26 January - RSS SnapShot! Pt II

English: In 2008, YouTube and YouTubeTV moved its headquarters into this office building at 901 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, California. The building was designed as Gap's corporate headquarters by architect William McDonough (Gap later moved into a building in downtown San Francisco) and was completed in 1997. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Vaccine Awakening

• IOM Issues Report on Safety of the Child Vacci ...
  Posted on 1/16/2013 by Barbara Loe Fisher Yesterday, the Institute of Medicine issued a report The Childhood Immunization Schedule and Safety: Stakeholder Concerns, Scientific Evidence and Future Studies. The report was based on a 12-month evaluation by an IOM committee of the scientific evid ...
• Under Attack, NVIC Helps Americans Stand Up & ...
  Posted: 11/20/2012 by Barbara Loe Fisher In 2013, the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) enters our fourth decade of preventing vaccine injuries and deaths through public education and defending the legal right to make voluntary vaccination decisions in America.[1] Each year du ...
• Influenza Deaths: The Hype vs. The Evidence
  Posted: 10/3/2012 By Barbara Loe FisherIt's that time of the year again when drug companies, doctors, government officials and media conduct a national advertising campaign to sell flu shots to every American.1, 2, 3 You can't pass by a pharmacy,4enter a supermarket,5  ...
• Turning Vaccine Exemptions Into Class Warfare
  Posted 9/14/2012  by Barbara Loe Fisher   It is getting uglier and uglier out there, as angry, frustrated doctors inside and outside of government work overtime to foster fear and hatred of parents making conscious vaccine choices for their children. The latest political dirty tri ...
• Find A Compassionate Doctor To Help You Preven ...
  August 28, 2012 by Barbara Loe Fisher Ever since the first vaccines – smallpox and rabies vaccines - one of the most serious complications of vaccination has been brain inflammation.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Brain inflammation can cause convulsions, also known as seizures.[8] Continuing seizures can ...

2020 Science

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

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War Resisters League

• Tipping Towards Iraq’s Squares: An Inter ...
  [Originally published on January 22nd, 2013 on Jadaliyya.] by Ali Issa  The Iraqi state releasing 335 detainees this past week? Prime Minster Nouri al-Maliki bussing in a few hundred paid “supporters” to rally? What gives? Signs point to the wave … Continue reading →
• U.S. Tear Gas Still on the Streets of Egypt: H ...
  Earlier last week, Egyptians poured out onto the streets across Egypt to protest President Morsi’s dictatorial decree overriding the power of the courts, attempting to keep a heavily Muslim Brotherhood-influenced constitutional assembly in tact, and granting himself seemingly unchecked authority ...
• منظمة مقوامة الحروب الامريكية تمنح للقيادية ال ...
  للنشر الفوري 11-26-2012   للاتصال: ali@warresisters.org علي عيسى – في نيو يورك 718-310-9968  اسماء محمد – في سويس, مصر012-680-9980 منظمة مقوامة الحروب الامريكية تمنح للقيادية العمالية, اسماء محمد محمد, التي قالت لا للغاز المسيل للدموع, جائزة سلام كان رفضها لتمرير … Continue reading →
• Egyptian Revolutionary Labor Leader, Asma Moha ...
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 26th, 2012 Contact:         Ali Issa, 718.310.9968, ali@warresisters .org, New York City, U.S.A. Asma Mohammed, 012-680-9980 – Suez, Egypt Egyptian Revolutionary Labor Leader, Asma Mohammed, Who Said No to Tear Gas, to be honored with War Resisters … Continue ...
• Celebrations, Resistance, and Us
  by Matt Meyer This week, a project six years in the making – and which many of us hope will have a significant positive impact on US movements for social change – finally shot off the presses. We Have Not … Continue reading →

Center for a Livable Future

• The CLF Week in Links: Horsemeat, Transgenic S ...
  The discovery of horse DNA in supermarket beef products in the UK created quite a stir. But it’s not just horsemeat, offensive enough to horse lovers, there may be pig meat in the beef as well—I can’t imagine British Muslims are taking this news lightly. Food safety issues are being investigated ...
• If You Grow It, They Will Taste It
  A faith garden is what you might expect: a plot of land, a lot of mulch, some herbs, some tomatoes, a ton of squash. But it’s also food woven into tradition, a commitment to feeding those who are less fortunate, and a plan to help children connect with the Earth.
• The CLF Week in Links: Climate Change, Cabinet ...
  With Lisa Jackson’s departure from the EPA, announced at the turn of the year, and now Salazar's from the Interior, President Obama has some serious recruiting to do. We hope the replacements for both agencies will bear similar profiles in courage.
• The Year of Ethical Eating
  You may be surprised by which restaurants do not provide paid sick days. Hint: Five Guy Burgers and Fries, Maggiano’s Little Italy, McCormick & Schmicks, Morton’s & Ruth’s Chris Steak Houses, and Starbucks.
• Now, Not Later – We Need to Talk about the Far ...
  The farm bill extension that passed was written behind closed doors and serves a few powerful interests -- not the interests of the average citizen, public health, and the environment. We should be outraged.

k2p blog

• Japanese demographics are alarming as Finance ...
  Japan's demographic problems has led to an outburst from the new Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Taro Aso, when he exhorted the elderly to "Hurry up and Die". But before the demographic challenge can be addressed it has to be acknowledged and maybe Aso's outburst - unpleasant as it i ...
• Noted in Passing 26th January 2013
  A weekly post on things that were interesting or which I would have liked to have blogged about.
• Noted in Passing 26th January 2013
  A weekly post on things that were interesting or which I would have liked to have blogged about.
• Baby elephant prepares for the coming ice age
  Their subcutaneous fat layer allows elephants not to freeze, even with this weather.
• Baby elephant prepares for the coming ice age
  Their subcutaneous fat layer allows elephants not to freeze, even with this weather.

Left Foot Forward

• Osborne: Blames the snow and eurozone when gro ...
  Chancellor George Osborne is the ultimate political swindler, taking credit for when the GDP figures are good, not taking the blame when they're bad.
• Labour and Lib Dems could benefit from Boris&# ...
  John Stewart, chair of AirportWatch, writes about the potential electoral consequences of Boris Johnson's lust for more airports and runways in the South East.
• This depression is the longest in modern histo ...
  With today's GDP figures confirming this is the longest depression in modern UK history, IPPR's Spencer Thompson asks why the economy is still creating jobs.
• More EU woe for slippery Salmond as Barroso sh ...
  Alex Salmond and the SNP suffered another EU slapdown this week as EC President Jose Manuel Barroso shunned Nicola Sturgeon.
• Comment: We’ve made great strides, but t ...
  Jennette Arnold AM, the Labour Group equalities spokesperson on the London Assembly, writes about the battle that still needs to be fought for gender equality.

Consumerist

• Target Employee Lies To Me About Refund Policy ...
  If you buy something for $10 and have to return it a couple weeks later because it’s defective, you should get the full $10 back, even if it’s since gone on sale, right? This is a lesson that never made it to the employees of one Target in Tennessee. Consumerist reader J.J. had to re ...
• Microsoft Under Pressure To Cough Up Skype Pri ...
  While you’re chitchatting away on Skype with your friend living halfway around the world or maybe showing your new kitchen improvements to your mother by carrying the laptop around, what is Skype doing with your information, and what happens if the government tries to get it? A group of pr ...
• If You’re Looking For An iPhone 5, Consi ...
  If you’re looking for an iPhone 5, do you want to pay an extra $450 now, or an extra $1000 over the next two years? Buying an unlocked phone and using a no-contract carrier can give you sticker shock initially, but you can save quite a bit of money in the long run. Our number-crunching col ...
• This T-Mobile Chat Transcript Shows Why Online ...
  More and more businesses are pushing customers toward online chat as a preferred form of customer service. Best Buy even ditched its e-mail contacts in favor of chat. But is chat really any better? Consumerist reader K.N. watched the screen, repeatedly assured that someone would be with him in a ...
• Gatorade Removing Controversial Ingredient But ...
  A few weeks after a 15-year-old started an online petition to tell Gatorade to get rid of brominated vegetable oil, an ingredient linked to flame retardants, its parent company PepsiCo says it’s pulling the controversial ingredient from the sports drink. But not because of that petition, s ...

Whistleblogger - GAP

• Urging Rewards for Bank Whistleblowers in the ...
  Financial Times: Rewards for Bank Whistleblowers Urged A senior regulator and supervisor of US national banks advised the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards in the United Kingdom to consider adopting a system similar to that of the US to protect individuals who identify wrongdoing in ...
• The Portrait of a Whistleblower: Daily Whistle ...
  Common Dreams: The Portrait of a Whistleblower John Kiriakou was featured in a GAP event last night at Busboys & Poets in Washington DC. As part of the event, a new portrait of the whistleblower (shown in link), painted by artist Robert Shetterly, was unveiled in a moving display of support ...
• Honoring CIA/Torture Whistleblower Kiriakou To ...
  Politico: Feds Dispute CIA Leakers Contrition Federal prosecutors continue to claim that CIA/Torture whistleblower and GAP client John Kiriakou falsely claims to be a whistleblower. This piece from On The Media last week, featuring journalist Ted Gup, also addressed Kiriakou's disclos ...
• Honoring CIA/Torture Whistleblower Kiriakou To ...
  DC Event: CIA-Torture Whistleblower Kiriakou to be Honored with Portrait John Kiriakou, CIA/Torture whistleblower & GAP client, will be honored tomorrow night in Washington, DC. The event will unveil a portrait of Kiriakou, the newest edition to the series “Americans Who Tell the Truth,” ...
• Internal Hanford Document Sounds the Alarm: Da ...
  The Seattle Times: Hanford Official Had Sought Halt to Waste-Treatment Project An internal December memo from a high-level official at the Hanford nuclear site in Washington state has been made public. The paper recommends that the plant halt all activities related to its nuclear safety, desi ...

UK Progressive

• The GOP Crackup: How Obama is Unraveling Reaga ...
    by Robert Reich   Soon after President Obama’s second inaugural address, John Boehner said the White House would try “to annihilate the Republican Party” and “shove us into the dustbin of history.” Actually, the GOP is doing a pretty good job annihilating itself. As Louisiana Governo ...
• Message from Mexico: U.S. Is Polluting Water I ...
  by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica Mexico City plans to draw drinking water from a mile-deep aquifer, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. The Mexican effort challenges a key tenet of U.S. clean water policy: that water far underground can be intentionally polluted because it will never ...
• The Myth of Living Beyond Our Means
    by Robert Reich Brace yourself. In coming weeks you’ll hear there’s no serious alternative to cutting Social Security and Medicare, raising taxes on middle class, and decimating what’s left of the federal government’s discretionary spending on everything from education and job training to ...
• The Truth is You’re Still a Jerk, Lance
  by Tina Dupuy I’m a marathon runner. A few years ago my coach was diagnosed with cancer. The first thing his ragged team of runners did was sign him up with Livestrong. Through the course of his treatment he would show up to track with his yellow beanie warming his chemo-ravaged bald head. He pr ...
• How the NRA Undermined Congress’ Last Push for ...
  by Joaquin Sapien ProPublica Last week, President Obama unveiled sweeping proposals on gun control, including a ban on military-style assault weapons, a reduction of ammunition magazine capacity and stiffer background checks on gun buyers. National Rifle Association President David Keene quickly ...

NewsAlert

• Public debt skyrockets, while private debt plu ...
  Carpe Diem
• ‘I Need You in the Game’: Wis. Sheriff Tells R ...
  The Blaze
• Maher Shockingly Blasts 'Takers': 'We Have 23. ...
  Newsbusters
• Two Cheers for the Coming Collapse of the U.S. ...
• Judge Napolitano on Phil Mickelson's Remarks O ...

JoNova

• James Lovelock partly recants
  Call me fussy. James Lovelock — the GAIA man himself — is calling it as he sees it, and good on him. Bravo. I’m just a little underwhelmed with the reasoning. Hat tip to Bishop Hill, Phillip Bratby and Barry Woods. Some things are spectacular: I am an environmentalist and found ...
• Each electric car could add costs of $2000 per ...
  What was that Ms Gillard said about not wanting to “gold plate” our electricity networks? The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) released a warning in December that electric cars will cost a lot more than just the purchase price and the electricity: Electric vehicles in parti ...
• Monckton returns to Australia, book now… :-)
  He’s dangerous. During his last Australian tour he debated at the National Press Club, and a phenomenal 9% of the polled audience changed their mind in an hour. Fifty university academics (including Lewandowsky) tried to get Monckton banned from speaking at a university. Activists were so ...
• Breaking: Major shale oil find in South Austra ...
  This is Big. At its very least, they’re talking of 3.5 billion barrels of oil, which is a Very Nice Discovery, thank you. At its largest, they are saying 233 billion barrels — Saudi Arabia, here we come. Near Coober Pedy, Linc Energy has confirmed the Arckaringa Basin has lots of sha ...
• Spiegel speculates on why global warming stalled
  This is one of the best mainstream articles I have seen trying to make sense of the point: Why are we not warming? It is rare to see work that tries to cover this much detail and nuance. The great global warming debate might finally be beginning? GWPF has a translation. Axel Bojanowski has manag ...

ReNew America

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

Truth Offering

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2012 Blog

• Giant Sunspot AR1654: Serious Threat
  I said this a few days ago: If sunspot AR1654 sends an X-flare our way, it will still  most likely be one of the hundreds per century that do us and our satellites no harm at all. But because it is a large sunspot, pointing our way soon, then the potential for the next Carrington Event is there. ...
• Cosmic Locusts by J.J. Keene
  I’m generally not a fan of theories disguised as fiction, and not a fan of prophecy either (too much to wade through to find anything real, and too hard to determine you have found it). That’s two reasons why Cosmic Locusts by J.J. Keene is one of the many 2012-related books I failed ...
• Giant Sunspot on the Horizon
  AR1654 is getting bigger as it turns toward Earth. Not only is the chance of flares increasing, but also the chance of an Earth-directed eruption.This could be the sunspot that breaks the recent lengthy spell of calm space weather around our planet. It is all about potential. While a killer sol ...
• More Cranial Deformations / Elongated Skulls i ...
  Today I saw a local lad with an earring that made a hole in his ear lobe the size of a 50c piece. But that is today – I doubt that 1000 years ago people would dare to be so different just to make a spectacle of themselves…. “Cranial deformation in Mesoamerican cultures was used to di ...
• Pane Andov on Failed Predictions
  Pane Andov, from Macedonia, is well known for his extensive presentations within posts at various forums  – I was one of the moderators that let him get away with it, and I saw a presentation he gave in Melbourne a few years back. Like Geryl, he comes across as genuine, but he lacks a BS d ...

Facing South

• Big Money in NC: Outside groups unleashed $14. ...
  Super PACs and outside spending groups spent millions on state-level races in North Carolina. Who are these groups? Where did there money come from, and where did it go? read more
• FROM THE SOUTHERN EXPOSURE ARCHIVES: How two S ...
  Two pregnant Southern women played key roles in the legalization of abortion in the United States. A story in the 1977 edition of Southern Exposure detailed their experiences, and we share it in honor of the 40th anniversary of both the magazine and the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision. ...
• In North Carolina, school resegregation by cha ...
  At the same time North Carolina is dramatically expanding the number of charter schools operating in the state, new research from Duke University finds that charter schools are much more likely than traditional public schools to be racially unbalanced -- and that can have negative educational co ...
• INSTITUTE INDEX: Conservatives are selling eco ...
  North Carolina and Louisiana are among the states considering a plan to eliminate corporate and personal income taxes. But analyses of the plan and other work by its author find serious flaws -- and one of the plan's own financiers is distancing himself from it publicly. read more
• VOICES: As Obama lays out progressive agenda, ...
  President Obama outlined a decidedly progressive-minded agenda for his second term -- one the South's white oligarchy of business, political, religious and media leaders will fight tooth and nail. read more

One News Page

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

Global Research TV

• Idle No More: The Kattawapiskak River Housing ...
• Edible City: Grow the Revolution
• La France au Mali: Repérer les médiamensonges (FR)
• Fractured Land: Confronting Big Oil the Ravage ...
• Free Syria Army Robbed Over 1,000 Aleppo Facto ...

Daily Tech

• Anonymous Declares War on the U.S. Government ...
  Anonymous takes the fight to the U.S. Government
• Scottish Researchers Toy With Real Tractor Bea ...
  While technique would likely destroy starships, researchers envision using the technique on cells
• Antigua to Launch Pirate Site to "Punish" U.S. ...
  Site is allowed to make up to $21M USD a year to compensate for "illegal" U.S. ban on internet gambling
• Apple Increases Supplier Audits by 72 Percent ...
  Apple reported one supplier and one agency to the local authorities for underage workers
• Samsung Sets Profit Record, but Growth, Margin ...
  Samsung is still the only phonemaker to approach Apple in terms of profitability

Oriental Review

• Portraying Fathers of the Syrian Revolution
  During the whole of the “Arab Spring” and the Syrian war in particular, the Arab press has kept the actions of the emir of Qatar, Saudi Arabia’s royal family and the leader’s of Israel and Turkey in their crosshairs. When confronted with the published facts, it is possibl ...
• The Arab Winter And Revolutionary Illusionists
  One question is driving us in the face of the Arab revolts: how to assess it? The answer requires a sober view of the events. Let’s start with Syria. Nearly two years ago an opposition movement has been formed, which was run over by history in a very short time. Different internal and exte ...
• Aleppo: the Final Test
  The winter examination period had begun at the University of Aleppo and 15 January was its first day. Many of the young men and women set off for their exams with the same well-known and completely understandable mixed feelings of nervousness, but also hope that they would pass the intellectual ...
• Syria and International Criminal Court
  New Phase of Military and Diplomatic Stand-Off The situation in Syria is evolving according to the most unfavorable scenario. The opposition has met the President Bashar Assad’s proposals for peaceful resolution of the crisis with Aleppo University bomb attacks. Another diplomatic provocation is ...
• Eurasian Union: Flawed Assertions
  I’ve been waiting for this for a long time. The Eurasian Union has been in the news but somewhat quiet for a long time. Any attempt for Russia (or any country) to raise itself from subjugation in a world ruled by a single “hyper power” is sin to people like US Secretary of State Hillary [...]

BlogHer

• Spice Up Your Weekend Brunch With Vanilla Chai ...
  Editor’s note: I thought I was the only one who put Penzeys Spices on my wish list, but it turns out that Jennifer from Not Your Momma’s Cookie did too. This year, Jennifer was inspired to make Vanilla Chai Pancakes with her Christmas booty. She gussies up everyday pancakes with cinnamon, cardam ...
• Introducing Pixlr for Online Photo Editing
  Editor's Note: Desirae from Sommerfugl Design finds all kinds of ways your can edit your photos without using Photoshop. Her latest find is a free online tool called Pixlr. Check it out. -Virginia Have you tried the free online photo editing program Pixlr yet? If you haven’t and are looking for ...
• Walking the March for Life for the First Time
  I'm a 42-year-old pro-life mom, but I'm not the activist type. This year for the first time, I walked in the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C.The March for Life began as a protest against abortion in 1974, the year after the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade legalized abortion acr ...
• How to Negotiate for Flextime (Video)
  Negotiating for a flexible time arrangement can make or break the sanity scales as a working women, especially if you're a mother. Yet, you know why flextime would be a plus, but you have to sell the idea to your organization. Here's a video excerpt that can support you in doing just that. ...
• Lesbian Wife Wins Fort Bragg "Military Spouse ...
  This will necessarily be vague with some details changed. But back when I was a newly out lesbian, I dated a military officer who lived on a base. When I lost my housing due to a bad landlord incident (his bad, not mine!), my girlfriend and I decided to live together. How to do that was a bit ...

Health Freedom Alliance

• Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to High Risk of Pr ...
  A prospective study led by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has found that low serum vitamin D levels in the months preceding diagnosis may predict a high risk of ... Related posts:Reduced vitamin D levels associated with obesity  An ...
• Kiwi Orange Coconut Flu Busting Smoothie
  There’s little that tastes better than a fresh fruit smoothie in the morning. They do wonders for the immune system and if you pack them with the right ingredients, they can supercharge your ability to not ... Related posts:Turmeric Among Natural Cures for Sinus Infection Acco ...
• Regular Aspirin Use Linked to Increased Risk o ...
  Regular aspirin use appears to be associated with an increased risk of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which is a leading cause of blindness in older people, and it appears to be independent of a ... Related posts:Reduced vitamin D levels associated with obe ...
• Cleaning products ‘linked to adult asthm ...
  People who work with cleaning products risk developing asthma, believe UK experts who have explored the link. Their study of more than 7,000 people suggests exposure to bleach and other chemicals is a factor in one ... Related posts:Eating Meat and Dairy Products Linked to Earl ...
• Farmers Join Hundreds to Protest Outside Monsa ...
  Protestors Near White House Also Call on President Obama to Halt Approval of Genetically Modified Crops and GMO Salmon Until Long Term Safety Tests Are Completed Nearly 300 family farmers, activists, and members of Food Democracy ... Related posts:Organic Farmers vs. Monsanto: ...

Live News Wire

• Editorial: As The Country Mourned, Tucson Need ...
  Those who criticized the reaction of the crowd at Wednesday night's memorial have it ingrained that a perfect memorial is one with candles, flowers and tears. The citizens of Tucson and the American people have mourned for five days. Wednesday's event was not a time to mourn some more. It was a ...
• Police Made Visits To Loughner Home Before Sho ...
  The Tucson, Arizona family home of 22-year-old Jared Loughner had been visited by authorities before the shooting of a congresswoman and 18 others last Saturday, new information by the New York Times revealed Wednesday. It's unclear what the visits were about or what prompted the call to author ...
• Criminal Charges Filed Against Congresswoman’s ...
  Newly-released court documents offer a glimpse into the motive behind Jared Loughner's attempted assassination of Tucson Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday. Recovered from Loughner's home was a letter addressed to Jared Loughner from Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords mailed a ...
• “Unbelievable Tragedy:” Congresswoman Shot By ...
  At least fifteen gunshots rang out shortly after 10:10am Arizona Time Saturday, bullets fatally striking a Federal Judge and injuring a prominent Congresswoman. Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) of Arizona's Eighth District was wounded at a public meet-and-greet event outside a grocery s ...
• Queensland Facing Flood Of “Biblical” Proportions
  The worst floods in 50 years to hit Queensland, Australia are being described as nothing short of Biblical. More than 1,000 people have been evacuated, though officials say as the floodwaters get worse, as many as 4,000 residents could be asked to vacate their homes and businesses later this we ...

Coal Tattoo

• Friday roundup, Jan. 25, 2013
  Representatives of Cloud Peak Energy and Montana’s Crow Tribe sign an agreement Thursday Jan. 24, 2013, that gives the mining company leasing options on 1.4 billion tons of coal beneath the Crow Indian Reservation, in Billings, Mont. Pictured from left are Cloud Peak legal counsel Amy Stef ...
• W.Va. PSC response to superstorms: ‘Noth ...
  West Virginia’s Public Service Commission has issued a ruling in its big investigation of power outages during last year’s “derecho” storm, and the outcome is fairly predictable. As reported in today’s Gazette: The state Public Service Commission on Wednesday ordere ...
• Coal priorities: Rockefeller, Manchin offer c ...
   Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.V., announces his plans to not seek re-election for a sixth term, in Charleston, W.Va. Friday Jan. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Tyler Evert) It’s the time of year when federal and state political leaders make big announcements about their legislative agendas for the comin ...
• Activists take their message to Arch Coal HQ
  The Gazette’s Dr. Paul Nyden had the story this morning about seven anti-mountaintop removal activists who took their protest against the practice to Arch Coal’s corporate headquarters in St. Louis: Seven people, including at least one West Virginian, locked themselves to a 500-pound ...
• What will Obama’s 2nd term bring for coa ...
  President Barack Obama receives the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts as first lady Michelle Obama (L-R) and his daughters Malia and Sasha listen at the ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. (AP Pho ...

Daniel Miessler

• LIfe, Friendship, and Ambition
  They say you are a composite of your closest friends, and given my ambition I often grapple with a balance between seeking to surround myself with those with similar goals and those who I’ve been close with for decades. On one side I have a clear path to significant improvement through associ ...
• The Only Blonde Joke You’ll Ever Read Here
  A blonde walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the Loan officer. She says she’s going to Europe on business for two weeks and Needs to borrow $5,000. The bank officer says the bank will need some kind of security for the loan, so the blonde hands over the keys to a new Mercedes Benz ...
• Serbian Translation of my WebAppSec Resources Page
  Please check out Joana Milutinovich’s Serbian translation of my Webappsec Resources page. http://science.webhostinggeeks.com/izvori-testiranja Related Posts:danielmiessler.com | study | webappsec resourcesI Just Created the/r/webappsec SubredditA Science of Literature?How to Convince Someone ...
• Deleting Horizontal Lines From Word
  If you’ve ever had a problem deleting a horizontal line in Microsoft Word, this post is for you. The answer is something of a trick, as the horizontal line is not a line (or a graphic), it’s a bottom border. Removal In Office 2013 go to the Design tab and look to the far righ ...
• A List of Things to Know About San Francisco & ...
  I moved to San Francisco 9 months ago from the East Coast bastion of Boston. Despite having experience living in a major US city, I found quite a few surprises coming here.  Some have been great, while others not so much. If you’re planning the move here, I hope this will help you know bet ...

Fitwatch

• Vauxhall Squat Raids
  These pictures were taken during the eviction of squats in Vauxhall tonight. The eviction was resisted, and it took a reported eight and a half hours to finally clear squatters from the building and the roof. From what we have been told, the buildings are being torn down for redevelopment. There ...
• New Years Eve Prisoner Solidarity Demo
  Does exactly what it says on the tin. Lets be honest, this year has been a disheartening one. State and security forces have repositioned themselves with guns towards us (quite literally, in some cases) and scored significant victories against the dissenting population. Next year looks set to be ...
• Plain clothes cop at Fridays demo
  Cops turning up to demos in plain clothes seems to be a regular occurence these days. These pics were taken at the Fight for Sites demo on Friday. Although he appears to have forgotten his uniform, the man pictured is Constable Mark Stoddart. A number of cops in plain clothes have been pictured ...
• Stay Safe; Stay Anonymous! #5 – Block & ...
  Okay, so by now we should know all the basic preventative measures we can take to defend our anonymity. But there is one more thing we can be doing this October 20th to proactively assert our freedom to dissent without state repression. This is, of course, the classic FITwatch Direct Action tact ...
• Stay Safe; Stay Anonymous! #4 – Fashion ...
  Whilst what you wear on a demo is on one level (quite rightly) unimportant, it can be used as a great tool to disrupt intelligence gathering activities. When such a large part of political policing rests on the ability to profile, identify, isolate (and subsequently harass) individuals and group ...

Worldwide Hippies

• Mexico – Pride and Division
  By Milva Matseva, CJE - It is 4;30 pm and the local buffet is preparing to open for dinner. Mariela Teutle walks around with a rag in her hands making last sweeps of all the surfaces. The bus boy, a seventeen-years-old senior in high school, is following her with pleading eyes. “What does it mea ...
• CJE Saturday News Briefs
  Many killed in Bangladesh factory fire WS – Another Fire Sale at Walmart. At least six garment workers have been killed and 10 others injured in a factory fire in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, according to fire fighters and witnesses. The blaze on Saturday comes just two months after the coun ...
• A Tale of Cocaine Trafficking, Sex Crime Charg ...
  From Danny Weil projectcensored.org Jan 13, - As reported at Dailycensored.com on  November 14, 2012, two sources have alleged that the CIA has been engaging in cocaine trafficking in Chile to fund an $88 million campaign to defeat President Rafael Correa in Ecuador’s upcoming presidential elect ...
• Ex-CIA officer says he faces jail for exposing ...
  From RT News – Former CIA officer John Kiriakou is expected to get two and a half years in prison when he is sentenced later on Friday for leaking secret information. Kiriakou, 48, has pleaded guilty to giving the name of a covert officer to a reporter, in violation of the Intelligence Ide ...
• The Great Dismal: “What we speak becomes the h ...
  by Phil Rockstroh - “Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.” — Albert Camus: The repercussions of our acts — the constructs we create — endure well past the dissolution of our convictions and desires. Our actions exist as living architecture ...

reference frame

• Klaus' successor: Miloš Zeman elected Czech pr ...
  I have "more positive than negative" opinions about both candidates but I voted for Miloš Zeman (*1944, see a sensible story in NYT) in both rounds of the first direct presidential elections because he seemed like a decent enough successor to Klaus to me – and I am not claiming that Zeman is qui ...
• Weinberg's evolving views on quantum mechanics
  Cool anniversary: CERN discovered the W-boson (UA1 experiment) exactly 30 years ago, two months after their first W candidate; there was a press conference. Via Joseph S. Lectures on Quantum Mechanics by one of the world's most achieved living physicists may be grabbed from the bookshelves; cl ...
• HEP: the bias favors women
  In the Time Magazine, when Jeffrey Kluger wrote about Ms Fabiola Gianotti, the spokesman of ATLAS at the LHC, as the runner-up for their "Person of the Year", he wrote, among other things: Physics is a male-dominated field, and the assumption is that a woman has to overcome hurdles and face do ...
• CNN: Marc Morano on extreme weather trends
  CNN and its Piers Morgan show just aired a very short exchange of opinions Michael Brune vs Marc Morano (video) between a defender of the climate alarm (an activist in the Sierra Club, well, its executive director) and the man behind the skeptical ClimateDepot.com website. I think that ...
• Medical literature: do wrong results prevail?
  The Physics arXiv Blog wrote a comprehensible review of a new paper, Empirical estimates suggest most published medical research is true, which studies the same question as the 2005 paper by John Ioannidis that claimed that most published biomedical results are wrong – false positives. ...

Tatumba 2.0

• SO WHAT DO YOU DO NOW? Nevada Governor 2014 Da ...
  from David Lory VanDerBeek: SGTreport – The Corporate Propaganda Antidote – Silver, Gold, Truth, Liberty, & Freedom Related posts: David Morgan EXCLUSIVE “I don’t see Silver going below $30″ from silver investor.com: SGTreport – The Corporate Propaganda Antidote &#8211 ...
• Candidates address Ontario Liberal convention
  ON NOW: Sandra Pupatello has made her pitch to the Ontario Liberal convention, with Eric Hoskins up next to conclude the candidate speeches. Follow CBC News live coverage with our live blog and streaming video. CBC | Top Stories News Related posts: Ontario Liberal contenders take swings ...
• British Economy Is WORSE than During the Great ...
  Royal Bank of Scotland Says Worst Economy Since Before Queen Victoria Was Crowned from Washington’s Blog: Leading British newspaper the Telegraph reports today: Ministers today admitted Britain is facing “very, very grave difficulties” after figures showed the economy did not grow at all i ...
• Food Price Inflation May Be Gold Rush Trigger
  from Wealth Cycles: If there is one economic indicator that almost anyone can relate to, it is the price of food, and for the past several years food prices have been going up year over year. In 2008, food prices globally rose to unprecedented levels. While there was a marked drop in the next ye ...
• Emanuel To Banks: Stop Supporting Gun Makers
  from Chicago CBS Local: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is putting more pressure on gun makers to get behind his push for an assault weapons ban and criminal background checks for gun purchasers. This time, he wants to go after their bottom line. Emanuel is pushing two major financial institutions to ...

Truth About Our World

• Notification
  This blogs entries have been moved to http://worldtruthtoday.wordpress.com/ I will no longer post anything here, although site will remain open for a while. Thanks Grace
• Trudell Documentary
• Occupy Wall Street “Beware The Zeitgeist ...
• The Dirty Fucking Hippies Were Right
• World War 3 (III,Three): September 11, 2001-20 ...

Bloomberg

• Can't Stop the Big Mo
  Healthy spending and productivity add up to some good stock buys, says S&P's Kenneth Shea. Plus: His formula for a diversified portfolio
• Higher Gas Tax? Smart Move
  Raising it to 50 cents or $1 per gallon would push conservation and send a signal to America's enemies. It's the surest way to cut oil dependence
• Grading Back-to-School Stocks
  Some outfits that gain from families' spending may make dicey buys. But equity pros reveal those investments with strong potential
• No Lull in the Airlines' Headwinds
  The industry isn't doing as badly as it was, but that's not saying much, according to S&P's Philip Baggaley
• Merck: More Agony from Its Painkiller
  The costly Vioxx verdict makes its plan to take on each claim individually more difficult. But a big settlement is no easy cure, either

Enviroblog

• Study Links Hair Products to Early Puberty in ...
  By Erika Duthely, EWG Stabile Law Fellow As a child, one of my least favorite activities was getting my hair styled. It required a lot of time and patience -- two things I had in short supply.  Being raised... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, othe ...
• Parkinson's and Pesticides
  By Alex Formuzis, VP of Media Relations Environmental Working Group President Ken Cook often points out that many pesticides that were once liberally sprayed on food crops and considered perfectly safe turn out to be anything but - after... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websit ...
• ChiTrib Finds Toxic Fire Retardant in Crib Mat ...
  By Sonya Lunder, EWG Senior Analyst The Chicago Tribune reports it has detected cancer-causing chemicals known as chlorinated tris in 11 crib mattresses made in China and sold by Babies R Us, Foundations and Angeles brands. None of the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website ...
• Cleaning Never Tasted So Good
  By Samara Geller, EWG Research Fellow Olive oil and lemon juice,...sounds like a base for a fantastic vinaigrette, right? As a former professional chef, I always keep these simple ingredients stocked to create a variety of tasty sauces, dressings... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit ...
• 10 Top Environmental Health Stories of 2012
  The top environmental health stories of 2012 were all about everyday hazards that are right in our backyards. They have to do with the unintended consequences of chemical pollution that could harm the health of our families, our neighbors,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs ...

Quick Hits

• More Teachers Being Replaced By Technology
  The neoliberal wetdream coming to fruition. From Fast Company: Districts all over are experimenting with teacher-less computer labs and green-lighting entire classrooms of adult-supervised children exploring the Internet--an Android powered tablet designed specifically for students. Teachers' u ...
• Food costs at record levels, likely to go higher
  MANILA/MILAN (Reuters) - World food prices hit a record in January and recent catastrophic weather around the globe could put yet more pressure on the cost of food, an issue that has already helped spark protests across the Middle East. Up for the seventh month in a row, the closely watched Food ...
• Shell makes $2,208,480 (£1.6m) an hour, [Clue ...
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/busi...   The Guardian in Britain says calmly:Shell stoked up the heated debate about the high cost of fuel on the forecourt today after reporting it made profits of nearly £1.6m an hour over the last three months.A leading member of the road lobby said moto ...
• Gallup Helps Explain Egyptian/Tunisia Uprisings
  Wellbeing in Egypt and Tunisia decreased significantly over the past few years, even as GDP increased. In Egypt, where demonstrations have prompted President Hosni Mubarak to give up power after elections this fall, the percentage of people "thriving" fell by 18 percentage points since 2005. In ...
• Wallace Shawn: Are You Smarter Than Thomas Jef ...
  The Grand Nagus speaks! At Tom Dispatch.com.

Capital - NYC

• Who's running for mayor? Depends who you ask
• De Blasio poised, Lopez hacked, Gowanus Dolphi ...
• Mr. Red Bull: Mike Petke on his fancy new coac ...
• Wolfson's contextualizing response to the 2013 ...
• Ben Stiller, Jonathan Demme, Soledad O'Brien, ...

Views & News from Norway

• Three hostages confirmed dead
  Three of the five missing employees of Norwegian state oil company Statoil who were among those taken hostage in Algeria last week were confirmed on Friday to have been killed. Two of their colleagues still have not been found and are feared dead as well. “The situation remains unresolved ...
• Oil fund faces ethical probe
  Norway’s co-called “oil-fund,” one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds that prides itself on making ethical investments, is under investigation for violating OECD guidelines for responsible business. The alleged violations concern its investments in South Korean steel ...
• Profits rule over risks and ethics
  NEWS ANALYSIS: Major Norwegian companies seem more than willing to take risks and downplay ethical concerns to continue doing business in troubled areas abroad. Backed by supportive and often cooperative government officials, even Norway’s royal family at times, Norwegian executives are ac ...
• Seagull attacks at Aker Brygge
  Large, hungry and aggressive seagulls have been attacking kiosk customers at Oslo’s fashionable Aker Brygge waterfront complex lately, grabbing takeaway snacks right out of their hands. One kiosk owner has reported up to five seagull attacks a day. “They fly down on folks and steal t ...
• Sheep mysteriously drowned on northern island
  Nearly an entire flock of wild sheep that roamed on an island in northern Norway, just across the Vestfjord from the scenic Lofoten peninsula, were found drowned late last week, and no one seems to know why. Local sheep ranchers are calling the discovery of 104 sheep cadavers a “tragedy&#8 ...

Permaculture Research Institute - Australia

• Food from Perennial(ising) Plants in Temperate ...
  Ripe Solanum muricatum (Pepino, Pepino Dulce, Melon Pear) This is the first monthly post for Summer in the ongoing research project about perennial plants and perennialising annual plants that provide food in temperate climate Australia. The original article introducing this project, stating ...
• Shauna Teare Puts Permaculture to Work in the ...
  by Rob Avis Nestled deep in the forested mountains of the Slocan Valley in British Columbia, ex-urbanite Shawna Teare and her family have applied skills from their former lives in business and carpentry, along with gifted and innovative craftmanship to create a leading edge permaculture hom ...
• Dr. Vandana Shiva on Just Food
  This is a good summary of what Vandana Shiva talks about lately. Even if you think you’ve heard it all before, I think this is a excellent one to watch and share. Forbes Magazine called Vandana Shiva one of the seven most influential women in the world. A noted philosopher, scientis ...
• More Yard Waste to Raised Beds
  Shed Bed Continuing from my last post, after cleaning up our yard and several neighbors’ yards from another unusually strong storm here in south western Pennsylvania, I had a cache of branches to utilize in my garden construction. Our summers here have been getting hotter and drier so I wa ...
• Integrating Livestock in the Food Forest
  Cattle grazing under alder in silvopasture system at Las Canadas, Huatusco, Mexico Integrating livestock seems to be the best way to have a larger-scale food forest (anything over one hectare or a couple of acres). If done properly, livestock integration can greatly reduce labor and fossil f ...

Pointman's

• A Tale of Two Davids.
  I’m a people person, who likes talking with people, because each one is a new voyage of discovery. When it comes to media people, the one-way direction of the relationship is a bit too passive for my taste. They talk at me and I listen to them talking and although I take in the words  ...
• On climate science and all those leaks.
  Over the last few years, we’ve had a number of substantial leaks of sensitive material from deep within the very heart of climate science. In each case, it’s been fairly obvious that the person doing it works in the field and is relatively senior, if only because they have access to ...
• The shape of things to come; Snailbats, HALsay ...
  Environmental alarmism is by now a well established phenomenon with nearly a four decade long history. In that time, we’ve been on the receiving end of doomsday predictions as diverse as holes in the ozone layer, overpopulation, resource wars, acid rain, a new ice age and the most successf ...
• Another whopping leak from the IPCC.
  A substantial second leak, already nicknamed the Secret Santa leak, of further portions of the forthcoming IPCC AR5 has just occurred. There was a smaller leak of material last year, which was owned up to by the person who did it on their blog. While everyone is no doubt considering how on Earth ...
• Credo.
  It seems to be a human need that we all have to have some sort of belief in a higher thing. Every culture that’s ever been, had some sort of belief system. I think it’s an unavoidable side effect of our unique consciousness. The people I’ve met, who ended up believing in absolu ...

Journalists' Toolkit

• JavaScript Console in Chrome
  For testing things quickly in JavaScript, open the JavaScript Console in the Google Chrome browser. View menu > Developer > JavaScript Console. You’ll see the console at the bottom of the current page. The console gives you a command line so you can test short pieces of code to see ...
• Typography for the Web
  In your CSS, you can specify typefaces (font families) to be used for the headings, paragraphs, etc., in your HTML. However, what you see on your computer is not always going to be the same thing your audience sees. Why? Because different people have different fonts installed on their individual ...
• Good tutorial sites for HTML, HTML5, CSS, jQuery
  There are a zillion sites out there offering free tutorials, but many are pure junk. So here are a few that I recommend, in no particular order: Codecademy: Web Fundamentals Codecademy: HTML Fundamentals HTML5 Please (not actually a tutorial, but very helpful) Nettuts+: The Best Way to Learn Jav ...
• Baby Steps in Data Journalism
  This is a Tumblr blog that I started in early April 2012: Baby Steps in Data Journalism Its purpose is to collect links and other useful information related to learning about data journalism. To go directly to something you might be searching for, try these links: How I installed Python (April 2 ...
• The best video export options
  How do you choose the best settings for exporting your video, after you have edited it? I remember how confusing this was for me when I started working with Web video several years ago. With the slower computers we had back then, I would wait for what seemed like forever while exporting a small ...

Justice Roars - Louisiana

• How NOT to be a Gentrifier With Your Theater: ...
  New Orleans has seen a recent theatre resurgence. Below is a critical perspective on this wave of new theatre from educator and writer Catherine Michna, reprinted from her local blog catherinemichna.wordpress.com. I spent this past weekend at the Network of Ensemble Theater’s MicroFest in New O ...
• Women With A Vision, Recovering From Arson, Pu ...
  Women With A Vision, a community-based non-profit founded by a grassroots collective of African-American women in response to the spread of HIV/AIDS in communities of color, has just made a downpayment on a building in Midcity New Orleans. The Vision House will enable the organization to co ...
• Turning Problems Into Parades, By Nick Slie
  This weekend is MicroFest USA: New Orleans: RENEW. The event is a celebration of the renaissance that has taken place in New Orleans' performance and social justice fields since Hurricane Katrina.  Part festival, part think-tank, part community tour, and part dance party, the all-local prog ...
• This is Not Theoretical: Reflecting on a Recen ...
  Reposted from our friends at The Oyster Knife. This piece was written after guest contributor Nicky Gillies participated in the NOLA to Angola bike ride, a fundraiser for the Cornerstone Builders’ Bus Project, which helps people in Louisiana travel to visit their incarcerated loved ones.  ...
• Our People Are Worth the Risks: A Southern Que ...
  Reprinted from the SONG website and from the Scholar & Feminist Online, a webjournal published by the Barnard Center for Research on Women:  In the best parts of our tradition as LGBTQ people for liberation, we have resisted assimilation. We have held die-ins, we have risked our li ...

Information Underground

• Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
  The coverage of the Brazil shooting, in regard to the actual footage in the aftermath of the shooting, with thousands of people there, and a scene of general chaos, appears to be realistic...Then, there was also the security video. I would, however, be a little careful with the spin...The alleg ...
• Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
  Shiksa Rage wrote: Where does that Orly Taitz woman fit into the birther movement? Orly Taitz She's a Jew from Moldova, has an Israeli passport, and is an American citizen also....She a lawyer and a dentist...Yeah, she big with 'birthers'...She live in Connecticut, no wait, California...She ...
• Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
  Here's another video on those people milling around the firehouse. The video really captures the people walking a loop. She zooms in at 4:04 and you can really see them walk around the firehouse and then back in again. Raw Helicopter Footage of Sandy Hook Firehouse. Shows people are recycling ...
• Survival & Defence • Re: The nature of sur ...
  GordZilla wrote: I understand your points Timmy, and frankly they are wise. Which is one of the reasons I don't fully identify myself as a White Nationalist. I too have been awake to the Jew for a long time, about half my life now (since about '92-93) and I have witnessed (as with you I'm sure) ...
• Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
  MK, some of those people in your list I've never even heard of. But I have heard of this Jewess. Statistics: Posted by Timothy_Fitzpatrick — Sat Jan 26, 2013 6:53 pm

TVNZ

• Syrian rebels free 300 prisoners from northern ...
  Opposition fighters have freed prisoners from a jail near the border with Turkey.
• At least 26 die in Egyptian clashes
  Egyptians have protested the sentencing of 21 people to death over a soccer stadium disaster.
• Marchers in Washington protest 40 yrs of legal ...
  Anti-abortion activists today protested the ruling that made abortion legal in the US 40 years ago.
• Petrol bombs fly as Northern Irish flag protes ...
  More protests at the removal of the British flag from Belfast City Hall saw police pelted with petrol bombs.
• London hotels ranked the worst in 100 cities
  London hotels have been criticised for having slow service, survey results show.

environment 360

• German Plant to Produce Methane Using Surplus ...
  Audi is building a plant in Germany that will use surplus power produced from renewable sources, such as wind energy generated when demand is low, to produce methane from water and carbon dioxide. The plant, which will use technology developed by Stuttgart-based SolarFuel, reportedly will produc ...
• Solid Electrolyte Could Lead to Larger, Safer ...
  U.S. researchers have developed a high-performance, solid electrolyte for use in energy-dense lithium ion batteries that they say is safer than existing liquid electrolytes and could lead to batteries that are five to 10 times more powerful than existing batteries. While lithium-ion batteries ty ...
• To Tackle Runoff, Cities Turn to Green Initiat ...
  Urban stormwater runoff is a serious problem, overloading sewage treatment plants and polluting waterways. Now, various U.S. cities are creating innovative green infrastructure — such as rain gardens and roadside plantings — that mimics the way nature collects and cleanses water. BY DAVE LEVITAN
• BPA Alternative Also Disrupts Development At L ...
  A synthetic chemical developed as an alternative to the controversial chemical bisphenol A (BPA), and now widely used in many products, also disrupts human development at low doses, according to a new study. Created after research indicated potential health risks associated with BPA — a componen ...
• Interview: Charting a New Course for America a ...
  Time magazine once called him the “ultimate insider,” and indeed Gus Speth has had a long career as an establishment environmentalist. And so it might be Gus Speth surprising that his latest book, America the Possible: Manifesto for a New Economy, offers a bleak picture of what U.S. envi ...

oldephartte/Diigo

• Bureau of Investigative Journalism
  Tags: journalism investigation news
• Climate Dialogue
  Tags: blog environment climate dialogue
• Reef Relief Founders
  Tags: blog environment reef
• Stuart H. Smith attorney: fighting oil, chemic ...
  Tags: oil chemical water radiation pollution
• This Crowded Skin
  Tags: blog politics environment curiosity

backofthebook

• BC throws a film party — for India
  \\\|\\\ Tags:  Bollywood, British Columbia, film, India, Ontario, Quebec Del.icio.us Facebook TweetThis Digg StumbleUpon ...
• Sun News might just get its way
  By David@sixthestate.net I don’t think there’s really any need for a detailed analysis of the following: Sun News Network, the right-wing, free-market, anti-government “news” channel set up by Quebecor and some former Harper staffers is losing money and wants the government to mandate a special ...
• The NHL is back, but I won’t be
  By Montreal Simon A couple of my friends came over this evening to watch the Habs-Leafs game on my big screen TV. And they were surprised to find out that I hadn’t been planning to watch it, until they turned up. And that I wasn’t the least bit excited that the season had finally sta ...
• An Idle proposal to Canadian journalists: STFU
  By Frank Moher Kevin Newman’s interview with Chief Theresa Spence, aired today on CTV’s “Question Period,” illustrated pretty neatly in its first few minutes all that’s been wrong with mainstream coverage of Spence’s fast, and of Idle No More. Newman began by ...
• Harper tries, fails not to impose theological ...
  By Montreal Simon It was a bizarre sight. Stephen Harper standing in front of a giant poster for “Dragon’s Den,” appearing to be deep in prayer. Although he was only at a newser in Montreal, trying to figure out what to say, after being asked an embarrassing question: Why is yo ...

Daily Beast

• Where Does the GOP Go From Here?
  To cap off today's series on proposals for a stronger, better GOP, here's a quote from Rod Dreher, a writer for The American Conservative (and a must read for people who want to understand the strongest arguments put forth by theological conservatives.) Dreher:
• Some Conservative Pundits Tout Moderation Afte ...
  Kristol, Hannity urge GOP rethinking
• More Fallout at the BBC
  The BBC is investigating why a report about abuse allegations against Jimmy Savile, one of its former stars, was scuppered.
• Chris Hayes is a Type?
  The host of Up With Chris Hayes has unknowingly seduced famed singer Cher. Very impressive!
• Don't Let a Good Thing Pass Us By
  Jeffrey Leonard has a fascinating article in the Washington Monthly regarding the future of our electrical grid. He seems cautiously optimistic about natural gas as a replacement for dirtier forms of carbon such as coal and gasoline, but there's a hangup. Without major upgrades to our elect ...

Loonwatch

• Fox News Sunday To Host Islamophobic General
  Fox News Sunday will host retired Islamophobe Lt. Gen. William "Jerry" Boykin.
• David Barkey: Leadership in Tallahassee must s ...
  Yerushalmi anti-Sharia bill filed once again for the 2013 session in Florida.
• List of children killed by drone strikes in Pa ...
  Hundreds have been killed so far.
• Sri Lanka: “We are Sinhalese” Grou ...
  Disturbing anti-Islam/Muslim protests in Sri Lanka.
• Islam at the Louvre
  Despite protests from French Islamophobes, Islamic art exhibit goes ahead.

Energy News

• Former Prime Minister Kan: Evacuation after Fu ...
• Tears During UN Presentation: Children trapped ...
• Breakthrough? New doughnut-shaped island to st ...
• Worker reported smoke coming from Common Pool ...
• Lawyer: Thyroid abnormalities in 55% of Fukush ...

Japan Times

• Microsoft to release pro version of tablet
  Microsoft says the pro version of its Surface tablet will be available to purchase Feb. 9 in the U.S. and Canada. Unlike the previous version that launched in October, the Surface Windows 8 Pro will use the full version of Windows 8, which is compatible with programs that run on earlier versions ...
• Shooting on Texas campus hurts three
  A fight between two people led to a shooting at a Texas community college Tuesday that left three people injured. The gunfire on the Lone Star College System campus about 30 km north of downtown Houston sent students fleeing for safety as officials placed the campus on lockdown, officials said. ...
• Japan bids to build S. Africa rail link
  Japan joined Germany, China and France Tuesday in bidding to build a 157 billion rand (¥1.6 trillion) high-speed rail link between South Africa’s eastern port city of Durban and Johannesburg, the country’s commercial hub. Funding models include partnerships between g ...
• Royal ‘slur’ nets Thai editor 10 years
  A prominent Thai labor rights activist and magazine editor was sentenced to a decade in prison Wednesday for violating much-debated laws designed to protect Thailand’s royal family. The verdict came despite repeated calls by rights groups to free Somyot Pruksakasemsuk, who has been jai ...
• Rail linkup to ease metro commute
  Railways in Tokyo announced Tuesday a new timetable set to come into effect March 16 when the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line are to be connected. According to Tokyu Corp. and Tokyo Metro Co., Tokyo’s Ikebukuro will be linked with Yokohama in 38 minutes at the fastest ...

Alexander Higgins

• Alexander Higgins House, Blog Destroyed Sandy ...
  Alexander Higgins House, Blog Destroyed By Sandy Flooding When I was 16 my “foster” parents through me out on the streets in the middle of the Blizzard of ’96 and I spent the next 8 years battling homelessness. I worked … Continue reading →
• Disaster: Massive Traffic Jams As 11 FT Hawaii ...
  Hawaii residents a stuck massive in an hour long traffic jams trying to flee an 11 foot Tsunami is less than 30 minutes from hitting the shore.
• ALERT: Update 11 FT Tsunami Heading Toward Haw ...
  A live Weather channel alert warns that a 7 foot Tsunami is heading directly toward Hawaii following a major 7.7 earthquake off the coast of Canada earlier.
• Seattle Police Given Approval To Deploy NDAA S ...
  The FAA has given Seattle police approval to start using NDAA surveillance drones for law enforcement spy operations on American citizens.
• Sandy Worst Storm In 100 Years: East Coast Awa ...
  A massive storm is expected to hit the East Coast during the days leading up to Halloween, which meteorologists anticipate will cost up to $5 billion in damages.

Macleans - Central

• On to second choices at the OLP convention. Bu ...
  To recap: Hope. Optimism. ... Pick Me.
• Don’t go chasing waterfalls
  The case against a one-time pact to bury first-past-the-post
• Two tributes to Dalton McGuinty
  If you were to believe Dalton McGuinty’s son — and most people do on...
• How Sheryl Sandberg rescued gender equality in ...
  'Have you ever seen a movie about a woman with a job and kids who is happy?'
• Rob Ford Forever
  On the eve of the Ford ruling, Daniel Dale warned in the Toronto Star ...

Making It Count - CCPA

• A Tale of Two Telecoms or Actions Speak Louder ...
  Where does the Saskatchewan government stand on the privatization of provincial Crown corporations? You’d be hard pressed to come up with a definitive answer after the government’s partial privatization of Information Services Corporation (ISC), the introduction of new private liquor ...
• Our Way or the Norway
  One of goals in my paper, The Petro-Path Not Taken, was to compare Norway and Canada-Alberta’s record in distributing petroleum wealth amongst persons and amongst provinces. Norway has been very effective in distributing oil wealth amongst it regions and its population. Its level of income inequ ...
• Seeing inequality through rose-coloured classes
  Amidst the reluctant media coverage of Idle No More exists a particularly irritating contradiction that centres on how wealth and inequality are examined. The Occupy movement was roundly criticized by the elite’s media handmaids for going after the 1%. “Why are you punishing ingenuity and hard w ...
• The dubious case for casinos
  I got way off my usual research agenda this morning for a business panel on CBC radio. The topic was the economics of casinos, the result of the City of Surrey voting down a new casino proposal. I have often disparagingly compared stock markets to casinos, but in fact I knew relatively little ab ...
• Yukon’s court ruling on free-entry mining coul ...
  On 27 December, this past year, the appeals court of the Yukon Territory gave an important ruling regarding the rights of First Nations in relation to Yukon’s free-entry mining policy. The plaintiff in the case, the Ross River Dena Council tribe, considers that Yukon’s government cannot allow qu ...

ReDress

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

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Peakwater

• Plying the Water-Energy Nexus
  Plying the Water-Energy Nexus by Miles Ten Brinke Miles, Peak Water columnist and avowed Hydrophilic energy-head, has found his way to Britain where he’s lost his California perma-tan and is studying an Energy Policy MSc at the University of Exeter on a Fulbright. Growing up the in the Ame ...
• Ban lifted on controversial Nu River dam projects
  “Beijing has decided to reopen controversial plans to dam the Nu River in Yunnan province – eight years after Premier Wen Jiabao suspended the plans out of environmental concerns. The decision was mentioned in a 2011-15 energy-sector blueprint that was released by the State Council l ...
• PAYA a film by Peakwater founder Jenna Cavelle ...
  Here is a link to the radio interview about documentary film PAYA on KMMT. It is the first podcast listed as of now titled “Interview With Documentarian Jenna Cavelle”. Please share with others and go to kickstarter and make a pledge to help this film get to Sundance!!!!!!! Help rest ...
• “Irresponsible” World Bank Says Re ...
  “It was about a decade in the making: without much fanfare the World Bank has released a report stating that the Dead Sea – Red Sea Canal project (also called the Red Dead Conduit) will work. The basic idea is to take salty water from the Red Sea, pump it up to a channel, desalinate it and ...
• ‘Green’ Approaches to Water Gaining Ground Aro ...
  “After Hurricane Sandy swept through the northeast of the United States late October 2012, millions of New Yorkers were left for days without electricity.  But they still had access to drinking water, thanks to New York City’s reliance on protected watershed areas for potable water. Instea ...

D. Kucinich

• The NDAA: More War Abroad and More Austerity H ...
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today spoke on the House floor in strong opposition to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). See video here. “In this discussion over the NDAA, we arrive at a moment where we meet the moral consequences of our nation’s choices over the past decade. W ...
• Kucinich: NO to #CatFoodChristmas
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today strongly objected to a proposal to cut Social Security benefits. The White House suggested a reduction in Social Security to cut costs as part of the so-called “fiscal cliff” negotiations.  The proposal called the “Chained Consumer Price Index” would ...
• Kucinich: Report on Benghazi Not the Full Story
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today took to the House floor to remind colleagues that while a supposedly independent investigation faulted the State Department for security failures in Benghazi, Libya it was the Administration that took us to war and created the chaos in Libya. See video h ...
• Kucinich: Diplomacy Over Provocation
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following statement regarding H.R. 3783, Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act of 2012. “In the developing relationship between Iran and the United States, there are many important issues to be addressed. We should address them throu ...
• Kucinich Calls for Organized Approach to Peace:
  Washington D.C. (December 17, 2012) – Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today took to the House floor to call for an “organized, structured approach” to peace in the wake of the horrible tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut. On Friday, Congressman Kucinich offered words of condolences to the familie ...

Authentically Wired

• yup white-collar crime does pay
  … Do WHITE-COLLAR crime and you get home arrest … smoke a joint … do a line of coke and you get prison in one of Arizona’s private for profit prisons … who says “white-collar” doesn’t pay …  Filed under: Blogroll
• how $uns repay loyalty
  …. There is a powerful message here … … This is how America’s capitalists reward LOYALTY and if nothing else Majerle has clearly demonstrated his loyalty to metro Phoenix and the Phoenix Suns in particular …  Filed under: Blogroll
• gave Mon$anto care-blanche
  New farm bill gives Monsanto carte blanche 01-23-2013  •  naturalnews.com  Imagine judicial review for protecting consumer rights and the environment going up in a puff of smoke and biotech corporations like Monsanto having complete immunity to plant whatever they want, whenever they want &#8212 ...
• McCain makes complete ass of himself … again
  McCain makes complete ass of himself … again Hillary Faces Down The Angry Men By Joan Walsh, Salon.com…. READ MORE» From simpleton Ron Johnson to delusional Rand Paul, GOP senators swung at the Secretary of State and hit themselves   Filed under: Blogroll
• at what cost
    …What are the repercussions to our one shared biosphere…? Death Spiral of the Honey Bee Population 01-23-2013  •  arclein  As one beekeeper told me, “On average, 40% over-wintering losses across the country. That’s what we’re facing. And my losses are closer to 70% — this is likely ...

Popular Technology

• Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund: Please Donate!
  Hurricane Sandy ravaged the New Jersey coast and while it may not be in the news anymore, many people are still suffering. Flooding damage to the barrier islands was severe and FEMA is not providing anywhere near the funds people need to repair their homes or replace their cars. Popular Technol ...
• The Truth about Skeptical Science
  Skeptical Science is a climate alarmist website created by a self-employed cartoonist, John Cook. It is moderated by zealots who ruthlessly censor any and all form of dissent from their alarmist position. This way they can pretend to win arguments, when in reality they have all been refuted. The ...
• 2016: Obama's America
  2016 Obama's America takes audiences on a gripping visual journey into the heart of the world’s most powerful office to reveal the struggle of whether one man's past will redefine America over the next four years. The film examines the question, "If Obama wins a second term, where will we be in ...
• The Truth About "Jon Stewart"
  "Jon Stewart" who was born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, wants people to believe he is some kind of political "moderate" when in reality he has admitted to Fox News executive Roger Ailes in private and on CNN's Larry King Live that he is an outright socialist. His political bias to the Democratic ...
• Skeptical Science: "Drown Them Out"
  In March of 2012, the climate alarmist website Skeptical Science had their forums "hacked" and the contents posted online. In these it was revealed that Skeptical Science members are organizing themselves into eco-strike squads to "drown out" those who do not accept their alarmist positions, " ...

Monga Bay ( Articles )

• Living beside a tiger reserve: scientists stud ...
  During an average year, 87% of households surrounding Kanha Tiger Reserve in Central India report experiencing some kind of conflict with wild animals, according to a new paper in the open-access journal PLOS One. Co-existence with protected, free-roaming wildlife can be a challenge when living ...
• Bloodsucking flies help scientists identify ra ...
  Last year scientists released a study that is likely to revolutionize how conservationists track elusive species. Researchers extracted the recently sucked blood of terrestrial leeches in Vietnam's remote Annamite Mountains and looked at the DNA of what they'd been feeding on: remarkably researc ...
• In the kingdom of the black panther
  The black panther has a mythical aura: Rudyard Kipling chose the animal for one of his heroes in the Jungle Book, in the 1970s it became the symbol of an African-American socialist party, while comic guru Stan Lee selected the stunning feline for his first black superhero. But the real black pan ...
• Paradigm shift needed to avert global environm ...
  Global strategist, trained educator, and international lecturer Daniel Rirdan set out to create a plan addressing the future of our planet. His book The Blueprint: Averting Global Collapse, published this year, does just that. "It has been a sixty hour a week routine," Rirdan told mongabay.com i ...
• Mercury hurts birds and people: what we can le ...
  Birds aren't that different from people. We learn from our parents, just like zebra finches learn songs from their fathers. We are active and noisy during the day, like birds, and we can also be territorial. Also like birds, we try to attract mates through colorful displays and beautiful songs. ...

Science - NZ Herald

• Dung beetles navigate by the stars - research
  Oscar Wilde's famous quote "we are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars" could not be more true of the humble dung beetle.South African and Swedish scientists have discovered the insects use the Milky Way for...
• Tech Universe: Friday 25 January
  DEEP ROCKETS: Deep Space Industries has some big plans: to mine near-Earth asteroids for precious metals. In 2015 it will send uncrewed
• Study helps calm extinction fears
  A New Zealand researcher has challenged long-held claims that most species will be wiped out before they can even be discovered.In what is being called good news for global biodiversity conservation efforts, a study by researchers...
• DNA the new way to store information
  It can store the information from a million CDs in a space no bigger than your little finger and could keep it safe for centuries.Is this some new electronic gadget? Nope. It's DNA.The genetic material has long held all the information...
• Antarctic fish can survive in warm waters - re ...
  Fish can survive sharp rises in sea temperatures, according to new Kiwi research that gives hope for the future of the delicate Antarctic environment.University of Canterbury biology professor Bill Davison has been testing fish...

The Bovine

• Why can’t we test GMOs for health impact ...
  Jokes abound about software end user licence agreements, which, by and large, nobody reads, although to install the product, you do usually have to click on the box that says you have read it and agree to its terms. Well … Continue reading →
• Michael Schmidt in court yesterday in Cobourg ...
  Yesterday, Michael Schmidt appeared in court in Cobourg to face criminal charges related to the disappearance of Montana Jones’ flock of heritage Shropshire sheep which the CFIA had placed under quarantine and were planning to slaughter for testing. Montana Jones … Continue reading & ...
• The final solution…. Morningside Dairy s ...
  From Doreen Hannes, via Morningside Dairy’s Uncheese Party blog: “On August 26th, 2010 the destruction of Morningland Dairy began. Having lost a two and half year battle with cancer of the State, the interment will take place on January 25th, … Continue reading →
• America is becoming a land without farmers, sa ...
  From Evaggelos Vallianatos at Independent Science News: The plutocratic remaking of America has a parallel in the countryside. In rural America less than 3 percent of farmers make more than 63 percent of the money, including government subsidies. The results … Continue reading →
• The true price of a gallon of raw milk
  From the Midlife Farm Wife: “Yesterday we had some very unusual visitors, raw milk farmers like ourselves. But because they work very hard to stay under the same radar I am always swinging from dressed like a clown grabbing as … Continue reading →

Mish's Global Economic Trends

• How to Debate Paul Krugman: "Ask Questions Lik ...
  I received an interesting email the other day on debating Paul Krugman. I did a search on the topic and found a post with that exact name: How to debate Paul Krugman Paul Krugman is the high priest of Keynesianism and modern interventionism, of economic improvement through inflation and bu ...
• Debt Grows at Astonishing Rate Even in Texas; ...
  "It's Your Money" Susan Combs, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts says “Texas, It’s Your Money”. At the Comptroller’s office, we’ve long championed the importance of transparency — giving the Texans we serve the information they need to make informed decisions and hold their govern ...
• UK Headed for Triple Dip Recession? Impact on ...
  There is much talk of a triple dip recession in the UK. It depends on how you define it. If you call a recession two consecutive quarters of decline in GDP, with any quarter of positive growth ending the recession, then answer is yes. Here is a chart from the Telegraph article UK heads for ...
• Much More Beneath the Surface of the Italian B ...
  Yesterday I commented on how Italy's 3rd largest bank hid derivative losses,how it might affect the upcoming Italian elections, and why ECB president Mario Draghi should be under fire as well. For details, please see Italian PM Under Fire; Italy's 3rd Largest Bank Hid Derivative Losses: ECB ...
• Yen Set for 11th Weekly Drop; Japan Records La ...
  After a couple of headfakes higher on the daily charts Yen Set for 11th Weekly Drop. The yen headed for a record stretch of weekly losses against the dollar as data showing a decline in Japanese consumer prices added to the case for further monetary stimulus from the central bank. The ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

• Our new BFP DVD “The Police State” ...
  Our second BFP DVD includes The EyeOpener Police State Series with James Corbett, plus 2 bonus BFP Reports – Blackballed: ‘How the FBI Bends FOIA’ and TSA: ‘Tyrants Sucker America,’ plus an exclusive interview with BFP’s Andrew Gavin Marshall and a Jamiol/BFP Political Cartoon Gallery. Ple ...
• Prelude to a Coming Interview- Operation Gladio
  The Master Key to Understanding the States’ Secrets James Corbett and I are preparing an episode on Operation Gladio. The interview should be ready in the next couple of weeks. Meanwhile, I strongly urge you (emphasis on ‘strongly’) to listen to the following podcast interview conducted by James ...
• Our new BFP DVD “The Police State” ...
  Our second BFP DVD includes The EyeOpener Police State Series with James Corbett, plus 2 bonus BFP Reports – Blackballed: ‘How the FBI Bends FOIA’ and TSA: ‘Tyrants Sucker America,’ plus an exclusive interview with BFP’s Andrew Gavin Marshall and a Jamiol/BFP Political Cartoon Gallery. Ple ...
• BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- January ...
  Please help us continue this work. We do not have foundation bosses or fund-ers. We do not serve the corporate fund-ers by being their advertisement platform-stage. We solely depend on you and your direct support. Please support this home of the irate minority, and thank you for all you do: Supp ...
• The Reality Principle -Episode 14
  “Congo & the Politics of Genocide” with Keith Harmon Snow This week Eric examines the continued conflict and genocide in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He explores the various factions on the ground as well as the forces behind the violence and the imperialist powers that support. Eric p ...

bloody crossroads

• Is Obama a Fraud?
  The debt deal is yet another sign that hope and change has been a fiction from the start: Like many, I was extremely hopeful when Obama won in 2008.  And like many I’ve become totally disillusioned with the president and … Continue reading →
• Today’s Stories
  Good politifact piece on how Social Security functions and its solvency How the state is revoking our civil liberties by imprisoning people, in some cases for up to 15 years, for recording police brutality with smart phones Economist Dean Baker … Continue reading →
• The Tyranny of American Healthcare
  For those who read this on Splice, be sure to re-read the unedited version… Why are we trying to prop up a broken system?: Do you realize how badly you’re being screwed by the health insurance corporations?  Let me give … Continue reading →
• Today’s Stories
  Politifact on how entitlements have lifted millions out of poverty Must read: scientists have recently concluded that a once in a tens of millions of years mass extinction is now underway, mainly in the ocean, because of global warming and … Continue reading →
• Today’s Stories
  Politifact on how entitlements have lifted millions out of poverty Must read: scientists have recently concluded that a once in a tens of millions of years mass extinction is now underway, mainly in the ocean, because of global warming and … Continue reading →

gCaptain

• Transocean Shares Jump Almost 3 Percent After ...
  Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) — Billionaire investor Carl Icahn called on Transocean Ltd. to issue a $4-a-share dividend and said he will propose the dividend at the next meeting if the [...]
• ABS Releases New DP Systems Requirements
  HOUSTON – The American Bureau of Shipping on Friday announced that they have released the ABS Guide for Dynamic Positioning Systems as a significant update to present classification requirements to [...]
• Costa Concordia Probe Expands to Costa Crociere
  By Marco Bertacche (Bloomberg) — Carnival Corp.’s Costa Crociere unit is under probe for “possible violations” of the Italian administrative responsibility law in the Costa Concordia shipwreck probe, the company said in a statement. Costa is [...]
• Ex-Coast Guardsman Sentenced for Hoax Distress ...
  We report about hoax distress calls all too often and hopefully this case sends the message that such calls, in any capacity, are no joke. The U.S. Coast Guard and [...]
• Storms Halt Steelmaking-Coal Shipments From Bi ...
  (Bloomberg) — Storms interrupted exports of coal used in steelmaking from ports on the northeast coast of Australia, which accounts for 53 percent of world shipments. Operations were suspended at [...]

Press TV

• Poisonous tear gas kills Bahraini kid
  A Bahraini child has died due to inhalation of poisonous tear gas fired by the Al Khalifa regime forces during a demonstration in the country.
• Anti-gun demo held in Washington
  Thousands of protesters have gathered in Washington to demand tighter gun control legislation in the United States, Press TV reports.
• Iraq lawmakers seek to limit PM’s terms
  The Iraqi parliament has passed legislation seeking to limit the number of terms Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki may remain in office.
• Norway condemns KSA execution
  Norway has condemned Saudi Arabia’s execution of a Sri Lankan domestic worker over the accusation that she killed a child in her care in 2005.
• Gunmen kill nine in Philippines
  Unidentified gunmen have attacked a truck carrying police officers and village guards, leaving nine people dead and two injured in the central province of Negros Occidental of the Philippines, police say.

SciDev.net

• It's not too soon for plans to monitor new dev ...
  The next set of development goals should be underpinned by plans to measure progress and results — and to boost data infrastructures.
• Many Amazonian trees ‘have survived extreme cl ...
  Having survived extreme weather changes in the past, several species of Amazonian trees will be able to tolerate future global warming, a study says.
• Digital imaging shows promise in assessing cro ...
  The parasitic root damage to bananas and plantains has been measured by assessing their leaf area using a digital photographic system.
• Polio killings should be a wake-up call to era ...
  The murder of health workers in Pakistan means the last leg of efforts to eradicate the disease can't be business as usual, says Heidi Larson.
• Insects' gut microbes hint at biofuel breakthr ...
  Plant-digesting enzymes from insects could one day be used to turn tough — and currently worthless — plant waste into biofuel, hope scientists.

Congressional Budget Office Director's Blog

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

Naked Scientists - News

• Robotic router
  Have you have ever spent ages carefully sawing out a complex shape in a piece of wood only to find it was slightly too big, or worse slightly too small? This happened to Alec Rivers an electronics Ph...
• Flexible batteries
  One of the big reasons that mobile phones and other personal gadgetry are still simple cuboids, and not more interesting shapes, is that they need a lot of energy storage, and batteries are simple cub...
• Resistance is fertile: soil bacteria to blame
  Soil-dwelling bacteria are the source of the antibiotic resistance genes that are making many infections hard to treat, researchers have shown this week. Writing in Science, Washington University St...
• Gait expectations: genetic basis of horse dres ...
  A gene responsible for affecting how the majority of mammals move has been revealed by studying a group of Icelandic horses with weird walking patterns. Although all horses can walk, trot and gallo...
• Nanoparticles poison soil
  Nanoparticles in cosmetics and exhaust fumes can accumulate in plants and stunt growth, scientists have warned. In a paper published this week in PNAS, UC Santa Barbara soil microbiologist Patricia ...

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• IPS - Inter Press Services

• Who’s Watching Those Unblinking Eyes in ...
  On the long meadows of Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York, a man pilots an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) – more commonly referred to as drones – in figure eights to the amusement of his Labrador. A few miles north on the other side of the East River, U.N. delegates mull over a more serious [...]
• Dubious Awards Presented at Davos
  Only a stone’s throw from the Davos World Economic Forum meeting, a group of non-governmental organisations presented the annual Public Eye Awards this week to Goldman Sachs and Royal Dutch Shell. Every year in late January, a pilgrimage of a special kind can be observed in Grisons, Switze ...
• Can Europe and Latin America Meet as Equals?
  The European Union’s serious economic and financial crisis stands in stark contrast to the relative stability and decade-long growth enjoyed by Latin America and the Caribbean and could put the two blocs on equal footing, giving the Southern region more leverage to further its demands and ...
• Portugal’s Disappearing Middle Class
  Poverty in Portugal has risen to levels that were unimaginable a year ago despite the bleak outlook forecasted by the harsh measures imposed by the troika of creditors in exchange for the country’s financial bailout. Unable to pay their bills or even meet basic food needs, thousands of fam ...
• Women Navigate Political Minefield in Kenya
  Few women in Kenya harbour illusions of entering politics. Blatant discrimination, threats and intimidations, an uneven playing field and a largely unsympathetic public have turned electoral politics into a veritable minefield for women hoping to secure top government posts. Despite adopting a m ...

My AntiWar

• Yahoo, Like Google, Demands Warrants for User ...
• Man With 4th Amendment Written on Chest Wins T ...
• Militant Groups Clash Kills 24 in Pakistan
• Mali Islamists Say Ready for Hostage Talks
• Attack Kills 10 Police in Afghanistan

CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

• Building Blocks: The obsession that is prevent ...
  Summary: Following two days of talks last week, officials from Iran and the IAEA threw in the towel, failing again to clinch a deal on access to sites, people, and documents of interest to the agency. The IAEA's immediate priority is to get into certain buildings at the Parchin military base ...
• US-led economic sanctions strangle Iran's drug ...
  Summary: Economic sanctions against Iran are affecting the availability of essential and life-saving drugs in the country, forcing patients to turn to an unregulated black marke source: Lancetread more
• Pretty in Pink: The Parchin Preoccupation Paradox
  Summary: The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has just released an important new expert report on Iran’s nuclear program, specifically on the Parchin site of much recent interest to the IAEA. The report is a must-read for a number of reasons, not the least of which is ...
• Dominance, Not Deals: Why Diplomacy With Iran ...
  Summary: The Obama administration’s diplomacy with Iran over its nuclear program is in shambles. In the broadest terms, this is because the so-called diplomatic opening Obama initiated upon coming into office never actually happened; Washington has been more apt to continue to bully Iran dipl ...
• Iran wants a nuclear deal, not war
  Summary: To stop Iran achieving "critical capability" to produce nuclear weapons in the coming months, President Obama must impose "maximal" sanctions – that is the message of a new report issued in Washington by five senior non-proliferation specialists. They call on Obama to implement a de ...

The Daily Galaxy

• Colossal Quasar Discovered with Energy Output ...
                        This past December, researchers discovered a quasar known as SDSS J1106+1939 with the most energetic outflow ever, a finding that may answer questions about how the mass of a galaxy is linked to its central black hole mass and why there are so few large galaxies ...
• The 'Daily Galaxy' Followers Soar Above 245,000!
                                           Join the 248,000 Daily Galaxy fans around the world who follow us via their Twitter page. Our followers include many of the planet's leading astronomers and scientists, astronauts, space observatories, news organizations, universities and governme ...
• Mystery Pulsar Baffles Astronomers
                   A pulsar that is able, without warning, to dramatically change the way in which it shines has been identified by an international team of astronomers. Using a satellite X-ray telescope combined with terrestrial radio telescopes the pulsar was found to flip on a rough ...
• "The Singularity" -SciFi or Reality? (VIDEO)
                           "It seems plausible that with technology we can, in the fairly near future create (or become) creatures who surpass humans in every intellectual and creative dimension. Events beyond such an event -- such a singularity -- are as unimaginable to us as opera ...
• Mystery Pulsar Baffles Astronomers
  A pulsar that is able, without warning, to dramatically change the way in which it shines has been identified by an international team of astronomers. Using a satellite X-ray telescope combined with terrestrial radio telescopes the pulsar was found to flip on a roughly half-hour timescale betwe ...

Natural News

• Anonymous avenges death of Aaron Swartz with t ...
  Mere weeks after the death of internet revolutionary Aaron Swartz who was threatened with 50 years of prison time by the U.S. government, the group Anonymous has struck back with a takeover of the U.S. Sentencing Commission website. (IP address of 66.153.19.162) That...
• 100% organic cacao powder and nibs available n ...
  Fans of chocolate, rejoice! I have just personally overseen the USDA certified 100% organic production run of several hundred kilos of cacao powder and cacao nibs, fresh from Peru. Small and large bags of both the powder and the nibs are available now in the Natural...
• Dianne Feinstein declares war on Bill of Right ...
  US Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced her highly-anticipated gun disarmament legislation yesterday, throwing her hat in the ring as an outright traitor to the United States Constitution and a dangerous tyrant who seeks to hand the federal government a firearms monopoly...
• Your Physiological Type: Your Key to Optimal N ...
  The principle of bio-individuality holds that we are all unique bio-individuals with varying nutritional needs based largely on our genetic inheritance as well as our life situation. This principle is powerfully stated by nutritional pioneer, Roger Williams, Ph.D., D...
• High fiber diet halts the progression and spre ...
  The sobering fact is that one in six men will be affected by prostate cancer at some point in their lifetime, as nearly a quarter of a million are diagnosed in the U.S. each year. Although many men can live a normal lifespan as long as the disease remains localized,...

Threat Level

• Man With 4th Amendment Written on Chest Wins T ...
  A Virginia man who wrote an abbreviated version of the Fourth Amendment on his body and stripped to his shorts at an airport security screening area won a trial Friday in his lawsuit seeking $250,000 in damages for being detained ...
• Yahoo, Like Google, Demands Warrants for User ...
  Yahoo demands probable-cause, court-issued warrants to divulge the content of messages inside its popular consumer e-mail brands -- Yahoo and Ymail, the web giant said Friday. The Sunnyvale, California-based internet concern's exclusive comments came two days after Google revealed to ...
• Court: WikiLeaks Suspects Denied List of Compa ...
  A federal appeals court has ruled that three suspects targeted in a WikiLeaks investigation have no right to know from which companies, other than Twitter, the government sought to obtain their records.
• Unlocking Your Mobile Phone Is No Longer Legal
  Mobile phones purchased beginning Saturday can no longer be legally unlocked by consumers to enable them to be used on competing networks.
• Feds Pile On More Charges Against Anonymous Ag ...
  Barrett Brown, a self-proclaimed spokesman for Anonymous, has been hit with new charges by authorities in Texas for concealing evidence.

PERRspectives : Blog

• Mississippi Governor Declares No One Without H ...
  This week, Mississippi Republican Governor Phil Bryant had great news for the residents of the Magnolia State. Whether you have insurance or not, cancer or cardiac disease, diabetes or dialysis, Bryant declared, "There is no one who doesn't have health care in America." Rejecting the Affordabl ...
• GOP Budget Violates Boehner's New Rules on Debt
  When John Boehner picked up the Speaker's gavel in January 2011, he also laid down some new rules regarding the U.S. national debt. Despite the near-doubling of the red ink and the seven debt limit increases under President Bush (all of which Boehner supported), the first Boehner Rule demands " ...
• No Daylight with Israel? Which One?
  With today's elections in Israel and the upcoming confirmation hearings for Obama Pentagon nominee Chuck Hagel, U.S.-Israeli relations will be very much in the news. For Republicans continuing their perpetual campaign to whittle away at the overwhelming Jewish support for Democrats, the respons ...
• Rice Joins CBS News
  Rice may be out as Secretary of State, but soon she'll be on your television screen. Not, that is, UN Ambassador Susan Rice, but former Bush National Security Adviser, Secretary of State and rumored 2016 GOP presidential candidate Condoleezza Rice. Joining her former Bush administration counte ...
• Love, Not Guns, the Lesson of Selma for John Lewis
  Just days after the chairman of Gun Appreciation Day tried to misappropriate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., the always execrable Rush Limbaugh pointed both barrels at the civil rights movement. Just in time for the weekend jointly marking King's birthday and President Obama's second inau ...

Blackspot News Feed

• THREE PANELS OPEN: Eric Grissom & David Halvorson
  Eric & David have a free download of the zero issue of their comic PLANET GIGANTIC here.
• “Central Park Five”: New Film On How Police Ab ...
  An explosive new documentary looks at a case once referred to as "the crime of the century”: the Central Park Five. Many people have heard about the case -- but far too few know that innocent men were imprisoned as a result. The film tells the story of how five black and Latino teenagers were ar ...
• Former GOP Strategist Kevin Phillips on the Ro ...
  With the Republican Party in a state of turmoil following Mitt Romney's loss three weeks ago, we begin today's show with a guest who was once one of the most influential Republican strategists. In 1969 Kevin Phillips wrote the groundbreaking book, "The Emerging Republican Majority." Newsweek des ...
• Headlines for November 28, 2012
  Egypt: More than 200,000 Fill Tahrir Square in Biggest Protest Against Morsi, At Least 34 Dead in Syrian Car Bomb Blasts, Shiite Worshipers Among At Least 30 Killed in Iraq Explosions, Report: M23 Rebels Preparing to Leave Goma After Initially Defying Deadline, Bangladeshi Factory Managers Arres ...
• Palestine Activism in the UK
  Across Britain growing numbers of people are acting in solidarity with Palestinians

Consortium News

• Return of ‘Three-Fifths’ of a Person
• Capital Insiders Help Amgen
• The Cost of Hyping the Benghazi Case
• Denying Palestinians a Voice
• Overcoming the Great Dismal

TruthOut

• Congress Must Debate the Libya War
  The US is now at war in a third Muslim country, according to the "official tally" (that is, counting Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, but not Pakistan or Yemen, for example.) But Congress has never authorized or debated the US military intervention in Libya. (A sharply disputed claim holds ...
• News in Brief: Daniel Ellsberg, Col. Ann Wrigh ...
  Daniel Ellsberg, Col. Ann Wright Among 30 Arrested for Protesting Against Abuse of Bradley Manningread more
• In This Nuclear World, What Is the Meaning of ...
  In a nuclear crisis, life becomes a nightmare for those people trying to make sense of the uncertainties. Imaginably, the questions are endless. Radiation is invisible, how do you know when you are in danger? How long will this danger persist? How can you reduce the hazard to yourself and famil ...
• Richard D. Wolff: "Personal Debts" (Video)
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• Charmed Into Battle: How a Volunteering Vacati ...
  About to turn thirty, Conor Grennan planned a year-long trip around the world. He started his trip with a three-month stint volunteering in the Little Princes Orphanage in war-torn Nepal. What was supposed to be just a three-month experience changed Conor's life, and the lives of countless other ...

Planetsave

• Dung Beetle Uses The Milky Way For Navigation, ...
  The dung beetle is now the first animal proven to use the light of the milky way for orientation and navigation, thanks to new research from Wits University. The vast and dim milky glow of our home galaxy apparently provides a good source of orientation when the Sun or a bright Moon isn’t ...
• 5 Free And Eco-Friendly Tips For Your Next Bir ...
  It is so expensive throwing a birthday party. It is one of those ironies of life that people end up spending more on their own day of celebration than anyone could in gift giving. This is a frustrating point for those who lack the funds to go all out, or who at least would prefer not to spend a ...
• Taking Action Against Toxic Superfund Sites
  Would you want to raise your children on the site of an old toxic-waste dump? Unless you’re some sort of uneducated cartoon villain, the answer is probably no. Most of us don’t realize how close these dangerous sites are to our own backyard. According to the Society of Environmental ...
• Rhino Crisis Round Up: Killing Spree Continues ...
  In less than a month, South Africa and India have lost a combined total of at least thirty-five rhinos to the illegal rhino horn trade. 32 rhinos were killed in South Africa as of January 24th and 13 suspects were arrested for rhino crimes, according to the Department of Environmental Affairs. T ...
• Betelgeuse, Red Supergiant Star Nearing Supern ...
  Betelgeuse, an enormous red supergiant star (the closest one to the Earth), has been revealed, in a new image from the ESA’s Herschel space observatory, to be rapidly approaching an a somewhat strange ‘wall’ of dust. The outer reaches of the star will likely impact with the wal ...

Water Quality - WordPress

• Final project for a Waterfront Development Course
  For my waterfront development course this past semester (3rd semester of graduate school and I still
• Minnesota Court of Appeals Affirms Summary Jud ...
  On December 17, 2012, the Minnesota Court of Appeals released an unpublished decision in the Minneso
• Science Applications in the Deepwater Horizon ...
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (published online before print: Dec. 3, 2012, v109 n
• 2013 is United Nations International Year of W ...
  The United Nations General Assembly declared 2013 as the United Nations International Year of Water
• Great Barrier Reef
  As a wildlifer and a scuba diver, one place I’d love to visit is the Great Barrier Reef.  I just hop

Dandelion Salad - Featured Writers' Posts

• IAEA Data on Sensitive Iranian Stockpile Misle ...
  Image by AslanMedia via Flickr Updated: Nov. 25, 2012, added a video report by Gareth Porter Feature
• Gareth Porter: Hamas Has Been Willing to Negot ...
  Image by j valas images via Flickr with Gareth Porter Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Nov. 22, 2012
• A Thanksgiving Day Fast For Peace By Gary Cors ...
  First published on Dandelion Salad in 2008. Originally published in 2005. By Gary Corseri Featured W
• Why Mass Incarceration Defines Us As a Society ...
  by Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Originally published at Smithsonian Magazine, Decemb
• To Hell With Israel by Finian Cunningham + US ...
  by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Ethiopia Crossposted from www.presstv.com Nov.

Axis of Logic

• Illuminati Planning Another Financial Crash? ...
  "The American people are being disenfranchised, disinherited, and enslaved." The PBS Documentary "The Warning" proves the Illuminati bankers deliberately sabotaged the financial system before 2008. This was not the first time nor will it be the last."Economic c ...
• CIA directing arms shipments to Syria’s “rebel ...
  22 June 2012 CIA agents have been deployed to Turkey to organize the arming of the so-called rebels in Syria seeking the overthrow of the government of President Bashar al-Assad, the New York Times reported Thursday. The report, citing information provided by senior US officials as well a ...
• UNASUR Foreign Ministers in Paraguay to Discus ...
  Río de Janeiro, June 21 (Prensa Latina) Foreign ministres from member countries of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) are scheduled to leave today for Paraguay to discuss the situation in that country in the wake of decisión by the Chamber of Deputies to open an impeachment against Pre ...
• The Right Wing Move to Impeach Paraguay's Pres ...
  Editor's Note: Does this sound familiar to anyone? It was 3 years ago this month that democratically-elected President Zelaya was thrown out of office by a coup in Honduras backed by the US State Department. In January, 2010 we published Mike Whitney's article, In South America, left-wing presid ...
• WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks from E ...
  22 June 2012 Australian and US governments “playing word games”  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange spoke out today from the Ecuadorian embassy in London about the escalating assault on his democratic rights and why he had been compelled to seek political asylum in Ecuador. Interviewed b ...

They Gave Us a Republic

• Republicans Conspiring to Game America's Democracy
  By @TedFrier One of the rewards of indulging an interest in early American history is the lesson which keeps getting repeated that the more things change the more they stay the same. In his history of the early republic from 1789 to 1815, Empire of Liberty, historian Gordon Wood paints a portrai ...
• The Nightowl Newswrap
  By @BGinKC Worry about our own guys raping our female military members, Jackass. David Frum, the hyperbolic goon who gave us the "Axis of Evil" (which I had always figured to be an alliance between Lex Luthor, Magneto and the Green Goblin) is now worried about female soldiers getting raped if th ...
• Financial Reform? Don't Hold Your Breath
  Sourced from PBS Frontline, The Untouchables OK, now that the inauguration is over and it's time to see how many of the pie in the sky promises and premises actually get fulfilled over the next four years, it's also a good time to look at some of them and try to assess their chances in a country ...
• The Nightowl Newswrap
  By @BGinKC Maybe @SpeakerBoehner will cwy gweat big tears about it. The Weeper of the House has a sad and is accusing President Obama of wanting to "annihilate" the republican party. Now, I could be wrong, it's happened before - but they seem to be doing a pretty fair job of "annihilating" thems ...
• On threading the needle and being in favor of ...
  By @BGinKC I'll get nicer when people get smarter. Also when I believe they have actually READ and, more importantly, UNDERSTOOD that Constitution they are always waving in the air and screaming about. Seriously. Get smarter or I'm going to get a hell of a lot meaner. As in you ain't ever seen m ...

Care 2

• Earliest Evidence of Chocolate in North America
  They were humble farmers who grew corn and dwelt in subterranean pit houses. But the people who lived 1200 years ago in a Utah village known as Site 13, near Canyonlands National Park in Utah, seem to have had at least one indulgence: chocolate. Submitted by Marty Powell to Science & Tech ...
• Clues to Prehistoric Human Exploration Found i ...
  Europeans raced across oceans and continents during the Age of Exploration in search of territory and riches. But when they reached the South Pacific, they found they had been beaten there by a more humble traveler: the sweet potato. Now, a new study Submitted by Marty Powell to Science & T ...
• In Wall Street Journal World, We 'Dont Exist'
  Take a look at that down-trodden family at the left. Maybe, theyre lining up for shelter after a natural disaster, or waiting for the food bank doors to open or at a donation center to gather up winter coats for the kids. Damn, they look so sad. Submitted by Carrie B. to Society & Culture & ...
• Infographic: Money Pit Politics: Spending to D ...
  This spring the Supreme Court will issue a final ruling on the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act or DOMA. House Republicans. are poised to spend $3 million to defend DOMA. Submitted by Carrie B. to US Politics & Gov't  |   Note-it!  |   Add a ...
• Thank Administrator Lubchenco for Being an Oce ...
  Take Action: Thank Administrator Lubchenco for her dedication to protecting our oceans Submitted by Cher C. to Environment  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

Smirking Chimp

• Obama's Legacy: Drone Wars
• America's Electile Dysfunction
• 12 Rational Responses to Irrational Arguments ...
• Why Serving In Combat Does Not Serve Women (Or ...
• Drone Wars - The End of History?

Paul Krugman

• WWS 594E, Economics of the Welfare State: Prel ...
  What I'll be doing Wednesday evenings.
• Populism, Republican Style
  A unique definition.
• What We Have Less Of
  Constantly under pressure.
• Friday Night Music: What Is Time?
  Something to make you smile.
• Look Ma, No (Human) Hands
  Driverless cars: now we're talking.

No Quarter

• “Sandy victims left out in the cold during arc ...
  HelenK2 referenced this appalling report from Fox News, “Sandy victims left out in the cold during arctic blast“: I am disturbed that victims of Sandy are being forced to camp out in “tent cities.” I am pissed off that in the United States of America, our own citizens are ...
• “Clinton Added Teeth To CRA, Obama Turned Them ...
  GetFitNow provided a link to “Clinton Added Teeth To CRA, Obama Turned Them Into Fangs“: Census Bureau The Community Reinvestment Act has led to “riskier lending and played a key role in the subprime mortgage crisis, the Obama administration is broadening the anti-redlining reg ...
• “New Mexico Bill Would Criminalize Abortions A ...
  I am personally opposed to abortion. However, I am rather like a libertarian. While I was pregnant, I regularly attended La Leche League meetings and learned so much about mothering from the women. While I am opposed to abortion, it is also each person’s right to choose. Hillary Clinton sa ...
• Women Special Olympics for War
  Oh my God. Beating heart be still. Equality of opportunity is sweeping through the military and it is time to get moist in the shorts. Praise God! The injustice is being ended. Okay, excuse me while I puke. The self-congratulatory bullshit being touted on the cable news channels as they celebrat ...
• InterAgency Coordination and the Benghazi Memo
  (Larry Johnson wrote a post titled “InterAgency Coordination and the Benghazi Memo on November 16, 2012. His biography is linked here. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : The claim that “no one knows who changed the CIA talking points,” [...]

Futurismic

• Science fiction and science, part I: you’re do ...
  *blows dust off microphone* I’ve been absent from here for a while because I’ve been working on other things, but those things are very much related to Futurismic as a project, both in terms of what it has been, and what it will be. More on that later, though. I want to get things ba ...
• Hope for a Global Spring?
  Perhaps it’s because of the economy is beginning – finally – to pick up in the US. Perhaps it is because I’m sick to death of bad election-year politics, so I’m looking at anything else that comes along of interest. Maybe it’s even because I wrote about creative destruction the last time I did a ...
• The only way to change your past is to steal s ...
  I get a fairly regular flow of emails about independent film projects. Most of them, to be honest, bounce straight off me – which says less about their quality than it does about my own taste in cinema. Independent cinema – like independent music and literature – has lots of pr ...
• Censorship: I’m guilty as charged
  So, I stand accused of censorship by someone whose comment I declined to approve on this post. I figure anyone willing to throw around accusations of censorship is probably a big fan of radical transparency; hence, by way of amelioration, here is the digital papertrail for the full exchange. (Em ...
• The Future Always Wins
  Soooooo, yeah – I’ve been busy. Did you miss me? New job, Masters degree… doesn’t leave a lot of spare time, so it doesn’t. But it’s been quiet here too long, so it’s time to dust down the soapbox and run a mic-check. One-two, one-two. The Future Always ...

Mountaintop Removal

• Thomas Jefferson historian to open 'Sunday' se ...
  Thomas Jefferson historian to open 'Sunday' series Kingsport Times News He helped oversee a book about mountaintop removal, “Something's Rising,” which features articles and oral histories about the practice of mountaintop removal in the Coalfields, and had two plays produced, “Long ...
• NATURE CALENDAR: Menunkatuck Audubon screening ...
  NATURE CALENDAR: Menunkatuck Audubon screening, eagle watches, walks New Haven Register ... Branford, www.menunkatuck.org. Documentary on environmental impact of mountaintop removal in Coal River Valley, W.Va. Eagle Watching on the Connecticut River, Connecticut River Museum-Project Oceanology t ...
• Dozen Arrested At Peabody Protest Downtown - K ...
  KMOX.com Dozen Arrested At Peabody Protest Downtown KMOX.com Meanwhile, Peabody spokesman Vic Svec says Peabody does not use mountain top removal mining but does use strip mining, which he claims the company follows the best practices when using. “I'm not aware of any specific claims or liti ...
• Eagle View: Opinion: Where Does our Energy Com ...
  Eagle View: Opinion: Where Does our Energy Come From? my.hsj.org Mountaintop removal is an extremely harmful practice that involves the stripping of the all of the wildlife and plant life in the area, and then literally removing the top of the mountain and sifting through it to remove the coal. ...
• VarTech System's Hazardous Area C1D2 LCD 10.4 ...
  VarTech System's Hazardous Area C1D2 LCD 10.4 Panel PC Now Available ... Home Toys (press release) They are built to resist the rugged conditions and shock and vibrations inherent in strip mining, surface mining, open-pit mining and mountaintop removal applications. These units can also serv ...

Memeorandum

• Four years later, Paul Ryan wants more of the ...
  Samuel Knight / Washington Monthly: Four years later, Paul Ryan wants more of the same  —  Just when I thought that the National Review Institute demonstrated that Republicans are ready to compromise, Paul Ryan outlined a somewhat apocalyptic vision of budget negotiations there ...
• Paul Ryan: Obama 2nd term 'won't be pretty' (D ...
  David Rogers / Politico: Paul Ryan: Obama 2nd term 'won't be pretty'  —  Holding out little hope of compromise, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan predicted Saturday that the nation will face “tepid growth and deficits” under President Barack Obama and Republi ...
• Senators nearing agreement on broad immigratio ...
  Washington Post: Senators nearing agreement on broad immigration reform proposal  —  A working group of senators from both parties is nearing agreement on broad principles for overhauling the nation's immigration laws, representing the most substantive bipartisan effort toward m ...
• PALIN: 'WE HAVEN'T YET BEGUN TO FIGHT!'--EXCLU ...
  Stephen K. Bannon / BREITBART.COM: PALIN: 'WE HAVEN'T YET BEGUN TO FIGHT!'  —EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH BREITBART NEWS  —  In my research for the film I made on Governor Palin, The Undefeated, I was constantly amazed at the anti-establishment stands she took at every st ...
• Boehner says bipartisan group 'basically' has ...
  Russell Berman / The Hill: Boehner says bipartisan group ‘basically’ has deal on immigration  —  Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is voicing confidence in the prospects for immigration reform in the House, saying that a bipartisan group of lawmakers “basically [ha ...

Energy & Environment News

• Dot Earth Blog: Weaker Global Warming Seen in ...
  A fresh study paid for by Norway's science agency examines temperature changes in the oceans and atmosphere and concludes that global warming will be on the low side.
• The Boss: Paul Gaynor of First Wind, on Learni ...
  The head of First Wind, a wind power company, says he has learned more from a couple of negative experiences in his career than from the successes.
• News Analysis: The Biggest Carbon Sin: Air Travel
  With President Obama declaring climate change a part of his second-term agenda, all eyes are on the United States on the matter of airlines’ carbon emissions.
• Court Overturns E.P.A.’s Biofuels Mandate
  The court ruled that a quota set by the Environmental Protection Agency for incorporating liquids made from woody crops and wastes into car and truck fuels was unrealistic.
• Green Blog: On Our Radar: A Spinning Solar Cell
  A solar start-up says its technology could generate electricity that was even cheaper than the coal-fired variety.

5+ quakes - 7 days

• M 5.0, Philippine Islands region
  Saturday, January 26, 2013 17:31:13 UTC Sunday, January 27, 2013 01:31:13 AM at epicenterDepth: 119.70 km (74.38 mi)
• M 5.3, Madagascar
  Friday, January 25, 2013 23:37:01 UTC Saturday, January 26, 2013 02:37:01 AM at epicenterDepth: 14.00 km (8.70 mi)
• M 5.1, Jujuy, Argentina
  Friday, January 25, 2013 19:53:28 UTC Friday, January 25, 2013 04:53:28 PM at epicenterDepth: 41.90 km (26.04 mi)
• M 5.0, northern Italy
  Friday, January 25, 2013 14:48:18 UTC Friday, January 25, 2013 03:48:18 PM at epicenterDepth: 4.80 km (2.98 mi)
• M 5.1, western Iran
  Friday, January 25, 2013 12:11:24 UTC Friday, January 25, 2013 03:41:24 PM at epicenterDepth: 10.00 km (6.21 mi)

China Dialogue

• 寻找雪域环&#2044 ...
  去年，青藏高原民间环保组织青海省三江源环境保护协会（以下简称三江源协会）全 ...
• 中国应优先&#2231 ...
  过去经验表明，中国的减排目标只有在经济衰退时才能实现。如何让经济增长与减排 ...
• 北京需要一&#2233 ...
  北京拥有9000万平方米可绿化的屋顶空间，这既可以提供食品，减小污染和洪灾威胁，&#21 ...
• 禁牧不能拯&#2593 ...
  在青海藏区三江源，政府实施禁牧措施以保护高原草甸，然而，雷东军在黄河源头实 ...
• 北京客，“&#21271 ...
  北京咳，一个带有玩笑意味的舶来词，却充满北京人的爱与恨。这个词汇的流传史提 ...

AlterNet Top Stories

• One Million Moms For Gun Control: Origins Of A ...
  It began because Shannon Watts didn’t know what to tell her 12-year-old son about Newtown. The boy had been undone by what he still calls "The Batman Shooting” and left a movie theater sobbing a few days after Aurora, certain the man next to him had a gun. After months of therap ...
• Bill Maher: How Did America Become a Country o ...
  On Friday night, Bill Maher asked if America was undergoing a masculinity crisis. Why do we spend more on defense than the next 13 countries combined, Maher wondered?“Let me ask you: if a guy on your block was so frightened of mostly nonexistent prowlers that he spent all his resources ...
• Republican Says GOP Should Stop Being 'the Stu ...
  Among the ambitious youngish men vying for the 2016 presidential of the Grand Old Party is Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana. And so it was that Jindal took the occasion of his keynote address at the Republican National Committee meeting on Thursday to offer a prescriptive list of what the ...
• Republican Says GOP Should Stop Being Stupid - ...
  Among the ambitious youngish men vying for the 2016 presidential of the Grand Old Party is Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana. And so it was that Jindal took the occasion of his keynote address at the Republican National Committee meeting on Thursday to offer a prescriptive list of what the ...
• 7 Best Songs About Drugs
  Despite our 40-year "war on drugs" and people like Nancy Reagan imploring us to "Just Say No" we are a society swimming in drugs -- coffee, antidepressants, painkillers, energy drinks, alcohol and sleeping pills, not to mention illegal drugs. Despite our elected officials calling for a "drug ...

Threat Level

• Man With 4th Amendment Written on Chest Wins T ...
  A Virginia man who wrote an abbreviated version of the Fourth Amendment on his body and stripped to his shorts at an airport security screening area won a trial Friday in his lawsuit seeking $250,000 in damages for being detained ...
• Yahoo, Like Google, Demands Warrants for User ...
  Yahoo demands probable-cause, court-issued warrants to divulge the content of messages inside its popular consumer e-mail brands -- Yahoo and Ymail, the web giant said Friday. The Sunnyvale, California-based internet concern's exclusive comments came two days after Google revealed to ...
• Court: WikiLeaks Suspects Denied List of Compa ...
  A federal appeals court has ruled that three suspects targeted in a WikiLeaks investigation have no right to know from which companies, other than Twitter, the government sought to obtain their records.
• Unlocking Your Mobile Phone Is No Longer Legal
  Mobile phones purchased beginning Saturday can no longer be legally unlocked by consumers to enable them to be used on competing networks.
• Feds Pile On More Charges Against Anonymous Ag ...
  Barrett Brown, a self-proclaimed spokesman for Anonymous, has been hit with new charges by authorities in Texas for concealing evidence.

Equality Trust

• UK Drug Policy Commission Report published today
  The UK’s approach to drug policy appears simplistic in several ways. Seeing all drug use as invariably problematic can reduce the cost-effectiveness of policy. Equally, drug problems need to be seen and addressed within their wider social and economic context; entrenched drug problems appear to ...
• The Spirit Level Documentary Film
  We're delighted to introduce The Spirit Level Documentary - a forthcoming film based on the best-selling book, which will show why a more equal society is better for us all. Find out more...    
• Act Local = Reduce the Gap
  Find out more about our new campaign: Act Local = Reduce the Gap
• We work in partnership with One Society
  Visit the website of One Society which works in partnership with The Equality Trust. One Society draws on a wealth of research which shows that large divides in income at the top and bottom of society – beyond ‘proportional rewards’ – are damaging to our economy and society, not just for those ...
• Among Equals: read our newsletter
  Read the latest edition of our supporter newsletter  

PDA AMERICA

• Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Mon ...
  Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Money Out of Politics By Carmen Yarrusso There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.”–Henry David Thoreau Clearly, our government ...
• IOT: Healthcare for All Jan Call
  Call – Healthcare for All IOT Date – Jan 18, 2011 Agenda: 1. Introductions—Dr. Bill Honigman, PDA Healthcare for All IOT coordinator and California State Coordinator 2. National Single Payer Movement—Katie Robbins, Healthcare-NOW! 3. States Single Payer Movement–Chuck Pennacchi ...
• PDA Weekly Field Report 1/7/2011 – 1/18/2011
  Little Victories! Field Site: onenationpda.org California ADEM elections: Congratulations to all our PDA California friends and allies who completed a sweep up and down at the state at the recent CA Democratic Party Delegate elections. This will put the ...
• War is a Crime: Join In For Justice
  WarIsACrime.org JOIN IN FOR JUSTICE! 1/17/11 Washington, D.C., and Quantico, Va. Protest of FBI Raids and Bradley Manning Imprisonment http://www.defendingdissent.org/action/Events.htm 1/18/11 Washington, D.C. Panel with Rep. Rush Holt, Emily Berman from the Brennan Center for Justice, Shah ...
• An American Suicide Terrorist
  William John Cox The shooter of Congresswoman Gifford acted as a domestic suicide terrorist on the political “battleground” of American politics. His YouTube postings and “goodby” phone messages are ominously reminiscent of the traditional farewell videos ...

Marler Blog

• Another Macomb County Michigan Salmonella Outb ...
  The facts of this most unfortunate incident were well covered in the report issued by the Macomb County Health Department on May 1, 2002.  Of note, the illnesses were “associated... Continue Reading
• A Salmonella Outbreak to Remember: 2003 Vernon ...
  The posts I recently did on Jack in the Box and Odwalla prompted some readers to ask what other stories I had.  Unfortunately, I have a very large plate full. ... Continue Reading
• Whole Foods Recalls Listeria Salmon
  Whole Foods Market is recalling one lot code of Whole Catch Wild Alaskan Sockeye Salmon (4 oz), cold smoked and sliced, sold in stores in 12 states, because it may... Continue Reading
• Outbreaks, Illnesses and Recalls – The CDC Rep ...
  The CDC reported yesterday in its aptly named, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, on the Surveillance for Foodborne Disease Outbreaks — United States, 2009–2010.  Here is the overview: Outbreaks During... Continue Reading
• Listeria Cheese Killing People Down Under
  A further three cases of listeriosis have been reported in NSW in people who have consumed recalled soft cheeses. There are now 21 cases of Listeria infection nationally, and a... Continue Reading

AutoblogGreen

• Report: Coda Automotive undergoes "massive lay ...
  Filed under: Sedan, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Earnings/Financials, Electric Plug In Cars is reporting that there have been "massive layoffs" at California electric vehicle startup Coda Automotive. Apparently, more than 50 employees, "including a substantial part of its sales and marketing staf ...
• Los Angeles: Ford Fusion wins 2013 Green Car O ...
  Filed under: LA Auto Show, Hybrid, Sedan, Ford After three years that saw a diesel, a plug-in and a natural gas vehicle win Green Car Journal's Green Car of the Year award, the Ford Fusion won the title this year at the start of the second day of the LA Auto Show. The Fusion was nominated in ...
• Quick Spin: 2014 Ford Fiesta 1.0-liter EcoBoost
  Filed under: Budget, Hatchback, Ford, Quick Spins There's an analogy to diesel engines hiding in the new Ford Fiesta with the 1.0-liter EcoBoost powerplant. There's still a segment of the population that has bad memories of diesel engines, and that makes it harder for Audi or Volkswagen to se ...
• Official: Lincoln MKZ Hybrid rated at 45 mpg, ...
  Filed under: Hybrid, Lincoln Just how important are all the luxury touches of a Lincoln compared to a Ford? They'd better be worth a two-miles-per-gallon penalty, since that's what buyers will be hit with if they choose the MKZ Hybrid over the 47-mpg Fusion Hybrid. Ford announced today that t ...
• First Drive: 2014 Honda Accord Plug-In Hybrid
  Filed under: Hybrid, Sedan, Honda, First DrivesThe Accord Gets Friendly With A Volt-esque Powertrain After 30 years, Honda is trying to teach the old Accord new tricks, and they're of the plug-in variety. We've been teased by various prototypes at auto shows and in spy shots, but Honda ...

Technorati - What's Hot in Blogs

• ITC to Review Apple's Patent Lawsuit Against S ...
  Apple's Patent Infringement Case Against Samsung Will Be Reviewed Again By The ITC
• Anonymous Hacks U.S. Government
  The activist group, Anonymous, hacked the website of the U.S. Sentencing Commission in an act of vengeance.
• U.S. Congress Proposes "Aaron Swartz Law"
  "Aaron Law" Proposed To Make Changes In The Current CFAA Law
• Light at End of the Twinkie Tunnel? Judge Appr ...
  A NY judge has approved the sale of almost all of Hostess' bread-based brands. It is expected that Twinkies are soon to find a new home as well.
• Roe V. Wade Anniversary? Oh Please.
  40 years post Roe V. Wade. What to think?

Time - Top Stories

• Davos Wisdom: 5 Lessons from the Global Forum
  Davos Wisdom: 5 Lessons from the Global Forum
• Santiago Summit: Can Latin America Now Lecture ...
  Santiago Summit: Can Latin America Now Lecture Europe About Economics?
• For the Treasures of Timbuktu, a Moment of Gra ...
  For the Treasures of Timbuktu, a Moment of Grave Peril
• Blood in Egypt's Streets: Anger in Tahrir then ...
  Blood in Egypt's Streets: Anger in Tahrir then Soccer Violence in Port Said
• Hansel & Gretel Review: That Witch Does No ...
  Hansel & Gretel Review: That Witch Does Not Kill Us

Invisible Opportunity

• Flu Shot Narcolepsy, Bye Bye Scanners, Privacy ...
  Flu Shot Narcolepsy, Bye Bye Scanners, Privacy Glasses – New World Next Week – YouTube.
• Here Are All The Children Murdered By Drone St ...
  Steve Watson Infowars.com Jan 24, 2013 The president likes children right? He surrounds himself with them constantly to help bolster his political agenda. When it comes to children who get in the way of his political agenda, however, it’s a different story. Here is a visual of the hundreds of ch ...
• Piers Morgan Falls Ill Days After Receiving Fl ...
  Infowars – by Adan Salazar CNN host Piers Morgan is likely wanting another chat with daytime talk-show host Dr. Oz. for an explanation on why he got sick just days after having a flu vaccination administered on live television. According to his recent interview with country music star and actor ...
• Deadly GM flu research that could ‘wipe ...
  Flu experts overturn self-imposed ban on creating mutant firms of the H5N1 bird flu virus They claim the risky research is needed to prepare in case it naturally mutates to human transmissible form But leading experts condemn decision to restart research into genetically modified versions of the ...
• 30 Population Control Quotes That Show That Th ...
  By Michael Snyder The Truth January 24, 2013 There is a clear consensus among the global elite that overpopulation is the primary cause of the most important problems that the world is facing and that something desperately needs to be done about it. They truly believe that humans are a plague up ...

Global Insights

• Less Than a Week Away
  We encourage you to register for Awake and Aware.George Green will be a featured speaker.September 19th & 20th • Burbank, CAClick here for Tickets & Reservations 
• The Georgia Guidestones
  On one of the highest hilltops in Elbert County, Georgia stands a huge granite monument. Engraved in eight different languages on the four giant stones that support the common capstone are 10 Guides, or commandments. That monument is alternately referred to as The Georgia Guidestones, or the ...
• The Creation
  THE CREATION (A recent message given to George Green from the "guys upstairs") We are pleased to bring understanding and clarification on what is the Creation. This is a challenge because your language of communication has not the words for describing this conception of Creation. So as not to pu ...
• The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging C ...
  In his previous books, James Kunstler focused on the shortsighted vision of suburban planning; now he expands that view to the country's urban growth challenges and the need to drastically change our current course of auto and oil dependency. The Long Emergency is filled with history plus eye-op ...
• About George Green
  Dear Friends, Thank you for your interest in our catalog of unusual and informative materials. The knowledge gained will give you choices in the days ahead and lessons of discernment as the chaos increases. It is necessary for those of you who are now in the "know" so to speak, to begin to fo ...

Twilight Earth

• Cartoon caption contest
  Take a look at the cartoon below and enter your caption idea in the comment section (more ifo on prize, etc. below the cartoon). Eligible captions will be those posted on my site, Elephant Journal, Wend Magazine, PlanetSave, Eco-Snobbery Sucks, Ecolutionist, Ecopolitology, and Twilight Earth. Wi ...
• Exposed: Why the GOP wants to eliminate Clean ...
  Whether we can believe this see-through-elephant-trunk footage or not, the possibility that elephants have a triple fitration system within their trunks has to have some credence. Otherwise, why on earth would leading Republicans try to make it easier for big polluters to further pollute the air ...
• Apples may lose trees [cartoon]
  The rest of Joe Mohr’s cartoons, and cartoon updates and other green news on Twitter @GreenCartoons. Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets Beat–May Lose Beets (cartoon) Eco-Snobbery Sucks: The Cartoon Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets Beat–May Lose Beets (cartoo ...
• Mixed message from USDA chief Vilsack [cartoon]
  US Ag Secretary, Tom Vilsack tells us to eat more natural foods a few days after fully deregulating GMO alfalfa…I’m confused. Confused as well? Read the links below and try to figure out this mess. From The New York Times: Government’s Dietary Advice: Eat Less From Elephant Journal: ...
• BREAKING: Deleted Monsanto cartoon panel, leaked!
  Unlike the former Monsanto cartoon on this subject, this version shows a bit more clearly who surrendered the future of organic agriculture to Monsanto. There’s been a lot of talk from both sides (organic and biotech) about compromise. That is misleading and almost laughable (read: cryable ...

Fabius Maximus

• Too many “takers”? Look to science ...
  Summary:  People’s favorite fantasies don’t reveal what they’ll do, but provides a window into their thinking. Conservatives talk about the problem of the “takers” (ie, the “47%”). A famous science fiction author describes one solution in his best-sellin ...
• Putting women in combat: a quick look at the o ...
  With DoD’s decision to open more combat-related jobs to women, it’s timely to review of some the literature on the subject. Especially the non-consensus thinking (yes, there are two sides to the issues). Here we look at Women as soldiers – an update from 25 August 2009. . . Contents ...
• Guns in the wild west: regulated, with no fear ...
  Summary:  An oddity of the New America is how we stumble dealing with problems solved not just by our peers in other developed nations, but in our past.  Gun control is but one example. Other nations, our peers in the developed world, have accomplished what we’re told is impossible for Ame ...
• Do guns make us more safe, or less? Let’ ...
  Summary:  The incidence of apparent murders justified under the “stand your ground” laws raises questions about the vast number of claimed “self-defense” gun use.  How many of these were justifications of improper use, not legitimate (and socially prestigious) self-defens ...
• Secrets about global warming that you must not ...
  Summary:  The climate refuses to continue warming and much of the US public refuses to believe forecasts of climate catastrophe. As a result the tone of the propaganda becomes increasingly hysterical, the disdain for science increasingly obvious. Here we contrast current agitprop with actual wor ...

WIRED Magazine | Science

• Wired Science Space Photo of the Day: Fire in ...
  A new image from the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope in Chile shows a beautiful view of clouds of cosmic dust in the region of Orion. While these dense interstellar clouds seem dark and obscured in visible-light observations, APEX’s LABOCA ...
• Crazy Alien Weather: Lightning-Filled Rocket D ...
  Scientists have modeled the internal workings of lightning-filled “rocket dust storms” on Mars that rise at speeds 100 times faster than ordinary storms and inject dust high into the Martian atmosphere.
• We the Geeks: Best White House Science Petitions
  From Sasquatch to the Starship Enterprise, we’ve collected some of our favorite science and tech-related White House petitions. And, of course, included the White House homebrew recipe.
• Wired Science Space Photo of the Day: Scarred ...
  This mosaic of the four highest-resolution images of Ariel represents the most detailed Voyager 2 picture of this satellite of Uranus. The images were taken through the clear filter of Voyager's narrow-angle camera on Jan. 24, 1986, at a distance ...
• Lowly Dung Beetles Are Insect Astronomers
  Even the humble dung beetle, standing barely an inch off the ground, its life spent pushing balls of waste, steers by starlight.

PakAlert

• The Resistance Begins: Gun Owners Refuse to Re ...
  After Democrats in New York rammed a sweeping assault on the right to keep and bear arms through the legislature that failed to exempt police officers from the draconian restrictions, gun owners and even some lawmakers are planning what has been dubbed potentially the largest act of civil disobe ...
• Holder begins gun-control push
  The Justice Department is taking the first steps toward carrying out President Obama’s executive actions on gun control. Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday released three proposals to strengthen the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), which was one of the 23 action ...
• Video: The Police State Is Not Coming; It Is A ...
  These never-before-seen interviews with Alex Jones, David Icke, Mark Cripsin Miller, Mickey Z, Brian Kraft, Naomi Wolf, David McAlvany, Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, Doug Casey, Ken Klein and G. Edward Griffin will help you realize that individual freedom is only one more catastrophe away from being s ...
• Bill Gates Says Global Vaccination Program is ...
  In a recent interview with the London Telegraph, Bill Gates has now claimed that his Foundation’s massive push for vaccination is not just an exercise in philanthropy but that it is, in fact, “God’s work.” Gates, who, according to the Telegraph, is worth an estimated $65 billion, is now dedic ...
• Court Decision: U.S. “Government Agencies” Fou ...
  Coretta Scott King: “We have done what we can to reveal the truth, and we now urge you as members of the media, and we call upon elected officials, and other persons of influence to do what they can to share the revelation of this case to the widest possible audience.” – King Family Press Confer ...

Andy Worthington

• A Hollow Inauguration
  On January 11, the 11th anniversary of the opening of the “war on terror” prison at Guantánamo, I was in Washington D.C., with various human rights groups, lawyers, mainly religious anti-torture groups, and other concerned individuals, calling on President Obama to fulfill the promis ...
• Omar Deghayes and Andy Worthington Discuss Gua ...
  On Tuesday January 29, 2013, I will be in Brighton — and, specifically, the University of Sussex, in Falmer — for an event organised by the Sussex University Amnesty International Society entitled, “Freedom from Torture: Guantánamo Bay Panel Event with former detainee and leadi ...
• No More Drones and Close Guantánamo: Protest P ...
  No More Drones and Close Guantánamo: Protest at CIA Headquarters, a set on Flickr. On January 12, 2013, during my ten-day visit to the US to campaign for the closure of the “war on terror” prison at Guantánamo on the 11th anniversary of its opening, I joined around a hundred protesto ...
• London in the Snow: Photos of Brockley and New ...
  London in the Snow: Brockley and New Cross, a set on Flickr. On January 20, 2013, as London became enveloped in snow — the second snowfall in two days, and this time much heavier than the first — I visited Hilly Fields, the hill-top park on Brockley, in south east london, where I hav ...
• Save Lewisham Hospital: We March Again This Sa ...
  Please come to the demonstration to save Lewisham Hospital this Saturday (January 26), and please also send health secretary Jeremy Hunt a quick email, via 38 Degrees, to ask him to save the hospital. This Saturday, January 26, a huge protest is taking place in the London Borough of Lewisham, in ...

Glenn Greenwald - Salon

• The DOJ's escalating criminalization of speech
  Muslims continue to be targeted for prosecution for expressing political views the government dislikes
• Facts and myths in the WikiLeaks/Guardian saga
  A series of accidental events led to the publication of 251,000 diplomatic cables in unredacted form
• Top CIA official: Obama "changed virtually not ...
  A new Frontline from PBS features a "revelation" that is anything but, though it offers an important added detail
• Celebrating the fall of a dictator
  Reports about thankful citizens are being used to justify a pro-war argument -- but we've seen this before
• A tweet that explains everything
  The nation's watchdog news outlets deploy to cover a Wednesday vs. Thursday scheduling conflict

The BiPartisan Report

• Sex, lies and ‘edited’ videotape
• Nihilism 1 American People Nil
• Sheldon Whitehouse brings truth to the Senate ...
• Pesky facts spoil GOP’s mammogram arguments
• Those holier than thou Conservatives

Sciencebase

• NASA solar montage of Elmer the Elephant
  We usually think of the sun as that big glowing ball in the sky, at least on days when we can see it, grey here again (ahead of imminent snow storms). But NASA can paint a different picture using specialized instruments, either in ground-based or space-based telescopes, which can “see&#822 ...
• Developing World Special Offer
  A few contacts from the developing world have asked about pricing of my book as they’d like to get a copy but the standard price is, they hint, a little high for their budgets. So here’s the deal. If you live in a blue zone on the map below – China, South America, Asia, Russia ...
• Why crustaceans might be feeling crabby
  Contrary to the words of Kurt Kobain, it’s probably no longer okay to eat fish because they don’t have any feelings, perhaps crabs too. The BBC reports this morning that scientists have found further evidence that crustaceans feel pain. A study has revealed that the shore crab, a clo ...
• Climate change makeover
  Often a name change, a brand re-launch or a corporate makeover becomes a matter of urgency when a company gets seriously bad press. I could list a few examples but will spare their blushes (#subtweet). Of course, when it comes to a phenomenon, the same thing can happen. Think global warming morp ...
• How nutritious is horse meat?
  Just a quick round-up cribbed from NutritionData via KQED to address the issue of how nutritious is horse meat compared to beef in the wake of “StableGate” (horse DNA allegedly present in value burgers sold by UK and Iris supermarkets). Horse meat is about 120 vs beef’s 130 kil ...

Common Dreams -News

• Thousands March In Washington for Gun Control
  Thousands of protesters marched in Washington, DC on Saturday calling for national gun control legislation in the wake of recent gun violence tragedies in the U.S. read more
• Iraqis Demand Justice After Troops Shoot Down ...
  Sunni Arab tribes in Falluja (presumably branches of Dulaim) on Saturday demanded that the government turn over to them within 7 days the troops who fired on protesters on the outskirts of the western city of Falluja, killing 6 and wounding 19 on Friday. Otherwise, they say, they will declare j ...
• New Englanders Converge: 'No Tar Sands Pipeline'
  (Photo: Common Dreams / Creative Commons)Opponents of a proposed pipeline project that would bring Canadian tar sands oil through New England gathered in Portland, Maine Saturday for a regional protest against the scheme by oil pipeline companies to use existing lines to transport what experts c ...
• Dozens Dead After 21 Convicted in Egyptian Soc ...
  At least 30 people have been killed in the Egyptian city of Port Said Saturday in clashes that erupted over the sentencing of 21 people to death regarding last year's deadly soccer stadium riot. The fighting follows a day of deadly protests that marked the second anniversary of the country&# ...
• Re-Calculated Results in Pennsylvania Show Cha ...
  The nationwide push for privatization of education through corporate-backed charter schools received a rebuke this week after newly calculated data in Pennsylvania showed that such schools are markedly out-performed by their public counterparts. Both brick-and-mortar charters and online institut ...

Lifehacker

• This Week's Top Downloads
  Hola Unblocker Gives You Access to iPlayer, Netflix, Pandora, Hulu, and More Regardless of Region More »
• Hack an Aquarium Air Pump Into an Electric Vac ...
  If you ever need to pick up small items such as beads, shells, or small electronic components for future use, you probably don't want sift through the dust and debris in your regular vacuum. A commercial vacuum pen goes for $40-60 but you can utilize a $10 air filter to create your own. M ...
• Store Ice Cream in Freezer Bags for Easier Sco ...
  Reddit user CorbinMontego found that, if you store your ice cream container in a freezer bag, it won't freeze into the frozen dessert brick and you can scoop it out much more easily. More »
• Consider Multiple Banking Accounts to Budget f ...
  Most people seem to have a single checking and a single savings account. My wife and I take it a bit further by putting our emergency fund in a separate online-only checking account, but family financial weblog The Fun, Cheap, or Free Queen suggests having no less than seven bank accounts ...
• Raspberry Pi Dog Treat Machine Dispenses a Tre ...
  Technology seems to be invading the lives of maker pet owners! Last weekend I covered the tweeting cat door that keeps out unauthorized animals and now we have a Raspberry Pi-powered device that dispenses dog treats when you send an email to a specific address. More »

Water Privatization

• US Oil Shale Reserves: Stinky Water, Sweet Oil
  The energy reserves of the Piceance Basin, upon which Rio Blanco County sits, contain massive petroleum reserves of a very unusual nature: Oil shale .
• Photo Release -- New York Based Sea Tow Servic ...
  NEW YORK -- For three decades Captain Joe Frohnhoefer and his wife Georgia of Sea Tow Services International have leveraged their greatest strengths-- Captain Joe's in-depth knowledge of the sea and Georgia's ...
• DEP's Marcellus water testing explained; v ...
  The Beaver County Times explains Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection's controversial water testing testimony . Last year, a DEP lab tech testified in depositions about the department's testing of water around Marcellus Shale sites, kicking up a storm over the adequa ...
• Samaras to meet with heads of Greek privatizat ...
  Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is due to hold a meeting at 2 p.m. on Monday with the top executives of the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (TAIPED) to discuss the government’s privatization strategy.
• Conservation plan or moving toward water priva ...
  The rule changes DEP is proposing were introduced in our 2012 legislative session and failed to pass because of concerns that they were the first steps toward water privatization.

Guardian

• Dead robber 'used fake gun' in Plymouth bettin ...
  Police say masked man apparently carrying imitation pistol when he was disarmed and pinned down by Ladbrokes customersA gunman collapsed and died after being disarmed and pinned down by customers as he tried to rob a bookmakers.Alan Levers, 50, was believed to be wearing a gas mask and holding a ...
• Hundreds of women still wrongly imprisoned
  Study condemns Britain for not complying with international standards set by UN on treatment of women offendersHundreds of British women continue to be wrongly imprisoned, according to a study that condemns the government for not complying with international standards set by the United Nations o ...
• Burmese take Kachin mountain outpost after art ...
  Kachin rebels lose stronghold protecting Laiza, sparking fears refugees will flee to neighbouring ChinaKachin rebels have lost the last major stronghold protecting their headquarters in Laiza, sparking fears that the town – under rebel control for the past 50 years – may soon fall to government ...
• French troops in Mali take Gao airport from Is ...
  Residents of Sevare, on road to Gao, welcome French soldiers, but Timbuktu remains cut offFrench-led forces in Mali have taken a key airport near the town of Gao, an Islamist stronghold, although fierce fighting is continuing in the town, it was reported.on Saturday.Around 600 troops were said t ...
• Algiers: a city where France is the promised l ...
  Andrew Hussey believes the only way to makes sense of the problems Algeria faces today is to look back into its colonial history. He takes a journey through 21st-century Algiers – into a dark pastDuring the past few weeks, the terrible violence in Mali and Algeria has shocked the world. The even ...

McClatchey

• French forces take parts of Gao in Mali as al ...
  French troops on Saturday were in control of parts of Gao, northern Malis most populous city, in a sign that the offensive against al Qaida-allied Islamist militants was moving far…Click to Continue »
• Port Said soccer riot verdict sparks deadly cl ...
  A court sentence in the death of 74 fans at a Port Said soccer stadium set off the deadliest round of protests in Egyptian President Mohammed Morsis five-month tenure Saturday…Click to Continue »
• Commentary: Obama-paranoia at the gun show
  The Miami gun-show line stretched 200 people long. Many blamed President Barack Obama.Click to Continue »
• Commentary: Women are ready for combat ... are ...
  Late last year, the Air Force began a sweep through its installations around the world looking for items that fell into the broad category of "unprofessional." The investigations found more…Click to Continue »
• Commentary: Everything is 'climate change'
  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says last year was the hottest on record in the contiguous United States. As The New York Times put it in a recent headline,Click to Continue »

Afghanistan Sun

• Afghan Girl Weaves Special Rug for President Obama
  SHIBERGHAN, AFGHANISTAN -- In Afghanistan, a country known for its hand-woven carpets, a 17-year-old girl has created a special gift for U.S. President Barack Obama. It’s a carpet that she wove ...
• Suicide bomber targets police in Afghanistan
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan security official says a suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed 10 policemen, including the head of the provincial counterterrorism department and the traffic ...
• Afghan troops to oversee embeds
  U.S. troops in Afghanistan are working hard to put Afghan security forces in the lead during combat missions -- and now they want them to oversee journalists who want to embed in the war zone, too. ...
• Over dozen killed injured in Afghanistans suic ...
  A suicide attack rocked Afghanistan's Ghazni city on Saturday, killing and injured over a dozen people, a local official told Xinhua but declined to give his name. But he added the authorizes ...
• Afghanistan Suicide bomb kills police officers
  A suicide bomber attacked shoppers at a busy market in Afghanistan today. The attack, which occurred in the city of Kunduz, killed at least 12 people, including the city's head of ...

Futurismic

• Science fiction and science, part I: you’re do ...
  *blows dust off microphone* I’ve been absent from here for a while because I’ve been working on other things, but those things are very much related to Futurismic as a project, both in terms of what it has been, and what it will be. More on that later, though. I want to get things ba ...
• Hope for a Global Spring?
  Perhaps it’s because of the economy is beginning – finally – to pick up in the US. Perhaps it is because I’m sick to death of bad election-year politics, so I’m looking at anything else that comes along of interest. Maybe it’s even because I wrote about creative destruction the last time I did a ...
• The only way to change your past is to steal s ...
  I get a fairly regular flow of emails about independent film projects. Most of them, to be honest, bounce straight off me – which says less about their quality than it does about my own taste in cinema. Independent cinema – like independent music and literature – has lots of pr ...
• Censorship: I’m guilty as charged
  So, I stand accused of censorship by someone whose comment I declined to approve on this post. I figure anyone willing to throw around accusations of censorship is probably a big fan of radical transparency; hence, by way of amelioration, here is the digital papertrail for the full exchange. (Em ...
• The Future Always Wins
  Soooooo, yeah – I’ve been busy. Did you miss me? New job, Masters degree… doesn’t leave a lot of spare time, so it doesn’t. But it’s been quiet here too long, so it’s time to dust down the soapbox and run a mic-check. One-two, one-two. The Future Always ...

Whistleblowers Protection Blog

• Whistleblower Scores Victory Over Justice Depa ...
  On January 15, 2013 U.S. District Court Judge Robert H. Cleland issued a key ruling in support of Justice Department whistleblower Richard G. Convertino in his longstanding Privacy Act lawsuit against the DOJ. The Court ordered the Detroit Free Press to produce all documents related to how ...
• OSHA Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Retirement Hom ...
  On January 10, 2013, the U.S. Department of Labor filed a lawsuit in federal court against S.E.M. Villa II Inc., a nonprofit corporation that operates S.E.M. Terrace, a retirement facility in Milford Ohio. The lawsuit claims that S.E.M. Villa violated the whistleblower provisions of the Occ ...
• BNSF Railway Co. Agrees to Revise Personnel Po ...
  In a January 15, 2013 press release, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that OSHA and BNSF Railway Co. had reached an agreement for the company to revise personnel policies that violate the whistleblowers provisions of the Federal Railroad Safety Act and discourage employees from reporting w ...
• Dean Zerbe Honored As Contender for 2012 Tax N ...
  On January 6, 2013 The Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center was announced as the 2012 Tax Notes Person of the Year. Tax Notes also recognized nine others who were “contenders” for the title. Among the contenders was the National Whistleblowers Center’s Senior Policy An ...
• 2012's 10 Big Moments for Chief Compliance Off ...
  By Guest Columnist: Donna Boehme Principal at Compliance Strategists LLC and editor of the weekly CS Newsflash (and former chief compliance and ethics officer at two leading multinationals). Follow her on Twitter @DonnaCBoehme. Originally Published in Corporate Counsel (Janua ...

Science Express

• Pollution from Asia Circles Globe at Stratosph ...
  (PhysOrg.com) -- The economic growth across much of Asia comes with a troubling side effect: pollutants from the region are being wafted up to the stratosphere during monsoon season. The new finding, in a study led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, provides additiona ...
• After growth spurt, supermassive black holes s ...
  Supermassive black holes found at the centers of distant galaxies undergo huge growth spurts as a result of galactic collisions, according to a new study by astronomers at Yale University and the University of Hawaii. Their findings appear in the March 25 edition of Science Express.
• Research team finds structure of 'swine flu' virus
  A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and other institutions has solved the structure of a key protein from the virus that caused last year's "swine flu" influenza epidemic. The structure reveals that the virus shares many features with influenza viruses common in the early 20 ...
• Lizard moms choose the right genes for the rig ...
  (PhysOrg.com) -- Two Dartmouth biologists have found that brown anole lizards make an interesting choice when deciding which males should father their offspring. The females of this species mate with several males, then produce more sons with sperm from large fathers, and more daughters with spe ...
• More than One: Long-Reigning Microbe Controlli ...
  (PhysOrg.com) -- Marine scientists long believed that a microbe called Trichodesmium, a member of a group called the cyanobacteria, reigned over the ocean's nitrogen budget.

TechDirt

• Andrew Bridges Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week
  The last week has had a great range of posts, and it’s hard to pick only a few as "top" posts of the week. My bias favors longer pieces with more perspective, but some short rants are also guilty pleasures. There are a lot of important issues in the air right now. I give a hat tip to fel ...
• Aaron Swartz Unlikely To Face Jail Or Convicti ...
  Things just keep looking worse and worse in the Carmen Ortiz/Stephen Heymann vendetta against Aaron Swartz. Now it's come out that state prosecutors, who were originally looking into the case had no interest in pursuing felony charges or prison time... until Carmen Ortiz and her team showed up. ...
• 'Defendant' In Prenda Law Case Reveals He Agre ...
  Back in December, we wrote about one of Prenda Law's latest tricks (or, rather, a whole bag of tricks) involving using shell companies (who appear to be controlled by Prenda itself, where the CEO may have been faked via identity fraud) to file cases against a single "named" defendant who settles ...
• German Court Recognizes That An Internet Conne ...
  The German Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe has acknowledged that an Internet connection is indispensable for life in the modern world, and that being cut off for several months deserves monetary compensation per day for the knock-on losses that inevitably causes: The plaintiff was erron ...
• DailyDirt: Promotional Space Food
  Red Bull made a huge advertising event out of Felix Baumgartner's record-breaking free-fall from the edge of space. But it's not the only food/drink maker to sponsor a space-related promotion. Maybe it's a bit disconcerting that food companies have enough dough in their advertising budgets to fu ...

VacTruth

• African Children Still Paralyzed After Vaccine ...
  It has now been officially confirmed that in December 2012, 38 children were hospitalized after receiving the meningitis vaccine, "experts" are trying to say that the children’s condition is psychological.
• Vaccination – A Very Personal Decision. Are Yo ...
  You are about to become a parent. Soon your baby will be injected with neurotoxins and other preservatives, and their immune system will be challenged to its core. If you aren’t lucky, you may experience what other parents in your situation have experienced: a vaccine-injured child...
• Court Awards $969,474.91 for MMR Vaccine Causi ...
  According to a document filed on December 13, 2012, a California boy was $969,474.91 for injuries caused by the MMR vaccine.
• What Vaccines Should I Avoid?
  "I am expecting my son to be born in April. I am very skeptical of anything that is related to vaccinations..."
• Video Footage Shows Prime Minister Visits Para ...
  The details of a vaccine campaign disaster that occurred last month in a north African country continue to unfold, while headlines of this tragedy are strangely absent from news organizations around the world.

BroadSnark

• Legality, Morality, and Dehumanization
  According to Oliver Willis, some of us on the left are dumb because we aren’t ready to declare that a woman arrested for prostitution with her son present is an open and shut case of wrongness. He claims it isn’t about whether or not we think prostitution should be legal. It is illeg ...
• Schools Teach Shame and Bullying
  I came across this news story yesterday. Some school official told a girl’s mother that, if her daughter wanted to end the harassment she was subjected to, she should get a breast reduction. Because, you know, how dare you have a body that might make people think of sex. And then there is ...
• Things You Might Have Missed
  The internets are rapidly finishing the job Aaron Swartz started. Must read article on what is happening to women who are pregnant. Arrests. Deaths. Involuntary commitment. Medical tests. I am so glad my parents did not have access to microchipping technology. Though I suspect I would have gotte ...
• Pregnancy, Coercion, and Responsibility
  I was reading about this abortion restricting bill in Michigan. While I realize that it is another attempt to regulate abortion out of existence under the guise of safety and regulations, something in that article struck me. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) has approved a controversial package of a ...
• Book Review – 33 Revolutions Per Minute
  33 Revolutions per Minute: A History of Protest Songs, from Billie Holiday to Green Day by Dorian Lynskey My rating: 4 of 5 stars The subtitle of this book is “A History of Protest Songs, From Billie Holiday to Green Day.” But it should really say that it is a history of (mostly) the U.S. [...]

Executive Intelligence Review - LaRouche

• End Obama’s Alliance with the Assassins of Ben ...
• State Legislators Begin To Move for Glass-Steagall
• FDIC Vice-Chair Thomas Hoenig: Remove the Safe ...
• Russia’s Gerasimov Scores Patriot Deployments ...
• Dallas Fed President Richard Fischer Calls for ...

War in Context

• Watch 62 years of global warming in 13 seconds
  NASA’s analysis of Earth’s surface temperature found that 2012 ranked as the ninth-warmest year since 1880. NASA scientists at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) compare the average global temperature each year to the average from 1951 to 1980. This 30-year period provide ...
• The agricultural fulcrum: better food, better ...
  Diana Donlon writes: This past year treated us to a climate change preview in spades: crazy heat waves, prolonged drought, and epic storms like Sandy. To help us stabilize the climate, before we reach the point of no return, we must tap the immense potential of our food system. Since becoming an ...
• Will Kerry remember climate change when he dec ...
  Bloomberg reports: As a senator, John Kerry fought for sweeping climate change legislation, called human-induced warming among the top challenges facing the U.S., and pushed for an international accord to cut carbon dioxide emissions. That track record has emboldened critics of TransCanada Corp’ ...
• Obama puts fox in charge of hen house at SEC
  Matt Taibbi writes: I was shocked when I heard that Mary Jo White, a former U.S. Attorney and a partner for the white-shoe Wall Street defense firm Debevoise and Plimpton, had been named the new head of the SEC. I thought to myself: Couldn’t they have found someone who wasn’t a key f ...
• How academia betrayed and continues to betray ...
  Michael Eisen writes: As news spread last week that digital rights activist Aaron Swartz had killed himself ahead of a federal trial on charges that he illegally downloaded a large database of scholarly articles with the intent to freely disseminate its contents, thousands of academics began pos ...

Watts Up With That?

• Mann overboard! Pot, kettle, conspiracy edition
  While dodging the issue of his own ten thousand dollar speaking fees this past week, Mike Mann thinks its all a big hugely funded conspiracy (like those WUWT calendar sales). From a hilarious interview at The Independent: A climate scientist … Continue reading →
• Newsbytes – Global Warming Downgraded, J ...
  A doubly whammy this week as Gaia author Lovelock rails against windfarms and environmentalists, and climate sensitivity has been scaled back. From Dr. Benny Peiser at The GWPF: Global warming is likely to be less extreme than claimed, researchers said … Continue reading →
• Always Trust Your Gut Extinct
  Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach, title from a Paula Abdul quote The backstory for today’s adventure is that this is the first scientific question I seriously researched. It is also the reason I don’t trust the “experts” or the “consensus”. … Continue rea ...
• Newsbytes: Climate Policy In Crisis As Britain ...
  From Dr. Beny Peiser at The GWPF Industry Warns EU Climate Laws Are Squashing Economic Recovery Fears are growing in Brussels that climate policy could become a political football in any referendum on EU membership, following British Prime Minister David … Continue reading →
• Yet another study shows lower climate sensitivity
  Global warming less extreme than feared? Policymakers are attempting to contain global warming at less than 2°C. New estimates from a Norwegian project on climate calculations indicate this target may be more attainable than many experts have feared. Internationally renowned … Continue rea ...

treehugger

• 10-Year-Old's Recycling Business Hailed by Cit ...
  At an age when most youngsters are just beginning to get aquatinted with the world they've inherited, 10-year-old Vanis Buckholz was already thinking of ways he could help make it a better one for others.
• 10,000 Escaped Crocodiles on the Loose in Sout ...
  If there were ever a time to avoid swimming in the Limpopo River, it's now!
• Apple Report Reveals Environmental Misdeeds In ...
  The tech giant has released their newest Supplier Responsibility Report, revealing a drive to improve while also admitting serious environmental issues in the supply chain.
• Amazing Dogs Working to Save Species and Ecosy ...
  These canine conservationists are tracking down poachers, finding treasure for scientists, and protecting endangered species.
• 100 Designers Each Create a Wooden Toy Car
  These are too cute for children; 100 adorable wooden toy cars, each by a different designer.

Biosingularity

• Dendritic cells and T cells
  Dendritic cells trigger an adaptive immune response by activating two major classes of T lymphocytes—cytotoxic T cells that can kill infected host cells, and helper T cells that direct the activities of other immune cells. Cytotoxic T cells recognize class I MHC receptors loaded with antigen, wh ...
• Scientists Work To Unravel Mystery Behind Woma ...
  Twenty year old Brooke Greenberg hasn’t grown since age five. For the last 15 years mystified doctors have been unable to explain the cause for Brooke’s disorder that has kept her aging in check. At age twenty, she maintains the physical and mental appearance of a toddler. Eric Shadt wants to so ...
• The Beauty of Smooth Muscle
  We humans have long wondered how, exactly, we develop from embryos into adults. This photo of an embryonic smooth muscle cell hints at the tremendous complexity of this fundamental biological mystery. And for those of you who might be wondering just what smooth muscles are, they’re the involunta ...
• Leprosy bug turns adult cells into stem cells
  Leprosy bacteria can reprogram cells to revert to a stem-cell-like state, able to mature into different cell types, researchers report today in Cell1. The scientists stumbled on the discovery while researching the way leprosy spreads around the body. The mechanism of the hijacking is unclear, bu ...
• Aspirin, the 2,000-Year-Old Wonder Drug
  Developed in 1897 by the German chemist Felix Hoffmann, aspirin, or acetylsalicylic acid, has long proved its value as an analgesic. Two millenniums before that, Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, used its active ingredient — which he extracted from the bark and leaves of the willow tre ...

CFACT

• Ushering in the new (socialist) world order, o ...
  Much of the scary climate stuff gleefully trumpeted by the global media comes from the UN’s IPCC, a highly politicized organization that does not actually carry out any original climate research. Instead, it simply issues assessments based upon supposedly independent surveys of published researc ...
• Chinese air episode exposes EPA fraud on PM 2. ...
  EPA claims that fine particulate matter at levels above 12 micrograms per cubic meter kills people within hours and causes a quarter of all U.S. deaths, but during a recent episode in China when fine PM levels were 89 times higher than the EPA standard, the only deaths attributed to the episode ...
• Environmentalist says humans are plague on Earth
  David Attenborough, British broadcaster and environmentalist, is at it again, claiming that humans are a plague. According to today's UK Telegraph, Attenborough said, “We are a plague on the Earth."
• Will the GOP really grill John Kerry?
  Senator Kerry, based on your record of investing with KPCB, we have every reason to believe that, as Secretary of State, you will push forward a clean energy agenda, one that moves climate change to center stage; a top-tier priority—and this will financially benefit your family and friends.
• Car buyers reject electric cars, but Obama won ...
  The market has spoken. People don't want unreliable short-range transportation.

Ria Novosti Online News

• Egyptian President Cancels Summit Participatio ...
  Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi will not travel to Ethiopia to take part in Sunday’s African summit due to ongoing unrest in the country, presidential spokesman Yasser Ali said on Saturday.
• First Patriot Battery in Turkey Operational - NATO
  The first of six Patriot batteries being deployed by NATO along Turkey's border with Syria was declared operational on Saturday, the alliance said in a statement.
• Main News of January 26
  A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours
• Russian-Ukrainian gas deal
• Gazprom Bills Ukraine $7 Bln for Unused Gas - ...
  Russian gas giant Gazprom has presented Ukrainian energy company Naftogaz Ukraina with a $7 billion bill for gas it did not use in 2012, a Naftogaz spokeswoman told the UNIAN news agency on Saturday.

Ria Novosti - Science & Technology

• ‘Apps for Apes’ at the Washington National Zoo
  Forget the bananas, the apes at Washington’s National Zoo are turning to “Apples,” at least for entertainment during the bitter cold weather that is keeping them inside.
• Skolkovo, ASI Become Microsoft Imagine Cup Par ...
  Russia’s Skolkovo Foundation and the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI) signed on Wednesday a deal to cooperate with Microsoft in holding the Imagine Cup in Russia, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.
• Scan Could Help Detect Athlete Brain Injuries
  Researches have developed a test they say can help diagnose in living people a brain disease that has been linked to repeated head trauma in athletes. Previously the disease could only be detected after death.
• US Scientists Recommend Retiring Most Research ...
  Government scientists from the United States, the only country that keeps chimpanzees for medical research, have recommended that hundreds of chimps be permanently retired from laboratories and moved to a national sanctuary.
• Harvard Professor Denies ‘Neanderthal Clone’ P ...
  A renowned Harvard University professor was forced Tuesday to deny he was planning to clone a Neanderthal hominid after news stories to this effect went viral on the internet based on an erroneous reading of remarks he made to a German magazine.

Pruning Shears

• Utopian colonies and the deep roots of Occupy
  Last year I worked on a series of posts1 with a loose collection of bloggers, mostly from Corrente. The general theme was arguing against the “diversity of tactics” approach being introduced at numerous Occupy encampments, Occupy Oakland in particular. During this process one of ou ...
• Testing water and building community
  Last summer I wrote about the Sierra Club’s Water Sentinels program for testing water. Our town’s anti-fracking activists have been using it at their homes for a while now, but around the time of my post we also began free monthly water testing for the community. We are careful to ...
• Best Music of 2012
  IntroductionIf 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, ungenerous b******.Here are ...
• Gun violence, public health and the missing piece
  The massacre in Newtown has once again opened up the discussion of firearms in America. We are getting the usual dumbassery about how this is a punishment from God or the fault of video games (which apparently are unavailable outside of the US) and the usual preemptive whining about how this is ...
• "no one is there for you but you know who? You ...
  One of the under appreciated hazards of fracking is its effect on democracy. Fracking is a big, intrusive process - one that sucks up lots of water, creates enormous amounts of traffic and an ungodly amount of noise, etc. Setting aside the environmental dangers and health effects (!), the heav ...

Organic Consumers.org

• Women, Vaccines, and Bodily Integrity
  2013 was only a few days old when I saw a photo of 61-year old Ethel Hoover, a veteran hospital nurse, who had only missed 4 or 5 days of work in 22 years, she was fired from her job for declining to get a flu shot.Click here to read this article
• Debate over WA State GMO Labeling Ballot Initi ...
  A Massachusetts biotechnology company has created a salmon that grows twice as fast as its farm-raised peers by introducing DNA from Chinook Salmon and Ocean Pout fish into Atlantic salmon. And, the resulting AquAdvantage Salmon, referred to by critics as the "frankenfish," could soon be on sal ...
• Billionaires like Koch Brothers Secretly Fund ...
  Audit trail reveals that donors linked to fossil fuel industry are backing global warming sceptics Click here to read this article
• U.S. Health Worse Than Nearly All Other Indust ...
  U.S. citizens suffer from poorer health than nearly all other industrialized countries, according to the first comprehensive government analysis. Click here to read this article
• Billionaires like Koch Brothers Secretly Fund ...
  Wenonah Hauter's new book, "Foodopoly," delves deep into the history of the food system and how we can fix it. Click here to read this article

Center for a Livable Future

• The CLF Week in Links: Horsemeat, Transgenic S ...
  The discovery of horse DNA in supermarket beef products in the UK created quite a stir. But it’s not just horsemeat, offensive enough to horse lovers, there may be pig meat in the beef as well—I can’t imagine British Muslims are taking this news lightly. Food safety issues are being investigated ...
• If You Grow It, They Will Taste It
  A faith garden is what you might expect: a plot of land, a lot of mulch, some herbs, some tomatoes, a ton of squash. But it’s also food woven into tradition, a commitment to feeding those who are less fortunate, and a plan to help children connect with the Earth.
• The CLF Week in Links: Climate Change, Cabinet ...
  With Lisa Jackson’s departure from the EPA, announced at the turn of the year, and now Salazar's from the Interior, President Obama has some serious recruiting to do. We hope the replacements for both agencies will bear similar profiles in courage.
• The Year of Ethical Eating
  You may be surprised by which restaurants do not provide paid sick days. Hint: Five Guy Burgers and Fries, Maggiano’s Little Italy, McCormick & Schmicks, Morton’s & Ruth’s Chris Steak Houses, and Starbucks.
• Now, Not Later – We Need to Talk about the Far ...
  The farm bill extension that passed was written behind closed doors and serves a few powerful interests -- not the interests of the average citizen, public health, and the environment. We should be outraged.

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