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Hotel in Lobito, AngolaHotel in Lobito, Angola (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
A typical street scene in an unknown Angolan v...A typical street scene in an unknown Angolan village, Angola (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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MRU to cut arts programs to fill $14M budget shortfall
Several programs with low degree potential are on the chopping block amid tight times at Mount Royal University.
Why "Useless" Skills Like Juggling Are Still Worth Learning
It's easy to assume that skills like juggling are silly or impractical. However, some studies have shown that juggling actually improves concentration, dexterity, and even helps relieve stress.Read more...    
Pakistani troops in rescue effort after quake
Army helps in rescue operation in remote border areas after magnitude 7.8 hit Iran's Khash, killing at least 34.

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How to Handle North Korea: The Pageant of Proposals
By now, those of you who have been following the Korean crisis have encountered plenty of proposals from pundits. Let's consider some of them. Perhaps the most original idea comes from a professor in Texas, whose advice is that the United States should launch a preventive strike on North Korea's much-touted Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile before it's launched (as many people in the
In Russian Journalist’s Death, A Glimpse of Oppression
One week ago today, Russian journalist Mikhail Beketov died from heart failure while choking on a piece of food during lunch. He was badly traumatized five years ago when assailants beat him so badly that several fingers and one of his legs had to be amputated. He was confined to a wheelchair. He could not speak. In man ways, Beketov died because of that beating. Like many other crusading journal
Eliot Coleman’s Guide to Great Compost
Compost is the key to a lush, abundant garden. Do you know how to turn kitchen scraps and yard waste into fragrant, crumbly, plant food? If not, your garden is missing out, and you are missing out on one of the most exciting and profound lessons organic gardening has to teach: the simple fact that [...]

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MRU to cut arts programs to fill $14M budget shortfall
Several programs with low degree potential are on the chopping block amid tight times at Mount Royal University.
Why "Useless" Skills Like Juggling Are Still Worth Learning
It's easy to assume that skills like juggling are silly or impractical. However, some studies have shown that juggling actually improves concentration, dexterity, and even helps relieve stress.Read more...    
Pakistani troops in rescue effort after quake
Army helps in rescue operation in remote border areas after magnitude 7.8 hit Iran's Khash, killing at least 34.

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How to Handle North Korea: The Pageant of Proposals
By now, those of you who have been following the Korean crisis have encountered plenty of proposals from pundits. Let's consider some of them. Perhaps the most original idea comes from a professor in Texas, whose advice is that the United States should launch a preventive strike on North Korea's much-touted Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile before it's launched (as many people in the
In Russian Journalist’s Death, A Glimpse of Oppression
One week ago today, Russian journalist Mikhail Beketov died from heart failure while choking on a piece of food during lunch. He was badly traumatized five years ago when assailants beat him so badly that several fingers and one of his legs had to be amputated. He was confined to a wheelchair. He could not speak. In man ways, Beketov died because of that beating. Like many other crusading journal
Eliot Coleman’s Guide to Great Compost
Compost is the key to a lush, abundant garden. Do you know how to turn kitchen scraps and yard waste into fragrant, crumbly, plant food? If not, your garden is missing out, and you are missing out on one of the most exciting and profound lessons organic gardening has to teach: the simple fact that [...]
Consent of the Governed: A New Middle East Political Order?
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Despite the grim realities we face on so many fronts in the Middle East today, there is reason to be optimistic about the long-term political trajectory of the Arab world. Arabs—especially young Arabs—are finally beginning to answer, on their own and from the ground up, the key question of the past century: what will follow the Ottoman system as the true source of political legitimacy? The emerging answer is that for governments to be legitimate, they must ultimately derive their powers from the consent of the governed. This, in my view, is the meaning of the Arab Spring.
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The Corbett Report   

Blowing the Whistle on the NSA
[CLICK HERE to continue watching this video on BoilingFrogsPost.com] by James Corbett BoilinFrogsPost.com April 16, 2013 In last week’s report we examined the stories of just a handful of the dozens of courageous insiders who have stepped forward over the past 11 years to blow the whistle on the lies at the heart of the official story of the September 11th attacks. Although we now know that the 9/
Interview 648 – Radio Liberty: Carnage in the Markets
This week on his weekly appearance on Radio Liberty, James Corbett breaks down the recent market carnage, including the largest single day drop in the gold market for 30 years. James and Dr. Stan discuss the recent destabilization and the naked shorting that seems to be behind it. They also take calls from listeners on a host of issues, from counterparty risk to the paper/physical divide in the pr
Soylent Green – FLNWO #04
This month on Film, Literature and the New World Order we talk to James Evan Pilato of MediaMonarchy.com about Soylent Green, the 1973 sci-fi movie based on the 1966 novel Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison. We discuss the differences between the book and the movie, the eminent personage who wrote the introduction to the book, and how the story has been used to predictively program some of th
Bail-in: The Birth of the New Financial Order
by James Corbett GRTV.ca April 10, 2013 Those who follow the markets closely know that, at base, the current financial system is founded not on the bedrock of sound economic principles but instead upon the quicksand of public perception. All it takes is one large bump in the road to upset even the largest of economic bandwagons and usher in a new financial paradigm. In the ongoing meltdown of the
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The EnvironmentaList   

Fair Winds for Global Commerce by Sail
Shipping industry is showing renewed interest in fleets powered by wind energy
Goldman Environmental Prize Winners Offer a Spark of Inspiration
Six eco leaders from around the world receive a cash prize and international recognition for their accomplishments
South Korea Theme Park Forced to Return Dolphins Back to the Sea
Dolphins' journey to freedom highlights ethical issues of keeping cetaceans in captivity
Exxon’s Paper Towel Clean Up
It seems that company has been dumping oil from its Mayflower spill in a wetlands area after all
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The Black El Dorado
I am following an informative and interesting 4-part documentary series on Al Jazeera called The Secret of the Seven Sisters. It reveals the details of a secret pact that was made by the seven biggest oil companies in the world to control the industry to maximize their profits. To achieve this goal these comapanies: Exxon, Royal Dutch Shell, Mobile, Chevron, Gulf, British Petroleum (BP) and Texaco
“Museveni abhorring Impunity! Phew!” ‏by Nkwazi Mhango
I will be shocked if the legal fraternity in Kenya and East Africa in general won’t react towards recent salvos leveled by Ugandan Strong man Yoweri Museveni. I still wonder how Museveni talks about legal matters without consulting with his lawyers if he happens to use them. Museveni’s recent attacks on the International Criminal Court (ICC) must be condemned. During the swearing-in of Kenya’s ne
African Leadership Academy
Greeting’s Everyone! I first have to say that the post Rant from a BlackYo Da! is a good article. Education is the key. America is already behind in Math and Science. We need to be competitive and it starts with parent’s getting involved.  The story hit home for me because I don’t know where  I would be without my parent’s involvement. I barely made it out of high school and my undergraduate degre
Rebel Flag and Old Glory: Symbols of Oppression
One of the controversies being bandied about by the African-American community with regards to Brad Paisley song: “Accidental Racist”, is that for him the Confederate Flag is a symbol of his “Southern Pride”. “To the man that waited on me at the Starbucks down on Main, I hope you understand When I put on that t-shirt, the only thing I meant to say is I’m a Skynyrd fan The red flag on my chest s
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Pesticide Action Network   

Support for local food systems? Brilliant.
There's plenty of Farm Bill news from DC these days. Hopeful proposals are in the works that support local food economies, family farms and conservation. But we still have lots of work to do to protect the good programs won in the 2008 Farm Bill — most were "stranded" without funding at the end of last year. Here's a brief rundown of what bits of legislation are moving, what last
Towards fumigant-free fields
After cancer-causing methyl iodide was pulled from the U.S. market last year, California state officials convened a panel to investigate ending reliance on all fumigant pesticides (like methyl iodide) in strawberry fields. Yesterday, the Department of Pesticide Regulation released the panel's report detailing current research to help strawberry growers transition away from using fumigant pesti
Rubber-stamping pesticides?
Last week, our colleagues at NRDC released a compelling new report that highlights just how broken the pesticide approval process really is. The report spotlights the problem of so-called “conditional” registrations, a streamlined approval process that pesticide manufacturers use to rush their products to market — while EPA turns a blind eye. read more
Stacked in favor of Monsanto & Co.
Well, it's been signed. The biotech rider, or the "Monsanto Protection Act," as it has been appropriately dubbed, was signed into law last week by President Obama. What does this mean, and why is everyone so upset about it? For me, this sneaky little earmark, which was introduced anonymously into the short-term funding bill to keep the government afloat, is just one more example of a
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Obsidian Wings   

The green earth
by Doctor Science Well, today has certainly sucked. I'm not going to write about the Boston Marathon bombing specifically, though if you Bostonites use the comments to check in we'd all appreciate it. Spring is proceeding apace here in central NJ, with visible changes every day. Driving with Sprog the Elder today, I said that this particular color of grass: Photo taken on April 13 in Eugene, OR
Road Tripping Part II
by Doctor Science Part I was New Jersey to Ithaca, NY. We stayed overnight in Ithaca, visited Cornell the next day, then left in the afternoon to drive to my parents’ place in eastern Connecticut. We drove back on NY 79, then took NY 206 east. Google Map with Terrain, showing our route on the second leg of our trip. I've removed most of our route inside CT. Click for full version, 1517x561px.
Watch the skies
by Doctor Science The aurora borealis may be visible from New Jersey tonight! Also New York, Philadelphia, DC, and much of Ohio! From Accuweather. Graphic by Al Blasko. A solar flare that occurred around 2 a.m. Thursday morning may create a spectacular display of northern lights Saturday evening. The midlevel flare had a long duration and was directed at Earth.Viewing conditions in my area *may*
Tax Simplification vs. Tax Reform
A commenter asks "What are the chances of any kind of meaningful simplification (never mind reform) of the tax code any time soon?" The answer is: slim to none on both.  "Tax simplification" is everyone'ssecond choice here in DC, which is to say that everyone (individuals, the Congress, companies, etc.) has their preferred tax favors that are much more important than any ki
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The Arabist   

Blind Ambition
I'm sitting in the beautiful old Radio movie theatre in Downtown Cairo, watching a black and white movie filmed on a cell phone. On screen, people (all so familiar I feel I crossed them once in the street) are complaining, arguing, not listening to each other while charging forward in endless linguistic loops. The dialogues, as one audience member suggest afterwards, are as frusrating as unresolve
The Bassem Youssef case
A lot of ink has been spilled already over the charges that have been filed (by individuals absolutey not formally affiliated with the Freedom and Justice Party) against Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef of insulting the president, and religion, and Pakistan. I was (I think) the first English-language journalist to profile Bassem, back when he was filming his show in a room of his appartment (and I
Islam, politics and academia
Sitting on a curb outside the college where she was recently expelled, Eman is defiant. "I did it for the sake of God," the 21-year-old Tunisian history student—who asked to be identified only by her first name—said of her insistence on wearing the niqab, the full-face veil. Such a display of piety is banned in the classrooms of the University of Manouba's Faculty of Arts and Letter
Podcast #42: An opposition strategy
Our latest podcast went up yesterday after a too-long absence. Ursula, Ashraf and I talked about the Dubai art scene and censorship in the Gulf, the UAE and Qatar's soft power, how Islamist governments are doing in Tunisia and Egypt, and then we zero in for a long discussion of the Egyptian opposition's strategy, or absence thereof, and what might need to be changed. Remember you can always get th
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Craig Murray  

Crass
In the week they took hundreds of pounds from people in severe poverty, MPs and Lords claim up to £3,750 each to return from their luxury holidays to spout off in honour of Margaret Thatcher. Meantime the media are busy classifying any potential protest or expression of opinion at the taxpayer funded funeral jamboree as “potential terrorism”. Whether protest at the funeral is tasteful or not is a
Nuclear Nightmare
A “Lib Dem” minister just told Sky News he was approving new nuclear power stations to promote green jobs. If anybody ever votes for these lying bastards again I shall be disconsolate.
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INFRASTRUCTURIST   

How Cul-de-Sacs Are Killing Your Community
The Harvard Business Review has a piece this month on research by Lawrence Frank, Bombardier Chair in Sustainable Transportation at the University of British Columbia, on the effects of cul-de-sacs in neighborhoods in King County, Washington. He found that residents in areas with the most interconnected streets travel 26% fewer miles by automobile than those in areas [...]
How Much Gas Does Your State Use Per Person?
Now I know how can I pass a drug test. CLICK TO ENLARGE While states with the highest populations unsurprisingly tend to use the most gas, the real fuel efficiency picture comes when you examine each state’s fuel consumption per capita. With that factor added, a very different scenario emerges: High-use states like New York [...]
Gallery: North Korea’s Secret Infrastructure
Last year, two Austrian tourists managed to enter North Korea by train at a border crossing that has been closed to foreigners since 1994. Lucky for us, they took lots of pictures. Below are a few samples from their extensive documentation of their trip (see the full visual and narrative account here, here and here). They also hit Pyongyang–a [...]
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Did You Know   

Data leak exposes offshore financial secrets A world wide problem
This will be a long ongoing story. Reporters have a couple of million document to sift through. This is just a tiny sample of what has been found so far. Added an update for April 5th at the bottom. April 4 2013 They sought the utmost secrecy in offshore tax havens. But now some of the world’s wealthiest citizens are having their undisclosed financial records laid bare. An unprecedented leak of do
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Phronesisaical   

Bits and Pieces - April 2, 2013
Nature's drone, pretty and deadly. Dragonflies. Not really drones, they know what they're doing. Some very nice videos.When we loved Form 1040. When it was possible to fill it out without computer aid. Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society.Is this a pandemic being born? I've been wondering that about those dead pigs in China.Michael Eisen and Richard van Noorden on the future of scholarly
Same-Sex Marriage in the Supreme Court
Today and tomorrow the Supreme Court will hear arguments for and against California's Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).This Court is famously conservative. But the Court is not totally isolated from public opinion. Its decision could be on broad or narrow grounds; previous decisions have tended to be broader than expected.The concer
Bits and Pieces - March 24, 2013
Ronald Dworkin on what makes a religion.Bringing development and sustainability goals together.The most important thing that has been written in the past few years on cancer care.How the "job creators" think about themselves.A treaty to regulate trade in conventional arms.Crappy security on the internet.Looking at the future of energy with BP and Exxon Mobil.
What I Got Right And Wrong About The Iraq War
Ten years ago, I was not yet blogging. But I had an opinion about the accusations against Iraq. Bits and pieces of it might still be excavated from dead or dying discussion forums. I’ll expand here. I have to start by going back further than that.The 1991 Iraq war had served up a big surprise for those of us following nuclear issues: Saddam Hussein’s electromagnetic separation project. Who’d have
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Texas Liberal   

This Place Is A Pit—I’m Still Here
Above you see a picture of a mining pit of one kind or another that I saw from the airplane when I was flying back home to Houston from Los Angeles last week. Here are recent articles about mining from the great British newspaper The Guardian. I’ve not been posting much on Texas Liberal of late, but I am working on a new project. I’m working on a new website that I plan to have up and running soo
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NolanChart.com   

Cold War victory changed the world - DOD thanks those who served
by Mark Vogl:    Did you serve in the US Armed Forces between Sep. 2, 1945 and Dec. 26, 1991? If yes, did you receive your DOD Cold War Certificate?
President Obama's Green Warriors Verse the American People
by Kevin C. Caffrey:    President Obama's nominee for the EPA Gina McCarthy is discussed in relation to new regulations and higher costs for the American people
Conservative Fool's Gold
by Joel S. Hirschhorn:    Take a critical look at using gold as an investment. Right-wing talk radio shows push gold commercials as another way to address fear.
North Korea needs a Taste of America's "Doctrine of Preemption"
by Kevin C. Caffrey:    After the breakdown in talks with the Iranians in Kazakhstan and the problems with North Korea America needs to change its foreign policy.
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Obsolete   

Thoughts on Boston.
When it comes to terrorism, it's often difficult to get attacks such as yesterday's horrific events at the Boston marathon into perspective.  Indiscriminate attacks designed to cause fear, panic and even some to lash out at others, all in furtherance of a political aim, are always going to dominate media attention, especially when in narrow terms yesterday's bombing was the first such successf
A small, ridiculous gesture for a massive, undignifed death jamboree.
One of the problems that comes from Labour deciding to just let the Tories have their week of mourning/deification with the very minimum of criticism is that you let the likes of George Galloway represent what a significant amount of people are thinking.  It was an utterly absurd, cowardly move for the BBC to not play Ding Dong in full, instead opting for the typical compromise that pleased neithe
No cure.
Anthems for a 17-year-old girl.
One thing almost completely buried (ho ho) by the passing of Margaret Hilda Thatcher (and credit where credit's due to both David Winnick and Glenda Jackson for refusing to go along with the consensus in today's tribute debate) has been the remarkable treatment meted out to Paris Brown, the unfortunately named 17-year-old appointed to be yoof crime tsar by Kent's police and crime commissioner.
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Centauri Dreams   

Archaeology on an Interstellar Scale
Dyson spheres — technology wrapped around an entire star to maximize energy use — would be unimaginably big. But the idea of maximizing the light from a central star certainly makes sense. Imagine a sphere with a radius at the distance of Earth’s orbit. Now you’ve got a surface area more than 100 million times what’s available on our planet, a sensational venue for science fiction if nothing else.
Europa: Sulfates and Landing Sites
Last week’s post about the chemistry of Europa’s ocean is nicely complemented by new work on the moon’s interior by Brad Dalton (JPL) and colleagues. Like JPL’s Kevin Hand, who has been looking at the role of hydrogen peroxide in possible subsurface life there, Dalton is in the hunt for ways to learn more about the composition of Europa’s ocean. Both scientists have been using data from the Galile
The Era of Planet Gathering
We’ve looked at a couple of exoplanet issues this week that bear further comment. The first is that different detection methods can be usefully combined to cover different scenarios. If radial velocity works best with larger planets closer to their star, direct imaging takes us deep into the outer planetary system. We saw yesterday how both imaging and radial velocity could be used to probe subgia
Planetary Systems Around Subgiant Stars
Our exoplanet detection methods have their limits. Radial velocity studies work great in the inner regions of planetary systems, but become more challenging as we move away from the star. Direct imaging is the reverse — we’re most likely to see a distant planet if it’s both large and well separated from the primary. Clearly we need to take the best data from each available method to characterize a
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WWF - Latest News   

Russian forests and tigers left floored by illegal logging
Gland/Moscow - The forests of the Russian Far East are being pushed to the brink of destruction due to pervasive, large-scale illegal logging, largely to supply Chinese furniture and flooring manufacturers, according to a new report by WWF-Russia. This widespread timber theft is threatening the long-term survival of the endangered Amur tiger, while providing a conduit for illegal timber to find it
South Africa makes marine conservation history by declaring Prince Edward Islands a marine protected area
Cape Town, South Africa: WWF-South Africa (WWF-SA) is elated over Minister Edna Molewa's recent formal announcement of the declaration of the Prince Edward Islands as a marine protected area (MPA) – Africa`s first offshore MPA. Dr Morné du Plessis, WWF-SA's Chief Executive says, "This is a historic day for marine conservation in South Africa. This declaration demonstrates South Africa
Shell to export Arctic oil drilling failures
According to multiple media reports, today Shell and Russian company Gazprom Neft will sign an agreement on strategic partnership on the development of hydrocarbons in the Russian Arctic offshore. The expected agreement coincides with the visit of president Putin to the Netherlands on the 8th of April."This move is of great concern," says Mikhail Babenko of WWF. "Shell has repeatedly demonstrated
Orphaned rhino struggles to survive after mother killed
An Indian rhino calf that lost its mother to poachers is clinging to life with the help of conservationists, according to WWF staff assisting with its care. The two week old male is in critical condition after its mother was gunned down by poachers Tuesday and her horn chopped off. The shocking incident is the latest in a surge of poaching plaguing India's Assam province where 16 greater one-horne
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In These Times   

The Gay Old Party
How far has same-sex marriage come this year? Just consider that Karl Rove, the man who allegedly masterminded the 2004 Republican strategy to churn out anti-gay state referendums as a “wedge” to stoke evangelical turnout and propel George W. Bush to a second term, told ABC’s This Week on March 24 that he could see a 2016 GOP presidential candidate supporting same-sex marriage. Sure, Rove is
How to Save Retirement
Recently, President Barack Obama proposed the unthinkable for a Democratic president: a cut in Social Security through "chained CPI." Not only has he proposed cuts, but his cuts are greater than those proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan and the GOP. Yet the knee-jerk Republicans rejected Obama’s plan anyway because, well, that’s just what Republicans do. Unfortunately, the two sides in this so-cal
Blood on the Tracks
The 19th-century railroad boom enabled not only the settling of the American West, the industrial revolution and the growth of American cities, but also the creation of a new class of corporate owners. The railroad magnates of the 19th and early 20th centuries amassed such wealth and wielded such political clout that they seemed almost omnipotent. The 1886 U.S. Supreme Court case Santa Clara Cou
Tapping Chavez’s Political Reserves
With Venezuelans preparing to go to the polls in the highly anticipated election to replace the late president Hugo Chávez, both candidates held massive rallies in Caracas on Thursday as campaigning closed. Interim President Nicolás Maduro is expected to win Sunday’s election handily, currently polling at 17 points ahead of opposition candidate Henrique Capriles, despite Capriles' charges
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ArmsControlWonk   

North Korea’s Nuclear Arsenal: Guide for the Perplexed
So, has North Korea’s Sputnik moment arrived at last? After Pyongyang’s first successful space launch in December, its third nuclear test in February, and a barrage of threats — including the recent matter of a map purporting to show targets in the United States – at least some Americans do seem to be getting the intended message, or some sort of message. The Pew Research Center’s recent poll of
MJ, the 123, and the SLA
[Title rendered into English, by reader request: Chung Mong-joon ("MJ"), the U.S.-South Korean nuclear cooperation agreement ("123 agreement"), and the State-Level Approach (SLA) for International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards. -Ed.] On the occasion of Chung Mong-joon’s appearance at the 2013 Carnegie Nuclear Policy Conference in Washington last week, I doubt that Dr. Chung had scheduled
FYRP: Nuclear Budget Special
Yes, it’s another edition of For Your Reading Pleasure! Center for Public Integrity | R. Jeffrey Smith reports that the Obama administration is shifting funds from nonproliferation to the nuclear weapons complex. More from John Fleck. More from Kingston Reif. More from Stephen Young. YouTube | Excerpt from President Obama’s speech of April 5, 2009. The State | Some aren’t too happy with the propos
For Your (North Korea) Reading Pleasure
Back in 2011, Jeffrey published the first of what should have been many “roundup” posts: posts that would offer an overview of the “arms control, disarmament and nonproliferation universe.” Sadly, Read Behind never became a regular feature, and the experiment faded into this blog’s collective memory. However, with so many arms-control blogs out there, in addition to various news sources, some of t
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Politicol News   

Rubio Doesn’t Support A Path to Citizenship for Latinos
Rubio offers no path to Immigration Green cards for undocumented Latinos, although his own parents received full benefits as undocumented arrivals from Cuba.
Policeman Fired for Using Trayvon Martin’s Picture For Target Practice
Sgt Ron King, fired from Pt Canaveral Police Dept for presenting photos of Trayvon Martin to be used as target practice to his fellow officers, Trayvon family attny Benjamin Crump responds.
Elizabeth Warren Takes on Federal Reserve for Hiding Information on Illegal Foreclosures
Elizabeth Warren takes on attorneys for Federal Reserve who will not release information on the illegal foreclosures performed by Wall St Banks since 2008 to American homeowners.
New Gun Vote Meets Opposition in Senate by Two Democrats
Two Democrats vote against a vote on new gun laws, Pres. Obama addresses Connecticut crowds, its not about me its about Newtown families.
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Syria Comment

Islamic State Declared in Syria
by Matthew Barber   Al-Qaida and Jabhat al-Nusra have each declared an Islamic State in Syria, in their own way. And by the way, Jabhat al-Nusra is al-Qaida. The head of al-Nusra, Abu Muhammad al-Julani, finally confirmed the obvious through an official declaration of allegiance.   An Islamic State in Syria? For Real? Al-Qaida in Iraq already styles itself as the “Islamic State in Iraq” (ISI). T
Syria Video – a powerful web service that maps Syrian war video by town and province
Syria Video Syria Comment Announces a new web service: Syria Video, which can be found at http://syriavideo.net Syria Video is a web application that maps and aggregates Syrian war videos by tracking a large number of YouTube channels. The channels have been identified as reliable and tied to specific towns or regions of Syria. Syria Video collects all new videos released on these channels and at
Jabhat al-Nusra Shaikh Promises to Decapitate Every Oppressive Arab Leader
This Jabhat al-Nusra shaikh gives a speech, while standing above the decapitated body of a Syrian officer. The slain officer commanded the 38th brigade, which was stationed at Saida very close to Deraa near the Jordanian border. Al-Nusra defeated the brigade a week ago. Here is the translation of the Shaikh’s triumphant speech warning all presidents, kings, amirs, security officials and military
Dera’a is Falling
Dera’a is Falling by Matthew Barber for Syria Comment March 29, 2013 According to an article published yesterday by al-Quds (نائب سوري: مقاتلو المعارضة يسيطرون على اجزاء واسعة من درعا), Syrian MP Waleed Zoubi has asserted during a session of parliament that large areas within the muhafiza (governorate) of Dera’a have fallen under the control of rebels, and that the presence of regime forces is dw
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They gave us a republic... - Front Page   

The Crisis of Zionism, Conservatism
By @TedFrier Before there was Governor Rick Scott's defiance of the US Justice Department's order to stop purging Hispanics and other dark-skinned Democrats from the Florida voter rolls, there was Avigdor Lieberman, foreign minister in Israeli leader Bibi Netanyahu's ruling Likud coalition, who proposed that his country revoke the citizenship of all Israeli Arabs who did not swear loyalty to the "
Dear Congress: You Are NOT America's "Nobility"
By @TomBales1 Ladies & Gentlemen: As one of your employers it has come to my attention that there are certain things going on during the course of your employment with our organization that need to be straightened out before they've gone too far to reverse, which I fear may already be the case in some of them. Perhaps the first thing you all need is a stern reminder of who you work for.  We se
The Familiar Voice of Reaction
By @TedFrier Rabbi Steven Pruzansky blames it all on President Obama's reelection last November. But the rabbi's reactionary requiem on the loss of what he calls the "traditional (and conservative) American virtues" of liberty, hard work, free enterprise, private initiative and aspirations to moral greatness, would be a lot more believable had nearly a decade of undisputed Republican misrule not p
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