NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 15: New York City Police face off with Occupy Wall Street protesters after the police in riot gear removed the protesters early today from Zuccotti Park on November 15, 2011 in New York City. The evacuation followed similar moves in Oakland, California, and Portland, Oregon. Hundreds of protesters, who rallied against inequality in America, have slept in tents and under tarps since September. 17 in Zuccotti Park, which became the epicenter of the global Occupy Wall Street movement. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
leLeg bands from Michigan DNRE attached to birds from the Enbridge Kalamazoo River oil spill prior to their release. (Photo credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Midwest Region)
CIMG0174 Diving with a Brown Fur Seal (Photo credit: Tim Sheerman-Chase)
Occupy Wall Street (Photo credit: InSapphoWeTrust)
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Free Speakout Occupy Wall Street 2011 Shankbone (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 15: Occupy Wall Street protesters walk towards Foley Square after New York City police in riot gear removed Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zucotti Park early on November 15, 2011 in New York City. The evacuation followed similar moves in Oakland, California, and Portland, Oregon. Hundreds of protesters, who rallied against inequality in America, have slept in tents and under tarps since September. 17 in Zuccotti Park, which became the epicenter of the global Occupy Wall Street movement. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
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Greg Palast | Islamic Republic of BP
Greg Palast, Left Foot Forward
Palast writes: "Will 'Beyond Petroleum' oil giant BP pick the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest today in Baku, Azerbaijan? If so, I wouldn't be surprised."
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Greg Palast, Left Foot Forward
Palast writes: "Will 'Beyond Petroleum' oil giant BP pick the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest today in Baku, Azerbaijan? If so, I wouldn't be surprised."
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Study: One in 10 US Veterans Has No Health Insurance
Peter Schurmann, New American Media
Schurmann reports: "One in 10 veterans under the age of 65 is currently living without health insurance and reports not using Veterans Affairs (VA) health care, according to a new study examining health care access for retired service members."
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Peter Schurmann, New American Media
Schurmann reports: "One in 10 veterans under the age of 65 is currently living without health insurance and reports not using Veterans Affairs (VA) health care, according to a new study examining health care access for retired service members."
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John Heilemann | Hope: The Sequel
John Heilemann, New York Magazine
Heilemann writes: "Though the Obamans certainly hit John McCain hard four years ago - running more negative ads than any campaign in history - what they intend to do to Romney is more savage."
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John Heilemann, New York Magazine
Heilemann writes: "Though the Obamans certainly hit John McCain hard four years ago - running more negative ads than any campaign in history - what they intend to do to Romney is more savage."
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Europe's Biggest Fear: A Run They Cannot Stop
A.P., The Economist
Excerpt: "The possibility of a deposit run in Europe's peripheral states is still very much alive. It is also the thing that policymakers are least prepared for."
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A.P., The Economist
Excerpt: "The possibility of a deposit run in Europe's peripheral states is still very much alive. It is also the thing that policymakers are least prepared for."
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US Winds Down Longer Benefits for the Unemployed
Shaila Dewan, The New York Times
Dewan writes: "Hundreds of thousands of out-of-work Americans are receiving their final unemployment checks sooner than they expected, even though Congress renewed extended benefits until the end of the year."
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Shaila Dewan, The New York Times
Dewan writes: "Hundreds of thousands of out-of-work Americans are receiving their final unemployment checks sooner than they expected, even though Congress renewed extended benefits until the end of the year."
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Live Coverage: Occupy Worldwide
Reader Supported News Special Coverage
The seed planted on September 17th in New York City has grown into a national and international movement. Occupy Wall Street has branched out with hundreds of groups organizing Occupy protests in their own communities. Reader Supported News highlights some of the more significant actions from around the country here. Share this page with your friends and associates and check back often for the latest developments.
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Reader Supported News Special Coverage
The seed planted on September 17th in New York City has grown into a national and international movement. Occupy Wall Street has branched out with hundreds of groups organizing Occupy protests in their own communities. Reader Supported News highlights some of the more significant actions from around the country here. Share this page with your friends and associates and check back often for the latest developments.
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The Namibian Cape Fur Seal Slaughter
The slaughter of these seal pups on the beaches of Namibia is only one part of the equation of extermination of the species. Another part is the historic removal of the seal colonies from their offshore island breeding grounds by the South African government, leaving them to breed on small rocky islands with insufficient barriers to large Cape waves and stormy seas. When the Cape fur seal pups are born, they, like harp seal pups, cannot yet swim. The storms, with their high winds and large waves, wash seal pups off these rocks and into the sea, where they drown by the tens of thousands each year. The South African government no longer permits sealing, but it has done nothing to restore the colonies to the islands they used to inhabit.
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Enbridge Inc. said Tuesday it is launching a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign in British Columbia promoting its Northern Gateway pipeline project in response to stiffer opposition than it anticipated over the $5.5-billion Alberta-to-Kitimat proposal.
Enbridge Restarted Ruptured Oil Pipeline —Twice— During 2010 Michigan Oil Spill | InsideClimate News
insideclimatenews.orgA ruptured pipeline near Michigan's Kalamazoo River leaked oil for more than 17 hours, even as 16 high-priority alarms sounded in the operator's control room in Canada. Control room workers restarted the pipeline twice during that period—and were preparing for a third restart—when they learned from ...
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OPINION: If the Hilcorp Corporation has any corporate values at all, it won't store crude oil at the base of an active volcano, and will instead build a safer and more efficient pipeline across Cook Inlet.
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Richmond council has passed a motion banning genetically modified plants and crops from being grown in the city, the first predominantly agricultural jurisdiction in B.C. to enact such a ban.
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May 29, 2012 How deep does the GMO corn hole go? Monsanto and other biotechnology firm continue to claim that their products are perfectly safe and even nece...
Eating This Could Turn Your Gut into a Living Pesticide Factory
Found in the blood of 67% of women (and 93% of pregnant women), this "harmless" substance (that ruptures the stomach of insects, causing them to die) may cause gastrointestinal problems, autoimmune disorders, food allergies and learning disorders...
The Propaganda Supporting Fluoride and Why They Are Lies
You may have heard these two widely used statements that "prove" water fluoridation is a wonderful achievement... but read this before you believe them.
Found in the blood of 67% of women (and 93% of pregnant women), this "harmless" substance (that ruptures the stomach of insects, causing them to die) may cause gastrointestinal problems, autoimmune disorders, food allergies and learning disorders...
The Propaganda Supporting Fluoride and Why They Are Lies
You may have heard these two widely used statements that "prove" water fluoridation is a wonderful achievement... but read this before you believe them.
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Depending on whom you ask, the Obama administration has either executed hundreds of civilians abroad with poorly planned drone strikes or none at all. A new report, however, finally offers insight into those conflicting conclusions.
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Court documents reveal Shakil Afridi jailed for aiding Lashkar-e-Islam, not for helping CIA to find al-Qaeda chief.
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Russia is firmly dedicated not to let pass an initiative of foreign military intervention into Syria in the UN Security Council.
saharareporters.com
(CNN) -- The first former head of state to be convicted of war crimes since World War II was sentenced to 50 years in prison Wednesday by an international court in The Hague, Netherlands.
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Rep. Tom McMillin, a very conservative Republican, has submitted a bill that would bring greater transparency to the use of SWAT teams in the state of Michigan. The bill would force law enforcement agencies to detail how and why they have used SWAT teams in every instance: Introduced by Rep. Tom...
US hypocrisy in admitting Mossad/MKO behind assassinations in Iran
The MKO is designated by the United States as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, this organisation operates freely in the US, under various names such as NCRI, MEK and known front groups such as IranFocus and IranTerror, and leading members of US political establishment, such as former US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton and former NY Mayor Rudy Giuliani regularly give speeches at meetings organised by the MKO and its affiliated fronts.
The US government itself has been supporting the MKO to destabilise Iran. In 2008, the renowned investigative journalist, Seymour Hersh revealed that the US had invested 400 million dollars for regime change in Iran and that large portions of this money was given to the MKO. In 2010, the NY Times revealed that a secret directive signed by General David Petraeus “appears to authorize specific operations in Iran, most likely to gather intelligence about the country’s nuclear program or identify dissident groups that might be useful for a future military offensive.”Rock Center with Brian Williams
“The relation is very intricate and close,” said Mohammad Javad Larijani, a senior aide to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, speaking of the MEK and Israel. “They (Israelis) are paying … the Mujahedin. Some of their (MEK) agents … (are) providing Israel with information. And they recruit and also manage logistical support.”Moreover, he said, the Mossad, the Israeli secret service, is training MEK members in Israel on the use of motorcycles and small bombs. In one case, he said, Mossad agents built a replica of the home of an Iranian nuclear scientist so that the assassins could familiarize themselves with the layout prior to the attack.
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by Rick Rozoff: The U.S. and its NATO allies are expanding their military presence and infrastructure ever closer to new theaters of war.
Obama's Re-election May Force a War with Iran an 'October Surprise.'
Nice info. There is nothing that Iran can do that would satisfy the US. It continually dreams up new offenses which relate to reality not in the least. How does one fix a chimera ? http://www.campaigniran.org/ca...
Sidebar. I regard ideas of Obama's alleged narcissism with the same cynicism that I take to GW Bush's "I'm stupid" act - a jet jockey who survived a widowmaker fighter. Smoke and Mirrors about presidents diverting attention away from continuity of purpose between succeeding administrations.
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One of the features at Breitbart.com these days is something they call “the vetting.” It’s a series of articles purporting to show the real Obama by digging up obscure pictures and statements from decades ago that show that he’s really a Muslim, communist, socialist, atheist or whatever bugaboo...
www.upworthy.com
If corporations can do it, why not aliens?
www.youtube.com Watch in HD! Monitoring of unidentified objects (UFO) near the Sun for May 29, 2012 For more exclusive information on UFOs, visit: http://x-u-f-o.blogspot.co/
The Movie - An unconventional documentary that lifts the veil on what's REALLY going on in our world
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The chilling story of the social media activist who dared to denounce the Syrian regime to a foreign media outlet.
freethoughtblogs.com
I got quite a bit of traffic from Reddit over the weekend for my post about excuses for homophobia vs. excuses for racism, but it didn’t come from /r/atheism but from /r/lgbt. That’s great! But there was one comment in the Reddit thread complaining about “appropriationism,” linking to a post...
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Chiranuch Premchaiporn given suspended jail term amid calls to change laws limiting comments about royal family.
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An investigation into how Vietnamese children trafficked to work in the UK's cannabis trade are prosecuted as criminals.
Online spying bill C-30: Expert confirms innocent Canadians likely to be caught up in digital dragne
openmedia.caOur intrepid academic friend Christopher Parsons isn’t one to sit idly by while the future of the online spying bill remains unclear. After the Globe and Mail reported that this bill, C-30, was dead,
Fuel Importation: Only Verified Claims Will Be Paid, As Finance Minister Confirms Over Half of 2012.
apache.saharareporters.comIn the light of the fallout from the fuel subsidy scandal, the Federal Ministry of Finance yesterday expressed its determination to put in place a strong framework for importation payments that is transparent and sustainable.
wakeup-world.com
Sesame (Sesamun indicum) is one of the oldest cultivated plants in the world, prized as an oilseed for at least 5,000 years. While it is beginning to regain favor due to its exceptionally high calcium and magnesium content, few realize it is also one of the most potent medicinal foods still commonly...
blogs.worldwatch.org
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), reports that an estimated one-third of the food produced worldwide for human consumption is wasted annually. In the United States, an estimated 40 percent of edible food is thrown away by retailers and households. In the United Kingdom, 8.3...
Eating This Could Turn Your Gut into a Living Pesticide Factory
A new generation of insect larvae is eating the roots of genetically engineered corn intended to be resistant to such pests. The failure of Monsanto's genetically modified Bt corn could be the most serious threat ever to a genetically modified crop in the U.S.And the economic impact could be huge. Billions of dollars are at stake, as Bt corn accounts for 65 percent of all corn grown in the US.
Last year, doctors at Sherbrooke University Hospital in Quebec found Bt-toxin in the blood of:
- 93 percent of pregnant women tested
- 80 percent of umbilical blood in their babies, and
- 67 percent of non-pregnant women
- Is it then also possible that the Bt-toxin might damage the integrity of your digestive tract in the same way it damages insects? Remember, the toxin actually ruptures the stomach of insects, causing them to die. The biotech industry has insisted that the Bt-toxin doesn't bind or interact with the intestinal walls of mammals (which would include humans). But again, there are peer-reviewed published research showing that Bt-toxin does bind with mouse small intestines and with intestinal tissue from rhesus monkeys.
- Did you know that two years ago, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) called on all physicians to prescribe diets without genetically modified (GM) foods to all patients?
- There are currently eight genetically modified food crops on the market:
This means you should avoid products with corn, soy, canola, and any of their derivatives listed as an ingredient, unless it's labeled USDA 100% Organic. As of late last year, this also includes sweet corn, as Monsanto introduced a brand new genetically engineered sweet corn called Seminis®, which contains not just one but TWO types of Bt-toxin, PLUS the Roundup Ready gene for weed control! So besides containing the insecticide, their toxic Roundup herbicide will also accumulate in the kernels.Soy Sugar from sugar beets Corn Hawaiian papaya Cottonseed (used in vegetable cooking oils) Some varieties of zucchini Canola (canola oil) Crookneck squash
For a helpful, straightforward guide to shopping Non-GMO, see the Non-GMO Shopping Guide, created by the Institute for Responsible Technology.
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While the FDA marches on with their plans to take away your right to health and nutrition, this documentary threatens to blow their tyrannical rule apart. Ne...
Occupy Monsanto and Institute for Responsible Technology shared a link.
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America cares about your infant as long as it's inside of you. After that? Eh, figure it out yourself.
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Virtual schools are great at making money, but they can't seem to educate kids. Everywhere they've been tried -- Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas -- they've failed to meet minimum standards and done worse than the real-world public schools that most kids attend.
www.commondreams.org
The youtube video of 12 year old Victoria Grant speaking at the Public Banking in America conference last month has gone viral, topping a million views on various websites.
www.cbsnews.com
When we first met Lynn Szymoniak on 60 Minutes, she was losing her home. She blew the whistle on bank fraud, and now she's walking away with $18 million Read more by 60 Minutes Overtime Staff on CBS News' 60 Minutes Overtime.
SYMPTOMS OF DNA ACTIVATION ( DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THESE SYMPTOMS? )
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Oil and natural gas companies in Oklahoma will have to, as of July 1, disclose of the chemicals used when hydraulically fracturing rock for oil or natural gas.
The Propaganda Supporting Fluoride and Why They Are Lies
The CDC calls fluoridation one of the top 10 public health achievements of the 20th century, but this “authoritative” statement comes from material written by a dentist who had not published any papers on fluoride before, and an economist – neither of whom had any credentials in toxicology, which is what would be required for a credible evaluation of fluoride’s toxic effects
stopthedrugwar.org
Former El Paso city councilman Beto O'Rourke has defeated US Rep. Silvestre Reyes in the battle for the Democratic Party nomination for the seat Reyes has held since 1996. According to election results from the Texas Secretary of State's office early Wednesday morning, O'Rourke had picked up 51.3% o...
www.internationalrivers.org
Tropical reservoirs are a "methane factory, continuously removing carbon from the atmosphere as carbon dioxide and returning it as methane, with a much greater impact on global warming."
www.wwltv.com
The non-partisan group, Women of the Storm, Is using technology to put their support behind legislation to aid the Gulf Coast.
www.prisonplanet.com
Praised by Barack Obama as a model for the world, Australia’s highly unpopular carbon tax, set to take effect from July 1st, is set to be policed by laws which forbid business owners from criticizing it for causing price rises – with thought criminals who do so under threat of being hit with huge fi...
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That's why independent media will talk the truth
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www.naturalnews.comA world record is shattered, and the path made clearer for nations seeking to switch to renewable energy.
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Radioactive cesium equalling 10 times released by Chernobyl still sits in a pool at reactor 4 of Fukushima Daiichi. This requires immediate attention but our government has not acted -- sign the petition to ask the United Nations to send an independent team of experts before it’s too late!
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When the atom bomb was exploded in the Nevada desert in 1945 the world changed forever. The bombs co-creator, J. Robert Oppenheimer while witnessing the event quoted something out of an ancient Ind...
A new report by the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) circulating in the Kremlin today on this past weeks violent shaking of the Norwegian Sea floor after it was hit by a powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake at the shallow depth of 8.8 km (5.5 miles) states that this event also caused an “unexpected an...
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Terence McKenna and Gregory Stock speak about the epic transition we face in the very near future called the Singularity. This shift will be the result of th...
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Kymatica focuses on human and universal consciousness and goes deeper into the metaphysical aspects of reality. This is the sequel to Esoteric Agenda which b...
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'The IMF boss who caused international outrage when she suggested that Greeks should pay their taxes earns a tax-free salary.' Kim Willsher, Guardian UK
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Mean, ignorant EI changes undermine seasonal workers and employers' plans.
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'As faded memories become urban myths no one seems to remember that these methods don't work and often kill.' Dr. Jen Gunter, Wielding the Lasso of Truth
MSNBC’s JoNel Aleccia reported this morning “Testing for new E. coli strains in beef finally to begin.” The move implements long-delayed federal regulations aimed at a group of E. coli bacteria collectively known as “the Big Six,” bugs capable of causing severe infection and death. Under the new rules, the six additional strains of E. coli will be classified as adulterants on par with the better-known E. coli O157:H7, which is often linked to serious illnesses tied to hamburger. The new strains include E. coli O26, O111, O103, O121, O45 and O145. Beginning Monday, it will be illegal to sell raw beef trimmings and non-intact beef products, such as tenderized steaks, if they’re contaminated with any of the six new strains of E. coli, according to documents from the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The agency indicated it plans in the future to expand routine testing for those strains to additional raw beef products, including ground beef. Like E. coli O157:H7, the six new strains are capable of producing bloody diarrheal illness that can lead to kidney failure and death. In 2010, for the first time, the non-O157 strains of what are known as Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, or STECs, were responsible for more infections in the U.S. than E. coli O157:H7, according to federal health officials. The non-O157 STECs caused 451 confirmed infections that year, including 69 people who were hospitalized and one death. E. coli O157:H7 caused 442 infections, 184 hospitalizations and two deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many illnesses are never reported, however, and the agency estimates that non-O157 E. coli strains cause an estimated 113,000 illnesses and 300 hospitalizations a year. The new testing requirement is a victory for Bill Marler, a Seattle food safety lawyer who petitioned FSIS to have the “Big Six” strains declared adulterants and then threatened to sue the USDA when the agency didn’t respond promptly. He pointed to the 1994 classification of E. coli O157:H7 as an adulterant as a turning point for food safety in U.S. and said the new rules would have a similar effect. “(It) dramatically changed the landscape of how safe our meat supply is for the better,” he said. “This is another step in getting this done correctly.”
Source: Marler Blog
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