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Organic Consumers.org

  • Washington Labor Unions Endorse I-522
    The Executive Board of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, the largest labor organization in the state, has voted to endorse Initiative 522, the state campaign to label genetically engineered foods. Click here to read this article
  • Groundbreaking Report Calculates Damage Done b ...
    As federal policy makers decide on rules for fracking on public lands, a new report calculates the toll of this dirty drilling on our environment, including 280 billion gallons of toxic wastewater generated by fracking in 2012-enough to flood all of Washington, DC, in a 22-foot deep toxic lagoon ...
  • Why the Agriculture Industry Hates Chipotle
    People love Chipotle's "The Scarecrow" - a touching animated short film that's basically a polemic on industrial food.Click here to read this article
  • When Scientists Attack
    A laurel to Environmental Health News for taking a hard look at the politics behind a controversial editorial Click here to read this article
  • Popular Resistance- Finding Empathy, Passion a ...
    Public opinion is going through a major change. The combination of the collapsed and languishing economy; and people standing up and speaking about taboo subjects out loud is creating a new political narrative.Click here to read this article

Center for a Livable Future

Investigate - Breaking News

My Care2 Picks

  • The IPCC Exposed
    The Corbett Report : includes many links to previous podcasts and sources cited including cap and trade links to oil industry promoting carbon taxes Submitted by John Farnham to Science & Tech  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • U.S. Has Been "Torturing" Iran for 60 Years
    Begin with a military coup In 1979, the U.S. almost immediately turned to supporting Saddam Hussein in an assault against Iran, which killed hundreds of thousands of Iranians Why the Mafia principle.They overthrew a tyrant that the United States imposed Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & ...
  • Public "Education" has become indoctrination a ...
    School is about memorizing what you are told short term and repeating it. his is for the work force the most important quality in a worker bee actually is obedience. Submitted by John Farnham to Society & Culture  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Waste Heat Recovery Device Can Increase Car Mi ...
    Physicists at the University of Houstons physics department and the Texas Center for Superconductivity are working on an innovative waste heat recovery device that can increase car mileage by 5%. Submitted by Alex Clark to Science & Tech  |   Note-it!  |   Add ...
  • A Lesson Learned
    Melissa M.H This story brought tears to my eyes - Although my kids are considerate and thankful most times - I'm sure they would have benefited even more so with a lesson like this Submitted by John Farnham to Society & Culture  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

Farm Wars

True/Slant Headline Grabs

Citizens for Legitimate Government

  • Water spills from Fukushima 6,700 times more r ...
    ShareThisWater spills from Fukushima 6,700 times more radioactive than legal limit 03 Oct 2013 Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has suffered yet another leak, spilling out 430 liters of contaminated water thousands of times more radioactive than legal limits, its operator said Thursday. ...
  • Former NYPD sergeant questions sister's killin ...
    ShareThisFormer NYPD sergeant questions sister's killing by police in Washington 05 Oct 2013 Police in Washington could have avoided shooting dead a woman pursued by officers in a car chase that led to the lockdown of the Capitol this week, the driver's sister, former New York police sergeant Va ...
  • Libya demands US explanation on military raid ...
    ShareThisLibya demands US explanation on military raid in Tripoli 06 Oct 2013 Libyan government has strongly condemned a recent military operation by the US Special Forces on its soil, describing it as an act of kidnapping. The US Special Forces seized Abu Anas al-Libi in a commando raid in the ...
  • US special forces 'capture' Anas al-Liby who w ...
    ShareThisUS special forces 'capture' Anas al-Liby who was captured in 2002 --US commando raids target Islamist leaders in Africa 06 Oct 2013 US special forces have carried out two separate raids in Africa targeting senior Islamist militants, American officials say. In Libya, US commandos capture ...
  • Wave of violence in Iraq kills 66 people, incl ...
    ShareThisWave of violence in Iraq kills 66 people, including 2 journalists 05 Oct 2013 Attacks across Iraq killed 66 people on Saturday, most of whom died during bombings against Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad. Two journalists were gunned down in a separate incident in Mosul, located in the north ...

Daily Loaf

  • 5 books that are sure to heat up your kitchen life
    I like to read — a lot. I could make lists counting the hundreds of books that make great reads. Unfortunately, we don’t have the time and you may not have the attention span for that. To keep it short and sweet, here’s a list of five books that I feel add depth and meaning [...]
  • Beer Review: Victory Hop Devil/Victory Hop Wallop
    Victory Brewing Company opened up fifteen years ago in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, but only recently entered the Florida market.  With such beers as their highly touted Prima Pils and Storm King Stout, Victory has earned a rightful place among the respected craft brewers in the United States.  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

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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 Picking
    Our family went strawberry picking this morning, it's a fun thing to do once in a while and I think it's a good way to help our 3-year old daughter realize where food comes from. While my wife picked berries with our oldest I went for a walk around the farm with our youngest in the stroller ...
  • Pioneer Solar: PV System For Free?
    I received a flyer from Pioneer Solar in the mail the other day which claims to help people get a solar system installed on their house, farm, or business for free. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, like most things there's good and bad points about it and what might be a good deal fo ...

Michael Yon

  • Federal Government Explains Failure Effects to ...
    03 October 2013
  • Marine Statement on Bastion Attack
    01 October 2013 Commandant Announces Decision in Afghanistan Attack Investigation HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS, Washington, D.C. - The Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen James F. Amos, has concluded that  two high-ranking Marine commanders must be held accountable for the consequences of la ...
  • Army Times: Fort Hood soldiers can face UCMJ i ...
    24 September 2013 According to the Army Times and many other publications, soldiers from Fort Hood are turning many Texans against them.  The base commander has finally put his boot down as a direct result of one Master Sergeant CJ Grisham who has been staging armed confrontations with pol ...
  • Syria: Outrage is Not a Strategy
    02 September 2013 Never Go to War without the Support of Your People In 2006, the talking points from London and Washington insisted: we had won the war in Afghanistan, and Iraq was not in civil war.  To say otherwise was apostasy. In 2006, British Defense Secretary John Reid was famou ...
  • Syria: Outrage is Not a Strategy
    02 September 2013 Never Go to War without the Support of Your People In 2006, the talking points from London and Washington insisted: we had won the war in Afghanistan, and Iraq was not in civil war.  To say otherwise was apostasy. In 2006, British Defense Secretary John Reid was famou ...

The Killing Train

  • Tarek and John are free
    Oct 6/13 Tarek and John are out of jail. Thank you to everyone who followed, supported, wrote letters, helped, worked, and kept going when this thing ended up going so much longer than we thought it would. read more
  • Tarek and John end hunger strike
    Oct 2/13, 8pm We learned today that Tarek and John have ended their hunger strike. They have resumed eating solid food under medical supervision. They saw a doctor, as well as staff from the Canadian Embassy, today. Tarek and John commenced their hunger strike on September 16, a month after the ...
  • Tarek and John Update: Time to close the loophole
    Oct 1/13, 10pm Time to close the loophole read more
  • PM Stephen Harper calls for immediate release
    Sept 29, 10:20pm The families of Tarek and John are pleased to see Prime Minister Stephen Harper's statement that Tarek and John should be released immediately.
  • Egyptian authorities extend detention of two C ...
    September 30th, 2013 For immediate release – 45 days after their initial arrest while seeking Egyptian police help returning to their hotel at a checkpoint, Canadians Dr. Tarek Loubani and John Greyson have had their detention extended for a further 45 days by Egyptian prosecutors. read more

treehugger

Democratic Voice of Burma

  • Business Weekly
    This week: Telecoms firms think big; Japan remains to be convinced on Dawei; foreign firms eye wind power potential in Burma; and a project is approved for sky trains in Rangoon.
  • President Thein Sein blames ‘outsiders’ for Sa ...
    President Thein Sein has accused “outsiders” of orchestrating this week’s outbreak of communal violence in Sandoway in western Burma, suggesting it was a premeditated attack intended to undermine his visit to the region.
  • Parliament approves farmers’ bill
    Burma’s parliament on Thursday approved the Farmers Rights Protection and Raising Interest Bill, ignoring President Thein Sein’s recommended amendments.
  • Miss Universe winner ‘feels like a soldi ...
    Burma has crowned a Miss Universe contestant for the first time in over 50 years.
  • Govt, NLD battle for high ground on constituti ...
    The NLD says it is conducting a nationwide survey on whether to amend or completely rewrite the 2008 constitution; however the Review Committee says it seeks advice from all stakeholders and wants submissions no later than 15 November.

Telegraph - Climate Change

ReDress News

  • Has Israel groveller David Miliband changed hi ...
    Stuart Littlewood is surprised at the invitation by a pro-Palestinian medical charity to former UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband - a proven groveller to Israel - to speak at its annual fundraising gala.
  • IMPORTANT: OUR WEBSITE IS CHANGING
    Redress Information & Analysis is moving to www.redressonline.com. From now on we will publish new articles on www.redressonline.com only and, in the meantime, we will transfer important long-shef-life articles from our old website to the new one.
  • What might Netanyahu do if Romney's defeat bec ...
    Alan Hart examines whether Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is mad enough to order an attack on Iran in what remains of Obama’s first term without the president’s blessing and American participation.
  • Israel's Salafi foot soldiers in the wake of a ...
    Nureddin Sabir argues that Israel must bear responsibility for creating the climate that gave rise to the anti-Islam film "Innocence of Muslims". But it is Israel's Salafi and Wahhabi foot soldiers behind the violent protests across the Arab and Muslim worlds who may eventually bring Arabs and M ...
  • Anti-Islam film: free speech or inciting to riot?
    Lawrence Davidson argues that outage against the anti-Muhammad film "Innocence of Muslims" "has exposed the deep vein of anger against the United States that runs through the Muslim world", but doubts that American leaders would have the courage and foresight to re-examine the policies and behav ...

Amazon Rainforest

  • Peru police clashes with illegal gold miners: ...
    Thousands of illegal gold miners battled police for control of a regional capital in the Amazon basin on Wednesday and at least three people were killed by gunfire.  Outnumbered riot police fired tear gas against miners who wielded clubs and rocks and tried to seize strategic facilities in Puert ...
  • Brazil to Dilma: Fulfill campaign promise!
      The Forest Code is dwindling, and with it the Brazilian forests. Soon to be voted in the House, the text that distorts the country’s main environmental law was the target of a demonstration today in Brasilia, which brought together social movements and environmental groups, asking the Pr ...
  • European energy corporation plans to flood Rai ...
    Spanish energy cooperation Endesa (subsidiary enterprise of the Italian Enel cooperation) is builiding a giant hydro-electric power plant next to the River Magdalena, Colombia- The construction work has started today- the protest camps of the local farmers and fishermen have been evacuated by fo ...
  • Plastic eating Fungi discovered in Amazon Rain ...
    The group of students, part of Yale’s annual Rainforest Expedition and Laboratory with molecular biochemistry professor Scott Strobel, ventured to the jungles of Ecuador. The mission was to allow “students to experience the scientific inquiry process in a comprehensive and creative way.&#8 ...
  • Justice for 8year girl burned alive by loggers ...
    Loggers in Brazil captured an eight-year-old girl from one of the Amazon’s last uncontacted tribes and burned her alive as part of a ‘campaign’ to force the indigenous population from its land! Sign Petition and share: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/813/288/541/ The ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

  • U.S. Government: Documents Pertaining to Awlak ...
    The 9/11 Double Agents, Pentagon, CIA & FBI- From Ali Mohamed to Anwar al-Awlaki Last Friday lawyers for Ali Al-Timimi, a Virginia man serving a life sentence for supporting jihad against the U.S., pushed to obtain more information from the federal government on evidence pertaining to the cl ...
  • The New Great Game Round Up- October 6, 2013
    Washington Arms Taliban, Banning Wahhabism & NGOs, Comeback of the Mujahideen & More! *The Great Game Round-Up brings you the latest newsworthy developments regarding Central Asia and the Caucasus region. We document the struggle for influence, power, hegemony and profits in Central Asia ...
  • Soothing the Beast: Saturday Night BFP-Jamiol ...
    BeBe & CeCe Winans – “I’ll Take You There” Last week it was all about soul on the Soothing the Beast BFP/Jamiol Music Pick with Aretha doin’ her thing. This week we segue into a little gospel with brother/sister Gospel duo BeBe and CeCe Winans performing their version of the Sta ...
  • BFP Book Review- ‘Secrets, Spies and 7/7’ by T ...
    “Dead Men Tell No Tales. Muslim Suicide Bombers––Even Less.” By Mark Mondalek To speak of absolutes on behalf of 7/7 is a difficult task. To properly distill the facts of that tragic day, any serious inquiry must rest on one simple foundation: that on July 7, 2005, London bombings (of some kind) ...
  • Jamiol Presents

Afro Spear

Tikun Olam

  • Dayan Called for Using Nukes During 1973 War
    On the 40th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, Israel’s premier nuclear historian, Avner Cohen, just released, with the cooperation of the Woodrow Wilson Center, a trove of interviews with figures who were key participants in strategic decisions of that historic time.  One of the most dram ...
  • Netanyahu Tells Iranians “Nukes Will Enslave Y ...
    Richard Nixon said infamously, “I am not a crook,” and you knew instinctively that he was.  Now Bibi has told Iranians (in Farsi!) in a BBC Persian interview that Israelis are not “suckers.”  Israelis may not be suckers (or they may be!), but Bibi sure takes Iranians for ...
  • Mossad Assassinates Iran Cyber-War Commander, ...
    Those boys of the Mossad have been busy assassinating Iranians again. This time, according to a confidential Israeli source, they murdered the IRG commander, Mojtaba Ahmadi, who ran its cyberwar unit. My source drops a further bombshell (which I haven’t yet been able to confirm independent ...
  • Im Tirzu’s Shoval: Nuke Iran
    On a day when Bibi Netanyahu brayed yet again from a UN rostrum about the Iranian nuclear threat, Im Tirzu’s Ronen Shoval was busy at home reinforcing the message.  Employing the classic Kahanist slogan (later adopted by figures as diverse as John McCain and others), ‘Never Again,&#8 ...
  • New Pew Poll on U.S. Jewish Identity
    The Pew Research: Religion and Public Life Project commissioned a new poll on American Jewish identity  (full report here) and the results are fascinating and chilling at the same time.  Pew decided to take up the task when the Jewish federations, who’d done the last, controversial poll in ...

If Americans Knew

  • NPR Watch: Linda Gradstein Has Done It Again o ...
    NPR's reporter Linda Gradstein has done it again. She has managed to take a "must report" story on Israeli-Palestinian relations -- the new report by B'Tselem on the non-combatants, including children, killed by the Israeli military during the Israeli attack on Gaza -- and report it in a manner ...
  • Documentary Video: Shooting the Messenger
    This documentary on the deliberate killing and intimidation of journalists in conflict zones, examines how international reporters became targets.
  • Impressions of Israeli Executions in the West Bank
    Much planning had gone into our family vacation in Israel-Palestine. We could spare only the last two weeks of 2009, and so had developed an uncompromising itinerary for each day, allowing a mere half-day to recover from jet lag from our trip from California. After devoting most of the first wee ...
  • Calling Bono: Your Palestinian Gandhis Exist . ...
    In your recent column in the New York Times, "Ten for the Next Ten," you wrote: "I'll place my hopes on the possibility -- however remote at the moment -- that...people in places filled with rage and despair, places like the Palestinian territories, will in the days ahead find among them their G ...
  • Noam Chomsky and the pro-Israel lobby: Fourtee ...
    Noam Chomsky has been called the US leading intellectual by pundits and even some sectors of the mass media. He has a large audience throughout the world especially in academic circles, in large part because of his vocal criticism of US foreign policy and many of the injustices resulting from t ...

David J. Gregory

  • Donation will give you ACCESS TO PRIVATE AREA!
    http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://davidjgregory.wordpress.com/2012/06/16/donation-will-give-you-access-to-private-area/ As our private area grows with more and more data, it becomes more and more desirable. A donation will give you access to this area where not only will you ...
  • BIG NEWS Obama Threatens VETO CISPA
    Big news. President Obama is threatening to veto CISPA, the bill that could give the government and big companies limitless powers to spy on us online. The President has folded on a lot of things in the past, but finally, yes finally, there is hope, the tide maybe changing, from the GOP Corporat ...
  • The Eye On Citrus Show
    http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://davidjgregory.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/the-eye-on-citrus-show/ Our latest radio show is up, talking about the GOP Forum held in Crystal River this past Saturday, Jan 14, 2010. The two non-fiction books relating the dark and illegal deeds of t ...
  • Jesse Ventura, 63 Documents the Government Doe ...
    http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://davidjgregory.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/jesse-ventura-63-documents-the-government-does-not-want-you-to-read/ EyeOnCitrus.com is proud to announce that Jesse Ventura, newest book, 63 Documents The Government Doesn’t Want you to read, is availab ...
  • 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 ...

Lawyers,Guns,& Money

  • Film Blog (II)
    I have another set of reviews of films nobody has seen at my little film side blog. And hey, a couple of films people actually have seen as well! Those are movies I own and wanted to watch again. The Tin Drum, Schlondorff, 1979 Cerro Pelado, Alvarez, 1966 Unforgiven, Eastwood, 1992 The Maltese F ...
  • Sunday Book Review: Nomonhan, 1939
    Nomonhan, 1939, by Stuart Goldman, is a political and military history of the 1939 confrontation between Japan and the Soviet Union over the border between Manchukuo and Mongolia.  Goldman opens with a neat discussion of who was actually in the right with respect to the border dispute, something ...
  • Like Chocolate and Peanut Butter
    If you were Daniel Snyder, owner of the Washington Racist Insignias and aggressive defender of the racist name, who would hire as your team lawyer to work the Beltway in defense of your racist team name? Yeah, I’d probably hire Lanny Davis too.     
  • Foreign Entanglements: Under Pressure
    On this week’s episode of Foreign Entanglements, Matt speaks with Michael Singh of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy about internal Iranian conflicts:     
  • Good for the goose
    Now here’s an interesting idea: The debt ceiling turns out to be unexploded ordnance lying around the American form of government. Only custom or moral compunction stops the opposition party from using it to nullify the president’s powers, or, for that matter, the president from using it t ...

Desert Research Institute

  • DRI Open House to Feature Latest Solar Technology
    JoinNV Energy, DRI’s renewable energy experts and research scientists for a Solar Celebration on Saturday, October 5th at DRI’s Renewable Energy Deployment and Display (REDD) Facility for a hands-on tour.
  • Zach Johnson, Sept. 2013 Featured DRI Graduate ...
    Meet Zach Johnson, a Ph.D. student in the highly-ranked hydrology program at UNR. He is currently working with Dr. Rina Schumer while investigating the influence of transient storage zones (surface and hyporheic) on water quality in the lower Truckee River.
  • Zach Johnson, Sept. 2013 Featured DRI Graduate ...
    Meet Zach Johnson, a Ph.D. student in the highly-ranked hydrology program at UNR. He is currently working with Dr. Rina Schumer while investigating the influence of transient storage zones (surface and hyporheic) on water quality in the lower Truckee River.
  • A century of human impact on Arctic climate in ...
    New study authored by Canadian and American investigators and published in Nature Scientific Reports indicates that both anthropogenic and natural factors account for Arctic surface temperature variations from 1900 to the present. Read more...
  • Nevada researchers collaborate to preserve Lak ...
    From Tahoe's mountaintops to the lake's sandy bottom, scientists from the Desert Research Institute and the University of Nevada, Reno continue to study and find solutions to the breadth of issues that face the entire Lake Tahoe Basin.

Earth Techling

National Law Journal | U.S.

  • D.C. Appeals Court Faces Challenge in Adoption ...
    A decision this summer by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in an adoption case has put two young children in limbo and raised questions about how judges decide what's in a child's best interest in a fight over custody.
  • Striving for Civility as Toyota Cases Go to Trial
    After paying more than $1.6 billion to resolve claims by consumers and shareholders, Toyota faces the first major trials blaming injuries and deaths on alleged defects associated with sudden acceleration in its vehicles.
  • THE CONNECTED LAWYER: Ethics Guardians Are Fal ...
    Legal ethics boards are trying to micromanage the use of the Internet by lawyers, rather than target actual deceptive practices that are obvious on their face.
  • IN-HOUSE: Jurist Questions Federal Circuit's M ...
    Judge Diane Wood, who on October 2 became chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago, proposed in a recent speech that the United States abolish the Fed­eral Circuit's exclusive jurisdiction in patent cases.
  • OPINION: Spotlight Stymies Law Firms From Maki ...
    To paraphrase Justice Louis Brandeis, sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants. But the scrutiny, not all of which is well informed, is also leading to perverse consequences for some law firms.

How Shall We Do The Mountain ?

  • DEP Accountability…Too Late?
    This video with Jude Stiles giving testimony of what her family has dealt with since 2010 at a hearing for the Pennsylvania DEP accountability standards. Her husband is now deceased and she and her children are very sick due to the contamination of there well water from gas drilling. At one poin ...
  • Everything’s a Mess and No One’s R ...
    I received a link to this article from my mother who lives near the Tioga County/Potter County line and keeps tabs on that area for me. Both she and some local friends have been monitoring the smaller creeks in that area for a while now…thank you! So the article found here talks about one ...
  • State Impact PA
    I’ve posted links to the State Impact PA site before but wanted to remind folks that there is a great resource here and even though the gas industries have slowed down for now there is still a lot of good journalism work being done by Chris Amico, Danny DeBelius, Scott Detrow and Matt Stil ...
  • Worried about Water in Blossburg, PA
    Blossburg, PA had a scare the other day of high mercury levels in their water supply. Update info says new tests show the levels are now reading appropriately but folks living in the borough of Blossburg should avoid drinking the water or washing their dishes in it. You can read more details abo ...
  • Community Workshop in Tioga County on Environm ...
    The Clean Air Council and Penn Environment, state-wide environmental groups, will give an educational workshop in Tioga County for residents of north-central Pennsylvania on Saturday, March 24, 1-4 PM. The training will be held at the W.M. Tokishi Training Center, NYPUM Drive, Wellsboro, PA 1690 ...

News Blaze

environment 360

  • New Hurricane Sandy Models Are Most Detailed V ...
    The most striking visualizations to date of Hurricane Sandy, which devastated parts of the U.S. East Coast last year, show in great detail the storm's evolution and path. Developed using state-of-the-art computer models Click to Enlarge Mel Shapiro, NCAR Temperature model of Sandy ...
  • Top Climate Scientists Assess Latest Report fr ...
    Yale Environment 360 asked some leading climate scientists to discuss what they consider to be the most noteworthy or surprising findings in the recently released report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s working group on the physical science of a warming world.
  • Forum: Climate Scientists Assess The Latest Re ...
    The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a report last week containing the latest data and scientific assessments of the physical science of climate change. It is one of three so-called “working group” reports that will be released in advance of the IPCC’s Fifth ...
  • Iceland Seeks to Cash In On Its Abundant Renew ...
    Still reeling from recent financial crises, Iceland is hoping to use its bountiful sources of geothermal and hydroelectric energy to help boost its economy. Among the country’s more ambitious plans is an undersea cable to carry renewably generated electricity to the U.K. BY CHERYL KATZ
  • Small Rainforest Predators Are Photographed an ...
    The west African country of Gabon is known for its gorillas, elephants, and other large animal species, but a recent study has shed light on little-known rainforest predators that could face increasing pressure from the View Gallery Laila Bahaa-el-din African civet bushmeat trade. ...

Red Ice Creations

  • Pills made from poop cure serious gut infections
    Doctors have found a way to put healthy people’s poop into pills that can cure serious gut infections — a less yucky way to do "fecal transplants." Canadian researchers tried this on 27 patients and cured them all after strong antibiotics failed to help. It’s a disgusting topic but a serious pro ...
  • Russia Unprepared to Deal With Space Alien Inv ...
    A Russian military space official admitted Wednesday that the country will be powerless to act should Earth become the target of an interplanetary incursion. Sergei Berezhnoy, an aide to the head of the Titov Space Control Center, said that Russian aerospace defense authorities have not been tas ...
  • Beware the NSA’s Ongoing Witch Hunt
    While the nation’s political class has been fixated on a potential government shutdown in Washington this week, the NSA has continued to spy on all Americans and by its ambiguity and shrewd silence seems to be acknowledging slowly that the scope of its spying is truly breathtaking. The Obama adm ...
  • Medical insanity: Prozac prescriptions rise sh ...
    The culture of prescription drug addiction in America seems to be spreading to the pet population, as an increasing number of pet owners opt to medicate their furry family members into behavioral compliance with mind-altering mood medications like Prozac. A recent report by MyFoxNY.com explains ...
  • Putting a face on a robot
    What does the assistive robot of the future look like? It depends. A new study from the Georgia Institute of Technology finds that older and younger people have varying preferences about what they would want a personal robot to look like. And they change their minds based on what the robot is su ...

Not My Tribe

  • Occupy Denver hits the Terrible Twos!
    LOOK OUT DENVER! There was no birthday cake this year for Occupy Denver, though the second annual #S17 OWS anniversary celebration did not go unmarked. Subgroup offshoots of Denver’s notorietous Occupy deployed themselves with the usual rowdy spirit. Denver Homeless Out Loud, advocates for ...
  • Fuck the Police, say it while you can
    If you’re bleeding from a rollover accident and you’re a black male who’s prompted a white suburbanite to call the police, who arrive and shoot you; if you’re a non-suicidale teen who’s fallen from an overpass, broken your back, only to be tased a dozen times for no ...
  • Springs Democrats hope democracy loses to Stat ...
    COLORADO SPRINGS, CO- International news headlines read “G-20 Summit Overshadowed by Syrian Crisis” but not in Colorado Springs! Here every politically active Democrat was working to defeat a recall of state senate leader John Morse, a democrat though barely. Morse is a duly elected, ...
  • What Does Democracy Look Like? Not likely the ...
    I attended Occupy Denver’s forum “What Does Democracy Look Like?” this weekend to hear activist scholars of considerable repute throw in their two cents. The first day was a splendid gathering, except where a curated discussion of intentional community lapsed straight to theolo ...
  • Bored Oklahoma teen murder suspects not bored ...
    Bored Oklahoma teens who shot a random jogger in the back are being tried as adults not juveniles because “it was an adult crime”; though killing while bored seems a juvenile crime by definition. So does immediately confessing a motive, “we were bored,” to the police, it ...

Debunking the Debunkers

  • Coast To Coast AM - Sept 11 2013 - 9-11 Truth/ ...
    The Conspiracy File Published on Oct 1, 2013 Coast to Coast AM:Date:Sept 11 2013 Coast to Coast AM:Host:George Noory Coast to Coast AM:This Weeks Guests:Massimo Mazzucco, Heidi Boghosian Coast to Coast AM:9-11 Truth/ Spying on Democracy Coast To Coast AM / C2CAM Radio Broadcast on You ...
  • WTC7 - The Stiffener Plates Explained (Invalid ...
    A brief explanation of the relevance and consequences of NISTs failure to include these elements in their analysis of the WTC7 collapse. This is designed to be a brief introduction to the issue. __________________________________ From the analysis above we can clearly see that NIST's hypothe ...
  • Newly Declassified Government Documents: Pre 9 ...
    No one believed al Qaeda, Taliban could pull it off Steve Watson Infowars.com Sept 27, 2013 File this under 9/11 government prior knowledge with the mountains of other examples from the past twelve years. Newly uncovered government documents show that the US government ignored a specific war ...
  • Dallas Observer Article on ReThink911.org Camp ...
    In the article, "Dallas Gets It Very Own 9/11 Truther Billboard on Stemmons Freeway," readers are misinformed that, "The truthers talk about thermite and microspheres -- further evidence, they say, of an explosion. An analysis of the infamous 'red/gray chips' by the American Academy of Forensic ...
  • ReThink911.org: Implausibility of the Official ...
    Related: Debunking 9/11 Debunking: On WTC’s Design to Withstand 707 Impact ReThink911 is Officially Airborne Forward the Video – Sign the Petition Chemical Engineer Mark Basile and Other Professionals Speak Out for ReThink 911 NEW VIDEOS FROM RETHINK911.ORG Sept. 1, 2013

Fooducate

Traffikd

  • How to Do It Yourself: DIY SEO Campaign
    People who are just beginning to focus on their website or blog may or may not know that they should make their content live up to the standards of search engine optimization or SEO. Making content SEO rich is the one of the most effective strategies for boosting the number of visitations on you ...
  • Twitter Step by Step
    Twitter management can be a daunting task. There are a lot of articles telling you the do's and don'ts of Twitter, however it can still be difficult to pin down exactly what you should be doing each day step by step. If you are having a hard time getting organized and keeping up with everything ...
  • SEO Tips For Your Blog and Business
    When was the last time you thought about your site beyond adding content? It is probably time to take a look at how things are organized. When you started the site you had certain goals, ideas and experiences, now as time has passed it is a good idea to take another look at those goals [...]
  • How To Choose Keywords
    Every day millions of searches are performed on the internet and all of those search terms are saved and provided to us to peruse at our discretion. Unfortunately, on the other hand, there are millions of searches performed every day on the internet and ALL that data is saved and provided to us ...
  • Why Social Media Isn’t Working For You
    So you took the first step and signed yourself up for some social media sites and started marketing yourself and now you're waiting for the traffic to start rolling in. You've done your research about social media marketing and everyone tells you to find followers, engage them and turn them into ...

Survival International

  • Police arrest Penan as tribe blockades dam site
    Last year the Penan protested at the dam site for 36 days© SCANE/SurvivalTensions are mounting at the Murum dam in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. Yesterday police arrested one man and dismantled Penan shelters. More than 100 Penan are currently blockading the dam site. The Penan, whose forest h ...
  • Worldwide protests demand stop to Brazil's ass ...
    Vocal protests were held in London today against Brazil's assault on indigenous rights. © SurvivalSupporters of human rights organization Survival International held a vocal protest outside the Brazilian embassy in London today in support of thousands of indigenous demonstrators in Brazil r ...
  • Minister receives daily 'Awáicon' to save Eart ...
    Brazil's Minister of Justice is receiving daily 'Awáicon' photos, such as this one showing internationally renowned photographer Sebastião Salgado supporting the campaign for the Awá. © SurvivalSurvival International is sending Brazil’s Minister of Justice one ‘Awáicon ...
  • Jarawa face year-round threat from 'human safa ...
    Jarawa on the Andaman Trunk Road which cuts through the their reserve, putting them at risk from diseases to which they have no immunity.© Ariberto De Blasoni/SurvivalAs the world marks World Tourism Day, the administration of India’s Andamans is preparing to promote the islands from a sea ...
  • Tourists: Boycott Botswana over treatment of B ...
    Botswana attracts tourists with images of the Kalahari Bushmen, whilst driving them off their lands© www.botswanatourism.co.bwSurvival International is launching a boycott of Botswana tourism on World Tourism Day on Friday, over Botswana’s continuing attempts to force the Bushmen off their ...

Greg Palast

  • Karl Rove’s Carolina Scheme Faces Justice
    By Greg Palast. Updated from the original article published on TheMudflats.net Note from TheMudflats.net: In 2011 Karl Rove wrote a column called “Why Obama Is Likely to Lose in 2012” - Rove was betting on North Carolina to be a swing state for the Republicans... Romney took the state but to Rov ...
  • Larry Summers: Goldman Sacked
    By Greg Palast for Vice Magazine Joseph Stiglitz couldn't believe his ears.  Here they were in the White House, with President Bill Clinton asking the chiefs of the US Treasury for guidance on the life and death of America's economy, when the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Larry Summers turns ...
  • Larry Summers and the Secret "End-Game" Memo
    By Greg Palast for Vice Magazine When a little birdie dropped the End Game memo through my window, its content was so explosive, so sick and plain evil, I just couldn't believe it. The Memo confirmed every conspiracy freak's fantasy:  that in the late 1990s, the top US Treasury officials secretl ...
  • Euro Krieg! Greece Surrenders to Germany 2013 ...
    By Michael Nevradakis for Truthout In his career as an investigative journalist, economist, and bestselling author -Vultures' Picnic, Billionaires and Ballot Bandits, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy - Greg Palast has not been afraid to tackle some of the most powerful names in politics and fina ...
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How Can I Recycle This ?

  • How can I reuse or recycle a wooden shoe rack?
    There was a neighbourhood “give and take” event near me at the weekend – people took along their unwanted items and took home anything other people had donated that took their fancy — all for free. It was mostly small things – crockery, household knick-knacks and bo ...
  • How can I reuse or recycle old glass blocks/gl ...
    We’ve had an email from Whitney, asking about reuse/recycling ideas for glass blocks (or glass bricks, as they’re also known): We just bought a house and making a lot of renovations. We removed some glass blocks from an old bathroom window and I want to reuse them for something. I lo ...
  • How can I “reuse” fresh eggs that ...
    (Hi! Sorry to regular readers for the stupidly long break in posting – I’ve been reading all the comments as usual as they come in, just not posting any new content myself due to a combination of busy-ness, illness and laziness. I’m hoping to get back to regular scheduled blogg ...
  • How can I reuse or recycle toilet seats?
    Apologies for the break in blogging – I’ve been super busy with other things over the last month. And in my absence, Recycle This had its sixth birthday! Happy Birthday website! :D Anyway, moving on: we’ve had an email from Stephanie about toilet seats: I just came into about 2 ...
  • How can I reuse or recycle empty bottled gas/p ...
    Lyndon has emailed to ask about reusing – or recycling – propane gas canisters (the ones for heating, barbecues or patio heaters etc): Trying to tidy up the yard at work, what can I do with some old gas bottles? If there is a company name on the bottles (like Calor Gas, Flo Gas or [...]

Age of Autism

  • Best of Cathy Jameson: No Rest For The Weary
    By Cathy Jameson Ring. Ring. Of all days. Ronan was up at some ridiculous hour the last two mornings in a row. All I wanted was some peace, a whole lot of sleep and for it to please come soon....
  • Weekly Wrap: The Universe Dents Bill Gates
    By Dan Olmsted Bill Gates has not been having a good week. His old Microsoft buddy Steve Balmer made a weepy hyperactive exit in a Seattle amphitheater, a tacit acknowledgment that Microsoft has pretty much lost its way and is...
  • Pharma & Medicine's Salad Days of Liability Fr ...
    By Kim Stagliano On Wednesday night, I was making a salad for my family, using my Pampered Chef salad spinner. I carefully washed the organic romaine lettuce, and then put it into the spinner. According to my Pampered Chef consultant...
  • Dachel Media Review: Mother Jones
    By Anne Dachel Oct 10, 2013, Mother Jones: If You Distrust Vaccines, You're More Likely to Think NASA Faked the Moon Landings Oct 3, 2013, Phys.org: Autism Speaks announces Preclinical Autism Consortium for Therapeutics (PACT) Mother Jones "Do you believe...
  • Autistic and Aging Out: What Does That Mean?
    21! So lucky in blackjack. Let's party with a legal cocktail! You're out of the special education school system and on your own. Oh. 21. That's called "aging out." Thank you to Heidi Roger for taking part in this video...

Global BDS Movement

Farm Wars

new geography

  • California’s New Feudalism Benefits a Few at t ...
    California has been the source of much innovation, from agribusiness and oil to fashion and the digital world. Historically much richer than the rest of the country, it was also the birthplace, along with Levittown, of the mass-produced suburb, freeways, much of our modern entrepreneuria ...
  • You Say You Want A (Metropolitan) Revolution?
    [Book Review] The Metropolitan Revolution: How Cities and Metros Are Fixing Our Broken Politics and Fragile Economy, by Bruce Katz and Jennifer Bradley. 2013, Brookings Focus Book It's now decades after deindustrialization, and several years since the Great Recession supposedly ended. Yet too ...
  • The Unrise of the Creative Working Class
    Scarcity leads to creativity out of necessity. That’s the pop culture meme at least. Think “starving artist,” or the survivors in Survivor. The thinking has penetrated the business culture as well. For example, in the shadow of the 2008 recession, Google founder Sergey Br ...
  • Norway Breaks with Social Democracy
    Largely uncommented on in the US press, Europe’s long-standing social democratic tilt has changed. During recent years, almost all Western European nations have seen a dramatic fall in support for the traditional Social Democratic parties, which for so long have dominated the political ...
  • The Growing Public Safety Inequality Gap in Ch ...
    Take a look at the two maps below. Like the captions say, the one on the left shows homicide rates in Chicago by police district in the early 90s, when crime was at its peak, and the one on the right shows the same thing, but about two decades later.* The areas in dark green are the safest; the ...

water.org

  • $79 and 45 days later
    In the villages in India, women of all age groups fetch water for their household consumption. Despite her growing age, Siddamma continues to fetch water. She is 53 years old and lives in Karnataka, India.
  • Building a Better Future
    Every single day, an unsafe, open-air water point serves about 7,500 people living in the mountains surrounding Corail Thor, Haiti. Now, thanks to the generous support of the Cartier Charitable Foundation, our local partner ASSODLO has begun building a simple, but transformative, gravity-fed, sp ...
  • Making Toilets Affordable
    Shanti, from Katihar, Bihar did not have a toilet at her house and used to go to the railway tracks for open defection. It always seemed awkward to defecate in open; especially when there were trains passing through, however, due to financial constraints they could never construct a toilet in th ...
  • Making Good Hygiene Fun
    Teaching kids in India to practice good hygiene can be a tricky subject, but our in-country partners have found ways to make education fun: silly skits, contests, and fun sing-alongs like the one seen in this video.
  • Water + Toilets = Opportunity
    In rural parts of Assam, women are skilled at weaving cotton garments such as shawls, dresses and hand towels. Most of them weave on a small scale during their free time. With access to water and sanitation facilities in their households, more and more women are coming forward and taking up weav ...

Cryptogon

  • Recovery: ‘Families Hoard Cash 5 Years A ...
    Voluntary simplicity, or, living well on very little money, kicks evil people in the nuts and gouges out their eyes… Doing this in the U.S. has a force multiplier effect because the U.S. is the largest source of the funds that keep the global ponzi scheme running. When people in wealthy co ...
  • Harvest Time: Canadian Government Takes Man&#8 ...
    Via: Maclean’s: In Frank Meyers’s eyes, the view from his dining room window is priceless. Literally. He can see the old wooden house where he lived as a little boy. The family barn, rebuilt with his talented hands. Rows and rows of sweet corn, sprouting from prime Ontario soil. No matter ...
  • Treasury Will Run Out of Borrowed Money by Oct ...
    “Or maybe it’s just a date in a video game”: Via: USA Today: The United States will run out of borrowed money “no later than Oct. 17″ unless Congress raises the $16.7 trillion debt limit, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said in a letter to Congress Wednesday. Lew&#8217 ...
  • On the Possibility of Social Security Payments ...
    I’m almost sure that they won’t let this situation hit the wall, but beware: If the dole train stops running for any reason, the U.S. will be facing a large scale internal collapse situation very fast. Again, my guess is that the Social Security and Food Stamp band will keep playing ...
  • Cryptogon Reader Contributions in October
    Thank you very much. Pookie $75 DM $15 Banana Farmers $50 JB $30 RD $50 In addition to the financial support, people have sent lovely cards celebrating Niamh’s birth. We’ve made a little shrine out of all of these cards in our kitchen/living room area. The Banana Farmers also sent a ...

The Economic Collapse

  • 30 Statistics About Americans Under The Age Of ...
    Why are young people in America so frustrated these days?  You are about to find out.  Most young adults started out having faith in the system.  They worked hard, they got good grades, they stayed out of trouble and many of them went on to college.  But when their educations where over, they di ...
  • Government Shutdown? 36 Facts Which Prove That ...
    All of this whining and crying about a "government shutdown" is a total joke.  You see, there really is very little reason why this "government shutdown" cannot continue indefinitely because almost everything is still running.  63 percent of all federal workers are still working, and 85 percent ...
  • About 40 Percent Of All Food In The United Sta ...
    Could that headline actually be true?  Do Americans waste about 40 percent of all the food that we produce?  That sounds like an absolutely crazy number, but it is actually quite accurate according to a study conducted by the Natural Resources Defense Council.  What the NRDC discovered is that a ...
  • World Bank Whistleblower Karen Hudes Reveals H ...
    Karen Hudes is a graduate of Yale Law School and she worked in the legal department of the World Bank for more than 20 years.  In fact, when she was fired for blowing the whistle on corruption inside the World Bank, she held the position of Senior Counsel.  She was in a unique position to [...]
  • Oxford Professors: Robots And Computers Could ...
    What are human workers going to do when super-intelligent robots and computers are better than us at doing everything?  That is one of the questions that a new study by Dr. Carl Frey and Dr. Michael Osborne of Oxford University sought to address, and what they concluded was that 47 percent of al ...

Desertification

  • Egyptian farmers turn to ancient agricultural ...
    Read at : http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=119706 Egypt to use ancient farming techniques A lack of water in the desert is making Egyptian farmers turn to ancient agricultural techniques to bring dead land to life. Faris Farrag, a well-known Egyptian banker, is leading &#8 ...
  • How investment by private financial players ca ...
    Read at : http://farmlandgrab.org/post/view/22644 Seeds of discontent A powerful new documentary film, “Seeds of discontent”, has been launched today October 2, 2013 drawing attention to the role of a Swedish investment firm, Dutch pension fund and Norwegian church endowment in &#823 ...
  • How the almighty dollar is killing any hope of ...
    Read at : http://www.ecopedia.com/environment/ecuador-selling-off-rainforest-to-chinese-oil-companies/ Ecuador Selling Off Rainforest to Chinese Oil Companies by Ken Sleight 2012, the Ecuadorian government had been publicly opposed to opening up oil drilling in the pristine rainforests of Easter ...
  • Artificial sand-control measures designed to h ...
    Read at : Google Alerts – desertification http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130927092352.htm Greater Desertification Control Using Sand Trap Simulations Sep. 27, 2013 — A new simulation will help improve artificial sand-control measures designed to help combat desertification In ...
  • The potential impacts of climate change and de ...
    Read at : Google Alerts – desertification http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4614-8417-2_17 Global Climate Change, Desertification, and Its Consequences in Turkey and the Middle East Hasan Bayram M.D., Ph.D., AyÅŸe Bilge Öztürk M.D. Purchase on Springer.com : $29.95 / €24.95 / £ ...

News Blaze

libcom

  • Who can ride the garment tiger?
    RMG_roadblock-for min_wage-Sep2013-Dhaka.jpg On Saturday September 21st there began a 10 day mass agitation by Bangladeshi Ready Made Garment(RMG) workers demanding a 170% increase in their minimum wa ...
  • Another Abahlali baseMjondolo activist murdere ...
    Nqobile Nzuza, 17 years, old was shot dead by the police yesterday morning on a road blockade. She was shot in the back, twice. This is the statement from Abahlali baseMjondolo. read more
  • Joint declaration for an inclusive and anti-ra ...
    stopracism.gif Words like shock and horror do not do enough to express our disgust before the hate crime perpetrated Saturday afternoon against the Chicoutimi Mosque. We who are active every day teari ...
  • Airstrikes Threat On Syria! Third World War? N ...
    577319_255469284567025_657820563_n.jpg http://www.autistici.org/tridnivalka/airstrikes-threat-on-syria-third-world-war-no-war-but-the-class-war/ http://www.autistici.org/tridnivalka/wp-content/upload ...
  • Left Wing Student Union Activist in Ukraine At ...
    On September 11, another activist of left wing student union “Direct Action” was attacked by a fascist paramilitary group with their faces covered. The attack happened in a public place in the city centre, near the subway station. The activist was not ro ...

Free Range International

  • The Last Post
    This will be the last post I write for the FRI blog.  If this is the first time you have seen this blog stop reading this right now and go back to October 2011 in the archives section because those are some of the best posts I ever wrote about Afghanistan.  Or go to the [...]
  • How Do You Mend A Broken Heart?
    Our little posse made it out of Afghanistan without any dramas.  My brother Tim left with me because The Bot had made it perfectly clear that his IED hit from the year before had made him completely unstable and a big pain in his ass.  We went to London again and both my brother and [...]
  • Vision Quest
    Editors note: Be sure to start this series from the beginning (Dalton Thomas Comes Home) so it makes sense.  We will try to get more posts up sooner than we have been lately but Dalton is, to be honest, not doing as well as we hoped .  Baba Tim is also banged up again and [...]
  • Band On The Run
    Editors Note:  It is important for first time readers to start this story from the beginning.  This is a (mostly) fictional account by my brother, Dalton Thomas Lynch, who is using the pen as therapy as he adjusts to living a normal life back in the states.   Any donations received by the FRI bl ...
  • Dead Man Walking
    Dalton continues to heal himself using creative writing as his vehicle for change.  Any donations our loyal readers are able to spare for this cracking tale will go directly to Dalton.  For the record, I (Baba T) did not say “Vet or Ventilate” and insist it was “If we can&#8217 ...

The Story Behind the Story

  • Military Cancer
    This pretty much sums things up as to why America and the world in general is ailing today! Short, but not so sweet!  Keep in mind that all of this “cancer growth” is facilitated not by “tax dollars” – but by the Federal Reserve Note Payable – the world’ ...
  • Casting Bread Upon the Waters
    No good deed every goes unpunished.   I also just love the name of the company that produced this little 3 minute spot – True Move. GREAT NAME!  Enjoy this wonderful three minute sermon! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7s22HX18wDY         &#16 ...
  • NSA + DARPA + “Progressives” = DEE ...
    ALERT!  Tomorrow, the 12th Anniversary of 9-11, my associates and I had long planned on conducting another massive protest of NSA, including a candlelight vigil, on the steps of the Utah State Capital.   There we had made plans to present a formal Petition for Redress of Grievances exactly as ou ...
  • NSA + DARPA + “Progressives” = DEE ...
    ALERT!  Tomorrow, the 12th Anniversary of 9-11, my associates and I had long planned on conducting another massive protest of NSA, including a candlelight vigil, on the steps of the Utah State Capital.   There we had made plans to present a formal Petition for Redress of Grievances exactly as ou ...
  • When Irish Eyes are Smiling
    Don’t mess with the Irish – the PURE BLOOD of Israel – Mr. Obama!! (They are the TRUE ISRAELITES, not the phony KHAZARS whose backsides you have been kissing since 2008). Listen to the auburn-haired, blue-eyed Ms. Clare Daly, in her righteous indignation take a pound of flesh f ...

du la bab - Now is the Time

Mansbridge One on One - CBC

Energy Collective

  • Ron Binz Steps Down as FERC Nominee, Citing 'B ...
    After unsuccessfully attempting to stop the nomination of Environmental Protection Administrator Gina McCarthy, Republicans were able to derail Obama's nominee to lead the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Ron Binz.read more
  • IPCC Report Underscores Need to Address Ocean ...
    The recent IPCC report addressed an impact of rising atmospheric CO2 emissions: ocean acidification. While national and international media outlets largely skipped the report’s findings on acidification, my eyes went straight to what we call climate change’s “evil twin.”read more
  • Climate and Conflict
    A recent episode from Dr. Joylette Portlock’s YouTube series, titled 'Don’t Just Sit There, Do Something', discusses the impact of climate change on national and international security, and how global warming can lead to dangerous conflicts.read more
  • Up-Size Your Solar: "You Want Energy Efficienc ...
    All the energy efficiency gurus will tell you the same thing: That energy efficiency is a no-brainer. But it’s intangible and a pretty long way from sexy. PV is tangible and sexy, and therein lies just one of the reasons Australians have adopted PV but failed to embrace energy efficiency.read more
  • Renewable Industry Leaders Call on EU To Suppo ...
    Renewable energy industry leaders have co-signed an open letter to the European Ministers of Energy, Commissioner for Energy, and Commissioner for Climate Action, calling for the EU to adopt a legally binding target for renewable energy in the form of the Climate and Energy Framework for 2030.re ...

Prior Art

Peoples Voice

  • “Pretending that one can dissociate tort ...
    via chycho One of the most amazing aspects of the resource wars is that within their own countries, most western powers have been able to stifle opposition for their participation, not to mention being able to suppress any real criticism of how they conduct themselves based on the laws of war ...
  • AP Interviews Obama
    by Stephen Lendman him. Doing so was in the White House library. He repeated one lie after another. He didn't surprise. Lying comes easy to him. He's had years of practice. Growing numbers worldwide don't trust him. More catch on all the time. It's for good reason. Whatever he says lacks ...
  • THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS (?): Jefferson, Chief ...
    By Gary Corseri I’m 17 or 18 and my parents have decided to buy me a new typewriter to replace the old East German “Optima” I’ve shared with my siblings since junior high! (Not sure to this day how we got an East German typewriter during the Cold War-nutty 50s and 60s, ...
  • spying program feeding off itself
    Daniel Patrick Welch The US government’s spying program continues to grow because “it feeds on itself” and the American people should take action against such spying activities before it is too late, says American writer and activist Daniel Patrick Welch. On Saturday, the ...
  • Herman Wallace: Free at Last
    by Stephen Lendman Free to die. More on that below. Thousands of political prisoners fester in America's gulag. It's the world's largest by far. It operates globally. It's the shame of the nation. It highlights America's dark side. It's brutally repressive and unfair. It's viciously racis ...

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

  • Fundraiser for Next Up Ottawa
    Next Up, a leadership program for young social and environmental advocates co-hosted by CCPA, is holding a fundraiser in Ottawa on Thursday, October 10 at 6pm at 3-340 Metcalfe Street. 
  • Armine Yalnizyan talks post-crisis economy on ...
    It's been five years since big Wall Street investment banks threw the global economy into a tailspin. On Wednesday’s episode of The Agenda, CCPA’s Senior Economist Armine Yalnizyan, Don Drummond, and others examine what has and hasn't changed since the collapse, and what is next on the economic ...
  • Lester Brown in Vancouver Nov 9: The New Geopo ...
    World-renowned author and environmentalist Lester R Brown will speak in Vancouver at a fundraiser for our BC Office's Climate Justice Project. More information and secure online ticket sales: policyalternatives.ca/lester-brown
  • Blackberry: The Rollercoaster Ride That's ...
    The news that Blackberry could soon be bought up by Fairfax is an interesting twist in the Canadian tech darling's ongoing saga, and a faint light at the end of the tunnel for Ontario's economy, and for the Waterloo region in particular.  The proposed "take-under" just might stop the bleed that ...
  • Interview with Erika Shaker on university affo ...
    Radio Canada International recently interviewed Erika Shaker, Director of CCPA's Education Project, about her recent report, Degrees of Uncertainty: Navigating the changing terrain of university finance. In the interview, Shaker addresses the report findings, who is making decisions about tuitio ...

Michael Moore - Must Read

  • Traverse City Film Festival 2013 Awards!
    During our fantastic Filmmaker Party, Founder and President Michael Moore announced our 2013 Award Winners. We have had so many incredible films, a few new categories and so many fun contests this year, here is a complete list of all of our award winners. Congrats to everyone! AUDIENCE AWARD ...
  • House Democrats Who Voted Against the Amash/Co ...
    The Amash/Conyers amendment to rein in the National Security Agency's surveillance of U.S. citizens failed 205-217 on July 24th, 2013, with 94 Republicans and 111 Democrats voting for it. The following 83 Democrats voted against: Andrews Barber Barrow (GA) Bera (CA) Bishop (GA) Bishop (NY) ...
  • Former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brze ...
    In 1968 Zbigniew Brzezinski, then a top advisor to the presidential campaign of Vice President Hubert Humphrey, wrote an article called "America in the Technetronic Age," making these predictions: ...the capacity to assert social and political control over the individual will vastly increase. ...
  • Statement from Jafar Panahi on His Invitation ...
    "I would like to sincerely thank the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for inviting me to join their organization. I am especially grateful to Michael Moore and the documentary branch for nominating me. "It’s an honor for me to join such a prestigious organizatio ...
  • Excerpt from 'Pietà' in 'Here Comes Trouble' b ...
    When we went back a few days later to sit in the House gallery, a new bill was up for discussion: the Voting Rights Act of 1965. From watching the evening news and being taught to read the daily newspaper, I knew that “colored people” were being unfairly treated, even killed. A f ...

Salon

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 MLAs
    For 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 8
    For 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 ‘mistake
    For 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 ...

R-Squared Energy Blog

  • Government Mandated Spending: A Lesson in Wast ...
    The EPAct forced the DOE to spend money on what essentially amounted to the least stupid ideas, writes Robert Rapier. In many cases it was recognized that there was little chance of success, but the money had to be spent.
  • Nonrenewable Renewables?
    The Energy Experts Reconvene at the WSJ Generally when I find myself having to write a follow-up post to something I wrote, it’s because I obviously didn’t make my points clearly enough. I found this to be the case during a lively Twitter discussion following my latest contribution t ...
  • The Hydrogen Economy Revisited
    Some readers are aware that I am presently in Arizona working on a project. At some point I will write an in-depth article about the things I am working on, but today I want to pull the curtain back just a bit. In a series of articles in 2010, I wrote about methanol’s potential as an alter ...
  • What Happened to Advanced Biofuels? Let Me Explain
    Ask and Ye Shall Receive Last week, The Economist posed the following question: “What happened to biofuels?” The biofuels in question are so-called second generation biofuels that are produced from trees, grasses, algae, — in general, feedstocks that don’t also have a use as food. The appe ...
  • Prepare for the Chinese Energy Juggernaut
    The Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently released its International Energy Outlook 2013 (IEO2013). While the EIA doesn’t have a sterling track record for predictions, many organizations make decisions at least partially based on EIA projections. Therefore the organization’s forecasts ...

Discovery Educator Network

Stonecipher News

Information Liberation

Be Responsible - Be Free!

  • LibertyGibbert Open Forum
    I’m tied up with work at the moment so don’t have time for an in-depth article; so I’m throwing the floor over to you. A couple of starters: A number of British readers have expressed a bit of envy at … Continue reading →
  • DT Down for Maintenance – Ozboy’s ...
    James Delingpole’s posters are welcome over here till service resumes… Current topics include the recent sacking of Tim Flannery and Drunk Tanks. Or anything else that takes your fancy. I’ll close off this thread after the DT blogs resume operation.
  • The New, Libertarian Conscience Of the Senate
    I said the other week that I agreed with Paul Keating’s famous denunciation of the Senate as “unrepresentative swill”. It’s now looking highly likely that, due to complicated preference deals which few voters understood or were even aware of, six … Continue reading ...
  • Clean Up Australia Day
    Today’s the day. After six years of Labor incompetence and obsession with leadership battles, Machiavellian sub-plots, the best-forgotten Gillard Experiment, and the finale of Rudd Redux, Australians today will finally have their chance to go to the polls and cast … Continue reading ...
  • Unrepresentative Swill
    I said the other day I’d have more to say about Senate voting, and why I believe it has descended into an undemocratic farce. The Australian Senate is an artefact of our history. Our founding fathers in the 1890s, looking … Continue reading →

Politics in the Zeros

  • Ifttt. If this, then that. Make your apps work ...
    Ifttt lets you create recipes for apps and websites in an easy to use way, moving data and files around in highly useful ways. In addition to the recipes in the image, I have recipes that save SMS texts to Google Calendar, send a weather forecast each morning, save any Facebook images I’m ...
  • Latino artists exhibition on immigration and m ...
    Butterflies are a metaphor for migration at De Esperanza y de locura / Of Hope and Madness, “a group exhibition of Latino artists who deal with migration and immigration issues understood as flights of both hope and insanity” at MACLA / Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana i ...
  • Minority government at work. Why don’t we call ...
    Is the phrase “government shutdown” actually an oxymoron?  By the time you read this, the government shutdown may or may not be over, and it may or may not matter to you personally, and it may or may not matter to the country – depending on the criteria you use to assess it. Those who […]
  • Maybe I don’t want a smart refrigerator
    Brave new you and your smart refrigerator, which will ever-so-helpfully report back to your doctors (and the NSA) about your dietary habits. Here’s what’s coming. The scale at the physician’s office registers +5.2 lbs. over your last visit. Doc accesses your smart refrigerator ...
  • Autonomous WildCat robot runs 16 mph
    A weaponized WildCat robot would be truly scary even if, in its current incarnation, a well-placed rifle shot would probably disable it. Future versions will no doubt be armored. Still, it’s an amazing piece of technology. WildCat is a four-legged robot being developed to run fast on all t ...

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frogblog

  • Clean energy: the real brighter future for New ...
    Over the weekend I launched proposals that will make it easier for families to reap the benefits of solar panels and other small scale renewable distributed generation.
  • Why you should care about TICS
    The Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Bill, otherwise known as the TICS bill, will be back in Parliament next week. This bill is a big deal, so over the next week in the lead-up to it being debated again, I’m going to do a series of blog posts about what this bill means f ...
  • Payment for family carers
    On Monday this week I hosted a second forum on the fraught issue of payment for family carers in Auckland. The first forum at Parliament had a focus on the constitutional discrimination in the Health and Disability Amendment Act that was forced through the Budget Urgency in late May. This week&# ...
  • Expert calls for creativity in education
    Last week, Dr Yong Zhao from Oregon University gave an inspiring speech at Parliament about education, entrepreneurship, creativity and the need to prepare students for this century. His address reminded me of how this country has a tendency to imitate some bad ideas which are going out of fashi ...
  • It is time to change Parliament’s prayer
    It’s important that New Zealanders are able to have a say on the way our Parliament starts each Parliamentary day. It is symbolic for the country, and everybody should be able to contribute to shaping that symbolism.

Patronus Analytical

J Kozy

  • Economics and Armchair Psychology
    Over millennia, numerous enterprises have sought the status of science. Few have succeeded because they have failed to discover anything that stood up to scrutiny as knowledge. Today the great fraudulent science is economics. Economic models are based on mere beliefs, many of which can never ...
  • "Legalized Injustice": The US Judicial System ...
    America is a failed state. Americans have not formed a more perfect union, established justice, insured domestic tranquility, provided for the common defense, promoted the general welfare, or secured the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. Domestically, by every measure, Ame ...
  • Capitalism as Disease: Spreading Governmental ...
    In general, we are a mean spirited and spiteful people. The meanness that has afflicted America is responsible for its domestic violence and the violence Americans inflict internationally. The germ that carries this affliction is the predominant political economy fostered. Capitalism is an e ...
  • The Real New World Order. Bankers Taking over ...
    A real new world order has emergedthe world's downtrodden against the West and its puppet, surrogate colonial governments. These non-state but similarly minded actors will determine the course of future world history. There is now a new world order that the West cannot control, that military ...
  • Violence: The American Way of Life
    The United States of America was conceived and nurtured by violence. Americans not only engage in violence, they are entertained by it. Killing takes place in America at an average of 87 times each day. Going to war in Afghanistan is less dangerous than living in Chicago. The Romans went to ...

Insanity Report

  • IC 410: Phone Wars
    GTA V What might be in store for us in GTA Online and possible dlc Next gen systems The Iphone 5c At what point do we not need a faster phone? Droid vs Iphone….who cares? Kanye is right………..and an asshole Share with your friends:
  • IC 409: Jesus Smash
    GTA V is the game of the year….period Jon Jones vs Alexander Gustafsson Russell Simmons rewrites history on the the Harriet Tubman Sex Tape Video Hollywood isn’t starving for creativity Passion of the Christ wasn’t a good movie Are there any movies that shouldn’t be remad ...
  • IC 408: The Can’t U Niggas Troll Convention
    Phenom from Where’s My 40 Acres is a guest Why Kriss doesn’t Hookah Kev’s story of the bitter bitch at work The Cult of Rod and why some nigga’s just suck at podcasting Rules for Podcasting #SoftC and their Cunt Convention Just being a shitty person with a shitty characte ...
  • IC 407: Replies Very Selectively
    Phenom making White people uncomfortable at fight parties Twerking being associated with low income black women The dumb bitch who said teachers raping 14 year olds isn’t that bad Kev’s fumble on the goal line Kriss & OkCupid rejection Dave Chappelle’s “melt down&#82 ...
  • IC 406: Ben Affleck & #TheAvengersInitiative
    Rod from The Black Guy Who Tips is a guest Kriss talking coaching Jury Duty Ben Affleck is Batman The Wolverine Broke Rod People who can’t complain about Ben Affleck as Batman Why Zach Snyder has more pressure than Affleck The problem with movie critics Episode 3 is the best Star Wars Film ...

Simple Climate

  • How ocean data helped reveal the climate beast
    Prompted by findings of abrupt temperature changes in history to describe climate as an ‘angry beast’ Wally Broecker has more recently helped establish efforts to calm it down by removing CO2 from the atmosphere and storing it.
  • The joker who brought climate science out of t ...
    Drawn to a lifelong career of research and pranks at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory by a friend, Wally Broecker confirmed that changes in the Earth’s orbit paced ice ages, and foresaw the global warming that has gone on since 1975.
  • Enhanced fingerprinting strengthens evidence f ...
    Ben Santer from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s use of warming near the Earth’s surface and cooling higher in the atmosphere as evidence of humans’ effect on climate saw critics demand he be fired. Now he’s back with new data showing “natural causes alone are extremely unlikely to expla ...
  • CO2 for oil swap brings carbon capture viabili ...
    Pumping CO2 from coal power stations to free more oil from old fields can stop large amounts of the greenhouse gas entering the air and make money, models from Carey King and colleagues at University of Texas at Austin suggest.
  • Does lower home energy use mean England and Wa ...
    Average household energy consumption in the two countries fell by a quarter between 2005 and 2011 thanks largely to simple personal actions, showing that what we do can impact greenhouse gas emissions and therefore climate change.

e!Science News

  • IU researchers, collaborators discover new the ...
    An Indiana University cancer researcher and his colleagues have discovered new therapeutic targets and drugs that may someday benefit people with certain types of leukemia or blood cancer. read more
  • Stem cells engineered to become targeted drug ...
    A group of Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers, and collaborators at MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital have found a way to use stem cells as drug delivery vehicles. read more
  • Why do doctors abuse prescription drugs? 'Self ...
    Doctors who abuse prescription drugs often do so for "self-medication" -- whether for physical or emotional pain or stress relief, reports a study in the October Journal of Addiction Medicine, the official journal of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. The journal is published ...
  • Notre Dame researchers uncover keys to antibio ...
    University of Notre Dame researchers Shahriar Mobashery and Mayland Chang and their collaborators in Spain have published research results this week that show how methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) regulates the critical crosslinking of its cell wall in the face of beta-lactam an ...
  • Reading literary fiction improves 'mind-readin ...
    Heated debates about the quantifiable value of arts and literature are a common feature of American social discourse. Now, two researchers from The New School for Social Research have published a paper in Science demonstrating that reading literary fiction enhances a set of skills and thought pr ...

unEarthed

  • Earthjustice Co-Founder Phillip Berry, 1937-2013
    Brilliant lawyer, fierce defender of Earth, man of great wit (UPDATE: A memorial for Phillip Berry will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, Oct. 11 at Shiloh Church, 329 ...
  • Family Seeks Political Asylum From Climate Change
    They fled rising seas that threaten their low-lying island home Tarawa and Maiana Atolls, part of the Kiribati islands. (NASA Crew Earth Observations) A famil ...
  • Govt. Shuts Down Fishing, Birding, Hunting
    National wildlife refuges closed until funding is restored National parks, like refuges and other public lands, are closed during the government shutdown. (National Parks Conservation Assoc ...
  • AZM Reign of Poisoning Ends
    More than 10 years of court fights rids fields of deadly pesticide Blueberries were among the crops that saw the last remaining uses of the pesticide AZM. (Braker / Flickr) ...
  • Costs of Coal Exports, Part I: Lorraine Ortega ...
    "As a nurse, I see the first-hand impacts of coal dust and air pollution ..." Lorraine Ortega lives near the Lamberts Point coal export facility in Norfolk. (Chesapeake Climate Ac ...

Brave New Climate

  • ‘Pandora’s Promise’ document ...
    For my Australian readers, October 2013 is THE month for green energy. It’s at last time to book your tickets to see Pandora’s Promise! You can get further details at the Cinema Ventures website, here. I’ve been involved with the movie, in various small ways, for the last few y ...
  • Willacy’s Fukushima
    Guest Post by Geoff Russell. Geoff is a computer programmer, vegan, environmentalist, and more generally, a ‘by-the-numbers’ polymath. For a list of all of his posts on BNC, click here. He also has collections here and here. The following article was sent to ABC’s “Drum” websit ...
  • MIT Climate CoLab update – the result?
    This is an update to this recent BNC post: MIT competition update – 3 days left, votes needed! ———- Guest Post by Ron Gester M.D. The Treasurer of SCGI, Ron is a retired emergency physician and geologist, who is a passionate about solving the climate change problem. Votin ...
  • MIT competition update – 3 days left, vo ...
    Below is an update on the MIT competition that I highlighted in the last BNC post, including a plea for final action. There are only 3 days left to register your support, and in my opinion, this really counts. The winner will get in front of potential implementers at the Crowds & Climate Con ...
  • Vote to get the Integral Fast Reactor presente ...
    Mass-producible integral fast reactor modules can power every country on earth for nearly a millennium with waste products already at hand. That’s the pitch that Tom Blees has made to the Climate CoLab at MIT. If Tom’s pitch garners the most votes, the push to get the first PRISM bui ...

Indigenist Opinion

  • Mortgage Repayment Calculator and Extra Mortga ...
    On the average, the typical mortgage can last from 15 to 30 years. Most of the repayments made for these mortgages go to the interest of the loan. It will only be after a couple of years before the payments actually affect the principal amount of the loan. If you’re looking for a quicker way to ...
  • Thinking About a Loan? Try a Reverse Mortgage ...
    Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs) remain popular with seniors interested in making the most of their home equity during retirement. While many of the requirements necessary to qualify for an HECM are clear, others are somewhat hazy. Seniors who are interested in these loans often wonder i ...
  • Advantages of Tankless Water Heaters
    How typically did you are taking a shower and also the water began to run cold before you were finished? do not you hate that? With a standard warmer this is often invariably a haul. And if another person needs to use predicament when you, simply forget it! shopping for a warmer with a humble pl ...
  • REAL ESTATE MARKET CALIFORNIA
    California real estate market trends, while having their own changes periodically, tide, remain more in sync with the current market across the nation and many people might not even think to buy a house now given the real estate market and the state of california things to buy. California real ...
  • LONDON PROPERTY AGENCIES
    If you are thinking of buying property in London is important to use all the resources available to you. Check out every Estate Agent in London as well as the local press for private property advertising. A search for "Estate Agents London" or "Agent Real London" on Google or MSN should prov ...

Republicans are a Disease

  • Thanks Bob Schieffer For Being A Journalist
    It is hard watching news outlets these days let Republicans spew their lies and bs without any pushback. It is great to see Bob Schieffer raking Cornyn over the coals for all his crap. If the Democrats would have done blah, blah, blah we wouldn’t have a government shut down. Sure Cornyn. S ...
  • Republicans Love Being Wrong
    With a head full of Fox News Lies, and Limbaugh drool, them Republicans got themselves some opinions. They don’t care if they are wrong about pretty much everything. They just keep babbling things like Benghazi, and takers, and other nutcase crap. If I had a dollar for every line mouthed o ...
  • Yer Gonna Do What To Obamacare GOP?
    From Democratic Underground Facebook Post: Oct 2008: “You’ll never get elected and pass healthcare.” Nov 2008: “We’ll never let you pass healthcare.” Jan 2009: “We are going to shout you down every time you try to pass healthcare.” July 2009: &#822 ...
  • The Koch Brothers Shut Down The Government
    Want government to work? Want to end the shutdown? Not if the Koch Brothers are giving you money…. Watch Video Of Bernie Sanders Explaining The Koch Brothers Shutdown
  • Republicans Constantly Lie About Obamacare
    What a strategy. Republicans billionaire supporters spend tens of millions of dollars making Anti-Obamacare ads full of lies. Then the Republican Party in order to attack our president tell lie after lie after lie about Obamacare. Then these Republican slimeballs say they oppose Obamacare becaus ...

Appalachia Rising

  • Residents Bring Dirty Water from Mountaintop R ...
    Dozens of Appalachians and their allies bring hundreds of gallons of toxic water from their homes to EPA offices in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON D.C.– Citizens from across the country have travelled to the nation’s capitol to urge an end to … Continue reading →
  • We’re Bringing Toxic Water to the EPA &# ...
    Folks have begun arriving in Washington DC for a week of meetings with the Obama Administration and lawmakers asking for protections for Appalachian water.  We have brought over 100 gallons of toxic water from Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky with … Continue reading →
  • Video: EPA Action May 8th!
    Join us in DC on May 8th, 2013 Join Appalachia Rising in D.C on May 8, 2013! from Zein Nakhoda on Vimeo. Please share this powerful video made by Zein Nakhoda for our EPA ACtion on Wednesday, May 8th at … Continue reading →
  • May 8th: Day of Action
    Dear friends of Appalachia: Will you join us in Washington DC on Wednesday May 8th to tell the EPA that millions of people across the country stand with Appalachia? Please meet us at the EPA Headquarters at 9am, and be … Continue reading →
  • More Actions in Atlanta!
    Actions at EPA Region 4 offices at Atlanta!

Amped Status

  • ‘Another World Is Happening’ &#821 ...
    Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, interviews David DeGraw about the birth and evolution of Occupy Wall Street on its one year anniversary: "This is about empowering a new generation to be leaders, to be engaged.... We have millions of people engaged in creating change that were not engaged an ...
  • Happy 1 Year Anniversary to Anonymous 99 #OpES ...
    Cross-posted from MoneyOutPack.org, June 14, 2012 Here's a little Occupy history for you... Today, June 14th, Flag Day, marks the one year anniversary of A99 #OpESR. On this day last year, Anonymous and the 99% Movement launched a collaborative effort in Zuccotti Park, and 22 other locatio ...
  • As the 99% Movement Evolves, It’s Time t ...
    By David DeGraw “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” – Bob Dylan For those of us in the 99% Movement who started organizing Occupy in the spring of 2011, Flag Day June 14th marks the one-year anniversary since we first gathered in Zuccotti Park and 22 other loc ...
  • The Evolution of the Butterfly
    Renowned cellular biologist, Dr. Bruce Lipton narrates the process of a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly over a milieu of imagery in "The Evolution of the Butterfly". The film combines first hand footage from the Occupy Wall Street movement with stylized portraits of the recent eco ...
  • After Being Beaten and Arrested Several Times, ...
    This is Daniel Murphy @ Union Square on March 22nd:

+972

  • WATCH: Protesting Ehud Banai’s show for ...
    Israeli singer Ehud Banai performed in the Israeli settlement of Susya in the south Hebron Hills last Sunday. Although public outcry against the performance led to the show’s cancelation, the show eventually went on and got started, in the words of Israel’s Channel 10 News, “on ...
  • The Israeli Left’s last novel
    A new best-selling novel by Nir Baram takes aim at the Israeli ‘peace industry,’ globalization and the sense of betrayal a generation of left wing and progressive operatives is leaving behind. I’ve wanted to write about Nir Baram’s new novel, World Shadow (The book is alternati ...
  • WATCH: After handshake, settler child throws s ...
    One activist captures what was almost a moving moment between a six-year-old Palestinian and a settler child in the occupied south Hebron Hills. Almost.  In a video filmed by Amir Bitan, an Israeli Ta’ayush activist, Thamer Ibrahim Alayan, a 6-year-old Palestinian child from the Umm al Ara ...
  • At annual conference, Palestinians and Israeli ...
    Palestinians, Israelis and internationals gathered in a Tel Aviv museum last week for a two-day conference dedicated to the Palestinian right of return. Tom Pessah on some of the conference highlights. By Tom Pessah I don’t normally cry during academic conferences, although perhaps “academ ...
  • Looking beyond the ‘curse’ of part ...
    After 65 years of ‘peace talks,’ Ariella Azoulay believes what is needed now is not a new vision but an old one – one envisioned by people who lived in Palestine before the curse of partition. By Ariella Azoulay Over the past few years, it has been fairly common to hear: “the t ...

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 News
    Today’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 News
    In 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 News
    In 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 News
    In 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

Tech Drive In

  • French Armed Forces Switches 37,000 PCs to Ubu ...
    The capabilities of Ubuntu OS is known well outside its enthusiast circles. The recent discovery of Ubuntu OS at the heart of Google's driverless cars is a perfect example. And that is not an isolated case either. Seems like the branch of French Armed Forces in charge of public safety is ...
  • Ubuntu Touch App Showdown 2013 Winners Announced
    Ubuntu App Showdown contest was a huge success last year. Though the inactivity or the lack of continued development of many important apps raised some questions about the contest's real value, it was still quite an achievement by any stretch. This year's contest was dedicated to Ubuntu Touc ...
  • Android overtakes iOS for the first time in th ...
    The epic Android story keeps getting better. Android OS has been dominating the smartphone scene in a spectacular fashion (almost 80-20 in favor of Android lately) for sometime now. Tablets market was not an easy one to crack either. Apple's domination of this segment was near perfect. But wit ...
  • Steam (and Linux) coming to your living rooms ...
    Steam based hardware for living rooms was widely being speculated ever since the arrival of Steam for Linux client. All speculations can finally be laid to rest. Steam hardware is real and will be based on SteamOS, which in-turn is basically a heavily modified Linux distro. And the new hardwar ...
  • Ubuntu Touch Music App is Quite a Performer Al ...
    The first Ubuntu Touch powered smartphone is supposed to arrive in the first half of 2014. When you put that into perspective, there's not much time left for Canonical. Ubuntu Touch already got over-the-air update capability among many other essential features. But the eco-system needs further ...

Vaccine Awakening

  • Measles Reports in America: What Does It Mean?
    Posted 9/24/2013 by Barbara Loe Fisher On Sept. 12, 2013, public health officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) called a press conference to announce that vaccination rates among pre-school children are “high and stable” and “less than 1% are unvaccinated.” 1 More than 90 pe ...
  • Witch Hunting Jenny McCarthy for Vaccine Talking
    Posted: 7/22/2013 By Barbara Loe Fisher   Now that it looks like ABC-TV executives are backing Barbara Walters’ hire of celebrity Jenny McCarthy to join the popular daytime talk show The View,1 the blood spilled on the ground of the Fourth Estate during 10 hot days in July is b ...
  • Desperate Times for Vaccine Risk Denialism
    posted May 14, 2013 by Barbara Loe Fisher   These are desperate times for those denying vaccine risks. We know it because we are witnessing so many acts of desperation being committed by doctors determined to shut down the public conversation about vaccination and health. Vaccine r ...
  • Women, Vaccines & Bodily Integrity
    Posted 1/24/2013 By Barbara Loe Fisher   2013 was only a few days old when I saw a photo of 61-year old Ethel Hoover, a veteran hospital nurse, who had only missed 4 or 5 days of work in 22 years, she was fired from her job for declining to get a flu shot. Defending Freedom of Consc ...
  • IOM Issues Report on Safety of the Child Vacci ...
    Posted on 1/16/2013 by Barbara Loe Fisher Yesterday, the Institute of Medicine issued a report The Childhood Immunization Schedule and Safety: Stakeholder Concerns, Scientific Evidence and Future Studies. The report was based on a 12-month evaluation by an IOM committee of the scientific evid ...

2020 Science

  • The science of VidCon – Connecting with Scienc ...
    Where I cover science at this year’s VidCon YouTube convention, take a look at science and engineering more broadly on YouTube, and suggest that for next year’s VidCon the organizers should bring together some of the leading science projects on YouTube with grass-roots science-advoca ...
  • Frying your brains on information overload: Ol ...
    Living online is changing our brains – at least according to Baroness Greenfield in an interview posted today by New Scientist. Leaving aside questions over the extent to which Greenfield’s concerns are driven by misapprehension or plausibility, the interview put me in mind of a rath ...
  • Would You Lick Jam Off An Old Man’s Foot? and ...
    Would You Lick Jam Off An Old Man’s Foot Or Drink Toilet Water For An Hour? Can you explain how gravitons can escape a black hole?  Or do you have a good answer to the question “why are people annoying?” This is just a sampling of some of the more entertaining and challenging questio ...
  • What was worrying us about nanotechnology safe ...
    In 2004, the first International Symposium on Occupational Health Implications of Nanomaterials was held in Buxton in the UK.  Seven years later, I’m preparing for a discussion panel at the fifth meeting in this very successful community-led series (being held this week in Boston MA), and ...
  • Want to know about teens and social media from ...
    If you are a teen who uses YouTube (or know of one – maybe even your own teenager), please think seriously about posting a response to this video: (You can also watch it directly on YouTube here). Over on the Risk Science Blog, I’ve just posted a piece about Baroness Susan Greenfield ...

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War Resisters League

  • Against intervention in Syria by a friend in L ...
    by Zayd Sifri I visited Lebanon for the first time more than ten years ago. The wounds of the civil war were much more visible to a visitor than they are today. In Beirut, bullet holes of varying sizes and … Continue reading →
  • Aging Behind Bars
    [Originally published on June 6th, 2013 on Criminaljusticedegreehub.com] Tagged: aging, infographic, Mass incarceration, new Jim Crow, PIC, prison industrial complex, racial, racist prisons, repression, stric sentencing, US cages, US Prisons
  • The End of Passive Revolution in Brazil
    [originally published on June 22nd, 2013 in La Jornada.] by Massimo Modonesi and translated from Spanish by Linda Quiquivix The Brazilian experience over the last 10 years under its progressive governments (of first Lula and now Dilma) has been characterized … Continue reading →
  • Tipping Towards Iraq’s Squares: An Inter ...
    [Originally published on January 22nd, 2013 on Jadaliyya.] by Ali Issa  The Iraqi state releasing 335 detainees this past week? Prime Minster Nouri al-Maliki bussing in a few hundred paid “supporters” to rally? What gives? Signs point to the wave … Continue reading →
  • U.S. Tear Gas Still on the Streets of Egypt: H ...
    Earlier last week, Egyptians poured out onto the streets across Egypt to protest President Morsi’s dictatorial decree overriding the power of the courts, attempting to keep a heavily Muslim Brotherhood-influenced constitutional assembly in tact, and granting himself seemingly unchecked authority ...

Center for a Livable Future

k2p blog

  • Arctic ice past minimum and growing fast and A ...
    Arctic ice extent reached its minimum about 2 weeks ago and is now growing fast. At the Antarctic however, the sea ice extent is just about reaching its maximum level which is at a record level.
  • How the map of the Middle East could develop
    Libya, Syria, Yemen, and Iraq could well be in the process of disintegration, splitting into de facto states. The most fantastical ideas involve the Balkanization of Saudi Arabia.
  • Little Ice Age could well have resulted from r ...
    The study shows that volcanic eruptions and reduced solar radiation caused global cooling between the thirteenth and the fifteenth centuries and the subsequent Little Ice Age.
  • Solar Cycle 24 has passed its maximum – ...
    Solar Cycle 24 is past its maximum and the Landscheidt Minimum seems to be established. A further 25 years of global cooling can be expected.
  • Trigger happy in Washington
    A dental hygienist - with her baby in her car - was shot dead in Washington in a fusillade of some 15 shots. She was unarmed. Once the security staff got their guns out it was only going to end in one way.

Left Foot Forward

Consumerist

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Whistleblogger - GAP

  • Report Touching on UN Peacekeeping Whistleblow ...
    Whistleblower protections and issues at the United Nations don’t get nearly the amount of media attention they should. Whistleblower disclosures involving UN peacekeeping missions get even less. So, when a new report is to be published that looks into these important topics, GAP takes notice. Tr ...
  • Most of Office of Special Counsel (OSC) Closed ...
    In a recent blog post, GAP sister organization POGO (the Project on Government Oversight) raises an excellent point that's getting lost in all the media coverage of the federal government shutdown. The Office of Special Counsel – the agency charged with investigating whistleblower disclosures an ...
  • Hanford Whistleblower Laid Off while DOE Repor ...
    Los Angeles Times: Company Fires Scientist Who Warned of Hanford Waste Site Problems A new report from the Energy Department’s Inspector General shows that Bechtel – the firm behind the minimum $12+ billion waste-treatment project at the Hanford Nuclear Site in Washington state – has been obt ...
  • NSA Tracked Individuals' Locations in Project: ...
    New York Times: In Test Project, NSA Tracked Cellphone Locations Sen Wyden (D - Or) In 2010 and 2011, the NSA conducted a data collection program that sought the location of Americans, apparently relying on information from cellphone towers. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper confi ...
  • Marine Corps Uses Navy Yard Shooting to Justif ...
    MarineTimes: Marine Commandant’s Lawyer: Whistleblower’s Email a Red Flag After Navy Yard Massacre A senior Marine Corps adviser is defending last week’s decision to fire an officer who filed a complaint with the Department of Defense IG, saying the “bizarre” whistleblower complaint raised conc ...

UK Progressive

  • Life or Death in the Open Seas
    by Robert Hunziker “The next mass extinction may have already begun.” (IPSO) The International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO) State of the Ocean Report d/d October 3, 2013 was released this week. The accompanying IPSO press release states: “Latest Review of Science Reveals Ocean in C ...
  • Harry Reid Blasts Banana Republican Shutdown; ...
    by Brent Budowsky Harry Reid blasted them last Wednesday. I blasted them last Thursday in my column. America is blasting them in polls showing that approval of the Tea Party has fallen to record lows. In fact, Obama’s approval rating towers above the Tea Party’s. Public approval of Senate Majori ...
  • Bachmann’s Retirement Delivers a Death Blow to ...
    by Tina Dupuy The Contributor I attended a tea party event hosted by Congresswoman Michele Bachmann the day before the Republican National Convention in Florida last year. I observed the following: Wearing a tri-corner hat in proximity to the Caribbean makes you look like a pirate. Which pretty ...
  • How a Telecom Helped the Government Spy on Me
    Special to ProPublica, Raymond Bonner Over the past several months, the Obama Administration has defended the government’s far-reaching data collection efforts, arguing that only criminals and terrorists need worry. The nation’s leading internet and telecommunications companies have said they ar ...
  • The Future of Egypt’s Electoral System
    by Adel El-Adawy The Washington Institute The system that will likely be put in place for Egypt’s next parliamentary elections may sideline new parties, but this could help consolidate the country’s scattered political spectrum. Egypt’s political transition has been forging ahe ...

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  • Popular Science stop comments, because debatin ...
    Popular Science –  a 141 year old science and technology publication — have announced they’re shutting down their comments entirely. Apparently they can’t cope with open debate of contentious scientific areas like climate change. As usual, there are pat lines about &#8220 ...
  • Six questions the media should be asking the I ...
    It’s clear science journalists need some help. The IPCC are saying “The ocean ate my global warming” and most environment reporters just cut-n-paste this excuse — they fall for the breathtaking joules-to-the-22nd-figures  — not realizing they convert to a mere 0.07C ...
  • IPCC says abrupt irreversible clathrate methan ...
    For years we’ve been warned via the media that there was a risk of irreversible global catastrophe. Is the IPCC stepping back from those forecasts too?  The words abrupt, irreversible, and tipping point didn’t make it into the Headline Points in 2013. Reader Katabasis at Bishop Hill ...
  • Kill the IPCC says Judith Curry. After decades ...
    And the public conversation finally starts to move on to discussing not whether the IPCC is wrong, but why it was wrong, and what we need to do about it. Credit to Judith Curry and the Financial Post. I’ve posted a few paragraphs here. The whole story is in the link at the top. – Jo ...

ReNew America

  • Obamacare, the Supremes, Dickens, and the bumb ...
    (Wes Vernon, RA analyst) - No less a power than the highest court in the land has stumbled into the ultimate definition of Obamacare, and in the process has finally exposed the decades-long downslide of the political class's standards for honesty. It is up to us to try to reverse that...
  • From preserving liberty to destroying it
    (Alan Keyes) - When the U.S. Supreme Court announced its Obamacare decision, many conservatives professed to be shocked, even stunned, to hear that G.W. Bush appointee John Roberts wrote the decision in which he and the Supreme Court's anti-constitutional leftists upheld the individual mandate p ...
  • Building the free-market case against big business
    (Timothy P. Carney) - The most dangerous enemies of capitalism today are capitalists. This is becoming clearer every day to people committed to free markets. The conservative and libertarian grassroots came to deeply distrust big business after the Wall Street bailouts and Obama's stimulus and h ...
  • New hope for life worldwide
    (Janice Shaw Crouse) - During discouraging times, pro-lifers remind themselves that William Wilberforce worked for two decades before he began to change hearts and minds and end 19th-century slavery in Great Britain. In efforts lasting twice as long, pro-life activists are just now beginning to ...
  • Formal complaint seeks disbarment of Eric Hold ...
    (Daily Caller) - Attorney General Eric Holder could lose his license to practice law in the District of Columbia, or face some other penalty from the D.C. Bar, now that he has been found in criminal and civil contempt of Congress...

Popsci - Science

  • The Week In Numbers: NASA Shuts Down, The Firs ...
    The Year In Science Jesse Lenz 97 percent: the portion of NASA employees who were furloughed by the government shutdown this week. Happy 55th birthday, NASA. 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit: the estimated temperature of Kepler-7b, the first planet outside of our solar system on which scientists ...
  • The National Weather Service Has A Hidden Mess ...
    Large chunks of the National Weather Service--the group of scientists partially responsible for predicting extreme weather events, among many other important weather-related duties--are still working despite the government shutdown debacle. They're just doing it without that whole "pay" detail.  ...
  • Meet Cady Coleman, The Astronaut Who Taught Sa ...
    Gravity Warner Bros. Like Sandra Bullock’s character in the movie Gravity, Cady Coleman is both an astronaut and a scientist—which made her the perfect person for Bullock to consult on the realities of life in space. Coleman studied polymer chemistry and worked in the US Air Force research l ...
  • Surprise! Conspiracy Theorists Are More Likely ...
    Definitely Staged David R. Scott, Apollo 15 commander Welcome to Crazy Town, where the moon landing was staged, 9/11 was a hoax, vaccines and teeth-strengthening fluoride are poisons distributed by the government, Barack Obama isn't really a citizen, and the Earth is absolutely not on an ir ...
  • Mystery Animal Contest: Who Is This Long-Beake ...
    So, here are the rules: To answer, follow us on Twitter and tweet at us with the hashtag #mysteryanimal. For example: Hey @PopSci, is the #mysteryanimal a baboon? And then I might say "if you think that's a baboon, perhaps you are the baboon!" But probably not, because this is a positive enviro ...

Facing South

  • Government shutdown delays Texas voter ID chal ...
    Image Caption:  The government shutdown means a delay for the Justice Department's lawsuit against the Texas voter ID law. The Department of Justice has asked a federal judge to delay its lawsuit against Texas over its vo ...
  • The 'Muhammad Ali of the criminal justice syst ...
    Image Caption:  Herman Wallace in April 2013. (Photo via Angola 3 News.) Held in solitary confinement at Louisiana's notorious Angola prison for 41 years for a murder he did not commit, Herman Wallace passed away today -- just ...
  • Federal court orders EPA to get moving on coal ...
    Image Caption:  The collapse of a faulty coal ash impoundment at a TVA power plant in eastern Tennessee back in 2008 spurred EPA rulemaking that stalled, but a federal judge has ordered the agency to get moving again (Photo of TVA coal ash spil ...
  • Dangerous levels of radioactivity found where ...
    Image Caption:  This graph showing elevated radium levels at the point of fracking wastewater discharge into a Pennsylvania creek and downstream is from "Impacts of Shale Gas Wastewater Disposal on Water Quality in Western Pennsylvania.&qu ...
  • Employee or independent contractor? Employer f ...
    Image Caption:  Wrongly classifying workers as independent contractors gets around laws like workers' compensation and family and medical leave. It's costing Texas construction workers millions, according to the International Brotherh ...

Hudson's Weather & Climate

  • The IPCC report - is the science settled?
    Last week the Intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) issued their latest high profile report on the current understanding of climate change.  Their main conclusion is that there can be little doubt that man is responsible for at least half of the rise in global temperatures since the 1 ...
  • Record Antarctic sea ice confounds climate models
    The extent of sea ice in the southern hemisphere continues to cause a headache for climate scientists, with news this week that Antarctic sea ice is now at record levels, based on satellite data which began in the late 1970’s.This is contrary to what climate models had predicted.It’s thought tha ...
  • Fine end to September & more on rare solar cycle
    Fine end to September It’s been an unsettled and often cool September, but the jet stream is on the move northwards in the next few days, allowing high pressure to build across the UK, which will lead us into a very pleasant spell of autumn weather.  At this time of the year, the main forecastin ...
  • Rare solar cycle has cold implications for UK ...
    NASA last week confirmed their prediction that the current solar cycle 24 is likely to be the weakest since 1906. Intriguingly, the current solar cycle shows a striking similarity with solar cycle 5 which was also very weak, with the same double peak as the current cycle, and ran from approximat ...
  • Autumn deluge on the way
    The fine spell of late summer weather which has seen temperatures today rise to a new September record of 29.4C at Wattisham in Suffolk (beating their previous record set in 1973) will come to an abrupt end in the next 24 hours, and could lead to localised flooding in places.  It’s a text book b ...

Internat'l Political Economy

  • Literally Dying for 2022 World Cup: Migrants i ...
    Just when you thought Qatar's 2022 World Cup could not get any more controversial after continuing debates about the procedure used to select the tiny state and the difficulties associated with hosting the event during the peak of summer in the desert, there's more: It is common knowledge that t ...
  • The (Delayed) Ascent of PRC Rating Agencies
    There was another large controversy about Chinese firms operating Stateside three years ago when the PRC-based credit rating agency (privately-owned, mind you) Dagong was denied by the SEC from being granted Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (NRSRO) status. As IPE Zone reader ...
  • Japan 'Defeating' Deflation? Not Quite, My Friend
    There is much debate in Japan as to whether the Bank of Japan's efforts to pull the country out of a deflationary spiral are bearing fruit. True, Japan's consumer prince index is actually showing a positive trend, but this may be largely down to temporary factors and not to any structural change ...
  • Vaporware 3.0? Shanghai Free Trade Zone
    In technology-related industries, the term "vaporware" is used for hardware or software that is all hype and no substance. Either the announced products do not even materialize, or if they do, their features are far less impressive than promised. For our purposes, consider them as "vaporware 1.0 ...
  • East / Southeast Asia's Demographic Bifurcation
    There's are always interesting demographic discussions about the "West and the Rest," but there are also interesting demographic variations within regions.Take the Asia-Pacific: While Japan is emblematic of the problems with a shrinking population, it will soon be joined in that situation by a n ...

Economic Collapse Blog

  • 30 Statistics About Americans Under The Age Of ...
    Why are young people in America so frustrated these days?  You are about to find out.  Most young adults started out having faith in the system.  They worked hard, they got good grades, they stayed out of trouble and many of them went on to college.  But when their educations where over, they di ...
  • Government Shutdown? 36 Facts Which Prove That ...
    All of this whining and crying about a "government shutdown" is a total joke.  You see, there really is very little reason why this "government shutdown" cannot continue indefinitely because almost everything is still running.  63 percent of all federal workers are still working, and 85 percent ...
  • About 40 Percent Of All Food In The United Sta ...
    Could that headline actually be true?  Do Americans waste about 40 percent of all the food that we produce?  That sounds like an absolutely crazy number, but it is actually quite accurate according to a study conducted by the Natural Resources Defense Council.  What the NRDC discovered is that a ...
  • World Bank Whistleblower Karen Hudes Reveals H ...
    Karen Hudes is a graduate of Yale Law School and she worked in the legal department of the World Bank for more than 20 years.  In fact, when she was fired for blowing the whistle on corruption inside the World Bank, she held the position of Senior Counsel.  She was in a unique position to [...]
  • Oxford Professors: Robots And Computers Could ...
    What are human workers going to do when super-intelligent robots and computers are better than us at doing everything?  That is one of the questions that a new study by Dr. Carl Frey and Dr. Michael Osborne of Oxford University sought to address, and what they concluded was that 47 percent of al ...

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Voiceless Victim

  • A Tale of Three Inquiries – Part 2 The N ...
    Many hopes are pinned on the National Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse to fill the massive gaps left by the narrow terms of reference of the NSW Special Commission of Inquiry, and the inadequate time and powers of the Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry. This is th ...
  • A Tale of Three Australian Inquiries – P ...
    Everyone supporting survivors in Australia seems to have been suffering from constant exhaustion for the last few months, trying to keep up with three different inquiries and numerous media issues. They do say to be careful what you wish for. Every time we are tempted not to bother dragging ours ...
  • US Court considers dead bodies more important ...
    The law is frequently an ass. But few laws or lawyers are more asinine than the recent decision by US District Court Judge Hon Rudolph T Randa. Milwaukee Catholic Archdiocese appealed against a previous decision allowing the funds stashed away in a Cemetery Trust in 2008 to be included in the di ...
  • Song of Lying Bishops
    To the tune of Song of Joy Come, hear our lame excuses We tell to all Inquiries We don’t care if you believe us We fool the Catholics on their knees   Lie after lie we can tell And no one will ever Do a thing That’s because the Catholic Mafia Ensure that we’re above your l ...
  • Newcastle Diocese’s Disgrace – Mem ...
    Public hearings of the NSW Special Commission of Inquiry in Newcastle in recent weeks have left survivors and supporters disappointed, horrified, traumatised, gasping in disgust, occasionally giggling, and even bravely protesting before the media contingent. And finally, applauding the amazing b ...

WL Central

  • 2013-09-05 Barrett Brown to lose his free speech
    In the US, we've increasingly seen attacks on the free press. Now, in the case of Barrett Brown, a journalist who's been jailed for the past year stands to lose his free speech. read more
  • 2013-09-03 WikiLeaks to launch criminal invest ...
    Assange lawyer Per E Samuelson has confirmed that a criminal complaint has been filed at 09:44 on Tuesday 3 September 2013 with Swedish police authorities. The complaint concerns the likely unlawful seizure of WikiLeaks property on 27 September 2010, following publication of the Afghan War Diari ...
  • 2013-09-01 Detached Reflections on Resignation ...
    Daniel Matthews offers a furtive thought in the context of his resignation on behalf of pure democracy: read more
  • 2013-08-22 Manning site launches: Pardon.Bradl ...
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE David Coombs, chief attorney for WikiLeaks whistle-blower Pfc. Bradley Manning, announced at a press conference near Ft. Meade, MD, today that he is formally applying for a Presidential Pardon for Bradley Manning. Coombs is seeking Manning's immediate release, or at the v ...
  • 2013-08-22 Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 yea ...
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WikiLeaks whistleblower Pfc. Bradley Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison today, an outrage that flies in the face of America's essential ideals of accountability in government, and which seeks to instill a chilling effect on those who'd dare to expose the United S ...

U N News

  • Time to turn economic, social systems inside o ...
    The time for words and promises is over; the time for action is now, a Dominican Republic minister told the United Nations General Assembly on the final day of its high-level debate, calling for inclusive development and social justice in a post-2015 sustainability agenda.
  • UN urges Dominican Republic to ensure citizens ...
    The United Nations human rights office today urged the Government of the Dominican Republic to take all necessary measures to ensure that citizens of Haitian origin are not deprived of their right to nationality in light of a recent court ruling.
  • At UN, Belize chastises rich nations for aband ...
    Developed nations have not honoured their commitments to provide the assistance poor countries need to achieve the global anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Foreign Minister of Belize told United Nations Member States today, stressing that the future devel ...
  • Nicaragua continues progress on anti-poverty t ...
    In an annual statement at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the Foreign Minister of Nicaragua highlighted his country's progress towards achieving the anti-poverty goals, which is the theme of this year's General Assembly.
  • Global Citizen Festival: Ban, Stevie Wonder an ...
    Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined United Nations Messenger of Peace Stevie Wonder and an audience of an estimated 60,000 people this weekend to raise their voices to end extreme poverty worldwide, at the second annual Global Citizen Festival in New York's Central Park.

Conspiracy Reality TV

  • Evidence of Missile Attack on West, TX Fertili ...
    Why blow up a fertilizer plant in the middle of nowhere? Makes no sense, right? Well actually is does considering that the West Fertilizer plant in Waco Texas was becoming a big issue for the Monsanto Corporation.
  • Boston Marathon Bombing Predicted in Family Gu ...
    The fact that police were engaged in a bomb drill before the event, yet after the bombing, came out and said there was no drill whatsoever.
  • Scientists Lose Funding for Speaking the Truth ...
    Global Research is posting several points of view with regard to Global Warming with a view to fostering analysis, discussion and scientific dialogue. For further details see our Dossier on Climate Change (M.Ch., March 31, 2013) This article was originally published by Global Research in April 2 ...
  • Fusion Centers Full of Rogue Law Enforcement S ...
    Now we have the United States Senate saying the complaints are true. These are rogue law enforcement people serving no good, just becoming spies.
  • September 11, 2001 – A Danish Point of V ...
    And after 15-20 minutes they turned towards New York, turned off their transponder, and nobody did anything. It was if they were deliberately permitted to go astray, without any authoritative interference.

Rewilding Institute

  • TrekWest Blog 42: Building Community
    Original Post: 30 Sep 2013 10:31 AM PDT One trail stop at a time  Stop by stop, we have begun the task of building a community of support for protecting and connecting a Western Wildway. As TrekWest draws to its finale, please enjoy this guest blog from Wildlands Network’s new Executive Director ...
  • Dave Parsons Talks About Mexican Wolves on Gil ...
    Earth Matters / Dave Parsons on Mexican Wolves Original post:  24 September 2013 on GMCR This week we welcome Nathan Newcomer of New Mexico Wilderness Alliance to the Earth Matters production team.  His first interview is with Dave Parsons – former US FWS / Fish & Wildlife Service Mexican Wo ...
  • Save the Lobo! Wolves Need You on October 4
    The US Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed to strip gray wolves’ endangered species protections and make other changes that threaten the recovery and survival of Mexican gray wolves.  On October 4, 2013 the USFWS will hold its only public hearing on both of these destructive proposals in Albu ...
  • TrekWest Blog 41: Montana Wilderness Up-close ...
    Posted: 17 Sep 2013 03:03 PM PDT 30 years of protection frame our hike through the Lee Metcalf Wilderness: late August As I am again far from contact entering Glacier National Park, please enjoy the following submission from Lance Craighead, Executive Director of Craighead Institute – JD A ...
  • FATE OF MEXICAN GRAY WOLVES TO BE DECIDED BY U ...
    The US Fish and Wildlife Service is currently proposing to remove all gray wolves (Canis lupus), except the Mexican gray wolf subspecies (Canis lupus baileyi), from the endangered species list.  At the same time they are revising the rules that guide recovery of the only wild population of Mexic ...

reference frame

  • Plans to move Czech embassy to Jerusalem
    An Israeli newspaper, The Jerusalem Post, finally noticed the current visit of the Czech president MiloÅ¡ Zeman to Israel. The article describes some of the actual depth of the Czechoslovak and Czech support for the Jewish state. The new Czech president – who has always been comparing ...
  • Choosing God particle Nobel laureates: a poll
    The king of an unnamed Scandinavian country, C.G., asked the TRF readers to help him with a funny award. A rich billionaire who earned the money from sales of explosives apparently wanted to clean his conscience a little bit so he donated some money to create a prize – similar to Yuri Milne ...
  • France partly abolishes private ownership
    I know that many conservative French women like their socialist leader Hollande – among other things, he is an active warrior. However, what he's doing internally would look rather terrifying to me. It's not just about huge tax rates for the rich anymore. A story hasn't made it to the world ...
  • Superdeterminism: the ultimate conspiracy theory
    Sabine Hossenfelder has informed her readers that she was just writing a paper when she was pregnant and awaiting her daughters in hospital in late 2010. The nurses were hoping that she was writing something like Harry Potter IX: Employed As Chair Umpire In the Empires of Vampires but they didn' ...
  • NYT prints a demagogic essay on women in science
    The New York Times have published a manipulative article about women in STEM fields, Why Are There Still So Few Women in Science? by Eileen Pollack, a writer of a sort and a professor in the humanities who has received an undergraduate physics degree. She describes her – and not only her – h ...

Tatumba 2.0

  • Morsi supporters clash with police in Egypt, 5 ...
    Security forces and Islamist protesters clashed around the country Sunday, leaving 51 killed, as a national holiday celebrating the military turned to mayhem. Crowds from Egypt’s two rival camps — supporters of the ousted Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi, and backers of the military that ...
  • Is the Promissory Note Even Enforceable?
    from Deadly Clear: When all is said and done the courts come back to the main premise, “Did you pay?”. That is so injudicious on so many levels. The deeper we get into securitization and contract law we soon realize (after dissection) there is one very basic question being ignored – “Is the Prom ...
  • John Greyson, Tarek Loubani unable to leave Egypt
    Two Canadians released from an Egyptian prison after being held without charges for seven weeks were barred from flying out of the country on Sunday, Cairo airport officials said. CBC | Top Stories News I fund CBC with my tax dollars so now they fund me. Related posts: John Greyson, Tar ...
  • Members of Anonymous indicted for ‘Operation P ...
    from RTAmerica: The Federal Government is cracking down on a group of hacktivist for allegedly being associated with the online collective, Anonymous. Thirteen alleged members have been indicted over “Operation Payback” and RT’s Sam Sacks breaks down the details over the allege ...
  • U.S. al-Qaeda raids in Somalia, Libya trigger ...
    Two U.S. raids in Africa show the United States is pressuring al-Qaeda, officials said on Sunday, though a failure in Somalia and an angry response in Libya also highlighted Washington’s problems. CBC | Top Stories News I fund CBC with my tax dollars so now they fund me. Related po ...

Modern Survivalism

  • Survival Preparedness With Limited Resources
    Prepping for survival can seem overwhelming, especially when just starting with limited resources. Lets look at the scenario where you don’t have much money, you’re on a tight budget, but you’re convinced and motivated that you need to begin prepping for an uncertain future. Ho ...
  • Emergency Documentation To Keep In 72 Hour Kit
    In addition to the items you keep in your 72 hour kit, bug-out-bag, or any survival kit, do not discount the value of keeping a written list of information including important contacts, and even account numbers with simple encryption – as explained here… (updated)   Although you ...
  • 10 Personal Security Tips For Hotel Stays
    Here is a practical list of personal security tips for those who stay in hotels while traveling for business or pleasure…   Select a hotel room on the third to fifth floor which will generally keep you out of reach of criminal activity from the street but still within reach of most fi ...
  • Safety And Security At Home
    The following is a list of home safety and security precautions including deterrents to consider at your home, what to do when callers are at the door, answering the phone, if you suspect an intruder, when you’re going away, and deterrents outside the home…   INSIDE & AROUND ...
  • We Are Going To Have A Loss Of Life On A Globa ...
    “The bubble in debt that we have on a global scale, is, without at doubt, the greatest threat to human kind. Greater than nuclear exchange, because when that debt bubble bursts, resources will become scarce. That’s what it really comes down to…through the mechanism of hyperinfl ...

Fast Company

  • 10 Most Popular Stories Of The Week: Robot Jel ...
    1. A Scientific Guide To Maximizing Your Impact On Twitter, Facebook, And Other Digital Media Fast Company When's the best time to tweet on Twitter, post on Facebook, and email newsletters? Social media can be confusing, and we're here to help. 2. 10 Ways To Lose Your Best Employees Fast Co ...
  • This Is What Pharrell's Casio Keyboard Would L ...
    It's made from materials like volcanic ash and crystal, as if it had been discovered in an ancient tomb and smashed from its protective fossil shell like a geode. But, of course, the carbon dating won't be necessary––any casual observer can see that this Casio MT–500 keyboard c ...
  • Who Will Live In Facebook's New Company Apartm ...
    At first glance, Facebook's plan to partner on an apartment building within walking distance of its Menlo Park headquarters sounds like an extension of its utopian work environment. The company already feeds its employees three meals each day, does their dry cleaning, fixes their bikes and offer ...
  • The Recommender: Natalia Rodriguez, Exploiter ...
    More Recommendations Christian Gaffney, Who Can Make You A Mean Mac & Cheese Design–Savvy Senior Writer Mark Wilson Gabe Stein, The Nerd In The Back With The PalmPilot Name: Natalia Rodriguez Role at Fast Company: Fast Co. Labs Editorial Intern. Natalia landed her internship by crea ...
  • A Handmade Handbag, From A New Matchmaking Sit ...
    Take a stroll through the world's artisan fairs or flea markets (there are a lot) and you'll find that one–of–a–kind crafts present an easy escape from big–box stores and dime–a–dozen consumer goods––for the shopper. It's more complicated for the a ...

Jadaliyya

  • Egypt News Update (6 October 2013)
    [This is a collection of news updates on Egypt compiled from multiple sources by the editors.] Counter Rallies, Clashes on Egypt's War Anniversary One dead as clashes begin in Egypt on anniversary of war against Israel; thousands celebrate the army while others stage counter protests. Protest ...
  • Is Algeria an Anti-Imperialist State?
    In the last two years, several articles and analyses have attempted to decrypt Algeria’s ambiguous position toward Western imperialist interventions in Libya and Mali. In contrast to its assertive and resolute diplomacy of the 1960s and 1970s, the Algerian regime confused more than one observer, ...
  • Maghreb Media Roundup (October 5)
    [This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on the Maghreb and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Maghreb Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to maghreb@jadali ...
  • Syria Media Roundup (October 5)
    [This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Syria and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Syria Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to syria@jadaliyya.com by Mond ...
  • O.I.L. Monthly Edition on Jadaliyya (September ...
    [This is a monthly archive of pieces written by Jadaliyya contributors and editors on the Occupations, Interventions,and Law (O.I.L.) Page. It also includes material published on other platforms that editors deemed pertinent to post as they provide diverse depictions of O.I.L.-related topics. Th ...

mediagazer

  • Using Twitter to Move the Markets (David Carr/ ...
    David Carr / New York Times: Using Twitter to Move the Markets  —  Last week, while everyone was wondering what Twitter is worth after the unveiling of its I.P.O., I spent some time on a little different math.  How much could a single post on Twitter be worth?  — ...
  • Nielsen Twitter TV Rating arrives Monday, show ...
    Wall Street Journal: Nielsen Twitter TV Rating arrives Monday, shows gap between Twitter and mass-market popularity  —  Tweets Provide New Way to Gauge TV Audiences  —  Data Show Differences Between Social-Media Service's Users, Mass-Market Viewers  —& ...
  • BBC places next-generation iPlayer at heart of ...
    Tara Conlan / Guardian: BBC places next-generation iPlayer at heart of digital strategy  —  Director general Tony Hall to outline corporation's plans for more personalised version of its successful on-demand service  —  The BBC's successful iPlayer on-demand serv ...
  • Cruz's 21-Hour Speech Fueled a Ratings Jump at ...
    Brian Stelter / New York Times: Cruz's 21-Hour Speech Fueled a Ratings Jump at C-Span2  —  Given the meager approval ratings the public has consistently given Congress, it might seem surprising that anyone watches the unblinking live shots of the Senate and House on television.& ...
  • Kids Won't Read Investigative Journalism - But ...
    Eric Johnson / AllThingsD: Kids Won't Read Investigative Journalism — But Maybe They'll Play a Videogame With the Same Message  —  It's hard enough to get adults to read serious journalism online.  Even on its homepage, the Center for Investigative Reporting has &ldqu ...

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World News - Top Stories

  • DRC Signals Progress in Kampala Talks
    Margaret Besheer KINSHASA — Members of a U.N. Security Council delegation visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo say they have reassuring signs from the government that it wants a positive outcome to talks with M23 rebels in the east. Kinshasa also expressed its commitment to implementi ...
  • APEC leaders seeks ways to foster growth
    AP Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is urging Asian business and political leaders to do more to counter the economic headwinds...
  • China refutes Japan's concern over mariti ...
    BALI, Indonesia - A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman on Sunday rejected concerns raised by the Japanese side on the so-called maritime security and China's maritime activities. Qin Gang made the remarks when asked by press ahead of...
  • UN labour agency urges revision of migrat ...
    (Source: UN - United Nations) UN labour agency urges revision of migration policies after Lampedusa incident The Italian coastguard brings survivors of Thursday's tragedy to the harbour in Lampedusa. AMSA/UNHCR 5 October 2013 - The head of the United Nations labour agency today called fo ...
  • Germany hands over military base to Afgha ...
    BERLIN (AP) â Germany is handing over a key military base in northern Afghanistan to local security forces as part of the gradual pullout of Western forces in the coming years. According to prepared...

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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 Performances
    Rory 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 birds
    Snails 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: Photos
    National 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

  • 10/3/13 - Historical Timeline: History of the ...
    undergod.procon.org – Historical Timeline: History of the US Pledge of Allegiance & the Phrase "under God" – Our updated timeline includes entries ranging from an 1887 campaign to promote patriotism in public schools to President Eisenhower officially adding "under God" to the Pledge on June ...
  • 10/2/13 - Are Cell Phones Safe?
    cellphones.procon.org - Are Cell Phones Safe? - Read our updated question with statements from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (general reference), the FCC (pro), epidemiologist Lennart Hardell MD, PhD, (con), and other researchers, physicists, activists, and organiz ...
  • 9/30/13 - NEW ProCon.org Website! - Is a Coll ...
    college-education.procon.org NEW ProCon.org Website! -  Is a College Education Worth It? - Our 48th website explores the pros and cons in the debate over college education. Proponents of college education say that college is worth it because college graduates have higher employment rates, ...
  • 9/27/13 - New Jersey Becomes 14th State to Leg ...
    gaymarriage.procon.org – New Jersey Becomes 14th State to Legalize Gay Marriage – The State Superior Court decision is the first court ruling that a state must allow same-sex marriage on the basis of the US Supreme Court decision that struck down part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA ...
  • 9/20/13 - 241 Books Citing ProCon.org
    www.procon.org - - 241 Books Citing ProCon.org - We've added another 40 books to the list of published texts citing ProCon.org research. Some of the authors who used ProCon.org in their works include Glenn Beck, Mark Bittman, Newt Gingrich, Stefan Halper, Dick Morris, Condoleezza Rice, Michael S ...

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environment 360

  • New Hurricane Sandy Models Are Most Detailed V ...
    The most striking visualizations to date of Hurricane Sandy, which devastated parts of the U.S. East Coast last year, show in great detail the storm's evolution and path. Developed using state-of-the-art computer models Click to Enlarge Mel Shapiro, NCAR Temperature model of Sandy ...
  • Top Climate Scientists Assess Latest Report fr ...
    Yale Environment 360 asked some leading climate scientists to discuss what they consider to be the most noteworthy or surprising findings in the recently released report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s working group on the physical science of a warming world.
  • Forum: Climate Scientists Assess The Latest Re ...
    The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a report last week containing the latest data and scientific assessments of the physical science of climate change. It is one of three so-called “working group” reports that will be released in advance of the IPCC’s Fifth ...
  • Iceland Seeks to Cash In On Its Abundant Renew ...
    Still reeling from recent financial crises, Iceland is hoping to use its bountiful sources of geothermal and hydroelectric energy to help boost its economy. Among the country’s more ambitious plans is an undersea cable to carry renewably generated electricity to the U.K. BY CHERYL KATZ
  • Small Rainforest Predators Are Photographed an ...
    The west African country of Gabon is known for its gorillas, elephants, and other large animal species, but a recent study has shed light on little-known rainforest predators that could face increasing pressure from the View Gallery Laila Bahaa-el-din African civet bushmeat trade. ...

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Hudson New York

  • UK Charity Commission Permits Hamas Charity
    On 12 September, William Shawcross, chairman of Britain's Charity Commission, addressed a crowd of leading experts and representatives from the British charitable and financial sectors, and announced that: We are stepping up our work to prevent and
  • Is the British Establishment Legitimizing Apar ...
    Is the British establishment giving in to a harmful aspect of Islamic fundamentalism? On 16 September, a British judge said a Muslim defendant could wear the veil for all parts of her trial, expect when giving evidence to the jury. According to the
  • British Education: Creeping Sharia
    A taxpayer-funded Muslim school in England has inflamed public anger after it emerged that the institution is operating according to Islamic Sharia law. Islamic fundamentalists running the Al-Madinah School in Derby, an industrial city in central
  • What Abbas Missed in His UN Speech
    As Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was delivering his speech at the General Assembly of the United Nations last week, one of his officials in Ramallah revealed that 250,000 out of the approximately 600,000 Palestinians in Syria have been
  • Palestinian Propaganda Invades the Arts in Canada
    Palestinian propaganda has been ramped up a notch, using the prominent Toronto Film Festivals, in a manipulation of the arts to emotionalize its message. The Sixth Annual Toronto Palestine Film Festival (TPFF) opened on Saturday September 28th, on the

Urban Survival

  • Saturday Housekeeping: Kohn in the Wings?
    That “wild trade” that I put on Thursday was beginning to look like a turkey by late Friday and maybe that $100 lotto ticket will blow up…so we’ll scan the news this morning and look at signs and portents.  And sniff around the Economic Stabilization Fund again, whic ...
  • “Land of Strange” (and the 50.8 Ye ...
    The specifics of the oddities going on in ‘Merica right now have become so widespread and pervasive that I’ve put on a most unusual trade in my personal account as of Thursday.  And by way of explanation, there is a special Peoplenomics report out this morning because this one wouldn’t wait ...
  • Coping: Super-Hype or Game Changer?
    We start off with an email from Peoplenomics subscriber Greg: Hey George, what the heck is this about? Website was only registered a couple of days ago in Panama. Now instead of November the 13th, they’re going to divulge something on the sixth of October? http://www.rememberthe13th.com/ Hmmm… d ...
  • Peoplenomics: Mass Impact News Event Due Monda ...
    Yes, a warning about Monday/Tuesday.  Words like “charm offensive” and “unintended consequences” may be about to sweep over the country.  So, we depart from our usual big picture look at economic life – and how to survive whatever comes next – as we consider w ...
  • How to Frame Healthcare
    We start this morning with a quick glance at how the online implementation of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is doing.  Specifically, the AP headline “Online Delays Signal Strong Demand for Healthcare” stuck me as un-AP-like since it conveys a subtle form of paradigm pandering. Let me ...

Trends & Forecasts

  • The Alex Jones Show:(Commercial Free AUDIO) Su ...
    Washington Chaos and Authoritarian Government Sunday: The Alex Jones Show. Alex Derides The Deplorable Moral Deficit Of Congressional Approval On The Death Of An Unarmed Woman Near The Capitol. Date: 10/06/2013 On this live Sunday, October 6... [[ This is a content summary on ...
  • Market Crash Coming - Economic Collapse 2014
    The US dollar is being steadily DEVALUED, by QE infinity, and the "range bound" you speak of is ARTIFICIAL, it's being caused by the Fed and top 5 American banks, naked shorting paper gold/silver contracts in the futures market, and unreasonable... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit ...
  • *NASA WARNING* NIBIRU Close To Earth NASA Emer ...
    *NASA WARNING* NIBIRU Close To Earth NASA Emergency Warning! Leaked Tommy Parky HD UtubeTrollPolice@Team 2014Visit http://www.newsbooze.com for more >>>>> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://FinanceArmageddon.blogspot.com or http://www.newsbooze.com or http://www.figanews.com ...
  • CORPORATE FASCISM: The Destruction of America' ...
    A new kind of fascism has taken over America: the merger of corporations and government whereby corporate power dominates. With the emergence of ever-larger multinational corporations -- due to consolidation facilitated by the Federal Reserve's... [[ This is a content summary only. V ...
  • Should China Liberalize Its Economy?
    Does China need to liberalize its economy to maintain its economic success? This fundamental debate constitutes the classic challenge facing Beijing today and it is well reflected in this panel discussion between Andrew Sheng and Frank Veneroso... [[ This is a content summary only. ...

Radical Chic

  • STAINS IN A VOID – By: Uzoma Okoroafor
    Our uncle’s death will go down in the memories of the religious as an untimely one. For the traditionalists, a strike by an unkind deity. As a Maths teacher always ready to flog the living daylights out of his dull students, he was nicknamed Mister Pain. I will never forget how he made me write ...
  • WHEN NIGERIAN’S DO STUPID SHIT! – ...
    While it is true that Nigeria is a rather homophobic country, attempts are being made to rebrand it as a country of the daft, lazy and incurably addled. I suppose that this is slightly preferable to being homophobic. In fact, all of those things make homophobia excusable. Now, I’m not pull ...
  • WHEN YOUR KILLER COULD HAVE BEEN A CHILD SOLDI ...
    Although the Liberian war is now over, I cannot wish away the memories. There are nights in my sleep when I still find myself dressed in army uniform, AK-47 ready. On these nights I hear the voices of parents calling their children; others joking, shouting: “Where’s your bunker?” The air cracks ...
  • CRAZY IS A LOT MORE COMPLICATED THAN YOU THINK
    I’m crazy. Nobody has to tell me. I’ve known this for a while now. It’s probably crazy that I think I’m crazy because that in itself might make me seem less crazy; but trust me, I’m crazy. I do a lot of crazy things. Crazy things like playing chess against myself an ...
  • BODY HOSTAGE
     A gun wasn’t held to my head. No, this was a threat that was entirely different. It was 9a.m. I had just finished a grueling maths class and I was dreading going for the next lecture. Exams were coming up and there was a lot I needed to learn. While I struggled to gather my [...]

NRDC Switchboard

  • Reason Takes a Holiday: Day 6: Daily Dings to ...
    Scott Slesinger, Legislative Director, Washington, DC “Some people claim that there's a woman to blame But I know it's my own damn fault” —Jimmy Buffet, "Margaritaville" Politicians in Washington keep trying to blame the other ...
  • Melting Sea Ice Means Uncertain Future for Wal ...
    Zack Strong, Wildlife Advocate, Bozeman, Montana Huge, tough, impervious to cold.  Long, sharp tusks.  Fierce enough to defend themselves against polar bears and killer whales.  A diet of shellfish that many cultures consider delicaci ...
  • Reason Takes a Holiday: Day 5: Daily Dings to ...
    Scott Slesinger, Legislative Director, Washington, DC "It can be truly said, that I have a bat in my belfry.”—The Joker in the movie "Batman." The Joker is certainly right about those who instigated the government shutdown. Every day, ...
  • Ocean Stewardship is Compromised as Government ...
    Alexandra Adams, Oceans Advocate, Washington, D.C. While the clock ticks away through the House Republican shutdown of the federal government, political gamesmanship translates into real impacts to our environment, oceans and the resources we rely o ...
  • Latin America Green News: frost devastates Chi ...
    Denée Reaves, Program Assistant, International, Washington, D.C. Latin America Green News is a selection of weekly news highlights about environmental and energy issues in Latin America. September 30 – October 4, 2013 Chile Chile’s S ...

Injustice Everywhere

  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 8 reports of police misconduct tracked for Thursday, March 7, 2013: Mcallen, Texas: A federal grand jury indicted three more law enforcement officers on drug conspiracy charges. The indictment charges them with conspiring to possess with intent … Continue reading →Nation ...
  • CBS News: Bad Cops on the Job
    More here.CBS News: Bad Cops on the Job is a post from PoliceMisconduct.net
  • ACLU Looks into Militarization Trend in Police ...
    From Huffington Post: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has launched a nationwide campaign to assess police militarization in the United States. Starting Wednesday, ACLU affiliates in 23 states are sending open records requests to hundreds of state and local … Continue reading &#85 ...
  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 13 reports of police misconduct tracked for Tuesday, March 5, 2013: Update: Denver, Colorado: A police officer has been sentenced to eight years in prison for sexual assault and kidnapping. He was in uniform when he came … Continue reading →National Police Misconduct New ...
  • Worst of the Month – February 2013
    This month it is the story from California where totally innocent people were shot by police during the manhunt for Christopher Dorner.   There is no greater responsibility for a police officer than his/her use of deadly force.  If they get … Continue reading →Worst of ...

Total Collapse

  • DEUTSCHE BANK: All Of Our Clients Are Asking W ...
    It’s looking increasingly likely that Congress plans to resolve the two issues of the government shutdown and the need to raise the debt ceiling together, meaning investors may have to wait a little longer than previously thought for everything to fall into place. In his latest note — titl ...
  • These Are Not the Normal Activities of a Gover ...
    Something is amiss. Most Americans know this – they can feel it deep down inside – even if they don’t know what it is, things just don’t seem right. The signs are everywhere. The headlines are true. The global economy is faltering. The United States has become wholly dependent on the Federal Res ...
  • Saudi black op team behind Damascus chem weapo ...
    The August chemical weapons attack in the Syrian capital’s suburbs was done by a Saudi Arabian black operations team, Russian diplomatic sources have told a Russian news agency. “Based on data from a number of sources a picture can be pieced together. The criminal provocation in Eastern Ghouta w ...
  • Israel and Saudi Arabia are coordinating polic ...
    Associates of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Wednesday, Oct. 2, leaked word to the media that high-ranking Gulf emirate officials had recently visited Israel, signaling a further widening in the rift between Israel and President Barack Obama over his outreach to Tehran. These visits were in l ...
  • Pentagon Warns To Expect “Radical” Change In U ...
    A highly troubling “urgent bulletin” issued earlier today by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) states that it has received information from the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) warning to expect a “radical change” in the government of the United States, possibly within the next fortnight ...

Daily Dose

  • Samsung video ads pitch the Galaxy Gear smartw ...
    Samsung unveiled its Galaxy Gear smartwatch last month, which connects to its Galaxy smartphone via Bluetooth and provides much of the functionality of an Android device without needing to actually touch your phone.... Keep reading →
  • Google has been taking action to demote mugsho ...
    Google has been addressing an issue with mugshot sites to push them down in search results, the New York Times reveals today in an article. Such sites post photos of... Keep reading →
  • Leaked LG manual seems to reveal details of th ...
    The tech world has been teased with bits and pieces of the next smartphone in Google’s Nexus program. Last month, Google leaked what appeared to be the next Nexus in a... Keep reading →
  • 10 of the best multi-platform password manager ...
    Much as we love the Internet and the wondrous range of diverse, entertaining, informative and time-wasting services on offer, we find it hard to keep track of all the passwords... Keep reading →
  • How to apply PR strategies to improve your com ...
    Brad Miller serves as Director of Business Development for Fathom, leading strategic partnership efforts. He has worked in multiple capacities throughout his career including roles in production, management, consulting, and sales.... Keep reading →

Beyond Zero Emissions

  • Bring on the climate solutions!
    After 20 years working on climate change in various roles from research to government to international organisations, my experiences have taught me that to be effective in the change agenda we need to be starting from the point of where we need to be in ten years time, and looking back to th ...
  • No more denying we can act on climate
    During the recent Federal election campaign, BZE received a call from a climate skeptic, inviting us to participate in a debate on climate change. The caller was cagey, she wouldn't even give us her name or affiliation. How did we respond? We politely declined: there is no longer a debate to be ...
  • Beyond Zero Emissions welcomes a new CEO
    It is our pleasure to announce that after a long and exhaustive search we are finally able to announce the appointment of our new Chief Executive Officer - Dr Stephen Bygrave.  Stephen will be commencing as CEO of Beyond Zero Emissions on Monday the 9th of September 2013. Stephen has worked ...
  • Time to ditch the redundant gas network
    By Ben Courtice. RenewEconomy In the record-breaking heatwave that led up to the Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria, an estimated 374 people died due to the heat – before the fires even started. This is more than double the official figure of 173 deaths in the fires themselves. Hot weather ...
  • How to have zero emissions housing – and tiny ...
    By Dominique Hes, The Conversation A new study says that all Australia’s existing housing could be retrofitted to be zero emissions within ten years. Households could halve their energy use and go gas free. Australian households currently spend approximately A$15 billion every year on electr ...

Monga Bay ( News )

  • Myanmar faces new conservation challenges as i ...
    For decades, one of Southeast Asia's largest countries has also been its most mysterious. Now, emerging from years of political and economic isolation, its shift towards democracy means that Myanmar is opening up to the rest of the world. Myanmar forms part of the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot ...
  • Amphibians evolve resistance to popular pesticide
    Rachel Carson and, more recently, Sandra Steingraber have successfully drawn popular attention to the risks of pesticides on wildlife. Many of the environmental consequences of pesticides have now been well documented by scientists; however, studies investigating the evolutionary consequences of ...
  • Governments should respond to ocean acidificat ...
    The oceans are more acidic now than they have been for at least 300m years, due to carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels, and a mass extinction of key species may already be almost inevitable as a result, leading marine scientists warned on Thursday. An international audit of the he ...
  • Climate change could increase diarrheal diseas ...
    Climate change may increase the incidence of diarrheal disease in Botswana, according to a recent study in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. "Diarrheal disease is a very important public health problem in Botswana," said lead author Kathleen Alexander, who le ...
  • Unlikely success: how Zimbabwe has become a gl ...
    With its collapsed economy, entrenched poverty, and political tremors, one would not expect that a country like Zimbabwe would have the capacity to safeguard its rhinos against determined and well-funded poachers, especially as just across the border South Africa is currently losing over two rhi ...

Sierra Express

  • Kei Kamara seals Boro’s victory over Yeovil
    Middlesbrough thrashed Yeovil 4-1 to clock their first victory of the season at Riverside, goals from Grant Leadbitter, Adomah, Jacob Butterfield, and new boy from Sierra Leone Kei Kamara sealed it with a powerful header from a corner.  (Photo: Kei Kamara in action) Newly promoted Yeovil arrived ...
  • Sierra Leone Ports Authority response to missi ...
    Following several publications and discussions in the print and electronic media on the alleged missing 66 containers and 7 vehicles at the Queen Elizabeth II Quay, the Management of the Sierra Leone Ports Authority (SLPA) wishes to establish the following: That the conduct of the auction proces ...
  • Deputy Internal Affairs Minister calls for pri ...
    The Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr Sheka Tarawally, aka Shekito, has admonished Prison Officers in the country to treat inmates humanely. “Prisoners are human beings and no matter what crime they may be accused of, or convicted for, their rights must be respected,’’ he stressed. Mr. Tar ...
  • ‘I will do more for my country’ – Issa Kamara
    Sierra Leone’s number one professional squash player who is based in Turkey, Issa Kamara, told squash stakeholders at the Freetown Gold Club over the weekend that he loved his country and that he was ready to support and organize tournaments for young squash players in order to enhance their ski ...
  • General Sfano to embark on food security campaign
    A very senior official at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security, Mr. Mohamed Conteh, has disclosed to this medium that the King of Pop in Sierra Leone, General Sfano has gained the attention of the Head of Information, Education and Communications, (IEC) Mr. Daramy and other se ...

Dairy Industry - NZ Herald

  • Commodity prices up again - closing on record high
    New Zealand commodity prices rose for a third straight month in September, edging closer to the record set in April, led by a jump in the price of wool to an 18-month high.The
  • World dairy prices up 2.4pc overnight (+graphic)
    Prices of dairy products rose in the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, paced by whole and skim milk powder, the biggest products by volume, while overall volumes stabilised.The GDT Price Index, previously known as the GDT-TWI...
  • Fran O'Sullivan: Danone compo wrangle escalates
    French dairy company Danone invoked the dispute mechanism in its multimillion-dollar contract with Fonterra after it met Prime Minister John Key in Paris last week to discuss the NZ firm's refusal to stump up major financial damages...
  • Smaller co-ops outdo Fonterra with payouts
    Hokitika dairy co-operative Westland Milk Products and Waikato's Tatua outperformed their far larger competitor, Fonterra, for farmer payouts over the 2012/13 year.Westland Milk, the country's second-biggest co-operative after Fonterra,...
  • Tatua Dairy payout dips - tougher year ahead
    Tatua Co-operative Dairy said it put in a positive performance over 2012/13 but that the current financial year would be much tougher.The tiny Waikato dairy cooperative said its payout for the 2012/13 season just finished would...

Hit & Run | Reason

  • David Harsanyi on the Government Shutdown
    There is a metaphysical truth that most small-government types would likely agree on but rarely admit: Most of the time, doing nothing is a lot more constructive than doing something. And as David Harsanyi observes, no one's done nothing quite like the John Boehner-led House of Repre ...
  • Sheldon Richman Explains How Government Treats ...
    The government “closed” this week. The quotation marks are meant to indicate that the worst parts of the government remain open at some level. The government is so entwined in our lives that even a partial shutdown has hurt innocent people. Sheldon Richman shows how the U.S. governm ...
  • US Strikes in Somalia, Libya Target Terror Sus ...
    Whatever you'd prefer to call it, the war on terror continues . From the Washington Post: U.S. Navy SEALs carried out an overnight raid on the Somali seaside home of a leader of the al- Qaeda-linked group al-Shabab, U.S. officials said Saturday, an operation that suggests how wo ...
  • The Spirit of 1976
    Writing in The Nation, Rick Perlstein contrasts Miriam Carey, the unarmed woman who was shot by police this week after an altercation at the White House gate, with Chester Plummer, the man shot when he scaled the president's fence in 1976. Carey has received much more attention th ...
  • Ultimate Govt Shutdown Vid: Planet of the Apes ...
    If you think this government shutdown sucks, just wait until we master time travel. This video was previously posted on ReasonTV's Instagram account. Visit http://instagram.com/reasontv for more video clips and behind-the-scenes photos. Watch the vid by ...

Mercury Rising

  • Don’t Look Now, But Wind Power’s O ...
    It truly is. From an editorial in the October 4, 2013 Virginian-Pilot: The U.S. Energy Information Administration produces an “Annual Energy Outlook” that attempts to predict costs for power plants that come online in 2018. Cheap natural gas has substantially changed the equation in ...
  • NSA in the News
    The Guardian had almost a dozen articles relevant to the wiretapping of Americans by NSA. There were several slide shows on how the NSA has been attacking TOR. A non-technical summary of what they say is given by James Ball, Bruce Schneier, and Glenn Greenwald here. A more technical summary by B ...
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  • Republicans Freaked Out That Obama’s Not ...
    Greg Sargent’s reminding everyone of John Boehner’s promise never to allow a default on America’s debts (which means that there’s really no point in Democrats caving to any of his demands) must have set off the klaxons at GOP Messaging Central, because a few hours later R ...

Reality Sandwich

  • Sex in the News
    Mothers, their sons and porn, public masturbation as an act of female empowerment, 300 sandwiches until marriage, why Stoya isn't into using condoms in porn, and more in this week's update.  read more
  • The Astrology of Russel Brand
    "It's difficult to believe in yourself because the idea of self is an artificial construction. You are, in fact, part of the glorious oneness of the universe. Everything beautiful in the world is within you."  --Russell Brand read more
  • The Wikipedia Battle for Rupert Sheldrake's Bi ...
    Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; King Henry V William Shakespeare As dreary as the task was, I delved into Rupert Sheldrake’s bio on Wikipedia and started examining the sources for just one statement from this totally over the top biased paragraph with six accusations ...
  • It Takes a Village: Peer-to-peer Milksharing
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  • Psi in the News
    Dr. Andreas Sommer discusses the developmental history of the poltergeist, Dr. Ray Hyman tells us how to deal with dubious claims, Robert McLuhan discusses unghostly ghosts, and more in this edition of psi in the news.  On October 8th and 15th, dream researcher Ryan Hurd will be offering ...

Desertification

  • OP-ED: Sustainable Development Goals After 2015
    Reducing the proportion of undernourished people by half until 2015 was one of the Millennium Development Goals that the international community set in 2000. It will not be reached: At least 870 million people worldwide – and one child in five – still go hungry; this in a world where we already ...
  • Trinidad’s Farmers Outpaced by Climate C ...
    Dalchan Singh, a root crop farmer and board member of the Agricultural Society of Trinidad and Tobago, says the past year has seen drastic changes in the weather of this twin-island Caribbean nation. Normally, the rainy season starts in June and continues during the months of July and August, he ...
  • Dwindling Water Supplies Make Every Drop Count
    Drought and chronic water shortages played a significant role in sparking Syria’s civil war and in unrest throughout much of the Middle East, water experts now believe. Around the world, water demand already exceeds supply in regions with more than 40 percent of the world’s populatio ...
  • Water Scarcity Could Drive Conflict or Cooperation
    When the General Assembly declared 2013 the International Year of Water Cooperation (IYWC) three years ago, the U.N.’s highest policy-making body was conscious of the perennial conflicts triggered by competition over one of the world’s most critical finite resources. Current and past ...
  • OP-ED: Rising Temperature, Rising Food Prices
    Agriculture as it exists today developed over 11,000 years of rather remarkable climate stability. It has evolved to maximize production within that climate system. Now, suddenly, the climate is changing. With each passing year, the agricultural system is becoming more out of sync with the clima ...

Blogging Canadians

  • $ 200 Billion to see stupid men kicking balls ...
    I wonder what the people in poor  countries think when they see the sheikdoms  throw billions of dollars away on frivolous pastimes (in my opinion) when that kind of money could have been used to teach the poor in Africa and elsewhere how to cultivate and grow food and livestock which ...
  • Life without electricity in flooded Toronto
    In my area of Toronto, we SUFFERED for six LONG hours.  Yeh, I know ... that's laughable ... but that's how much pampered and dependent on the niceties of comfort we have become.  Even six hours was hard to take. There are some areas of Toronto where people are still without power so I ...
  • Rough and rude treatment of travellers by Cana ...
       Complaints pile up over airport border guardsReports show pattern of rude, disrespectful treatment of travellers by CBSA agents "Dozens of travellers arriving home at Ottawa International Airport have filed complaints about rude treatment and harassment by Canada Border Services ...
  • Vatican prostitution ring was a fake, but deep ...
    It turns out that rumours about a gay prostitution ring operating in the Vatican were unsubstantiated. However, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t serious problems there. As Pope Francis himself admitted, there is indeed a gay lobby operating in the Vatican. A few weeks ago we also ...
  • The Seasons Test: Are People Too Stupid for De ...
    Last week, an interesting story flashed around the world’s media: in pretty much every country, men are much more knowledgeable about politics than women. Now, you might think that journalists would be disturbed at their failure in this regard. You might think there would be some public so ...

Press TV - Middle East

  • ‘779,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon’
    The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says the total official number of Syrians who have fled the ongoing violence in their homeland, and crossed borders into neighboring Lebanon has reached 779,000.
  • 'Obama must pick Israel or Americans’
    A political commentator says US President Barack Obama must choose between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the national interests of the United States, Press TV reports.
  • Destroying Syria chem. weapons starts
    A team of international disarmament inspectors has started the process of destroying Syria’s stockpile of chemical weapons and the machinery used to produce them.
  • ‘Israel stripped US of sovereignty’
    A political commentator says the “severe” influence exerted by the Israeli lobby on the US administration over the past century has taken away the country’s “sovereignty,” Press TV reports.
  • Mortar attack kills eight in Damascus
    At least eight people have been killed when foreign-sponsored militants operating inside Syria targeted a Christian neighborhood of the capital, Damascus.

Congressional Budget Office Director's Blog

  • The United States is Experiencing the Longest ...
    The rate of unemployment in the United States has exceeded 8 percent since February 2009, making the past three years the longest stretch of high unemployment in this country since the Great Depression. CBO projects that the unemployment rate will remain above 8 percent until 2014. The share of ...
  • Models Used by the Military Services to Develo ...
    The military services—the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps—use modeling techniques to inform parts of their annual budget requests. As directed by the Congress in the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act, today’s CBO study provides information on the models used ...
  • Treatment of PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury b ...
    More than 2 million service members have deployed in support of overseas contingency operations (OCO) in Iraq and Afghanistan since October 2001. Two combat-related conditions that affect some OCO veterans and that have generated widespread concern among policymakers are post-traumatic stress di ...
  • Presentation to the National Economists Club
    Yesterday I spoke to the National Economists Club on our recently released Budget and Economic Outlook. My remarks reiterated much of what I said in several of last week’s blog posts: CBO Releases the Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2022 Fundamental Fiscal Challenge How ...
  • Federal Budget Deficit Totaled $349 Billion fo ...
    The federal government accumulated a budget deficit of $349 billion for the first four months of fiscal year 2012, CBO estimates in its latest Monthly Budget Review, $70 billion less than the shortfall recorded for the same period last year. Without shifts in the timing of certain payments, howe ...

Naked Scientists - News

  • DEET detector discovered
    The chemical receptor on the mosquito antenna for the insect repellent DEET has been discovered by US scientists. DEET - N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide - was first used over 60 years ago and remains the...
  • Jetlag-resistant mice
    Mice that don't suffer jetlag have been developed by scientists in Japan, a breakthrough that might enable weary travellers to settle into new time zones more quickly. Almost all organisms, including...
  • New Brain Cells for Parkinson's
    Scientists at Kyoto University are developing an exciting new treatment which might one day provide real hope for sufferers of Parkinson's disease. Parkinson's is a degenerative disease in which the ...
  • No More Needles!
    Researchers have developed a new kind of breathable vaccine, a paper released in the journal Science announced this week. When most of us think of a vaccine, we think of a needle shot in the arm. How...
  • Can dog food reduce chemo side-effects?
    An antioxidant added to dog food could reduce the side-effects of Taxol - a chemotherapy drug, new research from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has found. Taxol is used to treat common ...

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Care2 - Environment

  • Stop Law Endangering Farm Animals - ForceChang ...
    The U.S. Congress is negotiating a final bill, called the Farm Bill, that would repeal dozens of animal protection laws. According to the Humane Society, this new bill would repeal protections relating to animal confinement, horse slaughter, puppy mill. Submitted by marie J. to Animals  | ...
  • Giant Squid Washes Up on Spanish Beach
    A giant squid, whose oversized eyes and gargantuan blob of a body make it look more mythical than real beast, washed ashore Tuesday (Oct. 1) at La Arena beach in the Spanish community of Cantabria. Submitted by Giana Peranio-paz to Animals  |   Note-it!  |  &n ...
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    Goal: Implement a state-wide and nation-wide ban outlawing pet monkey ownership. Submitted by marie J. to Animals  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
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    Silicon-free solar cells, light and flexible enough to roll up or use as window blinds, are under development at a University of Alberta lab. Submitted by Michael O. to Science & Tech  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

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    By my signature below, I oppose PL13-0011 and the effort to house 5 tigers - wild animals for commercial use for filming at 11077 Pacific View Road, Malibu, California 90265, a residential neighborhood. Submitted by Cher C. to Animals  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
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    Every minute on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, five football fields of rainforest are cleared for timber and replaced with pulpwood, rubber and oil palm plantations. Submitted by Cher C. to Environment  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
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    The quotes in the story and the comments below it will make you laugh...and cry over how misinformed people are. Submitted by Roseann D. to Health & Wellness  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
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    Across the country, the public can pet, feed, pose with, and play with wild animals at malls, fairs, and roadside zoos for fees ranging from $10 to $500. To facilitate such unsafe handling, baby tigers, lions, bears, and primates are Submitted by Cher C. to Animals  |   Note-it! ...
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Articles and Answers 2011

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    aspe.hhs.gov/health/reports/2013/MarketplacePremiums/ib_premiumslandscape.pdf. Filed under: Government, Health and wellness, News and politics Tagged: ACA, HHS, Marketplace Premiums, Obamacare, PPACA
  • TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Ted Cruz’s filibuster a ...
    TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Ted Cruz’s filibuster against Obamacare | The Washington Post. Filed under: News and politics
  • Health Plan Rates for State of Illinois
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 24, 2013 Governor Quinn Announces Health Plan Rates are 25 Percent Below HHS Estimates 95 Percent of Illinois Residents will have Access to at Least 34 Plans Rates Will Be as Low as $120 Per Month … Continue reading →
  • Obamacare Myths
    Obamacare Myths. Filed under: Government, Health and wellness, Health, Uninsured, News and politics Tagged: Elections 2014, Fact Check, Myths, Obamacare, PPACA
  • U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
    U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Filed under: Government, International, News and politics, U.S. Military, War Tagged: Sarin Gas Victims, Syria, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Video

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