Tuesday, February 26, 2013

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Scoop - NZ

  • NZ Lotteries Linked to Gaming Woes
    New figures show a sharp rise in gambling problems linked to Lotto, and health officials blame big jackpots. The figures show more than 12 per cent of problem gamblers cite the Lotteries Commission as their main gambling outlet, up from 8.8 per cent in a survey three years earlier. While p ...
  • LA: Attempted charter public shool takeover
    The organization known as Parent Revolution is attempting to convert the struggling 24th Street Elementary School in Los Angeles into a charter school. The pro-charter organization is pursuing its agenda by utilizing provisions of the state’s “Parent Trigger” law, under which drastic changes can ...
  • Benedict Resignation Exposes Crisis in Catholicism
    A century ago, Benedict XV was an energetic and courageous man who mobilized the Vatican diplomatic corps to end World War I and to arrange a negotiated peace. Benedict XV was hated especially by the British, who considered him a sympathizer of the Central empires. Something of the spirit of ...
  • Why I can’t work at Google
    From my interaction with Google recruiters, I can tell that by not knowing anyone at Google I am unfit to work at Google. This reminds me of the classic Economist article on the topic of teacher credentialing that shows a picture of Einstein with the caption “unfit to teach.” A hiring heuristic ...
  • Revisionist Richard III Movie Mooted
    "In my view, film is the only way to truly show the scale of the subject – the significance of Richard III's grand ambitions and the disastrous defeats. "I know how hard it is to find backing for ambitious projects – especially when they concern history." http://kingrichardarmitage.rgcwp.com

Independent - London

  • Luxor hot air balloon disaster: Horror of tour ...
    A British traveller who survived the Luxor hot air balloon disaster was forced to watch as his wife and 18 other passengers were killed when fire engulfed their basket as they flew 1,000ft above the ground.Related StoriesThomas Cook confirms two British customers are among 18 killed in Egypt ho ...
  • Did Barcelona FC mark star player Gerard Pique ...
    They have suffered a calamitous drop in form on the pitch and last night it emerged that Barcelona FC are implicated a murky tale involving one of their star players.
  • Italy fears spark a shares sell-off
    The Italian stock market posted its biggest one-day fall in almost a year, and the financial regulator was forced to impose a short-selling ban on three banks as investors desperately offloaded stocks in response to the inconclusive election result in the eurozone's biggest debtor nation.Related ...
  • First witness testifies in BP oil spill trial
    BP failed to apply its own safety and risk management system to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, which exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, in what was a "tragic" and "egregious" oversight, the first witness in a long-awaited civil trial over the 2010 oil spill said.Related StoriesItaly fears spark a s ...
  • Dominique Strauss-Kahn fails to halt 'Beast' book
    The former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has failed to block publication of a kiss-and-tell book by a former lover which describes him as "half man and half pig".Related StoriesFTSE 100 down as protest vote leaves hopes of stable Italian government fadingCrisis ...

Rogue Government.com

  • UK Energy bills ‘to double in five years’ as ...
    Energy bills are likely to double within five years as the Government drives a move to green power and building nuclear power stations, it is claimed.
  • Blackwater’s New Director: Bill Clinton’s Law ...
    Blackwater’s rebranding continues at a torrid pace. Danger Room has learned the latest Washington greybeard hired to spruce up the image of the world’s most infamous private security firm is Jack Quinn, a top Washington lobbyist and former White House counsel to President Bill Clinton.
  • Government asks Jewish groups to join in anti ...
    For the first time, the federal government is expanding its community-based anti-terrorism campaign to a religious group — the Jewish community, victims of past attacks in the U.S.
  • Analyst: Even Dollar Stores Struggling In ‘Ob ...
    More stores across the U.S. that offer deeply-discounted products are seeing their sales decline after years of growth amid America’s “Great Recession” — and one analyst said on Monday it’s another sign of even deeper downturn. 
  • Hackers claim they exposed Booz Allen Hamilto ...
    Hackers flying the AntiSec banner claimed today that they compromised a server at consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton and have released internal data, including about 90,000 military e-mail addresses.

Innovation Canada

  • Safety haven
    If Canadian postal workers were to design the perfect winter boot, it would help them avoid slipping on icy walkways, stop them from missing their truck brakes while driving and keep them from getting their crampon spikes stuck in wooden porches.If the hearing impaired were looking for a hearing ...
  • Small tools, big impact
    Cancer, heart disease and stroke are leading causes of death among Canadians. As a medical doctor, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and a Canada Research Chair in Bioengineering and Biophotonics, Victor Yang has a unique perspective on these deadly diseases. Based at ...
  • Innovative, naturally
    For the first time this past winter, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) launched the Emerging Science Journalists Award (ESJA). The award was created to support Canada’s talented young science writers. Below is one of the winning entries by Roslyn Dakin, doctoral candidate in the Departm ...
  • A very gourd idea
    It’s been known for years that plants can take up and store trace amounts of hazardous metals like nickel, arsenic and cadmium from contaminated soil in a process called phytoremediation. Until recently, however, scientists assumed that plants weren’t capable of taking up a class of toxic chemic ...
  • Johne’s happens
    Trudging through a dairy farm to collect manure samples isn’t exactly glamorous work, but the odorous task is starting to have a big impact on the health of dairy cattle in Atlantic Canada — and it will save the dairy industry millions of dollars each year. Technicians at the University of Princ ...

Signs of the times

  • North Carolina smoking ban enforcement bill no ...
    North Carolina - A bill to give New Hanover beach towns the power to enforce smoking bans on the beaches has hit a 'snag,' according to one local lawmaker. At the New Hanover County local officials caucus Monday morning, Wrightsville Beach Mayor David Cignotti stressed the need for the law that ...
  • Global Warming? 'Truly a historic blizzard,' w ...
    Phillip Prince has been sitting in his tractor-trailer, stuck on Interstate 40 near Groom, Texas, for hours. Nine hours and four minutes, to be precise. Prince and his co-driver were due in California at 1 p.m. Tuesday, where they were going to drop off 25,000 pounds of frozen pizza. But then ...
  • Global Warming? Mauna Kea, Hawaii snow expecte ...
    The burst of winter weather on Mauna Kea over the weekend has apparently come to an end. Snowfalls were replaced by freezing rain and high winds on Hawaii island summits Monday and temperatures are expected to rise above freezing today and Wednesday. "With more sunshine and warmer temperature, ...
  • Geneticists estimate publication date of the ' ...
    Scientists who decode the genetic history of humans by tracking how genes mutate have applied the same technique to one of the Western world's most ancient and celebrated texts to uncover the date it was first written. The text is Homer's Iliad, and Homer -- if there was such a person -- probab ...
  • Police State: Handcuffing seven-year-olds won' ...
    It was, in a sense, so expectable, so leave-no-child-behind. I'm talking about the arming of American schools. Think of it as the next step in the militarization of this country, which follows all-too-logically from developments since September 11, 2001. In the wake of 9/11, police departments n ...

The Galloping Beaver

  • Stevie games . . .
    DEFENDING DEMOCRACY is merely a Parliamentary manoeuvre, according to Stevie. Odious.
  • Paging Dan Brown
    Day 1. Scottish Roman Catholic Cardinal Keith O'Brien, slated to be a member of the conclave choosing the next pope says RC priests should be allowed to marry and have families. Because as he pedantically points out, celibate isn't actually something their anthropomorphic God told them to be and ...
  • Kits Coast Guard?
    There be foul odours over English Bay, blown in from East and West.  I've been having a hard time lately justifying why we still need politicians, because they really aren't making the case for themselves these days.
  • Integrity walks . . .
    THE MARCH ON STEVIE continues, the Journey of the Nishiyuu, as the concerned aboriginals progress through Waskaganish yesterday on their way to consult with Stevie and the GG. Be sure to join 'em. 
  • Seriously Consevatives,
    The reason that no amount of marketing and focus groups will sell the Tar Sands to us is because we do not want an "energy sector" that involves them. There's no magic pill here.

Media Matters for America

  • Conservative Media Echo Misleading GOP Claim O ...
    Conservative media are parroting a Republican claim that a federal report says health care reform increases the long-term deficit. In fact, the report says that the deficit would only increase if cost containment measures in the bill were phased out over time, and found that ...
  • Fox Ignores Obama's Long-Standing Offer To Ave ...
    Fox News hosts cited a widely criticized Bob Woodward column to falsely claim President Obama's proposal to avert looming government spending cuts -- known as sequestration -- "moved the goalposts" because it offsets some of the cuts with new revenue. In fact, the administration's proposal to av ...
  • Wall Street Journal Pushes Voting Rights Act M ...
    The Wall Street Journal published an op-ed on the Voting Rights Act by Edward Blum, founder of the in-house legal project of the right-wing's Donors Trust, but failed to disclose his ties to the Supreme Court's VRA case, Shelby County v. Holder. The op-ed, which identifies Blum as a fellow at th ...
  • Conservative Media Ignore Obama's Sequester Plan
    Conservative media are attacking President Obama for supposedly criticizing scheduled across-the-board cuts, known as the sequester, while not proposing alternatives to avoid them. In reality, Obama has proposed a plan to replace the sequester that includes over $930 billion in spending cuts and ...
  • Ben Carson's Moment
    Dr. Benjamin Carson is the latest in a long line of black conservatives -- from Clarence Thomas to Herman Cain -- relentlessly promoted and propped up by right-wing voices in the media. After Carson used a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast in front of President Obama to trumpet conser ...

Global Research.ca

  • Understanding the US/NATO Profit-Driven Milita ...
    Towards a World War III Scenario: The Dangers of Nuclear War by Michel Chossudovsky Available to order from Global Research in print AND pdf formats! CLICK TO LEARN MORE The US has embarked on a military adventure, “a long war”,…
  • The 1993 World Trade Center Bombing: Decoys, A ...
    Like so many major terrorist attacks, the World Trade Center (WTC) bombing of February 1993 occurred shortly after the US presidential election.  The incoming Bill Clinton was confronted with a new menace: Islamic terror had for the first time carried…
  • Arafat Jaradat: Palestinian Prisoner Tortured ...
    State terrorism is official Israeli policy. Torture and cold-blooded murder define it. Arafat Jaradat is Israel’s latest victim. He died wracked in pain Saturday. Israel attributed it to cardiac arrest. Shin Bet claimed no detectable health problems during interrogation. Accusations…
  • US Troops to Niger: A New Stage in the Scrambl ...
    President Barack Obama’s terse notification to Congress last week that American troops are being deployed to the northwest African nation of Niger confirms that a whole new stage in the imperialist recolonization of Africa is now in progress. The dispatch…
  • US State Department-Funded BBC World Service & ...
    Headlines across the Western corporate-media read, “BBC says ‘extensive, coordinated efforts’ to jam world service frequencies in China” (Fox News), “BBC blocked in China just days after reporting on Chinese hackers” (Washington Post), and “BBC “st ...

TPM Cafe

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

  • The Five Stages of Environmental Grief
    This article was published in partnership with GlobalPossibilities.org.There is purportedly a Chinese curse that goes, “May you be born in interesting times.” That curse must have landed on everyone alive today! One can scarcely imagine more interesting times than we are living ...
  • How CNN’s Wall-to-Wall ‘Poop Ship’ Coverage Fa ...
     CNN and other news networks missed an ideal opportunity this week to highlight the actual public health risk that poor sanitation conditions pose to millions of people around the world.The insane amount of time CNN spent over the last several days capturing footage and breathlessly reporti ...
  • Anti-Fracking Activists Applaud as NY Further ...
     This article was published in partnership with GlobalPossibilities.org.There is a collective sigh of relief from anti-fracking activists across New York today after news that the decision on whether to lift the state's moratorium on fracking had been further delayed. The news was r ...
  • 5 Power Brokers Who'll Determine the Fate of t ...
    This article was published in partnership with GlobalPossibilities.org.On Thursday, visitors to the PipeTech Americas Summit got a speech they weren’t planning on hearing. As employees from pipeline construction companies gathered to discuss new technology and listen to Tom Hamilt ...
  • Hate Eating Corporate Food? Democracy Is the B ...
    This article was published in partnership with GlobalPossibilities.org.We may be able to agree that much of our food system is broken, but how we begin to fix it is much harder to understand. Wenonah Hauter, director ofFood and Water Watch, takes on this challenge in her new book, Foodop ...

Public Citizen in Texas

  • Austinites join the Washington Climate Forward ...
    On February 17th, environmental activists gathered in front of the Whole Foods headquarters in Austin, TX to show their support for the Tar Sands Blockade and to raise climate change awareness, adding their voices to the over 40,000 that gathered on the Mall in Washington, DC that same day. The ...
  • Forward on Climate Rally – A Call to Activism
    I have been a Public Citizen intern since January of this year.  As a Political Science graduate student, in both Undergraduate and Graduate studies I have been immersed in the political process and the theories behind the ideas that have formed our nation.  When I was a bit younger, I dabbled i ...
  • $10 million to Cut the Tape!
    The reason that the U.S. is lagging behind in solar energy isn’t because of the cost solar photovoltaic (PV) panels. Solar PV is becoming increasingly more affordable as technologies advance to increase efficiency and manufacturing costs continue to decline. However, the cost associated with get ...
  • Tonight – 6 p.m. – Defend Citizen Control of A ...
    While the proposed resolution to give Austin Energy governance responsibilities to an appointed board has been taken off the “consent agenda”, it’s still alive and kicking. City Council will take up the issue at 6 p.m. this evening (Thurs, 2/14) and I hope you can take a bit of ...
  • New Public Citizen Study Finds Electricity Sho ...
    Costs Would Increase; Existing Power Plants Would Get Windfall The state’s electricity shortfall won’t be solved by paying utilities based on how much power they can generate, rather than how much they actually generate, a new Public Citizen report finds. The report comes as debate rages among r ...

Unexplained Mysteries

  • Could Mars be habitable today ?
    Despite being a cold and inhospitable place, Mars may still be capable of supporting microbial life. Research in to the way that life clings on in som...
  • Biometric fingerprint purchasing tested
    A state college in South Dakota is trialling a new high-tech way to purchase goods using fingerprints. The technique uses Biocryptology, a cross betwe...
  • Mystery surrounds animal deaths in Peru
    The mysterious demise of dozens of sea creatures on the Peruvian coastline has baffled experts. An inspection by government officials identified 18 se...
  • Lunar mining now one step closer
    Researchers in Australia have developed a substance that closely resembles the soil found on the Moon. Led by Dr Leonhard Bernold, the team came up wi...
  • Ancient land fragments found in Indian Ocean
    Researchers have uncovered the location of land once part of a large prehistoric super-continent. Despite the distance that lies between them in the p...

Grassroots

Climate

  • Chinese Pollution Study 'Blocked on Grounds of ...
    (Guardian) China's leading environmental watchdog has refused to disclose the results of a major national soil pollution study on grounds of state secrecy, according to a lawyer who requested the report's disclosure. The news comes am ...
  • Global Warming May Cause Extremes by Slowing ' ...
    (Reuters) Global warming may have caused extreme events such as a 2011 drought in the United States and a 2003 heatwave in Europe by slowing vast, wave-like weather flows in the northern hemisphere, scientists said on Tuesday. The stu ...
  • Utilities Get Help from Federal Scientists on ...
    (SustainableBusiness.com) Applying its atmospheric expertise to solar energy, the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is spearheading a three-year, nationwide project to create unprecedented, 36-hour forecasts of incoming e ...
  • U.S. CEOs Push for Expanded Access to U.S. Ene ...
    (Reuters) The United States should adopt "comprehensive" policies that move the nation closer to energy self-sufficiency, including greater access to promising areas of production and a light hand in regulation, the Business Roundtable ...
  • Colorado Oil Association Retracts Anti-Frackin ...
    (The Coloradan) The Colorado Oil and Gas Association says it wants to withdraw an error-filled petition it submitted to the Fort Collins City Council opposing a ban on fracking within the city. Twenty-two of 55 businesses on the petit ...

GreenBiz

Duly Noted

  • Ethiopia and Eritrea: An elusive peace on the ...
    Ethiopia and Eritrea are still at each others’ throats. The two neighbours fought hammer and tongs in sun-baked trenches during a two-year war over a decade ago, before a peace deal ended their World War I-style conflict in 2000. Furious veRed Sea, UNrbal battles, however, have continued to this ...
  • A Mafia in FATA: Haqqanis and Drones
    A new report about the Haqqani network's business interests raises questions about the anti-drones narrative in Pakistan
  • Are African governments suppressing art?
    The dust is finally settling on the storm that was kicked off in South Africa by a controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed.
  • Greek debt – remember the goats
    Greece's creditors have essentially let it off the hook by overwhelmingly agreeing to take a 74 percent loss. So what better time to remember one of the first times Athens got in trouble with paying its debts.
  • Greeks on the street
    Greeks smashing windows and setting fire to shops and banks in a fury of opposition to yet more austerity is gripping, but not unique. There are underlying elements than make such uprisings more common in Greece than elsewhere.

Booman Tribune

  • Waiting for the Tantrum to End
    Watching cable news, you will see iteration after iteration of Capitol Hill reporters and other commentators expressing mystification that the House isn't talking to the Senate, the White House isn't talking to Congress, Democrats aren't negotiating with Republicans, etc. Here's a tip. Joh ...
  • Hagel Filibuster is Defeated
    The time has come to drink Jennifer Rubin's tears, as Chuck Hagel's confirmation vote has cleared the cloture vote in the Senate and the stupid filibuster is finally broken. In the end, Hagel received 71 votes, which is more than he will get when it comes time for the actual vote on confirmatio ...
  • Not-Racist Threatens to Kill Black Legislator
    Stop me if you've heard this one before. Man sends emails containing racial slurs and threatening violence to African American legislator as well as President Obama. Man is arrested. Man claims that despite said emails, he is not a racist. Franklin Glenn Sain was arrested on Feb. 22 on sus ...
  • Serious Question
    Rep. Walter "Freedom Fries" Jones (R-NC) says that Dick Cheney is going to hell for his role in leading this country into war in Iraq. One of the commenters in that article's thread scoffs at the notion. "Sending Cheney to hell would be like sending Limbaugh to a buffet." It does seem like ...
  • Cruising on the Crazy Jet Stream
    It's interesting to see that Erick Erickson of Red State is declaring war on Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and comparing him unfavorably to former Florida Governor Charlie Crist. This is a governor who is most well-known for pushing legislation that would force women to submit to government-s ...

Environmental Graffiti

  • Forging Ahead in Modern Times: The Ancient Loh ...
    The Lohar of north and central India are a caste of blacksmiths with a long history and an ancient way of life that may not last much longer... This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • Krampnitz: Potsdam's Abandoned Nazi and Soviet ...
    The buildings at Krampnitz are falling into ruin; a far cry from the grand installation that once housed Nazi and then Soviet military. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • 5 Coolest Links of the Week
    Wonders of design dominate this week’s collection of cool linkage, and combined with some other fascinating titbits, it’s a recipe for some seriously cool linkage. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • The Delicate Architecture of Water Droplets
    Fragile and fleeting, these beautiful droplets of water create their own architecture – captured brilliantly in these stunning macro photographs. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • Discovering the Secret Shipwrecks of the Balti ...
    The icy waters of the Baltic Sea preserve shipwrecks like nowhere else; these amazing historical finds offer a glimpse of what lies beneath the waves. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article

Foreign Policy in Focus

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Green Inc. - NYT

Dot Earth News

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

  • Disgusting new FDA rule change would let toxic ...
    Blah this is just worth posting quickly. There is only one public comment on there right now. I have to say the Federal Register website is markedly better than it used to be, good for them. Saw this via: Activist Post: Aspartame in Milk Without a Label? Big Dairy Petitions FDA For Approval. Als ...
  • Immortal Technique joins Alex Jones
    This makes for some amusing Saturday afternoon viewing -- notable independent hiphop artist Immortal Technique joins Alex Jones for about 1hr20min. Getting right at the issues of Latin America, politics, immigration & moar. Format note: I would say that Jones interviews with a pretty wide cr ...
  • The Art of Failing Gracefully: DEA & DOJ need ...
    Hundreds of billions of dollars, between cash flows and valuations, depend upon the ability of American law enforcement structures avidly maintaining their illusionary belief system about laundered drug money, informants, and banking systems. All of this is normal, they say, it's normal to throw ...
  • #ForwardOnClimate: Battle within Sierra Club c ...
    The real question is: Can hydraulic fracturing ever be safe for our environment and public health? Sierra Club’s Oil and Gas Policy: We have reviewed the Club’s Oil and Gas Policy, as revised February 2012, and are pleased that it clearly states the reasons the Club doesn’t support hydraulic fr ...
  • Purported Christopher Dorner police & SWAT com ...
    I would be interested to hear the audio from this, going to cross post it for reference in case anything happens to the pastebin. A lot of weird stuff in this case, I'm not going to make assumptions but I think this may be relevant. Also good work on the following recording with lots of "burn it ...

Daily Censored

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Institute for Policy Studies

  • Happy Birthday, Dear Income Tax
    Here are five lessons for progressives from our first century of income taxes.
  • Eating History
    Despite its triumphalism, the GDR museum in Berlin suggests that reunification remains an unfinished business.
  • Sequestration: Our Military is Due for Downsizing
    In fact, sequestration will not "gut" our military. Sequestration will take our military budget back to the level it was in 2007, when we were still fighting two wars.
  • A Day to Remember A Martyr
    President Lyndon B. Johnson and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover deemed Malcolm X's revolutionary internationalism and domestic radicalism subversive and threatening to the U.S. government.
  • February 15, 2003. The Day the World Said No t ...
    Our movement changed history. While we did not prevent the Iraq war, the protests proved its clear illegality, demonstrated the isolation of the Bush administration policies, helped prevent war in Iran, and inspired a generation of activists.

IntelNews

  • News you may have missed #824 (India edition)
    CIA honed ARGO exfiltration skills in India. Ex-CIA officer says al-Qaeda wanted India-Pakistan nuclear war. Man passing defense info to Pakistan held in India.
  • Former Mossad officer describes Zygier affair ...
    A former member of Israeli spy agency Mossad, who claims to have worked in the same covert-operations unit as Ben Zygier, has described the latter’s incarceration and subsequent death as “scandalous”.
  • Al-Qaeda manual on how to deceive unmanned dro ...
    A detailed manual with instructions on how to defeat the surveillance capabilities of unmanned drones has been found in a former al-Qaeda hideout in northern Mali.
  • US held secret meetings with North Korea after ...
    Senior United States officials traveled secretly to North Korea for talks on at least two occasions following the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, according to a leading Japanese newspaper.
  • New information emerges on Hezbollah commander ...
    A Lebanese newspaper has published the most detailed account to date of the 2008 assassination of Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyah. The car explosion that killed Mughniyah in Syrian capital Damascus on February 12, 2008, is widely believed to have been the work of the Mossad, Israel’s foremost ...

War is a Crime.org

  • Syria News - Feb 27
        Lavrov meets Kerry, wants U.S. to urge Syria rebels into peace talks - VOA Lavrov urges Syrian opposition to name their negotiating team to talk to regime - NOW Russia: Extremists in Syria opposition blocking dialogue, seeking armed solution - NOW Hawks in Syrian Opposition Resist ...
  • New ThisCantBeHappening! video: 'Commemorate T ...
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  • Profile of Imperial Lawlessness
      Profile of Imperial Lawlessness   by Stephen Lendman   Israel is second only to America in imperial lawlessness. Both nations partner in high crimes too grave to ignore.    Neither admits fault. One conflict leads to others. Both nations are modern-day Spartas. They li ...
  • On protecting children, by Lisa Simeone
    I am re-posting something one of our writers posted at TSA News last year, because it’s important and because not everyone, obviously, reads everything all the time. The things we talk about need to be reinforced, the points we make need to be repeated, again and again. We have new readers all t ...
  • Sequester Chicken
      Sequester Chicken   by Stephen Lendman   On March 1, $85 billion in automatic sequestered cuts are scheduled. Congress may or may permit them. Obama calls instituting them dire. On February 19, he said.   "(They) won't help the economy, won't create jobs, will visit hardshi ...

Grist - News

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

Rafe's Radar

Camera Obscura

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

Democracy Now!

  • FRIDAY: Fmr. Gitmo Prosecutor Describes His Re ...
    Tune in Friday to Democracy Now! when we will speak with Lt. Col. Stuart Couch, a former military prosecutor, about the "rough justice" faced by prisoners held at Guantánamo Bay. Couch was assigned to prosecute Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was imprisoned at the prison camp and accused ...
  • Israel, Palestine and the Oscars
    By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan The Academy Awards ceremony will make history this year with the first-ever nomination of a feature documentary made by a Palestinian. “5 Broken Cameras” was filmed and directed by Emad Burnat, a resident of the occupied Palestinian West Bank town of Bil’ ...
  • The Oscar Interviews: 2013 Nominees Include "5 ...
    As we reported today , Emad Burnat, the subject of the Oscar-nominated film 5 Broken Cameras and a past guest on Democracy Now! , was detained at Los Angeles International Airport with his family after arriving to attend this weekend’s Academy Awards. In a series of Twitter messages, ...
  • VIDEO: Gregory Peck's Daughter Cecilia Recalls ...
    We speak with filmmaker Cecilia Peck about her father Gregory Peck’s legacy of work that raises important social issues, including his films To Kill a Mockingbird and The Trial of the Catonsville Nine , which landed him on Nixon’s enemies list. "He just had so much decency a ...
  • VIDEO: PBS/AOL Feature Amy Goodman as Part of ...
    Amy Goodman sits down with AOL / PBS filmmakers to talk about her longtime career in journalism, building Democracy Now! over the past 17 years, and how independent media is essential to the functioning of a democratic society. Watch the entire interview or pick one of the segments belo ...

Solari

  • Beppe Grillo’s Five Star Movement Become ...
    By John Hooper By any standards, and whatever happens, Beppe Grillo and the Five Star Movement (M5S) have emerged from Italy’s general election as big winners. Because of the way the electoral system works – favouring alliances Grillo shuns – the M5S will not be the overall victor. But pr ...
  • Spending Cuts Threaten State Recoveries, Gover ...
    By William Selway & Michael C. Bender Federal budget cuts will probably push the U.S. back into recession by damaging states’ economies recovering from the worst fiscal crisis since the Great Depression, governors said. President Barack Obama and Congress need to find a way to prevent $85 ...
  • High-Dose Vitamin D3
    [CAF Note: This article persuaded me to significantly increase my Vitamin D intake starting over the holidays. The results have been both positive and dramatic. Hmmm.....] By Jeff Bowles I have never been a person who easily accepted or even considered conspiracy theories. In fact, my whole life ...
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Insurgency Watch - Newswire

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

Inhabitat

  • McLaren’s P1 Hybrid Supercar Will Blow You Awa ...
    McLaren Automotive just released the performance specs for its P1 hybrid supercar, which is set to debut next week at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. With 903 horsepower on tap from its hybrid powertrain, the P1 supercar will blow you away – it’s capable of reaching 0-60 mph in under thr ...
  • INTERVIEW: We Talk to Lumio Folding Book Lamp ...
    Read the rest of INTERVIEW: We Talk to Lumio Folding Book Lamp Creator Max Gunawan Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: green lighting, kickstarter, kickstarter project, LED, lithium ion battery, Lumio, Lumio lamp, Max Gunawan, Sustainable, sustainable design
  • Iconic Frank Lloyd Wright Home May Be Moved fr ...
    Read the rest of Iconic Frank Lloyd Wright Home May Be Moved from New Jersey to Italy to Protect It from Flood Damage Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Bachman Wilson House, cantilever balcony, eco design, Fiesole, frank lloyd wright, green design, millstone frank lloyd ...
  • Saudi Arabia Announces Plans to Develop 54 GW ...
    Photo via Shutterstock The kingdom of Saudi Arabia sits upon the world’s second-largest oil reserves, and as such, oil dominates the national economy. But in recent years, Saudi Arabia has begun taking advantage of the abundant sun and wind it enjoys by developing several major renewa ...
  • Stretchable Lithium-Ion Batteries Could Power ...
    Embedded electronic implants have long been confined to the realm of science fiction, but the development of a new stretchable battery could soon make them a reality. A pair of scientists have developed a new type of lithium-ion battery that can stretch up to three times its original length and ...

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The Progressive Realist

  • Is Iran Essential to Syria's Future?
    After 23 months of fighting, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's grip on power is increasingly tenuous. Fearing its greatest ally could be ousted, Iran has reportedly begun forming large sectarian militias in Syria to bolster the regime in the short term, and also to preserve its influence should ...
  • NATO Agrees on New Arms Control Body
    A German Luftwaffe Tornado fighter-bomber capable of carrying nuclear gravity bombs. (BERLIN) On Feb. 8, NATO agreed on the mandate of a new arms control body. Allies tasked the “Special Advisory and Consultative Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Committee” to prepare a dialogue o ...
  • Cut Wasteful Pentagon Spending, Starting with ...
    The announcement that half of the U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan will come home in the next year has been met with some criticism. Kimberly and Fred Kagan, noted proponents of extending the Afghanistan war, argue that the pace of the drawdown is too fast and dismiss the potential for bu ...
  • Threat Versus "Threat"
    AP Photo This is the second in a three-part Prospect series on what an ideal military budget might look like. Read Part One here.  About a year ago, Army General Martin Dempsey went to Capitol Hill trying to defend $55 billion in annual budget cuts by sequestration. With a straight face, the J ...
  • Top of the Morning: Hints of Progress on Iran ...
    Top stories from DAWNS Digest.   Hints of Progress in Iran Nuke Talks The best outcome is probably an agreement to hold more talks, but that would be a step forward. “Iran said it was prepared to make an offer to major powers in talks on its nuclear program in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, after t ...

TAPPED - The American Prospect

  • Ringside Seat: Times, They Keep on Changin'
    Just eight years ago, Republicans were crowing that the terrifying specter of gay people being allowed to marry was an electoral gold mine for them, persuading people to vote for the GOP and bringing their voters out to the polls in force. Things have changed a lot since then—same-sex marriage ...
  • A Budgetary Case for Same Day Registration
    A new report from a Wisconsin state agency makes clear that Same Day Registration is not just a low-cost way to make voting more accessible. It can even be a budget-saver. The report from the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board dealt a blow to advocates of repealing the state’s Same Day R ...
  • Conservatives Shun Popular GOP Governor
    Bob Jagendorf / Flickr New Jersey's Chris Christie is now the eighth Republican governor to back Obamacare's Medicaid expansion. Jeffrey Young, writing for the Huffington Post, gives the details: Expanding Medicaid in New Jersey would provide new health care coverage to an estimated 29 ...
  • Secret Wiretapping Cannot Be Challenged Becaus ...
    By delegating broad authority to the executive branch to engage in warrantless wiretapping of Americans, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) raises serious potential constitutional issues. The Fourth Amendment, which forbids "unreasonable" searches and seizures and under which warr ...
  • Victory for the Friends of Hamas!
    Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff / Flickr By a vote of 71 to 27, the Senate closed debate on Chuck Hagel's nomination to lead the Department of Defense, thus beating a Republican filibuster on his confirmation. He is now poised for a final confirmation vote later Tuesday or early ...

Environment _ National Geographic

drinking liberally in new milford ( with beersphere feeds )

  • Don't Turn Your Back on the Bankers for Even a ...
    The ink on the legislation is still drying and, already, the mortgage mill industry is trying to gut the little things that might help to hold them accountable for their bit part in the complete economic collapse of this nation: Dodd-Frank requires that lenders retain five percent of every loan ...
  • Sarah Palin: Mayor of New Milford?
    Is this a parody or real life? You decide. Citizens of New Milford: I want you to know that I'm on the job 24/7. Twenty four hours a week, seven months a year. But even with this strict time commitment, I can't be expected to keep up with everything going on in this vast metropolis. That's why ...
  • Much like the "conservative" GOP...
    The conservative Blue Dogs acted as Bush's domestic poodles, helping to move a dangerous right wing agenda. They were owned by the right wing and corporations and there is no big surprise why more than half of the Blue Dog caucus (28 of 54 members) were slaughtered in the 2010 elections. So f ...
  • Stop Drinking and Start Doing, Dem Dumb Dumbs
    Sober up, Dems. You started sucking suds when you captured the Congress in 2006. Since 2008 you've been binge drinking with Congress and the Prez. You even nibbled on some hot wings and pub nuts. Burp! And now the bartender just cut your drunk, lazy, liberal, progressive, leftie ass off. Y ...
  • The People Have Spoken. And Their Message Is ...
    So. What the heck happened last night? The GOP picked up 60 seats in the House, effectively reversing their losses there from 2006 and 2008, and returning control of that body to them. The GOP picked up some 6 seats in the Senate, but the Democratic Party retains control there. The GOP picked u ...

SPL Center

  • Ohio Neo-Nazi Busted for Weapons Was Tracking ...
    A convicted felon from Ohio with neo-Nazi sympathies and an illegal arsenal of assault rifles, semi-automatic pistols and other weapons was tracking Jewish and African-American community leaders in Detroit before his recent arrest by a federal anti-terrorism task force, according to a report by ...
  • Facebook Heterosexual Pride Page Compares LGBT ...
    Proud heterosexuals — a small and nameless handful of them, anyway – are on the march. And they’re not being very nice about it. Back in June 2012, the Facebook page “Heterosexual Awareness Month” (HAM) was created to “celebrate heterosexuality.” According to the page’s administrators, who ar ...
  • Klan Rally Planned for Memphis, But Threat of ...
    It began about two weeks ago, when a local television station in Memphis, Tenn., allowed a man with a hooded face, identifying himself only as “Edward” and speaking on what was apparently his own rear deck, to announce to the world that he would soon be bringing “thousands” of Klansmen to a prot ...
  • Neo-Nazi Threat-Maker Bill White Gets More Pri ...
    Bill White, the imprisoned neo-Nazi leader who spent years pushing the boundaries of the First Amendment, has been sentenced to another 3½ years in federal prison — even as he awaits a trial in yet another of the cases in which he is accused of criminally threatening his enemies. Two years after ...
  • Muslim-Bashing Former FBI Agent John Guandolo ...
    John Guandolo, the former FBI agent who has made a living calling out high-ranking government officials as secret plants working for the Muslim Brotherhood, may have finally crossed the Rubicon into total outrageousness. Oh sure, he’s already gone after college professors who weren’t sufficientl ...

Common Dreams-Progressive Newswire

  • Senate Bill Introduced to Stop Fracking in New ...
    In the wake of a recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report that identified ConocoPhillips’ San Juan Basin operations in Northwest New Mexico as the second-most prolific greenhouse-gas polluter in the nation among onshore oil and gas systems, Senator William Soules (D-37 Dona Ana) ...
  • Argo, Fact Check Yourself
    Yesterday, “Argo” won the Oscar for best picture. On Tuesday talks begin in Kazakhstan about Iran’s nuclear program. The following Iran analysts are available for a limited number of interviews:read more
  • Intelligence Veterans to Sen. Feinstein: Brenn ...
    Roll Call has just reported: “The Senate Intelligence Committee is all but certain to vote Feb. 28 on the nomination of John O. Brennan to lead the CIA, and the panel’s chairwoman predicted the committee would vote to support him. … Feinstein said she still was not sure if the ...
  • U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Closely Watched Arb ...
    A pivotal case concerning the anti-consumer practice of forced arbitration will be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 27. In American Express v. Italian Colors Restaurant, the court will decide whether the financial services giant American Express (Amex) can force merchants who accept ...
  • Sanders: United States Cannot Afford the Pric ...
    Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today disputed claims by the National Association of Manufacturers on the economic impact of a carbon tax. “The price that America cannot afford to pay is the price of doing nothing to reverse global warming,” said Sanders. He recently introduced climate c ...

Common Dreams-Views

  • The Sequestering of Barack Obama
    Robert Kuttner President Barack Obama urges Congress to come up with a plan to avert the automatic spending cuts set to kick in on March 1, 2013 last week. (Photo: Susan Walsh/ AP)President Obama has miscalculated both the tactical politics ...
  • Jim Crow Isn't Dead, He Just Got Lawyers
    Diane Roberts When a black man won the White House in 2008, many in the commentariat declared the United States a "post-racial" society, no longer hamstrung by old hatreds, freed at last from the embarrassments of segregation &nda ...
  • Don't Gut the Voting Rights Act
    Penda D. Hair Benjamin Todd Jealous On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will review the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a landmark legislation that cleared barriers to the ballot box for all American c ...
  • The School Security America Doesn’t Need
    Chase Madar Outrage over the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre may or may not spur any meaningful gun control laws, but you can bet your Crayolas that it will lead to more seven-year-olds getting handcuffed and hauled away to local poli ...
  • The Revolving Door Spins from Sea to Shining Sea
    Bill Moyers Michael Winship To those who would argue that the notion of a perpetual motion machine is impossible, we give you the revolving door — that ever-spinning entrance and exit between ...

Newshoggers - AfPak

Water Wars

  • Delta meeting marshals support
    More than 300 residents, local officials and community activists converged on the gymnasium at Discovery Bay Elementary School last week for a town hall meeting in support of the Delta.
  • Guest Post: The Coming Water Wars
    Submitted by Doug Hornig and Alex Daley of Casey Research , Water is not scarce. It is made up of the first and third most common elements in the universe, and the two readily react to form a highly stable compound that maintains its integrity even at temperature extremes. Hydrologist Dr. Vincen ...
  • The Coming Water Wars
    Water is not scarce. It is made up of the first and third most common elements in the universe, and the two readily react to form a highly stable compound that maintains its integrity even at temperature extremes.
  • Hot debate at Sharjah Communication Forum
    The Arab World is changing radically and communication will depend on many factors
  • Delta meeting marshals support
    More than 300 residents, local officials and community activists converged on the gymnasium at Discovery Bay Elementary School last week for a town hall meeting in support of the Delta.

WordPress | Economics

Electronic Intifada

The Wonk Room

  • Will The Obama Administration’s Efforts To Exp ...
    In a blow to Americans relying on Medicaid — the state-federal partnership public health insurance program that covers disabled and low-income Americans — the federal government on Tuesday reaffirmed to a California federal appellate court that, in the Obama Administration’s op ...
  • The Leading Driver Of Diversity In Sports Jour ...
    The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport has released its 2012 study of minorities and women covering sports at America’s news outlets this week, and unfortunately, its findings haven’t changed much since it released its first study in 2006. According to the Institute, 90 perc ...
  • Permamelt: 500,000-Year History of Permafrost ...
    Last fall, a major study found that the carbon feedback from thawing permafrost will likely add 0.4°F – 1.5°F to total global warming by 2100. That was based on climate modeling. A new study looks at the paleo-climate record and comes to an equally worrisome conclusion — JR. Caves point to ...
  • The 7 Worst Predictions About The Chuck Hagel ...
    As the overlong saga that has been Chuck Hagel’s Secretary of Defense nomination comes to a close, it’s worth looking back on the number of ways in which conservatives predicted his impending downfall. In addition to the many instances in which the right distorted Hagel’s recor ...
  • ‘Golden Boy’ Could Have Been A Network Version ...
    During the first episode of CBS’s new police procedural Golden Boy, which premieres tonight at 10 PM, Walter Clark (Theo James) tells a reporter who is interviewing him about his rapid rise from street cop to police commissioner, “Inside me there are two dogs at war. One good and one ...

thwap's schoolyard

  • Most Racist Field-Trip EVER
  • "Modern Family"
    So ephemeral and I were casting about for a television series to waste our time with so as to be somewhat in the pop culture loop and I'd heard good things about "Modern Family" (it being a gay-friendly show with two married, adoptive gay parents). I have to admit that in that respect it's most ...
  • Teddy Ruxpin & Divorced Dads
      I have two sons. One is 20 the other is 5. When my first son was around 5 he ended up with a second-hand book from Teddy Ruxpin adventures. Teddy Ruxpin had been some cheesy toy from the mid-1980s. A battery-operated talking bear. Ronald Reagan's deregulation of advertising had allowed t ...
  • Westboro Baptist Church
    So, last night we watched "The Most Hated Family in America" and, no surprise, I was appalled. Now, I don't think that I was expecting any profound insights from a church with the slogan "God Hates Fags" as its main message. I was just surprised at what an uncharismatic, hollow, empty shell of ...
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End Homelessness | Change.org

  • Mississippi Launches Plan To End Child Homeles ...
    Fulfilling the wishes and happiness of children is at the heart of the holiday season. So, now seems particularly timely for Mississippi to launch a new plan to end child homelessness (pdf) in the state.  What better way to set the season of giving in motion than by committing to finding safe an ...
  • Thanksgiving 2.0: Food, Poverty and Telling th ...
    This Thanksgiving, most of us around the country shared a bountiful harvest feast with friends and family. We celebrated all that we are thankful for by gorging ourselves right into a food coma. It's the American way. Unfortunately, it's also the American way to be thankful for all that we have ...
  • Homeless People Wanted: Must Be Open to Demean ...
    What are they thinking? People obviously don't see the homeless as human or they wouldn't attempt to hire them to do most of the insane, demeaning and illegal jobs out there. Here's a small sampling: Rob dead bodies. The Aokigahara forest at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan is the site of 50 to 100 ...
  • LA Plans to Make Homelessness Go the Way of th ...
    Instead of pretending homelessness doesn't exist, creating new laws to make it illegal to sit or sleep in public, or sending homeless residents on a one-way trip out of town, Los Angeles County may attempt to actually do something about ending homelessness. And the county is setting the bar high ...
  • Don't Let Violence Against the Homeless Go Unp ...
    Despite its economic troubles, Detroit is not known for being kind to the homeless. That's too bad, since there are nearly 10,000 homeless people living there. In October, police say that Steven James Diponio, 54, became so enraged at Charles Duncan, 42, who was homeless and sleeping behind a sc ...

Ceasefire.ca

Kevin Trudeau Show

  • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 11-24-12
    Today, Kevin explains why you should not be donating your hard-earned money to large charities and for disaster relief. Plus, Kevin reveals where to find the best quality products in your area! Self Help: Protect Yourself From Meat Glue Shine A Little Light On Me Health: 9 Salads Calorically Wor ...
  • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 2-2-13
    Today, Kevin gives you even more proof that inflation is already here and that your standard of living is declining rapidly because of it. Self Help: Uncontaminated Meat Further Your Education Manifest Your Every Desire The Only Answer To Cancer Drop-Dead Gorgeous Hair Without The Side Effects H ...
  • Just A Little Reminder…
    I know you’ve seen this list a bunch of times on my blog, but I always like to post it at least once a year as a little reminder… 10 Foods You Should NEVER Eat! 1. Microwaved Food 2. Excitotoxins (MSG – monosodium glutamate, aspartame) and anything you can’t pronounce 3. ...
  • Read before buying candy for your Valentine th ...
    It’s not just me folks. It’s in the news too. This headline reads… “Despite Costs, More Packaged Food Producers Replace High Fructose Corn Syrup” High fructose corn syrup is a poison. It causes illness and disease. Period. You get chemically addicted to high fructos ...
  • It’s Almost Over…
    The holiday season is finally almost over, so let’s start the de-stressing process…. Ice cream seems like a quick fix, but you’re better off making some wise stress-busting diet choices such as: Eating oatmeal, which provides more of all the B-Vitamins (except for pantothenic a ...

Armies of Liberation

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

Dark Politricks

  • Looming budget cuts prompt U.S. to free hundre ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comRaw Story   US authorities revealed Tuesday that they have released hundreds of detained immigrants in recent days to trim expenses ahead of massive automatic budget cuts due to take effect this week. With three day ...
  • 15 Killed, 26 Wounded in Iraq
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.com15 Killed, 26 Wounded in Iraq Antiwar.comMargaret Griffis At least 15 people were killed and 26 more were wounded in violence that focused on restive Diyala province. A car bomb blast killed four people and wounded 15 mo ...
  • Senator Warren Rips Ben Bernanke and Other Fin ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comSenator Warren Rips Ben Bernanke and Other Financial Regulators Over “Too Big” Banks By WashingtonsBlogwashingtonsblog.com Background here and here. View the original article at Washingtons BlogCheck out all ...
  • Sen. Rand Paul joins Democrats to confirm Chuc ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comRaw Story   The US Senate finally confirmed Chuck Hagel to be secretary of defense Tuesday, ending an acrimonious nominations process and handing President Barack Obama a boost as he fills his second-term cabinet. A ...
  • DHS To Lease $10 Million Firearms Facility
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comFederal agency has purchased around 2 billion bullets over last year Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com February 26, 2013 While the second amendment is under assault from gun control legislation across the country, the ...

Dandelion Salad

  • America’s Disappeared by Andy Worthington
    by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk February 23, 2013 Injustices do not become any less unjust the longer they are not addressed, and when it comes to the “war on terror” launched by President Bush following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, t ...
  • The Courage to Resist by Chris Hedges
    by Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Truthdig February 25, 2013 I was in the Swiss village of Begnins outside Geneva shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989. I spent three days there with Axel von dem Bussche, a former Wehrmacht major, holder of the Knight’s Cross o ...
  • French War on Mali to Clinch Warplane Mega-dea ...
    by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad East Africa Crossposted from PressTV February 21, 2013 France’s claim of combating terrorism in Mali does not add up. Re-conquest of this former French colony and control of rich natural resources in West Africa are some of the more plausible ...
  • “The Terror Courts”: An Inside Loo ...
    Dandelion Salad democracynow·Feb 22, 2013 www.democracynow.org – Wall Street Journal journalist Jess Bravin reports on the controversial military commissions at Guantanamo. Describing it as “the most important legal story in decades,” Bravin uncovers how the Bush administration ...
  • Our Strange TV Food World by Joseph Natoli
    by Joseph Natoli Guest Writer Dandelion Salad February 21, 2013 Gulliver’s Travels in Food & Farming: Chronicle Two “[O]ur culture’s food madness tips into food psychosis, at least among those with keen appetites and the means to indulge them.” — Frank Bruni, “Dinner and Derangem ...

Your New Reality

  • No title
    Only A Few Weeks Ago, Rupert Murdoch Was Still King Of The World A glimpse at life before the hacking scandal, from the UK Independent : It was only a few weeks ago that Rupert, his son James, daughter Elisabeth and Rebekah Brooks were the talk of the town; hailed as the king-makers to the pol ...
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    Julian Assange, 2012: They've ranked him amongst war criminals....for exposing war criminals.
  • No title
    This man's brain comprehends in a fraction of a second what is about to happen, and orders his body into what looks like a superhuman sprint to get out of the way. The flight mechanism kicks in so fast the conscious mind, distracted by thoughts of work, home, leisure and love, plays no role in t ...
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    Tupac Rises Well, fuck me.... From even a few dozen rows back, reportedly, the hologram of Tupac was utterly believable. How long before a Michael Jackson hologram culled from his greatest live performances is touring the world's stadiums? I've been waiting decades to see holographic tech ...
  • No title
    Hypnotic, grin-making. A house filled with interactive reproductions of classic art, coming soon: Starry Night (interactive animation) from Petros Vrellis on Vimeo.

Wired - Science

  • Wired Science Space Photo of the Day: Hot Spac ...
    XMM-Newton EPIC (blue) and CTIO optical H-alpha (red) and [O III] (green) images of the bubble S308 around the Wolf-Rayet star HD 50896. The large angular size of this WR bubble required the acquisition of a mosaic of four XMM-Newton ...
  • The Ever-Changing Forest Comes to Life in This ...
    Immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of a year in the forest with this beautiful time-lapse video. The film comes from filmmaker and photographer Samuel Orr, who spent nearly two years in a small house at the edge of ...
  • Spider-Man Physics: How Real Is the Superhero?
    Spider-Man might be a fictional superhero, but at least two of his tricks exist in the real world. Now, scientists have shown that it's possible spin silk strong enough to stop a train, and are crafting a new, super-sensory suit ...
  • Ask DIY Space Designers Kristian and Cameron A ...
    Ever wanted to build a rocket and shoot yourself into space? Now's your chance to find out how from someone who is really doing it. DIY space capsule designer Kristian von Bengtson (who blogs for Wired Science at Rocket Shop) and ...
  • Wired Science Space Photo of the Day: Young St ...
    This image shows an object known as HH 151, a bright jet of glowing material trailed by an intricate, orange-hued plume of gas and dust. It is located some 460 light-years away in the constellation of Taurus (The Bull), near ...

Israeli Occupation Archive

  • Jonathan Cook: Obama’s diplomatic overture wil ...
    Here is the rub. Mr Netanyahu already has a stranglehold on the politics of his potential peace partners. He can easily manipulate the fortunes of the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on the two... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands ...
  • Stephen R. Shalom: Do we know enough?
    In Knowing Too Much, Norman Finkelstein [argues] that both American Jews and the American public more generally are moving away from uncritical support for Israel. This shift, he suggests, holds out... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian l ...
  • Jonathan Cook: Pictures speak volumes in Oscar ...
    Israelis have been revelling in the prospect of an Oscar night triumph next week, with two Israeli-financed films among the five in the running for Best Documentary. But the country’s right-wing... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands ...
  • Jonathan Cook: Israel’s rightward shift leaves ...
    Far from marking a revival by the center-left, as most media presented the results, [Israel's 2013] election results signaled a further rightward shift in the center of political gravity in Israel.... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian la ...
  • Akiva Orr, co-founder of Matzpen, passes away
    Matzpen co-founder Akiva Orr died last week in Israel. He is remembered by friends and comrades around the world. The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more...

Ria Novosti - Military

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

NewsWise

  • Work and Family Issues Expert Available to Dis ...
    Barbara Risman, professor and head of sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is available to discuss contemporary families and the challenges working mothers, as well as fathers, face in today's society. She says conventional thought is that American culture values families, but we ...
  • Study Finds Small Increase in Incidence of Adv ...
    An analysis of breast cancer trends in the U.S. finds a small but statistically significant increase in the incidence of advanced breast cancer for women 25 to 39 years of age, without a corresponding increase in older women, according to a study appearing in the February 27 issue of JAMA.
  • U.Va. Kinesiology Expert Comments on Latest Fe ...
    Kids are consuming fewer calories, and adults are eating less fast food, according to a federal government survey released Feb. 21. University of Virginia kinesiology professor John Sirard is "cautiously optimistic" about findings of the latest National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
  • Bariatric Surgery Complications Rates Followin ...
    In an analysis of data on patients who underwent bariatric surgery 2004-2009, there was no significant difference in the rates of complications and reoperation for Medicare patients before vs. after a 2006 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services policy that restricted coverage of bariatric surg ...
  • Frequency of Surveillance Scans for Small Aneu ...
    In contrast to the commonly adopted surveillance intervals in current abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening programs, surveillance intervals of several years may be clinically acceptable for the majority of patients with small AAA, as the smallest AAAs often do not appear to change significa ...

Natural Health News

  • The Evolution of Bird Flu and the Race to Keep Up
    Bird Flu, or H5N1, doesn't spread easily among humans, but its capability of mutating has scientists worrying whether it could mutate enough to cause a human pandemic. The controversy is especially heated since it was announced that a group of researchers had figured out how to manipulate the vi ...
  • 2009 Swine Flu Outbreak Was 15 Times Deadlier: ...
    A new study based on computer statistical models shows that the swine flu of 2009 killed 284,500 people, or 15 times more than health officials originally estimated.
  • NY Law Gives Women More Information about Mamm ...
    A New York state law that has yet to be signed by the governor would mandate that women be given information on their breast density.
  • Common Diabetes Drugs Associated with Increase ...
    A new analysis introduced to the most recent meeting of the Endocrine Society shows that three widely used drugs for diabetes are associated with an increased risk of death.
  • Study Says More Vitamin D = Less Lbs
    If you're a woman over age 65 and you're deficient in vitamin D, research shows that you're probably more likely not only to weigh more, but to gain more weight.

Climategate

  • Dean of science…suggesting rising seas t…
    Dean of science…suggesting rising seas this next century of up to 100 metres, or Al Gore six metres. When I see things like that I know these are false. You mentioned the IPCC report; that suggests, at worst on best scenarios, 59 centimetres. http://www.google.com
  • ABC science presenter Robyn Williams seeks mor ...
    ABC science presenter Robyn Williams who in 2007 believed seas could rise 100 meters, seeks more truth from scientists after Climategate.
  • How to avoid your own Climategate scandal
    What are the lessons of Climategate? More honesty and transparency in science? Not according to attorney Alan Nelson in the Guardian UK today.  To him, the lesson is how not to get caught next time. So how do universities and academics ensure that their correspondence does not become the “ ...
  • What is the “likelihood” that the 2007 IPCC Re ...
    A very interesting analysis of the IPPC Assessment and has some important questions that invite others to help him answer. Please read his article and let him know what conclusions you draw.
  • Schools call for a “balanced teaching of globa ...
    USA Today reports that US schools are finally calling for both sides of global warming to be taught, because it is after all, a theory -- not a fact:

Opinio Juris

  • International Law and China’s Domestic R ...
    by Julian Ku by Julian Ku Some leading Chinese scholars and prominent Chinese activists have been circulating a letter on Chinese social media calling for the National People’s Congress (China’s legislature) to ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) ...
  • Who Is the Best Cartoonist? Matt Bors or Tom T ...
    by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller Matt Bors takes the lead, at least for today:
  • Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, February 26, 2013
    by Jessica Dorsey by Jessica Dorsey The Associated Press has released a translation of a jihadist instruction manual (.pdf) of how to avoid being a victim of a drone strike found in a pile of garbage in Timbuktu, Mali. As thousands mourn the death of a Palestinian prisoner in an Israeli jail,  ...
  • Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, February 26, 2013
    by Jessica Dorsey by Jessica Dorsey The Associated Press has released a translation of a jihadist instruction manual (.pdf) of how to avoid being a victim of a drone strike found in a pile of garbage in Timbuktu, Mali. As thousands mourn the death of a Palestinian prisoner in an Israeli jail,  ...
  • Weekday News Wrap: Monday, February 25, 2013
    by Jessica Dorsey by Jessica Dorsey South Korea has inaugurated its first female president, Park Guen-Hye, who now faces regional tensions amid North Korea’s nuclear testing. In one of her first moves as president, she demanded an end to nuclear ambitions by North Korea. Afghanistan&#821 ...

Public News Service

  • Environmental "Trial of the Century" Gets Unde ...
    Environmental "Trial of the Century" Gets Under Way PHOENIX - Billions of dollars and the health of the Gulf Coast are on the line, as the trial against BP got under way Monday with opening statements in New Orleans. Based on provisions in the Oil Pollution Act and the Clean Water Act, the oil c ...
  • Getting More Arizona Wind Power on the Grid
    Getting More Arizona Wind Power on the Grid PHOENIX, Ariz. - There is a treasure trove of renewable energy in the U.S., but the obstacles and barriers to getting it on the grid are many. Johnathan Hladik, energy policy advocate with the Center for Rural Affairs (CFRA), said the biggest hurdle ri ...
  • New Study: Bullying Lasts a Lifetime
    New Study: Bullying Lasts a Lifetime PHOENIX – Those who think bullying is something kids "grow out of" may want to think again. A new study from Duke University found that bullying increases the risk of anxiety and depressive disorders for decades after the incidents. The researchers ...
  • Advocate: Chained CPI Threatens Seniors’ ...
    Advocate: Chained CPI Threatens Seniors’ Long-Term Financial Health PHOENIX, Ariz. - One of the proposals for reducing the federal deficit is something called a "chained CPI," which would be used as a new way of calculating cost-of-living adjustments to Social Security. Chained CPI support ...
  • Índice “encadenado” de Precio ...
    Índice “encadenado” de Precios al Consumidor amenaza a largo plazo la salud financiera de personas en edad avanzada PHOENIX, Ariz. - Un plan para reducir el déficit federal está circulando en Washington; se trata del "Chained CPI" (Índice Encadenado de Precios al ...

Center for Food Safety

  • New Publication: Food Safety Review on Genetic ...
    The Center for Food Safety has just released a new short Food Safety Review report, Genetically Engineered Salmon: The Next Generation of Industrial Aquaculture. Download your copy today! Filed under: Aquaculture, GE Food
  • New Infographic Shows Nutritional Differences ...
    What’s the nutritional difference between AquAdvantage genetically engineered (GE) salmon and non-GE salmon? Check out our new “Nutrition Facts” infographic to find out! Download a printable version and use them to talk to your local restaurants and seafood sellers. Filed under: GE Food
  • As Challenge over Seed Rights Approaches Supre ...
    Center for Food Safety and Save Our Seeds Investigate Role of Seed Patents in Consolidating Corporate Control of Global Food Supply Today, one week before the Supreme Court hears arguments in Bowman v. Monsanto Co., the Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Save our Seeds (SOS) – two legal and policy ...
  • Center for Food Safety Calls on EPA to Follow ...
    New European Pesticide Agency study reports “unacceptable” dangers to bees; supports suspension of use in U.S. Today, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to follow the cue of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and immediately suspend t ...
  • Congress Passes Damaging Farm Bill Extension i ...
    Biotech riders omitted, but organic and other sustainable programs take a major hit By Colin O’Neil, Director of Government Affairs, Center for Food Safety On September 30, 2012 Congress did the unthinkable when it let the 2008 Farm Bill – the legislation that governs national food and farm poli ...

Angry Indian Op-Eds

  • REAL ESTATE MARKET CALIFORNIA
    California real estate market trends, while having their own changes periodically, tide, remain more in sync with the current market across the nation and many people might not even think to buy a house now given the real estate market and the state of california things to buy. California real ...
  • LONDON PROPERTY AGENCIES
    If you are thinking of buying property in London is important to use all the resources available to you. Check out every Estate Agent in London as well as the local press for private property advertising. A search for "Estate Agents London" or "Agent Real London" on Google or MSN should prov ...
  • Woodlands Water Heater
    Woodlands water heater area unit price effective alternatives to standard heaters, which need a considerable quantity of energy. Straightforward to put in, woodlands water heater don't need a vessel to produce plight. Woodlands water heater area unit best-known by completely different names like ...
  • CHOOSE CARPET FOR DECORATING YOUR HOME
    Choosing a carpet for your home is no easy task. Regardless of whether you’re looking for a textured and more luxurious carpet or cut pile, Berber, frieze or patterned carpet, today’s  have a vast selection of all the styles and color choices you could need. Some companies will allow you t ...
  • The Best Sources for Real Estate Listings
    Posting your home into some credible Real Estate Listings are the best way you can do if you want to sell your property right away. It is not expensive either to do real estate listing. Most of home sellers nowadays have got their property listed for a very minimal amount, and most of these sell ...

Pensieve

  • Escape your demons and make art now!
    Often I am frustrated by my feeble attempts at art. My music is good, but perhaps, not grammy worthy. I look in envy on musicians with more pluck than I building successful carrers on easily performed songs, plus the sheer daring of getting on a stage and performing them. In their place I would ...
  • Hooray for Disney-Pixar!
    I just saw Disney’s new animated film, Wreck it Ralph. I read that Disney and Pixar’s chief creative officer, John Lasseter gave the film’s director Rich Moore complete freedom, telling him not to make a “quote-unquote, ‘Disney’ film“. The result is very ...
  • The Drug War, explained
    The war on drugs is raining bullets on the poorest countries of in the American continent, and on Mexico. It is hard to describe just how much impact this billion-dollar business in drugs and weapons is having on the people of Latin America. But the people responsible are not just the cartels, t ...
  • Aaron Swartz on SOPA
    The late Aaron Swartz explains SOPA. His recent suicide has been in the news so much that I feel it isn’t worth discussing. His opinions, though, are. Related posts: Aaron Ortiz, Rest in Peace I’m very sorry to say that one of my namesakes... Aaron Ortiz, Flickr Pro These are some o ...
  • Merida and the Bechtel test
    The thing that most resonated about this talk was Colin Stokes’s defense of a particular Disney Princess: Merida, from Pixar’s Brave. I wrote a disappointed rant about that movie when it came out. I still deeply dislike the “You are a princess, act like it!” storyline. I ...

Green Times

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

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Israel-The Only Democracy in the Middle East?

  • Israeli Voters Upset with Bibi – But wil ...
    Over the past couple of months, there seems to have developed growing disconnect between most of Israel’s political analysts – and the actual dynamics of the campaign for Israel’s general elections, which will take place in only 3 days. In October when the election was announc ...
  • Israeli Elections: Labor party leader pays ste ...
    As events in Egypt, Syria and Palestine heat up… …The nation-state in the middle of all this, Israel, has had its own share of high political drama. True, instead of blood, only tears and virtual ink were shed there. But as usual in Israel-Palestine, it makes for a good story. Earlie ...
  • Gaza Ceasefire: Giving Thanks to President Obama
    There is a ceasefire in Gaza. It remains to be seen if and when the promise to open Gaza to normal civilian movement, laconically stated in the ceasefire agreement, will be fulfilled. On Friday, less than 48 hours after its enactment, the first bad sign appeared. In at least two locations near t ...
  • Let’s Stop Bibi Netanyahu’s Sicken ...
    Part of expatriate life is worrying for the health of elderly overseas parents. My father-in-law’s health is bad enough to worry about, even without this recent crap. My wife’s parents live in Moshav Shahar, Israel, some 15km from the Gaza Strip as the missile flies. Their home has n ...
  • How NOT to Introduce New Green-Tech: The Cauti ...
    We have just ended four weeks during which Israeli business and politics were almost completely shut down due to a spate of Jewish holidays. There’s a known refrain in Hebrew: “After the Holidays”, meaning “Don’t worry, we’ll get back to you sometime in Octobe ...

Politics in the Zeros

  • Code, baby, code. Code.org launches
    Code.org has launched with the motto, “Every student in every school should have the opportunity to learn to code” and I completely agree. They plan to get computer programming classes in as many schools as possible and some mighty big names are behind it. Learn about a new “ ...
  • Italy election to banksters – drop dead. Mains ...
    Comedian turned blogger Beppe Grillo won 25% of the Italian vote Voters in the Italy election convincingly rejected austerity on Sunday. Appointed prime minister Mario Monti, member of the Bildeberger Group and advisor to Goldman Sachs, got clobbered, with a mere 9%. Comedian Beppe Grillo runnin ...
  • Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap
    Those crazed environmental extremists at the Department of Defense assume climate change is happening and are planning for it. CCAR basically describes how DoD decision-making will pivot around climate science and related fields, by fully integrating “climate change considerations into its exta ...
  • $400 billion later – Pentagon grounds F-35 fleet
    The $400 billion F-35 program is years behind schedule, way over budget, our most expensive weapons program ever, and a stunning pork barrel inefficiency and transfer of money from the government to bloated and apparently incompetent defense contractors. Defense officials on Friday said they we ...
  • Bloomberg – Too Big To Fail Banks get $83 bill ...
    It’s time to put an end to corrupt bank parasites Bloomberg says our big banks essentially are insolvent parasites that exist solely due to government bailouts. The Too Big Too Fail banks receive huge implicit subsidies since they can borrow from the government at lower rates, because if t ...

Coteret

  • Yediot’s Plocker: Thank you Mossad for r ...
    On Sunday (January 9 2011), Yediot’s Itamar Eichner reported [emphasis mine; full translation here]: Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is furious with outgoing Mossad Director Meir Dagan because of the briefing Dagan gave journalists last Thursday. In the course of that briefing, Dagan sha ...
  • “Rejectionist front”: Maariv detai ...
    As Israel’s diplomatic position erodes and the Palestinian Authority’s campaign for the unilateral recognition of a state in the 1967 borders gains ground, the demand for “direct negotiations” has become a central talking point of  Israeli government spokespeople. Here&#8 ...
  • New Yorker editor David Remnick to Yediot: &#8 ...
    On December 24 2010, Yediot’s Friday Political Supplement ran an interview with New Yorker editor David Remnick by Adi Gold. Most of the interview was dedicated to his new biography of Barack Obama. Gold did ask a political question on Israel and Reminck’s response was very blunt. No ...
  • Breaking the Silence’s landmark new book ...
    Breaking the Silence has just published a landmark collection of soldier testimonies from the Occupied Territories spanning the period 2000-2010. The 432 page book can now be browsed, downloaded and embedded here. If you read nothing else, take the time to look over the first to pages of the int ...
  • Following local pressure, Adidas reconsiders s ...
    This Maariv article [full translation below] from Friday is particularly badly written and repetitive, so I’ll summarize. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat decides to hold the first Jerusalem International Marathon in March 2011. He gets Adidas to sponsor the event. An Israeli runner registers an ...

Deadline Live

  • Architect: Vertical farm in San Diego would re ...
    A young architect hopes a developer will decide to build his 23-acre farm in the center of San Diego. Unlike most farms, this one would reach 500 feet into the sky. Brandon Martella, 24, graduated from the New School of Architecture and Design last year and quickly finished his plans for the Liv ...
  • Army refuses to drop charges against Bradley M ...
    Bradley Manning will remain in military prison awaiting his eventual trial after an Army judge refused again a request to dismiss charges against the alleged whistleblower. The military judge presiding over the case of Army Private first class Bradley Manning denied a motion entered by attorneys ...
  • Supreme Court kills activists’ challenge to FI ...
    In 2008, Congress passed the “FISA Amendments Act,” or FAA. This expanded the government’s ability to use electronic surveillance on people located abroad—and, apparently, any Americans they’re speaking to. A lawsuit was quickly filed by an array of civil rights groups, l ...
  • WAR ON SYRIA; John Kerry War Tour 2013, Vows T ...
    As I recently projected, the choice of John Kerry for Secretary Of State means only one thing… WAR. The question for all Americans, and specifically for the supposed “Liberals” and the incredibly non existent “Anti War Movement” is… when are you going to call ...
  • This Day In History – February 27
    272 – Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (d. 337) was born. 1560 – The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland. 1776 – American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a ...

The Air Vent

  • The Power of Underpants
    As you can tell, I have been very busy lately.   I still have been lurking the same blogs and reading the comment threads so my time isn’t quite reduced to zero.   Recently, an article came out regarding some Ohio State researchers who claimed to have invented a process to burn coal and em ...
  • Lewandowsky – Strike Two
    Hat tip – Skiphil. – So Dr. Lewandowsky did it again.   He, and his coauthors, falsely used my name in order to support some kind of psychology paper on climate skeptic bloggers titled – “Recursive fury: Conspiracist ideation in the blogosphere in response to research on ...
  • Condensation Driven Winds
    I have been receiving emails from the authors of the condensation driven wind theory for several days now as they have published a new paper.   Since I have no time whatsoever, I haven’t even read their latest work. Judith Curry has kindly taken on their guest post and it can be read there ...
  • The Lukewarmer’s Way
    When a climate scientist claims that 2 + 2 =5 and the rest of the scientists tell them it doesn’t, CS turns a blind eye.   Michael Mann’s hokey stick nonsense drives those of us who actually read math completely wild.  When they add extreme need for compulsory planet wide behavioral ...
  • A Reasoned Rejection of Science, Explaining th ...
    Ex-spurt is a commonly misunderstood term.   The true definition of Ex-spurt is, “A drip under pressure”, or perhaps in past tense form, “a drop under pressure.” Often an ex-drip will self-identify as a spurt, but on closer examination he is really just a drip.  Reader (A ...

Focal Point

  • Spencer Soper Wins Sidney Award for Exposing B ...
    Business reporter Spencer Soper of The Morning Call has won the October Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman foundation for his expose of Dickensian conditions in Amazon.com's warehouse in Pennsylvania. Temperatures inside the "fulfillment center" soared to over 100 degrees over the summ ...
  • Spencer Soper Wins Sidney Award for Exposing B ...
    Business reporter Spencer Soper of The Morning Call has won the October Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman foundation for his expose of Dickensian conditions in Amazon.com's warehouse in Pennsylvania. Temperatures inside the "fulfillment center" soared to over 100 degrees over the summer ...
  • Spencer Soper Wins Sidney Award for Exposing B ...
    Business reporter Spencer Soper of The Morning Call has won the October Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman foundation for his expose of Dickensian conditions in Amazon.com's warehouse in Pennsylvania. Temperatures inside the "fulfillment center" soared to over 100 degrees over the summer ...
  • Bachmann's Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric is Bad Scienc ...
    Hey, Michele Bachmann, you know who was really, really pro-vaccination? The Founding Fathers. Read all about it in my new article at The Nation. George Washington argued for mandatory inoculation of citizens against smallpox and mandated the inoculation of the Continental Army, under the ...
  • Bachmann's Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric is Bad Scienc ...
    Hey, Michele Bachmann, you know who was really, really pro-vaccination? The Founding Fathers. Read all about it in my new article at The Nation. George Washington argued for mandatory inoculation of citizens against smallpox and mandated the inoculation of the Continental Army, under the . ...

Inside Facebook

  • Facebook platform industry hires: Nanigans, Sh ...
    Facebook Preferred Marketing Developers Nanigans, Shoutlet and Social Moov announced new hires this week. Nanigans, which today announced that it has driven more than 1 billion conversion events through its Facebook advertising platform, made four new hires,...
  • Instagram announces 100M active users
    Instagram today announced a new milestone of 100 million monthly active users. Just a month ago, Instagram surpassed 90 million MAU, but before that, the company only reported registered users not monthly actives. Some had speculated...
  • Facebook rewrites Like Box to load faster
    Facebook today announced a new version of its Like Box plugin that has been rewritten to load two to four times faster than the previous implementation. The Like Box is a plugin that anyone can add...
  • Facebook suggests users give gifts to friends ...
    Some Facebook users are now seeing “give a gift” buttons on individual posts in their News Feed. The social network seems to recognize that users are sharing good news that friends might want to congratulate them...
  • Facebook updates iOS SDK to help developers tr ...
    Facebook today launched an update for the Facebook SDK for iOS, which seeks to make it easier and faster to develop socially integrated mobile apps and provide developers with better app analytics. With Facebook SDK version 3.2,...

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ReDress News

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

Amazon Rainforest

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

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

  • Boiling Frogs Post: It Boils Down to ‘Us’ vs. ...
    Half Way There-Half Way to Go First things first: We want to thank all our supporters for their kind and generous contributions during these tough times. We know who you are. You are not ‘the’ 1% with deep pockets and devious agendas who feed and sustain the mainstream and pseudo-alternative mis ...
  • We Need Your Support- Help Us Continue Counter ...
    Boiling Frogs Post Needs $8000 To Meet This Quarter’s Budget! What does it mean to be a ‘True Alternative’ among the too many and too powerful media outlets infested with lies and busy with implementing deception and propaganda? As a long-term truth seeker and activist, and as a founder and dire ...
  • BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- February ...
    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 ...
  • Geopolitics with Ryan Dawson-“North Korea: Col ...
    Ryan Dawson Presents Eric Margolis Eric Margolis joins us today to discuss his article “The Hysteria over Kim’s Nukes.” Eric Margolis is the author of “War on top of the world” as well as “American Raj.” He worked for Maninichi-Tokyo a prominent Japanese ...
  • Video Report: Sibel Edmonds on Operation Gladi ...
    NATO, Heroin & Highly Protected Drug Traffickers Sibel Edmonds of BoilingFrogsPost.com joins us for the fourth part of our series on Gladio B, the NATO-directed effort to radicalize, enable and protect Islamic terrorists to further their own geopolitical ends. In this installment we discuss ...

Afro Spear

  • Sunday Inspirations
  • Kinshasha Symphony
    Greeting’s Everyone, Kinshasa Symphony (2010) -CONGO A documentary by German directors Claus Wischmann and Martin Baer, “Kinshasa Symphony” shows how …Continue reading »
  • The Message and The Manifesto
    “Don’t push me ’cause I’m close to the edge I’m trying not to lose my head It’s like a jungle …Continue reading »
  • Sunday Inspirations
    A psychologist walked around a room while teaching stress management to an audience. As she raised a glass of water, …Continue reading »
  • “Reckless investment another disaster fo ...
    This week I was musing about two historical colonial and imperiliastic atrocities which reminded me of the death of Chilean …Continue reading »

Tikun Olam

  • Israel’s Atomic Energy Commission Chief’s Lapt ...
    Shaul Horev (Hebrew), director of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission has had his laptop stolen (Hebrew). This is the second time in three months a sensitive piece of electronic gear was stolen from the home of a senior official. Last December, it was a cell phone from the home of Brig. Gen. (re ...
  • Obama’s Israel Trip: It’s Iran, Stupid!
    Much of the U.S. media that’s written about Pres. Obama’s upcoming visit to Israel (next month) has focused on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.  This narrative says Obama is coming to jump-start negotiations or reaffirm his commitment to finding common ground between the partie ...
  • Saar May Be Forced to Resign Due to Sex Scandal
    I’ve just recorded my latest video segment for Israel’s Social TV on the most recent developments in the Gideon Saar sex scandal. Jerusalem Post reports that he may be forced to step down as education minister if there is a full investigation. Though at this point it’s prematur ...
  • Judicial Post Mortem: Zygier Tranquilized Befo ...
    The Israeli judge appointed to investigate the death of Prisoner X (aka Ben Zygier) took two years to do so.  She released her report only six weeks before Australian TV broke the story open by identifying Zygier as the victim.  Yesterday, a mere eight pages of the report were released (Hebrew) ...
  • Seattle Talk: Iran, Nuclear Impasse and Prospe ...
    This coming Thursday, February 21st at 7PM, I will be speaking with Reza Firouzbakht of National Iranian American Council and Dick Blakney, a Northwest peace activist.  Our topic will be Iran: Nuclear Impasse and Prospect for War at Skinner Auditorium of St. Mark’s Cathedral on Seattle&#82 ...

If Americans Knew

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

David J. Gregory

  • Donation will give you ACCESS TO PRIVATE AREA!
    http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://davidjgregory.wordpress.com/2012/06/16/donation-will-give-you-access-to-private-area/ As our private area grows with more and more data, it becomes more and more desirable. A donation will give you access to this area where not only will you ...
  • BIG NEWS Obama Threatens VETO CISPA
    Big news. President Obama is threatening to veto CISPA, the bill that could give the government and big companies limitless powers to spy on us online. The President has folded on a lot of things in the past, but finally, yes finally, there is hope, the tide maybe changing, from the GOP Corporat ...
  • The Eye On Citrus Show
    http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://davidjgregory.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/the-eye-on-citrus-show/ Our latest radio show is up, talking about the GOP Forum held in Crystal River this past Saturday, Jan 14, 2010. The two non-fiction books relating the dark and illegal deeds of t ...
  • Jesse Ventura, 63 Documents the Government Doe ...
    http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://davidjgregory.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/jesse-ventura-63-documents-the-government-does-not-want-you-to-read/ EyeOnCitrus.com is proud to announce that Jesse Ventura, newest book, 63 Documents The Government Doesn’t Want you to read, is availab ...
  • What side are you on?
    As a Thanksgiving deadline nears for action by the powerful congressional committee on deficit reduction, Bernie sounded an alarm over reports that Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid may be cut. "The American people have been very clear. They understand how important Social Security, Med ...

Unsuitable Blog

  • The Unsuitablog Archive
    The Unsuitablog contains a huge range of posts from simple criticism to investigation to downright in-your-face sabotage. It also has heaps of advice on how to recognise and expose greenwash and the entire series of Monthly Undermining Tasks which helped the book Underminers become a reality. To ...
  • The Unsuitablog: Winding Down and Winding Up
    Four years, and it feels like it. It would take a book to tell the story of The Unsuitablog: all the work that has gone into it; the sleepless nights wondering whether a stunt would come off or what the repercussions of an exposure would be; the arm-aching pixel manipulation in creating the hund ...
  • You’re Not Taking “Radical” ...
    On Monday 5th December, 2011, Bill McKibben, author and figurehead-leader of 350.org wrote the following in the Daily Kos: You think OWS is radical? You think 350.org was radical for helping organize mass civil disobedience in DC in August against the Keystone Pipeline? We’re not radical. Radica ...
  • Strikes vs Royal Weddings
    There is going to be a strike in Britain on Wednesday. The UK Government are condemning it. This is starting to appear all over Facebook: When the government decide we can have a day off for the royal wedding it doesn’t damage the economy, but when the workers decide to strike for a day it ...
  • WWF Denies Palm Oil is the Problem, then Count ...
    It seems there is no depth to which the corporate world’s own favourite NGO, WWF, will not sink. An article in this week’s Guardian was happy to give WWF some free publicity, implying that the group actually give a stuff about the wildlife they were apparently set up to protect (or s ...

Subalternate Reality

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

Idea Lab | Technology

  • How Newsrooms Should Best Handle Public Data
    This post was written by Ryan Graff of the Knight News Innovation Lab and originally appeared on the Lab's blog. Over the past few months something unusual has happened to public data projects: They've made national headlines. For journalists, the most well-known project was the gun pe ...
  • How Do We Liberate the U.S. National Archives?
    The following is an MIT Center for Civic Media lunch live-blogged by the Center's Nathan Matias and Rahul Bhargava. Today, we're hearing from the National Archives and Records Administration about the archives they maintain, how they're making those archives available online at Archives.gov, ...
  • Bringing New and Open Mapping Technologies Int ...
    Next week 200-plus people will meet in Washington, D.C., to talk about the latest geospatial technologies and how to break down barriers to get new -- and open-source -- tools into the government. The government is not usually known for being on the cutting edge of technology, though efforts are ...
  • How Journalists Can Think Like Programmers
    I'm working on a fun little project at the moment that involves pulling data out of a Google Spreadsheet that is being curated by a team of journalists. The interesting thing about this project is that it so clearly illustrates the difference in thinking between people who regularly work with ...
  • As Data Collection Grows, so Does the 'Data Di ...
    Do you remember when grocery stores didn't know you were pregnant before your parents? Or when newspapers couldn't find naked pictures of you by looking through your phone? Boy, those were the days (When did I get this old?). Still, there's no escaping it. Things are digitizing. Everywhere. W ...

Cutting Edge News

  • The Edge of Terrorism - Hizbullah and the Assa ...
    Amid growing distress in both its domestic and foreign spheres, in mid-February 2003, Hizbullah marked the fifth anniversary of the death of its former military commander, Imad Mughniyeh, as part of “Martyrs Day,� which is devoted to memory of the movement’s fighters who were killed in bat ...
  • Israel on Edge - Israel's Border Fences Go Hi-Tech
    The Israeli website I-HLS.COM reports that fifteen soldiers have joined the ranks of the technicians maintaining the advanced fences that protect Israel, following the conclusion of the most recent cycle of the 'Border Alert Systems' training course. These technicians are responsible for hundred ...
  • China and Japan - China Tests Japanese and U.S ...
    Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has warned Beijing that Tokyo is losing patience with China's assertive maritime behavior in the East and South China seas, suggesting China consider the economic and military consequences of its actions. His warning followed similar statements from Washington ...
  • The Race for Solar - Spray Painted Solar Cells ...
    Experts from the University of Sheffield's Department of Physics and Astronomy and the University of Cambridge have created a method of spray-coating a photovoltaic active layer by an air based process - similar to spraying regular paint from a can.This could yield a very cheap way of mass-produ ...
  • The New Egypt - Morsi's Fouls
    Military troops are protecting factories and government offices on the fifth day of a general strike in the Suez Canal city of Port Said that has brought together two groups with working class roots that played key roles in the toppling of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak: militant, highl ...

High Country News

CounterCurrents

  • Sexual Violence Against Tamils By Sri Lankan S ...
    Sri Lankan security forces have been using rape and other forms of sexual violence to torture suspected members or supporters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. While widespread rape in custody occurred during the armed conflict th ...
  • How Israel Legitimizes Torturing Palestinians ...
    Arafat Jaradat was killed under torture. Torture is routine. But the following is not routine: upon the announcement of his death, thousands of Palestinians, already unified in solidarity with the arduous struggle waged by Palestinian hunger striking prisoners, responded in force. At least 3,000 ...
  • Liberating The Land Of Canaan By Mazin Qumsiyeh
    The various provisions of the UDHR clearly present us with only one way forward: one country for its entire people. This happens to be also the main demand made by the native Palestinians from their first encounter with the harmful effects of political Zionism in 1880 (the colony of Petah Tikveh ...
  • The School Security America Doesn’t Need By C ...
    Outrage over the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre may or may not spur any meaningful gun control laws, but you can bet your Crayolas that it will lead to more seven-year-olds getting handcu
  • How Many Deaths Are Worth The Price To Live Li ...
    From Vietnam and Afghanistan to Mali, Congo and Syria, our so-called elected representatives bring murder and mayhem to countries half a world away with their armies or proxy armies of terror and are protected by their lawyers, courts and media

Contagious Love Experiment

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

Yid With Lid

  • Boehner to Senate: GET OFF YOUR ASS!
    John Boehner is beginning to get angry and its about time. During his weekly press conference today, pointedly telling the Senate to "get off their ass and do something" to find a way to avert the sequester. He reminded reporters that the House has twice passed legislation to replace the se ...
  • Must See Video On Sequester From House GOP Con ...
    Maybe there is hope for the GOP yet! The House GOP conference has produced a video to remind people what the president has been doing during the past two weeks (as opposed to working on the sequester) --Basically traveling around the country bashing Republicans. The President today tra ...
  • Newsbusted: Academy Awards Anounces Name Chan ...
    This year was the 85th presentation of the Academy Awards, the "academy" being the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Beginning with this past Sunday's presentation the awards presentation officially changed its name to The Oscars.  According to a special report in today's Newsb ...
  • Why The Big Fuss About No Christie CPAC Invite?
    NBC's Political Intern Taylor Hiegel seems upset that Chris Christie is not on the CPAC Schedule: Just months after their losses in the 2012 election, Republicans and conservatives are setting a vibrant -- and crowded -- stage at next month’s closely watched political cattle call.  T ...
  • Abe Foxman’s Slam of MacFarlane Jewish Jokes A ...
    Last night’s Oscar performance made fun of everything from movie topless scenes to Abraham Lincoln, from African-American stereotypes to gay stereotypes.  Even Jews had to take their knocks, taking their knocks from Ted -- the foul mouthed, digital stuffed bear that was the center ...

The Real Agenda

  • The Daddy State: Obama says people can’t ...
    “The one thing about being President is after four years you get to be pretty humble” By LUIS MIRANDA | THE REAL AGENDA | FEBRUARY 26, 2013 But Obama doesn’t really mean that at all. He threatens businesses, doctors and patients with his Obamacare socialist project; h ...
  • U.S. Supreme Court backs Government Spying of ...
    AP | FEBRUARY 26, 2013 A sharply-divided Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out an attempt by U.S. citizens to challenge the expansion of a surveillance law used to monitor conversations of foreign spies and terrorist suspects. With a 5-4 vote, the high court ruled that a group of American lawy ...
  • Beware, there may be bacterial feces in proces ...
    By LUIS MIRANDA | THE REAL AGENDA | FEBRUARY 26, 2013 In this case, it is not human excrement, human tissue or horse DNA, but artificial sweeteners. Back in 2009, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) have filed a petition re ...
  • Horse DNA found in Nestle products
    By LUIS MIRANDA | THE REAL AGENDA | FEBRUARY 26, 2013 Nestle has recalled six products made from beef provider Servocar after detecting that one of them, the microwave cannelloni The Cook, had traces of horse DNA on a percentage of 1 percent above the threshold that determines whether ...
  • British Government has nukes in Falkland Islan ...
    By LUIS MIRANDA | THE REAL AGENDA | FEBRUARY 26, 2013 Argentina accused the United Kingdom of sending submarines carrying nuclear weapons to the Falklands and thus violating international treaties that establish that this region should be nuclear free. “We are in a precarious sta ...

Wind Watch

  • Shepherd’s Flat wind farm’s $30 mi ...
    The Oregon Department of Energy said it will reevaluate its recent approval of $30 million in tax credits   for the Shepherd’s Flat wind farm, a collection of 338 turbines in Gilliam and Morrow counties that bills itself as one of the largest wind farms in the world. The decision ...
  • Wind farms will create more carbon dioxide, sa ...
    Thousands of Britain’s wind turbines will create more greenhouse gases than they save, according to potentially devastating scientific research to be published later this year. The finding, which threatens the entire rationale of the onshore wind farm industry, will be made by Scottish governmen ...
  • Wind energy reshaping Canadian County
    With each rotation of the blade, Tammy Huffstutlar can feel a growing sense of agitation in her body. “It just puts me on edge,” she said. “You can’t ever get used to the noise.” Swoosh. “You can’t help but notice them,” Huffstutlar said as she gazed out at the more than 20 wind turbines visible ...
  • Rural municipalities unite against turbines
    About 50 representatives from small towns across Ontario gathered in Wainfleet Friday to discuss what they view as a common problem — wind turbines. As more than 100 people concerned about the development of wind turbine projects in their communities showed their support, elected officials and m ...
  • Studies show association between turbines, hea ...
    Wind turbines cause distress among people who live near them, but more and better studies are needed if there’s to be a policy shift in Ontario, the Grey Bruce Board of Health was told Friday. The board was presented with a report cultivated from a comprehensive review of the most current ...

Tippers News

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

The Freeman

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

Teaching Online Journalism

  • Get started with Web coding. Part 1: HTML and CSS
    There's been a lot of talk about journalists learning to code, and that conversation mainly centers on programming. When we say programming, we mean the use of computer programming languages, which cause things to happen. Things happen because a user -- a member of the audience -- touches someth ...
  • The future, and journalism education
    My university played host this weekend to several dozen journalism educators and some very wonderful working journalists. They all came to the Journalism Interactive conference to share what they know and learn new things about digital media and training the next generation of journalists. Most ...
  • What people search for online
    When you’re writing a blog, you should check your stats from time to time (I’m not as obsessive about it as some are) to see what people are reading, where they came from (referrers), what they click in your posts. Search terms are especially interesting to me. They don’t exac ...
  • Should you get a master’s in journalism?
    To answer that question, make sure you know what you want to gain from the experience. Because getting a master’s degree is an experience — as well as an investment of your time and your money. Mu Lin, a professor at Georgian Court University in Lakewood, New Jersey, has addressed t ...
  • Required reading: How open source makes you better
    In this blog post (Why Journalism Tools Gather Dust), Dan Schultz of The Boston Globe describes what amounts to one of the big reasons why news websites are not as successful as they could be. If you borrow code then you are more likely to be familiar with what the rest of the world is doing. I ...

Facing South

  • INSTITUTE INDEX: A year after Trayvon Martin's ...
    It was a year ago today that an unarmed teen was shot to death in Sanford, Fla. by a neighborhood watch volunteer. The tragedy sparked questions about Florida's and other states' "stand your ground" self-defense laws, but they all remain on the books today. read more
  • VOICES: As BP trial begins, Gulf businesses an ...
    BP could be on the hook for as much as $21 billion in fines for its 2010 Gulf oil spill disaster. An effective investment strategy would address both environmental and economic interests. read more
  • Southern states would be hit uniquely hard by ...
    Automatic spending cuts set to take effect this week will reduce military spending in Southern states by $3 billion. Could that drive the region's Republicans to a budget compromise with President Obama? read more
  • Can vote-by-mail fix those long lines at the p ...
    A big potential drawback to the convenience of absentee and mail voting: Studies show that ballots are rejected at a higher rate than for voters who brave the wait at polling places. read more
  • INSTITUTE INDEX: Turning back the clock to pre ...
    North Carolina banned payday lending in 2001 over concern about usurious interest rates. But now some lawmakers want to bring back the industry, which new research finds often leads to snowballing financial trouble for desperate consumers. read more

Worldpress - Africa

  • DR Congo's Silent Ordeal
    Brutal violence continues to ravage the Democratic Republic of Congo, but the massacres get very little coverage in Western media.
  • U.S. Upgrades Its Relationship with Africa
    The Obama administration has unveiled a new strategy that intends to shift the focus of its relationship with Africa from aid to sustainable development.
  • U.S. Upgrades Its Relationship with Africa
    The Obama administration has unveiled a new strategy that intends to shift the focus of its relationship with Africa from aid to sustainable development.
  • Cheers for Hollande in Africa
    Many Africans were excited to see French President Nicolas Sarkozy voted out of office, hopeful that François Hollande will better represent their interests.
  • Cheers for Hollande in Africa
    Many Africans were excited to see French President Nicolas Sarkozy voted out of office, hopeful that François Hollande will better represent their interests.

Telegraph UK - oil

Ian Welsh

  • The Hidden Army: Hezbollah Teaches the World H ...
    Surveillance State notes something very, very important: Hezbollah and Israel have been at war for some time. In an effort to stop Hezbollah’s guerrilla fighters from communicating, Israel has in the past jammed the cell phone towers in the Hezbollah-controlled areas in southern Lebanon. Eager t ...
  • The Future of War in the Developed World
    I’ve been meaning to write about the fact that people don’t understand the lessons of Iraq, Afghanistan and Mexico for some time. In simple terms: the US military, the most expensive, most powerful military in the world, lost in Iraq (they had to pay bribes to leave). They are losing ...
  • The Future of War in the Developed World
    I’ve been meaning to write about the fact that people don’t understand the lessons of Iraq, Afghanistan and Mexico for some time. In simple terms: the US military, the most expensive, most powerful military in the world, lost in Iraq (they had to pay bribes to leave). They are losing ...
  • On Economic Justice
    Who should get how much? Who deserves how much money? How do we decide? It is, I believe, nonsense to say that deserve whatever we happen to earn.  The value of our money is not something which is reliant on us as individuals, but is based instead on the productive capacity of our society, somet ...
  • On Economic Justice
    Who should get how much? Who deserves how much money? How do we decide? It is, I believe, nonsense to say that deserve whatever we happen to earn.  The value of our money is not something which is reliant on us as individuals, but is based instead on the productive capacity of our society, somet ...

Media Consortium

Reality Asserts Itself

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

Great Beyond ( Nature )

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new geography

  • America's Growth Corridors: The Key to a Natio ...
    In the wake of the 2012 presidential election, some political commentators have written political obituaries of the "red" or conservative-leaning states, envisioning a brave new world dominated by fashionably blue bastions in the Northeast or California. But political fortunes ...
  • In California, Don't Bash the 'Burbs
    For the past century, California, particularly Southern California, nurtured and invented the suburban dream. The sun-drenched single-family house, often with a pool, on a tree-lined street was an image lovingly projected by television and the movies. Places like the San Fernando Valley ...
  • Why The Red States May Benefit Most From More ...
    In recent years, the debate over immigration has been portrayed in large part as a battle between immigrant-tolerant blue states and regions and their less welcoming red counterparts. Yet increasingly, it appears that red states in the interior and the south may actually have more to gai ...
  • Failing Economies Shorten Lives
    A recent study has come up with some shocking news: life expectancy of the least educated white Americans, both men and women, is going down. White women without a high school diploma now live five years less on the average than they did 20 years ago: for white male dropouts, the decline ...
  • Is the Family Finished?
    Sitting around a table at a hookah bar in New York’s East Village with three women and a gay man, all of them in their 20s and 30s and all resolved to remain childless, a few things quickly became clear: First, for many younger Americans and especially those in cities, having child ...

GM Watch

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spiked

Energy Probe - Nuclear Power,Utility Reform

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

Margaret's News

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

Solar Energy / Energy Boom

News Blaze

Worldnews

  • Is Loving Yourself Selfish or Self-Responsible?
    In one of my free webinars -- one that focused on what it looks like to love yourself -- Grant asked the following question: "Isn't it selfish and pathetic to love yourself? Isn't it better and healthier to put your full attention on helping others?" I feel sad that anyone thinks it is selfish a ...
  • Displacement in Syria giving way for serious g ...
    Print 26 February 2013 &#150 A senior official with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today warned of the enormous humanitarian impact of the ongoing Syria crisis, particularly on civilians who have been displaced and face threats such as gender-based violence. “Thi ...
  • Laura Robson fighting fit
    The British number two has been playing with the illness since London 2012, although it became more persistent at the start of the year and failed to improve after several courses of antibiotics. Having consulted a specialist, however, and been given further medication, Robson is on the road to ...
  • Drones and the Dawn of Automated, Automatic Wa ...
    Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling During the 19th and early 20th centuries developments in technology vastly transformed warfare. The age of machine guns, steam-powered battle ships, and tanks replaced the era of flintlock muskets, sailing wooden ships, and cannonballs. But these ne ...
  • Military leaders say Congress must stop sequester
    WASHINGTON — The billions of dollars in defense budget cuts scheduled to begin at the end of the week will have a swift and severe impact on military readiness and Congress needs to take fast action to stop them, members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday in an 11th hour bid to keep the r ...

Alex in Wonderland

MY Daily Apple

  • Omalizumab for the Treatment of Chronic Idiopa ...
    New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 0, Issue 0, Ahead of Print.
  • FDA alerts health care providers of recall of ...
    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting health care providers and patients of a voluntary nationwide recall of all lots of Omontys Injection by Affymax, Inc., of Palo Alto, Calif., and Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company Limited, of Deerfield, Ill.,
  • Lexicon To Present At The RBC Capital Markets ...
    THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: LXRX) announced today that Brian Zambrowicz, Ph.D., executive vice president and chief scientific officer, will present at the RBC Capital Markets Healthcare Conference on Wednesday,...
  • New Research Using Information Technology To I ...
    The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is aiming to become a leader in using health information technology (HIT) to change the way patients experience medical care, to decrease medical mistakes, and to improve health outcomes. A special March supplement of Medical Care highlights new research ...
  • Magnetic Implant May Ease Chronic Acid Reflux
    Title: Magnetic Implant May Ease Chronic Acid Reflux Category: Health News Created: 2/20/2013 6:35:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 2/21/2013 12:00:00 AM

Common Dreams

  • Manning's Right to a Speedy Trial Not Violated ...
    Bradley Manning has not had his rights violated while waiting in a cell for almost three years before being granted a trial, judge Colonel Denise Lind ruled in a pre-trial hearing Tuesday. read more
  • In 'Disturbing Decision' Supreme Court Rejects ...
    In what the ACLU has described as a "disturbing decision," the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a challenge brought by human rights groups, journalists and others against the federal government's warrantless wiretapping program. The FISA Amendments Act of 2008 the groups chal ...
  • Big Winner in Italian Election? The Five Star ...
    Massive crowd in Milan's Duomo square at a 'Tsunami Tour' rally of Beppe Grillo, comedian-turned-political activist, in Milan, Italy, in this Feb. 19, 2013 photo. Grillo describes himself merely as the spokesman or “guarantor” of the Five Star Movement. (AP Photo/Alessandro Treves) ...
  • BP Trial Shows 'Culture of Greed' Led to Deepw ...
    BP failed to implement a safety plan on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig despite obvious risks of a blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, the first witness in BP's civil trial for the 2010 disaster testified on Tuesday. "There is ample evidence of intense pressure within the system to save t ...
  • 'Collusion With Austerity' Will Sink Obama, sa ...
    As the deadline of the so-called "budget sequestration" nears, progressives are warning President Obama that his obsession with giving credence to the "cut the deficit" antics of Republicans is a trap and that if Democrats don't jettison the failed "economics of aust ...

The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

Examine Religion - Tweets

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Energy Collective

  • Climate Change May Dry Up Important U.S. Reser ...
    As climate change makes the regions of the West, Southwest, and Great Plains warmer and drier, water demand will continue to increase, and the combined effect will place an ever greater burden on the country’s fresh water supplies.
  • Is Guilt the Path to Serious Action on Climate ...
    Will pictures of an oil-soaked duck, malnourished children roaming an African desert, or at-risk Arctic caribou convince us to ditch the car?
  • Chasing Ice in a Warming World
    The world's climate is heating up due to human-caused, carbon-based emissions. Scientists are confirming that more clearly every year, and their calls to action are only growing stronger with the storms.
  • Liquid Natural Gas Exports: Job Creation and E ...
    New analysis by the consulting firm ICF International indicates significant potential economic benefits from the export of U.S. liquefied natural gas
  • Massive Investment in North Sea Oil
    Investment in the North Sea is the highest for 30 years and rising, according to a report by an oil and gas trade body. It credited the recent introduction of tax relief to encourage investment in “difficult projects."

Green House - USA Today

Prior Art

Peoples Voice

  • The Khojalu “Genocide” Fabrication ...
    By The Keghart Editorial Board Azerbaijan is waging a propaganda war to spread misinformation. Original Kosovo victim photos falsified as Khojalu "genocide". Left- photo edited by Azerbaijan, Right- Original photo from Kosovo People following the Armenian/Azerbaijan conflict cannot miss the ...
  • Israeli Murder by Torture
    by Stephen Lendman Torture is official Israeli policy. It's longstanding. All Palestinians are fair game. Wanting to live free leaves them vulnerable. More on what demands condemnation below. Thirty-year old Arafat Jaradat is Israel's latest victim. PA chief pathologist Saber Aloul attended ...
  • Obama's Clean, Green Fukushima Plumegate Machine
    image source By Tracy Turner What do Ann Coulter and Barack Obama have in common? Pay attention to the following video link where Ann Coulter uses the phrase, "the minimum amount of radiation, * you should be exposed to *." Ann Coulter's assertion that nuclear radiation is like a health suntan ...
  • UNESCO Peace Prize to a War Criminal
    by Stephen Lendman It shouldn't surprise. Nobel committee members prioritize doing it. America's Presidential Medal of Freedom honors genocidists. So does Israel's equivalent award. UNESCO is the UN's educational, scientific and cultural organization. It stresses "building peace in the m ...
  • More Economic Straight Talk
    by Stephen Lendman There's far too little of it around. TV talking heads shun it. All's well in the world, they say. They don't dare report accurately. Their jobs depend on manipulative deception. Financial truisms bear repeating. Money creation madness assures trouble. Irrational exube ...

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

  • Collaborating for municipal tax reform
    Collaborating for municipal tax reform. This is a first. We have partnered with the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, and the Nova Scotia Chambers of Commerce to ask that the Province of Nova Scotia undertake a study into the potential for a shift from municipal property taxes to municipal ...
  • Canada heading for 'bitumen cliff'
    A new study published by the CCPA and the Polaris Institute shows how the failure to carefully regulate the bitumen industry is putting Canada on a dangerous economic and environmental trajectory. The study, by Tony Clarke, Jim Stanford, Diana Gibson, and Brendan Haley, shows that the curren ...
  • Saskatchewan's Anti-Poverty Plan, Does it Meas ...
    In the summer of 2012, the Saskatchewan government published its anti-poverty strategy, From Dependence to Independence, claiming that no previous administration in the province had approached the challenge of poverty “with a comparable commitment to holistic, cross-government solutions.” Our n ...
  • CETA: Constraining Manitoba's Economic Prospe ...
    This report also examines the potential impact of providing foreign investors with increased access to public procurement and the impact of weakening the provincial government’s ability to promote regional development and to ensure that Manitobans benefit from the province’s natural resource ...
  • Canada’s tax system needs ‘fairness’ reform
    According to a new study by CCPA economists Marc Lee and Iglika Ivanova, Canada’s tax system is in dire need of reform. Fairness by Design: A Framework for Tax Reform in Canada finds that ad-hoc tax changes over the last two decades have seriously weakened the redistributive role of Canada’s ta ...

World Wide Hippies

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FourWinds10

  • Chinas Yangtze River 'Turns Blood Red': Reside ...
    Sept. 10, 2012 It is the last thing the residents of Chongqing would have expected to see. But the Yangtze river, which runs through the city in south-western China, turned a bright shade of orange-red yesterday. The waterway where the Yangtze met the Jialin River provided a fascinating contrast ...
  • WHEN THE MERMAIDS CRY: THE GREAT PLASTIC TIDE
  • GEOS-5 - Aerosois - [aerosols whipping around ...
  • Fracking Our Food Supply
    Dec. 1, 2012 Many fracking operations take place on food producing farms. (photo: Onearth) n a Brooklyn winery on a sultry July evening, an elegant crowd sips rosé and nibbles trout plucked from the gin-clear streams of upstate New York. The diners are here, with their checkbooks, to supp ...
  • Deepwater Horizon oil spill 'cleanup' made tox ...
    Dec. 1, 2012 (NaturalNews) The cleanup technique used by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico actually made the spilled oil more than 50 times more toxic than doing nothing, according to a study conducted by researchers fr ...

Crisis Maven

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

Capital Flow Analysis

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

R-Squared Energy Blog

  • Exclusive: U.S. Air Force Report to Congress B ...
    A member of the Department of Strategy at the USAF Air War College takes on the Navy's biofuels program and the Great Green Fleet with a scathing report being sent to Congress and the nation's top military leaders.
  • Book Review – Reinventing Fire
    While I disagree with Amory Lovins on many topics, the man is definitely a visionary. In his latest book Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era, Lovins and his coauthors make the case for retrofitting 120 million buildings, and for fundamentally changing our transportat ...
  • Al Gore Profits From Fossil Fuels He Vilified
    What Gore doesn't seem to understand is that this is the same cost-benefit analysis that results in the world's rising use of fossil fuels. He is like many environmentalists who don't seem to understand the real reasons we are dependent upon fossil fuels.
  • EPA Doubles Down on Unicorns
    In my previous column — Why I Don’t Ride a Unicorn to Work — I used an analogy to describe the US government’s approach to cellulosic ethanol mandates. In brief, they have mandated that something that does not exist — commercial cellulosic ethanol volumes — be ...
  • Why I Don’t Ride a Unicorn to Work
    There is a reason I don't ride a unicorn to work. It isn't because it's too far to work. Nor is it because it rains here in Hawaii nearly every day and I might get wet. It isn't because the powerful automobile lobby has convinced me that driving a car to work is a better option for me. No, it's ...

Discovery Educator Network

Rodale News

  • 3 Natural Gas Myths Debunked
    A pair of new reports from the Post Carbon Institute and the Energy Policy Forum suggest that the explosion in unconventional natural gas drilling isn't all it's cracked up to be. As studies and reports of water and air contamination continue to surface, these two reports outline less-talked-ab ...
  • Where to Find the Best Tomatoes
    Love your backyard organic tomatoes? Here's a reason to love them even more. A new study published in the journal PLoS One has found that organic tomatoes are healthier and contain higher levels of nutrients than those doused in pesticides. Brazilian researchers analyzed the nutrient contents ...
  • The Truth about BPA
    Here are some stone-cold BPA facts: We can't say with 100 percent certainty that the chemical used in some plastics and most canned-food liners is definitely harming humans. To come to that conclusion, scientists would need to gather groups of people and make them ingest the chemical under stri ...
  • The Global Threat Lurking in Your Kitchen
    Canned food: Yes, it's full of salt, but could that innocuous can be harboring a "global threat"? It could, all thanks to bisphenol A, or BPA, a chemical used to make canned-food linings. BPA falls into a class of chemicals known as endocrine disruptors, which act like hormones in you ...
  • Vegetarian Diets: Not Necessarily Better for t ...
    The world's food industry contributes up to 30 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions that are causing climate change and all its disastrous effects. Many of those emissions come from energy-intensive, highly polluting sectors of the industry like cattle and processed-food production. Not only ...

big think

  • Social Media Bringing Patients And Researchers ...
    What's the Latest Development? At this week's TED Conference, the social networking site PatientsLikeMe announced that, thanks to a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, it would build a platform that will improve users' ability to track their chronic diseases and share data wit ...
  • How Mobile Technology Is Messing With Your Posture
    What's the Latest Development? Office furniture company Steelcase surveyed 2,000 workers across 11 countries to find out how they use the various machines available to them during a typical workday. They found that the increase in mobile devices has brought with it a change in the ways e ...
  • Illegal P2P Song Downloads Dropped 26 Percent ...
    What's the Latest Development? In its annual Music Study released this week, global information firm The NPD Group reports that both online and offline music file sharing dropped significantly in 2012, with the number of songs illegally shared via peer-to-peer (P2P) services down by 26 p ...
  • The Conservative Christian Attack on Yoga
    On February 20, a conservative Christian group, the National Center for Law & Policy (NCLP), filed a lawsuit against the Encinitas School Board for teaching yoga in public schools. The suit’s claim that yoga promotes Hinduism shines a spotlight on nearly two centuries of ignorance regarding ...
  • DNA Collection is a Feminist Issue
    NOTE:  I originally posted this column in 2012, after the Maryland Court of Appeals reversed a conviction based on the collection of a DNA sample from a suspect.  This case is now being heard before the Supreme Court, so I re-post the column here.   In 2003, a man broke into Vone ...

Information Liberation

  • The U.S. Supreme Court: Architects of the Amer ...
    *The unspoken power dynamics in a police/civilian encounter will generally favor the police, unless the civilian is a local sports hero, the mayor, or a giant who is impervious to bullets.* - Journalist Justin Peters From time to time th...
  • The Power to Assassinate a Compliant and Submi ...
    President Obama's nomination of John Brennan is being held up over Brennan's refusal to state whether the president's power to assassinate Americans (and others) extends to American soil. The controversy is summed up in a great article by Glenn Green...
  • The Copyright Propaganda Machine Gets a New Ag ...
    It's been a long time coming, but the copyright surveillance machine known as the Copyright Alert System (CAS) is finally launching.* CAS is an agreement between Big Content and large Internet Service Providers to monitor peer to peer networks for co...
  • Anarchy, State, and Gun Ownership
    The controversy over whether the Federal Government should ban the possession by citizens of certain types, or all types, of firearms has been raging back and forth for a very long time. I remember as a child seeing news coverage of horrific acts of ...
  • Beretta Tells Maryland It Will Move Operation ...
    Beretta USA, the domestic division of the Italian firearms manufacturer, recently informed Maryland it will move operations out of the state if a law aimed at the Second Amendment is enacted. "Enact such measures at your own risk," the company told l...

Be Responsible - Be Free!

  • Tales Of An Aussie Refugee
    Last Thursday week, the third of January, I was driving home from Hobart, south along the Arthur Highway. A pretty normal day, really. Christmas and New Year had been celebrated, the much-vaunted Mayan apocalypse hadn’t happened, and with Tasmania at … Continue reading →
  • Early Exit For 2012
    If the Mayan calendar is correct, this is the final LibertyGibbert thread ever, so farewell. If it is wrong, then it’s simply the last thread for 2012. I’ve been so swamped with work lately, I need a month at least … Continue reading →
  • Early Exit For 2012
    If the Mayan calendar is correct, this is the final LibertyGibbert thread ever, so farewell. If it is wrong, then it’s simply the last thread for 2012. I’ve been so swamped with work lately, I need a month at least … Continue reading →
  • The Liberals Have Taken Over California
    An act of madness. Yet seemingly inevitable. Lost somewhere amid the circus of this month’s U.S. Presidential election was a potentially far more significant and historic poll result: that of the Californian state legislature. With a known population of 37.6 million, … Continue readi ...
  • The Liberals Have Taken Over California
    An act of madness. Yet seemingly inevitable. Lost somewhere amid the circus of this month’s U.S. Presidential election was a potentially far more significant and historic poll result: that of the Californian state legislature. With a known population of 37.6 million, … Continue readi ...

Sciencebase - Breaking Science News

  • Sciencebase Twitter archive
    Now, that almost anyone can download an archive of all their twitter activity, there are a few neat things you can do with the data once you’ve got it. For instance, you could upload it all to your Google Drive, set the folder as public and let anyone trawl through all your old tweets. So, ...
  • Meteorite map malarkey
    As is obvious within a few seconds of having tweeted the map purportedly showing “every meteorite that has hit Earth since 2300 BC”, the map actually just shows where the people are and where people have recorded meteorite impacts. The first comment on the Gizmodo item puts this quit ...
  • Exercise, alcohol, fruit and veg
    There was a strike at the BBC yesterday, so the usual “You and Yours” on Radio 4 was replaced with an annotated compilation of recent in-depth reports by Michael Moseley from past episodes (I believe). It made for an interesting alternative podcast listen on my dog-walk today. He dis ...
  • Five major challenges to avoid food crunch
    Growing population and an increasing poverty gap are major challenges for global food security especially when the issue of biofuels produced from crops is introduced. According to Tahereh Alavi Hojjat of DeSales University, in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, USA, governments around the world must ...
  • Sciencebase to be grilled by Cambridge student ...
    UPDATE: 2012-02-13 It’s on again and this year I can offer a little advice on how to get a popular science book published if any students are interested in hearing my thoughts on that. Also, I’ve dropped the price for students on the PDF version of Deceived Wisdom for the next couple ...

RFF Library

  • Economic Outcomes of a U.S. Carbon Tax
    NERA Economic Consulting for the National Association of Manufacturers http://www.nam.org/~/media/64FDD87B13C44C3E8E95CC805E4E5952.ashx [Press Release] Today, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) released a study conducted by NERA Economic Consulting that shows a carbon tax would have ...
  • Sea-Level Rise for the Coasts of California, O ...
    National Research Council http://bit.ly/WpbetQ Tide gages show that global sea level has risen about 7 inches during the 20th century, and recent satellite data show that the rate of sea-level rise is accelerating. As Earth warms, sea levels are rising mainly because ocean water expands as it wa ...
  • Water Ripples: Expanding Water Risk for US Wat ...
    Ceres (free download with registration) / by Sharlene Leurig http://www.ceres.org/resources/reports/water-ripples-expanding-risks-for-u.s.-water-providers/view As numerous western states are considering massive new water supply projects, a new Ceres report is suggesting caution. Citing shrinking ...
  • Cars, Trucks, and Climate: EPA Regulation of ...
    Congressional Research Service http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40506.pdf On October 15, 2012, the Obama Administration took a major step toward reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles when it promulgated GHG emission standards for model year 2017-2025 light duty vehicles. Un ...
  • The National Flood Insurance Program: Status a ...
    Congressional Research Service http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42850.pdf [From Summary] Government payouts under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) are estimated to be between $12 billion and $15 billion in flood insurance claims. In the immediate aftermath of Sandy, this amount quickl ...

Scientific American - News

  • Live Chat on Compulsive Hoarding -- Tuesday, F ...
    Scientific American recently published an article about compulsive hoarding , which is defined as the excessive accumulation of stuff and the refusal to discard it, resulting in problematic clutter. This May, the new edition of psychiatry's standard guidebook (the DSM-5) will recognize co ...
  • Data Stretching Back to 1959 May Explain Link ...
    When Ida Washington received a letter inviting her to participate in a women’s health study to explore the environmental roots of breast cancer, she didn’t think twice. Her mother was diagnosed with the disease nearly 40 years ago, and since then, it has been a terrifying mystery she ...
  • Elephant Seals Help Find Missing Piece in Glob ...
    By tracking the voyages of elephant seals off Antarctica, and with the help of satellite imaging and undersea sensors, researchers have discovered a long-elusive source for the deep-ocean streams of cold water that help to regulate the Earth's climate. [More]
  • Long-Lost Continent Found under the Indian Ocean
    The drowned remnants of an ancient microcontinent may lie scattered beneath the waters between Madagascar and India, a new study suggests. [More]
  • Women's Exposure to Chemicals May Explain Unex ...
    Deep in a laboratory freezer, 100,000 vials of blood have been frozen for the better part of five decades. [More]

First Truths

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

Media Co-Op

  • Idle? Know More Take Action Forum
    From the organizers: This forum is open to the public. All are welcome to attend, especially Indigenous and Non-Indigenous participants in Idle No More actions, info sessions, teach-ins, and activities. To learn from insightful and inspirational figures in the Idle No More Movement as a place to ...
  • Forum on Indigenous Nationhood, Land, and Sove ...
    Building Respectful Relationships From the organizers: This forum invites immigrant, ethnic, and racialized communities across the Lower Mainland to increase their awareness and understanding of Indigenous Peoples' histories, struggles ...
  • CKUT's Off the Hour: Memorial March for Missin ...
    Presentation by Bridget Tolley, an Algonquin from the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg in Quebec, Canada On Februray 14th 2013 over 700 people gathered at St. Laurent Metro to spend their Valentine's day at the Memorial March for Missing and Mu ...
  • Vancouver LNG Conference Promotes Fuel Worse T ...
    Rising Tide – Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories Backs Pipeline Blockade and Says Fracking a Climate Crime FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb 25, 2013 Vancouver LNG Conference Promotes Fuel Worse Than Coal: Rising Tide – Vancouver, Coast Sali ...
  • Breakthrough Regarding Legal Liability of Cana ...
    Mayans' lawsuit against HudBay over shootings and rapes at mine in Guatemala to proceed in Canadian courts TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 25, 2013) - In an important precedent-setting development for the accountability of Canadian mining companies for alleged overseas human rights abus ...

David Seaton's News Links

  • Capitalism: is we is or is we aint?
    David Seaton's News Links Read carefully the two quotes below as if they were a Zen koan on the order of "what is the sound of one hand clapping?" or "does a dog have Buddha nature?", and see if you notice the cognitive dissonance they produce.Consumer spending is not only the key to economic re ...
  • Droned if we do, etc
    David Seaton's News LinksIt’s insane how vulnerable we’ve made ourselves, like drunks failing to look around as they walk into traffic. Hackers could shut down the way we live, and if they hacked into drones or nuclear codes, determine the way we die. If you think it through, which most of us av ...
  • What might a revolution look like?
    David Seaton's News Links I finished up my last post saying:(...) simply by nationalizing Monsanto and Walmart we would have a perfect, planned economy… in other words we are all dressed up and waiting for Lenin.And several people have since asked me what I meant by that.It comes in two parts th ...
  • Monsanto and the banality of evil
    A discussion about Monsanto arose in a private technology forum that I attend, which dredged up the following from me and that in turn I'd like to share with my regular readers. DSMy great uncle was one of the original chemists of Monsanto... the boss had no money for the payroll and he paid t ...
  • Is middle class renewal in any way based on ch ...
    David Seaton's News Links Fracking illustrated It seems to me that the challenge of rebuilding the American middle class: bringing back the jobs, ensuring good public education, health care and decent pensions is now to a great extent predicated on a very controversial "energy revolution": the l ...

MoJo - Kevin Drum

  • It Was Eric Cantor Who Killed the Debt Ceiling ...
    Everyone and his brother has already blogged about Ryan Lizza's profile of Eric Cantor in the New Yorker this week, but it's only just now that its real meaning has struck me. Maybe I'm just slow. The subject at hand is the debt ceiling talks in July 2011, and before we get to Lizza, here's th ...
  • Today You Lost Yet Another Shred of Privacy
    The Supreme Court refused today to rule on the merits in a case that questioned whether the government can intercept international calls by American citizens: Writing for the majority, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. said that the journalists, lawyers and human rights advocates who challenge ...
  • We're 60 Percent of the Way to Simpson-Bowles!
    UPDATE: Sorry, I screwed up here. I didn't account properly for the total ten-year effect of Simpson-Bowles, and I didn't adjust for different baselines. When you do this, SB produces $6.3 trillion in deficit reduction. We're about 60 percent of the way there, not 90 percent. More here. T ...
  • It's Time to Call a Filibuster a Filibuster
    It looks like Chuck Hagel is finally going to be confirmed as Secretary of Defense. Jonathan Bernstein addresses the journalistic conundrum involved in this: The trick for reporters is how to write about and talk about what's happened. Was there a filibuster? Yes. Of course. ...
  • Robotic Surgery and the Low End of the Learnin ...
    Austin Frakt points us today to a new study that compares the effectiveness of robotically assisted hysterectomies vs. laparoscopic surgery. "Both approaches provide benefits compared with open surgery," says an editorial in JAMA, "including smaller incisions, shorter hospital stays, less ...

Insanity Report

  • IC 383: Chicks Can’t Fight
    Topic: UFC 157 First Women’s fight in the UFC The vocal minority of sexist men Dana White is an awesome sports commissioner Kev recaps his NYC trip Kev goes to the Church of Scientology Mass Effect 3 DLC Playstation 4 Share with your friends:
  • IC 382: Life Coaching
    Topic: Phenomblak joins Kriss & Kev for a completely random and off topic show. Share with your friends:
  • IC 381: Rappin for Jesus
    Topic: Rappin for Jesus Pope retires Getting out of Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day as a kid Dating is a hassle Troll better Lady dies after 10 liters of coke a day The new Die Hard Movie Share with your friends:
  • IC 380: Guard Grizzlies
    Topic: Valentine’s Day Men not dating The struggles of being a man in a relationship Dealing with cover thieves Next generation Gaming Papa John’s owner has a lake for a front yard Eminem slander WB and the Justice League movie Share with your friends:
  • IC 379: Amazon Pimping
    Topic: Valentine’s Day approaches Sharing too much on Facebook What happens when your kids see your cleavage pictures? Nobody want’s to go to Boston NYC isn’t that great Amazon should sell whores Taser rachetness Eminem doesn’t have any classic albums Comedy is subjective ...

Simple Climate

  • Cave deposits reveal permafrost concern
    Greenhouse gases currently trapped in the frozen soil risk release past a 1.5°C temperature threshold for melting at the permafrost boundary, found in a 500,000 year record collected by Anton Vaks from the University of Oxford, and his colleagues.
  • Extra stations bolster warming-extreme rainfal ...
    A study calling on 8326 weather stations has confirmed that annual precipitation highs are intensifying by around 7% per 1°C warming, explains University of Adelaide’s Seth West
  • Altered pressure patterns bring Eurasia intens ...
    Even as the world warms, stronger high pressures have driven extreme cold events happening since the 1990s in Europe and Asia, says Xiangdong Zhang at University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
  • Mild winters raise risk of flu epidemics
    Warm years limit flu transmission, but that makes us more susceptible to the virus the following season, explains Sherry Towers at Arizona State University, meaning health authorities have to watch for severe epidemics as climate changes.
  • Iconic authors help reveal record early flowering
    150 years since Henry David Thoreau observed them, plants flower three weeks earlier thanks to climate change, find Boston University’s Libby Ellwood and her teammates.

e!Science News

  • 'Fat worms' inch scientists toward better biof ...
    Fat worms confirm that researchers from Michigan State University have successfully engineered a plant with oily leaves ­- a feat that could enhance biofuel production as well as lead to improved animal feeds. read more
  • Clever battery completes stretchable electroni ...
    Northwestern University's Yonggang Huang and the University of Illinois' John A. Rogers are the first to demonstrate a stretchable lithium-ion battery -- a flexible device capable of powering their innovative stretchable electronics. read more
  • In probing mysteries of glass, researchers fin ...
    In a paper published online Feb. 26 in the journal Nature Communications, a Yale University team and collaborators propose a way of predicting whether a given glass will be brittle or ductile -- a desirable property typically associated with metals like steel or aluminum -- and assert that any g ...
  • Connecting the (quantum) dots
    Recent research offers a new spin on using nanoscale semiconductor structures to build faster computers and electronics. Literally. read more
  • Superbugs may have a soft spot, after all
    The overuse of antibiotics has created strains of bacteria resistant to medication, making the diseases they cause difficult to treat, or even deadly. But now a research team at the University of Rochester has identified a weakness in at least one superbug that scientists may be able to medicall ...

unEarthed

  • China to Introduce Carbon Fees
    U.S. excuses for climate inaction dwindling A large majority of Americans now want action.  (Ray Wan) Climate change deniers in the U.S. once c ...
  • Remembering The Coal Tragedy At Buffalo Creek
    Not enough change since historic disaster The Buffalo Creek disaster destroyed 4,000 homes in 16 towns.  (WV Div. of Culture & History) Forty-one years a ...
  • Storage Needed When There Is No Sun, Wind
    Earthjustice urges California PUC to consider storage systems Battery systems would store surplus renewable energy when it’s produced for use later.  (LBNL) ...
  • Obama Has Spoken, Now He Must Lead
    Americans can’t wait for Congress to address climate change President Obama delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber on Feb. 12, 2013.  (Chuck Kennedy / White House ...
  • Anti-Slime Brigade Packs Florida EPA Meeting
    Don't let agricultural pollutants kill magic waterways, they say Algae outbreak on the Santa Fe River in May of 2012. (John Moran) In a fantastic show of ...

Brave New Climate

  • Two decades and counting…
    Guest Post by Geoff Russell. Geoff is a mathematician and computer programmer and is a member of Animal Liberation SA. He has published a book on diet and science, CSIRO Perfidy. While the French have been generating electricty for ~80 grams of CO2 per kWh for two decades, the Germans are still ...
  • Energy Policy – substance wins over style
    There’s a gradual, but a rising tide of rational, enviro-progressive scientists out there who are committed to solving some of the world’s biggest problems. Many of these problems involve touchy subjects, including ways to reduce poverty while improving or maintaining high standards of living el ...
  • Zero emission synfuel from seawater
    Guest post by John Morgan. John runs R&D programmes at a Sydney startup company. He has a PhD in physical chemistry, and research experience in chemical engineering in the US and at CSIRO. He is a regular commenter on BNC. You can follow John on Twitter @JohnDPMorgan ———&#8 ...
  • Next Nukes – how U.S.-European cooperati ...
    As the debate over climate policy picks up again in the wake of Hurricane Sandy and President Obama’s reelection, policymakers should prioritize efforts that will accelerate the adoption of zero-carbon technologies, especially the only proven baseload source available: next generation nuclear. W ...
  • 2012 BNC stats in review
    The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. (Note: about mid-way through the year, the site closed WP comments and moved them to the BNC Forums – this led to a redirection of many pageviews to the new site). Here’s an excerpt: About 55,000 tour ...

Indigenist Opinion

  • REAL ESTATE MARKET CALIFORNIA
    California real estate market trends, while having their own changes periodically, tide, remain more in sync with the current market across the nation and many people might not even think to buy a house now given the real estate market and the state of california things to buy. California real ...
  • LONDON PROPERTY AGENCIES
    If you are thinking of buying property in London is important to use all the resources available to you. Check out every Estate Agent in London as well as the local press for private property advertising. A search for "Estate Agents London" or "Agent Real London" on Google or MSN should prov ...
  • Woodlands Water Heater
    Woodlands water heater area unit price effective alternatives to standard heaters, which need a considerable quantity of energy. Straightforward to put in, woodlands water heater don't need a vessel to produce plight. Woodlands water heater area unit best-known by completely different names like ...
  • CHOOSE CARPET FOR DECORATING YOUR HOME
    Choosing a carpet for your home is no easy task. Regardless of whether you’re looking for a textured and more luxurious carpet or cut pile, Berber, frieze or patterned carpet, today’s  have a vast selection of all the styles and color choices you could need. Some companies will allow you t ...
  • The Best Sources for Real Estate Listings
    Posting your home into some credible Real Estate Listings are the best way you can do if you want to sell your property right away. It is not expensive either to do real estate listing. Most of home sellers nowadays have got their property listed for a very minimal amount, and most of these sell ...

Republicans are a Disease

  • Lie, Lie, Lie, Lie…
    The Republican Machine knows the sequester will be, and is unpopular. Their only hope is to tell everyone, shout it from the mountaintops that the sequester was 100% President Obama’s fault. Their only chance to save face is to make a lot of bs noise. Obama demanded it etc. Blah, blah, bla ...
  • Seen Ted Nugent Lately?
    If you see the Motor City Madman, ask him how he dodged the draft. From what he said a few years back it had something to do with him crapping in his pants for a week before going in for his interview, and filling his urine test cup with poop. Way to go Ted. A [...]
  • Mail Deliver On Saturday Over Thanks To Republ ...
    Do you like getting mail delivered on Saturday? Too bad. It is over. The Republican plan to destroy the Post Office so the “private sector” which technically means billionaires that own most of the stock in most corporations can make more dough. Thanks to the Republican Postal Destru ...
  • The Republicans Want To Re-Brand Their Party
    Buuuhahahahahah. It is all I can do to keep from laughing. For 30 years the GOP has been helping the wealthy, and the corporations they own rape our families, and transfer our assets to the top 1%. Now the outlook for our children is worse than it was for us. And they want to re-brand? [...]
  • Republicans Want To Screw More People Out Of T ...
    Since fewer and fewer people are willing to vote for Republicans for president the Republicans have a plan. Since Republicans  have drawn districts where they control the state even though more people vote for democrats, they want to change the electoral map. They want to keep Texas the same, bu ...

Appalachia Rising

  • Donate to Appalachia Rising Legal Defense!
    Donate to Appalachia Rising Legal Defense On June 5th, 22 Appalachians were arrested in Washington DC, refusing to leave the offices of their Congresspeople until their representatives committed to taking steps toward ending mountaintop removal. You supported these men and … Continue readi ...
  • Judge Says Quaker Pro-Mountain Demonstrators & ...
    PHILADELPHIA – Two Quakers, Vint Deming (78) and Gail Newbold (62), were found guilty on Thursday of Defiant Trespass and Conspiracy to Commit Trespass following their arrest and trial for a nonviolent religious witness at PNC Bank’s Center City headquarters … Continue reading →
  • Donations Needed for Legal Support of 22 Arrested
    All 22 Mountain Heroes are out of jail as of late night on Wednesday. However, they will all be making a return trip to Washington DC in July for a court hearing. This trip will be expensive, as well as … Continue reading →
  • Shaving Their Heads in Mourning and Protest
    On Memorial Day, nearly 20 people shaved their heads in mourning and protest of mountaintop removal. Today, 5 more people joined them. 1. Shaving their heads in an act of mourning and protest of mountaintop removal., 2. Shaving their heads … Continue reading →
  • Video from Rep. Griffith (R-VA) Congressional ...
    West Virginian’s singing “Country Roads Take Me Home” as the police escort them out of Rep. Rahall’s office.

Amped Status

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

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  • ‘A Jewish and Democratic state is a zomb ...
    Israeli novelist Nir Baram, on his Facebook page: Arafat Jaradat died because “he ate too much.” Issawi was arrested for eight months for traveling in the West Bank. Hassan Usruf was viciously attacked because he met the wrong youngsters. Many more Arabs are held without trial because they are A ...
  • Jerusalem police arrest Palestinian activist i ...
    Khalil Gharra has been taking part in daily vigils in support of hunger striking Palestinian prisoners. After arresting him in the middle of the night, police fail to present any evidence against him, and he is released without bail.  Shortly after midnight on Sunday, armed plainclothes policeme ...
  • Palestinians wielding new power against Israel ...
    Threat of Palestinian Authority’s collapse forces Netanyahu, who has humiliated Abbas and his people as often as possible, to try to placate them. At the beginning of this week, when Palestinian riots threatened to get out of hand, especially if one of the hunger-striking prisoners died, w ...
  • Netanyahu makes consolation call to maker of & ...
  • PHOTOS: Clashes erupt in West Bank after funer ...
    Photos by: Anne Paq, Yotam Ronen, Oren Ziv, and Ryan Rodrick Beiler from the Activestills photo collective. Thousands of Palestinians attended the funeral on Monday of Arafat Jaradat, 30, who died two days earlier in Israeli custody, while under interrogation by Israel’s internal security ...

Sustainability,water,etc - Oz gov't

  • Super trawler stopped again
    Environment Minister, Tony Burke, has today signed the interim declaration to prevent the super trawler until the environmental impacts of the proposed operation are better understood.
  • Free TV and computer recycling events this we ...
    Australians will have more options for recycling their unwanted electronic waste this weekend, with a number of special recycling events to be held across the country.
  • Terms of Reference Finalised for Independent R ...
    Federal Environment Minister, Tony Burke, today announced the Terms of Reference for the Independent Review of the Port of Gladstone.
  • Uluru wins top tourism award
    The iconic Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park has taken out the top prize at the Qantas Australian Tourism Awards, being named the country’s best major tourist attraction.
  • Celebrating multicultural Australia
    The Gillard Government is celebrating multicultural Australia with a new heritage theme for 2013 looking at the stories and contribution of migrants.

Matt Weidner Blog

  • A TRUCE IN FLORIDA’S FORECLOSURE WARS, A ...
    Many in Florida’s Legislature, and by many I mean primarily extremist members of Florida’s Republican Party, have declared war on Florida consumers.  We must call out those members that have in fact staked out these positions, staked out these beachheads and are using these positions ...
  • COMPLETELY Off Topic, But Compelling- WATCH TH ...
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  • SPECIAL ALERT- THE TWO NEWEST FORECLOSURE FRAU ...
    The entirety of the United States Government has articulated a crystal clear policy that they will not hold the banking elite even remotely responsible for the crimes that they have committed against the people of the United States of America. Make no mistake, the fraud, the crimes, the abuses a ...
  • You’re Going To Lose Your Home In Forecl ...
    So let’s say you find a forged assignment in your foreclosure case.  Let’s say you’re going to trial in that foreclosure case.  What will you do with that forged evidence that they may or may not actually admit in your foreclosure case, foreclosure summary judgment or foreclosu ...
  • Bay News 9- GREAT STORY ON HOUSE BILL 87, UNFA ...
    WFLA: News, Weather, and Sports for Tampa Bay, FL Scridb filter

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The Parallel Parliament

  • Identity – Digital Soul
    The London Free Press had a feature article this past weekend on our digital identity, aptly titled “Our Digital Soul”.  …Continue reading »
  • Identity – You and We
    Communities have their own kind of DNA.  They came together over years of development, experience, leadership, tough times, migration, ups …Continue reading »
  • Reunions
    Here is the link to my latest London Free Press article on our recent team trip to South Sudan – …Continue reading »
  • Identity – Romancing the Community
    It’s Valentine’s Day. Many things to many people, it nevertheless finds a certain commonality in that romance can be as …Continue reading »
  • Identity – If You Eat, You’re In
    Common vernacular says we are “what” we eat. There’s truth in that, but it’s actually how we organize ourselves in …Continue reading »

Vaccine Awakening

  • Women, Vaccines & Bodily Integrity
    Posted 1/24/2013 By Barbara Loe Fisher   2013 was only a few days old when I saw a photo of 61-year old Ethel Hoover, a veteran hospital nurse, who had only missed 4 or 5 days of work in 22 years, she was fired from her job for declining to get a flu shot. Defending Freedom of Consc ...
  • IOM Issues Report on Safety of the Child Vacci ...
    Posted on 1/16/2013 by Barbara Loe Fisher Yesterday, the Institute of Medicine issued a report The Childhood Immunization Schedule and Safety: Stakeholder Concerns, Scientific Evidence and Future Studies. The report was based on a 12-month evaluation by an IOM committee of the scientific evid ...
  • 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 ...

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

  • Farm Bureau is a dubious ‘voice of agriculture ...
    The bill is being introduced for a third time, and for a third time its main opposition comes from the Maryland Farm Bureau. This persistent opposition begs two questions: What is the Farm Bureau, and whom does it represent?
  • Feeding animals to animals: EU weakens rule on ...
    Also contributing to this post is Jillian Fry, Project Director, Public Health & Sustainable Aquaculture Project In a disturbing turn, the EU has again weakened regulations addressing feeding animals to other animals, bringing their rules more in line with flawed U.S. policies. The decision, ...
  • The CLF Week in Links: Fish, Beef, Pork—Whom T ...
    A UNEP study urges people in the rich world to halve their meat consumption, and become "demitarians," there’s a good chance that yellow perch in three Maryland rivers are being affected by toxic pollution, horse meat, and more.
  • Peces y Plantas—Juntos Felices
    First, find an afterschool teen pregnancy prevention program for underserved Baltimore Latino high school students. Then put those teenagers inside a greenhouse that supports a delicate aquaponics demonstration project. What do you get? For starters, a lively translation project that reaches out ...
  • Food & Faith Project launches contest to inspi ...
    All congregations that successfully complete the Good Food Challenge will receive a 2013 Good Food Sanctuary certificate, and entering will also put your congregation in the running for one of three cash prizes.

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Left Foot Forward

  • Infographic: The UK’s low rape convictio ...
    The infographic gives an overview of Britain's shockingly low rape conviction rate.
  • Welsh Tories propose tax cut for the wealthy
    The Welsh Conservatives are aping their colleagues in Westminster by calling for tax cuts for the very highest earners at a time when living standards are falling for the majority.
  • ‘Ill advised cuts can risk a downward sp ...
    'The country in the triple dip should not lecture the EU about economic growth', says EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion in reference to David Cameron's plan to repatriate power back from the EU.
  • Why is the pound falling and does it matter?
    Sterling has been in apparent freefall of late, as currency traders have looked at the UK economy with increasing pessimism. Left Foot Forward explains what a falling pound means for the UK.
  • Funding for Lending Scheme failing to get bank ...
    The coalition is still failing to get banks lending to businesses, new figures from the British Bankers' Association (BBA) reveal, despite the introduction of the government's Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS), which gives cheap funding to banks on the basis that they lend money to households and ...

Consumerist

  • Sick Of Being Forced To Pay For Channels No On ...
    Among the biggest bones of contention in the now-frequent carriage fee disputes between broadcasters and cable/satellite companies is broadcasters’ insistence that carriers buy an entire bundle of channels just to get the one or two networks people actually watch. Today, Cablevision declar ...
  • Tax Dad Sez: Send Us Your Questions For Consum ...
    Seriously old-school Consumerist fans might remember Ask Meghann’s Dad, where readers sent in questions about electrical wiring and home repair, and Mr. Marco was all competent and helpful. During a meeting to think of new story ideas, we remembered this and asked ourselves: what other exp ...
  • Toaster Bacon & 3 Other Failed Food Ideas You ...
    Normally when anyone mentions the word bacon, our ears and tummies perk up like it’s meat Christmas. But cooking bacon in a toaster with some kind of foil and absorbent pad situation? No thank you, not for a kazillion dollars. Throughout food history there have inevitably been food flops, ...
  • Brother Sends My Printer On Vacation In Florid ...
    Cyndi’s new multifunction inkjet printer malfunctioned just after the 14-day return period was over. Isn’t that always how it ends up? Not by design on the company’s part, of course, but it feels that way when you depend on a printer like Cyndi does. She contacted Brother&#8217 ...
  • When Cable Installer Accidentally Kills Your P ...
    Over the years, we’ve heard complaints about cable techs and installers kicking holes in walls and leaving behind messes, but it’s incredibly rare — and genuinely heartbreaking — when the actions of an installer lead to the demise of a family pet. This is exactly what Co ...

Whistleblogger - GAP

  • GAP Coalition Partner to Advise UK Liberal Dem ...
    The Guardian: Liberal Dems Appoint Whistleblowing Charity Following Harassment Claims The Liberal Democratic party of Great Britain has announced it will appoint the independent whistleblower charity Public Concern at Work (PCaW) – an international coalition partner of GAP's – to advise the pa ...
  • 'Corruption Comebacks': Suzanne Folsom on Duty ...
    Image Courtesy of wikimedia user PavaSo just last week, we heard from Suzanne Folsom, the general counsel and chief compliance officer at Blackwater, a.k.a. XE Services LLC (February 2009), a.k.a. Academi LLC (December 2011). As you can see from the chronology, this is a company that regularly c ...
  • New Documentary SILENCED Raising Money on Kick ...
    When does telling the truth become a dangerous act? The moving stories of federal whistleblowers – including GAP's own Jesselyn Radack and three GAP clients – will be featured in Oscar-nominated filmmaker James Spione's new documentary SILENCED to answer that question. Describing the project, t ...
  • Six Tanks Leaking at Hanford Nuclear Site: Dai ...
    Associated Press: Six Tanks at Hanford Nuclear Site in Washington Leaking Federal and state officials announced Friday that the Hanford nuclear site, the most contaminated of its kind in the US, is leaking radioactive and toxic waste at a rate of 150 to 300 gallons per year from six different ...
  • Grand Jury Indicts Peanut Corporation of Ameri ...
    The New York Times: Charges Filed in Peanut Salmonella Case PCA Whistleblower Kenneth Kendrick The owner of now-bankrupt Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) and three other executives were indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday, four years after a Salmonella outbreak was linked to the compa ...

UK Progressive

  • What Researchers Learned About Gun Violence Be ...
    by Joaquin Sapien ProPublica President Obama has directed the Centers for Disease Control to research gun violence as part of his legislative package on gun control. The CDC hasn’t pursued this kind of research since 1996 when the National Rifle Association lobbied Congress to cut funding ...
  • Why Obama Must Meet the Republican Lies Directly
    by Robert Reich The White House apparently believes the best way to strengthen its hand in the upcoming “sequester” showdown with Republicans is to tell Americans how awful the spending cuts will be, and blame Republicans for them. It won’t work. These tactical messages are getting in the way of ...
  • Land Grab Cheats North Dakota Tribes Out of $1 ...
    by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica Native Americans on an oil-rich North Dakota reservation have been cheated out of more than $1 billion by schemes to buy drilling rights for lowball prices, a flurry of recent lawsuits assert. And, the suits claim, the federal government facilitated the alleged sw ...
  • ON THE SOAPBOX SPECIAL: Colin Matthews
    by BTNews There is little doubt that the Government’s decision to appoint an independent panel, the Davies Commission, tasked with identifying and recommending options for maintaining this country’s status as an international hub for aviation, has itself caused controversy.  All manner of ideas ...
  • 12 Ways Crazy Is More Than IN The (US) House ( ...
    This is The Monday Line by Denis G. Campbell The sequester is coming! The sequester is coming! 238 years ago that a similar cry alerted people to action. Substitute the word ‘British’ for ‘sequester’ and entire communities took up arms to defeat the oncoming redcoat attack. The 113th Republican ...

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JoNova

  • Monckton accuses Tony Press (Uni Tasmania) of ...
    Christopher Monckton has written to Professor Peter Rathjen, Vice-Chancellor, University of Tasmania to point out that one Tony Press has committed “serious professional and academic misconduct and scientific fraud, contrary to Australian Standard AS 8001 as amended by the relevant policy ...
  • Three times as many Australians think the ABC ...
    The ABC will declare that “most Australians don’t think the ABC is biased” but while half the nation thinks it’s balanced, 30% don’t know, and of the 20% who are sure there is bias, there are three times as many who think it’s pro-Labor as those who think it&# ...
  • ABC, Dr Helen Caldicott sinks to mocking the u ...
    Helen Caldicott and the ABC have excelled themselves in the Art of Ad Hominem. So much so, that Christopher Monckton is not only writing to the ABC, but also to medical registration boards as well, calling for Caldicotts’s de-registration. On ABC Radio National (about 25% into the program) ...
  • Monckton Tour Dates updated – Wagga Wagg ...
    … NSW Saturday 23rd February: (7:00 pm) Presentation Wagga Wagga Commercial Club, Nathan Room Saturday, 23rd February (12:00 noon) George and Paul interview, 954 2UE Monday, 25th February:  (7:10am) Alan Jones interview, 873 2GB … Click more for booking details of the other dates thi ...
  • Pachauri quietly blows goalposts away, pretend ...
    … There’s a PR war going on Pachauri is chief PR officer for the Global-not-so-Warming-Gravy-Train. His job is to say things with a straight face that are the complete opposite to what he’s said before, and to pretend he has never said anything differently. The IPCC are a gover ...

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...

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2012 Blog

  • Novel Coronavirus Human Transmitted?
    The third member of a UK family to contract the new virus, Novel Coronavirus, has died in hospital. It is similar to pneumonia, but substantially more deadly. So far 50% of twelve people infected worldwide have died. A patient diagnosed with the Sars-like coronavirus has died at Queen Elizabeth ...
  • Another Expert Agrees With Dark Comet Theory
    Astronomer David Asher (from Armagh University) has agreed with Bill Napier and Janaki Wickramasinghe (Cardiff University) that “dark comets” are real and dangerous. The following quotes are from a paper by Napier and Asher published in Astronomy & Geophysics. http://star.arm.ac. ...
  • DNA Evidence of Bigfoot?
    I think that there might really be Yeti in the Himalayas, and there’s a lesser chance that Bigfoot is also real, in North America. So I was really excited to read the following at Red Orbit: A team of scientists has published the results of a five-year study of DNA samples from Sasquatch i ...
  • Meteors Hurting Humans: Actually Quite Common!
    In my book Survive 2o12, the appendix on the threat of asteroids and comets (follow the link to read it online) lists reports of modern era meteorites that have killed people or animals – it’s not a small list: 588 AD, 10 people, China 1490, supposedly 10,000 people, China 1511, Fra ...
  • Recent Human Evolution Determined
    It’s quite easy to spot Asian folks from behind. I always thought they just had shinier black hair than other races, but actually they have thicker hair. As do Native Americans, who originated from Asia. And we also know that some Asian people are more prone to sweating. Well, these are bo ...

Facing South

  • INSTITUTE INDEX: A year after Trayvon Martin's ...
    It was a year ago today that an unarmed teen was shot to death in Sanford, Fla. by a neighborhood watch volunteer. The tragedy sparked questions about Florida's and other states' "stand your ground" self-defense laws, but they all remain on the books today. read more
  • VOICES: As BP trial begins, Gulf businesses an ...
    BP could be on the hook for as much as $21 billion in fines for its 2010 Gulf oil spill disaster. An effective investment strategy would address both environmental and economic interests. read more
  • Southern states would be hit uniquely hard by ...
    Automatic spending cuts set to take effect this week will reduce military spending in Southern states by $3 billion. Could that drive the region's Republicans to a budget compromise with President Obama? read more
  • Can vote-by-mail fix those long lines at the p ...
    A big potential drawback to the convenience of absentee and mail voting: Studies show that ballots are rejected at a higher rate than for voters who brave the wait at polling places. read more
  • INSTITUTE INDEX: Turning back the clock to pre ...
    North Carolina banned payday lending in 2001 over concern about usurious interest rates. But now some lawmakers want to bring back the industry, which new research finds often leads to snowballing financial trouble for desperate consumers. 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

Daily Tech

Oriental Review

  • The Return of Empires (II)
    Part I A World of Postmodernism or the Newest Middle Ages? The process already taking shape in the world of consolidating «larger spaces», and the return of the empires of by-gone eras may not, at first glance, seem to respond to the spirit of the times. However, we are living in an age which, i ...
  • The Return of Empires (I)
    «Larger spaces» versus chaos in international relations? The recent expeditions of the French in Africa clearly smack less of neoimperialism than they do neocolonialism, and have prompted many to wonder whether the events are the start of a new cycle of world politics in which an outgoing unipol ...
  • Syrian Rebels Get Arms from Kosovo and Bosnia
    The DEBKA website, close to Israeli military intelligence, knows well all the behind the curtain details of regional politics. A few days ago it reported about basically new turns of the way the events unfold in Syria. According to it, the Syrian extremists received a load of heavy weapons for t ...
  • Crisis of Papacy
    The on-going events reflect the fact that the Catholic Church goes through crisis today. It has failed to stand up to the process of dechristianization spreading up in the Western society. Actually it is the collapse of the very institution of Papacy. A Pope’s resignation is usually outstanding ...
  • US-Saudi Funded Terrorists Sowing Chaos in Pak ...
    Baluchistan, Pakistan – long target of Western geopolitical interests, terror wave coincides with Gwadar Port handover to China. Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s southwest Baluchistan province, bordering both US-occupied Afghanistan as well as Iran, was the site of a grisly market b ...

BlogHer

  • Can We End Bullying? Interview with “Sticks an ...
    With a ten-year-old son who’s going to start middle school next fall, the topic of teen bullying scares me to death. Slate Senior Editor Emily Bazelon is also the mother of two boys, aged 10 and 13, and her new book Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power ...
  • Feeding the Whole Family: Jamaican Jerk Chicke ...
    Editor’s note: I’m always on the hunt for recipes that will please both the toddler and the adults in our household. Barbie from Wishful Chef offers up Jamaican Jerk Chicken with Coconut Rice and Beans. My husband and I are sure to love the piquant chicken, while our son will adore the coconut m ...
  • Do Working Parents Deserve First Choice on Shifts?
    Working parents have a lot to juggle. So does everyone else. The question at hand is: Do working parents deserve to have first choice and priority in choosing work shifts and receiving work flexibility? According to a Canadian Court, employers are obliged to accommodate employee's child-care req ...
  • Vegan-ish?: Not Eating Meat, Except When You Do
    Over the last 43 years, I've been a vegan, a vegetarian, and a meat-eater. Now I think of myself as vegan-ish. Because of how animals are treated in factory farms, the connection between meat-eating, climate change and poverty, and for health reasons, I want to eat a more plant-based diet. I ...
  • Lent: Learning How to Die
    I am realizing, as the new Lenten season broadens around us, that my fears, my uncertainties about who this God I gave my heart to is really, that they're about dying. Dying to myself and my selfishness, to what I want or think I want or think I deserve or think I am owed (dangerous ground) ...

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

  • Remembering the Buffalo Creek Disaster
    (A dog sits in Buffalo Creek hollow in the aftermath of the 1972 coal-slurry dam disaster in this photo by longtime Gazette photographer Lawrence Pierce) Today is one of those days on the West Virginia calendar, a day that will live on in memories and newspaper clippings as a symbol of why we ha ...
  • W.Va. mine safety: ‘Everything we possib ...
    Last Thursday, I sat through another maddening discussion among members of the West Virginia Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety. They were talking again about new rules to implement the tougher methane monitoring requirements of Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s 2012 mine safety legislation. As we ...
  • Where are all those friends of coal?
    Members of the United Mine Workers of America take part in a protest outside the of headquarters of Peabody Energy, one of the companies the union accuses of orchestrating business deals that bankrupted Patriot Coal, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, in St. Louis. Ten people were arrested during the pro ...
  • Friday roundup, Feb. 22, 2013
    An employee of Hellas Gold, looks at a burnt mining facility  near the village of Skouries, located on the northern peninsula of Halkidiki Greece, on Sunday, Feb. 17 2013.  About 40 masked attackers raided the facilities of a prospective gold mine in northern Greece overnight Sunday, setting mac ...
  • Will Obama MSHA stop ‘unacceptable&#8217 ...
    Obama administration MSHA chief Joe Main had some pretty tough words the other day, following the latest in a series of coal-mining deaths in West Virginia and elsewhere: The six deaths that occurred over the last month are tragic and unacceptable, and MSHA will take whatever actions are necessa ...

Daniel Miessler

  • Neil Gaiman Commencement Speech
    Related Posts:A Happy CommercialA Talk on Parenting You Should SeeA Guy Talking About LifeHow to Handle BullyingThe Asteroid Situation in Perspective
  • Why Do We Respect Reading More Than Watching TV?
    Everyone knows smart people read and lazy people watch TV, but aren’t they often doing the same thing? I’m reading Game of Thrones right now, which is an epic fantasy series that I highly recommend. Being a human, I’m inclined to think highly of my own choices, and my desire ...
  • A Geek Proposal
    Related Posts:Obama and Jesus | ImgurThe Annoyed Geek’s Response to Stupid Computer…I was in a salon and Keanu Reeves walks in | ImgurDon’t LikeVery Gradual Change We Can Believe In
  • A Brilliant Commercial Sadly Misunderstood
    Few terms are so misused as “racist”. People use it to describe everything from Jim Crow to fashion magazines with too many white women in them. We’re suffering from a lack of language precision. Something that means everything means nothing. The commercial above, for exampl ...
  • Movie: Safety Not Guaranteed
    I’m prone to recency bias, so let me attempt a measured response. If you don’t watch this movie right now the richness of your life is in peril. Ok, too much. If this movie isn’t in your top 10 of all time I will punch you in the neck. Still too much (although truth ...

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

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reference frame

  • Learning physics is futile without practicing
    After a break, I answered a package of questions at the Physics Stack Exchange. It's sometimes fun and some of the questions are even interesting but there are also some omnipresent sources of frustration. Let me mention some of them. Pretty much every day, there is a question or two t ...
  • Mauritia: microcontinents must have been aroun ...
    And pairs of opposing large continents may have been more typical than a single unified one Tons of articles including one at NPR have been written about a new finding. Lava sands with zircon xenocrysts found on the beaches of Mauritius (island which is East from Madagascar) support t ...
  • A pro-firewall paper
    The black hole firewall saga has continued with several new papers. Since the last blog entry about the topic, three Japanese authors proposed something that they call a self-consistent model of the black hole evaporation, probably without any firewalls. Because a starting point is semiclassical ...
  • Mauna Loa carbon dioxide: a fit
    I wanted to find a nice function that gives a satisfactory description of the carbon dioxide concentration as a function of time. Mauna Loa, one of the five volcanoes underlying Hawaii, a middle Pacific state of the U.S., is the most standardized place where the concentration is measu ...
  • The Balkans aren't ready for investments
    Bulgarian government collapsed due to Czech-controlled electricity ČEZ, the Czech Power Group, is Central Europe's largest listed company with market capitalization exceeding $17 billion. Its 70% remains state-owned but the rest is large enough so that it's one of the two main movers of the ...

Tatumba 2.0

  • Wet snow, rain moving into Southern Ontario
    A low-pressure system that is moving into Southwestern Ontario has already brought some rain, but it is also expected to usher in a messy mix of rain and wet snow, about 15 to 20 centimetres. CBC | Top Stories News Related posts: Winter storm wallops southern Ontario, parts of U.S. Heav ...
  • Alberta man pleads guilty in road deaths of 4 ...
    The man charged in the deaths of four high school football players in a car crash near Grande Prairie, Alta., pleaded guilty to reduced charges Tuesday. CBC | Top Stories News Related posts: Student dies after Alberta classroom crash A student has died one day after a minivan crashed... ...
  • Alberta courthouse shooting injures sheriff as ...
    A sheriff was wounded in the hand during a shooting inside a courthouse north of Edmonton Tuesday morning just before two prisoners escaped in a court vehicle. CBC | Top Stories News Related posts: Alberta courthouse shooting injures sheriff as prisoners escape A sheriff was wounded in ...
  • Alberta courthouse shooting injures sheriff as ...
    A sheriff was wounded in the hand during a shooting inside a courthouse north of Edmonton Tuesday morning just before two prisoners escaped in a court vehicle. CBC | Top Stories News Related posts: Alberta courthouse shooting injures sheriff as prisoners escape A sheriff was wounded in ...
  • Senator Brazeau assault allegations part of po ...
    Documents filed by Gatineau police to obtain the Feb.7 search warrant used to gather evidence to support assault and sexual assault charges against Senator Patrick Brazeau provide new details on the allegations against the former Conservative. CBC | Top Stories News Related posts: Patri ...

Truth About Our World

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

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

Views & News from Norway

  • Weather site takes on the world
    A joint venture between Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) and Norway’s Meteorological Institute led to their creation of a website about weather that’s spreading across the globe. It’s become a favourite site to check local or international forecasts, even though officials behind yr ...
  • Galloping demand for horsemeat
    Norwegians curious about how horsemeat tastes have suddenly sparked a sharp rise in demand for it at local butcher shops, despite, or perhaps because of, the scandal surrounding the horsemeat found in frozen processed food lately. “We’re surprised that sales have increased because of ...
  • Gas leak shuts Melkøya
    Statoil’s gas plant on the island of Melkøya in Hammerfest, northern Norway, remained out of operation this week following a gas leak over the weekend. It was unclear when Statoil would be able to resume production. The plant that receives gas from the offshore Snøhvit field was evacuated ...
  • Statoil launches Algerian probe
    Norwegian oil company Statoil has appointed retired Lt General Torgeir Hagen, former head of the military’s own intelligence agency, to lead the company’s own probe into the terrorist attack last month that left five of its workers dead at an Algerian gas plant. Statoil officials cla ...
  • Myanmar’s needs, Norway’s goals
    EXPATRIATE MUSINGS: As part of his five-nation European tour, Myanmar President Thein Sein’s first stop this week is Norway, marking the first official visit ever by a head of state in Myanmar to the oil-rich nation with just 5 million inhabitants. Peter Sang, originally from Myanmar and now ear ...

Permaculture Research Institute - Australia

  • Four Ways to Break Free and Start Designing
    Photo© Craig Mackintosh In one of the first segments of the Permaculture Design Course DVDs with Bill Mollison and Geoff Lawton, in addition to the massive amount of information, a few comments made by Mr. Lawton struck a chord with me. The nature of his comment, as I understood it, was t ...
  • Fernglade Farm – Late Summer 2013 Update (Aust ...
    It’s nearing the end of summer here at Fernglade farm and what a summer it has been. Two inches of rain in over five months, and extreme heat for days on end, results in a most unpleasant experience. Still, despite it all, things are still growing and there is still food to [...]
  • Holistic Management Training in Lismore, North ...
    Terra Sancta Permaculture and InsideOutside Management are having another Holistic Management training session in Lismore, Northern NSW. We have just finished up on our first and I can say that it’s the best training I have undertaken. For those that missed out the first time, you’r ...
  • Before Permaculture: Keyline Planning and Cult ...
    Freshly keyline plowed (source) Plan the work then work the plan. — P.A. Yeomans Intro In the mid 1950s, Australian engineer P.A. Yeomans demonstrated a new system of land management he called the Keyline system. The consensus of the time, championed by people like Dr H.H. Bennett, was ...
  • All Wars Are Bankers’ Wars
    In short, this is a fabulous 44 minute documentary. And for good measure, the essense of the banking industry, stated in less than two minutes: Further Reading/Watching: Money as Debt The Money Masters

Pointman's

  • It’s 2.45 in the am and I’m reflecting on a lo ...
    I’m writing this up in real-time. There won’t be any rewrites, no polishes, no second thoughts. It’s all going to be first draft stream of consciousness stuff, whether either of us like it or not. If you’re sensitive about bad language, walk away right now because my emot ...
  • We’re going to have to do something about peer ...
    Not too many years ago, there were two researchers who discovered that stomach ulcers were not the result of a stressful lifestyle, but simply an infection. The idea that ulcers were related to a high stress lifestyle was so deeply embedded in the medical establishment psyche, they couldn’t get ...
  • The Breaking Point.
    If you play team sports, or even just watch them, there’s very often a moment in the struggle between the opposing teams, when one of them breaks. Sometimes it’s sparked by a single incident but more usually, it’s an acceptance by the whole group that they’re going to lose. The opposition are si ...
  • Is being Green left-wing or right-wing?
    I’m the son of a blue-collar upbringing and consequently a blue-collar view of the world. In many of the ways that really matter, I still am. It does give you a realistic outlook on life, which makes you wary of all politicians, irrespective of what their nominal politics might happen to b ...
  • 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  ...

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

  • A Child On Death Row - The Story of Shareef Cousin
    From Resurrection After Exoneration: “I was a child. Death row didn’t affect me like it would now. Today, I’d go crazy!” On July 3, 1996, when Shareef Cousin was only seventeen years old, he became the youngest inmate on death row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. As a matter of fa ...
  • What Do We Have Left?, By Oliver M.Thomas Jr.
     Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, and Mardi Gras are over.  Today we celebrate Ash Wednesday, the beginning of  Lent where sinners take at least 40 days off to discipline their lives, give up worldly lusts and desires that control them most of the year, and make a pact with God ...
  • Idle No More Comes to the Gulf Coast, By Cherr ...
    Reprinted from our friends at Bridge The Gulf: Last Sunday, January 20, I had the pleasure of seeing a short-term dream materialize, when over 100 folks traveled from every Gulf state to attend a gathering organized by Idle No More – Gulf Coast, of which I am proudly a part. Idle No More is the ...
  • 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 ...

Information Underground

  • Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
    More evidence of fakery: Blue/green screen bleed over into sandy hook shots. iframe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjhVs5DHReM http://sandyhooktruth.wordpress.com/201 ... k-footage/ Evidence of Compositing/ Chroma Key in Sandy Hook Footage Posted on February 4, 2013 by lynne0312 To begin, I ...
  • Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
    Who ever made the vids, keep his day jobStatistics: Posted by Ognir — Tue Feb 05, 2013 2:33 am
  • Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
    Very interesting viewpoint. My POV is a little simpler, however, and perhaps you'll consider it. I think that Las Vegas simply made a phone call to their man in the basement of the SuperDome and told him to hit the switch, freezing the game and betting for a while, and giving San Francisco a c ...
  • Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
    Yet another video, except this one was made A MONTH before the game, pointing out numerical "coincidences" in regards to the date of SB 47 (2-3-2013). Worth the 22 minute watch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3t2KgzXCPEStatistics: Posted by SavageChrist — Tue Feb 05, 2013 1:10 am
  • Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
    Along with SB 47 being the watched event in the history of tell-a-vision (or Talmud Vision to others) according to Nielsen ratings, there are also the following below. From iamray71 @ Youtube: "47 is a big number for these morons. That is the year that the aliens punched through, Crowley ...

TVNZ

environment 360

  • Major U.S. Utility Will Close Three Coal-Burni ...
    One of the U.S.’s largest electric utilities has agreed to close three coal-fired power plants in the Midwest, the latest sign of how the U.S.'s electricity supply is shifting away from coal to natural gas and renewable energy. American Electric Power (AEP) will shut down the three plants in Ind ...
  • In Tibet, Change Comes to the Once-Pristine Ro ...
    Renowned biologist George Schaller has been traveling to the Tibetan Plateau for nearly three decades, studying its unique wildlife. But with climate change and overgrazing taking a toll on the landscape, he reports, scientists and the Chinese government are working to preserve one of the planet ...
  • Labor Capacity To Fall as Planet Gets Warmer, ...
    Increasingly warm and humid conditions that are predicted in the coming decades could slash worker productivity 10 percent worldwide by mid-century and could eliminate worker capacity altogether in some regions during the hottest months, a new U.S. study predicts. In an analysis of labor capacit ...
  • A 1.5 C Temperature Rise Could Release Greenho ...
    A global temperature increase of 1.5 degrees Celsius could unleash more than 1,000 gigatons of carbon and methane currently trapped beneath Siberian permafrost and accelerate global climate change, a new study says. In a study conducted in a frozen cave in Siberia, researchers analyzed stalactit ...
  • To Control Floods, The Dutch Turn to Nature fo ...
    The Netherlands’ system of dikes and sea gates has long been the best in the world. But as the country confronts the challenges of climate change, it is increasingly relying on techniques that mimic natural systems and harness nature’s power to hold back the sea. BY CHERYL KATZ

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backofthebook

  • Robocalls: Mr. Sona goes to Ottawa
    By Alison@Creekside Former Guelph Con Party communications director Michael Sona relates how he was sitting in his Hill office on Feb. 23 2012 when he was shocked to hear Sun News reporter Brian Lilley fingering him on air for the Guelph robocalls election fraud. Sona: “I contacted a few p ...
  • Argo: We’ve written ourselves out of history
    By Paul Mather Okay I never do this, but everybody else in the house is occupied and it’s too icy to jog (or at least that’s what I’m telling myself). So, I’ve poured a cup of coffee, and here’s a long post. I was reading today about Argo. If you haven’t seen it, it’s a [...] Tags:   ...
  • A Modest Opinion – A day in the life of ...
    By Nathaniel Moher On Jan. 28th, Stephen Harper took a break from using the Internet for the purpose of helping all machines become sentient and thus beginning the robot revolution, in order to take to Twitter and post some pictures of a day in the life of Stephen “I Swear I’m Not A Robot – [... ...
  • Taxes are bad — unless, of course, they& ...
    By David@Sixthestate.net Here’s a puzzle for my readers: try to guess which one of the following two editorials, each of them discussing a slight bump in the tax rate for the wealthiest individuals, comes from The Globe and Mail, and which one comes from the local leftist rag: An extra two per c ...
  • You’re paying for your government’ ...
    By John Klein (aka Saskboy) The Conservative government is out of control. The Guardian UK newspaper confirms what environmentalists have already suspected (since the Conservatives have openly accused them previously): This Conservative government regards environmentalists as a threat to nationa ...

Daily Beast

  • When in Doubt, Sue!
    Megan Thode, a former masters student at Lehigh University in Bethleham, PA, is suing the school for $1.3 Million over a C+ grade she received.Her claim? Lehigh had a ‘vendetta’ against her and are suing the university for breach of contract and sexual discrimination. Okay.
  • When Nutrition Became a 'Thing'
    Dr. Nevin S Scrimshaw, a nutritionist, saw the devastating effects of malnutrition in children across the developing world beginning in the early 1950s. 
  • The Heart Attack Grill Lives Up to Its Name
    This is not a nice story, but if it jolts anyone out there to change a destructive way of life, it can be a grim public service
  • Yuval Levin on the State of the Union Speech
    Surprisingly devoid of real policy proposals
  • What’d You Think of the SOTU?
    We asked Daily Beast readers for one-word reactions to President Obama's State of the Union address. Here's what you said.

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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 ...

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Making It Count - CCPA

  • Parliamentary reform idea: Get out of the House
    By Seth Klein and Shannon Daub [Note: Samara Canada has been gathering ideas for reforming Parliament. All the ideas they have collected are being posted on their blog, which you can find here. What follows is our contribution.] Here’s the big dilemma: Whatever reforms are made to Parliamentary ...
  • Tuition hike and the media between 2005 and 20 ...
    I’ve contended for the last two years that between 2005 and 2010, an intensive public relations campaign was undertaken with the aim of increasing tuition fees in Québec. I believe it was crucial when the proposal to hike fees was formally submitted in Raymond Bachand’s first budget, the Liberal ...
  • Sweet heart, bitter pill: Rising, dancing, and ...
    On Valentine’s Day this year women around the world will be dancing. One Billion Rising, a new initiative from Vagina Monologues’ author Eve Ensler, calls on women to dance their way to a future without violence. Now, I’m all for dancing, but I’d like to add a little counting into the mix.  Each ...
  • The City of Regina’s Unquenchable Thirst for B ...
    It seems the City of Regina just can’t get enough of bad deals. Hot on the heels of the City Plaza debacle and the stadium funding mess, the City has now announced its intention to enter into a 30-year contract with a private corporation to upgrade its waste water treatment facilities. Jus ...
  • Repeat After Me: Ontario is not Greece
    The Fraser Institute has a new report warning Ontario could become the next Greece or California because of the size of its debt. Of course we know Ontario is not Greece or California, and such comparisons are disingenuous. But it is possible that Ontario could find itself in a similar mess if i ...

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.
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    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

  • New Maps Provide Crucial Information For Water ...
    “For the first time, U.S. Geological Survey scientists have mapped long-term average evapotranspiration rates across the continental United States – a crucial tool for water managers and planners because of the huge role evapotranspiration plays in water availability. “Why are evapot ...
  • Parting the Radioactive Water: Can the Nexus G ...
      Parting the Radioactive Water: Can the Nexus Guide Us Through Our Nuclear Legacy? 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 Universit ...
  • Mali: Drinking Water a Priority in North
    “The humanitarian situation in northern Mali is still a source of concern. Displaced persons in the north-east corner of the country lack food and water. The ICRC and the Mali Red Cross are working to help people who have been affected by the conflict. “The country is facing a diffic ...
  • Can Jakarta ever root out the problems that ca ...
    “Jakarta, Indonesia, is one of Asia’s most flood-prone cities. Every year hundreds of thousands of citizens living in the capital of Southeast Asia’s largest economy brace for the loss of business, shelter and livelihoods. Each year, as the rainy season approaches, the authorit ...
  • The Folks Behind the PGC- Coalitions, Mixed Ma ...
      The Folks Behind the PGC- Coalitions, Mixed Markets and People Power 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 California is a like a nation-sta ...

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

  • and then “we” wonder why kids are screwed up&# ...
    … and just who “vets” teachers who choose to “pack heat” in their classrooms as they “teach” our children … what example are we choosing to send to our children … … what … chewing gum in class and the teacher gets to shoot off your pinkie … fail to recite prec ...
  • LOST ALL RIGHT TO OPPOSE
    … Any religion which can for 2,000 years turn a blind eye on sanctioning unabridged rampant child molestation by its clergy looses any right to pass judgment upon on any ANTI-BIAS action …  Filed under: Blogroll
  • … CAN YOU SAY … BULL SHIT …
    IS ANY POLITICIAN TELLING “US”  (THAT’S YOU AND ME) THE TRUTH ABOUT THIS SEQUESTER STUFF …? The president believes he can defeat the GOP in the court of public opinion. more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/obamas-sequester-strategy-divide-and-conquer-88064.html Unlike pr ...
  • After Ruining America, the Era of Giant Chain ...
    After Ruining America, the Era of Giant Chain Stores Is Over   The coming implosion of big box retail implies tremendous opportunities for young people to make a livelihood in the imperative rebuilding of local economies. Global currency wars (competitive devaluations) are about to destroy trade ...
  • WHICH AGENT IS FOR THE PEOPLE ….?
    The reference article appears in the February issue of Onsite Installer … www.onsiteinstaller.com … which if I understand correctly is a major VOICE in the PUMPER industry … … Choosing to read the article one discovers the PUMPER industry endorse education for owners of “ ...

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 )

  • Asiatic cheetahs: on the road to extinction?
    Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) are unique among large cats. They have a highly specialized body, a mild temperament, and are the fastest living animals on land. Acinonyx jubatus venaticus, the Asiatic subspecies, is unique among cheetahs and the only member of five currently living subspecies to oc ...
  • Warlords, sorcery, and wildlife: an environmen ...
    Last year, Roger Peet, an American artist, traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to visit one of the world's most remote and wild forests. Peet spent three months in a region that is largely unknown to the outside world, but where a group of conservationists, headed by Terese and Jo ...
  • Industrial logging leaves a poor legacy in Bor ...
    For most people "Borneo" conjures up an image of a wild and distant land of rainforests, exotic beasts, and nomadic tribes. But that place increasingly exists only in one's imagination, for the forests of world's third largest island have been rapidly and relentlessly logged, burned, and bulldoz ...
  • Asia Pulp & Paper hires top U.S. lobbyist to h ...
    Indonesian forestry giant Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has hired a top U.S. official to help it work through trade and environmental issues. In November, APP announced it had retained Stuart Eizenstat of Covington & Burling, a U.S.-based law firm, to help 'ensure APP’s trade and sustainability ...
  • Deforestation rate falls across Amazon rainfor ...
    The average annual rate of deforestation across Amazon rainforest countries dropped sharply in the second half of the 2000s, reports a comprehensive new assessment of the region's forest cover and drivers of deforestation. While the drop in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has been widely r ...

Science - NZ Herald

  • Captain Kirk's Vulcan entry wins Pluto moons c ...
    Star Trek fans, rejoice.An online vote to name Pluto's two newest, itty-bitty moons is over. And No. 1 is Vulcan, a name suggested by actor William Shatner, who played Capt. Kirk in the original Star Trek TV series.Vulcan...
  • Protecting Sharks: Plan to save feared predato ...
    A scientist who crossed the world to study shark populations in New Zealand waters made a slow-burning, alarming discovery.Over two summers in 2007 and 2008, New York-based biologist Demien Chapman carried out aerial surveys of...
  • High-tech help for whales
    Scientists are delving deep into the travels of whales - thanks to high-tech tracking devices - to try to help protect them.Except for a few species, global whale populations have been decimated over the last few hundred years....
  • Tracker telescope to be launched
    The first space telescope dedicated to detecting and tracking asteroids, satellites and space debris is set to be launched next week.The Canadian Space Agency's NEOSSat (the Near-Earth Object Surveillance Satellite) is slated for...
  • Grow an ear with 3D printing - it can be done
    Printing out body parts? Cornell University researchers showed it's possible by creating a replacement ear using a 3D printer and injections of living cells.The work is a first step toward one day growing customised new ears for...

The Bovine

  • “Carry On Milking” — devotee ...
    From Joe Shute in The Telegraph: “Lunchtime at London’s Borough Market. And, for somebody flogging a product marked with a government health warning, Tony “the raw milkman” is doing a roaring trade. “That milk there is fresh from last night,” … Continue reading →
  • Big dairy lobbies for aspartame in milk; that& ...
    From the Activist Post: “Two powerful dairy organizations, The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), are petitioning the Food and Drug Administration to allow aspartame and other artificial sweeteners to be added to milk and … ...
  • Vernon Herschberger in court again in May for ...
    Via the Activist Post: “Update (2/22/13): We would like to encourage readers to take 1 day out of their busy schedules to show your support for Vernon Hershberger by attending a pre-trial hearing that is now set for March 18, 2013 at … Continue reading →
  • Elk banished after falling for cow
    From Wendy Cox, CP, via The Star.com: 100 MILE HOUSE, B.C.—Somewhere east of this Cariboo community wanders an enormous bull elk, stripped of its six-point antlers and a misplaced attraction for one of Greg Messner’s cows. The elk, a loner … Continue reading →
  • So what’s happening with Michael Schmidt ...
    Michael Schmidt has just completed six days of trial in BC on contempt of court charges. Here’s his report: Part 1, Part 2 On the sheep-napping conspiracy front, Michael is scheduled to appear in court in Cobourg, Ontario on March 27th for the … Continue reading →

Mish's Global Economic Trends

  • Less Than Useless: Goldman Sachs Lowers Gold F ...
    In the less than useless category, Goldman Sachs lowered its gold price targets by over $200 an ounce following the recent plunge. Goldman now says Gold’s Cycle Seen Turned. The cycle for gold prices, which climbed for 12 straight years, has probably turned as the recovery in the U.S. econ ...
  • Youth Vote Propels Five Star Movement Into Fir ...
    By a very slim margin Beppe Grillo's Five Star Movement is the largest political party in Italy. Young voters and first-time voters are responsible for the surge (see comments from "AC" below). Here are the official election results. Chamber GIUSEPPE PIERO GRILLO - MOVIMENTO 5 S ...
  • China Overheating? Biggest Weekly Cash Drain i ...
    In December I suggested the modest bounce in China PMI would not last. It didn't. The allegedly sustainable recovery in China is already in question. The HSBC Flash China Manufacturing PMI™ shows manufacturing conditions barely above contraction. Key points Flash China Manufac ...
  • Rand Paul Keynote Speaker in Palatine, Illinoi ...
    Senator Rand Paul is the keynote speaker for a dinner fundraiser on Monday, March 4th, 2013 at 6PM at The Cotillion in Palatine Illinois. Tickets are $100. I picked up a couple of them. If anyone would like to join me at my table for dinner and drinks after, you can get tickets through Even ...
  • Beppe Grillo's Five Star Movement On Verge of ...
    As the vote totals wind down, Beppe Grillo is the symbolic winner in the election. His MoVimento 5 Stelle (MS5 - Five Star Movement) is on the verge of becoming the largest party in Italy by popular vote. As of 4:00 PM... The center-left coalition of four political parties has 29.7% of ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

  • Boiling Frogs Post: It Boils Down to ‘Us’ vs. ...
    Half Way There-Half Way to Go First things first: We want to thank all our supporters for their kind and generous contributions during these tough times. We know who you are. You are not ‘the’ 1% with deep pockets and devious agendas who feed and sustain the mainstream and pseudo-alternative mis ...
  • BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- February ...
    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 EyeOpener- Argentina: In the Shadow of the IMF
    It’s funny how quickly perceptions can change on the global stage. Just a few years ago, Argentina was being hailed as a remarkable tale of success snatched from the jaws of defeat. After suffering an economic crisis in 1999-2002 that saw widespread unemployment and riots, the fall of the ...
  • Boiling Frogs Post: It Boils Down to ‘Us’ vs. ...
    Half Way There-Half Way to Go First things first: We want to thank all our supporters for their kind and generous contributions during these tough times. We know who you are. You are not ‘the’ 1% with deep pockets and devious agendas who feed and sustain the mainstream and pseudo-alternative mis ...
  • We Need Your Support- Help Us Continue Counter ...
    Boiling Frogs Post Needs $8000 To Meet This Quarter’s Budget! What does it mean to be a ‘True Alternative’ among the too many and too powerful media outlets infested with lies and busy with implementing deception and propaganda? As a long-term truth seeker and activist, and as a founder and dire ...

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 →

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  • Iran, P5+1 set to resume talks in Almaty
    Iran and the P5+1 group of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany are set to hold the second day of talks in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Press TV reports.
  • Trayvon Martin commemorated in US
    People have taken to the streets in Sanford and New York City to mark the first anniversary of the killing of Trayvon Martin, a black teenager who was shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer.
  • Afghan army bus attacked in Kabul
    Several people have been injured in an attack on an Afghan army bus in the capital, Kabul, the Afghan Defense Ministry says.
  • ‘UK in coverup of Litvinenko hit’
    The lawyer for the family of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko says Britain and Russia are conspiring to try to close an inquiry into his murder for the sake of bilateral trade ties.
  • Surveillance law stands: Supreme Court
    The US Supreme Court has blocked an attempt by US citizens and human rights groups to challenge a surveillance law used to monitor overseas phone calls, text messages, and emails of foreigners abroad.

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  • 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 ...

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    The brain is a hugely complex organ made from expansive networks of cells, all connecting and communicating with one another, quickly and effectively. This vast array of connections begin to form in u...
  • Bone repairing gene therapy paste
    A bone-repairing calcium-rich paste that also carries a fracture-healing gene-therapy DNA message has been developed by scientists in Germany. The material, which could be injected into broken bones...
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    Mosquitoes become less sensitive to the common repellent, DEET (N,N-Diethyl-meta-toluamide), after continued exposure to the chemical. DEET is a widely used mosquito repellent. and has been shown in ...
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    Fruit flies protect their eggs by laying them in alcohol-laced fruit, but only when there are parasitic wasps around, new research has revealed. So-called endoparasitic wasps lay their eggs in the la...
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    A means of masking nanoparticles from the immune system so that they can operate in the body for longer has been revealed by scientists in America. They body's tissues are constantly patrolled by h...

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Gains made in the last four years to build dozens of renewable energy projects on public lands and create a regulatory framework for offshore wind production in the United States could be stymied by the large federal budget cuts scheduled to begin ...
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Renewable Energy Adoption — Not Fast Enough
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That sounds incredibly impressive! So, where does that leave us? With a mere 14.6% of European energy demand being met by renewable energy. Whoa. Less than 15% of the energy used today in the world's “Clean Energy Leader” came from renewable ...
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Koch works behind scenes on renewable energy bill
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Jonathan Small, a registered lobbyist with Koch Companies Public Sector LLC and its affiliates, follows committee action Tuesday on a bill to weaken renewable energy standards. Small did not testify publicly on the bill but the chairman of the House ...
Column: Michigan should embrace renewable sources, efficiency when setting ...
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Michigan's embrace of renewable energy and energy efficiency has paid off by creating jobs for Michigan workers and sparking investment in local communities. We must now take the next step and settle on a long-term energy plan that sets higher goals ...
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WA Ecology Department to invest $162M into 72 clean water projects across state
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OLYMPIA, WA, Feb. 26, 2013 -- The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) has selected 72 clean water projects to receive a share of approximately $162 million in loans and grants starting in the state's next fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013.
Port amends cleanup agreement with Ecology
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Port of Port Angeles commissioners Monday unanimously approved a cleanup-related amendment to an agreed order with the state Department of Ecology that focuses on the site west of downtown Port Angeles. The agreement removes the property ...
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Entiat shoreline plan approved by Ecology
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YAKIMA – The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) has approved the city of Entiat's recently updated shoreline master program. The locally-tailored updates will guide construction and development on about four miles of the city's shoreline along ...
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SEATTLE — The Washington Ecology Department and others are working on plans to retrieve several crushed cars that fell into water 242 feet deep in Tacoma's Commencement Bay after a barge developed a leak and tipped them over the side.
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The excess water is added just before bottling and cuts the stated alcohol content by 3 percent to 8 percent, he said. Anheuser-Busch InBev called the claims "groundless" and said its beers fully comply with labeling laws. "Our beers are in full ...
How Much Water Do I Actually Need to Drink Every Day?
Lifehacker
I've heard you need eight glasses of water every day, but I've also heard that it might be more or less. Some say too much water is bad, and many more say too little is bad. How can I know if I'm getting the right amount if nobody really knows what ...
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Where does the world's best drinking water come from?
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Though all eyes were on the Academy Awards show in Hollywood, another exciting ceremony was taking place in the United States last weekend -– the 23rd annual Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting. Held in the spa town of Berkeley Springs, West ...
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Despite vocal opposition, the Utah Senate approved a bill that gives the state engineer broad authority to rule on requests by owners of water rights to change their water usage. SB109, sponsored by Sen. Ralph Okerlund, R-Monroe, comes as a result of a ...
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