doing, Dem Dumb DumbsSober 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. Y ...
- The People Have Spoken. And Their Message Is ...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 u ...
SPL Center
- Members of Amish Splinter Sect Arrested on Hat ...In the first case of its kind, the FBI on Wednesday arrested the leader of an Amish splinter sect and six of his followers in Ohio on federal hate crime charges for cutting the hair and beards of other Amish men and women. The hair-cutting was a form of religious degradation and viewed as punish ...
- Additional Charges Filed in Alaska Militia CaseHeavily armed members of the Alaska Peacemaker Militia, equipped with live grenades and assault rifles, stopped private citizens, demanded identifications and prevented some from traveling to their homes and jobs, a new indictment alleges. The indictment includes serious additional federal charg ...
- Vatican Assassins: A One-Stop Website for Cons ...Coming upon a hate site unexpectedly, you sometimes get this down-the-rabbit hole, Alice-in-Wonderland feeling that you’ve been wrenched into an alternate reality. Such a place is Vatican Assassins, the domain of one Jon Eric Phelps, whose interests and identity are pretty well summed up in the ...
- White House Shooter Fan of Conspiracy Theorist ...The 21-year-old Idaho man who shot at the White House earlier this month was a fan of antigovernment conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, The New York Times reports today. Oscar Ortega, the Mexican-American waiter from Idaho Falls who on Nov. 11 fired a semiautomatic rifle out of his car window while ...
- Manhattan Man Charged With Plotting to Detonat ...A Manhattan man arrested on charges of plotting to build and detonate bombs in New York had become fascinated by the American-born militant Anwar al-Awlaki during the course of his radicalization, The New York Times is reporting. The Southern Poverty Law Center profiled al-Awlaki in the Fall 201 ...
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- Victory! NJ Gov. Signs Bill So Survivors Won't ...In late June, a vital bill to support rape survivors landed on New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's desk. The bill, which had strong bipartisan support in both legislative houses, was to bar rape survivors from being charged for their own rape kits -- collections of forensic evidence after a sex ...
- Teen Leads Safe Crosswalk Campaign in Wake of ...The shock and grief over a young person's tragic death can be paralyzing. Not for Kimiko Nishitsuji. Her friend's sudden death last month after being hit by a car at an intersection long known to be dangerous for pedestrians instead spurred her to action and mobilized a community. Kimiko created ...
- Major Progress: Administration to Grant Deport ...Wow. Just weeks ago, UCLA graduate and award-winning Dreamer David Cho posted a petition on Change.org commemorating the ten-year anniversary of the federal DREAM Act and asking President Obama and the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to do everything in their power to stop deporting tal ...
- Robert Segwanyi Spared Deadly Deportation to U ...Robert Segwanyi was scheduled for deportation on August 18, from the United Kingdom's Heathrow airport. The UK was sending Robert back to Uganda, where he was tortured with molten plastic and imprisoned for being gay. Robert was spared from deportation at the very last minute according to ...
Common Dreams -News
- Illinois Town Residents Rally to Protect Clean ...This Thanksgiving, residents in Canton and Orion Township in Fulton County, Illinois will enjoy the basic human right of clean drinking water -- though, not without a fight. read more
- BPA Spikes 1,200 Per Cent After Eating Canned ...WASHINGTON - People who ate canned soup for five days straight saw their urinary levels of the chemical bisphenol A spike 1,200 per cent compared to those who ate fresh soup, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. read more
- Tar Sands Oil Producers Eye CaliforniaSAN FRANCISCO -- The Obama Administration’s recent decision to delay the approval process for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline has shifted attention to alternate routes for bringing a glut of tar sands oil in Canada to refineries and ports abroad. Last week, Canadian firms bought up ...
- Nearly Half of Americans Struggling to Stay AfloatWASHINGTON — Nearly half of all Americans lack economic security, meaning they live above the federal poverty threshold but still do not have enough money to cover housing, food, healthcare and other basic expenses, according to a survey of government and industry data. The survey, release ...
- Haunted by Regret, Oregon Governor Bans Death ...SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Haunted by regret for allowing two men to be executed more than a decade ago, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber now says it'll never happen again on his watch. Calling Oregon's death penalty scheme "compromised and inequitable," the Democratic governor said Tu ...
Lifehacker
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- Daily App Deals: Get Toodledo for iOS at Only ...The Daily App Deals post is a round-up of the best app discounts of the day, as well as some notable mentions for ones that are on sale. More »
- Three Simple Things You Can Do to Help Avoid T ...Presumably you like your teeth and you'd like to keep them—or at least avoid costly and painful dental surgery—but brushing and flossing aren't the only safeguards you need. There are three little things you should watch out for e ...
- Pylonesque Reader Stagecraft suggested the band Christ. (with the period) way back in the first Work Sounds, and I've finally got around to listening. They definitely fits the mold of Wednesday's Work Sounds in that their albums are ambient and not too ...
- The Best Ways to Donate the Junk Stored at You ...If you're at home over this long holiday weekend, whether it's your own or your family's, you might be looking through some old stuff and deciding on whether or not it's worth keeping. Figuring out what thrift stores and charities want can be ...
Water Privatization
- Lodi votes against privatizing water treatment ...LODI - The Lodi City Council on Tuesday morning voted to staff its $36 million surface water treatment plant with municipal employees, opting against privatizing the city's water works operation at a potential cost savings.
- Lodi City Council rejects privatization of wat ...In a 3-2 vote, the Lodi City Council decided to have city staff — not outside contractors — operate the new water treatment plant now under construction.
- Privatization questionsGrand Island Wastewater Treatment Plant Superintendent John Henderson told the city council Tuesday night that he will cooperate in turning over operations of the city-owned plant to the private company Veolia Water North America, if that's what the council wants to do.
- Lodi votes against privatizing water treatment ...LODI - The Lodi City Council on Tuesday morning voted to staff its $36 million surface water treatment plant with municipal employees, opting against privatizing the city's water works operation at a potential cost savings.
- Privatization questionsGrand Island Wastewater Treatment Plant Superintendent John Henderson told the city council Tuesday night that he will cooperate in turning over operations of the city-owned plant to the private company Veolia Water North America, if that's what the council wants to do.
Guardian
- Stephen Lawrence evidence was mislabelled by p ...Forensic science workers made series of mistakes handling evidence relating to one of original murder suspects A police forensic science worker made a series of mistakes in handling evidence relating to one of two men accused of murdering Stephen Lawrence, the Old Bailey heard on Wednesday .Yvo ...
- Adam Werritty donors also gave to Tory party, ...Three donors who contributed to travel funds used by friend of ex-defence secretary Liam Fox also gave money to partyThree donors who gave money used by Liam Fox's best man to fund travels across the world also donated to the Tories in the weeks leading up to the defence secretary's downfall, ne ...
- Pay gap widens between rich and poorFears over families' ability to cope with food and energy bills as low earners see wages rise by just 0.1%Growing discontent about the gulf between rich and poor was underlined on Wednesday by official figures showing the gap between Britain's highest and lowest paid workers has widened dramati ...
- King Hamad of Bahrain welcomes report accusing ...As fresh protests erupt, independent commission says troops used excessive force quelling Pearl revolution in which 35 diedBahrain's western-backed security forces used "excessive force" and torture during the crackdown on the Pearl revolution this year, according to a critical official report [ ...
- Iranian MPs approve bill to reduce British dip ...Move comes two days after US and Britain impose economic sanctions over Iran's disputed nuclear programmeThe Iranian parliament has retaliated against western economic sanctions imposed on the Islamic republic by approving a bill to reduce Tehran's diplomatic ties with Britain.Iranian MPs on Wed ...
McClatchey
- Despite public disgust, lawmakers are likely t ...WASHINGTON — Why don't Washington lawmakers understand that the public hates Congress? Don't they worry that debacles like this week's supercommittee failure are likely to mean political peril for incumbents?
- Bachmann’s new book details the making of ...WASHINGTON — Casting about for something to wear to a 2006 fundraiser with President George W. Bush, Michele Bachmann, then a Republican candidate for Congress, recalled her mother’s advice on looking nice.
- Louder libraries for a digital age to open acr ...CHICAGO — Imagine walking into a public library filled with PlayStations, Wii game consoles and electric keyboards pumped up to maximum volume. Teenagers are munching on snacks, checking out laptops and slouching on sofas or beanbags. A carousel of computers sits in the middle, navigated t ...
- In some U.S. schools, librarians are no longer ...NEW YORK — Buffy Hamilton, who calls herself "The Unquiet Librarian," holds the phone receiver away from her ear at the Creekview High School library in Canton, Ga., revealing a cacophony of noise in the background.
- Woman who wants Pakistan's blasphemy law refor ...KARACHI, Pakistan — Sherry Rehman, a high-profile politician under threat for her call to reform Pakistan's blasphemy law, was named Pakistan's new ambassador to Washington on Wednesday, one day after her predecessor was forced to resign at the apparent behest of the country's ...
Afghanistan Sun
- Pakistani Taliban hold peace talksThe Pakistani Taliban, responsible for a string of terror attacks across the country, have said they have held initial peace talks with the government, but denied announcing a ceasefire.
- Romney, Huntsman spar over Afghanistan policyRepublican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman says the United States has achieved important goals in Afghanistan and that it's time to bring home most of the military forces to focus on ...
- Taliban declare ceasefire in PakPakistani Taliban has declared a ceasefire to encourage nascent peace talks with the government , a senior commander said, a move that appears to show the group's willingness to strike a deal ...
- World Bank Issues Alert on Afghanistan EconomyKABUL, Afghanistan - Afghanistan will suffer a recession in 2014 after foreign troops leave and aid dwindles, and if the security situation gets worse, the country could face complete economic ...
- US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,721As of Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011, at least 1,721 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press ...
Futurismic
- Long Term and Long Distance ThinkingLast month, I wrote about the government. I asserted that we need to get business interests out of government or we’ll keep making decisions based on next quarter’s profits instead of the health of the next decade. This month, I want to talk about a whole industry that seems to be falling victim ...
- Demon’s Souls and the Meaning and Import of Vi ...Bad is Good and Good is Bad The problem with video game writing is that it tends to be written by fans of video games. The corruption and stupidity of games journalism are not isolated quirks of the system but symptoms of a flawed approach to the medium. Fans, by their nature, approach th ...
- The Grand LieMost of my day-to-day life is good to great. A little too much stress, a few challenges with weight and sleeplessness, but I’m living my dreams about writing and I’ve got a job that pays the bills and leaves a bit extra behind for electronics. I’m usually optimistic. At the core, I suppose I sti ...
- The Shameful Joys of Deus Ex: Human RevolutionsContext, Dear Boy… Context Here is a common complaint: ‘One of the problems facing video game writing is a systemic failure to place games in their correct historical context’ What this generally means is that writers fail to open their reviews with a lengthy diatribe on the history ...
- When the going gets weird, the weird turn proI’ve been writing here at Futurismic for well over five years, now. It feels like longer, somehow, but it also feels like I only just started. I’ve learned a lot of things, not least of which is the fact that, the more you learn, the more you realise remains to be learned. One of the ...
Whistleblowers Protection Blog
- Washington Times Covers Department of no-JusticeThis week The Washington Times published a lament of Attorney General Eric Holder’s treatment of FBI whistleblowers based on a public complaint from Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). The article is aptly titled, “Grassley: Whistleblower Cases Stuck ‘in limbo’ Under Holder. ...
- Grand Jury Report Sheds Light on McQueary's Wh ...There has been much debate about whether Coach Mike McQueary is a whistleblower. While the NWC takes no position on the outcome of the investigation, there are two facts that are important to note. First, McQueary’s initial report as a graduate assistant to his supervisor, Joe Paterno, wa ...
- Jane Turner discusses McQueary's whistleblower ...NWC's Jane Turner was interviewed today on MSNBC about the Penn State child abuse scandal and whether Coach Mike McQueary is a whistleblower. Tune in to Honesty Without Fear tomorrow to hear Jane and Steve Kohn discuss this question in more detail. Visit msnbc.com for breaking ...
- This Week on Honesty Without FearTune in tomorrow at 1:00pm EDT to Honesty Without Fear on Progressive Radio Network. In the first half hour, Steve Kohn discusses the breaking story at Penn State and whether Coach Mike McQueary is a whistleblower. Steve interviews Jane Turner who blew the whistle on the FBI’s failure to ...
- Dodd-Frank CLE Seminar on November 29th in Phi ...Calling all Philadelphians, this month is your chance to hear an in-person talk with Stephen Kohn, Executive Director at the National Whistleblowers Center. He will be in town to teach a CLE seminar called, "The NEW Corporate Whistleblower Protections and Reward Provisions.” Join Ste ...
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 r ...
- Pollution from Asia circles globe at stratosph ...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 ...
- After growth spurt, supermassive black holes s ...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' virusA 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 20 ...
- New approach precisely tracks evolution's foot ...(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 exampl ...
TechDirt
- Cisco Calls Out HP For Suing Former Employees ...We've written, in great detail, about the research that shows that the ability for employees to switch jobs freely almost certainly contributed massively to the huge success of Silicon Valley. Multiple studies, looking at multiple different factors, have shown that a simple legal issue -- the f ...
- Innovation In Security: It's All About TrustThis post is part of an Intel-sponsored series of posts we'll be doing here at Techdirt on the topic of innovation. Posts in the series consist of a video interview of myself (which you'll see below), the post, and another video interview with an Intel representative and others. That second vide ...
- Righthaven Appeals The Idea That Using Entire ...Righthaven has finally gotten around to filing its official appeal in the case against the non-profit Center for Intercultural Organizing (CIO). If you don't recall, this was the case in which the judge ruled at the summary judgment stage in in favor of fair use, even though an entire article wa ...
- Game Developers Sue Baidu Over Links To Infrin ...In the latest round of content providers being unable to tell the difference between a link and infringing content, a Chinese game developers group, Content Provider Union (CPU), is suing the Chinese search engine Baidu for copyright infringement. CPU claims that Baidu has provided over 350 game ...
- Microsoft's Cold Feet Over SOPA Behind BSA's ' ...One of the big surprises this week was that the normally "maximalist" organization, the Business Software Alliance (BSA) -- basically the RIAA of software -- did an abrupt and unexpected turnaround on SOPA. While it had been close to gushing in its initial support, it backed that down quite a b ...
VacTruth
- Federal Health Agency Not Good at Vaccine Stat ...In a recent article, influenza statistics are taken to task for glaring misinterpretation by none other than the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the CDC. So what else is new?
- 5 Ways Doctors Seduce Mothers Into Getting The ...Parents are being lied to and emotionally blackmailed by our governments, pharmaceutical industries, media and the medical profession. From the day children are born parents are seduced into having their children vaccinated with multiple vaccines full of toxins, poisons and chemicals.
- This Test Standard Proves Vaccine Research Is ...Vaccines can cause neurological injury. It seems rather incredulous to believe that research scientists ignore death—even in a research study animal—after an animal is injected with a biological agent. But that is exactly the gold standard for testing live virus vaccines.
- Does Vaccinology’s Right Hand Know What the Le ...This ingredient is used by scientists in fertility impairing vaccines.
- 27 Dirty Little Vaccine Secrets Every Parent N ...Judging by the huge amount of publicity around vaccine promotion many are under the impression that the manufacturers know all about their products in detail. It may be shocking to discover that this is far from the truth.
BroadSnark
- Things You Might Have MissedI thought this article about the connection between authoritarianism and sexism/racism was really interesting. It would make such a difference if pop culture showed racism in the complicated ways that it actually plays out. This piece on racism in Sons of Anarchy is worth a read. I don’t k ...
- The Power to TakeA former Israeli president just got seven years in prison for rape. The disgraced former head of the IMF has been accused of sexually assaulting at least two women. And now it appears that DSK was having orgies arranged in a prostitution scandal that involves police and other government official ...
- The Occupation of FranklinThe Franklin School building in DC was occupied today. The building was being used as a homeless shelter until 2008, when the city closed it down just before winter. The plan was to sell it to a developer who would turn it into a boutique hotel. Homeless advocates, including Eric Sheptock, fough ...
- Remember When All the Dudes Were HotSome economist named Glen Whitman wrote a post called Pan Am and the Economics of Hot Flight Attendants. In it he claims that deregulation lowered air fares and made paying for hotness in your employees prohibitively expensive. Since I have read that piece, I have been racking my brain to think ...
- Occupation and MotivationI hate this picture. I get the point that they are trying to make. The “99%” at the occupy protests are privileged, white, college kids who just want loan forgiveness. They aren’t really the people most suffering in the world. It is true that many of the people who are particip ...
Executive Intelligence Review - LaRouche
- LaRouche: To Stop World War III Obama Must Be ...EIR News Service press release.
- The LaRouche Show, November 12, 2011There Is No Other Option: Throw Obama Out of Office Now!
- Toward a Bill of Impeachment of Barack Hussein ...By Nancy Spannaus Reprinted from Executive Intelligence Review, November 11, 2011, Vol. 38, No. 44
- Dubna Conference Endorses Global Glass-SteagallReprinted from Executive Intelligence Review, November 11, 2011, Vol. 38, No. 44
- Russian Conference Hears LaRouche, Calls for G ...By Rachel Douglas Reprinted from Executive Intelligence Review, November 11, 2011, Vol. 38, No. 44
War in Context
- Fifth day of clashes in Cairo
- Egyptian military using ‘more dangerous’ tearg ...The Guardian reports: Egyptian security forces are believed to be using a powerful incapacitating gas against civilian protesters in Tahrir Square following multiple cases of unconsciousness and epileptic-like convulsions among those exposed. The Guardian has collected video footage as well as ...
- Inside Story – Egyptian military’s quandary
- Who stands where in EgyptIssandr El Amrani has created a useful chart to show where the various political actors are positioned in the current crisis as the rule of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) is challenged by protesters in Tahrir Square.
- Inside Story – Egypt: Honeymoon over?
Watts Up With That?
- John L. Daly’s message to Mike Mann and ...Ric Werme writes in comments: When I realized the Climategate 2009 Emails went back many years, one of the first things that occurred to me was there might be Emails from John Daly. He died before I became involved in … Continue reading →
- Mr. David Palmer Explains The ProblemGuest Post by Willis Eschenbach Whoever who took the Climategate emails from the Climate Research Unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia (UEA) are certainly playing the long game. Two whole years they waited before publishing the second group … Continue reading →
- McKitrick’s new paper: “What is Wr ...Dr. Ross McKitrick writes in an email tonight: I am pleased to announce the release of my new report for the UK-based Global Warming Policy Foundation entitled “What is Wrong With the IPCC? Proposals for Radical Reform.” The Hon. John … Continue reading →
- Al Gore’s global warming claims on Kilim ...Al Gore said in his AIT bag of BS that Mount Kilimanjaro was losing its snow/ice cover due to global warming. Here’s the Transcript of “An Inconvenient Truth”: Effects of Global Warming And now we’re beginning to see the impact … Continue reading →
- Kenneth Trenberth on Nobel and religion at Chr ...0462.txt (h/t to Rog Tallbloke) date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:58:09 -0700 from: Kevin Trenberth subject: The first Nobel and other Christmas greetings to: IPCC-group Seasons greetings to you all, my fellow Nobel Laureates (even if we did not get … Continue reading →
treehugger
- Bill O'Reilly Goes SolarThe Fox News host is ready to take the leap to powering his home with renewable energy.
- Inside CIRS at University of British Columbia ...The Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability is a testbed of green design.
- How Not to Waste a Thanksgiving Meal with a Ki ...Did you know there are three times as many kitchen fires on Thanksgiving as on an average day?
- How Global Warming Will Change Puerto Rico (Video)In this brief, informative video, Puerto Ricans ask scientists how climate change will impact their lives.
- Nestle Admits to Marketing Bottled Water to Mi ...Bottled water companies are found intentionally pushing their product in minority communities.
Biosingularity
- Kidney dopamine regulates blood pressure, life ...The neurotransmitter dopamine is best known for its roles in the brain – in signaling pathways that control movement, motivation, reward, learning and memory. Now, Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators have demonstrated that dopamine produced outside the brain – in the kidneys – is ...
- Best Healthy Foods You Aren’t Eating: Greek Yo ...Some foods are so healthy they star on every nutrition expert’s super food list. But often missing on those lists are some nutritional gems or underrated foods that don’t get the attention they deserve. Sorting out the best foods to eat is not always easy because the choices can be daunting. Add ...
- Omega-3s Linked to Lower Dementia RiskA diet rich in certain omega-3 fatty acids may lower the risk of developing dementia, researchers report. In a study of more than 2,000 older women and men followed for nearly five years, the more omega-3-rich oily fish they ate, the lower their risk of developing dementia. The researchers looke ...
- Obesity ‘leading driver’ of breast ...Obesity is the biggest driving force behind the most common form of breast cancer in older women, say researchers. Alcohol and then cigarettes are the next largest culprits, according to Cancer Research UK. One in eight women in the UK develop breast cancer in their lifetime, data shows, and the ...
- Caltech researchers create the first artificia ...Artificial intelligence has been the inspiration for countless books and movies, as well as the aspiration of countless scientists and engineers. Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have now taken a major step toward creating artificial intelligence—not in a robot or ...
CFACT
- The clear-cutting facts about the rainforestAre we really losing one football field every minute?
- New predictions of warming lack scientific basisWorst-case scenairos do not paint accurate picture of climate
- Cloudy days ahead for global climate modelsComputers still not reliable in predicting climate
- Corn dogs: A New Eco-Villain?Controversy is latest in biotech battle
- Examining China's emissions claimsEvidence suggests China not cutting greenhouse emissions
Ria Novosti Online News
- Over 50,000 queue in freezing Moscow to see ho ...Some 50,000-60,000 people queued on Wednesday evening outside downtown Moscow’s Christ the Savior cathedral to see a belt believed to have belonged to the Virgin Mary.
- Boo’s the New BlackSome issues resonate with RuNet users more than others, but in the many years I’ve been watching this community few have elicited such a passionate response as Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s bungled trip to a sports event at Moscow’s Olimpiysky Stadium.
- Russia downplays NATO move on key arms treatyNATO’s decision to curb its cooperation with Moscow on the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty will not harm Russia’s interests, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
- Yemeni president signs Gulf Council deal, pled ...Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh signed on Wednesday a deal proposed by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) under which he would hand over power to his vice president within 30 days in exchange for immunity from prosecution for him and his family.
- Unrest in Arab countries
Ria Novosti - Science & Technology
- ESA to make 5 attempts to receive data from Ru ...A tracking station in Perth, Australia, will make five attempts early on Thursday to receive telemetry from a Russian Mars probe that has been stuck at a low-Earth orbit since after its launch, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Wednesday.
- Russia’s stricken Mars probe ‘contacted’The European Space Agency (ESA) has said it established contact with Russia’s Mars mission probe that is stranded circling Earth.
- Satellite junk no threat to space station crew ...Russian Mission Control has dismissed NASA's prediction that the three astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) may need to take shelter inside Russian space capsules on Wednesday morning due to a piece of a defunct Chinese weather satellite flying past.
- Space junk may force space station crew to tak ...The three astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) may have to take shelter inside Russian space capsules on Wednesday morning due to a piece of a Chinese weather satellite destroyed in 2007, NASA reported.
- Phobos-Grunt spacecraft
Pruning Shears
- Weekend WrapupNo Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postOur image in the Muslim world would probably improve if we stopped killing so many Muslims.Another busy week of killing in Somalia:US terror drones kill 42 more in SomaliaUS terror drones kill 13 in south SomaliaUS terror drones k ...
- BlehSick and on antibiotics. Back next week.
- Weekend WrapupNo Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postOur image in the Muslim world would probably improve if we stopped killing so many Muslims.Combat operations have concluded for:Army Pfc. Cody R. Norris, 20, of Houston, TX.Marine Lance Cpl. Nickolas A. Daniels, 25, of Elmwood Par ...
- 'No On Issue 2': A big win, and a big opportunityOhio’s overwhelming rejection of the union-busting Senate Bill 5 still has people buzzing, for good reason. As We Are Ohio pointed out, it was first election in the country on collective bargaining rights, and it wasn’t even close. Ohio has 88 counties and exactly six - count ̵ ...
- Weekend WrapupNo Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postOur image in the Muslim world would probably improve if we stopped killing so many Muslims. Torturing too (outsourcing torture doesn’t give you plausible deniability, sorry.)We killed hundreds of people in Somalia this week ...
Organic Consumers.org
- The Empire Strikes Back in Futility: Reflectio ...The wealthy masters’ governmental agents and servants reserve the right to brutally attack popular protest when and where Democrats claim nominal authority no less than where and when Republicans hold top elected offices.Click here to read this article
- No Secret Farm Bill and Other Things to Be Tha ...Mark Bittman has provided the ultimate Thanksgiving guide for anyone interested in making our broken food system work again. His exhaustive list of the 25 people or groups for which he is most thankful is a must-read.Click here to read this article
- Mic Checking Big Food"Whose food? Our food!" This was the rallying cry at the first Occupy Big Food event on Saturday in Zuccotti Park. The rally, which I led with Erika Lade, a graduate student in NYU's Food Studies program, gathered about 100 people with the goal of connecting the larger Occupy Wall Street effort ...
- OWS: To Change the Country, We Just Might Have ...The emergence of what we know as Occupy Wall Street, or the 99 Percent Movement, has taken nearly everyone by surprise, producing a transformation of public consciousness. There is little doubt that something striking has taken place, far from our normal range of expectations.Click here to read ...
- USDA Endorses The Global Organic Textile Stand ...May 20, 2011: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a new policy memorandum today with regard to 'labeling of textiles that contain organic ingredients' in which it explicitly confirms that textile products that are produced in accordance with the Global Organic Textile Sta ...
Center for a Livable Future
- Canning the Cans in Food DrivesWhat concerns me most, as a doctoral student researching environmental contaminants in the food system, is all of the BPA that has leached from those epoxy resin can linings into the food. Is it okay that we are feeding food-insecure people with consumables that we would not put on our own table ...
- EBT at Farmers’ Markets: A Win for EveryoneProviding EBT at farmers’ markets may very well be a victory in the making for local and regional farmers, local economies, and SNAP participants alike.
- Visualizer Shows Farm Bill SpendingThe Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future has launched the Farm Bill Budget Visualizer, an innovative web-based application that allows visual analysis of Farm Bill spending since the 2008 Farm Bill.
- Indirect Land Use Change and Biofuels: Real or ...While increased food prices is the most contentious of the many controversies surrounding the rapid increase in ethanol production from corn, the increase in greenhouse gas emissions from what is termed “indirect land use change” (ILUC) ranks a close second in the debates.
- Walmart’s Sustainable Agriculture Goals: A Cri ...In 2005, Walmart announced three sustainability goals, one of which is to sell products that sustain people and the environment. So, how’s Walmart doing?
Investigate - Breaking News
- Phil Goff: taxpayers to “guarantee” Kiwisaver ...Phil Goff: taxpayers to “guarantee” Kiwisaver schemes. Phil Goff: taxpayers to “guarantee” Kiwisaver schemes
- NZ First hits nearly 4% in polls, leader revea ...NZ First hits nearly 4% in polls, leader reveals plans. NZ First hits nearly 4% in polls, leader reveals plans...
- Turkey votes for early ChristmasTurkey votes for early Christmas. Turkey votes for early Christmas
- Investigate magazine free digital edition now outInvestigate magazine free digital edition now out. Investigate magazine free digital edition now out.
- Breaking Silence - free previewThousands of Facebookers got it wrong, now you can see for yourself in this key extract from Breaking Silence: Download BreakingSilencePreview To read reviews, follow this link
My Care2 Picks
- Propaganda for punishing 'the enemy'Collected stories on the history of Iran, relations with the U.S.. nuclear technology, the NPT and how Iran is restrained from abridging it ( while others claim it should,IAEA is defunded and overworked,etc. history of Middle East nonproliferation failure Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics ...
- SOPA is a threat to American Internet leadersh ...The Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) a bill now before the House Judiciary Committee is a threat to Americas ability to lead the Internet, and must be defeated before it has a chance to damage Americas ability to generate jobs and economic growth. Submitted by Dan W. to US Politics & Gov' ...
- How SOPA would affect you (In depth) | Privacy ...Texas Rep Lamar Smith probably never anticipated the fierce world-wide public outrage that SOPA provoked over the last week. Such intense opposition to Internet-related law hasn't been seen since the 2003 battle for copy-protection technology in PCs. Submitted by Dan W. to US Politics & Gov& ...
- The Gulf Oil Spill: the Other Shoe DroppingHeres the real story of the BP oil spill. It unfolds like a murder mystery. But its realand were all the victims. Submitted by Walter L Bradley Jr to US Politics & Gov't | Note-it! | Add a Comment
- Iran takes up the nuclear cudgelThe second international conference on nuclear disarmament hosted by Tehran gets barely a mention in the Western media, despite featuring delegates from 40 nations the United Nations and the IAEA 40 years of conventions produced no progress in West Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & ...
Angry Indian News
- OpEdNews - Pregnant Protester Miscarries After ...OpEdNews - Pregnant Protester Miscarries After Being Kicked, Pepper-SprayedAL-KHALIL, (PIC)-- The association of Muslim youth along with the family committee of political detainees in the West Bank... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
- Alert: Indian Government is Burning Homes of I ...Alert: Indian Government is Burning Homes of Indigenous Meitei People in ManipurThe Government of Manipur is in the process of burning down hundreds of floating huts (Khangpokshang) belonging to the... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
- ABORIGINAL NEWS GROUP CALLS FOR THE PEOPLE TO ...ABORIGINAL NEWS GROUP CALLS FOR THE PEOPLE TO STAND AND #DECOLONIZE THE FOURTH WORLD | ANGABORIGINAL NEWS GROUP CALLS FOR THE PEOPLE TO STAND AND #DECOLONIZE THE FOURTH WORLDA Communiqué from the ANG... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
- News: Black Women Sterilized in North Carolina ...Black Bloggers Connect! ™ - Connecting Black Bloggers Worldwide - News: Black Women Sterilized in North Carolina: MSNBC Reports: North Carolina was one of 31 states to have a government run eugenics... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
- West Papuans illegally detained at PNG Border ...West Papuans illegally detained at PNG Border || AK Rockefeller: The father of a West Papuan musician has been detained by police at Vanimo along Papua New Guinea’s border with Indonesia.Ronny Kareni... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
Farm Wars
- How to Rewrite HistoryFamily units working together as a cohesive unit are anathema to what appears to be a concerted effort to destroy what we have and rewrite our very existence. But what can we do? How can we reverse this trend and bring history back into focus, denying the falsehood that is being thrust upon us b ...
- King Corn – Full MovieKing Corn is a fun and crusading journey into the digestive tract of our fast food nation where one ultra-industrial, pesticide-laden, heavily-subsidized commodity dominates the food pyramid from top to bottom - corn.
- Submit and Obey – What Will We Say?What will we say when the government announces that “for security reasons” it will begin conducting random checks of our homes? That we will be required by law to open our doors and stand aside while government agents do a walk-through, just to “be sure” and (of course) “to keep us safe”?
- On Becoming Illegal…My primary reason for wishing to change my status from U.S. Citizen to illegal alien stems from the bill which was recently passed by the Senate and for which you voted. If my understanding of this bill's provisions is accurate, as an illegal alien who has been in the United States for five year ...
- Chem Webs USA: Order your testing kits!Test your chemtrail fallout.
True/Slant Headline Grabs
- The stupidity of crowds helps kill a planet - ...Noted by Jeff McMahon on July 31, 2010 11:07 PM
- Sex, death, and the noble American toad - Scot ...Noted by Jeff McMahon on July 31, 2010 11:07 PM
- How to save a fishery: owning, renting, and ex ...Noted by Jeff McMahon on July 31, 2010 11:07 PM
- ‘Gossip Girl’ unethical because of threesome? ...Noted by Jeff McMahon on July 31, 2010 11:07 PM
- ()Noted by user deleted on December 31, 1969 7:12 PM
Citizens for Legitimate Government
- US to install new Bahraini king: ReportShareThisUS to install new Bahraini king: Report 23 Nov 2011 The US [Nosey Parker] administration is reportedly planning to replace the Bahraini ruler, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, over his failure to end months of protests in the country. According to a report published by Islam Times, Washin ...
- Republican Mitt Romney defends ad's quote of 2 ...ShareThisRepublican Mitt Romney defends ad's quote of 2008 Obama without context, calls it fair game 23 Nov 2011 Republican presidential candidate [sociopath] Mitt Romney is defending a TV ad that quotes President Barack Obama out of context, signaling he's ready for bare-knuckled campaigning de ...
- 5.9 earthquake hits near Fukushima nuclear plantShareThis5.9 earthquake hits near Fukushima nuclear plant 23 Nov 2011 A strong earthquake struck Thursday morning near the Japan nuclear power plant hit by an earthquake earlier this year. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude-5.9 quake struck shortly before 4:30 a.m. local time. It hit ...
- BPA levels soar after eating canned soup: StudyShareThisBPA levels soar after eating canned soup: Study 23 Nov 2011 A new study shows that the urine of people who consume canned soup can contain surprisingly high levels of bisphenol A (BPA), a hormone-disrupting compound linked to health problems including heart disease, diabetes, and obesit ...
- DHS denies report of water utility hackShareThisDHS denies report of water utility hack 22 Nov 2011 The Department of Homeland Security and FBI today dismissed the conclusions of a report that a cyber intrusion caused a pump at an Illinois water utility to burn out. But the statement doesn't explain why an Illinois state terrorism in ...
Daily Loaf
- 5 books that are sure to heat up your kitchen lifeI 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 WallopVictory 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. St ...
- 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: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5B – ...Article continued from VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5A – Detoxification & Restoration of The Body Replenishing the vital mineral base We must look to children with Autism to determine the full extent of “vaccine toxicity” derived nutrient deficiencies incurred in th ...
- VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5A – ...Article intended to be read in conjunction with VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 4 – Primary Aspects of Vaccine Toxicity Affecting The Body The Long Road To Recovery There are unfortunately no shortcuts to restoring natural, optimal health levels in the body, no quick fix sol ...
- VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5 – ...
- VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 4 – ...Vaccines, by their composite nature, inherently damage & disrupt the body’s delicate neurological network; hindering the complex functioning of the brain in maintaining all systems of operation (circulatory, digestive, endocrine, immune, lymphatic, muscular, nervous, reproductive, respirator ...
- VRM: Gardasil/Cervarix Part 2 – Demyelination, ...Article is intended to be read in conjunction with Part 1: VRM: Gardasil/Cervarix – A Legacy Of Shame Vaccines, by their composite nature, inherently damage & disrupt the body’s delicate neurological network; the complex functioning of the brain in maintaining all systems of o ...
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 luxur ...
- 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 conditi ...
- 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 PickingOur 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 fo ...
Michael Yon
- CrusaderCoptersAfghanistan: Army Medic helps to bag up an Afghan Soldier who was just blown up. Our medics do not wear Red Crosses. They carry rifles. 23 November 2011 Army Dustoff MEDEVAC helicopter crews have been performing stellar work in Afghanistan. When troops are wounded, the Dustoffs go into hostile ...
- Mark of the Beast: Evil Symbols in Afghanistan22 November 2011 US Army MEDEVAC helicopters in Afghanistan are marked with Red Crosses. Helicopters sporting a Red Cross are not allowed to be armed. The enemy knows this. The enemy tries to shoot down these unarmed helicopters with the added advantage that our people cannot shoot back.&n ...
- Pocket SpiesImage created with iPhone4s 17 November 2011 We know the Internet has dangers. Everything we put onto the information superhighway should be considered chiseled into marble. Meanwhile, those smartphones that so many of us carry are tantamount to carrying hostile spies in our pocket ...
- What is Your Vote?17 November 2011 The United States faces greater threats at home than we face in Afghanistan. The Mexican border, for instance, is being described as a war zone. People have been warning about it years. Over time, I have seriously considered changing focus to the more proximat ...
- Marked for Destruction14 November 2011 Camouflage is a combat imperative. Instruction in the use of camouflage begins in basic training. The Red Cross on the bright white background is meant to break up camouflage and to be seen. While there might seem little chance in hiding a roaring helicopter, the c ...
The Killing Train
- The regressive politics of the Iranian-Canadia ...[This article, by Shourideh Molavi and myself, was first published in The Bullet - version with links is there]. The regressive politics of the Iranian-Canadian Khevari petition Shourideh Molavi and Justin Podur November 11, 2011 On October 12, members of the Iranian-Canadian community sent a pe ...
- An interview for occupy TorontoActivist and comedian Jesse Owens interviewed me for the #occupyto.org website, way back in ancient occupy toronto history (ie., October 26). For posterity, I am also reproducing it here. Thanks Jesse... --- read more
- Some thoughts on Whiteness and the 99%I have some disagreements with Joel Olson's article, "Whiteness and the 99%", but I will start with some agreements. I agree that "biologically speaking, there's no such thing as race." read more
- The Logic of Occupy Wall Street for CanadaThe Occupy Wall St. Movement and the Occupy Together movements that are inspired by it actually have a simple premise: society shouldn't be run for the unrestricted benefit of the wealthiest. The immediate grievance is the 2008 banking crisis, in which the US banks engaged in fraudulent and crim ...
- The Housing Crisis in HaitiThere are at least 595,000 Haitians living in camps around Port au Prince (1). President Martelly has a program, called 16-6, which proposes to resettle residents of 6 large camps in 16 neighbourhoods in Port-au-Prince. In total, if the program succeeds, it will touch 5000 families, or 4% of the ...
treehugger
- Bill O'Reilly Goes SolarThe Fox News host is ready to take the leap to powering his home with renewable energy.
- Inside CIRS at University of British Columbia ...The Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability is a testbed of green design.
- How Not to Waste a Thanksgiving Meal with a Ki ...Did you know there are three times as many kitchen fires on Thanksgiving as on an average day?
- How Global Warming Will Change Puerto Rico (Video)In this brief, informative video, Puerto Ricans ask scientists how climate change will impact their lives.
- Nestle Admits to Marketing Bottled Water to Mi ...Bottled water companies are found intentionally pushing their product in minority communities.
Democratic Voice of Burma
- Burma landmine scourge continuesAnnual report notes drop in casualties from landmines in Burma, although global use of maligned weapon at a seven-year high
- Protest bill readies for final hurdleBill that would permit Burmese to peacefully protest for the first time in 50 years awaits approval from President Thein Sein
- Jailed DVB reporter wins top artists’ prizeWin Maw honoured with Freedom to Create award for risking freedom to 'give voice to democratic movements for social change'
- Clinton visit ‘won’t presage’ ...White House official says time not right to begin easing sanctions on Burma, despite looming visit by Secretary of State Clinton
- Burma says press censorship to endRestrictions on media coverage of 'cultural and religious' topics to remain, but government advisor hails end to draconian laws
Telegraph - Climate Change
- 'Gigatonne gap' risks dangerous global warmingThe chances of keeping global warming within a safe limits are narrowing, scientists have warned, as governments fail to cut carbon emissions.
- Climategate 2? More UEA hacked emailsThousands more emails from the university at the centre of the 'climategate' row appear to have been posted online in an attempt to cast doubt on the science of global warming.
- Chris Huhne launches public counter-attack on ...Chris Huhne, the Liberal Democrat energy secretary, has launched a public counter-attack on Lord Lawson, the former Conservative chancellor, over climate change.
- Minister attacks Barack Obama for failing to s ...Barack Obama was attacked on Tuesday by a Government minister for failing to show "real leadership" to address climate change.
- Greenhouse gases reach record levelsGreenhouse gases have reached levels exceeding even the worst case scenarios predicted by experts a decade ago, according to a new report.
National Geographic | Environment
- "Great Dying" Lasted 200,000 YearsWildfires and disappearing oxygen helped kill off 90 percent of all life on Earth some 252 million years ago—and fast, a new study says.
- With U.S. Natural Gas Booming, a Move to Send ...Companies are making the first moves to parlay abundant U.S. natural gas into a global business, but many worry that U.S. consumers will be hurt.
- With Record Heating Oil Prices Expected, Homes ...Natural gas abundance in the U.S. Northeast means it's now far cheaper than oil for home heating. Residents are making the switch, but will prices stay low?
- IEA Outlook: Time Running Out on Climate ChangeThe International Energy Agency's new world outlook has a grim prognosis; the world has only five years to make changes needed to address climate change.
- Entire Mammal Genus on Brink of ExtinctionFor the first time in 75 years, an entire genus of mammal may go the way of the dodo—unless a new sanctuary succeeds, conservationists say.
Jurist - Legal Research
- France court allows Noriega extradition to Panama[JURIST] A French appeals court ruled Wednesday that former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] can be extradited to Panama. Noriega faces charges of human rights violations in Panama for crimes allegedly committed during his 1981-1989 rule. He was already ...
- Oregon governor puts moratorium on death penalty[JURIST] Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber [official website] on Tuesday issued a temporary reprieve for death row inmate Gary Haugen and called for an end [press release] to the state's death penalty [JURIST news archive]. The state has executed only two individuals in the last 49 years and each e ...
- UN rights chief urges independent probe into E ...[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] on Wednesday condemned the recent violent clashes [press release] between Egyptian security forces and protesters and called for an independent investigation into the situation. Pillay "urge[d] the Egyptian authorities ...
- ICC prosecutor says Libya can try Gaddafi's son[JURIST] International Criminal Court [official website] Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo [official profile] said Wednesday the ICC would allow Libya to conduct the trial of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi [BBC profile]. Despite concern from human rights gro ...
- UN rights body passes resolution condemning Sy ...[JURIST] The UN General Assembly's Human Rights Committee on Tuesday approved a draft resolution [materials] condemning recent human rights violations in Syria [press release; video]. The non-binding resolution, drafted by the UK, France and Germany, passed by a vote of 122-13, with 41 abstentio ...
Atlantic | Mark Ambinder
- Newt's Gift to Obama: A GOP Immigration RiftWith his "humane" argument, the former House speaker has put the president's chief rival, Mitt Romney, in a difficult spot MORE FROM NATIONAL JOURNAL: The Return of Imperial Newt Did Gingrich Walk Into an Immigration Minefield? Presidential Debate Timeline Duri ...
- Why Did Perry Get Into the Race, Really?Republican consultants at loose ends and looking for work sold the Texas governor a bill of goods about his prospects So I have this theory about why Gov. Rick Perry decided to run for president, despite what appeared to be his instincts telling him that the job just wasn't for him. There ca ...
- Will Nuclear Watchdog Report Change U.S. Polic ...The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran may still be working toward a bomb Iran's Head of Atomic Energy Organization Abbasi-Davani speaks at the 55th IAEA General Conference in Vienna / Reuters The Obama administration insists that a major new U.N. report on Iran's nuclear prog ...
- Obama to Issue 'Wikileaks Order'After the leak of classified State Department cables, the president will direct federal agencies on sharing information and guarding secrets By executive order, President Obama will instruct federal agencies today to better safeguard their classified secrets, to set up inter ...
- Why U.S. Presidents Lecture the UNAmerican leaders consistently hector the global body, challenging it to live up to its charter So here was the main protocol problem the United States faced on Sept. 23, 2009: President Barack Obama was set to give his inaugural speech before the United Nations General Assembly, ...
COAT - Coalition to oppose the Arms Trade
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Tikun Olam
- Exclusive: Israeli Military Intelligence Cause ...The history of military intelligence is full of nation’s whose personnel made rash, foolish and careless decisions ending in disaster. Israel has done this. Yesterday, news broke that the CIA allowed two Hezbollah double agents penetrate and roll up its Lebanese spy network, in part beca ...
- Likud and the Rise of the Permanent Far-Right ...What we’re seeing in Israeli politics and have seen since 2000, when the last Labor government ruled Israel, is the rise of a permanent far-right majority. Not a majority within the populace, but a ruling majority cobbled together from various right and farther right strands of Israeli nat ...
- Former Channel 10 CEO: Bibi Sealed Deal to Shu ...The Israeli business paper, Globes, reports (Hebrew) on an interview aired on Israeli TV by former Channel 10 CEO, Raduar Benziman, who quit his post after agreeing to air an abject apology to Sheldon Adelson for an unflattering documentary it aired about the unsavory business practices of the g ...
- Santorum Endorses One-State SolutionEli Clifton does his usual sterling job finding this absolute chestnut. Rick Santorum unwittingly endorsed a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict when he made this statement on the campaign trail [emphasis mine]: …The GOP presidential hopeful said that “all the people wh ...
- Glenn Beck at ZOA Dinner: ’18 Months to Save W ...Mort Klein and ZOA provide endless enjoyment for anyone with an acute political satiric sense. Take their latest fundraising gala last night covered by Haaretz. There was so much to delight in, I hardly know where to start. Why don’t we begin with the Bar Ilan University professor, who ...
If Americans Knew
- AIPAC: We'll take over Cal's student governmen ..."How are we going to beat back the anti-Israel divestment resolution at Berkeley? We're going to make certain that pro-Israel students take over the student government and reverse the vote. That is how AIPAC operates in our nation's capitol. This is how AIPAC must operate on our nation's campuses."
- VIDEO: AIPAC and Stealth Israel Political Acti ...Janet McMahon of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs explains the history and impact of "stealth PACs." Why has the American Israel Public Affairs Committee spawned a network of PACs across America? Why don't any claim affiliation to their creator or use descriptive names? Shouldn't the ...
- Israel Lobby Dominates Congress, Media Covers ...You might think that 20 percent of the American Congress going on all-expenses-paid, week-long junkets to a foreign country -- paid for by a lobby for that country -- would be newsworthy, especially when the top congressional leaders of both parties are leading the trips. You would be wrong.
- Israeli video games in Gaza: "Minimal collater ...He looks at the camera with bright eyes and the beginning of a smile, wearing a miniature dark blue zipper sweatshirt, the cuffs folded up a bit to make it fit. I can imagine his mother dressing him that morning, making sure he would be warm enough. I wonder if she's the one who took the picture ...
- American Taxpayers Pay and Pay: Subsidizing Is ...Israel's Jerusalem Post newspaper recently published an article calling Israel "The New Golden Country" for young people from around the world. It reports that Israel boasts "an ever-increasing GDP, a strong currency, and a lower unemployment rate than the US."
David J. Gregory
- What side are you on?As a Thanksgiving deadline nears for action by the powerful congressional committee on deficit reduction, Bernie sounded an alarm over reports that Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid may be cut. "The American people have been very clear. They understand how important Social Security, Med ...
- Listen to Art Bell’s Coast to Coast HAAR ...This is an (CLICK HERE FOR THE SHOW) encore presentation of a show that aired in 2005. It’s revealing because it discusses the secret facility in Alaska that manipulates the ionosphere with possible devastating results. Listen to scientists working on it then and their reluctance to speak about ...
- Official 9/11 Fable To Become Part Of School C ...Government-supported effort to ‘encourage critical thinking’ actually encourages obedient regurgitation of lies Paul Joseph Watson Rest of Story on Prison Planet.com Tuesday, September 6, 2011 “We don’t need no education….we don’t need no thought control.” In a week where the establishment is de ...
- EOC Eye On Citrus Radio: Pre 9-11-2001 Tenth A ...(661) 449-9342 The Tenth Anniversary of the most despicable act every perpetrated on a people by elements of its own government in the history of mankind is just around the corner. The evidence is apparent, it’s been shown and revealed over and over, yet the public doesn’t rise to ar ...
- " Flip Flopped"Dear Editor, The Chronicle on 8/22/11, stated that the Crystal River City Council was going to have the "first reading" on 8/22/11 of an ordinance that the council voted on at a previous meeting "to change flag displays to an unlimited number". How can flying ...
Unsuitable Blog
- WWF Denies Palm Oil is the Problem, then Count ...It seems there is no depth to which the corporate world’s own favourite NGO, WWF, will not sink. An article in this week’s Guardian was happy to give WWF some free publicity, implying that the group actually give a stuff about the wildlife they were apparently set up to protect (or s ...
- Ready the Fire Extinguishers: The Coca-Cola Ol ...The Olympic torch relay does not have an auspicious history. The modern torch relay, as a symbol of local pride enmeshed in the Olympic ideal, was introduced in 1936 to herald the opening of the Berlin Olympics. It was nothing less than a propaganda exercise to show the world the superiority of ...
- Greenloons: Ecotourism is the New BlindfoldNow that the Unsuitablog is taking a more occasional view of ethical hypocrisy (short for, “I really don’t have the time for all this!”) it takes a very special email or advert to make it to the blog. Most of them end up in my junk folder, but some of them sneak into my inbox, ...
- Moving Planet Just Moved!Symbolic action sucks! Have a look at the other side of Moving Planet and the environmental mainstream at www.moving-planet.com
- An Open Letter to Mike Gonzalez, and Everyone ...To: Professor Mike Gonzalez, Glasgow University Hi Mike I’ve just read your article “Eva Morales Defence of Mother Earth Rings Hollow in Bolivia” (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/oct/03/evo-morales-indigenous-people-protest) and am a little concerned. I assume (hope) you ...
Subalternate Reality
- Forget The Wealthy. How Do We Tax The Lucky?A few weeks ago, the Washington Post ran a lengthy, above-the-fold piece looking into what impact capital gains tax rates were having on wealth inequality in America. “Most of the richest Americans pay lower overall tax rates than middle-class Americans do,” the reporters noted, adding that duri ...
- Muslim-Baiters Don’t Want To Be Treated ...Over the weekend, I posted the following message on Twitter: “When a Muslim commits terror, every Muslim in the world somehow shares responsibility. When it’s a white Christian, he’s always a lone wolf.” I wasn’t commenting on the tendency of commentators to use different words to de ...
- Keith Ellison’s Tears And Epistemic ClosureRep. Peter King’s hearings looking into the “radicalization” of the American Muslim community, and the suggestion that the community doesn’t cooperate with law enforcement, was largely a waste of time and tax dollars. The affair didn’t produce a single insight into the actual and urgent issue of ...
- Praying On Qasr al-NilOne of the more memorable scenes of the Egyptian revolution will surely be that of ordinary Egyptian’s praying on Cairo’s Qasr al-Nil Bridge as members of Egyptian state police direct their water cannons at them. Truly a remarkable sight. via Al Jazeera Filed under: Middle East Tagged: Al-Jazeer ...
- “I Support Democratization, But…&# ...The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg – one of the key proponents of the disastrous invasion of Iraq – has some serious misgivings about the fledgling pro-democracy movement that’s taken over the streets of Egypt. “I support democratization, but,” he cautions, “the democratization we saw in Gaza (cour ...
Idea Lab | Technology
- Mobile Phones Are Key to a Free Newspaper in M ...MobileActive recently posted a call for guest posts on its site. A version of this guest post, which was written by Janet Gunter, originally appeared on MobileActive.org's Mobile Media Toolkit blog. MobileActive chose to highlight this piece because it demonstrates how a free newspaper in Mozamb ...
- #DontBreakTheInternet: How The Web Became a Po ...Good ideas aren't enough. They need champions and constant vigilance, or Congress will take them from you. Many problems arise when your country's legislature is consistently more responsive to its donors than its constituents. One of these problems is that simple good ideas can't just be lef ...
- DocumentCloud Shows Off Popcorn.js Plug-in at ...DocumentCloud visited London at the beginning of November for the Mozilla Festival. This year's festival focused on media, freedom and the web. DocumentCloud, a catalog of primary source documents and a tool for annotating, organizing and publishing them on the web, fit comfortably alongside a v ...
- Feeding OpenBlock: A New Newsroom Pet That Eat ...A few months ago, my kids hit an inevitable, but still terrifying, milestone -- they began asking for a pet. Being a complete Scrooge, I quickly set to work explaining that pets are hard work and expensive. Showing a strong knack for journalism, they demanded proof of my assertions, so we set of ...
- Public Lab's 'Barnraising' Focuses on DIY Infr ...Stephen Debique, a student from Trinidad, carefully removed the screws from the digital camera, trying not to destroy it in the process. His hands shook a little as he hesitated just before popping the hot-filter off the heart of the machine with exactly the correct amount of pressure. After a f ...
Cutting Edge News
- The Immigration Edge - State laws Offering Tui ...Federal law prohibits state colleges and universities from providing in-state tuition rates to illegal aliens “on the basis of residence within the State”—unless the same in-state rates are offered to all citizens of the United States. Today, 12 states are circumventing this federal law, and the ...
- The Edge of Nature - UGA Scientists Invent Lon ...In a paper just published in the early online edition of the journal Nature Materials, University of Georgia scientists describe a new material that emits a long-lasting, near-infrared glow after a single minute of exposure to sunlight. Lead author Zhengwei Pan, associate professor of physi ...
- US Economy on Edge - Government Regulation doe ...Do regulations kill jobs? Not according to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D–NV). In a floor speech November 15, Reid argued that the idea that regulations cost jobs was a “myth,” claiming that according to the Labor Department, “only a tiny fraction of layoffs have anything at all to do with ...
- Cuba on Edge - Change Coming to Cuba The freehold buying and selling of residential real property became legal in Cuba on November 10, 2010, marking a major milestone on the island’s road to economic liberalization.The Cuban government is encouraging the creation of small businesses and private farming. More than 180,000 “self-empl ...
- Colombia on Edge - Colombia's FARC Narco-Terro ...On November 4, 2011, the Colombian military launched a successful raid that resulted in the death of the commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Guillermo León Sáenz Vargas, better known as Alfonso Cano. Responding to the death of the leftist group’s leader, Colo ...
High Country News
- Thanks to Obama, cattlemen lose outProposed rule changes that would have made it easier for small-scale ranchers to compete with giant meatpacking corporations just went down in flames.
- Breathing clean air comes in second in CongressHouse bills to delay air pollution standards move on to the Senate.
- Of marigolds and a day with the deadViolence, border patrol, and leaving flowers on the Mexican side of the border.
- The forgotten North Cascades grizzly bearAs grizzly bear populations in the Rockies rebound, the great bruins face extirpation in the North Cascades. Can they hang on until the feds fund recovery?
- Clean air regulations protect park views by ta ...The Environmental Protection Agency is attempting to reduce haze from air pollution near national parks and wilderness; some coal-fired power plants are cleaning up their act and others will shut down.
CounterCurrents
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- Fear And Loathing In The Housing Market- The G ...By William Hicks Continuing the recent run of bad economic news, an S&P/Case Shiller report on Tuesday confirmed that U.S. home prices in most major markets have resumed falling after stabilizing for a couple of years
- Disastrous US Jobs Report Points To Deepening ...By Barry Grey US payrolls grew by a paltry 54,000 in May and the official unemployment rate rose to 9.1 percent, an increase of 0.3 percent since March, according to the monthly employment report released Friday by the Labor Department
- A State For JewsBy William James Martin Why are we providing almost incalculable support and sustenance to a state - Israel- which is a state for Jews, and exclusively for Jews, at the expense of the indigenous native Palestinians
- Israelis Rush For Second PassportsBy Franklin Lamb Several studies in Israel and one conducted by AIPAC and another by the Jewish National Fund in Germany show that perhaps as many as half of the Jews living in Israel will consider leaving Palestine in the next few years if current political and social trends continue. A 2008 s ...
Contagious Love Experiment
- Kill Team: The Bigger PictureSorry to have been slacking on the blog. Here’s an article I wrote and forget to post… better late than never! Kill Team: The Bigger Picture http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/06-8
- Dear Mr. Beck, I Shook Hands with the AntichristDear Mr. Beck: I Shook Hands with the Antichrist Earlier this week, Michael Lind wrote an article for Salon about the misplaced energy in demeaning alarmists like Glenn Beck.1 Having friends and family who often revere the inflammatory rhetoric of Beck, Palin, Limbaugh, and others as a light in ...
- Practicing Peace in the New YearA friend, Frank Swift, that I met on my first journey has passed along some great practical steps towards peace for the new year. Frank has written a children’s book to help young people see an alternative to the competition and forcefulness that can too easily get instilled in our young p ...
- Sharing the writing of another StieberMy younger brother, Zack, has been fascinated by the Chinese practice of Falun Gong and is hoping that this post could be used to spark a further discussion about it. Thoughts on Falun Gong by Zack Stieber Most of us are aware that in China things work differently then here. The ma ...
- Article in FORThe following is the rough draft for an article I wrote, reflecting on the war in Iraq, that was published in the recent edition of the Fellowship of Reconciliation’s magazine. For more info on getting the full magazine, check out: http://forusa.org/fall-2010-renewing-movement Rheto ...
Yid With Lid
- Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Versus Army: Disastr ...by Barry Rubin Only days before parliamentary elections, Egypt is in a huge crisis whose outcome will determine the future of almost 80 million people and perhaps the Arabic-speaking world’s fate for decades to come. Will the army go ahead with elections that will be won by the Mus ...
- BREAKING!!! Climategate II, 5,000 New Emails R ...No you are not experiencing deja vu. do not adjust your television set, it is neither the Twilight Zone or the Outer Limits, it really is happening again. Another 5,ooo emails from the University of East Angola have been placed upon an Russian Server to be shared with the public. And ...
- Karl Marx Visits Occupy Wall StreetBy Barry Rubin November 1989, Moscow During the Polish anti-Communist revolt, spearheaded by the workers, a joke swept through Poland. According to the story, the Communist dictator couldn’t figure out what to do in order to put down the uprising. So he went to Moscow to visit Lenin’ ...
- Things You May Not Know About The Failed Super ...The announcement came Monday after the markets closed, just as expected the “Super Committee” whose job was to cut $1.2 trillion out of the budget failed. "Despite our inability to bridge the committee's significant differences, we end this process united in our belief that the nation's ...
- The Muslim Brotherhood Takes Over the (Sunni) ...by Barry Rubin On November 28, Egyptians will vote for a parliament which will also write the country’s new constitution. The Western media at first told us that the Muslim Brotherhood was weak and unimportant as well as moderate. Now, when it’s too late, the Western media is admitting the ...
The Real Agenda
- $ 352 Mil Millones en Dinero de la Droga Inyec ...Sin esta suma, la economía globalizada hubiera comenzado a desmoronarse desde entonces y varios bancos en Europa y Estados Unidos hubieran ido a la quiebra. Traducción Luis Miranda Pravda 23 de noviembre 2011 Los Carteles de la Droga controlan México. Esas estructuras criminales son como empresa ...
- U.S. Malls will Track People’s Cellphone ...CNNMoney.com November 23, 2011 Attention holiday shoppers: your cell phone may be tracked this year. Starting on Black Friday and running through New Year’s Day, two U.S. malls — Promenade Temecula in southern California and Short Pump Town Center in Richmond, Va. — will track ...
- Russia may target US missile defense sites say ...Associated Press November 23, 2011 Russia will deploy new missiles aimed at US missile defense sites in Europe if Washington goes ahead with a planned shield despite Russia’s concerns, President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday. Russia will station missiles in its westernmost Kaliningrad reg ...
- $352 Billion in Drug Cartel Money Rescued Bank ...by Anatoly Miranovsky Pravda November 23, 2011 Drug cartels rule Mexico. Those criminal structures are like transnational corporations. They produce and distribute drugs in Mexico and enjoy their undivided reign in the country. Los Zetas cartel is a special phenomenon in Mexico. The cartel was l ...
- MRI’s Have NO Medical Benefitby S. L. Baker NaturalNews.com November 23, 2011 The use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, better known simply as MRI, for breast cancer screening is increasing and so is its use in guiding breast surgery when cancer is discovered. Obviously, that means healthcare costs are soaring, too, as more an ...
Wind Watch
- Firm pulls plug on wind farm near Winters, cit ...A San Francisco company said it has abandoned plans for a large-scale wind farm near Winters because the turbines could have harmed golden eagles, bald eagles and other local bird species. Pattern Energy Group LP said the 100-megawatt project would have provided enough energy to light about 44,0 ...
- Several local landowners want out of wind contractAWA Goodhue Wind has faced many battles in its journey toward getting a permit for a wind farm in Goodhue County, and another one is about to ensue. A handful of participating landowners who agreed to be part of the 78-megawatt wind farm are now anxious to get out of their contracts and have sen ...
- Shelburne wind farm project shelvedSHELBURNE — A developer hoping to build eight wind turbines atop Mt. Massamet, an iconic landscape feature near the tourist village of Shelburne Falls, has folded his cards and walked away from the table — at least for now. Near the end of a contentious public hearing before the Zoning Board of ...
- Wind farms are useless, says DukeThe Duke of Edinburgh has made a fierce attack on wind farms, describing them as “absolutely useless”. In a withering assault on the onshore wind turbine industry, the Duke said the farms were “a disgrace”. He also criticised the industry’s reliance on subsidies from electricity customers, claim ...
- Shelburne wind farm plan withdrawn; Landowner ...SHELBURNE FALLS — The $40 million, eight-turbine Mount Massaemet wind farm proposal has been taken off the table … for now. Frederick D. Field quietly withdrew his Zoning Board of Appeals special permit application at the end of a long meeting Thursday night that brought out 250 residents from s ...
Tippers News
- Three men helped starve kids, court tolThree 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
- Chinese sex traders challenge verdictThe three Chinese nationals who were jailed by an Accra Circuit Court for transporting 10 Chinese girls into the country and engaging them in sex trade have appealed against the verdict. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World | Note-it! | Add a Comment
- DNA testing a proven weapon in fight against h ...DNA testing is a proven aid in solving child trafficking cases in the country, a well-known international research institute says. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World | Note-it! | Add a Comment
- Be a Voice for Coastal Louisiana's Wildlife ! ...Coastal Louisiana provides habitat to hundreds of wildlife species, including sea turtles, migratory birds, and manatees. But unfortunately, right now Louisiana is also experiencing the highest rate of land loss in the United States Submitted by Cher C. to Environment | Note- ...
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The Freeman
- Anti-Lobbying Rules under Fire“Business groups are slamming the Obama administration over a plan that would bar lobbyists and their employers from giving gifts to federal employees — including picking up the tab for government workers to attend conferences and trade shows.” (USA Today) A little distance wouldn’t ...
- FCC Chairman Opposes AT&T/T-Mobile Merger“The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission took steps Tuesday to block the proposed $39 billion merger of the mobile phone companies AT&T and T-Mobile USA. The chairman, Julius Genachowski, made the move after the commission’s staff concluded that the deal would harm consum ...
- CBO Says Stimulus Is Drag on Economy“The Congressional Budget Office on Tuesday downgraded its estimate of the benefits of President Obama’s 2009 stimulus package, saying it may have sustained as few as 700,000 jobs at its peak last year and that over the long run it will actually be a net drag on the economy. CBO said that ...
- Why the Titanic Is SinkingWashington is now deep into the process of attempting to deal with the budget deficit, an exercise that leaves experienced observers with a sinking feeling. Presenting plans to cut spending and balance the budget is like the proverbial activity of rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. It i ...
- Congress May Limit Checked-Luggage Fees“Too much carry-on luggage toted by other passengers recently emerged as the No. 1 complaint of air travelers, and with the Thanksgiving travel crush underway, Congress might consider limiting the bag fees that airlines can charge. Those per-bag fees that airlines have been charging for ch ...
Teaching Online Journalism
- Classroom helpers for j-schoolIn the fall, when the new school year begins in the northern hemisphere, older posts on this blog find a new life. I’m so happy to see that people are finding useful things here! These are some of the top posts from the past week: How to shoot video interviews Getting started with Wor ...
- 10 Rules for Visual StorytellingFor some people, “visual storytelling” means photographs. For others, it means film or video. An epic movie such as the Lord of the Rings trilogy may spring to mind — and few would disagree with that as a fine example of visual storytelling. In journalism writing classes, stud ...
- Getting that first job in journalismInternships. Portfolio. Real work (not work assigned in a class). Not necessarily paid work — but journalism work that some respectable organization saw fit to publish, with your name on it. Lacking these, a new journalism graduate is behind the curve. There are not so many jobs out there ...
- 5,000 followers on TwitterSure, I’m no Andy Carvin (NPR’s social media guy), but I do feel a little thrill when the zeros turn over. The screen capture above is from yesterday, July 31, 2011. See my recent posts about Twitter and journalism. Sure, I’m no Andy Carvin (NPR’s social media ...
- 6 Proposals for Journalism Education TodayI’ve spent a huge amount of time this year thinking about and working on journalism curriculum. From developing and teaching a four-week program to train journalism educators in Africa in the practice of online journalism, to helping with a major overhaul of the undergraduate curriculum in ...
Facing South
- Cain revamps 9-9-9 tax plan, but it still hurt ...Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain revised his tax proposal in response to criticism that it would disproportionately burden the poor. But the new plan would still hit low-income A ...
- U.S. oil companies, security contractors look ...American oil and security firms see big opportunities in post-Gaddafi Libya.
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- Alabama workers meet harsh immigration law wit ...As all-out attack continues on immigrants in the South and West, Alabama's immigrant workers met it with a day of wildcat strikes.
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- 3 reasons why Art Pope deserves all the media ...North Carolina powerbroker Art Pope doesn't like the media attention he's received since a New Yorker profile pushed him and his political empire into the national spotlight t ...
- More cutbacks in legal services for the poor i ...North Mississippi Rural Legal Services is closing its office in the region's largest city and shuttering a unit that handles public benefits issues -- at the very time the public need ...
Worldpress - Africa
- Progress in Sierra Leone, but Not for the YouthPresident Koroma has improved electricity supply, healthcare and roads in Sierra Leone, but the country's young people have not received the education or opportunities they need.
- Land Grabs and the World BankFarmers in developing countries are seeing their land taken from them and sold off to investors, and the World Bank is playing a hand in the deals.
- Childbirth in Developing CountriesMaternal deaths occur at a rate 300 times higher in developing countries than in the developed world. International health initiatives are working to address the problem.
- Tunisia First to Govern in Era of TransitionTunisian's election of its Constituent Assembly represents the first step in the Arab Spring's transitioning from revolution to democratization.
- U.S. Forces in UgandaPresident Obama's decision to deploy U.S. special forces to Central Africa to help end the LRA insurgency led by Joseph Kony raises a number of questions about the mission.
Telegraph UK - oil
- Industrial scars: aerial photographs of pollut ...Industrial scars: aerial photographs of pollution by J Henry Fair.
- New Zealand: oil leaks and cargo topples off s ...Fears stricken cargo ship may break up and cause environmental disaster.
- Oil leak from container ship Rena is New Zeala ...Oil leak from container ship is New Zealand's worst maritime disaster.
- Libya: the minister, the Tory donor and a cont ...An oil firm whose chief executive has bankrolled the Conservatives won exclusive rights to trade with Libyan rebels during the conflict, following secret talks involving the British Government.
- Vladimir Putin plays for high stakes in the oi ...It has always suited Moscow to play the oil companies off against each other, argues George Trefgarne.
Ian Welsh
- What’s happening in Europe is what matters: ru ...The oligarchs have taken down two governments in the past two weeks – Italy and Greece. The idea that the Mario Monti, the new PM of Italy, is something wonderful, is deranged. Note that once again, neither an election nor a referendum was allowed. If you want to save the Euro and some f ...
- What’s happening in Europe is what matte ...The oligarchs have taken down two governments in the past two weeks – Italy and Greece. The idea that the Mario Monti, the new PM of Italy, is something wonderful, is deranged. Note that once again, neither an election nor a referendum was allowed. If you want to save the Euro and some f ...
- The Occupy Education ContinuesA huge coordinated attack in multiple cities occurred last night, in which even journalists were thrown in jail. Many protestors are being denied access to lawyers. Bloomberg and the police are in direct violation of a court order to allow protestors back into the park. In other words, the law ...
- The Occupy Education ContinuesA huge coordinated attack in multiple cities occurred last night, in which even journalists were thrown in jail. Many protestors are being denied access to lawyers. Bloomberg and the police are in direct violation of a court order to allow protestors back into the park. In other words, the law ...
- In Flanders Fieldsby John McCrae 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, Loved and were loved, and now [...]
Media Consortium
- The Media Consortium » The Big Thaw
- Corporations Are Not People -- In These TimesHASH(0xbc586f0)
- Private prison company’s growth went hand-in-h ...HASH(0xbe94238)
- Montana AG warns of return to rampant corporat ...HASH(0xbc06d70)
- $1.3 trillion in federal spending unaccounted ...HASH(0xb685e80)
Reality Asserts Itself
- Drug Wars in Juarez Fuels Boom in El PasoMy colleague Malak Behrouznami recently returned from Juarez Mexico where she grew up as a child. She as a wonderful heritage - her father is Iranian and her Mother is Mexican. She went Juarez for family and journalistic reasons. One of her objectives was to find out why Juarez has become a terr ...
- PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI NEGOTIATIONS TO NOWHERE NO ...A few months ago when shooting a documentary in the Middle East, we met Zeina, a 13-year-old Palestinian living in a Beirut refugee camp. She was traumatized as she watched the Israeli Gaza war on television. It changed her life. She now thinks of revenge and cannot understand the Israeli childr ...
- FROM JOE McCARTHY TO GLEN BECK – TIME TO END F ...I listened to Glen Becks "Restoring Honor" speech today hoping to find something of substance to write about. I found a stringing together of such empty phrases it does not bear discussion. The more important issue is why a man whose megalomania seems to have no bounds can become ...
- PAKISTAN FLOODS AND A FAILED POLICY - UN Sec. ...Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, says of the flooding in Pakistan "The world has never seen such a disaster. It's much beyond anybody's imagination". At least 20 million people have lost their homes, more than 1600 have died, and disease and hunger will c ...
- China and the end of the end of historyMany economists and political analysts think the current recovery, as it's being called, is a rather temporary phenomenon. Many expect the recession to kick back in, and perhaps within a few years get much more serious. What does that mean in terms of the future of the world economy and worl ...
Great Beyond ( Nature )
- Lynn Margulis 1938 - 2011Biologist Lynn Margulis, best known for her work on the theory of endosymbiosis, died on 22 November at her home in Amherst, Massachusetts. She was 73. Endosymbiosis is the process by which two unrelated organisms fuse into one. Early in her career, Margulis proposed that the eukaryotic ce ...
- Fluorescent spray tags cancer cellsPosted on behalf of Zoe Cormier. Japanese researchers have developed a probe for ovarian cancer that can be sprayed onto tissue during surgery, fluorescing where malignant cells are present — allowing surgeons to identify and remove scattered bits of tumour. Ovarian cancer has a tendency t ...
- Climate scientists respond to second e-mail leakWhat a difference two years makes. Phil Jones, director of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, UK, has been quick to respond to the new batch of 5,000 e-mails from CRU that were anonymously posted on the internet yesterday. In stark contrast to ...
- High-res images fill in details about lunar to ...Cross-posted from Scientific American's Image Gallery on behalf of Sarah Fecht. A Moon-orbiting spacecraft has compiled a nearly complete map of the lunar surface at its highest resolution to date. The Moon is our closest celestial neighbour, but our knowledge of its topography is stil ...
- High-res images fill in details about lunar to ...Cross posted from Scientific American's Image Gallery on behalf of Sarah Fecht. A moon-orbiting spacecraft has compiled a nearly complete map of the lunar surface at its highest resolution to date. The moon is our closest celestial neighbor, but our knowledge of its topography is still ...
new geography
- Social Market Housing for the USA: Dream or Ni ...Imagine a future America where the home ownership rate climbs from the current 65%1 to 87%2. Libertarians as well as many social democrats would be cheering. Imagine that this rate was achieved by the state itself acting as the builder of 88%3 of the housing. Imagine also that the state i ...
- Is Industrial Strife a Sign of Housing Stress? Industrial disputes – including a spate of on and off again strikes at national carrier Qantas – are becoming once again a frequent feature of the Australian media. Unions are pushing for wage rises in the face of the falling buying power of the fixed wage (as costs of living rise). Those wa ...
- Urbanizing India: The 2011 Census Shows Slowin ...Provisional results from the 2011 census of India show a diminishing population, the lowest since independence in 1947. From 2001 to 2007, India's population grew 17.6%, compared to a 20% to 25% growth rate in previous periods since the 1951 census. Even so, India is expected to virtually ca ...
- The Best Cities For Technology JobsDuring tough economic times, technology is often seen as the one bright spot. In the U.S. this past year technology jobs outpaced the overall rate of new employment nearly four times. But if you’re looking for a tech job, you may want to consider searching outside of Silicon Valley. Though the ...
- Toyota: How Mississippi Engineered the Blue Sp ...A big crowd gathered earlier today to welcome the first Corolla that rolled off the assembly line at Toyota’s tenth U.S. plant in the tiny hamlet of Blue Springs, Mississippi. Situated in Union County, just 17 miles from Elvis’ hometown of Tupelo, the new plant is the latest new automobile manuf ...
GM Watch
- Death in GM soya warsNOTE: For more on the terrible human and environmental devastation wreaked by GM soy monocultures, see our Latin America videos: http://www.gmwatch.org/gm-videosb/26-gm-in-latin-america --- --- SOYA WARS CLAIM CASUALTIES IN ARGENTINA Nick Caistor, LAB Latin America Bureau, 22 November 2011 http ...
- Violations of human rights as a result of GM soyNOTE: The report is available as a word document via this link: http://bit.ly/vdqo6O In case you get a warning about the link, it's simply a shortened google link to the document on the website of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). --- --- Geneva, 14 Nov ...
- Take action! US, Europe, India, Turkey, AustraliaTake action! Take action! Take action! *USA: What's in your food? Join the Union of Concerned Scientists in telling the FDA to label GM foods! http://t.co/7hxp4kWg *USA: Get active on GM labeling in California Over 90% of Americans want the choice NOT to buy GM foods. The initiative for the CA ...
- Rothamsted's GM research a high risk optionNOTE: More about the British agricultural research institute Rothamsted Research here: http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Rothamsted_Research --- --- Rothamsted's GM Wheat "Remodel" is High Risk Option GM Freeze, 22 Nov 2011 http://www.gmfreeze.org/news-releases/172/ GM Freeze today described ...
- How much insecticide do Bt plants produce?How much insecticide do Bt plants actually produce? New publication shows inadequacies in risk assessment TestBiotech (Munich), 21 November 2011 http://www.testbiotech.de/en/node/578 A new publication by an international research consortium has revealed several inadequacies in current approache ...
spiked
- Occupy: the sad reality and the mad fantasiesFar from being clear-eyed, Occupy Wall Street is a blank slate on to which every opportunistic op-ed writer is scribbling his or her pet concerns.
- It isn’t only Romney who’s lost fo ...The coverage of Republican hopefuls’ gaffes hides the fact that the entire US political class has little to say.
- Legal justice: too fine a pursuit for LibyansThe International Criminal Court’s insistence on controlling the trial of Saif Gaddafi reeks of neo-colonialism.
- That’s enough anti-racist blather about ...The obnoxious FIFA president had a point for once – and the real targets of the moral backlash are the masses who watch and play football.
- Not the BEST way to debate climateA study prompted by ‘Climategate’ has been held up as proof that sceptics are wrong. The truth is far murkier.
Cryptogon
- UK PMs Internet Censorship Insinuation Receive ...Via: ZeroPaid: You know your internet censorship plans are too strict when China praises you for it. I’ll say this right off the bat, if someone told me one month ago that I would end up writing a headline like that, I would have told them they were insane. I am simply stunned that it [...]
- Hugo Chavez Orders $11 Billion of Gold Home Fr ...Via: Bloomberg: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ordered the central bank to repatriate $11 billion of gold reserves held in developed nations’ institutions such as the Bank of England as the metal rises to record levels behind a weakening U.S. dollar. Venezuela, which holds 211 tons of its 365 ...
- Single Seat Electric Vehicle Sets 1,000 Miles- ...Via: PhysOrg: An experimental electric vehicle called “Schluckspecht” (“boozer,” or “tippler” in German) has set the record for achieving the longest drive in a battery-powered vehicle on a single battery charge. Its record-breaking distance was 1,013.8 miles ...
- Long Beach Police Department Claims Authority ...The U.S. horror show is plumbing new depths of fascism now. This one will definitely cause you to skip a beat. Even I had to pause and re-read this one in disbelief. Via: Long Beach Post: Police Chief Jim McDonnell has confirmed that detaining photographers for taking pictures “with no app ...
- Who—and What—Are Behind the “ ...I just included a tiny piece of this. Click through, but be ready to for a lengthy and careful meditation on total absurdity of this fabricated spectacle. Via: Who What Why: The establishment media just keep getting worse. They’re further and further from good, tough investigative journalism, an ...
The Economic Collapse
- 25 Bitter And Painful Facts About The Coming B ...For decades we were warned that when the Baby Boomers started to retire that this country would be facing a retirement crisis of unprecedented magnitude. Well, that day has arrived ladies and gentlemen. Back on January 1st, the Baby Boomers began to retire and more than 10,000 ...
- 17 Quotes About The Coming Global Financial Co ...Is the world on the verge of another massive global financial collapse? Yes. The western world is drowning in an ocean of debt unlike anything the world has ever seen before, and our financial markets are gigantic casinos that are dependent on huge mountains of risk and leverag ...
- Epic Failure: The Supercommittee Was A Super JokeDoes anyone need any additional evidence that our political system is completely broken? The bipartisan congressional supercommittee that was given two months to come up with at least $1.2 trillion in deficit cuts over the next decade has failed to reach an agreement. It is an ...
- The Coming European Superstate That Germany Pl ...A lot of people were puzzled about what German Chancellor Angela Merkel meant when she recently stated that the ultimate solution to the financial crisis in the EU would "mean more Europe, not less Europe". Well, now we are finding out. A leaked internal German government memo ...
- 35 Facts About The Gutting Of America’s ...Did you know that an average of 23 manufacturing facilities were shut down every single day in the United States last year? As World War II ended, the United States emerged as the greatest industrial power that the world has ever seen. But now America's industrial might is bein ...
Desertification
- The cost of 200-250 million container gardens ...It seems that 1 billion people on earth are chronically hungry. Suppose that, on average, they all belong to a family with 4-5 family members. That would mean there are 200-250 million chronically hungry families. Suppose that all the international … Continue reading →
- WFP is appealing for US$42 million to cover a ...Read at : http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94286 ZIMBABWE: One million need food assistance After a thin harvest, Rudo Mangwere, 32, a farmer in Chirumhanzu district, some 200km southwest of Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital, has resorted to selling wild honey by the roadside to beat ...
- Rainwater Harvesting PET-Tree System (Gooigle ...Read at : Google Alert – vertical gardening http://inhabitat.com/rainwater-recycling-pet-tree-makes-urban-gardening-a-breeze/ Rainwater Harvesting PET-Tree System Makes Urban Gardening a Breeze by Inhabitat, 11/22/11 Pet-Tree is a vertical eco gardening system made from recycled PET contai ...
- Reforestation project in Guinea 1986 (Willem V ...
- MORE THAN A MILLION ZIMBABWEANS FACING FOOD ST ...New York, Nov 21 2011 5:05PM More than one million Zimbabweans will struggle for food between now and March, according to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), which has already begun assisting the most vulnerable but needs $42 million … Continue reading →
The Paper Trail
- Congressional perks: Lawmakers’ most surprisin ...It’s seemingly been a pretty rough autumn on Capitol Hill. Last month, the public’s approval rating for Congress dropped to 9 percent, the lowest ever, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll.
- Lobbyist Loeffler now raising cash for Huntsma ...The super PAC behind a $1.5 million New Hampshire television ad blitz for Jon Huntsman has been quietly benefiting from the fundraising muscle of lobbyist Tom Loeffler, who until recently was a top Huntsman campaign official.
- The weekly watchdog: Nov. 21 - Nov. 23In case you missed them, catch up on this holiday week's top investigations from iWatch News.
- Limits on mercury and soot could save billions ...In the face of opposition from industry and Republicans, the Environmental Protection Administration is attempting to reduce harmful emissions from coal-fired power plants that studies have linked to illnesses and tens of thousands of premature deaths every year.
- IMPACT: EPA posts secret 'watch list' that inc ...Just days after the Center for Public Integrity's iWatch News and NPR reported that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency maintains an internal list that includes serious or chronic violators of air pollution laws that have not been subject to timely enforcement, the EPA has posted the Septem ...
backofthebook.ca
- Death in Vancouver, bluster on TwitterBy Frank Moher A young woman died of a drug overdose in Vancouver yesterday. Her name was Ashley. She became one of the approximately 120 people who will die of drug overdoses in Vancouver this year. She happened to be at the Occupy Vancouver encampment when she died. Or perhaps it wasn ...
- Three simple words that can save a lifeBy Montreal Simon About ten years ago I saw a young couple throw themselves in front of a subway train at the McGill metro station in downtown Montreal. It was all over in a flash. All I saw was two people on the opposite platform suddenly rush forward, and then the body ...
- Minister Oliver goes oil drummingBy Alison@Creekside While in Washington oildrumming up K-XL support with US senators on tuesday, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver plumped for the Keystone XL pipeline in his keynote address to the 4th Annual United States Energy Association (USEA) Energy Supply Forum. Here is the qu ...
- Letter to Steve Jobsby Eric Pettifor Dear Mr. Jobs: I write to you on the occasion of your death to congratulate you on making a difference. As more of a technology visionary and businessman than a true geek (that was your erstwhile partner Steve Wozniak, or "Woz"), you may not recall that this was ...
- Should the CBC boot Cherry and O’Leary?By Frank Moher It's not at all a bad thing that CBC loudmouths Don Cherry and Kevin O'Leary have agitated some viewers lately, Cherry with his rant against former NHL enforcers who have come out against violence in hockey, and O'Leary with his interview of American journalist Chris Hedges, in ...
libcom
- We cannot stay homeless!parma.jpg Following their evictions, six families have occupied empty housing in Parma, Italy and are refusing to leave. Below is a translation of a statement from the 'Parma Housing Rights Netwo ...
- Atlanta Anti-Police March Nov. 21atlcopproblem.jpg The ongoing and escalating campaign against the police, in Atlanta, continues. Tonight, Atlanta's campaign against the police continues. read more
- St. Louis, MO, USA: N17 March Against Austerit ...6356083443_1721b97494_o.jpg It should be clear that before the Occupy movement, there has always been a struggle against the rich, against the 1%, against capitalism, against whatever you want to call ...
- Marginality and Universality: The Indigenous W ...A critique written in the days following the 17th General Assembly. I apologise for the poor formatting, but I've been working on this all week and am thoroughly sick of it. I welcome your comments here or on my blog. The 17th ...
- All-City Student Occupation @ 90 5th Avenue – ...acsobanner1.jpg A joint statement authored by the All-NYC Student General Assembly. Two days ago the NYPD, under the orders of a billionaire mayor who does not represent us, rai ...
Free Range International
- EFP’sDuring our last trip to Zaranj we had one more task to complete before we went home. The after action report on the ambush of Haji Nematullah, reported they seized three large buckets of Home Made Explosives (HME) and three Explosively Formed Penetrator (EFP) mines. EFP’s were a big prob ...
- Everybody Was Kung Fu FightingMuch has transpired since my visit to Zaranj last month. I learned just this morning that the Surge apparently did not work and we are now, according to our esteemed Secretary of State, switching tactics too. The new counterinsurgency tactic will be “Fight, Talk, Build” and if you ...
- Sanctuary Denied?Last week I received and heads up from Mullah John that General Allen and Ambassador Crocker were on 60 Minutes and was able to watch the show on AFN. The one thing I noticed when watching General Allen was the emotion clearly evident as he discussed the truck bomb has had asked the Pakistani m ...
- Free Ranging BalochistanI’m back in my compound after attending a bunch of ceremonies in Zaranj marking the end of our efforts in Nimroz Province. When we flew in last week the skies were dark and it rained that night. The next morning was clear as a bell making for excellent photography and perfect weather for ...
- Diplomacy 101I am in the middle of an interesting few days as we finish up our projects, some of the larger ones with official ceremonies. Those of you who follow Michael Yon on facebook know where I am and what we have been up to. What is interesting to watch is Michael, myself and our friend [...]
The Story Behind the Story
- Dr. Sowell Comments on OWS — SHORT AND S ...Thomas Sowell (born June 30, 1930) is an American economist, social theorist, political philosopher, and author. A National Humanities Medal winner, he advocates laissez-faire economics and writes from a libertarian perspective. He is currently a Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public ...
- Pedophilia a Doctrine of the Kaballah and the ...Thanks to studying a number of obscure books on the Kaballah and the Talmud, I can say with 100% assurance that pedophilia and child sexual abuse is most definitely a mainstay of certain Khazarian Rabbis and Talmudists in America and Israel. This, along with RITUAL MURDER is their deep, dark se ...
- Hayden Fox Weighs In — Additional Confir ...Sandusky Part of Illuminati Pedophile Network November 13, 2011 By Hayden Fox (henrymakow.com) The Penn State-Jerry Sandusky scandal may just be getting started. Undisclosed allegations implicate Sandusky in a massive homosexual pedophile ring. There is a report Sandusky “pimped outR ...
- Reprint of 1999 Article by John TorellSometimes you come across the writings of another author that mirrors your own research and study completely. So it is with this 1999 evangelical warning to all Americans. In light of the CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE – PENN STATE SAGA – this becomes especially relevant. Enjoy! Eur ...
- Conspiracy of Silence – Penn State Chapt ...There is an epic “Story Behind the Story” concerning Penn State University and the firing of PSU President Graham Spanier and of course “legendary” football coach Joe Paterno last week. Let’s review what has been ALLOWED to be released by the heavily censored, Jewis ...
du la bab - Now is the Time
- Life in a carbon neutral world…There’s a great Story from the New York Times / International Herald and Tribune about a 28 year old product designer from Luxembourg attempting to live a carbon neutral life in Barcelona, Spain. Her story is at certainly inspiring, although sometimes uncomfortable to read about… who ...
- BPA, Phthalates, Toxic Plastic Bottles, Sippy ...Content has been moved – please visit www.jacobbarrocas.com
- Green Spring Cleaning!Content has been moved – please visit www.jacobbarrocas.com
- Food Miles – how far your food travels & ...Content has been moved – please visit www.jacobbarrocas.com
- Getting real about energy production & reductionHere’s a great video from a Cambridge University Physicist David Mackay. He’s discussing practical ways of measuring domestic power consumption, ways of producing energy, and he debate about replacing traditional fossil fuels based methods of producing electricity with more sensible ...
Mansbridge One on One - CBC
- Alison Redford, Premier of Alberta (Nov. 19)Premier of Alberta, Alison Redford discusses her hopes for the province's future and the challenges she faces in the Keystone pipeline project.
- Samantha Nutt, doctor and author (Oct 22, 2011)Dr. Nutt discusses the challenges of delivering aid effectively.
- Dr. Ann McKee, Neuropathologist, Bedford VA Me ...Peter is in the lab with Dr. Ann McKee, one of the key researchers in degenerative brain disease, and finds out what she's learning from the head trauma suffered by fallen former athletes.
- Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of Canada (O ...Peter sits down with Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney about the growing concern over the financial crisis in Europe and what it could mean for Canada.
- Brendan Shanahan, NHL VP, Player Safefty (Oct ...He played 21 years in the NHL, now, Brendan Shanahan is the league's senior VP of player safety, and he's making his mark in a way that may change the very way the game is played.
Scotts Contracting
- Recycling is not just for CansEarlier this year I was asked to replace a leaking roof on a Patio of an Investment Property. The job consisted of Removing the existing Mound City Clay Roof Tiles from the Porch Roof and replacing with Certain Teed 3 Tab-Shingles (Energy Star Rated). Rather than dispose of the Clay Roof Tiles ...
- Green Home Renovation Tips for Fire Safety-Green Home Renovation Tips for Fire Safety Guest Post by: Ms Sally Davison When it comes to sustainable home construction and renovation, fire safety should also be a concern. Preventing fires is a green practice in itself, because fires present a serious threat to the environment in terms of e ...
- CSP-design with Heat Recovery Unit for added E ...UPDATE: Concentrated Solar Power Design with Added Heat Recovery Unit Seeking Assistance to bring this design to market. Please use Contact Form Below and Scotty, Scotts Contracting will reply to your message ASAP. Updated Concentrated Solar Power Photovoltaic Design with Added Automatic Heat ...
- Repair It-Don’t Replace It-Concrete StepsRepairing Concrete Steps instead of Replacing-Job Notes, Suggestions, and Hints. Whether it is downturn of economy or people choosing to save money, many of my clients are choosing to “Repair rather than Replace” the materials used in the construction of their home or business. If yo ...
- Poll-How can I help you Save Money on your Win ...POll-How can I help you Save Money on your Winter-Time Heating Bills? [contact-form] [/contact-form] Related articles Reduce your heating bill this winter (moneysaversdirect.com) CAD Detail Heat and Cold Loss-2×4 Wall (scottscontracting.wordpress.com) Fall Weatherization Services Offer (scottsco ...
The View From Abroad
- The More Things Change, the More They Stay the ...NATO's invasion of Libya was about corporatism, not the safety of the Libyan people.
- Why Was al-Awlaki Denied His Constitutional Ri ...Everyone understands that Anwar al-Awlaki was denied his constitutional rights as an American citizen. The question is, why?
- A Return to the Gold Standard is a MustThe gold standard is not only constitutional, it is necessary to cure what's ailing our economy.
- Revisionism is Alive and WellIn the final analysis, Ronald Reagan was a big government liberal.
- Will Hurricane Irene be a Blessing in Disguise?Bastiat is correct, Krugman is wrong, destruction is not a boon to the economy.
Foreign Policy in Focus - Military (US)
- Barak's Flagging Iran Xenophobia Enrages Israe ...Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak may not be as gung-ho to attack Iran as thought.
- Droning OnThe CIA's drone war in Pakistan is setting precedents that will one day come back to haunt America.
- Israel's Quiet War with IranThe question is not whether Israel will attack Iran -- it already has.
- Egypt: Tear Gas May Be Non-lethal But It's Let ...Egyptian protesters outraged by military's use of U.S. tear gas.
- Disaster Times Two in PakistanAnother round of flooding in Pakistan offers the United States an opportunity to build goodwill in a strained relationship.
Law.com
- Latest Chevron Outtake: 'They're All Corrupt!'Donziger muses 'The judicial system is so utterly weak' in Corporate Counsel's latest release of outtakes from the documentary Crude.
- Minus Kagan, Supreme Court Lets 'Don't Ask' Po ...In an order Friday, the Supreme Court denied a motion aimed at allowing a worldwide ban on enforcement of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military to take effect.
- MGA Loses Effort to Stall Trial in Fee Fight W ...A Los Angeles judge issued a tentative ruling Friday denying toymaker MGA Entertainment's efforts to stay a lawsuit that was filed by its former lawyers at O'Melveny & Myers.
- Proskauer and English Firm End Their Merger Di ...Proskauer Rose and SJ Berwin said Friday they had decided against merging, putting to an end months of speculation about a possible trans-Atlantic tie-up between the two law firms. The firms in a joint statement said "we recognized that the timetable necessary to reach the agreements that would ...
- IRS Throws In Towel on Closely Watched Interna ...
Iranian.com
- VIDEO: Biggest Kurdish Film Festival ever take ...There are more than 30 million Kurds living across Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria - with the battle for their own homeland still a highly controversial and divisive issue.read more
- Can Sanctions End Iran's Nuclear Ambition?Can Sanctions End Iran's Nuclear Ambition? Click on the link and listen to the discussion. http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=142601176&m=142601169
- The Danish-Iranian artist Firoozeh Barafkan ha ...The Danish-Iranian artist Firoozeh Barafkan has chosen to get naked in sympathy with the 20-year-old Egyptian art student and blogger Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, which has caused great debate in the Middle East, after she took a nude picture of herself online. (Google Translate used).
- نرخ بيكارى تا پايان سال جارى 25 درصد افزايش مي ...ايلنا: رئيس اتحاديه کارگران قراردادی و پيمانی سراسر کشور از عدم تحقق سياستهای اشتغال زايی دولت در سال جاری خبر داد و گفت: با تصويب پيش نويس اصلاح قانون کار نرخ بيکاری از ۲۰ به ۲۵ درصد افزايش خواهد يافت. read more
- Rick Santorum Claims He Supports TSA Using Eth ..."What if they look like Timothy McVeigh?" "That's digging a hole for ourselves,"
Most Revolutionary Act
- OWS Demographics and Privilege(This is the 3rd of 4 blogs on the relationship of OWS to the traditional working class.) Young OWS protestors tell a variety of personal stories. Some are new college graduates who have spent sixteen years of their life preparing for professional careers that no longer exist. Some are high scho ...
- How the Working Class Vanished from Progressiv ...(This is the 2nd of 4 blogs about the effect of OWS on the traditional working class.) If OWS comes to be seen as a movement run predominantly by and for the working class, it will be the first grassroots movement to do so since the Great Depression. The last major mass movement during the Vietn ...
- Is the OWS Movement Working Class?There is heated debate across the political spectrum whether OWS represents a genuine working class movement. The issue is vitally important, both to social change activists and the political elite. It will determine whether OWS succeeds in engaging the 80% of the population who spend their enti ...
- Ending Corporate Rule: the Citizens’ Ri ...There is lots of media speculation about the fate of #OccupyWallStreet (OWS) over winter. Wall Street and Washington politicians are hoping OWS will simply vanish with colder weather. At this point, I think this is highly unlikely. I suspect the size of public occupations on the East Coast wil ...
- Don’t Eat the Fish*** How the EPA Violated Their Own Guidelines (This is the second of two blogs about the human health hazards of oil spills.) In what most likely amounts to criminal conspiracy, the Obama administration pressured the EPA to violate their own guidelines and reopen the Gulf fisher ...
Michael Moore - Must Read
- From 'The Revolutionary,' by Walter Russell Me ...Link to original article in full ... The [Bush senior administration] official pointed out fatwas from Osama that cited the effects of sanctions on Iraqi children and the presence of U. S. troops as a sacrilege that justified his jihad. In a real sense, September 11 was part of the cost of ...
- #OccupyAmericaAnchorage, AK (VIDEO) | Birmingham, AL (VIDEO) | Phoenix, AZ | Prescott, AZ (VIDEO) | Tucson, AZ | Berkeley, CA; Protesters target Bank of America | Camarillo, CA | Fresno, CA; 100 rally downtown (VIDEO) | Long Beach, CA | Los Angeles, CA; 10 arrested trying to cash over-sized check made out to ...
- Top Wall Street Banker: 'Obama Mostly Wanted t ...On March 27, 2009, President Obama and his economic team met at the White House with the heads of thirteen major U.S. banks: Ken Chenault of American Express; Ken Lewis, Bank of America; Robert Kelly, Bank of New York Mellon; Vikram Pandit, Citigroup; John Koskinen, Freddie Mac; Lloyd Blankfe ...
- Obama to Top Bankers: 'I'm Protecting You ... ...On March 27, 2009, President Obama and his economic team met at the White House with the heads of thirteen major U.S. banks: Ken Chenault of American Express; Ken Lewis, Bank of America; Robert Kelly, Bank of New York Mellon; Vikram Pandit, Citigroup; John Koskinen, Freddie Mac; Lloyd Blankfein, ...
- ABC's This Week, 8/21/11: David Axelrod Talks ...At 7:10: JAKE TAPPER: Progressive filmmaker Michael Moore had this question that he wanted me to ask you: "Are you aware of how profoundly disappointed so many of the President's supporters are? Do you realize that each time the President moves to the right, he picks up no votes and loses many ...
Salon
- Evictions: A win for Occupy?The series of evictions and police confrontations experienced by the Occupy movement in recent days has generated another surge in media and public interest.First, Pew's weekly news index captures the mainstream media end of things:All totaled, the Occupy Wall Street story accounted for 13% of t ...
- The boys who cry “Holocaust”We’ve been through this before. As one of the most disastrous wars in our history is coming to an inglorious end, the same neoconservative hawks who dreamed it up are agitating for a new war that would make Iraq look like the invasion of Grenada -- and using the ultimate trump card in American p ...
- The holy grail of the JFK storyTwo years from today Americans will observe the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. It is likely to be a moment of national introspection, as well as an opportunity to complete the historical record of one of the most painful days in American history. Yet, incred ...
- The economic price of the supercommittee failOn Monday, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 300 points, a plunge immediately blamed on the supercommittee's failure to agree on a debt reduction deal. If this is true, investors were displaying a remarkable lack of attention to current events. Is there anyone on Wall Street or in Washington ...
- Mitt Romney: Mormon enforcerThe core of Mitt Romney's public identity has long been as a businessman and manager. But for years before he entered politics with an unsuccessful Senate bid in 1994, Romney was something else: a volunteer leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Taken together, recent reportin ...
SMB News
- Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits ...For SMB News Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits camps PURWOBINANGUN: Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano spewed more deadly heat clouds Wednesday as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited some of the 50,000 evacuees in shelters. Searing gas billowed from the crater of the 2,91 ...
- Kasaba throws spit on the camera\Kasaba throws spit on cameraMUMBAI: Ajmal Kasaba webcam spit on Tuesday during a hearing in the Bombay High Court for confirmation of the death penalty, which led the court strictly tell him to behave properly. Judjes a warning when they Kasaba altercation with the police and spit at the camera ...
- K’taka Speaker disqualifies 16 MLAsFor SMB News KBANGALORE: Hours ahead of the trust vote for beleaguered Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in the Assembly, Speaker K G Bopaiah disqualified sixteen rebel MLAs, including eleven from ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), legislative sources said on Monday. Bopaiah signed the ...
- Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8For SMB News Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8 KARACHI: Eight people including two children were killed and over 65 others suffered injuries when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine in Clifton, official sources said here Thursday. Two heads, beli ...
- Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistakeFor SMB News Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistakes’ LONDON: Former president Gen. (Retd.) Pervez Musharraf Friday admitted that political mistakes were committed in the twilight years of his regime and sought apology from Pakistani nation for the same. “These mistakes caused damage ...
Toronto Star - Editorials
- Standing against abuseRuling by B.C. judge upholding Canada’s law against polygamy stands as a statement in defence of the vulnerable
- We need details on Ontario’s ‘hard times’Ontario’s Liberal government will have to set aside platitudes and offer up more specifics on the tough choices to come than it has so far.
- Marching on from the parks Occupy Toronto’s decision to vacate St. James Park peacefully can only raise their status in the public’s mind.
- Stuck in a screening dilemmaUnsatisfactory science—Canada’s new breast cancer screening recommendations produce more questions than answers.
- Harper’s sabre-rattlingThere's been a worrisome bout of sabre-rattling in Ottawa over Iran and Syria in the past few weeks. The government should cool its jets.
Energy Collective
- CO2 is a Trace Gas, But What Does That Mean?
- NRG Energy Hopes To Score Big With SolarThe view from the NRG suite at Redskins Park
- Are We Headed Toward The Space Age of Solar Power?It may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but at the same time it could also be the method whereby solar power could be magnified to a global industrial scale.
- Natural Gas Splits Boone Pickens and Koch Bros ...Call it a coincidence but there are undeniable linkages. Crude oil has risen once again is flirting with $100 a barrel. Meanwhile, legendary oilman T. Boone Pickens is ratcheting up his push for legislation that would boost the development of U.S. shale natural gas reserves and deploy the cleane ...
- Is the Photovoltaic Price Trend Sustainable?It has been widely assumed among pundits and policy makers that the continued expansion of solar
EU Times
- Germany tightens the screw on ‘isolated’ Brita ...Talks between Merkel and Cameron lay bare fundamental differences over plan for euro. An anti-British backlash gathered pace in Germany yesterday as David Cameron and Angela Merkel struggled to disguise the gulf between them on how to tackle the eurozone crisis. The Prime Minister returned from ...
- France and Turkey call for more pressure on SyriaFrance has joined Turkey in calling for greater international efforts to exert pressure on Syria to stop its bloody crackdown on protesters, as at least 15 more people were reported killed Friday. At the same time, Syria made its first response to a proposal by the Arab League to send a delegati ...
- Israel Shuts Down Radio Station for Criticizin ...The “All for Peace” radio station in Israel has been shut down by the nation’s Communications Ministry following claims that they were violating the law by illegally criticizing the far-right coalition government. The Communications Ministry said the Hebrew-language broadcasts were illegal becau ...
- China: Iran sanctions aggravate mattersChina has expressed opposition to the new unilateral sanctions imposed against Iran by some Western states, warning that they would “exacerbate” the situation. “We believe pressuring and sanctions cannot fundamentally solve the Iranian nuclear issue. On the contrary, they will ...
- Phobos-Ground shows signs of lifeRussia’s Phobos-Ground interplanetary space station, the connection with which was lost soon after launch on November 9, showed a sign of life. A European station received a signal from the Russian spacecraft on Tuesday night, Gazeta.ru website reports. The ESA’s station in Perth, Au ...
Stonecipher News
- Symptoms and Treatments of Diabetes InsipidusDiabetes Insipidus ( or DI ) is a health condition that is often distinguished by extreme thirst along with excessively diluted urination . DI is similar in characteristics to untreated Diabetes ( or Diabetes Mellitus) but without the onset of blood glucose elevation. One of the major differ ...
- Natural Acne RemediesThere are several health conditions that hinder many people’s lives and outlook everyday. Acne is a condition which can affect your self esteem and your life. I’ve known several friends and family members with terrible cases of acne. They would purchase expensive remedies prescribed by docto ...
- Linguistic Observations: Mendoza's Gang Girls ...Homegirls by Norma Mendoza Denton is a fascinating, and yet, perplexing, view of gangs in the San Francisco Bay area. Over the course of the next few weeks, I'll be providing you incites on the inner workings of the gangs, symbolism of certain material items, and other such related details. ...
- Normal Structure and Function of the Musculosk ...Mr. Ghaz says: Muscular dystrophies refer to a group of more than 30 genetic diseases which are characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal muscles..Studies and estimation show that after sustaining a hip fracture (as a result of osteoporosis) 20% of patients die withi ...
- Reasons to Donate BloodHave you ever donated blood? If you have why did you do it? It may have been for a loved one or a friend. It could have been for the free coupons and gift certificates blood centers provide for donations. Maybe you’re required to donate blood being that you’re in the medical field. In actua ...
Liquida : Worldwide News & Opinion
- Samsung ad depicts iPhone owners as mindless h ...Despite continued confusion, early complaints of weak battery life and a new phone that looks exactly like the previous-generation model, flocks of hipster sheep lined up outside Apple Stores to buy the iPhone 4S simply to be part of the cool crowd. This is the picture Samsung paints in a cleve ...
- Urban Meyer in...New Job Hunting(A musty office somewhere in Boston, February 2011) (flipping through press clippings from 2010) That don't look good to me at all Urban. The NCAA was a monster. Mean fuckin' drunk. Used to come over to Gainesville hammered, looking to death penalize someone. I had to use "more family time" as ...
- James Murdoch steps down from newspaper boardsHandout / Reuters News Corp executive James Murdoch speaks to parliamentarians in London November 10, 2011. The Evening Telegraph reports that Murdoch has resigned from the boards of the companies that publish his family's media empire's newspapers. By Reuters James Murdoch has resigned from th ...
- How is that Russia reset working?So we pulled out of an agreement to deploy missile defenses to reset relations with our good drones the Russians. Then we caved and signed a completely one-sided.New START treaty. Well obviously this has led.to greatly improved relations right ? MOSCOW (AP) â Russia will deploy new missiles aim ...
- China Leads As Biggest Smartphone Market, Goog ...Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. China Becomes World's Largest Smartphone Market . In this third quarter, smartphone makers shipped 24 million units to China and only 23 million to the U.S., letting the Asian country overtake the U.S. as the world's largest ...
Groklaw
- Apples Lockdown Mentality Will Ultimately Lose ...Torvalds made the remark in answer to a question about Microsoft's secure boot feature, saying the initiative - like Apple's DRM - won't last forever because "people want freedom and markets want freedom." "I'm an optimist: openness is successful in the long run, secure boot is another one of t ...
- Tim Pool And Henry Ferry: The Men Behind Occup ...The best ground view of Occupy Wall Street comes from a former skateboard videographer and a one-time Realtor, aka Tim Pool and Henry Ferry of The Other 99. With little more than mobile phones they've offered a perspective that the mainstream media can't match. Here's how. ... Over the weekend, ...
- Louis C.K.: The Next Steve Jobs Will Be A Chick The next Steve Jobs will totally be a chick, because girls are No. 2--and No. 2 always wins in America. Apple was a No. 2 company for years, and Apple embodies a lot of what have been defined as feminine traits: an emphasis on intuitive design, intellect, a strong sense of creativity, and that s ...
- Dennis Crouch of Patentl O Joins Patent Mediat ...Dispute Resolution: Professor S.I. Strong and I both recently joined the Patent Mediation Task Force of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution. The Patent Mediation Task Force is chaired by Manny Schecter of IBM. Our Task Force is focusing on both addressing particula ...
- The butterfly has landed: QMT announces worlds ...We just marked another important milestone for mirasol display technology. Less than twenty four hours ago and many miles away from most of you, the world's first e-reader to feature mirasol display technology - the Kyobo eReader - was unveiled in Seoul, South Korea. Having been with the miraso ...
WideShut
- November 21, 2011, WideShut WebcastKeelan discusses the arrest of Gaddafi's son, the Euro Crisis, Global Warming alarmism, Monsanto and more.
- Flu Jab Secrecy: 11/07/2011 WideShut WebcastThis week: The secrecy surrounding the seasonal flu jab and its contents, and Miliband jumps on Occupy.
- Israel Poised To Strike IranDespite no evidence that Iran is seeking nuclear weapons, Israel is poised to launch an attack and the West is ready to go along with it.
- Euro Crisis, China, Occupy: 10/31/2011 WideShu ...Keelan discusses the EU crisis, China & the New World Order, the latest from Occupy and more.
- Freed Libya Adopts Sharia Law, Gaddafi Loyalis ....
Politics in the Zeros
- Headline of the DayDow off 145, banks getting slammed, Europe going kablooey A German bond auction failed to sell out. This isn’t supposed to happen and is a bad moon rising indeed.
- Message to SPLC from Montana ‘extremist’The Montana Libery Movement responds to the SPLC slime of them. The only real trick the SPLC seems to have up its sleeve is to constantly associate, directly or indirectly, every group that opposes corrupt state power as being racist or terrorist. This is a legitimate criticism. SPLC does indeed ...
- Greening Phoenix will require more than just u ...localwork.com Phoenix is the least sustainable city in the world, says Andrew Ross. Much of this is due to the city being in the “bull’s eye” of climate change. It is heating up and becoming arid faster than any other area in the Northern Hemisphere. Exacerbating this dire situation is its spraw ...
- Military suicides increase as more troops returnExcess prescription drug use and a “flawed” post-deployment mental health screening process are among the factors fueling an increase in suicides among military service members, a new report by the Center for a New American Security [CNAS] says. Trillions go in bailouts for the banks ...
- Pumped hydro energy storageGigaOm provides a useful overview, noting “pumped storage is currently the dominant—and nearly only—grid-scale storage solution out there,” then extrapolates into just how much pumped hydro storage there could be and what it would entail.
TVNZ - Top Stories
- One dead in truck crash in Hawke's BayOne person is dead and another is in a serious condition after a truck accident tonight.
- Power cut to thousands in Christchurch after s ...Around 12,000 Christchurch households were plunged into darkness tonight.
- Gun held to employee's head in Wellington arme ...Wellington police are hunting two men who robbed an Indian restaurant and held a gun to an employee's head
- Aussies outraged after Kiwi tourist throws bri ...A New Zealand tourist almost killed a crocodile after he threw bricks into its enclosure at an Alice Springs reptile centre, the centre's owner says
- Dozens evacuated in Hawke's Bay as wild weathe ...Dozens of people have been evacuated as the North Island continues to be battered by strong winds and rain.
Just World News
- Palestine 1948 at the University of VirginiaOn Saturday, I was delighted to attend the first two sessions of a half-day conference held at the University of Virginia on the topic '1948 in Palestine.' The main speakers at those sessions were Susan Akram of Boston University Law School and Rochelle Davis of Georgetown University. Both tho ...
- Making sense of SyriaI have so many questions swirling around my head about what's been happening in Syria. One is why the AK government in Turkey didn't take my great advice and play a leadership role in trying to broker a serious, negotiated transition to democracy in Syria, but instead has been giving ever strong ...
- World history at warp speedSo the Arab world is not the only place where history has been speeding up a lot in recent months and years... (Whatever happened to Mr. Frank 'End of History' Fukuyama? We don't hear a lot from him these days, do we?) This week, the Mediterranean Basin has seen three very significant gathering ...
- The Arab Spring at Nine MonthsWhat a whirlwind nine months it's been for the Arab world. As I wrote at a much earlier point in this phenomenon called the 'Arab Spring', it is as if some tremor in the long-frozen tectonic plates of the region's political geography had suddenly burst through all those plates, freeing up waves ...
- Getting back to the blogosphereSo much has been happening in the world... The horrible killing of Qadhafi; an earthquake in Turkey (preceded by an upsurge in PKK-Turkish violence); some great-looking elections in Tunisia; continued strife in Syria; the Hamas-Israel prisoner exchange, etc etc... But for the past few weeks, I' ...
frogblog
- National’s Unhelpful Education PolicyThe National Party’s education policy launched yesterday lacks a vision for quality public education. Threatening to punish “low performing schools” and reward “high performance” is a dangerous, divisive and elitist approach to our public education system. The policy is ...
- Greens answer the hard questions on freshwater ...The Green Party recently received an open letter to politicians and the New Zealand public regarding freshwater management in New Zealand. The letter addressed some of the more difficult questions surrounding freshwater management, which came out of the “Reimagining Freshwater Geographies” works ...
- Odds against women in the Pay Equity Wheel of ...On Saturday, I went to the Grey Lynn festival to talk to people about our women’s policy, and draw attention to the inequities between women and men when it comes to paid work. We invited festival goers to spin the Pay Equity Wheel of Fortune – Show Me The Money!
- General debate, November 19, 2011
- Coromandel Watch Frog: Protecting our endanger ...In between a candidate meeting and a cottage meeting, door knocking and radio interviews, I managed to squeeze in a fantastic event organised by Whangamata Earthwatch and Coromandel Watchdog of Hauraki. The groups invited Phil Bishop, Chief Scientist for IUCN Amphibian Survival Alliance to come ...
Patronus Analytical
- Greek aid worker kidnapped in Pakistan
- Aid worker killed in Iraq
- Update on kidnapped Greek aid worker
- NGO worker beaten to death in Dhaka
- Canadian aid worker murdered in Honduras
J Kozy
- The Why of Not Doing the Right Thing: The Amer ...The unfairness of American society is being recognized by many. Eighty-nine percent of Americans say they don't trust their government; Congress has a mere 9% approval rating; America's financial institutions are widely considered to be corrupt; the Occupy movement has emerged, some are seek ...
- The Triumph of Capitalism: Jobless NationsThe Obama administration is intent on applying supply side principles to get the American economy out of the present recession, but supply side principles are based on the belief that if the government cuts taxes on the wealthy, they will invest their savings in new factories, that newly hired w ...
- America's Descent to DepravityThe Protestant ethic once defined the American character. It was held to be responsible for the success of Capitalism in Northern Europe and America by sociologists, but the Protestant ethic and Capitalism are incompatible, and Capitalism ultimately caused the Protestant ethic to be abandoned. A ...
- The Shamans among us: A World of Perpetual Con ...Economic models are mere policy proposals; they are not the consequences of any economic system based on "natural law or even good theory, " they are not scientific; they are merely ad hoc. Furthermore, deleterious consequences often result from these models. Economists also routinely simpli ...
- Disintegrating Economic RecoveryThe word 'recover' always has the connotation of "getting back." But who is going to get back what when the economy "recovers"? Few at most. So what does an economic recovery look like? No one knows. The word 'recovery' can not be applied to objects willy-nilly. A sick person goes into the ...
Dr. Mercola Natural Health
- Banish These "Healthy Oils" to Guard Your HeartBy Dr. Mercola A recent study published in the journal Circulation, Heart Failure, sought to ascertain whether fish or the fatty acids they contain are independently associated with risk for incident of heart failure among postmenopausal women. The study looked at the diet of close to ...
- These Two Natural Foods Will Throw Your Blood ...By Dr. Mercola On his website "Livin' La Vida Low Carb," Jimmy Moore examines the notion of "safe starches," a concept promoted by Paul Jaminet, PhD. in his book, Perfect Health Diet. Dr. Jaminet claims that those on low-carb diets who add "safe starches" such as white rice and pot ...
- Death in Days: Beware of This BacteriaBy Dr. Mercola Dr. Meryl Nass is one of the leading experts on the anthrax vaccine, which is relatively obscure yet has an interesting history, with which Dr. Nass is very familiar. Her interest in the anthrax vaccine goes back to 1988. She was a member of Physicians for Social Responsibil ...
- The Surprising Truth About This Favorite Break ...... Our analysis reveals that "natural" products—using conventional ingredients—often are priced higher than equivalent organic products. This suggests that some companies are taking advantage of consumer confusion." This is significant, because surveys have shown that more consumer ...
- Drinking This "Popular Poison" is Worse than S ...By Dr. Mercola Soda, which is loaded with sugar primarily in the form of high fructose corn syrup, is a leading contributor to the rising rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other chronic diseases facing Americans. So when I say that drinking a can of soda is just as bad for you a ...
JAMA
- Acute-Onset Reticulated White Lip [JAMA Clinic ...
- Is Severe Sepsis Associated With New-Onset Atr ...
- Urinary Sodium and Cardiovascular Disease Risk ...
- Protecting Research Participants While Reducin ...
- Can Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Help ...
Survival - tribal peoples
- New uncontacted pictures validate Brazil’s Yan ...New picture of an uncontacted Yanomami village in Brazil © Hutukara/Survival Survival has released new pictures of an uncontacted Yanomami village in Brazil, 20 years after one of its crucial campaigns created the biggest forested indigenous territory in the world. Survival International, ...
- Leader's last words: "Take care of this land"Nísio Gomes's last words were to his son. © Survival The last words of Nísio Gomes, the Guarani leader assassinated yesterday in southern Brazil, were to his son Valmir: ‘Don’t leave this place. Take care of this land with courage. This is our land. Nobody will drag you from it. Look a ...
- Masked gunmen attack Brazilian Indian leader i ...Nísio Gomes, a Guarani shaman shot dead by gunmen, in a photo taken just two days ago. © Survival Survival has developing news from Brazil, where masked gunmen have today executed an Indian religious leader in front of his community. Gunmen surrounded Nísio Gomes, ordering his community to ...
- Indigenous spokesman dismissed from Brazilian ...Kayapó Indians dance at a protest against the Belo Monte dam © Terence Turner Megaron Txucarramãe, an indigenous spokesman from the Brazilian Amazon, has been dismissed from his post in the government’s Indian Affairs Department, FUNAI. Megaron, of the Kayapó tribe, has stated that his dis ...
- Shocking video confirms Indonesia’s brutal sup ...The shocking footage shows Indonesian soldiers beating West Papuans © SBS TV/West Papua Media Alarming video of Indonesian forces shooting, beating and kicking civilians at a peaceful rally in West Papua has emerged ahead of a US visit to the region. Ten people are believed to have died w ...
Montreal Gazette
- CSIS: Keep it simple, cheap and on a short leashThe federal government is being tight-lipped about proposed changes to the law governing our spy agency, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.
- State secrecy chips away at the public's trustThere's an obvious root cause for the addiction to secrecy on the part of most levels of government in Quebec: They want to avoid, apparently at all costs, criticism of their handling of finances and contracts, or of their safety records and professionalism.
- New rules for Quebec journalists are a bad ideaThe proposal to create a new status of "professional journalist" in Quebec, a bad idea in principle, has fallen apart in recent weeks as infighting over how to implement such an proposal has helped demonstrate why it was never a good idea in the first place.
- The Gazette's view, in shortThe NDP's Pat Martin made a great show during this spring's election campaign of appealing for greater civility in parliamentary exchanges.
- Hallmark of a democratic society is unregulate ...The Gazette was founded on June 3, 1778, by Fleury Mesplet. A division of Postmedia Network Inc., The Gazette is Quebec's largest English-language daily newspaper.
Food World Order
- oregon tops nation in food stamp usefrom kezi: Oregon has the highest percentage of people on food stamps in the nation. A newly released U.S. Census survey reports 18 percent of Oregonians said they rely on a federal program for food. Food stamp use in Oregon surged 23 percent last year and has doubled in the past four years. Sup ...
- usda targets stores in food stamp traffickingfrom ap: The U.S. Department of Agriculture is upgrading technology used to combat a swindle of the nation's $64.7 billion food stamp program that diverts as much as $330 million annually. The agency last month awarded a 10-year contract worth up to $25 million to a Fairfax, Va. company, SR ...
- #food costs soar as #thanksgiving looms, diner ...from boston herald: Shoppers are feeling the pinch of higher food prices at the supermarket, and most consumers are convinced they will be shelling out even more cash for groceries next year. “Prices keep going up,” said Vladimir Nefyodov, a home health aide who shops for his elderly clients at ...
- 11/17 binge & purge: standards & successis pizza a vegetable? corporate congress says yes!* video: corps pushed congress to relax school lunch standards* video update: congress votes against healthy lunches for kids* sharp increase in food stamps program* uk food firms welcome waste reduction success* dippin' dots, ice ...
- #satire celebrity chef cooks his favorite pret ...from onion news network: Jim and Tracy welcome Celebrity Chef Ted Allen on Today Now! to show them how to make the most obnoxious, contrived meals for your dickhead foodie friends. related video satire: US turns to makers of foul-tasting but successful zico coconut water to turn economy around
CrusadeWatch
- The Bait of Christian Fundamentalism in Africasource: Huffington Post, 8/24/2011 Michael Mungai Co-founder, Dagoretti 4 Kids I grew up in the hovels of Dagoretti, an impoverished suburb in the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. Raised by an unemployed single mother, my two siblings and I would take turns missing school to babysit our ...
- Puttur: Four Arrested for Forcing Religious Co ...source: Daijiworld, Aug 29, 2011 Puttur, Aug 29: Four persons, reportedly belonging to a Christian sect, were handed over to the police by the residents of Boodujal of Nedle village near Uppinangady on Sunday August 28. The locals, including some dalits, accused K J Kunhimonu (30) from Mun ...
- Andhra Pradesh: Church priest rapes minor girl ...source: India today, July 1, 2011 A Christian priest has been arrested for raping a 16-year-old girl and setting her ablaze in his house at Nadendla village of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh.
- The changing face of the churchsource: Deccan chronicle, July 13, 2011 Its a well-documented fact that people adopt aspects of other cultures around them. The churches in Andhra Pradesh are following this custom and Indianising some of practices. At St Andrews Orthodox Church, West Marredpally, a Dwaja Stambam has been ...
- Pastors wife accuses him of sexual abuse of mi ...source: Bangalore Mirror, June 17, 2011 In her police complaint, Priyalatha has charged Shantaraju, pastor of Bethel Church and Bethel Student Centre, with having sex with young girls and getting them to abort S Shyam Prasad
Whole Truth Coalition
- Vox Populi, Methods of ManipulationCOTO Report and Megan ‘Verb’ Kargher are proud to present Vox Populi, Methods of Manipulation. It has become increasingly evident that large portions of the planet are descending with alarming speed into Orwellian police states. What is the New World Order and what are their plans fo ...
- The Big Awakening Conference 2011Click here for more information …
- Lawfull Rebellion - Roger Hayes challenges Liv ...“Wirral Council is taking Roger Hayes to Birkenhead county court for non-payment of council tax. Mr Hayes, chairman of The British Constitution Group, claims the council tax is illegal and imposed without his consent. His stand has won support from all over the country, and demonstrators t ...
- Truthjuice Gathering 2011SPEAKERS CONFIRMED CHARLIE VEITCH - THE END OF FEAR MARK FOSTER - EMPOWERMENT FOR THE PEOPLE PHIL MEDLEY - STARGATES: A PERSONAL JOURNEY MICHAEL HALLAM - BURSTING THE ECONOMIC BUBBLE AND PRACTICAL TOOLS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY BUILDING IAN MOORE ( ...
- COTO Report This Ain’t Oz an Interview w ...COTO Report and Megan Kargher are pleased to bring you a special two day interview with Freeman of freemantv, the freeman perspective and the free zone http://www.youtube.com/user/Freemantv… http://thefreemanperspective.blogspot… http://freemantv.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O ...
The Economic Collapse
- 25 Bitter And Painful Facts About The Coming B ...For decades we were warned that when the Baby Boomers started to retire that this country would be facing a retirement crisis of unprecedented magnitude. Well, that day has arrived ladies and gentlemen. Back on January 1st, the Baby Boomers began to retire and more than 10,000 ...
- 17 Quotes About The Coming Global Financial Co ...Is the world on the verge of another massive global financial collapse? Yes. The western world is drowning in an ocean of debt unlike anything the world has ever seen before, and our financial markets are gigantic casinos that are dependent on huge mountains of risk and leverag ...
- Epic Failure: The Supercommittee Was A Super JokeDoes anyone need any additional evidence that our political system is completely broken? The bipartisan congressional supercommittee that was given two months to come up with at least $1.2 trillion in deficit cuts over the next decade has failed to reach an agreement. It is an ...
- The Coming European Superstate That Germany Pl ...A lot of people were puzzled about what German Chancellor Angela Merkel meant when she recently stated that the ultimate solution to the financial crisis in the EU would "mean more Europe, not less Europe". Well, now we are finding out. A leaked internal German government memo ...
- 35 Facts About The Gutting Of America’s ...Did you know that an average of 23 manufacturing facilities were shut down every single day in the United States last year? As World War II ended, the United States emerged as the greatest industrial power that the world has ever seen. But now America's industrial might is bein ...
CASSE
- Ten Turkeys for ThanksgivingBrent Blackwelder urges you to carve up a Golden Fleece Turkey or two.
- Wealth, Illth, and Net WelfareGood and bads, wealth and illth -- economic growth produces them all. But how big are the bads and how damaging is the illth?
- Presenting the Economic Policy of the Occupy M ...Occupiers need to unite around a macroeconomic goal -- and the right goal is a steady state economy.
- The Tyranny of ComfortAmerica is about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, not the pursuit of comfort.
- How to Turn the Power of the Wall Street Prote ...A "repatriation holiday" would be good for well-to-do CEOs and investors, not so good for workers and taxpayers.
The Talking Clock
- Quote of the Day: 23rd November 2011"There can be no concept of the national interest within the EU because the whole aim of Brussels is to obliterate individual nations. Our only hope for national survival is to leave the EU. If we stay we will become nothing more than a despised colonial province of a German-run empire. Seven ...
- Abandon London, all ye Cockney Sparras... the ...You may have seen 'conspiracy theory' websites which claim that something called "Project Bluebeam" - a sinister shadowy Government project - is likely to stage a false flag alien invasion over London to coincide with the Olympic Games next year. Utter b*ll*cks, you might say. Maybe. Though s ...
- Saturday Caption Competition: Cameron-Chamberl ...We supply the image - you supply the caption... In the traditions of the Big Breakfast, don't phone, it's just for fun.
- 'Big Brother' is nowt but a hypocritical, inse ...Two of the most oddly contrasting stories have run parallel in the headlines this week. Along one track has run the never-ending saga of 'hackgate' in which everyone has moaned and groaned about the conduct of News International and other major players in the newspaper industry. We're no g ...
- Quote of the Day: 'Treason, treason everywhere ..."Assuming that you fully comprehend what treason means, who committed that treason, and that you have a duty to do something about it once you do know. This crime has now been reported at over 80 police stations. Unsurprisingly, they have done nothing. Which makes them guilty of misprision of tr ...
Facing South
- Cain revamps 9-9-9 tax plan, but it still hurt ...Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain revised his tax proposal in response to criticism that it would disproportionately burden the poor. But the new plan would still hit low-income A ...
- U.S. oil companies, security contractors look ...American oil and security firms see big opportunities in post-Gaddafi Libya.
American oil and security firms see big opportunities in post-Gaddafi Libya. read more
- Alabama workers meet harsh immigration law wit ...As all-out attack continues on immigrants in the South and West, Alabama's immigrant workers met it with a day of wildcat strikes.
As all-out attack cont ...
- 3 reasons why Art Pope deserves all the media ...North Carolina powerbroker Art Pope doesn't like the media attention he's received since a New Yorker profile pushed him and his political empire into the national spotlight t ...
- More cutbacks in legal services for the poor i ...North Mississippi Rural Legal Services is closing its office in the region's largest city and shuttering a unit that handles public benefits issues -- at the very time the public need ...
CenterLine
- Search for new executive director of Center on ...Karen Greenberg, executive director of NYU Law’s Center on Law and Security (CLS), announced she is leaving to pursue other career opportunities. Greenberg’s tenure as executive director began with the founding of the Center in 2003. Under her stewardship, CLS … Continue reading →
- Today’s Terrorism NewsToday’s Terrorism News post will be the last one for the summer. Along with the staff here at the Center on Law and Security, and with particular thanks to The Soufan Group for its generous support and to Carolyn O’Hara … Continue reading →
- Today’s Terrorism NewsIn Association with The Soufan Group At Radicalization Hearing, Rep. King Says al Shabab Poses Threat Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) held a third congressional hearing on Islamic radicalization in the United States Wednesday, this one focused on the threat of … Continue reading →
- Today’s Terrorism NewsIn Association with The Soufan Group Four Indicted for Drug Trafficking to Benefit Terrorism Federal prosecutors in New York unsealed indictments Tuesday against four men they say conspired to sell drugs and buy weapons for Hezbollah and the Taliban in … Continue reading →
- Today’s Terrorism NewsIn Association with The Soufan Group In Arkansas, Man Accused of Killing Soldier Strikes Plea Deal A man on trial for shooting two U.S. soldiers, one of whom was killed, outside of a military recruiting station in 2009 reached a … Continue reading →
Short Sharp Science
- Face-to-face with the super-efficient silkwormA tiny larval insect can teach us how to save big on energy by mimicking the way it produces its luxurious fibre
- Today on New Scientist: 23 November 2011All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: why there is no such thing as empty space and LHC antimatter anomaly hints at new physics
- Phobos mission phones home as rescue plan is h ...Incommunicado for the last two weeks, Russia's sample-return mission to Phobos has now finally been contacted. But can its computers be put back on track?
- Today on New Scientist: 22 November 2011All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: climategate 2, Soyuz's snowy return, the nature of nothingness and evidence that dinosaurs ate birds
- Snowy landing for first Soyuz return since shuttleThe first Soyuz to bring home astronauts since the shuttle retired shows the capsule remains the workhorse of space
Tech Drive In
- 20 Most Highly Rated Applications to Install f ...Many long-term Ubuntu users(including me) overlook at the fact that, there are plenty of good quality applications available free of cost in Ubuntu Software Center already. If you look at our reviews of applications here, a good number of them require adding and updating third party repositori ...
- 3 Interesting Ubuntu Unity Mobile MockupsUser created ideas and concepts have always been an hallmark of popular Linux based distors like Ubuntu. We have featured such awesome works by loyal users, ranging from awe inspiring Ubuntu Unity mockups to professional looking LibreOffice mockups. Shuttleworth, ...
- 5 Things I Would Like to See Improved in Ubunt ...Ubuntu Software Center had a complete makeover recently. But I have to admit, even with all those changes, it still feels unfinished. In our earlier Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot review, we did shared our concern with the unfinished nature of Ubuntu Software Center and had promised a more elabor ...
- Why Protect IP is Bad? [Video, Infographic]The title of the video goes something like this - Protect IP breaks the Internet - and that pretty much sums it up. Quoting EFF, "The Internet Blacklist Legislation - known as PROTECT IP Act in the Senate and Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House - is a threatening sequel to last year's C ...
- Firefox 10 Alpha is Here, How to install it in ...Firefox 8.0 has just been released and we will see how to install or upgrade to latest Firefox 8.0 in Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot below. Meanwhile, nightly builds of Firefox 10.0 is already available for installation in Ubuntu Oneiric via PPA. Firefox 10.0 Alpha 1, as expected, scores a perfec ...
Case About Bird Flu
- “THE FOURTH EMPIRE”: POLITICAL THR ...Stay tuned to this blog for „The Fourth Empire“, a contemporary political thriller which will be available from next week. Set in Switzerland, it describes a meeting of the global elite who are planning to set up a new world order, This thriller drops the reader straight into a meeting of the el ...
- GERMAN LAWMAKERS WARN OF WAR IN EUROZONE IF EU ...*CAMERON AND MERKEL AGREE TO EU POWER GRAB OVER NATIONAL BUDGETS AS PART OF “STABILITY UNION” *NO MORE TAXATION WITH REPRESENTATION PLANNED FOR THE EUROZONE *BANKER TECHNOCRATS TO REPLACE ELECTED GOVERNMENTS *GERMAN LAWMAKERS WARN OF WAR IF CENTRALISATION OF POWER IN THE EUROZONE CO ...
- GREEK REFERENDUM GIVES HOPE TO EUROZONEThe decision by the Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou to call a national referendum on the country’s next EU bail-out package has won praise across the eurozone, fanning the flames for freedom even in the dark depths of oppressed Germany. German SPD chief Frank-Walter Steinmeier called it ...
- IS THE OCCUPY AUSTRIA MOVEMENT GENUINE?* WHY I WILL NOT BE JOINING THE OCCUPY AUSTRIA MOVEMENT * MY EXPERIENCES DURING THE SWINE FLU VACCINATION CAMPAIGN AND WHY THEY ACT AS A WARNING ABOUT THE OCCUPY WALL STREET MOVEMENT *POTENTIAL TRAPS OF OCCUPY MOVEMENT FACEBOOK SITES HAVE BEEN LITTLE DISCUSSED * FOCUS ON SOUND MONEY AND RE-ADOPT ...
- CONCLUSIVE PROOF: SWINE FLU VACCINE CAUSES NEU ...*FINLAND’S GOVERNMENT WILL PAY FOR A LIFETIME OF CARE FOR 79 CHILDREN DAMAGED BY VACCINE Conclusive link now admitted: swine flu vaccine causes chronic nervous system disorders Mike Adams Natural News Sunday, October 9, 2011 (NaturalNews) The nation of Finland has now openly admitted that ...
Invisible Opportunity
- Who is Rupert Murdoch?
- 17 Quotes About The Coming Global Financial Co ...By Michael Snyder BlacklistedNews.com #1 Credit Suisse’s Fixed Income Research unit: “We seem to have entered the last days of the euro as we currently know it. That doesn’t make a break-up very likely, but it does mean some extraordinary things will almost certainly need to happen – probably by ...
- Yet Another ClimateGate?Quirin Schiermeier, Nature News A new set of climate science-related emails and documents has apparently been released from the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia in the UK. The files, including more than 5,000 emails of as yet unconfirmed authenticity, have been poste ...
- Bloomberg Ties Terror Plot to Lex LuthorBy davidswanson – Posted on 21 November 2011 In a hastily thrown together press conference Sunday afternoon, several months in the planning, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said his efforts to spread freedom beyond New York City had included the deployment of 1,000 NYPD officers to S ...
- “Nobel Prize Winner Wiesel Lied About Holocaus ...By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)– A Nazi concentration camp survivor claims Nobel Peace Prize winning author and human rights activist Elie Wiesel “lies” about his Holocaust past. After decad ...
Veterans Today
- Army Launches Operations In East, SouthThe national army with the cooperation of the national police has launched seven sweeping operations in the eastern and southern provinces, defense ministry spokesman Zaher Azimi told reporters.
- Kandaharis Explain Support PeaceLocal officials, military commanders and a large number of people gathered in Dand district of the southern Kandahar province to explain fully support of the government peace process.
- Three Americans Arrested in Occupy Tahrir SquareThe state television in Egypt aired pictures of three American students who, according to Egypt interior ministry sources, were arrested by the police last Monday on rioting charges.
- Gaza: Good News and BadFirst the good. On November 22, the International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC) said a "Freedom Spring" convoy arrived through Rafah's border terminal, connecting Gaza and Egypt.
- The Looting: The Libyan Circus ContinuesTwo weeks ago, he was ducking NATO bombs. Now he is seeking the intercession of NATO "justice." VT takes a look at the real "backstory" of the looting of Libya and Saif Gaddafi, the man with the keys to the treasury
electric politics
- Accelerated IdeasWhen a retired four star Admiral provides support for nuclear arms control and a few other commendable things, the proper interrogatory is "yes." Or "yes, Sir." A gentleman with a friendly disposition and a cautious but lightning fast mind, Admiral Bobby Ray Inman (Ret.) reasonably assesses the ...
- CodebreakerIn celebration of Veterans Day, here's a question: What if the U.S. had lost the battle of Midway? Mercifully, we'll never know. But the U.S. victory could not have happened without the codebreaking skill and the unflinching courage — a relentless determination to be heard — of Joe R ...
- Made in AmericaSince elected officials don't seem so interested, around the country local groups are organizing to promote the reindustrialization of America. One of these is SFMade. Robin McRoskey Azevedo is on the board of SFMade and is also President and owner of the McRoskey Mattress Company of San Francis ...
- The Illusion of Free MarketsLet's take the long view. We're unconsciously mired in unexamined 18th century beliefs that color our perceptions in unexpected — and exceedingly harmful — ways. Take one, for example: as Dr. Bernard Harcourt suggests, our notion of a "free market" is the direct intellectual descenda ...
- The Art of Non-Violent Civil DisobedienceJohn Stewart, voted the most influential environmental activist in Britain in 2008, who led the successful movement to block a third runway at London's Heathrow airport, was scheduled to be on a speaking tour around America just about now. U.S. immigration authorities, however, had other plans. ...
PR News
- Dunkin' Donuts plans Black Friday Twitter prom ...CANTON, MA: Dunkin' Donuts will host a live Twitter promotion on Black Friday to reward fans and mark the beginning of the holiday shopping season.
- Qorvis appoints Frank MDWASHINGTON: Qorvis Communications has hired Ayal Frank as MD and its first in-house lobbyist.
- Ketchum hires Bartholomew for digital, social ...DALLAS: Ketchum has hired Don Bartholomew as SVP of digital and social media research for its Global Research Network.
- Duracell launches holiday 'insurance' campaignBETHEL, CT: Duracell is giving parents tips and tools to navigate the holiday season through its "Holiday Insurance Program" campaign.
- Glidden Paint issues RFP for first PR AORSTRONGSVILLE, OH: AkzoNobel Paints has issued an RFP in search of an AOR for its Glidden Paint brand.
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- Leaving AfghanistanSeven Afghanistan experts review the president's plans for ending the war.
- Raging at RawalpindiAmerican leaders are furious with Pakistan’s military in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s killing. But twisting arms will only backfire.
- The FP Salon: Peter Bergen's The Longest WarAn FP round-table discussion on counterterrorism expert Peter Bergen's latest book. A decade after 9/11, is the war on terrorism a war we can win?
- Crazy Like a FoxIn a fit of anger, Hamid Karzai axes his director of intelligence, Amrullah Saleh. But is there method to his madness?
- Addicted to ContractorsThe United States is hooked on privatized warfare in Afghanistan. And it's more costly than you think.
Field Notes - Alberta Environment
- 2012 Mayor's Environment Expo— Showcase School ...Deadline: 16 Dec 2011 (All day) Organization: The City of Calgary The City of Calgary will b ...
- Call for Input: Consultation on wind-power gen ...Organization: Alberta Utilities Commission Initiative: Consultation on wind-power generation regulatory permitting ...
- Call for Delegates: Project Team Member, Non-P ...Initiative: Non-Point Source Pollution Project Team Position: Project Team Member ...
- Pembina reacts to additional review of propose ...Pembina Institute 10 Nov 2011 CALGARY — Dan Woynillowicz, spokesperson for the Pembina Institute, made the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of State ...
- Pembina reacts to launch of Alberta’s new oils ...Pembina Institute 10 Nov 2011 CALGARY — Simon Dyer, policy director at the Pembina Institute, made the following statement in response to the launch of the Government of ...
Stop NATO
- Stop NATO news: November 23, 2011==== U.S. Halts Cooperation With Russia On European Arms Treaty Russia Could Field Missiles Over Failure To Reach Antimissile Deal Western Elites Turn Focus On Chicago NATO, G-8 Summits West Uses Middle East Events To Regain Lost Positions: Russian Foreign Minister Video And Text: Former Senator ...
- Fénelon: War is the most dreadful of all evils ...Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon From The Adventures of Telemachus (1699) Translated by John Hawkesworth “‘We hold, as thou seest, king, in one hand the sword, and an olive-branch in the other. Here are peace and war ...
- Jimi Hendrix Experience: Though war is here to ...Musical selections Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts ==== Click on Watch on YouTube prompts ***** 1983… (A Merman I Should Turn To Be) (1968) Hurrah, I awake from yesterday Alive, but the war is here to stay So, my love Catherina and me Decide to take our last wal ...
- Stop NATO news: November 22, 2011==== NATO Warships Conduct Security Patrol In Eastern Mediterranean After Libyan War, U.S. Focuses On Global Submarine Forces U.S. Shifts Military Forces, Interceptor Missiles Closer To China China Reacts To New U.S. Military Base In Australia U.S. Uses Pentagon To Squeeze China In Asia-Pacific ...
- Zuhair: Accursed thing, war will grind you bet ...Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Zuhair/Zuhayr (520-609) From The Poem of Zuhair Translated by F. E. Johnson “And war is not but what you have learnt it to be, and what you have experienced, and what is said concerning it, is not a story based on supposition ...
Before It's News
- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner: American ...
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- Eats on Feets
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Intel Hub
- Will Freeh Bungle Penn State Child-Sex Abuse I ...Intel Hub Note: Former FBI Director and Coverup Extraordinaire Hired to “Investigate” Penn State Scandal. The Intel Hub By Andrew W. Griffin – Red Dirt Report, editor November 21, 2011 COMMENTARY OKLAHOMA CITY – More than two weeks after the public began to learn of the child-s ...
- DHS Issues Turkey Frying Warning While Frying ...By Anthony Gucciardi Activist Post November 22, 2011 The Department of Homeland Security has issued a warning over the dangers of frying your turkey for this coming Thanksgiving, while simultaneously frying you with their TSA X-ray scanners. In a recent Twitter warning, the DHS asked “How danger ...
- BREAKING NEWS: Bush and Blair Condemned for &# ...Global Research By Cynthia McKinney November 22, 2011 Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal Bush, Blair Defense Relies On 9/11/01 That’s why we need an independent investigation of 9/11 While the prosecution of President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair for the crime of aggression, ...
- 25 Bitter And Painful Facts About The Coming B ...The Economic Collapse Blog November 23, 2011 For decades we were warned that when the Baby Boomers started to retire that this country would be facing a retirement crisis of unprecedented magnitude. Well, that day has arrived ladies and gentlemen. Back on January 1st, the Baby Boomers began to ...
- 17 Quotes About The Coming Global Financial Co ...The Economic Collapse Blog November 23, 2011 Is the world on the verge of another massive global financial collapse? Yes. The western world is drowning in an ocean of debt unlike anything the world has ever seen before, and our financial markets are gigantic casinos that are dependent on huge m ...
FRS
- Canada: How police infiltrated groups plannin ...[How to guard against police infiltration and entrapment? Serious activists need to answer this question, and study the growing amount of now-public material on the police methods of controlling, distorting, and destroying political opposition movements. The key to blocking and limiting police ...
- Greece: workers blockade state electricity sitesNovember 21, 2011 (AP) ATHENS, Greece — Protesting power and municipal workers blockaded several state electricity company buildings around Greece Monday, in protest at an emergency property tax being collected through electricity bills. Members of an electricity workers’ union cut off power la ...
- San Francisco, California: Rally and March fo ...Monday, November 21 2011 Army Sets Pre-Trial Hearing Date for Bradley Manning on Dec. 16th On November 21st, the United States Army scheduled an Article 32 pretrial hearing for PFC Bradley Manning, the Army intelligence specialist accused of releasing classified material to WikiLeaks. The pretri ...
- Occupy Oakland Calls for TOTAL WEST COAST PORT ...Occupy Oakland Calls for TOTAL WEST COAST PORT SHUTDOWN ON 12/12 | OccupyWallSt.org: In response to coordinated attacks on the occupations and attacks on workers across the nation: Occupy Oakland calls for the blockade and disruption of the economic apparatus of the 1% with a coordinated sh ...
- The California Hunger Strike: Repression, Resi ...An Introduction by Partho Sarathi Ray, Sanhati The demand for the release of political prisoners is a major demand of democratic movements in India now, and the condition of prisoners in jail a major cause for concern. The case of Binayak Sen had brought the issue of political prisoners into foc ...
Ken O'Keefe
- Dale Farm (a video poem) Read by the HereticAs I look over Dale Farm today I see the inevitable world envisioned by the 1% A toxic, scarred, inhospitable landscape, a terrestrial hell suitable for Satan himself.
- FOR THE RECORD – INTERNATIONAL NOTICE &# ...WHEREAS, citizenship is synonymous with Allegiance, I have absolutely no Allegiance to the UNITED STATES of AMERICA; WHEREAS, citizenship is synonymous with Residence, I maintain no Residence in the UNITED STATES of AMERICA; WHEREAS, citizenship is synonymous with paying taxes, I pay no ...
- Slander vs. Sanity – Pathological Liars ...UPDATE - For the idiots who bought the lies and slander of Catherine Myles (aka Soraya Fitzgerald), Saeb Shaath, Jez Cuthbert, Cath Jenkins, Allison Hubbard (aka Vera Lynn), Sammi Coulthard (aka Saja Rana & Maitreyi Atmaja), Mary Rizzo, Mary Shepherd, Miri Wood, Jo Ann Westcott and court jes ...
- Truth & Lies – Why Dale Farm Matters  ...Here it is, please share this film and support the more than 90 families facing eviction in any way you can. TJP, Ken Produced, Directed and Edited by Ken O’Keefe Contact for Dale Farm Residents Association dale.farm@btinternet.com T: +44 7888 699256 or +44 1206 523528 Contact for D ...
- Truth & Lies – Why Dale Farm Matters Pro ...The Irish traveler community of Dale Farm in England are facing a forced eviction, they are also facing a racist system that falsely claims that the residents of Dale Farm are flouting the law. That is a lie, and the truth will be set out in the full documentary set to be released on October 1, ...
StillSmallVoice
- Life is change and change is lifeAnd here is proof: The Courant's parent company, Tribune, is backing away from maintaining this particular blog format -- Movable Type -- in favor of another blog platform, one that is unworkable here. Namely, the new format allows blog comments to go online unapproved, and -- I say th ...
- Maybe CEO salaries need a Buffett rule"Peer benchmarking" helps move compensation for CEOs ever higher. Perhaps one of the high-dollar bosses should take a page from Warren Buffett, who in August suggested in a New York Times essay that the rich don't carry their weight in taxes. Meanwhile, Buffett, himself, has refined his earlier ...
- De-pinkifying breast cancerThere's a growing movement that seeks to turn the pink ribbon upside down. You can read more here. Flickr photo
- Why the occupation?You can see more Mother Jones charts here. You can read about Hartford's budding Occupation here, with a planning meeting set for 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Bushnell Park, and again at 5 p.m.
- Cleansing after Yom KippurYom Kippur starts at sundown on Friday and here's one man's take on it. Flickr photo
Associated Content
- A View of the McDonald's Beating Video from a ...I am using my personal experience as a McDonald's worker to discuss the actions of the McDonald's worker who was caught on tape beating two women.Contributor: Marie Brandon Published: Oct 16, 2011
- Some Dietary Supplements Associated with Highe ...Most people believe that dietary supplements improve health and prolong life, but a new study shows this may be an erroneous belief. Recent research published in a medical journal found that certain supplements were linked to earlier death in older women.Contributor: M West Published: Oct 14, 2011
- Obama Sends US Troops to Central AfricaPresident Obama has followed up on months of effort to support Central Africa in their fight against the cult-like Lord's Resistance Army. On Oct. 12, the first of 100 U.S. military were sent to Uganda to "provide information, advice, and assistance."Contributor: Charles Simmins Published: Oct 1 ...
- Missing Handyman Takes Stage in Lisa Irwin Inv ...Though statistics suggest it's unlikely the handyman took baby Lisa Irwin from her crib, police are looking to question him in connection with the case.Contributor: Carol Bengle Gilbert Published: Oct 14, 2011
- Surfer Gets the Ride of His Life on a Great Wh ...A surfer in Seaside, Oregon, got the ride - and scare - of his life on a great white shark.Contributor: K.C. Dermody Published: Oct 13, 2011
Popsci - Science
- Q&A: How to Rate the Habitability of Other PlanetsWhat's the most habitable planet? These days, every exoplanet discovery is still rich with excitement, as astronomers scrutinize each distant world and consider its possible characteristics. But this could get tedious pretty soon, as the number of confirmed exoplanets climbs into the thousands. ...
- Can The Bulldog Be Redesigned?The breed risks collapsing under its own traits Here at PopSci we frequently talk about genetic modification, the process of interrupting or editing gene sequences to introduce new traits that nature by itself does not. Far less often do we talk about the other option — let’s call it morphologi ...
- Archive Gallery: The Best of What Was NewFrom climate-controlled clothing to Viagra, the first 10 years of PopSci's Best Of What's New Considering I was between the ages of -2 and 8 for the first 10 installments of the Best of What's New, it's remarkable how many vivid memories I have of the 1980s' and '90s' greatest innovations. I ow ...
- New Glow-in-the-Dark Material Charges In One M ...Glow-in-the-dark devices, which emit visible light after exposure to sunlight, are as commonplace as a wristwatch. But these are not that great when you want to see and not be seen — say you’re a special ops soldier checking the time while tracking an enemy. In that situation, a glow-in-the-nigh ...
- The Most Amazing Images of the Week, November ...
Veterans Today
- Army Launches Operations In East, SouthThe national army with the cooperation of the national police has launched seven sweeping operations in the eastern and southern provinces, defense ministry spokesman Zaher Azimi told reporters.
- Kandaharis Explain Support PeaceLocal officials, military commanders and a large number of people gathered in Dand district of the southern Kandahar province to explain fully support of the government peace process.
- Three Americans Arrested in Occupy Tahrir SquareThe state television in Egypt aired pictures of three American students who, according to Egypt interior ministry sources, were arrested by the police last Monday on rioting charges.
- Gaza: Good News and BadFirst the good. On November 22, the International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC) said a "Freedom Spring" convoy arrived through Rafah's border terminal, connecting Gaza and Egypt.
- The Looting: The Libyan Circus ContinuesTwo weeks ago, he was ducking NATO bombs. Now he is seeking the intercession of NATO "justice." VT takes a look at the real "backstory" of the looting of Libya and Saif Gaddafi, the man with the keys to the treasury
War is Business
- Federal Prosecutors Bust Defense Official For ...New details in a corruption case involving a former civilian official at the U.S. Army Special Operations Command now sitting in federal prison.
- A Reminder That The Post-9/11 Decade Wasn̵ ...Since 9/11, FLIR Systems' revenues have increased sixfold, to $1.4 billion last year. And consider FLIR’s profitability: from a $29 million loss in 2000 to a $56 million profit last year.
- Inside Look At Yet Another Religious Group Wit ...If the state of Oregon believes the board of Akal Security is led by untrustworthy people, then why do the departments of Defense and Homeland Security continue to award contracts to the company?
- China-Pakistan Port Deal Another Sign Of Wanin ...Buy Baluchistan Buy Baluchistan • Read more at WSJ.com: World News
- Temptations Of The Flesh: GOP Freshmen CanR ...Sell promises Sell promises • Read more at National Security on iWatch News
Hudson's Weather & Climate
- End in sight to extraordinary November weatherIt is turning out to be a remarkable November, with mean temperatures way above what would normally be expected at this time of the year. If temperatures were to remain at these elevated levels then it would become the mildest November ever recorded on the Central England Temperature (CET) mea ...
- Is the solar sector facing collapse?The recent proposal by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to halve the Feed in Tariff (FIT) available for solar installations registered after the middle of next month has sent shock waves through the industry. Already two energy giants, British Gas and EON, have stopped new ap ...
- Satellite global temperatures fall sharply in ...The latest global temperature anomaly for October has been released and according to the UAH measure it's fallen sharply to +0.114C above the running 30 year mean, shown on the graph below. Adjusted to the more standard time period, the anomaly is approximately +0.367C above the 1961-1990 ...
- Autumn warmth continuesNovember has started where October left off, with mild temperatures expected over the next few days as southerly winds continue. Provisional figures show October has been the 8th warmest since 1910 across the UK. The month will be remembered for the heat during the first weekend, when Yorkshi ...
- The winter forecast and media hypeThe hype surrounding this year's winter forecast has been remarkable, unparalleled in my 20 years as a meteorologist. Driven largely by sections of the tabloid press and several small private weather companies, the idea that this winter could be the worst ever recorded has already become firmly ...
Internat'l Political Economy
- Japan's Trading Houses Vie for Copper SupremacyIn competitive market economies, the battle for the commanding heights is conducted by corporations as well as countries. Now, Japan's massive trading houses that underpin the keiretsu system of business groups (Mitsui, Mitsubishi, etc.) have often been criticized as inefficient middlemen by Wes ...
- Honest Jian's Used Cars: China's Next Auto MarketIn 2009, China ended the United States nearly century-long reign as the world's largest auto market. But, we probably should add a qualifier--that's the new car market. Also, although the Chinese make some nifty products, let's just say that mostly homegrown products may not yet have similar sta ...
- Yanks Foresee Yuan as World's Top Currency?There's interesting stuff from Reuters on the contents of the just-released 2011 Annual Report to Congress of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission. The latter body, as most of you probably know, was created by the US congress in 2000 with some foresight that China was becoming an ...
- Twitter Revolution My Sassafrass: Back to EgyptThe self-styled American digerati has me ROFL even more now with their belief about the central importance of digital media in the Arab Spring events. A few days ago, we gathered that Egypt was in many ways worse off economically now than under President Mubarak. For, without a figure to provide ...
- Let US Debt Supercommittee Finish Off AmericaIt's hilarious that some delusional Americans think they're getting the better of things by putting off fiscal adjustments Europeans have either voluntarily undergone or are being forced to undergo. (Ditto with the EU itself.) In many ways, it's the same kind of deficits-don't-matter happy-go-lu ...
Economic Collapse Blog
- 25 Bitter And Painful Facts About The Coming B ...For decades we were warned that when the Baby Boomers started to retire that this country would be facing a retirement crisis of unprecedented magnitude. Well, that day has arrived ladies and gentlemen. Back on January 1st, the Baby Boomers began to retire and more than 10,000 ...
- 17 Quotes About The Coming Global Financial Co ...Is the world on the verge of another massive global financial collapse? Yes. The western world is drowning in an ocean of debt unlike anything the world has ever seen before, and our financial markets are gigantic casinos that are dependent on huge mountains of risk and leverag ...
- Epic Failure: The Supercommittee Was A Super JokeDoes anyone need any additional evidence that our political system is completely broken? The bipartisan congressional supercommittee that was given two months to come up with at least $1.2 trillion in deficit cuts over the next decade has failed to reach an agreement. It is an ...
- The Coming European Superstate That Germany Pl ...A lot of people were puzzled about what German Chancellor Angela Merkel meant when she recently stated that the ultimate solution to the financial crisis in the EU would "mean more Europe, not less Europe". Well, now we are finding out. A leaked internal German government memo ...
- 35 Facts About The Gutting Of America’s ...Did you know that an average of 23 manufacturing facilities were shut down every single day in the United States last year? As World War II ended, the United States emerged as the greatest industrial power that the world has ever seen. But now America's industrial might is bein ...
Infoshop - Alt Media
- Radical Online Magazine Launched: The PrecariousWhen we set out to launch the online magazine The Precarious, we saw so many of us ...
- October 2011 Kate Sharpley Library bulletin onlineKSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library No. 68, October 2011 has just been posted on the site. You can get to the contents or read the full p...
- New Issue of Ireland's anarchist paper Workers ...June last saw another massive Pride in Dublin with approximately 25,000 people taking part. While Pride has very much become more of a social an...
- November issue of Freedom anarchist newspaper outFreedom newspaper, the only regular anarchist newspaper published in the UK, has recently changed to a monthly publication, giving us the opport...
- Want to get your zine, pamphlet, or poster out ...Welcome to Olympia SDS, we've been throwing down since 2006, played a pivotal role in Port Militarization Resistance, and occupied the offices o...
E U Times
- Germany tightens the screw on ‘isolated’ Brita ...Talks between Merkel and Cameron lay bare fundamental differences over plan for euro. An anti-British backlash gathered pace in Germany yesterday as David Cameron and Angela Merkel struggled to disguise the gulf between them on how to tackle the eurozone crisis. The Prime Minister returned from ...
- France and Turkey call for more pressure on SyriaFrance has joined Turkey in calling for greater international efforts to exert pressure on Syria to stop its bloody crackdown on protesters, as at least 15 more people were reported killed Friday. At the same time, Syria made its first response to a proposal by the Arab League to send a delegati ...
- Israel Shuts Down Radio Station for Criticizin ...The “All for Peace” radio station in Israel has been shut down by the nation’s Communications Ministry following claims that they were violating the law by illegally criticizing the far-right coalition government. The Communications Ministry said the Hebrew-language broadcasts were illegal becau ...
- China: Iran sanctions aggravate mattersChina has expressed opposition to the new unilateral sanctions imposed against Iran by some Western states, warning that they would “exacerbate” the situation. “We believe pressuring and sanctions cannot fundamentally solve the Iranian nuclear issue. On the contrary, they will ...
- Phobos-Ground shows signs of lifeRussia’s Phobos-Ground interplanetary space station, the connection with which was lost soon after launch on November 9, showed a sign of life. A European station received a signal from the Russian spacecraft on Tuesday night, Gazeta.ru website reports. The ESA’s station in Perth, Au ...
Voiceless Victim
- Translating Church-speakThe Catholic Church hierarchy used to be able to manipulate and hoodwink their local populace by speaking, writing, singing, praying and conducting business in Latin. A simple but very effective means to disempower a local populace, especially when coupled with the impossibility of any but the r ...
- State Gives Church A Beginners Lesson In MoralityThe recent revelations that football coaching staff and their supervisors at Penn State University have been up to the Catholic Church’s old tricks has devastated victims of Catholic Church enabled child rape as much as the community directly affected by the crimes and their repercussions. ...
- Catholics Sit On Hands While Kids Are Raped Bu ...Catholic spokespersons, including the repulsive child rape apologist Bill Donohue, have called Hollywood actress Susan Sarandon obscene for an off the cuff reference to the Paedophile Protector in Chief, Joseph Ratzinger, also known as Pope Benedict XVI. She called His Greediness a nazi. Determi ...
- 8 Simple Actions to Change Pope From Liar to L ...The Catholic hierarchy, from Pope on down, are liars. They pretend, and regularly claim, to be “doing everything possible” to help victims of their widespread and systematic child rape and other abuses, to protect children and to bring offenders to justice. In reality they are doing ...
- Pope responsible for crimes against humanityLast week the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) lodged documents with the International Criminal Court in The Hague detailing the widespread and systematic campaign of sexual violence and exploitation of many, many thousands of children worldwide by the Catholic Church. I am on ...
WL Central
- 2011-11-23 #WikiLeaks News: WikiLeaks Truck re ...Tweet I know where the WikiLeaks Truck disappeared to! The same place where civil liberties and the rule of law went. - @JLLLOW This is a "WikiLeaks News Update", a news update of stories relating directly to WikiLeaks and also freedom of information, transparency, cybersecurity, and fre ...
- Omar Khadr Part 4 of 4: “Punitive post-convic ...TweetThis article is in lieu of the long delayed fourth part of the Omar Khadr series written on WL Central last May. The original fourth part consisted of hours of interviews regarding the astoundingly corrupt and illegal military process which culminated in a verdict which allows the Canadian ...
- 2011-11-23 Egyptians reclaim #Tahrir as revolu ...TweetDozens killed and thousands injured as protesters take back Tahrir Square in a bid to reclaim their revolution and overthrow the military regime. After 9 months of slow-motion “trench warfare”, during which the military transition council hijacked the popular uprising and the world turned ...
- 2011-11-22 #WikiLeaks News: The Disappearance ...Tweet The UK High Court has recognised Mr Assange is a journalist and WikiLeaks is a publishing organisation. It is not, therefore, just the WikiLeaks organisation that is under attack; it is all of us. - Senator Scott Ludlam This is a "WikiLeaks News Update", a news update of stories re ...
- 2011-11-21 #WikiLeaks News: Hearing for Bradle ...Tweet The charges against Bradley Manning are an indictment of our government’s obsession with secrecy. - Daniel Ellsberg This is a "WikiLeaks News Update", a news update of stories relating directly to WikiLeaks and also freedom of information, transparency, cybersecurity, and freedom o ...
U N News
- UN, MTV and award-winning band launch campaign ...The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) launched a joint campaign with MTV Latin America, the television network Tr3s and rock band Calle 13 to raise awareness about human trafficking and exploitation of youth in Hispanic communities.
- UN rights chief hails Brazil's truth commissio ...The United Nations human rights chief today hailed the creation of Brazil's truth commission as an important first step towards promoting healing and investigating the violations that took place during the political repression of 1946 to 1988.
- Migiro praises Uruguay for joining UN campaign ...Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro has commended Uruguay for joining the United Nations campaign that seeks to end violence against women by raising awareness and generating political will to implement measures to stem the scourge.
- UN relief official urges donors to support Cen ...The deputy United Nations humanitarian chief today urged donors to give generously to assist Nicaragua and El Salvador cope with the aftermath of the recent floods, saying that the scale of the disaster is beyond what the small Central American nations can handle on their own.
- UN and Brazil launch initiative to combat hung ...The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Brazilian Government today launched a new initiative to help countries run their own national school meal programmes to advance the nutrition and education of children.
Conspiracy Reality TV
- The Magic WeedHemp growing doesn't need any weed killing, no pesticide. Its raw material grows naturally and it doesn't need chemical intervention.
- Blood ColtanBlood coltan still exists. I'm holding a mobile phone. And I know that the microprocessor it contains uses coltan. And if this coltan has been obtained at the massacre of 10 or 20 villagers through slave labor, the suffering of children forced to work in the mines by the armed militia. This is i ...
- CAMP FEMA 2: Enemy of the StateSome state governments passed measures to forcibly quarantine residents, incarcerate those who refuse to be vaccinated, and to forcibly vaccinate your children. Legislation like this passed during the much hyped H1N1 flu outbreak.
- Hangar 18: The UFO WarehouseNot only was debris from many UFO crashes allegedly shipped to the base, but from the late 1940s until the end of the late 1960s, all reports regarding UFOs were conducted at Wright-Patterson for the military's official UFO investigation Project Blue Book.
- HAARP – Everything You Wanted to Know – Nick B ...You might be surprised at all of the constructive uses HAARP could be used for, but will be even more surprised by its focus on weapons and military applications, such as weather modification, geological disruption such as triggering earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and perhaps most controver ...
Rewilding Institute
- Save the Great Arctic Refuge Wilderness! Aroun ...Today, the National Wilderness Preservation System has 757 Wilderness Area units totaling 109,512,959 acres. Each Wilderness Area has great worth, but some stand out. Among those, the Wilderness Area that to me is the Flagship of the National Wilderness Preservation System is the Arctic Nation ...
- The Wolf is Back!
- Around the Campfire with Uncle Dave – “Shark”(NOTE: Slowly, too slowly, as in glacially slowly—wait: glacially doesn’t work for slowly anymore, does it? Not with self-crafted curse of greenhouse gases, it doesn’t. Well, nonetheless, I have been working on a memoir called “Wildeor: My Wild Life” now and then, when I find a littl ...
- Around the Campfire with Uncle Dave – A Few Th ...Lisa Hymas, senior editor at Grist, features an excellent series on human overpopulation. Look for her nicely done summary of Man Swarm and the Killing of Wildlife, “Stop the ‘man swarm,’ save the wild world” appearing in Grist’s “7 Billion” series. “A F ...
- Around the Campfire with Uncle Dave Foreman “ ...From an earlier “Campfire,” Rewilding the East: Early landscape architect and regional planner Benton MacKaye, who also was a founder of The Wilderness Society in 1935, called for a foot-trail along the highline of the Appalachians in the early 1920s. After reading an article by Aldo ...
Asia Sentinel
- Politics, Romance Intertwine in Indonesia• (http://twitter.com/share) Two powerful political families unite in matrimony
- Murder and the Press• (http://twitter.com/share) Tougher action needed to end impunity in media killings
- China's Foreign Policy Bulldozer• (http://twitter.com/share) Global Times plays bad cop to the Party’s good cop
- Southeast Asia's Disappearing Modernist Theaters• (http://twitter.com/share) Quirky, grandiose architecture falls to the wrecker’s ball
- Thailand's Government Staggers• (http://twitter.com/share) Floods, missteps characterize Yingluck’s reign
We Know the Lies
- Elliot Abrams' Thanksgiving Forecast... "Plea ...Turkeys will finish thawing Thanksgiving morning, then warm in the oven to a high near 190 in the afternoon. The kitchen will turn hot and humid, and if you bother the cook, be ready for a severe squall or a cold shoulder. ~ Meteorologist Elliot Abrams read more
- GM Potatoes Headed for Europe’s Feed Stores... ...The common view that Europe is free of genetically engineered foods because the people don’t want them is no longer true. Europe’s corporate-centered government has already granted approval to one such potato not intended for human consumption—at least, not directly, though it will b ...
- 'Saif Gaddafi Knows Too Much... He Will Be Sil ...Muammar Gaddafi's fugitive spy chief, one of the last key figures from Libya's old regime still on the run, has been captured in the country's south. It comes just days after Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam was also caught. The National Transitional Council has since said it won't hand h ...
- EXPOSED!... P E L O S I Altered Obama's 2008 ...A picture is worth a thousand words... Is this the case that will break the presidential eligibility question wide open? read more
- H.R. 3432... Now 'They' Are Coming for the Cows!We know from history that when a country loses its ability to feed its own population, its demise is soon to follow. As a nation we are being systematically, incrementally and intentionally driven to the point where we cannot feed our own people. The quickest way to collap ...
Tarpley
- Report from Syria #2Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. Russia Today November 21, 2011 [download video][download audio]
- Report from SyriaWebster G. Tarpley on the Alex Jones Show Infowars November 15, 2011 [download audio]
- Bekämpft die Banken und deren Spekulationvon Ingo Hagel Umkreis-Online 7. November 2011 Man mag zum Standpunkt von Webster Tarpley – einem der brillantesten und mutigsten investigativen Journalisten – zur Erhaltung des Euros, stehen wie man will (ich selber sehe nicht, wie der Euro angesichts der wirtschaftlichen Unterschiede der versc ...
- فارسیInternational Main Menu Arabic Ceské Dansk Deutsch Español Farsi Français Italiano Greek Nippon Polski Português Russki Srpski Svenska Türk Zhongwén Tarpley Interviewed on Occupy Wall Street by Major Iranian Newspaper Zendegi News – 1390/8/17 [permalink] [...]
- IMF Agent Papandreou Pushing for National Unit ...Webster G. Tarpley on the Alex Jones Show Infowars November 3, 2011 [download audio] [download video]
Modern Survivalism
- Are US Banks Headed Off A Cliff?The nation’s 2nd largest lender, Bank of America, has been warned by US regulators that the company could face a ‘public enforcement action’ if the bank doesn’t take immediate steps to ‘strengthen the bank’, a statement which apparently rattled the bank’ ...
- Survival Preparedness for Winter WeatherWinter Weather Preparedness Here are a few tips to be prepared for big winter weather storms this year. Before the winter storms hit, check the following preparedness items for your home… food supply your ‘everyday’ needs that you have (medical? other daily needs?) LED flashlig ...
- A Safe Room For Your HomeYou have probably heard of the ‘safe room’ concept for inside your home – a room in which you or members of your family could retreat to in the event of a burglary, home invasion, or other emergency. But, have you ever thought about what it should be, and what should be inside ...
- Russian Cyber-Attack Hits Illinois InfrastructureA cyber intruder hack of a critical infrastructure water system in Illinois in which a water pump was cycled until it burnt out, was traced to a computer in Russia. While the US DHS (Department of Homeland Security) “has downplayed the Illinois cyber attack in public reports, stating that ...
- Best Turkey Brine RecipeHave a look at this turkey brine recipe and consider making a turkey brine for the upcoming Thanksgiving Day holiday, where in the US most of us traditionally eat a Turkey dinner. For those of you who haven’t tried a turkey brine, consider giving it a chance. I was very surprised at the di ...
Fast Company
- This Week In Bots: The Thanksgiving Edition[youtube 9psNh-dJTDU]Kinect House MaidsMeet SmartPal VII, a kind of interim stage before truly automated robot and butler bots start cleaning up your household mess for you--SmartPal's brains are actually you. The robot from Yashkawa Electric is designed to be controlled via a gesture and motion ...
- CSi: Crime Scene iPhones Yield Forensic Eviden ...During the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray concerning the death of pop icon Michael Jackson, prosecutors used Dr. Murray's iPhone to collect forensic evidenc. The evidence, which included a recording of Jackson speaking in a slurred manner, was gathered by DEA computer forensics examiner Stephen Marx ...
- For Video Game Makers, Playing The Competition ...For most executives, sizing up the competition means reading white papers or paying researchers to conduct market analyses. But when your industry is video gaming, knowing thy enemy means a whole lot of play time. Sounds like the greatest gig in the world, you say? Consider this: Playing a ...
- Nokia Siemens Networks To Cut 17,000 Jobs, Pho ...Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day.Nokia Siemens Networks To Cut 17,000 Jobs. Nokia Siemens Networks has announced restructuring plans that will cut 17,000 jobs globally by the end of 2013. In a press release, the company explained that they would shift their f ...
- Why Facebook Is Winning The Great Tech War In ...On the next important front of The Great Tech War, 2012. In Fast Company's recent cover story, The Great Tech War Of 2012, Farhad Manjoo plotted the battle plans for the four U.S. tech titans: Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google. The four companies have dominated somewhat separate parts of the U ...
Jadaliyya
- Political Forces: Tantawi Speech ‘Weak’ and Re ...Activists vow to continue Tahrir protest until the SCAF cedes power and reject proposal for referendum before junta steps down Egypt’s political forces have strongly denounced Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi’s first speech since demonstrators returned to Tahrir Square on Saturday to deman ...
- Egyptian Social Democratic Party Apologizes fo ...SDP chief Abul-Ghar 'truly sorry' for yesterday's meeting with SCAF, says Tantawi's address failed to mention promised concessions Egyptian Social Democratic Party (SDP) announced Tuesday night that it was “truly sorry” for participating in a meeting between Sami Anan, vice-president of ...
- Parties Mull Two Week Postponement of Parliame ...Egypt's major political parties may be about to ask SCAF to put off the Parliamentary elections due to start Monday, by two weeks. A number of major political parties are discussing calling on the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to postpone the first round of the Egypt ...
- Bahrain's Independent Commission of Inquiry: A ...Tomorrow, 23 November 2011, the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI), comprised of an international panel of law experts, is due to submit its report following a four-month investigation of the violence that broke out since the February 14 Uprising in Bahrain. Aside from ques ...
- Newly Issued Lustration Law Slammed as IneffectiveThe law, which bans remnants of the former NDP from participating in political life, has been issued just days before elections are due to be held. The long promised lustration law, which disenfranchises former leading members of the National Democratic Party (NDP) and bans them from ru ...
mediagazer
- CNN's Stan Case dies in wreck (CNN)CNN: CNN's Stan Case dies in wreck — (CNN) — Stan Case, an anchor for CNN Radio, has died in a car crash in Birmingham, Alabama, a police spokesman said Wednesday. — “Stan was a news anchor for CNN Radio and a mainstay of the network since he join ...
- Longtime CNN radio anchor Stan Case killed in ...Associated Press: Longtime CNN radio anchor Stan Case killed in car crash in Birmingham, Ala. — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A longtime anchor with CNN Radio is dead after a car crash in Alabama. — Authorities say 59-year-old Stanley Wright Case of Atlanta died i ...
- NI under pressure over McCann diaries (Guardian)Guardian: NI under pressure over McCann diaries — Madeleine McCann's mother says she felt ‘totally violated’ as father demands investigation into how NoW got hold of diaries — News International has come under pressure to explain how it got hold o ...
- Disney movies are coming to Youtube (Anna Heim ...Anna Heim / The Next Web: Disney movies are coming to Youtube — Disney movies are coming to YouTube, Variety reports. Besides “Winnie the Pooh” and “Pirates of the Caribbean,” the deal also includes titles from Dreamworks and Pixar such as “ ...
- YouTube now serving up 3.5 billion videos a da ...Ryan Lawler / GigaOM: YouTube now serving up 3.5 billion videos a day — YouTube continues to grow the number of videos its viewers watch, with now more than 3.5 billion served up every day. That number wasn't part of any formal release, but was part of a presentation giv ...
Chemtrail News
- CHEMTRAIL AND UFO SIGHTING, PORIRUA, NZ ...I suspected it of being a Chemtrail and therefore pulled out the video camera to film it. Many planes went by during the shooting, more than any other time I have ... https://chemtrailsnorthnz.wordpress.com/.../chemtrail-and-ufo-...
- Maui residents craft legislation to ban geo-en ...Maui residents craft legislation to ban geo-engineering 'chemtrails' www.naturalnews.com/033691_chemtrails_Maui.html
- 10 mile long chemtrail 1 Videoprobably longer. denver,co 9/23/11 Author: Boondox681 Keywords: denver ten mile long chemtrail Added: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:33:25. vodpod.com/watch/15460352-10-mile-long-chemtrail-1
- ChemTrail Pilot Admits to 'Domestic ...Headlines ChemTrail Pilot Admits to 'Domestic Terrorism'! ... Chemtrails: The Consequences of Toxic Metals and Chemical Aerosols on Human Health · Heavy ... www.davidicke.com/.../53899-chemtrail-pilot-admits-to-dome...
- Chemtrail Rainbow - YouTubeChemtrails caused rainbow....no rain. ... I have several (which I think are ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcOyMeW0xpU
World News - Top Stories
- World Bank: Afghanistan will need aid for ...KABUL, Afghanistan-Afghanistan could face economic collapse if international assistance is abruptly cut as foreign combat forces are withdrawn, the World Bank warned, stressing that the war-ravaged nation will need billions of dollars in aid for a decade or more. The forecast by the World Ba ...
- 2011 ATP World Tour Finals: Nadal vs Tson ...The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals takes place from November 20 to 27 at the O2 Arena in London. The Rafael Nadal vs Jo-Wilfried Tsonga match will...
- Nigeria president fires anti-corruption c ...LAGOS, Nigeria - Nigeria's president has unexpectedly fired the head of the oil-rich nation's anti-corruption agency. A spokesman for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said Wednesday that chairwoman Farida Waziri had been fired. Spokesman Femi Babafemi said Waziri had at least ano ...
- Radcliffe's Parents Turned Down His Potte ...Daniel Radcliffe's parents initially turned down his role in the Harry Potter franchise as movie bosses planned to shoot all the films in Los Angeles. The British actor was just a child when he first tried out for the role of the boy wizard, and he has revealed his parents didn't want him to ...
- Thurman Stalker Freed After Pleading Guil ...A man convicted of stalking Uma Thurman was ordered to undergo therapy five times a week on Tuesday after pleading guilty to making harassing calls to the Kill Bill star. Jack Jordan, 40, was convicted of stalking the actress in 2008 and was arrested again last year over allegations he breac ...
no frakking consensus
- Inside the IPCC: the Climategate E-MailsNewly released e-mails shed an unkind light on internal IPCC politics.
- Pachauri’s Rhetoric vs RealityThe chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has systematically misled us regarding the quality and kind of material his organization consults.
- Pachauri Interviewed by Pretend JournalistThe UK's Guardian newspaper has published a fawning article about IPCC chairman Rajendra Pachauri. But the article is pure propaganda. It was written by the Natural Resources Defense Council - a green lobby group that fancies itself "the Earth's best defense."
- Rajendra Pachauri – The Little Man Who T ...Some IPCC personnel aren't chosen for their impressive track records. Not even close.
- News & ReviewsAt the end of 2011 Treehugger.com continues to portray IPCC chairman Rajendra Pachauri as a saint.
Anna's News
- Now it's 4D film: The high-tech cinemas which ...Hollywood is converting blockbuster films into 4-D because cinemagoers are shunning pricey multi-dimensional 3-D versionsBut the experience has left some fans feeling sick, damp and pummeled after watching movies like Kung Fu Panda 2 and the latest ...... Submitted by Anna Smith to Science & ...
- 10 Best British Open PerformancesRory McIlroy's Tiger-esque performance at Congressional has many golf fans wondering what the 22-year-old has in store for Royal St. George's, one of the most difficult courses in the Open Championship rotation. Past winners Walter Hagen, Sandy Lyle and.. Submitted by Anna Smith to World ...
- Tiny snails survive digestion by birdsSnails are able to survive intact after being eaten by birds, according to scientists.Japanese white-eyes on the island of Hahajima, Japan feast on tiny land snails. Submitted by Anna Smith to Animals | Note-it! | Add a Comment
- National Parks at Risk: PhotosNational parks represent our country's last stronghold of wilderness. But the large majority of parks are suffering, too.Ninety-five percent of parks assessed in a recent study have lost key species that once helped define them. Meanwhile, 91 percent .... Submitted by Anna Smith to Animals &nbs ...
- Suicide rates in Europe 'linked' to financial ...The financial crisis "almost certainly" led to an increase in suicides across Europe, health experts say.The analysis by US and UK researchers found a rise in suicides was recorded among working age people from 2007 to 2009 in nine of the 10 nations...... Submitted by Anna Smith to Health & Well ...
Medical Marijuana
- 11/18/11 - What is the Stop Trading on Congres ...insidertrading.procon.org - NEW: What is the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act? - It currently remains legal for members of Congress to buy and sell stocks based on information they gain on the job. The STOCK Act would prohibit members of Congress and federal employees from pr ...
- 11/16/11 - 100 Peer-Reviewed Studies on Marijuanamedicalmarijuana.procon.org - UPDATED: 100 Peer-Reviewed Studies on Marijuana - What does the scientific literature say about the medical benefits or dangers of marijuana? Our chart of 100 studies on medical marijuana shows results from 22 double-blind human peer-reviewed studies, 74 human peer- ...
- 11/16/11 - Candidate Speeches2012election.procon.org - NEW: Candidate Speeches - Read transcripts of 25 campaign speeches from the nine Republican presidential candidates and incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama. We'll add many more speech transcripts over the coming weeks and months.
- 11/14/11 - Should churches (defined as churche ...churchesandtaxes.procon.org - NEW ProCon.org Website! - Should churches (defined as churches, temples, mosques, synagogues, etc.) remain tax-exempt? - US churches have been exempt from paying income and property taxes since the country's founding. Debate continues over whether or not these tax b ...
- 11/10/11 - ProCon.org has now been used by ove ...www.procon.org - ProCon.org has now been used by over 2,000 schools in all 50 states and 38 countries. See our list of 2,012 schools along with the related lesson plans, resource lists, and other curricula where ProCon.org appears. Teachers and librarians, if your school is not already on the li ...
Truth About Our World
- Occupy Wall Street “Beware The Zeitgeist ...
- The Dirty Fucking Hippies Were Right
- World War 3 (III,Three): September 11, 2001-20 ...
- Max Keiser: Time to Get The Hell Out of the US
- Hidden No Longer: Genocide in Canada, Past and ...BOOK: http://hiddennolonger.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/No-Longer-Hidden-1.pdf The stories, documentation and other evidence in this book are based in part on the living testimonies of nearly three hundred survivors of thirty eight separate Indian residential or hospitals across Canada. The ...
Gyrovague's Raves
- Do Bacteria Age?When a bacterial cell divides into two daughter cells and those two cells divide into four more daughters, then 8, then 16 and so on, the result, biologists have long assumed, is an eternally youthful population of bacteria. Bacteria, in other words, don’t age — at least not in the s ...
- Daily aspirin against cancerLinda Geddes Aspirin dramatically reduces the risk of developing colorectal cancer in people with a family history of the disease, providing the most direct evidence yet that the drug can be used for cancer prevention. While previous studies have hinted that aspirin might prevent cancer, this is ...
- Snake blood makes the heart growCharles Harvey Snake oil might be best avoided but snake blood may be just what the doctor ordered. Injecting snake-blood plasma into mice increased the size of their heart. The discovery could prove key in the treatment of heart damage. In humans, an enlarged heart is normally a sign that the b ...
- Female circumcisionBetwa Sharma Cairo—Ali, a 34-year-old Cairo businessman who asked that his real name not be used, is weighing whether or not to circumcise his 12-year-old daughter. Female circumcision, or female genital mutilation (FGM), as it also known, involves removing part or the entire clitoris. In more s ...
- Is Self-Knowledge Overrated?Jonah Lehrer Daniel Kahneman, a Nobel Prize-winning psychologist and the author of the new book “Thinking, Fast and Slow,” changed the way people think about thinking by asking them questions. They weren’t trick questions, either. Instead, Kahneman relied almost exclusively on straightforward su ...
In Verbena | Royal Society
- An African science base: what would it take fo ...From Richard Kirby, Marine Institute Research Fellow, Marine Institute, University of Plymouth A couple of weeks ago, I chaired an inspirational panel discussion at the Royal Society involving an audience of the leaders of most of the African science academies and a panel comprising 6 early care ...
- 7 billion: can we count on it?FROM ROBERT STIFF IN THE SCIENCE POLICY CENTRE On 31st October 2011 the world population is projected to reach a landmark 7 billion people, according to UN estimates. A great deal of debate has surrounded the importance of this figure and what it means for the planet and its many inhabitants. Th ...
- Research careers – opening the discussionFROM LAURA DAWSON IN THE SCIENCE POLICY CENTRE On Wednesday 26 October, the Royal Society’s President, Paul Nurse, and the Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts, hosted a roundtable discussion on research careers. The aim of the meeting was to start a discussion on the issues tha ...
- UK – world leader. But can it last?FROM LAURA DAWSON, SENIOR POLICY ADVISER Hot on the heels of last week’s 2011 National SET statistics (our friends at the Campaign for Science and Engineering and RCUK have already offered their highlights), today sees the launch of the BIS commissioned report, ‘International Comparative Perform ...
- Costs and Benefits of Open Data – Professor An ...FROM NILS HANWAHR IN THE SCIENCE POLICY CENTRE During the latest evidence session for the Science as a Public Enterprise project, we had the opportunity to speak to some leading experts working on open data in the fields of astronomy, meteorology, and e-Research. Dr. Anthony Holloway, Dr. Sarah ...
NAU Resistance
- U.S. Halts Inspection Of Buses And Trains Ente ...“An organism which cannot control its borders — whether economic or physical – is not sovereign“ By: NAURESISTANCE A recent CTV News/The Associated Press article dated 28th October 2011, reports on a radical policy shift being implemented along the Canada-U.S. border. This announce ...
- The Sovereignty Strategy To Regain Control Of ...Essentially, we must engage in a strategy which will move our political process from a "Representative" to a Popular Democracy - a sovereignty strategy which will move power from the parties and the vested interests, to the people.
- Canada Pursues U.S.-Style Security and Foreign ..."While in the past Canada has exercised a more independent foreign policy, in many ways, it has now succumbed to the imperialistic aspirations of the U.S. and NATO"- Dana Gabriel
- THE SEVEN PRINCIPLES OF SOVEREIGNTY"An organism which cannot control its borders -- whether economic or physical -- is not sovereign"
- U.S. Considers Installing A Fence Along Canada ...“When you get their security agencies just going off on this kind of a tangent ... well, quite frankly, it just makes me angry,” -NDP Justice Critic
Gaea Times
- Karnataka crisis: High Court to decide rebel M ...BANGALORE - The Karnataka High Court will hear the petition of eleven BJP rebel MLAs after a division bench gave a split verdict on it on October 18. The rebel MLAs were disqualified by Speaker KG Bopaiah a under the provision of the anti-defection law on October 10. The two-judges bench on ...
- Fans garner signatures in support of Kings XI ...CHANDIGARH - Dejected over the ouster of Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) from the Indian Premier League (IPL), fans of the team here have started a signature campaign to garner public support against the decision. They have constituted a group called Fans of Kings XI Punjab, consisting of students and ...
- Even turtles and wasps need a little play timeWASHINGTON - Watching kids and dogs play is not an alien sight. However, what about a turtle or even a wasp? Well, it seems they play, too. Gordon Burghardt, a psychology professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has discovered that many animals-not just dogs, cats, and monkeys-need ...
- Oz PM Gillard says trade union official?s 9/11 ...CANBERRA - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has dismissed as “stupid and wrong” a senior union official’s belief that the 9/11 attacks were a conspiracy, but refused to discipline him. Kevin Bracken, the president of the Victorian Trades Hall and secretary of the Mari ...
- Turmeric boosts effect of chemo drug in head a ...WASHINGTON - Researchers with UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center have found that curcumin, the major component in the spice turmeric, when combined with the drug Cisplatin enhances the chemotherapy’s suppression of head and neck cancer cell growth. In India, women for years have been usi ...
TruthNews Australia
- Son of ClimategateAfter two years, the climategate scandal has erupted once again, with a new tranche of embarrassing emails from the world's top climate researchers now spreading virally across the net. The release of these emails seems timed to overshadow the upcomng Durban conference in the same way the previo ...
- The “communitarian” world view (fo ...On tonight's show we take a look at a recent article by Naomi Klein titled "Capitalism vs. the Climate". In a key passage, Klein states the following: "Those with strong 'egalitarian' and 'communitarian' worldviews (marked by an inclination toward collective action and social justice, concern ...
- Lizzy Phelan: “The war on Libya is a war ...Back in the UK, after several months spent in Libya covering NATO war crimes and uncovering mainstream media lies, freelance journalist Lizzie Phelan continues to fight for truth and justice on behalf of the Libyan people. Her testimony below is a gripping example of her commitment. Lizzie ...
- Interview with Joanne NovaTonight we welcome Joanne Nova to the show. Joanne is one of Australia's most articulate and outspoken climate sceptics. Her website is an international hub for informed discussion on questions of climate, carbon trading and the economy. Joanne's husband, Dr. David Evans, is a mathematician ...
- Occupy Australia - has this movement been hija ...Tonight I am joined by Craig Stanford to reflect on the occupy Reserve Bank protest which we filmed on 15 October 2011. In our discussion we look at some of the techniques being used to create "group consciousness" at the protests here and overseas, such as hand signs and chanting, and we ask ...
Beacon
- New Study: Climate Change Threatens Global Fis ...As world leaders prepare for international climate change negotiations next week in Durban, South Africa, a new study out this week depicts the widespread threats that climate change presents for marine fisheries. The bottom line? Emissions from the burning of fossil fuels are presenting very ...
- One More Way to Give to OceanaAs we gear up for the holiday season, we are excited to announce that there is now one more way to support our work to protect the oceans: through a Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), the world's largest annual workplace giving collective. The mission of the CFC is "to promote and support philan ...
- EU Proposes Full Ban on Shark Finning at SeaBlue sharks would benefit from an EU shark finning ban. © Karin Leonard/Marine Photobank It has been a banner year for shark conservation – and the good news just keeps rolling in, this time out of Europe. Today the EU's executive arm proposed a complete ban on shark finning, the practice of ...
- Marine Monday: Giant Tube WormsImage via Wikimedia Commons. When giant tube worms were discovered in the 1970s, they were like nothing that had ever been seen before, and scientists still find them fascinating. That’s because they live in some of the harshest environments and, unlike almost all kinds of life on Earth, do ...
- CEO Note: Let's Be Thankful for Ocean VictoriesThis week, we celebrate Thanksgiving in the United States. It’s a time to appreciate and reflect upon the good tidings of the past year. We’ve had a great year at Oceana, with numerous policy achievements accomplished for the oceans around the world. I’d like to take a moment to express my than ...
Civilian Military Intelligence Group
- Oddly Beautiful Images From War.
- French Knight Fall.The thing about military industrial complexes, is that they often act only to keep themselves comfortable and happy and forget the higher goals that birthed the army. The famed French knights that terrorized infantry in the 14th century all across Europe were a classic example of a milita ...
- The Attack On Fort Stevens. The Night A Japane ...The Attack On Fort Stevens. The Night A Japanese Sub Atacked The Mainland United States.
- The Battle Of Hochwald Gap. In World War II, I ...In February 1945, there was little left for most of the Wehrmacht to go home to. The Soviets were an unstoppable juggernaut rumbling out of the East and overrunning desperate outnumbered Nazis. The Allies had opened a second front in Occupied France and were squeezing the Nazis out ...
- The Russians Made 6,000,000 PPSh-41 Submachine ...The PPSH 41 was a submachine gun designed by George Shpagin for the Russian military during WWII. This was a classic Soviet design infused with the user in mind. The user is likely to be illiterate and poor and not necessarily someone who has even worked around machine industries. It was ...
Taylor Marsh
- Coulter on Occupy: “It just took a few shootin ...Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Media coverage of the Occupy Movement has improved, though given how it began, that’s not exactly praise. Still, we’ve gone from ignoring, to “they don’t have any goals!” to parroting or initiating demeaning remarks, ...
- Gravy, Anyone?Add a tablespoon of Brandy. It will make all the difference. As Julia always said, bon appétit.
- O No She Dit-ten! Pamela Geller’s Butterball FatwaOMG! Another “strike against freedom”! “It’s Islamic supremacism on the march”! “Yet again.” LOLLOLLOLLOL. I’ve been making fun of Pamela Geller ever since her favorite diplomat, John Bolton, refused an interview, while rhetorically canoodling Ms. ...
- Newt Slips on Immigration, Romney Stays Focuse ...The headlines have already started and they’re unlikely to stop. The Hill: GOP debate: Gingrich divides himself from pack on immigration. Politico: GOP debate: Newt Gingrich beats back immigration. Gingrich doesn’t have Mr. Romney’s discipline. Pivoting on immigration, he made ...
- Foreign Policy Subject of the Night: Sequestra ...Well, if it’s Tuesday it’s another Republican debate. This one is on foreign policy. With 1% Newt in the lead, the level of bellicosity could be epic, especially if Mitt gets going on Iran. But it’s the automatic trigger cuts on defense spending after the supercommittee epic fa ...
Hudson New York
- Two Despotic Powers in Egypt: The Army and the ...Egyptian protestors are back in Tahrir Square. After having celebrated the fall of the regime with the toppling of former president Hosni Mubarak last February, the Egyptian people have now finally realized that dictatorship is still there. The removal
- Israel and the Existential ThreatFor a variety of reasons, including a misguided infatuation with soft power, neither the United States nor Israel has exercised the legitimate right of anticipatory, or pre-emptive, self defense against Iran. As a result, Iran's entry into the nuclear
- Turkish Journalists Stand TrialMedia rights groups say several journalists accused of involvement in an alleged plot to topple Turkey's government are going on trial Monday after spending some nine months in jail. The case is seen as a test for media freedoms in Turkey. Investigative
- Brussels: The New Capital of EurabiaMuslims now make up one-quarter of the population of Brussels, according to a new book published by the Catholic University of Leuven, the top French-language university in Belgium. In real terms, the number of Muslims in Brussels -- where half of the
- Stop Iran NowHizbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has good reason to be worried about the future of his organization: his patrons in Damascus and Tehran are facing increased isolation in the international community. Nasrallah wants Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Syria's
Urban Survival
- No News Tuesday(Morongo, CA) “Say what? Has Ure flipped out? Has he gone completely mad after just 3? days in California?” No, of course not. And I will readily admit that the “There’s no news” assertion seems far-fetched on the surface, but … Continue read ...
- Coping: With the Post-Fame Let-downWhen we flew our plane into Palm Springs last Friday, we parked at the local FBO (fixed base operator) so the plane would be kept under watchful eyes, filled with gas, and so forth. Mind you, the FBO is the … Continue reading →
- Mario Brother Economics(Morongo, CA) Or, was it Duke Nuke-em? Welcome to the end-game of what to my eyes is the biggest economics experiment in all of human history. The set-up has been a strong dollar, decoupled from anything meaningful (like gold) and … Continue reading →
- Coping: With Economics as a Clothing Problem(Morongo, CA) While I was up to my mouseballs in client work (and some genuine thinking) this weekend, Elaine and the client’s wife had some time to go shopping. Not that this involved actual spending” mind you, since it seems … Continue reading →
- A Check of the REAL Economy(Las Cruces, NM) If you want a really quick check of how the economy is going all you need to do is keep in touch with people who make the economy “happen”. People like longshoremen, long distance truckers, oilmen, and … Continue reading →
Trends & Forecasts
- Gerald Celente : your money is not safe with a ...Gerald Celente - Tony Cruise - 21 Nov 2011 : the... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story ]]
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- Gerald Celente : we look at a Global MeltdownGerald Celente - Michael Harris - 21 November... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story ]]
- Jon Corzine worse that Bernie MadoffGreg Palast : More than $1.2 billion dollars is... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story ]]
- The Economic Hit Man John Perkins : The Corpor ...True capitalism is predator capitalism. Pure... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story ]]
Radical Chic
- THE BILDERBERG GROUPSome of you may be aware of the fact that there is a small and select group of people that control the world. When you are first confronted with this prospect your initial thoughts may be to dismiss this claim as another one of those conspiracy theories; but if you probe further, you are likely ...
- DEAD AND STILL DYINGI’m dying slowly. Each day I can feel my end slowly approaching, and I will never know when that end truly is. All I know is that there is one. One day the essence I call life will cease to exist, and even now it slowly fades away before my eyes. It is difficult to hide [...]
- SEXUAL INCOMPATIBILITY – By: Femi JobThe topic being addressed is a very controversial topic for adults. I ask that you tell the kids to go to their rooms, and if you are a kid, you need to leave this page. Let us wait for about 2 minutes before we read on (to allow the kids to leave this page). While [...]
- FLASH FICTION: ‘Dutiful Husband’ & ...Elsie had been in a bad mood all week. Geoff had noticed, so he thought he would do the dutiful husband thing. On Friday he left work unusually early, and bought a huge bouquet of red roses. As he came out of the flower shop and crossed the road, he saw the man with [...]
- WHY DO ROYAL FAMILIES EXIST?What does a family need to do to become royal? I mean, aren’t they just an expensive welfare family? Let’s face it, I would be in a royal family too if the rest of society was paying for my upkeep. Don’t worry about it, ill buy a crown and put some jewels on it, ill [...]
Boston Blog ( Nature Network)
- Science and the 99%: Why some area researchers ...MIT biologist Jonathan King doesn't need to look too far to find the influence of the so-called "1%" on the nation's scientific agenda. The newest, flashiest building on campus is the "David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research," named for the conservative activist and MIT alum who ...
- MIT museum's FAT Friday and more scientific ev ...A quiet week until Friday. "In 2008, over 1,600 people came, participated and watched as artist and renowned chain reaction creator Arthur Ganson led one of the MIT Museum's most popular annual events. Teams from all over the country bring a link, which is then connected to another link and be ...
- Activists and renegade MIT hacker indicted fo ...My local paper has the scoop on Aaron Swartz. A Cambridge man has been indicted on charges of breaking and entering, larceny of electronic data, and unauthorized access to a computer network in connection with the illicit downloading of millions of academic articles, Middlesex District Attorney ...
- Who needs a PR team? TV news hypes Brigham ste ...Researchers, including a team from The Brigham and Women's Hosptial, got some help hyping a very preliminary study on cardiac stem cells presented at the ongoing American Heart Association Meeting. As we suggested earlier this week, see CardioBrief for sensible reporting on this story and othe ...
- Can the Terriers top Harvard in the lab to win ...In the opening scene of the movie "The Social Network," the Mark Zuckerberg character tell his soon-to-be-ex girlfriend that she doesn't need to get home to study. Why? You go to BU, the socially-inept Harvard lad tells her. My BU class rolled their eyes when we watched that scene in a sessio ...
NRDC Switchboard
- Dimock Thanksgiving Disgrace: DEP Gives Cabot ...Kate Sinding, Senior Attorney, New York City Water deliveries to Dimock residents, like the truck delivery shown here, may be cut off less than a week after Thanksgiving It’s been over a year since my last post on Dimock, PA, highli ...
- LA Is Getting Serious About Its GarbageAdrian Martinez, Staff Attorney, Environmental Justice, Santa Monica, California Yesterday, as reported in the LA Daily News, the Energy and Environment committee of the Los Angeles City Council approved an important decision to give waste haulers s ...
- In a "Nixon goes to China" Moment, Detroit Emb ...Roland Hwang, Transportation Program Director, San Francisco Last week’s release of the official regulatory proposal for stronger standards provoked a “Nixon goes to China” moment for Detroit car companies. After decades of fightin ...
- Grizzlies have their day in courtJanet Barwick, Research Associate, Montana With Thanksgiving tomorrow, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has given me a reason to be thankful! On Tuesday, they ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) underestimated the potential imp ...
- Your chance to tell the EPA you support curbs ...Amy Mall, Senior Policy Analyst, Washington, D.C. Back in July I blogged about new rules proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that would require stronger controls on some of the most toxic air pollutants being spewed ...
Injustice Everywhere
- National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...Here are the 28 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Tuesday, November 22, 2011: Scotland Neck NC cop is under investigation after a 61-year-old man he tasered while he was on a bicycle died. The officer was responding to a call about a man wh ...
- National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...Here are the 15 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Monday, November 21, 2011: Jackson MS police officer is now facing capital murder charges after charges of felony child abuse were upgraded following the death of a 1-year-old girl who was j ...
- Police Misconduct NewsFeed Weekend Recap 11-19 ...Here are the 17 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this weekend of November 19-20, 2011: In an update to a report we covered on Friday, 2 UC Davis CA police officers have been placed on paid leave while they are being investigated for [...]
- National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...Here are the 23 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Friday, November 18, 2011: UC Davis CA cop is caught on video taunting a crowd of protesters by showing off a pepperspray canister before slowly dousing protesters sitting on ground with it ...
- National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...Here are the 23 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Thursday, November 18, 2011: New York NY police accused of using excessive force & attacking journalists during the latest #OWS demonstration. There were more than one incident involved ...
Total Collapse
- Aircraft Carrier CVN-77 Parks Next Door To Syr ...Yesterday we reported that the Arab League (with European and US support) are preparing to institute a no fly zone over Syria. Today, we get an escalation which confirms we may be on the edge. Just out from CBS: “The U.S. Embassy in Damascus urged its citizens in Syria to depart “imm ...
- Russia will target US missile defense sites if ...Responding to Washington’s failure to bring Russia on board the European missile defense system, President Dmitry Medvedev announces sweeping plans to address what Moscow is calling a threat to national security. Medvedev said he will deploy strike systems in the west and south of the country an ...
- BREAKING NEWS: No-Fly Zone to be Imposed over ...Senior European sources said that Arab jet fighters, and possibly Turkish warplanes, backed by American logistic support will implement a no fly zone in Syria’s skies, after the Arab League will issue a decision, under its Charter, calling for the protection of Syrian civilians. The source ...
- TIME IS UP: Iran will not sit back, watch threatsA senior Iranian military official says Iran will change its current attitude and defense strategy if threats against the country continue. “Recent remarks by the Leader [of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei] mean a change in the Iranian nation’s defense strategy,” Iran& ...
- Canada orders warships to stay in MediterraneanCanada will maintain warships in the Mediterranean Sea until the end of 2012, Defense Minister Peter MacKay announced Sunday. The HMCS Vancouver frigate was originally deployed as part of NATO’s mission in Libya. It will remain in the Mediterranean Sea until early 2012, when it will be rel ...
Daily Dose
- If you’re looking for jobs in tech, Auth ...When we’re looking for a new job, we’re lucky enough to have the Internet by our side, along with a host of apps and sites. You’ve got Monster, LinkedIn, Craigslist,...
- Quipol wants to shake up online polling and co ...One of the perks of my role as TNW’s Midwest editor is that I am afforded the opportunity to speak with scores of entrepreneurs from the region. Every startup hub has its...
- A music geek spills his secrets for discoverin ...“With seemingly a zillion songs at our disposal, recommended by a zillion music services, countless indie blogs and my Facebook feed blowing up with notifications of high school friends spinning...
- The President just got plussed: Barack Obama j ...Today, the President of the United States of America has increased his social media footprint by joining the growing Google+ service. Barack Obama now has a page on Google+ where...
- Pollowers is a Twitter polling tool that makes ...Polling software like GoPollGo and HeyCrowd are a great way to ask your Twitter followers what they think about a certain topic. Unfortunately it requires them to leave Twitter to...
Beyond Zero Emissions
- Trophies and Titles - BZE awarded for climate ...The determination and enthusiasm of Beyond Zero Emissions and its members has been acknowledged with two prestigious awards over the last month. The honours build on BZE's momentum leading into 2012 with the anticipated launch of the visionary Zero Carbon Australia plans for the buildings and tr ...
- WorleyParsons has publicly promulgated a false ...Media Release 18 Nov 11 WorleyParsons has publicly promulgated a falsehood in relation to BZE. WorleyParsons state in their media release dated 10 November 2011: "Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE) engaged Worley Parsons to prepare a report to analyse the life cycle GHG emissions for Australian gas co ...
- Serious About SolarSophie McCallum of The Transcontinental reports, November 16: Alinta Energy is seriously exploring the idea of converting its Port Augusta power stations into solar thermal facilities. Solar thermal was first proposed by renewable energy advocates, Beyond Zero Emissions and has already gained ...
- Take Action - Support a Zero Carbon AustraliaTake action now 2011 has been a big year for all of us at Beyond Zero Emissions. While continuing to spread the word on our 100 percent renewable vision, we have started researching zero emissions alternatives to the sectors of transport, land use and buildings. This ground-breaking Zero ...
- TRANSCRIPT - Radio National: Coal seam gas rep ...TRANSCRIPT - Radio National Breakfast: Coal Seam Gas Report 'Suppressed' November 14, 2011 Fran Kelly- It’s been hailed as the low carbon fuel to help us transition to a clean energy future, but in recent months, some have started to question the climate credentials of the so called ‘unconventi ...
Monga Bay ( News )
- Aceh's 'green' governor breaks Indonesia's mor ...Aceh governor Irwandi Yusuf may have broken Indonesia's moratorium on new concessions in peatlands when he approved an oil palm plantation in the Tripa peat swamp in August this year, alleges WAHLI, an Indonesian environmental group.
- Photos: two dozen new beetles discovered in Pa ...Over the past two decades, at least 24 new beetles species have been discovered in a remote mountainous rainforest region of Papua New Guinea by Swedish entomologists Ulf Nylander. Described in the new book Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea, the new be ...
- Peace accord reached in violent conflict betwe ...A peace accord has been announced to resolve a long-running conflict between a giant state-owned plantation company and local communities on the Indonesian island of Java.
- Concerns standoff between Borneo forest commun ...A conflict between villagers in Indonesia's East Kalimantan province and a palm oil developer could turn violent over the company's decision to press forward with clearing of forest land used by the community, warns the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and its Indonesian partner Telapak.
- Ecotourism isn't bad for wildlife in the AmazonEcotourism doesn't hurt biodiversity, and in some cases may even safeguard vulnerable areas, concludes a new study from the Amazon in Mammalian Biology. Surveying large mammals in an ecotourism area in Manu National Biosphere, the researchers found that ecotourists had no effect on the animals. ...
Sierra Express
- Over Mayor’s loss CA corrects media misquote…Consequent to leaks published by Sierra Express Media on the subject: “42 counts… Mayor Escapes toBanjul,” City Council’s Chief Administrative Officer, Bowenson Philips (in photo) confidently corrected misquotes in story. “I have not told you that I was in the midst of people, Mr. Samura,” he sa ...
- Usman Boie embarks on community developmentErudite Mining Engineer Cum Politician, Alhaji Usman Boie Kamara, has vowed to enhance self-sufficiency among the women folks in Sierra Leone. The new-comer onto the political dance floor who slightly lost the SLPP flag bearership to Julius Maada Bio is in the news again, and this time for a dif ...
- Further political education for secretaries of ...The political education officer, Mr Idrisa Dizo-Conteh (senior), APC UK & Ireland branch calls for further political education for both secretaries of the SLPP and PMDC, UK & NI branch (Photo: Mr Idrisa Dizo-Conteh (senior)) In response to the joint statement by SLPP and PMDC UK an ...
- London Mining delivers – endorses inward investorsAt the recent SLEIPA organised “Invest in Sierra Leone” conference, His Excellency President Ernest Bai Koroma welcomed respective corporations, government ministers, diplomats, potential investors and all committed to Sierra Leone. Buttressing President Koroma’s statement, Chief Fin ...
- If Facebook stays social, will it last?Will Facebook be here in 20years? Will this dominant social network today be a leading tech business in 20years? This question of the future is important for Facebook aside aiming to reach the one billion milestone and staying ahead of competitors. Facebook execs featured in an interview last w ...
Dairy Industry - NZ Herald
- No to Chinese Crafar sale, says Fay pollPolling for the Michael Fay-led consortium trying to buy the Crafar dairy farms shows an "overwhelming desire for the government to stop in and stop the sale" to the would-be Chinese buyer, Pengxin International.However,...
- Asparagus growing under threatAsparagus could become unaffordable and hard to come by within just a few years if the expansion of dairy farms continues at its present rate.The antioxidant-rich superfood was down to $2.50 a bunch at most grocery stores last week,...
- Fonterra's change of guardAustralasia's highest paid bank executive, Sir Ralph Norris, will become a director of dairy giant Fonterra, while its chairman Sir Henry van der Heyden plans to step down after more than a decade on the board.New Zealander Norris...
- Van der Heyden to step down as Fonterra chair, ...Fonterra chairman Henry van der Heyden is to step down next year after a decade in the job and the cooperative has tapped Commonwealth Bank of Australia chief executive Ralph Norris to join the board.Van der Heyden will step down...
- Mixed opinions over land salesPublicity over Chinese company moves to buy New Zealand dairy farms continues to divide business. One-third of respondents to the Herald CEOs' survey are against the move.The issue raised its head when the May Wang - who is now...
The Bovine
- “Food Freedom Day” November 23rd!From Michael Schmidt: November 23. Rallies across Canada mark the first National Day for Responsible Food Freedom There will be rallies and events across Canada to celebrate and assert our fundamental rights as it pertains to our body and our … Continue reading →
- Petitioning Justice Tetley in Michael Schmidt ...Read the petition here. We’ve been hearing reports for some time now that people on their own initiative have been writing to Justice Tetley to voice their concerns about the Michael Schmidt case. People have been writing about it on … Continue reading →
- Cross-country raw milk checkup — rallies ...From Charlene Bishop in Edmonton: From Katy Helliwell (Regina): OK, in Regina we are ready to go! Media and politicians in the know-check, posters made-check, speeches and speakers arranged-check, nice weather on its way-check so come on down to the Saskatchewan Legislature … Continue read ...
- More noise in the mainstream media on the evil ...From Ian Lee, in today’s Toronto Star: “Thirty-four million Canadians are being milked and their wallets plucked by approximately 14,000 dairy farmers, 2,800 chicken farmers, 1,200 egg producers and 500 turkey farmers under a system of government protectionism called “supply … ...
- Raw milk freedom riders are riding to Chicago ...From the Raw Milk Freedom Riders’ blog: You are invited to join the Raw Milk Freedom Riders, Food Freedom Advocates from around the country, local and national press and Maybe the FDA and law enforcement* at our next Freedom Ride coming … Continue reading →
Mish's Global Economic Trends
- Eventually, Will Come a Time When ....Inquiring minds note that French presidential candidate Le Pen calls for France to quit euro Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s far-right National Front, has made abandoning the euro one of the pillars of her presidential election campaign, launching a powerful attack on the ailing single c ...
- Video: German Failed Bond Auction, 6 Billion O ...No doubt emergency meets are underway in numerous countries right now following a failed German bond auction. Bond auctions have failed before, but not in Germany (at least by this much), and never at a worse time. Link if above video does not play: German Bond Auction Disaster ...
- Understanding the Problem, Understanding the S ...Ambrose Evans-Pritchard speaks of the Self-serving myths of Europe’s neo-Calvinists In his article he chastises Germany for its role in the Eurozone mess, citing Germany’s Wolfgang Schauble and the northern neo-Calvinists. Pritchard also praises a report by Simon Tilford and Philip Whyte o ...
- Banks Make Plans for Euro-Zone SplitA few weeks ago many thought a breakup up the eurozone was "unthinkable". Today, "disaster plans" are being made by numerous banks to allow for just that event. The Wall Street Journal reports Banks Ponder Euro-Zone Split A key part of the world's foreign-exchange trading infrastructure i ...
- 2-Year Italian Bond Yield Hits 7.27%, Yield Cu ...Sovereign debt yields and spreads are under renewed pressure today in Italy, Belgium, and Spain. Sovereign Debt Table 10-Year Bonds CountryChangeYieldSpread Germany+.021.930.00 France+.043.571.64 Spain+.016.614.68 Italy+.066.884.95 Portugal-.0211.289.35 Belgium+.065.143.21 Irelan ...
Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs
- BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- October ...American Spy Drones Swarm in Droves over Afghanistan, DOD Sued Over Theft of Private Info about almost 5 Million Soldiers, Police State: Feds: ‘States Have no Rights’, Pepe Escobar: The US Power Grab in Africa, Chris Floyd: Family Values- The Roman Rigor of Obama’s Death Squads ...
- The EyeOpener- CIA & the Nuclear Black Market: ...The Business of Arming the Nation’s Enemies The AQ Khan nuclear network was first introduced to the public in early 2004, with Abdul Qadeer Khan’s dramatic televised confession to the Pakistani public that he had participated in selling nuclear technology, including bomb-making designs and ...
- BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- October ...Police State: Contractors Pitch Spy Tech to Cops, Clinton Vows Millions of Dollars in Funding for the New Regime, Two Teenagers among those Assassinated by US Drone Attack in Awlaki Kill, Police State: Legislation Could Expand Reserve Role in Homeland Security, Lies Behind the “Humanitaria ...
- Follow the Money with Bergman-Chicago: The Cit ...Burrowing Into Some Rabbit Holes Chicago has a lot of strengths, along with a deserved, well, reputation. The City of Big Shoulders? Perhaps. But legal and illegal corruption have long greased the wheels in the City That Works. Chicago is joined at the hip with the State of Illinois, with no ...
- BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- October ...Obama has now more than Doubled Bush-Era Total Deaths in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan: Baku’s Natural Gas Discoveries Reviving Interest in Caspian Pipelines, Police State: FBI’s DNA Database Upgrade Program Under Fire, Number of CIA Drone Attacks in Pakistan Hits 300, Covert Operative for Israe ...
bloody crossroads
- Is Obama a Fraud?The debt deal is yet another sign that hope and change has been a fiction from the start: Like many, I was extremely hopeful when Obama won in 2008. And like many I’ve become totally disillusioned with the president and … Continue reading →
- Today’s StoriesGood politifact piece on how Social Security functions and its solvency How the state is revoking our civil liberties by imprisoning people, in some cases for up to 15 years, for recording police brutality with smart phones Economist Dean Baker … Continue reading →
- The Tyranny of American HealthcareFor those who read this on Splice, be sure to re-read the unedited version… Why are we trying to prop up a broken system?: Do you realize how badly you’re being screwed by the health insurance corporations? Let me give … Continue reading →
- Today’s StoriesPolitifact on how entitlements have lifted millions out of poverty Must read: scientists have recently concluded that a once in a tens of millions of years mass extinction is now underway, mainly in the ocean, because of global warming and … Continue reading →
- Today’s StoriesPolitifact on how entitlements have lifted millions out of poverty Must read: scientists have recently concluded that a once in a tens of millions of years mass extinction is now underway, mainly in the ocean, because of global warming and … Continue reading →
gCaptain
- BIT VIKING – World’s First LNG Product Tanker ...The world’s first LNG-fueled product tanker, the “Bit Viking”, is now officially in service according to class society Germanischer Lloyd (GL). The 25,000 dwt product tanker underwent an LNG main [...]
- Florida-Based Sea Star Line Pleads Guilty in P ...Florida-based Sea Star Line LLC agreed this week to enter a guilty plea with the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice and pay a $14.2 million fine for its [...]
- WARNING: If You Come From the Old School, This ...By Rob Almeida, gCaptain In case you never noticed, the global maritime and offshore energy industry can be pretty damn old school in how they do things. New ideas [...]
- Weekly Piracy Update: Anti-Piracy Measures Pro ...INDIAN OCEAN: Container ship (MSC JEANNE) was fired upon by six pirates in two skiffs on 21 November at 0536 UTC while underway in position 04:03S – 042:55E, about 198 [...]
- MARKET TALK: Frontline Tankers Calls Upcoming ...(Dow Jones) A flagging economy and more domestic production is leading to decrease in US oil imports–bad news for tankers. Frontline (FRO) expects further increases in US output, which will [...]
Blogging Canadians
- Akaash Maharaj: To Lead or to ServeIn my broadcast essay on TVOntario's The Agenda with Steve Paikin, I argue that Canadians instinctively remember what the machinery of politics appears to have forgotten: that election to office is a contract to serve us, not a licence to rule us; that the wisdom of society lies in the many, not ...
- Finally - The Government Addresses Section 13 ...Justice Minister Rob Nicholson urges all MPs to support bill C-304: “Our government believes Section 13 is not an appropriate or effective means for combating hate propaganda. We believe the Criminal Code is the best vehicle to prosecute these crimes,” Justice Minister Rob Nicholson told the Hou ...
- American Pop Celebrity Ashton Kutcher and "His ...Ashton Kutcher Finally Moving Out Of His Mom’s House by "Durka Durka Mohammed" As originally posted on: CelebJihad.com November 17, 2011 After reportedly receiving $15.4 million from CBS to star on the hit TV show “Two And A Half Men”, Ashton Kutcher can finally afford to move out of his mo ...
- NGDP targeting: wither monetarism?Monetarism is like a Zombie: it can be found theoretically wanting, empirically false and technically infeasible but in one form or another it just soldiers on. In some ways the hype surrounding the conversation about the possibility of moving from … Continue reading →
- P.E.I.'s Status As Pro-Life 'Sanctuary' ChallengedPro-abortion groups are mounting the pressure on the provincial government, demanding local abortion facilities: For 30 years, Prince Edward Island has been known among pro-life groups as a "life sanctuary," the lone province in Canada that refuses to perform abortions. Since the last abortion ...
Press TV - Middle East
- Excessive force used in Bahrain: ProbeThe fact-finding mission investigating reports of human rights abuse during the popular uprising in Bahrain has criticized authorities for using excessive force against protesters.
- 'Saleh to sign power transfer deal' Yemeni ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh has arrived in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, to sign a power transfer deal with the opposition, a Yemeni official says.
- Yemeni forces, opposition fighters clashClashes between forces loyal to Yemeni ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh and opposition fighters have once again broken out in the capital city of Sana'a, witnesses say.
- 'Turkish warplanes bomb northern Iraq'Turkish warplanes have targeted alleged bases of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorist group in Iraq's northern Kurdish region, wounding at least one civilian, Kurdish officials say.
- 'Bahraini forces run over, kill protester'A Bahraini anti-regime protester has died after regime forces ran over him with a patrol car, witnesses say.
CUNY SPS Community Blog
- What Is So Scary About Occupy Wall Street?“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” So states ...
- Enough With the Sleazy Reality Shows!I just don’t understand the fascination with Teen Moms, Hoarders, the Housewives, Jersey Shore and the myriad other sleazy reality shows on TV. The supreme franchise, however, has got to be those Kardashians. Are you kidding me? Don’t get me wrong. I enjoy reality shows where people ...
- What’s Your Story?I ran onto the bus just as the driver was about to shut the doors. I reached into my jacket pocket and pull out my Metro Card, only to find out there was not enough money on it to pay my fare. Sigh. I looked at the driver, and gave him the please don’t embarrass [...]
- Network Like a ProI recently attended an SPS Career Services workshop and networking seminar lead by career expert Arlene Newman. Newman is the President of Career Bound Success and has an extensive background in Human Resources across multiple industries. Newman emphasized the importance of networking in career ...
- Satire and Humor?With all the mayhem that’s been going on in Washington, D.C. and across the United States, you’d think politicos would use some measure of wisdom. I’ve been reading articles, watching news reports and tweeting stories, which I feel has some semblance, contrary to all the madne ...
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- Arsenic, Antibiotics and Asthma Drugs in Your ...So far, 2011 has not been a great year for turkey producers. In May, an article in Clinical Infectious Diseases reported that half of U.S. meat from major grocery chains–turkey, beef, chicken and pork–harbors antibiotic resistant staph germs commonly called MRSA. Turkey had twice and ...
- The Degree to Which You Resist Is the Degree t ...I’ve noticed a meme beginning to fester among liberal insiders who are positing that the Occupy Wall Street movement is starting to “distract” the citizenry from the wicked machinations of Republicans of the legislative class. Nonsense. The OWS movement is not a distraction fro ...
- Sexual Accusations As Reputation BustersIn the wake of the Penn State sexual molestation scandal—followed closely by similar charges being leveled against a coach at Syracuse University—we learn of yet another alleged sex offense involving a minor. Congressman Dale Kildee (D-MI) was accused this week of having sexually abused a young ...
- Obama Must Condemn Egyptian MilitaryAs we watch the Egyptian police and military viciously attack democracy activists on the streets of Cairo, using U.S. weapons, it is outrageous that the Obama Administration has failed to issue a strong condemnation of this latest attempt to crush a revolution that has inspired people around the ...
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- New Iowa Poll Places Ron Paul Firmly in First, ...Congressman Ron Paul is leading by a significant margin in Iowa, according to preliminary results of a new TeleResearch poll. Revolution PAC, the Super PAC formed to support presidential candidate Ron Paul, has received early data from the commissioned Iowa poll. The TeleResearch survey is th ...
- Massive Hydrovolcanic Explosion Inevitable at ...On November 17, the architect of Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 3, Uehara Haruo, was interviewed in Japan. He warned that a “China Syndrome” situation is inevitable at the plant. Haruo said that considering eight months have passed since the tsunami and the crippling of the nuclear plant without a ...
- Egypt’s Secret Police Renames Itself “Homeland ...Egypt’s infamous state security apparatus, notorious for spying on political activists and torturing dissidents, has renamed itself “homeland security,” presumably in homage to its American namesake, which has also been used as a tool of political repression. As part of the re-branding of dic ...
- Egyptian Military Justifies Murder of Proteste ...Egyptian Military Points to American Police Brutality in Justifying Murder of Tahrir Square Protesters And America’s response towards the peaceful Occupy protesters has been so brutal that now the Egyptian military is justifying its murder of protesters in Tahrir Square by saying they are jus ...
- European Central Bank Riots Begin in Italy as ...On his first day in office, the bankster prime minister of Italy, Mario Monti, told Italians they can expect to be rolled by the ECB banksters.
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