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Tuesday, August 09, 2016

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Why do politicians think they would be better at planning migration than

An idea

50 mins ago
The EEA option for Brexit: a stepping stone in choppy waters

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August 8, 2016
We are the 6.6%! Why everybody is wrong on rent controls

The

August 4, 2016

Mail Sexism Hypocrisy

The Daily Mail is in full-on righteous outrage mode this morning, with a thundering front page headline

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Heat Street Byron Burger Failure

If anyone needed to see the vacuity of the Murdoch-bankrolled Heat Street website summarised in one lame

3 hrs ago
Kassam UKIP Threats Fall Flat

What happened to that “ full scale war ” that followers of Nigel “ Thirsty ” Farage were going to unleash

19 hrs ago

Trump flops with Silicon Valley donors; Clinton falls short, too

When Hewlett Packard Enterprise CEO Meg Whitman announced last week that she wouldn't vote for her

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Republican national security experts: Trump would be 'dangerous'

By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fifty prominent Republican national security officials, including

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House Speaker Paul Ryan faces primary test after belated Trump endorsement

By Brendan O'Brien MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan faces a

25 mins ago

Trump Unveils His Proposal To Reshape America's Tax System

Steve Inskeep talks to economist and syndicated columnist Peter Morici and Jared Bernstein of the Center on

2 hrs ago
Clinton, Trump Are On Opposite Ends Of The Foreign Policy Spectrum

Republican Donald Trump sees the U.S. as the skinny kid on the beach getting sand kicked in his face

2 hrs ago
Trump Adviser Says One Of The GOP Nominee's Signature Plans Is 'Not

On a key Trump priority — banning travel to the U.S. from areas affected by terrorism — retired Army Lt

2 hrs ago

Search for yield drives stocks higher, pound falls vs dollar

By Nigel Stephenson LONDON (Reuters) - Shares rose in Europe and Asia on Tuesday while sterling fell to its

2 hrs ago
China's slowing wholesale deflation takes pressure off central bank

By Elias Glenn and Yawen Chen BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory price deflation moderated further in

6 hrs ago
Exclusive: BP seeks buyers for its half of China petchem venture

By Arno Schuetze and Denny Thomas FRANKFURT/HONG KONG (Reuters) - British oil major BP is seeking buyers

1 hr ago

This Goodlatte is bitter

Congressman denounces Obama for using one of the few powers actually enumerated in the Constitution.

August 8, 2016
Lunch links: How Albuquerque PD brought down the one DA who tried to hold

Also: Louisiana sheriff sends deputies to raid a home after an anonymous blogger accused him of corruption;

August 5, 2016
As Obama grants commutations, U.S. continues to aid countries who execute

John Kerry has reportedly promised “law enforcement aid” to the Philippines president who has endorsed

August 3, 2016

Development version of the Hitler-Ransomware Discovered

A new ransomware called Hitler-Ransomware has been discovered that appears to be a test version currently

17 hrs ago
Understanding the Windows Credential Leak Flaw and How to Prevent It

This week there has been a lot of news about a flaw in Windows that could be used by web sites to easily

August 5, 2016
Reports of Windows 10 Freezing after installing Anniversary Update

Beta testing is important as it helps developers debug software before releasing to the public

August 5, 2016

Derivative Doomsday? Citi Group Next Blackswan

from Fabian4Liberty :

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DOMESTIC AIRBORNE EUGENICS: “Zika Zone” Turns Into Ghost-Town As Planes

from Zero Hedge : According to shop owners and managers in the town of Wynwood, Flordia – also known as

5 hrs ago
There’s No Reason I Should be Alive Right Now

from Sovereign Man : One of the most profound moments of my entire adult life came to me when I was

6 hrs ago

Black Agenda Report for Week of August 8, 2016

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August 7, 2016
Freedom Rider: Trump, Russia and Democratic Lies

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August 2, 2016
Baltimore: Impunity for the Police and Prison for the Resisters

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August 2, 2016

It’s the End of the World… As They Know it

One of the hypotheses posited on this blog is that the preoccupation with the end of the world is in

February 12, 2016
Ask a Stupid Question

A premise of democracy that I believe is worth defending is that it is incumbent on those seeking either

February 8, 2016
The Grimey “Science” of Conspiracy Theories

David Robert Grimes has emerged from Lewandowsky’s shadow, again, to go forth increase and multiply

February 2, 2016

Give People a Universal Income to Keep Them Quiet While Global Government

Globalization and its New Discontents … Fifteen years ago, I wrote a little book, entitled Globalization

18 hrs ago
Humans Have Used Up a Full Year’s Allotment of Resources and It’s Only

In just over seven months, humanity has used up a full year’s allotment of natural resources such as

19 hrs ago
Irony: Hillary Rebuilds America’s Trust by Using Untrustworthy National

Clinton said Trump shouldn’t be trusted with nuclear weapons. … When Hillary Clinton spoke directly

August 8, 2016

1 dead 3 injured as meteorite hits southern India (27 flags)

And it has created a record. First recorded human fatality due to a meteorite. Can someone bring up the

February 7, 2016
Donald Trump: Id bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding (25

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/06/donald-trump-waterboarding-republican-debate-torture

February 7, 2016
Iowans claim instances when Sanders was shorted delegates (20 flags)

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2016/02/06/iowans-claim-instances

February 6, 2016

Harvard Law Professor: Trump’s Russian Hack Joke could be Treason

This from Campus Reform : Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe believes that Donald Trump’s recent

22 hrs ago
Two Ex-College Presidents Deny There is a Student Loan Crisis

From Campus Reform : Two former college presidents are fighting the “myth” of college debt and its

22 hrs ago
Microaggressions are a Part of Carnegie Mellon’s Annual MLK Jr. Writing

Microaggressions and triggering words! Fear for your lives! *sarcasm* Carnegie Mellon University is

August 7, 2016

A Muslim ghost is haunting America

Entangling Trump with a dead US soldier's parents was the obvious, most immediate result of the Khan

55 mins ago
Thailand to hold elections in 2017: junta chief

The election will be held under a new constitution that will ensure the military's control over the

1 hr ago
Christian charity 'top of Israel's target list'

Campaign against World Vision's Gaza office part of systemic crackdown by Israel on international NGOs,

1 hr ago

Top Products in Two Decades of Tech Reviews

This is my last column for The Wall Street Journal, after 22 years of reviewing consumer technology

December 17, 2013
Diabetes Data Beamed to Your Phone

Home medical devices, as opposed to fitness products like activity-measuring wrist bands, have too often

December 10, 2013
Two Houses, One Cable TV Bill

Q: I have a vacation home and I am paying for cable service at two houses. Is there a practical way to

December 10, 2013

Minister: “Israelization” of Palestinian education declaration of war

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Palestinian Minister of Education and Higher Education, Dr. Sabri

13 hrs ago
Analysis: Israel’s double standard on the use of human shields

An Israeli soldier walks past a Merkava tank after returning from the Gaza Strip during the 2014 war in

13 hrs ago
Remembering the past: Bangladeshi fighters for Palestine of the 1980s

Article of July 3, 2014 Volunteers from Bangladesh fighting with Palestinians in Beirut, Lebanon 1982

13 hrs ago

Labeling Non-Native Animals: The Psychology of Name Calling

The ways we refer to other animals influence how we treat them. Recent assaults on non-natives, often

15 hrs ago
The Neurobiology of Musicality in Animals: We're Not Unique

Ronan the sea lion can keep the beat better than any other animal, a study published in Frontiers in

August 4, 2016
Humpback Whales Rescue Animals From Orcas Around the World

Why do humpback whales rescue other animals from killer whale attacks? It's not clear but these

August 3, 2016

Paris: climate madness still alive and well

Forget Iran, North Korea and Islamic State. The fact that the planet will likely disappear under multiple

April 22, 2016
Ex-IPCC head Pachauri charged with sex assaults

Here at ACM we always thought Rajendra Pachauri was a wrong-un, especially with his bizarre and creepy

March 1, 2016
Kevin and Leo: two climate clowns

Sad Aussie has-been Kevin Rudd must be angling for an invitation to hang with DiCaprio at his mansion

February 29, 2016

Turkey's President Erdogan in St Petersburg to 'reset' Russia

Turkey's President Erdogan arrives in St Petersburg for talks with Vladimir Putin, on his first foreign

24 mins ago
Syria conflict: UN says water and power cuts threaten two million

The UN demands an urgent pause in fighting in Aleppo to repair electricity and water supplies or the

17 mins ago
Republican security experts rail against Trump in open letter

Fifty Republican national security experts warn that Donald Trump "would be the most reckless

11 hrs ago

Ashton-under-Lyne house explosion leaves several injured

Three people suffer serious burns and several others are injured as a suspected gas explosion destroys a

26 mins ago
Asad Shah killing: 'Disrespecting Islam' murderer jailed

A 32-year-old man is jailed for a minimum of 27 years for murdering Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah in a

16 mins ago
Olympic diver Daniel Goodfellow's mother hits out at front pages

The mother of Olympic bronze medal-winning diver Daniel Goodfellow hits out at newspapers after some did

15 mins ago

These 13 People Were Killed By The War On Drugs. Their Lives Were The Cost

April 18, 2014
An Interview With Sam Dalton, Now In His Seventh Decade Of Criminal Defense

December 30, 2013
Militarizing Santa Claus

December 27, 2013

Team Trump Mainstreams Theodore Shoebat with Smear Attack on Khizr Khan and

From Think Progress (emphasis and link added): An official adviser to the Trump campaign has escalated

August 2, 2016
False Allegation That Sent Retired Fire-Fighter to Prison Could Have Been

David Bryant and his wife Lynn have given an interview on the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire Show (about

July 27, 2016
Online Harassment by Conservative Party Activists: A Decade of Mishandled

From Tim Ireland at Bloggerheads : For more than a decade I’ve been publishing warnings about the dark

July 26, 2016

I was a psychiatric success story

I was a psychiatric success story. My mother used to go to NAMI meetings and was able to share the

August 7, 2016
I experience my life now as far better than ever before…

I am alive. This I know and appreciate in ways I simply couldn’t at any other time of my life. *** A

August 5, 2016
Somatic mysticism: reframing “hyper-sensitivity”

More musing from the past few days. Anyone who has ever been called too sensitive might appreciate some of

July 24, 2016

START THE WEEK OPEN THREAD…..

Morning all! Here’s a new OPEN thread to start a new week of flagging up egregious BBC bias. The

August 8, 2016
‘Living with the murderous enemy within’

‘The assumption that many extremists had mental health problems was wrong. Instead

August 7, 2016
Burger Off!! Poetic Justice

A Brazilian illegal immigrant who came to this country and got a job at Byron Burgers

August 6, 2016

Clinton Bonds with Neocons as GOP Elites Launch Final Bid Against Trump

Hillary Clinton is reaching out to Republican elites—including fellow former secretaries of state

August 7, 2016
Wikileaks confirms Hillary sold weapons to ISIS

Although Hillary Clinton has repeatedly denied that she sold weapons to the Islamic Stats while serving as

August 7, 2016
VIDEO: Camera Man Goes Inside WTC 7 Before The Second Tower Falls

Inside 7 World Trade Center Moments Before Collapse. Building 7 collapse was and still remains a mystery

August 7, 2016

What Might ‘Male Abortion’ Accomplish?

The youth wing of the Swedish Liberal party is proposing to legalize ' male abortion ' up to the

March 22, 2016
Raw Milk Is Common Sense: Join Your Farmers in Protest

I don't drink pasteurized, homogenized milk. I never have, and I never will. It’s not milk, it&

March 15, 2016
6 Reasons Why Killing in Video Games is Awesome

1. You don't have to get rid of the bodies When you kill someone in a video game, there won'

March 8, 2016

Defense CIO: Cybersecurity Improving But Innovation Lags

Body: By Sandra I. Erwin Cyber attacks are workaday events at the Defense Department. “We get attacked

21 hrs ago
Pentagon Looks to Private Sector for Help as Airwaves Grow More Crowded

Body: By Vivienne Machi The Defense Department could learn from the commercial sector when it comes to

August 4, 2016
Air Force Secretary: Enemies Could Target U.S. Electrical Grid

Body: By Yasmin Tadjdeh Deborah Lee James Adversaries could target U.S. military energy sources as a means

August 4, 2016

Search for yield drives stocks higher, pound falls vs dollar

By Nigel Stephenson LONDON (Reuters) - Shares rose in Europe and Asia on Tuesday while sterling fell to its

1 hr ago
China's slowing wholesale deflation takes pressure off central bank

By Elias Glenn and Yawen Chen BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory price deflation moderated further in

6 hrs ago
Exclusive: BP seeks buyers for its half of China petchem venture

By Arno Schuetze and Denny Thomas FRANKFURT/HONG KONG (Reuters) - British oil major BP is seeking buyers

1 hr ago

We Need to Talk about Sandy Hook

Originally posted on COALITION OF THE OBVIOUS : This is the definitive and most informative documentary on

December 5, 2014
#OBEEZY

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November 14, 2014
Mowing the Lawn in Gaza

By Volaar “When thy intelligence shall cross beyond the whirl of delusion, then shalt thou become

August 11, 2014

Once a year is not enough!

Honoring torture survivors and those who stand with them… In 1987 the United Nations recognized this day

June 26, 2016
A day in court for victims of CIA torture

CIA torture victims finally have their day in court, but Gul Rahmann didn’t survive to see it…

June 15, 2016
Community Empowerment in Southern Mexico

Indigenous farmers are protecting both a way of life and a vital resource for the future… My wife,

May 10, 2016

Examining Donald Trump’s Statements Today on Taxes

Today’s speech by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump included several statements

12 hrs ago
Trump Tax Plan Includes Major Tax Break For Wealthiest Taxpayers

The Trump pass-through proposal would be an expensive tax cut that would flow primarily to

20 hrs ago
Kansas’ Tax Cut Experience Refutes Economic Growth Predictions of Trump Tax

Donald Trump is preparing to issue a revised tax cut proposal, and Heritage Foundation

22 hrs ago

The ISIS Conspiracy: US-Israeli-Saudi Intrigue (Part 2)

By Brandon Martinez In part 2 of the “ISIS Conspiracy” series, Brandon Martinez of Non

September 8, 2015
The ISIS Conspiracy: Origins (Part 1)

By Brandon Martinez In the first part of a series, Brandon Martinez of Non-Aligned Media unravels the

September 8, 2015
CBS News Investigative Journalist Explains How Mainstream Media Brainwashes

Did you know that only a handful of corporations, 6 to be exact, control over 90 percent of the media

August 17, 2015

Stupid Regulatory Games

The US Government has various rules on insurance companies that include a notification requirement if they

14 hrs ago
Venezuela's Directive 10-289

I have written before that the best way to read Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged is not as a character-based

August 5, 2016
Another Problem With the National Minimum Wage

Beyond the basic lunacy of attempting to help the poor by mandating that they sell their labor for more

August 4, 2016

RSL joins ranks of census opponents

The Greens, Bernard Keane and ... the RSL are now all opposed to the mandatory collection of names in the

4 hrs ago
CFMEU defends China against Channel Seven

What's the CFMEU doing sticking up for China? The post CFMEU defends China against Channel Seven

4 hrs ago
Is Fairfax selling off its regional newspapers?

Given the woeful state of Fairfax's regional papers a sale might be imminent. The post Is Fairfax

6 hrs ago

Chris Hedges: The Prison-Industrial Complex

Dandelion Salad with Chris Hedges RT America on Aug 8, 2016 On this week’s episode of On Contact

12 hrs ago
Cowardly Cops by Michael Parenti

by Michael Parenti Writer, Dandelion Salad www.michaelparenti.org August 7, 2016 One night in June 2016, in

August 7, 2016
The Green Party Convention Speeches: Jill Stein, Ajamu Baraka, Cornel West

Dandelion Salad Jill Stein FULL SPEECH At the Green Party Convention TYT Politics on Aug 6, 2016 Dr. Jill

August 7, 2016

CRISES IN THE PEACE MOVEMENT? THE NEED TO MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD

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July 25, 2016
THE PROGRESSIVES CONUNDRUM: THE GIFT THAT KEEPS GIVING

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July 8, 2016
The Rise of the Precariat: Reposted from April, 2010

TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH AND IMPACTS ON WORKERS Harry Targ ( in collaboration with David Cormier

July 3, 2016

What would a Donald Trump Presidency look like?

I'm a news junkie, to be sure, but I'm also an editor by trade. I've been trying to still and

11 hrs ago
Soft and Hard: The Mystical World of Salvador Dali

In the beginning of the twentieth century, a peculiar stirring in the universe, one Salvador Dali. Born to

13 hrs ago
Come Together Right Now – The Nature and Hope of Collaboration

In the age of celebrity role models, epic Twitter rants and reality TV presidential candidates, money talks

15 hrs ago

Ghana: a Shining Democracy Without Accountability

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July 4, 2013
How Could Japan Offer $32billion In Aid To Africa?

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June 14, 2013
Why Are African Professors Becoming Politicians?

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June 5, 2013

European use of military drones expanding

Two weeks ago a new coalition of European civil society groups (including Drone Wars UK) launched a Call to

July 19, 2016
British air strikes in Iraq and Syria increase by 85% – UK approaching

Analysis of data released by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) shows that British air strikes in Iraq and Syria

July 5, 2016
FoI reveals only 5% of British air strikes in Iraq and Syria are pre

A Freedom of Information request by Drone Wars UK has revealed that only 5% of British air strikes in Iraq

June 15, 2016

New drugs hope to fight neglected tropical diseases

Scientists say they are a step closer to providing effective treatments for three "neglected"

2 hrs ago
Small molecules to help make SMARTER cereals

University of Adelaide researchers are rethinking plant breeding strategies to improve the development of

13 hrs ago
Pesticides used to help bees may actually harm them

Pesticides beekeepers are using to improve honeybee health may actually be harming the bees by damaging the

2 hrs ago

What you haven’t been told about the July jobs report

Summary: Another jobs report, more clickbait headlines about the monthly noise. Here’s a look

August 5, 2016
An anthropologist looks at the empty identity politics of America’s left

Summary: Here is the last chapter of anthropologist Maximilian Forte’s series about America’s

August 4, 2016
An anthropologist looks at Social Imperialism and New Victorian Identity

Summary: Campaign 2016 has degenerated into a circus of sound bites, ignoring the great issues facing

August 1, 2016

Senate Republican Basically Says She Won't Vote for Trump Because He

In an op-ed published by The Washington Post Monday night, Republican Senator Susan Collins said she will

7 hrs ago
Report: Existence Of Audio Tapes Pushes Gretchen Carlson's Fox News

According to Vanity Fair , the settlement over Gretchen Carlson’s sexual harassment lawsuit against former

8 hrs ago
Actually, Donald Trump Is Glad 50 GOP Security Experts Called Him a

In a further sign of Donald Trump’s fracturing support among establishment conservatives, 50 senior GOP

10 hrs ago

Hiking Guru Shares Perfect Paths

Robert Manning is a hiking guru. At the University of Vermont, he researches and teaches park managment ,&#

May 30, 2014
Defending The F-Word

The oil and gas industry dislikes the noun fracking , shorthand for hydraulic fracturing . It

May 28, 2014
Not Your Grandparents’ Road Trip: 5 Green Reasons to Visit National Parks

Wailing children, crotchety parents, sand and sunscreen in uncomfortable places… you get the idea. If

May 28, 2014

Facebook Removes Potential Evidence of Police Brutality Too Readily

As more details emerge about last week’s killing by Baltimore County police of 23-year-old Korryn Gaines

15 hrs ago
Democrats’ Tactic of Accusing Critics of Kremlin Allegiance Has Long, Ugly

A frequent weapon for Democrats in the 2016 election is to publicly malign those they regard as critics and

17 hrs ago
Projeto que “dá licença para matar” a militares para as Olimpíadas sequer

Uma votação sem precedentes , com o aval de partidos dos mais diferentes matizes ideológicos no Congresso

18 hrs ago

Indian Jails Slammed as Purgatory for the Poor

Beggars are often rounded up by police and thrown into jail without charges being filed against them for

3 hrs ago
The Day a Soviet Leader Banged His Shoe at the Un

By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Aug 9 2016 (The Sunday Times - Sri Lanka) During the height of the Cold War

4 hrs ago
Blame It on Cronyism, Not the Free Market

By Eresh Omar Jamal Aug 8 2016 (The Daily Star, Bangladesh) The current condition of global economic

14 hrs ago

Still Report #1097 Trump Tromps Clinton in Social Media Support – YouTube

16 hrs ago
Putin 1 – International Vampires 0 – Taki’s Magazine

by Costin Vlad Alamariu The accusation that Putin has a connection to Trump, so widely repeated now by

20 hrs ago
Audit Reveals The Pentagon Doesn’t Know Where $6.5 Trillion Dollars Has

By Jay Syrmopoulos A new Department of Defense Inspector General’s report, released last week, has left

August 7, 2016

The Campaign from Hell: Blame Barbara Walters!

America, in the year 2016, you are suffering with the 'Campaign from Hell." The bottom line is
Cold Revenge

"Meretz is a loyal old party, saying all the right things, unblemished by corruption. Unfortunately it
Military voyeurism or invasion of Syria?

"The ‘chemical weapons’ scenario seems to be the best cue for Washington and their western allies in

Critical Thought Versus the Capitalist Hydra

By Gilberto López y Rivas The second book of Critical thought versus the capitalist hydra includes the

August 7, 2016
Insumisión: Amidst the Barricades, Building a Movement for the Long Run

By Scott Campbell It’s Going Down Next week, teachers in Mexico belonging to the National Coordinator of

August 7, 2016
Letter from Turkey to the Peoples of the World

Letter from Turkey to the Peoples of the World – PDF Turkish Communist Party: Critical Questions on

August 7, 2016

Glorious Fool

‘I know, but what a glorious fool. After you are gone Vincent, the world will understand what you

19 hrs ago
‘Stand Back!’

America’s aversion to truth (including humility and purity) has paved the way for evil and madness to

August 6, 2016
Cooper Union

Recent work by artists-in-residence, and student artists, at Cooper Union (7 E. 7th St), through August 17,

August 3, 2016

Evaluating Wind Impact (Part I — Basics)

“Analyses of wind impact on emissions do not take the impact of the highly variable and unreliable wind

5 hrs ago
Green Party Energy: Front Door Cronyism, Back Door Poverty (convention

“I know it’s a long shot, but there has to be someone telling the truth and showing a clear

August 8, 2016
Call for Clexit (as in EU CLimate Exit)

“Carbon dioxide does not control the climate. It is an essential plant food, and more carbon dioxide

August 4, 2016

According To Media, Trump's Economic Plan Is "Short On Specifics

Trump Delivers Speech Focused On Economic Plan In Detroit Trump Delivers “Economic Speech In Which He
NY Post Columnist Fearmongers About Recession While Backing Trump Plan That

McCaughey Advocates For Plan That Her Own Sources Say Would Harm Economy NY Post ’s Betsy McCaughey: “It
After Conservative Media Attacked Khizr Khan, He Started To Receive "

Khizr Khan Criticized Trump’s Anti-Muslim Rhetoric, Drew Vicious Attacks From Trump In Response Khan

Crop Breeding for High Production, Water Use Efficiency & Albedo

It's a good way to confront mankind's growing need for food and the water needed to produce it

September 2, 2014
Biospheric Productivity (Global: The Recent Past) -- Summary

Since 1980 the Earth has weathered three of the warmest decades in the instrumental temperature record, a

September 2, 2014
Catastrophic Floods of Dartmoor, South West England

Are they few and far-between? ... or are they growing ever more frequent ... and ferocious?

September 2, 2014

Pope Francis blesses massive dignity march in Buenos Aires against

Argentines with the support of the Catholic Church and a message from Pope Francis,

2 hrs ago
Head of Brazil's nuclear energy development sentenced 43 years in jail

The CEO of Brazil’s nuclear power company Eletronuclear, was sentenced to serve 43

2 hrs ago
China's foreign trade further declines in July: imports down by 12.5%

Chinese exports have seen a further decline in July, adding to concerns over the

2 hrs ago

Thurston Moore streams new album 'The Best Day' – listen

The album will be released on October 20

October 13, 2014
More tickets released for Damon Albarn at the Royal Albert Hall – on sale

The shows will take place on November 15 and 16

October 13, 2014
Foo Fighters to premiere new track 'Something From Nothing' on

The track is the first from forthcoming album 'Sonic Highways'

October 13, 2014

Archived newsblog

Nature’s news team is no longer updating this newsblog: all articles below are archived and extend up to

November 23, 2015
Contamination created controversial ‘acid-induced’ stem cells

Stem cells that were claimed to be created simply by exposing ordinary cells to stress were probably

December 28, 2014
US to lift ban on blood donations from gay men

The US Food and Drug Administration has announced plans to end a lifetime ban on blood donation for men who

December 24, 2014

Feds must study wind farm’s harm to bats #OH

Wind-turbine opponents convinced the D.C. Circuit that the government issued a permit to an Ohio wind farm

13 hrs ago
Feuer zerstört Windkraftanlage #DEU

Mittlerweile haben sich die dicken schwarzen Rauchwolken über Oederquart im Landkreis Stade verzogen. Dort

19 hrs ago
Windrad brennt – Feuerwehr muss zusehen #DEU

Es ist ein Brand, gegen den auch die Feuerwehr einigermaßen machtlos ist: Am Freitagmorgen hat ein Windrad

20 hrs ago

Political activism in southern Italy: an insight on the new born JEF

Choosing political activism in a region like mine it is not an easy choice. A region like mine in which, in

July 18, 2016
Are France and Germany Hiding Behind the European Commission?

The European Commission, currently deadlocked in the middle of reapproving the widely-used herbicide

July 18, 2016
More, less or a different EU?

A bigger EU army, an integrated EU asylum policy, more economic convergence. Thought-provoking answers from

July 18, 2016

Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto

Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto. He wasn’t Satoshi Nakamoto before or after Wired and Gizmodo

May 2, 2016
Securing Blockchain.info Users with Tor and SSL

Over the past couple of weeks there has been a marked increase in the number of man-in-the-middle (MITM

December 3, 2014
FBI seizes fake Tor hosted Jihad funding website as part of Operation

As part of Operation Onymous the FBI seized some 276 Tor hidden services , many of which were clone or scam

November 17, 2014

The Obama Sisters Hit Martha's Vineyard in Style

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Greenland ice sheet ‘summit’ plunged to record low July temperature. So what?

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Caleb Schwab, 10, Decapitated in Water Slide Accident, Police Confirm

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In Louisiana, what a difference a Democrat makes

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This is what the Earth will look like in 100 years — if we're lucky

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What On Earth Was Captured In These Photos?

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Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is furious with 'chicken s**t' male co-stars of Fast 8

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Climate Hustle: Moi on the Big Screen

I'm on screen for a few seconds in a documentary film that will be shown in movie theatres across the

May 1, 2016
The Climate Inquisition: Attorneys General Go Rogue

No matter what voters say in the upcoming US election, a coalition of Attorney Generals intends to push for

April 20, 2016
Is Science Really Self-Correcting?

No one wants to confront scientific fraud. Not managers, not journals, and not lab colleagues. So the

April 11, 2016

Trans-Oral Robotic Surgery – What and How

May 24, 2016
Foods to fight and deal with Brain Cancer

Addressing the proper kind of diet is one of the most important aspects for a person suffering from brain

May 24, 2016
Know about the Stages of Ovarian Cancer

April 28, 2016

"This order led to some near farcical situations. For instance, the

“This order led to some near farcical situations. For instance, the last duty any crew had to perform as

August 6, 2016
"No pool, no minibar, no room service but still The Best Hotel in

“No pool, no minibar, no room service but still The Best Hotel in Europe” - Seeking Shelter: Greece’s

August 4, 2016
A Terrifying Journey Through the World's Most Dangerous Jungle

A Terrifying Journey Through the World's Most Dangerous Jungle

August 4, 2016

Important New Book on Orlando False Flag Edited by Kevin Barrett

Joachim Hagopian Published on August 8, 2016 Writer, investigative journalist I’m pleased to

14 hrs ago
HOW THE WEST WAS WON OR LOST?

Author, Chuck Frank ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The sovereign states of the West are no more and

15 hrs ago
#1 Graphic this week! Politicians and Diapers

This one from RealFarmacy.com

August 6, 2016

Trump flops with Silicon Valley donors; Clinton falls short, too

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