Thursday, January 16, 2014

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 It's been 1 year since I started blogging at this URL after Opit's LinkFest! was shuttered. Funny thing is, the initial complaint resulted in post deletion but was followed by another complaint....yet Chilling Effects proved useless in allowing me to repair the problem myself....mostly by being inoperative.

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And the clock is ticking on Opera Community as well.
Water and environment search spider returns at bottom.

Noted Sources

Independent - London

The Daily Galaxy

  • "The Unexplored Planet" --NASA's Fastest Space ...
        One of the fastest spacecraft ever built -- NASA's New Horizons -- is hurtling through the void at nearly one million miles per day. Launched in 2006, it has been in flight longer than some missions last, and it is nearing its destination: Pluto. “There is a real possibility that ...
  • New Planet Discovered Orbiting a Star Identic ...
      Astronomers have used ESO's HARPS planet hunter in Chile, along with other telescopes around the world, to discover three planets orbiting stars in the cluster Messier 67 shown above. Although more than one thousand planets outside the Solar System are now confirmed, only a handful have ...
  • The Search for Extraterrestrial Archeology --P ...
        Fifty years ago the physicists Freeman Dyson speculated that vast structures could ring or completely enclose their parent star. These Dyson Spheres, the work of a Kardashev Type II civilization — would be capable of drawing on the entire energy output of its star. Geoff Marcy, Profes ...
  • "The New Cosmos in Our Dark Universe"--Neil de ...
            
  • "Exo-Planet Atmospheres Can Form Prebiotic See ...
        The atmospheres around exoplanets and brown dwarfs form exotic clouds that, instead of being composed of water droplets, are made of dust particles made of minerals that could give rise to the precursors to life, researchers at the University of St Andrews have revealed. Dr Craig St ...

Natural News

  • Study shows black tea's theaflavins protect fr ...
    Cadmium ranks, along with other heavy metals, as one of the most devastating toxins capable of wreaking havoc on the human body. Unlike lead, arsenic and mercury, exposure to this environmental toxin comes almost exclusively through dietary sources and tobacco smoke...
  • Spirulina truly is an exceptional food in ever ...
    This is a one of a kind food that you should immediately start adding to your diet as often as possible. Spirulina is mainly found growing in the alkaline lakes of Central and South America. It's now recognized as one of the most nutritious foods in the world, as it...
  • Pesticide-tainted food poisons over a thousand ...
    Aqli Foods, a subsidiary of the Tokyo-based company Maruha Nichiro Holdings, Inc., which sells frozen seafood products in Japan, North America and Europe, has sickened over 1,700 Japanese after the company's products tested positive for pesticide levels 2.6 million times...
  • 'Mountain Dew mouth' is wrecking havoc in Appa ...
    Appalachia, the region that runs from southern New York down to northern Alabama, has a growing problem called "Mountain Dew mouth." Cavities, tooth decay and rotten teeth are known to be the aftermath of bad dental hygiene and the overconsumption of sugary, high-acidity...
  • Under Obamacare, you are about to have your he ...
    There are so many details packed into the government's takeover of one-sixth of the U.S. economy - otherwise known as Obamacare - that nary a week goes by when Americans don't learn something new about the massive, 2,700-page law. What's more, because of the law's...

Threat Level

  • Scholar Wins Court Battle to Purge Name From U ...
    A former Stanford University student who sued the government over her placement on a U.S. government no-fly list is not a threat to national security and was the victim of a bureaucratic "mistake," a federal judge ruled today.     
  • Federal Court Guts Net Neutrality Rules
    A federal appeals court nullified key provisions of the FCC's net neutrality rules, opening the door today to a Wild West-style of internet delivery and allowing online-access providers to block content or applications as they see fit.     
  • Supreme Court Lets Stand Ruling Bolstering Gad ...
    A convicted sex offender's loss at the Supreme Court today was indirectly a boost to the privacy rights of travelers crossing the border into the United States.     
  • I Spent Two Hours Talking With the NSA’s Bigwi ...
    My expectations were low when I asked the National Security Agency to cooperate with my story on the impact of Edward Snowden’s leaks on the tech industry. Imagine my surprise when they agreed to let me behind the fence.     
  • Supreme Court Will Soon Decide the Future of O ...
    The Supreme Court today agreed to weigh into a legal thicket that, at the end of the day, will shape the manner and method by which people watch broadcast television. The justices, without comment, decided to hear a controversy over ...     

PERRspectives : Blog

  • Missouri Blocks Navigators for Obamacare, but ...
    The first numbers on the body count from the Republican sabotage of the Affordable Care Act are just now coming in. Last week, an analysis from Harvard's Theda Skocpol revealed that states that both set up their own health care exchanges and embraced the ACA's expansion of Medicaid are racing t ...
  • Will Iran Sanctions Bill Proponents Support a ...
    Even as American and international negotiators were finalizing the interim agreement with Iran over its nuclear program, both houses of Congress were moving to tie President Obama's hands in the future. While a bipartisan bill mandating harsh new sanctions nears a veto-proof majority in the Sena ...
  • Chris Christie's Plamegate
    In an exquisite performance of political choreography, Republican talking heads took to the Sunday talk shows to defend New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Christie, the likes of Rudy Giuliani and Karl Rove suggested, was being victimized while President Obama was left unscathed by the non-scan ...
  • George Washington Bridge was a Terror Target
    While the digging into Chris Christie's "BridgeGate" is far from over, this much we do know. The Christie administration jeopardized the lives and livelihoods of tens of thousands of New Jersey residents by shutting access lanes to the George Washington Bridge, all in the service of a still to- ...
  • The GOP's Worst Idea to Fight Poverty? Federal ...
    Their losing 2012 presidential ticket warned that America is becoming a nation of "makers and takers" as self-identified "victims" seek "free stuff" from their government. In 2013, Republicans in Congress voted to gut food stamps, blocked the extension of jobless benefits to 1.3 million long-te ...

Global Research.ca

  • Ariel Sharon: Beyond the Eulogies
    There were mixed reactions after it was announced by Gilad Sharon, the son of Israeli former prime minister Arik (Ariel) Sharon, from the Chaim Sehba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer that his father had passed away in his hospital bed…
  • Syria: Washington’s “Counterterror ...
    The fundamental issue is to address the nature of the conflict. ‘Is this a civil war between opposing factions within Syrian society or is it in fact a war of aggression?’ I think at the moment what is striking is…
  • The Surveillance State. NSA Telephony Metadata ...
    Edward Snowden, who worked for the National Security Agency (NSA), revealed a secret order of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), that requires Verizon to produce on an “ongoing daily basis … all call detail records or ‘telephony metadata’ created…
  • The Real Causes of the Catastrophic Crisis in ...
    1. The integration of Greece into the EU is the real cause of its catastrophic crisis The almost complete destruction of the lower classes in Greece is not due to the causes usually attributed to it by the “Left”.[1] In…
  • Flawed Research Used to Attack Multivitamin Su ...
    By Blake Gossard, Kira Schmid, ND, Luke Huber, ND, MBA, Steven V. Joyal, MD Two flawed studies, a rehashed review, and an editorial published in the December 17th issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine have attempted to discredit the…

TPM Cafe

  • Message to world government: Don't govern the ...
    You could think of the Aspen IDEA report published today as a letter to the head of the International Telecommunications Union, Hamadoun Touré, suggesting that he should reconsider his intent to put the "light touch" of government on the Internet's operations. M. Touré will be running a majo ...
  • Obama and Romney on Foreign Policy - Drawing t ...
    The political battle lines are being drawn for the general election debate over foreign policy and national security, and you can't do much better than my fellow Democracy Arsenal blogger Michael Cohen for a guide. One key theme of Michael's latest column for ForeignPolicy.com is what a differen ...
  • Will Yale's Alumni Save Liberal Education?
    Hoping to head off alumni resistance to the brand-new "Yale-National University of Singapore" college that the Yale Corporation has created somewhat stealthily in collaboration with the government of that authoritarian city-state, Association of Yale Alumni chairman Michael Madison has inadvert ...
  • Neocons Celebrate: We Got MJ Rosenberg, We'll ...
    The right-wing "pro-Israel" lobby has taken off its mask. In the wake of my departure from Media Matters, it is in a celebratory mood. In one article and column after another, the Israel-is-always-right types cannot contain their feeling of triumph. There are dozens of these articles. Here i ...
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Institute for Middle East Understanding

Water - AlterNet

  • Why Japan Is Pursuing a Nuclear Future Despite ...
    Japan halted nearly all nuclear-related projects after the Fukushima disaster. However, Prime Minister Abe reversed its campaign pledge to move Japan away from nuclear energy. AMY GOODMAN: We are on the road in Tokyo, Japan. On Sunday, we’ll be headed to Hiroshima and Kyo ...
  • Study Blows a Hole in EPA Claim That Homes Nea ...
    Texas residents say the Environmental Protection Agency should re-open an investigation into a gas-drilling company. Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) dropped an inquiry into claims that a gas-drilling operation had contaminated water in Parker County, Texas.  The move ...
  • Why That West Virginia Chemical Spill Is Likel ...
    Sadly, the West Virginia spill just isn't as interesting for the media and public as the Chris Christie revenge conspiracy. It should be. If we called West Virginia 4-methylcyclohexane-methanol leak "Watergate", do you think the political press would pay more attention?Hours of ...
  • West Virginia Ignored Federal Regulations That ...
    The state ignored a set of federal regulations that could have easily prevented the catastrophe. People in West Virginia knew there was something in the water when they smelled a licorice-type scent emanating from their running faucets—something we now know was the result of a ...
  • Are We Starting to Run Out of Fresh Water?
    If current trends hold, California water managers will only be able to deliver 5 percent of the water needed for its residents and farmers. Peak water is here and unlike peak oil, there is no substitution for water. But like peak oil the low-hanging fruit of our fresh water supply has be ...

Public Citizen in Texas

  • West Virginia Chemical Spill Rekindles Concern ...
    The chemical spill into West Virginia’s Elk River, which left more than 300,000 people without water for over five days (many are still without water), comes in a state with a long history of lax regulatory standards over the coal and chemical industries that form a major part of its economy. Th ...
  • Proposed carbon pollution standards for new po ...
    As promised, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published its proposed standards to limit toxic carbon pollution from new power plants in the Federal Register.  Today, January 8, 2013, starts the 60-day period for public comment period.  Click here to read the proposed standards. Powe ...
  • Fines, Follow Fun Filled Freeze
    Remember sitting at home during February 2 of 2011 as the temperatures dropped and the power kept getting turned off. As millions of Texas sat in the cold and dark Luminant, Texas largest power generator, wasn’t able to get its power plants running along with other generators. Luminant Energy Co ...
  • Wishing you a joyous holiday season
    As you close out 2013, consider joining or making a gift to Public Citizen’s work – click here. Thank you and we wish you a safe and happy holiday.The post Wishing you a joyous holiday season appeared first on TexasVox: The Voice of Public Citizen in Texas.
  • Keystone XL Southern Segment Starts Up Despite ...
    TransCanada had announced start up dates for the southern section of Keystone XL for January 3rd, then changed that to mid to late January, then announced startup began on Saturday, December 7th. Following reports of hundreds of flaws that could lead to spills in the southern segment of the Keys ...

Unexplained Mysteries

  • 'Devil baby' goes on New York rampage
    A demonic infant in a pram has been terrorizing people in the streets of America's largest city. Unsuspecting pedestrians reported being accosted by a...
  • Lost tomb of Egypt's King Seneb discovered
    The pharaoh is believed to have enjoyed the longest rule of his time more than 3,600 years ago. The tomb, which dates back to 1650 BC, was found near ...
  • Why do we live longer than other mammals ?
    Scientists believe that our slow metabolic rate is the key to explaining our relative longevity. According to a new study, humans and other primates s...
  • Manned Mars mission possible by 2030
    A panel of experts has concluded that a manned mission to Mars by 2030 is a realistic possibility. NASA might be working towards a manned visit to an ...
  • Who are the Men in Black ?
    There have been many recorded cases of mysterious agents turning up in relation to UFO sightings. A typical Men in Black encounter will involve two we...

Grassroots

Care 2

  • Local Firefighter Saves Husky From Icy Harbor
    Firefighter Sean P. Coyle of Pleasure Bay, Boston, is gaining international recognition for his daring rescue of a Siberian Husky from a frozen bay. The story of the canine's liberation from the icy Boston Harbor went viral, as reported by the Boston..... Submitted by Barb Knight to Offbeat &nb ...
  • USDA: Please Stop Random Source Dog Dealers ! ...
    Our undercover investigation revealed that Georgia Regents University buys dogs from a random source Class B dealer, Kenneth Schroeder, who obtained multiple dogs from unauthorized sources and has serious animal housing problems, among other violations. Submitted by Cher C. to Animals  |&n ...
  • Say no to wolf hunt in Sweden 2014 *** please ...
    The petition will continue to be open for this week at least. The new plan is to not only send the list of signers to the EU commission but also to send it to the Swedish government. Thanks again everybody... Submitted by Frans Badenhorst to Animals  |   Note-it!  |  &n ...
  • N.S.A. Devises Radio Pathway Into Computers
    While most of the software is inserted by gaining access to computer networks, the N.S.A. has increasingly made use of a secret technology that enables it to enter and alter data in computers even if they are not connected to the Internet Submitted by Angelika R. to US Politics & Gov't ...
  • 18 strange and beautiful hummingbird species
    These 'flying jewels' are fascinating to watch. Here are some of our favorite examples of these gorgeous and unusual birds. Submitted by marie H. to Offbeat  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

Smirking Chimp

Paul Krugman

No Quarter

  • Some Key Revelations from the Senate Report on ...
    The bipartisan Benghazi report issued today by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) is, as I noted in an earlier post, a damning document. The findings, which I list in the preceding blog post, are very straightforward. This report shreds the credibility of the New York Times, who ...
  • Senate Intel Committee Report on Benghazi Spel ...
    The report out today by the Senate Intelligence Committee is noteworthy, not just because it is bipartisan, but because its conclusions are clear and devastating for Hillary Clinton. The report leaves no doubt that there was ample intelligence in the months and days preceding the attacks on 11 S ...
  • Random Thoughts
    No single issue or theme for this post. Just some things that I find fascinating. Obamacare. Totally amused by the Obama disciples running around shrieking praise about how damn well the system is working. Two million plus people have “signed” up. Whatever the hell that means? Fillin ...
  • The Bullshit Story of Lone Survivor
    Peter Berg’s latest film, LONE SURVIVOR, which tells the story of Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell’s survival of an Al Qaeda/Taliban assault in Afghanistan and the deaths of his three team mates, is raking in the cash and resonating with a lot of Americans. Variety reports: Universal’s “Lon ...
  • Obama’s Continuing Economic Disaster
    Obama supporters must be getting dizzy. They are spinning more than a Dreidel at a South Park crack party. First, they insist nothing happened of note at Benghazi, that Obamacare is going swell and that the Feds are not really listening to your phone calls and reading your email. Now comes the n ...

Futurismic

  • A Viridian post-mortem, plus the rhetorics of ...
    “Three things make a post,” the saying used to go — so here’s three things. First up, my first solo paper (“The future’s four quarters: Proposing a quadrant methodology for strategic prototyping in infrastructural contexts”) has finally wended its way th ...
  • A Viridian post-mortem, plus the rhetorics of ...
    “Three things make a post,” the saying used to go — so here’s three things. First up, my first solo paper (“The future’s four quarters: Proposing a quadrant methodology for strategic prototyping in infrastructural contexts”) has finally wended its way th ...
  • An introduction to infrastructure fiction &#82 ...
    I am very pleased to publish my talk from Improving Reality 2013. Here is the video version… followed by my slides and script, because, well, I’m a writer, and not a natural orator. (I need to work on that, I think.) IR was a day of fascinating talks, and I heartily recommend all of ...
  • An introduction to infrastructure fiction — Im ...
    I am very pleased to publish my talk from Improving Reality 2013. Here is the video version… followed by my slides and script, because, well, I’m a writer, and not a natural orator. (I need to work on that, I think.) IR was a day of fascinating talks, and I heartily recommend all of ...
  • Wrist-deep in the grab-bag of the quotidian
    Atemporality, eh? [Spotted by the freshly deracinated Tim Maughan, currently on foot patrol in NYC, who noted that both of those futures -- and, implicitly, all futures -- are in the past tense.] Speaking of the quotidian grab-bag, here’s an interesting project: remixdemix. I’m not q ...

Al Jazeera

Green Inc. - NYT

  • Follow Our Environmental Coverage
    Where to find continuing coverage of the environment at The Times.
  • An Addendum
    Some longtime contributors to the Green blog will now be posting to the Caucus and Bits blogs instead, and they can be followed on Twitter.
  • A Blog’s Adieu
    The New York Times is discontinuing the Green blog but plans to press on with aggressive energy and environment coverage.
  • Q and A: The Angry Economist
    Because of its natural gas boom, the United States is ahead of Europe in fixing climate change, the Oxford economist Dieter Helm argues.
  • A Snapshot of Drilling on a Park’s Margins
    A photographer seeks to drive home the proximity of fracking to Glacier National Park.

Dot Earth News

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

  • Soviet Psychotronic lit review since 1911, int ...
    Let's have a nice link dump on some moar exotic science. If you care to scout this story out, you will have moar vortices of weirdness than you'll know what to do with. I like weird patents and ran into a few of them. Could all these things below be related? Can we hack a new machine to get into ...
  • NSA Boundless Informant explicated - for moar ...
    Just had to crosspost this relatively down-to-earth explanation of how all the cell phone data is hoarded in the NSA mass data mining system. What this lacks in documentation it makes up for with relative plausibility & general lack of fancifulness. SOURCE: Cryptome.org : http://cryptome.o ...
  • Aha: Carbon Market digital currency "Ven" by H ...
    Lolz just stumbled on this - had to write a quick post with a lurid headline. Ven is like the Sharper Image / corporate greenwashing version of Bitcoins and it's all tied into a big ball of classic shady stuff. There is a really nice blob of greenwashing social constructions underpinning the Ven ...
  • Terrible Trans Pacific Partnership intellectua ...
    Finally got some clue into WTF is going on. They have been trying to keep this secret as hell because a planet of 6+ billion people might rebel at another horrible technocratic scheme to control everyone's brains :( VIA https://wikileaks.org/tpp/ - way to go wikileaks. Secret Trans-Pacific Part ...
  • Scott Hargarten Pirate Party City Council cand ...
    A friend of mine, Scott Hargarten, (@scotthargarten) is running for Minneapolis City Council with the new Pirate Party of Minnesota and participated in the Ward 10 debate today. While of course the Pirate Party is a small new political venture we are getting somewhere with advancing ideas of dir ...

AlterNet Top Stories

  • Retired Cop Shoots Fellow Moviegoer to Death O ...
    Chad Oulson was texting his toddler when the argument that ended his life started. Will his shooter claim he was 'standing his ground?' A 71-year-old retired police officer has been charged with second-degree murder after shooting another man to death over the latter's texting in a m ...
  • Why Republicans Are So Intent on Protecting th ...
    Why don't they just cave and stop looking like jerks? To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com here.Every once in a while a small controversy comes along that helps explain a big problem. This National Football League seas ...
  • MUST WATCH: Fallon and Springsteen's Brilliant ...
    NJ Gov's favorite singer is clearly not buying Christie's bullsh*t. Jimmy Fallon and Bruce Springsteen teamed up last night for a brilliant spoof of Springsteen's 'Born to Run' that took direct aim at "Governor Chris Christie's Fort Lee, New Jersey traffic jam." In fact those words w ...
  • Were the Golden Globes Right to Celebrate Wood ...
    Not everyone welcomed the director's Lifetime Achievement award – particularly Mia and Ronan Farrow. Is it OK to celebrate Woody Allen? Many fans thought, with some relief, that this question had finally been settled, with the public beginning to relax about the public scandals that destr ...
  • Apple Meets Its Worst Nightmare: Federally App ...
    What is Apple hiding? Monopolistic rip-off tactics, perchance? As detailed in a recent article in the New York Times, Apple is flipping about an outside monitor nosing around in its business. The technology giant has spent the last several months pulling out all the stops to keep one Michael R ...

Threat Level

  • Scholar Wins Court Battle to Purge Name From U ...
    A former Stanford University student who sued the government over her placement on a U.S. government no-fly list is not a threat to national security and was the victim of a bureaucratic "mistake," a federal judge ruled today.     
  • Federal Court Guts Net Neutrality Rules
    A federal appeals court nullified key provisions of the FCC's net neutrality rules, opening the door today to a Wild West-style of internet delivery and allowing online-access providers to block content or applications as they see fit.     
  • Supreme Court Lets Stand Ruling Bolstering Gad ...
    A convicted sex offender's loss at the Supreme Court today was indirectly a boost to the privacy rights of travelers crossing the border into the United States.     
  • I Spent Two Hours Talking With the NSA’s Bigwi ...
    My expectations were low when I asked the National Security Agency to cooperate with my story on the impact of Edward Snowden’s leaks on the tech industry. Imagine my surprise when they agreed to let me behind the fence.     
  • Supreme Court Will Soon Decide the Future of O ...
    The Supreme Court today agreed to weigh into a legal thicket that, at the end of the day, will shape the manner and method by which people watch broadcast television. The justices, without comment, decided to hear a controversy over ...     

IntelNews

  • US regular troops enter Somalia for the first ...
    For the first time since 1993, when American troops left Somalia following the infamous ‘Black Hawk down’ incident, the US army has secretly stationed a group of regular troops in the troubled African country.
  • News you may have missed #863
    Al-Qaeda controls more Arab territory than ever before. German diplomats survive shooting in Saudi Arabia. Israel's ex-security chief flees Denmark to avoid arrest.
  • Croatian court authorizes extradition of ex-sp ...
    A court in the Croatian capital Zagreb has ruled in favor of the extradition of the country’s former spy chief to Germany, where he is wanted for the communist-era murder of a Yugoslav dissident.
  • Analysis: How al-Qaeda changed the Syrian Civi ...
    Until relatively recently, few observers believed that the government of Bashar al-Assad had a future in war-torn Syria. But the situation in the world’s most active battle zone has changed drastically in recent months, and now many suggest that the Assad forces are dominating the conflict. Some ...
  • Leftist group behind 1971 burglary of FBI offi ...
    Members of an American leftwing group, who in 1971 burgled a regional branch of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), stealing documents that revealed illegal government activities, have come forward. The mysterious group, which called itself The Citizens’ Commission to Investigate the FBI, ...

War is a Crime.org

  • Not Another War!
  • Abolition of War Hour on the Radio
    Here's an mp3. David Swanson on Envision This. read more
  • Chelsea Manning Awarded Sam Adams Integrity Pr ...
    Announcement by Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence (SAAII) The Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence (SAAII) have voted overwhelmingly to present the 2014 Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence to Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning.  A Nobel Peace Prize ...
  • Syria News - Jan 16
      Western intelligence talking to Damascus about the jihadist threat, Syrian minister says - BBC News VIDEO: Interview: Western intelligence talking to Damascus about the jihadist threat, Syrian minister says - BBC News European Spies Reach Out to Syria to Share Information on Jihadists ...
  • 4 Reasons to Hold George W. Bush Accountable f ...
    Originally Posted at AcronymTv http://youtu.be/gO7-Y1gvukM I am not sure what it says about our culture when six figure speaker fees are awarded to War Criminals, but that is what happened in New York City on Monday, January 13 when George W. Bush took a break from his retirement and rigorous p ...

Grist - News

  • The age-old battle of goats versus tortoises
    by Sarah Laskow. Before reading further in this post, ask yourself a question (and answer honestly): Which do you care about more, guiltless (if hungry) goats or the Galápagos Islands' giant tortoises? If you answered goats, this post will make you sad. Here was the ...
  • Watch an orca chase a shark out of the water
    by Sarah Laskow. Orcas might be charismatic movie stars, but they are also killer whales. A family of beachgoers in New Zealand caught on film an orca fighting with a few sharks. One shark was so eager to get away from the whale that it beached itself in the shallow water. (That's t ...
  • What environmental policy could we expect from ...
    by Jess Zimmerman. Stephen Colbert has officially thrown his hat in the ring for definitely possibly considering a run for president. He's already out-polling Jon Huntsman! So what kind of environmental policy platform could we expect from a President Colbert? Well, for starters, no ...
  • Don’t believe the hype about the ‘ ...
    by Christopher Mims. Some chemists came up with a really clever way to observe the intermediate stage of an atmospheric chemical reaction, and then some PR flack got a hold of it and suddenly science has invented a brand-new molecule that will solve all our climate change woes! As usual, t ...
  • Congressional staffers will stop betting on wi ...
    by Jess Zimmerman. We here at Grist mock a lot of people. But we don't always manage to mock some sense into them. Which is why we're pretty psyched about the response to Sarah Laskow's feature story revealing that congressional staffers were making deadly wildfires into a fun ...

Camera Obscura

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  • Pathos and pathology: the cinema of Todd Haynes.
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935025/pathos-and-pathology-cinema.html September 1, 2004... Because infinity--for the eye--begins just a few meters away from the retina.... --Roger Caillois, "The Image" There are at least two shots in Todd Haynes's work that recur so ...
  • The incredible shrinking star: Todd Haynes and ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935026/incredible-shrinking-star-todd.html September 1, 2004... Critics have consistently characterized the films of Todd Haynes within the terms of what B. Ruby Rich described in 1992 as the "new queer cinema"--films whose style displayed traces ...
  • Written on the screen: mediation and immersion ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935031/written-screen-mediation-and.html September 1, 2004... Recently, while engaging in one of my favorite forms of procrastination--using my computer to search for mid-century modern bargains on eBay rather than using it to engage in more rigo ...
  • Traumatic postmodern histories: Velvet Goldmin ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935030/traumatic-postmodern-histories-velvet.html September 1, 2004... If modernity was characterized by and imagined itself in terms of a particular awareness of time and history--the unfolding of social, political, and technological projects of ...

Democracy Now!

  • The Oscar Nominee Interviews: 2014 Picks Inclu ...
    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the five films nominated for the Documentary Feature Oscar. A record 147 films had originally qualified in the category. Watch our interviews with three of the filmmakers who were nominated, and see all of our Oscar-related coverage ...
  • "Dirty Wars" Wins Official Academy Award Nomin ...
    The film, "Dirty Wars: The World Is A Battlefield," has received an official nomination for 2014 best documentary by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The film follows longtime Democracy Now! correspondent and investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill to Afghanistan, Somalia and Ye ...
  • Fukushima: An Ongoing Warning to the World
    TOKYO—“I write these facts as dispassionately as I can in the hope that they will act as a warning to the world,” wrote the journalist Wilfred Burchett from Hiroshima. His story, headlined, “The Atomic Plague” appeared in the London Daily Express on Sept. 5, 1945. Burchett violated the U.S. mil ...
  • Remembering Amiri Baraka Part 2 Featuring Soni ...
    Watch this online-only extended interview on the life and legacy of Amiri Baraka, the poet, playwright and political organizer who died Thursday at the age of 79. We talk to four of his friends and play some more of Amiri Baraka in his own words. Watch Part 1 of this interview: Amiri Baraka ...
  • The FBI, the NSA and a Long-Held Secret Revealed
    By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan This week, more news emerged about the theft of classified government documents, leaked to the press, that revealed a massive, top-secret surveillance program. No, not news of Edward Snowden and the National Security Agency, but of a group of anti-Vietna ...

Solari

  • Virtual Currency vs the Stock Market
    By Catherine Austin Fitts Mobile marketing company Jana just published a new survey of 1,000+ mobile users in Asia, Africa and South America. What they found was pretty interesting. Mobile users trusted their bank significantly more than they trusted virtual currencies. However, in many countri ...
  • The Big Shift
    By Catherine Austin Fitts If you follow market commentators, one of the themes you are hearing a great deal about is the question of what, exactly, is going to cause the stock market in the developed world to continue to levitate, let alone move higher. Digging in a bit this translates into que ...
  • Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TP ...
    By Wikileaks Today, 15 January 2014, WikiLeaks released the secret draft text for the entire TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) Environment Chapter and the corresponding Chairs’ Report. The TPP transnational legal regime would cover 12 countries initially and encompass 40 per cent of global ...
  • Key Provision of Net-Neutrality Law Struck Dow ...
    Photo Credit: Reuters / Toru Hanai By RT Should internet service providers be allowed to restrict access to websites and block certain content from customers depending on how much they pay to be connected? On Tuesday, a federal appeals court said yes. That ruling was handed down early Tuesday ...
  • U.S. Will Be Energy Self-Sufficient by 2035 on ...
    By Brian Swint The U.S. will be able to provide for all its own energy needs by 2035 as output of shale oil and gas accelerates and demand growth slows, BP Plc said. The country, which became the world’s biggest producer of liquid energy last year, will produce more gas and coal than it consumes ...

Insurgency Watch - Newswire

  • Times Scare
    ISLAMABAD–The apparent links between Pakistan and Faisal Shahzad are certainly cause for concern, but let’s not lose site of things here. The attack in Times Square was a fizzle. The rush to claim credit is a bit embarassing for the TTP and looks like it was — like the attack itself — a rush job ...
  • Stepping up - University at Buffalo The Spectrum
    Stepping up University at Buffalo The Spectrum The president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, recognized the direness of the situation and began to mobilize military forces to combat the Taliban. ... and more »
  • Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of ...
    BBC News Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of Afghan women Chicago Tribune Would nuclear-armed Pakistan become even more vulnerable to its own Taliban insurgency? Will a defeat embolden America's enemies? That line of thinking must ... Vietnam syndrome has begun in AfghanistanSri L ...
  • Officials: Campus blasts perplexing - United P ...
    Officials: Campus blasts perplexing United Press International ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The International Islamic University, where bomb blasts killed at least six people, is a unique Pakistani institution ... and more »
  • Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing - GMA ...
    Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing GMA news.tv An Associated Press reporter met three Taliban fighters Tuesday traveling in a car with darkened windows at Shaktoi, a town close to the border between ... and more »

Inhabitat

  • Japan Prepares to Launch Giant Net into Orbit ...
    In late February, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is teaming up with a fishing equipment company to test out an unusual approach to fighting space junk: a satellite equipped with a 300-meter magnetic net that will sweep up the man-made debris     
  • Four Houses Project Implements Traditional Isl ...
    According to Dom Architectura, the focus of the Four Houses design was to achieve a contemporary architectural structure that intrinsically melds with the harsh Saudi Arabian environment. In order to achieve this balance, the design was heavily influenced     
  • Inhabitat Reviews IF YOU BUILD IT, a New Film ...
    IF YOU BUILD IT is a new movie about the power of design and how it can change an entire community for the better. The documentary-style film follows design innovators Emily Pilloton and Matthew Miller on their journey to empower students in rural Bertie County,     
  • 5,000 Honey Bees to be Equipped with Sensors t ...
    In a groundbreaking study, 5,000 honey bees in Australia are set to be fitted with tiny sensors in an effort to better understand Colony Collapse Disorder. The 2.5mm by 2.5mm Radio Frequency Identification sensors work much like a car's e-tag, and scientists     
  • Bacteria-Filled Pills Could Become the Newest ...
    For many who grew up in an age filled with germ-killing soaps and chemical disinfectants, "bacteria" is a dirty word. However new research suggests that promoting the growth of certain strains of bacteria in the body could be beneficial in the treatment of     

WIRED Magazine | Science

  • WIRED Space Photo of the Day: Swirly CME
    A coronal mass ejection, or CME, is seen on Jan. 14, 2014, erupting away from the sun in this image from the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. The sun is obscured to make the dimmer solar atmosphere more visible. The ...     
  • Go Deep Into the Amazon With Scientists Unrave ...
    Solving mysteries in the Amazon rainforest -- like the one about those small, silky towers -- is not easy. Working in such an unpredictable environment requires patience, the ability to improvise, and a whole lot of bug spray.     
  • WIRED Space Photo of the Day: Dark Clouds in L ...
    This wide-field view shows a dark cloud where new stars are forming along with cluster of brilliant stars that have already burst out of their dusty stellar nursery. This cloud is known as Lupus 3 and it lies about 600 ...     
  • Robo-Ape Crawls Like a Spider, Opens Doors, Sa ...
    What has a terrifying smile, crawls along the ground like a spider, can open doors, and might one day save your life? The dextrous and multi-talented RoboSimian.     
  • WIRED Space Photo of the Day: Venus’ Leda Planitia
    This false color Magellan image shows a portion of Leda Planitia (plains) in the northern hemisphere of Venus, centered at 41 degrees north latitude, 52 degrees east longitude. The area is 220 kilometers (135 miles) wide and 275 kilometers (170 ...     

PakAlert

  • Video – The Coming Civil War: 6 Generals On Ou ...
    When and if the powder keg goes here in the states and the disconnect between the government and the citizens of this nation becomes so great that conflict arises, it’s good to know that there are some experienced men out there to lead our citizens armies. Of course these would not be the only ...
  • Obama Announces Plan to Rule by Executive Order
    Next phase of dictatorship proposed to save children and workers Obama has officially announced plans to trash the Constitution and move forward with a socialist-corporatist dictatorship without input from Congress or the American people. He made the announcement Tuesday during a cabinet meet ...
  • Our Children Don’t Want To Live Under The NWO
    Sometimes I wish I could be a sheep. If I could, I would be in better shape and would probably still be coaching college basketball and I would get to sleep in more. However, I cannot be a sheep because I have a family and I know the children of this nation have no future unless the adults stand ...
  • Discovery Channel: Stop Worrying About Fukushi ...
    The Discovery Channel has posted a YouTube video urging its viewers to ignore “trolls” and “fearmongerers” and stop worrying about Fukushima radiation. In the clip, host Trace Dominguez blames a “mob” for trying to make others believe that deadly radiation from the crippled nuclear power plan ...
  • FEMA Seeking Contractors Who Can Supply Biohaz ...
    FEMA is seeking contractors who can supply medical biohazard disposal capabilities and 40 yard dumpsters to 1,000 tent hospitals across the United States; all required on 24-48 hour notice. Issued on January 10th, you can see the request here. The request comes on the heels of other requests ...

Andy Worthington

  • Video: Andy Worthington, Todd Pierce and Steve ...
    I’ve now been in the US for a week, on the “Close Guantánamo Now” tour organized with the campaigning group the World Can’t Wait, and I’m writing this on after only a few hours’ sleep, an early morning flight from San Francisco to Los Angeles, a reunion with m ...
  • Shaker Aamer Reports 33 Guantánamo Prisoners o ...
    A month ago, Shaker Aamer, the last British resident in Guantánamo, who was cleared for release under President Bush and President Obama, reported that prisoners — himself included — had resumed the hunger strike that raged from February to August last year, and, at its peak, involve ...
  • Video: On the 12th Anniversary of the Opening ...
    Late last year, as the coalition of groups calling for the closure of the “war on terror” prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba began deliberations for this year’s protest on the anniversary of the prison’s opening (on January 11), I reached out — as part of the “Clo ...
  • Shaker Aamer in Guantánamo: I Am “239,&# ...
    On the 12th anniversary of the opening of the “war on terror” prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, I can think of no better person to remind the world of the ongoing injustice of the prison than Shaker Aamer, the last British resident in Guantánamo, who has persistently challenged the cru ...
  • On the 12th Anniversary of the Opening of Guan ...
    Every six months, I put out a call for people to write to the prisoners in Guantánamo, to let them know that they have not been forgotten, and to let the US authorities know that people are watching what they do at Guantánamo. The letter-writing campaign was started three years ago by two Facebo ...

Glenn Greenwald - Salon

The BiPartisan Report

Sciencebase

  • 1+2+3+4+5+6… = -1/12 obviously
    If you could somehow add up all the whole numbers from 1 to infinitty the answer you would get is -1/12 (minus one twelfth), don’t believe me, here’s the astounding mathematical proof and if it seems absurd, then it’s no more absurd than the idea that you could add up all the n ...
  • After shortest day sunrise still gets later
    Several people asked me about the odd phenomenon that in these here parts sunrise gets later each day until early January even though the days themselves get longer after the winter solstice. From EarthSky: The winter solstice always brings the shortest day to the Northern Hemisphere and the lon ...
  • 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 ...

Common Dreams -News

  • NSA to Sen. Sanders: We Can't Legally Tell You ...
    Senator Bernie Sanders. (Photo: 350 Vermont/cc/flickr)The National Security Agency won't deny that it may be spying on members of Congress, informing Sen. Bernie Sanders that the agency can't tell him whether it snooped on his metadata because searching to find out would be illegal. ...
  • Growing Number of Canadians: 'No to KXL'
    (Photo: dkantoro/ cc via Flickr)After a protracted battle with loud and fierce opposition coming from First Nations and environmental groups, public support in Canada is on the decline for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, according to a new survey (pdf) published Wednesday. ...
  • 'Worse than Bush': Green Groups Sound Alarm Ov ...
    President Obama and Trans-Pacific Partnership Leaders in Honolulu, Hawaii. (Larry Downing/Reuters)The environment chapter of the upcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, which was leaked to the public Wednesday by WikiLeaks, is "unacceptable" and would render President Obam ...
  • Poorest at Risk, Skepticism High as Officials ...
    (Photo: @cgoodwoman/ Twitter)Though the taps in Charleston, West Virginia are back on and officials have said the water is 'all-clear,' new reports focusing on the fallibility of the safety claims and the skepticism of area residents underscore potential dangers for the many who have no ...
  • LA Takes the Lead With Highest Minimum Wage Pr ...
    Los Angeles could soon be home to the highest minimum wage in the nation.  An effort by local organizers that has now been taken up by several members of the city council is pushing for  a $15.37 hourly wage for hotel workers in the city. ...

Lifehacker

  • A Student's Guide to Using the Kindle for Research
    The Kindle is great for reading the occasional book, but you might not know that it's also a fantastic tool for students. When used correctly, it can essentially operate as a portable tool to keep all your books, notes, and research in one place. Here's how to turn a Kindle into your new best fr ...
  • Google Now cards will soon be coming to deskto ...
    Google Now cards will soon be coming to desktop Chrome. The latest nightly build of the browser has the long-awaited notification cards hidden away, but functioning. Read more here.Read more...     
  • Zero Dollar Movies Finds Free Films on YouTube
    With the internet, there's no shortage of free media out there if you can find it. So much, in fact, that if you're ever looking for inspiration, you should be able to find it. Zero Dollar Movies is just another source of free entertainment.Read more...     
  • Spotify has dropped time limits on listening a ...
    Spotify has dropped time limits on listening across all platforms. Whether you're using the mobile apps, desktop apps, or the web, both free and premium users will be able to stream as long as they like without hitting a hard limit. Read more here. Read more...     
  • Jazz And Rain Plays the Most Soothing of Sound ...
    Background noise generators are nothing new. Jazz and Rain takes them for a new spin with exactly what the name promises: sweet jazz and soft rain sounds.Read more...     

Water Wars

  • We Can't Expect a Reliable Energy Future W ...
    It’s no secret that electricity generation requires substantial amounts of water, and different energy sources require varying amounts of water. Nor is it a surprise that Texas and other areas in the West and Southwest are in the midst of a persistent drought. Given these realities, it is surpri ...
  • Modern Civilization Could Vanish Due to Poor W ...
    Ancient Anasazi Also Disappeared Due to Short-Sighted Water Policy Says Author CD Shelton on the Sharon Kleyne Hour. (PRWeb January 14, 2014) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/01/prweb11486439.htm
  • Solving The Global Water Problem, One River At ...
    While the earth is blessed with 11 quintillion gallons of fresh water, waste and inefficient distribution systems have turned this theoretically inexhaustible resource into a key commodity for long-term investors, nations and non-government groups to fight over.
  • Water wars may sink India-Pakistan ties
    The recently held border meeting between key army commanders of archrivals India and Pakistan may give the impression that both countries are slowly making strides toward peace.
  • Water wars may sink India-Pakistan ties
    The recently held border meeting between key army commanders of archrivals India and Pakistan may give the impression that both countries are slowly making strides toward peace.

WordPress | Economics

Electronic Intifada

Futurismic

  • A Viridian post-mortem, plus the rhetorics of ...
    “Three things make a post,” the saying used to go — so here’s three things. First up, my first solo paper (“The future’s four quarters: Proposing a quadrant methodology for strategic prototyping in infrastructural contexts”) has finally wended its way th ...
  • A Viridian post-mortem, plus the rhetorics of ...
    “Three things make a post,” the saying used to go — so here’s three things. First up, my first solo paper (“The future’s four quarters: Proposing a quadrant methodology for strategic prototyping in infrastructural contexts”) has finally wended its way th ...
  • An introduction to infrastructure fiction &#82 ...
    I am very pleased to publish my talk from Improving Reality 2013. Here is the video version… followed by my slides and script, because, well, I’m a writer, and not a natural orator. (I need to work on that, I think.) IR was a day of fascinating talks, and I heartily recommend all of ...
  • An introduction to infrastructure fiction — Im ...
    I am very pleased to publish my talk from Improving Reality 2013. Here is the video version… followed by my slides and script, because, well, I’m a writer, and not a natural orator. (I need to work on that, I think.) IR was a day of fascinating talks, and I heartily recommend all of ...
  • Wrist-deep in the grab-bag of the quotidian
    Atemporality, eh? [Spotted by the freshly deracinated Tim Maughan, currently on foot patrol in NYC, who noted that both of those futures -- and, implicitly, all futures -- are in the past tense.] Speaking of the quotidian grab-bag, here’s an interesting project: remixdemix. I’m not q ...

Whistleblowers Protection Blog

  • Tax Fraud Kingpin Pleads Not Guilty
    Raoul Weil, the former head of UBS’s Global Wealth Management business appeared before the U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale Tuesday, January 7, 2014, and entered a plea of not guilty. According to the Associated Press, prosecutors contend that Weil conspired to hide $20 billion in a ...
  • Federal Court Hearing Scheduled for UBS Tax F ...
    Arraignment Scheduled for 11am January 7, 2014 In U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale Whistleblower Expresses Concern over Sweetheart Deal that Could Cost U.S. Taxpayers Billions of Dollars Fort Lauderdale, Florida. January 6, 2014.  Raoul Weil, the former head of UBS&r ...
  • Securities and Exchange Commission Whistleblow ...
    The SEC Office of the Whistleblower post Notices of Covered Action where a final judgment or order, by itself or together with other prior judgments or orders in the same action issued after July 21, 2010, results in monetary sanctions exceeding $1 million. Subject to the Final R ...
  • NWC Rebuts Chamber's Proposed FCA Reforms
    Intern Paul Lyons authored this post. On Friday, December 6th, 2013, National Whistleblower Center Executive Director, Stephen Kohn, was a guest panelist at the Congressional Civil Justice Caucus Academy's Briefing on False Claims Act Reform. The briefing was styled as a debate between Mr. Ko ...
  • Tax Whistleblower -- If You Get A Rejection Le ...
    Originally posted at Forbes.com on December 10, 2013. After teeth gnashing and working through conspiracy theories, you have 30 days to appeal to Tax Court.  A good starting point is to call your assigned case manager at the IRS whistleblower office.  The IRS has been moving to be bet ...

TechDirt

  • Former Bush Speechwriter: Ed Snowden Is A 'Sha ...
    Marc Thiessen, contributor to the American Enterprise Institute's blog and, perhaps more relevantly, former speechwriter for George W. Bush and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, has issues with the New York Times' latest NSA leak. As he sees it, there's no "public interest" angle to justify ...
  • President Obama Locking In Cosmetic NSA 'Refor ...
    While so much attention has been paid to the special White House task force that was set up to look at the NSA situation, and the fact that President Obama is planning to announce his almost entirely cosmetic "reforms" for the NSA tomorrow, it seems that almost everyone has forgotten that there ...
  • Losing Net Neutrality Is The Symptom, Not The ...
    For nearly a decade we've been trying to point out that the entire fight over net neutrality is something of a red herring. The concept of a neutral network is quite important for innovation. I think venture capitalist Fred Wilson does an excellent job talking about how much of a problem innovat ...
  • EU Commission Redefines Corporate Lobbyists As ...
    The fact that the USTR continues to peddle the line that TPP is "the most transparent trade negotiation in history," despite a dogged refusal to reveal its negotiating positions to the public (to say nothing of any draft texts), indicates that the US government is acutely aware that its attitud ...
  • Administration Calls For Schools To Limit Use ...
    The damage done by zero tolerance policies has been covered here several times. Recently, we noted more schools were dropping these policies in favor of something more nuanced and leaving fewer routine disciplinary problems in the hands of on-campus police officers. The positive effects of thes ...

VacTruth

BroadSnark

  • Harassment is About Power
    Yesterday it came out that San Diego Mayor Bob Filner is resigning in the midst of a sexual harassment scandal. Apparently he enjoys groping his employees. Also a groper is  Kentucky state representative John A. Arnold Jr. Just the latest in what is pretty much everyday news. Earlier this week,  ...
  • Tobacco, Taxes, and Thuggery
    Back when I started smoking I could get a pack of cigarettes for around $1.35.  Ah, the good old days when I could kill my lungs on the cheap. When the mega taxing of cigs started, I could just hop over to the Seminole reservation and get a carton for $18 or so. No more [...]
  • What About the Hunger Strikes?
    Over the last several years there have been prison hunger strikes all over the country - North Carolina, Ohio, Georgia, California… What has been going on in California is just incredible. Inmates in two-thirds of the state’s 33 prisons, and at all four out-of-state private prisons, ...
  • Cops Break up NSA Spying Press Conference
    I interrupt my regularly scheduled post to share what happened today at a tiny press conference and rally about the NSA spying. Capital police decided that we did not have the proper permit to be there. The speakers kept speaking. The cops warned us that we would be arrested. They then started h ...
  • Things You Might Have Missed
    Remember back in 2003 when people found out about the Total Information Awareness program? Sen. Feinstein was one of the people who cosponsored the amendment that was supposed to stop it. Now she is out there calling Snowden a traitor for exposing the fact that her politicking meant nothing&#823 ...

Armies of Liberation

  • Hadi appoints new SCER
    On Monday Yemen’s interim president Mansour Abdo Hadi named several judges to the Supreme Commission on Elections and Referendum (SCER).  The SCER is responsible for the technical aspects of elections and has a pivotal role in maintaining or subverting the integrity of electi ...
  • High risk US embassy in Yemen gets Marine rein ...
    High risk US embassy in Yemen gets Marine reinforcements as protests continue by Jane Novak An elite Marine rapid response team arrived in Yemen’s capital to protect the US embassy there which remains vulnerable and in disrepair following a mob attack this week. Protests against a video clip dee ...
  • State Department ends Yemen arms embargo
    Without much fanfare or explanation, the US State Department revised its defense export policy on Yemen and will now consider applications for licenses to export lethal defense articles to Yemen. The July 3, 2012 Federal Register notice updates the US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (I ...
  • Yemen’s Al-Qaeda booby traps southern ci ...
    Several children were among 25 people killed by land mines planted as al Qaeda fled Yemen’s southern province of Abyan, the Yemen Executive Mine Action Center (YEMAC) said on Sunday. Reporting to Abyan’s governor, the YEMAC said it had cleared or exploded over 2100 shells and mines since June 13 ...
  • Yemen’s al Qaeda threatens to execute 73 hostages
    Al Qaeda in Yemen threatened to execute 73 captured Yemeni soldiers unless the terror group’s imprisoned comrades are released. “Executing prisoners is a serious violation of the laws of war and a war crime,” Human Rights Watch said in a statement today. “It is also a war crime to use detainees ...

Dark Politricks

  • From Austerity to Abundance: Why I Am Running ...
    Dark Politricks FeedView the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comFrom Austerity to Abundance: Why I Am Running for California Treasurer By WashingtonsBlogwashingtonsblog.com Guest post by Ellen Brown. Governor Jerry Brown and his staff are exchanging high-fives over balancing California ...
  • Iran has much more important role at Geneva 2 ...
    Dark Politricks FeedView the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comIran has much more important role at Geneva 2 than many others – Iranian FM to RT Russia Todayyoutube.com US sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program produced no positive outcomes, and if hardline lawmakers ma ...
  • China Mobilizes 100,000 Troops In Preparation ...
    Dark Politricks FeedView the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comChina Mobilizes 100,000 Troops In Preparation For Korean Peninsula Crisis PLA source says number of troops involved is unusually rare Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com January 16, 2014 In what PLA sources are describing ...
  • Congress pressures White House to release Iran ...
    Dark Politricks FeedView the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comCongress pressures White House to release Iran nuke deal text Adam Kredo Washington Free Beacon January 16, 2014 Lawmakers lashed out at the White House on Tuesday for refusing to publicly release the full text of the rece ...
  • America Is Plunging Into Kafka’s Nightmare
    Dark Politricks FeedView the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comAmerica Is Plunging Into Kafka’s Nightmare Brandon Smith Alt Market January 16, 2014 There is a certain level of dishonesty in the common study of history. We look back at the tyrannies of the past, the monstrous governmen ...

Dandelion Salad

  • Barack Obama’s Presidential Policy Direc ...
    Dandelion Salad Propaganda Alert! The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release January 15, 2014 PRESIDENTIAL POLICY DIRECTIVE/PPD-27 SUBJECT: United States Conventional Arms Transfer Policy Conventional weapons have continued to play a decisive role in armed conflict in th ...
  • From Austerity to Abundance: Why I Am Running ...
    by Ellen Brown Writer, Dandelion Salad The Web of Debt Blog January 15, 2014 Governor Jerry Brown and his staff are exchanging high-fives over balancing California’s budget, but the people on whose backs it was balanced are not rejoicing. The state’s high-wire act has been called “the ultimate i ...
  • Division and Injustice: Worldwide Inequality b ...
    by Graham Peebles Writer, Dandelion Salad Rajasthan, India January 13, 2014 Where and to whom one is born is, it seems, arbitrary, chance, fate or karma being the divine decision maker. Wake from innocence to middle class parents in one of the developed wealthy nations of the world, and be bless ...
  • Tell the FCC: Restore Net Neutrality + Court B ...
    Dandelion Salad Take Action! Tell the FCC: Restore Net Neutrality FreePress.net Jan. 14, 2014 An appeals court just dealt the latest blow to the open Internet. The court struck down the Federal Communications Commission’s Open Internet Order because of the questionable legal framework the agency ...
  • Noam Chomsky on Legacy of Ariel Sharon: Not Sp ...
    Dandelion Salad with Noam Chomsky democracynow on Jan 13, 2014 democracynow.org – Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon died Saturday after eight years in a coma at the age of 85. Sharon was one of the most dominant political figures in Israel’s history, involved in each of Isra ...

Your New Reality

  • "There Is No Obvious Connection Between Curly ...
    This excerpt from an academic paper (no link) is one of the most popular items on social media today, discussing the psychology of social media 'likes' and 'favourites'. Pretty excellent:
  • The Staggering Loss Of Earth's Forests
    Goodbye forests, hope we can find a way to live without you. More here: "...the Earth lost about 888,000 square miles of forest between 2000 and 2012. The loss, which was most dramatic in the tropics, was primarily due to logging, urban development, strip mining, and other human impacts, ...
  • Ruined Catskill Resort
    An abandoned resort in the American Catskill Mountains. Photo by Pablo Maurer. See the rest here
  • The 'Hand Of God' Nebula
    Space, you are just so damn beautiful From the UK Independent: A new image of the pulsar wind nebula known as the 'Hand of God' has been captured by US space agency Nasa's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR). The photograph captured by the telescope shows the nebula 17,000 light- ...
  • What The Hell Is Sugar Doing In These Foods?
    Five foods with suprisingly high levels of sugar: Fat free yoghurt 'Enhanced' water Pasta sauce White coleslaw Bread More Here

Wired - Science

  • WIRED Space Photo of the Day: Swirly CME
    A coronal mass ejection, or CME, is seen on Jan. 14, 2014, erupting away from the sun in this image from the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. The sun is obscured to make the dimmer solar atmosphere more visible. The ...     
  • Go Deep Into the Amazon With Scientists Unrave ...
    Solving mysteries in the Amazon rainforest -- like the one about those small, silky towers -- is not easy. Working in such an unpredictable environment requires patience, the ability to improvise, and a whole lot of bug spray.     
  • WIRED Space Photo of the Day: Dark Clouds in L ...
    This wide-field view shows a dark cloud where new stars are forming along with cluster of brilliant stars that have already burst out of their dusty stellar nursery. This cloud is known as Lupus 3 and it lies about 600 ...     
  • Robo-Ape Crawls Like a Spider, Opens Doors, Sa ...
    What has a terrifying smile, crawls along the ground like a spider, can open doors, and might one day save your life? The dextrous and multi-talented RoboSimian.     
  • WIRED Space Photo of the Day: Venus’ Leda Planitia
    This false color Magellan image shows a portion of Leda Planitia (plains) in the northern hemisphere of Venus, centered at 41 degrees north latitude, 52 degrees east longitude. The area is 220 kilometers (135 miles) wide and 275 kilometers (170 ...     

Israeli Occupation Archive

  • Jonathan Cook: The legacy of Ariel ‘the bulldo ...
    It is easy to forget, with eulogies casting him as the unexpected “peace-maker”, that for most of his long military and political career Ariel Sharon was known simply as The Bulldozer. That is... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, ...
  • Eyal Weizman: The architecture of Ariel Sharon
    Whether in military uniform or in politics, Ariel Sharon's time in power was characterised by construction and destruction frenzies that decisively shaped the physical realities in which both... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, n ...
  • Max Blumenthal: How Ariel Sharon shaped Israel ...
    The true goal of Sharon’s separation regime was never to end the occupation but to reinforce it under new parameters that would prevent the collapse of Israel’s international image. A top aide to... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian land ...
  • Moshé Machover: Belling the cat
    A political project is purely utopian unless it can indicate a likely agent - a socio-political force able to realise it and whose long-term interests it would serve. In the present article I propose... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian ...
  • Noam Chomsky: The Arab Spring – power does not ...
    There are two parts of the Arab world that remain effectively colonies: Western Sahara ... and of course Palestine, where negotiations are underway conforming to the two essential US-Israeli... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, no ...

Ria Novosti - Military

  • China Unveils Yi Long UAV
    China has unveiled for the first time its Yi Long unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) local media reported on Wednesday, which its makers claim is far cheaper than its Israeli and American analogs at less than $1 million.
  • Airshow China 2012
  • Iraq Denies US Pressure Over Russia Arms Deal
    Iraq denied on Tuesday that its decision to suspend a $4.2-billion arms deal with Russia had been taken after consultations with the United States.
  • Military Academy Relocation Put on Ice
    Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has put on hold the relocation of a medical academy from central St. Petersburg, Public Chamber member Alexander Kanshin said on Tuesday.
  • Georgia Ex-Minister Faces Torture Charges
    Georgia’s former defense and interior minister Bacho Akhalaya has been charged with false imprisonment and torture, Chief Prosecutor Archil Kbilashvili said on Tuesday.

Pruning Shears

  • The curious silence of libertarians on pot leg ...
    For as long as I can remember the joke about libertarians is that they are Republicans who like to smoke pot. Those who identify as libertarian seem to go to great lengths to point out their ideological differences with Republicans (and conservatives more generally). They stress liberty above ...
  • Best Music of 2013
    Best Music of 2013IntroductionIf you dig these songs please consider buying them; most can be had for less than a buck. Links will be live for one week. If you hold the copyright on one and would like it removed, please let me know and I’ll comply. You heartless, small-minded, ungenerou ...
  • Obamacare implementation as teachable moment
    Here is an interesting thing about the new health care law: News stories on it sometimes conflate flaws in the existing system with those in the new one. Many complaints about Obamacare are actually complaints about America’s health care system.The administration bears some blame for that ...
  • How strange is too strange for bedfellows?
    Political coalitions often bring together otherwise adversarial groups: In the eighties a subset of feminists and Christian fundamentalists worked together on anti-pornography issues; starting in the nineties immigrant rights and business groups found common cause on citizenship reform (still no ...
  • Naturally occurring, but not with wanderlust
    About a year ago a local family began getting flammable water. The fact that their house’s recorded methane levels (along with their sink) shot up shortly after fracking began nearby was considered maybe not coincidental, so the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) looked into it. ...

Organic Consumers.org

  • U.S. Food Makers to Seek Single Federal Standa ...
    The Grocery Manufacturers Association, which represents more than 300 food companies, is preparing a petition to the chief U.S. food safety regulator and a push in Congress to require changes in oversight and labeling of new genetically modified foods, an association leader said Monday.Click her ...
  • Golden rice: Scientific Realities and Human He ...
    Golden Rice (GR) is genetically engineered to contain increased levels of beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A (also known as provitamin A). The rice is claimed to help cure blindness and other illnesses caused by vitamin A deficiency in the Third World. It is also claimed that opposition to ...
  • General Mills Is Ridin' for the Brand
    The hoopla about Cheerios coming out with "non-GMO" ingredients is not surprising to me. From experience with other food companies, I realize that they will do anything to protect the equity in their brand name. Why General Mills publicly made the switch is another example of a savvy protest gro ...
  • "FOOD" Documentary - A Revealing Look at the S ...
    "Food" is a 30-minute documentary that investigates how demand for more and cheaper food has dramatically altered the entire food chain. Today, food production revolves around efficiency-the ability to produce more for less. The ramifications of this mindset are wide-ranging and far-reaching...C ...
  • The Real Connection between Sugary Beverages a ...
    There is no shortage of research linking excessive sugar consumption with obesity, and the intake of sugar-sweetened beverages appears to have a particularly strong link.Click here to read this article

Center for a Livable Future

Investigate - Breaking News

My Care2 Picks

  • Botswana Bushmen: Modern life is destroying us
    The police came, destroyed our homes and dumped us in the back of trucks with our belongings.Thousands of Bushmen lived in the vast expanse of the Kalahari Desert for many millennia. Most have been moved, many argue forcibly, to government-built resettle Submitted by John Farnham to World &nbsp ...
  • A 9 Year Old Girl Quietly Walks On Stage
    I Will Never Forget The Chills Her Voice Delivered Submitted by John Farnham to Society & Culture  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • IPCC spin translated
    A lightheated romp through the misrepresentations of a political organization perverting science as only accomplished liars can manage - the Intergovernmental Panel being devoted to selling policy via fearmongering Submitted by John Farnham to Society & Culture  |   Note-it! ...
  • If Only for a Second - You Need to Watch This
    'Carefree'...bear with captions. It's better than a sight gag. Laughter moments. Submitted by John Farnham to Health & Wellness  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Seed : The Untold Story - The Final Push
    Noted on Facebook Non-GMO Project : story of seeds video project Submitted by John Farnham to Health & Wellness  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

Farm Wars

  • The Sun Thief Review
    Successfully sounding the clarion alarm about chemtrails in a much more convincing and entertaining manner than my above rant is an amazing new novel by fellow writer, Cara St. Louis-Farrelly, titled The Sun Thief.
  • Pathetic Attempt to Garner Sympathy for GMO Fa ...
    Refusal of consumers to put up with poisons is hurting the poor GMO farmers? You will get no sympathy from me.
  • The GMO Emperor Has No Clothes
    The GE emperor (Monsanto) has no clothes. All of these claims have been established as false over years of experience all across the world. The Global Citizens Report “The GMO Emperor Has No Clothes” brings together evidence from the ground of Monsanto’s and the industry’s false promises and fai ...
  • The EPA Enacts A New Life-Threatening Policy
    The EPA is introducing new standards for wood stoves which dramatically reduces the amount of fine particle emissions for any wood stove sold in 2015.
  • Obamacare Website Hidden Code – No Reasonable ...
    Texas Rep. Joe Barton grills an ObamaCare Contractor during a House Hearing on why hidden source code on the ObamaCare Website states that "Users have no reasonable expectation of privacy" on information they enter.

Green Times

  • Kangaroo cull
    Last week, members of animal welfare groups protested against kangaroo cull! ''A recent survey of 600 Canberrans by Territory and Municipal Services found 79 per cent were supportive of kangaroo culling under some circumstances and 70 per cent were supportive of culling for conservation of smal ...
  • Environmental News 01/06/2012
    Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss Storms hit ahead of sunny long weekend The last day of autumn may have stolen winter’s thunder with a wet storm hitting the city yesterday afternoon. Dark skies covered the metropolitan area and much of the South West from mid-afternoon, with rain an ...
  • Green Capital Australia
    Today is Green Capital Day in Australia. Do you know something about that? Well, Green capital was established in 2002 by The Total Environment Center (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t rct=j q=the%20total%20environment%20center source=web cd=1 ved=0CF4QFjAA url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tec.org.au%2F ei=G ...
  • Environmental News 31/05/2012
    Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss Premier's park hunting backdown the price of power sale National parks in NSW will be opened up to recreational hunters as part of a deal between the Shooters and Fishers Party and the government to ensure passage of its electricity privatisation bill ...
  • Giraffe: A delicate animal that requires speci ...
    Last week, The Age website (http://www.theage.com.au/environment/conservation/giraffes-die-of-shock-after-zoo-rampage-20120515-1ynlq.html) published an article about 2 Giraffes' death from stress after a zoo rampage in Poland. Here you have an extract from this moving article: « Giraffes are ex ...

The Briefing Room | Investigate

Israel-The Only Democracy in the Middle East?

  • White Man’s Burden – the Israeli O ...
    (crossposted from the Villages Group blog) Dear Friends, By a miracle of sorts, we had a mostly peaceful day in South Hebron today; such an event is so rare that I thought it might be worth mentioning to you. In lieu of a more substantial report, let me just say that Abu Sharif and Fadil pl ...
  • What’s Behind Israel’s Boom-and-Bu ...
    One of the great successes of the Israeli government’s “Brand Israel” campaign has been the re-branding and re-packaging of Israel as a “Start-Up Nation”, attributing the source of its current wealth to its burgeoning hi-tech sector. As we know, the best propaganda ...
  • Just One More Unremarkable Arrest
    A friend wrote to us about a young ill Palestinian mother who was recently arrested in the West Bank, and their efforts to free her. This is the kind of ocurrence that happens routinely, yet is rarely covered in the press.  Physicians for Human Rights-Israel documented in 2008 how these kinds of ...
  • Today in Jayyous
    A picture of tear gas being shot by the Israeli army on unarmed protesters in the Palestinian village of Jayyous, who are holding Friday demonstrations to protest their land being taken by Israel. Photo by Mohammed Othman. You can follow what’s happening in Jayyous here.
  • Israeli Voters Upset with Bibi – But wil ...
    Over the past couple of months, there seems to have developed growing disconnect between most of Israel’s political analysts – and the actual dynamics of the campaign for Israel’s general elections, which will take place in only 3 days. In October when the election was announc ...

B.C. Preppers Network

  • You Know You're Getting Old When...
    A few weeks back we received our new high-efficiency front loading LG washer and dryer set and I have to say, I'm pretty impressed by them. The set was only around $1000 (on sale) but I felt like I'd gone from a Chevette to a Cadillac when compared to our old set.  A cute little luxur ...
  • Control Your Home Thermostat On the Internet!
    Today a fellow from our natural gas company came by to install a new thermostat as part of the Peaksaver program that we signed up for. If you haven't heard of Peaksaver, basically what it does is allow the Ontario government electricity provider to turn off your central air conditi ...
  • Happy Day!: The Water Bill Arrived!
    After being shocked a few months ago with a water bill of over $240 I decided to do a few things to cut down on our water use We converted our main toilet to a dual-flush and installed a water saving device on the second (haven't switched it over to a dual yet). We also installed a new ...
  • Strawberry Picking
    Our family went strawberry picking this morning, it's a fun thing to do once in a while and I think it's a good way to help our 3-year old daughter realize where food comes from. While my wife picked berries with our oldest I went for a walk around the farm with our youngest in the stroller ...
  • Pioneer Solar: PV System For Free?
    I received a flyer from Pioneer Solar in the mail the other day which claims to help people get a solar system installed on their house, farm, or business for free. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, like most things there's good and bad points about it and what might be a good deal fo ...

Michael Yon

  • US Embassy Bangkok: US Soldier Running Rogue O ...
    CJ Grisham was arrested in Texas a second time this past November for criminal trespass. 18 December 2013 A troubled US Army Soldier claimed to be assigned to the US Embassy in Bangkok for an unknown purpose. The active duty counterintelligence soldier, who has a Top Secret clearance, is sta ...
  • Air Force being Downgraded to "Air Persuasion ...
    Published on: 12 December 2013 From: Eric K. Fanning, Acting Secretary of the Air Force Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Air Force Chief of Staff Chief Master Sgt. James A. Cody, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force To the Airmen of the United States Air Force: We are the best Air Force in the world ...
  • Not a Crosswalk
    Aleppo, Syria 09 December 2013 The Syrian war is growing.  Growing in size and complexity. Yet the more one learns about this conflict, the less accurate it becomes to call it “The Syrian War.”  Thousands of foreigners have flooded in.  Some are moving through southern Turkey t ...
  • Afghanistan: Talking Points US Troops
    08 December 2013 Many of our Soldiers in Afghanistan are required to carry this paper in a pocket at all times.  Troops are expected to memorize the talking points and cough them up to any journalists coming through. We decided to help headquarters spread their message. Many complaints ...
  • Thailand: Pause on Fighting for King's Birthday
    04 December 2013 I am in Turkey to study the Syrian civil war.  Yet this is also a crucial moment in Thailand.  A few words on the Kingdom are due. December 5 is His Majesty's birthday. As an American, I was raised since birth to reject all kings. That is our upbringing and what we a ...

The Killing Train

  • Three kinds of science - the Jan/Feb 2014 Bria ...
    My latest article is Jan/Feb 2014 cover story in Briarpatch Magazine. In it I analyze science and politics, talking about three different things that are called science: Science A (authority), Science B (business), and Science C (curiosity). Hope you enjoy. Link: http://briarpatchmagazine.com/ar ...
  • podur.org in 2013
    Since it's the last day of 2013, I thought I would look over what I did this year. I spent half the year in India, so I have a fair bit of India content here. I also started the Ossington Circle this year, which has been fun. I am not including short blogs in this list, just longer articles and ...
  • The Ossington Circle: Episode 4, Paul Moloney ...
    The Ossington Circle is an internet talk show hosted by Justin Podur in Toronto. This episode has Paul Moloney, the author of the book The Therapy Industry: the irresistible rise of the talking cure and why it doesn't work (Pluto Press 2013). In the book, Paul questions the idea that many of our ...
  • Afghanistan: Perils and Possibilities Oct 28, ...
    On October 28, 2013, Justin Podur gave a lecture for the Toronto Public Library's "Thought Exchange" series titled "Afghanistan: Perils and Possibilities". The lecture was based on his trip to Kabul in March 2013 and his chapter in the 2013 University of Toronto Press book, "Empire's Ally: Canad ...
  • Public action and a lifeline for rural workers ...
    Jean Dreze is an economist and activist who teaches at Allahabad University's Department of Economics. He has written on famines with Amartya Sen, who won the Nobel Prize for Economics for work on the issue. I met him in India earlier this year and interviewed him over email. Justin Podur (JP): ...

treehugger

Democratic Voice of Burma

  • ASEAN Para Games 2014 opens in Naypyidaw
    The opening ceremony for the 7th ASEAN Para Games – hosted in Burma for the first time ever – was held at Wunna Theikdi Stadium in Naypyidaw on Tuesday evening.
  • Thai protests hurting Burmese tourism
    Anti-government protests in Bangkok have drastically reduced the number of people travelling between Burma and neighbouring Thailand, according to airline and tour service operators.
  • Burma ready to sit in ASEAN chair
    Burma kicks off its chairmanship this week by hosting the ASEAN foreign ministers meeting, but experts warn against "over-inflated" expectations as the group grapples with territorial disputes and ambitious economic integration plans.
  • US$1.2 billion proposed for Burma’s Defence budget
    Burma’s Ministry of Defence on Tuesday proposed a 1.2 trillion kyat (US$1.2 billion) budget for the coming year, the highest amount requested by any government ministry.
  • Burmese publishers leave newspapers on the scr ...
    Of more than 30 publishers who originally applied to launch daily newspapers, seven have relinquished their licences while another five must go to print before 31 March or face the same fate.

National Geographic | Environment

Jurist - Legal Research

  • Germany court rules for Motorola in Microsoft ...
    [JURIST] The Mannheim Regional Court in Germany ruled for Motorola Mobility, a subsidiary of Google, against Microsoft [corporate websites] on Friday. This was the fourth decision [FOSS Patents report] in a suit between Motorola and Microsoft to be issued this year, all of which were countersuit ...
  • UN: proposed Ukraine gay propaganda ban violat ...
    [JURIST] The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] on Friday condemned [press release] a draft law [bill 8711 materials, in Ukrainian] that would ban pro-gay "propaganda" in Ukraine. The OHCHR said that the bill would be open to abuse and that it violates ...
  • UK court allows Kenya ex-prisoners to sue for ...
    [JURIST] The Queen's Bench Division [official website] on the High Court of England and Wales ruled Friday that three elderly Kenyans can sue the British government for torture they suffered while in detention under the British Colonial Administration in the 1950s. Judge Richard McCombe ruled th ...
  • UK court approves extradition of terror suspec ...
    [JURIST] The High Court of England and Wales on Friday approved the extradition of five terror suspects to the US. The court's decision comes a week after the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) [official website] gave its final approval of the extradition, which it had initially approved [JUR ...
  • Australia High Court upholds tobacco plain-pac ...
    [JURIST] The High Court of Australia [official website] on Friday published its reasons [text, PDF] for dismissing a lawsuit brought by several large international tobacco companies challenging the labeling requirements of the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011 (TPP Act) [materials]. The court ori ...

Atlantic | Mark Ambinder

COAT - Coalition to oppose the Arms Trade

Expose the BNP

  • Expose the BNP: activists’ meeting
    Over the summer we have seen the extreme right enter parliament in Sweden and racist deportations of Roma people from France. Here at home the EDL have continued to target cities with Muslim communities, while the police are bringing trumped-up charges against anti-fascists. November 6 sees a na ...
  • Rotherham fascist leads secret double life
    A BNP activist is living a secret double life, desperate to prevent his employers from finding out about his extremist views – despite having stood as a candidate in last month’s election. Tom Holmes (25) received 715 votes in the recent elections for Rotherham Council but has managed to keep hi ...
  • Nick Griffin humiliated in Barking defeat
    The British National Party have suffered a humiliating defeat in the general election when Nick Griffin failed to gain a Westminster seat for the East London ward of Barking. Labour MP Margaret Hodge secured the seat with a 16,000 majority, with Griffin trailing third after the Conservative cand ...
  • Ten questions that expose Nick Griffin
    On the day that the BNP launches its election manifesto, Expose the BNP has researched 10 questions for journalists to put to the BNP leader, the answers to which reveal him to be a deeply racist, anti-Semitic Holocaust denier who boasts about his criminal past. 1. In which year did you stop den ...
  • Workshy Griffin left his parents penniless
    On yesterday’s Today programme, BNP leader Nick Griffin told the Radio Four audience that “Liberal economics … have utterly bankrupted this country.” The truth is that Nick Griffin was himself declared bankrupt in 1991. Over several years thereafter he destroyed his parents’ finances as we ...

Ode Magazine

  • Sonic boon
    A search for the healing power of sound I’m lying in A bed that’s as hard as nails with a series of strings along the sides and two gongs above my head. It’s known as a gong bath, and Gwen de Jong, a practitioner of sound healing at Spirit Connection in Amsterdam ...
  • The secret’s in the sauce
    What my father’s recipe for pasta marinara says about the future of capitalism As the daughter of a Neapolitan, I grew up eating pasta with marinara sauce. My father didn’t always make it from scratch, but he did so often enough for me to follow his recipe through memories. Fr ...
  • Clean water, clean energy
    In the prosperous West, we generally only get worked up about clean water and electricity when the bill arrives in the mail, and we discover that once again, we’ve been showering too long and leaving the lights on too often. But in many parts of the world, people can only dream ...
  • Blocking CO2 to beat malaria
    Mosquitoes are so difficult to elude because they pursue us via the CO2 exhaled in our breath. That’s annoying when we’re relaxing outside on a summer evening, but it’s devastating for the 200 to 300 million people who contract malaria annually. More than 1 millio ...
  • A winter’s tale
    Celebrating the return of the bald eagle In the Iowa winter, as the poet Robert Hass wrote, “a farmer’s dreams are narrow,” and autumn can inspire me with a kind of dread as I work in the garden that will soon be buried under snow. But this coming winter, as the ...

OpEd News

  • India, Human Rights, and the Bhullar Case
    Is India using the judicial system to oppress Sikhs? What does the Bhullar Case tell us about human rights in this county?
  • Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TP ...
    The TPP transnational legal regime would cover 12 countries initially and encompass 40 percent of global GDP and one-third of world trade. The Environment Chapter has long been sought by journalists and environmental groups. The released text dates from the Chief Negotiators' summit in Salt Lak ...
  • Flash: Sochi Under Attack by U.S.
    Are the fears raised about attending the Olympic Games justified?
  • Fixing Sharia Laws
    Rather than rejecting Sharia out-right, we need to fix it. Sharia serves as a system of justice to the given populations in Muslim majority nations; without it a large swatch of population would become rudderless. Our own constitution has been amended several times, and that is what is needed to ...
  • The American Human Rights Hypocrisy Part 1: Ec ...
    Washington DC, January 11, 2014 - After the re-election of president Obama, I wrote an opinion piece titled Pepsi Vs. Coke that spoke about the Left/Right paradigm. In a lot of ways the issue of human rights in this country is very similar in nature, especially where the media is concerned. ...

Switchboard

  • Super Sick: Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria on F ...
    Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City Last week, a processing plant owned by poultry giant Foster Farms was closed after food inspectors found cockroaches crawling in and around production equipment. This closure, due to “egregious i ...
  • The Chemical Safety Improvement Act will not ...
    Daniel Rosenberg, Senior Attorney, Washington DC In the wake of the recent chemical spill into the Elk River and the drinking water supply of several hundred thousand West Virginians, a new call has been raised to quickly move bi-partisan legislatio ...
  • Seafood Choices: Lots to Consider, Many Tools
    Zak Smith, Attorney, Marine Mammal Protection Project, Santa Monica Last week, NRDC released a report on how whales, dolphins, and other marine mammals are killed or seriously injured around the world after getting entangled, trapped, or hooked in ...
  • Reducing Bycatch By Strengthening U.S. Fisheri ...
    Brad Sewell, Senior Attorney, New York Growing up, most of us were urged to eat all of our dinner, to avoid wasting good food. In the case of seafood, the waste can start long before the fish reaches the plate and can wreak havoc on the marine ecosy ...
  • President Obama Announces New Energy Efficienc ...
    Luis Martinez, Senior Attorney, Energy and Transportation Program, Asheville, North Carolina President Obama dropped into our state (North Carolina) on a clean-energy visit Wednesday to tour a private company’s research into energy effici ...

Subalternate Reality

  • Forget The Wealthy. How Do We Tax The Lucky?
    A few weeks ago, the Washington Post ran a lengthy, above-the-fold piece looking into what impact capital gains tax rates were having on wealth inequality in America. “Most of the richest Americans pay lower overall tax rates than middle-class Americans do,” the reporters noted, adding that duri ...
  • Muslim-Baiters Don’t Want To Be Treated ...
    Over the weekend, I posted the following message on Twitter: “When a Muslim commits terror, every Muslim in the world somehow shares responsibility. When it’s a white Christian, he’s always a lone wolf.” I wasn’t commenting on the tendency of commentators to use different words to de ...
  • Keith Ellison’s Tears And Epistemic Closure
    Rep. Peter King’s hearings looking into the “radicalization” of the American Muslim community, and the suggestion that the community doesn’t cooperate with law enforcement, was largely a waste of time and tax dollars. The affair didn’t produce a single insight into the actual and urgent issue of ...
  • Praying On Qasr al-Nil
    One of the more memorable scenes of the Egyptian revolution will surely be that of ordinary Egyptian’s praying on Cairo’s Qasr al-Nil Bridge as members of Egyptian state police direct their water cannons at them. Truly a remarkable sight. via Al Jazeera Filed under: Middle East Tagged: Al-Jazeer ...
  • “I Support Democratization, But…&# ...
    The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg – one of the key proponents of the disastrous invasion of Iraq – has some serious misgivings about the fledgling pro-democracy movement that’s taken over the streets of Egypt. “I support democratization, but,” he cautions, “the democratization we saw in Gaza (cour ...

Idea Lab | Technology

  • Developers, Knight Fellows Mingle at Matter Event
    About 20 Knight Alumni and Fellows recently converged on a big-windowed workspace in San Francisco's South of Market district. Sure, there was pizza and beer, but what really drew them was the chance to crunch ideas with developers working to "change media for good." The dozen or so ...
  • Join the Zeega Makers Challenge for 'The Makin ...
    In 24 hours, Zeegas -- a new form of interactive media -- will be installed on four projection screens at San Francisco's renowned Museum of Modern Art. This showcase is part of "The Making Of..." -- a collaboration between award-winning NPR producers the Kitchen Sisters, KQED, AIR's Localore, ...
  • OpenStreetMap Conference to Advance the World' ...
    Hundreds of users, contributors, and mappers are converging next month in San Francisco to discuss OpenStreetMap, the free and editable map of the world often called the "Wikipedia of maps." More than 1 million people have signed up to contribute to OpenStreetMap, making it the world's largest o ...
  • The Crowd and the Mob: Opportunities, Cautions ...
    Recent events in Boston highlight both the potential and hazards of ever-present cameras. In the hours following the April 15 bombing, law enforcement agencies called upon commercial businesses and the public to submit relevant footage from surveillance cameras and mobile devices. While the tsun ...
  • Want an Affordable Infrared Camera? Give to Pu ...
    This post was co-written by Public Lab organizer Don Blair. Public Lab is pleased to announce the launch of our fourth Kickstarter today, "Infragram: the Infrared Photography Project." The idea for the Infragram was originally conceptualized during the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico ...

Cutting Edge News

  • Film Review - Her: Disembodied Spirits in the ...
    Bodies are optional - and therefore dispensible. That has been the subtext of the utopian dream of rationalists from Descartes to the present day. The trouble is that we know it isn't true. We need our bodies. Without them, we are nothing, at least so far as we can know. The rationalists nowaday ...
  • Film Review - American Hustle: Sexier and Funn ...
    The best line in American Hustle comes in an exchange between Bradley Cooper's FBI agent, Richie DiMaso, and Irving Rosenfeld, the small time crook played by Christian Bale who is bargaining with him to get a reduced sentence by helping to entrap several U.S. congressmen in what was to become kn ...
  • The Safety Edge - Carbon Nanotubes Promise Imp ...
    Using an approach akin to assembling a club sandwich at the nanoscale, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers have succeeded in crafting a uniform, multi-walled carbon-nanotube-based coating that greatly reduces the flammability of foam commonly used in upholstered fur ...
  • The Way We Are - Masculinity is More Than a Mask
    Are school shooters and mass murderers born out of an aggressive emphasis on masculinity in our society? The trailer  for filmmaker and feminist activist Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s new documentary, “The Mask You Live In,â€� would have us think so.The recently released trailer has attracte ...
  • Broken Economy - The Emerging Conservative Eff ...
    President Obama has signaled that he plans to use income inequality as a political wedge issue in the 2014 midterm election. The idea is to shine a spotlight on the large disparity between the economic gains for those at the top of the income ladder and those on the bottom rungs, and then to bla ...

High Country News

CounterCurrents

  • Harrowing Torture, Summary Killings In Secre ...
    Torture, flogging, and summary killings are rife in secret prisons run by the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), an armed group that controls large areas of northern Syria , said Amnesty International in a briefing published today. ISIS, which is linked to al-Qa’ida in Iraq, is an armed o ...
  • “Bride And Boom!” By Tom Engelhardt
    USA is number one in obliterating Wedding Parties in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen.... And were a wedding party to be obliterated on a highway anywhere in America on the way to, say, a rehearsal dinner, whatever the cause, it would be a 24/7 tragedy. Our lives would be filled with news of i ...
  • Walking In An Anthropocene Wonderland: "But I' ...
    According to a recent, exhaustive study commissioned by the US Department of Energy and headed by a scientific team from the U.S. navy, by the summer of 2015, the Arctic Ocean could be bereft of ice, a phenomenon that will engender devastating consequences for the earth's environment and every l ...
  • UNRWA’s Bitter Winter Solstice…And Now Dershow ...
    Preparing for a tough next few months is what the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is doing these days and the UN Specialized Agency is working in the face of daunting odds. UNWRA was founded in 1949 and for more than 60 years it has been pla ...
  • Richard Falk Interview… Stealing Palestine By ...
    Let us look the children of Gaza in the eye if we can. And if we can’t, as I could not, seize the moment to reflect on what it means to be (in)human during this holiday season

Contagious Love Experiment

  • Kill Team: The Bigger Picture
    Sorry to have been slacking on the blog. Here’s an article I wrote and forget to post… better late than never!   Kill Team: The Bigger Picture http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/06-8
  • Kill Team: The Bigger Picture
    Sorry to have been slacking on the blog. Here’s an article I wrote and forget to post… better late than never!   Kill Team: The Bigger Picture http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/06-8
  • Dear Mr. Beck, I Shook Hands with the Antichrist
    Dear Mr. Beck: I Shook Hands with the Antichrist Earlier this week, Michael Lind wrote an article for Salon about the misplaced energy in demeaning alarmists like Glenn Beck.1 Having friends and family who often revere the inflammatory rhetoric of Beck, Palin, Limbaugh, and others as a light in ...
  • Dear Mr. Beck, I Shook Hands with the Antichrist
    Dear Mr. Beck: I Shook Hands with the Antichrist Earlier this week, Michael Lind wrote an article for Salon about the misplaced energy in demeaning alarmists like Glenn Beck.1 Having friends and family who often revere the inflammatory rhetoric of Beck, Palin, Limbaugh, and others as a light in ...
  • Practicing Peace in the New Year
    A friend, Frank Swift, that I met on my first journey has passed along some great practical steps towards peace for the new year. Frank has written a children’s book to help young people see an alternative to the competition and forcefulness that can too easily get instilled in our young p ...

Yid With Lid

  • Expert: Hackers Can Use Obamacare Website To T ...
    Until today, most of the "non-computer geek" part of the public believed the major security problem with the Obamacare website, Healthcare.gov is that hackers can get into the site and steal personal information such as social security numbers allowing for identity theft and related issues. Acc ...
  • Darrell Issa Pokes Holes in Senate Benghazi Re ...
    Darrell Issa and Hugh Hewitt discussed the Senate Benghazi report on Wednesday's Hugh Hewitt Show and the two had no problems poking holes in the obviously political report.  The biggest hole was found in the report's finding #7, that there was no U.S. military resources in position to inte ...
  • Newsbusted: Chris Christie To Become a Democrat
    It's been a bad week for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. First was the revelation that his deputy Chief-of-Staff was involved in bridgegate, and now there is been 24/7 coverage of the scandal in his administration. He was even forced to begin his state of the state adress with another apolog ...
  • Rep Jim Moran Announces Retirement- Hey Jimbo ...
    Congressman Jim Moran (D-Va) announced today that he wouldn't be running for reelection. For the House of Representatives this is a clear case of addition by subtraction. Moran has long history of saying false and wacko things, he is not a fan of our heroes in uniform and is a master of hyperbo ...
  • Latest NSA Revelations Prove My Old Secretary ...
    Twenty-five years ago, when assistants were still called secretaries, I had a secretary who used to demand the maintenance people remove the fluorescent lights above her head. "Jeff" she would say, "that's how they track you, those bulbs send out evil radio waves that get into your head." Now pe ...

Wind Watch

  • Wind turbine explodes, sparks brush fire in Campo
    A wind turbine on a ridge overlooking the Golden Acorn Casino exploded today, sparking several spot fires in surrounding brush that collectively charred about a half an acre. David Elliott, a Manzanita tribal member, lives about quarter of a mile from the wind facility on the neighboring Campo r ...
  • Deadly blades: US offers 30-year permits for k ...
    Under pressure from the wind-power industry, the Obama administration said Friday it will allow companies to kill or injure eagles without the fear of prosecution for up to three decades. The new rule is designed to address environmental consequences that stand in the way of the nation’s w ...
  • Shock as another wind turbine disintegrates at ...
    Another Donegal wind turbine has been smashed – by high winds! A blade on a turbine at Corkermore wind farm has snapped clean off and embedded in the ground below. Just a month ago the site was given the go-ahead to add four new turbines by An Bord Pleanala. The site of the windfarm is nine kilo ...
  • In growing trend, Wyoming wind project seeks p ...
    The Power Company of Wyoming plans to apply next month for a federal permit that will allow the firm to kill a limited number of eagles every year at its planned Chokecherry-Sierra Madre wind farm in Carbon County. The decision of the Denver-based developer to seek what is known as an “eagle-tak ...
  • Turbine neighbors blast lawmakers over windmil ...
    BOSTON — A plan to speed permitting for wind turbine sites across the state encountered a gale of opposition testimony on Tuesday as residents who live near turbines lined up to tell a legislative committee about the giant windmills’ harmful health effects. “This bill is disgraceful, ...

Tippers News

  • Three men helped starve kids, court tol
    Three men helped starve five children in Adelaide until they looked like they had came from a famine-affected Third World country, a court has been told. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Chinese sex traders challenge verdict
    The three Chinese nationals who were jailed by an Accra Circuit Court for transporting 10 Chinese girls into the country and engaging them in sex trade have appealed against the verdict. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • DNA testing a proven weapon in fight against h ...
    DNA testing is a proven aid in solving child trafficking cases in the country, a well-known international research institute says. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Be a Voice for Coastal Louisiana's Wildlife ! ...
    Coastal Louisiana provides habitat to hundreds of wildlife species, including sea turtles, migratory birds, and manatees. But unfortunately, right now Louisiana is also experiencing the highest rate of land loss in the United States Submitted by Cher C. to Environment  |   Note- ...
  • About Us,,,You may want to lisent...interesting!
    Interesting Information that you may find interesting With Love... Evelyn (: Submitted by Evelyn J. to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

The Freeman

  • Human Trafficking: The Other Good Reason to Re ...
    Restrictive immigration policies have long been associated with a variety of economic problems. These include the diminished availability of foreign talent, the inability of businesses to fill low-skilled agricultural and service jobs typically scorned by legal residents, and reduced access to t ...
  • Methodological Individualism
    I am just now rereading Ludwig von Mises’s magnum opus, Human Action.  What a joy it is to get reacquainted with this masterful work and to use it as a benchmark to gauge my own intellectual odyssey since first reading it more than 40 years ago. Early on the reader encounters the term “methodolo ...
  • The Virtue of Market Inefficiency
    Markets are often rightly characterized as extraordinary problem solvers. Under the right rules of the game (including private property, free exchange, and the rule of law) people following their own self-interests can coordinate their plans with one another more or less successfully, generating ...
  • The Entrepreneurial Spirit
    Dorothy Whipple’s almost entirely forgotten novel High Wages is one of the most compelling stories of personal initiative and entrepreneurship that I have read. Left alone in the world with only fifty-two pounds in a savings account, Jane Carter decides to look for work. By chance, she arrives i ...
  • Austrian Economics: Ahead of its Time?
    So I’m a closet futurist. Being one, I sometimes find myself checking out sites like Transhumanity.net. I recently came across an article there that does a pretty good job of unpacking the difference between 20th century science and 21st century science. One of the things I noticed about 2 ...

Teaching Online Journalism

  • Smarter(8): A list for journalism students
    Callie Schweitzer: How David O. Russell Made Me a Journalist. Matthew Mullenweg: The Intrinsic Value of Blogging. Steve Buttry: You don’t tip competitors on Twitter; you beat them.
  • Top 10 posts of 2013: Teaching online journalism
    In case you missed them, here are links to the posts on this blog that were viewed most often in the past year, according to the stats provided by WordPress. Only three on the list are from 2013 (I published only 27 posts this year). The oldest are from 2008 (also three posts), demonstrating the ...
  • Top 10 posts of 2013: Teaching online journalism
    In case you missed them, here are links to the posts on this blog that were viewed most often in the past year, according to the stats provided by WordPress. Only three on the list are from 2013 (I published only 27 posts this year). The oldest are from 2008 (also three posts), demonstrating the ...
  • Smarter(7): A list for journalism students
    National Geographic: 2013 Year in Review. Elise Hu: Tomorrow’s metric for news is action. Michael Wolff: Even the New York Times can't resist going lowbrow with native advertising.
  • Smarter(7): A list for journalism students
    National Geographic: 2013 Year in Review. Elise Hu: Tomorrow’s metric for news is action. Michael Wolff: Even the New York Times can't resist going lowbrow with native advertising.

Facing South

  • NC hog farm threatened with citizen lawsuit ov ...
    Image Caption:  Confinement barns and an open lagoon that holds hog urine, excrement and other waste produced at Stilley Farms in Jones County, N.C. Pollution from the facility is blamed for fouling the Trent River and Neuse River Estuary. (Pho ...
  • Hagan, Southern lawmakers targeted in Obamacar ...
    Image Caption:  Nearly half of the TV attack ads in a nationwide blitz launched by Americans for Prosperity in June 2013 have targeted Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan of North Carolina. Nearly half of the TV ads in a national $20 mi ...
  • NC NAACP threatens legal action to speed speci ...
    Image Caption:  (National Atlas map of North Carolina's 12th Congressional District via Wikipedia.) North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory's decision to put off a special election to fill the open 12th Congressional District sea ...
  • WV water contamination exposes chemical hazard ...
    Image Caption:  The area of West Virginia where residents have been told not to use their tap water due to a coal-processing chemical spill. (Map from the West Virginia Am ...
  • Art Pope's network misleads, back-pedals in wa ...
    Image Caption:  Art Pope's political network has enjoyed big success in North Carolina. But in the face of media criticism, Pope and his allies have back-pedaled from taking responsibility for the state's rightward shift. ...

Worldpress - Africa

  • Nelson Mandela: The Global Icon Goes Home
    Mandela's work to end apartheid in South Africa and fight for peace and equality throughout the world has left an indelible imprint on the global community.
  • Nelson Mandela: The Global Icon Goes Home
    Mandella's work to end apartheid in South Africa and fight for peace and equality throughout the world has left an indelible imprint on the global community.
  • Zimbabwe Food Security Threatened by Tobacco
    Droves of small-scale farmers in Zimbabwe are moving away from growing food crops and turning to tobacco, a trend that seriously threatens the country's food security.
  • Zimbabwe Food Security Threatened by Tobacco
    Droves of small-scale farmers in Zimbabwe are moving away from growing food crops and turning to tobacco, a trend that seriously threatens the country's food security.
  • DR Congo's Silent Ordeal
    Brutal violence continues to ravage the Democratic Republic of Congo, but the massacres get very little coverage in Western media.

How Can I Recycle This ?

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

Age of Autism

  • Teri Arranga Has a Conversation of Hope with D ...
    Prof. Brian Hooker, PhD, joins Teri in the debut of this new season of AutismOne: A Conversation of Hope. Dr. Hooker will be talking about documents that have been recently obtained via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regarding the...
  • Part 2 Regressive Autism - New Hypothesis to ...
    Read Bill's post from last week HERE. By Bill Welsh If you are the parent of a regressive autistic child in the UK and have been following the controversy re vaccination’s role in what has occurred you may have to...
  • Dachel Media Review: Kumbaya, Speech & Vision, ...
    By Anne Dachel Read Anne's comments and view the live links after the jump. Jan 15, 2014, NPR Boston: Autism Is Hard Enough - Let's Not Make It Harder With A Fight Jan 14, 2014, OregonLive.com: Drs. Oz and Roizen:...
  • Coy Barefoot Interviews Mark Blaxill on Indust ...
    GUEST: Mark Blaxill, co-founder of the Age of Autism news site and co-author with Dan Olmsted of the book by the same name. TOPIC: Mark discusses the latest we know about the autism epidemic and reviews the year 2013 in...
  • Babies Respond To Tom Insel and IACC's Decisio ...
    If you listened to or participated in yesterday's IACC full committee conference, please share your POV/analysis in the comments here at AofA. IACC voted AGAINST including the words immunizations or vaccines in the strategic plan despite the link to immune...

Global BDS Movement

Farm Wars

  • The Sun Thief Review
    Successfully sounding the clarion alarm about chemtrails in a much more convincing and entertaining manner than my above rant is an amazing new novel by fellow writer, Cara St. Louis-Farrelly, titled The Sun Thief.
  • Pathetic Attempt to Garner Sympathy for GMO Fa ...
    Refusal of consumers to put up with poisons is hurting the poor GMO farmers? You will get no sympathy from me.
  • The GMO Emperor Has No Clothes
    The GE emperor (Monsanto) has no clothes. All of these claims have been established as false over years of experience all across the world. The Global Citizens Report “The GMO Emperor Has No Clothes” brings together evidence from the ground of Monsanto’s and the industry’s false promises and fai ...
  • The EPA Enacts A New Life-Threatening Policy
    The EPA is introducing new standards for wood stoves which dramatically reduces the amount of fine particle emissions for any wood stove sold in 2015.
  • Obamacare Website Hidden Code – No Reasonable ...
    Texas Rep. Joe Barton grills an ObamaCare Contractor during a House Hearing on why hidden source code on the ObamaCare Website states that "Users have no reasonable expectation of privacy" on information they enter.

new geography

  • Female Executives Across the European Union
    A great divide exists between European countries when it comes to the issues of women’s career opportunities. Some countries have high female work participation and values that promote gender equality, while others lag behind. But a closer look shows that the share of women in manageria ...
  • Britain's Planning Laws: Of Houses, Chickens a ...
    Perhaps for the first time in nearly seven decades a serious debate on housing affordability appears to be developing in the United Kingdom. There is no more appropriate location for such an exchange, given that it was the urban containment policies of the Town and Country Planning Act of 194 ...
  • How Houston’s Missing Media Gene Hobbles Its G ...
    In an upcoming study I am working on with Chapman University’s Center for Demographics and Policy, we show that San Francisco and Houston are North America’s “emerging” global cities. They are also rival representative champions and exemplars of two models of civic dev ...
  • Build It, Even Though They Won't Come
    The recent decision by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Allan J. Goodman to reject as “fatally flawed” the densification plans for downtown Hollywood could shake the foundations of California's “smart growth” planning clerisy. By dismissing Los Angeles' Hollywood plan, the judge also ...
  • The New Geography of Apartment Rentals
    “Supply and demand” describes the interaction between the available amount of a resource and the need for it by consumers. In the world of community development, nowhere is this dynamic more pronounced than in the rental housing market. Recessionary times have combined with barriers to homeow ...

water.org

  • For Decius, the Future Looks Bright
    Hopeful for an opportunity to build his skills and earn money to return to school, Decius signed up for a job as soon as he heard about the opportunity to work with Water.org and PRODEVA, and bring safe water access to his town.
  • Kathirvel, Changing Lives Through Masonry
    Kathirvel is 65 years old and a retired mason. Although he is retired, he now uses his expertise in masonry to work constructing toilets for families who have taken out loans through Water.org's WaterCredit program. He has built 200 toilets in the last year. He is training other masons to constr ...
  • Matt Damon says, "Thanks!"
    The success of the past year would not have been possible without your support. To everyone who contributes to bring safe water and sanitation to the world, we thank you.
  • Best Videos of 2013
    2013 Top Videos: #5 Next » As we look back at a tremendous year, we invite you to join us in celebrating with five of our best videos from 2013!
  • Top 5 Water Stories of 2013
    « Prev 2013 Top Posts Next » Christine Mbati has three children and was recently widowed. She is a member of the K’Obonyo self-help group and lives at Ulanda village.

Cryptogon

  • Blackphone, for Whatever Ails Ya
    Via: ZDnet: On Wednesday, Silent Circle and Geeksphone announced the formation of a new Switzerland-based joint venture and its first surveillance-thwarting product, the Blackphone. Powered by a security-oriented Android build named PrivatOS, Blackphone is touted as a carrier and vendor-independ ...
  • Britain: ‘Pedophile Network at the Heart ...
    Via: Express: A FORMER female MP was involved in a paedophile network at the heart of government, police have been told. She is alleged to have forced a boy in care to perform a “vile” sex act at one of a series of drug-fuelled parties in Westminster in the Eighties where boys and girls as […]
  • Recovery: JCPenny to Cut 2,000 Jobs, Close 33 ...
    Via: Business Insider: JCPenney is cutting 2,000 jobs and closing 33 stores as the battered department store seeks to revive revenue growth, the company announced Wednesday. The move will save about $65 million annually beginning in 2014, the company said. JCPenney, which has about 1,100 stores, ...
  • ‘Chasing the Dream of Half-Price Gasolin ...
    Frack that. Via: MIT Technology Review: At a pilot plant in Menlo Park, California, a technician pours white pellets into a steel tube and then taps it with a wrench to make sure they settle together. He closes the tube, and oxygen and methane—the main ingredient of natural gas—flow in. Seconds ...
  • Law Enforcement Agencies Use fo Drones Increasing
    Via: Washington Post: Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies are increasingly borrowing border-patrol drones for domestic surveillance operations, newly released records show, a harbinger of what is expected to become the commonplace use of unmanned aircraft by police. Customs and Bor ...

The Economic Collapse

  • Vast Stretches Of Impoverished Appalachia Look ...
    If you want to get an idea of where the rest of America is heading, just take a trip through the western half of West Virginia and the eastern half of Kentucky some time.  Once you leave the main highways, you will rapidly encounter poverty on a level that is absolutely staggering.  Overall, abo ...
  • The Level Of Economic Freedom In The United St ...
    Americans have never had less economic freedom than they do right now.  The 2014 Index of Economic Freedom has just been released, and it turns out that the level of economic freedom in the United States has now fallen for seven consecutive years.  But of course none of us need a report or a sur ...
  • Why Is Goldman Sachs Warning That The Stock Ma ...
    Why has Goldman Sachs chosen this moment to publicly declare that stocks are overpriced?  Why has Goldman Sachs suddenly decided to warn all of us that the stock market could decline by 10 percent or more in the coming months?  Goldman Sachs has to know that when they release a report like this ...
  • The Number Of Working Age Americans Without A ...
    That headline is not a misprint.  The number of working age Americans that do not have a job has increased by nearly 10 million since Barack Obama first entered the White House.  In January 2009, the number of "officially unemployed" workers plus the number of Americans "not in the labor force" ...
  • If You Are Waiting For An “Economic Coll ...
    If you are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the "economic collapse", just open up your eyes and look at what is happening in Europe.  The entire continent is a giant economic mess right now.  Unemployment and poverty levels are setting record highs, car sales are setting record lows, and there ...

Desertification

  • Campaign to collect information on the status ...
    Read at : Google Alerts – desertification http://english.people.com.cn/90882/8503210.html China starts fifth national desertification monitoring (Xinhua) China launched its Fifth National Monitoring of Desertification and Sandification on Friday. The State Forestry Administration said the ...
  • Arrest desertification (Google / Israel21C)
    Read at : Google Alerts – desertification http://israel21c.org/environment/its-not-the-desert-thats-the-enemy/ It’s not the desert that’s the enemy The goal isn’t to fight desertification, it’s to arrest it, says award-winning director of Israel’s Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, ...
  • All about desertification (Google / Bubblenews)
    Read at : Google Alerts – desertification http://www.bubblews.com/news/1979390-desertification SEE ALSO : http://www.bubblews.com/news/1979459-more-about-desertification Desertification This is the gradual process of land turning to desert through a combination of physical and human proces ...
  • 16 videos on deserts and desertification (Goog ...
    Read at : Google Alerts – desertification http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Keywords/Description/Deserts_and_desertification Description: Deserts and desertification (16 VIDEOS)   Tagged: ESA
  • A solution to the desertification of the Earth ...
    Read at : Gopgle Alerts – desertification http://international.hu.nl/News/Viral-greening-against-desertification.aspx Viral greening against desertification The Earth is warming up and drying out. Forests are disappearing fast. For every one of us, this is an all too familiar story. The “d ...

News Blaze

libcom

  • Interview with the new general secretary of th ...
    akai.jpg The new general secretary of the International Workers’ Association, Laure Akai, answers questions from the newspaper “CNT”, organ of the Spanish section of the I.W.A. ...
  • Syria: the struggle continues - “day of rage a ...
    day-of-rage-against-al-qaeda-assad.jpg Since nearly three years that an uprising broke out in Syria (as a local materialization of the upheavals shaking the whole regions of Maghreb and Mashreq) most ...
  • Curzon workers win union recognition
    Curzon.jpg Curzon cinema workers have won union recognition after a high profile campaign as an agreement was reached between union officials and Curzon management. Under the ag ...
  • Workers building Samsung factory riot in Vietnam
    chay-samsung-thai-nguyen.jpg Thousands of construction workers building a Samsung's factory in Vietnam's northern Thai Nguyen province clashed with security guards on Thursday, leaving 13 pe ...
  • Eight dead after clashes at Samsung factory bu ...
    chay-samsung-thai-nguyen.jpg Eight people have died after thousands of construction workers building Samsung's new factory in Vietnam's northern Thai Nguyen province clashed with security gu ...

Free Range International

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

The Story Behind the Story

  • Affordable Care Act = Expensive Inequity = Com ...
    It’s officially called “The Affordable Care Act”.  What it really should be called is “The Marxist Redistribution of Wealth Act” – for that is ultimately what it was designed to accomplish. Here is what the Corporate Media continually fails to disclose concern ...
  • Mormonism’s Lord of the Rings
    People often ask me: ‘Why can’t you leave the GOOD MORMON PEOPLE ALONE?  They are “Christians” too.”   My response is simply that being a good neighbor and a TRUE CHRISTIAN involves warning others of danger.  A good neighbor doesn’t quietly sit by and watch th ...
  • Counting Mormons – an Expose
    It is Many Times easier to Fool People -  Than it is to Convince People that they have been Fooled! ———– Mark Twain     http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/lifestyle/57369318-80/church-percent-lds-growth.html.csp   Peggy Stack reports in the SL Tribune about the NUMBERS of LDS I ...
  • Eva Bartlett – A MODERN-DAY HEROINE!
    Here is a story of truth and simple honor that you will NEVER see or hear about from what Ms. Bartlett calls simply the  ”Corporate Media”.   Over 2000 Palestinian medics systematically targeted and then assassinated by Israeli forces.   Their  snipers kill anyone attempting to assis ...
  • The Mandela Mythos – Part II
    Really – you can’t make this stuff up!  The word BIZARRE is an understatement – but when one considers the TRUTH about Nelson Mandela, things start to make a little more sense, perhaps. At the December 10 memorial service for Mandela, world leaders, including of course another ...

du la bab - Now is the Time

Mansbridge One on One - CBC

Energy Collective

  • Top 5 EU Energy Priorities: All You Need to Kn ...
    Hughes Belin, leading energy journalist for viEUws - the EU Policy Broadcaster, takes a pick at the top five energy issues that will be discussed by the European Union institutions under the Greek EU Presidency during the first half of 2014.read more
  • China Fights Airpocalypse: A New Air Pollution ...
    There is something new that went into effect New Year’s Day in China to address that country’s terrible pollution problems. The Chinese central government has just required roughly 15,000 of the country’s biggest factories to publicly report their air emissions and wastewater discharges continuo ...
  • Energy-Related Carbon Emissions Rose in 2013
    Carbon dioxide emissions from energy activities in the U.S. in 2013 are expected to be up 2 percent over 2012. The slight increase is still just a projection as EIA awaits final year-end data, but the higher figure is attributed to an increase in coal consumption by electric utilities.read more
  • Google Acquires Nest For $3.2 Billion
    It comes as no great surprise that Google announced Monday it had acquired Nest Labs, the maker of the innovative Nest Learning Thermostat, paying out $3.2 billion in cash to fold the company into its loving arms. Google loves companies and products like Nest, and Nest looks like a perfect fit.r ...
  • Cleantech Investing: Ten Predictions for 2014
    The sun is shining, the Boston snow is mostly melted away, and dilettante "news" programs have moved away from talking about cleantech to talking about doping in baseball. And my 2013 predictions weren't so bad for once. So why not throw some 2014 predictions out there...read more

Prior Art

Peoples Voice

  • From Austerity to Abundance: Why I Am Running ...
    by Ellen Brown Governor Jerry Brown and his staff are exchanging high-fives over balancing California’s budget, but the people on whose backs it was balanced are not rejoicing. The state’s high-wire act has been called “the ultimate in austerity budgets.” Welfare paymen ...
  • NSA's Fake War on Terror
    by Stephen Lendman
  • Subverting Peace
    by Stephen Lendman Washington abhors it. So does Israel. Both countries deplore rapprochement with Iran. Decades of hostility prove it. Little ongoing now suggests otherwise. Last November's agreement represented a first time breakthrough. A previous article said hold the cheers. Longstand ...
  • Supreme Court Gives Monsanto Full Ability to S ...
    Heather Callaghan Do you remember the 2011 lawsuit from the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association 80+ plaintiffs (farmers and small businesses) against Monsanto? They were fighting biotech giant Monsanto's ability to sue them for patent infringement when genetically modified seeds inadver ...
  • Obama Nominates Three Fed Governors
    by Stephen Lendman It's official. A White House statement headlined "President Obama Announces his Intent to Nominate Three to Serve on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System." Nominees include Stanley Fischer as vice chairman, Lael Brainard as governor, and Jerome Powell for a ...

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

  • Employment Opportunities
    We're hiring! CCPA's National office has two employment opportunities: Senior Editor: This is a one-year, full-time contract with the expectation that it will become permanent thereafter. The primary responsibility of this position is as Editor of the CCPA Monitor, our monthly magazine of polic ...
  • Employment Opportunity: Senior Editor
    We're hiring! CCPA's National Office is looking for a Senior Editor. This is a one-year, full-time contract with the expectation that it will become permanent thereafter. The primary responsibility of this position is as Editor of the CCPA Monitor, our monthly magazine of policy analysis and com ...
  • BC Jobs Plan: where are the jobs?
    The latest report from our BC Office assesses the impact of the BC Jobs Plan two years in. The government's six-month progress reports have declared it a success, but the numbers tell a different story. Tune in to CKNW today at 9:30 to hear author Iglika Ivanova discuss the report with Bill Goo ...
  • Words we need to retire in 2014
    Out with the old! The first Hennessy's Index of the year offers a list of words primed for retirement in 2014. Whether they are political jargon, have coded meanings, or just deserve to be challenged and reframed, read on to find out which words and phrases we ought to leave behind: Hennessy’s I ...
  • CEO earnings are a stark contrast to the avera ...
    Five years after a global recession knocked the wind out of Canada’s labour market, throwing tens of thousands of workers onto the unemployment line and sidelining a generation of young workers, the compensation of Canada’s CEO elite continues to sail along.  By 1:11pm on January 2, the first o ...

Michael Moore - Must Read

  • Cinema With The Right Stuff Marks 2013 Nationa ...
    December 18, 2013 Press contact:  Sheryl Cannady (202) 707-6456, scannady@loc.gov Public contact: Steve Leggett (202) 707-5912, sleg@loc.gov To Media:  Select high-resolution images and video clips are available for a limited time; register at www.loc.gov/pressroom/registration ...
  • 2013 NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY QUOTES
    Maureen O’Hara, Award-winning Actress – “The Quiet Man” “I am overjoyed that the Library of Congress has inducted The Quiet Man into its National Film Registry. It was the thrill of our lives for John Ford, John Wayne, myself, and everyone to make it. I had never ...
  • Traverse City Film Festival 2013 Awards!
    During our fantastic Filmmaker Party, Founder and President Michael Moore announced our 2013 Award Winners. We have had so many incredible films, a few new categories and so many fun contests this year, here is a complete list of all of our award winners. Congrats to everyone! AUDIENCE AWARD ...
  • House Democrats Who Voted Against the Amash/Co ...
    The Amash/Conyers amendment to rein in the National Security Agency's surveillance of U.S. citizens failed 205-217 on July 24th, 2013, with 94 Republicans and 111 Democrats voting for it. The following 83 Democrats voted against: Andrews Barber Barrow (GA) Bera (CA) Bishop (GA) Bishop (NY) ...
  • Former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brze ...
    In 1968 Zbigniew Brzezinski, then a top advisor to the presidential campaign of Vice President Hubert Humphrey, wrote an article called "America in the Technetronic Age," making these predictions: ...the capacity to assert social and political control over the individual will vastly increase. ...

Salon

SMB News

  • Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits ...
    For SMB News Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits camps PURWOBINANGUN: Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano spewed more deadly heat clouds Wednesday as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited some of the 50,000 evacuees in shelters. Searing gas billowed from the crater of the 2,91 ...
  • Kasaba throws spit on the camera
    \Kasaba throws spit on cameraMUMBAI: Ajmal Kasaba webcam spit on Tuesday during a hearing in the Bombay High Court for confirmation of the death penalty, which led the court strictly tell him to behave properly. Judjes a warning when they Kasaba altercation with the police and spit at the camera ...
  • K’taka Speaker disqualifies 16 MLAs
    For SMB News KBANGALORE: Hours ahead of the trust vote for beleaguered Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in the Assembly, Speaker K G Bopaiah disqualified sixteen rebel MLAs, including eleven from ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), legislative sources said on Monday. Bopaiah signed the ...
  • Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8
    For SMB News Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8 KARACHI: Eight people including two children were killed and over 65 others suffered injuries when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine in Clifton, official sources said here Thursday. Two heads, beli ...
  • Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistake
    For SMB News Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistakes’ LONDON: Former president Gen. (Retd.) Pervez Musharraf Friday admitted that political mistakes were committed in the twilight years of his regime and sought apology from Pakistani nation for the same. “These mistakes caused damage ...

R-Squared Energy Blog

  • Grading My 2013 Energy Predictions
    Robert Rapier grades his energy predictions for 2013.
  • 60 Minutes: The Rest of the Story
    Robert Rapier takes readers behind the scene of his recent 60 Minutes story, filling in some of the back story.
  • Quick Response on 60 Minutes Story
    As a result of Sunday night’s 60 Minutes story about cleantech, a lot of people are emailing me or clicking in here for the first time. I will have a more in-depth report on my contribution to the story — including bits that didn’t survive the editing process for a more complet ...
  • This Weekend on 60 Minutes
    I just got a note that a recent interview I did with Lesley Stahl on cleantech will be part of a story airing this weekend. I will have some “behind the scenes” reporting early next week.
  • The Top 5 Energy Stories of 2013
    Robert Rapier gives us his Top 5 Energy Stories of 2013.

Discovery Educator Network

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Information Liberation

  • The Verdict: Murder as an Official Entitlement
    *Among other lessons we*ve learned in this trial,* pontificated Judge William Froeberg just before a jury acquitted Kelly Thomas*s killers, *is that violence begets violence.* This statement was either a conscious lie, or a symptom of incurable...
  • License to Kill
    No one knows how many times police shoot and kill Americans every year. Most estimates put the number at a few hundred a year, but we don*t know the details, including how many of these killed people presented a real threat to anyone. The U.S. govern...
  • How To Stop Cops from Searching Your Car
    While police generally need a warrant to search you or your property -- during a traffic stop, police only need*probable cause*to legally search your vehicle. Probable cause means police must have some facts or evidence to believe you're involved in ...
  • Californians Sign Petition to Allow Soldiers t ...
    Will you repeal the 3rd amendment to help bring down troops' housing costs?...
  • This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
    This week, we have a trio of jail guards gone bad, as well as another cop with a pain pill problem and sticky fingers. That's a bad combination. Let's get to it: In Miami, a Miami-Dade jail officer was arrested last Friday on charges he smuggled d...

Be Responsible - Be Free!

  • Hoist On Their Own Petard
    Happy New Year to all my readers. I thought I’d interrupt my summer holidays in balmy climes to have a bit of a chortle at two seemingly unrelated stories in the news over the last few days. One concerns cricket, … Continue reading →
  • Seasons Greetings
    And that’s it for LibertyGibbert for another year. Work and family commitments have meant I haven’t been able to write as much as I would have liked this year, yet we’ve managed to have some interesting discussions. Thank you to … Continue reading →
  • Fifty Years On, And We’re None The Wiser.
    I was alive when it happened. But as I was living in Sydney, and only six months old at the time, I’m not very high on the FBI’s list of suspects. Probably. For those old enough to remember, it is, … Continue reading →
  • Psephology 101, Or Why Britain Should Embrace ...
    You may recall back in August, I railed against the undemocratic farce that Australian federal Senate elections have become. As indeed it has. Since the election in September, things have turned from farcical to downright embarrassing. During a contested recount … Continue reading →
  • Misery in Motown
    Every Wednesday evening at 8:30, my wife and I switch on the television in our bedroom for our weekly fill of Hardcore Pawn (you should see the raised eyebrows on our friends when we tell them this). It’s a reality … Continue reading →

Politics in the Zeros

  • California drought. Governor Brown to make it ...
    California Governor Jerry Brown is finally about to proclaim the obvious, that California is in a severe drought. A California drought declaration would speed up water transfers, suspend regulations, and provide funding, especially if the federal government declares it too. The City of Sacrament ...
  • Prickly Pear cactus as biogas energy source
    Prickly Pear cactus is drought-resistant, can be grown where other crops die, and makes surprisingly good fuel for anerobic digestion, which then creates biogas. The cactus breaks down much faster than manure and is considered a nuisance in many areas now. It can be harvested, perhaps on commerc ...
  • Nametag. Real time facial recognition for Glas ...
    When Glass was launched, Google said there would be no facial recognition until they worked out privacy concerns and are supposedly continuing that policy. Yet the just released beta of Nametag ignores privacy concerns or making it opt-in. ‘With Nametag, your photo shares you.” Retch ...
  • Underwater tidal turbines. Atlantis Resources ...
    Atlantis Resources makes underwater and open ocean turbines. Underwater tidal turbines create energy from the tides coming in and going out. Like all renewable energy, the power produced by tidal turbines is variable. However, the times of tides are known to the minute, so tidal turbine power pr ...
  • Google buys Nest. Will your thermostat now rep ...
    Google just bought Nest, makers of smart thermostats and smoke detectors, for an absurd $3.2 billion. The Net thermostat is connected to the net, so it can be controlled remotely. It also learns from you and will automatically adjust settings, assuming you have a regular routine. If not, it may ...

First Truths

  • The Anarchist Lineage
     Interesting passage from Samuel Clark's Living Without Domination: The Possibility of an Anarchist Utopia. I would wonder what the anarchists I know think of the various lists referenced here: This account of anarchism as a permanent human tendency has been attacked by a number of authors. ...
  • "Crisis of the State"
    From Simon Clark's Keynesianism, Monetarism, and the Crisis of the State: However this structural crisis was not the result of the changing functional requirements of changes in the labour process, but of the tendency for capital accumulation to take the form of the overaccumulation and uneven d ...
  • "Aspects of the Post-Ricardian Literature"
    Interesting and thought-provoking passage from Samuel Hollander's Economics and Ideology: Aspects of the Post-Ricardian Literature (1979): It was Marx's position, as we have mentioned, that while the labor writers of the 1820s drew upon Ricardo's value theory to reach their conclusion regarding ...
  • "Integrated Geographies"
    From Anthony Ince's Whither Anarchist Geography?:It has been said that anarchism combines a socialist critique of liberalism and a liberal critique of socialism. Its refusal to focus merely on "economics" or "freedom" or "culture," and so on, means that anarchism is inherently multifaceted and a ...
  • Colbert on Atheists
    I enjoyed this passage from Stephen Colbert's I Am America (And So Can You!): AtheistsThese No-goodnik no-Godniks are growing in numbers and power in America. It makes me wonder how a God could exist Who'd allow people to piss me off so much.Luckily, a recent survey published in the American Soc ...

Media Co-Op

  • Tar Sands for the week (Jan 15).
    The story of Neil Young and his advocacy on behalf of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation’s challenge to tar sands supremacy has garnered a lot of attention, and in itself this must be seen as a good thing. To have an entertainer of his caliber take on the Gigaproject can only bring an ov ...
  • The January/February 2014 issue of The Dominio ...
    The January/February 2014 issue of The Dominion is now online! Click on this link to download a PDF file of the entire 28-page magazine. You can support our work by subscribing to The Dominion today. For just $25 your get six issues delivered to your ...
  • Showdown in Elsipogtog
    Seven months of shale gas resistance in New Brunswick ...
  • GroundWire | January 13, 2014
    GroundWire | January 13, 2014   This episode of GroundWire was produced on Fort William First Nation’s territory at CILU in Thunder Bay ON by Carly Forbes   Headlines:   Two Montreal activists arrested in Mexico under serious charges | Aaron Lakoff, CKUT NEB approves the Enb ...
  • Vigile silencieuse pour les victimes de l'indu ...
    Marie-Claude Gagné et Marion Achoulias, toutes deux co-fondatrices de la Kébec Animal Rights Association (KARA), nous parlent de la vigile silencieuse pour les victimes de ...

David Seaton's News Links

  • 2014... and welcome to it
    David Seaton's News LinksPrediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future. Niels Bohr The future ain't what it used to be. Yogi BerraAs luminaries such as Niels Bohr and Yogi Berra have pointed out, trying to predict the future is a mug's game... And at year's end political co ...
  • 2013: Vladimir Putin's year
    David Seaton's News LinksBy his own measure, Mr Putin has had a good year. The Russian president craves international respect. By stepping back from the world, the US ceded to Moscow space at the top table. Phillip Stephens - Financial TimesVladimir Putin has been eating the "West's" lunch: Syri ...
  • Mandela's funeral
    David Seaton's News Links Mahatma Gandhi was lucky to die when he did and avoid such a degrading celebrity circus... between the imperial selfies and the surreal sign language interpreter, all that was missing was to have Miley Cyrus perform "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika", with a massed choir. DS
  • Pope Francis reminds me of Gorbachev
    David Seaton's News LinksSome people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world. This opinion, which has never been confirmed by the facts, expre ...
  • The Iran deal
    David Seaton's News LinksThings may unravel but at least there is hope. Perhaps this is what is most threatening to Netanyahu. He has never been willing to test the Palestinians in a serious way — test their good faith, test ending the humiliations of the occupation, test from strength the power ...

MoJo - Kevin Drum

  • Chart of the Day: The Job Market For College G ...
    A new report from the New York Fed offers a grim take on the job prospects of recent college grads. It finds that underemployment (i.e., working at a job that doesn't require a college degree) has averaged around 40 percent for the past two decades, going down a bit during economic expansions ...
  • Opposing View: Yes, We Should Keep Adding "Gat ...
    USA Today's media columnist, Rem Rieder, is tired of the rest of us tacking gate onto the end of every conceivable scandal. Here's his argument: It's not cute. It's not cool. It's not clever. I will give it knee-jerk. And lazy. And oh, so predictable. But it's not supposed to be ...
  • It's Time to Fix the Housing Finance Market
    Yesterday I mentioned Brad DeLong's belief that the biggest problem with the economy right now is the weak housing market: I find it very hard to escape the conclusion that the big bad thing going on in the third millennium is not the excess construction of the mid-2000s housing bubble-- ...
  • Quote of the Day: How Dare You Use Notes in My ...
    From Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, to a lawyer making his first appearance before the court: Counsel, you are not reading this, are you? I'll second Josh Blackman's reaction: this is a dick move by Justice Scalia. Maybe it's time for him to step down and take over the Andy R ...
  • We're Passing a Budget, But Not a Debt Ceiling ...
    Ed Kilgore comments on the imminent passage of the recently agreed trillion-dollar spending bill: It seems leaders of both parties in Congress have decided to low-key the whole thing. Republicans are supposed to like the bill because it reduces domestic spending below the levels that pre ...

Simple Climate

  • The warrior who gave his life to climate change
    Steve Schneider’s expertise in crafting advice from sometimes uncertain evidence on global warming helped him beat cancer and push for action right up to his death.
  • When the climate change fight got ugly
    Steve Schneider both had to fight other scientists who didn’t feel it was yet time to bring climate research to the people, and counterattacks from oil companies and a government unconcerned by pollution.
  • When the climate change fight got ugly
    Steve Schneider both had to fight other scientists who didn’t feel it was yet time to bring climate research to the people, and counterattacks from oil companies and a government unconcerned by pollution.
  • The ice-age U-turn that set the stage for the ...
    Right from the outset of his career in climate science, Stephen Schneider drove us to see that we are changing climate, and decide how best to use our imperfect knowledge to avoid harm
  • The ice-age U-turn that set the stage for the ...
    Right from the outset of his career in climate science, Stephen Schneider drove us to see that we are changing climate, and decide how best to use our imperfect knowledge to avoid harm

e!Science News

  • Discovery of quantum vibrations in 'microtubul ...
    A review and update of a controversial 20-year-old theory of consciousness published in Physics of Life Reviews claims that consciousness derives from deeper level, finer scale activities inside brain neurons. The recent discovery of quantum vibrations in "microtubules" inside brain ne ...
  • Meltwater from Tibetan glaciers floods pastures
    Glaciers are important indicators of climate change. Global warming causes mountain glaciers to melt, which, apart from the shrinking of the Greenlandic and Antarctic ice sheets, is regarded as one of the main causes of the present global sea-level rise. Tibet's glaciers are also losing mass cle ...
  • Heavy drinking in middle age may speed memory ...
    Middle-aged men who drink more than 36 grams of alcohol, or two and a half US drinks per day, may speed their memory loss by up to six years later on, according to a study published in the January 15, 2014, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. ...
  • Hugging hemes help electrons hop
    Researchers simulating how certain bacteria run electrical current through tiny molecular wires have discovered a secret Nature uses for electron travel. The results are key to understanding how the bacteria do chemistry in the ground, and will help researchers use them in microbial fuel cells, ...
  • DNA detectives able to 'count' thousands of fi ...
    A mere glass full of water from Monterey Bay Aquarium's 1.2 million-gallon Open Sea tank, among the 10 largest aquariums in the world, is all scientists really needed to identify the Pacific Bluefin tuna, dolphinfish and most of the other 13,000 fish swimming there. read more

unEarthed

  • Bill Would Cripple EPA's Power to Prevent Toxi ...
    "Freedom Zones" act could assure more W. Virginia water spills The lives of hundreds of thousands of people have been severely disrupted by the spill. (iStockphoto) ...
  • In West Virginia, Who Pays for Poisoning a River?
    Overdue rules would ensure polluters pay and prevent the next big spill In 1980, when Love Canal and Times Beach still dominated headlines, Congress passed Superfund, a bipartisan bill requiring polluters to pay for the cleanup of ...
  • In Memory of Fred Meyer
    Remembering a great man of passion and integrity Fred Meyer 1931-2013 The Board of Trustees and staff of Earthjustice express our profound sorrow and deepest ...
  • Kryptonite for Superfund
    House Bill eviscerates landmark law, threatening public safety Why does House leadership want to eviscerate Superfund? (USDA Photo) It’s a hustle of grand pr ...
  • Genetically Engineered Crops: Coming to a Stor ...
    Could soon be on the market without restriction or oversight Clouds over a soy field. New GE corn and soy varieties have been engineered to resist the effects of 2,4-D, a component of Agent ...

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 ...

    To Do

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    Renewable Energy at $254 Billion? Let's Make It a Clean Trillion
    Bloomberg
    Global investment in renewable energy fell 12 percent in 2013 to $254 billion, according to data released by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), casting a shadow over the notion of a “clean trillion.” Last year was the second decline in renewable ...
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    Colorado Bill Would Roll Back Renewable Mandates As Prices Soar
    Forbes
    A Colorado Senate committee is in the process of discussing and debating a bill to roll back renewable power mandates enacted just last year. Because Democrats hold a narrow majority in the Colorado Senate, it will be a surprise if the bill makes its ...
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    Commission warms to binding renewable energy target
    European Voice
    The European Commission has decided to make a European Union renewable energy target for 2030 binding, switching course from an earlier plan for an indicative goal, according to EU sources. In recent weeks the Commission's internal discussions ...
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    Oregon panel close to fixing renewable energy mandate to avoid ballot fight
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    SciFund challenge background: 6 questions you can answer about shark ...
    Southern Fried Science
    scifund As many of you have heard, I have a project in the 4th SciFund Challenge, a scientific research crowdfunding organization. My project, entitled “You are what you eat: non-lethal feeding ecology to help conserve threatened sharks,” is part of my ...
    Status and Ecological Effects of the World's Largest Carnivores
    Science Careers Blog (subscription)
    5Wildlife Biology Program, Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula MT, 59812, USA, and Department of Biodiversity and Molecular Ecology, Research and Innovation ...
    Wash. Dept. of Ecology Sets Deadline for Leaking Hanford Tank Plan
    KVEW
    The state Department of Ecology has set February 15th as the deadline for the Department of Energy to come up with a new plan for dealing with a leaking double-walled tank at Hanford. Ecology officials say they are disappointed with the Department of ...
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    Creative ecology: The Dunes Center publishes a book showcasing the talents ...
    Santa Maria Sun
    The Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center looked to this creative model to help educate kids about local ecology with a program that started in 2012. The fruits of that program are on display in a new book published by the Dunes Center called, The Dune Forum: ...
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    California areas brace for water rationing as reservoir levels fall
    Los Angeles Times
    Officials of the small Mendocino County town of Willits looked at their two municipal reservoirs last week, did some calculating and realized they had enough water to last only 100 days. It was time to adopt the toughest rationing measures they could.
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    W.Va. chemical spill shows vulnerability of water supply
    CBS News
    While no one became seriously ill from last week's chemical spill, some homeland security experts said the emergency was proof the United States has not done nearly enough to protect water systems from accidental spills or deliberate contamination.
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    Drinking water safe, spill leaves behind new method for water testing
    WCPO
    CINCINNATI -- As a West Virginia chemical spill reached Cincinnati on the Ohio River Wednesday morning, utilities and environmental analysts from around the country turned to local water experts to find out how to test for and measure the little-known ...
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    W.Va. Spill Shows Vulnerability of Water Supply
    ABC News
    Congress last addressed water security in a 2002 law that required utilities to assess their vulnerabilities and report them to the Environmental Protection Agency, but there was no mandate to correct the shortcomings. Subsequent efforts to establish ...
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