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Ian Welsh

  • Hope you’re all having a good Christmas
    me, I’m eating duck, so Christmas is good.
  • The Decline and Fall of Post War Liberalism an ...
    In the Anglo-US world post-War liberalism has been on the defensive since the 70s.  This is normally shown through various wage or wealth graphs, but I’m going to show two different ones.  The first, to the right, is the number of strikes involving more than 1K workers.  Fascinating, eh? T ...
  • Living in a rich society
    We, in the West, live in scarcity economies.  The key bottleneck resources are scarce, and the decision has been made to keep them scarce.  Our entire economic policy from about 1979 can be summarized as follows: ordinary people cannot be allowed to have a real raise which translates into spendi ...
  • The Fed’s Taper Decision
    The Fed had finally decided to reduce purchases (from 85 billion a month to 75 billion.)  I will simply note that 10 billion from the Fed doesn’t matter all that much when other Central Banks (like the the Bank of Japan) are also doing the same thing (and Japan is talking about increasing ...
  • Extinction is Guaranteed if We Do Not Colonize ...
    The Earth is a dangerous place, and humans make it more so.  There are many scenarios, from nuclear war, to designer diseases, to nanotech goo, too environmental catastrophe where we can wipe ourselves out.  Further, there are events almost entirely beyond our control, like meteor impacts, which ...

Media Consortium

Reality Asserts Itself

  • Drug Wars in Juarez Fuels Boom in El Paso
    My colleague Malak Behrouznami recently returned from Juarez Mexico where she grew up as a child. She as a wonderful heritage - her father is Iranian and her Mother is Mexican. She went Juarez for family and journalistic reasons. One of her objectives was to find out why Juarez has become a terr ...
  • PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI NEGOTIATIONS TO NOWHERE NO ...
    A few months ago when shooting a documentary in the Middle East, we met Zeina, a 13-year-old Palestinian living in a Beirut refugee camp. She was traumatized as she watched the Israeli Gaza war on television. It changed her life. She now thinks of revenge and cannot understand the Israeli childr ...
  • FROM JOE McCARTHY TO GLEN BECK – TIME TO END F ...
    I listened to Glen Becks "Restoring Honor" speech today hoping to find something of substance to write about. I found a stringing together of such empty phrases it does not bear discussion.  The more important issue is why a man whose megalomania seems to have no bounds can become ...
  • PAKISTAN FLOODS AND A FAILED POLICY - UN Sec. ...
    Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, says of the flooding in Pakistan "The world has never seen such a disaster. It's much beyond anybody's imagination". At least 20 million people have lost their homes, more than 1600 have died, and disease and hunger will c ...
  • China and the end of the end of history
    Many economists and political analysts think the current recovery, as it's being called, is a rather temporary phenomenon. Many expect the recession to kick back in, and perhaps within a few years get much more serious. What does that mean in terms of the future of the world economy and worl ...

Open Your Eyes News

  • SO LONG, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH
    21st September 2013 – It is with a heavy heart that I have to announce that Open Your Eyes News is to be closing down with immediate effect. I would like to especially thank Kim for his technical expertise, my co-founder Collin for helping get it all off the ground 6 years ago, our 3 longe ...
  • Message from Health & Environment Editor, Janet
    My moniker has been the Biochemist. I’m writing this on behalf of the other editors and technical staff involved with Open Your Eyes News. I, personally, have been involved with OYE News since early June 2009. The first time I met with James was on the 9th June. I started posting by 30th of June ...
  • Image of the week – Technology
  • Quote of the week – Einstein on War
    “I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones”- Einstein
  • Wave of Iraq car bombings kill at least 48 peo ...
    ABC – At least 17 car bombs have exploded across Iraq, killing about 48 people and wounding 130 as sectarian violence continues to surge. The blasts mainly targeted Shiite majority cities and towns. The deadliest violence was in and around the city of Hilla, the predominantly Shiite capita ...

L.A. Times - Greenspace

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Energy Probe - Nuclear Power,Utility Reform

  • The Deniers on CBC Radio's 'Ideas'
    The science is settled - is now the mantra of climate change activism? Those who disagree are either in denial or in the pay of an oil company. But long time environmentalist and energy activist Lawrence Solomon says no, the science is not settled on global warming. Ideas producer David Cayley b ...

Margaret's News

  • Reinstate Teacher Who Supported Trayvon Martin ...
    arget: Superintendent Jacqueline Cassell Goal: To reinstate Brooke Harris, an eighth grade teacher who was fired after supporting a fundraiser benefitting Trayvon Martins family. The Trayvon Martin case has already caused a storm of controversy, Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World &n ...
  • "Ive Been Duped" - Reflections on Israel and P ...
    Do you know the frustration you feel when you believed in something strongly and then you realize that the information that made you believe was from a source with an agenda to deceive? Submitted by Ken D. to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • What people will do for beauty: 8 Grossest Spa ...
    uh..the title says it all :) Submitted by Vicky P. to Offbeat  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • White House sees more pain for Iran as it clea ...
    Aggressive war is illegal, immoral against nations that are no threat, is nonbelligerent & it is insane! Call your Reps. Tell your friends, rouse up the good folk in your church,mosque and synagouge. We must stop this exported violence or we are screwed. Submitted by michael hall to World &nbs ...
  • Iran Bashing, Terrorism, and Who Chose the Cho ...
    Dedicated to the long-suffering Palestinians and Iranians who have been sidelined by the United Nations in favour of the Nuclear Apartheid State of Zionist Israel in the most blatant exercise in International Double Standards that our world has ever known Submitted by Ken D. to World  |&nb ...

Solar Energy / Energy Boom

Worldnews

  • Samsung begins mass producing Galaxy S5's ...
    Samsung plans to bring in the new year with much fervor. Reports suggest that the Korean giant has begun mass production of 5.25-inch QHD (Quad HD) AMOLED display set for the upcoming Galaxy S5. According to a report in...
  • UN troops fire on Uganda rebels in DRC
    A special United Nations (UN) force in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) used helicopters on Wednesday to fire on Ugandan rebels and help government troops retake the town of Kamango after an attack that killed civilians. "South African helicopters in the UN intervention force ...
  • Roger Federer aims to bounce back after t ...
    ANDY Murray, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic open the new season in Abu Dhabi today, with Roger Federer hoping his absence isn't an indicator of more misery ahead. World number one Nadal provided the comeback story of 2013, winning 10 titles including a record eighth French Open and a second ...
  • Terry plans a Chelsea surge in title hunt
    John Terry believes Chelsea are capable of moving clear at the top of the Barclays Premier League in 2014. Chelsea have won one Premier League title since Jose Mourinho's departure in September 2007 – when Carlo Ancelotti led the Blues to a league and FA Cup double in 2009/10 – and were out ...
  • Arsenal's Wilshere says Etihad gesture wa ...
    JACK Wilshere has announced he stuck his middle finger up at a group of Manchester City fans because they abused him about his children. The Football Association handed Wilshere a two-match for the gesture, which came during the second-half of the Gunners' 6-3 defeat at the Etihad Stadium. T ...

Alex in Wonderland

MY Daily Apple

  • Avandia (Rosiglitazone) Does Not Raise Heart A ...
    There is not a higher risk of heart attack and cardiovascular events in patients who take controversial type 2 drug Avandia (rosiglitazone), researchers at the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) reported after carrying out a re-analysis of data from a pivotal study. The DCRI researchers re- ...
  • Promising Results In Early Trial of Novel MS T ...
    Reporting in the journal Science Translational Medicine researchers say a new method for essentially resetting the immune systems of patients with multiple sclerosis appears to be safe. Study co-author Stephen D. Miller of Northwestern University, describes the novel approach tested in this smal ...
  • Summer Deadliest Time of Year for Teen Drivers
    Crashes often linked to distracted driving Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Impaired Driving, Motor Vehicle Safety, Teen Health
  • Fewer Families Struggling to Pay Medical Bills ...
    But some may be skipping needed care altogether, expert says Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Health Insurance, Health Statistics
  • Smokers Cost Employers Thousands More Than Non ...
    About $6000 in extra annual costs stem from more time off, smoking breaks, health care, study shows Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Page: Smoking

Common Dreams

  • UN Human Rights Chief: Surveillance Backlash A ...
    The UN high commissioner for human rights, Navi Pillay. (Photo: EPA)Surveillance revelations have implications for human rights, UN human rights chief Navanethem "Navi" Pillay said during a radio interview Thursday. read more
  • Christmas Day Drone Strike Pounds Pakistan
    Drone strikes in Pakistan--like this one that struck a madrassa last month in Hangu, killing six and wounding many more--have sparked nation-wide anger and protest (Photo: REUTERS/Syed Shah)In what is being reported as the
  • Americans to Wall Street 'Scrooges': Give Your ...
  • Obama's Quiet Gift to Iraq: Hellfire Missiles ...
    People stand among debris at the site of a bomb attack at a marketplace in Baghdad's Doura District December 25, 2013. (Photo: Reuters / Ahmed Malik)The U.S. is quietly shipping hellfire missiles and surveillance drones to war-torn Iraq in an alleged bid to help the government fight the country& ...
  • Egypt Designates Muslim Brotherhood as “Terror ...
    Supporters of ousted Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans during a rally, in Nasser City, Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, July 4, 2013. (Credit: AP/Hassan Ammar)In Egypt, the interim appointed government of Prime Minister Hazem Biblawi, backed by the military junta that made the coup ...

The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

Scotts Contracting

  • StLouis Brick Home Hempcrete Insulation Retrofit
    Design by Scotty-St.Louis Brick Home Hempcrete Exterior Insulation Retrofit CAD Design Wall RValues 4 Inch Layer of Hempcrete = R14.2 Multi Wythe St Louis Brick Building= R5 Total Wall RValue=14.2 My latest quest to Build a Green St.Louis by retrofitting the Brick Buildings located in the St.Lou ...
  • 3rd Grade Solar Science Project-Results,Testin ...
    In my quest to make school fun we decided to test the power of the sun with some kool solar gadgets.  She said it was fun testing the different solar toys and the test results prove that the power of the sun is strongest… This is her project for her class I did my best […]
  • Pt3 Kid Sized Plumbing-Small Biz Energy Effici ...
    This final blog post of the Series-Small Business Energy Efficient Design Build Project.  I will be addressing the Must Have Request of the Client- Two Child Sized Plumbing Fixtures and extra counter area by sink located outside of bathroom.  If you haven’t noticed a design theme ...
  • IPCC Sept 27 Climate Change Press Release
    Added 11/21/2013 YouTube Video: Climate Change 2013 Working Group I: The Physical Science Basis View the press release on the latest IPCC Sept 27 Climate Change Press Release by viewing this pdf at http://www.ipcc.ch/news_and_events/docs/ar5/press_release_ar5_wgi_en.pdf Thank you for stoppi ...
  • CAD Solar SketchUp Design Layout For Shading I ...
    I use a CAD program for optimum Solar Panel Layout for the challenging buildings in the StLouis Region. This allows me to remove the Panels that are affected by Shading Issues. I then Place the CAD drawing onto a Google Earth Location and can provide a Clean Energy Output Report based on the loc ...

Green House - USA Today

Law.com

Iranian.com

  • Iranian dissident and French lawmakers urge ne ...
    French lawmakers invited the head of a previously shunned Iranian dissident group to parliament on Wednesday, aiming to help it gain credibility as a viable opposition to Tehran's government. read more
  • زهر مار ایرانی برای نجات سربازان آمریکایی
    در راهنمای پزشکی فرماندهی مرکزی نیروهای آمریکا در افغانستان تاکید شده است که پادزهر تولید شده در انستیتو رازی تهران، بهترین دارو برای مقابله با نیش مارهای کبرا و انواع دیگر مارهای سمی و خطرناک آسیای میانه است که در افغانستان به فراوانی وجود دارند.
  • نسرین ستوده اعتصاب غذای خود را شکست
    ه گزارش رسیده به کلمه، متعاقب دیدار رضا خندان همسر این زندانی سیاسی و گروهی از فعالان زنان با برخی از نمایندگان و پیگیری های محمدرضا تابش و ابوترابی فرد و مذاکره آنها با رییس مجلس و قوه قضاییه و با برداشتن محدودیت های قضایی از مهراوه خندان، دختر نسرین ستوده، وی به اعتصاب غذای خود پایان داد.read more
  • Iran’s Claim of Drone Capture Is Denied by U.S.
    read more
  • Significant Changes Made to Parchin High Explo ...
    The latest image from DigitalGlobe clearly showing the new blue roofing of the two major buildings, new equipment and materials and the rows of earth piles. Numerous cars present at the site suggest a considerable level of activity at the site.

Most Revolutionary Act

  • How Permaculture Can Save Humanity
      London Food Forest How Permaculture Can Save Humanity and the Earth, but Not Civilization by Toby Hemenway (2013) Film Review Below is another great video on the history of horticulture by permaculturist and ecologist Toby Hemenway. Hemenway’s main premise is that agriculture ...
  • Embarrassing House Foreign Affairs Hearing
    Great clip from Ryan Dawson from House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on extending the US occupation of Afghanistan past 2014. There is total silence when Pentagon officials are asked how much the war in Afghanistan costs and how many GIs have been killed or wounded. Full two hour h ...
  • My New Book Goes Live Today
    My young adult novel goes live today on Smashwords. The ebook (all formats) can be downloaded for $3.99 at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/361351. It’s also available from other purchase links listed at the bottom. Here’s a 3rd and final excerpt from Chapter 24. Below is a You ...
  • Dirty Truths
    Dirty Truths by Michael Parenti (City Lights Books, 1996) Book Review Nearly 17 years old, Michael Parenti’s 1996 Dirty Truths offers an analysis of the national security state that props up monopoly capitalism which is largely missing from scholarly “leftist” literature. ...
  • Deliberative Democracy
    0   Slow Democracy: Rediscovering Community, Bringing Decision Making Back Home by Susan Clark and Woden Teachout Book Review Slow Democracy is about a process known as “deliberative democracy.” This is a type of direct democracy in which community members pla ...

FourWinds10

  • Offshore Fracking Uproar Grows in California I ...
    Aug. 22, 2013 n the three weeks since a Truthout investigation revealed that federal regulators have approved at least two hydraulic fracturing operations in federal waters of the Santa Barbara Channel since 2009, a state commission has launched an investigation into the practice, California law ...
  • Zero Emissions Foolishness and Carbon Credit Rot
  • China's industrial pollution is so bad that it ...
    Oct. 23, 2013 (NaturalNews) China and India combined have more coal-burning energy plants than the rest of the world, and China has more than India. Japanese scientists are openly complaining that the almost 13,000 foot Mt. Fuji is coated with toxic mercury from China's coal burning plants. ...
  • Worldwide Air Pollution Deaths Per Year Number ...
    July 22, 2013 Air pollution may be responsible for more than 2 million deaths around the world each year, according to a new study. The study estimated that 2.1 million deaths each year are linked with fine particulate matter, tiny particles that can get deep into the lungs and cause health prob ...
  • Captain: Massive amount of debris off Hawaii, ...
    The Garden Island, Nov. 25, 2013: Swath of debris spotted off Na Pali Coast [...] Capt.

Crisis Maven

  • The End Game or: How the Dupes were Duped or: ...
    The Euro was probably the most hyped-in currency the world may have ever known. That fact alone should have been reason for suspicion. In this article we contrast some of the eulogies heaped on the Euro back in around 2001/2002 when it was introduced as a tangible currency with these past weeks& ...
  • The End Game or: How the Dupes were Duped or: ...
    The Euro was probably the most hyped-in currency the world may have ever known. That fact alone should have been reason for suspicion. In this article we contrast some of the eulogies heaped on the Euro back in around 2001/2002 when it was introduced as a tangible currency with these past weeks& ...
  • Neutrinos, Physics, Meteors and the Survival o ...
    As you may have noticed, CrisisMaven recently dabbled in speculative thought about the role of a universe-wide encyclopedia cum news service. The reason this came about was that recently at the Large Hadron Collider around Geneva/Switzerland and crossing under the French border a team of scienti ...
  • Neutrinos, Physics, Meteors and the Survival o ...
    As you may have noticed, CrisisMaven recently dabbled in speculative thought about the role of a universe-wide encyclopedia cum news service. The reason this came about was that recently at the Large Hadron Collider around Geneva/Switzerland and crossing under the French border a team of scienti ...
  • Archaeology, the Internet and Neutrinos
    Or: Space and the Universe are a Palimpsest . Most recently Israeli archaeologists unearthed a crusader’s inscription believed to be around 800 years old and, which is why it makes headlines, written in Arabic. For those who have followed archaelogical progress over several decades (and re ...

Capital Flow Analysis

  • Stock buybacks are bad for investors: Further ...
    In the working paper “The Buyback Monitor - July 2009: Corporate Stock Buyback Profits of 273 Firms from 2000 into 2009“, published on the Social Sciences Research Network, M.A. Gumport, CFA, provides further evidence that stock buybacks are not as good for investors as often touted ...
  • Why Obama’s healthcare scheme portends stagfl ...
    The trillion-dollar Obama health care plan increases the odds that US economic recover will be delayed, and that unemployment and inflation will increase. The main thrust of the Obama plan is to increase taxes on individuals earning more than $250,000 a year, while forcing all but the tiniest ...
  • How long would it take to work off the US trad ...
    The rest of the world holds $16.8 trillion in US financial assets, according to Federal Reserve release Z.1, as of Q1 2009. [...]
  • Why Bernanke’s flawed “exit strategy” policy p ...
    In a lead op-ed editorial in the Wall Street Journal on July 21, 2009, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke revealed the Fed’s exit strategy with regards to the inflationary effects of the Obama “spending is stimulus” packages and other government measure to contain the curren ...
  • Stocks surge on spurious earnings reports: Q2 2009
    No one knows for sure the real earnings of American corporations. In Q1 2009, according to the Federal Reserve flow of funds table F.102, after-tax profits of US non-financial, non-farm corporations, on an annual basis, were about $589.9 billion. However, about 50% of these after-tax earnings ...

Energy Collective

  • Transmission Investment Gets Largest Boost Sin ...
    Investor-owned utilities and transmission companies invested a record $34.9 billion in transmission and distribution infrastructure in 2012, according to the Edison Electric Institute. The spending on transmission, $14.8 billion, was nearly a 24 percent increase over 2011 investments.read more
  • Would a Nest Help My Family Save Energy?
    Since my husband and I both work in the energy industry, we often exchange energy-themed gifts. He has given me energy books, power plant trading cards, and several times a year, someone in the family jokes about coal in the stocking.read more
  • EcoGrid EU, Part 2: Lessons on Engaging Custom ...
    On the Danish island of Bornholm, the Ecogrid EU smart grid demonstration project is providing a great number of valuable lessons in how utilities can engage customers to help everyone gain maximum benefits from smart grid technology.read more
  • Is Petroleum Sucking the Life out of the Planet?
    It had to be either a Freudian slip or a moment of rare political candour when Alberta’s Municipal Affairs Minister related to an audience on the other side of the country that oil and gas wealth is sucking the life out of everything else in Alberta.read more
  • Climate Change Impacts on the Alaskan Ecosyste ...
    The northern latitudes are experiencing some of the most dynamic impacts from climate change. This video, done by a student as a final project for a Climate Dynamics Class, explores some of the effects and consequences climate change will have in Alaska.read more

Rodale News

  • Fracking: The New Hormone Disruptor
    Fracking is a hard thing to love. On one side of the fossil-fuel drilling technology, you have industry bigwigs promising it's safe. On the other side, there's a growing number of nonindustry-funded scientists saying, "Hold up! We're seeing some major problems." The latest bad news fo ...
  • Big Food to FDA: GMOs Belong in "Natural" Foods
    Genetically modified organisms, created in a lab by injecting bacteria and other foreign materials into food crops, are totally "natural," says the food industry's largest lobbying organization, the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA). And therefore, the GMA is asking the Food and Drug Admi ...
  • Toxic Tablets Expose Kids to Array of Chemicals
    Your child's favorite electronic learning tablet could come with a side of flame retardants, thanks to lackluster federal regulations that allow all sorts of toxic compounds to seep into toys in the U.S. Electronic tablets offer some pretty incredible educational benefits, but a new report from ...
  • Don't Make These 5 Classic Hand-Washing Mistakes
    Hand washing is so simple, but there's a lot of misinformation floating around about the right way to do it, a way that effectively kills germs and keeps you safe. From hyped-up—even toxic—soaps to temperature mistake gaffes, we use science-backed advice to help you clean up your hand-washing a ...
  • Fresh Picks: Why Organic Is So Pricey and Frac ...
    •The real reason organic is so pricey—and still worth it. (Prevention.com) •Why kale can cure a hangover, and other natural remedies (MindBodyGreen) •Forget beachfront property…more homeowners are trying farmfront living (NPR’s The Salt) •Why fracking could mess up your babymaker (Grist) •Unplu ...

big think

  • Reinvent Your Job to Fit Your Passion
    Millennials want to do what they’re passionate about.  That’s something that they really care about.  And everyone really wants to monetize their passion and make money doing what they love.   In order to do that in the company, you have to think about what you are good at.  What are you ...
  • We Need Scientists to Create Video Games
    If you look at PBS shows, and look at the audience of the PBS science shows, they all have the hair color I do - grey.  It’s an aging, graying audience.  We scientists have to stop writing the books we write or being on TV, and start writing video games.  I’ve got a 12-year old son.  The ...
  • How Memory Can be a False Witness
    A good example of the way memory changes during the retrieval process is a situation where someone goes to court to testify about a crime that they witnessed.  On the day of the crime they gave their summary of what happened to the police, so there’s a police record.  And then when they go into ...
  • Henry Miller on How to Live
    "The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware." - Henry Miller (born on this date in 1891) Read More
  • How Can We Spot the Next Economic Miracle?
    Depending on how you define them, emerging markets represent anywhere from 60 to 80 percent of the global population. The conventional wisdom has been that the balance of economic power is steadily shifting, as poor nations are rapidly catching up to the developed world.  However, accord ...

Groklaw

  • Presiding juror in Microsoft-Motorola trial a ...
    Among the interesting tidbits to come out of the recently concluded Microsoft-Motorola patent trial is this fact: The presiding juror was Mary-Claire King, a University of Washington professor and a renowned geneticist who played a leading role in the identification of breast cancer genes. King ...
  • Bruce Schneier's 5 tips: A guide to staying mo ...
    Now that we have enough details about how the NSA eavesdrops on the internet, including today's disclosures of the NSA's deliberate weakening of cryptographic systems, we can finally start to figure out how to protect ourselves.... At this point, I feel I can provide some advice for keeping se ...
  • Obama reassures Europeans over US surveillance
    Obama said additional changes to the programs may be required because of advances in technology. He said his national security team along with an independent board is reviewing everything to strike the right balance between the government's surveillance needs and civil liberties. "There may be ...
  • Black Budget Summary: Consolidated Cryptologic ...
    The resources devoted to signals intercepts are extraordinary. Nearly 35,000 employees are listed under a sweeping category called the Consolidated Cryptologic Program, which includes the NSA as well as the surveillance and code-breaking components of the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marines. [Cf. ...
  • LEAKED: German Government Warns Key Entities N ...
    According to leaked internal documents from the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) that Die Zeit obtained, IT experts figured out that Windows 8, the touch-screen enabled, super-duper, but sales-challenged Microsoft operating system is outright dangerous for data security. It a ...

Sciencebase - Breaking Science News

  • Last post…of 2013
    Festive Felicitations to you all, hope to see you in 2014, here on the Sciencebase site (newsfeed), on my Song, Snaps, Science page, or on Twitter @sciencebase), Google+ and Facebook, of course. Last post…of 2013 is a post from the science blog of David Bradley, author of Deceived Wisdom S ...
  • Coughs and sneezes spread diseases
    Coughs and sneezes really do spread diseases, airborne droplets from your infected mucus, phlegm and snot sprayed over your companions on the daily commute, in the office, at the shops, at school etc can pass the viral or bacterial particles to infect that other person if the particles get into ...
  • Yesterday’s future tomorrow
    In a thousand years’ time, our apps and smartphones, our status updates and our tweets, Our hybrid EVs, solar panels, windfarms, all of our digital neats Will seem so quaint, and misguided, so twee and lopsided They’ll talk of yet more Dark Ages repeats Just think of our medical scan ...
  • Zinc, the only supplement
    Zinc is the only supplement I take if I feel a cold coming on. Vitamin C, echinacea, cod liver oil etc have no proven effect. But, recent Cochrane analysis vindicates earlier research on which I based my choice. Zinc – The promise: Laboratory studies have found it can inhibit replication o ...
  • Large Hadron Collider Pop-Up
    Papadakis publishers have released the Higgs edition of their unique publication – the result of a collaboration between the home of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), CERN and renowned paper engineer Anton Radevsky. Radevsky’s previous pop-ups include The Modern Architecture Pop-Up Bo ...

RFF Library

  • Biomass Use, Production, Feed Efficiencies, an ...
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Dec.24, 2013 v110 n52 p20888-20893) / by Mario Herrero, et al. http://www.pnas.org/content/110/52/20888.full.pdf+html We present a unique, biologically consistent, spatially disaggregated global livestock dataset containing information on biomass ...
  • Global Climate Policy Impacts on Livestock, La ...
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Dec. 24, 2013 v110 n52 p20888-20893) / by Alla A. Golub, et al. http://www.pnas.org/content/110/52/20894.full.pdf+html Recent research has shed light on the cost-effective contribution that agriculture can make to global greenhouse gas abatement; ...
  • Border Adjustments for Economywide Policies Th ...
    US Congressional Budget Office http://www.cbo.gov/publication/44971 Human activities around the world are producing increasingly large quantities of greenhouse gases (GHGs), the most abundant of which is carbon dioxide (CO2). In recent years, concerns about the effects those emissions might have ...
  • International Trade and Carbon Leakage: CBO Wo ...
    US Congressional Budget Office / by Bruce Arnold http://www.cbo.gov/publication/44970 Under a broad-based carbon tax or cap-and-trade program, some of the reduction in U.S. carbon dioxide emissions would probably be offset by increases in foreign emissions that would not otherwise have occurred, ...
  • Drought and the Water–energy Nexus in Texas
    Environmental Research Letters (2013, v8, 045033; doi:10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/045033) / by Bridget R Scanlon, et al. http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/8/4/045033/ [Abstract] Texas experienced the most extreme drought on record in 2011 with up to 100 days of triple digit temperatures resulting in ...

frogblog

  • A global climate policy – thoughts for Xmas
    These past five weeks, I have visited Europe studying climate policy.  I attended the UN’s 19th climate conference, UNFCCC COP-19, in Warsaw.  After Poland, I visited Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, United Kingdom and European Union (Brussels).  And I retraced my UN steps to the Middle East (J ...
  • Gigantic seabed mining application not NZs future
    "New Zealand’s future lies in protecting the environment that is the basis for our prosperity."
  • ‘Monitoring Places of Detention’ & ...
    A report released this month has provided evidence supporting the view that we still have a lot of work to do to make our prisons decent, humane, and likely to release people back into society in better shape then when they went in. New Zealand is a signatory to the ‘Optional Protocol to t ...
  • The EU’s climate policy – swimming again ...
    I have argued earlier that the EU is leading the world on climate record and policy.  It is.  The EU-27’s emissions dropped 16% from 5.6 Gt. in 1990 to 4.7 Gt. in 2010, where ours rose 22%.  Its targets are better than others, and its policies are serious and rational. Yet everything is relative ...
  • Regional/National climate policy – 4. Eu ...
    They are not perfect but they lead the world in climate policy. If humanity rescues itself from dangerous – or worse, catastrophic – climate change, it will not be because of the US, or the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, China) or CANZ (Canada, Australia, NZ).  It will be because of the EU. Befor ...

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 414: Cash of Duty Ghosts
    Changes coming to The Insanity Report and Movie Trailer Reviews The work that goes into applying for SDCC press passes Award Season and Kev gets a ton of Indie movies to review Arkham Origins might have a better story than Arkham City Gamers who play for status symbol instead of enjoyment Why I& ...
  • IC 413: The Golden Rule: Don’t Be a Dick
    Killing Time on Netflix Batman Arkham Origins Happy “Dress up as another race in an offensive manner and then claim you had no idea it was offensive even though it is blatantly obvious it was offensive” Month Owning up to being offensive How stupid you have to be to do a racist costu ...
  • IC 412: For Colored Boys Who Listen to Drake ...
    Pacific Rim Michael B Jordan as Johnny Storm NYCC They Live and the most awesome bad fight of all time Bedazzled dildos SNL and lack of black women talent Adrian Peterson is actually a good father King Kendrick Rap God Drake gets emotional….again Skinny jeans music Drake Slander Share with ...
  • IC 411: #NeverForget Travis the Chimp
    The NFL and Breast Cancer Awareness Going overboard with Breast Cancer Awareness month The Government Shutdown Just how dumb Republicans are Obamacare vs Affordable Care Act Fuck George Zimmerman’s wife Woman 0 Tiger 1 GTA Online Share with your friends:
  • 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:

Simple Climate

  • Give those we love the climate they deserve
    The many stresses global warming causes edge us closer to conflicts like the one currently happening in Syria: for those who inherit this planet from us, we must keep pushing back.
  • Give those we love the climate they deserve
    The many stresses global warming causes edge us closer to conflicts like the one currently happening in Syria: for those who inherit this planet from us, we must keep pushing back.
  • Carbon prices alone won’t keep warming below 2°C
    Models from Annela Anger-Kraavi at the University of East Anglia show it is possible to for the world’s economy to grow while cutting CO2 emissions to safe levels – but it will take more measures than previous studies have suggested.
  • Carbon prices alone won’t keep warming below 2°C
    Models from Annela Anger-Kraavi at the University of East Anglia show it is possible to for the world’s economy to grow while cutting CO2 emissions to safe levels – but it will take more measures than previous studies have suggested.
  • Stark conclusions seek to empower young to sue ...
    Climate pioneer Jim Hansen and a stellar research team have shown that 1°C warming is the limit if we’re to avoid dangerous and potentially illegal consequences for the young - and we're already at 0.8°C.

e!Science News

  • Motor excitability predicts working memory
    Humans with a high motor excitability have a better working memory than humans with a low excitability. This was shown in a study conducted by scientists from the Transfacultary Research Platform at the University of Basel. By measuring the motor excitability, conclusions can be drawn as to the ...
  • Greenland ice stores liquid water year-round
    Researchers at the University of Utah have discovered a new aquifer in the Greenland Ice Sheet that holds liquid water all year long in the otherwise perpetually frozen winter landscape. The aquifer is extensive, covering 27,000 square miles. read more
  • Innovative screening strategy swiftly uncovers ...
    Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have demonstrated a drug-discovery strategy with a double payoff -- it enables the rapid selection of chemical compounds that have a desired effect on cells and also highlights how the compounds work. read more
  • Solar activity not a key cause of climate chan ...
    Climate change has not been strongly influenced by variations in heat from the sun, a new scientific study shows. read more
  • Dual catalysts help synthesize alpha-olefins i ...
    Boston College chemists have developed a new chemical synthesis methodology that converts chemicals known as alpha-olefins into new organic compounds. By combining a pair of catalytic reactions in sequence, the researchers converted inexpensive and plentiful chemicals into new boron-containing o ...

unEarthed

  • Top 10 unEARTHED Blog Posts of 2013
    Sharks and oil and honeybees, oh my! How much of Yosemite Valley will you be able to see on your next visit? Read more in the #10 unEARTHED blog post of the year. (Chrissy Pepino / Earthjus ...
  • Coal: Bad in Stockings, Worse in Lungs
    Coal plants need to retire for the benefit of public health The costliness of coal becomes more evident once you factor in the significant damage that it does to public health. (Photo by TV ...
  • Effective Litigation: The Antidote to Politica ...
    Our litigation forces protections where political leaders fail us Many environmental and public health safeguards still await approval, more than a year after the election. (Official White ...
  • Rising Tides Threaten Coastal Creatures
    Key deer, loggerhead sea turtle among 233 federally protected species at risk Nearly all of the Florida land area where the tiny Key deer live will be submerged by this century's predicted ...
  • Five Years Later and the Story of the TVA Spil ...
    Harriman, TN residents are not the only ones dealing with legacy of the spill Esther Calhoun is one of many community members who are fighting for health protections to be enforced at the A ...

Brave New Climate

  • Stayin’ alive in the gene pool – Part III
    This is the third and final part of a comprehensive series on radiation that has been published on BNC in weekly instalments during November 2013. This week — cancer… Guest Post by Geoff Russell. Geoff is a computer programmer, vegan, environmentalist, and more generally, a ‘by-the-n ...
  • Stayin’ alive in the gene pool – Part II
    This is the second part of a comprehensive 3-part series on radiation that is being published on BNC in weekly instalments during November 2013. This week, we look at… mutations! ———- Guest Post by Geoff Russell. Geoff is a computer programmer, vegan, environmentalist, and more generally, ...
  • Stayin’ alive in the gene pool – P ...
    This is the first of a comprehensive new 3-part series on radiation, which will be published on BNC in weekly instalments. If you really want to distinguish science fact from science fiction on the many vexed issues surrounding radiation, including cancer risks, genetic and physical mutations, a ...
  • ‘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 ...

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

  • Which Part Of The Bible Will Duck Dude Be Droo ...
    I just watched a piece on the Lawrence O’Donnell show about the parts of the bible that the “Jesus People” like Phil Robertson ignore, so they can babble on about the parts they like. From what I understand, the bible says adulterers, gays, and children who disrespect their eld ...
  • First Amendment – Free Speech – Ab ...
    If some television network has a “reality” show, then I can’t see where they should have a problem with any of the stars saying what they “really” think. Even is it is somewhat offensive. What takes me back is the fact that someone that pretends to be a christian ha ...
  • What Is With This Pope That Actually Thinks Ca ...
    What is going on here? We have a “Christian” that actually isn’t supporting “free trade” and “smaller government” or worse? A christian that thinks that folks who use their billions to pressure governments to help them more effectively rob the poor aren& ...
  • How Billionaires Save Billions On Taxes
    Our founding fathers spoke repeatedly about about the fact that they didn’t want a small group of American families to have all the wealth. This means the Estate Tax. In today’s world there are loopholes that allow billionaires to use trusts in bizarre ways to pass on their billions ...
  • The War Has Started And The Catholics Are On T ...
    The Koch Brothers donated a million dollars to the Catholic University of America, and some Catholics aren’t happy. We all know that the money the Kochs donate to colleges has strings (chains) attached. The Koch Brothers plan is to bribe colleges with their billions, and force these colleg ...

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:

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  • WATCH: The Knesset’s all-out war against ...
    Earlier this month, the Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved the preparation of and support for a new ‘NGO law.’ The law would impose a 45 percent tax on donations to NGOs calling for a boycott of Israel, the prosecution IDF soldiers, that deny Israel’s state symbols. The NGO law is th ...
  • ‘Wave of Palestinian terror’? Not ...
    It’s pretty difficult to pinpoint anything resembling a starting point for the latest violence; prior to last week, Israeli forces killed 19 Palestinians since July, compared to four Israelis who were killed. The violence is neither unilateral nor arbitrary. The latest escalation between Israel ...
  • Did Mandela actually receive training from the ...
    A recent report in Haaretz alleges that Nelson Mandela underwent training by Mossad agents in the early 60s. One key part of the story doesn’t add up. By Ran Greenstein Let us start by asserting that the following story in question does not merit much attention for its content, that is, fo ...
  • PHOTOS: A decade on, Citizenship Law still den ...
    By: Shiraz Grinbaum/Activestills & Physicians For Human Rights-Israel, special thanks to Hiba Amara One of the fundamental rights to which a citizen is entitled is the right to marry and build a family in her or his own state. In practice, any person who marries an Israeli citizen is entitle ...
  • PHOTOS: Denied services by Jerusalem, Palestin ...
    Photos & text: Yotam Ronen, Oren Ziv, Shiraz Grinbaum /Activestills.org Although it is hidden away from the view of most the city’s residents by a separation barrier, the Shuafat refugee camp is officially part of Jerusalem. Therefore, like every other neighborhood in Jerusalem, Shuafa ...

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

  • Ubuntu/Android dual boot developer preview rel ...
    Ubuntu and Android dual boot developer preview has just been announced by Canonical. It's now possible to run Ubuntu Touch alongside Android as a dual-boot operating system in supported devices. Though it is meant strictly for developers and not for regular users.  Ubuntu and Android dual ...
  • Ubuntu icons theme is getting a revamp across ...
    Canonical is prepping up for its most important year yet. First ever official Ubuntu Phone is supposed to arrive in early 2014. Not only that, the next major Ubuntu release will be the much talked about long term support (LTS) edition, which is known for its rock-solid stability and reliability ...
  • City of Munich's switch over to Linux and Open ...
    Ten years after the initial decision to switch, the LiMux project will now go into regular operation. Munich has become one of the first cities in the developed world to completely switch over to Linux and Open Source software from proprietary alternatives. The city saved millions of dollars in ...
  • Bitcoin soars past US$1000 mark! Adoption spik ...
    We wrote about Bitcoin open source project when it was officially launched sometime in 2010. We did a followup article when the value of one Bitcoin hit $1 USD. And somehow I managed not to buy any during those early days (it was not easy acquiring these elusive "internet money" back then, ...
  • Sputnik 3: After System76, Dell is the latest ...
    Ubuntu is finding new takers everyday. System76 was the first to introduce an Ubuntu pre-loaded touchscreen laptop. Though Dell is no stranger to Ubuntu and Linux in general, this is the first time they are showcasing a laptop running Linux equipped with a touchscreen display.  Sputnik 3: ...

Vaccine Awakening

  • Vaccination During Pregnancy: Is It Safe?
     posted 11/12/2013 by Barbara Loe Fisher It was 1977 when I found out I was going to become a Mom. I instinctively knew I needed to be careful while I was pregnant, especially during the first two trimesters when the major organ systems of the fetus develop at a rapid rate. In the 196 ...
  • 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 ...

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

  • On the Ground in Turkey: Repression Gets Personal
    (Originally posted on the Facing Tear Gas website November 28th, 2013.) After the mass escalation of anti-government protest this past late May in Turkey, events there have fallen out of the headlines. But mobilization and repression continue. This past November … Continue reading →
  • War Resisters League: Drop the Charges Against ...
    On the morning of October 22nd, 2013 agents of the Department of Homeland Security – acting on on behalf of federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of Michigan – arrested Rasmea Yousef Odeh, associate director of the Arab American Action … Continue reading →
  • What happens when 100 SWAT teams come together?
    On Friday, October 25th, more than 100 police and military agencies from California and across the US were joined by their counterparts from Israel, Guam, Bahrain, and Brazil for a massive SWAT team training and weapons expo called Urban Shield. … Continue reading →
  • 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

Center for a Livable Future

k2p blog

Left Foot Forward

Consumerist

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Intel Hub

  • Eric Holder: Four Americans Killed by US Drones
    JG Vibes | The Obama administration finally admits that their drone program has targeted US citizens.The post Eric Holder: Four Americans Killed by US Drones appeared first on Intellihub.com.
  • Department of Homeland Security Teaching Kids ...
    Cassius Methyl | Public schools in cooperation with the department of homeland security are now teaching kids safety measures, and advising that they seek relief in FEMA camps in a time of crisis. But are these post disaster relief camps, or military internment camps? The post Department of ...
  • JFK Assassination Controversy Erupts at Huffin ...
    author | An interesting controversy over the JFK assassination has erupted at the Huffington Post.The post JFK Assassination Controversy Erupts at Huffington Post appeared first on Intellihub.com.
  • Salt Lake City Cop Rips Out My Insulin Pump
    Cop Block | Long story short, the supervisor showed up and made the cop give me back my pump. The ambulance showed up and I went with them because I was then bleeding where the port is.The post Salt Lake City Cop Rips Out My Insulin Pump appeared first on Intellihub.com.
  • Researchers Discover that the Tulasi Plant Can ...
    Andrew Puhanic | An exciting and new water treatment breakthrough has been announced that will now make the removal of fluoride from the drinking water supplies of the world’s poorest people more affordable than ever.The post Researchers Discover that the Tulasi Plant Can Be Used To Remove ...

FRS

  • Edward Snowden: “NSA Surveillance Is Abo ...
    By Edward Snowden 17 December, 2013 [Countercurrents.org published this note introducing Edward Snowden's open letter to the people of Brazil. "This letter was published today in the Brazilian newspaper A Folha in Portuguese and this original text was provided via the Facebook page of Glenn Gree ...
  • Edward Snowden: “NSA Surveillance Is Abo ...
    By Edward Snowden 17 December, 2013 [Countercurrents.org published this note introducing Edward Snowden's open letter to the people of Brazil. "This letter was published today in the Brazilian newspaper A Folha in Portuguese and this original text was provided via the Facebook page of Glenn Gree ...
  • US Public Radio interview with Arundhati Roy
    Smiley and West, NPR — December 13, 2013 West: From PRI, Public Radio International in Princeton I’m Cornel West. Smiley: And in Los Angeles I’m Tavis Smiley. West: Brother Tavis, we are blessed to have one of the great and courageous intellectuals of our time. She is Arundhati ...
  • US Public Radio interview with Arundhati Roy
    Smiley and West, NPR — December 13, 2013 West: From PRI, Public Radio International in Princeton I’m Cornel West. Smiley: And in Los Angeles I’m Tavis Smiley. West: Brother Tavis, we are blessed to have one of the great and courageous intellectuals of our time. She is Arundhati ...
  • India: Revolutionary Students Challenge the He ...
    Democratic Student Union, Jawaharlal Nehru University — December 14, 2013 Nelson Mandela: A Hero for the oppressors, A BETRAYER FOR THE OPPRESSED! The mournings & praises from the imperialists and their agents, are Mandela’s “legacy” of brokering one of the biggest sell outs of the 20t ...

Ken O'Keefe

  • Merry Chistmas
    While I consider Christmas to be a most commercialised and materialistic manipulation for the vast majority of people, there is in this time an idea of helping others, and when that becomes primary and the materialistic crap becomes irrelevant then we know we are nearly there as a people. Anyway ...
  • Appeal for Support to Keep Middle East Show on Air
    Here are some subjects already partially recorded or in the works, soon to be aired; 1) the USS Liberty 2) 9/11 3) War crimes & treason charges so as to purge the traitors among us.
  • Former US Marine: President Obama should be tr ...
    I am confident that at some point the American patriots, who seem to be in a bit of a coma and have been sleeping for a long time, are going to wake up soon and realize that when they took an oath to uphold the Constitution of the US, the president of the US also took that oath and has breached ...
  • Egyptian Blockade of Gaza, Israeli Trade for W ...
    This is simply amazing, the border that Israel controls 100%, the border between Jordan and the West Bank, is now open for the very first time... for TRADE! Yet, the border controlled by the 'Muslim Brotherhood', the border between Gaza and Egypt, remains virtually closed to trade.
  • Ken O’Keefe in Tehran – “Ira ...
    It is time to stop being chumps, it is time to actually give some meaning to the word patriot. It is especially time for those in the police, military and government who took an oath to uphold the Constitution to honor that commitment. Are you a person of honor? Or are you a fraudster? A coward?

StillSmallVoice

  • Life is change and change is life
    And here is proof: The Courant's parent company, Tribune, is backing away from maintaining this particular blog format -- Movable Type -- in favor of another blog platform, one that is unworkable here. Namely, the new format allows blog comments to go online unapproved, and -- I say th ...
  • Maybe CEO salaries need a Buffett rule
    "Peer benchmarking" helps move compensation for CEOs ever higher. Perhaps one of the high-dollar bosses should take a page from Warren Buffett, who in August suggested in a New York Times essay that the rich don't carry their weight in taxes. Meanwhile, Buffett, himself, has refined his earlier ...
  • De-pinkifying breast cancer
    There's a growing movement that seeks to turn the pink ribbon upside down. You can read more here. Flickr photo
  • Why the occupation?
    You can see more Mother Jones charts here. You can read about Hartford's budding Occupation here, with a planning meeting set for 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Bushnell Park, and again at 5 p.m.
  • Cleansing after Yom Kippur
    Yom Kippur starts at sundown on Friday and here's one man's take on it. Flickr photo

Truth Offering

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2012 Blog

  • The Maya were right about 2012 (possibly?)
    For a long time now, I have figured that the major possibilities for a scientific prediction from the ancient Maya (or their predecessors) was either a massive solar storm (via noticing patterns in low-latitude auroras) or the return of a long-period comet. Following a 2012-recap interview over ...
  • Europe’s Nuclear Plants: Not Very Safe
    I just stumbled across this New Scientist story from a year ago (and presumably the situation hasn’t improved…) European nuclear power plants ill-set for disaster It’s just as well earthquakes and tsunamis are comparatively rare in Europe, because the continent’s nuclear ...
  • Islands Can Arrive (and disappear) Overnight
    Pakistan’s recent deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake had a surprising twist – an entire island rose out of the ocean.   I think it looks bigger in the photo than it really is, because it is only 600 meters from the shoreline: The earthquake was so powerful that it caused the seabe ...
  • When The Shit Hits The Field
    SHTF has been a common name for a global disaster or cataclysm, but the reality is that in many parts of the world it is our own faeces that helps feed us. Check out these snippets from an article in the South China Morning Post: You produce some 500 litres of urine and 50kg of faeces a year. Be ...
  • Weakest Solar Cycle in 50+ Years
    Well, it will be the weakest solar cycle in more than 50 years if it doesn’t pull off a double peak. Look at this graph to see how weak it has been compared to the last solar maximum: Source: SpaceWeather Solar cycles vary between 10 and 13 years, so cycle 24 should definitely be peaking ...

One News Page

  • Apple to launch new versions of MacBook Pro an ...
    It seems that Apple is already working to release new improved version of the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro by June 2013. Reported by Firstpost 1 hour ago
  • Kerala cops ask Facebook to remove fake photo ...
    N Vinayakumaran Nair, assistant commissioner of police, who heads the Hi-Tech Crime Enquiry Cell, said a probe had begun following a complaint from the parents of the woman whose picture was misused. Reported by Firstpost 1 hour ago
  • Singapore court charges 4 Indians with compatr ...
    According to local media reports, they were drinking in Jurong Lake Park on the western industrial region of Singapore on New Year's Day Reported by DNA 1 hour ago
  • Sajid Khan and Jacqueline Fernandez spotted ho ...
    The couple who has refrained from making any statements about their relationship so far finally decided to come out in the openAt the premiere of Marathi film Balak Palak held by Riteish Deshumukh last evening, his good friend Sajid Khan arrived arm-in-arm with girlfriend Jacqueline Fernandez, . ...
  • Name anti-rape law after daughter: Delhi victi ...
    Asking the Centre to make amendments in law to name the proposed new anti-rape law after his daughter, father of the Delhi gang-rape victim on Thursday said it will be an honour to the girl and respect public sentiments. Reported by Rediff.com 1 hour ago

Global Research TV

Daily Tech

Oriental Review

  • Vitali Klitschko’s American Coaches
    It has become the custom in independent Ukraine that there is not a single government ministry or agency and not a single political party in parliament besides the communists where “quiet Americans”, or British, or Germans, do not stand by side to tell the Ukrainian politicians and o ...
  • Ukrainian Dream Comes True
    The outcome of last week’s Russia-Ukraine talks in Moscow was predictably unexpected. Besides outstanding USD 15 billion – worth allocation of Russia’s National Welfare Funds in Ukrainian Eurobonds and drastic 33% cut of the Russian export gas prices that Moscow conceded to Kyiv, 14 ...
  • Ukraine: NATO’s Eastern Prize
    Ever since the democracy manipulation efforts of international hedge fund brigand George Soros were joined with the artificial street revolution tactics of CIA tactician Gene Sharp to form the core strategy of the U.S. neo-conservative goal of imposing a «New American Century» on the entire worl ...
  • Does the EU really want Ukrainians or just the ...
    Christine Stone asks whether the current crisis over the Ukraine’s relationship with the EU was precipitated by the West rather than President Yanukovich.  Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the demonstrations that have crippled central Kiev for the past fortnight is how they were triggered. ...
  • U.S. Role in Global Drug Trafficking
    ORIENTAL REVIEW publishes a briefing of the series of articles by Konstantin Penzev recently posted by the New Eastern Outlook (here, here and here). He carefully reviews the sources of the global narco-culture tracking back to the clandestine experiments done in the military laboratories of the ...

E U Times

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Voiceless Victim

  • Catholic church opens Commission hearing with ...
    Last week survivors, many of whom had travelled long distances, crowded into the hearing room for the historic first Royal Commission hearing into how the Catholic Church handles child sexual abuse. Many lasted only until the well paid Church lawyer first opened his mouth. What emerged was so of ...
  • Truth, Justice and Healing comes not from a Co ...
    Survivors in Australia are waking up this week to a different world. A world where those in positions of authority do not look the other way, shrug their shoulders and callously ignore the fact of the criminal child rape of children, the criminal coverup of those crimes and the ongoing re-abuse ...
  • Victims Heard at Last
    Statement issued by survivors of Catholic child sexual abuse, their families and supporters on the first day of Royal Commission hearings into the catholic Church’s response to child sexual abuse: The children of Australia have long been denied our basic human right to safety. In order to ...
  • Inquiry Asked “What Does Justice Look Like?” I ...
    Survivors of child sexual abuse in religious institutions in Australia were very nervous and excited with the imminent release of the final report of the Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry. We have been betrayed by those in authority so uniformly throughout our entire lives. We have seen those dete ...
  • RIP Father Kevin Lee – a disobedient pri ...
    The sad news is filtering through about the death of Father Kevin Lee in last week’s massive typhoon in the Philippines. This was no doubt a very great tragedy for his friends and especially his young family, with whom he had spent so little time. Kevin saw his daughter Michelle born in la ...

WL Central

  • 2013-12-25 Edward Snowden: Alternative Christm ...
    Hi, and Merry Christmas. I'm honored to have the chance to speak with you and your family this year. Recently, we learned that our governments, working in concert, have created a system of worldwide mass surveillance, watching everything we do. read more
  • 2013-12-17 Snowden to Seek Asylum in Brazil
    NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, currently living in Russia, has agreed to cooperate with Brazil in investigating the actions of the notorious US signals surveillance agency, and is asking political asylum from Brazil in return. read more
  • 2013-12-05 Anonymous joining fight in the Ukraine
    Ukrainian version: http://anoninsiders.net/anonymous-ukrainian-pr-2238/ To People of the Ukraine, we are anonymous. read more
  • 2013-11-29 WikiLeaks Calls for US to Drop Gran ...
    Friday 29 November 2013, 12:00 GMT In the face of the US government's three-year attack on WikiLeaks, an anonymous Department of Justice official talking to the Washington Post now claims that there is little possibility of prosecuting Julian Assange for publishing, but that a Grand Jury remains ...
  • 2013-11-29 Assange Statement on Anakata Extrad ...
    Statement by WikiLeaks Publisher Julian Assange concerning Sweden's extradition of WikiLeaks consultant Gottfrid "Anakata" Svartholm Warg: "It is time someone says it like it is: Gottfrid Svartholm Warg is a political prisoner and Sweden has fallen off the map of decent nations in its treatment ...

U N News

  • UN rights expert warns that all Brazilians mus ...
    Brazilian authorities need to give further priority to the poorest and most marginalized, to ensure that inequalities in the country are progressively eliminated and all receive access to sanitation and water, an independent United Nations human rights expert today urged.
  • Protect trafficking victims, punish perpetrato ...
    An independent United Nations human rights expert today called on the Government of Belize to adopt a comprehensive programme to protect and assist victims of trafficking and to ensure that the perpetrators of this scourge are punished.
  • UN rights expert urges Bahamas to boost effort ...
    Voicing concern over the lack of a national action plan by the Bahamas to address trafficking in persons, an independent United Nations human rights expert called on the Government to ramp up its efforts to fight the ongoing problem.
  • Condemning murder of Honduran journalist, UNES ...
    The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today condemned the killing of Juan Carlos Argeñal Medina, who was shot dead in his home in southeastern Honduras.
  • Uruguay's move to legalize cannabis endangers ...
    Amid growing debate over international drug control policy in Latin America, the United Nations drug and crime agency today said that a decision by the Uruguayan parliament to legalize cannabis is a strike against international cooperation.

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

  • Yendegaia National Park Created!
    YENDEGAIA National Park Created! Original post: 2013/12/12:  Tompkins Conservation 370,000 Wild Acres in Chile’s Tierra del Fuego via a Joint Collaboration: Piñera-Tompkins DECEMBER 12, 2013— In Tierra del Fuego—the southernmost extreme of the Americas—Chile will gain a spectacular new nat ...
  • Why Wolves? – David Parsons
    A few weeks ago Dave Parsons, TRI’s Carnivore Conservation Biologist,  gave a lecture in Santa Fe for a program called Science Cafe for Young Thinkers sponsored by the Santa Fe Alliance for Science. The lecture is about wolf ecology and trophic cascades explained at a high school level.
  • Western Yellow-Billed Cuckoo Proposed for Fede ...
    Your comments are due by December 2, 2013 Please let the US Fish and Wildlife Service know that you value the yellow-billed cuckoo and want it protected! On October 3, 2013, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to list the western distinct population segment of the yellow-billed cuckoo as ...
  • Great Old Broads for Wilderness is looking for ...
    Wanted  Full Time  COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR Durango, Colorado Great Old Broads for Wilderness seeks a full-time Communications Director to strategically guide communications, marketing, and public relations; manage and edit print and electronic communications; and develop creative membership outr ...
  • Great Old Broads for Wilderness is looking for ...
    Wanted  Full Time  COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR Durango, Colorado Great Old Broads for Wilderness seeks a full-time Communications Director to strategically guide communications, marketing, and public relations; manage and edit print and electronic communications; and develop creative membership outr ...

reference frame

  • Quantum gravity and afterlife
    Afterlife in quantum gravity might be a natural topic for this year's Christmas Eve, a blog post that follows one on the elixir of youth. ;-) Even though the combination of the quantum gravity and afterlife keywords returns over 350,000 Google hits, it's a topic that hasn't been discussed on th ...
  • Elixir of youth: nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
    Alchemists were hired and transferred to Prague by our leader, Austrian Emperor Rudolph II (reign in Bohemia 1576—1611), and one of their tasks was to develop the elixir of youth for the monarch who was aging, despite his blue blood. He was aging so quickly that at night, "they" were clearly hea ...
  • We received one billion dollars
    I was pleased to learn that along with Dick Lindzen, Anthony Watts, Marc Morano, and a few other pals, we have received one billion dollars just in 2013! Conservative groups spend up to $1bn a year to fight action on climate change (Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian) Congratulations to all of us. ...
  • Alan Guth: a talk at Hunter College
    Alan Guth of MIT was one of the nine inaugural winners of the $3 million prize. He was awarded for his cosmic inflationary theory. In May 2013, he gave a 80-minute talk at the Hunter College, CUNY, New York: The video was posted on the YouTube channel of the Milner physics prize that you're ...
  • Edward Witten: what every quantum physicist sh ...
    If you have 83 spare minutes, here is a July 2013 talk at Princeton's IAS by Edward Witten: The title was "Feynman diagrams in string theory" and the talk was presented during the "LHC physics" program. Edward Witten wouldn't get to "funny" things like the central charges and critical dimensi ...

Tatumba 2.0

  • Canada routs Germany to open world juniors
    Anthony Mantha scored three goals, all set up by linemate Jonathan Drouin, as Canada got the world junior championship started with a one-sided 7-2 victory over Germany on Thursday. CBC | Top Stories News I fund CBC with my tax dollars so now they fund me. Related posts: Canada routs Ge ...
  • Canada routs Germany to open world juniors
    Anthony Mantha scored three goals, all set up by linemate Jonathan Drouin, as Canada got the world junior championship started with a one-sided 7-2 victory over Germany on Thursday. CBC | Top Stories News I fund CBC with my tax dollars so now they fund me. Related posts: Canada routs Ge ...
  • What Chinese Consumers Are Rushing To Buy This ...
    from ZeroHedge: While the US consumer is rushing to spend what little savings they have left and grab that last for 2013 “X% off” deal from the local inventory-clearance bin on plastic Made in China trinkets or marked-down clothing, Chinese consumers are likewise scrambling to buy pr ...
  • FILM REVIEW: The Wolf of Wall Street
    Director Martin Scorsese shows off a more playful mood with The Wolf of Wall Street, an orgy of excess starring his frequent collaborator Leonardo DiCaprio as an unquenchable, over-the-top stock broker, says Eli Glasner. CBC | Top Stories News I fund CBC with my tax dollars so now they fund ...
  • News In Two Minutes – H1N1 Spreads – Earthquak ...
    from FullSpectrumSurvival: SGTreport – The Corporate Propaganda Antidote – Silver, Gold, Truth, Liberty, & Freedom earn money watching videos Related posts: News In Two Minutes – Thailand Martial Law – Superbug – India Wars – Spying – Survival News from FullSpectrumSurvival: ...

Modern Survivalism

  • The Mistake Of Currency And The Value Of Money ...
    During the crisis of SHTF, and the aftermath that follows, everything changes. Many of the ‘rules’ about our currency and money will change, or might not apply at all… So, what is the truth of currency and money?   Currency… …is a medium of exchange, and is not ...
  • Christmas 1776 Saved America
    The American Revolution and its ultimate victory was hinged on a pivotal time in history, Christmas 1776, and it was all due to George Washington…   This Christmas, remember this lesson from history when Patriot George Washington gave the greatest Christmas present to the United State ...
  • Merry Christmas To You
    …open card   To our Modern Survival Blog family, and others, we wish you a Merry Christmas as we begin to leave this year behind. For at least this day, let us put aside all that has been bad, and be happy with the good that we all can somewhere find. Life is all around […]Merry ...
  • 7 Ways How To Hide From Drones
    image: gizmodo.com Hiding from Drones Drones are equipped with extremely powerful camera’s which can detect people and vehicles at an altitude of several miles. Most drones are equipped with night vision, and/or infrared vision camera’s, so-called FLIR sensors. These can see human heat signature ...
  • Amazing Total Area Of Solar Panels To Power Th ...
    This amazing map illustrates the total area of solar panels that would be needed to fulfill the electricity demands of the United States. Here are the facts that I used, and the caveats to the map illustration…   The United States Energy Information Association (eia.gov) reveals in th ...

Fast Company

  • The Top 9 Environment Stories Of 2013
    The environment is not getting any better, but these small beacons of innovation are working on stemming the tide.Editor's NoteWant more of our best stories of 2013? Read all of our end-of-the-year round-ups, in all of these categories: • Top Stories Of The Year • Infographics • Photography ...
  • Nine Tech Companies We'd Be Surprised To Hear ...
    These tech companies made headlines in 2013. Here's why they probably won't next year.The tech world trades in potential. Shiny new devices and services come with the promise to change things, make other things easier, and become a regular part of our lives. But for every company that succeeds i ...
  • Six Offbeat Cloud Services That Could Change Y ...
    Cloud storage like Dropbox and Google Drive are one-size-fits-most, but there are some killer alternatives out there.Though every cloud storage service wants to simplify and unify your digital life, it can seem like they're all just making things more fragmented. You have documents and maybe som ...
  • The Top 16 Responsible Business Stories Of 2013
    Businesses that are successfully developing both loyal employees and loyal customers are doing it by creating "culture of purpose." Here's how they did it this year.Editor's NoteWant more of our best stories of 2014? Read all of our end-of-the-year round-ups, in all of these categories: • Top S ...
  • How Facebook Spent The Year 2013
    A billion users strong, Facebook introduced the world to a litany of new stuff this year, most of which users immediately hated.It's a tradition to spend some time at the end of a calendar year and reflect a bit on what happened in the last 12 months. And indeed Facebook did just that with a yea ...

Jadaliyya

  • DARS Media Roundup (December 26)
    [This is a bi-weekly roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Resistance and Subversion in the Arab world and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the DARS Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in eac ...
  • Toward a Political Economy of the Arab Uprisin ...
    A framework to explain the Arab uprisings should provide an account of the socioeconomic and political evolution of the Arab republics that would explain both the persistence of autocracy until 2011 and its eventual collapse and should do so in a way that is empirically verifiable. Different ana ...
  • Tunisia: A New Prime Minister for Old Politics?
    The weeks-long negotiations over the appointment of a new Prime Minister who will be charged with forming a transitional government that will guide Tunisia to the next election has finally produced a result. On Sunday, the political forces and the so-called quartet lead by the influential Tunisi ...
  • اتفاق إطار أم أوسلو 2
    تتوارد الأنباء عن استعدادات أميركية غير مسبوقة وصلت إلى حد حجز السفارة الأميركية لخمسين غرفة في إحدى الفنادق الكبرى في القدس، لتُشغِلَها الطواقم التي سترافق وزير الخارجية الأميركية في زيارته نهاية الشهر القادم أو بداية الشهر الذي يليه، من أجل عملية كبرى لفرض "أوسلو 2" مغطى باتفاقية إطا ...
  • New Texts Out Now: Samia Errazzouki, Working-C ...
    Samia Errazzouki, “Working-Class Women Revolt: Gendered Political Economy in Morocco.” The Journal of North African Studies (November 2013). Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this article? Samia Errazzouki (SE): I was in Morocco when Mohammed Bouazizi set himself on fire and many in Morocco, ...

mediagazer

  • A YouTube Powerhouse Looks Beyond Its Gamer Ba ...
    Neda Ulaby / NPR: A YouTube Powerhouse Looks Beyond Its Gamer Base … One of the most popular channels on YouTube is aimed toward people who play video games.  It's got tons of content — thousands of game reviews, how-to videos of people gaming away enthusiastically, even littl ...
  • Scores of Music Services Stream Into Crowded F ...
    Hannah Karp / Wall Street Journal: Scores of Music Services Stream Into Crowded Field  —  Many of the New Models Will Focus on Genre  —  The number of music-streaming services is set to explode next year, as record labels have warmed up to the idea of renting con ...
  • Saudi blogger may face death penalty for apost ...
    RT: Saudi blogger may face death penalty for apostasy  —  Saudi blogger and activist, Raif Badawi, currently serving his 7-year prison term for “insulting Islam”, may soon appear in a higher court on graver charges of apostasy.  If found guilty, he could be sent ...
  • Tom Wheeler net neutrality: Is the new FCC cha ...
    Slate: Tom Wheeler net neutrality: Is the new FCC chairman changing his tune?  —  This piece originally appeared in the New America Foundation's Weekly Wonk.  New America is a partner with Slate and Arizona State University in Future Tense.  —  As the new Fe ...
  • The US now watches the majority of its online ...
    Roberto A. Ferdman / Quartz: The US now watches the majority of its online porn on mobile phones  —  Pornography has always been a pioneering industry online, pushing internet technology, business models, and usage forward more than is often acknowledged.  —  New ...

Chemtrail News

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World News - Top Stories

  • Samsung begins mass producing Galaxy S5's ...
    Samsung plans to bring in the new year with much fervor. Reports suggest that the Korean giant has begun mass production of 5.25-inch QHD (Quad HD) AMOLED display set for the upcoming Galaxy S5. According to a report in...
  • UN troops fire on Uganda rebels in DRC
    A special United Nations (UN) force in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) used helicopters on Wednesday to fire on Ugandan rebels and help government troops retake the town of Kamango after an attack that killed civilians. "South African helicopters in the UN intervention force ...
  • Roger Federer aims to bounce back after t ...
    ANDY Murray, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic open the new season in Abu Dhabi today, with Roger Federer hoping his absence isn't an indicator of more misery ahead. World number one Nadal provided the comeback story of 2013, winning 10 titles including a record eighth French Open and a second ...
  • Terry plans a Chelsea surge in title hunt
    John Terry believes Chelsea are capable of moving clear at the top of the Barclays Premier League in 2014. Chelsea have won one Premier League title since Jose Mourinho's departure in September 2007 – when Carlo Ancelotti led the Blues to a league and FA Cup double in 2009/10 – and were out ...
  • Arsenal's Wilshere says Etihad gesture wa ...
    JACK Wilshere has announced he stuck his middle finger up at a group of Manchester City fans because they abused him about his children. The Football Association handed Wilshere a two-match for the gesture, which came during the second-half of the Gunners' 6-3 defeat at the Etihad Stadium. T ...

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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

  • 12/23/13 - Utah's Gay Marriage Ban Ruled Uncon ...
    gaymarriage.procon.org – Utah's Gay Marriage Ban Ruled Unconstitutional by Federal Judge – The state's same-sex marriage ban was overturned on Dec. 20, 2013, and county clerks began issuing marriage licenses immediately. The state is appealing the decision.
  • 12/19/13 - New Mexico Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage
    gaymarriage.procon.org – New Mexico Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage – The state Supreme Court unanimously ruled that denying marriage licenses to same-sex couples was unconstitutional, making New Mexico the 17th US state to legalize gay marriage and the ninth to legalize it this year.
  • 12/18/13 - Check out some great photos from ou ...
    www.procon.org - - Check out some great photos from our successful charity golf tournament which took place on Dec. 2nd at the Calabasas Country Club. Thank you to all our players, sponsors, and organizers. In attendance were dozens of celebrities including: former NHL player Marty McSorley, ...
  • 12/18/13 - Top Pro & Con Quotes: Should Animal ...
    animal-testing.procon.org – Top Pro & Con Quotes: Should Animals Be Used for Scientific or Commercial Testing? – Read pro and con statements from neurobiologist Dr. Dario L. Ringach (pro), ethologist Dr. Jane Goodall (con), the American Heart Association (pro), People for the Ethical Treatme ...
  • 12/3/13 - Would Repealing the 1945 Antitrust E ...
    healthcarereform.procon.org - Would Repealing the 1945 Antitrust Exemption for Health Insurance Companies Lower Premiums? - DEBATED - Read statements from the Congressional Budget Office (Not Clearly Pro or Con), Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) (Pro), David A. Hyman, Professor of Medicine at th ...

Truth About Our World

TVNZ

environment 360

  • Solar Activity Not a Major Factor in Climate C ...
    Solar activity has had minimal impact on climate over the past millennium, new research from the United Kingdom indicates. The findings counter the long-held view that periodic fluctuations in the sun's energy output have led to lengthy periods of warm or cold weather in the past. Looking at cli ...
  • Russian Oil Giant Becomes First in World to Pu ...
    The Russian national oil company Gazprom has begun drilling for oil at a highly contested site in the Arctic. The oil field, an offshore site in the Russian Arctic known as Prirazlomnoye, drew international attention in September when a contingent of Greenpeace members boarded the platform in pr ...
  • Renewable Energy Comprised Total U.S. Power Ge ...
    All of the additional electricity-generating capacity added by the U.S. last month came from renewable energy sources, according to a report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Solar, biomass, wind, geothermal, and hydropower projects provided 394 megawatts — 100 percent — of a ...
  • Los Angeles Becomes First Major U.S. City to A ...
    The Los Angeles City Council has voted unanimously to require "cool roofs" for all new and refurbished homes, becoming the first major U.S. city to do so. "Cool roofs" incorporate light- and heat-reflecting building materials, which can lower the surface temperature of the roof by up to 50 degre ...
  • In Imperiled Forests of Borneo, A Rich Tropica ...
    In Borneo's Danum Valley — one of the last, untouched forest reserves in a region ravaged by logging and oil palm cultivation — a team of international and Malaysian scientists is fighting to preserve an area of stunning biodiversity. BY WILLIAM LAURANCE

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TruthNews Australia

  • Kevin P Miller: Letters From Generation Rx - P ...
    In today's show we bring you an exclusive interview with filmmaker Kevin P. Miller in which he discusses his latest film project.  Letters From Generation Rx is a sequel to the shocking expose of the lethal effects of Psycho-Pharmaceutical drugs, Generation Rx, which was released in 2008. ...
  • Western anti-Syrian propaganda analysed and ex ...
    Today's show focuses once again on Syria. We analyse and highlight the issues in the Syrian crisis and remark upon the inability or unwillingness of corporate media to give any credence to the possibility that the chemical weapons attacks in Syria were false flag provocations designed specifical ...
  • Scott Bartle on the dirty little secret about ...
    My guest in the 2nd hour of today's show is Scott Bartle, author of "Frequently Unanswered Questions of the Australian Government". Scott claims that the "Australian Government" is now in receivership, having defaulted on repayments of bank loans which are ultimately underwritten by the US Fed ...
  • Updates on Syria, the Australian election and ...
    Today's show largely focuses on Syria and we bring you 2 interviews during the course of the show. In the first hour I am joined by John Bursill who outlines his view about Syria and then gives us a breakdown of his view of the Australian political spectrum. This show was recorded before the 2 ...
  • Narcissism and the New World Order - Part 1
    Foreign Minister Bob Carr says that there is a flaw in international law, and the US should be able to bomb Syria without UN approval In today's show we delve into the psychological underpinnings of the new tyranny. We propose the idea that modern society is afflicted with an epidemic of narci ...

Beacon

  • Oceana Fires Back at Flawed Federal Decision n ...
    Great White Shark, Guadalupe Island In the ongoing fight to protect the distinct population of great white sharks off the coast of California and Mexico, Oceana submitted a critical analysis of the federal Biological Review Team’s (BRT) status report used by the National Marine Fisheries Serv ...
  • Hitting the Panic Button: 25 Senators Call For ...
    Turbines in Europe. (Photo: Nick Treby) On Monday, 25 U.S. Senators joined the growing chorus of voices calling for an extension of vital clean energy tax credits that are set to expire in two weeks unless Congress acts.
  • Andrew Sharpless Speaks at the New England Aqu ...
    (Photo: Oceana) Last month, Oceana CEO Andy Sharpless visited the New England Aquarium to talk about his new book, The Perfect Protein: A Fish Lover’s Guide to Saving the Oceans and Feeding the World. Co-authored with Suzannah Evans, the book explains how seafood will be key to ...
  • Gulf Dolphins Are Still Sick After the Deepwat ...
    (Photo: The Pug Father) This morning NOAA released a report from its dolphin health assessment following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Their investigation shows the effects of the spill on dolphins in Barataria Bay, including a higher prevalence of lung disease and adrenal effects.
  • Five Books for Ocean Lovers
    The holiday shopping season is almost over, and you’re probably still searching for a few last-minute gifts. We’re here to help with five must-read books for ocean-lovers on your gift list.    Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food By Paul Greenburg

Civilian Military Intelligence Group

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Japan Times

Alexander Higgins

Macleans - Central

Making It Count - CCPA

  • Minimum wage: What’s good for the goose is goo ...
    Ontario’s minimum wage has been frozen since 2010. It’s the second longest period minimum wage workers have gone without a raise since 1969. Oftentimes discussions about how much and how often to raise the minimum wage get positioned in relation to potential harm to business: how much can busine ...
  • What’s a province to do on CPP expansion?
    It appears that a Canada-wide deal on CPP expansion is a bust, as Ottawa was the only objector and Ontario is now vowing to go it alone. It doesn’t appear that the Ontario government has a concrete proposal as of yet, but they will develop one in the coming months. It is truly unfortunate that a ...
  • What do we know about job vacancies in Canada?
    The most recent Jobs Vacancy statistics are out, and the trend for 2013 so far has been a reduction in the number of job vacancies reported by businesses compared to 2012. The number of job vacancies reported by businesses fell by 41,000 between September 2012 and September 2013, so that even th ...
  • Saying no to the conjurers’ trick of tax cuts
    Alex Himelfarb has had an impressive career in public service. A former professor, author and diplomat, he is probably best known for his service as clerk of the Privy Council for Jean Chretien, Paul Martin, and, briefly, Stephen Harper. His most recent accomplishment is “Tax is Not a Four Lette ...
  • Coupures chez Poste Canada, plus qu’une histoi ...
    C’est clair, je n’utilise probablement pas les services postaux aussi souvent que je le pourrais. Cependant, je suis toujours contente de savoir qu’ils me sont accessibles si j’en ai besoin, peu importe où je me trouve et dans quelle situation financière personnelle je suis. J’apprécie aussi le ...

ReDress

  • 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 ...

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

  • US Global Source of Poverty and War
    The latest bilateral deal between House Republicans and Democrats on the US federal budget is a shocking reminder of the monstrous priorities for the American ruling class. Poverty, hunger, sickness and homelessness for millions more ordinary Americans; while unbridled US militarism stalks the g ...
  • Mandela Received Weapons Training from Mossad ...
    Nelson Mandela, the former South African leader who died earlier this month, was trained in weaponry and sabotage by Mossad operatives in 1962, a few months before he was arrested in South Africa. During his training, Mandela expressed interest in the methods of the Haganah pre-state underground ...
  • FEMA Commercial “The Day Before”
  • Experts Fear Nuclear Famine: “A Disaster So Ma ...
    At last count, there are eight countries in the world that have officially designed, developed and tested nuclear weapons. Another two (Israel and Iran) deny they have built or are building such weapons, but the probability that Israel has them and that Iran is building them is believed by membe ...
  • 10 Global Predictions For 2014 That Will Blow ...
    Prediction #1: ‘The Economy’ Economies around the globe are going to continue edging towards the Abyss with unemployment figures here and there guaranteed to set new records. Think record breaking statistics like this “102 million working age Americans do not have a job“. Prediction #2 ‘Society’ ...

Daily Dose

Beyond Zero Emissions

  • The bloody-minded Banjos keepin' carbon in our air
    Stephen Bygrave, Climate Spectator Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics about average household expenditure show how repeal of the carbon price cannot save households very much. Why not? Because households don't spend very much on power. For a house that is struggling to pay all i ...
  • High-speed rail network $30 billion cheaper th ...
    ABC Lateline - by environment and science reporter Jake Sturmer A comprehensive new study investigating east coast high-speed rail argues that it could be $30 billion cheaper than first thought and pay itself off entirely within 40 years. The rail debate is back on track, with the Federal Gove ...
  • What price the carbon price?
    By Stephen Bygrave. Climate Spectator, November 21 We all know that the act of 'putting a price on carbon' has contributed to the downfall of three Australian prime ministers and two opposition leaders. What might not be as well known is that carbon pricing has gone relatively unnoticed in ot ...
  • Regular investment key to upgrading PT and cur ...
    Media release, 20 November 2013 A budgeted annual investment of $1.74 billion would build the comprehensive rail network upgrade and expansion proposed by Public Transport Victoria, according to a study released today by environmental think-tank Beyond Zero Emissions. “To deliver the PTV rail ...
  • Cut emissions and save on household bills
    From BEAM blog  Seymour and surrounds can reduce their carbon emissions to zero with four simple steps. Trent Hawkins, Project Director of the Zero Carbon Australia Buildings Plan, will talk about how this can be done at the Energy Futures Forum in Seymour on November 16. Energy Futures Fo ...

Monga Bay ( News )

  • Biggest new animal discoveries of 2013 (photos)
    Thousands of species were scientifically described for the first time in 2013. Many of these were 'cryptic species' that were identified after genetic analysis distinguished them from closely-related species, while others were totally novel. Below are some of the most interesting "new species" d ...
  • Our favorite nature pictures from 2013
    With 2013 drawing to a close, here are 100 nature pictures taken during my various Mongabay reporting trips in 2013, including Indonesia, the Pacific Northwest, Costa Rica, Namibia, and South Africa. Overall I added more than 15,000 new images — spanning rainforests, deserts and oc ...
  • Our top nature images for 2013 - page 2
    With 2013 drawing to a close, here are 100 nature pictures taken during my various Mongabay reporting trips in 2013.
  • Bee-harming pesticides may impact human nervou ...
    Neonicotinoid pesticides, which have been increasingly blamed for the collapse of bee populations, may also impact human's developing nervous system, according to a review of research by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). The EFSA says that current safety guidelines for two pesticides&#8 ...
  • Jaguars in Argentine Chaco on verge of local e ...
    The majestic jaguar (Panthera onca), the largest of the New World cats, is found as far north as the southern states of the US, and as far south as northern Argentina. In the past jaguars ranged 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) further south, but their range has shrunk as habitat loss and human dist ...

Sierra Express

  • London Mining and GIZ Donate Furniture to St. ...
    Lunsar- (21 December 2013)- On 10 December 2013, London Mining Company (LMC) in collaboration with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) donated 50 sets of chairs and tables and Le 10 million bonus to teachers at the St. Joseph Vocational Institute in Lunsar as part of a joint su ...
  • Players shortlisted for Sierra Leonean Player ...
    Five players have been shortlisted for the sierraleonefootball.com Sierra Leonean player of the year 2013 award after they were nominated by Sierra Leonean Sports Journalists based on their performances at both club and national team level throughout the year. They are Kei Ansu Kamara (Middlesbr ...
  • Dawnus signs Collective Bargaining Agreement
    Lunsar- (18 December 2013) – In a demonstration of their commitment to the welfare of their workforce, Dawnus signed a Collective Bargaining Agreement with the United Mine workers’ Union of Sierra Leone on Wednesday 18 December 2013. The Collective Bargaining Agreement is born out of the M ...
  • Burkinabe filmmaker¹s poignant journey through ...
    Michel K Zongo’s Looking for My Brother screens on Wednesday, 1 January 2013 at 20h00 GMT on Witness, Al Jazeera’s flagship documentary strand. In 1978, 14-year old Joanny Zongo left his family home in Burkina Faso and travelled to neighbouring Ivory Coast. It’s a journey made by tho ...
  • A Decade of Stability and Progress: What is next?
    Kandeh Yumkella takes a retrospective view of his native, Sierra Leone, following a decade of civil war and three peaceful elections. While there is much, much more work to be done for Sierra Leone to become the next “Dubai” and for Sierra Leoneans to be able to enjoy their God-given wealth, he ...

Dairy Industry - NZ Herald

  • World dairy prices up again overnight (+graphic)
    Fitch Ratings has praised Fonterra Cooperative Group's decision to hold the forecast payout to farmers and slashing its dividend by two-thirds amid a growing gap in prices between milk powders and its cheese and casein products. The...
  • Product mix big call for Fonterra
    Fonterra's top executives will have plenty to think about early next year when they devise the co-operative's next three-year business plan.Uppermost in their minds will be the rampant demand for milk powder, particularly from Fonterra's...
  • UK butter eaters lose taste for Anchor after d ...
    British shoppers have noticed that their favourite Anchor butter tastes different - with the explanation being it's no longer from New Zealand.In Britain, the famous Kiwi brand is used by European dairy company Arla. Until recently,...
  • Dairy lift adds to interest pressures
    Export commodity prices have joined the housing market and the exchange rate in the front row of drivers of the interest rate outlook."How much and how quickly interest rates rise will depend on what happens to the exchange rate,...
  • Fonterra price slump on dividend cut
    Fonterra's unit price slumped by 60 cents or almost 10 per cent after the co-operative warned of a big cut in its dividend and a sharp drop in its earnings for the current year.But by late morning the units, which offer investors...

Hit & Run | Reason

  • A.M. Links: Bomb Attacks Target Christians in ...
    Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been criticized in China and South Korea for visiting a shrine which honors 2.5 million Japanese war dead, including World War II war criminals. Egypt’s interim government has labeled the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. T ...
  • Cathy Young on the "Duck Dynasty" Controversy
    There are at least two lessons to be learned from the “Duck Dynasty” debacle, in which reality TV star Phil Robertson got indefinitely suspended from the A&E hit show after making anti-gay remarks in a GQ magazine interview, writes Cathy Young. One: on freedom of speech, hypocr ...
  • Egypt's Interim Government Declares Muslim Bro ...
    Egypt’s interim government has declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization. The move comes shortly after the bombing of a police building in northern Egypt that killed 16 people. Egyptian authorities have blamed the Muslim Brotherhood for the bombing, despite the fact t ...
  • Brickbat: Slave Labor
    French officials fined the Mamm-Kounifl pub in Brittany 9,000 euros after they spotted a customer returning some empty glasses to the bar. Customers have traditionally returned glasses to the bar out of politeness. But the government says that allowing that practice means the bar is ...
  • Ed Krayewski on Four Issues Republicans Could ...
    2014 is another election year, with both Democrats and Republicans hoping to exploit the others’ policy weaknesses to make gains in the Congressional midterms. Democrats are being pilloried for the disaster that’s been the healthcare website roll out so far, as well as for Presiden ...

Mercury Rising

  • Two Creepy Right-Wing Armed Dude Alerts
    This is precisely the sort of story that our national TV news ignores but gets picked up overseas by The Guardian: A Minnesota national guardsman faces federal fraud charges in connection with the theft of names, social security numbers and security clearance levels of roughly 400 members of his ...
  • “Duck Dynasty” Creator Is Also Gay ...
    Life’s little ironies: Oh boy. Howie has the latest on the Duck Dynasty flap: Do you know what a fluffer is? The clinical Wikipedia definition: “A fluffer is a person employed to keep a male adult film star aroused on the set. These duties, which do not necessarily involve touching t ...
  • Friday Cat Blogging
  • Belying His Current “Reasonable” P ...
    While the rest of the US news media touts the myth of a newly “reasonable” Paul Ryan, when he’s chatting with his fellow Republicans on FOX News he’s still the same old hold-the-debt-limit-hostage guy he was back in October: WALLACE: Sir, I understand, but the question is ...
  • Belying His Current “Reasonable” P ...
    While the rest of the US news media touts the myth of a newly “reasonable” Paul Ryan, when he’s chatting with his fellow Republicans on FOX News he’s still the same old hold-the-debt-limit-hostage guy he was back in October: WALLACE: Sir, I understand, but the question is ...

Reality Sandwich

  • Another Green World: Psychedelics and Ecology
      The following article appears in Manifesting Minds: An Anthology from the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, available from Evolver Editions/North Atlantic Books.  read more
  • The Brothers Guthrie: Pagan Christianity of th ...
    "Inspiration and Aspiration" by Solon Borglum, in the garden of St. Mark's Church in the Bowery, commissioned by William Guthrie. The following originally appeared on Newtopia magazine. read more
  • Conversations with Cobra, Chapter One
    Elizabeth:  I’d like to start our conversation with a big overview of the Fukushima situation, largely because so many people here on the west coast have expressed a lot of anxiety about it. There was something in our paper today from one of the columnists about not eating seafood. If you co ...
  • Amanda Charchian
    The following originally appeared on newtopiamagazine. read more
  • Separation
      The following is excerpted from The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible, published by North Atlantic Books. read more

Desertification

  • U.N.’s Post-2015 Agenda Needs a Triple Play
    As the international community fleshes out a new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be unveiled next year, civil society activists and U.N. officials agree their success will hinge on policies that address the nexus of poverty, hunger and environmental degradation. Secretary-General ...
  • U.N.’s Post-2015 Agenda Needs a Triple Play
    As the international community fleshes out a new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be unveiled next year, civil society activists and U.N. officials agree their success will hinge on policies that address the nexus of poverty, hunger and environmental degradation. Secretary-General ...
  • The Carbon Warrior
    Watching the colossal destruction of Typhoon Haiyan over the past month, Columbia University Professor Graciela Chichilnisky knows one thing for sure: climate change will likely result in more of these massive storms, threatening the very existence of humanity. As one of the world’s foremost exp ...
  • The Carbon Warrior
    Watching the colossal destruction of Typhoon Haiyan over the past month, Columbia University Professor Graciela Chichilnisky knows one thing for sure: climate change will likely result in more of these massive storms, threatening the very existence of humanity. As one of the world’s foremost exp ...
  • In Haiti, Planting Trees Is No Simple Matter
    Reforestation and soil conservation programmes costing many thousands of dollars in this rural community have resulted in hundreds of small ledges built of straw or sacks of earth. In certain areas, the earthworks seem to be lasting, but in others, they are disintegrating. The construction and d ...

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

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

  • How pandemics spread
    Air passenger links between cities internationally are the most powerful determinants of disease spread, new reserach has shown. Historically, the spread of infectious diseases tend to be limited by ...
  • Optimal crop irrigation
    Growing crops in arid areas has become a little easier with the release of new technology that assesses the local environment. Understanding weather and environmental data to calculate how much water...
  • How diet changes your gut bacteria
    Microorganisms in the gut adapt to changing diet within 24 hours, researchers have found. Furthermore, high fat diets encourage the growth of specific species of bacteria, including those that cause i...
  • Quick Fire Science: Exploring Mars
    NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars in August 2012, and it has spent that past 15 months exploring a region of the planet called Gale Crater. This week the team running the rover reported on what th...
  • Oldest Homo genome revealed
    Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany have used new techniques to extract and analyse DNA from the bones of human ancestors from 400,000 years ago - the old...

More Sources

Care2 - Environment

  • Ban Hunting of Red Panda in China ! PLEASE SIG ...
    We ask China to put a moratorium on hunting red pandas as they are facing extinction from too many factors. Submitted by Cher C. to Animals  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Stop the Cruelty of Fox and Coyote Penning ! P ...
    We ask North Carolina to ban this barbarically cruel blood-sport. Submitted by Cher C. to Animals  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Good News on Christmas Day for Arctic 30
    The final chapter in the legal ordeal of the Arctic 30 began today as the group was asked to attend a meeting at Russias powerful Investigative Committee, where the criminal case against them is being dropped en masse. Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to Environment  |   Note-it! &nbs ...
  • Let's bring a million solar roofs to Colorado ...
    Join us in urging the governor to set a goal of generating enough solar energy to power a million roofs in Colorado by 2030. Submitted by Cher C. to Green Lifestyle  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • 20 Environmental Calculators to Track Your Eco ...
    Protecting the environment has several benefits for people. Making changes to reduce the amount of energy a person uses at home or at work not only preserves resources for future generations. Reducing energy use and consumption can also help reduce home Submitted by Cher C. to Green Lifestyle & ...

JL's News ( Care2 )

  • US and UK pursuing a massive land grab in Sout ...
    Salva Kiir government in South Sudan is effectively a terrorist government put in power by the West to tap into countrys vast resources, war correspondent Keith Harmon Snow, told RT. Submitted by Michael Gooch to US Politics & Gov't  |   Note-it!  |   Add a ...
  • Atheists, work with us for peace, Pope says on ...
    VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, celebrating his first Christmas as Roman Catholic leader, on Wednesday called on atheists to unite with believers of all religions and work for "a homemade peace" that can spread across the world. Submitted by David B. to World  |   Note-it! ...
  • Torn Between Her Family and Career, A Small To ...
    Like many little girls, Julie Buzby longed for the fuzzy friendship that only a dog or cat can offer. But her father's job in the military kept the family moving, making it difficult for them to provide a stable home for a four-legged friend. Submitted by Barb Knight to Business  |  & ...
  • TAKING BACK THE TROPHY :Elvis' former wife sa ...
    There won't be a Graceland Challenge Trophy at the nation's premier walking horse competition next year after its donor, Priscilla Presley, decided to take it back after three decades. She didn't know it was still awarded after over 30 years, Submitted by Lisa Layton to Animals  |  ...
  • Climate Change Threatens Peru's Economic Progr ...
    The Amazon rainforest usually acts as a carbon sink, absorbing atmospheric CO2 rather than releasing it. Scientists think this reversal of its normal behavior results from the droughts in the western Amazon and say it shows Perus vulnerability to ... Submitted by Laura Beans to Environment &nbs ...

Articles and Answers 2011

  • Merry Christmas
    Filed under: News and politics
  • Ignorance is Bliss Unless You Are an Officer o ...
    By Patricia L Johnson President Obama issued a proclamation regarding the death of Nelson Mandela on December 5, 2013 which read in part as follows: “As a mark of respect for the memory of Nelson Mandela, by the authority vested … Continue reading →
  • Compared to Peers a Pitiful, Pathetic, Poor Pe ...
    By Patricia L Johnson Every three years the PISA, Programme for International Student Assessment, is administered to 15 year old students around the world to determine their knowledge in reading, math and science. The last test was offered in 2012 … Continue reading →
  • Progress Report – Affordable Care Act We ...
    s.wsj.net/public/resources/documents/HealthCare-Site-Progress-Report-Final.pdf.Filed under: Government, Health and wellness, Health, Uninsured Tagged: ACA Website, Obamacare, PPACA
  • Final Policy and Payment Changes to the Medica ...
    Details for Title: Final Policy and Payment Changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2014.Filed under: Government Tagged: Calendar Year 2014, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, CMS, Medicare, Physician Fee Schedule, Policy

Rogue Government - WP

  • TOP 50 NEWS POLITICS SITES BY U.S. TRAFFIC: IJ ...
    Independent Journal Review climbs to the #22 ranking by number of monthly people who read it in the United States. It is currently the fifth largest conservative website by U.S. traffic behind Fox News, The Blaze, The Drudge Report, and Newsmax. For some perspective, more people in the U.S. curr ...
  • TOP 50 NEWS POLITICS SITES BY U.S. TRAFFIC: IJ ...
    Independent Journal Review climbs to the #22 ranking by number of monthly people who read it in the United States. It is currently the fifth largest conservative website by U.S. traffic behind Fox News, The Blaze, The Drudge Report, and Newsmax. For some perspective, more people in the U.S. curr ...
  • TOP 100 NEWS & POLITICS SITES BY U.S. TRAFFIC
    Top 100 News & Politics Websites by U.S. Traffic The following news and politics websites are ranked by U.S. traffic in millions (m) of unique people. IJREVIEW.COM breaks the Top 50. HuffPo (57m) NBC News (43m) Buzzfeed (24m) Reddit (27m) Upworthy (22m) Examiner (20m) Today (19.4m) Fox (19.2 ...
  • TOP 100 NEWS & POLITICS SITES BY U.S. TRAFFIC
    Top 100 News & Politics Websites by U.S. Traffic The following news and politics websites are ranked by U.S. traffic in millions (m) of unique people. IJREVIEW.COM breaks the Top 50. HuffPo (57m) NBC News (43m) Buzzfeed (24m) Reddit (27m) Upworthy (22m) Examiner (20m) Today (19.4m) Fox (19.2 ...
  • The King of the Freeloaders
    As Karl Marx once quoted Goethe “everything that exists deserves to perish.” And it is exactly that petulant and craven mentality birthed by the king of the freeloaders that conservatives are up against. The “progressive” notion of freedom is freedom from responsibility. ...
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